" THE REPUBLICAN. , ‘CLEARFJRLJ), AUG. 20, 1853 Democratic Nomination? Supreme Judge. JOHN C. KNOX, of Venango county. ' ' '. Cdnai Commissioner, ;THOS. H. FORSYTH.of Philadelphia co, Auditor General. EPHRAIM BANKS, of Miffln county, {Surveyor General. .1. PORTER B&A.WLEY, of Crawford ,co ' , THIS WORK TO be DONE. ,Aa nextSaJurdny is the day fixed for the Democrats of tho several election dis. tricts in this county to choose delegates to represent them in the county Convention jtvbich.is to nsscmhiQ in tho courtN houso on tho following Saturday, we desire at this tjmo to urgo upon our democratic fVicnda,'one arid all, to lay aside thoir busi hesS, if it is possible to do so, and dovoto liours, and. if needs bq>; tJ)o whole day. to tho end, that a fu(l and a fair ex prtssfikin of tiro'will of the party be clearly tffldtyflL With such an expression, nil W,ill bo well—a gopd ticket will bo formed, 4l)d will be elected, and tho public furnish ed with good and worthy public servants. But ryitfrout such an expression, all those Things will be reversed, and mt.r delegate system made an instrument for the suc cess of designing domagngucs, and a bur fisque'lo oiir republican institutions. To make all safe, therefore, to prevent 1 jhe dangers to which the system is ex posfedL-lo make, in short, the delegate system as now practiced in this county, what it really purports to be, and is, tho 'safe-guard of republican institutions, it is • i inA> v, ■ .< i . f ■ ■ ( C(p)y. neccs4ary thqt the primary meetings ijoftho peopjo should bo attended by the yfarfilA themselves, and not entrusted to n ~iott Who may be thus tempted to use tho advantage thus given them for their self jq|i purposes. Let tho peoplo, then, •turn out to n man on next Saturday to appointed ■ their delegates. If they ■ do, there is hut little danger of unworthy del egates appointed, and there is as jittie .danger of nn unworthy ticket, or n ticketof unworthy or unfit men being form (ed. That a ticket giving universal satisfac. | jtion wjll be formed is not to be expected jl • /qr .whorc ,t)ie candidates are numerous a 1 selection must bo made, to tho disappoint rpent of others ; but a ticket formed by kjnd of men, will, nine limes out of ten, receive the unanimous support of (JfWpnhy and secure the election of faitli fiif.apd honorable public officers. Wo Jiopc, therefore that every democrat will afeel; it:a:duty, to nttend his district meeting joext Snturtlay, dnd< assist in the important Wt>rk jhcpatjd there to bo done. •.> en.r, TUB AUGUST ELECTIORB. ' f T2lbctions''Were held in the States Ken tucky, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, Missouri and lowa, in most of which members ofCopgress upd Governors were «tiosen. V i These August elections are always in* drdiilivd'bf tHe feeling of the people with Jo each .nety administration, and .nipetimes out of tyxi they have proved the btginning of^mt re-election which usually fdllows such a sweeping triumph as C'rri pd Gen. Pibbce inip the Presidential chair #s tho democratic candidate last fall. Who ddos notremember thatin.lB49, after the *T%ylbt‘ Administration came into power, nil’thdktf Stilted gave the very strongest evidence of dissatisfaction. Now, ourparr fy hdsmote than sustained their vote of litSt fitll. ' ItV'Tennessee, one of the four States that yo’tccj ' for Gen. Scott last full, Mhe democrats ljavo elected their, candi -1 date for Governor by a handsomo majori ,'jy>.-'rn,he whigs have perhaps gained one ipenibQysof Congress in the aggre these .6pvcn States, owing to divi :»oniin iho Democratic ranks, as in Mis ypeu»i, though thero, ns in two or three did* the official vote will ' 'jjjlojitj decide.iVhb is'and yho is not elected. ; 'j• , t figm, jP(j, |n,, a 11,i the result .of the ejections are. liighly fluttering to the pres- There nro disappoint throughout the Union, \yhic|i ifttad a .tendency tQ operate ogainst. that ;cbrdiftl and happy cooperation without nb'porty ciin expect to sustain' it- all, tj>e men the great contest qf J 952, .Ogain triumphantly sustained; in the Southern part of the Union. : • oi'j &! i :intl-log Floating Meeting. ;i requested to state that there will of those opposed to the log system, helij at the house: of J. Jtf. pjCihaqeV in.Waodward tbwnship, Clenrfipld county, on Saturday the 10th of Septein o bee next,; . When and where all persons ip. Jerested are invited to MtbndV • 1 ■ l l TUB CHINESE REBELMON. Of nil the remarkable events recorded in history, that of the present rebellion inj Chinn, if the accounts fromSthat country | cpn bo relied upon, stands forth tiro most incomprehensible,'Both ns lo its cause ana aim, and the rapidity of its progress. Tho accounts say that, tho revolutionists cm braco and practice tho Christian religion, and destroy all tho idols and every ves ligo of Mahomcdanism, wherever found. They huve now conquered tho largest part of tho empire, nnd aro threatening, and preparing to attack the great Northern Capitol of Pekin. If these nccounts arc true, wo repent it will bo without a para lel in the history of tho world. Chinn has undergone several revolutions; but none liko this, for none of them attempted to in terfere with tho religion of tho people. A short time may servo to tell, and in tlto meantime wo would liko lo havo sonic belter proof before wo can believe that nil is true that is said about this rebellion in Chinn. To merchants and Others As the season is approaching when tho Merchants of our county will ho laying in their supply of fall and winter goods, wo would announce to them and all others concerned, thnt we have just Replenished our office with a splendid assortment of job type, nnd are now prepared to do up printing, such as hand bills, cards, &c., inn workmanliko monner, nnd on us rea sonable terms us they can bo procured elsewhere in the Slate, It might also be interesting to those in the habit of advertising to know that tho Republican has a circulation of seven hun dred and ninety-two, principally within the county, nnd other names are daily be ing added to our list. oC7”Quite a number of names have been added to our list during the last Tew weeks, all, or very nearly all of which have been accompanied with a sufficient amount of cash for payment for tho paper, for one year. But we havo not yet been over-j stocked with cash, or compelled to exert! ourselves beyond our abilities in working offthe addition sheets. We aro ready and I willing to receive a few more of the same sort. If thoso who already patronise us I Would exert themselves some Ijttlc in ouri bohulf, by way of procuring nnd for warding lo us a few additional names, ac companied, if convenient, with the dollar A I ihov too 1 would be benefuted by thooporu-! | lion, os wo would thereby be enabled to increase our paper in usefulness and in terest. The upproaching September court, will afford an excellent opportunity to nil who may wish to subscribe. Wo can be j found up stairs in the new frame building one door south of the store of Leonard & Moore, ready at ull times to wait upon nil who mny have business with us. Clahion County. —The Democracy of Clarion county, met in Conventton, in the Borough of Clarion, on Monday the sth instant, and nominated Peter Clover, Esq., 1 ns their candidate forthoStnte Senate,sub ject to the decision of the Senatorial Con vention. John S. McCahnont, Esq., was unanimously nominated by the Conven tion as thochoico of that county for Pres ident Judge of tho district, and conferees appointed with instructions to support him in the Judicial Conycntion. Tho Commissioners of Clarion County imvo offered one hundred dollars reward fpr tho delivery of Lowers, tho murderer of M’Coy, to the jailor of that county. fcs~lt will bo seen by reference to our advertisement columns, that Messrs. M. J. & G. W. Porter, havo established n Slone ware Manufactory in Brady township, this county, and are nowin successful opera tion. A specimen of their workmanship can bo seen at this office which will com pare favorably with any thing in that lino. (&rA. M. Hills, haejust replenished his stock of gqods anfl proposes tp soil as'low as any other person engaged in the busi ness, I-Jis, advertisement can he seen in another column. PI. Bridgo, Daguerreon, Artist, is still in town. Persons wishing to pro cure n'cdrrect likeness of themselves or their friends,'Would do well to embrace the present opportunity,/ Judging from his specimens wo coqfsider him a finished workman; (KrAn arliclo headed ‘Sam Slimside’s Visit,’ was'thrpWn jnto dbr office a short lime since. We have not hs yet had time to examine it entire, but we think that the person who has been so kind tie to supply us with copy, might furnidh us with s print ed copy ofthis article, which id always preferable (o' rtiabuscript when it Cap be had... : ; j.i, ■ OCrTho Democrats of Cumberland coj, have nominated Samuel Wherry, for Sen ate,'and David J. M’Kee, and Henry G. Moser,. Tor Aesqmbty. ‘\ 1 J^Elder, has been, nominate 1 by tho Democracy; of Clinton county, a i their candidate fpr Assembly; - i uil; -u ATTENTION DEEOCRATS 1. On Saturday, August 27, 1853, be-i tween the hours of 1 and 6, p. m., the Democrats of each Township in the Coun ty, tiro to hold their Primary Eleqtioh,; at the p|nce. where the General Election is' field, for the purpose of electing delegates to represent their respective townships in tho Democratic County Convention,'to lie held in Clearfield on Saturday tho 3d duy of September, at 1 o’clock P. M. 2. The number of Delegates each town ship is entitled to elect, is ns follows : Brady, 4; Bradford, 4; Luwroncc, 4 ; Morris, 3 ; Pike, 3 ; every oilier township and borough, 2 delegates. j 4. The following persons aro appointed ; Commilteesof Vigilance, in their respective I townships, to'superintend and conduct tho Trimary Elections, in their rospeotivo dis tricts, viz : Bradford —Jacob K. Pierce, James Ilan nngen, V. B. Holt. Ueccarin —Dr. G. W. Caldwell, J. W. Wright, John Shoff. Bell—R. Mehaffey, W. T. Gilbert, 11. Brct|i, Boggs—John E. Shaw, I. L. Barrett,. Luke Kylar. Brady—Dr. J. T. Boyer, Jacob Kunlz, Tolbert Dale. Burnside—John Cummings, Hugh Gal lagher. Chest — Wm. Tucker, Gilbert Tozer, Andrew Tozer. Covington —Francis Coudriet. Decatur —Wm. Hughes, sr., J. M’Clar ren, Esq., Jno. Gearhart, Esq. Ferguson—Cortes Bell, ThomasOwene, Wm. McCrapken. Fox—John J. Bdody. Girard—Henry Hite, Abraham Iyylar, Joseph Kylar. Goshen —A. Leonard, Wra, L. Rishel, Thompson Rood. Huston —Edgar Hoyt, Valentine IJcv cner. Jordan—Jacob Gibson, Conrad Bakor, F. W. Shoeniug. Knfthaus —Lawrence Harllcin, B. D. Hail, Geo. Ileckendom. Clyde, S. Shaffner, Thomas Dougherty, N. K, McMullen. Morris—Jacob Wise, Chester Munson, Jacob Wilhelm. Penn—S. C. Hepburn, Anthony Ililc, Jonathan Evans, Jr., Pike —George B.Bttlc, Bsnj. Bloom, jr., John I. England. Union—Peter Labordc, jr., Elias W. Horn, David Laborde. Woodward—Thomas Henderson, John D. Alexander, W. H. Henderson. Clearfield Borough—F. P. Butler, M. A. Frank, Thos. J. McCullough. Curwcnsvillc—rJames Harvey Fleming, David Fleming, B. F. Sterling. By order ofStandingCommittee, MARTIN MICIIOLS, JH.,Prcs’t. J. B. McEnai.ly, Sec’v. For the Republican Messrs, Editors :—The old saying that \ a “new broom swpqfsricun,” is fully vc-1 rified in tho hiskfry ofour borough. When ; first incorporated, some wholesome ordi- J nances were passed, nnd a few for a timoj enforced, while a few of the most import ant were entirely disregarded. 1 allude to 1 the one in relation lo dogs. Why is it thut the ordinance taxing dogs is not en forced? Is it because the officials them selves might huvo it to pay ? Or is it somo other cause? It is the practice in most boroughs to tax from one to five dollurs, the owners, for each one, in proportion to size or sex. Common sense says that if a dog is Worth any thing lie is worth pay* I ing taxes for, and if nothing, why let him j be put away. E. For the Republican M kssrs. Editors :—Permit me to bring to the notice of tho good people of our thriving village, tho utility of improving and taking bettor caro of some of the pub lic grounds that have generously been given to us ; —in particular, I nllude to thnt fronting tho town on the river before the Acadepay. Tbo stranger a 3 well as the citizen must all see that with & little ertra and effort this fihe, open and delightful spot, could be made in a short lime, a most beautiful promenade for sociul walks, as tvell os [!:? nbode of the feathered song sters, by a maniy cflbu Ir? plant it in shade [-'■'’s, shrubery &c. As my motive is on ken public attention, I wiii wii! hat others may say first, before iny suggestions as to the manner. V Alert. to Jlollidayshurg Standard , in tofthe execution of Jnntes Shirley, 10k placo in that place on the 12th ipeaks as follows: “Who.can rechll to mind tho ovenls of Friday, and not shudder at.the scenes en acted? -Within the walls of tho prison yard stood twenty three men—ithe twenty-fourth sat upon the scaffold with the futaLnoose around his neck. The fervent prayer of! mercy for lho criminal was mingled with the coarse and brutal jests, oaths and im precations of drunken and unfeeling men without the walls. . The dying words of tho wretched Shirley were, that intoxica tion, had brought him to this ignominious end. What a lesson—-and yet terriblo ns it was, tho words of tho dying .man could have had no effect on those who.wefe ma king a holliday of his execution. Whut n sad cbmmentary.oii the morals of the com munity I But it js truerfevery word oflt.” o£rMen grow circumspect according to their poverty.' The,only reasbp tJjut ihp people of Massachusetts are less given to night brawling than the people of Califor nia, is because the former grow ten dollars worth of grain |o the, aero, and the latter (wo hundred. What men cdU virtpp, i? very, often nothing but an empty pockei., In our opinion deviltry spring? aa naturally! from pupiess as sdmersetts dp , fronj a .yaulting board! The easier ,folks' ppqiiifo' dollies the more they will indulge iii woodcock and ungodlipbss.' Who overknew a coal henver’to bef nt-ifesfed'fdr 'adultervT l^ ' i ALABAMA Wo expressed great confidence, some days since, that the official returns from the elections in Altibapna would exhibit a splendid democratic tnymph. These turns have not reached ,us; but the in for mntion received is sufficient to satisfy us, beyond n peraiJvcnture, .that pur predic-, lions are fully icalizcd.. The democracy have clocted a democrtic governor, six of tho seven members of Congress, and a ma jority in both branches oi the legislature. Wo have no doubt that tho Alabama dele gation in the next Congress will, tw.- cojm-t posed of tho following gentlemen : j First district, P. Philips, democrat. I Second district,Jas. Abercrombie, ind’t. Third district, S. W. Harris, democrat. Fourth district, W. R. Smith, democrat. ' Fifth district, G. S. Houston, democrat. Sjxlb district, W.R. W.Cobb, democrat. Seventh district, I. F. Dowdell, demo crat. The seventh district was represented in tho lato Congress by tho Hon. Alexander White, and tho second by the Hon. James Abercrombie, both anti-Scott whighs. TENNESSEE. Tito returns from this Stato como in slowlv, but such as reach us are truly re freshing. We uro not yet able to state tho majority of Andrew Johnson for governor. At tho last dates from Tennessee our friends thought that it Would be about three thous and voles. Wo hnvo just heard from tho third con gressional district in full. The candidates! wero S. A. Smith (dcm.) and TJ Nixon j Von Dyke, (whig.) This district gave Gen. Scott a majority of 06. It has el ected Smith to Congress by a majority of 1,406! From the lights before us, wo believe that the following gentlemen will repre sent Tennessee in tho next Congress. Democrats. —Brookins Cumpbell,r W, M. Churchwcll, Samuel. A. Smith, B. L. Gardenhire, Gcorgo W. Jones, Stephen C. Pnvntt, Frederick P. Stanton. Wnios.—Charles Ready, Felix K._Zol licoffor, Emerson Etheridge. North Carolina Tho Raleigh Standard of the 13th inst, says; Wo think wo may safely assume that! tho representation in tho next Congress fivjni this State will be as follows : ffi|||irst district, Dr. 11. M. Shaw, (dom.) ’Sffgecond district, Thomas Ruffin, (dcm.) foThird district, William S. Ashe, (dem.) Fourth district, Simon H. Rogers,whig. Fifth district, John Kerr, whig. Sixth district, R. C. Puryear, whig. Seventh district, Burton Craig, (dem,) Eighth district! Thomas L. Clingman. Messrs. Shaw, Rufiin, Ashe, and Crnig all occupied the ground of opposition '■ to n division of the public lands on their; 'proceeds; and they planted themselves al-j ! so on tho position of President Picrco in 'relation to the extension of America insti- i tutions. Messrs. Lewis and Boyd, of tho j j fourth and sixth districts, occupied the same grounds. The result of the election j 'mnv he justly regarded as a triumph of tho administration of General Pierce. From tho N. O. Picnyuns, 14lh. The Epidemic. The interments in alt tho cemeteries of the city for tho week cnding'ntGA M. yesterday morning, Friday, tho 12th inst., aro in detail as follows, tho deaths by yel low fever being those certified to by the physicians, and not including the inter ments, or any portion of them, daily re ported as “unknown,’’ These may bo con sidered ns averaging eight a day : —■« Interments for tho twenty four hours ending nt 6 A. M., on— Total. Yel. Fever. Saturday, August 0, 233 194 Sunday, August 7, 209 105 Monday, August, 8,22 S 193 Tuesday, August, 9, 192 104 Wednesday, Aug, 1 0,224 184 Thursday, Aug, 11, 217 94 Friday, August, 12, 210 183 Yellow Fever at New Orleans and Mobile. New Orleans, Aug. 18.—The total number of deaths reported in this city dur-1 ing the loriy eight hours ending at o| o’clock, this morning was four hundred and ten, including tlireo hundred ,nnd six ty-six of yellow fever. Tho weather continues very unfavor able, being hot, .cold and rainy by turns.— This, aggravates the .epidemic, and there can bo no hope of n cessation of its rava ges until bolter, weather comes, or until tho fever can find no more, victims.,. Accounts have: been, received hero from Mobile, which are deemed reliable, which represent the. yellow fever to be on the in crease in that city, though the authorities and the press endeavor to keep it as silent us possible. v iNcnEASBD Moktautv- —Opening. or New .HospiTAis.-r-Tho-total number of deaths reppftfid for the 19th, was 242, of which 227 were from yellow fever, show inga largo increase. The distress is very great, and 4ha Froward Association are opening four new hospitals, apt} appealing Tor furjher assistance.,| , Tue Yellow Fe veß at Sea.—The ship John Cummings, Captain . Fraurs, bound ironi Now Orleans to Bordeaux, was spp ken by tho revenuo cutter Cap tain Rudolph, and was found to, have the yellow fever on board, tjnd to. bo in a lea-: ley condition. Tho Captain die(J : bn‘S»t-' U rday last, pnd was' buried on Tybeb fs land bn Sunday. Threb bf Jlio brew and the pnly passpngor'on board dipd of [tlfo fever, durjngthb passage. ‘ Tjio ship is riow'ahchbre(| in Co,ckspo« I Rptids, I whbiro ‘ evefy aneptipb will bP paid jo :lhb ’ remtiun. der of thiocrewA ; *' i' Savannah-Republican Aug! ‘ id | ! FroM Cuba.—Tho ravages from Choi- j era and Yellow Fever in the interior aro. as bad ns in Now Orleans and in Copen- | hagcn. On Mrs. Scull’s estate (Marmonia), 120 slaves died between tlfe'dlH atitl 7th of Ungual, and'4o were.in the infirmary.—* This is by no means, V 1 location, dinrly unhealthy placei Havana is" Very (healthy for summer, arid quite ns much so in wirileri 'as wo are informed by Mr. Robertson, the Consular Agent. The sai lors aro particularly healthy,ns a whole. — iThc agirculturnl estates have been losing Singular Hallucination. —>A young mnnofabout 24 years wa9, last evening; brought to tho Socond District Station! House, and confined therein, for his singu. lar conduct in ihcstroots. Upon, beingin» terrogatod by the officer in attendance, lo ascertain whether ho was sane or craxy, ho told the official, in answer to a question; put to him concerting tho cause of hi* singular conduct, “that ho was either d: trotting horse or n jackass,” and it piix-' z!ed him greatly to determine which of the two specimens of tho quadruped he be. longed to. “But,” said hc,.‘*if people would not ‘lime me,’ when I gf>: through the street, and Say ‘he’s a trotter,’ I shoUln’t let out —shouldn’t show them my time.-? Wby.'do you know that I am entered for the next trot at Saratoga Springs, going to a sulkey, best throe in five, and I ain’t in no condition fo trot eif her.” Tho poor fellow was allowed to cool down, and df* ter sleeping a few hours, was this morn ing taken to Utica.— Alb. Tran. oth ißjfi Cabs Stopped by Gbassiioppehs.-i Ono clay during tho present week, the cqrfl on the Watertown Railroad were stopped between that place and Cape Vincent, by, the multitude of grasshoppers on the track, Now don’t, dear reader, suppose for a mot ment, thero was an embankment gf the critters —neither set it down in your diary us an infernal, lie. But to explain—tho rails wero.so thickly covorod with thepq and ,thq car wheels smashed, them up sg beautifully between a hop and a jump; that it had the eflect.of gyeaso op the roils, ma f king tho whcols revolve, swiftly, while ibf) train remained stationary. This was wj|* ncssed by several gentlemen.pf tho first respectability, and is truo. “In union theft is strength.’!— Vernon Transcript. ,_,.j OCT’A letter from California relates many peculier sights and incidents, one of which is about a rich, young, man having to turn washerwoman. ;“1 have met a yootlg man who at hortia moved in the Best circle* of society, and is u gentleman every ipchdf him, failing to mako anything nt the mihe* went into a certain town* and actually took in washing, and. idea Bsed, for his bread) the filthy garments 6f thesmwho, at hot»» he, would: not acknowledge ns qcqusih lances. . U was rather an amusing eight ta see, him at thd wpOhtub soaking anfl scrubbing the dirty linen of. his motley patrons, swefiringnt his folly.and upbraid* mghisluok. • . ' er, How To. DRt Peaches.— Dp our to*, delrs know how to dry poaches T Ttikjl those of tho host just as they ihre ripe enough to oat', halve them,- remoydto stones, and sprinkle over them, inthbnol*. low from which the pit was taken, ti little sugar; .dry’ them in a brick oven aftefto bread,'&c., is withdrawn. ■' ; ••' f ,ul They are far belter than if dried in to sun, retaining their aroma and flavofj'ond besides are totally free from insect*!-*' Prepared in this way, from peaches fully ripe, thoy need no cooking, but are sijd* ply soaked out in cold water. All IM'iii gar-they require • (ranging- of. cdurBo.''(dth the variety) is added while drying. Pdaih* es thus dried and prephredj aro only ftre* rio^to' the I’irieibhfruit, 1 ’irieibh fruit, of which they'.ib* tain'tlioflavdrin'a’rernai'kdblddegreS. If yeti pVdfet, take'liifehv sd/rifo nnd'peal the fruit', buftHh flavor is tf6! ; to' good as wlien fully flpb, add is dissijWto knore'ip the pfod'ess ©Fdrjftng. i (KrTho New Hampshi re Free, lie to* pracy will bold a.mass .meeting ot Wolf* borough BrjdgoohtHe 34 th, inst. jphn|* Hale,: Amp Wil# Sf 1 be among the speakers. ,