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GICTITSBItite, PA.
MONA4Y - 31 - ORNING, .MAY 21. 1855.
Rlye are under obligations to lion. .Ikßisrs
linatias Joe Legiglative documents. Ws.
W&ZJ _hos ahl;si, ed us in the
same way. ,
0711tenlection for: officers; of the Hanover
'Branch Rail Road lonk,place on Monday last.
wgeti thii` foll Owin - gentlernen were chosen •
President; Capt. A. W. Eichelberger i'3linalgerts.
F. Metzger. Maid M. Myers. Jacob Sterner,
Daild Worcs, Charles Will, Henry C. Schrirer.
ir7'l4lr; , Elliotruadesa-heantiful ascension in
Ilia balloon. At York. on Saturday week,and
landetl:aately half a mile helovv the village of
yashingtOn;:thrce miles from Columbia, in
county.
MYR% G0t.0.-!-The Steamer Northern , Light
left *in4nan on the night of the .Bth instant,
for, N:Tork., with 950 pasgengers nnd (6300,-
4)00 in gold.
-Kasg .E.rio3rritys.-.—The barque
„ .
be
longing to this expedition has been christened
thefElielesse."rand the propeller ship the Arc
tic.” The expedition will sail from New York
*en' eii.,bitt;rtli the Ist of Jitne.
Bear, arrested on
aupicioji,'af,havitag'catiged the death of his
father-in-law, Lau:, in , Fidton township, Lan
caster connty,-has been discharged (row cus
tody, no evidence having appeared to -inipli •
CAW him,. Lilt's death proves to have-hien
accidental; : ' ,
!gin? pry ; THS PLAvynnu."--A.Ocording to
the report of the,'New, York State Engineer. and
Surveyor,pver twelve million passengirs were
carried , over sixteen 4 kile, main Isitroads of
that State, during the last-year. Out, of this
imfnense nittiiher'but 'itielie'were killed. and
of'those. twelve`, cloven verb 00444 on tlip
platforin;.
the k
27" °art celebration of the landing of
the. Pilgrims from England- on the shores of
2daryltinit 0'1034; Which took place on Tues.
day. at aittl in the :vicinity of the site of the
ancient city, Of gamy's, in at,' ,Slry cotin
ty, wat - the , most iniposing demonstration of
the'l39ll that bid „before been tnade in that re.
said. All
.parties and !wets participated.
lion. J. R. Chandler ,delivered the, oration, ,
which is very highly !Token of. The venera
ble 431; W. Parke Custia also addrealeil the as•
isembly r in an °lli:pent and appropriate speech.
f i tZPur friend tooPs4, of the Chembersburg
fipirit, has gone on a brief tour West. There
Wtiting like 'travelling to benefit health, and
wre hie will, be entirely restored.
TutOCE.ors:-The !beat crop in South Car
olina is said to pe,tii g erilia I usual and js,con
ei4•;4l.9l to be: beyond
thilDetroit Etta Press of the llth is-satistied
that ihe in excellent condition, and
, ,
thatriantity upon the ground is larger than in
any fortneryear.
PRATING FOR
,Rats,—Friday, the 4th inst.,
wan observed in Griffin, Ga.; as a day of hutnii . -
iaqoa ind 'prayer, in view of the dronght and
Want with which the country was threatened.
There :was a rain in a few days afterwarlis.
tiCilti4sl QUESTION. —Judge GALBRAITIT has
refused to grant licenses to inns and taverns
in Erie county.. Ile also decided that there
was no law in existence at this time which
regulated the salo of liquors ; that all laws re
lating thereto, Vun;shinents, /to., have been
repealed, and no law can be effective until
October the Ist. at which time the new law
goes into. effect. By this decision it appears,
that everybody' can sell just as much liquor,
until October first, as they please, without fear
of the law,:as no law punishing the same is in
existence.'
2:7Fire tnetn Eters of the Massachusetts Leg
ishitere-hatie, died since the beginning of the
IEMSSIOTI.
ti7llon.,R. H. Staunton, lately a member of
Congress,:has taken a step in advance, and be
come the editor of the Maysville (Ky..) Express.
Such instances of rvformation are so rare, that
we accord this with mingled pride and pleas
ure.
n:"Some of the papers are,publishing the
names of delinquents who refuse to or neglect
to Pay.: There is no tA•lling what we may feel
ourself compelled to do-in the premises.sonie
of these days. Our patience is fast running
onk.with the "non-payers."
Tr'The 'Virginia election takes place
, on
Tlyirsday next.
Ati SiteT "Sam."— At a special
election in -Doylestown, on Tuesday. Inst., to
supply a vacancy In the Town Council, George
Micitener. 'people's canditate, had 80 rows. J.
IL Gail ? KnOw-Nothing,-24, and A. It 11411.er
2. Mr. Michener skas elected icy 56 tw.kyority.
E7The Governor of Pen ttsylvania,lt is said,
i did not sign the bill repealing the charter of I
, -.1 the' Erie god North-east Railtitt d npan_y-be-1 -
the late election in the strung old Whig borough 1 fore the Legislature adjourned, consequently ?
. . NEW YORK. Nlay 15.—The bark Grapeshot
returned' to this port this afternoon, from the
of York, but by a reduced majority. - 1 it ;ailed to becomea lax.
- . -..— t --_---- — Canary Islands. with Baker, the alleged tour
lZogiev. Joss ItlcCeprrntr, President of i 11-Joseph Baumgardner was killed, near
Blount St. Mary's Coil. ge. Ennitsbutg, Md., deter of Win. Poole. The Grapeshot arrived
York, on Friday last, on the Railroad, by he- ' off Paltnos in 17 days from this port. and laid
has been appointed Bishop of Savannah, G 3., ing knocked down by a train of cars. His 'in and off till the Isabella Jewett hove in sight,
______
"ice Bishot Gartland, deed.-i
-:
death aas instantaneous . . ' •
;
..„ SA ir n 013ittes.—A xx petition for the repeal of ;
~- u x.r is BAGGAGE ?—ln a recent suit in
the- Beatene° against Mr. S m i th O'Brien lens' New Yurk, the question came up: whether a Sr. Loris, May 15.--The slander snit of
altzady been bigned, it is said, by peva:tat ; gold watc h i s an art i c l e o f wear i ng a p pare l. Birch against T. H. Benton was decided in the
member' ofthe British lion se of Peers, and by , Henry county Circuit Court on Friday last, --
to he deemed baggage. The Superior Court - i _____
Itearly 11.301netfibetsof the House of Vototaons, 1. d eci d ed . after a taint of four days, by the rendition of a
_ it as an article of - wearing apparel. and HOW FORTUNES ARE M.xnE.—A Gentleman
andaasay or the "Agnates of politicAi_tife„
______ when _ nct
carried
about
,„ . .
Eme-rers . "" -.-- ,,,t t- tra-a.7 verdict- of-- - 34,(M-damages- for-the-plaintiff.H
liTiS - 1 - alayliii - rehYse - trilire - e - To — ts 'ofir'n — tin - d-ra - 1. - -
B oaTow ,m a y Is —,ti stn mile font ramearne ' trunk, while travelling is to. be deemed bag- , The case will be carried to the Supreme Court.
ticoknk.irowa, from es-Governor Seymour. of
of to-day, between Grindell,4 N.-n- York, and Vg v-
S. of BoMoa.and wesdeci4l.,l in favcrof, . ';" - Tire eb. o l er a i s sa id t o j iaet; appeared at that city is ball, and -rents are I.re.yuud prece-.A. This property_ it is said, could have been
Oriaakil , - rlllollt, 3::ta. :."?....%)... Ela.v.ana, dot in alti city on - th;.! g1;31,-e.". p
- - -
_..-''.. bou.;lrt iu Cue year ISSO, for 5300.
The Kuovr Not
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Know-Nothingism in California. I Two Destructive Fires in York.
g no w-N ot ti ng i gm.ean ne ve rlea r mi E l ation. On Friday week. about noon. an alarming
'ized.- 2 1-tal4tolownt-principles-ean-never-ob---flre.„--supposed_m_bave_been_the_work-of drsccn
in a general, Racendency;—Thiais Fo appar-diariAm, broke out in the stable of 'Mr. Joshua
it that its. leadeas ire forced to trim- their Fetrow. in York. His two frame stables were
Sat' according to . the 10Cni breeze. Hence in
one place - they are ski-slavery, at another free
-1 soil—anti-Catholic in one State, in another they
repudiate any religions test. -We-- perceive,
says the Crawford Democrat, that they held a
\ te C .ntly in Saeramento.Calt
Sta
anventicrn rere
ffirrtia, at which, according tothe Placer Tirnea,
they, rejected from their platform the religious
test directed against .Catholics.—lt is well
known that the anti-Catholic feature of the
Know Nothing creed, in, the Northern and
Eastern Stateli, constitutes one of its chief fea
tures: and that in this State it was a potential
element against the Democracy last October.
.The cniirseof the Know• Nothings, in Califor-
nia truthfully illustrates the object of this new
, putty. Its leaders have no other purpoie in
view_ than , their own political preferment.
They are, generally, broken down or disap-
pointed hacks from the other parties, who seek,
under this new and specious organization, to
accomplish the object, of their ambition. It
may serve their purpose for a time, but it will
be short lived. and the leaders will have to fall
back into their old obscurity, shunned and
marked fur their illiberal sentiments.
The Legislature—Their Reforms.
It was very - truly said by one of the mem- -
hers of the HOuse of RepresentativeS, on corn
ing out of the Hall after the.final adjournment,
that '"this Legislature will be remembered :
we hive paid ourselves, given away the pro
perty of the State, and repudiated her debts."
All these' acts were done. They cook a round
sum of $5OO . each for their services : they
passed an act .to sell the main line of our pub
lic 'improirements, leading from Philadelphia
to Pittsburg.atless than half its cosi ; and agreed
to.relieve the Pennsylvania railroad company
of, the , tonnage tax, worth to the Common.
.wealth at least three millions of dollars, and
defeated the claim bill, which provided for
the pitytnent of the honest, hard-working
'laborers; who had assisted' to construct and
keep ,in repair this improvement ; many or
Whom.had been kept out of their just claims
for :a series olyears. If this be reform, we
have, it fully and faithfully cat riednut.—Hor
riaburg
Democratic Triumph in Quincy, M.
KNoW-NoITiNG Tir.FSAT.-4he telegraph is
always prompt, under its Whig management.
to Make' 'the public acquainted with Know-
Nothing vie lodes, the • most unimportant of
which are heralded all, over the Union; hut it.
is very remiss in noticing the instances where
the "hoot is on the other kg." "We are led to'
-this remark by noticing in a late St. tottis. pi
per the result of the recent municipal election
in Quincy, 111, The' election excited the ut
most interest, and was warmly contested be
tween the Democrats and the Know-Nothings.
-The esul t was a glorious•victory .of the former,
they carrying the city ; by a majority of about
two hundred and fifty Votes. Every man on
the Know-Nothing ticket, from Mayor down,
•
was defeated by Abut that vote.
The reaction against the secret -order is now
general all over the country. It has fallen into
general disrepute. and is being beaten at 'near
ly all of the municipal elections. Ever to have
been connected with the party will soon become
a source of regret.--=-Enguirer.
Where Know-Notingism Conies From.
•We have shown that in New llnmpshile.
the Know-Nothings drew less than 2,ooo•votes
from the Democrats, while they took the whole
of the Abolitionists, and nearly all the Whigs.
In Connecticut,- the vote for Goveinor in
1854 was as follows: -
For Inglintn, -(Dem.) _28.538
For Dolton, (Whig.)
For Chapman. (Abolition.) . 10.672
In 1855 the vote in the same State for
Governor was as follows:
For Ingham, (Dem.) .... 27,334
For Minor, (K. N..) 27.665
.
For Dalton, (Whig.) - 8 011
The Democratic vote has fallen off only 1200
while the Whig vote has faller off 10.500 ; and
the Abolition vote has disappeared in KnoW-
Nothingism
(17'Petitions were circulating in New York
for signatures praying the Legislature of that
State to pass laws against the use of tobacco
and strong ten. Tho vegetarians. too, con
templated ,petitioning the Legislature for a
law against the further use of meat. In the
present age it is impossible to tell what ex
tremes may not be reached by legislation.
Ca'The know-nothings of Tennessee hare
nominated Col. Gentry, Whig, as their candi
date for Governor.
Ca — A largo Ire occurred at Evansville, In
diana, on the 15th, destroying sixteen builll
- and involving a loss of $lOO,OOO, prin
cipally inKured.
ri-The price of Guano, according to the Pe
ruvian Charge d'Affairs at New York, is not to
be reduced.- as has been reported. but, on the
contrary, if any change is made, he says it
will be advanced.
cansuwed. and, sad to tell, two bohies perished
in therrr=one of them burned so- badly that
he was obliged to be killed. The row of brick
builcling4 on -the- oppoSite side of the alley wa s
saved through the powerful labor bestowed by
ti_rernen-a-n-
:eniough -the damage done
to the first 'double 7 house. occupied by Messrs.
. ,
- !Peter E. Wilt and Alexander Pilieger, was
very
_considerubie.7 We understood all :the
property
_lost and . partly consumed, was
,insur
, cd, , so - . that the loss above the insurance is
,not
great.—A singular hetcomiected 4 Wititthis fire,
isr that during Friday: night of the previous
week, an attempt was tnsde to fire the same
premises, but, after burning a while, the fire,
providentially-like, went nut—straw and' half
-rotted manure, covering a few square feet, to
gether with several hoards, were next morning
discovered to have been Ithrning.
I. *ANoTinia:—The Republican of Wednesday
says :—The most destructive fire that has visit
ed our town .for a number of years broke out
about half - past five o'clock on , Monday after=
' noon last. in the stable belonging to the Buck
Hotel, in-North George street, in the speculum !
cy of Mr. Jung LoTruasr. - The alarm was
soon given, hut so rapid did the flames spread
Ahatin s very short time the adjoining - stables,
the Hotel, and all the buildings between it and
the corner of George and Philajlelphia streets,
together with 'several dwellings on the latter
street, including the dwelling of Thomas E.
COCHRAN, Esq.. were enveloped in flames.
Seven dwelling houses, three shops. and-four
stables, were entirely destroyed. The Buck
Tavern, stable, and the store room adjoining,
we believe, were owntd. by Dr. ANDREw PAT
TERSON, of I .4liddletown : a two-story frame
dwelling house and stable owned by Mr. Thom-
AS Sarau„ i and occupied by Mrs. MEREDITH ;
a two-story frame dwelling house and frame
stable owned and occupied by Mr. Jons: Myra-
EL ;a -- orre and a half story frame house, two
shops and two stables, owned by Mr. A. J.
FRET. Tile lift:lse:was occupied by Mrs. RUPP,
Rho,-we learn, lOst all her furniture, besides I
some fort fifty dollars in money. One of
the-shops - waitiecupied by Mr. Fast as a hat
lei,- shop. The brick house owned by Mr.
DANIEL Foan, and occupied by Mrs. KNAUSE,
was very much injured-; and the dwelling of '
THOMAS E. Commas:, Esq.. had the roof-en
tirely burnt off. and the inside of the building
'considerably damaged, The' buildings de
stroyed, we believe, were all insured—some in
the York• County Mutual insurance Company,
and others in Philadelphia. The loss of fur
niture, however, will be considerable, as a
great-deal of it Alas much damaged by its
hasty removal. There can be no doubt about
the origin of this fire. It was evidently the
work don incendiary.
SERIOUS ACC WENT.—Daring the fire on Mon
day evening, a very serious accident occurred.
While the firemen were engaged with a hook
in pulling down a house, the front wall gave
way, and fell against one of the telegraph posts
with such force as to break it off. The post
fell over amongst the crowd with full force,
knocking down Mr. Jacon Fousgr and Mr.
JAMES FossET, who were at first thought to be
fatally injured, but we have been informed by
Dr. C. M. Nns, Whose professional services
were called in, that they were both in a fair
way of recovery yesterday.
GOVERNOR REEDM—This gentleman is now
in Washington, not for the purpose so general
ly attributed to bim, of invoking the action of
the general government in regard 'to the ad
ministration of his duties as Dover nor of Kan
sas, but simply preparatory to his return in a'
week or two with his family to the Territory
which he proposes to make his future home.
It is satisfactory to observe the contrast be
tween his quiet and-manly deportment and the
violent. expressions unjustly charged to him by
his enemies. .Notfot a single moment has he
been diverted from the plain, straightforward
path ofiluty. Refusing all participation with
either extreme in the late disturbances in the
Territory, and placing himself,UPOn the con
ceded principles of the Kansas and Nebraska
bill, he has steadily maintained. the attitude
which might be expected from a man who for
thirty years has been a leading and consistent
member of the Democratic party—the party of
the constitution.— Washingion Union. .
FOREIGN AID FOR "S.An."—The_tinow-Noth
ings have found a new ally in the London
Times,- that ancient and inveterate enemy of
America, and all things American. And, not
withstanding their professions of pure Ameri
canism, they, fur once, find no fault with -for
eign interference," but quote, with ,great glee.
the opinions of .the Times in favor of their
proscriptive principles and anti-republican de
signs.
A NNW. CANDIDATK.—Christy, the “nigger
singer,Thas been announced as the Know Noth
ing candidate for Vice President, on the ticket
with Com. Vanderbilt. Is it fair thus to cap
tivate the people by the charms of negro ►nelo
dy, and then turn their infatuation to political
account ?
Music bath charms to soothe a savage.
Rend a rock and split a cabbage."
_
when she boarded her and captured the
fugitive
• . The Two Speakers. , - i . ,
•. - .' l Stop Him." . - i Supplement t 6 the Comm6n Seffoal Law. •
, The Harrisbueg correspondent of the N ortht Some two weeks since, a yonng man par-' A FITITITtit sreet.ennosne
atairrieenexttakes,_ thenfolloivin ennticen of_ the .:_rinrting .
to from the city of Baltimore-paid- 7e l i er . et . v _ the
„ soetirari , veevativieum , vaes7titiii, .. 4. _
g
a visit to t ins, place. where he had. on several ; Edwition by Common &boots, it/11114411 the eighth dap
-
visits
two_gentlenien—the one a Democrat, and the -v LA previous-to the one in question; insintio! 1 of_ Iktr . . Ariao_Dromiski, one *Osumi et' evict
other a Know 7 Nothing—who filled the Speak- ted himself into the good graces of our citizens, , 7 .. ' E Y vv i i l t r n . : • -1... it it e aa erett : 1, 0 me -, - s. eneete and ,
ers' - Chairs in the late Legislature.- The hand- generally, and took roams at the ovnion Ho- t
some tribute paid to Mr. Hiester, by a point-
• • tel." kept by Mr. Joeeph Barker, g i v i ng i n , Murcia LY ilPproserstotires i'ff the Commonwealth,
el Pen-nrylronite in Geverol Jest robly, met. and
~
noilnipponent, is an indirect compliment to the
. his name AS he had done on former occasions, 'it Or kerehueturettil !If Me otillkeriAe of Me same
Bobert R. Crawford.—He remained about a That en . to' richn e of the set ie ii' . f.fidi t KIS .- 'l4 a
party which numbers him among its most week, during whir-h time. he contracted vari-
.;
Supplement, as . ihollshes ill& districis •
On Wednesday. :
trusted members . ; and the unqualified censure ous hills , fur clothing, etc. . .., at present esta.blimbed tinder E
special' Bets of
of Mr. Strong, by_ a political friend, who had the 2d . ine .. t., he hired a horse six! boggy, with
assembly.• shall net take effeet nritiF the firm:_
813 ti ng day of June, one thousand eight hundred andl
,considerations ofP interest to induce him to the intention of suing to Westminster,
that he would return in a day or two- Fait- ' ee
• noty-six. • - .
overlook' venial finals, is, another 'in - stance of ing, howevee, to do so, the , owners of the hone ,
._
.
- . 2.. That-Abe contiteti3nce-- of - indeon
the Pain - able fact_that the Know-Nothing lead- eind-heiggy went in pursuit
_of :I) ,. ii - ;ii - iii - rr= h r , : -- i - wi l S r nt. l 7 istaieta. beyond
the,
period.
named
!11..,
Baltimore, Nit ftiund ma tracts. or mon
ors are the worst of Men ;—' , - , , . "" e ' the foregoing section, may be atoweit 'Own':
i or: the application of the dire ctors or any suChe
" .".• , ~ - they were in the city , however, he (Crawford)
' nMr.
of
fliisten on the s e nat e , received. hi' it written a
_letter to
. one of our citizens, i district. in ate , jadgvg of ale
e , oure
of , mammy , j
' w e oc h- wee -n a t e d Sykesville, C arroll county, pleao-oVtlie-cetiney- in -whiefonstry-p
Ws ear 'Of `the 'yeas find - nan,eo - e; tine niinotie
vote of thanks - ferhis - cournesy - anittonwliati- e -1
eltn, stating in the letter. that he had got into I said digniet
may _
titenated, setting forth the
ty—a rote he fully' deserved. ; He tined the e a good "crowd," and that he bad exchanged 1 oetioiron
necessity for its centinuanee, the said` judges ,
office Welt. and threw the weight of his iglu- the horse and buggy for a far superior ts,ne, may„ after eaoefut consideration, decree thri'
ence in favor of men of integrity. 1
-1) the tip- and also stated, that he would return in a. fear: same : and thitnin , all cases where the saidl'
pointmetrt. ofeon u uittees, committees, and in various other d ans, an d pay t h e pr i ce o f th e lonse and bog- court shall refuse toall'avv a for ther continual:lee , :
methods, he showed his own honesty by en- g ..:
y This letter caused much sympathy in of any such district, the shalt be authorieett'
trusting delicate and important duties to men his behalf, as the general co ucleision of our and required, also, to det ermine , the rights or -
of the right stamp—in whieh_partietilar there
citizens was, that he tract "vatnnosedn" Ac- g
property vested ire the several school! boards its
was a striking contrast between him and other f eordingly, when the gentlemen' who were in
, an such's:Es:Het, and make proper di:Sposition: - :
Speakers in other bodies. - f pursuit of • hint returned. and acquainted witAl of
the same : Provided, That
.the hoard ote
-Mr. Strong received nominally a vote of the contenton of
the
letter, they immediately school' directors of
.thotownsiiips out a w hich , .
thanks from the House, but his - friends pre- concluded to follow him to Sykesville, and, if any snort applying independent sc h ool' distric t
vented a call of the yeas end nays upon the ' possible, to bring him to account. - Upon their _ may be filmed, shall have receive ten days' . '
resolutions, or a very formidable oepoeition arrival there, they ascertain( d that be had not notice of the proposed appheation s and at; there
would have developed itself As it was, there been there since last 'Febroary, at which time time and place of hearing.
was an implied compromise that the resolu-stentoney.—
he a l so disappeared rather niy i I See-lion 3'. That the asses:Rim in each andi -
Lion would be permittedno pass, if members This is the third or fourth time he' visited this every township, .where Any portion of said •
were not required to record their votes in fa- pl ace , always acting the part of a penceet gen- township may be indented within the limits of
vor of it. Mr: Strong is not aware 'Of the es- tieman :consequently, he had thus gained the an independent school district, shalt Write one
timate all impartial persons placed upon 'him good opinion of oar unsuspecting citizens: their duplicates. opposite to the names of rhe
as a Speaker, and had even theeletdstaste, in The amount of his hinny is about $2O. He persons residing - wit hin said independent dis
the' few remarks he made before dismissing is well known . to t h e police o f B a lti more , and,
trict, the letters I. D.., for the information of
the House, to refer exultingly to the resolu- should he venture* to return to the city, he will- the collector of said tax and. tho county mine
lion of thanks which had been adopted, he be °nabbed" and handed over to justice.— odsiotts.
•
mistakenly said, without a -single dissenting Litilestuant &Natal Palace. 'SECTION' 4. That in all esees in which sehooD
'mine, In truth, he made the most unpleasant, .
nnrineeesnfhl and unpopular Speaker who ever The Fraud. of linow-Nothingism—Sout h -. directors of independent distils te hisve not been ,
t
filled that Chair. lie enosenn t the recent spring elections: or en he.
is a man of great irrita- ern Side. day specially fixed. by law, it shall he lawful
bility of temper, and larked very much of be- 1
1 for the qivalified voters of any such diStrict, to. -
wasing- reasonably familiar with the rules. Ile
I meet at their • usual place of holding similar
arbitrary in the proportion that he was
elections, ten days' notice thereof having been,
ignorant of hi; duties,,and kept the House and
given by the late president of the proper board,
himself in a perpetual annoyance._ Every vis
and shail elect two persons to serve as school
itor observed, and I have heard numbers re
directors for the ensuing 'year ; and the re
mark it. But, he thinks he did bravely, and
milining members and officers of the board
it is, perhaps, not fair to undeceive him, as he
naturally desires his last impressions of legis-
who would have continued in office antler tho
provisions of the supplement to the school la er
lative life to lieagreeable. Still, it is notori
of May eighth, one thousand. eight hundred
ous that he could not this day receive six
and fifty-founbe anti they are hereby continued
votes for an election to - the post lie has tilled
in office - until the expiration of the terms for
for the last four months. That is the hest
commentary on the success with which tie
filled it."
The Hiss Affair.
BOSTON, May 14.—There has been Mich
confiision and 'excitement in the house this
afternoon. Mr. Hiss twice resumed his.vaca
ted seat, and was each time removed by the
Sergeant-at-Arms, by an order of the House,
passed almost unanimously. It is presumed
Hiss acted in this singular manner by the ad
vice Of his counsel.
Messrs. B. F. Butler And Benjamin Dean,
counsel for Mr. Hiss, have published an ad
dress--aenouncing his expulsion from the House
as an arbitrary act, and intimating that the
members of the House feared an impartial de
velopment of air the , facts in the case.
BosTos, May IGth.—Mr. lliss-was arrested
for debt to-day whilst cm his Way to the State
House.. His counsel procured a writ of habeas
corpus on the ground that he being a member
of the House, was not liable to arrest. Ile
will endeavor to push the matter of his expul
sion to a foil hearing before the court.
Know-Nothings and the Law.
The grand jury in Buncombe county. N. C.,
at the spring term. asked the instruction of the
Court, with relation to the propriety of present
ing Know-Nothings its, conspirators. Judge
Slunders charged them to the effect that Know-
Nothings could not he presented for banding
togoth(;r and administering oaths, but if they
used threats to force a citizen to vote for or
against,'any candidate for an office of trust,
then they would become fit =subjects fur pre
sentment. Acting upon this charge the grand
jury presented several citizens as violators of
tho law. The grand jury of
. Monroe county,
N. Y., whose attention was called to the sub
ject by Judge Wells, has presented the Know-
Nothing organization as one dangerons to the
exercise of the elective privilege, and as violat
ing the statutes of New York. in influencing its
members, by threats, to vote for certain candi
dates.
One of the gxenses.
"The Senate was as reckless as the House.
The Democrats had the power in the Senate to
defeat much of this legislation, but they joined
in the schemes. and hurried them through.
The American party was represented. with
but few exceptions, by old hacks thrust upon
them from the Democratic and Whig parties,
and they made common cause to carry
their objects. Let us have no more such
Legislators. It will take the half of another
session to repeal the mischievous laws passed
and signed during the last winter at Harris
burg."
Please tell ds, MrEns, how you figure np a
Democratic majority in the Senate. No doubt
you are a good calculator, and we would like
to understand ym r rules of a r ithmetic.
The idea of the American party being repre
sented by the old hacks of party is decidedly
funny. The whole Know-Nothing organiza
tion is made up of the old hacks of party, and
therefore how could it be otherwise represent
ed ! The acts of the late Legislature are too
bad for decent approval, and the Know-Noth
ing organs must get up some excuse. The
above is a sample, and a very bad one at that.
—Harrisburg Union.
Nullification in Zasachusetts.
BOSTON, flay 17.—The personal liberty
bill, intended to nullify the fugitive slave law.
was taken up in the House to-day, and an
amendment to it adopted forbidding any State
officers holding the office of United States Com-
A motion was made to strike out
miss►oner.
the section whiehineapacitates any_ attorney
who acts f or a slave claimant from practising
in the State courts, but it was rejected by a
large majority. The bill was then •passed
yeas 229., nays 43. The bill previousty-p-ass
eti the Senate.
The Know-Nothing State Conncit ofGeorgia
adopted, at its last session in Macon, the fol
lowing resolution, and directtd it to he pub
lished. his thus officially printed in the Sav
annah Republican :
Resolved, That slavery anrislave hostitntions
are protected by the Constitution of the United
States, and the oblioation to, maintain them is
not sectional : that the right to estahlish theni
in the organization of State governments be
longs to native and naturalized citizens: and
that Congress has no constitutional power to ,
intervene, by excluding a new State applying
for admission into the Union upon the ground
that the Coustitution of such State recognizes
slavery.
AND NOW THE NORTIIERN.—The Mas
sachusetts platform is embraced in the follow
ing resolutions passed by a Know-NOthing con
vention there :
Risoe'red, That we hail with hope end joy the
recent brilliant success of the Itepuhlic-an par
ty in the States of Maine. lowa, Indiana. Penn
sylvania and Ohio, and we trust these victories.
are a foreshadow of others soon to come. by
whiCh the FREE SPATES Shan present one SOLID
PHALANX OF F)rI'OSITI O TO THE AGGRESSIONS ,
OF SLAVE:RT.
Resolved; Tliat in the present chaotic condi
tion of parties in Alassachu,etts, the only star
above the horizon is the love oflintnan liberty
and ABHORRENCE OF SLAVFRY. and that
IT IS THE DUTY Of .ALL ANTI-SLAVE
RY MEN to rally round ,the Republican par
ty, an organization which invites the unit
ed action if tile people on the transending
lion if slave dominion which now divides the.
Union.
BUNKLEY'S Book.=--The case of Miss
Josephine Bunkley against De Witt & Dav
enport, for - Injunction as to the work culled
-My Book," &C.. was further argued before
the U. S. Court, at New - york,, on Monday.
An affidavit was read from Miss Mary Jane
Upshur, of Virginia. who testifies . that she is
the authoress of the book, and that she under
took the task at the request of Mr. Beale. An
affidavit was also read from 'Mr. Beale of Nor
folk, stating that he and Miss Upshur were .
the authors of the book. Miss 8.. also put in
her affidavit, claiming to t have written a great
portion of the work; and alleging . that -other
portions of it were written by Mr. Beale, at her
dictation. She also testified that she was vis
ited at Norfolk by Mr: Tisdale, editor of the
New York Crusader, who brought a letter from
De Witt & Davenport, and a recomendation
from the lion. Daniel Ullman, to endeavor to
settle the dispute. The court after argument
from counsel, announced that it would reserve
its decision.
.EXTRAORD ABA' Si; ICI DE. •- English papers
mention the suicide of a Mr. Royistone, ho,
ten years ago. was worth one hundred and
fifty thousand pounds. sterling. which he has
since squandered in the gratification of his'ap
pvtite. Ile had agents in China, Mexico, Can
ada, and other places. to supply him with the
rarest delicacies —and a single dish, sometimes,
cost him fifty pounds. At length, on the 15th
of last April, nothing was left him but a soli
tary guinea, a shirt, and a battered hat.
bought a woodcock with the guinea, which he
had served up in the highest style of the cull
nary art. Ile gave himself two hours for an
easy digestion, and then jumped into- the
Thames from Westminster bridge.
Pgurrtax GuANO.—We see it stated in the
Patriot that the price of. Peruvian Guano, is
soon to be reduced to 545 per ton. It is also
stated that Peru has appointed a chief agent
for the United States, who will haye power to
appoint numerous subordinate agents and agen
cies, at all important points—these agents to
be American citizens— and by them are the en
tire details of business to be transacted. Sales
in all cases to be made directly to consu niers.
When this system (which is intended to break
up any monopoly in the guano business) goes
into effe 1, any guano offered or sold as
ray inn by persons not belonging to. or connect
ed w tth the legitimate agency, will be pro
nounced spurious.--Brill. Sun.
SI.CTION S. That the state superintendent
of common schools shall, on the application of
the boards of directors of a majority of the
school districts in any county of this common
wealth, stating their desire to increase the
salary of the county superintendent, fixed at
any of - the periods named in the thirty-ninth
section of the school law of one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-four. or at any subsequent
triennial convention of directors, appoint the
time and place of re-assembling of the COD% en
tion of directors, who shall have all the powers
conferred by the said thirty-ninth section.
Sscrtos 0. That the Pennsylvania School
Journal shall be recognized as the official organ
of the department of common schools of this
commonwealth, in which the current decisions
made by the superintendent of common schools
shall be published free of charge, together
with all official circulars and such oilier letters
of explanation and instruction as he may find
. Sts - GriAn. ESCAPE. —A few days since, while
nforth;-of—WarrenPa-----was—etp,,,a u d_it_necessary,or advisable to isso e-from_t itne--to
in her - usual duties. a heavy thunder storm * time,. including his annual report ; and the
came up. and in the midst of its fury.a light-, superintendent is hereby authorized to sub
ning stroke descended upon her, burning her scribe for one copy of said School Journal, to
hair from the crown of the head to the .back of be sent to each board of school directors in the
the neck, melting her hair pins, and proceed- state, for public use, and charge the cost there
ing down her body—leaving its mark a s it. of to the contingent expenses of the depart
went —until it passed through the floor. went of cmmon schools. •
Stranc , e to say, the la_dy lived and is - rapkt,ilLL - SECTION 10. That all boroughs,,and town.
venng— ships no w connectedin the assessmem - of 46L21;7.
ty rates and levies. shall - hereafter be separate
"'",....,r•New sweet potatoes are among the lux- and independent of each other in the assess
uries of the season at Petersburg, Va. : rent of said rates and levies, and ft l' school
'Bounty land applirmts now number the purposes : and the respective townships and
bLitl o " ilLtiesdrill. of boiong o li4A t o
.st i ,Naratscal: erect their grin
FREAKS AMONG THE PEAVII BLOSSOMS.-Dr.
White, the postmaster at Union Star, Ky., in
a letter to the Louisville Courier, notices a
singular fact:
- In that section, throughout every peach
orchard there has been a greater bloom than
for many years past, and upon examining the
blossoms a singular phenomenon is observa
ble. In some orchards, for every blossom ex
amined there has been found inside the cups
from one to as many as seven well-formed
peaches, and a large majority of the blossoms
have three or four cups in them. This has
never-been observed in that part of Kentucky
before.
which they were originally elected ; the said
elections shall be held .and cOridueted in the
shine manner and by the same persons hereto
fore authorized by Faw.
Secrios 5. That upon petition of not Tess
than twenty taxable inhabitants of any town
ship, desiring the formation of the territory
upon which they reside, inte a separate amft
independent common seboof district, and set
ting' forth the bounds of such proposed dis
trict, the court of quarter sessions.of the pro-,
per -county, shall appoint commissioners to
view the premises and report to the court at tts.
next term; the lines of the proposed new disl •
trict, either according to the bounds set forth '
in the petition, - or to such other, bounds as they,
shall"think more advisable, together with their,
opinion on the,expediency oestablishing the ,
same, the proceedings upon which petition,,
commission and report;and the final' disposi;,
tion thereof shall, in all other respects, lie ac- 7 :
cording to the 'act,,of assembly now in fOreep -
relative to the erection_ of new townships
Provided, That if said proceedings result h :
the establishment of a new common school
district, the cost of the commission and the
office fees shall be paid by the said new die- -
tiict, but if otherwise, said costs and tees.
shall be paid by the petitioners themselves. ,
SECTION 6. That whenever a new district
shall' be erected according to the provisions of
this act, it shall become, to all intents and
purposes of the common school syMent of the
state, a separate and independent district, sub
jebt," however, to the provisions of the tkirdi
and fourth sections of the at to which this is,
a supplement ; and the-proper conrt of quarter _
sessions shall moreover determine. on heaving,
whether an undue proportion of the real estate
and school houses belonging the olddistrict
or districts are within the hounds of the new
district, and if so.' how much money shall be
paid therefor by the new to the old diStriet or
districts, and in what proportions and at what
time'; and vice versa if less than its due share
of real - estate or school houses is within said,
new district. how much shall be paid to it by
the old district or districts, and in what pro
portions and at what times; the order for the
payment of which several sums shall, from the
date thereof, be in the nature of a jiidgment,
and the amount recoverable according
_to the
provisions of the, twenty-first sectionof the.
act to which this is a supplement.
SECTION 7. That at the next annual assess
ment, after the erection of any such new coin
'non school district, it shall be the duty of the
county commissioners of the proper county to.
cause a - separate assessment of the subjects and
things liable to school tax in each portion of,
the new district lying within his proper town-,
ship to be made out by the, proper assessor
thereof, and to be returned to them, where
from. after adjustment, they shall cause to be
made a correct copy of the assessment- thus
obtained. in every portion of the new district,
and shall furnish the same to the secretary,
thereof, in accordance with the twenty-ninth
Section of the act to which this is- a supple
ment ; and they shall, in,like manner and at
the same time, cause to be made out. and fur- .
nished to the state superintendent of common
schools, a full list of all the taxable inhabitants
of said new disti ict, according to the provisions
of the - forty-ninth section of the act to which,
this is a supplement ; and they shall p,ay out
__
of the county funds to said assessors,,the usual
compensation fur the services enjoined by this ...
section.