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GETTYSBURG, PA.
MONDAY MORNING, Nov. L. 1554.
117_71%e November Court of this county com
mences on Monday next. -
The Cemetery Opening and Sale.
rf - The opening ceremonies of V,viat Glttw.s;
CE.itgrigur took place on Tuesdriy laSt, on the
(rounds, attended by an unexpectedly large
number of ladies and gentlemen. The 'ex
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d ;di - a pi a ) e-r-by-,-,Re
~F--~rI6(~F.K--
V FIELD'S choir—address by Rev. Mr.- Dosit:-:-.
music—address by D. McCos.it - Gnv, Esq..
President of. the Association---music--prayer
by Rev. Dr. Knatmt—music—henedietion
Rev. Mr. UiERIART. The Ili! dressCs were a p- ,
proPriate, the'mnsic good: and the exercises
throughout suitable and entertaining.
In the "afternoon. a public sale for choice of
lots was had. The bidding W3S finite spirited,_
(evincing an earnest interest in the enterprize,
and resulted in the sale - of about 120 lots,
realizing titx;ut $lOO -in preminms. At the
conclusion it was announced, that another sale
would take place on Satnrday, the 25th inst.,
s at 1 o'clock, I M., when it is hoped that all
who have not yet purchased will make choke.
The general intere4, manifested on the oc
casion was of an extreinely gratifying degree,
and pre'ved the stacesful establishment of
Ever Green Cemetery "a fixed fact." We were
• vas . ° much grati Fed to observe that quite a
number of persons from`theeountry purchased
lots. Their 'neighbors should not overlook
the_next sale. ' .
o:7Loctk , out fin bills or the Plante& and
Mcclmie.' s' Bank oftielor-gia,--dated at Dalt°
—Pittsburg Dispatch. •
We have been looking oat for any kind of a
bank-bill—bnt the only bills we can get our
hands on are bills for Paper, ink,.'store goods,"
and such like. If our friends in arrears would
remember us in some substa - ntial manner,..in
these hard times, the "printer's heart would
be made glad." Fact is, thitt those who owe
us for half a 41ozen years or more, must not
expect to be indulged much longer. We can't
atford it.
Those of our patrons who have been proMpt
in their payments, (and we have matey such,)
have our Most grateful thanks. And nay all
newspaper- subhclibers--"do as they -would be
done by."
"The - widow of Alexander ilamilton died
84: Washington on Friday last, aged 97 years.
1:07A bri.lge ovm_the Balt. and Sosq.
Road, 5 or 6 miles frnM. York, was consumed
041 Wednesday. .It was called Vissel I's Brid g e.
Aq.,ark_from the locomotive caused_ it. There
Is only one longer bridge on the road.
J. 8.. DAN 7 .4.-.it, of this place, Las
been selected ns one of the Jurors nt the Peat
,District Conn of the United States. for the
tWern District of Pennsylvania—to convene
shortly at Philadelphia. ' •
20 - The attention of Teachers is called to
the advertiSement of liaLum KGRTZ in our
paper to-day. The Reports he offers are just
the article for Teachers. Call and see them—
also bill immense and varied stock of cheap and
desirable boots, shoes, hats, caps,. books, sta
tionery,
1.0 - "The beautiful estate of Antrim, in Car
roll county,. Md., belonging to (Jul. Ege. way
sold on Friday, week, into!: Piper, of !Inward
county, for $30,0t)0.
DEPARTURE.-JOIIII M. Cooger. Esq., Editor
ofthe Valley Spirit,.(Cliambersburg.) left that
. place a few weeks ago, having in contempla
tion a visit to the State of Texas, for the bene
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tit of his health.
rt'Among 'the nitines spoken of for the
Democratic nomination for U. S. Senator, are
Governor BtoLtia. Wit.sONM.CANOLEis,E.4q.,
and Hon. Joux,..L. liAlvt44. Either of" the . iai
gentlemen would be a credit to Pennsylvania,
in that body—but we suppose there is very
little, if any, chance for a s6und Democrat to
be elected. Some Woolly Head Know-Noth
ing or bogus Democrat will probably be chosen
to disgrace the Old Keystone. in the Senate of
the Union, for the ensuing term of bix years.
Intelligencer.
FILIAL AFFscrtoN.—A singular exhibition
of filial affection is related to have transpired
recently in Detroit,•Michigan. A mother and
son were convicted of stealing, and sentenced
to five years each in the State Prison. When
the mother had r eceived her sentence, the son
arose find begged that the court would release
his parent and allow him to serve out both
terms of_punishmed. The Court of coins&
could not grant his request.
ri - An attempt to burn down a Ca Cu , lie
Church in Williamsburg, New li•rL.
.tontle on Thursday night last. •by r pnicession
of disorderly- persons. hitt the )Inyor called out
the military. and the riorn iu suppreswd.—
The AV t 1 (10Vifi , however, were broken with
stones, and some uti,vr (l-ounge (-14)11e.
LARGE Roinnz:al . Nkr
iye and Fire I nstira agenoy, Ma . 0.0 1 ,
Georgia, it is stanal, alp/ run h
$10.11t)0, mostly in II) notes of that ill. wt
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BosTnN. Nov. 4. Iva. a slight f,1 1 4 :If
itnow this morning here—the first of Life sva.
6011.
PlllLAina.initA. Nov. 1;.--E.1‘s i.. 1 D. Ingra
ham, Esq., an eminent inwyer ; 1.. S. com
missioner, died in
.thts city thi- tilurning.
.; . :17 - -•W• to indehtv4 thi. , N.,0h,-; tor
triarrillous intelligen , o that
61111 ro, NI% ‘"
Prof, P
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__Late Europeanews. New York Election. -
The steamer America arrived nn - Thursday,
The EinpiteStatc is coming out very well,
with onewe - Ws—later- news from Europe.
1 , especially considering. her “Infxed up" eharac-
There is nothing decisive from the seat of war.l ler. -It seems certain that SEYAIOIig, Demo-
Sebastopol at. theJast accounts was being r ma, is elected Governor, by a handsome ma
bombarded by the allied army, but it had not jority. WOOD, the Democratic candidate for
been taken. The cannon of the allies opened ' 3layos in New York city'', is also eleeted, iri
upon it, on the lith. from the hind and from spite of the desperate
.and unscrupt.lous
the—Kea , --involving a Ins on that day of 500 of the Whig and Know 'Codling, •In
Russians in killed and wounded. The b4llll
- was continued on the Pith. The
Russmns made frequent sorties.
The allies number 110,000 men at . Sebasto
pol, with :100 cannon, and it is said that after
a few days' firing an attempt will be made to
storm the garrison, which is estimated at 0.-
000 men
Austria and Russia arc on the • point of
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actual war.
Mr. ;Soule, the American minister, was re
eturn- from England to
Breadstufrs have considerably advanced
California- News.
' Later California news has been received.
The stentner Yankee i griitt has been wrecked,
with the hiss of fifteen persons, anti all her spe
.
ete on board.
There. has been a fight on the Pacific between
nn allied French and English fleet and a -Rus
sian garrison. The British netwArlinirai Pima,
in-command of the was killed during the
engagement. The accounts are conflicting. but
the allies do not appear to have gained any ad-
vantage
Terrible Railroad Accident.
We mentioned -in our last the occurrence of
a horrible accident on the Rock Island Rail
road, Illinois, by which 'some.forty person;
were severely injured, konne of them so mach
so as cause their death shortly after, It
now appears-that the train,(which left Chicago,
on the Ist,) when near Juliet, ran over a horse,
breaking an-axle of the engine, and throwing
the train ow the track. The two forward pas-
senger cars were in some; way forced ikn top of
the enzino, and the sealditt_ stcan► was dritien 1
with blinding dvnsity through the mass of
human beings, packed closely and almost in
extricably among the wrecks of the cars. Thu
scene presented by the crash and suffering is
reprekented as having been awful beyond de
scription. 'fire Citizens of the village rendered
every assistence in their power. •
A later dispatch than that given by uFi last
week, announces the painful intelligence that
among the detuLare MN. MnaciAnt7l. LAITGIILIN
(wife of Wm : C. Laughlin, of tiettysburg. Pa.,)
and her two children ! Mr. Laughlin left this
place some three weeks ago, with.hi . s family,
with a view to taking up his, residence in
lowa, entertaining the hope and expectation_of
more successfully prosecuting his business.
The children were quite young, one of them
but a babe. Ile was also accompanied by his
mother and a niece seven or eight years,of age,
but nothing is said of their being injured.
FATAL CA ;41! A TY.—On I\ Imlay the fah inst.,
several workmen eng ed in digging ore on
tlie landiirME VoT;tiLEPEvitn, in Union
township, Adams county, commenced' under
mining., an embankment of the height of fifteen
feet, when 1 slide of the top took, place, cans'''.
ing a large gnantity of earth to he precipitated
on the spot where the workmen were engaged.
Fortunately the crevice was discovered by one
of the number, who gave the alarm, but while
three o them escaped, a tburth. n fter retreating .
nhmit twelve feet. fell with his forehead upon
large piece of ore, and was immediatelyover
whelmed with the falling earth. Fifteen men,
were engaged in the mine at the moment of
the catastrophe, and the unforftninte was
extricated horn the mass with all possible
haste ; his wounds washed, and physicians
sent for. But. his_ fomhead was found to be
•-
crashed in, and his entit'c system so much
bruised, that he breathed only al.out ten
minutes, and then expired. The deceasedwas
mined Jolts NELsoN MARSH, and was aged
37 years 8 months and 1S days. 11c was much'
respected by his acquaintances, nii4 leaves
widow and four small children, to mourn his
sudden death.—llanover Sprcwor:
MMANCIIOI,Y EVI.:NT.-Nlr. Jacob Wolford,
of Berwick township, wa.'4 killed in , :tamly on
Wednesday week. Ile was engaged in quar
rying limestone' on the -land of 31r. Jacob
Bucher, near A bbottstown, in company with
man named Ziepling.' when the earth caved
in above them. crushing him to death instant
ly. One of his legs,.was broken, his skull
fractured. and his face mangled frightfully.—
: lle has left a wife and eight children to mourn
over Itis sudden and untimely departure.
• Senlind.
• 117 - n Sunday morning last. tße 5111. inst.,
at about 4, o'clock , our citizens were aroused by
the cry of lire. It broke out at the Coaehmaker
shop of William Sobolay, in Baltimore street,
and in less than fifty minutes the shop with all
its contents Was eon , mtnell to the ground. The
loss is estimated at about sloo.—llatpircr
I Grizrile
A- LAST I )uu FOR TI) I: PuiNTKIL—The
Say:wind) New.. says that previous to the death
of the late Samuel Chapman, editor of thia
Savannah Jou ma 1 and Nurier, a few weeks
since, that gentleman purchased a lot in Laurel
Drove Cemetery. to Le appropriated.especialle
a.: a place of burial for printers. The purchase
was hardly completed when he himself will
called to the mansions Of the Hessed. and 'his
hotly became the first occupant of the milli:
liter, %c TEMOTOR - V.-- guiTaio
.ilvt.a-tiser, dated Fort LeavenlN orth, 0 , •t01t,2.r
7t :-,ays that a great change has taken place in
that part of" Kansas territory west front- Fart
Leavemeort h. _Every stream and every piece
of titnhered latFl i, now dotter! ..vith lug rahit•.
and city lots are freely (doe& for - sale even as
fir nut as the Reptihnoan ro-rk.
!1;7 - -- A g rmlf 1 jury in—C:rna , l:l- artriimtvil
rx.cent 1 0 ., 1)i life (v,l tlw t; W(• , ,teril 11411-
mny ow cui l ,xi.lt r•ii tic ,, ltt•s-. of tile cootltti:-
tor .tll.l •er ()Li 1.1 i(• L , T• 1%1.1 4 0 . 5:
\A al t / >stil:(/ _ is
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the State. the_ allies or fusionists have carried
some twenty-five of the Congressional deiega-
ME
lllinoiB, Michigan, Wisconsin, and :New Jer
sey, also held their elections last week, and all
exhibit the effects of the frosiTi`now prevalent.
' hen the smoke clears away we shall kiviw
all about the result. -
(EP The Butler Herald, tdited by Capt. Ja
cob. Ziegler, than whom no public speaker can
snore delights Gettysburg Dein wratic audience,
says 0 )e.po iuiea somer•ct o
informed That as soonas the result of the elec
tion was known, he went to the N'ltig awl
Know Nothing' Head Quarters in Lancaster
City and made a speech congratulating those
present on the—favorable termination of the
campaign. The real old Whigs who were
present scampered. and would have nothing to
Flu with.the congratulations expressed, or the
means by which it-was brought about, so that
none were left. hut Democratic traitors awl
unprincipled Whigs. Poop FICAZEIt, we pity
him. Ile has sold his principles tin. "a mess of
potnge," a»d n few - years more will show him
that truly there is but one step froni the sub= -
lime to the rifli,lulous.
"When a mast - of talent and fine legal learn
ing attaches himself to an organization based
upon the most contemptible of all principles,
we arc inclined to believe that he is in his dot
age. It is so kith Disappointment
has soured him as much as a foolish boy cross
in love. and he sees -wrongs now where lost
a few short , months ago, he saw nothing but
what was right."
‘V I.,Ns (yr the. Herald says:
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"11e is fake at thestart—false nn the road,
:Ind false when he stops. His preten lions' to
•free soil ism' are all gammon. for whitt cares he
about ‘niggers,' especially the mile portion ?
11c was the f mkt promiTiErit — manitflit - e Stare.
who agitated the question of a repeal of the
'Compromise, by his ProvinO. The
Proviso sought to abrogate all lines : but as it
did not give him popularity enough, like him
self. he wheeled - about and took the opposite
tack. Ile• is now gone, aml we say let him go.
The Democratic party. should it be in a minor
ity for twenty.,years, is far better off than if
bothered by such a 'tin kettle' hanging on its
In an article on "Our (his) Position,r the
Captain remarks :
"flow 'Ministers of the (lolly), who have for
years. in _this county and elsewhere. been
preaching about secret societies and their dan
gerous tendencies, can effect such a complete
somerset aS to go deliberately into the pulpit
and. preach in favor of- know Nothingistn, is a
mystery to ns. And yet we know. son►e who do
it every Sabbath almost. Stran , e-'eonsisiency!
'However, they arc but men after all is said
and done, and are as liable to err ns others.
Preachers may act inconsistent—nay. they may
go further and deny to-day what they preach
ed yesterday, ,but, we will be governed by our
own opinion lu► t fwithstauding. The govern
ment of the United States was no more made
for them than other~, and we -shall take espe
cial pains to let them know it..."
07c—Constitutional Clubs" are being talk— ,
ed m Philadelphia, to 'protect the Constitution
against Know Nothingism. The Lancaster In
421174:encer says this may be well enough. pro
vided the movement is not intended to,accom
plish.sotnething else than appears •upon the
surface. The Democratic
, party has alwa`ys
been tl Constitutional party. and has with un
flinching.l,, e )tion upheld it against all its ene
mies, under whatever guise they appeared—
and there is no reason to give tip its name and
organization to-advocate and support the Con
stitution now. One hundred and sixty-seven,
thousand Democrats of Pennsylvania were
tree to their colors at the last election, and, it
we .maintain flur-princip les, there is no reason
to doubt our success at the next trial of
strength : The movement may possibly be
good, continues tl►e_ bilelligencer, but We can
not be too careful in these dayg, We want
further light.
:I:7:Francis tirangt.T, of New York, is out
in favor of rallying the old Whig party together
upon principle, and free front all isms. The
thing can't he done, heeanse the whig; party
can't be lowa It is entirely swallowed up
by Know Nothingi7un. as the result of - the dif
ferent elections incontestiblv proves.
[t=r"The entire Russian Army, scattered
t hroughout the Eini)ite, and actually available
for a European \;u•,according to the New
York ' Tribune,.amounts to 61'2.000 men and
1200 gurN—viz : 5'20,000 Infantry, 6.'3,000
Cavalrv, and 30,000 C.o.:sacks,
The Question Stated.
Is Judge Pollock eligible to the office to
which he has been elected ? The Constitution
lof the Commonwealth provides that no raiz
forts list shrill be required 175 n qualifiration fir
,yfier." Judge Pollock having been elected
solely on that issue by the secret enemies of the
Constitution, disqualifies him for the office.
How can the Judge, consistently with his oaths
to the Know 'Nothing order, to which he be
longs, take the oath to support the Constitution
of the I " nited States. and of the Keystone State.?
• Ile cannontet in good faith to both. Will not
the oath he takes to support the Constitution
be a. taockery and a blasphemous trifling with
the Word or ;od, when it is well known that
he has alrealy sworn not to obey the plain re
quirements of that instrument ? There can
be no question of the truthfulness of this prop
osition. The oath; of the Know-Nothing, order
are hinding. or they are not. Judge Pollock
has shilWl, that he considered them so by act
ing in concert with that body since
laic ldop
ti;cnas a member. It is fair, then, to suppose
that he still Lefler& that he is bound by
oath to establish a reli L finro les, for olli •e.
Tills is directly - opposed to the Constitution of
the United Sates and of this Commonwealth.
and if he swears to support those inst raiment;
vvhep he is notuguinted he will be forsworn.
` - This - is the trestion plainly stated. How is
the answer to he gzvoi
vrit.rrD \TE-0-tox Mrt,! , Nrt...----Almitt
ten day, ago a wommi agrtia :thou:, Si) year-;•
t wont• n, t. L;:%('11. I flied in the
Leh:1111M col!•;1v, Who. :1
il , /t
f11:1111; years , drit•t• ,)to 'II in It t ttt•_
Ihi Z.
of
.11no.-111ti limo
,: it • Izon.•ke ~ ;,, •r — azi.l .1)-o ;a , n'l to
1 t , t !aft 0.14,J ,f 4.1 t 1 ,
but ri 1)1v.
Sale of the Public_Works.
We too k occasion, says the West Cheater Re
publican, some time during . the last cainimigni
to warn Democrats not to h&led from the sup
port of Democratic men and nieasures, Under
the delusion that the opposition were favorable
to the sale of the Public Works . and the Dem
ocrats opposed to it. We had no faith in their
loud prole ;ions.of selling or giving; away the
Works.—We reit very confident that if
they could keep the works so as to make any
political capital out of them the people Might
whistle for their sale. It appears now that
the Telegruph at Harrisburg, is suggesting, in
stead of the sale, that the canal board be abol
ished, and that the motley band or hungry of
fice-seekers have a chance at the spoils. Just
as we expected, and we undertake to say that
before three years hal"e expired, the people of
Pennsylvania will say, better to have left well
Pnoogh
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A suit was - recently decided in the-Ararine
Court of the 'city of New . York. which settles
the tight of passengers to their seats, after hav
ing temporarily Left them. It appears that
two men got on the-cars of the Hudson River
Railroad, at Sing Sing, and there being no
-cant seat!. they took possession of one which, for
the time being. was empty, the passenger har
ing gone into the baggage car to smoke a cigar.
On Ids return he found his seat occupied by
these intruders, who refused to surrender it ;
the Continuer was then appealed to, but his ef
forts were alike unavailing. The men were un
der the influence of liquor, and used offensive
and obscene language. The Conductor ejected
them from the seat, and secured them in a
loon of the car to prevent further trouble. The,
suit vas brought-to recover damages for an as
sault and false imprisonment : but the Court
juv,tified the conduct Of the Conductor, and
dismissed the pretceedings.
It is" therefore settled in New York, that
passengers in railroad cars- who temporarily
leave-their-seats-are-eliti
very annoying to be suddenly dispossessed of a
:c. 'd it nearly to
laving (,cu pie
journey's cud. We have witnessed some sin
gular scenes in regard to seats, and it would be
a great invention if some plan could be hit up-,
on which would obviate the difficulty. fre
quently happens that passenge'rs leave a coat.
a bag, an umbrella, or some other article, as a
notice that the seat is occupied, and we have
seen them thrust aside
.with perfect indiffer
ence. Women, though usually polite, never
take the slightest notice Of these warnings that
a seat is taken, but pounce into it with as much
confidence as they would' if the car were emp
ty. We have seen this done more than 'once.
:map. I: unify, or a party, of both sexes, separ
ated by tie intrusion. We do not charge the'
sex with the want of good manners, but dis
cretion.— Prnn.
One of the most disastrous fires which has
visited that city for several years, with one or
two tixceptiOns, took place on Saturday night
week, partially destroying. one of the finest pi
ano manufactori(s. and at one - stage of its pro
gress boldly threatening to destroy an entite
square. About a' quarter after eight o'clock,
a fire was discovered the third story of the
large four story piano factory of Messrs. Knabe.
a
(;eble Co., on the corner of Eutaw street and
Uowpen alley, which was entirely enveloped
in flame, notwithstanding the noble and cour
ageous' effoits of the firemen, who rallied in
pretty fi)rmidable numbers,. As for the losses
it is very difficult indeed to ascertain definitely ;
the aggregate amount, however, cannot vary
much from $25,000. Prodably it Will'be
little less. On the building which was destroy
ed, the firm have three policies of insurance, viz:
one for $4,000 in the Fireman's office, one for
84.000 in the Baltimore Fire Insurance Com
pany, and a third for $2.000 in the National
Company.
In the, building there were very few - pianos
completed, the storehouses being in the other
department ; but about thirty were vey near
completion. and materials sufficient for more
than 400 instruments ready for work. Of the
journeymen's tools bnt a very small number
were slived—a - loss which falls heavily upon
them. This- alone, it is estimated, involves a
loss of from 84,000 to $5.000. As for the loss
of the firm on their finished stock, they are not
yet able to ascertain within $5,000 of the pre
cise loss—nor will they to -do so until they
make' a careful survey of each instrument.
Adjoining the house on the, north, is a hand
some three story brick dwelling, owned by
Col. Washington A. l)anskin. The third sto
ry of this house is ruined, and the plastering
below much injured. The house is insured for
82.000 in the Baltimore Fire Insurance Com
pany—about $1,300 is the damage on the
house.
The stable of the Eutaw Hou , ,e. and a cooper
shop formerly occupied by Mr. Jacob Green,
were pretty considerably damaged—loss
trifling. The firm of Knabe, Gaehle Co.,
have several policies of insurance in Baltimore
offices for the stock of pianos in the lower
house. As to the Origin attic fire the firm are
inclined to impute it to accident.
llEttoll2 CONDI - cr.—Commenting
_upon the
conduct of the crew of the Arctic, the New
York Express gives the following forcible de
scription of the heroic conduct of the brave fel
lows lost in the Birkenhead :
"The circumstances connected with the loss
of the 'British steamer Birkenhead, on the
coast of Arica, not many months since, are still
fresh in the memories of all. The steamer
struck - eln a hidden rock, stove a plank at the
bows, and.went to the bottom, we believe, in
half an hour's time. There was a regiment of
troops on hoard. As soon as the alarm was
given. awl it became apparent that the ship's
'fate was sealed, the roll of the drum called the
soldiers to arms on the upper deck. That call
was' proudly obeyed. though every gallant
heart there knew that it_wa. his death stun-
Junnc. There they stood a: if in battle array
—a 1117):10:11e ,, z 1113' 44 : of brave men—men - who
)% ere men:ind«A. The ship every moment was
golly!, down and down—lmt there were . no
It aitors, decrier..lierter,. - no craven: there. The
women and children were got into the boats,
and all, or nearly all. saved. There were no
boa": tOr the troop th-re wa..; no panic,
nn bt a n r h u d, pate. TOvering lips among them.
flown event the ship. and down went that he
rot, h m ,i, sl i tHd ler to shoal ler, tiring a feu de
'I , as they sun:: beneath the waves. Men
tame never : ni'iv be
g•ven to the ti-ht': of the -ca. lint their tnetit
oily:. are. a, they to be. immortal."
in‘cated a
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Fire in Baltimore.
. Prom the Larkaiter_ lutelligencer
Look ht This Picture!
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We invite all our readers to look at the
spectacle presented .helow. If, after such .an
expose Of Know-.Nothinaison, this secret politi
cal organization can any longer blind the honest
and uns uspectir g-people to the dangerous charac
ter of its doctrines, then is the dispensation of
justice a mere sham, and our Con - rts a positive
evil, alike dangerous to the citizen and de
structive of the glorious princißles of our Con
, stitution. Such a Society, should it he per
, mittud to go forward unrehuked by the peo
ple, will prove a terrible engine of destruction
!to the li.vpublic. Well might the learned,
' Judge, in descanting upon the, conduct of the
witness, exclaim—"this is a Startling revela-.
tion that men take obligations in secret socie
ties, which are
_regarded by them as , of higher
aulho'rily than those administered in. Court
But to the article :
Flom the Lowell AlvertiAcr, Oct.
KNOW NOTHINGS IN COURT .
DISCLOSURES 'UNDER OATH
+ll6ll
.J., presiding, the tiAlowing scene — was enacted,
yesterday (Friday.) -
The case on trial was the Commonwealth
vs. Michael Reardon, for rape. District At
torney Train for Government, B. F...Bnilar and
Daniel Needham for defendant. •
U. C. Snow, of Groton, having testified for
the government, Mr. Butler, on cross exami
nation, asked lair the following question:
Do you. belong to a secret society, - popularly
called Know-Nothings?
Mr. Snow; having denied -that he did, and
stoudy persisang in the denial, the question
was put in a different form, when he was fi
nally driven to the and asked leave of
the court to consult counsel. This liberty was
politely granted by Judge tishop, who gave
the jury a recess of ten minutes on account of
the delay.
When Mr. Snow again took the stand, the
question was again asked, upon which he
promptly replied:
•l cannot answer that question withontcriin-
Mating myself and- subjecting 'myself to pun
ishment.
Again and again was the question urged by
the ingenious counsel for the defendant: every
time assuming some new fOrm, but bearing the
same fearful visage to thiS disciple of the secret
order, until at last, having . detained the court
.morei tbairtwo hours and — e - sbausted — every
body's patience; he replied, “1
Ans.' About four qr fire months..
Q. L it a secret society ? , - •
A. It is.
Q. Did you take an - oath, or obligation, in
joining that society ?
A. - 1 - did' take an obligation.
Q. Was it in the form of an oath ?
A. if do not know.
Q. Ikw Was it administered to you—did
you hold uja„ your hand when it was adminis
tered ?
A. I did.
Q. Did you call upon God to witness the ob
ligation ?
A. I think I did—"So help me God" were
the last words.
Q. Are there different degrees in that so
ciety ? .
A. Them. are. •
Q. How many have you taken ?-
A. Two.
Q. Does Dr.-Norman Smith, (a witnes in
this case ) belong to that society ?
A. 1 have seen him at the meetings.' .
Q. Have von ever seen John A. Giardrcr,
(another witness) at the meetings of the so
ciety ?
A. I have.
Q. What - is the form of theinitiation ?
A. I shall not, telloas it will criminate me
and expose me to punishment.
. Here the Court remarked to the witness that
he had a right to protect himself. If he had
taken an oath contrary to law, he was not
hound to criminate himself. But, said Judge
Bishop, this is a startling revelation that inen
take obligations in secret societies which are
regarded by them as of higher authority than
those administered in this court.
A. M. :Gage was then called. lie testified
in a grank. humorous manner, that he once
joined the Order, hut left it some three months
ago. Mr. Butler called his attention to an ex
position of the oath, published in the PennAy
vanian, in Oztober, wh:6l. Mr. Gage seemed
to think' was about the kind of oath adminis
tered to him, though he did not remember ex
actly. From his testimony,,we judged he had
become disgusted with the Order, and exposed
its secrets without any misgivings.
Dr. Norman Smith called.
Q. Ito you belong to any secret society, op
posed to aliens ?
A. I do ; to a society which is calculated to
exercise a political influence.
Q. Does it not exercise a religious influence ?
A. Some think it does.
Q. Can a Roman Catholic join that society ?
A. Not if he is a foreigner.
Q. Can he if he is an American born citizen?
A. No.
Q. What is the object of the society?
• The Doctor drwing himself up to his full
height, atilt extending in a statesman-like man
ner his right arm, repied with great eloquence,
"To protect our liberty, sir ! !" az. - the same
time bringing, his right hand, with great vio
lence,''down upon the Judge's bench, and ma
king the court house echo - with the sound of
his hand, as well as the music of his voice. ,
Q. What is the form of the initiation, and
what the character of the obligation you take ?
A. I cannot tell.
Q. Why ? .
A. 'Because I bare bound myself not to
Q. But have you not sworn here before this
court to tell . the whole truth, and nothing but
the truth ?,
A. I shall not tell unless; I am obliged to.
The court here asked the witness if he
thought by answering he would expose him
self to F.-Inishinent to which he answered, yes.
' Q. Dul you assist in getting up the lodge at
Groton ?
A. I did.
Q. Are you an officer in the lodge?
A. I am.
Q. What office do you hold ?
A. I cannot answer that question - without
erhninating myself, and expwing rtlyself fo
puniqnent.
arT7 - 11ere is llorace Greely's opinion of Know
Nothingism, as given in the Tribune:
"We see the Order unblushingly standing
forth.'not as the corrector of the old political
parties, but as a new party. It now sets up
its own candidates, and suthcandidates ! The
pitiful tricks, the base intrigues, the gross i in
po,ition,. on the masses, which have notorious-_
Iv marked the recent management of th e Order,
and which only fortn a part of the policy all
Mon:- contemplated by its leaders, have never
been surpassed. If the Order had a single re
spctablc trait before, it has none now. It has
sunk below contempt. and has not only com
mitted political suicide. but has done it in the
least decent and creditable manner. No man
of honesty and self-re-:peet can longer maintain
any connection with it. or receive with any
feeling but scorn and disgust the command to
jute for the candidates it has been used- to put
in nomitultion."
N.!) 11.1.,11 yi , r,En.—.l man I,aq been
fin..1: 2 ,111i) al 11 N.' C., fur dlfaCiog
a in , or ma. ut in a `t - aye yaitl.
=EI
owell Bisho
— Fur the Compiler
To the Editor of the" Star."
• Dear Sir your last you again resort to
your wonted w-atth-woras, Catholic; Foreign
vote; et cetera., ;. You could riot inform your
readers or the simple fact that a new Postmas
• ter_ had been appointed at ilendersville. with
out implicating and ridiculing the Catholics !-
Is such a course, such appeals, manly, or lib
' era!, or j . 15,1„? Do not the laws of the land
• guarantee to the Catholic all the rights that
are enjoyed by his Protestant fellow citizens in
this Republic?- so. then why the necessity,
why the absurdity, and why the illiheraUty• of
this constant ranting about the Catholics, the
Catfiolic vote. and so on, as if Catholics were;
really bug-bears, or something worse ? Tell
us'the reason whywhy Catholics sholitd he thus.
singled out—thus distinguished and designated
by their religion, and thus proscribeir fer.hrsv
ing acted in accordance with your commands.
in voting' as their "Conscience Sind jtulgtnent '"
_ _
approved. When and• where. pray.
telr us,
will this.: thing stop ? and what are to be the.
rtees if it be persn4ted irr? Cast your
r" - Preltse• artarnd You, and behold the of heginninks and causes like these.--
—k at kilswortb, at Newark, " - and at other
places. Are they not monuments of folly and'.
!'bigotry, the results of fanaticism such as- you
have been for some time manifesting, though
on a smaller scale ? A - nd who are the suffer
j ers, the real sufferers ? Not the Catholics. as
some imagine, for "blessed are they that suffer
for justice's sake," but the Constitution, the
Republic, and the dignity of the Nation, both
Jat home and abroad. -
Suppose the case were reversed, and that
some clathoring - Catholic ecfitor would, arraign
the voters of any particular Protestant sect,
say the Lutheran, both before and after the
election, after the- manner that _you have the
Catholics, Wonid you not Took upon . it as im
pudence in the superlative degree ? Most un-:
doubtedly yen would, and if I know myself. I
would go with you, heart and hand. I know
very little about the particulars of the Benders
ville Post-office case. but-I feel pretty confi
dent the Whigs would have done the same un
der sirnifar circunrstanccs. Why, at worst, it
cannot - be more proscriptive than your threats
to your "Catholic friends," before the Pate elec
tion. Did yon not tell them that '!the day
might come when it'would be necessary for
I the great conservative Whig party to chank , e its
1 ground', and array itself openly. fearlessly and. %
• firmly, ,against those that 'array themselves.
Lrega inst it" I. 7 nder - any - circtinistanees - th
would be at feast 'as prosciptive as the remoy
• _.3.s •
- ~
•e • - •ecti
*liar ones that existed at the time it was put
forth, it was infinitely-more so. No sane mart
could expect the Catholics to co-operate with
a party that, instead of opposing the secret
and prosCiptive order of Know Nothings, was
actually intriguing and uniting with them, as
has been amply proven since the election By
your own declaration, that "it became apparent
early in the canvass that Ali% Neely could not
he elected, and that; therefore, the mass of
the. ' , rids( voters went OV Cr to, Wilson.."— i ,
If: therefore, nearly the whole mass of the-
Whig voters 'went - over to Wilson,-the Know'
Nothing candid-ate, had not the Catholic Whigs ,
as good a right, and as much cause, to 2 go over
to McClean, the plerh , ed anti-Know Nothing
Democrat.? Did not Wilson suffer- his name
to be brought before tile Democratic Conven
tion ? And when he gas not the sucecsiful .
aspirant on that occasion for the Legislative•
nomination, was he not then looked upon, not
as the Whi g , but ce as the' Know Nothin candi
date, for Assembly? Then when- it e 'became
evident early in the canvass that Neely could
not lie elected, and that the conserrative Whig
party was then and therefore instinctively per
mitted to bolt, would it not be illiberal in the
extreme to not allow the Catholic Whigs to
choose-their own Sufis-;-especially since4-did
not• become you, under the peculior circum
stances, to instruct thtin to boa for Wilson ?
Methinks. I hear you answer, yea ! yea ! in
spite of yourself and your antecedents. Then
why this everlasting'clamor about the Catholic
and Foreign vote, •
I But, my dear sir, you too rrinst have leers
son/HO - here during this wholesale transition—
I during this nnpreeented sacrifice of men and
measures ! Let me ask you, then, in the
name of 'your- constituents, what particular
ground you occupied during that fluctuating
period, or reign of terror, that now qualities
you to assume the office and prerogatives or
worse than a Spanish Inquisition? Were you,
true to the letters and names inscribed an your
"Star Sp:nig - led *Banner," ever at your post,
"openly, fearlessly and firmly" battling fOr
the men that you had so formally and so sol
emnly chosen as your standard bearers ? Did
you bring all your exertions to bear towards the"
election of Darsie, of Smyser, of Neely, Fut
%Yeller, Minpigh, and Dr. Horner? If you did,
while we admire your fidelity and courage, we
cannot but sympathise with you in . the- toss of
your "occupation," and in the fact that you
now consider yourself and your influence
not only "small potatoes," but very "few in a
hill," at that, since your nominee fbr the
important office of Asscnihly received but
eleven votes in the Whig Barracks of Gettys
burg, out of 250 Whig regulars; and but 425
in the county of Adams, out of nearly 3,0(k)
Whig veterans.
If, dining all this sotilttrying time, you re
mained true to your post and to your calling,
why in the name of all the martyrs of your
party. do. you not hang out the emblems of
mourning for the proper persons? Why do
you not put your Star Spangled Banner at
"half mast" for Darsie. for Smyser, or at least
for Neely. Why &you boast of the."glorious
triumph of American principles /honor/out the
State ?" Is not this a virtual admission that
you-did not support those men. and that you
crow over their defeat as a glorious triumph.?
If then you followed and tacitly headed your
men in their bolting from Neely, and in their
attempt to cross the political Jordon of Adams
county, why do you not remain politically
drowned on that part of the subject, and make
a "child's bargain" with your Catholic'friends;
id est, if they let you alone on the bolting
question, you will observe the same golden
rule towards them. But instead of this rea
sonable and charitable alternative, yOu gave
yourself scarcely time to doff_ your sobmerged___
and still dripping habiliments, until you flew
to your Catholic friends, uttering in broken,
half audible accents, " mortification to-day to
record a result d the_election in_ our county
altogether unfamiliar to our columns": "one
thing is evident on the face of the returns, deb
efforts of the Lo-co-fo-cos to excite the prejudiz
cesof the Catholic and Foreign voters against
the wing party, have been entirely successful";
"McClean goes to Harrisburg": "it having be
come apparent curly in the canvass that Mr.
Neely could not be • elected, and that the con
test lay between Wilson and McClean. the
great macsofthe Whig Voters went -over-(into-
Jordan) to Wilson."
"Raw head and bloods- bones." "Wm.
Over-deer to be Pot(inaster at Bendersville :"
"oil' goes Wilson's head -as much as to say to
the l_atholic and Forein voters of .I•lams county,
'Don't you see, gentlemen, haw sincere we
are "• " President Pierce, Mr. Postmaster
Campbelr--not big potatoe.:"="very few in
a hill :" -breathe moi-e freely." If you must
speak. although silence would he a . virtue, w hy
did von not "roll op your sleeves.' clear your
throat, and harangue _your einandam political
f r i e nds, something after this manner: ••Well.
elj„,y• soldiers. we have met the enemy and
thew arc not ail oils-s. neither arc we all theirs.
and seattei wit - valiant
A divided