' 'tfUm ; aDAti;ii'oßm[ra‘l>T 1 1. . Jolm B. »ratt«wi. A frivoll»a«Mfd*d‘.) :1o ir.OgdiN offT ' . *i if* acvflfo f'OO’j ’ Sir«dollar, -jana fotaJConts, £Ch m'oavancO} ‘Twb uollarslf pard witmn'iho ®i i ™a Fifty obaw,i ir*m Jald-wiHiiittlbcyoArjj ThoaiJ.-feiJnrajwiliibd.rig-i lW 1, (!i’ l ’A u ' 1 to!W c /!5.' iNflflMlifierip-l tT.m clTaoilhtinuea .until, all-arrearages are paid flWEMfofc-* ll J> r^flfßoaispiUOT^Afldbiuparifda^byithifok’anv .JSfootimes Wr dnojpoiiar, and fwohtydHo cents' 'Those bra£'ft&& ; Ab» ;u.'ti : .-. vln.-i ••.{.» mils. Pampmola. Blanks, Labels, &c., &c., oxc-' and' Aljhb 1 slWr-tcal Ttbilijo'. .•:i. urU'nii'JFi&wiht pf&rficlU'nfpiiblihanl’-' ll *■“ 07il ENW-^oThiWGtSsr , id:PDsM‘ v ' "’/f The following- communication' from a highly WCfltfWftitfMiW : published ht ilie request of t thc author,. Thet stotcpicnt is ithd Wo hopcwlll put jo Vest fche'doubwlicretnftfrccxlating (o Whclhcrethis secret Jorgaiiizatioh Wcro’bo'Ulid together.-hy./wt/is,!! Ah, {who .are,,acquainted with Thomas’^hdiaficy.^^ Will IWaf testimony to hm high .moral, worth as k cUhwm’Oli 1 Will be b&Jl&st Air' tilts’ tllb order, longer iqdcny’fytf ,qr at li'ih'pt t’o'sfaf&h' tlltVtißwt’CS from ’ reproach!— This ifcXpohfihr’frtSlenS njtan thtim 1 twd''things i ' first’ lhatf Ihcyihavc* let* thcmStlvds 'to a level ji'UH.’nlPTubpivhip \n it,,andisecondly.that Ihey fiavo truth, when thcy'.dcpinpd it. Let h jins's* round. Rbad It, wesjfy, if any man can be fOundjnoan enough to ndvb cKTe-sticl? hn order in a free country .and under a Republican form'pfOpverrimcntlct him speak. Jle will dcscive credit) roHhm bravery, if not for good sense; Think,.however, .whilo reading, whathind ,of men they rnnst be,, who;will suffer themselves, to bc>bound ,by, and adhere to such r-. r> I; -/.i V. .iJ Who will deny thairuthr«lncss of the follow mg'Stntemc'ntirrlsTiQfthcTrordbf'Jiirhohcat man sufficient ? Other-.political parties, we have no doubt, will with it: every association, except that of the Know-Nothings ftlpne,, .will be satisfied with. If.;"Wp snhfpit.llie fliatepVent yyith'pilt.Turtljcr 'conu'neiit,' however, rfssiiiipg oui* readers position and.charr niter‘of the author entitles liihi to respect and . rj ( . .... '■ l '" : ' 'a.C’ARD. >, ■:t —r: —r.-BmnrsTDß Tr., Feb..217*35. ~Mcp?rfl. Mopnp A .Wilsqn :—ncntlrmcn-~I must osfe, UmJiberty to appear,before thcipub- U&iforithfl first timo.in my .life, in the columns q( a.pcwai)apcr» To vindicate tny owh charac ter, and- to expose the corruption of a secret oathibourid political combination in our midst ia my dnly object. • I havclall my life endeavor, edtokcepmy obligations withimy follow man, ami mlchd'to do ''so' iu’thc future, wherever morality binds-mo so ; to do.- t regret, that diity-to iny conscience and my , country! Colhpclmc thil* publicly to renounce an obliga tion taken Without knowing its injcnl 1 or its . character; ‘f mcah'lhebblipatiod'imposcd up. dn : tho .nictnWrs:'ot |he: order of. Ihe 'VSlnr, Spanned ls:iritier , *a4 it has been recently called, but .niore faipilinry known as the order of ‘•Know*N6ihingK.’ r 1 became n member'of liic older previous to the last election,, and took tho two degrees*.}TUb nWlc' r :to which I belonged was called the-**;Ncw- Washington Council.” NO, 2ni.'an«\ h’e]tlibitneclinga in tho town of New WaS'hngitJn, Bumkidc township. Clmrlifeldosiimy,:Pa. -The mcollrtgs'wcrb' Mi ways held after night in a secret manner, id Sonic mil-house or' unmhabited building 1 With windows darkened. and-madC secure' from'rtb ecrvalion. One of their meetings was called in my wagoushed. being able, to-find., no better placpwhcre.thp jCouncjl. could , meet «without fear of tfcli-pl Wp.she instruction , to the mcm -b^rs,.was,*,al>ynyff to .approach -tho place of meeting along, and. to leave in this manner for fearpf exciting suspicions: I inmat hero con tcss, that 1 always felt a degree of meanness l in going to and returning from those places, that t bad noytr before felt, and the morn I. knew and.roftrntd of ■'flu-fr Secret 1 brgamzatio"h! l a(1d their movements.- Iho’morc * became' convinced . tt.mtj'no -Aop«/, -upriphti' consci>n//oft< man could, without gn;at. violence to his-feelings.' and an entire surrender of all.self-respect* and dignity of character, .continue in their' ranks. 1 had always before felt- the proud conscious mss of being an honest-man and a freeman. I had novfcp known whtit it was shrink from Hie 5 ?*?* of *ny-man or? set of min,- ' I had’always felt, and feel now; that it iso high privilege for. * ‘freeman to.express his. thoughts,"’ 6n,01l occasions ami uppu'iijf.sdbjccl's.' .1! hnvo.hccn; Ifiugllt {d beheVethat, aii.“honest', man, is.Ujc noblest-Work‘Of!OpU/’nijd «iy highest ambition; throngh-Ijfc has fy-'PH to occupy among my fel low men that exalted position., I soon, found,- however, Hint I had.been decoyc-I inlon. secret society,^that-claimed IVom-mea-very difTertht character. A society, that nrit only asked mo voluntarily to/akify thc truth, and .to act (lie knavo, but actually imnoaedupon me an '.oath h) bdvaneb by Which t was bbiipd to fie at their bidding;. ; riuying’ U'ltliQut proper s reflection os : sunned thtsc oaths and become a member;,T con* cmdi-d for a while to, remain.'with, them and learn what I could of, them., I have now left them and,forever! • I.shall no more meet in Jhnr secret ipidiiig]it,conclaves, and no longer hear their,impious oaths administered.,; I re joice to feet that -1 am a freeman ! /Those whoso conscience will allow them to ifcmnin in their, ranks can do so. Doubtless ere this I have been cxpelk-d fpoui their Council, for my denun ciation of tho’ order,' and if so our obligations nr« dissolved by “mutual consent." t . . : • TJio question hero arises in my own mind-* have I done my whole duty in merely freeing mystir from their unh'allowtxl inllucnces?' Do I nbt’ovvc it as a duly to my follow men to ex pose 'this combination, and to warn them’ against.what I conceived to bo the most dan-' gcroiis'political movement that has ever exist ed in this country ?, I know there are those think.iand say,'tliat 1 am violating a Hugh obligation if C attempt to expose the do* jngnol these, pildnight orgies,, but I shall cun* lent myself with- the belief -that they are not those for .whose opinions I have much regard. I have thought long and anxiously upon this subject. My conscience approves the course. If the tendered in my favorXphjdl-fcyl gkuj; shall -bo :,sup ported by the purity of.my own’ ’moljvcs., I firmly bcljqvo the oaths Indmlmslcrcd to be inif moral in their tendency', and corrupt in ’ tlieir mihicnccs., jllaving sworn ,to, become dishonest and to practicp/of.ic/ioeikaii) I bound to keep |h»t oathf ~),laviug,sworn, if needs, be, to per jure myself in a court of dusliccr, will; the Al mighty hold .moresponsibh* for Uio violation of, such an obligation t ."Believing as I. do, that *ny dut}’/ both-td my God and my country' de mand at my hands n frill 1 renunciation of nil toich obligations, l can I hesitate? Certainly not.J-pßvery impulse of liiyhOnrt approver the course I have adopted, 1 ana my friends will nl low mo aloni Iq bp responsible" for’ the' 'bonsc fluenpea.'” sbrill'scttlo Hint account before 'a' tribunal 1 fat* abovfc the reach ’of Knp\v-No,tiling-, >s|n, before which neither the*** favors nor frowns can effect ‘ino. ‘ Oho thing I kpow.A should not bonlono if others were not afraid to 8° with me. There arc hundreds in tlieir ranks, whose outragedftelih&S dictate tho snmo course, a pd whdifthey can summon to their did‘suffi cient moral courage will sion follow in my foot steps. I shall therefore proceed to Unmask the gaj 11 Slop nn( * OX P OSO iniquities to tho public The organization of. the secret 'Society to 'Much I allude, is after the following* form* In the beginning it was called n society of “Know iNolhlngs,’* and' l may bd ‘allowed to say the name was ipcculnvrly appropriate. So soon,. ‘oweVer/as thutnamo became generally known,. changed it for another, and then another, ‘mil dining the short period of this existence °ey have beep known by several apportions, «**.»'** £ ; TJriX2*3JjI ii’T'JiSl’iti IJCETT | l'i/;vnol /> • '/:>/ .r.Mii-Jjn % •- v yUot-rirV Inn vhii I ITT & •) 'fo vjfJ Jmfj J.ff« r oliibnivni II: t, iiral.BT 'JOBS'® "■> www* ~'/:'■<[ if;■:: )!iv: 'iftrsjinr fc ■-[(!{ ■Thut-n^fr-- 1 -: „ul j; Irjln-f I V i vil Frl -. Ini ' v -it .-vnir'a*’ •■"" I<> t Wt Vwl) •/((■At I’iVi* ~ h^Vh’-fo'^owastjio .‘‘‘Sons' or the-Star I, '‘ u q a ”Ji £ wnnd.iGonncimifor thelUnited StaledHhc : f>/W t Which-Jiff? odd: 2,°. ,u .rol pycr all the /• Councila.V Jn the United Stnkk. Thera la a suWtfinnuh, f l f for each SthteV <vith a tM* tho,,‘Councils I ,’ fnilho different Coirtiliesbl WfieStJlo-.Osyin , mrttnd J fiom)cil.' ,, fdr;Pcnn. sylvnnia, la in Pliithdclphia, aniV.thcPiesidcnt thereof appoints on “Instructor 1 * for each conn tyinHhe'Statc.'av'ho haij eharge df‘ the ’“'Conn cjjs’.’dn tho;dilfufcnt (dwnshipilj in tlii Conrtty. tfor.Ahc county is;sole dlcto- P ,,{^rs when .thejir . meetings shall- be held for making poh'lfcal ’hominatidns; nild if the. nominations,ldo*nofplcaab'him-;'he .J?/) , Ra !! B ff l p t ? r yM lie,ffiso.appoints,for each ‘/Council,*’a ‘.'Deputy Instructor, 'who ttdta 'for him and'nnrtdr hts''advice aHd' dircc tiorw/..; EiiCli^JCounoil 1 ! is in everything to thp.strictcst obydiepcctte jts superior, i - This amngenicnt :I jolpcd-tho order-, because I had, been ihduc«l, to fear the power of the “Pope.” ’ Rbt ’ wlich I learned that the. President of thO“'Qrand “Jpropowcp thnn is cveniattributcd to tho Popc thatjhe,,wa? v constitutedfor)thqi pur pdse; and willing to use jus power, .to the dOsigns of the political demagogue iahO-I cmild not closei my eyes lb’ the fact,' thpt he wna a more dangerous enemy to the civ* H inptytions °f om; thaal.-had before tnougbftlio Popc. I fear, now that,taji worst nppYebcnslons 1 'will bo ‘‘realized. H. Bucrtna S.w/Jfirß, of .the Borongh'i Df-'Clearfieldi is ’the ‘,‘ln^uctprV ( pf, CJcarfiMld-(/quntyj ahd.•directs uHclersto'od W’be'qrtiongThc first members of the brderin thccdUnty. ' there arc. three V Councils; ”; one held! in -New i Washington, one nijar Patching,und one palled ! thb ( “',Crooked Run Coupcil.” Dr. James.hh 1 BunnHs the Dcpntv I 'lnstructor,” under' Svvoopc, for the New-Washington cou’hcil, and 1 those who know that individual bt'st, can judge of the character of . the instruction,ho would) be ; likely to' impart. I am sure they, will not i ebafgo him-with mncli morof'jnstruptioh or many long pfayers. '- In.avccOfit instance inPur ; township after a- regular, inmninatiPn had been made and mliftcd,by t a vote of .Ihe.Councijsfor,: township officers,' these instructors, 11. Bucher ' Swoopcrind*Dr. ; Duiin', (“i'prcttv ,’palt;”) or dtpsn'ncw nomination to ho made, and'the Councils as,in duty bound ; hnd,to obey. - Bow humiliating to the old inhabitants ot the coun ty, who were.“pioneers, ’ v in its' nicht. and who’ haV6 had ;, A voice litrc'toforo in itarpoliliea! welfare; to -bcohligcd to bow before the dictation of one who has-not resided* two ycqrg.in the,county,,, Let those .whoare oppos ed tw.’“Foroi^hinfluence.” condemn atthesame ;tifnP this kmd of- “foreign interference,” ond‘T amjwith'lhcm. No matter how grtait a f/rofli galp, or how corrupt;the tmaii .mavi be, the “Council” must y-icld; implicit obedience - to, their “Instructor.”., lid may boa gambler, a drunkard, a blasphemer of religion, and fresh from, the scourges earned'.by his Ihfamyi'iihd 1 yet,, .the. By-Laws of. this secret path-bound so ciety-requires belter' men to-.aurrcnder.not ont ly their own judgement, but their scrisb of right an’dwrong'to blindly folloWsuch a leader.— Spph.is.Know-Nothlngismj and such its vota ries know it Jobe., i, ; The meetings, so faros t attended thom.wore generally occupied ,ip; initin|ing> members.— They have no 1 object iis .far nls I, can lepm, but , thatof contrelling tho politics of thVcP.unlry, and'grasping 1 the : The President for i cocli Council, calls the meetings together by a Iwnttcn notice 'unintelligible to any except, the. ; initiated. TIcT takes tlic. chair, and presides | iduring.thc evening. The general topic of dis*; cnsslon in,Uio.Coijncil,ibefore- the election' .last fall ; wps h6w,to best decoy the Democrats into their; ranks/,and. generally * how ; to - augment ihcir forces, and, gain /the osccmlcncyJ' Then* hopp.is to ride into power, on tlife popularprc- i Judicc against tho Roman Catholic 6hurclii and | indeed.’they tiro'making rapid'strides towards cfficting their obJcctV' I'cpuld with thciq in ! an honest iflort ogoinst any political pdw.cr at tempted on tho part of that chiifcli, a»id : with ,thai object in view; many, joined their ranks.— But when I-saw 1 that bad men'of’all parties had joined them, and wefc willing to prostitute the atertciatiou, to,the basest pblitjcal purposes to obtain power, I could no lofigbrscc any hope of accoriiplishing the original'ohjcqt.’ They arc now composed ycry largely of the ignorant, who are- to be' pitied—thp fiigoted scctdrlnp,- who'is mOrc dcslghlng than foolish; lhC;brokep down and disappointed politicians of both par ties; tho .demagogues..who- lovq, spoils more than parly, and who frtncy’lhcy cKh sec a glijn mcr brhdpo ahead; 1 a part of the clergy In some of the Protestant churches, wlm/aro longing for pbwer. and 'who carry' with them more 1 or less of their,memberis; the 1 floating population of the country, with no fixed principles cither moral pr political, usually denominated “ma jority mcn,”,or men who vdtc r ph.tlio strong , side ifthey can'flnd it.-; If these olHsscs of men combined have the numerical strength they will succeed. , • Tho ordcrhopcßto.be able in 1850 to hold in their.lmndsanffloient power to sociirc * the election of o' Know-Nothing President, and by obtaining! the,reins of government to pdr- j pclnatcitheir. ppwer.. --A desperate efibrt wjll. bo i made;'perhaps.such,a.one ns this country nev or witnessed. , In my opinion, if tirb«, mtefit pcucc and ,honc»ty of'purpose Is in the ascen-i deucy; in this country they will bo defeated, if not they may triumph. For my own part' I - Imvo heretofore always bccn,a;whig, and have ; the,.triumph of whig princi-' pics, bqt .cycq to accpmpljsh; that object the ifl,too great.,[; 1;,,.!.-,-: !. -• ( The following is d copy of fho’oalhs, an ex nniinntion which every member must'hndcrgo’, and subscribe to before becoming' a member,* ns nearly ns I can recollect. That they are sub stantially ilruc, I plpdgc'foysclf to prove in' a' court of justice,if thc.opportuplfy,bo,.afforded me.. They are contained ip, a r book', one copy, of which is furnished to each. Council.' Tho "Instructor” has possession of'it, and admin inters from it,-but tho'members are not ftllowfd to hove it. I suppqsq fop the pamo reason that Roman Catholic Priests refuse to let tlieir members read, tho bihlo, because they arc too IgnoHint to read arid understand It. r I thought ft .'strange that Ihbyas an’tirAcfsh'onld adopt'a they'Bo much disapproved In btlicfs.'"' ' ;i ' l ' ''V' ’ ' ' ■ ' ’ , , | The'candidate Is*finitprdppsed, by 1 fc-moju btr'of th'6’ Order, to tho Counbil withouf 'hia knqwlcdgc. '‘Three-negatlvb votes black' bjills jjim. If elected ho Is scoVotely'requested to. present himself in the anti-room of tho Council; when - mv Officer appears from within and ad ministers, to him the following oatli: . j do solemnly swear-upon this sacred volume for cross! before Almighty God and these witnesses,.that I will riot'dmilge any question proposed to'mo here, whether I be come a member of ,tho, Order* or not, and that I will never, qndcr any circumstances whatever, lho nntncof nhy'pcrko'n I may sec pres ent during any of tho procccdlngs/or'• that I I will give’a (true answer tq apy question ask ed of mo.so help nioQoih • Which being taken by the cniididalc, tho of- tf r. lu:j{ ■i tr-rff.-j/ • /i (t’ji o? >■{ ", : V i'..’ ; l‘ * ' wnoiroi'" ow^coujirn^'T' r'“t’',’''"lr’!^„ , .... ....... v,- . Carlisle; ;rav au(S : W;^F'^ ■ : - T ’--irii J< :i' •■• .1 .:i.; -.M'i V-?:!-.;' Y :'. .MfM» vtv ', . , V'uJ . t JfliW f-.«« ,9iov M I/»). m<J 1 'fleer, prdcccdsitol proptttthd'lh* following inter-, rdp6rtin£tb- thd Cobndilhisi ifltncssfor-inldatidri : ,un,.i:l -i.l /;<■ .mlj What labour "name? , .ago? - >8( Whcreioyour -rcAideride? '4.Tnybrtr ■religious'bcljof-arc you *lfoman‘Chtholic? : 5. ! i 'Where wcrd;Vou born? : "-0. 1 When? wefo ‘ybdr ''T.-Is your wife a«Uomin Oath olic? iS. Dideithcr °f your ancestor*--take, part in-lho American. Revolution? - oi J, ArOyoil : willing tomsd all tho ihflUeneo 1 faeof of' Natiyo born'Amcrican-dtizendi'fdr'Hli ofliccs of-'honoV.-tnlst or-.p : rbfit'm fthe'jjift of Incpeople? mid. do you- piWhiso 'to'votd for them' to the exclusion of al Pal icils’nnd 1 foreign cra;;ond 'Roman’CalliMiOs in particular.'‘for all State and;Government bfllccre?'’ 10; AVbo’ M vited*you ftbopfcScntfmvthdbcchslOiil ' r:i •!" If tbecandfdafoVilhdwcrsrare satisfactory to these questions, lie is faUiri in'thd Qmiticil bprtwb officers', led’up to thc President of the Council.who administers the following; da th’id the first decree: 1 « ’>•-' uu*': : i. and Trebly dd’soicmiilV nrohnso. and Bwcar'beforc Almighty God and theko''witnesses-nftfond me assembled that ! will-not under any l circtimstariccs wlmtcver, di vulge. or rimko known to any cithcrdl rcctly or indirectly, : or to any l h(iman being other than those ! shall know to-be good and true membersof'this Order,’the'naihc; secrets,' mysteries, 1 or objects of the same. dr dausy Ot* allow- the same to be done *by others, if \vilhi|V niy power to prevent ’ the s'rtm'e: my-' self under Ihd no less penalty than that of bev in’g excommunicated from the* Order and hav ing mynamo posted and circulated throughout; tho different .Councils.of 'the'Order,' as atrait'Of rind perjurer ft both tby-Gpd and fcpuntrr, and . as being hmworthy - fo-M employed; entrusted; or. supported 1 in' 1 Any business! ; transaction f whatever; and riri l A'person ! totally juuworthy of.'tho confidence of ■riU ! goid : rhcn; .andoneAt'whomtho flnger-ofscnrq shall'eVer ,bepolnlcd.. I fiirthcrmore-'promiso that' if l hereafter bb 1 expelled from, or voluntar ily] Wave this Order, '!■ Will cnnsider'this obliga (tidn as binding out of itns in it. All of which foregoing I voluntarily and freely Subscribe to, >so help mo Odd*!” : ■ The,President then addresses tho now mem- - ; bors as follows: i “My..Brothers—The Qrdcr I received you ns members, may with pll propri ety.bo considered w'secret Organization'. .'lt-ia so secret in fact tliat:jf;yoirwcrc placed before a legal tribunal,>and >thcrc;.swpm. to tell, the truth, the ,whole,,,truth and .nothing ;bnt tho. truth, you could not for your lives reveal .tho name of that band of brothers r atpong. jyhom .your name now-stands enrolled; and iforthcr than this, when you retire froninthis meeting, • you will return to your family, and. friends-os ignorant as when you camo, so far as the name of this orderds concerned. “In -common with ourselves you “ Know Nothing,” and let, it be your stern resolve thro 1 hfo, to “Kpow,Nothing” that will at all con flict with the. high and exalteddntitft you, owe -to your God, your country, and yourselves,,so ,fnr as .regards tho preservation ,qf. A«qerican fiberty,;which alone ciin bp, secured to ourselves .andour.childron by thccntiro.and absolute ex •elusion,of all foreign jnflqcnec h).those matters iwhich appertain ft, our government polipy.9 - | , After tlictidivery of (bit; address, the candi-, date is referred to the Instructor, who ■ teaches him, tho .signs andigrips and u> ; whot manner to jobtnin entrance into the Gonticll. ,Go is then ;Mnstcr,pf the first Degree, and signs I|ia name ,to tho register, alter which, thp following oath is taken:, , ' .. ■ ‘‘X l ——, do solemnly promise and swear be fore Almighty God, and these witnesses that I iwilt notunder any-circumstances, divulge or, jmakf knowf> tho,name of this Order, or'its ob jects; tp ; any,pcrson or persons in thoworldunr [less to thoFC whoVu I may know to . belong to kh|s-Order, in good and regular standing.'-" .1* I . : f?And I furthermore promiso.ondlsyvcftfrihat, I;Wilh neither i write, 1 print,,paint, cut,,carve, emboss, stamp, staiiVor-ranrk 1 any, pccrcts of this order on anything moveable or on the earth or the sea, said secrets, or any part thereof, tho ; name of the order, its operations, tho names of its offi cers, or the names of its members or ill places bf meeting,* may become known to .those; who pave not received the first, and second, degrees of this Order in duo form; nor will I cause or permit tho samc.io bo dono, if within ray pow-; Or to preventithe same. ’ : i . ... i "And I furthermore promise and swear that 1-will always conform to, the will of thcinnjori-. ty of tholmcmbers of this order, in tho selec tion of candidates to fill every Office of honor, profiler trust, within .Hie gift, of the.people; provided such candidates shall lmva> been born on; American soil, and shall have been educated {n, American.institutions; and that; L will.use pH the influence I may possess to elect all such candidates whom I may know, to bo opposed to all foreign influence, Popery,; Jesuitism, end Catholicism, without any hesitation, on my part Whatever. And I furthermore ipromiso and' Bwear that I will strictly conform to.ond abide by tho oath I have now taken,.and that I will, pay ’strict obedience to.tho constitution, laws, rules, ritual and edicts of tho honorable Grand Council of this order, of thoStalcof Pennsyl vania, dnd.to thfc by-law* of the Council No'. SCI, to which I,now belong, or to those of any oilier Grand Subordinate Council from which X may,hereafter hail, binding, myself under the no less penalties than are attached or belong to thosc.who violate the oath of the first degree ef Ibis Order. . All the foregoing X voluntarily and freely subscribe of my own free will and accord, so help mo God; V ~ • I have thus giveh.tho forms ns far fls the see*, end.degree. I.never went further, ilt.will be ft matter of regreC all my life that IJ cvcf went so far as'l did.' 1 have now, however/done all I can to atone for it. . ( , ’ L i>.-; , I may add before closing.this communication that tho exposure published in the Pcnnsylvan* ianllftst summer, is. substantially .correct, and 1 was so considered at that time in the Council. I was (hen a member, and heard' It.discussed. Yours Respectfully, , i , THOMAS MAHAPPEY. . Advanok Patmekts i»ou No 'subscriber should object to the. pay-in- 1 advaned system.!, . Those who wonted, to hear Jenny Lind sing; had to'pay in advance, and what were her dlvlncst, strains.’compared with. IhDSorwhioh flow from editors' pons? You can not thko your scat in a rickety mail-coach,' oH fly-from-thCftraok railroad car, without paying In advance for the risk pf being killed.. Ifyou would, bear a conccrt k ’/litcrurv lecture, drisco Tom Thumb or the Siamese Twins, you .must plank down your twenty-five, or fifty, or one hundred cents,before you l cati nnSs the thresh hold. Nay, if any one has so little regahi for his own oharnater as Lowant to rcadßanimn’s Autobiography, ho must first pay for It. And yet men hesitate and .cavil about paying In ad-, yanco for a paper furnished at a price/on the very brink and utmost verge of prime cost. ■; . , [Cleveland JlcrnUL K7*Tf a girl’thinks more of her heels than her head, depiMid upon ibahu.will never amount to muoiu. Brains which soUlu in the shoos-never gut above' them. Young gpptlouion- will ploaso nut this down. tTKe-.'" jyruiaoteßa» ■ ! i: j'liiit .iMti.-'o In e'u.j'-vu; rti iiFi; ■ ■ i is9*h. uit„ : givcsi,tiiq following' accduhb of'thi* sCroogc being, qonvict bd orpofsonlng bthbt lrjnlftWs'or a low resort In that city, to abd 'bnlV c 3 mutaljbn .offtho jmprisoument' for ."Sotno two nionths.-alncb^tUo.prisoner was vis ited by Wm. P. Wood,'Esq., of Quebec, who nVado’ ;aflldavit,‘llint : alid was hbt his sister; 1 bnd. liroi?jgtjt/sii lt l ibel ’ ('ooain^t,^t} |o Times for pub- a statement flrst/appcarod»;i:Sinco ; thqbv'tho Time* aaysr', ,i • ' Wo ; liftvo'Hiad ftdquchtdnttrvlcws with Mrs. ROliihson, and finvo (donvhrscdUvlth hor-lrooly abouthef history lmracdlateV ly,on:bbing informed blithe, prosecution, she lifted,tbo,veil.(?in(l.diflCl9So(J.^llof mystery,Hint had surrounded hprido J ntily~d9chrhig tbatabo was,rumyillijig f '<?lt)ior directly !or indirectly, to bq tho,cause'of. the inno cent. .She not only/maty *tb() disclosure to ua ’nnd in oil apparerjitsjncerity and tnitfr fiilncasiJjut to many others, also,'.ivho bad known Charlotte Wbbd'lo lhe|bapb£;days of girlhood, ns a pui^ r bbhnd(brdiid‘.acc6niplishcd .young Iddy’/.and ’a'si apiipll irt the* Troy Female Semin ary, : Mrs. R. invited many who knew her some twelve years ago, while attending flie Seminary, to’visit’hbr nt r tbpijail/.yUh the view ns she rtverrcd;-bf hdr Identity* i-Scvdral ol them did visit her; and not onb!oC.tliciu,Hve.bclicve, host-* tates as touhd She: Is,: .Irom llihldßyand a fear of pul), licity in;tbcjmattey*qr.ftidi;ondot giving oUeiicu if they consented, to,become voluntary witnesses for r 'th,e,vindication of, tho .tenth,,'rctuscd to see .bcr. t liqtr to flll-wjlp jlid. see her, In com , pllanco.wffh ( hc’f; rqque,st,«lieivas as .outspoken, na .frank,. anda3\9ii)ceref'Jit ?»cr admissions ond coiifcssioris as'ah*6 tfaV'tlltis;. , , ;| ' That';Mr*u Robirtson iMjirrs’ati assumed name; thufo is 1 no dou’btVfhal'slfb'-hns been grlcvobjjy sinned against hs wtdl ’sinning, wo sincerely behove is true. Wo haVO'no desire to open 'fresh' tbo hoart-wonnda r Otn«r afflicted family, nor tq addanothcr,phng»iOven iii self-vindication and inoxposnro of urijusliOabio conduct, to the • keen suffisringa.thoy ); mu9fc‘nl||cady have cxperl i cncedj.and arc now.opdqri-ng,; But fora prompt ing causpjnlhia city, paving its origin in.crron ‘cous: conceptions, pfrespcctabllity and duty’, ami ajnost itself to the seve, rity pf.publfc criticism, wo;d'o, i not‘bclievo that oven family prldo,'high as it {a held,' and tena. 'clously as It iS cborlshed’by. tlio wealthy ahd the ■ hlgh-born’’lsngl|sh; w'oiild j bavo induced auch conduct.- O.T this bead] thcrctsrcj wo for the present forbear that commentary'which eelfro'. spect ajid personhl dignity, if not ft.senep’of • ddly,‘almost compel us’-to ihaltoi As represented’by lilts. Smith,Mrs.Robinson states that sho married while qulto yduhgltb a man sho did not. was married dt her homo lu Quebec.'. She 'accompanied: her hus band; who hold, an honorably position in life, to England..: Sho lived with pirn some time, hut , could not love him., Sho ynakes no complaint ’ that ho did hot trcathcywcll.', Finally,,sho left 1 him and returned to, this .country. ‘ Sho visited 1 her homo in Quebec— her,family were, dlasafis -1 (led with her cOurseJrt deserting her husband— they rbpulHiW hec—apd ‘herb cdmmonced lior i sinning. Upturning to ’ Troy, . In Vdesp’cratc stale of mind—caring 111110 What‘bocanio,of her . '—hero she openly violated her irmrltal-vowi ftod bewmio a.mistress. Tho rest of -the-story w« need nbtrolato, • Nor is lthcccfisary tOmcriflotl tho. .painful incidents that have darkened and disgraced her subsequent life. Sho yielded hor virtue,and led a life of shariic.' ' Sho yielded to passion, and lived with a man who was .nothcr husband. )-Wo hare no evi dence'thdtjn this particularistic sinned moro than this. .Bnt; amid all hor shamo, weighed down with .guilt; and tho’victim-of licentious nc£s, -sho retained - to tho-laat, much of iho pride and m litUo of tho dignity, .of her former character.’, Sho is & woman of flno personalap pearance, though the life she. has led during the past,‘few years,vQjid‘ tho , evident-distraction of sho had‘suffered, hiiw,materially detracted from hor'boauty. ‘She however, tho samo 1 hauglitycftrria'go, |tho same proud ex pression,', tho> same passionate tlfb‘of tho eye that characterized hpr virtnbui glcJhbod. The course of life she consented In an evil, hour to pursue, inflamed her desperation to math ness. Tho awful reflection of her shamo, joaj. ousy during-his absence towards tho man with whom sho lived and-whom-she #tlll-loves—tho fear constantly preying upon her mind that sho 1 would bo deserted by him and compelled .to lend iho life of a wanton, an outcast, sunk still 'lowcr in disgracq and infamy—all this affords a clno - to )ior subsequent strnngo,behavior and (o her awful, crimes. , She mingled with persons with ivlioiu, in hor rallonal moments, aho would scorn to associate, and destroyed tho life of two inno cent human bohigsivho had never injured iief. Tho pariictilara of her brrcsffor tho crime of double-murder, two yoara ago last May, her conviction more than ono year ago, her recent aontonco’ to bo hanged on Friday ribiVnnd the commnlntlon of that sentence by tho Governor to. Imprisonment for life at-the State Prison in . Sing Sing, are fresh in the recollection of our readers, .llorstnuigcconduct at limes in tho Jail has also been heralded by tho public cross. A| times, when wo have visilcd fhis misera ble woman at.tho Jail, sho lias conversed fluent ly and rationally fur a time; manifolding all tho grace and dignity of an -accomplished Indy.*- Thcu sho would suddenly turn Iho conversation upon, some disturbing topic, her cheeks would become flushed, her eyes would snap, and inco borohey of language and‘severity of demmeia. (ion indulged in (tint word Indeed startling and shocking. ’ At these times sho.sccmed to hiyvo no oontrolovar herself | and yet, afler tho sub sidence of passion, sho would weep like a child, and try, in her poor way, to'oxbusdhcrconduct.' Wo can readily conceive Jiow a fallen Ivohian of her education, high sense of dignity, and poep.' liar mental Organization, should;thus!become districted and craped. - ’ Vf .Wo saw, and conversed with Jiffs. Robinson tho-last; time on Wednesday evening. Sho rushed wildly to, tjio lady accompanying ns, in quiring oagorly, «*Whnt are they going to do with pio'?" Whou assured .that she would not probably bo executed, sho bxetaimed—‘‘ I will not go to tbofitatoPriaonj ,1 want to did} why will (hoy porsdenfo me mol'd” She declared that tlio effort to secure tho commutation of her sentence Was all Uid work of Sheriff Price’pud his faintly, designed to add-still moro to cry by terrible persecution. 1 : ’ Sheriff Price and bis family have .treated tho ■poor! woraam with tho utmost kindness, ever : since hoc - incarceration In prison. They have ‘tjllpivod her privileges (hat might with propriety have, bppn;don|cd a prisoner convicted of tho! crime qf ipurdor, They are fblly convinced, .emi aro jicr coupscl pm! all who have soon her, frp qimutly. sfijco hpr Imprisonment, that she was • and la nqVv, ah’lhsiinoivomap. And the ff\ct that Hhd hda most abused those\to whom slio (s ln.- i dobted for.constant kindhoss wljito In Jail, to 'establish thd conviotlon that sho Is Insane. 1 In tlio stale of mind wo have always found Mrs. Roblpaon, sho was certainly Incapable,of , pracllolng.'tbodocoit and trickery that liavpboon so tVoo'ly nttrlbutod to her. ITor plana wero not cdnslstqntly designed, her views wero confbaod and indbnslstont, and borassnmpllonsaudaaspr tloni.A'pquontly contradictory. , Having had previous notice that she was'to ( bo InkoU away In tlio course of tlio day on Sat-' unlay’ last, Mrs. Robinson bad mndo cnroftil proparotlona .to celebrate her departure with a boiiflrb and illuniiimtioii. For Hint purpose, sho had' colloPtad tho -contouts of her bod and other combustibles together In hor window and had n istihuz aa? • -stow tt smran rat? tumiJS « V.M «* | ,',, sh ultl ' !l ,! 01 n ’ lj .Vila! ,Mi ‘ 'lB vi ■' t.-r Jr:M m.J; ( . ' . . ■ M ..i .!•>).mo.* •/j!' nry to i | r>«i I'l-O mi tho’mntcbds'rehdjlJtoaiuito.-.lhi pihsat-ithc.-pib, tratcu and the materials rempvci. ShcrilfErlco hawng-tnado abdrfgfcnWntsTd Sihfe Sing by tlio- pu’dsort Rlvfcr iraih lbaving'iat follr ?! itifkqn inacarriago.to thodopot; ll St*# V »?. fettan!-, Tho tnatlor-was kcpt’Vilct,-WoW4F«'iv4ia , ii l •crowd and,fhu c3citGirionL. IJ Qjih{imihumberbf speraons, whq fnanifqafod' great curiosity to get a sight of her. whicb tlii most fortunatee^lddb'tlirdlt^l/licKv'chV'AVbtn tothe carriage; she .was highly, ex?Ucd and O^tnnd-Bcold^jtbp ? ;£’VtWparing to bp. in n vnry-bdd Wibr. ,Io On' hot WKy td tbo caVs Kne-bnrati/ont Jl&nghtrig - , nnd 'iudddnly-chanfflnk’ .ctyiiigi, «n , reaching <>>°.c“rs, SWl(lU<rico took solo pimSS of hot- .to .Sirig 1 'Sing. ' Whoh’ (hb'fciifa steHKl' Blmsoon'asked If ihoyhYcVuiirot fcbinp to' taKe her are ,going to ( take pie home, ain’t SIiL t iCn'dCscribed tho’scodcfjr dH'Cakb Champiain. thd lalandr Jn tho rivcrMnd'Ganadtii.:.;Sbe gud - - a.only tihongod tq /jqqia|ng.and laughing-altorr ««W-.Sho.would, then .look out, pf the" cars, and brenlrforth ihtO And grandeur of tho river scenery. Again ing.lfBhewcre:nqt ? BotngJ)qpj(o>,-, -ThfisooluiTigcs took placo .several times on l|cr ,passage down. In rdply*to 6n'o oMhefo qhbWlbnsJ T t!io Shcrllt* frankly tpld slro’Wadtpoin£'t(*-thht jfo-W a *;taklng hpr ; tq SlngSfog: -Sheiwasgroatr ly P\9 VC( i> and declared that shc'wQtild not re, main id prison long— shodld kill hcrkclf ii-tnatho wohld sdoVi'hcar brhdV'ttdkth'i) 1* ' jAt: tiincs Bho! sqopied .porfobjly,; bowS)dqteili and frdVicntly.whqn alio, naked Jf. ?he were, not fidcihod Vcapy'lh beliefUhdt «hb : wab''oii‘ hdr‘kfay qho Would'6p?ahi,lp; a, rational manner.] .Sho was very ume.h troubled qbout lier, clothes. She Was afraid'tncj 1 ; wbnld ihnko her put on prison clothing. Sho; wanted ttfiwcar hor«wn«otheij andlwhon U»oywdro,;gonq ajiawdnld get.moni, Sho..iyiBhcd tho Shoriiir.fo-intercede with the prisoh ofllcOta fdrhcrJ She alluded frequently to the expressed a wlall; that It'WftoAftir .day nnd nhQ had pencil and paper, to make sketches. Her actions and talk 'Oh thttf subject were verv sini *plo and. child Hik'dl ir •ni i/i .When a-t Poughkcepafo sjic cxpressodift wish for some refreshments j. she: partook of |hcra ip ft very decorous dftcl liidy-liko maritlci'. 1 Aitlto’ teiy few of tho-paagongets wore nwatd Wlib sTio was, she was under thp/|mprosBion;thnt body knew her, and seemed very tpuch annoyed and excited about it. " She kept herself Clofiely veiled all tho time, until niter dark'. ■ ' ■ ■ Before reaching Slog Sing,sho appeoredyeryi much exhausted and weary. ,Qn arriving there, sho was quite bewildered,' asking 'lrcqucntlV whemshe was.-.i Whcn she entered the bfHceo'f the prison, the Sheriff annpnnccd.hvrnnme,thb oflicer Jn : clmrgo not happening lQ.be present, and a party of yoling ladles nnd gfehtlcmoh ‘.be ing present in tho room; did not' greet her Very cordially., Shq.tuiTicd to tho Sheriff .and ex claimed t .“ Whut queer people these ,are; llioy have no niatinorsl” ’ She then begged to bo ta ken botnCj eho did not wisTi-to'.'fttay .fo v fencira .place, and .among sucb folks.-’ :Sbo repeated her 'request to bo taken home, and urged.tho Sheriff ,to luivo her brother Wllllaqi come 'after her.— She enjoined • this' message’ upon him several Rniop. ~ . •. - . Soonltlm oQlccr capio in and proceeded to ask •her Iho usual qiloslloaa hs fo her ngei hirth pJodc, eld, '. At tlila procedure) she laughed inrn> moderately. ; .ff|U7ilng fo Sheri/TTrico sho’said.; V the man fs crazy I”,- scolded, her artd'bo'mihandcd her to answer hint corrccl ’ ly. 'She' continued .to‘laugh , TTheh' ho naked.her ago,,she do.clfljred sho would ,noil tell hint., In nnswcr|to tho, question as'to her, birth-placo, she sald'filiowas liorn InQubbcc. — ThisAraa tho 1 only onswer shb would mhko'to any of the qucsUpns pilt tohor,: Uolhrcalonod.- lier with cold w/itcr, but she, only, anavre,red.with, h laugh. ITd finally telihquishcd'ms effprlsaritl poatponed tho ihnttor, saying Id hcr3f she did’ not aqswcr next time, Bho Would get Cold water. Sho laughed again, saying to Sheriff Pricci/Uhat fellow is crazy V* 1 '• * . . ' The ofllccr then-took a-smaTlpaiiUnfeo she had brought; and updnopenlngftnd'ciaiiilrilngitjho found, among some, toilet articles a small, rope/ the size of a bed-cord, npd about flvd feet long,, colled dp. 1 " i-"..-] l '. >< Sho wnd then escorted b>rtho ofllccr and iho Shcrlifto (he lenmiuprison,whero.thcy ipe,t,(hp. .Hero, after tolling her tlmtj she would bo kindly l cared for, nnd giving her bth'dr nss«.' ranees calculated to soothonml qnict.licr, Sheri Iff Price, took, tils (envp,. and. tbo, prison igntp closed oq Mrs. llonrieUaUoblDsou.the,“Veiled Murderess,-” forever. • . - j ~ ■' - Spiritualism. Thqjniachicf which tips., wrctehcdv,delusion has cloi/o, nnd is still doln?, is almost table. ‘We arc Often dallcn upon to' rccord'hi siohccs oflts evil wdrkfrtgii. Tlio -Bosfon pa pers o day. or L\\‘o since poptalhcd an account of a young Indy, formerly n teacher ,in ;one;.of the public schools, who .has gone mad 1 through a belief in that doctrine-. Andanothctrinstancc has just come to our knowledge. It is that of a highly intelligent lady, was living in’ BosUP in comparative ease and luxury, smVouhded by all the endearments "of domestjo bliss. : But suddenly a change came over her husband, lie became infatuated with a company of “spiritualists,” and gradually, neglected his wife and children. His. evenings Were no longer spent at tho domestic hearth, stone; At lost, wife was forsaken, children were neglected, homo .was deserted.: Thd.'im faluotcd husband -said ho had a “ vision,?’! wherein it was revealed to him that h° must forsake his Wifband children, and ! become . t|io “spiritual husband” of a certain ‘/mcdlaniV with; whom .he was intimately acquainted. And this ho did—forsaking tho truo'.partncr ’ofihin woman ho Imd sotcutnly covenanted to watch over and ‘prolccti, , 'unlllli ddalh them should'pnrt.!’. The dcscrtcd.ttifcwad (hits.left to her ow'n.cxcttionsfdr ,means of supporting herself, ami three children. 'rc.sidr ing in a neighboring-city,' where] she '.manages to cam a. livelihood by Urcsa-malclng; while her husband, she says, is living in elegant-lux ury at a fo'shidnablo hotcl.wUJi hia, •‘spiritual wife.” —JournalCommereet m u Romantic.-t-Tlic following thrilling extract 1 Is taken from an unpublished romance i ; -r > ■ > ’ “Listen .to wlo, Casparado.. ‘lVhcn’ fitet I, met tile lady Arabella in tho,brilliant 'saloon of the Court do Potnpereno, I wos'slruoka-Uh the spiritual lustre of ncrdovfc-likc eyes. In short,! my friend, I loved .her, although I knew noth . ing of her birth, fortune or station. ’Twas ono moonlight eve] in thb ganlch of the bid chhtcad, when ii pressed he# to.lbccoino my own, my. cherished bride.. .She shrtmk front mo .saying: .‘U'hoH knoweatniortot.? <’• il-.i .-,!•■ -1 ■ ' ‘I carcnoti’ aaid I M • •Then I doi’i cried sho, in piercing tones.—*: ‘I unknown washerwoman, and I’d you to pay me for the six pieces I wash* cd for you lost week I* ■ :' •Qasparado-, I left forevdr, the anfiny dime of Knly. ft brokcu-lic&rtcd man * Uow-TpOiiowUipu.—Nothing ismotocasy, says Mr. Spaulding, than,to grew.rich. Itr i» only befriend none;-to'heap, interest, pent upon cent; .to dcstrpy all Jthu Un» cr feclipgs to bo rendered,tn<mn*n>vß*, crablp, and despised, for soino twenty or,thirty, years’, and, willcomo as Burp laß’dlecttscr disappointment, and a miserable death. '■i '• vlr!/ ?;u;V) .',7171 ■" ■ - ■ ..ii -AT.S3;OaP£R'ANNUai^.-t! Jo:', to," 7~1 ' • .■■ | . . .... ... v == "ll 1.1 1 JWW, Scent.; - , , ;■ " • IjiSifcirylipat. bc^.ccn,,fjiis. city,,and;,Cao^-i i..VAV win*,.AVJA3 M't',LlicatrccCaivoccurrpiicc' .not.v.erv often witnessed .under thecircumslan jjjk**, Ob Pridojr; it booh'; th’e'dHjf lsi?g i dfeplCflSintjiftd tHolady pa&schgßrs, "which by fßiowy comprised only about ;A - dozen, iwor* ted,, upon; ibopcbca,enjoy mg. ihoeccncry 1 •WfelWS*;.' tolyjaoqn a shout.wpsjipanl. 'klii tf’ 1 °'m'- cn W**? to 7] bc " fristrthtcr thi'ladlca all tlicla dies’babih;-and Sute onoughjalicrc'sht a florid pp.cpiineu pfr* Swedish.rwoman. enduring:.the iBB‘P^ t wUh. gr^ai-p^. w'lrjJ V- 1 ® Ipmccl ,ou,t hi tnd fcabiri by the Tadics, one of whom kept watch at the door, while others maflo prcpririi tion to receive Stranger.’ Of course we cannot enter t into the details ofr this sob* flpet, for \yo yrercon the outside observing the hogged lustily for admission.- •Oh mem Coll* ho shouted thro’ihedoor.— Kebp a lip, tfatrina; font be sfchnlVt. On mein CotV’tttidhC daheed aroutid lhc deck Irva perfect fcvcrnfoiciMmcntV‘. i il impossible to. quiet hhtidtintil in>a J?' v ; minutes,,quo of ibo ladips, informed him, ' f.,9 V'lthoutgranUng him admission, that dt , was all over. ‘ ;I *r«h it a poy bp gitllMi'o shotted. a-girl, s ' said thfrlady Hehtinel, anxious • lor a nUleamusemetit, t.'dOh dander!’ was the vexed reply, i ~\No a'gal is better ns notin.’ ! ’ *Tt s a toy, again said the lady, i "'Tot isH itchanged—vos it a gal voust, and i nOW ft IWiic'ftdV?* ’Thousand tuyfels! vot isb it. dun?’ ,‘lherp, are t>yo—a boy and girl. You had tond r * prOC ” rC a cnrria S« when , boat ‘Oh flat ish'goot! Tlatisb Vn-ifor as gnot, a poy and a gal mit One job. Katrina ish pum kinn, I always knew it.’ . Apd .thc ; happy husband disappeared in search of a cab to conduct hts family home ward. Attempted Murdei and Suicide, We copy the following from the Louisville Democrat. “Wc learn from Capt, Hollcroß. of the Rain- that one day last week, about six miles back of' Leavenworth, Indiana, a woman at tempted to kill her husband, and on the neSt day. did kill herself. The- circumstances are these: . .. • . "Mrs. Bruco—dhe yomnn alluded to—during han’cfsting, and after her sons and the farm hands started to work, commenced'cutting her husband’s hair at her own request. -Shi* 1 had cutftbout half way round when sho*drcw a hntchct.from beneath her apron and qut away at liia.hcad, mangling him in a horrible man-, 1 ner. Ills crlcS* called back the-fuenj when his •wifdwns remov’M and flistened up, with the 1 intention of.‘having her arrested.’ Mr. Bruce'l I was not dead at last ' On the 1 day Mrp.fß, lay downon bed,' and,.tying a I handkerchief around her nock and to. tlie.,bcd- Vpost. threw herself oft, and so died. '* ■ • “Shegavc,as.a,rmporvfpr.attempting to kill .. her husband,' that'fhcy, had coiisldcntylc.prop , ’ erty ; that slio’did hot pifpc'ct'fbiivd long*,' tmd ■ wasdctcrmincd-thatnot’Otlicr* womftnishould-- : bynmarrying.- Mr JV-’Shc musti have been, deranged, . Shy was Rnmcwheromcar .fifty years of t cgciand.hns'a large faimlyrOf of clnldrcn/sonie of to - maturity. Thb conception of-Bnchn-horriblo design, tho coolness exhibited;including !a .hatchet Minder her apron, and the,concern nmnifested ip. wish ing to cut her husband’s hair hechiisc tlic wea ther was so very- hot; and he wad 7 harvesting— i oil evidence, to our mind,'then determination 'of insanity; and \\o have no doubt she was liu sfinc.” in - ,;TIIK;CEFiBUOKTnOW 'DUBBSlfcauA’Q(7fil;Kv£*£: What* cruel.ceremony, ,>raa, the dressingof that same Qqccn. W.ljc|) tlit? dayfe of her ttilmblirsonic greatness, stoodof a borning in ihl' cehtre of her bed chamber, a- after htirbath, her lirst article ofdrtss, it,, was present'd,! to., her,. or rather it was parsed., ovcf, ; he* .sUoiilclcrp. by the J d a’nVe ‘d 1 hd nh cu r; 1 r , I'erhaps, at tli’c moment, ajirihccfcs bf'the blood entered 1 the room, {for Rrahcht}iicbnßboth dressed and' dhjed in pub lic, ) dhd'rigbt.of,putting on tbc primal garment of b£r, mpjesty immediately devolved upon her, but it cduld not be ddidmieiiV,’ 1 Ui6' lattcrVnircsting 'the ’chemise do la Rein as it was passing hlowivi tbo royal adroitly wbippfd-itotf.and presenting it to the * 'premiere daino, ” noble lady trnns* ferred It to Hie princess of the blood,’, Ma'daniq Cnmpan hadVmcb' to givoit Up'ib'thc’ Dutcliosß of Orleans; wbo, Rblmnlytaking (lie samci’wa'd on the, point pf, throwing.,it over tho Queen’s hcatf, v v * lc n 9 scratching (it w?s contrary to, ctiqiictte to knock ) J wna‘ heard at" th? door of the room. Thereupon entered the Countesß do Rrpvence, and she being nearep the throne than thedady of Orleans, the later mand over her of fice to thonew comer.' 1 In the meantitno" the Queen stood liko Venus as t(ji covering, hilt , shukjng with cold, for it \vas and muttering, “What an odious nuisance!” flic, Oountess do Provende entered on the mission 1 which* had fulled to her; and this -she did fcn* - awkwardly that shb entirely dimolishod a head dress which had taken three hours to The. Queen beliehj tlicdcvastatiopaiid got warm by'laiighing outright.— Dr* Vofan. ’■ Suiiumk and Fun-W.—The editor ofthe Son Francisco Pioneer is a gomiinp philosopher, ' thoroughly* nested In the scien'cp'pflhc licjivclifti'ftnu blefescd With a most Happy facul ty of making a practical and genial application ofhjs lyarpcd lope to py.cryday)|fc. Ifore Is o loiiqh of hiV.Ycm,. winch may serve to liiinllile'tlio pride bf' : lfiahy n wiggling biped; To tlid mlinhUanta of Jupiter, our important globe appears like a star of the (bullion fifth magnitude recollect dome yoaw ago, gnknig wil,h astonishment at the inhabitants of a drop of water developed) by. the solar, mjcrascopq.and secretly. wohderiyg whether fliey were npt reas onable being#, : with souls to bo'saved. It is not altogether ‘ a pleasant reflection, that a sdU entiflp inhabitant pf.JupitcntdrnU'dwUh a Icl tsqopo of jncqnccivpblp <form ipay.bo .pursuing a ‘similar.inquiry, and indulging in,' similar speculations regarding bur cArlVand'its inhab itants. ■ (lazingwilh curious oyc;liis attention is suddenly .attracted'by the movement of a grand .celebration, of the Fourtbof-July \r\ I<jcw York,‘or a mighty convention jn RaUipiorc.— “God''bldsa' my* soul!"‘ho cxclaimh': u l’d6- dare; thh*re-alive; those liitlc. creatiircs $ svo them fWgg/c /.” , ’. , I ' j I i, < ‘ Why on earth don’t yoll get Up ‘earlier my qon'F said an 'anxious father to.his sluggard bOy? ‘doh’t you sco the lloWcrs'ctcu spring out of their bods at early dawn T ' ,‘Yon, father/! said, the boy. *1 WO they do* and I would d° the same if I Imd na-dirty, a ’bed an llicy hayc.V ,' ’ , , SiHIOT Coksthuction.— A I’arasinn who was .seized In the act of. stenhng w .* • 1 shop of a tobacconist, said, by way of , • I ilighimsclf, that 1.01,«1.am,r lm.rdofal.wf which forhado a man lo toic >»«M- —— Me Condnet. of. a~Dojf.. l . .- , shtyfpllpfsng witaa party of, Indiana is copied lrom4hofiati ,>r ,3JgJ.13i.0 , “vjtfeat.urday- evening*.if ono -30tb* Bomo-fif. teen Indiana purro|,Med thq houso pf-Mrf West- Ml, ami wlio'livfe fan- thb .Ti^(tj-siffiS%IHy.BTO ■miles MovrFortTn^.-Jtho ; hlUc6=i,»Biftte imon MnWlstfaU »TWhjrh ! ,’,BT^ l filkS, i |B )m the house, leaving nt the time no occupants lit it but a Frenchman, ana a largo dog. _lt seemstho Ihduma had been IjdHg Tn *■ -q-Dihfpr;Soinedinio,*qnd l looK,thlB " .to Tattnek: lilrndd Afo.ii Westfall,-bowey#,, bum -peeded in-getting bdek tb his-house* ivouncfcl ,in a dangerous manner—thfe ball Striking .him in .t ho left -bratet high up, dud. cotalngi ttbtboft hfc backtmder thd opposite shoulder..? Hefti* tened the door, nnd : thdln’diahs thch ! COttni3» - CLd'flti'iitthck bh'the lloufeO.-' 1 Louis and Wat* fall now shOth mlh' thWh iK -rapla £ifoSc,ssioiV y Vur.W’ofet'fair wasrak falling from of 1 ‘Louis ppptpachbd * an. aperlUhro ip .Uid vffVll W 6^bQ ! ditn, and Val shot tlmopgh' t’hd hqirL ‘ dPff» on eecing Loin?, fttreqnungifroin Ips/body, became“frpptlc jage* ppd-.f-usbing , out/.of i ji. sprang among the Indians,-i sriwd ono every ganpent from hla body, vtasiimj wt . oP killing him; whep he was BhOtUnd.over powered bj'-thodemonß’in ' hum on: dorpt'i .tbal BUtrOnrui him. 1 Poor dog- hobis nobly fikmv* Ilccd Kte-KfiTin defbqs'O ofhi^ , ttiaStc^.'- ,r - y 1 ,’iyestrull, ovcrpowcrc-d ; by fhc, lojik of blbM/' Tby'li6ldip k rt<s |h(l\Valjs oTtho hOuserb^L'holbinjg^dailntedi hc.lprc h large aperture,'irt the wpli ahd,‘ atuckT have a long'siege, of them verely aU thtf hordes t(v : ,Uio now niplit, rvfid IvcstimrfcTnchtbers cfaMing to bid bctl. which wn’s'tli'c last‘ na tmmjjst Sunday evening', Bclflying on bis bed .coveted f With s hlodd ! bad coipc froui ,lbc wb.upd an^fromhfftTf• bht he was not able lb corob from hia oca. until Muaiday. when from the .Pencil p? body, m the room ho found something mußt rhu done. \\ iih great effort he succeeded mTdrag* gmg the body about twenty feet, butcould,get it no furl her. At snnpct--on evening he started tmvnrds Fbrt' Ingo’ for assistance; hut succeeded that night Ingetting •■ohlyilbur nnlcs—and on: Wednesday. cvsmug he arrivedf at a lioiiho of. whefu he procured 'assistancel and is still aUvc.ahd hlrf . phvsicinn has strong bpp‘e^bihikKx»vcfy; ; '''l Mr. Westfall )s a ninn of strong fnime * extraordinary donstitiilion, -ivhich:account* fog his rcmarknblo.cgcapc.; ille ia.a terror, :to )hd. is known on tDß,fronticf n byj name of Stockings.", ' \ _ ./ “.'J vf.ii •' SM 1-J * H THE EXITED STATES'DIRt The Philadelphia pa\)'ci*3 announce trustees of the Bank of thcUnUcd'SUileS'wftl make their final dividend on the 20th of Sepi tchiber, when the concern': ’will ccflSo ild Sny .shape to cyipt.. It has taken fourteen yc*iE<d wind, up thoconcern; >and at the end theslos - lose all and the other creditors getlitlle.' • The biuiU'tttW 6'rlgiritfllv cbartcfedattf od of great financial, depression and -distress? when .the failure of tho Stole, Bank.after. th* war, had deprived the pcop)c i of. > a currency.*—. The constitutional Objections' to' 1 its. existoace .were lost sight of in the dcsin? tftWeeareita Oa vantages. The government became a boWetOt the stock to the Amount of one-fifth of tal; and.il received the of.the tom-house find’ the* Land Office.'' ‘ ! "WbeiiThc question of its the exigencies which had called It ■ inUr curfsU cnee.had ceased, and- th? objections to it.ftqbw ■ listed. The old democrats, who never .believed, l thaV such an Institution'was embraced In Ibe \ objects of the confederation; or was to be en* ; dured under a democratic Interpretation of'ttftp ;oonslltuUon, tcnewed their objections charter;.. Gen, Jackson 'all.thc public service rcquircd could'bo 1 reodfciv -','cdbjran agericy, more purely’ i and-which’ would not interfere wfln if‘''regtt** latO’Mho monetary affairs of’ thfc people.-. fblt> ; bank had assumed the function of a MregulatotV, of thc.Crodita'ofjthe country, and assumed ftf* (hold a National jurisdiction over State' ‘hoiks?* while its own administration was based Onthe , satpe-vicious system : which rniaoithe.taiiil/ banks so often a delusion and a nuisance,. | f „v} ; jlow "Mr/ Biddle undertook to perpetuate Jug, cHarafcttr by the purchase of presses and 1 the, bribery of politicians (swell known. • Willi ‘much follvvna widkedrtcd3, ; ho .oonteti’doa.taiii ( tl\e bc\rtk.nad a right to expend the money, of 3 the institution in a warfare and Upon the gov-, cfnmqiit, l lts leading stockholder. The panic, : the ; distress committees, the suspension; thti? '‘revolution, bloodless as yet,*l (be attempt. Wi control, the cotton, market, the immense specu*. lotions of the bank’, followed'. Theenergy and* wisdom of Jackson and Von Boren Wtre siitf* 1 ccssful, and the monster was'prostrated'i thoV 1 in Us full, it brought down State credit, tod cast the deep, stnin, not yet eradicated, upori; the American name* J . 1 But, though thus defeated, if tnanaged to? i perpetuate, ily'mfnmy by it neW phaso i pf cot^ I ruplion. ’ Under the pretence of Vimprovinjf i (ho common schools and assisting (hi. iptenfu improvements, of I’eptiSykania/’-tho p|d bank/ was rcchortcrcd as a Stah> institution,, up6n. Condition of immense largesses to the pnd’after a welbknown expenditure'6f money’’ among the members of the two houses.* this popcem could not corrupt others ; without, becoming corrupt jtsclf. There is a. jaw ‘that ( regulates the intercourse of 1 vide, It with dreadful punishment, haVnig IBdr* gourde Of mental foulness. , ~: < j ' 1 . The old mblher roUpa. loj the bone. Patches and point could not con* cca! the internal ravages, ami, after 1 waddling about a few years in 1 bloated vice, she rolled over and died. There were gay young politicians that haunt*, ed thuJiou.se she lived in. What are, M'hat they bcdoine ? . "./ . t The story has a moral in it, which time has* nbt failed to btigrave deeply on the history .oT* the Country, where politicians may.gathcr fat tuijo instruction.. It is, that no accumulation? pf wepUh, Ijnvvcvcc great, can hold an evciycptv kest with ri free people; that corruption ckT*' not roach the masses; and that politicians Who. ally thwnselve.s in,a contest flu the of fcoclated wealth and f monopoly,, against 9l, popular llbertv, become suspected by the pcO |»lc, ami no talents or virtue can outweigh" Ihtf burton of this suspicion.' ; ; . . I* Coim.dnVoKT nrM.-Tl.c following Is /rorp. I Uic last mimbtr of tlid Southern Militnry 'OA-' retie*. U rdrtila like*one of Ifodncr’s Blond J' j.“OUI John, Sardhem Wag, tor many.ycar*!* kpown aa ppo pf the men .about,; Montgomery. Tn manypmoria ( who did not hesitate to saythat His shrewdneS 1 was nothing but rascality. The chief pecu liarity of old John, tins, that ho could-prof*;) anything underUjo face of thebcayens, if M‘. f those to, do bo, in a court of Justice* Eyed thiL lawyers got toJbe afraid of him. One of them number had h note for 9100 on old John, and' for some lime he was afraid to fine on.tti.Jeath John should prove a set.o/fof somosort against it, although there was nothing of the sqrt, isling in,reality. A bright-thought ocqyrnuf, to '(lrccnbay. Ho would sue m the Peter SipiizlcHintcr, and ns no Bu ™ existed, it ‘ would be difflonlt to show that b* ever owed Snrehom anything. <J? J (lio trial Sarehem proved by Uin*' (Hint J’cichSninilcfimtcr wMniiold nsWeniwt awl uns iildiibtrd.to lum, 111. f&A&MffISS* I liiuo of tin) suppos'd transfer of tlio notq, «nu fci/iiliiiualiy Hltwp, in n sum double t ip »mo«rf 'duo ou iff Nobody ever 'took issue’ a-ltliS»r- ' olicin-ntlcr that 1 . . r is no music \ikctho voiqp happy child, ami no, beauty \ liko - IbfttijA Wpn face of mi'lntclligcut one. Frofti tkt id\bansi£tfdri~'f
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