The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-07-12
THE NATIONAL. ERA: WASHINGTON D. C., JULY 49, 1856

PENNSYLVANIA Know NOTHING DIVISION
The Know Nothings of Pennsylvania, at their
| State Council, now in session in Reading have
acknowledgements Johnston leading off for a
| Northern party. Other delegates organized
Council on the Philadelphia platform. At the
| time of the Northern and Western secession
from the National Council, majority of the
delegates from Pennsylvania signed a protest
against the adoption of the Pro-Slavery plat
form and in doing so they most undoubtedly
represented the true sentiment of the Order in
their State. Soon afterwards, the Executive
Council of the State held meeting, at which,
under the influence of New York and Southern
delegates, they resolved that the Order in Penn
sylvania did not favor the action of their pro-
testing delegates, and declared in favor of
the Pro-Slavery platform. This action greatly
pleased the Southern men, who believed that
thereby Pennsylvania was secured to their in
terests. Like confidence was placed in the
declarations of remaining delegates from other
States and all of them have now proved worse
than worthless. The Order in the North and
West is too strongly impregnated with Free
| Soil sentiments to move to their detriment,
even at the command of prominent and ambi-
tious members of their local Councils.
N. T. Times.
| PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
The State Democratic Convention assembled
at Harrisburg on the 4th inst, to nominate a
candidate for Canal Commissioner. The Hon.
j. CLANCY Jones presided. On the third ballot,
Arnold Plummer, of Venango, was nominated
as Canal Commissioner The committee on
resolutions made a minority and majority
report. The majority report avoided the liquor
law and Nebraska question. The minority re-
| port took decided ground on both these excl
| ting subjects. A motion to substitute the mi
nority for the majority report was negatived-
| yeas 10, nays 80. A motion to amend the ma
iority report by inserting the minority Nebras-
ka resolution was lost by a vote of 46 to so.
The majority report was then adopted, as also
an additional resolution against negroes voting.
| EMBEZZLEMENT OF RAILROAD FUNDs.-Mr
| Tucker of Boston, late treasurer of the Eastern
| Railroad Company, has confessed to the EN-.
bezzlement Of the Company's funds to the
amount of 100000. Ii is reported that he
invested largely in sustaining DR.. Mortons
claim to the ether discovery.
| The defalcation is in part an over-issue of
625 shares. He states that he has deceived
the directors for nearly ten years, notwithstand-
ing several committees of investigation have at
different times examined his accounts He has
transferred to the company assets which he
values at sos, 900.
KANSAS MATTERs.-The st. Louis ReDuLh-
| can states that the case Of Cole McCrea charg-
ed with the murder of Malcolm Clark, was re-
Gently brought before Judge Lecompte, of the
United States District Court, on writ of ha-
beas corpus. A large number of witnesses were
examined, and the Judge remanded the accus-
ed back to prison, refusing to admit him to bail
BUTT appears from some proceedings of meet
ing in Leavenworth, that after the above decis.
ion was announced, the officers in command re-
fused to take McCrea into further custody: and
the meeting passed resolutions approving of the
decision of the Court, and pledging themselves
to assist in guarding and protecting the prison
er until his offence shall have been tried by a
jury.
The steamship Black Warrior has arrived at
| New York, bringing advices from Havana to
June 27th. The Government continues the
gradual disarming and disbandng of the Colo
NAL troops called into service during the late
excitement. The United States steamer Full
ton, Lieutenant Commanding Mitchell, touched
in at Havana on the 25th June, and sailed for
| Key West on the Goth. She had been employ
ed, since the It'll ultimo, in a cruise of observa
| ton around the island. The health of Havana
| is considered better than it has been for MANY
years.
| TEXAN PoLITICs.-A River Improvement
| Convention has nominated ID. G. Dickinson for
Governor, w. G.. w. Towers for Lieutenant
Governor, and John Hancock for Congress. A
Democratic State Convention having met and
adjourned without making a ticket, the Conven
ton have taken the matter in hand. Gov
ernOr Pease has been renominated for Governor,
| and P II. Bell for Congress.
| AN IMPORTANT RAILROAD LINE.-The last
rail on the western division of the Mississippi
railroad between st. Louis and Vincennes,
was to be laid on Saturday last, when there
would be a continuous railroad from Philadcl-
phia to st. Louis. The route is I,023 miles
long, made up as follows Ohio and Mississip-
| pi-St. Louis to Vincennes, l46; Evansville
and acknowledgements to Terre Haute
| So; Terre Haute and Richmond-Terre Haute
to Indianapolis, 70; indianapolis and Bellefon-
taine-Indianapolis to Union, 81; Bellefontane
and Indiana-Union to Crestline, l22; Ohio
and Pennsy Misunderstanding to Pittsburgh. 1877;
Pennsylvania Central-Pittsburgh to Philadel
phia, 353. Total 1923.
We deeply regret to learn that another out
| rage has been committed on the Wabash and
Erie canal, in Indiana, in cutting the Birch
! Creek reservoir, and letting off the water. The
emptying of this reservoir destroys the naviga
ton Of the canal through all its southern por-
ton, from Terre Haute to Evansville, distance
of $50 miles, and consequently cuts off all nav
| igation from Lake Erie to the Ohio river.
The officers of the "Sunday train " from Day
| ton to Cincinnati were arrested some weeks ago.
for violating the Sunday ordinance in force at
Dayton. They were tried before magistrate,
who fined them two dollars each. The case will
be brought before the Court of Common Pleas.
1t involves the question of the right of any train
to run on the Sabbath day.
Judge Curtis, of the United States Circuit
Court at Boston, rendered decision on Mon
day, I'd inst, in the case of the brig Porpoise,
seized for being engaged in the slave trade
1t was held that vessel which has acted as a
tender upon slavers, and has carried merchan-
disc which was used for the purchase of slaves,
and had otherwise aided in the slave traffic,
although she had not actually carried a single
slave, was guilty of being engaged in the slave
trade within the meaning of the statute.