Intellignar&igurnal ono. sAID - zi, 37- AII.G.IIST 24, 1/355 7OR CANAL 00MMISSONES: ARNOLD PLIIIMER, of Iretisisto. Ciiiinty Committee Bieetinii The Democratic -Co. Committee of Lanais ter co., will meet at the public house of Eman uel Shober, in the city if Lancaster, on Sat urday the 18th of August, 1855, at 1 o'clock, P. M. A general attendance is earnestly de sired, as business of great importance, con nected with the approaching politiCal cam paign, will demand their consideration. H. B. SWARR, Chairman Lancaster, July 31, 1855.- The following named persons constitute the Committee: H. B. Swarr,City—Chairman.S. 1K IF.--Jacob F. Kautz. Adamstown—Mho; Redcay. S. E. W.—James H. Barnet. J3recknock—J nathan Smith. N. E IF—Jas. L. Reynolds. Bari—Amos Rocky. Lancaster hop.-Benj. Lluber. Cternarrcm—Thos. Edwards. Lampeter E-ilenry Stauffer. Clay—John Miser, Esq. Lampeter IF-Samuel Weaier. Colerain—Jeut Richardson. Leacock-13. F. Hell. Columbia N. W—J. J. Gault. Lcacock ll—Dr. A. S. Bare. ' ' " S. W—J. G. L. Brown.Liiiic Britain—Jim. Patterson. Chestllea E.--Cyrus Ream. Maitheim Bor.-S. S. Young. ChcalMo W—Col. J. Retuhold.Manheim Imp.-Benjamin Eby Onowtaga—John Kolp. Manor—Bernard Mann. Omoy—John Smith. Barge—Col. David Laird. Donegal E.—Jacob Goner. Marietta—John J. Libhart.' Ikmegal W—John Gross. Mount Joy Bor.-J. McCorkeL Drumarc—CJark YLilllps. Mount Joy Sheaffer. Bart—lsaac Hull. Paradise—Ceo. Fondermulth. Earl Bast—Geo. Buchman. Penn—David H. Eberly. Earl Wed—Mark Connell, sr. Pequa--Joho Saner. EphraLaL-Samuel 'loll. Froth-frau—John Tweed. Elisabetktown—B. F. Baer. Ra pho--Thowas Masterson. Elizabeth—Uli vor Caldwell. Strasburg Bor.-W. T. llckhall Eden—Dr. John K. Raub. Strasburg twp.—John Raub. Fulton--Samnel Wicks. .Salisbury—Thos. S. hi'llrain. Hempfoeld Hoffman. Sadtbury--Issac Walker. Hempjldd IV.—J. bomber. Warwick—Dr. Levi Hull. City, N. W. W.—J I.lDuchman. Waskington-,...1. A. &tub. The Richest Joke of the Season! The following resolution, amongst others, was passed by the Know-Nothing Committee, of this County, at their meeting on Saturday week: "Resolved, That these resolutions, together with the districting of the county for members of the House of Representatives, be signed by the Printing Committee, [Messrs. William R. Wilson, Walter G. Evans and John A. llies tand,] and all the newspapers of the county are requested to publish the sante."• Our risible faculties are not very easily ex cited ; but really when we read the above resolution, especially that portion of it which we have taken the liberty to italicise, an in voluntary smile mantled our cheeks at the extreme modesty of the request. We always thought our three amiable friends above named were remarkable for their bashful and unobtrusive dispositions, but we had no idea they were so excruciatingly modest in their requests. But, in their goodness of heart and amiability of disposition, and their anxiety to enlighten the whole people of Lancaster coun ty, they seem to have overlooked the uninten tional slight put upon the exclusive organs of Know-Nothingism in this City. They have said in effect to the Register, Independent Whig, Inland Daily, &c.—either that the publication of the proceedings in your col umns will not give them sufficient notoriety : or else, the people have so little confidence in yi:Mr publications, that they will not believe them unless they appear in some other journal or journals of more character in the com munity. As ive are not sure that the proceedings in question would be interesting to the great majority of our readers, we mo st respectfully decline complying with the request of the "Printing Committee" above named. We will remark in conclusion, that the said Know-Nothing Executive . Committee r.bsolvetl to hold their primary meetings for the, selec tion of candidates (openly and by a popular vote to deceive the public, we suppose, after they shall have been 'agreed upon in secret conclave,) on the Bth of September; the return judges to meet in this City on the 10th to add up the votes of tlie different Lodges or Councils. Their candidates for the Legislature are to be nominated as provided in the following resolution : Resolved, That for members of the "louse of Representatives, one person shall be voted for from each of the, five destricts into which the county has been divided by the Esc mutive Comm tee for that purpose, and the person in each district having the highest nun iber of votes in the whole county, of all [Km my-No thirmS] residing in the same district,. shall be declared elected, and the five persons so 'chosen shall be the candidates of the party. o The following arc thmdistricts: Ist District.—Lancaster city, Lanc'r tiwp. 2nd District,Conoy, West Donegal, East Donegal, Elizahethtow4 borough, brunt tt Joy borough, Mount Joy township, Marietta bor ough, Rapho, Manheim borough, West Hemp field, Columbia. and District.—Manor, Washington ho rough, Conestoga, Pequea, Martic, Providence, West Lampeter, Strasburg township, Strasburg bor• ough, Drumore, Fulton, Little Britain. 4th Distri t.—Bart, Eden, Colerain, Sads bury, Salisbury, East Lampeter, Pa:radiso. Leacock, Earl, East Earl, Cairnarvon. sth District.—East Ilempfield, Manheim township, Penn, Warwick, Elizabeth, Clay, West Cocalico, East Cocalicrh Upper Leacock, West Earl, Breeknock„ Adamstown bon )ugh. Not Office-Seekers I The Know-Nothing County Committee sol emnly resolved as foilt)ws: That no member of the American party be permitted to electioneer for a nomination for any office, recognizing as we do the truth of the motto, "that the office should seek the man, and not the man the office." This out-herods Herod. What, a Know- Nothing not electioneer for a nomination or seek an office Preposterous! The fact is, the ring-leaders of the movement are those who expect the offices—and they are a parcel of broken-down, ring-boned and spavined po litical hacks, who have been kicked out of both the old parties. Constantly hankering after office, and having no merit to recommend them, they have been over and over gain re pudiated by the people, and their only hope of preferment now is in the Know-Nothing movement, which by the process of boiling in the political cauldron, briz.gs all the scum to the top. They not Aco-seelters, indeed ! Why they have beim. that all their lives, and it was solely with the view of getting offices thereby that they st,arted the Know-Nothing movement in thi:s county, as was dune by their fellow eoner''.rators every where else all over the Statr.e. gir The Whig County Committee had an other meeting on yesterday -week, and changed the time of holding their delegate elections to .Saturday the Ist of September, and the meet, ing of the County Convention to Wednesday the sth. It at_ The Democratic County Committee will meet at Shober's, on Saturday next, the 18th inst., to fix upon a time for holding the delegate elections and the meeting of the County Convention. The political campaign will soon open in earnest, when a rich time may be expected, VE9.. The steamer Empire City, from Aspin wall, arrived at New York, on Sunday, bring. ing $900,000 in gold. Tha. The Democratic State Central Commit tee will meet at Harrisburg to-morrow. llePThe official vote of Virginia is at length published. The vote for Governor is as fol lows: Wise, Flourney, Wise's majority, OP To on fr, " NOISY filesiz" San Frncisco, we ; are agniniendthe indebted for of Califor nia papers, recciyod per lad eteaaser. -111 ? 41 1r i taac' now begins to dawn v • recent butchery in Louisville, we are inclined to believe, that some ofeose miser able Know-Nothing demkgogaesOwho pre tep#ed to atax e ythe work of-ilestgiltion,-Ldler f tuid„run vqe,' theelt Men Ofio cotinselOti andOncourated tl4act li in the Secret Lodges. Sufficient,infornOion. I has reached us to Wove,. that th4tteeklYPPn the / lives and priierty'arthe foreign .IsOirm cit izens of LonisyKleilogether with the Catholics of American 'Wirth, 'was pre-arranged in the Councils of the Know-Nothing Order. Several of the Louisville journals foreshadowed the riot precisely in the manner in which it oc curred, basing their intimations upon the knowledge of what hid occurred in the Secret Lodges. One of those journals, until very ,re cently, was the organ of the Know-Nothing patty, and only withdrew its support, when it discdveredithe infamous designs of the organ ization. A few days preceding the election; the Democratic party of Louisville, appointed two well known and respectable citizens from each Ward, to copfer with the Executive au thorities of the Know-Nothing Councils, in reference to the adoption of measures to pro tet The right of suffrage from apprehendal interruption by the mob spirit 'which had pre vailed in that City, ever since the advent of the Secret Order. It was believed that Com mittees of the two parties, acting.in concert, would exercise a morabinfluence over persons; disposed to be disorderly. The Know-Nothings declined any conference on the subject, for the reason; not publicly expressed, but 'generally understood, that theyhad determined to carry the election by acts of violence and intimida tion. No foreign born citizen was to be per mitted to vote, and this was to be carried into execution at hazard of life and destruction of property. How faithfully the resolve of the Lodges was carried out, we learn by the tele graph, in the death of twenty persons, shot or roasted alive, and the burning of a score of houses containing women and children. And such cowardly miscreants dare pollute the name of American, by an assumption of its title. The telegraph, too, is used for the vile purpose of defaming the character of men who only resisted with deadly weapons, when their houses, containing their families, were being fired over their heads. Had they done less than shot down the mob, they would indeed have been unworthy of being called citizens. We have seen the same resort to the telegraph by incendiaries in our own City. It is the most powerful weapon the proscriptive party can use to corrupt and forestall public opin ion ; and they fly to it, as the criminals, in former ages, flew to the temple for safety.— Pennsylvanian. Oil and Water---A New Fizzle I The following call appears in the Pittsburg Gazette of Wednesday last. The idea of a fusion between George Darsie and Thaddeus Stevens is rich indeed ! But read the call : REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.—The citi zens of Pennsylvania, without regard to form er party distinctions, who are willing to unite in a new organization to resist the further spread of slavery and the increase of the slave power, are requested to meet in Mass ‘':onven tion at Pittsburg, on Wednesday, the sth day of September, 1855, at 11 o'clock, A. M., to organize a Republican Fitly in this State, which shall give expression to the popular will on the subject involved in the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, and cooperate with oth er organizations of a similar character in other States. George Darsie, Allegheny county. John W. 1Iow•e, Crawford county. John S. Mann, Putter county. John Allison, Beaver county. John M. Kennedy, Philadelphia county. Wm. B. Thomas, do. Joseph Markle, Westmoreland county. Benjamin Frick, N,..rthumberland county Martin Bell, Blair county. 11. IL Frazier. Susquehanna County. M. 11. Cobh, Tioga county. Thaddeus Stevens, Lancaster county. Alex. K. McClure, Franklin county. Alfred Matthias, Indiana county. The Elections • KENTUCKY has gone for the Know Noth ings. Our Democratic friends iu that State fought most gallantly, but there was too large a Whig majority to overcome. For twenty five years Kentucky has been largely Whig, and it was too much to hope that she could now be revolutionized, although it looks odd to see her fol i lowiug the lead of Massachu setts instead of - Virginia. Her true position is by the side of the latter, and nothing but party drill and organization, aided by mob rule and violence, has prevented her from as suming it. The Know-Nothings have elected the Governor, and a majority of Congressmen and State Legislators. In FORTE CAROLINA we have six of the eight members of Congress, and on the pop ular vote a majority of from S to 10,000. The Legislature is also strongly Democratic. TENNESSEE.—In this State the Democrats have carried the Governor- and a majority in Congress and in the State Legislature. Governor JOHNSTON'S majority it is thought will reach 2,000. Alabauls AU Right ! The Washington Union has returns which show that the Democrats have carried the Governor, a large majority of the Legislature, and six of the seven members of Congress ! )$, The Grand Jury of Philadelphia have found True Bills against PASSMORE WILLIAM SON, and his five black confederates, for riot and a violent and disgraceful 'assault upon Col. John. Wheeler, Minister- to Nicaragua, at the time his slaves were stolen fiorn him. 14iir. A State Temperance Convention was held at Reading on Wednesday last. The Convention was addressed by Rev. P. COOMBE and others. The Editor's Book Table TILE UNITED STATES REVIEW, published monthly by Lloyd k Campbell, 252 Broadway, N. Y., at $.3 per an num, In adyance. The August number of this, truly excellent period ical is before us. It is ombellished . with an engra ved Portrait of Hon. A. Q. Flagg, of New York— and its table of contents is as follows : • 1. Trial by Jury. 2. Patriotism. 3. The Anteros. 4. James Gordon Bennett. 5. Plaint of the Wild Flower. 6. Duels and Duelling. 7. Origin and Developement of Zodiacal Symbol ism. 8. Sebastopol. 9. Literary Lion Hunting. ' 10. Epaminondas. 11. The First Olympiad of the Cradle. 12. Doom of the Forest. 13. Discordant Notes on Virginia. 14. Marathon. 15. Monroe vs: Galbraith. 16. State Sovereignty and Federal Usurpations. 17 J. I. Fields. 18. Book Notices. PETERSON'S LADIES NATIONAL MAGAZINE, pub-. lished at No. 102 Chestnut St., Phl)adelphla, at $2 pe r annum In advance. The September number, which is already issued, presents unusual attractions in the way of reading matter, he. containing no less than fifty articles,, all of them original, and thirty:fisue embellishments. Amongst the latter "Joseph Sold by his Brethren," and'uLes Modes Parisierums," aru peculiarly fine and attractive. nal. We direct the attention of persons hav ing Land Warrants for sale, to the advertise ment of S. D. Bachman, Esq., who is paying the highest price in cash for them. liar The Cholera ie prevailing to a fearful ex tent at Fort Leavenworth and Fort Riley. A large number of deaths have oosarred—amongst others, Maj. Armistead and wife, at tb.e looser, and Capt. Ogden, at the latter place. • ° IO' Gen. Sam. Houston has written a let ter ter fully fully endorsing the ptitociples of the Know We give below ; the "explanations" prom- ised by Governor!REEDEß. to the Secretary of State—and the response of tke Iwtter;r•ditapis sing him IV direction of the 'Vl:gent) from the offiek:coNoveilt . pr, of 1,4 e Teiritery of Kan sas. ' Aii - iti -- :dec4 aprWars in full in .t*Washix7gton nionl4the , - sth inst., as fet id*, viz: First, :overnor Iteedei'B letter of eiridanati*: , ad, cr4 E.J. .. lirParty's Im eiateme:nf, co rating in part'Reedertle.; Third, Governor' Reeder's letter to the Presi dent, submitting his - proposed pa - tease of Indian lands to the President for his appro val or disapproval ; Fourth, Secretary M'Clel- J and'a:lettat to the President, (and the Presi dent's endorsement) disapproving of the pur chases ;* Fifth, Letter from 'the Acting Com inxissioner of Lrfllax: Affairs, also disapproving' of the same; Sixth; Secretary M'Clelland's Letter to . GOireriihr Reeder, infiirliiing him of the Presideit's! disappioval; 'Seventh, Letter -from the Ading' Secretary of State to Gover nor Reeder, infOrming the latter that, for the reasons iipedifiati in it, the President has dis 'Missed filth fibm office. • • the corte L dence i s very l eng thy. •We o ve •-tk i ,oist and the j last letters, as embracing the gist of. the whole . controversy: Coverrtn. Reeder, to the Secretary of State, with accompanying, note, and a statement by E. C. iliPOqrl.Y. : SILWNEE MissioN, . (Kansas Territory,) .- June 26, 1855. Snt : As promised in my brief note of the 13th instant from New York, I avail myself dt'the first opportunity to reply to your letter of the 12th. That letter -mentions as diffuses , of complaint against me, in.the opinion of President, "purchases of Kansas half-breed reservations made by me in the Territory of Kanias," and ,also "other speculations in lands of the. Territory of Kansas, apparently in violation Of acts of Congress and of regnla tions of the departments," and at the'same time invites any explanation which I may de sire to give in regard to the character and ex , tent of the transactions above referred to, and particularly the matters spoken of in the letter of G. W. Clarke, Indian agent, dated May 8, 1855." I am thus put upon my defence to two sep entre charges ; first, the purchnte of half-breed Kansas lands ; and, secondly, other specula tions in lands of the Territory, apparently in violation of acts of Congress and regulations of the departments. The very general manner in which these charges are stated, the entire absence of any specification on which to make a point or raise an issue, and the omission to state in • what particular the President sees any wrong to have been committed, and what act of Con gress or regulation of the department has been violated, arc matters of regret and embarrass ment to me, because they preclude confidence in the pertinence of my reply. I need not inform so eminent a jurist as yourself how im possible it is in matters of crimination and de fence to attain justice and truth without a dis tinct and unequivocal specification of the charge on one side, and a direct, full, and pointed answer to it on the other. In the ab sencii.pf these, parties may wander in side is sues; departures, evasions, and uncertainties without ever reaching a conclusion ; and I therefore, with the highest respect, take the liberty of calling your attention to this feature of your letter as a full apology for myself in case I shall engage in the discussion of mat ters which the President may not consider in issue, or shall 'not be sufficiently 'full and cer tain in speaking of the point in which he thinks he: sees the wrong. In relation to the first charge of purchase of half-breed Kansas lands, I have to say that I hate purchased no such lands at all. With otherS, I have only agreed to purchase then: in case the contemplated purchase shall receive the sanction rind approbation of the President; and this, in my opinion, is a material and sub stantial difference. Until! the President, by his approbation, and the venders, by the execution of their deeds; shall consummate the contract, it, precludes us from any interest in the land, and even the ' privilege of entering upon or pcssessing it. Vendors and venders until then preserve all their rights unchanged' and unaf fected ; and if the President shall not assent to the contracts, it will be the same as though they had never been made. If there is any wrong in the matter, it is not a wrong committed, but, at most, only a wrong attempted, and, in the face of all probability, a wrong which we expected to be sanctioned by the resident. The papers were submitted by us to the President on the day of January last for his approval ; and-as the government have been for years past the habit of approving simi lar contracts, we did not apprehend any diffi culty whatever. They were referred to the Indian Bureau, and the Commissioner reported adversely to the confirmation, alleging that the vendors had no right 'to sell ; that there was no evi dence of their competency to manage their own affairs; that there was no evidence produced by us of the value of the land ; that the trans action had not been brought to the notice of the Indian agent ; that no certificate was pre sented to the President to prove the official character of an officer whom the President had himself appointed; and that the purchase money (which was to be paid in cash when the deed was made) had not been sufficiently secured, and that, in the opinion of the Com missioner, the contract was demoralizing and disgraceful. Whether this last reason was based upon the assumption of actual fraud in the contract, or upon the Commissioner's idea that public officers had no right to purchase, I confess I have novas Leon Rhie after careful examina tion of the report, to discover. Upon receiv ing this report the President, on the day of January, without rejection or approval, or dered the papers to he returned—doubtless with a view to enable us to supply the formal deficiencies demanded by business regula tions of the department, of which we had been ignorant. We inferred, of course, that the last reason above was not concurred in by the President, or he would at once have disapproved the con tracts and terminated the whole proceeding. We proceeded,to supply the formal deficiencies, and in the beginning of May last again laid the papers before the President, with an argu .ment and brief from myself to prove, from the opinions of Attorneys General and the decis ions of the Supreme Court, that the vendors had a right to sell ; depositions proving their identity, their competency to manage their own affairs, and the value of the land ; proof that the matter had been brought to the notice of the Indian agent, and that he had made no objection ; to which I add now my own as sertion that I distinctly stated to him that we had agreed to purchase one tract, and would endeavor to contract for others ; and although Mr. Clarke denies, in a general way, that the matter was brought before him, he is contra dictsd by the allegation and the deposition of a disinetrested witness. These papers were not acted on by the Pres ident up to the 25th of May, and I have no knowledge that they have been acted on up to this time. To the matters contained in them, and my letter of April 1,.1855, to Commission er M.lnypenny, which the President informed me he had read, I have but little to add un less my attention shall be called to some par ticular point.' We knew that the vendors were entirely competent to manage their own affairs, and would have the aid of the President in doing se. We know that the transaction was hon orable and fair throughout, free from all fraud or deceit. We believed they bad the right to sell, and we believe so still; and although hie possible we may be mistaken in• this particular, yet I would not be guilty of so much disrespect to the. President as to believe that he would con sider such an error cause of removal. We al @o believed that we had the same right to buy as any other individuals, provided the trans action was a fair one, and marked by no im position, deceit; or fraud. We have already shown that the transaction was marked by fair and honorable dealing throughout, and that the vendors had ample opportunity for consultation and deliberation; and for this I refer to the depositions now be fore the President. If the President is not satisfied on,this point, I earnestly request that I may be informed in what particular he dif fers from me, itnd upon whatfacts his opinion, is based, and it will be my pleasure to disprove any and every statement teilding to raise a doubt in that direction. lf, as the Commis sioner alleges', there is a rule of the depart ment that the:deed in such case shall be exe 'euted in the'Presence of the agent, I have only to say that as yet the deed remains to be made, and the mule= and the Ppaident have eon trotofthe artnileematt.eri:and - caltriiirect-. how. i the agreement shall be ec i 7mmated ; tli , t . the matter Was(even our igno uce of its n ty) broughtlto the notice o the agent, who nrn ished his interpreter to assist in mak in g the agreement, and considered the; price igh one. I cannot conceive it to:boon *fa cent that the Presideneis eintialipasell, fir 4: enif the agreement is to be treated as: a d and if Mr. Clarke ' s, assertion is to loutwei my . own, and the depas4on of i'disin, - witness, there can beigli contylstiat except for the violetbni of amasitificial'r which we were ignorant. If these explanations have nut touchel point which has raised the President's e rasment,l would—in view of the fact thi: President has all the memorials, con , depositions, &e, lunTkfc're -,1 *!,4 1 :i 'all the points ere ' raised—most respet request that the point lof difficulty ni succinctly stated, and that the papers o ies 'of: therm be formirded Ao4o, aiil I meet St with all the directness and Car, of which I am capable. In regard to, the second charge, I I respectfully reqaest some specification of is alluded to, to enable me to reply sat torily to you as well as myself. It is implied from the charge that•some com has been made to.the Presiderit by sour of specific. acts done by me in violation 'ia or regulation, and I cannot suppose it I be received and acted 4.T . iithuut beingi dog—at least, it must hare had forn shape ; and even thlohgh I may not kroiiii accuser, it 'is not too much ti ask that iI be informed of the pardeular ant which 1 charged with haying committed, and the Ocular law I am charged with haviii kited , _ On turning . to ate letter of G. WI CI Indian agent ; to Whi r oti you refer me that, in endeavoring 'id' exculpate W . frOm charges of oftreial delinquency, I dulges in much.general vittiperation cannot for a moment suppose you wish notice ; Rad the only matter to which. judge t hat „pony general allusion Calk aP an allegation that in October 1854, others procured claims to be 'Marked! the Kansas half-breed'reservations. ply, I have only to say that, .as stated, untrue.: .In October 1854, several genii; including myself; happened to beat tli I of Mr. Ellison, in a portion of the 'let-. with which we were entirely unacqu& and had never seen Were. Being inf 1 that desirable claiths were to •be had vicinity open to pre-emption, we re* that •be•would mark them out for us knowing that the Kansas half-breed were in the vicinity, but utterly ignor; their lines, we requested him carefu avoid entering upon them, as we hadlii sire to trespass upon those reservations knew perfectly well that the markid t , claim upon an existing reservation wou utterly fruitless and nugatory, resull the loss of out labor without the least c of benefit. Mr. Ellison professed u to the lines, and assured us he would these reserves. We left before' the c, were marked, and I have never seen since, nor do I know where they were Ido not believe that Messrs. Ellis°. Krautner made them upon these reserva or, if they did, I am satisfied the I it in a mistake of the lines. Finding that we could not personal oupy them, and that without uccupan could no t acquire title to theui, Boned all idea of them, and have neverll after them from the day they were That I endeavored to retain this claim advised an intruder to leave it, is untrue is true that in a conversation with one, gentlemen whom Mr. Clarke cncourti. go on these lands, I ascertained that hi upon a section for which we had contil and I informed him that he could nut Po acquire any title there , that, if the cub were confirmed by the,. President, w( I ) not allow settlers to remain there, 11 inquired if he could-uut also contract tract, and I stated to him that there w of the reservees who had for some time offering to sell his section at four dollar, acre, and that, if the President approve, contracts, lie could, without doubt, pur that section. This conversation was, I in the month of Februay last, and s from attempting to induce the gentler' I leave me my claim, or take another fo self, I distinctly informed him that i impossible for any man to acquire by •. merit or pre-emption, any interest or • t any of these reservations. Most of the statements I have made i communication aro clearly proven by positions and papers now before the dent. Those which are not, and partie my statement in regard to the mattersch! in the letter of G. W. Clarke, I can est: beyond all cavil by the testimony o unexceptionable witnesses, if necessary. I cannot conclude this letter without 1 urging upon yourself and the President,' matter of the simplest justice, denied: by the humblest man in the communit I should be informed of the in rticul to which exception is taken, and the 'it ' lar aspect in which it is considered cal .1 and if any law or regulation is vio what that law or regulation is. I suppose that the President has any des' avoid a rule so necessary•to a correct an], scientious discharge of his own duty, indispensable' to the exculpation even most innocent man, and the absence of is above all things, calculated to bring t nocent and the guilty into the same cab' and I therefore ask it in the fullest conic that it will not be denied. I am sir, most respectfully, your obt A. li. REEDEIV Governor of the Territory of Kati' Hon. W. L. MARCY, Secrettyy of State, Washington. I Acting Secretary of State to Governor h. DEi-AreratENT OF STAT Washington, July 28, l• SIR: Your communication of the 21 June has been received and submitted President. In reply, he directs me to say, that aft: consideration of the explanations whil offer in regard to your purchase of ji half-breed lands, and the facts in the e reported to him, and communicated to y l the Department of the Interior, he findii ing in those explanations,to remove ri pressions which lie had previously enter of the character of these trransactions. Ile directs me further to say, that, communication it not less uusatisfact what it altogether omits to explain letter addressed to you by this departni: the 11th ultimo, distinctly mentioned grave matters of accusation of the same You assume that when circumstances; in the conduct of a public officer, whit; quire the question of his dismissal from to be considered, it is the duty of the 5 tive to make furmal specifications of ch and upon this erroneous. presumpti withold explanation in regard to the alluded to, although they were pee' within your own knowledge": and you not but be well aware that some of more especially the undertaking of e persons, yourself included, to lay 'ou, cities on military or other reservations ; Territory .of Kansas, were undergoing o investigation within that Territory. TI completeness of that investigation, a time, prevented its being spoken of ex' by this department • but it was to granted that you would have cheerful unteered explanations upon this subj far as you were concerned, more partie as you had summoned the legislative ass of the Territory to meet at one of the I referred to, denominated in your proclamation "Pawnee City." I have, therefore, by the direction President, to notify you that your fun ' and authority as governor of the Terri Kansas are hereby:terthinated.' 1 I am, sir, respectfully, your . obedient i l WILLIAM HUNTS Acting Secretarj of S ANDREW H. REDDER, Esq., Governor'of the Territory of Kansa! 969,_The General. Land Office mac j ! costs a good round sum to the gover annually, the appropriations for it& exi for the year 1855 amounting to $1;611,f which $318,000 was for the salaries 'am missions of registers and recei%era, $1 for the salaries of the Commissioner clerks, $168,000 for surveys and office California, $117,000 Ter lintiveying tile) lands, $100,006 for expenses of receii depositing public money, $107,000 for and office rent in Kansas and Nebraski 000 for contingent expenses, 70,000 for &c., under the new bounty land act, on down theilong list of items. An Honest 51E41ff,- WILLIAM B. REED, Esq., District Ltturney of Philailelphia, has resigned his position as a member of the Whig State Central Committee —and in his letter of resignation addressed to A. G. Cuarix, 11 ... N!,.Secretary of the Common ...l;ll6lth 'aild-Chairmai'of the Committeei'detthi . . - 4 scone severe but well-menledthins ts a f t Governor Pollock, the Secretary, the list Le t • gislatnre;find the Know-Nothing conviraterii generally thiotighout%the Con(monwealth.— The following paragraph in reference to the Senatorial election of last winter, will be read with interest, and serve to show the spirit in which the whOle letter is written : - In Jamiary; of this year, the new administration was inaugurated and the new Legislature met. Of the doings of that Legislature I need not speak, and especially of that, scene of impotent intrigue, the quniB3 for United States Senator. Though there Was a nominal Whig majority, the very name of Whig was ignored. The caucus was one of Secret American " from which Whig Senators and Repro- sentatives were excluded—and within and upon that caucus, everything being veiled by shot' waSthot' to be safe .seerecy, the influence of corruption, per sonal, pecnniary and political, were thought to be brought tO'bear. What hetet illttqtration, (I now appeal to your own observation,). could there be of the mischievous capabilities of this secret organiza tion than lien. Cameron's success in the "American caucus? Ido not unite in the denunciation heaped upon, that gentleman. I think—aside, of course, from alt . questions of right and wrong — that his con summate skill and capacity of accommodating him self to an emergency, deserved better sueoess than he attained. lie fought his enemies with their own weapons and beat them. If they mined he counter mined. If they plotted and organized in secret lodges, he constructed lodges of hid own, or went in to theirs, and beat them even at mystery. IT they renounced past political fidelity, Whig or Democrat ic, he,.without any effort, renounced too. If they swore eternal enmity to Catholics and naturalized citizens, he swore as hard as they. It was with them all "Death to. the &mans," Punic antipathy and Punic faith. I confess Ido not see how any "Know 'Nothing". can find fault with Mr. Cameron. And this accounts, in my poor judgment, for the feeble result in the secession whichrook place from the Senatorial Caucus. The deserters carried with them, is marks of shame in Know Nothing eyes, the frag ments of their broken oaths, oaths of fidelity to se crecy and obedience. They had on their breasts the Segriet Letter," and they could not get rid of it, or hide it, or disguise it. And thus it ended. lam sorry to refer to all these matters, filled as they are with painful memories, but they are too illustrative Of the doniination of this secret and dangerous party to be passed in silence. Re. olattonery Reminiscences In the year 1826, after all, save one, of the band of patriots whose signatures are borne on the Declaration of Independence had descend ed to the tomb, and the venerable Carroll alone remained among the living, the government of thecity of N.Y. deputed a committee to wait on the illustrious survivor and obtain from him, 7iir depusite in the public hall of the city, a en vy of the Declaration of 1776, graced and au . thenticated aneW with his sign - matitial. The aged patriot yielded to the request, and affixed, with his own hand, to the copy of that instill merit, the grateful , solemn and pious supple mental declaration which follows: Grateful to Almighty God for the blessings which, through Jesus Christ our Lord, He has .cmferred on my beloved country in her eman cipation, and iin myself in permittibgane. un der circumstances of mei cy, to live to the age of 80 years, and to survive the fiftieth year of American Independence, and cert by my present signature, my approbation of the Dec laration ,if Indepenilenee, adopted by Congre - gs . 1111 the 4th of duly, 1776, which I originally subscribed 1,11 the 2d day "1 August of the same year, and of which I am now, the last surviv ing signer, I do hereby recotnmend to -the present and future generations the principles of that important document as the best earth ly inheritonce their ancestors could bequeath to them, and pray that the civil and religions liberties they have secured to 2ny COll7ll , y, May be perpetuated to remotest posterity and extended to the whole finally o/'-than. „yr oc -yr bln oked lade. and CH.SRLES CARROLL of Carrolton AUGUST 2, 1826. The Experience ofn Know-Nothing A citizen of Morgan county, lodittna, who had been seduced into a Know-Nothing coun cil, gives the result of his experience to the public, through - tri: Martinsville Monitor, in the following preghant paragraph : " Reader, you may think' you hate Know-Nothingism ; but until you are initiated into its secrets, and witness something of the height and depth of its iniquity, the sole mn mockery of its rituals, and the completeness of its tyranny, its fiend-like indifference and its utter disregard of moral honesty, you will -not know what to• detest. Then, if you are ,true to yourself, your country, and your God,' 'you will have so great a detestation for the order that you will avoid a bona fide member as a political demagogue, and shun a lodge as a Upas tree." this e de resi larly rged Wish most TAKING TILE FIELD.—The camp correspond ent of the London Tiares thinks those at home who criticise so glibly about the allies " tak ing the field," must go to the Crimea and stay there, in order to comprehend what such a movement, requires. He says the 'Russians, north of Sebastopol, are encamped on a plat eau, around which, front the north side of the Teliernaya to the Belbec, there is a. pr&pit.. us wall or rock. Only three passes lead to this plateau, and these are so steep. that it would be difficult for an ascending army to go with out resistance. But let this writer say why it "would be far easier to take Sebastopol than to take the field." He says: "These passes are so steep that an army would have some difficulty in ascending them at its leisure, without resistance from any enemy. But they are occupied wherever engineering eyes detect the smallest weakness —they are commanded by batteries, intersect ed by positions threatened by over hanging cliffs all ready for the lever. March : round and turn -them I Where and how ? We have no transports even if we could march, because Napoleon himself never would lead an army into such defiles as guard the Russian posittion. Whether we are not strong enough to detach a great corps of 40,- 000 or 50,000 men to operate against the Rus sians north of Sebastopol is not for roe to say ; but it is certain that the the base of operation for any Such corps must be the sea, till ample transport is provided. The Crimea is, to all intents and purposes, a desert—a. Sahara—wa terless and foodless before an invading army." con d so II f the hid, 'ac in gory; once 11. due you usa.q se as u by oth .e ined I 3 our .ry in I The ;at on other class. exist, HENRY CLAY ON PIISION.—The following is an extract from a speech deliVered by Henry Clay, in the House of Representatives of Ken tucky, November 19, 1850, and now applica ble to Know-Nothingism: "But if it:. [the Whig party] is to be merged into a contemptible abolition party, and if abo litionism is to be engrafted upon the W . hiy creed, from that moment I renounce the party and cease to be a Whig. I go yet e step further: If I am alive, I will give my humble support CO that man for the Presidency, who, to what ever party he may belong, is not contaminated by fanaticism, rather than to one who, crying out all the time that he is a Whig, maintains doctrines utterly subversive of the constitution and the Union." - EDITOR—Know-Nothingism here, us elsewhere, is given to inconsistencies. "Place none but Americans on guard" has been in scribed on their banners, and may yet be seen at the head of their leading organs. This plank in their platform, however, has been entirely overlooked in the distribution of offi ces by the distinguished K. N. officials who govern our Borough—by the Appointment of an ignorant German to the office of "Street Su pervisor." Whether this act of official kind ness,' on the part our Burgess and Council, to ward our German population is calculated to secure their votes, in this "box," at the ap proaching election, is unknown to the unitia ted. One thing, however, is certain, that without the aid of this portion of our foreign vote, (which was given to the K. N's. at the Spring election) our present Burgess and Council would never havi . occupied the posi tions they now do; and in this instance, as well as in all others, with the Know-Nothings, principles, must' be sacrificed for expediency. Yours truly, . KEYSTONE. of the tione ry of coni . 8 OW d ' hie ent in I. üblie ma. The Artesian Well in Charleston, (S. 0.) has reached a depth of about 1,250 feet and yields 64,000 gallons in twenty-four hours. From seventeen to twenty wells dug, yielding from 58,000 to 64,800 gallons, would be am ple for the supply of Charleston, which re quires 1,000,000 of gallons for every twenty four hours.. • A veye . $95,- lerks, .d Bo For the Intelligent:or MARIETTA, Aug. 8, 1855. %''h.-loaf,yfllo-Afotr. - •--~ During the election in Louisville, Ky., few days ago, a riot took place which resulted in the dsstrttf some,twenty or more persons, the wouddbfgof,a great many others, and the destpaction twelve In- fourteen Louisville is ority.tif the hot beds ot-:"Know . Nothingism in the West, and this will a:ccomit forthe wanton deStruction of life and 'proper 9.;..totivittistUntlb?gthe conflicting at.otutits Ofits origin'ifing Liie rounds of the preks. The "Courier" and "Democrat" of that City both charge upon the Know-Nothings a persevering system of provocation to violence. with a view to prevent the Germans and Irish from voting, (many of whom staid away from the pulls on that account,) and that the riots were produced by threats and acts.of violenc: upon the part of the Know-Nothings. One thing is certain—the entire municipal govern ment of the city, is under tho control of the iecret Order. Every officer, from Mayor do..vn, !..kcluding all the electi.oi officers, is of that proscriptive stamp. This fact of itself, with out the,declarations of the two papers alluded to, will be sufficient to sat 'Ay the pub lic mind throughout the emntry as to where the responsibility rests. Truly,i we are coining to a pretty pass in this enlightened age and in this our boasted land of freedom, when such scene.; e.isi lie en toted in a city professedly eivili!.ed :led eliri!;- tinn. The following article we copy from the Lou- Courier of the ith inst.: We passed yesterday through the. lyrics of An election. As provided for by the stamte, the pulls were opened, and the privilege gran ,ed to such as were "right upon the goose." with a few exaptions, to exercise their elect ive franchise. Never, perhaps, was a greater farce, or, as we should terni it, tragedy coact d. llundreds and timusands ame deterred trim' viailig 1 , ..0 direct :tete ul s ,•1110 through Mai of consequences, :no l multitude from the lack of proper tacilities. The city, indeed, was, during the day,to possession id an armed mob, the base, passions of which were infuriated to the highest pitch by the in eettdiary appeals of the newspaper organ :mil the popular leaders of the Konw-Nothing par ty. On Sunday nightlarge detachnients of Men were sent to the First and Second Wards to see that the polls were properly opened. These men, the American Executive Committee, were supplied with the requisite refreshments, and, as may be imagined, they were in a very tit condition on yesterday morning to see that the rights of freemen were respected. Indeed, they discharged the important trust committed U. them in such a manner is to commend them Mreser to the admiration of outlaws. They opened the polls ; they provided ways and means Mr their own party to vote; they bluff ed soul bullied all who could not show the sign ; they, iu fact, converted the election into a perfect farce, without one redeeming or qualifying phase. We do not know when or how their plan of operations was, devised. Indeed, we do not care to know when such a system of outrage, such perfidy, such Bastardy was conceived.— We only blush for Kentucky that her soil was the scene of such outrages and that some of her sons were, the participants in the nefarious swindle: It would be impossible to state when or hew this riot commenced. By day-break the polls were taken possession of by the American par ty, and, in pursuance of their preconcerted game, they used every stratagem ur device te hinder she vote of every man who could nid manifest to the " guardians of the polls" his soundness on the K. N. question. We were personally witness to the procedure of the party, in. certain wards, and of these we feel authorized •to speak. In the Seventh Ward wo discovered that for three hours in the outset, in the morning, it was impossible for those who were not"posted" to vote, without the greatest difficulty. In the Sixth Ward a party of bullies were mas ters of the polls. We saw two foreigners driver , from the polls, forced to run a gauntlet, beat unmercifully, stoned and stabbed. In the ease of one fellow, the lion. Wm. Tlsoreassen, formerly a member of Congress from this dis trict, interfered, and while appealing to the maddened crowd to cease their acts of disor der and violence, Mr. Thomasson was struck from behind, and beat. His grey hairs, his long public service, his manly presence and his thorough Americanism availed nothing with the crazed snob. Other and serious fight occurred in the Sixth Ward, of which we have no time to make mention now. • • The more serious and disgraceful disturban ces occurred in the upper wards. The vote cast was but a partial one, and nearly alto gether on one side. No show was given to the friends of Preston, who were largely hi the majority, but who, in the face of cannon, muskets- and revolvers, could not, being an unarmed and quiet populace, confront the mad mob; so the vote was cast one way, and the result stands before the public. IMPROVEMENT OF SMALL ARMS.—The expe rience in the present war in Europe of the su periority of the Minie rifle, has induced our government to order,- at the National Armo ries, an alteration of the old Harper's Perry rifle to the Minie principle, and arranging them for sword bayonets. The Washingtoo Star says the arm itself undergoes no change, except the sight, which has to be arranged for long distances, from 100 to 1000 yards, the great difference in the range being duo alto gether to the manner of preparing the ammu nition. The elongated ball, adopted for our service, differs from the Minie ball, but the principle is the same, the ball being expanded cull the grooves of the barrel by the explo sion of the charge. • WHICH IS THE BANK PARTY?-WO some times hear the opposition loudly asserting that the Democratic party Las chartered nearly ail the Banks and Corporations in the Common wealth. The editor of the Harrisburg Patriot has gone to the trouble of exposing this false hood by au examination of the records, and finds the aggregate of capital of new Banks chartered during the administrations of Por ter, Shunk and Bigler, (13 years) amounts to $1,340,000. The same - during the first session under Gov. Pollock, $2,300,000. It may also be borne in mind that Gov. Porter, during his term of office, reduced the banking capital of the State from sixty millions to twelve millions of dollars.—Reading Gazette. RESUSCITATION FROM DROWNING.—The Glas gow Herald mentions a remarkable case of resuscitation from drowning. Miss Murdock, a young English lady, was bathing with another young English lady named Shaw, when the latter got out of her depth. Miss Murdock placed her out of danger, but herself sunk to the bottom. She lay there for fully five minutes, when - the body was recov ered, cold and inanimate. , A gentleman had her conveyed to his house, where the body was rubbed with, brandy, mustard applieol, and the hot bath put in requisition. - 10 the surprise of all, she gradually recovered. The case is mentioned to give encouragement for the trial of remedial measures, however cold and inanimate the body may be when brought out of the water—excepting, of. course, in caste where submersion has taken place such a length of time as to preclude all hope. FIVE MILLIONS OP GOLD.—The British ship Red Jacket, with the Australian mils for Eng land, put into Rio Janeiro on the 19th of Jane for supplies, and sailed the following day. She had three hundred passengers and the immense sum of three million dollars in gold,.making, with the manifest of the ship Lightning, upwards of five millions of gold shipped trom Australia for England within thirty days., COLUMBIA, AUGUST 9th, 1855.—Amount of Pennsylvania Rail Road Freight and number of cars passing over the scales at Columbia, going eastward, for the week ending August 9th, 1855. NO. CARS. FREIGHT. DES. FREIGHT. 160 9,940,00 Specific Ft. 554 43,229,00 Gas Coal, 68 1,458,00 Way Ft. 29 1,710.00' Live Stook, 20 1,620,00 Lumber, 19 736,00 Local Ft. &St'k 850 61,699,00' TaalPounds. IDrif AND COUNTY----ITSZ: TILE SAVING 9 I.I4EITUTION.—By a notice publish- if ad in another col nit will be seen that a meeting of the suiokholders dud depositors is called for Fri day next', -17Ailultt io determine whether, un der the eirournatauocis , (so many - of the latter having neglected . or refuel] to aign the agreement) the In etitution 'obeli-mut o bunneas, or go at once auto As ,will bet,the closing point of the matter, those whocalre it to go on, but have not yet signed off, would well to come forward without delay, add arils th. ' names to the agreement W00n.4 Baia it ment in luiother highly Opular pke tha.tesziniunials pi evety thing clahm thereforoirecounnez rauve a trial. .31 . 0aLTIYE.—By an advertise- 1 limn, 'it will be seen that this j.' ration for the hair is fur sale at icino btore, iu this city. From : .lished, we doubt not that it is fur it by the Professor, and Id our friends to give theliesto- riiDElLElL—Samuel Johnson, a 20 years old, convicted of the girl, ut the January 6036i01/ hid' sentence was reversal by which placed him under cenvic he second degree ' tiled un lees the LALIC.I4Ler Couuty Prison, .liveral days before his Ito Mr. Itookatield, the Assistant l on, that lie murdered Elizabeth ' without the assistance of any t he was advised to do so by man, who was implicated in DEATEII UP A AS colored youth abou taunter 1.11 . a eolure and sentenced, but the Supreme Cour Gun lot murder in day evening fast, i of a SCIOill/UUS la death he !confessed Keeper if the Pr' Thomas alone, au one ;. bud stated to Kent, another col the deed Post OFFICE ATFERS. — Johu S. Gordon has been appointed PoOt Master at Mechanics Grove, l i vice A. 11. titillespf moved away; and John Dunlap Poet Master at Enie prise, vice Jona Bender resigned. Lie The Farm° Bank room is being remodeled. Tito business of th Institution will be temporarily trausuctell in theroom known us E. C. tteigart's _,,, ullici, oulthe opposite side of toe street. LANCAiTER Luc MOTIVE WURE.S.—Another now locomotiv'n of the ti t claw, for freight, named the - Old Fogy," iris turned out Thursday evening from thale works. lA . is. to 1111:1 4 311 the Philadelphia and Col utubia mil ad, and is of perfect model and workmankhire Th• Locomotive Works are full of business, 'anti tairni t Out the best of engines. lteeasae•.—The d a low miles east of on Wednesday nie of eighieia dollars its eoutouts scatter Oiling house of dlr. Stunuell3arns, owe, was entered by burglars t, a trunk broken open, the sum liken therefrom, and the rest of over the floor. Seuuol BOARD /lint:Md.—At a meeting of the Board ofiCommonSchool Directors of the City of .. 1 , Lancaster, held on he evening of the pith inst., after the usual business as transacted, the Board pro ceeded td an electi n to fill vacancies in their body, and also till v atnoes and elect new teachers. The following gen emen were ti.en elected, viz : W. It. "Spangler vas unanimously elected a mem ber of the Board f r the unexpired time of William Frick, Big. Thee. Ifeuu, Esq., was also unanimously elected a member of the ward for the unexpired time of Wm. Sheler, Esq.,l• D. W. Patterson, Esq., was also * unanimously elected apnember o the Board for the unexpired time tit henry Sto , i k, Esq., 1). G. tEshlema , Esq., was also unanimously elected a,'tuenaber of. the • Board for the unexpired time of David Cecidey, Esq., Miss IL Cromwell was emoted. Principal of the second Female Primary Department, East Ward, in place :of Miss ary Magee , resigned. Miss Mary Dav i s was elected Principal of the first Feniale Prima y Department, West Ward, iti the elac of Miss II uveil, promoted. Miss Kennedy w elected Principal of the first male Prtinary Lep rtment, West Ward,(new school). Miss Margaret % hits was elected Pnuc.pal of the first Fe ale .Pri .try Department, West Ward,' (new se I). The e Ttion of Third Assistant of the Female Fe High Se °el was Oistpoued to the next meeting of the Boa . EIF' T e "Tann Bs," accompanied by ilepting's Baud, which disco sed most excellent music, pa raded the streets y sterday morning, and proceeded to Kreider's Sprin for the purpose of spending the day in the pleasure of a Pie Nic. They nu doubt enjoyed themselv , to their hearts' content. 1 , Svnoso Ptououtco.—Wc yesterday witnessed the operation of a figs team of horses, belonging to EmaiMel Wertz living on the Marietta Turnpike, about' 2 Miles from this City. They were engaged by Mr. Illinry Shaun, to whom the cont4let for inabmiamizing two squares iu Prince street mid two soperes id North Duke. street was awarded; fur plowing up the first square in the lat ter street proper:ly to tniteatlainizing the same; and considering th compact um) almost unyielding nature of the ground, we were somewhat surprised to see them break up this solid mass apparently with as much 'case as though they were breaking up the fallow giouud on their native lauds. The team consisted of two greys, ono dun and a bay, and wo musr confess that we never saw four liner, well proportioned and better working hors es in all our oblervation among the quadruped tribe. They out :be seen performing their Lodi ous work to-day, wind we would advise the dealers in good nags to call and see them, as they aro wor thy of notice. j I Drtowazo.—A wan named William Scott, from Chumbersburg, Pa', was drowned in the lower out let lock On Tuesday evening last. lie was engaged in attending to the lock, and had just prepared to pass a boat throug , but in attempting to jump from the boat to the wall ho missed his foothold, slipped and fell into the lhck along side of the boat. Be fore he could be r*eued life was entirely extinct.— llis wife (same to this place on Wednesday, and on Thursday be was bhried in the now Cometery.—Co lambic?, Spy. i• ..SVS itemil. HON. Joist L. DAwsos.—This gentleman, -after an abserMe of some weeks, passed through our city OD the Bth inst. on his way home. lie heard of his appointment but a few days since, and the news was unexpected, as the appointment had been unsolici ted. Highly honorable as is such a station, and complimentary as is the tender of it, Mr. Dawson will not accept. His attachment is to Pennsylva nia, his native State ; his interest is here, and hers ho purpopes to ronaltin.—Pittsbarg Union. i CORN 'AND POT OES IN . O/110.—The Cincinnati Enquirer says that the corn and. potato crops were never sol glorious e this season. Potatoes are so plenty that they are expected to be down to 12t cent's a bushel. 1 i [NP President toberts, of Liberia, having de clined a. re-electio to the office of President, the honor fell upon Stephen A. Benson, for two yedis from next January. Hie competitor wita Edward J. Hoge. a very ac bre, enterprising and successful merchant, who ei sigrated a few years since from Indiana; GIANT CORN .- r -WE are assured that. there is now griming, at the birthplace of IION. JAMES BUCR.AiYAN, a f4v miles from Mercersburg, in this county, Curs that has attained the extra ordinary height Of eighteen feet. This is marvel lous growth, and yet no more marvellous than the intiillectual growth of him who was once a tow-troWseredltle tender of pack-horses at a pass iri our ,motintains, but is now our coun try's representative at the proudest Court in Europe, where, ii.ccording to an English paper, " his superiority is apparent" in 'every assem blageln .4 1 great en that is honored with his presence.—Chat ibersburg "Valley Spirit." Ma_ A telegrhic despatch from "St, Louis says that the appointment of Mr. Dawson as Uovermsr of Kansas is distasteful to the Mis souri Mob. Thy are getting up their peti tions for the appointment of a more compliant instrument. I ,• 11%,...A. man, named George Debar, having been cdnvicteditt West Bend, Wisconsin, of fi murdeti in the St degree, he was taken from the Sheriff by a Mob, terribly beaten nod man gled, and then flung to a tree, with hie head downwards. He had murdered a whole fam ily. Marla Congress Hall, Saratoga, on Sunday week, the room bf Robert Halsey, of Utica, N. Y., was robbed of about , $lO,OOO in money and bonds, and $75,000 in diamonds and jewelry. The bopds werel on the Williamsport and El mira Railroad, of $lOOO each, and numbered between 50 andl7o. Three trien have been ar rested on suspicion, ; • see-IHon. Rush Ellmore, Associate Judge of the Supreme Court of Kansas, has been re moved on grounkls similar to those assigned for God. Reeder displacement. Judge Wood,- of Alabama, hub been appointed in his stead. Townsend Harris, of New York, has been appointed Consul to Japan, under the Perry Treaty BariAt Porttimouth, Va., there ls no abate ment of the iellow fever, which has also spreml;through various 'mutt of Norfolk. The Native Americans of Ohio, die• satisfied with the nomination of Chase for Governor, have held a State Convention, and nominated as their candidate for that office Ex-GoVernor Allen Trimble. rtigittilrolulifron, it is stated, has advancect4 to the enorinou4 price of $62 per ton in the New York market, the renewed demand being greats i than the supply: Tho last advices from *ales give the quotation of £7 15s. there on shipboard, with largo orders under executtin. „, r, yv IIIpGERY .L. , FUNCT IN CIIESTER.—Ch Tues day week, the Whigs of Chester county met in County Meeting and formally resolved that it was inexpedieni to form a ticket this Fall.— The West Chester Republican considers this ..the death of the Clay and Webster party in pester. Notice was given at the meeting on Tuesda r y, that oia the 18th of Auglist, an Abo lition gatheringi:vould take place in . the Court House with a vi w tothe formation of a ticket, and fermission f was granted . to all old line TV7rigs f there ant elswhere, to come in and help the Abolitionists elect such ticket as might hereafter be formed. MliCe *,; •,1
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