GETTYSBURG, PA. MOM Mti sit.llY 30. 1855. fray Canal Cotarelsailme,r,, ARNOLD PLUM ER:Of Wria bid C. FRo us ie#A7llNc.—Rev. Mr. IV ts itn it Ex s ifill'tttheitsWtt hold a religious meeting on thnintlitlefrlMlrfritrßittltr thwaskipi4hb , count:4l contimon'Ling un Satur chlatk, A : . z s ilkomigratriG.f-Thie leletcpben , in Halifax, = .:. YZ T IAZ, lik : + iiiiiited, ti - re& nignendir , 0 ~,,,. 1„oin, t.y., , ,,,a,. 6': Q a . . i lf t W„b .'9l l 4 a a t , ! August tie PFtnP,rt, 44.6411449 10 .1354 a n d <of :tbantiseritig, i 1 *lellirefilieVOtitoksillairia: alhaidaht atpa, and 4reiirft - tzh OIGLIA'i'Qf tilepolitil*icrh. -,, 3 -4 . ,_2__Ll2_ 4 releekt* tli.;arr; Cit,lPetersticht, -Y. S., Ifairiteicti j)call t ft*.titd: t . htliCiaii elittieh, ‘..Pflaittik,kg' 44:11.ierc - h' i. 44 been hoc.itirit-criaterolourg, Air 1.113 , years,. ..ilia iv. adelillailtilielfitietifetteitod . bphiafiumerous , • 1 • 1 ---, ~,;..:: : , J, ... - ... ..,,.... _ , 1. ier , 4Rev::60.1. 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Altof to'bein excellent conl6ll/041:14itet 'for lie- - iiv qfPfi t X 4l 64 4 VV. o, l o'Mvie lIIA ~4/Slitts...4.4l4o4rof:Asysn, ages new , VinloisitinsehoddatthtFty.thtelPhashcla id the acre •"tifirkinrain . 05i rienr" . nl& ' 7 • i • .t • 414/A frermitilviing.°4-IVii etntta • bighe Nesfe'tfirili* 1 e fin: sold in that lullollitt,,oo4o.lti InsL, 'f's C'CiA;;Mr 410 ba4Ce.l:l,P4lrClW4lipillkSrperlAiStiOU. 491151,1,1,V11 111014114' snice,:lit 81 JD, andstored in antici pa tind 4. 1 01 i '• • • - Wont-)( 110341 1 .---At. Virellahurgh. Ohio, last r ,sv,eels, a lot of flour' was offered at ;.-%•- `• • ' • r sevtirt D. kariel.: for -which. the holder had, t rolifsed4qn.dollarsat few weeks' ago. The flouflvinaliPAOt ring 'II* seven and fbr ant arii pUrclniser. it-Nv. w 07 - . 7 10:1110aqtxprelswlstatesIliat 'parties in ItOrnfitegii4l 7 lo - vr,torii)iye contracted for af .. 4i14,;14194WERN.1 Amolielik of Potatoes at fourteen levartita batitfit! •I • . e , , (t..,:tmletk,Vilipgiater, , in ilefaalting treag-. urer of the Lancaster Saviinv Institution, ma's' be foklulgx.' thi, 10 . th ; :Rray ing 4,:ricitecr ;.,The:JUdge - lixed the W-4t40 - . 10 95 0 09, , ,0-44 1 .i1t . 0f which he vi astuaruiled to vrisini for trial.. 0-11/4),Vernorikeclex,has vetoed all the acts passdel , llr tile' Kansas Legislature; been 11l RC he does=ii•Ot " - consider the begislatutO in legal ses sion.: ietoe4 bills mere reloassed•through both'bratachil4 by , iarge majoritie.s. TimU t iat,.—T6F` LcOdon, Times indplges the fulhakintdiSnouraging tone in relation to the whr :-:--nillniattver delusion ministers were -in-asl,6lU ; dui-ANiu tit tile st:Arinst . year, tse now *know that wise to make up our minds to twenty yeas's, at least. and that we are mniir more lkely to shorten the war by 'an mrqr tlialv-by , an nrideriestiniate.r ,is'prevailing:Lvery bad at Casey ),, • MIRDUROWX. (Ct.,) July 24.—Three eases of g,enuinei-liniatie'eholernovere reported yes terdatin tirdand and one in Niiddletovrn. BEIMEI nt'lt ix lbought the French Exhibition will Ilan the one 'held in be rite EnglaTul 4 /SA of liNcr havi e4rred 3;1)9' tt...iutstla, Va. !tnitio. too," Know Nothingism pears to ha% e"1 hurt' rofid to travel. 3- ' Some three weeks since ft State Convention of K. IN — rt. *Kt, tiduiet§ was' held, and they en - tfred)nfOufcssinti, nominating S. P. CltAsE for 9oveyn,jr. llnt this duke (loci not ,take. A portion tlie K. "laud and deep in - their lottites?' u.ou Chase's head, and SI! several Well .attended meeting hn re been held, which repilditted utterly , big nomination. The difficulty promises not to be easily settled _ • either. • tieing The fact. is, the dark-lantern party are I. Caund brit-almost everywhere.. They tire tryf ing to cover up a few Knott , Nothing sins by making a show of, openness—orlverti*inf; in their papers. for instance, that a meeting such .by 4tuelt Council will be beld "al the wood plate." and other similar attempts at hum buggery—but the, trick is too transparent. The effort comes 100 I.A - TE. The Id party of th people - is already' wheeling i d line, to battle antr,to conquer. '''flie":li,now Nothing editors, feeling - the force- of-the :position taken against them by dramewßi, the - eldest son of Henry Clay,- are endeavoring went eh 'it, by charging hits, with, ruthlessly and „without ecessity, de mol ishing:tbe oid residence at Ashland, and erect inga.better one :instead. .• Kitt he . replies In dignantly to this 'stow's, that the Old residence wi.s unsafe to be occupied muCh longer:, and that. it; would have been taken down by his father,- but for his advanced years. ;litany of the timbers have - been wrought into icanes and other articles of a slieepsake" char acter, for sale, the proceeds to be devoted to :charitable' purposes. He appears to' be "a ichip.Of the 'ohl' block," and defends himself 'ably .and stiecessfully—at least, against the Caton- Nothings, whom: he so heartily despises. .5 7 7* - 11Ie Know. Nothing Party, says the North Anierienn. is in a curiously split up eondition: in cunsegilence of the proceedings of the last Natienal Convention. The Louisiana match orthe order has ,disavowed all connec tion with the National Council - and repudiated the Catholic plank t:d . its platform. ' The State Councils of Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts,' !the& Island, Pennsyliania and Illinois h itejected 'the national 'platform, ' and most of theinliave Made creeds of 'their own, differing usentially from the 'general ono,. not only in I ~ 1 eititintee to' slavery but to other questions. n New England and the' West the: seceders , have liberalized their principles so its to in- Ilt.nle many clasSe.i of. naturalized citizens. n seine Cases 'also the oppOsition to Catholics 'f as .Ini..ii softened down to an opposition against 1111 caelesiastical despotism. In Vermont the Aii*nization has been thrown open, assumed theitniue of the American party. and declared against the extension' of, slavery. Theis arc s:ieltreely, two' of these northern platfoi its alike. fp New Jersey , no State action has yet been *ld, tnit , all the Councils of Trenton and Neiv *k have rejected the national creed, and de clared in fever of the restoration of the Missou -ri i compromise. In Pennsylvania, - a portion of 'the Coinibils; attached to the national plat- Airtn, have bolted since the action at Reading, anderganized a new State body, which, by ttie way. has a majority in the Executive Conn- ClOof the 2 party in ' Philadelphia. Two of the ,seceders were front Montgomery county, and ;Of these-one has since bmii repudiated by the douneil 'here represented, that of the upper of Norristown, which, as the Herald Akins us, has . approved of the State action, and , 411.1tiounced.' the: nationil platform. What is tllu exrit condition of things in Philadelphia it .7 11 dinJelqt to tell. ERIE 3`7The-VhigCominitieo of Lancaster coun ..ty met lest weel:, when, a resolution was ot : fered excluding an members who belonged to any secret pilitionl` organization. This reso lution war voted down, when a general wrangle amMed, and the chairman declared the , Com mittee ,adjourned, and requested the straight oat Whigs to meet with him at a pince designs-' ted; to 'talte such action ns might be necessary towardS calling a Whig Comity Convention. r - 7 - I‘lr. Baird,' who was certified to the ,Know-Nothing Councils last fall as a member *of the Order, and made their nominee for Su preme Jndge, has recently written a letter to the 'Pittsburg Disiroich, in which he declares that. he never has been, and never can be, a Know-Nothing. The Know-Nothings, there fore, had two men—Mott and Bl c ird—on their State ticket last fall, who were opposed to the Order; - any - yr.IN - rth --- those — geittlinnutrwere - de= Blared to be members by the Executive Com- Anittee when State nominations were made.— ' Chirmir . ,g, Bp. 1 011 e Iton. JOlm 11. Wheeler, U. S. Am has.3ador, to Nicaragua, while on board the steamer, at. Walnut street wharf, Philadelphia, onlVedneSday Week, on his way to New York, had 'three of his slaves seized and taken from him by a mob of colored men, on the ground - that, laving been voluntarily brought to Phila delpla,t' they,were entitled to their freedom. raismori` NVilliainson, a well known mellawr of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, was charged in the U. S. District Court with head ing, the mob, and Judge Kane issued a writ, - requiring him to produce the slaves. Five of the negyoes engaged in the allair have been arrested and committed to prison. The slaves were a mother and hcr'two children, who had reqUeAed the privilege of accompanying Mr. 1V heeler to Nicaragua. a — Tbere was a Know Nothing gathering of some kind -at the usual place," in Carlisle street. on Saturday_LlA. __What it was all about nobody appeared to be advised of, and we do not . knoW that anybody. except the —in siders," cared. It was amusing, though, .to observe the dodging, particularly among the town 'participants in the affair, to get into the Hall without being observed. The Muhl Line of Public WoT:s Nva- pu up at aulinin. at the l'hiladriphia ..X -lehan;_t,s, uu Tnemlay lasts b it nu bi4l tvai ina,lc. „ OC• • It :1 1 ;;It:at State I'. Ird,ylvailla 1 , 001 I, tlic A , p,rly it tier What a Know Nothing Thinks The editor of the Louisville (Ky.) I ratrirr, .aimed theAarder of Know Nothings a short time since, and rifler remaining a member for some two or three, weeks, walks out or the camp, throws ilowp his regimentals, ilia . thus deliv ers himself!' "We !hive never atteivled A sinkle Council J mg, m t. le ew wee - s experience since our connection with the order has convinced us that no„man who has 'any self-respect or inde pendence can below , to it twelve months with-_ out sacrificing both. It. contains features which sooner or later must cause every-one whn.has a particle of manliness in his cornpo s,itirm to revolt at the orgaThzation and leave it with disgust. It is an organization which may suit unscrnpulous, politicians to use for their own selfish piapotiPs, but it ;will `drive from it all good men, and will infallibly fall from its own weakness. Net 'even the glori;. oils principles which calmed its rise can long prevent its downfall.—'Prate Americanism, to succeed, remit do so under other auspices; and the sooner there is a re-organization of the par ty the better for it." ' • GIBE Adapted to Every , Locality, Know-Nothingisin has that gutta-percha property of contracting and, expanding so as to suit local jealousies, sectional divisions, and religions prejudices. At the North, it is un disguised abolitionisni. At the South, it claims to have its origin in the patriotic desire to preserve the Union unimpaired and the con stitution undefiled. In .every State in the Union save one, the religious-test made part and parcel of the order ; and in the exceptional State this plank is taken out by Know-Nothingism in order to accommodate the platform to that particular meridian. It would seem, in short, that know-nothingism, like quack medicines, is adapted to every cli mate, and is warranted not to spoil from “ex posure." Hear what the Fayetteville North Carolinian says : "We understand that David Reid, Esq., the K. N. candidate in this district, now says in his public speeches that he is not opposed to foreigners voting,. but they must be prevented - from holding ollice, and denied therightsgunr. untied to them by the constitution in this "res. pew.. This all goes to show the complete hum buggery of know-nothingisin ; oilice-seekers ,are, making, use of the corrupt organization to elevate, themselves, caring no snore about its ir-ofessed principles than a dog does about a grave-yard. Already there is a large number Of, the secret party in favor of dispensing with the religions test, and when this is done know nothingism will crumble to_dusti-or confine its dark operations to the hot-bells of abolitionism itt the North, where it originated." The steamer Atlantic arrived at New York on Wednesday evening last, with a week's later advices from Liverpool. There is nothing of special importance from the scat of war. ,Sebastopot has been subjected to two days' heavy fire without effect, and the besiegers Were erecting immense works against the Mal awi' and itedan batteries. Tile besieged were also erecting equally formidable, works behind those defence's. From the preparations making by the allies liefl)re SebaStopol, it is thought that another general assault is not far off. Thy British - Parliament is be prorogued on the 10th day of August. Lord John Rus sell had tendered his resignation of the posi tion ho held in the Ministry. The circumstan ces which led to the resignation, were the dis closures made by him with regard to his course at Vienna The accounts relative to the crops in all parts of England are very favorable. Appalling Sacrifice of Life. War was declared against Russia by Eng land and France in March, 185..1—0n1y sixteen months ago. The prodigious loss of life, which hostilities have, during that short space of time, occasioned begins to call forth remark from the European press. The progress of enlighten ment and of science does not seetia, from the calculations that nre made, to have rendered,‘, war less.hloody than of yore, nor to have di minished the aggregate of losses by exposure , and discs:so. Since the declaration of war by Turkey, in the autumn of 1853, the loss to that Empire is , estimated nt 130,000 men. The French have, since their arrival in the Crimea, lost 70.000, dead or invalids ; while the British have suffered to the extent of 30,- 000. The loss of the ':Russians is variously estimated from 250,000 to 300,000.—Austria, too, though not at war. has suffered immensely by diMinotion of force in the unhealthy locali ties where she has been obliged to place her armies. Taking also into account the mortal ity on board' the ships of war and transports, ancLamong_labarers..oLdifferent-kinds-attaclied to the armies, of whom there are thousands in I I the Crimea,' it may he assumed that from 000,- 000 to 700.0110 men have perished or become invalid since the commencement of the war. What, the amount of-mortality will be when operations shall betondneted on a larger scale, when bloody battles shall be fought in the open field and gigantic contests shall decide the issue of campaigns—remains hidden in the future. The wars'ol the French Republic and Empire cost to Europe 0,000,00(1 of men but. if we may judge from the past eighteen months, the present struggle is destined to ex ceed all that have gone before it in the wide spread destruetiou which it will cause.—Jour nal y Commerce. VERMONT DEMOCRATIC CON rt., July 125.—The Democratic State Convention to-clay made the following nomi nations : For Govel•nor, Merrill Clark, of Poult ney L.ient. Governor, Stoddard B. Cully, of Moiltpclier : Treasurer, John .1. Page. of Mont pelier. Resolutions approving and conitnend ing the policy of President Pierces adminis tration were adopted. The convention was the largest held by' the party in •this State for sec- era! years. The proceedings were harmoni ous and enthusiastic. “now'ru.—une of our worthy farmer.: who cultivates his lands near the Round hill' to some purpose, measured a stalk of corn ime morning, latch , . at o'clock. and Upon tne:icurntg the next thornirvg at tile saine hour; Ill' %VAS sitrpri-0 , 1 to rind that It Ijtd ;I.Avn trU hours. - i I 'in, 4 Foreign News. Brown County )hiol Democrat of the says th.tt Know Nothin:i-nn is all —tumbling in' in Brown cownv, and that in I uvt luc _tool. L..u..:thAl at pre.A,ut LS re, (Va.) .il.paL`.. , old a The Sabbath' Scti'ool connected with the Gelman Reformed Uhurch, in this place., spent last Thursdlty in the wo , xls, near Spanglers Spring. Under the well-advised arrrange ments of the eflieient Superintendent, Mr. IL KUIINS, and others interested in - the pro gress of the School, the tune was very -pleasant= ' ly, and we hope not unprofitably, "put in." Upon arriving on the ground in the morning. I prayer was offered up, followed with delightful music by the "Quartette." After this, the i "young folks" betook themselves to different amusements, whilst the Fold folks" made .; themselves "at borne" in preparations for dint incr ; ' and 'a nice—one it was, too- - -"useful as well as ornamental." The tables fairly groan led under the weight of good things, to which hundred from two hundred to two red nd fifty' 1 persons, large and small, did full just ce. Ai*- , ter all had partaken, Mr. T. W. Dos deliver ed an interesting and appropriate address to the children and parents. precede and follow -1 ed by 'vocal music. LAt intervals during the day. such amuse ments—innocent and. unexceptionable in their character--as suggested themselves to the younger portion, were indulged in. The "drunken sailor" (name not given, probably "out of regard for the feelings of his family,") was repeatedly sentenced to be put up some where safely "until he gets sober ;" and at other times we found parties "jogging along" to the no small delight of participants and spectators. The "fox and the goose" had several warm chases, but no damage was done, unless the expense of considerable perspiration be considered such. • Fact iS, • we felt "the old time coming over us" to such an irrepressible extent, as to make us "young again.;" and we "then and there" did (not ashamed to avow . it) go into the sport at the rate of "two forty," _notwithstanding that the weather—particular ly during that part in which the doom of the aforementioned intoxicated individual whose "life is on the ocean's wave" was pronounced, or rather sung—was decidedly and unqualified ly hot. We arc beginning to have a fondness for these celebrations. The young do so enjoy themselves, which we' do ao delight in seeing— and taking part in. Indeed, to such an extent are we impressed on this subject, we can- I not resist making the announcement, that in vitations left at this Office at any time between the hours of 7 A. M. and 5 P. M. will be thankfully accepted, and "faithfully executed, , with neatness and dispatch." Will our friends', and "the public at large" be considerate' enough to believe us generally on hand ? Seriously.' it was a happy.: day, and we earnestly join the "young ones" in the wish that. a similar occasion may again turn rip some time very shortly. TnE"CnAumEnfAin.."—The story of a young girl in New 'Hampshire being "charmed" by a snake was got up for a- speculation. The father of the girl is now changed ,with catching the snake, taming it, and then training the Child to handle and" fondle it. The Now Hampshire Statesman says : The father and child and the snake were in Concord on Friday and Saturday of last:week ; and it is.sail to know that some forty to fifty dollars were realised from the repulsive spec tack of a child, under seven years of age, handling a large black snake; putting it around her neck ; placing its head very near, if not actually within her own mouth ; and in other ways gratifying the audience at the risk of the speedy destruction of the offspring of an un natural father. Instead of there being a spon taneous and friendly feeling between the child and reptile, there was the utmost repugnance between the two at the time the father coin nienced his work. The people in the neigh borhood in which the father lives, being full in the belief that. he trained the child— to the. hideous duty to which he seems inclined to subject her, were inclined to move in the mat ter and by fence frustrate his cruel design. BOSTON, July 2tl.—Yesterday another at tempt was made to give an exhibition of the girl said to be charmed by a snake, about which so much has been published. The child was bitten by the snake, and showed great terror when required to handle it. The father was subsequently arrested and bound over on the charge of forcing his daughter to take part in the exhibition. • MELANCHOLT DISASTER.----FIVE PERSONS DROWNED' BY THE UPSETTING OF A BOAT.- Care talantl, N. J., July 23.—A party of seven persons who went on a sailing excursion on Saturday from Sower's Point to Deeseley's Point, met with a sad disaster. When four miles up the Tuckahoe river the boat was up set and five of the party were drowned, name of-Camden, and L Young, of Philadelphia. Two men, the survivors of the party, were found yesterday chiging; to the bottom of the boat. STATE AGRICULTURAL FAIR.--The list of pretmums for the State Agricultural Fair, to he held at, Harrisburg, on the 25th, 26th, 27th and 2Sth of September, is published. The total amount of cash preniiutns oilfired by the Society is $5,559. These premiums Tango from $lOO down to $l. There are also em braced in the premium list, thirty-one silver Cups and Coblets.,and eight-three silver medals, and a number of bronze medals. We believe this is the largest premium.list ever offered by this Society, and we do not know that it has been excelled by any State Society in the linion. l his to be hoped that Adams county n ill be l well represented. MORE C;(u.n !--The steamer George Law brought to New York on Wednesday, SSSO,- 000 in California gold,- and the Star of the West nearly a million. en.m;F: or RITUAL.—The Kentucky Know Nothings have changed their ritual so as not to disqualify a man for membership if he has a Catholic wife. Their candidate for Governor is said to be in that predicament, htiVing had two wives, both of whom were Catholics. Truly, -every day brings something new !" !IA :1 A Day in the Woods Frirtvl ropopiler:—Thanks to a very obliging friend of mine, I• was permitted the• pleasure of reading your interesting journal a few weeks •sinac,•apd in consequence I Din writing to you. Perhaps my letter will be ani unwelcome visi tor,' btit ifit is, all you will - be compelled to do, is to commit it to• the flames--la decidedly pleasant articles a "warm reception." But, as Editors are proverbially known to be unqualified admirers of brevity, I must at once proceed to the subject of my communica tion, and as it most concerns your correspon dent, Mr. Goodload Detirsweet, I may as well address the remainder of my letter to him. Know, then, Mr. Dearsweet, that I imagine you to be a very vain, exacting specimen of mankind; but you haVe portrayed a very good and beautiful ideal of female loveliness, which, to say the least, does infinite credit to your taste, and as I have a friend who fully realizes your description, I have thought proper to in form you of the fact. Now, don't, I beg of you, be tco much delighted with this knowl- , edge. for I can assure you that unless your own qualifications are equal to her's, all efforts to secure her will be in vain. My friend is rather petite, a graduate of one. of our popular seminaries, . and a lady of excellent taste. do not know that, her intellect. can be called, great, but she is certainly more than ordinarily gifted. and if you - Can Win her, you will have gained a prize worth treasuring In your, heart of hearts. Please give me a particular descrip tion of yourself soon, and I will take Upon myself the responsibility of conducting the correspondence between you, so long as we all depend on friend Compiler, for you must know that in her modesty she has a sort of dislike to seeing her own composition in print. Should you .prefer writing at once, our kind friend, the Editor,. will give you my address. Hoping to bear from you soon, I remain your friend. . CLARA LEE SCRIBBLER. t ' Single * Cliff, July, 1855. TROUBLES OE VIE ALLIES. —Two letters write ten by Marshal St. Arnaud have been publish ed abroad. Speaking of them a cotemporary CM "llis trials were indeed severe. Pestilence.. inaction, fire, bodily ill health, and Mental fever must have rendered the encampment at 'Varna, a place fit for the damned. _Bow the sensitive Frenchman writhed underthe agony of his multiplied sorrows these letters bear testimony. 'Rave there been,' says ho despair, 'many situations like mine inhistory?' To add to alL•the slowness and the Want'of military skill evinced by his allies, the Eng-, lish, threatened to paralyze all his movements. 'The English,' be writes keenly, 'make me lose precious time.' lie would have landed, at the mouth of the Katcha, that is to say ten or twelve miles south of the Alma, and would have thus escaped the brush at that stream ; but Raglan vas: timid, and insisted On select- . ing the Old Fort as the place of disembarka tion.. After the - landing the English lost so much time in making ready for the march that the impetuous Frenchman wrote to Lord Rag lan to say that he 'could wait no longer—that he would issue his order of departure for seven o'clock next morning—and nothing should stop him longer.' 'The tardy disclosure of these Smothered quarrels between the allied leaders are, strange to say, cotelnporaneous with a letter from Sir De Lacy Evans to the Indefeidnee Belge, in which he insinuates plainly that Lord Raglan's time was mainly absorbed in futile disputes with the French generals. The public surmise, it seems,. was not far wrong." rC7 - The Whig State Central Committee have ordered a State Convention, to assemble at Harrisburg, on the 11th of September. It is a little surprising to observe with what indiffer ence, and even ridicule, the call is treated by a umber of presses whose editors, but ayear or two since, were loudest in extolling the Whig party and its principles—who were alWays unsparingly denouncing everything and every body not Whig. A rather questionable kind of gratitude is thus manifested, particularly when it is considered that that same party has been a source of much pecuniary profit to many of its presses. JUDGE BIZONSON ON THE PROHIBITORY LAW. --Judge Bronson has written an opinion against the New York prohibitory law. Tic assumes first, that it takes an unwarrantable liberty with existing rights to property, by denying to the owner thereof the right to sell it. Sec ondly, that the legislaturecannot make a thing a nuisance by declaring it to be such. Third, that although excessive drinking is an evil, it does not follow that the moderate use of liquor is a sin arminst either God or man. From_the time of Noah down it has been practised, and neither the Saviour, nor Paul forbade it. Fourth, it reverses rules of evidence, inflicts grievous penalties, is directed against a partic ular class, is retroactive, &c.. and fifth, oven though the law is valid it does not apply to imported liquors. Ile closes by honing that no man will distrust the judiciary, but wait patiently the action of the legal tribunals. A LA 11,1;E FA MII X. —The York Advocate says that there is a family residing in the neighbor hood of that place, three members of which, the father, mother and eldest son, weigh conjoint ly seven hundred and fifty-ne pounds. The father, 45 years old. weighs 334 lbs.: the mother, 43 years old, weighs 216 lbs.; the son, 18 years old, weighs 207 lbs. LADIES' FOOT RACES. —lt is announced that three splendid prizes. the least of which is $ - 25 in gold, will be offered to the la dies of Seneca county, Ohio, at the nest annu al fair, October, 1.f 4 55, for the swiftest running at a foot-race. The fastest lady on foot to take the highest prize. [l:7 - There is to be a baby show at Boston, Cincinnati and Philadelphia, under the aus pices of Barnum and Col. Wood. Rut.ito_tn SUBSCRIPTION.—The city of 'Mk. mington. N. C , has authorized, by a Tote of five to one, a subscription of ' , . , "2.1)0,01)C1 to the capital stock of the Wilmington. Charlotte and Rutherford rail? 'ad. Tlic ( Ire 21 Staieltll.lll 110111111.1tC. (nTI j k , ,t ph .14,111 c a.; tlic DLII.IOL:ILLLIC fur For the Compilyr, EDITOR : The Know Nothing organ of your town, the "Star Spangled: Banner," f perceive, bylts last issue. has given its readers a timely caution a,aiist the sedttotive wileN of their enemies, the fietnocrits: tt says, "our opponents arc ?vide awake, and will make the moist desperate efforts to carrnhe county, at the-sacritice. if needs be, of every thing like principlc__nr honor"_Are _no_t_Ll substantives sadly, ont of place in the mouth of a man wearing such antecedents as the editor of the Star is in possession a?, Indeed, I think the editor may thank his stars if his read ers do not retort on him somewhat after the manner of old hickory, when Bill Larkins cautioned him to -take care of the .Constitu tion." But the Star. says : -our candidates must be good men. 'thorough. Americans, and capable of commanding, the confidence of the coin inuni ty." Indeed ? Flow were they in this respect last yedr, 'Mr. - Star 1 'Why it was said Mr. Ellis Was rejected becalm it, was the will of his Creathr that he was horn ou Eng lish soil. Therefore, Mr. Neely, who it was presumed had never, heeii a 'fortnight ,out of Pennsylvania, was to be the happy and hope ful standard-bearer for 'the iniportan of Assembly,-and you took. upon-voursvlf the praiseworthy and patrietiC, task 'of cracking him up ass tip-top Man for that station. / Yet this same Mr. Neely, selected as . 114 was, American as he was, cracked ,up by your lips, had the mortification of itltfdirix . out when it was.too late, that all was not gold that 'glittered, 'and that he was deserted by those who had given him aid and con Art up to the day of election ; and, that he had been actually swopped and, betrayed for.a man that, instead of having. claims on the Whig party, WAS actually holding. dace- under. MeSsrs. Pierce and Campbell—the very Campbell who you and the K. N's. in general are.now vain ly endeavoring to prove, holds - his present,ex, alted position by virtne of a "edition between . Locofocoism and Catholicism." iving nn- ‘‘We can,"-says the Star, "carry the cotmty by a handsome majority, and will do so, ;four friends are prurient and united." Here the Star seems to hint that either ,he or his friends lacked prudence last year. The Star was cer tainly imprudent last fall when he threatened tho Catholics with vengeance at the hands of the conservative Whig party in ease they would desert it. That very threat, I have no doubt, drove those it was intended to..retain from Mr. Neely in scores. The Star acted again impru dently when it revealed its duplicity, after the election, by asserting that the great mass of the Whig vote went over to Wilson early in thecani vacs. Yet, after this, he seems to talk about honor and principle with Out winking, & exhorts , his readers to stand by their colors-the , Same ,its he did last fall, in, hohalf of Alm Neely— • 'without a blush, There, is one , prominent article in the creed of. the editor of the Star, which .I have noticed has undergone a very material,apd important ,change since the last .campaign; and which goes 'far-to prove, not :withstanding -his high_sounding notes about - hblun• and that his faith , 46 not infallible. r mean that 'article in regard to Catholics. Last fall he anti his party did not stop 'to inquire whether the aspirants to office Were Jew's, Catholics or Know Nothiiwit---so that they. were orthodox in polities 1-" t 'NoW, 'the very sight of a Catholic seems to throw him almost into spasms, and serves to bring to' his mind's eye, Inquisitions, .Tacks; -Coali tions, Jesuit Traps, - and Tricks, and all sorts of bugaboos. But they say he is 'talker! of as' a candidate for office; in ;a, year or so; and per haps he thinks his late course is the inure .likely to insure his nomination and - election. If so, 'let him - went," for Catholicity is prod against his attacks. BesitieS, he may nut bu sincere against us, no more than he Was 'when he-seetpccl to faVor Mr. - Neely last fall. If a- Know Nothing is to get . oitice, I would as soon it wopid be, the editor of the Stax as any other. We know him, and feel confident, when he is putting. forth "startling developments;"—that he does not always speak' what he thinks, or that lie thinks what he spcakson all occasions.. July .27. • . FRAN K LIN. Tns Sonscs w , Tizs:rAin LETTRlM—Surpri , :e has not unfrequently- been expressed at the number of letters of a mercantile c meter that - - are not prepaid, and -therefore ail to arrive at ' their address and are advertise . We suspect - we can supply the key. A gentleman, known . to us personally, sent a porter the other day to the post-oilice lona supply -of postage stamps. On. receiving and counting them, he - fliscovered - that there were more than were charged fora and then noticed that the major part of their • were deficient in adhesive matter, and-had ap parently been used, though not stamped.. On • inquiry he found that his porter had purchased , them at t/ou cents each, of - a man who keeps, a candy stall near the post-office, who had par chased them from youths carrying merchants' • letters to the post-office. We-do not kinier whetherour,friend confronted his porter - with the receiver of !these stolen .stairips, but as.:' suredly the man ought to have been promptly arrested. prom the quantity purchased On practice must have been carried on upon a large scale. The safer plan for merchant& would be to use stamped envelopes.—y. Com. Stir. • "I Do MOST SINCEII.ELY. "—When, nt his private initiation into the mysteries of Ilindoo ism,. Mr. Fillmore was asked, .‘Do yon approve these principles ?" he replied, .4 do most-sin cerely." 'When the people of Buffalo, on Tues day week, were asked, "do yew approve these rinci les ?" the res )onse was : Majority for the "do Dolts" —Albany Journal. Chester, of the Buffalo Express, suggests that , the Ilin-doos be hereafter called' .. • DR. BROWNSON AND TM POPE.—Dr. Brown... son, in a letter written to the editor of the Worcester (Mass.) News, says of the Pope : "In matters - purely temporal, 1, as a Catho, he, owe 310 obedience to the Pope. because he has teedved from Jesus Christ no authority as a temporal sovereign over me. Ile cannot make or unmake the rights of the sovereign or the duties of the subject—abrogate the former or absolve from the latter." 4 ABOLITION Pint.ANTnnorv•---F,dward Back i_ns, a Virginia slave, who wished to reticent himself and family, made application to the grand anti-Nebraska fusion convention which ' assembled in Ravenna, Portage county. Ohio, on the 4th of July, for aid, and . received the magnificent sum of e1. , h1 y-hvo cents. He then waited on a friend of the Nebraska bill, who ' pledged himself for the whole amount. L17, -- The Cleveland Leader announces the death, at New Orleans, of disease of the heart, of ALExAsima CAMVI:ELL, of Bethany. Vir ginia. He was the founder or ,he sect of Chris tians known as the -Disciples," nemv very numerous and powerful. _"7„7-*Mr. Brownell Slocum. of Portland, R. 1., aged about 60, was burned to death in his house on Sunday last. I: — J - Among the marriages recorded at the Rogster's office in lioz,ton,witli n a few days, i that of a colored man or urLy to 1 W tit 11111( iCtri i'L ,is All ,!t t:it, arvi,,,t e 0 1 : ; ...1 II : : 1;,1.1 / ' VU . lz c.uuiltry "We do, most sineerP y "We most sincerely do not" 'For the Compiler at two Mil 5,002 2,559 -
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