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PROCLAAIATIO . N.
WHEREAS, in and by the Act .of the
Gen,pral'Assembly of this State, entitled,
"An act to regulate the• General Elections of
this Commonwealth," enacted on the 2d of
July, 1839, it is enjoined on me to give Pub
lic Notice of such Election to r be he4l, and to
enumerate in such notice what officers are to
he - elected; I, 4,0 11 N SCOTT, Sheriff of the
County of Ailhins,Ao, therefore, hereby give
this' Public notice t the Electors of the said
County of AdaMs, that a.
et 211221117 glyk7g
will be held in said County. on The Second
'l'uesriay If 'October next '(/he 10/h.) in the-sev
eral Districts composed of the following
Townships, viz '
In the First district, composed of the Bor
ough of Gettysburg and
,•the township of
• r_n at, the Court-house in Gettys
•
• • I
Second district, composed of - the
township of Germany, at the house now occu-
pled- by Levi.Crips, in the town olLittles
town, in the township of Germany.
In the Third district- composedof the town
ship
of Oxford, at the house of Widow Miley,
in the town of - New Oxford.
- In the Fourth district, composed of the town
ships of Latimore -and Huntington at the
house of Anthony Shanebrook, in the. town
ship of Htintinaton.
In the Fifth district, composed of the town
ships of -Hatniltottban and. Liberty, at the Pub
' - licc-bool-hnuse in Millers_taw
. In the Sixth district. composed of the town
-F.,' ship - of Hamilton. at the house now occupied
by David- Newcommer, in the town of East
Berlin:
— ln - the — S - even - th — district, composed of the
township of Menal!en, at the public School
house in the town of Bendersville. ,
In the Eighth district, cow posed of the tow n
ship.of Straban, at the house of Jacob L. Grass,
in Hunterstown.
In the Ninth district,, composed of the
township of Franklin, at the house now occu
pied by Jacob Stallsmith, in said townshi - p.,
In- the Tenth district, "comiosed of the
'township of Conowagdflint the house of John
Bushey, McSherrystown. •
In the Eleventh district, composed of the - '
township of Tyrone, at the house of Samuel
Satll&. in Heidlersburg.
In the_ Twelfth district,• composed of the
township of Mountjoy, at the house of Geo.
Snyder, in said township.
In the Thirteenth district. composed of the
township of Mountpleasant, at the house of
Anthony Smith, in said township, sittiate at
the cross-roads, the one leading, from Oxford
to - the Two Taverns, the other from Hunters
town to Hanover.
3
1
In the Fourteenth district, composed of the
township of Reading, at the house of Mrs.
‘ .......... 1
Albert, in Hampton. . .
In the Fifteenth district, (Imposed of 'he
Borough and township of erwiclt, at the
public School-house in Abbottstown.
In the Sixteenth district, composed of the
township of Freedom. at the house of NichiiTa
Moritz, in said township.
In the Seventeenth district, composed of the
township of Union, at the house of Enoch
Lefever, in said township. •
In the giahteenth district, composed of the
township:of Butler, at the public School house
in Middletown. in said township.
At •vhich time an places will he elected
One Governor of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania :
One Canal Commissioner : •
One Judge of the Supreme Court ;
One Member of Congress :
One Member of Assembly ;
One Sheriff ;
One Prothonotary ;
-. One Register & Recorder ;
•
One Clerk of the Courts ;
One Commissioner -
One County Audi tor ;
One Director of the Poor ; and.
One Coroner.
Particular attention i 3 directed to the Act
of Assembly, passed the 2 - 7th - day of Fehru
ary,-1819, entitled "An act relative to vnting
at elections in Adams, Dauphin, York, Lan
caster, Cumberland, Bradford, Centre, Greene,
and Erie, viz:
“section I. Ile it enacted by the Senate and House of
representatives of the Commonu - ealth of PPI)11 , VIVal);:t. in
General .I.ssetoltiv net. and it is hereby enacted hy the au
thority of the g.llllo—tll it it lawful for the qualitie.l
voters of the counties of Mattis, Lancaster. I) within. York.
Franklin, Cu tntterLinl, Bradford. Centre, Grecue, and Erie.
from and after the p issaimeLthis act. to vote for till candi
dates for the vaxious officers — to be tilled any election mi
one slip or ticket : Provided, The Ales: for which every cm
didate is voted for, shall be de-ign ited, cis required by' the
existing laws of this Cmmnonwealth.
—section 2. That any fraud committed by any person
voting in the manner above prescribed, shah be punished
by the existing laws of this Commonwealth."
Kr A t ention is also directed to the full O
wing section of the Act of the General Assem
bly-- of - the session of 1851, entitled "An act to
provide for the election ofludzes of the seve
ral Courts of this emnmnnwealth.
t 4 .9ection 4. That the election for Judges shall he held tin.!
conducted in the several election districts iu the same man
ner in all respects av eleetmiei for repte-entatives are or
shall be held :ml con lucted. and by tlio saute judges.
tors. anl other officers; and the proXisions of the act of the
General Assse•orily, entitled ••Ati Act redititi • to the elec
tions of this Commonwe illit..".aigicore l the .eeolid dal of
July, one thousand eight hnn•lrel and thirty-nine. and it
several supplements, and all other like laws. as far as the
same shill be in force anti applicable.. shall be ,tti,eitel ,eel"
taken to apply to the election for jt I, Pi of i hot. Th.it
the aforesaid elector , sli,!p-roto f , ,r.jaa,r,; of the 'isupreine
Court On a separate pie..e' or piper.
ALS' and by virtue of the" 14th seetion of the net
aforesaid. esery person. eNeeptinz.hl ,- tiees•of the Pe tee. vilfo
shall hold any office or appointment of proff t or frost on ler
the Govern nem of the Volte 1 tit:des. or of any city to in
corporated 41 , L.triet. wlieth , r a co:oloksi, , no4 officer, or
otherwise, a subordinate officer or agent. who or -hall he
employed iin ter the legisl dive. executive or ju , liciary de
rartornit of this :nate. or of the I'Llite I ritates, or of Hale
city or incorporated district. an ilso th it every member of
Congress ant of the state Legisl tture. and of the :select or
Common Connell of any Cite. Or Commissioner Of any in
corporated district. is by haw incapable. of holding or exer
cising at the S4'lle time, the e (Br, or mired n•ment of Jo re.
luspeetor. nr Clerk of any election of this Commonwealth.
ant Chit no Jude. Inspector. or other officer of airy' SU'ql
election. shall be exigible to any office to lie thou vole
AL , riLain the tomth .-ection tli • t.t mA —e
entitled • •-la Lel.l,tin; tt e t..
,fantilit 311rui5irniirr----Fruntrl fa rulitirg,—Zgrirultnrr, liirraturr, !..Irts null kriturrs,
poses.' approved April 16. 1840. it is emicted that the afore..
said 14th section "shall not he construed, as to prevent any
militia officer or borough officer. from bort-trig as judge, in
spector or clerk. at any general or special election in this
Conimmomvealth."
():- Attention is also directed to the follow
ing act, which it is made my duty to insert in
the proclamation for the Genqral Election in
October next:
AN ACT(
For the Suppression of the Manufacture and
• " I • of Intoxiedtino Limurs, as a Beverage.
VITEREAS, All laws to be efficient should have the appro
bation and sanction of the People :
And Whereas, It is represented that a large nundier, if
nova majority of the citizens of this Commonwealth. are
deeply impressed with the necessitS , of the passage of a 'Pro
hibitory Liquor Law :
And whereas, It is impossible to obtain a certain indica
tion of popular sentiment relating thereto by means of peti
tions and remonstrances : Therefore,
SECTION 1. Ile it enacted by the Senate and House of Re
presentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen
eral Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authori
ty of the same, That the qualified voters of this Common
wealth are hereby authorized, ut the places for holding the
general elections in their respective wards, boroughs and
townships, on the second -Tuesday of October next, to vote
for and against a law which shall entirely prohibit by proper
and constitutional regulations and penalties, the manufac
ture and sale of inimxicating liquors, except for Medicinal,
sacramental, mechanical and artistica' purposes.
Sncriox 2. That the officers authorized by law to hold
elections in each ward, borough and township, of this Com
monwealth, are hereby directed and required at the places
fixed by.ditw. in the several districts for the holding of the
general elections in said districts, on the second Tuesday of
October next. when they shall be organized as an election
hoard, to receive from each qualified voter of their said dis
tricts. a ticket written or printed on the outside. "Proldb,
Rory Liquor haw," and the tickets in favor of the proposed
law shall contain in the inside the words, '.For a Prohibitory
Liquor Lau awl those opposed to the proposed law shall
contain in the inside the words, "Against the Prohibitory
Liquor Laav," which votes shall be counted and retuned to
the court house - of the county or city, in which the said
election—shall bedield. on the following Friday, by the re
turn judges. who shall cast upend certify all the votes poll
m said countorcity; -- to - the — office - of — tho - Secretary of
the Commonwealth at Harrisburg. directed and transmitted
in the same manner the votes fur Governor are required to
be directed and transmitted, and the said Secretary shall on
the third FrisSiv of January next ensuing, emmounicate the
said returns to the Legislature, to be opened alit cou nteirin
time same manner the votes for Governor are opened and
counted, and considered as the prayer of the voters of this
Commonwealth relative to a Prohibitory Liquor Law. .
::;Ecriox d. That all the election laws of the State pre
scribing the hours of 01 ening and closing the polls, the re
ception of votes, the punishment of illegal voting. the de.
'fraying the expenses of publication, and holding of the gene
ral elections and,return of the same; and all other matters
incident thereto, be awl the same are declared applicable to
the election above authorized,
tizcrtox 4 . . That it shall be the duty of the Sheriffs of the
several counties of this Commonwealth td insert a copy of
this act in the Prnelamation.for the general election to be
held on the.second Tuesday of October next.
*LB. CHASE, Speaker of the H. of R.
IIieCASLIN. l eaker of the Senate
_Approved—the twenty-eighth (ay ot . pri one tousan
eight Inindred aud. fifty-four. WM BIGLER.
And in and by'an Act of the General As
sembly of this State, passed the day IA July,
1839, it -is directed that the inspectors and,
Judges be at The places of their districts on the
day of-the General Election aforesaid, at 9,
o'clock in the forenoon, to do and perform the
several duties required and enjoined 011 them
in and by the - same act. •
And be it further directed, in and by the act
of the GenerM Assembly 01 this State, afore
said, that one of the Judges of each of the dif
ferent districts' aforesaid, who shall have the
charge of the certificates of the nundu r of votes
which shall have been given for each candf
date for the different offices' then and there
voted for at their respective districts, shall meet
on.the third day alter the election, «hilt shall
he on Friday, the n 131 h if October aforesaid, at
the Court-house, in the Borough. of Gettys
burg,. then and there to make a fair statement
and certificate of the number of votes, which
shall have been given at t'he different districts
in the. county of Adams for any person or per
sons for the offices aforesaid.
JOHN SCOTT, SierT
Sheriff's Office, Gettysburg,
Sept. 18, 1854. to
New Oxford Collegiate and Medi—
cal institute.
VALENTINE SCHEER, Professor in the
Collegiate Department, , 1
M. U. G. PFEIFFER, Professor in the Med i
cal Department.
rrl-1E Winter Session, in the above Institute,
wil: commence on Monday, Me 9/h if
October next; and continue till the-last Monday
in March following.
Tuition Fee in the Collegiate Department $l5 00
Contingencies 1 50
" " '4 : 4` - Medical Department. 20 00
Contingencies 2 50
German Language 5 00
French do * 5 00
Drawing • 5 00,
Music- - 10 00
- alicays in advance.
BOARD, Lodging, Washing, I , te., thP
Principal, if requested, will procure fur $lOO
per annum, quarterly in advance;
N. B. The semi-annual examination, clos
ing the Summer Session, will be on Monday,
the 25/h insl., commencing at 9 o'clock, A. M.
M. D. G..PFEIFFER, Principal.
New Oxford. Sept. 18, 1854.
GROCERIES G ROC EillicS
\\TE have just received the largest stock
or GROCERIES ever offered in the
county. comprising
1-Ihds of prime SUGAR,
60 Barrels of best N. O. MOLASSES,,
6 H lids of finest quality of SYRUP,
too-ether with a large assortment of COFFEE,
RICE, TOBACCO, &c., to which we invite
the attention of purchasers, either wholes . ale
or retail. Now is your time for cheap and
desirable Groceries; the place to furnish them
is FAH N ESTOC KS',
May 15. Sign qf the Red Front.
RANDOLPH & LATIMER,
PRODUCE
7 c, rsz. 7 -0 r "-: tn .rk
4
A°. 66 South street,
_BALTIMORE:
WEND particularly to the sale ofFlour,
ilL•Grain, Hay, Clove seed, and all kinds of
Country Produce, and aru prepared to furnish
Golfs to persons wishing to consign to them.
November 7, 1853. ly
Fa i Aril , ieles.—To see a fine col
lection of Fancy articles, at very reduc
ed prices, go to Falinestocks', where you can
select from a lar ,, e tisortinent, includirnr Sew
iKr Birds, Port Monaies, Cabas, Fans,'Prench
worked; Swi. , •;. Cambris!, floneton and Bobi
nett Collar -1, Top e and Side? Combs, &c. &c..
all of which can he purchased at the lowest
rates acthe sign . of the RED FRONT.
Saab-Soil l'lmagits,
OF the beet qullity,s - always on hand, and
for sale, in Upttysbure-, at the Foundry of
WARREN & SON.
GEE
T 00 KING G sizes and pri
ces—at, •
, GETTYSBURG, PA..: MONDAY, ',OCTOBER 2, w 1854.
(1.1)c Ilepublican imni3itcr.
GETTYSBURG, PA.
MONDAY iIIORNING, OCT. 2, 1854
Warn the Committees.
"Warn the committees to be vigilant," were
the dying words of one of the greatest patriots
and statesmen which our country ever pos
sessed, and we know of no more fitting season
to reiterate these Words in the ears of the De
mocracy of the Keystone State than the present.
he Whig leaders have now no public prin
ciples to discuss before the country ; they aban
don all , the issues presented to them by the.
Democracy ; and have resorted exclusively to
the power of money, secret organizations, se
cret circulars ; and and traveling emissaries. In
one county "they,circulate documents prejudi
cing the people -against the Germans; 'in
another county they assert that they are "the
bone and sinew of the country. In one county
they --- cater - to - the prejudices — of - Protestants
against,catholics ; and in another they court
the votes of all. In .short, they are all things'
to all men; trimming their sails to every breeze
for the sake of expediency ; but in case of suc
cess the cloven foot would soon be shown.
ire therefore wow the Democi!acy, as they
value their free institutions, and l iberal princi
ples, their equal rights and equal laws, to be
VIGILANT AND ACTI VI: AND WATCHFUL, NIGHT
AND DAY, FROM THIS TIME UNTIL TIIF, SECOND
TUESDAY OP Ocionm. Watch the opera
tions of the Whig leaders in every county
and township, and do' not allow
.them to avail
themselves of any species of management to
mislead the people in regard to the issue's pre.;
rented to them at the coming- electiob.----The
principles of the Democracy are the principles
of the people, and we cannot. fail of success if
we do not permit ourselves to sleep On our
arms; whilst the enemy are active. Let the
secret machinations of the opposition be ex
posed, and all their projects laid bare. Clo TO
WORK TUNE. DEMOCRATS !-GO TO WORK ! !
The Tide Turning.
Democrats are beginning to discover that -
Know-Nothingisin is only a cunning Whig
trap, and are rapidly leaving this secret organi
zation and returning to the old .Detnocratic
'standard. In Fort Wayne, Indiana, at -a late
election for city clerk, the Know-Nothing can
didate was defeated by a large majority. The
Democracy triumphed. In Berkely county,
Virginia, at a special election for Sheriff, the
Democratic candidate was elected over a regu
lar Know-Nothing candidate. So .it will be,
very truly remarks the Reading Gazette, every
where when the next elections take plate.
The evidences of Know-Nothing rule in the
Philadelphia city government have alarmed
the sober, sensible men of all partie's,hnd they
will testify that alarm at the ballot-!,ox, lihere
it will be effective. The hard blows of the
Democracy are telling upon the Know•-Noth
ing Order in all parts of the country. They
cannot longer lurk tinder the disguise of dark
ness and within the walls of an oath-sealed
chamber. They must meet the issue they haVe
raised. When that. is met, the result will be
a triumph for the Democracy and the Consti- -
tution of the most decisive character.
Coo) Nmvs Fuca Sanurt.K.n.L.--The Mill
ing Register says that in Schuylkill county
the Democratic party is united on its nominees
with a degree of unanimity that must tell with
terrible effect upon Know Nothingism at the
October election ; while hundreds who have
acted with the opposition for years, rally under
our banner
. at this time, as the only party
pledged to constitutional freedom, an judici
ous measures of governmental policy.
VERMONT.-11l Vermont, the vote for Gov
ernor stands very nearly as. follows :—Clark,
Democrat, 15,300 ; Royce, fusion, 27,600:
scattering,l4oo. 7'he nemocruts—regular ad
ministration, Nebraska Democrats•-have thrown
over, two thousand more voles than General
Pierce received in 1852, when his vote was 13; . -
044, and the united vote of Scott and Hale was
30,794.
picnic gathering of Know Nothings,
to the number of 4000 or 5000, was held in
Georgetown.—Exchange Paper.
Of course the above is a "fish story,"k-and
yet it is going the rounds of the papers as a
.veritable truth. When first we saw the arti
cle it read thus : "A pie nic gathering, com
posed of forty or fifty couple, was held' near
Georgetown, yesterday." Next it was changed
into a Know Nothing gatherinvandlira - dding
a cipher (0) to each number, it was made to
read 400 or 500 ; and now, by the addition of
another cypher, it has reached the enormous
figure'of "4000 or 5000!" By the time it has got :
through all the Whig papers, it Will probably
read something like this :
"A pic nic` - gathering of Know Nothings, to
the number of 400,000,000,000,01)0 or 500.-
000,000,000,000 was held in Georgetown."
Clinton Democrat.
Wise, of Va., was lately inarried.
Somebody, therefore, says punningly Lo a bach
elor fi iend them, "go and do
"TEUTIT 1 . 8
MIGHTY; AND WILL PREVAIL."
Strange as it rilay appear, it is nevertheless
a fact, that the Know-Nothings, aliaTi - Thint line
conspirators of this City: whose creed consists
in a total proscription
.and exclusion of all
foreigneriNrom every public trust—who would
put - the - badge of odium upon them, and en
tirely repeal the naturalization laws—have
the unbloshing effrontery to ask a portion of
them to assi'st in their own degradation by
'Voting the ticket that has 'been agreed upon
by the Know-Nothing Order—and this in the
very face of their defeat of Mr. KnAmirrr, a
Protestant foreigner, at the last School election
in Lancaster ! The impudence of these men
now, in their approaches to foreign Protestants,
is unparalleled.
In accordance witiPtheir lying tactics, they
tell this latter class of men that they are only
making war upon the Catholics—not foreign
ers in general—and invite. their help in such a
cause. The Father of Lies himself could not
utter a more bold and unblushing falsehood.
Their proscription extends, as we said before,
to all foreigners, regardless of. their religions
opinions. The Irish Orangeman..the_Engliss
Episcopalian, the Scotch Presbytenian, anti the
Oerman Lutheran, are equally the objects or,
persecution with the foreign Catholics. All
arc struck down by the same blow of intoler
ance and bigotry. For additional proof of this.
look at the avowed proscriptibn by the Know
Nothing Mayor of Philadelphia. who has bold
ly avowed his determination to appoint none
but native born •citizens to office. No one
but Americans; whose fathers, as well as them
selves, were natives to the manor born, are :
qualified for admission in the secret councils of
the conspirators, who intend, by means of these
modern Jacobin clubs, to rule and govern !
the country, contrary to the letter and spirit of
the Constitution.
car 311arlutri, Orlirral tlouttstir nn ,i►'nrrigu ntrlligrnrr, 3harrtising, 3mastmtut,
Sale of the Public Works.
LET THE PEOPLE REM) AND JUDGE
FOR TDEMSELVES!
. For many years the Whig party of this State
has been clatnorous for a sale of the Pubic
WOrks, , alleging as-a-reason, that .they-are a
burthen to the tax payers, and that they will
never be a source of much revenue to the Com-
Monwealth. Although this reason is put ford
In le 11 ire e 1 el 6 _
derstood. that were the Works controlled by
Whig officers the utility of a sale would be a
matter with them
,of exceeding great doubt,
and it is still more doubtful whether they
would ever sanction a bill authorizing the sale.,
The Democratic party, however, governed
by the principle which recognizes at. all times
the voice of the people, and wishing to satisfy
What was declared to be the public will, bad
passed at the last session of the Legislature. a
bill anthOrEsing'the sale of .the Main Line for
ten million of dollars. The Whigs rejoiced that
their favorite measure had been successful -7- .
Whig editors crowed loud and long, and pre
elided the downfall of ..locofocoism.' Indeed,
as soon as - the bill Was signed and became a
law, these, same editors let the "cat _out of the
bag,'.' and in so many words declared that
their only object was to take from the Demo
cratic party a part of its strength. Thefii.st
Monday in July, 'the tithe fixed for receiving
and opening the bids, * catne. and lo and be
hold not a single bid was received. 'Not a sin
gle company in all_the State could be formed
willing to. Hsi( it3o much money. The plan
proved-- a-fa um-and-those Whigs_w ho___had
calcti!ated tell manner of "good things" from
the scheme became disheartened;and. in order
to_ relieve_ themselves from all respons•ihility,
actually dechired that the failure to sell was
owing' to a Democratic State adminiStration.
This was one of the Ways to., get out of the
scrape, and it proved how silly men will act •
when they, attempt to prostitute the interests
of the people to the purpoSes of'party.
If there ever was an intention on the part or
any company to purchase these improvements,
we are at a loss to conceive how it was possible
for the present State administration to prevent
the purchase.—The bill was signed by (lover
nor Bigler, and was a law. The provisions
were • , ••• , •
price was acknowledged upon allhands to he
a fitir one, and-why then was'the purchasg not
made ? An overweening anxiety to accomplish
a particular purpose, will sometimes _become
itself an insurmountable objection to its accom
plishment. This was the case in this instance.
The desire manifested by the Whigs to take
frrim the Democratic party its strength,led them
into all manner of extravagant assertions.
They denounced the Public 'lmprovements- as
worthless and a heavy burthen to the tax pay
ers of the Commonwealth. They asserted that
they would never, ,and
. never had paid any
thing like the interest upon-the capital invested
in their construction, and that therefore it
would he much better they were sold and the
State relieved from their management. - On the
contrary, the Democrats contended that they
were a fruitful source of revenue to the Com
monwealth, and argued that it was wronn• cs to
depreciate the public property. especially when
it was desirous to sell it. The Whigs made
all manner of statements to•show what they
Said was true—figures were tnade to lie, and
the language of- public officers 'perverted and
misconstrued. Well, when the day -Catne for
their drikosition the result was as had been
anticipated. if what the Whigs said was true,
their capitalists would be foolish to invest their
,money in so hazardous an enterprise, and it
would be a difficult matter to raise a company
to embark in a project that had been pro
•nounced tt bad . one at best. Thus, the desire
to minister to the prosperity of the 'Whig par
ty, at the expense of the State, proved the very
cause of the failure- to sell. - Had the Whig
party stated the true value of the Works, but
contended that such improvements were better
in the hands of a company than in the State,
in all probability the sale would have been
effected, and the desire of Whig politicians
gratified.
The attempt therefore to fasten upon the
Democratic party the responsibility of Whig
indiset etion, and we might say torn foolery, is
futile. The Democracy has never sought to
destroy the interests of the people by the de
preciation of the public property for party pur
poses. It depends for success upon the advo
caey of constitutional principles, and not upon
the paltry idea of forming a connection with
factions whose political principles are as oppo
site to each other as the poles. This is the
secret of its strength and power, and whenever
the Whig party adopts the same course it will
know wherein consists the pleasure of political
triumpl lA. —Platform.
From the Lanc.viter InteDigenrer
Inconsistency of Know Nothingism.
Taxpayers; -- Read !
7" 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 extinguish
ed of the public debt of this Commonwealth.
five hundred and eleven thousand. one hundred
and fifty-nine dollars and thittriiireents;and:
the certificates or. stock representing that sum
have been cancelled. In addition to this", the
sum of two hundred and sixty-four thousand,
, • • I • VI% • Ir — fletillet - IWOperty-Or-WAS
•
notes . have been cancelled and d . rayed, leav
ing a balance in the handn of the State Trea
sureV, applicable to the same purpeise. of one
hundred and twenty-eight thousand, six hun
dred :aud• forty-eight dollars and eigth-four
cents, making in all a redndtion or NINE
HUNDRED AND THRF,EMIOUSAND.NINE
nuNfiRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS 'AND
FIFTEEN (yrs. of thepublic debt. Think of
this, tax-payers, when you count to cast your
votes on the secmid Tuesday of October. -
State debt reduced nearly one million of dol
lars! The Whigs have been endeavoring to
create theimpression that Governor Bigler has
increased the public debt. What will they
say now, in the face of an official statement,
showing thiitit has been so largely reduced.
W'no ARV: TnM. KNOW-NOTHIMIS ?—All the
,candidates upon the Democratic ticket in
Philadelphia, (twenty-live in -number) have
signed a letter to the Demoilratie Executive
(AUmmittee, in reply to an interrogatory ad
dressed Thom by the said Committee, which re
lievelk.thera entirely ofthe faintest suspicion of
_being tainted with Know-Nothingism. They
-use the,following straight-forward language :
"You' may. receive this as the assurance of
each of us, that we have no connection• with
organization political organivien other than the Dem;
ocratic party : and that we are notin any man
ner connected with nor attached to any institu
tion, society or order having for its object or,
incident the -proscription or exclusion from
(Aide or civil privileges of any class .of
whatever. on account Of their birth-place or
religions creed."- -
-
• Democratie candidates
. everywhere Should
be required to pledge theinselves in the same.
positive manner against all connection with •
secret political societies. _ The designs at the
•- It /rem°
law of the land, And utterly at- variance With
the principles of civil and religpus freedom. in
corporated in the Democratic creed; and the
sooner the party is purged
. of this dangerous
heresy, the better for its perm:viva welfare, if
not for its present success. Jesuitism of every
species, whether. Protestant or Catholic, is
inimical to repubican liberty ; and it should
roceive no countenance in a land where , Peliti ,
cal parties, if their aims be honest and patriotic,
need no concealmen,s for their principles or
acts.—Reading .Gazelle. •
WRY ASIIAMIO) OF Fr ?—lf Rhow. Nothing
ism has sprung into existence - from pure mo
tives and justifiable ends, why do - men who_
belong to the rdcr shirk all questions, and
deny their connection with it ? If it is an
order established for high and holy motives,
why do those - who belong to it deny the fact
If it is not a political. and religious crusade
against one-denomination alone, why make it
a secret midnight conclave ?
Ah ! these questions are easily answered.—
The editor of the West Chester Ayersonian
having come in possession of ri list of the
members in that place, he was waited upon by
a-number of thetn, - who begged him not to
publish it, as it might injure them in their
business ! The editor further - states that at
the succeeding meeting:many entered the Hall
with masked faces !
We shall anxiously await. the great and
good ends to be at;complished by an order
which men are ashamed of, o too cowardly tr,t
avow aii open connection wifh.
RIOTS AT NEW °MA:ANS.—The city of New
Orleans has been the scene of terrible riots be.
tween natives and_foreigners, which lasted
several days. Guns. pistols, and other wea
pons were freely used, many persons were
shot, and five or six killed. The military had
to be called out, to restore order. The Mayor
turd issued a 'proclamation ordering all the
bar•rnoms to be closed, for the present, at 8
o'clock in the , evenin*, and directing the en
rollment of a special police. The disturbance
originated in it mere mile. An Irishman shot
a dog owned by an American, for biting him,
and the American endeavored to get a - watch
man to - pursue and arrest him. - Failing in
this, he stirred up the blood of a party of na
tives, and at it they went upon the Irish. IL
is deplorable that in this land of freedom, peo
ple can be %rid base enough to excite the pre.
indices of birth and religion to such a pitch as
to produce riot and bloodshed. But this is one
of the legitimate fruits of Know-Nothingism.
J 7--A singular excitement at Washington,
c,aused_hy_the_publ ication-o
long list of nanies.purporting to he all the ment•
' hers of one of the ward assOciationg of the .
Know-Nothing order, and the threatened pub
lication of stnilar lists; from all the wards of
that city. People all over the
. country are be-.
coming ashamed of Know-Nothingism, and
dread nothing worse than an - exposure of
their connection with it.
O' Judge Pollock has at length taken the
stump, but his speeches are represented its a
mere tirade of abuse ngninst the Democrats,
destitute of either point or argument.- He
dodge s the Know Nothing question—never
openg his mouth on the subject of the TARIFF
—is silent about the Independent- Treasury—
and seems to have his warmest ryfecliana cen
tered in the cause of Afilitionisni.
77 - Know Nothingism cannot live in the
light of American liberty. There is too,inuch
honesty and too muchintelligenee—too strong
a love of republican equality -in this country
I r-the -success-of—such—an—intolerant_or_mis ,
chievous order: Like some rank and - nox-ions weed. it may flourish fur a day. But
decay °and corruption will soon overtake it.
With intelligent and patriotic men, contempt
for its imbecility-is'as-strong__a_feeling__a.s_clef__,
testation of its character.—Din. Union.
rrjAri Irish boy trying hard for a place, de
nied that he was Irish. -I don't know what
you mean by not being an Irishman,"_ said
the gentleman who was about to hire him ;
-but this I know, that you were born in Ire
land." “Och, your honor, if that's all," said
th e boy, "small blame that.—Suppose your
old eat had kittens in the oven. would they be
loKes of bread." The boy got the place.
TWO DOLLARS A•YEAR.
Final Decision of the Wilson Case,
_The case of - Wilson's heirs against 1! •;11 d
others,- which 'has been pending in ; k, a ',
for a number of years, has'atlength - bee
ly decided
.by the Supreme Court. As most
of our readers are no doubt aware,- this was an
ejectment suit brought by the heirs of ! Lines
TWilsonttoobtairt - the - possesSion - of a largo tract
of land in Dickinson township, in this,county,
known as the Cumberland Furnace- estate,
which had .been.sold many years since as the
pied by some forty or fifty families. The trials
of the case caused considerable interest in 'the'
public mind. After 'hating been twice tried.-.;
in the Court of t his county and ai often carried.
to the Supreme Court, it has been'finally "(W
-aded by the latter; against the SiTilaans.—iCai , :
lisle Democrat. , -
Anonymous Letters:
The following remarks on-,that, most. rem.:
!tensible practice, anonymous letter writing,'
we find in the Philadelphia Ledger., it is
strong language, but neierthtless true -
' , The most pusillaniniOns species of malevo
lence wlitch - any meaty-smiled .wretch can ea-".
hibit, is the sending of anonymous letters, with
the view of wounding the feelings, injuring the
husioesS, or blasting the reputation .of others.
The ”stissin who, with stiletto in hand c waits •
in concealment the approaChOf his victim, is a
magnauimous and high-sonled hero in ceinpari
son with the anonymous threatener of inisehief.
The former has to attempt the deed his, uudig-.
nant spirit prompts him to perpetrate, and.
be exposes himself in the act to the danger of
deteetion,huLthe skulkingcraven_vrhose_vetwin_
is infused through anonymous ineans, confeskies;
in the pains he takes at „concealment; - the piti
ful cowardice, of his nature: as well 'is the im
potency of his threats. His act'. has not the'
dignity of.a criine; but all the malice of a tour
dt!r. He would .stab if he dared, but has not
„bravery enough to make - the attempt, and
stands shaking in-fear lest his clandestine guilt'
should be traced -to the right quarter. - Fortn, •
ntitely fof society, such . pusillaniinima rascals,
are rare, butwbile there is curative virtue in the
dried cuticle of a cow a ppled to the bidet:it:luck:
nocturnal knaves, the examp les ,, for the honor
of mankind, should be
,rare."
We like an active boy—one who has tbelm.
pulse of the age, the steam engine in hitn. A
lazy, plodding, small-paced chap might have
got along in the world fifty years ago ; but he
won't do for these times. We live in an age ,
of quick ideas.; men think • quick, eat, !ilpep,
court, marry, and die quick—and slawcoaches
are not tolerated. - "Go ahead, if you bustloar -
boiler," is .the motto, of the age.: and twine
ceeds the best in eveiy line of busineas. who
has the most " door die "in him,. Strive boys,'
to catch the spirit of the- times. Be up and
dressed always, not gaping -and- rubbiag-your_
eyes. as if you were half asleep, - but wide
awake, whatever may turn up, and ,you'may
be somebody before you die. Think, plan, re!,
fleet as much as you please. before you act';
but think quickly and closely, and when you`
have fixed your eye upon an object, spring to
the mark at once. But, above all things, be
honest. If you intend - to he an artist, carve it
in the wood, chisel it in-the marble : ifs-mer
chant: write it in your ledger. Let honesty of
purpose " be your guiding star.—SuUlhern
Organ. .
Q7l lon. GEORGE DAREIN, the opposition can='
didate for Canal Commissioner, said , in the
Senate last win ter, 'that • Pensvoylvania
,had an
honest man in' Me person of her thief Executive
-WILLIAM BIGLER:" Gideon J. Ball, - one of
their ablest men in the house , and "we. know
him as a most honorable man, once elected
State Treasurer by the opposition, during the
administration of. Johnston, said last winter
that ••Guii. Bigler „warone the purest and
e af ee t men who ever filled lhe'.Guberniilorial
Choir." The Whig press arc striving very
hard to convict these men, as well -as their
own candidate for Governor, of uttering false
hoods.--W ho will rat believe.?
PROGRESS OF THE YELLOW FEVER IN TILE
SQuytt, &o.—Cp/umbialf. C., Sept. 23:—Near
ly the whole population of Augusta has quitted
the city, and the country for miles around is
covered with tents. The fever was increasing.
The Pest Office was closed, and the mails de
toyed, there being no one to distribute them.
No Southern papers have been received here
since Monday.
The people of Jacksonville flied into the
steamer Weloka, from Savannah, on the . 1.70,
while she was passing np the river, on account •
of their dread of the fever. -
CIIOLERA IN THE LANCASTER POOR-MAIER.-
About 35 deaths have occurred froti cholera in
the Lancaster Poor-House. The diseise, how
ever, has now disappeared—no new case hav
ing occurred for more than two weeks.
HIGH PRICE OF - LABOR ni - OusGotta-The
Portland Times says-the demand for , Morin
that territory exceeds the supply. Carpenters
receive from four to Live dollars per day, black
smiths the, same, day laborers from two to
three dollars, and farmers are paying•llS high
as three dollars per day for bands-to harvest.
A MISCHIEVOUS PAILEOT.—In, Boston, a par
rot,that was kept aboard a ship, - was much
interested in watching the grays that-came to-
leave goods on the wharf. One day the driver
of a dray left his team and went down in th e
cabin of the. ship. The parrot watched him,
and when he was out of sight began to imitate
his talk to the horses. '"Whoh ! Back there—
back I say !" exclaimed the bird. The horses
backed : and the parrot encouraged by the suc
cess of his experiment, continued to scream
—Back ! back, I say !" until the team backed
over the wharf into the water, and one of the
horses was drowned. •
When a young man's head has began to
run-On ' , alabaster shoulders," exquisite ankles
and similar excitin' goods, ho must either be
shut up. discontinue btisiness and travel, or
else ‘..iine" some interesting piece of calico for
life.
"Sonny, can you spell 3"
••Meth thir." •
"Well, let me hear you !"
"110-las-ses—mulasses."
'•1Ve11, go on."
"Pleathe, thir, I can't, I always sticlz l when
I come-to molasses."
"Call the next boy." ,
la::7'rfily has been selling_at Pittsburg at
$25 per ton.
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