*> AMERicfftauitm jwii. iuim, » nopiittoi., * 11 . , . "y 1 ■ , AUO. 0,18Q0it; FOR PRESIDENT, 0 STEPHEN A. DOPGLAS,- ■, llxinoie. - for Vioe;.fbesipent;: HERSCHEL V; JOHNSON,' -OrGEOuaiA: MSOCRWIt STATE HOHINAIKSS. ForGOvcrueiv HENRY^iFOPER,; M OF COUNTS. i'■!•!': PRESIDEJS^ii-ELECTORS; pT';V'rut' ;;' Jtr; LAnGE. ■ ; niiii Gto. M-Ktiiiti of Berks county. .. Vovr-.: lUcbabdVaut, of Philadelphia. , iiT.idla-i •■/'■i'-) pISTBICT ELECTORS. •' ' "'‘i/Ffod’lc; A. Server;. 1/k Ji Kaefchow; 'VS.'Wrtit- C. Phttersott. ;K..Geo; 0. Jackson.,. '■', Pfofoundly impressed with, the- importance ef prompt, rigorous and patriotici aotioaoatlhe part of the Democratic Mate Cbmmittfee-, in or der i -to avert,. if. possible,. the l • itoßseqjaenoeß which-Uuist inevitaW-yrasiilt from-the unhap wpdivisipn'-now oxisting in the ranks Of- the JBamocracy in cur State and. nation; wo cor diolly-and hohesHy-Tecommend to the. Democ racy of the Stato that they unite-with heart ana voice in eupportof our emaelien-f andicomr pptentr no mi new for Governor, Henry D. Fos tor. imd that in all the local elections they act aS’ono'party, forgiving and forgetting^any dif ferences that, they may have- entertained - for the Presidency, but with a view to a perfect unity-against the common enemy, we recom m'dndi to the Democracy _of Pennsylvania to unite their votesfor President on the electoral ticket fimnood at Reading on the; Ist day of Marcttf.lo6O; on the- following basis and_ un derstanding,-viz: That if said; electoral ticket should be fleeted .by the- people; and it should appdar, on- asc&rtalnidg tlio- xosult in the- oth er Stales oftho- 0n ion, th at by casting the-en tire vote of Pennsylvamafor Stephen A. Doug husaiicl: Hersohel Vi Johnson, it would elect theitt President and Vice President over Messrs.'.'Lincoln 'and Hamlin, then said elee tdjs sbaU ba-wEdor obligation do to cast said vo{d;‘if omtho-dthhr hand ft should appear , that spiidf'vhto Would; not elect -Messrs. Doug 1ns 1 - and'Johnson, but, vroiM elect John Cl - Breckinridge and Joseph Lane President and Yipc President over.'Messrs. Lincoln and Ham- Hn, then, said vote shall be cast for them; and pr-coSe- the- united vote of Pennsylvania would pot hleoteitherOf thesevticketa, then thoolec tbfk may dividS- it between them according,to thqir own judgpaept of what would be thebest fort he country and the Democratic party—the basis of this united action being that ifc is the fltst and highest duty of all Democrats, how ever 'they may differ about men and minor hriints' ot'principle of, 1 policy, to unite against a;common.enamy, hod to avert,,i£ possible,the greatest calamity that cmild befaJ- the coun try, the'election of a Black Bopublicwn Presi dent ; and further; the- Chairman- of'thas- Cbm mittee isharaby authorized to, corr espond with • the’several - Electors in the State, .and obtain fWm''eaoHofhaid Electors his Written pledge, within thirty days from this date, that no will faithfully carry dtif : the, object ofthis, resolu tion. ; V .;;iK^R»ii*Ei3arir««ssfc The Democrat of the East Ward will meet ait• Hblsbis’S Hotel-, on Friday evening, at 8 o’clock,.fomake' arrangements for holding the delegate flection; on. Saturday., . .. : The Democrats of the Westward will meet at-GnA’s Hotel,’ at the same'time and for the satne purpose. -! ! The- editor is at present at Cresson, to Participate in the meeting of tho Democratic Btato ExeoutiTO Committee. 1 ' gggr- A. camp meeting, will be hold' by the members of, the Methodist Church-of Newville and-vicinity, near that place;, commencing oh tijie 16th insfe. ’ ; Tn® Weather continues exceedingly hot and-Siyr. ' The-coru and potato 'crops'are suf- rain,, and. the grass Is-liter? burned up. Wncter noeircuniatances.oan We have more than half a corn cropl and if we havanot rain very soon,it will not oven amount tp that,. Bfejlb, ■‘BkfiOAi.f—On Sunday afternoon last,aras«iiwliofionamowodjd nofcloarn.enter ed:the oellaeof iM. Wm. Mt'BEbTßHi.in broad daylight, and'afnla therefrom, a 50-pound! tmn of'lard, which,; with, tjid -assistance-of aoc.ac obnyjlico named Ddncan, (,fi negro;) ho oarricd down- town, and' sold to a Mtsj. Hikes. • Dun- KAWwas arrested, hut the princigal-thiof made good his escape,. Strong fob Douglas.—Alexander M’Kin jriiir}.JßCsq.:,. Greensburg, states, in .a recent lettQßA„tbai ; ho intends to vote for Judge Douglas for President, and! Mrs.. Douglas for Vico President. • .The- Oitms Cbop. —Our farmers have-finish ed cutting and housing their cropibf oats.— We learn;that tl)0-, yield has been unusually large,This will certainly be gratifying news to the owners of .horse flesh, as it must neces sarily reduce prices which, for several years pasti have boon' exorbitantly high. j. Deuobst ig tUe Cuildben of Judge Doug las. —By the death the. other week of the mo ther of Judge Douglas’ -first wife, who was a Miss SlAnr.iN, of Nbfth Ghrelina, his two boys, fijspoiy children, ' come into,the possession of Uclarge-fortune. .' -The Judge has-been sent for in North Carolina, end nf- tour will probably visit Norih State. , Houston has made the public announcement that he intends to run as an in dependent candidate for the Bresidency. i .thousand people wore prcscm at did-Bonglaii'ratification meeting in Now Orleans, on tlio 19th clt. - ■ . Toucey is.agoin convalescent, aid .laboring at his official duties.. V . * THE WAB OP ABSTRACTIONS. ,'■* r / " \ y The country Is on the verge of a'crlsts, such as has never beforo a-orisis btoughtaboutby desigpingmen i[bV sinister purposes* bntlpbe into' wbibh will enteri the epSßtfc-o- mfen, North South; the forin4ff,to!f6rcatheir'f4haticism,(ifneed ter to defend'-at, "Hind' to the last arfl'einfityv ,, ,tho of homo.-and . .th'cirequality, undor .tio Constitution. -.lb short, a conflict between two of a yet united country, on which .hangs of liberty -in twa-eontitgin£B. Widr snob; -a; ■ conflict impending, all men who lose- their country, respect the laws and yoncraifo'the • Constitution ;■ who hate famcticißruaufl-its twin monsters, Black and Rad Republicanism} who prefot.liberty to anarchy, and .a whold Union, lengthening and ■ strengthening, to a divided Union, withering and dying—nlltnfehj feeling thus, will-unite themselves to that or ganization which, in the coming Presidential cleotion, Will save-net from;'the- horrors of at j sectional triun^h.;. M-thw; canvass -of : 1856, | when the -BfaekJSfcpuhWqa'S pertyth-iW their I ■sixteen' starred flag.to the- breeze-, and pro mulgated ,ai set ;of principles subversive of State aijaality and! Constitutional rights, they ‘ wore; met by a united Democratic party, burn ing with the love of a common .country, and enjoying the blessings of a wise government. ; The result was not long in doubt. Under a; flag with not oho star stricken from tho glori ous constellation, and a platform.of principles, national and constitutional,, demanding the equality of the Sthfos, the-rights of tho States, , and, the union of theSfates, they went forward Ike men, knowing, the right and; might of a; jmsf cause, 'tod smote the forehead of «a-trea sonable a conspiracy as over threatened free, government. The, defeat of Black Kepubli canism-in 1856, was the.triumph Pf the Na tional Constitutional Democratic patty,, over the ’sectional,;fanatical, semi-infidel ideas of Seward, Banks, Beecher, .Wendell Phillips,, .Qorrit Smiths Theodore Parker, Ana itN-COiN, and; all the.other high‘priests and' worships., pers.of thoir degraded,and degrading belief. ■Would to God the temple and the, idol had [ mouldered together in the dust—would .that the ides of November, 1856, had witnessed the burial of the Black Republican party beyond all resurrection L Then peace would have flowed .as a river, and. the daetmy of our coun try been fulfilled. But the year 1860 finds the same treasonable party, with the same sectional 1 flag, and the same unconstitutional ideas, knocking loudly at the portals of our tern- - plo, and seeking to lay their sacrilegious hands on fho horns of the altar. Under the lead of a man Whose younger years were devoted to the laudable occupation of “rail-splitting,” and ■ whose maiturer yeara are as equally devoted to the.splitting.of tho Uhiom; with “old l jStateLiN-' coln” at their head, the incarnation of hatred to the South and its rights, they, propose ano ther crusade against law, equality.-tho Con stitution and the Union. But Where is the power that can Bay, “thus far shalt thou go, but no farther 1”; Where is the parly of 1856, that opposed! a barrier, pf lpy al hearts against their treacherous assaults? ' Whore 1 is that united body of then whose souls had biit .a.sinr gle.thought? ‘Whero iB thatconfident.DpmQ cratie-bhst, that,,clinging to tho faith, .teach ings aimi Virtues'of the fathers of tho republic, met and overthrew- the" enemies of the coun try,? Alas, alas I divided, and warring with each other nbbut a miserable abstraction. Not a-division lok principle,, for in the ,end; both arrive at the same'conclusion, that on the for mation of, a republican Constitution a State may bo admitted with or without slavery, as the people-choose—but a division ow a miser able abstraction, as to the. prohibition or non prohibition of slavery in the Territories. Nay,' not oven that, for both wings claim to abide by the decieion of the Supremo Court of the United States on that question, if it lias been made, or-whenever U may*he-.made.. Thus, for a mere abstraction, they are periling tho Constitutiomand the Union of the States; for an abstraction, they are yielding tho “life, lib ■jorty, and tho pursuit of happiness” of thirty five. millions of people, to the mere handful in our territories; for'on abstraction, they are turning back the hands on, the dial of our greatness, which the sun may never see-move forward again ; for .au abstraction, they are demoralizing tfle Democratic party, until: it is powerless for its noble instincts and sublime destiny.. Away, then, with all abstractions, and up wlth the banner of conciliation, mu tual yioldingof opinions,, and Democratic fel lowship. ; Fall back upon; tfle plaiform of our State Convention, and say that, the prohibi tion or non-prohibition of!' slavery ih i tllo- Ter ritories is a question 'for- tho Courts. Stand by the admission of all States into the Confed eracy with or without sZaucn/—standby the equality of the-States and the rights of the States, under-tBo-Constitution-.. In a- word, do what tho Democratic-party has ever dbno, maintain the federal' compact in its letter and spirit, against attach from all' coiners. To this end; harsh feelings and words must he smothered; tho time between nowjind Novem-r 1 ber mast not bfe idly used in determining the. •» “l, ■’ regularity of the, nominations; it bo wisely used, to determine tho overthrow of Lincoln and his subfclb-and; treacherous fol lowers;.- The Democrati'e-parly-must not for got its inspired!mission, in the-muddy pool of man-worship-or man-hate; But, clinging to its principles'and their ultimate' triumph, as the- ShekinaK between constitutional liberty and'State'sovereignty, they must guard them from the vandal touch of sectional Black'Re publicanism. For the accomplishment of, this end in our.glorious .old Commonwealth,.the "State Executive Committee” has offered an olive branch—a fair and honorable offering, which will be accepted by all who prefer'a ! triumph of Democracy to a triumph of sec tionalism—who prefer a Democratic Douglas or a Democratic-'BtackiNitinoi;, to-a- Black Republican Lincoln. In the contingency that is on us, there, is' no-time for outside questions. The- over-reaching, all-absorbing i qtfestion now is—7ioio- shall we save- the “old Keystone" from the grasp, of Black Republic , canism? We answer,' by standing fairly and . unflinchingly by the compromise at tho head ofour loading column. It will save the par ty, it will save our State, and as , God i's our : judge, wo believe it will save the country. As the Blhclt Republican Opposition have made ■ our Commonwealth tho battle-ground, let us •accept ‘tho- challenge—let Pennsylvania de dide the fate ofibiir Republic-. - With a unilod Democracy we fear not’the result. Standing on the-ifoil (jons'ccratcd by tho Hood of tM Democrats of the Rovolution.by the proola- of the Decldfalibn' of 'lndopendoncc, and tho adoption, of tlio Fedcral Constitution-; we cqn'.ahd sla£ thotide ofi heMibnal Black Republicanism. '■ -" r • ; . Argaii'rof Col%e; the, SUrttoij baa a stitutijpi.” Dno week tho editoriitforina hs that) the CoQogo is unusually prosper oirt and flourishing,; tlio week following he tells us-it is in difficulties and unablo'to pay its debts; Oitr neighbor has.a. severe-duly imposed upon him when he is required to defend the- College in its, attempt to swindle the Borough ofiCar lisletmt of 51,2(T0 or $1,300. It oOrtainly ro qnifCsmoro asSurancethanan ,;< abfleht'fo6l"’ •over possessed i{q Skdotion a: pieo 1 e of'dishones- ty like this.; The editor's disiniefiStiO? ppfn? iotrthat out ’B'orppgh authorities ’ , a‘6t6d- i “t»n i wisely and; unjustly’’-in requiting Kekinson College to-pave- its fe modestly ox 'em-plifiodT Wonder if the Stiffcge organ can ’gotten men mom town fdlsintorcstod men, ivmf not those- who bark ftir. tho ," Institution” !wlmu required,) to endorse its impudent as sertion? - No, ncH-we, as atdx-payeri demand, in the name Of .our people, that Dickinson Col lege be compelled to; pay. tho amount it owes to Carlisle. Wo are, for the riglits of our Bo rough ; the Scrflld is against tho Borough, and.’ defends the College in its dishonest, atijoffilpt; to repudiate the-debt it owos ua. Wc.will-sec who wilt bo sustained. . , The E»d op PCor IXickitan. —When men professing to bo Democrats, refuse to. abide, by the decision of the mass of the party, and set up' their own .individual judgment as paramount,..that moment they take the first step- outside' of -the party' organization. Once out, they become- actuated'by the false pride of maintaining and defending the- posi tion they have assumed. : Each of such efforts is a step further.from their party, and they soon find themselves pitied for their weak ness and despised for. their apostacy, until no .resort'is left birtt fco-throw-tbeiiieelves. rntetbe arma of the Opposition. - Thials the? history of poofHiesM-AN. , After Wbasing anff villify ihg AkbbeW jAeKsesv.-ffor which his party forgave- him, on a show of .penitency,) and than, -stealing honors from the Democracy to enable him the, more readily- to slander their honored head,.and'bbtrtiy -.thoir princi ples, he vaunts, to the world his apostacy and, revels inliis sham.e., A, few days ago,.in a labored harangue, he :gasie, publicly, his ad hesion to the-principles- off Shuar®; Greebjt. Lincobn, SCstner, Ch-ase; and Hahmn. Tn language and jdeas. this, sppeeh.-was equal to the roadost tirade ever uttered: by -the-admi rers, ami. followers of; the, semi-devil,-John Brown. Go, : Hjckuan,' gor-rfit: .associate for the enemies of the country.: Oh the other side of the political Jordon,, you.-, will receive the congratulations-ofl reifogactes and traitors; You will, not shine alone im baseness apd dis honor. You will find .many there, who have fed'bountifully at the Democratic- tablej and now- will join you in blaspheming their feeder. Go, poor llickHan! enjoy the fruits of: ybhr subtlety and treachery; and if they’tufn to aslVehon y9uW'Dp3,-oci»ble- yonrsefif With} the thought, that ypur;,treaaom is j'uetly rewardted. ' Kequicscat in pice I Beeline gracefully and lovingly in thq' shoty: embrace-,'off scptibnal BlackßepuUlieainisni. - ' 1 ' THE “IRBEPBESSIBLB.. COKFIICT”—IiUPOBT. AST SEMI-OFFICIAL DECREES IS. BEIIILP OF “OLD ABB lISCBLS.” In,our nest issuewe;will publish and ate company with suitable comments,, recent ma .nifestoes from: the... leading. BJtmk-RepulSlican paper in the Weat, the, “Chicaigo Democrat.” This paper is edited by. “.long John Went iroipu,” a renegade Democrat, a fierce parti san of the'? higher law,” and its infamous he resies, and. the confidential friend df.“ Old Abe LiNCpLf-,” the “ rail splitter,,” and would .be Union splitter. Ho it isj. who was the- getter up of lho“ Wigwam.”' ire which.the Black Re publican, Convention was held—he it is, who was more influential-than,any man, in achie ving the nomination of Lincoln. Of . course, then, ho speaks by authority, and wo have no doubt the 1 articles alluded to wore ,gotten up under the immediate supervision and' at the suggestion of “ Old Abe.” They develops the aim and object of the Black-Republican organ ization; as sot forth in the “ Helper Book,” and the ptogrammo of Lysander Spooner.— They proclaim boldly, the principles and pur poses of his Presidential candidate: and .the I party supporting him.. According, to the now ’decrees, “ Slavery must not only bo- ‘ hemmed in,’ but,, by creating fears of a, “ bloody .insur rection, emancipation will be an easy: task—it is a .question only of time, And patience."— Again, ho' says— 1 Hie. only thing that can pre vent a/complete and bloody slave insurrection throughout the Southern States, isihe preservor iionof the Union /’’—that is to say, brethren (7) of the South, you must remain in the Un ion, subject to all our taunts and insults, with an occasional thieving and murdering raid; or Lincoln, Wentworth.& C0...wi1l kihdle.a fivb of insurrection that will consuroo-your houses,, families, and all you hold dear. Enough,..un til next week,.when the conspiracy will bo un folded in its-’ pwh gjarihg.and, hideous lan guage- : ' John Hickman. —This gentleman defined his position at a Republican gathoringimGon cert Hall, Philadelphia, on the 24th uit. Ho eanio out flat footed for Lincoln and Hamlin, and in opposition to Douglas, Breckinridge, and Belli. Ho is now openly; where- ho- has boon secretly for the- last three- years, and there are others who would- likewise at.onpo doff their colors if they.had'his honesty..- This same John Hickman is the man’who, two-years'ago, was elected to Congress Troth the Chester district over the Democratic can didate, and whose- cause was so warnily 'os poused. by Col. .Forney, Attorney G'eneral Knox, and others who are how considered the leaders of the Douglas party. Show, me the company,a ipqn keeps. I’ll toll you whet he is!” . : • ; . : '' i ■' Camp Meetings.— Tho comp' moeting rea son is approaching, and we hoar of arrange ments in progress for several in various Sec tions of this county, and tho counties adjoin ing.. Some of these will take place the latter part ob this'month, and others in September. '.a,-''- R-iu.Si'i.it,—-It is said that Chong and Lug, the Siamese twins, differ in polities.— Both are voteran'dimborats. biit Chang is non' lor Breckinridge, and‘Eng for Douglas., . / * v n . •, CDBTIS ON' THE SlOT.’. . . * JOsfMfcw &.C osTUf, .the Eopubliban ddto'forGo Vendor, has takonthe slump-ihilw* his de&perate cause* His first epceoh wtta-doUvored at Bloomfield, on ■Mondny.last, .before a. very'smalt meeting.—* Mr. CDRTiN, in ppliSw,.has been “bfary thing by turns, und-nothing. long*.”" .Hh.was first a Whig.’tbenaKndwrNPtßing, and’ nW' fll faff' proyca of tho “ Dutch' plauk” pf th6‘ Chicago plat&rin, he badrn'it informed iis, but wo pro eurito W'l* 6 ®???" 0“ tins point/abaiieOTlyday.' .Ed hoover and-over BiH tidiiwap jvbbn .Know-! Wothingism had the BW®&-. and when it was Jpehionable for'demagoipios onil.'ootrapt poli- ticians .to speak .reproachfully of better mop Jaia seri>f an him frpm.t»kidg itheibJiabphOwoa's Knpw-No thingiohth .“ before 'Godandithe*. Brethren asf sombled,'’ to'bpp^fe r all foreign citizens. weight; of its own corraptibtr was too mbohiftr it/.-antf doWn if went, with ; the hietf of Jan indicant people in the .ears of its followers. ; got,out,of. *•»’ wreokond-froriiamong-therubbishns best ho ‘could. -But, offer'd few initnths of exile, at tiib head of Salt firefi ho and his guilty, and condemned coadjhtors. again appear upon, the .poUtleaj! td-atteirept onca-moiw to> deceive 'and 1 ■gtrlT the’ fyhd“dttrft lanterns”! arq stowed awdy.'.anJ ifieV“brethren ,r .np Ton-; ger nse the pass-wof(t'-Bnd grip, As they marchffilong ini solemn',ptoeesaionp with down cast looks-,v and meanness,' a blnck bannito can bb setfUtot'the bead.of JtheJ motley crew, one.sidß bf whioh boars, tho in* acrlptlon “ People’s Parly,”', and the other side “ Rails.” The,' People’s Party, indeed a party mado np of condemned political dem-; at-thp .head.iand ’Asm: Obanw,' the Irish Know-Nothing at the tail ! A beautiful areW . .truly, to’ ■ij" ! at the,,p6ils j ;ndmhuefer;to thoih-d thrashing, that will teachthem not to take their name in vain.again in a hurry* - v : /,J > . When attempts- to- enlighten the people as tortheir; diaty next Oofobor, tlioy should! regijire him- to- dbflnbhi# position.— Let him ttdur say whether ,B» is still hostile to theignorant Dutch and Irish;.”' as-’ha- was wont to ca-W‘them—-whether hoapprovesoftho , “Dutch plank”’-of the- Chicago C'pnTention— ;Md. whether ho endorses Eincmin’s opinion ihq,t‘ “ this country, most, be-’ oil: ..free or all slave.” ~ Let him explain, too; why it was that be went to Chicago for the-purpose of working ; against’ Mr. Sswabd, and' assisting- to defeat Ills norainatibh., ‘ - The pedplewaattoiUcar-hiini - oi these • suhjSots—they: desire to- Mow; his pvasent views. ’ The-HEarfisburg Teler/mph, the 1 at tlioSeat of Gqvorujnenf, : :say.B f fjbit. is oat-spoken ani : dosireB 1 to conceal nothing--’’ , Tory .well; then ho will, of course, onlighteh" the; poopleon Dip subjects wh.have hinted at. 1 ' If he'dDn't' it; however,- Gen; pop Of: the V ‘■' Star ot the Weat/t wjU b'P after with, a j |sharp Stick, I sition' j>y beg ft; few'smileys i .frotathe topflight' 'the MTi-iStia Colonel , and his' motley crew l ,of ,nogro worshippers. "Mark it I'. ; - Carlisle Springs.—A Hamsburgcr, who has been, sojourning for'poino time at this: dfc lightful aud popular- summer. resort,, thus ■Writosto the'Harrisburg Telegrapli: ' ' ”, As the people of ‘tituto of a convenient place of resort ■within the neighborhood of’the; City, ■which may Bo reached by a, pleasant drive, and which hap been expressly intendetrfor the accommoda tion of parties either largo of small, who niay be in pursuit ; of -pleasure and-recreation, 1 have no dotibt .you Will' confer a favor on imany oflyqur readers l by calling their atten-r 'tion to the, abovornioutionod Springs. located in a beautiful and healthy country, where the ; ,very. fat 1 of the land can'always bo obtained— the buildings: ample and airy, surrounded by ’ pleasant walks'and shady groves—there are few places that present more-of an air of com | fort: than . this. And the, accommodations which nre.itb he found -there, at present,, are 'equal.tojtho-best in the bountrjSfllpv®. vis ited most of the' aolebratod watering and have how'just • returned from this ■ one, and do;moßt:,cheerfully boar testimony to this fact, as docs also the large and, respectable crowd who are- there enjoying, them. These Springs arer quite- aepossible’! to Harrisburg, iheing only three .hours drive 'over dolighifiilj roads; ana-through thejpost beautiful Country imaginable. : But besides this,;Pam informed that arrangements have been made .with the Eailrbad Company'to ticket visitors through to the Springs, at a reduped rate;, And! par ties of adozen or. more, by writingdo the-pro prietors at the:Spririgs,!(!an havetho fave.still farther reduced;, %|iteh number of visitors have •already Been: over fromi this place,-and so far as 5 havebeen. ame'l.to,. learn, idl have been; delighted' with* the dnfemitting atten tions 1 of the- genjjeraanta; proprietors, and of all others connected fritip the .establishment; • The' Drought' iw; TtXAs;— 3?l)o‘ accoufits from Texas’r'olatlTO. arc very discburaging,., entirely dead, and jp many quarters famine, is impending; , Tho •grand juries of sevoraljcounties have- called meetings jurisdictions ftr’ the purpose of adopting some, moasurosiof roi lief for the poorer blksseipofcitizensv. "In Pa nola; Shelby; Push' anohtothoi"ooiintioB whole hoighhorhoodh arc without hroadstufffi, or the moans to,buy, and, mcot'nJga to relievo the gen eral destitution are being; hold, and also pubr lie prayer meetings- for j-aib. Everything' is being burnt tb a-, crisp by,the scorching rays of the suh.' ;i .The;graas i| l dead, and. traveling of ox teams is almost impossible;, oven, iftliey lhad moans to send abroad for it.. PnooßEse oK Tire Phincs of Wales.—The PrincOi'of Wales is rapidly progressing in-Ms journey, towords the. United Slates. Ho has loft ■ Newfoundland, ancf is, now in Halifax, Nova Scotia pin- a-short titao ho-will have vis ited Quebec and Moatienl'/and' will arrive at, Niagara' Palls, when ho Will entoe the territo ry of tlio Unite (["States. He seems, from'all the reports, to,bo growing rapidiyin the good graces of the people of her Majesty’s colonies. ' jQy A. ! E. Burr, of the Hartford Times, has been presented with a solid silver , service, of a new and very elegant pattern. The gift woo'mado up by his Democratic friends, in con sideration of services in the State campaign, and cost about SlOOO. DC7” The'Presidential Election comes off bn the 6th of.Novembe'r. Who are the ‘.‘Bloody Druses?” ;, Tho authors of tho bloody massacres of tho Christians iu Syria, tho details of which, sent a thrill of horror to tho civilized world; arc describedpa principally a siidt of the Mahommpdans, existing only in Syria; Tboir narao is dotived from Daraai or Dursi, who; as early as lOlSt, qameas w. missionary, to them from anoff-shoot of the Moslem*stock. SingM’arly enough, the Druses disavow any belief in tho. peculiar doctrines of the- man. whosp nnmo they bear, and do not hesitate .to caff firm's hprotici'andto look upon- the* title of. “.Druse” as a stigma. They themselves trade their origin as a religious sect to Ham id,- a wandering fanatic, who,in XB2O, persua ded Hakom, a Caliph of Egypt to dcelare him solf a .manifestation of God. ''Although the Caliph was soon ■ assassinated, Hamsa oontim pd toi'propdgatb his; theory itt Syria, hhdi With one' .of ,b'fe ; followersv-'jMoktanit' Bohr-bddin, wrote, book embodying his teachings! .According, to his. intention, only tho DrusP priesthood werebo sea this- ho;re* vekution was fo’be- rmtdb «W®‘ fiib secDn'f aflj venf of'lJakem-,' who was to appear on tho earth hgiiin - with lijs master Harasa,, this, being, prqbably, an idea suggested by Christian dog* inns." This secrecy about the sacred writings ;bf Ilttmsa was not, however, observed; andcb : pies pf thework afe, now in. the groat libraries .at ,Paiit, 'Vienna, the Vatican,’Xeydeni and ■■the Bbdician Library, at Oxford.., it libs been translated into Frenbli,from; whibli it appears that the-.cfinra'otcristic dbgniaipf thirseot is the unity of God’s being,' Indeed,■’ Di-usbs-eailli themselves Unitarians. . They maintain that God is '.ihcpmprbhbnsible, ,inexorable, pure,; the essence of true life, and can, be known- to .his accepted children through lufinora ina-ni fostations only. Ten- tim-esbos tlie'Dioty thus appenrbd in Africa and Asia, the last .mani festation liaving bcon that in tJio person pf Ilakenl, in Egypt. Ilakem loft the care oftho faithful to fivo'principa! ministers, who are to direct them till his return.! Chief of those nii nistera wflq- enjbys the 1 high; tftbanning' rcgivMfy Beaumont, on the Keches River. ■,i i (jry-l'bo Republicans have weaned', one. of tViqir “twins 1" Miss- Pblygamy ba» djopped fsoi» the’ breast, ‘.. .] •, . .-d , O” The pußTfcrevenuo has been increasing in the treasury forlhis and tholftst month, compared with the" receipts of last year., • rrGon. Cushing and Judge Black are the compblitprs for the vabant' United States Su preme' Judgeship. ... The Sap, Francisco Golden Era, of Juno thb marriage-of Mrs. Burdell Ounninghanv, in ihdbt city., jgj>» Coal Oil is said to be destructive to bed bogsi : Apply it ndtli-.ai feathers If will also protect gift fromi flies. ■ y ■ j (£7” The treasury of the: State of Michigan is bankrupt- . There is not a dollar in it with whieh! to' meet the- most ordinary-demands. • jjgg~ Tlioro are at, present fir .this,- country one hundred and‘ four -collegiate institutions,', •which graduate each, year not loss ' than two thousand young nien- ‘ ':'i ]'... ; .(jy Three hundred and, twelve deatbs-.hc-! -ewrretlih JldladhfpMoJ wceMitfore- tost;.- Of this'nurnher one himdrcd amdl were, under one year of age.. ■ • OCT” Th’e people of AnnapoMs, 'SW-i- orij in ecsiaoies at> the' prospect ..qf the 1 Great Eagtofi. paying tltarai a, wait before! ■land., • v ''-! , ggr- Xho \Vhigs tad’. Americans ate-booted! to oppose Republicanism. in N ( ow York, and; if HinoDJia; loses that State,., as he- willi. wltorc is he? ' - ' ..... ■ Barvaa-tT .University ha» invited the JJ-inoo- of WftieS to whit that ’. institution,: and, according to the B'oston papetS), the’iri-- wtatibnihais heop;'a«eopte^^U , , : * ; (j^7 > After a long period! .of wct"WcntUer, ' when they have prayed’ vainly. for relief, the : Cllinese-inill put their gpdh out in the;raih, tp see hovr they; Kite- it. Hon.,Epbi'aiin, K.; Smart, of KHaino, in his 1 speech (it Ifcston;. the*other- night; pledged his State for in ifeyember.. Wo; hope' "SjEaine yrill redeem:,the pledge.. -.. >, (£7»-Thd monster ;gun, ■recently made at' Pittsburgh, and forwarded to Fortress -Mon roe; iwilii in-about a >veck, be.mounted on the: carHagd hdihg constructed for’it,' and /placed in' thb position permhucntly nssigncdi'to if.. '• : jj@“ The capital, invested in. thofdoal liunthe :of,Panpsylvft.nia;iS!.eai(i (o ha*.. s32dtppoiOO.O; r The canals hnd! slaeinvator. connected: with tho anthracite, ooiil trade measure' ,815 mile’fr-in length,'.and’co3t 5i0,006,b60,. 1 , 05P - The Lancaster Express speaks ih high terms of prnise of the heanUes nnd cOiUplete ness of the Pennsylvania. Bhiltoad, depot, nt that place, vvhichis how approaching comple tion.. Itifsto cost§6o,ooo.. ' O'From tho ist'of jan. to tlio lfit of July, 4,200; passports were . issued from ' the State Department, ■ about'- three .fifths of: them to naturalized citizens. . Tim number how being issued is comparatively smolll. : / V , iE7'■A. young.lndy in; Cincinnati, who had igone blind', was restored 1 to upon be'to" married, ibis is V practical . illustration of what has been wittily said, “ that love is blind, but Hymen is the oooulist'who alone-can open his eyes 1” .’ ' KTrAbnothen of Mrs.,Stephen A. Douglas [recently ; graduated' at Harvard University. The Rochester Union, says that Mrs- Dong fas, prior _to. her "marriage,-; supported and •educated hoi- brother witlnthomieaus acquired by her pen. . . - : , ’ [C7* A small brass cannon has been found at the bottom of a well at Castle de Olucey, France; with- the 1 date, 1258’ upon it. The dalevof the invention of cannon lias histori ioall been,assigned tothoyoar 1324—sixtysix [years later.. • . 1 KT'The Albany founu i?'produces, a pict ure of “Old Abo” splitting rails.- Abo is in his shirt sleeves,- bareheaded; his; trousers rolled up; at beetle on his 1 shoulder, and an expression on his -face, winch would indicate -a very severe gripe under-the waistband. [fy'* These are 1 sweltering times for St; Lou is. Thothermometor is as, high as LOT deg, in the shadei-and already there have bo er i forty doaths'frdm tho heat. The oldest inhab itant does not remember to have seen the present state of the weather over equalled.; ■ O" The “oldest inhabitant” resides at Rising Sun, Indiana. His name is Samuc Pangborn, who was born in New York city, in 1725. Ho is now 135 years old. Now York was then a small'village of fivo or six hundred houses. OCT" A volcanic eruptionhas recently taken place in Pcclandl. ini the mountains of Myrdia Gokol, which lasted, a month, and could be seen at the distance, of one hundred and twen ,ty-flw milbsj. by night,; One hundred and five years ago a similar eruption occurred at the same place. . ' , ~ ! ■ O” Sebastipol; which .boforQ’tlie’Beigo had a population' of;40,00(1'souls, now numbers but 10,000. inhabitants;., of whom 1 8,000 are men:; The ruins ore cleared/away;-and the resurrection-of tho city has oommonood/pw viding • for forty-fivo ‘ highways, seventeen streets, and twelvcsquares., : Jessup; a missionary of the Amer ican Hoard, writing from 1 Beirut, soys i ‘,‘The massacre of Christians ’by the Druses; at'Si don, was of the Same' character as that at’ Cawripore and Delhi during the Ihdiiin revolt/’ lie also assorts that a:majority, of. the attack ing party wore Moslems, ttndfflilly implicates the,Turkish soldiers in the'.’ tragic occurren ces. ' The fflassßtrt j(JJhrliiiiiD* In Syria. TheAfeio rorjf mmH of (ho 30th u U, li! ' [1 ,.,.‘i " Wopublisppdyesterday the account of a ,*fWB&TO Of a wJjolo.viHflgoby the Druses it® jutdjiwards ofWro tllbtwand males to (he 8 4ors° land[sparing ojmhe|6menaddchndren. W ho> to thonumßebpf eleven hundred, had taken r’ ftigoen board two British ships of war, in whirl/ thoyhadtoim conveyed a distance of twent, iniloa to Beytrout. Only about thirty men..?■ enped, who had fled to tho house of the Amo ricon missionary, Mr.. Bird, who was proteci.it by. the chief of tW Druses. : The refugees {fiat the Turkish soldiers, so far from%votto ting the Christians, helped the Druses to butch far them', ami the 1 Sultan's troops wore tlie onlv men .whobffered insultor injiity-to-the women ’ It appears that these troops first disarmedr the' Christians and then normSitod thenvtu bo slaughtered, but aided in the piousivork -I The sending,of ,a.body p£now troops, thereto,7’ by the Turkish'Qdvo^nmphk.to"put ft ston w the masspptps./isimpro toiihbroay |him’ Tho correspondent of the Bondon Mm sava ' ,Tbo.Tnrkish) tWTOjwamdibffiOiniaafe’fa'r mom : dreaded in, >> , Besides the cbld-bloodsdmnrd'fira vvhicli tnav bo countod< by thousands; 5 ' twenty thousand’ Christians l hap .boon burned put.pf liouso niij : anaidhe iAthst Inteljigdhpb'. states that . the-IS’itish’Covernment Bad received despatch. ! os.'giving, an, account! of a.fenrful massacre at Damascus, where five hundred Christinns ircto’ killed, among! whom‘ ; wnB : fbe 7 'Dutch Consul and the American Consul was wounded! The Outbreak in'ihia ancient city wag retarded by tho exertions of,tha: fampus, Warrior ’ ( who. hadibeou: living, their av* retirement. From a letter to tho Boston fm.' vdlcr, it appears'that at BeyroUt;>‘herp' dicta are forty thousand Christians,, they dohbt'knolr the moment 'theywill,al);bp'put to,dcatii,-r /Th'b'AmeiMeonantrßntisheonsqlsliad invited their countrymen’ totako-refUgo on board the .ships of war in pOri. and fheAmcrican consul I baa further cnlledranneetingbf the Americans,' at vvliich- lip ,’vuMai«iktfi«m; pf : tljeir danger, and • advised thofti’, bn the firs’t'hlarmrtp proccOl tot ■the .Atiierjcoh' printing office?, a’dfl*jmr6tron E : building, well calculated to protoot them, and which had been 'provisioibeiJ ftf n The writer,says that tl)e next,mail -wiii probably - bring us an account bf. Bcyrout being Wotted oaM, i F/ench and, British and Hussion ships of war are there, anddhoy will; no doubt,- bom bard the city and lay it in ashes if- tlid Chris ttans shall bo attapkpd,; but that will be too' _tdtliciiiad', been suggested land’ a fordo’;: 'but there- seams to be a,. want a unanimity,mviong:thW ; cDusulb.,.' , .F , robtvWy’anP forco- that could! be-landndSvimdd be' totally im ■adopjmtp.for theprotection;.of the- (EWjSkiatu,,, 'airidi iyould sabrifibbdv.ii 5 ! i !,i |, Thwip isvno’ (fii.nbt that the’TWljfsiii CbvernV intoiit aineorelv desires to ;put A sfSp tp tfiew massacres, w,ell knowing its own-danger from, the oompi, nation of England,: Frtuice, Kussis; land Austria ;■ fiirShis Ihtttf poweivTsb-just learn, has also despatched, mempfwasr to tllb Syrian const: . liut it is out of tho,poweirof : the Saitoh to do anything with thosrr wild, mountaiuious trllids; who coinhitie' clifflrli-y aptf (lading ciju rnge’with their fahatieiimh ■ Tbadd'to-thb dit-' fieulty,.t/fto*MMciio pnpulationiaa-p-taking port .with; the:Druses, apd' invoking their aid' to ox iterminate''the Christians. The very troops of tho Obvernmfcnt hot only syhlpiitluze.iiut lPnd a helping’hand'in.^ho.^br^'pfitlhHghferojp. The Boston Travdlcrj, of the-28th/oit'.< a\w says:; i - The, American I&ard! hnweuhuo’missionary stations in Syria, nino out-stdtiuris, eleven mis sionaries, one printer,; thirteen;female ant missloiiitrics,, throe UaitiWq.prchcUers. tliir ty-six teichoreii hhd other’ native 'helpers.— ; All, or nearly, all of these missionaries ymv gathered at Beirut,, at: last accounts, ’ having loft their stations for a place of greater.safety; , and 1 . os Beirut is now the rendezvous of a Inigo- European naval, force, no fears need lid enter-, tained! for.thoirsafaty., '* ' " : - 1 ; ■ 1, j - JSQ5 J f-'H’ ; «:e:rimy’jiulijo frort tho-iicCW, Kapublican newspapers, Bandplh'Wil'Hoinlm are llot of, much; dccoiiiit';, arid' may . h? witt : ilrtumi trolttitllß' ftbfdj. iindl Breckinridge and Lone-pubstitiitcd in ! ilioir plapes: .The Ec-- publicans, a’lll'at once, have acquired a most total ted- opinion of the two hittCr gontlonieii.. I® is-'hard to.find a- Republican' who is not of' the- opinion that' 'ftitd Lane arc' all .right., . Liucolin iuid Ittnniin arc not of much; account ahyhow.-aiid''the Republicans are wisely letting'them slide. The, nobi'uiccs; of u' self-accredited committoo-of genfleriicn of i Baltimore j» highly satisfactory to.the Repul)-' jlieans. Thig-sjiajpathy lif’tlie ©(jposifion with* the nominations of thb S.eeedors ;from the J?u tion 11.1 .Democracy, ,ss! the strongest- Cvidenco which can he given of hovv' mqoh ftlifly feartha great popularity of Jlr.. Douglas. ■ The dwelling house; of the Ihih?. AA.. Conger, oni hisfnrm, York, was totaiU.y.destrcyodlUy'flre, oh thd22f nit. Of'fifteen persons,, farm hands, in thr house affho time of thefiro, but ton escaped, the remaining five h'avihg. perished in, the: iflames before they could' Bp l arousdifc"hhd rcs- Icucd. Sevoralouthouseli were alsp destroyed.. I'Tho total-lofts'is'about " , FaiauTrui, news ■informs us that the insurrection in Syria con tinues; and tho'atrocities.cohmutted.ard fear ful to contemplate',. 1 ©ffloi'af information had reached the British government Of.a frightful imassacre of Ghnistiahe- at Damascus'. 'Jim ' bnhdrdd' porsonts was tho Dutch .Cdhsuil,. Amongrthodroundcdi was tho American Consul.. - ,u;T b ,: ' The number of ChristSbns muasaprfcd in Sy ria roaches from 7/000/ fo 8000. ; Qhd'hhiidrci and filly, villages hnvobeon-.dpstywjbd,.. Tfid’ details l are most aiokeni'ngv-tlie' grossest bariU;; ritics- Ha»ihg ; Beph inflicted on all, without w gard td'tho ngo'OD;sox;df the ,, ' A®*A- gentleman living in' Troy, York, Bomotjmn smco r lost,-a 1 valuable' watch which was taken from a* stand’in k«- bedroom; and recently he-found it snugly stowed away in a fat holcimono corner of be chamber.' , . 1 OC7’ There 1 are'- already a largo number W papers out ibr Db'uglns in-Mississippi they are' making the fur "fly 1 Of'Exi President Pierce has consented' tc address, three political mootings during lbs present campaign. . i’■ ICTT A very strong opposition is inode |o.tb<. iHtcam flro engine in Now York. Rcm ( vote, , ■■ -o“. Tho, c,(ji)Bus returns already ropeiv^d Washington from'lllinois* cWrly indicate total population of that State to be againit - ' O'*Bayord''Taylor is building', country scat on grounds .ndjoipipg bis,V* r ’ place, in Ohostey county,. Pa. • 1 ’ jpjgf* A states that (i' a ; was found in onoiof; Prince 'Jerome Bon» parteV lun gs after .d©ath, : 'whioli.' had _ lodged there moro'thah fifty years, ago ia 0 el with a brother of Marshal Davoust. . (C7* Park Benjamin has opened an ial°! , genco office in Uniofi Square; New dto I