AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. JOHN : B. BRJTTON, Editor k Proprietor. CARLISLE. PA., JUNE .22, 1854. Democratic State Ticket: : l GOVERNOR: W ILL lAM BIGLER, OP CLEARITKD COCKTY. JUDGE OF TIIE SUPREME COURT. JEREMIAH S, BLACK, OF 30J1EEBET COUNTY. CANAIi COMMISSIONER : HENRYA.MOTT, OF PIKE COUNTY. Stale Central Committee, Tho Democratic State Central Committee, agreeable to previous announcement, met at Buehlcr’a Hotel, in Harrisburg, on Thursday, tho 15th lust., and after a full aud Iroo intor changobf sentiments, it was resolved that a more efllcienttirganizfttion of the Democratic party bo cffectedyand that addresses bo issued on the following subjects : Ist. The'new position of the Whig party and their allied.. 2nd. Thd'principles of non-intervention ami popular soverignty as settled by the C mupromise ot 1850, aiid embodied in tho Nebraska and Kansas bill. Bd. Review of the measures of tho present and and late State Administrations. 4th. Federalism and Whlggery from the days of Hamilton down to the present day. I ‘- Hcsnlred, That the foregoing proceedings bo published in the- Democratic papers of this State. J. ELLIS BONUAM, Chairman. v.Geo. C. Welker, Secretary. -v. O'* The Philadelphia News has *taken the new and mysterious order of Know-Nothings under its especial protection, hoping, no doubt, that the mem hers of that order will In turn take the News under their protection. It announces the formation of “ Councils” of this secret so ciety in Harrisburg, Carlisle. Ncwvillc. &c., and it really appears to lemur <omW/img in relation to the origin, movements and designs of this proscriptive body of men. Well, the News is really a good paper, and we .-hall be pleased to learn that its new pahun- pa\. pecuniarily, bet ter than did defunct Whiggery. [CTOur neighbor of the Ur mid , in common ( lyilh most of the ’Whip—we bey; pardon, Know . Nothing —papers of this Slate, has a decided liking for the new organization of Know Noth- | mg*. This is characteristic of our neighbor— i lie would defend any organization, and become ; a member of it, even if “old Nick” himself offi- ’ ciateda.shighprie.-l.prodded the object wasde .... .dared to be “opposition to Loeofocoisin.” The ditor of (he Uriah! forgets, perhaps, that lie published Gen. Scott's electioneering speeches, In which the “ rich brogue <jf the Irishman,” and the “ musical \oicc of the German” were referred to in sickening flatten’. The Herald at that time —fall of —was zealous in do- 1 fence of “ foreigners” and of the freedom of speech and the liberty of religious belief. Cut now, with the same selfish and dishonestmotive, he defends and joins the Knoir-Nothtng*, in the hope political power. Shame, where is thy blush] - . 017 s * Our rather sleepy ucighborof the Jlerahl reminds us that, notwithstanding our paper is published one day after his, that that,paper noticed the Nakiva-Know-Nothing-Whlg “vic tories” in Philadelphia and Washington before I we did. This is a little strange, we confess, | for wc arc generally one or lwo weeks ahead of the Herald in publishing ones. To relieve our neighbor of all anxiety, however, we may men* | lion that,notwithstandingour paper is publish- \ ed one day after the Jlerahl, wu are generally OD press before that paper, and on the day the intelligence reached here (\ esteid.i\ two weeks, at 2 o'clock, I*. M-.) of the mongrel Mctorv in Philadelphia, our edition was more than half worked off. Our neighbor /We sec. >•*» dehgbtid with tin* Knoic-Nolktnp* : ami although hi- is ••entirely uninformed as to the di»utn-l principles uf the new order,” the fuel that they assisted to de feat the ••I.ocofoco.s” is of itself enougli to com mend them to him. So I This is significant, and our Democratic friends should make a note of it. (T7”Il is rumoifd (hut George Dursie.the whig candidate for Ciitiul ('uiniutstooner. "ill bark out, to make room (or an American candidate. • —Han isfxtrg /toroa* Item. We shall not be surprised if thenltove rumor proves correct — Mr. Daksik, although a man of talent, is a foreigner, a S -otcbman by birth, and ( this don’t suit the views ol his party under its new Know-Nothing organization. However humiliating the withdrnw'al of Mr. D vhwib might appear to eveny honorable man, the Wings are shameless enough to submit to the demands of their new masters—they oroready for the sacri fice. Wcjsuppose the next demand to he made upon the Whigs by their new allies, will bo to withdraw their candidate for Supreme Judge, Mr. Smtsbk. Wo shall sec—what we shall sec! RumOKED Diffici'l/Tv. —Intelligence from the, Faulkland islands states that the United States corvette Germantown had demanded from the British brig-of-war Express some prisoners who had been detained for trespassing on the British fishing grounds. The captain of the Express refused, when the captain of the Ger mantown wrote an imperious demand for them, threatening, if it was not coinjjlied with, he j would fire into the Express, and he beat to j quarters and ran his guns out. The captninof the Express, however, maintained his position, and delivered up the prisoners to the civil au thorities, by whom the}' werefkncd. The affair ,U;etotcd to have occasioned some acrid corres jtoljdcnco between the United Stales and British authorities, which has been forwarded to the respective governments. This intelligence was brought to us by the latest English papers. RiotatDanvii.u:.— We have been informed by ft gentleman acquainted with the fact, that a sorioiis riot occurred at Danville on Monday night of last week, at ft public house called the 41 Cross Keys," where a Jewish ball was being held. It appears that just at the time the larealites were in the act of setting down to supper, a company of rowdies molested them, and an aflray was the result. Stones were llu-bjyn in profusion, windows were smashed in, one man was stabbed, and anotherhad his head seriously injured. Bo great was the excitement that the Court House bell was rung, and the police interfered in full force to prevent further serimja consequences. A number of the rioters | were arrested and lodged in jail. ■’WHISTLING TO KEEP THEIR COURAGE DP. It is quite amusing to read the vain boast ings'of tho.opposition papers at thiatime. Our WHig friends are good at brag, if nothlpg else, ' and if loud boasting can availhim, Judge Pol* ‘ lock will certainly be elected Governor \>y a ; very large majority. A Whig or Know-Noth ing paper uow before us, predicts that his ma jority will exceed twenty thousand! Thiskihd of ‘ doud talk” might alarm us, but when wo consider that boasting has always been a favor ite policy iu Whig tactics, we arc rather amus ed than frightened at the tone of the opposition press. These same presses, in the fall of ’52, predicted that Scott would carry everything before him, and snccringly admitted that Qcn. Pierce “ might, possibly, carry four States in tho Union.” But the result of the election that fall proved tho Whigs bad prophets, for instead of Gen. Pierce receiving„but four States in the 1 Union, ho received tho vote of twenty-seven States, and it was Gen. Scott who received the j/owr, and two of them he got by “ the skin of j his teeth.” After thip wc think our political j opponents should not again attempt to prophesy j the result of elections. They have attempted I this game so often without success, that .a res | poet for themselves should induce them to resort i to some other expedient by which to revive the drooping spirits of their scattered forces. Now, we will not pretend to predict the ma jority Gov. Bigler will he re-elected by, but that he will be triumphantly sustained at the polls on the second Tuesday of October, wcfecl entirely confident. "Why should he not be sus tained ?~why should tho people discard him ? Beyond question he has, thus for, administered tho Executive duties to the full and entire satis- j faction of every unprejudiced man. He has, on ' every occasion, faithfully performed his duty, and guarded the honor of the State and the in terests of her people with unscrnpulousfidelity. William Biolrr is n practical man, a man of the people, who understands-their wants and their interests. Possessed of a clear and com prehensive mind, lie is enabled to steer clear of all difficulties in the discharge of his responsible and laborious duties. His public messages, many of them prepared at short notice, arc mo del State papers, and have been referred to in the highest terms of commendation by nearly all the leading papers of our country. Such a man is the Democratic nominee for Governor. Will the people reject this-tried and faithful public servant, to bestow the place he now so ably fills upon a new and untried man? Never —never! ] During the present canvass, it is not our pnr ! pose to say aught to the disparagement of Judge I Pollock, except to firmly oppose his election, from principle. We have known Judge P. for ! many years, and have always found him a very honorable man, but yet a most decided, and • even vindictive political opponent. If the oppo sition papers desire to pursue a different course , towards Gov. Biolkr, they can do so in wel come. He is above and beyond the reach of their poisoned arrows, and stands invulnerable to their attacks, and impregnable to all assaults. Puovoskd Modification of thk Tariff.— The Committee of Ways and Means of the , House of Representatives, at Washington, it is said, have agreed to report a bill for a modi fication of the tariff, upon the basis suggested by Secretary Guthrie. The bill contains five schedules of rates. In the first schedule the old onoJnindrcd percent, duty on brandies, liquors, ' «ic., remains unchanged. Wcnow receive three .millions duties annually from this source. The second schedule rates the duty at twenty per cent. This includes nil the articles which, in i the previous tariff, vary from twenty-five to i one hundred per cent. It also includes iron, | sugar, manufactured silk and hemp. The tliird schedule is fifteen per cent., the fourth ten per cent., and the fifth five per cent., and embraces nearly all the articles in the existing tarifl, but reducing to fifteen per cent, articles which now pay twenty, to ten per cent, articles which now pay fifteen, &c. &c. The twenty pei cent, schedule includes raw silk and some descriptions of medicines and dyestuffs. We now receive over seven million dollars duties upon manufactured and unman ufactured silk. The lists are very full, and fif teen per cent, is placed ujion oil unenumerated articles. Salt, which under the present tariff is an en umerated article, pays twenty per cent., is to be admitted free of duty. The free list takes hr all the articles now admitted free, as well ns many articles now in the lower list of duties. — It also includes certain dyestuffs and medicines. It is estimated that this tariff will yield a revenue of about forty-five millions. N k nn ask a asd K ass \s .—W c understand that all the Indian tribes in those two mw United Slates Territories have concluded irea- ! ties with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, fur the relinquishment of the lands at present ' occupied by them within the scope of country to be included under the two now governments. 'The Washington Star says, these treaties are, 1 one and all, before the Senate, and will doubt less be promptly ratified, that body being quite anxious to expedite the formal organization of the new territorial governments. We have be fore taken occasion to explain the leading prin ciples on which the treaties above referred to have been made. That is, wherein they differ from such conventions heretofore enteral into by the United States. Tim Russians in tiik Pacific. —The Valpa raiso Herald, under date of March 16th, reports the Russian frigate Diana, of 52 guns, as being in that port, and the Aurora of (ho same flag, as daily expected there. The Russian tran sport Sitka, of seven hundred tons, and mount ing 12 guns, had previously left Valparaiso for I Russian America. From these preparations it is evident that the Russian colonics on the north west cr ast of this continent are not to bo left in so exposed and defenceless a condition os has been suspected. (nT*The Wakulla (Newport) Trine* says that it docs not know when provisions have been so scarce in Middle Florida ns at present. Corn, bacon, flour, Ac., ordered from New Or leans, are not yet received, because tboronre not vessels enough in the trade to supply theuniver sal demand. On a recent arrival of a vessel, many wagons from a distance in the country wore obliged to return empty—and what is worse, with the prospect of finding an empty corn crib and smoke house when tiny got home. The Times adds that so far as heard from, the prospect for the growing corn crop in Middle Florida Is cheering. •«= Emigrations to the New Territories- ThcAbolitumists and WHiga arc now seeking to make capital out of pretended efforts to cn courago.and facilitate emigration from the free States to Kansas and Nebraska, in order to mdet and outvote the slave-holders who may locate there. They will And few slaveholders there, says the Pittsburgh Morning Post, and have :no rivalry to overcome. The South has nK de sign to enter the contest tor the control of those regions. But we hope the efforts to send North ern labor there will be successful, and that the Abolitionists will now show their zeal for the cause of free territory by going themselves in large numbers. Let them show a disposition to labor, and endure the hardships of a frontier and pioneer life, for the sake of their cause, in stead of remaining in the old States to preach,, and agitato, and stir up riot- and- murder and treason. A fair field is open before them. If they have any fears that slavery will gain foot ing in Kansas, why not go there themselves in sufficient numbers to prevent it. They can well be spared from the older communities ; and a little disposition to labor, as well as to agitate, is necessary to prove their sincerity. "Wo be lieve, however, that -the Abolitionists of the North and East have no'intention to put “their own hands to the plough." Like Wendell Phillips and Theodore Parker, they will incite others to exertions, and then provide for their own safety and comfort at home. Those two valorous Boston agitators made speeches to a crowd that resulted in riot and the murder of a citizen, and instead of joihing in the mob they fled like cowards to their comfortable homes, and called upon the Mayor to protect them and their property frora.’thrcatencd vengeance. And so it will be in regard to this emigration scheme. They will call lustily to others to go tothonew territories, and remain in comfort nt home themselves. We want to see Abolitionists go ■ ing to Kansas in great numbers. We don’t like the institution. So, turn out, abolition ists. There is a wide field for you in the wes* • tern wilds: and if you arc sincere in yoilr pro fessions yon will help to occupy it, and prevent the extension of slavery. It is a humbug. It is political capital they desire to make, and not free Slates. Orn Financial System. —The present or ganization of the financial system of tffe United States, the l i cnnsylvanian says, is purely De mocratic. The Sub-Treasury has not only saved the nation, but rescue#' the commercial community from general bankruptcy and min, and this to an extent of which the latter has not yet formed an idea, and of course, cannot appreciate. Indeed, as a general truth, the community is not yet half aware of the social blessings and political advantages it has derived from the principles and policy of the Democra tic party; and many a Whig who now owes his commercial prosperity, and social happiness to the Democracy, is not conscious, in the hot prejudices of a party warfare, that he is indebted for that happiness and prosperity to the sterling wisdom and invincible integrity of Thomas I Jefferson and l»ia incorruptible disciples. Let | the people only know the fuels—give them to j understand truth —let them comprehend the real issues of the parties that notfdislracl the country, and they will rally to a man in support of the Union and the Government that now conducts it to honor, prosperity and fume. Filli bdsteeino in Cbntkal America.—The Governor pf Honduras Ijns issued a against the alleged designs of a company of adventurers composed of English, Germans and Americans, who intend to plant an American colony upon part of the Mosquito territory, which they have seized, under pretence of a sale from the Mosquito King to John Sebastian Runswick. a merchant of 'London. Such an attempt, it is alleged, threatens thedignity and rights, as well as intersts, of Honduras, and the Governor appeals to the sense of justice-of the United Slates and all civilizednationsagainstit. Major Wvhb.—The Court-Martial In the case of Major Wyso, the New York Times says, has found iffm guilty of disobedience of orders in refusing to embark on board the steamship Falcon ; and that helms been sentenced to Jt.i mlision from the service, ns a punishment therefor. The Court, sensible of the upright ness of his motives, has recommended his rein statement to the service nod to his rank ; and a petition has already been numerously signed, soliciting a remission of his sentence at the hands of the President. We learn since the above hn.s been in type that the President hn.s approved the decision, but refused the clemency, and Major Wysc has accordingly been suspended from his rank and pay for the period of six months. Captain Ingraham. —This officer, whose connection with the Koszta affair made him somewhat famous, has written a short letter, acknowledging the receipt of the resolutions of thanks, passed at Metropolitan Hall, New York, shortly after tUcj-clense of Koszta was effected, lie sayfl : “The officers of the Yavy feel the great responsibility resting upon them, to pro tect the lives and property of citizens abroad ; and be assured, whenever nn opportunity oilers, that they will not be found wanting in carry ing out the wishes of the government.” Statu Govf.unments. —It is a remarkable fact, of the eighteen States admitted into the Union since the formation of the Constitution, only eight of them have had permission from Congress to erect State Governments. In the other nine exclusive of Texas, the people have assumed sovereignty, cuV*t£einsclvcs loosq from Congressional dictation, formed at once Inde pendent State Governments, and have been ad mitted into the Union. The Nebraska bill car ries tlio principle of the sovereignty of the peo ple still further, and recognizes in it matters which Congress has hitherto exercised jurisdic tion over. For this reason, it needs only to be well understood to meet with the popular ap proval. [£7* The Georgia and Florida boundary has long been a matter of dispute between the two States, and the question was to have been tried in the United States Supremo Court; but last winter, when the representatives of the contend ing parties met at Washington, the Attorneys of the two States agreed that Commissioners should bo appointed to run a lino as nearly as possible from the junction of the Flint and Chattahoochee rivers to the head waters of the St. Mary’s river. Accordingly, the Governor of Georgia has appointed A. A. Allen, Commis sioner, and James R. Butts, Surveyor, to meet similar officers on the part of Florida, on the 2ulh Inst., to commence the labor of running the boundary line. Indiana and the Adopted Citizens. • Amongst the admirable resolutions adopted by tho lato democratic convention in Indiana, there la one pointed directly*at the secret organization biased upon religious Intolerance and hostility to foreigners, which ? deserves to bo especially noticed. This organizatlon.was met by tho In diana democracy in tho bdld and deflant spirit which it becomes tho democracy everywhere to repel so insidious and so dangerous an effort to distract and weaken our party. The national democracy can never yield to such n irrow sen timents ns those which actuate this new faction, and democrats who do their duty in every State will repudiate all association with it in tho spirit which animated tho democrats of Indiana iu the passage of the following resolution : Resolved , That tho democracy of Indiana, still adhering to tho constitution of the confederacy, openly and.avowedly condcms any organization, secret or otherwise, that would aim to disrobe any citizen, native or adopted, of his political, civil, or religious liberty; Westmoreland Cot's’Ty. —The Democratic primary elections inWmtmoreland county have rcsultcd.in the nomination of Augustus Drum for Congress, and W. A. Cook and Benjamin Bycrly for Assembly. 1 The Value of an I-ndustiual Calling?— In referring lately to tin statistics of the Phila delphia County Prison the North American in cidentally notices the fact that of the two hun dred and seventy convicts received into that institution during the last year no less than one hundred and eighty-three were persons without any regular profession or trade upon which to depend for a livelihood. This extra ordinary condition of things (says the North A incrican) deserves the serious consideration of all well-wishers of the community, pregnant as it is with an admonition which ought never to be neglected by those who have the charge and guidance of youth. The fact speaks trumpet tongued bf the groat wrong committed by per sons who under the weight of such a responsi bility, omit the perfoi-roancc of their duty iyid permit children to grow up to maturity more useless superfluities in tho great body of civiliz ed society. Destructive Fire at York, Pa. —A fire broke out ftt York, Pa.,on Friday morning, in the stable of Daniel B. Weiser, on an alley be tween South-Gcorge and South Duke streets, which was consumed, together with his barn, a wagon, hay, straw, Jb.-The Republican says thestable of Mr. consumed, and that of Joseph Funk ntuch damaged. The bam of Bcnj. Weiser, Sr. was olso consumed, togeth* er with two cows, a ton of hay, a crib of corn, &c. Then the stables of the widow of Philip Stair, and Jacob Crcmcr, and twfl owned by Jacob Quickel, also fell l a prey to the flames.— Mr. Q. also lost his shop, and from 20,000 to 25,000, feet of lumber. lie was in sured for only $BOO. The flanges next commu nicated to the stables of S. Weiser, and anoth er owned by B. Weiser. Sr., whjch were con sumed, as were also thestable of,Thomas Bumb gardner, and dwelling of Mr, JViac. Four one story houses owned by S. were like wise destroyed, and the dwellings of Mr Schall and Mr. Oliusser, and, r ',ral others greatly damaged. The loss •’ Important prom English pa pers received by the. ..m the impor tant nnnouccmcxit, untyr dattf of Slmnglme. April 12, that Commodore Peny had'succeed ed in the object of his vfabb, toJeddo, and that similar advantages have been obtained for the commerce of tliis country that had previously been conceded to Russia. The same condition is contained in both treaties —namely, that time ports are to be opened in a year. The latest ad view? from Shanghae, under date of March IT, stated that Commodore Perry was hourly ex pected there on his return from Joddo, and it is probable, therefore, that the statement of the English papers are correct. Such a result will fully vindicate the Japan expedition from the unmerited abuse expended upon it, and open to the coinmcrcc of our country an immense Held for its employment. IC7 5 ’ Thu BufTalo Republic relates a late cow hiding ease in that city, in which a gentleman temporarily residing there, but having n family at the Falls, was Hogged in a restaurant by a “/wii/,” (?) who accompanied the chastisement with a ‘piece of .her mind”—charging him with making disturbance in her family —promising to marry divers and sundry young ladies, he being a married ffian all the while, and she would teach him better than that. On leaving, she gave I he victim of her vengeance due notice that if she ever caught him in the street he might expect another instalment of the “hide” with interest. [CT'The New York Times gives the follow ing portraiture of fashionable life and society in New York: Our fashionable society in this city is a sham from beginning to end. It is utterly unsound, depraved and unnatural—a 'deceptive piece of rottoij wood, made to look shiny with French polish, and glittering with the phosporcsccut light corruption—a copper cent trying its very best to look like a five franc piece, and, what is worse, in nine cases oat of ten succeeding. Foun Pkksons Duownkd. —The Mauch Chunk Pennsylvania Gazette issued an extra on thu Oth instant, from which we extract the following melancholy intelligence: ‘ ‘This after noon, as several persons, (Irish laborers at the Beaver Meadow wharf,) were engaged in unload ing a dirtscow just above (hodam at this place, the line by which the boat was held was brok en by the force of tho current, the bgat went over the dam, and melancholy to relate, four persons were drowned. The boat came to the surface bottpm side up, and two persons suc ceeded fA milking their escape, one by climb ing uptJn tho’boat, the other being forced by thocuricnt on'toyor near the beach. But one body has thus far been recovered. This sad calamity will fill many hearts with grief and shroudniany a domestic circle in gloom. They were all active and .industrious men, and all, wo believe, had families.” A Kino in Search of a Wife,— The King or Portugal is about to travel, having received legislative saction to that end. It is said ho goes in search of a wife. The Miguclito party are offended at it, ns they say the daughter of the Duke of Dalafons was designed fof him.— Another party fix on thoprinccssof the Belgian House of Coburg, and there aro those who de sire to see him espouse a British princess, in or der to give Great Britain not only more interest, but more authority to counsel the chief of the State of Portugal. A-smnll flotilla is titling out to accompany the King. THE NEW NAME ADOPTED BY THE AVUfGS. The Whigs hayo at length dropped the name to which they so long adhered, and tho party of Webster and Olay is hereafter toboknowA by the senseless title of “Know-Nothings”: yho Whig party is extinct, its creed abandoned, and its followers have taken shelter -beneath tho camp of a miserable and intolerant faction.— And what arc the objects of this Know-Noth ing association ?—What its principles ? Noth ing more nor less than opposition to the Catho lic religion and to all men of foreign birth. The Constitution of our country, which guarantees to'.us all the inalienable right to worship our Maker according to the dictates of our own con science, is thus put at defiance, and. its wise provisions spurned by a set of Bum, some of whom are scoffers of religion, and Atheists at heart. Of ail the parties and faclionsthat have ever been formed in thia country, this Know- Nothing association is tho first that has dared to proscribe a portion of our citizens, because of their birth-place, and to make religion a test at elections. •At tho framing of our Constitu tion, sat side by. side the Presbyterian, the Baptist, the Episcopalian, the Quaker, the Ger man Reform, the Lutheran, the Methodist and the Catholic, and in the wisdom of these good men they declared that cVery American citizen should bo allowed tbofrccdoniof speech, and the right to worship his God according to his own way of thinking. Up to this time this privilege has never been denied. Now, however, a Know- Nolhing association, 'made up, ns appears, of the fag ends of all parties, have the effrontery to set at defiance this recognized, priuciple of our free government! The head’ man of this society pr organization, (a resident of Now York,) is a miserableblackguard, black-leg, and Atheist, and concocted this plan to restore de funct Federalism to power in a grog-shop of New York, at the hour of midnight, lie twice escaped tho Penitentiary by a merd quibble of tlic law, and if justice is done, the head chicfof thoKnow-Nothings will yet receive his deserts. lias it come to this, that an abandon ed wicked Atheist of New York is to estab lish a creed and have prostlytea to it, the ob ject and intention of which is to deny a plain principle of our Constitution, framed and adopt ed by the wisest and best men our country ever produced ? A-word to Democrats. Rest assured the Know-Nothing association means Whiggeryor Federalism by another name. The Whigs fed that they can no longer sustain themselves ns a distinct party, and have capitulated to this politico-religious faction that has sprung up in , inourlargccitics. Frohinformatkm derived from varioussources, wo assert boldly that thcobjects of thetossooiation is to secure a large majority of Whigs to join it; then to get as many Demo crats Id join as influence or curiosity may se cure. This is the first object. The Whigs are always In a largo majority in the association.— When a Democrat is decoyed into the lodge of the Know-Nothing*, ho is required—First, to swear that he will oppose, by all the means in his power, the elevation of any Catholic to office. Second, that he will wage war against every man, woman and child of foreign birth, ami do everything in his power to crush them j in whatever business they may he engaged.— Third, that a vote of the majority (composed, as we have said, of. Whigs,) shall bind all mem bers of the association to vote tpgeth cr a( a town or general elect ion. Fourth, to oppose and pul down, if possible, every inoU .Mho*'sjymkfl dis paragingly of the Know-Nothings, • This is their creed of principles. Wo caution our Demo cratic friends, therefore, to havemothing to do with this contemptible Know-Nothing associa-1 tion ; and if any Democrats, through curiosity i or deception have been induced to join it, they 1 should at once withdraw* as members, and use | their influence to smother this demon that at-1 tempts to swallow up the Constitution of our country. ; But, enough for the present. On future oc casions, as circumstances may occur, we shall revert to this subject again. In the mean time we ask attention to thu following remarks of Lhu Philadelphia Argus, of a late date ; Know-Billing Assoclutlons—Tliclr Objects nnil EfftftS. The result of tho recent municipal election this city has clearly demonstrated the fact, ol the existence in our midst of a secret poiitical religioua association with lhu above title. How much of the glory of the allied victory is to lie attributed to its influence, of course, is impossi ble to ascertain. Tho only point necessary now is to call public attention to tills .organized at tempt to introduce, by means of secret societies, extra tests into the field of political disputation —tests unknown jo tiio Constitution, foreign to tho spirit ol our fro a institutions and dangerous to tho perpetuation of oUr liberties as n people and progress as a nation. The very cornerstone of American liberty, tho basis on which the Constitution reels, (lie pillar which supports the whole social, moral and political edifice, is tol eration of opinion. Tho Constitution of the United States expressly declares that no religi ous tests ahull ever bo exacted in this country, and that tho right of citizenship, with all its pri vileges, shall bo universal, subject only to such laws with'regard to naturalization ns, in tho wis dom of tho citizen ß > shall bo indispensable.— Tills course was adopted with a view of escaping from those bitter sectarian controversies and contentions which exist ill all countries where the law prescribes men and makes them alien from all places of (rust or profit, because they do not worship God at (lie same utter with their fellows, or understuad tho divine teachings by tho same rule of interpretation. The framers of the Constitution wore men of nil religious pro fesslons, and imbued with tho lessons of Impar tial history, they wisely determined that, ns they wore about to declare men's political rights on tho broad basis of equality and toleration, their religious opinions should rear upon the same universal platform. This being the basis on which tho structure of American liberty rests, it becomes necessary to understand what fa tho spirit and intent of those “Know Nothing Associations,” and what effect they will have upon tho liberties of our citizens. Their primary, and, Indeed, their only object is the total exclusion of all men from ofllcu in this country, who were not born on tho soil, and, also, all persons who arc believers In the doc trines of tho Catholic church, no matter where born, how well qualified or under what circum stances they may bo placed before the public.— To effect (ho purposes of this organization, an oath is administered to each member, by which ho Is solemnly bound to adhero to (ho obliga tions of tho association and carry out Us purpo ses to tho fullest extent and farthest limit.— Signs and pass-words have boon instituted by which members are known to each other, and thus tho whole machinery of secret political-re ligions associations are organized and at work in this and other cities. This Is a stop farther in tho path of proscrlpfion than has over boon • attempted In tills country. Tho originators of tho famous Anti-Masonic crusade, which is now condemned hy all classes for its illiberal and unworthy attacks upon a certain class of Ameri can citizens on account ol their attachment to a benevolent association, halted before they kin dled the fires of sectarian hatred. No religious test was over instituted by any of fho reform parties which have sprung up since the estab lishment of this Government. They have nil rested their claims to popular support cither on political or social grounds, and appealed for aid and assistance' on a platform consistent with the right of religious freedom, or that liberty of wor ship whlqh heretofore has been truly a sacred Xmvilogojirihis'republic. . But thoVadVcnt of associa tions, is an organized,attack upon the Constitu tion and' the inalienable right of ouch man to worship God according to the dictates of his owi* conscience. The Constitution, which is' the chart of American liberties, the only safeguard for the people when their rights and privileged are mcnanced or attacked, openly and plainly acknowledges the equality of alf citizens of this country, without reference to their-birth-place or their religious belief. No where in that sa cred instrument can a particle of proscription or jlliberality be seen. The broad universal prin ciple of a common brotherhood is laid down and maintained. No geographical lincsworc estab lished when our fathers drew the chart of Amer ican liberty. They asked ridt—cared not for a man’s birth-place nor his lltfcage. The soil of our country hud been made rich by the.blood of all nations in the war of Independence, and the bones of the slaughtered patriots, from all quar ters of the globe, reposed side by side beneath American ground. The wisdom and intelligence of patriots from every clime had aided in fash ioning and perfecting the government, and hence the idea or excluding any from a participation in the benefits of the government, was a treason never dreamed of by the sages and patriots of the revolution. The watch-word of the contest had been the equality of all men—the rights of all men to share equally in its benefits. No other form of Constitution was over thpnght of j save by a ftiw men who denied, in toto, the right of the humbler class to participate cither in the formation of the Constitution, or the selection of men by whom they were to bo ruled and gov erned. The basis of the present form of-gov ernment, as laid down by the Constitution, is the entire equality of all me n,without distinction of birth-place, to political position, and any as sociation that contradicts this essential element of Americanism, is at variance with the Consti tution, dangerous to the perpetuity of our free institutions, and unworthy of the coniiduucu and support of freemen. A still more monstrous feature of the •■Know' Nothing” association, however, is the open and .shameless attempt to mingle religious feelings und hatred in the elections. The founders of this Kepublic, many of whom had escaped from the fires of religious bigotry and inlolernuca in the Old Wprld, saw ami felt the necessity of separating the political and religious elements in the Now World, and hence the emphatic terms in which the Constitution interdicts all religious teats in political matters. Side by side in the Convention (hat framed that immortal instru ment, sat men of every religious hc’lol. The Episcopalian, (he Quaker, the Methodist, the the Baptist, the Catholic, the J’resln terlun, the Freethinker mingled together in (he forma tion of this great cluut ol man's rights and liber ties. They knew the necessity tor a full recog nition of religious freedom. Some ol them had been exiled for conscience sake, and in the New World, they determined to set up an, alter where all could worship unuiole-.'rl, and found a government whore intolerance could never en ter. They had established the principle (hat all mon were equal, politically and morally, and to caji the column, they wisely determined that no religious tests should ever bo applied to the citizens of this free country. The only lest known to the Constitution was the fidelity of each citizen to that instrument. The question of religious belief was a matter between each man and that Being to whoib a final judgment is to be rendered. But in despite of this plain principle of the Constitution, the “Know Noth ing” association establish by oath an ultra plat form of religioui tests, and totally exclude from all participation in the government, u certain , class of our citizens because of their religious i dogmas. Jh this constitutional ? Is it just / r |H It American? Is it Demoerutict If one class ol mir fellow citizens can bo proscribed and I hunted down by a secret association for exercis ing their rights of conscience under the Consti tution, why may not all others he treated in like rummer ? Injury begets injury, wrong engen ders retaliation. The formation of an associa tion such as the “Know Nothings,” w ill, If not checked, lead to tho furmntion’of counter soci eties, and thus in a few years, an turn, not on the great political policies of.thd day, but on tho jarring and contemptible intri gues 61 religious coulroversrillal*,-cach anxious to set up a political roligioufl'ou/o dt/fy by which to exterminate (hose wJi6.<l i(Tor from them In re ligious opinion,’ • Alt such associations are hos tile to tho pence of tins Republic, find should receive tho condemnation of every patriot, no matter what his political principles. Sailor Apprentices. — A bill Ims been pre pared by the Committee on Commerce ol the House of Representatives, nncl will shortly be reported to the House, making it imperative upon all American sen going vessels to carry apprentices, according to the tonnage of the cruft, who are to be educated to the business of seamanship. Tun Cholera. —Dr. J, P. Hobbs, of Mem phis, had addressed a letter to the Mayor of Naslu iUp-, Tenn., in which he states that by the use of cistern water entirely ami exclusive ly, the cholera will'disnppcarund never return. The doctor says that this is known to him by analysis, and by an experience of twenty-four years. The editor of the Nashville Gazelle says, that from his own observations in the year 1840, when the cholera was in its worst stages, it was admitted by those best acquaint ed with the ilisea.se, that those who ustd rain water where the disease was most prevalent were free from it. A New Route to the IVutuiu. —Governor Stephens, of ’Washington Territory, has very recently made a report to the Secretary of the Interior Department, wherein ho urges the ne cessity of holding a general conned with tho Indians of his territory, in which the latter have already siguitlcd their willingness to take a part. Among other reasons foi bo doing, he is said to urge the fact that, very shortly, the great current of the overland emigration to Oregon must lake a new channel. Cholera and Small Pox. —A largo muhber of cases of cholera and small pox, it is said, arc now at Staten Island, New York, among the emigrants there, and permission has been oh. tained from the collector of the port to use two large government ware-houses for the accommo dation of the patients. In view of the fact that the cholera has also appeared in the very heart of New York city, the Evening Pott calls upon the authorities to lose no lime in cleansing the streets and alleys. Tin-: Dhath Wauhant. —Uovernor Bigler Ims issued the Dentil Warrant for the execution of Courtlund Charles Johnson, convicted ul the last session of the Dauphin county Court, for the murder-of Nathaniel P. Colycr. The execution is to take place in the Jail yard, nt Harrisburg, on Friday the 25th of August. Nutt' llAMrsinuE Leuislatl'uk. —The Legis lature of New Hampshire met in Convention on the 13th for the election of State olllccrs. John L. Hadley (Democrat) was chosen Secretary of Slate by fifteen majority, and Walter Hannon (Democrat) State Treasurer. There was qo choice for State Printer. Mr. Butterfield, of the Concord Patriot, stood the highest. The anti-Nebraska resolutions are still under debate. (Ty’Tho ‘(seven-year locusts” make .their periodical visit this season, and already they arc beguiling to appear in great numbers in and about Bockford, Illinois. In some gar dens the ground is literally perforated in all directions with holes about a half-inch in diam eter and four inches deep, out of which they crawl in the form of a beetle, cast off their jack ets, lake wings, and fly away. pn anb l.rissorii ‘ a?"Grey'of the Chvclsmi PlaindcSfa\\mraa his calumniators that if they don-t-wSnt to son “Sfoyeo Douglas tho next President, Snd him. sou thojioxt;Poalmaster General, they Imd hnt tor stop (hcir : abuflO. -, ■ . Tuomiits Best.— On Monday mom mg, n young girl of sixteen, named Ellon Free man;jumped from the ■ draw of tho Lea street' bridge, in Boston, into the rapid channel but homg somewhat Cooled by tho plunge, she dung to a floating log until rescued by tho draw ton dev, who s delivered her to the care of her moth er. 1 - i , Nequo Statistics —The whole number of slaves in the ,U. States in 'lB5O was 8,198.1124 Thojmmhcr ofnegroch in tho free States Is put A Female Typo.— Ayoung lady, printer Itf Cincinnati, Ohio, dally, appears in the 8110018’ in Bloomer costume. ■ ■ / ■ • A New City.—Rockland, in tho State, ot Maine, has-recently obtained a charter,'and be come a city, to the great joy of its inhabitants; The Fugitive Burns.—lt Is stated that arf agent has gone to Virginia from Boston to pur chase the freedom of Anthony Bufnff, from Coir Suttle. A Cowardly Ruffian.— ln Cincinnati; on Friday, a little boy, .was trundling alioop on' the sidewalk, which rolled against a man, who* immediately commenced cuffing his cars. Tho* mother, observing the transaction,'remonstrated* with him, when the cowardly ftifllan, struck her* In tho month with his fist and'klcked her. Remarkably Sudden Death.— -Mrs., Robert Kirkland, residing In Park street, fcatiifnofe,' died very suddenly on Tuesdoy. She had been' ailing with pleurisy or pneumonia, bat was sup posed to have passed tho crisis of <thb,disease,- when she was suddenly, attacked,, and In a few moments was a corpse. A Family Party.— Mr. Fredrick Kemble, from the neighborhood of Rumnoy, Harrison county, Ohio, arrived in Steubenville by rail way, last evening, with his wife and nineteen children, twenty-one in all. Ho Is said to own enough of land in that State to glvo each one of his family one hundred and sixty acres, and re tain a “slice” for himself. Effects of Rum. — A Drunken fellow* hi West Utica, N. V. t came homo on Tuesday evening, and fell or threw IHmsclf across the body of his sick wife, who was lying in bed. She was in stantly killed, and in the morning they were found, tho man still dead drunk, lying across the body of his dcadwilo. A Diabolical Scoundrel.— Some (lend in hu man shape, on Tuesday, placed a round stick of timber on tho railroad about five miles north of Dayton, Ohioj at a point where tho road passes close to tho river on one side, with a high em bankment on tho other. Tho engineer fortu nately discovered the obstruction In time, thus barely avoiding a catastrophe which must have resulted in a fearful loss of lifo, as tho train must have been dashed full fifteen feet down tho embankment into the river. V ruinous Circumstance. —At Walden, tho seat of war in Turkey provissious are sold at tho following prices—a curious contrast to our mar kets here. Wine, 2 c.mts per quart; bread, 2 cents per loaf of 2Jpom.ds; b.slbcef,2 cents per pound; eggs, ball a cent each: a fat duck, 16 cents; a chicken, G cts; a goose, 12 eta; aseven pound turkey, 25 cents; a roasting pig of 15 pounds, 62 cents ; and other things iu propor tion. ITT” 'Hire-’ negroes belonging to Capt. Ha ney ol Noithumberland, Va., sentenced to bo bung, havo been reprieved. The Fredericks burg, (Va.) Herald says the gallows had been erected, the shrouds prepared, tho graves dug, all of which those under sentence saw, and were momently expecting to bo culled out, when the reprieve came to hand. Sickness on tub Mississippi Boats! —Tho Wheeling fVu.) Intelligencer says the Atlicarri ved at St. Louis Monday from quarantine', where ’She had to He *l6 horn's, witha boatload of Gci hmn emigrants on board. There were several fatal cholera during tho trip. On the Gem, on Monday morning tliero were three filming her deck passengers, of whom slio had 120 deaths on board. ; IX7** Ais Asiatic Chief, being aaked : his opln . ion as to wine, remarked that he thought It - was u juico.jiXtr.icteJ from a woman’s tonguo ond a lion’s heart, for, after ho had drunk enough of if, ho could talk louver and tight the devil. Wheue’h Ilonas?-—The, late Czar Alexander used to call Cronstadtthe lock ends streotdoor. Charley Napier is about to attempt picking it, and, like many an other burglar,may get “taught In the act.” Remarkable Tact. —Tho laziest man In town is remarkable for beiugulwaysflfston (ho ground at a fire. Hu is like a terrapin—nothing short of lire (not exactly on lys back) will rouse him into activity. A Good Excuse. —A gentleman by the nanm of Slaughter, living near Montgomry, Ala., being subpomued ns a witness in u case pending in tho Circuit Court; and being about to marry u Miss Lamb, writes the Court that he “cannot at tend ns n witness tt is Court, ns he expects to Slaughter u Lamb next Sunday.” j« CXT” It is slated by the Louisville X‘ ,ne> > M ,a * I Hon. Thus. F. Marshal, while in a stale of in j loxleution, vv)ih kicked out ol a drinking saloon : in Louisville tho other day. CXT" FJve deaths by cholera were reported in Boston on Monday. Tho papers state that tho authorities have adopted prompt and vigorous measures to cleanse the cjty. [XT* An Arkansas paper stales (hot not less than one hundred horses have bocn killed in Union county by the knuts within tho past two or three weeks. [XT*Hon. .lames Miles Intends to proffer to the Statu Agricultural Society two hundred acres of land In Erie County ns a condition of their lo cating tho proposed Fanner’s High School upon tt. Thojudgo is ono of (ho Commissioners na med in tho bill authorizing the establishment ul tho School. Ouer Pacha has six Ains-im-CAur. —They arc all Hungarians, and oro remarkable for tho spccd-wilh whfeh they go over tho ground.— They speak French and Turkish very vvoll Hav ing sunk their Hungarian and received Turkish mimes, such ns Osman Effundi mid llubub Ellen - di, they nro looked upon by (ho army ns real Turks, antl do not come in for (hut share of sus picion and dialruatlliat other foreigners Ircqucnt iy incur. Akotheii Death kbom llyurophooia. —John Welsh, an Industrious mechanic of Covington, Ky., died of hydrophobia on the 7th Inst., hav ing boon bitten by a dog six weeks previous.— The wound, it appears, healed up | but on Tues day last ho was taken unwell, and on the next morning the symptoms of hybrophobla wore so. strongly developed that it became necessary ta bind Ms lunula and feet. Fight at the Mountain lloubk. —Wo deam (hut on (ho occasion of (he gift festival at Colonel! Lytle's Mountain House, near llollldaysburg, on last Thursday night, a quarrel arose, in which many persons became Involved, and some were much hurt. One man was so severely cut in the region of the throat, that ho died on Fri day evening. tty" The wheat crop In Missouri, It Is said, promises (ho largest yield known for years. DTP" A mother in Sun Franslsco cured her lit tle boy of swearing by washing out his month with soup suds every time ho had profuno words in it. * EL?"Speaking oftho various alleged Improvo mouts in making broad, using ‘ Dootorslufl’, &«•> a practical man says t —Nothing more Is requ aim to produce good wholesome light broad, than flour nmdo from well dried now wheat, pure wa ter, and a little sweet leaven. ED** The State of Now Hampshire has but on seaport, tho city of Portsmouth, in tho y° ftr ®“* ding Juno Ist, tho total arapnnt of its Impo was but $82,000, and Its exports eleven hunurc dollars I OyTno present season In California Pu - lses to bo tho tlnest for agricultural Inter known for many years. Kocont. rains groatoly added to tho yield of tho crops ol B 1 I and gnss*
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