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CLEARFIELD, PA., JUNE 9, 1858.
STATE CONVENTIONS
The United American, Republican, and'Peo
pie's Committee ot Superintendence for the
City of Philadelphia, earnestly desirous to ex
tend and perpetuate that union ol the ele
raents of opposition to the present Nationa
Administration, which in this City has lately
resultcd in such brilliant success, do hereby
TesDectfullv suffffest, and recommend to the
State Committees representing those several
elements of opposition, that they call upon
the Citizens of Pennsylvania, who are opposed
to the present National Administration ; es
pecially to its despotic and fraudulent Lecomp
ton policy, and its willful neglect of the just
claims ot domestic industry ; and who are in
favor of the Sovereignty of the People over
their own local concerns ; of American insti
tutions as against the policy and intrigues of
foreign Governments; anL. of adequate pro
tection to our home labor, to assemble in their
respective Senatorial and Representative Dis
tricts to choose delegates to a State Conven
tion, to meet at llarrisburg, in the Hall of the
House of Representatives, at 2 o'clock, P. M.,
of Wednesday the 14th day of July, 185S, to
nominate Candidates forjudge of the Supreme
Court, and Canal Commissioner.
Leonard R. Fletciieh,- President.
J. R. Flanigen, i
Geo. A. Cotley, J. Vice Presidents.
W. J. P. White.
Philadelphia, Hay 20, 1SZ9.
In view of the above recommendation, and
its general acceptance, I hereby withdraw the
call for a State Convention, issued by me, for
the 8th of July next, and earnestly reqnest
the Anicricon Republicans of the State to ac
cept it, and participate in the election of dele
gates to said Convention.
By order of the State Committee.
Lemuel Tom, Ch. Am. Rep. St. Com.
Attest Edward M'Pherson, Sec.
Carlisle, May SI, 1S-38.
To the Americans of Pennsylvania :
The above recommendation having been sub
mitted to me for my approval, after consulta
tion with the majority of the members of the
American State Committee, and a large num
ber of the prominent Americans of the State,
I cheerfully adopt it as our call for a State
Convention, and urge the member of the A
merican Party thronghout the State to parti
cipate in the election of Delegates.
II. Bccher Swoope,
Chairman of American State Com.
Clearfield, May 20, lSoS.
Inasmuch as the above recommendation and
calls point out the plain road to practical, de
cisive and enduring victory over the present
National Administration and its tyrannical and
sectional policy, I therefore request the Re
publicans of Pennsylvania to unite in the elec
tion of delegates to the a!ovc Convention.
Wm. B. Thomas,
Chairman of the Republican St. Com.
Philadelphia, June 1, 1858.
The above explains itself. It must certainly
be gratifying to every opponent of the Buchan
an dynasty to learn that a complete union Of
forces is perfected. All that is wanted to de
feat the Lecompton Democracy is concert of
action, (for npon principle the opposition are
already identical,) and we have no doubt that
the present movement will meet with a hearty
response from the people. In another column
will be found a call for a county meeting to
elect conferees, to meet conferees from the
other counties in the district, to elect dele
gates to the State Convention.
So far as we are personally concerned, it is
almost needless to say that this movement
meets our approval, for everybody knows that
we have always urged a union of the opposi
tion elements. The present time is very pro
pitious for uniting, and we trust that all will
join in tho movement with a hearty good will.
A Isew Dodge. A correspondent of the
Phtla.PrM, writing from Washington, says:
"A new dodge is about to be.perpetratod by
the Lecomptonites. They make no secret of
it. It is intended for the Pennsylvania mar
ket particularly. I mean the adoption of the
protective tarid policy, to get out of the'igno
miny of Lecomptonism. Owen Jones is in
high glee about it, and he, Reiliy, Dewart,
Dimmick, Ahl, Gitlis, Allison White, Landy,
and even Phillips, are expected to mount the
hobby, and to join in and fill up the cry. Thoy
are already booted and spurred. It is even
' reported that Mr. F. W. Hughes of Pottsville,
is to stump the State on ihe tariff policy to
save the necks of the Lecomptonites. It is a
sly trick to resort to in these days of prostra
tion in business. But who will trust these ex
cellent Representatives f "If mine enemy
cheat me once, shame on him; if he cheat me
twice, shame on me." The men who were so
ready to violate a pledge in one case, can nev
er be confided in again. Better let these men
wake up their original sin, and carry it, than
run the risk of being laughed at by offering a
new promise which they never intend to keep.
The North Branch Canal has been sold for
f 1,500,000, and Governor Packer has signified
his approval. The purchasers, who intend
making it a finished and useful work, have or
ganized a company under the style of "The
North Branch Canal Company," and have elec
ted Mr Charles F. Wells. Jr., of Athens, Pres
ident.and Mr. George M. Hollenhach,of Wilkes
barre, Treasurer, with an efficient Board of
Managers. The money to complete the upper
division of this important work has beer, raised,
and within two weeks, or less, boats are expec
ted to pass through the entire tine Phil. Bul
letin. A iaroe Elk passed through Tunkhannock,
Pa., a week or two since, destined for Phila
delphia, where,we understand, it had been sold
for the sum ol $1000. The owner represented
its freight at 600 pounds, (nearly as heavy as a
small horse,) and would trot a mile in two min
utes and a half. It was broke to the harness,
and would drive well in a buggy. We learn it
was taken from the wilds of Nebraska, and is
n!y two years old.
TRAGEDY IN KANSAS.
A party of pro-slavery men perpetrated re- I
cently a most horrible murder in Linn county,
Kansas. Conflicting accounts Lave appeared
in the public prints ; but the following cor
respondence of the N. Y. Tribune reads like
an impartial history of the difficulties in that
region : "
Mo.neka, Linn Co., K. T., May 24, 1808.
The last few weeks have been weeks of great
excitement and full of events f intense in
terest, even for Kansas. I speak of this and
the adjoining County, Bourbon.
Bourbon County contains t on acou, wnicu
has ahvavs lxen regarded as a "rendezvous
lor Border Ruffians. It was from this Fori
that Col. Clark, two years ago, with a band of
Pro-Slavery followers, ransacked this region
of country and drove away the inhabitants,
pillaged their houses, robbed their stores, and
drove off their cattle.
In this (Linn) county a committee of twelve
was aonointed to try the cases of the settlers.
This Committee held its settings mostly at
the Trading Post, which is about three or four
miles from the State line. All the settlers
along Big and Little Sugar and Turkey Creeks,
and the Marais des Cygnes, were thus passed
upon; some were to bo killed, some to leave
the Territory, and ot some their property on
ly was taken. Their proclamation was, "A"an-
aas cannot hold its both : cither vou vmsl leave
or we must." At that time they had the pow
er, and enforced the measure as they thought
proper. Now the Free-State party is
in the
ascendant, and are disposed
old terms.
to adhere to the
After somo military maneuvering on both
sides,and some depredations concerning claims,
&c. the troops a few week ago, it seems, is
sued, without orders, from the lort, and at
tacked Capt. Montgomery and twelve of his
men, who lired upon them, killing one, wound
ing two others, and kming one horse.
Some time last Winter a company of Free
State men surrounded the house of a violent
Pro-Slavery man in that vicinity, rode up
with considerblo noise and haste, and so soon
as he opened tho door, fired upon him, the ball
nassinir through Ins body just under tne coi
lar-bone. In a few weeks he recovered, and,
of course, swore revenge. With a company
of some eight or ten, he visited the houses ot
two Free-State men in the night, called them
to the door, and then shot them down. This
airain called for vengeance, and a pretty gen-
eral organization ot Militia took place through
out tho connties for self-preservation. Re
cently, Capt. Montgomery had pretty thorough
ly expelled them lrom the vicinity of Maani
ston and the Little Osage ; and a company
from the Potawatamie had moved them most
ly from Big Sugar.
For a time things were quiet, ar.d all seem
ed to think our troubles over. But just at
this juncture a company or two of troops,
with several pieces of canon, were sent to Fort
Scott. This seemed to give new courage,
impart new strength to the Pro-Slavery men's
Lopes or, peihaps, to their desires of revenge.
Day before yesterday Capt. Hamilton, ac
companied by Brockett and thirty-six others,
came into the Trading Post, bringing with
them several men, mostly prisoners, whom
they had met along the way, and drew up be
fore the public house kept in that place. They
took the landlord, Geo. W. Andrews, priso
ner, also Mr. Bassctt, his partner, and Mr.
Campbell, clerk of the store there -
They also took Elder Reed, a Baptist prea
cher, prisoner, and a Mr. Stillwell, formerly
from Montgomery Co., Ind., who was on his
way to Kansas City for goods, and several oth
ers, with whom I am not acquainted.
Elder Reed had been preaching in Monoka
for some time previous, and Mr. Stillwell was
a distant neighbor.
These, with a number of others, they star
ted with out of the place, and towards the
Missouri line.
Messrs. Andrews and Bassett, with several
others, were released ; but with the remainder,
eleven in number, they proceeded about three
miles, when they entered a deep ravine and
called a halt. Without further deliberation,
the prisoners were ordered to form themselves
into a line, which they did. tjapt. Hamilton
then, at a few paces distance, ordered his men
to fire on them motionless, unarmed and ur
oflended meu ! Five of them fell dead, five
badly wounded, and one unharmed. But they
all fell, and seemed to be dead, thinking this
the only way to escape more savage treatment.
As soon as the ruffians had fired, and had
seen them fall, they mounted their horses and
left. But in a few moments somo of them re
turned and rifled their pockets, and kicked
them over to see if they were dead. The
man who was uninjured was thus kicked over
and his pockets rifled. He lay by the side
of his brother, who showed some signs of life,
when one of them put a pistol to his head and
fired, the ball passing through his head. They
were then left, and the marauders made their
way back to Missouri.
Mr. Hall, the one unwounded, now arose
and afforded what relief he could to the living
and then went to obtain assistance, and had
them taken back to the Post.
Elder Reed was out all night, and suffered
intensely from bis wounds, but it is thought
he will recover.
Several of the party took what horses they
could meet with. Among them were those of
Mr. Stillwell and Elder Reed. Mrs. Reed
followed them, she thinks seven or eight miles,
and made them give up his horse, and with it
slit joined her husband, soaked in blood, and
assisted him to a place of safety. Mr. Still
well had about S200 with him, which he left
in his wagon, and which they did not obtain.
So sudden and unexpected was this move
ment that no assistance could be obtained,
although there was a military company orga
nized within the township. But in three or
four hours, there were upwards of 250 men on
the spot.
A company of 75 mounted men were depu
tized to give chase, and to take them, if the'
had to follow them to Georgia.
To the credit of the Missourians, the per
manent citizens along the border, be it recor
ded, have held public meetings, disclaimed
all knowledge of participation in the affair,
and will aid, to the extent of their abilities,
in capturing this lawless baud.
Rumors state that the people of West Point,
a town in Missouri near the line, and twelve
mile from the Post, knew cf the plot, and
yet failed to give the timely warning.
A few hundred of Free-State men have
gone up there, and they will, probably, be
brought to a confession. At any rate, their
return is looked for with great interest.
But the probabilities are that our border
troubles are pretty nearly over. The immense
odds now against the invaders, both in the
State and in the Territory, will soon put the
matter to an end, and I do not know of a real
Pro-Slavery man in either Bourbon or Linn
County.
Later From Kansas. A gentleman, a res
ident of Kansas, who arrived in St. Louis a
few days sine?, states that the United States
Deputy-Marshal, who bad been sent out by
Governor Denver, in pursuit of Montgomery,
had returned and reports that he came up with
that person, and npon showing bis authority
to capture him, ha was himself taken prisoner
by Montgomery, on Thursday night last, but
treated with every respect. Montgomery in
formed him (the Marshal) that all the depre
dationj bad been committed by Hamilton,
who was at the. head of the remnant of the
gang of robbers formerly under the command
or Buford, and who have beeu prowling through
the Territory and in Missouri, ever since the
invasion of Kansas by the Georgians and South
Carolinians under Buford, Wilkes, and other
Southern leaders.
Hamilton, : after the commission of the re
cent horrible murders, had fled from the Ter
ritory, and was understood to be en route for
Georeia- It is supposed Governor Denver
will offer a reward for his apprehension, and
that if he can be found, proper steps will ta
ken to bring him to justice.
Affairs at Fort Scott are still in an unsettled
condition. All parties represent the conduct
of tho government officials and htngers-oil
about the land office to be most insulting to
persons of free state proclivities, who-visit
the land office for pre-emption purposes. In
all probability, the jdace ill be destroyed.
Efforts are being made by the inhabitants to
have tho land office removed to some place
where protection can be given to those who
have business with the Government.
Revolution is New Orleans. On the night
of the 2d inst., a revolution broke out in the
city of New Orleans. A vigilance committee,
in large numbers, seized the Arsenal and Pris
ons, and on the next morning the executive
committee called on all law and order people
to join them. Cannon were posted about the
Arsenal and some 200 armed men were on
guard. The occasion of this rising is the
numberless murders, robberies, and outrages
which have been committed in the city during
the last few years. The civil authorities were
taking measures to suppress the revolution,
and a conflict was hourly expected. The rev
olutionists seem to be very numerous, and they
have issued a proclamation in which they de
clare the ordinary machinery of police justice
suspended ; that the vigilance committee will
therefore act In its stead, administering to
each and ever' malefactor the punishment due
his crimes; and ask all who have a desire to
rid the city of assassins and other outlaws to
report themselves at the priucipal office. They
also state the movement has been projected
for some time, and that it will be as noiseless
ly carried out as it has been thus far. The
vigilance committee are supported by the res
pectable citizens, and it was expected that the
municipal authorities would have to succumb.
The latest intelligence from New-Orleans
indicates the complete triumph of the Vigi
lance Committee. On the morning of tho 4th
there was great excitement; both parties
were preparing for a fight, and the city author
ities had issued orders for the arrest of one of
the ringleaders in the rebellion. Then there
was talk of a compromise ; but finally the
Mayor resigned, and the Committee practical
ly took possession of the city, and proceeded
to organize a new police force. Oo Monday
the municipal election is to take place, when,
if ever, trouble may be apprehended.
now to Make Good Bcttkr. Some of our
readers may be interested in the following hints
on making good sweet butter. "Miss Emily,
or tne iioosier atate, who has had for several
years past the entire control of the milk de
partment in her fathers family, states that she
was indebted to it for the following process of
makcing butter surely and speedily, and a most
excellent one, too, as her experience proves.
She says: 'Before I go to milk, I puta kettle,
say one-third full of water, and large enough
to let the milk-pail into it, on the stove,
where it will get boiling hot by the time I come
in with the milk. I then strain the milk into
another vessel, and wash the pail (which should
always be of tin,) then pour the milk back in
Jo the pail, and set it into the kettle on boiling
water, till tne milk becomes scalding hot, tak
ing care not to let it boil; then pour it into
crocks or pa ns and set it away intothccellar for
the cream to rise in the usual way. Cream
produced in this way will seldom require more
than twenty minutes to churn, while by the com
mon practice the poor dairy-maid may often
churn for hours, and then perhaps have to
throw all away, as I did on two occasions be
fore I became acquainted with the Russian
plan, the essential features of which I have n-
dopted m my present mode, as given above.
The method is applicable to all seasons, and
win answer in summer as well as in winter."
What Hoops Coxceal. At Battle Creek,
Jiicnigan, tne other evening, two gentlemen
and a lady one ol tho real skirt expanders
got aboard the cars for Chicago. One gentle
man and his wife had through tickets, while
the other paid his fare only to the first station.
From certain manifestations, the conductor
concluded it was the intention of the trio to
dead-head one of the party through. On ar
riving at Augusta, the gentleman did not get
out, and on search being made, he was found
secreted in the ladies saloon, lie was brought
forth and directed to leave the train at the
next station, but on arriving there he was not
to be found. After diligent search, in which
everybody had become interested, it was con
cluded he had leaped from the train while in
motion. Speculation was then rife as to his
fate, when a gentleman sitting near the lauv
of big dimensions, hinted that those hoops
might there "a mystery unfold." On produ
cing a light, four feet were seen protruding
lrom her petticoats, which it was unreasona
ble to suppose belonged to one person, and the
lady being requested to rise, which she did
after some hesitation, revealed the lostjpas-
senger.
Some Good from the Disastrous Flood ix
the Mississippi. The Memphis True Southern
says: "Although the unprecedented flood
which is now submerging such a vast extent of
country is greatly to be deplored, as destined
to affect materially the prosperity and interests
of those upon whom the calamity has fallen,
yet its results will go to strengthen the gener
ally accepted maxim, that there is "no bitter
unattended by its sweets." There have been
millions of dollars worth of timber much of
which has been cut for .several years laying
in swamps of the Yazoo Vallev, waiting for
water to float it out. This rise has afforded an
opportunity to bring into market that mine of
wealth, thus causing that hardy, industrious
class ot people, known as professional raftsmen,
to rejoice at an interposition of Providence
which is to them really a God send, and of an
immense value and convenience to the conn
tries supplied with timber through this chan
nel. We have been informed by persons fa
miliar with the quantities of timber now cut in
the swamps of the lazoo and its tributaries
that, at a low estimate, at least fire millions of
dollars will be saved and brought into market
by this rise in the river.
Wood ix Wiscoxsix. There are within the
State of Wisconsin 590 saw mills S36 water
and 254 steam mi. Is. The amount of lumber
manufactured last year, was 174,000,000 feet
of which there was manufactured on the Wis
consin and its tributaries, 119,800,000 feet
The total value of the lumber manufactured in
the State in 1857 ,was $9,885,400, and the nuiu
ber of men employed in the bnsiness was 10,
567 of whom 4,800 were employed . on the
Wisconsin river and its tributaries.
Norway has a population of about a million
and a quarter. The inhabitants are nominally
Protestant. There is not a Roman Catholic
church or priest in the whole land. Neither a
Jew or Jesuit is allowed by the constitution to
set foot on the soil.
PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS
prepared for the "raftsman's JOURSAL."
Indiana County. On Sunday morning, May
23d, a span of horses, belonging to Mr. George
llileinan, Sr., near Mechanicsburg, ran off
with carriage to which they were hitched,
and broke the vehicle, injuring slightly, a lad
who bad the reins but was unable to control
the animals. .... On Friday last, Mrs. James
Miller, an aged lady residing at the west end
ot town, accidentally fell and fractured her
leg. .... A man, named Crnsan, was lodged
in the county jail on Tuesday evening, on a
charge of bigamy. He is from Canoe tow;n
ship. .... A Mr. Jacob Phillips, of Greene
township, while engaged some weeks since in
digging a well, placed a blast of powder in a
rock and applied a slow match to it which fail
ed to ignite the powder. The., blast remained
in the rock for several hours, when Mr. Phil
lips again descended into Ihe well and found
that the water had raised to such an extent as
to entirely cover the blast. The water was all
drawn from the well, and Mr. Phillips suppos
ing there was no danger of it igniting the
powder, went to work with his pick to remove
the Mast in order to make room for a lrcsli
supply of powder ; but it seems that the
charge had been so firmly packed that the
water failed to penetrate it, and a portion of
the powder at least, remained uninjured, and
in the process of removing it, fire was struck
from the rock which ignited the powder, and
an explosion followed which resulted in seri
ous injuries to Mr. Phillips. The sight ot one
of his eyes, it is lho't will be entirely lost,
and other severe injuries were inflicted upon
his person.
Centre County. The Eastern Division of
the Tyrone and Lock Haven Rail Road was
put under contract on the 20th tilt., by the
President. The Western Division is nearly
all graded and ready for the ballast. It is the
determination of tho managers to push the
work through witii as much facility as possible.
The road is all under contract now, having
been let to Mr. Samuel Brady, the gentleman
who contracted for and has been engaged in
constructing the Western Division A
man by the name of Jacob Shtiliz, left his
homo in Brush valley on the 18th of April,
and has not been, heard of since. When he
lelt homo he had on an old Rough and Ready
hat, an old fashioned brown coat, and thread
bare, gray satinet pantaloons. He is about 00
or 65 years of age, and .his size is about 5 feet,
10 inches. Any information concerning him,
will lie most thankfully received bv J. Sliultz,
Rebersburg, Centre co. Pa. Editors through
out the country will confei a favor by copying
this notice W e are informed that Rev.
Cyrus Jeffries, ono of the best writers ot the
day, has been lying very ill at his home in
Union vi lie, this county, from a severe attack
of small pox.
Susquehanna County. The Montrose Re
publican say s: The Rev. Joseph Harlow, a
Presbyterian clergyman, of t ranklin,this coun
tv, lost his life in a shocking manner on Satur
day night hist. The family were aroused a-
bout midnight, and found the house was on
fire. Approaching the kitchen, where the
fire appeared to have originated, Mr. Barlow
opened the door, when the fhrmes burst upon
inn), and he probably inhaled a portion of tho
flame, as he immediately sank down and scarce
ly showed a sign of life afterwards. His wife
and daughters, the only persons present, after
attempting in vain to loosen the death-grasp
of his hand upon the door, at length, to savo
themselves, were compelled to leave him to
bo consumed where be lay. The house was
destroyed with almost every article of property
it contained. Dr. Barlow was an Englishman,
about sixty years of age, and much respected.
Clabion Countv. A terrible storm occur
red hi JUaJison township on the 31st Mar.
Houses, barns, stables, fruit tree 3 and fences
were demolished, which has occasioned great
loss to a number of the citizens of that town
ship. The house and barn of Win. Loguo, at
New Athens, were unroofed, the barn, fruit
trees and fences on the old Flick farm were
blown down, and a great deal of other property
in tlie same vicinity was destroyed. Wo have
not learned all the particulars of the extent of
the damage, but enough is known to warrant
us in saying that it was the most terrific storm
that has visited this county for years.
IIuxti.vgdox County The throngh and lo
cal tonnage on tne x ennsyivama Kailroad is
heavier at this time than it ever has been. . ,
The boating business is not as good as it has
been in former seasons but there Is a pros
pect ol it getting better. llierc arc more
boats lying in the basin at Huntingdon than
can nnd loading regularly and in good time
. . . . The grain crop in this region promises
to tie unusually heavy.
Jefferson County. On the Slst of May a
srorm passed over part ot folk township, in
the neighborhood of Mr. P. Hetrick. It tore
the roof and weather-boarding off Mr. M'Fad
en's barn blew down a great quantity of fen
ces On the same day a storm passed
over ucaver township, and about Beaver Run
It prostrated a great quantity of timber.
Blair County. At a raising on the farm
of Jas. M. Johnston, Esq. in Woodberry tp.
on i nday last, a stick of timber accidently
fell upon a man named Simon Son, and so se
verely injured him that he died in the night
following. He left a dependant wife and
family of children to mourn their bereave
ment.
TnE Amount of Food Consumed by a Man
during his Lifetime. M. Alexis Soyer, the
celebrated professor of the gastronomic art,
entered icto a calculation, which he published
m tho London Times, as to the amount of
flesh, fowl and fish eaten by a man in an aver
age lifetime, and among the items we find the
following enormous quantities :
30 xen, 200 sheep, 100 calves, 200 lambs,
50 pigs ; in poultry, 1,200 fowls, 300 turkeys,
150 geese, 400 ducklings, 2G3 pigeons ; 1,400
partridges, pheasants and grouse, 600 wood
cock and snipe, 600 wild pigeons and teal :
4-50 plovers, ruffs, and reeves ; 800 quails, or
tolan and dottcrills, and a few guillemots and
other foreign birds ; also 500 hares and rab
bits, 40 deer, 120 guinea fowl, 10 peacocks,
and 360 wild fowl. In the way of fish, 120
turbot, 140 salmon, 120 cod, 200 trout, 400
mackerel, 300 whitings, bOO soles and slips.
400 flounders, 400 red mullet, 200 eels, 150
haddock, 4U0 herrings, and o,000 smelts ; and
some hundred thousands of those delicious
silvery whitebait, besides a few hundred spe.
cics ot fresh water fishes. In shellfish, 20 tur
tle, dO.OOO oysters, 1,500 lobsters or crabs,
oOOjOUO prawns, shrimps, sardines, and an
chovies.
Pretty tall eatin' that, for one man.
Wild Cat Bank Capital. The St. Louis
News savs. Mr. Edeu Brown, of Brown's Frrv
Cedar River. Iowa, has causrht. durinr the n!st
Winter, twenty-three coons; ten minks' two
otters, ana a cart ioaa oi polecats, une night
last week ho caught cignt young wolves alive
in a hollow tree. .Mr. Brown is thinking of
"starting a bank."
North Carolina is a bad State to indulge
in more than one wife. At the Cumberland
Supreme Court, last week, II. C. Battlett, con
victed of bigamy, was sentenced to be branded-
on tho left cheek with the letter B, to receive
thirty-nine lashes on his bare back, to bo ira
prssoned thirty days, and then to receive thirty-nine
lashes more, and to bo let loose Ho
had married four wives.
From tho Daily Naws, (American,) of Jnce 3.
A STATE CONVENTION FOE THE PEOPLE.
It will be seen by the correspondence pub
lished in another rrt of to-day's paper, that
the suggestion made in the News of Tuesday
last, in regard to the "basis of Union" for a
State Convention in opposition to the cor
ruptions and misrule of the Loco Focos, are
practically adopted in every essential feature,
nnd that the Chairmen of the different State
Organizations composing the opposition to the
present National Administration, have adopt
ed the recommendation of the consolidated
Committees ol" this City, calling a general
State Convention on the' 14th of July next, at
Hsrrisburg.
That the action of Mr. Swoope in this mat
ter, will be cordially endorsed by the Ameri
cans of the State, we have no doubt. Indeed,
we know that it was at the solicitation of a
large number of the most prominent members
ol our party, that he has thus acted, as well
as by the directions of the members of the
Committee of which he is chairman. Any
other course would have leeo suicidal, result
ing inevitably in the defeat of the great car
dinal principles which every member of the
American Organization has at heart. Mr.
Swoope has zealously guarded the distinctive
interests of the American Party, rel using, as
we know, to go into the movement on any
basis that would not recognize the cardinal
features of Americanism, and making the
withdrawal of Mr. Todd's Call, a condition
precedent to his action in the premises'
W o have now a basis of union and a pro
gramme on which, as we remarked a few days
since, tho entire people, as opposed to the
Buchanan dynasty, can rally, and which every
American in the State can heartily and cordi
ally embrace as the means which is to rid us
of the terrible incubus which has been fasten
ed upon us by the blind adoration of Loco
Focoism. We shall go info this contest upon a platform
embodying the principle of the Ciitteuden
Montgomery amendment, and the two promi
nent features of Americanism, viz : Opposi
tion to foreign influence, and the protection of
American industry. With such issues before
us, with such rallying cries as these, anil with
the cordial and hearty support of the entire
opposition of the State for the candidates who
may receive the nomination of this Conven
tionj tlu-re can be no fear of the result.
The time has come when the people have de
termined to take into their own hands the cure
of the evils with which they have been cursed
throughout the Administration of Franklin
Pierce, and thus far during the term of Buchan
an. Let our friends then buckle on their ar
mor for a new contest, and when the time ar
rives to elect delegates lo this Convention,
which will, of course, have the confidence of
every man in the State, unless he be a Loco
Focoj let tbem select their best men to repre
sent them in it. II" we do this, and are actuat
ed by the same spirit which governed the op
position in Philadelphia in the late City can
vass, we shall hurl from power and phice in
October next, the unluitld ul Congressmen who
have misrepresented Pennsylvania, whilst wo
shall at the same time purify our State Admin
istration, and pave the way for a great success
of truly American principles in 1800.
Mexico may le set down as a very fortunate
couutry, and the Mexicans as a very fortunate
people. If unable to take care of themselves,
they are at least pretty sure of being taken
care of by somebody else. They have two
strings to their bow. It the United States
will not assume a protectorate over Mexico,
men will be found we have Gen. Houston's
word for it who will not shrink from interpos
ing in the name of outraged humanity. If it
becomes absolutely necessary if no other
leader shall present himself Gen. Houston
would not hesitate to take that position. He
considered it indeed an act of delicacy toward
the United States togive them the first chance.
But then he was determined that the matter
should not be left hanging. He insisted upon
a categorical answer, and demanded an expres
sion of opinion on the part of the Senate in
the shape of a vote by yeas and nays on his
resolution, to show whether they will really
do anything or nothing in the matter. The
resolution having been rejected thirty to six
teen, the United States, we conclude, may be
considered as withdrawn, fur the present at
least, from the field. Gen. Houston has now
open belore him a new theater of distinction.
The X. Y. Times, the especial organ of the
protectorate wnich it would prefer to have
undertaken by the Government, but which it
is determined to have anyhow reports the
General as in the full vigor ot his mental and
bodily faculties, and only sixty-five years old.
Who shall say, that journal u.sks, that he will
not again make himself conspicuous as a dar
ing and victorious military loado", marching
perchance to the capital city itself? It this is
all the prospeot of a protectorate over Mexico,
we fear it is a faint one.
Partial Repeal of the Usury-Law. The
following bill, repealing the penalties on usury,
passed on the 21st of April, was signed by the
Governor on the 2StU of M.iy, and is now the
law :
Sec. 1. Be it enacted, &c, That the lawful
rate of interest for the loan or us5 of money
in all cases where no. express contract shall
have been made lor a less rate, shall be six
percent, per annum, as heretofore, and tho
first and second sections of the act passed 2d
March, 1793, entitled "an act to reduce the in
terest of money from eight to six per cent,
per annum," (Pnrdon, 451, sec. 1 and 2,) be
and the same is hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. That when a rate of interest for the
loan or use of money, exceeding that establish
ed by law, shall have been reserved or con
tracted for, the borrower or debtor shall not
be required to pay to the creditor the excess
over the legal rate, and it shall bo lawful for
such borrower or debtor at his option to re
tain and deduct such excess from the amount
of any such debt, and in all cases where any
borrower or debtor shall heretofore or hereaf
ter have voluntarily paid the whole debt or
sum loaned, together with interest exceeding
the lawful rate, no action to recover back any
such excess shall be sustained in any court of
this Commonwealth, unless the same shall
have been commenced within six months from
and after the time of such payment. Provided
always, That nothing in this act shall affect the
holders of negotiable paper taken bona fide
in the usual course of business.
Desperate Battle ix Northers Texas.
New Orleans, June 1 We have received la
ter intelligence lrom Texas, by which we learn
of a desperate battle that was fought in the
northern part of the State, between the Ran
gers, under Capt. Ford, and a large body of
Camanche Indians. The fight was a running
one of six miles, and resulted in the defeat of
ine Indians, seventy six of whom were killed,
several wounded, and seventoeen taken prison
ers. Three hundred horses were also captured
by the whites. Capt. Ford's loss was only two
kille and two wounded; one of tho killed
was a white, and tho other an Indian who
fought under Ford.
LooifS Warlike It Is reported that a Brit
ish vessel of war has fired into an American
vessel off Pcnsacola, and that one man way
killed. It Is also stated that the United Stateir
steamer Fulton has gone in pursuit of the
cruiser. Should this statement prove to be
founded in fact, we may expect shortly to heor
of a collision of the two naval vessels, as tho
order of our government to our officers to In
terpose for the protection of onr merchantmen,
even at the risk of a hostile encounter, arc Un
derstood to be peremptory. The tteam fri
gate Wabash, under orders for the Gulf, sail
ed from New York on Tuesday of last week
She is bound direct to Jamaica, the rcrrdei'
vous of the British West India squadron..
Political Uxion. The flrkt fruits of the
proposed Union of all the elements of the Op
position in Western New York, were gathered
on Thursday night. An immense meeting vtt
held at Buffalo, at which all parties were rep
resented, both in the officers ai.d the audience.
Mr. Stringham, a Democrat; Philip DorseI
mcr, ex-Democratic Postmaster; together with
several leading Americans and Republican,
were among the officers. Resolutions denun
ciatory of tho Administration were reported.
Speeches were made by Solomon G. Haven,,
former American Congressman, A. M. Clapp,
Jumes Pelham, and others. The affair was
considercd a triumphant snccess-
In Mifflintown, on the Juniata, last tveekv
three houses were entered and robbed, In ono
night. Attempts were made to rob several
others, there, and in Lewistown, also in Wil
tiamsport. There are gangs of burglcrs tak
ing tours through the country.
The Island of Cuba. There are sixty sea
ports in Cuba, and last year there were 3,080"
coastwise arrivals, and 3,659 clearances. This
will give an idea of the trade of this beautiful
island, which is not more than half cultivated
at present.
A man named Isaac Blantford. was drowned
at Johnstown on last Monday a week, during
the prevalence of tho high water. He was
catching drift, when the bank caved in, anU
before assistance could reach him he wa
drowned.
A boy in Bradford connty, bung himself be
cause he had received a flagellation. Happily,
he was discovered before life was extinct
was resuciated and sent back totheciiy alms
house from which he was taken-.
A sensible "down east" female is decidedly
opposed to the interference of women in pol:
tics. Sho pointedly asks, "If men can't do
the voting, and take care of the country, what
is the use of them ?"
Secretary Stanton has written a powerful
letter to his fellow citizens of Mcmphis.Tenn.,
denouncing in the severest terms the attempt
t' bribe the people of Kansas into the snppoit
of the "infamous Lecompton Constitution."
We have a rumor that Gov. dimming haw
been compelled to leave Salt Lake City, and
that the Mormons will fight alter all.
New Advertisements.
;LE S PATENT SAW-OLMMEU, for sale, or
saws juramcl to ord"-. by
Clearfield. Jnne 0. ME 111! ELL & CARTER
t
CAUTION. All pcrauisareesutioncd asaipat
purchasing or meddling with the following
property, in the poscsion of David Crowe!! ot
ir:ih:mi township, via : one sorrel horse, one cow.
one heificr. one wagon and one cook Ftove. as tho
same belongs to us. J. P. NELSON A Co.
'rali;un township. June 9, 1S5S. pd.
PTIILirSDlTRK AMI Sl'SQUEHAXNA
TI KXPJKE UOAD Notice is l.crehy cir
cn. thatth'e President and Managers of tlie'l'iii'.
ipsbnrg and Susquehanna Turnpike RocJ Compa
ny, have declared a dividend of Threo dollar
per share of .o'k ; payable to the stockholders on
or after Ihe first day of July next. By order of
the Board. W. 1JAGS1IAW, Treas. pro ttm.
Philipsbnr;;. Jane 7th, lSjtwJt-pd.
IKON DEPOT, KEPT BV
meu u n l r. tf ca n tj;,
OX SECOND STUEET, CLEAltFIELI. PA..
Is the pbice where all the following article csn
bo had at reiiuccd prices: liar Iron of all sizes by
the small or hy the quantity; Cast Steel, of viri
ons sizes and best quality ; a large asortnie:.t of
Stoves, among whieh will he found the NEW
WORLD COOK. OAJC PRniMITTM GRFT
FPL7'C' A'S P ATTEST, avj'th
Elwlcd Minntsot. ALSO, a large assortment
of .Nine plates and Parlor Si ores, nnd Air Tights
of various patterns. ALSO, TIows of toe best
and latest patterns. ALSO, of theirown man,
ufacturine a large assortment of Tin-ware, Stov
f'Sl- t;1h.ect-iroB Pas of all sizes, and all article
of the kind in their line kept always on hand
House Spouting done to order, and Tin Roofing
done with dispatch. ALSO, a lar-e assortment
of nil kinds of housf keeping ntensils eonsar.tly
onhand. COU.NTK V .MEKCTIAXTS are in
vited . to call, as they can be accommodated nt
very low figures, with anything in our line. All
orders will be thankfully received and promptly
attended to. O. It. MERKELL,
xr ti L- CARTER.
X. B. They will also receive every variety of '
articles on commission, at low rates. M. jfc c.
c
AUTION. All persons are hereby cautioned
against purchasing or meddling with ih
following property, now in the possession of Heury
AVisor, of Bradford township, to wit: 1 cupboard,
I table. 1 stove, 1 clock, 1 cow, 1 beiffcr. 1 calf,
plow, and 1 harrow, as said property belongs to
me. was bought at constable's sale, and loaned to.
said A isor subject to my order.
JOHN BLAIR.
Boggs Tp May 31st, 185S jun3
NEW STORE ROOM & NEW GOODS!!
SPRING AND SUMMER STOCK !!!
The undersigned has rocently fitted up a room
eno door west of his old stand on Market Street,
Clearfield borough, where be has opened a new
assortment of seasonable and fashionable goods.
His stock consists of a general variety of the best
PRY GOODS. GROCERIES. HARDWARE,
QUEENSWARE, HATS CAPS, ROOTSSn..cs.
and all other articles usually kept in a eotintry.
store. Among which can bo found the following J
CLOTHS. CASSIMERES, S ATT I SETS.
TWEEDS. JEANS, FLANNELS
GINGHAMS, MER1NOES, CASHMERES.
LUSTRES, CALICOES. MUSLINS,
and all artie'es generaly used by housekeepers.
My former customers, and the publie at large,
are invited to call and exaaine tho goods and
judge for themselves of the quality and prices, as
it is my desire to soil at rates to suit the times.
Remember that the newly fitted up store room
on Market Street, (opposite the Clearfield Ilonee
and one door west of his former location.) is the
place to buy coods low for CASH, as a, any of the
"rI!J'l.08.have becn. purchased at induced prises.
lnis is tho place to receive a fair equivalent for
your money, these hard times.
Country produce takn in exchange for rood.
Ma7 25. WM- 1". IRWIN'.