M'Kean County Democrat. (Smethport, M'Kean County, Pa.) 1858-186?, August 04, 1859, Image 2

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~..',graben aaterritorift:gxtension - With . the' same,
•.h•o4l—.w - madsAfe.fiag ,of .the Union .the,
~plitectio -„ 811010 itizentkin .18,1-,, in ma ny . 1
... • Cblobity . .and jlorieue,:•vtetetyl)y . ....lantl - and sea
... .iihk.h."' l .ipielfe - d tie' fanatical insu rrection or
1811'
4 en d= t.r)iMplcd* the :contemptible. insignin
....of itifii•O•iiilliiig:.uatioatiori in the mire—and'
'. whose' I errible„writth -will yet. teach 'the .111ack
.
. - Repablican.,:pfeseriptioniets; of: Massachusetts
• •hOw perilous 4 Afiingitis . to'clare : iotritle iti , io
. . legal equality!: or li berty in.our.coufitrY=no one
..
~ctiirdetriY, ihlfinei how singularly .appropriate ic
. is ilipitl.this.4mu.,Deriiocratip party should hovel
.. .assiOined
.the . ..isitiottokof O new idea in ,
.tho ..
::. griihtil:Opa:shre'toititien of the great Problem
Otlititiian rights. •.'"• '' . •.: : .•.• -• .
..:•' .11eritegeguiiim is said to be:the leading vice
Of,. ieimblicak institutions, ...Always •in sea rcli
••; of political chpital,it neVer, looks to see whoch
..:ei.it is - everi consistent avith itself.' This i.s
. -)gitteeful fact litre been recentlY iiltistrataili.by
the' . shameleSs.couree'of the two 9pposition fAe-.
tions. , ;Not Contenrwith grossly misreprisent
. int; to. meaning . of Genera I Cass's let t;••y to, iiir.
, .Le Clerk- =a mere serni-pifieialbusiness inite-oi
a few libes,tating a fact' by way of cautioning
his correspoinlenr,•and nift int. - 4111Ni as•a politi
. eel leit ih:the discu . ssion of a' .princijile, as is
qujirrplein tipon' . its face—the hid:ions. or.the• •
~.':Opposition;: whose oppressiye, tyranical and
bigoted', hostility to the ilantrOzeil citizens
,may he; seen- in the ruins: of 'chi'relies tles.troyed
, •. by fire; and ih:the motifilering remains of. hen- •
. - drede.of.vietims front New Orleans to St. Louis,
'..-de'pr,iyed, of life 'while, endeavoring • Co' ful fi ll
. .their duty is, freethen at !he ballot .box:,,have
•• 'eMlesihred tO•;patrdnrie• this c)aspistul sand ill.
,'treated clasi of-our felloW citizens by. pretend,,,
heg.4Mew-born zeal in 'their welfare. :Well
mateach,OfloPted citizen , exclaim in view
.of -'
this 'sudden maniteitation of •friendsliir, Ili did
-' the' Trojan - of old, isfriptro'. Thulium it i(ona
Artorte?"-1 fear the''Peeks When they bring; us
. giffii:.qs; i:::..;' -'. "*.1 . .... •:• ,: ' ;.2''.-: :. • : -
. •
i.;BUt.:.asit further , proof 'of t he'bolloW -he a rt
•• hypocrisy 'whieh has marked the •11111reirictious .
•' display kve have witneSsed,
: you will permit. us
to - call ;your partiMilar notice .'to: the .recent
•,-
amendment of the' Constitution of th State of
.;.114asittehissetts, i•State• , end' hopelessly
: 'given ;to Black Republicanism,, (as distinguish
., 'ed.. from Pure• Americanism,). providing that
• ~N o person of foreign birth shall. he'entitletdto
'. be eligihisi to Offiee;' Unless' he
have foisted Within the jurisdiction of the.
. •
United StateslOr two years •subsequent , his.
• naturalization, •and shall be. 'otherwise. qua1.....'
.....' ified,accordiqtrio the Constitm km 'and taws . Of .
'; • the','2COmmorwealth." The language of the,.
,airiendiasent speaks - for itself ; and requires ,no
explanation' or comment. Before it. con ld be
submitted ton vote of they:peeple of the Staits
•.. the law required'that it should be acted on and
paseed .by .tc,CO successive': Legislatures.
- cordinglY his was- done. It' is. (11/ undfspiiled
• . .fact that four4tiths of each Chamber .of these
".twit successive Legislatures, were neither Dem, ,
•' Ocratsi•uir Americans, but Pidck reeputt ! . cans:
Thitvote of Massachusetts at. the Presidential,
• election in. 1 .856.. wasi- in round numbers, one
hundred'and five' thousand votes' for . Fret - dont
..,:(84Cli:Bepuliliean,): twenty-nine thousand 'for
Buchtinatt, (Democrat); and twenty • thousand
• for rillniore (Know-Nothing.)
,The proof is
' therefore ilicontestible that . bii•nseasure.;.orig
:.•iiiniti.,ne.With'the Black Itepublicads; was passed
thioUghlWo successive legislatures' in Which
that: party: was overwhelmingly predominant;
' and , that, was finally consummated -.Rt.. the.
.."papular election by. theig;suflrages... The iris-•
nOt i _to' Say illegal effect at this..extraaf
- dinary,:amendment :is two first dis-'
t. ciiminat ecagainst• the net oralized citizens, by
them apes - tears .class among 'white man;.
.unv , rerthy to participate in elections With them ;
in' the active effltirs geverament,for the
period'of tvirm'years'a fter they he ve become, in
ciimpliance.with all the forms of the"motorail-,
, ,• iation law; full• citizens of:. the Diked 'Stites..
In. the:second place; itmakes,. iii derogation of
:ths.righti end reSpectabilityof naturalized cit
"lzene, an excessively insulting, demiatistration
In favor - of nOro equality: with the natiVe-born,'
and.uegro firyiriority to the foreigmborn.,'. ,For
naturalized citizen is prohibited from
•' votini; although , a perfect t itizen iii the . sense,
. _of thaeonstitution of the United States, negroesi
in.Maskachrisetts, are' not simply perrril fled to
' vote, but are courted'to..-asiuMe' the' badge of I
poWer; .Not only'this, brit • more,—
yclhile:every white Mari,' no thatterhow long be]
~.misis h ave..resided .in this. country—no .matter
"'hoVi;itrirnin,Se•his fortune or heavy the amount
.--.ootaix.:4q .. .:pOrs, or large . • his famil y;, Who may
a full:citizen 'of the :United Stales to
day, Or who was even male so on the . .tenfli . .of
last or at any time since, pan . n..et vale
before' Oi'lzi•t4e electieh hi the
State..l l 24l,l4aiisetteti.,!iegro who tins run
:away from Marylarid.orMnyother• ilavo-hold
' tat State; and who. flees into Ma ssachase ito be.e
finti the first . dayOr
,next:Novemtier, re...
mains May,. Meeeed to the . polls and as.:
• . sertthen and there his equality with
• "the,natiy,e:born and hispalitical superiority to
,natcaralized. within two years,:
who nriay happen by fixed' residence, or oth.er
.*yreAo‘b.ifurithinthelimits of. that Common-,
wealth::' And 'is it ;not 'apparent that if the
Black Itepubl jean! party.of Illassachissetts has
... altered
„the . fundamental lo . w: of the• State, by
:''.t einlroducfion'of,a of clauserestraining natural
-2 liedcitiZens from ..noting' rot' two' years after
they. may hereafter; 'on. the
,aqnse4irinciple, extend the period of restriction •
nr, twenty years.. Some:
Otheatitte, unless this unconstitutional and op- .
iiiiriliriltOvenient be at once resisted arid sub,
doet, , may, n**Climeifin its Co rii titu lion • with a
faittictive prokisionin the - duration timeof still
' • *alerts Offensikve, : 04100 all intents and .pri rpo
.;l
.followed by others,
thelibtNative -Airierleinidectrine.of loc . -nay-one
, • yirisi! le - sidence -befaitic tied, maybe . '
Asstablithed in all or tr MajOrity:.of the States of
.tho,Xt.aloa. cc It must be confessed that this is'a
• gFare ttiletloa..oceurtin g . hero in,.; the 'United .
Stitteli;.rinder theArrieilear n w
flag itself; ihich
naturalized 'citiieMieinterested'e ither in
hie- honor his' (rid ch s - • There is'
,eonsequentlY:ne• cause far 'scitpriie in • the eitc,
- Curetene,that the , newspaper s arid politician,, :o4-oPPositiori,have.SO strennoti sly endea vex'.
illyeffusions regard-.
li..:o4:l . 24neraLC.stese. brief note to. Mm: Le-Clere;
*At ttie,.o?pular, attention from a case like
'.1 1 , , ..'j,,,!,f1 , 443n5 . 11)4 t of' Which , they
A., 1 " eteaii 6 ,•! l 4-•ivhieh - ,: ; 'bk . a:deliberate' and
' • • • •
„., t ey have "placed
not : - .,merely. in a Posi'.•
..00t 1 0110.(00rity:to white men, brit to
they;haVe' Inaugurated a
I,,iti.l o 7.''fleveleped,•WorilcFlead sub- :
.1120 r iShisitchiaertient.Of all: future
• •
that many
aanirliongi t,b4(Mpi#ed„'ci titanic haire.beers
41,(fifirtthei. irbtectine•ranks'of the -Dein()
titqatiiiiirii i 'SPiciirie;'ef:' the. 811 . 111i/Iw' humactPar
•
. .
.
th9imies . ht ciaCheA lfy the. Black Rep:l6l4'o(i
. . .
yving;of theOppnsitipi'They?should. now be
ivdttafio tot ull this, ..rigmarole and fent '01i;
irt,frkedii.trOind'lpinan. idghts," and the.
"ifrojit . eseible..contliet . -.b.etween -the
ilt
.and tiom-slaveludd Log States or ihe.
until till. ihnll '-free or. nlll steal I become.
slave," means the pel Rica] ,infekiority to 'white
native-born - 'men and . to pievol.,y,.of'nitinr:.white.
men who are:eitiiens by choice and law in this`
country.
Thhi:is'not the' first oet:oiron.mponi Which
Black Mind , lien nisi)) has manite , te !its , di,p o ,•
in:mit-and to otittage. the foreign horn
citi2ens..: No douht all remember Mist,,
aim
.year. - 185.G thesKnow-Nothing'or. AMorica
public - an pafty.of that , day, met in .
to norMnate'enntlidatels 'for the Presidency , and
.Vice-Presitlecy, a nd nthat their. Convoition, or
.
.I\rai ionalCona fa ilffre,. bccapse: of
'non•iigreeinen_t•Orrioi4, - .4ti'rne.mbers frOrm the
North and., South, about What. Was called the
12th SectiOrt. It sII not and. Cannor.be denied
that nOwlhe:Black Republican faction'
throiighont-the Nor.th'..and West. \yes hcrktely
icpresc.nted-inAliiit •Cotiventiim. .Many of the
present leader's in this "faction. were deleg!it es,
'Their names can' cagily ,he fotind 'nod 'cleatly
identified. 'Platform siihmitted'. Contained
the. most :c6wardly . ontl. violent" :Mocks oht the.
'patriotism and' ciVil'fights. - Of . the whole body .
of 'Oil ordlized citizens. A large 'proport ion of
themiembets•of 'the. Cpnvention came direelly
from the i.ecret.rnidnight....COnela . emit . ; Awl- Yet
moith..r.l lie attempt to violate - the - clones( in
lerosts of citizenS.On the ground of: religion iu
.soine 'cases; and of birthplace in rithers,. uor
the companionship of Kliim:Nofhing COospira
'tors," then the
,now .tender . con-.
sciences. of, out :Meek: - Republican .philtinfliro,
pis's; INC-you jcilt , reneiriber that - 'this
'Arr.erie . an•RepublicantonventiOn lifolc'np in'
c.onlti*ion..9ii the 12th.'sectio'n of the platform,
. and't hat contained - thh nr,o'a tprestit . m . , of, eotit
r and nothing but the negro question. : There
4,vaS;a 'German question, there 'was 'an' Irish
9tiestion,' and - other, questionS .of • it• :kindred
chayaetei,,' . theii; as now, i.turing.these freedom- .
minigers,.iind sensitive ~philanthrOpists: in. the.
'Pee; . but the )11aelc:Itepublicans onlyi had in:
terest enongh in.them to lazk.iliem . under 'this'
fable, while all.their best ,:eneigies t'vere.exeft
dd, and all
,their — vvoist passion's inilarned,*,l4
their..desperate.contentions over the beloved
."And frotri hat .th1y.1.6 . this no IsfatiOnal.CMl-,
„ vent ihn, of the. Opposition , par,ty;.. tinder
ever. name itt may. have chosen . to appear for the
, nonce, has fa iled. to adopt tvresulution.,sUstain
, either directly or by fai'r implication, this
lined'-Nothingsentiinent.,.
•
It is true'that :solllo' Of the meit and some of
the preSs(s.of the Opposition ,have , pi onottnced .
this - Alassachusilts abotniThition. But
the epistolary? ,declarations . ef h few partiins,
and the minithing'editorials of a 'few 'Mercenary
new:Tapers amount to little or. nothing, . Let
°per political•party organs speak out their
condemnation of this. brutal Arrong? 'You. have
seen . that in the Northwest; 'after, an exciting
_and lengthened' cimtest State' Convention
or two, the Native'Arnerieen element life been
compelled to- yield to the nantralized-influence
in the Black Republioan.organization, and HaVe.
_repudiated 'it. . But !how is 'it
,elsewhere, and.
cypeciql,,y liomis it in Penitsgtennial ~ Tdere is
not a' word. of ;reprobation. in.any one "of
the sensetesi resolutions of the OppoSition.pon;-
yeption.oltlie Sth of June-last. but in that. pro
fligate caiteus.aat • Black Black .11 . ftpublicars,and
Know-Nothings, "cheek by jowl," every Black
-Republican' trying to fancy - : Itirnseif a Know-
Notang; 'end - every KnoWiNothing, t ryitig to .
•fapey himself a. Black . It.epublietindeceiving
each 'oilier.and.deceiving themselves,. atukrettl
ly. agreeing in nothing except not to repudiate
theMass.achnsetts usurpation,' and. in. sinking.
what little principle they,
,ever possessed into
the nun - leaning cornpromiees of'ati unprincipled_
But w6havg,'filre.ntlY, fellow-citizens', More .
than_ filled our allotted space. In .fearle'ssly,
`-and so' far Stiecossfully; :supporting the , princi•.
pies of the coristitution,.the Derpochtic -Party
Inis been '61'14.19 : n0w the rue friend and support
'of the rights and interests of:the naturalized
citizens. If. ihe'y or sty; portion'-of thern„-no
.rnattei what•their . raCe or religion, will rlei-sist
in listening favorably to the high -soot-Ming.
phrases:and empty limrnises Of-those who . ; as-a
party, so heartily despise them, and who'
.if cuts-led, assuredly feed them to• dest iMe [ion,
he it so. ':I1- . may b,e titithfully asserted that
'nothing ha's eVer- been , done to this.:-eountry
more InSitlting to the patriotism 'and honor of
naturalized citizens, Or incire (lenge:Mos to theth,
-as a precedent,' than this malevolent discrirn' , '
Mallon against them by.the restrictive amend=
tnetilof the Constitution of.:WassashuSetts;
audit is strange, - with all their -abuinlant pro
fessions; that the “People'..i party" Of•PenusYl
- should have*.Maintafned silence-at the
.outrage.. In' any event It must be plain-that,
norto Meet such an ,rict-.Steritly . and . .at once, is,
.tminyiteaggressiori and contempt. .-;
...ROBERT,TYLER, Chairman, •
, • ' .11-.lnJtitections.of
nn'o 4 t 1 I'9..4:Office•,*:
partnient
W.isrtmrroN, - ,Ta1y:31;1859.---The .eonstrue
tipii .of. rec .- Washington. National Montimenr,
'atter a SitTension . Of Several . years,. iS abOttt to
he. resumed." Systems . .tn' raise fundS.for •the
.prosecution of the ivorlr have been put in °per
ation;.andit is propoed . , tp request .the post
masters throughout...the . .countr_V ..to . give aid to
the enterprise by plating ,boxes within.their .
• reTe . ctive.olfices for the'.reception of contribit—
• tionsyand for Warding the retinits to Waitting
ton.:. A few cents a Month from tint ty . tirou 7
sand post offices. would sulliae, 'in- a A,%y years,
to raise tlie shaft to its intended height.
:•'The post masters of many of, the 'principle
cities, including those . of Neve Y.., lc, ‘V,w,hing
'.ton, Boston, Brociltly rG, Baltimore and charleS 7
ton have: already:expressed their' readiness to'
leind•it . a•cordial-cooPetatten. The-Postmas
ter teneral has written 'a 'letter to Lieutenant
Ives the engineerlin charge Of the monument.
He Says; ""It is - the privilthte of postmasters,.
and others associated with the postal service,
in .cominon-with to give do
this enterpiiso . such support its their jtidgmenti
•and feelings may proMpt. '•lt is'as ci'tizens, - and
filitas,Officers;that theirl.influene'e, will be in.
I:raked, and I dontenot that irithis laudable 'en
deuvpr tvorthy .to illustrate and . perpetuate the
lanieof tha 'Pettier:of QOuhtry;,they will
.yield'to Ilene in the promptness rind earnestness
of theWeo-fiperation:" •
BOSTON., Julf.3o. •
The uxpreis from New Bedford and Fall
Riiier, this mornink;ran into a p4vate carriage
which was crossing thotracki near Noah Bridge
water, • A judy,and chili! wbo'were in this car
.riiige were instantly killed, and the other occu
pantsohe driver and.a iiidy; received fj , ital in
jiiries, The narrieS 'of the parties hive not been
• - • , .•
"•. The Whisidc was blown 1014 the.brakaalippli
'ed.to.thertrain'ai soon' as the carriage seas seen,
bdt the man pe'rsistpd • to whipping, hts - herse
'Cirivard; whicii cause of trie disaster
ilriisc.q . ty4oitiltv,..flCit.Oktat,
Atioday,. Augiiqt..4;iBoo.
. . . . •
.- .',. . S.M.. PETT ENGILL.fge , CO H S , •
...
••, • . .1 ....-',•:...• mivicwrisiNq . A , ;nycli:-: ''• - . .• .- •
.11i) Iyac:et frSteert., New York, 'llllfi 10, Stlio:St. Bonni 7.
• s: ;If, PCTTENOII.I - ,....k- CO.. afo thg Kkent,i 1 r the
•It , itMAN' DRIIOCILIT [llia 11 0 lililtit. itllitlClltial Ulla iftklie,lit
circulating Na‘vapaileia le he UnitellB(.i twined the Can—
.
atlaa.'..They are' atitlitorl• Sit. to duatraet for Ile at ...ear
DettiopidfiC:gtito lionlidatioris
..AuDyr.o4
WRIGHT,
. .
I`oll SU'ItVISUit GENERAL:, •
'JOHN.
Tllll Ih: ' 3I.OCItAM COI:NTY. (.3.ONyi.:NTIONj will
meet at. the Conit•flonse;• Srnetimprt,.on. Mon.,
daY,..the• 15th day Of .Atitttist inst., for the.pur.-
pose of 'notninating a County Tieliet• to, b.b•stlir-'
ported at the nextgeneral d
. eleetion; :en
Ye'cOmtnentrenitable'candfdates for Senator and
Representatives for this District, •
:The. Deinocratie voters of. the County. are
!larch . ), ' requested. to - meat in'their several
Townships on.Safurilay.th'e I.3th inst.,,•and'ap
point two delegates .to . represent them in said
•Convention; • , ••• • . • • •
. .
(By. orderof•Commitice.)'
Strictlipoit, Aug. 2, LSSO. •
==l
, .
NORTH WESTM:if z name. of - .the
Warren' cOnnty,l3ank.bas:heeiiehanget! by the
r•cfort,.td : NOrtbWestern . Bank,..lt;..restirned
business under that nat .- Inc on the 25th at.. , Ali
bills of .the bank are to be Toilet!' med:at the
J..L.'G'ira.A has,been appointed a spe
cial arient.fo the with the'
of arranging: matters of •cifTerence; be
tiveenthem and.tha U. S. Goveinment.
better appointment "C . 01111.1 not well have.: been
The Judge will bean able and efficient
olTieer, and will Perform his•duty„ to - the letter:.
• It is to be hoped that4he township meetiogs .
to beheld .On-§aturani. the: , 13th iiist., will be
largely. . Attended; and that .reliable men and
sound Democrats be Selected to. attend the
County Convention..... There are important 'Of
lices to be filed thisfall; and id is important
tbat - wise selections ol''.Cendidates be mad€;,
:acid that' efitire.hartilony prcVuil • •
'Death of •t h e 'Hon. Richnrd hush, o ..Penoso -
The. venerable 'and. distirguished , nichard
nuab, of .YerinsylVania; Who has . seep nearly
half a century of . publieservice, in VOkiOUS 10 7
cal and national offices,died at 'Philaklphia
on-SitardaY inert - chili the 30th Ult., in.the.sev-•
enty-ninth year of his age, at his residence in
SouTh Eighth street, near .Locust, after an. ill
ness'of Several weeks. time:sduring
his . sickness suffered considerable fain, bet-was
in Wis possession
,' -of all his faculties and free
from 'pain 'as his (Mil apprOa'ched:.
or' TILL: STATE: Comairt-FEE::--The
Central , ' Committee have issued. another Ad
dresi :to'the vetera• of Pennsylvania, .I.i"hich .
teill be found:in 'this - paper,' vve' ask 'for it
a' careful . The. subject: nf . which' . if
treata,.Expatriaticin . and . Naturallz;iti . on, : isone
that has recently been ynueh agitated, and the
views of the •Demeeracy .thereon, greatly mis
represented.; hy•the 'OPposition. The. , Commit.'
tee explain- the trim Democratic doctrine, on •
thoSe' . .questiOns,and' in. doing
. .ao 'eXpOse the
hypocrisy and dishonest yof the ojiposition
HORSE TIIIEVE‘ .770 . 41 Montlay trig ht.last two
valuable, horses were .stolen from , . Mr.' Collins,
on the Toby near Buena' Visto, and. were . x*4
:missed:until the next Morning, when pursuit
was made..; Mr. l e ..Wilcex and ToWnsend F4l
,followed on tbeir track from Bunker Hill across .
to the, head 'of . Pataio creek, don .:the creek
to :Witicott;:turning off 'at _that place, on'.the .
Come's'. Creek road.. They found the horSes
'hitched in the woods; about three'rollee 'above
Gallup's, • Tuesday MOrning.. The
thieves were taken the next 'Morning by.. R.
.SMilh . and Mr. .Peat, the house Of Dir. Heath
near the Portage summit, seven from
Port Allegany, ati here : they . wei-e : awaiting
breaßfust. : :Thei!natnes were Cornelius Resen
cianch arid. James 'They were taken
to'llicgw,ay to:awaittheir trial for'the offence.'
One .or both Of •the cuipriis'iverked in this
village n' part of last:stammer. • " .
..We understand two othefhorse thieves have
been taken from this' . vicinity within a week.
lIT ISONIO
.The first .I%fasonic Lodge in IMlCean county
was.dely constituted at Bradford, the 3d inst.,
under the name of Union Lodge No. 33t. .
The ceremonies of cOnsec7itien of the new
Lodge . and instillation of Officers was per
forined by D. K. Williams, D.. G. M., assisted
by Tho Mai Clemons,.D. both of Warren
Pa.'; and the Rev.. J. B. Sharpe, D. G. C., of
Cuba,' N. Y., and took place •in ;he new lyre
sonic tfall at that pface; Whichsha's been well
and tastefully prepared for the purposes of, the
order; and .was . crowded by the citizens, both
ladies and gentlemen, who were assembled to
witness 'so much of the rites as the rules of the
order permit to be made public.
After the installation an eloqueot 'and appi.O
piiate address was 'delivered by Mr. Sharpe,
which we underetand it is desiined - to, have
Thalolldwindis a. list 'of the Officers'iastal
lid:- Samuel Boyet,lil.'111:;
,Nelson Porker;
S. VT.; G. F.Te'ckliatri; L.' Saiage;
S: 'C.' Ackley,'3; D.; Jaspe'r Marsh,
.Tivaearer;,WM. - Beurilsley Seeretary; •
The antire,preparation.etid performance was
highly creditable : tdthn' membeia of 'tba:iiew
LOdge, and notwitlistandink 'the heat of .the
day Was enjoyed - by all, who ivitnessed it.
Tii'ir Lnxt lioj e. '
. .
~..The Reading tr'azew . . lopri:of
the,niany-hued : pppoSit . ien the Charles=
ton Ciinven(ioltYwijl
,party t.. *Wheti the honest inteiligen4 - antitt:h*-,.
- PbghG , •inter.rneil..pePpte . ,St4ci
upon this raet,.they win-. see
.
at:e the prospects df.otir antagn :.
nisti..': 'Because nintritious,'
headect: Politicians here and. there, Who have.
'been Inino6. , (l:by theteMoer'atielParty arid 'Cie,
•vated to ofFte . e . s of tirstinction . and tiust;.chnose
to take. grotin4:on important national questions,
Untagonistie to . ea.ch • other; or, to ilromulgate•
abstidet theories 'opposite not only :to 'earh
other, but to . the,.we.il .Ic . no..vir,iiktrines .the
'Det:rioctatiO:pa'ity;..the'Prophets:of
'pn.bliciMisM - and . the 'other. sett ions
. of the 00.
i‘ll:e dream
tiotia).Denioe racy. will.be.bro)ten'up
not 'instigated,
by-certain i(senSatiOn'.k
'journals that care not'whitt!abSurd , (lethal} or
tiMprobabilitie;
,they,utter,',.previded.theY•.can .
Succeed in:fabricating.'some •Matter - ol.talk to
serve the piirpbse of the.day.• Forthe special itr
fermatim of those :who circulate, and those
who pretend to.helieVO:these stories or , rhe.rip- .
preaching - dissolution of the',reat Detrioeraiic
party; the Co * ns?itralen :notifies' then . ), ad
vance.; that, the:Nationtil Dennecracy.•will show .
at.Charleeton•What. they . .have : ShoWn. On other
notable ciectision'sthat they 'have a Very short'
and.sumMaiy methOd of dealing wltlidisorgan
izers. • If any man hem ankse.ction.of the*Uo.-•
ioii ventnres to go thithdr hatightilktb offevto
ihat•CongressOf 'equals—:of. men .of 'individual
character, personal hisinor: and . abiolute
or :Mall - drib .con
• struetedto suit his oWncrotchets - if.airy,man
gees there determined to' , produce digalfect fon,
or..to"exasperate'it,.‘ve -make bold to say, from'
Our:knowledge of the eourSe of. fortner.Convea
tionsi and,' from the. 'resolute and independent
spirit of Democrats, that ittCli a,. person
very sPe . edily find out, that neither
.the likings
or disliking of, himself or any other roan are
mated:Ale 'the harmnbylof the' Convention, or
the triumph of the Convention'snominee. ,
'Will the forlorn ~ Opposition; With . its
. ..differ- .
ing and antagonist ic,factionS, never awtiken* to
the fact that the cause,'Orthe NatiOnal Derridc
.racy.does not depend on.,lfieadhesion•of t•his.or'
that men; , however really or •fietitiously-einin:
cot; td,tlieir org,anizaticin? 'Wild:are:they 'upon.
Whose disaffection the- gerii:ral eanse •of our:
time-honored party' the Oppoiit ion rely to break
up the Charleston Corrvention in confuSiOn, dis
aster'and disgraCel, •What -are: . they .beyond
many other ehlightenedand.distingnished Oemc
ocrats,' exc'eptso.faras the Nalional : Dembera.-•
ey - has vieulo c;ninpht, and laviShed .honOris
upon them? ' ". .• •
‘‘Opaila hay innay a worthier son than ho"
may. well be. dpjslied toAlie best : of them.
Let the ccsensatiory" . journal's (the chief of
whiCh in New -.York has 'been:. busiest 'in this
silly.tw'addle) continue 'then to . pinte about the
'coming c , breakup"CharleStonlet the Op
. ~
position, split up, as . it is, into frakinientS,.eche
theseephemeral PropheCie r -let. the distfected
asjitrerits e,the flattering fancy thatthey
will have their own defeat the'g . encra)
will—we . tellthe latter that they' will. be able
neither to .rn./c•ors ruin atCharles:ton; and that
the' only 'discomfiture dihibited there ...will be
: the discomfiture of .those who.May' lie predict-
,ing; andstriving for. the destrection of- the.lN:a
-tional Denigeraey. • ,:
Fitly S , pokc ti
TILE N.I.TIOS;AL DE;WOCRACY.NOETfi Jk:Vp SOUTH
. . .
. . .
.
'The recent .Dernpetatic State COnventiOn§ of
Vermont and.G'eoF;gia,.iver,e held : on 'the' same
day.% The.'time o( holding the two Conventions.
.was not more coincident than vitas the doctrine
declared by. encb: , The... Vermont . Convention
.resolved as . folkiws : ' ... • .• ' ~ ,
:"That . the Democracy Verniont, :in . the
latiguage.of the Cincinnati National Democratic
Convention 0f:1556,. zeorg,eniie'and adopt the
principles contained in the organic law estab
lishing tho Territories of KanSas and Nebraska,
as erribodying:tho only sound and safe solution
of the slavery gnestion . —npn-interference by:
Cong ess with .stavery 'in State and Territory;
or in t e District of Columbia,"
'The (, orgia ConVention .resolved as fallovv;s:.
.• "That the Democratic party of GeOgia.enn..
tinue.o to'atlhere to. the 'lrritieiple . s 'announced by
the National Convent ion .orCinci n'nati In. t A,VI,.
and its determination to insist upon their being
carried out in th e ,. administration (=tithe Federal
GoVernment;!' •• . •
.
"rhe.exomple of 'Vermont will certainly be
imitated
. by 'the Democracy of every. Northern
State, and no doubt the Demecracy : of most of
the Southern' States will imitate the example of
.Georgia: And the event . will be that the re
presentatives of the Democracy .of the whole
country,, assembled at Charlestonovill re-aTrm
the Cincinnati . platform and place the Demo-,
cratie candidate for - he ,Presidency fairly and
fully upon it.. . • ••• . ••
. 'And . this 'action bythe Charleston Conven
tion will he the gate to triumph. .A vast 'ma
lority of the people of the, United States believe
in the dincinnatrplatfOrm, and they only desire
to ; know, as a conditiOnof odheringto the Dern':
ocratic.party, that the' Democratic . ' party wilt
faithfully abide hy. the platform. .• : • '
'4t is not impossible'. that there , will be seees
sionsfrOmAhe,Democratic party in the SOuth,
aSthere have.been . in the. North, of men . who
insist not Only . upon the power;hutthe duty of .
Congress to,espeeially interfere With the ques
tion.pr slavery in the Territories. l The Oppo
titian these, as here; will be ready' to receive
all such'. The' Opposition there is very dener
oily embracing: the doctrine. of
.Congre“ional
intervention: ,The SOuthern Democracy will
be strengthenediather.than weakened hythese
secessions; and if the Opposition in one section
insisting . upon intervention for. the, -protection
of slavery and in the Other. inaisting upon-it for
the. prohibition 'of. slavery, - miminterventimi
will be the rock of Gibraltar'• of, the National
Democracy. •
1111tAirlits,July*-Lllie•steamer Re
White River packet, ;link Thivall's..wharf on
Wednesday', Loss sio,opo.--,uninti.rod;- Nq.
lives lost,
.
.
TELEtin.irti LoNDON.I • ' .• •
. . •
1;011os ' --
July 16.1 t was reported yesterday
at,PaOstl
Idt.tronbles had 'arisen
. 1n• Venetia:—
that t the city of Florence .Iwat disturbed . ,.•and
.thae.ilie Parisian' Populace
,was indignant, at the .
Enikier for- `his failure.: to- tel his prOthise.
ton aids . • -
• The.staterpent of .the Bank of. France' shows
.
a. • thicrease in- cash of over eleyea million francS.
...Switzerland has ordered the disbandmeni of
the.ttoops called OntAbrilig the war:.
. • P.iussia has.erdered the-droopsomthe march
to the Rhine:toll:llf. •
..„ The'.London .Daily •11'en:,:t'.c1ty•article.of.
hay . evening - iays : funds °peeled 10-day'
'With
. a dull Ppeara' ce; but closed at pe(n
cet..
higher' than yeAertlity.• . The' recent rise' has
t..tracthtl-.a . 'Moderate:supply, of stock,. but.i,pwr
file huldei's • diave little ternetatioalo:.sell".at•
Titrie Whiinz 11 per Cent.. is the higliest. :rate - rib,
-tajnable 7tom depo,it•in the receiving establish'-
thetas': Speculative transactions are'pattly iti
abersance, a disppsitihe being shown to, await
the annotineement• of the LanitChancellorpf the
Exchequer It. is.expectecl -that there is
nothing in the A ustro-yrerich compromise
.ficientlk•reassarlng' to induce Elighin.l to scorn
-reasonable theasures•of defence.. . • . ' •
the other depertrnents.tif: th e stock
'change prices,bail le - kenning tendency.' The
Bank terms attractrq a moderate atimuntoChti
siness to that establishment, although first-class
hills were 'taken, elsewhere at" 2 . 4-, 'and, in ex=
ceptional eases . , at 2 percent. 4 Except as'. re
'gards Frankfort,-Continental', exchange*: show
.an unfavorable' tendency." • .
'• The.liondon city article says•tuat the
fall otone.per ceet•.• on• the 'Paris • BourSe on
Thursday caused the English' fundsto:oPen on
Friday-at 'a slight furitier'reactioo, but,the mar"
.ket:aCniiired steadineseie the latter part or the
. daY.' • ThereWas.geiferalry•a more:activ.e
mandfor'inoney, and at -the _Bank,' owieg. to'the •
syciluetion,in•the rate, - a marked, increase 'took
It: is remarked'- tliat accepting
Lombardy , ritliont. fortress.. - necessary.:to
defend it, has made, herself the vassal of 'France;
01(1 1 ibai.ltajy. bits •galned nothing ; - *while the
Empprer , retarns to. Paris nominally a , . cOmjuer
or,' but, in reality, a baffled and dishonored man.
MIGIMM
.
• 1:1 - !e - raRers are mainly engaged in speculation
upon the sudden concl.o.ion of peace anti its, re-
. . .
LetterS Hem :Par'is e assert.that gulch .diseon 7
tenfpreyailed there in regard. to. the'terms o
'peaCe and the small resnir ofthn war., although
the peace•itself gave'general satisfaction.
• Tbe.Oiedi , -; the organ of the french Liberals,
is dissalistied; and says P . rance*ill ha Ye :every
thing to•begiti in a..few- years; if the .rninntest
Asst i.in intlUente is suffered to abide iii Italy:
.ICealls for the expulsion of the petty I ion
nrinees,lhe 'eontederates of Austria . ;
The Emperor Ndpoleo n had quitted the seat
of war, and_veas - en route for France. . He ts'as
'expeefed • to Proceed "to• St. Cloud; and 'defer 'his
ollieial entry 'Otte Paris till he 'makes it at the
head of his - army in Holy.
The Iqn:ineror and King of Sardiriii..arrived . at
Turin on, the 15th-, and .arnid:entlitiSiastie adcla
xnations, *ere. met • by. Pririee .carignan and .
Count Covour..• • . - • :* •
. . . .
- 'The ; Enverorof Atistria left Veronafor Vj
enna..on:t.ile iriordhig:of'thellth'. • ..Hid.cirder of
the ddy; pilhlishod . 9.t . Verona on . the 12th, says
thit Austridcommenced the war for aid main•
tenanee of - her sacred treaties; relying' on .the
leviite'dness of hir.peOple : the bravery, of ker
army, and . her natural'allies. - ..Not havingfound
allies, Austria yields to an unfavorable political
sittiatio'n/ The Emperor cord'ially' thanks the
people;as well as. the army, who have. again
shOwn that , their sovereign may eonfiaently fer
.ly 'en their devotethiess, if any. new struggles
occur. •
The intervieW between the Empef.;ii .sat..Vil
infrane to.have ld'sted nearly the•WhOle
.
,
, The Te ris':.7lteriiiierr; ptibishe's
,ia prdelaMation
by the. Empetar, annoulicing to the sol.cliers•tbe
basis of . peacei• It is to the folioiving, Offee,t'i ,
'cahe principal aim brthe war, is .attained,
and Italy will'ibeeOme;fbi'llie firstitimei,a ha-.
lion. Venetia', it•is . trne. remains .Austria ;
but she willneverthtleSs'he an Italian Province ;
,forming part ofamltalian • confederation. The
union of Lombardy with Piedrithrit creates foi
us a poWerful filly, who will owe to us its-indes:
pendence. • • .
. . .
. "The Italian Governinents which have re
mained inactive, or• whiclr ' have ' been cblled'
back'into their posseisionS, ty . iWcornprehend
the necessity. of Italian reforms.: A general
.amnesty will ohliteiate the traiMs•of Civil. dis
cord. Italy, henceforth mistress' 4:her Atisti 7
hies, Will only hire herself to accuse shOuldshe
not prOgress•regularly in order mid' freedom.—'
You willsOnn, return tp nuke. - A grateful
c,ountrywill. therereccive with transports those
soldiers, who have raised so; high the,. glory, of
our aims at lqantOello, Palpstio,, Turbigo,
• Itlagunta, Mslsgenno, and ,Solierine;.:Who, in
two montbs, beim freed Piedmont, arid. have,
only Stopped 'beCause the Uontestwas.nbout:to
,assume proportions-no longer in .keeping with
the iniefests that fritnee had in this fo4ciidable,
war.
,Be prowl, thep:, : ot your •suecess; _proud
of the:roults:obtaMed ;- proud , :especially,
being the .well-belOyed children of that, Franet;
who ‘vill always he the great nation, so doha
as 'she will tia.v . e•a hVart to :coMprehend: noble
causes, and men 1i10,..y0n 'to defend them.
. . . .
.. . • ~ - . . . NAroi;L:o:.7.'
y,AL:LrioGio, July 12.—The preliminary • con
ditions of the treat . ) , of peace are thus itnnoun
eed in the official Austrian correspondence : : ..•
crAnitria . and France will support the forma
tion of an Italian (_,`onfede;'ation; . tO which Aug-
ria accedes. .Lombar!ly,.as fur as the line' pf
the Minch), is to be givan'tip. Mantua, l'eschir
era, Borgoforte, and the whole of the Venetia,
remain Austrian posSessions. The Princes - of
Tuscany and Modena are to" return lo2.their
States.• . An'uniyersal" amnesty isle be grant-
• The Modittur Of F'riclay-cOptai4 the Toll ow
SANZANO,'JuIy' Angsburg, gir•zetfe.
alleges that.the eause of the armistice was the
existence of a dangerous malady in the Fiench
army, but to this tie can give a formal denial.
.The sanitary state of the French army
is excel
lent, and oxceeds'even.tlie• hopes which could .
be entertained, from the heat and fatigno endu-
• The King of Sardinia had issued the. fol101s•
proclamation to the . people . Oftminbardy . :
, . ciffeaVen has blessedour arms,. With the posv
enrol aid bf Our. magnaniino.us .and valiant ally,
the:Erriperor Napoleoni'and we arrived, in a
few days, after victory 'Upon : . v,ietery, - 4it' the,
,barites of the Wield. • , To4dayi we 'Come back
among you, totoll you that Heaven has giant
ed your wishes. An, armistice folloWed by pre
liminaries of peade,.rissure the people: of Lem , .
hardy of their independenee.•
"According le yoUrd.esire, many' times, ;ex
pressed, you will henceforth form, with Ourgun
eient•State, one single and. fieeTamily. Itake
your:destiny under : iny directions., and, hope to
find in you that rencurreirce.WhiCh the chief M
a State needs, in order to create a nevi admin.
• , • ,
Istration.' I tell yob, ,people of Lothbardy,, to
trust in. your King. EstabGheil vire solietiFtif
imperishuble ba'sis, lie : %sill''procure happi!tfes'
for anew cOuMry, which' Heaven hes entrusted
to hii gove'rnment." •
. News from Alilah,of the' 13th,,' stile tl4 ,
King of'oitlinia hrriv'ed there-in the
amid the Ofthe jeopulace.'.! ,
subsegnehtly.iires.mtecl himself on the.baleo
ny.9l hls h ot' el,. anclas:greeldtl,with Warmlie . -;
demotions olc,i,q're.i./Ra.?' '
•
The Emperor of Austria has ordered.' rune
(fiat° . gessaion tpe ; reqrilitin g jiist
• • It was rumored that the, Emper•er and Em-
piess'd the Freach'would'Visit .Vientia;'.: • :
The 'French
,arrny were.reported:to have Corn:-
inenced their.,counter march.' , •..
. , .
wo days before the errnistico, a y . ar-t.ax.:wa' s •
114oself on Piedrpartt,•rirnOtititing to: , one-tenth
taxes on . ,
It considered prcibeble that the • ' , lts . misial
of. Car:dine' Aetonelli. youiii, , ,reiult . frim the
state of affairs.. • • •
.1' EtiSlNti.Accipiz-vc..,—,l\l;r:jobn Sum
ner, who lives abotq..ro‘ur mires North East of
Pine Orove Village,laceidentally AO : his , wife
last SatUrday.:morning, under the
tressing.eircuMstances:' Mr. Si had taleen deivrr
% his riiie purPose of shooting . sorne "frirda"
that weretlestroying*his . peas'in . the garcrer-.--
4.
As'hirepprOached the birds they pew
. .away,-*--
kie.ret erne& .to the. house and proc eeded to,
hang up . hit gun, and . while. doing so • the ham.
'met. nr the lock Must
.have'cai)glit in kciackin
the chembcr iloor,_tititraS it'slipped off. dischar
ged the gun, - the. contents entering :his
head . ,'killing her
.instantly: Nra. Sumner was
standing fit a CiMbeard,`doing some work
.with
-her back towards the'inuzzle.of :the gen.. , The
ballback - entered the part of the head and loc'e4
cif in: the fOrehead about in inch abaye.the'eyes.
:The' deceased leliveS a . *heart - broken husband
and : fodr' , :children" to.lamerit. her" sucideavand
.mournful death'. . . .
.
. . . ,
Mrs. 8. - ivas about 30 year of age.: :
Coroner Morrison held an ingnest,tand from
"the•evldence introduced the..follotOrig verdict
was reilder; , d by-the Jury : . •
That the'deceased MrS.,lrences.Sumper - caine
to ber,cleath by the accidental .discharge Of
gun in the hand's of her - husband Buov,
ner,.on' the . morning of the poor d4.:of-Judy.--
•Trarrcit '•' • ' •
. .
• •
• • • : , • BAwfimonE, Aug. 2..
Th.! Wardpfilrkary elections athe Arrierican.
party are being held, to-night •in this . eity.—'-
There has been a great deal of foved.Vism at the
pa an4:the,boxeS in the ?oth Ward haye been
smashed: : •
It is r'eilo . rted that twomen have been ihof
in the Sixth ,Ward ' • • , . ' . •
.
. . . .
The struggle i s het ween the rowdy 'an!! th e
respPetable . portion or the party, in selecting
delegates to the Nominating Convention.' The
indicatiOns are that the rowdies will be suicess-
Pistols ‘s . .ere freefy used in.some.jlocaliOes
. man named Sullivan was arrested in 'the
Sixth Ward, while.in the act of firing'offaliie
horSe pistel loaded with slugs. '-Thomis ',Rowe
was shot in the knee and' :William. Thornpson.
in'the One of them is.considerea7mottaily .
woundeS..
Thor:a:aro rumors of tiier• 'riotous. proceed
ings. • ' ;
Aug:Lou isvmr „E„ ": 2.. •
..The returns indicate the election'of the 101.
lowlrig candidates for Congress:: •
• Districts • • • •
• Ist-Henry . C . . Burnett, (Dem'.) re 7 elected.
O
2d—Samuel O. .Peyton, (Dem.) probably
. - re-elected.
3d:-Eranklin . Bristow, (Opp.) . • • ,
4th—W. C. Anderson, (Opp:) , •
• r'citti—fohn I. Brown,',(Dem.)
.
oth—T. Garraud,r(Dem.) - .probably.
7th—Robert Mallory, (0pp.) . ..
E. Simmons, (Dem.) probably.
Moore,'(Detn.) 'probably. -
10 7 -John W. Stevenson, (Dem.) re-elected. •
" For State. Officers, the indications are that
Derriocrat; is elected 'Gover
nor, arid that in the. State Legislature on ajoint
ballot the Den:ocrats•will have a arnall.rnajori
• • .
. . . . ,
.
,
. • • • ' ''' • . • CINCINNiTI 'AUg. 2.
ifonice Mann, President .Of Antioch College,
and. Ex.(;ove . rnor of Massachusetts, died at Yel
low Springs,. at. hal f-past' . fonr e'elock'this after,
. •
• FITTSMAGII, July 30.
The following letter from the President, was
received' this morning; by lion: Wilson Mc-
Candless: • • •
BOi:6111') SPRINGS, 11.50.Ju1y; 1859.
• ..11ry DEAR have receiyed your. kind
note, of
, the'l9th inst. with the leader ffom'the'
. .
WhilSt I,appreciate, as, it deseives,.the'abiii- -
ty and friendship diplayed in the editorial,-, I
yet regret that it has been published.. My . de-•
'tel mitttion.,not under any' circumstances to
.I,c4ionie candidate• for re-election, is final and
:conchisive. My best and
,strong in.
clination, unite: in favor. of
~.this ..conrse.: To
cast doubts upon my pre-Ostermiaed purpose; is
calculated to. imptiir' my influence, in carrying
important rnitsuies, and afford • a. 'pretext -.for
saying that t heylieva, been dictated by the .de
si re fo'he re-norninated...,
With the kindest segerds,
. •
Respectfully, your friend,'
(Signed) , JA76:9• BUCHANATf
AIVELI 110.r_1:7Y - PES..
! HASKELL informs the eiti.
VV . kens. of 'Smethport, .and vicinity, that jn
compliance* with their wishes, fig,has'ariaaged
his apparatus for taking pictures, at-his house.
Those wishing likenesses can be accommoda
ted• by , Caging at the.AsTon. House, ,Call'sece,,
as he cannot attend..tO the business bid a few,
Sinethport, •
• •
• To. Thoge' Interested •in '
. .
31,iiier al Lands: . •• •
• .
Nir .Ii.S4ZsM3 arers . his Services tor the exaseina-
T .11' thin. or lifine . rril Lando in 31'Keen and Elk coon,
•nfhl will give his , opinion 'its to Ow - VALUE OP
&c. whose enkaginf;' his services will .recelve
all ammis'ary and reltablcriellirmation. Reallene. qt the
Bunker Hill 01,000. : ' ' . .
dergeent,,sl7 - goan:Oo., June.3o, faf9, . '
- • NOTICE. TO ROAD. BUILDERS... :
A '.1913.0F. CHOPPING,: CLEARING AND
Grid ing;ten Miles of the McKean and. Elk
Co. State Road; commencing near Buena Viata,
will be let in:seetione of n mile each on lavora
bid terms. Apply .to A W. NEWELL.
Bradford, Pa.
July 2D, 1539
AND FACTORIES can
be carried on lirefitebly et Hemnionton. See
edliertiseinent . of Ilernmontee Lands. •
. , ,
T UE 1.11:4 iu Lowe iLt MO. •
ASfUlt : 11.01j6. 4".c04E.