411)e lacpltblicait Compiler.
GET YSBURG, PA.
MONDAY *NTNO, SEPT. 18, 1854.
Democratic .tate Nominations.
FD GOVEIMOIL,
WILLIAM BIGLER, of Cjearfiela Co.
FOR. JUDO& OF SUFILEILE COURT,
JEREMIAH S. BLACK, of SOmerset. Co. ,
• FOR CANAL -COMNISSION
HENRY S. MOTT, of Pike Co.
Cot:arra '
-- VII.SON REILLY, of Franidin 'county.
, • Democratic County Ticket.
• assembly,
MOSES McCLEAlsl,,c4:,Gertysburg,
romnebutioner,
JOHN DUTTERA, of Union.
'Director or thr-Poori - . -
JOHN PFOUTZ. of Frenklin.
.oluditar,
THOS. A. MARSHALL, of Hamiltonban.
enraner. '
Dr. J. W. HENDRIX, of Osford.*
Sheriff,
lIENRY TIIO3IAS, of Straban.
Prothontilisi:y,
ROBERT McPURDY. of Cumberland.
- • Reel:titer and- Recorder,
‘ - iYILLI4III F. WALTER. of Butler.
Clerk of the- Muria,
JACOB BU_SHEY, f_ Hu i I ton.
The Democratic Ticket.
The Dckgates thos - en_by the De-inocrats of
the several,. townships and boroughs of the
'county, wet in Convention, - at the Court-house,
in this place, -011 - Monday last; agreeably to the
.of the gtanding Committee, and placed in
MI
nomination the ticket given under.our editorial
head. :That this ticket is an excellent one, - we
need not say, the candidates being generally
and favorably known. Their. names are a
safe guarantee that if it majority. of votes be
given them, the duties of the offices for which
they have been, respectively, - nominated, will
be ably and honestly performed ; and, it - may
also be said, that thei.form a ticket which will
conipare fivorahly with that reeulaily placed
before the people by the opposition, or such as
they may bring out through their new secret
ally, orin any other shape. - We challenge the
comparison, confident that the result will be
immeasurably on the side of the Democratic
candidates,
,The Convention did not only nominate a good
ticket, but it also_ took true Democratic ground
upon the new ism of thellay. •'Know Nothing.'
ism" found no quarter in that Doily—it wasn't
the kind of soil united to its Om th - . • We ask
the attention of the whole public, to theresolu
tionsand pledge adopted, published in another
column. No one can mistake the pdsition of
the Donocra tic party of this county after read
ing them : and it is the same position which
'theDemocracy of the . State and Nation occupy.
-It will be seen-that the Convention haU
inated a full ticket. This course was adopted,
because 'the ••tetnper'orthe times" demandeil
it. The Convention resolved to s"support no
- inan in any way connected with Know Nothing
ism, and its members felt that.they" could best
control the matter by presenting, for the sup
port of the party and the people, an entire
Democratic ticket:pledged to have no connec
tion whatever with that secret political oath
bound-association. _
- The doingsof the convention throughout were
such as to afford tbe.highest sati i sfaetion"to the
Democracy, gocakiorder. and good feeling pre
vailing all the time. Indeed, we" never wit
nessed a more quiet and harmonious Conven
tion in the whole course of our life—and such
seemed to be die . general remark among our
political friends.
The Whig and Know Nothing leaders, how
ever; were sadly disappointed- For sonic pur
pose or other, quite a number of them were in
the'Court-house, some of them from the most
remote corners of the county. What they wan
ted there, we didn't know ; but supposed they
calculated. upon geeing the Democracy exhibit
a want. of harmony in their uctfon, and timidi
ty in their course upon the new alliances of the
opposition. But they were not accommodated,
the members of the Convention very properly
concluding to perform their duty in such a
fearless and upright manner as to meet the ap
proval of their Democratic constituents,. with
. out paying a moment's ree'ard to the kind de
sires of the opposition leaders, of iany shade.
And we think their course was a proper one,
even if the "countenances" of those on the other
side of the house became awfully elongated in
consequence !
Democratic candidate for Congress.
The Conferees of this Congressional Dis
trict met at Ohambersburg On Friday last. and
unanimously placed in nomination WlLsog
,ittlt.tv . , Esq., of Franklin county. as the candi
dale. of the Democratic party for Cotigresi.
2ir. Reilly is one of the most utile and eloqiieu
atiVocates at the Charabersburg Bar, and is au
ardent and uncompromising Democrat. always
openly and fearlessly expressing his views up,»
the issue's between the different part ies. Oath
bound secret political organizations find no
favor u ith him.
r - j _:711:1 pledge adopted by the Democratic
_ (,:ounty Convention has been sign:d by all the
nominecs. except Mr. Prouty., who was not in
'town on the day of the Convention, and has
not been since. He will of co arse; s ign. Mr.
Reilly. the Democratic candidate for Congress,
Las placed 4iis name to a similar pledge. adopt
"
c.l by the Demooacy of Franklin county.
11 - 7•Wo shall lay before our readers, next
reek, the four* address of the Democratic
State Central Committee to the People of Penn
.t,) lvania. It is*. sterling document. and dityls
ati.ale heavy tdoscs at tie spirit tf intauxuate
pia; is SOW iotVlifiling ' so ramp*
TA New Name!
. 1 1:71t is said, and no doubt with truth, that
the,Know Nothings now endeavor to get Demo
crats into the ranks, by' representing that it is
not Know NOthingism 'they would have them
join, but the ''Order - of_ the Saar Spangled Ban-,
ner." We tiay to till. beware !--this is the
same old trap, under a new name. ft is Knew
Nothingisto out and out—b r ut the leader:. find
ing that their efforts to gull have not produced
the results they expected andl desired,. feel
themselves, in theirdesperation. Ibreed to make
a new move, in order to chest the honest and
unsuspecting into their OATIPBOUND society.
Let our friends' in the country, as well as in
town, be on their guard againt the old cue
°my, under its new name.
The Democratic party needs no other than
its old timo-honored name and organization,
under which it =St triumph or Tall—but as
Truth will'prevail, so will it. Therefore let
none allow themselves, to be carried away by
the new-Tangled mi t lh-bound• secret political
organizations of the day. Such as do, will
• •i it short-si‘yhtedness
and imprudence. Mark What we any.
''fh ere was emee Ong of-Know Nothings
from diftbrent - parts of the . , collinty, in this place,
on Friday last, and: the report rs that they
settled' a county ticket. - It is even meniloned
that With and such
„ persons were nominated ;
but we shall, no doubt,-know an about,it be
fore. many days. We were absent at- Chain
bersburg at the tinge, but. were informed upon
getting home, that-several of,the candidates on
the Whig ticket were in toivn - mtnd - it is t oug t.
had a hand-in this .Know Nothing pie: The
Whig leaders, too, we 7 are—furthermore,told,,,
pulled the underground wires, and took a large
' hand in the performance, in' a sly way.. -
Every day adds fact:to fact in proof of the
position that Know Nothipgistrl and Whiggery
have one and the same object At view—the de
feat of the Democratic party, and the uprear
.ing of a power that shall scorn and overturn
the - :"Costistitution-4 the land—thui-Deniocaatic, 4 -
party- having always : been i tlie party Of the .
Constitution, as it is now:
Whether or not our neighbors of the Star
wore, present - at this Know 'Nothing meeting,
with pencil in- ha n 4, taming cotes, is not said.
lint if they were there„we hope they
,found
fully as much satisfaction es they realized in
attending the DemoCratic Convention, and will
be something like fair in rdportin g its doings,
as Know Nothingism is a new thing, and may
not be able to Stand "haylinoCks,' like the
Democracy.
Because we Will not 'ailow the Star to
make all sorts.of sweepingamt . baseless asser
tions against the Deuioe'ratic. party without
demanding the pray', (generally a troublesome
item. to our neighbors,)'we are - eharged with
using lipingsgate..slang % nd any' quantity of
"cif won's inargnation" is Glowed , !fir us a "make
believe" 'Phis is an old •triek, and verities a
remark 'we made Of that ilper last week.
Corner it, rind it will ;de/bre-rind double-deal !
It asserted that so and so maiiy2 s :aptive, influ
entialDeintts," wet e - comiteted with Know
Nothingistu. We asloati for their mulles. so
that the public might judge as to their politleal
character. lt - Pe fused to give them, but repeat
ed, in almost the same words, -itsToruwr decla
rations: We continued to. ash for the . names,
more convinced than ever that it hod taken a
position, it could pot sustain. And what is
the result We are -acaNed of being personal
—as using the language of the "fish-monger."
and so forth. Let the enitdid reader of both
yif
papers judge betweek us, and decide upon
whose shoulders blame stfoulii rest. We are
not uneasy as to the'yelfdiet,"nor do we take
back our demand for the wries, feeling certain
that we can subliilrnt l iate our every position.
These are times wheettothiug'short of well
authenticated FACTS wail 'auswer-l-mere specu
lation and assertion -won't travel far.
. - .A communication' appatrs in the last
Star, signed a -Mechanic," in a "preface" to
which it is asserted thaf, saliceommuni cation
was written fur the l'i'ant;)iler, `- t.a. - the editor
t
thereof refused togive ita place in t . cautnns."
We are not easily `astonished - in these times,
but the coolness of this cbarge . takes us all
aback—because no such coMmunication was
ever submitted to us for. publication, uor did we .
know that it had ever been written. As 14,1,
•
the language of the cotumun'wation,, 4\ it , sounds
very Much like that we usually see in the edi
torial columns'of the Situ, and will' be under
stood in the.satneway. , ,
Mien; JosEP . n It. CHAN-4Am who way re
fused a, re-nomination for Congress by the
Whig Convention of the 2d:di6rict, because
he is a member' of the Catholic church, has
been nominated by his fri,ends as an indepen
dent * candidate. •
All the Democratic nominees tbr Coneess
and the Leg,islattire, in Yhiladeißhia, have
responded to a-lc:116. addressed them, 'declaring
that they have - no connection or sympathy with
the Know Nothings.
1:1110 • Natives'!. of Philadelphia have
nominated Jaebb 1. Gossleribr member of
Congivss ill the 2it district. Mr. Gossler has
,;er‘ca as a Whig weittlkor of the Leg,islature‘.
:{l7At the Whig Wutd meetings in Buffalo,
a fe'w d tys since, the Know Nothings carried
all theie randida tes. By far the
_largest 'ele
ment in the Whig,partyqs Know Nothingisin,
whilst the Deinocralie party denounces and de
fies it.
*,r - Portstuouth, recently elected a
Know Nothtz, Justice of the Peace by a con
. -
.sidei Ile major' ty. The place has al ways been
the Ikul.c.craw lose nothing.
Commencementiof Pennvl
vania 'College Will be heldon.ThurF,day morn
ing. next, at 9 o'clock.-:-On Wednesday after
noon, at half-past three, Judge FlEPtmax will
address the , Lintkean Aspciation and Join
T. gottats,tsq-.,'will deliver the Alumni ad
dress, on Wednesday evening, at 7 o'clock.
J. _ Osul-A,Lo will address the-Seminary
Ttic-zduy evening.
. Dank) Overboard !
(17•Th - e — Whig - enurention - of - Berlor-coun ,
l'on the 9th inst., passed resolutions endorsing
Pollock and Smyser, hut Darsie-was silently
pax,ed over ! This is another indisputable'evi-.
deuce of the-existenee of a I,3ARGAIN between
the present leaders of the Whig party and the
Know Nothings—and must be so considered,
unless satisfactorily explained by the Whig
presses.4z. Will-our neighbors dawn street try
their hand's at an explanation ?
- IS7'ln our last, in commenting upon the
Star's denial that the editors of that paper be
longed to the Know Ndthibgs,•we stated that,
"judged by the comPany they keep,poih arc,"
but the rule may not always hold good--and
concluded by asking the question, ‘‘how it
came that one of the editors allowed himself to
be seen at Know Nothing meetings in this
place T" - The- question was -a -very direct and
plain one, and demanded nothing more nor
less than a plain answer. But what have we
in-reply ? Why„that it is a ""cowardly insin
uation l" They may call it just what they
• 6
them" was seen at Know Nothing Meetings in
this place, we_are bound to take - for granted
the connection of at least one of Ahem -with
that order. Enticed, the truth of the "insinu
ation" is so generally conceded throughout the
town, that the editors cannot but mean to de
ceive their readers in relation to the matter,
by denying that botkbelong. The "cowardly
insinuation" is as fully backed up as any other
undoubted fact . that has come to our knowledge.
or a !Um=
The "insinuation" is, be it known, not the
_result of mere—town_sumor,Annocent men aro
frequently as much injured by "flying reports,"
as the guilty; but in this case assurances - are
direct and positive enough to "convict a hull
dred men,"—the Star's mock indignatiOn—its
"pretending and pretending"—to the contrary--
notwithstanding.
_We- hope to -see no more
such denials of.what cannot be otherwise than
true.
- Ca - The'Slar asserts-that four of the persons
who instituted the Know Nothing - Council in
this place were Democrats. We arc told by
several persons whose recent connection with
that organization allows them to speak by au
thority, and whose veracity - we have never
kne"wn to be doubted, that of the opening par
ty, but. one was.a Democrat, and he of the class
known as "disappointed otlice-seekers,"—the
rest %.ere proMinent Whigs.—Such is our in- .
formation, and we see no - reason why it should
not -lie , considered more reliable than the as
sertions of the Star, the columns of which con
stantly teem with misrepresentations, of one
kind or other, and all calculated to injure the
Democratic party. Its course is consistent in
defeOing every ulna that is against the De
mocracy.
'The bold and open stand taken by the
Republican party, against the designs of the
Know Nothings and their allies, is awakening
public attention to the.fact. that the only safe
ty of the people is to - beibund in the Democra
tic organization. The a - dministration of Gov
ernor Blount has been everywhere endorsed,
and his exercise of the responsible duties
of his office eulogized in terms of warmest
admiration. The people have been witnesses,
says the Philadelphia - Argus, to the 'Zeal
and ability with which tbe s afthirs'of the
State have been watched over 'and guarded
by a Democratic Executive. -They have
seen Elie State debt reduced, the State credit
maintained; the worthless paper currency
reduced, : the public works honestly and
economically. managed, and the whole in
ternal affairs of the Commonwealth carried-on .
with prudence and fidelity. while at the'same
time a . wise and liberal spirit of progress,
mensurate with-the age and the requirements
of the times, has* been fostered and maintained.
Since the days of Simon Snyder, there has not
been . a more .firm and decided Pennsylvanian
ih the eliaiLof State than WILLIAM BIGLER..
A -Free Slifer" has written to John
tworth as follows : "It has always appear-
e( to me that the Whig party thought the
liberty party but a mere machine, to pump
Democrats over into the Whig ranks," rh •
• , . .'tnow Nothingin in the same light.—
In the country districts of this State, Know
Nothing Lodges are created almost entirely of
the same material that constituted .SCOTT clubs
a few years ago, and all hands work regularly
and actively at the -pump," but it is only on
rare occasiony, that, they succeed in victimizing
any member of our party. Democrats who
want to be "sinniped" . over, however, cannot
mistake the shop 'they should go to.—Nvris•
!own Re,g-isler.
17 - The Hollidaysburg Standard states that
the Whig candidate for
. Canal Commissioner,
Gramm lititsm, was in that place lately, and
that he informed his friends that he had sent
in his declination six weeks anv,, but that the
0,,
Whig State Committee had as yet taken no
action open it. This he was forced to do in
consequence of having had the misfortune to
be born in Scotland. Of course the radical
Know Nothings would not touch. him. A
convention of the Order will, no doubt, pitch
upon the man to take Mr. DAnstE's place.
In Maine and Vermont, the Ans!onists"
have carried the elections., The successful
"crowd" is made up of IVlfigs, Know Nothings,
Free Soilers, Abolitionists, anti-Nebraskaites,
and a few disappointed-Democrats.. But. never
mind r -It will all be right in the morning."
The-Old Keystone will roll up her thousands
over the factions of Whiggery and Know
othingism.
CJ'The York County Agrictkltural Fair has
been postponed until the 11th, 12th and 13th
of October next. .
L ,77 - Gov. BIGLER has been lying quite ill at
Waverly, N. Y., for some days, but at last
accounts was improving finely.
; 1 . --- The cholera id prevailing violeatly at
-- . ..:4lertiumi Va.
Mr. Darsie.
PitOCEEtINGS
OP I.IJE.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CO,I.ENTION.
The Delegates chosen by the Democrats of
the several townships and boroughs of Adatna
county, met in Converition. s ib the Court-bous---
At Gettysburg. on Monday, Sept 4. l. I, 1854, and
org.ttnized by appointing E. W. STAHLE Chair
man, JOSEPH WOODS and ABRAHAM KRIsE Vine
Presicloas,7and Dr. J. W. lIENDnix and E. J.
3111 ms Secretaries. •
The Convention was composed of the follow
ing Delegates:
Gettysburgz---J. B. Danner. Maws McClean.
Berwick T:—Jacob Hull, Joseph Kepner.
Berwick B.—Wm. I3ittinger, Frcd'k Wolf.
Butler—John :Eicholtz, AtironllNV isler. -
Cumberland —Geo. Bushman, John Slyder.
Conowago—John Bushey, Sr., Joseph Burki,43.
Franklin—Anthony Deardorff, E. W. Stahle.
Freedom—A braft am -K ri so, -A nd re w --W to, - -
Germany ---Martin Steffy. Jacob Klunk.
Huntington—lsaac E. Wierman, Peter Miller,
Ilainilton—Joseph Woods, Martin Getz.
Ilatniltonban —T. A. Marshall. Datil Snyder.
Liberty —Joseph P. McDivit, Geo. H. Krise.
Menallen —Wm. Bender, John Wilson.
Molt n tpleasant— Henry Reily, Peter O'Neil.
11Ionntjoy—Peter Epley, Peter Orndorfl.
xford—J. Stough; Dr. J. W. Hendrix.
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1■•,J1J1,111,
Straban—Josiah Benner, Henry Witmor.
_ _
Tvrone —II. J. 'Myers, John M. Pittenturf.
Union—Amos Lefever, Daniel NVheattir, Daniel,
Geiselman, Abraham. Sell. There were two
sets of Delegates from' this, , township. Upon
investigating the case, the Convention admitted
the foul delegates, with the power' - of casting
but two. votes. There were also two sets froth
each of the townships of Germany and .Uun•
tington. Those admitted are given in the
above list.
On motion, the Chairman appointed a com
mittee of tire iersons to re oil resolutions for
the consideration of the Ccmyention. viz : Mo
ses McClean,' J. B. Thinner, Henry Reily,-Jo
,siaii Benner, and Joseph Kepner.
The ft:flowing •
resolution was offered - byllen=.
ry Reify, and adopted:
liemolved, That the name of no person shall .
be considered before the Convention for nomi
nation, for any office, who shall not. pledge
him4elf to abide by the decision of the COD v en -
Lion, a THU f unsuccessful immediately wittidiaw
his name from , the papers.
Convention adjourned to meet at 1 o'clock,
The ConventiOn - re 2 aSsembled at 1 o'clock •
and disposed of the contested seats—after
which the committee on Resolutions, through
their chairman, made the following :report,
which was unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That theadrn ni Stcation of FRANK
-LIN PIERCE has amply ftiltille.ftd our warmest
anticipations Of its integrity/and 'abilitY, and
has secured our unwaverinc , 4' confidence~.. And
that under it, the lustre of the American name
has been increased at home and abroad.
R(sated, That the wisdom and uprightness
of the administration of - WILLIAM R,
.BIGLE
claiM from the people orthe Com Monwealth his
re-election, and that upon its confidence, he
:will be again placed in the Executive office, to
the complete discomfiture of his unscrupulous
opponent and his non-descript followers.
Resolved, That in lion. - JEREMIAH'
BLACK we recognize the finished scholar; the
able jutist, and the man of stern integrity.
his judicial character has been fully sustained
upon the Bench of the Supreme Court. and the
people are ready to mete out his just reward
by a triumphant re-election.
Rooked, That HENRY S. MOTT, our can
didate for Canal Commissioner, is entitled to
[' our thanks for his prompt disavowal of all
connection with the secret association of Know
Nothings ; and for that, as well as for his..in
tegrity and experience, he is entitled to.our
confidence and support.
WmottAs, the Constitution of.the United
States provides "that no religious test shall
ever be required as a qualification to any office
or public trust under the United States ;" (ar
ticle 6th, section 3d ;) and, further, "Congress
shall make no law respecting an - establishment
Of -religion_ or prohibiting the full exercise
thereof," (al tiele lof the amendments t) And,
whereas. the ConstitutiOn of our own State (ar
ticle 9th, section 4th) declares, that "No person
who acknowledges the_ being of a God any
future state of rewards and punishments, shall,
on account of his religious sentiments, be dis
qualitiod to hold,any office or place of trust or
profit under this Commonwealth:"
Resolved,. That all societies - .or organizations
of individuals - having for their Object the pro
scription of members of any religious sect or
their exclusion from office, are Anti-Rep:ll4i
can, and dangerous in their tendency. calcula
ted to engender strife and bad teeling among
neighhors, and opposed in every respect to the
character of our institutions—and •that, as
Democrats, we will support no man for office
of any kind, who is known .to belong to or in
any way identified with such an association.
Resolved, That we hereby denounce the se
cret political association recently gotten up
over the country, commonly called- "Know
Nothing. '"s—L—composed, for the most part, of
reckless and • disappointed demagogues. We
urge our Democratic friends everywhere to
BEWARE of such dangerous fellowship, and as
they value their character,_.either personal„,or
political, to have : no part or lot with them.
Beau/red, That all societies organized for the
purpose of excluding from office individuals on
account of their birth in a foreign land, are in
like character - with the advocates of the alien
arid sedition laws. and sure to meet with ia
like condemnation by the people at the polls.
Resuired. That the following pledge be sub
mitted by a committee- of three, Ad each and
every candidate placed in nomination by this
convention. and in case a refusal to sign the
same, that the name of . such person be with
drawn from the ticket, and such vacancy or
vacancies be filled by the - Democratic Standing
Committee of the county, who are hereby in
vested with full power in relation to the same,:
To the Democratic Citizens If -Mims Ceunly;
Pennsylvania : The undersigned, upon_ his
sacredehonor, hereby declares that he has no
connection whatever with the secret society
commonly called "Know Nothings." or "Sons
of the Sires of '76," or "United Order of the
Star Spangled Banner," or by whatever name
they may be called. That he is sincerely op
posed to thttprinciples of the same. That he
is opposed to such society and association, and
to all secret societies_, and associations, by
whatever name they mabe called, which have
for their object the establishnient of a religious
test, by which members of the Catholic or any
other Church shall be excluded froiTi — FiTilding
office, and which have fir an additional object
the proscription of citizens on account of their
place of birth, an accident over which they had
no control.
George Shryock, J. B. Danner and Henry J.
Stahle;. ‘ were appointed the committee to sub-
' mit the pledge to candidates.
The Convention then, on motion, proceeded
to nominate a full county ticket, and the result
was as follows:
Assembly, Moses - McClean.
Commissioner, John Duttera.
Direewr of the Poor, John-lloutz.
Auditor; Thomas a Marshall.
Coroner, Dr. J. W. llendrir..
Sheriff, henry Thomas.
Prothonotary, Robert McCurdy.
Register & Recorder, Wm. F. Walter.
Clerk of the Courts. Jacob Bushey.
A delegate hero stated that the name of Wt.
.S B. Wilson was used in 'connection with' the
nomination for Asynbly withoul his nll thOri ty. 1
Hon. Joel B. Danner was chosen Senatorial
Much excitement - was caused in our borough
Delegate to the next Democratic State Caven- ;
on Saturday, by a report that Criotatak had
tion, and Thomas A. Marshall Representative
Delegate. commenced its ravages in Columbia. (about 12
miles east of York, onthe Susquehanna river,)
Joseph L. Shorb, Joseph P/MeDivit and H. J.
an the previous day, and that the cases were
Stable were appointed Ctl mgressional . Confer
numerous and unusually virulent. Various
era. They were alAo, empowered to act as
the day—hut we in
gate to the State Convention.
Conferees in reference to the Senatorial bele-
, reports reached us during
' dulged the hope that they were greatly exag-
Democratic County Committee. 1 Berated by the panic which the visits of this
horrible disea s e are so well calculated . to pro- .
G ettys b urg —H. J. Stable, Jacob Trax.elH
Berwick T.—Joseph Kepner,
duce. The evening train
,of cars. however; '
Berwick
Berwick B.—Geo. Jordy.-- . brought full confirmation of the worst that hat
Butler—John Boyer. o -
been reported. Up to the time when the ears
.Cumberland—John Butt, Sr... - left Columbia on Saturday, (about 6 o'clock,
Conow agc'-.:- Michael Reily... P. M.,) there are said to have been more than
Franklin—Anthony Deardorff,
• forty cases, of which nearig all had resulted.
o•
Freedom—A. Krise, of P.;ar - , tatally
The disease has been pronounced by the-
Germany—Alartin Steffy..
Huntington—lsaac E. Wierrnan,s , - physicians of Columbia to he the Asiatic
Hamilton—Martin Getz' ....-_ Cholera in its most malignant fbrm. Some of
Hamiltonhati—Thomas A. Itlarshal lar- the vietims were seized suddenly white walk
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Liberty. 2 --Joseph P. McDivit, ow" ing in the streets; they were racked with ex-
La timore—Joel finest,
cruciating torture by cramps, and would fall
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)lenallen—Jacob Schlosser, gm-
upon the pavement - writhing-in agony, and - ex-
Mountpleasant —Henry Reily, 'w pire in a few hours. All efforts. however
Mountjoy Peter Orndorlf, arm promptly. made, by the corps of - excellent phy-
Oxford—J. Stough, 00.--- sicians resident in Columbia, appear to have•
been almost ineffectual—the awful scourge-
Straban -Josiah Benner,
Reading—Thomas N. Dicks,sar ,
seemed to defy all medical skill.
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Lni on- -Daniel Geiselmanarr
Democratic Congressional Conferee Meet-
Pursuant, to notice, the Congressional Con
ferees of the several counties composing the
17th" district. met at the house cif-James Mont
gomery, in . Chambersburgr, on Friday, Sept. 15,
1854, and organized by appointing Nomi
ELDER, of:Juniata. Chairman, and G. H. SPANG,
of Redford, and JosEru L. "SWAB, Ot Adams,
Secretaries..
The followin,
Dele
Adarns—Josep
Divit, 11. J. Stable,
Juniata—N. A. Elder. Amos G. Tionsatl
Bedford=4. W: Tate, 0. H. Span;.
Fulton—J. S. Robinson," ;Jacob Reed, Wm
B. Seylar.
Franklin—T. B. Kennedy, John Arnistrong,
James Nill.
motion, the Conferees from Bedford and
Juniata-were allowed to cast three votes for
each of counties, as though their delega
tions 'had been full.
_ The Conference then pvoceeded to make nom
inations, and the names of Wilson 11 - eiltEsq..,
of Franklin, and lion: Andrew Parker,- of:4-
»iata, were propos'ed. A vote was then taken,
with this result: Reilly I 2 votes,Parker 3 votes.
On motion of Mr, Bonsall, of Jimiata, the
nomination of Wilson Reilly was declared unan
imous. •
Messrs. Kenriedy,Tate and Nill were appoint
ed a committee to inform Mr. Reilly by letter
of his nomination.
, •
'. The following resolution was offered by Mr.
TatC'aud unanimously adopted
-
Resolved, That WILSON REILLY, the nominee
of this Conference, for Congress,
and respectfully recommended to the Democ
racy and voters of the district* their support,
at the ensuing election.
On motion of Judge Nill, the proceedings
were ordered to he signed by the officers, and
,published in the Democratic — papers of the dig- .
trict. - N. A. ELDER,..Pres'I.
G. 11. SPANG,
Secretaries.
JOSEPH L. SHORE.
The Progress
. Of Gov. Bigler throUgh the north has been
one of
_uninterrupted triumph. .Everywhere
he has been cordially received, - and everywhere
he has satisfied the people and made fast
friends. Open, bold and honest, he has no
concealments, but "speaks right on, and tells
"them things," which, when uttered, carry con
.viction to every heart. There is nothing like
candor in discussing questions before the tri
bunal of the people, and this virtue Gov. Big
ler possesses in an eminent degree. This gives
him a decided advantage over Pollock, who
has no principles to advocate, who is the mere
tool of different and discordant' factions, and
who, in consequence, is afraid-to speak boldly
for fear of offendinc. the right, left, or centre, of
his motley army.. We do not hesitate to say
•• 'f_w_c could have the two contending candi
dates together, face to face; before the assem
bled people of the state, the superiority of
Gov. Bigler as a speaker and as the champion
of gonad. liberal - and well-defined principles, -
would be so apparent as to command two..
thirds of the vote of the commonwealth. Pol
lock is a miserable speaker and a contemptible
demagogue. There_ is moth - Mg manly or com
manding abciut him. He has neither honesty
riot. capability.
,Ile is a know-nothing as well.'
by nature as by oath. and altogether unfit to ,
guide the
_flestinies of our noble state. On
the contrary;',Bigler is a sound man,-an un
flinching-democrat, under wrios3 administra
tion the people have been prosperous and hap
py. Who can doubt the result ?—Deni. Union.
Pollock at Butler.
When Pollock addressed the people at But
ler, he was laughed at by the disinte'rested,
and even his warmest friends hung their heads ,
in shame. We have this information from a
reliable squrce. One little circumstance oc
curred which shows the effect of his oratory
upon the people. After he had concluded-his
dry know-nothing harangue, and his traveling
committee,. the chairman of the whig state
central committee, had let off a few of his stale
jokes, Mr. Sullivan came forward to thank the
audience for their attention. Upon the suppo
sition that he was going to make a speech he
was received with applause, and one sensible
Whig, who had been bored into a fever by the
previous„speakers, called_out aloud,' "Now,
gentlemen, we shall hear something that me
can sit and listen to." -Complimentary; this,
to Judge Pollock and the whig chairman.—
Dem: Union.
- A FAMILY BURNED TO DEATIL—On Tuesday
night the house of Mr. Baldwin. of MoriahTEs
se% county, N. Y., was burned down, and him
self, wife and fonr children, were burned to
death.
ALEXANDER li:Ers, a rather elderly
man, residing on, the farm of Mr. Jesse Gitt,
about three miles„from Hanover, had his right
arm te rri'hT mangled, on-Sa-ttirday-week-,-i Fa
Threshing machine. as he was feeding it. The
hand and a large part of the forearm was torn
oil' and chopped into pieces, and the flesh of the
remainder shockingly lacerated to the elbow.
Medical aid was procured . as soon as possible
and the arin amputated.
ri — The iEronaut, Mr. ELLIOTT, who made
balloen ascension front Westminster, Md., on
Saturday week, lauded about five wiles-south
east of York.
The Cholera at Columbia-, Pa., is sup
posed to have originated from the heavy mias
ma engendered by the low stage of the water
in l the Susquehanna river, and the prevalence
of sbu t th - erly winds
(Ei=We never had a taste for personalities of
I
any sort, d k
hope never to have. Our neigh
bors of th tar should "sweep before-their
own door," ere they complain of others.,
proposals. have been made by Rus
sia to the other powers which invoke new ne
gotiations. The particulars have not trans-
Aired.
rates were in attendance
=1
rims
From the York Gazette or Tuesday last
Cholera
.:t Columbia.
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fortaneaster,llarrisburg„ ece. &It urdav even
ing's train brought guile a. number toe-York.
Business is very generally suspended in Cop/
lutubia-the town is overshadowed with g l oom .
There was to have been an, agrieuhuralifair at
Columbia this week. It wilr - of coursf4 we.
suppose, be postponed.
Later—The Cholera still raging !
itionddy morning -_9- o'clock.
The passenger train from Columbia is just
bringing several additional tamilies.ifying from
the scoorre. We have had a visit ffoirt a resi;
dent of Goblin la, ortner y • 'or , w ings,
with him all that is left of his little family. Ile. •
reports the 'n , imber of deaths; up to Sunday
night, to be 52—scarcely a single case-recover
ing. The number of ascertained deaths, up to,
8 o'clock, on Monday morning, wa56.6.--aanong :
whom he names the following: -
Dr. Richard E. Cochran, Joseph Strickler,.
Edward A. Howard, Robert Sprott, (despatch--
er,) Francis Bradley, Nys..John Shumant, Miss;
Fisher, - (daughter of Henry Fishei:,) Mrs: Win. °
Hippy, Mts. Win. Dickey. Mrs. Clark, (wife of
the gatekeeper,) Mrs. Wm. Ree*:Williatrb
Wade; H. 11. - Lichty, innkeeper, andii* - &07 - e, --
Mrs. Jacob Griabb,. Mrs. Morgan BaiS. Dcti•cf
Welsh, Mrs. Richards, (formerly of York,)Miss.:
Ann Harnley, Mrs. Robert Dick. Peter Reinley,
a clerk in C. Kaufman :s store. whose name our
informant could not recollect, Samuel Hinkle,
Mrs. Jacob Crosby, Mrs. Stephen Felix, Mrs.,
Hinton, Mrs. Eli Derrick. Quite ti large - pro
portion of the °colored population . are als o
among the dead. • _ -
MONDAY, 2 o'clock, P. M.
Cholera again *on the increase in Colum-
On, Sunday, when the wind changed to the
North East, blowing toward the river, and the
atmosphere became cooler, the numberof cases,
as well as their violence, sensibly diminished.
Some of the cases on Sunday afternoon and
night, were successfully treated by physicians
from Philadelphia. The wind changed a,gain,
however, on Monday forenoon to the South
West, Notting from the river ; at once the cases
increased-in number, and the disease again be
came entirely, unmanageable. Fourteen ascer
tained new cases since &o'clock in the morning.
POSTSCPIPTT.--By the cars fast evening,_
we received the following note from a friend
whom , ke,had teleg raphed for information as
to the progress of te cholera :
'Mr. G.lossbrennera—Dear Sir ::---The disease
is on the decrease. There have been sixty-Ave
deaths. DANIEL HEEL
COMMA, Sept: 12.—The cholera still rages
here with great_virillence.
~.Up to this morn
ing there were seventy-two deaths, and forty
new cases to-day. All business is suspended.
Not a store is to be found open. A large pro
portion of the citizens have left for,-various
places in the country, and others are leaving
every hour. Two-thirds of the population have
gone, leaving, probably, not over 2,000 inhab
itants in the place ; and with these we have
forty new cases to- report to-day, showing an
unprecedented virulence. 'The mortality and
distress are appalling. There is great difficul
ty in burying the dead. A perfect panic ex
ists. Many of the best citizens are falling
victims.
COLUMBIA, Pa.; Sept. 13..--There were forty
new cases and fifteen deaths of cholera yester
day. The disease is still raging, but not so
extensively to-day.
Tar has been burnt in various parts of the
town as a preventive, in hope of purifying the
atmosphere.
- The distress and suffering • are beyond • de
scription, being princ;pally for the want of
nurses and attendants. The dead cannot be
buried as fast as required. Nearly every
_per
son has left, the place. Tt is estimated that out
of a population of 5,000 only fifteen hundred
remain. •
As no appropriate place had been provided
for the poor who are taken with the cholera,
the Mayor and Councils of Lancaster waited
upon the County Commissioners yesterday, and
at their request, they agreed to provide a hos
pital at the expense of the county, at Columbia.
The Town Hall has been taken for the purpose,
and it is already filled with patients.
COLITMBIA, Pa., Sept. 13.--,There have been
no new cases or deaths of cholera since noon
to-day, and as there is a decided improvement
in the atmosphere. strong hopes are now en
tertained that the disease is checked. All bus
iness is suspended, and the city,isalmost de
serted.
The'llaltimore sure of Friday Says : We
stated yesterday that the health of Columbia,
Pa., had taken a favorable turn, there being
only 13 new cases and 7 deaths up to one o'-
clock in the afternoon of Wednesday, against
15 (not 50 as erroneously stated) on Tuesday.
Yesterday there was further improvement in
the health of the place.—From 6 o'clock on
Wednesday evening up to 12 o'clock noon -yes
terday,There were only 6 deaths and 4 new
cases. Where - werni - h---sever al-ca ses of
diarrhea. The total number of deaths since
Friday-last is $5.
Scene.
Temperance Conventro'n
:/--There was a rich
PIIILADNI.PHIA. Sept. 12
scene in the .Temperanoie Convention to-day.
After nominating Saintkiel Hamilton as their
candidate for Senaior. a' protest .was presented
by one of the delegate against the nomination,
on the ground that Ale. was unfaithful to his
pledges—in other' word's that he was still a
partaker of ar!,tent spirits.
FrJntigto Brownson, in accepting the
“Ilarti'" nomination for Governor of New• York - ,
ex_presses himself in favor of the fugitive slave
I .Ww and the principles of the Nebraska bill,
and adds:
"Whether such sentiment.c are now popular
or not, 1 - entertain ne-doubt that they will ul
timately be approved by a . great majority or
the people of this State. Error and fanaticism
may triumph fur a time, but reason will pre
vail in the end."
jiTol. 13enton's wile died in Washington
city, on Suadsy morning week.,
bia.