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WETTYSBURG, PA.
MONDAY, MORNING. APRIL 16,- 185 S.
livionitural Society.
a}"Attention is ,directed to the advertise
sner4-of.the Adams Cu!anty *Agricultural ,Socie•
• , to--beed-on-our-fottriblineet
ing of the &witty will take pace. in the Court
house, to-morrow; itt . l o'clock in the afternoon.
when it is-toped thai 141 'desirous of seeing a
Fair in :the county ne*t.fall, will be present.
Uponrtittbe-tutnimstlfiA--4vend-tle
decision of that, questien. :
' Ide - taxed to alt Afr
and MaLuiaiss ;for continued' copies of the
Legislative Record and other docrongnts:
712 en Monday. Mr. hltet.EAs. presented
three petitions:Nan cltizene, of Adams oonnty,
for the repeal. of that 'portion Of the Corinnotkr
taw whict provides for the election of
county superintendents. "
111-Our Merchants have opened their Spring
Goods, and present, an• attractive 'aasolunent.
Bead their advertisements. -
11:2 - On Monday last six , thousand two hunt
dr44 . oppliditiorr3 *ere received at the Pension
office:for bounty land, tinder the new law. "
&LOok out fin. counterfeit 14's <in the .
W , Catein Reserve (0.) Bank . They are altered
from n. *-
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ibmWe again reutipd,opr. readers . - that - the-
Mew poitige Zak which went into effect on the
Ist 'of this month.; requires the postage on all
letters to be prepaid; otherwise they will, not
be 'Sent
-117,: - A bill to prevent the carrying or Use of
conoeale4 deadly weapons has passed to athird
reiding in the Pennsylvania Hbuse of Rep-r- sentativel!! -
SUDDEN Dimra.—Robert D. Carson, Esq.,
Caikier of. tho Lancaster. .C o unty Bank, died
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Suddenly Of-apoplexy,. lust Saturday week.
Ife -was in , his usual,- health up to the time' of
'his decease. and had been attending to his du
ties in the -, Bank , on'. that. day:, Wm. L. Pei.
peelaabeitfelected Cashier in his place.
Kaxsas Eizartos.--The telegraph furnish
es, in general terms, the result of the election
held:: in Kansasi, on the 30th ult. The names
of 'the successful candidates are not . given, brit
the,dispat4} triefiy announces that the deo-.
Von passed Orin a very quiet inankt.—There
R*Ati. sir averw:helming majority , in -favor of the
*poplar Soiet'eignty' ticket., n '
(17'The'price of flour in Boston, in Novpm-
ber, 1817, was, according to the Herald of that
city, $l6 per barrel, and in twenty m o nths af
ter it Wail:t!Oillg at $4 a barrel.
~ Of course
.itnett ruined hundreds, and the Her
. sild, not believing that present prices can be
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kept up, CAUtiOO9 speculators. to "stand, from
under,"
Tug Arms IN TB PAGIFIC.—The French
and English squadrons were at the latest ad.
vices arriving at Callao en route to a rendez
vcus, where they were to combine in another
iatteck on the Russian fortress of Petropau.
lowski.
, O:7"Mr. Stratton - , -- father—of the well known
dwarf Tom Thumb, rendered famous by_liar
num, has become insane, and is now an inmate*
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of the Hartford (Conn.) 'Lunatic Asylum. •
(C7The General Assembly of the Old School
Pieibyterinn Church in the United States of
America, will meet on Thursday, May lith,
in 'the First Presbyterian Church of the city of
St. Louis, Mo.
Tns WyTREVILLE TRAGNIrr.—Dr. J. Austin
Graham, Who has been arrested for killing Mr.
Spiller, tit Wytheville, Nis., came very near
being lynched by the citizens before he could
be safely lodged in jail. He offers, it is said.
no excuse for his crime, but says he did not
intend to kill any one else. It appears a . par
ty • of twenty-one persons was in pursuit of
bin, and when he was taken he was nearly
starved and frozen. He attempted to resist, by
drawing a pistol, but being assured that it
was useless, and that he would be lawfully
dealt with, he surrendered.
ErThe Know Nothings, evidently, very
much fear the ellect of Mr. hlcet.).•AN's speech
against their proscriptive order. 'As proof of
this iniiety, their favorite organ occupies ciiit„
less than three coturnnain a fruitless endeavor
to controvert it.
STEP FORWARD.-By a law recently passed
in Michigan, a married woman may receive.
buy, sell, devise, mortgage. fte., her real and
personal property, without the consent of her
husband. and also sue and be sued, without
joining the husband in the suit in either case.
So the identity of the woman as an indiVidual
is beginning to be fairly recognized.
Ilf„tvr Loss. —A fire at Shelbyville, Tenn.,
has destroyed The dwelling of Rev. A. H.
D. D., pastor of the Presbyterian
—Chareirtirthat
-was,one of the
,finest in the State. ilismanu-
scripts, also buind. included six hundred ser- ;
loons a►d lectures, which he had prepared for
ress and desi
the
-- exactA-T - Flan-.----Nearighteen-linitdred-Iyales ty, to proceed_bi_Sebastoppl—to_inspect
acettqa were destroyed by fire at Magnolia, ! works there -and view the operations of war.
Texas, out the night of the 19th nit. , the entire f They are ordered to depart as soon as possible.
less Iling eatitnated at sixty thousand dollars,
THE ANGEL GABRIEL ONCE Mons.—John S.
which is the '
largest ever sustained by fire -in Orr, the "Angel Gabriel," gives notice in the
T,exasi.
I English papers that he is going to the Crimea
Cs At- 01 .w hue- teen-sad.P ;:e?ir"• "to strengthen the spirits of the heroes," then
.141 r; it is stated ' at 82 c e : 1413 4 3er to Africa'and Asia, and finally to Rome, to
the Crimea.
- suffer martyrdom, ana thus finish his testi
13:7T/dentine Porn. a German musician in mony.
Boston, in sneezing, a day or two since, burst na - On the White Mounta,ins in New 'lamp
s. blood easel, Ibitli caubcd his death. dare th e snow is said to be still six fret deep.
ned
The True Democrat.
It iu necessary that-parties should: sometimes
be purged, else, they would becorrie terrinit,
thdtender elements de.rin-sitatZto-theirpres
pellty and existence. The Democratic perty
bas often required and often received such
purging. - When it has been victorious in a
_ntnitiplicityuf_contests, many of its opponents,
who care more for spoila than principles, enligt
under its banner and swear loyalty to its
cause. Such are ready to desert at the first
ktdication'of defeat. The hour of peril and
imminent danger always finds them hesitating
as to the course; to pursue, or fully committed
to the enemy. In times like these, remarks the
Philadelphia Argus, we can determine who are I
- e - true - and - fsithfulTand - who - are_the_tiniL
and itreacherous. It is no time to ascertain
the brave mariner, when the sky is serene and
The !mean calm. But let the tempest burst
forth w(th all its fierceness, and the ocean '
:awrge rock - the - threatened - ship, -a nd--then
thi brave and faithful tar is found at his post
howling,ciinds and waves that threaten a wat
errgrave. lie redoubles every effort, while
his confidence in his craft is increased. So
'with the true and faithful Democrat. When
he sees his principles in danger he redoubles
his visilrce in.watching the point whence the
emit is ,expected. and increases his energy in
their defence. If there ever was a time since
thy) foundation of this government which re
quired the vigilance and energy of every Dem
ocrat, that time is now- at hand. Let every
,Democrat then, who is a Detnocrat in princi
ple,, look well to the cause which he has es
'podseit Now , is the time to try 'his genuine
'nese.' We candidly believe that some who
'ere trustworthy have been led off by the tricks
of the Know-Nothings. Such can redeem their
fidelity by renouncing their allegiance to, and
seceding from the order into which they have
been inveigled, and assuming their loyalty to
those principles which they have so zealously
maintained.
Know-Nothing Defeats.
Parrmisolv, N. 3., April 10.—At the munic
pill election in thi4 city on Monday the Know-
Nothings were defeated in four out , of the five
wards. Van Blarcum, the Union candidate for
mayor, was elected by 100 majority over
lilies, the Know• Nothing candidate.
HARTFORD, April 9.—The Union ticket nom
tinted by the Democrats in this city against the
Know-Nothings carried four out of the six al
dermen, and thirteen of the twenty-four coun
cilmen. The Know-Nothings are routed on the
full vote.
Oonock.s, April 10.—The charter election
irr-this town yesterday passed oft harmonious
ly. Mr. C, V. Clichener, for Mayor, and the
other Democratic conciliates were chosen.
TAUNTON, April 10.—;At our municipal elec
tionlesterday, John R. Tucker, independent,
itas - elected Mayor, Wagner independent, Mar
shal,-,and Clark, independent, City Marshal.
[l:7"The Detroit Free Press says the Demo
crahlhave swept the State.of Michigan against
the Know Nothings, .in the recent township
efe'dtions.
Peace Restored at Cincinnati.
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RESULT OF TIM ELECTION.—The disgraceful
riots at Cincinnati have been brought to a
close. The papers from that city, as late as
Saturday week, announce a perfect restoration
etc peiice and order. The Commercial states
that not only have certflcates of election been
granted to all the Democratic - candidates, but
that Mr. Ferran has been sworn in as mayor,
and entered upon his duties. Ills majority is
1,333, and to show that there could have been
no great amount of illegal voting, as charged,
the Commercial states that the vote last Octo
ber, (when the majority for the Know-Nothing
candidate for Supreme Judge was 6,425,) was
only 96 leas than it is now—in other words the
Democratic vote has increased 3,427, and the
K. N. decreased 3,331, making a.clear Demo
cratic gain of 6,758.
Mtsstso.—Mr. Daniel Ebert, of this borough,
visited Baltimore on Monday of last week, on
business, ancLit is said he had a large amount
of money to receive. He put up at the Frank
lin House, kept by Col. Jameson, forMerly of
this borough. He left the Franklin House on
Tuesday morning with the intention of return
ing again, but has not since been heard of. His
family were informed of his disapper.ance, and
several of the neighbors, we understand. have
been on to Baltimore to search for him, :but no
trace of his whereabouts has been discovered.-
Fears are entertained that he has been foully
dealt with. Mr. Ebert is between sixty and
'seventy years of age.—Turk Republican.
SNow IN WssrEaN NEw Yoatt.—Snow has
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fallen in Western New York within a week to
a considerable depth, so as to make some of the
roads impassable. Even in the western part
of Albany county the ground is now covered
with snow. A gentleman who left Rensselear
villa Saturday morning says that there was
good sleighing between that place and Clarkes
vine.
B tTAt LINGTON, Vt., April 11 th.- 2 Quite a se
'rem snow storm has been prevailing here du
ring last night and this forenoon. Snow has
fallen to the depth of fourteen inches. The ice
on Lake Champlain is breaking up.
j S. OFFICERS ORDERED TO SEBASTOPOL.—
it is stated in the NW:York Trlbune Tha tie
Administration at Washington have detached
Cal. Richard Delafield, of the engineers, Major
lfmd Ntordecai, of the Ordinance, and Ca
• t of the Cavalr •,on s i eial
The Anti-Lioense Bill.
The bill which passed the Howie of Repre
sentatives some weeks ,ago,_abolishing the tav
ern license system, was taken up in the Senate
on Tuesday, and after undergoing material
amendment, passed by a vote of 15 yeas to
niya—Dr. MELLINGeit voting in the neg
ative.
The Hooke took up the Siinati-Namend
ments on Wednesday, and under the opera
tion of the previous question, they were pass
ed by an average vote of 57 yeas to 27 nays—
Mr. IVIceLeAN voting in the affirmative. The
Governor's- signature is_only needed to make I t
the bill a law, which it will doubtless receive.
The bill is, said to be very stringent in its
rovitinns, shutting up The_taverns after- the
first of October, "and requiring those who take
out license to sell_ by the quart or more, to
be licensed by the Courts, after due publics.
lion in the newspapers, is now requir
ed-hy-law—in-case-of-tavern---license.
license fee is made treble -that now paid by
in no cane shall it be less thanft3o'; and 1
every person taking - out license require - :
'give bond.in $l,OOO conditioned for the faith
ful observance of all the laws of the Common
wealth relating to the traffic. The act takes
of on the lit of October next, hut, will not
interfere with persons now holding license
until the time for which the same was granted
shall expire. - Licenses granted after the pas
sage of the hill will hold good only to the
let of, October. No license shall be,granted
to other than citizens of the United States of
temperate habits and good' moral character.
The- bill has a minaber of sections providing
severe penalties for violations of the law and
defining the duties of officers under it.
We expect to publish the bill in oar next.
In view of the vote taken last fall, we do not
believethat the people ol the Commtniwealth
are prepared for so sweeping an enactment.
- P. S,—Gov. Pollock has signed the bill.
Divistom OF UNION COUNTY.- In . obedience
to an Act of the Assembly, passed during the
early part of the present session, the people of
Union county voted, on Friday the Itith ult.,
on- the question of• dividing that county, and
the official result is as fellows :--Whole num
ber of votes polled 5061, of which there were
2553 for the division, 2508 against, making a
majority of 45 for the division. We presume
this Will settle the question ; but the Union
Star says, "time will show whether, the matter
will be tilloved to rest as it now is."
Bouvr - r LAND -A PP LICA NTS. ---.I3IPORTA NT'
D ECISION . —The Commissioner of Pensions has
made an important decision, in which he
draws a distinction between distant and actual
service in the time of war. The decisiob is to
the effect that a person who was in the milita
ry or naval service of the United States during
any : - of the wars in which this country has
been engaged .siar. e-1790, is not entitled to
bounty land under the act of March 3, 1855,
if he was not at-the seat of war.
Eta" The Reading Gazette says : Mr. R. Todd,
of that city. has invented a plow, upon an en
tirely new plan, to which he invites the atten
tion of farmers, and those who feel an interest
in. the science ofagriculture.—The driver ridei,
guides the team; and manages the plow, with
less labor than by the old method. The work
is also done better, and much labor saved the
team. Many practical farmers, who have seen
the plow, say it will Succeed.
a:7A breach-loading cannon was tried at the
Charlestown (Mass.) Navy Yard on the 29th
ult., in the presence of some United States ofri
cers.—Diseharges were made repeatedly, as
often as six times a minute4,but it is claimed
that, having everything perfect, from 15 to IS
discharges can easily be niadc in that time.
This is pronounced a formidable weapon for
naval warfare.
NOVEL RELIGIOUS MOVEN imr.—Gerrit
Beriah Green, and a few other spirits of that
order, have lately been holding a meeting of
several . days at Oswego, N. 1r . ., to adopt meas
ures to break up all old religious denominations
and organizations, and build up a new system
of their own, to take the place of every other.
They hold that all sectarianism is wrong, that
there should be but one universal church,
and that honesty should be the only test re
quired to entitle a person to the rights of
membership, and so an.—Poughkeepsie Eagle.
A Jun Vsantcr.—The-Quincy (M.) Herald
says that the grand jury refused to find a bill
against John Pigg, a lad about fourteen years
of age, for shooting and killing a man named
Pile. The circumstances arc, that Pile had
quarreled with his wife, and threatened to
beat her—she eSciped - rtothe house of the boy's
mother, was followed by Pile, who made dem
onstrations to whip her, when Mrs. Pigg in
terfered, saying that no woman should be
whipped by a man in her house. Pile then
struck the mother of the boy several times in
the face, when the . lad seized a shot gun and
shot him down, from the effects of which Pile
died the next day. The neighbors persuaded
the boy to go to Quincy and surrender him
self, which he did, and the case being investi
gated, the jury refused to indict Wm.—Chicago
7'r ib tole.
DEATH 01" MARTIN VAN BUREN, JR.—The
Baltic-brings-tintelligence-of-tho-death-of_Mar , _
and if is a most eitraofiliticify — ph - eißiffet — io
tin -3, - an Buren, Jr., son of the ex-President.
t that. two of the springs have disappeared, whilst
He died in Paris on the 20th ult. A large
that called Caplidza was turned out of its bed,
number of Americans accompanied his re-°'
mains to their temporary — resting-place -
and the water now runs in the opposite direr
; cemetery o ontmartre. e .e
for a long time been wasting under the blight
of consumption. His remains will be brought
to the United States in-July.
A VENERABLE COUPLE.—In Adair county,
Ky., on the 27th of March, the venerable John
Pendleton, aged 82 years„ was married to the
amiable Mrs. Mary Adams, aged 72'years„-:w ho
was entirely blind.
o:7young Dr. Kane is going mitas surgeon
of.the expeditio4 iu search of his brother in
the Arctic Be&3.
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Four Days Later from Europe. I Nnew-Nothing Oaths'. . - ( el:I - The Clearfield Republican gives the fol
. The Vienna Onferenee Unssailaetory—Nets ! In the course of Judge Douglas' admirable 'lowing- communication from , the pen of one
t
Conditions Proposed by the' Jellies Disaa,reenbk. l' speech before the Detnocrecy of Richmond, Va., 'of the Mesareipeetable citizens of that county,
to Russia . : 77 General Attack on the Jilin by the on Tuesday evening last, he gave the following whose position.. and character entitle him to
Russians before Sebastopol—lke Russians Re- happy and forcible application of• the events reelect and confidence: •
pulsed with Great Loss.---The steamship connected with the rash oath'of Herod to the ' Know. Nothing Exposure.
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Washington, with Liverpool dates to Wed- swearing made necessary in order tojtecome a A CARD.
nesday, the 28th alt., arrived at New York on Know-Nothing:— .
itSiteetin: Tr., Feb. 21, 1855.
- Wednesday evening. er vices are our halit►conclu - sion; my - friendessif anrof -you.-t --mm , :nts. mooitE & witioN :—Genttemen—T-__.
days later than those received per steamer !
under false allurements...have, at an unlucky must ask the liberty to appear before the pith--
hour, entered the Know-Nothing Council and - lic, for the first time in roe life, in the column's
Baltic. assumed its obligation, let me conjure you, as 'of a newspaper. To vindicate my own char-
The proceedings of the Vienna Conference 1 yon revere the Constitution and love the Union, acter,.and to expose the corruption of a secret
appear to be unsatisfactory. The allies do not j instantly to withdraw your allegiance from a i oath-bound politiesl combination in our midst,
Council whose forms of proceedings and princi- is, my only object. I have all my life endetiv
insist on the .destruction of Sebastopol. but
pies of' political action are inconsistent with• ored to keep iny obligations with my fellow
propose other. conditions disagreeable to Rus- your parammute duty to your country. Let man. and intend to do so in future, erhenevere
sin. ..
. , no false scruples in regard to the binding obli- j sound morality binds me to do so. I regret
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, gitions of unlawful oaths—no timid dread of I that duty to •my conscience and my country
ethe-resentments-of-itileeilliberals-and-unev_or-ekompelserie-thusepubliely-to-venounce-an-ellii
'.thy associates, level you forward. in a line of ,"gittion taker: without knowing its - 'extent or
conduct which your consciences cannot - . ap- lhe character. 1 mean theobligation imposed
prove. Take warning from the example of ! npon the members of the order of the "Star '
Herod, as recorded in the Holy Scriptures. SSpangled Banner." as it has been _recently
That monarch, we are told, in the plenitude of i called, but more familiarly knows . as the order
his-powereind-his-pride-eata-leaseitehonoe_of_Lof__Kno" _w_Neehh:wee___Le eeameeseraem e er ee
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his birth-day. became enamored with the i the order previous to the last election, and took -
charms and _dancing of the daughter 'of has 1 the first two degrees. The order to which I
wife by her first husband: In the fullness of The - longed -- was called the l 'NeW Waihingtots • --
his heart. and the deliridm of his passions, he Council," No. 261, anti held its meetings in
said to the damsel : "Ask of me whatsoever 1 the town of New Washington, .Betrnsisle town- -
you may choose. and it shall be given unto ship, Clearfield county, Pennsylvania. The'
you, even to the extent ofone-half of my King- meetings were held always after night, in a se- ,
dom." And as an evidence of his sincerity i cret manner, in some out-honse_or uninhabited.
and devotions he affirmed his - promise by an I building, with the windows darkened and made
oath' as solemn and 'terrible as was ever ad- 1 secure from observation. • One' of the sneetingeea,
ministered in a Know-Nothing Council. - was called in my wagon-shed, being able to. me
The damsel, after consulting her mother, find no better place where the Council could
said to Herod, "I will that.you give me by and meet without fear of deteCtion. The inst e uc e
by, the head of John the Baptist in a charger." eon to the members was, always - to approach
Herod was exceedingly sorry, for he feared and the place of meeting alone, and toleorre. in the
loved John, and knew him to be a true and same manner, for fear of exciting suspicion. r,
holy man. • must here confess that I always *le a degree
"ely oath !my oath!" he exclaimed, and in of meanness in going to and returning' from
obedience to that unlawful oath be directed the those places, that I had never before felt ; ante
executioner to bring the head of John the Bap. the more I knew and learned of their secret or
tist in a_ charger, and give it to the damsel, ganization, arid their movements, the more. I.
who immediately presented it to her mother in became convinced that no honest,tep*ht, eon-
atonement of the mortal offence of having said Reientious man could, without great violence to_ .
that' marriage to the brother of her husband his feelings, and =entire surrender oral, self--
was unlaerfne Let the example of Herod be a respect and dignity of character, continue ine
warning to all men how they violate their con- their ranks.-1 had always before felt the proud
sciences in obedienceee unlawful oaths. Are consciousness of being an -honest man and a
you prepared, my friends, at the bidding of a freeman. I had never 'mown what it was to:
Know-Nothing Council, to become the execu- . shrink e reom the gaze of any man or - set of men.
tioners of that great party with whose. ergeni- I had irways-felt, and feel now, that it is a
zation you ' were born, and whose prihciples high privilege for a "freeman to express hie:
you vindicate? Are you prepared to become thoughts" on all occasions and' upon all sub
the instruments of a secret cabal to bring in jects. I have been taught to believe that an,
the - heads of the Democratie party in a charg- "honest man is the ooblest work of God," and
er, and to present' them to this dancing Know- my highest ambition through life has been to
Nothing mistress, that she in turn may pre- occupy among my fellow men that exalted po
sent them to her tpothez Federalism, in atone- sition: • I soon found. however. that 1 had been
ment for the unavenged'injuries which in form- decoyed into a secret society, that claimed irons
er days the Jefl'ersonian Democracy have in- me a very different character—a society that
flicied.upon her pride and honor ? Better had not only asked me voluntarily
,to falsify Mt
it been for Herod, yea a thousand times better truth and to act the knave, but actually im
for his fame in this world, and for his salvation posed upon me an_ oath in advance, by which
in the other, had he acted in obedience to his I was bound to liz at their bidding. Having
own conscience by recalling his unlawful oath, Without proper reflection assumed these oaths,
and preserving the life of the holy man whom and become a member, I concluded for a while
he reared anti ! Better 'for you, yea a to remain with them and learn what I could of
thousand fold better for pier own reputation them. 1 bave now left them and forever ! I
and honor, for your children and pelf country, shall rio more meet in their secret conclaves,
that should act in obedience to your own and no longer hear their impious oaths admire
conscientious sense of justice and right—that istered. I rejoice to feel that I am again a.
you should instantly withdraw your allegiance freeman ! -Those whose conscience.will allow
froth these Know-Nothing Councils, and prove them to remain in their ranks can do eca -
your fidelity to those principles for which you Doubtless ere this I have been expelled from •
cherish a hereditary - reverence—fidelity to that their Council,' for thy denunciation of the' or-
political
,organization whose triumphs consti- der, and if so,sour obligations are dissolved by
tote the chief renown of this glorious old - Do- "mutual consent."
minion that gave you birth !" ' . The question here arises in my own.min4—
have I done my whole duty in merely freeing
myself from their unhallowed influences ? Do
I not owe it as a duty to my-fellow-men to ex
pose this combination, and to warn them
against what I conceive to be the most dan
gerceis political movement that has ever exist
ed in this country. .1 know there are those
who will think and say that I am violating a
high obligation if I attempt to expose the doings
of these midnight orgies, but I shall content
myself with the belief that they are not' those '-
for whose opinions I have much regard. I have
thought long and anxiously on the subject.
lily conscience approves the course. If the
judgment of the public is rendered in my favor,
I shall feel glad ; if not, I shall be supported
by the purity of my own motives. I firmly
believe the oaths administered to be immoral
in their tendency, and corrupt in their influen
ces., Having sworn to become dishonest, and
1.0 practice/else/good, am I bound to keep that
oath ? Having sworn, if needs be, to perjure
myself in a court of justice, Will -the Almighty
hold me responsible for the violation of such an
obligation ? Believing as I do, that my duty,
both to my God and to my country, demand
at my hands a full renunciation of all such ob
ligations, can I hesitate ? Certainly not !
Every impulse of my heart. approves the course
I have adopted, and my friends will allow me
alone to be responsible for the consequences.
I shall settle that account before a tribunal far
above the teach of Know Nothingism, and be
fore which neither their fervors nor frowns can
affect-me. One thing I know, I should not be
alone if others were not afraid to go with me.
There are hundreds in their ranks, whose out
raged
feelings dictate the same course ; and
who, if they can summon to their aid sufficient
moral courage, will soon follow iii my footsteps.
I shall therefore proceed to unmask the mon
ster and expose its iniquities to the public gaze.
The organization of the secret society to
which I allude, is after the following form :
In the beginning- it was called a society of
"Know Nothings," and I may be allowed to
say the name was peculiarly appropriate. So
soon, however. as that became generally known,
they changed it for another, and then another,
until during the short period of their existence
they have been known by several appellations,
the last of which known to me was the "Sons
of the Star Spangled Banner." There is a
"Grand Council" - for the 'United States, the
president of which has a superintendence and
control over all the "Councils" of the United
States. There is a subordinate "Grand Court
eile_for each State, with a President who con
trols the "Councils" in the different erestiee
of the State. The "Grand Council" for'ellsy a .
sylvania is in Philadelphia, and the P dent
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thereof appoints an "Instructor" for eact eoun
ty in the State, who has charge of the eteoun
eils"-in the different townships in the county.—
The "Instructor" for the county is sole dicta
tor and settles all questions arising in the
"Councils." He orders when their meetings
shall be held for making political nominations,
and if' the nominations do not please him, he
tray order another to be held, and so on until
they areiiiiefaCCOTT. - llie leseOeiiiiiiiiiins for
each 'Council," a -Deputy Instructor," who
acts for him and under his advice and ;Zinc
tions. Each "Council" is bound in everything
to the strictest obedience to its superior. Th i s
arrangement first alarmed me. fhorned the
because I had been induced to fear the
power of the "Pope." But when I learned
that the President of the -Grand Council" had
more power than is even attributed to the Pope
of Rome, that he was constituted forthe pur
pose. and willing to use his power to further
the designs of the basest political demagogue
isus, I could notclose my eyes to the fact, that
lie was a more dangerous enemy to the - civil
TIM PRAM CROP. —Nicholas. Longworth; ex -1 1
cr7Ge.n !
G. Sutter, once the richest, is said to institutions of our country than I had before
Pope.. I fear now that my worst
cellent autitrity in everything pertaining to 'be among the poorest men in California. To
is thought the
poverty added the i nfirtuities of old age. apprehensions will be realized. H. Bucher
horticulture, informs the Cincinnati Commer- , ewoope, of the borough of Clearfield. is the "In-:
cial that the peach crop is not injured in that ! Leeelr. Trott. the licenee candidate for me. stria-tor" for Clearfield county. and direct', the
' taut emente, of all tbe "Counolz - iu it. He is
se.:tion. of the country. i or of Staunton, Vs., was elected on Saturday.
It - was , una erstood that the eon tereisee' had
agreed upon the first two points, and that the
critical third'point on which the question of
peace or vrar turns wan under considermion'
and would occupy several days. The demo
hion.„o f Sebastapil vtomid nst be demanded.
On the other hand another dispatch says :
4 , ••• jecutre_as-to-the_results_is
' 7- Odessa advises of the 24th ultimo state that
the Russians in spite of -repeated attacks,
maintained - their position on Mount Seponne,
near Sebastopol, whence - their guns play upon
the French lines.
The weather continued fine and the health
of the troops improving. The advanced bat
teries of the British were making considera
ble progress.
According to information received from
deserters,:the Emperor's death had not been
promulgated to Sebastopol.
Omer Pasha arrived, at the allied camp on
the 12th, ..nd on the - ljth the Rassians_open
ed fire from the heights of Balaklava, but the
English, assisted by General Kuoys, routed
them.
On the 17th. the Russians attacked the"
whole line of the allies, but were driven back
with great loss.
On the 14th the Turkish cavalry at Enpato
ria made a sortie, but Were repulsed.' On the
17th three battalions of Zenaves attacked the
new Russian redoubts before Sebastopol, but
were driven hack - with great loss. -On the
night of the 15th the French troops carried the
line of ambuscades occupied by the Russian
sharpshooters, and at the-same time the Rus
sians made a sortie, but they were repulsed.
Preparations continued to be made at Con
stantinople to receive Napoleon. In the mean
time he and the Empress will visit Queen
Victoria on the 16th of April.
-France agrees, says the London Morning
Herald, to send 5,000 additional troops to the
Crimea, after the close of the Vienna. confer
ence; provided England will furnish the means
of conveyance. -
'!'he sufferings of the English troops in the
hospital at'Seutari ate Teported as terrible.
Tne imperial guArd of Frauce left Paris on
Tuesday for the Crimea.
'rho total effective Russian army in the Cri
mea is one hundred. and fifteen thousand.
. The position of the allies is now completely
slant in by an enclosure of formidable entrench
ments, extending to the heights of Dalai(lava.
Important events are shortly tinticipated. The
condition of the tronps was improving.
The fourth sittina of the Vienna conference
is represented as having been very stormy.
At London, the impression appears to be that
Russia will not accede to the conditicns re
garding ;the Black Sea. The conference will
probably split on this question. Constanti 7
nople letters, however, indulge hopes of peace.
The revelations of the Roebuck committee
of the British Parliament, inquiring into the
conduct of the war and the late condition of
the troops, in the Crimea, are appalling.
Fifty arrests had been made in Paris of par
ties implicated in the conspiracy to assassinate
the Emperor at the late review of the Imperial
Guards.
The prevalent opinion at Paris is that peace
is near at hand.
The three years' dispute between Switzer
luntrand Austria has at lenwth been settled.
Still Later !
The steamer America arrived at Halifax' on
Thursday night, with three days later news
from Europe. Affairs in the Crimea had un
dergone no change, except that the Russians
were strengthening their position. - The third
article of the peace propositions has been con
siderably modified by the Allies in their de•
minds, at the Vienna Conference; and has been
referred to St. Petersburg.
The Earthquake at Broussa.
• The most distressing details have been re
ceived of the dreadful earthquake that recent
ly destroyed one-third of the flourishing city
of Broussa, in Turkey. The panic caused by
the destruction of the stone buildings is inde
scribable. The population of Broussa rushed
out into the fields terror-stricken. The wound-
ed were dug out of the ruitiss rapidly as pos
sible, and conveyed to .temporary hospitals.
The first day 500 wounded persons were re--
covered. It was under the Khans, baths and
mosques, which are all of stone, that the most
serious casualties occurred. The silk spinning
factories, belonging to Europeans and natives,
have more or less suffered. In Mr. Dzezaifli's
establishment upwards of 70 poor young 'gills
were killed.
Broussa is celebrated for its thermal springs,
I _obserred_t4_detaciLitself_frouti_
I roll down like a tremendous avalanche, carry
ing in its descent trees, bushes, and stones, until Oj-Snow was three feet deep at Gorham,
lit arrived at the bottom of the - ravine on the N• H., last week. It has been five and six
other side of the city. The number of killed feet during the whole winter.
are set down at 500, with twice as many wound- i atr Rev. Mr. P.:als has been called to the
ed, and 250 mosques have been destroyed. Second Presbyterian Church at Carlisle, Pa.
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How Oyster-eating was Invented.
The North British Review for February, has
a most hutnourous and withal a valuable arti
cle on "Diet and Dress," from which we extract
the following:
"It has often been said that he mast have
been a bold man who first ate an oyster.—This
is said in ignorance of the legend which assigns
the first act of oyster-easting to -a very natural
cause. It is related that a man walking one
day by . the sea-shore, picked up one of these
savoury bivalies just as it was in the act of
gaping.. - -Observing the extreme smoothness of
,the shells, be insinuated his finger between
them that he knight feel their shining surface r
when suddenly they closed upon the exploring
digit with a sensation less pleasurable than he
anticipated. The prompt withdrawal of his
finger was scarcely a more natural movement
than its transfer to his mouth. It is not very.
clear why people when they hurt their fingers
put them to their months ; but it is very cer
tain that they do ; and in this case the result
was inost fortunate. The owner of the finger
tasted the oyster-juice for the first time as the
Chinaman in Elia's essay having burnt his fin
ger, fivst tasted eracklin. The savour was de
liciouscr—he had made a great discovery so he
picked up the oyster, forced open the shells,
banquetted upon their contents, and soon
brought oyster-eating into fashion. And un
like most other fashions it has never gone, and
is -never likely to go out."
Raining Brimstone.
A gentleman from Chulahoma,
informs us that there was "a shower of brim
stone" in that vicinity during the list rain,
about two weeks since. Particles of brimstone
(he says) were scraped from the ground the
day after the rain by spoonsful ; and by tast
ing and burning were fully decided to be brim
stone, and nothing else ! Brimstone is said,
also, to have fallen throughout De Soto and
Marshall counties, Mississippi, during the
same rain ; and reports of a similar shower
were_in circulation here about the same time.
We hope our 'Mississippi friends are not
alarmed. Such showers frequently occur in
the tropics and adjacent countries, when the
trees are in bloom. The pollen of the flowers
is taken up 'by the wind and distributed far
and near, and out of such material was our
shower of brimstone made .—Memphis Eagle.
[r7The English papers state that a clergy
--
titan in England is now -suffering the severe
penalty of twelve months imprisonent, for
marrying a couple at half-past six in the morn
ing, when ecclesiastical law forbids that such
a ceremony shall take place before 8 A. M.
Ssartm'h - e - Riptey
cult court last week sentenced Mr. Muir to the
penitentiary for two years for forging a note
for 525. Mr. Muir is probably the richest
_ = l man in Ripley_ county,
his property is worth near 6100.000.
is suppose