3ByTirth .I)*ZIOXI:33t r W.EDOSDAY, nTLY 29,1857 ,llion:S_Cate , -Tleketi------ - -• r• - • : Air Governor. • - ,__DA I hI; . WILMCII I i of lirodfor4 Co: - 'For Judgee.of-ae Supreme .Coiirt : JAMES VEECH, of Fayette Co. - JOSEPH LEWIS, of Cheater Co. • For Canal Comininioner. WILLIAM MILLWAItD of Philad'a itEA'DERES AND . CORBPPONDENTB.7-s We'regret to learn that our Philadelphia egrA i spojidef! . t,• Courin . foe; has been ill Or two or three*eeks •but as he• is now convalescent, we hope soon to hear from - him. .![: • • ----I'erhaps a trip seaward, to Cape Mar, orAbsecorn, 'might _assist" him to recupe rate, when he eould, aule- same . time, send us a few ripp/cs"froln the Ocean.. • Itei;Our Second Cousin, in the. Wes will be attended to next week. ' ' . . . , . • "Old Letters," will - be read in our next papor, re hope to hear - froth the fair tiriier'freqUeUtly: , . • IMPOILTANI r LETTER. We call thfrat-' tention 'Of our iiiideri; to' the letter of the HonAhivid'Wilrhat . which they will find in the Her,rad . of this week. It is a fair; eandid exposition, of his views and opin ions on the mostiMportant• issues of the day, from which; the 'people of *Penn ,,sYlvania; be encbled to form a cor • reatjtidgnient, as le his peCuliar fitness, for the - first - office in their gift. The let teifdoes not leaieu's to • grope for prin. OipAes,:inTa.elotidTl atmospiTer9of. gene: falities But it is frank manly and deci: disdifOrming a platform-broad enough to furnieVaToothOld; for every. meMber of ...' the 'Union American RePiiblican Party, of Poiingylvania ;• t ius cense amg an upposjtion . to I.Joeofoco influence, . over whelming in power' and destined to a complete triumphin October. If there ar&an one' men am4mg have been lrihing at shadows . While theilet , the fiulistiiiic . e"dide", we invite thoiß s to aCool.;74lispasion ate, perus'al of the-letter. : . CoNvirrTioN.-The Coiint tendente;e'ofCoininon' echOole; met in convention, at Rending on theT224 FAfty l eeyei2.,petipini s , nro;preacnt,-inn in -t. erotirig-addreas,2 : was delivered by K. Hickok .Stato Superintendent ' when the 'convention, organized riernee nently.for the transaction of busineth • the election of the foiloiving_gCntlemen atho . • , 7 -7 FresidenDANlEL SIIELLYi• of Cum berland. . • • Yiia i'r esid t sL-T ri; a s - Berry, of Ltdiencle) Acker of Mont • goineiy';S: P. bole Ma n -, of Indiana ;J. J. Rienienydoi, ofLiorthutnberlaud7. • i gecrettcries-R.. T , Smith, of Arm itivng 3 Samuel A. Tert:ell, of Wayne. 4:ATtor the officers bad taken their seats, :Mr.:!Gdo'd; of Berks, made a motion that a'roinmittee on Business be appointed, wliioh was' adopted. , 'twos agreed'phafthe Com . mittL consist of five persons. .. The Chair appointed Messrs; E. L. . Acker, D. IleckendOrn, Samuel D. In _-_gram, C. ,W. Quick and S. B. M,Corm;ek said Committee. • . KANSAS.—Tho census, of Kansas , as taken' by tho.mnishabi appointed 4'130v. Robinson, acting under authority of ° the Topeka-7 Legislature, foots-up-- an—aggre " gate of fifty thousand. Four fifths 'of this populaticin,it is said by the marshals tire : in favor of the Topeka Constitution. The controversy between - the people of-Lawience, an Walker in regard to their municipal charter, will probably end. without resort to force on either side. It is stated that the Free State - people have no , idea of bringing their unauthorized governments, neither State nor municipal, into conflict . with the Government of the United. States. this point the'Cleyeland (Ohio) Herald says EMI= "The . specli, of war in—,Kansas will -• probably soon blow over •We learn by art intelligent gentleman who left 'low _ ranee last•Thursday-evoning r -that—Govr- Walker's warlike proclamation excited no special alarm. Many iliought . it a hoax. No efforts being made , to rally theTree•State men to the defence ,of 'Lawrence. Business was - going on as usual in - Lairence, and thatown thriving • andAitading up substantially" PENNSYLVANIA. RAILROAD.---A vote of the stoOkholders, of.the Pennsylvania Railread,, has been taken in regard to the purehaae of the Main Line: The, • vote stande., In favor of the purehitiel . l42,Bo4, Against, ." -,604 Majori7 avor 602: negatives votes, were oast by Mr. Snodgrass of Westmoreland and 8 .by Mr..MotrOanal Oommissioner. ' ' • . A CYAL:TtEiittE!- - .h td.ge Wilmot hat , . ing resigned ' hie .Judgeship , hiti • obal , lengctl, Ptieker, to, meet him on the . temp irt••u4iscuesion . „ . before the people, of the - various politiCal topics of the dar Thiele the prop course, 'for both the'eaudidatei to pursue .80 that, here ' tiftiri:U:either:or ,them,.cau be charged _ 1 4.1iMsgPirtieto/ism, ~ , Tlicr.ettedidate: who:is tifraid,ttratate his••tioria. publicly • on! Staid,pillioi Cati""iiof: ht!ii';'t.licraog.dtiocei,i,q4dpea not deeervii, Otsle . : iyhp"ralut'...4p 3 t 4„ '" • 21St. at Cincinnati, a German'i named No strangled ifterWerds.. l - , -- proceeded tO •the - reSidritTaell las Horton, a reipeotable 'and influen tial .senior- partney,. , of 'the . Stir* tof Mien& Macey set lire cr - thirbuildinglimljetabboall* - Horton killirig He , then cut his . own throat 2 _ _. Kohler has beep in the employofMr: 'Horton; and the Supponed reason for AO , act, was .jealonsy: At' the laid accounts, 'Kohler was not expected to live. . • The-public-mind-hisd-notletfecovead p from - the shock caused, by:thei above oc currence, when it was startled by another " still more distressing and atrocious which took place on the A drunken GeTmen,knOwn by the name •of f'.ll,at peter," whO pursues the vocation of selling poisoned lozenges, ;for the de struction of rats; got very drunk, and,ar"- med with hie bag of lozenges, as beg3tag.: gered along the Street he scattered them by the wap - ' The children on the steet naturally picked up the dangeions