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Eight Thousand. Russians Killed—Five
Thousand of the Allies Killed.
NEW Yong. Nov, 26.7-The American RICA THr
ship Baltic arrived here'this morning with
erpool dates to the 15th, being four days later
than the previous ad. ices. .
The Russians attacked the right of the allied
forces before Sebastopol on al - 6 sth. A great
battle ensued with terrible loss on both sides.
The loss of the Rus.fms is estitnated at 8.000,
and that of the Allies at 5.000. - The battle last
ed an entire day. Immediately after the Rii
sianS made another sortie and attacked the left
wing of the Allies. composed of French, who
repulsed-them with a loss of about orte,thous
-a-mb----T-he4t•ussi-an_accouuts_say-the_y_ca, •
one of the enemies batteries, spiked their guns.
and repulsed the French 171ith terrible slaugh
ter.
Pespatches hare been sent to England for
reinforcements. Every - steamer which wait
--avilable--.was -iaken up (including- the- Cunard
steamer Europa) to transport troops to'the scene
The news created the greatest excitement in
of the Allies is extremely. precarious
[From the London tiooxi, Nov. 15.)
The following is an epitome of several au
thentic dispatches of the Gth inst. from the Cri
mea, received at Vienna.
'Early on the morning of the sth, the gar
rison of Sebastopol and the army in the field
made a violent attack on the right wing of
the allied army, composed of the English Foot
Guards. and the Second, Third-and Fourth di
visions. General liosqriet's division advanced
to the romport of the English. and eubseq uent
ly other French troops under Gen. Canrobert
arrived.
The battle lasted till the afternoon, when the
Russians retired, having suffered a heavy lass
and leaving several - hundred prisoners in the
hands of the English. The latter lost a great
number of men. Generals Brown, Bentinek,
Butler and Torrens were more or less danger
ously wounded.
The prevalent opinion here, is, that if such an
other victory is obtained the el lies will-be oblig
ed to raise the siege; but it is a - good sign that
the last Russian dispatch published only reach
es up to the sth. Its sense is, that two sorties
were made on that date—one against, the right
wing_ofslthe allies, and the - other against the
, left wing of the siege works. On the right wing
of the army the guns of one battery. w ere.spiked.
ih the other fifteen guns Spiked._ The loss on
both sides was very severe.
division - of French infantry followed the
Russians as the latter were returning to the for
tress, end attempted to enter, as if resolved on
assaulting the place. They were, however,
driven badkawith heavy loss.
In a letter,•giving an-account of the battle
of Balaklava, we find the following graph
ic description, with other interesting state
ments:
On the morning of the eighth day. that is, on
the 25th of October, 20,000 Russians, under
Gen. Liprandi, marched on Balaklava, which
was defended by four redoubts, however, in
which 2,000 Turks-were placed.. They were
quickly, however, dispersed, and the English
infantry and cavalry moved up to their support,
too late, however, to prevent the Ruesiane from
ottainine possession of the redoubts, and turn
ing the fire of the guns upon the English. The
heavy brigade of cavalry, under Brigadier Gen
eral Scarlett. greatly distinguished themselves.
The 93d Highlanders and the Inniskilleners,
companion regiments in many a hard fought
field.'attacked a very superior force of cavalry.
whom they threw into thegreatest confusion, and
being supported by the 4th anti sth dragoons.
secceeded in routing2,soo Russian'cavalry with
but small loss.
It was only in the after-part of the affair that,
through some dreadful misconception,
,the light
brigade, under LordLucan, were ordered to ad
vance to prevent the Russians, who, having
been unable to acheive their object, showed
symptoms of.retiring, taking the guns they had
captured with them. Any one at all acqnaiut
ed with Military tactics is aware. that the use
of cavalry in capturing guns is of service only
when supported by infantry, so that when the
gunners are driven out, their places may be °c
cut-led. It is the work of a moment, and the
cavalry are away again tosuch further service as
may be required. 'ln the present instance, Cu p
tain Nolan, a cavalry officer of considerable
merit, well known by the admiral admir•alde,aiiiphlet
he has published upon the branch of the ser
vice to which he belonged, conveyed an order to
Lord Lucan to advance with the light division
--on--the redoubts, in-face of the fire -0f.30 --large
guns, and an army in the background. .
Lord Lucan. perceiving the probable conse
quences of obeying such an order tinder the ex
treme circumstances, could-hardly comprehend
it. "Where are we to advance?'" he naturally
asked. "There are tlineguns,"exclainuA Cap-.
Lain Nolan, 54.-t-is your duty to take diem.' Lord
Lucan said no more. The shrill blast of I,he
,
trumpet communicated the order, and on:. on
the plain, in compact order, trotted the 11th
light dragoons, the 14th hussars, the 13th light
dragoons ailetehe 17th lancers. in all tat? men.
Both - officers and men were fully conscious Of
the utter and hopeless madness of such a move-
'tient, yet on they went. as proudly unit order
ly as at a review, Lord Cardigan and lateen lad
ing. The trot was changed to a gallop, and On
the cavalry swept, watched with a species of
horror by thousands of soldiers on the height,
who saw the fearful mistake, and predicted the
consequences.
On the cavalry corning in range, thirty pieces
of cannon belched tbrth (lathe and shot, and the
cavalry disappeared in the smoke, gained the
batteries and sabred the Aussian artillery men;
but they had ere this been decimated, and those
who were left were opposed to an army in front
- A Peon llta.e.—The editor of the Pottstown
of them„ and a swarm of Russian cavalry, far
Ledger evidently thinks the rule that governs
outnumbering them, surrounded them, and to
prevent utter annihihition, the remnant cut their the rise and fall of fioar a poor one, inasmuch
way through the opposing cavalry, and return- as it don't work both ways with equal Neil ity
ed to tell a ("earful talc. Of the GO7 teen who —being very quick going up and very slow
entered the action, 198 only returned. The ac- coming down. He is not a bit mealy-mouthed
tual loss has not amounted to the 400 comarsiateLaa his complaints. H ear hi m
in this statement, but the loss is sufficiently -It is a curious but. not very pleasing fact to
fearful. Thirty-four officers werekilled. wound- I us. who have to purchase a hundred of flour
ed and missing. Captain Nolan was one of the , ev ery couple of weeks, that our flour Merchants
first kill e d. He was s h o t t h roug h th e heart. discover a rise in the price of flour in Philadel-
The error hag been laid upon his shoulders. I,u t phia as soon as the lightning line can bring it,
he is now, alas. unable to reply to it: but be anti at once "tack it on to us ;" 'b u t if t h ere
entertained the opinion that cavalry. properly happens to be a fall, it takis them aa month to
officered, ould aeeemplish anything possi We to rind it out, or at least before we get the bentlit
troops, and there may be emne truth in the ru- of it. is it fair'?"
mor that he gave au inter pre zation to the order
bore to Lord Lucan which it did not admit
of, in the hope that the aria of the service-.of
which lie entertained so high an opinion slmuld
perform some brilliant exploit; proving its ca
pability to be equal to those he had claimed
for it.
The cavalry didindeed win itself a title to
unexampled bravery, hut it: value was utterly
thrown away under a dreadful mistake; it was
immolation - without a redeeming mlranotee in
favor of the allies. The Chasseurs d'An-epte
seeing the fea flu! position of the cavalry, at tack
ed one of the redoubts most deadly in its effecter
and silenced it, but they were innut-hately re
called to prevent their sharing the late of the
British. It is a frightful feature ire this bloody
encounter that the Rus , ian gunners, returning
to their guns after the English cavalry had re
tired and were fighting their way against tre
--saanulonsaahls_back_agasti_ast_it y r ed. imp
ort all the cavalry eneagt d, friend or foe, arid
counanted as much cataage on their own caval-
ry as upon that of their enemy. Two of the
redoubts-were afterwar6 mud: en, and the wh
et- two remained in the hands of the Rps,ittos.
The disamer of the 25th _Wag, however, redeem
ed on the 2Gth. A sortie from the garrison of
SehnstOpol, nnmbering,g,ooo men, attacked the
English' division under General -Sir de Lacy
k;vans, who however, received, fought and milt
ed them completely, the English troops fairly,
to use the words of General Erang, -chasing
them down the hill." The Russian loss Was
at least 1,000 men, ' 700 being left on the
THREE 1:0.1V3 LATER.'
The .Siege Still Progressing.
The steamer Africa arrived at New York
on Wednesday- evening last, with three days
later news from Europe.
The siege of Sebastopol was progressing
v y.. but no decisive result had been at.
ta ined.
A pause has ensueCin the field fighting.—
Both parties
,are -greatly in want,of reinforce
ments—the besiegers. however, are wors6 off
than the besieged. The Russians begin to be
in.want of ammunition. ,
The allies have suffered fearfully. They
have- been_ red u ced_hy ,b,attle_antl_disease_to
50,000 men. This terrible fact was causing
• . ' •.7 d—riancey_a_ntLt
utmost efforts were making to send instant re
inforcements. All the mail steamers are char.;
tered for the service.
The winter wax setting in severely, and
stormy weather had been felt in thel3lack Sea.
Two Turkish frigates had been wrecked.
The hospital of Sebastopol was set on fire by
a bombshell of the allies, and_it was soon in
flames. There were about two thousand sick
and wounded therein at the time, all of whom
perished in the flames- and were buried beneath
the ruins. This is described as a most appal
ling and heart-rending scene.
The typhus fever has broken out in Sebas
topol, induced by the great numbers - of unbu
ried death Matiy bodies were thrown into the
sea, but most of them were cast back upon the
shore. To add to the miseries of the inhabi=
tants, conflagrations were also continually oc
curring from the red-hot shot thrown into the
place. The supply of water was also getting
exceedingly scarce.
Tito Russians were evidently expecting nn
assault, and - preparing for• street - fighting,
postagcannon to sweep the streets, and forti•
lying the houses and preparing other means
car a desperate resistance. •
made a levy -of 200.000 Caen and
a loan of 600,000,000 of francs. Additional
troops were, hourly expected to reach the Cri-
tnea.•
',lt was thought that if England and France
attempted the re-establishment of. Poln ,9A us
tria and Prussia would unite with Russia to
prevent it.
The Africa brings nothing further in regard
to the Arctic's passengers. and all hope of ever
hearing limn them is nearly or quite aban
doned.
Flour had a downward tendency.
State Central Committee.
A meeting of the Democratic State Central
Committee will be held at the Merchant's Ho
tel, Philadelphia, on Tuesday, the 2C)th of De
cember...lBs4. at 4 o'clock, P. M.
The Chairman has received various letters
from prominent and influential citizens of the
Stme expressing a desire to have a State Con
vention, for the purpose of re-organizing the
Democratic party on a more permanent basis,
, consolidating it against the secret and insidtous
lassaults that have for a time impaired its use
fulness and efficiency in carrying out our cher
ished principles, and to - render it impregnabTe
in the future against the approacheti of the va
rious and dangerous isms, vagaries and head
long passions of the day. As the constitutional,
truly conservative, historical and patriotic par
ty of the country. the Detnocracy have n great
mission to fulfil, and must not prove recreant
in a period of adversity, to the high trust con
fided to their care. The friends of liberty, of
the' right's of men, wherever they may have
been born, of religious toleration, and the op
ponents of a connexion between Church and
State,corrupt, meretricious and wanton as such
connexion has always proved to be, the op
ponents of all religious tests in determining the
rights of citizens or their qualifications for
office or public trust, among those who have
heretofore differed with us on minor points,
are now ready and anxious to co-operate with
the'Democratic party at the first favorable op
portunity, in maintaining the integrity of the
Constitution. formed by the patriots of the
the Fathers of the Republic.
It is deemed advisable that the contemplated
State Convention be called surely for the pur
po es named, so that itsfiction lie not
unbarrassed by any other business and that
it should be composed of the most. tried. stead
fast, enlightened. and influential men in our
ranks, that its voice m fiivor of the great
fundamental] principl es of the Democratic creed
shall speak with authority, and inspire confi
dence and respect among all classes of our
people.
It is thought also that a political calm is the
proper time PO begin this great work. In this
way we will show our love for the great prin
ciples we maintain, by assembling when there
is not a scramble for place and power, but at a
time when the public mind is not excited and ,
prejudiced by the bitterness attending an ap
pi oaching, election—when our own Councils
will not he distracted by rival interests and
personal aspirations.
The metnhers of the Committee will therefore
appreciate the importance of -a general atten
dance. and it iti hoped will be wipeout' in
meeting at the time and place appointed, and
that the Democratic papers of the State will
give thi< notice an early and e:eneral publicity.
ELLIS B(1\ 11.1 M, Chairman.
Carlisle, Nov. 1854.
WHAT CONSTITUTES INTEMPERANCE ? - -Judge
Pearson, of Harrisburg, Pa., in a recent charge
to the grand jury, decided that an individual
who visits from tavern to tavern, drinking live
or six times daily, is emphatically a man of
intemperate habits, and that tavern-koepers
who sell to snch , tre liable to prosecution under
. the act prohibiting the sale of liquors to -men
of known intemperate habits."
nr - Mr. James Upton, of Greece, N. Y., an
extensive agriiptoris.t, has- shipped twenty
i thot.Nand barre s of apples to New York by
canal this season-
ir7Andrew 6. Curtain, of Bellefonte, has
been invited by Mr. Pollock, the Governor
elect, to take the oliiec of Secretary of State.
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PriAuoiii - s. 1 -Well. sir. What does h-n-i-r
spell ? 8 ,, r —I ;lon't I: oo v.-. Pell —What
have you got au your iivad ? Boy (Nem teluag)
-I guess it's a muskeetcr bite. . --
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T,l)e Republican ttompiler.
GETTYSBURG, PA.
AY 111ORNING,I, DEC. 4, 1854.
117Congresw meets 'to-day, and -there / will
doubtless be a quorum in both branches, judg
ing from the number of members who have
MIZE
President's Message will be delivered at the
usual period—about noon to-morrow ; and it
will not be dispatched from Washington until
after it has - been communicated, to Congress.
This - cotirse has been adopted this year, in order
that the tnessa.e ma be ke t o en until_ the
last moment, to incorporate into it any ate
nrc accruing our foreign relations;
that may he deemed necessary. •
THE NI Essm - ; —.B Washington correspon
dent of the Baltimore Sun says, that "all clouds
and apprehensions about the . President's mes
sage will soon be dispersed.. There will be no
new shift, no contrivance, no effort, .to suit the
evanescent taste of the times. The President's
message will show General Pierce to stand
where he always stood —on broad national
grounds, and on the principles of his inaugural.
The public mind, which has been kept in a
painful state of suspense by a portion of the
press; will be tranquilized, and the apprehen
sion of war and bloodshed will vatEsh, while,
At the same *time. the tone of the message will
fully sustain the national honor. The Foreign
relations, though at different periods sufficient
ly-compheated, have brim conducted with dig
nity and skill, and May well challenge the
minutest scrutiny at the hands of COngress.—
The more the public and the world will . knew
of - hein — , — The more they W 1
hoilor -c.f . the adMinistration."
“All the steamers expected to arrive before '
the delivery of the President's message- being
in - . and none expected in less than a week,
there is no apprehension of any necessity to
withhold the message, and it will therefore Le
forwarded to the Northern cities as usual, to be
there delivered as'soon as it is sent to Cottress 1
in Washington.”
57 - An Address was delivered before the
Somerset County' Agricultural; Society, at its
annual exhibition, last month, by Chief Jo's.
Lice of the Supreme Court. It is an
able production, as is every literary effort
proceeding•frorn this eminent jurist. It gives
us great satisfaction to record the fact, that
among the friends of agriculture, are the hest
and most sensible men in our Commonwealth.
None, it - marks the (41rinantown Telegraph,
consider themselves too high or too good, to
hold converse with the tillers of the soil—to
unite with them, heart and hand, at these an
nual gatherings in, order to make them popu
lar and successful ; and generally to contribute
their full mertsurc•of service, in promoting the
substantial, permanent interests of husbandry.
Never before. watt the calling of the farmer
more honored,. more prosperous, or more pto:.
gressive ; and we trust the day is far distant,
when this happy conjunction of circumstances
shall be severed.
(r7The Agricultural Society will hold a gpei,
cial meeting on the first Saturday in Janunryi
bicanvass the subject of "Lime upon land."
rf -- Godey's Lady's Book and the Compiler
will be furnished (in pursuance of an arrange
ment we have made with the publisher.) for
*-4 per annum, the two. The usual price of
the Lades Rook-alone is-$3.
r7 - - -- .The case of the Commonwealth, by. War.
HUNTER, vs. Josmut 111 - NTER, on trial in our -
Court live days of week before last, was re
stmwd on Monday morning last, and given to
t4e-Jury of - a" late - hour the same night. On
Tuesday morning a verdict for the plaintiff'
was returned, thereby deciding that the-de
fendant was not capable of managing his
estate. A Trustee was thereupon appointed,
the selection being such, we aro informed, as
to satisfy all parties.
During the term EDW A RD LITTLE plod guil
ty to a charge of larcency, in stealing several
Shanghai chickens, the property of Dr. JouN
A. Swan:, of this place.,and was sentenced to
five months' imprisonment in the County Jail.
TIIE BAN/C.—The Directors of the Bank of
Gettysburg„ on Monday last, unanimously re
elected “KonGo Swum; President, J. B. Mo-
PusnsoN Cashier, and J. 11. MGCLELLANT Tel
ler. It is gratifying to be able to state that
a more entirely sound Bank does not exist in
Pennsylvania. As an evidence of the well
settled confidence which the institution enjoys,
it may be mentioned that at a recent public
sale of stock, a higher premium was realized
than ever before—some - of the shares being
knocked down at $31.97 on $3O paid in.
Cr. 7 "file new "County Officers," having
given the required bonds, entered upon their
duties on Friday last—Mr. Pu•taxt; as Pro
thonotary,'Mr. W.turint as Register and Re
conler, and Mr. BALnwts: as Clerk of the
Courts. Dr. llENnnix was qualified as Coro
ner on Monday last. These gentlemen are
competent and obliging, and will no doubt per
form their duties satisfactorily.
'lln the
Llth ult., the following persons,
were elected officers of the Gettysburg and Pe
ten.lirgTurnpilte Company- :—Presiden:,\Vin.
MeSherry ;- Nanagirt • •
McCh2llan, Richard Dorsey, Jacob Wirt, J. B. '
McPherson, Jclm A. Swope.
- -- -- -- 1 NEw Yom. Nov. 30.—The weather is clear
ri - "Ilie Whig and Know Nothing opposition and freezing cold here.
burnt some powder in Boston andThiladelphia, BosTos, Nov. 30.—We have clear weather
last week, over recent elections. "Birds of a here and quite cold.
fiather flock - together." 'But a change will CoNcoun, Nov. 30.—1 t is very cold here.
come over the spirit of their dream, and that The snow is about ten inches deep and sleighs
before long. are quite the fashion. _
wagon .load of the notes of the stock banks
~._P- 7 - The Indianapolis papers state that- a
i 17 - llon. Asa Riggs, Dem., has been elected _
fl7 -- The Foreign News in this issue is of a.U. S. Senator from North Catolina, in place of r — j ..._, ,- About sixty clergymen are members of
the Legislature of Massachusetts. Progressive I ' were returned one day last—Week upon the aud•t- ,
must important ehalacter. . i .Mr. Badger. - I age ! What are we coming to ii tor l iter of the State of Iddiaua,
17) -- "Gov. BIGI.ER has notified the Hon. FA.t.ts
LEwis that. he has become Chief Justice of the
State, in room of lion. J. S. Bt. yes, whose term
as ChiefJustiee expired on the Ist of December
instant. -
Opening their Eyes.
The Philadelphia Ledger thinks that the
British journals are opening their eyes' to The
real character.of tlw" War in the East." The
difficulties already encountered by the Allies
from the invasion of Rus.si aruterritory have pro
duceda very decided change in their opinions
respecting the power of resistance of Russia,
and their hopes of a speedy conquest. One
entire season has passed, and still no impres
sion has been made upon "the enemy." Fleets
greater than England every assembled in hostile
array before an adversary, have -been unable
to accomplish any, decided act which brings
England nearer to her object—to put a stop to
the territorial, progress of Russia. In the
nt. The
operations, but_ even there she has ae,emaplish 7
(Id nothing decisivecv bile her-army is melting
away with alarming rapidity. ,
Of the thirty thousand men who left England
for the seat of war on theßlack Sea, she has
lost-by-the-cholera, by-war,-and other casual
ties, 14,000 men, according to the calculation
of the Liverpool Northern Times. Her army
has recently received a reinforcement of 1200
marines, and perhaps 2000 troops of all army,
and with the 4000 men who aiv going out, the
British force may be increased to 23,000 ,or
25,000. The inadequacy of this force to re
tain possession of any conquest made in the
East against one of the most powerful' coun
tries of Europe; begins to press itsel fpainfully
upon the Euglisti mind, and hence we see the
English journals beginning to rouse the nation
to new efforts to sustain the honor of its arms,
involving a vastexpenditure of treasure. The
Times says :
"We require an allied army of 200,000 men
in the East, and it vain longer to. deny the
fact,, or endeavor to give a more favorable col
oring to the position we are really in. France
can supply her contingent, and England must
find her moiety. We were in _ho pes that
diplomacy, hacked by a, formidable warlike
demonstration on the part of the two greatest
military and naval powers of Europe, would
have - brought the Czar to some equitable terms.
This-vision-has-now-passed_away—aniLtheidea
of playing at. war any longer must be totally
exploded.
"The troops stationed in our colonies must
be brought home, and the defence of our dis
tant possessions left to,the loyalty and patriot
ism of our Colonists. Recruits must be ob
tained, and no means of -offence or defence
left longer to take care of themselves. All
that is now beim* e doze is well enough as far
as it goes. But the Ottoman dominions have
still to be protected, and the blood of civiliza
tion has to he avenged. We can no more
think of retiring from the field while these du
ties remained to be performed, and crowned
with victory, than we could think of abandon
ing our homes and hearths to a Russian in
vader. Experience has already shown us what
tire nature of - the present contest really is, and
to neglect another day to prepare for what lias
to follow, would be highly criminal. One
hundred thousand British troops, and the same
number of French must, crude qui crude be sent
to the' East without delay. With the fall of
Sabastopol, our present intense anxiety may
cease, but with that event the war must. be
, considered as only just commencing."
- TIIE BATTLES IN TILE CRIMEA ANO TN MEXI
co. —6eoTge W. Kendall', in a recent letter to
the Picayune, contrasts the losses at the battle
of the Alma with, those in some of the actions
during the Mexican war, and shows that, along
side these. the much vaunted Crimean allair
sink into insignificance, in point of desperation.
At Alma the Russians had some 40,000 men
engaged against an (vial force of the allies,
by whom they were driven from their positions,
I though they were considered impregnable, the
victors sustaining a loss of 2,500 men. At
Churubusco, the Mexicans inflicted a loss of
1,000 upon the 8;000 Americans engaged and
at Melino del Rey, where Worth had but
little over 3,000 troops in all, he lost nearly
900 men in less than an hour. - At the same
rates, the armies under SC - Arnaud, and Rag
lan, in the battle upon the .Ilina, should have
lost somefhing - like 15,000 'Men, provided they
had 40,000 engaged.
REMOVING THE .Sr.trE CAPITOL..—The Penn
sylvanian has a forcible article in favor of re
moving the State Capitol from Harrisburg to
Philadelphia—and says :-‘‘that-whatever good
reasons at one time existed for the removal of
the Seat of Government to Harrisburg., they
have ceased to exist." It says further that
"Philadelphia is practically the centre of the
State, being most accessible to all parts or it,"
and is of the opinion *that:the removal would
be reformatoryri•n its character, by "giving us
stronger and honester legislators." If the
change would bring about this latter effect.
we should rejoice to see it made. as there is a
very - large margin for improvement in this
particular. The Pennsylvanian recommends
that the City should agree to erect the neces
sary public buildings at its own expense.
TUE BODY OF Silt Jotix FRANKLIN FOUND
1117 Da. KANE.=The Lake Superior Mining
News, upon the authority of private letters,
states that the bodies of Sir John Franklin and
his men have been found by Dr. Kane's party,
frozen, and perfectly preserved.
T 7" Winteris here in darn-right earnest.
Snow fell to the depth of five or six inches yes
terday, and this morningis the coldest of the
season
"Pepnsyleanian" has appeared in a
riew dress. It is now one of the neatest, as it
is among the ablest Democratic papers in the
Cnion,Tnd we are pleased at this evidence of
its prosperity
--- 7 - The Reverend Theodore Parker has been
held in $1,500 hail, to appear before the U. S.
Court in Boston, on the charge of inciting a
riot mid - aiding in the attempt made to rescue
Anthony Burns. the fugitive slave. The law
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The Great Defeat of the Democratic Party ' - Kansas a Free State. 3 ,
in-1840. 1 Hon. James A. Campbell, of Ohio, who has
In-1840 the democratic party of the country just returned from Kansas Territory ! , confirms
was defeated from Maine to Georgia. Its plat- ' the opinion held by every Northern man who
torm was definitive ; its candidate at that time 1 supported the Kansas-Nebraska bill, that Kan
unexceptionable ; among the ablest men in the I sas will become a free Stale. This is the.
Union were those who led its columns ; its or- I judgment of every man who visits that region,
ganization was perfect ; it had previous ly car- l and yet . the Whigs and Abolitionists, who op
ried nearly every one of its candidates for pose the principle of self-government in the:
governor in the respective States ; and yet, Territories, are falsely
misleading the public
when the day-of the election came, it was al- by appeals to their passions and prejuidices - ,on
most swept out of existence.—Funerel sermons I the question of domestic servitude. The Nora ,
were preached over its anticipated dissolution
„liltriecicuu piablishes the statement of Mr. Camp--:
by such men as and -Webster. Its clays , 1 , (11, and, at the same time, inveighs against
were numbered, in the estimation of the tri- : the Democracy for introducing slavery into.
umphant- party ; and, be it r emembered there Lthe Ter'ritories. Admirable consistency, but.
- • -‘- - - - -L--- are not want- 1 perfectly on a parallel, with-thelii
opposition to all movements that Ibok towards.
placing power in the hands of the people. This
is the point objected to by- the Whig party..
The slavery question is a mere blindt—a• mask
from behind which to attack the essential'
principles °fa republican form orgovernment,.
There is not an intelligent than in. the Northi
who does not - know- that Kansas must - bix.ome
a free State, and still we hear the Whigs and,
Abolitionists talk of repealing the provisions
of the Kansas-Nebraska bill.—Phila. Argue...
ing now, democrats, misled by the false glare.
of meretricious doctrines, and instigated by
revenge and jealousy, who rejoiced at the over
throw of their former party, as if an - angel of
devastation had annihilated it !- The great
difference between the winnint party of
ffEr
that day and the present consisted in the fact that
lhe re were many things upon cnn9uer
ing majority were most heartily united. If
they did not avow their principles in the can
vass, it was known that success in the country
would lead to the inauguration, or rather to
.
the restoration, of a series of federal measures
of the most extraordinary character. But what
wits he regtil t produced in a few short:months?
A series of catastrophes to the dominant party
to which political annals up to that period had
furnished few parallels. With what eagerness
those who had previously gloriei over the pros
tration of the democratic party welcomed it
back to power ! The -bold and saartling mea
sures of Clay, beginning with the bankrupt
law and ending with the high tariff, could only
be mastered by 'the Democratic party, and
when, in 1844, James K. Polk was elected to
the presidency, the practical philosophy of that
result derived, its chief significance from the
'fact that it was achieved. by, a comparatively
"new man" over the accomplished and beloved
l_leadis of the _whip-__party:: To, go back, how
(
ever, to the calaMities of 1840*: conti asting
them with the recent defeats of the democratic
party, we are, impressed by the fact 'that we
fell in the one case In a presidential - election,.
and in the other, in a conflict two years before
a presidential election. So, then, if the Whig
party. victorious in 1840, was a disbanded and
demoralized organization in less than a year,
notwithstanding it was led by the intellectual
giants, who then flourished, and in the face of
a policy which, if not avowed before the elec
tion, was certainly adhered to after it. how
long will, the present combination—not mar
shalled by Clay, not cheered by Webster;' and
bound by no chord of common sympathy; but
fused by a.hor mony rf haire , l, alone—can main
tain its position as a national party ? We are
content to allow the thiek•coming events of the
future to answer this question.—:Wadtingfon
Union.
Lt - 7 - A few • Teeks ago, a trial was held in
Lebanon, in this State, which shows the charac
ter of Ii now Nothingism. A hotel, keeper was
indicted for selling liquor to minors and
drunkards. A witness was brought upon the
stand, and he refused to testify against the
hotel keeper, because, he said, it would subject
him to punishment by the order. Thus it will
be seen that the oaths of the association are
paramount to the oaths administered in Court,
and that they refuse to testify in Court for fear
of risking their souls' salvation.' Who., then,
we ask, are to get justice in this country ?
Butler Ileru
WHAT A LAWYER LOST Br NOT ADVERTISING.
—The Reading - Gazette says: A gentleman
called at our office last Saturday, and asked to
look at a Lebanon paper. We handed him the
Courier. After scanning its columns for some
time, ,he threw it down with a disappointed
air, and exclaimed, "Weil. some one 's the
loser by this." We looked up inquiringly,
and he explained : -I was trying to find wit
the name of some lawyer in Lebanon, whom I
might employ to attend to,a little law business
there that requires looking after immediately ;
but it seems the Lebanon lawyers don't ad
vertise—l can't find the card of a single one of
them in this paper."
So, by "saving" the expense of S 5 or $6. a
year, a Lebanon Attorney has lost a fee of—
perhaps ''',:o—perhaps more. Does any per
son still live, in this age of universal newspa
per circulation, stupid enough to believe there
is no use in advertising ?
Tics Ancric•—Capt• Luce, it is said, is abjut
to embark in business on shore. Mr. Collins,
it is said, declines re-employingon his steamers
any of the persons who- were in service on
board the Arctic. Clarles Lever was coming
over . to the United States in the, Arctic, it is
stated, and was persuaded by his wife to defer
his visit, on account of a very remarkable-pre
sentiment that she had against it.
Two HOFSES BUTLT PROM ON - 1.1 TREE.—The
Humboldt (Cal.) Times tells of a tree in that
country which " furnished lumber enough to
build two two-story houses, each fifty feet
square, furnishing all the timber, plank, boards
and shingles, necessary for the purpose.
_,r7,1)1-. Stephen T. Benle,convicted in Phila-
delphia, some time since, of an outrage upon a
Miss Mudge, has been sentenced to four years
and six months' imprisonment in the county
jail. Previous to the sentence be made a speech,
in which he asserted his entire innocence, and
censured the district attorney and the jury.
17 - The steamship George Law, arrived at
New York, on Friday week, with .$1,568,000
in gold.
The Seri/hie/ will please notice.
ROBBERY IN THE BALTIMORa POST OVPICE
AND ARIIWT.—We learn from the B4timore-
Sun, that one of the oldest clerks ins the; Balti
to ore Post Office has been detected in. robbing the
mails. For some time past, a considerable.
number of letters, containing cheeks and mon
ey, have been missing from the Baltimore Post.
Office. In some instances, letters
.containing
funds for the adjacent Post Offices in Maryland,
have never come to hand, whilst remittances for
Baltimore have also failed to reach their desti
nation. A special mail are, amade up a pack
age and sent it off with a view of discovering,
the thief. lie followed it from 13altimere, but
at the next Post Office discovered that the dep,
reda tor was in Baltimore, - Ile returnecland ar
rested Win. IL Martin, the chief distributing
clerk, and found on him the Money he had en
in'theliiekage. The accuse
ERE
ripicions against him by the elegant style ink.
which •he. lived, little in accordance with thor
amount of salary received, and also by his de—
posits in the Savings' Bank, ammatingto over
$3,000. lie has been committed for trial.
THE EIGHTH OF JANUARY CONVENTION A'r
WasitiNGTatc.—:-Thoveterans of the" ar of" 181.1
are already beginning to get ready to meet at
the seat of our federal government on. the Bth
of January. " As the convention will doubtless:
be numerously attended, it will be necessary
for the railroad companieS to make the usual
arrangements as at the inauguration of-the.
Presidents of the United States,' and issue ex
cursion lickerg for the delegates from all. parts.
of the conntry...
(1:7It would be wise during. these times of
magnificent bank failures to refuse all suspici
ous paper-money. The failures are so numer
ous in the . West and East that we cannot pre
tend to even give a record of them. Buy a de
tector and carry it with yo,u, ifyou have the
handling of much money. Fortunately for
ourselves we never keep. the article.
L 71: he Pennsylvania Dern-oc rat, for twenty
eight years the Whig organ in Fayette county,
has been discontinued, and the . 3 rnerican Stand
"ard is to take its place and devote its columns
to Know -.No thingi sm.
MYSTERIOUS 1) ISAPPEARANCE.- 2 The Harris
burg Union says: "One of the smartest tricks
of the season was played last night. A fellow
came to town who professed toperform a great
many wonderful slight of hand tricks, and other
things worth seeing. Wyeth's Hall -was pro
cured fur the performance, and well filled.
Thefirs' t wonderful trick was to be a 'my s
teiionsdisappearancc,' and it was well per
formed, as when the hour arrived for, the com
mencement, it was found the gentleman had
'mysteriously disappeared,' taking with him
the proceeds, and leaving the anxious audience
minus their 'quarters "
SARSAPARILLA MONUMENT.--The New York
Journal of Commerce gives a description of the
new palace residence of Dr. S. P. Townsend,
the "original" sarsaparilla man, on the corner
of Fifth avenue and 24th street. It his a
chapel, gymnasium, picture gallery, &c. The
entire cost of the building and ground is esti
mated at $200,000; the contract for stone is
about $30,000 ; fresco-painting SG,OOO ; plas
tering from $B,OOO to $lO,OOO, and the carpen
ters' contract is about $30,000. It is such ex
travagance as this that makes tight times.
A GOOD OLD AGE.—Died at the Trappe,
Mrtgotnery couqty, Pa., on Wednesday- morn
i ni-week,-Alrs.-Ma-rgaret-Moser, %ff,cd..l(aygitrs--
4 months and 17 days. She continued in the
enjoyment of her faculties _until her last ino
ments.
1: - Rev. F. Rees, a Baptist minister, was
killed at Louisville, on the 21st ult., by falling
down the steps of the Walnut st. churelt.
[&'Ten 'thousand bushels of corn per day
are required to feed the hogs now in pens in
Louisville.
. THE PRESIDENCY.—The Sandusky (Ohio)
Mirror takes ground in favor of Gen. Houston,
as the democratic candidate for the Presidency,
provided he is not a know-nothing. The Bur
lington (N. J.) Telegraph goes for Col. Benton
first, and General Houston next, as-- - the - anti-
Nebraska candidate ; while the Cincinnati
Gazette sets forth the claims of Lewis D.
Campbell, Esq., a free-soil member of Congress
from Ohio.
INVESTIGATION DELMANDEIL —The New York
gation into the cause of the loss of the New
Era, by which over two hundred souls have
been sent into eternity. There have been
charges of gross misconduct(made against
_the
officers,
whi r ch, ifth eyhare any foundation,
wouldrs;equie aninstigation.
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