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CLEARFIELD, PA , JUNE 25, 1853.
Union State Nominations.
rAAt, COMMISSIONER,
THOMAS E. COCHRAN, of York Co.
ifniTOTl CENTRAL,
DARWIN PHELP;?, of Armstrong Co.
FCnVEYOR ftFAERal.,
BARTHOLOMEW LA FORTE, of Bradford Co
THE LATE CONVENTIONS.
On the 12th inst., the Northern American
Convention met at New York, and after being
properly organized, nominated Hon. N. P.
Banks as their candidate lor President, and
lion. Wm. F.Johnston for Vice President.
After the appointment of a committee to cott
ier with the Philadelphia convention, with a
view of effecting concert of action, the Con
vention adjourned to meet ngain on Thursday
following.
On the 17th, the Philadelphia Convention
assembled. It was one of the largest nomina
ting bodies that ever convened in the United
States, nearly 600 delegates being in attend
ance. Col. II. S. Lane, of Indiana, was cho
sen as presiding officer. The platform of
principles reported and adopted will be found
elsewhere ia our columns. The balloting
commenced on the afternoon of the ISth. On
an informal ballot then had, the vote stood :
Fremont 359, McLean 106, Banks 1, Seward 1,
and Sumner 2. The name of McLean was
then withdrawn, and the nomination of Col.
Fremont declared unanimous. Hon. Wni.T.
Dayton, of New Jersey, was nominated as the
candidate for Vice President. The utmost
good feeling marked the whole proceedings,
the greatest enthusiasm prevailed, anu when
it was announced that Col. Fremont was the
choice of the Convention, shouts and cheers
burst forth, and were continued for a consid
erable length of time.
In the meantime, Mr. Banks sent a letter to
tho New York Convention, declining to be a
candidate, whereupon that body re-assembled
and also nominated Col. Fremont, holding on,
however, to Johnston as their candidate for
the Vice Presidency.
There are now three prominent Presiden
tial tickets in the field, namely, the Buchanan
ticket, the Fillmore ticket, and tho Fremont
ticket. So far as concerns Buchanan, wo are
of opinion that his election would be the worst
calamity that could well fall upon our country
at this time, and, therefore, we feel disposed
to lend our aid to that candidato who will
Ktand the best chance of defeating him. His
prefects are none too bright ; on the contra
tx we believe the opposition is amply strong
enough to defeat him, and that they have votes
to spare. All that is required to ensure suc
cess is a concentration of the greater portion
of tbe forces on one of the candidates opposed
to him. This being the case, the only ques
tion that arises is, Who is the man upon whom
we can unite so far as to secure his election ?
This question, the decision of which involves
a highly important result, should be well con
sidered before any positive action is taken on
it. For our own part, in consequence of this
new j-haze of the opposition, we reserve to
ourselves the privilege of selecting from a
mong the candidates opposed to Buchanan the
one who we shall deem most likely to fulfil our
hepes cf success ; merely mentioning the fact
that tho nomination of Fremont seems to be
Tery popular, having been everywhere receiv
ed. with unmistakable indications of delight
and satisfaction. We will have more to say
on this sulyect hereafter.
WHO 13 COL. J. C. IBEMOHr I
John Charles Fremont is, wo believe, the
Bon of a French Hugenot, w ho fled from the
persecutions to which that sect was subjected
in his native land, and sought a refuge in
South Carolina or Georgia, where be married,
and where John C. was born in 1813. He is
consequently 13 years of age j but his life has
been, so active and eventful, his fortunes so
varied and frying, that he may fairly be ac
counted older in practical experience than
meat men arc at fifty. His family was poor,
but by energy and perseverance he has risen
from poverty and obscurity to consideration,
wealth and world-wide renown. He was edu
cated in Charleston, after which he engaged
in teaching mathematics. Subsequently he
obtained an appointment on the sloop-of-war
Natchez, acd oa her made a cruise of several
years. -On bis return home, lie became a sur
veyor and railroad engineer, and was employ
ed in that capacity under Captain Williams,
of the ropographioal Lagineers, in the sur
vey ot a route from Charleston to Cincinnati.
Ha next accompanied Captain Williams in a
recounoi6ance to the country then occupied
by the Cherokee, after which he joined 31.
.Micolet, in an exploring expedition over the
North-Western prairies. lie was employed in
-this survey, in which he acted as principal as
sistant, dnricg the years 18SS and 1S20, and
while absent upon it was appointed a Second
Lieutenant in the Corps of Topographical En
gineers. ;
. In May, 1842, he started out on the first of
his Kccky Mountain exploring expeditions,
and was occupied in it about five months. The
report of this expedition first brought his name
to public notice. He started out on r.ii second
eirHitic!? in May, P43, pud m ergpgei in
his explorations untilAagust of the next year.
In the spring of 1815, ho set out on bis third
expedition. It was while engaged in this ex
pedition, that Ihe war with Mexico commenc
ed. He put himself in communication with
the naval commanders on the coast, and soon,
in conjunction with Commodore Stockton, ob
tained complete possession of California, of
which, on the 21th of August, he wa3 appoin
ted, by Stockton, Military Commander. The
Californians rose in insurrection, but the Arri
val of General Kearney, with his dragoons,
from New Mexico, enabled the Americans to
maintain themselves in possession. Tending
these operations, a commission arrived forFre
mont as Lieutenant-Colonel. On the arrival
of General Kearney, a dispute sprung up be
tween him and Commodore Stockton as to the
chief command. Kearney sought to. throw
upon Fremont the rerpousibilily of deciding
between their respective claims. This he de
clined, and continued to obey the commander
under whom he had first placed himself.
Kearney, when they had both reached Fort
Leavenworth, on their return home, arrested
Fremont for disobedience of orders and brought
him to trial before a court marital. The Court
decided that Kearney was the rightful com
mander, and found Fremont guilty of the char
ges, and sentenced him to be dismissed from
the service. Mr. Polk, then President, signed
the sentence as being technically right, but at
tho same time, offered Fremont a new commis
sion of the same grade as that of which he
had been deprived. This Fremont refused
and returned to private life.
Being thus out of the service of the Army,
he undertook a fourth Expedition of Jus own
and wended his way to California, where he
had become oue of the earliest American pro
prietors by the purchase during his former vis
it, of the since famous Mariposa grant. He
was active in the organizing of a Statu Gov
ernment, and. was chosen one of the first Sen
ators to represent the new State in Congress.
A short term of two years fell to bis lot, and,
owing to tho delay in the admission of the
Stale, he sat in the Senate only one short Ses
sion. THE ISSUE AS PSESETED EY JAXE3
BUCHANAN.
There are some persons inPennsylvania who,
out of personal regard to Mr. Buchanan, would
like to vote for him ; and if it were a mere
contest as to men, would do so ; but Mr. Bu
chanan has taken special pains to prevent any
such possibility. He disclaims all mere per
sonal support. In his late speech to the Key
stone club he said :
"Gentlemen, two weeks since I should have
made you a longer speech, but now I have
lx?en placed upon a platform of whi,eh I most
heartily approve, and that can speak forme.
Being the representative of the great Demo
cratic party, awl not simply James Buchanan, I
must square my conduct according to the plat
form of that pnrty, and insert no new plank,
nor take one from it. That platform is suffi
ciently broad and national for the whole Dem
ocratic party.'
This is too explicit for doubt. Mr. Buchan
an proclaims that ho is not to be regarded sim
ply as James Buchanan, but the representative
of that Democratic party which sustainsl'ierce
and Douglass, which repealed the sacred Com
pact of PeacCjWhich is now engaged in slaugh
tering the Free-State men of Kansas, and
w hich palliates and defends the ruffian Brooks.
Conservative men arc not asked by this Candi
date, to vote for him, but for his party with all its
detested jrrinciplts. If any man has had confi
dence that James Buchanan would change the
policy of the Pierce administration, lot him
throw the idea aside, for he himself declares
"he must square his conduct according to the
platform of his party ,nnd insert no now plank,
nor take one from it." We are to have a con
tinuation of the Pierce Administration, bound
hand and foot to the slave power.
Wo are heartily glad that Mr. Buchanan has
thus early announced his position, and that we
are thus enabled to understand, that he ac
cepts the whole issue made by the democracy
at Cincinnati, and that he claims no support on
account of his cu-n individual views. He fully
represents himself as the mere creature of the
party which nominated him, as tho obedient
tool of the Slaveocracy which dictated the
platform, and as - unable to add a single good
principle to tho policy of tho sham democra
cy. Something of this kind, some declaration
of this nature was wanted to convince many
in our midst of the true character of James
Buchanan. There is not an Old Whig, cher
ishing an affectionate remembrance of the
Whig party, there is not an Independent Dem
ocrat who has determined to stay the progress
ot the slave power, there is not an American
who cherishes the genial principles of Free
dom, there is not a Republican whose heart is
running over with the wrongs of Kansas, who
docs not regard tbe avowals of Mr. Buchanan
as placing him without the pile of his sup
port. Men who have looked upon Mr. Bu
chanan as something besides a partisan, turn
away with disgust from tho subservient instru
ment of that same Oligarchy which has ren
dered the Administration of Franklin Tierce
a by -word and a reproach. The open avowals
of the Democratic Candidate show the bold
ness and confidence of our adversaries, but we
trust that the effect will be a closer union of
all their opponenfs,and determined and vigor
ous effort to give succuess to the Kight. If
we unite our broken ranks, and strike forFrce
dora and Humanity, the cause of our Country
will be gloriously triumphant.
Deaths fkom Cam these. Mr. E.-Meriani,
the great thermometer man and wcathor wise
philosopher of Brooklyn Heights, N. Y., has
kept a record of the agonizing and excrucia
ting deaths from the uso of camphene since J
I860, by which it appears that in the six years
lip to May, 1856, there were 109 killed and
276 wounded by the explosive compound, ma
king a total of 44i. This should serve as a
warning against its use. Mr. M. says : "The
season cf the year has tow arrived when' ihe
heat acts upon all burnirg fluids, and renders
the ir use increasingly '"'-prcus,'
REPUBLICAN FLATF02.T&.
The following is the platform adopted by
the Philadelphia Convention., which met on
tho 17th.
This Convention of delegates assembled in
pursuance of a call addressed to the people of
the United States without regard to past polit
ical differences or divisions, who are opposed
to the repeal of the Missouri Compromise ; to
the policy of the present administration; to
the extension of slavery in free territory ; in
favor of the admission of Kansas as a free State;
of restraining the action of the federal govern
ment to the principles of Washingto n and Jef
ferson, and for f he purpose of presenting can
didates for the offices of President and Vice
President; do
Resolve, That the maintainance of the prin
ciples promulgated in the Declaration of Inde
pendence and embodied in the Federal Con
stitution, are cssutial to the perscrvation of
our Republican institutions, and that the Fed
eral Constitution, the rights of the States,
and "the Union of the Stales mast and shall
bo preserved."'
Resolved, That with our Republican fathers
wc hold it to bo a self-evident trulbj that "all
men are endowed w ith the inalienable right to
Life, Liberty and tho pursuit of Happiness"
and that the primary object and ulterior de
sign of our Federal government were to secure
these rights to nil persons within its "exclu
sive jurisdiction." That, as our Republican
fathers, when they had abolished Slavery in
all our National territory, ordained that "no
person- shall bo deprived of life, liberty or
property w ithout due process of law," it be
comes our duty to maintain this provision of
the Constitution against all attempts to vio
late it for the purpose of establishing Slavery
in the L'nited States, by positive legislation
prohibiting its existence or extension therein.
That we deny the authority of Congress, of a
territorial legislature, of any individual or as
sociation of individuals to giro legal existence
to Slavery in any territory of the United States
while the present Constitution shall be main
tained. Resolved, That tho Constitution confers on
Congress sovereign power over the territories
of the United States for their government,
and that in tho exercise of this power, it is
both the right and the duty of Congress to
prohibit in the territories those twin relics of
barbarism, Polygamy and Slavery.
Resolved, That while the Constitution of
the United States was ordained and establish
ed by the people, in order to form a more per
fect union, establish justice, insure domestic
tranquility, provide tor the common defense,
promote the general welfare, and secure the
blessings of liberty ; and it contains ample
provisions for the protection of tho life, liber
ty, and property of every citizen, the dearest
constitutional rights of the people of Kansas
have been fraudulently and violently taken
from them, their territory has been invaded
by an armed force, tpurious and pretended
legislative, judicial and executive officers
have been set over them, whoso usurped au
thority has been sustained by the military
power of the government, tyrannical anil un
constitutional laws have been enacted nnd en
forced, the rights of the people to keep and
bear arms have been infringed upon, test-oaths
of an extraordinary and entangling nature
have been imposed as a condition of exerci
sing the right of suffrage and holding office,
the right of an accused person to a speedy
and public trial by an impartial jury has been
denied, the right of the people to be secure in
th-ir persons, houses, papers and effects,
against unreasonable searches and seizures,
has been violated; they have been deprived
of life, liberty and property, without due pro
cess of law. That the freedom of speech and
of the press has been abridged, the right to
chocsc their representatives his been made
of no effect, murder, roberics and arson hac
been instigated and encouraged, and the of
fenders have been allowed to go unpunished ;
that all these things hao been done with the
knowledge sanction and procurement of Ihe
present administration, and that for this high
crime against the Constitution, tho Union
and humanity, wc arraign that administration,
the President, his advisers, agents, supporters
apologists and accessaries, either before or af
ter the facts, before the country and before
tho w orld ; and that it is our fixed purpose to
bri2 the actual perpetrators of these atroci
ous outrages and their accomplices to a sure
and condign punishment hereafter.
Resolved, That Kansas should be immedi
ately admitted as a State ol tho Union, with
the present Free Constitution, as at once the
most effectual way of securing to her citizens
the enjoyment or the rights and privileges to
which they are entitled, and of ending the civ
il strife now raging in her territory.
Resolved, That tiie highwayman's plea, that
might makes right, embodied in the Oitond
Circular, was in every respect unworthy of
American diplomacy, and wculd bring shame
and dishonor upou any people or government
that gave it their sanction.
Resolved, That a railroad to the Pacific
ocean, by the most practicable route, is imper
atively demanded by tho interests of the whole
country, and that the Federal Government
ought to render immediate aid to its construc
tion ; and, as an auxiliary thereto, to the im
mediate construction of an emigrant road on
the line of tbe road.
- Resolved, That appropriations by Congress
for the improvement of rivers and harbors of
a national character are required for the ac
commodation and security of our existing
commerce, and are authorized by the consti
tution, and justified by the obligation of gov
ernment to protect the lives and property of
its citizens.
Resolved, That we invite the affiliation and
co-operation of tho men of all parties, howev
er different f rom ns in other respects, in sup
port of the principles herein declared j and be
lieving that the spirit cl our institutions, as
well a3 the constitution of our country guar- .
antees Liberty of Conscience and Eonalitv of
Rights among citizens, will oppose all kgisla-
t!T. impairing tneir seenntr.
LETTER FKOM 24R. FILLMORE.
l'ARij;May21, 1856.'
Gentlemen : I have the honor to acknow
ledge the receipt of your letter informing mc
that the National Convention of the American
party, which had just closed its sessional
Philadelphia, had unanimously presented my
name for the Presidency of the United States,
and associated with it that of Andrew Jacksoa
Donelson for the Vice Presidency. This un
expected communication met me at Venice,
on my return from Italy, and the duplicate,
mailed thirteen days later, was received on my
arrival in this city last evening. This must
account for my apparent neglect in not giving
a more prompt reply.
You will pardon me for saying that when
my administration closed in 1853, 1 consider
ed my political life as a public man at an end,
and thenceforth I was only anxious to dis
charge my duty as a private citizen. Hence I
have taken no active part in politics. But I
have by no means been an indifferent specta
tor of passing events, nor have 1 hesitated to
express my opinion oil all political subjects
when asked, nor to give my vote and private
influence for those men and measures I thought
best calculated to promote the prosperity and
glory of the common country. Bjyond this,
I deemed it improper forme to interfere. But
this unsolicited and unexpected nomination
has imposed upon me a new duty, from which
I cannot shrink ; and therefore, approving, as
I do, of the general objects of the party which
has honored me with its confidence, I cheer
fully accept the nomination, without waiting
to inquire of its prospects of success ordefeat.
It is sufficient for me to know that by so do
ing I yield to the wishes of a large portion of
my fellow-citizens in every part of the Union,
who, like myself, are sincerely anxious to sec
the administration of our government restor
ed to that original simplicity which marked
the first years of its existence, and, if possi
ble, to quiet that alarming sectional agitation
which, while it delights tho monarchs of Ku
ropc, causes every true friend ol our own coun
try to mourn.
Having tho experience of past service in
the administration of the government, I may
be permitted to refer to that as the exponent
of the future, and to say, should the choice ot
the Convention be sanctioned by tho people,
I shall, w ith the same scrupulous regard for
the rights of every section of the Union w hich
then influenced my conduct, endeavor to per
form every duty confided by the Constitution
and laws to the h'xeculivc.
As the proceedings of this Convention have
marked a new era in the history of the coun
try, by bringing a new political organization
into the approaching Fresidental canvass, 1
take tho occasion to reaffirm my full confi
dence in the patriotic purposes of that organi
zation, which 1 regard ns springing out of a
public necessity, forced upon the country, to
a large extent, by unfortunate sectional divi
sions, and the dangerous tendency of those
dhisions towards disunion. It alone, in my
opinion, of all the political agencies now ex
isting, is possessed of the power to silence
this violent and disastrous agitation, and fo
restore harmony- by its own example of mode
ration and forbearance. It has a claim, there
fore in my judgement, upon every earnest
friend of the integrity of the Union.
So estimating this party, both in its present
position and future destiny , I freely adopt its
great leading principles as announced in the
recent-declaration of the National Council at
Philadelphia, a copy of which you were so
kind as to enclose me holding them to be
just anl liberal to every true iutere.st of the
country, and wisely adapted to the establish
ment and support of an enlightened, safe and
effective American policy, in full accordance
w ith the hopes of the fathers of our republic.
I expect shortly to sail for America, and
with the blessings of Divine Providence hope
soon to tread my native soil. My opportunity
of comparing my own country and tho condi
tion of its p-aople with those of Km ope, has
only served to increase my admiration and
Jove for our own blessed land of liberty, and
I shall return to it without even a desire to
cross tiie Atlantic again.
I beg you, gentlemen, to accept my thanks
for tho very flattering manner in which you
have been pleased to communicate t he results
of the action of that enlightened and patriotic
body of men who composed Ihe late Conven
tion, and to bo assured that
I am, with profound respect and esteem,
your friend and fellow-citizen,
MILLARD FILLMORE.
The Independent Democrat, Concord, (N. IT.)
whose editor, George G. Fogg, Esq., was the
chief Secretary of the Kansas Investigating
Committee, as the result of two months" pain
ful experience in the Territory, says : "In
stead of the wrongs of the people of Kansas
having been exaggerated, the half of their
wrongs has never been told. And this, the
testimony taken by the Congressional Com
mission will conclusively show. And yet, no
oral or written testimony can portray the
height and depth, the length and breadth of
tho outrages perpetrated in that Territory un
der the color of law, and by authority of men
who hold commissions under the President of
the United States. Including the Governor,
Judges, Marshall, and Indian Agents, they are
engaged in one consolidated conspiracy, bar
ing for its object the expulsion of every Free
settler from the Territory, and tho establish
ment of Slavery therein, at all hazards, not
excepting civil war and a dissolution of the
Union."
Opposing the Nominees. The enthusiasm
for Buchanan is not very great. The Buffalo
(N.T.) Repullic, an influential Democratic pa
per repudiates the nomination, and says : "We
now declare that, under no circumstances, al
though always acting with the democratic or
ganization, and ardently attached to it by a
lifelong association, can we support the nomi
nees cf the Cincinnati Convention upon the
platform, -vhich tha body his adapted.
Nen-Slaveholding Population of the South,
Much misrepresentation exists among us in
regard to the character of the population of
the Southern States. We are too ranch ac
customed to speak of the slave-holders as the
"South." In tho following table, compiled
from the statistics of the last census, it will be
seen that at the present time, the whole ma
chinery of or.r Government is controlled, and
the peace of the country imminently joopare
edby 317,525 slaveholders, and by a far less
number relatively-during the sixty or seventy
years up to this time. This fact should be se
riously pondered, not only by the people of
Free States, but especially by the other six
millions of whites, on-half at least of whom
are degraded quite as low as the slaves, by the
abject condition to which a poor laborer is re
duced, who strives to earn a support for his
family and a prospective independence, by the
sweat of his own brow, side by side with the
slave. Did these millions of-poor whites of
the Slave States fully understand their real
condition, and their true interest, they would
be the last to uphold the schemes of the band
fill of slaveholdcts, who they have allowed to
he their masters just as emphatically as they
are the masters of the negro, with the single
reservation that they are not a chattel, and
they would, in one voice spy, Sirs, if you have
any battles to fght in extending negro slave
ry, you must fight them yourself; we shall
fight only oir own battles, but they will be for
white independence, which or present condi
tion and future hopes convince us, can not be
for more human slavery. Talk to them thus,
and the whole question will assume, a new
shape, tho cardinal principles of which will bo
conscrrafiou. They will say, better hold fast
to that which we now have, than to risk all for
that which we may never obtain.
But to Southern statistics : In tho first col
umn of this table will bo found tho whole num
ber of Slaveholders in each of the Southern
States ; and in the last column is given the ag
gregate white population of each Stale. This
will show at once the proportion between the
two classes :
Status. Slaveholders i.i each. While Top.
Alabama, 29.205 120,511
Arkansas, 5,083 102.189
District of Columbia, 1,117 o75Ml
Delaware, 71,1 '"'J
Florida, S.R20 47,203
Georgia, 2vi" 521,572
Kentucky, o,?.S5 t?AA"
Louisiana, 20,070 2.".491
Maryland, - l'S.O-IO -117,013
Mississippi, 23.116 23-1,718
Missouri, 13,18-1 532.001
North Carolina, 28.303 553.028
South Carolina, 21.530 201,503
Tennessee, S3.86I 756.836
Texas, . 7,747 111.031
Virginia,
5 .003
831.S00
Total, 31 7,52-3 G.222.-11S
From this statement, drawn from official
sources, it will be seen that there is not a sin
gle Siavvhulding State in the Union, in which
Slaveholders constitute One-Tenth part of ihe
aggregate Free White population. In South
Carolina, where the Slavcholding class is rela
tively the most numerous, out of a white pop
ulation of 274,503 only 25,530 less than one
tenth are Slaveholders.
A 'Democratic Bolter. -Mr. Hamlin, one
of the United States Senators from. the State
of Maine, who is a Democrat, resigned his sit
uation as chairman of the Committee on Com
merce, on the 12th inst. Ho said for the nine
years he had held a seat in the Senate, he had
almost been a silent member. Upon the sub
ject that had so much agitated the countrv. he
had rarely uttered a word. Ho loved his
country more than he loved any party more
than anything that could agitate and disturb
its harmony. Although he believed the repo d
of (he Missouri Compromise was a great moral
and political wrong, unequalled in the annals
of the legislation of this country, and uneqr.a'c
cd in the history of almost any country stiil
with a desire to promote harmony, concord,
and brotherly feeling, ho s.U quietly amid all
the exciting debate which led to that f.dal re
sult, and opposed it not by Lis voice, but by a
consistent, steady and uniform vole not only
in accordance with his own convictions, but in
accordance with tho instructions of Lis Legis
lature, passed by almost a unanimous vote ;
but the thing was done in violation of the prin
ciples of that party with whom he had always
acted, and in violation of the solemn pledges
of the President of the United States in his
inaugural address. Since, however, that wrong
had been indorsed by tho Cincinnati Conven
tion in its consummation and its result?, ho
lelt it hi.? duty to declare that he could no lon
ger maintain party associations with any party
that insisted upon such doctrines, and could
support no man for President who avowed and
recognized these doctrines, and whatever pow
er God hid endowed him with, it should be
used in the coming contest in opposition to
that party.
There arc doubtlessly many more honest
thinking men who have heretofore voted with
tho Democratic party, who, like Mr. Hamlin,
cannot consistently support Buchanan, when
by so doing they would endorse the platform
adopted at Cincinnati, which sanctions the
Kansas-Nebraska act, and consequently the
repeal of the Missouri Compromise.
An Iloxtsr Gr.GX.tx Sextihext. At theRc
publican Convention, Mr. Dorcheimer, of Buf
falo, in a speech said he had been in this coun
try fortytfsears, and w as an American .it heart,
although not by birth, nor was he a member of
the American Association. He believed, that
with all their secret societies, llwy would nev
er hurt an honest man. There are thousands
upon thousands of Germans who think with
him, and indeed there are no opponents to the
principles of the American . organization, bat
among the Irish Papists, and even these men-
would become much better citizens if it were
not for the Satanic temptations of the Demo
cratic party. .-
FE03T CALIFORNIA .
The latest intelligence from California i
somewhat exciting. Mr. King, editor of ta
San Francisco Bulletin, was murdered by a
gambler named Casey, in revenge for certain
articles in "the paper reflecting on him. Mr.
K. was shot in the public street, by daylight,
and survived but a short time. The Old Vigi
lance Committee immediately organized ; a
m-.b took possession cf the jail on Sunday, the
ISth ult., and at the time the steamer left it
was suppused both Casey and the murderer
Con, who killed Mr. Richardson, would bo
hung. The Vigilance Committee have declar
ed their intention to drive the gamblers from
tho State.
In addition to tbe above, the following par
ticulars or this melancholy act will be read
with interest : "Casey, who murdered King,
was a member of the Board of Supervisors,
and the editor of the Sunday Times. The at
tack cf tiie Vigilance Committee upon the jail
w!S made in military order, a force of 2,500
armed men surrounded the prison with a brass
eighteen pouuder pointed at the door; when
all w as ready for tho assault, the committee
made a formal demand on the Sheriff for tho
surrender of the jail. The Sheriff was totally
unprepared, and surrendered immediately .and
the prisoners, Casey and Cora, were taken
by the committee and carried to their hoad-q-iarters.
As soon as the death of King was
announced, the bells were tolled, the stores
closed, all business suspended, and the fronts
of the buildings draped in mourning. Con
and Casey were both tried before a revolution
ary tribunal of twenty-nino jurors, and sen
tenced to bo hung. They were to be execu
ted on the day fallowing the funeral of King.
"Tho excitement had extended throughout
t he State, and thousands of armed men were
ready to hasten to tie assistance of the revo
lutionists in the citv.
Ilvilmccy's Ointment cud Pills will cure any
disease of the Skin of tbe longest standing.
William F. Anderson, of Yadkin, South Caro
lina, suffered for a long time from eruptions on
the skin, his face, arms, and legs, were cover
ed with little pustules and sores of a scorbutic
nature, be tried a variety of remedies, all of
which failed to benefit him. At last he tried
Ilolloways Ointment and Tills, and in a few
weeks ho was completely cured. This famous
Ointment will cure clccrs and old wounds ol
twenty years standing.
New Advertisements.
rnn nnn ?okt shingles, for
jy n ffW for cash by A. M. HILLS.
rilWO OPEN AND ONE TOP TUGGY in good
A. ran nin order for sale by A.M. HlLLs.
ONE HOOD TWO-HORSE WAGOX for sal i-y
l.iuno2:.l A. M. HlI-iLS.
rpIIE BEST TWO-HORSE CARRIAGE h
JL CJe.-irficM county tor sale low fr cash bv
jui"?- A. M. HILLS.
rfin fi(fi I OXr SHINGLES wanted bv A.
0JtfjJ.r M. Hills, t his storf, for winch
the hilifst market price will be paid In Goods at
the lowest prioes in the county. juno2i-tf
STHAV MAKE A black mare with whit
stripe down the face, supposed to bo about i
years old. vtu found trespassing on tb enclosed,
improved land?, of the subscriber, in CurwenTiliV.
Clearfield county, on or abont the 7tl of Jane, in
stant. The owner is requested to come forward,
provo property, pay charjres, and take her away,
or the will bo disposed of as tbe law direets.
S- G. rYLES.
TnrwrriSTil'p. June 25, lS5G-?m
Y( TICE IS HEREBY GIVEN", that appR
XI cation wi!l be ma'lelo the Legislature of
Pennsylvania at its next session, for the Charter
of an inititntiou -.villi banking privileges, includ
ing tbori? of isj'.ie. di-'eou:it ar.tl deposuc. to be !
eaied at CiearlieM. Penn'Tlrnnia. under the nnm
an.l tilie of "Tiif Olea'fieltl iijnl-.'' with .a capital
of fHiO. with the privilege of increasing th
fnrae to SJfH'.iiitrt.
.K'ilN 1'ATTON". JON. BOYNTOX,
WM. M'iiRIL'E. J. F. WEAVER,
II. P. THOMPSON. CI . L. KEEP.
J AS. T. LEON Alt I. RICHARD SHAW,
V. .M. A. WALLACK. JAMES ii. GRAHAM.
C',;?;ii :k-M, Jur.o 25. lSo'J-i'm.
U" ! SS O H'T I O N OF PAUNERSITI I-Th
iF TtartnersMp berc'of-.irc c.vistins between Uen-
j iniin Hartshorn nnd Thomss Mi-Crackon. trsdintj
in the uant of llartsiiorn & McCracken. was thu
day u:;Uuaily dis.-o'vel ; tfavLichall concerned
will take notice. The books and accounts of th
lale f-iiu cau be sren bv r!li:is at tli oM stand.
rf.N.r. HARTSHORN,
tiios. Mccracken.
T.nmbor City. June 10, ISatJ.
THE underlined is now doin business in his
own mime. Havinix just received anevr and hanJ
s inio assortment ot goods, he would be pleased to
have all his old frier Is and cutoiuers to rive him
a e 1 1 1 . REN J. PARTSHORX.
Lumber City. Jur.o 25. LS5;."
BOUND FOR CURWENSVILLE.
esse r&SQ?
TIIE PLACE To ;ET ANYTHING YOU WANT
IS AT II. Is. PATTON'S STORE !
"THAT'S SO!!"
rilllE undersigned hus reeeived and opened at
A lii.s tora in Curwensvilie. tho largest and bet
f leeted stock of FJ'RIXG AXD ST'MJfEK
GOODS ever offorrd in the county. Tho assort
ment ir- very estc-rsivo and nearly every rtio
that may bo wanted can be procured from him.
L-A-D-r-r.-S' D-R-ll-S-S C O-O-D-S.tst all
kind. price and fisnres. anions' which will b
foiir.dSi:ks,leIa;nes l'.rii Hants, Ijiwns, G inghaml.
Prints, ParHeol. Einhroid-ries. L'r.dersleves. Col
l;irs. Cufl, Kil'boriX. La -e Fringes. Ladies Presi
Buttons and Trimmings-Rennets. Hosiery of all
size?, qnaiities ar t ccicrs, and Gloves of every
description.
ALSO, Cloths, C.iwiaieres. Ye?tins. Toots and
Shoe ':n;:r- a;id tippers . !Ia!, and a Sto:k cf
pnodlZKAVV-JTADl-: CLOTII1SG. Aso,
Hardwiire. Queersware. Groceries. Fish. Sait, At.,
aim-ays on Lard. All tho n'oove articles, toetL-c-r
tsIJi an alun Lines of others, will be Fold on
reasvuiblc tertns for cash, or exchanged for ap
proved produce.
Tbe public is invited f- call and cxcaiine tbf
ood3 arJ prices. ji-.d-e for thcififeivc?, StvI act 33
cordinir to their own convictions.
junc25 j. H. D. PA7T0N". .
TIION ! IirrV!Tb nnlpraifrod has iast
JL received, ut the shop of T. Mills, oa the corner
of Locust and Third stroeis. in tho Ecrongh cl
C'enrfield. a Inree aorttnent of Koniu, iq?fan
lriat 1JAU JItON, of ail tin-s, which ac vriU
sell at a 3 low prices, as it can be purchased naj
where in this conntr.
joll-V5-".m ' REXJAMIV fPACKMAX..
MEDICAL PARTNERSHIPS-Dr. ITenry
Lorain, having associated with him. in th
practice of ledicine, Lr, J. G. Hartswick, Uiey
offer their srofessicaid services to the citiiocf of
Clearfield and vicinity. They will attend tOjpcO
fe3sionnl calls at all hours, and in all seasous-
Tit. Hartswick will be found dnrinp: the
their office opposite Dr Lorain"s reeideDca, ira at
night, at the house of Mr. Ri-hari Mfj
Clearfield, June 13, 150.