VOLUNTEER.
; JOHN B. BRATTON, Editor k Proprietor.
CARLISLE, PA., JUNE 15. 1854.
Damooratic State Ticket:
, GOVERNOR;
WILLIAM BIGLER,
of OLEARnnn COUNTY.
JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT.
JEREMIAH S.BLACK
OF SOMERSET COUNTY.
CANAL COMMISSIONER :
HENRY S. MOTT,
OF PIKE COUNTY.
{£7* Wc invite the attention of our readers to
the short and comprehensive speech of Senator
Douglass, in another column, delivered to a
large concourse of people in New York city—
It explains the principles and objects of the
Nebraska Bill in a few words, and is a trium
phant answer to Whig misrepresentation con
cerning this great .constitutional measure. —
Read it carefully, and then say whether any
true American is justifiable in opposing the
principles contained in the Nebraska Bill.
American Charge D'Affiiires to the
Ecuador Republic has transmitted to the State
Department a scries of official documents and
extracts from the papers of the country, show
ing the liberal feeling with which the govern
ment and people have guarantied the free navi
gation of the Amazon. and the earnestness with
Which they invite the settlement of Americans
amongthem. The Minister of Foreign Adairs has
granted to the American company, who have
been the first to attempt the regular navigation
of the Amazon, the most liberal protection, and
enjoined upon the authorities the granting of
every assistance they may need.
Tnu Hard Shells Address Wo clip the
following from the Day Book ■ —••We have re
ceived the address of the Ilnrd Shell members
of Congress to then Constituents, giving their
reasons for voting against the Nebraska Bill,
and have read it. If this is all they have to
say for themselves, the sooner they go over to
the Abolitionists the better. They do not offer
• single reason that is nut good against any and
every measure of their parly, and not one that
fntght not be offered os a reason for voting for
Wm. 11. Seward. In short, wc should say
Dorn reading this address that they are abont
the best Seward men in the slate. We con
gratulate Horace Greeley and Thurlow Weed
on this new accession to their ranks.”
ID* The principle of liberty of conscience,
that the Constitution of the b nited States guar
antees to all sects, has just been again deflated
in the British Parliament, which has decided
that Jews shall not hold a seat in that body,
tmlcss they subscribe upon “the true faith of a
Christian,” in taking the members'oath. Ix>rd
John Russel endeavored to have this civil disa
bility removed from the a majority
in the House, of four only, defeated the trea
sure., _ England, while forcing, Sultan
Turkey to extend civil equality tohls ChristiaJf
subjects, denies it to aportion of hcroivnpopu
lation. , ... ./■
017“ The Philadelphia News, a Whig-Know-
Nothing sheet, has told its readers some dozen
times that wo “hold the birth of Post-master
at Carlisle.” Who has contradicted tliis, that
the News has to repeat its information al>oiit
every third day ? Now we think Hint paper is
wasting both ink and paper in reiterating a
matter that nobody denies. When the editor
of the News was discarded by Ins own part\
and defeated for Assembly m the strong Whig
city of Philadelphia, we only announced the
fact once, and when he was charged by men of
his own party with Legislative corruption. «V
only referred to the matter in one number ofonr
paper. A once told tale is enough, we should
Chink, and it is strange the Sews never kmw
this.
Another Change or N \.mk. —We see by t' e
Philadelphia papers, that the church burning
incendiaries of that city, who formerly acted
Under tho name of “Native Americans,” having
first disgraced and then grown ashamed of that
appellation, have discarded the prefix 'Native,'
and now style themselves simply ,duirriraiis.
Wo think the term j4ugfo-Amcrican would be
their most proper and appropriate cognomen,
for in feeling, sentiment and action they are es
sentially and unequivocally Jinhsb' However,
in tho alacrity with which they assume a uric
and discard an old name, they but imitate the
example of and show their close aflinity to their
allies tho Whigs, to which party they are but
mercenary auxiliaries. The Democratic party
is always the same, in nam* , principle and ac
tion; tho IVhig party, on the contrary, although
clinging pertinaciously to tho anti-republican
dogmas of old federalism, has assumed as many
different aliases ns did ever n cunning rogue in
his endeavors to shun the lour walls of a Peni
tentiary I
respectfully decline a discussion with
tho Shippcnsburg News on tho subject of tho
Nebraska bill, simply because we could not ex
pect to gain laurels by harpooning pissnurcs.
Tho assertion of the immaculate editor that
during the whole progress of the Nebraska ques
tion wo expressed no opinion one way or the
other, ahd only declared ourself favorable to the
measure after the bill had passed Congress, is an
Unblushing and intentional falsehood—such a
falsehood as none but tin abandoned libeller
would put forth. Now it is well known to our
readers that we have advocated that great mca
aurtffrom tho first, in nearly every number of
tho Volunteer* We tho Democratic
Stato Convention for neglecting to endorse the
course of tho members of Congress from this
State who favored.tho passage of this measure.
This was long before tho bill had passed tho
Senate. Nay, more—we declared ourself favor-
oblo to the principle recognized by the Nebras-
bill many years ago, and in answer to the
of the Chambersburg Whig, (in anoth
er column,) the sage of the News can discover
what views wo held on this subject in December,
1847. But, enough. Our course has been and
fa approved by tho Democracy of this county,
and wo care very Httto what hired scribblers for
defunct Federalism may say of that course.—
Again wo must decline tho Aoitor of having any
discussion with tho editor of tho News , having
always made it a rule never to waste our amu
nltlon upon small game when there were pig
•ona in the woods!
SO WE SAT,
In the Izst Repository fy Whig, of Chambers?
burg, is contained an article, headed * 4 Let the
issue be made,” and so say we—with all our
heart. The would'he Auditor General of Penn
sylvania endeavors to be quite severe upon us,
because we have given utterance to sentiments
which we have long entertained, on the subject
or slavery in the territories, and the rights of
the people of the territories over that subject,
while at the same time we happen to hold the
office of Deputy Postmaster under.the General
Government, This is the second lime that the i
editor of the Il'Sig has made the charge that
our opinions arc moulded by the paltry office
we hold, or by the opinions of those from whom
•Avc received the appointment. Now this is not
only ungcnllemanly, but it is untrue. We
would not change our opinions for the sake of
office, neither would wc change our opinions to
retain office. What we have stated on the sub
ject of the Nebraska and Kansas bill, has been
entirely in accordance with our long settled
convictions. And this statement the editor of
the Whig is bound to receive, or else he is de- ;
sirous to become personally offensive to us. His
remarks are gross, coarse, and ungcnllemanly,
and he appears to glory in scattering broadcast
the vilest insinuations about motives, Ac. The
following extract is a specimen of the style and
manner of his criticisms :
The Carlisle Volunteer, edited by an office
holder of course, has worked Its courage up to
the sticking point, and is even ambitious to con
vince the party and tho world how low a man
can crawl under the lash of his master. Like
every other Locofoco paper in Pennsylvania, the
Volunteer never dreamed of the idea of “popu
lar soverignty” until President Pierce bid it do
so ; and allhongh we remember having'read that
paper some eight years, we never learned frofn
it that the Missouri Compromise restricted the
principle of scli-government, or was in any oth
er respect wrong, until the decree was made that
repeal was to be a test of Locofoco orthodoxy.
But now that the extension ol Slavery is engraft
ed into the Locofoco creed as one of its cardinal
principles, the Volunteer seems to glory in its
shame, and to take pride in revamping tho false
hoods of tho higher class of hired organs. ,ll
not only discovers that the-Missouri Compro
mise is unconstitutional and infimious, but it has
assumed the responsible duty of thinking and
judging lor the whole people of tho State, and
all who fall to bow tho knoo as office-holders
mus/ bow or lose thoif heads, nro denounced as
Abolitionists and ns seeking to deny to tho peo
ple of tho territories “tbe right to form their on n
constitutions.”
Our readers can judge of the taste with which
the editor makes his comments. The following
is the extract which has excited this Whig Ab
olition editor’s wrath and stirred up his cab
bage. Wc reiterate the same sentiments now :
“Because the Nebraska-Kansaa bill has finally
passed both Houses of Congress, and thus sc
oured to the people who may inhabit those ter-
ritories the right to form their own Constitn
lions, the Whigs and Abolitionists send forth
doleful lamentations, and are loud in their de
nunciations of those who voted for this great
constitutional principle. But, let our Demo-
cratic IViendS-stand firm—let them meet their
opponents on this question, and put them down
by the power of argument. The Democracy of
Pennsylvania are ready to make this question
the issue before the people If our opponents de
sire it.”
And although this very knowing editor says he
has read our paper for “some eight years.” he
never krvjw,.us to entrain the sentiments we
liaVfc lately expressed in the above extract. Wc
9,an only say that the editor has read our paper
,to very little purpose, and shows a disposition
to make reckless assertions without regard to
truth, or without caring whether they aro true
or not, so that they accomplish a temporary
purpose.‘* ; Long before the passage of the Com
promise bills of 1850, we advocated the princi
ple of popular sovereignty in the territories
hkelv to bo acquired from Mexico, and conten-
ded strenuously that the Missouri Compromise,
equally with the Wilmot Proviso, was uncon
stitutional. On referring to our files, we find
that so far back as the 80lh day of December,
lr-17. seven years ago. wc made the following
.remarks upon this subject, when we neither
Kgld olficc or expected to hold office under the
gcKeral administration :
•‘The Congress of tho United States, under the
'(institution, we believe, have no power, wlmt
\er over the subject. If they acquire territory,
h they aro likely to do, as indemnity for the.
mirages commuted against us by Mexico, and
uid us the necessary result of tho just war wo are
io\\ waging with that nation, they arc utterly
mwerleas to say whether It shall bo free or
whether it ahull be slave territory. Congress
vnght not to be required or expected to do a vain
>r useless thing. The question of slavery is ox
•lusivi ly a mailer ol domestic policy, which be
rings to ear’ll State by virtue of its soverignty,
which it never surrendered to the Federal Gov
ernment. It is expressly declared in the run
dilution of the IT. States that “tile powers not
lelegated to tho Ctilled States by tho Constitu-
tion, m>r prohibited by it to the States, are re
served tib-Uie States respective)} , or to the peo
ple."—Article in. Amendments. Con. LT. S.
Congress, then under the Constitution, 1 as no
power to declare whore slavery shall exist, or
where it shall not exist, In the acquisition of any
territory by tho Union. If It had such power, 1
it can abolish slaver}’ now in the several States,
where that institution is tolerated, or establish
slavery where it Is not. And If tho view taken
hy the adherents of the Missouri Compromise
be the true one, it proves 100 much for their
purposes, and places a weapon In tho hands of
the proviso men, which may eventually strike
dow a their domestic institutions, and prostrate
their cherished interests.
if tho Federal Government can say that to
such a line slavery may bo tolerated, and to such
a line no slavery shall exist, It is surrendering
tho subject to the discretion of Congress, and Is
conceding all that tho most rapid Abolitionist
can desire. Either tho power exists, or It does
not. If It docs, how long will tho South have
any guarantee that tho line of 86 degrees, 80
minutes north latitude, fixed in the Missouri
Compromise, will not bo supplanted by another,
more consonant to tho disen lion of somoCongroqs
which may assemble in tnturo, who may sny that
slavery shall not bo tolerated north of 30 degrees
north latitude, in tho territory which they may
admit Into the Union, or acquire by conquest,
or as indemnity. Tho truth is, this power was
never delegated by the States or (ho people to
the Federal Government. Tho institution of
slavery is entirely a matter of local concernment.
Virginia or South Carolina may abolish slavery
if they choose. Massachusetts or Pennsylvania
may establish slavery in their borders If they see
proper to do so. ilow Idle then to bo wasting
words, or fighting windmills, about a matter
which in llic end can result in nothing. If the
proviso men carry their point, they gain nothing,
and If the Missouri Compromise men gain thclr’s,
they aro no bettor off than tho friends of tho pro
viso. The people Olsthoj\pquired territory will
decide that mutter fo* themselves at Inst. Why
not then drop this firo brand, throw away this
apple of discord, which at best will turn to ash
es on tho Ups of those who attempt to cat it?—
Lot ns insist on indemnity being given by Mex
ico, but say nothing whatever on the subject of
slavery. This is tho true ground—it is tho only
conj/t'fuf/ona/ ground which can bo occupied.—
Tills was Joficrsons’s position, lie was opposed
to tho Missouri Compromise, but acquiesced In
It after It was made, for tho sake of peace. That
compromise was tho result of forced circum
stances, and was not satisfactory to those who
loved tho constitution ns Its framers made li
lt poured oil on the troubled waters for a time,
but it was not a final adjustment of tho vexed
difficulty as passing events now prove.”
Will, now, the editor of the Whig make us
the amende honorable ?
A COMBINATION TRIUMPH*
JudgeCoNnAD,th6Precsoil-Abolition-Nativ(s
Prohibitron-Know-Nolhing-Whig candidate for
Mayor inAhe consolidated city of Philadelphia,
has been elected over V.vux, the Democratic
candidate, by a majority of over 8,000. This
result wc looked for os a matter of course, well
knowing that the Democracy could not com
pete with the formidable combination arrayed
against it. Judge Conrad was the regular
nominee of every faction of the city, and by
some kind oflcgcrdcmain succeeded in securing,
the united support of them all. All these fac
(lions claim his election as their triumph. The
’ Native papers crow lustily over what Ibcy.caU
“a great Native triumph the Know-Nothings
shout loud oyer.their “victory.;” the.ultra tem
perance men arc.boasting of the success of their
“regular tickct,”andlast andlcast,the remnent
; of the old Federal lYhig party, raise a feeble
shout because of the “brilliant Whig victory.”
; Thus each faction claim Judge Conrad’s elec
tion as fActr victory. Wo predict the;.Mayor
| elect will find it a much more difficult matter
to satisfy the cravings of these diffcrenjUactions
than he may have imagined*. He has been suc
cessful in making them all believe'that their
peculiar views corresponded with his own, and
that he would dispense his immense patronage
to them with a liberal hand. But his difficul
ties will begin when *thc men who supported
him ask for their reward. Tboihyinds ol them
will find out that they have been duped, and
then the factions will wage war against each
other, and a Kilkenny fight will be the result.
Notwithstanding the defeat of Mr, V ads, his
position to-day is more honorable than that of
his success ml rival. He scorned all bargains
with chqnm, and refused all promises to intol
erent facUons. Ho proclaimed himself a Dem
ocrat and nothing else, and with this dcclara
t lion he was willing to stand or fall. Helms been.
; defeated, but be maintains his'integrity and
j the integrity of the Democratic party. Soon
j will he see the factions that combined to defeat
him crumble to pieces, and disappear like chaff
| before the wind. The game of fraud and de
ception may succeed .for a time, but the hearts
of the people are still true, and their “sober sec
ond thought is alwaj's right and ever efficient.”
i The democracy cannot be put down by the
stratagems of Federalism, no difference what
I name that party may assume to accomplish
• their nefarious purposes. '
Liitest Californian News.
Two weeks later intelligence fitira California
has been received by an arrival at Ncfl* Orleans.
The French* Consul at San Francisco, having
been arrested and taken into court to testify in
the case of the Mexican Consul, has struck his
flag, and will not raise it again until ordcrcd.to
do so by the Emperor. The Mexican Consul-'
was found guilty of violating the neutrality
laws, but recommended to the mercy of the
court. Colonel Fremont had arrived* at San
Francisco with his party completely broken up.
Only tM#nty men remained wkh him, the great
er portion of his original party having deserted
after crossing the Colorado. The ship Golden
Fleece has been totally wrecked in the harbor
of San Francisco, and the barque Walter Clnx
ton has been capsized there with the loss of thir
teen lives. The steamer Gazelle Ims. burst her
boiler on Ihd Columbia river, Oregon, killing
twcnty-flvopersons and wxmndiiig tliiky.othcrs.
, Significant. —The first act of tho Russian
Cabinet on tho receipt of tho intelligence of (he
treaty between Prussia and Austria, says the
PHiadclphia Ledger, recognizing the indepen
dence of the Lower Danube, as a part of the
Sultan's dominions, to be an important con- '
dition of the interests nfGermany, and contem
plating a summons to Russia (q 'evacuate the
Principalities, was to double ihr levies of men
fur the current year. Tho Czar set-ins deter
mined to makegood his woid.s that bo “would
never yield." England and France arc both
also increasing their armies. The allies seem
at last to see the magnitude of the task they have
undertaken and are now preparing for a long
and terrible war. Their first efforts were those
of intimidation only : but Nicholas has shown
that he is not to be deterred from Ins purpose
by a mere show of force, and that be can give
blow for blow when it conies to the close en
counter.
The Black Warrior Affair. —lt has al
ready been announced that the Spanish govern
ment had agreed to remit the fine of £O,OOO
imposed on the owners of the Black Warrior.—
It now appears by the despatches and letters
to the Spanish and English Ministers to our own
government, that the Spanish government posi
tively refused to allow any damage that may
have resulted to the owners of the Black War
rior. But the F.ngUsh government fearing a
rupture between Spain om\ the United States,
interposed at this point of negociations and in
duced Spain to agree to pay all reasonable losses.
Spain has accordingly asked our government
for an estimate of the actual damages. This
difficulty, therefore, as far as money isconcern
ed, may bo considered as settled.
Health of Lirrria. —One of the great ob
jections urged by tho opponents of Coloniza
tion has been the mortality of the climate of
Liberia. Late advices however, affirm that the
ratio of deaths is smaller than in this country.
The Public Ledger speaks our anticipations in
regard to this enterprise:
A century hence, when Africa shall have been
civilized to a great degree, through the influence
of Liberia, and when a great ami free Common
wealth will stretch along tho western coast and
far into tho interior, tho services of those who
founded the colony, and the momentous char
acter of tho undertaking will bo universally, re
cognized. Wo but anticipate tho verdict .of
generations to come when wo pronounce the
establishment of Liberia one of tho greatest
movements of ttio age. •_
A Sad Picturk to Look Upon. —One morn
ing lost week, says the Philadelphia North A
meriemi, a young man, who had once bccuja
bright shining star in a popular profession, wjis
brought to tho office of the marshall of Police,
in a state of intoxication. He was laboring
under delirium tremens. Rum had rendered
him friendless and homeless, and he had become
a street vagrant. Begging to bo pcnnitftd to
go to tho house of a kind hearted old lady who
had known him in youth, and who had promis
ed him shelter and assistance if hewouldreform,
his request was complied with. Ho had hard
ly gone a square, however, before his resolution
failed him, and the same evening ho was found
by an officer among a set of vagabonds, stripp
ed of his shoes and coat, which ho had parted
with to gratify his insatiable thirst for the poi
son that was consuming both body and mind.
Tho unfortunate victim was Beat to the Alms
house-
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OP r illE COUNTRY.
Tho great national democratic Party of the
Union, says tho Baltimore Republican If Argus,
is the parly under whose guidance the Republic
has advanced with giant strides to its present
proud cnnncncc.’ ..Under tho fostering care of
those liberal principles which the Democratic
party have ever maintained, our States have In
creased from thirteen to thirty-one —onr popu
lation from three millions to twenty-six mil
lions ; while the improvement of tho country
has kept pace with the increase of itsinlmbi
.tnnts.
What is there, in this view, to induce any
right thinking man to‘abandon his party or his
principles to take up. with any new aud untried
organization. The principles ofthc Democratic
party proclaim ag their primary object the se
curity of an equality of rights and privileges to
all men; they assume that nil true legislation
is intended to secure the greatest good to the
greatest number. What belter principles docs
any other,organization proclaim? What greater
good does any other party propose to accom
plish? Arc not the principles of the democratic
party the principles of the gospel? Arc not its
ends the elevation of Immunity and the estab-
lishment of the great brotherhood of man ? Do
not itS'Hgamcnts bind together the true men of
the North and the South, the East ami the
West, and thus preserve our groat Union from
the curse of sectional warfare and civil strife 1.
Why, then, we repeat, should any good citizen
leave the ranks of such a party ns this lo enroll
himself beneath some sectional banner, whose
solo end must be a temporary triumph - at the
expense of those great cardinal principles upon
the observance of which rc.‘ts the future peace
and perpetuity of our national organization.-
We confess wo can see no motive for deserting
the standard of democracy, hut a thousand good
reasons why the friends of (lie Union and the
friends of equal rights should adhere with un
flinching firmness to that organization which
has effected s 6 much good in the past, and
through which so many triumphs and so many
blessings have been sccnrol.. We believe the
principles of tho demoerjUt/party are in con
formity with the inunutahle principles of jus
tice, and that the happiness of the masses is in
dissolubly connected with the perpetuity o£-
those great landmarks which have been set .ujU
in the past history of the parly. With ’tljfcHf'
views, we honestly adhere to our old principles
and trust confidingly to lh4 “ sober second
thought,” which will assuredly come hack to
the conclusion that principle is a much safer
guide in all eases than mere cr]>rilicncy.
Ouu Spanish Relations.— We are gratified
to be able to state, says the Star, according to
authentic information nowin Washington, there
can bo little doubt thatoiir affairs with Spain
'rill one and all bo speedily and
adjusted. It seems to be well understood a
mong the foreign Ministers here, that the Span
ish'Cabinet Imre met all the propositions of the
American government in n spirit of frankness
and cordiality almost u&fxiunplul in the pre
vious history of our relations with that Power.
Indeed, they (the arc now
satisfied that there is, at this moment, a better
feeling and nndorstnndingpbelween the cabinets
of the United States than between
those of the latter powerjbbo the one side, and
Frrthce and England On the other. On Satur
day last there arived in'thin city, privately, a
bearer of despatches to the Spanish Embassy,
Just post haste from Madrid. He is sjiid to fie
a lending public man at home. We have not
yet learned his name and title, though we know
that lie has-been in close consultation nioi e than
once with the new Spanish Minister.
(L 7“ Persons who served in private armed
ships (hiring the war of 1812, and were wound
ed, arc entitled, by a redbnt act of Congress, (o
a pension. The Commissioner of Pensions an
nounces that the fallowing evidence of their be
ing entitled to the benefits of the law will be
required, viz.: Sworn declaration or memorial,
selling forth the vessel to which the pensioner
belonged; his rank or station : when paid, and
in what manner disabled: monthly rate of pen
sion, and date to which last paid. Evidence of
identity, either by affidavit of two creditable
witnesses, or the certificate of a justice of the
peace. The above evidence to be authenticated
by the certificate, under sml, of the proper of
ficers. showing the official character of the jus
tice of the pence, and to bo forwarded, together
with the original pension certificate, to the
Commissioner's office.
Ouu Coai. Rkuion. —The capacity and fu
ture prospects of the Wyoming coal field, says
the Luzerne Union, furnish a subject of both
local and general interest. Tho wide world
docs not exhibit a spot, where such a mass of
fuel is deposited for tho benefit of generations to
come. No coal field has over been discovered,
which unites such a quantity, quality, and
cheapness of mining. The bjisin is uniform,
and tho different veins arc found in regular stra
ta. Tho coal is the purest anthracite, adapted
to every domestic use, to all steam purposes,
and to the making of iron. The supply may
be said to bo inexhaustible. The industry of
centuries, with the increasing demand, cannot
remove this vast deposit. It is estimated by
the most experienced miners, who have studied
our coal formation, that in the centre of our
Valley, wo hove not less than seventy feet of
coal in the different veins under thg surface. —
The quantity under each aero would almost
surpass belief. With a coal deposit so rich, the
future prospects of Wyoming Valley must be
onward and upward. We shall soon have a
bcc-hivo of operators, miners and laborers—all
earning and coining money.
Pennsylvania and Baltimore.—Central
Pennsylvania finds a largo market for its pro
ducts in the city, of Baltimore. It appears that
during the single month of May, the following
articles passed over tho Baltimore and Susquo
hanna Rai1r0ad2,083,059 feet of lumber,
8,422 bbls. flour, 4,474 bushels wheat, 4,582
bushels rye, 8,627 gallons milk, 5,978 tons of
coal, 2,827 bbls. whiskey, 970 cords wood, 612
tons marble, 312 tons marketing, 401 tons iron
ore, 1,153 tons pig iron, 100 tons groceries, 1,-
900 hogs, 842 tons bacon, 328 tons salt pork,
7 tons cheese, 404 tons lard, 20 tons butter,
3,388 tons lime, and 1,785 tons limestone.
A Hard Hit.—Henry Ward Beecher says he
means to vote against tho Nebraska bill, though
tho ballot boxes should be placed in the jaws of
h—II.
To this tho Wheeling Argus replies, that
every a right to vote in his own pre
cinct.
THE PROSPECTS OP THE DEMOCRACY.
The Perry. County Democrat, in reviewing
the present position of parties, says: “As we
will soon bo in the. midst ’of another exciting
gubernatorial contest, it is proper to cast our
eyes along the political, horrizon to ascertain, if
possible, whether the signs betoken victory or
defeat for, tho Democracy. « Checringly do our
eyes greet a firm and unwavering host, ready
and eager for the fight, on whoso banners may
be found inscribed—“the Union—its perpetuity
and progress”—the same ensign under which
the democracy have so often marched to glori
ous victory. Everything indicates the trium
phant election of our State ticket, should the
democracy maintain the same feeling which now
pervades their ranks. Union and lmrnion} r aru
essentialelcmentsof success, aud we fondly hope
that every democrat will see the absolute neces
sity of preserving our thorough organization.—
United, wo may confidently expect another tri
umph of tho principles of that party under
whose guidance we have arrived nearly at the
acme of national greatness. United, no obstacle
can bo thrown in our way to impede our pro
gress or endanger our success.
Our ticket is headed by one whom it should
be a pleasure for every democrat to support.—
No official act of Ins administration is blamcablc,
nor has our State ever enjoyed greater prosper
ity than under the administration of William
Bigler. Ever watchful of the interests of tho
State he has faithfully, honestly and democrat
ically administered the government—winning
for himself not only the admiration of the good
and great of his own, but.of our sister slates.
His messages are quoted in every part of our
grtat confederacy—being based upon sound,
principles—breathing nothing but
gOifyinc democracy; andovincinga tmeandun
wnvpring devotion to therintcrcsts of the Com
monwealth. His administration, thus far, has
been eminently successful, and we have every
reason to believe that he will be triumphantly
re-elected. That he will be, there is no doubt,
if the democracy but remain true to themselves
and tho principles which “has made and pre
served us a nation.” But should dissension
crccp into our ranks, through local divisions or
otherwise, our bright anticipations may lie
blasted and our hopes of success never realized.
can only hope for success, when
sectional bickerings and petty jealousies sow the
seeds pf disorganization in our ranks ; hence
-tho necss.ty of a firm determination lo preserve
paccand harmony m our party.
In the coming contest we will not only have
to meet our old opponents, the whips, but a
combination of wings, natives and abolitionists,
an organization rather formidable, but which
can be overwhelmingly defeated by tho united
notion of tho democracy.
Toko Warning by Your Cucmlcf,
Mr. Jefferson, in oneof his most eloquent
letters, says the Washington Union, declares
that democratic measures arc often carrud ns
much by the wanton violence of their enemies
os upon their own intrinsic merits. This sound
truth holds good, and is repeatedly confirmed
and illustrated, to this day. We ni-c admonish
ed eloquently by the abuse and the desperation
of such fanatics as disclose their fell designs in
the anger of disappointment and defeat. Mr.
Seward ’scooland complacent harangues against
the institutions of thp South, apd hence against
the constitution—that of Thursday evening,
for instance, when lie seemed desirous, of goad
tho friends of the Union b/ his hgaytidscrand in
cendiary philosophy—these things, revolting as
they ISO} of useful instructions (o us.
Who supports that Senator Sumner, while he
advocates the clergy of New England in one
breath, and tries to induce a Boston mob tons
sassinatc southern men in pursuance of their
rights—who supposes that his sentiments do
not full upon the public mind almost as so many
profanitiesagainst the Almighty himself ? Take
next the treasonable tirades of the New York
Tribune, which seems to regard the South as
one great powder magazine, ami itself as com
missioned to fire the train and blovyiijiousands
of human beings into eternity. Do we not de
rive from such exhibitions ns these new Ideas of
our own obligations and duties—new insight
into the dangers that our common coun
try ?
KT’* Count Nesselrode, it is said, has been in
sulted by the people of St. Petersburg. On
passing through the streets in his carriage he
was hissed, hooted and menaced, and was forced
to take refuge in the house of a friend. He was
accused by the people of being the cause of the
war, of not having taken sufficient care to pro
vide against its casualties, and of having shown
indificrcncc and negligence. Put whatever be
the cause, the symptoms of popular indigna
tion wore not to be mistaken. It is probable
that the inhabitants of St. Petersburg have al
ready began to feel more severely than the peas
ants of the interior tho evils which war brings
with it. They arc nearer to those parts which
are exposed to hostilities, and they must bo a
mong the first to suffer.
Washington's Faubwhi.l Addrf.ss. —We
notice a statement in one of tho newspapers, says
tho Harrisburg Borough Item, that a clergy
man, wo believe in one of the New England
States, has translated thfa important document
into the German language, and that several
thousand copies had been sent to Washington
City, and from thence distributed throughout
the country. This is well enough; but we are
certain that tho translator did not know that
tho Legislature of Pennsylvania, uniformly, for
the last fifty odd years, had a translation made
and from five to ten thousand copies in German
and double that number in English printed an
nually, and circulated. We believe that Penn
sylvania is tho only State in tho Confederacy
that pays this mark of respect to the memory
of tho “Father of his Country.” His native
State docs not do this much.
OIT'A correspondent of the Philadelphia Led
ger suggests the use of the skins of dogs slaugh
tered by tho dog catchers in tho manufacturing
of riding and driving gloves for ladies and gen
tleman. Cloves made from this material arc
said to bo superior to any other for this pur
pose, and that there is not a dog whoso skin is
not worth more than the cost of catching kill
ing and preserving.
A Long Fast.—A handsome young woman
from Bremen recently arrived in New York,
and, with a friend, proceeded to Wisconsin.—
While returning from there, she lost her friend
in tho cars, and being unable to speak a word
of English, and entirely destitute of money, she
went three days and three nights without tast
ing a particle of food. At the end of that time,
she received assistance in New York.
Governor Bigler,
In noticing tho recent address prepared by
Governor Bigler for tho opening of -the House
of.Kefuge for delinquents, tho Boston Post In
dulges Iho following-well■ deserved compliment
to ournblo Qhlef.Mngistrato.;
' The now House of Rbfdgo adjoining-Girard
College, in Philadelphia, was opened and dedi
cated a short time since. Gov. Bigler was not
present as was expected, but an address which
be had prepared for tho occasion, was’ read by
Mr. Clack and Mr, Hughes. We have
it with pleasure, as we do Gov. Bigler’s public
papers generally. In (he first place wo take it
the Governor of a State who, with his official
duties, finds time to devote to objects of benev
olence, in which the public are interested, and
improves occasions to address Ms constituents
thereupon, deserves commendation 5 for these
acts, opart and distinct from tho positive require
ments of Ids office, prove that ho is not indiffer
ent to anything which concerns the welfare ol
tho State, and that he is willing to think and la
bor.ln his day and generation for tho improve
ment of tiio institutions to be transmitted to
succeeding generations.
Should it be said that tho affectation o i taking
an interest in philanthropic projects is a ready
means of acquiring popularity, it may bo replied
nt once that tho people arc sufficiently intelli
gent to detect affectation and cant in these mat
tors, and if a candidate fo» their favor is seen to
act from no higher motive than a dcsifo to win
votes at an election, ho Is more likely to be de
spised than trusted. These remarks arc no{
called forth by any imputations which his
opponents have made upon the author of tho
address in question, for wo have .seen none.—
Their relevancy will ho found in reflecting how
ollon men in public life arc called upon to per
form gratuitous services 5 how-they are some
times censured for refusing; and how often thoir
best endeavors in this way arc requited by ill
natured remarks from persons not capable of
doing tho task half as well; oven if their indo
lence did not provertt them from undertaking it.
Tar Indian War, —Every Arrival from Texas
and the Indian territory brings intelligence of the
depredations of Indians upon American property
and attacks upon parties in the legitimate pur
suit of their business, and even upon small par
ties of United Slates troops. The last accounts
from'Western Texas represent Wild Cat ns at
the head of five hundred Seminole and Caraan
chc Indians, who recently attacked a small par
ty of soldiers and traders, killed nearly tho en
tire party of soldiers, twenty-five in number, and
some thirty traders, among whom were six Ame
ricans. Scvenl gther scattering squads won'
also killed in the vicinity, ami one family. The
Indians were heard to say dining the fight that
they wool! kill everything and desolate the
country to the Rio Grande. The Western Tex
an, alluding to these depredations, says :
“Wild Cal is nt the head of nil this, and we
believe that the Mexican nation holds about the
sime position with tlu-se Indians that England
held with the American Indian tribes in the
United States and C utada during the Revolu
tion and the lute war. However, we will not go
so far as to siy that Mexico odors these Indians
a reward for each scalp, hut we know that they
have great inducements held out to them, and
as for Wild Cat, he is now reluming his compli
ments to our Government tor the many favors
they have granted him, and ho, no doubt, ex
pects that we shall sooner or later purchase his
friendship by giving him “bitr heap of money
and, regarding liis treatment Imretofore, he has
very plausible reasons to expect this.”
The United States Government should lake
(his marauder in h nl, and teach liim sikssmi
which will he of service to him and his followers.
Tub War in Ei.’luiim:. —lloiles no good tq
Turkey. It has in its inanouvers all the sti
lish arts, tricks ami delays of monarchical di
plomacy. The (V-ar Nicholas was the only
man among the royal plunderers who had the
manliness to talk plain anil say that tho; next
business on ’the dismemberment pTi
Turkey. and will die, said he,
and so let hs meanwhile prepare to divide his
estate. England seemed much shocked, at.Uu‘6
frankness, but the whole game now playing is
to sec who shall have the largest slice of Turkey.
England kilows that her prestx/re. in India will
.suffer seriously if Russia shall once reach down to
the Medium nunn. The men ot money and
stock rule the diplomacy of England, ami it is
now said that the Rolhehilds are to haven small
empire to themselves in Palestine. Turkey will
intfrtr a debt to the allies for their present assist
incc that she will mver be aide to pay other
wise than with territory, or submitting to such
a proleclomlensnowcnrscs and crushes Greece.
Russia will most likely obtain the Dohrudscha,
Molda\ ia and ‘Wallaehia, and the allies the pol
itical control of the remainder. It is not intend
ed that there shall be much lighting, but a little
is needed to keep up appearances. •
Monky Lost in tmk Maii.h. —The Washing
son Star lias the follow ing interesting decision :
—An applicant for a patent, nn his withdrawal
of his application, iiiMnielcd llie('oimnissioner
of Patents to fonvnrd In him by mail the sum
of twenty dollars due him fnni the f loverniuent
on said withdrawal. The money was sent
agreeably to his instructions, and was lost hi
course of transmission. On Ins application to
be remunerated said sum, it was held that the
Post-office Department is es*abli.«,hid for the con
venience of lluj people, and is a medium for
; them to transmit and receive intelligence and
all mailnhle matter ; but it is not an insurance
ofllce. The postage charged is no more in the
estimation of Congress than u fair compensation
for the services actually rendered, and is not a
reward for any risk nm in conveying mailable
matter. If the Postmaster General, or the
President and Fenatc, have appointed a d slimi
est Postmaster, the I'nilcd States are not bound
to remunerate l hi Wan individual sustained by
his having violated the law, ami there is no lia
bility imposed on the United S ales in this case,
from the fact that they were the trustees of said
applicant, and sent the money by mail ns he
directed.
T 7" Walker, the Filibuster. has surrendered
lo the United Slates authorities, lo save him
self from falling into the hands of tho Mexicans.
Ho is to be tried for violating the laws of the
country prohibiting lilting out armed expedi
tions against other countries. Their is another
offence which ought not to bo overlooked when
the law conics to deal out justice to this indi
vidual, and that is the deliberate murder of Uvo
of his men, whom ho had shot, under a sentence
of court martial, composed of other pirates like
Walker. Should ho escape conviction under
our laws, which is scarcely probable under the
testimony, tho Mexican government will doubt
less clcmand his surrender, to answer for the
crimes he was guilty of in Sonora.
017" Thu Emperor of tho French has taken
another step, and a very important one, in tho
path of free trade, by entirely removing the re
striction which existed upon tho importation,
under the English flag, for consumption in
Franco, of any merchandise the produce of Asia,
Africa, or America ; and also upon the impor
tation, under the English ling, of European
products shipped elsewhere than in the ports of
the United Kingdom or its possesskiHs in Eu
rope. Thus the .special hostility of tho French
tillin’ to England, us compared with the rest of
the woild, is no longer to exist. *
f&it nni) Inkers.
Gathering op the Nations. —Tho Chriati on
Indians oftho ancient confederacy, known as the
“Six Nations,” arc holding a religious gather
ing at the Mission Church, oh. tho Onondaga
N. Y.,. commencing on the 6lh
inst. . ,
05 s * Tho Mayor of Brooklyn has issued a Pro;
clamation, forbidding the interference with tl o
rights of citizens to meet peaceably together for
public worship.- Ho also forbids allprocessions
to and from places of worship, crowds. &c im
dor penally of prompt arrest. - V.
KF' Mr. Towers, tho mayor elect of Washing
ton, is tho fourth printer who has been elevated
to that office during tho last thirty-two'years.
K?” Tho New Orleans Bulletin, in reply j 0
an inquiry, says tlicro are no paper manufac
turers iri the State of Louisiana.
Iln.v. J. F. S.vonquASS.—A telegraphic de-'
spalch announces the sudden death of the Horn
J. F. Snodgrass, nt his residence in Parkers;
burg. Va., on Monday Inst. At the time of hltf
death, Mr. Snodgrass represented tho 12th dis
trict of Virginia in tho present Congress.
OP* Wo understand that Judge Rogers has
declined the appointment of associate law Judge,
for this county, tendered him by Governor Big-,
ler. Judge Banks, of Reading, it is stated, will
now receive the appointment. —Lancaster Intel*
ligence ;.
Afflictive Dispensation. —Tho Shakers at
Enfield, Ct., have lately experienced a sore af
fliction, which has deprived them of two very ef
ficient members. The persons In question wet'e’
suddenly missed a few mornings since, anci.df'ter
a long and painful search, it wasaccrtaihed tha£
they hud “gone and got married;”
QT7“The good time coming, tho Geneva
Courier notices tho appearance in that village of
a strong-armed, strong-backed, and of course
strong-minded woman, in charge of a canal boat,
of which she is now owner and captain.' She is
of German origin, and manages hererafl with a
bilily.
Obedience to Orders. —A jailer had received
strict orders not to keep any prisoners in solita
ry eonflnmcnt. Onco when ho had but two in
charge, one escaped, and be was obliged, incon
eeqnence, lo kick !hz other on! of doors , to com
ply with the regulations.
Moan trouble at Erie, Pa., is likely to occur,
if the statement nl a Cleveland paper be correct,
that the Council had adopted ft resolution for
tearing up the track and putting down the bridg
es of the Railroad Company within the corporate
limits. The Mayor, however It is said, has re
fused to give liis assent to the resolution until
lie obtains legal advices.
C.'T’” Pittsburg has, by her Common Council,
made an additional subscription of $BOO,OOO to
to the stock of tho Steubenville Railroad, for
(be purpose of completeing that work, which
object will be effected by the commencement of
the year 18<>5.
Mn. Florence. —Mr. Florence of Philadel
phia. authorizes tho Washington Star to state
that tho charge made against him of having as
serted ‘-that in cose of tho defeat of Maury, he
would not vote for tho expenditure of ono dol
lar tor the improvement of Washington,” to bo
in/ii tilifiedly false.'*
An Kxn.LLENT Sociktt.— The New York
Budget tells us Mint there has just been fbrmod
a Society of MuttmJ Succor among the Italian
Republicans of this city, and Americans ami
other benevolent persons are invited to become
m-Miibers. Tho mode of affording relief is to
procure work for tho political exiles, mid to
keep them at work in stores orlradeseven with
out receiving pay. till they know enough of tho
language to earn their own living.
SiNfsri, vn case or death* —Mr. Ed. Knight,
an Englishman, passenger on the Herculaneum,
which was run into by tho steamer Sicily, off
Nice, and sunk, who was rescued, has since (lied
at Geneva, of gangrene, resulting from o bite of
his wife. During tbeir Inststrugghs together In
Hjo sea, Mr. K. proposed Jo abandon tho chil
drcgi as-ho could not :sivd boMMbem and her;
butane declined,' nnctsho'wcnt dbwn' Wjllhttort,
fn tbe desperation of the moment biting off ono
of bis fingers.
[IT* The Detroit Tilhnno says : “Not the least
amusing thing in the doings of yesterday was
the that large nunilicrs of people, wholcf;miilics
from tlie country, came into the city, with their
teams, to sie Ihj chips. l ! That is a fact.
Qy A. Cinema iti piper states t! at sever.-1
thmsmd barrels of swine’s blood is used in
that city every year for the manufacture of sweet
uine. That's an item lor wine-drinker,s.
Katc Dahi.ino Mannim.— Miss Kate Dar
ling was married at Memphis, on Monday eve
ning last, to Madison M. Vales. After “Sweet
Knty” has been sung under a thousand starry
skies, by moonstruck lovers, “breathing like a
furnace 5” after being thumped over a thousand
pianos, by misses sighing to be like her, she
lias gone the way all girls would like to go—
into a husband’s arms!
(T7"Sport In Kentucky—Young Sportsman:
I say friend, js there any thing to shoot about
here? farmers Wnl, I don't know, stranger,
but you can go down to the cross roads and
take a pop ot the school master, just to keep
your hand In.
Tavp.iin LiCK.vsra Refused. —Judge Fisher,
of York county, Ims refused to grant license to
Casper Smith because ho permitted dominoes
to be played in bis bar-room, thus encourag
ing loafers to play for liquor drank. 110 also
refused to concur with his Associates in gran
ting license to Joseph Hartman because ho sold
liquor to drunken men.
[K7* Pomuylmnla coal trade will produce n
greater return by two and a half millions, tl is
year, than over before known to the country.
[£7* Harvard Collegians arc required by col
lege laws, to dross in black coats and huts.—
Whoever dares to visit church on Sunday, in 0
light-eolored coat, violates not only the laws of
etiquette, but of tho University.
D.T’ Death from Carelessness. —As a German
family wore travelling on tho (rain towards Rul
faln, N. Y., tho father, incautiously, look two
voting children out on tho platform of the cur,
when, by a sudden jerk, (he little ones wero
torown off, and mio instantly killed, while the
other was so badly Injured that it died in a few
hours.
CTT-tho difficulty "I Groytown on the Isth
mus, between tho American Minister and tno
authorities there, is to bo settled by sending an
American man-of-war to hunt up the authors 01
tiie assault upon our Minister.
Protection TO TUB Texas Pboxtikh.— I Tin
Governor of Texas has addressed a letter totho
Secretary of war, calling his attention to tho ne
cessity of having a force of mounted men sta
tioned at such points on tho IUo Gmndo as will
enable thorn to glvo adequate protection to the
lives and property of the citizens against tho In
dians.
Beau Meat. — A bluok bear, weighing about
800 pounds, was killed lust week near Brook
vlllc, Jefferson co., Fa., and (ho moat was sold
In that town, for ton cents a pound. •
Cattle in Missouri.— Tho St. Louis Intollh
goncor of Friday, says, “prime boijf onttlb are
selling In tho St. Louis and most of tho Western 1
markets, from $7 60 to $B. This is full 08 per
cent, higher than they Imvo over boon known be
fore, unless for a week or two at a time.”
Col. Benton’s Historical Ladors.—lt Is sta
ted that tho Mosers. Appleton have applied to
Col. Benton to continue writing history forthclr
joint profit, beginning in 1810, and writing
down to tho present commencement of tho Thir
ty Years j and continuing on from tho end of
the Thirty Years to the end of hlsllfo. Tho lat
ter part of tho proposal ho Is understood to have
accepted. ,
Crime in Cincinnati. —One’thousand and ono
arrests wore made by the Cincinnati police, du
ring the month of May, bolngtho largest amount
ever before made In tho same space of tlmo.
Bio Cattle and Bio Profits. —Mr. David Ar
montrout, of Rockingham County, Va.» shout
eighteen months ago,bought two stoors for $220,
05. They wore immediately sold again for $240,
and driven to Richmond, where they brought
tho some of $BOB.