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CLEARFIELD, PA , JUNE 11, 156.
J?eramc tf the rhiladelphia Convention.
for pnt5iii:sr,
TJILLATID FILLMORE.
vice rntsirENT,
ASrilEW JACKSON DONNELSON.
Union State Nomina'iona.
CA5AI, OOH VISSWNr.B.
IHOMA.S B. COCHKA.N", of York Co
ATDITOB GENERAL,
DAKWIX rifELPS, of Armstrong Co
srRvrvun clnft.ai.,
BARTHOLOMEW LAPOUTK, of Bradford Co.
THE EFFECT.
It is but a little over three years since Frank
lin Fierce, elevated by the suffrages of the cit
izens of the United States to the Chief Magis
tracy of the Nation, assumed the control of
cur governmental affairs. At that time, our
country was at peace with all the world noth
ing to disturb the quiet of the people, or en
danger the permanency of the Union living
together as one great family, harmonious, well
disposed and cherishing the kindliest feelings
towards each other. North and South. But
what is our condition now? When we at
tempt to answer this question we are struck
with amazement at the spectacle which pre
sents itself. By the short-sightedness of the
National Executive and his advisers, we find
ourselves susroundod by an appalling state of
affairs. From abroad, thrcatenings and mena
ces ere heard in our far western borders cru
el and sanguinary indian war is prevailing
the old States are convulsed with the agitation
of sectional issues civil war is raging in our
territories American towns are sacked, pri
vate property destroyed, and American citi
rens assassinated, in an attempt to spread the
blight of human bondage over one of the fair
est portions of our land and ruffians are .seek
ing to suppress the freedom of speech in our
legislative halls by the use of bludgeons and
brute force. What a spectacle this is for the
world to contemplate! What a significant
commentary on the boasted blessings of Dem
ocratic rule! Truly hag it been said, By
their fruits.shall ye know them !'
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION.
The agony ot selecting a Presidential can
didate to be supported by the Democratic par
ty is over at last, and James Buchanan is the
lucky man. Although w e were of the opinion
for some time past that Pierce and Douglass
would be able to prevent his nomination, still
we are not surprised at the selection. The
course which Pierce pursued in regard to the
sectional issues which now agitate the country,
was well calculated to awaken distrust in the
-South, as well as to estrange the North. The
spectacle of a President countenancing a horde
of rnffian non-residents in their efforts to usurp
the legislative power ol a territory, and to es
tablish slavery there, was too humiliating to
excite any feelings bordering the respectful.
In Douglass, everybody saw but the root of the
evil which exhibited itself in full bloom in
Pierce. Their efforts to have the provisions of
the Kansas-Nebraska act carried fully into ef
fect were marked more w ith the desire to se
cure the support of the South to them in the
Convention., than with any intention of bene
fitting the country, or maintaining the laws.
This created a'di.sgust, which the Conveation
evidently did not fiil to discover would ren
der the election of either this fall very doubt
ful. The consequencewasthit Tierce has been
virtually repudiated by his party, and he au 1
Douglass sink together into one political grave,
"Unhouscll'd. disappointed, unarelcd."
"How the mighty are fallen.'"
The Democratic party, in selecting, in 18-52,
Gtn. Pierce as their candidate, did that which
they undoubtedly have since regretted. They
have found that their experiment of taking np
a man whose only recommendation was, that
he was an obscure individual, almost unknown
outside cf bis own State, has failed entirely in
its contemplated beneficial results. They,
therefore, seem to have determined upon a
voiding a similar mis-step on the present oc
casion. In Buchanan they have found a can
didate, who cannot be objected to on the score
cf notoriety. As to the course he has pnr
encd since he entered upon his political ca
reer, that is another matter, and a reference to
bis antecedents may, therefore, not be unin
teresting. The following brief history will
give the reader a feint idea of the stability of
his views :
"He entered political life ia 1S14 &3 a rank
Federalist, and by the Federal party be was e
lectcd to. the Legislature of the State. He was
re-elected in 1815, defeating Molton C. Ro
gers, the democratic candidate, and afterwards
one of the Supreme Judges of the State. In
1820 he was the Federal candidate for Con
gress, and was elected over Jacob Ilibsman,
the democratic candidate, by 076 majority.
In 1822 he was re-elected over the same man
- by 813 majority. In 1824 he was the Federal
candidate for Congress, and elected over Sam
uel Houston, the democratic candidate, by
r18 votes. In 1826 he was re-elected over Dr.
John McCamaut, the democratic candidate, by
453 Totes. His majorities were becoming less
each time, and in order to satisfy bis federal
friends of .bis fidelity to tte party, he had to
declare that '-if be had a drop of democratic
; I TJTouid open them and let .
biooa :n mis ti5 -
il out-"; v-r8 after this (1S28) he changed Lis
" Jind became a full blooded democrat, and
ran for Congress as the democratic candidate,
and was elected by virtue of General Jackson's
noiml iritr. He was afraid to run a second
popui.iruj.
term, and he declined. - Jn 1M, he became
Secretary of State, under Folk's administra-
Hon, and consented to give away
,-about half of
the Territory of Oregon to the British govern
ment, after he had proven that they had not a
fpark of title to it.
"He extolled the Federal Administration ot
John'Adams, and endorsed the abominab'c A-
lien and Sedition laws of the federal reign of
terror. He bitterly denounced me Aumnni-
tration of that pure Democrat, James Madi
son md ridiculed what he termed the follies
of Thomas Jefferson.
"In 1810 at a meeting in Lancaster, he re
ported resolutions favoring resistance to the
intension of Slavcrv, and the admission of the
State of Missouri as a Slave State
"In 1817 he wrote to the democracy of Boiks
County, saying that the Missouri Compromise
had given peace to the country, and that in
steid of repealing it, he was in favor of its ex
tension and maintenance.
In 1850 in a letter to Col. Forney, rejoic
ing over the settlement of the slavery ngita
tion by the passage of the Compromise Mea
sures during Fillmore's Administration, and
hoping that before a dissolution of the Union
that he might be gathered to his fathers, and
never be permitted to witness the sad catas
trophe.
"In 1802 he wrote to Mr. Leake, of Virgi
nia, concerning Fillmore's Compromise Mea
sures of 1S50, which had been passed by Con
gress, and said "that the volcano has been ex
tingnished, and the man who would apply the
firebrand to the combustible materials still ro
maining will produce an eruption that will o
vcrwhelm the Constitution and the Union."
"On the 2Pth ol December, lS.Vj, about six
months ago, Mr. Buchanan, in a letter to John
Slidcll, of Louisiana, says : "The Missouri
Compromise is cone, and cone forever. 1 1 has
departed. The time for it has passed away,
and the best, nay, the only mode now left of
putting down the fanatical and reckless spirit
of abolition at the North is to adhere to the
existing settlement without the slightest tho't
or appearance of wavering and without re
garding any storm which may be raised a
gainst it."
There is the way James Buchanan, the nom
inee ot the Democracy, appears on the record
This will suffice to give the public an insight
into the opinions which he has entertained at
different periods, and enable them to judge of
how much dependence can be placed in a msn
who seems to have been more remarkable for
consummate tact in changing position, than
for anything else.
Oi-r "Constitutional Rights." The Con-
stitution guarentees "the liberty of Speech
and of the Tress." Within a few weeks tclligent gentleman, wc presume that he reads
two Trinting Offices have been destroyed by tiie papers, in which case he may have learn
cannonade, for exercising the one, and a Sen- ed that the Brooks banquet is not without its
ator in Congress beaten down and mangled in
his seat, for availing himself of the other.
The Constitution declares that "the right of
the Tcople to keep and bear arms shall not be
infringed." Within the past month per-
sons acting under Federal authority have for
cibly sji.cd two hundred ttand of arms, and a
field-piece belonging to citizens of Kansas
and turning them upon their lawful owners,
have driven tlieni from their homes.
There is a clause in the Constitution declar
ing that 'no person shall be deprived of life,
liberty or property without due process of law.'
The grass has hardly grown over the graves
of Dow and Brown, the one shot and the other
chopped to pieces by Federal permission;
and Lawrence has been reduced to a heap of
smoking ruins by Federal command. Such
is American liberty in May 18oij. Douglas'
threat is fast becoming a reality. We arc be
ing "subdued."
Wondkrs of the Tellgh Ai'ii. Since the
restoration of peace in England, the line of
submarine telegraph has been extended to St.
Petersburg, so as to establish the means of in
stantaneous communication between London
and that capital, the length of wire being 1,700
miles. The communication is carried on by
means of the printing telegraph, and simulta
neously with the touch of the finger cn the in
strument at St. Petersburg, indicating the let
ters of the alphabet to be transmitted, they
appear on a similar instrument at the Strand
station in London. This is perhaps the moat
striking achievement in the art of telegraph
ing yet accomplished.
Danger or Invasion. The U. S. Military
Gazette says that the Government of Great
Britain has issued orders that no military corps
from New York, or any part ot the United
States, shall be permitted to land on the Can
ada side, with niuskots, rifles, swords or pis
tols, or any war-like instruments. Any com
pany desirous to visit Canada during the sum
mer, can leave their arms at Niagara Falls,
aud cross when they please as citizens.
Texas Debt. The Washington Star states
that the TreasuryDcpartraent paid on Monday,
Tuesday and to 11 o'clock on Wednesday last,
to the creditors of the late Kepnblic of Texas,
under the act ot Congress of the 2Sth Of Feb
ruary, 18oo, the sum ot 4,359,525 12. It will
be recollected the amount appropriated was
$7,750,000
Wagon Tbai tor Kansas. Fifty families
left Wisconsin on Thursday week for Kansas
overland. They were in covered wagons.
The evening before departnre, while encamp
ed on the prairies near the town, tbey had a
meeting, which was attended by a mmber of
their friends. - '
Coxk-tcriccT has a state debt of $4,651, and
some of the presses there sound the alarm.
For thrift aud economy old Connecticut is cer-
tamly a jncdcl state.
AN APPROPRIATE REMARK.
"Vot a countrv, vot a beeples !" is said to
have been the amazed exclamation of Baron
Dubois, the Dutch Minister at Washington,
as he beheld a servant killed by a Senator for
, . i til T Aw tci n
not serving
ois way at Prcana, -. ... y -
i.xincr w hat misrht come next, ho
- o o
prudenuy do u - - -
on iiisomcj:n u.m.j -.. ....,
(! doinsr anvthinjr which might make mm eu-
cinies among a "bccpies" wno iuuuiSc.i ...
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such extraordinary methods of manifesting a
temporary irritation.
"Vot a country ! vot a becplcs ! If tins
was tne exclamation oi u"u ........
an occasiciw-what can ho have remarked on
the very remarkable events which have turned
since the slaughter of the unfortunate
a 4 IT- t. ... . n f a T ntr A wl
waiter in question i ai son ui n-vnuj,
he experience when Mr. Crampton received
the revocation of his exequatur, not on polit
ical but on personal grounds, and what was
his interjection at such a peculiar twist on
u.ccr. Paimcrsi, and Clarendon As a
polite man and as one familiar with the cti
quette of foreign courts, he was doubtless im
pressed with the courteous manner in wincn
this wasdoue; but as a native ol tne lays
i v,ot fnnntrv uhrre evervthins is
done in a deliberate straight-forward manner,
he must have been surprised-at Marcy's round
turn iu the matter. Beyond question, so far
... . . a..!.. 7' t f :r Tlll-
aS tins anair is coucerncu, hui vuij
bois, but with him the whole country are at
present anxiously waiting to find out "vot vill
dev do at dinner V The breakfast is nicely
over, things arc cleared away what next ?
"Vot a country, vot a beeples ! On one
hand we riuk a war with the nation w hich is in
almost every respect nearest to us, which is
in many particulars, identical with us, because
that nation in its need attempted, ia the most
cautious manner possible, to enlist a few Get
mans and Irish in our territory ; while on the
other wc suffer a President, (supposed to rep
resent the people, and who really represents
nothing but his own low interests,) to rush in
to an alliance with a handful of pirates and
. . - . oil rlnnn In n nntifin T -
inievea. ;
... . .v.-.. : :...n: 1,;m, i v,
ceiling an owieis iu .........
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nest caucaieu in me woim, um i"iu
to be the most cnlicrhtcncd on the face of the
earth.
Vot a country, vot a beeples !" With
what a peculiar gusto must Mynheer Dubois
have rolled out this phrase of surprise when
he heard that a United States member of the
House of Representatives had walked into
.he Senate, and then with a gutta pcrcha cane
"walked into" a Senator, seated at his desk,
and nearly murdered him in a sneaking, cow
ardly, ungcnUemauly manner 7 Jie i:au won
dered at what would be done at dinner the
dinner in question, did not, it is true, coma
off for several days, bat when it did, it w.is
without doubt, quite as extraordinary as the
bloody breakfast would have led one to anti
cipate. As Baron Dubois is said to be an in
appropriate dessert
"Vot a country, vot a beeples I" Candi
dates without a sense of shame, pandering to
the lowest passions of the mob; men who
have children oluiitarily forcing upon t nc
country measures lor which history w ill brand
them with unmitigated blackness ; a president
precipitating by every means in his power,
civil war and discord, for the sake of his own
pitiful paltry share of loaves and fishes, and a
press which affects "chivalry" while praising
the beatine a man at an advantage ! "Vot a
country ! vot a beeples !" Phil'a. Bulletin.
. NICARAGUA.
The news from Nicaragua, which wc pub
lish inamplc detail this morning, w ill be found
highly interesting. The retreat of the Costa
Rican army, which is fully confirmed, occur
red from causes that will not at all suprise
those w ho have perused the lucid account of
its personnel and orgauizationjatcly furnished
for our columns by a correspondent at San
Jose. After the Battle ofRivas and the re
treat of Walker, the triumphant , Costa Ricans
neglected to properly bury the bodies of their
dead who had fallen in that engagement, and
the consequence was, that, with the rapid put
refaction of the tropics, tho-air of the locality
presently lccamc infected, and the cholera
broke out iu the camp. Indeed, our corres
pondent states that with unaccountable stu
pidity the ignorant peasants, of whom the
mass of the invading force was composed,
flung bodies into the wells on which they de
pended for water; and that thus the pestilence
was still further intensified. No sooner had.
it became certain that it w-as the cholera than
a panic broke out among the undiscipliucd
troops, and their commander was at once com
pelled to abandon the expedition and make
his way back, with bis now dispirited aud de
moralized forces, to his own country. It is
also probable that their experience in the bat
tle of Rivas had contributed to their discour
agement. It is true that they had there held
their ground, and that after seventeen hours'
fighting Walker had been compelled 4to fall
back ; but this was not done till he had put a
greater number of Costa Ricans hora do com
bat than bis own entire righting force. At
that battle, according to our correspondent,
Walker could only bring two hundred men in
to actiou, the rest of bis army refusing to
fight either from total exhaustion or from
cowardice. These two hundred are said to
have killed and wounded three times their
own number of the enemy. This is probably
exaggerated, but there is no doubt that Walk
er's keen marksmen did a vast deal more dam
age than they suffered.
This would seem for the present at least, to
render Walker's position secure. A good
deal is said in the journals of Costa Rica
about a powerful force from San Salvador
and Guatamala, about to arrive and overthrow
him, but there is no other sign of such a move
ment. If one had recently been contemplated
. , i 1 . .n i tv.o.1a ci m ii If -iTirli.t V with i
it wonia iac .
the invasion from Costa Rica, and the failure
of that enterprise will not be likely to inspire
the people of the other States with a desire
to imitate it. Walker now evidently intends
to renew the attack on Costa Hica fo unsuc
cessfully commenced by Schlesinger. His
men are clatnarous for it, under the impres
sion that they will find plenty of money there,
nn article they stand in need of, and the next
arrival will probably bring the intelligence of
the beginning of the campaign. Meanwhile
Schlesinger is skulking about the country to
avoid the well-deserved sentence of death pas
sed upon him by a court martial. Steam
communication with California is reestablish
ed as well as with New York and Nevr.Orleans,
so that the filibusters are iu the way ot receiv
ing reinforcements. The elections are pro
ceeding, and it is said Kivas will certainly be
chosen President ; and altogether it must be
admitted that the star cf Walker is just now
in the ascendant. This being the case, we
presume that President Pierce will now honor
Padro Vigil with a more public reception,
and allow the mutual complimentary speeches
to appear in the official organ ; while the con
spirators who are at the bottom of the whole
business, can make their preparations for a
new attempt ou Cuba, with San Juan del Norte
as a staffing point, and for the dissolution of
the American Union and the erection of a
new Southercn slaveholding and slave trading
confederacy as their ultimate aim. .V. 1".
Tribune.
THE CINCINNATI C0NVESTI0S.
We last week noticed the inectiug and tem
porary organization of this body. After the
committees on credentials, organization, and
platform had been appointed, the Convention
was permanently organized by the appointment
of Jonx Ward, of Georgia, as President, a
Vice President from each State, and thirty,
one Secretaries, after which the Convention
adjourned. On the assembling of the Conven
tion, on Tuesday morning, the President, on
taking the chair, urged rpon all the necessity
of conciliation and compromise. The rules of
organization of the last National Convention
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were uuupieu o.i imi,.. ..a.. .
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Uliiice. 1 11. uciu&an-a nuiit iv v.
Columbia and the anti-Bcnton delegates from
Missouri were admitted. A rambling debate
on the subject of admitting members of Con
gress, members of Legislatures, &c., occupied
the time until the hour of adjournment.
On Wednesday morning, at 10 o'clock, the
Convention ngain met. B. F. Hallett, chair
man of the committee on resolutions, submit
ted a report, which endorses and re-aftlrnis the
general principles of the Convention that met
in Baltimore in 1S52, and in addition sustains
the Kansas-Nebraska bill, denounces the prin
ciples of the Know-Nothings, declares the
Democratic party tn favor of free seas and a
progressive free trade, the enforcement of the
Monroe doctrine, and the Pacific Railroad, ex
presses sympathy with the movement for "the
regeneration of Central America," and asserts
that the Democratic party will expect the next
National Administration to make all proper
efforts to secure American ascendancy in the
Gulf of Mexico. After considerable discus
sion, the report of the committee was adopted.
The difficulty regarding the delegates from
New York was adjusted by admitting one half
Softs and an equal number of Hards.
At two o'clock on Thursday the Convention
proceeded to baliot for a caudidato for Presi
dent. Fourteen ballots were had,wh;ch resul
ted as follows, the fractional votes being those
of divided delegations :
Ballots. Buchanan. Pierce. Douglass. Cass.
1. 122 S3 5
2. 133 11 '.I I ?.li C
G. 13'n ll'J C2 o,
4. 141 110 CO 5i
5. no n:i si 51
0. 155 107 23 5 1
7. 1V'j 8'J . 53 5 1
. HTJ 87 Gd 5
0. 11C S7 5G 7
10. 15ii 80i 534 5
11. 1471 80 C3 5
12. 118 79 C3 5
13. 150 77 C3 5"i
14. 152 79 03 o
The Convention then adjourned. At nine
o'clock on Friday it re-assenibled, nnd after
the preliminary business was disposed of, pro
ceeded to take the 15th ballot, with tho fol
lowing result :
Buchanau 1C8J; Pierce 3; Douglass 118J;
Cass 4i.
The Buchanan men shrieked with delight,
and upon the name of Franklin Pierce being
here w ithdrawn, more cheers were given. A
lGtb ballot was then taken, with the following
result : Buchauan 1G8, Douglass 121, Cass C.
On the 17th ballot, Buchanan received 29G
votes, and declared the unanimous choice of
the Convention. So James Buchanan is the
candidate of the Democratic party for Piesi
dent. John C. Breckenridge, of Kentucky,
was chosen as the candidate for Vice Presi
dent. To Pekiokical Publishers The editor of
the Washington (D. C.) Spectator designs to
publish, abont August next, a list of all the
periodicals from monthlies to dailies in the U
nited States embracing California and the
Territories with terms and general character,
so far as he can ascertain them.
To aid in making np his list, and in carry
ing out his further plan he invites all publish
ers to send him three copies of their publica
tion, first issued after the fourth of July, (or
such as shall contain fullest accounts of the
ocenrrences of that day.) These he proposes
to bind one sett to be filed in the Congres
sional Library one in the Library of the
Smithsonian Institution the other for his
own sanctum. -
. He also requests this notice may he inserted
once, or more times, in the editorial columns
of his cotemporaries. Those publishers who
give it a place and Bend him a copy of their
papers containing it, will be furnished -ith a
copv of the list when published.
WasHryoroy, D. C. May Sd. ISoS.
WHO ARE THE POPULAR LEADERS
' Iff KANSAS.
An ;uipres3ion seems to prevail extensively
throughout the country at large that the lead
ers ot the movement in favor of making a free
State out of this Territory have all been strong
anti-slavery meu In former times, r, in other
word, Abolitionists. They have been the
very reverse of this. Not one of them ever had
any sympathy with the Free Soil or Liberty
party, nor ever acted with it, so far as we are
informed. The five most prominent men are
Gov. Itobinson, Lieut. Gov. Robertson, Sen
ators Keeder and Lane, and Mr. DeUiliaye.
the members of Congress elect under the new
Constitution.
The first was born in Massachusetts, end
both ther and in California, where he livad
for s jtne years, actively supported one of the
great parties which divided the nation Lp un
til 1852. He never wis either a Liberty msn
or a Free-soiler. In fact throughout his w hole
life until he emigrated to Kansas, he took a
decided tart a?ainst theui and their peculiar '
doctrines.
Lieut. Gov. Robertson ii a native of Fay
ette county, and was a leading and active
member of the Democratic Legislature which
assembled f.t Ilarrisburg in 18o4. He was,
from the time cf the introduction of the Kan
sas Nebraska bill into the Senate by Douglas
until its passage, a warm advocate and friend
of its principles.
Lvery one in this State knows Alexander
II. Keeder. All know he is a Pennsylvanian
and a man of t. k-nts. His devotion to the
Democratic faith procured from President
Pierce his appointment to the Governorship
of the Territory. His warm advocacy orsqnat
ter sovereignty placed him in direct contact
with the Free-soilers. Iu truth, he has been
in collision with them throughout bis politi
cal career.
Mr. Lane was elected Lieut. Governor of
Indiana by the Democratic party shortly after
his return from the bloody field of Buena
Vista, where he had wfon high renown. Sub
sequently be was sent from the same State by
that party to Cougress, and recorded hi3 vote
in favor of the Nebraska bill.
Dellihaye is a native of Alabama. Some
years since be removed to Illinois and edited
a Democratic Douglas paper. When he remo
ved to Kansas, be took his press with bim
and established a squatter-sovereignty organ
at Leavenworth. But because he dared to
deprecate the invasion "of the Territory at
every election by the Missourians, tiie chival
rous citizens of that enlightened State threw
his press into the rivei. llv is now decided
ly in favor cf ireedom lor Kansas.
Such are the men who are the leaders ot
the Free State'party in Kansas, and such are
their political antecedents. If they are Ab
olitionists, then no man in thj North can es
cape having that toubriiitut affixed to him.
Origiual advocates of squatter sovereignty,
they still believe that the people of Kansas
should be iK?rniitted to govern themselves
without interference from Missouri. Phila
delphia Times.
KANSAS NEWS.
The Ciiicago 'Tribune' contains a list of the
property destroyed at Lawrence ou the 25th
Ul """""""S lu iou,ooo. uUuM1
Shannon issued an order callii g out the troops
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at 8 o'clock, on the morning of the 22d. A j
gentleman, just arrived, reports that the ilitli- j
culty mentioned as occurring at Possawatamie j . CARD. A. M. KILLS, wCuM rectfallv
Creek, took place at 053awatom;e. The quar- 1 -3L inform hi friend 3 and patron?, that h will
rel arose from depredations committed bv the i tL"' FbiHipsbnrjf on the we-k comic. ICth Jun.
1 , , . 1 r.roparcJ to attend to a!l operations in the clrutat
pro-slavery men on the cattle of the free-state ; ii,,. and will consequently be abntfrom hiacf
liicn. On the 2Gta, some pro-slavery men ; fie? in C'.farOM. daring that wgfk. jeIl:tC-2t
seized a free-state man, and proceeded to hang tro.N ! IRON !! The nn4eriSned has jnst
him, when his w ife fk'd, aud aroused the neigh- j -1 receive'!, at the shop of T. Mills, on the corner
,..t, -r. 1,:--,. r, .1 7. 1 i rf Loenst and Third strata, in the 15orouh -f
bors, w no carne to 111s rescue. A tiglit eiisueu, ; r-. - . . , - . ...
i tle.irCew, a ir.rz" assortment tf Kottfui, Sqnarr
an! five pro-slavery men and two free-state ! a:iJ Fiji UAH IKON, of all size. wLich he will
men were killed. A force of sixty men
,,
ganized at Westport, Missouri, on the 27th,
and proceeded to Ossawatomie.
ThelnvestigatingCoiumittce adjourned from
Leavenworth to Westport on the 31;t May.
They will leave for Washington on the 10th of
June.
A letter to The Republican, dated B.iptlite
Paola, May SO, says that thirteen persons im
plicated in the murder of the Po-Slavcry men
at Ossawatotuie, have been arrested. Other
reports say that the murderers are fori.iff.ed In
a cave on the Marias del Cygnes, and are se
curing re-enforcements from Lawrence aud j
elsewhere.
The leader of the Land is named
Brown. Two of his sons are under arrest, one
of whom feigns insanity. One hundred Kan
sas militia and fifteen United States dragoons
are assembled to catch the murderers.
St. Louis, June 5. A letter to The Drmc
crat from Leavenworth, May 31, says a compa
ny of Pro-Slavery men, some days previous,
had waited on the free State settlers, and com
manded them to leave Kansas w itl.iu a speci
fied time, or suffer the consequences. Mr.
Philips, the correspondent of the A". Y. Tri
bune, being compelled to leave, weut to Law
rence. Judge Conway, who was arrested on
the 2Sth, was confined that day and night, with
guards stationed over him, but on the follow
ing morning was released, and commanded to
leave the Territory. Not obeying, he was that
evening conducted by a Committee aboard the
steamer, and sent down the river. Mr. Latta,
another Judge was ordered to leave, and did
so. Robert R iddle had also left. Several oth
er have been commanded to leave. Mr.Shoc
makcr, a land-receiver, and the Government
officer in Kansas known to be a free-state man
is to be notified to leave. Lady Leavenworth
has also been advised to move away to avoid
difficulty. The writer says the Free-state men
do not manifest sufficient nerve for the crisis,
but thinks that if the reports are trne that the
Free-state settlers in the southern part of the
Territory are in arms, and compelling the pro
slavery men to retreat to Missouri, the effect
will be good in the northern jart. It is re
ported that five hundred men arc marching
from Wisconsin to Kansas, but it is probably
without foundation.
The Kansas City Enterprise vpro felavery is-
sued an extra on the 2d instant, which sUti
that J. M. Baynard left St. Bernard for West
port on Friday, 20th, and an he Las not bea
heard from sincej it ia supposed that lie tai
been murdered by theAbolitionista. John W.
Pitman, H. Hamilton and Joha Lax went out
in search of Baynard, wore taken by the Abo
litionists'and threatened with hanginjr. The
extra further says : Marshall Donaldson and
seven men, on Friday night last, were fired tj
cm lrom Walford'a house, Dear Lawrence, by a,
party of 50 Abolitionists. A short conflict en
sued, rhicli resulted in the wounding of sev
eral cf the Marshall's posse." IF. H. Carty,
juut from the Territory, states that some men 1
belonging to the same company with bimaeil
were attacked and all seriously injured by th
Abolitionists. He cauie for men and torses,
and twenty -five of Baford's laxty will immedi
ately start to the rescue. Capt. Pattis'a con
panr, cambering 4. men, Tvent to Hickory
Point to suppress the outrages in that Ticiai-
ty, tjUt were attacked by 150 Abolitionists,and
two cf his men killed. Another fight between
the same parties occurred near Black Jack, in
which 5 Abolitionists and 13 Pro-slavery men
were killed, among whom were Capt. PattU
r.nd Jame McGee. Capt. Long's company of
Wyandotte Indians were united to Capt. pat
ti3's command.
It should be recollected that this is the ac
count of a pro-slavery paper.
The Columbus Statesman, of the 2Gtb, tays :
"A citizen of this ptacc, who haa just return
ed from the city cf New York, relates the fol
lowing incident which fell under bis eyerbile
st jouming in that place : While standing on
the steps of one of the principal hotels, be
saw a genteely clad young man approach a la
dy who was apparently awaiting nn opportuni
ty to cross the street, which was thronged with
omnibusscs, drays, &c., and gallantly tendered
his services to conduct her to the opposite
side. When they reached the opposite pave
ment the lady kindly thanked hiui, to which
t je young gentleman refponded by a gracelul
inclination of the upper half of his body. II
had scarcely, however, recovered his natnral
perpendicular when he was roughly seized by
a stalwart individual who called to the lady,
and inquired if she had not lost her pocket
book. After feeling in her pocket, she replied
iu the affirmative. The young man was then
commanded to deliver up the etolen property,
which he was seen to take from the lady's
pocket while crossing the street. Uion de
livering r.p the pocket book it was fonid to
contain eight hundred and flfly dollars a cm
corresponding with the amount stated by tLe
l.idyr She generously offered her protector
lif'ty dollarx, which however he as generously
retused to accept, being more intent ujon see
ing the offender safely lodged in th hands of
the administers of the law.
JiSnEuiFF Jones," has entirely recovered
from the; effects or his wound ! It has Wrn
ascertained that there was no ball in the pistol
used for his attempted assassination ; that he
has only been "playing possum," and that the
pretended serionsness of his injury was al! a
lie and a humbug. ErowmciUt Clipptr.
A fire occurred at St. Paul, Minnesota, a
; few dar$ since, which destroyed propcxtv to
the amount or $40,000.
No insurance.
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AMBROTYPES, DAGUERREOTYPES. 4e.
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