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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,