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ballot, with the following result:—Breckenridge, 
81; Dickinson, 24; whole number of votes 108. 
The States which had cast their votes for Dick¬ 
inson now withdrew, and gave them to Brecken- 
ridge. The President announced the result, de¬ 
claring Mr. Breckenridge unanimously nominated. 
Hr. Green, of North Carolina, nominated Joseph 
Dane, of OregoD, for Vice President 
The roll was called. On the first ballot—whole 
number of votes 105, all of which were cast for 
Joseph Lane, and he was declared nominated for 
Vice President, with deafening applause. The 
Convention then adjourned. 
progress of business. The Committee had found 
vacancies of whole delegations in the States of 
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Florida, 
and South Carolina; partial vacancies in Georgia, 
Arkansas, and Delaware, and contested seats in 
Massachusetts and in Missouri. 
They report in favor of the original Mississippi 
delegation, the admission of the Soule delegates 
from Louisiana, the admission of the original 
Texas delegates, the admission of Messrs. Bayard 
and WhUely, from Dtlawaie, the admission of Mr. 
Chaffee of If aasnehusette, the admission of J. 0. 
Fallon from Missouri, the admission of the con¬ 
testants from Alabama, the admission of half of 
each delegation from Georgia, but if either refuses 
to take seats, then the remainder Rlionld be en¬ 
titled to cast the full vote; the admission of both 
sets from Arkansas, the original delegates to be 
entitled to two votes, and the contestants to one 
vote, but If either refuses to take seats, then the 
others are entitled to cast the full vote of the State. 
Mr. Stephens, of Oregon, in behalf of the minori¬ 
ty committee, presented a report in favor of the 
admission of Mr. nillicit, of Mass., Mr. F-, of 
Mo., of Messrs. Bayard and Whitley, of Delaware, 
of the original delegates from Arkansas, Florida, 
Louisiana, Alabumu, Georgia and Mississippi, and 
inviting the Florida delegates to take seats and 
cast the vote of their Stats in the Convention. 
The report proceeded to say, that this was a 
question alfecting the future existence of the 
Democratic party as a National party, and re¬ 
viewed the ease argued against the righ^ of the 
Convention to declare seats vseant, when States 
had elected delegates to represent them, even 
though these delegates had withdrawn, — ihnt. 
withdrawal was not a resignation. The report 
entered into an elaborate argument of the case. 
The minority n-port is signed by the States of 
Oregon, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, 
Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, 
California, and part of New Hampshire. 
A great deal of excited discussion ensued, and 
a rupture was evident before the Convention pro¬ 
ceeded to a vote npon the reports. At length the 
question was brought before the assemblage, and 
the majority report adopted, with the exception 
of the last resolution, dividing the State of Georgia 
between the original delegates and the contest 
ants, which was lost. A t this period 24 delegates 
withdrew from Virginia, leaving six from that 
State In the Convention. These were followed by 
8 from North Carolina; C from Maryland; Cali¬ 
fornia 1; Tennessee 19; Massachusetts 2; and the 
delegates from Oregon. 
The President rose and begged the indulgence 
of the Convention. When he accepted the posi 
lion of Chairman of the Convention, he was aware 
of the trouble looming up in the distance. He had 
remained with the Convention and kept his seat, 
with the hope that harmony of council would at 
last prevail. That hope had proved fallacious, 
and he deemed it hla duty In the present emer¬ 
gency, while tvnderiui! his grateful acknowledge¬ 
ments to all gentlemen for the courtesy extended 
to him, and particularly to tWoo ..no nun oim-reii 
with him in policy, and while expressing his per¬ 
sonal regard and cordial respect to all the mem¬ 
bers of the Convention, he deemed it his duty 
now to resign to Mr. Todd, of Ohio, hia seat in 
the Chair. 
Mr. Todd, of Ohio, Vice President of the Con¬ 
vention, then took the Chair. 
The resolution to proceed to ballot fora candi¬ 
date for President was then adopted. 
A call of the States was made, and the vote an¬ 
nounced as follows:—Douglas, 1794; Guthrie, 9; 
Breckenridge, 6; Seymour, 1; Bocock, 1; Wise, 1; 
Dickinson, 1; blank 21. Whole number of votes 
2124. Eveiy'State represented except Delaware, 
South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, Texas, Cali¬ 
fornia. Georgia represented in part, but refused 
to vote. 
After an exciting debate, in which the position 
of New York was explained, another vote was 
taken, Douglass getting I 8 I 4 , the rest scattering. 
A resolution was then unanimously adopted 
declaring Stephen A. Douglas nominated accord¬ 
ing to the usages of the Democratic party, and 
the rules of the^Convention, by ft two-third vote. 
§ 
Thk Seceder’s Convention met at noon on the 
23d, in the Maryland ^Institute. The Convention 
was called to order by Mr. Ewing, of Tennessee. 
Mr. Bussell, of Ya., was chosen ternpoi ary Chair¬ 
man, and made an able speech, characterizing 
this Convention as the regular Convention. The 
first business in order, he said, would be to re¬ 
organize the principles, usages and spirit of the 
States Bights Democracy of Old Virginia. Mr. 
Johnson, of Md.,and Mr. Crawley, of Oregon, were 
elected Secretaries. 
A Committee on permanent organization was 
appointed. 
The Chair requested the several delegates to 
hand up the list of members. The roll was called, 
and the following States responded:—Vermont 1 
delegate; Mississippi 10; New York responded; 
Pennsylvania responded; Virginia 24 delegates; 
North Carolina lffj; Georgia 28; Florida re¬ 
sponded that all the delegates from that State 
were not present, but would be soon. Alabama 
29 delegates; Louisiana all the delegates; Texas 
all; Mississippi 14; Arkansas responded; Missouri 
2; Tennessee 19; Kentucky 10; Iowa respontled; 
Minnesota responded; Oregon responded. 
Mr. Walker, from the Committee on permanent 
organization, reported Hon. Caleb Cushing for 
permanent President of the Convention. The 
Committee also reported Vice Presidents from 
each State represented. The Committee also re¬ 
commended that the rules and regulations of the 
Democratic Convention of 1852 and '50 be adopt¬ 
ed, with the qualification, that in making the 
nomination for President and Vice President, two- 
thirds of the vote of all the States represented, 
shall be necessary, that each delegate in the Con¬ 
vention shall cast the vote to which he is entitled, 
and that each State shall only cast the number of 
votes to which it may be entitled by actual repre¬ 
sentation in the Convention. 
An attempt was made to nominate by acclama¬ 
tion, but it failed. The Convention proceeded to 
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— Toronto seems at present beset with incendiaries. 
— There is mueh sickness among the horses in Boston, 
Maas. 
— The aggregate wealth of the United States amounts 
to $12,000,000,000. 
— The reported insurrection against the Iiegent of 
Japan is confirmed. 
— At the einee of 1859, there were 432 miles of railroads 
in operation in India. 
— A bill is before the Connecticut Legislature for the 
protection of wild pigeons. 
— A railroad from Nice to Genoa has been projected 
by the French Government, 
— The laws ef Missouri require that the names of voters 
shall he attached to the ballots, 
— Joseph Blunt, a well-known lawyer and politician of 
New York, died on Saturday week. 
— A little child, four years old, died in Wheeling, Va., 
last week, from eating dried apples. 
— The Emperor of Austria is likely to make a sojourn 
of three mouths in 1’wis very soon. 
— The New Jersey Court of Pardons has refused to 
pardon Harden, the clerical murderer. 
— Archbishop Blanc, of the Roman Catholic Church, 
died in New Orleans, on the 20lh iust. 
— The corner stone of a “Home for the Friendless* 
was laid in Baltimore, a few days since. 
— It is stated that 20,000 Swedes and Norwegians are 
preparing to embark for the Doited States. 
— Five men were shot daring a whisky fight in a gro¬ 
cery store, in Bellon, Texas, a few weeks since. 
— A lot of Mormons have arrived here from the Cape 
of Good Hope. Africa Is carrying the war Into us. 
— The drouth in Kansas is severe. For fifteen year*, 
the Indians say, nothing like It was ever known before. 
— The cost of receiving the Japanese at Baltimore, 
where they remained only twenty-four hours, was $3,164. 
— The propeller Spaulding, with 100,000 feet of lumber 
on deck, was burned at Forrester, C. W., on Wednesday 
week. 
— A daughter of Sir Rowland Hill, of the Royal Post- 
Office Department, recently eloped with her riding- 
master. 
— One hundred and fifty men and women have been 
holding a Spiritual Convcfation, of two days, at Burling¬ 
ton, Vt. 
— Lord Ashburton has been elected to the Presidency 
of the Royal Geographical Society, in the room of Earl 
DeGrey. 
— A writer in the New York nerald estimates the 
German population of the United States to be about 
7,500,000. 
— The General Convention of Congregational Minia¬ 
tes and Churches in Vermont, met at Montpelier, on 
the 19 th inst. 
— Rain fell iu Kansas June 9 and 10, and there was 
great rejoicing and relief. The replanting 0 / corn was 
be gnu at once. 
— The Montrenl Advertiser announces that the cattle 
disease which prevails in Massachusetts, has broken out 
in Canada East, 
— The N. Y.Snnsays that, in 1848, Mayor Wood bought 
3 acres of land at Bloomingdale for $7,000, which are now 
worth $200,000. 
— Tuesday week w-as the aoDlr^w—j' - f 
the Magna Cbarta, by JohD,Kiog of England. The event 
lo.l- r i... lOIS 
— The lumbermen of Chicago have resolved to Bend 
100,000 feet of lumber to the sufferers by the late terrible 
tornado in Iowa. 
— Fifteen thonsand six hundred and ninety dollars 
have been collected in Montreal for the reception of the 
Prince of Wale*, 
— The Assembly of Bermuda have passed an address, 
praying that they may be honored with a visit from the 
Prince of Wales. 
— Hume, the American Spiritualist, who attained so 
much notoriety in France and Russia, is giving perform¬ 
ances in London. 
— An ear of corn was gathered at Kona, Hawaii, re¬ 
cently, which had sixteen rows, and produced over one 
thousand kernels. 
— New postage stamps, of the denomination of 24, 30, 
and 90 cents, will soon be issued to facilitate the payment 
on foreign letters. 
— Lady Franklin is expected to visit America on the 
next return trip of the Adriatic, by invitation of the 
owners of the line. 
— A negro was burned to death by a lire in his cell in 
the jail, at Carlinville, Ill., lust week. It is supposed he 
set the fire himself. 
— The Supreme Court of New York has just decided 
that the Governor has no right to sign bills after the 
Legislature adjourns. 
— Forty French girls, direct from Canada, have arrived 
in Lowell—Only one can speak English. They are to be 
employed in the mills. 
— The Supreme court of Mississippi has affirmed the 
validity of the law making it penal for retailers to sell 
liquor to a drunken man. 
— Archbishop Hughes refuses to obey the law which 
requites those who solemnize marriages to report them 
to the proper authorities. 
— Of the sixty casualties in Buffalo during the past 
years, seven deaths resulted from camphene explosions, 
and four from gunpowder. 
— Two Indian skeletons were unearthed in the town 
of Pompey, Onondaga Co., on the 14th iust., by men 
engaged in repairing the road. 
— The $10,000, for a marble statue to Thomas H. Ben¬ 
ton at St. Louis, has been subscribed, and Miss Harriet 
Hosmer is to execute the work. 
— A German woman committed suicide at New York, 
Sunday week, because her husband would not please her 
in discontinuing the use of tobacco. 
— During the reception of the Japanese at New York, 
Saturday week, the police arrested aud locked up 69 pro¬ 
fessional pickpockets, of both sexes. 
— Two old pensioners at the Naval Asylum, Philadel¬ 
phia, were run over on the railroad track,Thurday week; 
one was killed and the other will die. 
— A severe hail storm and tornado paesed over several 
towns in Lancaster Co., Pa., on the 19th. Great damage 
was done to crops, windows, trees, ic. 
— New York is full of Japan. The press, the people, 
everybody sees and talks of nothing but the Embassy. 
In a few days it will get over its fever. 
— Six Catholic clergymen and seven Sisters of Charity 
passed through St. Paul on the 10th, on their way to the 
northwest—1,500 miles beyond St. Paul. 
— Lord Palmerston has granted a vessel to T. P. Scbaff- 
ner, of this country, to survey bis submarine telegraph 
route, via Iceland. Ac., to this continent. 
— A tourist, just returned from N. H. and Me., say* the 
peak of Mt. Washington is white with snow, and Jack 
Frost hag not vacated the icy ravines of that region. 
FOREIGN NEWS 
Great Britain.— The Government withdrew 
the Reform bill until the next session. 
The British Admiralty stationed a ship-of-war 
at Messina, one at Marsala, one at Palermo, and 
four in the Bay of Naples, to afford shelter to 
British subjects. 
Lord Palmerston stated that he would not hesi¬ 
tate to express to the Neapolitan Envoy the feel¬ 
ings with which they regard the barbarities at 
Palermo. Austria had peremptorily refused to 
interfere in regard to the proposition from the 
King of Naples, or guarantee the possession of 
the two Sicilies. There is every reason to believe 
France will do likewise. It is unnecessary to say 
what were the feelings of the British Government 
in condemnation of the Neapolitan Government 
The Great Eastern made the trial trip 12 hours 
to sea and 12 hours buck. The trial was satisfac¬ 
tory, and although the speed did not exceed 13| 
knots average per hour, it is confidently antlci. 
paled she will reach New York inside of 10 days. 
In the House of Lords, resolutions virtually en¬ 
dorsing universal suffrage, were ridiculed and 
negatived without a division. 
The projectors of the North Atlantic Telegraph 
will send the Arctic yacht Fox next month to 
survey the land route, the government expedition 
under Captain MoClintock only surveying the 
deep sea route. 
France. —The King of Naples has invoked the 
intervention of the five great powers to guaran¬ 
tee the integrity of his dominions. He more par¬ 
ticularly claimed the mediation of the French 
Emperor for pacification in Sicily, and promised 
to proclaim immediately the Constitution of 1852. 
Also to request the great powers to employ au¬ 
thority and influence to prevent Piedmont favor¬ 
ing the insurrection on the main land of Naples. 
Regarding the collective action of the great pow¬ 
ers, England was first to answer. She did not 
Intend to Interfere in the. conflict except if possi¬ 
ble, to stop the eff usion of blood without siding 
with either party. Napoleon replied immediately, 
saying that mediation is only possible between 
the two powers, and unless itofiicinlly recognized 
the Sicilian insurrection, no power could mediate 
between the same and the King of Naples. 
A Parish dispatch says that France promptly 
refused the request of Naples of foreign inter¬ 
vention in Sicily. 
The French Government had ordered more 
ships to Naples, lo embark the French subjects 
there. 
Sicily. —The capitulation of Palermo was sign¬ 
ed the Gth. The Neapolitan troops were to em¬ 
bark with arms and baggage. They are to en¬ 
camp till their embarkation on Monte Pelagriuo. 
The Fort of Castillarnore had been placed in the 
keeping of the English Admiral until the evacu¬ 
ation is effected. 
A Naples telegram of the 12th says:—“The 
evacuation of Palermo will terminate to-morrow.” 
Troops bad already begun to arrive at Naples 
and had been dispatched toward Castillarnoreand 
Gaeta. Neapolitan troops in Sicily will be con¬ 
centrated at Syracuse, Messina, and Agosta. The 
damage by the bombardment of Palermo was im¬ 
mense. The treasury was destroyed. The Nea¬ 
politans committed great atrocities. Three hun¬ 
dred houses were burned by them in only one 
quarter of the town, as well as several Convents, 
at the moment of retreat. Women and children 
who sought escape from the burning houses were 
killed. Carini Palace was sacked and burned as 
they retired. The soldiers set fire to all houses 
in the way. Catania was given up to pillage by 
the Royalists and then abandoned. 
Garibaldi has issued a decree calling all Sici¬ 
lians to arms between the ages of 17 and 50. 
Garibaldi addressed a letter to Signor Bertini, 
authorizing him to make advances or negotiate a 
loan fur Sicily, or to contract any debt, and adds: 
He has at Sicily immense means to satisfy all 
claims. The Kiog’B uncle iB strongly urging the 
adoption of the Italian policy and a liberal con¬ 
stitution for Naples. A Neapolitan Envoy is on 
the way to Paris and Londou. 
Garibaldi had constructed a ministry, and had 
been appointed Governor of Palermo. He has 
appointed the following Provisional Government: 
Baron Pisano, Foreign Affairs ; Crisbi, Home 
Office; Orsini, War Office; Abbe Colegno, relig. 
ions worship. 
It is said that Mazzini has embarked for Sicily 
The Sardinian government ordered their fleet 
and all authorities along the coast to apprehend 
him if possible. 
A Naples dispatch says the promulgation of the 
constitution framed according to that of France 
is expected shortly. 
India and China.—A n extra Bombay Times 
has the following telegram: 
Galle, May 12.—An answer to the French and 
British Governments rvas received on the 8th. 
The Chinese Government positively rejects their 
demands. 
The Government of Jeddo affects great eoncern 
for the safety of the foreign legations. 
Geu. Sir Hope Grunt is expected at Hong Kong 
on the 28th. Nothing is known of the prepara¬ 
tion made by the Chinese. 
Commercial Intelligence— Ilreadstujfs .—The weather 
was uulavorafile tor crops. RicbarQsoo, Spouce h Co. 
report flour Arm, aud 6<1@lu fiigtier. Western 28a. 
Philadelphia 28-@e9.-6a. Wheat firm, and 2d@3d better. 
Milwaukee red Ila. Corn quietandfid lower,auda better 
inquiry. Mixed32s@32»6d; yellow32s6d@32s; white34s. 
Pi uviniwt —Lard quiet and firm. Sugars dull. Coffee 
quiet. Rice firm. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., JUNE 
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aud particularly borrowers—are notified that this 
number closes the first lmlf of Vol. XI of the 
Rural New-Yorker. Those whose subscrip¬ 
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the continued visilB of the Rural by the usual 
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every friend of the paper and its objects will solicit 
others to become subscribers, in order that they 
may thus participate in its benefits to individuals, 
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we do not expect great things, yet respectfully 
submit that such a journal as the Rural should 
be taken and read in every family for the benefit 
of those who are not specially interested in “sav¬ 
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Presidency, and also to counterbalance the effer¬ 
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and Government. 
— We have no sensation announcements rela¬ 
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DOMESTIC NEWS 
Washington Matters. 
The Post-office Department has given official 
notice that after the 23d inst., the California mail 
will cease to be carried by the way of the Isthmus 
of Panama, In the absence of legislation by Con¬ 
gress to maintain this mail route, the department 
does not feel authorized to make temporary pro¬ 
vision to continue it 
The President has appointed Mr. Lawrence, now 
in Paris, and Judge Longstrect, as delegates to the 
International Statistical Congress, to be held at 
London in July. 
The amount in the appropriation bills, as they 
passed both Houses, was £45,543,000. In addition, 
the Light House bill appropriates nearly $637,000, 
and there is estimated for private bills one mil¬ 
lion, and the permanent appropriations amount 
to $8,173,000, making the total appropriations 
$55,353,000. 
The appropriation by Congress of $10,000 for 
the Survey of the Chiriqui Isthmus, and to ascer¬ 
tain generally the advantages proposed in the 
contract with the Navy Department, is considered 
a great gain to the Chiriqui Improvement Com¬ 
pany, as it saves them the expense of a survey, 
ideutlfiesthe Government with their enterprise, 
establishes its value, and is a triumph over all 
opposition. 
The telegraph, at 12 o'clock Saturday night, 
brought the following items of intelligence: 
On Monday morning Utters will be addressed 
by the President to the members of the Senate, 
summoning that body to meet on Tuesday noon 
for the dispatch of necessary business, which in¬ 
volves the Mexican and Central American trea¬ 
ties; and also several with Indian tribes. 
It may be considered certain that the Post- 
office Deficiency bill is lost, as there is no proba¬ 
bility that a quorum will be present to-morrow in 
the House to grant another conference with the 
Senate on that subject, and even were this accord¬ 
ed, the hill would not receive the President's ap¬ 
proval, should the clause for the restoration of the 
bus ended mail service be retained. Such is the 
present condition of the question. 
The total expenses for six months included in 
that bill amount to about seven millions, Congress 
having passed a special law appropriating the 
postages to the contractors for the quarter ending 
with March, being alittle over two millions. They 
will have to wait for the remainder of the amount 
until the next session. The Post Route bill may 
also be regarded us lost. As it left the House it 
provided for various reforms, such as the trans¬ 
mission of seeds, cuttings, and plants at one cent 
an ounce, and for dealers to send packages of 
newspapers at pro-rata rates. 
Political Intelligence. 
The proceedings of the Baltimore Convention 
have formed the standing political topic of the 
week. The last issue of the Rural contained the 
Convention's movements after re assembling, and 
we now lay the action of that assemblage before 
our readers. 
Mr. Crum, of Missouri, took the floor to make a 
majority report. He stated, before doing so, that 
questions had arisen before the Committee, novel 
in their character. It was the first time a Com¬ 
mittee on Credentials had been called upon to 
decide on the admission of delegates after a Con¬ 
vention had been duly organized, and was in the 
Congressiomil Proceedings. 
Senate. —The Naval Appropriation bill w T as 
under discussion, when 
Mr. Hammond offered an amendment for an 
appropriation of $300,000 to pay contract with 
A. W. Thompson for coal lauds at Chiriqui. The 
amendment was debated at great length, and 
passed, 25 to 17. The bill was then passed. 
The bill to authorize divorces in the District 
of Columbia, was passed. 
Bill for the relief of Pockaday and Leggett, 
Salt Lake mail contractors, passed. It appropri¬ 
ates $40,000. 
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