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Zig Republican C ompiler.
dtryirsvino',:PA.
MONDAY IkIORNING,.
fri-Delightfol* rttins-visited this quarter dur
iil,*Ftidax4iikSattirday last. - They et.ere much
ucetled, anti vegetation of all hurts has taken
another vimorotts start.
Valil!'y Mutual Pro
teetiark:COrwiny",has -had an I±.ssei;s'inent of
4-per edit. on the premium notes in forte on
isth
'-.'o:7lll6:Pension-turettutontinenced issuing
Land WitriintO: on Pliftily last, and will issue
about' ti,ro bunareii cleriCal
force ioinOressed. MOM are 160,000 . applie
s.
ticini on Ale:- - . '
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DM ALLEGHENY liGtiSE-A recent , sojourn
of it few .days at. the “Allegheny House." in
Market . : street. - t(hove Bth, Philadelphia. en
ti;testify to the excellent style
upon which this‘use is conduCted, as well as
the eliverneMand Obliging disposition of the
Proptietiir, Hence. 'we nose-
Jicitedly say. to such as way visit the ..9uaker
'clity .
,"try the 4.Alleglieny," and if you are
not:satisffeit say that our othnite of Charley
Bush gin s entirely errOneOug one. •
.v.-I. 3 e.thoited States Saving Fund . Society,
Omer , 'third and 'i.;hesnut streets, Philadel
phia, i# iloubtless one of the safest, as it. is one
of the'inost popular, institutions . of kind in
the It'erijoyi . the highest degree of
conii4nee. and we are credibly informed that
,
depeuibt from York, liarrisburg. Pottsville,
&c., are • every day occurrences.
irmy be 'those in:this, community who
ipislit be profited ,by availing theniselvei of
itsinduceinents.' .
l'AiTztvititgaTzu coi:responcicnt
ittMefitniirtater, Ceylon' cobrity, writea us that
KnoW-Nothing paper of that
ainee the VI rgi i ft_ el ecti on,
Loathe .Derutwate.-- Ile. each; that, the outside
form tact bean -pat to press, and w appear,
tiatnie,- zealot:ls in` advoca4 and support
Of laiiide is eXpeCteti to speak
out with renewed visor for the. Deutperacy.—
.BO6•Stifi.;- , -;1. , •• • -
• - I: l lsltear encumber& made their appestrance
in the:Philadelphia Market last Tuesday morn.
• to fiak the setting' price,
11 1 0X0tC told -.-ontY ."is quarter a piece." We
left. %Apples (of list fisira gathering, ofcourse.`,
m'ei7et neiling+at $l, per half peck: They Must
good,g to be w orth the' half of
„ ,
ellAnGES.—The hotel
'y'hilidelPhia: 'have held vi - meeting
and. railaci:th'eir, 'price" Of board. The high
priccorfood and all other necessaries of life
arelbe causes assigneti for the increase. , The
same advance in prices has been made by. the
propietora of the New York-hotels.
'Countins.EtTB.—Finely executed counterfeit
,on the Partner's' of Virginia,,
(branch- at. Winchester) -are .in eircuration in
Baltimore.' d. U. Sherrard. cashier ; letter B,
the vignette eoasiytinb of- two figures drawn
sea lioraes, Which 'Are unlike the genuine.
(Ja7Thellev. ‘V.m. _Pikcia, who had been 43
years a rotnisterlof the gospel, died, very aud
denly, of disease 'of the, heart, at, Readiug,'Pa.,
on ! Sunday; the 20th
•-( 'A IMOD' it? Live exploded on tho Baltimore
apd Philadelphialtailroad,.near Aberdeen, on
114rsday,iatit, killing the engineer and fire
man, and injuring two (Alters. The Water had
go's' too low in The -boiler,
- Two YOUliti LADIES, 011.0%:tiiii).-4,11 ThUrfi
itilti*eek, Ellen . Aim, only daughter of Sam
uel . .OsgOod, and Virginia, daughter of E. U.
4uiling, Were drOw tied while bathing, at Eaat
obester, N. Y.— .
-
very - destructive file occurred in Bat-'
timbre , last Sdturditi evening week. between
Steven and tight o'clock. The lire - originated
in , the cel lar of a clothing store on Baltimore
Amt. ; one door east or Lluward,aml destroyed
prolierty' to the value of about 420U,N0.
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general county meeting, in opposition
to.the.actto, , .R.C.strain the sale of liquors." is
to wine :o ff at Rending to-dny. The call is
signed, 'by a large nuutheref the most protni
nest citizens of the town ana county.
0:7 - Th9 York Pennsylvanian says that D.
Ilaranan, of that place, has a Shanghai hen
that for three: successive days,' laid each day
Iwo ti., , gs Me usual size ! A fast hen—or a
fist story.
SCARCITY or WATKIL—Tht Strettint; Were
never known 10 be so low, or water so scarce,
ip Montgomery county, Md., as at present.
the no,ekville Journal states that in many in
stances farmers have to - drive their stock miles
for the, purpose of watering. Many we;,,. owl
springer have bet% dry since the drought alum.
fall.
O7Th' -grain crops of all kinds, through
the whole of lliddle• and Upper blungia, are
represented as being excellent. Wheat is al
ready tit for the sickle.
13:7Dr. Henry L. Sinysvr, of York. Pa., has
sailed fur Europe,. to, acctlit a surgeun's Oulu
'sassier+ in the Russian service.
OVila STATIC AGitIaiLiVILAI, FALK. —The Sta t e
BOard - hive deterznineit to hold a fair at Colo tit
tins trotsit the 18ttfto the 2ist of next Septent-
I
,The town has agroed to raise 53,000
toward expanses.
~Corti is CT ut the Chick:l,lw Nation
at 42 .50 per bushel, while 110 fir 4:4:i ()l ily be
tad al MX 41 LWOpl,cw.lL air 4 ,iu U, 441.
iits lota
f's. GLORIOUS OLD VIRGINIA!
Gallaully NOM alsui. her.. Proud -Old
Digukraile "Maud . 9 . •
Wise 'Elected,
_and "kit" Up-tripped!
RU A* Cawkiesonsin nentotivriP a , and
cralic,_-I,egiskNre! ! !
The election in Virginia, "the mother of
mate:men and patriots," on Thursday week,
has proven the wettest kind of a wet blanket
upon the Know Nothings, not only oC that
State, bUt of the Union. In spite of all their
hind boast's previOu4 - to the election—in spite
of ail the hard swearing they subjected their
followers * to—their dark-lantern man "Sam"
has received a deservedly rough reeePtien from
the unconquerable . Democracy of-that glorious
old Commonwealth. lle now stands shivering
and blue-lipped; and destined to wither like a
frost-nipped plant. ..The ., successes of_ the
Know Nothings," to adopt 'the language of
an esteemed contemporary, their, early life
i ! as an organized party—and their rapid growth
all over the country', gave them an idea thatthcy
had 'ail did World in a string, and could swing
it about at will.' They acquired the entire
ascendency in several. States, controlling the
legislative and executive departments.
they used /he power thus acquired, Massachu
setts and Pennsylvania can sadly, tell.
,But
they. had -the power and evidently supposed
they hnd,but to put forth their hands to grasp
the of St ate,after State, and--add trir
trinphs at will to the many which have crowned
their efforts. They received some significant
cheeks, indeed; during the present year—and
the falling off, in Philadelphia,'from a majori
ty of nearly nine tholsand to less than half as
many hnndreds, ether' sobered them for a,
While. 'But' their' orators, :and pres4es, and
executive committees explained thol4e mishaps
aWay,' Its well as they could—pointed-their de
luded_ followers to bright things- in store for
them in Virginia ;paraded solemn assurances
that thousands of betnocrats lit that State were
rushing into the dark lantern business—and
had worked their 'disciples into'a rather com
fortable State of confidence. As an evidence
that the arts of their leaders were successfully
used in restoring the somewhat staggered faith
of the tank and. file; we mention the fact.that
very large stuns were wagered, in and out of
Virginia, on the defeat °Ilion:) , A. Wise. In
Washington-city alone, $75.000 were staked
against about- half that sum, on Flournoy
against Wise—in ;Baltimore. as much more—
in Richmond, Norfolk, Petersburg, and many
other places, wer hear of thousands being
staked, in most cages the opponents Of Wise
betting Iwo, three amt' four to one! If the
statements we lice "in re
efforts•to make the most out of 'a sure thing'
be at - all true, at least a quarter of a million
of dollars must have been planked down by
.those who had faith in the invincibility of
'Sam !'
Well—having swept New England,' New
York, Mad Pennsylvania—flushed with victory,
'and assured • of adding new laurels to his
clown, brighter than any ho had yet won,
`Sam' crosSed the Potomac -to continua his
trintuphal march—BUT THERE WAS OLD
VIRGINIA ! With a single blow Of her migh
ty arm she, routed his •cohorts, .horse, foot
and dragoon :' triumphantly has she sustained
her gallant son. HENRY A. WISW, against
his fierce and unscrupulous assailants ; awl
again his Au' proclaimed, in thunder tones,
her loyalty to Ihnnocracy and to Civil and Re
ligious Liberty."
'rho Richmond Knquirerdf - Thursday has
returns from all hut 14 counties, and makes
Mr. Wise's majority so tar 10,572 ! it says
his majority in the State will he about 11,000,
as the strong Democratic counties of Scott and
Lee are among those rot hi.ard from. The
boun•cratic majority in the Legislature! will be
over FORTY I—and the Enquirer says the re
turntyleave no doubt of the ekction of Lewis
to Congress. so that Me Democrat., will have the
entire • Comm . sirmal delegation ! / Call you
that - not will done!
That 20,000 Majority !
lr7Previous to the election in Virginia. the
Know Nothing taints were very positive that
they would be satisfied wtth nothing short of
twenty thousand majority for Flournoy, their
candidate. Wonder what they are -going to
do about it now, since they have not only not
got twenty. tut arc beaten ten thaueand - The
result in Virginia is a heavy daintier tijmn
"Sam"—his -prestige" of sweeping success
is gone, and his organs know it. Thu con
sequence is. they are'dying very hard. *-
It is believed in New York that the defeat
of the Know Nothings in Virginia will have
the effect to re-unite the Ilards and Softs of
that State, and enable them to enter the next.
Presidential campaign with nn undivided
front. Things begin to look worse and worse
for Sam Know Nothing,. 4thoagh his friends
and organs are trying :0 smile them in the
face. What potency there is it: the "sober
second thought !" It. always brings the true
and tried old Democratic party •`right side up"
at lust.
t ry - At a special election, last week. in Wor
cester, Zklass., for the Council, the nitti-KnoW
Nothing ticket was'elected; last fall it was the
reverse.
• rt - The Know• Nothings met with a severe
defeat in the boroughof 'Fart:mum, Allegheny
cofinty. Mr. Wm. V. ENANS Wits elected a
Justice of the Peace over his Know-Nothih g
competitor by a vote of two to one—_-the vote
standing about 40 to . 80.
[C - The short-comings observable in the fast
issue of the COMPILKR should be attributed to
the absence of the Editor. We were in atten
dance, as a Juror, at-the United States Dis
trict Court in Philadelphia,—which adjourned.
over from * Monday last to the fOurth Monday
of dune instant.
Sunipterville (S. C ) jail was born
e.] (AI the 11th lilt- A priwircr chain«i iii
4'1)4 Of the txU. in/d <4.1.2111/
Ltirc.
anning more apparent. A conference between
the representatives of these two powers is in
- progress. A later dispatch says' that new
Austrian propositions have been sent. to hog.
land, and continues, that Austria will give
1 material Support to the Western powers should
erenco to the spirikd rthey accept anw - Ttltiieject her propositions.
Good !
I
~ The West—Crops, Ece. 1 Friud iii the - Main, Line Bill ! ..
- A friend travelling in the, West, wyitcs us, I The fact his•leaked out that a base fraud
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1 under:date of **Franklin Gmve,,lllinois, 'May was perpetrated iu the' passage of the bill for'
21. 155.5 r" that - 111e grain in the region of Ohio. the sale of the Main Line of the Public 'Works,
through - Which he passed., in poor, *Mt he be- by, the late IL N. Legislature.. The Harris
lieves-theMiality of the soil to be the poorest burg & L ion asserts that the hill as passed,
in the State. lie also spent some time in In: land now a law by signature of tliersovernor, is
diana, and declares that he never saw finer j floe the bill that the Houses - of the Legislature
wheat grow anywhere than he Saw through presumed they were passing ; but that some
Elkhart, Laporte and St. Joseph counties. In 'of its provisions 4 - -re vastly different. Read
Lee county, Illinois, the wheat crop is very what that paper says: .'
promising, and such is the case in every part Every man of the five hundred present in
of the - Slate he has visited. • .I.lnusually large the Senate on the last night of the session,
will remember that when the report of the
crops of-wheat and corn have been put, out.
committee of conference 'on the bill for the
- There is any quantity of corn still cribbed sale of the main line 'of our 'improvements
thrbughout the Stab'. '• -- ' . - was under diseussion, every effort w;us made
- 1-;aiiit, he •ftirther says,
,has
,gone up: very
much in price during the last two. Years. In
Lee county, such as is moderately, improved
ranges from 520 to $.30 per acre. The same t
could have been bought five years ago at I
and
.$11).
We met; list week, a gentleman residing
in * Clearfield county, Pa.. who declared that
.the "oldest inhabitant" does not recollect that
the crops in that quarter ever looked more l
promising. A heavy yield is anticipated.
In Chester, Muntgomery,l3erks, Lancas
ter, Dauphin and York counties, the crops
wear a fair appearance, and give promise of an
average yield, at least. A "spotted" field may
occasionally be seen. but such constitute the
"exception," and not the "rule."
Latest from Europe.
Sebastopol Still Holding Out.—The steamer
Pacific arrived at'New * York on - Wednesday
last, bringing one week's later advices from
Europe. The siege of Sebastopol was almost
unchanged. '•A combat occurred on the night
of the 24th, between the Russians and, the
French, which proveda rather desperate affair,
The ItliY:4kArlS attempted to dig new rifle pits,
and trip French partially prevented them.
Two hundred French troops were' killed.—
The number of RUssians killed is not stated.
Marshal Canrobert has resigned, nominally
on account of ill health. and at his request the
chief command has been given to Gen, Nies
sier—he (Canrobert.) taking Pelessit es place
as General of division.
There are indications of a more intimate re
lationship between Austria and Prussia, and
the probability of - an armed neutrality is be-
France and England have presented an ultima
tum to Sweden, Which that_ power seems in
clined to reject, and hence is enrolling her
The Paris exhibition was opened on the
15th. The Emperor was present, and all the
Great officers of State. eight thousand specta
tors being in attendance. Ihe Emperor de
livered an appropriate speech, but the cere
monies were rather dull, and the show less
than would have been but for the War.
An Old Tree.
There is now standing upon the premises of
Mr. ' , Lulus FoussY, near Hanover, a Pear
Tree 1313 years al, which still - hears fruit
annually. It has now an übunilnnco of small
pears upon it, and is clothed in luxurious
green, although the trunk is quite hollow—a
mere shell. The ancestor of the Forney fami
ly, (a native of Switzerland.) •removed from
Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, to the
neighborhood of Hanover, in 171 1 J, when his
son, Marks Forney, then RI years of age. dug,
up this tree, and planted it in the sput where ,
it. now stands.
BucnaNAN.—The Washington Star of
Saturday week, says, that letters have been re
ceived in that city, in which our Minister to
England, Mr. Buchanan, states that he will
leave his mission about the last of September,
and travel in Europe some time before return-,
ing to the I:nited States.
Tint CZAR AND his Btwriisn.—A Paris car
respondent of the London Tines speaks cOnti
dently of serious differences between the Em-,
peror and his brother, the (;rand Duke Con
stantine, and that the Empress mother consid
ers it necessary to remain in St. Petersburg in
order to maintain tranquility in the Imperial
family.
n'teavenworth, in Kansas, eight months
ago was' a place of wild and unimproved
land ; now, among the buildings and busi
ness can be enumerated one steam saw mill.
two brick yards, one large three story hotel,
four boarding houses, five dry goods houses,
live saloons, two boot and shoe stores, two
saddlery shops, one titi_slicip t _two blacksmith's
shop, and a population of eight hundred in
habitants.
Fix is Witt:AL—The Smyrna (Del.) Times
says that many of the farmers of that State are
complaining of the ravag,es of the fly in the
wheat. Some of the fields, it.. is alleged, will
be nearly or quite ruined.
ECM) IN Tith SKIES.—In the recent balloon
eKCUrsion of M. Godard, it is stated by the pas
sengers that at the height of 14,000 feet from
the earth, everything said or spoken out dis
tinctly by them was returned in abOut a min
ute in an echo, and this echo wits as clear and
distinct as the Words uttered by the voice.
EMBARGO ON EINNNY.—The New York pa
pers state that three vessels of war have been
anchored in the vicinity of the steamship Uni
ted States. in the East River, to prevent the de r
parture of the Kinney Expedition.
It is said that the liquor dealers of Ros
ton have determined not to sell a drop of the
article to the State Agent.
-- 'Gr.ouGi.; H. NOURIS, Deinocrat, has been
chosen Mayor of Ottawa, Illinois, by 118 to
:5 for the K. N. candidate.
VirBinim (Action lb th
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to have -the amendments and. the provisions
of the bill read, so that Senators might know
for what they were voting.---This vrns evaded.
Tbe provisions -were not read. Several of
these provisions were, however, stated by the
members of The Cortintitte, and diseu>•ged by
the Senate before the vote was taken. One of
these Was as to the powers granted4o the pur
chaser to construct a new it'll, nod , so as to
form a continuous' line from Philadelphia to
Pittsburg,. It was stated by Mr; PRICE and
others, that authority was given to, comnteeee
the read at Columbia, the end. of the State
railroad, so aF to secure an entire line from
city to city. This provision, if true, inter
fering with the interests of the Harrisburg and
Lancaster railroad to the tune of at least a
million, gave rise to a considerable discussion
and a 000 d deal of feeling. Here seemed to be
ar collision of interests between these com
panies; here was the "coup de partie .;" here
was the point upon which success or defeat
turned—the finishing stroke.
It was seen that with this provision there
was still some room for competition, and Rome
small hope left that the Commonwealth might
look for justice. Upon the bill as thus slated
—giving Ms authority—the Senate voted.
-With this understanding,, as clearly- expressed
as if it had been written in the hill and read
by the clerk, at least threefourths of the, Sena
tors, as we believe, answered to their names,
and either recorded their aye or no. The re
port was adopted, the bill passed, and was
sent to the Governor.
We say the hill passed. We correct onr
selves—not the bill passed, but a bill was sent
to the Governor, and by htm signed. It is
not Me hill, however, which recritged the assent
Of the Senate. But it is a different nil! ; a bill
which gives no authority to interfere with the
interests of the railroad between Harrisburg
and Lancaster; a bill which never passed the
Senate, if it ever passed the lower house. A
law now in form, but a sttipendons fraud in
reality. Between individ oats, such. an act
would collie, no power, conicy no , interest,
semen() benefit. Any court would pronounce
it void.. and visit heavy damages upon any
party who, knowing the circumstances, should
pretend to use it .to change. the ownership of
property, or to Obtain advantage. We cay let
the fraud be proclaimed, and the public as-well
as-any and all parties concerned, he notified
that the next Legislature will he called upon
to repeal the act, and to ascertain wheni - the
change was made. and who made it. -
r7The crowning act of the iniqinti es with
which the !lac Legislature of Massachusetts
has soiled the escutcheon of that ancient
Commonwealth, was perpetrated on Mondtil .
week, previous to their adjournment, by the
passage, over the Governor's veto, of a bill
nullifying a provision of the Constitution and
a law of the United States. The "Personal
Liberty Bill," as it - is miscabed. designed - to
prevent the execution of the Fugitive Slave
Law—which Governor Gardiner, hi►nself an
Abolitionist, was compelled to veto tinder a
sense of imperative duty. and which the At
torney General, also of the Abolition school,
pronounced unconstitutional—was-enacted in
to a law in the teeth of these remonstrances,
by a vote of :12 to 3 in the Semite, and 230 to
7& in the House. The Ambit; Post, in an arti
cle, justly conile►nning this high-handed act of
nullification. remarks :
“The passage of this bill, legalizing treason
and rebellion, is the crowning proof of the
abolitionism of the Know-Nothing Order. It
is thoroughly steeped in this element. It will
hesitate at nothing to accomplish its plans.
Besides its religi ous persecution, besides its
proscription for birth, here at length Know-
Nothingisto has reached the zenith point of
resistance to the laws of the land. It has
wantonly trampled under foot the Constitution
of this country !”
~G- 7 The dishonesty of Know-Nothingism and
the varying phases it presents, are welt illus
trated by the following item of news, which is
going the rounds of the press :
`•The California Know-Nothing State Coun
cil has rejected from its platform the Catholic
test.. In Louisiana the same thing has been
done."
In all the other States proscription and per
secution of that Christian sect is retained in
the Know-Nothing creed. In Louisiana Cath
olics arc numerous, and if there is, as the secret
conspirators pretend to believe, any danger from
that religious denomination, it is in that State
that priisdription of them should be retained.
But it is precisely in those sestions of the
country where the Catholic population is the
largest that _the Know-Nothings are liberal to
them. Where there are but few, on the con-
Crary, the intolerance and proscription of the
conspirators is the most strikingly 'winced.
The reason of this is, that the Know• Nothing
managers, having no
_principles, adapt their
creed to suit what they suppose to be popular
sentiment in different localities. In the South
they are for slavery, and in the North they are
for abolition. In New England they proscibe
and persecute Catholics, brit in California and
Louisiana, where that denomination control a
great many votes, they favor and admit them
into the order. There the ''anti-foreign"
phase of the “inovement" is brought into
strong relief, and the changes are rung upon
it.
The whole order - is but a machine con
structed by artful and unscrupulous men to
gain political power. To this end are employ
ed the varying appeals to sectional, national
and religious prtjudices.—Lancaster
, reficer.
r.
"Sr"A- A NArivs or Rout:.—Martin Luther
race this account of the of der which bears very
decided resemblance in many respects to the
-present organization :
"In Italy there was a particular order of
ri iars ed Freres i v ,„ra natE, that is.
,Brethren (y" hztwrance. who took a solemn oath
th;it they would neither know, learn. not un
dur,ta_mi altvtliiii:4 at ali, au:,wer
t 111/ .V, */ /444..iziG:
Ar.q.j 2;(i. ij;.
Demobritie Denionitrationo on the Vir
ginia Election.
"014 Penelope"
Thundered . forth her joy • over the result of
the Virginia election, on Saturday evening, in
the southern part of the Borough._ The gal- -
hint old gun seemed to_ know that there was a
great Democratic. victory on hand, for she
"spoke" with an' emphatiCally :loud voice,"
There is more Ruch work in store for her.
- NEW YORK., May 31, 9 P. 111.,—A tremen
dous Democraticjolification over the 'Virginia
election is going on this evening in Tanimany
Hall. One hundred guns were fired in the
Park, and the Hall illuminated from top to
bottom.—There was much enthusiasm, and
speeches were delivered in which the Know-
Nothings were lashed without-mercy, and the
early annihilation,oftheparty predicted. The
adinintstration was extolled by the speakers,
and on each occasion met with applause.
PHILADELPITIA, May 31.—The Democrats
here fired 100 guns this afternoon in boner of
the Virginia election, and a tremendous 'meet
ing is being held this evening in Independence
Square, at which Hon. John Robbin's pvisides.
Processions from every ward of the city with,
music and transparencies marched to the place
of meeting. There are speeches being made
from two stands at opposite ends of the square
by Messrs. Florence, Robbins, Cadwallader,
Tyler, Carrigan, Witte, and others.
WAsnixGrus, May -TR—% o'clock P. M.—
The Democrats of this city are engaged this
evening in tiring a salute of one hundred and
forty-three guns, one fur each county in Vir
ginia, in honor of the success date party in that .
State. .
Rocrii:srau, N. Y , May 29.—One hundred
guns were fired by the Democracy here, -this
morning,_in honor of the election of Mr. %Vigo.
Hmutisarp.n, May 28.—The Democracy of
this place are in great glee over the result of
the Virginia election. They have been firing
three times thirteen during the afternoon, and
the National Band is playing in honor of the
event.
TIOINTON, N. J.. May 20. 7 —The Democrats
fired one hundred guns here this afternoon in
honor of the election of Mr. Wise.
"Stand Up, Sam!"
Certain gentlemen and certain newspapers
have-had - rprite - a-funny - time with a nice little
anecdote that has been told over and over again'
since the political-canvass was going on in Vir
ginia. It amounted to this. that during one of
the speeches of Ilenry A. Wise, be drew a
graphic picture of the followers of •' tan," and
after he had - finished the truthful portrait he
called Out for any one there answering to it, to
stand up and.let the meeting look at himn. The
pith of the joke was in this, that an old gentle
man rose up in the back part of the crowded
hail and said, '•stand np, Sam !" Whereupon
.
about nine tenths of the Democratic meeting
that i‘lr. Wise was addressing arose, thus
proclaiming that they were followers of Sam
and ready to vote against the Democratic can
didate. We would state for the benefit of our
Know-Nothing friends that there has been an
election down in ‘.Old Virginny," and by some
unaccountable mishap, all those friends and
admirers of Sam were not about—the old gen
tleman who told Sam to stand up in the meet
ing forgot to tell him to stand up at the elec
tion, and the consequence is that Henry A.
Wise is elected Governor of the Old Dominion!
( -- "Sttin is in Virginia, where he will remain
until the 4th Thursday in May, for Wiaepur
poses.—K. /V. papers before the election Vir
ginia.
We think Sam has discovered that his stay
in Virginia'was not a very Wise act in
He got as good a kicking as ever an old rascal
received, and he now writhes in agony in his
dark lodge room. This fall he will receive a
similar drubbing in this State, which we think
will about finish huri.—thr. Veil.
Know-NoTnING ExPosunE.—The Montrose
Delluscral,'ediied by Ex-Speaker Chase, gives
notice that it will, in a few days, give a full
Exposure of the Oaths. Obligations, Initiatory
Addresses, &c., of the Know-Nothings, together
with the Key to their Alphabet, which is ar
ranged in figures. It assures the public that
it may rely on the correctness of the Exposure,
for it is a verbatim copy of their "Blue Book,"
or book containing their initiatory secrets,
which accidentally came into possession of a
gentleman who is oat a Ku,ne-Surhing.
PRI'MMED OCT . —Mr. Mathews. nominated
by the Democrats of Kentucky, for the office
of Superintendent of Public Instruction, joined
the Know-Nothings. The fact having been
established, the Democratic papers took his
name from the ticket, and drununed the traitor
out of the camp. Served him right.
FIFTEENTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT. —The Sen
atorial Conference of the Fifteenth district, in
this State. to select, a delegate to the next Sta to
Convention, at their meeting in Hollidaysburg,
chose Col.- Thomas A. Maguire, of Cambria,
said delegate, With instructions to support
Win. S. Campbell, Esq., of Pittsburg. for Ca
nal Commissioner. Resolutions were passed
endorsing the National Administration ; con
demning the course of the. "powers that be" in
Pennsylvania; denouncing the Know-Nothings
and speaking strongly against - the proposed .
sale of the public works, and the "Jug Law."
The proceedings were very harmonious.
The Know Nothing Whig journals are
down upon the editor of the Lancaster Exam
iner because he will not bow to be led by the
dark-lantern folks, and has the independence
to say so. Among them be it.
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piildished in Illinois, proposes Judge Riaeii—Or it, and a huge held el "viirenti.:-, c•ol.hiess" ex.
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Speech of Mr. Wise oniCnow:liothingism.
WASTIINGTON, May 26-7-11 P. M.
At nine o'clock this cresting a . tremendous
gathering assembled before Brown's Ihstel, and
called Mr. Wise out to' manifest -to him the
joy they experienced at his success in the elec.
tine. After the Marine band had played s
number of cornplimentary airs, 31r. Wise was
introduced to the auditory from- the balcony,
and was greeted- wish the most deafening sip.
phiuse by his friends, and with hoots -aisoj
hisses from the Know .Nothings. of whom there
Was a eery large number in the crowd. 'Amidst
the greatest excitement Mrs Wise commenced,
and said
I Feeetra- Crria&s rw W ... .Asir - Ist:To:N:74 never
regretted more in my 17ffr. than now that L have
not more streni h. It is not generons tit tram.
ple on a pro strate toe,--(crags, of ..good;'?
"good." and "hear," accompanied by groans
and_ _e_fliet_ltlenions trations4-4m Lif_e_ver_al
-1 lowed to put my heel on the neck of- a fallen
1
i enemy, I might be . pardoned for doing so to
' night..- (Renewed interruptions here occurred.)
If there was ever an opponent domineering and
dictatorial, it is. that-illiberal party- which as.
Isurnes now to ritle America. He has boasted
that he was invincible. I have met the Black
; Knight with his vizor down,. and his shield and
i lance are broken—(more interruptions from
the ..Know-Nothings.") Ile had crossed the
North stamping. his foot, so that the 'nation
might feel the shaking of the earth. - That he
travelled in the night, with dark lantern in'
hand, and just before daY, to do his boasting;
men became appalled and their blood curdled
in their veins—their muscles crowded on their
bones—and fears eatne over the Minds of the
Ipeople. , I had proclaimed he was easily ens.
titrered. I knew the rock of defenci—and that
rock was the indomitable Democracy. (Tre
mendous cheers by the friends of Mr. Wise,
and a renewal of interruptions by his foes.)
Mr. Wise then briefly gave an accoarrt of the
travel he had performed, and orthe oratorical
toils he had endured during the canvass;-and
said: Notwithstanding Sam had- achtfered
victories in the' North,
_I knew he cosih not
meet the masses of the people, in •primary Ebs,
semblages, i» Virginia. I kriew - he co l ou r no t
stand- hi-fore the pibroch and trump of liberty.
Ile might live in the land of secret 1)414)4 bet
he could not survive the viva ?wet of the
. peo.
ph. (Applause, and cries of "Iluzaa for
Sam.") Aye, that voice had overwhelmingly
conquered in the Old .Dorainion.—(Renewed
eppinese.). I was told by my friends, and I
now tell yon—(here the confusion was so great
the renerinder of what Mr. Wise said was lost.)
Is the ear of the peOple not to' lie allowed to
listen to the language of liberty ? Not only
are these "Sams hurrahing for the deStrue
tion of religious liberty, but they would tram
ple on the freedom of the pen and press. (Ap e
'dense and diSapprobation.) I tell yon, yen
have found your plaster in a puritiedtinajority,
which consists of the - conscientious and cori- .
seryative men of both the old parties. (Re
newed interruptions and various cries mingled
with applause.) My friends., I would, If, I
were one of the Lord's :mut:tinted. give *you it
little of the holy water you ask. for. You need
it. (Laughter, applause and gr us'ns.) Yora
who are crying out there for holy water,: are
hypocrites. (A voice—" That's a Tie, yors
want ite") You have joined in the war ofthe,
abolitionists on the institutions of Virginia.
If you want holy water go to your high prieettie
(applause, mingled with cries of -11.urrikh for
Sam'.") I think I,have made converts of you',
Judging by your cheering. (Renewed [aught
ter by the friends of Mr. Wise, : and cheering by
his foes.) I thank you from my heart, lie
ironically said, for your decent, orderly con
duct and behavior. You have demonstrate!'
you are worthy to be masters of this great
conntry.—What laws will guard ns if such
men as you rule the country ? Discussion,
.it.
would appear, is not tolerated. (Mr. Wise
was here Silenced by the groans from - Die
Know Nothings, anti the hurrahs for "Sam.")
He continued : My lungs are too weak for Me
to contend with a rabble like you. A mob of
Know Nothings has seized upon the capital of
'the country.. I leave to conservative Whigs
and Democrats to say if this disgrace shall
*abide here. ("No," -.n0," "no," and renewal
of interruptions by the Know-Nothings.) . I
lutist thank you, my friends, for the compli
ment you expected to pay me. (Cries of -.Go
on," "go one"), No, I shall riot go on. My
lungs will not permit it : (Renewed invitations
to go on.) I will conclude by saying, here in
Washington, freedom of speech was not al
lowed by the tyrant and dictator, and dirk
lumen) oligarchy, which seeks over to oppress.
Mre Wise then withdrew amidst the' ap
plause of Iris friends and the - joy of his foes:
Crowds of the friends of Mr. SVise now rushed
into the hotel, and warmly congratulated him.
The Know-Nothings for an hour longer con
tinued their noises, when, becoming weary of
their performances, and hoarse with their Own
bawling, they dispersed. - .
TIII BUT E TO DEM OCRAC r.—Sorne of the Demo
crats of piety_ Orleans wrote to Robert C. Wick
liffe, asking for the vise of,his name as a cancii
date for Governor of Louisiana at the ensuing
election. Ho declines, and in his reply re
marks than
"The true American party in this land .is
the Democratic party. It proscribes no man
on account of his birth or of his religion ; it
adopts as its own the principles contained in
the declaration of American 'independence.—
There rests not upon the statute book of our
country one measure which has added to its
greatness that has not the stamp and impreSs
of Democracy. Under Democratic rule and
policy We have grown from infancy to vigor
ous manhood. Ours is the greatest. thehap
piest, and the best country God has given to
roan. Democracy has nude it such, and the
Democratic party will continue it so."
A LCCRATIrIi STATION.—A. S. 'Mansfield, of
Dorchester, has been appointed by the Gover
nor and Council of Massachusetts the Commis
sioner to
. purchase and supply to town and
city agents pure liquors for sale by them under
the new liquor law. His place of business
must be . in Boston. The town agents are
obliged to purchase of him, he being allowed
to charge five per cent additions; to the cost
on all liquors ti►us disposed of. It is estimated
that if the law is generally enforced, Mr. M.'s
commissions will reach $40,000 a yer. or
515,000 more than the annual salary of Lbo
President of the United States.
ANOTHER PREACHER IN OFFICE. —The Har
risburg Union last week, says :--We learn
that the Rev. Mr. M'Fadden, of the Church of
God, has been 'appointed - Messenger for the
School Department. Tinsfis a new o
that has been created to appease a few raven
ous, importunate Know-Nothing, beggars.
IcE ii Tug LAKES.—Erie pape_ts state that
considerable ice still floats in the Lake, though
none is visible froth, this port. Steautboats
occasionally encounter large quantities on their
way to Dunkirk and 'Buffalo. On 'Thursday
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