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MONDAY. MORNING. SEPT. 25. 18.51.
Democrat4c State Somizationa.-
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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.
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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.