Ii 4 . tompiltr. Ivive just, thrown down the gauntlet to the IKnow Nothing party. Sncizerywitere in the South ; tiOeverywhere at the North. On the The ,April Court. :other hand. throughout all New England,. in the Middle States (with the deception of New ific.beg leave to _remind our subseribers,.- York), and in the South and part of tha -West, or rithei these who need the hint—that_ the the Whig party has ceased to be—has merged April_cpyrt 044 1 417041 eicellent opportunity , Lits existence in the secret organization and un or - ottiki, -"old scores." The "ready - ; der - tho - presciirtii7e - tianuer ofthisnew - pot cast''Will be highlk'acceptable'to Us" about led Sect. thallttracon; we. nave" many, way% of In New York the Seward Whigs, under the priatiikg it. We trust this hint Will pro eas ! spur - cif self-preservation, have notkept cfrcatuat as a sermon on the same subject. not of this underground conspiracy, but have with great gallantry and spirit, arrayed them selves against it. : Ent they stand alone. They ORTTYSBURG, PA. .11(iMAY -- )IbitNi:1(1, - I.Pltl I, 9, 1855. FIRE 12; Tag MOriT/111. --A lire broke out in the wountain, in the neighborhood of C'siedo- tinned to rap throughout 'Monday, the wind being very violent, and when subdued it bad burnt aver a large district of country, destroy ing a heavy amount of valisable timber. was the Most ettensive fire that as oceurre , in the South Mountain for Many years. , , . ESCAPED PROM ' JAH--Between 7 and 8 o'clittek, last evening, THEODORE Born made his escape from the Jail of this county, by forc ing a , board, about 16 feet long, from the top of the cistern, which he placed against the outer and _thus got over. - The Sheriffotfera a reward 0f420 for his apprehension. Q;7The• applications of the "old soldiers," for lands under the late•aet of Congress, already amount to 25,000 n nutn her. *.Col. Fremont. has /ecovcred his snit for 44,000 acres of laud in California, through the 41miyion of the U. S. supreme,. court, and is . thus made the richest man in America. F. paid three thouEand dollars for the hind. --- 37" The steanierStarof the West arrire& atN. York on IVednesday wits► $239,000 in treasure. Callon. J. C. - Breckenridge, who lass rep resented the Ashland (Ky.) district in Con gress for several terms, declines a re-election. Ile has won an enviable reputation. and may be regauded as the foremast man of his ago in the United States. 7A ~ c orrespondent 'of the Mobile (Ala.) .NuysTecominends Lion. JAMES BUCHANAN for the :next Presidency, and lion.' JEFEERSON DArrs for the Vice Presidency. la,'The Complimentary Banquet to Hon. JAMES 'COOPER, given without 'distinction of party by the citizens , of Schuylkill county, canto off at Pottsville Oti the 26th ult. The company assembled- consisted for' the most part, of Coal and Iron men, and the interests thug reikresented, in comparatively a few in dividuals, would amount to three or four mil lions of dollars, together with hundreds and thousands of laborers and operatives. WITITDRAWAL PROit KNOW-IN.TOTHING LODGES. — 7 -Eleven members of the Know-Nothing Lodge or Council, No. 'lO, ,at Winchester, Va., have published a card, renouncing any further con nection with the order. They State that sev eral Other. cards of withdrawal will soon be announced, one already being signed by twenty members.... Folly -six members of the Council at -Harper's 'Ferry; Va., have also withdrawn, and publicly announced the fact. They state that forty others have withdrawn. And Still They Go. The Know-Nothing organ at Pittsburg, Young American, has expired. Cause—want of support. This paper Was short lived. It commenced its career very boisterously, sup posing it was going to have everything its own way ; but immediately after the defeat of the midnightassassins of that city for city offices, it became so calm that it could not even speak at all:—Dem. Maori:- fr7Tbe publication of the True Republican, - . at Girard, in Erie county, has been suspended. The establishment is oft'ered for sale. We be lieve it died of Know-Nothingism. ir...,r - The New York 4 .llaily American Times," after a month's devotion to the cause The same disaster has sallen upon the "Guard of Liberty," 'published at Rutlarnl, Vermont. GOY. POLLOCKS SiIiCKKITY.-tiOV. Pollock, probably with a view to explain that queer passage in leisinaugural in relation to Banks, hassigned fire Bank 11111 R, AN ff)II9YCS :—one at Pittsburgh, one at New Castle, one at Allen town-, one at Mauch Chunk, and ono at another place, the name of which - we have forgotten. As a set oft to these, be has vetoed one at POttstown, and one at Stroudsburgh. It. will be safe to predict, that two in seven is the re lation in which the vetoes are to come. There is nothing like doing things with mathematical precision. It eaves a great deal of trouble, where the quantities are definitely arranged. GRKPLT NIILIT.Air EXPEDITION TO THE PLAINS. —it. 43 announced in the St. Louis Republican that ordershave.been received from iig ton for the early march of four thousand 11)0 ps , under Geo. Barney, to the Western Plains, with a view to the chastisement of the Indians who have, for years past, been, enviged in depredations upon the property. and the mur der of Amen can citizens. it is- unde;rstood that Lax, of the troops are to Le stationed at Fort Larimie, 800-at Fort Kearny. 600 at Fort Riley.and 1,500 on the Upper .1 4 ,4it&souri. They — are U r i - take out a yearessupr' ,_______ the rash act. - A enaLtsa . C4K, To DANkol. WEBSTEIL—A COT- ' Or.n.—We learn from the Hagerstown Her- 'le county, awn -e on 'tin, ay morning any respondeot of the New York Post discloses a cud, that Mr. J. Kt.tenan died at the Altus- ' found his wife ~sad by • his side. She was i . 13:7 - Mrs. Webster, widow of Daniel Webster, fact not known eves to many of Werbgter's house, in that place, ou the .31. s t ult.., aged WC, apparently in good health upon retiring on the 1 • years and l'2 days.' - t night precious, and the cause of her sudden, who has been staying with Mrs. Curtis. New caostintirnate friends, that be was once chat- i York, was thrown from her carriage on Satur ----------------- death is not g i ren. longed by John Radolph. Mr. Webster de -• K7-Tbe Sheriff's Sale advertised in ?moth- 1 --- ---- - - - :- 77-2. --- ----- day week, and very`dangerously if not fatally 'netLhat4litenee which Passed. er column will not take Mace, the usau.er ' in New York, March sth , a man who injured.—She was under the impression that between the parties. Mr. Benton acting -as the having been aim-e : arra m. 0.& --- was suffering from rheumatism undertook to the horses were running off, and attempted to friemdießankdolpn,appears to have been high- -- _._____ - - _. ____ ._____ . : bathe : his' legs in camphene. . While so (loin.' e' jump Pious the vehicle. 11 - The tiouk: andharn of Mr. 4dain Ness. ; the camplieue took fire from a lamp, and he dy creditable to the challenged party. _____________________ _ in York comity, P. 1.., were destroyed by fire on was so several• burned that he died bhurtly Oc!7-Th . e Anti-License bill has not yet been V"CliNtai coinatueurats IA 2 1 .1oudiut Zeit 310.uday last. - .after. ---- - - ___ vutullAni by the Pa. Senate. , ___. __... 6 writ right of every Am.__ for • wln boa .d ts , Rtimmiy- n.ud _then req.., 'freedom (21 irpcech. John Getman. one of his I the accused to swear that they did not belong 1: I relatives, and two m [ 7The Democrats of New Haven fired 100 ore, were condemned_ to -I to the Secret Order. This they refused to do, guns in honor of the election of two Demo- and were in consequence expelled from the be hung. Ile suffered a lighter punishment, Convention. The accused offered' to swear crass to the Legislature from' that city. having been sentenced. in company with some _ twenty or thirty victims of the same tyranni- PORTLAND, A ril 3.--Neil Dow, the originator i the Democratic; but this was not deemed sof- . cal law, to a fine of $lOO, and six months' of the Maine Li juor Law, was elected Mayor to- flcient. imprisonment. Ile was a man of strong mind day ! The vote stood:—Dow, 1,904; McCobb, i KNOW-N-01171NC: CONVENTION.—The outside Know-Nothinm Convention, which pretend.; to and good habits, and died as be had lived, .re 1,830. The Know-NI/thirty vote was thrown be a Whig Co last evening nomina spected by all his neighbors. for Dow. Four Dow and three opposition Al- ' ted the regular Know-Nothing candidates, as ' ‘ i dermen are elected.'—The Council stands ; 1 , chosen by the Lodges. for City Treasurer and THE ERIE RAILROAD.—The Pertisylvanta j City Commissioner. That is to say. that Dr. 0 vacancies Dow, 9 opposition, - ~ House of Representatives 1.. a - a —passed a - bill to ' IF. Knox Morton received 52 votes, and John repeal the charter of the Erie and Northeast SANDUSKY, April 2.—At the city election i Lindsey 10 votes—and that George M. Ilill M ayor wa ri-reaNived 53 votes, and the other three candi- Railroad, with a section restorina it on eon- to-day, the anti-Know-Nothingel dates 7 votes. Dr. Morton and Mr. Hill had dition that the road shall be altered inareelected by 250 majority. Only one Know- ' gu , previously received the nomination of the extended to the harbor of Erie, and not ob- Nothing Councilman was elected on the whole i Know : Nothing Lodges, and are therefore pre , street the• streets and roads. ticket. The township is also anti-Know- ! seined by the outside Know-Nothing Convene . ---------- — ton in order to cheat the Whigs into the idea ‘ r u.'":7 -- Sevvil thousand bushels of Genesee Nothing. i that these nominees are the regular Whig, can _________ wheat have been sold to New York, at:".• , `° 70 CLEVELAND, April 2.—ln Cayuga Falls. , : dilates. per bushel. Wheat has not brought so high a Ohio, the Know-Nothings have been defeated. 1 A MILL STONE BeasTiNo.—On the 25th ult. 1 price for many years. Fifty is the smallest majority against them. I a mill stone in rapid motion burst in the grist -------- ..... _____ Ohio, and G.l In Virginia. the wheat crop is reported ' Totamo, April 3.—The entire anti-Know imill of U. T. Wooster, at Benton . ' vfive. pounds in weight struck i as looking remarkably well, having sustained Nothirreticket was elected yesterday. a piece of about h 'no damage by freezing. 1 , ______________. _ _____ 0 I Vat - A combination of Whigs and 'Know• ~. _ &loam BY A Bov.—A boy, 14 years of age, WHEAT CROP IN 1115 WEST.—We continue' Nothings Ilan.tarried Rhode Island, as every- 1 to leave the best accounts of the coming wheat ' body expected. But the majority is nothing son of Mr. Jacob IVilliams, of Wolfsville, Md., last week stripped off his clothes, and 'crop. From lowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indi- Ito boast of. - heir rope to the ear , i aoa.and Michigan all reports are cbeeritig—the 10 _9lr. Basil Rookies, live r ' 1 __ ---=.-----.---;------wi;eat-fieldirne-vet-looked-faener provisions. e 1 - moeratic Party While all sections .of parties in New Hemp- ; The . election in Cincinnati, on Monday last, shire base been S.bwrbed in the EtuiwNothint was a most exciting one, attended with, riot. organization. the, Democratic Party in that ! ir.g and . fighting between the Know Nothings State maintains neatly its ran strength. It and Germans.. It seems ittata number of loses some two thnusand votes, and is beaten Germans went to Jackson's Hill to fire-a can by the combined factions ; but it does not loose qon in honor of the hirth•day: of Je.tterson, its position nor its honor. - 1 which some Know Nothings - did not appear We notie,e that the Democrats Kcntuck I wAllin, to tolerate, and the current of excit,- ; that State ; but in the Union they lire not only in the minority, but without. national connee tion or "countenance.—With their leader safe I in the Senate, they perhaps can bear this eon- dition of comparative isolation, till the turn of strain; brings them to their true position ; but the chances are equal that they will be thrown out of all connection with what was once the Whig party of the Union. As to the Demo cratic party, we think it a matter of sincerest congratulation that the opposition to it has taken this shape. They stand uncontaminated by the'stain'of this proscriptive faction. From Maine to California, they are free from the be ginning.—Their opponents have selected the principles of proscription for the issue of the contest of 1856. The Democrats will accept the issue ; and if the end does not show that the opposition to the Democracy is now, gig ever, fated, predestined, to confusion, disaster and defeat, then it iSliecause the motives and ' - feelings - that have animated and actuated the -1 republican masses of . these States, have poised to influence their minds.'—iihihi. "mt. Belong out Meeting. We knew that the - corruption and .profli cy of the present Know Nothing Legislature, was becoming apparent to every man in the State ; but still we did not think the editors of that pure new party were so willing to ac knowledge it. Yet such is the fact, as is evin ed by the following, clipped from the Harris burg hem, one of "Sam's" organs : "The fact is, legislation has fallen into bad hands. A set of political scoundrels took ad vantage of the late revolution in political sen timent,oand where they did .not hontstly suc ceed—fraud was resorted to, in order to ac complish the object. The legislation of this session, its glaring absurdities and villainy, to make use of the mildest terms, will be execra ted by every honest man in the Commonwealth. The honor of the State is bartered and si,ld by a secret conelave, as-if they had no masters, nor in any way responsible to'publ lc, opinion. Banks are - chartered amid, boisterous merri ment, and foreign railroad capitalists are .the "lions" who are worshipped at the shrine of mammon. When will Moses descend from the mount and east down the golden calf?" The Know Nothing majority in the legisla ture may. well exclaim "save rue from my friends."— Lane. Intel. Pre-pay your Postage. EMI Out' citizens should remember that letters which are. dropped into the Post Office without being prepaid, will - tint be sent to their desti nation, but remain in the office. The new law which went into effect on the first inst., requires pre-payment in all cases. Courtesy has hith erto 'demanded that letters should be pre•paid, and now that it is made necessary by law. every one should remember it, and not waste time in writing letters they do . not intend to pay for. DEATU OF A CONVICT UNDER TIDE "REIGN OF correSpondent infurms us that George Getman, who was.otte of the sufferers under the "reign" of John Adams. died on the 4th inst.; on his farm near Sellersville, Bucks county, at the . advanced age of 92 years, 2 months and 10 days. Mr. Getman, with a number of others, -was convicted under the odious "sedition law" of 1799, for "speaking disrespectfully of the Government," or, in other words exercisinc , that ti lit of ever American, ec ion ment began to swell. Presently it was re ported. that several persons were prevented from voting atl2th ward by the Germans, when a rush was made for the place, and the ballot-box forcibly taken front the officers . and - destroyed. - A terrible fight ens►ined, in which pistols, knives, and other deadly wen. 1 - .pfms, were used. Ore person was killed,*and Tfi )(led. Live *aunt ~ one it is thought fatally. From that time on collisions became trjquent, bat there does not appear by the papers to have been any further loss of lice, although the tel egraph reported len dead, and many .more wounded. The cannon used by the Puritans is claimed to have been "'disputed" property, an. ►ere was a vas ea o trou e a out at one time the Germans, then the Know Nothings, and then the Germans again, getting possession of it. The military were called out, t at latiLae_c_ounta_things had nearly resumed their wonted quiet. It • is said that the - ballot-box—)n--the 11th ward wag also destroyed. Had it arid the 12th been counted, the Democratic majority in the city, it is thought, would have been about 500. As it hobo Know Nothing candidate, Mr. Taylor. has but a vety small majority, and will not accept under,the circumstances. The Ga zette (K. N.) reluctantly admits that the Know Nothings were defeated. The Com 'mercial says: "Our returns will show all 'that is known of the result of the eleciion at the hour of go- ing to press. Whatever may he the exact result, it cannot he denied that the know nothings are substantially and severely de- , teated. By the presentation of unfitting can didates it lost ha ehance_for a victory, and conies out of th - e — e - ChreSt severely chastised, if not annihilated." __ The tlestruefforrokhe ballot boxes is uni versally eotaletuteti. The Gazette; K. N., says : "We care not what the provocation may have been, to deStroy the ballots taken at an elec.,. tion is a gross violation of hiw and justice, and, as such, should be punished to the full extent of the statute. We know that the Amer ican party view these acts of violence as we do, with unmitigated abhorrence. They have been committed' by irresponsible individuals, who, claiming kindred to the party, assume to act in its name." We must await the arrival of Cincinnati pa pers for true , particalars of the riot. A correspondent of the Pennsylvanhn sa'ya that all Wa:: quiet until - about 3 P. nt., when the Know-Nothings found that they would be defeated, and put their bullies in motion to destroy the ballot-boxes in the Dem ocratic wards. CINCINNATI, April 6.--4 large party of tow dies, armed with clubs, guns and pistols, went to the 'Lafayette .House„ corner of Mill and Front streets, last night, kept by a German, named Jacob Knight, and demanded liquor. After being furnished with beer they com menced breaking the glasses, knocked the pro. prietor senseless, insulted his wife, assaulted his children, and then left the premises. On the sidewalk the gang knocked down three Germans and stabbed another, who is not ex pected to revover. Finally they drove the family of Knight from the house. Five arrests were made, being the first made by the authorities during these disgraceful proceedings. The returns of the 12th ward will ,give all the democratic candidates a majority, and it is stated 'that they will -be sworn in on next M onday. A heavy rain has served to cool matters most effectually. MICHIGAN ALL RIGHT !--The Democrats have carried the great majority of the town elections in Michigan. • • CONNECTICUT lt.t:c•riox.—The returns are not all in, but the result will be nearly as follows : Ingham, Democrat,. for Governor, 27,000 ; Minor, Know Nothing, 25,000 ; Dut ton, Whig. 9,000. The Know Nothings 'and IVhigs united and elected a majority of the Senators and Representatives, and its the Legislature will be called upon to elect the Governor, Minor will most probably be chosen, although he hasless.votes than the Demoetatic candidate. St - tmEY DEATii.Mr. Basil Rankles, living ; aliotit — W3 miles east of New Markei:Vreii- 10 in inenuiati. Latest from Europe; The steamer Bailie arrived at New York cs Friday, with _news one week later from Europe. The Vienna Conference had unan imously agreed to "the guarantee plac;ng the' Danubian provinces under the protectorate of the four powers ;" but there were fears that 'he Conference would assume a dilatory ctrar • ' •,• • : - ‘ll no hopes or peace from it. Sebastopol has been greatly strengtheced,t and there were rumors at Paris of the early raising of the siege. Doubtful, we think.. Orders had been issued by Russia for the re.) taking of Eupatoria at any cost. Breadstuffs were unchanged.' _ontuaionAm. I • 1 ' f. !. LA rASTE R, April_ s.—The grand State Council of Know-Nothings met here on Tues day, but broke up in confusion this afternoon. The cause of the difficulty being opposition to an open organisation. Public opinion runs counter to secrecy and oath bound eonspiracies, Messrs. Cameron, Johnson and Gen.lrvin left this morning in disgust. Fire near Emmitsbnrg. About a 3 ear ago the _barn. of Isaac Wil hide, a farmer, 'near l;mtt►itsburg, was burned to the ground, with his hay, &c., and all his horses and .catt - The occurrence at the time, created a good deal of excitement, be cause of the suspicion of incendiarism. Sus picion rested upon certain perstlns, but chari ty Prevailed, and the suspicion died away pretty much. Preparations were being made fur rebuilding the barn this summer.-I.latt it is probable there will not be much haste in the execution of this purpose, fora few nights ago, the temporary sheds Which had been erected as a substitute were suddenly found in a blaze, about 10 o'clock, and were consumed, with all their contents of hay, fodder, &c., before the flames could be arrested. Mr. Withide was very near again loSing all his horses and cat tle, some of them being pretty well singed be fore they could be iesened.—The tearing down of fences rwar+ ail that prevented the ce'ritlagra tion-froin spreading to other valuable properi ty. suspicion has again been . aroused, resting, upon certain individuals, and great excitement has followed the transaction in the neighborhood. Great sympathy is felt for the victim of incendiary malice, and lynch law would he the fate of the victitniier, in all web-. ability, if he could be identified. One of the "Bets." The following wager on the election has been. made in Virginia : A friend of Mr. Wise and a friend of Mr. Flourney, each equally confident of success, have agreed, alter the election, to spend a day on 'he river, fishing. They are to take with them everything calculated to make a man feel "jolly." The loser is to sit all day.in . sight of everything that can tempt his appetite, but like Tantalus in the Tantarian regions, not be permitted to touch. He is to catch, cook and serve to his companion a - 11"the fish he can, Without tasting so much as a fin. He is to mix juleps, and hail- - storms, without putting a drop to his parched lips. Not a morsel is he to . eat, nor a thimblelul to- drink, from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same. He is to have an_ umbrella by him, without the privilege of hoisting it; let the sun scorch or the rain drench him ri-s they may. Newspapers and books are to he near, but their contents are to be sealed to him. The winner is expected to make himself com fortable, in any way his tastes or appetite may suggest, but chiefly by beholding the suffer ings Of his companion. The penalty is as hard as the wager is novel. G'We copy the annexed pair of articles from the Philadelphia Pennsylvanian, of Wed nesday last: TIIE DEMOCRATIC CITY CONY mrroN.—This body convened yesterday in Spring Garden H o lt, for the purpose of placing in nomination City Officers. Their deliberations-were con ducted as all, convoked bodies of Itw-loving cit ivens are, in a quiet commendable manner. Th► result of their action resulted in the selec tion of Capt. Horatio G. Sickels for City Treas urer, and John Sherry for City Commissioner. These nominations will give satisfaction. Allegations were made that Wm. S. Allen. Isaac Bryant and Snyder, who appeared as Delegates, were Know-Nothings. A corn niittce was appointed to examine into the mat-- hung hitnself with a rope to the rafter, having swung off from a barrel. He was perfectly er- Tilead whenAound. No reason is known for -- 'The annexed statement we find-in—th Frederick- Citizen. We know Mr. STEvr.:is, who makes it, well. He is - a Protestant, and has always been a high minded Whig. His sense of Olt ht and justice would - nortillO* bim longer to remain quiet, whilst the public was being imposed upon by the ignorant .find evil designing: - I , ferl impelled by a sense of justice to make the following statement :--On the 9th of No vember last, _Miss JOSEPHINE BusictzT came to my house about 8 o'clock, in the morning, and stated that she was from &.'Joseph's, near Einnutsburg, and asked me if she could get accommodations with me until she could hear from her father in Norfolk. I told her that she could*be accommodated, and that she would ,be _perfectlyLsate_under_my_protection; 'he reinained — fir-urylrouse until the 15th of November. .On MondarmOrning, the nth-of November, two Sisters- of charity from St. JU seph's came to my house, bringing with them some clothing belonging to Miss 8., which she had Written for by the overseer at St. Joseph's, .who had passed , throngli Creagerstown, on Sat ardor previous. The two sisters who came to deliver her clothing did not see Miss 8., but --ticks left` .-- . • • Me articles un for her. I inquired of the, Sisters if they would take Miss ItuNkukr back , at,St..Joseph's if she should desire to return—they - said that the in stitution would not do so. While Miss B. was at my house she seemed quite happy, and did nottnandeSt the least fear of bein g taken back' to St. Joseph's by force or otherwise. She took frequent walks and rides on horseback into the country, with-no one' attending 'her but Miss Cuirass. No.guard was necessary for her protection while at my house, as no attempt whatever was ever made to molest her in any manner by any person connected with St. JosepliPs, or by any one else. The statements conflicting with this are absolutely false, and without the least foundation in fact,. by whomsoever made. During time whole time Miss BeNKLEX ViliS at my house, f never heard her say a word against the institution of St. Joseph's, nor complain of her having teen treated, nor di'd she make any such complaint to any of my family, that I have ever heard. She gave me as the reason other Wailing St. Joseph's that lux health was bad. She was not watched nor put under any sort of prolec (ion whilst-at my-house, for none was necessa ry; The story that I sent for the' Rev. Mr. AspEasoN, or_that Miss BUNKLEY, or any one else (as far as I know) sent for him, is false. Mr. Atgointso's acquaintance with her was formed under these circumstances : he was sitting in my bar-room, on Saturday, two days after itliss llunkley's arrival, smoking a cigar. and asked who she was, having seen her riding out with Miss Grimes the day before. I in formed him that she was from St. Joseph's, and he requested to he introduced to her, and was accadifigly introduced that day. . CHARLES. STEVENS, PropHetor' of the Creagerstown. Hotel. A PromAnur SPHEIGII, —A correspondent of the i'arn,er's Cabinel,_says that after hearing an excellent speech froth Dr. Darlington, be. fore the Philadelphia Agricultural Society, on the proper use and care of implements, he was induced to make such useful repairs, provide a tool-house, and keep his implements in so much better order than before, that "he cal culates his saving in wear and tear'of tools, since the delivery of that speech, has not been less than $5O per annum ; while the time gain ed by having everything in its place, was worth as much more"—adding. $lOO a year to his income. COI= TREASUMERS.—The Committee of Ways and Means in the House of Representa tives have reported the following bill. It has not yet been acted upon : Slier. 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the Coun ty Treasurers now in office in the different counties of this Commonwealth shall hold and enjoy their respective offices for the term of, three years .frdm—the time they entered upon the duties thereof, and that hereafter all County Treasurers shall be elected for the term of three years and shall perform the duties and be subject to' the provisions of the act to .which: this is a supplement : Provided, That the . 'Treasurers now in office whose terms are ex-' tended for one year shall give bonds according to the tennis and provisions of the law under which they were elected, conditioned for the faithful performance of their respective duties for the time herein added to their terms Of office. Sf:crr. 2.' That-so-mach-of the said act of As sembly as is hereby altered and supplied is hereby repealed. r7Distnrbing public meetings seems to he one of the settled practices of the Know-Noth ings, who take special pains to guard themselves from molestation, by shrouding all their doings in secrecy. The sane discreditable trick that was attempted here a fi!ty weeks ago at Barto's, was successfully played in Phdadephia on Wednesday night. -A meeting of citizens op posed to all secret political organizations, was called at the Spring Garden Hall, hut the Know Nothings assembled in sufficient force to outnumber them, voted down the resolutions that were offered, choked off all who attempted to speak against Know Nothingism, and passed a set of flaming resolutions against •Popery" and •'foreign influence." What they have gained by thus brow-beating their fellow citi zens in the exercise of an indisputable right, remains to be seen.—Reading Gazelle. FINA I. FAJTA - 11E OF fir ERICSSON . INVENTION —A correspondent of The Boston Juurna/ writes from New York as follows : The Ericsson experiment is at an end. The invention is conceded to be a failure, and. poor Ericsson is a ruined man. Ile has spent all his fortune in building his caloric ship and in the experiments be has made on the vessel. He has done more, he has spent all his wife's fortune, which was great, and she, too, is beg gared. But the worst of all is that it has led to such recrimination and alienation that they have separated. never to be united again, per- haps. Had he been successful his name would have been enrdled with that of Columbus, Newton, Fulton and other men of illustrious renown. But he has Failed : he has lost his ail : he has introduced ruin into a once loving and happy home, and tAie world coldly looks on, and says, "I told you se." Great Snow Storm. I:MONTREAL, April 2. —lt has been snowing hard here for the last 15 hours. Ileavy drifts have accumulated, which are likely to impede the trains. OGDEN - Sari:olT, April 2.—A, severe snow storm, accompanied with a heavy northwest wind, is prevailing here. The thermometer is ten degrees above zero. Ltappears_th. Victor 1; is fat;tt ink the way of all her ancestors. if not all the , earth. A private dispatch received at Wash ington, announces that in her recent illness her mind Show Symptoms of derangement and decay. FATU. Accjou-s - T.—On Saturday afternoon, during the prevalence of the 'Storm at Charles ton. a portion of the wall of a burnt building toppled over, while live small boys were inside, an d two of them—Uerhard Thomas, aged 14 vears,"and Jas. Dawson. - aged 12 yea rs—weie instantly _crushed to—death. and ""auutha, Jobu euubidcrably injured. --Important_if_Trve._ A Paris correspondent of the New York Tri bune, affirms that the mission of Lord John Russell is not a peace mission, and no' pea6c t wilt o.o*. ,o,ut_of the Conference of Vienna.. England,' at this montent,desires the destruction of Sebastopol .more thou a peace, hat she de sires, above'all; war. This is the teal senti ment of aristocratic men of England at this titne—of those men who completely f.'ailed, ho can acting the affairs-of State, and who knoyr that England is a great nation, when properly, aroused. They know that if the war eease now, England will have sunk to a most degrad ed position in the eyes of the world, and ihey prefer an opportunity to display her old tradt tronal power, and thus redeem the re.putattone they have lost for themselves and their (roan-- try. In. this new enntess, the aristocracy and. people will bealike zealous for_ the wan ; since , front the first it, is a strirgie to. maintain , the po w er Which' has hem latteditary'iretheir, and which. they feel gliding away from "them and for the second; an honest, patriotic etiert. to wipe out the stain which the war has brought: upon the country's reputation. It is even• broadly asserted in. diplomatic circles inParis, that Lord John • Buseell has. gone to Berlin lad' Vienna to prevent peace T . and the demands , which, the Allies Made ofßussia‘t4i:,_hlow-Ana-hr.r -own. fort at Sebastopol; and the remarks of Lord Palmerston about the speedy return ifs' Lerd John to assume his post at the Cabinitt,. all confirm this assertion. Suffering as Eng land may be; she does not desire peace at this; moment ; and there will he no peace-:-rely. on.it.. Abolitfuoi Geography. The Tribune recently published as from "ax i , son ri journal, the Lexington Democrat ic Ad'— vocate," .an advertisement signed John Long,. who,otiercd his services and those of his hunt ing dogs, to assist his fellow-citizens. ot Eielmvs, county in catching their runaway negroes, and adds,— “Lexinf,ion, in Missouri, is near the frontier of Kansas, and so• the crownirtg gibry of thee patriarzlialh system—`nezro: dogs—is ready-to hand' fa that country where, according to 31r- Everett, slavery could not gm. I.g - there be et single reader of the 7'ribu-ne w ;IN heart mrefari. and skull so dense as to uphold that system,: • with its blazing pyres and hounds of blood, let. him exanthie the simple unadorned! bvutabity of the above advertisement.” The number of the Tribtrne containing ther. above, found its way to Missouri, and has- beem completely exploded by the St. Louis. Intelli gencec-guti the St. Louis. Republican.. After' comineirting on the character' of - Greeley and the infamous course of the Tribune, the Intel ligencer thus concludes: ‘But the advertisement, pictures, and indilp, nation only lack one element—truth. There is no 'Democratic advocate' published in Lex ington, Missouri, or elsewhere in Missouri., nor ever was. - There is no 'Holmes county' in Missouri that we ever heard of, and 'Jain Low , ' advertises to imaginary customers when be solicits their patronage-. And finally, there are no 'negro dogs' in Alissouri, 'near the frontier of Kansas,' or. elsewhere. What dogs we have in the State belong mostly to. negroes, and we are sure they would chase Chevalier Greeley much quicker than they would any sable fugi tive to be found 'in the bush.' " "I Die an American." This exclamation, attributed to Poole the pugilist shortly before his death, was.. seized by the Know Nothings; emblazoned upon a banner at his funeral, and was near leading to a riot on St. Patrick's day. 'lt, was taken for granted that Pootelad come to. bis death by "bloody furrinem" and that his death was to , be avenged as Texas was to be annexed,. "at the earliest practiCable period." It now turns out that all the parties impli cated in the murder of Poole—Baker, flyer,. Linn, Van Pelt; Pandem: 31cLauglin, Irwin; and Morrissey, are native bon citizens of the Ur'ited States. There is not a foreigner amongat them. What is to be done now ? As they are alf Americans, we presume they are entitled to ts. procession for the heroism they exhibited in murdering Poole without any foreign aid. - A Singular Inquisition was lately at tempted by the Massachusetts legislature, arising out of the excessive know nothing, zeal of that body. • A special committee was' ap pointed to visit and examine all "theological seminaries, boarding schools, academies, nun neries and Convents," in order to ascertain whether any species of injustice was practiced in such establishments, which ought to be remedied by law. Th;s committee commenced its labors by visiting a schoolin Roxbnrg, kept by seven Catholic Sisters of Charity. The visit was entirely unexpected to the inmates, who became terribly frightened on the abrupt entrance of the crowd. No less than twenty four persons went as the committee, and made a thorough investigation of the establishment, omitting no chamber, passage, closet, attic, or cellar, to ascertain whether instruments *of torture, &c., could be found. The search was without effect-, except to cause a great public excitement, and bring the whole proceedings into odium and contempt. Nearly all the Bos ton papers denounce the conduct of the com mittee, and their strictures induced several members of the legislature, a few days ago, to move the appointment of a committee to in quire into the facts. An animated-debate en sued, during which severarinembers declared that the press had grossly exaggerated the The committee was finally ordered. ri -- There are three papers in this State which are particularly down on the "d , d furriners" of all kinds—the !bony Stale Reg. isler, _Rochester , erican and Buffalo Commer cial .ddvertiser, and yet strange to say; the leading men of some of these papers are of for eign extraction. Lacy, one of the proprietors of the ReLfister, was born in England. Mann, of' the Rochester Jimerican, was born in Scot land, and until he was fourteen years of age, peddled itch ointment around Edinburv.- Parmelee. of the Buffalo Commercial—the tik4 of the "twenty-five dollar character," was an' English soldier, and left the army one day un der the escort of one drummer and two rope ends. These are the men who are now "ral lying round the Constitution," and:who insist that foreign influence will yet undermine the liberties of' the nation. Queer people those llindoos. That is so. —3lbany Knickerbocker. ISlainesbury, Tioga county, Pa., the Know-Nothings dissolved their council, burned their charter, books and papers, and voted their funds to the poor. This is .about the most discreet move we - have known them to make. 7,7 - The New Haven Palladium says the nest of young incendiaries and burglars which the police have very much disturbed, was bound together by the most solemn obligations, and that .the penalty fin• disclosure of its operations n_bers, Ams_death. C A?: DI DATE FOR Gov ERNI, K. —The democrats of Tennessee met in convention in Nashville on Tuesdaylast„told notninated Andrew Johnson, the prosent Governor. for re-election. The contest, it is pre-imed. will be between him and the Hun. W. P. Gentry, who has announced himself a candidate. • At the present time there arc tire -hun dred and seven ptisoners in the :4tate_ prison in Chat le:•tot% n. the largest number ever co-ntined ithin the %\ al6 of that pri.wu at one UCLA. •
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