Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-03-20

The whis State Convention assembled q Hes.
risburs on .sTsesday shs 9Th inst, at 10 "
clock. A. M, and ossnissd teInporssIly ~ csk
| ling sAmuxt BELL, Esqg u Befks, n thu cssit
Aftsr appointing the usual Committees. the Con.
,veniiep adjourned until sf,srnson. when il was
perhaAsnsiys osssniaeds with NKR MrpDpLrs.
wAarn, Esq Of Union, a. President. and "a
| Vice Presidents. and 9 Secretaries On motion.
the Conventicn then went into ballot. 10 nomi.
nate candidate for Governor, with the follow.
ing rssa's :Fsssssxs esssycT ,ryRfsha
Gen James Irwin had 80 votes
t-s- Hon. james Cooper had 81
!, p s. Michierts4st s's"gass 3
81 Hon. Waiter Forward ssss sbs 8 s"d q
! Bwhefsupon Gss. JAxss fsvlS was declared to
be the regularly nominated whis candidate for
Governor, sud the nomination wss unanimously
confirmed by the vote cfthe Convention: o. ser
On Wednesday Hotang, amer six ballots. 10
sKrn W. PArroS. Of Cumberland county, Ieceiv.
ed the nomination for Canal Commissioners. and
at o'clock. the Convention adjourned sine die
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o. From list Of lsI company officers, sp.
pointed BY the Presideu, since the adjournment
Of Congress- in pursuance Of the law suthori,inc
ten extra Regiments, we select the following,
from Pennsylvania: ir = .4
}. VS.. Havillsnd, 10 be second lieutenant Of
dragons. s1srt s4 ts'aD 'a .sa1siaeaes,o ,of
Lewis Carr. to be captain Of infantry h'l. 9
william J. Martin. tof this borough, Charles
Wells. Mitchell Stsver. Washington Mesd.. r.
H. L. Johnston, Andrew Ross. Buyers Kuhn,
W, 9. Mary, A, H. Tippin, Iieory K Ramsey.
to be second liestensnts Of infantry as.ic n.
20 fNrosTASr Nxws FROM NEw Msxlco =
The late intelligence from Santa Fe gives an
| account Of horrible massacre and insurrection
at Taos. q smaii town co miles north Of Santa
Fe. n'a 90 t'''a6'af ~" f't7t g." e
Gov. Bent, Stephen Lee, Acting Sheriff GET.
Elliot Lee. Henry Seal, and twenty Americans,
were killed and their families ds,poiled. The
Chief Alcalde was killed This all occurred on
the nth January. The insurrection had made
formidable head, and the disaffection was rapidly
spreading. The insurrectionists were sending
expresses out oil over the country to raise ssss.
tanee. The number engaged in tho outbreak at
Taos was about GOO. They were using every
argument the ineite TO Indians to hos,ilites, and
were making preparations to take possession o.
Santa Fe. ,.-s ,..-. ~,
The Americans, at Santa Fe, had only about
500 effective men, the rest were oa the sick list
or had len to joia Col. Doniphan. Such bein,
/ their situation. they cannot send suecor ont, Al
they are hardly able to defend themselves. II !,
thought that Santa Fe must be captured, a. nei
| ther the Fort nor Block houses are completed.
| Gen. Scott had arrived At Tsmpico. and len OF
the 2ist ofFsbrusry for Lobos. with 1000 troops
The next news will be fight Al v~rs Cruz.
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| THx CASALs.-We learn that the FIRST bost
for Philadelphia left Lewistown on the i2,h ms,
The ground, however, was covered with snow
and navigation on the Canal might, il was feared
again he retarded, There are or 10, 600 bar
rels Aour and from l2 to $4,000 bushels Of differ
ent kinds Of grain, principally wh.at.) with an,
4 quantity of pig iron, &c. now loaded in boats o.
in store ready for shipment. -...t...-
1 Both Regiments Of the Pennsylvania volnn
teeis were, at the last accounts, encamped on th
island Of Lobos, in the Gulf Of Mexico all III,
officers and men in good health and exeellen
spirits. The Island 10 described as lovely lii
tie spot, formed entirely Of coral. sbcut tw,
miles in eireumferenee, about sixty miles from
Tampieo, and some $50 from Vera Crax.
/ Nav HAMPsHIRE From the returns given
appears that the Wings have elected two mem
bers OF Congress. and two ofth. FIVE Councillor,
/ The Democrats have carried their Governor,
majority Of State Senators, and majority in tn
House Of Representatives 1sea
The New York Express says the, the stock o
Flour now on sale in that city 10 under thirt,
thousand barrels. Large contracts are maxim,
there for Flour and Corn. TO be delivered in Ma,
and June, AT 50 for the former, and 10 q ~ cent
for the latter. '"o
| .nE. Nsaf --- ar. 81 tEeT
I RELIEF TO IanLAsp rRos Psssoss CossEorEI
WITH Tag Rs.DrsG RAILRoAp.--A mertins wa
held at Reading on the 3th inst, composed o
men employed on the Reading Railroad, 10 tax
into confederation the raising Of fund for Ia
aid of the suffering poor Of Ireland, and within
week thereafter few active men had sneeeede
in collecting the very handsome sum OF s3,i3
81. which the contributors have resolved to in
vest in hiIn-dried Corn m-sl. purchased in ,h
neishberhood, the Rsiiway company havin
generously offered 10 oliver Il in Phii.delphi
free Of charge. By pursuing this determisatio