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idiis it, BIiITTON,. Editor. &, Proprietor. .
PA.. AUG. 80, 1855. I
' ! ’F()K, bANAii Commissioner,
j'„ ARNOLD PBDMER,
1 Of Venango County.
, .. BEJIOCBATIC COUNTY TICKET.
• Assembly,
WILLIAM HARPER, of Dickinson,
JAMES ANDERSON, of Silver Spring.
. ~ , Sheriff , _
JACOB BOWMAN, of Silver Spring.
Treasurer,
ADAM SENSEMAN, of Carlisle
Cotrnnwiioncr,
GEORGE.GLEIM, of Hatapden.
,V Director of the Poor,
WILLIAM COBNMAN, of North Middleton.
Auditor,
RINGWALT, of Carlisle.
Coronof,
JOHN WONDERLICH, of North Middleton.
-Retailers License.— The court have ap
pointed Monday, the Ist day of October next,
fqr hearing applications for license to retail
spirituous, vinous and malt liquors, under the
provisions of the late license law. Applicants
are required to give notice of their applications,
by publication in one newspaper for three weeks,
the last of which shall be ten days before the
ISt'of October. This will require notices of in-
s * tended^applications to be given next week.
-Bank. —A now Banking house, under
tljo name of Ker, Brbnneman & Co., will ho
opened and ready for business In our borough,
in-'a few days. The gentlemen engaged in this
enterprise are the most substantial men in our
county, in point of means, and those doing busi
ness with them can feel confident of perfect so
crtrily and integrity. Their hanking room will
bo in Trout’s new building, on Main street,
which has bean fitted up in a very neat manner.
Mr* Herr* A. Sturgeon, late Teller in the
Carlisle Deposit Bank, and one of fho best and
most, obliging bank officers In the State,has been
appointed cashier. Wo doubt not this new
Dank will have the confidence and patronage of
a |flVgo portion of our business men.
(£?* In Court, on Tuesday last, on motion of
A, B-. Sharp, Esq., C. B. Penrose, Esq., of
Philadelphia, was admitted to practice law in
Iho'scvcrAl Courts of this county.
On the same day, on motion of A. B. Sharp,
Esq., -Jacob Wonderlich, Esq., was admitted
to practice in the several courts of this county.
THE COCNTY MEETING.
The .Democratic County Meeting on Monday
evening (notwithstanding the short notice) was
a splendid affair—an overwhelming turn out of
the “bono and .sinew” of old Mother Cumber
land. The spacious Court-room was filled in
every'part, and the proceedings were conducted
with groat unanimity and good fooling. Beyond
question, it was the largest County meeting wo
have, had for several years. The right spirit Is
certainly abroad among the Democracy of this
county, and an enthusiasm in the cause of the
people, which augurs well for the triumphant
success of.tho party at the approaching election.
The mceting woa addressed In a truly able and
eloquent manner by Col. A. ,G. Eos. In the
course of his remarks ho pointed out the Infamy
■ofKnow-Nothinglsm, and proved, to the satis
faction of all present, that the principles of this
faction were most dangerous to tho peace, pros
perity'and happiness of our country, and at war
with the constitution of tho United States. Tho
teachings of this miserable party, said Col.
stirs up tho worst passions of men, and Know-
N othing triumphs thus far have boon marked by
murder, rapine, and desolation. Tho speaker
appealed to Uic audience present to assist to put
down this wretched faction, if they desired to
preserve the country’s honor and prevent civil
war. The thunders of npplSuso that followed
cash sentence of his speech, was evidence (hat
the blows ho aimed at anti-American Know-
Notliingism, wore well received by those present.
O* Qeorob Zinn, the fool of the American,
never acquired a knowledge of any business but
one, and that he should have stuck to, viz—the
business of a butcher. We have heard it said
he was an adept in knocking a bullock in the
head and cutting the throat of a lamb. He is
ccrtainlyoiitofJiisdomonl at this lime. Ilegot
his present situation, 100, by a fraud, for it is
an undeniable fact that Mr. Downing, a man
of respectable talent, had a majority of the
votes cast by the stockholders of the American,
wtien they met to elect —not a fool—-but an cd*
ilor. Zinn was declared elected by one vote
majority, by those who counted the ballots, but I
in the face of this declaration, Downing's
friends stood up in the meeting, am! numbered
a majority of three. So Zinn got his situation
by fraud, and Dowsing was cheated. Tho
men of talent belonging to the K. N. order, and
who held stock in the Atuerteiut and voted at
the election, snpporttd Dow vivo almost ton
man. The Professors of Dickinvm f’ollegc sup
ported him, l*ecausc. ns they said, they wanted
a man of ability at the head of (he paper—they
wanted a writer, and not an ignoramus, who
was neither a writer, a printer, nor indeed any
thing, hut -a jourueymm i butcher. But the
crafty men of the Onler-thosc who thirsted
after the spoils of ollice, and who had private
griefs to avenge —they supported simpleton
Zinn. They wanted to have control of the
paper themselves, that they might cutnnd slash
at every man against whom they cnteitnincd a
grudge. They wanted a man ol straw, a fool,
to deal with, and not an independent man of
talent, and God knows they got one in idiot
Gkouok Zinn.
Death of IVm. 11. Coplan.— Wo regret to
learn that Wm, U. Coplan, Esq., for many
years a prominent and influential citizen of
Fayette county, Pa., died at Burlington, lowa,
on the 23d ult. Mr. Coplan represented Fay
ette county for several years In the House of
Representatives, and also one term in the State
Senate. On retiring from tho Senate, ho pur
chased an interest in the old Pcnrisi/limnm lie
porter, at Harrisburg, then published by Wm.
D. Boas, and conducted it for some years with
decided ability., He was a man universally es
teemed, and ns a Dcmocratnvoa widely honored
for his unwavering ftuth & unfaltering conragc.
Bank. Failure. —The Miners’ and Manufac
turers’ Bank of Knoxville, Tennessee, according
to the Nashville IF/n'g, has failed. This insti
tution has had but a short life, having been
chartered by the last Legislature.
017* Gideon M. Yorks, Esq., a member of the
l&st Legislature, died at Sunbury, on the 12th
iustant, aged about 48 years.
i THE UTS BIOTS AT IOCISVUU3.
! We never yet knew a, murderer who f would
acknowledge himself “guilty.” No. difference
Jhowmany.ftitacsscs'-tnay testify to his! guilt,
ho will always ptcad “not guilty” to Hip tfillof
indictment; ! Sometimes, too, (*[s will , deny!
his guilt, with such an air of assurance, and
affect so little concern in regard to tho charge'
prefered against him, as to shake the precon
ceived opinions of tho people. After Professor
Wbdsteh had murdered Dr. Parkbian, in Mas
sachusetts, a few years since, ho burned the
body, went home, took lea, played a game of
wist, and, to all appearance, was very happy.
The Sunday following he went to church, and
joined with the congregation in offering praises
to God for His manifold blessings, and on tho
next morning delivered an able lecture, in the
College of which ho was a Professor, on some
scientific subject. Subsequently he was arrest
ed, charged with tho*murdcr of PARKitAN.—
He was shocked, of course, (hat such a charge
should bo brought against Aim—Expressed
great astonisraent that any ono should dare in
sinuate suoh a thing, denied his guilt with
scorn, and said ho would proscute any man
who would breathe such a calumny against his
character. But, his affected indifference did
not avail him. Ono circumstance after another
fasted tho murder upon him. He was tried,
found guilty, and hanged. Previous to hid ex
ecution hi* wrote a letter to his attorney, in
which he not only acknowledged his guilt, but
also gave a detailed account of how ho planed
tho murder, and put the plan into execution.—
We might give many instances where other
murderers have acted the same part that Prof.
Webster acted, for the purpose of escaping the
punishment that awaited them. Indeed, as
wo hare said, nil murderers plead “not guilty”
when arraigned before a court of justice.
Wo have been led to the foregoing remarks
by seeing an effort making by the more reckless
and abandoned of the Know-Nothing papers of
the country to deceive tho people in regard to
the origin of the riot and massacre that took
place at Louisville. Prentice of the Louis
ville Journal, feeling that ho, of all other men,
is responsible for the blood that was shed on
that occasion, is attempting to ward off tho
verdict of an impartail world, and to avoid tho
penetrating gaze of an omniscient and- omni
present God, from whom the darkness of a
Know-Nothing lodge cannot hide the enormity
of his crimes. Falsehood, perjury and perfidy
may have the effect to deceive a portion of tho
people, but a silent voice will penetrate his
gully soul, Whispering “guilty! guilty!! —
guilty !!!” Tho paid hirelings- of reckless
Know-Nothing journals may publish their cer-
tificates—certificates procured by bribery from
poor, simple and debased men—and they may
bold up their bloody hands till doom’s day, and
cry out “not guilty/’ but they cannot, by this
kind of deception,escape tho punishment due to
crimes black with enormity, and reddened with
innocent blood!
That the Know-Nothings of Louisville arc
alone responsible for the murders and riots that
look place on the day :of the must be
evident to every impartial mind. Indeed, so
positive is tho evidence against them, and ,sb
clearly has it been ascertained that the riots
and murders were premeditated and determined
on in the K. N. lodges of Louisville, that it re-'
quires a man of very clastic conscience, to‘at
tempt to deny what every hojicst man knows
to be the truth. But, whatever may bo our
views as to tbc detoils, or however much wc
may be swayed by passion or by prejudice, of
the general result no difference of opinion can
possibly exist— all must agree, and nil will ac
knowledge. that it was tho natural fruit, the
legitimate ofifcpriftg. of know-nothingism ; that
no other consequence has followed in its disas
trous career since its advent into tho country.j
that nothing better could be expected from ad
organization whoso very inception' is crime—
whose food and nourishment are perfldy and
perjiiry--who«e policy is treason against all
the settled principles of tho public order, as
well ns the private relations of the
whose aim is self-aggrandizement, and whose
determination is the overthrow of all the bar
riers that religion and law have thrown around
us, and by which we have been protected in our
person and our property, and, in their stead,
erect a despotism of power whoso inexorable
supremacy is murder and desolation ! Cicero,
during the period of the bloody nud violent
j conspiracies of Calalino, asked, “How long, oh,
[Romans! shall these things continue?” May
Jwe not ask—nay, exclaim, oh. Americans, true
1 Americans, lovers of peace, of order, of law, of
constitution, and of liberty—how long shall
these times of murder, of assassination, of trea
son. and of conflngalion, desecrate, desolate,
and depopulate, a once peaceful, free, and hap
py country ?
The Louisville papers have published every
statement, no tnatlcr upon which side, which
seemed calculated to shed on the origin
ami character of the riots. These statements
seem to establish beyond controversy the fol-
lowing points :
1. That the Mayor, Council and Police of '
lyouisville were affiliated with the Know-Noth- 1
mgs,well known on all sides to desire the suc
cess of their ticket, and that the polls, inside
ami out, were controlled by that party.
2. That it was manliest before the election
(bat the full vole could not be polled unless
both parties cordially united in securing tl»e
utmost facilities for rapid and uninterrupted
voting.
3. That the antMCnow-Nothing organiza
tion, in view of these facts, appealed before the
day of election to the Know-Nothing commit
tees for a united ana cordial effort to secure
seasonable access to the polls' to every legal vo
ter ; but the overture was unceremoniously re
pulsed.
4. That the polls were surrounded before and
after .they were opened by formidable bodies of
the midnight order, known to and communica
ting with each other by means of secret signs
or passwords, who allowed voters who had seen
“Sam” to pass in, while they excluded those
who could nut give the required signals, but es
pecially those whoso garb or speech proclaimed
them of foreign birth. r
5. That this game was played so openly tb&t
it early became obvious that the votes -of the
great body of the adopted citizens, could
not be polled : and a rcmonstrimco against Tt
by tbo lion. Wm. P- Thomasson was resented,
by personal violence. The Hon. Wm. Preston,
the present Whig Representative in Congress
from the District and the onti-K. N. candidate
for rc-clcotion, upon visiting the polls and see
ing that the adopted citizens could, not exer
cise their right if at all wittibut subjecting
themselves to violence and outrage, odvispd
them to make no further attempt to vote, but
let tho election go by default;
1 0. That many qf the adopted citizens,strong
ly excited by their virtual disfranchisement and
indignant at thb outrageous conduct of the K.
N.s’ on and ofl tbo election boards, doubtless
: infuriated also by tho, liquor which flow* too
freely on such occasions, commenced a riot by
attacks ou those whom they knew or supposed
to bo Know-Nothings,, firing into tho ..streets
- Ond killing or wounding several persons,.. f *
'7. That thcso.riotous outbrcaks wore repelled
!by tho moru numerous,and belter, armed Know
Nothings, who Attacked the bouses from which
shots wore alleged to -havo been fired, not mere
ly with guns but with . torches, burning down
whole blocks of Irish .dwellings arid' shooting
those whom the flames drove thence, until some
ten or fifteen Irish and Germans were shot or
roasted.. ,
8. That the Catholic Cathedral and (ho ofp
ccs of the anti-K. N. journals were barely saved
from destruction at the hands of the armed,in
furiated K. N. mob by the most strenuous ex
crtfons’of the Mayor and other prominent K.
N.’s—tho attack on the Cathedral being stimu
lated by the usual falsehood that tho iCathoUcs
had arms stored therein—a lie which the May
or officially contradicted.
Wo believe tho' foregoing embodies every
fact essential to a clear., understanding of the
case.. Comment is unnecessary. -There,js
doubtless reason for the fact that this was by
far the most tragic, and bloody election riot over
known in this country. Even tho fracas that
marked the outbreak of Nativism at Philadel
phia in *44 wak less destructive.
When men are banded by a common agree
ment that a part of our voting population ought
not to be entitled to the right of suffrage, it is
a very natural presumption that they will en
deavor to give force to tins conviction..
THE ‘TOOL” OF TEE “AMERIMN.”
Towards poor George: Zink, the fool of the
American, Wo entertain no unkind feelings, and ;
it is with reluctance wo speak of him at all, for
in doing bo we are but casting pearls before
swine. It wrenches a man too, to kick at tio
thing; and, as our lungs are rather weak dt
best, we would prefer not to be engaged in this
kind of exercise. But George is attempting,
Just now, to put on the airs of a free man; and
has his name paraded at the head’ of the dego
ded American ns its editor! It becomes us,
therefore, to tear from his shoulders tho;
skin, and expose tho uncouth cars and body of'
the oss that is hid beneath it.
George Zixn, it is well know*, is a hireling,
and is bound to obey, his ignorant, selfish and
unprincipled masters. For Aim to attempt to
palm himself off as a writer, is' preposterous;
he can’t da it—his mental deficiencies arc too
well known in this community to practice a
fraud liko this. It is notorious that ho has not
the ability to indict three lines for the public
press, if by so doing he could secure,his soul’s
salvation. Iljs convulsive efforts, therefore, to
ape the airs of a free man. and to hide his
character of A slave,'tab deceive no'one, for his
awkward attempts only produce a rattle of the
chains and a clanking of tho fetters that bind
him to the work to which he has.been assigned,
Of course he can’t help it, but George, it .is
well known, was bom-with a very limited quan
tity of brnins; : nnd if U'jury,were called to say
yea or nay in regard to bis sanity of mind, wo
doubt not they .would,pronounce him non com-,
pos mentis , - IliS present situation is indeed a
humiliating one, and should arrest tho attention
of our Ladies’ Benevolent Society, ns .well as all
others who have a sympathy for those whom
God, in his wisdom, has afflicted with idiocy.
Slavey in its mildest ja considered by
most people bad enough, but when' wo sec a
whiloluiman being in fetters, and bound t,o do
thO bidding and drudgery of rcmorslcss rascals,
he is Indccd’anobject of pUy. Why, there is
. not a slave in the’cotton fields of Georgia, not
a serf , under tho most despotic government of
Europe, who u;ould, fora moment,.submit to
the demands of George Zinn’s overseers. But,
notwithstanding tho degradation of this man,
and low os his oppressors have sunk him, it is
astonishing to see with what alacrity bo jumps
at the crack of tho whip, and permits himself
to be made tho cat’s paw for bold bad men.
Ue rcaly appears to enjoyhis slavery and to hug
his fetters—kisses the foot that treads; him. to
the earth, and gloats over the efforts that his
masters are making to blacken the Characters
of men who defy their malice'and laugh to scorn
their attempts at defamation. This is evidence
that he possesses tho heart of tho murderer R 8
well asthehcadof the ass. lie ismostadmirably
fitted to bo used as the srtrer through which
his dirty, beastly, ruthless, vagabond masters
▼omit forth their filth, and bile, and balsam
against the impregnable characters of other
men.
Mexico again without a Government.—
According to accounts from Mexico, Santa An
na sees more trouble ahead than he can hope to
overcome, and has made a virtue of necessity
. by leaving tho country. With insurrection in
the west, insurrection In tho north, and turbu
lence and dissatisfaction everywhere, this was
probably the best thing he could do for bis own
safety. But will Santa Anna’s withdrawal re
store peace and good government to that coun
try ? The revolutionists were populor while
they were fighting against nn unpopular and
arbitrary government ; but let them once as
sume tbo administration of affairs themselves
and they will soon find themselves in the some
position that Santa Anna was, with the same
difficulties to encounter—want of money, want
of industry .in the people, so that means can
not be raised except by enormous taxation or
tho granting of jnonopolies, a want.of common
national spirit, general ignorance, a control of
tip* govcrmncnt’by the priest hood, and an ex
emption of the latter from contributions to tho
support of the Government. A)l‘ these, eviden
ces oi arbitrary power and the absence of pop
ular elements of support leave but little hope
that revolution will bo anything better than a
change of rulers, rather than a change of sys
tem radically wrong and hopelessly irremedia
ble. Wo may look for . tho country being a
prey for ycats to civil discord and domestic
strife, with 1 elements at work in a portion of It
adverse to federal, re-union and seeking only the
dismemberment of the country, with a view to
tho establishment of a Northern State or Re
public, haying annexation to the United States
as its ultimate objcck. ; •
How wn get Election Returns.— An elec
tion was held iti tl»6' city and county. ( of St.
Louis on Monday last to till two offices—those
of County Assessor and of Assistant Circuit
Attorneys ThoiN. Y. Tribune says, not a
whisker of tho result was sent to the 1 Eastern
press by the telegraph, simply because the K.
N.’fi were defeated. IJad they elected a,pound
master < in'the remotest corner of Texas wo
shbUld.havo,bccn |lUly called upon Id record the
“grcjit victory , ’.bmbng onr very earliest dis
patches. For Assessor, F. Pollitz, Bern., hqd
3/147, 0. B. Bruft, K. N., 2,172. For Attor
ney, Seymour Voullalrc, Dcra., 3,558, 11. N.
Dtdmah, K. N., 2,140. ' ‘ '
AT TfIEIR tjrORR OF SLANDER.
Speaking of tho Democratic ticket/ the
rican'ot lost week, gays:
11 "It (the Democratic ticket,) appears to bo
niado up of rcnegadoKnow-Notfilngs, superan
nuated offleo-hunters/and imbecilcoid women,’*
; When wo take into consideration theoharac-,
ter of the knaves andtho fool who control the
American, and the objects they Imvo in view,
wo cannclt Tcasonably cxpectan'y thing else to'
emanate from thatquartcrthan low blackguard
ism and lies—such ribaldry and bilingsgatc as
grabo the conversations of *.* Mahogany Hall. 1 ’
The author of the above elegant extract, it is
quite evident, is Knave No. 2 of thoylnicncan.
Wheirftc attempts to write severe,’ he is butt) to
show hisc/ouc/i/ootand make a fool of himself.
The extract quoted above smells of balsam and
running sores, and puts forth ns -base a lie as
its author is infamous and degraded. -Just
think of this miserable, debased, debauched, cor*
: rupt skunk stigmatizing such men as William
Harper, James'Anderson, Jacob Bowman, Ad
am Senseman, and their other highly, respecta
ble colieagues oh'thc Democratic ticket, os “su
perannuated office-banters and imbecilcoid wo
men !” One or two of the candidates ,qn the
Democratic ticket, it is true, are ripe in years—
Time has'splashed his snows upon,their heads
ond made them hoary—but their whole lives
have been exemplary and above reproach, and
they have at all times commanded the respect,
esteem and confidence of all good men. f They
have been .engaged' in performing good deeds
jftnd fulfilling the duties of good citizens, at a
time when the black-leg who now assails them
was fingering his cards at the gambling : table,
and thc/ooi of the American was cheating his
creditors and betraying their confidence. ■
The candidates on the Democratic ticket re
qaire no defense at our hands—they are known;
their characters.are without spot or blemish—
and the rascally-crew of the pirate American,
who now slander them, are generally known too,
qnd they will be better known before We' cease
the animals.” Let the people draw
tbo comparison between the their
assailants,'and-wo shall abide their Vcrdlbt. It
is.no ) diffibultihalter to predict whftt that ver-
pronounce tho firatrna
med party high-minded, honorable and trust
worthy men, - eminently qualified for the ,posi-
fd/ which they have been named ; the
latter partya-set of gamblers, cheats and de
bauchees; unworthy the confidcncc.of ahyman,
and liars by instinct.
IDE LOBISVIUE MURDER EES. : „
;Thd Iter. Stephen.-Millbu, editor of*'the
Harrisburg Telegraph, of us because!
■wo stigmatized the Know-Nothings of Louis
ville as “murderersand house-burners.’ 1 It is
"anti-AmcricdQ ,, snys this paid minion ! of a
corrupt administration, to thus speak' of "A
vtcrt(a)i's' y - ’indeed,! And pray,. Stephen,
kow,would you have us speak of them,? Do
you think us capable of imitating your Sam
ple and commencing these butchers because of
took inthc murders aijbouisvilie?
,Whcn wqcanso far forget ourself and become
the apologist of murderers, may our hand be
come palsied! It may do for Pollock’s mer
cenary office-holders to' pursue such a course,
for they,iCrc required and paid for lying, but
they must notcxpcct disinterested then to eulo
gise murderers - because of their expertness in
shooting, roasting nnd frying alive innocent
men, women and children. '.SuolidtstiJignis/tcd
services in the cause of Know-Nolhingtsm, may
bo.hcartily approved by Qov. Pollock’s Flour
stealer— inspector, .we should have said—but
those opposed, tq murder and arson, will scarce
ly commend such villainy, :
It is “.njiU-AmcricanV* is it, to refuse’lp
praise murderers and house-burners ? And the
man who teaches this kind of morality profess
es to bea Methodist preacher! * What 'on un
mitigated hypocrite;’ He is certainly a lit ally
anctworthy coadjutor of'the infamous Phen->
tick. lie to talk about. Americanism, indeed,
and in the same breath applaud the’ scoundrels
.yrho butchered men pnd women, and shot in-’
nocOnt babes from the bosoms of their mother’s!
What a pity this political parson bad not been
In Louisville bn the day of the election. : What
nice amusement Ho.would have bad : in, 1 placing
the torch to dwellings, strangling babies, pull
ing down Democratic printing offices, &c.—
What fun this would- have been fop Stephen—
andol! for the spread of the Gospel and , the elec
tion 6f a few deyila office. Oh
Stephen, Stephen, you missed a‘ treat by not
being at Lquisyillc on clccfifth day—you ’could
have bathed your weary limbs in thc hot blood
of “foreigners,>’ qnd feasted on roasted human
flesh ! When your epitaph is to’ bo written on
your tomb stbno let it be, “here lies the J?cu.
Stephen Millku, CJov. Pollock Vpoiir laspco
tor, and the priuCc of liars.. Ho was fond of
blood, an ablo defender of the Louisville mur
derers, and intensely Amcriban'in his feelings,
provided ho could make money by it. liequi
escat in,pace /”
Tijk Kentucky "Victout.” -Gov. More,
head—whoso majority was swelled by the early
telegraphic reports'to’the neighborhood of 10,*
000—will have just about 4,000, not three hun.
deed either way from that number. On os full
a poll in the old Olay times ho would have hod
ol least 10,000 If running as a Whig candidate.
Of tho six Know-Nothing Members of Con’,
gress, four have been Whigs and two (Swope
and A. K. Marshal) Democrats. One of those
—Dr. A. K. Marshall—was through life a bit
ter personal ns well as political adversary of
Henry Olay. AuiLUo is mow chosen to represent
Mr. Clay’s old District by some 1,400 ntajor-
Of the four nnti-Know-Nolhjng Members,
three have bocn and one (Albert Q.
Talbott) a Wliig.ljia majority oyer F. T. Fox
(Whig K. N.) fa.pisvpniun.
Alabama KLBoncm.— Tho majority for Win-,
aton, the DomocralloCandidate for Governor in
Alabama, is about jSLEVEN Thousand. Evcii
tho telegraph po reports it. Jcrc. Clemens was
a candidate for tVe legislature, and was defeat
ed. Poor Sain IPoor, Jerry ! , There : orc 22
Democrats and 10 Know-Nothings electrd to
the Senate, and 55 .’Democrats and'4l Know-
Nothings to tho House ; 4 (members not ascer
tained. , , , j ' . '
Tun Cash oy l)u. Bhallj. —Tho Supreme
CoUrt have refused tb grant a new trial in tho
case of Stephen T. I)epto, tho Philadelphia den
tist, convicted and sentenced'for rape. They
merely decided tho sentence to bo erroneous in
form, and remitted tho .record to the Court
which tried Dr. Bcolo, “with directions to sen
tence tho prisoner according to law.” Chief
Justice Lewis delivered tho opinion, whlbh was
concurred in by all tho Associate Justices; ex
cept Judge Black, w|bo was in favor of granting
a new trial. , ‘ . ‘
The Ballotifigs In the K, N. lodges.
We mentioned in our last that tho 'Return
Judges representing.tho several Know-Nothing
hadmet’ in the. K. N v
lodge in [Carlisle, .on the 21st inst./to count up
and ascertain the result’of tho ballptingaV* j The
followlrtg arcthe names of the candidates Totejl
for In the various lodges' and of
votes received, and was handed.us by one of
the “brethren
Assembly,
John Diller, of Newvillo, 192
James Kelso, of Southampton, 181
J. Bomberger,- of.Shippcnsburg, 205
W. B. Mullen, of South Middleton, 90
'R. Anderson, of Churchtown, 55
'E:* 2ug, of Mechanicsbnrg, 88
J. B. Coover, Upper Allen, ,03
Robert Moore, of North Middleton, 071
JfftV,Grren, pf Dipkinson," X, ' . '9
James McDowell, of Frankford, 50
Sheriff,
Robert McCartney, of Carlisle, 295
William Riley, ■ “ 260
William Orozicr, “ 80
C. B. Underwood, Shepherdstown, • 97
Treasurer ,
John G. of Cnrlislc, • . , 209
Jacob Rheem, ‘ ICO
. James Loudon, . 195
Peter Monyer., “ 100
W. Cavanaugh; of pickihson. .07
. . Counfy,Comm{sBio}}er t ...*•
James Orr, of Hampden. . , > ' 437-
Daniel Maust; of Upper Alien, ' 04
William -Miley, of Silver Spring, 7Q
Christ.; Eberly, of Eoalpcnnsborough, 230
Directot of the Poor, '
Jacob Hemroiriger,’ of -> Gl4
.Henry Paul, of North Midd|cton, ' . .199
, Auditor ,
Marshall James,
Thomas Wilson, ~
F. Mentzer,
John Ualbcrt;
Samuel Elliott,.
D, Laverty,
P. BrcchbilL
M. Griffith, ’
J. 0. Miller,
George Miller,
John Grepson,
• ! I Coronor,
'"William Greenwood,
James Postlcwaitc,
JohnGlshi’ 1 ’
John Lutz,
Joseph Lean,
Dr. Ryan,
Whereupon It was Kobt. Moore,
James Orr, Jacob Xlcmmingcf, and Jag. Poatte
ivaitOi having each received a njajorUy of the
votes' chst Jor'thb respective offices' which,
they .were duly, clcoiod, and
arc to bo received and token os the’ nominees of
jthc American Party. ’ ' , vi '
After tb6'Vote'was -announced, Roht. Moore
declined the nomination. ; There, was therefore
no nominations; ynpdo for Assembly,; SheriflV
Treasurer, and Auditor; l! - ’ /
The following resolution wnsadopted, viz :
J2csolred,.Xhnt a second, for
nominees for’Such offices ns have not. been, cho
sen by the ballot; and that jVYc'dneadny,
the 20th inat., .atTO o'clock, A;.M.,,b0 fixed
as the'return (jay! ;nhd'that each Council bo-at
liberty to ballot for candidates on any one day
or NlGlTT.between this and that period, as to
them may'feecm fit, at which bnllpt any person
receiving a plurality of votes will be the nomi
nee. M
Thb pßoniDiTonY Law— lmportant Deci
sion.—The Judges of-the Suprcroo ; ,Court of
the Second Judicial District of New York'havc
rendered their decision-In the cases of Bierber
riche and Toynebeo, argued before it in Brook
lyn in, July, last. The first Was,tried forsclling
lager beer,, and found guilty by iho Dutchess
County Court. The present decision reverses
the Judgment of the lower, court, and discharges
iho prisoned, from .arrest; .• Toynebec— a hotel
keeperin Brooklyn—was found guility of sell
ing brandy, in violation of tho provisions of the
Prohibitory Law, SSO, and the liquors
declared forfeited by,'Justice Smith, .Court of
Sessions., The present decision reverses former
judgments. * All "the Judges, Brown, Strong
and Rockwell; were Unanimous that the former
judgment' should bo reversed—but the,latter
two could not coqcpr.fuliy in the opinion of the
forrqpr that tho prohibitory clauses were uncon
stitutional. Judge Brpwn maintains (J»at, in
toxicating liquors ore, property .'in the' fullest
sense; that the Legislature cannot alter.their
nature, and cannot, thcreforo, forbid their sale.
The Legislature cannot declare liquor to bo a
nuisance. Tho right to import conveys tho
right to soil.
Allegheny Demooiiatio Convention.—
Tlio Democratic -Convention of Allegheny coun
ty, met at Pittsburg on Wednesday. All but
three districts jn the county were represented.
Col. Samuel W, Cinch was chosen Chairman of
the Convention, and a series of resolutions
adopted, strongly denouncing Know-Nbthmg
ism ; declaring the nationality of.the Democra
tic party; approving the.administration of Gen.
Pierce, and heartily endorsing the nomination
of Arnold Plumcr for Canal Commissioner. A
resolution in fayor of. fusion with tho Whigs
was defeated by a vole Of-78 to 8.
Tho Convention nominated thq lion. Win.
Wilkins, for tho Stale Schato; Samuel Smith,
P. A. Ransman, James, B. Fulton, L. B. Pat
terson and Christopher Magee, for tho Hotiscof
Representatives; Rody 'Patterson, for Sheriff;
and John Birmingham, for Prothonotary.
Fall Ei.eotions.— Elections have yet to he
held this year.iwo believe, in twelve States. In
most of them Legislatures and State officers arc
to bochoseni, 1 and in four.of them llcprcficnta
tives to Congress. ,Of tho latter class arc Lou
siana, Mississippi, Georgia and Maryland, which
are entitled in tho aggregate to twenty-three
members. • The elections will take placo as fol
lows ; —California—Tuesday, September, 4 ;
Vermont—Tuesday,' September, *4 { Maine—
Monday, September, : 10; Georgia—Monday,
October 1J Pennsylvania, ( Xndiana and Ohio—
Tuesday, October 9; Louisiana and Mississippi
—Monday, November 6 \ New York and Wis
consin—Tuesday, November 0 Maryland,—
Wednesday', November 7; MassachnscttsMon
day, November 12. ' ‘
Tub Reaction iNlowa.— -Tho Know-Noth
ings'aro suffering' as deolded reverses in the
West as in llid South. .Atthb recently hotly
contested election inKcoktik. iowa, for State
State officers, thojDcmooratio. candidates had
majorities ranging -from 34 to an aver
age of 68: In April last tho Know-Nothing
party carried by 20J. majority. Jef
ferson county, which last fall gave 194. fusion
majority,'has‘just elected a-full Democratic
ticket by 40 majority. In Davenport, at the
rcccnt clcctlon. .there was a Doraopralio majori
ty oflso. The whole county,(fctoott) glvesian
average Dcmocratio majoriLy.nf about 100. ■ In
April last, 1 fusion and KnowrNoiblnglsm bad
380 majority in tho county. *,
DEMOCRATIC UIiPUIIiICAS
r
( . ‘COUNTY :MEEETIIV4JK'/
’An unpsttblly largo'; and, highly .-respectable
looting of tlio Democrats qf-fcurabcrland ibum
ty conVcncd 'at the qourtrhousc.in Carlisle', on
Monday evening,'August 27,”1855/ for thd-pur
pose of devising measures best calculated. W
promote the union and hnrlnony of the party,
and to ensure its entire success imthc approach
ing election. Whereupon, the following named
gentlemen were chosen officers, of th^mceting:
. - President* , - f
JOSEPH WAGGONER, Esql '
Vice Presidents,
Hon. Sam*]. Woodburn, Hon. Johji StUarl
Gen. David Wherry, Peter'G'u (.shall,
David Lane/ V l -' ' Jbhn’. Slhmbhugt
' Secretaries, 1 11
A. N. Green, Esq., ■ • , ,E. Cormnnn, Esq.,
I. N. Ilycr, f . | ‘ ‘,, C. G.-Stough..
After (lie.organization of tho .meeting, on mp*
tion, a committee, consisting; of. Abrm. Lam
berton,! Esq,, ■ John &■ Brntton;, Jlnj. iT.'p:
Rhoads- Gen.'; Willis Foulk‘ l ; nnd f Coi. .Joh'n'
Clcndenin pi wcrc appointed to draft, resolutions
Oxpressivc.of the sense of thewccting.’- ■,!
■ ■ During the absence of the committee' Cfolfikv'
G; Egb meeting for' nearly'an
hour in bis,usual able manner, and administer*
cd many. ircU-dirbotgd blows against the van*
oUs isms’of; the day. : When hd had concluded
his' remarks,’jAuiijr. LaSibeutOk,' Esq!, chair
man oF. tfiecommitfce on resolutions, reported
the following, which were adopted by acclamn-
- Whereof The Democracy of Cumberland
cdunty hsScmbled hi general* county meeting,
at Carlisle; on the 27lhday of August, 1855,
diem it proper to reiterate .their pomjealscnti-'
ments; relying upon their jiifltncss, and avoids
ing all'concealments .
J?M(j/rcd,'That'' wo have ho new political
'creed to propose frir adoption, but adlivrc'clo.sc-',
ly to the old Democratic land markn.ns reitcra'-’
ted and endorsed by the democracy since, the
doys.df Jefferson.
■ nes'dlved, That Aun'oed Peumer, our can
didate for Canal Commissioner, is a gcfilleman
'eminently qualified for a faithful discharge of
the duties of this important office, and is de
serving of and entitled to.tho,support of every
man,who has the welfare of the Common
wealth at'licarti” 1 1 ’
1 'Resolved, ilml President Pierce has fulfill
ed the trust confided,to him, with fidelity and
efficiency,, as. the condition of the country satis
■•factojrily‘shoys, in Us, peltt'.iojia at home and
abroad.’V.’.,.,
)J«oft p bddyj tbo members .of
the llousd of lleprcscntatiycs pf Pennsylvania,
of 1855, were and reckless, lacking, the
wisdom and experience of statesmen; Controll
ed by’the mdst Corrupt political faction, and
swayed by fanaticism and bigotry.' , T
Resolved; That ' the secijct, political oalfit
bound commonly celled “ftnojv-
Nothings,’ijs.a' conclave of political ndventur-,
ers of, desperate fortunes, who,have banded to
gether in secret places to devisp means of,pro-,
scribing’ American,citizens oh flic ground of re
ligiohs belief arid place of bh|lh, in violatiqji of
the’ spirit dnd letter of the Constitution and the
daws of diir chuiitfy, and as suchJdcscrvcailiQ
unqualified contempt and. constant, opposition,
of every democrat, ,nud every . trup American. ,
;Resolved , That’we have hoconfidencc in the
ability, wisdom or'safety of! the prcsqit, State
ndminisli-ation,'it having violated the promises
made’to the people by an indiscriminate in.
crease of’Bauldng institutions and Bank’capi.,
tal, by giving‘ assent to unlimited incorpora
tions. by sanctioning the repeal of, the “tpnage
■ tax,” which was a'Source of revenue to the
State, by approving the laws to increase the
expenses of the government, and to appropriate
largo amounts ql the public money to purposes
not general in their cbkrncltT. . , ;
1 Retotvtd, That haviiig'Telt the evils of q dis-,
ordered and depreciated currency, arising from
Bank suspensions and' failures in past years,
we cannot but look with concern up6n 'an in
ordinate increase of Banks in the Slate, suclins
the administration of Gov; Pollock indicate,
contrary .to wfiat.we might reasonably.have'ex
peeled from his inaiiguriil, with no greater, re
straints upon them than such, arc imposed
by existing Bank charters. 1 ' 1 .
; Resolved',' That 'the Democratic ticket ./or
this county is’composfMpf good and tide mcm-V
men whose characters cannot be injured by tile
attacks of either knayes dr / 'fools, 1 .whose voca
tion appears io.be to nlhllgh every man who: Is 1
not ns corrupt as themselves!) It shall receive
our hCarty.niid bulled support.
•: Resolved, That these proceedings be signed
by (ho officers and published.
[oigned by the officers.]
Cdrretponden'ce of the Journal of Commerce.
Projected VUII pi Madame Santa Anna and
- Parly-to llic UiiUid Stales.
rWashington, Aug. lf», ’55.
My ihlclligcnce from Mexico, by the last ar
rival; 'furninhcs Some explanation the ap
pointment of a new minister to-life United
Slates by Santa Anna. Tho Mexican minister,
Gen. Almonte, is now hero, and he hasnoteven
yct rcccivcd any notice of recall. or of tho ap
pointment of his successor. But, ns ho had
obtained leave from his government to bo ab
sent from Washington for Some months, on ac
counted his wifirs health, it is supposed that
SanloTAnna intends to 1111 his place temporari
ly by the appointmentofMr. Vidal.
It is explained that Madame Santa Anna—
'•the lovely Dolores,’l as she is called in Mexico
r—wished tp travel in tho United States, and
had the assent of his Serene Highness, her hus
band, opd.it was arranged for her father and
brother, to accompany her; and for that pur
pose they were to be clothed with official digni
ty. i Madame Santa Anna is a brilliant woman,
of French descent, and engaging manners, well
educated, and only twenty-three veara of age.
She is perfectly .conversant with the French lan
guage. but upt with English. Her half-broth
er, Mr, Maillard, is the husband of. tho daugh
tcr.of sauto, Anna,, a Indy of tho same age with
Madame Santa Anna, and who, was educated
with her. , ; , ;
The whole party, including a younger and
very attractive single, meter of Modamo .Santa
Anna, were to have' been here thin Reason, in
tiino to vittit some of our fashionable watering
places. ■ But, on the day before, they were to
depart, in .tho war steamer Iturbidc, for New
Vork, urgent necessity arose for the employ.'
ment of tho Hlcamcr in carrying despatches to
Tampico. : Therefore, the intended visit of the
family of Santa Anna to tho United States is
delayed, and meanwhile, tho unforsccn indis
position of Madame Maillard lias rendered it
doubtful, as t om informed, whether the
will bo able to carry put their purpose..' 111
. NoiititAmpton' Countyv— -Tho Democratic
Convention of Northampton oounly was held
nt Eaatbn on Monday, ami waaJargelyaUcnd
cd. After organization, ;tho Oonvcntiohi was
addressed at considerable length by thb llon.
Riobrtrd Broadhbnil, touching severally upon alt
tho political questions of the day, A series pf
strong national resolutions wore then submit
ted and adopted. They declare tho attachment
of thq PcmocVacy'of Northampton to tho'Cbh
fltitutiop’and'llio ,tJi|ion; ’that tjiby khow no
North, no South, no East, no West; strongly,
denohnee Know-Nolblngism, and i/i reference
to Gor. Boeder, declare tlmUio has discharged
in.vKrihaas nobly and manfully 1 , and
that their confidence in him is
Iho proceedings were tnarkcd with cbnfddorable
ffltil^pVauM r ' Jiroaa ' lWa ' a ma
illlglily i Ipipomni . ttm
- « of Santo Amra; v 1 ”
| Npw,QRtBANB, August 25.~The steamer Ori •
rtl I’orotb., Ho embarked offl
Hftlrlnat., ot Vbm Cruz for Jravanb;' i
!. "Tjb aawWttr ho loft Mfail«d,'ttven’(# debt :
Irandrel'ofhls escort rdvolud.’hllAii'd■
'„, Th ° s»aroz -platform' Dos boon mibfi'(o'd'±o'
General flai* is provtalonat President of JtbVi
a ''^ 080 l comnwl '' lcr - ll >-cbioJ 6t ltd"
_- All (bo SUto pflsonbrs had'bdW ll'bbhifccfi'
v ■'"“'Vlmd Eullod a largo linnibctf of honin' ■
induding tbat bf-Sarlta Amla'a inothcr-ln-InJ"’
. Thonppoiritmont of Senor Vidal, ah Minister '
!».Jf®s»>‘«fBta(od,' i,'vbo ooinos;a'pa«jedgob'
In-thO-Onzaba) is revoked, - -
, A fight occurred ]at Yem Cniz between two
•revolted fc rdgifoent that contln*
lied faithful to Santa Anna. Tho former were
beaten and left In tho mountains. Fifteen <*-
twenty were killed before ordor.Trn3 restored.
j lots Crbam vs; Pottstown Ledger
fayn that in tnanjr of tl\e public houses in Berks
(>nd the adjoining crram .is "hoW
kept for sale at iho bars. 1 i A decided 'improve
ment, in the way of
villoinoqsly, bad liquor soid at, iopio counlry
taverns. • .1 - •; 1, ; - ~ , ; f'
Markets. '
' "’ BiUT.Aij.Ang. 29.
’ Fu)ur ‘and Meal.—The market for; Bread
stuffs continue exceedingly dull, and prices fa
vor buyers. Shipping! brands .arc qffond at
75 per barrel.,, galesof homo' consumption
are limited'within,(he range of.sB J5a9,75 for
doinuion and extra brands, os in quality, and
hncy lo s at,high• ,,Rye floor aqd Corn
meal arc unchanged—the formcr is , wan’ed
at 37 25, and thojattorat $4:50 :per bbh at
tvhich the holders, held firmly.; n i><.- ;
Grain—The demand for Wheat is limited. But
prices arc unchanged.; • : Sales -of - 4000‘ ; bok
prime Delaware and Pcnrta. red at SI 75al : B0
per bud white SI 91)a’192 perbu.' Perinn; Rye
SI 12, nnd-of Delaware SI 05. Corn is scarce
small sales of belli vcllow and while at 97 qtP,
.Oats—saleS of 3000 bus. nctf Southern prime
at 39 a 40c. f , ; *"
> Clovcrsccdls not inquired after, but there is
little or none left in.first hands,; we. quote at
$7 per C 4 lbs. Sales of. Tinio'liy/.at 33 75 a
425 por.bu, and Flaxseed at.3l 85. • (i .
Whiskey, is held firmly* sales of bbls. at 41
a 42 ols, prison bbls. at 420., and hhda. at 41c.
Nolle©.
NOW TO ITITt IJfli-Anftnsty'lSM. Th*
Court fix Monrtay-fto Ist day, of ■October.
A. D. : 1865jfor hearing applicationsforlJicensP
to retail Vinoitftj -sp'Htotia, malt* ami brewed 1L
quors, muter tho provisions of-tho act-of : l4lh
pi April, 1855, at which time all persons making
objection*Avlll'bo heortl. - ■ .■ ! -./•
Br toe Cooir.—
Applications for license most bo published (o
,ono newspaper (lircp- times* ond:lhd last public*-
;tion to be at lehstten dai’s boforo-'thc day on
.which said application shall ho mndo. - -
i .. JOH.N M. GREGG, Gift.
August CO, 10b5. : • ' •
Printing JHalcrJals for, Sale.
TTIOR Kilo, nil the necessary printing materials i
,J?,,(lncludmg ft; Washington press) for publish-:
Inga, largo sized, newspaper,* together with lb®:.
fora job office. Foffuithcr liu
formation apply.at. this afllco. ; > .
August GO, 1855.:
.. ” *'■ Estate Notice. »**
T/ETTERS of Admm|sfratlnn opllio cMflto oi
JLj Barbara .V<Jhc, formerly Barbara Shelly, do T ,
ceased, Into of Sliver Spring township,Cumber
land connfyj {mro been issued |o‘lhc subscribers
residing |n (licffa'fiVetowhsblp., .A)].persons hay-,!
ing clnuriangatost sald' ; cstHto thetn /.
for'settlement, those Indebted' will make’ *
pnjuicnt to 1 , • *' 11 •
■ '■ SAML.,SENSEMAN,r;
JOHN GROSS, • ,-i yjdmri.
August 80,;1855—Ct* -* : ' •••! *
E'Uatc Notice. • J
LETTERS of administration on tho : csfafooT. ‘
Daniel KUnoj lato of iionrou towtji 'i
ship,,Cumberland county, 1 boro been Issnedlby* .
the Register of said county lo tho subscriber re-.
slding-.in the same,township.' AH persons,ln-,,*
jlobtcd to said yoqucstodta.Riako JfPrui
mediate payment, and those baring claims will
present thcm'ror.sc'ltlement to’ .
' SAMUEL KLINE, "Mm'r- .
AligW 80, 1855—Gt«
Orphans’ Court Sole.
*TTNDEU on orilcr'of sale from We QrphhnV
Conrtof Cumberland county, IhbsiibscH
ber will offer for solo; 1 the Koal EslntOof the tofu
Abraham Bret?:, consUtlng of a Xract ol land,
situate in Emdpcnnsbnrringh township;-contaln-
Ing about riFTY-SIX ACHES, bonndecl by
land!} of John. Boyer, Jobli UpllK, Isan&iluntß.
bergqf, Jos. lUfo, and the Gonodognlhet creek.
About.six acres of this,farm la covered.with.,
1 Thriving Timber;
partly locust., .It Is 1 on tho, north side of Ifia
crock,'about five mile's front Harrisburg; and U ‘
of a gobd'quulity of Slate larid. Tho •Improve-,'
' ’ inohts are a LOG-HOUSE, XpO
BARN, with a Spring House, hhd r
•i!ififtiWcll of water near tho house.‘There r
a thriving Young ORCHARD 61
Apple; Beach and 1 Pear trees 1 on tho.’premlscs;
. Tho sale wilt be held onthb premises, onFiti-. 1 ’
DAY, tho day Of Sf.PTKMiumnext, at Olio
o'clock, P 4 M;, when the tonus will bo made
knownbyi i JACOB BIIETZ,
, ; Admr. of Abin. Jirclt, dte'd.
August SO, IMC-MJf: .
Public Sale of Real Estate. 1
WlLtj bo sold ftt public sale, ion .tlm prcrnl
hos, on Saturday, September 21!, 1865, Ip
Silver. Spring' township, Cumberland cpnnly,
Pn.Vfbp following real estate, lato'llio property
of Johri domicilin', deceased, vhi l '
! iA tract'Pfland about 4 miles norlhofllbgofl
town, near tho road lending from Bucher’s mill
to Miller’s Gap, containing about • 1
' 187 JICiIES,. ‘ • ; ; ,
°f good Slate Land, about -160 acres of wldpii .
are cleared and in a good sliito, of cultivation.— '
Tho remainder is Covered with, good' timber, 1 '
such as Hickory, Oak, Chestnut hnd ‘Lot’Wt.— ‘ -
Tho improvements are a good LOft
4mm- HOUSE, a pbnlilb tOG barn; and
, ■jnllPMOthorOut-lmndlhgs. Ahio,nri<l|Th* 1
of various l kinds of thliti ‘ ThU '
farm Is desirable fora sloek ; farm, beliig : veil'
and capable’of growingagfcdt nutfntfty •
of hay. ■ • ' i. ■: r • ,n- -i 'ni ./
Also, will bo sold, about flOnoros of Sfonbtafrt
Land, covered with allldnils of timber! -This "
traat will bo Bobbin lots to'suit purchasers.• “
Sale to commenco at ono o’clock on said day, *
ami tho terms nirtdo kaowfi by- - ,s ,i }••
a ' . ' J OHN OLENPENIN,! JEJxVi >.
August 80, 18D5r-r4t ~ , , IIM ,3 .1.-.:*
< ■ *.. ' ( ;OrplifiuB» Court i '■’! i!
ON FRIDAY, the 28th diy of J
•*«'Mupurpunnettof onforsot ihoOri^ans-,.
Uoiicl of Cumberland fpuhty, wa will expose n» ,|
public sale, on llio premises, at .ono o'clock, V* '(
A*., lit i'rankford towiiijhlpand county aforesaid, r ,
a tract 1 of tho.HabV'towmfhjP ;
and county aforesaid, bounded by hinds o'jTP’avlu;
Ernst, Bobort Gnihani,- and fbo OoriodbgdlnC*'.'
nefthpiHor'R uilllj tont’ftinlng " ; ’ ,
■ ip Acrcs an(i, G 4! pprqlicg, : , / •
noul measure, more or loss. ,Tho terms of sd tf ’ *>
to bo.nmdo known at the time odd place,;ttf tn®
.undersigned ..... ,
• ; .. :
1,-. Qua f.’ of the minor; children qf t Jqcob but**
■ SAMtreL BEAU, .
, Ouar.'nf Iht'ifUnQfchilJrcn'of Jacob
■ ■■