i iy i fn ir.-y w Dnnorrut -nniV Irniinrl. jtiCUA.WHiTB:r::::::;:::;::::::::rrEXKT c. detixk C WHITS DEVLSE, Editori and Proprietor. - EBENSBURG. WEDNESDAY MORNING:::::::: :::::1IAF.. o. - . FOR PRFSU'EXT, Subject tot h Decision of ll.e National Convention. .... : cnnnl ConunliNloner: ' GEORGE SCOTT, T " v (OF COLUMBIA COCXTY.) Auditor General: JACOB FRY, JR., " . - 0S MONTGOMERY COl'JiTY.) - Surveyor General: TIMOTHY IVES, (OF POTTER rOCNTV.) Our thanks are due to our friend Major Ivory, for repeatvd favors, during las stay in Jlarmburg this winter; the Mijor acted ns Clerk "to the committee on the contested election of John C. McGhee, and we are gratified to learn that he made many frieuda while acting in that capacity. Our Paper. ! : An apology is due to our subscribers fur the Hon appearance of our paper last week, but it wen entirely beyond our control, owing to the freezing tip of the paper mill, and the impossible ttate of the road which prevented us from receiv- ing our Usual fvpply of paper. We have taken measure to prevent a recurrence of a similar ac fideBt, end in a few days expect to have a full upply on hand, po as to enter the ensuing cam paign fully prepared ; and also to accommodate Cur friends with all kind of job work, which we will endeavor to do In the most satisfactory man ner. ' Democratic State Convention. Tb Democratic State Convention assem bled atllarrisburg ou the 4th inst , and or ganized by the appointment of Ilendrick B. Wright of Luzerne, as President, and a num ber of Vice Presidents and Secretaries. The j number of delegates in attendance was large, and tbey at once proceeded to business for ' which they had assembled. The proceedings ' were characterized by much harmony, and unanimity for Pennsylvania's favorite son 4 Jstnea Buchanan for the Presidency. . On motion of Gen. J. N. Purviance of Butler, the roll was called, and etch member signified Lis choice for a Presidential candi date. The result stood : For James Buchanan 12G, for George M. Dallas 5, and one for the nominee of the Natioii.il Convention. The nomination of Mr. Buchanan was sub sequently made unanimous on motion of Mr. Vansatt of Bucks, a friend of Mr. Dallas. Committees were appointed to draft resolu tions, and also to report the names of delc ratcs to represent the State in the National Convention to assemble at Cincinnati in June - rest, and the names of Presidential Electors. t Georgtj Scott of Columbia county, was 'nominated" far Canal Commissioner. Jacob -. Fry, Jr., of Montgomery county, for Auditor General, and limothy Ives of Potter county, '" for Surveyor General. This ticke t wc regard us a most excellent one and accordingly place it at ouce at the head . of our paper. The proceedings of the Con- vention having been received just as we are going to press precludes us from saying more at present, but next week wc shall publish ;the proceedings at length. .-- Th Convention adjourned m the utmost harmony, and the most cheering prospects " Ibr a glorious triumph in the campagin of 1856. The Franciscan Brothers. The Franciscan brothers having as is well known applied to the legislature for an act of . incorporation of their institute, located at Loretto, in this county, they have been suddenly made the - subject of attack by the " Kuow-Notbing" press from one cud of the State to the other. The Academy under their care has been in suc cessful operation for seveial years past, and judg ing fivm the constantly increasing numcer of its students, and ll.e public examinations which have been held, promises to 'become one of the most flourishing literary institutions of our county, and ralial to MlilllV older th:in it in tVin rnnntM- , ' The debate upon the passage of the bill in the House of Representatives w ill be found on the first - f Ml 1 . .1. 5.-. . 1 ' 1 . . page oi tin wees, s pi; per to wiiicn we would call the attention of fair raiders. The remarks of our N . 1 . ..... member .Mr. smith arc pertinort, ar.a Lis Terence cf his Constituents such as it should In. - The re marks of Mr. Loiigaker of Montgomerj-, and Jlr. Jolms of r.iyttt'j. are afti m..st excellent and s!ov theutteim!iir.ti'n (.f the majority c f the bou to have the bill dccidtM upon its own mer it. Upn the iiul passage of the 1 'ill tLe ma jjrity was luryc, but evtry Ki;ow-Xuthing?' vot'; ia the hou..e was caat, iu he nsya'ire. T3.c bill is now in i tha Scoatc, but.vhai may bo its late in ' that body is now impossible to ay. We shall tndeavor to kot-p our readers advwil as to us progress in the Senate. - -' - ' - CO-Our ' frw-n l ILvmoii has removed from the Gnrt II nse', ti his new office adjoining the IV-st Oflii.'e. It is neatty fmisiexl, and speaks yell f r tiie t.itc and skill of J. D. Tarrish and M irtin Myers, the mechanics who bnilt it. - iT Wn will notice the C?urf proceedings The Presidency. Tie Rational Convention of the ' Know-NotL-ings" assembled at Philadelphia, on Friday the 22nd ult., and after a stcrmy ; session terminated its proceedings on Monday following by nomina ting lion. MiiXABD Fillmore, of New York, for President, and Asdkew J. DoN"ALnsO, cf Ten nessee for Vice President. Both nominations were made upon tLe first ballot, which resulted as fol lows : ' " ' - : ; ; ; Foa FarsiriBT. M. Fillmore, - - . (Jeorge Law, - Garret Davis, - - Judge McLean, - - Samuel Il n'Bton. - - ' - - Kenneth Itayuor, - , . Foa Vice PHrii'ENT. A. J. Donaldson, - - J. Gardner, - -Terry Walker, - -Kenneth Kay nor, -A. II. II. Ste' art, - - - 179 24 - 10 - 13 3 - 14 - in 12 8 8 o The announcement of the result prduccd much excitement, and a number of delegates claiming to represent the Northern and Western States bolted from the Convention and n et at the Mer chant's Hotel where they organized by appoint ing Ex Governor Ford, of Ohio, as President. The seceders adopted a short address, defining their position, and recommended another conven tion to" be held, to meet in New York, on the 12th of June next, to nominate candidates for Presi dent and Vice President of the United States. There were forty one signers to the address, among whom were the. following, from Pennsylvania, Wm. P. Johnston, Robert M. Riddle, S. C. Kase, T. J. Coffey, John Williamson and J. H. Sewell. Notwithstanding a new platform was adopted, the abolition tendencies of some of the followers of " S.im," led them to holt and to denounce the whole performance as entirely unsatisfactory. Thus ends the first effort of the new fangled party to enter the Presidential contest, but how the difficulties with the bolters and black Repub lican branch of the party will terminate remains to be seen. Tne nomination so far does not ap pear to be well received, but the Democracy in their own time we opine will put a candidate in the field who will defy the whole combined power of the mongrel opposition. Foreign News. The foreign News upon the first page will be found interesting. The Amehicv has since ?,rr ved but there is not much to add to previous ad vice. The English papers are still busy discuss ing the difficulties existing between the American and English governments, end the debates in par liament upou the same subject possess much in terest. The BALTicrrived at New York on the 4th inst., bringing four days later nws from Europe. There is an entire absence of tews of any inter est, excepting the following piece of "military in telligence.', TROCTS ORDERED TO CANADA. ' The London Times says, under the head of mili tary news "In addition to the fcthrcgimeit and a battalion of the Rifles, w hich are about to be despatched. ti Canada, it is understood to be the intention of the Hitinh Government to send out several other regiments to British North America, so as to form a powerful force in that country. In anticipation of this step being taken, it is rumor ed that almost every regiment "now attached to the home station, has received private intimation that their cervices may be required in Canada ; and such early notice has been given in order that the regimental clothing, which is made expressly for that station, may be in Tcadiness in case the exigencies of the service should require a large body of troops toLe moved to that country!" 03" Right. The Hon. Isaac E. Hiester, late the Whig member of Congress from Lancaster county, has formally joined, and announced him self a Democrat and a member of the Democratic party. The betrayal and disorganizing of the Whig party, and his antipathy to the principles and practices of Know-Nothings and Black Re publicanism (abolitionism) are the causes of thW 6icp ne nas taiien. it e welcome nira to ou ranks. The Poktage Railroad. The Hollidays- burg Standard says the preparations making for the opening of navigation are such aa to justify the anticipation that there will be no delay in the transit of goods over the Portage Road the ensuing season, and that the road will open, if no extraordinary slides should occur, just as soon as the weather will permit. Gen Calohan is now having constructed at the depot in Johnstown, four new sets of trucks. These, in addition to those on hand, will be sufficient to accommodate a largely increased section boat business, and obviate the necessity of a section boat waiting an hour for truc-k either at Ifollidaysburg or Johns town. An Act or Exemption'. In the House of Re presentatives, Mr. Roberts has submitted an Act. which provides that where any widow within this Commonwealth shall receive under the pro visions of a will, proceedings in partition, or in any. other mode, an annual sum or payment in lieu of dower, either during life or w idowhood, less than two hundred dollars, the same shall be exempt from taxation for State and county pur poses. - . Buchanan and Fillmore. ; The Phil.idelphia2Vmes thinks the nomination of Millan" Fillmore a great and glorious event ; lit it is a litt le doubtful al mt his carrying Penn sylvania. -We extract the following from the ar tielc : " We take it for granted, that the friends of Mr. Fillmore, in Philadelphia and throughout the State, are np and doing, and that rillmore clabs will every where le formed aud set in operation, to counteract the stringent discipline and uutiring efforts of the democratic parly. With Mr. Bu chanan for their candidate, we neod expect no ea-. sy fight. Between two such mn as Fillmore and liuchauun, the contest wiil be one of the most ar duous and severe that h;is ever leen witnessed. Both men represent ie it and antagonistic princi ples ; both are high-minded and honorable men ; And both would alike disdain to stoop to any of tho coarse and common arts of tho demagogue. The contest will be one of the most interesting in our political history, and we . fhall watch its pro gress with the intensest anxiety." .t A : A find of $00,000 is to be made np in New York to htart a great paper in that city, equal in size to the Herald. The K. N's a r& fully resolved to head off the- Republicans, and the Times savs f they will do it, an 1 rmn pel tbe Kef nblican to coir.e uilo iLc r up pert cf Fillmore. - " y& the Democrat & Sentinel. '( Washington Birth-Day. . iievsrs. EniTORS : -The j roper ceiebrutii n of national holidays tnds to htighten in a gt de gree that holy and deep emotion of tho hiiman heart denominated patriotism j ? - The love of one's native land is ft" pure and bo- ly sentiment implanted in the heart of man by the Deity himself, from which have emanated many of the noble and magnanimous deeds that apipear upon the broad and bloody hi&tnry cf the human race; whatever thee tends to arottse and show forth that love of one's natal shore, must certainly be deserving of at least a passing notice. I am led to these reflections from the fact of having witnessed on the late birth-day of the " Father of his Country," a celebration, commem orative of the life and actions of him, who must al way be first in the affections of his countrymen. The celebration to which I refer, took place at the Academy of St. Francis in Loretto. It being the general custom of Catholic institutions to render tribute upon the altar of patriotism, the young men of this rural literary institute, were determi ned not to be out-done by Colleges and Acrdemies whose age and fame would perhaps entitle them to the first p'ace in the patriot band. According ly they assembled and agreed ou the order of ex ercises. Speeches were made and eulogies deliv ered upon the character of that great and good man, whose mighty arm exerted no little influ ence in procuring for us those inestimable bles sings and privileges which we now enjoy. IiOve, honor and veneration were bounteously poured out in the sincere accents of the young and ardent collegians. Love of country and the coun try's benefactors was certainly visible in the joy ous countenances of the young orators, and not less so in those of the audience, of whom a great number were the solemn, silent religious, whose warm hearts, thongh devoted first to God, beat ardently with honest true love of the memory of Washington. - - . The party then departed in sleighs, sleds, &c, for Summitville and Cresson, where the happy celebrants were kindly entertained by the gentle manly proprietors, Messrs. Riffle and Jackson. Two bands accompanied the joyful collegians, and the bauners of their country waved proudly o'er them, responsive to the cool breeze of the lofty Alleghenies. One of the banners is a memento of other days it was born aloft through: the bloody fields of Mexico when Cambria's noble sons poured out tl.cir hearts purest blood upon that forcigu shore; its proud folds were pierced with ballots and its stripes stained with the enemy's blood. One of the young men aptly and well re marked that the holes and stripes were for the enemy, and the stars emblematic of ourselves. Altogether tne celebration was well worth seeing, and the participants were certainly well pleased. It strikes me, Messrs. Editors, that if certain gentlemen, who figure very extensively at Harris burg this winter, could have seen the celebration at Loretto, " Vial den of rijjersf it would have brought the deep, crimson blush of shame to their unmanly checks, they would hare quailed and hung their heads and hidden their, guilty faces from the honest gaze of the bright-eyed, orphan, mountain boy, whom they have branded as a vi per, whose alma mater they have vilified, whose instructors and protectors they have vilely, false ly, misrepresented. Certainly it woid have re moved from honest minds any lingering doubt concerning the character of this invitation ; it woidd have shown, to an honest mau', that while boys are there brought up in the religion of their ancestors, there ko they are taught td imbibe those principles of civil and religious liberty, for which their fathers fought and bled, and f r which thcy too will struggle when necessity requires. Yours, Jkc, TRUTH- Excellent Letter from President Pierce. The following truly excellent and patriotic Jet ter Was addressed by President Pierce to the Mercantile Library Association of Boston, in re ply to an invitation to be present and participate in their recent celebration of Washington's birth day: . , ., WashixgTox, February 18, 1 856. Gentlemen: I duly received your letter of the 31st ult., inviting me, in the name of the mem bers of the Mercantile Library Association of Boston to join with them in celebrating the ap proaching birthday of .Washington. It wotild be most grateful to roe to listen to the instructive thoughts aud eloquent words which will on this occasion be addressed to the Association, but this, of course, will not be in my power. I honor the purpose of rendering the tribute cf your affectionate reverence to the memory of him who was the hero of our Independence the states men of the Revolution the foremost among the founders of the American Union. He lived the leader and the guide of our fathers ; he died to be come tho type of greatness to us and to our pos terity. It is no fabulous glory, which surrounds his name ; his are no doubtful lineaments, delu sively magnified to the eye in the dim obscurity of antiquity. He stands before us in the clear light of history, with all his faultless propojtion3 of mind as of person distinctly visible. Whether ii " r at the head of armies, or in peace at that of cabinets; whether in the exercise of public authority, or in the calm scenes of coveted retire ment ; his entire life, military and civil, public and private, is one long lesson of wisdom and of instruction to his country. His career possesses a completeness, his character a dignity of style, his fame a noble ymmetry, which will cause him in all time to stand forth as the representative man of this republic, and the model patriot of the world. If the people of every State and Confederation fathers and mothers sons and daughters would assemble annually on the 22dof February, in their respective cities, towns and hamlets, and listen to the Farewell AdJress 'of the Father of his Country, it would, in mj iudgemcnt, aecom- Lplish more iu the way of awakening a deep sense of constitutional tluty ot settling questions ot moral obligation in relation thereto of. eradica ting sectional prejudice of dissipating errors of sentimeut and opinion, and of ensuring security and perpetuity to the blessings which we enjov, than any other instrumentality which man's wis dom can devise. In pausing for a d v, as you propose, to dws-ll upon the great life of Washing ton and to call to mind all the patriotism," which by act and by speech he inculcated, j-ou cannot fail to refresh the love cf country in your breasts, and to feel your own heart3 swell as his, through life, never ceased to do, wit h a devotion to the common weal, not narrowly confined to place, or section, but co-extensive with the broad limits of the Union. With my b:yt wishes for the useful ness and enjoyment of your gathering,' 1 i ' '. I am. gentlemen. .' ' . - - ' ' Your obliged frieud and servant, " . v. FRANKLIN PIERCE. Messrs. Charles G. Chase, Carlos Pierctf. -WV: IT. Learned, Jr., A. F-, SL-e, .Edward WY Foster, Cemrr.itt?e. - " ' . ' . Corrigan Convicted. The Pittsburgh Uuisn eays The protracted trial of Hugh Corrigan. charged with' ths mur j der of his wife, which has engaged the Ccnrt cf, Oyer and Terminer of Westmoreland county, for j nine days past, resulted, on Friday, in the con viction of the prisoner, of mnrder in the first de gree. " Saturday morning he was brought into Court and sentenced to death. . The time for exe cution will be fixed by the Governor. " After overruling the motion for ' a new trial Judge Buffington continued : Hugh Corrigan You have - been found guilt', by a jury of your country, of murder in the first degree. Have you any thing to sajr before the sentence of the law, is passed upon you 1 - -. . t pbisoner's remarks. Prisoner.- " Well, I don't know, sir. On that occasion L think I was convicted unjustly. I thought I was going to be ti ied by a Court of common law of Pennsylvania, and I don't see why it shouldn't be done so.- 1 thought there was no inquisition in Westmoreland county. 1 never knew anything to deprive mo of talking my sentiments to my attorneys even to eternity-. I thought thece was no gag-Hw htre. I thought it something very strange in this sort of way. It was several persons telling the attorneys what to prove to convict me, on this occasion but (looking over to that part of the bar occupied by the Commonwealth,)they are not here to-day ! , " I only feel one or two reasons. I wouldn't believe Bob Stitt's evidence. If he's right I'm wrong ; and if I'm right he's wrong. He proved a matter entirely wrong. AVell, I suppose its my business-to make no objection to it. if 3-ou are the law and the judge. It wortld show for itself, that he swore to what was wrong. Would any one of common sense say, if I wanted to kill this woman, (pointing to a spectator,) I would go to tell anoth er ? I had the ablity myself to keep it within my own bounds. My character is too well known, here, for that. " I didn't want to come here to-day on my honor, gentlemen. I was fcuff ring for Sam Black j cstcrday, and for Mr. Drum to-day .; If you are an Inquisition Judge I want to know it and why didn't you let Sam Black 6peak after my friend Mr. Cowan ? Why didn't you give a man fair play ? Why didn't you let him explain it 1 SanT Black told me it was common law, and you made it more than common law. I was sor ry for Mr. Drum, that you wouldn't let him talk as long as he wanted to talk.' I don't care about any man here. I didn't come here for humanity. You saw how I came. I don't understand and care less. I don't care anvthing about it." I- The prisoner here sat down. The Sheriff direct ted him to stand up, when he said, " hat ! is there more yet? Well, I don't rare anything about it!" The Court then proceeded : It is several months since you committed the offence for which you are about to svfjfcr. You have had ample time to Leake any preparations necessary for your defence. You havo had pro cess of the law to compel the attendance of wit nesses. You had, and exercised the right of chal lenge, till you got a jury to your satisfaction, ami you hive been laboriously, ably and eloquently defended by very distinguished counsel. Not withstanding all this, your guilt was too manifest to admit of a doubt. The inexorable facti, stein as fate coiled themselves around you, from which there is no escape. Since the commission of J.he crime, the conscious ness of the guilt has no doubt agonized your soul, and I will not increase that agony by dwelling up on the dread ful deeds of blood. Your situatiou is a pitiable one not much better than the condition of your wife when screaming for mercy beneath your uplifted murderous hand. No pity was ex tended to her no time for repentance and prepa ration no time to re lieve her koul by prayer and communion with her Maker. She was" Lulled with all her sins about her into the prtsence of her eternal judge, and that by the ruthless hand of her owi husband. Your situation is different you have had several months to prepare' for your fall and you still have a few weeks left. It-is de voutly to be hoped that vcu will improve them profitabljtio your relief in this world and your happiness in the world to come. Prostrate your self in sackcloth and ashes at the foot of the trots of Christ and you are yet not so far gone, but that great Physician of souls can save you. . I beg you. hope for nothing in this world. It will be delusive deceptive. Your guilt is too manifest, your crime ho grevius, to hope fi r ex ecutive mercy. If you place your reliance there, you will find, perhaps, when it is too late, that the gates of human relief are closed against you. This court deeply sympathizes with you we pitv you from the bottom of our hearts ; but our sympathies can not save ycu, and as ministers of justice we are bound to pronounce the awful sen tence of the law, which wo now do : THE SEXTEXCK. " It is the sentence of the Court that you, Hugh Corrigan, be taken from hence to the prison whence vou came and that you be taken from thence to the place of execution, within the walls i or yard of the jail of W estmoieian county amt that you be there (at such time as shall I e appoin ted by the warrant of the Governor of Femisylva- Uia,) be HASOF.D BY THE NECK UNTIL TOU ARE dead! And may God Almighty have mercy on your, soul!" The prioor.tr exhibitoifihe most perfect indiffer ence during the whole proceedings. Religious rights of the Hebrews. Gen. Cass, iu presenting a petition to the Unir ted States Senate, on Tuesday, made the following jufct and liberal remarks : s Mr. President, 1 Lave been requested by our Hebrew feliow-citizcns of this District to present a petition asking for an act of incorporation to en able them to erect a place of worship, and to man: age the temporalities connected with it. I under stand that the existing laws in this District make provision for those purposes only in relation to Christian denominations. Such a distinction is an act of . gross injustice, and, if continued after our attention is directed to it, it would he a dis grace to our jurisprudence. It would ill liecome u to cast reproach by any act of ours upon the faith of the patriarchs and prophets of Israel, to whose keeping for more than two thousand years were committed the oracleof the true and living Got!. Considered in a historical aspect only, the rise and progress and fall of the Jewish race con stitute the most interesting and remarkable, and, I may add, romantic isode in the whole annals of mankind. The incarnate Saviour himself, in his human capacity, was a Jew, and He came, "as he himself declared, not to destroy the first dispen sation that of law but to fulfil it by the second dispensation that cf mercv. His revelation is freely offered to all the world, whether Jew or Gentile ; and it condemns every kind of persecu tion and intolerance, whether civil or cccl iastical. 1 trust that that fell spirit leading to eternal con flicts between the power .to inflict and the power to endure will never take possession of the Amer ican heart, nor write Us cruel and unchristian de cree in the volumes of American legislation. I move the reference of this petition to the Commit tee on the District of Coluubia. - -lr-- fjrj-lK the German Courier of Tuesday we find the following: - ' The National Republican Convention lately held here does not come, np to our expectation. If the Convention which will assemble on the 17th of June admits such fanatical parsons "as this Lovejoy, or fools like the saw-logman," besides taking into their rank and file Crethi and Plethi, (tag-nag,') Know- Nothings and Abolitionists, the fate of the Republican party will - scon be the same as that of tho Whig party. It will fall to pieces by the law of sense. - Under such circum stances we advise our countrymen to keep them selves aloof from the Republican party, unless it gives belter proet of republican smeorvty. Departure of Hon. Geo. K. Dallas for , England.- j. , tet York. March 2. -Among the pas sengers who left this port yesterday by the steamer Atlantic for Liverpool, wns the lion. Geo. M. Dallas," the newly appointed Minister to England A large number of the personal and political friends of Mr, Dallas assembled on the pier to bid Lira adieu, and as the ves sel left the dock they gave' him tSree hearty cheers thrice repeated. ; IL? is accompanied by "Lis family, who will remain with him iu England during his stay in that country. They spent the last three or four days previous to their departure with Col. James B. Mur ray, of this city.-who entertained a large party on Friday evening, at his residence in Washington place, to meet the new Minister, and to express their confidence in his ability and patriotism in the important mission which he Las undertaken. ' Among those who called uon Mr. Dallas were Lient. Gen. Scott. Commodore Perry, lion. Edward Everett, Judge Kane, of Phil adelphia, Dr. Kane, (Arctic Expedition,) lion. James S." Wads worth.-Hon. :-R. J. Wal uer, Hugh Maxwell, Esq., Collector Kedfield. and many others ' -r t , A committee of the Chamber of Commerce, consisting of Hon. Moses II Grinncl, Wil liam Hoge. Esq., Paul N. Spafford, James Lee and Thomas Tileston, besides several bankers and merchants also waited upon Mr -Dallas end interchanged sentiments appropri ate to the occasion. ' Mr. DaUas carries with him the support of the whole community, and has reason to feel that he represents and illustrates" the senti ments of onr whole people. G. W. Beach, Esq., also went out jj the steamer Atlantic, as bearer of special despatch es from the Hon. W. L. Marcy to the United States Legation at London. Henry Clay on Fusion. The following is an extract from a speech delivered by IIexry Clav, in the House of Representative, in Kentucky. Nov 19, l&f0, and now applicable to the doings in Congress; and should, as a piece of information, be kept before the country as a beacon-light, that the people may see and avoid the quick s ands of the Black Bepu'olicans : "But if it (the Whig party) is to bo merged into a contempliUe aL( Lti on party , and if ob olitionismis to be engrafted vpm the' Whig creed, f rum tltat moment J renounce the party and cease to Lea Whig. I go a step further; if Iain ali .re, I will give my iiumble support to that man for the Presidency who, to what cvi r party Le may belong, is not contamina ted by fanaticism, rather than to one who. crying out all tbe time that be is a Whiz, maintains doctrines ntterly subversive cf the Constitution and the Union." The Disunion Petition in the Ohio Senate. The following is the report cf the Commit tee on Federal Relations in tbe Senate, to which was" referred th: petition of certain per sons of Sakm, Columbiana county, praying the Legislature to take the necessary measures to obtain a peaceable ois.olut ion of the Unkn : The Committee on Federal Relations, to whom was referred the memorial on behalf of the W'e.-tern ami -Sta very Society, prr.ving a dissolution of the Union, respect full v submit ted the following report: Ycur committee have given nil the consideration to the snljcct of the mcmori?.! that its importance demands. Thryaro free to admit that the federal govern ment, like all human governments, las its im pcrff ctious, and that those who cdminktr it are not infallible. Still our committer be lievethat in its principles sr,J workir.rs it approximates more nearly to realization of the wants of mankind than any one that ha. preceded it. and much noT nearly than any one that wruld be likely to rise cp-u its ruins Your coinmifi.ee take p!e.isu"e iu saying that there is no coiitiderable poriioa of the people of Ohio who directly or' indirectly Sj-rnpathize with the purpose of tbe memorialists. Loy alty to the confederacy of the States cn unfaltering adherence to the obligations of the federal constitution are predominating charctcristics of cur people. That thongh they arc not iudfferent to the great question of human liberty, they believe it is the part of wisdom to retain in its purity the political, religious," educational and social privileges which we now enjoy, and extend those privi leges to the whole human family as fat as a du? regard to the rights of all pat ts of the con federacy will permit. For these, nud a rcriety of reasons that might be stated, your committee, in the most decided and emphatic manner, condemn the treasonable objects of the memorialists, aud ask to be discharged from the further consid eration of the subject. s The Mission to England. Tho Eastern (Me.-) Argus, in alluding to the appointment of tbe Hon. George M. Dal las as Minister to England, presents some interesting reminiscenses relative to this im portant mission. The following record will show that Mr. Dallas has been preceded in the mission by a long line of able men : Gouvcrneur Morris," N. J.,) commis - sioner, - 1TS9 Thomas Pickney, (S. C.,) full minister, 1792 John Jay, (N. Y..) " 1794 Rufus King, (N. Y .) 179G James Monroe, (Va.,)" " 1S03 James Monroe and William Pinckney, (Md.,) jointly and severallv ministers, 180G W7illiatn Pinekey, full minister, 1803 John Q. Adams, (Mass.') Richard Rush, (Pa',) Rufus Kinz, (N. Y.,)- . Albert Gallatin, (X. Y.,) James Barbour, (Va..) Louis McLane, (Md.,) v Martin Van Buren, (N. Y.,) 1815 1817 1825 1826 182S " 1829 1831 al t c 4 Mr. Van Buren's nomination was rejected in the Senate by the casting vote of Mr. Cal houn, and in March, 1832, be left the mis sion in charge of Aaron Vail, Secretary of Legation, who continued in charge till 183G. Audrew'Stevenson, (Va.,-) full minister. 183G Edward Everett, (Mass,,) Louis McLane, (Md.,) George Bancroft, (Mass.,) Abbott Lawrence, (Mass.,) J. R. Ingersoll, (Pa.,) James Buchanan, (Pa.,) 1841 1845 1819 1S49 1852 1853 -The Irus adds : . ; '- It is singular that three ministers to Eng land should- have been taken in - succession from Pennsylvania.-i Of the older of the appointee in the preceding, list, Mr. Kueh still survives, and is also a Pennsylvania Albert Gallatin was appointed from the Key stone State, but is no longer among the liv ing Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Dallas Are nc: far from tb same ae ; the former, wc believe being two years the 6t-nior. TUy tro both in ne health. The salnry of our Minister to En 'and i now 17.500, and there in no outfit cr mUt. It was formerly $9,0u0, with cn cutfU.of tho same amount, and an mnt of a n-i.irtr quar nry. To ctd? who remains two years or more abroad, the present rat ; is tht ir? prfltsbla For a year only, the cid rata oc t !.'- t; better pay. : "' ' " j , The Indian War in Oregon. ... The San Francisco papers contain ndviec from Portland 'lo the 20th of December, aal from tbe Dalles (the seat of war) to the 15th. ' Great anxiety wss felt as ia tbe egress rf hostilities in the Waila Walla country. A letter from Portland cf tbe 20th December says : ' ' " As near as I can ascertain, there will be cc wiQter campaign. The troops are not 3 conditjon, neither is there a sufH-;. i; ,,,, r to take the field and keep it; and i--t ro" you that General Wool is too oj 1 a .-.-, 'i. r to commence operations with the f;t staring Mm in the face that he has not a force fiTicuntta follow up the Indian?, in case they s'iocli re treat, only to return again. . Thore is no. us commencing operations unless everything is in readiness to sweep the wbob country nnd close the war with one campaign. The Gen eral will 6end such forces as are needed, at px posviJ points, aud'keep a reserve well appoin ted, to start at any moment if they should bo needed. By keeping the Indians in check during the winter, and then getimc everything in order for active operations in the spring; a brilliant campaign will follow, and the war which has now commenced be brought epeei.l ly and summarily to a close. ; . By tbe arrival of th Fashion, orr the I7thr wc received news of the death of Chief Pee Pee Mox Mox. His war steed, which has lecn considered the best auimal in the coun try, was brought down by Captain Van Ber gen as a trophy. ..' . By the Panama larr: quantities of bupplL-s have arrived, wiih 140 hor.es and uiules, ail of which arrived iu order & safely. Fort Vanc-'UVer wears a very busy aspect, and strongly rcminds.one of Point Isabel, ia Texas, at the time ef the breaking out of tho Mexican War. Stores of all kinds are lan ded and embarked, stacked away, going and coining, and in fact the place ia alive with business. The agent here r,f the IInd.-rn Bay Coipn pany, Mr. Graham, as we' i as the Cvuqmny in general, are doing all they can to prevent tho remaining tnbs of Indi-ms from j -i,Tj r 'n the bostilitirs to :ha whites, and a.s I he!ie they are sincere, they deserve much credit fir it. They buvs issued tact ord.-rs that nona of their posts bba'.l scU.ilre-.fvuis or an.uniliou to the savage?. Gen. Wool hrs crT'nS2one.d Cupt. Newli! to raise a company of ra'igf-rs to a t as s-ovjts,. which lie is f.st making up. Captain New til hss'bcen en this siJ5 of the Kocky moun tains for 25 years, during which time he has been engaged in hunting and trapping, and Las tLe reputation cf Laving- kil'cd more bears, taken more b.?r.ver., and scalped ninre Indians, than any oiut white man on this side of the continent. His name is a terror to the Indi ans, and. as hiscon-.pany in ma le up partly of half-lreeds, all . taorou jhly acq-tairitod with the In iian lino, as he js also, they will no doubt do gr"at service. .There is a painful rumor afloat h :rc lhi the schooner Matthew - V.fssar L:,.s ,o.r:: lost down the court , with all bands or, btr i. I have tried to jrae? 'oat th. particulars, but cannot hear anything definite. I learn from very good authoi ity that the In dians are able to bring .5.000 warriors into the war. and, moreover, that tbev are all more or less supplied with guns or riCes, and have for the last three years beu quietly gathering together amcrition and material for this jrrand struggle. The Indians are total ly di-rent from the lower-eoatt , tribes, and aic really brave and blood-thirsty, so you raav judge what kind of a fcVte Gen ..Wool should Lave to contend successfully against them - T-f. Paper Plant in Wisconsin -LTnder this bead we have before us a description of a plant recently discovered in this country by Mrs. A. L Beaumont, of Arena. She has furnished us with a fine sample of cotton, and also of fiax, froi the same plant, which she describes as' follows: WT discovered, two years ago, a plant that yielded both cotton and flas fromthe same root, and believe that I am .i a fili the first person that ever cultivated, spun and knit, from it. I am persuaded that any arti cle that will make r.s :rood cloth as can bo made from this plant will make good paper hence, I call it tbe Paper Plant. It can bo planted in the spring, and cut in the fall oc winter. - It bleaches itself white as it stands, and will yield at least three or fonr tons to the acre. From a single root that I transplanted last spring, there grew twenty largo stocks, with three hundred and five pods (containing the cotton) with at least sixty seeds in each. From this root I obtained seven ounces of pur ccittcn, and over half a pound of flax. It " very heavy plant and grows from six to s , feet high'" From the sample before us of' cotton and flax, as an article for tbe manufac ture of paper, it must be far better and chea per than any other known. Mrs. B., in the discovery and cultivation of this plant, is en titled to the gratituda of all, and we trust she may yet be liberally rewarded. Mineral Point TriLnne. Union of the Shells. The Albany Argvs. hard, and the Albany Alia, soft, have been united. One paper wil be issued from the consolidated establishments bearing the name, and conducted by one of the editors of each of the old journals. The object of the union was, of course, to brin together the two factions into which the D?mocracy of New York are divi ded. ,The move is a very commendable one, and we fondly hope that the pumose may be consum mated at an early day. The Democracy may, possibly, need the vote of New York in the presi dential election, and the shells owe it to the coun try to bury their petty fictional differences, and unite with the national Democracy in upholding the constitution nd perpetuating the union of tho Rtates. - New York has attracted the attention of the connfrv the first step has been taken will not the others speedily follow ? feJ-Uon. C. C. Cambroling.who represented tho city of New York eighteen years, was afterward Minister to Russia has been a distinguished fre trale politician h"s written a letter in favor of the principles of the Kansas-Nebraska bill and of ihe national democratic party; '
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