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The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-07-05
The CONSTITUTIONS sIGsrp.

After the cheers which greeted VI
Murrays closing had subsided, he, at hs
instance Of Gen. Mcdonald, dew frcz
his pocket a Constitution for Brc.ksr-
ridge Club. The Constitution after ss1;
read, was eagerly adopted, and was '5a
signed by no less than forty eight ~.
and lawful Dcmocrats-more than Jvle
as many as had signed the Douglas le:'
ment
The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-07-05
EcEpIcAI aoLpGTA FORTH

wee so!AoWAefe up ~ TIE Clouds, and a..
Douglas wss somewhere else.
EcHDIcAI aoLngTA FoEFs,
When the General took his Co.,
received several severe cheers, and W
was then made upon c. b. Murray T.
our good neighhOr of the Depocra, l. :"
ttaok Mr., Murray was about to rssr,,s
when he was interrupted by Prssid.,,
Magellan who fancied that he had Co.
thing Of greater importance 70 lay bsa.
the meeting. But Charles detsrmi,..
that ae would not be SO dealt with =!
he elnphatically declared that he v,rs
speak now or never. So the pr.si5.,,
either through modesty or timidity yiej.s
and Charles was permitted TO 90 On h,
way rejoicing. Our reporter does pa
pretend TO give Uerbatin, report of h,
remarks, but thinks the following XII
give good idea Of them Fellow G..
zens didn't come here to make sr4s.l
but 1 will. The Democracy are Jus, m,
in bad state of repair. We are in5s.3
in fix; our party is in a split, and :.
are in split-stick And who are to ban.
for this? answer the Douglas deleg.,s
at Baltimore. They are the men. i,
stead of going into Convention as ban!
of Democratic brothers, they went in lii.
a band of outlaws and desperadoes L,
stead of courting union and harmon7
their deliberations, they Immediately e.
tered into the business of wranglins Il;
jangling and sparring all "spiiug {,
a fight all seeming to feel as thou.
their hands were made for no other pr,.
teal purpose than to 'scratch out e,@
others eyes out" Instead of tak;nsu
ton for the future welfare and progrsr
of the great Democratic party. every q.
Of them lent a hand to distract il and l.
vide it and to smash it and 70 "bust /
Again [ ask, who are responsible for 81
this and again answer, the Dou:l
men. They are the fellows who "hsr.
been and gone and done it. In Il.
language of the Poet, they have done.
work which
Not Joves ire.
Nor sword, nor time nor fire.
Can make undone."
They have nominated Stephen \. Douss,
and now let them make their most Of him
As fer me, I'm for Breckenridge lat
tach myself to no party which does re
carry the flag and keep step to the NUS:
Of the union. That's 50"
The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-07-05
A REQUEST COMPLIED WITH.

The General complied with the request
anc, according to our reporter, made the
erownng speech of his life. So lofty
were his flights, and so deep were his de-
nunciations, that tho listener wa, involup-
tsr'Iy led 70 imagine that Brcckeurid.e
The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-07-05

H@y Hockenburg, who killed ~ ~,
John Thompson, in Clearfield county h'0 Il.
convicted of murder in the esecond deg; ;, Z.
sentenced TO four years Imprisonment
penitentiarv.
The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-07-05

H9g~ The Great Eastern-ths h'ps
eraftS-arrived at New York on the =,
ult., and is now the prevailing eHci'','.
Since its advent the japanese are noNDS =.
Thousands and thousands have ilocA'@
see it.
The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-07-05
yE 'YoUxo EAGLE" soARErH ALorr.

The friends Of John c. Breckenridge
being well aware that the Douglas men
had got up meeting on the sly, deter
mined that they too would get up meet
ing, And, to their credit be it spoken,
they went about the matter openly and
above board. At an early hour on Satur-
day morning last, our reporter discovered
numerous hand-bills calling the faithful
to council that very evening at the Court
House. Among other curiosities for which
these handbills were distinguished was
this, that each of them bore an exact nro-
tlie OF the American eagle-that bird of
song-holding in its beak streamer,
whereon were the words, "the young eagle
scars alott." Our reporter, without fur
ther ado, resolved to attend the meeting,
The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-07-05
A DOUGLAS DODGE.

So soon as all who would do so had
signed the constitution, the President or
dered IA vote upon the resolutions, and
behold they passed. This was a splen-
did dodge. Our reporter now saw most
distinctly that all who had signed the con-
stitution were bound by the resolutions.
The constitution was Democratic the
resolutions were Douglas. And the meet
ing, having thus transmogrifei itself into
"a Douglas Club, adjourned
The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-07-05
llIeIlt.
ANOTHER SPEECH.

James J. kaylor, the Poor House StrF.
ard, was then called upon, and proceeaei
at once to unburden himself By IL
time, it was quite too dark for our reYorte
to take notes, and it is to be regretted ti1
the many good things which Mr.. hay1
let off on the occasion, must be suffered
pass down into unreliable tradition.
THE MEETING CLOSED WITH SOME PLAIN ssI.'
Col. Michael Dan Magellan, ancieut.!(i
Whig but now a perfect Democratic vs.
horse, was then brought out to close il'
meeting; and the way he pitched into Il.
"httle round-headed giant" and the ~
long-legged rail splitter" was q caution q
their supporters and mankind general.
His remarks were peculiarly refresh'l,
Among numerous other good things u.'o'
ed by him, he said that the Democra
Il. e. the breckenridge party was 'FS-
enough and long enough to take II eva.
thing from the North pole down-ba' d.
far down he didn't say, When NF. -
gehan concluded, the meeting adJouIl'
every one being well satisfied Win -'-
self and with what had been done.
The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-07-05
\ SINGULAR FACT.

I. 6: Our reporter solemnly Ge''-.
that the name of Henry d. Foster Wa ~
mentioned at either of these meenNss
The omission would seem to be unp@'''-
able.
The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-07-05
oUR REPORTER ENLIGHTENED.

But The whole matter was made as clear
as mud when the editor of the -Ho,auuu.eer
took his position on the platform, and
stated that the best plan would be to sign
the constitution first, and rote upou the res
ototio''s Gtte,1carols. This suggestion was
generally complied with, and the incredi-
bic number Of twenty-one brave men boldly
marched up to the platform, and then and
there affixed their names to the document,
for better or for worse. \ few, howeve-,
among whom our reporter mentions Messrs
John Fenlon and Rees j. Lloyd, with
held their names until the matter might
receive due deliberation and the cost be
fully counted.
The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-07-05

work We heard the &fe and drua of
course, but ii waR not until late hour On
Thursday evening that We learned that
Democratic meeting was being held In
Myers Hall. We at once despatched a
reporter to collect the particulars.
The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-07-05
THE MEETING.

At about six o'clock on Saturday even
ing, the Court House bell tolled, the fife
played, the drums beat, and the crowd be-
gan to gather. Our reporter piled in, Sc
cured favorable location, and waited for
something to turn up. Michael Dan Ma
gehan, Esq, was soon called upon to pre-
side, and lest his duties might be too
heavy for him, he was backed up by no
less than five viee-presidents, and an equal
number of secretaries, of whose names
are too tedious to mention. Mr.. Mage
han, in that modest style for which he is
proverbial, Informed all present that the
ball was now open; and Gen joseph
M'Donald was then called upon to address
the meeting.
The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-07-05
INTERESTING PARTICULARS.


Our reporter arrived at the scene Of
action lust in time 10 hear the tail-end Of
a speech made by Col. Hasson. What the
purport of the remarks was our reporter
couldn't tell ; but, judging from the Col. 5
we'll known ability and the manner in
which he wound up, he supposed that
the speech was very good one-that is.
of the Douglas kind, Our reporter cast
about him, and ascertained that James
Myers was acting as President; but who
the other officers were it was impossible
for him to ascertain. In the meantime,
r. \. M'Coy, Esq, delivered himself of
his maiden political speech, in which he
took the precaution to tell the meeting
that he felt himself bound, under all cir
cumstances, to bow with Difference 10 the
will of the majority. At the close of Mr..
M'Coys remarks, Philip Collins, Esq
rose, and in very animated style pro
ceeded to tell the meeting what it ought
to do. He remarked that all knew the
object Cor which they had been called to-
gether. He insisted that it was the proper
time to hang out the flag; and in conclu-
sion he appealed to all present to come
up to the scratch like men, to show their
hands, and face the music Mr. Collins
remarks seemed TO take well but our re-
porter was still somewhat in the darkness
as to what was really going on. Nor WAS
he much enlightened by the observations
of John Fcnlon, Esq, who succeeded Mr..
Collins, and in some sort opposed the rad
ical stand he had taken.
The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-07-05

wss somewhere up in .he clouds, and ~
Douglas was somewhere else. ~
The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-07-05

slyly did our neighhor 90 about hi,
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-04-26

FUa AT WAsH1SGToS-Covode's Com
mittee is stirring up the President most
numerically, and an impeachment is now
strongly talked Of The famous Kansas
letter from the President to Gov. Walk
or has at length been smoked out. Gov.
Walker had been before the Committee,
and refused to produce the letter; but q
witness subsequently testified that AttOr-
nsy General Black had denied that the
President ever wrote such letter, and
had made threats against Walker, in case
be should produce what purported to be
such. This raised Walkers dander, and
be Straightway handed the letter over to
the Committee, prefacing the act with
lengthy remarks, relating ell the circum-
stances connected with the letter. BE
afterwards sent q challenge to Black.
which the latter declined.
In his letter, the old hypocrite impi-
Ously calls upon the name Of the Divine
Being. as he is in the habit of doing
whenever he contemplates a scheme of
villainy. If the Lord, in this age Of the
world, exhibited his will or displeasure
as is recorded Of ancient days. Buchanan
would long since have been stricken dead
for lying, or blasphemy, or some other
crime against Heaven. But his trans
grsssions are now being unveiled BY fear
less hands, and he will retire to the shades
Of private life, more deeply disgracsd
than perhaps any other prominent "pub-
lie functiOnsry" that ever imposed upon
the American people.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-04-26
FROM THE GOLD MINES.
ARRIVAL OF THE EXPRESS
$4,000 IN DUST.
morrow.
Adjourned

The Express from Denver City arrived
here yesterday, bringing dates from that
place to the 4th inst, and Sl7, 900 in dust
The following named gentlemen came in
as passengers
E. P. McCane. j. Kershsw, Jr., E. E.
Conklin, G. B. CLARK and son. and K.
Harrison, to Lsavenworth; and w. @.
House, Jr., to st. Joseph; also q mail Of
100 letters.
Mining news continues cheering, and
the Editor Of the Denver City News, who
has been on trip through the mines. says
that from eight 10 twenty dollars per day,
is the average wages OF those who work
six hours. New discoveries have been
made on the head waters of the Arkansas.
and the miners are leaving the districts il
the neighborhood of Denver BY hundreds
for the new mines. Great activity is re-
ported in all the mining districts. and
particularly in the quartz leads.
The citizens of Auraria have held an
election. and changed the name Of their
city to that of Denver. Henceforth the
two places will be united.
A man by the name of Jack O'Neil
was shot and instantly killed in Denver,
on Friday, March 30th, by John Rocker.
The parties had quarreled in q billiard
room, several days previous. but very lit
tie is known of the origin of the quarrel.
Rocker was not molested, and but little
interest was taken in the affair.-i&. Joe
Gazette.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-04-26

FoRSEY's PosInoN.-A good deal %
said about Col. FOrney's present position
in the political field. but the following
frsm his Press in relation to the report Of
Mr.. Haskin, as Chairman Of the Commit
tee on Public Printing. looks IS il b
was still an unsubdusd rebel:
The statistics in Mr.. Hsskin'S report
will constitute an indictment agsinst The
Administration from which it will nsTsf
recover. They will form the basis Of tho
Opposition war cry during the present
year they will be hurled against Gen.
Foster. in PsnnsylVanis, like so many n
rssistibls projsctiles. and will sssursdly
accomplish bis overthrow, unless Be tax. :,
time BY the forelOck, and puts himself
boldly in the attitude Of rspudisting al
connection with the men guilty Of tbeS
enormous and unprecedented outrage
That means, Foster must cut Buen.n'
an, or FOrney cuts Fostsr.-L'a''"'"
Journal.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-04-26
A ournr.IWe have several times. in

A QuERY.-we have several times. in
the past, founi il convenient to PROFOUND
questions to eur frisad Of the Atchison
Champion. and he has appeared willing
to snswer-n;w We hsvs our eye on an
other little m.tter. which we present for
his consideration. He is "desth" on
Bates-won't entertain the idea OF bis
nomination-is not willing to admit that
Bates Is an h,nsst anti-slavery man-and
even copied. with apparent gusto, the
Islander that Eatss had not emancipated
his slaves. but that they had emsncipsted
themselves, and Bates used his utmost
endeavors to reclaim them. At the same
time, We notos that the Champion carries
ct its MASTHEAD the name of F. P. Blair,
Jr., for VicePresident. Now, it is q well
known fact that be has not emancipated
bis slaves. nor have they emancipatsd
themselves-in short, be is STAKEHOLDER,
1t is likewis. said that Blair. Jr.. and
Blair. Sen. are the prime agents of the
Bates movement. which the Champion
opposes. stilL the Champion opposes
Bates, the nonslayeholder and emancipa-
ZIONIST. for unsoundness ; but endorses
Blair, the STAKEHOLDER, and supporter Of
Bates. The question we want to get at
is this: How can the Champion recon-
cile its course with consistency? VIII
the editor give his logic an airing on this
subject, if be can find time to do so, be-
fore he goes to the Chicago Convention ?
When he gets back. he viii feel too badly
to answer /; hence, our desire to hear from
him now.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-04-26
Oregon Items.


We fear the News omits the spiciest
portion of the doings in and about Ore
gon. and we are therefore constrained to
dish few of them up for the edi6cation
Of our Holt County readers.
The Circuit Court for Holt County has
just closed its Spring session. The Grand
Jury has. during the session, been much
concerned about the circulation Of Hell
per's Crisis, and other ineendiary docu-
ments; and, it is supposed, have indicted
the Rev. Stephen Blanchard and Joseph
Coleman, Sen., for the offence.
At conversation had on the street,
where matters and things Of this charac-
ter are much discussed, q certain old,
long. lean, lank, blue bellisd Yankee
tOOth-plugger. who halls from "Awsy
Deown East" BY way of Virginia"
fsmiliarly known among the boys as
"Old Jingle-stc.," who. when he walks.
is accompanied BY rafting sound. as Of
peas shaken in 9 dry bladder, and is
known, together with another old pos
sum, (of "Pill-Bsgs' memory, hailing
also from " Deown East" as the mouth
piece of the fanatical Pro Slaveryites,
gave it in, as bis opinion, "that if GRIM
inal law wouldn't reach the Helperites,
Lynch law must" 1t is said by many
about Oregon, that this old "cod" is so
insignificant. that neither the Almighty
nor the Devil has knowledge of his ex-
istence, or be would have been in Hades
long ago. He is so internally mean and
penuriOus. that be never buys 8 load of
wood without feeling Of and counting ev-
cry stick. He has NO progeny, because
he is too stingy to support them. Still,
he is liberal in his wsy-such as beslimA
ing the editor of the Chief, and proposing
to mob respectable citizens; but when it
comes to the scratch, he always makes it
convenient to come up missing.
Many citizens of Oregon have been in
duced, by the talk, to purchase Helpers
book; among the number, G. w. Crow
has done 50, and reads it aloud to his
friends who happen to go into his Office,
endorsing, in his comments, many Of its
statements. This has come to the know
ledge of some Of these self-constituted
guardians Of the public veal. and efforts
are now being made to have his Office
searched, under a warrant, sgreeably to
the provisions Of the incendiary docu-
ment bill" passed by the Legislature. If
the book is found, it will be burned in
the Public Square. by the officer.
The work of the Lord, in the way Of
the conversion of souls, has not entirely
stopped in Oregon, notwithstanding the
foregoing facts. A reverend STAKEHOLDER
and niger trader, of the skillet head per-
suasion. recently baptised in hole in the
creek below town, black wench. 1t is
said to have been truly refreshing. in this
dry season, to behold the reverend trader
in mothers and babies, with black Dinah,
standing up to their waists in the muddy
water, he embracing her in his arms, and
exclaiming: "My beloved sister, 1 bap-
tise thee in the name of the Father. the
Son. and the Holy Ghost :" and to hear
her scream 40, golly !" as she went
ker- ehoass in the waterI
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-04-26

PP.-The Potter and Pryor affair has
about dried up-Potter having been ar.
rested and held to bail. Pryor's friends
are trying desperately to make themselves
and the public believe that he has not lost
reputation for courage in the operation.
His second. as is believed. with Pryor's
knowledge and advice, declined to fight
Potter with the weapons selected by him;
but after the latter was arrested and held
to bail, Pryor's friends published a note
purporting to have been written several
days before, accepting Pottsr's terms, but
which, by some management or other,
was not delivered to Potter until it was
beyond his power to fight. The "cOde
of honor" is queer institution. and offers
any number of cracks for a man to creep
out of tight place.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-04-26
GoIro DovN HuL.-sew.rd.s pros

Gorso Down HLL.-Sewsrd's pros
poets are on the wans; that portion Of
the Republican party looking at things
in the light Of reason, percsiving that his
nomination would be equivalent to almost
certain defeat, and not being willing to
hazard such result for the name Of mu-
lishly sticking to an individual 'lesder.
Some such man as Bates or Mclean is
what is required to concentrate the largest
vote. Mclean appears to be gaining
ground. A leading Douglas editor writes
from Washington to his paper, that do
Lean is the only man who can beat Doug
las, If nominated. But Seward is regar-
ded as utterly unavailable. A stauneh
Republican paper in Illinois, says that
Douglas would beat Seward SO, 900 votes
in that State /; and that any man the
Democrats could nominate, even if it was
JEFF. Davis, would beat Seward in Illinois.
The Chicago Tribune likewise acknowl.
edges as much. A leading Republican pa
per in Milwaukee pronounsss Seward I'M
available. The Republican papers of In
diana are almost unanimous in the opin-
ion that Seward would be the weakest
candidate in that State, that the Republi-
cans could nominate and that some such
man as Bates or Mclean is necessary to
carry Indiana. The Philadelphia North
American, and other papers, pronouncs
Seward out of the question in Pennsylva.
mia; and New Jersey. we believe, is new
er counted for him. In these two States,
Mclean is the faverite. Since the Con-
necticut and Rhode Island elections, it is
conceded that Seward cannot carry those
States, but that it will require a conservs-
tive candidate. What hope, then, is there
for Seward ?
There is prospect that Mclean will be
the nominee of the Constitutional Union
Convention, at Baltimore. In that event,
what hope would there be for Seward I?
Mclean would poll large vote in every
Northern State, and about half a dozen
States would be the sum total of those
safe for Seward. 1t is not written that
Seward shall be elected President, in
1850.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-04-26

constituted one Of the chief gloriss Of that
people. He recognized no Law save that
which originates With the people. The
laws evaded BY his constituents were not
the will Of the people legally expressed.
but the expression Of % Missouri mob.
clothed with the forms Of law, and they
were . fraud and calculated to promote
and encourages fraud. and were only exc
cuted with the aid Oh the Federal bayO-
nets sent there, and stimulated a. such
scoundrels were by Federal patronage
one striving to Guido the other in rascali-
ty. In conclusion. he stated the reasons
why Kansas should be admitted. he
spoke Of her population as sufficient,
and defended her generally from all as
pensions.
Mr.. Grow said be should ask vote To-
morrow.
Adjourned.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-04-26
To You've fear our patrons bav,

To You've fear our patrons have
forgotten the request we made OF Them
bat few weeks ago; therefore. unpleas-
snt though it Be. we must repeat it. We
ws1sssery person indebted to as for sd-
vsrtising and job-wOrk, and subscriptions
Of one year and over, to make settlement
forthwith. We must have the money. II
We want to continue publishing paper,
" must have the means, Immediately.
10 lay In q Summer stock of material
and Il our patrons want rs to continue,
they must furnish the means. We hope
we are now understood, and that We shall
not be under the necessity Of resortiDg to
harshsr measures.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-04-26

The SPIRIT.-The Seward papers tell us
that the State Convention was enthusiast
tic for their favorite. If 90, the spirit
they manifested was very small and I'M
generous. Phillips the Great was the
master Of ceremoniss-he did the casing,
and the balance of the Convention said
"Amen." When the resolution was Of
fered endorsing Seward, several Delegates
protested, and desired the Delegates to go
unpledged. One person said that Ed
ward Bates was his choice, which was
greeted with Kisses and groans by the
Convention. What liberal fellows these
''irrepressibles" are. Such insulting
treatment of q member of the party,
merely for preferring another man than
Seward, will go great way towards pro.
ducing harmony, won't IL?
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-04-26

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