AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. JOHN B. BRATTON, Editor & Proprietor. CARLISLE, PA.. JULY 4, 1855. Standing Committee Sleeting. The Democratic Standing Committee of Cum berland county, nro requested to meet at the public hotiao of Joseph Uiaor, in Carlisle, on Saturday, July 2Ut, 3855, at 1 o’clock, P. M., for tho purpose of appoint ing the time for holding tbo delegate elections in tho several townships and boroughs, to elect Delegates to a County Convention, whoso duty It' will be to nominate a Democratic County Ticket. Three or toe Committer. July 6, 1855. Tho following named gentlemen compose the Standing Committee of Cumberland county, for the trfesent year: ,Wm. M. Matccr, Lower Allen; William L. Cockiln, Upper Alien ; John Cramer, E. W., Carlisle; Willis Foulk, W. W., Carlisle; Wm. Harper Dickinson ; David Eyster, E. Penns.; Peter Minicli, Fmnkford; Robt. 6. Young, Hampden; David Hoover, Hopewell ; Uobort C, M’Culloch, MiflJin; Samuel Eckles Sr., Mo chanlcsburg; Benjamin Krldcr, Monroe; Wra. Kilnk, Newvilio ; Christopher Mollingcr, New ton ; John G Miller, Now Cumberland; Wm. Cornrann, N Middleton; Snyder Kuploy, S Middleton ; Benjamin Duko,Sbipponsburg B<>.; T. P. Bialr, Shjppcnsburg (p.; Dr. James Mc- Culloch, Silver Spring; John Elliott,W.Penns.< Daniel S. Croft, Southampton. the purpose of giving the hands in our office an opportunity to participate in the observances of the -4th, wo issue our paper this week on Wednesday—one day in advance of its regular publication. CJ7* After the Democratic party of this coun ty has selected its candidates far the various offices, wo shall not be found wanting In ex plaining the position occupied by the opposing candidates. We will also consider It our duty to exposo to the public gaze all those who, for the sake of obtaining office, attempt to deal in duplicity and treachery. But it is too soon and tho weather is too hot also to begin this work at present. The communication of “Jits tice" is therefore placed in our pigeon-box for the present. On a future occasion wo may make use of it. lior Wbathbr.—Thursday, Friday ami Sat urday of last week, were very hot days, the thermometer ranging at from Od to 90° ! On Sunday evening wo had a fine shower of rain, accompanied by considerable wind, since which lime the weather, (although still very warm,) is not so oppressive os it had been. Hat Making. —Our farmers ore now busy lu gathering in their hay. Wo regret to add that tho grass crop in this county is unusually light, not being more than a third of tho usual yield. Foot-Wai.ks.—Wo aroglad to see that our Town Conned, (notwithstanding it is composed of dark-lantern gentlemen.) fed disposed to push on the spirit of Borough improvement. Tim foot-walks now being laid down at the different crossings arc of the right material and have long been needed, f/al the Council also see to it that the pavements are put down by all our citizens, and our borough will soon be consid ered the handsomest inland town m the Slate. O" The Examinations of our Iwrough schools closed for this year, on Friday evening, when a lecture was dclivcra} by Dr. Kevin at Edu cation flail. Dr. N. is a chaste ond finished orator, rfnd his speech on this occasion contain ed much that was instructive and entertaining. Oor Watkr-Wouks. —The water was let Into one of the basins Inst week, and it is now nearly filled. Our citizens will now besupplied with water, night and day, without interrup tion- Dcwj Tax. —Our*Know-Nothing Town Coun cil, it Bcorns, aro determined lo levy ami collect a tax on every dog within the Borough limits. During these pinching tiroes, when it requires the energy of every man to k<ep soul and body together, this imposition might have been dis pensed with. But our “city fathers" say no, and there ia no appeal. Lady dogs 81 tluncn ciogs 50cents!—so says “Sam.” DEMOCRATIC StAJfDINrt COMMITTEE.— - fly ft notice, to be found at th<- huid of this column, it will bo seen that tho gentlemen composing tho Democratic {Standing CmmniiU'c are re quested to mret m ihis borough on Saturday, July 21. Wc hope to si*e a full turn out of the Committee ou that occasion. * Tub "JPof btii” at New vh.i.k.* The mem bers of tho “Big Spring Literary Institute” celebrate tho anniversary of our Independence In their splendid Hall, at Newvdle, to day. Addresses will bo delivered by tin; Key’d. Mr llavh, of Middicspring, nmJ Proff. C’am tiLß, of Chamhersburg ; the Declaration of In dependence will then be read, aftor which a sumptuous collation will be served. An enter taining exhibition will be given in tho evening, which, os well as tho exercises of tho morn ing, will bo enlivened with music. C7“Thc citizens of Moclianicsburg and vi cinity have made extensive arrangements tor tho celebration of tho -lib. ITT" It is whispered in certain circles that •oiuo of our borough Constables and 'Squires, in arresting soldiers and conveying them to “the tombs" arc doing this business more to make the fee* than for any particular regard they have for the beiough morals. We don’t know how this is, but one thing wo do know, lhat genteel rowdies are suffered to play the devil and yell like wild-cats on tho public •treoU, and arc net molested by our officials. (C7*Tho Democratic State Convention, to nominate a candidate for Canal Commissioner, meets Ot Harrisburg to-day, (Wednesday. At the time WO went to press wo had no tidings Ift regard to the doings of the Convention. KsoiST&niNft Lettbhs. —Tho system of reg istration of valuable letters prescribed by the Post-office Deportment, went into operation on the Ist iast. Tho regulations provide that, on th# payment of a registration fee of live cents, 6 receipt shall bo given by the Postmaster when a letter is mailed, and extraordinary prccau lionised In its forwarding and delivery. It is not to bo confined to money letters, but any Utter will bo registered which tho writer con siders valuable, but for which the Department do not make themselves liable. I OUB NATIONAL SIBBiTff. j To-day (Wednesday) is tho 4th* of July —a day memorable In the history of tho United States—a day to be rtfvered by every American citizen as long os our country has a name.— To-day seventy-nino years ago our forefath ers pledged their Uvea, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to avenge the wrongs that had been inflicted upon them by the mother' coun try, and most faithfully and effectually, did they redeem the pledge. To their patriotism, fidelity and heroism arc wo indebted for the freedom we now enjoy, and it is but natural and right that every American heart should throb with a more lively impulse at each fcturn of our National Sabbath. When we take a retrospective view of the civilized world, and cotnparc the different coun tries and governments with our own, it is then we feel proud of America. In (his “land of tho free and home of the brave,” wo offer on asylum to tho oppressed and persecuted of all nations, who are, by dire necessity, forced from the graves of their fathers and the homo of their childhood ; and “our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions.” Our wide domain, bound and cemented together by telegraph, by rail-road, by canal, and lorn pike, Urns opening up all our vast avenues of commerce and trade from one end of tho Union to the other, makes this, of all others, the land for tho weary pilgrims of earth tb tarry in and feel happy. And although wo cannot, os yet, boast of ns many splendid palaces, lofty spires, or lowering domes as some of the older coun tries, wc can revert, with just pride, to our model system of government—to the number of our churches, school-houses, Colleges, and Seminaries of learning—to our free and inde pendent yeomanry—to the comfort and general prosperity of our people —to our many happy fire sides—to our towns and cities—to our mines and work-shops— to our brood fields, fertile plains, and majestic mountains—and to our 1,580,000.000 acres of unoccupied territory. And, notwithstanding our Repub lic is but in its infancy, wo foci that we arc strong, and poweiful, and great ns a nation and as a people. But a little more than three quarters of a century ago fifty-six of our fore fathers, (merchants, fanners, and mechanics,) met in convention to shake off the shackles that crippled the ci o glcs of the people, ami (o pro claim the inalinable right of man to life, liberty and tho pursuit of happiness. To gain these objects, required a long, sanguinary, and bloody contest with the haughty sons of Brit on. But tho patriotism of our forefathers was deep seated, and they swore in their hearts that the Colonies should tie free. War was declar ed ; when Washington from his plantation, Putman from his plow, Greene from bis black smith-shop, and Starke from his granite hills, came together, to lend our armies to freedom's battles. Men of other nations, whose sympa thies were with us, and whose patriotism, self sacrificing spirit, and tiuo devotion to our cause wc should ever revere, tendered their sor- ; vices in the cause of American independence.— Tho names of Ufayetlo, De-Kalb, Kosciusko. Pulaski, Steuben, Gatos, and Montgomery .will be remembered with feelings of lively sympathy and reverence on each return of the 4th of July. As appropriate at this time, we conclude this hasty article by publishing below the Declaration of Independence. Our readers, we know, have cornmitted-this document to memory, but yet we deem it proper to call attention to It now, and to commend its teachings to tho young.— At no period of our history have the teachings of bur forefathers been so grossly disregarded by a large portion of our people, as at present. At this time, when a dangerous Jacobin fac tion, similar in its nrgamralion to the Jacobins of Franco, and bound together by blasphemous and unconstitutional oaths, threatens the peace of the country, it is well for us all to read over once moro the Declaration of Independence, and to ponder over its inspired sentiments. The New York. Herald, the great Know-Nothing organ of the State of Now York, but a few weeks since, had the effrontery and daring to recommend a dissolution of the Union 1 When that takes place, farewell to American free dom—farewell to our boasted liberties. We consider it appropriate at this time, therefore, to revert to the causa that induced our fore fathers to battle for independence. • -gen A Ih i htrufion hy the /fcprrwn/a/trri of the L ulled Stales 0/ Amcnca, m Cbtigrcji assembled. Jilt -1, 1770 When, in tho course of Ijflm.m events, it be. Cornea necessary for olio people to dissolve the political bunds a inch have connected them with another, and to assume, among tire powers of Ihe earth, the separate and equal station to which tho laws of nature ami of nature's tiud entitle thorn, a dee,ont respect to the opinions of man kind roqulres tiiat they should declare tho causes which impel thorn to the separation. Wo hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they arts endow ed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights', that among these, are life, liberty, and Ihe pursuit of happiness. That, to seruro these rights, ginornmontH are instituted among men, deriving (heir just powers from the consent ot tho governed ; that, whenever any form of gov. eminent becomes destructive ot these ends, it i* the right of tho people to alter or to abolish U, and to institute a new guvurnmoiit, laying its Inundation on such principles, and organising its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely (o effect their safety and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate (hat governments long established, should not bo changed for light »nd transient causes j and, accordingly, all ex perience hath shown, that mankind arc more dis posed to suffer, while evils ore sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing tho forms to which they are accustomed. But, when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing inva riably tho samo object, ovincoa a design to re duco them under nbsoluto despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw oil' such govern mont, and (o provide now guards for (heir fu ture security. Such bns boon the patient sui. turnnee of these colonics, and such is now tho necessity which constrains thorn to alter (hoir former systems of government. The history ol tho present king of Groat Britain Is a history of . repeated injuries mid usurpations, all having, in direct object, tho oatahilsficiont of an absolute tyranny over these Slates. To prove this, let facts bo submitted to a candid world : 110 has refused his assent to laws tho most I wholesome ami necessary for the public good. Ho has forbidden his Governors to pass laws I of immediate and pressing importance, unless I suspended In their operation till his assent should , ho obtained 1 and, when so suspended, ho Ims ) huglecled to attend to them. . , T * r 1 ° ,U8< l (1 , 10 1,11,8 olhcr law# for tho ac ' coinlnollatioii ol Wo J| slr | ctl , of , ttiOBO j.copl« would rollßHui.,, «,*, ,!*,„( uf r „_ prosunla ion In thu logl,ini„ ro . „ rlEl f,, ■ able to them, and formidable to tyrants only 1 Ho has called together legislative bodies' at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from tho depository of their public records, for tho 1 solo purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with ids measures. ‘ Ho has dissolved representative houses re peatedly, for opposing, with manly llrtuncsß, Ida Invasions on (ho rights of tho pooplo. Ho has refused, for a Jong (irnoaltoreuchtlia- solutions, to cause others to bo elected 5 where by the legislative powers, incapable ol.nnnlblla tioiY, Wave returned .16 the people at largo for their exercise': the Sfatb, remaining in tho mean time, exposed fo all the danger of Invasion from without, and convulsions within. -Ho has endeavored to prevent tho population of these States? for purpose, obstructing the laws ior naturalization of foreigners; refuse ingtopass others to ‘encourage thojr migration hither, and raising tho conditions of new appro priations of lands. Ho has obstructed tho administration of jus tice, by refusing his assent to laws for establish ing judiciary powers. Ho has made judges dependent on his will alone, for tho tenure of their offices, and tho amount and payment of their salaries. Ho has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass onrpeo plo, and eat out their substance. lie has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies, without tho consent of our leg islature. Ho has affected to render tho military lndo- : pendent of, atjd superior to, tho civil power. lie has combined, with others, to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws j giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation: For quartering largo bodies of armed troops among us: I- or protecting them, by a mock trial, from punishment, for any murders which they should commit on tho inhabitants of those Slates: For cutting ofl’ our trade with all parts of the world: For Imposing taxes on us without our consent: For depriving us, in many cases, of the bene fits of trial by jury: For transporting us beyond seas to bo tried for protended offences t For abolishing tho free system of English laws in a neighboring province, establishing therein an arbitrary government, and enlarging its boun daries, so os to render it at onco an example and fU instrument for introducing the sumu absolute rule into these colonies: For taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable laws, and altering, fundamental ly, tho powers of our government: For suspending our own legislatures, and do. daring themselves invested with power to legis late for tis in nfl cases whatsoever. Ho lias abdicated government here, by decla ring (ts out of his protection, and waging war against tis. He has plundered our sens, ravaged ourcoaafs, burnt our towns, and destroyed tho lives of our people. He Ifl, rit Hits Umo, transporting largo armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of deutli, desolation, ami tyranny, already begun, with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy scarce ly paralleled In the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy tho head of a civilized nntbyi. Ho has constrained our fellow-citizens, taken captive on the high seas, to hoar arnfejagiilnst their country, to become the executioners of their friends ami brethren, or to full themselves iiy (heir hands. IJo has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and lias endeavored to bring on (ho inhabi tants of our frontiers, tbo merciless Indian sav ages, whoso known rule of warfare is on undis tinguished destruction, of all ages, sexes, and conditions. In every stage of these oppressions, wo have petitioned lor redress, in the most humble terms; unr repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated iiynry. A prince, whoso character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unlit to bo the ruler of a free people. Nor have we been wanting in attention to our British brethren. Wc have warned them, IVtom time to time, of attempts made by their Icgtsla tnro to extend au unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. Wo have reminded them of the cir cumstances of our emigration and settlement hero. Wo have appealed to fhelrnativo justice and magnanamity, and wo have conjured them, by tho ties of our common kindred, fo disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably inter rupt our conncctionsand correspondence. They, too, have been deaf to tho voice of justice and consanguinity. Wo must, therefore, acquiesce in tho necessity, which denounces our separa tion, and hold them, as wo hold the rest of man kind, enemies In war, in peace, friends. We, therefore, tho representatives of tho Uni ted States of America, Id General Congress as senilded, appealing fo t ho Supremo Judge of ■Jfc? M 4 good people of these colonics, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonics are, and of right ought to bo Free end Independent .S7of«,* that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political con nexion between them and tho state ot Groat Bri tain, is, and ought to bo, totally dissolved 5 and that, ns Free and independent Hlatcs, they have bill power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acta and things which Independent States may of right do. And, for tho support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on tho protec tion of Divine Providence, wo mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor. A.v Editor's Experience in Prison. Horace Greeley, of the New York TVibune.was arrested in Paris, on the claim of a French ar- tist for damages done to a statue at the Crystal Palace, of which Mr. Greeley was a Director.— Mr. G. served the best part of (wo days in pris on, and gives a very amusing account of his detention. Ifo says: “I always haled and condemned imprisonment for debt untainted by fraud— above all, for suspicion of debt—but I never so well knew why I hated it as now. T think I have learned more there than in any two previous days of my life.” Whether that know ledge will be applied hereafter to the instruc tion of mankind or not, he docs not say. One fact may bo useful to those who arc obout to visit Paris. lie says, each person incarcerated is allowed a franc per day to Jive on ; if this is not forthcoming from his creditor, ho is at once turned out to pick up a living as he can. While he remains, ho must have his franc per day, paid every third day. From this is deducted four sous per day for his bedding and one sous for his lire, (in the kitchen,) leaving him fifteen sous net and cooking-fire paid for. This will keep him in bread. Kx-Puksidexth in nut House of Commons, —A lato I/omlon letter says:—Mr. Van Huron and Mr. Fillmore were both present in the gal leries of the House of Commons during the de bate on Tuesday night. On Thursday night Mr. Bright alluded to this fact, and took occa sion to pass a high culogium on our country. PtT’Tho grand jury of New Orleans has ig nored the bill against the two U. S. Mail Agents for opening letters. They acted under tho ad vice of the attorney for the government. ID**Tho cholera has broken out among the United States troops stationed ot Baton Rouge. Fifty soldiers were sick with it on tho 14th, ond several others had died. [Cr’Seventy slaves and free colored men were arrested while at worship on Sunday evening, 24th ult., in New Orleans, and sent to jail, for making a noise. At tho same time, theatrical exhibitions and cock-fights wore allowed to go on unmolested. Untimely Dbatii.-Wo learn that James Myers, tho Clown, and one of the proprietors of Myers A Milligan’s Circus Co., met with an untimely death while performing on the Slack rope at Geneva, N. Y. Tho ring by which the rope was fastened gave away, throwing him to to the ground with so much force as to dash his brains out. There ia but one K. N. Lodge in Lancas* ter city now last winter there were four. Three of them “busted.” . mmm jacobinism. ' The Know-Nothiilf organism lias been Ally compared to the jactfanism of tho French Revo lution,which drench© that country with blood, and, for a time, overdrew all Jaw and order.—■ ,Tho history ami opefttions of tho two- organi zations arc very simjhr. Tho following brief description of tho pr&bedings of the latter well describes the aim and tendency of tho K. N. order oftbis country "The first JacobiAClub was organized in Paris on the Oth NotylTßO, under the alluring., name of‘Friend of tm Constitution.* "quite ns specious ns that wo row of, ‘Americans shall rule ‘America.’ Maiy of tho best men and truest patriots in Pare joined it—and thousands, of tho same sort of mat joined the affiliate club's aflorwnds—little dreipung of the deadly fangs of that viper they wtfc nurturing in their bo* soms, ' , \ Many of.these mciiaftorwards, wont to the guillotine, by ordcrapasscd’ secretly in these very .clubs. All legislation was settled in these clubs—members of tin National Assembly and Convention, all of then, or roost of them, were members of the clubs for they could not other wise be elected. Aql, after the question was settled in the clubs,tromembers next day went to the nominal halls rf legislation, nothing but trembling automatons 1 to register Ul9 edicts of the ‘order,’ though it jtero to behead n monarch, or to cause tho blood.»f the best of their bwn number to,flow bewesh the stroke of the'nxo. Is history of no use ? Or do our people vainly imagine that Americans would not do as the French did under Jikocircumstahccs 1” There are some pouts of similarity between the Jacobin clubs of tie French Revolution and' the Know-Nothing orlcr of the present day| which will arrest th? attention of reflecting men of all parties. Oic object of thoso clubs was to take all legislation from the hands of the delegates, and merge in a sworn secret order, tho proceedings of whi-fh were wrapped in gloom and mystery. In tray the cunning, un. principled and unscrupulous men of all parties managed to override tho will of the majority, and set up a practical despotism. To be elect ed a member of tho National Assembly, it was necessary that a man ihould belong to one of these clubs, and when elected ho was bound by hia oath to that club, cot by that of office. All his votes were cast ns directed by tho secret order. All legislation was settled and deter mined in secret conclaves, not in the manner which the laws of France required itshould bo. Is not this a perfect picture of the Know-Noth ing order. Aro not men required to belong to that socicly before us members can support them for office, ami whin elected are they not required by oath to obey !hc mandates of tho order, no matter how treasonable or anti-repub lican in spirit and cflect I The history of the Know-Nothing order proves most conclusively that the parallel is complete and perfect. In our State Legislature the members of the order were mere tools for the lodges to operate with. Tho most minute matter was made the subject of lodge supervision and Instruction, and tho members obeyed like slaves. So, too. in the City Councils. From the election of President to tho appointment of turnkeys, all is determin ed in the rooms of the order. All the free action of an American citizen is repudiated, and each man ;s compelled to bow with meek submission to tho oath fortified order of the organization. If the French Jacobin clubs were tyrannical and opposed to that freedom of individual ac tion which is tho basis of ail just government, thc Know-Nothing ordef is equally so in every particular. "} _ But the action of the ofari7TWTKSChT6fotQ3i this cjty7lHtftrcVClop-" cd another feature of lliitj plot against tho pence and perpetuity of the Union, which is still more dangerous and damnable. Tho New York Herald, one of the accredited orgaus of Know- Nothingism, says that its Philadelphia corres pondent,; suggests the probability of the adop tion by .tho National Know-Nothing Convention of It plan of settling the slavery question, de scribed by it as follows : “We refer to bis letter for the particulars.— [fere we may say. bnelly. that it is proposed to leave the slavery question an open ono until after November. lN5i). in order that the order may carry the intervening Stale and the Presi dential elections, pro-slavery men in tho South and anti-slavery men in the North agreeing to unite on some fair man for President. That when Congress mods, after the election, the slavery question he fairly opened and discus sed, and, if possible, an understanding had be- tween tho North and the South as to the admis sion of future States, and all such other mat- ters os may be likely to involve the question in the future. If an understanding, in which both sections of the country arc likely to acquiesce peaceably, cannot be arrived at on the basis of the present constitution, then that Congress adjourn and a convention be called composed of delegates from all the States, for the purpose of ascertaining whether or no some other con stitution cannot bo framed which will settle the point in dispute ; in other words, to omend the constitution so as to place it in harmony with the magnitude of interests and conflict of opin ions existing in the present day. And, finally, ,if after due and earnest discussion, it is found impossible to invonUmy compromise which can bo received willingly by *both sections of the country, that a pcuccnblo separation bo effect ed between tho North and South, and such trea ties passed as may bo suitable (o their future independent condition.” Here is a deliberate plan being concocted and discussed for clfecting a separation between the North and the South. Tho intermediate steps are all sketched out with precision. Congress is first to bo attacked. If there is too much patriotism in that body to bo controlled by this villainous faction, then a Convention is to be called, composed of delegates from all the States, with a hope that sucl| material will be more malleable. -But the one fact which overtops all others is, that here, f|r the first time in the his tory of this Rcpublic| wo have a party, an or ganic feature of whose constitution is n system atic dissolution of tljo Union. Other factions have talked of this matter when tho blood was hot and passion hod Usurped tho reins of mental , and political government-but, until the meeting of this Jacobin faclirai, tho announcement of a parly platform based on such doctrines, was unheard of in, this Ufckm. Tho Constitution is to bo disregarded aim trampled on by this gang of wicked men—tljo rights of tho Slates treated as of no mojnent—civil and religious liberty as in idle dream—and when tho patriotic cltktnfllof all parties remonstrate against such a course of action, they arc to bo told that such remonstrances will dissolve the Union, and a plan presented by which the trea son and infamy is to|boconsumatcd. Was there a more desperate and despicable faction of French Jacobinism (ti its bloodiest days than ibis ? Assuredly hot. Tho Constitution of tho United does not! even by implication, pro vide for a separntioniof tho States. Such a con- Ungcucy was never (1 reamed of by those wise and palriotio men vrfio framed that instrument. They know that upon the Union ol the Slates depended the perpetuity of the Republic. When the Union falls, then farewell to the liberties of tho country. If the Union is of such real con sequence, should not the party which will de liberately concert a plan for its dismemberment be reprobated by every lover of free govern mcnt? - ; ir French Jacobin clubs ruined that country; will not American Jacobiq clubs pro duce the same bitter fruits in this Republic Tt is for wise men to answer this question by the light of history and experience. Phila. Argus. Post Office Espionage. Tho revelations made in the preliminary ex amination of cx-Postroaster Kexdale, of New Oricanp, have called forth some unjustly severe strictures on tho part of several journalists, both at the North and South. Without in vestigation, and upon mero ex parte state ments, an attempt is making to get up a feel ing of hostility and prejudice against tho Post Office Department, as at present managed, up on the alleged ground of Post Office espionage. The following, which appears in the New York papers, explains the whole matter: “It appears that the violation of seals by the special agents of the. Post Office Department at New Orleans, about which so much has been said and written, was practiced only upon cer tain letters addressed to a fictitious personage, yclept ‘Marshall Hanson.’ It had been ascer tained by the agents in question that tins cog nomen had been adopted by somebody deeply engaged in robbing tho mails. To ascertain who that somebody was. and to detect him if possible in his nefarious employments, the Marshall Hanson letters were violated, but no body’s rights wero invaded. It is not true, however, that tho Post Office Department cith er authorized or‘winked at’ such violation, 5n this or any similar cose, as intimated by tho witness Whitman, who. it seems, had recently been discharged from the office of tho special agent by the Department. “The Department has uniformly refused to j authorize, sanction or justify such violations j by its agents, or others, and has disavowed the j power to break tho seal of any letter not re- j turned to it as dead or refused, though repeat- | crlly applied to for such authority by the offi- j oers of the law for tho detection of crime.” Rr?bat. op tub Hbsistby Law.—lt is not generally known to tho people that the law re quiring the registry of births, marriages and deaths, was repealed by tho legislature of lost winter. The Register of Wills informs us that many persons are in the habit of making re turns to hta office os required by the law while in force. The act was repealed quite early in the last session aud we think the papers of this county have hitherto neglected to notice it. Tin? Si/mjibr Solst icb. —Tho sun is now its greatest distance from the equator, and we have tho longest days; from tins until thc29lh inst., in this latitude, thej’ arc about tho snipe length, fifteen hours and five minutes. Last Saturday morning the sun rose at 4.28, and set at 7.23. Old Aor.—Mary Thomas, a colored wo man, whoso age is reported at 125 years, died on Monday last, at the house of her son-in-law in Philo. Tho deceased was included In the last census, as the oldest inhabitant of Phila delphia. ITT* Locusts aro to be seen by thousands in some parts of Chester county. They appear to be as numerous as they were during tho lo cust year, o few years ago, • PiT3Jisshi>. —John Wilson, Commissioner of the Land Office, received his letter of dismissal cnreut fv«n the President, and retired from tho office immediately. It is thought that Wilson Shannon, of Ohio, will be his successor. . Mohr “FoRKrrJK Intkrfhrrnce.”— They say Gavazzi is coming over here next Full, to lecture in the principal cities ami towns of the Union fli aid of the K. N’s. Tho Albany Slnlc Jlepi.iter says that "in his journey through the Union Gavazzi will be accompanied by an old and distinguished member of the American Party, whoso name has already occupied an honorable place in the nalionalUlcrary world.” This probably means Mr. C. Edwards Lester, otherwise known as Helen Dhu. OCT"' The printers of Cincinnati have formed o military company. This is tho first compa ny of the kind ever established in this country, country. Printers arc generally godd handling “stooting slicks,” and wo think it proper that they should publicly demonstrate the fact, “o lu mi/ttairc. ” A Bold Wager. —Tho Cleveland Herald of fers to stake its reputation for veracity, that Hour will be down to 50 per barrel in thir ty days. It says tho crops never looked better in the state of Ohio, and (he prospect is that there will bo the largest yield ever known in that Stale. There arc thousands of bread-eat ers who would rejoice to find Die Herald win Its wager, but however plentiful tho harvest may be, the time is 100 short to realize the pre diction. The first new Hour of the season from Charleston was sold in New York a few days ago for per barrel. Harvesting in Virginia The farmers of Virginia have commenced harvesting their wheat. The crop is generally considered good, except In the Southwest of the Slate, where the flyhas injured it; but as largo quantities of wheat were sown, it is expected that tho har vest will be more abundant than usual. The drying of the straw immediately below tho head, by which the ascent of sap ia arrested, in said to be ono of the most reliable indications of tho maturity of the plant, and of the necessity of cutting and curing it. Ciumr and Death. —Tho neighborhood of Tinlcum, in Bucks county, Pa., has been much excited in consequence of tho death of a young woman, named Elizabeth lUllpot. who was supposed to have been the victim of on attempt at abortion for the purpose of concealing tho consequences of her betrayal, by a resident of Doylcslown, in that county. Tho Coroner’s jury sat on tho 7thand IGth ult., and returned as their verdict, that tho girl’s death “was caused by tho premature birth of a child." When tho name of tho seducer was announced, strong indications of “lynching" the individu al alluded to,were manifested, bu tho manoqgod to escape in ft carriage. KT’ThoLaurel Factory, Md. p has been de stroyed by fire. Loss 100,000—insurance $OO,- 000. 'L7' New York city is getting to bo an old village, as it was incorporated one hundred and ninety years ago, on tho Mth of Juno, 1605. IC7" Tho salary of tho Governor-General of Canada is ten thousand dollars a year more than that of the President of the U. S, Tlio Know-NotbiHg Split, ~ Tho Know-Nothings have boon holdlrig moot ings in several of thp largo cities for tlio purpose, Wprcsiinio, of ratifying iheaplil that lately took placo in Philadelphia* • At ono of these moot ings, hold last wbok in Now York, tho name of Andrew Jackson Donolson,‘occurred/ How ho could -cast so much reproach on the namo nml fame of tlio immortal chief of .tKq Hermitage, whoso adopted son ho was, wo are at a loss to conceive. Tho New York Evening Potl in Yd fcrlng to tho mooting, speaks of Afr. Honolaon and hiff speech as follows s “ Among those who were so unwise as to seek notoriety at (ho meeting last evening, was Major Andrew Jackson Donelaon, of Tennessee. Ho plead a severe cold as an excuse for.hamling to the reporters a long and feeble tirade against tho present administration at Washington, which ho professed to bo unablo to road. Ho would have had reason to congratulate himself if his cold had incapacitated him from writing us well ns rending it. Ho had been, it will bo remembered, an applicant to tho Presi dent for tho ndlces of Minister to Berlin and of Consul to Liverpool. His qualifications for those places were more correctly estimated by the Executive than himself, and ho was not ap pointed. It is a common Infirmity of weak men to resent neglect in exact proportion to the de gree they may have deserved it, and so it has , proved with tho Major. Il« joined tho Know , Nothings for tho better chance ho thought it af forded Idm of striking at the authors of his dis appointment, and ims published a speech for them which would occupy a column and a half of the Evening Post, in which nothing Is so dis tinctly proved as (hat ho Is far less troublesome to tho administration ns ah enemy Ilian as a friend.” LATER FROM EUROPE. The steamer Baltic arrived at New York on Thursday, bringing with her advices of nn in teresting nature. Her dates to the 10th ult., disclose much of moment. ’’We learn that tins vessel brings some two, hundred passengers, ; among whom we observe Moses Maynard', Esq., I beater of dispatches from London. The foreign papers contain telegraphic details of the recent successes of the Allies Indore Sebastopol. The French, as before staled, raptured thcManiclon and wWe fortifications of the Russians. The fighting is reported to have been most sangui nary and five thousand men have been reported !to have fallen. From the new position of the ; French, in gaining which they captured sixty. ! two guns and some SUO prisoners, enables them to throw shells, quite effectually, among the , shipping in the harbor. Since the English suc ceeded in storming effectually, the Riflemens’ works in the quarries, the firing lias been slack. The allied fleets have consatnalcd several very important operations in the Sen of Azoff, among which wo observe the burning of the stores at jTnganrogand and Mannpol. AH accounts in f dicate much disease and despondency in the j Crimea, owing to the severity of the weather. Much interesting miscellaneous matter is con tained in the budget of this steamer. We learn that cx-l’rcsidcnt Fillmore was presented to Queen Victoria, by the Karl of Clarendon at a recent audience and subsequently at a “draw ing room.’’ Mr. Buchanan occoinpained Mr. Fillmore and afterwards dined with Her Majes ty. Arthur Cunningham denies in a card that the ship Samuel Appleton, of winch ho was su j percargo, carried anus to Russia. Sir Thomas i Trowbridge, who lost both his limbs at Inker ] man, has received the appointment of Director General of Army Clothing. An English sub ject named Rolfc, was recently arrested at ITnm burg, on a charge of enlisting men for the Brit ish Foreign Legion. The British Government demanded his liberation, tho Rbip-ol wnr Otter, with the request. In the meantime Rolfc hod been liberated ami expelled from the the city. Dr. Locock, the celebrated accouch eur, who has had much experience in Queen : Victoria’s nursery, was summoned by telegraph lo Paris, where, after consultation with Drs. Dubois and Conneon, it has bceu solemnly nn- ■ nounced that there will be born an heir lo the throne. The Emperor of Austria arrived at i Cracow, on Thursday the 14th nit. N«ws?ai»bu Education.— The following ex tract is from a letter wUlcn by an English au thor, whoso first work was published in thclStb century, and expresses the opinion of one whoso pen has never been employed but for good, and whose earnestness in tho cause of education has never been exceeded. Jt was addressed to the London Times: ‘•lndependently of what may bo the pecuniary interests of the Times news paper, I should strongly oppose, were I in Par. Moment, any measure that might cramp it. I ivc a high opinion of what I deem to bo the eduariional influences of a paper that employs so much literary ability in a way that brings its compositions into perpetual perusal. A busy, hurrying ago, will not sit down to read history, philosophy, or political science in the host books on the subject. If they would,! should count the frequency and absorption of a daily paper to bo damaging to the general mind. But, in the absence of such reading, here is a valuable substitute, if not a perfect equivolcnt, inlcrpwsing. grove, sober, Instruc tive arguments, on a great variety of matters, in the course of frivolity and dissipation of mind engendered by novels and burlesques and huf. fooncry. Dr. Arnold found that the serial pub. Mentions of Dickens, »fcc., much hindered his hoys.” A Laiotr BiUOK.—At amcotingof tho Tenth .Ward Temperance Alliance, New York, in the basement of tho Allen Street Presbyterian Church, Mr. Allen, an aged citizen, arose and said that he hod been informed from a reliable source, that just previous to the passage of the Prohibitory Law, au ex-Aldennan was sent to Albany by the liquor dealers of that city with tiro sum of for the purpose of pur* chasing the cngraflmcntof a certain clause into tho Prohibitory bill favorable to tho liquor traf (lo. This 340,000, ho said, was pocketed by one of tbo Senators, but the clause was uot en grafted into tho bill. Grain in this Wrst. —A letter from Bu reau county, 111., Rays that all the warehouses along tho railroads are full of groin, and many thousands of bushels are piled up in bogs along tho sides of tho tracks. Long trains of cars groan under tho weight of‘grain with which they arc loaded. r fKo farmers plead with tho buyers for more bags, and tho buyers with tho railroads for more cars. All tho farmers have planted from ono to thirty acres more than last year, and all now looks well for a.heavy crop. OCT* In deepening a well at Mobile, Ala., on Tuesday, 15th Juno, a cypress stump, which bore axo marks, was discovered at tho depth of 18 fegt. Remains of trees aro frequently found deeply imbedded, but wo do not rcroem tbat marks of cutting have over been found on them. Part colors of fhc Wfeilnd tho following ocedaht’of' tholai earthquake in the Baltimore American, of J u “j At about 18 minutes past 12 o'clock dajr morning,.our 'citizens were arousclE their slumbers by an apparent exnl™£« H rumblingnoiso, /inch Z . to be nn cxploamp t>f a powder mill orEf zmo. and brothers to have been thcclS? an earthquake. Anxious inquiry woB ‘X?■ all directions in tbo morning, but it was E ascertained that tho powder mills, bolbv?-^ 1 Liberty road, known os Jamieson’s ami Ik 1 " 1 ol Messrs. Beatty, on' tbo & road, wore all in good order, and that tho Si mg of tbo earth proceeded from an explosion fo n mightier magazine than tlioso constructed h» human ngenov. We since learn that Jamieson? mills on tho Liberty road, arc owned byTl™ srs. Wm. Mason and sons, and that tier not manufacturing now. , y aWf At York, Pa., w;o Icorij frompassengers who came down yesterday, the shock win startling, rousing tho whole population J, creating such, nn excitement' that but few Wcm willing lo roliro again for tho ni"ht ti shock and rumbling noise that foTlowed it causing a shaking of furniture and a rntlhn/i' windows, is .said to have lasted tolly twcnlr seconds at York. * * / In all sections of tho city the sensaiion wm equally distinct mid unmistakably ona)),W and we have met with but few who wm not hroused from their sleep by the coacußsion and unearthly noise that, followed tho shock, which is variously estimated to have lasted from 12 lo 20 seconds. 1 Tho night wm cicessWeW warm oud tho atmosphere thick and smoky. The- Next legislator.. • V c are glad to jicrccivc that our Democratic friends tUilhe ulterior appreciate the importance of making good selections for the Legislature It is, indeed, a mailer of the flyst moment.— Inattention lo it has heretofore tended invaria hly to disgrace. What the people demand'in a decided change in the characters of the men sent to Harrisburg; and they will have it— Westmoreland has done well in nominating such a man as Hon. 11. D. Poster, and other counties arc emulating her example by selecting men of high character and unquestioned integrity— Onr city, too, will do - her whole duty in this regard, and the shameless traders, whose pur pose was to make money, will, if heard of at all about tho capital, at least not occupy posi tions as members, but be looked upon ns creep ing things about tlic Hall, whose very presence speaks of fraud and conspiracies to profit by violating the wishes of the people. They have had their day. The people know them, and will not again confide lo their, or. other hands like theirs, tho high and responsible duties of legislators.— Phihi. A rgr«. Tub Cat out op tup. Bag—We dtp thcfol lowing from tho Baltimore Clipper, and,beg Democrats to notice the admission of (he Louis ville Journal that our adopted fellow citizens vole wilh the Democratic parly; The editor of the New Hampshire Patrick, President Pierce's home organ, says that tho Democratic parly is desirous of pulling an end to nil undue influence of foreign born citizens in elections. Upon which the Louisville Journ al remarks: “We guess the Democratic par ly, if they were to do it, would be very much in the predicament of, tho fellow who, wishing lo saw a limb from a high tree, took bin Real upon the limb while he performed the operation. “As soob as I had done sawing,” said he, ‘T heard something drop!” That tho Know-Nothing movement was a mere Whig dodge we have never doubted. Tho witty admission of the Journal is, however, not without valuOj coming as it docs from & hie Whig, and IC.'N. paper. Henry Ward Beecher on PniiENoi.ooY— In a recent Sunday morning kermon to bis con gregation this gentleman announced himself very decidedly a believer in tho science of Phre nology. He not only did this, but, recommen ded its study for his flock, for he contended there was no better preparation for religious indoctrination than _ a practical knowledge of the human soul as ia given by-Phnjhology.— He furthermore believed if he bad had any suq» cess in bringing tho trutlis of the gospel lo bear practically upon the minds of men, any sue ccs in (ho vigorous application of truths lo the wants of the human soul, where they are most needed, he owed it to the clearness which ha had gained from this science. Graduates at West Pomr.—The whoh Lr number of tbo graduating class at West Point, when it was formed four years ago, was 81.-*- ■ Of Ibis number only 34 graduated at tho Into , examination. A curious fact is developed, >i showing tho powers of endurance of slndenM from various section's of, tho Union. AU vto $ Stales arc represented in proportion to then f: representation in Congress. Tho South liadlti [A due number at the start, and yet, at tbo-end if 1 four years, only five from the slave States irt to be found in tho list of graduates. A letter from Nashville iTcnfi.) to (be Louisville Times says the wheat from tho Ken tucky lino to that place, has been harvested and the yield is unparalleled ; the sumo oftra ber of acres reaped doable that of any forrotf year. AU saved without tho slightest blemish. HTT" Charles L. Curtis of Cincinnati waited a plank for 40 hours on a wager of $5OO, and won the bet. Ho was much cxhauatcd*aml was borne to his room by his friends. Murder in Lebanon.-—Wo learn from the Lebanon Advertiser, that» man named Neal Ramsey, aged about CO years, was murdered on Wednesday, tbo 21st ull. Ills wifu omU man named Tyng have been arrested on suspi cion of being the murderers, and ore now injd to answer tbo 'charge. Tho nmdtr bccws to have been committed in a family quarrel. (CT'- Tho Elkton, Cecil county, Whig, stale* that the late rise on tho Susquehanna has w* ablcd all tho lumber on tho way to bo brought to market and that it is rapidly being taken »t advanced rates. OCT* The Democrats of Louisiana held their Slate Convention at Baton Rouge on the ult.,* and nominated tho following candidate* for Stato officers, viz: Robert 0. WiokUflc, C* Governor ; Charles 11. Mouton, Lieut. OoTcnj* or; Andrew S. llgren, Sect’ry of Slate; & ■ Marks. Auditor; 0. E. Grcncaux, Treasurer; ,E. Warren Moisc, Attorney General; Sa mUfl Bard, Superintendent ojf Education. UI?~ Tho Know-Nothing Council rccouMf* 1 ' f In Philadelphia, provided for o Nation*' c I oil to bo bold in (ho mono city, cotnmcw« | tho 224 February next, to select caiuli a a. President and Vico President of tho h Slaton. Tho dologatoa aro to bo fro® , | Stale, equal In munbor to Ifa represent* both branches at tho U. S. Congrcaa, ata i obosoli by (ho Statu Councils, two ho™ ( tho Stale at largo, and ono from ouch bo Hlonul district IC7» The journeymen printers of I hnvo formed themselves into a military ny, being tho llrstorgauiiation of tho United Stales. .
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