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CLEARFIELD, PA.,MARCH,5, 1355.
. Xonuaeea of the Philadelphia Convention.
TOR PRESirEST,
r MILLARD FILLMORE.
; VICS rRESWEST,
ANDREW JACKSON DONNELSOM.
7 OF TENNESSEE.
. By a reference to the closing proceedings of
tha lata Philadelphia Convection, which will
be fonnd in another portion ol our paper, it will
bo seen that the above ticket was selected by
that bod?
t Mr. Fillmore Is a man of known ability and
cf the bett integrity, and while he occupied
the Executive chair of the Nation, was regard
ed u a safe, conservato President.
- Mr. Donnelson was, as an orphan boy, reared
by Gen. Jackson, and is held in the highest
stimation by thosa who know him best. "Old
Hickory" must have had the fullest confidence
in him, as ho made him his aid in war, his pri
Tate sccretarv and confidential adviser rli:rir'
tne wneie ol ins limitary career, and it is said
that the old hero was in a great measure in
debted to Mr. Donnelson for whatever of suc
cess attended his Administration.
TH3 BEPTBLICAX convEirriorr.
This body, which assembled at Fittsbrrgh
on the 21st tilt., continued in session un
til the 23d. Twenty-four States and two Ter
ritories were represented all the free and
e?ght of the slave States. The rest;: of the
Convention was the appointment of a Nation
al Executive Committee ; the calling of a Na
tional nominating Convention at Philadelphia
on the 17ih of Juno next ; an nrgent recom
mendation to organize in townships, counties,
and States; and the adoption of an nddress
Betting forth the causes of the Republican
movement, and the necessity for it. The ad
dress takes tlm following positions as the ba
f is 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 oncecon
sccrUed to Freedom ; and will resist by cvery
constituticnal means the existence of Slavery
ia any of the Territories of the United States.
2. We will support by every lawful means
cur brethern in Kansas in their constitutional
and manly resistance to the usurped authority
of their lawless invaders; and will five the full
weight cf our political power in favor of the
immediate admission cf Kansas to the Union
as a freo, sovereign and independent State.
- S. Believing that the present National Ad
ministration has shown itself" to be weak and
faithless, and that its continuance i:i power is
Identified with the progress of tho slave pow
er, to national supremacy, with the exclusion ef
freedom from the territories nr.d with unceas
ing civil discora it is a leading purpura cf
our organization to oppose and overthrow it.
Srrcut Message or the President. On
the 2Cth tit., 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 the manufacture of addi
tional arms with ail the modern improvements,
and for providing aims and munitions; and
also that all the late improvements should be
applied to the implements of war now in the
possession of either the General Government
or in the custody of thj States. By carrying
these recommendations into practice, it is
thought that our means of defence, in any
contingency' that may arise, would be improv
ed to an extent sufficient to place us on an
equal footing with any hostile nation. On the
reception of this message, much excitement
enmed, and an animated and interesting dis
cussion arose in both Houses. On the 27th,
i" the Senate, Mr. Weller, fioni the Military
Committee, reported a bill for increasing the
efficiency of the. army, 'in accordance with the
recommendations of the message." It was1 the
opinion of some tiiat it was a decidedly war
like document ; the friends of the Adminis
tration think otherwise, and say if the Presi
dent h'd any bellicose intentions, he would
have announced them boldly and fearlessly.
But, unless some serious apprehensions of a
war, arising out of the unsettled slate of our
foreign relations, are entertained by the Na
tional Executive and its advisers, we can see
so necessity for tha recommendations con
tained in tho message.
Impostast moM "Washington. Mr. Marcyrs
final despatch to Mr. Buchanan, of December
25th, was contained in the documents sent to
the Senate on last Wednesday. It demands
explicitly of the British government the recall
of Mr. Cramptoa, tho .British Minister resident
At Washington. '
." Mr. Marcy writes: "His connection with
that .flair, the enlistment, has rendered him
"an unacceptable representative of her Britan
nic Majesty near this government, and you are
directed by the President to aik her Majesty's
government to recall hij."
Mr. Marcy also asks th; recall of Consuls
Barclay, at New York, Rowecraft. at Cincin
nati, and Matthews, ct Philadelphia. In ref
erence to the former, ha 9avs : -The improper
conduct of Mr. Barclay, in tha case of the
barque Maury, has justly given cQence to the
xommorcial community with which ho resides,
and with which he Las official connection."
Yesterday w had 'sunshina, clouds, rain,
lt, eno-, storm, and so on.
Aiansi
TH2 27 ATI03AL NOMINATIONS.
From tho Ilarrisburgh Telegraph.
We give elsewhere in to-day's paper a report
of the action of the American National Con
vention held in Philadelphia. It will be seen
that the propositions proceed to make nomi
nations prevailed by a decided mcjority, and
that Millard Filimore, of New York, was se
lected as the candidate for President, and An
drew J. Donnolson, of Tennessee, for Vice
President.
The result of this 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 thl3 most inauspicious period, it would ut
terly defy explanation in the minds of most
prudent men, who honestly and earnestly de
sire to wrest the government from the reckless
plunderers end 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 one 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 thjj)d faith and integrity of
each other, and vnnytLct looking to a struggle
for supremacy in shaping tho 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 rxios alone can there be vic
tor?! V e h.V rt r A -? - 1 it. o tjthtt of
the Philadelphia Convention far from it-
Wo have no lime and as little inclination to
censure those who have strewn the already
difficult path to success with new an 1 more
formidable barriers; but tho emergency de
mands bold hearts and unflinching nerves to
cure the evils which we cannot now avert. If
we should falter, with embarrassments thick
ening around us, 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 ourprinciples, faithless to ourselves
and faithless to our country. The work of
"Union for the sake of tho Union," bo auspi
ciously commenced in Pennsylvania, should
havo ben the basis of national movements
tonching tho Presidential struggle ; and tho
battle will now bear heavily upon our friends
in perfecting it, with a direct antagonism com
ing trom the American Convention. Did that
antagonism give but the remotest hope of suc
cess, with Whigs and Republicans driven into
the position of foes, then wo cculd commend
the party that took the field relying on its own
strength and defiant of all ; but it is worse
than madness to reject or even disregard that
strength that alone can avert disaster.
We would not have the American party Ab
olitionized, or in any degree subordinate to
that dangerous element ; but we dare not dis
regard tho aroused feeling in the North that
demands simple justice. It is not a narrow,
sectional or disunion sentiment to which we
would defer it is th? growing convictions and
goaded spirit which are the natural offspring
of a free people, when the government is lend
ing its best energies to spread the curse of
Slavery into territory consecrated to Freedom
by the plighted faith cf the ration. To this
sentiment we mnst 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, we slrbuld 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 once
proud and powerful. It marshaled in its no
ble ranks the brightest intellects cf the age,
and, whether in power or out of it, exerted a
controlling inflticnco in shaping the destiny of
the nation. It was the true national parly.
Side by side with our northern statesmen stood
the Clays, the Bells, the Preslons, the Criften
dens and others in support of the principle
that Slavery hhould not be extended by the
government. But gradually it yielded to the
demands of the "jeculiar 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
tho fate of tho Whig party ftill fresh in the
rccoliection of all, the American patty seems
not to have profited by the lesson. In 185-1,
tho American party was triumphant in every
northern State, because it was clearly and un
qualifiedly identified with the anti-Nebraska
sentiment not thcAbolitionism of the North,
and the popular agencies which brought victo
ry to its banner are as potent to-day as they
wera then. We should not, therefore, it" we
could but we dare not now forget that there
is a North!
Tho time is not yet for us to determine
how we 6hall vote for President. We shall
stand firm to the position assumed by the TT
nion sentiment in Pennsylvania, and where it
loads wo shall follow. We have no war to
wage against any ticket but the one to be pre
sented by the Cincinnati Convention, and a
gaiot that our best energies shall be directed
and ia 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 tho Pierce administra
tion. We believe that union is still possible,
and that a ticket can ba presented on liberal
and conservative American ami anti-Nebraska
grounds that can command the votes of a ma
jority of the American people; and so believ
ing, we t:an but work and wait for that uDioVi
that alone can b the harbinger of victory.
SPECIAL KESSAGE.
The President, on Tuesday, transmitted to
Congress the subjoined special message :
Washington, February 2G, 185C.
To the Houte cf Representative cf the United
States: I herewith transmit and recommend
to the favorable consideration of Congress a
communication from the Secretary of War,
asking a special npproptiation of three millions
of dollar 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. - Fhanklim Tieuce!
Wasiuscton, February 25, 1S50.
Sia : Improvements in arms and munitions
of war having been rccceitly 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 end in the possession of the
States.
Although our preseut supply of arm3 is as
good as and probably superior to those of tho
same date of manufacture of any other nation,
wo should have in tho use of them, in their
presunt condition, to copo at disadvantage with
others who may have been beforehand with us
in tho actual application to their arms of the
rccort improvements.
It has becu our policy heretofore to carry
on gradually and slowly tho 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 aimories and arsenald, with but a
small fcrce of operatives in employment. The
regular estimates last submitted to Congress
are based on thesa considerations. In view,
however, of the propriety of assuring, at the
earliest practicable period, military clEcicncy
as regards armament and munitions, (we have
it abundantly as regards men,) it seems pro
per th.it more active an J vigorous measures
-should now be adopted ; that we should in
crease the capacity far production and the
force in employment at our armories and ar
senals ; that we should prepare more rapidly
armame.jts aad aur.nuniiion for oar fortifica
tions; thai, we should increase our supplies of
impro.'Sfi- ..I arms by the manufacture of
now ones and by th3 alteration of those ol past
dates of fabrication, including both United
States and State arms; i.nd thai, we should pro
vide ample supplies of ammr.nition3 accoutre
ments, and implements for tho immediate and
most eflicient use of the wholp.
In order to eflect this it is necessary that
more than ordinary means be placed at the dis
posal f the Executive, and I respectfully sug
gest aad recommend that application be made
(or an early appropriation of threo millions of
dollars for Increasing the military efficiency of
the country, to be applied, at the discretion of
the President, towards the object. before sta
ted. I have the honor to be, very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
JcrrEitsos Davis,
To the PREsiriKjT. Secretary of War.
The ERiTisn Enlistment Conthovek?t.
The official correspondence in relation to the
British enlistment cases, and the violation of
our neutrality laws, has been published, but
ks great lengtii precludes us from presenting
it to oar readers. The correspondence shows
that the subject lias been earnestly anil ably
discussed on both side's, but we think the un
prejudiced reader will scarcely finish the vol
uminous examination of the subject made in
Mr. jlarcy's closing despatch, without gaining
the conviction that npen all the substantial
points in the dispute the American view is
fully sustained, and that the British Govern
ment and its agents havo 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 the 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
hns lately been rdluded to by Lord Clarendon
in the Uouse 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 tho
IGth of July last, Lord Clarendon, in a note
to Mr. Buchanan, expressed regret that the
said laws had leen infringed, and asssrted
that the infraction was in contravention of hi3
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 boa right, upon
the pretext that the advertisements and re
cruitments were conducted by self-constituted
nnd unauthorized agents. He denied the ac
countability of his Government. Mr. Buchan
an expressed satisfaction at this assurance, not
knowing tlen that, at that very day, Mr. Mar
cy was writing of enlistments, under British
agents and complicity of Britisii officials.
Upon learning this complicity of the British
minister and other official, Mr. Buchanan in
a note addressed to Mr. Marcy, dated October
3, 1855, remarks! "I need scarcely say that,
had I been informed that her Britannic Majes
ty's representative ct Washington bad placed
himself in tho position attributed toim by
Capt. Strobel, I should not have expressed to
Lord Claren4on my satisfaction in transmit
ting to you his note of tho 10th July." .
iNntiiAX. Wc saw, says an exchange, on a
cold day recently, ia one of our cars, a lady,
dressed warmly in shawls and furs, with a
lube of perhaps two years old, dressed in only
slip and apron and a small handkerchief tied
around its r.cck, with arms entirely bare and
looking as red as a boiled lobster. It was ob
served by a passenger that Bho was phcirg the
t child on tha cxyreu line for heaven. -
IMP0ETA5TF2OMICAHAOlTA. .
New York, Feb. 23. The steamer 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 $030,000 ia
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 aud annexing
the whole Mosquito territory as an integral
portion of Nicaragua.
Shortly afterwards the diplomatic corps,
beaded by Col. Kinney, arrived at Grenada
from San Juan, and bad an audience with Gen.
Walker. On the following day, Col. Kinney
was placed under arrest, and subsequently
banished from the territory of Nicaragua. He
was sent under the charge of Major Martin 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 Cel. Kinney, Shepherd
Haley, and all persons claiming under them
are guilt of an attempt against the integrity
of Central America.
El Nicaraguense, Wr.lker's ofEcial organ,
published at Grenada, says that Col. Kinney,
at his interview with Col. Walker, proposed a
peaceable division of Nicaragua into two States
one to be called Mosquito. Walker declined
the proposition. Kinney then offered bis ser
vices to the new Republic,' which were also de
clined, Walker telling him that his antecedent
precluded his holding an official position under
the government of Nicaragua.
Subsequently another interview was bal,
shortly after which K.!nny was arraktod and
held a prisoner. He was afterwards ordered
to leave t!i3 State, r.ud he departed on the cth
of February for Virgin Bay, then around to
San Juan and New Orleans.
Cel. Louis Scblesingc-r had gone to San.
Jose as Commissioner ol Nicaragua, to demand
explanation from the government of Costa Ki
ca, regarding its rof;:sil to hold intercourse
with tho new re; ubiic.
Advices havo been received from Stu Salva
dor by Walker. (Jen. Cabanas was there, en
deavoring to incite the San Salvadoreans to
hostilties against Nicaragua. The people of
the former country were highly incensad a
gaint Walker, and it was feared that they
would adopt measures to provoke a war.
A rumor ofaleague, oiTensive and defensive
between CostaKic.i, Guatemala, Honduras and
San Salvador, causes considerable uneasiness
to Wi.lker's government. El Nicaraguensa
lias along at tide on the sutjet, ending as
fallows ;
"We havo stood to the faith of nations, we
have acted honorably aud with a m-st concil
iatory spirit to all the Republics of Central
America, and will still pursuo tho same une
quivocal policy. But yet we are prepared for
a desperate alternative, and should disconten
ted politicians inflame Against us the ignorant
people of the ndjoining Slates, we can only ad
judge them as it has been done sines tins be
ginning: those who draw the sword shall per
ish by the sword."
Latent rsow Ctac?. The miil steamship
America, from Liverpool via Halifax, arrived
at Boston, on the 1st inst., at 7 J, eclock, p. m.
The Captain of the Ameriaa, mvs there is no
truth in the report of their having seen a stea
mer, on the the third day out of tho America
trom Liverpool, beading towards St. Georgo'i
Channel, as was reported fram Ila'lif.ix. The
America reports having passed, on Wednes
day, Feb. 20, in Lit. 53 10, Ion. 23 5 J, a large
steamer with two funnels, bound cast, sups ov
cd to have been the Fulton. The America en
countered large fieldsof ice during the voyage
and on the 25th tilt., passed a lurge field, and
clear water could not be seen in the 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 Cavor.r arrived in
Paris yesterday. The sudden fall in the Eng
lish .funds yesterday was announced by tele
graph to tho Puris 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 tho United States; to disturban
ces in the large towns; to tho fall of tha Tal
raerston Cabinet, aud to othw improbable cir
cumstances. The alarm diminished towards
the la'.ter part of the day.
The Assembles- National contains an article
in which an attempt is made to inspire distrust
concerning the defensive works in the courso
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 diticrence has arisen in the
Sardianian Cabinet on the question of conces
sion to tha Holy Sec, The Primo Minister is
in favor of this policy, while tho Minister ef
the Interior contends that it would be a dis
play of feebleness not warranted by the
circumstances.
Cuicaco, March 1. The Salt Lake mail for
Dec. reached Independence on the 25th ult.
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 tho troops at Forts Kear
ney and Laramie could with difficulty be pro
tected from it. Dates have been received from
Kansas to the 20th ult. The Kickapoo Ran
gers had commenced preparations for driving
the Free State settlers from their claims.
British Diplovvct Explained. Kossuth,
Ex-Governor of Hungary, thus interprets the
Central American treaty: -T wo travellers
had but one horse ; one of them proposed an
agreemcnl on these terms: the first half hour
you shall walk and 1 will ride; the second half
an hour I will ride" and you shall walk. Just
such tvouM be the Central American treaty,
according to th Englih intf rpretation."
NATIONAL AMERICAN COXTENriO:?.
,teb. 25th. AFTEENOOX session..
The Convention vas called to order by the
President, at 5 o'clock.
Mr. Erownlow arose and proposed to receive
into the church Gen. Call, of Florida. Percy
Walker, of Alabama, and all others who had
been going astray. Mr. Brownlow, amid great
applause, advanced toward Gen. Call, and cm
braced him. The' greatest merriment was oc
casioned by this fond embrace, and Mr.
Brownlow took bis seat, with his brow radiant
with joy, amid the cheers "of all present.
The vote for President was then proceeded
with, the name of each member being called,
each Stale being entitled to its vote in the
Electoral College, the absentees to be Toted
for proportlonably by the votes cast; no State
not represented to b entitled to vote, with
the following result :
For Millird Fillmore,
George Law,
Garret Davis,
Judge McLean,
Samuel Houston,
Kenneth Rayner,
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The Chair declared that Millari Til'more
having received a mrjority of the votes cast,
was the nominee of th? Convention for the of
fice of President of the United States.
Mr. Scraggi, cf N. Y., said, as ho hid first
nominated George Law fr President, he now
moved that Millard Fillmore be declared tho
unanimous choice of the Convention.
Tha motion being put, It was cank-d by &
tremendous" sho-.it of "Ayes."
Six hearty cheers were then given, and the
greatest joy prevailed, amid all present, there
being at this time COO outsiders in the room,
who gave vent ta thc-ir fc-olings of delight in
tones of thuuaer. Mr. Reedy, c-f Tenn., pro
posed three cheers fr New York, which were
given. Loud cries now ensued for Brooks, of
N. Y. Three cheers were givin tor Kentucky.
Mr. Boiling, of Va., said he came here on a
platform "of right and victory." We h;ul now
got Fillmore, and we wanted one cf the tvo
old Hickorys. He therefore nominated Gen.
Call, of Fla., for Vice President, and eulogised
him as a man ef truth, courage and ability.
Kenneth Rayucr.ot N. C... was also nominated.
Gen. Call, said he was deeply impressed
with the grutitude of his brother in nominating
him for the distinguished office. He desired
to say ho was one man of the American party
who wanted nothing for himself, but all for
his country. His hands had ever ministered
to bis necesitles, and Loped thoy would con
tinue to do so hereafter. AH he wanted was
peace, harmony, and the prosperity of tho
country. Ho, therefore, most respectfully de
clined the distinguished honor, ard begg'.d to
be permitted to present one more acceptable.
Ha proposed the name of Andrew Jackson
Donnelson, of Tennessee. Immense applause
followed this announcement. Mr. Call contin
ued his remarks, and said that Mr. Donnelson
was an orphan boy, reared by Gen. Jackson,
and was aid de camp from the time he gradu
ated at West Point. Ho knew Lira to be a
mm cf the highest honor and capacities wor
thy of any position that might be assigned
him. No man knew more of the past admin
istrations, who had never been President, than
Mr. D. He was his aid in war, his private
secretary and confidential friend and adviser.
The speaker finished his remarks by saying
that be was personally aw.-sro of the fact that
Gen. Jackson "-as more Indebted to ?ilr. Doa-r.els-m
for tha brilliant success cf his admin
istration than any other living man.
?Jr. Broks was loudly called for. Ho pro
mised that, while Mr. Fillmore would bo true
t tV.-i North, and maintain her honor, he
would bo equally eo to the South and the Con
stitution, and that Nfv York wtali not dis
honor the nominee.
Mr. A. II. II. Stewart, former Secretary cf
Interior under Mr. Fillmore, promised that
old Virginia would be carried for Fillmore
and Donaldson.
Mr. Andrews, of Virginia, nominated Percy
Walker, of 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 char.ga created difficulty in ma
king 6hort a correct record. Th candidates
at first voted for, were Win. R. Smith, of Ala.,
Andrew Jackson Donnelson, of Tenn., Percy
Walker, of Ala., A. II. II. Stuart, of Va., H.
J. Gardner, of Mass., and Kenneth Rayner, of
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 Pcrcr Walker, 8
A. II. II. Stuart, 2
Kenneth llayner. S
Andrew J. Donaldson, 1SI
II. J. Gardner, 12
Mr. Donaldson having received a majority of
the votes for tho Vice Presidency, was decla
red duly nominated for that position.
On motion, and amid much applause, the
nomination was made r.nanimous.
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 bad new a platform which was satisfac
torj to both, in the Ehape of Fillmore and
Donnelson. Ho moved that this Convention
repudiate all platforms. Tho motion was sec
onded, and thereupon a great scene f 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, tho Virginians contended that
it was adopted. In the midst of the confu
sion, a motion was made to adjourn sine die,
and it prevailed.
MEETIa OT E0LTZR3. '
The Northern and Western Delegates, who
bolted from the American National Conven
tion on Monday of last week, when tho vote on
Mr. Killinger's resolution was announced, met
in th afternoon, t the Merchant HrM,ana
organized by the selection of Ex-Gov. The.
II. Ford, as President, and L. G. Peck, and
L. Jl. Webster, Secretaries.
The following named Dc-atss wer pres.
ent, Ex-Gov. Colby, of N. H.? L. g. Peck
J. E. Dunh;m, II. Griswald, E. Perkins, D.
B. Booth, f Conn.; E. J. Nightir.gln 01lvt
Chase, of R. I.; Wl S. Thurston, Z. K. ?bc.
burn, of Mass. ; JhnWilliamson, B. M. T.'.i.
die, T. J. Coffee, S. P. Chase, of Penn.; A.f.
Spooner, T. n. FordL. n. Olds, O. J. Fisa.
I back, Thomas McClees, E. T. Sturtevact, ZT.
C. Hedges, J. II. Baker, 2 . H. C. Mitchell,
Jacob Eggbert, W. B. Allison, W. B. Chap
man, A. D Rodgers, Cka. Nichols, W. GlI
iuors,D. W. Stamtaugh, of Ohio J L. n.TTeb
rter, VT. Penn Claik, of Iowa ; Henry S. Jta.
nings, of Illinois. .
Mr. Clark, of Iowa, moved tbat a coaaft
tee ot one from each State be appointed to
prepare a protest or a series of re solutions ex
pressive of the sentiments of the body.
Mr. Clark said that his object was to have
snch a protest prepared as would iiiow iln
the other body was not national.
A discussion arose on the motion.
Mr. Daaham, of Conn., said that Le would
act with the present body, if there was tot
no affiliation with the- black Republican!. Th
was still an American, and would ccttlnue to
bs so, but he could not stand on the PLtfrai
adopted by the other body.
Mr. Booth, of Conn., was of th same opin
ion. He sail that if Mr. Fillmcre be nomina
ted by the other Covention, and be won VI b
willing to stand on the antl-Netrsska Platform,
he could go for him. He had bolted from th
June Convention, because he could not stand
on the Plafforta with the twelfth section ia it i
Le had bolted from the convention to-day, be
cause it had refused to repudiate the Nebras
ka iniquity; and without meaning to be Irrer-ert-nt,
said he, I swear that I will always bo.'t
whenever that measure is sustained. -
Mr. Stambaugh, of Ohio, thought it would
r.ot do for the Bolters to be stiff. If fhe Re
publicans coull meet them on the American
Platform, he did not see why they could not
embrace. He expected, he said, to stump tha
State next fall for the Republican measures.
Gen. Williamson, of Pa., said that be hoped
they would net be put before the people wrong
fully. He thought that if they protested
gainst the Nebraska bill, and against the tnaa
who bad signed the infamous Fugitive Slav
bill, it wonli be enorgh. He wanted the body
to go before tho people as Americans, not as
Republicans. If, said he, yea put us before th
reople as Republicans yon destroy cs.as much
as we are destroyed by the action of the other
body, in refusing to repudiate the Nebraska
bill. After some further discussion, the mo
tion to appoint a Committee prevailed; th
Bolters then adjourned to meet at 3, P. M.
r.rr.virQ sessiox.
At 8 o'clock the Delegates again assembled
at the Merchants' Hotel. There were qnit a
number present who were not at the afternoon'
session. Among them was Gov. Johnston, of
Pa. The following protest was presented by tha
Committeee appointed in the afternoon, thro'
the Chairman, Mr. Biddle, of Pa. :
To the American Ptir.'y of the UuicMHTh
undersigned Delegates to the National Nomi
nating Convention, now In session at Philadel
phia, find themselves compelled to dissect
from the principles avowed by. that body.
And holding the opinion, as they do, that th
restoration of the Missouri Compromise, de
manded by tho freemen of the North Is r
dreus cf an t-rjcenlable wrong, and the Inser
tion of it in spirit at uarl iud.-poiisabla to tha
rcpo'e of the country, they havo rertied tha
refusal r.-f that Convention to rcccgnlte th
tre'.l deSr.ed opinions the North, and of th
Americans of the free States, opon this ques
tion, 8s a denial of their right end a rebak
of their sentiment.
They have therefore withdrawn from tb
Nominating Convention, refusing t p irtlcl
pate in the proposed nominations, and nowai
dress themselves to the Americans of th
"country, especially of the States they repre
sent, to justify and approve their action ; nd
to the end that nominations conforming to tha
overruling sentiments ol the country on tho
great issue, may be regolarly and auapicioca
ly made, the undersigned propose to th
Americans in all the States, to assemble !a- .
their several State organization, and that Del
egates be s(";t to the Convention to meet In
tha City of New York, on Thursday, the 16th
of June next, for tha purpose of nominating
candidates for President and Vice President
of the United States.
The discussion was confined to a few of thoa
present, snd was of rather spicy character.
Some cf the Delegates decided in favo of
uniting with the Republicans, while others
Slid that if that were done, they could not ra
main in the organization. Adjourned.
Coca. lu Detroit, Patrick Towelee stabbed
a man named McGlanghlin so that he died la
a few days. Vv hile his victim was lying on hia
doath-bed, Towslee sent him word that ha
would settlo tho matter for i0. Tbis beata
the man who said, "I forgive you the $5 I c
yon." . .
The Charter of tho "Franciscan Brothers,
cf Cambria county," which passed the Hons
of Re rcsentatives, has ten reported ia th
Senate, ftom a ccn-nii'.tee, with a recommen
dation that it bo negatived. The bill releas
es the property from taxation.
Dr. Robinson was asked by Got. Shannon
What the freo-State men would do if comman
ded to deliver up their arms 1 - Wcll," eaid
the doctor, "I wuld propose a compromise
keep the tijics end gire them the contents !" '' "
A Texas exchange says that tho earth is so
kind in that State, that "just tickle ber with
hoe and sho will laugh with a harvest.
Us ins vr. If yon would get along in the
world you must hold up yorir head txtn if
there is nothing in It.' ' : . - - ' . f
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