,he ticpubtican O . ATTYSBITRG", PA. BM MONDAY. MORNING. SEPT. 25. 18.51. Democrat4c State Somizationa.- ... FOR GOVURNOR, *WWI BIGLER, of Clearfield Co. - FOR JUDGE• OF- SUPREME COURT, - - JEREMIALI S. BLACK, of Somerset_e4._ =.IPOII CAVA'. COMMISSIONER, HEISRY S. 3ICiTT, of Pike Co. Oingr ess, - WILSON REILLY, of 'Franklin county. Democratic County Ticket. 10 Mc C LEAN of Gott •sbu Co . mmißaionir, J011.).1 DUTTERA, of Union. Director of the Poor, PFOUTZ. of Franklin. .9udi (ors amos. A. MARSHALL; of Ilamiltonban. Dr:11. W. HENDRIX, of Oxford. • - Sheriff, "DENBY THOMAS, of S.raban. Prothonotary, ROBERT McCURDY. of Cumberland. Reeister and Recorder, 'WILLIAM F. WALTER, of Butler. Clerk If the Courts, JACOB BUSHEY, of flamilion. Wood Wanted. 'Those or our patrons - w•ho intend paying their Subscription in - Wood,. are .request !bring it along" as soon as they can: We are out. Demoorats,_ Are you If you neglect this you may lose your: vote. Let nothing prevent you from making a perio• nal application, to the Assessor ofyourborough nor township, at least ten days . before the election, Avhichis on the 10th of October. AVM. B. Maim is the' ssessor for Gettysburg. Gov.: Bigler. It is now certain that our distinguished istandard bearer is almost restored to his wanted health. He will soon resume his•campaigning labors, &with unabated vigor again - will appear as the earnest and stalwart a6ocate of democratic truths.: From most reliable intelligence we are assnred that the massive and powerful blows Ire has been dealing upon the pie-bald crest of the opposition are producing the happiest results. Democratic Meeting. The Hanover Gazette announces thata meet ing of the Deinoenits of York and Adams cowl!. ties will take place at • East Berlin, in this county, on Saturday next, the 30/h inst. Able speakCm will .be present, :nd address the meeting: ADDRESS Of' Mi. DEMOCRATIC/ STATE CENTRAL -Commtrm,'No.4.—:-We publish tipt.(n our first -page, the fourth and last address of the Demo cratic State Central CoMmittee. - We trust its Length wilkot deter any .of our renders from giving it aV . attentive perusal. It is an able review of-the , past politial Fi liiiiinofthe try, and contains much - interesting informa tion; as well assume pointed and unanswerable arguments in reference to the current questions of the *la v. BLOCIfiCR. Esq., ,reqUests its. to withdraw his card, and state that ho will not belt candidate for-Prothonotary at the coming electiod. Vessrs. LEEPER and HALL, who had announced . themselves * as candidates, for the Sheriffalty, also request the Withdrawal of their cards,and Jon C. Er.t.ts, El., a candidate 'for the Assembly; makes 'a similar request. - 4 .asizs RUSSELL, Esq..'also discontinues .his an nouncement for Clerk of the Court's. These _gentleman are therefore no longer candidates. Mr.' Wm. Irop.:o. the I,ohibition candidate for Assembly. has also withdrawn. • 13:7•The Democratic Standing Ci'mninittee of Cumberland county has adopted a resolution to interrogate all the candidates on the Demo r . -cratio ticket, as to whether any of them are Know Nothings. The Democracy -of 4 ' oll Mother Cumberland' will not support any candidate -who is in any way connected with that order; 'Tht?' Democrats of the Fifth Congression -4al District, compOsed of-Montgomery county, •and a few Wards of Philadelphity. have notni mted-John Cadwalader, Esq., of Philadelphia, -.1.s their candidate for Congress. (The .cholera at Columbia is abating. The cases in the hands of private physicians care generally • Aoing well. The ntnnber — of deaths has been 120. 7i e Third Exhibition oithe Hunterstown 'Classical Institute will take:place. on Thursday Erening. Oct. - sth, in the Church. The pub- Lc are cordially invited to be present. Psgar J. TATR, .Of this Borough, took the premium at the recent Fair at Ilagers towit, in the . earriage line. The article he ex hibited was a, very hAndsome Buggy, and which he immediately disposed of at a good price. n"*.holgv Thompson, in, the Conunfin Pleas ;ty called "Know-iS:othings." And should it after discovered that any nominee of Connor Philadelphia, recently decided in favor ! this e is he r'otwention-is a member of, that associa of _Ors IliiesT..., Gilbert, Riddle, - Smith and ' tion, the Committee of Correspondence is di- Allyit. :as the Prokssors . in the Ntedical Depart- i reeled tosTlike Ms- name froni — th - e -- tiete - tTend I place' virtue suitable person in his stead. vsr,..tt . f . 4,z4t....C011ege, in that city. . Let the People Remember, ri - When Knew Nothingistn started in this I That. Gov. Bigler is a 3ey made man —that " : 4504t i". xe 4 111re i: 9 1"31)enits t h e corice Z tre b il y ed be til ing eta t 7 l 4hi ve ti s i th at be has risen by his own industry and integrity of character to stations of Honor and public it was not designed to affect the Detnocratic trust; and that he now occupies a high post pPattlirXish I nG hey l-43 stL. have W a o n n Y le i r u i l l7rh o e e y :07 tion as a stat - estnan, patriot and philanthropist. see through the game by this tine SI/Pel Y 11:7 4 d0n. H. M. Fuller, Whig, and Hon. 11. 144 " le Gall 6"1 see that WhiggerY "sticks B. Wright, dem., are the candidates for Con out a, feet" in every Knew Nothing move. The gress in the 12th district of Pensvlvania, 1.4 4.1.116"4.; ‘let-p iaidoce.but 42"3.17 b ar , b een fw , , 4 „ 1 . era:: I,ear.. Coraner. Assessed I Great Democratic Gathering"! The. State Debt Rf,duced. 30,000 Free,men in the Field--. 9 Glorim;# , 'Our readers,will no doubt be pleased to hear for-Suefirts Lqvell!e.cd'onplitution. - - that underthe administration of our present A tremendous assemblage of the Democratic ' able Executive, the State debt has been largely eitizens of Philadelphia, took -place, inf Inde pendence Square, on Monday evening last, to celebrate - the anniversary of the adoption of the National Constitution. , The Square was beautifully lighted up, and the banners and transparenCies of the , yarious ward processions contributed to, make the scene grand beyond - description. . The meeting was one "of the largest ever assembled in that city, being esti mated at TRUITT THOUSAND. lion. John gob bins presided. assisted by a large number of Vice Presidents and Secretaries. There Were two stands erected, on opposite sides of the Square, at, each of which speaking was going on at he same time. The Meeting in the southern part of the Square was presided over by Benjamin Rush, .Esq.. who was alSo assisted by Vice Presidents and Secretaries. The speak ers at the first stand were icon. John Bobbins, J. Mtirry - Rush, J. Ellis Bonham, Col. James Pa - e, Gen. J.1.-Walbridge, Wm. H. Wittee, Gen. John Cadwallader, T. I . lorence, to ert Tyler, , John A. Marshall, Charles Carrigan. and C. M. Straub. At the second stand, the speakers were Hon. T. B. Florence,J. DI. Rush, E. M. Power, Col. R. Young, Wm. B. Rankin, J. L Ringwalt, John -Campbell, N. G. Ahern and 11. Carlin. The whole mass was alive with enthusiasm, resolved to guatain the Con stitution of our common country against the assaults of all who would strike it down, whether in secret or openly. It was truly _ a glorious gathering, and ono long to be remem bered. , The Know Nothing Ticket. It.was stated in our last that the Knew Nothings of the county had a Convention, in_ this place, on the 15th inst., for the purpose, it was supposed, orni - aminaffrig a ticket. The names of the candidates arc, of course, not 'to be made known before the electiOn, .except to those who-ha-v e -shorn -fidelity to _the—order,- but it seems- to havo - -leaked out—at least so rumor has it —that Wm. B. Wilson MLR set tled for the Legislature, (leorge Myers for Cem ads-Moiler, John Horner for •thrector, Abel T. Wright for Auditor, Dr. W. R. Stewart for Coroner, Daniel Minnie) for Sherif, Charles or Robert Martin fim Prothonotary, Win: F. Walter J for Register and *Recorder, and J. J. Baldwin_ for Clerk of the Courts. Five of these are on the regularly nominated Whig ticket, but it is intimated that that. it. is not enough, and hence the current re rt—which is not without shadow, if "the flocking together of !Ards of feather" means anything in these times—that the leaders of - Whiggery and 'Know Nothingism are manceuvering and plotting to withdraw a part of the Know Nothing ticket ; and if suc cessful; to unite the two parties upon one set of candidates, and thus divide the 'spoils. The same disreputable scenes of bargain and sale that are enacted almost every year by the Opponents- of Democracy in Philadelphia. aro to be witnessed in Adams county, and the ef fort is making to drive, our citizens like sheep to the shambles, - 'so that they build up and pander to the political ambition of those whom the people, in a fair contest, would condemn. And, it must also be stated, just here, that the very men who are foremost in this mid night plot, are those who are the loudest in the exclamation that the Democracy "is tamper : ing - with the foreign and' Catholic vote !" Yes, these very leaders, who pretend to'inonopolize all political integrity, and expect their denials of any connection or sympathy With Know Nothingism to pass for truth,ire thievery -head and front" of the coalition which is now being consummated in our midA. "It' has been , a common rumor upo our I hardly an exception, has given, and still gives streets fk . sothe days that Os . w No- it, a sympathising; hand, either by openly de thing pledge adopted by the Loeefoco County : nding:it, or by publishing exaggerated state- Convention has nut been signed bv at l e ast two of the Locolu u 'candidates—that they refused to Ments- of its numbers, or by observing a studied do so— nd that a modified pledge was awn silence, which, in these exciting times, up an sabSeribed by them flow is this!"-- most as significant as an open defenCe ? ,The - Star. Star is ever ready to catch every rumor that It is very strange that such a "common . is calculated to please and build up Know rumor" should prevail, when it was distinctly stated in the last Carapi/er that thetpledge had f Nothingism, and whiSper hope and encourage ment into its approving ear. --- In - almost every been signed by all the candidates except one, and colun orthe issue from which the above ex he had not been in town. Tire fact is 'that this 1 ' m ' tract is taken, the evidences of a design to win . 4‘comroon-rumor," as well as that itrrefere/e I , I - to "a modified pledge," circulated only in_ the its smiles are untnista;:ably apparent. That it also, in the same issue„ .attempts to fertile brains of our neighbors. They have he- .. beguile rind hood*ink into the support of the come notorious for catching all sorts of "com men rumors," which nobody - else has ever I . Whig candidates those whom Knowothing heard. N . ism proscribes.' equally 'observable ; but this does not alter the factnbove stated—lt only ex- The Democratic Convent - ion did not do its j hibits the inconsistency and trickery of that 4*.rk by halves; and those who 'act under its raper in a more fdarinr , UAL resolutions intend to puisue•the same straight- I forward, upright course. Rely-upon that. H -By the way, did the-Whig-County Commit tee, at its meeting, a few days since, resolve to interrogate the etindidate upon the' Vk . big ticket ? leitr.be true that Whigisin has no syinpathy_ withlinew Nothingism, such a step would seem to be 'entirely proper. "Gentle- men, are you all sworn or affirmed ?" 37The Democracy of Chester county have nominated an excellent ticket, embracing ,the fullowing :—Congress—John Hickman; Sen. W. Sliarp. IV heelvr, Thomas W. Cheney. Henry T. Evans. J'rior to the formation of the ticket, the follow ing resolution was unanimously adopted &spited, That this Convention will place no man in nomination-who - , belongs to, or is sus- pectt..l.l of belonging to an association, common- reduced. The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund have made a report of their operations during the last three years, - from which we learn that there has been paid and e xtinguish ed of the public debt of the Commonwealth, five hundred and eleven thousand, one hundred and fifty-nine dollars and thirty-one cents, and the certificates of stock representing that sum have been cancelled. In addition to this, the sum of two hundred - and sixty-four thousand, one hundred and forty-two dollars of relief notes have been cancelled and destroyed, leav ing a balance in. the hands of the State Tree- surer, applicable to the same purpose, of one hundred and twenty-eight thousand, six hun dred and forty-eight dollars and eigth'-four cents, making in. all a reduction- of NINE HUNDRED AND THREE THOUSAND, NINE AIIITNDRED AND FIFTY 'DOLLARS AND FIFTEEN CTS. of the public debt. Think of this tax- I a ers, when you come to cast your votes on the second Tuesday of October. The State debt reduced nearly one million of dol lars ! The Whigs have been endeavoring to creme.the impression that Governor Bigler has increased the public debt. What will they say now; in the face of an official statement, showing, that it has been . so largely reduced. By an economical administration of the gov ernment, Governor Bigler has been enabled to wipe out of existence this large amount of in debtedness : and now that the people' are ask ed to endorse his administration by a re-elec tion, will they ungratefully desert a good and faithful servant, fur a new and un an, of whose intentions they must nec 'scarily be .ignyrant ; for he is _pledged to nu ling h t the proscriptive policy of Know-1 othingi .r 'Carlisle Democrat. - - "The Whig party all over the country —eon servo tiie and true to its 'principles—moves on in its-accustomed- policy.—unbeedingL the_ new_ organization, and nominating its candidates as usual, without stopping•_ to inquire whether they be Know Nothings or Catholics, or any thing else—the only qualification:, being their orthodoxy as Whigs".—Siar. Let the intelligent reader mark well the admission contained in the above extract. It has a 'power of meaning,' and goes far towards proving what we ha e charged upon the Whig leaders. AVhether candidate for a responsi ble Public position be a Know Nothing or not, FO he profess the name of Whig, he is-accepta ble! No matter whether James Pollock be- longs to the Know Nothing ore er-no teat er *ether he has takt an oati, contrary to the Conkitution, in violation of the spirit of our institutions. and proscriptive of all who belong to a particnlar'cht;'rch or are of foreign birth— if he be a 'Whig, that's enough ! No matter whether its candidate for Congress. Asseinbly; Sheriff, or any . other ofliee,'adhere to this same secret sworn 'political order, if he be a 'Whig, no other inquiry is legitimate, or to be tolera ted.—and-no other requirement'is necessary ! But will the-honest masses sanction the bold blow w - hi - ch - is'now - aimed-nt-the-ciVil_and ligioats riglits of large portionS of our citizens, by admitting the narrow qualification which the Star would introduce to be all that the times demand,? Tina WILL NOT, because they are imi . dead to all honest princi . p!e, and we have an abiding confidence that they never will be. - "Wh'atever be its nature, its character, or its merits-Lmoitiesidently, WhigiKm has had no "'gently in evoking it, [Know' Nothingismi and cannot be held responsible for' its exist" ence."—Slar. rt How comes it then that every'Democrat ic paper in the land, from the first, denounced the new ism, whilst the - Whig press, with c_itni.u..43: 2 l) "Native Americanism gradually died away, excepting in the county of Philadelphia, and, - 641C0r twb — other - places, wile e has — ma'. tanned a lingering hold."—Scar. 7This -lingering hold".has been !'main- Mined" solely by the coalitions which the W hig leaders have, year after _year, secretly entered into with' Native Americanism. But for the active sympathy which they have man ifested for it,, the .!hold" 'spoken of would long, ago have been jrist no at all. And now, finding that even Nativistn is not sufficient to help them into power, these same Whig leaders are playing a stronger game—nothing more nor less than encouraging and joining hands with a secret sworn political organization, even more proscriptive, if possible, than "lingo ing" Native Americanism itself. "None bawled more lustily . Liberty and Equality, than the Jacobin murderers who made the streets of Paris flow with human blood. And what care the Jacobins of the present hour for thipetice, honor, safety of so ciety and religion--provided they can accotn plish thrir selti. li purposes ?"--Star. [D There you are right„for once ; but we did not expect OUT neighbors would admit that the "selfish purposes" of the Whig and Know Nothing leaders were to be "accomplished" at so dear a cost. Truth, however, like murder, "will out," tt it be Aver so well concealed. ,„1 - 71tiissia refuses the propositions made by Austria preparatory to opening negotiations for peace—and declares her determination to re tire behind,Pruth, and there await the course of - events, whether .hostile or peaceable. A special meeting of the Austrian Cabinet has de cided that this refusal is not casus belli against -----,l4assia.,---consequently Austria will — maintain fr.77 — We see by fhe proceedings of the Phila. therpreSent position. awaiting the result of the delphia county temperance convention that allied . attack on Sebastopol. it opened with prayer. nominated Smuuel G. New negotiations are hatching between ans.- Hamilton, and closed with free fight ! What trig, Prussia and the German-States-with-the clo consislcait, temperance men say to this ? view to peace. `rilion. GEORGE•DARSTE, the opposition 1" can- ' (r7The following is the pledge adopted by " didate for Canal. Commissioner, -Said- in the':' the Democratic -County Convention, and, as Sedate last winter, that "Pennay/aania had an : will be seen; has received the signature's of all honest man in the person of her Chief 4xccutive i the candidates:' —WILLIAM BIGLER." Gideon J. Ball, one of; To the Democratic citieens of Wow, aunty, their ablest men 'in the House, and we know : Pennity/earia-: The undersigned, upon his sacred honor,- hereby declares that he has no him aso , a most honorable man,;•once elected - connection whatever-with the secret society State Treasurer by the opposition, during the commonly.called "Know Nothings." or "Sons , administration of Johnston, said last winter of the Sires of '76," or "United Order of_ the that abGov, Bigler was one of the purest and Star Spangled Banner." or by whatever name posedv be called. That he is- sincereff . op safest men-who ever filled the Gubernatorial - to principle - S of the same. That he Chair." The Whig press are striving •; i s opposed . tosuchsocietyandand .E, association, hard to convict these - wen, as well as their' to all 'secret societies and associations, by 1 whatever name they may be called, which have own candidate for Governor, of uttering false -1 for their object the establishment of a religions hoods.--Who will you believe '? - . i test, by which members of the Catholic or any . other Church shall be excluded from holding office. and which have for an additional object 1 the proscription of citizcils on account of their place of birth, an accident over which they had no control. . i _ _ after alLthat the Whig party has done to ward off this religious antagonism, it finds self deserted - and - betray ed -by -those - fbr whom it has endured so much--the day may come when it will be necessary to change its ground and array itself openly, fearle s sly and firnily against those who array themselves against it ! Should the day ever come, this fault will not lay-at- the-door- of-the-great-conservative-W-hil, party of the Republic."—Slar. Oa - What has the ' , Whig party done to ward . I : I P gnni 14 In ?" Let , 1 • When Native Americanism lifted its, head amid the surging waves of political excitement, who but the Whig party " thok "the — see nt -- and followed its trail," to divide with it the spoils of office.?—and who but the, Whig paity, when Gen. Pierce was nominated for the Presidency, endeavored to stir up a fierce "religious an tagonism," because the Constitution of New Ilampshire,of which State he was a citizen, con tained a religious proScriptive clause ? And now, all fernier expedients having failed to im pose upon'and deceive honest and peace-loving citizens, the leaders of that party are, actively though secretly, engaged in fanning the flames of a more dangerous "religious - antagonism" than any the country has ever befOre witnessed. elffla But—mark it!--there is a threat contained in the par&graph above quoted--a threat that will prove as impotent as it is bold. Arc men, free men, to hive their feelings outraged and _their-rights - denied — a, nd_then be _compelled to "kiss• the sod that smites them?" Such Menaces are lit only to be hurled at cowards-- and to be scorned by high-minded men, Who will never bow .to be drii,:en thus.' If We mis take not, the Slar and its advisers will so dis cover ft,liuriug all this time - the-Whig party, with hnooccasional exceptions, has moved steadily forward, contenting itself with a firm and con stant denisAl of the base charges, and relying upon the honesty and judgment an intelli gent people ultimately to do -theta justice."— Star. very profuse in "denials"—just as they, now deny, in localities where it is deemed expO lent by them to do so, theirsym pally or connection with Know Nothiogism---just as the editors of the sfar deny the -same charge, when it is known that "at least one of them allowed him self. to 1 - )e'Seen , at regular Know Nothing meet ings' in this place . ," and took upon himself the obligations of that sworn society. To deny is with the demagogue an -easy matter--but to establish his denials in the face.of opposing a_verydifferent thing. When Cain bad inibrited his hands - in fra ternal blood* he was asked •'where is thy brother ?" and- he answered, '4 knoll• not !" yet he was none the less guilty. a - ,,? "The Whig party, as a party, had nothing to do with the, agency which developed this Native-Amerimn_feeling.n,Star. • (011. no—of course not ! It never has any "agency" in - "developing" such 'feelings"— but it is-ever ready to fall in with any ism, no matter how unconstitutional, anti-republican orprOscriptive its character, that will give it Mel. Is it; however, true, that the Whig party had nothing to do with "developing" Nativism ? Has not every victory which ' that party 'has for ten years gained, in Phila delphia been the result of the support which its candidates received from the. Native Amer ican party ?_,NO later than in Jane last, we had an :und,eniable ilhistration of this, when the election of Mayor Conrad was brought about by a com.rrioN of hilts, Natives, Know Nothings, &c., and the result was her alded through the land as a great IV Ilk' victory! James Pollock a Know Nothing The Philadelphia PeniTCylvanian says There is. scarcely-a Democratic paper in th - e State that does, not 'cithrge JAmEs POLLOCK With being a member of the Know-Nothing order. We have said we would give the most incontestable proof of this allegation, if he . would dare deny the-charge, and have waited for some time for that denial. It has not yet been made. The leading Whig papers of this city have kept a studied silence on the sub'ect. Why do they not speak out We are anxious to servo up for this piebald candidate one of the nicest political dishes he has ever tasted ; but before _doing this we desire to, have him in a position to convict him of a most gross moral perjury. We have been told front various quarters that the intention of Pot.r.ocr is to deny this chikrge iu each county a few days before the election, so as to prevent the - possibility of getting the proof befoiv the people. Against such.an attempt w•e caution our friends. Pou.ocx..ha•; non , been charged with this crime against the Constitution, more than six weeks. He has had more than ample time to deny • it. Again we say to him, deny - the charge, if it is not true. We are aware that the rules of the order permit a member to de ny his membership and count it, no flikehood. Still we say deny it—but do it, in time to per mit the evidence of the fab , chood to be disseini nated. An eleventh hour denial will not do. It will not satisfy the voters of this State. _Mosss McCLEAN. for Assembly. JOTIN DUTTERA. for Commissioner. Jon PForrz, for Director. Tuos. A. 'MARSHALL, for Auditor. J. W. 'HENDRIX, for Coroner. ITENtor Trio.mAs, for Sheriff. ROBEIRT MCCURDY', for Prothonotary. r Rec'r. I JACOB BUS - BEY, for C'erk of the Courts. ARKANSAS ELEcTium.—The democrats have carried Arkansas by a large majority. 'Messrs. Rusk and Greenwood (democrats) are elected to Congress, and the legislature stands on joint ballot—democrats 75, whips 25. Good ! [1:71I. Thompson, dem., was elected a coun cilman in Allegheny, city, Pa., on Tuesday, over Gray, whig. and Derby. know-nothing. 17in the New York Whig State Conven tion, last week, the Know Nothings were large ly ahead, and controlled everything. rilt is a crixious circumstance that not a single representative in congress from Maine. who voted AGAINST the Nebraska bill, has been re-elected. David E. Robison, Esq. This gentleman having proclaimed in a-pub lic speech in this place that he would not an swer questions, propounded by "Locofocos," we presume it would-be useless for us to ask him whether he does or does not belong to the order usually called Know • Nothings. • We have reason to believe that Mr. ROBISON is not free of all connection with Know Nothingism, and we would like to have his position onthat question authoritatively defined. We don't want Mr. RomsoN to get into Congress under false pretences; If he has joined the Know, Nothings, or has whispered into Know Noth ing ears his approval of their proscriptive principles, for the purpose of getting their vote!i,'the public ought to know it. It is not enough for him to say that his sentiments in regard to secret societies are known. His sen timents may have undergone a change.—lle may not tun an cc now as e t oug an felt three months or even three weekS ago. At any rate. he either approves or disapproves of making religion and- birth place qualifica tions for office, and he onTnt to let the public know which side he takes. -Carrying water on both shoulders" has always been consider ed a disreputable business. It is, unmanly, if not positively dishonest. We used to Italie nAVID -Romsooo be a candid, outspoken politician. We used to think he had the cour age to show his colors on any field. But how. is our opinion of his candor and his courage borne out by his conduct ? Is he not carrying on a sly flirtation with Know Nothingistn, at the same time that he is endeavoring to impress the public mind with the belief that he is op posed to all manner of secret societies ? Will • he speak out on this question and let us know exactly where he stands ?--Chambersburg Spirit. Democratic Meeting in Washington. WASIHNTrroN, Se pt eiiiliir 20. A ccordi ng to previous announcement, the Democracy of Washington assembled in mass meeting this evening on the west side of Carusi's , saloon, where a platform was erected, decorated with 'the American ensign in front and the Sixth Ward banner, representing a mechanic's arm and' hand grasping a hammer ; the National flag also floated aloft, and a band of music per formed several patriotic airs. - The assemblage was immense, filling the entire square. , Barrett, post-master, was appointed chairman, with nineteen vice presi dents andiive secretaries. A committee reported resolutions declaring unwavering attachment to the constitution, repudiating Know Nothingism. and all other secret political associations, discarding former .differences between whigs and democrats, and urging all to now unite in one common causer in support of the constitution. The, report also approved the course of the administration, and expected the Departments to . - be purged of Know- Nothings. luring the reading of the report the secreta ry was frequently interrupted by individual voices, hut without replying. ,The report having bten read, the chair intro duced Lion. 'Thomas B. Florence, but before he could speak a 'word such scenes of howling, laughing and ridicule were evinced, with a fixed determination to defeat the proceedings, that the chairman. with his characteristic ur banity, appealed to the crowd - as gentlemen, citizens of : Washington, to give te distin guished gentleman a respectful hearing. For a,mnoment the clamor su-bsided and Mr. Florence commenced, but at the close of the first sen tence the uproar was resumed with greater matknoi i ‘;AK Col. Florence calmly maintained his position, when Daniel Rateliffe,, Esq., advanced, and in terms of severity reproached the Know No things for their determined and persevering efforts to prevent a member of CongresS and a stranger from being heard. All, however. was of no avail, the clamor became more vociferous: meanwhile the democrats, and others assem bled under the call, remained perfectly passive. Justice John 1). Clark voluntarily sprung forward, much excited. and gave his views of Know Nothingism, which were received with great merriment. Ile called on the Mayor and police to preserve order. The confusion con tintied to increase, when, on motion of3fr. Rat cliffe, the meeting adjourned until three o'clock next Friday afternoon. The vast crowd then dispersed quietly,_ all apparently astonished at this_successful -effort lo suppress the liberty of speech before such an audience, with such an organization and orators in the great metropolis of the nation, without personal violencof Mgacuay. Question fdr the Whigs. Let every whig, whose father; uncle, brother, or friend, was born in a foreign country, ask himself this, question before permitting him self to vote the 'whigiticket-this-fall-: KNowtxt; Spoarsm F.s good story is told of a party of five verdant sportsmen of Lancas ter,- who started out one day last week after wild pigeons. They remained in the woodq . forty.eight hours, and "bagged," as they Sup - A CArtesr OF IVORY.—Amongst the curiosi- posed, thirty-three pigeons and five woodcocks. tics to be transmitted from India to the great • But, on reaching home, late at night, they, or exhibition in Paris next year, is a carpet of • swite if their friends for them, discovered that Ivory. It is twenty feet long by six feet broad. the "pigeons" were An jay -birds; and the and—made-of-long stripes-ofivorysatted like - —woodcocks" nothing but _ red-headed tudolft matting. The price fixed upon it is 4:30U. pokers I "how can I vote for men who are sworn to disfranchise my lather, my uncle, my brother, and some of the best neighbors and dearest friends I have ?" Commencement. The Commencement exercises of Pennsylvania College, last week, we:e unusually well attended. Presid e nt 'laugher di,lii-ered the Baceabsureate Address oa&shbath morning. in Christ's Chnrch. Oa Tuesday evening' the. Theolol,:ial Seminary exercises came off. Messrs. P. liemstrfsser. Setinsgrore. Pa.; C. F. W. Ilimpe t of Hammer, Germa s ily 11. F. Waytiesbnce, Pa. ; awl David - Swuf.e... of Get:- tssburg. delivering addresses. The ALuatai Were adclres.‘ect by Rev. J. Oswald. of Fork. On WednearLty afternoon. Judge Thiibitha. of Carli, -, 10. ad".. drossed the Lintrean itJulociatiein: and on Wednesday evening John T. Morris, En.. of-Dolt imere, addressed the- .11suint of the College. On Thursday morning the Coinmencetnent exereises the College took place, as follows : Pnlyee_lty Rev. C. V. Schaeffer. D. D.. of Er:o4.nm p._ l Latin Salutatorylly Adam Long. Reidslowir '.Eß.4llll,l Salutatorr—with , Thought Imperishable- - -By D. J. Tritte , Sinittishung. Md. • “Physical Esit-31,0ral Good"--By J. M. Shreekhise, - Sydney; Va. Greek 0 ratio n-L.Tly G eo rgeW. Schrnrxker.of Gettysburg, Pa. “The Influence of the Crtetades on the Civilization of the World"—lly Ezra Schieldkneebt. 'Middletown. Md.. alyill America live ?""—lly Lewis liippee. Canton, Ohio. , -The Crescent awl the Cress"—By Auwe Copenhaver,-Rtt ra; Retreat, Va. hrhe.llinistry otEvU as a Purifier"'---ByLegtelt. Batttglier,. Gettysburg, Pa. ' , llappinet3s, not Leta!"--Ey Jesialt Liaunierman, Greens burg, Pa 'oiliest between Freedom and Eic.ipotiian 11. Europe' 43 54)er:item and P 111.1.1 in Proopeet of Deatio"--By rnungit r Easton, Pa. "The Workaiaa dies but the Work goes ou'r—with the Valedictory—By J. T. Ross, Middletown, Pa- The first degree in the Arts was conferred upon the mem— bers of the graduating class, and that of A, M. upon the class of ISM,. to wit : 1.. J. _tell ;W. A. Castlene Rev. J. S. Crumbaugh ; George Eyster ; Wm. G. C..eorgtoter. C. 11.. Mush ; J. A. Lefever; E. Minturn; E. A...barrett,i; I. Sprecher ; T. A. Stecker S. Traver and D. will. The honorary degree of D. D: was conferred upon the Rev. D r. little, President of Roanoke College, Virginia. The music, furniphed by a corps of amateur. musicians; 'ander the direction and leadership of Prof. R. Diehlman, was not the least interesting feature of the exercises, and elicited hearty and general applause. Mr. V. has few equals. The proixsiit ion to remove the lustitntions from this place, to, we believe. the city of Reading, met with but little favor in the 'respective rioards, that of the Seminary deciding . against it by a vote of two to one, and that of theCellege. attuxling ten against to four for the. removal. Correspondence. CIIAMBERSBURO, Sept. 15, 1854. Dp ti SIR-At a meeting of the Con%rees the Seventeenth Congressional District, con, vened in this place to-day, you were unani mously chosen as the Democratic Candidate for Congress, in said District. it is a source of pleasure to us personally, to be the medium_ of thus communicating to you the result of the Conferente,.and to assure you of our highest respect and esteem. • • - TO WILSO REILLY, Ecq. CHAMBERSISURG, Sept. .5,1854. GENTLEMEN—Your polite note has been re ceived, informing me, that at a meeting (Ai he Conferees of the Seventeenth Congressional District, convened-in this place to-day;_ I was. nominated as the Democratic Carxlidate in said district for a seat iu Congress.. I accept the nomination thus- kindl tendered, and >hd,►e myself to nse all fitir.and -honorable, means to secure a ratification of Your choice at the ballot box. Respectfully Your Ob'tServant, tiff LSON REILLY. To T. B. KENNEDY, Esq., JOSEPE W. TATE, Esq. and JAstis Nen-t., Esq. The Mountain in Labor ! The absurd stories which have been set afkra.t by the Whig press- . aboat boxes of fire-ariet3 being sent to the - tii - thelie - airgymeii all over the country, Were revived in full. force in our own Borough last week. It. appears that a bos came up from Pittsburg, by stage, directed to the Rev. Mr. O'Branegan. of Crossingville, to, the care of cnie_of our citizens, who kneiv no mere about it than the man in the moon ! The box was left at - the Stage Office and it soon be gan to attract attention. Whig editors. and curious idlers, men and boys, gathered about it, read the inscription,. lifted the hex, and evinced the greatest anxiety to have a peep at its contents. • The editor of the "Journal 'copied off the direction, and, it is said,' measured the mysterious looking box, evidently intending to make - a large amount of political capital out of the affair. The excitetnent increased—men of all parties visited the ollice and : took a squint at the box. Many_ left doutifless fully im pressed with the belief that it was crammed full of howie.knives, pistols and other-dire in— struments of death. At last one more curious than prudent, tore off part of the lid and dis closed—what do you think, reader? Daggers and pistols ? Nothing of the kind—nothing but a lot of books ! The mountain had labored and-it brought forth a ridiculous mouse! The. capital anticipated by our neighborof the Jour. nal vanished into thin air and the country is yet safe !—Crawf ord Demacrat. The Nebraska Bill. Pending the discussion on thNill toorgan ize the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas, the North American was loud in denouncing the members of Congress who supported the bill, and predicted their political banishment, and equally emphatic in foretelling the pub lic honors which awaited the members who opposed that measure. 'Among those who ranged in opposition to the Nebraska bill, no man in Congress labored more zealously to de feat it, and rendered morea.flicient aid to the opposition than Joseph It. Chandler, the mem ber from the Second District of Pennsylvania. Ile was the only member representing Phila. .derphia whO voted against its passage, or op posed its progress through the Ilonse. Yet Mr. Chandler is unceremoniously thrust aside ;for another candidate, and not even honored with a vote in the Whig Convention for nomi nation. and the North American :sheds no tear slid makes no comment at this signal defeat of l i an able aninfluential Whig membe of Con gress and stern opponent 9,1, the Ne tts ka.bill. —l'hila. 3rgas. . Voters Remember, .That the whole fabric of know-nothingism is built upon falsehood. Every member, in the first oath which he takes in the council, swears that he will tie upon all subjects connected with the order, when interrogated in relation thereto, even in courts of justice ! DEATH OF GEO E Kit EMEtt.—The Hon. George Kremer died in Union county; Pa4.on the 11th instant, in the 80th year of his age. As a politican, Mr. Kretner was well known tlkoughout the Union. lie represented the ton county (Pa.) district during John Quin ey administration, and was reputed to be the author of the charge of bargain and sale against Mr. ('lay. lie was a man of strong native intellect, but somewhat eccentric at times. ,17 Yellow fever is said to he gradually in creasing.at New 01 leans, and the deaths in the Charity Hospital average about 33 per day. cholera is abating somewhat at Martinsbnr*. Va. Iffal T. B. KENNEDY, JOSEPH W. TATE, JAMES,NELL.
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