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CLEARFIELD, PA., JUNE 18, 1856.
Nominee! of the Philadelphia Convention.
- 'v "; FOR PRESIPEXT, . '
: MILLABD FILLMORE.
' VICE PRESIDENT,
ANDREW JACKSON DONIIELSON.
fnion State Nomination!.
CANAL COMMISSIONER.
THOMAS E. COCHRAN, of York Co.
AITDITOR GENERAL,
DARWIN PHELPS, of Armstrong Co.
SURVEYOR GENERAL,
BARTHOLOMEW LAPORTE, of Bradford Co.
THE ASPECTS OF THE CANVAS.
As parties take position in the field,the aspects
of theEresidential canvass become more settled
anddistinct,andve are enabled by the landmarks
thus afforded to judge somewhat oi the future.
The Democratic Party has deliberately chosen
its ground and taken its position, with a can
didate selected in a manner and on a platform
that leave no doubt as to its principles and
purposes. Mr. Buchanan's nomination is, and
is designed to be, nothing more or less than a
perpetuation of tho policy inaugurated with
Pierce aud that has marked his administration
The same party that selected Pierce has now-
chosen Buchanan. It was Virginia that brought
forward Pierce, and Virginia has now put for
ward Buchanan. There is nothing in the life
or antecedents oi Mr. Buchanan that affords
the slightest warrant for tho belief that with
him in the Presidential chair, there would be
a change of policy. The platform on which
Buchanan has been nominated, and to which
ume planks have been added so as to make it
square with the advanced ideas of the new
candidate in regard to the fillibusterism with
which he and bis parly are so thoroughly im
bued, is the same as that on which Pierce ran.
MR. BUCHANAN'S WEAKNESS.
The New York Express, in reference to
Mr. Buchanan's weakness, says ."That the
measures" of the Pierce administration are
already endorsed. Mr. Buchanan has held
office under it abroad, and be has, in advance,
announced bis adherence to measures which
he before condemned. He has stood upon the
Missouri Compromise . flat footed, and in his
recent declaration has acquiesced and appro
ved of its repeal. . He has a record against
the extension of slavery, and a record against
arresting the extension of slavery. lie has a
Democratic record and a Federal record, as
red and blue as Lucifer himself. His antece
dents as a politician are of the worst possible
sort, and of so mixed a casto that it will lead
all cautious men to mistrust bim. , lie has
beeu aspiring for the Presidency for twenty
five years, and a public man for forty. He has
held Federal certificates of election under the
worst regime of Federalism, and Democratic
.certificates of election since thj time fortune
first favored Andrew Jackson.
He has been an extreme party man, too, and
as such wanting in magnaraity to political op
ponents, as witness his treatment of Henry
Clay and his attacks ou John Davis, of Massa
chusetts, for exposing his inconsistency and
want of Americanism ia regard to American
Jabor. Too ambitious to be consistent too
timid to be just, and ever ready to be all things
to all men, a fifty-four forty" man by profes
sions, a "forty-nine" man by action, very Eng
lish in England, very American in America,
very froe tradish in the United States Senate,
very protective in Pennsylvania.
We hardly know a man against whose polit
ical professions and practices more can bo said.
: This record, of course, is to be met fairly
and fully, not abusively or unkindly, we hope,
but nevertheless in the full light of an intelli
gent and manly canvass. We neither like Mr.
Buchanan's antecedents, his politics, his prin
ciples, nor the platform on which the Cincin
nati Convention have placed him. He wants
. firmness, consistency, fairness. He will, from
Iho neccsity of the case, be compelled to walk
in the footsteps of the present administration,
and we pray a kind Providence to save us from
uch a public calamity as this.
Worth ParsEBvixa. The following exhib
its the electoral votes of the several States,
distinguishing between the free and slave
States : PBKE STATES.
Maine, 8
Jfew Hampshire, 6
Vermont, 6
Massachusetts, . 13
Rhode Island, 4
Connecticut, 6
New Jersey, 7
Pennsylvania, 27
California, , 4
New York,
Ohio,
Indiana,
Illinois,
Michigan,
Iowa,
Wisconsin,
65
23
13
11
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4
5
1:6
1
4
3
8
12
21
120
Total,
SLAVE STATES.
Virginia, . . 15
-North Carolina, 10
South Carolina. 8
Georgia, 10
Alabama, " - 9
Mississippi, .' . 7
Louisiana, 6
Missouri, 9
Delaware, 3
Texas,
Arkansas,.
Florida,
Maryland,
Kentucky,
Tennessee,
Total, :
Minesota Territory is growing very rapid
ly. According to a late census, it now, con
tains a population of 120,000 ; more than e--nough
to entitle it to bo admitted into the U-
aion as a State. N application, fcowever, has
teen made lor admision.
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.wvat 8 at MM-.llil-i 1 - . . . ' , , '-nd
THE RADICAL DEMOCRACY ON BUCHANAN.
The New York Post, the organ or tne jsaai-
cal Democracy, continues to pour "hot shot"
into Buchanan : and the Democratic rarty, bo
far from being united, by the reinstating of
the Hards and the degradation of the boils,
appears to have come out of the Convention
worse divided than ever. The Fast, says : in
an examination of the political character of
Mr. Buchanan which we made some months
since and in which we showed the superiority
t his chances for a nomination, we alluded to
the character of his a ssociatcs and confeder
ates. Nopublic man of our day is surrounded
by so profligate a set of followers and admir
ers, lie is the centre of a cirele of unprin-
rinVd and restless adventurer, whom men of
a higher degree of self respect avoid. There
is something we suppose it consists mtnc
ease with which he is managed which attracts
to him that class of persons ; aud he seems to
bo perfectly content with the associations
thus acquired.
If Mr. Buchanan could see no harm in seiz
ing upon Cuba for the protection of slavery,
it is not likely that he will entertain any scru
ples concerning the seizure of Kansas by the
slaveholders and their myrmidons, for the
same purpose. Rely upon it, that battle is to
go on as it has begun, unless stopped by the
defeat of the Cincinnati candidate ; there is
to bo no compromise with the residents of tho
Territory ; no slackening of the persecution
by which they are to be driven out that their
places may be supplied by the slave-drivers
and their gangs. If Mr. Buchanan is elected,
the seal of approval will be set by the people
of tho United States, on all the fraud, all the
violence, all the usurpation, all the burnings,
robberies and murders, the news of which,
for so many months, has been the melancholy
burden of tho mails from the "West. Tie will
be as easily persuaded into a co-operation
with, theso atrocities, as he was into the folly
of the Ostend Manifesto.
ILLINOIS POLITICS.
The Chicago correspondent of the New York
Tribune, writing under date of June 4, says
"We arc iu the midst of a revolution ; but
you seem to be totally oblivious of tho fact.
The ordinary events of years have been com
pressed into the last fortnight, but the light
nings have not informed you of their magni
tude. First, then, on the 20th ult., the Great
Anti-Slavery Extension Convention of Illinois
met at the City of Bloomington, and noniiua
ted a full State ticket, with the gallant Col
W. H. Bissell at its head for Governor. More
than ono thousand delegates were in attend
ance. All were imbued with the pure spirit
of Freedom. One half of tbo delegates were
of Democratic antecedents, embracing the best
and most influential men of tho party.
It was most emphatically a Convention of
the people, where all classes, opinions, and
shades of belief were represented but all in
spired with one common resolve to resist the
further aggressions ot the Slave Power, to the
bitter end, and to maintain Freedom in the
Territories at evcrv cost and hazard letting
consequences fall on tho heads of the wrong
doers. Not a jar nor heart-burning was felt
not a quarrelsome or provocative word was
uttered by a delegate during the two days the
Convention was in session. Speeches were
made by the ablett men in the State. Old
Whig, Democrat, and Free-Soil leaders, men
of Southern, Northern, and European birth,
addressed the Convention and tho mass meet
ings. On Thursday evening Gov. Iteeder
spoke for four hotirsto 5,000 listeners. His
speech was strong, clear, pertinent, and satis
factory. The ticket nominated will be, undoubtedly,
elected by a very large majority. Theio are
whole counties where tho majorities for Free
dom will be almost equal to the entire legal
vote cast. In the Northern portion of the
State fully one half of the Democrats of 1852
are now on tho side of Free Kansas. The
platform adopted is a good one. It sets forth
three important propositions 1st. Congress
has the power to exclude slavery from the
Territories, and should exercise it. 2d. Kan
sas should be admitted into the domain imme
diately, on the basis of her Topcka Constitu
tion. Sd. That there should be no proscrip
tion of men on account of religion or birth
place. On this platform all lovers of Liberty
can stand both native and naturalized.
The Convention proved the sincerity of its
professions by nominating a German Demo
crat, F. II. Hoffman, of Chicago, for Lieut.
Governor, and the patriot Hecker for Senato
rial Elector. Three of the State candidates
are Kentucky-born Whigs j two of them Dem
ocrats, and ono was a Free-Soiler. The Elec
tors for the different Districts, as well as the
Delegates to the 17th Juno National Conven
tion, were chosen from men of all the old par
ties. The fusion is complete, and will be over
whelming at the polls. It was the general be
lief of the members of the Convention that we
should carry eight of tho nine Congressional
Districts this Fall, and elect our whole State
ticket by 20,000 majority.
On Saturday night, tho Slst ultimo, Gen.
Lane of Kansas addressed ten thousand men in
Chicago, for three hours. At tho conclusion
of his speech, which was preceded by a short
address from Col. Hoffman, our candidate for
Lieutenant-Governor, and another from J. C.
Vaughan of The Tribune, a subscription for the
succor and relief of the Free State men in Kan
sas was opened, and in the course of two hours
sixteen thousand dollars in money and one thou
sand "dollars in articles suitable for settlers
were subscribed by men of all classes, condi
tions and professions in life, in sums from a
dime up to $1,000. Each subscription, when
announced, was cheered by the vast 'assem
blage. . .
It was a mighty gathering of the people,
such as had never been witnessed before in
Chicago. A general determination animated
the mighty mass of freemen that Kansas must
be saved, whatever the consequences might be.
It was felt that the time for fighting had come,
if nothing eLe would aireat the blood v hand of
gh4ulJrst 1 JaWHSBMtk '
tWIN'fi. Clearfield, jauuj -
the invader. If civil war naa oroiveu vm ...
that beautiful Territory, it must be extinguish
ed by driving the foreign marauders out of it,
and protecting the bona nae sewers i
peaceful exercise and enjoyment of their Con
stitutional Jigbts. Our citizens nave organ
ized for the contest. Already $30,000 have
been raised in Chicago, and over 200 able
bodied, resolute men have volunteered to em-
rate to Kansas to become actual citizens and
settlers of that magnificent Territory. Ihcy
go out to invade no mans rights, but wo to the
Border Ruffian's who molest them. They will
start as quick as possible. " i T ' i
Auxiliary Associations, of which Chicago is
the focus and parent, are being rapidly formed
in all parts of Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, and
Indiana. It is the determination of the Free
men of these four States to send three thons
and good and true men to Kansas within ninety
days, backed by material aid to the amount of
$200,000. This city will raise $50,000 and
three hundred men. Many counties are plcdg
ed for one hundred men, and $2,000 to $5,000
each hard cash and bona fide settlers.
LATE FROM KANSAS.
We received, says tho Washington Union,
the following telegraphic despatch from a gen
tleman whose statements are entitled to the
confidence of onr readers
"Ciscixsati, June 11. Left Kansas on the
8th. Continued fighting, and the excitement
increasing. About lorty mennaa oeen kineu.
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Uoi. aumner, witn six companies oi unueu
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States soldiers, was out trying to disperse
and disarm both parties. An unsuccessful at-
tempt had been made to rescue Robinson.
Met a large number of United States troops I
near the line on Sunday."
From the Chicago Tribune.
Lawrexce, May 31. Thero is a Eeign of
Terror in Kansas. The prospects of freedom
are gloomy. Tho jS orthern squatters are
yielding to dispair. Their only hope is in
Northern resolution. If the people of the
North command their Representatives to stop
the supplies, unless Kansas be immediately
admitted into the Union, they will fiht and
struggle to tho end ; but if tho supplies are
granted, without this proviso, they must yield
to the overwhelming foreign forces united to
subdue them.
The position. of the northern people of Kan
sas is ono of imminent peril. The troops,
the Courts, the Blue Lodge, and tho southern
army under Buford and others, are incessantly
employed in robbing and harassing them. If
northerners unite for mutual protection, tho
troops immediately disperse them, and a par
ty of Missouri or Alabama ruffians, following
in the footsteps of the soldiery, plunder and
insult them with impunity. Every man who
is capable of acting as a leader is either un
der arrest or under indictment. The farmers
are forced to be idle in the field, forevcral
hours daily, in order to keep up a watch for
the approach of guerillas. Scouts ride all
night in several districts. Missouri is mar
shalling her forces again. Lies, viaiignant
mid innumerable are sent in legions along the
border counties, to exasperate the people of
that State against the Free State settlers and
their political opinions.
A civil war of submission to arbitrary rule,
to despotism on the Bench, military dictation
and armed mob law, are the only alternatives
before the people from the North, in this Ter
ritory, who are resolved, at all hazards, to re
main here.
Col. Sumner has been removed from Fort
Leavenworth, and the mercilees Gen. Harney
has been appointed to succeed him. Harney
hates Northern principles as intensely as he
hates the Indians ; whilst Col. Sumner, on the
contrary, was supposed to be favorable to the
Free State cause and to Northern men. Wc
mean to subdue you," said Douglas and Har
ney was chosen to execute tho threat.
Unless the free North does her duty, with
out a moments delay, this threat will soon bo
fact.
Such is the belief of the Northern squatters
in this Stats. Having stated it, and endorsed
it, I will now chronicle facts.
Particulars or the Fight at Ossawato-
mie. Horrible stories arc told in Missouri of
the murder of five Pro-Slavery men at Ossa-
watomio. It Is said that their throats were
cut, and their corpses mangled and chopped
into inches. Of course the Free State Party,
as a party every Northern man and every
Southern man, with Northern principles in
the Territory, is accused by the organs of tho
Ruffians with this imaginary and revolting at
rocity. - .
It is stated that their houses wero entered
at midnight, and the victims of this outrage
murdered in their beds. I remained a day a
Prairie City, in order to find out the truth of
this report. I sent a messenger to Ossawafo
mie to investigate the circumstances. The
facts, of course, refute the Missouri version of
the affair. Five men were killed. -There is
no donbt of that fact. Their names are Wil
liam Sherman, better known as 'Dutch Henry'
a father and two sons, named Dovile, and Mr.
Wilkinson, a member of the House of Repre-
seDUtjvos of tho bogus Kansas Legislature
They were shot by a party of Free State boys
at least I infer so, from the cause of their
summary execution. These men have bullied
and threatened the lives of tho Northern squat
ters in that section ever since the invasion of
November last. Doyle and his sons have
been particularly active in harassing "and as
saulting the Free State men.
On the day on which these men were killed
a flag inscribed, "Head-quarters of the Fro-
Slavery Army," was hoisted over Sherman's
store. A Free State man went in and enquir
ed the price of powder. The man told him
be charged ten cents a pound to Pro-Slavery
men, but as ho was ad d nigger thiejhe
would have to pay twenty five cents. Some
angry words passed between the parties. Wilk-
ison then seized on the squatter, and told bim
that, as be refused to acknowledge the Terri-
torial laws as valid enactments, they would
give him a lesson to teach him what his prin-
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ciples would lead to. They said he ought to
have been hanged long ago ; and now, as tney
had Lim in their power, by G d they - would
him his due. : They kept him confined
an hour or two. Alter ausis tney wonmm
out, went down with him to the woods, put a
rope around bis neck, and an end of it over
the limb of a tree, and were preparing to noist
him up. . ' r , ' ':
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The report of five rifles was heard simulta
neously with this unexpected demand. Five
corpses the bodies or the Doyles, Sherman
and Wilklson were seen stretched on the grass
as soon us the smoke cleared away.
"Fly" cried the same voice who had given
the order to fire.
The man whoso lifo was so mysteriously
and unexpectedly saved, as soon as he remo
ved the rope from his neck, went into the
woods and shouted for his friends.'
. But they had dispersed as suddenly and
mysteriously as they came. '
This act will be made the excuse for arrest
ing every man in inai section o. h
who has made himself obnoxious, or is likely
to bo a leader in defending the lives and pro
perty of Northern men.
From the Missouri Democart.
We saw yesterday evening a gentleman
just from the scene of disturbance in Kansas
Tr(J reprcscI,ts the state of the country as truly
jet)iorable. Nowhere was life or property
gafc an(j roMjeriCs and assassinations were ol
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fia;v occurrence. The Free btate men in
the interior were starving, all access to the
river cut 0ff by armed bands stationed
iftn n the avenues of travel. Their cattle
anJ provisions haj been carried off in large
quantities by emigrants from Georgia and
Alabama, who demanded them at the point of
thebayonet. On Monday evening last a Meth
odist preacher suddenly disappeared in the
neighborhood of Wcstport. tinder circumstan
ccs which led to the conclusion that fatal vlo
li.ad been used. He had been taken
prisoncr by sonic Pro-Slavery men, but noth
Jn apT)Caring against him he was discharged
from custody. Leaving the town he was fol
lowed by a party of men, who, on their return
reported that he "had got into the river at a
place too deep for him to cross." The lmpres
sion was that he had been hung.
Wo learn further, from the same source
that the extra publisher by us yesterday, from
the Kansas Enterprise, giving an account of a
battle between some Pro-Slavery and Free
Soil men, abounds in misrepresentations
Captain n. Clay Pate, who was reported dead
was not injured, and McGcc, who was placed
in the same category, was not seriously hurt
Ma. Evlrett ox the Sumser Oitrage
Mr. Everett, in his introductory remarks to
the delivery of his Oration on Washington, in
Taunton, recently made the following allusion
to the assault upon Senator Sumner :
After alluding to the pleasure with whicl
he always dwelt on the theme of Washington
he continued as follows: But, with tho satis
faction which I feel in addressing you this c
veiling, arc mingled the most profound anxie
tv and grief a sadness which I strive in vain
to suppress, overwhelms mc at the occurrence
of tho past week, and a serious apprehension
forces itself upon my mind that events are e
ven now in train, with an impulse too mighty
to be resisted, which will cause our beloved
countrv to shed tears of blood through all he
bontcrs for generations to come. Civil war
with all its horrid trains of pillage and slaugh
ter, carried on without the slightest provoca
tion against the infant settlements of our bre
thren on the frontiers of the Union, the worse
than civil war raging for months nnrebukcd at
the Capital, has at length with lawle-s violence
of which there is no parallel in the annals o
our constitutional government, stained the
floor of the Senate Chamber with the blood of
a defenceless man, the Senator from Ma&sachu
setts.
Oh ! my good friends, these arc event
which, for the good name, the peace and safty
of our country, it were worth all the gold of
California to blot from the record. They sic
en the heart of the patriot, of the good cili
zen and of the Christian. They awaken the
gloomy doubt, whether the toils, the sacrifl
ces, and the sufferings of our fathers for the
sake of founding a higher, purer, and freer
civilization on this Western Continent than
the world had yet seen, have not been in vain
For myself, they fill me with sorrow too deep
for tears. I sorrow not for myself. My few
remaining years arc running too rapidly to
close to allow me to attach much importance
to anything this side of the grave, which con
corns mc individually. But I sorrow far be
yond the power of words to express, for th
objects of my affection which I leave behind.
For my children and my country I grieve
and God is my witness, that if, by laying dow
my poor life this hour, I could undo what has
been done within tho last two years, beginning
w-ith the disastrous repeal of the Missouri
Compromise, I would willingly, cheerfully
make the sacrifice. Di d I not think there is
healing charm in the nama of Washington
aud that .attachment and veneration for his
character, which is almost tho only remain in
Kindly sentiment that pervades tho wholo
country, and that in the contemplation of that
character, there is a spirit of wisdom to guide
and love to soothe and unite, I would even
now thiow myself upon your indulgence, to
excuse me from the duty of the evening.
A "connacnoe man" has been operating o
the banks of Albany, N. Y. Several week
ago, the Capitol Bank paid a forged check for
$3,000, and since then the Albany Bank has
been victimized to the tune of $4,000. The
forger has cot been detected.
TKOA ! IKON !! Tho undersigned has just
jl. reiioneu, m lav BQOp oi A. Mills, on lIlO COroc
ot ijocusc ana intra strnots. in the Eoron?h
Clearfield, a larpe assortment of Romm, Sriiare
I 7- . n . T. . T. r. . .....
ana irtai daiv iivvj.i, oi ail si2s. which he will
Ev -as JuW rnc" as,tcan be purchased
Boll at as low price as it can be purchased any
i jsll-'oS-.'m BENJAMIN FPACKMAN
HON. THOMAS H. BENTON.
This well known Democratic statesman, the
friend and associate of such men as General
Jackson and Silas Wright, lingers still amongst
us in a rigorous old age. The St. Louis Dm
ocrat publishes the following letter from Mr.
Benton, in reply to the official notification oi
lis nomination as a candidate for Governor.-
Washington, May 185G.
To Messrs. Thos.L. Price, Jacob Hail, Francis
P. Blair, Jr., and others.
Gentlemen: I have received your letter
on the subject of the nomination made by the
Democratic Convention at Jefferson City, and
am greatly pleased with the whole of them, ex
cept the one which relates to myselt. 1 hat
takes me by surprise, and must remain under
consideration until I return, which will be
soon, as I am nearly through the occupation
which has detained me here. In the mean
time, if any other person was thought of for
the Governor's nomination in the event of my
inability to accept it, I would wish him to be
brought forward at once, without awaiting any
further answer from me.
It is my intention to speak on the state of
public affairs when I get to Missouri, but not
in the way of a canvass, nor as-a candidate for
any office, but to do my part as a citizen in
trying to preserve the pcaco and harmony of
tho Union, and to keep agitation and section
alism out of our borders two evils now beset
ting the whole United States, aud our own
State above all.
I consider a slavery agitation (and its natu
ral offspring, sectional antagonism) the great
est curse, both socially and politically, which
could befall our Union ; and that curse is now
upon us, and brought upon us designedly and
for the worst of purposes. The Missouri Com
promise line, the work of patriotic men, had
stood above thirty years, and thero was not
one among those contriving its repeal who was
not upon the record (in votes or speeches) for
its support up to the time of its abrogation ;
and Mr. Calhoun himself, as late as 1S4S only
two years before his death, and after he had
broached the doctrine of no power in Congress
to legislate upon slavery in Territories repu
diatcd the idea of repeal, and declared that
the "attempt" to do so would "distnrb the peace
and harmony of the Union." It has been at
tempted and accomplished ; and the peace and
harmony of the Union have been destroyed
Out of the repeal of this compromise has
sprung forth a weir test of Democracy, which
consists in exacting party allegiance to the
principles of the Kansas Nebraska Bill. The
first inquiry upon the virtue of this new test is,
to find out what those principles arc ; and the
result is diametrically opposite, as it comes
from one side or the other of the Potomac
River. From the North the answer is, scat
ter sovereignty! as being the inherent right of
the people of the Territory to decide the ques
tion of slavery for themselves, and to have it
or not, just as thev please. In the South that
definition is held to b3 rank demagognery,
and that the people of the Territory, no more
than Congress, have not a particle of power on
tho subject ; that the Constitntion carries sla
very with it into every Territory as soon as
acquired, over-riding and controlling alljaws
against it, and keeping it there, in defiance of
the people of Congress, until the Territory
becomes a State aud excludes it.- Thus the
advocates of the test are as opposite as light
and darkness in telling what it is, and surely
they ought to agree upon it before they re
quire others to believe in it.
It is impossible to believe in both ; and!
believe in neither. I believe iu tha old doc
trine, that the Territories are the property o
the United States and under the guaidianship
of Congress, and subject to such lav. sas Con
gress chooses to provide for them (or to per
mit them to make for themselves) until they
become States ; and after that (tho children
arrived at twenty-one years of age) they are
out of guardianship and have all the rights of
their fathers. That is my belief, and has been
the belief of th wholo United States until
lately, and especially the belief ol those who
now deny it, and who are upon the record
(aud that often and recent) ngaiust their own
denial. Witness (to go no further back) the
bill for the admission of Texas in 1845, on
which all who voted for that admission voted
for the re-establishment of the Missouri com
promise line in all that part of it south of the
Arkansas river where it had been abrogated
by the laws and constitution of Texas. Wit
ness, also, the debates and speeches on the
Oregon bill in 1843 ; also, the attempts to ex
tend the compromise lino to the Pacific in
1830 ; also, the votes of somt of these advo
cates in favor of tho Wilmot proviso; and,
above all, the protest of the ten Senators
against the admission of the State of Califor
nia in 1850, because Congress would not legis
late upon the subject of slavery in the territo
ry which was to compose it. AVith all these
authorities and evidences in favor of the old
doctrine and against the new test and its au
thors, I think the old Democracy may be al
lowed to dispute its binding force, at all events
until its advocates can agree in telling what it
is. Respectfully, Thomas II. Benton.
"But I deny that the laws of Mexico can
have the effect attributed to them, (that of
keeping slavery out of New Mexico, Califor
nia, and Utah.) As soon as the treaty between
the two countries is ratified, tho sovereignty
and authority of Mexico, in the territory ac
quired by it, become extinct and that of the
United States is substituted in its place, carry
ing with it the Constitution, with its over-riding
control over all tho laws and institutions
of Mexico inconsistent with it." Mr. Cal
houn, Oregon Speech, JS 18.
A ?A.RD- A- M. JIILLS, would rpi!tfullj
". TV?-V?.m bis frieU(1 and patrons, that L will
visit rnulipsbarg on tho week coming. Kith June,
prpparcd to attend to all operations in the dental
line, ana will consequently be absent from bis of
fice in Clearfield, daring that week. j-Jir.Vi-2t
jOR SALE A two-story frame House, with a
half aero of land adjoining, situate in Law
rence township, on the road from Cloarfield to
Curwensville, about U miles from Clearfield. For
erms apply to Zbad Lawhead, Lawrence town
hip, or to the subacriber.
L JACKSON CRAN8.
.wn Clearf-ell, fa
LATER FROM KANSAS.
A Special Despatch to the New Tork Daily
Times, dated St.Louis, J ime 12, says that "Os
sawatomie, a Free-state town, was sacked by a
Georgia mob on the 6th inst. The printing
ofGee was destroyed, houses were burned, 18
horses were stolen, and the jewels were taken
from ladies' ears and fingers. Palmyra has
also been sacked, and robberio occur dally.
Messrs. Howard and Sherman, of the Con
gressional Investigating Committee, arrived at
St. Louis, from Kansas, to-day. They are at
Barnum's Hotel. Mr. Oliver stopped at Rich
mond. The Committee : were at Westport,
Missouri, 8 days. While there, large parties
of armed men from different parts of Missouri
marched through in guerrilla parties into the
Territory, and were engaged in robbing, kil
ling and driving out the settlers.
Gov.Shannon testified there before theCom-
miltee. As he entered the town irom tneier
iilory a company of CO armcdMissourians wcro
marching into the Territory from westport.
Gov.Shannon went to Kansas city with the
Committee, and while there saw without com
ment a party of Clay county men cross the
river and proceed into the Territory, led and
well armed.
The Committee have been quiet, but very
searching in their investigation. They go to
Detroit to remain for several days. The tes
timony given is said clearly to prove that of
the five thousand five hundred votes given at
the Legislative election in March, 1855, only
eleven hundred wero cast by actual residents,
and of these the names of but eight hundred
appear in the census report.
The Territory is now convulsed with civil
war, to sustain laws based on this election.
Col. Sumner is out with UnitcdStates troops
to presei-vc order. He dispersed several hun
dred men under Gen. Whitehead, but tbey re
assembled on the Cth and sacked the town of
Ossawatomie.
The Free-state men arc organizing for slf
defencc. G overnor Shannon has gone to Fort
Leavenworth. .
LATEST. Chicago, June ISth. Persons
from Kansas city, report that a collision be
tween Whitfield's men and the United States
troops is imminent. The former is reported
to have threatened to hang Col. Sumner, for
ordering them to leave the Territory.
New Advertisements.
C. PURVIAXCE,
JL AMBROTYriST A DA G UnTlREOT YPIST,
CIAZA K FIELD, PA.
Gallery at his residence on 21 Street, one door
South of'MerrcH and Carter's Tin-war establish!
ment. - janetS'Sfi
PAY UP. Tho judgments, notes, book ac
counts. &e , of the late firm of I. Vf. Robbin
Co., and also of Bobbins Menderhall, have
been placed in my baud for collection. Prompt
attention on the part of those indebted will ave
costs. W. A. WALLACE.
Clearfield, Juno IS, !SjQ-3t
A'
TTENTIOX REGULARS. You are or-
dered to nicet for parade, on Friday, July 4.
at 3 o'clock in the morning. Each member will
provide himself with 10 round? of blank cartridge.
An appeal will Le he'd immediately after parade,
when all absentees for last parade will be heard.
IJy order of the Caj tain, CEO. W. RI1EE.M.
June IS, First aerg't.
"i TTEDICAL PARTNERSHIP. Dr. Henry
xt 5- Ixirain. having associated with him. in tho
practice of Medicine. Dr. J- .. Hartswick, they
offer their professional services to the citixen ot
Clearfield and vicinity. They will attend to pro
fessionnl calls at all hours, and in all seasons.
Dr. Hartswick will be l'onn-1 during the day at
their ofilce opposite Dr. Lorain's residence, and at
night, at the house of Mr. Richard Mosaop.
Cieat field. Jane 18, lSj(S-tf
GLEN HOPE ft NEW WASHINGTON
1'UAXK KOAD. .Notice is hereby given,
that the coinmi.vioners appointed by the act of aa
semMr. incorporate.; thci'lenhope" New Wash
ington Plank Road Company, will on Tuesday Sth
of July, ltiOS. opt n the books of said Company,
to receive subscription?; at the house of David
. Plotrer in Xew Washington; the store of Mi
chael?, Worrell. A Co., in Newburg and thehou.ee
of Davil M'Kci-han in Jordan towuhip. Clearfield
county, and that said bojk will be kept open five
days at each pi tee. ELLAS JIt'RD. Prest.
Jam r.s Dow i.r.n, .Se junolS"56-3t
ESTATE OF JOHN SCOTT. DEC'D.
The heir? and legal representatives of Sarah,
(intermarried wish George Williams.) Marv. (in
termarried with William Williams,) Rachel, (in
termarried with Jesse Whippoo.) Patience, (inter
married with John Clark.) and Sarah, (intermar
ried with Richard Curry.) danghtera of John
Scott, late of Jordan township, drceased, and leg
atees umlcr his last will and testament, will pleas
take notic that I have appointed Tuesday, Jnlv
22d, at 10 o'clock' A. M.. for the purpose of
meeting with them at ray office, in the borough of
Clearfield, to settle and" adjust their respective
claims against said estate. -L.
JACKSON CRAX3,
jnnelS'ofi Adm'r. d. b. n. et e. t. a.
INSTATE OF JOHN SCOTT, DEC'D.
i In the matter of the partition of the real
estate of said d cedent. And now September, 22,
1353, on motion of W. A. Wallace. Esq., attorney
for petitioners. L. Jackson Crans, Esq. was appoin
ted Auditor, to apportion the moneys coming to
the respective parties in interest.
Atteat WILLIAM PORTER.
Clerk of the Orphans' Court.
IN pnrsuanco of the above appointment. I have
fixed, Tuesday, July 22. 1S50, at 2 o'clock, P.
to meet the pur ties interested at niv office in the
borough of Clearfield. L. JACKSOX CRANS,
junelS'36 . Anditor.
PAY MY. i! TRUST Mill
1 8 5 6.
THE OLD CORNER STORE OF
r, ,.r- A M- "UELS. IS JUST NOW
BLI?,G CRAMMED with a choice selection of
seasonable goods,
A T T1IK PURCHASERS OWX PRICES.
READY-MADE CLOTHING in great variety and
of the choicest qualities.
A largo variety of choice DRESS SILKS, which
will be sold at city prices.
Some beautiful CKAPK and Summer BROCHAE
Shawls, which will be sold very low.
BOOTS A SHOES in great variety, lower than
they have ever been offered in this county. .
FANCY GOODS extremely low in price, and of
the most beautiful pterr.s.
CALICOES at 10 CENTS per yard, warranted
fast colors and full width. ......
PLEASE CALL un.i trnmitu MY STOCK
hffore purehaxing elxctrhere. R-E-A-D-Y P-A-V
is my motto, avid I run fuffif determined to sell a
L-I-T-T-L-E L-O-W-E'-R tksnanv one else,
nottcith standing "29 . Jeans tfvrtk 45." "
AH kinds of marketing, boards and shingles ta
ken in exchange for goods. - . . -
N. B. A few beautiful Gold Erooches and Gents'
Breast-pins, gold and silver hunting-case patent
lever w-xhea, Ac., very low for the Ready Rhino.
oust call at your leisure. I've got goods enough
to do you all, so that one can't get a-head of another.
janell,'5b-tf. A. M. HILLS.
tfAPe of all kiDd and at all rrice to be fc ad at
j J may 21 , , MOtcOF'S.
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