Richmond Palladium (Weekly), Volume 25, Number 38, 6 September 1855 — Page 2

RICHMOND PALLADIUM, j Thurdav Moraine, ::::::: September 6. 1 Old Line Democratic State Cooventtoa. j The "fossil remains" of the democratic, party held a State Convention at Indianapolis on the 29th ultimo.' It was largel at'ended! by the faithful, and made up with much "noise ( and confusion." The only part of the pro-1 eeedingsof the convention in which OAjr people' feel any interest is the platform adopted, which we give below. And those, who have! been accustomed to bear their orators and or- j gans boast of the never changing: and "eter- j val principles of democracy" will be not a. little surprised to see the acknowledgement, i that the platform adopted by tl.U same party j in 1819 is repudiated. Then they advocated ! the right of Congress to determire whether !

slavery should exist in ir.e iwniri ui and in favor of Congress exercising that right so that the territories then free should remain free. The old liners of that day, were endeavoring to convince the world that they were the abolitionists par excellence. Now, their resolutions teem with denunciation of these same abolition doctrines. Even last year, this same party regarded the subject of temperance of sufficienct importance to be recognized in their declaration of principles. Now they are as dumb as death in regard to it. Why this change? , The most ridiculous feature in this platform j of old lineism, is the attempt to connect in the t same class of infamy the emigrants from j "Minsacliusetts and elsewhere," with the, mobocrats of Missouri. The authors of this platform know that the emigrants from the j free States to Kansas, went there in good faith to become permanent settlers and bona- j lide citizens that they did and have become thus identified with that territory. And they 1 know equally well that the mobocraU from : Missouri went there with no intention of re- ; niaiiiinir, but as an armed banditti would in- i vade a neighboring State for purposes of "wrong and outrage." Had the slave hold- 1 ers of Missouri gone there with the same honest purpose as did the emigrants from the , free States, there would have been less cause i of complaint of their infamous conduct than there is now; but to attempt to associate those two classes together is simply ridiculous in the extreme. In another part of this paper will be found the proceedings of a second State Convention, j held by members of the same party, in which J opposition to the present salutary liquor law i is made the foundation of their platform. Here is the platform of Convention No. 1. Resolved, That we claim with pride the nam.) of National Democrats that we are "Old Liners" and always expect to follow eld lines so plainly marked by the patriots and safes of the Revolution, in the Declaration of ndependence, and iu the Constitution of the United States. Our name is as unchangeable as our principles, and our principles are as immutable as are the foundation of the Universe. Resolved, That we announce our continued UVBtlll.T - u . ..v. ........ r .......... - v n 1 1 r. - , ganizatious. as being inimical to the ga. ..sf ot our institutions, and revolting to the pride and manly spirit of a freo and intelligent people. That we deeply deplore the frequent scenes of riot, outrage, murder, arson and desolation which have been occasioned bv these worse than Jocobin organizations; and that we appeal to every man who values a good reputation and an honorable name among his fellow men, to loso no time in separating himself from so foul a conspiracy; for he that counsels and associates with men who commit these most revolting crimes, is a participator in their guilt, and morally, if not legally responsible for their acta. Resolved, That we hereby proclaim our decided hostility to th 3 principles and conduct of that sectional and fanatical party, known as Abolitionists, who have so recently unfurled their banner of Abolitionism and Disununion throughout the Northern States. That we view their proceedings with increasing ap prehension of grest injury to the peace and prosperity of our common country, and: s being diametrically opposed to the' provisions and acquirements of the United1 States, which, if violated, as they propose,! must bring the dreadful result of Disunion,! Civil War, the ruin of our beloved country and the destruction of the last pillar which j sustains the temple of liberty on earth. ": Jiesotvta, 1 hat wo cordially reaffirm the principles of the Democratic National Convention of 1848 and of 185?, as embodying the only practical system of action which can bo taken on the great National question to which they refer, and best tending to perpetuate the peace, harmony and integrity of the Union. Resolveil, That wo most positively and unequivocally condemn and oppose all attempts to control by force and violence the right of -free suffrage of citizens at the polls, either in the State or Territories of this Union. The will of the People properly cxpreioed is the j highest law, but if that expression be stifled ! or defeated there is an end of civil govern- j went, and a failure of the power of the people to protect themselves. Resolved, That we view with disgust and disapprobation, the conduct of non-resident Know Nothing bullies from Missouri, or hired Abolition fanatics from Massachusetts and elsewhere, in their interference with the legal rights of the actual settlers of Kansas to vote as they please, or to deprive them of the sacred and inestimable privilege of deciding the laws which are to govern them as citizens of the Territory. Resolved, That we cordially invite all men of a National sentiment and faith, to co-operate with us in maintaining the sanctity of the American Constitution, the principles of the Declaration of Independence and the integrity of the Union, against the attempts of fanatical Abolitionists and demagogues, who are aiming to array one section of the Confederacy against the othr, and whose ambition to possess political power, would induce them to : sacrifice the dearest interests of the country, ! and to entail the dreadful consequences of civil ! war, bloodshed, disunion, and anarchy upon ! the ruins of our now happy, prosperous and j Jlesolved, That we will most strenuously mantain the fundamental principles of the right of civil and religious liberty; the right of the citizen to worship according to the dictates of his own conscience, the freedom ofj pecvu buu vt mo rreas. we onenng oi tne benefits of our laws and institutions to men of every nation and every clime, the equality of all good citizens, and the protection of government to every man who legally claim to be an American citizen.

T rouble la hc Camp. Completion of the New Castle Road to In referring to the resolutions of the 'old aderso. We invite attention to the adverliners,' of the 30th ultimo, which are given n, of the Superintendent of this road, below, the Indianapolis Republican makes announcing the completion of the road to Anuse of the following language: derson, and the fact that the event is to be "The Xational Democracy though as im- ceiebratedby a Pic Nic, dec. , It will also be mutable and eternal as the pillars of Heaven sesn ty the card of the Superintendent that and the foundation of the Universe.' is never-i the jIong THOMAS CORWIN and C. B. theless, dreadfully wind-shaken, and internal ; gyjTH wiji lnre and address the crowd storms are producing most fearful convulsions. ' wt;cb mav assemble on that occasion. The The bright prospects opened up before the compielioll cf this road to Anderson is an imraving oligarchy on the 29ih inst.. Lave been portant advancement in the interests of this suddenly clouded their peace and harmony ! rQad and one too ia which our citizens

has been turned into discord, and the non-1 committalism of their dodging platform u des- j pised, rejected and spit upon. Bob McCleery j and Dick Slater, both members of the Senate, ' deserve, and should receive, great credit for i their open avowal of, and earnest devotion to, ' the whisky cause. j "Their darling child has been put in irons ,; and thrust into prison, (unconstitutionally) j and they are determined to 'open the prison j doors, preach deliverance to the capuve ana llT, . . . .1 r j .t ! "This is the aim, the fixed purpose, the , iu,.f w.i;R.;. -,v,;.v. c,., !

u V,. - . , .Itleman. stopping temporanlv in Louisville, to and McCleery are the fcithful exponents, but I ' vv . " . , , .u i n . -i i n j t the New York Evening Post, in which is the late Convention, if it may be called such, i , , v i -.u i j .i . detailed a wonderful discovery a real mart s had neither the honesty or the courage to aver i ut""c" " ; . . .i i - .v nest made by the said verdant genius, in the same openly, or to insert it in their twee-1 u . , . it i t .t r . .t i - i i . . , ! retrard to the outrages perpetrated recently in die dumb platform. But the trick is detected , l" aft j j j ti j n j t ' Louisville, "by the know nothings on the freeand exposed. This double -dealing wont win i ' 3 , . . . j .i i- i dom of elections." This letter writer, after staamong the V hisky boys, and the sneaking 'uu u . , . . , . C , j- i ii ii ,! tin that the iudxes of the election in that city treachery, and dishonorable and dishonest " "o VJ a J i . .1 , . . 'were mostly Know Toothings, says, "lhe dodging of weathercocks and demagogues, is j s j treated with scorn, and rebuked with that :J deciJed tuy ttould d,M2ene wUA outspoke- fearlessness which hot toddy alone lM W Th? relU,reJ tlie VOter can inspire. This is right. Let them speak j to PeQ fcis tictet AIfD READ AL0CD IHE NAMEd out like men. They have spoken, and no ! of his candidates:!" "Wonderful to tell;" faUe modesty, no sycophantic and cowardly j "unparalleled outrage," the people were resnirit will ever deter them from miblishincr to i Qed to vote "viva voce" as they always

the world, what never should be denied, that the 'immutable Democracy' is now. as ever, eternally opposed to the arrest and imprison - ment of 'fret whisly.' Let them nail it to the mast head, and their gallant old leaky ves - sel will navigate the troubled waters "like a tlnng of life' until the Temperance ship, like a roan of war. shall take from her all her sails and rigging her best, her choicest men and drive her upon the desolate rocks of help-! less and hopeless despair." Deiuoarntic Meeting. of ale sr Hall, in Indianapolis, on the 30th of a"u.Hon. Andrew R. McCleery, of Franklin Co., was appointed President, and Ad. Seidensticker, of Marion Co., Secretary. A committee of eleven was appointed to Urait resolutions expressive of the sense this meeting as follows: Wm. Culley, of Jefferson; II. Slater, of Dearborn; C. Ensdee, of Tippecanoe; J. W. Graff, of Floyd; A. Imbery, of Vigo; C. Loy, of Cass; A. W. Ford, of Marion; Mr. Lase, of Switzerland; R. Martin, of Howard; Sunmauf, of Ripley; Mr. McCleery of Franklin. Mr. Culley, of Jefferson county, reported ; the following: i Whereas, The Democratic Convention of Indiana, held on the 29th inst.. DassAj. J lutions, ou paliopl,ou'ucs whiJh met ourj hearty approbation.but failed to express tho sen '

timeutot the democracy upon a local question Sweaborg by the allied fleet, with a slight loss deeply attectin'T the interests of thepeopleof J , , T Indiana, doubtless for the reason that the said ! tliem- but an mense destruction of Rusquestion is now pending before the Supreme sian property, in storehouses, magazines and Court of the State, and that it would be in- the arsenal. The battle of Tcherways on the

delicate to give an expression of such senti- i0th continued three hours. The Russians! ment at this time, therefore, ; , t., , , ! i j tl . .v . . . i were 60,000 strong. The loss of the Allies Resolved, That the sentiment entertained , a , - , ! by the Democratic party, that intemperance '. was small and the Kusslans were routed, with ; is a great moral and social evil, meets our con- 1 a great loss. Strong hopes are entertained in j currence aud approval; but that we here avow j France and England, that tho next arrival our hostility and opposition to the mode and ' will bring news0f t'.ie fall of Sevastopol. manner of checking such evil provided in the ,. . . , . , , ,, ,,.v : ; , . t ,i t t . . . t . i The next arrival is looked to with much inenactment of the Legislature at its last ses- j "t- " sion; believing, as we do, that the existing j terest. law. prohibiting the manufacture, sale, mid ; Death Spring. A late California paper! exportation of wine, cider and beer, as well , , . P. A I as spirituous liquors, and providing for the mentions the discovery of a spring in El Do-; search, seizure and confiscation of the same, ' rado county, in that State, whose waters flow j is unjust, curtailing, as it does, the rights of from a bed of arsenic. The mineral deposit a large portion of our citizens, and subject-' is thirty feet tl.ick. and crops out of the sur-' in g them to a form of tyranny inconsistent , ... v ; ; i, k -;tV, ' P. n . .. J face of the earth. eins in it abound uh with our liepubhean Institutions. i ..... Resolved, That the Democratic party, j gold' and "pecimens of this auriferous ore ; should it remain silent, and not now express have been shown to the editor of the Placerits abhorenceof such a law, would tarnish the villo American. The name of 'Death Spring' ;

high reputation which it earned at the Demo-; cratic State Convention of last v-ar, when it iui i. l ... ,t, t then advocated by our political opponents, and then sought to be introduced into our Legislature, which has subjected our citizens to ' a domination more suitable for the serfs of a despotic and absolute government than a free j people. Resolved, That we continue to regard the I ciiaiiu" iiuuut us unconstitutional in lis . . i

leading features, and oppressive upon the in- i . j j . 1 . , , , li h, . every respect, and does not possess a sinsrle terests of a laree class of citizens, whose capi-1 r-c r .v k r,.t,: vu:. .,, , .& ... . r , qualification for the office for which he is nom tal has been invested in the manufacture and i . . , ...j t. .;n I. t; , - ... x . . ... mated. If he is elected he will cave to hire . purchase of the articles put under ban by its j . r .1 a .. . t 1 , , t " j Some cne to perform the duties of the office, as provisions, and whose property has been sub-1 x. . . .1 ,-, .1, . ,. . -trt. , , i he has not eot the capacity to learn them, jected to taxation while they have been de-' , , , prived of its avaUs; and that, being opposed ! 0uf neighbor evidently knows where Mr. to oppression iuany form, we will support do j L- resides! but his opinion of that gentleman's man for any State, County, City, or Town-! capacity for business should be received with ship ofice, unless lie is pledged" to advocate J tbe usuai allowance generally awarded to it. the repeal of the existing law, (if not decided 1 T 1 1 t-t j v . , K ., .. , CM . T; It looks to us like a reflection from his own to be unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, ) ; J and oppose the passage of any similar law that capacity, and as such we are disposed to rein'ringes upon the righu of any elasa of our. gard it. That Mr. Leeson, is as well qualificitizens. I ed to discharge the duties of that station as Resolved. That the Judges of the Supreme j lhe presnt incumbent was. no one aequaintCourt, in whose ability and judgment we re-' , ... . j- -j , -n . . . c J . 0 ... ... ed with both individuals will for a moment pose the utmost confidence, in withholding : their decision in relation to the constitutional- j doubt, and that he will make as efficient an ofity or unconstitutionality of the Prohibitory ficer, when he gets the "hang' of it, is equally Liquor Law, incur a heavy responsibility, as ; eertain. That the people aie disposed to take the interests of a large clas of our citizens a Mosos from Uie -bull-rushes' of Jacksonand property holders are greatly affected by . , , , - - , , , such proVra.tination, that the public miad ; burg, and place him m the Clerks office at is deeply absorbed in the result of such de- j Centerville. is a 'phixt phact;' and, when cision. and that a prompt decision, pro or con, ' there, he will do just as our neighbor says and would lead to tranquility, and increase the ;jusl the present incumbent did: "Aire some public confidence in the judgment of the high- to perform, the duties of the of.ee," until est legal tribunal of the State. ' , . , - .... Resolved. That the proceedings of this he 'arns them, and continue to "hire cornmeeting be signed by the President and Sec- petent assistants as long m he needs them! retary, and published in all the papers of In- Nothing wrong in that? diana. j - The resolutions were unanimously adopted. ! XSlt seems that President Pierce is not On motion, the meeting adjourned. j popular even among the Squatter Sovereigns ANDREW R. McCLEERY, Pres'L Kansas Legislature. A correspondent A. Seidblnstickxr, Sec y. j , , . ... . 1 J of the Missouri Republican, writing from 'the it 1 , . . r, Mission on tbe 15th says: "This af.ernoon.

county, Indiana, there were twenty -two ap- j plications for divorce, seventeen of which ; were granted. Evans ville Journal. j The Louisville Times says that, in the same j county last year there were ISO marriage j licence issued, and some 65 application to j the circuit court for di.-orcts. j

,ttn mA ;ni-re3i. It will open up.

tour mechanics, produce dealers and mer- ; ciiants a communication with a rich district ' of COUntry, and from which an immense j amount of trade may be secured. We suggCSt to our mechanics and others the proprie-! tv of going out on the train on t riday next, and making the acquaintance of the good people of Anderson and the surrounding country. It wjjj pay. -The editor of the Jetfertonian commends to our J . . attention a letter written by some verd; special rerdant gen- ' done before from time immemorial. j I tliat This letter-writer seems to have j been totally ignorant of a fact, which every ; ' intelligent school-boy of ten years would be j stamed to acknowledge, that ballot boxes j i liave never been used at elections ; Kentucky. j Tbe custom of using tickets merely as a mat-; ter of convenience, from which the voters j ! may read the names of their candidates, has j generally prevailed there of late years. The ! gross ignorance, however, of this letter-writer, stin knmhatilv som merchant's collect! n T ' v r o ( clerk, for the first time way fronhome,) ! y but th edit- I j tern paper, who, it would gene rally be pie-( I sumed ought to know better, to publish such I stuDiditv. and then in sober earnest call the j mUtntio Gf the Palladium to this fact as j another damning outrage perpetrated by the! j Know Nothings, is wholly inexcusable. We ! will charitably presume as some apology for: our neighbor's lack of intelligence, that he only intended, by publishing this letter, to j palm off an innocent deception upon his read ers, supposing that they were so confoundedly green, that they would swallow it all without once discovering how beautifully he had , - " - them. Foreign News. The last arrival from the geat 0f war, announces the destruction of! ha3 been iven to the stream. The cxisten , , . .i: of it is supposed to account for the mortali ce ity among the gold miners at the early period of the California epidemic. ; , lJeemes, of the Jeff., in noticing the Republican nominees, "pitches into" Mr. Leeson ,n lbo following Elderatic style: "Mr. Leeson, the nominee for Clerk, lives; t t v ;..-. ti m .ifL-sonhiiri' is verv "small notatoes in shrP debate sprung np about naming county Pierce, in which the President got u. Some thought it a disgrace; others ; thought that it was springing old party issues j upon the Pro-Slavery party; but finally, it was 1 named Wise, in honor of "the Governor elec-l tJ f Virginia." '

Respite or the Lafayette Mtbdekers.

The record of the cases of Abraham Rice, Timothy Driscoll, and David M. Stocking, for murder, from the Tippecanoe Circuit Court, having been filed in the Supreme Court, and one of the Judges of said court having informed Governor Wright that the Supreme Court is not in session, and cannot examine these cases until the next November term, the Governor respited the sentence of said persons fixing the time of their execution for the 11th day of January, 1856.. This gives the Supreme Court time to examine these cases, and postpone the execution from the 14th day of September, until the 11th of January next, unless the Supreme Court should reverse the cases. .————⤛⬬⤜———— ☞ A Springfield (Mass.) correspondent of the New York Evening Post states that Southern merchants send their orders to the North requiring the goods to be stamped with the name of some supposed manufactorv at the South. Such stamps are applied to hardware as well as to the products of the loom, and even fine table cutlery is manufactured in Massachusetts and stamped according to order as if made in South Carolina. .————⤛⬬⤜———— ☞ The 'old line' Commissioners of Ohio county in this state, have heretofore obstinately refused to appoint Agents to sell liquors in that county, as authorized by the prohibitory law. The citizens of one of the

townships petitioned for an Agency, but the ' 0f considering what course should be pursued ! Commissioners declined to act in the case, relative to the mob Legislature now iu session j when they were arraigned before the Circuit 'at the Shawnee Mis.ion, or, rather at West-j rt.,1 v i.ri. port. In order to understand fully the grounds i Court to show cause for their netrlect of dutv. , , . . , T J ... ". : taken bv the Convention at Lawrence, it will j Their defeuce was, that the law dii not posi- he nece;Sary to take a glimpse at this con-; lively require them to appoint Agents, but ' temptible Legislature and its doings. The; merely permitted them to do so if in their members spend much of their time at West-; judgment they thought best; but tho JuJa port in drunken revels, and a few evenings -. ,. . ,' since a ceneral melee occurred anions them, taking a common sene view of that clause of . , - su . , f! - . , i in which some of them reccivea various the law which says "they mag appoint j wounjs aml cuts. While they are spending Agents," held that it was imperative that 'their time in this manner, the leading spirits i they must appoint. These free-whiskey Com- i among the border ruffians are preparing laws i missioners will thus be foiled in their efforts ! em to vote upon. Most of the laws they i , . .... , , . , 'are passine are concocted in Missouri. Some; toender the prohibitory law unpopular w,th.of horr ruffians attenJ the MSftions of , the people. : tn0 Legislature regularly, for the purpose of j dictating and inciting by their presence. ; Prolihc Bocoh of Api'Les. Joseph F. i Atchison and Stringfellow, with their misera- j Stanton, has left at our office a cluster of ap- i ble satellites, have been there, and President ,

pies which exceed any thing we have seen. fn, ., - , , it- . . ii They irrew in the orchard of llliaiu Addlej . . . ,T.,, . . man, adjoining the town of Hihsboro, iu this county. There is 33 apples and weighing 10 pounds. They are as close together as a cluster of grapes. The curious can see grapes them by calling at our office. t r XT T . ., . , TU, 1 , i t , c rio.Terrttw rormrn in MriiUtion in rptrard to Co -r o the number of deaths from t lux in our neighborimr t..wn of Xnw Puris. Ths rumors have been magnified far bevond what truth ... ',. . will justify. We are assureu by a gentleman of that place, that although there has been quite a large number of cases of flux during the past few mouths, the fatal cases have been confined almost exclusively to old and infirm persons and children, and only twelve cases have proved fatal. Th physicians of that place have been very successful in the treatmnnt of thfl ilisPAs. ThpiY m Kin no , . , . , , death for two or three weeks, and the disease is much abated. Southern polict gradually unfolding. The following extract from the Richfield (Mo.) Enterprise, exhibits the spiiii and temper of the Atchison and Strincrfellow ruffians. in their determination to plant slavery in the ,t r- x- . .,. . lerruury oi xvansas. .q wonuer iiiai inese out-laws should make such bold avowals, when they know tlia. they are fully backedup by all the South, and their schemes more than winked at by President Pierce: The policy of the Sjuth has now ceased to be that of temporizing. We ate detcrminea 10 pui inio requisition tr.c stout Hearts ana strong arms which God has furnished us with . . - . - ... and ii to maintain our constitutional rights it becomes necessary to delude the territory of Kansas with human blood, it will be done. This, rest assured, will bo the result, notwithstanding it would be an insult to the virgin soil of the Territory to mingle with it the crimson tide that will flow from the veins of

the hired daatards and poltroons of the North thcir po8ition at any hazard. Men of age and and r.ast. ; much experience, openly avowed their intent) -- . tjon t)j resjst utlto death the wrongs we suffer, r atal Railroad Accident. A serious ac- Thsre cmvc to be but one voice in the Concident is reporled by telegraph having occur- . vention on this point ; the resolutions passed red about a mile above Burlington, N. J. almost by acclamation. A movement was Eighteen persons were killed and a large num- ; set on foot to organize a State government im-

ber wounded, some of them fatally. The accident occurred while the train was backing to a turn out, to make way for the down train from New York, which was behind time. The rear car of the train backing, was thrown from the track, in consequence of coming in collision with a carriage which attempted to cross the road. lhe horses were killed, but the inmates unhurt. Three cars were completely ground to atoms, the train passing more than its length after the rear car left the track. W The New York Herald says that a 6uite of rooms have been secured at the Metropolitan Hotel in that city, by a Mexican gentleman, for a "party of distinguished Mex l ai "yct-iu iv,....t ikj

is shrewdly conjectured tha'. the "distinguish-j opinion, generally expressed in oar Conven-j ed Mexicans" are none other than the ex-Dic- j tion, that nine-tenths of the people of Kansas ; totor. Santa Anna, his family and suite, who are in. avor of freedom. We feel that ourj , . -, t .- .! cause is just, and tha. it has the hearty approit is understood, expect to reside for a Umem'vaj of eJverv true frecra;ln in America, and!

ew lork. Kaasas latenigeace. Chicago, Aug. 31. 1855. W learn from Kansas that Chief Justice Lecompte gave a dinner on the 22d to the members of the Kansas Lcgislature. in return for the honor of lo eating the capital at the town named after him. Judge Elmore was present, and on being toasted, announced his determination to resist the President's usurpation of power. The announcement was received with great en thusiasm Advices received from St. Pierre report the troops a healthy. The Indians were quiet. Gov. Brown, of Missouri, is deal. Idv Melvin " a famous trottinar mare ha feeen sold in the South for 87,000 to Charies B. Melvin. She cost 862 a two since. year

AlEsSRS-. editors: 1 was surpna to see admitted into your columns so uncalled for

a atuck urca the Society parcd in Tour 1 pape ' under theleai of -Tomb Stones." I will not call in question the writer's motive fur the attack, but without admitting the truth of several circumstances she narrates, may say that the Society should not be held responsible for the unauthorized a'ts of idividua! tnemlcrt, who niav possibly have, in some instances, overstepped the bounds of prudence. L wish further to sav, that the testimonv of the Socielvof Friends against "Monuments to the dea !." (a plain made gravestone being allowed, ) is as old as the Society i esc If, and every in Jit idual who re-, jsiJrs in a Friends' neighborhood, mu.t be 'very ignorant, indeed, if he does not know , lit. If, then, those who arc not members pre- i !fer to burv their dead in Friends burvin- ; groan (-,o the espense of purchasing and' peeping up which they do not contribute,) is; '. there anything unreasonable in their being re-! : quired to conform to such rules as we lay! d"a ourselves? We do not ak any one j to burv in our trrouuds, neither do we refuse i j lhe pr-vilege any ce who is di5powJ to j conform to our order; but is it just or gener ! ous, after being allowed the privilege to at tempt to trampl u:i11 Ltj waiji.'i7 u-ru uui iciiuiuuLtis, uu what our own members are not allowed to do? f 9;h mo. 4th, 1855. A Friesd. i tbe I'ailsiiiUBL.. Xo. II. Sketches from KaaaiI have just returned from a Territorial Mass j Convention of the Free State men of Kansas, I held at Lawrence on the lTth and I5th inst. j This Convention was called for the ruruose ! shannon has been there, tiring ti,em up with j his inflammatory speeches. I have been re-i . , . , , , : hably informed that a number of the members ! of th; Lcgislature are opposed to some of its j proceedings, but they are kept in the traces . by the bullying of the fire-eaters, and the out- j sitIi influences which surround them. I am , ! not certainly informed as to what bills they . i have passed. I can only speak of those thev ! are attempting to pass, ana no uouot win i ipass. une is a Din to mane u a capiiai onense F -i . .i . ' to am in anv way mo esca hj oi a iuuivo ' slave Another is to allow every man to vote in Kansas who will pay one dollar for the j privilege, without any rrference whatever to! ; his place of residence. Another is to authorLog;,li4?ure to appoint three Commis- ' sioners, for four years, for each county, who' shall levy all taxes and appoint all officers, the ! people to Dave no voice in u.e election oi any . rr-i I . . . . . l ' officer. These unprecedented outrages have foitsfd the indigna'jon of every honest freeman : hence the convocation of the Mass Convention. For ten days previous to the meel:njl of the Convention, rain had fallen in vast Quantities the streams were swollen and the roads difficult to travel, yet there was an out- - , .. t pouring of the squatters from nearly every ; part of the Territory. About four hundred j were in attendance, and many were surprised ; to see so much of talent and respectability. j A number of ministers of various sects, and others of high standing, were present. The Convention was presided over by Judje Schuyler, ork, an of Council City, formerly of ew elderly trentleman. whose sensible nlwio .ancihld renjars and admirable tact in conducting the business, won the respect of every one. A more determined set of men, or a more harmonious assemblage, hss seldom been convened. Every one seemed to feel the importance and responsibility of the occasion. The question seemed to be. not so much whether the African should be enslaved on the soil of Kansas as whether ourclves and the ire should be male slaves and me mina naiurauv recurred to the times when our Revolutionary fathers arose in opposition to oppression. Every one felt the necessity of making a bold strike, and making it now. Resolutions were adopted, utterly repudiating the Missouri-Kansas, Border Ruffian Legislature, and boldly declaring tliA Atrniination of thfl Teonl to nriaintAin L'nion at the next session of Congress, since .the attempt to organize a .territorial government had thus tar been an utter lailure. Men of all parties are united in this project, and though the burden of sustaining a State government, in so sparsely a peopled country. would needs be great, yet we feel that that burden would be incomparably less than the j grievous wrongs we now sutler, and we be-j heve it would be cheerfully borne ; while it is j argued that, should a tree feiate De established 1 here, there would be such a sweepiug tide of j emigration to Kansas, as to carry away the ' unwonted burden. j I Should tho Missourians invade the Territo- i ' ry, and attempt to overrule an election for del1 egates to a Constitutional Convention, the j settlers will quietly adjourn till another time, j ; and in the event of two k Constitutions being! ;cAnt tin to Ooncrr w filtfttlld u-u io me wise senrmnauon of that body. It was an i that we shall be sustained in our straggles for liberty. Richard Mesdkshall. ! Kansas Teb , 8 mo., 17, 1855. Yellow ever at onroLK, V a. This; fatal disease continues to rage with unabated violence at jotioik, oea.ns raving occur-j red on Monday last. The rapidity of the dis- j ease in fatal cases, is very lemarkable. Fatal; prostration frequently occurs in aa hour or two after the patient complains of feeling un ell. and death Ukes place in from 3o u 43 hours; decomposition sometimes comes on be 1 fore the vital spark has fled, and even worms are seen crawling in the flesh of corpses before ihey can be buned. It is proposed ta move all the inhabitants to Old Point. The fever is abating in Portsmouth. The deaths average about ten daily. The citizens have asked of the President permission to remove the remainder of the inhabitants to Fort Monroe.

Fir tie riUaJium. j For lh rV.U3ii. Messrs. Editors: In ti e Palladium of last Syaopsw ol the Proceeding of WayaeCoa.. week appeared an article ia regard to "Tomb " Teacher.' la.uinie. Stones." and the course of the Society of- - Richmond. August 18. 185A Friends, which I regretted to see. The re- The Institute met in the Union Schoolflections of the author in regard to the sane:i- .bouse, at 2 o'clock, P. M. ty of the graves of departed friends, and of the ' Prof. W. D. Ilenkle. who had been previpropriety of erecting mementos to their mem- ously chosen by the Teachers Association, ory. I approve; but why any person should Conductor of the Institute called the house to complain of the Friends, I cannot conceive, order, stated the objects for which they bad It is their own property they purchased it, met together, and appointed teachers for the paid for it. and keep it in repair. They sure- Institute. ly have as good a right to prescribe rules for K. C. Thornton was chosen Secretary, it, as have any society for the occupancy of; The following programme of dailv exsreitheir churches. It appears to me that it is no . ses was then adopted: person's business what their rules are, nor i forxxoox exercises how rigidly they enforce it upon their own ! , Opening exercir.din? from theBible. members, and others who ask the privilege of 2 KLution. conducted bv D. II R.,h-rtI

Usliir; it. Liberautt. For the Palladium. The Superintendent of Common Schools in Indiana, in the catalogue of Books provided for Wavsie Township, speaks of the "labori - ous historical research and candor" of the ! author of M'Cauleys History of England, as giving - ine mguesi nisioricat vaiu to m.u work. ; Do facts justify such unqualified encomi-j 3 um 7 For answer to this question, I refer j 4 vj-... . . . - . William Penn." rs. SOS to 335. where divers ... f , . , authorities are cited to Drove that M Cauley T I AnitniM, trr truth T . i Hj4nnt l.tlrt rvt erred egre:Hously m respect to the true charaoI ter of illiam Penn. . I will endeavor to have a copy of this well written woik, by S. M. Jaaney, presented to the Library. Spectator. G mo.. 2

Z-fT Rev. Geo. B. Joeelyn. A. M.. has been j 1 hJ.MSJ b" Josp Mfe" ' , . elected President of White-Water College. ! . T Charles was assisted m Geography by Mr. J. is a man of strong mind, and we think J" "re nd Lewi Lslef- , . t ., well adapted to the responsibilities of that1,. V rU was iS,steJ la hilosophy office. He has our best wishes for eminent : by- 1JolunSsworU- , . success and usefulness. Liberty Herald. . V,,,"d In Orthography . ... . j by . D. Ilenkle and C. S. Royce. C incinnati .Market. j The exercises were chiefly in the form of Ti'iiDtt, Sept. 4. ; familiar lectures, and wete conducted with

Kloiir S SXI.T6; Broom corn. $Ki-ltO f tea; Wht. 91 15; Corn, 5o- jic; Oat. 3c; Beef Cattle dull at SS 1 itW cwt. ,

Baltuiuk Market. Sept. 4. Flour dull, , A,t)1ailJ interesting lectures were given and prices declined 25c per brl: small sales of bJ J- 1 Stoddard on the Theory and PracHoward street at 7,50. Wheat aud Corn t,ca of Teaching, and by C. S. Royce, on dill' and drooping, with no quotable chauge in i ulur.eprjcefi The evening lectures were delivered tj , mmi , ! crowded audiences, by the following speakers: I. meat Mews from Kama. , Monday evening Dr. Cutter, on PhysiWe have received from the special corres-; ology. pondent of the Miss uri Democrat, at the ' Tuesday evening Prof. Stoddard, on Kansas Legislature, the following telegraphic General Education. dispatch, relative to the proceedings of that Wednesday evening Judge Perry, on the i uteres liner Territorv: ! errors of Public aud Private Instruction, fol"Shawxee Mission. Aug. 27, 4 P. M. lowed by Dr. Cutter, on School house Archi-

"Editor of the Democrat: There has been teeture. a great deal of excitement an I discussion in ; Thursday evening Prof. Hurty, on Grathe Legislature here for some days past in re-, ded Schools. gard to tho proposed Bank Bill, and quite an ; Friday evening Prof. Joeelyn, on the angry feeling has been aroused thereby. On True Teacher, followed by Prof. Stoddard on Saturday, at a lata hour, the Bill was" finally the same subject. d'feated. j second week. "The bill in regard to electing all territo-1 Monday evening President Nutt, on Moral

rial officers by the present Legislature has u i and the two Houses are now oecome a law, anu me i o nouses are now in it tint fipavion for tliA TtnrTwt of rarrTin" out ; the elections. The list of county officer's to

be filled under the provisions of the act is too on Language. long for insertion. The following, however, Thursday evening John Haines, on True have been elected so far, to wit: 1st District, Teaching. Charles Grover; 2d District, II. A. Hutching On Friday evening the exercises of the lason; 3d District, John B. Brady." Jstitute were closed by a social reunion of From this it will be seen that the bill where- teachers and friends of education, enlivened by the Kansas Solon enacted that all officers by short pithy addresses on varions subjects, in the Territory for the term of sijr years e- resolutions adopted nr the ins- -m JWM? sho"ld be filled bv the present LeirisU- ; turc has become a law, and we are free to say that a more infamous invasion of the rights of Resolved, That Teachers' Institutes are inany people, a more unwarranted assumption of dispensable requisites to successful teaching.

power not delegated, was never perpetrated by any assembly that ever sat in even revolutionary France. Not content with legisla ting themselves into office in violation of the organic law of the Territory not satisfied with ttanvinfT to th inlmhitAnts und ritixpns of Kansas the constitutional rights of free speech and a free press but beyond and above all tl,U tl,T nrw ouitltr inform th r,onl th.t ,, , - T -v., ' -n fifi ,,' ' - . t . -

appoint of their own free will and accord the .ocution in all our fechools. sheriffs, constables, attorneys, tax asssessors Resolved, That cleanliness is essential to and all local officers, not for the coming year, i successful teaching, and that no one who if or until an election can be held by the citizens, the habit of using tobacco is fit for the rebut for six years from the present time. St sponsible station of teacher. Louis Democrat. Resolved, That in all of our schools, we . will give attention to the science of PhysioloI'rom Philadelphia. gy, and endeavor, by properly warming and Philadelphia, Sept. 3. ventillating the school room, and by guarding The j-iry in the case of the men arrested in j th position of the student when witlia the matter of the illegal rescue of Wheeler's '.doors, and his exercises without, to strengthslaves, have returned a verdict this morning, n and develope the physical system, declaring all the defendants not guilty on the t Resolved. That we recommend the daily first count, charging them with riot; but on i use of the Blb, ,n our -hool. the second count, which charges them with ! Resolved. That this Institute appoint a assault and battery, the verdict is not guilty in committee to report at our next session on the regard to all except Ballard and Curti.s. who ; expediency of founding for it a museum of are pronounced guilty. j natural curiosities, together with a collection jof maps, drawings, penmanships, fcc, made Attempt to Blow Up a Catholic Church. ! by the pupils of the members of the Institute. We understand that an attempt was made ! Mr. Edgerton was appointed said committee, on Saturday night to blow up the Catholic i Resolved, That the thanks of the Insulate Church in Sidney. A large frame cooper he tendered the citizens of Richmond for the shop, formerly belonging to John W. Carey, ; interest they have manifested in iu behalf. and had been fitted up for a church, and under ; 'heir generosity toward its members during one corner of this a quantity of powder was ! t9 session. placed. "A train" was laid for some dis- j Resolverl, That the thanks of the Institute tance, which was fired about midnight. The j he tendered the trustees of this house, for tbe explosion shattered the church a good deal, ; use of this room, which they have kindly fnrbut did not prostrate it. nished us free of charge. No clue had been discovered by which the ! Eesolved, That the thanks of the Institute perpetrators of the outrage could be detected, he tendered Prof. Ilenkle for his faithful and There had been no excitement against the successful efforts in conducting the exercises Catholics in Sidney, nor was there anything of this Institute. known which, from hostility to them as a name axd addres3 or the member or rnt sect, could have produced this exhibition of ; isstitcte. malice. The train was laid from near the res- j Richmond. Wayne countv. Ind. Prof. V7. idence of the Methodist minister, but he. of px Ilenkle. Matthew Charles. Wm. IUtcbfT,

course, was not suspected of having any con ncction with the affair. Dayton Journal. White Deer. Two white deer arrived in this city on Tuesday, from St. Louis. They were caught in the Rocky Mountains. They are perfectly white not a colored hair is to be seen on the body of cither. One is a roe

j and the other .s a buck. The head of the lat- . MUa Qwengj MUs Su,annah Way. j ter w adorned with a very respectable pair of , Misj pyy Miss Jane Green. Mis.Aaantlcrs. which are covered with a smooth vel-; M - Din J w r Tn(Je Rich4 Binni.

vet coating, as pure and unspotted as the body of the animal which wears them The deer ; are to be exhibited.K . .. 7 . ... J ' -Citt. Gazette. RcOR.-Ii is reported that President Pierce . f , , . has recently bought a farm of 500 to 900 acres ; r.ear Colesville. Montgomery countv. Mai-v I land a fcw miles from Washinaton. as bis ( future residency It is also reporUd that in th event of his receiving th Ttmtvnt-i

nomination for the Presidency in 1856. he will j w county Wm. F. Morris. . run as a Maryland and not as a New H.mp- jU to W e uatyM. EJgeHoa. shire candidate. e mve these rumors for!.. i. , '

j wUt they are worth. American Organ.

The Paducah (Ky.) Democrat, of Saturday ; Charles. -sa) s that the corn crop is superabundant in j Chester, Wayne county Miss ETn Ho Scott county the present year and contracts I Webster, Wayne county Tristram Coff are making at fifteen cents per busheL HogjsbalL and hommony are bound to be cheap. j Westland, Hancock county A-

m 1 r AP.lr .nnntv Ta has been appointed by Cor. Wright, Trustee This is a good: of the Wabash and Erie Canal, appointment.

W. D. Ilenkle. C. S. Royce. J. F. Stoddard. M. Charlea. D. II. Robert. Dr. C. Cutter. j 4. Phonography. ' 5- Ment. Arithmetic " 6- Geography, " :7 - Philosophy, Physiology, AKTF.HNOOS EXEKCISES. Klocution, conducted by D. II. Roberts. Writ. Arithmetic, " J. F. Stoddard! Phv l Geography " W. D. Ilenkle. Orthographv, " Miss Brown. c Ti .1 . . . . . i . . 0 4 ii5joiosjT. lit. v. v utter. : ti,;. i', r . . . . . ' 1 Ins order ot exercises was continued, wiih it-.... - . ; D j, Robrls wa in U)e H '.- k. r... ii 1 1 r t ... uvuai t v vi.ti. Lin f icw?. iicu&ic, Jayf. ton and Pease. During the second week of the Institute, the exercises ia Mental and Written Arithmetic were conducted bv W. D. Ilenkle. and such spirit and ingenuity as to produce a deep and constant interest. i . . . . . ... Culture. Tuesday evening Prof. Royce, on the Rrllintr ltafiirm Wednesday evening Rev. S. K. Hoshour. """"" " " tute, all teachers who neglect or refuse to ex amine the merits of the Phonetic reform, are doing great injustice to the cause of popular education. Resolved, That we deem at least one edacational periodical essential to each member of ;our profession. KCSOtVea, 1 liat We Will USQ OUT DrSl 0deavors to advance the science and art of El1 . ; - ! Jopb Moore. Miss Hannah Birdsall. Mia Martha W. Brown. Miss Eveline Cox. Mas Rebecca P. Austin. Miss Letitia Smith. Mi Deborah Austin, Miss Susan Barnett, Mi Hannah Johnson, Miss Edna Stanton, Mis Lydia K. Austin, Mrs. Kate A. Ilenkle, Mi Sarah Bond. S. C. Hill. L. A. Estes. Mi . . Mendenhall. MUs Am.nd Brook j f. M Medith gmith w j. McCows. y Gard w COUntyD. II. TbI prts. 11, S. lsher. K. C. Tbor&toa. 1 TIilKVwsrrtu Th Wtrne countv Wwi 5?m??1- John Cox. Henry Garret . . i MirllohorottTlt Wm. T. A del. Jerem ! Cook Milton, Wayne eoanty A. u. muiaHw. j AZ7eCilJ. Wayne county t vyAiui""b jf j j j M wuiifmsba. Wayne county-Th-Carthasre. Kusb county Amos x. jJ Allen M D. Henley MooreiUe. Morgan eounty-Joepbr. Ravtville. Henrv county M. D. leas-

;3. Grammar.