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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
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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, - - -
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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.
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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; '