- . , _ , . - LETT/I_3 l ON JIIDpE WILIEOT: - -.. i; HOLLIDAYWEd7* Nay 25th 1857. , ' Ilfort. DAVlDWiLliceri , • :' i 1 • .'' - I Sir: At a regular meet* of - the Amer _ 'iea State Council held in, Al na, on the ;15th of April fast, it, wie L'asolval, That a comMittee of.fi mein ' - hers be apixinto sokicit from the ndi . dates put in n omination' by the Conventio,n - held at riarris . nrg, on the 25th ot 31arett their 'views in regard Ito the principles of the American Party: . 1 "In ;pursuance to the foregoing resole. ' , lion, the undersigned were appointed. said __:‘,Conunittee. JOHN. BROTHSRLINE, . I JOHN CoVODN, - 1 P. -MeNnarstrt, ,I 1 1 J. N. PowEn, • L GEO. W. PATTON. ', 1 , , , You will , please • to give us-the categor. icalaruhrers f to 'the following interrogato- • lies, 'which embrace the principles of the 1 American Party, to which your attention is desired:;l 1. Do you hold that in the election or ippointment of all officers, native-born A -_- •Inericans should be preferred?' - .5 , - ~ Aro you in favor of the protection; 41 .Anielicap labor, American rights, ,and Auer'eat intertsti? - •,' { I 3. Aro ylon in faVor of the purification of ih allot-box, a reform in the naturalJ i ' ization ws, • the cu e d nt of a registry , law, and.- hp prolib)tt of: foreign paupers and convicts landing ti on our shore ? - ,: 4. Are !you-op r - to any interference of Church hierarchie in politics ? , r pc/ _ 5. Are, you in favor of. Free Schoors,for the education of all classes, with the :1"lible as a text-book used therein ? v • With/great 'respeet, we remain, your .:-... humble servants. Jpnie BuornEntae/. - ' t• Chairmai [REPLY.] 1 ' TOWANA, July 10th / , 1857 f ' i Gottlenten: Your- letter / of the 6th' of Nay came to hand'during the sitting of my - courts, immediately on the close of which I left home, and returned only a few,dais since. This mt be my apology for nit - earlier having responded to your communi cation. • - - ' lam requested to answer terrain interro - atories propounded to me :in pursuance of a resolution of the late convention held it ; 1 Altoona. : - ' - The history of our State established la :- wise and safe policy in respect to the 'point embraced in your ,interrogatery. It I will be found-. rare indeed, that any except .native born citizens have hold high official stations 'either' in the Executive or Judicial . , , departments of our State Government; and' the same class, with comparatively few ex , ccptions, have filled the 'seats of our Legiti-- lative- Halls. , Tile naturalized citizen can , not reasonably complain that this tradition. at, policy should be preserved, There lis - - nothink in it intolerant or proscriptive; nor ,willthe enlightened and patriotie-lcitizen of (reign - With so regard it. It impoies no legal disqualification —lt takes from him ' no right.. Official station of right belongs to no man. While I would adhere to this ' policy as one of wisdom and pattiotisin, no ,`\ Americans whoproperly appreciates his re sponsibilities would neglect an, inquiry into - the character and fitness of candidates pre _ suited for suffrage; nor could he wlthout betrayal of the best , _lntereats 6f his cotin \ ~ :1-•c..;,..a--.1.0,,u;0. large of duty would deniand our atif ;4 for the naturalized citizen, in prefer el.to one born on our soil. Understand ; the spirit Of your .. first pTepositiOn as not inconsistent With the - vieirs here exprei- 1 sed, -I yield it my cordial assent. I Are you in favir off the protection; of American interests? ! - .1 , •To this, your second Interrogatorj, I shall' eontent myself with a simple affirm ative answer. - ' i i The matters einbra6ed in your therdi ii. terrogntory-are of first importance, .and` de- Inand.the most seriouiconsideraliou of the patriot and I statestuan. The boAe rA ss and success. with which frauds are rated upon the ballot-box have become` arming; and unless promptliand effect lly elieli.• . cd; must end in subtersion our- sytein 'of ,free government. Tb Arms of liberty may remain, but only is a cheat and mock- I ery, glossing over ascruel • adespoti*resj ever cursed a peo le . . • _ r I would sus n with my whole strength I t any and e ry measure wisely devised to 2 preserve the purity of our popilar elections. ri Wilful/fraudiupon the ballot-box is morel treason `against republican - goveinment,i and all duly concerned: therein, id addition to other penalties, should be forever disqual ified from holdingy office or exercising: the : elective franchise. Doubtless our naturalization laws could be so amended as to-aid in securing prfrity. and fairness in our elections, but we should - ~ - not weaken. our State sovereignty by look --- log-to We xce neral' Government as the great •-- A puree areform in this matter. It belongs exclusively to the — State — s — t - o — regulite this 'whole, question of Suffrage—to *scribe the qualifications .of electorri—to provide ' - Safeguards against frauds, and.inflict; pun. isbment for assaults upon the integrity of the ballot-box. Our own' State cannot too. •j eagerly or vigorously exert - its constitution= al power in respect to these matters—vital As they. are to liberty and the existence of a free Government. ; t. It has ever been a source of just pride to' the true Ameiican, that hiS'conntry offered - ,an asylum to, the oppressed , :pf everY jand God forbid that we should be', io Ungrateful . 1 for his bleissings, as to refuee to share t4om 1,. with the honest and industrious of whatev er clime or country; but it is an entrap upon our hospitality and a vielation . of , in ternational law, for the government of 'the Old World to ship cargoes of criminais and paupers on our shores. OurlGovernmen cannot be too! ; Vigilant in guarding 'our ' lhts in4bi rigL u.. _49 respect. • '• ' -- To yOur /oiirtlrinterrqatory zI answer That I ate opposed to the interference of hierarchies in- polities. The office of a Christian ; ` ininister tsliecond to no other in dignity and' responsibility. I would 'not detraccr tom his funciiona, or impair the respect - dge to his character. I acknevil edge his rigbt; and as a teacher of the pen . pie, I believe it to tie his duty, to speak ,openly liali,fearlaudy against social and To M . , 'eal evils, destructive of public morals and at war with the interest and happiness of mankind. Tullius publicly speaking,if - he transcends the proprieties, of, his place and of a safe corrective is found in the censure: of ,pn enlightened, public. But . that a*estly order, invested: by the laity with a _mysterious sacreciotal character—. with pretensions , to extratirdinery\spiritual power-bound toiether by strong ties, ! and acknowledging as their hesicl* foreign po tentate----that such an orddr should enter the , field., of polities, control our elections and influence the policy or our governmen t , is surely Cause fok alarmi•-and should awa ken, the jealous vigileuce lof __the American` people. • It ' Will, probably ate denied that ivy such hieritrelaol influence , is brought to beir, in our l'elections. We should judge with candor and not condemn without probf.-t. . We see be Amerjus iseople divided on .. . the MODIC* s issue . /the prineiples of. ' human freedim r bondage are brought in direct conflic A on's inalienable right tolj liberty is deoied4-fte 'do:trine is o penly asserted- by ttose`irho held the gaV ernuient in their hands,ithat God created' the masa of ,Mankind to be slaves. in the; heat id' this great stiuggie see the strongest, ties severed, =the' ancient political parties 'broken, ,and men of nation and faith divi= t , ded,itsare_one. ~ The votaries of one Mittel alone'are united in 'political action. Thid in the; midst - of otherwitb universal division is truly most remarkable. Fram Maine to lexas•-•-frout the, Athititie to the' Pacific Oeean--in every city, town aad lawlet,---!..! tinder whatever circumstances placed, or by, whatever influence - surrbunded, we find tbti votaries of this church arrayed in political ac tion on the side of slovery. This cannot -ash° frOm an intelligent assent so the prini• I c i r a es of slavery, because those principlet would reduce ninety-phi(' out:Of every hurl- d t !cd of these men to the condition of slavet. Whence are tie to lobk Or the cause of this unity among soq many horinds ` . f thonsands nattered over so 'wide a surfa 7 We find the votaries Of, thetatholic Chur h as a class-the leastenligb ter.ed °tour popu: lation,•tind thus in a condition to yield ram; dy obedience in all things to an authority which they hars-been taught to respcat a s of God's appointment. The church of their father advances liigh and extraordina- ' ry claims. - It is the only Apctstolie and Catholic Church. !It is inf . al:Nor in dec. trine, miracles continue to be wrc i ught with its holy communication; its head !is theyi cegereut of God on efirtl4 and sticeessorrof the Apostle to whornits entrust e d the lifr of Heaven. It is a pure hierarchy: 'Atte laity have' ittle or no POwer, ail the authbc ity being .coneentratdd in the priesthood]',; Again I ask,wheuce' ll this unitp'n polite al action among the votaries of this church when every other denomination, Of, Chris: dons is divided? Inl'seeking as answer to the inquiry, all. men 4ili onk to the source' where the power resides. ‘When the fate- ries of the Choreit'tf ems shall exhibit-in our political conteet in the like diversity 1 views and act* tbat is seen among all oth er classes of o4r pcoAte, then, will the rub -1 lie mind, be4relieved from the suspi don that bieradcbal I;nfluenees are wise tie routly at worl4in out. polities. , - , It is idle to evade the point, by lab * red, efforts in defenef . religlaus freedomand i the rights of conscience: . Ni,' assault• is mad upon either. The.largest o liberty, the broadest toleration, it conceded !in-ma t ters of religiond faith and ',Worship.—The grind of complaint lies -here, that a biersrchy, iu-' vested with pieuliar tanetity anY powers in the elea• of the laity,fisbould exert n spiiitu .al influence to control over' elections, and olia ~li ♦; aiwßlttmeo. ; b every voter. in'',l6 State.— 1 ,Tbe fi s quo d nbov as taken from the Re -1 porta of t e And orGen ral, are the of/irk/aunt ming up of the e ase . They reveal to the taxi payee what the ain Lille her.t done,', and what it has not dcitre. They furnish the incontestible evidence thatit jug banging like a dead weight upon the people, palsy ng their , energies and threatening them with. taxation Aoo,heavy to be:bonte. have we d istorted the kids in the case? ; Rear wine ? e ' S. Al?tt, the Pre+ t. dent of tbe Board of Canal Conimissioaers, says upon his oath, ..when atplyingktori an injunction to,reitrain, u ' stockh older, the . Pennsyivania Railroad 0:4, fkm buying the Alibi Line: lie sajtc ', 1 l' '1 i l L !'The Canalsil longtg to the State are 283 miles in lengt4 riqu tiri g heavy expenditures I for repairs andlhave no for many Years yielded income sufficient to psi / the cost of keeping thin itilnavigable cider." ' ' 1, ; the l' But again, the Board of Revenue, Commis? sioners, a majority ef 'whom I were also. Demo.. Crate, at their ' lion ik Harrisburg last winter ' , and after the bject lu critically 'examimi4. incorporated following in , , their LOU Report. "PI Pennsyl aula's • üblic irdprovetats, the, ca Main Line is the only non-enstainitig portion:" "Hence, a proper regarafor its pecuniary pros perityjdemiurli the of the Main Line," he trrid+ the airmunsitf4 . 'ind with a full Ittiewl edgnctethe above fa etailifiiririghint In the face, howaliouldtli Inibrie, our Representative, have noted in the preudsei? ShoUld be have arrayed hinnielf against the lilt! for the sale of the? W i t, Line *hen he knew that it was not bearing its owri expenses? Should he have labored to pre,' vent ?"..eale, when the voice came !through the Boil' , " of, kt , ...ine Commissioners; from nearly .every' Judicial Diste, t in the &ate, Is*Sell it."? Could he with any prok...itz: hale dimgard ed tiur will of his immediate es.,,, t i tueats, wh i t 1 "* 44 /Feimiell 'in that. county, some ' 3 / 4 ne aof 2377 tai-payers; having voted to sell, the .... Line, ; while while nnly 1652 voted against It. Co id 1 he have blirid6d himself, even if hr had been so dispostd, to these facts and set at naught these inetinctions? „Never, and have been a faithful 1 1 1 teilslator—never and havo retained the coati = , ,-- . - 7 ,- I dettee of the people. , i --7- .1,; -; Let us now present another "picture.';—F The 1 Main Lino basbeen ; sold-sold ; for $7, '1:0*900. The State debt, which amounted to over forty million of dollars, tins by this self , beewroduced the former ''sum;' hundreds of thriftless mst-hedging office holders have been -discharged from the 'public service,' and all ready has !the State tax, which I before, weir i ..,,•, three Ills on the dollar, been r educe dto twcp and a' alf,: and not,' ng all this ovei- Whlming evidence, bor of the Star, andE Gen Carter, hare Itilist° i° about the :pious . : work of endeavoringte °engine° the tax;pitiers, - that,ti r‘greiti fraud" has bee n pr4ticed upon them; by the liepnilicans. !,' • THE POSITION , 0 1 : OEN. i PACKER. , 1 • 1 ~ _ ~' It is not to be dented that the' position in which this gentleman has placed himself is any. thing but enviable; and, ttr . faanY of his politi cal friends must beg• Bing and I:nortifying in the. extreme. i extreme. Th • ea of a man with the Oil= ity ascribed to mby his party friends,placing ) ( hithself lik puppet in the hands of a Cori. 0m mittee y to be Moved and used o nly : as they moy chip tit to.direct, displays a fear of his opponent, .tefear of the judgMent of th& People, distrost , Of himself, distrutt• of his cause, anti an rtbject ne'ss of spirit wholly unworthy an :aspirant ' I to :': theGubernatorial'honors of tht second State 1 in 9io Union. A man of . nerve, l of ability, anal of4personal independence, would have taken up iiiie gauntlet the roomer& it was thrown down, without rinsing to inquire 'whether such a course - ; Would accord with the views ' - al individuals, or I of committees; especially when his party papers ' "went to, the pains of faxisting upon it challenge, and threatened how unceremoniously Mr. Pack-' er would demolish "Mr. Wilmot,lif the latter but ' indicated a desire to meet hint on the stum`p. r, I : 1 .- But, what' are the easons g iv en en by'this Cam. mittee for prohibiting Mr .. Packer from accept; ' ;ng the challenge; of Mr. Wiltnot?i We agree most cordially with our neighbor or the Star in the opinion "that 'they have nothlng in them l" The letting reason gir i en is,i that' the ,Com mittee "can perceive no ; u t ilit y , in therediscus sion Of the Sla very question at thla time." To show the utt absurdity and shallow hypocrisy J - • • of tins pretext,ti is only necessary to . Point to the fact, that reasonwhen was peritted,the dry upon( . 1 ...I) ink was scarcely dy an Addretl 4; 1 , 4 by . them to the voters ° ,l,, P n e , t i ns Pilte I di„sr- UNE-11ALP 0f . 1y,pg. 3 • 7_we3; Z ! , , s I . .. • Yi - If they are really opposed to the re,discussion of this subject by •Messrs. Wilmot and Packer, why do, they fro discuss it themselves? is it\ because they ex-- . pea by tam moue tocr •,,L,..cr wen' leoSe 4eciars.. tions broadcast over the State " With leis likeli hood of being Successfully ;disproved? But,l suppose they ignore the Slavery' quetion in I this canvass, whit do they propose to iseuss? What is there ':.left? The Bank question lis at rest; the Tariff has been adjuSted; Sktnight 7 out Aniericaniint' was too important an adjunct to them itit fall, to tbe roughly dealt with now: the pro Posed ditnendments:toithe Con • Stitution' 'are so, geneziallyll acquiesced" in by all parties that there is 'room for , diseussion here; and the .PUblic Works ; have been wrenched from their close embrace, and'. are ; 'probably: forever beyond their ?et" T+ isiworse than 'folly for thice men-to prate against the ru -, ..--::---;n9 of this, question. Their party papers will,discuss r nothing else. Open them; and it is the burden of theirsong from Alpha to gouge. They will write, and speak, and vituperate, anthunder upon.searcely any other, subject. ,T LY know and fet that t it I ts, and will 'remain the' over shadowing issue, for years: Let hint who doubts' look at the complexion , or etrairs'in , ansas, to _Nebraska, to Minnesota, to Oregon,' where 'an attempt is even now . making to frame a Slave Constitution preparatory to admisilias a State into the Unlon,lto Central Arnett, the nequi siticin of Cuba, the formation einew Slave States oot of Texas,' the formation of a Slave State out of the Jodian Country, west of Arkonsae, and the absorption, I l itt. no distant day, OF another portion, if not the whole , of Mexico. I , , It\ , Pro, no , , Any one with half an eye can see at once \ that this is buta miserable subterfuge on the part of the Committee. l They knew very well 'lhat Mr. Wilmot. *all a fortnidable.and danger us man on the annuls a n d they also 1 , , well knew that lie wold strip their measures , \ , 1 and their actions of their flimsy ontsida cOvor ing, and bold \ them Up naked tu .r the gaze of the peeple: .The y '"distracted . distrasted then!peo ple."` They wished to aToid\tho .exposure; They 'dreaded its effects..' The'y know that their daplioity would.be dragged to the light, and a just retri bution visited upon their heads. ; , ' •'' Can the a 1 1- • Can the Pe port condi& e who * t hus screens himselPirtiod ,. a Committee -th rows his manhoodiandrhis inciePtodenee the winds, refuses to Step up to the.. music, ai d meet his opponent face to face; and discuss the princi ples at issoelbetireen them? 'Can theyimpport a cause *bier min not ,te maintained; by its chosen champion, lAcily,4airly and:in the light of open day? BEAVER fiCADEItY AND SENINANY.— 1 •1 ' ra j On the last btfindity of Ang e t , tho -in 1 3 \ stitutiotta named above will ae, n bo open" , i , 1 i 1 \ ed for the reception of Pupils. The tutons via are informed, in both the lk aie and Pa; male Departments; have been aflected,with care, and are said to be 'exCellently qnalificd and at t he-same time efficient tdacheisi We ' hope to se'p them encouraged. if the'ro hi: any one natural advantage tha ;i 3 ea'Ver has to boast of; it ceriainto ;a its a notation forl achooliog Purposeg.' No commtnity; in..the, State "eau - truest ora more heal i i ly ' tone af .00rety, i and no place in Waste , Penney]: vania is nanally so' free from either loca l or epidemie diseases. ! ' ' • Who is Responsible t , the last Star,in ;the °bum . of ia long ar ticle 'Abern i to prove, that. the mistuanage ment--Oletever it cadern'y is attributable altclgetber lo.tbe fact that a Majority of tfir) Bow c a:-Trustais are'Reptiblic ans. With regeid to theallegation that""the Trust es haie . ( - Ann no steps' towards providing a single reacher," we have only to say t, at all, the Male Teaders i were, selected before the close • of the list seasien, as:the editor could have very readily aeen, by reference to the published Catalogud. I rßut, ' we de sire to know at what time the Beard became .: — .mt a bliean ? Was it Lot; last tali ? I Wtiiit . was l 'i t ''''•.*. the Board of Trusteed, for dye. or" years P re '-us to that time, when it was mkd° u p' nim 't 0 ..-lusiveiy of Dento-,.. [ crate?; Did they ivara' 0,,,, 4istitution as carefully and . watchfully ati was .3,,, 0 ,, t i t , 7 ,i What] was done b y our neighbor of the : ' , ''rr during t1i0.12 months he figured as Truttee in a Detnocratic Board 7 Hate not the build -1 , L ing, and its surroundings, - beecii — inere - tidi for. 1 ' i • 1- ;,the last, six years to pass i nto a State r -,, wretch/ dilapidatioryt i Did be aIA - 31a DemOcra l ic colieeeteq,- When they had; at. most 'exeksivAontrol of the Board, ever ii - I , ri • maketla' - ng e effort to repair the rav -1 ages ; time ?or take measureeto, restrain tb , tends of miscutevous em . ,,,9 xna 4.:...„ uake!use of any efforts"tesrevent the t i cer- I • I , .- 11 , ing away of the fence, the destruct:to p i. 1 the ,boards, the breaking up of the 1 dovis and i the .tcitttillation 'of 'the doi The People are interested in ,having sr:s 1 is answers' to these interrogatories. - itbeylreceive them? For the Deaver Argue. Fa the Star of thd 7th a communial appars purporting to give a statemet _ the receipts and expenditures on the Pub lie Works` of .Pennsylvania flr a period of . years, and npan this statement the Ed-. gor goes on to prove - that the Republican Legislature have pepetrated a great Wrong' : upon the commonwealth by selling the F'Main Line for the sum of $7,500,000.1 Now this sum ut 5 p 6. cent interet.t . iiehls annually an income to the Stato of $ 375, 000,00. ' While the annual' income to the 'State front the Public,. Works according' to the showing of .the Star-Man has been but 1 8 283,902,22 which sum, multiplied'hy-20 1 the number, of years taken in by Oreii Car , ter wiltA.make the whole . balletic° Corros pond:9 l tli his statement $ 7,381457,WiL so thatqby the sale the people save aianui,l - the sum of 8 91,097,74,er in a p6iod loaf twetty six years - (the same; ported as taken ;in by the Star calculaion) ti" ' vlng:to the State of 82,36,5.5.' 2 ) 44 . ,:.suer coma unica- The Star must i,: get 4early , prov that tion before 'it 'the State _ lost money by the sale. A Scimousotit. ' " For the Beaver Argils: x O I ' MEMOS. EDIT_RSI see a•cona Uttlea . tioo in the last Star signed /An AutiKnow Nothing,'—the,writer representing' imself as living on the South side of the !River. Now, lidesire:the people of the Norith side of the.river tori , know that this 7 iTilchat abd al fraud. -`,Therefore, I would state t at the author &this arti'ele lives on the North side of tIM river, and is the same in, ividual a 11 1 Who wascandidate before the; Rep ibliea* Convention Idst year for District A torney, and was defe4edy and neat day. turned Lo egoco. I Might Turther say_thai h i e is the. same miserable ereatere who,in 185 q, voted the Know Nothing ticket. lie thdn acted With the party which I he-,i•now4llifi,s. , I wish to inform this traitor to,the cause Of Freedom and the Right, that: ird of the South Side are capablii of iloingi.oUr own writing, and' when" wd want this" Mule to I write for us We 'will 'call on him 1 , This 1 Ir — cofoce mode of warfare will not in with us of the South side of the river. Add, r --- " 1 -0.odino the weak eifortS,,, f ,this i renegade to stire r ....., ill .send over, in Oetober, such a inaloilfy ...- i Republican Aieket - as ;will: be imp ralleled ' 4 , . I. in the politics of Beaver,'County. - I, would :suggest that thene;t si time he rites ,'we of the' Sore ' S'idc,' instead of 'mith 'Side. -. Sorra tri . "l•reiol4viti. . I A Marriage Notice Corratted• MEssus. Enfronst—gy mistake I gaie you last week the ,paroes of the witnesses instead of the persons married. !Ellie : per= Sons married, were Tnci3rAs Woops 'and MARX JANE MOORS, of Taliston, smi net Miltor. - J. Davis auddiarriet bloorO, as I erroneously gave it p you. • Yrs, 4e. 1 • , J. Dluattar. A 'WESTERN WOUI Ido the eyes of Down East Farmers good- to-look Over Western fields about these da s. The , farmers of Northern .11finois'ana Southern Irise6nsin Are now in the midst of their beatbarvest, and the Chieicgo , Tribune H of the 4th retinas the followinggolden prcispeet: A friend of ours says that one day last lweek ho went up to the top . of a hill call ed Mount Zidri, six miles from J Rock county, Wis., and ce - untedl , on the surrounding plain one hundred and sixty four horse power reaping maebitieE, busily j eu,tting down wheat-, There were ?no land men, women and boys following thou= binding and shocking up the golden,s [maims. lit ,was a•sight worth seeing,--to behold the giain falling: and being gathered up at.the rate of two hundred acres per hos . Ali. BAD 'PIiCSPEOT.—The • Yez..,O 'Run; a leading Democratic organ of MiSassippi; is coMpelled to justify itself for: a fpporting the •Administration . , by; saying that Mr.: Buchanan' will not snpport• Gov, Walker. But' it should be mistaken in, tllis, then mark thei copsequonce. Sayithe Sui ;I. , To beiieie that Mr. %chow= to an )10- eorriplico in W.sllcer'• policy, alo4l be to believe that 1.. is the most ungrateful man th a i \ ev ... lived. We arc net, prepared to I....tieve -this of a man, who has for nearly ha( a\ century, defended the rights of the Sputh.--- \ never the once evincing, any hoed?. icy to the, least of those rights:.. If, how ever, it should not turn out. that Ir. Buch anan is as deep in the Mud as'B b Walker „,s is in theinaire,\he Will 'la V— -,''" t° g ° "soot 'free' 1...6 \ yd, tne contrary, r lie will be I,nade 7 to_feel.the resentment of ~,,n outraged ieople TelOgraphic, . virashinFt?nCityltems. WaAii)gtork City, Aug. B.—The Nap, DePartment this morning rec creed a letter frolf.flag officer !James Armstrong, ( L te ,i from.l,lnited States ship ..-- Siza , ,Jach t i o , a t Hong Kong, May 23d, in Which he bay s from till enormous - -force the English aryl collecting at' this,station and the afraa ge . meats they are Malting for its permann ey. It is clear that 'China is to he compelled to'. throw exclusiveieFi. lie add that there waltne. a total of GO vessels, m ount . ing 783 guns. . Accompanying this force are several sp.. - going liospitals and transports with a itiry la* mail supernumerary. 1 _ • La - atm:ice Evaatiated 7 -Vate on the''To peka-Constitation• St. Louig, Aug. 8.--Kansas advie e t3te that Gov. allter, evacuated Lawr's•n e W the 3d. - with all the troops except- e- C 7 'l2 Tho ostensible cause, that tho Intliarts7atr,'.`- lttacked Fort Rile a Yt___!.l_--Peav,ttel h' ere rase he - troops nw ay. 65 - 7i 4 0 7 ; te 000no,eaglinoicpsetk.a '!'he elate ticket ti, lti is: IS elected. Returns from ` - 'u_ ' the_Consiltution, 666VP /e9 . f "' flr The cituiztics tb lyar fr;e 8141 1 •:} 3 g3. incrcaio: the majority,: for the tion. • nst". A - Disastrous Gale. .f 1 cursed on the 224 of July which occasion:', great loss of life fishermen on tbe. north shore' of 'the'Province of. St. Jolla.' Sixty boats are supposed to he'losi.; dead holies hate - been picked - up. It is calmilated - ti at. 200 boats were out> fi.-bing and, many more disasters ore fearel. ..the nundred andr thirty American - fishermen put'in port at, Prince - Ethrard'i Island for shelter. A Uuniber of fishing boats floaNd ashore. A. .rs? ( „cif- VIII flop t of Tennessee Elections. I Nashville, 8.--The, returns are in; complete, ciutl they indicate, i the etc, ticc 4 s ‘ C.Vga or eight Deinocrats , tirenn,mzg, rwo 'or three Arriericans.l Hera , r. ant Ready ,are elected, Etherßeic tinubtfnl.• The legislature •is Deuncratit' in 1,-, braLehes, Irani's urijority ,for,Gov.null • • . coed 10,000. ' • Missouri Election. St. Louig' Aug. 8 -- ; Fifty counti , s Rollins 472 majcrity, , a gain on Fillni f orq vote of 4325. 'lliellardson, Scott, awl Na i r . in ate-largely alietl for Supreiiit; Exe4ement in EansaS• 4 I • St. r LOUIS, •'Aug. 5 --Acennnt3 rrlal Lea+en worth,, I:gasas, anntatnt'erlti,b"l';'enr;°.i.clii ~,i,tr,,evn...‘eletlitof6la°l7nti:Titng'n.Qatitntoodf of-1;16 n day last, and the subsaintlit disetiv-iy7of band of nitnalerera: men yank-I 'Baines .and Qubles ' reit: I ' B:1* ), t mule a e.:)nlcs:,ion s , n.eral 1 , 2'; . speetabia citizens ooilfuletatais of'- L.ban&. - 11111 More Indian Depredation3,', St. Louis,- Aug. 7.—The K - ans[4 ,- aid "of,Freedont of 'the 56 siys 1111 . .! , WU lk er .bas received' ads-ices froth thunder at Fort Riley, that a hug:, Cheyence Italians had ,reached that and atrattaelt was h)urly fort La.'s . no fmrtifications and only halt s company of infantry. — The Julians driven the ectidis in, and tia,ye comtni — ,l 'several murders in sight (44111 po• z t. alltler iMniodiatety Fun C-1 'C v • their as+tanee' with' all the ft•ce un!l.r Ll 3 Ccaurnand, . . Continued Exeiterv,ent in. Kan The steamer liesperian,.reaebent.ai. worth on Sunday evening, at whichti two alleged inurderers ' 41te`companiontl the'two np. hung on Friday) were tried. by ! judges appointed.by the *vig:la ,l committee.'. A number of the leeted in' the streets Ware' Much . pant' and elamotous . for the immediate exclut of Ihe.Prisonet, but. the. were itarang. by the judges, who desired;to 'e ther Proceedings niptii_next'llay,GB . l-j)'.l:. The judges inadjuty at y re .well kneih will dou - basa i vor ,_,,t whose hatids , • LATER -÷TiLe 'steamer 11,t.. which arrived here some hours later t :7 - the Resperian; ;passed Lei veiy.arth Cita Miiiiild3r e'venizig. ' The tkial ef W yid..... LI KnOrriton, owing to the clamor an El. l'i, , i bad n t yet ended, Tad pe(:eF tn.' ed very,,.inueli afiaidtflie prison sNi u 1 be acleiitted, and expressed theilisdr,, ~.:. termlnedot all hazardS't aVreetatcln:l.:•; up)11 the offenders. C*Ov: Walk , i r 1;a I reached the city and - was.`,endenvo. d.; . = pacify -the populace,• but without eft' , tt.l ~ Tho of of :Le Al*k Child, tLIT.I the mob has by this- timWls.rcvldlelj:ttil the prisoners have been Millat=St. .219si Dent. i .77iitrscbry.. ' If. t • '.' tat ~. of medicine creating such, a stir amoc 11.. rilids ..4..Pr. BSnford's c hivigorator oftiv:: Rerne4,.. If gives. Such quick relirf•as'o convince the patient of receiving bent its: most is :sapid as ..the medicine Is taken. We do-not know a sleep. instance * has been taken without bendfu, and - i ly all.eises.a eomplets cerp,:is- effect'? its use. / It has acquired its wide ; poll ity simply because-it Idpeiwhat it 1-it Mended to do. It .is"conStintly call its circle of 'friends,,l'carrying,, heilin' its wings, and' joy to the heartier suffering from Liver'Complaint, J,:uti DysPepsiii, or general debility. *Sold by DLO. ,Cunningh3A vet and Drumgigigenerally. 1 l'he• Dead .Restored To years ago it _was generally/ , .uPrfr°P . "` gray hair tonic' not by restored to Its tuattolor, or m'atio to gionion , bahhk ,but isinze,the advent of ' Professoril UaiF Restorativi;Many ,pqrsou,s wlity years age are now seen daily in the balks orlife, appearing in all the i vig siearing thers) j vin dark flri§ simply from haying used this gre*, .1; fatice.--Louisiiile: Times 'Sold by Dr 0. 0 Ingham .....1 1 &"Sold by rr: Junningt , vcr and druggists generally. DECLINE IN WILEAT.,—,The 1{011( -Democrat of the 4th says: „ alki• "moo are inferreco L '" hp. •';--.• -.voc‘A cotetract or the e li ipt one hundred Inottsandimnhelsior ei ga apring wheat at a decline of al)4lt ;cents fratn progent priced: l'ArgelY din IPT:adsiuff