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S. B. ROW, i'mron and PKOpr.iETon.
CLEARFIELD, PA., APRIL SO, 1650.
Kern--?- f the ThlladeJpliia Convention.
1 r'.'R pRtsiDn.vT, ' -'
! ' ' ' M TLtASD FILLMORE.
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; ANUSE W JACKSON DOaTNELSOIT.
ITnioa State Ifonunatiom,
. ' CANAL COMMISSIONER,
, IHOMAS B. COCHRAN, if York Co
AUDITOR OENEKAL, :
DARWIN PHELPS, of Annstrocs Co.
SCRVEYOR Or.Nf-RAL,
I ARTIIOLOMEW LA PORTE, of Bradford Co.
"; - ' KANSAS. - '
Our cotemporary of the Republican has coni-:-tr.;ei
ths publication of Judge. Douglass'
Iieport. : A' report ought "to contain a 'fair
etatenint of the facts respecting the matters
on which the repoi t ia made. ' Bat such a.state-'
ment is nowheie to be found in the report bl
Jude Douglass. It is in reality an elaborate"-
ly written speech, setting forth' one side, and
uly one side of the case. Like many other
one-sided arguments, , it may appear plausible
enough till the whole truth is told. lit object
aeems to be to justify th Border Kufhans who
invaded Kansas, and to form a kind ol manual
of text-book for all the faithful followers of
Pierce, Douglass & Co. ; - ' v. j
'The author of the report leaves altogether
: out of view the most important facts that make
against him, misrepresents others, and dwells
largely upon such statements as he believes
can be turned to his advantage. Those lawless
Mi330urians who invaded Kansas in armed
fcand3, took possession of the ballot-boxes, and
undertook to elect a Legislature to make laws
for the people of the Territory, endeavored to
justify their outrages by saying that the peo
ple of Maosachusetts did wrong. They pre
tended to consider themselves as innocent as
lambs. It appears thai Douglass uses the
same logic and lollows in the same track. He
may be considered their favorite champion.
. But what grave offence is it that these men
ft Massachusetts bare committed ? It amounts
dimply to this, that some of thcrn chose to em
igrate and settle in Kansis, and that some of
the friends of the emigrants formed an Emi
grant Aid Society or. company which afforded
facilities for emigrating and settling. Will
-iny one pretend that,jiorthcrn .men had no
rigM to go to Kansas us settlers ? Why, the
. very fact of foiming the territory was an invi
tation to all who chose to enter ia and settle.
All who went in as settlers were doing what
they had a perfect right to do, and what the
laws of the land invited them to do. Their
.tct was praiseworthy and lawful; and those
w-ho furnished them facilities for emigtating,
merely assisted them, hi doing what was per
fectly lawful ai I ri-jJ::.
TTe are told in the report of Mr. Douglass
:that "immediate steps were taken by the peo
ple of the western counties of Missouri to stim
ulate, organize and carry into effect a system
of emigration eimihr to that of tho Massachu
setts Emigrant Aid Company There is then
an effort made to represent the conduct of the
Missourians to have' been very much the same
s that of the emigrants from Massachusetts,
except that tho' Missourians were nol'near so
' bad cr worthy of bl mic na those persons from
Massachusetts.- - , '
Now are :u:h representation j ,iust 7 Are
: they true ? Every one who knows the course
jf .affairs in Kausas knows them to -be untrue.
-There 'was in fact no Ftmilarity. -between the
conduct "of the tvo partiea.". The men from the'
eastern States "pursued a syste m of Emigra
' tio'n;' they went to Kansa.ris settlers, and'
this they had a right to'do. The system pur
'sued by the Missourians was not a system of
"emigration but . of invasion ; they .went to
-..Kansas as invaders, and this they had no' right
j tcTdo. "Those ho ftpsisted in emigration from
"'Massachusetts and elsewhere were assisting iu
a lawful act, but those who assisted in thc in
vasion 'from Missouri were assisting in what
"'wiis unlawful ... ..
- Io Karisas there were 18 election districts.
On the - day of election (March 20, 1855.) tho
Mitsouiiar.s in armed and organiEsd bands ap
poared in nearly . ovary' district, took posses
sion of the polls, and, by violence, intimida
tion and superior force carried everything their
ona way. After the election they returned a
aio to Missouri.' - I ' - . : -
erv sensible marrknows that such an dec-j
.jn ' was a usurpation and a fraud. It would
..s a fra-i in any event, no matter whether the
'aarges againat the easleracmigiants were true
cr false,-' Representatives thus elected were
not the Representatives of the people1 of K'an-i
ea but of the Missouri mob that elected them.
Jf .such an electioo can be sustained aud pro
. -nnnccd legal it makes Kansas a conquered
-V lender the control of men elected and
whose.by lawlcss wohfrom aneigh-
pappy, in your-b13 Kanszs may
V ...,.T r- -ii the outrage that
A B0AEDisG-80U00Xi,5r rlehts : some
it nngeuteel fo ?ay she wS.;h tho inva-1
plained of being. lYillitmQus&QCe be
days of refinement.
'fest
'Fotit iacxes were, 'embraced" itff
uating class of the Cleveland Medical',
it its reccut commcacemcnt.
ruau, would tamely submit to such high-handed
tyranny J Those- who would, would bo fit
for slaves. - , '- ; .. L' ; ,
'i Tho facts connected with the election of the
Border Ruffian Legislature are briefly but clear
ly set forth in a . statement presented to the
Committee on Elections by Ex-Governor Reo
der of Kansas. Let eyery one read it- He
proceeds to state the facts which h stands rea
dy to prove,' as follows :
"That immediately before the SOth day of
March 1S55, being the day fixed for the elec
tion of a Legislature for the Territory of Kau
nas, large bodies of men without pretensions
of residence in the Territory, came oyer from
tho neighboring counties of the State of Mis
souri, armed aud organized into companies,
with their proper leaders, and supplied with
provisions, fodder, accommodations for camp
ing, ammunition, and in one case at least, with
artillery.'. That they marched into the Tcrri
i tory with banners and marshal music and en.
camped in parties in the' Vicinity of different
election polls shortly before the said election,
j for the purpose of preventing (he people of
the Territory from electing Members of the
Legislative Assembly as provided by the Act
of Congress, of taking the power into their own
hands and by . intimidation or violence takino
I I'ussesisioii oi xue pons, aim incmseivcs coiner
t 1 . . . . fa to
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i "mat the country Jiavinjr been recentlv set-
II-. -a, a:iu iii jjevpio iia j ISlt UU spui ae anu
comparatively unknown loeach other, unorga
nized, and . unprovided with resources of any
Lind, were of course compelled to submit.
"That in the First .Election District there
were from six huudred to one thousand of
j these invaders on the ground, who declared
that they came to ote and would vote", at all
hazards of life and property i and accordinglj-
I uit vo' outnumbering the inhabitants, and
' their violent conduct dcteriug them from
, '-That in the Second Election District a par
ti of several hundred of these persons, on be
ing refused leave to vote without testifying to
their residence, made an effort to demolish
thc house ia which tho election was held, and
finally, by threats and violence, drove the
Judges from the ground and substituted others
from their own body, while the actual residents
! of tlie district generally retired to their homes' j
and declined voting. .
"That in the Third Election District sever
al hundred of them took pssesion of the polls
with similar manifestations' of violence and
intimidation, substituted election officers from
among themselves and took the entire control
of tho election, the inhabitants retiring from
the ground.
"In thc. Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh
Election Districts, similar bodies of men ap-
pearertat the poUs with more or less of mili-
tary organization, and more or less of intirui-
dation and violence; in each case voting for
Members cf the Legislature as though they re-
sided in the Territory, and producing a result I
different from that which would have happen- J
ed if thc elections had been controlled bv the J
qualifie-J voters of the districts.
'That in the Sixteenth Election District the
election was controlled by a largo number of
non-residents, some of whom had come in or
ganized aud armed a day or two. before the e
lection, and esahlis.bed themselves in camps
near the polls, and who returned to their homes
in the Slate of Missouri immediately af ter the
election; and some of whom had come from
Platte County, Mo., by the btenmboat iu thc
forenoon, voted, and returned hme by the
same boat in tho evening. And thus over e-
lcven hundred votes were polled, of which not
over three hundred were cast by acturl inhab-
itants of tho Territory. In the Thirteenth E-
lection District very few, if any, of the actual
inhabitants participated, in consequence of .the
presence of a jargu body of strangers, who took j
the control of the election and polled nearly j
the entire vote. .
" Iu theEighteenth, (a small district of some
" vn-'""1' f--rt;'!.wdv ofl
twenty or ihi. .y--s.fcr sr.r,.
strangers appearea en ii.- ? ,nosn7Tm-iiitrr1i
the number of about sixty, who voJv,nd
sixty, who voi'v'u,-
imm.e4iately after took up their line of march
out
t of the district, and toward Missouri, .their
der being the Hen. David R. Atcuison.. ;In
leader
the Eleventh, Fourteenth aud Fifteenth Flec
tion Districts, the undersigned will endeavor
to prove, and believes he ,can prove, Einiilar
illegal voting. . . . . ,
, "On the day .fixed for passing upon tho ro
turnj o(. these, elections," to wit, the 5th day of
April, cQUipiaiuts were made to the Governor
from 6orac of thc districts, setting forth these
facts, and thero appeared to be defects in some
of the returns. . Seven. of the said districts
were set aside, aud in the remaining cases the
returns being in form and no complaint being
made ol illegal, votes, as provided to the Pro
clamation, certificates of election were granted
according tothem. The facts in regard to the
uncontested districts have come to tho know
ledge of thc undersigned since that time and
he has ahso learned, that tho reason, why tho
same were not contested was, thai thc inhab-
itants were prevented by intimidation aud fear
of injury to life or property from doing so, con
sidering it unsafe , to assume the position of
contestants. -One geaileuian, who was active
in getting up a contest in the Sixteenth Dis
trict, and who made-affidavit to tle complaint,
was, after much denunciation, forcibly seized
by -a .parly of men, carried" off into the State
Missouri, and thero lynched with gross indig
nity and brutal violence, t . ; , -
"An election baring been ordered for thc
22d of May, 1$S5, to fill tho vacancies created
by setting aside certain of the, districts, per
sons were, then elected, and .iu tho Sixteenth
District, as your, memorialist .has since learn
ed, the election was again carried for the wme
candidates and by the. same rteaus as It had
been on the SOth of March, but no' complaint
was then made. In the other districts the'ac
itwf Tonrtr. -Wted; and elected
?hcr Representative?, who, a ,stho:.e of
the Sixteenth District, received their certifi
cates from the Executive. All the Members
thns elected on the 22d of May, however, ex
cepting those elected from the Sixteenth Dis
trict (elected by a body of strangers), were re
jected and their places filled by those whose
election had been set aside and who had not
the certificate of the Governor as required by
the organic act, although the Legislature had
not the power nsually conferred upon legisla
tive bodies, to judge of the qualifications of
its own members."
Such is the system of the Missourians which
Mrl Douglass cooly losses' over by .styling it
"a system of emigration." It ia however
founded on force it isa "system of subjuga
tion. But the mass of the American people
love liberty. Let them examine the question
let them understand the fact?,-' and, as free
men, let ihctn declare that Kansas shall not be
subdued. i ; . ' - . ; ., -
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vicror and independence which are truly ri.
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The VjL Dohauo Auxin. The last steamer
brought despatches addressed by thc Spanish
Minister of Foreign Belations to our Minister
at Madrid,- iu reply to the demands made at
different times for redress in tho matter of tir
ing into and detaining the steamer El Dorado
by; the Spauiih maa-of-war Fcrrwlano.; The
Spanish.Government, most decidedly but cour
teously, refuses to comply with the wishes of
our Government,-and the Minister argues that
according to tho law of nations, the Conimrin-
lcr of the Ftrrolano did nothing more" than
the peculiar circumstances at that time in the
neighborhood of Havana justified
Letter from hx-PisEsiOEM I ii.i j:o;;k. A
private letter written by ex-President Fillmore
January, 18"., to Isaac Xewton, of Pliila.lcl-
phia, is published in the News, of that city.
Mr. Fillmore states that he voted for Mr. 1711-
nian for Governor of New York, and proceeds
to set forth what he conceives to be the dan
ger of foreign influence. lie deprecates the
'.effect of the "foreign" vote of the country,
and regrets the largo number of foreigners in
office. As a general rttlo he thinks thc 'coun
try should be governed by native-born Amer
icans. .... ...
Xicaragu. Iiitclligciice from San Juan lias
been received to the lGlh April. Everything
is in confusjon at Nicaragua. Parker II. French
has left San Juan for Aspiuwall, inconsequence
of a quarrel .with "Walker. The defeat of Coi.
Schlessinger is confirmed, ho lost 00 men, killed
ail( missing. He has been Court Marshalled
ou the charges of -treason and cowardice.-r-
alker is reported at thc head of an army of
"OOinen .and maivhing to meet the , Costa Ki-
cans. Anotlier battle is reported to have been
ipught,. between. 14 Americans and 200 Costa
Kicans, in which the- latter were defeated '
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. Abctic Lxri.i)iTi--i ".-u.r. iXx.-.TTiivx;
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X. Y. has received a letter from Lad' Frank-
'Vuich 'sh cxprWcs'a desire that; J)r.
KknQio-i,ld"Ti.sit!E,igland for the pu'rpiosc of
taking, in charge another Arctic Expedition.
She still hopes tliat "some survivor of Sir John
Franklin's party iuy be. found living among the
Esquimaux, froin whoni might be obtained thij
particulars of her husband's fate. She propo
ses to fit out a propeller at her owii expense,
and give tho command to Dr. Kane.
Tub ;blixkbs hex of Kansas arc about es
tablishing a new line of steamers between Al
ton and Kansas. .' That such a line of steam
ers would be highly advantageous, both to thc
people of Kansas and Alton, there can bo no
doubt ; and at the same time afford an uuaio
lesfed transit for emigrants, with their goods,
seeking a home in the new State that is to bo,
in spite of Douglas and the border-ruffians. -.
Antidote r on Poison. A correspondent of
the London 'Literary Gazette' says that a iles-scrt-spoonful-
of made mustard, mixed in a
tumbler of warm water, and drank immediaic-,
ly, is a certain antidote for poison. , It acts as
an emetic, is always ready, and may bo, used
iu any case where it is required. ,. . . v -
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- ' An .- official communication,; received at
Washington from Joel Palmer BuperiuU ndant
of Indian Affairs in Oregon, throws tho whole
blame of the present war upou the whites, who
are denounced for having been guilty of many
acts of barbarity toward the red men. , . n
TnE commchication of oiir cstecniQd friend
C. J. came too , late for this week's paper, but
shall appear in our. next" '''','
No Paper will be issued from this office
next woek, on 'account of the editor's absence.
- Thk' Hon. David Barclay, and Hon. H. M.
Fuller, hare our tbanfce for their favors to us.'
AtUllVAL 01" THE ASAQO.''
Is"ew York, April 2G. The steamship Arago,
with llavre and Southampton dates to the lth
inst., has arrived, bringing 130 passengers, in-.
eluding Mr., Bochanan and Mr. Dubois, the'
Minister from Holland to the United States.
The Paris Coxgress. The Peace Congress
continues its sessions., , It is said that Austria
gives trouble by persistently refusing to fix
thc day for evacuating the Principalities.
Austria's pretext is thc necessity for protect
ing the country' against disorders," until the
regular jurisdiction, is -.established, though
bound b treaty to , quit tlic.Ottoman ierritoi-v
on thc conclusion of peace.
KrssiA is strongly, opposed to the position
assumed by . Austria. Further intelligence,
however, state's that the Austrian troops were
leaving the Principalities, i . , ,
: The. terms ol'the treatj- of ptace. . The U
pinioh of Turin gives, r.pon good authority,
the conditions contained in. the -Treaty,. of
Peace lately concluded at; Paris. They are
affirmed to be as follows :. ';
' First. tTIiq neutralization of the Black . Sea;
Russia- not to keep there more than ten ships
of war armed, for the defence of her coasts.
. Second. Xicolatefi' is to be 'reduced to a
merchant port,, with an engagement that no
ships of war shall be constructed beyond th
number agreed to as tbovc-
r ; Third.: Russia is to allow Consals from all
the Powers iu the ports of the; Black Sea and
the Baltic. . - : . . , ....
. ; Fourth-rThe forlifications of Bouiarsund
are not to bt co instruct od.
Fifth. Russia cedes lart of the territory .of
Bessarabia, comprising .the fortress -ot. Ismail.
Sixth. Russia renounces the exclusive pro
tectorate of the Danubian Principalities.
Seventh. Russia equally renounces the pro
tectorate of the Greeks in the Ottoman -Empire.
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Eighth. The free navigation of the Danubi.
is guaranteed to all the States, without excep
tion; . , .-: ' .-..j . . , . , '
:. Ninth. This article refers to a commission
which is to be sent into the Principalities to
study the questions, of the :. frontiers and the
mode of government. .
The Opinion denies that any slipuLvtion has
been made in favor of Sardinia, and that the
Italian question will be discussed at large by
thc plenipotentiaries ia their, supplementary
sittings. , .
Russia will it is said, se;.u an nrnbassudor
to Paris, after the ratifications' of the treaty.
The Itali .v Question. London, April S,.
The Times of to-day announces that the mem
orandum presented, by Count de Cavour, the
Sardinian plenipotentiary, to the Congress of
Paris, claims in the Roman government Un
political separation of the lay and spiritual
powers; the intervention of the allies in Na
ples ; the recognition of the national unity of
Italy; tiie removal of foreign troops; a cus
tom union between Piedmont and Lombardy,
and lastly, material ameliorations and more
liberal institutions iu Austrian Italy, as well
as more indulgence, to facilitate relations
with Piedmont
The Ratification or the Tkeatv. A letter
to the Paris Constitutional, dated Vienna,
April 4th, says : "Notwithstanding many for
malities have been gone through with, rela
tive to the Treaty of Peace, .the - ratification
of Austria will reach Paris about the JSth.
Count Buol will leave to Baron Hubner the
care of exchanging, the ratifications, - and will
leave. Paris about the 20th. The form of the
instrument of peace sigued ut Taris has been
based. on that of the treaty of Vwuna of 151 5.
Ifp to . the day of the signature of the treaty
not a single word on the subject of Italy, was
uttered in the Congress by any td". .the Pleni-
potentaries.r! a .'a-, I : .i- .:,-) vr-. . :
:.SU Petersburg, April 7; The official jour
nal announces a . naval armistice, t and states
thatafter.-tlio xatificatioa of the: peaco treaty
all ships that have been seized w ill be released.
: Rcsas Jealousy. Au article in the Nor
thern. Bee, of St. . Peteisburg, preaching up
the emancipation of Russian-civilization from
foreign influence, nnd violently attacking Eug-;
land, lias pToduced.a- groat sensation. .;-).-,
Fbencii Jr iLjorsy.' The P;ris Siece Is a-
larm.ed at tha' powerful navies maintained by
England arid' Russia : in the North. It fears
that a slight fcpark -would suffice to kindle the
fire of animosity choked by the present peace,
whcii the. tranquility of the world wxftdd again
be menaced, ilt iays:.'We dd not wish to
be birda of bad augury; but we demand of thc
Congress, would it nof.ba better to Constitute'
Sweden strong aud powcrfuly solidly ibound to
Denmark, and' supported by independent Po
laudj'than; to laave eo little political t-pace be
tween two 'colossal - powers 'like i Russia and
England.'! - ' ' tti.!;a.r
Ccksls Coming Home ! The Washington L
uiun. is down like a thousaud of brinks axon
the rennsylcanian aud the Harrisburf PaU fot,
because they do not- shout pcteus ioj l'i;tci,,
after tho Democratic State Convention; had
"in no miuciug terms approved aud cnJirscd
his administration !'.' ;That approval wasii mat
ter of expediency j.gcrilleincu felt theia-elvcs
degraded in voting for it, but the partv
later-
csts demanded ittind now it is thrown
Ii into
their teeth l .Verdict ,"sai ved them 4
ghlj.7
..vcyer. Avas inan so. jte-inny uespiscu as
Lin Piekce .is by th e Democrats, of Pea
S A N K-
sylya-
ot cny
nia, though .tlie poor party t scrfs darc
so ! Phil' a 9nn .: , ......
RAitnoAiiCoNsOLioATiON. Gov Pollck has
signed the bill to consolidate into onlcorpo
ralioni under"41ie title of "Tiie Piltsbiigh and
Chicago "Railroad Company,"" tho Hi ?d cor
porations whose roads' extend in di ct line
from Pittsburgh to the great lake cit; of Hli
nois.' The companies consolidated' re the
Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad Comnny', tho
Ohio and Indiatia Railroad Company "and the
Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad Cfmpany
The entire length - of the consolidatej line is
455 mils, aud the amorinfc of cspifafiuthori-
zed is $ lO.OOO.Of. of which ?5.C0(0?0 has
tee a -paid. -i- -'-';-- : ..
A large and enthusiastic meeting of rafisv,.
"as canea on uie rails at J.ockport, on TliOl,
A. K. Wright, Hon. James T.Leonard, James
B. Graham, Esq., and Ogdcn Smith, Vive Pre-
sidents. and G. L. Iteed, Secretary.
The President stated the object of the mVpf
ing to be, to change the general landing place
and the place-'lor buying And selling lumber
from Lock Haven to the Long Reach. - The
meeting was addressed by Gen. John Patten,
M. Chamberlain, Esq., Hun. A. K. Wright, Og
den Smith," Jonathan Boy n ton; and others.- -
On motion, the following preamble and res
olutions were road and unanimously adopted.
Whereas, the raftsmen on the West Branch
of the Susquehanna river, suffer great incon-
vt-uiencs and loss ia consequent of the shorrfto supply ornamental lakes with-water
"re ior lanaing, ana me rapidity or the curi
rent in. the dam at Lockhavenj great quantU
ties of. lumber being in danger of breaking
loose and going over the dam. e.-nor!iw ;..
high freaucts ; Therefore,- Resolved, tha't in
our opinion tho Long Keach would be a. much
satVr place for the delivery of lumber aiid rer
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lettinar of contracts ; there being at that place
several-miles of grod: beach on ach side of
the river with- good trees' to tie to, find slow
current ; and we believe that any quantity of
timber my be held there, with safety, at any
sta.ee of water." ' " ' ' -"--
hfifihed, That we ' recommend the Lon
I Peach. as a Moner noiut for th? fufnr. Hiu..- !
j ry of lumber and reletting of contracts. . i-
.j Joh-tJ, thai we pledge ourselves to iuak
all eontracts for the delivery or rnnnintr ol i
lumber in future, at the Long Reach instead j
of Lock Haven. ' ; . . .,
On motion, the following pledge was drawn
i:p and read. -
We, whose names are he: eto annexed, j.ledg-
ourselves to'mflke all contracts for th dolivc-
ourselves to'mflke all contracts for th dolivc-
liyfllTrt'u UiUr a L?S
J.each instead of Lock Haven, and agree for
any violation "of the above pledge to lb tie it
the sum of two hundred dollars.
John Ration,
It. L'.'F lemming,
William Powell,
, H. -Pat chen, -
C. Pottorff, .' ' ;
Martin Billmever,
Smiths & King,
Samuel Mitchell,
James B. Graham,
M. Chamberlain,
J.M.Kelly, : :"
Jas. P.-Nelson,- & Co,
. Charles Stockholm,
James Irvin & Co,
II. D. Rodeamer, ,
Powell, Weaver & Co,
II. O. Brittain.
Reuben Miller, :
Reuben Hall, .
Jonathan I'nyi.toi:,
A. K. Wright, .
.'fimei' T. Leonard.
F. P. Hm xthall,
J.'M. Ctimmings, -H.
Swan;
Thomas I'alaton,
John Swan,
.lames Forrest,
John IJrook.s,
C. W. Blake, .
P. Billmever,
Il.L.Shafer,
John IJarinov,'
K. L. .Miller;
C. Rorabaugh,
C. Way Moore,
James Wiggins,
A. Cai r,
Adam Burqe,
William Holt,
'J bos. J. McCullouih. G. L. Reed: : .
Henry Cross, . ; . . Peter Zimmerman,
James Feath, John C. Biss,
'. Samuel Miller, Thomas Norris,
S.-U. Taylor, ' ' Daniel Fulkerson,
Henry Ross, Frederick Ziniuierman
Daniel Vothcrs, -
On motiuj, Resolved, that the resolutions
and proceedings of this meeting be published
in all the papers on the We.t Branch.
tin motion. Gen. John Patton. Hon. A. K.
Wright, Ogdon Smith, M. Chamberlain and
John Brooks were nppointed a committee to
confer with the citizens at Lindc-n and other
points on the Long Reach, about the Hotels
and other accommodations for watermen.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
. Root. L. FtEMMiNG, President.
G. L. Reed, Secretary.
Sixci lar Disco vrnr. The last number of
e North California says A party of eight
th
men started, on. Thursday last on a prospecting
tour, the result of which was one of the most
. important discoveries ever, made in the coun-
try. In crossing Table. .Mountain they obser-
ved that in many daces .the ground seemed
holiow, and in one place, on striking upon the
ground with a sledge, tluecho was given back
with sneh distinctness that led them to believe
there would be Utile diJliculty in breaking
through. Having procured proper implements
they set to work. After going tho depth of i
four feet, . one cf tho party who .was using a !
crowbar. ,yaj seen suddenly to .fall upoa. his
face; upon examination, a hole was found a
bont. lour inches wide, through which the bar
had slipped and. sunk into the bowels of the
mountain.,. The aperture was immediately en
larged, but it was found that, owing to the
brittleness of the rock, it- was exceedingly dan
gerous workiug around it. The parties have
taken up about 8000 feet around the hole, and
arc busy getfiug.wiudlasscs, etc., to prospect
it further.,., A correspondent .states that .both
gold, aud coal have been found there, and
promises uxfurtaer information.
SlTI'LEMEST TO the License Law. In the
early part of last week Mr. Leisenring tf Phil
adelphia county introduced a bill to repeal the
"2th and 27th sections of the new license law,
and opening the door for beer and other houses,
without restriction in m.iuy of the cities and
; comities of the" Commonwealth, which was
pnssed on Friday laft by a vote of 43 Yeas, to
'44 hays': ;- '' '- ":; :
This bill as it passed the' House repeals the
assessalde basis,1" In the city' of Philadelphia.
There may be any number ' of hotels; eating
housesj'and Iaget beerhouses there is no re
striction in' number.'-' It creates, too, an invl
diousdistlnction between the classes of houses
which have licenses. For instancey'tho law,
as it now stands, compels hotel-keepers topro
enre certificates but it leaves the matter dis
cretionary with the Board of- Licensers - to
grant licenses to Veer houses. : They may or
may not license hotels and eating houses
thfy must licensebcer house's: Laiid. Ind. Whig.
..IJ'jUotoay'i Pill. Wonderful Cure of a dis
eased Liter. Emily :Eurt0O, aged; 4, of Ful
ton Street,- Brooklyn, Long .Island New;Yoil-,
was for a Jong time ia a. very precarious state
of health, owing to her liver.being diseased ;
the medicail , faculty prescribed for her in. vain,
and every remedy she thought likely to- benefit
her she made; use vf with the like ill success.
About two months ago she commenced using
HoUoway'a Pills, and complied with tho prin
ted, directions,' which quickly produced a very
pleasing change, in! five weeks, the;, bloom of
Jiealth was again upon her .cheeks, being per
fectly cured, to the agreeable : surprise of ber
friends. ; These Pills are also infallible in all
d iseascs of the stomach and bowels. .
,' It i3 said that Speakcr Banks dccliucs be
ing a-candidale, ..either for. President or Vice
President, on the Republican ticket. '":'
CLIPPIXdS AND SCKIBBLIN'GS.
Of the rouaTEEX Presidents of the Unite
KTe
I i
j VJL
The water of Lake Ontario is said to be
nches higher than it was at this time lait
i-AxcAiifia-corsiT the court has decided
o lice.sing 1S4 taverns, 23 of which are toba
in the civ. "
Howddisalinclook without spaces. Indiana.
Jlegister. z - -.- .-:- - - -. .. .
D-'Likesii'ditorsirwithoutgraces.
A.v
AliTESl
si wELtj is being bored fit Paris,
feet d-'fp"tnd'ovcr 2 feet diameter,
to be 2(:Xi
The Sr. I ocn-DxsiacBAT. ii confident tlmt
100,000 pernons will be added to the pcpuU
tion ol Kansas before the close of 18oG.
Gaitr is bad for discasiion. Lcse a Docket
! k containing two fifties and a ter, and vou
I...
will not erne for food for the next 2 dars.
Cor.. M. Ret.hoid has been courictedof the
murder of G. D. Safterfield, in Patrick coun
ty, Ta., and sc-nt to the penitentiary for ten
yean. . . ' ' ' -' ,
Tnc Lecisiatire tif Ohio bai just pased a
las? limiting the taxes levied by incorporated
towns and cities for local rnrroses to I mil! j
on the dollar.
The ProniA, 'Illinois, Ropublican sajsthat
; ti,c ueach lr
In i ,
i u:,u' aad '
fhe seveie c
irees generally, and many most vcl-
lardy apple-trees, were killed by
: fhe seveie cold last winter.
Mr Alexander Gun w
..
j iri,lt t,lfc JlI,ourg Customs the ;
as dismissed
following en-
i try was made in the books : "A, Gun, disidiar-
' g d for making a false report."
I Tns ToiiXAOO. The recent storm is said
! have extended oTer a thousand miles of terri
; tory, through which it passed in a few hours,
doing an incalculable amount of damage,
i
j A Yankee - has just invented a.suspcndi-r
j that contracts on your approach to water, so
; that the moment yon come to a puddle it lifts
i you over, and drops you on the other side.
The extreme , cold weather the past winter
frore the water in the pipes in Reading eity
and burst thetn in many places, so that many
of the citizens had no water iu their hydrants.
TnK Iowa Republican says there will be five
eclipses this year two of the sun two of the
moon and one of Frank Pierce. The latter
j will be visible all over the United States in
! November next.
I .
Oregon is taking measures to bo admitted
into thc Union. The population is said to be
now, over fifty thousand, "with more wealth
than any other community of fifty thousand
people on the globe."
An Irish TArrn says that extensive prepa
rations are going forward ia the northern pro
vinces of Ireland, lor the cultivation of pota
toes tlm ensuing season, and that in ISoo, one
million acres were planted.'
j The MrxiciPAt ei.:ctjo- in Philadelphia
j takes place on the Cth of May. TheAmericah
j candidate for Mayor is Henry D. 3oore, and
; that of the I.-ocofocos is Richard Vaux, and
the contest is becoming very spirited.
The 'Washington 'Sentinel says that, with
thc exception of Pierce, it will support any
j nomiuee. that the Democratic Convention shall
deem, after a fair canvass- of the qualifications ,
of all, the most suitable for the coming contest.
' The trial of the "Wakcmanirc's in Now Ha
ven was brought to a close, quite abruptly, on t
April 17; the insanity of the prisoners becarno j
' ' 1 1
Irocee'1
so apparent that the States Attorney refused I
.1. Verdict rendered '-Not euiltv on I
account of hisanft v.' :;
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A M rrnnf-ifsr triftrri
:t has arrived in the!
Crimea to minhter to the Methodists amonf
thc English troops, and Lord Panmnre haJ
given hiui an order for rations during Insstavi
There are already Episcopalian, Roman Catfcj
olic, and Presbyterian chaplains there.
A widow, residing in the village of Douchvi
France, committed su'eid.1, recently, by'sbutt
ting herself up in a box
When found, si
j was 'carefully wrapped in linen.j ,Shcwaa up'
fjvards 'of r0y"ears 'if age. Disppointed 'lov
is said to be the cause" of ibis act of despair!
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Public Simpatut. The Bridgeport (Ct.
Standard contains the, call for a mass meeting
of' Citizens, in reference fo the personal em
lurrassiiients of P. T. Rarnum, and to exten
lb him their sympathies, etc.
"X7Tlie-poor prince of humbugs f Let him1
alone, he will look out for number one. -
H lien the cuitor ot a .Mississippi paper
fhreatene'd,1n' print, '"'to put a full stop over I
each of the eyes of the editor of the Louisville
Journal," Prentice replied : "'While he isput-
ting-a full stop over our eyes, we will put his ?
j nose in a parenthesis." It is hard getting the :
advantage of Prentice. ' :
Rotal Candor. Geo. 11 being iaforuied
that an impudent printer was to be 'punished
for having published a spurious king's speech,
replied that he hoped the punishment would
be of the mildest sort, because he bad read ;
both, and as far as lie understood either of
them, he liked the. spurious speech better than
his owii. " , ' .'";.. -
A Valuable Patkxt. It is anaounced that
a Yankee has invented a machine to extract
the lies from quack advertisements. It is said
to be a queer contrivance, full of springs,
wheelscogs,and thing-a-majiggers.-jcfia3-
1 , CFWe wouldlsuggest to the inventor that
he? adapt hU mftchiue so as to act onLocofoco
papers, which; would enable him to dp a whole
sale business, -.: . . ;
' '" There is a woman in the lunatic' asylum t
New York who thinks the Roman Catholics
are trying to build a cathedral in her stomach,
and who goes to bed every night with a club
to keep of thc Papists. " She ought to be ad
mitted into the Know Nothing lodge without
a ballot. StandardJ i " ' - ' "'v? b-. .:?' .'"
T C7" We opine she would do letter service by
entering the. Democratic ranks, where every
body is Just now driving away at everybody
else, and where hcr'stomach wonld be burthen
ed with nothing more formidable than al"cr
beer saloon f- . ''- . ' ' -
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