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uEO. 3ANDEPSON, EDITOR.
Lancaster, .4oguirt 29; 1944.
FOB GOVERNOR:
man BIGLEk of Cleirlidd Comity.
JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT: .
EWER S. BLACK, of gomenet County.
FOR CANAL COST. IS*
111011 T: & MOTT, of Pike County.
Office of the n e gencer.
In Kline and M'Clnre's Buildings, Duke
street, 3d door north of E. King, and di
rectly opposite the east entrance to • the
naw - -Court House.
We direct the attention of our readers
to the adventiSement of the Lancaster County
Agricultural Society (containing a Premigm
list) on the first page.. We have been com
pelled necessarily to leave tint for this week a
number of other advertisemato make room
for it.
TO THE DEMOCRATIC FREEMEN
,OF
TIM CITY AND COUNTY OF LAN
CASTER:
In accordance with the Resolution of the
County Committee adopted on Wednesday
last, you are requisted to assemble in the sev
eral Wards of the City, and Boroughs and Town
ships of the County, on Saturday the. 2d day
of September next, then and there to elect not
less than three nor more than five Delegates
to represent•eacii District in
' A GENERAL COUNTY CONVENTION,
to be held on Wednesday the 6th day of Sep
tember following, at 11 o'clock, A. M., at the
public house of JACOB ZIEGLER, in North
Queen Street, in the city of Lancaster, to set
tle a ticket.to be supported by the Democracy
of Lancaster County at the ensuing Election.
The several Township Committees are re
quested to give early notice in their respective
districts, of the time:and place of meeting for
the election of Delegates.
By order of the County Committee.
H. B. SWARR,
Chairman.
LANCASTER, August 22, 1854.
Delegate Meetings
air-The Democrats of the N. E. WARD will meet at
Miller's Tavern. E. Chesnut street, on Saturday evening
next, the 2d of September, between the hours of 7 and 9
o'clock—to open at 7—for the purpose of electing five dele
gates to the ensuing County Convention.
Ali? . The Democrats of the N. W. WARD will meet for
the same purpose, at the public house of Adam Trout. in
W. Orange street, on the same evening, between the hours
of 7 and it o'clock.
The Democratrof the S. E. WARD. will meet for the
same purpose at the public house of Wm. 111..fiermley. S.
Duke Street, on the same evening, between the hours of 7
and 9 o'clock.
.o'ir The Democrats of the S. W. WARD will meet for the
same purpose. at the public house of P. Fitzpatrick, South
Queen street, on the same evening, between the hours of
and 9 o'clock.
BY ORDER OP TILE WARD COM3IITTEES.
The Democratic, citizens of CLAY township are requested
to meet at the publi: house of George W. Steinmetz. in
said township. on Siturday the tad day of September next
between the hoursof two and few in the afternoon of said
day, then and there to elect Delegates to represent said
township to a general County Convention, to be held in
the city of Lancaster, on Wednesday the 6th of September
ensuing, to settle a ticket to be supported by the Democra
cy of the county at the ensuing election.
BY ORDER OF TDB TWP. CO3.I3I.ITTEE
.ear The Democrats of STRASBURG Bor., will meet itt the
public house of William Echtenaach, on Saturday; Sept.
2d, at 73,4 o'clock P. M., for the purpose of electing dele
gates to represent them in Convention, to be held on Wed
nesday, Sept. 6th. at Lancaster.
BY ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE.
The Delegate Elections
The primary meetings for the election of
delegates in the several wards, boroughs and
townships of the County, will take place on
Saturday nest, at the usual time and places
for holding such elections. See call of County
Committee.
The -County Committee were divided in
opinion as to the expediency of settling a reg
ular Democratic ticket—hence a majority of
the body thought it best to issue a call for a
Convention, and thus referthe subject direct
ly to the people. The delegates will come to
gether with a full knowledge of public senti
ment iu their respective districts—and they
will, therefore, be prepared to decide the ques
tion i 4 such a way as a majority of the party
may direct—either by nominating a full tick
et, a part of a ticket, or no ticket at all.
In view of their great :importance at this
particulniuncture, we hope our Democratic
friends will turn out in their full strength at
the elections on Saturday, and elect such del
egates as will faithfully and honestly carry
out their wishes on the subject. It is all-im
portant to the Deinocratic party that nothing
should be done by which its present flattering
prospects in this County would be blighted.—
It is for the people themselves, through in
structions to their delegates, to determine the
question in the premises. Their will is our
law in relation to the matter.
Judge Black's Letter.
The Democratic candidate for the Supreme
Bench, IL.n. JEREMIAH S. BLACK, with that
stern and lofty independence and integrity
which have always marked his character, has
declined answering the question put to him
by the State Temperance Convention, asking
his opinion of the constitutionality of the
Maine Liquor Law. lie says, among other
reasons fcir his refusal, that the law having
been declared unconstitutional by the Judges
of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, and
,the eight Judges in Michigan being equally
' divided on thequestion, he cannoticonsistent
ly with his sworn duties, prejudge the case,
by giving an opinion until after the arguments
of the objectors shall have been heard. He
says further, that if he were obliged to answer
this ' question, he might, with the same pro
priety, be asked to pledge himself in advance
in all suits concerning cities, corporations or
individuals.
The Judge thus concludes his able and
satisfactory letter:
I acknowledge the obligation of a candidate
for political or representative office to make
his opinions known. But it is the duty of a
Judge to keep himself uncommitted until he
hears all that can be said on both sides. I will
promise nothing at present, except to decide
it honestly and according to my best judgme at,
when it arises. If I should be elected, I will
take a solemn affirmation (equivalent, by the
laws of Pennsylvania, to an oath) that I will
support the Constitution. This vow I mean to
keep; and that I may keep it the better, I will
make no other, which can, by any possibility,
interfere with it.
The Truth well Spoken I
Unfortunately for the American cause,
there are too many men advocating it who are
totally destitute of honesty and patriotism.—
Self aggrandizement and advancement is all
they care about. To accomplish this, they re
sort to any means, however dishonorable, or
however destructive they may be to the furth
erance of American principles. To them prin
ciple is nothing—a great moral and political
cause is nothing—the permanency and per
petuity of free institutions are worthless, in
comparison with their personal vanity, inter
est and ambition.—American Citizen.
ma... Verily, this is the honest truth, every
word of it; but we little expected it from the
quarter it emanates. We always believed the
leaders in the Know Nothing crusade to be, a set
of broken down political hacks who had lost
all influence in the party to which they re
spectively adhered, wl. , ose only motive was to
grasp the spoils of office through this secret po
litical machinery; but we did not anticipate
a confession of the kind from the `:.American
Citiaeri, the Know Nothingorganof this city.
It into be hoped, now that the "Citizen" has
madea clean breast of it, that thiS band of
conspirators against the. Constitutions of the
State ankNation, will be unable, any longer,
to deceive.their know nothing and simple mind
ed folloWers.
kir The following communication is from
the pen of one of the most intelligent, sato . ' i
ons and reliable Democrats in , the County
and hie suggestions are weillitirthY the - len"
one dairisideration of all our Democratic friends.
If wise counsels' prevail at this time; the geed
,effects wilt be felt in:',:the Party for years . to
come. Whether 0 7' correspondent is ',Tight
or wrong in the policy he trirgges:M; ie for the
people to determine at the Delegate elections
on Saturday neat:
Ica the IntelLtgeeter.
An Independent Ticket.
Ma EDITOR :—As .an old Democrat permit ,
met ay, through the columns of your jour
nal, that an experience of five and twenty
years in the politics of Lancaster county,
abundantly satisfies my mind that we have
much to lose and nothing to gain by settling
a full Democratic ticket in the present cam
paign. Indeed, the hietory of the last twenty
years proves that it is, a suicidal policy, and
only calculated to enure to the benefit of our
opponents. The Whig party is at the present
time torn and convulsed with dissensions from
the centre , to the circumference . of the county
—and hundreds, aye thousands of them are
in open revolt against their city leaders and
dictators. The shameless bargaining and ,cor
ruption manifest in their recent County Con
vention have opened the eyes of the honest
portion4f-the party to the necessity of putting
a check to such profligacy—and multitudes
are now anxious . to see an Independent Tick
et, composed of good and pure men of both
parties, Whig and Democratic, brought into
the field, for the purpose of breaking down the
corrupt system referred to. This feeling is
not confined to one branch of the Whig party,
. but is largely participated in by both, as any
one can find if he takes the. trouble to travel
through the County.
What, then, Mr. Editor, is the true policy
of the Democratic party ? Clearly not to set-
tle a full Democratic ticket=in fact, to settle
no ticket at all ; but to meet that portion of
the Whig party above referred to, in a spirit
of compromise, and unite upon an Independent
Ticket, made up of good and honest men of
both parties. Should this be done, and car
ried out in good faith at the polls, such a tick
et will undoubtedly be elected, and thus our
Democratic friends will get a portion of the
offices from which they have been unjustly ex
cluded, with one exception, for a quarter of a
century.
But should the County Convention, which
is to assemble next week, nominate an out and
out Democratic ticket, it will be looked unn
as an unkind act by our Whig friends—as a
disposition to have every thing or nothing—
and must necessarily have the effect of at once
driving them back into the ranks of their own
party. Such a course will result in certain
defeat to the Democratic County ticket, and
will also seriously weaken our vote on the
State ticket—while it will serve to again con
solidate and strengthen the Whig party in the
County.
' Ido sincerely hope, Mr. Editor, that our
Democratic friends throughout the county will
look at this matter in its true light; if so, I
have no doubt they will instruct their dele
gates to the,County Convention to oppose the
settling of a ticket at all, in whole or in part,
which is the TRUE POLICY.
RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE.—It is seldoln we
find anything in the New York Tri
bune, so much to the point as the fol
lowing. The Editor is speaking of the ri
diculous warfare which a new and dangerous
organization in this country, is trying to fo
ment between Protestants and Catholics—and
the _pretended fear Which some profess, that
Catholicism and Republican Governments are
antagonistical. He says:
‘"rruth compels us to add that the oldest
Republic now existing; is that of San Marino,
not only Catholic, but wholly surrounded by
the especial dominion of the Popes, who might
have crushed it like an egg-shell at any time
these last thousand years—but they didn't.
The only Republic we ever traveled in beside
our own, is Switzerland, half of its cantons or
States entirely Catholic, yet never that we
have heard of unfaithful the cause of freedom.
They were nearly all Roman Catholics, from
the southern cantons of Switzerland, whom
Austria so ruthlessly expelled from Lombardy
after the suppression of the last revoltin Milan,
accounting -them natural-born Republicans
and Revolutionists; and we suppose Austria
is not a Know Nothing on this point. We
never heard the Catholics of Hungary accused
of backwardness in the late glorious struggle
of their country for freedom, though its lead
ors were Protestants, fighting against a lead
ing Catholic power avowedly in favor of Reli
gious ar well as Civil Liberty. And chivalric,
unhappy Poland, almost wholly Catholic, has
made as gallant struggles for freedom as any
other nation, while of the three despotism that
crushed her, but one was Catholic. We do
not hope to stop the crusade of intolerance
and violence now setting against the Catholics,
calling for 'their disfranchisement, and threat
ening their temporary exclusion from all pub
lic trusts. Epidemics of this sort must have
their course; and this one has some truth and
a large amount of honest bigotty, on which to
base its operations. Quite a number whose
religion never till now did them much good or
harm, will ride into office on the back of their
resonant Protestanism, and that will be the
end of.the matter. The Naturalization Laws
will remain essentially as they are; and
Know Nothingism will give place to some
new fashion in politics, perhaps equallyfacti
-dons, after a few changes of the moon."
US— The Whigs—we mean that faltiorrwho
blindly follow the lead of the City dictators—
are just now in a quandary about a candidate
for Judge. Their County Committee, which
met last week, requested the nominee settled
upon the ticket, Mr. BROWN, to decline, for
the reason that it was considered a nomination
"not fit to be made." And the Examiner, their
organ, a day or two afterwards, announced that
he had declined. But this announcement, it ap
pears, was premature and without authority.
Mr. BROWN has not yet declined—not evincing
any willingness to be thus unceremoniously
thrust aside to gratify the whims or caprices
of the gentlemen at the head of the party—
and it is not certain that he will authorize his
name to be taken frbm the ticket, and thug
forego the chance of robing himself in the ju
dicial ermine. At all events, there is trouble
in the whig-wam, and there is no telling at
this stage of the game what may grow out of
it. Mr. BROWN, we believe, was fairly nomi
nated,—at least as fairly as could be expect
ed in such a trading, corrupt convention—and
he and his friends will hardly submit in a
graceful and docile manner to be thus ostra
cised. There is evidently fun ahead.
FORCE OF PUBLIC OPINION.—The School Di
rectors of the 16th Ward, Philadelphia, have
re-ihstated the teachers whom they removed
from the public schools, on account of their
religious opinions! The people of that City
have had quite a surfeit of Whig Know Noth
ing intolerance and proscription, and pub
lic opinion is setting in so strongly against
it, that even those proscriptive Directors have
been forced to remedy the grievous wrong they
had committed.
lE. A graat fire occurred at Troy, N, Y.,
oh Friday last, which destroyed between 200
and 300 buildings, valued at about $1,000,000.
WS-Governor BIGLER is to address the citi
zens of Susquehanna county, at Montrose, to
day.
Mar Another terrible Fireman's Riot oc
curred near Fairmount, Philadelphia, on Tues
day last: One man was instantly killed and
another mortally wounded.
Ady- The silk house of .&. Edwards & Co.,
New York, failed last week for half a million
of dollars.
..1365"" COURTLAND C. JOHNSON, convicted of
the murder of his wife and a man named
Cokyer, through notions of jealousy, was ere
cuti 3d in the jail yard, at garrishurg, on Fri
day last.
The Painelples of Miaow
fast week and the week before we copied
from th - ,E,kansyvlanian sOixie•of the oaths anit
obligations talTI upon gtitermg a Lodge o€
Snow Nothings. The
t rn Oted fro L :na - the Klelnmynd..Exaniin sr, lets
reader yet farthez*ito secrete;
organization.—
TheSe publications prove that the two Cardi
nal points of their faith are bitter and unre
lenting hostility to all, Foreignefs, and Catho
lics, naturalized as well as unnaturalized. If
any facts were wanting to confirm the truth
of this exposition, it would be found - in the
action of the Know Nothing Mayor of Phija
delphia in lefusiMg to _appoint any, foreign
beam citizen to office no matter how worthy he
may haire been; nor what may be his religious
opinions—and in the additional evidence fur
nished more recently, of excluding all Catho-
lic teachers, female as well as male, from the
public schools of Philadelphia; indeed, 'so far
luiS this system of proicription been carried,
that even those who are known to have Cath
olic relatives have also been requested to seek
other situations. Thus begins the war of
sects in the United. States ; and while infideli-
ty is permitted to occupy high places andpour
its poison'upon the public ear, the believers
in a particular form of religion are ostracised
from every office under the government.—
Where is such a conflict to end? and who can
foretell the disasters - which may befall Amer
ican liberties, civil and religious, if such anti
republican doctrines once prevail in the poli
tics of the country.
Rut to the article from the Richmond Ex
aminer :
ABSTRACT OF THE OATHS AND PI INCIPLES OP THE
MYSTERIOUS ORDER OP KNOW NOTHINGS.
The candidate is first proposed by a mem
ber of the order, to .the council, without his
knowledge. Three negative ivotes black-ball
him. if elected, he is secretly requested to
present himself in the ante-room of the coun
cil, when an officer appears from within and
administers to him the following oath:
"I, —,ll do solemnly swear° upon this se
6red volume (or cross) before Almighty God;
and these witnesses,ll that I will not divulge
any question proposed to me hered whether 1
become a memberil of this order or not;il and
that I will never,ll under any circumstances
whatever,lj mention the name of any personil 1
may see presentll during any of the meet
ings, or. that I know any such order to be
in existence,ll and that I will a true answer
make to every' question asked of me, II so help
me God.
Which being seriously taken by the .candi
date, the officer proceeds to propound the fol
lowing interrogatories, before reporting to the
council his fitness for initiation :
"1. What is your name? 2. 'What is your
age? 3. Where is your ,residence? 4. In
your religious belief are you a Roman Catho
lic ? 5. Where were your parents born ? 6.
Where were you born? 7. Where were
your grand parents born ? 8. Did either
of your ancestors take part in the Ameri
can Revolution ? 9. Are you willing to use
all the influence you possess in favor of
native-born American citizens for all offices of
honor, trust or profit in the gift of the people;
and do you promise to vote for them to the
exclusion of all aliens and foreigners, and .Ro
man Catholics in particular, for all local, State
or Government offices? 10. Who invited you
to be present' on this occasion ?
If the candidate's answers are satisfactory
to these questions, he is taken into the Coun
cil by two officers, led up to the President of
the Council, • who administer& the following
oath'in„the First Degree:
voluntarily and freely do solfmnly
promise.and swear, before Almighty God and
these witnesses around me assembled, that 1
Will not, under any Circumstances whatever,
divulge or make known to any person or per
sons, either directly or indirectly,- or to any
human being other than those I shall know to
be good and true members of this Order,
the
name, secrets, mysteries, or objects of the
same, or cause or allow the same to be done
by others, if within my power to prevent the
same; binding myself under the no less penal
ty than that of being excommunicated from
the Order, and having my name posted and
circulated throughout the different eouncilsi of
the Order, as a traitor and perjurer to both
my God and country, and as being unworthy
to be employed, entrusted, countenanced or
supported in any business transaction what
ever, and as a person totally unworthy of the
confidence of all good men, and one at whom
the finger of scorn shall ever be pointed. 1
furthermore promise that if I should hereafter
be expelled from, or voluntarily leave this Or
der, 1 will consider this obligation as binding
out of it as in it. All of which foregoing
voluntarily and freely subscribe to, so help me
God !"
The candidate is then led to an officer called
he Judge Advocate, who harangues him after
this manner : (There is generally half a dozen
or more initiated together.)
"My BROTHERS : The Order which has now '
received you as members may with all propri
ety be considered a secret organization. Itis
so secret in fact, that if you were placed Pe
fore a legal tribunal, and there sworn to tell
the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but
the truth, you could not for ytair lives reveal
the name of that band of brothers among whom
your names now stand enrolled; and further
than this, when you retire from this meeting,
you Will return to your families and friends as
ignorant as when you came, as far as the name
of this Order is concerned.
"In common with ourselves, you 'Know No
thing,' and let it be your stern resolve through
life to 'Know Nothing' that will at all conflict
with the high and exalted duty you owe to
your God, your country, and yourselves, so
far as regards the preservation of American
liberty, which can alone be secured to our
selves and our children by the entire and ab
solute exclusion of all foreign influence in
those matters which appertain to our govern
ment policy."
After the delivery of this patriotic address,
the candidate is reterred to the Instructor, who
teaches him the signs and grips, and in what
Manner to obtain entrance into the Council.
He is then master of the first degree, and
signs his name to the register. If he behaves
well two weeks, and it is conceded that he
will do to become a full-blooded Know Noth
ing—abstains from all blab outside 'the coun
cil—his friends propose him fur the second
degree. After election to that degree, he and
others are brought in and take the following
oath
s "I
, do solemnly promise and swear,
before Almighty God and these witnesses,that
I will not, under any -circumstances, divulge
or make known the name of this Order or its
objects, to any person or persons in the world,
unless to those whom I may know to belong
to this Order, in good and regular standing.
"And I furthermore promise and swear that
I will neither write, print, paint, cut, carve,
engrave, emboss, stump, stain or mark any
secrets of this Order on anything moveable or
immoveable on the earth or sea whereby said
secrets, or any part thereof; the name of the
Order, its operations, the. names of its officers,
or the names of its members, or its place ot
meeting may become known to those who have
not received the first and second degrees of
this Order in due form: nor will cause or permit
the same to be done, if within my power to
prevent the same."
"And I furthermore promise and swear that
I will always conform to the will of the ma
jority of the members of this Order, in the se
lection of candidates to fill every office of hon
or, profit or trust, within the gift of the people
provided such candidates shall have been burn
of American parents, on American soil, and
shall have been educated in American institu
tions, and that I will use all the influence I
may posses to elect all such candidates whom
I may know to be opposed to all foreign influ
ence, Popery, Jesuitism and Catholicism, with
out any hesitation on my part whatever."
"And I furthermore promise and swear that
I will strictly conform to and abide by the
oath I have now taken, and that I will strict
obedience pay to the constitution, laws, rules,
ritual and edicts of the honorable Grand Coun
cil of this Order, of the State of —, and
to the by-laws of Council No. —, to
which 1 now belong, or to those of any other
Grand or Subordinate Council, from which I
may hereafter hail, binding myself under the
no less penalties than are attached or belong
to those who violate the oath of the • first de
gree of this order. All the foregoing I volun
tarily and freely subscribe to of my own free
will and accord, so help me God 1"
This candidate is also led off to the Judge
Advocate, and afterwards to the Instructor; but
theiir speeches and lectures are not inserted
here for want of space.
OBLIGATION OF THE THIRD DECREE
, kneeling before God, my maker,
mytleft,,hand upraised ittiward heaven, nix
zotghand grasping the - flag of My native
*IA of my own free will and accor d, do soli
and sincerely promise; declare*
sweat that I will neivit:_tecirirratah*te trity•nt
I tht‘suicrets of this degree : M*9r Perscia, orpeir ,
4torirs, hi the world, except wftlan the liody nta .
legally organized Council Of"tliis Or*, or*
a k itilawn brother of this 'egtee, and not nrite
themtnitil.l. am well assured tlu#: - fitepam
juleind upright brethren; who are l egally
titled toyeceive the same. I lalso promise and
swear that I will due obedience pay `'to the
Constitution, Laws, andttlicts of the honera;-
ble Grand Council of the State of -,•and
to the laws which go7ern,Council 130. so
far as they may come to:my knowledge.
"I also promise and swear that whenever I
may vote at any election, that vote shall in all
eases be given for native born Ameriban cifc
zeru3 only, and that I will ever seek' the Po
litical advancement of those men wholtre good
add trite members of this Order.
"I also promise and swear that this and all
other obligations which :I have previously ta
ken in this Order shall be kept through-life
sacred and inviolate. I also promise and swear.
that whenever I may hear the sign or see the
signal of distress given by any brdther of this
order, I will hasten at once , to his immediate
relief at the peril of my own life.
"I also promise and swear that It will ever
contribute my means, in such sums' as I can
spare without personal inconvenience, to the
advancement of our views and to the extension
of . American principles through the medium
of the Grand Council of the State of -. ,
"I also promise and swear that I will never
permit a spurious or clandestine member of
this Order to, participate in any of the benefitsl
or the advantages thereof, and that I will nei,, , -
er encourage; countenance, uphold, recognirel
or support a spurious or clandestine council of
this Order.
"To all these and those I do most sinceretyl
promise, declare and swear,bindingmyselfun-i
der no less a penalty than that of having m
grave trampled on by foreigners, and to hovel
my memory cursed by my children and my
children's children, as a traitor to their welfare!
to my country and to my. God. So help inel
God, and witness my obligation."
The Judge Advocate then addresses the new
ly initiated brethren in this degree as followSq
'My Brothers : The different obligationsyou
have taken in this Order, through its different
degrees, must have convinced you that all
who claim to be American citizens have cer
tain important duties to perform toward thetil
selves and to society at large, which duties can
in no instance be set aside or annulled with-f
out a palpable violation of the dearest rights ]
and privileges which, as an admirer of iepu ,
lican freedom, each and every member of our
organization would wish to enjoy.
The peculiar formatiOn of our order is Such,:
and - its designs so accord with the wishes of;
its members, that by a system of concerted acH
tion onthe part of our brotherhood,we can bring,
about a series of practical, results in ourgovern
mental policy that would in . any otherlight be'
deemed wholly impracticable. Simplyand alone'
it is in vain to contend against the hydra-heail- ,
ed monster of Jesuitism and Catholicism, hot,
united in one common , cause, determined to'
secure the liberties of our native land at alli
hazards, or perish in the attempt, we cannOtl
fail of success. Our cause is a righteous one,
the motives which actuate us are of no ordina4
ry character, and we trust that no brothei,
among us will ever be found absent from his:
post in the hour of danger."
The candidate is then again taken to the in
structor, who gives him the signs, passwords
and grips of this degree.
He pays a dime to the Secretary at the ini
tiation of each degree, and fifty cents on first
entering the ante-room for examination. After
the third degree has beeti thus administered,
the Secretary gives him a travelling card like
this:
icamoyn, Virginia, August 1, 1654.
JOHN SMITH is a member in good stand
ing of MOLLY STARE Council, No. 40, of
the State of Virginia.
Jona STILES, Secretary.
'Moll!Molly ntara. Connell,'
y
10.[*]Richmond, 1
Virginia.
This card is carried in the pocket-book, and
admits a member into any Council in the
State.
From the Pennsylvanian we also copy the
following which is given as the substance
the oath first taken and which correspond6'
with the foregoing :
First Oath taken by Pollock, on entering the
Ante-Room of the Order.
"You do swear by Almighty God, the search
er of all hearth, that you will not reveal or di
vulge any of the secrets of this order which
you shall hear or see, and. so you shall itri
ewer to God at the great day." .
Late from Europe
The steamship Asia, which arrived at N . e*
York, from Liverpoolfan'Thursday last, brir4
news from Europe three days later than pre-
viously received.
Cotton has declined—but flour and grain I
preserve their former prices. The first 14
of French troops, 3,000 men, are reported M
have landed at Perecrop, on the isthmus which
connects the Crimea with the main land. The
same number of French troops are reportefl
also to have landed near Bomarsund, in :the
Baltic, to commence operations against thqt
place. Russia has announced to Austria that
both Moldavia and Wallachia will be evacua
ted immediately by the Russian troops, and
this seems to be actually going en. There:tale
now 80,000 Turkish troops in the Principali
ties. Austria has again countermanded 'ae
orders for the advance of her forces into Wal
lachia, but has formally agreed with Englaqd
and France to demand' better terms befoe
agreeing to peace, and to require also material
guarantees for its preservation. Prussia still
preserves her neutrality.
The King of Saxony has been killed by ;tli.e
overturning of a carriage, and his brother :ha.s
succeeded to the throne. In Spain, the Qqeqn
Mother, Christiana, was about to depart with
her family, when she was detained at the d -
mand of the populace, who insist that 'She sl4l
be tried before the Cortes for high treason.t
This was acceded to by the Ministers.
A sharp correspondence on Central Anierm
can affairs has taken place between; Mr. 1-
CHANAN and Lord CLARENDON, the latter Mai -
tamping ultra British pretensions, while Mr.
BUCHANAN maintains with great ability: the
position of the United States as immoveably.
opposed to the British protectorate in Cept#Ll
America.
PLAIN TALK.—The "AMERICAN BANNFII,"
the organ of the Native American party, pub
lished at Philadelphia, thus retorts in the alle
gation of the Sun newspaper, that JAMES PL-
Locs. can be elected Governor :—"IVa 4eily
that Mr. Pollock can be elected, either as an
American or as aWhig, while BENJAMIN Ru i su
BRADFORD remains the standard bearer, of the
American party; and that he will abide the
t
issue as the nominee of , the Americamf.lonv n
tion, we know. He cannot be bought off or
scared off ; and it is folly to build upon- finch
expectations. Therefore the conditional !"if"
of the Sun amounts to nothing; for should Mr.
Pollock fully endorse American principlei4at
least so far as to claim the support of 446-
cans—the onlyassurance hecan give of thhin
cerity of hisconversiOn, will be an immediate
resignation as the Whig candidate, and a'',pab
lie avowal to support the legal representiltive
of those principles, Mr. Bradford. This would
be the only honest test of his motives. ! i
Fnirs.—On Monday night the 21st init.,
two tobacco factories, at Richmond, Va., fwere
destroyed by fire. Loss $15,000.
On Tuesday the lumber establishment! of
Messrs. Allen & Gifford, and two warehOses
containing a' large quantity of hemp, supr
and molasses, were destroyed by fire at Brook
lyn, L. I. Loss $25,000. On the samekirty,
Vogel's Silk Factori, at. Chelsea, Mass 4 liras
burned down. Loss $15,000. And yet nn
other fire ocourredit, same day,, at Rockville,
Conn., which resulted in the destruction of • e
Leeds &Watt Mill. Lon $lO,OOO.
Prom the Prisyl*Fdaxii
Bev; 'Join Chiamltiers.
Letter of th
_Mamas. En sets--Daring.a reoent visit to
the Bedford Springs, I was - called upon by
firme;of the most j ardent friends of Temperance
MI6 State, - aMfirivited:teiMidresis het#.
ple.of . Bedforif on the inqxfrtisrem of:inducing
Irver-friend oflijurnanity t? wte for4:probi))-
*gyliquoila* at the ensuing deetion: most
cheerfully complied with thciizest of these
geitlemen; midi had hoped 'that
.1 . had dis
charged the duty impoied upon me to the sat
isfactioir of aIL
I re,gret to observe, liowever, that m y . re
marks-on that occasion have become a topic of
newspaper discussion,. that ,my yeertis have
been musrepresehted, and Myinotikves impugn
-4 I deem it tine to others as wells to my
selfth.st the truth should be knoin.
My recollect/1M is, that I urged iia„ the
people present on that occasion the import..*ice
of the temperance reform generally, and: exheirt
eathem to vote for a prohibitory diquor law'at
the next election. I expressed the belief that
the whole question was involved' in the reso
hithin allowing the people to vote for and
against a prohibitory law, and that the real
friends of tempekance should direct their atten
tion to that point and that only I:declared
my belief that if the law was demanded in this
way, by the voice of the people; it mattered
but little who filled the office of Governor—the
law would be sanctioned—that no.meri would
set himself against the will of the people. I
said then, as I repeat now, thatl believe either
of the distinguished gentlemen would carry
out that will ifput in a form consistent with
the terms of the Constitution.
I did say that Governor Bigler was too good
a Democrat to resist the will of the people,and
that I had every confidence,besitill in his de
sire to do any reasonable and proper thing to
arrest the vice of intemperance; that I kew
from correspondence and personal intercourse
with him, that he held the doctrine that the
will of the people should be binding so far as
related to'the policy of the measure, but that
he would not yield-Xs right to judge of the
constitutionality and justice of a law when it
came before him—he _would not so far forget
the dignity of his station or the obligations of
his oath. But Governor Bigler has written to
me no letter inconsistent with his manly let
ter to the Temperance Convention.
I felt more at liberty to say what I did of
Govenor Bigler, because I-believe an attempt
had been made to prostitute the sacred cause
of temperance to mere partizan: ends, and to
turn its influence against his re-election. I did
not hesitate, as I shall not, to rebuke this at
tempt, and I intend go to do whenever and
wherever I may meet it, and this is the true
•ind real cause of the ~ complaints which, have
been preferred against my Bedford address.
I also, at the same meeting in Bedford,
referred to a secret sworn political organiza
tion, whose object, so far as is made known,
is to disfranchise every adopted citizen of this
glorious country, and that too, in the face cf
guaranties of the Constitution of the United
Stare , , as well as of our own beloved Common
wealth, both of which recognize the adopted
citizen on the same broad platform of civil
and religious liberty, with the native born.
Doui, tless thep" the head and front of my offend
Mg" in the eyes of some of the unkpown and
nknowing ones, is my strong and uncompro
mishig opposition to Jesuitism whether Protes
tant or Papal, and with these men the same
objection rests against Governor Bigler, be
cause of his fixed determination not to violate
the Constitution and laws of the laud, by dis
franchising athipted citizens either on account
of their religion or their place of birth.
There are in my own church, and in every
other church ;in this "Land of the free and
home of the Wive," men of foreign birth as
pure patriots, and as good men as ever breath
ed the air of freedom men, who, to the letter,
obey the Constitution and laws of the country
of their adoption. Are these men to he dis
franchised and stricken down like felons, by
a secret sworn band of petty despots? Every
true hearted Constitution and law-loving and
law-abiding American Christian and patriot
will answer no! But if the men who have em
igrated from I Scotland, England, Ireland,
\Vales, Germany, France and elsewhere, and
made this the land of their adoption, citizens
by choice and not by accident, and among
whom are to be found our best citizens, are to
be turned out of political society and treated
like serfs, solely because they were born out
of the United States, let those who are secret
ly sVrorn thus to treat them, follow the exam
ple of the Mayor of Philadelphia, and boldly
avow their purpose, and not hide themselves
or their actions from the light - of day. It will
be much more in accordance with the true
American character.
So far as regards the bald and wear Inven
tion that I was stumping the State for Gover
nor Bigler, and the vulgar and childish clamor
fur "that Letter," I can afford, so far as I am.
concerned myself, to treat them with merited
contempt, and to let them pass me as the idle
winds. I have a higher, holier, better object
in view, the passage of ft, prohibitory Law,
and am therefore not alarmed by these Tempests
in Penny. TeapOts, neither will they prevent
me" from urging upon every friend of humani
ty in the State to 'vote for a Prohibitory
Liquor Law without fail, and for Governor for
whomever they please.
As it regards my own vote, I will say that
Governor Bigler, nor no other man shall have
my vote for the Office of Governor, unless he is
willing to submit to the will- ofthe people on this
great and all-iinportant question—nor will I
vote for a member of either branch of the
Legislature on any other, ground. Nor will
ever vote for a member of any Jespit Associa
tion, Protestantor Catholic, having good reason
to believe him such. How could I vote for
men who are sworn to disfranchise my father,
my uncle, my brother, and some of the best
neighbors and dearest friends that I have, and
some of the best men in my church? Yours, &c.,
I JOHN CHAMBERS. .
The School Fund
The late Whig Address, by the State Cen
tral Committee,•is one of its own kind. Among
the issues presented, says the address, is the
Division of the Common School Fund, and
it adds:—Representing, as we do, that party
in the Commonwealth which. never has had.
sympathy with such designs, and has never
countenanced,them, we warn the voters of the
State of the danger -which is impending, and
callon them for a united and resolute effort to
avert it." '
Our readers will observe, in this declaration„
the usual amount of truth generally contain
ed in the assertions of the Whig party, and
no more. Unfortunately for that party, the
record of former acts prove conclusively, the
very reverse of the foregoing statements. Let
us go back a few years, and see where we
find the. Whig party then. Examine the re
cord, and we find that in 1836, when Joseph
Ritner was Governor, and Mr, Burro Wes
was Superintendent, of Common Schools, the
latter recommended, and had introduced in a
bill to the Legislature, a section providing for
an appropriation of the common. School Fund
to such schools as may thereafter be endowed.
The bill was passed, was signed by Joseph
Ritner, and became a law. Was this "coun
tenancing" a division of the School Fund? Was
this showing sympathy? Perhaps not. What,
then, was it?
_ _
But agpin: In 1838, the same party
holding the reins of Government, another bill
was introduced, passed by the Legislature,
and signed by the Whig Governor, Joseph
Ritner, not only "countenancing," but actual
ly providing for the Payment to schools estab
lished by a religious society, for the support of
such school, money not exceeding the rateable
share of the taxable inhabitants whose children
or ' apprentices should be taught therein. In
1838, a draft of a new bill was sent by Mr.
Burrows to the Legislature, providing for the
same di.visions; and he spoke of them, in his
report,) as having "been found beneficial in
practice." And yet the Whigs tell us that they
"never had sympithy with such designs, and
haVe never countenanced them."
In 1848, the Whigs again had the ascend
ency in the State,• and again for the third
time, a section providing for •the very division
againstwhich the Whig Addresssays the Whig
party has always contended, was inserted in the
school law at the time of its being remodelled.
If, in the history of the Whig party of this
State, nothing tenable can be found upon
which to boast of the consistency of thO Whig
party than their oppositiim to such Division
of the School Fund, thehi case is indeed hope
less. Finding themselves unable to meet the
issues presented by the Democratic party,
they attempt to create one that never existed.
Happily it , is written—"By their fruits ye
shall know them.,'— West. Dem.
46y. The receipts of gold froin California
during the last twelye months havo amounted
in round numbers ,to fifty three millions of
dollars. The export from the port of New
York during the same period has been about
thirty six millions and a half: thus leaving a
balance In the country of sixteen millions and
a half.
Proteetiliaga of Court. •
The .A. ol uit terrn - nf the Court of Quarter Sessions omm
monad Idooday;the 21st Inst Mott H. a. Lear, Prod
dent, and Jeremiah Brown;YOuriate Judge, on the bench.
liter theorganiaation. ot the Wood Jury—twentyene
having answered to their , counee—Judge Long delivered
the charge of the Court.: Headreried to the alarming pet
that-Imre cues had been retutowl. to the District Attorney
fOrAhisteim than at any *Mons session of the criminal
anat. - Tim principal point of the charge, soden whichlia
Honor dwelt with great emphasis, was he miserable ocean.
mod.innWiiew afforded forthe Insane Poor of the county.
Ire argued tbe Importance of a refer= this matter in
such convincing terms;that we may look for some definite
lotion ruin this graiskjitry tending to effect an early re
form of wbar is now & disgrace to the great county of Lan
caster.
After delivering several oplidone of the Court In civil ca
ses, not of, much general interest, the jury trials commen
ced, and the following mums were disposed:
ann. va!Tkerriore McGtenssdin..—Durety of the Peace, on
.complaintof John B. Maridey. Complaint dismissed and
- defendant ordered to pay costs of prosecution. ,
- Cow- es . And. Mrdthsars.—lteeping a Opting house. This
was the test- case trial at a flamer t when -several
keepers of oyster cellars were indicted for selling malt li
quors without the prinCiple of law being established, The
District Attorney, by leave of Court, entered a nal pros, de
fendant paying costs of prosecution.
Cbm. cr. Lis Afarkley."—Surety of peace. Complaint
diamiojnd and county for °oats.
Come. vs. Jacob Bffinirer.--Surety of peace. Complaint
dismissed and defendant for costs.
_ ... -
G oo , o s. George sirney.—Seeping a tippling house. Igno
red and county for casts. •
Clos. vs. Nash. Treish.—Dlsorderly house. Ignored and
county for costs. -
Corn. vs. Chas. Klinger (aged 17) and Jacob Waits (aged
IS.)—Burglary. Entering a store in this city and stealing
a sum of money, Verdict guilty. • Sentenced to House of
Refuge until 21 years of age:.
Cbm. vs. Charles B. Martin.—AsSanlt and Battery, on
Complaint of Christian tippler. The latter is a newspaper .
agent, and lodged at the public house of deft. in Wash
ington borough in June last. Before he.went to bed, pla
ced a pass book and papers in the bar; Came down early
in the morning,.and was in the act of getting them out,
when Martin made the assault with a club. This is one
side of the story. Martin has also entered suit against Bp
ples for larceny, as he alleges the latter was in the eat of
rubbing his till at the time of the assault. Verdict Guilty.
Sentenced to pay six cents doe and costs of prosecution.
Cbm. es. Prank Snyder.—Larceny. Ignored and omnty
for costs.
Wm. vs. dbru. Gibbony.—Assault and battery, with in
tent to commit a rape on the person of a small girL De
fendant had admitted that be had not been drunk it
wouldnot have happened... Sentence, $1 fine and costs, and
2 years in county prison.
amt. vs. Urieds iStickunson.—Larceny. This deft. plead
guilty on two indictments. Sentence to 6 months in coun
ty prison, and to pay costs of prosecution.
then. rs. Edward Dar:ie.—indictment horse stealing.—
Defendant plead guilty. Sentenced to pay $1 fine, and un
dergo two years imprisonment in Lancaster county prison.
Om, us. Win. Whiter.—lndictment Larceny. Defendant
plead guilty. Sentenced to $1 fine and four-months to
Lancaster county prison.
Gun. vs. John IfeCauslarni.—lndictment Larceny. De
fendant plead guilty. Sentence $1 fine and eight months
to Lancaster county prison.
ann. vs. Frederick Fleisher.—lndictment Larceny. Ver
dict guilty. Sentence $1 fuse and three months to Lancaster
county prison.
Gant. vs. Henry Bean(.—lndictment Larceny. Plea guil
ty. Sentence $1 tine and two months to Lancaster county
prison.
Cont. cc. Sonnet Nathews.—lndictment Larceny. Verdict
guilty. Sentence $1 fino and three months to Lancaster
county prison.
ann. vs. -Frederick Greiner, Henry Lemons, Gee.
Mos. H. Price, Prederick -duxes., Henry 14.01ey, Jacob Hays
and Adam Albright—Complaint disturbing the peace. The
Court on hearing, order that ' Greiner Begley, Lemon and
Price give ball in $3OO each to keep the peace for six mouths
and pay costa.
Chat. vs. Anderson Debson.—Surety of peace. Court or
dered the defendant to give toil in $3OO to keep the peace
for eight months, pay costs, gc.
Com. rs. Patrick C. Doyle.—Surety of the peace. Court
ordered the case dismissed, and county for costs.
aim. vs. Christian 1411artin.—Indietment, selling liquor
to intemperate persons, and also after having notice. Ver
dict not guilty, in consequence of not having evidence to
prove the sale, since the Act of Assembly.
(bet. es. Ja cob O•ppler.—lndicUneut, fornication and bas
tardy. Verdict guilty; not sentenced.
that. rs. Bernard Fleppenum, Daniel Kinser, Henry Hess
'arr.—lndictment, assault. Verdict.--guilty as to Messner,
and not guilty as to UM other . two—but pay costa. Senten
ced to pay costs.
Ctim. vs. John Wayten.—Four indictments. Larceny.
Com'th vs, Geo. lieckel.—Surety of the peace. Dismissed
mid county for ousts.
In the cases of 31ary-Mackliason, Elimbeth Miller, George
Becket, Jacob Miller, (two indictments,) Jacob Wolf, John
Flick, John Eagle, Francis Eagle, John Shiley, Christian
/lamp, (two indictments,) indicted severally for assault
and battery, indictment ignored and county for costs.
Com'th vs. Emanuel liamp, Christian Hemp and John
Allman.—lndictment assault and battery. Ignored and
Frederick Shadle to pay mots.
Com'th vs. Daniel Hartman.—lndictment assault and
battery. Ignored and illichael Sump for costs.
Cum th vs. Michael D. Sehliader.—lndictment disorderly
house. . Verdict guilty. Sentenced to pay a tine of $5O and
oaks, and defendant's tavern license revoked.
Com th vs. George lieckel.—lndictment assault and lot
tery. Defendant plead guilty. Sentenced to pay Vs fine
and costs of prosecution.
Ceps th vs. thitleib Stengle.—lndictment first count, as
sault with intent to kill; second count, assault and battery.
Verdict guilty on last count. Sentenced to pay a fine of
*at and costs.
Com'th vs. Jacob Finfrock.—lndictment assault and bat
tery. Verdict guilty. Sentenced to six cents tine and costs.
Coralti vs. John Ferree.—lndictment Larceny. Defend
ant plead guilty. Sentenced to pay $l, fine and live months
imprisonment in Lancaster County Prison.
Com'th vs. Samuel ]tipple.—ludictment "assault and
battery. Verdict not guilty. Defendant to pay costs.
Conith vs. Martin Deck.--Complaint keeping a tippling
house. llistrict Attorney entered a nal. pros. upon payment
NEMEMIEMIZEIM
plaint dismissed and county for costs.
Com'th vs. Franklin S. Oryder.—lndictment Larceny—
Verdict not guilty.
Com'th vs. 'Martin. Van Slyke.—lndictment tippling
house. Verdict guilty. Sentenced to pay $2O Tine and costs.
Com'th vs. Martin An - tel.—lndictment first count, adul
tery; second count, fornication. Defendant plead not guilty.
Verdict first count not guilty—second count guilty. Sen
tenced to pay $5O fine and costs.
Com'th vs. Frederick and. ilotielb Whiz.—lndicted first
count assault and battery; second count assaulting an offi
cer. Defendants plead guilty. Sentenced $lO line each
and costs.
Coni'th vs. Sarah Breltigam.—lndictment fornication.—
Sentence to pay $lO tine and costs.
Com'th Cluarle. Lieider.—lndictment first count riot;
second count assault. This indictment was brought against
the-defendant by S. tinker, constable, of the city of Lan
caster. It appeared. from the evidence that the defendant
s a member of the Humane Hose Company; that on the
ight of the 4th of July last, an alarm of me was giree,
when the defendant and his fellow members proceeded up
West King street to where the American engine was stand
ing, when the constable informed the defendant that there
was no lire, and they had better return home. The de
fendant called through the horn to man the rope and pro
ceed to the next cornbr to turn, when after some other dit:
acuities the defendant was arrested and complaint entered.
Verdict not guilty, but defendant to pay the costs.
Com'th vs. Elias Livingston and toter Hall, the (latter
colored.)—indictment, Larceny—for stealing a barrel' of
whiskey from Abraham Dolby. This case excited an un
usual degree of interest, from tile fact that the defendants
are a portion of the "Ilan gang," in the lower end of this
county, who have, for years, been runaoyihg the neighbor
hood, by committing all manner of depredations upon prop
erty. The trial listed for two days =Midst of three nights,
(the Court sitting till 10 o'clock P. IL) The case was ably
conducted on the part of the Commonwealth by IL W. PAT
TEesoN and U. J. DICKEY, Estirs. and for the defence by
REAR FRAZER , and I'. M.I.IiILN .11/111.1M, Esqrs., and given to
the Jury on Saturday night. On Sunday morning a ver
dict of guilty was rendered—but the sentence was not pro
nounced at the time our paper went to press on yesterday
afternoon .a motion for a new trial being made.
Lehigh County
The Democyacy of Lehigh had an immense
County Meeting on the 19th inst. The fol
lowing excellent resolutions, amongst others,
were unanimously adopted:
6. Resolved, That we have the highest re
gard for our present Governox Wm. BIGLER,
whom the people with wonderful unanimity
have nominated for re-election. In his admin
istration we see every thing to admire and no
thing to condemn. Elected to the important
office of Governor three years ago, and to suc
ceed the administration. of a designing dema
gogue, he had all the evils of a corrupt admin
istration to correct, and from that till now,
though tried as no other man was ever tried,
he has proved tofriend and foe that nothing
has prompted him to do any act other than his
convictions of right.
7. Resolved, That in the letter of Governor
BIGLER to the Temperance convention, as all
others ; coming from him, we see the bold man
liness that has characterized his whole life and
instead of begging for the office at the.oxpense
of honesty and fairness he takes ground that
shows him to be the true patriot, the able ex
ecutive, and withal the noblest work of God,
an honest man.
8. Resolved, That in the Whig candidate for
Governor, JAIIES Pom,ocx, we have presented
to the people a man who is the sworn foe of
the foreigner, the proscriptive, intriguing fawn
ing suppliant tool of a reckless rotten party,
a man who has pledged himself to sign a bill
whether constitutional or not, and the true
embodiment of the opponents of the democrat
ic party.
10. Resolved, That in our nominees for
Judge of the Supreme. Court, Judge BLAcx and
for Canal Commissioner, Col. Morn, we have
men beyond the power or even the disposition
of our opponents. to say aught against ; that
in the hand of such men the judiciary and the
interests of the people will be well cared for.
PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS.—The Washington
Union pUblishes the Attorney General's opin
ion on pre-emption rights in Kansas and Ne
braska. Mr. Cushing says the act of congress
, gives pre-emption only in such of the lands
ceded by the Indians as are - not required first
to be. offered at public sale ; that the lands ce
ded under the condition of being first offered
at public sale, are no more open to pre-emp
tion by act of congress, than was the military
reservation at Fort Leavenworth; that those,
lands"cannot be taken up by settlers under .
claim,of pre-emption, and that such cl&
will be void in law, and:will confer no righ
on which a demand fora patent can be mad
from the commissioner of public lands. Mor:
over, it will be the ddty of the President
maintain by force the plighted faith of t. •
United States in thiematter. •
NOWPILMPTON CouNry.—The: Democra c
county meeting , held at Easton on Mond: •
week, was largely attended and very harmou
ious. Strong resolutions were passed in favor
of the State and National Administrations,
so in favor of the Kansas and Nebraska bill.
The meeting was addressed by Senator Broad
head, sov. Reeder, and Max Joseph,
Esq.,
after which the gathering adjourned
with nine cheers for the State 'Ticket.
MI. For the last week, 'tbe average number
of baskets of peaches sent from the Camden
depot tct New York. has been up7ards of four
thousand per day.
NTY
CITY AND CO
WlY!!!..baklAy•filatang .
... er Of min on Sottirdayeve:
rang—Mat thi isidtdatlesis -.: • ••• aro that tholi 'drought, from
which the whole country has . • , ered so locig, is at an end.
-- Algp- Or Siblati4elasobr • the New 4ideuce charge
will holta celebration OD th , oth of Septcniber at 10 o'clk.
.4: M. nAraa• gearrivilre„:: A• • 1 . ••• will a delivered by
!..he Bei : H. liarbangh:and the - pstor. !
•
-,: 'HARD'S° BIAXI—WO have been shown a Mrnetalk which
greW !lithe lot of Ljwiallnekel, in Sneadeesv ille, Ephrata
township, measerinir 10 feet in length, on which were five
eiira of corn, the smallest m+mring over doe inches.• •It
has also two others can spro ting, and all !have One Born.
This, we think, is hard to the present pry season.
Ram Callorrntx—The t Onanaltteebf the Lancaster
county Agricultural Society net on Mond+ week,st ditch
sel's Hotel, to award premint i ns to exhibitors of fruit—as
advertised. J. B. Garber, ; and d Miler, Secre
tory.
The ibllowing were the , mans exbibiLd ..:
'By Casper Hiller, ca"Conestga townshtwo varieties of
reaches—the early Xellow, a 4d Treth's earl y; two varieties
of Apples--the Townsend Maiden's BIsh; one variety
urn i
M Pears—Um Bartlett and o e variety of th e Bleaker gage.'
By J. EL Hershey', of West Hempfleld, two v_ of
pears—,the Shenk and Be d' Amanlis4one variety of
apples—a seedling; and one lariety of peaches—a seedling.
• -ter, three vkieties of pears
k, and a sejdurig from the
•• e ratiety of lipple—the Sull
ins one Varlet of peaches—a
bed Sy. °Mires each, and
'nee.
sties of pears—the Bartlett,
ariety of ables—the Sum
ty of the Fallon Flora Fruit:
By L.O. Lyte, of East Lam
Crawford's Early, Early Yo
B. J. Evans, of Hadhelm,
mer Sweet Paradise; taw. Col
seedling—these peaches we
measured 93.6 in. in circumft ,
By J. It. Garber, three vari
Shenk, and Apothecary, one
'Apr Sweet ParadiSe; one vent!
and one of the Caroline Ora
By 'lsaac Shirk, of'3lartic,
Early York.
By C. H. Lefevre, city, (no
variety of peaches and one o
By J. Zimmerman, city, o
one variety of seedling plu ,
By .1: Summy, three vari
Sweet Paradise, and two oth
poaches—the Orange, Yellow'
Clingstone, and two other v.
Sylvan-Bergrunott, Tirgalie
varieties—three of which we l l
gamott.
ono , rarloty tf peaches—the
produced foAompetition)one
poem
le variety of buster Grapes;
1, and one of srdling poach.
:ties of apphrtho Summer
er varieties.
,ve varieties of
Waxen Rate Ripe. •Lemon
letim of peirs—the Shenk,
ir
Sugar, Sick+ and four other
. varieties of:the French Ber.
A Committee of live, sir,
Leferre, B. Eshleman, Jafobl
being appointed to examine,
following prizes',
To J. H. Hershey, for best ollection of apples—sl.oo
To C. Hiller, for best sane y of apples- 7 VM.
To .1. N. Gummy, for best tolleetion of pharlies,-$l.OO
To C. Hiller, for best retie yof pears-. 50 ets.
To J. B. Garber, (diseretiMiary premium!) for second best
ohn Miller, Chairman, C.
N. Miller, anti Jacob Erranta
the specimens, awarded the
pears--50 cts.
To J. M. Summy, for best
To Jacob Shirk, for best s
To Coy. Collins. (a disCretl
specimen of seedling peach
To C. Illllar, (discretiona
of peaches-50 cents.
To C. Ilillar for best vane
50 cents.
ksleetion of pt - iarbee—sl.oo.
• riety of pexelles—.so cents.
onory premium.) for fine now
$l.
premium,) for good arloty
y of Plums-131eskor's Gnu—
exhibition w7II be tho Rune
o additionone dollar for
end SO cony for the boot va-
The premiums at the hex:
as the lastpubllshed, with
the best collection of Grape
On motion of the Preside ,
agreed to offer discretionary'
fruit.
t of the Cotithlittm+. It was
premiums fonew varieties of
resident and 'ieretary. being
Inifor re, the
, 4veral premiums
An order, signed by the t :
given to the Treasurer, C. II
were paid, as awarded. .
On motion, the Committe
day, the sth of September.
adjourned tp moot on Mon
For the; lutelligencer.
Me. EDITOR :--As a feellnj exists, pnAtyigenorally thro'•
out the County favorable to an independent ticket for
county offices, I would sugg9st the name Of Wituam T. Mc-
FlialL, Esq., for the office of Register. Mr.!.\ lol'lmil Is wide
ly and favorably known in the county, and possesses in an
eminent degree the requisit.t qualificationa for the ably and
faiihtul discharge of the du ies °Elbe ofilie. 31r. M. is a
young man of superior attainments aud.e ' leellent business
habits, which, with a titorogh knowletleit of the Law reg
ulating the business of the ftegistership, it ecommend. him
to the unanimous support of his friends i and the public
I.
yoto:.-The steimer l'rumotheus
11th soed,4-7 . u geld, and the
;.,2.12, .'.,a2..
110 had been diseovered2s miles
Lu tne south hPai otalate creek.
r.. largo partiesiof Chinese, took
.eaveramtio. Twenty-true were
ded. , 1
ull. Prices generally receded ,
1 , was, sugar,letc.
, tell /lan JUStiaaanll plane Wan
tilted IL ttte , triumph of the
party was Midly beatoa.
I.lre,p.al applies for admission
11
..
the West India Islands.
Pau* CaurounA-31out .
hits arrived at, York
d Learner lieurge Lam with $
:Sew and nen gold diggw,
from Port Orient, and tusu
A greatlighc, between ter'
place un the lath, near 11.
edited and a number wouu,
Business continued very
more particularly provision
The OLOCCIULL In Oregon a
very exciting, and has re.
Democrats. 'Xlse Uenveutio
li will be some timo both.,
a Stato into thu Union.
Cholera Is still raging in
LEA fearfUl ace .ent happened last Sat
urday night week. Stephen Oariet and Oliver
it Perry, young men residing "in Willisumn
were returning Home from the fellow Springs,
aecompaned by two y ung ladies nameu Anna
Deacon and hate IS ekuce, un.!: a brief visit
nem the eity..d
They. were in a wo horse ea" rriage, and
when some miles thi side of the springs one
of the lines broke au Mr. Urarret sprang out
upon the tongue of the carriage enucavoring
to catch the end of the broken tone. Tins act
however frightened t r io horses Which had been
restive before, and caused their to dash off
with great speed. Ile was thiown from the
tongue, dragged some distance and much in
jured. Mr. ferry jumped fruni.l the carriage
and eseaped without hurt. Miss Beacon in at
tempting to get out at the back pi the vehicle
tell violently upon he i r head and was instant
ly killed. Miss Bueibeemes also dangerous
iy if not fatally injikred. She was taken to
tier residence in P adelphia, ! Tenth street
I
below Thomson. .
The body of Miss eacon waste's° removed
ed to the residence o her parents, corner of
Tenth and Market streets. Thi n Ledger states
that Miss Buckbee is the datlgliter in the late
l)r. Buckbee who disappeered Mysteriously a.
year or two ago and' was tonne drowned. It
is remarkable that the horses r•i n
nearly two
th
miles without- overrning th vehicle and
stopped of their own accord, thus showing, as
is generally the case that remaining in the
' carriage would have been the safest course.—
West Chester Exami •r.
7 --
essA.—Some men in the
iissatisfied Iwith the Na
nn in regird to the Ne
disposed !to turn round
Le party in electing their
are any democrats of
i preach, we would desire
defeat of Cu!. ‘ Benton, in
' ,s applaud Old Bullion
BENTON AND INEB: ,
Democratic party,
cional Administrati.
braska qvestion, ar )
and assist the opposi
candidates. If ther'
this kind to whom
heir attention to th
Missouri. The
eat speech on that ques-
to the skies for his
ion, and they pronounced Eta a fearless son
of the South, who d.ired to doh i his duty, and
he must therefore 1) . sustained .it all hazards.
This is the way the i talked, but how did they
act when the old Colonel -- canici l up fur re-elec
tion? They did not' act differently from what
they usually do. Two dbmocits wore in the
field, the one in faver of Nebraska, the other
(Col. Benton) opposfd. As a natter of course,
(district
verdant one will say, the Whigs of the
ldistrict made no ndmination from their own
I• in
!party, but just turn pd and „voted for Ben
ton. Of course the did no such thing. They
nominated their owt man, anti voted for him
too, thus lending a their aill to kill off the
very individual t)4y had luispattered with
raise The Whigi elected a member of. their
P •
own party in Benton's distril and a Nebras
ka man. We com Mend the facts of this case
i •
to Democrats in No thern Pennsylvania, and
elsewhere, who are disposed in go outside of
the Democratic organization, !seeking for re
dress on the Nebr ka questien.. The politi
cal friends of Judg/
Pollock,Woulff to-day vote
for aNebraska Whig, rather Wan anti-Nebras
ka Democrat—Welt Chester itepulllican,
DISISTROUS FIR
—Clevtjand, Au
fires in the woods :I
Franklin, &ludo'.
Northfield, and pa
.1
counties: The soil
of one to one an
grain, &s., have be
apprehensions are i
The woods near
length ai l s burnin
the progress of
IN THE 'FOODS IN OHIO.
f24.—'There are frightful
Cuyahoga Falls, and in
, • Itavenna, Robertson,
of Sumuut and Portage
also burning to the depth
il lt a t dh o esalt rth t.ri e e; :"^w ; n ßall o a f ilide' Hudson. rimisYi
9
ainsville or. one mile in
2 , and all ttempts to stay
b
flames ate unsuccessful.
Seer NEW CouN RFEITS on file lifiddlotown
Bank, of the deno ' ation of iwo dollars are ,
in circulation, To detect them,ibserve that the
vignette extends into the name of the bank,'
which it does not in!the genuinp, and they have
also only the en Yore' names at the bottom,
under the cashier's "gatiture, whereas the gen
uine have them th at the i3ottomand left
gi
end of the note. e paper is also - very bad.
'We advise the pub *c to be flatious, and look
k ,
'to the above mar by whic i the counterfeits
may be easily de4c ,
WI , i t
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