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oaQbdQiedgieerel-District Convention.Pursuant to ^ call xnade by the President of the Democratlc^CenfraV Committee, a con yen -lion of delegates from the several counties of the First Congressidhat District was held atPetersburgh, in Pike county, on Wednesday, Sept. 30th, to nominate a democratic candidate for Congress, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Hon. Jas. Lockhart.On motion Hon. Wm. Hawthorn was called to the chair, tind the several democratic editors present,were chosen Secretaries: Green,of the Vincennes Sun; Jas.Wilkins, of theWashington Bee; Jas. Gogen, of the Princeton Courier; Calvin Frary, of the Warrick Democrat; Calvin Jones, of the Rockport Democrat; Peter Sehmuck, of the Valksbote; and John B. Hall, of the Evansville Enquirer, responded to the call.A committee of one from each county was ” I appointed by the chair, to report rules lor the government of the convention.The convention then adjourned for one hour; upon reassembling. Dr. Graff of Gibson reported, that the rules of the House of Representatives of Indiana, as far as practicable,r,ilProccuthe i name ter 01 supplt;the ctranctectiiirondied ;resteiDauistanc:iavaMia conto caPaduJuneTheinterriverreid7iefti.Lyidgovern the convention; that each county be ler.kiiei v;didut:kidleoiiee»ieIventitled to one vote for each one hundred, and one for fraction over fifty votes cast for Buchanan; which gave Daviess 11, Dubois 12, Gibson 13, Knox lb, Martin S, Pike S,Posey IS, Spencer 13, Vender burg 19, Warrick lb; total, 132; that two-thirds of the votes cast be necessary to a choice. Adopted.The committee upon resolutions reported the following:Whereas, It has been the custom of the as | democratic party when assembled in convention to assert their confidence in the fundamental principles of their political creed, and to mark out the course necessary to be pursued for the maintenance of those principles and for the supremacy of the party, therefore be itDevolved, That this convention re-affirms its approbation of the time-honored principles of democracy as expressed in the national platform adopted at the Cincinnati convention in 1S56.Resolved, That we welcome to our ranks as democrats, all national men, who, prior to the last national contest, evinced their devotion to the Union of the Stales and the constitution of the confederacy, by abjuring the narrow and proscriptive tenets of the secret, oath-bound conspiracy of know-nothingistn, and the black, piratical flag of abolition and disunion.Resolved, That we cordially approve of arid indorse the administration of James Buchanan, as foreshadowed by his official acts, and pledge ourselves to . sustain his efforts to maintain justice and destroy fanaticism, by sending to his aid a true, tried and faithful representative in the next congress.Resolved, That we endorse the State administration of Governor Willard', and condemn the factious spirit of fanaticism manifestedfay the republicans in the last Legislature, in refusing to pass laws for the support of our charitable asylums, and in their attempt to revolutionize the government of the State.Resolved, That we will sustain th.4 Governor in his course, if he shall deem it his duty to convene an extra session of the Legislature to supply the defects caused by the obstinacy of the republicans last winter.Resolved, That we approve of the election of Jesse D. Bright and Graham N. Fitch to the United States Senate, and believe their selection is approved by the entire democratic party of Indiana.Resolved, That we heartily endorse the official conduct of our late, reliable and worthy member of congress, Hon. Smith Miller, and tender him the thanks of an obliged constituency for the able and efficient manner inwhicdaysed t Pack3Sicut it tal -havere lie obi is dec ilTicles pa pesonuBritrsitr-erl■leesthzeI.orste,is-’O-as?r-eyede-ofth,inillofsstavwhich he cnscnared the duties ot Uuai re-MIt is our i d*nafo * 'rene al] \matti a i :lt; La illuregaihderswhasenctheteen com iona ic is tern of Isectsun1mgweacate i ha ithe afte bv twuse!wIk fore is h infp[ib-IiSouset,eveerposed in him.Resolved, That we pledge our unflinching support to the nominee of this convention, \ 'q’qU and promise him five thousand majority over* any opposing caudidaie who may take the field.Resolved, That we express the deepest regret at the untimely demise of our late talented leader, Hon. James Lockhart, and recognize in his loss a vacuum not to be supplied, on the domestic hearth, in the soritf#okele.i\vtom-asleeIfad,jatol-i v_iV-P*ip-\lv.and in the ranks of the democratic party, and that we extend to the widow and friends of the deceased, our heartfelt condoiements in this their great bereavement.Resolved, That the Democratic centralcommittee be instructed to call the next district convention at Princeton.At the sixth ballot, the convention adjourned till after dinner, when Mr. Parrel came forward and withdrew his name in a brief, pretty and appropriate speech.On the seventy-third ballot, Wm. E. Isi-black was declared duly nominated.On motion, a ballot was taken for Prosecutor of the Third Judicial District, and Janies M. Shanklin was recommended by the majority of the convention.*0.i motion, the following gentlemen were was appointed a central committee toes, i mat tho;Astomiscimiimthe imainanr ha jper:fineserve until the meeting of the next nomioa-ad-lle.ofaidting convention.William Wise, of Knox; M. F. Burke, of Daviess; C. S. Dobbins, of Martin; Wm.Mahan, of Dubois; Wm. Hawthorn, of Pike; T. F. Betfaeli, of Warrick, Thomas Arbuthnot, of Gibson, John B. Hall, of Vanderburg; H. G. Casselberry, of Posey; S. D. Williamson, of Spencer,£GeejailtoGlchiswalt; wai to : sudgrotedes,itheoesng*omtheifi-irkzedde-arelicetityar*illstesierhatthetheer-at-ik,ofirs*lk.is-ereThe Utah Expedition.—The St Louis Rc-publicaii has accounts from the Utah expedition under Co!. Johnson, which was 334 miles West of Fort Leavenworth, encamped on Blue River:“Up to that point the march bad been very pleasant—the weather being very fine anti the road excellent. The military force was under the command of that veteran officer, Col. Cooke, and numbered about four hundred privates, mounted, and eighty wagons. The Governor and suite have six wagons and three carriages. It was expected that all the gentlemen composing the civil government of Utah would go out with this escort, but only Governor Gumming and Secretary Hartnett were with it. Judge Aikers and the Postmaster at Sait Lake City had gone ahead, and itis feared that the others will not be able to reach the Territory before the coming winter.Settlements are springing up oti this route, but the improvements are not very substantia!, being only, as a general thing, six by nine shanties or sod huts. The soil is good, but tbe crops are indifferent.The Utah expedition is likely to cost the government a pretty penny, but it will be money well spent. The mules, it is estimated, cost S200 each, and the horsey8ISO. The corn stores at Blue River cost S3 10 per bushel, and the transportation to Fort Kearneyand Fort Laramie will increase' in the same.. ^• . • •proportion.Col. Sumner, who had been out on tbe Plains fighting Cheyenne Indians, returned to Fori Leavenworth last week, with a pari ofhis troops.hiulots of r ofpurantdo\Mrantfinlt;\valt;and a slt; hin ted the of i1Ne1stothe*T,forlarjCOEredNe1neareiiTbtthesubpecsta:aretheICCT* The House of Taylor, Shelby Co., bankers of Lexington, Ky:, have suspended. I Their liabilities will ell beBetcosess soc mi witbewh ski ing buidisI»t:
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