AWMCAff -VOLUNTEER. JOIZiV B, BBATTOY, Editor & Proprietor. CARLISLE, PA,, JUNE 21, 1855. - TUB FOBETH OF JULY. Wo observe that arrangements are being made in quite a number of places for the cele bration of the glorious Fourth. What is to be done in Carlisle 1 Anything? It is time that some movement be made for a celebration. The recurrence of this great cod happy day is calculated’to-AH the bosom of every hrer of liberty, with emotions of the most sacred and cmwblipg'character; and* will we trust to the end’of-' lime, coil into spontaneous action the gashing; sympathies of millions of freemen. So long as this great country remains what itnow long as the bright “stars.and stripes” ore permitted to Boat o’er our soil, so long as our free Republic shall shine, as she now docs, the brightest, the happiest and the proudest in the galaxy of all nations, affording and offering to the oppressed of every other clime, those in estimable privileges which arc denied them at home, the return of this glorious day will bo commemorated by every demonstration of pub licrejoicing. Upon Us recurrence every one should lay aside his private concerns, and unite In recounting the memorable deeds of our fath ers. The workman should abandon his shop, the agriculturist his scythe and sickcl. the mer chant his counting house, and each the theatre of his avocations, to nnitc with heart and soul in the celebration of the greatest and most glor ious day known to freemen, and to “ swear on thealtar of our country .eternal hostility .against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” Citizens of Carlisle, arouse, and let ua have a glorious Founrn! The grand encampment of tho Knights Templars of tho State of Penna., which has been in session for several days post in Pitts burg, adjourned on Thursday of last week.— The following arc tho officers elected for the en suing year: Charles E. Blurocntbal, M. E. G- Master; Alfred Creigh, M. E. D. G. Master; Andrew Patrick, E. G. Generalissimo; J. W. Hailman, E. G. Captain General; W. Johnston, E. Q. Prelate; Q. Z. Bretz, E. 0. Senior War den ; Wm. Noble, E. Q. Junior Warden; Geo. Passmore, E. 0. Recorder; Wm. Thorndcll, E. G. Treasurer; Thomas Davage, E. G. Sword bearer ; D. Zimmerman, E. Q. Standard-bear er; J. B- McKakan, E. G. Warder; S. B. Cooper, was appointed, E G. G. Sentinel. I£7* Both Whigs and Democrats in St. Marys county, Maryland, had meetings, rejoicing over the triumphant election of Mr. Wisc m Virginia. C 7" Col. Preston, of Louisville, the present able and eloquent Whig Representative in Con gress from that district, has come out in a card in the Louisville Times, in which he intimates his determination to support the Democrats, in preference to the K. NVs, at the ensuing elec tion. He declines, however, to make the race for Congress upon the ground that, ns the De mocracy constitutes the mass of the anti-Know. Nothing slrcngth.it would be better to havoa Democrat lead the column. CtT* Gov. Reeder kfl Easton on the 18th inst. for Kansas Territory, accompanied by his pri vate secretary, Q. P. Lowrey, Esq. IC7* Mark, who recently murdered a brother and sister named Smith, near Holy Springs, Miss., has been arrested. He was incensed against the two because they had testified be fore a court against him, and after firing three times at the brother, walked up to his sister, and despite her prayers and agonizing screams, formally placed a pistol to her bosom and shot her through the heart. I jy Tn the last two months, says the Wash'- ingtort Star, fire hundred men bare enlisted for themow regiments ordered by Congress. This, fodcpcpjlcot of the recruiting for the general service, which continues to progress at the rate of, perhaps, 450 men pe? month. His antici pated that in about three months more, all the men required for the new regiments, will be ob tained. Dr roa OosOßaaß.—Hon. Thoi. F. Marshall has announced himself a candidate for Congress for ttto Ashland District, Kentucky, in opposi tion to bis own brother. Dr. Marshall, who is the nominee of tbo Know Nothings. Captain Marshall intends to place himself on the old Whig platform. Ho is now opposed to tho Know Nothings, although a few weeks ago it was generally understood ho was in their favor. im IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE That tho last Know-Nothing Reform Lcgislo-1 turo of Pennsylvania introduced a Bill to giro] to colored persons ofJ the rights now enjoyed hy tho free white men of this Commonwealth, and were only checked in (heir efforts by an Instal ment called the ft»uft/u/ton / Jt nearly doubled the Banking Capita) of tho State f It passed a law which Is nearly equal to giv ing away tho great Public Improvements of Pennsylvania—and, at the same time, released the Pennsylvania Railroad Company of atonago tax amounting to between two and three hun dred thousand dollars annually I It repealed tho License Law, and substituted an act to promote Drunkenness, by which tho people’s Treasury I® defrauded out ol upwards of two hundred thousand dollars annually, all of which mutt be collected In taxes from tho sweat of tho tax payers’ brow 1 It passed a Law nearly doubling (he pay of Its own members i I - It pasaod a Law through the lower House to remove tho seat of government flora Harrisburg to Philadelphia; a measure which, If finally suc cessful, will add millions of dollars to the pub lic dobt, ond place tho people of tho State at tho mercy of the Speculator! of a city now gov ornod by corruption of the most diabolical char acter I Owing to tho corruption of Its K. N. mom -hors, It was unable to ulecl aU.S. Senator, ou« Of Its plainest and most Important duties. Jloro ftro a fow of thereof planks in th N, pjotform, which admit of no doubt— noun of . which, however, are to bo found in LUu little book which is represented as containin'! K. N. principles— & hook only designed to deceive. ' FabMkes and TAX-i*AYEaa, tho issue is a plain ono. If you lovo theso things—then encourage Know-Nothing Midnight Lodges. I( you dis approve of thorn, then array yourselves, like true Americans, under tho great banner of Dbm, oohauy, and contend ioarjossly for Its glorious prineiploH. TT A premium of &50 wad given by Bar imui, to the Easton Cut girl, Helen Eckert. THE COUNTY COITOTiON.: The proceedings of the Democratic County. Convention—toappoint Delegates to the State Convention at Harrisburg—will bo found in another column, to which wo invite attention. 1 It will bo seen that no action was taken on the subject' of nominating a County Ticket, the Delegates deeming it best to permit a new Con vention, at a subsequent period, to perform this duly. This was right; it will give our friends more time to reflect as to who are prop er persons to be placed on the ticket for the fall election, and will also be in accordance with the custom observed by the party in ibis coun ty heretofore. We were gratified to notice the harmony that prevailed in the County Convention. The resolutions were adopted by acclamation, and the Delegates, from all sections of the county, spoke in the most flattering terms of the pros pects of the party at the coming October elec tion. The doings of the last Legislature, and the recklessness and open corruption of a ma jority of its members, has had the cflcct to open the eyes of the people, and give them an idea of what Know-Nolhmgism is capable of doing when it has undiminishod sway. Indeed, we arc beginning to incline to the belief that', not withstanding the mischief, corruption, bad feeling and wickedness that has been occasion ed by Know-Nothingism, it may yet have the cflect to produce some beneficial results, in making the people more guarded in their ac-, lion, and more zealous m defence of their rights as AinmVnu freemen. In ever}' instance where the Know-Nothings have had power and con trol, they have exhibited a corruption un , parcelled in party politics. If, then, flow that the people have witnessed the infamy and dis honesty of this oath-bound faction, they do not rise in their might and crush it in the dust, we will be almost ready to believe that we have al ways been in error in supposing man capable of self-government. In regard to the selection of a County Tick et, to be supported by the Democratic party at the October election, it is time, even now, that our friends in the different townships should begin to ponder the matter over. It is abso lutely necessary that we have a ticket that will, in all respects, bear the test of scrutiny. The candidates for Assembly, particularly, roust be men who arc distinguished for intelligence, and for their probity of character, moral and pol itical* In every respect they must be, like Crosar’s wife, “obovo suspicion.” With such candidates before the people, we feel convinced that they can and will be elected by a trium phant majority. A Ifbrriblc Punishment. The people of Sumpter county, Ala., commit ted an act in the latter part of May, the read ing of which sickens the heart. It appears^ slave named Dave was charged with tho mur- i dcr of a Miss Thornton some time previously. When about to bo burned at the stake, ho con fessed that he had attempted to violate her per son, but had failed, and to conceal the crime he had cruelly murdered her by beating tho poor creature with a stump; that while he was do ing this she implored him to carry her home [to her father, and that she would conceal the violence he had inflicted. He then left her,but soon returned, and after again beating her he concealed tho body in a hole which he dug.— “After this confession was made,” says the editor, “the match was applied, and in a few moments the devouring flames were enveloping tho doomed negro; his cries resounded through tho air, whfie the surrounding negroes who witnessed his dreadful agony and horrible contortions sent up'au involuntary howl ofhor : ror. His sufferings, though excruciating,were short; in a few minutes the Games had subsid ed, revealing now and then, as they fitfully swayed hither d thither, his black and burn ing carcass like a demon ol fire, grinning, as U in hellish triumph at his tormentors. Soon all was over; nothing was left but tho burning flesh and charred skeleton of this devil in hu man shape, who could thus deliberately perpe- trate so foul a crime. The horrid outrage was fearfully avenged; and though the heavens were reeking with tho stench of burning flesh, yet justice was satisfied; the law of retaliation was inflicted as nearly os it could be, while the ex ample made of this wretch had, no doubt, a salutary effect upon the slaves who witnessed his execution.” We arc further informed that about one thousand white persons and two thousand slaves were present at tins moostous act of barbarism. It is just such outrages up on civilization that arc copied by the English press as an evidence o f the barbarous condition of society in the United Slates, and from thence transferred into tho continental newspapers. INo one will deny for a moment that the ne gro who committed the crime should be pun ished —severely punished; but wo arc equally sure no person living in a t'hristian land will contend such an enormity ns was practiced by } the people of Sumpter was a proper punish ment. For the Volunteer. LW-XOTniSGISM-WfIAT IS IT f Tt is the only remaining vital germ of defunct whlggcry. In a political point of view, what their modus operandi ? in tho first place a nucleus of wings is formed for tho pmposo of defrauding freemen out of the right of free suf frage. and having duped an honest and credu lous democrat (for such only is the gome they arc In qncst of) ho Is at once promoted to the rank or a recruiting officer in tho service of Ats constituents; and feeling all the importance of his official station, he goes forth loaded with In structions from tho high priests of the order to make recruits from the democratic ranks, and every one thus made counts two in tho ballot box in favour of the dark lantern mute party. This official, fn return for hfs promotion, is now officiating ns a "cat’s paw 1 ' to pull the ches nuls out of tho firo for his masters* eating. Bo not deceived, Know-Nothingism to only *• tbo samo old coon” now dressed in a new coat. In all marts of business they have their fac tors, though they do not seem optniy to trade. They arc very free in conferring small, favors, such as permitting their order to vote for a democratic Onnal Commissioner to begot confi ! donee, that they may tho more readily deceive In greater matters. They tiro ready to affirm ilinl fortunate wickedness is a political virtue, and that a sin backed with Suc cess. deserves to be considered a groat moral triumph. When they have decoyed a democrat into their net, they do not instantly draw it; hut when they arc got into the tunnel,they arc then at tho mercy of their captors. They would seem to mfcke conscience thy rudder by which to steer their notions, but they turn it oh tho wind blows for their best advantage. They iroitalo tho hawk which Ilh*fl high, yet will descend to catch their prey. They preach virtue to but servo their turn, and covet an opinion of hon esty only to get faith, tho better to bring about their designs and deceive. They make use of Religion as a stirrup to get into the saddle, and so upon tho backs of such as are deluded by pijofessiona; so that .hypoc risy and fraud arc tl e ground and basis of their business, and to.fi id out*occasions, is (they think) the knack of of wit. ’ ’ ■They ore very dextrous at giving out news, and bare a mint always about them to coin such as may be current and seasonable to their ends. . Such, Mr. Editor, Is a short extract from the history of Know-Nothingism, and I would ad vise all honest men, let their party preference be what it may, to “beware of tho geese when the fox preaches.” From your friend, Aaot r s. WOITQEB WB TERD. The paltry, canting drivel about “ court ing tho Irish vote,” says tho New York Tribune, has very nearly exhausted it self, and we may now fairly ask reflecting and liberal Protestants to consider what is JjO bo the' cflcct of the “Know-Nothing” crusade on the Roman Catholic portion of our people. Let it hot bo forgotten that there is no ques tion now in order as to the propriety of having Catholics among us. They hare been settled within the original Thirteen States more than two hundred years, and within tho present lim its of our Union still longer. There arc Catho lic congregations now worshipping in these U. Slates on ground which was consecrated to re ligious uses by Catholic priests before the May flower landed her precious cargo on Plymouth Rock—before the Cavaliers made their first set tlement at Jamestown. No buildings butsav nge wigwams existed on this Island long after Catholic churches were filled with devoted wor shippers at St. Augustine, at Santa Fc, and at other points within the boundaries of our Union. The right of those who choose to worship God after the Catholic ritual is neither stronger nor weaker on this account, but it is absurd to call the faith and worship of the first civilized set tlers of this country an “n/i>n religion,” or the fellow-citizens and fellow-Christians of our Chief Justice and Postmaster-General “for eigners.” Their religion may be a very bad one ; but it certainly is no novelty here, and it is not to be extirpated by political demonstra tions and the lottery of the ballot-box. If we desired to punish men directly for being Catho lics, the Federal Constitution happily would not let us. The Catholics are here and will re main here—some three millions in number, and rapidly increasing. How do yon expect to di minish this number. Unless all History be a lie, you will accom plish nothing by persecution, whether with thumb screw or ballot. Even if you could thus induce a few hypocrites and time-servers to slough ofl from the compact body, you would rather strengthen than weaken it by the opera tion. An honest man will not bo persecuted out of even a bad church, much less into a bet ter one. Vou may silence him by force, but gtqodo not thus convince him. The doctrines licWd coldly or formally become endeared to him by suflering for their sake; his burning hatred of his persecutors warms into zeal hla attachment to tho creed for which be is stigma tized. and the indifferent or skeptical believer becomes a devotee and a fanatic under the ini pulse of the fires intended to roast his creed out of him. Such is the general rule. Now, it Is easy to say, “We don’t persecute; we war on no man's rights; we only refuse our voles to men we derm unfit, 11 &c., &c., but nobody is-dcccived by this. If you proclaim a class 01 sect unworthy of office because of their church or creed, you ilo persecute, and every impartial observer perceives it. Whenever a majority of the people shall see Gl to make the religious convictions of the minority a reason for their exclusion from office, thcra will be planted a root of bitterness from which will , spring a upas to overshadow and poison our children's children. Wo have premised that the Catholics are hero—that they are rightfully here—and that they cannot be annihilated nor exiled. What are wo to do with regard to them 1 Our answer is—Treat them exactly as wo do other people. Concede, to tho fullest extent, their right to be here and to believe as they see fit. Invito and urge them to scud their chil dren to our schools, and do everything possible to instruct, enlighten, and Americanize them. Give them every possible reason to love our country and delight in her free institutions.— And, then, if there bo anythingdespotio, intol erant, benighted and retrograde in the genius or policy of their Church, they will cither re model it ir> accordance with their better ideas, or they will como out of It. So sure are wo of this, that we are willing to make any conces sion to get the Catholic children into our Com mon Schools and educated there.— If tho parents are still Irish or Germans, we deem it more important that no exertion be spared to make tho children truly Americans, lie who obstructs this by insisting that the Catholic children shall be constrained to listen to the reading of any Protestant version of tho Bible, or to any religious exercises condemned by his Church, is not merely a bigot, but a short-sighted block-head. Pretending to com bat that portion of tho Roman Priesthood who <as is alleged) wish to keep their people isolated and ignorant, ho la playing directly into their hands, and doing for them what they could not do for themselves. If they desire to keep their children oat of our free schools,lie is furnishing them with ample and plausible reasons for so doing. In fact, every attempt to fix a stigma to the adherents of any particular Church, or to de prive them of Political rights, no matter how specious tho pretext, is essentially un-Ameri can and unworthy of the ago in which our lot has been cast. If they ara ignorant, tho more need that they bo instructed; if bigoted; the more need that they be treated with, liberality. Evil is not overcome by evil, nor can wrong bo rfedrcsstd by wrong. Not till wo aro as will ing to concodo right to our powerless neighbors as to claim them for ourselves arc wo worthy to bear tho honored name of American. Tho recent demonstration of tho Catholics of Hartford, tho persistent refusal of tho congre gation of St. Louis.at Buffalo, to surrender its corporate property to the Bishop, and many other incidents, prove how rife with the germs of religious ns well as political freedom is tho atmosphere ol this country. Let tho Catholics alone, uud it would bo morally impossible to keep them in spiritual trammels beyond tho second generation. But to wage wor upon them and threaten them with political proachp- J lion is to quench every spark of inquiry or re , hgionn freedom in their breasts, and drive them I back into unreasoning subserviency to their , j priestly superiors. It is to close their minds j against every liberalizing influence, and render ; | them deaf to every suggestion of manly iudo- pcndcnco, ir the Romin blcrach were to de vise a schema for . the express purpose of in creasing its power oW the Catholics of this country and adding to their number, it could have hit upon nothing more effectual than tho “Know-Nothing” .demonstration and its natu ral fruits. • Democratic County Convention. In pursuance of previous notice, n convention composed of dclcgatcsfrom tlicacvcm! boroughs and townships, convened at the Court House, in tho borough of .Carlisle, on Monday, the 18th lost., for tho purpose of selecting delegates to tho Slate Convention which will assemble at Harrisburg on tho 4th of July, for tho purpose ot nominating a candidate for Cana! Commis sioned. The convention was organised by the appointment o! JOHN S. MORROW, as Pro. sident, and Philip Quigley and Wji. Eckels, as Secretaries.- T.D* Blair offered tho follow ing, which waa'adpptcd, viz t Inancou as tho time has come when it is necessary for the Democracy of our county to be on the ftlcrt, and as all open political parties, whatever name they havo assumed, are in dan. gor of being imposed upon by the. members of an oath-bound, secret baudpf conspirators’, who want to destroy the fundamental principles', of otlr. Constitutions, both State and National j therefore, it behoves us of this convention tobo on the aljrt, and ascertain who is fru* and clear of any such oath-bound organization, and to de mand such evidence of each delegate who may present himself for a seal in tin* convention, as will fully satisfy those that know themselves to bo clear of any such prpantzation ; therefore, Rctolvedj That no delegate bo admitted to a seat in this convention' who cannot give satis factory evidence that he voted for the Demoern fie nominees for Legislature and Congress, at tho last‘general election, and that he does not now belong to the secret, oath-bound organiza tion known by the name of Know-Nothing. Alter which the following named persons pre sented their credentials and took (heir scats as members of the comvnfion; Upper JUUn —Alien Floyd, Thos. Gould. Lower dllen—lsaac E. Jlaync, Sam’l. Shire man. E. W. Carlisle— Anlw. Kev, ?. Quigley. W. W. Carlisle— \V- Gould. M, M’Clcllund. j)icfcin«m--S.unucl M’oodimru, Win. Harper. Frank/ord —John Wall ice, Jacob Nickcy. Hopewell— -J. W. Vamlerbclt, Eobt. Boyd. Hampden— David Hnrao, Geo. Sclror. Mechanicsburp— S. X. Emmingor, W.Eckels. Monroe —M. Brickcr, David Voglcsong. Newville —J. S. Morrow. Jacob Kinsley. Newlon —D. J. M Kce. Samuel Green. N. Middleton —Sami. Williams, Geo.Brindlo. S. Middleton —Wnf. Moore, Thos. Bradley. Shippensburg Bo. —ALmh. Hoatetter, J. Crls. well. Shippensburg Tp ,—T. P. Blair, John Craig. Silver'Spring —Jas. Anderson, G'. Forney. Southampton —Sami. Willis, Geo. Allon. Westvennsboro* —Abm. Diffendal, W;. A. Kor. The Convention then proceeded to tho olcq* tion of two delegates to represent Cumberland county In thonext Democratic State Convention to nominate a Cana) Commissioner, &c., which resulted in the election of James A-Hdcrbon, Esq., of Silver Spring, and An’x. Jlostxttbb, E»q., of Shippensburg. ~ Tho Convention then, by a unanimous v6to, adopted the following resolutions; Eesolved, That,wo have no sympathy with the secret, oath-bound, and proscriptive order of political bigots and hypocrites, called by the appropriate name, Know-Nothings; nor will wo support any man for office who gives counte nance to this wicked, unconstitutional, dark- No true American is afraid or ashamed to declare his opinions fully and pub licly boloro the people, and when we sco men seek tho midnight hour to transact political bu siness, wo aro forced to hcllcM their acts wick ed, and theit object little less than treason against the people. Baolved , That the thanks of tho country are duo to the patriotic H r uc-mon of old Virginia for Indignantly repudiating the principles of tho (fork-lantern conspirators. Tho State thntcon talns the sacred ashes of Washington aipl Jef ferson, wlll contlnuo to keep brightly burning, and guard with vigilance, the lamp of universal religious tolcratioi* auU-ehrfotUvn fol|nwnbtp.— Let tho friends of civil and religions' liberty In this State Imitate their brethren of the old Do minion, and crush out the Inflrlol principles of a faction, whoso members sneak to their lodges wearing masked facQS, and who ore ashamed to be seen in tho light oJ'tbo run. Resolved, (in the language of tho Democratic Convention of Delaware county,) That to de serve success, tho Democratic party Tnust bo true to itself; true to the great national princi ples, and true to tho patriotic, purely incorrup tible, able and faithful moo of the party. No tional and State legislation must become more p«ro, as tho people cannot bo rightfully repre sented, when the statute books aro chiefly filled with legislation upon tho subject of banking, the incorporation of Irresponsible monopolien, or tho personal interests of Individuals. The interests of tho represented, and tho wisdom of legislation call only for tho enactment of few good laws, and they of a general character. Reaohedy That the late' Legislature of thin SUto, Uko tho Hiss and Pattehhoh Legislature of Massachusetts, was distingnlshcd for nothing but its weakness, and tho corruption, venality and glaring dishonesty of a majority of Its mem bers. Tho disgraceful scenes witnessed during the attempt to elect a United States Senator, when downright bribery was resorted to ns tho snrest way of securing tho support of Know- Nothing members, furnishes another proof that tho leaders of the self-styled •'* Americans” are unscrupulous demagogues, who have combined, like a band of thieves, to obtain power, tho bet ter to enable them to cheat and swindle the peo ple. Resolved, That the passage of tho nets by the Legislature, Increasing tho ■ members pay from $BOO to sf>oo for tho session—the abolishing tho Tonnage Tax on the Pennsylvania Railroad, by which the State sustains.* loss of sBflo,oo0 —the creation ot scores of now banks anti shaving shops—all of which acts wore approved by his accidency, Gov. Pollock— deserve and will snroly receive tho condemnation of tho tax-pay ers of Pennsylvania. Resolved, That wo continue to have undlmln- Ishcd confidence In tho wisdom, Integrity and patriotism ol the administration of President Pierce. Factions anti Isms may hurl anathe mas at tho President, and attempt to mislead tho public mind by tho free use of foul epithets and mlsroprcrfbntaUon, bat a discriminating peo ple cannot long bo deceived by demagogues, nor will *.bej fall to commend tho acts of qn Exccu , tlvo whoso ovoVy effort since ho has boon In office, has been tq make tho people of this coun try'happy and prosperous at homo, and tho : American name 1 And American flag respected , abroad. Resolved, That tho Delcgatosthlsdayappoint ed to represent tilts county In the State Conven tion, nro loft nt liberty to support any “good and trno man” for Canal Commissioner. But wo reserve (ho right; and do hereby Instruct our Delegates to vote for no one for this responsible office who falls to give satisfactory evidence that bo has noconnectionwith any secret association pr order, banded together for political purposes. 'Resolved, That Perry county If entitled to (ho Senatorial delegate, to tho coming State Con vention, and we therefore concur In tho selec tion ot Joiik lUateEtii, of that county, and deem tho nppotidraant of conferees unnecessary. Resolved, That' those proceedings ho signed by tho officers and published In the Democratic papers of (his county. JOHN 8. MORROW, Prts't. Philip Qpiolxx, (<. . . Wm. Eckels, Opposed to tub Ordbji.— Hon. A. H. Ste phens, Whig M. 0. from Georgia. Col. Preston Whig M. 0. from Ky., and Hon. Ruht. Toombs Whig U. ,S. .Senator from Georgia, have cormi out in open opposition to tho new party styled Know-Nothings. Col. Preston is one of tho most gifted orators in Kentucky. He has been called upbn by lioth Whigs and Democrats to ogftin run for Congress, but he declines to in terfere with tho prospects of Iho Democratic candidate. At ilio same time lie declares his intention to vote for tho Democratic caudi dqjo. O'* lion. Richard Brodhend delivered a speech at the democratic meeting in Maunoh Chunk, last week. lie was severe on the K. N.’b and Abolitionists. THE GREAT E. N. NATIONAL CONVENTION IN PHILADELPHIA 1 A Grand SvUt Tdk'cn majority of “Sam's” followers endorsing' the Repeal of the'hlissQuri Compromise !—jibtjJifton .‘Stun’ ■ has'set up for himself !—The Last Kieje of Infamous Know-Nofhingismf—'tSam” Dead atid Buried I—When Rogues fall out; tfc. We are indebted to various papers for tbo following particulars of the doings of the late Know-Nothing National Convention, which was in session some tyro weeks in Philadelphia.— Tho first five days were consumed in attempt ing to organize. At length they agreed upon officers, and also appointed a Vniversalist preacher to act as Chaplain during tho session of SumXdisciplcs ! Then commenced tho “tug of war,” between the North and the South.— The Convention (like the Vienna Conference,) had four points under discussion, viz—tho for eigners, the Catholics, the slaves, and the can didate for tho Presidency.’ The two first were easily disposed' of; tin naturalization laws must be so altered as to require twenty-one years residence before acquiring citizenship— Tho Catholic delegates from Louisiana were ex cluded from the convention, and Catholics given to understand that Know-Nothingism was their foe. These two points were ca«y, not because the tnembers Were of One mind on the subject, but because a majority of tbo members Care very little about those questions. But’now comes the “third point the numerical point that was fatal at Vienna, and was equally so at Philadelphia. What shall be done with the negro question ? ‘‘lgnoreit,” quoth Ncw Ydrk. “It shall not be done," says Massachusetts.— “Postpone it for a year and a half,” suggests North Carolina. “Not so,” shouts Ohio: “it must be met and settled now." So tho “third point” must bo settled now, or the convention will blow up, and the party be irrevocably sun dered. The plan of settlement demanded by the South is that all past national legislation on-lhe subject of slavery, including the fugitive slave law and the Nebroska-Kaosas act, shall bo af firmed and sustained hereafter by the parly ; and the same principles applied to any new ter ritorics that may hereafter be organized. This is the demand of the South: and in the com. mittee but one northern State and one territory conceded it, New York and Minnesota alone consented to such a basis,of settlement; all the other northern Slates, fourteen in number, pro tested, and presented a minority report. The protesting States, with Pennsylvania at their head, contain a majority of the population of tbo-Union, and will doubtless adhere as firmly to the position they have assumed as will the South. Thus stood tho negotiating parlies in the Philadelphia conference on the “ third point.” * Pur additional particulars in regard to the difficulties that beset theK. N. Convention, wo invite attention to what follows.:. From the' H. Y . Express, a E.,H. Organ. TilK PUIUDfiLPHU CONVtimON; The report btloy, so specific in detail beyond anything clcscwcrc published, (and correct it is,) comes to ns by an antithesis—anew way of getting knowledge for the press. It will be seen that the two “Sambos,” North and South, have split the convention right in two. Niw York only goes after the southern Sambo. /'Vow Philadelphia. Inilmj—Sambo Turning .Saw out of the Council—All about Negro — Little about White Mr.u—Everything for Africa —Nothing fur America. ••Sambo 1 ’ has eclipsed ‘‘Sam,'” who has not been here for some days now, and all we hear of is “Sambo” South and “Sambo” North.— The southern Sambo has got the better, by a vote or two, of tho northern Sambo, and is driving him outof convention in company with Sam. This is ap abbreviation of what follows below. UAjgniiT ÜBPont. The thirty-one committee, by a vote of 17 to 14, have reported as follows: Resolved, That the American party, having arisen upon tho ruins and in spile of opposition of the Whig and Democratic parties, cannot be held in any manner responsible tor the obnox ious acts or violated pledges of either; that the systematic ogilation of tlio slavery question by those parties has elevated sectional hostility in to a positive element of political power, and brought our institutions into peril. It has therefore, become the imperative duty of the American party to interpose for the purpose of giving peace to tho county, and perpetuity to the Union. That, as experience has shown, it is impossible to reconcile opinions so extreme os those which separate the disputants, and as there can be no dishonor in submitting to the laws, tho national council has deemed. It the best guarantee of-common justice and of future peace to abide by and maintain the existing laws upon tho subject of slavery as a final and conclusive settlement of that subject in spirit and in substance. Resolved, That, regarding it the highest du ty to avow these opinions upon a subject so im portant in distinct and unequivocal terms, it is hereby declared, as the sense o( this national council, that Congress possesses no power un der the Constitution to legislate upon the sub ject of slavery In tho States, or to exclude any Slate from admission into the Union because her Constitution does or docs not recognize the Institution ot slavery a« a part of her social system, and expressly prctcrniinating any ex pressions of opinion upon the power of Con fress to calaulish or prohibit slavery in any errltory, it is the sense of this national coun cil that Congress ought not to legislate upon tho subject of slavery within the Territories of the United Slates, and that any interference of Congress will) slavery os it exists in the Dis trict of Columbia would bo a violation of the spirit and intention of the compact by, which luc State of Maryland ceded (he District to tho United Slates, and a breach of tho national faith. The following gentlemen voted for this re port: Judge F. 11. Cone, of Ga.; Judge R, K. Gam ble, Mies.; Judge V. Ellis, Wash. D.C.; j. L. McCall, Esq., Texan; Dr. Q. 'M. Hitchcock, Col.; Col. J. S. Williams, Ky.; J. H, Hough ton, N. 0.; A. H. Roby, Mlsa.; Judge A. F. Hopkins,;Ala.; Judge T. Randall, Floi; J. Cunningham, Esq,, S. 0.; W. M. Burnell,Esq., Vo.; Albert Pike, Ark.j T. J. Lyons, N. Y. ; Neil S. Brown, Tenn.; Col. J. B. Iticaud, Md., delegate for Minnesota. Mr. Lyons, of New York, alone iu the free Stales, voted for the report, lowa was not represented. Minnesota Ter ritory wont with New York, ns also the Dis trict of Columbia j and these, with the united South, earned the majority report in commit tee. MIHOUITY lIRPOUT, The minority resolution was os follows: Rewh'nl, That the repeal of the Missouri Compromise was an infraction of the plighted faith of the.nation, ami that it should ho re stored : and if efforts to that eflcct shall fail. Congress should refuse to admit any State tole rating slavery, which shall be formed out of any portion of the territory from which that in* stitution was excluded by that compromised. The minority report was signed by Ex-Gov.- Johnston, Penh.;. Thomas A. Ford, Ohio; John 11. Soy ward* Me.; A. Green, R. I.; Hori. Schuyler Colfax, Ihd.; 81. O.,elect; N.D. Sperry, Connecticut; cx-Gov. A. Colby, N. II.; John \V. Foster, Mass.; 11. BarrtU Vt.; D.’ B; TVood.'Wis.: Rev. J’ Cogshall, Michigan; W. J. Phelps, 111. Twelve in all. Richard B. Clement, of Del aware, and 0. D. Deshlcr, of N. J;, went fori the first clause of the minority report, disap proving of the repeal of the Blissouri Compro mise. Thus “Sambo South’ 1 and “Sambo North,” with their ultraisms, kill poor “Sam,” who ap pears to hove little or nothing to do in the con- vention. Puila., Juno 12, 1855. Tho debate on Slavery baa raged all day with great vehemence. On the part of the South it has been conducted with much fearlessness and power; Foster and Wilson Ford of Ohio, have made magnificent speeches, showing the impossibility of union on the majo rity resolutions, denouncing tho repeal ortho Missouri Compromise and demanding its resto ration. Tho New Tork Delegates .have been riddled fore rfnd nft fur thoir dongiifncclsm.—' The South is cowed completely, and the dough faces are thinning out wonderfully. Men hero arc beginning to find out that the North arc in earnest.' Seymour bt New York, lias deserted is associates and come on tp tho restoration platform. Pennsylvania has scon nowllght, mid says she can be saved only on that platform.— Foster's speech was admirable. Wilson came down with crushing force on the New Yorkers, and Ford swept tho field. Richmond of Massa chusetts, Uumback of Indiana, Barker ol New York, and Cunningham of South Carolina, have been among tho other speakers. KmnctliKny nor has felt stillVned up by a dispatch Irotn a reliable friend in ilew York, siying that not a single Free Stnto can beenrriod on the majority platform. The South are on their knees asking for a compromise. It is impossible to describe I the effect of the day’s debate. Tho talk of the j North has been of lire plainest and most vfgor j ons sort. The reports which prevailed this afternoon (hot a portion of (ho members of theConvenrloo had Receded, and that there was a prospect of the Convention breaking up in a row, are entire ly false. The Slavery debate was not resumed,, the Convention being engaged in d/scn*.Mng(bc naturalization laws—pending which the Platform Copimitteo made their final report, which was laid upon the table, and it will not probably bo taken up again until the naturalization question Is settled. Wo learn that the tickets for the grand K. N. banquet at Philadelphia the other evening were bought, for the purpose, of a German importer In this city, and were made in Germany, litho graphs and all. Considering tills was a Native American (estival, one would suppose that Ame rican cards would havo been good enough lor tho occasion. From (hs North American. PniLA., Wednesday June 13. The Convention has for the last two days had very atormy discussions on tho slavery question, In tho course of which It has come out that the platform on that subject was not the work of (lie Southern Delegates, (bough supported by (hem, but of (wo New York Delegates, named Lyons & Squires, whoso views have been so ultra as to meet with the disapproval ot (he moderate men of the Southern Delegations. Yesterday, Mr. Raynor, oj Noith Carolina, introduced a reso lution as of tho opposing views. It declares hi substance that (he American par ty has been falsely and unjustly charged with , being committed to abolition principles at (ho North and pro-slavery interests at (be South ; (hat it will not connect itself, ns a national or ganization, with the question, either pro or con, but that, conceding to tho people of the States tho right of free opinion and discussion on that and ail other local or sectional matters, it will leave tho whole issue where (ho Federal const!- Union oiul tho compromises passed in pursuance of.it havo placed ligand will not sanction any interference with an institution which is subject ed to the regulation of the municipal laws of the localities where ft exists. The debate on this subject continued all day yesterday, and until half past eleven o'clock lust ntglit. Mr. Raynor's resolution was rejected, receiving only 47 votes In Its favor, to 94 against. The resolutions of the majority platform on the subject were then adopted ns published. They affirm (ho previous legislation on the subject to be a dual settlement. .From the Ledger. PaiLA.) Thursday, Juno 14. The Secret Council, which has been in session in this city for several days past, have volunta rily partially lifted tho mysterious veil 'which covered thufr doings, and tho fact {■ revealed {.hat tho Convention has suffered a collapse Irt its attempts to establish a national party—spilt upon the slavery question—tho Northern and Southern wings .being entirely too ultra to uhito on one harmonious platform. Tho majority re solutions, trying to piaster together tho two ends of these extreme opinions, was a cement of too soft a character to hold. Abolition and Free Soil would not bo joined to pro-slavery, and no sooner were tho majority resolutions curried, than the Northern delegates “hotted/* and now ovow their determination to carry out “Ameri can” doctrines on their own hook. The delegates from twelve States, comprehending Ohio, Indi ana, Michigan, Illinois, Massachusetts, Now Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, lowa, Rhode Is land, Connecticut, and* Wisconsin, seceded from the Council to-day, hold a separate Convention at (he Girard House, and aflenadoptlnp resolu tions In lavor of tho unconditional restoration of tho Missouri compromise, tho rights of set tlers In the territories, and against “ foreign in torferonco,” and “foreign paupers,” adjourned line die. The majority of tho Council consists of 97 members, who proceeded to complete their platform, and removed tho pledge of so crcsy from their doings, so that a full report of tlie whole, may soon bo looked for. Tho Crops—Prospects. The Now York Herald, on.Surutoy l«sl, pub lished extracts from newspapers printed in all parts of tho country showing that everywhere throughout the United States there is promise of a most abundant harvest. Every kind of grain, fruit and vcgcloblcs used for food looks well, and betokens such a harvest os has sel dom rewarded the toil of tho formers of this country. The wheat and grass crops aropoty beyond danger from drouth, and the ground is so saturated with water that there is little dan ger of injury to the other, crops* The new wheat is already cut in Georgia and some of the other southern States, and new flour is in tho market. As thcucw flour comes in, the prices must come down. We do not sco how the prices of .flour and all other kinds of food can bo much longer maintained at, the present rales. Within a few. weeks the new wheat in tho middle and western States will ho ready for the mills. New 1 potatoes will come into the markets, and all sorts of vegetables will bo probably more abundant than ever be fore. Wo hope and trust that a season of a bundoncc and of reasonable prices is close at hand. Fanners can prosper much better by largo crops and moderate prices than by small crops anti exhorbiant prices. ICTt The. Pennsylvania Slate Agricultural Society have published their regulations for the next exhibition at Harrisburg. Tho days se lected for the Fair aro Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the 25th, 20th, 271 h and 28th days of September. Tho Ploughing Match will take place on Friday, tho 28th, in a held adjacent to the place of exhibition. Com petition is Invited from all parts ol tho United Stales. .Arrival of the AllanJic^ Successes hj the Allies— Booo Men Killed i' V ' ■ Sebastopol ’.—Lass of'htketito'Qiuinliii/° r i Russian Supplies!—Gcn.-Canrolcrt lv o u«{ , cd—Refusal of England and France to t ; ter into further Negotiation. • cn . New tome, Juno .13.—'Tho stcamshln lantic 9opt. West, tirnvwl a 0 o'clock ? .a-I morning, with Liverpool dates to tho Srfinft one week later than before received “ . < : : Thcdatosbftho.AUahlieiro to'ribdnnf tv 2d hist. She brings 102 passengers 0 ■ , .She brings’intolligcncc ■ that the aliicg h.,„ captured Kerseb, m the sea ofAzoff, the Russian Camp on Tehcr.niya, besides be“™ successful in a number of brilliant actions |» fore Sebastopol. . ** ’ FROM THE CRIMEA. The news from tlie scat of ‘ war is the iemi toper lant since the intelligence of ihcbatUe of The news comprises three distincl by tho Allies: y ' Firstly. The French, in a aeries of ary contliots, lasting the whole niehianls 22d and 23d of May. took nndWaSK t portant position of defence, the Place d' before Scbistopol;' ’ Not fewer than 8,000 men were knui „ wounded mostly by the bayonet. 0r Secondly. The Allies made a rapid niiranr. and seized and retained the'Russian lines o.i Tchcmaya, without much loss. IlK,R uss j M 5 retreating to thc'hillft. , ° Thirdly. The secret expedition of the alliis ins obtained easy possession of Kcrlch nnd bus commands the Sea of Azoll, in which are low fourteen allied ate,idlers. The Russians on the approach of the allies blew up the forts and burned four steamers thirty transports, and, half a million sacks of breadslufls. France and England have declined any fur. her conferences at Vienna! THE LATEST. , The French have established a camp at Teh ergoun, and »t is said that Belgium will furnish twenty thousand-men. New hopes of peace now prevail. By tho previona nrnva!*wo had a brief an nouncement of (he French having driven the Russians from a strong position of defence, tl«j Placed’ Anuce. before Sebastopol, which oc curred during the nights of the 22d and 23d. It was a most sanguinary aflair, tho posi tion being defended by nearly tho entire garri son. The total loss on both sides in killed and wounded is sat down at 8000. Gen. Pelissicr says the Russian loss is enor mous, and that of bis own troops considerable though much less. The French still retain the position. Gen. GortschakoflTs account of the' fair it as follows: “Yesterday evening seventeen battalions of the enemy, with reserves, attacked tho trench of tho counter approach, commenced, the day before,on front of bastions Nos. 5 and 6. The combat was sanguinary, and lasted during the whole night. Our twelve battalions Jose near ly 2500 men in driving back tho enemy.” . Gen. Pelissicr telegraphs on the 25ihuli., at lOo’clock, P. M “To-day we haveoccupied the lines of Tchcmay&.J’ The enemy were not in force and offered lit tle resistance, retreating rapidly to the hills.— Wc have definitely established ourselves in the works in front of Sebastopol, carried on the 22d and 23d. An nnnistic was agreed upon, for the pur pose of burying the ditul, which enabled us)o estimate the enemy's losses. There must havo been from 5,000 to 0,000 killed or wounded. The sanitary condition of the army is good. On theSTth the expedition against Kcrtsrh and Zenekalc was attended with complete suc cess. The enemy fkd ot the approach of the allies, blowing up their powder magazines and fortifi cations, and burning their steamers. It is rumored in Paris that Gen. Pelissicr las attacked and routed the Russian army uu ler Gen. Liprnndi. Gen. Canrobcrt isolhort lorted to have been wounded and anolhir Gon* ,*ral killed. The rumor is regarded os doubt ful. Gen. Raglan telegraphs as follows; “On the 27th we became masters of tho sea of Ar.olf without casualty. The troops landed at Kertsch, on Her Majesty’s birth-day. the 241 h enemy fled: blowing up the forti fications on both sides of tho Straits, destroy ing their steamers. Some vessels and fifty guns i have falltn into tho hands of the allies.’ 1 Lord Raglan further telegraphs, that on the .25th, Gen. Sir George Brown reached Zenikale, having on the previous day destroyed a found ry mar Kertsch, where shot, shell and Mini* balls were manufactured. A despatch from Lord Raglan on the 30th, says that letters from Gen. Brown 'and Admi ral Lyons, dated tho 20lh, announces the d'W traction by- the enemy of four Russian war steamers and largo depots of com. The allud ships have succeeded * n blowing up and destroying about 100 merchant vessel#. Only one Russian steamship remained in Ax off. • : • • ; Advices from Gen. Brown; dated tho state that tho troops continue healthy. Fir* vessels laden with com ran into Kertsch not knowing that tho place was taken, and wer* captured. The number of guns found by tho allies, ex ceeded 100. The French accounts say, thot tho Russians burned 30- transports as well ns their few steamships, and destroyed 360.000 sacks of corn; 190,000 sacks of oats, and Joo,ooosacki of flour. Fourteen allied steamships entered Aroll- Rcinforceincnts were daily arriving at Constan- tinople. The occupation of Galatz and an attack up on Ishinod and Ilomi are confidently spoken of Tho garrison of Sebastopol -drew most of thru supplies from Kertsch and its capture must «• crcisc a speedy influence upon Che scigo. Fifty cases of cholera and twenty deaths «n reported among tho British Ibrccs beforeSebu topol. Some eases aro-olso reported among w French troops. Tho Sardinian contingent bad been landcdoj splendid condition, and well supplied with a (no materials of war. , , The rains have been succeeded by bolurti* Large convoys have entered Sebastopol fro® the North side, and the Russians am worwi vigorously, creeling eartli batteries, *c -1 The Allies have completed their fourth• P allcl, and the British arc moving all their J mortars into this advanced position. * sorters from Sebastopol reported tho K® to bo very strong numerically, but tho ho t\ier was causing sickness. FROM THE BALTIC. •, It was reported at Dantric on the 230, ' the first division of -Russian .R«n-PW".« oned st Sweaberg, had.made, ft tnoreow ‘ vvnrds tho opposite coast, in the dirccn , "S'ho French squadron sailed from KW 22d, to Join tho Epglish squadron, vwut* was reported as beyond ' • _ Tho Russian Minister of Fomp A issued a circular respecting the block* porta ofPindland, which says that r. g departed from the principle that the *. eflf . tho cargo, and warns npulral vessels cumstanco. ~ I*- 1 Thu resumption oftho Vienna not taken piano ns was expected, ll ' ,i> ported Unit the new Auslnan >«P“ Sr keen peremptorily negatived by W Austrian negotiations aro raoro Viioroy of .Egypt has Bj«“ the construction of a, railroad ocroas nmHofSuez. • * c , , Mcnschikolf has returned to bt. i« and was well received by tho E«p r i gcycji hundred and tovty-fljx Jfe lv |iiK ' h ’ era oro ip tho hands of, Aq oflk c ° Russians have hut-108 privates ft*
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