AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. JOBS B. BUTTON, Editor & Proprietor. CARLISLE, PA., JUNE 28, 1855. Watches and Jewbuiy. —Our friend Con ltn, (West High street, opposite Marion Hall,) has recently rcplcnishcd his store with on extensive stock of ologant Jewelry, embra cing every thing in his line from a full jeweled Gold Lever Watch to a tooth-pick. His store tad been repaired and beautified, and his slock of Jfcwclry is much larger and more elegant and attractive than heretofore. And, notwithstand ing tho "tightness of the money market,” he says ho is determined to sell “cheaper than ever;” Give him an early call, all ye in want of Jewelry* He has all qualities, and sells at all prices. OUR WATERING PLACES. At this season of the year, when the denizens of the cities and large towns, anxious to escape for a time Item the brick and mortar and con fined atmosphere of their town residences, arc looking about them for eligible and pleasant country retreats, we deem it proper to direct tßeir attention to the many beautiful places of j summer resort within the limits of the pictur- j esque and fertile Cumberland 1 alley. There is no scctibn’of the State, which, for beauty of j •Scenery, purity of atmosphere, or fertility of; .soil, can compare with this 1 alley, and those , Who have once visited, it and tested’ of its | charms, seldom fail, with each returning-sum- 1 mcr, to make a short sojourn in its pleasant places. Its 1)0111 and majestic scenery, pure and healthful waters,.and tho salubrity of its atmosphere, have rcndhred'it justly celebrated, and the cordial welcome which here greets the stranger makes him at once feel at home and among friends. Among the Watering Places within a short distance of Carlisle, we woufd mention the following: The Doubling Gap Springs, situate about, twelve miles north west of Carlisle, ia water ing place of much celebrity and established reputation. It ia in a most romantic and do. lightful region, and surrounded by lofty mountains* It is under the direction of Scott Cotle, Esq., a gentleman who has done much to improve and embellish its buildings, autT make it what it really is, a charming summer retreat- The C<irh*l«*Su}pker Springs, three and a half miles north of Carlisle, Messrs. Nouros* &. Owen proprietors, have within the last few years been fitted up in a costly and magnifi cent style, and'are now open for the reception of visitors and boarders. These Springs are eel ebratcd‘for their valuable medicinal properties, and during the watering season they are crowded with invalids, as well as belles and beaux. The Perry TTorm Springs, kept by Mr. U. 11. Emm, are situate thirteen miles north of Carlisle, on Sherman's creek, in a beautiful country, are visited annually by large numbers of invalids on account of the efficacy of their waters. The establishment is well kept, and visitors can spend the season there quite pleas antly. The ftoi/mg Spring, four and a half miles cast of Carlisle, is one of the most pleasant and agreeable places within our knowledge. Tt Is situated in a charmingly picturesque section of country, the lofly mountains in full view, and a noble sheet of water flowing by. Luxuriant fields of grain may now be seen, almost ripe for the sickle, which add an aspect of richness and rural beauty to the enchanting scene. The mountains arc filled with game and tho streams with fish, and those who wish to pass away the hot months of summer in a quiet manner and at moderate expense, will hero fine a de lightful temporary home. At the “Spring ’ there is a most excellent Hotel, kept by Signor Thomas Costauauha, who unites in his own person all the politeness of the polished and educated’ltalian with the business talents and indomitable industry of tho accommodating Yankee. Those who visit his house will re ceive from him a kind and cordial welcome. Pnperloien, at the base of the South moun tain, live miles south of Carlisle, is another fashionable place of resort during the hot sum mer months, and excellent accommodations are af&mitd by Mr. Mathew Mooue, Mr.Wsi. No- A&EU, and Mr. S. Ulplt. Here, too, visitors can amuse themselves in hunting and fishing, and can quench their thirst with the coldest water to he found in the State. The scenery la wild and romantic, aud the atmosphere cool and invigorating. lCy*Thc Juniata Senlmd, a rabid Know- Nothing and Whig paper, published at Mdllin town, appears to ho much grieved because of the disruption of the late National Councilor Traitors at Philadelphia. The editor says “there should have been no declaration of prin ciples,” by the K. N. council. No doubt such A course would have been Ibo policy of the dark-lantern gentry, but the Southern dele gates forced their northern fellow-traitors to the wall, and Sam of tho South finally kicked Sam of tho North out of tho council, and sent him about h's business. “There should have been no declaration of principles !” How much like a brave hearted American this sounds to be-sure. Too cowardly to avow your priori pics, and yet claim to bo Americans, par rx tellence! Bah! Your notions give tho he to jour professions. Albany Argus Bays Anthony Burns, Iho hero of the Boston slave excitement of last year, passed through that city on Friday, on bis way to Oberlin College, 0., where ho is to receive an education. (ty" Billy Cadwell, the notorious counter feiter of tho west, who signs all tho bills, has never been seen to sign one, not even by any of his gang. (£/" Rov. Dr. 0. F. Sohoofler, of Easton, Pa., hftfl been unanimously elected by tho Synod of Pennsylvania, to fill tho Gorman Professorship established by that body in Pennsylvania Col lege. Moeb Lkoal oAriowa.—Thooplulonof J51lo» Monvin, an eminent lawyer of Boston, endorsed by Ilufu# Ohoato, 0. O. Lorlng, and Sydney BarUolt, Hint (bo now Prohibitory Law of Mas saclmsotts 1# unconstitutional in Its most Import ant enactments, If causing considerable excite ment. Ooun in Tabskl. — f JMjo Savannah Georgian of the Bth Inst., Bays corn is backward —it has only just begun to tassel. Wheat harvest is’ over, and the crop is a good one. ODBCOMOH SCHOOLS. Another School year is about closing. A year of unremitting- and nobio toil on the part of our worthy teachers, and of commendable application on that of their scholars. ** Exami nation” is at hand —a time desired, yet dreaded by the little boys and girls, who, dressed in their newest clothes, are so nimbly tripping our streets: their little hands filled with flow ers to decorate their school-rooms, and their little faces beaming with a joy that blends with the hope and fear with which they have for a long time been looking forward to this, the goal of their ambition. They are now tast ing the more agreeable part of that stimulating excitement which alternately warms the hearts, and racks tho brains of their elders. It is the same in kind ; it diHers in intensity, and is un alloyed with the painful anxieties of maturcr years. The examinations, which commenced on Fri day last, are still in progress. Those of the female schools have been concluded. Of the male schooU all have closed but that of the High school under Mr. Ecklcs. It will be ex amined to-day. We have not been able to attend the examinations of many of the schools, but those we have attended have aflbrdcd us no little pleasure. They were in every respect most highly creditable to the teachers, and, we were glad to perceive, a source of gratification and pride to parents and all others interested. We arc informed the same may be said with equal truth, of all tho schools. Indeed, the i examinations of former years, creditable as I J they were to all concerned, seem to have been 1 in a measure surpassed by those of the present l The participation of the female High school will , be the only tiling wanting to complete the ex ercises of this year. We hope it null not l>c wanting again. The male High school was for somo time on the decline,—in fact it had arriv ed at n pretty low ebb : but, under the aus pices of its newly appointed teacher, it has again attained its former standing. Though not yet examined, the reputation of its teacher warrants us in saying tho proficiency of its scholars will compare favorably with that of former years. _ These examinations have always been regard ed with interest by the majority of wur citizens. They look upon the schools themselves, as sec ond only to the domestic fire-side itself,in their influence upon the future welfare of chil dren. As qualifying them for association with others, they arc perhaps superior. In schools taught as ours are, not only ore their intellec tual powers developed,but tho selfish principles of tbetr natures are subjected, to a discipline equally condusive—equally necessary to their happiness. Self-esteem and love of approba tion,those mainsprings of action in the young as well as in the old, are confined within their legitimate spheres. The pride and indepen dence of mtegnty is fostered. The spirit of emulation is encouraged', but at the same time it is restrained from degenerating into envy, a passion, which perhaps exerts a more baneful influence upon after life, when matured or even unrestrained in youth, Ilian any other. It is perhaps more fertile of social evil than any oth er. It is a wide-spreading fountain of mental and-moral poison. It contracts tho intellect, deadens-the sensibilities-, andinfusta inquietude and : unrest throughtout the sou!. It Is the source of dupliclty, of* detraction, of calumny, and of all their kindred vices. We have certainly reason to congratulate our fellow citizens- upon the eminent success which has attended our system of Borough Schools. Under the guidance of directors who have been untiring in their devotion to this paylcss and sometimes thankless cause, our Common Schools have steadily advanced. Ob stacles have l>ovn thrown m their way from time to tune, by those unfriendly to ao popular a mode of education : hut those obstacles have U-en successively surmounted, and to-day the Common Schools of Carlisle occupy a high place amongst the best in tho country. We are but expressing the judgement of intelligent and impartial strangers, in saying that they arc superior to those of any town of the same size in ihe Stale, and have nothing to loose by a comparison with those of the larger cities. We may add in conclusion, that in hen of the usual school exhibition upon the termination of the examinations, there will be a Urdu re de livered at Education Hull, accompanied by vo cal and mlrumenlal music The female High school and that of Miss Underwood will be in attendance. The schools will then be dismissed for vacation. CTT - " The Kev. Si u'iiks M ii.leu, editor of the Telegraph, ut Harrisburg, ban instituted suits nguiunt the editors ol the I boon and Borough Item lor libel ' Miller lathe lovernor’s Flour .Inspector and Slaugwhaugcr General, and is notorious lor bis brutality, coarseness and un. fairness as an editor. We venture to say there 1 is not now and never was a man connected with i the press in this State who dealt more In vltn-1 peration and slander than (bo fieo. Miller. He never wrote a political article in his life, wo venture to say, without filling it with sheltering falsehoods. Baring (ho last Governor's elec tion ids assaults upon Gov. Diuleb, and tho in famous lies lie concocted against that upright and pure man, were enough to make devils re coil in amazement at his infamy. Even after Gov. Biolku hud been defeated, and was about to retire from office, the Jlev . editor had tho ef frontery and hardihood to charge him, by inuen do, with having boon tampered with by tho friends of Dr. Deals, (who had been convicted of a crime,) mid who were applying to tho Gov ernor forapt\rdon. Indeed, this Mr. Miller Is only In his element when he deals In slander and vituperation. And now that his neighbors of the Harrisburg press have felt it their duty to expose his infamy and hurl back his false hoods in his teeth, ho turns round and prose cutes for libel, and thus hopes to silonco an In dependent press and screen himself from merit ed castigation. ’ Ho delights to slander other men, and fairly lives in tho murky pool of de traction, but ho don't relish to be told anything in regard to his onn misconduct. Ills tender sensibilities will not allow (Ids, and fie sues for libel. Ills suits against the editors of tho Union and Item, wo predict, will not save him from punishment, nor will he find it so easy to silenco a free press. Tins PrumioiToiiY Uwa.—A movement has been made in Kugland in favor of a prohibitory llr]«or law. The war between purop-j«ico and grapc-juico is spreading over both continents. The trial of ex-Postnmster Kendall, for embezzling a letter belonging to W. W. Mit chell, of Now Orleans, has been postponed un til next November, owing to the absence of an important witness. '*thb mma putfobih. 1 ’ Under the above caption oar neighbor of the Herald spun out an editorial of a column in length in bis issue of lost week, which we con* elder a literary curiosity. In one sentence the editor approves of the “Platformin the next he condemns it; and thus sustains, in an cmi* nent degree, his character for consistency. It will bo remembered by the readers of the //cr ald, with what vehemence the editor has here* tbfqrcdcnounccdthcNcbraska Bill; no epithet was too severe to apply to those members of Congress who had favored the passage of the “Nebraska rascality, os the Herald termed it. After the election lost fall, that immaculate sheet boastingly asserted that the triumph of Know-Nolhingism in this State was all owing to the unpopularity of the Nebraska Bill. We denied this assertion at the time, but the Her aid refused to Be convinced by anything we could say on the subject, and continued to , claim the election of the Know-Nothing mem bers of Congress os a condemnation of the Ne braska Bill. But now, all at once, the editor turns a somerset, and comes out flat-footed in favor of that portion of the Know-Nothing platform endorsing the Nebraska Bill! “We rather like the platform/' says the Her ald. And, again, “The platform will doubt less be acceptable to the majority of the party (Whig and K. N. party) in Pennsylvania !” But, to be still more specific and to the point, the Herald says —“ The twelfth article of the platform contains doctrines to which wts most hbautilt subsciudk!” Now, what is this 12lh article, so heartily endorsed by our neighbor ? Here it is: ARTICLE TWELFTH. Resolved, That Iho American parly, having a risen upon the ruins and in spile of opposition of the Whig and Democratic parties, cannot be held in any manner responsible lor the obnox ious acts or violated pledges of either; that the systematic agitation of the 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 the country, 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, the national council has deemed It the best guarantee of common justice and of future peace to abide by and maintain the existing laws upon the subject of slovcry as a final end conclusive settlement of that subject in spirit and in substance. Resolved, That, regarding it the highest du ty to arow these opinions upon a subject so ini' porlanl in distinct and unequivocal terms, it is hereby declared, as the sense of this national council, that Congress possesses no power un der the Constitution to legislate upon the sub ject of slavery in the States, or to exclude any State from admission into the Union because her Constitution d'oea or dbes not recognize the institution of slavery as a part of her social system, and expressly pretcmiinating any ex pressions of opinion upon, the power of Con gress to establish or prohibit slavery in any Territory, it is the sense of this national coun cil that Congress ought not to' legislate upon the subject of slavery within the Territories of the United States, and that any interference of Congress with slavery as it exists in the Dis trict of Columbia would be a violation of the spirit and intention of the compact by which the State of Maryland ceded the District to the United Slatea r and a breach of the national faith. It wij| be seen that the above Article is noth ing more nor less than a full and explicit en dorsement. in letter and in spirit, of the Ne braska i/tft/and also condemns any interfer ence by Congress with slavery in the District of Columbia! It is true, indeed, os our Know- Nothing neighbor of the American said in his last issue, in speaking of this 12lh Article in the K. N. platform, that “if Judge Douglas himself had drawn up the resolutions, they could not have been more completely to pur pose." And yol this is the article, of all the others in the K. N. platform, that meets the unqualified approbation of the Herald ! The American, on the other hand, comes out in di rect opposition* to this 12th Article, and de nounces it in unequivocal language. The two organs of the Know-Nothings in this county, therefore, play diflcrcnt tunes— one w out in favor of the principles of the Nebraska Bill, the other is in opposiliou to this measure. “When doctors disagree, who sliall decide ?" The only Articles of the Platform adopted by the majority portion of the late K. N. National Convention that is at all worthy of notice, (ns all will readily discover) was stolen, almost word for word, from the Democratic Halltmorr Platform! In the language of the Pennsyl vanian, “the rascals could not construct any thing worthy of confidence, or even respect, themselves, so they dipped their felonious fin* gen) into our luscious Inyo, and stole a whole side of our comb, wax and all—for which Inr , ccny, the industrious and indignant Democrat ic bees are now stinging them to death. The scamps are beating the air in every direction to keep the bees from assailing them in their most exposed parts, but they “don’t know" any thing more about lighting the tenants of a dis turbed hive, than they do about honesty, truth or slatcamoahip.” The Herald , by endorsing the 12th Article of the Know-Nothing Platform, is an acknowl edgement by the editor that ho has been in error heretofore, in denouncing the principles of the Nebraska Bill. And now that our neighbor has seen the error of his ways, wo doubt not he will continue to defend the Nebraska measure with tho same zeal ho denounced it before hr understood Ihe question. The K. N. National convention has brightened up his ideas wonder fully , and wo should not be surprised to see him besmear Judge Douglas with fulsome flattery for having brought forward this great measure. We sincerely hope, however, the “little giant'* may bo spared this injliction. lie is able, we believe, to stand almost anything, but yet wo fear tho Herald's praise would bo the death of him ; he couldn't stand that I Bkttku than Baptism. —A clerical corres pondent of tho Sun, who went to Europe In the steamer that boro Horace Greeley, writes that ho thinks, from a "remark that he (Greeley) made," that Greeley cares more for breakfast than for prayers, and that ho hasn’t much re gard for Evangelical Christianity, from the fact that, on asking him if ho had been ever baptis ed, Qredey replied; "No; but I've been inocu lated, which is of more importance !" C7*Tbo New York Herald recently contained an article on “ flogging tho criminals/* where upon the Tribune observba, that lor once that paper trouts of a sulfloct It fully understands its editor having been nine times publicly horse whipped. NESI BOWS AfOMGSr, The tender “Fatherof theMaino Law,** says the Lancaster Examiner, has addressed a com munication to the Bonrd'of Aldermen of Port land,apologizing for bis recent conduct in shoot ing down the “mob.” It is nothing hut an apology, and a poor apology at that. 5® docs not materially vary the facts of the ease from the statements previously published, nor docs he glvo any new ones or contradict old ones.— lie has simply given as favorable a coloring to the matter, for his side, as the facts will permit; yet we cannot say that ho displays much in genuity in his special pleading—for the attempt to make out a cose is too apparent. It seems, , according to his own statements, that he pred icated his actions, not on what the populace did, but pn'what he and others imagined they t could do," if not dispersed. His mode of dis persing them receives no credit from Iris rc hcarsel of it. It is still aggravating, driveling and cowardly. The only variation from for mer statements we can discover is tho fact that the Captain of the first company, or rather part of a company called out, did obey the Mayor’s order, and commanded his men’to fire, and that tho men refused* obedience, probably through fear. On the second investigation,.the Captain, as a witness, said: “He (the Mayor) said to mo. Cnpt. Green, Fire! He immediately-repeated the order, ‘By sections. Fire I* The company paid no atten tion to tho order from the Mayor. I then gave the word, ‘Second platoon ready. * I hesitated, and turned to Mayor Dow, and said, ‘Must I fire—for it’s hard to shoot our own citizens?’— He then said to me, ‘Wait a minute/ Two of the men were hurt with stones, and had (o be removed. The company, which had dwindled down to six or seven, was then marched off to meet the Rifle Guards. Capt. Green said (and this is the most important part of his' testi mony) : “I wish hero to state, T remonstrated against taking out so few men, for it was but a little over a quarter part of the company that were there. I thought if he had had the whole company, we could have funned across the street, and cleared it at the point of the bayon et. I did not see any necessity for firing on the people, with ball cartridges, if there had been sufficient force there.” The Captain of thesccond company, which firci of the City Halt door on the crowd, stated that the order to firo in sqaadsof four was giv en by the Mayor himself, and he (the captain) did not either give or repeat it From fifteen to twenty guns were fired. No request was made to him to use any other means of disper sing the crowd than firing upon,them; but they were ordered, after firing, to charge on the crowd iu/Congress street. Another witness , stated that no warning was given to the people after the military had entered the hall by the back door; and he himself should os soon have thought of shooting one of his‘own children as that they were going to fire upon the crowd.— Nobody expected it. It will not bo a verjr easy matter for Neal Dow to justify his conduct before tlic people of thetountry. It will not do for him *to talk about what tconW have occurred, while they have before them what did occur; nor for him to assert that he did everything in cold blood, for that only makes the matter appear more shocking. He winds up his communication to the Aldermen ns follows In conclusion, I have only.to'add that all (he members of the police, without exception from the beginning to tho end of the affair were per? tom of benig^uirieiff^VJK^saimr of the commander and all the members of the Ri fle Guards. Everything on the part of (he au thorities, which occurred under my notice, was done with deliberation as Well as with firmness and decision. If that infuriated mob had ac complished their first object, they wouW have become mad on the liquors of the Agency; then setting Jlrc to tho remainder, would have de stroy* d tho City Hall, for that purpose was avowed ; then none hut God can know how far their passions would have driven them. I re garded it as the duty of the authorities to up tho majesty of the law. and to suppress, at any h ward, the ferocious mob.thal sought to over throw law and order, andtfo let loose upon us all the horrors of anarchymnd riot. If the au thorities had permitted ilnnsclvcs to he over thrown and crushed by iJm mob, without em ploying all the power which the law had put into their hands for the Suppression of tumults, they would have shown themselves unworthy , the confidence ami respect of those who placed the government of the city in their hands. Neal Dow, Mnyor. It is not impossible that tho next abolition or temperance mob may reedve the benefit of Neal Dow’s teaching. It may'bo shot down on the presumption of what it intends to do. The do stnjctlon oflkptors by mobs in tho West has been highly commended by tho friends of the prohibitory law ; hut wo presume they had no idea the table would ever be so completely turn ed against them. Will they not, by and by, see tho evils growing out of sumptuary legis lation ; or must more blood boshed ? It sure ly will be, if tho thumb-screws of bigotry and tyranny are not loosened soon. Old School PiiEsuriEßiAN Statistics. — The Presbyterian General Assembly, old school, which held its annual Session in Nashville. Tennessee, a few days ago, has under its juris diction 28 Synods and 14G Presbyteries. Tn its connection are 2.90 G churches, 2,203 min isters, and 225,000 communing members. Rowdyism Punisher.— Recently, at New Orleans, La., a noted rowdy, named Bill Mar tin,went to tho house of an old colored man, on the McDonough estate, and threw himself on a bed. Being gently remonstrated with,ho drew a knife and plogcd it into the old man,wound ing him very severely. Last week Martin was tried for an assault with intent to kill, convict ed ajid sentenced to tho penitentiary at hard labor for twenty-one years. (T7*Tho PoUsvlUo Mining Register was for merly one of tho .best Democratic papers in Pennsylvania. But it has been degenerating fur some time past, and is now an out-and-out Know-Nothing print. While two-third of the Whig papers of tho State have gone over to tho dark-lantcm party, it is creditable to remark that only two, making any pretensions to De mocracy in politics/ have committed tho like act of desertion. ITT” The Farmers' High School, incorporated by the last Legislature of this Slate, was or ganized at Harrisburg on tho 14th. Tho oiler of Gen. Irvin to give 160 acres of land, if tho school shall bo located in Centro county, and other propositions to give or sell sites, were re ferred td a committee, to ho reported on early In July, after an examination of the localities. Mr. Leavenworth, wounded in the late duel with Mr. Brcckcnridgc, is said to be lying in a very critical condition, hia physician being ddublful of hia recovery. Mr. Brockcnridgo is ! behoved to be secreted at Niagara. “ Americans Baling America.” . ANOTHER KNOW-NOTHING LAW! Farjibbs Barb rot make Cider I Penaitt, llfjAVt Fine*Ann Ivprisonmsrtl ! ( ■ Tho Rev, Mr. Lovejoy, speaking- of the late law passed by the Massachusetts Legislature, on tho subject of liquor, holds tho following > lan guage : “ A man who manufactures a barrel of cider, is fined under this law $5O, and imprisonment from three to six months for tho first offence, $2OO and imprisonment for six months for tho second olfcncu, and $2OO and imprisonment for twelve months for tho- third offence! If you make one gallon of wino,squcezudfrom thocur rants that grow in your garden, and give away < or sell a gloss of it, that act entitles you to im prisonment for twelve months, and this in tho old Commonwealth ol Massachusetts, in tho year of our Lord. 18651” There is a truth in tho above, which cannot but otriko the human mind with peculiar force. Wo have often said, tho result oi nil such laws is to lead to a dangerous extreme, and produce a stnto of society in this country of tho most fearful character. Although wo considered tho last Massachusetts Legislature capable of any. thing, wo scarcely believed apoint in legislation would bo reached so supremely ridiculous.— Who ever dreamed that the year 1855 would witness the enactment of n taw by a sovereign State of (his Union, prohibiting tho farmer from making a barret of cider t Who over supposed a law would bo passed to imprison a farmer for six months, If ho dared manufacture a barrel of cider i Is it any wonder that, the common sense of tho people Is beginning to revolt at this out rageous hurabuggery 7 Tho people may bo call ed rum-suckers and rum-sellers, by those whoso sense ofjustico and right has been eaten out by fanaticism; but tho time is coming when truth and genuine morality will prevail, and laws which are but the result oi a miserable catering to fanatics shall bo wiped from tho statute books. — Dem, Union, Akotiiek Cleuicai.Vii.lais. —We learn from (ho Elmira (N. V.) Republican of tho IBlb Inst-, that a Methodist clergyman named Silk had suddenly disappeared from that place, taking with him the wife of a gentleman residing on South Creek. Tho “ gay Lothario’* in clerical orders, some two or three weeks since, being called to the neighborhood of South Creek, was invited borne by tho gentleman. He pretended to be unwell, and stayed some days at tho house, lie then took a brief trip abroad, lecturing on Knoiv-Nothlugism, and relumed to tho house of his hospitable iriend, quite sick—so much so, indeed, as to be closely confined to the house, lie was a guest tor some three or tour days, when, on Thursday, tho 10th, his host, having some business to transact in Pennsylvania, left homo, not suspecting anything amiss. Hardly had ho gone than (ho clerical scoundrel sudden ly recovered his health. His carriage was got out, and the unfaithful wife, packing up her things and some of her husband’s, had them conveyed to tho carriage, and with her sancti monious paramour took her sent, and bade adieu to pleasant home and her two children, her in nocence and peace of mind, to link her destiny to shame and tho veriest rascal that ever (he sun shone upon. * {CT* President Sparks, the biographer of Washington, having been written to ns to the genuineness of the phrase so often attributed to the chief—“put none but Americans on guard to-night"—replies that ho has never met with any such expression in Washington's writings, and ho feels safe in pronouncing the quotation n shotr invention and fraud. C^T 3 * Postmaster-General Campbell, was np plied to recently by the Postmaster, at York, Pa., to know whether a letter containing, as was supposed, counterfeit money, could he ept,r»»l iUa roqucSt„of tIIOJIOIICC authorities, In order that the money contained therein might be identified as the same os that paasbd by the prisoner, and that thus further evidence might be furnished to aid in his conviction ami punishment. The Postmaster-General replied, cmphcticnlly, that it could not, that hq had no, right, nor any officer under him, to open any letter until, it reached tho Dead-Letter Office, and that this principle must always be acted upon by those in the employment of the De partment. Practice vs. Precept. —The K. N. plat form adopted lost., week in the Philadelphia Convention, has a good deal to say about rev erence for “the Almighty Being who rules tho Universe,” belief in Christianity, and love for tho Bible. To show that this is only tho cant of hypocrites, intended to deceive religious peo ple, let us look for a moment, at the following specimen of blasphemy winch was telegraph ed on Thursday of last week, from the K. N. Convention in Philadelphia to the Know-Some thing Convention at Cleveland : “The North defeated! The pro-slavery platform adopted !.’ Thirteen Slates with drawn !!! God eternally d u slavery and doughfacism !! !!” Gov. Reeder and tiik State Department. —There has been considerable controversy go ing mi bet ween some public officers in Kansas, respecting certain speculations in public lands with the half-breeds, in violation of nets of Congress. President Pierce has called ujxm Qov. Reeder, the District Attorney and the as sociate Justice of Kansas to explain. Mr. Mar cy, in a letter, has informed Qov. Reeder that ho cannot be kept in office unless the impres sions now on his mind shall bo removed by satisfactory explanations. Gov. Reeder prom ises to give the required explanations when ho shall have reached Kansas. The Platpouu Repudiated.—' Tho Pitts burg Despatch, the western Know-Nothing or gan in this Stale, don’t like the Platform es tablished for it by its masters. It says “that the party in Western Pennsylvania will spit upon and repudiate any such platform, and re fuse to sustain tho nominees who may stand upon it.” The same paper says that “the on ly course now for tho Northern Know-Noth ings is to form an open organization, and to proclaim fi-om the hill-tops a perpetual oppo sition to the aggressions of tho slave power.” Tub Whig pAUtr.-— Last fall tho Whig par ty fused very quietly with Know-Nothingism, congratulating themselves that the Cayennes would help elect their ticket. But tho result proves that it was tho whigs who helped the K. N’s. to elect, consequently a largo and re spectable portion of tho party who "helped" to secure the election of tho present K. N. state functionaries—Pollock, Curtin, & Co., are now bitterly opposed to the "oath-bound" clique. Among the most prominent papers that have "spoke out” on this subject, arc tho Lancaster ICxnm tner, the Norristown Herald, tho Dela ware county Ec/mfl/icnn, tho Chnmhcrshurg rr/u'g. Washington Commonwealth, and Pitts burg Gazette. Illinois and Puoiiiiution. —Tho question of a prohibitory liquor law having been sub mitted to a vote of the people of Illinois, they decided against such a law, by a majority of over U.OOO. Imro-NolWnglsm la a Conit ia California. In the last session of the court in Calaveras county, Cal., the counsel for the defendant, who was a Catholic foreigner; considering that ho would not have a faff trial if there Were Know-Nothings on tbfrjCiry, put the following interrogaiinos to every juror: 1. Arc you not a member of a secret or mys terious order known os, and coiled Know-Noth ings, which has imposed on you nn oath or ob ligation, besides which an oath administered to you in a court of justice, if in conflict with that oajh or obligation, would bo by you disregard ed. 2. Are you a member of any secret associa tion, political or otherwise, by your oath or ob ligations, to which any prejudice exists In your mind against Catholic foreigners ? 3. Do you belong to any secret political so ciety known as, and called by the people at large in United States, Know-Nothings; and jf so, are you bound by an oath dr obligation not to give a prisoner of foreign birth in a court of justice, a fair and impartial trial? 4. Have you at any time taken on oath or other obligation of such a character that it has caused a prejudice in your mind against for eigners ? 5. Arc yon under any obligation not to ex tend (he same rights, privilcgcs.protection and support to raen'of foreign birth as to native born citizens ? 6. Have you any prejudho whatever ogainst foreigners ? The time will soon come when to be a Know Nothing, will disqualify a man from being a Judge, juror or a witness in a court of law. ‘•Gena's Again!” —The ‘ten thousand Irish men 1 who defeated the K- N’s. in Virginia, un fortunately for the veracity of the Washington American Organ, aredisposed of by the census which shows that there are about 7000 foreign bom persons in Virginia—men, women onrf children'! The K. N’s. will have to guess a gain for a reason for their unexpected defeat. After Sam.—The Boston Post is after Sam with a funeral text. It suggests “that the following will answer very well os a text for ‘Sam’s’ funeral sermon : Joh, Blh chapter, Olh verse—‘For we arc but of yesterday, and know nothing because our days upon earth arc a shadow. 1 11 Cacti on to “Readers in Bed. 11 —Mr Ucw- Is, of Ashtabula, 0., just after retiring, heard a moaning notsc.which fie traced to the room of a young lady boarding in his family. On forcing the chamber door he found the room filled with smoke and fire, while the feather bed, straw bed and bedding were about half consumed, and a candlestick with the solder melted, and a half burned book, lay on the bed. The lady was hut slightly burned, but very nearly suf focated. Tub Coming Quop,—lntelligence from near ly every ,part of thy, Union speaks of the ap proaching harvest in the roost favorable terms. There is every prospect, indeed, that the yield will be an extraordinary one, for not on ly do the fields promise to be unusually fertile, but the number of acres under cultivation is much larger than last year, most farmers hav ing sown a greater breadth of land. Escape or Slaves. —The Washington Un ion learns by a private letter from Martins burg, Vo., that some abolition emissaries sue cccdrd on Friday evening last, in enticing from the residence of the Hon. C. J. Faulkner, six of his slaves. After thejdaycs_hndbccn run off, the telegraph wires cast and-west of Har tisburg were cut, to prevent the transmission of intelligence. Kii.i.f.d nv Lightning. —As Mp. David Ben nett ami hia .nephew, Joseph Bennett, were en gaged breaking prairie, with three yoke of ox en, on the 9th hist., at Quebec, lowa, the two men and four of the oxen were instantly kill ed by lightning, and J. R. Cnimpackcr, who was about 40 rods away, was considerably , stunned at the same lime. Ct.AT Monumbnt at Pottsvillr. —Eight sections of the iron column of the Clay nioim mont, at Pottavillc, have been placed in their proper position. The cap of the column ami the iron statue of Mr, Clay, alone remain to be raised. On the coming 4th of July tho monu ment will be fully completed and will bo inau. gurated with interesting ceremonies. Potts ville will bo the only place in tho United Stales possessing a completed monument to the mem ory of the illustrious statesman. Huso is Efpiot. —Mayor Dow, of Portland, who lias made himself so notorious by shooting down men in the streets, was hung in efiigy in Charleston, Muss., on the slh inst., on the tele graph wires opposite the Russell House, In Main street. On the back of the figure was a placard with tho words, “Neal Dow the mur derer.” The right hand held a jug, while the left held a copy of the Maine Law. Know-Nothing muss, at Phlt-idcl. phlu, ban resulted as was expected. Tho party is Irrevocably rent In twain—tho house is divi ded against Itself and must fall. Tho sequel has proved (says tho IJoalon Post) what wo have al ways asserted, via;—that tho New England Know-Nothings were nothing but free aollurs— they changed tbolr name but not their natures. Tho Cleveland convention was an undisguised, rrue-suH-dlssolution-Union-couvoution 5 black us abolitionism In Its darkest hue —nothing more or loss 1 and now masks are ofl, (he true charac ters of the men who composed the now party will bo soon—their designs exposed, and Ihoir purposes defeateQ. K 7" Tho fow Whig papers Hint bcllovolhoohl Whig part)' still Uvea, arc making anxious In quiries after the Whig .State Central Committee, and want to know whether (hero is to bo any Whig Statu Convention held this year. They express lively fears that the Committee has sold out the party to tho K. Ns. The Washington Commonwealth says t ‘•Thereis certainly something wrong some where; our StatO'Gentral Committee are per fectly Indifferent or have betrayed and sold the Whig party! Wo should regret lt> believe that this wore true—but, judging from tho appear ance of tilings, wo can scarcely come to any other conclusion." To which, tho Lancaster Examiner adds, as though it spoke knowingly; “ The fears of (ho Commonwealth are doubt less too well founded. Tho administration and the Statu Central Committee have evidently boon guilty of treachery to tho Whig party not sur passed In Infamy by that of John Tyler or Ibmu diet Arnold. History will class them all in tho same catalogue of traitors." 017“ A horse of Mr. Lyman B. Britten trot ted in harness, on the 2d Inst., at tho Cam bridge park, tho distance of sixteen miles in fifty-eight minutes and fifty seconds, thereby winning a hot of 82000. Tho horse carried with him a weight of 4M lbs. and accomplished his task with apparent case. latest From Europe, By the Asia, wo have foreign advices to tin Oth inat. The arrival of the St. lonia at New York has already furnished details of the en trance into the S«vof Azofl and the coptoro of Kcrtchbylho Allies, previously reported-. The Russians must have relied for their scenri. ty in this direction on tho ship sunk at thy mouth of tho harbor, which the winter storms had washed out. but it is still inexplicable how a point of such immense importance could have been so inadequately ' protected. Advances are still being made, towards Sebastopol. The Mamclon and tho White Tower have becnla ken. The Tchernaya, it seems, has not bow crossed, nnd tho Allies are still on their owe eidc of tho river. There nrb conflicting counts of the progress made at Oeniichi, but it was still in possession of tho Russians at the last dates. The conferences at Vienna have been formally abandoned, but Austria is still h-Iding herself in position to mediate. It is not probable, however, that negotiations will be speedily resumed. The British and French fleets were in the vicinity of Cronstadt on the 4th of June, hut ns Admiral Bandas ascer tained that new fortifications had ham erector/ since Inst year, it ia nnt likely that any imme diate attack will bo attempted. The compSo cations between France nnd England, on tho subject of tho railway across the Isthmus of Sucx, are notycl disposed of. Louis Napoleon has approved of BnicifctS’g proceedings, and actually promoted him. Ft is said the Kin of Sanliniq, nnd possibly the Sultan of Turkey will visit the Queen of England on he project ed visit to llaris. The correspondent of the London Times , writes that “the news of the entrance of the allied fleet into the Sea of Azolf Ims causal a great sensation, at St. Petersburg. The Got. eminent is accused of having neglected thi* last refuge of the commercial flagof Russia,and of having spent millions on Sebastopol while nothing was done for the protection of the Sea of Azoff.” UTE FEUII CAUriiPAU. The steamer Star of the \Vest armed at New York on the 24th with California mns to the the Ist Inst. She brings 500 passengers and $025,000 in specie. The Municipal election in Snn Francisco via held on (he 2Hth nit., and resulted in the elec- Item of James Van Ne«s, Duinorrnt, ns Mayer, by a majority of 05. Four Democratic and four Whig Know-Nothing Aldermen werec/eci ed: The number of Assistant Aldermen elect, ed also stand four Democratic and four Vilwg Know Nothin -s. The mining news from all parts of'the Slate is most encouraging, and it is thought that at no previous time has the yield of gold been aa great as at present. On the IBth ult., the entire block of buildings Irounded by Davis, Front, Commercial and Sac ramento streets. San Francisco, was destroyed by fire. The loss was 875,000. The deposits of gold at the Branch Mint at San Francisco amounted to 40,000 ounces in eight days. If the reported defalcation of Angus Frierson, of Wells, Forgo & Co.’s banking house, prorw correct, bis deficit to $177,000. The affairs of Adams & Co. arc before the Courts, audit lias l>ecn decided that iliefliniis entitled to the benefit of the insolvent laws. Sanders,the alleged forger, has gone to China. At a meeting of tho creditors of Pago, Rarou & Co,, held on the 291 h nil., C. K. Gardiner pledged tho sum of §400,000 to support the house, by way of securing the creditors and staying further legal proceedings. The proper sition gave general satisfaction, and the credi tors arc looking forward with renewed hope of being finally indemnified. The papers contains accounts of an unusual number of big strikes among the miners, and the usual record of crime in diflereut parts of the State. Trade in Snn FianCisco was dull, but thr market had undergone no es-cniial change in prices. Flour is still inactive ; small sales were making at 30 50 for donuslic, and §l3 fer Gallego. Wheat,has declined, wiih sales f>r export at §1 87. Pork was rather higher. Money continues tight; and, although tho alteration in the time of the steamer's unihe; had afiurdid seasonable relief, it was thought the ensuing week would find many parties in an uncomfortable position. Fatal A cct dust. —While Mrs. (.’harks Rode back, of West Whiteland township. Clickut county, was walking on the Pennsylvania Rail road, a short distance below, the "Washington store, a train of cars were coming toward her, and she being unable to gel out of tho way id time, was struck and received a fracture of both legs, and olbwwo so much injured, lint she died almost instantly. Ctm.D KILLS!) through Intoxication.- Edward Hogan, aged B years, was playing with other children in the yard of a brewery.in Nr* York, on Saturday last, when one of the handi gave the poor child a pint of l>ccr, which In drank, and became quite drunk, in which he fell, injuring hia headso badly as to cib» death the next day. Hard to Light.—A man got up *h c otl,cr night, and took, as he supposed, a card 0 matches, ami began to break oil one by one, trying to light a lamp, until the whole « was used up without accomplishing l»l« o(1 ’ when he discovered ho had used up Ida " 1 c comb! ... K7* An Indignant cilir.cn of lowa, who d° D like tho K. N.’a says, "My boys arc sons of sires of 76 (Puritan slock, not He»> an some Know Nothings. 0 ) Oy An old lady down East Icing for a pincushion, made one of an onion- the following morning she found that * needles had tears in their eyes- Omo.—Wo learn from the Cuton* buB nal that tho American party of Ohio, aj ‘ cent Slate Convention, voted to B^wl * system of oaths, and substitute merely »* orary obligation. , > (CT'Thfl Odd-Fellows ol Catusauqua. county, arc going to have a grand cc c on tho Fourth of July. They invite their ron from abroad to join them. Onouau.—Tim cholera mill per*" l " * JC „ Orleans to a considerable extent. f’ ruin 100 deaths a week arc reported. (C/- Tlio best ccrlHlcato of a in.n s ter is, “lie keeps Ins promises."
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