(Mi /mi American tolunteek. JOHN B. BRATTON, Eilitor & Proprictßf* CARLISLE, PA., JUNE 7, 1855. Rbad It. —Tho article on our first page, tin ker (be caption of “America for the Ameri cans," should be read by every (rue American, it is tho best exposition of Know-Noihlnglsm we have yet read, and its conclusions cannot hut convince every man who is not a bigot. It is the production of as pure a patriot as our' land can boast of, whoso powerful-pen has fro fluently been used in defence of the rights of flio people. Let all our readers, Democrats, Know-Nothings, road this able and logictfl production. Cool..—We mean Maj. KaLso’s Fountain Min eral Water. It is cold as Ico itself, and much superior to the bottled pop, so much In use now a-days. His syrups too, are fresh, and of all flavors* Don’t forgot to call ond see the Major, at hia store, in Main street, nearly opposite Ma. rion Hall. Paounc.—A peach twig (about a foot long,) taken from a tree on tiro poor-house form, in this county, was laid on our tabic a few days since, which contained eight double ond two treble poaches, making twenty-two in number. Tboy arc all perfect little poaches, about the size of hazel-nuts. inr The ITcrnW still persists in its advocacy of creeling a Fountain for Dickinson College— the expense to be paid by citizens of Carlisle. Well, if our citizens desire to contribute to this “enterprise.” we are sure we have no right to object, for it does not concern us. Wo spoke of the matter as an act of littleness in the Col lege to make such a proposition ; and We think if the “faculty” possessed a spark of pride,they would scorn to beg contributions for such an object. Dickinson College ought to be above such consummate meanness. In the late “Gala'- logue of Dickinson College” the institution is represented in a most flourishing condition. It is humiliating, therefore, in the face of this representation, for the College tb solicit aid from citizens of Carlisle, and to claim the right to make this demand by pulling in the pica of poverty. We should be pleased to sec a Foun tain in the Campus of the College, hut let not the College disgrace itself by begging money for this object. YIRGINIJ ELECim We made two or three mistakes in announ cing the result of the Virginia election, in our last issue. We stated that Mr. Wish's major ity wastf.OOOor in.ooo. This was an error—his majority is nearly 11,000! Wcstalcd also that the Infidels or Know-Nothings had elected two members of Congress. This was another mis take—the Democrats have elected in every dis trict in the Slate. The Democratic majority m the State legislature is over two thirds ! Again we say, all honor to the Old Dominion- The Stale that contains the remains of Wash ington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and Patrick Ufary, has crushed Know-Nothing Infidelity in the dust! (jOdey's Lady's Book. —The June number 1 of this popular Lady's Book, tells its readers too plainly, that neither Mr. L. A (lodet, or the periodical's efficient Editress, have ceased to spend their entire attention in preparing mental food for their numerous renders. Mr. (ioedy has been engaged, for twenty-live years) in (his work, and has earned (he (hanks and gratitude of a large number of subscribers. Graham’s Magazine.— This monthly, for June, has been received. It contain* a contin uation of the life of “Hapless Mary Stewart,” renounced m history and song. This romance of history is written bjfc Wtn. Dowe. It prom ises to be the most effecting life yet penned. A beautiful steel engraving, to bo found in its pages, styled “The Mandarian’s Daughter,” is not the least attractive feature of this number. The Missing Bride ; or Miriam, the Aven ger. By Mrs. Emma D E. N. Southworlh, author of “Tlie I.o*l Heiress,” &c. Phila- delphia : T B IVierson. In 2 Chesnut st. Mrs. Soul hwort h has heroine iho mo»t pop ular female Noulisinf the present day. vShc wiiirs much nn>l will, and each succeeding work gives evidence of greater power and more nUwineiilinaliinly.nl all the constituents of j successful authorship- The work now before us is intensely interesting, and describes a sue- 1 cession of scenes and incidents which have their counterplots m real life, with graphic accura cy and a chnsteness and purity of style which nt once enchain the reader's whole attention, and keep him, ns it were, spell-bound, until the i nth Mr. Peterson has issued it man elegant ly printed and neatly bound volume of 635 pa ges. which he sella at the very low price of $1 .- 25'. He is behind no publishing house in the country, in the manner of getting out his books They are always attractive to the eye, inde pendent of their intrinsic merits. O'/* Wheal crops are looking well every where, and a much greater area has been plant ed with grain than ever before. There is need for il all; and it is to bo hoped that when the crop begins to reach our markets, the same in sane exportation fever will not prevail which has led to the extravagant prices and scarcity. (Ty" Two wild geese were shot in Upper Till pehocon township, Berks county, on the 17th ull., by Mr, George Deglor. Tho AdUr says, “it ts supposed they were sent out by the K. N.’s of Virginia to drum up recruits from the North ; but Waving had Iho misfortune to fall into tho hands of good Democrats, they were captured as easily as those who sent them were were, by the Democracy of Virginia M Choljiua at New Ori.rans.— The cholera is already raging at New Orleans, and the hos pitals are being filled with patients. The deaths last week were heavy. fty* Residents as well as strangers arc rap idly leaving New Orleans. The season begins early in tho Crescent city. KT'Thc Legislature of Michigan has propo sed to form a new State of ihe Lake Superior region. • JX/* The New Hampshire Legislature melon thoCthinflt. During the aesaion two U. S- Senators sre to be chosen. "-lo* Four or five Cincinnati merchants have each made about ill UU,OOO by the recent rise of sugAr. %yr> Tbo penoh orop in the vicinity of Pitts burg, it U said, will be unusually Urge. THE WAY THEY WANT TO “HOLE AMERICA.” On tho Saturday night after tho Virginia elec tion, the Hpn. Uenby A. Wise, fho Governor elect'of that glorious old Commonwealth', was at Brown's'hotel, in Washington city, when bis friends resolved on complimenting him with .a serenade, and for that purpose employed tho Marino band. At about 0 o'clock thousands of persons had ‘assembled in firont of (ha hotel, when the band performed several airs. For tho purpose of returning fils thanks, Mr. Wise ap peared on the balcony, but before ho had ut tered a dozen words be was rudely assailed by a mob of Know-Nothings, who had assembled for the purpose. They groaned, hissed, yelled, and applied the most obscene epithets to Mr. Wiss. Several times as Mr. W. attempted to speak, these cut-thront villains yelled out “it's a lie," “it’s a lie," “go home," “you mo a liar," &c. Mr. Wise was forced to retire, and was thus denied the «»right of speech," a priv. iiege it has always been the habit of Americans to boast of. Previous to leaving (hn balcony, however, Mr. Wise raised his voice to tho high est pitch, and, addressing the miserable oath bound ruffians who had interrupted him, ho made the following happy retort, in an ironical manner. He said: “ That is the liberty of Americans ruling Ame ricans, for which you so loudly clamor! The ear of tho people is not to be allowed to listen to the language of liberty. Not only are the Sams hurrahing for the destruction of religious liberty, but they would trample on the freedom of tho pen and the freedom of speech. I tell you, you have found your master, iu a purified majority, which consists of tho conscientious, conservative, and stake-holding men of both parties. I thank you (to the Know-Nothings, speaking ironically) for your decent, orderly conduct, and behavior. You have to-night de monstrated that you are worthy to be the mas ters of a great country like this!" This is tho way, therefore, that cowardly Know-Nothinglsro desires to “ru/c." Tho Washington Sentinel, speaking of the disreput able conduct of these wretches, says s ‘•No sooner did Mr. Wise make his appeor -1 ance on (he balcony, than a band of unwashed ruffians, who seemed organized lor tho occasion, commenced thcirdistnrbnnccs. They hurrah’d, howled, hooted, and groaned. They drowned the speaker’s voice with their beastly clamors; they outraged the vast and respectable assembly that hod gathered to join in the tribute to Mr. Wise, and they disgraced themselves. They w«ro Know-nothing rowdies and ruffians, and most Qt instruments, they were, to carry out tho Incendiary purposes of that anti-republican or. der. Such inhospitable treatment of a distinguish ed stringer, within the gates of their city, was an outrage ol which savages would not be gnil ty. Such contempt of tho best portion of the population of Washington who were assembled in tho avenue— such utter disregard of law, or. dor, and decency—such low, unmanly, and un mannerly conduct, we cannot llnd language sufficiently strung, properly to characterize. Tho conduct of these ruffians was a disgrace to (lie city. It was so felt by nil decent people. U excited universal disgust and indignation.— To the credit of those who had assembled to pay a well-merited tribute to tho distinguished Virginian, and who were in force sufficient to hare trampled tho disturbing ruffians in their congenial gutters, nothing of retaliation was at tempted. They were quiet, orderly, peaceful, and silent. Whether these disturbers of the public pence, and these reckless violators ot tho hospitality of tho national metropolis, were deputed by their lodges to create this disturbance, to insult Mr. Wise, and to bring reproach upon this city; or , whether they spontaneously took it upon Ibcm [ selves, is not for us to determine. They know better in regwd to tikis than we do. ) If their leaders approve and advise such dis l turhances, they are far more culpable than the ' poor degraded creatures who tnuko them. If I tho belter sort of men among them disapprove I such conduct, it is high time for them to quit I men who show (hciiisoivus to bo so shameless, i abandoned, and debased. Longer association I »Jfh (hem w/IJ bring pollution and Ignominy. I We nro happy to believe that tho scenes of Snhird.-ij night nil) shock, disgust, and drive ofT the more respectable members of tho Order.— We already hear of reflecting men, heretofore sympathisers with, il not members of, tho organ ization, who have determined to renounce and abandon it. They begin to see what was plain to us before, that law, order, decency, propriety, religion, morality, and liberty, would fare badly under (bo ascendancy of fonl and phreszied mob rule. They begin to see that the meQ who are aspiring tojjovorn tho country, are men who ac knowledge none of the restraints of religion, law, or decency. i pew qrEsrnms. What party had a large-majority in the last Legislature? The Know-Nothings. Who passed the bill giving to each member 8500. when they had agreed to servo at $3 per day, thereby robbing the treasury of the hard earned taxes of the farmers, mechanics, and la boring men? The Know-Nothings. Who passed the bill abolishing the old license i laws, which yielded n yearly revenue of $2ll ,• I 000 to the State Treasury, and which will now have to be made up by additional taxation?— The Know-Nothings. Who passed the brli to sell iho public works of Pennsylvania for seven and a half millions of dollars, when the Columbia railroad alone is worth that sum, and the revenue from the Ca nal puls into the Slate Treasury yearly a sum sufficient to pay the interest on double the a \ mount for which they arc to bo sold? The Know-Nothings. Who passed the bill abolishing the lonago tax on the Pennsylvania Uailroad, which brought into the Treasury more than $lOO.- 000 per annum and which deficiency will have to come out of the pockets of the farmers?— The Know-Nothings. Who attempted to remove the sent of gov ernment from Harrisburg, because there arc not a sufficient number of Faro banks, Ac., Ac., there to accommodate the members of the Legislature? The Kno\v-Nothings. Who passed a largo number of bills author izing speculators and sharpers to establish rag mills and issue therefrom their own “promises to pay’ 1 as money—flooding the country with a worthless paper currency-enabling the drones and non-producing class of the population to prey upon the industry of the laboring men?— The Know-Nothings. Who passed a Prohibitory Liquor Law in direct opposition to the will of the people—a law which is intended to take away the rights !nf the people, put a yoke upon their necks,and make them bow down at the bidding of aristo crats and petty tyrants—a law which is in tended to oppress the poor man, and which given to the rich the privilege of keeping their costly wines and brandies in their cellers?— The Know-Nothings. Who signed all these odious laws which r were passed by the Know-Nothing legislature? Jamks Poi.locs. the Know-Nothing Governor . of Pennsylvania. A “ Work or Ni;cuBsirr.”-.ThePoll t M.Court of Boston, on Friday, decided Dial shaving on Sunday ti a work of necessity, as much so as preaching n sermon, and no more of an offence ngalnst the Sunday law. Tho barber ortlsts wore, therefore, discharged, invested with the right of free labor, with razor ami shears, seven days in the week. TEE JUG LIQUOR LAW. Of all the laws thkt'have ever been paased-in this or any other Commonwealth in tho Union, says tho Bedford Gazette,*'wo think tho Know- Nothing JLiguor Law passed by, the Legislature of Pennsylvania lost winter, is tho meanest, sil liest, and roost contemptible ihil any people have over yet been called upott to witness* If it had emanated from a iunafic asylum instead of & Pennsylvania Legislature, it could not have presented a more sickly hotch-potch of double distilled nonsense. No body pretends to under stand it, and almost every Judge in the State seems to have placed a different construction upon its provisions. In some counties all Li censes have been refused—whilst in others they have been granted until October. Whilst one section positively and unqualifiedly repeals the power of County Treasurers to issue Licenses to Stores and Eating houses to sell Liquors, Beer and Ale, Mr. Pollock’s Attorney General baa issued an official circular construing the Law as giving the right to this class of dealers in Liquor to sell until tho first of October! J! — Now, his opinion is worth nothing more than that of any other Lawyer in the State; and if men are “caught up” by adopting his opinion as the Whigs of Virginia and elsewhere were in betting their money on ‘‘Sam's Oath,” some of them will find themselves in Prison at a» time, perhaps when they consider theiflselvcs as safe. Even the most blind and benighted followers of Know-Nothingism have not the hardihood to defend this Law, notwithstanding it is the leg itimate bantling of a Know-Nothing Legisla ture, and received the “ approval ” and signa ture a Know-Nothing Governor. Tho fol lowing article from the Philadelphia News, a Know-Nothing paper, of Saturday last, is in point: When doctors disagree, who shall decide I The Liquor Law passed by tho late Legislature seems to receive as many different constructions as there are Judges in tho State. Attorney General Franklin has given a witten opinion, that the existing laws regulating tho Liquor traffic will continue in force until October next, the time the new law goes into operation, and this opinion is coincided in by Judge Pearson, of the Dauphin District, Judge Ilcgins, of the Schuylkill District, and others, and seems to us to bo the plain common sense construction of the law, if any suph can be applied to it. Other Judges differ, however, with the At torney General and those coinciding with him. Among these is Judge Jordan of the Northum berland District. Ho. we notice,decided at the session of the Montour county court,that coun ty Treasurers canuot issue licenses at ail under the present law. Judge Galbraith of the Erie District, has, on the other hand, decided that the new law repeals all the laws now in force, and that until October noxt.-anybody may sell liquor that chooses. With or without license. Those conflicting opinions and decisions of a number of our ablest lawyers and soundest ju rists are a sad commentary on the crude char acter of tho law. and an*. in themselves, ample evidence that it was not framed with that care, nor passed in that cautious spirit, which should ever characterize legislation on so important a subject, and which is likely tr» affect the rights and interests of so largo a portion of tho busi ness men of tho Commonwealth. OCT* Hon. Henry A Wise, the Governor elect of Virginia, was in Washington city on the 261 h ult., and about nine o’clock, a tremendous crowd gathered around the hotel in which bo slopped, and called him out, to congratulate him on his victory. Mr. Wise delivered an earnest and powerful speech, but he was fre quently interrupted by (ho groans and hisses of the Know-Nothings in the crowd, and many of his remarks could not be heard. Thcircon duct was universally condemned, by the decent men of all parties, hut it just shows precisely how far tho Know-Nothings are willing to car ry out the spirit of intolerance, which is the fundamental principle of the order. Hereto fore it has been the boast American citizens that they could meet together and express their views openly and candidly, without fear of mo lestatlon or abuse. Now. however, il seems this new secret order arc determined that no man shall be heard, unless he speaks to their liking. Yet, these men call themselves Amer ican.'!, and profess peculiar solicitude for the liberties of our country. Verily, such liberty as they would establish, Is enjoyed by tho meanest serf on Russian soil. A Ldkatic Smi’PKO prom Massachusetts to Europe. —Recently wo published an ac count of the ro shipment to Liverpool, by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of a lone woman and her infant, whose only crime was poverty. The cruelly of the act called forth, as il merited, universal execration from the press of the country. It now appears that the same vessel carried also Hugh Carr, who has resided within the State for the past thirteen years, paid his taxes regularly as a good citi zen, and taken out his first naturalization pa pers. Unfortunately, Mr. Carr some six months since, by one of the inscrutable dispensations of Divine Providence, became a lunatic, and his relatives—who arc abundantly able and willing to support him—placed him in an asylum, in accordance with the advice of friends. The managers of the asylum would not allow the friends of Carr to visit him, but promised that he should be well cared for. But the authori ties rc°olvcd to got rid of this troublesome tax upon the public bounty, and secretly shipped him ofl to Liverpool, thrusting the poor luna tic out upon the world to perish, os all his rela tives, except his father, who is old and infirm, reside in this country. The brother of Mr. Carr, il is said, hag threatened to bring an ac tion at law in this matter, and it is understood tho uncharitable officials have sent word to Eu rope to have tho unfortunate victim sent back by the first steamer. What will tho British authorities say to sending them our lunatics ? FaoM Havana. —Advices to tho 15th ult., arc received. Several prisoners, who had been confined in the prison ship, had escaped. The British, French and Spanish naval vessels had left the harbor, and gone to sea. Among (he failures which had occurred at Havana was that of Urbano Feijo Solomaycr, a member of the Spanish Cortes, lie had contracted for the in troduction of largo numbers of Qallcgos into the island, and, to fulfil his contract, borrowed a large amount of money of the Junta dc Fo mtnto, which, it is believed, will all bo lost. Famine in Georgia. —Accounts Irom the northern part of Georgia represent that many people in that section arc without corn or the means to procure any. There is none for sale, and there is serious danger of famine. Horses and routes aro turned out into tho wilds to wait lor grass or starve, so that no ploughing can ho done, and planting must bo done with the hoe. Unless relief bo extended, tho poorer class ol that section must perish. A DIB. IS THE DIBS. ■Tho Lancaster Examiner, the old orgah. of the Whigs of- Lancaster county, continues to pour .hol shot at' lhc Governor and his paid alangwhangca, the Rev; Miller, editor of the Harrisburg Telegraph. '. Millbr; be it remem bered, is the Governor's Flour Inspector, who considers himself bound to defend tho present rotten administration, at ail hazards. For do ing this he is provided with an office worth 56,000 a year, tho duties of which he is totally ignorant of. . The Examiner, speaking of the Telegraph, says: TKo Harrisburg Telegraph inquires whether thenamo-of the editor or Inis paper “ was not presented to thd Governor for Secretary ot the Commonwealth with his knowledge and con sent." Also, ** whether he did not so stotphis position when applied for his influence in' be half of another party,” Two weeks ago wo pronounced the assertion that the editor of Ibis paper was an applicant for ant/ office in iho gift of Gov. Pollock, a wil ful and deliberate falsehood. The lie was given plump to the, TeUerdph as the utterer of the falsehood, and to the Governor if he was au thority for it.’ Both parties were thereby placed at liberty 16 publish any evidence in the pos session of cither going to sustain tho allegation either directly or indirectly. This they have not attempted.’ honorable men , when they could not sustain-a charge °f the kind, would have retracted it. But these parties have neith er tho courage to tell a lie boldly nor the mag nanimity to withdraw a false'charge. They resort to the meatiest pnd paltriest of all ways by which a false impression can be conveyed— by insinuation or implication. We pronounce the insinuation conveyed in the questions asked by the Telegraph os false and unfounded os the original charge. It may cither produce tho evidence on which it Isbased, or rest under the direct charge heretofore made and again re peated, that it is the utterer of a willful and deliberate falsehood. .And the Governor, who is a principal in the cose, and responsible both iu law and morals for the acts of his agent, must remain In tho same category. For the credit of the old Whig name wo arc glad tho administration lays no claim to the name of Whig. It is wholly in the hands of tho Know-Nothings, and receives the kicks and culls of the orgnnsof that party with becoming meekness. It may .hope to carry favor with the order by inventing and circulating false hoods about the editor of the Examiner, but just so far os such a course will elevate it in K. N. esteem, will it lower in the opinion of hon orable msn. THE. RESULT. The liquor law enacted by the late Legisla ture has received thrde different constructions in os many different Idealities —being probably alt it is susceptible of. Judge Galbreath, of Erie, has decided that it repeals all the laws now in force, and that until October next.any body may sell liquor that chooses, with or without license. Judge Jordan decided in Montour county last wtek. that county treas urers could not issue licenses at all, under the law. While a third parly, among whom arc the Attorney General, Judge Pearson, Hegins and others, hold that the existing laws, regu lating the liquor traffic, will continue in force until the first of October. The decisions of Judges Gnlbreath and Jor dan are manifestly contrary to good sense, and are therefore to be regretted. It is unfortun ate for the law when its expounders cause it to clash with the common sense views and feel ings of mankind, as has been done in this case. —Lancaster Examiner. Do not be astonished at these different con structions of the anti-license law enacted in this State. Such a law is liable to as many different constructions as there arc judges in the State. Mon actv.'jg in a legislative capaci ty. and shaping to win the esteem of fanatics. caqAcvcwniftanythinK right. They do not exercise fyat •'thought and deliberation necessary in the enactment of laws, but vote for any foolish preposition which madcaps, with notions on all Hubjeefs, advocate. Had (ho model reform Legislature paid (he slightest attention to the declared will of the people— had they paid even common respect to those whom they represented, they would have let the queslison rest, or at most, modified the present existing license laws in such a way ns to remedy defects which time and experience dictated. But such a course would not an swer. Two-thirds of those elected to the Leg islature last year had bargained for the votes of these fanatics—they had thus bound them selves hand and foot, and to appease (ho clamor enacted a law as destitute of common sense ns It is of justice. No' wonder then judges differ in the constructions of it. Nonsense is hard to be construed.— Dcm. Union. More than Tintr want. — The San Francis co (Cal.) auction marts arc crowded with Chili and domestic Hour; cargo after cargo is offered, under the hammer, to bo sold to the highest bidder. The lowest sale of a good article of superfine has been at $5 50 per barrel. Seven vessels have been loaded with wheat and flour for the Atlantic and Australian ports. The Times of that city says it is the general belief among farmers and others who have had op portunities of observation, that the heavy crops of the past year will be far exceeded by those of the present; and in tins view of the ease, and impelled by the long existing low prices of farm products, business men have at length resolved to ship, in search of a market, a largo portion of Iboflour, grain, etc., which Calitornia has >n surplus. The amount of sa ving to California by this development of its own agricultural Industry is equal to $12,000,- 000 annually. Cost or Living in Paris— 'Tho high cost of living Is as much a subject of complaint In Paris as it Is In this country. Beef costs tbroo/rimen or fifty-four cents a pound. A chicken costs five francs or nearly ft dollar. A turkey costs ten francs. Game In season Is worth more than Its weight In gold. A leg of lamb, which a year ago sold for about throe francs, Is not at present to bo hod under five \ flsh has followed tho as censional movement In proportion. Tho exhl bltlon of tho World's Industry would necessari ly raise tho prlco, and beef, U was expected, would bo four francs a pound. (£7* The drought at tho South has been so protracted as to occasion great distress in many districts. In Louisiana, in (he parish of Ibcr vlllo, cattlo arc dying for want of water, and tho Atchafalaya river has dwindled to a dry bed. Such a drought has not been known there for years. A letter to tho N. 0. Delta says:—"Wo hota authentic information that, in some of tho interior parishes, cut oil by low water from tho Mississippi, many of tho inhab itants aro in a situation bordering on famine." Avoid Debt. —The youth of this country should be taught to avoid debt, us the bane of their lives. Pay as you go,is a golden maxim. It should be the rule of private life. True e oonomy would make it the governmental prac tice. Its wisdom could be profitably inculca ted in our institutions of learning, in lieu of a portion of some other things upon whictf Amer ican scholars waste so much time and money. XT’ Cambria County has elected Thomas A. Maguire, delegate to tho Democratic Slate Convention, with Instructions for W. 8. Camp bell for Canal Commissioner. liquor Excitement in Portland. Portland, June 2. —Mayor Noal Bow, in an ticipation 'of tho action of tho City Council, made a-purfcbaso of $lO,OOO worth of.Hquor for tho city agency. Tho liquor remaining: on his hands, several citizens.entered.a complaint un der tho law, and a warrant was .issued,for tho seizure of tho liquor. The Mayor has called a special meeting of tho Aldermen this afternoon, when it was voted to purchase It for tho clty.-r The affair has occasioned ft great'excitement, and there is much anxiety to know how the mat ter will terminate. SECOND DESPATCH, •A Lxouor Military Called Otif—The Moo Fired On—One Man Killed—Several Oth- era Wounded, Portland, Juno B. —At 10 o'clock last night a noisy mob assembled about tho building used as the city liquor agency, and attempted to break in for the purpose of destroying tho liquor stored there. The police attempted to preserve tho peace, but tho mob becoming more threat ening, two military companies were called out to enforce order. Thcfio precautions, it was hoped, Would deter the mob, but, at a later hour, they bfoke into the building, when the military drawn up opposite fired a volley, killing Ephraim •Robbins, of Eastport, and wounding several others, some severely. A squad of tho Ride Guard followed up tho volley, by a charge upon tho mob with bayonets, which caused a rapid dispersion. One old gen tleman, who is said to have been quietly on his way homo, received a severe bayonet wound during this charge. A few arrests wore made by tho military, when tho mob entirely dispersed, and peace appears to bo restored, though an in tense excitement prevails. Another man Is re ported to have since died of his wounds. K. N. NATIONII CONTENTION, Tho Philadelphia Ledger of Tuesday, gives tho following account of the meeting of the National Convention in that city: “The Know-Nothing National Convention assembles in this city today. We hear that there are two hundred and ten delegates, repre senting every Stale in the Union. It is also said by the New Orleans Bulletin that those sent from New Orleans are Catholics in religion, and some do not speak the English language. The task of reconciling the Southern and Nor thern branch of the Convention, so ns to have a single platform for such dissimilar materials, will bo a delicate and difficult one. The ques tion of slavery will also bo a fruitful subject of discord, and if the Convention can quiet this “common disturber’' it will accomplish what no other party has ever succeeded in doing ef fectually. The Convention will be private in its proceedings the first day. Publicity after that will depend upon the action of a majority of its members. Diabolical Mubdbrs. —A colored man named George Parker, residing on the outskirts of the town of Dover, Del., murdered two of his children on Thursday last, by cutting their throats; shot a girl living in the family .wound ing her severely ,* attempted to kill h's wife; went over to a neighbor named Slaughter, at tempted to shoot him as he opened the door ; then proceeded to another neighbor, named Gibbs, who ran out the back door, pursued by Parker, who fired at him, but missed him. A party collected and pursued him, whom ho kept at bay for a long time; they returned his fire, and when bis gun was empty, closed upon and after a desperate straggle, secured him by holding him on the ground, a man on each of his anus and legs, and one upon bis breast, un til manacles were brought and placed upon him, when ho was tied upon a cart and lodged iu Dover jail. No cause is given for this fiend ish conduct, but we presumo ho was laboring under a mania of some kind- KT* A very destructive fire occurred in New Yoik city on the 30th ult., destroying the large printing office of John F. Trow, Nos. 49, 51. and 53 Ann st., pi-opriotor and publisher of the city Directory. The volume for this year was (o have been published next week, and a largo number of compositors, who were at work on it, escaped with much difficulty. The fire caught from the gas burners. Mr. Trow saved all his Adams presses uninjured, and his books and papers were locked up in a safe, which is also supposed to bo uninjured, but he lost'two job cylinder, three hind, and two dydraulic presses. His loss in stock is estimated ats4o,- 000, though it is not yet ascertained bow much damage is done to the Directory, The duode cimo edition of Irving's Life of Washington, about to bo published by Putnam, was des troyed. By this fire Messrs. Putnam & Co. also lose $12,000 worth of wood cuts and 100 reams of printing paper. ITenrt A. Wise.— Some three weeks ago, as the Wheeling train was passing along between Harper’s Ferry and Washington Junction, hav ing on board Henry A. Wise, a newsboy step ped up and asked him if he wanted to buy the life of “Sam,” to which ho replied, “ No sir.— I’ll write his life and tho cause of his death in about two weeks from this tlmo.” Tho result of tho election in Virginia last wook shows.tbat Mr. Wise has faithfully kept his word. All honor to tho noble-hearted Virginian. Joseph Hiss, the expelled member of tho Mass. Legislature, having been arrested for debt applied for release, on the ground of being a member of tho Legislature. Chief Justice Shaw of the Supremo Court, decided that tho Legislature, had an inherent right to cxpcll him. and having exercised that power, Hiss could not claim tho exemption privilege. So bo was sent back to jail. The Anti-License Law. —Tho AUonfown Democrat, contains tho proceedings of a most ing of (ho citizens of North Whitehall, denoun cing tho Anti-License Law as a “ disgrace to a free people,” condemned by a largo mojoifly of tho voters, at tho last Slato election, and calling upon tho citizens of that part of ttio State, to help them to procure Us repeal. Tho following resolution looks warlike i Resolved, That wo will use all poaceablo and lawftil moans to effect tho repeal of this law, hut are determined that If its measures aro to ho forced upon ui, to doviso moans by which forco can ho mot with force. (£7“ Cafharlrto Withers, a comely lass in her toons, recovered the nlco little sura of $l6OO from Isaac Goover, a gay deceiver, who prom laod to marry her, and didn’t , In a case of broach of promise tried last week boforo the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster county. (U7"Africght locomotive on the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad exploded on Thursday, at Aberdeen, shattering tho en gine to pieces, killing two firemen, and serious ly wounding'the engineer and two others. Demoobaiio Ukjoioinos. —Tho old lino De mocrats of Lebanon fired a saluto of eighteen guns on Wednesday, In honor of tho glorious Democratic triumph In Virginia. XT' A patent has been granted to a gentle man of Albany, N. V., for a new composition for aiding digestion. Tfio main difficulty with ll\o people nowadays is to get something to digest. fm nnfc Itterow. , Northern Methodists, in thrir con ferences at Troy and Sing Sing, adopted reso lutions denouncing American slavery os apo litical, social and. moral qurso, and promising to work in a lawful and Christian manner for its'extinction. ■ 1 Anti-Liqdor Law Meeting in Boston.— The great Anti-Liquor Law gathering at Fan neuil Hall on tfao 21st was attended by atleast six thousand persons. Strong resolutions, denunciatory of the law were adopted. in/ 9 * Prof. Agassiz is now engaged upon a work to be entitled “Contributions to the Nat ural History of the United States.” It is to bo published in ten quarto volumes, and (he first pari is soon to appear. Nabiiow Escape. —Last Tuesday week, as Dr. S. D. Bcloatc was smoking at his residence, Florence, Ala., a ruffian fired a gun at him,the ball from which cut of! his pipe within two in ches of hisjnoutb. • DCT* The Agricultural Bureau, which has been attached to tbo Patent Office, at Wash ington, Is to be discontinued, it is stated, in a week or two, the appropriation for it being ex hausted. C 7" From the report of Odd Fellows, it ap pears that they have 3129 lodges, 199,197 con tributing members a revenue of $334,935, and that $498,626, were expended during the past year in relief. Editorial Windfall.—The wife of Rev. Mr. Cummings, editor of the Porllartd Chris loin Mirror, bos como in os an heir to a for tune of from 850,000 to 080,000. Good! ITT* The Lackawnxcn bridge, over the Dela ware. on the Erie Railroad, was burned on Friday last—loss $20,000, and will probably break the lino for two weeks. Texas.—Wo have Galveston dates to the 17111. There have been refreshing rains in va rious parts of Texas, and the crops were im proving in appearance. officers of the Sunbnry and Erie, and Philadelphia and Sunbury Railroads, have selected a location in Sunbury for a joint de pot. O* Judge Edmonds, late of tho New York Supreme Court, has given a written opinion in favor of the constitutionality of the new liquor inT" The ablilion of the newspaper stamp in England has already begun to show its good effects. Cheap newspapers of all kinds arc projected. O* Emigration to Kansas, it is said, has fallen oil wonderfully since the report that the cholera had appeared among the settlers. Ty* The New York Board of Councilmen have adopted a resolution appropriating $5OOO to aid in celebrating the fourth of July. [£7* In the town of Liberty. Texas, a line of $25 is imposed on any individual using pro ; fane language in the hearing of a femolo. 10 s * It is estimated that there are between fifteen hundred and two thousand homeopathic physicians in tho United Stales. O* Tho Treasurer of a K. N. Council, in Louisville, Ky., has absconded with all the funds of the concern. C7* During a period of 128 years the first bom of the Austrian royal family has always been a girl. XT” A bureau of agriculture has been or ganized at Tennessee, of which Qov. Johnson is President. 017* A female slave, a fugitive from Ken tucky, passed through Buffalo for Canada, on the 11th ult. Samuel G. Gago has been nominated as the K. N. candidate for Gov. of Maine. DC7* A floatimg bakery is to be sent to tho Black Sea to provide the army with bread. IC7* The Gov. of Canada has approv'd tho bill, to abolish postage on newspapers. KT* The first thought of a girl upon receiv ing an offer is about her wedding-dress. {£7" A destructive fire occurred at Williams port, on Saturday morning last. (£7’ Women are seldom sailors; but they sometimes command smacks. Of our fourteen Presidents, not one was a citizen of a great city ! t X~T No soldier under eighteen years of age is sent to the Crimea. We open the hearts of others when we opccu our own. (£7*Miss Davenport Is playing ot Stocton Cal. Alabama lias promise of a great wheat crop Qroen com at New Orleans on the IGlh ult. K7* How to make a clean sweep. Wash him. The Fraud of Know-Mliloglsra. Southern Side. —The Know-Nothing State Council of Georgia adopted, as its last session in Macon, the following resolution, and direct ed it to bo published. It is thus officially printed in the Savannah Republican. ••Resolved, That slavery and slave institu tions aro protected by the Constitution of the United Slates, and the obligation to maintain them is not sectional; that the right to estab lish them in the organization of state govern ments belongs to tho native and naturalized citizens; and that Congress has no constitu tional power to intervene, by excluding a now State applying for admission into the Union, upon tho ground that the Constitution of such State recognises slavery." And Now tub Northern. —Tho Massachu setts platform is embraced in tho following res olutions passed by a Know-Nothing convention there: “Resolved, That wo hail with hope and joy tho recent brilliant success of the Republican parly in tho State of Maine, lowa, Indiana, Pcnna., ami Ohio, and wo trust these victories are a foreshadow of others soon to como, by which tho FREE STATES shall present one SOLID PHALANX OF OPPOSITION TO THE AGGRESSIONS OF SLAVERY. “•Rcaolecd, That in tho present chaotic con dition of parlies in Massachusetts, the only star obovo the horizon is the love of human lib erty and tho ABHORRENCE OP SLAVERY, and that IT IS THE DUTY OF ALL ANTI SLAVERY MEN to rally round tho Republican party, os an organization which invites the unifed action of Me people on the frrmsccm/uig question of slave dominion which now divides tho Union.” A Southern aid Movement. —AsocictVhoa been formed in Richmond, Va., to aid Southern emigration to Kansas territory. UTE.KKWB )PB6ME«iU»ii»e tng Out*—Another Austrian' iVoml;,;™ , Russmns—rSeveye Fighting—Bhodu ■ .between the Russian and: French Thqsteamcr Paciflc arrived atNew Volt 30th ult. with Liverpool dates to May JOth, ' ' Tho s , K Ee Of Sebastopol was almost unchamrr An expedition 0f16,000 allies had embarE cd at Kamicseh and put to sea in the dircolla rt of.Azotf, hut returned without Undine.'' Kd details of tho movement were known. ° ” UR3IOKATION O, OANIIODEftT. Marshal Hanrobert has, resigned hnm! n .n that they would soon enter by the door or tbo window. 1)0 ' Three divisions of the French arrav > A Maslacy fuf the Crimea. * httVe Tho French exhibition had opened b..» iv. ceremonies Wefe rather dull. v ’ UI Pianori, tho attempted assassin of thn p peror, had been executed. THE WAU. Large reinforcements for the Allies were „ pcctcd-at Sebastopol within ten days A combat occurred on tho night of ft. 041 k between tho Russians and the French Juli proved a most desperate allow. Tho Russi." attempted to dig now rifle pits, and the French partially prevented them. Two hundred French troops were put hors du combat . A despatch of the Ist of May says that fto advances of tho allies are approaching Sobasto pol surely though slowly. The Russians made a sortie on the night of thelUh oii the advanced works of tho .Hie, whbcotSlwereWelor K f“ lwl A short truce woa granted on the crcnmgof the 10th to allow tho Russians to bury their dead in front of the allies advances. A new manifesto of the Czar orders another levy of twelve men in every thousand. In the " cslcm provinces, to be completed by the end of July. There arc'fndicattons of a more intimate re. lationship between Austria ond Russia, imUho probability of an armed neutrality is becoming more apparent. A conference between these two powers is in progress. The French Baltic Squadron had arrived in that sea, and the allied fleets were pushing for ward to the Gulf of Finland. TUB BBUDTION op MOUNT VESUVIUS —A KAO kijmcrnt Spectacle. We copy the following from the Naples cor respondent of the London Daily News, dated May 2d: Everything in Naples is for the present ex tinguished by one. great fast—the eruption of Vesuvius. King, ministers, and policeman, on their several spheres, are all scorched and shriv elled up into nothingness. I ant disposed to think tlu\t a Neapolitan might now wear a gir dle round his wnist.or a beard, or a wide-awake, so all absorbing is the eruption of Vesuvius.— We have been expecting and longing for it some lime. The wells at Resina had been dried up. More than once since 1850 tho mountain has thundered and smoked, and in tho begin ning of the year o portion of tho crater fell in. Groat numbers of strangers have therefore, waited till very Into in the season, in the hope of seeing tfois extraordinary spectacle, and have just taken their leave when the mountain, os in “diapetto,” breaks out. Tho principle guide, who Is called Cozzalino, reported on the morning of thc'lst of May.that he had just ascended the mountain, and that on arriving at the summit there were a thousand reports as of cannon, and then was thrown up a discharge of red hot stoues. • The rain and mist, and smoke, however, all mingled togeth er, prevented a near approach or nearer obwav ration, and wear©, therefore, for tho present,T left to our unaided observations. During the whole of yesterday nothing was to bo seen but smoke and cloud, which enveloped not only th# mountain but the whole coast, and then swept away in immense-volumes toward Capri. In the very centre of tho cloud, however, mipht bo seen on ashy aulphorus colored plain, which,by a shade difterenco in tho color and by the well marked outline, indicated that it was not all smoke, but that lava was coming down. As evening came on tho heavens were in a bright glow, and tho whole population docked down to the mole of Santa Lucia, to see the magnitt* cent spectacle. It was one of those undefined scenes which give the imagination full play. Tho form of the mountain was indistinguish able, nothing was to be seen bat clouds, smok* and flro. Up to the very zenith tho sky w*» covered with largo bulbous clouds, black as ink» and fringed with while; beneath, and half way down the mountain, everything Was on fire; whilst right in the centra of it snot dp a cone of black smoke. Still lower again, dark clouds covered tho base of the mountain, hav ing, too, as their centre piece and contrast li* river of lava which is running down towarin Resina. A few days since 1 was exploring, with (be miners, among thu ruins whieh aiill lay buried under the modern city. The neigh boring mountain was rumbling and smoking, and referring the inhabitants, as it were, to th« history of thq past but they took no notice of it, and I doubt whether they now do go, except to calculate tho amount of profit it may bring in to them; for an eruption of Vesuvius is to them as good as a lire to the London thieves,— During the whole of last night there was a per fect procession of carriages towards Resins.— Tho scene was rendered still grander by an eclipse of the moon, which took palco about two hours and a half after midnight. A K. N. Htpooritb. —The Columbia (Ten.) Herald makes a point on the Know-Nothing: candidate for Governor of Tennessee which will be likely to embarrass him in his canvass. K* copy the Herald’s statement: ••Con. Gkntrv’b Consistbnct.-— This tlcinan, after having occupied all sides on •» questions, stands a self-constituted candid*** before the people for Governor, with tho recta' endorsement of tho Know-Nothing convention at Nashville. Tho grct\t and leading feature*! his speeches is a tirade of abuse upon Catlioli » and the dangerous tendencies of their w , £ , ° * Now, what will all fair-minded men thin*.* heard Ufa recent speech at this place, to J that .Col. Gentry himself was but recent y o patron of not simply a Catholic school, bii, a Jesuit College, at Georgetown, P. C. • is practice uferaiw preaching. If anybody• lions tho accuracy of this statement, we give tho proof." _ Disohaobtol Ooinao* * Outlaw-" Comment on the following, from i' ic CTC sn Herald, is unnecessary : • “Our litllo town is in quite a state el ' l *' , ment, owing to a clifllcuUy that occurred Sunday oroning in church. unofleuding, and quiet citizen, Mr. M W' wont to church and took a scat usually pied by Mr. Mills. Our worthy pars®, ", Brown had commenced services, and w , horting sinners, when Mr. Mills cutc'w noticed Mr. M'O. in his scat. Without a word ho turned and left, hut in a sh returned, and walking in a bullying m front of the reverend speaker, requested ( and ordered Mr, M’Oleliand to vacate W immediately. The latter not tmniedia cly w plying, Mr. Mills rushed forward, pulW M, 10l from his pocket and presented i breast of McClelland. Ho did not ever, hut bullied round in a most manner, showing himself a perfectly 1 pctl hie villain, unworthy the conlldencevir, n of any gentleman. lie is probably goW few month’ "irco board at Jackson. ID” With many women, going 'KI! little hotter than looking Into » bonnet
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