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Democratic national Convention. The National Executive Committee which assembled at Washington oq the 8th, fixed on the first Monday in June as the time for holding the Democratic Convention at Cincinnati.-

The Convention The Platform. - The result of the deliberations of the De- "-'. Crrrreruiors, -whioK MMnblp!' . , ..wvL ailie. the fccpes . . .juiioa Know NotbingVand the fear of many Democrats. Instead of that accrimonioua strife for nominations and bitter contentions between politicians which, many anticipated would characterize the Convention, the utmost harmony prevailed among the delegates, and an evident determination was manifested, early in the day, to give to the nominees, whoever they might be, that cor

dial support necessary to success. Probably the most important and delicate duty which the Convention had to perform, was the framing and adoption of a series of resolutions which should constitute the platform of the party. While the membars of the Democratic party agree on all leading principles and measure, it is not to be supposed that there would be equal unanimity in the details of measures or as to the proper manner of carrying them out. In discharging the duty imposed upon them, we think the Committee, of which Judge Hughes, of Bloom-r iegton, was chairman, have succeeded to admiration, and that the resolutions reported by them, will reeeive the cordial approbation-of .. i tb Democracy ef-inuiana. It will be seen that ; the Compromise measures and the Ne

braska bill are endorsed; and thus, so far as

this numerous and highly respectable lody of

men could do so, the principle of the right of every people to frame their own laws and decide upon their own institutions, is fully established a3 a Democratic measure. The iesolutior.3 condemning the intolorance ol Know Nothicgism on the subject of religion, and declaring against any change in. the naturalization laws, will of course meet with the cordial approval of every true Democrat. On the. subject of temperance, the resolutions but reiterate the well known sentiments of the Democratic party. - Pledged to advance arid uphold the cause of morality and sobriety, they are opposed to such arbitrary, unjust, and unconstitutional laws as that passed by the last Fusion Legislature. - - It will be seen that the name "of Senator Bright is presented to the Democracy of the

th Preaidency, and ttrdategxterio

although ,not positively instructed to do so, will, as they ought to do, use every honorable effort to secure his nomination by the Cincinnati Convention. : The administration of Gov. Wright is endorsed, and in this we have no doubt the feelings of the Democracy of the State are correctly expressed. The resolution in relation to the colonization of any portion of the American continent or contiguous islands by European nation is bnt a reiteration of what has long been the settled, policy of the Democratic party. Upon the platform thus adopted the Democracy of Indiana can enter upon the contest with ardor, enthusiasm, and confidence of success. In the resolutions there is no "dodging" or equivocation, as our neighbor of the Journal seems to intimate. Everything is as clearly expressed as words can do so. ; lie who runs may read. There can bo no donl as to the position occupied by the Democracy of Indiana on any of the great question of the day, and we hope there may be no misrepresentation of it by our opponents. . - J .y . (rThe richest joke of the season is the "insult" which the K. N. Abolition members of the House pretended had been offered to their dignity by the President, in Bending his

mess-tge before they were organized! A set of

fellows who are really no better than a mob.

Lat'wLa unfortunately hold certificates of

election S3 members of Congress, and who

daily charge one another with every species

of rascality iind corruption, to pretecd to be insulted because the President choosea to discharge th duty required of him by the Constitution, is certainly rich in the extreme. " QTAt an election held at tho office of the Indiana Central Railway Company on the 7th inst, the following gentlemen were elected directors for the ensuing year. Charles Parry and Samuel Hannah, Indianapolis; John T. White, R.iysvil'e ; Williams Selty, Cam-il-re C;y; D-md Gammons, John S. Wenttijm, Jus f. Jackson, and W. S. T. Morton, Cer.ireviiie. rThe loTlowiu gentleman were re-elected oEcer3 for the ensuing year. ; John S. Newman, President. John M. Cormons, Secretary. Samuel Hannah, Treasurer.'

- . Great Cry and Little "Wool. , The American Organ, Cincinnati Times, and other Know Nothing paper, are making a great ado because the First Assistant Postmaster General aked Mr. Puryear, a K. N member" of Congre3SJ whether a certain gentleman recommended for t:i9 office of post

master was a Know Nothing ? "Is it pGirible," asked the innocent Puryear, "that his being a Know Nothing would be an objection?" to which the First Assistant replied that it would. For this avowal, the Times and the Organ denounce the Post-office Department as prescriptive, and proceed to shed saucers full of briny tears over the fate of the proscribed "Americans." Now, these Know Nothing editors must be possessed of the impudence (together with most of the other bad

qualities) f Stan himself. Every one of thesefoMoWa ULen"an ath' that h w?U

not vote for a foreigner or a Roman Catholic, but will use all ' his influence to turn out all such aa may now be in office, and that he will vote on all occasions for the nominees of his own band of conspirators, and none others; and yet when their own rule is ap

plied to them, they lift up their hands in holy horror and cry "persecution !" "persecution !" We think the Postmaster General does exactly right in refusing to appoint Know Nothings to office. The fact that a man is a Know . Nothing is a good reason why he should not be appointed Postmaster by a Democratic administration. Fill the post offices of the country with these oathbound conspirators, and whose correspondence would be safe? It is-notorious that the great body of the Know Nothings regard an oath to support the Constitution ar.d laws of the Union as subordinate to the oaths they take in their secret councils. Such men are utterly unfit to occupy the office of postmaster. Public

a confidence inthe sanctity of tbtJ LfaTls would itioo Iosf"under their rule. We hope the Postmaster General will make rigid inquiries into the character of all men 'recommended for appointments by Know Nothing members

of Congress. Let not one upon whom this stigma rests be appointed as postmaster. Public opinion will sustain him in such a course, let such papers a3 the American Organ and the Cincinnati Tin.es howl as they may. Or-The old liners, we know, have opposed the use of the Bible in the public schools.. -To object to its circulation among the people, and to refuse "material aid" to the American Bible Society may become a cardinal old line principle.--Madison Courier. We deny the charge in toto that the old liners have ' opposed the use of the Bible in public schools. That story was started by Know Nothing bigota, and was long since put to rest; We are not so certain, however, but that Democrats did ought to refuse "material aid" to" certain' Bible Society agents, who go , about the country gathering up

Plurality Vote. The editor of the Journal appears to be very de3irou that the llousa of Representatives should adopt the plurality vote in the election of a Speaker, and proceeds to denounce all those who do not square with his own notions on this BubjecL lie says the : Democrats set the example of adopting tho pluraTilJ-jystcmandtherefore they ought to vote to adopt it now.VT ouj.jV.SC cur neighbor refers to the session when Mr. Cobb, of Georgia, was chosen Speaker under this rule. : But the Journal should remember that the Democrats in Congress occupie da very different position then from what they do now. ' They then had a nominal majority in the House, and were responsible to the country for. the time and money consumed in trviiKfto effect an oiganization. ' They cut

the UordtanTklaoYhy'optin rule, and thus choosing a Speaker.) Now, however, they are a lean and powerless minority. , They have never been able to concentrate more than seventy-six votes on their candidate, and this is less than one-third of the voting strength of the House. To hold this minority responsible for the non-organization of the House is an absurdity too gross to be worthy of serious refutation. ' If the opponents of tho Democratic party want to adopt the plurality rule and thus elect a Speaker, they have the power to do so; but to suppose that the Democratic members will give any vote which shall in any manner, directly or indirectly, contribute to the election of a Black Republican or a bigoted Know Nothing to the Speaker's chair, is simply ridiculous. , With the divisions which afflict the opposition, the Democrats have nothing to do.

The men who vote for Banks, the men who vote for Fuller, and ihs men who vote "scat--tcTViigV rejoiced in common over the defeat of the Democratic party and over each other's success. The defeat of the Democrats of tho North wa3 hailed with every demonstration of joy by the Southern Know Nothings. These latter elected whom they would associate with, and now let them abide their choice or come over to the Democrats. Certain it is the Democrats will never go to

Retkeshixglt Cool. A conductor on a New England road was sent for by the Presi dent or Superintendent of the road one day, and rather summarily informed that after

that week the company would not require"!

his services. He asked who was to be his successor, and the name was given him. He then asked why he vw to be removed. After pressing the question some time, and failing to obtain a satisfactory explanation, a little light dawned upon him, and he addressed hi superior officer nearly as follows : "You

but

who employ a large portion of the time for which they are paid out of the money so collected in retailing pitiful slanders against the Democratic party. We now have in our mind's eye one such agent, who does not live & hundred miles from Madison. fjrGreat stress is laid upon the fact that the Fusion press of Mr. Dunn's district the Madison papers especially denounce his course on the Speakership question. Mr. Dunn is stronger than all the Fusion papers in his district combined. la 1854, when Mr. D. came out as a candidate for Congress in opposition to Capt. Hendricks, the " regular nominee " of a convention, they denounced Dunn as a " bolter,' a " disorganizer," &C, &&; but a half dozen speeches from Mr. Dunn sufficed to drive Hendricks from the track and all the Fusion paper into his support r So it will be again. 03" The Know Nothing members of Congress are just now engaged in tho laudable occupation of reading each other out of the party. ' Campbell, of Ohio, reads out Humphrey Marshall, of Kentucky, for -his proslavery doctrines ; and .Marshall reads Camp

bell out for his abolitionism. Eustis, of

Louisiana, says no man can be a true "American" (K. X.) who subscribes to the 8th article of the Philadelphia platform, proscribing native Catholics ; while Smith, of Ala-

bam.i, says anti-Popery is the corner stone of

the Know Nothing party, and no man can be

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regarded as a true Droiner wno uoes uu denounce all Catholics, whether native or

foreign. If every fellow who U read out of

the K. N. party goes out and stays out, there will be precious few left in it " fjrWe understand that a meeting of a portion of the Democratic editors in the city at the Convention took place at the Supreme

Court room on Tuesday evening. We regret that severe indisposition prevented lis from

bein" present with our brethren of the quill

on that occasion. Wo believe, however, that

no business of importance waa transacted.

. Q-TheNew York Tribune is Informed

by oue who professes to know all about the

nutter, "that George Law is carrying all be

fore him -in the election of delegates by the Know Nothing councils of that State to the

K. N. Presidential convention,1 to beholden

at Philadelphia on the 22 J of February.

Important Decision. J udge Bicknell, of

the Second Judicial Circuit, has decided, in a case which came before him in Scott coun

ty, the Liquor Law unconstitutional. The

0 law is, therefore, annulled so far as Judge

Bicknell's Circuit is concerned.

OrScveral companies of Mormons lately

undertook to introduce their system among

Cherokee Indians, The Indians became

are about making a great mistake, Sir, a great I disgusted and drove them out of the na-

mistake. You know. Sir, I have a Jiici! house, ' tion.

a fast horse, a splendid gold watchr and an

.int di imond ring. TJmt felfiw you knit

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' OThe Fort Wayne. Tunas sets down

John S. Davis and Samuel II. Patterson as

cJosen to taU vvj pUct has g4 to get all these j ..jeofoco leaders." This will be news to the

tJtigs," It is .aid tho argument was conclu- I fo,ks tlown aboQt the (AU o( the ohi(J

give, and the conductor was allowed to retain his position.

. (vr-John Van Buren declines an invitation to lecture before the democratic young men of Cincinnati but he gives them a chapter of nolitical advice. ' .

07" The Know Nothings of Delphi have been thrown into a terrible state of consternation by the exhibition there, at a Demo emtio meeting, of a pair of . the identical "Brass Knucks" used bv their brethren at New Albany to carry the election la, 1854.-

07" Once every twelve months (and sometimes oftener) the New England folks get up a grand celcbratioa, or diuner, or something else, in honor of the landing of the Pilgrims, and setup an orator whose duty it is to discourse for one, two, or three hours, aa the case may be, on the unparalleled virtues of the Puritans at which, as a matter of course, the descendants of tho Puritans, the Yankee auditor, feel very good, and , give vent to their admiration by sundry cheers, stampings, and clapping of hands. Some of these celebrations have recently come off, at which Senator ward, Wendell Phillips, and others ministered to the vanity of the modern Puritans, 6y telling them of the great deeds of their ancestors, their sufferings in behalf of liberty of conscience etc. Singularly enough, just on the heels of these celebrations, a number of the most diabolical murders ever recorded in criminal annals have t." ken place in Connecticut, the very heart of blue light Pnxitandom. The murderers are a species of spiritualists who p;ofess to have received directions from the Almighty to commit these murders just as the Puritans of old contended that they were only obeying directions from on High when they hung Quakers, drowned witches, burned heretics, and performed similar charitable and Christian works. We only refer to the subject of these horrid murdeis, in this connection, for the purpose of reminding our readers that they were committed in that section of the country which is responsible for most of the abominable isms which now afflict the country politically, morall)', and socially, and which are in a great measure attributable to the self righteous, Pharasaical, and bigoted dogmas bequeathed by the Puritans to the modern New Englanders. A people who aro ready to preach the entire population of the Southern States into the bottomless pit because they hold slaves, who think that a Catholic should Dot be permitted to breathe American air, and who vote to disfranchise all who are not able to read their laws, cannot, of course, have any just conceptions of the atrocity of murder. If New England fanaticism progresses at the same ratio it has been doing the last few years, life and property will soon have but little protection within her lord era. OCrA difficulty has recently taken place at Bethany College, Virginia, between some abolition students from Canada, Ohio, and Indiana, on the one side, and the Faculty and southern students on the other. It appears there are about 130 students in the college, of whom about 100 are from the South and 30 from the North. The northern student persevered in a determination to diacuss the subject of slavery, and a Mr. Burns, of Canada, preached a sermon of so ultra an abolition character that violence was threatened to his person. Meetings of the students of

both sections were held, and finally a portion of the northern students, considering ." discretion the better part of valor," submitted to the requirements f the faculty, while the others, ten in number, among them John GufGn, Leander McConnell, and D. It. Van Bnskirk, of Indiana, withdrew from the institution. It is a little singular that even a southern college cannot be exempted from the impertinence of abolition meddlers. Alas fob "Fasny Febs!" Sunday night Fanny Fern was united in the holy bonds of wedlock to James Parton, Esq., of New York. Mr. Parton was for many years sub-editor of Willis's Homo Journal, and figures in "Ruth HalL" He U also the author of the Life of Horace Greeley. This is the third time the redoubtable Fanny ho entered the silken bonds of wedlock. Her first husband died, and the rude hand of the law separated her from the second. Mr. Partou is a man ofcou-

rage.

OrThe editor of the Journal compares the nominees of the Democratic State Convention to elephants. He will probably have reason to believe that he ' has 'Veen the elephant before the second Tuesday in October.

0T"While in New Albany the other day, we took a peep at a splendid new steamer just receiving tho finishing toucke3 of the unrivaled mechanics of that flourishing city. She 13 called the "James Montgomery," named in honor of a brother of the principal owner and commander, Capt Sam. Montgomery. The Montgomeries have built and commanded some of the most magnificent palaces that float on the western waters, and are deserving of the good fortune which has .alw ay sjitt ended them. Stats Sentinel. From thTabove irvUr be Seen that the late editor of the Ledger is not likely to lose sight of old friends, or forget the pleasing associations formed during a residence of nine years in our city. Such notices iu tbe Sentinel are beneficial, and welcome evidences of his good will, and we shall expect often to read such in the Democratic central

organ of the State. We" hope friend Nor-1

roan will meet with large uccesa ra his new

ever fortunate his lot ma - prove, yet his

thought must oft revtrt, aud fondly dwell upon the many pleasant hours ppent around the Falls of the Ohio, and in the promising city of New Albany. Xew Albany L&lger. Our friends of the Ledger may tPit assured that we shall never "lose sight" of New Albany or the many warm and devoted friends we think we have in that city. Whether our separation from them be permanent or only temporary, we shall recur to our abode among them as the most pleasant part of our life, tempered though it was by many and heavy domestic sorrows. We yet hope to see New Albany rise superior to the misfortunes which the baneful and prescriptive influence of Know Nothingism has brought upon her, and anything that we can do to assist in bringing about that result, shall be done cheerfully. Nature has done much for New Albany, and her public-spirited pcoplhave been Hvish iu" their expenditures for improving and beautifying the city.- No city

of similar size in the West can present such an array of paved streets, . such magnificent church "s, or splendid school houses attrac-, tions which render her, as a place of residence, unsurpassed. Let her citizens frown

down those rowdy characters who have rendered her name a byword and a reproach, and she will soon emerge from her present eclipse. - ! Ose or the "Know Nothings." The editor of the Lafaytte Courier, who pretends to have been present gives the following account of a speech he says was made in the State House on the evening before the meeting of the State Convention: The two most prominent speeches of the evening were made by Gordon Tanner a man who has always been a Whig, joined the Know Nothings one year ago to get office, but was defeated last fall, for lack of confidence iu hia ability or honesty by the people, but who was a few days since appoiuted by Gov. Wright, to the office of Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of his district. Now, the truths, Mr. Tanner didn't make

any speech on - the occasion alluded to; Mr,

Tanner has never been a whig; never joined f butty by such false excuses.

th Know Nothings; never was defeated for an oEce that we ever heard of; and never was appointed a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. :

OT The editor of the Journal seems to havo drawn down upon his head the ire of Mr. Congressman Dunn, but says he is not to be "hated into doubting his (Dunn's) honesty," in the course he is pursuing on the Speakership question. Well, neighbor, if Mr. Dunn is honest in the course he is not pursuing, we hope you would not ask him to change that course.

" Doctors Disagree." The editor of the Indiana Journal says Bright was completely overslaughed in the recent Democratic State Convention, while his brother of the Vincennes Gazette says Wright was outgeneraled by Bright. When the Fusion brethren agree on this subject we may have something to sny. - Under present circumstances it is unnecessary. ' . 0" In one paragraph the editor of the Journal says a good many people had their ears frozen by the extreme cold weather, of the last few days, and in another he says he hears a good deal of grumbling amongst the "old liners" at the nominations of the State Convention. Was our neighbor one of thoso who had their ears frozen? .

CirThe New Albany Tribune may be added to the litt (of papers preferring Fillmore for President) We long since expressed our preference for Mr. Fillmore. There is no man whose nomination would please us better. X. A. Tribune. What has occurred since 1852 to render Fillmore so acceptable in your eye, neighbor ? You then advocated the nomination of Gen. Scott with all your might, and seemed to think Fillmore exceedingly small potatoes. fjyThe Washington farce, of trying to elect a Speaker, is being reproduced in the House, at Albany, N. on a small scale. The Legislature met on the 1st inst., but thus far no Speaker has been chosen in the popular branch of the Legislature. NeitheT party having a majority of tho members. Know Nothingism and Black Republican ism- evert where produce the 6arao bitter fruits. More Defection ! It appears that the example of Messrs. Dunn and Scott, in refusing to support Banks for Speaker, is about to be followed by Mr. Brenton, another of he Fusion members of Congress from this State. Mr. B. intimated as much in a speech in the House the other day. Bring your guns to bear on Brenton, gentlemen of the Fusion press ! Democrats will make no effort to spike them.' (ETThe K.N.'s of the First District are to hold a meeting at Princeton on the 22d inst. The object of the meeting is not stated, but wo presume it is to appoint a delegate to tbe Philadelphia convention to nominate a candidate for President Tho K. N.'s of the Pocket are gcnvrally Twelfth Section men. One ok the Patrons. A subscriber to the Layfayette Journal give the folio wing answer to a dunning letter: "Sorry to say Old Hos that I can't pay. I am very tight up which is to say I haint nary red. Ef lard oil was ten ceuts a barrel, I couldnt buy enough to grease my hair. Dont worry about it, I freely forgive you the Debt Signed,

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: From Washington. v : t- Correponlenc of U) fcuw Seuliocl. Wasqisgton, Jan. 4, 1850. Editors Sentixel: The fifth week of the session has-almost passed, and there is yet no organization of the House of Representatives. One hundred and fifty thousand dollars of the .people's mOncyand thirty- : four days of the people's time have been wasted in the attempt to elect a Speaker. The Democracy are steadily voting for their . candidate, leaving the responsibility of delay . to theitywho . have the power, but have failed to efocT"T-Miianization. The

1 Democrats are bat exercis-'ng'theirconsuTS: '; tional privilege of voting for a -gentleman stauiing on their platform, and holding to their principles, and have thrown no impedUjeot in the way of an organization. They "say to the mujority, "Gentlenicr., elect your

wuuiuaio.-- tvovut ma .aa parbiiayour family discussions. We will form no cba litioh with any of you. We are in a hopeless minority, and are powerless. With you rests the responsibility before the country." But as a kind of excuse for their non-organization, or rathar as a breakwater to save them from the rising indignatiou of the people at their delay, I notice that some of the Fusion papers are laboring to show that no time has really been lost, alleging that if they had organized, nothing would have been done anyhow until after the holidays. ' This may be true of a Fusion, Know Nothing House of Represent dives, but it will not hold good as to the action of former Con grosses. Though to all appearances, but little is done during tbe first month of a session, yet really, it is the working month. The Committee! are steadily at work, rutting out and prepariig business for Congress, and last year all the appropriation bills the most important bills of a session were reported to the House in December. The refusal of the FusionLsts to elt'.ct a Speaker will, throw us back just the time that transpires between the first day of the session and the day on which the ojganization will be effected, and the session will be prolonged just so much longer, or part cf the business of the cointry will remain untouched and unattended to. This is the exact state of affairs, and no efforts to throw dust into the eyes of the people by false misrepresentations that nothing would have been done anyhow, can alter it The Journals of the 1 ist Congress show that, at the first session, the Indian and the Military Academy Appropriation bills were reported from the Committee of " Ways and means to the House, on the 15th of December the Civil and Diplomatic, (the largest and most important of all these .biils,) the Deficiency and the Invalid Pension Appropriation bills, weio reported on the 19 ih of December and the Army, Ocean Steamers, and Navy Appropriation bills were reported on the 31st of December. At the second session of the last Congress, the Indian and Invalid Appropriation bills were reported to the House on the 7th of December the Military Academy and Army Appropriation bills on the 11th of December the Civil and Diplomatic on the 15th the Naval and Fortification Appropriation bills on the 19th, and the Post Office and Ocean Mail Steamers Appropriation bills on the 22d of December. This shows that a great deal is generally done in the month of December in Congress, and

the Fusionists shall not escape the respond-

NUMBER 35.

Ohio -Democratic Convention., , The Democracy of Ohio, assembled in Convention at Columbus on the 8th inst The attendance was large and the proceedings harmonious except in regard to some contested seats of delegates from Hamilton county.

Wash. McLean was admitted to his seat over J

Dr. Fries, which occasioned some hard feet ing. The 'present officers were nominated for re-election. The following resolutions were unanimously adopted: ' : . . Resolved, That slavery is a domestic institution, and being the creature of positive law cannot exUt w ithout it, and that Congress has neither the power "to legislate Slavery into the Temrtni Pr States, nor to exclude it therefrom but to leave tin- people thereof perft-ctly freet form and regulate 'their iJ'S'H, domestic in. Wnt Inna in tKnir nnrn trn nKTot ..'wtO

the Constitution of the United States.

2d. Resolved, That for the peopleof cb nlr ijtgularSu:t3 Tniitory to ealablish tLeir

own constitution or form oTgWernnint Tto choose and regulate their own domeatie institutions of every kind, and to legislate for themselves, is a fundamental principle of all free government; and that it is the sef same right to secure which our ancestor waged the war of the Revolution ; a right laying at the foundation of all our institutions a right recognized in the Declaration of Independence aud established aud secured by the Constitution of the United

Stales and we hereby endorse aud reaffirm this now disputed principle. 3d. Resolved, That the introduction of moral and religious questions into the political controversies aii(iaissue9 of the day, is a wide departure from the ancient principles and sound policy of the country, at war with the true interests of the people, corrupting alike its morals, religion and politics, aud of most pernicious and daugerour tendency. 4th. Resolved, That Democracy has no secrecy and requires no oaths; th t while it publicly avows, as a fnndamcutal principle, freedom of conscience without distinction of religious faith, the political equality of all whom the law recognizes as American citizens, without reference to the accident of birth, it relies for sac cess upon open discussions and the intelligence and virtue of the people. We therefore deuounce the Know Nothing organization so called, as intolerant in its warfare upon the freedom of religious belief and tbe sacred rights of conscience unjustly exclusive in its requirements of birth and blood, demoralizing in its oaths and concealments and anli-republican and dangerous in its secret combinations and its methods of secret political action. 5th. Kesnlved, That the Democracy of Ohio, relying upon the intelligence and patriotism of the people, declare and publish thene as the principles for which they will do battle, and inscribing them upou their banner, thus boldly and defiantly meet the issue presented note by the combined hosts of the enemies of Democracy and of the Union and the Constitution, pledging themselves that that banner shall remain unfurled so long as there is a Constitution and Democratic principles to sipport and defend. 6th. Resolved, That we rejoice in the firm, noble' aud patriotic stand of the Democratic members of Con ere of the United States in the matter of electing a Speaker of the House of Representatives, and trust that they will maiutain that stand to tbe last

There is a wonderful disparity, in point of which has extended throuj T"ctellect and gentlemanly behavior," between! has been addecPto'It 74 pe

the present and tho last House of Represen

tatives. The present is a very weak House indeed, composed almost wholly, on the Black Republican side, of very green saplings, old broken down hacks, and noisy, ignorant babblers; who nlways effect to laugh at what they are utterly unable to answer successfully. The worst sign of the temper, as well as the behavior of these clowns, is exhibited in their invariable rule of laughing and making light tf the matter when any allusion is made to the Union or the Constitution. Nothing could more surely prove the devilish designs they barber against the peaae and unity of this Republic. They love not the Union of these States. I have said that, as a general rule, they were real, natural Know Nothings, and I could prove it by many evidences. Lot one suffice. Yesterday, in the House, Mr. Johu Covode, of Pennsylvania, offered a resolution that the members should not receive their daily pay until a Speaker was elected-! The bright Pennsylvania representative did not know. that they couldn't receive their pay anyhow until a Speaker was elected ! It appears that tho accommodating and clever gentleman, who is Sergeant-at arms of the House, had been, out of his own private funds, paying some little money to the members as they needed it and so this intelligent scion of Pennsylvania Know Nothings, concluded that the members wvre being paid out of the treasury ! A good joke is told on Will Cumback, of which however, I know nothing personally. I tell the tale as it was told to mc. Cumback, it seems, had been searching the Congressional Directory to see what number of officers were in the gift of the House. The first two names he read were, "J. W. Forney, Clerk House Reprcp ntatives; W.V. McKean, U. Itepa." "11. Uejw.," exclaimed Cuml)ack, "who is ho ?'? The Constitution says no man shall hold two offices, and yet here is this Mr. Keps holding two ?" IL Reps., be it understood, is the abbreviation of House of Representatives. Whether Schuyler enlightened the darkness of .Mr. Cumback or not, this deponent saith not! Dan Mace has opened his mouth and spoken, like another celebrated animal spoken of in Sacred History. Dan kept as quiet as he could, but "human natur" will out despite all curbs and chains. Dan offered a resolution to athe House into electing a S,eaker. The Loorkeeper was to close the rt ors on them and not let them out until a Shaker was elected. D.m had a precedent .for lr.s rvbolutiou he s.tid, and quoted the case of the action of the College of Cardinals in tho 17th century, when they essayed in vain for three years to elect a Pope. One would think that Dan Mace was too good a Know Nothing to take such authority. He must be falling from grace, or, perhaps, he is only preparing for another somerset Who knows where Dan Mace will be this time next year? We humUyand devotedly beseech him, for the sake of the Democratic party, to go anywhere but into our rauks. Stear clear of us, Major, do. Dan's resolution, and he himself, were received with laughter, and the resolution laid on the table. Dan Mace Is a great humbug. PINCKNEY. Two Govkrxors ix Wisconsin Meeting or t:ik Legislature. On Monday, Gov. Barstow, with other State Officers, was inducted into the gubernatorial office of Wisconsin ; and on the same day the same oath ws administered to Mr. Bashford by Judge Whiton in the Supremo Court room at Madisot'. A large number of peisons were prescut, aud considerable excitement prevailed. It will bo remembered that Mr. Barstow rereived the certificate of the Board of Canvassers, and is therefore the legil Governor of Wisconsin. The object of Air. Bashford and his friends doubtless is to present such an isMte its will enable them to test judicially the charge of fraudulent returns on the other side. The Legislature met nt Madison on Wednesday. The Senate stands 13 Republicans to 12 Democrats ; the A&sembly, 47 Democrats to 34 Republicans, and one IndepcDdcnt CRiVffo Press.

Decline of Religion in New Albany We listened with much interest and attention to the annual sermon of Rev. J. M. Stevenson yesterday, in which he gave some facta in the history of the world the United States the State of Indiana the city of New Albany and the church to which he

ministers, during the year of 185o. During the pastorage of Mr. Stevenson in this church.

gh six years, there

tsoth - The men!

bership has been increased from 150 to oyer

200. The average - attendance increased from 200 to 300. A remarkable coincidence is observable iu the deaths in the church; 12 having died during the year 1853; 12 daring the year 1854; and 12 during the year 1855. He alluded to the deaths during the yast in a most impressive and eloquent manner. There was not a dry eye in the house. He gave rather a gloomy account of the state of religion in this city, and showed that although we have 14 evangelical churches capable of containing at one time over 6,000 people, the average attendance was not much, if any, above 2,500, and as we have a Imputation of 17,000, not more than one in seven attend divine worship in these churches. There has been a falling off in the churches in the city generally, in attendance and church membership, during the past year, and in summing up the causes which have led to the deterioration of the church, he gave as the first and chief reason, party' spirit political party spirit which he said was growing more intense every day, and manifesting itself in our social and religious inter course that men now doubted the honesty of a political opponent solely because he held different views. And this is true, and we apprehend no one will deny that it is almost the only reason why the church' in this city has taken a step backwards. Uad the reverend gentleman gone one step further and told us tho party that had engendered this strife amonst men, that had kindled the fires of discord and hate around the social hearth stone, and that has taught to reject as unworthy of social and political equality, a large class of our fellow citizens, again, we say, had he told us this, and had read to that hydra-headed monster some lessons of charity and good will to all men, he would have done anactof simple justice to the Democracy of this city, and placed the sin where it belonged. For, let us ask, when did the Democratic party alienate friend from friend, or countenance the heart-burnings and bickerings that have been witnessed in this city during the past year? Neverl never! According to the gentleman's showing, during the years '52-3, when the Democratic party was'largely iu the ascendant here, the church witnessed greater spiritual advancement than during any yer.r of that gentleman's ministry here. These are truths that are apparent to every one. - .'.';! Another reason adduced for the deterioration of the church was, that. the flood gates of intemperance had again been opened We must, with all due deference, differ rora the reverend ge!;tletnaa. If will be recollected that the decision, of. the Supreme-Judges, has been given but a few days, and that sinca June we have had a Prohibitory Liquor Law; consequently, intemperance has had nothing to do with the decline of the Churches here. We think it rather a poor compliment to the Liquor Law, to say that during its existence, religion has retrograded. A third reason was, that we have no Sunday Law. If the gentleman will refer to the Acts oi 1855, p. 15D, he will find a Sunday Law. The fourth reason for tho dearth of

religion was, that we had no law against profanity. We refer him to the 1521 page of the Acts of '55, and he will be fully satisfied on this point. There is but one solution of this matter: . let the Protestant Church discountenance thispolitical erusade against a portion of our fel-low-citizens anl thsir religion extend to them the welcome Oi Christ, that "these are my brethren," and the welcome of patriots, that this is th.? laud of freedom, and teacli , them the ways of republicanism, and exhort 1 them to become of us. Then will reliioii flourish as of o'.d and this desert blossom a? . the rose. Xrto Albany Ledger.

To tJ Editors of the State Sentinel: Gekltemen: Opposed as I am to the principle of instructing delegates to the National Convention to favor the nomination of any particular individual for the Presidency, I cannot consent to pass without notice, the ' one-sided communication signed "A Democrat" which appeared in the Sentinel of the 31st ult This communication is published almost side by side with the resolutions adopted by the Morgan county Democratic convention; one of which resolutions "A Democrat" has, for .special purposes, curtailed of "its fair proportions." He takes exceptions to your editorial notice of said convention because your gift of construction did not enable you to see in the aforesaid resolution what none else than himself his discovered, an endorsement of Jesse D. Bright for the Presidential nomination. The truth is that the system of espionage, bvvvJCfrtain interested persons have, in obedience- to tnsT.Am. of their owner,

- travelled fxom county " wp jy-fv-n. the passage of fulseme resolutions, laudatory of a man made great only by position, was

met by the resident Democracy of Morgan : with the contempt which it deserved. A resolution, I am informed, of positive instruction was offered, but after discussion, was amended so as to leave the delegates free to vote for or against instructions for Mr. Bright as they should think best "A Democrat' misquotes the resolution which was adopted. It is as follows: . Resolved, That the democracy of Morgan county feel justly proud of the prominence given in various parts of the State to our distinguished fellow citizen and statesman, Hon. Jesse D. Bright, in connection with the next Presidency. And while we would hail his nomination to that h gh position as a sure augury to success and to another glorious Democratic victory in the great North-West, as well as a merited reward for his emineut abitities and unshaken fidelity to the Democratic party and to the Union; yet toe deem it expedient to leave itr delegates t the State Democratic Convention, free to act and commune vc'Uh the Democracy from ether seetisns ef the State as t the propriety ej instructing the delegates icho mag be appointed to attend the next Democratic National Convention, as to the eourte which they shall then pursue; trusting, that in view of the present momentous crisis in the politics of the country, the wisdom and discretion or that body which will meet on the 6th ef January, will be a sufficient guaranty that the interests of the great Democratic party of the nation, as we'l that of our own State, will be I faithfully guarded. I fully understtnd "A Democrat" and his few associates. He has no idea of obtaining success in his purpose ; the real object being to give his friend the control of the vote of Indiana, iu the National Convention, which will be bartered about among Presidential aspirants, in the hope of thereby obtaining a Cabinet appointment . " The Senatorial election comes on before a new President comes in, and if greatness can be manufactured in the manner mentioned, it is the' intention of these gentlemen to hold out 113 they did in the winter of 1852, the idea that their friend "is certain to go into the Cabinet" This will be good stock (equal to Bank stock), with which they hope to operate upon mem bers of the legislature, and other friends, who are expectants of office, and in this way make United States Senators. , The public, I think, are beginning to understand all about the manoeuvring of the "peculiar Interest" in question. They begin to see through this 'thing, called "public opinion," which has been altogether manufactured by flimsy resolutions, and meets with; no response from, the masses of the peo-; pie- ' As to the selection of a man for the Presi-1 deney that is, after all, as yet a matter of personal opinion, somewhat varied too, in Indiana. General Jo Lane, Indiana's favorite in 1852, has many warm friends'. " The name of Stephen A. Douglas calls to its support thousands of her best men. . Neither of these men have ever dodged any great question, but have clean records on all live issues. They have labored, at all times, for principles, and not money. ONE OF THE PEOPLE.

Chbistxas Presents. A friend says he had two a kiss from his wife and. another from his daughter. The first he valued for its rarity, and the second for its disinterestedness, being given for'a biacelet Dotton Pott. "

Pkettt Good Joke. Schouler, of tbe Cincinnati Gazette, tells a good joke upon one of the Know Nothing brethren. He says: . "One of the best jokes of the season is the following: When Mr, Dunn, of Indiana, made his personal explanation the othef day, he made use of the words often quoted, that Gtesar had a party, and '.Antony had Jk party, but. Rome had no party' in this House:. It appears that a warm and jubilant member of the American party in New York, who probably is not well read in classical literature, addressed a long letter to Mr. Dunn, ia which in which he wanted to know why in h 11 Rome should have a party in Congress, when that foreign power had ruled America for the last twenty-five yeare: Ex-Governor Slade ought to send some "school m arms' into the Empire city.".; , . .. . ' - The above is, we presume, a-pretty fair specimen of the Know Nothings in New York. . . fjOMessrs. Eckford and Silsbee, of the Southern Colonization Lottery, or their

agents, under the name of Brown and Harris, have, as we have before itieed, been committed to jail in this city, to await their trial in March next upon a charge of conspiracy at common law. This i but a misdemeanor, and punishable only by fine and imprisonment. Among the letters found on their pcrons were some from all of the following Stales : Georgia, Flori i t, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennes-f, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, aud Maryland, -howin? that

their machinations had extend-l into all of

these ten States. If a demand It) made from any of these States, and a rw inble prospect is presented of lodging the -ulpnts in a penitentiary,. we have no doubt that the At-tomey-General of this State v'uU surrender his claims upon these enterprising gen

tlemen to those who are better prepared for

their accommodation. We would also suggest that the papers of these Several States extend this notice. Chctrleeton$. C) Court ier, Jan. 3.

3For several years before the advent of

Sam with his coterie of bats, and owls, and dark-lanterns, George D. Prentice was in the constant habit of blackguarding Gen. Pilcher through the columns of his Journal He blackguarded him for his ungodly profanity, and sacrleigious remarks concerning the V irgin Mary and the Saviour of the world, especially. He also took Dr. Borland, of Arkansas, and Sam Houston, of Texas, through several courses, characterising the one a miserable little pill-vender, with more of the ruffianly blackguard than the gentleman in his composition, and the other as a beastly, drunken sot, who contended with the swine for the rights of the gutter. These gentlemen were then professed Democrats, but now that they belong to the Hindoo faith, the Editor takes them to his bosom as confidential advisers, and covers them all over with the filth of his embrace, befouling them with a sickly aud slimy kiss Ismis. I7nes. 07The Know-Nothings up at Frankfort seems to be loping their dread of the Pope. We see by the Legislative proceedings that the House w-as ojieued, yesterday morning, by a prsyer by Rev. J. At Lancaster, a Cath oiic Priest Where's Sam ? There is a screw loose somewhere, and the matter should be inquired into. Louisville Vovrier.

From las Cincinnati Knvtrar. Hon, Asfcbel JWilIard and the Qsette. . , 1 Cur fastidious neighbor of the Gazette, who was never known to get fuddled, and gazes at the brimming glass of sparklinz catawba with holy horror, sneers at the nomination foi Gorernor if A. P. Willard, Esq., by the Democrats of Indiana, and cocks cp his nose at the pledge Mr. Willard ive some time since to bis friends of total abstinence. What a Pharisee! ! Mr. Willard during the past sammer and fall visited every part of the State, and stood in lbs presence of ths people. He addressed them every where, boldly, ioquently, convincingly, iu defence of the great principles of the Democracy An defence of tho principles of the Kansas-Nebraska bill, and of the bill itself. He denounced Abolitionism, as sectional and destructive of ths senttraect of

union which shouIJ animatfeVerr Ai

an-hearrj,ne-C5np!ft?Iy rildkd

rjfoiaiu.

withering sarcasm ana

for which he is distinguished.

More than any other individual, or ttn in

dividuals, Mr. Willard contributed to the glorious victory acheived by tbe Democracy in Indiana last fall. Did any of the opposition who attempted to measure lances with bim find his arm palsiod, his weapon dulled, his eye of fire languishing or dimmed? No! The people heard Willard, they saw him, they had confidence, and from all parts of the State there was a demand for him. He was believed to be hones', to be patriotic, to possess firmness, and the peculiar elements of character calculated for ths office of Governor. - But the sneer at hia pledge is very natural in the Gazette.- We like consistency. Who would not bo shocked to hear a clergyman swear In the pulpit? and yet one hears an oath upon the turf without a shudder. The Gazette so often plumes itself upon its dignity, and assumes so pious a tone, and has had ' such a loaning to General Cary, the temperance lecturer, that it comes with a bad bract from that paper, even as a metger effort at wit and humor, to sneer at the frank promise of a man who, notwithstanding his sobriety, had been charged with drinking, to' drink no more. Mr. Willard well knew, that the houuds of party would be eternally yelping in fall cry the false charge, and,, to stop them at once, he boldly, and in a frank and manly manner, gave his friends tire most thorough assurance that they would never hartcause to blush forjhis inebriety, should tbv place him in the Gubernatorial Chair. Pretty philanthropists, these, who are all the time declaiming to the extent of tbt if lungs in favor of temperance, prohibitorr liquor laws, and of forcing people to be tnni -al by legal enactment and are ready to assail with ridicule him who 6tands up in tbface of the community and says, "I will sin no more !" Out upon such consistency! Gazette, we are ashamed of you. Lame and Laxy A Fable. Two beggars, Lame and Lazy, were in want of bread. One leaned on his crutch, the other reclined on his couch. Lame called on Charity, and humbly asked for a cracker. Instead of a cracker he received a loaf. Lazy, seeing the gift of Charity, exclaimed. What ask for a cracker and receive a loaf! Well I will ask for a loaf. , , - Lazy now applied to Charity, and asked for a losf of bread. "Your demand for a loaf," said Charity, proves you're a loafer. You are of that clai and charaeter who ask and receive not; you ask amiss. ' Lazy, who always found fault nd bad rather whine than work, complained of illtreatment and even accused Charity of a breach of an exceeding great and precious promise. "Ask and you shall receive." Charity, pointed him to a painting in her room, which presented to his vision three persQuages, laith, Hope, and Charity. Charity appeared larger and fairer than her sisteis. He ncticed that her right hand hl 1 a pot of honey, which fed a bee disable I, having lost his wings. Her Uft hand wus armed with a whip to keep off tbe drones "Don't understand if said Lazy. Charity replied, "It means that Charitr feeds the lame and flogs the lazy." Lazy turned to go. "Stop," said Charity, "instead of coin I will give you counsel. Do not go and live on your poor mother, for I will send you a rich aunt. "Rich aunt," echoed Laxy, "where shall 1 find her?" "You will find her in Proverbs, sixth chapter, sixth verse." Moral. Instead of waiting for an uncle to die, go and see how rich aunt is.

. A Night IX the Snow! Last Sttur.lny evening, a train of cars left Hamilton, (Canada,) for Toronto, and, agreeably to the timtaUe, expected to arrive at the place of destination in one hour and forty minutes. The Toronto Globe says, that the snow had been falling for some hours before the train started, and continued to fall heavily; the locomotive not having a snow plough attached, h id hard work to push through ; and shu tly after leaving Oakville the water fell sh.rt, the cars were detached, and the engine poceeded to Port Credit some six miles off, to take in a fresh supply. The snow still continued to fall heavily, so that it was six Lours before the locomotive returned ; and after several efforts to carry on the train, it wm found impossible to move it, and the attempt was given up. Meantime, the passengers Lad

been snowed up in the cars, and were pi.Mii;; the time as they best could. The neighboring fences furnished an ample supply of firewood, and some adventurous individu..! having undertaken to force a passage to Oakville, the htation-master at that place, in the courso of the morning, come to the relief of the famished passengers with an ample ipply of viands. For nearly fourteen hours tilt train was Snowed up," but at lapt relief came in the shape of two locomotives, back to back, which bad been despatchel from Toronto in search of the missing train. Cleveland Loader. . .

Anecdote or toe New CmPLanr. The Rev. Henry Clay Dean, the present CliapU-.n to the United States Senate, was some yc ire ago a resident of North-western Virginia. . Whils preaching one day at a cbnrch situated a few miles from Fairraount he wan annoyed by the inattention of his congrlvu as manifested in turning their heads to r..-e everybody who came in. "Brethren," sa d he, "it is very difficult to preach when tM.s interrupted. Now do you listen to me; and I will tell you the name of every man as he enters the church." Of course this re mat k attracted universal attention. Preseitly some one entered; "Brother Scattcrueld," called out the preacher, while the "Uotbei" was astonished beyond measure, and eiidr avorvd in vain to gue what was the matter. Another came in "Brother Joseph Millar,, bawled the preacher; with a like result; kn so pcrhsps in other cases. After awhile thr congregation were amazed at hearing ihtrir preacher call out in a loud voice: "A litth old man, with a blue coat and while hat ot.! Don't know who be isl You may Uok I., yourselves." lairmcwtt Virginian.

OTA woman and two children were rc to uath at Coving urn, Xy, co the 9tu iur ,

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