AMERICAS YOIMTEER. JOUSD. BRATTON, PA., AUGUST 31, 1854. DsmooxaWo State Ticket ■ GOVERNOR s WILLIAM BIGLER, OF OtBARFIBD COUNTY. JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT. JEREMIAH S.BLACK, or aoannsET' cor.Sr v. CANAL COMMISSIONER i HENRY S. MOTT, OP PIKE COUNTY. DEMOCRATIC county ticket. Congress, J. EDITS IiONIIAM, of Cumberland. Assembly, 11. G. MOSER, of Lower Allen. JAMES CHESTNUT, .of Southampton, Prothonotary, DANIEL K. NOEL, of Upper Allen. cierk of the Courts, JOHN M. GRIjIGQ, Carlisle. Register, WILLIAM LYTLE, of Ncwvillc. Commissioner, GEORGE M. GRAHAM, Westpcnnsboro*. Director of the Poor. 30 UN CLENDENIN, Silver Spring. . Auditors, ISAAC RINGWALT, (1 yr.) Carlisle. JACOB STKINMAN, (3yrs.) Shippenaburg. {CT'Wcinvitc attention to theadvertisement, m another, column, of the Frederick (Md.) Aca demy of the Visitation, an institution of learn ing foryoung ladies, and one that has a high character for excellent discipline and prosper ous condition. It is well worthy the patronage of young misses. To Capitalists.—By reference to our adver tising columns, it will bo seen that the Mer chant Mill and Saw-Mill properties, situate in Oliver township, Perry county, will be offered for safe on: the sth of October, by Christian Long, Assignee of Abraham Risser. These mills are in good repair, and the property is considered a vflfy valuable and desirable one, and worthy the attention of capitalists. . Military Election.—At an election held on the 21st inst., by the members of the “Carlisle Light Infantry” Company, the following per sons were elected officers the ensuing term, Captain—Samuel Crop. Ist Lieut.—Robert McCartney, 2d Lieut.—William Crozier. THE COUNTY MEETING. In another column will be the proceed* inga of the Democratic County Meeting, to which we invite attention. The meeting was the largest that has been held in this county for a long time, and the good feeling and harmony that prevailed, gave evidence of a determination on the part of the Democracy to carry things their owji way this fall. This is as it should bo, and we rejoice to see this spirit prevail. It is the sure precursor of success, for when our Dem ocratic friends arei.united, wc may- rest confi dent of gaining tho day. The Whigs have, for many years, been enjoying the emoluments of office in this county, and all owing to dtssen tions in tho Democratic ranks, for no Whig can be elected to office in this county without re ceiving good aid from the Democratic party.— Let us, therefore, take warning from past ex perience, and support the entire Democratic ticket from top to bottom. Wc can ond will elect our ticket, if all Democrats are true to themselves and to their principles. From pres ent indications wr doubt not that such will be the gasc. Let every Democrat, then, go to work for the State and County ticket, ond our word for it our success, by a triumphant ma jority, will be the result of our labors. The editor of the Harrisburg Telegraph charges us with filching an editorial article from that paper and inserting it in our own os orig inal. Will the Rev. editor bo good enough to point out the particular paragraph-to which he lias reference ? We are not aware of ’ having eopied anything directly from his paper without having given the necessary credit; but if any netrs article of which ho claims the paternity Has found its way into our columns without credit, we arc willing to make the amende hon~ orabfe. The truth is, since the Telegraph has Been in the hands of its present proprietors, its course has been so Uetredox and its columns so dull and insipid, that journals of its oxen party seldom condescend to republish its articles, frith OF without credit. Execution.—On Friday last, at Harrisburg, Courtland 0. Johnston, convicted of the murder man of whom he was jealous, was executed, in the prison yard, at 1 o’clock. Sheriff Williams performed the melancholy du ty. The culprit, it is said, died easy, and in a very few minutes. His last words were, “Jesus, receive my soul.'” For several weeks previous to his execution-lie put in most of his time in prayer and reading of the scriptures, and it was the hope of his spiritual ’ advisors that ho was truly penitent and had found favor at the hands of lus Redeemer. fty* Mr. Buchanan’s rcp\y to Lord Clarendon on the Central American question, has, it is re- been received at Washington, and is said to be a very able document. Edwin Croswcll, the veteran editor, fora quarter of a century or more, of the Albany Ar- a gus. has formally retired from the conduct of that journal* A DDubtfulßank— The Washington Star has £ cautionary article in relation to the Ar lington Bank, which is about to bo established imtliat city. There have been so many irre sponsible concerns established in Washington that ft word of caution should go a great way. Eamb mou California. The Arrival al New Orleans of the steamer United States, from Aspinwall, brings two weeks’ later news from California, dates being to the Ist of August, The State Democratic Convention bad resulted in a split, and Ibo nomination of two separate tickets. The City Marshall of San Francisco has been convicted of misdemeanor and msub ordination. A dSHagmtion bos oc ™ rrcd J" Marysville, destroying dve scares of tho town, the loss being estimated at 8250,000. The wheat crop being large, was being exported in Hugo quantities. THE DMCBiUC COUNTY TICKET. The gentlemen who are candidates' on the Democratic ticket 1 are so well known to the plo of (Cumberland ocunty, thot wo Scarcely deem it necessary t 6 say d Biigle word in their behalf, assured as we are, tfatft when tile proper time arrives, the Democracy will ibe prepared to give their hearty imd united support t 6 the ticket which has been prcsoutedlto.thcm. Yet, notwithstanding the almost certain success that awaits us, it is the duty of every Democrat, in every township in the county, to bo watchful and vigilant, in order to guard against the pre meditated and insidious tricks of an unprinci pled opposition. Let every man bo at hia post —let all unite, as sentinels upon the watch tower of Freedom, determined to protect to the last, the privileges wo nc\v enjoy*—-and let no one relax his exertions, with'tho belief that all is secure, until the victory bo won. Democrats op Cumberland County ! You have a glorious cause to contend for—the cause of Liberty, the cause of Justice, and the cause of truth. The crisis which is approaching, is an important one, and involves every principle which'you and your fathers have contended for, since the days-of the revolution. It is indeed a crisis which W iff proveyoui* attachment to Lib erty, and determine Whether, instead' of con tinuing in the enjoyment of the sacred privil eges you now possess, you are willing to become the slaves of a faction which glories in the name of Know-Nothing, and which, should*it evprotK lain the asscendancy, would, according -to its own doctrines,blotoutlho Constitution, and dic tate the manner by which American freeman are to worship their Maker 1 Fellow Citizens bp Cumberland County —what then is your duty as democrats, desir- ing to aid in perpetuating the institutions of Liberty, and transmitting to posterity, unim paired, the sacred instrument which has been given to us by the signers of the Declaration of Independence? The answer is plain. It is nothing more nor less than to preserve eternal vigilance in all your actions —to march boHly forward to the contest, with an cyesinglo to the gobcTbf your country —to sacrifice every private prejudice, if any exist, and to lend your exer tions to secure the success of the regularly nom inated Democratic ticket. Throughout the whole State, in all directions, the busy note of preparation is beard, and from every quarter the most cheering intelligence of the prospects of Democracy continually greet 1 us. On the one hand, the People , actuated by the righteousness of their cause, are moving quietly yet steadily forward, with a determina tion which insures a glorious and certain vie tort ; while on the other into be seen thcmotlqy cohorts of Federalism, arrayed inallthogaudy trappings of a sworn society, for the purpose of hiding their disgusting deformity. Honesty, with them is a byo-word, Truth is unknown, and Principle they have none. AH is confusion and disorder in their ranks, and they arc rush ing blindly forward in search of power and plun der, with a spirit of desperation, almost de moniac. Poor fdlows, they but deceive them selves : A'storm is gathering, which, at no dis tant day, will hurst over their heads, and sweep them to destruction, leaving nothing behind hut the remembrance of tfiieip wickedness—a warn, ing to all who would in future tamper with the rights ond liberties of a free people. l Democrat© op Covmtt! Subh is the foe with which you have now to contend. The task of overthrowing them in their career of wickedness, is an easy one, if every man will do his duty. Let us not bo behind our brethren in other counties, in endeavoring to accomplish this end. and show to the world by untiring ex ertions, that the Democracy of Cumberland are still true to their principles. We learn from very reliable authority, that many of the leading Whigs of the State, disgusted at the fanatical course and suicidal policy pursued by the Harrisburg Telegraphy have in serious contemplation the project of es tablishing at the scat of government a new and efficient Whig journal. They argue that their party must have on organ which shall be cop-j ducted with consistency and ability, and which shallnot boconnected with any/of theroan^ 1 absurd though dangerous isms of the day.— They say they have long felt the need at Har risburg of nn able State paper which should bo soundin their political faith, and in which they could at all times rely os the exponent of their party dogmas; a paper which should at the same time command the respect and secure the confidence and support of the great mass of the Whig party. Such an organ, it is said, would be most generously supported, and such on one they are determined to have. Indeed, it is passing strange, (hat whilst many of the Whig journals of this State, both in the city and country, arc edited with marked ability, in Harrisburg, the capital of the State, that party should bo represented by a bitterly sectarian paper, a paper devoted to the advoca cy of all th® novel and pestilential isms which from time to time spring up to trouble and per plex the political and- social cauldrons, and which weekly belches forth tirades of low and malignant abuse against the religion of thou sands of the best and purest men belonging to the Whig party. Under the control of its present Reverend editor, the Telegraphy instead' of being an organ of the Whig party, is, in more senses than one, the mouth-piece and organ of Know-Nothingism, and'tbe sooner it hoists its true colors the better. Food fob Powder. —Recruiting for the U. S. Army is said to bo going on briskly in all quarters of the country, owing to the recent in crease of pay. At one of»the holf dozen rendez vous in New York city, in the course of ten days, very recently, ninety-six presented them selves, but twenty-four of whom were accept ed. At four other rendezvous in New York, in the same time, fifty men wero accepted, and seventy were not found fit to be enlisted; A New Association.—Among the many As- Isociations with queer names, which politics have recently called into existence, there lias been one instituted in Virginia, under the im pregnable name of Iron Heads, whoso object is to defend the Federal Constitution, maintain the rights of the States, protect civil and reli gions liberty, and preserve our glorious Union. They solemnly pledge themselves to support the Constitution, and extend a cordial welcome to the oppressed of all the civilized nations of the earth. LoAWNO.— The Mayor of Reading, has nr rested several young scamps for loafing about the doorsof meeting bouses, while religious wor ship is in progress. u ENOW-NOTHINGS.” Ho who boldly avows his hostility to our form can bo mot, and his influence counteracted, but when he joins a secret asso ciation for such purpose, he is like the assassin who strikes when there is nona to sec. 'The policy of the people at all times/should be: to guard against political associations whose num bers are afraid to make public the objects they | have in view, for no one can tell to what per nicious' purposes such associations may lead.— the man who incites a villain to bufti down his neighbor’s barn, can have no possible security from the depredations of the same villain. To such characters all men are alike in danger, and whenever interest or villainy prompts the commission of crime, ho one is secure. The riots which almost daily occur in our largo ci- i tics—the wanton destruction of property, and sacrifice of‘life —the burning of churches and institutions of learning, may all bo attributed to that fell spirit which has been engendered by basely pandering to the religious prejudices of I the people. Teach a man that it is a part of) God’s service to raze to the ground the church of a particular religious denomination, and he perpetrates the deed without remorse. Con science thus becomes scared ‘by a first trans gression, and it hesitates less in the commission of the second, and still less in thc third. Crime is thus made a pact of man’s nature, and while tho object of popular vengeance. may be the property aiid life of a Catholic to-day, it will bb A Protestant to-morrow. Does the Almighty Acquire at our bands the burning of a church as a mack of devotion to His precepts ? It is owing to such considerations thht wo oppose the secret and sworn political organiza tion called “Know-Nothings.” Even if this order were founded on the purest principles and motives, its tendency is to engender a spirit of faction in the country, which at best is danger ous to the principles of the constitution. Al ready wo have another organization in this country known as the “Know-Somethings,” which propogates the rankest infidelity, and teaches that laws for the observance of the Sab-! bath, and in fact all other laws for tho promo- 1 tion of morality -are wrong. As tho “Know-, Nothing” organization has led to tho “Nnow-j Something” organization, who can tell where | this is to stop ? Tho Presbyterian clergyman, who on tho Sabbath gives his sanction to such 1 organizations, may, from like causes, bo egged lin tbo pulpit on the following Sabbath! It I cannot bo said tiiat,tbe moral portion of com j raunity will restrain such conduct, and the law 'will deal harshly with them. The Judge of tho Court may himself be a member of such an organization —the jury may also be members —the members of the bar and all the officers of the Courts may be members, and by whom then are the aggressors to bo punished ? Justice is perverted—laws are rendered of no binding ob ligation— social/drdcr is destroyed—the weak become the victims of the strong, ancf thus the purity of all our institutions is destroyed and our Republic rendered a government where no one is secure. And by whom then is this state of things created 1 By these misguided moral men of community who sometimes let their re ligious prejudices outride their judgment and better sense. None others. For if all such would point to the principles of our constitu ‘tion and say to such organizations, you can neither myfiiippOft or codou'ragcAent;x&q/' would die for the want of members to sustain them. We know that nearly every officer now is elected by the people. The erronious belief that the “ Know-Nothing” organization is strong, induces many to join, who, under oth ! cr circumstances, would not do so. rOfflcc with them is the ruling motive, and irr order to ob tain it, they associate with others whoso mo tives are not of the purest character, and un wittingly lend themselves to the accomplishment of objects which strike at tho fundamental principles of tho government. To usoacom- I mon phrase, when such institutions make their I mark in courts of justice, who is secure 1 Take for example a j udge of the Supreme Court. In 1 order to be elected, say that he must belong to a 1 secret political organization which teaches him that its laws are paramount to those of tho go vernment, and where will the people, we ask, derive their security ? Will it bo said in tho constitution? Not at all, for that instrument is destroyed or at least become a by-word.— Will it bo said then, that no good man'would act so ? Aye, but remember there are many bad men in community, who would be judges of tho Supremo Court on just exactly such con ditions. Tho same may be said of any other officer in the government. I We ask tho Democrats of “Old Mother Cum-1 bcrland,” Democrats who have stood firmly by the principles of our Constitution—who have so often been tried and seldom found wanting— [ who have never flinched in tho hour of danger —will the y, we now ask, be led astray by an organization, which, besides its evil tendency, is got up to lure them from their allegiance to tbeir party ? Will they thus minister to tho grovelling schemes of a set of broken down I Whig hacks, and dim the lustre of their many brilliant political achievements ? Wjll they be modo tho miserable tools of a set of men, who arc alike destitute of political honor or integrity ? Will Mety forego their dignity as men,their duty os citizens-, and their honor ns advocates of tho Constitution, to meet in secret conclave at mid night, to plot tho destruction of their party ? Democrats, wo have always been led to believe, love tho broad open day. They never hereto fore sought to disguise their principles or their objects, and will any of “Mother Cumberland’s” Democrats skulk behind tho cover of night, and associate with their enemies, to belie all their, former professions ? It may bo there are such, i but we, as a public journalist, warn them to “flee tho wrath to como.” Although faction may accomplish hoso and wicked purposes for a time, there is yet a recuperative power in the i great body of tho pcoplo, which will maintain \ our Oonstiiution, at all hnzzarda, and which will visit upon trier’s heads a vengeance as swift os it will bo terrible. Churches cannot bo burned with impunity. Tho living God Will not look with a lenient oyo upon tho wanton destruction of a tcmplo dedicated to His service, and when His hand shall bo raised to smite tho rebellious arm of man, not all tho power on earth can shield it from tho consequences of a just and righteous judgment. Tho Christian of our country, when ho betakes 1 himself to lua own closet at night to hold com- i jmunion with his God, should well consider to what such secret sworn political associations , lead. Let him oak himself tho question wheth er U is nccsa&ry for man to fight his way up to the throne of Ood through pools of blood spilled a civil feud'which hisfolly. created ? Let him ask if it Is ti’ko the conduct of a Christian, to destroy thojiberality of this Protestant gov ernment towords all creeds, and thus send to Protestants in dftier countries tliechecring news, that the Protcaljints jof the TJ. States are even more proscnptivbthan the. Catholics of Catho lic governments;?'! Let him ask, if such a spirit is likely towintho inhabitants of Asia, Africa, China, Chinese Tartary, Japan,and the millions of barbarous tribes who inhabit countries where the foot of a Christian has never trod, to the doctrines of thcjfeihlo ? Yea, let him ask him self all these questions, and the still small voice of the inward monitor will whisper to him, Be ware !—Bewabb !! 1 , What we have thus written is insincerity and truth. • We are activated by no selfish motives, but look slope tVthe good of the people. Hod we sinister motives in view, we could too be come a member of some secret political organi zation. But we,feel that their tendency is evil, and wo. therefore Warn the people of this county against all puch associations. In doing; so wo have discharged but* duty. Let those vvhlb have sown the storm reap the whirlwind. HOME letters. On oiir first page will bo found a letter from thoßcV. John Chambers, of Philadelphia, on the subject of temperance, and in'.-reply to the base attacks made upon him by the Whig-; Know-Nothing papers of the State. Also, on our fourth p&ge wo publish the manly letter of i Judge Black, in reply to a committee of the 1 Temperance State Convention, who had the im pudence to ask the Judge to pledge himself that, in the event o£ his election to the bench, ho would decide on the constitutionality of a Maine Law'enactment as they (the temperance racn)'| might dictate. The Rev. Chambers' letter is a scorcher, and administers ft/rebuke to his cowardly vitliftcrs I which they will lohg rcmcfivbcr. Mr. C. is well ; known as a disth/guished Presbyterian minister, i ! whoso congregation is the largest in Philadcl- j phia. Bo is/-too, a most ardent and able ndvo- * cate of temperance, and has labored zealously I in the cause for many years, and delivered ad-1 dresses on the subject in all parts of tho State.' In a recent speech delivered by him at Bedford, he expressed tljebelief that “thewholcqucstion (of temperance) was involved in tho resolutions by the Legislature, allowing tho people to vole for or against a prohibitory law, and that the real friends of temperance should direct their attention to that point, and that only.” He was of opinion, too, that if a majority of the people’declared in favor of prohibition* it mat tered but little'who filled tho office of Governor, that the law would be sanctioned. Now. was not this good argument and good.sensc ? Was it not just'such council as the real friends of temperance Would profit-by? No honest man will deny this. And yet for these sentiments ! Mr. Chambers has. been abused in the most I scandalous manner by every Wbig-Know-Nolh- I ing paper in thc State. Because, forsooth, he refused to 'denounce Gov.'Bioler, but rather defended him, be must receive the vile abuse of a vile press. I "'.Wbat positive 1 evidence docs this I furnish that the friends of Pollock desire to! make political capital out of tho temperance question' 7 ,Th*c fact is they care nothing about temperance,‘except to use the question as a hnbbjr-.ta ofllce L so that they may again, rob tho people as they .invariably have done when they were in power. If they had it in .their power tg pass a prohibitory law to morrow, they would not do it, as they could not then turn the question to political account. Mr. -GiiAMBERS is hot one of these demagogues, but-tv Vik},;honcst and true temperance man, as wdl'ds a man of God. Hence tho abuse of him by a set of political gamblers, whoso motives are as corrupt as their hearts arc wicked. • Bu t, more anon. "We hope all our readers will read Mr. Chambers* letter—it is characteristic of the man, and must carry conviction to all. We would also invite especial attention to tho letter of Judge Black. When it was read in tho Temperance State Convention it so complc- j tely knocked the noise out of tho committee who had,’with unblushing audacity, dared to propoxmd certain questions to him, that hung their diminished heads in shame, and were covered with confusion. They agreed that they would , not give tho letter publicity ; but. Judge Black's friends were not satisfied to see his noble letter smothered and suppressed, so they obtained a copy of it and published it to the world. Read it, we say, one and all, and then consider how degraded must be that party, who, for political purposes, will dare to hold up their votes for £alo to a judicial candidate.— When James 1., king of England, required of his judges that they should pledge themselves to decide a cartain constitutional question accord ing to his wishes, Chief Justice Coke answered, "WHbV TUB CASE HAPPENS I SHALL DO THAT WHICH SHALL BH FIT FOR A JI'DOB TO DO."— This simple and sublinuv answer, says Lord Campbell injiis life of '‘abashed the At torney General, mode the recreant judges a shamed of their servility, and even commanded the respect of the King.” Judge Black’s an swer to the Temperance committee is quite as noble as was the answer of Coke, and will, in like manner command the respect of all think ing men. Let the People of both Parties Look Oat We have it from a source entitled to our con fidence, that the following Slate ticket has been settled by the intolerant “Know-Nothings. 11 — The news comes from Philadelphia, and is worthy of serious consideration by all the friends of our free institutions: For Governor, Pol lock; for Judge of the Supreme Court, Beard ; for Canal Commissioner, Henry S. Mott ! It will thus bo seen that the worthy “Sons of lhoJ3irc3of 70,” have thrown off Smyser, the Whig candidate, {im| substituted Beard, the Native American candidate, in his place, as the candidate for the Supremo Bench; and that they have discharged Darsib for Mr. Mow.— In tho meantime Mr. Mott has not yet answer ed the letter of the Democratic State Central Committee, and unless bo docs so soon his house will certainty come down I Frauds on tub Revenue. —Tho Washing ton (D. o.,\Slar says:—James 11. Young, a gent of tho United States government at Cura coo, has arrived in this city, having informa tion in his possession which will conclusively prove that several of tho subordinates in tho Custom-House pf New York have been bribed to allow goods with false invoices, prepared to pass tho Custom-House, and that many of these invoices pul the goods so low that Iwen* I ty per cent, is saved to tho importer. Whig Principles in California. At the 6allfornla TVTilg State' Convention, says thtj Philadelphia Jlrgus, hold on. tho 16th ultimo, a resolution was passed declaring In faVo*.of tho principle* of iht Ne braska Sill i that Is, tho tight 6f tho people of tho Territories to frame their own laws without tho Interference from any quarler.whatovor Hero Is tho schedule of Whig prlncples upon tho Pacific. To ho sure, they are not such as would moot tho approbation of tho Whig Conven tion of-Massechusclls, or tho Whig Convention at Saratoga, Now York, nor do they agree with platform laid down by tho Know Nothing Whigs .of this State } etill should tho Whig party bo successful In California, wc shall have that fact trumpeted by tho Whig presses of this State as a great Whig triumph , just as they did the re cent election In Missouri, whore every man elec ted to Congress is in favor of tho Nebraska bill —tho right of self-government in tho mass es. -To what a deplorable condition is tho Whig party reduced when it thus seeks consolation from such palpable contradictions I In one State tho Whig party is monopolized by tho Abolition faction, in another by the Know- Nothing order. In one location tho Nebraska bill Is adopted by Whig State Conventions ns a part of their creed j In another the same bill is denounced as tho most hodiotfs and obnoxious, and tho whole North called to make a general fusion against this dangerous treason. Which are tho genuine Whig principles, tho resolu tions of the Massachusetts andN. Y. State Conventions; or those of California? No man can servo two masters. Either the Whig party is for tho Nebraska bill or opposed toil. — What is dangerous to tho peace of tho Union in New York or Massochusetts cannot bo less so iri'Callfornia. But the ethics of Whig politics maybe different. Wo suppose it is, but tho people of tho Union take care that it is not applied. Kansas and Nebraska. —These territories, but recently organized, arc already in the pro cess of rapid settlement. The principal stream of emigration directed to them is from Ohio, In diana, ilfindiS, tfhd tho north western part of New York and New England. This renders it certain that both will Conte into tho Union ns free states, and that in less than two years, one or both of them will have tho population requir ed for that purpose: Tho doctrine of popular soverignty works Well wherever it is put into practice- Our ship of State was built to sail on that track, and we must needs see it out. Tho above paragraph, which wo clip from tho Philadelphia Ledger,contains much sound sense and is a severe rebuke to the fanaticatabolition ists and their Whig allies. Many of those who bitterly, although honestly, opposed the pas sage of tho Kansos-Nebraska bill, having calm ly reflected upon the matter, now see and ac knowledge their error, and admit that the great Democratic doctrine of the sovereignty of the people in tho different States, (that is. State Rights,) is after all the true one. This doctrine is becoming more and more popular with tho people every day, and the opposition must try some other hobby upon which to ride into pow er. The people may for ft season be deceived and led away by tho fierce denunciations and false colorings of unprincipled demagogues, but their “ sober second thought” will soon con vince them of the deception practiced upon them and the Democratic principle will be sure to tri umph. The Soldiers op the War op 1812 — Their Widows and Children.. —Judge Sutherland, of Philadelphia, states for Jhc information of the many thousand soldiers, and widows and children of the men of the war of 1812 interest ed in the Bounty Land bill, that it will be press ed to a consideration in Congress, early at its next session. Tho Judge was at Washington when Congress adjourned, and says from a con versation had with the lion. Mr. Churchwell, of Tennessee, who reported the Bounty Land bill to the House of Representatives, that he has no doubt that the bill will be taken up soon after the session opens in December next. The Judge gives it as his opinion that the bill will pass, if the soldiers and the widows and chil dren justly entitled to land from Congress will write to, or personally call, upon each member in their Representative Districts to vote in fa vor of the Bounty Land bill, now before Con gress. '■ The Soldiers, and the widows and chil dren of such as arc dead, ore right in demand . ing of their representatives a vote in favor of their bill, prior to considering any other pro position that is intended to give away the pub lic domain to men who never served our coun try in any of its wars. It is to be hoped that the Bounty Land bill will therefore bo promptly acted upon, and that it will receive the unani mous vote of both Houses of Congress. woman's rights meeting Was held in Saratoga yesterday. A Miss Sarah Pollot made a speech, which was much cheered, and at the close of- tho proceedings, Susan B. An thony made an appeal for assistance to carry on the movement for obtaining a repeal of tho pres ent laws, that oppressed women might not have their property taken from them by drunken and worthless husbands. Reduction in the Price op Cattle. —The drought lias been so great in New York State, that tho farmers arc selling their cattle for want of gross. Cows, which commanded $4O per head last spring, aro selling at Pultney, New York, for $l2, and sheep in proportion. Another Ward Appair. —On Monday lost, Mr. Pike, ol tho Flag, at Paris, Ky„ who was then in Lexington, was assaulted by a man named Flournoy, 0 relative of Matthew Ward, the murdered. Pike, a few days before, had mentioned that “Word, tho murderer,” had passed through, on his way to Dluo Licks, and hence the assault. (C7* Tho prospects of Judge Pollock seem to bo getting brighter every day.—Perry Free man. Yes—his prospect of a Waterloo defeat is cer tainly very flattering, If wo may believe “the signs of tho times.” Gubernatorial and Matrimonial. —Gov. Joseph A. Wright, of Indiana, led Miss Harriet B. Burbridge, of Scott county, Ky., to tho hy monial altar on Monday last. Tho happy coup le weft handsomely entertained on Tuesday by Governor Powell, of Kentucky, who, it is re ported, is himself to bo married soon to a beau tiful young Quakeress of Indiana. {£/*■ The number of German emigrants who embarked at Antwerp during tho flrst six months of tho present year, amounted to 16,- 890, being more than in tho whole of last year. From tho Ist of July, 10,000 Swedes emigrated, being 1 in 300 of the whole population ofcthat country. LETTERS FEO3I CANDIDATES, Tho following letters, tRe two first from Col. Ohesnut, and, H.G. Moser, Esq.’, tho'Demo cratic nominees for Assembly, tho others from two of the candidates on tho County ticket, speak for themselves. It will' boseen that these gentlemen, come out boldly and define their position in regard to ■ the Infamous organization called Know-Nothings. Wo hope all the .other Democratic candidates may ‘'fol low suit." But to tho letter^ Leesdcrg, August 24, 1854. Mr. J. B. Bratton : Dear Sir —l notice in your paper of this week, that a report is current that some of tho Democratic candidatcsonourCountyticket arc Know-Nothings, or beloging to that Order, so called. I, for one, boldly assert that Ido not belong to’any Order of Ine kind. ' Yours Truly, • JAMES CIIESNUT. Siuremakstown, August 2C, 1854, J. B. Bratton, Esq: Dear Sir —The candidates on tho Democratic ticket of this County aro desired to stole over their own signatures, whether they are mem bers of the Order of Know-Nothings. As lam a candidate on that ticket, I will state that I am not a member of, nor in any way connected with the Order above named. Yours Rcspcctlully, 11. G. MOSER. West Pennsboro 1 Township, 1 August 28,1854. 1 ) Mr. J. B. Bratton —Being a candidate on the Democratic ticket, I think it right that I should define my position in regard to the secret politi cal society, known as “Know-Nothings,” or the “Sons of the Sires of 70.” I am not a member of that or any other political organiza tion except tho Democratic party, never have been, ana certainly never will be. Very Respectfully, •GEORGE M. GRAHAM. K StiEPitßunaTOWN, August 28, 1854. J. B. Bratton, Editor 1 of American Volunteer. J Sir—ln response to your desire to know whethcr.apy of the candidates on tho Demo craticiCounty are Know-Nothings, I here by inform you, emphatically, I am Done. Yours Respectfully, DANIEL K. NOELL. (£7* The Philadelphia News, which was a short time since a strenuous supporter and apologist of Know-Nothingism, appears to have deserted that stilish organization, and left its members to shift for themStlvcs. At least we would infer (is much from the appearance in the columns of the News of the following short but graphic description of the sneaking, skulking and itieddlcsoino characteristics of a genuine Know-Nothing. The picture is drawn by a master-hand, and although dashed off in a very few words, it is a true and perfect copy of the original : IJow to Know Them. —There is more truth than poetry in the following description of a “Know-Nothing,” taken from the Qrccncastlc Argus: Let us give you an infallible rule to detect a , ‘ ‘Know-Nothing.” Gather two or three Demo crats together on the afreet and commence con versation, and you will presently see a fellow — especially if it be in the dusk of the evening detatch himself from some crowd ,and : walk slowly up to within a few.feet of you and stand there until he has gathered enough of your con versation to get its import—having done this lie will slip back to bis friends and report. That eves dropper you may rest satisfied is a “Know- Nothing.” Wo have seen this thing practiced in our streets more than a dozen time during the present Week. An Incident.— Some weeks ago, a vessel sail ed from Turk’s Island, with a cargo of salt for Boston. During the voyage tlic coplain died,, and the mate, who was his son, desiring to bring the body to land for Christian burial, and deeming that salt was a preservative from cor ruption, dug a hole in the cargo several feet deep, and placed the body of his father therein, covering it well up. On arriving at Boston, the body was •found to' be in a state of decomposi tion, and was with dllUcuUy buried. The salt was sold for magure. the custom house author ities having remitted the duties on a representa tion of the above facts. Tor Wombs Lucia It. —Th? woman of Ire land appear to favor abduction. Carden, who recently made the violent assault upon Miss Ar buthnot, by attempting, with armed men, to drag her from o carriage, and was convicted of the attempt, was afterwards tried for an assault upon a person who went to the aid of the lady, and prevented the amarous rulDan from accom plishing hie purpose. On this charge, though the evidence was conclusive, the jury acquitted him, and on the verdict being rendered, the la dies iu the gallery waved their handkerchiefs, and the mob outside cheered. The inference i» that the Tipperary ladles favor abduction and chloroforming. A Dumb Witness.—On the trial of a woman named Sahib Morgnett, charged with infan ticide, at Greenbrier, Va., the only witness hy whom the fact of (lie killing could be proved was a little girl of about ten years of age, but she refused to speak, and no coaxing <>r com manding could even make her raise her eyes.— The prosecuting attorney was non-plusscd, for the girl Had said nothing and could not there fore be guilty of contempt, especially consider ing her age. The prisoner was therefore dis charged for want of evidence. Shocking Railroad Accident. —On Satur day morning, as tho Pittsburg train was leaving Cmnminsvillc, Ohio, a light grocery wagoA with two boys were crossing tho track. Tlio loco motive struck the horse, knocking him to tho left side of tho track, dead. Tho wagon was thrown to tho right, smashed to pieces, and tho two boys instantly killed ; one poor little fellow being entirely dismembered, his arms and legs thrown in different directions, his heart suspen ded from the limb of a tree, while his head and tho upper part of his body were ground to a paste on tho track. Tho boys had been cau tioned not to cross tbo railroad just before tho train struck tho wagon. Jiy* Advices from Nova Scotia and New foundland state that tho catch of fish upon tho Labrador coast has been very abundant. Tho Liverpool (N. 8.) Transcript reports that nearly all tho Labrador fishermen belonging to La Have hdvo arrived homo with full fares. A French Fleet fou New Your. —It is stated that tho French squadron recently sla-i Honed on tho northeast coast, near Halifax, has been ordered to Now York. Tho motive of tlicir visit is unknown. QC7“Tho "Washington Slav says that tho offi cers of tho Treasury have discovered a series of frauds, committed by one of tho Collectors of Customs, removed by tho present administra tion. * .PEl>lQ'C^^^^^b£icA^ COUNTY, KfEETING, A meeting of the Democracy, of Cumberland county convened, in pursuance of public notice given, in tho Court House, in Carlisle,'on Moi. day evening, tho 28tli inst., for the ptrpomo'f devising measures best calculated to promote the union and harmony of the party, and U enshre its. entire success, in. tho approaching election. Tho following gentlemen were choccri ns officers : ~ President, ROBERT SNODGRASS, Esq,; of Carlisle; Vice Presidents, Robert Middleton, Mifflin. John Wert, North Middleton, Thomas Bradley, South Middleton. Willis Foulk, Carlisle. John Auld,. Dickinson. Samuel Crop, Carlisle. Andrew Kerr, Carlisle. Andrew Ktutzcr, Hampden. Secretaries , • M. Holcomb, Carlisle. , John C. Ecldcs, Silver Spring. On motion tho following gentlemen were oV pointed a committee to draft resolutions expres sive of the sense of the meeting, viz: John B: Bratton, B; Cornman, Edward Weakley,-Col; James Woodbum, and Jacob Longnccker. During the absence' of the committee the* meeting was most ably addressed by J. Ellis' Bonham, Esq., our nominee for Congress. Mr; B. was most happy in his remarks, and at times tho house fairly shook with applause. After Mr. Bonham had concluded his remarks, John B. Brattort, from the committee ort reso lutions, reported tho following, which, on mo tion of James Armstrong,.Esq.; were adopted by acclamation, viz: Whereas, it isrlght and proper, in every agi tation of the public mind upon questions affect. - ing tho integrity and organic structure of the Government—upon questions Impeaching-tho constitution and laws of our much beloved coun try, and arraigning tho wisdom ol those who meddled’onr glorious institutions as wo find them—that tho people should express their sen timents fully and freely in reference to such contemplated innovations upon tho established order of things. Jlnd, whereas, Wo have hill confidence in ibo capacity of the people to govern themselves, and in tho doctrine of popular sovereignty, os applied to tho people of the territories, os well as of the States. And, whercUi . Wodeprdcafe the scml-tlerl&l influence in political affairs;' which Is attempted to bo fastened upon us in reference to what ore called “ the great moral questions of the day," such as the question of slavery, temperance, the rights of different religious sects, &c. And, whereas, Wo sco a settled determination among certain fanatical Individuals scattcftd over the Statfc to break up old political organl : zations, prostrate democratic ascendency, ami democratic policy, and to rule both the Demo cratic and IVhig parties, as with a rod of Iron, in the inculatlon of proscriptive and intolerant doctrines and views, illy suited to the people or the institutions of a free country. Therefore, Rewired, That wo denounce the secret polit ical associations recently gotten up over the country, commonly called “Know-Nothings,” or the “Sons of the Sires of *76,” as anti-repub lican, illiberal and proscriptive in tholr tenden cies, calculated to breed strife and dissention among the people, and opposed, In ever)- parti cular, to the genius of our tree Institutions.— We, as Democrats, therefore, ;Can support h6‘ man who is known to belong to or is Identified with these anti-rcpubllcaii associations. Resolved, That no Democrat fehonldboashntned or afraid to declare his sentiments, and we 6'nn see no reason why, in a country where freedom of speech and of the press is unlimited, there should bo any necessity for sectesy or hidden movements In public or political affairs, unless such secret raorements arc of such a character as npt to withstand the light Of .day and the power of truth and investigation. That wo adhere to the constitution of the United Stales aft it Is, a constitution which has stood the tost of sixty-eight years, and been upheld by three generations of men, and by that constitution wo wish to live without interpolation either hidden or avowed. It has protected ns In our Infancy and raised this peo ple to dignify and strength and consideration In the eyes of the worl<l. Resolved, Thntwo’etldorse, fully and empha tically, the Nebraska and Kansas bill recently passed by Congress, os It Is not only in accord ance with tlio principles of the constitution, but sustains the doctrine of popular sovereignty and tho right of the people to regulate their own domestic affairs. Resolved, That we heartily,approve of Presi dent Pieuob’s administration, and ate thorough ly convinced that the measures which ho bos recommended have been wise, Judicious and i«»- triotic. We believe that his administration has heen and is now strong with the mass of the people, whatever may he said hy designing pol iticians to tho contrary. In no instance has the President failed to redeem tho pledges of his inaugural address, and in no instance has ho disappointed public expectation. Resolved, That Gov. Cioler has been on hon- est and patriotic chief maghtroto, having dis charged his duty with fidelity to the people and tho State, and ho deserves, and will undoubt edly receive, tho compliment of being called to fill the full constitutional term of six ycar/i. Resolved, That the lion. Jeremiah S. Black. our candidate for Supremo Judge, Is a man of high legal attainments, powerful intellect, arid great capacity and Integrity osa judicial officer, lie will, undoubtedly, 16 elected by a triumph ant minority. Resolved, That Henry S. Mott, la a most suit able person for the responsible office of CanoT Commissioner—n man of experience and Intelli gence, and who imq already rendered tho State' essential service. Ho fttoohonestahdtoowlso to bo a “Know-Nothing*** Resolved, That as cltftefisof old Mother Cum- berland, wo are proud of our distinguished can didate for Congress, J. Etna Bonham, Esq.,— that wo hnvo full confidence In his integrity, ability and sound Democratic principles, and highly approve of his nomination. The condor with which ho avows his principles on all ques tions of public policy, and the open and fearless manner-In which ho carries them out, qualify him, in a peculiar manner, to ho just tho man to represent this district In Congress. - Resolved, That tho straight-forward and con sistent course of our representative In Congress,. tho Hon. Wm. It. Kuars, has met tho decided approbation of his constituents, ond secured for him our confidence and respect. Retched, Thai tho ticket formed by our re cent Democratic County Convention, Is compo sed of good Democrats and worthy citizens, and meets with our cordial approbation. Wo there foro recommend toourfollow-Domocratstog it their undivided support, which will secure tor it a triumphant success., . Resolved. That these proceedings ho signed by the officers, and published In tho Democratic papers of tho county. * [ Signed by the Officers*] Strength of tho Roman Catholics. Tho Lutheran. Observer of tho 21st July, makes tho following statement, with reference to tbo number of Churches, Protestant and ltd* man Catholic, which should bo read by every ono in tho present agitated state of public feel ing: “Tho proportion of Roman Catholics to Pro testants m tho United Slates is hut small m comparison, according to tho cchsus of 1869. w their respective number of churches, vizi tvo man Catholic churches, 1.221; teaUnt churches, viz: Methodists, Baptists, 9,735 ; Presbyterians. 4,824? Con gregational, 1,806 } Reformed Butch, 380; Ucr* man Reformed, 388 ; Episcopalian, 1.460 ; Lu therian, 1,217 ; Christians, 853; Umtam£, 242: Univcrsalisls, 620; Quaker or FricnUS/ 720; Moravians, 328. Total, 35,712 Iro * tant churches, besides a largo number of minor sects, which aro not included. The whole min* her of churches in tho United States m was 38,061, of which more than 30,800 wer* Protestant places of worship.
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