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I I I t s ■\■VTZ... Ill I tm —ii--- -• 's •? Ill l v . * WHIG- STATE CONVENTION. ^VlUCUSE, Sept. 11 — 3 V. M. The committee on officer.? for the perma nent organization, reported the following name*: President-* Hon. C harles E> C lark , o Jefferson. Vice-President — 1 st il'st., Bickinham. Nexv Yoik 5 2d, Uuymoinl, Richmond; 31. Ksselstyne, Columbia; 5ih, Alexander, llei kimer; (1th, Strong, Tioga; 7ih. Freeman Clark, Monroe; 8 th. I’ringle, Genesee. Srv.retaries— Bogait, Cayuga; Mitchell. Madison: Mott, New York; Love, Erie. The repoit was uiwnirrmusly incited. Mr. Pinckney, from the convmtaee tm the contested seat in New York, mate a major ity report in favor of tke claim of Hon. H. J. Raymond to thcseM. Mr. Van Wyck, from tire-Same committee, submitted a minority report in favor of the claim of Mr. Dean. On motion, both contestants were admitted members of the convention.* Mr. Stevens, of Albany, moved that the convention now proceed to ballot for Judge of Appeals. Mr. Mather, of Richmond, moved an a- mendment, that-a ccWmittce be appointed to retire and rejnfcTVtickct to be nominated by the convention. contended that accord ing to the <<ft>d‘£rstanding had between the Stale Legislative Committee, at their meet ing Inst indhth,Tthe ticket should be equally divided hetWWtii ihe two former sections of the paTlV. Mr,. Wdkfrffcon, of Steuben, denied that there tied been any such arrangement, or that the committee hud power to make such an arrangement, Mr. Mather gave James Kidd and N. G. King, of Albany, as the authority for his statement. Mr. Stevens, of Albany, Chairman of the Utica Committee, said that Mr Mat her and his informants must be mistaken. The ar rangement was talked of at the meeting vf the committees, but it was decided that they httl no power to bind the convention in the trmtter. Mr. Geddes, chairman of the Legislative Committee, corroborated the statement of Mr. Stevens. Mr. Beekman, of N. Y., sustained the statements of Stevens and Geddes, and spoke strongly in favor of the union and harmony of the parties. His remarks were loudly j applauded. Mr. Mather withdrewliis amendment, and the convention resolved to proceed to nomi nate a candidate for Judge of Appeal. Mr. Stevens nominated the Hon. S. A. Foote, of New York, the present incumbent. No other candidate having been named, the chair was about to put the question on the unanimous nomination of Mr. Foot, when Mr. Raymond, of New York, moved an adjournment to 9 A. M., to-morrow, which was carried. 21 31 -lill 5th 6 th 71 h 8 th u it u (i 41 1C 114 3 1 York, 61 54 13 73 55 Mr. Forsyth S ept . 12. The convention re-assembled at 9 A. M. The roll of delegates was called. Russell Sage, of Rensalaer, was admitted as a dele gate from the 1 st district, in place of Hiram Slocum, who had left town. S. L. Macom- ber was admitted as a delegate in the place of Mr. Post, from the 1 st district of Orange. The convention proceeded to the consider ation of the resolution pending at the hour of adjournment yesterday, for the nomina tion of a candidate for Judge of Appeals. Mr. Crooker, of Cattaraugus, nominated Daniel Lord, and moved the convention pro ceed to ballot, Mr. Davis, of Dutchess, stated that the ap pointment was offered by Gov. Hunt to Mr. Lord, who then declined to accept. Mr. Foot, the appointee of the Governor, had*, since his acceptance of the office, left the practice .of his profession, and the nomi nation was therefore justly due to him. Mr. Crooker was not opposed to Mr. Foot, but he was desirous of having the nomination made by the good old system of] ballot. The motion for a ballot was carried. Mr. Crooker withdrew the name of Dan iel Lord. Mr. Ferris, of Tompkins, and Bradley,'of Jefferson, were appointed tellers. The ballotting was commenced, and result ed as follows: Samuel A Foot, of Ontario, Daniel Lord, of New York, Blank, ' On motion of Mr. Kelly, of New Mr. Foot was unanimously nominated. Mr. Smith, of Ulster, moved a ballot for Secretry of State, which was carried. Mr. Smith nominated James C. Forsyth, of Ulster; E. XV. Leavenworth, of Onon daga; and E. Peshine Smith, of Monroe, and several other candidates. The ballot resulted as follows : Whole number, 128. Forsyth, Leaven warth, • Smith, The name of Mr. Smith was then with drawn. SECOND BALLOT. Whole number, 128. Forsyth, Leavenworth, On motion of Mr. Geddes, was unanimously nominated. Mr. Tew, of Chatauque, moved a ballot /or Comptroller, which was carried. Mr. Tew proposed the name of Hon. Geo. tV. Patterson, of Chatauque. Mr. Edwards, of Saratoga, withdrew the name of Hon. James M. Cook, who had been mentioned ns a candidate. The ballot resulted as follows : Patterson, 120 Scattering, 8 Mr. Patterson, on motion, was unanimous ly nominated. On motion of Mr. Kennedy, of Saratoga, the convention proceeded to ballot for a can didate for Treasurer. Mr. Kennedy propo.-ed Hon. James M. Cook, of Saratoga. Mr. Davies of Dutchess, proposed Mr. Crosby, of that county. Mr. Mather, of Rockland, proposed Hon. Wm. A. Bird, of Eiie. Mr. Davis, of Dutchess, by authority from tfcat gentleman, withdrew the name of Mr. Crioaby. The ballot resulted as follows Cook, 94 Bird, 24 Scattering, On motion, Mr. Cook was unanimously nominated. Mr. Kelly, of New York, moved a ballot for Attorney-General, and presented as the unanimous choice.of ihe delegation fiom N. York City, Uie name oif Daniel Ullman, of that city. Mr. Kelly paid.-a-high MiUttle lo the profes sional character and .political fidelity of Mr. Ullman, Mr, Little, of Albany, proposed another member from that county as(Candidate. Mr. Love, of J£rie, .proposed the name of John L. Talcolt,,<if j&rig, .as the .unanimous choicest the \Vihig*iOf the,old fl£ight&. Mr. Love strongly «urged 'the •nomination of Mr. Talcott, and .iiteihKed (Erie (County to give him 5000 majority, in case ihe^houllj ibe a competitor of Levi ^Chatfield . Mr. Dickinsonvof .-Stsuben, urged the nom ination of Mr. ‘Ullman, ns a matter of jus tice to the city o,f New York. The .claims of the west had been satisfied by the .nomi nation of Mr. Patterson. The Kings County derogation presented the name of J. M. Van Colt, «of that county., Mr. Little, of Albany^ withdrew the name of Azor Tabor, as a eaed$te*e. The motion for a baJJoit 4 ' jls carried, and resulted as follows: Ullman, 100 Van Colt, 10 Talcott, 1 On motion, Mr. Ullman was unanimously nominated. . The convention then, on motion, proceed ed to ballot for State Engineer and Surveyor, with the following result: H. C. Seymour, J. B. Stilleoii, of Monroe, Thomas Clowes, of Renssalaer, -------- Blakejy, of Otsego, On motion, Mr. Seymour was unanimous- )y'Dominated. The convention then proceeded lo ballot for Canal Commissioner. Mr. Goff, ot Essex, proposed the name oi E. Blakely, of Otsego. Mr. Lee, of Odwego> Henry Fitshugh,of (hat city. The ballot resulted as follows : Fitzhugh, 75 Blakeley, 33 Lewis, 18 On motion, Mr. Fitzhugh was unanimous ly nominated. Mr. Upham, of Genesee, moved that the Chair appoint a committee of eight—one from each Judicial District—to report resolu tions for the consideration of the convention Mr. Little, of Albany, opposed the motion on the ground that the passage of resolutions was unnecessary. Mr. Dickinson, of Steuben, urged the adop tion of the motion. Resolutions should be passed approving and sustaining the action of this convention, the action of the State and Legislative Committees, and the platform of principles put forth by them. Resolutions should also be passed in fax'or of the Canal policy. The motion of Mr. Upham was enrried. On motion of Mr. Dickinson, the chair was authorized to appoint a State Central Committee of nine. On motion of Mr. Bogart of Cayuga, the convention proceeded to ballot for Inspector of State Prisons. The following candidates were named: By Mr. Mather, of Rockland, Alex. H. Wells, of Westchester; by Clark, of Jeffer son, Col. G. Bradley, of Jefferson; by Bo gart, of Cayuga, Sylvester Schenck, of Cay uga; by Rouse, of Oneida, Michael McQuade, of Oneida; and Comstock, of Albany, John son, of Orleans, and Raymond, of Richmond, were also presented. The ballot resulted as follows : Whole No. of votes, 124 Wells, 84 Bradley, 18 Raymond, 5 McQuade, 2 Schenck, 8 Comstock, 4 Johnson, 3 On motion, Alex. H. Wells was unani mously nominated. The chair iccommended the following committee on resolutions: 1 st dist., Barker, of New York, Smith, of Suffolk. Sage, of Renssalaer, Horton, of Montgomery. Gott, of Onondaga. Dimmick, of Broome. Bogart, of Cayuga. Upham, of Genesee, Chairman. The Chair then announced that there had been placed in his hands a number of com munications, addressed to the committee on various subjects, which were, without read ing, on motion, referred to the committee on resolutions. During the absence of the committee on resolutions, the convention was ably ad dressed hi Hon. Samuel Stevens, of Albany, on the auspicious state of feeling manifest ed in the convention, and the importance of continuing united action, in order to sustain the great Whig policy of Internal Improve ments set on foot by the Whig patty. Mr. Stevens xvas followed, in the same strain, by Hon. Horace Greeley, Hon. Mr. Beekman, and Ho;u A. B. Dickinson. Mr. Upham, from the committee on reso lutions, reported the following, which were unanimously adopted, amid loud and pro longed cheering. Resolved, That the action of the respect ive State Committees, and of the Legislative Committees, in their meeting at Albany, was the result of honorable and patriotic devotion to the\ Constitution and the best interests of the whole people: and that it be approved and adopted by this Convention. Resolved , That to the entire completion of Ihe Eric canal and its kindered public works the Whig party is fully pledged. Resolved , That those who supported the Canal Bill rendered a service to the Stale, of such eminent value, that it has ensured for them the gratitude of every friend to the pros perity of the State. Resolved , That the candidates this day put in nomination, deserve and will receive the united support of the xvholc Whig party. Mr. Kelly of New York, rose lu pay a tribute to the State officers. After warmly complimenting them for their faithful service he moved theconvention give them nine cheers, which was done with a will. Mr. Kelly leading off with a hip—hip—hurrah! Mr. Severance of Erie offered the follow ing resolution, which adopted unanimously: Resolved , That the thanks of this conven tion he presented to the Hon. Chas, E. Clark for the able manner in which he has dis charged the duties of President of the con vention. The Chair responded to the resolution of thanks, aud closed xvith a stirring address, urging vigorous and united effort in suppoit of the policy and candidates of the United Whig Party. The Chair then announced ihe following as the Slate Central Committee for the en suing year: Albany—John L. Schoolcraf, Samuel Ste vens, Lewis Benedict, Gilbert C. Davison, Franklin Townsend.* New York —Daniel Lords Levison Draper. Utica—0. B, Vl/atlison. Batavia—Benjamin Pringle. Mr. Love, of Erie, proposed that inasmuch ns the Convention had given nine cheers to the retiring State Officers, they give nine more to the in-coming ones the nominees of this Convention. The cheers xrere given xvith a will. After a Resolution of thanks to the Vice Presidents and Secretaries, and another to the citizens of Syracuse, for their hospitality to the Convention, it was moved and carried to adjourn sine die. © e'neua C o u r ie r . Democratic Whig Nominations. For Judge of the Oourt of Appeal#, SAMUEL A. FOOT. For Secretary o f State, JAMES. C FORSYTH. For Controller, GEORGE W. PATTERSON. For Treasurer, JAMES M. COOK. For Attorney-General, DANIEL ULLMAN. For State Engineer and Surveyor, HEZEKIAH C. SEYMOUR. For Canal-Oommis#ioner, HENRY FITZHUGH. . • For State-Prison Inspector, ALEXANDER H. WELLS. J n d l c i o l C o n v e n t i o n * A VVhig Convention of Delegates from the counties comprising the Seventh Judicial District, will be held at the Court-House in the village of Penn Yan, on the 26th day of September instant, at 1 o'clock V. M., to nominate a candidate for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court, in the place of Hen ry W. Taylor, whose term of office will- ex pire on the last day of December next. Each Assembly District is entitled lo three times its representation in the Assembly.—Dated, Sept. 3, 1851. G. IL M e mford , J/onroe, R. B. V an V a l k e n b u r o , Steuben. B. F. H all , Cayuga, A. B. W illiams , Wayne, A. H. H o w e l l , Ontario, S cott L oud , Livingston, W. K nox , Seneca, S. H. W elles , Yates, Committee. S e n a t o r i a l C o n v e n t i o n . The Whigs of the 29th District, composed of the counties of Ontario and Livingston, are hereby requested to send the usual num ber of Delegates to a Convention hereby ap pointed to be held at Lima, in the county of Livingston, on the 25th day of September instant, at 12 o'clock A/., for the purpose of nominating a candidate for the office of Sen ator for said district, and transacting such other business as may come before the Con vention.—Dated, Sept. 13, 1851. A mos D ann , C has . S h e p a r d , J ames W ood , jr., A l b e r t G. A / urray , H. V. R. S chermfrhorn , J edediah D ewey , jr,, Committee . The Whigs United. The adjustment by the committees at Albany, in calling the Whig State Con vention, has been productive of the most happy effects. All previous differences have been merged in the common desire for harmony and united action at the polls. In the convention, the majority voted with a cordial good will for the candidates selected from among those with whom they had differed, and the same good faith was heartily reciprocat ed. That the people will ratify, by an undivided vote, the union thus consum mated by their delegates, we have no doubt. Thus, happily is restored the integrity of the Whig party. All now agree on a common platform. There will be no farther clashing between the friends o f the National and State Ad ministrations. The Canal policy of the latter has ever received the unanimous support of all Whigs, and all others who would cherish the prosperity and glory of the State, rather than a rabid and narrow partizanship. That policy is now staked on the success of the Whig tick et, and no Whig will be recreant o f duty in regard to it. The diplomatic and foreign policy of the National Administration is justly ad mired by every patriotic citizen, and is especially applauded by the Whig party, to >vhich it belongs. Whether it appears in Mr. W ebster ' s reply to the Austrian Minister, or the firm conduct of the Na tional authorities in relation to the Cuban difficulties, it is evident that superior discretion and patriotism are at the helm. We find in regard to the tariff and the internal affairs .of the govern, ment, the same adherence to Whig prin ciples, and the same patriotic wisdom. Whiz will sustain the o it A R e t i r i n g E n g i n e e r . —The excel lent engineer—Philip Crane, Esq., so long and favorably known on the waters of Seneca Lake, has removed to Cleve land, Ohio. Mr. Crane carries with him to his new home, the high respect and cordial good wishes of all who know him. His presence on board of a boat was a good guarantee for a safe passage. But his skill in his profession is his least ex cellence, He is a tried and true Chris tian. We hope he will prosper greatly in the Foiest City .— Northen Advocate . is reserving, of Every true Administration os course, the right to express his opinions of all laws that have been enacted or measures that may be brought forward, THE W HIG TICKET. The Albany Register announces the annual meeting of the Synod of Ge neva in this city, and mentions the adop tion of the temperance resolutions, but says nothing about the resolution declar ing the Fugitive Slave Law u unrighte- ous,oppressive arid inhuman .”— Syracuse Journal . 109 2 1 1 m Hon. John M. Bolts, having been once nominated for Congress by the whigs of the Richmond district, Vir ginia, and declined, has been nominated again for the same place, the whigs hav ing resolved to insist upon his running. A convention of the Universalistsof the United Stales is to be held at Boston on •the 17th and 18th insts. ■ The Geographical Centre of the United States at the present time, is in the ludjan Territory, one hundred and Twenty miles west of Missouri. 13^ Mr. Lcachman, of Florida, nois, has a mule, which kills aud every snake that falls in its way. I1K- eats Father M athew has accepted an invitation to visit Syracuse in the early part of the present week, We have the pleasure of presenting this week the Whig Ticket for State Officers, to be supported and doubtless elected at the ensuing election. It is the careful selection of a united Whig State Convention, in which no discord had place, but where harmony and devotion to the Whig policy of the country pre vailed over every element of division.— The conventien was composed of able and discreet men, who labored for th\ ascendancy of Whig principles; and the ticket they framed will receive the spontaneous confidence, not only of the party, but the people of the State. The candidates are men whose names are fa miliar in the annals of the Whig party, and men whom the people have always delighted to honor. A ticket which pre sents such names as F o o t , P a t t e r s o n , F it z h u g h , F o r s y t ii , and U l l m a n , will need but little persuasive aid to draw the suffrages of the people* Their char acter, their unanimous nomination, and the united confiding support of their party, gives a convincing and most grat ifying earnest of their triumphant suc cess at the polls. GiP The Geneva Firemen who visit ed Rochester last week, were highly pleased with their excursion ; and, on their return, passed a series of resolu tions expressive of their satisfaction with the firemen they visited, and their enter tainments while gone. They also com pliment Boswell’s Brass Band, and ex- Chief-Engineer— R eed —of Geneva, it The Rail-Road—The Rail-Road, The meeting on Monday evening to consider the rail-road question, was nu merously attended, and mostly by such of our citizens as feel a warm and deci ded interest in the early prosecution of the work. It was evident from the spirit of those present, that all the active and enterprizing business-men of the place appreciate full well the immense impor tance to Geneva of speedy and deter mined action to the end of securing a rail-road connection with Sodus and Ith aca. We rather regretted that the plan of pledging the credit of the village for funds to aid in the work was introduced as the initiatory in the new discussion of this question, because it raises oppo sition not only to the plan, but the road itself, in quarters whence it ought to re ceive the most substantial aid. But if that aid is withheld, as we suppose it will be, then we must fall back on the village loan, and the opposition to it must be met faitly. On a former occasion when this pro ject was agitated, some of our capital ists were filled with alarm at what they deemed the misapplication of our means and energies. Said they, “ I f we weuld make Geneva prosper, let us not fritter away anything on rail-road speculations. They are precarious, and there are some of them in certain parta of the country that do not pay. Let us therefore build up manufactories, and stimulate home enter prize. That is the true secret of prosperity Well, we all listened admiringly to this hopeful proposition, expecting if the rail-road was given up, that factories, foundries, and shops for mechanical la bor, would soon be encouraged to a most unlimited extent; that the hum of labor and enterprize would soon be mul tiplied on every hand. But still we wait; not one of our sagacious friends who gave the advicehas yet stirred a peg to carry it into practical effect. And we have come to the conviction that what ever is done to advance the business in terests of Geneva, must be done by those who differ with these gentlemen, per haps in direct conflict with them. Our natural position is favorable to business prosperity ; but rail-roads make sad work with positions which they a- void. Let us put ourselves on a great thoroughfare leading direct from New York to tfi& great West, and we pre serve the advantages of our position, and add to them. Let us reject this op portunity, and nothing will saifo us from insulation and decay. Why need Geneva fear the pledge of $100,000, should it be deemed advisa ble to raise the money in that way ? How long does any sagacious man think it would require to take that sum from the $1,600,000 of real estate in this corporation, by the depreciation that must follow after the current is fairly turned against us 1 And on the other, hand, how quickly that amount would be added by the stimulus that business would receive from these enterprizes. THE LOOOFOOO STATE CONVENTION. Let every man who has an interest or a feeling in this matter, a r o u s e . We have a firm conviction that the work must succeed. And it will succeed if the present int rest is not allowed to flag. Friends of the rail-road, every man of you, be at the meeting on Mon day evening next, prepared to act with a will. VVe advise that a subscription be at once started, and tho utmost done in that way that can be done, as a prepar atory measure. This body met one day sooner than the Whig Convention, and adjourned one day later. Its doings were charac terized by tho most bitter strife between the two factions of the party. The Hunkers had a small majority of the Delegates, but some dozen or so of their number were so anxious for harmony that they allowed the Barnburners to use them in thwarting the extreme pur poses of the Croswell faction. W m . C. H ouck was supported by the Hunkers for President of the Convention ; but the Barnburners thrust him under with out the least mercy, and elected to that station Gen. R o b e r t H a l s e y , of Ithaca, one of the “ soft-shell” Hunkers. There was a vigorous conflict between the two factions at every step; and the work of the Convention gives evidence of the severe knifing which each receiv ed at the hands of the other. The res olutions are a series of dodges and quib bles in which the Hunkers have the ad- vantage in the endorsement of the com promise measures, and the Barnburners the upper hand in condemning the canal policy of the Whigs. Neither are sat isfied, either with the resolutions er the nominations. In the latter, however, the Barnburners had the control, and have given their Hunker brethren some bitter pills, though their ticket is a very poor one at the best. The following are their candidates: % For Judge of the Court of Appeal:*, Alonzo A. Johnson, of New York. For Secretary of Slate, Henry S. Randall, of Cortland. For Controller, John C. Wright, of Schenectady. For Treasurer, Benj. Welch, Jr., of Erie. For Attorney-General, Levi S. Chatfield. For Canal-Commissioner, Horace Wheaton, of Onondaga. For Slate Engineer and Surveyor, Wm. J . McAlpin, of Queens. For State-Prison Inspector, Henry Storms, of New York. e The Hunkers will ba ashamed to claim C hatfield , and the Barnburners ought to be ashamed of him. Whether he will believe after election that he has been running, is a serious question. We subjoin from the N . Y . Herald , ♦ a report of some of the doings of the last day of the Convention : The time of meeting, this morning, in the Democratic Convention, xvas nine o’clock; but there appeared to be great shyness in mustering, and the Convention was not cal led to order till a quarter to ten o'clock. The committee on resolutions, though hard at work all night and this morning, altering and modifying, were not ready till a few minutes before ten o’clock. Last night, there xveve ten out of the six teen members in favor of a resolution to ad- $ here to the late compromise measures of Con gress, and neither to countenance nor sanc tion any sectional agitation or legislation on the subjects embraced in that settlement.— John Van Buren heard of it, and his influence over George Clarke xvas such, that the reso lution xvas abandoned by the committee.xvith the exception of txvo members, (Mike Murray and N. Fowler,) xvho stood by it like bricks. JUDGE OF APPEALS. The Whig State Convention wisely nominated for Judge of Appeals, the Hon. S amuel A. F oot , of Geneva, the present incumbent, who was appointed to the office last winter by Gov, H unt , to fill the seat resigned by Judge B ron son . The eminent fitness of the selec tion, is acknowledged by candid and in telligent men of all parties. His exalt ed* legal attainments, his impartial ur banity, and his able discrimination, ren der him justly popular with the bar, and give him the highest confidence of the people. But his forensic reputation is not his only strength. His virtues as a man and a citizen are unblemished, and command for him the highest respect of his neighbors and acquaintances. In his election, the dignity o f the highest judi cial authority in the State will be sus tained, a deserving man will be honored, and through him the State itself. BURRELL’S STRAW-CUTTER. ■m ian \ S ylvester G raham , the vegetar-1 ^ Th9se who are in want died at Northampton Mass , on | fruit-trees, will please observe the ad- Thursday last. vertisement of Messrs. M axwell . Among other products of the industry and ingenuity of people in this section, to be exhibited at the State Fair, is a Straw-Cutter, recently patented by T homas and E dward B uruel , of Hall’s Corners, in this toxvn. That it is an im provement of great value, no one can doubt after giving it a fair examination. The inventors originally^ot up the ma chine for their own use, without any de- sign of getting it patented; but finding a demand for it, they secured a patent some two years ago, and have, since found a ready sale for tho article wher ever it has been brought into notice.— t works by hand or horse-power, and is . so arranged as to be fed slowly or rapid ly without the least possibility of clog ging. Its capacity for rapid work is pro digious. Tho proprietors think it could be made to cut a ton of straw in one hour. 03- Our friends, C arroll & Co , ore on hand again with a fine lot of new goods appropriate for the season ; and by reference to their advertisement, it will be seen that they are “ going for a ” C arroll & Co. surely must song. have great ears for music, and see them. Ladies, go It was reported to-day, by Mr. Foxvler, as the minority report, and a tempest of debate ensued, accompanied by a thunder storm without. The barnburners said they should have the report of the majority endorsing the resolu tions of last year, and nothing more. They would not permit the erasure or addition of a line. The harpiony party of the hunkers sup ported thje barnburners in this; and some of the other set of hunkers, such as Messrs W right, of Schenectady, and Orville Clark, Washington county, , changed sides, and joined in the cry for harmony, and deprecated the introduction of the minority resolution.— These were in frequent communication xvith John Van Buren, and one of them is a candi date for Comptroller. The resolution was voted down, or rather evaded, by ordering it to be laid on the table. On this question the New York delegation voted as follows :— A gainst L aying on T able . —Messrs. Murray, Allen, Hart, West, Sickles Marsh, Willett, Weeks, Tuomey, Norris and Shep ard. F or T abling — Messrs. Waterbury and Cochran. A bsent . —Messrs. O'Conor, Cutting, and Campbell, Meantime, it was discovered, by looking sharply into the whole resolutions, taken to gether, that they did not contain even as much as appeared on their surface, and Mr. H. Murphy called the attention of the con vention to the trick In point of fact, they applied to different circumstances and a dif ferent time from the present, and to approve of them, as applicable to the past, was say ing nothing. The great desideratum was to apply them to the present and the future. The preamble ran as follows:— That xve approve of the views and princi ples adopted by the Democratic State Con vention, held at Syracuse last year, and which were as follows, &c. This, Mr. Murphy proposed to strike out, and to adopt the resolutions now, as if they were regular ones. That proposition xvas opposed so bitterly that it_was evident that there was a double meaning intended by the majority report as it stood, and a loophole left for the barn burners to escape. -Mr. Grover and others let the cat out of bag, by saying they could not* with a clear conscience, adopt the minority resolution, and they denounced the tenth section of the Fugitive Slave law. John Van Buren, who was present all the time, and was busily engaged in controlling and directing every movement, was very angry at the indiscretion of Messrs. Nye and Grover in letting the secret out. There was quite a scene of excitement, and the speakers of the New York delega tion, particularly Mr. Sickles, warned the convention of the consequenties of thecdurse they were about to pursue, and threatened to leave the convention. A recess was then taken for dinner, after which Mr. Murphy said, on consideration,he and those who acted with him would be satisfied if the words, (;and we now re-affirm such resolution,” were added to the pream ble. Mr. Cochran, strange to say, immediately accepted and surrendered. The amendment, and the resolutions, ao amended, passed the convention unanimously, amidst a hurricane of applause. It is said John Van Buren still sees a loop hole large enough to get out of the pledge, whenever it is conveient to do so. He says there is nothing gained by the change, and that the resolutions do not apply to the Fugi tive Slave law. Though he approves of them now, he and twenty-six others voted against them last year, On the other hand the extreme hunkers claimed the resolutions as a victory, while the harmony or middle party maintain that they are not a victory to either, but a triumph to themselves. Thus it would seem the resolutions express the views and principles of all three sections. After the storm subsided, it was proposed to proceed with the nqpiinations, but some wise heads suggested that it was better to take the recess, in order to agree about the tmen. An hour and a half was gone, and it was nine o’clock before the convention reassem bled, the hunkers and barnburners not being able to agree about the candidates. Meantime, the roar of a cannon was heard in front of the City Hall, to commemorate the event of a platform being formed. In order to arrive at the inconvenience of facing the music, voting by ballot was de termined on by the majority, sixty-eight in favor of it and fifty-eight for viva voce vot ing. The nominations were then proceeded with by ballot, and a big gun was discharged as each was made. There was a hard contest between John C. Wright of Schenectady, and Thomas B. Mitchell, of Montgomery (hunkers), and Dr. Beekman (barnburner), for Comptroller.— There were several ballots, and at length Mr. Wright claimed the nomination. Mr. Randall, barnburner, of Cortland co., was renominated as Secretary of Stale. r a I l -ROAD M E E T ING. An Ancient Newsaper, The Bath Courier , is enquiring for a specimen copy of a paper, published in that village more than fifty years ago, entitled the “ Bath Gazette.** The edi tor says it was commenced in 1796 by _ _ ^ ^ K ersey and W ilson , and was continued some two or three years. He concludes as follows : VVe mention this as one of the - many, interesting circumstances connected with the early settlement of this county. It was thought at that time, that Bath was destined to be a large commercial tovvn ; that here would center the produce of a large portion of Western New York, to be transported to the Baltimore market in arks, via. the Conhocton, Chemung and Susquehanna rivers ; and a news paper then as now was deemed a valua ble auxiliary in building up a town. We have thought that Mr. Gregg of Canandaigua, or some of the first settlers of Geneva might possibly have a speci men of this almost forgotten paper.— Does any one know ? (H3- We find in the Rochester Demo crat a catalogue o f articles entered up to Saturday at the Fair Grounds. — Among them are the following :— C. W. lngersoll, Lodi, Seneca Co., “ Gen eral Gifford,” 1 stallion; “Jenny,” 1 filly 1 year old. Hon, J. Delafield, Oakland, Seneca Co., 1 Chinese soxv, 4 years old ; 13 Chinese pigs, 4 weeks old. (For exhibition only, and not for premium.)* H. L. Suydam, Geneva, 1 case of grapes. Silsbe, Bolkley & Bennett, Geneva, 1 show case. J. G. Pitts, Geneva, 1 sett single harness. John R. Johnston, Geneva, 1 upright steam engine and boiler. Mr. E . P . E arl , of Geneva, also sends a Show-Case. Mr. E. J. B uurall , of this village, we learn will also exhibit his improved Grain-Reaper. The Whig Judicial Convention, it will the be seen, meets at Penn Yan on 26th inst. H . V, R . S ciibrmer - iiorn , of Seneca ; A mos J ones , of Hope- well; and L yman C lark , of Manches ter, are the Delegates from this Assem bly District. TH E CHRISTIANA TRAGEDY. Correspondence of the New York Tribune. » P hiladelphia , Sept: 12. D ear S ir :—I write in great haste, eager to correct, as 1 have the means of doing in a measure, the accounts just published in out morning papers, of the bloody, battle which took place yesterday morning at Christiana, in this State, 20 miles this side of Lancaster. From an individual just from that place, we learn that a slaveholder with his son end nephew, from Maryland, accompanied by U. S. officers of this city and Baltimore, went to Christiana after two fugitive slaves. The blacks, having received notice ol their com- ing, gathered, a considerable number of them, in the house which the slave-catching party were expected to visit. The door was fast ened, anil the blacks retired to the upper part of the house. When the slave-holder and his company approached, they were warned off. A parley took place, the slave-holder declaring, as it is said and believed, 1 1 will go to h—or have my slaves.’ The door was broken in, a horn was sounded out of one of the upper win dows ; after an interval, a company of blacks, armed, gathered on the spot, and the negroes in the house made a rush down stairs and crowded the whites out. Here the parley was resumed, the spokesman of the blacks telling the white men to go away; they were determined, he said to die rather than go into slavery, or to allow any one of their number to be taken. He declared moreover that the blacks would not fire, but if the whites fired they were dead men. Shortly, first the nephew, then the slave-owner and his son fired revolvers, wounding a number of the blacks, but not seriously,—one man had his ear perforated by a ball. The clothes of others were pierc ed and torn, blit as the blacks said after wards ‘ the Lord shook the balls out of the fire of the whites was returned. The slave owner fell dead, and his son, very dangerous ly wounded. The whites then returned. One of the U. S, officers summoned the posse, but in vain. Some of the neighbors, Quakers, and Anti-Slavery persons, went and took up the wounded man and carried him to one of their homes, where, while they told him iii Quaker phrase that 1 they had nor unity xvith him in his acts,’ and abhorred the xvicked business in which he had been en~ gaged. Every attention xvas paid him.— Medical aid instantly sent for. The effect of this treatment upon the young man, as our imformant told us, may easily be imagin- Resolved , That in the opinion of this meet- e(|a wept and vowed, if he lived, to cor ing, it is expedient that a tax be laid upon j reel the impression people had at his home the taxable property of the village to the ex- about the Abolitionists. The doctor pro- * n/\nniiA«l 111 a nr ah mid ni tent of $ 100 , 000 , or that the credit of the village be pledged to that amount. (Signed by the committee.) In pursuance of the call for that purpose, a large and enthusiastic meeting xvas held in Kelsey’s new Hall, for the purpose of secur ing the action of the village of Geneva tow ards the speedy building of the Geneva & Sodus Rail-Road, on A/onday evening the 13th instant. On motion, JOHN S. PROUTY was called to the chair, and J o h n N. W h i t i n g appoint ed Secretary. On motion, the call for the meeting was read. On motion, Luther Kelly, Joseph Price. Vroman Becker, Jas. A/. Soverhill, and Geo. Wight, were appointed a committee to pro pose a resolution to express the opinion of the meeting in reference to the building of the proposed rail-road. After the committee , had withdrawn for that purpose, the Chairman explained the fa cilities and benefits which would arise from the building of the Rail-Road. The committee then introduced the follow ing preamble and resolution: The committee to whom was referred the preparation of a resolution which should embody some plan of action that will insure the co-operation of the village of Geneva in the building of the Geneva & Sodus Rail- Road, respectfully report, that, in view of the importance to Geneva of a rail-road com* munication with Sodus on the north, and Ith aca on the south, and farther, a much shorter route to New York by way of Owego and Leggett’s Gap, they recommend to this meet ing a vigorous and united effort, either by individual subscription to the stock of the Geneva & Sodus Rail-Road, or by pledging the credit of the village of Geneva for the amount of one\ hundred thousand dollars.— Owing to the failure of some former efforts to get the stock taken by individual subscrip tion to the object, your committee would rec ommend the adoption of the latter proposi tion, viz., the pledging the credit of the vil lage for the above sum, and would therefore recommend the passage of the following: Addresses upon the plan of operation to be adopted by the village, were made by Mr. David Hudson, the Chairman, Mr. Densmore, and Mr. George Wight. liberate and united action toward the build ing of the road, the meeting resolved to ad journ until Monday evening the 22d inst. J. S. PROUTY, Chairman . J ohn N. W hiting , Secretary. nounced his wounds mortal. People soon gathered in large numbers at this scene of blood. The excitement was immense. Opinions and feelings in behalf of the blacks. While the croxvd were talk ing, and during the ferment, txvo black (brick makers) passed, One of the croxvd exclaim ed, ‘ There go two follows who should be shot!’ The black men paused and faced the After whicit, in onler to secure a more de-1 crowd, ami calmly something to this effect: i—‘Here xve are; shoot us, if you choose; we are a suffering people anyhow. God made us black; we can't help that; shoot us if you will.’ The revulsion was instan taneous and strong, and any man xvho had muttered a word against the blacks would have been knocked doxvn on the spot. It is not true that the blacks had been counseled to resist. They had been repeated ly advised not lo fight, but to flee to Canada* Our informant, an aged and eminent mem ber of the Society of Friends, does not profess r> r § * 4 . ... ...... .. ■ , to give the testimony of. an eye-witness.— Every body, almost m this co rn y, has * dead body of the slaveholder. the -Universal Friend,’ whose settlement in ! l,co 1= ” L ‘ 00 .Le.h'P.e *°, '?! From the Dundee Decent- The Jemima W ilkinson Hom estead—A Shame ful Transaction. Jerusalem, in this county—one of the first settlements west of Seneca Lake, forms an important epoch in the history of our state. When she died in 1819. she bequeathed a large share of the immense estate, to which wounded man. He knew that the black* had been counseled against resistance. Th* friends of the slave and the fugitive in that neighborhood are Quakers.’ Further than this the above account is the account of a resident in that vicinity, xvho she had acquired title,to hvr two most intelli* \u \V i V i m , J\k i gent followers and assistant, Margaret g'ves us what ,s the most probable truth of Malin and Rachel Malin, both of whom °Jh,e ^ ^ 1 * W e have received the third No. . of the Hydropathic Encyclopedia. It treats of the outlines of Anatomy, Phys- iology of the Human Body, Dietetics and Hydropathic Cookery, and various other interesting topics. It is a valua ble number. To be had at O r t o n ’ s . “ N ew I ndustrial W orld .” —This is the title of a new paper just started in Nexv York to advocate the cause of| Land and Labor Reform. It is of re spectable size, well printed, and well conducted, as far as we can judge from tho first number. $1.50 a year. died without issue, a few years since, be queathing the land in certain proportion?, lo their friends and relatives. The old Home stead, in Jerusalem—a frame house of extra ordinary dimensions, and three or four hun dred acres of land xvere given to a niece, named Mary Ann, who was married some 15 or 16 years ago, lo a man named George Clark, by whom she has txvo or three child ren. The bequest tu her ‘ and the heirs of her body,’ and from the phraseology of the xvill, some doubts are entertained whether the fee of the land or onlv a life estate is vested in her. Be that as-it may, it has gen erally been conceded that the life estate only existed at her control. Clark, her husband, in the neighborhood best acquainted xvith the circumstances. In a fexv days it is to be hoped that the truth xvill be ascerteined with more certainty. Although by some qnestion- cd at first xvhich tired first, the settled belief at the place is that the whites fired first, as stated above. In conversation xvith a gentleman acquaint ed for a number of years xvith the elder Grosuch, I learn that he xvas generally es teemed in his section of Maryland, for his amiable and equitable character ; in fact, so jus-t xvas he, that causes were submitted to him for his judgment, which, under other cirr.umstanee. would have been submitted to a court of justice. He has also fora number they His death is a public loss Yours, for trnlh's sake, XV II F “ Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion\ has been much improved, both in the print and in the richness and finish o f its~ illustrations, in which it a- bounds to a perfect profusion. For sale at S taog ’ s News-Room at the Express- Office. JG lmira D aily .— F airman and B ald w i n , of the Elm ira Republican , have commenced the issue of a spirited daily sheet. It is of good size, conducted by first rate fellows, and we hope,and doubt not, will be successful. In addition to the facts contained in the above statement, we learn from another cor respondent. that the warrant in the case xvas fesued by Commissioner Ingraham of Phila delphia, and that the person deputed to ex ecute it was John Egan, commonly known as Hoss Bogan, formerly a notorious member of the gang of Kilters, and now equally notori ous as a slave-catcher under the new law. There were twenty-five in the colored party, and fifteen whites. Several of the whites xvere wounded, one, a Baltimore officer, sev erely, by balls through both of his shoulders. There were eighteen shots fired by the slave holders party. TH E CUBA PRISONERS. 00 - The B en L oder now leaves Ge neva at half past nine in the morning, and at the same hour in the evening. It leaves Jefferson at 6 o’clock,morning and evening., M elancthon S. R ead has been ap pointed by the Supervisor and Justices of the town of Seneca, to the office of . town Collector, rendered vacant by the late decease of his brother, M o s e s R ead . The appointment is a judicious one and gives general satis!action. 00* Mr. H enry T ucker is on hand at the Ware Rooms of S ilsbe , B ulkley & B ennett , having just returned from New York with a fine assortment of, Flutes, Fiddles, Accordeons, &c,, of the best varieties. His advertisement will appear next week. GF* Mr. A. W. D itmars * advertise ment gives notice of the opening of his new and excellent Store, in Prouty’s new Block on Water St. His Store is elegantiy finished, and richly furnished. He has been a successful merchant at Seneca Falls, and will doubtless be quite as successful here. H. J. J a c k s o n is establishing a good Grocery and Piovision Store at No. 38 Seneca St. See advertisement. We trust he will be well patronized. C ounty J udge axd S urrogate . The Board of Supervisors of this County held a Special Session last week, and passed Resolutions separating the offices of County Judge and Surrogate, and fix ing the salary of the former at six hun dred and fifty dollars a years, and the salary of the latter at eight hundred and fifty.— Ontario Messengery Septt 10 th. is a very intemperate man, always possessed j ° / yeal*s been in the habit of releasing his of an Insatiable thirst for the accursed stuff, s'aYcs f,.om servitude when they attained and xvith his mental faculties so obscured . 1 he,r 28th year, and obliterated as to redder him totally unfit 10 -Maryland, to have the management of any property.— Through his drunkenness and neglect, he has accumulated debts, and with .ample means, if judiciously managed, lo furnish himself and xvife a good living, his pecuni ary condition, through the management of others, has become embarrrassed. On Wednesday, August 27t’n, Clatk went to Hammondsport, to see his wife and infant child-some three or four xveeks old, who xvere patients at Dr. Huson's Institution.— On Thursday, a man named John Gardner, who had, for some time past, been endeavor ing to buy the old Homestead, or to get pos session of it in some xvay, came to Ham mondsport in company with a lawyer from Prattsburg, named A. C. Montgomer)', and the two, after staying there Thursday and Friday constantly plying Clark with liquor, and making certain representations to him and his wife, whose mind was much weak ened by her lillness and anxiety, succeeded in procuring from them a deed for three pieces, of land, viz: the old Jemima Wilkin son homestead of 150 acres—one lot of 26 acres, and another of 65 acres—total, 241 acres—being the premises where Clark and his wife reside. Montgomery, it seems, has at times done business for Clark and his xvife, and possessed his confidence, he also is the present guardian of Clark’s children. Rep- resentations xbere made to Clark and his wife, that according to the arrangement then pro posed, and the full settlement and security of which Montgomery stated was provided for in the papers that he had prepared, he was getting for Clark and his wife over $8000 for the land, and that it was the best arrange ment that could be made. That $5000 would thus be secured for the children, and the in terest payable monthly to Clark and wife— $1000 be secured to Mrs. Clark individually —a mortgage to James Brown, of Jerusalem, for $1100 paid off,—$600 judgment to E. Van Buren, discharged, the claims of Mont gomery for $400, Teeat&c, settled, and Cthrk left free of debt, &c. On examination of the papers, as executed and immediately put on file on Saturday, August 30, it is found that the deed expresses a consideration of $1250 only, and a mortgage given from that amount upon the 150 and 65 acres—two pieces only, instead of three, and mortgage refers to tne bond given with it. This bond is for $1250 only—Mrs. Clark is the obligee, but the pay ments of the money secured by it in fact are going—not to Mrs. Clark—but to Mr. Mont gomery ! Clark who xvas drunk when he signed the deed, and his wife who was in a partially demented and highly excited state of mind, both depended upon Montgomery, rather than their appreciation of the papers, which, witnesses will testify were read to them severally in such a manner as to give a very different understanding from the legal meaning and effect of them as really execu ted. For the residue of the pretended purchase, money, no securities xvere given, and whatever debts were standing yet rema in so. None of the proposed payments have been made or secured to release Clark from debt. The only money actually paid on the transaction, was the sum of $15 to Clark, probably for the purpose of keeping him in toxicated. It seems evident from all the cir cumstances, that the whole was a contrived plot, wherein Montgomery and Gardner took advantage of Clark and wife’s absence from reliable friends, to frighten and cajole them into the movement contrary to the advice and wishes of friends and family. W e could give more particulars, but have not time at present. The whole matter is tq undergo investiga tion. Proceedings have been commenced to annul the deed, and probably the subject will come up before the next grand jury. Wo published a telegraph despatch yesterday, announcing the release o f four o f the American prisoners who w e n t out xvith Lopez. We are happy to learn that young V an V e c h t e n , o f this city, is'one of the four.) The follow ing items relates to these releases By the arrival of the ship Alexandria at this port, we have late and important advices from Havana. General Concha has granted pardon to the prisoners, and paid their passages to New York. The Captain General said he would have pardoned the whole, but for the riots at New Orleans, on the 21 st ult. Capt Platt, of the U. S. ship Alb any, had interfered in behalf o f the pris oners, but he was told that his pleadings were o f no avail, and that the remainder would be transported to Spain. The Faro Industrial newspaper has been stopped by the government. A defalcation to the amount of $ 5 0 ,- 000 has been discovered in the extensive house of J. C. Burnham & Co., at Havana. The U. S. steamer Saranac was in port when the Alexandria sailed. R ich . —The Albany Argus has been so much pleased for two weeks past with the success of the hunkers in carry ing delegates to their state convention which met at Syracuse on Wednesday last, that its editorials have been mainly devoted to puffs for the delegatee as they have been successively appointed. Al most if not quite every individual of them has had his share o f soft corn in a sep arate notice, declaring him to be a capital selection,,’ 11 no better could be made,” and one of the most sound, true, and “ national democrats” that ever has lived ; and not a few most decided lea ther heads have been put down as gentle men o f distinguished talents !’* It has afforded much amusement to those who have taken pains to observe and mark the overstrains. One reason for the overstrains is that the delegates are nearly all of the aris tocracy of the state, rich and proud men, who regard the party as sustaining their exclusive interests and privileges, and have no fepling in common people, which suits the tastes o Arbus' to a fraction .— Poughkeekp » i h ’<* • • \ >
