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Wednesday Morning, May 21. 1856.
WILLIAM BREWSTER, EDITORS.
SAM. G. WHITTAKER.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER.
TIZOPMIII Z COWMAN,
OF YORK COUNTY.
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
DARWIN WIELDS,
OF ARMSTRONG COUNTY.
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL.
BARTUOLOICEW LAPORTE,
OF BRADFOCD COUNTY.
To the People of the U. States.
The People of the United States, without re•
gard to past political differences or divisions,
who are opposed to the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise, to the policy of the present Ad•
ministration, to the extension of Slavery into
the Territories, in favor of the admission of
Kansas as a Free State, and of restoring the
action of the Federal Government to the prin
eiplcs of Washington and Jefferson, are invited
by the National Committee, appointed by the
Pittsburg Convention of the 22d of February,
1836, to send from each State three Delegates
from each Congressional district, and six Dele•
gates at large, to meet in Philadelphia, on the
seventeenth day of June next, for the purpose of
recommending candidates to he supported for
offices of President and Vice President of the
United States.
NATIONAL COMMITTEE.
E. D. Morgan, N. York,l Fran. P. Blair, Mar.,
J. M. Nile, Connecticut, D. Wilmot, Penn's.,
A. P. Stone, Ohio, W. M. Chace, R. 1.,
J. Z. Goodrich, Massa., I Geo. Rye, Virginia.
A. R. Hallowell, Maine, E. S. Leland,lllinois,
C. Dickey, Michigan, G. G. Fogg, N. H.,
Cor. Cole, California, lA. J. Stevens, lowa,
L. Brainerd, Vermont, Wm. Grose, Indiana,
C. K. Paulison, N. J., W. Spooner, Wis.,
E. D. Williams, Del., J. G. Fee, Kentucicy,
J. Redpath, Missouri, Lew. Clephane, D. C.
WASHINGTON, MARCH 2G, 1826.
Our Platform and Principles.
We do declare to the people of those "United
States the objects fur which we contend in po•
litical action, are :
Ist. That we demand and shall attempt to se•
cure the repeal of all laws which allow the in•
troduction of Slavery into Territories once con•
secreted to freedom ; sand will resist by every
constitutional means the existence of Slavery
in any of the Territories of the United States.
7d . : We will support by every lawful means
our brethren in Kanzas in their consitutional
and manly resistance to the usurped authority
of their lawless invaders, and will give the full
weight of our political power in favor of imme
diate admission of Kanzas to the Union as a
free, sovereign and independent State.
ad. Believing that the present National Ad
ministration has shown itself to be weak and
Faithless, and that its continuance in power is
identified with the progress of the slave power.
to national supremacy, with the exclusion of
freedom from its territories and with unceasing
civil discord—it is a leading purpole of the
"Journal" to oppose and overthrow it.
American Republican Co. Convention.
The American Republican voters of Hunt-
ingdon County are requested to meet in their
several election districts, at the usual places of
holding elections, on Saturday, the 24th day of
MaY, 1856, in the townships between the hours
of 2 and 5 P. M., and in the boroughs between
4 and 6 P. M., and choose delegates to a Colin.
ty Convention, to be held at the Court Hone
in the Borough of Huntingdon, on Saturday
evening the 31st day of May, for the purpc se
of appointing delegates to represent the Coon.
ty in the Convention to be held in Philadelphia
on the 17th day of June next.
Look at the call under our editorial bead,
and if you endorse it COME.
Republic of Nicaragua Recognized.
We learn by telegraph that the Padre
Vijil presented his credentials to our gov
ernment. and was immediately received
as the Minister from Nicaragua.
This important event will be -received
with gratification by thousands all over the
land who sympathize with the great move
ment of Americanizing Central America.
It is said that Secretary Marcy violently
opposed the recognition, and at one time
threatened a disruption of the Cabinet if
the measure was pressed, but President
Pierce has accomplished his object and at
the same time preserved harmony amongst
his advisers. The Attorney General
was at first also violently opposed ,o the
Walker-Rivas government, but the recent
disclosures of British aid to Costa Rica
have probably won him over. Pierce has
undoubtedly been the more urgent in the
matter from the fact that Cass and Doug
las have recently declared their sympathy
with Walker. He wants to be equal at
all points with his competitors in the corn•
ing struggle at Cincinnati.
The Republic of Nicaragua being rec
ognized as "a power on earth," she will
now look for an active and productive sym
pathy from this country. We cannot
doubt that she will receive all she needs
in the way of men, money and arms. E
ven those who look suspiciously upon Wal
ker as an individual, will forget the man
in the cause, The latest accounts from
Nicaragua indicate the continued success
of the republican arms, with a bright pros
pect of final triumph over the combined
army of Costa Ricans, English, French
and Germans. The future of Central A
merica is beginning to open gloriously.—
Great things are in store for her.
ADVERTISEMENTS.—We have been
compelled to leave out several advertise•
meats this week, They ah►ll appear in
our Lien
The American State Council of Penn
sylvania.
The principal features in the proceed.l
ings of the American State Council of
Pennsylvania have been announced by tel
egraph. We find a full report in the Har
risburg Telegraph. Col. Edie, President,
presided. The first morning session was
occupied with a long debate upon a motion
made by Ex. Governor Johnston to appoint
a committee to ascertain who were rightful.
ly entitled to seats in the Council. The
motion was finally laid on the table—yeas,
87, nays 17. In the afternoon, Gen, Small
offered resolutions endorsing the nomina•
tions of Fillmnre and Donelson, denouncing
the repeal of the Missouri CoMpromise and
Kansas• Nebraska Act. A motion to lay
the resolutions on the table was lost. Gov.
Johnson then moved the following as a
substitute :
WHEREAS, The State Council of the American
party, duly and according to Charter assembled
at Reading in July, 1855. with great unanimity
announced to the people of the Commonwealth
a set of principles, as in the proceedings of the
said Council set forth. And whereas, 13y se•
verel subsequent State Councils duly assembled
said principles set forth at Reading were affirm
ed and reaffirmed. And whereas, at the Na
tional Council, by the adoption of a peculiar
manner of voting, declarations of principles so
frequently and solemnly determined as afore
said were set aside and repudiated. And where
as, A portion. of the representatives retired
from the nominating Convention in conformity
to the instructions of their constituents, and re
quester! a Convention of delegates at New
York on the 12th of June next, then and there
to devise such measures and make such nomi
nations as may be consistent with American
principles, as set forth by tine Atnerican party
in Pennsylvania : There fore,
Resolved, That we hereby approve the call
for said Convention, and cordially sustain and
approve the action of our delegates iu retiring
from the Philadelphia Convention.
After a long and animated discussion,
the substitute was lost—yeas 15, nays 58.
Those who voted yea then left the Con
vention and proceeded to hold a meeting
at Herr's Hotel. There they adopted an
address to the Americans of the State, set
ting forth that the call for the Council
meeting was irregular, thut 44 counties
were not represented by a single delegate
ana that the minority protested against 9
counties expressing the sentiments of the
party in the State. The following resolu
tions were adopted :
Rexeleed, That the American party of Penn.
sylvania invites the co.operation, in their politi
cal action, of all persons who are willing to sus
tain the principles which we hereby briefly reit
erate.
Ist. That Americans by birth or education
and training ought to rule and govern Amer.
2d. That religious liberty shall be guaran•
teed to all men.
3d. That all interference to elections by reli
gions sects shall he discountenanced ; and that
all efforts of the Roman Hierarchy to mould our
institutions, or control them to - the peculiar ad.
vantage and elevation of themselves, or to reli
gionists, will he steadily resisted.
4th. That the present National Administra
tion has proven by its acts its faithlessness to
its pledges, and to the honors.' best interests
of the country—that we are opposed to its pull.
cy and action, both domestic and foreign.
sthliThat the repeal of the Missouri Compro.
raise act was an infraction of the plighted fait f 5
of the Government made to the people. That
its repeal has re-introduced the dimension of
slavery questions into our national politics;
and that no advantage will result to those sus.
taining its repeal. 'We are opposed to the ad
mission of Kansas with a constitution tolerating
slavery.
6th. That the American party of Pennsylva
nia justly owes no allegiance to any organiza
tion that violates any of the aforesaid political
tenant.
7tll. That to carry these views into effect it
is expedient that all citizens sympathis.in4 with
it should be represented in the Convention to
be holden in the city of New York on the 12th
day of June next.
Bth. The Senatorial and Representative del
egates to be appointed to said Convention from
this State. That said appointments be submit
ted to the American party, and such others as
adopt our platform, above set forth, in each
Congressional District, for neation or appro
val, and that in the event of failure to act on
part of the citizens of arty of the said dints ids,
or refusal or allure to serve that the delegates
in attendance shall have authority to fill the
vacancies.
The following are the seceders :
Enw. G. FAIINESTOCK, Adams.
WM. F. JOHNSTON, Allevheny.
DANIF.I.I3OISOL,
R. M. Rinnt,e, ti
J. 11. SEWELL, It
N. P. SAWYER, tt
JAMES Y. ANDERSON, "
WILSON COLWELL, Armstrong.
A. N. RANetx, Franklin.
T. M. CAnust.e, '‘
F. S. STUMBAVOIT, "
G. 11. NIERKLEIN, "
JOHN W1LL1..., Huntingdon.
JOSEPH SPECK, ferry.
Jottx Covolie, Westmoreland.
ROBERT STITT,
D. W Surnoen , "
R. COULTER, tt
"Oh 1 Honest, Honest logos',
The Globe indulged in a column of ed•
itsrial last week, concerning a letter writ-
ten from this place to the Post Office De
partment at Washington, asking for inves
tigation into certain postal mismanagement
in the county. The Globe accuses one of
the editors•of the Journal with seeking to
destroy “the reputation of an honest man."
This is sheer nonsense. The facts of the
case are as follows :—We were informed
by one the the most respectable citizens of
Cassville, (at whose rsquest the letter was
writtenlthat the Journal seldom reached
its destination, whilst the Globe never, or
very seldom failed. Now, when we con
sider that the Journal is published the same
day. mailed the same day, and carried (if
carried at all) over the same route, as the
Globe, is it strange that we should seek ar.
explanation 1 A letter was accordingly
sent to the Postmaster General, containing
these facts, and requesting an investigation.
Wm. Lewis' name, we believe, was not
therein mentioned, nor was personal ails.
sion made. We simply asked on investi•
gation for the purpose of ferretingout and
putting a stop to this matter.
IV e have no desire to use hard names
towards Mr. Lewis ; his language is char
acteristic. II he is innocent, the future
will prove ; if he is guilty an investigation
would have made plain. But this was de
nied us ; and Lewis' explanation. is taken
by hie Catholic Majesty Postmaster Camp
bell, as ..perfectly satisfactory !"
If a man's conscience will not stand the
probe, of course he must suffer.
In relation to the "genteleman" which
the Globe accuses us of 'grumping up an
account" against, we need only say, we
"know nothing." If Lewis has, allusion
to a third class lawyer who once upon a
time stopped his paper, and plead the lim
itation law on his account, because we
would not urge his claims for an office,
let him say so. If it is he, the old axiom
would very suitably apply to Lewis—
" When the devil was sick,
The devil n saint would be ;
When the devil was well
Devil a saint was be."
[For the Huntingdon Journal.]
COMMUNICATION.
In a letter signed 'Alpha,' in the Phil. Sun,
giving an account of the proceedings of the late
Council at Harrisburg, great alarm is manifes
ted lest some paper in the interior, should con
tort the report ; and is desirous to cover upthe
mninter things were brought about there, and
if possible, mislead the unsuspecting. The
writer may convince the Hunsickerparty in his
city that Fillmore and Donelson have been en
dorsed, but when he shall come on this side of
the Schuylkill itwill require some ledgerdemain
to construe this enthusiasm into the people.—
If this writer can so manage as to put all the
votes of the State into Philadelphia, Harrisburg
Lewistown, Huntingdon, and Hollidaysburg,
then has he an endorsement, as far as thirty-se
ven votes go. Against Mr. Fillmore, and his
friend Donelson, out ofseventeen counties only
partial y represented, (except Philadelphia and
Dauphin. the vote stood as followti ;
Against Fillmore. For Fillmore.
_
Allegheny 4 Philadelphia 19
Adams, 3 Harrisburg, 11
Armstrong, 1 Huntingdon, 2
Cumberland, 2 Mifflin, 3
Lancaster,l Blair, 2
Huntingdon, 1
York, 1
Somerset, 1
Westmoreland, 4
Perry, 2
Thus it will be seen that only five counties
endorsed Mr. Fillmore, and it remains to be
seen whether those delegates properly repro.
senfrd their constituents. _
Forty-five counties of the State, were not rep.
resented at all. How then, shall the action of
Philadelphia and Harrishurgspeak an endorse
ment of Fillmore and Dunelse!) fur the whole
State. If the State Council at Harrisburg had
been fully represented, Fillmore would have
been repudiated by an overwhelming majority;
as it is, this endorsement is an abortion.
The question then is this—Will the Ameri•
cans of Pennsylvetia bear dictation from un.
anthorized sources ? Will they not spurn the
action of a few delegates from Philadelphia
and Harrisburg, who seek to misrepresent them?
AMERICAN.
TESTIMONIAL OP RESPECT.
At a meeting of the Washington Literary
Society of Lafayette College, on Friday, May
9th, 1836, the following preamble and results.
tions Were unanimously adopted
WHEREAS, By an inscrutable dispensathin
of Divine Providence, we have beet:Again alai.
ted with an affliction, iu the removal of our
much beloved and respected fellowanember,
John M. Sullivan, of Huntingdon, Pa., there.
fore,
Resolved, That in his death the Washington
Literary Society has met with the irreparable
loss of one, who, by his strict integrity of char
acter, added dignity to her councils, and exert•
ed an influence for good in all her acts. By
his s'weere desire for our individual good, and
by his earnestness its advocating the truth, and
in sustaining, the honor of the Society, ho gain
ed, not only the respect, but the love of all with
whom he was thus connected. We therefore
mourn his death as a most grevious visitation.
Resolced, Mat is common with others who
have been outwitted with the deceased, either
as Classmates or companions we have enabled
to testily to his exemplary character. A strati•
ger in n stranger land, he had, from an humble
station in life, orison in intellectual attainments
to an honorable position in the ranks of those
more favored, and was preparing to labor in
time elevated sphere for Him whose he was,
and whom he so dearly loved mid faithfully
served. The spirit of true piety which pent.
dud everything he did and said, secured him
friends wherever he wag known, and, we be
lieve, has now eor.forred upon hint a crown of
immortality above.
Resolved, That while still lamenting our own
loss, we do hereby Intuit sincerely tender our
heartfelt sympathies to his numerous friends ;
and that whilst all should endeavor to derive a
profitable lesson flout this dispensation, we,
who have been his associates and have known
him so well, are particularly called upon to trea
sure up his example, and live as he lived, that
we like him, may die the death of the righteous.
Resolved, Thut every member of this Serie.
ty wear crape upon the left arm, for the space
of ten days, as a mark of respect to our deceas•
ed brother.
Resolved, That copies of these resolutions be
transmitted to the friends of the deceased, and
be published in the Presbyterian, Presbyterian
Banner, and in the pipers of his vicinity and
Easton.
11. D. T. KERR
J. M. SALMON;
CHARLES CROSS, Com.
FRANK KENNEDY,
RESME or BrItRIED !,lianas.—A month
or so ago four miners qt • work in a coal pit,
near Zanesville, Ohio. kith burried in the mine
by the fulling in of a large portion of the gang.
way, leading to thu opening of the mine. The
accident occasioned great excitement, and hun
dreds of persons gathered round the mine, who
with the v.orkinen sotto work to effect an open•
ing, so as to procure the relegate of the buried
miners. They had to burrow through about
four hundred feet of of earth and rock, before
they could attain their object, and wonderful to
relate, although it required fourteen dogs of
hard work to accomplish it, they found the bur
ied miners still alive, and had the satisfaction
of getting them out safe. The men report
that for the first Live or six days two of their
number were very delirious, but thus the others
were perfectly sane. The only food they had
during their whole imprisonment was the
dinner provided for two men. The teen
were rescued at a point seven hundred feet din
tam from the entrance to the mine.
lei-From twentysix medical colleges in the
United States there graduated, last year, abnut
thirteen hundred doctors.
eje fittest littus
The Anti. Fillmore Convention of the Amer
ican party of Massachusetts, have repudiated
the nominations of Fillmore and Donelson,
and appointed delegates to the National Con
vention to meet in New York.
About 5 o'clock yeste.. lay afternoon, Dupont's
Powder• Mills, near Wilmington, Del.. blew up
with a tremendous shuck, that was felt fur many
miles. The destruction was tertible. Four of
the buildings were completely blown to pieces,
and three of the workmen employed at the
time were instantly killed. The explosion cro•
ated an intense excitement in Wilmington and
over a considerable tract of surrounding coon.
try
The Political Abolitionists, headed by Gar.
ret Smith, Lewis Tappan, and Wm. Goodell,
have called a national convention, to meet at
Syracuse, on the 28th of May, to nominate no.
tional candidates favorable to the abolition of
slavery. They say that the Republican party
does not go far enough; its anti•alarery being
reclined to Kansas.
A rumor prevailS at Washington that there
will be a bolting at the Cincinnati Convention
if the South should succeed in their purpose of
establishing a National Platform ; and the se
ceders will nominate J. C. Faxstoxv as the
representative of the SILAS WRIGHT, VAN
BOREN, BENTON Democracy, who would be
supported by the Soft Shells and Republicans
conjointly.
The steamboat Star of the West arrived at
St. Louis on Monday, from Kansas, bringing
dates to Saturday 10th. Gov. Robinson and
family were among the passengers ; but at
Lexington be was waited on by a committee
appointed by the citizens, and notified that they
should detain him on the ground that he was
fleeing from the Territory to avoid nn arrest on
indictment for treason which End been found
against him by the grand jury of the United
States district court. The Governor replied
that he had been informed by one of the grand
jury that an attempt had been made to find a
bill, but it had failed.
This did not satisfy the committee, who in
sisted that Robinson should remain. Finally
he consented to do so on the persuasion of Mr.
Parkinson, the' captain of the boat, and a Mr.
Barnard, of Baltimore. The committee then
agreed to send a message to Kansas, and as.
certain if an indictment bad been found, and,
if not, all the expenses of Rohinson'sdetention
were to be paid. The committee consisted of
General Shields, Mr. Sawyer, acid a number of
the most respectable citizens.
It is reported that a dispatch from Leaven.
worth has been received stating that nn armed
body of men are en route for Lawrence for the
purpose of destroying the evidence taken by
the committee.
1 While Governor Reeder was in attendance
at the session of the committee of investiga
tion at Lecomptort on the evening of the Bth,
the deputy marshal served on him a writ to ap
pear before the grand jury at. Lecompton, to
answer the charge of contempt fur having refit.
sed to comply with the summons from the
grand jury previously served upon him. Gov.
Reeder refused to obey the writ, and appealed
to the committee, but they decided that they
bad no power in the case.
Messrs. Howard and Sherman, however, ex
pressed thei- opinion that Ur. Reeder wee pro
tected by privilege. Mr. Oliver dissented and
said the committee could not stand between
him and the marshal. Gev. Reeder said that
although his life was in danger in Lecompton,
be would remain on his privilege, in attendance
nt the sittings of the committee, and warred
them to touch him at their peril. The mar
shal left, but was expected to return on the .9th
with the United States dragoons.
The judge at Lecompton charged the grand
jury on Monday, the sth instant, to indict all
the State officers and members of the Legisla•
tare for high treason, bat up to the 9th no suoh
indictment had been found, so far as the pro-
I _
ceedings hail been made public.
The Pennsylvania American State conven
tion assembled at Ifarrisburg on the 19th.—
Sixty delegates were present. General Small
offered resolution ratifying the nomination of
Filimore and Done'son, and denouncing the
Kansns•Nebrnska act and the repeal of the
Missouri compromise of 1850. Ex-Governor
1 Johnston offered a substitute approving the ac
ties of the delegates who retired from the
Philadelphia convention, to meet in convention
at New York, June 12. General Small's rea
olutiona were adopted by a vote of 33 to 22,
whereupon ex•goveruor Johnston and fourteen
other Edie delegates retirod. A motion made
by Mr. Edie for a reconsideration of the vote
on the resolutionv„ Mr the purpose of giving
Mr. Fillmore time to declare himself on the
Missouri question, was rejected. The Union
State ticket was then ratified, and the conven•
lion adjourned. The Edie delegates afterwards
beide public meeting and prepared and address
to the people of the State,
The Indian war in Oregon continued. A.
body of regulars hsl been defeated on Bogue
River, with a loss of tw•enty.eight killed. Cas
cades had been captured by the Indiana and
burn ad. Several of the residents were massa
cred.
It was reported that a body of one thousand
Indians were approaching the town of Dallas
from the north.
Several fights had taken place, in which the
whites were generally victorious. _
In Washington territory, the Indians were
breaking in upon the settlements in every dire°.
lion. Colonel Buchanan had defeated the In.
diens at Bogue River, and released the citizens
of that vicinity.
The Central American papers are filled with
the official correspondence between the dignita•
ries of the State, the commander of the United
States eloop•of war, St. Mary's, and others, rely
tine to the riot at Panama.
Lord Clarendon's reply to Mr. Marcy has
been received at the State Department in
Washington. It declines recalling Mr. Cramp•
ton. President Pierce has determmed to die.
miss him.
Gov. Robinson of K 11111.114 has been indict ,
rd for high treason.
Ilttus
larliev. D. X Junkin, D. D., Holliday&
burg, Pa., has had a call to Fort Wayne, Ind.
lterOne man in Philadelphia holds a mil.
lion of dollars of the Texas bonds soon to be
paid, which he bought from the U. S. Bank at
the rate of fifteen cents on the dollar.
WY - The Legislature of Wisconsin has again
refuse to reestablish capital punishment—the
bill to repeal the anti•hanging act having been
rejected in the Assembly by a majority of one.
.I a. member of the prevent House of
Representatives, from one of the Western
States, was once so poor that he paid for his
tuition by ringing the college bell Ist the session
hours. He literally "rung himself in."
ner Presentations are getting common. The
Captain of a canal boat out west has knit been
presented with a service—of five years in the
penitentiary, in consideration of the ilistinguish
ed ability with which he plundered a passenger
and kicked him overboard.
tfirThe Kansas correspondent of the St.
',llia Democrat, under date of Sumner, April
25th, states that Whitfield will attempt to thwart
the Congressional Com'mittee's efforts to aster•
min the true state and feeling in Kansas, by
refusing to appear before it at Lawrence—
professing to tear assassination.
,1 1 'The body of' a man was found by some
gentlemen on Tuesday last, in the Schuylkill.
near Norristown, lodged in the top of a tree
which had fallen into the river. The body bore
marks of violence, and considering the length
of time it was in the water, was in a remarka
ble state of preservation.
11FE`Some gestleinan of a mathematical tarn
of mind has arrived at the following conclusions:
There were 13 battles fought during the year
1855, with an average loss of 1000 men in each ;
more than 300,000 soldiers are estimated to
have perished by disease and battles ; the bat
tles average more than one a week; it is one of
the bloodiest years in modern history.
A Pa= ESSA Y.—One hundred dollars re
weed is offered for the best prizo essay on the
subject of Slavery, adapted to receive the ap.
probation of Evangelical Christians generally.
Essays, enclosed in an envelops, may be sent
to Rev. Asa D. Smith, D. D., No. 142 East 13th
street, New York, until the first of August
next.
SW - Malcolm, Lord Furth; son of the Earl of
Perth, has been proclaimed an outlaw. This
is the unworthy or deranged representative of
the ancient filially of Perth, who was scut home
from the Crimea by Lord Raglan, for refusiog
to go out to the trenches. An able defence
was made for him through the press by his of
flieted father.
• ria-Mr. Elks Workman, living in Holmes
county, Ohio, committed suicide on Monday
last by hanging himself with a bridle. He had
lately been elected Assessor of the township,
and had given a heavy bond. Fearing he was
nut lit for the office, and to avoid the motifica
trail of being .laughed at, he rose in the morn
ing nt four o'clock and west to the barn and
kluged himself. lle leaves an interesting filt
mily.
A man named F. Dettembier was killed near
Lewistown on the Pennsylvania Railroad, on
the sth inst. The deceased was walking on
the track, and, failing to hear the whistle, the
cowcatcher struck him on the leg and pitched
hint several feet down an embankment. Ills
brains were dashed out, so that he lived but a
few seconds after the accident. He was a re•
sidunt of Lewistown.
ZiirThe liberty allowed under the laws of
Massachusetts for intermarriages between the
white and black races is but rarely taken ad
vantage of in Boston. A few day since a col.
wed 'llan of twenty•eight, born in Norfolk, Va.,
was married to a white girl of nineteen years.
Formerly sack marriages were forbidden by
law there, but the prohibition had uo practical
effect.
Tara TO Dr.mocaatic PRINCIPLES. -The
Washington correspondent of the Charleston
Courier, in allusion to Gen. Pierce's re•nnmina•
tine, says he has been "true to Democratic prin
ciples." Precisely so. Ile has been true to
noPhing, Odell is quite as tangible as modern
Democratic principles. A capital reason fur
his nomination. Put hint up, by all means,
gentlemen; you could not get a fitter expouent
of your principles.
A SLAVE TRADER PARDONED.—President
PIERCR has pardoned Charles Kerman, the
captain of the slave Glamorgan. captured on
the Coast of Africa in 1854, and brought to
Boston. Capt. K. was fined 81000 and sent
to prison for three years. We can find no rea.
son rot- this pardon except that the President
may regard the Slave Trade in the same light
the Pennsylvanian does, as a 'reputable' busi
ness.
gar A. coal bank at Blue Rusk, near 2Sanes
ville, Ohio, caved in about two weeks ago, shut
ting up four men who were at work in it.—
They appear to have had a supply of provisions
and a despatch dated May Bth says that the
men employed in digging for them were then
near enough to converse with them. They
were all alive and pretty well, considering their
thirteen days' entombment. They expected to
reach them in a few hours.
I:7)—A curious and startling disturbance in
the waters of the Missouri river, it is said, has
lately been discovered near Atchison, K. T.—
The report is that a whirlpool of large extent is
in active opc.ration about two hundred feet from
the shore, which, with strange roaring, draws In
drift wood and all floating matter, so that they
entirely disappear. The volume al the river
below, is considerably lessened, and it is feared,
the effects upon navigation will be calamitous.
Altr.The Louisville Journal has the following
nonehatent paragraph :—We learn that a shoot•
ing affair came off at Lake Providence about a
week ago. A man named Jones shot a man
named Patterson, mistaking him for ono Pen.
nington. Patterson; after being shot twice,
ono of the balls lodging in his breast, drew a
pistol and was about shooting Jones, when the
latter begged his pardon, saying that ho had
mistaken his man. Patterson generously ac
cepted the apology. His wounds are not 'nor.
tat.
REJOICMS TIM VICTORS.—The Demo•
crate exhibited their joy for the victory meld°.
red last evening, by parading the streets with
lanterns, torches and bands of music. In the
vioinity of Third and Chestnut streets, they
cheered most lustily for the successful candi
dates. About 11 o'clock. a large crowd repair
ed to the front of the Merchants' Hotel, and
there they were addressed by Richard Va.
and Win. A. Porter, Esqrs. Their remarks
were frequently interrupted by cheering and
applause. Mr. Vaux said that, the victory
must not be considered strictly a Democratic
one, as much of the credit of it was due to the
Independent Whigs, who had voted is favor of
reform.--North American.
The Loet Children Yonnd—Dead.
We last week published an account of the lo
sing of a couple of children of Mr. Cox, at the
foot of the Allegheny inovidpin, in Union tp.,
Bedford county. Continued search 14 them
was kept up to ar, extent and with an interest
and perseverance most highly creditable to the
humanity of the people for many miles around,
but all proved unavailing. .Day after day pas
sed and uo tidings of their poor wanderers in
the wild wilderness were obtained. At length
hope began to wane, and the hearts of the pee.
ple to sink in despair. Still search was contin
ued ; but still it ,was unavailing. Two weeks
have now passed since they left the fireside of
their home, .d during all the time the weather
was wet an chilling. To survive ouch a peri
od in the wilds of the Allegheny mountain, at
such a season, was impossible. Hale men
would ruceumb and sleep the sleep of death
under such a trial. So did these poor little
ones. But what they auffered, and how they
ran hither nod thither, and wandered up and
down and how they cried, and what hopes and
fears strived their little breasts, and how the
one encouraged the other, and how they kept
together, and how they prayed, and slept, and
rose, and wandered, and prayed and slept again
and again, we shell not know until the day
that will reveal all things. When found they
were but a few rods from a public road, their
bodies lying near by each other, by the side of
a fallen tree, and in a good statoof preservation
though the mice hail eaten one of the ears of
one of them and the palm from one of the
hands of the other. They were found on
Thursday just two weeks from the day they
wve lost—and at about 6i miles from their
home, in a part of the country that had not
been thoroughly hunted, owing to the impres
sion that they bad not gone in this direction--
Their discovery at last was accidental, by a
man travelling along the road and espying their
bodies as we have indicated.—//o/..keg.
A Goon ONE.—Major Done'son, it wll be
remembered, says he left the Democratic party
because he could no longer sustain its priori
pies, which reminds a Western editor of the
manner in which a fellow alto was not wanted
in 'a
-certain company told his story.
"Why did you leave old Man Smith's so ear
ly last nig.ht ?" was the question fiat w ask.
ed. "Why, yon see, I called to see Miss
Nnney, mid she wouldn't hare anything to say
to me. So I sot a while, and the old man told
me I had better go. And I sot awhile longer
and then one of the boys came and t' ok me to
the dour and gave me apush,and then 'thought
maybe my company wasn't wanted, and so—/
!q/Y!"
A BAT, Lous. rots GRAIN Jfovnrutas•rs.--We
rend in the commercial article of the Paris
Presse: "Breadblullit of every kind are docile
ing, owing to the fine appearance of the crops
that have been lain in, as well us to the fact,
that the conclusion of peace makes us look for
ward with confidence to the speedy arrival of
abundant supplies from abroad. If Prance is
not oldived this yeur to madam largely in the
United States to make up the deficit in her ce
reals, money will not fail to be easy, and Arne.
ripen merchants will have to pay us cash for
our goods instead of sending us breadstuff's. ,
Se'. We have receivHl from Keirti - dv and
Bee., Pittsburg, a splendid Manual of Gold and
Silver Coins of all nations. It is a useful
article, and no one sliould be without it. Price
25 cent..
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS,
For Flour the demand is better, and the
market in firmer to.day, about 1,000 bbla., most
ly mixed brands, were picked up in lots at $G
per bbl., but that pike was afterwards general.
ly refused fur straight brands, and the market
closed with more buyers than sellers at the a•
bone rate. The home demand was also mere
active within the range of $6,24146,50 for fair
to good retailing brands, and $6,75(38,50 per
bbl. fur extras, according to quality.
Crain-4,000 bushels found buyers at 135 a
145 c for red; and 130a140 for white, as in qual•
ity, the latter for good lots. Included to the
sales are 1000 bushel fair red at 142 e, 500
bushels choice do. on terms not public, 2,300
bushels fine Pennsylvania white at 140 c, and
a small lot of very inferior at 100 e. Rye is in
steady demand, and further 811103 of about 3000
bushels are reported at equal to 72c, afloat.—
Corn—The market is active, and some 9a10,000
bushels were disposed of at 54c for southern
yellow, including' a small lot of white at 50e,
some Pennsylvania yellow at the same price,
in store, and damaged at from 27 to 45c, actor•
ding to condbion. Oats are dull, with hut few
offering or selling, nt
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
C. C. HUSSEY. C. WELLS.
HUSSEY & WELLS,
PORK PACKERS /
Wholesale Dealers In Provisions,
OZSZRIM COMMINSZON
IYIZACITAI4I7B.,
NO. 325 LunEwric STREET,
Commercial Row,
PITTSBURG, PA.
May 21, 1866.-6 m.
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Ambrotype Gallery.
The undersigned from'Muncy, Pa., would re•
spectfully inform the Ladies and Gentlemen of
this place and vicinity, that he has taken and
fitted up a room at the
Court House, in Huntingdon,
where ho will remain fora short time, prepared
to execute Daguerreotype Miniatures, in a style
which he fatter ltitnself will give entire satin.
ftiCtiOh to all'ao may favor him with a call.
Having an excellent apparatus for operating
and several years' experience in the art, he is
I enabled to gifp Isis pictures a lite-like appear
ance rarely seen, which cannot fail to satisfy
the most fastidious.
D. GINTER.
May2l,'s6.
LATEST ARRIVAL OF
Wlilklt 4 MIERIEII CBCODZi
AT TUE
BROAD TOP DEPOT.
C U . N w N e l l
s G e
cAt & ed
t D o gN o l , l l 1
Spring avej . n i s i : received sum er
Goods, consisting of
Dry Goods, Hard-wane, Groceries,
Queens-ware, Cedar-ware,
Hats, boots and shoes.
- a ire.
Crockery-ware, stone and earthen
Tin-ware, Cane Fishing-rods.
Ready Blade Clothing always on hand,
and in short everything thus is usually kept in a
country store.
BACON. SALT, FISH AND PLASTER,
kept constantly for Sale.
Call and examine our Goode and judge for
yourselves.
All kinds of country produce taken in ex
change for Goods at the highest market prices.
The highest market plices paid for all kinds
of Grain.
Promptattention paid to storing and forward
ing all kinds of merchandise, produee,lllo.
Hantirtgdca , May, 14,
D ow.
Down at last —Our "anthracite: ,
sir Fillmore is corning home in August.
g The man with the white hat is in town.
Motto for Col. Kinney.—Veni, Vidi, Viet.
Versa
j Col. Orbison is having bin mansion se
painted.
mar The peaches in the West haTe all been
killed by frost.
1& The weather is beautiful and everybody
in good spirits.
far The .'hedge fence" around the Grave•
yard, is finished.
.
Car There was a military parade in Holli•
daysbnrg, last week.
tar Why was St. Paul like a horse? Be
bee se he loved Timothy.
tar The Allies appear to have a good time
generally, in the Crimea.
tar' Ten thousand dollars have been raised
in New Orleans for Walker.
mar The Loco Fore Convention will meet
at Cincinnati, on 2d of June.
oar The public schools had epic nic last
Wednesday, in Happy Hollow.
*V' A band of gipseys were in town last
Saturday. Look out for them.
g Max Green will lecture on Retails, in
the Court House on Monday the 26th inst.
g The Americana of Illinois have ratified
the nomination of Fillmore and Goodson.
ger We tender our thanks to Hon. H. M.
Fuller, for a copy of his speech on "Samism."
g Hon. James T. Hale has been elected
President of the Tyrone and Clearfield Railroad
Company.
gar We understand that our 'town fathers'
talk of erecting gas works. It will end in gas,
we reckon
Set" There is a "deur" young lady iu town
who is habitually so sleepy that her curiosity
cannot be awakened.
Graham's Magazine for June, is before us.
If you want the best magazine published, send
s.t to Watson & Co. Phil. Get Graham.
11* — Prentice, of the Louisville Journal, re•
eently had $5OO presented Lim by his patrons
as"an evidence of substantial personal esteem."
Lucky dog.
ger A bill has passed the House of Repre •
sentatives by a large majority, to grant 1,500.
000 acres of land-to lowa, to assist in making
her railroads.
Se-Governor Pollock has :dried the appro•
priedon hill, the supplement to the act consol•
hinting the city of Philadelphia, and the act
relative to libels.
SW The American Convention, composed
of those of the party dissatisfied with the Phil.
adelphia Conyention, will meet in New York,
on the 12th of June.
ear The trees have put on their summer
dress, and everything proclaim,-
"Flowers are springing, birds are singing,
Winter's gene and summer's herr."
mar The beauty of the weather and balral•
ness of the atmosphere for the past week has
drawn many ladies from their winter quarters.
Hill street has been thronged with butterflies.
WY' There was quite an excitement last
week in town, owing to a colored man, who had
been considerably advanced toward
`The kingdom of Potation.
To the land of Fire• Water."
Ser Dobbs thinks it is better for a man to
be the father of a natural son titan of an un
natural ono. The Deacon joins issue with him
and maintains the opposite side of the question.
We agree with the Deacon.
Se... Our townsman, Jake Snyder, has one
of Singer's Sewing Machines in operation.
Snooks says the prettiest sewing machine ho
ever saw was about seventeen years old, with
short sleeves, low neck dress, and gaiter boots.
CF," We see it stated that Ik. Brandroth
proposes to work a silver mine which exists in
the prison grounds at Sing Sing, if the State
will leans the property to him for fifty years.
We suppose the doctor intends to "work" the
mine with his celebrated pill.
Ver Our devils went hunting on Saturday,
and shot the following list of game :
Elephants, 00
Crooodiles, 00
Tigers, &e., dtc. 00
Pee• Woes, 01
Grand Total,
SW" Some scoundrel not having the fear of
sharp nails before his eyes, maliciously perpe•
trates the following "node" to bonnets :
"Little head and little bonnet !
Little pato with nothing on it !
(One might say 'with nothing in it,'
But that you charm me every minute:—)
Little lady, now I know
Why maidens let their ringlets grow i
For . otherwise—as bonnets go--
Their heads would freeze awl 'that is so!'
Good Officers.—So seldom is it that we have
had good officers on our public works under
democratic rule, that when such *fact does oc •
cur, we feel like letting the people know it.—
We must say therefore, that the appointment
of Major J. D. Lent, as Supervisor of this Di.
vision of the Canal, has not only done credit to
the Canal Boar] but justice to the people. The
Major, so far as our knowledge extends, reo•
dens satisfaction to all partiesi—being a gentle.
man of capability and strictest integrity.
Major Everhart, is also a good officer, and
gives general satisfaction.
gar The young ladies and gents of our
schools made an excursion into the country e•
ver the river, last week. They enjoyed them•
selves to their heart's content upon ynung r.a•
tare's beautiful carpet under, the partial shade
of the budding trees. Fun and frolic prevailed
and the "good things" of this life, which had
been so bountifully prepas ed by kind parents
and friends were disposed of amidst general
hilarity and good feeling. We hope that this
seasonable recreation may induce the particip
lasts, as it doubtlessly will, to renewed effort*
in their studies, increase their thirst forknowl
, edge, and contribute to prepare them all the
Deteer for the ewes and dada of the future.