Southern shield., 1850-06-29
Sentiment in Pennsylvania.

| ties Ot the State, 10 nOmlnate candidates to be voted for at the next election. These conventions have been made the occasion for declaration of opinion concerning polit- ical matters, and the North American ex- tracts few of the resolves in favor of the national and State administrations. | In the series of resolutions adopted by the Wings of York county, are the follow ing:
 ReSolyed, That we continue to entertain the fullest confidence in the brave soldier and patriot, and plain, honest republican, Zachary Taylor, who occupies the Presi- dential chair-who has manifested on all occasions the candor and respect for coor- dinate departments which becomes the Chief Magistrate of flee people; who has shown in his messages to Congress an en- frightened intelligence and just comprehen- sion of the true interests of the country; and, while never dictating, has not hesitated frankly to express his opinions on all ques= tons which seem to demand it, and whose policy, so far as opposition ascendancy in Congress has permitted it to operate, has tended to maintain our home interests, and to preserve our integrity, and advance our dignity and honor in all negotiations with 1 foreign governments.
 Reso1ved, That we abide by our attach ments to the principle of protection ot do- mestic industry-that, while the Envoy of her Britannic majesty might very naturally regret 10 see the repeal of the British tariff of IS46, which is such a good friend to the wealthy capitalists and manufacturers in her kingdoms, we, who have more sympathy with, and feel more interested in the we'll being of American farmers, manufacturers, and laborers, and see the baleful influence upon them of Locofoco policy, as it is par ticularly manifested in the prostration of the great iron and coal interests of Pennsylva- nia, as we'll as in general paralysis felt more or less severely in every department of production and employment, believe that the interests of the country require its re- peal and the substitution of specific for dd UalOrem duties, arranged so as both to pro- duce revenue and to protect labor, as recom- mended in the able report of the Hon. Wm. M. Meredith, Secretary of. the Treasury.
 The Wings of Bradford county have put forth the following declaration:
 ReSolued, That the line of policy marked out by President Taylor in his inaugural address, and reiterated in his annual mes- sage to Congress, meets our entire and un- qualified appreciation, and we deeply regret the existence of an opposition majority of both Houses of Congress, by which the coun- try is deprived of the advantages which we believe would be experienced by the people in the carrying out of Whig principles, and the adoption of Whig line of policy in ad ministering the affairs of the Government.
 Westmoreland county has her voice in the great matter, and says:
 Resolved, That we have undimnished confidence in the patriotism, intelligence, and sound political principles of General Zachary Taylor-that his administration has been marked with MODERATION, DIsCRE- TON and WISDOM; it has procured peace att home, and elevated the American in the estimation of foreign nations.
 Lehigh county says:
 Resolved, That General Zachary Taylor, our Whig President, merits and should re- ceive the confidence and support of every M in the ranks of the people.
 A FORTUNATE PIRATE--Babe, the sailor, who cut such figure in New York, some years ago, as a pirate-condemned and to| be executed, only he wasn't-has "turned up," as PilIcoddy says, in California, and is now one of the millionares of that country.
 Well, such is life. Babe was mysteri- ous fellow; rumor said, when the President kept respiting and respitipg him, that theI pirate was making disclosures which, if they had ever become public property, would have made New ! ork and Philadel- phia too hot to hold certain wealthy men in the sea-farng and commercial line. Anoth- CT rumor was, that John Tylar-another mysterious man, who, by one of the untath- omable freaks of fortune, got into the Pres idential chair one day-had some interest in the fate of the pirate-knew his mother intimately ,ueW One thing is certain, Mrs. Chlds, the authoress, was very instrumental in getting Babe reprieved and pardoned, and we are pleased the fellow has not turned out as bad as he was represented, and no doubt his pile of gold dust will pur- chase for him any desirable amount of fash onable charity and pious whltewash. where by he may have frst-class car and a through ticket in the overland route to Par adise.-Bosto'a Maal
 WEALTH-The true wealth of commu- nity is it's labor--its productive labor. A man is not richer for houses that he cannot occupy; lands that he cannot use; money that he cannot spend. He might own a continent in the moon, but what would it avail him? He might die of starvation in