iblidimens, *dip aid edict Pes. BIkiOORALTIC STATIt MM:MCW/. • Sow the Qe.ee►aUcUa ba - Ham of Homo' or Rapassmcrerrvzs, • Harl•l'Sbw - rg, Narrh 8, 1854 The members of the Democratic State Convew dot assembled in the Hail of the House of Rep tunestatitme, and were tailed to order by W. L. snot maim= of the State CentrateOmmit.- tee, at 10 o'clock, A. M. • PETRIESN, Da FRANCIS a$ LitMAS Clustrrre were nominated and chosen as Secre tariat. When the hst of delegates, was called over, it was ascertained that every district in the State was ermeented. Mr. M'Keever appeared to contest the seat of Mr. Manly, from the senatorial district compet— ed a the counties of Chester and Delaware. A genital was made that Mr. Manly be admittedas a delegate from this district. A motion was mete to amend, by substituting the name of Mr. it i Keever. The contestants were heard, each man looking a statement The question was ta kes on the amendment, admitting Mr. M'Kee ver; sal it Was not 3gr0 , '.1 to. Mr Manly was then admitted. .1 - • Nr. i Gillis moved that a committee of the sen atorial delegates be appointed for the purpose of nominating permanent officers for. the Conven tion: The motion was amended; so as to give the delegation. from each district the power of choosing a member of the committee. Mr. Chase moved that a committee be appoin, ted from the several districts, for the purpose of - drafting resolutions for the considetation of the Convention. Mr. Hamlin moved. that the con sideration of the rftolntion be postponed until the sag$ ag organization of the Convention; which woe agreed to. The Convention took a recess until twenty minutes past 12 o'clock. When the Convention re-emembled, Mr. John A. Gamble from the the committee on officers, made the following report: Presideat.—PETEß C. SHANNON. 'nee L ,Hirst, Hugh Mooney, Albert B. Ashton, Andrew Noble, James F. NichoLls, John mith, Edward J. Leaman, Daniel B. Kutz, Levi Sassaman, Jacob L. Gross, Jacob Donahauer ' Andrew Patterson, Retry C. l o ongnee.ker, J. H. Walker, Joel B. Dinner, Daniel Motter, B. R. Petriken, Henry Grlady, Jas. W. Rhoads, H. L. Scott, Timothy Ives, J. Y. James, Jno. R. Brawley, David lid ball, Mathew Harbison, James Salisbury, Lewis Roberta, Jno. P. Reed, Wm. T. Alexander, Philip.Hillbish, Robert F. ThUmpson, Benjamin Christ, and Mathew Shields. • Sixretaries.—Robert W. Jotir.A, Win. S. Am. weg, D. K. Williams, Jno -S. /those, no Bris bin, Alex. M'Kinne}•, David H. Baker. W. P. Laird, Charles Harmer, Jesse Patterson, and , Stephen Taylor. The report of the committee was adopted. The President was eondnrted to the &sir, and addressed the Convention infra appropriate man ner:— Glitirtuticutc—ln - taking the position a.ssign ed to me by your kind partiality, I trust you *lll not consider it merely customary phraseolo gy when you are assured, that I am heartily and profoundly sensible of the honor. As citizens of the Commonwealth, we meet to day under circumstances calculated to cell forth the greatest thankfulness. Our people are bless ed with health, plenty abounds throughout the land, whilst peace, that smiled upon the efforts of Penn. in laying the foundations of civilized government in a new territory, dill continues to scatter benign and hallowed rays over the great Commonwealth which bears, and is destined for ever to bear, his name. As delegates of the Democratic paity of the State, we likewise assemble under the most fa vorable auspices. We are, alt of us, unwhver iewin fealty to the Constitution and to thei Un ion. We believe that next to the duty we owe to our God, there is none higher, none more sa cred, than that which we owe to our country. We adhere to the great and lasting principles recognized by our fathers, and written -in the text-book of the party. . And pointing proudly to the established and honorable position of our State, amid her sister States, for steady fidelity to . National Deinocratie principles, we claim for her that just proportion of rens:id and influence to which she is entitled. Nothing less, and no thing more. Our gubernatorial contest in 1851, was bril liant and successful, and the election of last Oc tober was the crowning point to the former; re stating in majorities ranging from thirty thou sand to forty thousand' 7 - The strengt of the Pennsylvania Democracy beehat felt, dis unquestioned. Who will fief, t what been done once cannot as readily done ' ? There is no disunion in our thi and • ened ranks; there is as yet no cause or ' 'on; and if there is a murmur, it is me y like hat of the sportive breeze` over the calm m f a summer lake. •We latigh a prognostics of evil which euta nate from the - rse than Delphic oracle of Whig , gery. The sy bles of the one are as unreliable as those of the other. Whilst the Democratic party in some States has most 'Unfortunately been split into ignoble fragments, upon questions best known to them selves, Pennsylvania has stood firm aid immov able as the mountains which divide her territory --always velh.ble, if she has a fair chance, al ways true in ever) pulsation of her heart to her first and early attachment Let us, then, remain true to ourselves, and all win continue to be well. Let us avoid the ex ample of other States, and ever shut oat from our deliberations the foul spirit of discord.—Let our motto be--inios, fraternity, &worm and the steady radiance of our political light AUll not be obscured, nor shalt our lofty position over be lost On motion of ' Mr. Gillis, the rules of .thi House of Representatives were adopted for the government of the convention On motion of Mr. Chase, the convention pro maded to go osminimmow of the resolutinn,pro tiding for the appointment of a committee en re solutions. Mr. Roberto moved to amend, by giving the President lite power of appointing one ,from each Senatorial district, to compose the committee. Mr. Gillis moved to amend the amendment, by making the . committee ocataint of nine mem bers, toise appointed by the chair. • The amendment to-the amendment was not agreed to. ' The amendment to the resolution was licen ad rresobstion as amended was agreed to. • - Adjourned: . I Arrninoob Ssostom.—The Convention as sembled at 2AVeleck. The PrseidtM'' t. announced that meninations for Governor Were in order, whefem)eit. Mr. W. 1. Hirst moved that William Bigler be Dmkata by acclamation. Mr. Ahrtaldar M'Kinney objected;- , when Mr. Sine ' dominated Wm Bigler. Mr. M'Kinney " Thos. S.- Bell. • A ballot was then had with .the following re sult, viz: Bigler 128, Bell 5. William Bigler having received a majority of aired yeses, the nominee of the Demo. male Governor. • % A • was then made , that the nomination be decimal unanimous; which was not agreed to, Xr. Ill'Kinney, of Westmoreland, voting . in tie negative. On motion of Mr. ,Wilson, the Honorable Jer emiah S. Black wa.s‘nominated by acclamation, as the Democratic candidate for Judge of the &- prune Court. The Convention then procsed to [timings can didates for Canal Commisolover, ad follows,: Henry S. Mott, 4 Chester Thome, , John H.: litilips, George Scott, David Jno. B: Beck, Daniel 7f, .- David Lew, - Jacob &ball, JOseithßdwaA, Wm. Fry. The names of David Palwood and Chester Thomas *me withdrawn before IL Tote was taken. The Convention then proceeded to vote, as Ibl len - 4e 0 7 • B. bkott 56; G P eorge Sceit 20; Diaiel Elerwoo& 14; William ry ;J. a ek 1!2. Solari. Phillips 8; Jacob * 14 dm= 6; Joseph d yads 4. No candidate having received a majority of *ll the votes, there was no nomination. On motion, thi: Convention proceeded to ajmee ond vote; as follows : Hoary S. Moth 83; George Soon 20; 1.1(, Sherwood 18; Wm. Fry 6; Jacob Erdman 4. - Henry S. Mott, of Pike county, having receiv ed a majority of all the votes cast, was declared duly nominated. - A. motion was made by Henry Sherwood, of Mop, that the' nomination be unanimous; which was not agreed to, several delegates voting in the negative. The Convention then took e recess for one hour. When the Convention re-assembled, a motion was made to adjourn to 7 o'clock; which was not agreed to On motion, the officers of the Convention were appointed a committee to inform the persons nominated of their nomination. . On motjen of Mr. A. H. Colfroth, it was or dered that the President appoint a State Central Committie. On motion, Mesttit. Jones, Gamble and M'- Kinney were appoiated, a committee to wait up on the committee on resolutions, and aseZitain at what time they would be ready to report. After some time, .the committee returned, and reported that the committee on 'resolutions would be ready to report in ten minutes. At the expiration of twenty minutes, the corn mittee on resolutions returned, and made the following report. through their chairman, Mr. Chase: • Resolved, That the selection of William 'Big; ler by the voice of this Oonvention, as the stand antbearer of the democracy in the next guber natorial contest, is not only in accordance with the well-established usages of the party, but a well-merited tribute to his eminent worth, integ 'ty and ability. His entire administration has been characterized by an unselfish devotion to the best interests of the people. The democra cy will hail his, re-nomination with delight, and will ratify the action of this ennventiou , by his triumphant election. ' - Resolved, That the last annual message of Gov. Bigler k a public document of , unusual strength and ability; exhibiting, with the great est candor and fidelity, .the aetual financial con dition of the commonwealth. In this frank and manly exhibit, we have tositrauce that the pub lic interests of the people are entrusted to a safe and competent executive. .Resolved, That whilst there is so much in the message of Gov. Bigler to excite oar, admiration and pride for the exhaustless wealth of the State, and the high degree of prosperity enjoyed by the people, we should not be insensible to the im portance of a rigid economy in every depatment of the government: It is in this that we have the assurance that the public money is not mis applied, and a just' foundation for the confident* that. public engagements will be cheerfully,met by the people. Rewind, That upon the subject of the curreq cy, the view of Gov. Bigler are perfeitly srnttid and democrutie. That whilst it has never. been the aim or intention of the Democratic pally to "uproot entirely the system of banking we have;" it is not less our true policy to restrain the ag-' gregate amount of eapaital invested- in banking to the demands of a healthy trade and the *cie s' business wants of the community, and not ran the risk of great commercial embarrassment and distres:. by an undue expansion of paper cir culation. Old and solvent banks should be re chartered with great caution, and only after a most thorough -examination of their condition; whirst new ones should only be established when absolutely necessary, and demanded by the en emies of trades Resolefel, That the evils of omnibus aud spe cial legislation had become intolerable, and the former especially calculated to produce incalcu lable mischief and injury . ..to - the public. We therefore heartily commend and approve the pos itiOn assumed by Gar. Bigler, against this spe eies of legislation. Re;:eteed, That in the Ijustment t of the;,dif -ficulties at Erie, and wi the -FrankLin^,,Canal company, Ger. Bigler splayed great' skill, prudence and ability; MR that he is justly en titled to the praise of fur his conduct through out the entire controversy. - Resolved, That this 9mirention presents with entire confidence, the nude of Jeremiah S. Black, as the candidate of, the Democratic partlr for Judge of the Supreme Court. The high charac ter and di4inguished ability of Judge Black are too well known to every citizen of the Common wealth to require enrinsement by this Conven tion. The time be has alreldy occupied that em-• inent position, has been sufficient to leave the im press of a gent mind upon the jurisprudence of the country, andlie has shown himself a worthy successor of the strong minds who filled the bench before him. Resokcd That in the selection of Henry S. Mott, as our candidate for Canal Commissioner, we believe' the democ . Tcy are peculiarly fortu nate; recognizing in h its, as we do, a man of the strictest integrity, great personal popularity, and eminently qualified to fill the responsible office for which he is nominated. Res4reel, That the election of Gen. Franklin Pierce to the Presidencyf was a triumphant vin, dieatioti of the attachment of the Democratic party to the Constitution and the Union; And that so far his administration has displayed great ability, been eminently jtidieious and consistent with the principles upon 'which he was elected, and the doctrines , contained in his inaugural , ad dress. Resulred, That the public services of the lion. James Campbell, and the ability, fidelity and in tegrity with which he has discharged the ditties of Postmaster General; entitle him to the thanks of the people of the United States, and that he poasesa‘tie confidence and merits the support of the democracy 'of Pennsylvania. R.-solved, That the course pursued by the Bon. R. Broadhead, our representative in the Senate of the United States, entitles him to the entire confidence and support of the Democratic party. Resolved, That the democracy of Pennsylvania are in favor of a liberal disposition of the public lands by the general government, and of the principles of a well devised Ilomestea4 Law, which would encourage agriculture, commerce, manufacturers, and all other branches of indus try, by granting to every free white male citizen of the United Stites, who is the head of a family, a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres of laud out of the public domain, upon conditional occupancy and cultivation of the same for a cer epeeiflc period. Resolr&f, That the democracy of Pennsylva nia adheres with unshaken fidelity, to the Con stitution and Union of the Stater, and relies up on the compromise of 1850 as the final Adjust ment of the vexed and dangerous question which then agitated the country, and menaced the ex istence of the Union. Upon this rational prin ciple Gov. Bigi e ntered upon the contest of 1851, and with, a dittinet avowal of his adhe sion, was triuniphantl elected. Adherence to its provisions was adopin 1852, as a distinct .i.4 ive feature in the natio al platform, and Presi dent Pierce was elected by an unparalleled ma :Via I, thus manifesting e popular assent to the i th and conditions o the compromise. Re garding it, as w e ‘ do, u a solemn and deliberate settlement of controversy, consecrated by the ef forts and energies of the ablest and best of both great political parties at the time of its adoption, and Mace, twice ratified by the people of this State, we therefore ratify and , adopt the princi ples laid down in theßaltimore platform of 1852. The ressdntione were adopted kmanimonsly. - On motion the meeting adjourned sine die. sir James Taylor, Esq., a greatly respected clam *of Albany, who bee "been for the loiterer tees pars Crshier of the Commercial Bank, died that city yesterday. • I" 0[66 “.;414Aii.1 - lir The Oley monument in Pottriille, will be completed iti ft month or two. selndiana, within s few years, hie construct, ed 1,200 miles of Railroad. /Fir She that marries a man because he is a "good match," must not be surprised if he turns out a "Lucifer." ge,. It is reported that snits will he vmmtene ed against Major Lally, Waddy Thompson, and the ether recipients of the Gardiner claim money. Harrisburg Union says that the ap propriations asked for the public service for the coming year, are over 86,000,000. ma. The citizens of Cincinnati have contribu ted $lO,OOO for the construction of a second steam Ire engine. ws. The population ofTalifornia, it is said, has not increased in any extrmt during the past year. • Stir The European Ti esprtsses the opin ion that.all hopes of peso° are over, and that the war will now be carried on with vigor. es. Five hundred millions of people or one half of the population of the world, are bibberfof tea—the beverage that cheers but notinebriates. stir There if! at present, in Peoria, 111. , near osc million bushels of grain, awaiting the open ing of the river and canal, for the eastern . mar ket. INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY.—The stockholners of all railroad companies organised in Ohio !Since the adoption of the new constitution of that state, a few years ago, are 'individually liable to an amount equal to their stock. j The news from China is of a more decided character than it has lately been. The tight Qf the Emperor is sPin n Zetted. It certain that the insurgents have e great progress in the interior. NIL, Mr. Zeno Scudder, a member of Cotigrais from the first district of Massaahunsetts, has re• signed his mat in consquence of ill health. An election to supply his place is to take place on the ld of April agi...The Erie Railroad Company have put on their road a telegraphic car which can be taken to any point, remote from a telegraphic station, where an aooident occurs, and communicate re sults both ways. lir The Boman Catholics of Boston tontem plate the erection of a cathedral in the south part of that city, which shall ont-do in dimensions, costliness, and splendor alt that this country has ever seen in the way of architectural splendor. A REMARKABLE MAN.—Mr. Levi Swain, of Meredith, N. H., informs the editors of the Deip ocrit that he has worked forty-seven years nt the carpenter business, and has never cut himself with an edged tool, never has beein sick a day, and always voted the democratic ticket. • tar We learn from the Dunkirk Journal that 11. W., Perkins, of Fredonia, who claims to have been robbed of 14,000, at Hornelsville, a short time since, has been arrested on complaint of his creditors, and is under examination before Judge Lewis, at Fredonia. i It is stated that England can . , avail her self of upwards of two hundred and fifty ocean steamers, in cue of war with Russia; of course the largest steam marine in the world. Bacliof the nine Cunard steamers ib able to cagy 1%, reg iment of the line. Mr. Green, the celebrated diver, has been prospecting on the Canada ajtore of Like • Erie for some locomotives that were lost overboard from vessels a year or two, go. From indications about the ice he thinks he knows the whereabouts of two of them, and says he will have them, as soon as the ice gosh off. ms,. Smyth, of the Louisiana, sy. , District, annonsmed himself as a eandidabribr Coa rser. The editor of the Courser says fiat ha knows nothing of the political sentiments of the man, but that he is immensely patriotic. The FALr found him ono night when he evidently "knew no north, no south, no east, no west;" he quietly led hiss up an •alley. no„, Dr. Wolfred Nelson has been elected Mayor of Montreal. Seventeen years ago, "thi hero of St. Dennis," as he was called, was brought into that city in irons, amid the insults and taunts of the populace. He was the admitted leader of the revolt of 1837, but su bseq uently pardoned through the influence of Lord Durham. —_ The Hornell-wills Tribune has 'Wen in formed that, Mr. Charles Minot, whose resigna tion of the Superintendency of the New York and Erie Raid we noticed a few dayaliince will nixie England during the coming smarm, and that the Emperor of Russia has offered him the post of Superintendent of the St. Petersburg and Mos cow Railroad. , ' • is. The Buffalo Repih/ie says that 'during the coming season the fare on railreiwis is to be very materially lessened. From Cleveland to New Yo* and Roston, via the New York Cen tral road;'passengers are to be carried at a reduc tion of one dollar in the fare. The New York and Erie has made a like reduction. BENEFITS OF ADVERTISINO.—ThoIfaIo Rough .dotes learns that a "chap out west tried advertising for a wife. It worked to a charm, as He says he has received in answer to his advertisement, 7104 letters, 15 dagnerreWtypellike nesses of ladies, 2 gold finger rings. 17 lock; of hair, 1 eopl of Ik Marvel's "Reveries of a Bach elor," 1 thimble and 21/ozen shirt buttons. He uught to bo convinced." agi:They have a new way of advertising in San Francisco. At the American Theatre, a new , style of act drop scene has been introdne&l. A /small portion in the centre of it is devoted to fan cy scenery of lake, mountain and chateau, very tastefully executed. But the balance of the, cer tain is covered with the signs of some thirty or forty business firms in almost every variety of trade, from music down to groceries-. A SAD Cass—The wife of K. A. Smith—the one hundred thousand-dollar mail robber arrest ed at New Haven a few days since—is a sister te the late Mrs. Bradley, who was murdered at New Haven by a fiend named Jennings, and who is to be hung in July next. On Wednesday, M rs . Smith visited the jail to ,ee her husband, where she found the murderer of her own sister in one cell, and in another her husband, inearwrated for mail robbery. This is trouble indeed. - CLERGYMEN ire rut SENATE.—The Washing ton Slur says Mr. Badger, the distinguished N. Carolina Senator, is a zealous member of the Episcopal Church, and a few years since engaged in a theological discussion with the Bishop of his diocese. Senator Everett, who sits next to Mr. Badger, was, when only nineteen years of age, pastor of the wealthiest Unitarian church in Bos ton, and when only about twenty years of age, wrote a learned volume in defence of Christianity. FROTiN TO DEATD.—Mr. Ovid Herber, an old resident of Greenwich township, Berks coun ty, was frozen to deatirfirmehte , great snow- torte of the _'oth of February. He had attended a funnel on that day, and started in the „midst of the storm on his return home, but be never reac h e d it alive. His dead body was found on the following Wednesday evening, upon the land of Benjamin Herbster ' in Albany township. A Caeoner's inquest was held, and a verdict reader. ed, of "Death by Freezing." His remains were conveyed to his family, for interment. A r. When you see a young lady seveey deli cate that she can't make her bed, or pat a ample of plates upon the table, and yet trots all over town daily with the speed of a race horse to jinn ble nonaesse with the Softpates, and &Omen+, and Jenkins's, and Duzenherries just aa* it down that she's a piece of calico you can'tinveet a single penny or pulsation in. A girl who hares % the onsets to lift three feathers and a pil low•oese, bet can tire a locomotive and a whole omnibus line oat of breath, is an institution that, like promie acid and old maids, is to be kept clear of. Young ass will please button up this feet in their lemeary. grit Otetkin bserbtr. BRIE, PA BATI,THDAy MORNING, MARCH 18, 18.54 Mil nut GOVERNOR: wILLtAII BIGLER, Of Clearfield County JUROR OF SUPREME COURT JEREMIAH S.. B LACK, Of Some/eft Comity FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER HENRY S. MOTT, Of Pike County. Do not FAD to load tido Opeoial itotiea In three mouths the present volume ante itie () mmer will elo•e, and as there is a large amount du upon , oar Rorke, we deem its proper time to Mil **attention of thaw} who arc ro indebted to the neeemit7 of a rettletnent. To a large number of friends who have prnaptly paid d ar i ng the pant nine month* we are mainly Indebted for being able to meet thus far the liabnitim we entered into is order to enlarge our paper last. Sprint but we we mid before, der. err *any who oat ores*. Tb those we eePtelally ad drees oureelres. and earnestly urge them to call sad setae. We are no* porting our Boob to the end of , the prevent volume. and will maims or ere it is out to send to, oreldi upon ellen of those indebted with a hin for the amountdue en. To who will sumi u• the trouble sad expense of calling personally, or by agent, we 41111 charge at therm? of SI :itt per'year: otherwise a roll l.r Sr. We make thi• explicit declaration that no one ow bare just esti*. to grumble should S 2 per year be Tehealied: Bigler, Black ud'Aott. These are the names inscribed upon the De m . erratic banner- for the ensuing campaign, by the Deinneratie Coln'lntim last week. And they are right worthy to be placed there. , As the Fawn rive of this great Commonwealth, Gov. Bonet has more than met the expectations of those who planed him in n 3 , mination three years ago; and hence it is that we find the peoply rallying arodnd him with, such unanimity now. That he will be tr-elected by an overwhelming *deity there cannot be a reasonable dhubt; indeed we sincere ly doubt whether there will be any serious oppo sition . The same nuiy also be said of Judge BLACK. i e His nomination was made b acclamation, and his election will donbtlein l in the same man ner. Of limn's- 8. :Hoer, the nominee for Canal Commissioner, the people know less, and yet he is none the less worthy of their confidence. He comes before them endorsed by the Democracy of the North, where majorities ate not numbered by hundreds but by thousands, and hence has a elaiuz upoh all true Democrats 4 a fair trial.— As a member afthe Legislature froth iPike, for two or three years, we believe he km &s invariably found faithful, honest and true to the interests of 'the State and of the Democratic party. Of his election, under these circumstances, there ought rn, and cannot be a doubt. „ . Mu alai* lihntiaa. _ ---0---- As we go to press, (Friday,) the election for -Pam the Homestead Bill and this system is at municipal officers it~ quietly progressing. . There an end, The speculators that now surround the is but one ticket in the field, we believe. That National Capital will be .]riven Lac/ to their le is cemposed of gentlemen of both political par- gititnato calling; end the powerful combine ties; and was agreed upon at meetings held OD dons that are forming to succeed them, should, ;-..:;_torday and Tuesday evenings. We w e re in they prove suceessful, will disband like a nest ot the railroad - men would bring out a deket s i pirates at the sight a seventy-four. Anklience 'how their strength, but they have not. They ; it is that we rejoice that the popular Branch of hairo, been writing and circulating fabulous sto- the National Legislaturehas spoke its appreba ties about the coulee of the City Councils not be-1 lion of the measure in such emphatic terms. it being sustained by any considerable portion of ; i, n triumph of humanity over corporations and .the property holders of the city, and hence we combinations, and we have hopes the Senate will expected they would embalms the earliest oppor-1 so view it. That body knows that the true foun tnnity to show it; but they have not. The truth i dation of a great State is in an agricultural pop is, they know they could not raise, all told, twen- i Illation of small 0 . 147 t r":etors, owning farms suffi ty-five votes out of the -thousand the 'city can cient for comfo • - living—a hardy, indepen threric and hence they have concluded "discre- i dent and intelligent i race. Commerce may amav_ , tion is the better part-of valor." i wealth more rapidly, and manufactures may as - ' . sist to develope agrienitnie; but no nation has ever been permanently powerful, much less free, without a yeomanry class. The Homestead Bill seeks to foster such :i class. Under its benign influence, should it pass into a law. the great prairies west of the Metwissippi will speedily "blossom like The row," and become, to all time, the home of an inaistrions, well-informed, and free agricultural population. k se,. The comistosicy of the anti-Nebraska agi tators is °scrag! tithe They talk about that "sol emn compact,l, the Missouiri Compromise, as .though they had not for years been endeavoring to bring that same "compact" to an end. They talk about "plighted faith" 'as thbugh they hail observed any "faith" but "Punic faith" upon the slavery question. They forget that they carried the slavery prohibition clause in the Oregon bill, notwithstanding that "solemn comipaet" was then in existence, and if it ,ad any binding force, such a prohibition wits unnecessary. They forgot. they attempted to engraft the same prohibition upon' Now Mexico and California when bills were in troduced to establish territurial governments for them. notwithstanding both territories were, by the terms of this "solemn compact," thia"plight ed faith." delivered over, as they call it, to Oa. very. Verily, we repeat, their consistency is ei cruciatingl and heuce we cannot refrain from noting still another instance of their desire . to observe this "solemn compact." When Arkan sas, a State formed nut of territory southl6 de grees 30 minutes, applied for admission neither good faith or the "solemnity" of the "compact" prevented Jona granny ADA:IILO from removing an anti-slavery condition to her admission; which received the votes of &large portion of the Re presentatives from the North. Then the Mis souri line was,not so "sacred" as now. Oh! the hypocrisy of abolitionism. On oar side of t h e line It hilialways been right to "violate," but not on the oilier. *M. A good deal of excitement was got up On Saturday by the report that the railroad comps .taking advantage of the absence of both Supenntendents appointed by the Governor, had cosinseneed Sunning their trains through. As thin was in direct conflict with the understanding between the (lompany and the Governir, it was looked i gpon as a- hoes breach of faith on their part, and our citizens were justly incensed. We made considerable irtsiries, and found that while the railroad men acknowledged to having taken through, by means of a switch on &metres street, some twenty or thirty-cars, they claimed that they did so for the purpose of loaning them to the Erie and North East road. This appeared seasonable, - inasmuch as all roads in New York are of a different width fro* the road from here to Buffalo, and hence thatviOnd conld.tot borrow cars East. e think this explanation ironld have satisfied the: community, e • Alen was bat little erntb lk it, had not o papers come up on Saturday emitting m lustily over the consummation of the lung hoped for defeat of Erie. Hence it was deemed necessary, on Mon day, in order to allay the excitement which was fast getting up, to order the High Constable to remove the switch across Saasafrass, by means of which the oonaection had been made. Not an inch of the track proper of the road was cowsh ed, and the switch referred to, we verily believe, would not have been interfered with if Buffalo Editors had known enough to have zernained qui et. Bat common sense is an article railroad greasers and Buffalo Editors do setae"' in, hence we must blame them we suppose. as. In his speech at the eclisiordation festival in Philadelphia, the other dar, Gem. Blimatt ve ry happily alludes to the connqietion which - ought to exist between Philadelphia - 41d Erie. He said: "such fellow-citisens, are the distingniabin . g characteristics of this new and flourishing city, and it is befitting that we should mingle our oon gratulations on the consummation of a measure so well designed to give her a fresh impetus in her growth, and a brighter lustre to her fame. The agency I had in this work, allow me to say, was'a labor of love (Applause.) I was pre pared for it, and there was something signiScant i n the eireunistaucfs which surround its consum mation, for I signed the bill in the north-west extremity of the State, in the city of Erie, as ifiottgii it werr flo he is jitimee a commons of Kuhl a/ con tidelsce «nd proteetioa !mown the eli re n ifs °Ion; ComatowealtA, or typical of a eialer sis terly affection benceers the rities of Erie and pita adelphia--axii mach I treat ie =ay prove to he." Mon AND Dtsb-r.—The people of New York are moving against the mud and dust in the streets—not by 'shovels and sprinklers, but by publie.meetings and resolutions —Erriumege. What right have they to do that? -411 ave they naked Buffalo? Have they asked Cleve and? If not, pen what right have they to hold meetings, and pass resolutions any thing iu their streets. Buffalo seleveland have, or they ;think they have, the supervision of all the streeti in the different aides of the Union, and nothing =et be renosed without their eassaq, The Reueetead 3111. We are glad the popular Brandi of our nation al Legislature has had the good sense to pass, by a decided vote, the Homestead bill introduced by HOW. JOHN L. DAwsiev, of this litate; and we trust it willas promptly pass the Senate. We confess we have had our fears about the Senate, but we are beeotniog hopeful. • It is one of &fete bills in which the masses are deeply . interested; one which proposes to confer innumerable bene fits, not only upon the "landless" individually of this generation, but its effect must-be to build up a claim oifranall proprietors of the soil who will transmit to their posterity all the virtues inci dent to an industrious agricultural community; and thus sow the seed of benefits untold to the future history of our confederacy. Bit there is another consideration why we de sire that the Homestead Sill should become a law. If there ever was a system fraught with evil, it is a system of internal improvements by the General Government. It requires no argu ment to prove this. The *simple history of all such experiments by government is all that is re quired to establish the proposition. So true is this, that the experiment had hardly been tried before it became an intollerable !tench in the nostrils of the entire people, and when Gen:JACK. 40N, with that sagacity iro petediarto him, put his veto upon it iu the person of the ;Maysville roail bill, he was hailed universally as the true guar dian of the peoples, rights. That act put an end to the system for the time being, -but it bait de veloped itself to an alarming extent, under any guise, within a few years. We rifer, of course, to the practice of donating certain portions of the public domain to companies; to enable them to construct such improvements In this system, the simple proposition that all such improve-. malts benefit the country through which they are eonstrueted. and thus are advantageous to the people. no one disputes; and least of all do We acknowledge, too. that so far as the Govern ment is concerned it is not a bad paying invest. ment, for by the system of only donating every other section to the Railroad companies, the re.- idue is rattans/41 in value, and the coffers of the treasury thereby replenished. But *t are yet to learn that it is the mission of this government to become a speculator npotithe people. In other words, it is repagnaut to one ideas of republican ism that the ereatui., of the people; the Govern ment, should enter into a compact with a fric of its ereakr4, to speculate off of the balance. But the worst feature , of all, is the tendency the sys tem has to create in our midst a class, and not a small one either, 'of extensive land proprietors. And this, the system of donating land to inter nal improvement companies, does to an alarming extent. It was had enough that the country should pay its debts of gratitude to its gallant soldiers with donations of the public domain, to be snapped up for a song by greedy.peculatorl, but it is infinitely worse—yea, a thousand tiro-'s worse, to give it away by states to such combi nations as the Illinois Central Railroad Compa ny, and its counterpart in the other western States. stir Jamta C. Vandyke, Esq., has been ap pointed by tile President, S. District Attor ney for the Eastern District of this State. Mr. Vaudy the /1014ation of belay good law yer— 11ta is MI seta:laud influen tial r sled done '*oh for the party in PhiCada%.—l'he #, papers of his city contained wt kruda . t?ll not see hiP apPoint moot. - Thrt urd Pomona* will be satisfied with Mr. Billra bill For tistrasposak of the West enirosd,Polvidgiche slibsieription 42000 abases to the Pittsb Erie road ,- is increased to 5000, and Saty g ex pendekon due French Creak route. war In wordenee with - jieriniesion panted by the Legislttare, the Kew•York & Erie Bank has been removes fryer Dunkirk , and an Ace opened in the Again Beek Building. Bid& air Our Harbor has beetitlear of ioe fot! some tuna, but what is the use of it with railroads running a Rile and limd away from is. _t • '.:?l,4')lkr /Awllo ;Timid la. - . • , Under itdkliead the new Lteme rra , :r. paper at Harrisburg, ."194s PerkiteeonCa Pairior," a a commentary upon the present pregnant. aspect of political affairs, remarks that there in one filet which stands out in the history of polities in un challenged dintinetness. It in a whole volume for reflection, and amassive argument against un just agitators that dare not be confuted. We al lude to the fact that almost every great reform which benefits the country, has been curried by .the Democratic party in the face of the most em bittered and persevering as-aielts. We have on ly to recall the Bank of rho United State:4, the Independent Treasury, the repeal of the hank rupt law, the atm-tuition of Texas, the war with Mexico . , and the Compmtni.o }(ensures of 1350. Take them up, one by one. The history of ec.ch ia, as we have said, a s'oltinie full of in.trnetion. How our opponents raved! "How they threaten ' ed: slow they swore. How they prei/bettied: The number of men who were to be annihilated for supporting each of these measures werc ap palling some of those who did, were a little worried by temporary. es- local troubles. some were defeated straight out; and were got bash into publie d lifo again; but the aggregate wa4 good—the duel ---and the zpeedy sequel to each was healthy and compemzit wy Same of the violent and angry men who undertook to an ticipate eventa;and to unite hi3tory according their own mad imrdses, lived long enough ri correct themselves, and to do justice , te the mem- Ores mid the tom whom the:lad malii," There are no monuments of those transactions that do not reoord the triumph of bold mid upright mem,- and the defeat of the timid and the doubt- MS. When .7 4 .//c ...llttrect,'• in his described the various ef i'...kneys to be met with along the path wq .) , et ;if-, th-re was one specie.' he had never toot nr lirgo The elas,t we refer to is a very et;tetliori ‘,nt; iwure, ai "11" l' a very close oftser-7er vv..' cannot aeeount for the omission. 1k out- the task then to fill the niehr left by the author we refer to The CoCkney of which we ,peak mit be found in al most every country four-corner,; en i what more he is of almost every age. from t--n to forty. If a man, although at home he feed" on .mush and-milk, when abroad nt, delicacies ;re good enough for hint. barn-dodgers are excellent at his own board, but gracions, what air: he will put on at the table of 'one of oar first cla-s ho tel 3. The bill of fare ise.xeerable; the t-fay.ints are no servants at all, and the House itsrlf I- a miserable affair. The Younger eockney will save all his odd pennies, and some day he will pay a flying visit to Erie, and then when ht. re turns, what a swagger he'll hive. Nen.. of hi" young comPanious can come within .3 roil of hint. If this species of the yroong t'ockne : :, "n the ..other hand. has always 'lived in Erie, wit). the first.odd change he trait he'll lip - off to Bd . fain, and then; itc'at travehai; ant fora year after • it you can heir him; over his game of marbles, describing hew they do things in , Buffalo,- and I lamenting his hard fate in being compelled to live in such rt'dull place as Of thi, Jotter species. arc the EAlitore of the in Buffalo. A few month, a 4,0 oh e 0 1' th e net's of the Aot , x lived ;over in the-back-woods of Warren, where they rejoice in a horse-back mail i once a week, and are thankful for that But vault i ing atribition,,and a hankering after the flesh pm ts of the railroads, drew him front his wooden relreat,'and he is now swelling like a true cock ney ever his connection with a Buffalo paper. The other. a few years since, was a journeyman in thisidfice, from whence he migrated to the heel:-woods of Living:4:w. and finally to Buffalo. Al! this is nothing to their discredit—not at ail: .it it rather to their qedit, if they rroaltint on airs" and Play the "Cockney.'' _ln a word. when they "'leeringly talk about ••two th te ,• letters arid a half a dozen paperi. lording the Erit! Post Office daily," they .:hoord recollect that they themselves have tot . yet got the cwtittry mois ture dried up behind their ears. and that none but the. mostverdant of country eoektic).- sheer I t at their own i.ountry origin • PARING ROIiBERY —A 'daring_ roblkel committed in Pittsburgh on the 10th, lost- John Hastings. Cellector,Of the Port, was knot.. ked down antrlds picket picked ofklfid, a gold waf and the keys of the Custom Masse and .cif:.-- The robbers then entered ib enstom How-c, and stole a Vir!::: ;sontai!..-1; • 'lloilo i n .o.ti go ld piece-. Mr 1114raz hly -.rod. An investign - tion watthad before the flay it the next Jay, hut no clue to :he ro'obers was obtaincl. The f..llow ing is the te4timony nt th, salted j.. attend Mr "p t titorgc M'Cook 10.:u_ sworu, deposeth and saith: I % a : ca ll e d ri p„ ti t . 0 .,: e .e Mr Hastings last night, between g and 8/ o'clock. P. M. I went along with the messenger to hi , rz;alcneo in Alleghany City, and• found him in v. very crit ical position. I found him literally putseless, with a very cold skin, scarcely able to articulate distinctly with marks of violence upon the front part of his throat, indicating clearly that the main arteries and veins of the throat hall been e , m .. pressed by that violence, and thereby retarding the return of blood from the brain to the heart. I also found marks of violence upon the most prominent part of the parietal bones on both sides of the head, produced, as .1 inferred, by the ap plication of the force of a foreign body, which in my opinion indubitably induced the depressed condition of the system previously described. There was also an extreme difficulty in swantsw ing as well as of utterance. My opinion is. be yond a question, from the facts of the ease, that the injuries were the result of as attempt to k saasinate. He was not fully conscious when I first saw him. I think it was aboUt au hour and three quarters from the time, when cupposed. the accident to have oecurrei, until I saw him." • 1,.A funny cotemporary of oars says heAltxu; not think the ladies can be "hrad-over•ears iu love" with the present style of bonnets. Ho is probaldy correct, for we notice they generally tars their God: ots 'eye mg,„ We wens; l ; — iletter on Thatibday t,, a bigness fum in this city, from a forwarding House in Cincinnati, informing them that the railroad companies of that city -refused to trans port a lot of Hides t 4; this - place' which hi had in shwa for them, and which he hail just i front New Orleans. Hen* is another ontrav fur the Roeg7l Naar to palliate, but fur fear it will not do It, we mpectfally call the attention of the Goteroor writhe Le,gislatere to the fact Mir New Hampshire has just held her annual election, and notwithstanding the "great my and little wool"-got up over Nelwaska,-the Demoera -4 have koookol she feet out from under the Whigs and AhnlitiortiAs combined. So be it ever, sod so will it ever be. S. 3. GOODRICH, Esq., has reennteti his with the Work* Ledger. Good; Froml -••• aoltiogtit OM :0•,,,,,,viti0 , 41 of tli , Er, tp 1 Marl. 1.; .. 01lie Birds, ieteiee, fikemi mod Marl. Ilerri-. 7 _ 3 , . • sad it. Fen.-,..77,, et , n.i.-id„ ~,, /1.-. and 14 , Meek Welrriu Penji, 4 4 ,, :" ' • ..-, Nithnuka Ri4ll—A . Ramo;, , ~ 1 a s . 6 you people op N an tallux,- , , , olue-bird." and the ' rabier W . N, T ,, z - stub amaitaltinap Sera Ades. Way, r.k.,,, Emir. rods!' and Wr• tide "two „,- .r. : p o t d r o gir Sim& ,No-nit- ! Otte 4 \ - . 7 , _ • .'1;.: rpritit; 'alai you mat* "b" Without it • he ii , , niae , 4 oitivalry''sharrying di r.,.... With aNg durkid behi ' calks. " • master, I thin rota i bolds pat , r s hin.: npu Shad. the ' rir:4, V:int itaatitioe of Wee etupe.c,,,,,, t,tittria. on , Pet 11 1 4 ,. .IN and 1.4- , kei ft.-, %evil en they are not had.::ltiug I r...,, you hate ever•h•itea e spot ,ri, 0., I i„. . !ling....A h. opernties hfilre.tinv,i •-• our +4 , lm at the ' ilLis ~, ~, fradaLia, itajority, an re will be to that 'Flinn, thou;'; : , 1 lag (hip, I ~_ i. owel ot trien.l-4.1,' A ngth. Ii• ~,,L of any re-a-u, , 4 and will o•arr; , y, but "uli t.,, "it.. / . t FEE MEM Wuat Its la, mill Adher thr tag Gen. Ca," ll= vorilastie s) or,Flyea it $1 en either si, kis n, dusk etght up, IDanj aret, through. iu thr Noti i era It , hop,. !ME an .1 feed sil-' =EII MEI I pf Hre C, 3 • ,, trvai; w The etti profouw.l grftt I= ),111. th haq blown I= thou And. ht hint 4r-tato it that It at. I that , visr , 15 bli .. U of tw . tin oi.tsm A I hi. 'rut New I belierL. i !EOM pocket I% I lEEE =I u frAud, claim bt- Orr .R-re But h .1i EMI n., and leo a,cua rug, al merit. • tic, I.og 1211=1 the iiere Irinde of MEM getng have purpe r enmstun, 2=l rrIA -16u0 LIZA BM al its d Gardaer "n rotair' 1, that, convict' tA. eat,. an &Iwo t luipoi h • rout trs. th zige.ti 4 st its.t?a , l turn, ken h 7; .si , ditliquk in Luw t.f !^.r Iby falL: f bt- cor :ts 1= r!o% • wliie Imin 'to return, by u I •, . lion„ ntld in bib AIibMNU,ZI •• , .n,:• • lir which induced kiln 14 , trn , so.l, reputation; and • . n tho tomb for hi. witivn-, i . 4 if till,wv all. f•iw wuul whiz the blow falls hot al ut. , utt. 'wen nwerrietl, bail be a. I,eruttifui Init of lir • 4 iutio, '4ll with oiutthi.WA = of • in MEI am t. to tot% pli.to, :It t, ,and mayeil Well. .inni.su map de.tide,th. . muoc•out. fluty' lathomle prnity Infrjart , nerat, add “Cahan filibusters" are of the Black Warder i y the nut 'Thiel' the President and n- 3 ! 1 .1 gnat i the joy of the en', ft is expected the Pre. , i to-lborrow nll thc h ism" iu The so' CM= t e b era pet • t eat- IA (.m4 i that he MO flfirr u in 11to hamin relstire •n dam it his duty to ill a l what [tacit opiaiunN arc, and cll. ESEEi b. the numee.4. ~ n. been .abitated.b3 th f = !ent which ti.v. I AP:est fit tu , r.•. ' t t..katol OC trtit al•".i. • lad. ;'' in Caba that • ••• yea 0,1 cour i ~,•Oti ! tr !ffirtal is th -3..t; sit can un thy , tun pow t: is a har.l, 41 hi. other. 1 • - long proteit, , whe. , l” - ^ - 1. • t fri7 1 ub f,el 'link. they onn outr.tte uz hit set.entnnent. • Ch; 7, and [ think it et' _rent deal in tho parer . Railrowl to pat faith • any -u• r., tiPc wide t te tn You 'inn/ y ther • w,:I e a•• r..th 'ng• in it. ✓either tbi • e 'he eountr) in •Iny rr:von why 1 ‘2..). rh; - . I r 31.1 thu rrtAirl 11 , 11210.3; PO nutny +el 3CU =SEEM me??, that it vie • gih There i 4 tho rn,ithe Southern . amt valley route. Ill.:, • rl. un.l. y mute , . Ea oh bepretu block the n • •tiefit of tho ether. Acid h.. •• Is right, for really f have 1, I. .mary. True, the t... 111.• win . t., when Otto th tug will Le Int.Clt •, without the aid of Govern •.z • an.:n v .‘h sncaprthro 31i1lio runt , Toxnr and 3I otoz. :h.• 14 01117222 ti en Gorth L;Ilow Mit the. prrljri•t fltt r i en• ;Laity ye ®! P. u N.str.ttika Lai • attune to pour in apptioat C. , . • I and it public oseatingv of thr Arppoaltiou or t't • • ocasure, it would go bard -t • hall the politician; at t!, 9 are gpt op. They Ufactured na readily s, . r gi tttr,a of the t kanws !)i.ttor deru4notnitio Inv+ aro man Cpluseq•ticat thl! , Orawr !locks, end don't ilt not; Le becdcd. T„• .- 1 tlO. It c. ill Trae,thr liet and [ think it will, by striking froro C 1 :-! 0,1 at the ranee of Mr. Claytor,. ~\ . :'.11 or naturalizit citizen front t:-thic patlt li, con of th•• Territory. It Lannon 4 .- •:".11"-", stzocratu, anti-d: • proviti-o n will ! , t , . 3r a:.l bill by a II we as largely Dzu...,crt t.'• / hence that 0 f ivao will IA 11.13.V.7`,1.. 3.. t . • become a lair/ Yosf'-' l42 s ' ;'lA panda }, aand alter I dinner, I y aegar, and with a JoVi : • hails from neighborhood of Lotto, ''); way !'or W towards the Haight,. of ( a Wog glorious day, not too warm, but 1 , 0.: like- if waslibe first time I‘had ever c - t , :metropolis, Iliadl r,,tild nut hilt be to:tit, 1:." evidence.. of decay 11% ery where visibk. you are aware. oneo enjoyed- a very est trade. Shim from almost every port landed rich freights at her whar r I freightrsl with the products of the rally . tut that •L‘y has passed; and what once tAd thrivini commercial mart, is now a di nut -urbarb of the political capitol et the t. Georgetown Itte not commerce, nor enter[. prospncts, she is surrounded with scenery tI • eusquo ally spot around Washingtoo. Northern timid walm tip boom like to ;et heights ovntrnskitas - the town. There winding its glassy Mutter at m,} tent; lb!" dilapidated mill, and just beyond a brie II On the water. reotitutless and statute Mo.. like an ancient maiden. looked trestle- whits. the female Seminary, wader lb. • Catholic Chwrqh, which sarsuoartut ter la little to the right, gave the !thole peon :.1.4 estiug and suggestive upset How I N of your or your reader's 'business. ions tht somehow, my 'blistered feet and Wain I flat for my long rubble. fully proem Anti tl Gontiltiya. sir Whiff ever head of an Editor . ti We did'ot, laud yet the Sandu.ik 'mows that its F4iior had Marred trip to the Queen city." We how if. of that racoons place won't tnu+tan" bamard, and shoot him in the—neck' boppy r.g this ry.„ flere , o y 1.1 AI tunc•l bent upon hi ;^ a while th.r.l—, is "'death 01/ Set, eh: ie fl in ttr: I i1.31,' itlrtA • .. ch firtu L.'i t, thwagle, that 1i0 . ,!$ •i., ; lag fur - - . *op, Dr .• YOU, , rar cu< pre. (tits r2.r dust he w.A. _ ~ thAre err a. L (if tirm nalpierr.: e.cri alone rip ill be te.mlletted the Comsaiseitm. - Wanhingtou t.. - d tlenw,th 4 nt he &Pal". hat the ah i r al Po ~ .Paid t!iep ecuted tli tr; - thiug. Re ere lie hay: ^ l hongh bait s 7:, :;.. g sotz..l, 11.• • gatleuinti L e 111 , rough th,v, apprxrnn.••• 0 , -, • n . d0VeT14:11...0 in ALgi,, ••Itrirux!,l hard.):,; I max fnr•-.1 lug to .hie coantr) ,i. one oC hi. en we influent. 'bility in dutprovii.: fight it nut, Ihroug s h o i• 'B,grare. The t 0... hi. ex 4 mment in ,Jl2 tiatlinr• X 4 prftented . iciett ../ •y) t , ra the unitapp., Tours, Truly
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