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CLEARFIELD, PA., JUNE 25, 1858.
t Union State Nominations.
CAVAL COJUCISSIOSER,
THOMAS . COCHRAN, of York Co.
4 APrron oexeral,
DARWIN PHELPS, of Armstrong Co.
8URVET0R GENERAL,
BARTHOLOMEW LA PORTE, of Bradford Co.
THE LATE COWVEWTIOHS.
On tha 12th insf.., the Northern American
Convention met at New York, and after being
properly, organized, nominated Hon. N. P.
Sacks as their candidate for President, and
lion. Win. F.Johnston for Vice President.
After the appointment of a committee to con
fer with the Philadelphia convention, with a
vjew of effecting concert of action, the Con
tention adjourned to meet again 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
Status, nearly 600 delegates being in attend
ance. Co!. II. S. Lane, of Indiana, was cho
en as presiding officer. The platform of
principles reported and adopted will be found
elsewhere - in our columns. The balloting
commenced oa the afternoon of the 18th. On
an informal ballot then bad, the vote stood :
Fremont 259, McLeaa 196, Banks i, Seward 4,
and, Samner 2. The name of McLean was
then withdrawn, and the nomination of Col.
Fremont declared unanimous. Hon. Wm. 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, and when
it was announced that Col. Fremont was the
of the Convention, shouts ani cheers
burst forth, and were continued for a consid
erable length of time.
r In the meantime, Mr. Hanks sent a letter to
the New York Convention, declining to be a
candidate, whereupon that body rc-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 the Fremont
ticket. So far as concerns Buchanan, we 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 candidate who will
Stand the best chance Of defeating him. His
prospects are none too bright ; on the contra
ry 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 the 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 w horn
we can unite so far as to secure his election 1
This question, the decision of which involves
a highly Important result, should be well con-.
tidered before any positive action is taken on
it- For our own part, in consequence of this
new phaze of th opposition, we reserve to
csrselvcs the privilege of selecting from a
aaong the candidates opposed to Buchanan the
oce who we shall deem most likely to fulfil our
hopes of success ; merely mentioning the fact
that the nomination of Fremont seems to be
ry popular, having been everywhere receiv
ed with unmistakable indications of delight
and satisfaction. We will have more to say
oa this subject hereafter.
WHO IS COL. J. C. FBEMONT 1
: John Charles Fremont is, we believe, the
on of a French Hugenot, who fled from the
persecutions to which that sect was subjected
in his native land, and sought a refuge in
Sooth Carolina or Georgia, where he married,
and where John C. was born in 1813. He is
consequently 43 years of age ; but his life has
been ao active and eventful, his fortunes so
raried and trying, that he may fairly be ac
counted older in practical experience than
most men are at City. Ilia family was poor,
bnt by energy and perseverance he lias 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, and on her made a cruise of several
years. On his return home, he became a sur-T-yor
and railroad engineer, and was employ
ed in that capacity under Captain Williams,
of the Topofrraphioal Engineers, In the sur
vey ot a route from Charleston to Cincinnati.
Ha next accompanied Captain Williams in a
reconioincc to the country then occupied
by the Cherokee?, after which he joined M.
Micolet, in an exploring expedition over the
North-Western prairies. He was employed in
this survey, in which he acted as principal as
sistant, during the years 1838 and 1839, and
wailu absent upon it was appointed a Second
Lieutenant in the Corps of Topographical En
gineers. In 3lay, 1842, he atarted out on the first of
Is Rocky Mountain exploring expeditions,
n4 u occupied la it about five months. The
report of this expedition first brought his name
to oabtte nntioa tt . ,
' awiea oui oa ins Becond
xpoditwa io May, 1843, and was engaged in
his explorations untilAugust of the next year.
In the spring of 1845, he set out on his third
expedition. It was while engaged in this ex
pedition, that the war with Mexico commenc
ed. He put himself in commnnication with
the naval commanders on the coast, and soon,
in conjunction with Commodore Stockton, ob
tained complete possession of California, of
which, on the 24th of August, he was 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. Pending
these operations, a commission arrived forFre
mont as Lieutenant-Colonel. On the arrival
of General Kearney, a disputo sprang up be
tween him and Commodore Stockton as to the
chief command. ' Kearney sought to "throw
upon Fremont the responsibility of deciding
between their respective claims. This lie 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 fordisobedience of orders and brought
him to trial before a court martial. 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
the same time, offered Fremont anew 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 his own
and wended his way to California, where lie
had become one 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 Stata 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 his lot, and,
wing to tho delay in the admission of the
State, be sat in the Senate only one short Ses
sion. THE ISSUE AS PRESENTED BY JAMES
- EUCHANAJT
There are some persons inPcnnsylvania 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 lute speech to the Key
stone club he said ,
'Gentlemen, two weeks since I should have
made you a longer speech, but now I have
been placed upon a platform of which I most
heartily approve, nnd that can speak for me.
Being the representative of the great Demo
cratic party, and not simply James Buchanan, I
must square my conduct according to the plat
term of that party, 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 he is not to be regarded sim
ply as James Buchanan, but the representative
of that Democratic party which sustainsPierce
and Douglass, which repealed the sacred Com
pact of Peace, which is now engaged in slaugh
tering the Free-State men of Kansas, and
which palliates and defends the ruffian Brooks.
Conservative mes are not asked by this Candi
date io vote for him, but for his party with all its
detested principles. If any man has had confi
dence that James Buchanan would change the
policy of the Pierce administration, let him
throw the idea aside, for he himself declares
"he must square his conduct according to the
platform of his party ,and insert no new 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.
We 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 oa
account of his own individual views. He fully
represents himself as the mere creature of the
party which nominated him, as the obedient
tool of the Slaveocracy which dictated the
platform, and as unable to add a 6ingle good
principle to the policy ol the 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
of 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
does not regard the avowals of Mr. Buchanan
as placing him without the pale of his sup
port. Men who have looked upon Mr. Bu
chanan as something besides a partizan, turn
away with disgust from the subservient instru
ment of that samo Oligarchy which has ren
dered the Administration of Franklin Pierce
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 efiect will he a closer union of
ail their vpponents,and determined and vigor
ous effort to give succuess to the Right. If
we unite our broken ranks, and strike forFree-
dora and Humanity, the cause of our Country
will be gloriously triumphant.
Deaths fkojc Camphene. Mr. E. Meriam,
the great thermometer man and weather wise
philosopher of -Brooklyn Heights, N. Y., has
kept a record of the agonizing and excrucia
ting deaths from the use of camphene since
1850, by which it appears that in the six years
up to May, 1856, there were 1G9 killed and
276 wounded by the explosive compound, ma
king a total of 448. This should serve as a
warning against its use. Mr. M. says : "The
season of the year has now arrived when the
heat acts upon all burning fluids, and renders
their use increasingly dangcrons." - - -
BEPTT3LICAK PLATFOBX.
The following is the platform adopted by
the Philadelphia Convention, which met on
the 17th.
This Convention of delegates assembled in
pursuance of a call addressed to the people of
the United States without regard to pat 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 tho action of the federal govern
ment to the principles of Washington and Jef
ferson, and for the purpose of presenting can
didates for the ofiices of President and Vice
President; do . ." "
Resolve, That themaintainanco of the prin
ciples promulgated in the Declaration of Inde
pendence and embodied in the Federal Con
stitution, are essential to the perservation of
our Republican institutions, and that the Fed
eral Constitution, the rights of the States,
and "the Union of the State s must and shall
be preserved."
Resolved, That with our Republican fathers
we bold it to be a self-evident truth, that "all
men are endowed with the Inalienable right to
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"
and that the primary object and ulterior de
sign of our Federal government were to secure
these rights to all 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 be deprived of life, liberty or
property without dne process of law," it be
comes our duty to maintain this provision of
tho Constitution against all attempts to vio
late it for the purpose of establishing Slavery
in the United 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 give 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 LTnited States for their government,
and that in the exercise of this power, it is
both the right and the duly 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 for the common defense,
promote the general welfare, and secure the
blessings of liberty; and it contains ample
provisions for the protection of the 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, f purious and pretended
legislative, judicial and executive officers
have been set over them, whose usurped au
thority has been sustained by the military
power of the government, tyrannical and un
constitutional laws have been enacted and 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
their persons, houses, papers and effects,
against unreasonable searches and seizures,
lias 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
choose their representatives has been made
of no effect, murder, roberies and arson have
been iustigated and encouraged, and the of
fenders have been allowed to go unpunished ;
that all these things have been done with the
knowledge sanction and procurement of the
present administration, and that for this high
crime against the Constitution, the Union
and humanity, we arraign that administration,
the President, his advisers, agents, supporters,
apologists and accessaries, either before or af
ter the facts, before the country and before
the world ; and that it is our fixed purpose to
bring 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 the 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 ol ending tho civ
il strife now raging in her territory." .
Resolved, That the highwayman's plea, that
might makes right, embodied in the Ostend
Circular, was in every respect unworthy of
American diplomacy, and wcnld bring shame
and dishonor upon 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 the 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 the 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 invito the affiliation and
co-operation of tho men of all parties, howev
er different from us in other respects, in sup
port of the principles herein declared; and be
lieving that the spirit of our institutions, as
well as tho constitution of our country guar
antees Liberty of Conscience and Equality of
Rights among citizens, will oppose all legisla
tion impairing their security. - . - -
LETTER'FSOM MR. FILLMORE.
Paris, May 21, I80G. v
Gentlemen : I have the honor to acknow
ledge the receipt of your letter informing me
that the National Convention of the American
party, which had just closed its session at
Philadelphia, had unanimously presented my
name for the Presidency of the United Slates,
and associated with it that of Andrew Jackson
Donelson for the Vice Presidency. This un
expected commnnication met me at Venice,
on my return from Italy, and the duplicate,
mailed thirteen dayslater, was received on my
arrival in this city last evening. This roust
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. Bnt I
have by no means been an indifferent specta
tor of passing events, nor have 1 hesitated to
express my opinion on 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 pros-penty and
glory of the common country. Beyond this,
I deemed it improper for me to iuterfere. But
this unsolicited and unexpected nomination
has imposed upon me a new dutyj 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, withont waiting
to inquire of its prospects of suecess or defeat.
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 see
the administration of onr 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 the monarch? of Eu
rop, causes every true friend of our own coun
try to mourn.
Having the experience of past service in
the administration of the government, I may
be permitted to rcfar to that as the exponent
of the future, and to say, should tho choice of
the Convention be sanctioned by the people,
I shall, with the samo scrupulous regard for
the rights of every soctiou of the Union which
then influenced my conduct, endeavor to per
form every duty confided by the Constitution
and laws to the Executive.
As the proceedings of this Convention have
marked a new era in the history of the coun
try, by bringing anew political organization
into the approaching Presidental canvass.
take the occasion to reaffirm my full confi
dence in the patriotic purposes of that organi
zation, which 1 regard as springing out of a
public necessity, forced upon the country, to
a large extent, by unfortunate sectional divi
sions, and the dangerous teudency of those
divisions 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 to
restore harmony by its own example of mode
ration and forbearance. It has a claim, there
fore in my judgement, upou every earnest
friend of tho integrity of the Union.
So estimating this party, both in its present
position and future destinj , I freely adopt its
great leading principles as announced in the
recent declaration of the National Council at
Philadelphia, a copyof which you were so
kind as to enclose me holding them to be
just end liberal to every true interest of ti e
country, and wisely adapted to the establish
ment and support of aa enlightened, safe and
effective American policy, in full accordance
with 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 ami the condi
tion of its people with those of Euiope, has
only served to increase my admiration and
love for our own blessed land of liberty, and
I shall return to it without even a desire to
cross the Atlantic again.
I beg you, gentlemen, to accept my thanks
for the very flattering manner in which you
have been pleased to communicate the results
of the action of that enlightened and patriotic
body of men who composed the late Conven
tion, and to be assured that
I am, with profound respect and esteem,
your friend and ft -How-citizen,
MILLARD FILLMORE.
The Independent Democrat, Concord, (N.H.)
whose editor, George G. Fogg, Esq., was the
chief Secretary cf the Kansas Investigating
Committee, as the result of two months' pain
ful experience ia 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 ami breadth of
the 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, hav
ing for its object the expulsion of every Free
settler from the Territory, and the 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.) Republic, an influential Democratic pa
per repudiates the nomination, and says : "We
now declare that, nnder no circumstances, al
though always acting with the democratic or
ganization, nnd ardently attached to it by a
lifelong association, can ve support the nomi
nees of the Cincinnati Convention upon the
platform which that body has adopted."...
Non-Slaveholdinj Population of the South.
Much misrepresentation exists among us i
regard to the character of the population of
the Southern States. We are too much ac
customed to speak of the slave-holders as tb
"South." In the following table, compiled
from the statistics of the last census, It will be
seen that at the present time, the whole ma
cbihery of our Government is controlled, and
the peace of the country imminently jeopare
ed by 347,525 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, one-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 wonld
be the last to uphold the schemes of the hand
ful of slaveholders, who they have allowed to
be 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 s?y, Sirs, if you have
any battles to fight in extending negro slave.
ry, yon must' fight theni yourself ; we shall
fight only our own battles, but they will be for
white independence, which our 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 anew
shape, the cardinal principles of which will be
conservation. 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 the first col
umn of this table will be found the whole man
ber of Slaveholders in each of the Southern
States ; and in the last column is given the ag
gregate white population of each State. This
will show at once the proportion between the
two classes :
States. Slaveholders in each. White Pop.
Alabama, 29,29 42G,514
Arkansas, f.,089 lG2,lbfJ
District of Columbia, 1,447 37,941
Delaware, y 809 71,159
Floiida, S,620 47,203
Georgia, 38,453 521,572
Kentucky, GS.3S5 7G1;413
Louisiana. 20.G70 255.401
Maryland, 1G,040 417,013
Mississippi, 3,1 IG 2C5.718
Missouri, ' 13,185 502,00-1
North Carolina. 28,303 653,028
South Carolina, 25,506 2G 1,503
Tennessee, 33,864 7c6,83G
Texas, 7,747 131.C31
Virginia, 55,003 834,800
Total, 817,525 0,222,418
From this statement, drawn from official
sources, it will be seen that there is not a sin
gle Slateholding Stale in the Union, in which
Slaveholders constitute One-Tenth part of the
aggregate Free Wliite population. In South
Carolina, where the Slavcholding class is rela
tively the most numerous, out of a white pop
ulation of 274,563 only 25,506 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. He 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 country, he
had rarely uttered a word. He loved his
country more than he loved any party more
than anything that could agitate and disturb
its harmony. Although he believed the repeal
of the Missouri Compromise was a great moral
and political wrong, unequalled in the annals
of the legislation of this country, and unequal
cd in the history of almost any country still
with a desire to promote harmony, concord,
and brotherly feeling, he sat quietly amid all
the exciting debate which led to that fatal re
sult, and opposed it not by his voice, but by a
consistent, steady and uniform vote not only
in accordance with his own convictions, but in
accordance with the instructions of his 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
inauguraladdress. Since, however, that wrong
had been indorsed by the Cincinnati Conven
tion in its consummation and its results, he
felt it his duty to declare that he could no lon
ger maintain party asseciations w ith auy party
that insisted upon such doctrines, and could
support no man for President who avowed and
recognized these doctri'ues, and whatever pow
er God had endowed him with, it should be
used in the coming contest in opposition to
that party.
There are doubtlessly many more honest
thinking men who have heretofore voted with
the 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 Hoxest German Sentiment At thoRc-
publican Convention, Mr. Dorcheimer, of Buf
falo, in a speech said he had been in this coun
try forty years, and was an American at heart.
although not by birth, nor was be a member of
the American Association. He believed, that
with all their secret societies, they wonid nev
er hurt an honest man. There arc thousands
npon thousands ot Germans who think with
him, and indeed there are no opponents to the
principles of the American organization, but
among the Irish Papists, and even these men
would become much better citizens if it wero
not for the Satanic temptations of the Demo
cratic party.
from California.
The latest intelligence from California M
somewhat exciting. Mr. King, editor of U
San Francisco Bulletin, was murdered by
gambler named Casey, in revenge for certtln
articles in the paper reflecting on him. Mr.
K. was shot in the public street, by Liyligb.i
and survived but a short time. The Old Vigi
lance Committee immediately organized ; a
mob took possession of the jail cn Sunday, tha
18th ult., and at the time the steamer left U
was supposed both Casey and the murderer
Cora, who killed Mr. Richardson, would be
hung. The Vigilance Committee have declar
ed their intention to drive tho gamblers from
the State.
In addition to the above, the following par
ticulars of this melancholy act wiil be real
with interest: "Casey, who murdered King,
was a member of the. Board of Supervisors,
and the editor of the Sundinf 2'imes. The at
tack of the Vigilance Committee upon the jail
was made in military order, a force of 2,500
armed men surrounded the prison with a brass
eighteen pounder pointed at the door; when
all was ready for the assault, the commiitee
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. head
quarters. 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. Coxa
and Casey were both tried before a revolution
ary tribunal ol twenty-nine jnrors, and sen
tenced to be hung. They were to be execu
ted on the day following the funeral of King.
"The excitement had extended throughout
the State, and thousands of armed men were
ready to hasten to the assistance of the revo
lutionists in the citv. -
Jlolloicay's Ointment and Pills will cure any
disease of the Skin of the longest standing.
William F. Anderson, of Yadkin, South Caro
lina, suffered for a long time from eruptions on
the skin, bis face, arms, and legs, were cover
ed with little pustules and sores of a scorbutic
nature, he tried a variety of remedies, all of
which failed to benefit him. At last he trifel
Ilolloways Ointment and Pills, and in a fey
weeks he was completely cured. Ti;i fitr ocs
Ointment will curs ulcers an I old wounds of
twenty years star...i::,g. - -
NeTcLdvcrtissmenta.
500,000
SHORT SHINGLES, for e7e low
forcishbv A. M. l'fl T.r.
TWO OPEN AND ONE TP r.L.v ja pooi
runuing order for sale by A. M. JHLls.
ONE COOI)TW0-iI0KSEY"AG0 forsalo bv
Ijur.e2il A. M. HILLS. "
THE BEST TW0-II0R5E CARRIAGE in
ClearSuld countr for naie io- f;r cash bv
jane2i A. M. liff.Lo.
Pnnnfifi LONG Sril'i?LE3waDC.lTA
iUU,UlU M. Talis, nl Lis Uore, for vl.Ich
tne nignt?t market price will be paid 10 Hands it
tho lowest prices in the county. . june25-tf
STRAY MARE. A Mack mar with white
stripe down the face, supposed to be about -
years old. was found trespassing on the endued,
improve;! Ianl.-, of the subscriber, in Cnrwenvitlp.
Clearfield eoanty, on or about the 7th of Jan, ia-
staut. The owner it requested to come forward.
prove property, pay charges, and take her awy,
or she will bo disposed of as the law direct. -
c- CS. PILES.
Curwensrille. Jone 25, lSn6-?m
TVOTICE IS HEREBY GI VEX. tbat rp!i
1' cation will be mado to the Legislature cf
Pennsylvania at its next session, for the Charter
of an institution with barking privileges, includ
ing those of issao. diseoaut nnd dcnoite to ix. lo
cated at Clearfield. Pennsylvania, nnder tho cniro
and title of - J Ulearfir.i.1 wnh a capital
of 5100.1)00, with the privilege of increasing the
same to $200,009.
JOHN PATTOM, JOX. BOTKTOV
WM. JI'BE 1 1 E. J. F. WEA VER,
H. P. THOMPSON, O. L. REED.
JAS. T. LEONARD, RICHARD FIT.VW. -WM.
A. WALLACE. JAMES 13. GRAHAM.
Clearfield, June 25. ISjS-Gin.
DISSOLUTION OF PAR.NERSniP.-Vhe
partnership heretofore existing between Ben
jamin iiartshorn and Thomas M?Crv:ken , tr Jir.r
in the name of Hartshorn A MeCracken. w as Thii
day mutually dissolved ; of which ail concerned
wiil take notice. Tho books slid accounts of lr,
late fine can he sail by calling at tb olj strnd
j;h.J. IIARTSHORS, -
thos. Mccracken.
Laciber City, June 10, 1554.
THE nnuerFigned is now doinsr busicesa in his
own name. Having just received a new and hand
some assortment of pood 3, ho wonld be pleaseA to
have all his old friends and customers to give him
"call. EENJ. PART5SIIORX-
Lumber City. Jnno 25, 1556.
BOUND FOR CURWEKSVILIiE.
THE PLACE TO GET ANYTHING YOU WANT
IS Ar 11. 1. 1ATTON S STORE! .,
"THAT'S SO!I
TnE undersigned has received and opened at
his store in Curwcnsville. the largest and best
selected stock of STRIXO ASD SUMMER
GOODS ever offered in the eou&ty. The assort
ment is very extensive and nearly every article
that may bo wanted can be procured from him.
L-A-D I-E-S' D-R-E-Z-S. C-O-O- D-S, of all
kinus. prices and nsrures. among which Will be.
es. brilliants, Lawns, tiingaamt.
tnbroideritss. Uuder.ilprK Col
lars, Cuff?, Ribbons. Laces. Fringes. Ladies Press
Ruttons and Trimminrs. Ecnntts. Iloeierv of all
sizes, qualities and colors, and Gloves of" every
description.
ALSO. Cloths. Cassimerea. Yestinirs. Roots and
Shoes, Gaiters and Slippers. Hats, and a Stock of
god READ Y-MAD l-l CLUTlllSG Alao,
Hardware. Queensware. Groceries. Fish, fealt. it..
lwaya on bard. AH the above articles, togeth
er with an abundance of others, will he sold 09
reasonable terms for cash, or exchanged for ap
proved produce.
ibe public id invited t call and examine the
goods and prices, jude for themselves, and act as
cordite to their own convictions. . . -
june25'5l - H. D. TATTON. -
SON ! IRON !! Tho nnlerjijccd hag hi.t
.5. received, at the shop of T. .Mills, on the oorner
ot .Locust w.u iuird streets, in the Ro.-ough cf
Clearfiill. a lare assortment of Round. fiH-rr.
h4 Wat BAR IRON, cf all sites, whkrh !. iM
se'l at ua low prices as it Can he curchar-.l nw.
here in this couuty.
jetl-5-3m CENJAMrN SPA CRM Ay."
MEDICAL PA RTN ERSI1 1 T .' Pf r; r,
Lorain, havins B,-ociaVd with Liu -n iia
practice of Medicine, Dr. J- (J. Hai-tewf. Uity
offar their professional seivjjt3U Uioctuiacf of
Clearfield and vici-ity. Taty will attend to vro
fes'ional calls at all hours, and in all seasons.
Dr. ilartswick will be found during the Uy a
their offioe opposite Dr Lorain's residence, and at
nisht, at the house of Mr. Richard Moop- - -"
Clearfield, Jnno 18, 1866. - - -