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PaUM% latign Ma With' Xda
Prom the St. Loehr htteetireeeer.
The Port Laramie ILsesuots.
It appeals that the massacre of the United
States troops near Fort Laramie, by the Erwin
Indians, was brought about by a course of cit.-
eulostanees which would have been deemed a suf
ficient excuse for precisely such conduct, and
would certainly have brought about just such a
retaliation from white men. The- Indians were,
i n th e first place, the injured party.
The Indium in the neighborhood of the Fort,
wen waiting in hungry,expectation for their pay
ment from government to purchase provisions,
of which they stood in great need. A lams sow
belonging to a Mohnon train, ran into their camp,
and, ow the Mormana abandoned it, an Indian
shot it, and, with a companion, eat it The
Mormons duly reported this theft at the Fort.
On application to him, the Sion: Chief offered to
do his beet to secure and deliver up the man who
shot the cow. His companions refuaixl to eon
seat to this condition The_ Chief reported the
impossibility of keeping this promise—whereup
on twenty-two men were sent from the Fort to
make the arrest The party, with two field pie
ces, began to bombard the village. They shot
the Sioux Chief, his brother, and another Indian
The response to this attack was a volley of ar
rows, which killed Lieut. Grattan, the officer in
eommand, at his gun. The men fled when they
saw their commander fall, and were pursued and
massacred, of course. Even the Intspreter,
whose wife was a Sioux, was tonaahawked, by an
Indian whom
,he encountered on his return to the
Fort, having escaped the first attack. Only one
man lived to tell the tale The dead bodies lie
unburied where they fell. Some traders who
approached to perform these last offices, were
warned not to make themselves parties to this
quarrel, and driven back to the Fort by the infix.
riated Indians. These are all the further partic
ulars so far received.
Whilst we hope that the Government will at
owe take all steps necessary to secure the protec
tion of the property of emigrants, traders and
the United States and to check fprther outrage,
and whilst we regret the lose of a gallant officer
and a devoted band of men !tacrificed iu a desper
ate and rash attack, we may be permitted_to say
that the laws of justice bind in reference even to
Indiana, and that the punishment which it was
proposed in this instance to Inflict greatly exceed
ed the offence. It is difficult to see how the In
dians are to be blamed for acting as they did.
White men under the !Arne provocation would
have sought the same revenge.
ANOTIIER VI:R.4ION —We have this morning,
advice!, per telegraph from Si Louis, embracing
the particulars , Jt the massacre tit Brevet Second
Lieut. Grattan, vit . the 6th infantry,) and the
men, under him, on the 18th ultimo, near Port
Laramie, by the Sioux They are as follows, via:
On the 18th of August an Indian (Sioux) killed
an ox belonging to au em•grant train, close ti
Fort Laramie The head chief reported the fact
to Lieutenant Fleming, (who is in command of
the Fort) and offered to give up the offender
Brevet Second Lieut Grattan with the intopretor,
, Sergeant Favor, Corporal McNulty, and twenty
privates (of company G, Bth infantry) were rent
out to receive him. The whole detachment were
unmarred, without exception. Thoee in the post
were not able to say how this and affair occurred
when the messenger left. They had no reliable
information as to the number of Indians killed
and wounded in the engagement. It it reported
that the Bear (head chief) war killed. After
the engagement the Indians were hostile; mena
cing the fort All the men were on duty. The
commandant of the post, Lieut. Fleming, thought
he could hold it until a reinforcement of troops
arrived. One or two companies were ordered to
Laramie from Fort Ripley on the receipt of this
news there
The Lieut Fleming, mentioned in the above,
ill from this county, being the sou of Gem, J
'Fleming, of Elk Creek
MOILMON Basintrrt.—lt sow. that hing
Mgr ....A U.. &Lab Ult LILL u..,u.a r yet pct
systematic outrages in northern Illinois, break
in into houses and taking provisions, money and
various other articles Ou Sunday night they
broke into the house of Mr Emery, at Haines
villa, carrying off money; is In their hasty
tight they left a letter, purpoting to be from one
of the gang to his wife, in which the success and
adventures of the company are communicated.
It states that their rendesrottz is 80 miles from
Chicago and SO from Voroc. From the fact that
Voece is the name of an old Mormon settlement
mar Burlington, Wisconsin, abandoned some
years ago for Beaver Inland, it is conjectured that
the gang is composed of Mormons from that is,
who are thus collecting a store of provisions,
Lc., which are probably brought to some take
port and shipped.
lllir Lynching in California has hitherto been
the act of the mobs. but a recent case at San Jose
has shown that they have there a secret organi•
nation for the purpose of executing retributive
justice A man suspected of murder was found
at daybreak, one morning, suspended by the neck,
in a public place, perfectly dead. It was known
that this was the act of the secret association re
ferred to, but no star. were taken to punish them
for it. Among the psoile of San Jose, general.
ly, there was a disbelief in this man's connection
With the murder of which be was accused; but
this secret club teed him and condemned him in
their own conclave. and bung him without judge
or jury.
THAT IS THE WAY IT WILL Wollll.—The
Gettyabtirgh Compiler gives us the following in
formation in regard to what is doing in Adams
county. It says:
"We are reliably informed that several Demo
crats in this place, who had allowed themselves
to be coaxed into joining Know Nothingisas
have "dissolved" all ounnection with the order,
denouncing it ais-4, regular Whig swindle, to
huh down the Democratic party. The Whig
leaders don't seem to like the step!"
We predict that the Democrats in other coati
ties, who have been caught in this Whig trap,
will do the same before the 10th of October
athees.
Fava.srn ea. —Mrs. Margaret Os horn, the
wife of Thomas Osborn of Boston, was found dead
a her bed oo Friday morning; David Coleman
was found drowned in the acme city on Saturday
•ctroing; and James Wilbur, nine years of age,
was found drowned at Taunton on Thursday.
♦ brakeman named Lattil fell from his train on
the Caaandaigna and Niagara Falls railroad on
Wednesday, and his head was severed from his
body, amid the morning train from Troy to Green
boa on Thursday morning, ran over a man near
the nailworks, mangling him so horribly that he
eould not be identified. Peter Carroll was in
stantly killed in New York on Friday, by falling
from the fifth story of a building to the sidewalk.
11111. A correspondent of the St. Louis Repuo
as, veining' from Fort Washita, Chickasaw
arwariet, C. N., under the date of Aug. 14, says
that the two brothers Mrs. Wilson, late a captive
among the Cannaches, and who were captured
at the ease time with her, hare passed Fort
Washita, on their way home to Hunt County,
Texas, ender charge of Aaron Brown, the Intel
brat Midi:ma w' who obtained the release ofone
2.Porehass from the Caaaanclies, last "Anew,
truths' among them. The other boy was
broght into Fort Arbeekis by some friendly
tribe, and has been well taken are of there by
she °Seen of that post.
Asp. Mr. J. W. Webb, of the awrier sad
Alspsirer, writes from Loudon, after lasing
over a very Lege eves% of oosstay and 6ng
slowly at the Mats date crow—sad taking into
view what he ksows of our own wheat crap, and
whet is admitted to be the state of time woe as
the Oostiziest, that in three wasthe, or before
Christmas, in his opinion, wheat will have fallen
ike• 66 to lees thin 46 shillings per (porter.
grit ire• ethlg gibstriptr.
XXIII. PA
SATURDAY MORNING, SEPT. 23, 11154
-tea:— _ _
DENOCILITIC NOZLIATIONS.
FOR 00VRRNOR:
WILLIAM BIGLER,
Of Clearfield County
JUDOS OF SUPREMI COVES
JEREMIAH S. BLACK,
Of Somerset County .
FOR CANAL COMMISSION**
HENRY S. MOTT,
Of Pike County.
People's Cosrvesdion.
Many Whigs, and others, dissatisfied with the
nominations made by the Whig County Conven
tion for Asaembly, axe desirous of interchange
of sentiments on this subject, and to have nomi
nations made of suitable candidates. A meeting
will be held for this purpose, on Thursday, Sept.
28th, at 7 o'clock, - P. M., at the Court House.
The Supreme Court to 11Coet.in Reis.
Fm the following dispatch, addressed to the
members of. the Bar of this county, it will be
seen that the Supreme Court is to hold a session
in Erie:
Pan.ADttnu.s., Sept. 22.
"The Supreme Court meets at Erie, the 2d of
October next, for Erie, Warren, Crawford, Ye
tango, and McKean. Notify the Bar of said
Counties if possible.
ELLIKLEWIB.
GEO. W. WOO WARD
JOHN C. KNOX.
Nike a loto of It.
=l=l
We do not hold a public speaker strictly ac
countable for a little deviation from the beaten
track of truth in order to make a point, if in do
ing so he deceives no one, or endangers no inter
est of an entire community. That is, to make it
a little plainer, if a whig orator is pleased to tell
his hearers that the passage of &revenue tariff will
put a knife to the throat of every sheep in the
land, be deceives no one save some of his own
enthusiastic followers. But, for a malt to get
up before a mixed audience, and, using his posi
tion as a legislator, endeavor to impress upon the
whole people a palpable absurdity, which, tf belies
ed, would endanger the interests of that whole
people, is a political trick that deserves the sere
rest reprehension: To speak plainly On Tues
day last, Mr Ball, one of the whig candidates for
the Legislature, took occasion upon the introduc
tion of a resolution by a tehiy, nominating can
didates to be supported by the people, irrespec
tive of party, for the Legislature, to declare that
there was no sort of danger of the railroad compa
ny applying to the Legislature this winter for
legislation to mend their broken charter. He
told them that the railroad oompany knew better
than to attempt to.get Legislation—that if they
did, they would be left in a woreelks than the
Supreme Court had left them; and that, by infer
ence at least, "solitary and alone" be and his
whig party Mends, were able to protect and take
care of this railroad question. We mention this
for the purpose of making a note of it for future
reference; beeause to this pledge we intend to
hold Mr 8111, and those who act with him, strict-
• ' • • .
desire it, to them we are disposed to commit this
question If Mr Bis correct, and the railroad
company cares--makes no further effort—he
shall be honored as a prophet: If they do make
an effort, and Ae defeats them, to him shall be
long the glory and the honor; but if he should
fail—if the Democracy are to be shoved back,
and their council and aid spit upon—we proclaim
it now in advance, so that all may understand,
that we shall hold Mr Ball and the Gaseile res
ponsible for that tailure! We claim for ourself
and our party friends some little share of the glo
ry of success thus far; but we wish it distinctly
understood now, if Mr. Ball's policy is to be
adopted by the people—if party is to be called to
the rPsne. and none but those baptised in the
Gazette pun! arc to be admitted to the communion
—that, with the decision of the Supreme Court
all respon4bilizy of failure must\rest upon the
shoulders of those who seem so anxious to is-
Rime it
'TielrT haul, "distance lends enchantment
to the view " We guess it's so, for our neighbor
of the Gaulle really thinks the whig party isn't
dead, and upon that hypothesis argues that Pol
lock is to be elected, and per sequence, of oouree,
the whig party will live long enough to get an
appropriation for the Erie Harbor. Querry—do
appropriations for Harbors come from Judge Pol
lock, or some other quarter! Query again—
what is the use of appropriations for the Erie
Harbor when the Gazette and Judge Pollock's
political friends are straining every nerve, des
pite law or the decision of warts, to drive all
railroads /root the Harbor!
imr The New York roles affirms that the
slave trade is actually carried on between that
city and the coast of Africa, and that New York
merchants are oonstaittly sending vessels to At
rim to bring cargoes of slaves to Cuba.—Ex.
No doubt of it; and what is more, we believe,
if the truth were known, the mss who own them
are among the red-month opponents of the Na.
breaks bill. We well know that come of the
wealthy Abolitionists of New England obtained
their wealth by the ve trade. Not, perhaps,
directly in all ut indirectly, through the
beneeta from y When and uncles!
I It is oonfalently asserted in many quar
ters that the "Know-Nothing" vote in this State
will be given to Jeremiah S. Black, for Supreme
Judge, and Henry S. Mott, for Caul Commis
sioner—both nominees of. the Democratic party.
Gazette.
And if they do, we suppose it will be for the
Name reason they rote against Brotan. Smy
set, the Whig candidate for Supreme Judge, and
Bigler, the Deonoorstie tanffidate for Ooveruor,
are so unfortunate as to have very Dutch names;
in addition to which their issediste sioestors
were dilated with the, "Sweet Germs secant,"
is loved by &ow and the Gesetts, twe years
anon This, of gowns, precludes them from re.
osivieg the support of the Know Nothimgs.—
And as to Mott, why of wares the Know Noth
ings eceddint vow for Dame, who is a natural
born child of the gland 'co takes," batty Boot/sad!
se,, Another Ward ezoiteseent is prevail*
at Georgetown, K;. Aan named Thosinuisos
shot his brother, for which he was tried; bat the
jury failed to agooe—eleven being far oonvietioa
and one for esquitsal. Great mitoses% emu
esi; and a eoat of ter and feathers wee talked of
for the dissenting juryman.
...4110p.....---._ - -.--
The GeselSe on ?Wool'.
We did not r opeet She Gawk would like our
waning !"ice the metre of "Polloek's 00 Ur 8 e
of Time it Erie oast, In feet we w.ver ex
poet to pities out seigitber, incept 'Awe we car
ry grist to his political mill, and as our reader*
know it is not often we "du that same," it
evident we shall not in this article We do nut
wonder either that the Gaztttc should feel sensi-
tire over the visit of Pollock That paper.
will be recollected, has been for months assuring
its renders that Pollock was right upon our local
dillioulties—that be was a flat-footed, out-aud
out Erie man, and dial when they, the dear Mad
ero of the Gazette, should bear him, theii fears
would vanish, while the Shanghai's would do the
sass thing, or worse! Mysteriowt hint. were a/
so thrown out about letters from Pollock, snug
ly stowed away in the "breeches pocket" of the
Editor, we truppoect, confirming and authorising
such promises. The letter, or letters, did not sep
peer; but in due time Judge Pot.Locrt did; and
instead of confirming these promises—instead of
telling the people of Eris that they were right,
and he was glad the attempt of the railroad inv.
nerdy to usurp the people's rights had been re
sisted—instead of saying to them. "The Supreme
Court has vindicated you, and now if your eue
miss go to the Legislature to get their broken
charter wended, James Pollock will be with you
whether in the Gubernatorial chair or as a pil
-1 vale citisen;" instead of saying this, or any thing
l like it, we repeat, he preached to them just such
homilies about "law and order" es the New York
Times, the Tribune, and the Erie Constitution
has been crying in their ears for the last eight
or nine months. Had we not a right, thee, un•
der such cirownstanoes, where so much had been
t promised and so /Ode performed, to scan well
the circtnnetanees and surroundings of Judge Pot-
Locit's visit To this community the question
the Judge so adroitly attempted to dodge, :s an
important ow, of more importance, we think, to
us locally and individually, than Nebraska, or
! any of its kindred isms Believing this, we he , k
led with anxiety for Judge Pollock's visit, deter
, mined to do him justice if became up to the 'tan
' dard the Gazette itself bad established; but if he
did not, to expose him in doing so, let us add,
espsaievitt, we did not expect the Gaz.4th , w. nl4l
be found aiding us, and much less did we ei -
peat to find it striving to shield and rover up
the danger Mr. Pollock'm position has nnfolded
to the people of Erie But it talks in its 11.4 is
sue as flippantly as the most inveterate Sh..uehsi
could wish about, the controversy we have b..eu
engaged in, with the railroad company, as 1,, , ,ug
a "local hobby," thereby telling the world that
what we all thought was an important issu , .
mere bagatelle. Moreover, the same high au
thority cautions the voters of this cs.unty not to
be frightened at being called "Shanghai's," but
to walk upend swallow the regular ticket, feath
ers sad all. This, too,in face of the fact that one of
the candidates upon that ticket is a Shanghai,
dyed in the wool'. We say we are -urprieed at
this course of the Goodie, for we expected to
find it, upon this question, Grin and determined,
no matter upon whose political toes it might
thereby tread, or who -a oorus al t 4 ht suffer by the
heel of its bouts.
As we have burn ,1,44 i ,n LLIA, we cer
tainly are not di:ay:Joint• i t aul the F,,itt
nying that Pollock F. (1.0 i t,.. Erie questiun
was a preeoneerf...l p! In. of A h L he was a par-
ty That thtre was a consuitation---that
dodge periastrate , i on the Public Square was
arranved at Waterford—the Editor himself ac
knowledge:, Hear him ''We do know that, as
one he had known longer oil knew better than
any citizen of Erie oounty, lie subsequently inti
ted to to hia roost and *toad the substance of EA al
he proposed saying the next day in reft er rt. e 10
our /awl dificuitier, and that we yielded u prompt
and cordial acgitiacence." Here, then, In fact
is all we charged acknowledged. The only dif
ferent* between our statement last week and the
above, is the number present, and that we gave
our ootemparary too much credit. We stated
that be opposed the dodge, and denounced 1.,
and we gave him credit for his firmness. We are,
however, disposed to make the amende bonora
ble, seeing that he himself says that he did n
but "yielded a prompt and cordial acquiescent- , " I
The only difficulty is that our ootemporary thinks 1
more of his party than be does of what he is I
pleased now to sneer at as a "local hobby. -
Hence, in order to save his party and its candi
date, be is forced to deny the "soft impeachment"
of conniving -with the Shanghais to paint the
Judge upon the people as an Erie man; though,
as will be seen above, be is willing to acknow
ledge that he did connive with the Judge himself
to do its This, of itself, in our opinion, after
what the Judge did say upon the question—or
rather, after what he left unsaid upon the ques
tion—is pretty near akin to impudence; but in
addition to that, when the Editor of the Gazette
steps forward and offers /anise(/' as evidence to
prove hissasif innocent of a connivance to misre
present his candidate's position, he,in our humble
opinion, runs the thing a little too far "into
the ground" for all to swallow. It matter; very
little, we 'apprehend, whether the oocurrence
which took place at Waterford, was detailed by
us precisely as it occurred or not. The fact stands
oat prominently before this community that Judge
Pollak did not commit himself upon the Erie
question. The result, then, is as we asserted,
and that we take it, is the b e t collateral evi
dence in the world that the circumstances are true
also.
But the &metre intimate* that it had letter
from Pollock "committing him to the Erie side,
of the railroad question before he was nominated
for Governor. and when he did not expect to be."
It will strike, the observing reader as a little sin
gular, no doubt, that such an important doentnen t
should be kept all this time in the "breeches
pocket" of the Editor of that paper; and that
even now, when if ever a man's position required
mess hewing as that point, the Judge's does, it
'Amid be sesiiiiiiekLi The fact is, we do not be
lieve the Editor of the Gazette has any such let
ter—or, if he has, that it at all strengthens Pol
lock's dodge upon the Erie question!
The Gentle thinks that oar exposure of the
company its candidate kept while here—his affi
liation with the iffiangluie, and the character of
the Waimea thateavaloped him,—is "unworthy"
of cal We think that the facts we stated are
more "unworthy" of a candidate that expected
the votee*of tie people of Erie. And it was still
mole "unworthy" of him, that when he left he
did to under the preeeetion sad fatherly ears of
dm Editor of the Cbsititwim. Of course uadar
ark influences Brie's interest' would be duly oar-
ed for. Of wane, ander suck advice, the railroad
side et she question maid loess so spoke in the
wheel died. Pollook's rod opinion.
Ths Sober Sealed Thought"
===l
W bile Judge POLLOCK* perambohieriag tb s
State. delivering Abolition harrangsea, sod en.
d elavnr j ug to stir up reetiONSl JeolOailtot, SD that
be ~tri *part) Mends arty ride into power,
sowe of the most prominent whig papere in the
1* won. actuated upon, we trust, by the "'ober !
second thought." are now raising "a voice for
poste " Their original objection to the Nebras- '
was that it "opened a vast territo
ry to the epriead of slavery " This the Demo
erotic pros stoutly denied, rie our readmit well ,
know, and coutended that the inevttable 0011,10-
Tame of adopting the principle of popular soy
ertgaty in the Territories would be to make eve-1
ry Territory hereafter organized rata, whether
it should lie uortn or south of the Mutsouri com
promise iiue. We believe there are at this mo
ment tea so blinded by prejudiee as to apprehend
that neither Nebraska or Kansas will be slave
territory The victory, then, of the Democracy
is already cuteplet4.
The eztracts which follow are from three of
the most iufinential Whig paper., in the country
Each dirourages further agitation, (would that
t h ey (blue .44) some time aluce) and each ac
knowle•Jgeol that the contest iitua cmistl is uprac
racul vaviry kJ ties Surat.
Th e A',,tional Itiolliy4neer rays:
"It was the avowed object of the friends of one
ut t h e prominent measures of the last session to
`remove slavery agitation from the halls of Cons
We were not believers in the efficacy of
the plan propixseil, but we should be happy to be
euhv i oc ed that we were in error. At all events,
let the section of the country likely to be most
benefited by the Nebraska hill be vontent with a
p p act „ rik,iory We are satisfied the Baltimore
American is correct in its belief that the South
i s D ia adverse to a restoration of 'the reign of
gas! 'fhough of stem pride and unbend
ing split in many things, we feel sure she will
nut be behind Ler meters in a contest of forbear
mace and magnanimity."
Tie Laelligencer is nit yet quite willing to de
elate itself a ialierer ih the '•effieuey of one if
the prominent uies.aures of the last session to re•
move shivery agitation from the halls of Con
gres, but it exclaims,' -let the Section of coun
try tikeiy m 10 most 64 wilted by the Nebraska
bill L uteut with a ',retch% rietory." It will
not •aLe the bitelligesierr long, at this rate, to be
-o,,hu• i•ii vinced of the efficacy of one of the prom
inent measuresi ill. iession to "remove
ilaviiry izitai ion fr the halls of Congress "
The Ni.a• 1 irk Courier arid Enquirer says:
we tire to 3 ', lee by the general ailenoe of
their j,itrtisht, the pe.tpie of the South take but
%cry ii:tie eimeeru in the struggle which has
been gong on fir the control id the two new
H.iving essayed to assert a princi
iiy whipiugric Missouri line of :36 degrells
ni.nutes uut tit existence. they rueut indispos
ed to carry the contention further, and practical
!) are willing eu nigh to accord the North in fact
all mat it look away in name. We like this; it
tends to reconciliation. There is nu use in per•
petti.iting a quarrii over what is irremediable."
That is, the S loth are willing, after asserting
the principle if popular .orercignty. to "accord
to North th i freedom of the new Territo
riei Tiii, loss not look like fear, on the part of
the New lint print. that t h e people of the South
will remove with ;Iptir olar,N. Kansan or Ne
braska The talks sensibly, at last
Bakint, I ,a , riena,lit.oncedicig the prac
tio& Nebri4,i-Kaiiial act to
ho Such as d....inver4ts hare all 4he while claimed,
makes some remarks which we commend to the
careful and can lid consideration of the whigs in
"Why, then, cannot, the North aeoept the gage
of amity thus held out? The late struggle has
been a drawn battle, the North perhaps coming
off the beat li l y securing all the practical advanta
ges, a nd why ma y D lit, the old axiom, "forget and
f,‘rgive," be• as profitably practiced by sections ,
au l Statet- ak, by individuals? Is it possible that
It,. North has not the power to act thus? 'agile
so controlled and so irretrievably denationalized
by f4etiou that so generous and noble au effort
is beyond Ler power? We are loth to believe
this A vast majority of her people are beyond
doubt. tl.oroughly opposed to the continuance of
the .lavery agitation, and heartily prepared to
weleoru. a liberal and national effort to put an
end to it Let u, all, than, acknowledge that
there •no use in perpetuating a quarrel over
w h at i' irra•tnediable Let the press, North and
South, jotti earnestly in the effort to banish from
th e i r columns and from the field of politics the
quest' m of slavery; let Congress be held strictly
, to the do , y of legislating for the wants of the
count n , and a stern rebuke follow every attempt
to renew the unholy agitation; and though we
may bt thought utopian in expressing the opin
ion, the work would be accomplished. Why
shall u. ,, the effort be made? Its failure would
carry w.th it no dishonor, and create no evil that
doe, nut already exist. -
There Is •ne way. and but one way, to accom
plish the , end which the American desires, and
that is. in all fntnre acts organizing Territorial
government-, to preserve the non-intervention
principle----the principle of popular sovereignty
—the principle of leaving it to the people to form
and regulate their domestic institutions in their
own way, subject only to the constitution of the
United States. Then there can be no slavery
agitation in the halls of Cengresa
' MEA v PttoscstrmoN.—Joseph R. Chandler,
for many years a Representative in Congress from
Philadelphia, has been set aside by his patty on
aecoutit of his supposed sympathy with the Catho
lics. Although an honorable man and an excel
, lent Representative, his surmised opinions have
brought him to the guillotine of the Know Noth
, lugs Such proscriptive intolerance will do little
to build np the ambitions organization which as
-1 piles to control the national politics under the
1 name of Atnericaniam. Ostracism for opinion's
sake has ever been the weapon of despotic pow
' en. We trust in God that this exhibition of it
is not a prophecy of its re-exhn nati,m among ns
1 —Pa inenrille Telegraph. •
We agree with all the Telegraph says above;
%till we' think it does not go far enough. It
Ishould have told its readers that it is upon this
very "ambitious organization which aspires to
control national politics under the name of Amer
! icanism," that its anti-Nebraska brethren in Penn
sylvania rely to defeat the Democracy, and their
candidate WILLIAM Blount: That it is a "mean
ProlPetiption , " that it is a "mean" and sneaking
order-:-,that its objects and aims are dangerous
—that} it strikes at some of the fundamental
principles of a Republican government,—does
not deter the Tekgraph's brethren in politica
from affiliating with it, and using it is a mars
of achieving an Anti-Nebraska victory' 180strs.
@ism for opinion sake," we well know "has ever
beta the weapon of despotic powers," yet this
mass ''ostracism" is the stock in trade of the
whig party and its candidate, Judge Potamcnt.
So true is this--and so fearful are his follower;
and parasites, that the intolerant men who con
trol in this matter will fear that Pollock is pone.
tad by the association of a Catholic—that we find
in Beal heretofore candid and 'respectable jour
nals midis Pittsburgh ansourcial Journal par
agraphs like the following:
A Wawa. Lavin-now sir Tux Fauns.--eiro'
the vint of Judge Polkgok to Rumba*, o Ms hr
-.r
been spread by Dmnooratic lip 'whisk we under
stand is wo rking to the prejaMee of the Jude.
On his visit to Msburgh be wart soeompanied .
by Morton hicgiahael, Req." a inatuber of the
Whig State Centril Committee. Since that p 1..,
riod the indications have pointed so overwhelm
inglyto a defeat oftbe Democracy, that they have
been willing to eounrerplot Know-Nothingtem
by the elooessoas lie that Mr. McMichael is a
Roman Catholic and as such the bosom friend of
Judge Pollock! Let our friends ha Manchester
be assured that the whole thing is a Democratic
trick, and let them set down as a knave, the man,
and every nun, who will give currency and the
sanction of his name to the tale
What does the Tekgraph think of that! And
what does it think of a course that can be injur•
ed by the rumor that its candidate was actomp..-
nied in his travels by a member of the same
church in which such patriotsourists and tato , -
men have worshiped as Charles Carroll, of Car
rolton, Judge Tauuy, of the Supreme Cottrt,
and Jos R. Chandler, of the present House 13
it not lamentable that 'mob a state of affair's should
exist where common schools and other institu
tions of learning abound! And finally, does it
not allow that the party or cause that is forced
to resort to this "mean proscription - is reduced
to the last extremity, and its candidate to the
lowest depth! And yet, should that candidate
be elected, the TeleyrupA will claim his suttees?,
as another "victorypf freedom"—another con
demnation of slavery and "Anti-Nebraska rascal
ity " Out, say we, not only upon such "Mean
proscription, - but upon such base truckling to
the religious bigotry and stolid ignorance of the
times'
Besticutal Jealo;udes and !'artier
The National inte/ligericer, in commenting on •
the repeal of the Missouri compromise, exclaims:
"Let sectional jealousies be stifled; let section
al
parties be discouraged by such appeals as must
always operate upon honest men devoted to thea
country and her true greatness "
This is sensible, and we commend it to such
whige as have hitherto been in the habit of re
glinting the old National bitelliswitcer as a pret
ty good whig paper Still we fear its advice
comes too late! Perhaps not too late for som e ,
but No late for those who follow their leaders in
stead of their own sober judgement The whig
party in Pennsylvania is perfectly sectionalized
The other day we had its candidate for G
wer
nor among us. Re made a speech of au hour
duration, awl from the opening to the close not
one word did he utter to favor of the principles
and measures of the whig party while under the
lead of Webster and Clay. Everr - ,thing he sail
every subject he argued, was mkt/hated, not
"stifle sectional jealousies," but to arouse thew!
The "aggressions" of the South—the "demand,
of the slave States"—the power they have here
tofore wielded in the government of the oiuutry
—were his themes, and never was there a 412.ut
gogue of the Ciarrisonian school that so ruthlessly
rode them he. Then are we not right in %ay -
lug that the advice of the Intelligencer conies too
late 'he party has already become "sectional
ized," and instead of "discouraging' its follow
ers by appeals in the direction pointed out by the
Intelligeneer, the whole effort appears to be to
inflame the people of the Norili against thy s
of the South. Now what is the teudency of all
this Were our whig friends Lineal, then might
• every honest man "devoted toile country and her
true greatness," tremble for the consequences
But well do we know that they are not himest
Like the actor upon the stage, they only perform
recollect how in 1845, the same "hatred of sla
very," the samo "aggressions of the South," the
samec lap-trap appeals:to northern prejudices, were , *
the stock in trade of these same actor, and we
all know, too, they are the very men who gave
us the Fugitive Slave law soon after, and at a sub
sequent day, at their Ne.tionil Convention in ail
timore, made that law and its faithful mainten.
Ince a part and parcel of their platform: That
has never been repudiated; nay more, it was in
effect re-endorsed by the very convention th.it•
nominated Pollock. Are we not right then in
saying the whig party is not honest in its war up
on the South:
Nunoorstio County Convention.
The Convention met on September 16th, at '2
o'clock, P. M., and was organized by the Klev
tion of MURRAY WHALLON, Esq . Prt -
dent; and W THORNTON and J W Dornt.A ,, ,
Eaq., Secretaries.
The credentials of ail undisputed delegation , :
were then read, and the delegates recorded Al
ter some discussion, the delegates presenting the
imperfect credentials from North East Borough
withdrew all claims to seats in the Convention.
On motion, Robert Marshall and James Welsh
were admitted delegates from North East town
ship. On motion, that a committee be appoint
to draft resolutions, and that the convention do
not deem it expedient to nominate candidates for
local offices, the following gentlemen were ap
pointed: Hon. James Thompson, I R Taylor,
W A. Galbraith, Esq., Henry Grinrich. and Ar
thur Greenwood. After a short recess, the fol
lowing resolutions were presented by the Hon.
James Thompson, and unanimously adopted
Resolved, That we have undiminished confi
dence in the ability, integrity, and patriotism of
the National Adminis.r.. inn
Resolved, That the State Administration of
Governor Bigler has been eminently wise sail
successful; commanding the admiration of all
candid and unprejudiced minds, and unassaila
ble in any particular by its opponents--enemies
it ean have none. It hav conduced 'Very largtly
to the highly prosperous and flourishing condi ti , m
of the affairs of the Commonwealth.
Resolved, That to G ,v. Bigler the people of
Erie county owe a debt of gratitude, large and
lasting; for that, when resisting the unlawful and
unwarranted encroachments of railroad monop
olies last winter, and misrepresentations of their
acts and motives were sown broadcast over the
Union, our citizens denounced by a venal press,
both east and west, as a riotous mob, be prompt
ly and boldly avowed his sympathy with them
and yielded them his aid and support. And now,
when the hightest judicial tribunal in the State
has fully vindicated the acts of the people, so
shamefully misrepresented, it is due to him that
his manly and fearless conduct should receive the
hearty approval and acknowledgement of the
people of Erie county. He has been tried and
found faithful to their interests, they should not
be found ungrateful to him.
Resolved, Tlist the Hon. JzautrAn 8. BLACK
is every way entitled to our fullest confidence
and support, and that his election to the supreme
bench is called for, on account of his great abili
ties as a Judge, as well as his unimpeachable
character as a man.
Remised, That we have entire eonlidemoe in
Hzxar 8. Mow, the Deinomatio eandidate for
Canal Commissioner.
Resoived, That in our opitiou all Railroads to
kris alrauld have their terminus at the harbor,
as they have at Buffalo, Dunkirk, Cleveland,
Sandusky, and other cities on the lake, and that
they skald be of such guage that trade sight be
free to pas without transhipment to the eastern
market; and that it is the duty of kris amity
to us every in so assist this *sot, *mom
alike to the interests of the great west and the
whole state, as well as this particular locality.
Resolved, That our Democratic friends he re-
commended to support only candidates for
dice as shall be t favor of -testaining the pari
ties of Yak in her late efforts, as any hi.
toreexertions, to ‘43neen.rate the railroad at the
point of Commerdk, the harbor of Erie, to secure
an unbroken gauge between the city of Forte and
the eastern markets; and that we deem it inex
pedient to make any distinctive nominations of
candidates fur local offices at the present time
W Thornton moved, that the following nam
ed gentlemen h and are hereby appointed Con
gressional Conferees to m. et the Conferees from
Crawford enmity, to confer on the propriety of
nominating a candidate for Congress W A.
' Galbraith, Req., John Grabal.n, J. P 'Moore,
1 Gingrich, and H. H Allison, which was carried
The Chair appointed the following gentlemen
I as the County Central Committee, f or th e en s u .
iug year: Hon James Thompson, J W
lama, Erg., W A. G.►lbraito. , Halsey Pet
s/ ton, C C Boyd, Jawes Wilson, Henry Allison
On motion, the Convention adjourned
1 MURRAY WHALLON, E,q Pres't
WILLIAM TIIOIINTuN, } secy . a
J. W DouuLAgp, c
'faunal anti 6nural fbanturtins
That Barbfume
That os.. about wt. 01 we told last week, was rotated en
Tuesday List, and At least tie r...ousenu ,T the true-hearted
sous and daugh ,, •rs ot Erie assembled to the City
to discuss the gentl,tinan H« was attended bounteously by
all the "chiekei , tains and 9 our doings." that are usu
ally incident to •Luch ,•• Jom have we seen such
en immense thrii; • Liu.. n trots (11.1 land young,
rich and poor, 1•1111 t••• 1 and rontarieties of
party and meet, were theri in ,ior "itilght and
,ina)tosty,'
contributing to the.,
• I , . I the' triumph
al assemblage liter ii 1,4 and t•• desperate a conflict
with the greet, tee-ul 1' I. w..r• , f.e, ,, ,,ountry and tele age
and eo , ...trat• pF.'l7.2l—tio people. seettsaful at
last. seemed : their high. their honor
ed position Whi , e to. were hilarious and proud •, , f their
achievement yet el 5 ib r. het debauchery or sr
roganee. Wher • .11111I,' .e 1 r dii iduals, feel selfasit
fliged, they will r e, whet :• •, -irwriceful either in
motive or t W. w•.r , w.ti, the spirit or the
! , .r tt -t;bly, to RP have at all tunes
and wit's: the gees' ••: .1 (H, tt:r eontt %lied, that the peo
ple, in the matter f t.. 'Ere War were actuated by the
purest and loftiest But is like proving
the brigh:nr.• cih, • -so wut.: Si. done in the
plod TOUPAII
, lisyk4 Kluz orgari
ny n; th.• II 3n AM..
About 11
11 , 1.4 the ►*
Thump•
P. JO Mp,n e Ruh snu
ber of \ ),e
t - n t t re - u• quarters of the coati
ty, whoe.' us._ pub1..13 Jadgo Thomp
son than ,atur t - r•'r! t •*.•e l the arteembly some
what at length.., L.- aff.r.r..e.. and farnnatlng style.
Itstenr , t t.wtt'' , attPll.l4ql sna , iet.ght. Mr 1.,,,w
-ry was tbvt3 .al: t his be,ng qua. unwell.
wee mere l y able ; m t ' t , t'w .r-r:etto and appropriat,
remark• Mal. .r tdr.•...'.1 ;he poop:., which
WILA dune !tit , u•ua. an'l atn,l-ItIZ manner. After
the Mov-r, t. su Tr a curr ,,, ! d pawed the
duet' 4seh n , l 1.. la. a J 3.11 to the 'Gana, and
epttkr ttg and but, , z; 3 It'tir ~e !fitter. We heard
Pererel lUtPlutlte • t ,• were at ♦arl
anra with nn,. • t• ; ts a•-etnt.d ditrerer,t times
oonset.e • Fi IIn !...,tlp at present
r I ly Mr Mazill. of Harbor
tree'. and other- Wl' the:, the atius, was the hum
V otettle
'flattop of no `1 • r . tha Lefielsture, opou
te. afitilM"! Whir
111.,
,e the city. T 7 .• .4 ,, ntienasi) ` , .....ev,rg that the uttanim
nr.ric ch.' paAt struggle
tty •nd Our tyr
that
ne!.•• •-c
mavtd the a ,ra,,,Lt. L..: and ' , eutnsrat. t., repro.
a , ut the npnrrotet.inz I,..gyileture. One or
the regular ',II; i.,u ve.ct.t, t ,ne associated with
the Deqt.,erat, upon the stand. end
derl4r,d his Jl, ~• 't. prvoeedukg Ho
had it , leer that th.- f men vs ',lid show their foes
at Harrlghurg . ,f tnc , . ~,t •-a
major ,y 11.. r• nx• .p..r. • outsiders One ta
telltgent Whig atlinntnz Interests would
most nl.l,ubt , •i,s lure f ,raesistanee, bud
that prudence r•-,u,r ,, i of toe e.p,c of Crie county to lay,
oot only one, but nu ,, , anel, r D, wlndward, if possible.—
While the qtncr it,u c .stisiitd of the amia
bility na-4 the ra.tr-vi men, and Idea wil
ling sesame their nut asking fur
n , = A , such an assumpt ion
The ?testacy-It wh o over.. !!1•1•1:‘ knows is
• Demoerat "ever t.ne tru, t., hi. p,sll,nn. rofusing,
to MIX pal t , ^nw •r, tnn C" or. re,i.e• -I.d the Indepen
dent *tug "t ,, kv.:* rn• 'utten himself." which
he d:rt, by pti ,, ..17 • Ihe , busininir
handsome miy.r.iy ir. 'heir •It rr JJ•t shout th , time
t , rople kepi. co' in . ;7y and t.a:ur• t, play ari
ten ., ve ••prne-t,lal t 40. by
mn.• hflr^ M^"l - t.n,n, • . ;al
rpt^. , l 'nth •-' ¢ ,- .1 a w
m - I,n t 7 Frenukinsan—"• , ,ne Clot
cla P 4."
WE !Art C , 11;1;V. U , ral
, •ff*lred thre. 24:"'f' , PI pr , 2!% !
hl,lO „r nivic J -
rnnth. , r• pin
nder.r I% 1141-1:1
r , .rf
shouldn't l'lry hp
e 1,1 , 1 r day.--
Runt turnip•.
The -:11n , 1,1f, i rk hcoke,i
tui Mem,.
• v, 1 k:,' tina withu , A-t. lurrer,—
Hort'
t i)u-r,“
ruutt In, burn
but time. f ,
"haute cin le R. 41326.1 Z t Ant , lonngpap•
pas, par:al aunt, ..1 t.: •:••• Fro r :htv been ap
pre-Akto.l itut. ttitt,• • to !...41313.qt in
Oh 0. tr... is t, be
pr.n,uin boy.
Menr.. :uutton' I.r 1r
Vir• we Ho •
r Rhich, so a
0114 itii, "our • f“
say we admire ••I • • p•• h • 'A t i „ n
for --Lt. h, • o• ,n•-• I tra vo.tottrotf..4 to Senator
Douglaß at Clti,,g•
vs The Tegetarlan•, r perlun , ..pp,ced tc, the estriag
of auimal toad, arid a ~ . nseution in Philadelphia a few
days ago. and told a - tranclutt," at Watch, among other
dishea, they had mlnce pier." Quer) • -nnw did thcy
make mulct Ines w the ut "nleair
A 4.. The "wear" . I the Buffer, Ernst..., calls Jodge
BLACIet.I optntt.n tit the Eras awl NArth Last rallroad etas.,
''a long and turge4 .teotston of the annoy
ance* 611 f.tretble writers are eaVt j eeted to-.-:be t - ritietara
of feeds! The idea or brained ritymster. lAA the
t0e..1 a the do,ament "turizt is
the height of 1tre,..1 1 ft., ttl stapolity.
vs, T. .4 5 that -there la more ploaruroin giving
than in rooeiring. • to hUPPOI.Sd, to apply chiefly to kicks,
medicine• sad adrl , n•. 7;0 4 11 l 4 All ..x.ehange. sal we gorse
it'q so, fur we nottoo the Cotietitet.,” aidig brother
of the Grusttc, a good lien. MIU3O
and a precious Jitt:t mot !fast more to the
point, it seems to wdh a gobd ddai of "pleasure."
ir' It is said "truth Is manger than fietton," but two
facts in poetry is, 10 our opinion, stranger still. From
the "Editor. Song. es tract the following
The eatior We at his table.
Writing on well as he's able
Paragrtpbs, leader and puff,
His soissurs beskie husk are lying.
Whilst he is in agony trying
Of eopy to furnish enougiii
That is fact No. 1; here is fact No. 2:
Christians, Mormons and Jews;
Is there a man on this weary earth .‘
But grows richer 1y reading the newal-
Richer, richer, richer, •
A. they read it by gaslight and taper,--
And yet there isn't a soul of them all
But grudges to pay for his paper'
Ana You itaawasso?—lit order tk, vete at the October
eleetiow; it La neerapary that Etrangera sad oew-eotaers
should le mateived in the ward, lowntlill4 or 4ifiriat i■
which they have whoa up their resident», at heist ata sior.
Wert slim:Sion. This is the law. The "seeideace so ta
ke. ma, sant be below Ada
1.6. The Allegheny county Agricultural Pair, us no
ties, is to be held at Pittsburgh, on tho 3d, 4th, bth and
6th, of October. Parinttrwid others In all the North
Weans reentiee of this State, and the adjoining esestiet
of OW, ire layfted to enter for premiums!
MIN
;.o• an union was
• aci +slaty, boldly
nover wou, : bits r
t. , ng al• ,zetber
(. Ta lk ot 1 .at ye
stn •t• n.,
i.,nr And why
=EI2
=I
lIM=IIMI
Eli
Pr rr• pr,s and
Durham entlle sod
ME
or As pr.v/legel.
•ay nt. the glon.
,n,l ' we can't
Ittito inni
Nee
slooder—Resse—cs ep ,
.mss:-.A &ai--/),,,
Pragenr— Dew from gm a
w e lures been blessed eith
the NIA week. Pears orb{
tb..p.th... of W en's, am
have vaisishod. repon.
dant harvest; dm meet,
or tivriammi, Iwo levels
Basin's* Is rapidly laiprot lat
gun , of tha prima* low
lb. Lemke ries
&need last par, rig 6, swot
by the abundant honest T,
f..li a g tie hiM/441. At.410•4y
sa d sba North of Earess s set
must kind of =Porto(' Dry
Imo, Wes fur )ears nho7 aka.
their stook $1 asorioa, u l ary
Anetioneeell
the mks with "clink? Iri sitt
naattoa need in Pint Mott
Vint' too /am Every )6'
assay over-o'ot the mot
4.
road freed. sassed t,
sad that we could 'oak sat sal I
track slew before ea .tarty
many goods imported a ss eoti
is s .pantry, LIM} .04." 4 ,
id pay for thins. Thep
°eked op In hddroeds zed
bets nod in basineet. 21 4
will profit by the expertise'.
daielly reooireiriag from M. 4 .4
distort/reel (mode of beiitlyie
bare been gait* Ilmetaau,.„
stuck, rote oa Friday, to e t
dent's etauemonta, and fell a ft ,
bears" are timed; obeli fi lm
that the Erie will not rift ~
$1000,060 is specie tow oe
user Bank will go into -
National Rattans Beak,
to be located at the corm
The aorta to ruse
a tailor*. Tin Amer
ed their rages fur f.,reign
pay inch extravagant rule
can naderstaad or apirocuut
plus premise are giiina g
nee renewal prodigm,"
the strings of plethoric prat
entirely thaintareetted to t y L ap,
the public good?
A person whe chewed
two Jean since 07 stir
tog to made the bill eri
trick, seder the new of
otial warehutue pupomi
lishing some of his ad►t
of arms, and using b 1(
of his trseb. We bare
stivartisement Inserted lo
funded apt expert.
luuke generally, saa caner
Liptivg. not piud to saran
wiirmtl• for We ir , ,u;ij ,ar,
only safe wsy for the pm.
liable agent or ageau
plicsuono from Ills eity t. mesi
There is • long awl el/worm
Wise, in the New T ors b 0. ,)
from the Washington 1.. w to
Tie. from Aar. Dr Adam,
Mere are mono writer, line
has been known for 7.. r. !to
find nothing prof tab,e a 4,
1:1 Mule is dull, and Ix;
mend. The owner, are
to "tars op" Hoping tie
Japan, or that Cibs will '
call theta into action.
To tA• hadirpesaws. ram.,
I have been perionsfly eoha
respectable caisens of Eno
to become a can iidete
,cg electron. I have, WO,
of nearly 600 voten*: •
tb• Democratic party la.
uou of a member of the W:
by a most decoded vow c:
that has been eallati topes.
that pas of imp poorrum
bona, from those with omt
duly
appreciated Thy CA
and no metdenimo of t,
deter me from seeedang
You and 1. fell,* ut.tasa
month! t t. t raied al • metro
upon ta. ooe i,Je. and glatoi,
*pan to. Aber The tummies
and L wat Lad both Donate,'
ratlr , al monopoly, beanie IA
dates for popular favor In
r.,,colciation, I would roam
rite. iiy decitnirg %LI uul
,a tain Camov...d . At
T 4pTTAIT tqr Ittmeeif AT Tor
come: to the first pug*.
,n¢fr the position the
r to omit or jort.- ;
the decision of the Supreme
rff=l
pureue me prtveu
ten . v.t,n But I have
You believe that the e,
brsted. wuuld be att,ccpted
gielsti.is I believed .0
with 14111 you a:1 heard X.
lected to run upon th. ,
pnantod language that t
that ebaraeter. If Mr B
th..re ta Do naolaalt3
mg this ion—in ...Ls
road company is boned
harbor upon one or the
spanks by antioein, I
you are deeeived Fr
him man rent the reep,-.N...
cally aasured yu4 veee^l.!
ragroad company nn”n
decutserstie r:r , 'rola El
maioriues bn tei .Ansiosi
him all he 5,•,-.1
•• well th • • ~s t••be
der with GL.% vr.
inteivstx, wt!. ,uac
lag t 4) apir enit•t:n the ^^+
I bare en (ill .I:tott ;;
the rmilenad mrn do, or it
fact is evideot. if Yr 6 ' '
rerpnonbillt!
I do no , ie,re phOki
11"1..hg that the.... r•se..o ••
lot. I e' meg the hot,'
h.‘v
Air An an:: V•MII` I4
ta stunipukg 111, .I..tvrt r
he -h:to
odic••, .eeker.•' Th.
or ..fs , •e, •0,1 .t, ' not •G
*istent to. • 114`.c.".4`..3'
lir We -shal lasit
shall peobahl,, :tarn a
If we !nigh; es.mo° our
we *Mild Say that -Icaewtel
/1116. The "Ladies 130:L.
bee.—the best. we
the September n umber
B. Neil, is'ef,r-th the :a.:
ihntild do wlthoat -Aiodey
VS. The Whir :n
R. Chat, for Ctoorpou
of ob. Now York Trot. f^l
EME=
Pr The Writhe,ld 7-dt
tune, nye, "tbeilty
to be impertuent. but
otistabea but out bes.l,..:*
-110 sditorse! us
baked in the pH!. m
No► Oat Kemal "a 6 "
tau, Ivo roe'
—Joh* & HarrYwo
Pa by the Domoeti 6oo
4111 tb•l4th lark
MI
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