Uffsntans Itmntal.
S. B. BOW, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
CLEARFIELD, PA., JUNE 16, 1858.
t AS EffPOKT ANT QUESTION. .
' The principle of protection to home indus
try is one that has, at different times, much
. engaged the attention of the people and the
press of the United States, and though it is
- pretty well understood, yet it may not he amiss
to say a few words in regard to it at present.
. A nation should be like a family in this, that
- it should foster and encourage its own indi
: vidual members and interests. A man would
. bo considered demented if he would purchase
from a neighbor articles which he can, and is
prepared to prodnce himself, when by so do-
ing he would involve his family in iuextrica-
Lie ruin ; and it seems to ns that by buying a-
broad wares, goods, iron, &c, to the destruc
tion of those branches of business at home, is
folly equally insane. Protection, like charity
should begin at home. The first care of those
-who have the 'control of the government
fihould be to encourage and sustain our own
artizans and labor, by laying such duties upon
. the articles of foreign manufacturers, who
have the advantage of cheap labor, as will
at least place them upon an equality. In this
- way, home industry is not only protected, but
it brings revenue to the government. Again
prudence and common sense would indicate
that a revenue tax should be as light as possi
ble on home interests; and common justice
requires that the wages of tho industrious
should be spared. Consequently the fairest
mode of raising revenue is that which taxes
foreign products, and makes those who prefer
foreign articles contribute indirectly to home
industry that aid which they refuse to give di
rectly. - By carrying such a policy into practi
cal effect, the country at large will be benefit
ted in a permanent manner skill promoted
science advanced and the foundation of pros
perity, wealth and advancement so firmly laid
that its chance of giving way would depend
entirely upou some extreme contingency.
For several years, in consequence of the ex
citing topics which agitated the public mind,
and "an extraordinary concatenation of fortu
itous circumstances" which postponed for a
time the disastrous results of the Democratic
free trade policy, attention was in a great
. measure withdrawn Irom the subject of pro
tection. The recent financial revulsion tho
depression of business the languishing con
dition of our manufacturing interests and an
alarming deficiency in our revenue, (for the
Secretary of the Treasury, who was not many
months since puzzled how to get rid of some
thirty millions surplus, is now asking for large
loans to keep the wheels of government rno
ing,) all combine to bring the subject before
our people with renewed interest, and there is
no doubt that the question of a tariff for pro
tection will appear prominently in the contest
this fall for members of Congress. It is an
important question, involving the prosperity
" of the mechanical, manufacturing, coal, farm
'ing and laboring interests, and every voter
should make himself acquainted with the po
sition which the two great parties occupy in
regard to it. That can be stated in a very few
words. Tho Democratic party lias always
opposed the protective policy. We have al
ways advocated protection.
Scared Oct. Onr readers are all doubtless
aware of the warlike threats made by the Bu
chanan Administration against England, in
consequence of a number of our vessels having
been searched by the cruisers of the latter in
direct violation of the neutrality laws. Much
bluster was indulged in by the Democratic
press, and we were almost led to believe that
war was inevitable. In this, however, it now
seems, we were mistaken, for there can be no
longer any doubt that the Administration is
afraid of England, and that a roar or two from
the British lion is enough to scare the wits out
of the President. The outrages and insults
committed against our flag should be resented
promptly and efficiently, and if the President
and his advisers had any courage worth na
ming they would do so. Of late years too
much timidity and cowardico has been mani
fested by our government officers, until the
American flag fails any longer to protect our
citizens in tho pursuit of lawful occupations
in foreign countries, and they are maltreated
and outraged with impunity.
Decidedly Cool. On "last Thursday, Presi
dent Buchanan sent a message to the House
' announcing that as Brigham Toung had deliv.
cred up all authority to Gov. Cummings, the
' Utah war was at an end, and recommended
that economy should be practiced. This is
decidedly cool, after having spent millions of
dollars in filling the pockets of favorites by
contracts for wagons and old, worn-out mules.
Verily, the President is becoming facetious.
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DEMOCRATIC ECONOMY. 1
The financial condition of our government,
remarks the Lehigh Register, is calamitous.
The Democracy are forever! boasting of the
economical manner in wnich they conduct the
affairs of government. Xo occasion is per
mitted to pass that they do not give us a repe
tition of this song, and. as though to convince
themselves, they just as presistently charge
upon their opponents a reckless disposition to
squander. Let us look a moment at the fig
ures as Me have them during the administra
tion of Mr. Buchanan, and see whether they
will justify this much vaunted boast of encon
omy. On the 1st day of July last, the balance
in the treasury was $18,000,000; for the three
quarters which have elapsed since then, there
has been added $35,000,000 of revenue from
all sources, and the current or closing quarter
will yield $8,000,000 more, giving for the
year the snug sum of $61,000,000. In addi
tion to this, in December last, the Ad in in is
tion received authority to issus $20,000,000 of
Treasury Notes, making the enormous sum
of Eighty-one Millions of Dollars, as expenses
of Government for the current year ! But
this is not all. ; A bill is under consideration
in Congress, authorizing a loan of $15,000,
000 for ten years making in the aggregate,
as the expenses of the year, the sum of Ninety-six
Millions of Dollars or Thirty-five Mil
lions more than the receipts from all quarters.
It will not take much figuring to tell where
this kind of economy will land us at the end
of Mr. Buchanan's administration.
Now, mark it, this is a hard money govern
ment, and yet one-third of its expenses are
met by pledging its credit, and no recommen
dation has yet been made to meet its ultimate
payment. Ko increase of taxation is advised,
and every effort that has been made to increase
the revenue by affording adequate protection
to American industry and labor, has been
scoffed at by. those who control the govern
ment. With our industry prostrated, our la
bor unemployed, and our capital locked up
and unproductive rather than change its pol
icy and allow full scope for the exercise of all
these, the Government wickedly pursues its
reckless course and carries on its operations
on borrowed capital.
AVasuixgtox City Election. On Monday
of last week, tho municipal election was held
in Washington city, and Col. James G. Berret,
Democrat, elected Mayor over Richard Wal
lach, American. The following dispatch to
the Philadelphia Journal shows how tho elec
tion was carried j
WAsnisoTOs, June 8 Tho municipal elec
tion in this city, was attended with incidents
that are calculated to startle the country.
There was rowdyism, of course; that was ex
pected, and the arrangements made to crush
the spirit of violence prevented any very se
rious outbreak. The disgraceful features to
which I allude was the unblushing interference
of the Federal Government with the freedom
of suffrage. All the clerks in the various de
partments, who were entitled to vote, were
instructed to cast their votes for Mr. Berret,
the Administration candidate for Mayor, and
It was clearly understood that a refusal to com
ply would bo ground for dismissal from office.
This outrageous and tyrannical dictation is
not a novelty in Washington. I recollect that
one of the most efficient clerks in the Treasury
Department, under the administrations of Tay
lor, Fillmore and Pieice. was compelled to re
sign because he chose to vote against the
Democratic nominee at the election which
resulted in the success of Mr. Magruder.
What kind of Democracy do you call this ?
And this is called a "glorious victory of tho
Buchanan party."
Fizzld Oct. As stated last week, the ob
ject of the "revolutionists" in New Orleans
was to defeat the American party and elect
the Democratic Mayor. On the 7th the elec
tion was held and resulted in the choice of
Gerard Stith, the American candidate, by a
bout 300 majority. The vigilance committee
movement was a regular fizzle, and failed to
accomplish its desired purpose. This, savs
the Daily Xeics, is the severest rebuke the
Administration has yet received. It comes
from a quarter which makes it more keenly
felt than it wonld have been from any other.
In this contest the Loco Foco party had all
the advantage of official influence and patro
nage, in tddition to the pride of Southern ul
tras, and the antipathy of the large foreign
population of New Orleans. With all these
advantages on their side they dared not go
peaceably into the struggle, but resorted to
the desperate expedient of armed intimida
tion. The result has shown that the energy
and determination of the Americans was more
than a match for their opponents. The min
ions of power arc defeated and dismayed.
They have not the sympathy of honest men,
nor the admiration of the brave to comfort
them in their disgrace.
Wife Carried Off bt a Mob. A riot oc
curred in Marseilles, La Salle Co., Illinois,
on Tuesday the 23th ult. A Miss Hogan mar
ried a Jlr. t uulc agaiust her father's will.
The father bribed a number of loafers, with
liquor, to enter Mr. Funk's house and bring
away tho daughter. They did so, and did
considerable damage to the furniture of the
house. Several ot the rioters were arrested,
and will be tried for the crime.
Yellow Fever. The New Orleans jour
nals say the yellow fever is making sad havoc
among .the unacclimated at Havana. Upon
the sugar estates the disease is represented to
be of an nnusually malignant type compel
ling an entire suspension of work.
Heavy gales have recently been experienced
on the banks of Newfoundland, and besides
immense loss of property to the French fish
ermen, it is said no less than 300 men perish
ed during the storm.
'Asti-Lecompton. The Schuylkill County
Democratic Convention which met lately, pas
sed resolutions against President Buchanan's
Kansas policy, and in favor of a protective
tariff. . ' : .
The Democrats of McKean county, opposed
to the Lecouipton swindle, have called a meet
ing to appoint delegates to the State Conven
tion that meets at Uarrjsburg on the 14th July.
Neither Lord Napier nor the State Depart
ment have as yet received despatches from Eu
rope with regard to the outrages of the Brit
ish cruisers.
THE PEOPLE S CONVENTION.
The call for a joint Convention of the seve
ral elements of Opposition to the Buchanan
Democracy, renders general satisfaction thro'
out the State, so far as our observation extends.
Every .American or Republican paper that
comes to hand endorses the action of the
Chairman of the various State Committees,
andexpreses its gratification at the movement
We could fill column after column with articles
on the subject, but our room will not permit us
The Venango Citizen says :
"It will be seen by the call published at the
head of our editorial column, that the time
for the State Convention has been' changed
and that honorable steps have been taken for a
fair and substantial union. This satisfies eve
rybody but the locos, who see in it a certain
prospect of their defeat."
The Indiana Register remarks :
"The object ot this Convention is to bring
in all the opposition elements on equal terms
to a common platform, embracing principles
broad enough for all to stand upon. This is
what we have long desired and labored to ac
complish and we therefore hail this move
ment as the end of strife in the opposition
ranks, and as the forerunner of an Anti-Le
compt on State triumph at the ensuing election
The Bropkville, Jefferson Co., Star says :
"We hail, with pleasure, the prospect of a
complete union between the Fillmore and Fre
mont forces in this State. We publish, to-dav,
the action of the Chairmen of the different
State organizations opposed to the present
reckless, tyrannical and dishonest National
Administration. This united action is all that
is needed to defeat the minions of the South,
who reside in Pennsylvania."
The Washington Reporter, after stating that
a joint call has been issned, says :
" We look forward to entire concert of ac
tion upon the basis indicated. The triumph
ant victory achieved over the administration
in the city of Philadelphia a few weeks since.
has shown what can be accomplished bv uni
ted effort, and we doubt not has done much to
cement the union of tho entire opposition
lorccs in the State."
The Indiana American says :
"We can see no reason whv the Americans
and Republicans cannot join hands as well as
their efforts in trying to overthrow the princi
ple of despotism which has manifested itself
in the course of tho present National Admin
istration."
The Philadelphia Daily Xeics the leading
American paper in the State, and the organ
of the party in Philadelphia fully and heart
ily approves of and supports the call for
"People's State Convention", to nominate a
State Ticket in opposition to the Foreign, Le
couipton and Free Trade affair now in the field.
The Hollidaysburg Register says :
"The spirit of conciliation and harmonv.c-
vinced by the several Committees, we cannot
doubt, will find a ready response on the part
of the masses, and Blair county under this ar
rangement will probably roll up one of her
old iasiuonca majorities, bo mote it be."
The Delaware Co. Republican remarks :
"The fusion of parties will be the death
blow to the so-called democracy. hile there
is no sacrifice of principles on tho part of
those who owe no allegiance to the National
administration, the luxury of acting separate
ly is entirely too costly to bo longer indulged
in. Union and harmony on the part of the
opposition, and a liberal policy towards those
who arc disposed to act with us, will secure a
triumph in nearly every county in tho Com-
monweaitn."
The Lcwisburg Chronicle says :
"We speak for little Union, and say that she
will hail this nnitcd eflort with rapture, and
will present as she has ever done a united
front agaiust a common foe to Policy and
Klgllt." .
The Bellefonto Whig and the Centre Demo
crat, the Lock Haven Watchman, the Harris
burg Telegraph, the Montour American, Lu
zerne Record, Fayette Clipper, Somerset Her
ald, Columbia Republican, Blairsville Apala-
thian, Lewistown Gazette, in short, as said be
fore, every paper that has fallen under our no
tice expresses its hearty co-operation.
The telegraph reports an affray at Lawrence,
Kansas, between "Gen." Lane and Mr. Jen
kins, based on a disputed land claim, which
resulted in the death of the latter. The re
ported victim is, we presume, George W.
Jenkins, ono of the founders of Lawrence,
and a devoted Free-State man. Wo believe
he was one of the State officers first elected
uuuer mo iopeKa constitution, it such a
collision has taken place, even without a fatal
result, it will probably finish the career of Gen
Lane in Kansas, and deprive the allies of Border-Ruffianism
in the Free States of their
most serviceable cry. "Gen. Lane" was for
merly "Democratic" Lieut.-Governor of In
diana, after having been in the Legislature of
that State and in tho Mexican War was elect
ed to Congress in 1832, and supported the Ne
braska bill throughout. He went to Kansas a
Pro Slavery Democrat, but was converted by
the Missouri frauds of March 30, 1855, into a
Free-State man. He has since been active
and zealous on the right side, and was chosen
a U. S. Senator by tho first Topeka Legisla
ture. Kansas not being admitted, he was re
fused a seat, and returned to Kansas, where ho
has been a conspicuous talker in favor of re
sisting by force Border-Ruffian outrage and
rule. He was chosen Major-General of Mili
tia by tho last Territorial Legislature, but has
not done any fighting in that capacity at
least, none that we are aware of. He is quite
likely now- to migrate to Arizona, if the Sher
iff should interpose no objection.
Later advices confirm the report that Lane
shot Jenkins. The feeling against Lane was
general throughout the Territory, and there
was some talk of lynching him. Ho was in
close custody, and his trial will come off at an
early day, if he is not mobbed sooner.
It is said that the editor of the Lewisburg
"Chronicle," soon after commencing to learn
the printing business, went to see a preacher's
daughter. The next time he attended meet
ing he was considerably astonished at hearing
the minister announce as his text, "my daugh
ter is grievously tormented with a devil."
The California, papers state that there is
good news from all parts of the State in rela
tion to the prospects of the coming harvest
and every assurance of one of the greatest
crops ever yet harvested in that State.
PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS
'PREPARED FOR THE '-Elt'ISMu's JOURSAL."
Ltcomixo Cocsxr. The Jersey Shore Ve
dette of June 10th, says : It is with feelings
of heartfelt regret that we announce the death,
by drowning, ot a son of E. B. Campbell,
Esq. ' The circumstances of the case, which
are peculiarly painful, are as follows: On Sat
urday evening about nine o'clock, Mrs. Camp
bell, in company with two children, was pass
ing over the bridge, at Phelps' Mills, from the
store to the house. It was not dark at the
time, though probably not very light in the
bridge. When they had got part of the way
over, Mrs. C. heard the boy stumble and as
she turned around she found he was missing,
and the same instant she heard a splash tn the
water. She immediately raised an alarm but
nothing could be found of the lost boy. Search
was kept up all night, and early Sunday morn
ing a messenger brought the sad news to town,
and a number of our citizens went out to en
gage in the search. The banks of the creek
were lined with people all day, and every ex
pedient was adopted that could be thought of
to recover the body but without success. The
search was continued all day on Monday, tho
Mills being allowed to lay idle for that purpose,
but at the present time of writing, (Wednes
day) his remains have not been found. A re
ward of fifty dollars is offered for the finding
of the body, or for information leading to its
recovery A frame house belonging to
D. I. Hively, at Salladasburg, was destroyed
by firo on Thursday last. The house was val
ued at $500 A horse belonging to Mr.
Samuel Gnntrnm, about three miles above
Muncy, was stolen one night last weeK.
Centre County. On Friday the 4th, two
young men named Whippo aud Moyer, were
arrested on a charge of being implicated in
horse stealing, and in default of bail were
committed to tho Bellefonte jail to answer at
next term of quarter sessions. .... Last week
the upper end of our county, was visited with
a tremendous rain, which did considerable
damage to crops and other property. The
Mill dam of Mr. Geo. Gates, on Half Moon
run was swept entirely away, at a loss to the
owner to the amount of about five hundred
dollars. A good deal of damage was also
dono on Buffalo Run. Spring Creek was
higher than it has been known for many years
before. Our worthy Sheriff informs us that
he was attending to official duties in the South
Western portion of the county at the time,
and owing to the destruction of bridges on the
route, was under the necessity of swimming
his horse on several occasions A young
man named Daniel Williams, was arrested on
a Bench warrant last week, and lodged in
prison, charged with an attempt to commit a
rape on the person of a young lady, living in
Port Matilda. Williams having been previ
ously arrested in this case,forfeited his recogn
izance at the April term of our Quarter Ses
sions by failing to appear.
Indiana Coistv. Tho Indiana Register, of
tho 8th, says : On last Wednesday evening,
the Cth, between ten and eleven o'clock, an
alarm of fire was given, and soon our citizens
had collected in large numbers. The fire was
discovered to be in the garret of the Indiana
House, and was promptly extinguished before
much damage had been done. How it origin
ated, is a mystery There was a war on
Sunday afternoon, among the darkies in the
suburbs of our borough. In the course of the
fight one chap discharged a pistol ; not hurt
ing any one, but causing his arrest and lodg
ment in jail. .... One of our oldest citizens,
who last week passed over a considerable dis
trict of country, informs us that he never saw
a moro promising wheat crop in this county
than that of the present year Many of
the bridges across the streams in the northern
and north-eastern sections of the county were
carried away by the recent floods, and it will
require a good deal of labor and expense to
replace them. . . . . Mr. John F. Campbell,
who was among the killed in the late tragedy
in Linn county, Kansas, was formerly a resi
dent of Blacklick township, Indiana county,
where bis father yet resides.
LEnidi County. On the 4th, a four year
old son of Mr. Ahr. Beck, of Lancon, died
from tho effects of falling into a tub of scald
ing water two days before On the 5th,
a little girl, a ward of Thomas Grooves, had
her lips cut and several teeth broken by a stone
which was thrown by a stone blast a distance
of a square and a half off. .... On the 5th,
Chas. Xandcr, a huckster at Gultisville, shot
an Irishman named Wm. Patterson in the arm,
because he reclaimed some article which be
longed to him On the 31st ult., $90 or
$100 were stolen out of the house of Anthony
Krisbel, Lower Miiford township. In the cel
lar the robbers helped themselves to pies,
cakes and milk, an iinmistakeblc evidence
that they felt disposed to finish their job with
leisure and coolness Wm. Smith of Al
len town has a singular specimen t f animal
malformation, in the shape of a young hen
with four legs, the two superfluous limbs be
ing appended regularly to tho right and left,
near the peak of the back bone, and supplied
with the regular number of claws.
Crawford County. A severe storm nassn.l
over me ionn- vtr csiern part ot the countv on
Monday the 7th. A man named Abraham Bat-
tillion was killed, whilst fishing. During the
storm he took refuge In the woods and a limb
blown from a treo struck him on the head split
ting his skull in a fearful manner. He leaves
a wife and five children Three horses
were killed in Sadsbury township, on the same
day, by the falling of trees, one belonged to
John Kean, and the others were owned by
persons whose names we could not learn. A
very severe storm of wind prevailed at tho
same time, which tore up a large number of
irees oy ine root An old citizen of S.
Shcnango, B. D. King, died very suddenly on
the 4th. He went out in the morning to "pre
pare some corn ground, and had gone one or
two rounds in the field with his harrow, when
he was observed from the house, to fall ; some
of the family went to his assistance, but be
fore they reached him the vital spark had fled.
He had been afflicted with a disease of tho
heart.
Cambria County. Morgan Williams, a
Welsh miner, committed suicide at Johnstown
on the night of the 8th, by cutting his throat.
lie had lost his eyesight by the premature dis
charge of a blast, some time previous, and this
affliction seems to have weighed so heavily on
his mind that he finally destroyed himself.
His wife is dead, but he has three children liv
ing, llis oldest son had offered a few weeks
ago to furnish him means to return to his na
tive country. The deceased was a very sober
man. . : . . Richard Jones, a lad 14 years of
age,residing in Conamaugh Borough,acciden
tally discharged a gun whilst out hunting, the
ball of which broke a rib and lodcred in hu
side. He is in a fair way of recovery
Mrs. Nogle's house in Johnstown was set on
fire on tho night of tho 10th. but the o
discovered and extinguished before much
damage was done. .... Wolves are said to be
very numerous in this county, and their dep
redations are troublesome to the farmers.
Lancaster County. The frrihf
which passes through Marietta .it f. ji.i.
at night, was thrown from the track at Henry
M. Eagle's farm, about a mile above Marietta
on the night of the 5th. Several cars were
considerably smashed up. The supervisor
thinks some maliciously diRnn,i
moved a counle of rails i
during the heavy shoTrer of that evening, sup- I
posing the'eausc would be attribnted to the
rain. No person injured. . I . . Several boat
men were arrested and. taken before Esquire
Auxer on the 7th, charged with having stolen
Dr. Grove's horse; nothing was elicited at
the examination, however, to commit them.
'i . . . A ssn f Israel Rohrer, near Lemon
place, was drowned one day last week in his
father's mill dam. . . . .Christian Williams,
a farmer of Stradsburg, committed suicide in
Philadelphia on Wednesday last, by cutting
his throat.
Clarion Couxty. A man by the name of
John Will of Ashland township, had about
three hundred dollars stolen from his chest at
the house of Mr. Terwilleger. Some circum
stances go to implicate Benjamin Beck as the
person who took the money. Ho was arrested
this week and taken before James Sweeny,
Esq, and bound over for tnrther hearing. . . .
Mr. John Heasley, of Ashland township, was
thrown from his horse, one day last week,
while on his way home from Shipicnv'1le,
and had his collar bone and two of his ribs
broken The wheat and rye crops give
good promise of being more abundant the
coming harvest than they have been any sea
son for the past ten years. .... The small
Pox has found its way into Richland township.
There appears to be some alarm as the disease
is spreading.
Schuylkill County; Tho Mincrsville Ad
vocate says, "As we were going to press, a re
port arrived of an explosion in the mines of
George II. Potts & Co. Four men named res
pectively, Edward Rees, Wm. Cochran, Morris
King, and Wm. Davis, are the victims of this
dreadful catastrophe ; Edward Rees Is not ex
pected to snrvive. A man named Joseph Ber
ryman was blown by the force of the explo
sion, and sustained several injuries, having
one arm broken, and few of his ribs fractured.
We will have to record the death of two of
the parties. Poor Edward Rees has since
died.
Adams County. On the 2d inst. the house
of Mr. John Small, near the Conownga Chapel,
was entered by burglars, while the family
were all at church, and robbed of money and
papers to the amount of about $700. Parties
have gone in pursuit, but we have not 1-jarned
with what success. Suspicion rests upon two
persons who were seen going towards the
house a short time before. Their names are
not known. They took $300 in York, Gettys
burg and Westminister money, and $57 in
gold and tho rest in silver and checks.
Cumberland County. A difficulty occur
red, recently, at Carlisle Barracks, between
two of the recruits, one a Frenchman, and the
other a German, and the former was worsted
after a most desperate contest. On Friday the
parties accidentally met again, when the
Frenchman declared he would kill the Dutch
man, and pulling out a stilletto, he indicted
several stabs on the body of the German, two
of them penetrating the heart, and causing
death in a few minutes. The Frenchman was
immediately arrested, and placed in Carlisle
prison, to answer the charge of murder.
York County. Quite a serious break oc
curred in the Susquehanna and Tide Water
Canal at McCalls ferry, about 18 miles below
Wrightsville, on Monday evening the 7th,
which may possibly suspend navigation for a
week or ten days. The breach, we learn, is
70 feet wide, and has washed out 7 feet below
the bed of the canal.
Vexanco County. The Franklin (Pa.) Cit
izen states that "a letter was mailed at Tyrrel
Post Office, Venango County, a few days'ago,
containing $230, and that the letter was clan
desinely opened and the money stolen. Sus
picion fell on a young man living in the fam
ily of the postmaster. He has absconded."
Bedford County. A Dr. Dorsey, of Hope
well, while in a state of intoxication, on Mon
day Jast, swallowed a dose of laudanum, which
produced his , death in a few hours. His re
mains were forwarded to Huntingdon.
STATE CONVENTION.
The United American, Republican, and Peo
ple's Committee of Superintendence for the
City of Philadelphia, earnestly desirous to ex
tend and perpetuate that union of the ele
ments of opposition to the present National
Administration, which in this City has lately
resulted in such brilliant success, do hereby
respectfully suggest, 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 Lecomn-
. i: i -. -1.- 1
ion poiicv, ami is wiiuui neglect ot the just
claims of domestic industry ; ami 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; and of adequate pro
tection to our home labor, to assemble in their
respective benatonal and Representative Dis
tricts to choose delegates to a State Conven
tion, to meet at Ilarrisburg, in the Hall of the
House of Representatives, at 2 o'clock, 1'. M.,
of Wednesday the 14th pay of July, 1838, to
nominate Candidates forjudge of the Supremo
Court, and Canal Commissioner.
Leonard R. Fletcher, President
. A K U -it. J.
gen, 1
Hey, J.Vi
bite,
J. a. I lanigen,
Geo. A. Coffey, Vice Presidents.
W.J. P. Wli
M. V. B. Summers, ) 0 . .
J.R Lyndall, J Secretaries.
Philadelphia, May 20, 1858.
In view of the above recommendation, and
its general acceptance, I hereby withdraw tho
call for a State Convention, issued by me, for
the 8th of July next, and earnestly request
the Americon 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 Todd, Ch. Am. Rep. St. Com.
Attest Edward M'Pherson, Sec.
Carlisle, May 31, 1858.
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 tho
American State Committee, and a largo num
ber of the prominent Americans of the State,
I cheerfully adopt it as our call for a State
Convention, and nrge the member of the A
merican Party throughout the State to parti
cipate in the election of Delegates.
H. Buciier Swoope,
Chairman of American State Com.
Clearfield, May 29, 1858.
Inasmuch ns the above recommendation and
calls point ont the plain road to practical, de
cisive and enduring victory over the present
National Administration and its tyrannical and
sectional policy, I therefore request tho Re
publicans of Pennsylvania to unite in the elec
tion of delegates to the above Convention.
. Wm. B. Thomas,
Chairman of the Republican St. Com.
Philadelphia, June 1, 1858.
1
The highest waterfall in the world is in the
Sandwich Islands, and is stated to be between
four and five thousand feet hich. The stream
on which the fall occurs runs in amoDg tho
peaks of one of the highest mountains, so
hiffh that, iha train r. ..,, nJ,. 41,
bottom, so great is the distance, and it ascends
l ! -
v tuu viouus again.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Aim Yort Tribune.
Washixcton, June 10, 1858.
Notwithstanding all the billing ard cooing
between the Douglas interest and the Admin
istration, which has been observed here for
some time past, they have at last come to
points and thrown away the scabbard. This
result was long since foreseen to be inevitable,
by those who knew the deep feeling entertain
ed by the President, and how determined he
was to make no compromise that would forego
resentment for the crusade which the Senator
from Illinois led in December last. The order
from the White House was to crush him out
at every hazard, even to imperilling the suc
cess of the party, for so bitter was the hostili
ty, that the success of Republicanism was re.
garded as a preferable alternative to the tri
umph of Douglas, even with the rank and file
of the Democracy at his back. The nomina
tions at the Springfield Convention yesterdsy,
need no resolutions to explain their manifest
purpose. They convey an open declaration of
war, which is fully understood here, and will
be heartily reciprocated by Douglas in good
time. The agents of the Administration, who
proclaimed their hatted ot Douglas in that
body, were quite wot thy of the confidence
which they rellectcd. Carpenter has attained
a wide fame ahead', and Leib, the mail agent
of Uncle Sam, has a record in the public doc
uments, which would be quite refreshing to
reproduce. As he is reported to havo been
one of the Danite leaders in Kansas, who fled
after exciting the violence there, it is now pro
posed to call the Administration party of Illi
nois, Danite Democrats, in compliment of this
illustrious chieftain.
The instructions given to our officers in th
Gulf of Mexico have not yet been communica
ted to Congress, and it is only through myste
rious suggestions that the public have been
enabled to understand their drift. When tbr
fleet ot large and little craft started out in such
a hurry, everybody supposed its first duly wa
to "smell the bluod of an Englhbman," and
then devour him without the least ceremony.
This was believed to be the reason why thu
Styx suddenly disappeared, smelling tho com
ing storm from afar. It turns out that the in
structions were much more amiable, and that
Mr. Buchanan is not the bloody-minded Presi
dent he is represented to be. These officer
were only ordered not to allow any acts of
visit, examination or detention to be commit
ted in their presence. It is difficult to see how
such a contingency could well happen, and it
was probably in that view that the gallant Mr.
Toncy sent his fleet roaming over the Gulf,
knowing that whoever attempted retaliation
for an outrage perpetrated outside the limit
j of his orders, would be liable to dismiss 1. Al
together it may be regarded as a very ingeni
ous mode of preserving the public jcace. Th
Navy Department deserves a leather medal
certainly, and the oflicers are inclined to sub
scribe, since the insurance companies will not
now put up tho premiums on their valuable
lives.
Washington, Friday, Jnno 11, 1858.
Senator Gwin has challenged Senator Wit
son, lie sent him a note by Mr. Fitch of In
diana, merely asking for a meeting outside tho
District. Wr.Wilson replied by citing to him
his reply to Mr. Brooks, to the cflect that du
elling was forbidden by the laws and by thu
matured convictions of his whole life. 3r.
Seward and other Senators are striving to ar
rango the difficulty, and will doubtless suc
ceed. Tho following is a full and accurate account
of the language used in the debate last night
which gave rise to the challenge. Mr.Wil.ioi
had made a speech in reference to the expen
ditures of the Government of California. Mr.
Gwin, in reply, said that he had heard a great
deal of demagogism in connection with tho
expenditures in California. Mr.Wilson askad
if he intended to apply the word demagogism
to him. Mr.Gwin declined to explain or reply.
Mr. Wilson said : "The Senator declines t
answer. Very well. I say to him that dama
gogfsm is better than thieving. I had rather
be a demagogue than a thief."
Mr. Gwin inquired if the Senator meant to
apply his language to him, or to the officers of
the revenue in California.
Mr. Wilson said that he had no explanations
to givo to the Senator from California.
"Mr. Gwin then said: "If the Senator
means to apply that term to me, he is a calum
niator and a coward."
The President called both gentlemen to or
der, when Mr. Wilson remarked that what tho
Senator from California said did not change
the record.
A Verdant Youtb went to church, on Sun
day night, in Boston. Coming out, a voting
lady mourning dress, Grecian face, "black
eyes, &c., dropped her handkerchief, which
verdant returned. She thanked him, and said
the sermon had affected her eyes so that she
did not know w hat she was about. They then
took a sentimental walk, and he left her at tho
door of a fashionable residence. Next morn
ing verdant found himself minus his pocket
book and twenty-seven dollars. Says the-ser-mon
and adventure will do him good.
The Cincinnati Price Courant says that with
in a week 1,000 barrels of flour were sold at
$3, to bo delivered the latter part of Septem
ler in that citj-.
New Advertisements.
'TIO. All persons are hereby cautioned
rT "Sa,nst purchasing or meddling with one
Koan Mare and colt, and one Bay Horse, in the
possession of Matthew MuCully, of township.
as the same belong to me and are only left witil
the said Matthew on loan.
Jane 16, 1833. JOSEPH M 'CULLY, Sr.
(STRAY STEER. Came tnspassine on th
premises of the subscriber in iicccaria town
ship, about the 10th or 12th May, a It cd Steer
some white in .he forehead and a whito spot on
the left thigh, supposed to be 4 yrs old. Tho oirn.r
is desired to come forward, prove property, pay
charges and take him away or he will be sold ac
cording to law. TliOS. MULLEN
beccaria township, June 16, lS38-pd.
A DM1NISTRATORS' NOTICE.-Letter.
tiT , . -ministration on the estate of Lyman
Jlilcs.latoof Ucccarta township, Clearfield coun
ty, l a., deceased, having been granted to the un
dersigned ; all persons indebted to said estate are
requested to make immediate pavment, and thoso
having claims will present thcin'duly authentica
ted for settlement, to o.ir Attorney, L. J. Cranj,
Clearfield, or ROBERT X. II EG ARTY,
GEORUE B. GALER,
Jnr.e 1C, IS58. Administrator.
CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED, AND
lias been in tkommuls of instances, tf Ir.
S. II. Burns, of JVw Yorl. )ld Doctor tephn
II. Burns, 'the celebrated Indian Physician) hav
ing arrived to an advanced old age, desires to.
spend the remnant of his days in sending to tha
afSicted throughout the land the Medicine which
has brought his Remedy to great perfection in his
practice of the last fifty years, and feers confident
that it will cure 9 cases out of 10 of confirmed Con
sumption. As his affluent circumstances enable
him, he will send each applicant ho furnishes a
description of his symptoms a small quantity f
his medecine, with minute and explicit directTona
for preparing it themselves, when they shall have
tried it, and learned its bnefimi .r.. : .ur
eases. Each applicant will send 3 stamps, (9 aents)
to pay the return letter, and to assist in the ray-
s aavertiseinent. Address
jun16. Pr. S. II. BURNS, New York.