Ctompiitv uyeroing imuis f
4 ,,, -The lAosaocraey, tho yeomanry, of;
per ing yfr an i a are with JAMES BUCHAN- 4
tlov:, : 0 3 thcy Late fcr years been
They endorse ins Kansas policy, sus-,
tained ag it is by truth and principle,'
as cordially and warmly as they en
dorsed previous great acts of his life.
The Convention at Ifurrisburg was
composed, to a great extent, of the;
most prominent and reliable men of
our party throughout the State—tan- 1
Lions, yet firm and patriotic men—and,
they discharged their duties with a live- 1
ly and appreciating sense of their ro-1
Tho'r sentiments are ex
pressed rn no unmeaning langtutge—in
DO smothering verbiage. The resolu
tions aro plain, pointcml and cover the
v.•holo ground. Read them, in another
column.
The last 4th of March was a proud
(lay for our good old Common wealth—
btrongthening tho builds which hold
this blessed Union toge:her, and ro-
n. J. *table, I:door mai Proprirtp,
j-w.-- -
.01;1'T S (I It I'.(
Mcipday Morning, March 15, 1858
DEJOJCILJTIC ,STATE TICKET
111.0 t AI IirrIICIIE I , g:lt T . , I
W1L1.1.13i A. P')RTJP, ot loltilln4o4phitt
(I%At , "°Y111...1r , •; P,
wk..3ta:l- FROST, of F ayette county
-
OUR CANDIDACIti
W. place at our toast-bead to-day tba
pausal of tbo nominees of the Democra-
do State C9nronxion—Hon. w1L14.4.*
A. Porn, of Pieilattelp4ia, fur Jatigo
pf tba Sopremo Court, ankl Wwity
Paper, of Fayette couuty, for Canal
Commissioner—and commend them to
;As 000ddeoce and support of tho
Do
ps#eraey 4v . f 4. damns.
W. kI4WP goo Iku,thorl ty for stating
that (bole gentlemen are with Presi
/lent BUCUANAN, °Worse his policy, and
accept their nominations, with the res.
Sibtebed, whip:mi hesitation or
resonation.
Jude, Porter holds a flattering posi
tion as a jurist, and before his appoint
ment to the Bench by Governor Packer,
enjoyed a large and lucrative practice
jn the Courts of Philadelphia. -
Mr, Frost is a thorough business roan,
of Indispntable Integrity, and possess
ins a full knowledge of the public works
of the Commonwealth.
With such candidates for standard
bearers, the Democracy aro bound to
" whip the opposition out "of their
/AOC
HANBAB.—READ i READ
-- - They are getting tired of the thing ;
EPILLIff RUCTION. even in Kansas. We clip the tbllotiing
Tim annual election for Townslip
! pregnant parugragh from the Leaven-
Pilloura still take place in the several worth Daily Ledger of the 15th I
ult.,—
:
idistriets of the .eountyou Friday next, good Free State authority
(he 19th inst. "Let tho Lecompton Constitution
pass, and let the representatives elect-
Let pay Ppmoontlo friends remem
, e u d ni b te e d
s called Ea
Statue
together si and elect• two
elect
bar this, and not suffer the opposition
7 0 steal a march 44 them. Although; is all over. True , th orn rg '
a m n a d v t b l e lg n ag f?"
the Know Nothings of Menallen called ! tion in the Free State party mho will
keep
up
4y - 4104 meeting to settle a ticket l not be successful, and may endeavor to
this internal nigger agitation,
(.44. the faithful of that townshibpthro' from
,l t o lie fact that they have been
tkti Atewspapera of their party ore, itruled
tit'from a participation in the
is Rot stolikely that in other townships ;spoils.' but that's nothing,• they can
Ole old secrecy mode is being resorted be easi ly choked off and made to bite
! he dust by the stern will of the people.
t(0 ) to P atel} l - ,1 tickets and got cut their
Demagorties ' and' fanatics'of both
rPtes. sly open s hand to hand, con-
Itict, they have little to expect. This a ff ections of 'the - people, and . their
tipyliccw—know it by an experience; ranting3' and roarings ' will avail
nothing. The people are sick; tired
or amrentl yours—but the hope of lulling
to th e ir
with them, and will listen
the Democracy into quiet security by.
indiSerance may still be eutor- 1 p o eace e , ir for m t ,d ha l t ie b sa ritL io ni ► ir p hia , pp l l Y n e ess w a a n n d t
*awl by them ; and against this we 'prosperity."
trould yarn our friends. The election 's 's
ilore la another appeal to be let
la efoonaitlerable local interest, but oven alone:
Kit wore spot, it is our duty,to watch
*be enemy at all times.
WI) ',ova our party friends Ihroagliont
the meaty Will not fail td attend their
respective elections ou Fr:day next.
'That excellent annocratic journ
al, tho Philadelphia Evening Argtts, has
late!) , been enlarged and greatly im
proved iq appeansnoe. The Argus is
doing groat good service in tho eausainf
Peataaravy and deserves the patronage
of the party, a large share of which we
bespeak for it. A more clever or da
mming Democrat than Col. Jo. Srv-
Wu quiet, bo found in a week's travel.
.0.1111f3 Oitor of an eastern paper
lays that Brigham Young looks like
#earY Bi4F4 Beecher.. Yes, wooup
=tio.--Brighttua Young looks "out of
yes" and so does Beecher. Remar
kable repel) bl an eo !—Excha»ge.
laviCso; -but the most marked rosetn-
Wanee is in their preaching. One
alirie4" top Kansas, and the other
for IRO; and both think there pi more
virtue in Sharp's rifles and Colt's revol
vers, as a moans of evangelizing the
world, than iq iiblos ancl ?riser Books.
06serrer.
The whole tendency of these croaking .
papers, from
. first to last, has been to make
.Kandas what those journals harepre . ressed
to avoid. Our only hope of saving
Kansas to freedom lay through emigra
tior., Their eroakings instead of en
couraging emigration, as has been our
policy by presenting a gilded fature,
such 4s gave full confidence to 04-
poet, has only discouraged it by thous
ands ; and these means are invariably
resorted to—whether purposely or oth
orwiso we leave th ) realer to deter
; mine for himself, after carefully
oring all the facts—at the tune when
We are preparing for, and most in need
of the heaviest emigration. li has been
suggested that this was only a subter
, fage of those editors to prevent the
l i ast from being depopulated by tho
, enormous emigiution which would oth
erwise follow,
There is not a man, in his sober
senses, who does not know that Kansas
j Territory, at this time, would boast of
lar.4 suit Qii q" 4044 horse" (of that a population of from fifty to one hen
wocily species) is now 4p before the , deed thousand more persons than it has
present, had the Eastern press, in-
Auprense Court at Pastor'. The cot 4-1 at
iaaut BOOS the Re blican t for stead , of constantly predicting thethe de-
fispuary
• • . . • lent of the Free State cause, giveam
-feed farolatiesl sixteen p
hundred wulances that its triumph was in
,phriekers for Fl oinont and 4ossic, ju . i)vitable through peaceable means.
./3optattiber, 1856, at Manchester, 314.55. ' Talk- as much us we may of the bravery
of the .i.raeriean people, it is not true
that any of them desire to take their
families to a conntry overrun with civil
Wig and purite4 with anarchy.
StirTheNew York Pest retgla Sena-
Or tkeintrd out of the Black Republican
Errt,,,,,.d accusi.is him of the most un
iubipleil ".log Tilling" in his senator.
The Post i.. 1 iLI ./olin P. Male's
gain:--*Changei
Tho Jamestown Denocrat dope the
name thing in iangaage both course and
vindicative. The Democrat is in John
c, Fremont's train 1 . Harmonious N ig
rrislci
lirThe Springfield Nonpariel saps
1400 one item iu the wardrobe of the
yeisiossa R.07a1, of England, lately mar
. Tied e arae twelve (tor t en pairs of /froots.-,
/*/ regn why English women are
ilealthier than American women is be.
rune *.hey protect their—shall we say
It--fset.--tr*the wet and cold. Mike
!boo of this, girls, and don't be afraid
j/(Sood o** " 664e0 40 uppers."
C, Iltatp of Jr. VIII, ar4er
-14 b the. le4iet of Virginia itboul,
make years ago, wilt be
. 90rarlated
is
OK* ;weir@ ammatip.
baking traitors and demagogues. 3lns
her shadow never grow less !
r')
Whilst so much is said about poor
"bleeding" Kansas, it is a re►na:kablc
fact that not a word is said about Ore
gon. And yet Oregon is about to ask
admission into the Union in precisely
the' salmi condition. The objection is
made to Kansas, that the Leeompton
Convention did not submit the whok
Co4stituticw, but saw proper to submit
only a part of it, the matter of shivery,
which was the only great question of
dispute. The Convention of Oregon
did not submit tho whole Constitution,
bat submitted fire distinct propositions,
for the people to vote upon, one being
the subject of slavery too, but not a
word is said about the latter, and when
Oregon does ask for admission probably
not .ho least objection will bo made
against her reception. Why then the
great difficulty about " Kansas," unless
the unhappy agitation must be kept up
to strengthen and to bolster up the
designs and fortunes of political dema
gogues.
Trona a. Kansas ll.rad of Freedom
CROAKERS AOAIN.
of
New York Tribune and presses
of that character, as has been their
character in the t, arc now discour
aging cmigratio to Kansas by mista
ken representati ns in regard to the
election. They 'state positively that
Calhoun will give eertitieates of elec
tion to the pro-slavery State officers
under the Leeompton Constitution, and
to a majority of the members of the leg
islature; and then they are continual
ly stating that the Lecompton Constitu
ttoo will be endorsed by Congress.
From these facts they argue that the
Democratic party has made Kansas a
slave State, and - by this cry they hope
to hart that party *mu power. At
the same time they must be conscious
that if the Democratic party was sure
to be swept from existence three years
hence, that event would have been per
manently settled long previous to that
time.
Bakal in New Vork.,-.At ono of the
recent meetings of Op YorL his
torical Seeiety, Dr. Ration read a paper
on the languages spoken in New York.
Eighty languages, ho Bahl, are used in
baainess and social intercourse among
the inhabitants of that City.
siir3tadsme Croldsehmidt is expected
to niiiTe in Enginn4 early jo Juno, it is
said, with tho intention of taking op
her permanent resicionee thoro.
Ff:~~~ir':~f.}l~~ i ~j::.~
The Senate, on the 8d instant, pass
ed an Act, the first section of which pro
v:des that :t !-.1./111 and in:ty Li 1a..% ful
for the 14cLiJeLt-itlid managers of any
turnpike or plank• road compai,y, of
this *Commonwealth, by themselves or
their nuthnrized• agent, to contract.
with indvidnals, or with wrporations,
for the payment of tolls for travel over
and upon their roads resp.xtively, and
for any period of time that may be
agreed upon, not exceeding one year,
and whether such travel shall pass
through any gate or turnpike, or oth
erwise, and any debt incurred under
such contract, may be sued tbr and re.
covered as debts of like amount are by
law rocovorablo.
The second section provides that the .
exemption of persons, in attending
places of worship, from the payment of
tolls, on any turnpike or plank road in
this Commonwealth, shall only, apply
to the necessary tratel in attendance
at the usual place of worship of the
person claiming such exemption.
Section 3: When the time for holding
the annual meetings of the stockholder»
of any turnpike or plank road compa
ny of this Commonwealth, is nor.- fixed
by law to be held on the first Monday
of January, or on the first Monday of
November, the managers of
. such com
t
panies may change the time for holding
said annual meeting of their respeetive
companies, to any ether day in said
months : Provided, That at least twen
ty days notice shall be given of the
time and place of holding said meeting,
in the misuser directed in the acts of
incorporation of said companies.
The Senate passed the bill to extend
the charter of the Merchants' and Man
ufacturers' Bank of Pittsburg—the
first Bank bill of the session, and which
may have a narrow chance in the
House, where the present system is
not held in high favor.
Majority and minority reports have
been made in the House on the ques
tion of the sale, or rather transfer, of I
the State Canals to the Sunbury and
Erie 'Railroad Company. The move
ment should be watched, that the Com
monwealth may not again be fleeced,
as it was in the sale of the Main Line.
The Central Railroad Company is
again at work, to operuto upon the l
Legislature. Heretofore that roam.'
moth corporation aeconylislied its sel
fish and grasping purposes by the aid I
of " boring," and probably other ques
tionable means ; bit discovering that
the people aro awake to flint species of
work and will bear it no lougor, the
plan adopted/ is; to pour in petitions
from 0l the conntios along the line oft
the road in favor of the repeal of thc l
Tonnave Ta.r , with the hope that the ;
Legislature may he scared into the
measure. Let ineni tiers be firm, and the
people wilt sustain them in resisting the
demands of the Company.
In the House, on Monday, Mr. Will '
presented two petitidna from citizens
of Adams county for a law to nhplish ;
the County Superintendency of COlll- 1 1
mon Schools.
In the Senate, on Tuesday, petitik iis
were presented from Montgomery and
Lancaster counties, iu favor of the ab
olition of the County Superin-tendency
of Common Schools. Mr. Brewer pre
sented u.. 0 from citizens of Adams coun
ty, of similar import.
In the House, remonstrances were
presented from several counties against
the passage of a law for the sale of the
remaining public improvements, and
against the repeal of the tonnage tax
on the Central Railroad. The people
of the whole State should move in the
same direction.
Mr. liodgson, chairman of the Com
mittee on Banks, has repoKed a bill in
the House, which prohibits the banks
of the Common weal th r after tho first of
November next, from issuing notes of a
less denomination than twenty dollars,
unless said banks deposit with the Au
ditor General, State stocks and bonds
of this State, which will then entitle
than to issue fives and tens. A state
ment of the affairs of each bank is to be
made out monthly, and forwarded to
the Auditor General, who Shall cause
the same to be published in three or
more newspapers in Ilarriiibarg, Pitts
burg and Philadelphia. It authorizes
any director to inspect the account
books and papers of the banks, and
makes it a misdemeanor for the direo
tors to purchase notes or drafts, unless
the same shall have been specially an
'
thorizod by the board of directors at a
1 regular mooting.
BIWA Western editor lately offerod
hin hat as a prize for the beat essay on
independence. The following obtained
the prize : " National independence is
easier imagined than described; person
al independence consists emphatically
in being . habited in a clean shirt,
drawers, socks and a nicely blacked pair
of boots, with at least a dollar and a
clean cambric in your pocket, all on
Sunday morning; with your wife on one
arm, and your baby on the other, tak
ing yonr own course towards your own
preacher in the blissful expectation of
doing your own snoozing, in your own
pow, wherein no oue dare venture to
nudgeyat with his elbow, or tickle your
I nose with a straw."
iiiirGen. Seth Clover, of Pennsylva
nia, has Emen 4ppointed Indian Agent
in Kansas, vice MeCaslin, removed.
:toy, L S. Faßock left Boston on
Monday for Knnsas, where ho has 4e
eideil to locate as a lawyer. •
Lrrng 71101( WASXMOTOM
IVA.stuNoToN, 31. arch 11, 1858
DtsAn C(J)lrit.rn:—Mr. C seen
git en notice in the ;•:t'llate til.it he Nvi:l
pre-, ti.e liThnsas hill to a vote on Men_
(1.1)- next. So much has already been
said on the subject, since the opening
of Congress, that further debate would
seem unnecessary. The bill will pass
both Houses without a doubt. The
Representative of your district, lion.
Wit.som R/ILLT, will vote for it.
The majority of the oommittee of the
louse of Representatives, to whom
was referred the Kansas difficulty, have
prepared their report through their
chairman, the Ron. A 11. Stephens, of
Georgia, and an effort will bemado to
intkslace it on Monday next. It is
spoken of Its being exceedingly able,
elaborate, and conclusive. It embodies
all the laws, facts and proceedings in
relation to the Lecompton Constitution,
bearing upon the question of admitting
Kansas as a State.
The report shows groat regularity
and strict conformity to law in the for
mation and adoption of the Lecompton
Constitution, and cites numerous facts
to show the untenable character of the
position of Gov. Walker that the valid
ity of every State Constitution depends
on its having received the sanction of
a popular vote. All the constitutions
of the old States were made by conven
tions without ratification by the people,
except that of Massachusetts.
In the regard to the charge concern
ing the "nineteen disfranchised coun
ties," the report is very full. There
are but thirty-four organized counties
in Kansas. Twenty-one of these were
represented. Nine of the thirteen un
represented counties haVe very little
population. In seven of them not a
vote was cast at tho January election
against the Constitution. In two oth
ers of the nine less than ono hundred
votes were thrown ; and in the four re
maining, namely : Franklin, Anderson,
Coffee and Breckinridgo, there were
but eleven hundred anti thirty-five. In
these four counties the officers wore
prevented from making a registry by
threats of violence.
The resolution under-which the com
mittee was appointed, directed them to
inquire whether the Locompton consti
tution is acceptable and satisfactory to
the people ? The reply to this is, that
the only correct test is the ballot-6,x,
and such an expression of the popular
will as is there given at the proper
time and place, according to law. By
this test the Constitution was adopted
by an overwhelming majority of those
who joined in the election. Those only
can be considered as the bona fide citi
zens of Kansas. ()tilers who abstained
are no/a fide residents, who went to
Kansas fur mischief and strife. They
irreself-aanowledged outlaws, and are
not to be considered as constituent ele
ments of community or society, against
which they are in open rebellion.
The report concludes with a recom
mendation for the admission of the
State of Kansas, in pursuance of the
views of the president, believing the
welfare and prosperity of the people of
Kansas, as well as the general we fare,
peace and harmony of the whole U don/
will thereby be promoted. x. 11" Z.
Thbri's up now.—We noticed on Sat
urday morning last, posted on the trees
nod peas along the streets, three-cor
nered pieces of blue paper, which we
presume were it tended to con-ey some
sort of intelligence to those who under.
stand them. has Know Notbingism
been rivivod? or has some other mys
terious Institution been started In our
town ? Who can toll ?--Carlisle Demo.
crat,
Sir Tho Natchez Courier tells of' a
rough boatman passing along the streets
of that city, who had drifted far away
from home, and stopping at the door of
a music store, where a gentleman was
convoking a sweet strain from the keys
of a fine piano, for the amusement of
some lady friends. He listened very
intently, paying but little attention to
the passers by, until the hot scalding
tears coursed down his sunburnt chocks,
in spite of ail his endeavors to restrain
them. Observing that we noticed him,
he turned round and exclaimed. " Can't
help it, stranger; I've a little sister
somewhere out West that does that
sort of thing, and it makes me think of
home."
Death al - Monroe Stewart .—Prrrsnuao,
March 10.—Monpxk Stewart, one of the
McKeesport murderers, who was re
contly pardoned by Governor Packer,
in consequence of the disclosures made
at the execution of the authors of that
murder, died in prison last night of
small pox. He had been held for trial
on another charge.
A Legislative Prayer.—Tho following
laconic prayer was delivered in the
lowa Reuse of Representatives the
other morning, by Rev. Mr. Shine :
Great God ! Bless the young and
growing State of lowa, her Senators
and Representatives, her Governor and
State officers ! Give us a sound curren
cy, cure water and undefiled religion,
fbr Christ's sake. Amen.
A Distressing Accident.—On Friday of
last week, Mr. David Kelly, a citizen of
Carroll county, Md., -"et with en awful
death. The Sentinel says he was en
gaged in blasting limestone in the
quarry of Mr. Abruhau Roop, on Little
Pipe Creek. The charge proving de
fective, Mr. Kelly determined to reme
dy it, when it explo&d, blowing him to
atoms. His body was shattered to
pieces, which were gathered up and car
ried to his residence in , sacks. He
leaves a wife and several children.
deeTtie winter Appears to haro boon
very severe in all parts of Europe.
ItESOLUTIONt3
-4 , lofited by the Democratic Slate Con
rention, Mc 4 th of
.',arch Inzt.
1. .//c.!-,c:,/, That the pz-incir,:c in
volved in the repeal of the Missogri
Compromise and asserted in the Kan
ebraska net, that the people of the
Territories shall have the exclusive
eoutrol over their domestic institutions,
is the only sure guarantee against the
agitation of the nation in regard to the
local institutions of particular States
and Territorios.
lOolved, That by the uniform
application of this Democratic princi
ple to the organization of Territories
and in the admission of now States,
with or without domestic slavery, as
they may elect, the oqual rights of all
the Suites will be preserved, the
nal.eompacts of the Constitution main
tained inviolate, and the harmony and
perpetuity of the Union of the Amer--
cart Statbs insured.
8. Resolved, That it is the right of th 6
people of any State or Territory to ex
ercise their - sovereign power through
duly chosen representatives, and thro'
them enact a constitution and govern:
meat; or they may delegate to such
reliresentativos the more limited power
to prepare their 'form of Government,
reserving to themselves the right of
ratification, and that either mode of
giving existence t t State institutions, is
consistent with e doctrine of popular
sovereignty, and *he established prac
tice of the States a., this Union.
Rriolved, That the Kansas-Nebras
ka act having aSserted and recognized
the right of the people of the Territo
ries to form their own institutions in
their own way, and the duly organized
Government in Kansas having by reg- '
ular process provided for a Convention
of belegates by the people, with in-
structions and power to form a Consti
tution; and such, Delegates having as
sembled in Convention and enacted a
Constitution under such instructions
and power, such Constitution being re
publican in form and the Territory
having the number of inhabitants to jus
tifyit, Kansas should be promptly ad
mitted into the Union
5. Resolved, That the people of Kan
sae under the Constitution enacted by
their Convention, may " at all times
alter, reforaew;sbalish their form of
government jla ane6 manner as they
may thialt onter;" that the provision
contained, as to a particular
mode of after 1864, does not
forbid the people, by
regular may choo4e to adopt.,
either Wore r • after that time, and
the conatrurtioh is warranted by the
practice of Pennsylvania and other
States, and may be regarded as based
upon a settled principle of Constitution
al law.
6. Resolved, That it is the opinion of
this Convention that the time has come
when the difficulties and troubles in
Kansas should cease, and to determine
whether if the schemes of bad men are
still to agitate that Territory ; that the
question should be local, not national ;
and that great peril and danger are
to he apprehended to the Union and
the' cause of free government, by the
further delay of hoe admission as a
State.
7. Resolved, That if the Constitution
of Kankaim is not acceptable some of
its ,prorisians to the majority of the
Free State men of that Territory, their
own obstinate emiduct has produced
the result; they have no cause to com
plain, and their mouths should be for
ever closed.
8. Resolved, That we have evident
reason to believe that the Abolitionists,
in Kansas and out of it, lave a much
greater desire to overthrow the D e mo.,
ertl,io party of the nation_ than to
ameliorato the condition of the slave;
and while they are bold in their protes
tations against what they call the
"slave power," they conceal a thirst
and desire fir political place, which
they would grasp at the cost of the bro
ken and shattered bonds of the Union.
9. Resolved, therefore, That we unlrei
itatingly do approve of the measures of
Mr. Buchanan in his K3/1/BnB policy,
AO aro' ready and willing to sustain
hint in all other measures of his Admin
istration thus far disclosed ; and we
entertain the belief that he will not
abandon an article in the Democratic
creed.
10. Resolred, That the Democracy of
Pennsylvania acknowledge with pride
and commendation, the able and timely
support which the lion. William Bigler
has given, in the U. S. Senate, to the
policy of the National Administration;
his wisdom in council; his logical skill' ,
end talent in debate ; his industry and
integrity, constitute him a representa-I
tire to whom the interests of his con
stitnents may be safely confided.
.Resoired, That in electing Wm.
F. Packer as Governor of this State,
the Democratic party has secured the
services of one in every way qualified
to administer all the affetirs of the State
for its best interests. With an enlarg
ed (aperient*, he combines administra
ticte ability of
_no ordinary character,
and we have every confidence that he
will, by his advocacy of the true Dem
ocratic policy, secure the prosperity of
the people and the honor of the Com
mon wealth.
12. Reseired, That wo recommend
to the Legislature of this State such
measures of reform and economy as
will aid to lessen as much as possible
the heavy burdens imposed upon the
people by taxation, and we particular
ly recommend such a revision of the
system pf Banking, as may prevent
in the future the troubles and difficulties
that the people of the State havo lately
encountered.
'The vote on the adoption of the
above resolutions was as follows :
,Yeas.—Messrs, Ahern, Amey, Aar.
sad, Benton, Beans, Brenneman, Brew
er, Boyer (Cloartield,) Boyer (Berke,)
Buchanan, Buckalew, Crawford, Cahill,
Clark (Philadelphia ) ) Crain, Campbell
(Lucerne,) Campbell (Butler,) Coplin,
Cake, Cross, Cassidy, Cochran, Cun
ningham, Davis, Douglass, Dunning,
Day, Dunn, Everhart, Eldred, Farman,
Feather, Gay, Gillis, Grant, Haldeman,
Holman (Philadelphia,) Ilassinger,llol
- (Chester,) Hughes, Hepburn, Hop
kins, Hess, Ives,Vones, Jameson, Kin
caid, Keatley, Kline, Laughlin, Lock
hart, Livingood, Lamb, Lowry, McGin
nis, Mclntire, Matters, Miller (North
ampton,) Masser, Miller (Juniata,) Mil
ler (Green,) Mitchell, Manderbach,
Marti n, Morrison, Morrow, McCullough,
MeGoitin, Methalmont, McFarland, Ma
dill, Noble, O'Hara, Bernina, Patterson
(Allegheny,) Patterson (Blair,) Piolott,
Plummer, Phelps, Belly, Bingwalt,
Rhodos (Lanealstr,) Rhodes (Dela
ware,) Sehollinger, Stark, Stephens,
Schnur2, Seller-;, St York,l Short),
J Stewart,Wm Stele ;u t„':;pyker,
Sloan, Shoals, Shantz, Snyder, Speel,
Simper, Steinman, Tate, Taylor, Van
sant, Walton, Wll: , eler, Weiser, Weid
man, Williams, Wright, Wunder, Yost
and Dawson, President—Ul.
NAYS. r. Workman-1.
for Tim Cospiker.
TR! DEMOCRACY OF OXFORD TWP.
Ma. EDITOR :-.—The Democracy •of
Oxford township are up and doing. We
had quite a spirited meeting on Satur
day evening, the 6th instant, nt the
Irisbtown &heal-house, the proceed
ings of which might interest some of
our Democratic friends in the county,
who, like ourselves, aro fond of a little
animation in politics.
The meeting was called to order by
Mr. Henry J. Kuhn, and his motion
Mr. JosEPH J. SMITH was appointed to
preside as Chairman ; Messrs. Simon
Slagle, John L. Noel, and others, asso
elves. After the organization, our
Representative in the State 'Legisla
ture, CHARLES WILL, Esq., (who was
present on the occasion,) was called
upon to address the meeting, which ho
(lid to the satisfaction of all present.—
He spoke at sonic length on the princi
pal topics of the day : Kansas and the
course of the Administration of James
Buchanan—the State Convention—the
nominees for Judge of the Supremo
Court and Canal Commissioner—and
lastly ho wished to know the senti
ments of his constituents present con
cerning the office of County Superin
tendent of Public Schools in Adams
county.
The following resolutions (reported
by a committee consisting. of Messrs.
Henry J. Kuhn, Edward Cotgan. J. E.
Smith and James Devine,) were then
unanimously adopted :
First—Resolved, That we cheerfully
and heartily endorse the course taken
by our President, James Buchanan, the
son and pride of Pennsylvania,. with
regard to Kansas and his entire Ad
ministration.
Second, That the sooner Kansas is
admitted into the Union nnder the Le
eompton Constitution, the better for
all wtio have the peace and welthre of
our lile;lsed Union at heart.
Third, That we endorse the proceed
ings of the Democratic State C,onven
tion with the resolutions adopted, and
cheerfully concur in the nomination of
Porter and Frost. for Supreme Judge
and Canal Commissioner.
Fourth., That we see no benefit re
sulting from the office of County Super
intendent of Common Schools, and
whereas we think it an unnecessary ex•
penditure of money, the said .office
should be abolished as soon as possible.
Fifth, That we are fully satisfied
with the course taken by the Repre
sentative of our county, Charles Will,
Esq.
Mr. Will was then requested to pro
sent a petition to the Legislature,
praying that the office of County Su
perintendent of Common Schools be a
bolished. The petition eontained some
fifty signers, and Mr. Will was inform
ed that petitions to the same effect
would be sent from different parts of
the county.
After a few good tunes, that put
fresh animation into all, we dispersed
with old "Yankee Doodle" and a•huaza
for Porter and Frost. J. E. S.
A CAWNPOILE IN ENGLAND.
Rorrible Crueltv.—Omthe t;th nit., a,
private in the Sixth Northumberland
(Eng ) Fusiliers underwent the son- j
tenced of a court martial, dooming him
to receive 450 gashes. cut, at the rate'
of nine at a time, into his back. An eye-)
witness furnishes the Northern Express
with the following description of this
piece of riifilaiiism
The poor victim to military tyranny,l
a man who has seen better cireunistan-I
eeßt and is, we hear, connected with al
distinguished family in the north of ,
Ireland, when ordered to strip, sternly ;
and steadily refused. On this, sixteen
of the strongest and most muscular ,
men stood forward, and hurled him,
face downward, on the stone pavement
of the racket-court. He manfully-re
sisted this indignity, and with a voice
trembling with emotion, requested them(
to take his life, but spare him this dis.!
honor. A few moments, however, and
he was stripped and tied to the trian-!
glee. And now began a scene which
requires no abler pen than mine to des-1
cribe. Forth stepped ono of the largest
drummers, armed wiih a " eat," the
length of the handle of which being
eight inches, the nine-tails the same!
length, not, as your correspondent
states, armed with lead, but with pen
tagonal pieces of case-hardened steel,
eighty-one in number.
At the first blow of the "cat" a pierc
ing and unearthly shriek rung from the
strong man in his agony ! his lacera
ted flesh gaped under the blow, and
lumps of flesh, at each fresh blow, wore
detached from his bleeding back, and
hung high about the walls of the racket
court, and on the clothes of those stand
ing by. The stern Colonel, compelled
to be an unwilling witness, turned, and
leaning on the arm of the equally af
fected major, covered his face with his
handkerchief, while deep sighs agitated
his manly bosom, and plainly showed
the struggle that was going on within.
The surgeon, a most humane man, was
obliged to be supported by his hospital
sergeant,who, from time to time,admin
istered to him restoratives as well as to
the suffering soldier. Man after man
fell from the ranks, carried away faint
ing; tears bedewed the faces of nearly
all the officers; and at length the poor
sufferer was released from his torture,
to linger in the hospital, whore he now
lies, the whole of his spine being laid
bare, and gangrene has ensued, leaving
the tortured and lacer: - .ted wretch in
such a state that. every Christian oan
only hope that death, as it mast do,
will soon release him from his suffer
( ings.
Further Rumors from Kansas. -ST.
Louis, March 9.—The Leader learms
from a gentleman who has just arrived
from Kansas that the Topokaites and
anti-Topekaltes of Leavenworth have
quarreled ooncerning the policy to be
pursued, and two sets of candidates
have boon nominated for the new con
stitutional convention. The Democrats
make no nominations. It was reported
that Gen. Lane had issued a proclama
tion calling upon the free State militia
to attack Western Missouri. The re
port is discredited hero.
PACT AND.PANCIT.
• ~ Till WOILD IN A WCT IIIMILLe"
non. Witams ilint.tr has forwarded to
this office a varlet:. bf Field and qnrden Seeds,
from the Patent Office, with a refined to dis
tribute. They eta be bad by calling.
To get the full worth of the outlay, ad
vertise in "The Compiler."
The receipts at this time Ere sufficient to
meet the current expenses of the government,
anti it is believed hr those Well acquainted with
the finances of the country that there would
exist no necessity for any farther issue of treas
ury notes, were it not that there are ten millions
of deficiencies in the appropriations for the
present fiscal year to be supplied immediately.
Col. Benton is said to bt• writing • Lift"
of General Jackson. There is no one more
competent.
The prise fighter Awful Gardner is under
religions conviction in New York city, sad has
been up to the altar of Jolla street church to ba
prayed for.
A letter from Fort Scott says that that
place had been takes by Con. Lane's men,
who were robbing the atom, stealing harm,
We publish marriage and death notices
gratuitously. As notices &seas °costumes,
are of some interest to the ihmiltes In which
they occur, fur the future, theme who desire
them to appear in the columns of ear paper
will please furnish them.
• Biddeford,Me., March e. --Gres fiouda►,
Democrat, has been , elected Mayor of this
place. •
In treating diseases s 1 do mind music
is not sufficiently rained. In raising thebeart
above despair an old vloli• Is woetkiftloc doc
tors and two apothecary silage.
A word once spokes, • coach with
four horses cannot overtake It and bring IL
back.
The man who is without an Lilts, getter—
ally has the greatest idea othimseirk -
Tb• Indianapolis Journal saps that Hon.
Wm. E. Nibrack, member of the House of Rtp
resentatives Irom the lint congressional dis
trict of Indians, has written a letter to ...gen
tleman in Indianapolis, saying he shall tomb tbr
the Lecompton Constitution on the Ana/ solo.
lie voted, he says, for flarris' resolution ti upllc
because he was in favoi of investigating tbe
facts. 4
The non. JeWerson Thuds, Senator brow
Mississippi, Will not, it is said, be able to ft*
his seat in the Senate for two months. His
physicians haying placed him under serene.
regimen, in a room from which light is carefully.
excluded.
We know an old lady, who, when eh*
alludes to the leader of the Mormons, always
calls him—either unintentionally, or else by a
curious jumble of ideas—" Mr. Bigamy Tenet."'
For carefully gotten up, sad satisfactory.
reports of the doings of the Legislature, at
ways see " The Compiler."
The movement in the L•nited States Sin-.
ate for a general bankrupt law is 'setting nisei%
attention.
At a bangnet recently given la Path by
s certain illmitrious member of the Imp***
family, the extravagance of the dishes Is said
to hare celled down a reprimand from the
peror. One single dish called "Salado Ross'
is reported to hare cost over $l,OOOl
Horrible.—A little son of Mr. 3. W.
Thomas, of Clarksville, Tenn., fell into • 'soma
of boiling soap on Tuesday week, and weep
so severely .burned as to cause his death test
day.
The Topeka hn m bog is now openly aban,
Boned by those who hart hitherto profesielit
to regard it as the only legitimate govaronutak
in Kscuta.
...... "Royer Typo.—According to await,
cient usage in Prmtain, all the Princes of ; tbo
royal family must Iparn a trade. It le ssislctdi
that the prince Fredetick William, just nwniesk
to the Princess Royal of England, learned, tha
trade of a compositor In the printing otace.oh
Mr. Hanel, at Berlin.
The investigation' Into the cause of the.
burning of the Pacific Hotel at St. Loeb" is,
still going on in that city.—A number of wit,
noises have been ermined, but as yet nothing
has been proven to implicate any ut the per-.
sous charged with the crime.
Tt is stated that nil the Supreme Cour&
Judges of Illinois wore born in Oueida sostaty,,
New York.
Marriage is defined as two sods sad a,
fire dollar prayer.
"It is a solemn thing to get asarried,"
said Aunt Betty.
"Yea, taut a good deal aolitorter sot to be," -
replied her daughter, who has just turning
forty.
The London Times, in reciew4ug the.
Kansas questiou t admits that the President's
position is a strong one, and suggests that it
would be best to admit Kansas nodal: the Le
comptost constitution, and for ibe free State
Inhabitants of Kansas to then take steps to
bate the constitution amended.
Long Tenn.—Job Self, charged with th
murder of a man named Vaughin, has been
convicted before the Circuit Court of Caroline
county, Va., and _sentenced to 18 years In the
penitentiary.
It is stated that forged paper to the
amount of $lOO,OOO has been discovered et
Lynchburg. Va., and that a man heretofore en.
joyiug an exeel4nt character is implicated.
....—Accounts from Asia Minor describe
snow storms, in one of which a Greek moans-%
tory was buried, and the live monks had to be
excavated by the Turks. At Yalta the snow,
which had not fallen since the Russian oafs.
paigu of 1813, was some feet high, and accom
panied with hail and tempests.
.„,„A dandy Is a chap who would be a lady
if ho could; but as he can't, does all he can to,
show the world that be is not a'atan.
There is one objection to people whet
" mean well," and that is they never can spun
time to carry out their meaning.
The Cincinnati (0.) Daily Gazette state"
that a bill has passed the Senate of that State
prohibiting the intermarriage of first cousins.
The Gazette says that public sentiment to Eta
favor of the measure.
Green peas have made their appearaaN
at Tallahassee, Fla.
Wit sometimes becomes practkali, the
Greek sage, in a company of bed arehterslekg
were trying their skill, placed Islamitt dose
to the target, saying, "It was the istOg $ B 4,
spot."
~.lones.—Ah, times ate bard usaugh,
dined on corned beef and cahliairs yeduttny )
Brown.—Why, what did you do *tit Idiot pair
of ducks I sa w you pay a dollar kw r•
0137 _ 4 1,_.. 5e5 . Well, I bad thanismido I -'
A Slice of Has.—"l'll Iluisk you for an
elegant extract from Baum"
A diameter, Wm a kid* ours Mended,
always wants nimidinsp . .
Receive year litoestileas freete, anti
vest your deeiestaml f •
Be 1104 elbeekied at sleet. If eeellerew
salt at Um -aage will resolves* bane wises
dun beet iievelbeese.
Cajpia hues W. Wahad, of Leulsisalli
If., has ratead * fuu campany for Utah.
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