Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-03-05
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motion 70 proceed to nomination. X was tsass-
| ed and the ballotng was about TO commence
when Mr.. Perkins, Of Conn, announced the Sc.
cesdon ofthe delegation from that State The
Massachusetts, delegates followed together with
that OF Rhode Island and Ohio, and portions OF
| Illinois, iowa and Pennsylvania One ballot
was then had resulting as follows.
Fillmore ]. Law, -; Carrot Davis, Ia; Judge
Mclean. q; Com. Stockton, =, Gen Houston, 8,
John Bel, 5; Erastus Brooks, 2; Kenneth Ray
ner, 2. Campbell OF Ohio, /; Ex-Gov. Sohnson /;
John N. Clayton, /.
The Convention adjourned till 3 o'clock.
The Northern seeessionists are holding eau
Gus at the Merchants Hotel.
Nzw YonK, Feb. IS.
The Northern Light LEFT her pier this after
noon little after O'Clock. with 300 passengers,
200 Of whom go out TO join Gen. Walker.
At haIf-past o'clock large number of police
arrived on the dock 70 prevent confusion and
keep order, there were no arrests and the steam
er sailed amid the enthusiastic cheers of the J
crowd on the pier.
Major John r. HESS, formerly one of To-. ,,ro.
pfietors Of the Washington Union ar ,.,a of
the New Orleans Delta, left here to nav 20 take
up his permanent abode in Nicar- .o,,s
The steamship Daniel = .ba.e. from San Juan
arrived here ycsterd' . with California dates to
the 9th inst. WIN
me staf Of the West left San Juan for New
$500 500 49, 80 ~
WASHINGTON, Feb "a.
ser .ator Jones Of Penn, intended to speak to-
NOR row in reply to Senator Wilson's structures
| or, Gov Shannon. His language it is understood
| will severely condemn the improperly evinced
!, By Senator Wilson in so far descending from his
Senatorial dignity to assail his private charac-
/ ter Mr. Wilson's speech not having been pub
| ished in the Globe Saturday as expected Mr.
4 Jones may defer his remarks till tomorrow.
| The Com on Territories win report tomorrow,
annalliqg certain laws passed by the Kansas
Legislature.
| NENeYoRK, Feb "a.
| The steamship Alabama arrived this A. NJ.
| from her cruise in search OF the Pacific Sixty
| hours from Halifax on the eve OF the goth.
A Tribune correspon dent teiegraphs from
Washington: Telegraph news by Atlantic has
| made no impression in high quarters here
There is no reasonable probability that Mr.. Blu
chanan has asked for his passports. The rnlnor
| doubtless originated from one OF two causes
First, The fact that Mr.. Buchanan had long SINCE
| received his letter of recall and indicated his
purpose to leave the mission on the 18th, and
London the 18th of February. Second, That it
was known in London that the q. S. had de-
| manded tho recall of Mr.. Champion, which, with
Lord Clarendon's e1pd,te statements IN House
of Lords naturally led TO inierential cxaggera-
ton.
The naval committee in the Senate have con-
ferred fully with the President and the Secretary
OF the Navy, and will unanimously report !, Dill
tomorrow, embodying substantially the follow
ing provisions intended to correct errors attribu-
ted to the late board, and preserve at the same
time its benefits. The bill provides that the
| President shall be authorized to organize as
many boards of enquiry as may be necessary TO
examine the professional, moral, mental and
physical qualifications OF any dropped officer
making application for restoration, and upon
report of the facts, with the opinion ofthe board
of enquiry, may at his discretion restore such Of
iicer to his former rank. As many of the droop-
ed officers cannot be restored within six months
: according to the foregoing provisions, they shall
be allowed one year full pay.
II The grade of Admiral is to be revived, and the
president authorized to confer it on any officer
of eminent merit, but without increased pay
This il intended for Stewart
The barque Sam Slick was yesterday charter
cd by the Z. s. Government to convey about
one hundred troops to Tampa Bay These sol
diers are probably destined 10 operate against
the Seminoles.
Il PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 90.
The Northern boilers assembled at the Mer-
chants Hotel at o'clock agreeably to adjourn
mcnt. Among those present were Governor
johnson of Penn, and eight delegates from
New York, who announced through their spokes-
man, Mr.. Stevens, that they proposed to sit in
the Convention and to JOIN them in their views,
| were it agreeable and not to return without TAX
ing any action. Protest signed by those who
voted for George Law and Sam Houston,
pre- entcd
Protest-We, portion of the delegates to
the National American Convention from the
State of New York, protest against the Presden-
tial nomination made by that convention upon
the following grounds: FIRST, the nominee is
not member of the American party, he has new
cr been inside Of council room, and no act of
| his life, or no word spoken or no line written by
him of which we have any knowledge, indicates
that he sympthizes with that party that he
would carry out its principles. Second, his NOM
inati0n We regard as an utter betrayal of the
| great American movement; traitorous attempt
| to wrcst it from its purpose, and maize it minis
tor to the selfish ambition Of the leaders and
demagogues of the dead organization of the
past.
He was forced upon the State of n. Y, by
| southern votes, against the wish of our State
| delegates and from those States which no man
| pretcnds can carry the votes for an American
| President. Fourth: He forced upon the
State of New York, against the express wish of
| n large majority of our State Legislature; against
the express wish of a majority of the state Off
GERS; and we repeat, against the express wish of
| two-thirds of our delegates in the convention
| Fifth He was not nominated by n majority of
| the delegates of a majority of the States
| Several States were permitted to cast their
| votes through single delegate who cast the
whole number ofvotes, TO which his State would
have been entitled, such votes were cast by par
ties who had previously protested against the
| proceedings and retired from the Convention
Mr.. Riddle of Penn, from the business commit
| tee, reported a declaration which he said had
| been drawn up after having compared views.
| The declaration read rs follows:
To the American party Of the Union:--The
| undersigned delegates 10 the Nominating Con-
vention now i'll session at Philadelphia, find
themselves compelled to dissent from the princi-
pies avowed by that body, and holding the opn
ion as they do, that the restoration ofthc Missou
ri compromise demanded majority of the whole
people is redress of an undeniable wrong and
the execution oft in spirit at least, iadispensa-
bic 10 the repose of the country. |
They have regarded the refusal of that con- |
vention to recognize the well defined opinion |
of the country and of the Americans of the free |
States upon this question, denial of their |
rights and rcbuke ftheir sentiments, and they |
hold that the admission into the national coun. |
from Louisiana, representatives, Roman Catholic |
constituency, absolved every true American from
all obligations to sustain the action of either of |
said bodies
They have, therefore, withdrawn from the
Nominating Convention, refuse to participate in
the proposed nomination conforming to the over /
ruling sentiment of the country, that the great
Issue may be regular and suspicious. The I'M
dersigned propose to all the Americans in the
States, TO assemble in their several State organ
izations. and elect delegates to Convention, to
meet in the city of New York, Thursday the 18th
day of June next, for the purpose of nominating
candidates for President and Vice President of
the United States. This declaration was suisse
quently signed by IL delegates.
Gen. Williamson of Penn, was in favor of
making nomination forthwith. Mr.. Peck, of
Conn, thought that by being cautious, great
party might be made; a party that now ahsoths
black Republicanisn. Spooner of Ohio, ssho't
it was not in good taste for gentlemen TO speak
in denunciatory terms of the Republican party,
for the party about to be organized now, stands
upon the very same platform, the restoration of