MERICAN VOLUNTEER. A JOHN B.- BBATTON, Editor h rroprlotor.- CARLISLE, PA.. JULY 27, 1854'. ' . , GOVERNOR : ■ WILLIAM BIGLER, , OF OLEAEFIED OOCIfTY. JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT. JEREMIAH S.BLACK, OP SOMERSET COUNTY. CANAL COMMISSIONER : HENRY S. MOTT, lOP PIKE COUNTY. stmiiaius committee Meeting. The Democratic Standing Committee of Cum berland county, arc requested to meet at the nubile'house ofC. Gi Stough, on Saturday', July 29 th, 1854, • • at 1 o’clock P.'M., for the purpose of appoin ting the time for holding the delegate elections and thoasaembling.of a County Convention to nominate a county ticket to bo voted for by the democratic party of Cumberland county. Three of the Committee. ■ July 20th, 1854. - The following-named gentlemen compose the Standing*Committcc of Cumberland county, for tho present year: Wm. Stephen, Lower Allen, A. B. Soacrist, Upper Allens D. Smith, E. W., Carlisle, J. Harder, W. W.} W. M. Shrivcr, Dickinson ; J. Sheets, Enst-pcnsboronghi J. Mounts, Frank ford; John Sprout, Hampden j W. Wherry, Hopewell; J. Paul, Monroe; D. Sierrett, Mif flin; A. Seiror, Mechanicslmrg; J. Hoover, Kewville; 0. L. Vanderbolt, Newtoji; ,T. Swi tzer, New Cumberland; P. Howard* N. Middle ton; 11. Stuart, S. Middleton; J. B. Duncan. Shipsensburg Bo.; H. Craig, Shipponsburg Tp.; John Kitzmillor, Southampton; 11. Hickernell, Silver Spring; G. M. Graham", Wcstponnsboro. School Teachers. —It will be seen by nn advertisement in the proper column of our pa per, that the School Directors of Lebanon, Leb anon county, desire to employ six male and six female teachers. The inducements held out by the Directors, are, we think, very liberal, and no doubt good teachers would find the situations both pleasant and profitable. Serioi-s Accident.—We regret to learn by the Chatnbciaburg papers, that our old friend and former townsman, Mr. Daniel Dechart, at present one of the proprietors of the Valley Spirit, was seriously injured last week, when returning from Virginia. Ilis horse wa» im properly hitched, and ran off, and Mr. Dechart, in attempting to jump out, broke through the floor of the buggy and was dragged about fifty yards, receiving severe cuts and bruises on the head, face and limbs. He was brought home, and is now recovering. The accident occurred near Shepherdatown. Fighting. —We learn that a “free fight” took place in Barnum's Menagerie, at this place, on Monday evening, between several of the show men and some half dozen of our citizens. Sev 'fnSi'.of the llclligeratita were badly cut and bruised, but none dangerously injured. Our Town Council should, on the arrival of an exhibition in our place, appoint a special police, composed of sufficient numbers to be able to quell these disgraceful This isabout the only way, in our opinion, that peace can be preserved. fflT* On Monday evening several arrests of drunken men and boys were made in our town, by officers M’Cartney and Stuart. The offen ders were placed in the lock-up for the night, J and some of them fined, hold to bail, &c., the j next morning. j Bjld BtraOL.4iaiE.«.— Our town it appears, is not the only place which has b*en united by midnight burglars, as we learn iVoni our ex changes that they hare been operating all round. The York Republican, of the 19th mat., says : “There are burglarious scoundrels in our midst, and in their midnight prowlings on Wed nesday night last entered the houses of Mr. Ed- Ward A. Barnitz, ami Mr. Alexander Fulton.— The booty they obtained at Mr. B.*s hardly paid them for their rascall proceedings, it having consisted of a couple ol purses which contained but a tritling sum ol money, not quite two dollars in all. At Mr. F.’h they stole a watch and other articles of value. These are bold bur glaries, and show thiil we have some arrant ras cals In the borough.” Chamborsburg, also, appears to have suffered to some extent, as tire following article from the Repository $ Whig of that place will show : Scholars About. —Our town seems to be in- j fested with u regularly organized- band-of bur- j gUrs. Two warehouses in this place were for- , clbly entered within the last few months, und ( lost week no less than three buildings were bur glariously entered. The office at the Edge tool Factory was forced open on Thursday night, and the drawers, &c. thorougly examined, but happily no money was there and no loss sustain ed. On Friday night, Mr. Seiberts Foundry was entered, the desk forced open and the papers and books scattered over the llooi. The key of the safe was found in the desk, and the sale was opened, but there was no money in It, and they again suffered disappointment. The same night they entered the residence of the Misses Denny, nnd-’stole 2Ftoa spoons and 10 table spoons, all silver: Some of the spoons- wero marked with the initials VT. A\ Ei, others'M. M., and others M. D. The house was entered through me kitchen by forcing’the shutter. The Misses Denny wore at home, and occupied the room Immediately above the one from which the spoons wero stolon, but they did not hoar the burglars. It Is evident that those offenders uro well ac quainted In town, and our authorities' should take the most active measures to have them fer reted out and brought to justice. Death of Ma;or General Towson.—Wc arc pained to have to announce tho death, from paralysis, of CScn. Nathan Towson, Paymaster General of the Army. The name of this gallant and distinguished officer isintinmtcly associated with almost every brilliant action upon the Niagara frontier from the commencement to the close ortho war of 1812-’l5. In the official statements Towson’s corpse formed a prominent feature; and'one of tho commanding officers graphically said, ‘Towson's battery emitted a constant sheet of tlarae.’ He was especially dlatinguiahed'in the battles of Chippewa and Bridgewater, and in the sortie from Fort Eric. Gen. Towson was a native of. Maryland, and at tho time of bin death had attained the age of seventy-one years. ■ Ciiomba AT TUB Wbsi.—Lctlws from Mount Sterling. Ky., (about 33 miles cast from X-ex jugton) state that tlio Gliolera prevails to such nn extent in tho town that all except four or Oro families have left. All the stores are closed. The disease docs not prcvailat IjCxington, or in Its vicinity. : '• ' ' • A Newspaper.in Kansas. —Geo. Brewster, of Wellington, Lorain co., Ohio, is about to commence, at Fort Leavenworth, tho pu ica tiou of a paper to be called “Tho Kansas Preo Democrat.” ENABLE TO DEFEND THEIR CAUSE* i The Harrisburg Tclcgraphytov many years the organ of Aiti-Masoflary At the scat qf Gov ernment, and the bitter revilcr.of all those who belonged to secret societies, but now tho mouth piece and defender of bigoted and intolerant Know-Nothingism, (a secret and strorn combi nation,) attemptsalamereplytotheunanswera ble address of tho Democratic State "Central Committee. Itigajncre attempt, however.— The only sensible and prudent sentence to bo found in the Telegraph's article is this—“We (the Telegraph,) shall not attempt a defence of the Whig party and their allies Discretion, the Telegraph thinks, is the better part of val or, and tho editor is certainly sensible in adopt ing this view. It would certainly prove a hercu lian task for any one to attempt a defence of Whiggery in its present forlorn and degraded condition, and it is not at all, surprising that the papers in the interest of Judge should beg quarters and ask to bo copied from the undertaking. If riot, bloodshed, and the burning of churches by infidel rowdies, can be palliated or excused—if, tp use Judge Con rad’s words, u a mindless, heartless, throbless band of men, who are destitute of Christian principle and unworthy of being recognized as good men," can be applauded because of their umvorthhiess, then indeed might an attempt be made at a “defence of the Whig party and their allies.” We would, as a matter of curi osity, like to sec some bold knight of the quill try his hand at this defence, but our.curiosity, we feel very sure, will not bo gratified. No ‘'defence of the Wiigparty and their allies" will be made by those who espouse the cause of Judge Pollock ! At wbat period, wo ask,.were the Whigs re duced to so beggarly condition as to publicly acknowledge an unwillingness and’inability to I defend their party and their principles ? Never ■ before, as far os we have any recollection, were' thoyrcduced tosuchhopclcssmiscry. But they ' occupy that position note; no longer do we find them, as of yore, summon their legions, as with a trumpet, to rally to their standard of declared principles. No longer do we find the editors and orators of that once respectable but misguided party, declare boldly and advocate valiantly, the national measures of their creed. No! Their measures were condemned by the people, and they have. at length become “obsolete,” and the Whig party has shared the same fate, and those who once defended it now beg for quarters, and tell us they have “no de fence to make!” Deplorable position to occu py, indeed, and all because of the truckling course of those who once boasted that they belonged to “the great Whig party.” When we look back at the Inconsistent course of that party, it is no longer matter of aston ishment that the Whigs occupy the present de graded and unenviable position, they do. The revilers of Jefferson, Monroe, and Madison—the men, who, during the struggle of 1812, denoun ced tike war as unjust, unholy and wicked, and whose sympathies were with the British—who, in 1824, preferred seeing our country dtsolated with “war, pestilence and famine,” than the elevation of a military man to the Presidency, \ but yet, notwithstanding this declaration, gave the falsehood to their own words, by four limes supporting men for this high office who were mere military men, and nothing else—who, pending the Presidential campaign of 1824, with hellish malice, reviled the wife of Gen. Jackson*, and hurried her to the grave by their hyena attacks, but yet with unblushing impu- I denco styled themselves “the all decency party” 1 —who, during the campaign of 1840 carried kegs of whiskey in their processions, androadc “hard cider’* their watchword, thus producing intemperance and debauchery in all parts ofonr country, but who now, in the face of this un deniable fact, assume to-be the exclusive friends of temperance and morality, and wltose candid ate for Governor even goes so far ns to promise in advance, that in-the event ol his election, he will sign any Prohibitory bill that may pass the liCgislaturo, whether he regardrfit constitu tional or not—who, during the late war with Mexico afforded all the “aid and comfort” to the enemy they cOuld, and advised Santa Anna to receive the American troops “with bloody hands and hurry them to hgspitnble grave*," and yct‘supported Scott for President because of the laurels he had won in Mexico in a war they had denounced as “unconstitutional and unholy”—who, in the late contest for President, eulogised, with sickening flattery, “our adopted i fellow-citizens," complimenting them because | of their “sweetGerraan accent”and “rich Irish brogue,” and attempted to make capital for Gen. Scott, because, as they falsely asserted, Gen. Pierce had s bccn favorable to that clause in the Ncw-llampshiro constitution by which Catholics arc prohibited from holding office, but who now, in the face of these professions, make war of extermination against Catholics and for eigners, ami form sworn societies, the better to enable tliem to-carry out their infamous and dangerous designs—who, when they “smell afar off” the spoils ofofilcc that they areanxious to possess, make loud - protestations of honesty, but who, when they deceive the people and ac complish their base ends, hesitate not to plun der the Government out of millions of dollars, and laugh In their sleeves at the adroitness by which the Gardiner, Galphln, and hundreds of other daring and villainous frauds were perpe trated. Such are a few of the positions occupied by the Whig party—to enumerate all their incon sistencies and misdeeds wouldoccupy tho entire space of our columns, and wo shall not attempt it. Is it at all surprising, therefore, that Judgo Pollock, and his friends decline “a defence of tho Whig party and their allies*” As well might they attempt a defence of tho devil and his imps. . (£7* The Richmond Enquirer has been called upon to correct its statement that tho cholera had almost entirely disappeared from that city. The disease, instead of being on tho decline, seems to be on the increase, and exists in an epidemic form. Several • cases occurred on Monday. t£7*The Charleston (S. 0.) News says in a lutonumber: “Wosaw this morning a small snap bean, the produce of a seed from the in side of anEgpytian mummy.” A colored man and white woman, arm in arm, appeared in Fleet street, Boston, says the Post, about six o'clock on Sunday evening, causing no.liUln excitement. They were fol lowed by a largo crowd' of men and boys, when one more daring than the mat knocW tho no. gro down. After being rather roughly handled, the negro made his escape, while tho woman sought refcigo in an opposite house. STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.—Mr. BONHAM." ■ The. Address recently issued- by tho State Central Committee of the Democratic party of this State, of which J; Ellis BOniiam, Esq., of of this county,’is Chairman l , is eliciting f*om the republican press throughout the Common wealth, so far as we havo seen, the strongest marks of favor and approbation. Indeed, the ability with which it is Written, and. tho truly manly and democratic doctrines it contains and advocates, cannot fail to make it a popular and acceptable document to the great mass of the people, "Whigs as well as Democrats, as wo arc convinced that a careful reading of this able ad dress will have the effect of removing many of the prejudices lind correcting many of the errors which have heretofore prevented hundreds of honest Whigs from acting with thc-Democratic party. The design of tho first address issued by the Committee, is to caution the masses of the Democratic party against the new wm got up by Whig leaders, and to show the people the true object of the demagogues who promulgate such dangerous and anti-republican doctrines. We think the Committee has succecded in show ing conclusively that the advocates of the pro scription of foreigners and Catholics are the old federal leaders under a new name, and also that Judge Pollock, their Gubernatorial candidate, is pledged to carry out their proscriptive and bigoted doctrines. We give below a few extracts to show tho opinion of some of our democratic contempora ries of tho merits of this address: We invito attention to the first, of a series of addresses which aro to como forth from the State Central Committee during the time which shall intervene between this and the next election. The one wo publish in our Issue of to day, is on the subject of religious toleration, and is written with great ability. Mr. Bonham, the talented chairman of that Committee, is wo presume the author, and the conclusive document does him very great credit indeed. We hope that no one will full to give it an attentive perusal. The facts set forth arc practical arguments for the present political crisis. The new Mayor of Phil ndelphia in his speech at the organization of the consolidotcd city, give expression to sentiment so (horonghly anti-republican, that the public mind has become deeply Interested in this, and the question whether foreigners, Protestant and otherwise, arc to be totally excluded from offi cial position In the Republic. The address ban dies these subjects with great effect, and wo again cordially commend the paper to our readers.— IVesi Chester Republican. We publish to-day the able address of the Democratic State Central Committee. It is a strong paper, containing genuine democratic sentiments, clothed in eloquent language. Wo have seen some attempts in Whig papers to re fute the positions contained in the address; but they have been mostly weak and fallacious. The position ol the democratic party in relation to Nntlvisml revived under its new name, is pros cisely what it has been from the commencement of the effort to create a division of the popula-* tion of our country into two dosses, and to stig matize a portion as unfit to vote or exercise oth er privileges of freemen. The name of Know Nothlngis the only thing new in the organization. The pririciples.professed by them wore openly avowed by the church burners in 1844,and'be came so odious at last, that a few street preach ers lost to all respect for religion and decency, took tho lead of the disjointed and broken down party, anJ-by.recourse to Sunday hnrrangncs in public places, and indulging in tho grossest ob scenity, succeeded in reviving its drooping hopes. During tho last low years, men of more respecta bility havevotured secretly to revive’ the buried principles of Natlvlsm; but tho work was one which would not bear tho light. . It required tho aid of darkness—the secrecy of tho grave, and the silence of night to promulgate views—the narrow and illiberal spirit of which had.ajrcadyj mot its signal rebuke from an enUghtonedjAmer-- fcan public. —Pittsfyirg Union. ' IC7” The first address of tljo State Central Committee has appeared. It Is an able docu ment, and worthy of it* distinguished and elo quent author, J. Ellis Bonimu, Esq., the effici ent Cnairman ofthe-Comrftftteo. Mr. B. is well known tommy of our democratic citizens fur tho ability and zeal which he has at all times display ed in the advocacy of democratic men and measures. We were prevented from publishing tho ad dress in our paper this week, owing to want of space. We shall lay it before our readers in our next, and in advance wo bespeak for it an attentive perusal. —York Press. HP* On our fourth page will bo found the first address of the State Central Committee. It comes fully up to our expectations, ond sustains the reputation of its author, Mr. Bonham, aa. a very able writer. It clearly shows up the ter givcrsatlons of the opponents of the Democratic partj^—their truckling, and trimming; and pow . erfully reviews the open and consistent course of the Democracy, who aro now, os they always have been, in favor of the most enlarged civil and religious liberty. But the address speaks for itself, ond we hope that It may be read by every voter in the State.— Harrisburg Pahiot. The address of the Democratic State Cen tral Committee, which wo publish to-day, is a searching review of the attitude of the Whig party. Its arguments against the Know-Noth ings arc unanswerable, and must open the eyes of the few Democrats who have Connected them selves with that organization to the blunder they have committed. Wo ask for the Address a careful perusal from all our readers. — Chambers burg Valley Spirit. * [£7* The long expected address of t» slate central committee appears in our piper Ib-day. It is the first of a series of arguments addressed to the people ofPennsylvania,.on certain meas ures of public policy, upon which the democrat ic party will maintain Us integrity. The docu ment should bo road by every friend |to free government in the State. It is a clear exposi tion of the principles of civil und religious free dom. Every democrat in Pennsylvania will bo refreshed as with new wine, after having tasted the spirit of patriotism that breathes throughout the entire address. Wo luyo reason, we think, to bo gratified by the expressions of strong re buke against the secret political organization of know-nothings, ns wo find our course sustained to the full extent of all we have said in denoun cing inftdlo conspirators against civil and reli gious liberty.— Harrisburg Union. [C7»Mr. John 11. Scott, the conductor on the second excursion train, who wosscvcrcly wound ed by the accident on- the Susqueliana Railroad on tho 4th of July, continues in an improving condition, and with the advantages of careful attendance and country air, will no doubt re- cover. Eccentric Rebuke.—' The lute Rowland Hill once said, on observing some persons enter'his chapel to avoid tho rain that was fulling.— “Many persons are to be blamed for making their religion a cloak: but Ido not think those are much better who make it an umbrella!” Slacking THB.YoucnioioirANr. — A meeting was recently held at Selbysport, Md., to toko into consideration tho practicability of render ing tho Youghoighany river navigable, from tho point at which it ia crossed by tho Pittsburgh and Oonnellsville Railroad to Selbysport. The project was viewed with great favor as an im portant means of opening communication with au extended and productive region of country, and a committee appointed to asccrtaiivits prac ticability and cost. Cholera Deaths. —N. Bowditch Blunt, Dis trict Attorney at Now Yorkl died last Sunday, at Lebanon Springs, of cholera. Emma Ague ta Mason, late Mrs. Wheatley, the actress, died, at Oyster Bay, and Ex-Judge Merritt, of New York city, also died the same day, of cholera. Fall'Election. : But a,'Very‘S short lepaqo' of time, says the -P ennsylvaniap, separates us from the fall elec tion. Very little, excitement' disturbs tho sur face, hut is muck going on underground, not dreamey of in your philosophy* Subterra nean politics has - become all the fashion With tho foes of tlio Democratic party. Every thing is done in comers—all arrangements made in whispers.- You sco nothing—hear nothing— hence the name givm to this band of intriguers of “^Cnow-Notbings.” This is the oMcr of things, by which the Con stitution is to-bo assailed} by attacking its fun damental provisions; especially that winch'■se cures to all liberty of conscience. These facts are no longer mysterious. Our worthy Mayor has already made a proclamation of them. The Constitution thus assaulted must bo defended by-tin iron arm. The question is not one to be eyaded. The system of persecution has com menced herein d practical form. It is no theo ry—no speculation. The foes of Democracy al ready show wliiit they design, by what, they perform. The nice has descended equally on the' head of the adopted citizen as well as. the native borii—the one for his religion—the other for his birth-place. It is a matter of unbounded aston ishment how such outrages con be committed on Amciican institutions and the dearest rights of man. But we have no fear that the people will ever prove false to themselves throughout" Pennsylvania, however our opponents may for get, in their lust for power, the obligations of law, tho sacred ties of humanity, tho great du ty of giving force and effect to the principles of civilization, and of the true spirit of American institutions. Whig Trouble aiioct Know-Nothtnoism. —The New York Mirror evidently does not ..relish Senator Seward’s allusion to the Know- Nothing organization in his speech in the Sen ate. The Mirror says:—Senator Seward in troduced this new cabalistic party into the Sen ate, but like hia friends of the New York Tri bune and Albany Ercmtig Jourtwl, he handled the subject very gingerly. The fact that the Seward wing of the Whig party has so long truckled to Romanism, in the hope of securing thCVOtc of our dear adopted fellow-citizens, places the politicians of that complexion in a rathcrawkward dilemma, in view of the increas ing pdwer and universal success of the Know- Notliings. They hardly know how to touch the new organization, or to decide which is tho handle and ■'which the blade of this terrible political weapon which is doing such thorough execution. . But two Great Parties. —The Washington Union says:—There arc but two parties in this country^—the Democratic party and tub oppo sition To that party. The present is one of those occasions when the Whig party passes almost out of men’s memories. suptrsede.the name of tying. Other-influences rise above it Some arc for giving it up because it linB bocrii‘ : uscd for base purposes by bad men •jolliers; bccausoithosan odor of suspicion about it; others, because, like an old garment, it has served ifs day. Every little section, here tofore banded under the name of Whig, is now setting up, ftritsclf; and there arc almost as .many namgs luTtbcrCarc organizations. Mean while the-bjpnocratic parly [.stands intact and upright,' aha nobody thinks of the overthrow or of the decay of tho Democratic-.party. The odds and enfia of faction, however) like the little people in Gulliver’s Travels, who bind this huge prisoner with multitudinous but tiny bonds, think that by one common attack they may crush it to pieces. We shall see. Wnr Cholera Exists —ln Boston the cho lera mainly exists amongdhc poor Irish people, who labor in- the sun and live in close and un cleanly pol*is of tlic city. The poverty of these people must be great indeed, for we see it staled in the Evening Traveller that on Sunday last a woman picked up a deadlier! in the streets in a state of putrefaction and took it home for her dihftcr. Among the projects in that city for keeping the cholera from spreading, it would be advisable to give the destitute some good wholesome food, ami not allow them to be forced to pick up'dlscosed orfal in the streets. Idolatry in Japan.— An ofllccr in the U. S. frigate Powhatlan, writing from Japan, says : “Idolatry is.cvcrywhero to bo seen, even more than in Chhia, and statuary seems to be very common. The graveyards are full of rude sculp tures, and-images of gods am? heroes, placed thcrcas tutelar guardians on tin? tombstones, or for some such purpose. Tibetan letters and sentences arc used as ebarms about the graves, no ono knowing at all what they mean; if they were intelligible, the charm would be broken. Temples ate common, and wayside divinities present tlicir weather-beaten faces every few rods.” Indian Treaties Confirmed. —lt is stated that within the last week, the Senate have con tinued all the treaties recently negotiated with Indians occupying lands in Nebraska and Kan sas, winch have so far been reported back from the Committee on Indian Allaire. The Wash ington Stw is inclined to believe that those Sen ators who sympathized with the outside Free Sellers and Abolitionists, endeavored, ns a last shift, in order to defeat (ho occupation of the new territories under the law for their organi zation the confirmation of these trea ties. Their friends outside were proclaiming that in that matter their settlement could and would bo prevented, two-thirds of the Senate being requisite to open any considerable portion of the territory to the whites, the purchase of the Indian title thereto being on absolute pre requisite. Wo apprehend that tlic bate was ir rcsiatablo,and therefore feel very sure that such resistance must have been made. If so, its ut ter failure shows most conclusively how windy anti-Nebraakaism really is; Messrs. Orccly A. Co., insisting the while that Northern sentiment is almost unanimously against what they term the “Douglas outrage." . Capk SfAt. —The visiters at Capo May are yet few, though the season is far advanced. The hotel keepers arc waiting in* anxious ex pectation of the crowd which usually fills up their now vacant rooms. The proprietors at tlio begiuningof the season announccdthat they had advanced thcir'priccs from ten and twelve to fourteen and eighteen dollars per week. This is an exorbitant charge, and is the real cause why visiters are so few. At such prices salt water breezes and bathing are luxuries which very few can afford to enjoy. Most of our citizens, prefer the fresh air nearer homo, which may be had for ono-third of the cost and con siderably less of tho inconveniences of a resi dence at the sea shore. Watering Places. There is, in opr opinion, 'more gammon than poetry, in the virtues of medicated springs; and the depletion one’s finances experience during a month’s indulgence in them, is certainly , any thing blit rbmantiCi ■ Why waste a rolVof bank bills on a jaunt to some" “Spring” when a bev crago equally pleasant as the one found there can be obtained by immersing a decayed mack erel in bilge water, and decanting the solution ? Or, why encounter tho terrors of a crowded ho tel, and attenuated pocket-book, at a sulphur spring, when tho water of a blacksmith’s cool ing trough, drank out of an old'boot, possesses tho identical constitucnt.propcrUcs ? If any of our readers are yet undecided as to where they will resort to obtain a tonic of fresh air and rural comforts ,whcii the themomfctcr ranges among the nineties* and relaxed muscles and wilted shirt-collars are the order of the day, we recommend some old -farm *bouse on the out skirts of a country Village, with wide piazza, and shade trees that cast broad shadows over a goodly.grccnsward, where may bo found gen erous hearts and a.fot kitchen, and the perfec tion of rural comfort. In our opinion, there arc Ynorc beatific sensations derivable’ from romp ing in the newly made hay, with an interesting female, cousin, or, giving the “top o’ tho morn ing” to dairy maidens, among clover and hon eysuckles, than in all the fashionable twaddle and. nonsense that is heard and perpetrated in the saloons of Pavillions and Halls and Hotels ; and more real music is made by little birds, making love under tho maple leaves, than ever tortured pianno emitted in tho drawing-room. Having found a retreat such as wo have sug gested; let tho pleasure seeker cut loose from tho associations of business, and try to recall the freshness of feelings once experienced, when on a Saturday afternoon, Cicero was thrown gladly aside, and Simple Equations consigned to to the obscurity of a book-shelf, and the sunny hours were consecrated to skipping birds and huckleberry tramps, or to popping down chi punks from the fence rails with a shot gun. A month spent in rational relaxation like this, will seem at its close almost to have conferred upon the participator a new lease of life, and give 1 a charm, to future hours, to be sought for in vain in adopting a reverse course in pursuit of the same object. Walker*,the Filibuster. —This individu al, lately styling himself President of Lower California, is now engaged, it seems, in the peaceful occupation of editing the Sacramento Journal. To our old-fashioned notions he ought to be occupied, with other rogues, in picking oakum at the Penitentiary. Perhaps a sever er punishment, a capital one we mean, would not be inappropriate. One can see no distinc tion between ordinary theft and the robberies committed by this man, except that his crimes hayfl been on a larger scale, and were perpetra ted under circumstances of peculiar atrocity.— Wo cannot understand why tho lives which he took arc not considered murders, and why he walks abroad unharmed, when many a misera ble wretch has died on the gallows for homicides less culpable. It is not many years since the Murrcls of tho south-west were hunted down : like wild beasts for piracies of smaller guilt and extent. We think it a duty, which the Ameri can people owe io .their own Y&jr fame, and to the cause of civilization, to punish this man. American Prisoners in Mexico.—ap pears by recent advices from Mexico that the party of Americans and others arrested recent ly at Guaymos, and taken to Maratlan, on sus picion of being on a filibustering expedition, have been released by the Mexican Government, and sent on board the U. S. ship Portsmouth. They state that they supposed that the United States Government had purchased the country and they intended to settle lands in Lower Cali fornia. This story may do fora Mexican Gov ernor, who docs not wish to defeat the confir mation of a treaty, but itwasnotorious through out San Francisco, whence these men sailed when captured, that Walker, the filibuster, was at that time endeavoring to overthrow the Gov ernment, and take the authority in his own hands, so their ignorance of the fact will not prove an excuse in this instance, especially since the individuals arrested were taken without passports in their poscssion, in the vicinity of Walker’s operations. The designs attributed to them arc no doubt true, and they may thank their stars that Santa Anna wanted money worse than ho desired to vindicate the national rights of Mexico. They Rave learned a lesson which may be of benefit to them for the rest of their lives, and teach them that when individ uals invade the territory of a nation, for the purposo'ofTnaking war, they must expect to be treated as pirates, if they are taken prisoners, unless, as in this instance, circumstances should afterwards favor their escape. KT-Thc Mails from nearly every section of the country arrive now with a regularity that has not been known for a long time. The South ern mail particularly, which at one timewas al most daily behind hand, has reached us for several weeks with the utmost punctuality.— The Postotiico Department is deserving of cred it for this improvement. There is ono reform needed, however, and that is more attention and care on the part of mail agents in the proper distribution of the way mails. No later than yesterday afternoon Wf received by the Phila delphia train letters from Washington, which should have reach us the previous evening.— There are frequent occurrences of Oils kind, which might bo avoided with proper caro. (£7* The Japanese Treaty is published. Its features were known beforehand, and U has not sufficient novelty to 1 he copied into our columns, ft provides for two ports only where American shljis can trade and' procure supplies from tho Empire* These are Simoda in Idzu, and Hak odate on tho Straits of Matsmol. Vessels may put in elsewhere in distress, but if they wish to stay in Japan, they are to make their way to one of Ihcso ports as soon as possible. Thither, too,'shipwrecked American sailors aro to ho forwarded at tho expense of the Japanese Gov ernment, and the American Government Is sim ilarly to bear tho expenses of Japanese ship wrecked on our shores. Tho treaty is dated on Maerb 31 last, and the ratfffcations arc to bo exchanged in eighteen montlis from Uiat time, if practicable. It was unanimously ratified by tho Senate last Saturday, having previously re ceived tho sanction of tho President. (C 7“ There is a town in Maine called Random. A resident of the place being asked where ho lived, said bb lived at Random . Ho was taken up as a vagrant. IMPORTANT FOREIGN NEWS. The Foreign News .by the. Franklin* which vessel unfortunately ashore on Long Island coast, and will probably he a wreck, possesses ®uch interest. The Czar has given Jus answer to Austria and Prussia, and refuses to evacu ate Moldavia . ' The Austrian , troops have march ed into Wallachia, and a collision between the two forces seems inevitable. The London pa pers express the highest confidence in the in tentions of Austria,and the TiMs calls that government the natural guardian of the inde pendence of those provinces which have been happily termed “the low countries of the Dan ube.” It highly extols the “straight forward policy which has prevailed at Vienna,” and takes occasion to give itqssuth a kick for desiring to sec the Austrian government dismembered, and says the revolutionists “were, in truth, only preparingan easy prey to the attacks of Russia, of which they themselves would have been made the first victims.” From Spain the news is important. The long expected insurrection Ims broken out at last, and civil war now rages in that'country. A military insurrection, beaded by O’Donmll, lias broken out, four thousand of the Madrid garrison having marched out in the direction of Toledo. Accounts arc conflicting—Madrid cov ered with .barricades —garrison fratemzing witli insurgents—O’Donnell threatening to attack the Palace —abdication of the Queen proposed.— Queen Isabella’s conduct has thoroughly dis gtisted her subjects. The London Times says there never was at any Court In Europe “a more thorough and pervading foulness of life than has prevailed in the middle of the nineteenth century, at the Court of this young Spanish Queen. The steamer Niagara, at Halifax, brings nows three days later than this. The allied fleet was within gunshot of Cronstadt. A severe bailie lasting two days, had been fought between tho Russians and Turks, ns the former were re treating through Dobrudschn; 2500 Russians were killed, but the Russian forces made good their retreat. In Asia tho Turkish forces have experienced severe defeat, having 2000 men killed, and losing all their camp equipage, 13 cannon and 35 standards. This was in attempt ing to stojm two redoubts between Usurghct and Kutars. The Russians attacked them in flank. A naval battle with the Russian fleet has occurred ofi' Sebastopol, but without any result. Governor Iligler. The Ebensburg Sentinel says,theypung Jpcn of Pennsylvania—the sons of hardy!!'citizens who have justly been termed the “bomPand sinnc” of the Commonwealth —should consti tute themselves the guardians of the fame of the “Raftsman of Clearfield,” and should labor for his election with all-the energy that determined and vigorous youth can command* Wc arc aware that designingkpoliticiana encouraged by the representatives of secret 'organizations are publicly and secretly plotting for his defeat, but wo have too much confidence in tho mass ol th e i people to fear their machinations.. There can be no reason given why a Democrat, should not support Governor” Bigler, this year, 'with .thef same earnestness that he did three years since?! - *' Pheseuvation’ op Life and ok the Coast. —The-hill before-Congress, intro duced -by Mr. Skelton, of New Jersey, for the preservation of life and property on the coast, authorizes the establishment of additional sta tions'op. the coasts of Long Island and New Jerscy,’fqr affording aid to shipwrecked vessels. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorised to appoint a Keeper, at a compensation not exceed ing two hundred dollars, at each of the stations, and a Superintendent, who shall have the pow ers and perform the duty of an Inspector for the "Customs of each of the cotfsts - therein men tioned, and to give said Keepers and Superin tendents propey instructions relative to the du ties to bo required ofythem. The Secretary of the Treasury is also* authorized to establish stations at each light-house as in his judgment ho shall deem best, and the keepers of such lights shall of such boats and ap paratus-as may be pat in their charge respec tively, kb a part of their official duties. From China. —We nre in the receipt of the North China Herald of April 15th. From this, it appears, that the foreign inhabitants hare had no further molestation from the Imperialists since the stormy days of the 3d and 4tluof A'prll, when all the foreigners in Shanghai, with the aid 1 of the foreign shipping in port, were compelled to stand" to their arms, and fight for their Uvea and property against on attack from the Imperialists. The foreigners were success ful in their resistance, and taught the Chinese such a lesson as they scon likely to remember for-some lime. They* had not since troubled the foreign community, and both beligcrcnt parties manifested a disposition to respect the rights of the community, so able and so well disposed to defend itself. The Herald, however, expresses the apprehension that it may be neces sary for the foreign residents ta keep up their military organization, and look to their defen sive works, for some months, or perhaps even years,’particularly in the event of a war between England and Russia, as it was evident that their defence against their enemies must come from themselves mainly. A Benevolent Movement.—A public meet ing was held at Baltimore on Thursday even ing, nt which arrangements were made for'col- Jeeting funds for tho relief of the sufferers by the late terrible railroad disaster. Many of them were mechanics and arlizans, dependent upon their daily labor. Contributions will be receiv ed from a distance, and should bo addressed to “ Col. Richard France, Baltimore.” (C7* The attitude of Austria is still a source of great uneasiness in England. They fear Rus sian intrigues, and that Austria by the influ ence of the former power nmy,bc merely advan cing the schemes of the Czar. Confidence if a plant of slow growth between the allies. One is afraid to trust the other, and all appear to have some other object to promote than the avowed purpose of preserving the integrity of Turkey. It is this concealed object which cre ates so mftoh suspicion, for insincerity is always afraid of treachery. A Cooi. Plaok. —A correspondent of the Boston Transcript, writing from Tackcrman's ravine 'White Mountains, says, ho is standing upon the lop of a snow bank forty feet thick, — There is the spot for those whose feelings during this hot weather require them to consult the thermometer every half hour to know how un comfortable they are. r'l For tho Volunteer*' ' •" 1 ' I 810 SPUING HiERIRI IRSTITUTB. Indus Mal Fair-—Apology-Jjjr a irs of tit [nsii.- tnte—History—Prospects, ■ Mr, Editor Atnid tho 011-enirrossmo. citernents of Democracy Km#- Wothingism, a communication relatine to n.ia- Institute will, doubtless, bo uninteresting to public at largo. Wo hope, however, that it iw not prove unacceptable t 6 all ybftr'rcdaefi Wi believe that a wdl conducted literary SoaieiJ m any community, is a powerful auxiliary M the work of mental and moral improvement - To such, then, of your readers as arc of o„r opinion, some information asTo thd charted. h'Story , and prospects of our Institute may bo wholly without interest.-, not Tho late industrial Fair has'.ccrfainlv be™ rf great epoch in tho history of the Institute r? has formed the first link in the chain which hope will bind the sympathy ,of tho its interests and welfare. Under a great ttJmv discouragements from open and secret enemies and timid friends, it has succeeded in this' first enterprise of the kind, to a degree beyond our most sanguine expectations. All things considered—and let me assure you, Mr. Editor a great many things are, in this case, to be con sidered—our enter prise was perfectly success ful, so completely so, that wedo not hesitate to promise to do far better-next year. A liberal public has our most sincere thanks for the pa tronage it has so generously showered upon us. Nor would we forget the gentlemen of the press. Their kind and flattering encomia have done much, very much, towards enlisting pub lic interest in our behalf. For those and other favors they have our warmest regards and kindest wishes for their future success., -ThC‘ great tardiness of the Managers’ report in mak ing its appearance deserves a word of apology. It has been owing entirely to the illness of some’ of the olliccrs of the Board, and- tho necessary absence from town of some others: making it impossible to collect a quorum to make out tho report. Wo are glad to say, however, that we are getting over the difficulty, and hope to have our report ready for your next issue. The Institute, in its general features, is en tirely literary. From tho Ist of October until the Ist of April, its meetings are weekly. Tho regular exercises arc one original Oration, a De bate between two members, for select Declama tions, two original Essays, and Criticisms by onojmember. The criticisms arc of a nature calculated to Inspire, not to wound. Our ex ercises arc public, and wc generally have a good audience from the citizens of the town and neighborhood. , > The Institute was organized in Ihft. fall of 1849, by a number of gentlemen who felt the necessity of some society of tho kind, and wero satisfied as to the inefficiency of mere debating dubs to effect any permanent benefit.' It lias ever since been going on successfully, though it was sometimes in pretty “deep waters.” Our prospects are still more encouraging.— We hope to make some uscfbl acquisitions in the way of membership, and thus indrtdse our along with our desire to bo useful.; We are about erecting a Hall, which we expect tO‘ have finished by the first of December nest.— It will be of brick, 40 by 70 feet, and two sto ries high. We arc well aware that it is rather a large undertaking for us under present cir cumstances, but we have been “shouldering tho calf” pretty diligently for some time, and we hope, with proper exertion, to be able to “car ry the ox.” Fully persuaded that “there is no' difficulty to him who wills,” we are determined to put Our shoulders to the wheel and hold on, believing that an energy, unflinching and per severing will carry us through. . .. •Still wc would not have it understood that wc consider ourselves a great Society, aiming at great achievements. We are 'fully , conscious that wc are a small society, in a small village. But wc believe that as individuals' have their proper spheres in life’s great drama, so have so cieties ; and that although ours is an humhle sphere, wo should exert ourselves to fulfil its duties well. Confident that our enterprise is right, and relying on the approbation of a com munity whose eyfs are open to the; importance of the dissemination of wholcsomoliteratuTc.our ralltf&g word will bo “ Excelsior!" With many thanks for your repeated favors r I am, on behalf of the Institute, Very truly yOur&V Ncwville, July 24,1854. Manager. The Know'Notbiug Parly. ThoLancastcr Intelligencer concludes'an able article pointing out the proclivity of all new one-idea parties, to finally affiliate with, and bo swnllowcd’-up by the Whig organization, with tho fofiowing remnks: And such has been, and* cVcr will be, the fate of all new parties, brought into cjfistencc by the same means, for the pretended object of redress ing some alleged private or local wrong, tho character of which is generally indicated by tho name they adopt. They are all recruited by sergeants commissioned by tho \Vhig party, and used for tho benefit of that party, as mere fac tions ; and, when* thrown aside by their be trayers, find themselves lost to tho confidence of the Democracy, for whose destruction' tliey were employed. ' Let these Welt known trulhabo kept ill by tho people, especially by the young men jdfct launching into political life, whoso untrained minds and' warm impulses, arc taken advantage of by tho adroit and accomplished recruiting and drill sergeants of tiio Whig party. Tho name of “Know-Nothing” is an invention of the enemy! It was selected by the knowing ones as the best fitted for their purposes. It wears a semblance of mystery —has a sprinttlo of romance about it, and, better than all, if its votaries are nsked to expdortd their princlplfcs, they ctita point to their banner, and—“know nothing!” The young men of tho Democratic paftr, owever, for whom tho snare was principally Spread, will not be caught in it. Some of them may venture to the door of the ‘Curiosity Shop,' and take a look nt tho interior; but they are too wise to cast a blight upon their political character, Which will attncli through life, by crossing the threshold'and becoming an occu pant. The old 1 men oftfic Democratic party* — those whohavo stood firm and inflexible in their adherence to PRINCIPLE, in tho darkest days of tho party, look calmly and scornfully aft his new attchipt of our ancient enemy, to triumph over tho principles of Democracy. When Ino day of trial comes, on the 2d Tuesday of Octo ber, this sturdy phalanx will be found standing upon tho Democratic platform—the platform of ourgIoriousCONSTITUTION-batllmgagainst the principles contained in tho “Alien” and “Seaition” laws, enacted under the administra tion of tho elder Adams, and hurled from ex istence by the Democratic party! And, with tho declaration of principles niade by Thomas Jefferson, for our text book and guide, they will indignantly frown down every attempt to excite acch'oiifli or sectarian jealousies, and fight under that banner alone, which bears upon its folds tho motto 1 ‘Eqalitu of RIGHTS and Freedom of RELI GION in all the States." • The Fathers of the Republic have so advised in the most sobm manner—and upon this au thority the DEMOCRATIC PARTY is based) aud its bulwarks made impregnable. OCT’* It Is extremely gratifying, says a Lon don letter, to And that the number of poor and the expense of pauperism continued to rapidly diminish in Ireland. The nuntber of inmates in the work-houses has lessened 42,000 during the year which ended April, 1853 J and the ex pense has decreased during the same time from £888,207 to £785,718, or £97,530. Baiin Dusthovki) dt Lightning.— Wc team says, the Gettysburg Compiler, that the bam on the farm of Mr. Amos 0. Myers, in Butler town ship, was struck by lightning on the 6th ’ and destroyed, with Its contents, consisting o quantity of hay, a wagon, &c.
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