El . . . .. . ~ 7 .. . . .. .. . . . . , . _ . . . . 1 ~ _ .. ..,, x , ... _ . . . , . c .. : ..., . c :,:, . . , . , . . ..„...N., •._...... ~,•, ~.- J /.... ..• 1r _ ~ _ _ . .' • . . _ ./.<-.-' • „ - . . _.. . , . --...//' 4 4' . , • . _ . .• ...• •, . • . . _. . .... _..... . ........_ . . • M Br lIENRY J. STAIII,E. 3 C .) TII -YEAR. TERNS ME THE 0 BITI.LER. fi t p u 6li van Coalpiler is published every- :\londay morning, by llExlty J. STAHLg, at 51,75 per annumif- - - - vaid in advance-82,00 per annum if not paid in advance. No sub scription discontinued, unless a; the option of the publisher, until all arrearages are paid. - AuvUnnsumENrs inserted at the usual rates. jou Wong. done,:ncatly, 'cheaply, and with Itif.krOffice on South Baltimore street, direct ly opposite Wampler's Tinning Establishment, one and as halfsrpiares from the Court House. II A VALUABLE FARM, PUBLIC SALE. TN pursuance of an Order" of the Orphan's .1 - Court of Adams county, the sUbscriher, ap pointed Tiustee for the sale of the Real Estate of H ENRY-M EALS, deceased, will offer at pu ► is sa e, on the premises, on a lir fly, Le 301/t day rfSeptember next, the . following val uable !teal Estate of said deceased, viz : - A FARM, Containino . 132 Acres, more or less, situate in Tyrone township, Adams co., adjoining lands of Jesse Group, John Ebert, Joseph Cline and others; about 25 acres are - Woodland, part chestnut, and about '.,)t) acre's Iltudow. ThOrnprove:nents are • TWO ONE-AND-A•EIALF STORY Fri i w 4-111-1 • a i i , !)t r ajiD (One of them a double house,) a good Barn, Wagon Shed. and Corn 'Crib, - Spring 'Howse, &c. There is a never failitig spring near ale libuse, and water in pearly all the fields; an Excellent Apple Orchard, and Peach, Pear, Plum and Cherry trees. The .land is under good fencing and excellent cul tivation. - Persons wishing to view the, property are requested to call upon the subscriber, residing in Huntington township, or on Mr. Uriah Gardner, residing on the farm. Sale to Commence at I o'clock, P. M., on said day, when attendance will be given and terms made known by PETER MILLER, Trustee. By the Court—Eden Norris, Clerk. August 2R, 185.1. is PUBLIC SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE., be offered at public sale, on the premises, on Saturday, the 71h day of October -the Real Estate of PETER FIDLER., deceased,. consisting . of - I — tira , FY:T - 1 st. sitnate. in Tyrone township, Adams county, ahon t, one mile from •New Chester, on the road leading from Hanover in Carlisle, adjoining lands of Jo-;ephi Dill, Jacob March, Ezra My ers,Jacob Fidler, and others, containing IS4 ACRES OF PATENTED - LAND more-or less, about 50 acres of which arewell covered with Timber, and about '2O acres are :Meadow, and more can he tnade. The im provements are. A TWO STORY LOG DWELLING g a I • '"°9 otidi 717 'tAocr" Bank Barn, Wagon Stied, Corn Crib, Granary, Carpenter's Shop, and other outbuildings; two never failing wells of water on the premises, also an y,) LL. L,,J9 and Peach, Pear, Plum and Cherry trees.— The land is under good fencing and excellent cultivation. The Farm will be offered in two parts,• if desired: 100 acres, with the buildings, making, one part, and 80 acres the other. Each will have about 30 acres of timber.- , Persons wishing to view -the property are requested to call upon the subqcritter, who will give all necessary information. Clear title will be-given, and possession on the Ist day of April, 1855, and if not sold will be RENT. El) for one year. Sale to commence at 1 o'clock, P. M., on said day, when attendance will be given and terms made known by GEORGE FIDLER Q, .9gcnl for Ike heirs. August 23, 1851. is 11 - A Ir 3 2 At Public Sale. rriE Subseriber, Attorney in fact for the l_ Heirs of Feronica , Hoover, Magdalena 'Hoover and Sarah lloover,d , t,tcensed, will offer mi at Public Sale, on the preses, on Salurday, -the 71/a day qf OelfAer next, A Lot of Ground, situate in Munirnashurg, Frank iin township. Adams county, fronting on the turnpike, ad joining lots of Widow Stoner and others, hav ing an alley in the rear. The improvements are a One-and-a-hdlf Story ''':' , e L 41) ilk iii 4) ti: S E , i -''''' I ,, e nt Log Stable, Log Shop, with ti Well of latidEL water near the door. The lot has a variety ut choice Fruit 'Frees on it. Sale to commence at I o'elocl. in the after noon of said day. Attendance given and terms made known by -.1011 N ltu 1" ER.. , . Attorney in fact for' the Heirs. Septeno:er 11, 11551. is A(lminis:•ral rix"s Na)11 ice. TEN RN' CU A VBERS'S -ET sATE.— -- 11. Letters oh admintstratifm on the est ito of Henry Chambers. late of Mount p loas;int town ship, Ma i ns county, deceased, :ftaving been granted to the undersigned, rest;ling in the same-township, she hereby iztves not ire to ail persons indebted to said estate to make iarne diate payment, and those having e;aims a. - :tio , -1. ate to preseritthein properly authenticated itlement. - :'ANNA- MARGARET CHAMBERS, August 21, 185-1. tit .Itini'.x. 1 - - ci - Ilothlng . --Clothing - .- 1 have on band and am constantly maliin,g up, a fine as-, s y cirtment : of Spring -and Stitittner C.ltdhiter, I which I will sell low. Call and see, for you will find good and substantial work and goods; no "SLOP SHOP" work. April 3. A BRA'M. ARNOLD. - PERFUMER] of all kiwis will hp found at SC HICK'S. 3 Mining .3.lrtu.opprr----Etruntlb tir"Volitirs, 3grirujturr, litrraturr, ,frirurg, (1.1)t 311nrlat5, Oruro!. Elemrstir Auriga :3utrlligrurr, .rnarrtising, 3murirmritt, EMI _ ,_., r- 1101 _ Chg,rlce_ for. Capitalists!_ 1 7 .1L17.111 VLE ILLS AND FARMS A'I.""PUBLIC SALE. ~FTE quhs . c"rtr ers, Executors of WI I,i, TA 711 - LOLTIYON. decealfhl,l.vill offer at Public Sale. on the Offlmises first named, on Friday, _the 2911 z dizy or .sltember next, the following Real Estate — of sTld drceased,'viz: situate in Liberty township,' Adams' county, Pa,,,ttijoinintr land,: of C;regnry P. Topper. NlcNay, the Company Mills, and othe'rs; containing about 76 ACRES of Land. havitto thereon erected an entirely • an,/ arAriV wit two•pair of Burrs and one, pair of ,Chop pinfr Stones, with room for another pair of Burrs. The machinery is all of the most ap- a larg,e business, which the neirehhorhood-af fords. A good SAW MILL is attached. .The improvements are a large Two-Story -,BRICK HOUSE, F l Frame ,Back Building, Cooper Shop, ii;1 1 LOG BARN, Wamon . Shed, Corn Crib, Stone Sprintr House, an excellent Well of Water, amood' Orchard, &c. -A L S 0- c - Collitainint.t -- 165 - ' - Arreg , ; - more or less, in the immediate neiglihnrltood tile' above, about one r halrheiti - 9: cleared, and the balance covered with. excellent 'Tittiber. The improvements are a Two-story ii:slHl.5C Stone Bank Barn, (nearly new,) Wa,gon.Shed, Corn Crib, and' Other out buildinos. There are four never failinv, Springs on the premi ses, .one of them being on the edge of the barnyard=and an excellent Orchard. -ALSO - A Tract of .Woodland, situate in Liberty township aforesaid; adjoin ing lands of Gritery P. Topper, James Moore, and others, containing about 25 Acres, about G.Acres of which have been cleared. ZE,r2i—PersOns wishing- to View' the above Properties are requested to call on either of the Executorx, the first named residing in Gettys burg, and the last named in Liberty township. 4th Sale to commence at 10 o?cloCk, A. M.; on said day, when attendance will be given and terms made known by .10EL B.,PANNERI WM. L. ,A 1 c E 141,, Executors. .ktQl- f lf the - allOve Farms and !‘lills are not sold on said day, they will be RENTED at public outcry, far one year. August 21, 1854. ,its La it 'I "II FA 4 1- 11 4 4 AT PLTBLIG,S.LE. AIT ILL be offered at public sale, on the premises, on Thursday,the 28th duy if September inst., A Tract of Land, (late the proptrty of LUDWIG MILLER, deeeased,s , situate in Germany township, Ad ams-connty, on the Baltimore :urnpike, 3 miles west of Littlestown, adjoining lands of David 'Luck, John Miller, and others, containing 33 ACHES, more or less, under. good jencimr and good cultivation - . Abcat, S acres are first 'rate Woodland, and 10 acres excellent Mea, dow. The improvement* are a. Two story LOG' HOUSE, a good Log Barn, with Sheds, and otherFt at I out buildings; a neverfailing well of "= water near the dwelling, and a variety of fruit trees. xj..:‹d-.Persons wishing to view' the pre mises are requested ,to call upon Mr. John Miller, iesiding on the adjoining f<trtn. Sale to continence at 1 o'clock, P. M., on said day, when attendance will he giv,•n_and terms made known by TII E HEIRS. September 4,1854. ts i\rOllCE OF RULE. TN the matter of the Inquisition on certain 1 Real 'state of SOLOMON ALL;ERT, late of Reading township, deceased. At an Orphan's Court, ,held at Gettysburg, on the'2lth day of August, A. D. 1851. On motion, the Court grant a Rule, on the Widow and Heirs and legal representatives of Solomon Albert, late of Reading township, deed, to appear at the next Orphaes Court to he held on the 26th day of September, A: D., 1851, to accept or refuse the Real Estate at the valuation made thereof; and also should the same not be taken by said heirs, then and there to shew cause why the said Real Estate, or any part thereof; should not be sold agreeably to the intestate laws of this commonwealth. Attest—EDEN NORRIS, C/crk. Sept. 4, 1831. td STOVES-STOVES ! ON hnnd and for safe, a great variety of GOOK STOVES—very cheap. Ca 1 I and see them. GEO. ARNOLD. SepternLer .1. 1851. ' For Sate, very Cheap : ' ON E of GARDNER'S I r ikTENT CLO VER HULLERS, together with the Right of Mount pleasant, M rajny, Genininv, Union and Conowago two. If not sold, I give the Mar.hioe b.,. worked on the shares in all, or either of thy ahovo GEO. Alt\ - 0 ED." Gettyshunz, Sept. 4 1851• NOTICE TO iII.S_SESORS. rrti 1.; Assessors elected at the last Spring I Ereciion we hereby notified to attend at the Coniutissioners' ortice, in the I.3or,nigh of Go•nyntiurg, to receive I,lank Assess:twin Hu plic.ites arid the - necesaiiinstructions, as 101- Imt s :— The . A .sses•!•itu-s for I', nioll, Corlowa*„.), ,erA . k, Oxford,llairiiiton,lleading, 11u4ut. pleasant, Germany, Strahan, and MouirAPY , rm. /1 - .!:(Ine-Ntlarj, Ilik 11171 rif ~Oct, J ber tirrt ; ;Ind ti; 4 o.‹A. ssez,sor. for the Borough, CI itierlaral, Freedoin. Liberty, Ilawl:totilitti 'ranhilti, Butler, Mt:12111.1i, Tyrone, Hu (rton and ti t Latimore, on 7burqrlay.,lll, l'2llt of October next. Ily order of the Cnintiassioners, . • .I..IUGHINBAUGH, Cl'k. Sept. 11, IQSI. id I r USLINS, Linens and Tiekings, forsale ,_ll._ at- I._„-- .SCHICK'S. GETTYSITU e RG, PA.: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 4854. THE BELEAGUERED CITY. legend tatatace ant vague, That a toi.lniglit ItoNt pale Iteleageervzl the walls 'of Prague. • iqtrr , ain, With the wan mow) overhead. There i.tiaid a in :in a« ful The artily Of the dead. White as a sea to;;, The spectral emlip w.is And: with a :sorrowful., The river 'lowa bepveen. No other voice or sonwl , was there;.. No drum nor sentry's pace . The mist-like banners the air, As clouds with cloud, embrace. But when the cathedral hell l'reelaitoed the nun nitr rover. Tli4. while 11.ttillinua r 0 ....t anti full On the aletnnoi air. Down the broad valley f.a..t ant far Up niv, the glorious mon - ling star, The ghastly host was iht.k.t. I lane read in the marvellom heart of man, That sLrauge mkt mystic scroll. That an army of tilianteina e,t all , ' ,YaZl .BeleAgnet the human Encamped twshte 1.11$?; milking stream, In fancy's misty light. Cig•tntie sii:u l ea and Mt:hm's. glei.in Portentous through the night. 'Upon it, midnight battle-ground The C.llllll And. %wit a siirrowful, deep snutrl, • kilmv•i, the river -of Lite between.- ;No tap!' 67;ee vir sound is there, - In he :Indy of the grave; No other challenge th-eaksthe tir o Bat the rushing of life's MO when' the SOW 11 in and ,klll church bell EntrentB ,the •snil to pray. The lei Iffiga plunt.wis feel the - spell, . The I , II.IdOWS sweep AlVay. r ; 11 Down the broad Yale of Tears afar he .peetral cam, Faith shineth as a nornisr! Aar, —Oar gititally Barn are iletal. ANECDOTE OF LAFAVETTE.—During the rev olutionary war, Gen. Lafayette being in Balti more, was invited tosa ball. Ile went as re quested, but instead of joining in the amuse went, as might he expeeteii.ilf a Yonpg French man of twenty, he addressed the ladies- thus : "Ladies, you are very handsome, you dance very pretty . ; your ball is very fine—but no soldiers have no shirts.". This :appeal was ir resistible. That ball ceased ; the ladies went home and went to work, and the next day a large nutnlyer of shirts were prepared by the fairest hands of Baltimore, fur the gallant de fenders of their country. That young Frenchman, and the Majority of his shirtless soldiers, who fought bravely—not far gieir own liberty, or the freedom of their native land, but—for the liberty which_Amer .iCans -now enjoy, were ro-cigo•rs. But, in spite of all their self-sacrificing devotion to our cause. .could these gallant foreigners revisit the scenes of their revolutionary struggles; in stead - of being welcomed by the hearty plaudits of a grateful people. the bigoted spirit of Know Nothingism would compel Americans to turn their backs upon their early benefactors, and tell them that they were not tit to enjoy the. rights which they aided to achieve, and.not to be trusted with even the meanest office in the gift of the Government they fought and died to establish 1 Is there - an American citizen, worthy of the name, so lost to every sentiment of truth, honor, gratitude, and humanity, as to ally himself with the gang of midnight con spirators who hold sentiments so base and in 11twous?—Readiiv, Ga-Ptle REV. HENRY' 'WARP BEECHER. ON STI;, ' ET PiniminNu.---The New Ytirk "Independent" (11ev. Ifeury Ward lieech'er's paper) is in favor of suppressing the street preachers and "street preaching."—both a nuisance, we are, told, that cannot he abated too soon. The editor goes on to say : "Last winter when Mr. Parsons was arrest eil haranguing, a crowd on the Sabbath, sonic good men and sonic religious newspapers imagined that our religious liberties and the right of_speech were compromised by that act. - In condemning the blunder of the policeman who- made the arrest, we at the same time showed the fallacy of all such apprehensions: that freedom of speech and fieedorn of w or ship .4 . 10 not require that the highways should be blocked up by crowds of lotkfers listening to some illiterate ranter against the Pope and Irishmen : and that no item of our American artd Christian liberties would be compromised by a police regulation requiring all public dis cussions to be held within doors. We p?edict ed that this out-door preaching, which is at Variance equally with the climate of our coun try and the_habits of our' people, while sob- TIO rights, and diffusing no bentifit• of religion, would promote Sabbath-breaking amid the disturbance of the public peace, and w;publ become a reproach to religion. '•11 any one tvould lest the truth of these predictions, let him take up his abode Dear IVashington Square, or any other pink, and I on the Sabbath find the quiet and family-in strut:Li-0.0 and devotion invaded by loud dtela l• !nation and boisterous huzzas, see the neigh jlwrs all agog at their doors and windows to en joy the Jun, and overhear appeals to mob vitt. lence against the lirreign population, in the' name of a crusade against the Pope : let him see young men and boys, mingled with bullies and rowdies, smoking. swearing, laughing, : gouging,. shouting,: and litizzainig, all in the name of America and Religion : and - he will feel heat in no way is the Sabbath more thin °ugh ly desecrated than in connection wn.li street preaching. Allgood citizens, and espeially all who love and respect the Sabbath, should unite against this crying evil. "his feared that to suppress street preaching would concede a triumph to the Catholics Then let=that illusion be dissipated, if need he, by one grand experiment. let all the rattle brained denouncers of Popery be privileged to appear 14r one or two Sabbaths longer ; let the Catholic, have an equal chance, and if need be, let all the militia of the State be on hand to protect the sacred right of speech -Plainly, the only thineto be done is to suppress a system of puolic Sahhath-day Inn angue.s, which, in the safted name of re- I Union, stir up the antagornstu'of poll par dues, disturb the public peace and mie our liberties." • 711/_At : 4 111 Elancizeo,_peaches.—bri;ig,---5:3-to doz , n, and 50 (cut:, to • - ,:j melt. They are very ..aupLriur. 1M "TiII*TII IS 311011 TV, AND . 11'11.1. PRI:VAIL M MI fe_ Joct f)t , LoNGFELLovir Political. El in In the establishment Kreligions liberty and equality by the. Puritans of New England, the Catholics of Maryland " and the Quakers of Pennsylvania, the founders of this - government, saw the permanent records of their final judg- Anent_upon thn Lou est ion , -w as _ no l onger with them a - matter of experiment, but a mat ter of astsertained and dearly bought truth, that lcgislettion respecting matters of religions belief is essentially prejudicial to a State„, as well as unjust to its citizens. The policy tints adopted and universally sanctioned gave daily proof of its justice and expediency. Christi anity Once more drew closer between men the bonds of good and charity. Men learned to tolerate, and not to e,entrol differences of opinion, and actingin obedience to the precept "that whatsoever yo would have men do unto you, that do you alsounto them," they became good citizens as well as christians. _ The ample experience of the past had convinced the whole people of the .colonies, and every member of that convention of the cx tediene and neCes. say of per ect to oration fog religions equality. —that government had no concern with the religious belief and opinions of its citizens; but only with their conduct in society, yet they knew how prone men were to make the religi ons opinions of their fellows a test for political proscription, and that the intolerance tha had betbre been practised. might, ill the course of tune be renewed. That as it Nva: a Matter ofprinciple, it should no longer be left to the fluctuations of policy, but that to establiA justice, insure domestic tranquility, promote -the--generalv-el fare and _secn re-thel essi ngs_of liberty to themselves and their posTerity, it should be (Alla' ned.that noreligious test should ever be required for any office or public trust. Sothoroughly were Washington anti- his as sociates inbued with true christian toleration, that some of them questioned the necessity of _providing against such tests,..assigning as a reason, that it was not then and . never Would be required among the American people. The (;tl.oarticle of the Constitution of the United States, only required officers of the United States and of ,the several States, to take an maih — to support the Constitution,. but Ir. PtsxicNrx moved to add to that the following words, now- part of that article to wit : "but n ) religious test-shall ever be reqiiired as a quali fication to any aloe or public trust under the United Suites." _Jo this Ito:;s11, Snag( 1,1 ob jected, that it - seemed an unnecessary provision for such was the liberality ofthe American people, that none such would be required, but Governeur Mounts and Mr. PINCRNEv support ed the amendment and without further objec tion it was unanimously passed. Thus, %%ith • jealoris care did these wise and patriotic men guard the liberties; of the p(ople from future AL• peril, and from the zeal -a passion or Prejudice: ' - Unt above above all the Si ate-s and people in this Union, Pennsylvania and her citizens have been the first and most consistent in guarding against religious; tests, intolerawe or proscrip tion for conc.cience, sake.—Pennsylvanian. .By reference to the Declaration of indepen dence it will he seen that nine Nepresentativ_es from Pennsylvania signed tardy document. How deeply their patriotic co ll .:dolmas of that era were imbued with Know Nothingism may be Jild: ; ed fronilhj fact that, of those nine, rout• were not horn in this country, viz :---llohert, Dorris, who was horn in England, James Smith, and (;corge Taylor, who were hot n in Ireland, and James Wilson, who Was horniu Scotland. of the remaining tit c. at least two, - lieniatnin Franklin, and John ,Morfon, were children of foreign parents, : —so that six out of the nine signers of the Declaration' oldndepen deuce front this State did-not possess the Know Nothing requirements, and four of them were downright ftire;g•ners . 1 The people of Pennsyl vania at that Anne seem to have had none of the new-fangled church burning "-American ism" whatever in their composition. It'hat, pity the shining lights of Know Not hingisordid not then exist to warn them of the • danger of "foreign influence" in s6ml;ng styli men as Morris, Smith, - Taylor and Wilson Co the Con tinental COngre.ss, 117'We write this article particularly ad dressed to the old Anti-Masonic party, very many of whom, w'e are well aware, read our paper ,every ,week, in the hope that they will pause and consider the importance of the vote they may give at the coming election. All who bad conscientious scruples a . few years since against supporting'a member °f t s;:ia et society, or fear it might- use its influence to promotepolitical ends, can now calmly, while society, or is no political excitement, look at the present movements of the so called Whig par ty—do we not see that, they are as,itmlating themselves to the doctrines of an vtia ll crumpet/ secret puliiii.al sigiPly, svhosC nits) is to (10;111 Gov. DIGLEit, the Democratic nominee. and to elect PotimCK, a menhir, in good Standing. of this:ferret pdilicaLvicitty. ro,,t he f ;14 hernatori a I chair of Pennsylvania. Will honest and con k:6;2lloons opponents of such societies allow themselves thus to be use , l.—will they vote thy Pot.iori:, who it cannot. with truth he denied. is a member of the "Know Nothing" sooiety, iiiopfwsition to Gov. I;u:LEa, who repudiates them. If they can do so. nl' arc much mis• taken itS to the honesty of their motives when they opposed secret societies a few years since. Will they allow their then ho , nest convictions to be'bartered off, in ordqt to lint into office a few de,igning deniagogn;:„. We will s ee what WC will See. -- Wl , ' lII , Ir, /'aril /.1,0. CORN: CIVW PANIC e-Pill'hllt of 111(.! Cincinnati Gazette riilicolys the ex-trava gant stories that have ern put in circulation in , rdation. to t h e failure of the corn crop, and says : • We Ina'r such accounts of the corn crops -that the country is up ill anus, ftild I have no doubt the farmer thinks that hi.% crop i. the only One in the country, all oda rs having failed. I will admit in some sections the gathering will ht• small. in others one-hilt and three-li,urths., and : thon it you please add the stock ofol. ; ,Lakrn now in tin. country to the prescnt coil), you ha% e nwo than an aver age : thie is not guess work, but thorowrh in vestigation. f ain nut any wayntere:,teinn thAir or Corn, huh I 1 I lely in Illy tra%els this ;Li - miner 1,3% e per-zonal xaminations, awl find no cause of alatan, only:to speculators and humbug 11% cgs.'-- ---AL I )elaware 4 potatf,e,: are selling at retail ' at ; at s pr i ll: ,flehl, 7-1 411: at Cleveland, :•31 2.: at 1 : at Athens, :,.41 ; at t alit polls, 75c • atZlioli_do,_62 l .,c: at Coshocton, 51)G. The Ihwurnal mpropl,tins that 2 a bushel arc de nilLd at Ccolumbu., • Religious Liberty. Penns*aiiia in '73. The Sentiments_af Washington. • nett: Wa.shington. in an address to the eath- Oleg of the United States, written in Decem ber, 1787; acknowledges their services, and testifies to their dcvhtion to thc.cause of Amer icintliberty, in the following language -''As-mankind becOme-more libei al, they will ho more apt to allow that all those who con duet themselves as worthy members of the com munity are equally entitled to the protection of civil government. I hope ever to,see Amer- IN -kiln - tong the foremost nittcons in ekairipleS of justice aiid liberty. and I - presume that your fellow citizens mill not forget the patriotic part which you took in the accomplishment of their revolution and the establishment of their government, or the important assistance which they-received from a nation in which the Ro man Catholic religion is professed. thank _you, gentlemen, for your kind con- Vert) for nie. Wilde my life and my health shall 'continue, in whatever situation C may be, it shall he niy. constant endeavor to justify the favorable sentiments 'you are deaset to press of my conduct ; and may the metnbcrs of your sOciety in Amen-ilia, animated alone by the _pure spirit of Christianity, and a:ill conducting thouseloes as llae pitliful subjects .of our free government, enjoy every temporal and spiritu al felicity. (iFlolu;),1 W.l Sin SIGTO N. '1 The Democratic Party. The Democratic party has something to do for the Coining election ; wire, perhaps, than ever before. Ilad we only the old and well known Whig, party, we would .have readily -ascertained- w-hat,_-_and—liow—much -we had -to &newt against.,But unlbrtuuately, not par ticolarlyfor the- linnocratic party, but for in dk;idnals-, we are forced to make war against, not only the Whig, party proper, but against a secret political Know Ninhing society, the mem bers of whiCh carry their certilleateB of mem bership in their pocket-books." We have, in-the first place, to write in characters, the principlei of the Democratic party—chaructcrs so pli in, tl iat'i hose. who ''run may read"—principles, the duties of whichare political and religious freedom. With such a basis, it "is very easy to ascertain the style of the column to be" thereon raised. it is Demo cracy ; and such Democracy as our fathers fought - for and the present Democratic party sustain. Such principles as GRoata: WAsurNo- ToN, Tuom.ts JsryvntsoN, ANonnw JAcKSOX. J. K. Pula, and FIiANKLIS Printrm; have become the champions of. ' , This is our first duty.—,lli/fisa Pernucreth . Mono VoTms von Poiibuct: I—A State Con vention of the Free Democracy was held at 'Harrisburg-, on Wednesday last, at which it was determined to withdraw Mr. Potts ass their candidate for Governor. Resolutions endor sing judge Pollock's views on the Slavery and Temper:woe questions. as satisfactory, and I recommending hint to the support orthe friends of Freedom and Prohibition, were adopted.— ' Rennin. Journq4 Yes:- , - . "more votes for Pollock." Principle, honor, truth; lumeSty, every - thing is- to be sac for votes. The bargain. bet Ween Whig .iery and Know -Nothingism is notorious. Their - drums to secure the votes of Free Soilers, Pro hibitionists, and enemies of the . Democratic party under every mink:, liavct long been appar rent. Anil now, says the Gazelle, we find the same Whig party closing a bargain with the red-hot Abolitionists, in 'order to obtain "more' votes for Pollooli." liow far such reckless and wholesale abandonment of principle, and shameless fitsions with - the' fag-ends of every faction, agile with the- sentiments of Henry Clay, 'who used to be considered. good Whig authority before the party fell into the bands of the-demagogues of the present day; may be j o d ge 4 f r om the following extract from one q of lUi speeches,: llKNitx COY ON . "FUSTON.7--"1311t if it (the Whig party) is to be morgedinto a contempti ble Lion party, and if abolitionism is to be engrafted upon the Wleig creed, from that-mo ment I remelt doe party and cease to be a L, 'et a step further. If lam alive, I will give my humble support to that man - for the Presidency who,' to whatever party he may belong. is not contaminated by fanaticism.' rather than to nine who, crying out all the time that he is a Whig. maintains doctrines utterly subversive of the Constitution and the Union." rilhe Journal falsely , asserts that the Del egates elected to the late Democratic County on. in Berm ille, they, and several oilier townships and boroughs, were Know- No;liings, It loubtless has its own reasons for endeavoring to foist upon the Democratic party a portion of the odium which has fallen upon the Whigs. in consequence of Weir known coalition %rid( the Know-Nothing conspiracy, but we don't, think it can impose upon the pub lic in this bare-faced manner. livery man who reads, knows that the Democratic party has; trough its papers, public meetings and conventions, and in every other practicable manner, condemned Know-Nothingism in the most decided and Lincoln protnisi rig terms, as at Isar with-the Constitution and, Laws. subver sive of Civil-and liberty, opposed to reimblican principles, and Anti-Democratic. If a few noisy demagogues, like John C. Myers, who, the better to deceive unsuspecting men, choose to calf themselves Dymocrats, , see lit to join hands with the Know-Nothings, and. as they have often done before, secretly plot to defeat the Democratic ticket, it is purely their own If rat er, with which the Democratic ty has nothing to do, and fur which they must be individually responsible to the people. Lutheran nv.rvfr, of July 21st, says : "The - proportion- of Roman Catholics to the Protestants in the United States is but in comparison, according to the census of it,,5 0 , of fuel r r USIA:C:6re nnrriller of chictches, viz : Roman Catholic churches, 1.221 ; prin cipal Protestant churches. viz: Netkodists, 13,2:itt ; Baptist, : Presbyterian's, 4,821: Congregational, 1,805 Reformed Dutch, :388; ; German Reformed, 388 : Episcopalian, 1,45(Pv, Lutheran, 1.217 Christians, - 853 ; Unitarian. Umversalists, SL) Q iakei"or Friends, :13s, 3.5512 Protes-] eside.4 a large number oNirinor I BE tint el nun EMI seetg, - ale not inclutljd•" DEEPE:i - r, \Vi, to THE WOW). For six N past, 31es.,rs. Belcher & Brother,. of St. Luis, have beet boring an artezian ,well on their prernises. It N 110 W twenty./ up, is t indred f. ( in depth, being deeper by One hundred feet than one in ['ranee. At the distance of seven hundred feet. a vein of salt water was struck, an d at 1,5n0 feet an immense vein of sulphur water, in all respects like that of the Bluu Lick i,.`pritig.3 , , burst From the 114,oling thtf.etto TWO DOLLARS' A-YEAR. Already Tired of It ! • The great city of Philadelphia is now com pletely under the control of Know •Nothingistn —its policy is the policy of the Know Nothings - --and its credit and fame is in the keeping - of that— proscriptive order. Its policemen—its*" school teachersits street viewers—and all its executive and subordinate officers are of that stripe. Philadelphia is, a miniature -common wealth, and if 14 wish to ascertain how Penn sylvania wenld-tiOurish under their rule, we have only to look how the great consolidated city flourishes now ! The people of that city have already seen the evil effects of choosing officers to posts - ofresponsibility and trust upon, qualifications, which have nothing to !do with &strict discharge of their duty. In their zeal to secure the services of "native' born and protestantlitizens," they failed to remember that men using up to that standard are'not necessarily honest,-and that an officer might possess both these "requisites," and be still igorant of the du tiesOf his-station. He Might, alilion , rh' "native Ai 1 1111 I/ 1" both the great Jeffersoniiihrequisites of hones ty and -capability. - The people of Philadelphia have discovered the great error into which they have fallen, and now groan under exces sive-taxes, which arc levied to keep' up an ar tily of hungry office-holders. The expenses of this "Know Nothing" government is $700,000 per annum—more than 'the-ordinary annual expenses of the goVernment of -the great State of Pennsylvania —and to meet this ,vast outlay of Money the,eity tax alone is one dollar and eighty . cents- on every'hundred dollars of real estate ! • Are-the people - of - Permsylvanin - wil ,- ' ling'to try the fearful experiment, - and place our old Conimonwealtb - under the men-who now so,badly govern Philadelphia ? Are,they -willing to discard Digler, who has been so pure in office. that his administration stands without it blemish, and elect Pollock, who woncd, be to the State What, Conrad ,is to, the city. We cannot believe it—we have too much confidence in'the wisdom and integrity of the-people. When We are asked to vote for a "Know Nothing" Governor, or any other candidate, let us point to Philadelphia,_ over taxed and over-ridden with a gang pf hungry cormorants, Whose love for their "native land' and and whose zeal for the "bible" is regulated by the drafts in their fitvor ou the Treasury. The old beaten track is the best,.or if we must have. a change in our governMent 'politics, heaven save Os from that of Know NOthingistu.—York-'-. Press. 1. Ttepear of all 'Naturalization Laws.— Kanto' Nnlkingvind anterican-Crusade'r. - fr . ' i rlto above is. given as one of the first, principies,bf the Know:Nothing organization, and we copy it from their own organ published in tioston. - Now, where is the honest4atri ic..true-hearted citizen, who can subscribe to such . a doctrine I a doctrin e which says to the emigrants, z cinning from - foreign _countries: You are at' liberty to come to this country, and you - shalt 'pny taxes and do military' dntir ' whenever ailed upon, as 'all- other citivienS - - must do, but, no matter how intelligent, honl., est,.and patriotic you may he. You shall not , ho permitted to enjoy any of the proud, pri\dle ,, e3 or freemen, nor even The privilege in ewe: bdi- • ous ns such a doctrine' must seem to every man' in whose bosom throbs an • honest - republican heart, yet, James Pollock, the Whig candidate fbr I:overnor, has pledged himself by a within oft , zntion, to use his best efforts, if elected Governor, - to carry this doctrine out.- Will the people of Pennsylvania !I q such man, with' such principles, their e Governur ?—We hope not, -- nay, we are, sure they wilt not.—tyinton &funeral. , _Ravages of the Cholera. CoLUM A 1 1 -% pt. 10. —The chotera h4s broken out here, :garaged with mtnisnal veriv lenee. No less than - sixty des i ios. have occur red from that. fatal 'malady since - Friday morn ing last. It is still raging; violently. Among the deaths were Dr.'Cochran, one of the oldest Rhysieinns of the Once. ' Pon„%nsi.entA. Sept; 10.—A 'despatch from Columbia, I'a., signed D. Herr, says that there were over twenty deaths from choterkitt' that city on Satiollay. A corninittee of citizens were abont smiting for Philadelphia' to confer witil on r physicians. CORN, Clow AT TUB' WJKST:^TIIC Chicle Daily Tribune of Monday SOWS advicat front the corn crop ihroughont the West. and .South e coining ,in more .favorable. hi the western - portion 'of Ohio: including the Miami' and Scioto bottomS,- and 'all the northwiTstern part of , the State, the corn crop promises 'well and will yield an average crop. In the northern portion of Indiana and Illinois, the corn crop is also good. and the same re- Mark's apply to Michigan, lowa, Mimie sota the northern part of Missouri. From the Southern States the 'ad vices are very:en couraging, so that Ming the whole West to.; ge tiler. there is no cause *for alarm. nor is there umch safety in_speculations based upon a fail ure of the corn crop. We hear of no place, however, where the potato crop is good, or even Ho Immix 3framm—The Ro%van (N. C. ) \Vhig learns that in Cabarrus county, last week, a man by the name of Holbrooks hung.' his own son. It appears that llolbrooks had sent his son off to sonic neighbor's house to procure sotnethinw .to eat, and he returned without it. HolCrooks then sent him back, and threatened that if he returned again with out it he would hang him. The boy returned as before, whereupon his father took him out to a tree and hung him. Holbrooks fled, but has been apprehended, and will stand his trial at the next November court. ExTu.ionniy.tay PisTor..—The London coy respowleut of the Boston Traveller writes thus: "I have just been shown a rifle pistol, invent-. ed by an English gentleman - , resident at Ratis bon, and which is calculated to make as great a revolution in that arm as - 'the Minie rifle in musketry. It can kill at 500 ; yards! Last -week it was tested before experienced officers at Woolrich. and completely stood tlai - trial. Since then it has been exhibited to Prince Al bert-,-alid,--from-iriy-ow-n-observation,--1-cart-7 vouch for the efficiency Of this extraordinary weapon. It is easily charged, and has sights regulated at 200, 300. 400 and 500 yards. It is besides, light and beautiful. Only fancy a revolver of this description, with six or eight barrels, a good marksman, and an adversary_.._ a quarter of- a mile off ! The idliiiii - dpends on the iilll3, groove." 2171'here is a great apple crop in Western Ohio, whbre, itis said, good ones are in alnno dance at 3U cents a bushel. NO. 51.
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