M'Kean County Democrat. (Smethport, M'Kean County, Pa.) 1858-186?, April 14, 1859, Image 2

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    ' -- '''''' '' - ittiptigts , juljd, conitituencles in every
E:, Prnr" ool lll. ' ...k.very intelligent
S '
..,, ' till hid 0" f . '' h '
' la i r ^.- et j k i t ° i m ps PA' lnia asb - a . d
e t
' . re in deprecate the stern , ext.
itStillikitinfrixiistse-44ttesity • originated years
itit 01042 treed - k -lbt av time and:to a certain
0 4f t f u ° 44 . 0 1 00 4,e 0:0 f, nßioinn. r anlang,friendai
ittOir ti n iatrictrit Other causes to our iempo:
wet &did IPttlie "State, 'end the rcenaCrpient
iiktfikarial444 TRW sepremaby of the two coin.
1114roliPoiltioniestto . nai.neW seeking to Obtain
114.4 0 1 110 . ,Pien of • thl-qol'ernlnentt not ,bY '4 l.-
. ),i, Of intrpraii, of, sound 13 tatesmanetiiß, or hy
Militi4iSing, cerria iirindiples, but by meant
;#lotUtffititlicirous assaults of ' mere numbers at
' teattesbtogether. by lawless ,excitements, and
Ia itite 4 trospeortry. calculations of power and
hilOilerp:,lt was therefore a subject for general
• eirelgiratillation;lhat the Convention was enabled
:Nrftliiiiit'itif calm-delibeietion•and mutual ex
ithilints4loo iniipoints of experlierrY, without the .
1 1 .4. 4 ,44n 341 . 9PlTlen,tPf-TrinniPin,'br any ode, to
iiiliipA aplatferm and course of action so en tire-
Ir acVelildhle; to Mir true Democra'cy In • every
'4lritiori Of the Staite: In conformity with these
. silrintmeliti:of renewed: confra tern ity of feeling
limliel4e4ts, , sheConvention resolved, with one
. srptge, piatthe nue° diistufbirig . Ransas question
piltY`fipiAiy. tiiiiPpearing hy the peaceful ap
' f trilitio'llif 'legit solutiqh,shinild be treated in a
Ottly sines as settled and past:
s „,gowtitettstin can or will deny that the entire •
crltngs of the , Body indicate • an • earnest
'E XiVall - whit were engaged: in (ranting s t
"•
~, Tteirnoidie the party, and to compact
enititatterigife ittfotcel on an honorable and ra
, )loltojiadJuatoltlt of the only issue, by the un •
yrifitt s Itnstec4ssary end unprofitable ob tryaion of
, eihithillie DOrnecritic organizetiorynrght have
'itlt i lflertrkied t 'untf its future efficiency preju
-41 flyt'Offeethrl:' , The Convention consisted of
' Aateidtet itceiedited from every county in the
.- 414 04 4 1 1 1811 P,Reig40t0lit- among whose,names
rit *lto reccignixed en.unnaual proportion, of the
.'ablest, most experien ced' and faithful leaderi of
r .,,,D o natt i nic i rt r at;‘Verefo l appointed by and
4rgijilittpiVoiitit , eillideiiiiittls from the teepee..
~otoiity statlieiitlerS. "Not a suspicion has
, r' a' the regularity
Ketke..k. I :R t rj:P 3l/ X 4 0,! i°4 4 R I. enuntY"Mneting
lige. I ciptttinsthieugh their , ,several retire
/
I .
. -ii fi 11(tifei Strife Coniention; nor Ibis any ,
littr -1 1 4 Olitibbint rec . obkototo-rego
/W*4lu44-tiorrillimkai4 0
,oges:of,the party,
' • - •,#"t a ll 98T ?! . .0
004 1 °P 44 in - everY Parlin, - ,
Air 0,.4t1 - 41004 constitution , anti, congunt•
--
, 4 4 1 i,r0r°,1!f ao ~t hus Pedant as
giiitpliWro tr 'es, istmg o f .one and.
, Iliktit-Ith . otaintiori, - ,rtne , for each Senatorial
' ~, titißigtrintt an4ettah representin ,
NIL.I, ilv.v.l sf , X9lers., l4-1 1le.let andl
, ; e 'tps ' o; e"ra"se Vie; in.. t he:uncontrolled ex-,
10 19610 4`0 11 rOtiliteVof'''OpinfOli: . - The resolu
lithii.4**.ihidtltir4lie<Conimittitectha. f`a4ly u p - .
tit: twriajtritf-,the4Spnvention, we re pasaed
~412\ 3 400
•0,
t ,
, set. 4 k di renglin, f , i voie, and, we have
po Ile ea . 1, In l urmur,,of illiapprov`al in re
ser,
lit de, t0,".1171' ,''etteired 14 , ' a Single Delegate
..eof,fosiiittte (We Convention. Richardson L.
AllVAlliriMtiiiiii - fori OnLofrice of Auditor
,.oo4, v ii., . teqp . „ A n4,,Jqh,n Rowe, the, now
jskii:oo c of Raryetor : qineral ef ' the
tV ist
, Itirtg.N• V i ' eiVivitirotiiiihqind 'striking
ssmimihtfist,46,4(l4l;eint,h4,ol4-' heed' always,'
01 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 04 0 4 6 00004 01011 :illnti - Ihth Other as , en,
t'-:Plw'Pit l :' - flhen e , , -we-, Can
4frisktny
. ' , ar t itefi t talraTh,.t ilt:thore.,,iVari 'not one,
i; siii rib byvi e , 'Odom tion'itli any'vestion
,:i f iatror e i,p4leyt n i' the rtsterittitest .referente tii
` , 'the (abject, 4rOM which it dges k not intequive-' .
rtselaktrs thet-teta4ilioltrarinsas issue was
700140110041/0 sada odd isappityduilior aril of
u ,,, . ilit_i nej, e : ot Jourpment of the convention
:14stifiertha „ompirtitg auspices:we have '4"eseribed
~ IS !pat 'of Ureillostilicis his:iarisen' , in connec.:
C titittallifitfttatr, * , lfii been' deemed 'i , pruclen,
ilifitlittpneOliSsary demon:o;3o' call : "together`
~:thlaikatoOrisnit gosutrnitter .with a -prompt
.sasiortatitetewhat unusual; and at no small incon
zitiOiniatiovialle of.itlitnernbefl. Waite quite
" A 4OlOll 11414, 71111f9056 coal ;bet shim) in ..the
'''A'oool, l o l lo*rttot thtl,biptorYef;the Democratic
4141744.1" , 71vatirkor elsejvhereVin which
‘?,Patlioses,Vosis,. ,ptl„;)tbweVerieebli,' hes been
snmpleAr . :, 1 ' .trirsidits profeising`tts:ba Dern=
00 11 ,!-. ' ,:: '.. , ''
lout v•destroy , teir part);
/iy ' L I., . ~ Oislig:and'engaglng lir a flan
~.'ig, _, , ,
_, ' .,, "Tm, ' 'lthiCamisporrecortvention, while
* * ll' . 4 1 0 104 40igh i ll i flePhRitr Pr, °olidltY
AItrA I MIrVA II - t !.otit who
••,- z '
.11 asul-, Ignills mti ll there'll)
.- .. •, : Vaf i likt,ol4 hi ToniratiP 'een:
IhSiiiii4rainthe Derri o ;
\ intrigues dinaeoqint.
Procek4- ki:AF. 6l kicii.
feat Aur,flxcOlsol
loyirteiti*S,'On '4ll
If 4aitctieltblello
thfortanatelyignoi
. a' their ,coritittli
'Wirt tistir,idaatrie r ,
habition Of treecht
*tied thee a mel d , =
tug' no doubt under
iskautyr:olter the
li,"ditiposed of. , the
tlntuittetti:effered of
iiindriridual teapot=
tdopted . Would have;
erati, litember,pree.,
W,itiOnkihtrAilatl"
ANtoeridOr*Umefft ill
usat bettiiflitlliid , ,the
Omit .. ;;Ettecutiveo---•
feats allesidjtetateC , •
li -conalolleeots , it,
the motives , of the
- C''iinvioi tion, 'l4l a , majority, of thithirty.senen
0
It 1
' inlihsl 6o.l :4l 4 q n, `!° 6t Matikisrf#4. l , lll Woolfailigi
~ ect, nft,114,0,! I've in :it .as : Olifininiii, .p e • A
! . iriit lee,; . d:: ; ' Ite9'(llf - ik 2B o Meg .
. - 11 1 4 W ' , tik e
.. ti : thetkrltolert.ffiritike . ....
hat/ ' 1,1 a ti"Otisit, % yatiolltio fecal:PlO
the t nvirqion .140indflts kirtlihe:e and i!s
f ehl
- den9nlieyrof silltice„sikall 'PO citily 4.; conetd,4',
erea simPlele asal for
"State poi; ce Qt:ao'hilior Ta r e*,,:laviiill`
•be - construed hy•some strenge - . - calculatiem,-unt;
knowe . to cominiati sense into an indulting re -
newel of the . defunet- Leompten. :end a nti- L e.
',ciampten,afilitt*Aty. , ......Dut this is „utterly; absurd,
feetwo. - plain'reasons; bet ante, first;:' aa: - .the'
vcatelatt, the reaplutions:con'atititting the embocl
• led. searitinedm efthe botiventiowele a Hy shows
,theret• wag.,
~ttat. A. delrgatei whether.,once Le
eitmproo ed"othere isei„ Who .isted` iitit for them;
rind seetoadr,yhecaose not only the repolutiOns,
iiitr
~ Gk.! , whe-te proceedlaga,..indrOtite:Wfull.fra
,lone aceortfinee-between tdi,,the;Dielegates'in,
Goirention; 'forgetting past.differeneed and-,•pre f;
' l 4i lll2 &'' V' . e.' - gli-sirlilklheirctld .- ctrtliaLYelitt I.olok
. .;yritlra certain iyittorybefortal 10eArq z rather,thair r
t° ' be "`" e, - t i Y I - 430 0 1 11134 ,111 •te'm 04 »TIM --- wretched
',phi-this of,itbetr•hatbd 40- 1. 7- .13 1'111ff31/: t il -rAltht ;
lifttei t tirctet:threeltolitigni deeperadeee; tolerri;
-tied by . talWand respected by none, are in (lamed
!with' hopes 'of- ' eacouragiog „disorgenization
among ma; end aireadY gloat-I/oton ination over .
,
_the prOstrate;.ensigns of, enrc, noble old -partY;
while counting • in -.,tbeir:',diedins., -/ittlie.t - thirty,
piecearitsilver' to.lie pair? byithose3who here
.purebaled their.too - willing
.degradation to use
and then to despise' them. ,-..:Accordingly these
men, recently voting and working, es they per-. •
sistently•did, against: theicandidates. of, the;Der ,
,Intectacy,..and in favor of - these of MOtatiprinci; '
-pled 'oppdnents,and thus besely assisting to•in
!Wit the - deepest injuriecupon us,. belie .under
taken by,a mean; dishonest . and cowardly pro=
fessioti . of Dentodratic - opinions, -in defiance. of •
every !principle of honor and every: hitherto
altered rule; of:party, discipline, -. to ;invol ve in
their indecent and dishonorable plans anthpetty
' fortuned, - tbe -ciiiirbcteri rif;such respectable
.Dem'ocrats as,.beguiled by their rnisrepresenta.
tions; theY•maylie able.to pcituade to meet at '
Harrisburg on the 13th of April inst.',. torsid 1
thern!in ttonsuiniriating the disreputable, busi.
nese' to whiCh.theyhavn sold themselves, while I
ostensibly towindicate ? the ciState Policy" .of I
Gov: Wm. P - ..!l"'ekerc;
..----.‘••. -... • " - 1 .- --. ;. - . I
?But let lisibignire briellyand diapassionately• '
whit shape disdrgaeizing proceedings 'are I
likely tedissbrne as.a•prictical.ideart What do
the Bogne4netimitipase .to-tIO When they -meet I
at-Harrisburg:in theirrpiasi Convention?. Each I
and' every peraon-is :coaxed and begged. to go I
there; who may'like - tO' attend`On the.occasion I
either for .the business or the fun of the thing. I
Can such self-,Constituted Delegates pretedd to '
beable to show- any . , constituen . cied to •whom 1
they are /responsible,'or- by whom their. acts I
may be properly reflected, and by , which their I
extraordinary assumptions can be °relieved -
from contempt. -'• Might not'. ti-- gathering of '
Know Nothing-Black„.Republican-Pusionists '
just as• well 'meet together, and call themselves
a “Democratic" 'Convention, under pretext. of 1
itvindicating" Gov. Packer's / , State . Policy;" I
and be entitled to equal' consideration? There
can be, - we submit, no-doubt : Of . ..this.. 'Besides,l
in the absence.ofeartiliciates oCeleetion usually 3
iiresOntedbYthosit . claiming ,ntemberelhip in a i
party Convention, Of , of eome other
„protees-ot
ascertaining the political -character and.antece- I
'dents of the general company; how "shell any I
deluded, honest mat; perchance really'desirons '
'trf • vindicating *Governor,Packer's “State:Poli'l 1
cy,/' as a Dentoerat, and not proposing-to iden. -'
tity himself - With the OPpoditiOn; Teel even tol
erablyaefe in yenturingint&soiterilons a pliteat -
Wiley tie not --aleo'be permitted "to know what,
are the' principles to be displeyed by this anom
alous movement'? --. Are - - they. mlare 'Or less, do,
-they . .agreel.or, 'differ with those-held. by the'
HationalDemoCiacyf !js the intention - of the
Movetnent.eonfined . to the pretnotion of• mete
personal'; factitieeidette,•-brcen it Iniast'of • any ;
principles "cii.- - Ji - OlicYlooking•ito; the honor • and
the Arlie' int4estilot,the . ictauntry? •. If it be cid
'nied that thielrfeeting;:!inanghtsto be- convened
at HarrishtirgAeibtefided to organize a distinct,
feetion ; by. *liich iti , undeinnoine,,:if possible,
and to weaken-thit"'Denhocracy, what, then, ia
t, that the Manfige'rethink tri dor.; IS it Simply'
theli'object to adoKithitring of resolves "win- : :
•dicating" Gevernor•Packer's "State nolicy,"!
!and then, to adjourn sine die'r ' With a body of
self-appointed deleettted i without credentials or !
rlertikcateti,-tdid of every•veriety • of poll tiCal
enteeedents; Whet.wiil suet; a:- Democratic:en
dorsement be worth to the /,(State policy"! of
Ocive.riirTitckeil ' IcnOt•this; or. if more than
this; 'is: it their .- Ourpo3o in - Awl - Ili/tate to- ticket
80M : irate:. end distinct: trent that put forth -by.
the Dernocratie'State,dopvention ? ..and to. run it
'on the'principlirof,a.popultir -1/vindication" 'of
GOve'rtior 'Packer's.•“State t poligy.?” - And . . if
teach be their eXpectatien,,Wilhany truo. • frientl.
of 'Givernor P.dcker ,:consen,t ; fa it? or,-what
Derneeratwho enjoys' the tonfidenCe'„ and - re-,
-spect 'otitis associates, •with whom he - ,-,has - A a
- bored Shoulder st cr sh oltld qr . far so Many years AO
'do itittnY glorionecontestqithready; in fttrlher•:-
-anee-Orthe'personal-maliee-or atobition of un-
Worthierriarcontents ? to lend hireself, indirectly;
lin theoppod ition on the ter-MS-al' -endea'veriart to
'defeat. 'at 'tha!Pell s' . .it perfectly unexceptionable
'Dlaniocrajif , ticket,in order 'tliat:thentnninflei,
'Or theAippo?itinti trier be 'eleated,: . my matter ;
' 'iviiiettior iaii'y bit .'Or are , bogni,' operators,
- 'lifter iivitialcatitig" to' lie bestof 'their ability;
lOMiOrner . Niko?" 'State poliey??Ao,itinitnitta
' - the tieket 'tart hi!temo c racy? ',- 1 - hid Weald he
. reitty ii; fittOti; and Would • . .averilielitithe poriri
beggarly! conctarn; in'thit •'i broadest ' , and
. .moit
pitiftil•Tidiebli.! , --•'"- !C.'' , ''•! I . ' '•,•,..: .•-- -,- ••• '
' -Be 'asiiored,"-Fellow • Diirhograte, "tint: this
413eigtiti`CcinvOntipli'? hae.beeti.con'i6rteil.siztireN
•aittslide‘afilie' preeizian.Vbhich. it'is prctentliti(o
be based j It is an audacious effort:ow:: the; pert
tit certaiii•sChemers, to ttep,Povernor Packecend
•biefricitds; ter their Own deeret blijeets. . Isle
rrik•friend'wouleclesire. to PI/14.11 1 ra -in • Such
a imsitiori., _One 'of;thp,.lpliri. pbjec,to,of Alies 4
plotters ef-mischiette, to, d Istr . ac tits:and to, de;
feat' OUr ticketin :Hie doming ~ efeetion; lint: th 4
ithritediate step isdimeons of lbis.spee(ons; in.
'yoution of .ein , 'indise.rintinetlA Prpra• pawing, to
transfer ever y . :Democrat who,- may .be--:weak
enough - tolield-to their.wicked protessiens, and .
,td take part , tin 14.400 and ,soul: . ; wish , them
.selvesi to, theiaoks of-the. 9ppositioi,,.. And
. Perelltaloui,..ii }3 9' 4 lla.Y- •titdiPp9sed3o../isteß:o
their:representations, *elle-, warned •in ,tirne of
theerdestroc titre, macbin ations, and to. ee their
approach's aid you:,wkOttid-thelloison or,th",stil
, letto of theassassin, , . - ),.,:'.. .;;,.. '
' ,T Petnedratkol,,minsylvaoht, wih ,energe tic,
PrlPorstion , and *itil,trti# lwartsj .I , Tf ' hq , Ve. vie
tory :within oqki gillipy!....olir,; littes,,broken, no't,
by-the elieray,-whObadv.potthatAtrength itct,tlit
3 ) ,
it ; but hy diteiefiPars,have . ...beeit4ralardatdillbe •
'MY veteran lefeWnsi - baitfr-,-YetAlfraCra,l 9 4; l
equal fieldy itavekheett'filled:4 l l o 4744tri;l4 l t l l -'''
A
ies—the old banners:re beihtr•Pld,v4Ceds...AM ' d•
**hese the ;steady tramp of, fi -CON I/ IVO lip elr/trlt!
anti bOtkablAo697 IlYinit :hordes, - t,whofie ; rob,ber
:Watch-Ward ik.not:Patriotisin ,or: ,hotiori nciy, the;
-posier and, proopetityofthe nation, ba(priiate
booty-, the ,oppreision, of tclaesesi and - lewleas
agitation ggain;t: Gover,i)tnints. and Court itu•
: tions ! ..The time has gone*. by...for small things
lind'..ttnittilleil. : We:have sornethirigfutorelter
riptils, tot age our, attention And our efforts
t it. the,V„iseiable • trade carved orf=. l l:iy . base •
7
f,ti? Vela* i . who : are: el wayi in 'thiehabit. or
1
?ling -alt it peribrill succes s es it "
acquiring ;
o ~,, 4es,
: ckpersonel diSeppointineneWhe test of
: 044 tru e: }} . of Phoriples or l : pl e rty. . The
ConetituOn-- ther,UnieM T —our freebstitutions!
'-‘-our lirifrii(erity- ; -the .security - of -Property=
out..liberties=nrcl.altunstin,the balance of a
fer,y,e,re,:ot political - *.histort.; . Should Peruisyl- J I
senior*, ilief.hitiiiiiiigreatYlligh Priestess , of
Peoeefiand.T.AW.eidding _conservatism, Veil her,
;et:llionl*i - eistin tenence *- in - SarfOiv, Ond Surrender
ltee,tiust. and her` PersOrr4U:the sectional' Mo.o
4oell'.,"all.ii,intleed lost!, Reny,' liten.4.loC - AOP
goßtArren, tally
. .Ooder. the .broad;, : ana . glorious :
;tang-Of.the: liquid - drat:lc Convention': . 'lts pint
'ldrm f4' 06 . Officialjirocictineitipp cif:, piitidiple's" :
- and - Measures by the Democracy Of•PenosiYlyn ,
:-.1 - liti. ' . The , : eandidates. neminatedhy: the Con -•
i -ve'xitron, are npright, ! intelligent and capable
i men, wirhoutailein'ontlieir'relitittion. Nit:
.possible tliat..yOu s;ig.bp:.prfpi4iteil upon. to lle:-
`sort. it, yand ,tl5 - bo3,T; Own : before-14e ,double 7.
:fuelii•ldel : a•XnriWtslettillig•*l3liickAtepublicai
,rletiltitionic hither f 66 iitherWl'al''deipise.- , -be4
cause it may,Ttesse ; 'certain:vain . apostates td
throw, a cover Over,its:detestnkle features'? „No
man whp ; respeCts :hirrself, will be. guilty, of
such motet arid menial' obliquity:: Stand fast.
with:ihe old DinOnritcY : and participate 'ir our
approaching triumphs; for as . certain as, -- ,our :
country survives,, we also shaltrise in - the'mai.:
eity of a just, Cauie.• Should you triumph with.
1.. us; yon. will stand •in 'the - Front ranks With -the
victors; but aid the Ppposition to coMpass ihair
renis,-arid'it no worse,: comes. of it, your,.part of
therrejoicirig,OnO profit viiil be, to : An : arch in the
rear'of a tffusion!'' procession,' with the, blush
of : shame .upon your'facie, - ttted and despiser} by
'your Mongrel osSociates
.• . -:: : ROBtRT • TYLt.ft,‘" Choi;-nail:
TuE
H Cet.o - uedPorurdmoN;During friesuit
,year.lcuislatire enactments, of'a restrictive - and
expulsive-yeharacter. - rowa.rd •this class,-
,have:
been' favorably consictered,Or passed, in no less
than, t welTe of. the ~I.7Mted Stafes. In
Soiit Kern :States, 1 heserriectuies' prohibit bOth
the - ernariciPaticia ""Slaves. and .the. employ
ployment of. - free Ifegroes, instan
ces expel theni from the:State. hrfie a:onstifu.:*
bon of,Pree'States recently - admitted "contain'
. ,
the meat restrictive'" provisionS;'•ir(Seveial of
the 'older Fred States; :the 'incompetency. of
negroes, as. Witnesses; and
,tbd.denial the
right cif. suffrage, On. a property ,qualification,'"
have been recently re . -affirmed;Phici:has just
passeda law declaring that no person haying
any .African blood:shalt exercise the 'elective
franchise - within h 6 limits; . gassachdletts has
rejecteo.a bill tiulifying the fugitive Slave Law;
and' petitions, have bean:presanted in our Plate
Legislatufe for a•lniy 'to prevent -Megrepd of
settl4V•Within:the - b:Ordeis
of. this Conitrion‘winith.. •.' •-•-•• •
When we •remember tiott . ••the free „colored
population Pornberiltalf tnillion r sixty •,.thou
sand of wheat, tire re.aident's • of Pennsylvania : ,
the question • arlies—What are ihd reasons' of
the measures to,whiCh we haYe reterred?.• The
PhilactelphinZadise; ltrin article Uponthis !ob
ject, presents the annexedi .; •• • • •
lare : - .-reesort! may ;be : eisigned
: for • these
movenietitsiViriii; the Presence'rof thefree col•
orestpeople•in the'-Southern Stateeis deemed
undesirable, end attenditl by evils which should
be•discountenance - d; second, the strife with the
foreigner.and lahorer,(in the Free 'States) for
employment and, for bread; • suggests measure!.
which render competition with yrhite men com
pletely •IrrealOtablel v These are ..thir.causes
which have preduced•and are producing results
which' are gradually' .taking the form of . 'law;
Htroughout-the whole Country.'!. • - '
The,mie!Von•ithich the view'of these effects'
and . causes must, present to the rnind'of every:
.hurnaneand:patriotie• man; is—Hew are these
people to be , sayecl from the discouraging and.
degrading; position into the Untrristalcde- :
ble sentiment' and poweiful will of the majority.
is•drivinglbem?.
: It. Ili a
: question ' worthy of'.
grave consideration. • . • . ..• ,
V(ABIIINTbN, April. Q
• The only . ..emotion exhib'ited' - by. Mr. Sickle's,.
eornmericemerit .of lhe ;trial, -.war
when :his old friend; Robert', ',
J. Dillon of.. New
yofk,",stetiped up - to„ him te-day; •and greeted.
hint.: Sickles' turned away his' head to'conceall
the tears:that sufkied his eyes, - • ' ' •
The arrangement 'made ,by counsellor 'th&
defence. Is,4bat.Mr, Graham la. to make the
opening speech. After-Ahe. Caia- the:prose
ctitiOttia'crosed"Nre.. Stantdrr is to' make the.ar
iutn'ents on points' of 11fr.;13ratly is - to
examine.thelvritneiseS, atidovith-Mr • Chalton;
to:prescnt the' closing arguments.. . •
The uniformlY intelligent' demecnor of the
one hundred and seventr.men, • summtiped to
net as - jur'ors, struck. vVitit .stirprisethe 'New'
York, counsel... They say 'they ItSve 'never
seen's!) fine's., collection 'of jurors, The fact . .
that; while. they expressed sympathy for, the_
prisoner,'Oey yet were liono'fable enough 'to',
avow their incompetency to aerie; eihbws What
public opinion is in.the best classes `of society,
there.
, • .
As to the questicm of property lualift'cation
;for jurqs, about whlck has been 'said, it may,
nOt'bei amiss to 'state — that, •in' . New Yell., a,
similar property" qualification' exists—a juror ;
must be assessed to . the, amount of $031), and
his ncd-belne' so assessed, is. a cause •of chal
lenge.• One of the jurors, the eleventh, is : un-!
•
.iferstood • to hive. stated ehat, since he INEL4
sworn ho.has come to the conclusion that his
mind• Was norwholiy unbiasied.. If this be so
it may affect the preaeut• organization of the
i'oor‘ White Trash and Ri c h NegrOci:
Thee New, YOrk Tribune," the acknoWledged
organ of the Black kepuhlierins, in a, late article
.on the revolution in Hayti, makesthe.folletwirig
infamons and, disgracafhl equiparreon:
etkeonsitterable.jiart of the whi iofl
(of. Hayti, at the time'of the wbolifirin of 'slave:-
.ry in that country) -We re' petit •ullanar, 'so -called
little whites, the same, as the f voou wurTE, TRASH
of our'Southpre , States.; witbout,educet.ion, or.
,property,,bet,circeedingly tenacious - .like 'eon
wniTE 'taute' ,oath' and 13Outh," Of a diStinctioa
which enabled them to take rank of -the.irmat
accOneplished and wealthy. MEN Oi* aOLOR."
g.
.Herg,, says tip Bedford Gazett e ., this Black.
.
'lt
OraelPrititristellhat'thipOor White
people of our ioutitry and the 4‘little yvhifeey
ot Hayti ciccupyLthe sarnetpoeitionin the ecale
of qoc}et:g; Wiqt that of,the, most,accomplishod.
,and: wealthy r‘
rhen - iif thus placintoui
`poor'White" pornriation onla level with .the'rio'r,
Whit Wlll:thecintellitent American la r
;LiOrer.eiry.:ttrithisT- degradiat
a t olass: that , 'forMe.,the bone and sine*.
Ar;aßriatid;.gp anrehuliell'i The irpoor
friieb;it ' fOrshothi "Let!the . Poror white Man re
rrierithei it . andlet him • resolve to whip out , of
.all existence the party that dares thus to die-,
honor him." - ' .
tntt Ol emmtxat,
.1.21
S;PErrEfIGI M8:1g03...•A'3.-. ,
-AM••
Yu)IV . •44 .Y'
. ass t re es, sto S tate tic!,
U. iiirT4Nattl.l4 aietlie - .;Age'nts,..fbr
,tbe'
bpAgen Daimon - sr and, the most . influential and largest
olrentating...Nestspaperafer.the United States and the.Can
ridge; ; ;They .-at.e.autltorlied . to 4,ontiaot for us at: our
, -Dentottratiti-Sata
FOR atri)xTOlitz.tmt?kT,t
OF Pfi ILAI~P . I.YUTA,,
Pon , BItiIItEIrOR'ONNERAt
' Oe.T#e,INKIN•pOUNTY
Pemocrtitic etafe ei,thiiiitte'e for 1859.' '
CdAti4AWLIfOi3tRI"TYLER.
- - • -
4PServer, :Stephen H.
Bentani',John•';.:ll,, ,, ,;;Dohnet)'3Mortigon .#pster,.
criyorge,.,AVW4Ft9Pi : r“' VVincent, L .
B,Kitdfor4, ) ,
.
• 4dor
M o ontgontery—Di% E.,L. Acker,.
44097-J 1 ;4%
.•
'.•. •
,•
• Cerben; .IVionroe, 'Pike; •and :WaineLE. S.
.Staple: •.
Bradford,;Snagaehannah r W.yOriing acid
• .
R. - Brundage; E'd• . : Dolph '
Tioga,•Pritter, - IClT'ltean' and .WarrenH•."
Guernsey %''
Clinoir,.l.4.eenningiCentre and •Uniein—S.S:
Snyder., NosttininUerland,, Menniont and' !ccr;
G..F . reene. •••' :••••. '
Berry:
.'aad Mifflin=
Charles Brant, and TUotnas • ,
Dauphin and• . .l. abanon--4arna.
Lancaster—George Sanderaon,..l. pouts.
l'o'ck_-A;lexan~er Wertz:
' • • ••: . •
'Marne, Franklin illy.
Someiset,. Bedtsirdand'-kluntingicin—JFiseph
Blair, Cambria; and elearfield--p.: L. perli-
• Ilidiana and . Armstrcing—Adam'Lovirk.' •
Westmoreland and. Fayette--A'acobjerney.
~..Washlngton and Greene-4.-.l3...iihaye. •
P. ..PetterManr, , Andrew
.• '
Beaver and Vutrer- 7 ..telm Cieham. • •..
. Lawrence, 'Mercer and Venango—Williem
• •
•• Eriealad•.Crawford•William•Kerr.
Clarion,, I . .
rial!, ..lefrerson, 'Porest .. and
. r.lk—Dr'.
"Lehigh and •Noithamp'ton-Jererniab'S • chin;•
del. .
• 14erks--Col.dharles Keealer..
. •
!sWits`is'l'llE l FALL . SlFtEltr , •
The supreme contempt in'Which the preient
editor of the Citizen is held by the respectable
portion' of the dommtinity,.aad into which he
has put that paper -- inthe - eheri sPe'Ce of three
months, renders any epithets we Might apply
to these matters entirely "superfluous, and 'will
save 'us the buntiliating necessity of . . - 0110ng
oaraelves - and our":paPef onifeommoalevel with.
them: The degradation of a.publiejoar- -
nal is always to lie - regretted„ especialiy, in Its
own locality, as it exhibits beyond n peradveii'L
ture'a .- cotrupt :piste among the people where
such:a piper, Is deMinaed. ',lt is vory.naturel
to
. conalide: that Where a supply is had a de
mand must exiat, , , bowever _limited either" may
lie ;'but in thia case we'feel it oat'duty to say,
that the dernand exists - only with the fete
victuals - who control - the destiny orthat
It allOrds• us no pleasure to be compelled' to
speak Of tfiese facts, patent as theY are to the
pbservailon of a lerge portiOn'etthe commtini.:
ty wood' rtkuch 'rather sit • Were . Othey
Wise, tintf - that We could be 'enabled to differ
.
With the views eider 'coteinporary it a, spirit
courtesy, which would not onlytender pleasant,
our duties, by precluding the necessity reply,
ing to filthy, misstatements' and" personalities,
but woold.ilao be, much 'more tigrdeahla to - our'
. . • , ,
True to its iriptincte, that paper rest week'
'devoted to'us the larger :share o f its
asking. - the queetion . which heeds this artiele,',
and proceeding .to ,- charge us. With' fasehoed - be
!laying that the. Democratic press of the State;
with a dishonorable exception'or two, austeMed
the action of the late Democratic State Con,
vent ton. However inadvertent this declaration
might .have been, it did not justify tbeaditor
. pr,esening,an array of -names or Demograti"o
newspapers, some sixteen in - nuintier, who . np;
pose the action of the 'Con'vention, ,three : . of
which' do pot
. 'opPode - it; : three.ittot4 of which.
ere not 'and never were Deinocratic papers; and:
' the larger.portion of the remainder have' not
acted with the Democratic Patty 'for More - thaw
a year. say this
. frOmour'CoWn knowledge
Of' thee° papers, ana 'have:taken the pains to ea:,
certain the position of'thesd with whieb:weltie
unacquainted Whether 'the editor meant 'to
what h
palm this'of!.on politely`'"terms our
ccdeptorable igoorance,!' or Whether he is hirit,
sell' deplorably ignorant; Yet remains to' be
This is - the season - of house:Cleaning,
,when
all the seesons ofthe yearthe following ;receipt
ileatroying , vermin in .bede,,will he; most as ?
. coptable to- oar readarti•- It •is !tom the Couniiii
Gentlemen: . • ,
Take' two pounde,ef bruise, it,:o
,4
nearly,reduce,it to powoer; ,diaeolye,it in three
quarts of
,boiling water, jetting. jt. remain in a
warm 'Place till , the Mem ist:diisollied. The
alum water is to b:e applied hot, by metind of a
bresli to every joint- and,erevice., 'l3ruah'the
.crevieee in , the. the>ekirting 7 bOard, if
they nip intipecteii plac,ea;',.whitewash the'eeil
ing,, putting in plentyalprn; :hid there will
be en 'eini
, The .comiuctor theliait.Lair.e. mail, arrived
at St. Smiths, rep/ills-that the, Ind i ans had -no
tified the emigranta jo Pike'aPcalc that the
Great. Fathek;ho not iefbOtight ;heir country
and that thei. eliould, not Hie' in it; as an' earn
nest of their. , intentions, they '.have .
.already.
‘vay.kid and murdered several' emigrants+.
MMIM=MS=I
After, three days of: , lalfo4 a .juTy-Nras;
on *driesday last, obtaine3t,-to• try' Sic,kies'
case The . ..followirg is a.cliteaifPed •list.otthe
jumixlected: • . ,
( • -
g 14,.. Arnold, - Farooliv • • .
• 2.4 times D. Davis, . • •
3,P, - John E,-Neale, Shoilitranufrietureki.. l.
S. Hopkins; Gent's.
5...Wr0.' Bond; Sreker.; . . •
‘4.-JainesiKelley,,,Tinherf • ,
Groker..
S.. Henry M. Kojght,,ProceN:
'lo; . .JOhn McDe'rinOtt, .0604 Maker.
11. Wm. M:.4 loo re.,,Gicicer.....
:12.' Joseph S. Wrig . .hty, Furniture 'Dealer.
• .
The jury is generally regai.ilid as. a gond one,
being'Cooaposed.of the:rnrist respectatile;inen (if
the District of Coltiftibia: ' •
We are pleased to see a number:of nur citi
zens angageq.,in,Aaiolie,:iicrk Of setting out
shade trees thli spring.-- Nothing adds so much
to the beauiy of a village,or...tic; ( the comfort of
a house, in summer time, 118',handicome: shade .
trees. :If you wishtiiichOw . the value of shade
trees, ask thoSe7fe'W iihr:Viiiagn: sho have
trees around their dwelling; the Price.at
they Would:havn'them removed,; and' :you will
See in what estimation ther,are rhOld• by their
-owners; and still it:costa but little fOr. eadiper.
eon to plant his own . ' premises:::" . Every street
in our village—as soon as our- city ; Fathers shall
suceed in focatinithertishould be s lined on each
side with roWs'Of our Citi
zens will firpyove,e4e . present , season and plant
trees wherever_ they irnnot,JanifAUirkadd ma
terially-to theft. own :comfort -and_ to the"beauty
. .
.. rot. T. L.. Xirin,:rdet severe accident
while out prospecting tfiO M Kenn and. Elk
f.and,Cornpany's,landSEni . ifonday.
orer',a his, horee.,stderAded, throwing ttith off
and bruisirig him 'severely.. Ile 'Was' assisted
to
.tl : ie•Saddle, and . proceeded a 'short distance
When the horse 'agiiti .stutribled and fell break
its leg: T4is• sev4re'ilsage•Of. thepolonel.cans:-
he , morliag,e . for a short, time, but he' so far' rd=
covered as. to lie.,able to start for Nevv;
• • •
• piiimoxifn.:—Goir. Packerhas pardoned Fr4(f
cis.Peters,-who %yes' convietedi 'at ilielast..No
vernber•Teftn of the quarter SefTsions of Clear
field ,cotiMy,.oc . stealingia horss, that Conn
fatts having since come shovying,
tisat•lie..i.as.,not: guilty of the charge.._upon
which he was t'onvicted, IVir —Peters has :re
tuined to this. county; withhia family, and de
clarns.his, intention'e& proseeuting;,The
,party
who.procured his conviction.and imprisonment,
We'neglected to note the enlargement, of Elie
13radfor'd•ftiiner, last - Weelr.. It is no* aifarie
as the 'Olean paper r Or . . - its neighboting .cotern
tit ri es . IGfr. J. K. FfalliY;. the s eat
tOr, seems deteimitii , dito make it'd first class.
Paper, 'and with his' indomitable' energy, and
tfie co-operation and a's'sistance of , the 'shrewd
6usiness - rneri ciff • Brifoid . Township, ..he will
• • An experienced busipeas mat, in an address,
to busineas men, remarks that whatever your
occupation or calling may be, if it...needs .sup
port fromthe public, ,:!idvertise- it thoroughly
and efficiently, in some shape or other that will
arrest attention hare. may
In occupations that do not require .advertising,.
but We'cannoS.conceive . what,they are; •
' • Read. the Addiess'otthe beinoCrittie . State
Centralspenamiitee.• It is a ,complete vindiea
tion of the coerce of our late 'COnvention, and
shows ur the diaargartizera in .the'truelight:"
The alleged 'fugitive; *hoe arrest , at ..Har,
risburg we- noticed last
. week; 'has been dip- .
`charged;, the claimants not being Able:tomake
satisfactory ease olideritity..
.„. • ,
We ate iiidebtedlo Hon, . for three
volumes of doniresaitinai:Plofie, containing
the proceedings •ot Ist
session of the thirty
fifth; Congress: ;Ttianic:iou, • •
Tim SMetra' Talitr:, is ; pl•ogreesi4
in . Mrashington, is watched 4ith : engeilriterest.
prom Monday, , until Thursdaf, of last week,'.
the time of the Court was emproyed in empen
ellinia jury.On Thuriday the'prosecution
opened and the witnesses for' government 'were
sworn._ . The'testimony -is afditail of the
cumstences ofLtlea-yilling Key, as already
;published.; • On Friday the prosec ution closed,
and on Saturday 'the defence opened their side
of ;the case, Mr. Graham , addressed the jury
on the opening. of .the, , llefence, 'occupying.. the',
whole of? Saturday,' and
,cencluding,•on Mon;
_day. The points which Mr. Graham presented
for consideration-. Were-.- , .
Fitst,That4he Government ;was_ bound, to
make out the case.,
Second—YliifncaliCe';,vat[noi to be firesumed
Gut prov'cm I . •
Thirit—Roxy far irdoltery'is to be considered
ptovoctition. ' • : • "
Fourth—Why
..a crime under , the' old
common law was not murder, but manslaugh
ter,
tire Mdinctiorfot the reprivilo:
glum eleirietzl," the slight btirning in the 'hand,
is tantamount to an acquittal..;
,Sixth 7 Whether thefrenzy natnral to a hus,
banditniler, circumstances of, such a character,
does not operate" as mental unsoundness
.:eliontl:-Whether: . reviewing thiriSse . air one
Hof nrigovernable passion , and as one of resent )
Merit pioduced by pas.sion, Ws;s'a
cleric time for the defendant's passion'
."to; cool'
and for reason to get the' fintierof. th'e
port of pasaiora . 4nd Whether 'subsequent
acts' wore deliberate before the 'rivirtal.wbund, s
were, glieti to the
'' - Several ietteis Were' 'Olin 'lrreiciduted fiMn
_Mi• I;ir
_.
Sicleree far 'We purpose .
, shaiiiing thelnr
titnee'r:.'whicrnii)riOd bStiaineri . the per:ties.'
Sivelal:Witileases"were sworn, wlna s testified ro
the Of : kr Sicklessfor ihe,decnase'd,
' • (.:filiiikiiiieenieiii . cirtheSicicips Trial, • '
":I V 4 6lll `iErN:i'Mcn, l4l ',l : ,'‘ A
Prii
' that of Mr. SiChtes
licefie.livithe \ colitt-roc*ai.
been .Iriteigaply..ixciflag watt : Tee- -
corted.lrim the 'irriG i hnffd,ot by o :::numbtfr of
fr lends anibliv great . of
positl'A rnithe prisoner's liox, and
there. rettOrtned &rang ttkproceeitiil
' - eliefi aft' - • •
! 0. nau mar sOf agitation, but ap-r
pared tisane:of:llre locker's-0n...2 , ••
The• panel of -thirtY jurora waicexliatiried by
,four preemptoiy . , challenges and!, fkir.r&domrs
on.the lircsperty qualifi c catiots,aa_bi. laW a
Man owing leis lhalf-4131lIfliillari'beiti-g"'gdoil
cause for phalretge.. i jkle,lCouri,..aciid 'that
'each ti ine lurbr
Aftolney vitate . he . w a , a.
.Many 'fielder : Ai - of ant interesting '
aster has. eicatiried,filinetli*::dift. T,l:/ne wit
ness said he . was ,disgaaliOriddii
9 9aRaguetcd ; of
the'relaticnshili accused., 'On
being-asked whet ltr. Wasy he stated
.at he too was a roamed man:' A panel of
seVenty.fiv a-talesman - 4s ,?rderedfor:io-morrovi
mgrningi
•The applicatiOn„lal.adinission to the dingy
littiirroomin•tlie C.ity'Hall; where the criminal
Court,hOid;:h4'Ye: l # , Aiki , ' 6 ,_ittiniii6rinis, but so'
e.t
wiiserable.arhe accommo,datioislhart, re'. the re.
porters'fiat great' difficnity3o:eoiiritle:feate.
'reporting-thief-important- is.all.oatof ~tbe
Itabeaillty,,b,nd,,ignpraticelre,ehar
act eriatie 4.othe 'old fogy officials' hke.-. V'hough
there mighpeasjlytave.bean.-prqw.arrange
ments made by thd:sAntrodilatllm of. tables or
tem'Orirey'dbalte,,, the , penyile . or . Marshal; o r .
whoever lidghi fro attend follfifitiVe . tiehtt:pha.
tieing only the ,eaiy: plan ol - laevi4o.de and
their ohtuldness is so -extremes that' remon
straitcdds '
I visited-Mr., Siekles in prison . atii late, hour
last evening. There', is-no special hour fee ex
eluding called . there' were
three . ". gentlenien 'with: 'him; among -them his
father. I had mit' seen. Mr. Sickles since his
arrest.,arid Wei hardly him
looking in manner -was- pleasantly
natural. There was little or no talk about the
event in wriich ~so deep an interest is. felt; ,at . .
the same time there . waa .noappment desire • to
evade the subject. Conversation was kepfrup
oh a - variety of topics; and -the 'accuiled bore
his part in it - With:Ockease one would
imagine 'that he beta a greal and abiding-grief.
.. • • .
Hie, littleipetitaliati greyhound no*. eat on
his knee and -now' got beOveen the sheets' of
the bed,- placed in. one 'Corner Of thet.jailcr's
room, which is occupied by •Mr;Sicklei,- the
room is.furnished..coarsely, hut.itill, with com
fort, and the pi-limier I•appears :to make .oe . ,
.most of it. : There lea large crowd :aivernbled
in anitabOut the City• Hall awaiting the open-'
ing,of the doors of. the Court -:Some
hundred persons have already- gained - actnit-•
tanee. througli , tne, private,..dp . ore t "- All 'round
'may be. noticed, .the liiizz:.,andi.,biitle of the
great "trial:. Mr.. Siales tisi not,thien iiroug
• Court et,Y but' several of hie 'counter have*
conic in.. .His, counsel'areJansesT: Brady, and
John-Graham, of. .I , leky:oric;• - ,E::- P. Stanton of.
Pittsburg,, .and•' Mesita: Sttritual Chilton and
Daniel-Ratcliffe - of.; Washington: - There. 'are.
several othey'gentlemen associated with ,theie
—among them Mr. Thomas Francis-Meagher,.
of New York.r.:'The prosecutiorwis coriduCted
AttorneY,fort.he Hnited
States for.th&District Of:Columbia,. anti is
understood that he 1011 ermilc4hfr. J: 4 M: Car
lisle. to ',aid • him-at least application to' be
made for potfrnisqlon to clo'so-:: .
At half..past ten,- 411.. - , Judge craWford .
took seat'oe the Bench, and , theCrieT oren
ed the Court. ropen
the,puhlic•: doors;
were thrown. end the room. was -immedi
ately filled - .• . „ • •
Mr; Will asiceci thettbe' witnesses"-for the
proaechtiori.shOuld be - . all - Uniw.eted
to their names but four:, : ,
.The Judg,e
directed . the Marshal to bring in
the prisoner... When Mr.' Sielaasr was broUght
into Court returned-the;Tedughifieff of sev
eral of his friends .and acquaintances, and tonic
his seat beside his counsel, but .near the Tailing
that ieParates the lawyers Irnm 'the' audience.
The itidict*cnt _Was then react to the:,pris
oner; Charging him; with the usual . qiitintity of
legal verbage,•,with;the it:under ,tt•P Philip Bar:
ton Key, in, the City:of. ,Washingtoe, on the
27th 'of February:. . . "
He was asked the question,
,ge . .kre.ysn;guilty
or not guilty? In a clear, firmAcine' he reipon
ded t4Not guilti.it The task of getting - I . :jury
was then commenie..", „ ,
Mr... Stanton called the attention of •tlse court
to.the fact, that the prisoner *as, pineentighe
hcix wliero his ciidriser 110 oseridY'itcedoi
him... He asked the couii order . the box to
be plaig in such: a'positiort Ghat; IVft: "Sickles
could confer will). his .conutiel., 'of
fact he might as well remain in jail' ditriut the
trial of hiseanite be'WMrefhe,i's nclivplueed.
The Judge 'not . "conagitctoji . syq.,Ahe
box 'placed , beside lssiyerit.
was the rule tokeep it .where iGiilas placed: It
oyed-6' thelliiliik'di
rectly On - tback of .thci:Var,'Unil:the,MaFahatwould
directed,to keep the, wi,Y operic4;coiregeff
'dance of the -.• • ,
. .
'HOSTILITTE§. DFDWEED : DOMINICA AND
.DEN
MA a. letteis-from•Sati
mingtrio the •15th of, Mirch - announcing...
iilities between 'Dominica - and'Denthark.- 'A
Danish EilioY had, recently arrived` there: in a
war vessel,:and petiernpfork,derogoded $150,,
000• as frideninity - .for the seizpre of — two Da
nisli'veseels by•Fresident Bae- . 'duriitg , l l lte",re-'
cent revolutions in Dontlnicd. , • • , ,
Yresident Sananta offered to refer the matter
to arbitration, but the Danish ftitctionary, de
clined, giving the Dominieans hut twenty-tour
houte 'to comply with his demhnds, with' the
tmderstanding, that a reittial'vionld'be,follOwed
by a blockade of .the port::
'The Dominicans decided in favor of :war, and
-conimencerl mannin g • their batfories::. There
w:tts 4 but one'DanishWer veeiel irfpprc. •
LATER.---Nevi York-;:letters''received' from
San Domingo state,that,nreirouti to, the Danish
action
against • 7 ..,Santaries government, • the
French -demanded 'the concession't of all ..the
gold. silver, 'copper and.iteal: mines , in•the Re
public-. •• . ••,• '
. .
• A Western editor Says•he Once heard es-Son
ittor Tom Corwin..,say tht,Nyhen he first. 'en-
Wed an offiecto he 'into the .object
ridiculelir towirenapeoniit
of his :fionsesput ..dress, 4 gl
have lived to see eireil , one them ten times
as ragged asv‘yielit'tlitit tiriip==and ikhy? •I
‘ i.. 9 .9 -, etonotrt;c; , itrthey' 'were spendthrifts,
Ong:of the._ late candidates for the . ..United
States Sen'atafiliitilif:New Joraey,..it is said,•
remarked that; ((the present was the. highest
price4egisjatnile..4e wiefliati 'dealings' with."
The p'enich . Senatir D r Onglnii':oigan at Watih.
ngton, clinouncei the bolting .Conyention on
hi 13th intitant.„ • • "