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Not being versed in the law, We are
unable to answer the inquiries Of our cor
respondent, further than to state that
there were three ways by which the Grim
inal might hare been retained in custody,
viz: let, The Judge could have passed
immediate sentence, and placed the Grim
inal in the hands of the sheriff, I'd, The
District Attorney could have caused his
immediate arrest by bench warrant, and
thus placed him in the custody of the
sheriff; and, lastly, he could have been
delivered into the custody of the court by
bis bail bond, In stating, this, however,
We do no. charge blame upon any one;
but, like GA. Fl: c." presume somebody
10 to blame.-Ed. JoJR.
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Resolred, That the State Com n,;t,oa
of which Lemuel Todd, ESQ, is Cb,;r
man, be requested to call Conyeption
of allsthose willing to unite to effect n.
above object, to be held at HARRISBURG
on some day not earlier than the first Of
July next.
Resoloed, That such call should di.
tipctly state that, in thus INVITING NJ
individual or party is expected to sacr
fee any principle, nor to approve of apv
principle of those with whom he acty
saoiay only earnest aad lorccticql hostil.
iy to potjtical ciespotism, and The ertcu.
sion Of hdnan slauelQ over the free ter,
ritorics of this Republic,
Resoired, That the proceedings oftb;.
Convention be signed BY the Chairman
and Secretary thereof, and that the samo
be published IN all the Journals of this
State frieadly to the cause of Freedom,
justice aa1 right.
JOHN A. FISHER. Chairman.
GEo, 5. KING, Secretary.
a correspondent Of the y. Y. Zee.
I11St, thus speaks of the reception of the
action Of the Convention BY nations!
politicians, under date Of
"WAsuNGroS, Tuesday, Feb. 81, 1883.
"Thc action Of the Republicans assem-.
bled in State Convention yesterday at
Harrisburg, Pa, IS deemed jud;cious. /
learn from q gentleman who was present
that the leading Republicans Of the State
consulted with some OF the principal
Amti-iecompton Democrats before the
Convention assembled and it was agreed
upon, ia Convention, that they would not
proceed to take any action against the
Lceompton Constitution as Republicans,
bat adjourn siae de, with instructions to
their State Central Committee to call
Convention, at an early day, Of all those
opposed to the Lcc6mpton fraud. This
will be done, and the Convention will
probably, be held sometime during the
last of June. This action of the Repub
licans meets the wishes of the Anti-Lc-
compton Democrats of Pennsylvania, and
is viewed BY the Anti-Leconpton Demo-
Gratis Of the House OF Representatives
from Pennsylvania as wise movement
in the right direction"
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REpUB1aCAN CONVENTION.

\ Convention Of delegates representing
the olty of Philadelphia, and many of th'
counties of this Commonwealth, assem-
bIed at Herr'S Hotel, Harrisburg, on Mon,
day, 22d irst.
The Convention was organized by ap.
pointing JOHN ADAMS FISHER, Esq, of
Dauphin county as { hartman, and Gso
5. KING, Esq, of Ca lbria county, as
Secretary.
After suuh organization, and a full and
free interchange Of opinions among the
delegates, the following Preamble and
Resolutions were introduced, read, fully
discussed, adopted and ordered to be pub
lished,
WHEREAS, It's desirable that all those
opposed to the misruIe of the National
administration, and especially to its atroc-
ious attempt to force Slavery upon Kan
sas against the will of the people, should
unite at the ensuing election on the State
and County tickets, without reglrd to
of opinion on other subjects,
and without regard to the mode or form
OF effocting said object; therefore,
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RJ~ The Washington Corrcsponden

I- The Washington Correspondent
of the " y Tribune of the 25th ult.
has the following on dit in regard to the
Nebraska bill, which speaks for itself:
"The speech Of Mr.. NIillson of Virgin
IA yesterday, yindicating his vote against
the Nebraska bill, from Southern point
of view, and demonstrating incontcstably
the power of Congress over the Terrific
ries, created a sensation among the +. +.
VS.. and Mr. Bocock, one of his col
leagues, was anxious to get the floor to
correct tAe damaging impression left by
the ph9losophic and able effort, which had
attracted SO much attention in the hall.
Mr.: MillsQn said that he was told that
under the Nebraska bill the people had
right to pass laws ia favor of Slavery, bat
none against il: "Thep the power 10 form
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A Southern Paper 'EetiinS ER'
pleasant Truths.

The Louisville Na1a2:r;: has the bold
ness to oppose the Lecompton Constitu-
ton from the start 1t tells its readers,
and the people of the Slave States truths
that must be very unwoicome. Here IS
a sample of its talk on the subject:
"Let the movement be pushed, and We
shall soon find the protest uncomprou-
ising and indignant. We shall tell the
democracy of the south the truth, howev-
or unpalltahle it may be to some OF them.
This Increment rM be supported BY no
purty IN the free states. The northern
democracy WI! not gJ TO the black repub-
Iicans; the differences between them re
irreooneilabla; bal it is equally clear that
they will not support the south in this
movement, They could no; ii they would,
and would not il they could. It is not
worth while to tell Us what they viii do.
We know il now that they are beginning
to speak, just as well IS We shall know it
after they have done speaking on the sub
jcct. If it were possible to push this
natter through Congress, 1t ,c1uM raise
I storm Of ayt5atioa s'rpassi'ty aaythin7
htat re haze jet :cit"e$s-d. II 'cou!d be
-ompiete{y se"tioaat, for 1t rou'd hare no
snD2.rt in Tie free states. How long it
will last in its effects, none can forcseo.
The south hazards all this for no possi-
BILE good; nor is it demanded OF her by
any necessity; while it is plainly against
her creed OF popular and state rights.
"'Let Us take In Kansas, and localize
the strife, it is said. We cant imagine
how any one can ilatter himself that the
strife will be localized by any such policy.
The very opposite result viii be produced.
as sure as the sun rises and sets; and zee
Of tie south rouid be in tie ,croag. The
act OF taking in Kansas with the Lecomp-
ton constitution can't be dcfcntied The
northern democracy will not defend it
They will repudiate it, unanimously and
enphatieally. They could resist tile Viii
mot proviSo. 1t was unjust and unfair.
They could repeal the Missouri compron
lso, for that was right aud defensiblc, bat
even that required all their power in stem
ming the torrent OF sectional prejudice.
Now they are required to take a free
state into the Union with Il slave state
to legaize slavery where the
peoplo don't want it, Ihey cant do IL.
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A ASoufae-ncr,s View OF North
ern DOuglsfaceS.

We rejoice Ia the growing contempt
for doughfaces. They have enabled the
Slave Power to rule the Nation since
1920: and a sad rule it has been. Alli-
son White, the Member of Congress FROM
this district is a genuine specimen OF tlse
race. Knowing full well that aiHe-tenth>
Of his constituents are warmly opposed to
the I4ecamptoa tyranny, yet, because the
Slave Power requires the triumph of Lee
compton, he goes for it. How long will
the people elect such timber for Members
OF Congress To elect such men is to
play the coward to the South, which has
already secured for the North the con-
tempt of all brave spirits in both sections
As an evidence Of this, take the follow
ing, from the Washington correspondent
of tha Missouri Democrat. Speaking of
the oft repeated threat % dissolving the
Union, this writer says:
"But suppose the south in an evil hour
should incline to the suggestions of the
administration, and make the admission
OF Kansas under the Lecomptou consti-
tuition an u!timatum-what thcn2 The
north may as well take up the guage now
as at any future time. Ola every sectiou-
al issue the same threat is made. The
north has played the coward often enough,
aud if it yield now there is nothing left
in store for it but perpetual dishonor,
and an endless series OF igno!ainious de-
feats If it abandon the people Of Kan
sas, who are bone Of lis bone and ilesh
of its flesh, aud prove roereant to the
cause of free labor, then let it hold It's
peace forever, hucsing the conviction OF
its own inherent impotence, and quietly
submitting to be ruled by those who have
the courage and capacity gor railing. Ii
it be bulIied now, it will dwell in the
shadow of fear as long as the government
lasts Every concession it has hitherto
made, has been the signal for new and
more rapaciou. demands and no alterna-
tive consistent with sectional equality is
left it, but the prompt rejection OF the
Leconpton constituti0n-the prompt re-
lection of the southern uitimatuAI."
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EnacrcsesEing Ir0lil hausaS.
Special Cor. OF the Chicago Tribune.
LAWRENCE, K. T., Feb. II, 1858.
MORE DISCOVERIES


The Investigating Committee having
procured information that required tie
presence Of the Judges of Election at
Shawnee and Oxford Precincts, in John
son County, their Marshal, the fighting
preacher, MIR. Stewart, was sent with
warrants for their arrest. The Prairie
City Rifes acted as posse, and On Mon
day morning last started for the scene Of
action. They came back on Saturday
night with three prisoncrs-a Judge and
Clerk Of the Shawnee Precinct, and = can
Iidate named Cox The Jndge's name
is NacTa.l&nc, and The CLERK Godfrey.
The Committee held session the SAME
4ieht, and the result of the proceedings
was of an interesting character 4 Free
State nan, Mr., Brown of Shawnee, stat
I'd that he Was at the polls all day GA the
:tl Of January, and that man named
Bailey was the last who voted, at nine in
the evening. His name On the poll list
is numbered one hundred and sixty. The
Judge of Election sworc that Bailey Was
the last man that voted, and that he clos
"a the polls at that time. The whole
number OF votes on the Shawnee returns,
as found by the Committee in the candle
box. Was arr nine hundred! Godfrey,
the Clerk, who is young man, somewhat
oblivious OF the consequences OF tamPcr-
ing with election returns III Kansas, and
Of frank and open countenancc, was
called in and swore that he took the re-
turns to We>tport, and that in a room be-
longing to Col Boone, in which were that
gentleman, Mr. Danforth, a member Of
the feloR Convention, a son Of the Key,
Tom johnson, and one or two others, and
that he sat down and wrote, while young
Johnson, Danforth, and Boone read from
some papers-probably an old Poll-book-,,
a number of names, until the list reached
the number stated above. The Judges
and Clerks certificate was written on a
blank sheet of paper, and then appended
to the forged returns.
The examination Of Godfrey was rather
interesting. He answered all questions
propouuded to him with the utmost frank
ness and willingness. On being asked
what was his business, he replied, "a ganl-
bier" He stated that he came to Kan
sas to make it Slave State, and that ths
reason why he told these things, was that
he was convinced that it must be Free,
and he was going to leave. The men
implicated by his evidence are among tho
principal members Of the Pro-Slavery par
ty. Danforth is a personal friend Of Sec,
retary Cobb; was sent here to work for
his and the extreme Propagandists' inter
est, and is the Kansas correspondent of
The Charleston (S. c. Mercury. He is
a man of ability and influence. Boone IS
we'll known in Kansas history. Previous
evidence possessed by the Committee im-
plioate Gen. Calhoun. The report of the.
will be published in few
days, and will be of an extremely inter
esting character.
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CoRRLcTIoN.--In the article of " Tim
othy Gin Potter)," in the Journal of last
week, the last sentence should read ".Er-
'ror alone fears investigation, aud God,
"has given US faculties for use, not to lie
I" dormant-and to allow others to do our
thinking, we dishopor our Maker, de-
" fraud ourselves, and do great injustice
" to the world" We make this correc-
ton IN justioc to, and by request of, the
author of the article.
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u. GARRISON, the petted villain Of
the Borler Ruliaa Administration at
Washington, and Postmaster at Leavsn,
worth, Kansas, was burned in effigy By
the citizens of that place, on the evening
of Feb. 18th, and resolutions passed
threatening to "hung the villain when We
catch him" Good news, that.
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Sg- Col, Forpoy, in an editorial in the
Press, on the majority report of Mr.
Buckalew on the Kansas Resolutions in
the State Senate says: "Ono draug hi
from the great Democratic spring of the
''e'H Of tie osyority' will dissipato from
every mind the hazy clouds of logic which
Mr.. B. has inseniously thrown around
this question"
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Administrators Notice.

SATIIEREAS Letters of adminStr ttion to-
w the Estate of JosSPu LILLsY, late OF
Harrison Township, Potter County Pa, de-
ceased, have been granted to the undersigned,
all persons indebted to said estate are request
ed to make immediate payment, and those
having cla,ms against the same, will present
them to the subscriber, in Bingham Township
near Jones Corners, duly authenticated Tor
settlement WM. J. CUTLER, Admir-.
Bingham, Feb. %, lS5s.-l0:32-St,
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Gbe 4lotter yournaL,
COIDE2sSPGRT, PA.
7. 5. CHASE, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
HOMER, Feb. 5, 1858.
Thursday Worpipg, 7JarcA /, 1857.

+. \. ALLEN, Esq, has retired from
the editorship cf the Mexican Citizen,
having sold it to Mr. RODGERS, who an
nounces in his salutatory positive oppo-
>ition to Slavery aggression. The retir-
ing, as we'll as the new Editor, will accept
our congratulations.
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social, political and moral iptegs;ay, indi-
yidual aud national and like al Qsurpa-
tions of power, will finally overwhelm, with
shame and discontinue, its guilty and ap-
grateful authors.
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or the Potter Journal.
The Republican Party--its aim.
and what will insure Its flna!
IEriMm pin.

The Republican party, with Its ppinci-
pies of Freedom, is necessity of the
timss-a reform party. In the history of
thc world, long established power in the
same hapds, whether in Church or State,
grows corrupt. insolent, and tyranuical,
therefore, the necessity, now and then,
that i be opposed by a nelo po,cer, in the
spirit If reform, to cut away the corrup-
tionc. as4 to reiRstate the purity of first
Yineiplas For instance, ip The religious
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naud regulate their Institutions in their
"own way, meant only in one Way-the
Southern way" A quiet turn of szr-
casm at this point, made some of the
Chiyairy vince"
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~We learn from the Nissonr; Dem

sgWe learn from the Missouri Dene-
o~rat, that Champion Vaughn, Esq, the
able and independent editor of the Leacen-
north (kansas,) Times, hss commenced
the publication Of daily paper. We
hope his success may be eminent
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EE- The Oldest married couple alive are
supposed to be a Mr. Snyder and his wife, who
reside at Burnside Pa. He is III, and she is
lo7 years old, and they have been married 90
years-aod, accordingly, were married at the
respective ages of rs aad IL,
San Andreas independent., 1858-07-17

flakes of softly coming snow All night,
and tomorrow, and next day, the pale
vlsltant may be bringing the abundance
OF itself. And what of the snow? Ask
the poor; ask the winter reveler; ask the
mountaineer; ask every one-but you can
not count the sorrows that come with the
snow, the white snow which seems direct
from Heaven descended. On the snow
are marks and stains under the snow re-
pose the germs, the essence and the full
ness of vernal beauties-the sweets Of
Spring, the fruitfulness of Summer. and
Autumnal decay; under the snow are foot
prints Of friends and enemies, the GOOD.
the bad; under the snow are little new
graves, and old little ones, and larger
graves are near; under the snow all thincs
are parts of harmonious community, are
in one silent sleeping room. The snow of
the heart falls deepest, falls continually,
and drifts and freezes Oh the snow of
the heart falls everywhere, and higher and
higher the layers reach, like the masses
on Shastas summit, appealingas they up
ward grow for dissolving breath! There
are icicles, glaciers, great banks, and frost
dropping twigs, while in the pathways
are tracks edged with blood; and yondel
and here the impulses are scattered-stif
corpses in the snow Sierra Citizen.
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E. ". ES Cd u TO N,
WATCH MAKER AND JEWELEB

ST. OPPOSITE ODD FELLOWS HALL,
SAN ANDREAS,
WTHERE may be found large assortment
w of good Brass Clocks, such as re
Eight Day, and Thirty Hour Striking I'm
and Marine Alarm Clocks. Also, beau sNs.s9
tiful Parlor and Bedroom Clocks, all of which
will be ,carrantad to keep good time one gear.
Also, fine magnifying Glasses, with double
power, expressly for examining Quartz Rock.
Also, Spy Glasses, Spectacles, Thermometers,
Pocket Compasses, American Pocket Knives,
Steel Tweezers, Watch Guards, Keys, first
quality Italian E string, fnger-boards, tail
pieces, bridges, rosin, bows &c.
Also, large assortment of fine Gold Pens,
Gold Fob Chains, Fob Buckles, Seals, Slides,
Ladies Gold Curb Chains, Belt Buckles, PEN
cils Silver thimbles, Coral Beads, &c. Also,
fine Gold Rings, EARRINGS, Breast Pins, Lock-
ets Snaps, Infants Coral and Gold Armlets,
Necklaces, &c.
Special attention will be given to all work.
such as repairing Clocks and Watches, manu-
featuring Rings, EARRINGS, Specimen Pins, &c
N. B. All work warranted if we'll used
| would also embrace this opportunity of
thanking the public for past favors, and hope
by trying to please them, to still merit their
appreciation. jy ll-tfv2:28
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The RAIN, THE HAIL, AND THE Snow
OF THE HEART-It is commencing to
rain; darkly it comes its chief forerun-
ner, the wind, is telling the groves and
fields, the rivulet and the flower. Now,
the water descends it may be a deluge
and an injury-a shower and benefit.
Let it come; let US be thinking of the
rain ever falling on our hearts. Oh how
the rain patters there, and pours, and del
uges! 1t continues in short showers of
JOY, and long, driving storms of grief !;
little is the sunshine which brings rain
bows of delight under the thick melan-
choly; piercing are the blasts, loud the
thunder, dreadful the lightning; cold is
the food, and great the multitude who sit
shivering- g-shivering; they look into the
boundless bleak-their dripping garments
drip the more-the extinguished fire
mocks them with its dampened ashes
the last pulsation dies But it is com
mencing to
HAIL--The rain-drops crystalize on
their passage, and they rattle where they
can get an echo, hurting whom they hit.
Hear them striking the windows; see
them killing the garden plant and making
the grain lie down. Now they arouse the
hurricane, and he goes ruthlessly into the
wood to exhale devastating breath, and
to ruin beauty in his way. There are hail
storms in the heart; heavily and destruct-
lively the torpid drops are borne; SANDER,
envy, anger, and all the demons of the
inner chamber of the inner wickednees OF
men are hailstones of the heart They
awaken hurricanes of passions; they break,
and cut, and crush, and blister, and bleed,
they devastate innocence and pollute
purity. But it is commencing to
SNow.-The rain and hail have had
their periods; here are the announcing
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MCKEE s. TORREyS.
NOTICE,
nGy- Bounty Land yyar

vHyHE undersigned having completed s7s
Il ments with his Correspondent in 1Tnge- Waet
ington, d. c., is now ready to procure po y asn-
ty Land Warrants, granted by an Az. -
Congress, passed March Sd 1885, giving la Isna .,
(l6O acres) to all connected with the 1r,,,' ''u
Navy of the United States, in any of the wars ~
in which the United have been enraged -
Also, State Troops, whose services have been
paid by the United States.
rsA Information given gratis.
Gsa.No charge, if said warrants are not OBJ
tanned. +. THOMPSON, j. P.
eA. Office, Centre street, next door to Stur-
ges' Stone Building, Mok. Hill. feb 1926
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AVOID BAD CoMpANY.-The follow
inc little fable contains deal Of wisdom.
Editors, clergymen-indeed, all classes
in society will do well to remember it
and govern themselves accordingly.
A skunk once challenged lion to sin
Gle combat. The lion promptly declined
the honor of such meeting.
How" said the skunk, care you
afraid ?"
every much So, quoth the lion, ''for
you would only gain fame by having the
honor to fight lion, while every one who
met me for month to come, could know
[ had been in company with skunk.
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[ For the San Andreas independently
Do They Still Remember Me?


Do They Still Remember Me?
Do they still remember me
In my first, far distant home
While beyond the restless sea
In the golden land roam,
AS an exile sad and lone
Far from all | hold most dear,
Vainly waiting for each tone
That was wont to fill my ear,
To fall like music on it here,
Once more.
Do they still remember me
As l was long years ago,
When | sported on the lea
With heart unknown to woe:
And the songbirds sweetest trill
Was not half so glad as mine,
As | sat beside the rili,
Hid beneath shady vine,
Waiting for the soft sunshine,
To fade.
Do they still remember me
When the mellow twilight falls,
Like a stream of melody
Ger the homestead's broken walls;
And the tinted air is stirr'd
By the long and dusky wing,
OF that sad and lonely bird
Ger whose heart hope cannot fling
One cheering beam, or make it sing
Ofjoy.
Do they still remember me
With sigh, or yet, tear,
While my niche in memory
Holds another yet more dear;
One. who, fills my place betimes
When the lamp-beams light the hall,
While toll in other climes
Meath misfortunes gloomy thrall,
And eer its darkest shadows fall
On me.
Do they still remember me
While around the cheerful hearth,
When the laugh rings merily
And the hall resounds with mirth?
When the soft shades are darkling
Ger the slowly sinking sun,
And the pale stars sparkling
Oceans tranquil breast upon,
Goes there up prayer for one,
Far away.
Do they remember me
When the weary winds are still,
And the zephyrs' minstresy
Grieving hearts with gladness fill;
Won at last to sweet repose
BY the magic wand ofsleep,
Where the dew-o' 'erladened rose
Folds its petals on the steep,
While the silyery starlets keep
Their watch. ALPl
LLEctTo Caaveras County, Calf a. July 10th, 1855
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MI E Id II G L..
5. R. SfeYens.

ArTonNE7 AT LAW, NOTARY PUBLIC AND
CoNyEYANCER.
WNTILL also draw up Deeds, Mortgages,
w Powers of Attorney, Agreements, Me-
.chanics' Liens and other articles in writing,
and viii give advice in regard to titles to land,
free of charge, when he is employed to draw
up papers Agreements, Promissory Notes and
Contracts written, and all other instruments Of
writing executed with neatness and dispatch.
Raa, Office at his residence, north of Jordan
Bridge, Main st., San Andreas. ap "a 58:tf
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vAIIEorro Calaveras County, Califa July 1oth 1855.