J iC ac ,b >o 4 V' Ruin of the City of San Salvador. ■ \ Stale Convention. The New York Herald translates the. ™ ,e P,0 r , “ iblorv State as following uccount of ihe recent awful ca-' StJm^l at Harrisburg on \\ odnesday last, family Much has recently destroyed San ond organized by-the election of the Hon. Salvador, a eitv of near 30,000 inhabitants, fcli S1,l( -' r - of Union, as Prestdent, with a the capital of the State of the same name' 0 numb( ', r ° f Vice Presidents and Secre • n Central America: • lanL ‘' 3 ' rhe interrogating Committee sub v . . . | , , 'milled a number ol letlers from' Govern- The nialit of the loth of April or Bi-Ict and Mr. Pollock, the whig can «.ll ever he one of sad and biller memo- du , llU . Ibr governor . ry for the people of Salvador On llml j NTr i IROOATO n IES «y tiik phohibitoky tinforliiniilo night our hnppy mid henutiful liquor law cummittkk. rop.tal was made a heap of ruins. Move- , I)(J you believe a law, prohibiting wonts of ihe mrth wnro foil on the morn- || l( . mnnuluoturcand sale of intoxicating li >ng ol Holy riiurwbiy.prpopdod by sounds ' 3 exC(;|)l for sacru menial, medicinal, like tho rolling of hen\y nriillcry over rnc? chuuic^ilor ttrtisiicul purposes, to be tin pavements, and like distant thunder. cunsiituiiunnl 7 and would its constitution- The people were a little alarmed in con- u |, |y> in >uul - ojMn j un (*. nflfcclcd by sub sequence ol this phenomenon, but it did n ,j NS j on 0 [ j(<) repeal to a vole of the pe0...... ...... prevent iltcm from meeting in the , pruvll i e ,j u majority voted in Tavor of .euichos to celebrate tile solemnities of the I t | | HW 7 ‘ day. On Saturday all was quiet, and eon-. 2. In the event of you r election, should fidrnce was restored. Ihe people of the i .| le |(. t ,j s |mure enact such a luw, will it re neighborhood as usual, lo cele- ; ccive your exe cutive sanction ? brato the Passover. The mglu of Salur-; governor Bigler's letter. unlay was tranquil, as wns also the whole. ~ 1 „ i 'pi 1 . . Harrisburg, Juno C, 1804. of Sunday, 1 lie hen! 11 is true, wns con- , , , . , , , , ’ , Gentlemen : —I have been honored bv snderablo, but the atmosphere was calm . . . ~ .. .. ’ . , . ,;ihc receipt of your communication ol tho and serene, lor the first inree hours in’ , ‘ J . .. • ,1 ■ 1 j 1 tub ultimo, [impounding to me cerium the evening nothing unusual occurred : , , , • , , n 1 i , . . . ” , 1 r nnesllous lourhmg the subject Ol U I lolllb but a. hull-past nine a severe shock ol an • , , 0 J ,1 . -.i.i 1 itury Liquor Law. earthquake, occurring without Iho usual. 1 , , ~ . ■. ■ T , , 1 , lo \our fust mquii v, I reply that the preliminary noises, nlarmcd he w hole city.! , •’ ~ * , •’ . , r m . r „ r r 1 1 4... i 1 Supremo Court ol tho btato huve repeat- Mnny lamilies luff their houses and made . . • .1 1 . ■ J . • ,1 ■1 - ,led y held, and 1 concur in tho doctrine, rncumpments in the public squares, wbilei ~ , ~ ’ . , r • i,. ■ .1 • 7 that the Legisaiure can exercise all law others prepared to pass the night m their , 6 , . 4 rnaklno power not expressly lor bidden by respective court yards. v "» 1 J ■ ~ , ■ f, 11 1 -i lie Rime or Federal Constilulion. Under Finally, at ten minutes to eleven, with-, . llu . , ... , , . , **v •.- r , ■ . , .1 1 . this construction. I believe iho Legislature out premonhion of any kind, the earth be- cun 1 1 1 , , b 1 . f .have nuiliorilv to contra the muiiulacture gnn to heave and tremble wuli such fear- 0 " u "' u 7. ~ , . ful force that in ten seconds the entire city and sale ol spiiiiuous iquois; ut in lie use was prostrated. The crashing of houses! 0 * lbut | ,ower i it must c o vions l lat a stunned the cars of the terrified 1 nhnbi- ( ,n 'B bt be passed, ' v ,|L *> ln * lB e, ' u s y tants, while ji cloud of dust from the f->ll- ! " ou U be n munifest mo ation o l)e on. ing ruins enveloped them in a pall ofini-’dilution, and hence 1 to mipossi 1 ily of penetrable darkness. Not a drop of wa- answering your question distinctly, with ter could be got 10 relieve the half-choked j oul spe ' n o tbe L ’ xuct ternl3 °‘ 'he propo nnd suffocating, for die wells and fountains sod law. were filled up or made dry, Tho clock ' As 10 lbc second point 111 the inquiry, it tower of the Cathedral carried a groat part ! must lie very clear that a luw, constitu ofthe edifice with it in its fall. The tow- ; 'i°nn! m i'self would not be rendered oth ers of the Church of Sun Francisco crush- erwise by allowing ihe people to decide by ed the Episcopal Oratory and part of tho| v °l e whfther the Legislature should repeal palace. Tile Cliurrh of Santo Domingo |' 1 or no '> n 0 niatter what thut vole might was buried beneath its towers, and the Col-' bo - lope of Assumption was entirely ruined.| 1° )’ oul ' second inquiry i answer that 1 The new and be.aiitiful edifire of the j sincerely deplore iheevils of intemperance, University was demolished. The Church y n[) d ain no ' v willing, as I have always of tho Merqied separated in the centre, and • been, to sanction any measure to mili- Jls walls fell outward to the ground. Ofjg nte > possible, entirely remove the the private houses a few were left stand- ! vice, but I cannot pledge myself to sane ■ ng, but all were rendered uninhabitable. | don a luw, tho details ol which I hnvo not It is worthy of remark that the walls lelt j seen. Ihe terms of the Constitution standing are old ones; ail those of mod- and oath ol office would seem to forbid ern construction have fallen. The public I this course on the part of an Executive.— edifices ol the government and city shared I He should bo free to judge of the constitu the common destruction. The devastation ) lionality and wisdom ol a proposed luw was effected, as we have said, in the first after having luliy examined and consider ten seconds; lor although the succeeding ed its provisions. shbeks were tremendous nnd accompanied [ \ ery respectfully, your ob’t serv’t, with fearful rumblings beneath our feet,! Wm. Bigleii. they had comparatively trifling results, for! To Stephen Miller, James Black, James the reason that the first had lell L>u,t little| Piper, John Stones, Goo. W. Stanton, lor their ravages. i Esqrs. Committee. Solemn and terrible was the picture pre-j judge poi lock s lkiter, sented on that dark, funerel night of a' Milton, May 30th, 1H54. whole peoplo clustering in the plazas, and Gentlemen—\ our communication in re on their knees crying with loud voices tolerance to n prohibitory law has been rc- Heaven for mercy, or in agonized accents ceived, and in reply, 1 say that the consti calling for their children or friends, winch 1 tutionolity of a prohibitory law, similur in they believed to be buried beneath the ru- its essential features to the one referred to ms, a heaven opaque and ominous; a'in your interrogatories, huving received a movement of the earth rapid and unequal ijudtciul determination by the highest causing n terror indiscribable, an intense ; Courts of several of our Sister States, and| and sulpherous odbr filling the atmosphere j the principle having been recognized by! and indicating eiruptionof tho volcano 'ha Supreme Court of the United States, I j streets filled with ruins or overhung by am relieved from the responsibility of uj threatening walls; a suffocating cloud ofT' rst decision. These courts having affir dust rendering respiration impossible.— Mned the constitutionality of u prohibitory Such was the spectacle presented by the law, and being of the highest authority, unhappy city on thut memorable and aw- I believe, upon principle and authority, ful night. ' | -such a law to he constitutional; and its . A hundred Lv.s vrete shut up in the e o |. : constitutionality, in my opinion, would not lege, many invalids crowded the hospitals be affected by a submission of its repeal to and the barrack* were full of soldiers.— a vote of the people. <vThe sense of the catastrophe which must' Every measure of morul or political re have befolien them, gave poignanev to the 1 form, sanctioned by the representatives of first moments of reflection after the earth- 1 the people, within the limits of the consti quake was over. It was believed that at ! lution should receive my official sanction, least a fourth part of the inhabitants had I The expediency and propriety of such been buried beneuihlbe ruins. The mcm-jluws are for the people through their rep bets of the government, however, hasten*! resentalives ; and their will constitutionally ed to ascetuin as far as practicable, the declared, should be respected by the Exe exlent Of the catastrophe, and to quiet the cutive. if the people demand, nnd their public mind. It was found that the loss' representames enact such a law, their pflife hnd been much less than was sup- will should not be resisted by the exercise posed, nnd it now appears probablethuttho \of the veto power—a power purely oonscr number of {tilled wilknot exceed one bun- vativa, and only to be exercised in cases dred, nnd :he t wounded fifty. Among the clearly unconstitutional, or exhibiting in lalter is yie Bishop, who received a severe | dubitable evidence of hasty, injurious and blow on the head ; the late President Sc-j imperfect legislation. Such being my ngr Duenos ; a daughter of the President, views of official duty in the premises, anfl the wife of tho Secretary of the Legis- should the Legislature, the constitutional I )ulivo Chambers—tho latter severely. * exponents of popular will,-enact such a I Fortunately, the earthquake has notjlnw, it would, in tho event of my election, bcc/i followed by rains, which gives an op- 1 receive the Executive sanction. ‘ ! portunjty to disinter the public nrchilves, us | Yours, very respectfully, j also many of tho valuables contained in James Pollock. Jivellings ol the citizens, 1 The business committee in the afternoon ■ The movements of the earth still ccn-! reported n series of resolutions, approving tuiucs, with strong shocks, and the people, L)f the letters of the whig nnd native can Ji* tearing a general swallowing upof the silojdntes for Governor, and declaring it inex “f ihc city, or that it may be buried under pedient to nominate a. candidate. Thov s<?me sudden eruption of the volcano, arc deem theletterofGov. Bigler unsatisfactory, hastening nwpy, taking with them their| The resolutions were, nftor n long dis household gods, the sweet memories of cussion, adopted, and the Convention, at their.infancy, and their domestic animals, UP. adjourned sine die, perhaps the only property left for the sup port of their families. oCr"Thu lasi “Presbyieriun Banner,” in spoajcing ef the Temperancci Convention lately assembled hi Harrisburg, says : ivris resolved unanimously "ns we ,learued, to vote in favor of the next Legislature passing a bill excluding all iraffio/ip intoxicating drinks. This being the cburse ol‘ policy adopted wo bopo that Tempera nee, mert will bo on the alert.— f/eCthg subject be properly kept before the people, and, if possible, let it tye.kept sep arate from pa-(y politics. It has intrin sic ryortb, and its friends will do well to avoid ‘entangling alliences.’ No'W/yif oan doapything against his will, said a metaphysician. ‘.Tniih,” said Pat. I Imd a brother who went to Botany pov against liis will, faith and be did” A Danoehous Con nte n kbit. —The coj. lector of one oft>ur large mercantile hou ses, in making bis rotnrns yesterday, found that be had received $460, all from one person, in counterfeit $2O bills on the Statu Bank of Ohio. The note is of most elegant workmanship, printed on fine pa per, with red bucks and well engraved.— The signatures, we nre informed by those who have compared them with the genuine bills, nre admirably executed, and the whole bill is calculated to deceivo even the most experienced banker. The engraving purports to have been done by Toppan, Carpenter & Co., of Cincinnati. The bills nre made paynble at various branches of tlio Stale Bank, and arc, therefore sign ed by different,cashiers, but tho President’s signature is the same on all. We caution our readers- to beware pf this dangerous counterfeit, — N. Y. Picayune, E GLEARFIEL' CLEARFIELD, JUNE 28, 1854. WILLIAM HIGLI2K, Of ClrarftelJ Comity. FOR SUPREME .TUIXJE. JHHHMIAH H. BLACK, Of Somerset Count y FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER. HENRY H. MOTT, Of Pike Comity. 1. Subscribera who do not give express notice to the contrary, arc considiJVed ns wishing to continuo their subscription. # 2. It’ subscribers order tlio discontinunnco of their newspapers, the publisher may continue to semi them until all arrearages arc paid. V>. If subscribers nogloct or refuso to tako their newspapers from the office, to which they are di rected, they nro held responsible until thoy have settled thoir billajand ordered them discontinued.^ \. If subscribers remove to other places without informing the publishers, and the newspapers are sent to the former direction, they are hold respon sible. 6. The Courts have decided that refusing to tuko newspapers from the office, or removing and leav thom uncalled for, is evidence of fraud. It i /3*flr\Ve intimated in our last that it was our intontion to lie absent, for a time, and also that t lie business of the office would bo ontrustod»lo proper hands, and that tho paper might bo expected to make its appenrance as usual. The intimation that we would ho absent proved fruo, aud wo sup posed that sufficient force was loft in tho office to issue tho paper and transact all other businoss — but it provod otherwise, and the consequence was that no paper was issued from tho office last week. We hope however, that it will he a long lime beforo we shall again bo compelled to apologize for tho non uppearauee of tho Republican. It has of late been too customary to prove agreeable to ourreud or.i or profitable to ourselves. I JOY. BIGLERS LETTER TO TIIE TEMPER There are no qualities so ossential to the states man, or that ought to recommend him to the con fidence and esteem of the people, of a higher order than a firm moral hearing and a sound discretion. These may bo said to lie at the foundation of all others, und are absolutely ossential to give proper direction to every other qualification. Whut is what we call talent without them ? W hat is knowl edge without them? What confidence cuu we place in the brightest intellect, devoid of moral honesty, and a culm sober, thoughtful discretion? In no instance has Governor Bigler evinced the possession of these qualities to a greater degree, than in his late letter to tho temperance committee. He tells them that he believos that a prohibitory liquor law is constitutional. lie tells them that he believes that a vote of the people on it nftcr it is passed in reference to its reponl would not af fect its constitutionality. Ho tells them further, that he sincorely tho evils of intem perance, and that he is now willing, und always has been, to sanction any measure to mitigate, and if possible to entirely remove the vieo ; but he will not pledge himself to sign a hill before he see® umi examines its contents- and lor sound reasons. Those details may ho unconstitutional. They muv bo unwise und highly improper. They may, in fact, be of such a nature, us to render the main iutentiou of the luw inoperati*. c. Now, our renders will bear in mind, thut if a luw U passed which is simply unconstitutional, the supreme euurl of the stntc have power to deelure it so, and it then ceases to be law ; but this is not tho case in regard to merely unwise and vicious legislation. The supreme court have no power over this. It must be executed uniil it is repealed by the legis lature. Hence it follows that the wisdom and po licy of laws are proper subjects for the exercise of executive discretion, when thoy arc submitted for approval, fiovomor Bigler has therefore, uctvd the part of a wise statesman, uud an houost muu. in declining to give pledges, which he might not be able to perform, without a violation of his con science and a manifest the people. After all, in our opiuion. pledges given by can didates for office, in view of the election, are not so much to be depended on, as they would seem to merit. A cunning ami designing man will always he ready to give pledges, if he believe they will benefit himself, andjnst rh ready to slip out of them after his election, if he enu find room or ex cuse to ovudu their performance. The surert pledge that the people can have from their public den ants, or those who aspire to be such, is a well spent life—an honest course of conduct, aud a liiyh liev.'l.i| •ciucnt of moral sentiment , display ed by tho general tenor of their actions. “By their fruits ye shall know them." Those who know Governor Bigler personally, will require no otbor pledge from him in regard to temperance, than a reference to hix uniform temperate course of life and high moral hearing. They know him to be the firm and consistent friend of religion, morality ami temperance, und believe him always ready to promoto these objects by nil the aid.*- that w isdom can suggest. • While we arc on this subject, wo may as well say a few words in regard to Mr. Pollock's letter. It will bo seen that ho and Govornor Bigler agroo exactly as to the constitutionality of a prohibitory liquor law, und also ns to tho effect that n vote of tho people would have upon it. But if you c.xum< ino tho last paragraph carefully you will probably find some difficulty iu coming to a conclusion as to bow fur be has pledged himself, or whother ho has given any strongor plodgo than Governor Big ler. Tho first, second und fourth eontencos piodgo him directly in favor of a prohibitory liquor law, with no other qualification than that it bo within the limit* of the constitution. Tho wisdom und propriety of its parts ho loaves to- tho pcoplo or their representatives. But the third sentence gives a new faTo to tho mutter. In it ho tolls us that tho veto power is also to bo exorcised in cases of ‘•hasty, injurious or imperfect logislution." Yon see, then, what u slippery kind of pledge it is. Tho act umy coutain unconstitutional provisions, or It may be “hasty, injurious or imperfect." A fool might slip out of such u pledgo without greaso —Perhaps ho did not intend auy thing but fair ness ; but at all events he bus given ample evi dence of a strong desire to impreßsupon the minds of tho committeo und tho convention, his willing ness to go almost uny longth for tho toniperanco cause. Bitten nv 4 Snake. —A girl, whoso nurao wo did not learn, Hying some whoro near tbo mouth of Surveyor run, in this county, was bitten on the foot, somo two or tbroo weeks since by a Copper- Iloud. Tho most important part of the story, how ever, is tho cqro resqrtod to, and which in this cose provod, effectual,'which Is as follows: 1 A ohjokon was caught, killod, cut open and ap plied to tho bite, after which tbo girl continued to recover, experiencing apparently but littlo pain. is thought that A. R. Reeder, Esq., of Easton, Pa., will bo appointed Governor of Kansas Territory, and that Gen Butler of Kentucky, will be appointed for NebraMfH* THE REPUBLICAN. FOR GOVERNOR. The Law ofNctvspaporH, ANCK COMMITTEE Philadelphia Municipal Selection. I Tho lato olootion for municipal oflicora of tho City of Philadelphia, which now embraces what I wna formerly tho City and County, has resulted disastrously for tho domooratio party, showing a majority in that district of eight or nino thousand against us. That such a state of things should ox ist, is sufficiently mortifying to us, hut wo cannot porocive how it can afford uny roal satisfaction to any of the opposing parties. It was a domocrutic defeat, that is conceded; but, wo would ask, what party can claim this as a triumph? It was not a whig victory, nor a native victory; it was not a free-soil victory, nor a victory achioved by uny par ty. There is therefore no reason for ,that oxtflta tion which is manifested by tho whig and nutivo presses. When it is rocollected that for many years there has boon a large majority nguinst tho democratic party in tho city and county of Phila delphia, when all tho various smullor parties could ,bo marshalled in ono body, and mado to unite wilh tho whig party, tho lute result nood not aston ish any one. Hut, again, wo ask, what cause is there for exultation ? It is a defeat without a vie- j lory ! a pulling down without building up ; u loss without any gain. A political victory implies a triumph of nrinciple. Hut hero tliero is nothing of tho kind. No principle bus been advanced by | this defeat, of tho democratic party in Philadelphia, j What have the whigs gained by it? What have tho natives gained ? W hut hnvo the frcesoilors j gained? Nothing—absolutely nothing. Fo far as. ftrinriplt; is concerned, they just remain as they wore. They arc as much opposod to each other in print'ijtft ns they are to the democratic parly, and whonevor an opportunity offers, will show their discordancy as much as ever. Wo havo fluid that this dofoat of the party is suf ficiently mortifying. It is so on more than one account. The exclusion of democrats from a par- ticipation in the government of tho city is some thing, but it is the least caiiso of regret. The state of feeling which this defeat manifests is the prin cipal. it i- a feeling that mainly arises fn»ni re ligious intolerance and is therefore the most ran courous and hitter. On the one hand it looks to tho violation of law, the overthrow of the Constitu tion and the severcnco of our government, by means of abolition mobs and incendiary publica tions, and on the other, t * exciting street preach* ing, in which the errors of past ages are wrung out in coarse and vulgar language and brought to hear against a large denomination of Christians, and to tho disfranchisement of pbrhaps a million of free men, in direct violation of the constitution of tho United Ftntes, and in tho very face of what we hold most valuable in the American Government, to wit: the entire separation of church and state. These are some of tho mainifestatioijs of the late defeat; and if the whig party enn derive any satis faction from it, let them enjoy it, for they must he hard run for comforts. Let us pursue the subject a little further. The Native American party certainly tMnbraces inon of sense ajid talent. They niu?t therefore havo sotno inject in view corresponding to the efforts they are making, and tho building up of a great national party. Who can believe torn moment tbata non frnnehisemont of m'j-tfeu years only would rimovo 1 the grievances of which they complain,or that this is i the maximum of tho reform which they would ! I?ke to introduce? No person of diiccniment. The man that cannot learn how to vote in the years, will never learn. Tho man that cannot midotstaud our institutions in five years, will never under stand them. The man who cannot love our goverr ment in five vears, should never lie here. We think those postulates are almost sell evident. In re gard to the last one we would here remark, that it is a well known and a very palpable and natural fact, that foreigners in general warmly appreciate our government before they com* 4 here to partake of ite benign influences.. The jnrre addition of six teen jeors of disfranchisement, or rather nonfran chisemeut, cannot, thereforo, be thjdr objoet. it is too small a platform to stand on. Nor do we be lieve their objection is to foreigners at nil, for rea sons which seem very satisfactory to us. What, then, is their object. Nothing leas than the entire disfranchisement of every Homan Catholic in tho Cnited Flutes! They mar not intend to carry matters so far jtisl now, hut this is their ultimate object; their doctrines and iheir actions lead to this point. For this purpose thoy have street preach ers employed in tho cities and largo towns, whose business it ia to fulminate tho most abusive and rur.c'.r•iw speeches against the Roman Clitholie ir ligi'Oi. These men are sowing seeds of discord wti.-rvier they go, nud ill the larger places crea ting riots and bloodshed. We do not exculpate those Catholics who oppose them, and thus disturb the peace—they ought to let thorn have it all to themsolvos, ami submit their case to the judgment of their fellow citizens at large ; but they arc moa sureably excusable. They arc composed principal ly of snob tnen who first fight and then reason— men of hot hoads and stfoifg nerVes, who cannot submit to have tho religion ofthoir fathers abused in public market houses, amidst the plaudits of a mixed multitude of rowdios, fanatics and idlers.— This is Native, Americanism, in its inoipicut state. What will it bo in its results? It would bo hard to calculate tho ovil consequences of depriving so large a body of men from a participation in our government franchises as that which is embraced in tho Roman Chatholio Church in this country, even if the disability had roferonce to qjfice only. We can form some idea of them, however, from what has taken place in othor countries, particu lar in England and Ireland whore the Catholio population have been mensureably deprived of po-. litical and religious liberty. We see how this sys tem of tyranny and oppression operates thero to create discord among tho people, and hatred to the government. It has hud the effect of dividing tho people into rollgious parties, intolefent on both eidos, without, it is believed, making any desira ble impression upon tho faith of either. It hus not improvod tho morality ofr ProtestanTsfa, or Boften ed the exclusiveness of its opposore. We have strong roasons for belioviDg that intoloreney in this country would bo attended by consoquenccs still more to be doprecated ; for the only tenuro of our political oxlstence consists in the attachment of the people to our institutions. This is Nativo Amorican or Know Nothlngism, and dhis is-the way it sooks to attach our citizens to our govorn mont, and to comont tho bond of good fellowship among tho hoterogenlaus elements of which It is composed. Can suoh a party evor succood in this ago of morul and intellectual progression 1 Cor tninly not, unless wo are willing to go baok to tho dark ages for lossons of roliglous aud politicol wis dom, and revive tho principles that thon filled the ! world with persecution and blood. ' - j tho first part of last week tho Bap tists had preaching in Curwensville, with wbat suc cess tboir labors wore attended we know not. On Saturday and Sunday last their ministers labored in this place. One person was immorsed on Sun day. We understand that preparations ore' boing made for tho oroction of a Baptist Church in our town. May they bp successful in their underta king. ond much good result tliorofrom. The Temperance Question and the next Election. j It Is now evident that ipomo of the frionds of tho j tomporanco cause aro determined to thrust that question into the whirlpool of politics, and to make :it an adjunct of tho whig party. If thoso tempor anoo men aro sincere, thoy are fatally mistaken. ] No othor course could bo more dotrimontal to tho t succoss of tho oauso thoy protend to advocate. If ' a prohibitory law is enacted, as the effect of a po litical triumph-T—especially as a whig triumph—it |is almost cortuin to bo ropoalod; and wo prosumo jno man asks for uny legislation in favor of tho I tomporanco reformation, oxcopt that which will ho ! stable. Wo are among thoso who* boliovo that I much aid might bo glven'to tho causo by proper j legislation. Hut to bo useful and salutary, U must bo without opposition from either of tho two gront I political partis. Wo could not havo confidonco in i its usefulness, if tho undivided support jof tho wholo domocratic party, although that is (and gonorully has boon, thodomiuant party in tho ■ Ftuto, if, at the samo time, tho whig**, as a party. I opposed it. What hopes, then, can tho friends of n prohibitory law have, even if thoy should suc ceed in effecting its sanction by the Legislature, ' if it is done ut tho sacrifice of tho Democratic pur ■ tv ; Most assuredly it will be one of tho most fatal {steps over taken by theso philanthropists. Hoi oiiton’h Elkotko Magnetic Machine. —Dr. It. V. Wilson, has procured ono of tho above Ma chines. which are known to he superior to any ev er before invented. Persons afflicted with Khcti matie, Nervous or other debilitating diseases, may dorivo much benefit from the vivifying offects of this machine. Persons wishing to procure the best Stouo Wuro will do well to give J. M. & G. W. Porter a call, at their establishment near Lutheisburg. They mnnufuotnro the best of ware. F. Leitringor of this placo also manufactures a superior article id' Pottery Ware. Very little change has tukon placo in the grain market, since our last issue. Wheat con tinues to sell ut from $2,2j to 2,J7 ; Rye and Vom from $1.12J to In New York, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh, grain of every description is ("lin ing down slightly. The Pittsburg Union of the 24th instant suys “Judge Barrett's name Ims recently been coupled w ith the offtoo of United States .Senator from Penn sylvania—a position which lie would fill with hon- or and usefulness. /?•»>' Quite a number of new advertisement- np pear in this paper. Rend them. For (he Republicu n COUNTY NOMINATIONS. Messrs Editors :—I notice an editori n 1 in your pnper of May ‘.Mil), urging lhi- Democratic purly to an early organization. Now, wiihout going into any of the pre liminaries, the question has been asked of me ut home and ulong the river, what steps the were going to tuke this summer in making nominations, whether they are going to order delegates to be olected in County Convention or whether they are going to order that the people shall vole by ballot for the different officers of this county. Now, sir, as this jis a question that is beginning to agitate the minds of the majority of the Demo cratic purty of this county, and my word for it that system (best known as the Craw ford County system) is the only thing that will cause unanimity in the party. I.el nil those who feel disposed to offer them selves as candidates lor tho different off ices which are to be filled in the county [come out in your paper ns candidates, and then let the people vote, and the man who has the most votes ought to be the niun, ( for this will give a fair expression of the ; people. The Standing Committee orJer ed that the people should veto on last Oct. | which of the two systems should hereafter be established. It is true thut the election ! was not general, hut there is none can tell I the reason save those that figured in trying to defeat the will ol the people. In those townships where the people voted for the Crawford system, there cannot he enough of Democrats drummed together to aitend a delegate m. etihg that would make a res jpectuble Corporal’s guard. The Demo cratic party ought to orgnnizo early—the [enemy is in the field and trying to defeat 'our worthy executive if they cun, but all is vain—yet it behooves us to be on the look out and try to defeat all iheir inlri gues, for they are trying to reduce liisma jority in his own county by telling all manner of stories übout him—one is that he in ei feres in the eloclion of county off icers, and says who-shall and who shall not be elected. Now sir, let us hdopt the Crawford system and whether he interiors or not it w ill thwart his enemies from char ging him with that gross slander. I sincerely believe thepeoploare nearly cured of some of their crude dogmas, or nl least this particular one' which has existed in the Democratic pnrty —and I havo full reason to betiove by the popular expres sion lost fhll on the Crawford system that it is the one which should bo established, because it is based Democratic prin ciples, and if the Democracy fully unite upon this system we shall so concentrato our efforts as cannot fail to gain unparal lelled triumph overjour enemies, which will fully proye the adage that “in union there is strength.” S. H. SHAFFNER Lawrence Township, } June 10, 1854, \ The plague of ouABSHopi*j:ns.—Let ters from Broussu state that great fears were entertained of upproaching ravages of the my rids of grasshoppers which have made their appearance. Ordinarily they are rendered less numerous by a severe winter, and it was hoped that the frosts and snows of the last few month would have operated to keep down the yearly pest. However, the plains about tho city are now covered with clouds ofthese insets, hardly hatched, and the next few weeks may see the harvest liulf devoured and the popuia. tion reduced to despair. Fayette County. —The Democracy of this counly have nominated Dr, Fuller for Congress ; and Messrs. Hill ond Val entine for lhe Legislature. Tho latter gentlemen are pledged against the election of Horn John L. Dawson to the U. States Senntc. ' Great Conflagration at Worcester. WoncESTR, Juno 15.—A very deslruc. live conflagration—the most serious in many years—occurred in our city short. |y before 3 o’clock yesterday afiornoon. The fire broke out in the very heart of tho city, and consumed the extensive Pis. j tol Works, Merrifield’s Pinning Factory, I together with twenty others. The prince j pal suflbrers were William Rich-& Co., I Samuel Flagg & Co., C. Hovj£y & Co.) j Howard & Davis, Allen & Thurber) | Dwight Foster, R. A. Johnson & Co., Ed. I ward Livermore, Daniel Painter, Cyrus Kill's, B. & B. C. Bowen, Charles R, \Vi|. der, S. G. Reed, and Isaac,Davis. At least four acres ol ground was burnt over. There were rumors current at the time of the fire that several lives were lost by the falling of walls, hut these happily havo proved untrue. I Mr. Merryfields loss is about one him. jdred thousand dollars. He is insured for twenty-two thousand. The other losses vary from $lOO to $05,. 000. Among those most prominent in the ex tinguishment of the tiro, was Judge Wash, hum, Governor of the State. He labored ut one of the engines manfully. A meeting of our citizens was held this morning to devise measures for the relief of the sufferers. The total loss by this disaster is hall s million of dollars ; besides which over 1000 workman have been thrown out of employ men! THE WHIGS Think they have nothing to du bat a huso Gov. Bigler in order to secure the success of their candidate. 'Phis is in our judgment a mistaken idea. Their abusa of Governor Bigler wo have no object ion to ; hut in order to elect their candidate, they must .-.how to the satisfaction of tho people that .Inmes Poflock has “dono !In; stale some service," and is, on his merits, entitled to the support of the freemen ot Pennsylvania. Hitherto we havo learned nothing ns to what Mr. Pollock has done to deserve the suffrages of free democra tic voters. Governor Bigler, emphatical ly the best man the slate has ever had in the gubernatorial chair, has been denoun ced w iihout reason and without proof, by the w hig press, hut they hnve tuken good care not to give us the political history of Jumcs Pollock. Let us know what Mr. Pollock has done. If he is the man they represent him to be, let us know upon what foundation they rest his cluims. Gov. Bigler has now been in office nearly three venrs —all his acts are before the people — the fact that ho has. discharged his duties with ability and fidelity, wo believe has never been denied ; and now we claim tho right to hear from our whig brethren what Mr. Pollock has done for his country, tha state or the nation, to entitle him lo'the office lor which he is a candidate KNOW NOTHING INTOLERANCE, A specimen of the intolerance of iltti political religious faction, was exhibited a! the meeting of the Common Council ver terduy. which is a fair commentary .on t hoir feelings and purposes. A gentleman named William Daugherty, had been se lected as the candidate of the allied forces for Messenger, hut between the caurus and the meeting for organization, a report had been circulated ihat he was not a native born citizen, and it was at once determined by the Know Nothings thut he should no: be elected. Previous to tlie election \c»- day, n letter was received from Mr. Daugh erty, stating that he was a nutivo of Kelt lucky. and that he had been a resiJent of this oily for 30 years ; still, as one o' the members remarked, “his nunie was nn Irish one," and he was not elected. This is the point of persecution and fanaticism, to which grave conncMmcn have arrived, and theso are the meii selected to admin ister ilie laws and ordinences of the Dew city, without favor or partiality. A mnn well qualified for the office, and agninsl whoso character, as a citizen or an officer not a breuth was whispered, was deliber ately slaughtered, because his name did not suit the fancy of a band of factionisls who are orguutzed agninsl the Cutistiflition nnd sworn to trample under foot all those principles of religious freedom upon which this republic rests its claims for support from tho lovers of civil and religious free dom in all parts of the world. '' Phila. A rgr/s. A CHANCE FOR SPECULATORS The annexed card we find in the adver tising column of the York Republican. — The editor of the Republican says: “the lady isallshe representsheiselflo be. She is u prize worth asking for, and whichev er of our gay young men shall bo forlu*. note enough to get hor hand will never hove cause lo regret it. Thero is no jako whatever in this. ‘ II will be as well how* ever, to 6tate that she wants a ‘nico young man ami no humbug.' ” j MATRIMONIAL. —A Young Lady, 18 years ofage,generally considered by her friends to be of prepossessing appearance, of affuble and pleasant manners, und of good family, takes thjs method of seeking for one whom she will promise to “love honor and obey,” at the marringo altar. She only wishes for one ofa congenial dis-, position, a gentleman between the ages of 22 ond 30, of respectable parentage, and with a business sufficient to justify him in taking tho responsibilities of married lifo upon his shoulders. .He must bo passably good looking. The advertiser is reserved, diffident and unacquainted with the fulso ways of. society, associating with few (or none) of tho opposite sox, but having youth, health, a fair share of this world’s goods, and a cheerful disposilion, she wishes a companion to enjoy life with her. ■ Letters addressed to “IMOGENB,” or k> ‘ Pa., (post paid) will receive prompt atten* tion. . York, Mny 31, 1864,
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