THE REPUBLICAN.
CLEARFIELD , DEC. 13, 1854
Notice to Subscrtljcif!.
■The 2J,OHtevn uj ('lenefirhi caimfi/ are tluh /
authorized tt* o ur tu/vms, mu? th< h- 'recrijit* /'"V
«nh»criptii>H9*>'Kidi:crUHintj n il! a'/itvn,* U rcfjttninl
'•H CUdli.
THE TERMS OP THE REPUBLICAN
Prom and after the Ist of January next,
will bo one dollar and fifty > cents if paid
within six months ; one dollar and seven,
ty-five cents if-paid within the year, and
two dollsrs;wili be charged if not paid un
til the expirntibn of the year.
We :pt6mise bur patrons'tbat if our list
continues as large at the end of six months
as’nt present, we will enlarge our pnperby
addjngjbtir additional columns thereto—
when it will comptire favorably in size to
apy epupty paper ip thp. state.
SECRET ORGANIZATIONS.
Perhaps the most forcible objection to
political parties, as heretofore organized,
was the manner in which they selected
their candidates. Many honest men have
always felt a great reluctance in givingj
their support to candidates thus presented {
to the public. In this county for instance,'
when the Democrats have been steadily in 1
the majority, how often have we heard the
loudest appeals made to the members of J
our party, by the . opposition, not to sup-!
port candidates selected by a few persons
assembled in County Convention. Give
us the volunteer system, said they.—throw
the doors wide open—give every man a j
chance, and let the people choose from the >
many whom they will have for officers— '
nnd down with your secret caucusscs, del
egate meetings and packed Conventions/
This is about the character of the opposi-!
lion we used to contend with. But it is ;
not a little strange that many of those
who used to manifest the greatest Anxiety
about this system, and make the loudest
objections to it, can now take up the Know
Nothing ticket, and vote it-without a why
or a wherefore.
A brief comparison of the delegate sys
tem, as practised by the Democratic party
in this county as well us throughout the
State and Union, with tho practice of
Know Nothingism, will show a wide con
trast. !
-Public notice is always given inviting
the Democrats to meet in their respective
wards and townships on a certain day and
hour. All are invited. A certain num-
her are then and there uppointcd'to attend a
general County Convention. When so met,
several important considerations should,
and generally do, control the conduct of
the delegates. Their regard for the suc
cess of the ticket they inay form, and
consequently the triumph of the principles
. of their party, will generally induce them
to select the best men. If they fail in this,
the result is most probfibly a defeat. And
Why ? Simply because those candidates
have to come before the people, and their
merits and qualifications closely examined i
and investigated by their fellow-citizens.
Mistakes are often made. But if so, in
nine cases out of ten, the party sutlers by
it, by being defeated at the ballot-box.—
Parties must, therefore, make good nomi
nations—select candidates whose charac
ters con bear the closest scrutiny, because
there is no binding obligation in the shape
of an oath, to require a party-man to vote
for the candidato of his jiarty, if he cannot
do so with u clear conscience. . .....
But how is it with Know-Nothi-ngism?
Their nominations are. made within the
walls of their lodges—sometimes in the
dead hours of the night—-whereevory pro
ceeding is sealed with an oath of secrecy.
At the late election of this State, thousands
of man who were not Know-Nothings,
induced to vote for: men whom
the npVer heard of before, ns. well ns in
Other infetanebs, dor men whom they had
opposed a)l their lives ; and in some of the
adjoining States, if not in this,, instances
are numerous of members of the order
cheerfully casting their votes for men
whom they had never heard of before, and
<?f whom they knew nothing whatever'an
til the ticket-, with their names, was placed
in their hands. Thus it is clear that the
members of this order are not permitted
the privilege of excising their dwn free
will, and voting for wha<p ihey please, as
true Americans should do. Their oath
binds them to vote for the candidates pre- 1
aented by the order, and therefore k j s !
useless for them to ask any questions.-—-I
Merit, qualifications and character are all!
out of the question. The vilest wfetoh
that walks the earth, if he has but thetact
tb work his way through the order,is safe
for any office in the gift of the people.
And, strange as it mnv seem, we know
enough men who can see nothing wrong
in afl this—who think it all right and prop
er, .yet used to think, pur liberties
wore in danger through the machinations
of jho tiinp honored delegate system.
OCrPubiip attention is directed to the
fnajjy n eW advertisements''in to-day’s pa
per, They may interest you. '
j DESTRUCTIVE EIRE IN |
We learn by tho Philadelphia Daily Iv f , ~
. ... * ? n'Ushmgton, Dec. 1, 1854. '
A >gus, that n fire broke but in that c.|v ; “Washingtfn , has undergone a very
at o o clock on the morning of the 12llrvtjreat /vjthln the last few years.—
instant, which was not extinguished until ißstcad ofj)ei|ng nothing more than simply
11 A., M., of the sumo dutr. /The fire is! l, * e ® oa tV Mvernment, sustained and sup
represented ns having been the niost de-jP orte< !,' e “ t .X ly by ,h , Q crumlj3 1 ,hat fflll
. . ' r .. * . .L; * . from the public crib, she is now beginning
structive of any which that city i ? 0 spread? herself, and, apart from-ad-.
since 1850. It comuienced in 'the exten- j vantages derived us she-i's
sive lamp Manufactory of, last becoming a self-sustaining community,
i Messrs. Corijeliup, Baker & Co., in Cherry i? he h -? a many ' ndvantogos.-und it-ia not
• etrout u, ■ . ■ .. 1 improbable that she may yet rise to ins.
istreet, entirely consuming the same. The ■ .. V 3 r
r , r , . ° portance os the erppohuni of commerce
lire spread from the factory both south and and nianufaetures of tfid beautiful valley
vest/communicating to buildings on the ( of the Potomac. Four years ago, the pop
opposite side of the street. Some twentv., ulation of the District was .about 40,000
i five or thirty building in all, were more or • BQuk 11 is now estimated at over 00,000.
; less injured by the flames, many of which '- A
; ■ 3 . ’ ' which JS supplied by wealthy citizens from all
i were burnt to the ground. How the fire , p>arts of the country, who have Yelired
I originated is not known ; but from the fuct 1 from business, and selected this city
' that the fire had been extinguished in the ‘ wherein to spend their.money nnd the re
! factory tho evening before, and that tin? ! mflinder oftheir days. They are gener
’ , .. . i , ly Just livers, but are no detriment to the
names were seen bursting from the build- \ 3 J . • r ■ ; , u j
I. . => : prosperity of mechumes, laborers and pro-,
ing at several different places at the same duc j n „ classes ■
1,..* - D
time, it is supposed to have been the work Extensive improvements both of a pri
of an incendiary.. The loss in all, is cs- , vate ff nd public character nre progressing
: timated at about tHinlf a million. i iu ?'! P arla °[ ,he ci,y \. Y“ c “ m lotB ' a, ' e
| (everywhere being supplied with new ond
i PRIZE CONCERT. j substantial edifices, and the old-fashioned
j A Prize Concert will be’given in the i nnd structures ofearlier d uyf r
L rT „ 'are fast being metnmorphised mio first
- To "' n Hall ?P Christmas evening, after ;c j oB9 roodern edifices. The new wings to
which Jive hundred gifts will be distributed 'the Capitol are beginning to loom up to
| nmong the holders of tickets, consisting of wards the heavens. Most of the brick
| Gold and silver watches, rings, book-case, ; ' y ork is finished, and which is fast disap
and c large assortment of valuable books, ! P ol,r,n o the wiew by the beautiful
, , ° , , ~ , white marble two f#et thick. The exten-,
boots, shawls, and a great many smaller : sionstothe p os( office nro cvcn funh i
articles too numerous to mention. The ndvanced, and will be completed next sum
| object to which tho proceeds are to be ap- mer. • j
I plied, should of itself commend this con- Apart fiorn national wo.rksp lhe .struc-j
i ... , .. ■ , . r.i turn next in importance is the new Metro-,
cert to the hearty support of the coinmu- ~, J. . , , • .
' . , pohtan (Methodist) Church, on the corner!
mty. Persons at a distance cun rely upon of 4.1 alld Ulh strcet3 _,| le wa ,| s !
! perfect fairness in the distribution, and re-|of which are now completed. This-will;
: ports- of the same will be furnished them jbe a magnificent edifice, nnd lor which the !
after it takes place, ns well as where the friends of that denomination of Christian*
gifts which fall to their Jot can bo procur-1 ch^ y i " deb ' c I d ,0 the indefatigable ef-;
l i rr- i . , . ... ' „ forts oP the Rev. Henry Sliver. In taking
,ed. Tickets can be had lor one dollar, an obserV aiion-of this improvement the.
of Geo. W. Sackett, Treas’r, or at the ■ other day, we were forcibly reminded oP
store of A. M. Hills, or C. £). YVatson. ; a question we heard asked, not many
I months ago, by an excellent friend, whose ,
Dr. Beale, a Dentist of Philadelphia,' fears had become wonderfully excited ns |
who was tried and convicted some time ' to tbo designs ol the Catholic world ngainst 1
since ofcommitting an outrage upou the bberiies ol tbe people of the United
r ° “ Stales. “Why is it," asked he, “if they I
person of a young lady of that city, hns |do not intend ' to mnke arscna , s and rorl ' s
been sentenced to four years imprison- |ol their that they build such'
ment in the County Prison. Many per- j thick walls and divide the foundations into
sons us well as public journals in different s 0 man y parts, vaults, A:c.” It this gen-1
portions of the state express doubts as to nm " w .“ B , hc ’”* he would llnvo ,ho 80,1,0 !
U- -i. rn, T-, , r , , cause tor looking with suspicion upon the 1
h,s guilt.. The Dentists ol New York, and ; Methodists, walls of this church arej
elsewhere, liuve held public meetings, re- lull four feet thick and divided into mprfy !
laling their knowledge of the conduct of different arched ways, or vaults, ofe£tra.
persons while under tho influence of ether ord,nur y strength and none
and the impressions left upon their minds" 0 ? Btron £ or solid to sustain tb«f immense I
r , ~ „ piles ol marble, granite, brick and mortar.:
after tho eflects had been fully remov- that ure t 0 rest upon thcm |br a Io
ed ; all, or very nearly all of which, speak come. * * *.
in fnvoV or the person who has hceu .nccu-j ’ Washington, Dec. 8, 1854. i
sed and convicted of tho outrage. The Conobessioxal.—The second sess'or.
.members of the profession of Now York °f the .'s3d Congress commenced at 12'
haye got out a petition, which is said to he “’clock on the 4th instant. More than an
already numerously signed,asking for ihe J ° rd ?‘ ary P onctuabt y characterized tho at-
J rn r, , < i tendance of the mombersat lliecommenco
pardon of Dr. Beale. j mcnt oflhe S(?cond sessionj #nd a quorum
\vas present in each House. The annual
message was read and listened io with
attention. Thu first business in
j troduced alter the choosing of the seats,
&c., w'as a resolution introduced by Mr.
|Sol!crs of Md., calling upon the President
for any correspondence that mhy be in.his
■ possession in relation to the recent assem
bling of American Ministers at Ostend.—
Hn enforcing this resolution he made the
I very extraordinary remark, in speaking
!of Mr. Soule, our Miifister to Spain, that
if he would live in the United States until
| he was as old ns Metbuseleh, he could not
understand tho principles of the govern
j ment of the United States. This is quite
a different opinion from that held ond ex j
) pressed 'by'M r.Clayd uri rig his'last day s'
; in the Senate, who paid this gentleman the
| very highest compliment—and the public
jean have no hesitation in settingdown-Mr.
! Sollers as a Know-Nothing. On Friday,
! the President’s vetonf the river and harbor
j bill of last session having been read, a vote
j was taken on its notwithstanding
! the objections of the iVesicient.nnd resulted.
' yeas 95, nnys 80—not two-thirds.
In the Senate, Mr Bright oflndinnn. was
elected President in the room of Mr. Atch
ison, resigned. On Wednesday Mr. Ad
ams gave notice of his intention to intro
duce a bill amendatory of the present nat
juralization laws.
I In the House, on Wednesday Mr. Sol
| ler’s resolution of inquiry concerning the
|convention of Ministers at Ostend, °was
| disposed 6f by its reference to the Commit
| tee of Foreign relations,
j In the Senate, on Thursday, Mr Brod
j head of Pennsylvania, introduced a bill
j providing for a Commission or Court of
Claims, to sit at Washington, and to hear
and decide upon all oases of claims against
; Ike governrnentof the United States. Such
a Court is imperatively demanded, and
; will prove as advantageous to the govern
ment as to those having just claims. One
i excellent efleef it would have, would he-to
starve out, and drive off the host of claim
agents thut hang around the Department,
and the Jmlls of Congress, who are gener
ally what is called fast livers, and if their
legitimate business will not psy a percen
tage sufficient to keep.up their establish-!
mente, their inducements are only so much
the stronger to wriggle through unfounded
and exprbitant demands upon Uncle Sam’s
pocket. At other times these gentry man
“wOho things so that they pocket the
iqpVebnre of just olaimi/whilst the wor
thy gets the
plan proposed by Mr. Bro&ead- when
the olaim of an\honest creditor is fairly
madn put and. paid; tha person thus claim
ing will gePall the Benefit of it, and the
government at&nd a much better chance to
r o>7”On account of being, disappoiiyed in
receiving our supply of paper we' hnvc
this week been compelled to delay our pa
per one day, which renders it 100 late for
I seme of the up river mailsi Disagreeable
ias this may be to our readers, it cannot
bo helped. We sent for paper'some two
weeks since, but owing to a scarcity of the
article it was not received until Wednes
day morning, and only one bundle then,
just sufficient for the present issue. ~ We,
expect more, of course, in time for our l
next paper,vand if we are not disappointed j
wo witl not disappoint our readers. )
Fihe I Find !—On Wednesday even
ing last, about dark, the citizens of our
Borough were alarmed by theory of fire,
when the flames were seen
the roof of Mr. 1 hos. Robbin’s Cooper
Shop. In a few minutes n goodly num
ber of persons were on the ground who
succeeded in extinguishing the flames be
fore any very serious damage was done.
the great English his
torian, in speaking of human progression,
,says that the University of Oxford—one
l of the oldest and most distinguished insti
| tutions of learning in the world—is further
behind the oge than any other class of
British subjects, L
The same remark, it is believed, would!
apply with equal truth, to similar institu
tions in this country. j
An Exhibition of Clearfield Aeatlemy
Will bo held in the. Town Hall, on Friday
evening the U2nd instant; to which the
public are respectfully invited.
Exercises to commence at 0 o’olock.
the last few weeks there huve
been sey®<fll cases ofTyphpid Fever.in our
town,.none ol« hich however, have proved
fatal; but on all who have
been thus afflieted a fair ' of j
recovery. N. •
G3~A celebrated writer on
says that wearing veils pertnanently weak!
ens good eyqs, on account'
°l the endeavors of the eye to adjust it
self to.the ceaseless vibration of that too
common article of dress.
A meeting of the Washingtqniah'.Tem
perattoe Society will Court
House op Monday evening of Doc. Court.
wAsniNi
,fON CORRESPONDENCE,
payno m, hpnesfiy due than un- ARRIVAMoF Tp UNION. \ i READ! PAUSE-' RFFrRrT 111 '*
S»SS2ST
and wo tri r succeed.' .. Jiattlnqf nMtnumn—GeneralCanro- by a MfeTnoDisT' ci.ebgvman
The de; Ewing, of ty* Woundtd—Break Slaughter—Allies Wilds of Checauque, lowa oict 7Ms
who died *ecess, was opprbpri. awaiting aid—Russians swarmiug into .My Very Dear Friendx—i&L ’» , V
ately annoy,, uothjlouses on Thurs, the Crimea , <f-c Dubuque, yourselfnnlfteralSrilf
2; y they adjourned pvor un. ..,***, y< , BK> 9 .^ Tbe Bteamer tiemen of various cfistian chS^:
-ftr. Badger gives notice in the Senate, s"°" Sf "J’ br!n S in S foor . d 7« la * ‘ fV r fT "T? de ‘
of his intentiorf-to introduce a hill provi- S Wlth Very henvy i Jnkfna , A [° ng ha , blt ° r
ding for tljo increase of pay of members of ,, nl . * . . f.nrol«,oo° f,. P a eo^ a y bas [Tjodejne'
Congress And whv should not the navof • Cotton ,ii benv J r > and, nt the time of sail- cnre * ess °^ lbe preservation of hjlher ser-
Congressmen be increased. Their Ly ( 7 g ’ unchanged. Eleven 1 mons or speeches which I ampalled upon
is the samp now that,it was when the housQnd balus w «re sold m.twO days, two to make from lime to time. Therefore, to
ernment was first organized. The cost tho^ ) sand of « h >* «» for exportation. B*ve y° u my language or to transfer to pa
of living has fully doubled since then.— A f tTr “‘l'" 1 * Balt,rno,ie and Phila- P®r my allusions to ctvi and religious lib-
They Were either paid too much then, or 7 P brands *“'"8 at 44 shillings.- erl y would be impossiWe. But,w ilht3V .
not enough now. Congressmen’s wages '"7 . Lllichan Sed and firm.. Corn is ery possible desire to be brief, I shall gi ye '
and subscriptions, are the b n . ■' nuuh bringing 45 s., white ,0 y° u « e 'f m regard to the
lv two iiems P omitted in the unusual pro- 46 n S ' ■ - ' a£ 7 ,7" ° r w° rBh 'P i God accor
gression fh this line ’The latter hno h«.n 1 Provisions are firm. Consols have nd- ding to the dictates of his own conscience,
actually to"'°f> t du,,M ‘ Y «™» S' “/"»* •’P""."* fears of, and
else has been increasing in cost We go h “ V ° decl,ned - Money is unchanged. opposition tp, every organization either se
for an increase of both, and believe that : _ FROM THE SEAT OF WAR. I*' ,r r °(T W ", °° kS !° ' he übrid g e *
the welfare of the country demands it ’ Thc P a P ers conto 'n news from the Cri-’ , l , s B reQt P rmciple > which is es
-The people will thus got better Confess- mRa Up ’° thtf Uth of November. The 1" alt 0 t,IR ve ry existence or republican
mon, and. better papers from which to read bomba ‘-dment ofSebastopol was progres- Oo '' e| n ment and tb c uncorrupted worship
their doings. sing slowly, notliag decisive having been 01 7 ! ng ...
done. The Allies- were strengthening their : * ir ' ar r e a C ath ° !ie ’ lam a Meth
. [From tbiTSan i’ranclseo Sun, of nth.] ‘position; .. odist. i our faith I bejieve to be the result
Important from the Sandwicll Islands. : BALAKLAVA --'l’he papers are filled with of . a deliberate judgment formed after, a
By the arrival of the United Slate steam- de,ads k ° f 7 b « of the Bth ult., known S ‘77"' • ? Ur co " vic,ion f
frigate Susquehanna, Cant C Buchanan as lhe batlle of Hermann. The slaught- " d devoll ° as ara conscientious. Just such
ut San Francisco, we have Flo nohdadates er Was great on both sides, the Russians ", 7 devotions ’ r r a ' he
to the of October, nine days later g ° ,h . B worsl of Gen. Canrobert, ev 'JvwH f 0" CVery true ,? br,st ; an
than previous advices. The news is of the “mmander-in-chW of the French forces, 77vo‘r relii C ° T
highest importance. - was wounded. The English had 33 o r. sake >our religion and remain an honest
The treaty of annexation has been sign- f ,c . er ? killcd > , nn ‘I l,7«owbunded, and 156 “nTv" on, "ot
cd by King dunckamcha and the nriuci- '. n, f "S’ . fhe Prencb has one General ““7 Y P r /“ Cl P lea and re ' am for a
pal nobility, V his Majesty has made a and 44 ofheers killed, and 21 wounded. moment nl self respect and enjoy the up
formal promise to Prince Ifoiander that , Tbe said to have fired on Z'kf.X
he would wait his return from a neighbor- ‘ b « wounded as well as those unhurt. 7°,7-s nnd scrun d U „''l 77 “
ing Island before the treaty should be def- r< J> u lles . hnv ® Postponed the "ir deceit Then f r ■ J
..H, , mM . p, office,,r
among the natives. It appears, however, ln K m‘o the Crmea in immense numbers. 7?,, ,“1 y °“’ tbe rofore, destroy me?
that Li-holiho, who was at the head of the , 11,0 A ™ b,a aaJ Niagara have been m--“ , b J“ Ch “ r 7 ° r C "‘
opposition to this measure w his con■ kun to '•‘oops. No vessel of the h ° btenLd fa, ' h > Soek your annihtlation, be-
Z a few days bTfore , h ; £ ““be L ’ untni line wil < a ntil the 9lh of we d.fler concerning matters Which
Susquehanna. The only diffi'cuhy that December for “Niw York, after which 7,7 ‘ eter ‘ m 7 od canc lor
now remains to ,he complete settlement '“7 11 Sail : , ver y fortnight. -of us .h7the'7,er “7
of this subieci is whether the Islands' rt,c Co!bns Imelmve changed the days ; . “, lhe 011 er ,standing upon his re
shall be ndmitte'd intojho Union as I State ’° f “ ilin S ,0 Sa,urta y> in order, that trade '
or Territory V and commerce mar bo inconvenienced as o“ lverse . ct K>oses t o consult Him alone,and
-ru„r--‘ ~ - , •• .linle us possible ' disregard lhe opinions of men, merely .re
,1,0 Su^lS 5 .„YZp“' 4 .**« —»%■ fK CHmm I. S ; o „„ , :"" 5 ,7;,' hl * ;™, rIJ 1 , "
rt r... nr Qr iti” rt ,i e »r,i n i anticipated. insult your good sense to tamely answer
was received wdh'much ceremony. ' IBs Ti ’° A ? bl " W “ S ,akin S ab o"rd dl "Th" 6 ’
Crimen, tosail in
quehunna'arid Mississippi' pa idT'visitor Tho i>aciflc nrr ‘»d out on the22dult., roaB °j> ab '“ worshipper or God. “Let every
ceremony !o His Majesty on the 26,h ult^ nn, j lh< l |7 ific aa dNiagara on the -19th. 7e Cons tul'on'onh iT l"
After the officers had been presented, the' - L ? rd 1 stdl in France,hav- ‘J® „ 7 7'“,; r ,7 r ’TP P 7
Hon. IJ. L. Gregg introduced the follow- ' n « dtU '- V with the Emperor.- , " r ‘ ' "el mnnf'h m ~
>g gentleman, as well as many.others, ' lll ' mor oa -VS t ier cmforence has reference 770 ev7v In 7rl ,
whose names arc riot recorded in the re . j ">'"»d Cuba o,d American intention, (i o d Boldin- m f h" 0 ' P
caption hook, viz : His Excellency Sami 1,1 lhnt c l uar,er - lis probable, however. ~7“ m ° 'V d 'f tates of r h,a own
Purdy, Lieut; Governor of Califon’da •—, ,hnt ,ho y fir,d su «*dent to consult about of -,L . ,-v 7 the . v, ‘ r >' fi . Mt llme
Charies Doane, Mr. Hammond, Jus. Wis-, ,no . re d ! r ® cl im P~e to the allies. ~■ T 0 Z'L'cm ha" l"°"' ““Z
“V,!! “ s '“ ti “ i - i,i, w
ull. sn'y's Ihoi ths Mfilisippi tleJm'Trialto' U'lio dol.il. of llu Suite nj.J .orlio o„ le !!‘»|» ll0 “. ' '»> S“»'h »' ««",)’ smeordy--
wi,b ,„e , re ., y wo h,™ wi, h «*««• llmt , „ 0 .!“'iJ 1
S. vessels of thc dluco the an mlhlla volu,ire ers, and it is evident that a , I ' p , ,- Sl ,r «- hl,n J b era # for thc.avow
pcarence nnd ch.r.cc", of A™™,!„ ™'“' “»•»«• "» >»» 1 Tpowf ’
lon, »h,ch„ scarcely .nttelflteg. ,l,oj j,,,,.,, „ f , h „-^ io „„„ or all ,|,o iUr.ui Srf '
The feelin- n. Honolula was very much in the rear, 1 Z a S ai,,s ‘ reb B if > n - -
American, [lie £
I General Liprundi. in command of the .8 n,uzaions aa lb e lvnow-iNothings were
; Russian Army* wai wounded. Duke of U ‘ ' vub , so shallow a pretence for their
i Cambridge was also wounded. : combination as at the present, never a
i Everything was ready for" an assault, " me wben . so I ,i . tt,e has been threatened by
1 but had been postpored for tho nrival of J an_V or B Hnizcd lol ' 'm of Christianity ns now.
I reinforcements. | In the first place, there ismot a majdri-
Lord Raglan has been created t Field tbo United States in communion with
Marshal. any church. Phere is a very clear major-
It is stated that GrrlschakolT intmated not members of any religious
;to the Austrian Cabnct that Russn was bod y> "nil tWis majority would'resist to the
' prepared to negotiate for peace on the ba- deatb lbe east squinting at an encroach
isison which the fou: powers guaranteed ment upon lhe right ofopinion. In thesec
j eonditions. end place the government does not, direct-
Sebastopol dates tc the 14th states that l *. v - or * nd i*'uctly, support by gifts or feed
[the Allies are reinforced to the extent a n -v -onwdenomination ofChristians, ondof
11,000 daily. course can have no preference in herchoice
i The English and French armies had nmon g ~hem. Moreover, the numerical
: completed their third line parallels. strength of thc communicants of the seve
j A Russian dispatch says that the Allies 1 ral denominations is very nearly the same,
had made n dem'onrstrition against the left and ke l )t * n owe by mutual watchfulness,
flank of the Russian antiy, when the latter A mu * ua * forbearance, continued since the
retired. . organizition of our government, has crea
) Strong Russian reinforcements aremov-' led a Christian fraternity of feeling among
i ing Jowurds Crimen, and it is evident that c ° n Pi. c fing opinions unknown before in the
j the struggle for Sebastopol will still fo e : b ' sto T'o | '^Christianity.
, maintained with all thc powers the conies- Tho population ol the United .States was
jtantscan muster. •» ' n 1850, 23,191,918, and is now about
j Prince Napoleon js at Constantinople, :^ 6 ;°do,ooo ;of this number about 1,600,-
I having been compelled to leave the nrmv 900 aro M elb °dists of every order, 1,200,.
ion account of continuec bad health. ’ | 000 ure Baptists.
Fourteen Russian war steamer bavei Who, then, that is not afflicted with a
made a reconnoissance of the ljaltic as supors *' dolls monorl >ania, can offer a rea
far asDogoe without encountering an; al- sonab l e pretence for a formidable organi
lied fleet. zation of a religious power in the Unitecf' '
It is evident the allies were in a most ®***fo s l Indeed, sir, if there has ever been
preoarious condition, and so weakened as j a bme . w ben infidelity and contempt for
to render an assault on Sebastopol an im- reb g> on and an ascfendancy, that tlmo
possibility. They have suffered very se-l is now
verely, especially in officers and t|ie very ■ should a time ever come wheq re
best portion of their armies. j hgious intolerance threfttens the existence
Austria and Prussia remain in die same i O, r ree .' nst ‘ tut ' ons » a b d resistance to ec
attitute. . desiastical power becomes necessary,eveo
then Know-Nothingism, or any other se
cret political organization, ought not to re
ceive the countenance of any lover of free
government. Secrecy and hypocrisy are
the favorite instruments of kings and des
pots.- No country can long remain free
aider its great principles are nbandoned,
and the governmentitself become the spoils
of the tricky, skulking politician. I con
ceive the Khow-Nolhing organization of
this character, or why the organization at
all in a country like ours, where every
man has a voice in the legislation of the
land ? Where no privileged order is estah*
lished or countenanced by law, ,1 cannot
concejyfo of a single thing affecting those i
geitßjunen as cifteens which/jjjpea hot in
the same sense affect every other main in
the country. If their designs are just and
patriotic, they are Surely sustained by rea
son j and I think, the same reasons which
have convinced themwill also convince us
LATER FROM TEXAS,
By tho arrival of the steamer Charles
Morgan at New Orleans, we have later
advices from Texas.
I he San Antonio Ledger of the 10th has
the following account of another Indian
foray;
“On Wednesday oflast week ten hors
es were stolen from Montol’s mill, Ban
dera city, by Indians. Nine citizens star,
ted in pursuit o/ them, and after a chase
oi thirty miles overtook- them. They
were lonkaways, and five in number. l -
They made some resistance, and then dis
appeared among the mountains. In the
skirmish it is thought one Indian was kil
led, and others perhaps wounded. All the
horses were recovered except one, which
was stripped by an Indian, and then kil
led.”
The same paper has the following,-by
which it seems likely that three United j
State!soldiers have been killed by Indians: j
- “Fro,m one of our citizens, just returned ;
from LI Paso, we learn that on the 28th
of October three soldiers left the camp of;
Fort Davis on a scout, and to look lor!
Indian truils, taking not enough provision j
for one day. On the 3d instand they had ;
not returned, when a lieutenant and 20 !
men started out in search of the lost par-!
ty. About four miles from the camp they
came on the trail of the soldiers, and found 1
they wero followed by about 30 Indians. I
It is supposed that they were killed.' |
“AboiJt 12 mile above Barell’sjsprings I
the trail of about 90 Indians was seen,'
they having passed therein the mornini;
of the 2d. I
“He met the mail at Live Oak creek
on the 11th, nnj Captain Skillman’s par
ty above Howard’s springs on the same
day, and also the boundary commission
party at the same place.”
New Orleans, Dec. 7.— tlie Steam
boat Gypsy was burned this ./norning, at
the mouth of New River, land attended
with a loss of life, tho details of which
have not yet come to hand. Dr. Hacker,
of Plaquemine, with his son and dnughter,
in the flames, and several others are re
ported to be burned to death or drowned.
Several additional failures are reported
this afternoon.
' fts“To undertake.jo* reason a-girl ouf
of love is absurd ns if would be to attempt
to extinguish Vesuvius with a two ounce
syringe. The only thing that will break
a love fit is hard work and, toiled pork.
• (KrHe that hinders opt misobief whbn
it is in his power, is guilty .of it.
Spain is withont special interesi
government is,still unsettled.
Nothing special from Switzerla
Ireland is quiet.
OC7”An eminent writer says : ‘
firm opinion, derived from ex[
that the period of courtship caqnc
short. I have reason to say th;
you have hooked youi fish, the
you|Use your landing not the bet
Boston, Dec. 9.— Ellen Keenan, a
young Irish girl, has beefi arrested in Wa
terloo, for setting on fireia Catholic church
in that place. She is reported to have had
some difficulty with the prigsf.'
OCTIt is'said thatthaTreasury of ttye
State of Missouri, at theplcße of the W,
will have on hand the • handsome eurmu
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