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.11.XTORT. 0? :WM RS. /IMMO VC. :MASON AND solnr,.
DIV TILE JCQUISZTION OP CUBA'.
'We publish below the report of ltessrs. Bu. '
fe l ta nart i -Mason-aud-Soule.-the-genlienien - lho -1
composed the celebrated conference at OsOd.
in October last.- The conference was pneceded
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',Mr. Matey to Mr. Soule and Mr. Buchanan, :
date from the ratification of the treaty of cars
,v :Vending from 3u1v . .1 .553, to ..), ugust IG. 1554 . ;
" ; mion. France has already constructed contio-
Jo the WILT , of that date to Mr. ' Sc. " lie ' '' r. tutus lines of railroads from Havre. Marseilles.,
V
Nl , srcv suggests n meeting of the three gentle
alenciennes and Strasbourg. via. Paris to the
- inen M some convenient plami, that they may ,
Spanish frontier, and anxiously awaits the day
tonsli p: [(Tether and lbiopt measures for perfect •
when Spain shall find herself in a condition to
concert of action in aki of the negotiations of
extend these roads through-her northern prov
'Mr: Soule at 31adrid. The minister, selected '
, ince:: to Madrid. Seville, - Cadiz, Malaga and
ostend. in Belgium , at wh i 'h 'P lac e the firs ' the frontier of Portugal.
cohsnitatiOn was held. They subsequently
This object once accomplished. Spain to
met at Ai k iAt Chapelle. at which they cutest- .
become a centre of aitrantion to the travelling
' tied their. ti ° iheratinim ' and then " the y ad- world and' secure a . pilditalile and permanent
dresso. to this government. the following re
marlsiet for her various productions.. .11er
1441 " 't `heir views and c9"inmifnis. ft toe- fields. tinder the stimulus give' to ineinstry by
.cuts au interesting exhibition . of the Cilium
titles:don. from the* point of. vIpW in U hiljh it . reimmerating prices, would teem with cereal
Pppears to experienced men : grain. and her vineyards Would Faring forth a
vastly increased quantity of choice wines.
Official Report of the Ostend Conference. Spain would speedily become what a bountiful
'"VAstitNtiroN....Monday. March 5: 1r5.55. '-Providence,intentled she should he—one of th e
The . following is the official report made to ' first nations of Continental Europe, rich, pow.
the ':i.t' 'cretarV- of State of the result'; or the et:li. erflil nod contented.
-- WWI:A ttVit-riltirds of the price of the
island would - be ample for the completion
of her most Important public improvements,
'she might, with the remaining f'orty (million)
ti - instinct. satisfy the demands now pressing so
heavily upon her credit, and create a sinking
fund. which would gradually relieve her front
the overwhe,hning debt now paralyzing- hey
rsiraid - CTiTiVention
Atx LA l'u•Aeset.r, Oot. lg. 1554.
'V t. 1,, :\LtatlV, Secretary of State :
Sir: The undersignett, in compliance With
the wish expressed by the, President in the
several confidential dispatch you have ail
& es.sed - te as i'es - pectivtly to dial effect, hare
met in -conference. first at - Ostend in Lelgiuto,
on. the lOrfi and 'llth inst., - mar then nt, .fix
La Chapelle in, Prussia, on the days - next fol
lowing 'up to the date hereof. •
Tnere has, been a full and unreserved inter
change of vjews and sentiments between us,
"which - we are most happy to inform you has
re;ulted in a cordial 'coincidence 01 opinion pit
the grave and important subjects submitted to
our consideration. - '-
We have arrived at the conclusion and
. are
thoroughly convinced that an immediate and
yttruest effort ought to be made by thegovern
mentof the United States to purchase Cuba
. from Spain at any price for which it can be ob
tained, not ex',ceeding the sum of dollars.
The proposal should, in our opinion, be made
in such a manner as to be. presented through
the necessary diplomatic form to the Supreme
Constitutional Coates' about to he assembled..
• On this. momentous questiOn, in which the
people both of Spain and the United States are
*.ct deeply'interested, all our proceedings ought
to be open, frank and public. They should be
of such a eharacteras to.ehallenge the appro
bation of the world. '
We At-tidy - believe. that in' the progress of
.human events the . time has arrived when • the
vital-interests ests of Spain are as seriously involved
in the sale as those of the - United States in the
purchase of the island,lind that the transac
t:on will prove equally honorable to both na
tt
';kg.
Under these circumstances, we cannot an
ticipate n faikureondess possibly through the
malign influence of foreign powers. - who possess
no right, whatever to interfere in the matter.
We . proceed to state some of the reasons
which have bronght us to the conclusion ; and,
ler the sake of clearness, we shall specify them
under two distinct heads. -
-rirAl. The United States ought. if practica
161e. to porchase Cuba with us little delay as
possible. •
&cond. The probability is great that the
government And Corte:; of. Spain. will prove
swilling, to sell it, because this would essential
]y promote the highest and best interests of
the Spanish people.
The first—it tuna he clear to every reflecting
- mind that, from the peculiarity - of its geograph
ical position and the considerations attendant
on, it. Cuba is as necessary to the North Amer
ican Republic as any of its present members,
and that belongs naturally to that great
family of States of which the Union is the
providential nursery.
From its locality it cormnands the mouth of
the .Mississippi t7 u nd the immense annually in.
creasing trade which must seek this avenue to
the Ocean. On the nutiterotts navigable
sttitams - inenstit-ing an aggregate course .of
some, 30,000 miles, which disenillogue -them
selves through this magnificent river into the
Gulf of Mexico.. the increase of the population
within the last ten years . a mOutils to more
than that bf the entire Union, at, the time Louis
iana was annexed to it.
The natural and main outlet to the prodoets
of this entire population, the highwa Y of their
direct intercourse' with the Atlantic - and the
PacifieStatcs can never be secure. hut must
ever be endangered while Cuba is a dependency
of a distinct power, in whose possession it has
proved to be a source of constant annoyance .
and embarrassment to their interests.
Indeed, the Union can never enjoy repose,
nor possess reliable security, as long as Cuba
is not embraced within its boundaries.
Its imniedi,ate acquisition by our gevern
• merit is of paramount importance, and we can
nut doubt but that it is a consummation devout
ly vistaed for by its inhabitants.
The intercourse which its proximity to our
coasts begets and encont ages between the cit
izens of the United States has in the progress
of
. time so united their interests and blew - lel
their fortunes, that they now look upon each
other as if they were one people and bad.but
one destiny.
Considerations exist which renders delay in
;~l~rult ti
gerons to the United States.
The system of immigration and labor lately
organized within its limits, and the tyranny
and opwession which characterize its imme
diate rulers threaten an insurreciion at every
moment, which may result in direful conse
quences to the American people.
Cuba has thus become to us an unceasing
(huger and a permanent cause of anxiety and
oi,trut.
llut we need not enlarge olttliese topics. It
can scarcely be apprehended! that foreign pow
crit. in violation of inlet national law, would
iltWptiSt: their inthienv with Spam to prevent
our aerrisition Of the Island. Its inhabitants
art now sn4fering under the worst of all possi
-1 le of absolute despotism,
daegated tv a distant power to irresponsible
n oents, who are ell:111141A at shot t intervals, and
who are tempted to improve the brief opportu
nity thus affoided to accumulate fortunes by
the basest means.
As long as this system shall endure
vain denmuil the sopprw,..ion of the
African 'lave trade in the Nand- This is ren
dered inipo. , sible tviiibe that infamous trailic
IA hilst pursuing . this course, we can afford
remains an irrei4stible temptation and a source
.edf immense profit to needv mid Avaricious ofti- to disreg . ard the censures of the world, to
cialso‘lio, to attain then end, scruple -ot to, which we have been so often and so unjustly
trample the wort sacred principles under foot. exposed.
-The Spanish government set borne may lie A fier \VP shall have ofrered Spain a price
Nit)) di:-},used. lent experience leas
,proved- that e., r Cohn fir beyond its present value, anti this
i t cannot. oisintot these !emote depusitoiies of ...ilia! 'have Moue refused, it will then he time
i:s power. lei consider t Ito question. does Culla iii the pos.
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r ti er
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•,.:11,n. m t jAil U) iwiceire abehipprecitate Lite great nal peace and the exintelice of our cherished
z ,L.., 1 4.1 4 ,.e.. 4 hi.ll would result 14 their 1 - 4....urp1e I.7nir4ti - /
1.44nt art 4.4ii.:....cklutunt of the titro-cl and unnatural. ! Sle.iiald thi:: questir.n...be :tn.:were(' in Ow af
covinectiott helm - ten Spain anti Culla.. .2it•l the firinati ve, then by evrry law. liii 111'111 and di
4,,:,tiletcattoti ,ti the latter to the Uttiu....i Slateti.. ' vita. w- shall h. , in.titi. , l in iv restin•r it front
'Aix: tx:nie (if F.lighotil and Fiance tritlA Cuba Spain. %f - We pipise:4l; the power. And ilii.:
A.; ' , lid. fl ti4--tt I.; eta. aNsuttlP it 014(4.* au itla- upon Ow verr—s-rnme Prinr:itde that would .ilt.!i
-3.01..114- -a;vi 4.1 , -)1:1.a4t. -cliar.iuter. 4iu.i rapidly tify ax individual in teariii,t(4l.)wn the burning
it.sacsaililig (in- itwous_sing- po ) talic..iun and nonce. .ot Ilia nei ,, lthor if tiii,re was tut (0.1“, r
1,1 tr,,, , 4:r.
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i-ir.,... at.-. rl ~li • ille•lt}C. (•f prel.: , .niin.4 the netinee fir.) ll / detitr4Y •
ii&e, .10 tut: I: ,:::.+. =.e t• - ., and . vet , ..:.. cow nt...r- i n n. 1 ...... ~w , i i „,„....
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errs . ' 1 pa n Won n so great y an ,
essentially premeted. - ---Slm--cannot but see
what such a.sum of mnney as we are willing
to ray for tile lidiva(Lwoolfi etrect_in_the_dece
opment of her vast natural resources.
Two-thirds of this snm. if etnployed in the
' construction of a system of railroads, would
ultimately prove d•sOurce of greater wealth to
the Spanish people than that opened to their
energies.
is her present wretched financial con
d tion, that her best hOnds are sold upon her
own Bourse at about one-third of their par
value, Whilst another class on which she pays
no interest have but a nominal value, and are
quoted at about, one-id xth of, the amount for
which they were issued.
Besides, these latter are held principally by
British creditors who may, from day to day,
obtain the efrectiVe inlet position of their own
Government Or the purpose of cucicing pay
ment.—lntimations to that effect have been
already thrown out from high quarters, and,
unless some new source of revenue shall ena•
ble Spain to provide for such exigencieS, it is
not improbable that they may he realized.
Should Spain reject-the present golden op
portunity for developing her.resourees, and re•
moving her financial_ embarrassments, it may
never again return.
Cuba, in its !mintiest days. never yielded
her Exchequer, after dedming the expenses of
its government, a dear tumnal income of more
than m million and a half of dollars. These
expenses hove increased to such a degree as to
le;tve a deficit chargable on the treasury of
Simit,to the amount of 8600,000.
In a pecuniary point of view, therefore,
the Island - is_ an ineunihrance, Instead of a
source of profit, to the mother country.
ender no probable circumstance eon Cuba
ever yield to Spain ono per cent. on the largo .
amount which the United States
,are willing to
pay for it acquisition.
!Int Spain is in imminent danger of 'losing
Cuba without remuneration.
Extreme oppression. it is now universally
. admitted, justifies any people in endeavoring
vto relieve themselves from the yoke of their
oppressors.
The sufferings which the corrupt, arbitrary
.and unrelenting local administration necessari
ly entails upon the inhabitants of Cuba, can
not fail to stimulate and keep alive that spirit
of resistance and revolution against Spain
which-, has of late years been so often lnani
fested. In this innclition of affairs, 'iris vain
to expect that the sympathies of the people of
the United States will not be warmly enlistt•d
its favor of
-their oppres-•;ed neighbors.'
We know that the President is justly inflexi
ble in his determination to execute the neu
trality laws, hut should-the Cubans I hemselves
rise in - revolt against the oppression which they
no human power could, prevent citizens
't,f• time United States, and liberal-minded m e n
of other eountrtes, front rushing to their assis
tance.
Besides, the present is tin age of adventure,
in which restless and daring spirits abound in
every portion of the world. It is not improb
able. therefOre, that Cuba may be wrested
from Spain by a catecessful revolution, and in
that event she will not only lose the Island.
lint the price which we are now willing to pay
for it--a price far beyond what was ever paid
by one people to another thr any province.
It may also be retnarked that the settlement
of this vexed ►luestion by the cession of Cuba
to the United States would threver prevent the
dangerous complications between nations to
which it may otherwise give birth.
It is certain that should the Cubans them
selves organize an insurrection against the
Spanish Uovernment, and should other inde
pendent nations come to the aid of Spain in
the contest, no htitrtnn power could,-in our
opinion, prevent the people and government
of the United StLtes from taking part in such
civil war, in support of their neighbors and
friends.
But if Spain, deaf to the voiee. of her own
interest, and actuated by stubborn pride and
false sense of honor, should - refuse to sell
Cuba to the United States, then the qnestion
will arise, what ought to he the course of the
American Government under such circum
stances!
Self-preservation is the first law of nature
•
States as well as with i n dividuals.
nations have at different periods acted upon this
maxim. Although it has been made the pre
text for coin inittirg, flagrant injustice, as in the
partition of Poland and other similar eases
which history records, yet the principle itself,
though often abused, has always been recog
nized.
The United States have never acquired a
foot of territory except by fat r ptkrehase, or, a 4
In the case of Texas, upon the free and
volun
tary application of the people of that indepete
dent State, who desired to blend their destinies
— WWI our own.
Even our acquisitions from Mexico are no
exception to the rule. because antic ugh we
have claimed them by the rig ht of con.
' quest. in a just way, yet we purchased them
for what was then considered by both parties
a full and ample equivalent.
Our past histerry forbids that we should ac
quire the Island of Cuba without the consent
of Spain, unless justified by thew v r a r law of
s o f.preservation. niust,erti - any event,
preserve our own conscious rectitude and our
own sell-respect.
EMEI2EI
to count the CAM nor rPLra ('—', .; cit(isi. Ir i -:ro e 1 p. , ". '. 0 ice o trwest. . 1 - .„—.._. " .- .4 i.L .i.,,p2
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The Know-Nothing lodge inßavmonil late- ' -I ,VO . PICE iv hereby given to the heirs lk
. vew Goo d -at ress Prices !
s e , i j o m ight,erdist against 119, WI. forbear to ,
had a - meeting, and dissolved with ,titre ;„ 1 4 and le , al re7ireserdatires of JOSEPH - 4 1 AR Al ERS, look to yourintewsts. if yoo_
enter into the question w hethei the present con- •• i y
f iiii,,n of the 14ltind would ilislies oflli a :beers-car-Gov. -Bnlier-!- --It -- looleg --- as'Aboligit — lgLA - P - PTETI, -- fare - rtfOx - ford townchiNAdanas ._l_ • want tot back The money you lost, just
ttthe order" is•rapidly going to picetis in New Con al v, Pa., deceased, viz : The widow, and calt al-the-N•orthwest cornerr,ol the ;Diamond,
Hampshire. This will be a beautiful dizsolv- home, four children to wit: Mary. 4725 pr:cent. and
inter-
where you waftsave at: leii
ins view.—Bothos Post. • , ' married- wit h - -Conrad - Alwitie;---- SihatTter. get tiAD n - , ! worth o f, your lain - ,and and where
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r,....50 it will he everywhere. \O man of Slisarina c•ihafTler:anti Peter ShafTter~that AN you will 'not have to pay for,those who don't
F( nse tints enbnly , -fint
his eVer: to tile rte.' that the 1"ii;(41 . ; MST will he '-held ,ott a Tract or Piece p ,,,y, D„,, , i , w oe ; t o , hrinftSotif rtlettey• Also
whole (,rganizalion ' has incen eif;Tied fiii• the of Land, situated in the townships of C) ford b r i ne along anvthino and everything you have
ptirpose of e:plyhqr, not a "1V1.4.; triek." . ari d Be r wick, Adams e. minty, adloiri - ing lands
losol----savh as B UTTEIt, EGGS, BACON,
livery thiy's expel 1:•nou provvi4 this fact. The - of John IfolJud, Henry Gitt arid others. con-, LARD. R A GS. inul •everythiiiir•ynU think fill
result of the Synaterfal election in this State is ;,,i,,'i n o II Avre9. Inure nr less, on which al-A tell--,toill willlitlV at 'what airy are worth.,
so conclusive on this point;, that, we doubt very f.. TP(11 , 13 a Lou II tm , limasl fl once. Log Barn,inst call at the People's Store.
i much if a stogie member Who Wag, for Mel ty a I i nir ,p eit, w j i b ot h er improvements;—also a Vir The Stock cons!sts a
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AR}' GOODS,
' democrat. will deny It.. Know g:
-Nothinsin w,,,,,i 1,„ ;. , ,)„, o w Vorenn Hills, in Adams • Groceries. Clothing made to,order, &r.
h as had irs tlay. It has done its
,‘,voi k. and county, a d j - o i„ ! „ (r i aar i s o f laeoh Diehl, Esq., Neu, Q.ue e nii wore and redar•brafe.
from now en. henceforth and ever.it w ill
f '' ~ , , and others., entit:iiiiii.o• 5 Aerys, more or lesq. JOHN- HO li E. '.
s v ari e until nothing shrill he heft of it but t he 0 „ i,•., , ,h,., / ,.' t h,, 30,,h ihn, of :Ultra( j7J4., 21 10 Geltyshiir2, Feb. '26, 18515. if
s i m pl e fret that onecjie the Tedilical hi•dorypf ' 0 ,,, T0ck. A. m .. ,-,,, 4 .,,,id preraises,--tomake -- - --- - ---- - _- _ ---- _ - ----
this country such an organizaiion diii exist. partition thereof to and amorerst the heir , : and New• I.lrret in • the -Shoe and
A feW may still remain SI igivened :Wont 1i,,,a1 r„presentati yes of said dope-Ise/I, if the ligat 1/usini.s44:
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Catliolioi,on, but their fears will only he , ~,,,," w ill admit of partition without prejudice
P3XTON . 4- COBE.IN '
amusement for them who know better.—Pew. , la or Qp „iii n ,-,. t h e ~,i,„1... thereof; hut if the ... •
Cnion.
sTi , ne, will no t ad mit rut curl, pailjiinn, then f, ! : rI , A VE eratimi , need 'hi:Qiness at the well
htirlire hasty many of the %aid heirs it ‘kill
known stand of W W
. W. PAXtON. Vt hieh
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ennveriiently accom.nodite,aloi part and divibe h .
i has lately been o,xedreip anew. Business to, •
the same to and ammo/ is many of them as : -
,_
..•
e done on the principle of .•quick sales mak
hors Fonts. kr Cash or Produce. We will'
thic•saine• will aeenitiMMl lie; hut if the same , g
tzpea a (r oot) stOrli and ' sell cheap. 'rd satiql.l 7
will not arimit - of di , Won at all without pro- :' - 1 - -
measnre: We should, however, be recreant
to euedlity. - he unworthy of our gallant fore
fathers, and commit have treason against our
posterity, should we permit en ha to be Afri-;
canized and become a second St. Domingo,
w ith all its attendant horrors to the white'
ripe. :red suffer the (tones-to extend to OM'
tiehrhlioring shores. seriously to -endanger or
:equally to consortia the fair fabric of Der
We fear that the enerSe and current of events
are rapidly tendine towards such a catastrophe,
\Ve, however. hope for the hest, though '‘ve
ottelit e. rtaiohy he prepared for the worst.
_ We ferhele ale.) to investigate the present
nowt Ilion of the question at issue between the
United 2.4eites and Spain. A long aeries of
to our people have been committed in
Culid 'li Spanish otTleiale. and are' uti:edress
ed ; hut reveled y a most -flairrant oterage on
the miles of A merleau citizens and nn the flag
of the United States was perpetrated, in the
h•trbor of Havana, tinder eiretartistanees which
would 111 VP instilled a resort to measures of
war ie vindication of national honor. That
outrage is not only unatoried, hitt the Spanish
enverunient has deliberately .earietioned the
acts of its sithordioatee, and assumed the:re
sporistbility ateteLing to them._
Nothirl.r could more imeressfhly leach us
the danger to whieh those, peaceful relations
it has ever been the pokey of the
_United
States to cherish with fereien nations are
emistantly• exposed, than the clue' ta ores of
that C/IP---sis imird as Spain and the United
States are, the latter having forborne to resort
to extreme measures.
Rest this °nurse Cannot, With dile recrard to
their own di2nity as an independent n ati on .
etiminue.. And our teneinotemlatinos now
submitted are dictated by the firm belief that
the cession of Cuba to the United States, with
stipulations as beneficial to Spain as those
sio,ftr,ested, i the only e ffectual mode of set
all past ditierenee, and of f•leenring the
two countries airainst future collisions.
'We have alrf.arl)"Aittiertged the happy re.
N01t.4 for both conniriea %%Idyls followed a simi
lar utrangeistent in regard to Florida.
y mini, very respeohllly.
(Signed) JANIE. Ill'ellAtiAhr,
JotiN V. MAsoN,
PIEHRE SotiLE.
KNOW NOTItINII IVITILDRAWALS
1500 in the State-100 in Concord Alone.
".S'a la n's latilrtit)ln h:1:1147, Amin,"
We - publish the following CARD to the Pub
lic. from that. able and encrgetie defender of
Democratic principles: the New Hampshire
/P/1/1/ •hdria. It will be seen that Know-
Nothhigkru is tomblinz to pieces in that State :
To Tim Putstio.—Whereas some newsparers
have asserted that . the reports In relation
to the withdrawals of tuembets from - the
“K now-Not hing" councils in this city are
false. the iii lersigned hereby assert without
fear of contradiction fr on t any responsible or
respectable source, that there have been shout
(inks if m: DIM!) OP! 11W :OA from the trading
concern, in I his cif y along, a nil we hare such
information from different sections of the State.
as leaves no doubt. in ~our minds that there
hare been within one month past, at least
roomy:N . urNiutim withdrawals- in the State.
We state this front information which we no w
pONSCSS.
]tarry Honston,
_ Committee of• those
.A Walker,
Who have withdrawn.
Wm.-P. Fosti.r,
We the undersigned, are a portion of those
who have withdrawn from "Councils" in this
city.
. • .
llarry Houston, Wm. 11. limit.
Wm. MeMurphy, \V. li. Hopkins,
N. P. Fogg, Geri. G. Estabrook,
•
Reuben lake, Ira E. liew.rn,
4;to. A. Pillsbury, Robert French,
Joseph C. Osgood, J. F. Low!,
Joseph 11. Mace, C. C. Stark,
Moses Cass. 11. 6. ('lark,
Thomas Stuart, Seth IlOpkins,
w to . P. Foster. C.
u. 11. ,Morrison, Benj. F. Dow.
( Hill. W. IL Bennett,
John Brown, 2d, Ezra E.
NI. R. Smith, 'Albert Fellows,
Gilman, At Bickford,
1101;14 - T Langley., J. S. Frye,
V. chirkt J. L. Fos-ter,
S. S Grai•es, Helium Sanborn,
tit. F. Cross, A hram Ma nn,
I. 11. Atwood. Jnu. ,'l'. Batchelder,
Y Ilill . John B. SAnhorn,
L. A. Walker, Charles S m ith,
A. 11. l) u C. 11. Leighton,
J. C. Langley, 0. G. Ingalls,
J. S. Nurns. - - 13.
IV:t 'Tett Webster, A. U. Shank,
J. C. Hagar.
Renunciation of Know Nothingism.
I\4. 11'M. D. Dom, of Frederick, having
joined the Know Nothing-s, and found out %what
the cOncern i. nook of, now renounces and de
nounce:: it. as a thing of evil. He
.says, iu a
COMllltlitleMloll to t litizen:
I attended, 1 think, hut four meetings, cer
tainly not more than six, which wery amply.
trullicient to cc,ltrt!uce me that no man of true
patriotism a n d 111 eral fielings could r e nviin
among Own' without sae' tieing his honor. and
coincronnsing his freedom of will and opinion.
I ns t ea d o f m e eting, with the patriotic, the in
telligent, and the liberal. with a few excep
tions. 1 net with the bigot, the intolerant, the
pioscriptionist, the super:intuited, and broken
down Ikaders of the old Whig party, and the
disappointed othee-seeking Democrat. Its po
litical eompleNion was decidedly - Whig, the
main body being Melt of that creed. the resi
due. those who had (mei acted with the Deni
m-ratio party. I saw that it::: aini was to break
1 1 down the party of which I had bern-a member
' from toy yooth. and under whose wise, repub
lican, and generous policy my Country had
grown t it'll. °Teat. and powerful. and I deter
mined to eschew it as a thing of evil— e vil in
its might zitid (261 in its pursuits. Under Dem
ocrat lc rule I had always been free to net.
think and speak lot toys( lf. I had never been
controlled by caucuses or cliques. l voted as
pleased. and !moue ever dare.l to question the
propriety of my condor' ; hot there 1 was
ti onn ,l i n will and purpose, to do as (hose in
authority ink:lit trietate, under pain of the
'dread rut displeasure of those Nylio seek power,
place and profit by the oroaidzation, and \\ ho
,
oi utreetion to le. I reoart it ;t foul etrtr.
'muled after a prior:lewd and elaborate Men
hating' in the old \\ - ht', nest, and whose chicle
a- mirth' re4entbles in form nod leiture, the
intrietil Ild ad V iti." 411
Dei o ..v a le f e ll o w- c itize ns to izive no lwed
to its goitivard and specious protessirms nl
".Iturrirunixiii.“ lor littnle. sire.' fq ,- 01". w"c4.,:•
ry and f! iir. nn t :(1 tiii{ it ;IS 111 P. V WO! ) 1,1 I lie
is lival h.
RE - I'lllN Or 111.1 , 41 IMNIf1;11.1!,:i . s. —The -
prm ;Oral iit linthor
iin o of the ••I•,ii-till,ht.rt•ll
1..:1141 to he ituractinz uf the
1,1-1 1 Ivlo. 1,111 t mig ;Iteti to forctgo _
k: th.o, evvi slug) that
E , 1, 4 1.4:1c1 131%v,,
Lily poipir lidVi Lu •• kilt till ea.):l:lir •"
•<nit(•l rej, o•,i i pjt C:0
11:1
.Melancholy Suicide
In Lanen‘ner city. a few (lap; since, a very
worthy awl respectable (111111. 113111ed^ZELLNICS.:
(N,mruittrrl shicide by cutting his throat-from
ear to ear. lle was a ein-jaaittLid,y_trollei
was in comfortaltle circtnnstan,ces. and had a
wife and eight (Mita! vn. A cam espontlent
the !Am:aster ha signs himself ••Q
a Corner," and who is him-elf a metuher of
the Know-Nothing org.anization, thus spealig
of this ontartunate occurrence :
"One of the first fruits• Know: Nothing
purity. was developed in this city on Friday
last. 1 - atiodv to the suicide of Mr. Zellers. a
worthy. well doing, but weak minded man.—
Ile was a ineiolterof the Order. hot voted for
kietfer for Mayor. No sooner was it discoVer
ell, than be was at. once leset by a park 'of
how who hurl. ed 'him down. Ile wns charg
ed with tieing a traitor —with having commit
ted perjury, and with violating the most
nolentn. binding and awful oaths. These
ehargesopetated so powerfully upon him. that
in a moment of tellipontry tlerangetnent, he
cut his throat.- and rushed into the presence of
his God. 'rift blood of the unfortunate but
misguided Sellers, lies at the door of the Know-
Not hinge Lodge. 'flint Lodge in which weelily
,may he seen. a prominent .Judge (who should
he ph re.) will the DiNi riet At torm...y (who should
he just) in eloi...at companionship with men; re
rogni2ing no law hot know 7 Nothingism—no
map As brotner, Twighbor or fr saver he
who is in . sworn f , flowship with them."
A Fa'd-Faced Lie.
The reelde,s andnnpri.sciplul K now-Nut' in
organ at, Ilarrislmpg says that at the lair elec
tion in I g •Satn'ea: Tied everything
before him
"That's a lie; oil Ferret." and a villain() i 3
one. too, to come from a lieen:ttil rrenehi r,
his man. of dirty weird:. Cou Is ER, who preaches
temperance and bets drunkon every possible
oeensi,n.
The Know-Nothings, with the exception of
a minority inspector in each ward, electc-d
-ha lel V two jud:zlA; of vleolioll, and a constable.
making jive ont of thir; . y-one per::onsynraiing
for 011i.te !—The judge 'of the East ward is a
Know Nothing. and son of the late ,fiultie ).1%
FARLANE—It man who repudiated with di ep
disgtist all associations or the kind. This
o.zo n o f a noble sire" was elected by one ma
jority, and as we happen to know of at least
liege irklinicii that voted for hire,. we do not
think his can be claimed as much of a victory
for “Sam." ('apt. NI . CI.I:Iw was also elected„, i
by onr majority. and it is a well ascertained
fact that allllllliler'Cr Democratic boatmen vot-:
ed for him on the score of personal friendship.
_ When nest the hypocritical liars of the Trlc
'araph manufacture //nazi/tatty viCtOties for
ttSam."it -will be advisat.le fir them to do it for
a l oca ti on where astray iftopy or their reckless
sheet does not reach.
t,E7'We publish the above from the Tfolliday;-
borg Stindard. in reference to the recent elec
tions held in Blair eonnty. We think it high
time to stop the total perversion of facts by our
neighbor. and advise hint hereafter to come
something near the Li nth.. Know Nothiogism
is dead now. and it ‘kloold be a matter of pub
lic gra tidat um if be would only repen Repent,
Parson, repent.—: Dem. Union.
The Boitnty Land Bill.
Tn order to show the quantity of todtlie lands
which will be necessarily consumed mukr the
new bounty land hill. to satisf'y those who ,
have already received land warrants of a less
denomination than 160 acres, we copy from the
Washington Star the following :
Under the act of 1847 there were issued
7,372 warrants of 40 acres, and there must be
7.370 warrants of 120 acres issued, or, in all,
$84.640 acres.
'Under the , ,,act- of ISSO there were 103,000
40 acre warrants, and 57.059 Std acre warrants
issued. To twin! , all those of both classes up
to the 160-acre standard will require an ex
pentliJ ore of 16,924.720 acres.
Under the act of 1852 there were 9 000 40-
acre Warrants issued, and 1,650 SO acre war
rants : and to bring them of both classes o p
to the ltlo-acre standard will require 11).650
acres. In all, an expenditure of an aggregate
of 19,021,3110 acres of the public domain will ,
be required to satisfy the claims or those who
have already received land warrants under
late bounty
Up to this time. no warrant has been issued
for service of a less period than thirty days.
The law just passed. however, grants one hun
dred and sixty acres fir fourteen days' service.
In addition to these 19.021.30 acres to be so
us e d up, it is estimated at the Land Office that
at least 100,0011.tato or acres will he required
to cover the demanuis; to arise under the new
law. from classes of individuals whose service
has not heretofore been thus provided for by
Congress.
It is stated that there k ill he no warrants
issued under the new bounty land Law for three
or four months. New plates have to be en -
gra ved. t-a.venty-six thousand dollars ha% e
been appropriated for the new clerks to be
employed under this act.
t r,i - CtEtnwty, I. Iw, riliont whom some noise
is made. anti lio.e nomination for the I're,l
- is actually thought of by some of the
Know inctuliers of our Lug
a " iv contractor and steAnthoat
owißir in New 1 - ork city. Ile is a log. ritic, 4 l - 1
customer. ‘vitlt lar wore money than Itrainti
always ripe foi a speculation --reativ to win
or lose live or ten tholi.itii I dollar: on a game
of ealils, or a horse - face, or a en
cotinter•—and ,hoot as lit mail hzdl to !ill
the Presidential chair. Ile has the reputation
of pa....trig, well for itteivio.c.: reutlercil, anti tit.:
K. N. int w i ticis ttho addles-ell hint fioni
islititg. in 1% make a thiaL: uiit if
they fttllow up the _'trite. "t
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1 .1‘
iticnim
t 1:211 'll
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NV VC Cin Y \\ r/ )) C
wtio , 11.1 t hill' in the
lie.itl and
1•A::(.11 iti +N Len the e•ir , 11_ It
he %%;1 , , 14 i., in 3 -
A 11.•; !t! t‘;; •
n „ v. N. 1 . 1 ti t r,tt..;n'r.:lc
I •) (11 . 14 4.1,1. 111 1 ; 1. I. v,
Ak pnttAic. :pm -t I '1; ;,,
hand hi-1-r? l n..nn a , itelf de i.
h,. -o, o i tIL (viler 1. , ,1v Litio"a,; . l.l I,it. ;Sr Lti.
, z.cmi be-
mall a
!ME
11 1; • n
OMEMBI
- U
ttri leo to nr Rpo onT tP W e•i wren • ! ion
to v Otto nryt apprtiso the same, whole and
tindivittp . it—whorvol all persons; interested are
horoby ty•tilied
1.11 N;R 1 ,7 'll f() 11 AS, Sheriff;
Sherifrq Offioe. I:ottyclting.,
:11.‘relt 5,1555. 3t
Ever Green CemettiTv:
L.l S7' SO TICE - TO St:MSC:RIB E 01 , '
!Ist instnt ment of the snhscriptinns to
the Capital :Itock is new fled irnme.
dinte payment in all cases is required in rii:der.
to the completion of the improvements eon
template& and to t h e meeting of the engage
ments of the Company.
A LI:KANDER Conekt , i, appointed Collector of
the unpaid subscriptions. will call upon all in
r rIP ; and it is hoped i tlat th-c--resportse will
make any further steps onneeessary.
Deeds are ready for deli v`ry to all such pur
chasers of lots as have not vet paid purchase
money. and it is requested that they make
pay tnent and lift them.
The tlia els of the company are tendered to
all who have already marle payment. .
• D. M'CONAUGIIY, Preet.
IL .I.STATTLE,Sre'II:,
Feb. - 5, 1855. tf -
Gread Indoreenverits4!
rip 1113 Subscriber, in ordor to make room for
Sprint' and Summer Goods, is dett rmined .
to di spose of his extensive stock of OVER
CO I'('S at prices dot will really astonish the
closest buyers. This affords an excellent up
porttinilv to persons vi ho are in want of the
above articles, aryl are destrrin4 of buying,
AIARCUS SAMSOti,
Opprmile the Bank.
(-bpi n
Fel). ‘2 .
Carriagtb.4 ! Ruggles
rp F. undersivned take this method of in
fortninLr their friends and the piddie (Ten
er.d!y, that they have entered into partnership
in thv, Carriaue-trokin‘r hn,iness, ; and are pre
pared--,it their establislmPsnt. in East Middle
street, one and a half squat , s from Baltimore
street—to put up CARRIAGES, 13UCCIES,
&c.,- in The very hest manner. Their work,
they are•determined, shall not lie.surpassed in
the place, either for beanty.or durabitity—and
'their terms will he sin easy as at any other es.'
irdrßepairinr4 done tow and at
short notice.
GPttyclmr,cr,, Feb. 2G, 1855.
IlareDlN h . ' a insoll
just retOved and opened imp of the
rtrest • and hest ~electod stocks of
PANTS ever brought to this county, softie of
Which in quality and workmanship eqoal anv
custom work that ran he oht,titied in this' or
any other. place; also a rich variety of I' F'S,
of all nualitieQ and prices; together with a
first-rate assortment of ;entlettlett's Fornishiatz
(;oodcz, such as (:roves, sit qpen,:er,.
Shirt Cillars. Cravats, Stocks, Pocket
jland
t.erchiefs. Hair firnsties. &c.
And I do assure the public that no ;tensor,
wi-hino - to purchase. nee' leave my store with
out Ikeinu suited. its I ant enabled and detennin
vd en std; at !hr very /"?.-est prices. Don't fo_r
rrPt the place ; in York street, opposite the
Bank. f Feb. 26.
Notice.
S I have rented out my l''rtntlr , r, to tithe
effect from and after the rist day .of April
next, and helm*. anxious to close up the busi
ness of the, same. 1 hereby give notice to all
persons h%i inn' eh hn mminst me, or the late
firm fit "T. WARREN & SON." to present
them for settlement, and those hnnwino , tbern
sel yes to he indebted to me, or said firm. in
money or trade, arerequested to call and mak e
settlement by that time, as after said date I
shall be away from the "foundry. I intent)
this to be the only notice I shall (rive. "nil all
persons. interested in the same, will (lo well
to ivy it their Zwattli4e nttpnlioi, as a fter
the above date I intend to place all my claims
in the hands of an officer for colleetiom
Jan. 1, 1855. W IZREN.
Laid Notice.
N retiring from business. the subscriber
1 desires' to return his gratefill aeknowledu
melds to his friends, and the public (rem-rally,
who have so liberally patronized him duritiffa
period of 'A quarter of a century, and solicit for
his Sons, in'the New Firm, thegenerons sup
port so !ono , extended to him. As it is IlE,PeS
sary that his busine.s be clo;e4, lie hereby
gives notice to all pers.ms knots Irlg thorr :elves
indebted to him by note or other.% i;e that his
accounts- have been placed in t'.e I,and-k of R.
(;. McCreary, for e‘dr.eetioo. to tyhom
all per%ons indebted will pil":140 lit 110- ,
p iv own% hopes this ho di. I; \
NOTI(; E required, a; :he low ! iiPluinenpe
trjveu :Nh , iii l .o prompt ihriii to discharge
their obliaati.ms immodiatelv.
11 E L .X 11 N F,STOC
Jan. 15. 1 83:).
EinFrah ! Marrals
101? 1110 IZeadv- \lllc'e C)olliiwr! 11 R.
(' S %!ISON rervive,i a
fitx , t)ilieent zoi).•!, 41)rtn:s CoAls.rrprk
Gael; (%),tts,;in;! of ever y (ni l _
eriptow, ot whi"ell lir is itetermiiied t , )
ehraiwr th.tn they river heen ffirerpd.
Ilentenil)‘ r tiie pace, in York strtel. opp p,i L e
the Bank. Feb. :26.
El. Frainciuguis.,
A r •I't* , it En nf(`() 1'1%) N T.lPs%
AnDING. YMZN. C in3P;l7
i) FI,I 1I) 1% J(' „f
-crr, ..)•11 .1) I. , )‘‘..zt (7.)-1)
.V.). .ittricq S!. Sfe , ,t;fl, )1,,r!
fp6l:
Leal;ner.
11;117. TI E\ nu ,\7 V.
1 •
m .‘t r ‘ , •r , •pwrt., 't•!:!:rs, —4; ;tuft 19p , u - rras
' 4 I :11.1
111 , 1 )4i( ‘`f ) 1 1•E 1j: kir111:1? ,k-_. 'r'
‘l, ly
1). r 3. 1.1"1"11.F,`,
J. A. Lul'l'LF.
I Felo. .2,6, I A 5: ) . ti it
intend to (rive nor constant personal artentiom
to . the husinesi. Our stack eonßistgin pattuf
Gent lei,aen's 4- hridies'64.l77 RS.
4.7ing Ard rte..%
Orv., Children's Shoes, c5,-c:.
~ .
130.0T5; antf:!410.1111S made to order : 1
whenever reydred, on short notice; Philadel-'
ilaphia'rnalio of StLK 11.37. W. Citi
ti
zos% Calsla, Know - Nothina..
--, . Wide Awake, liossinh, atul 4)1.1:
tiler'': FUF anel Wool. Hats, - to - , yeth,
ser with Men's, Bova', and. Citiltirenii H ANS
aaa CA :VIS (4 au Cinds.and sizes.
W. W. PAXTON.
A.LEX'I2. €I3BEAN.
Fehreary 19, 1855. .
Notice in Earnest.
I' F 1 subscriber has quit husineSsi on hisr
own honk, for tits express purpose or
settling np his bonits. Those who are in-,
debted to hint-are h4-reiSy notified to oral! im—
mediately and maks pay rent', as his entire•
business mu:it anti witl - be-set,tied up this.
t4eason. Those Whose accounts it re of, long
standinir need not expect further= ilululfzenceP,
and if any otber, persr4n calls 1;or the• money,.
d'on't blame 111 P. My books - he in my
own hands. in the sitire.of Paxton & Cohean,,
at tr,v old stand.stnitil the 1,,1 of 4rii next 4:
then it may he necessary to pit, Mien], iabtaleo
hands of an officer for collection.
Feb. 19. 1855. W. W.P.Ar
Pa'Oclaillation•
TYKR RAS the 'lon. Ros
President of the several COU rts of ()Dm—
rnnn Pleils,in the Counties composifig the 19:11,
nixtriet, and ingtiee, of the Courts ut Oyer an&
Terminer, and' General }ail Detiv-ry, for the
trial oF all capital and other ntremters in the
said distrinond SANIZEL R. ltessEr.r.atid SOHN
ll'GrNt,Er, 1 4 :Sys., .fudges of the Courts of
Common Pleas, and Sustievs or the Courts or
Oyer and Terminer, atoll:a nem! Sail
for' the trial of all eapital and' other offenders.
in the County of Adams—have issued their
precept, bearing date the pith day of Jannary,
in the year of our Lown, one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-five, and. to med'ireeted, for
hold i ncr a Court of Common Pleas., and C;seri-
eral Qttarter Sessions of the P'eaee, ;tit Gen
eral Jail Delivel3/,'ll'itti — eourt- of Oyer and'
Terminer, at Gutty s rg, Ifondak. the 1614.
of .4pril °TIC* U 9 ITC REBT: (;INtt.:s to•
all the Stistices of the Peace, the Coroner and.
(;oti‘tables within the said county of Adams,
that titer ir' then- anti therein then proper per.
,RonP., with their Ft ill., Records. Inquisititing,
blxnolloations, arid otl:er Remetobratiees. to do.
those thogs, which to their nMees and in that
hehaff appertain to he done, and-also. they
who will pritseente a4r,ainst the prisonersthat
are or then shall' he in the Tail of the said;
(Monty of Adams, a..:e to-he then and there to•
prosecute against them as shall he just.
11F:\'kY TH an.A.S.. Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, Gettysb.urg,
March a, 1855,
New Stock of Dry Goods
FOR TH E IN6 Of' 1855.— EYRE:
& LANDELL, S. IV. Gentr of "Fourth.
rtnr.i jerli Sts.. Philadelpizia,—are - lidly pre
pared to soil bayers, 110LESALE, &F.T.4 , 11,..
with adapted to their . wants and at! the!
lowest N ETT Fl Vrinc-E!, BLACK SILKS,.
FANCY SILKS, NEW DR E.:•-ltti GOODS,
NEW - S SHA W LS. N O'V FAMES
TN LA XVNS, BRITISII PRINTS, PL ARP
GINGIIAWc GOOF} LINENS, TABLE:
LINENS, SHErI'INGS, ttw--
N. B.—Baro.ains daily' received from the-
Auctions of New York and Inikalelphia..
P. S.—Oil Boiled Bl'aelt Silks witrranted n o r,
tw cut in wearhor. Store-k-eepers. suppliect
those ;.,roods regoVarly..
March a, 1555. Site -
Barrett it Be Beet,
- re 001 , aNf (;LA SS, PORTRAIT ANT)
MUT ET It 11 3111: :1 I anti facto re rs, and'
Importers of FRENCH AND G RIVIA N LOC:JONG:
GLA , ,'S PLATES, FINZ ENGILAVWG'S, &e... So.
75 liall;lltore IMP/ nwre. Az:it — Plain and ,
0 rnaincirttl for Portraits. Engravings,.
Needle Work, &c.. Brackets, Bracket Tables,
and Window i'nrnices in all their variety..
Fancy Wood Frames, &o. Looki off Glass.
Plates by the fox or sinale Plate. Old Work.
IZe.c.ilt with neatness and despatc-h, on very
moderate terms. [Feb. 19',.1855. Gin
Cieo. Richard on,
No. 111 N. Howard Strrtt, Boliimore,
DUN'S. and sells FLOUR. Mt AIN, 11A Y,
STRAW, and Country Proatn-c menvrtl-
Iv. 11.t , i also nn li - and a lar,ze stock RO:-
(7ER I Ec4, linlysti)e and retail.
1. 7 0). 19, 1835. ly
China, Glass and Queent:ware.
(Jet,. /1". Sisters:o)r to .1. C. 1;„ lift 4-
-. UM PORTEN arc! Dealer. in (:HINA,
61,Ass anal QUI:A.:NSW:II2E. 41 .1,,r/h
11 , H. led Iteten and Lexitizr
hin S.'l'.! CIS.) 1311111 . 111firP, .1/(/.., respectfully in—
vites the a'nention of Dealers In an examination ,
`.ii , ass.lrted stnek beef ire
el.ewhere. [Feb. 19, 1535. ly
-_
P' El E under•itrited have this day formed a
Cr. partner.hin. finder the n line and style
0!* F N ESTOC R. UROTIIEIZS. • Hoping'
for a eniiiintianee of the liberal paironacre here
tofore f•Ntendell to the old Firm. they will int
return'st their utmost to Merit the contiilcrlet)
yrposed it') them by the publie.
.1 1 Ni Es•'• li. F -1 11-N-1 , ;s:--T-0rN,
IIENItY .1. VA FIN E-TOcK,
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