T...' 1 1 , r% ticpublican -: 'VE'TT h YS33I7R6, - PA. 'MONDAY 3.11)1:N . 1NG, .A•L;G. G, 1555 '.Fir Cana l -Comm ner, ;-'44N4 yI.rNEI3,- of Yonango.co s. , - I ratio County committee.. sn:c 4 i l 9l)ers: of, the.. I.Vmocratic Son!ling '4111;i,it,t(V. 7 .,01; . :A4!.1.1W; cpll4,ki r y are reqoested tai Hoyt, hoosu of ;,, ilbindag. the, .d4ty. Attviax i l ipot4, (first tby of the t`014.1,;),..* I foi• the porpose of ppoti, : ,,gsty;', for:-the kic,Adiog of Delegate 1.15.-p .. tioithi,aptl iho C'otfoty ommotion. Attu- G. ' eldriir'n; tp , .ottwr „invt4c.,Fs of tlie Conitoi !lee aui jaeoh . Trosel, Geo. Jorly, Akita! Buyer, .1.14 n I uil.. Si-, Michael . Rtiity,, Anthotly Dear :of P.. Aiartin StvirY. iiiag,:,l,oViurnnin. Martin, lietz,-l'hotoas A. Mili,- . 41q11,, 1 4p,4,14;t: P. MeDivit, Joel Grieht. Ja t Peter OriOurtr, •1-,?!.P.VA-efrliqiitas !)icks.7iisialt Benno, 11e43r,,11...Nyers;,;PutiiktV(ieizielnian. ()k020.;/ZATION TIIE DE3IOCILATIC STATE (' 0 1 :414/0 VOl4lllllO/ 7 .- - A ./ ;O:ClOc k 64 . 1411;w14 7 clay Week:tile State lentral tee niet at leAderehniit'g 1104.1, hilridelpliii;JA t .J 4 Nsimk, 'residing. 'II. 11. Cltt,- tjr a, tilat city: and JAmit pf, 1:414trg,, , ,.. were: appointed Seeretaries, and '6l; ti! ‘Visrt-:irriTteitsizrer: Aryingements. for ,celebratinQ the anniyer; t-ary of the adoption of the Constitution of the "nited , Sta m tes' were ade.' ' - • z The Cotptp4tve htive't4k . efi arptilepreentition for, exeludiug Inep hers of the 144ntei.47 p:trty'h.oin all eoripectionvi th the partyxyititer catriidaibs-Of metitht4s- of cotritnitteeg: 1h irttiaf ill 6eiik4d gimines 119_;;e1p - ili liarri.sl4urg, ,op 4, of “IV." is too late appear onr.ucst. • , frtlilr . 'ABRAHAM esur has bdort npnorited 7 77 - 7 , • - . I 'o4t4ta.sacr, 41,:hottsto,w0.th placa of :41,r. = We are: . ;iriforinect that, -08 persons lectiiioprd for the' change, and three aipinst it: ii2ll. MaPuitiieng,„;Emi.. of ,this placei tiiti'odiedit."i'obfir Of the " thing- 1 I ki ,"pg, - st•ht hit 4 son lettaltim,. at,wesent on.svisit' tcy , the latid of-'tho 'The:piper is thiti hidf the -fir/©' is targe,p, $24) Icycar, §1.2,1ua) tuontlas, urlfOcenta P.Avt.givt.44.-,--,We-iitokislawny front business, st vreeki forrs two•tiatfil , visit-totinitainnia tilts; s':iireiniffii"(36l . tt'Spribgs;) -western .Irortiei.,l3r, this caallit lonia! theru ••a. 7 tuost , , agitcabitt. cittuitany‘. uuiliber intrabbutr,Pna Nhuittired.,,..-and: What with an. host;,aiiiitttiva"seints, good living, , ‘l. , OW . , ; t-40,- 00711411• .-4. 1 thy.titue flying rapidly by., . Itulved, we ! vory regttit cd: that t onr stay 'was none Aa,kily :1.;11 1 e iOuttrtlolaie`hedn improved, anti tiotidtig set;rus to Ikaye t blot.St COlitrOl'il of guests need.. Our lisWlt9lttillt;4; l l.:ti. , Vl l ;llloCri.fill. 1,,1V, Ls+, lias: lip Ili of the j vstti it:44)411 ? i!1 po,t. Thu tither oflicers, aiid m100(.1=143. aro duties anti 1 ..0 'plill=QU ' ‘re 4 1.1, tp,t4)F,nd, Hum pleaNanily add ht. stlitte, w I, lin plate, 4iitvg- s iitistiiud , that tit) 1114ot: I de r.iyable spot ‘ tiflbttlt4l tilt; 'Alive it :t tlu w,ill iirppuuuca, puijudghtpltl i;;ht • '01? 11:ashiogton Uo t ion.po!tajt. ttte untiouticettleot ,of i t 41) poi IILI I Wilt of the.-11ou.. John L. Dawson, of. , bo tiovernor of Konsak. vice. 21. 11., Iti;(;Clei., reiOt;ved. Mr. Toicson , I.v os„tof 111)1‘.', tikult4r tAle. lost Cotigres and voitml4Or t lir, lin ItiO.S.Nybrasko•bill. . • iii Es:-.6timillor David R. Porter has writ ien a letter, whiclrappears in the last number p ek iii:;s•l'vaf l i t il'utri,,t, in which he'takes 2,t gp;toed,i4a,inat the legality of the postal'eleetiemef a--United Staters Senator; en Monday of October. , to which periGtl the Celivent ion adjourned. rilit the U. S.-DiStriet Court, at l'hiladel phia,, on :the :27 JMl‘:;e I( . alte cleliveyed I.l,lt..ention in, the,case of Passmore Williuui :,Adt, and ,ottiered his commitment for a, con tutipt of Court in refusing to amiwer, or falsely ai,weting. tu the writ of habeas corpus e quit ing hint to produce the bodies of the 6lases Wheeler. Williamson was immediate ly talicu incustodY by the- U. S. Marshal, and lc•agccl in Moyamensitig Prison. applications for Hew Bank charters to,be actol upon by the next. LegiFlature are very -uutnerout;—ititked, they jxceerl _those of :my previous year witliin our recollection.— 'I fie al; 6 re ;; ;ate iticrea.Ne rtskrd for throughout the Suite nuroutita L 0 , 2537,350,00. The: city of l'hitatiLipisia alone asks for an increase of 'This all comes of Gov. l'ollock No many Bank its last winter. Ev ery •villaie expects- its -Bank now, At the ca.- poise of eventual' widespread ruin. ii.u.LED.—We arc infortiard. that,on I Fliday evening a-week, the lightatia% struck ; into, a tree dipOU the farm of Mr. I'Vit.i.t_im CU I.l' ti flainiltoutian townbliip, killing .N.et.n out of 'a lot of his 'hogs. beneath it. They were 1 1 very title .6looii,t'A,'l4/orth ten or twelve dollars . _ is,otr foot in Lancaster comity ihoniiiirent in Centre Sctieve, in the oliAtii,;:iKt,er, to tile !twiny) y ot w h o w „, i a vati V e (If thM - - A, r3440,,,1A EMI P!MI!!MI:EMI .. '!. •r IMIE Y "Htnan Frailty," , I . "Anti-Americans !" . ....i,C,yr. S. fliti„vwx „au ,old pelitieilui..who .has ! ' This is the term which the Know-Nothings .. . s ' o tx...en in.othee halt - his lifetitne,.w as one 4 if the. are just ; now end ,, avvring to (IX uppn all ivlin orators',-,at the Know! Nothing iliteinigifeld iii - ', -- do - not. - iendorse - their miser:dile, selfish, pro,; .i;eiv YO fli. city to ratif •tt• If ' • 1 d scriptive, and uneluistian doginnFti - '...qtni ~ , ' AC , 'l l l:afternk of tte ; Philadelphia Council of ; .11 "licrier/to., !" Let us See. (vetarlis, the liar- Pooliffa trottspFiiliir - s7 — This Ilrown, reilis-trishirrft,, - larminite-of-these--‘'arrfh the Valley Spirit, has fatt , ueti tin the &poi k iif ; ...iniricetub" ail: ll' IN 1 , 11:1.1) SCOTT, Who fought office. As Governor of • Tennessee he drew ; thousands of dollars from thii public treasury - Of that State: and for his worthless set vices as 51istister at the Russian Gaut during the Ta y lor :mid Villino7e administration he receiv ed out of the. Tre'asury of the United States about Fifty 'Pi ,wand Dollars. liis total re ceipts, frouLall the aims he has. held atnoi k n s t s , probably . to about - one I limilred ,Thon.saini Dollars. fie was a flaming Whig, but he said in, his ;peed) nt NewYorlc Clat'tlie' Whig pi L ij'. .ty is_deail. Itis probalily because he believe!; the IVIii:: - party to be dead, and therefore.inea palile of hestinving, wore offices upon hi w.' that he hits joined the `limn,: Nothings. Mr, Bi t owN said in his speech: "I for one' have no conli denre in the perpetual purity,of any party that, nift y b e organized, because of the great - fact - or .-, . Ininian s frailly." . ;qr. IlrOwn has an e . Y6 to the far future: The Whig party was pure enough, 'for him as- long as it kept. hint in office, but when it let -him “slide," it went down under its weight of.!'ittlindn frailty." The Know- . Nothing party is pure enough for hint now, hut nfter he shall have(' - trad(' a hundred thousand dollars: Otte:of itottel, the' treasury shall have ,been Again closed . against 'him, his want cil 4.,eontidencc in the perpetual purity of any par ty'.' will Oinne to his nssiStance; and he will bp. itialy: to jo'in some other Org:tnization and en gitgo.in!''the wild bunt" for.unother hundred Alionsind. ' TennkSee is': not reckoned a very 'great State, but she ( . .:F..n loiiist scone prodigionS - :ly gtvat nivi!._cnia,nokonglylion't Incr the _W , I if,. apostate, - Perpetual. Phritr littow.m, and the -renegade Democrat, Itott en Hick ory , DONIP - .so x rTTlie , general suppo'qition is that the "ap. preaching election is an I.nhaportant, one, be cause there is no Suite ()Meer to be &leered but, I t Canal' .CuiiiiiiiS:;ioner.. A greater mistake never pervaded the pithlle tiiind, and we cau tion Democi:ats to ,be on their guard, lest •apathy :nnd stipinenesA: - On -their pet, give fittiigth and ' potter to a Wily' foe, which all I othf:r . causgs combinc i d could ,not give. This go' ntest will be one which will determine wllether the great principles'of the 'American Conati Cation aS they(lase been transmitted to us, shall continue as the nrk, of our safety and fieettrity, or whether they shall be over-ridden by the 'mandates' of ft 'secret political organiza -1:tion; hav‘ingfoihitS 'bask all the lsttis the atubitlou of malt has given rise to. It Will be a: , contest between democracy and iac at it giiinst false hood -equality:of n titsiv s, as la . lLgisl:ition, and in • void, political: lilJerty.agai nst, perfitlCal , des l / potion. Such being the_base, it is the duty of !•e'verithniii)emit . to minor, and attle-for-t-ht-emi-N-tAte-hus-esiwused, and the party to which he Lefungs. fritThe-Democratic Standing .Confmittee, of :York. county, met in York, on Friday week, designutvd Saturday, the ,11th. inst.-, as the day for holding the I)elegate Elections, and 'the .I`tiestlaY ler the Convention, I,easure.N were adopted to titellEo the Democracy of the -county against the interference of the Know Nothlags' in' Convention, &á., and a nlution passed to exact pledges from all oandidateslor Senator or members of the Legis- 1fit4irt!, , 79 , 01 rctifi:olt , TUFT. 1)101,OUILATIC CAIJUI IcIiNIINEEi you. 'it 1.1 I 11 AItIf(SISURG. 3110 .ti)ll4‘y,ig6 rcbckititiui was ulsu atlopLed. It Btviltes , us4ns., , being- svmuseellent idea 'llets'bitterf;' tho jt rdv:4 und - other officers. he selected to c'inuluet: the elections tle Meg-m(ls' in the neXt'County convention, be'i.ti(inireil` tx) tii trtl - written . pledge that Wit itrif not' 'connected with the secret-politi daf - cotionotil y- cuffed' k now, , No iivrs; atiy,,illar Nuciely having for its objcot ciifitiori' of American citizens on of the place of then' birth or their reli t:n;(l(3.ol2o.. TIM STATE PI NANoEs.—The interest on the public debt of the Commonwealth watt paid on the dnt "Angtist, the mg - nisi - Le amount - being in the State Treasury. It is not to be inferred front this, however, that the treasury is now UI pnrticulaily good condition. On the con trary, the, Philadelphia heuVer is assured by good authority that the State finances have not been'in a wor.se condition than at present, since the year 1844. The, temporary owns of the State already exceed a million of dollars, a Very large sum. anti one. 'fom present pros pects. not likely - soon to be lessened. Thu withdrawal of die cars and boats from the main line of public works by one or two large trans porting firms, we are told, will lessen the re ceipts into the treasury some two hundred thousand dollars or more. SPITNING Si - rpturr.—Messrs. Isaac Mitchell, Dem., John U. Wells. Whig, and Job Throckniorten, Dm., who have been nomi nated by the Know •Nothings of 6reene Coun ty. for the respective offices of Sheriff, District Attorney, and Auditor, have come out . and most emphatically declined the nomination, repudiating all contact or association with such a erew. Mr. Throe - kmorton, in his card, says.: 'I cannot consent that my name shall be used for an experiment, at my expense of charac ter, by any rotten and disconcerted party." ' _ -A BoLn 14'Ai.sp,tioun.—One of the resolutions of the Know-Nothing convention at, Philadel phia opens as follows : •'./14 , ,// , ,:d, That the-American party, having arisen upon the ruins and in spite of the oppo sition of the %%hig and democratic parties," .I,e. And yet the only party that the Know- Nothing:, rail at and abo.-:c, the only one - that ha.s defied and is bound to destroy Limn, the only ono their speakers and paper-; dread, -is the Democratic I Smor.;.:l ) ()V T.—The Know Nothing :fa tlicr itPB ;II tin:, l,lu vn . S:ltur.l ty 1:t ,t \( I k turn, "lit t.‘) have i:;4.1i4 intLL:hr:. LClffivt: CousiolLtcL. gallantly in two tears, refuses to become a Know-Nothing or to oulorse its creed,-and he it, an 4•unli-doitrican . 1 " I,F,st rs CASs, the iienerable and diitingoished Senator from Michigan: who has s'ervoi his" country in the field and in the Cabinet, in the Senate and ;la her topresentati ye abrotid—he, aqcording lo Knout-Nothing Parlance, is an `ianti-3llieri can !"' of tint : this, Who Was shot through the lungs in the service of his adopted country, is an "nnfi•.9ntcricnn !" Gen. LW.; LANIP,, the , gallant delegate f row Orcgor►,' who, has just berm triumphantly re-elected, wits de nonticed by (Arsti, the ,Encarnation 'rep), as aln '•ttn/i-./Imerican I" But 'why should we enumerate ? According to the Know-Nothing theory the noblest- patriots and statesmen .of the age—those_ who_have most distinguished themselves in every branch of the public scr vices•--arc "otai-durericaUß 1" The Postmaster General and the Pope's A statement made by. the nom Kenneth Rayner, of North Carolina, in a recent political speech a:1, Washington, that •the Pope's.Nimcio 'to Spain,. before the, cabinet of the President was known to the public here, declared, in Madrid, that the Postmaster General, a Catho lic, would be a men►ber of the cabinet of (ht oat Pierce," has attracted considerable atten tion. Mr. Rayner gave Mr. Barringer, limner ly United States ..linister to Spain,•as authori ty fur Ins assertion. it appears now, however, _that Mr. Rayner misunderstood Mr. B. The latter has written a:letter to ;4r. Rayner and another to Judge Ellis, late of the IVashington Organ, explaining the matter. Ile says : - „,, "YOU lllT ' iOistaken as to the - purport of the remarks made to ine by the representative of ,the lope INladrikl. I,ras fa)/ that he knew beforehand that', Mr, Campbell would be ap pointed, and as a member of the CathOho Church, or that he know anything about it beihre the appointment was actually made. What I have said, and what 1 repeat is, that before had any certain news of the limitation of the Cabinet, and while its constitution was still in tioubt, , and the subject of conjecture an the public mind at, Madrid, he told me that Nr. Campbell was appointed, and that he was n Catholic, which was the first information. I had of either fact.” Mr. Barringer Wen. it would seem, was a Tittle behiud iu getting the news.—Ball. Sun. ANoTni Disainty.y.sw.xT. —The Executive Committee of the Know Nothing party of Ph adelphia, at a n►eeting hud►l on B:itunlay ing, the 14th - ult.,_ passed the following resol Lions: ' ftesoked,,lhat we reptidiate,and 'disown the uew platform..made by the Council which as miibled at lteadiog. as it ryas' made, An our judguienti—witlaurvaulegal-I,autlitwi-ty:,—a-iid wasan net of im.ubordination to the NLI tional or Supreme Council. It'ouived. That we advise all fricuda of. the Order in,Pciinsyl vaunt to frown upon anirdis courage tulsunibli/G of the propobed at Cincinnati, ur any other Convention of ,a sectional character, in which slaves v or any other question not embraced in the prin. : civics of the Amu jean patty is to' be considered and discussed. FAITHFUL AALOG DIMON CUPOK3 and. J. M. Somtr, Esq% have published a Card, in which they state that all the nietlibers of the 1V big EXecutive Commit tee of Franklin county —thirteen in number— ex'cupt. themselves, "have ceased to think and act with the Whig party,,and therefore cannot witk any, propriety be permitted to enjoy a seat in its 'councils, nor take part in its de liberations.' A 1 - tuner:l. —'Flic Lebanon Adoettiser says the Know Nothings of that borough `'had con siderable, of a rumpus last week." Their brethren in Chantbersburg bad '"upwards of considerable" of a TUutpus about the saute time. _ _ . crittiEintGli It. 810-ITII, olPhiladelplua, whose nau►u stands rec_orded among the . yeas, on the thia.l passage of the liquor bill in the House of itepre.wiltatives la, March, and Who sup ported it through all ifs aspects, Ls now elec tioneering fur re-election a's a friend of repeal. LIFE. AND TIMES op GEN. OASS:—.I.t is an nounced.tliat a New York publisher wino pub lish by subscription “The Life and Times of General Cass." it will be issued in one large volume of SOO pages. uniform ursty le-and-tuan ner with `.llenton's Thirty Years iu the Sen ate." and will be printed under the -superin tendence of General Cass himself. AN AVALANCIIE 01;* nu..AD.—An item with this heading has been recently published, re lative to an arrival of 30,000 bushels of wheat at one of the Southern seaports, by way of the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroa t il. The Chicago Tribune says that if this be called an avalanche, sonic new term nrist he found for the vast quantities of wheat in store in that city, there having been at one time during the present season 420,000 bushels in one ware• house. Machinery is used for storing and shipping it. BREA' )311; Fn.: COMING. — The 13u ffalo Repub lic. of the 20th, says there were then afloat there and on - the way . ; from two ports on the tipper lakes, 276.235 bushels corn. 107.611 bushels oats, 32.2'29 bushels wheat, and 1,53 ft bat rels dour. The Charleston (S. C.) papers also iccutdl .the fact that itnntme:se quantities of to eadstulfs aic now en route to that city front Tennessee, one Innise alone having receiv ed notice of consignment of some *..:UU,000 bushels of wheat. Five tarns, it iA said, were struck ,by and dcsu 0 . ) cd, iu Lanca , ter county, -during the thinpi,...r mot in ti iu.,-,day evening 411. a pr ,, tc:,10,: It:t 3.0.1 I V 1)1.1.111i ~_. _! ice. 'Of Nuncio NL ‘t. y 11:lVt: EMI Itenu*ialion • wr:ter of the 'following rdnuncia t ion need ' , no commendation from ut4. In , plane, wfiere h 6 has resided f l ow boyhood, lit khowit as a youjig man of intlastr:, , end pro , Ibity, anil however customary it may be for totiv---Not Similar course, one dare opcilly say aught nvinst the purity of hi, motives nor the truth• fulness of what he asserts. We ask the intel ligent, independent freemen of the county to cxambe iNlr. Kinnear's communication, and then Tell ns whether or not KnoW-Nothingisin is what it profeAses.—remingii Spectut,,r. rILA K June 25. EDiToits :—Alfota the time of the last election. 1 was induced, through the per ,stursiOn of others, to become a member of the order of K now -NOt hingt — rwas infOrmed that the order was a good one, and that no• pl e dge s k i' any kind would he asked of me,- which wrarld in any way hind my conscience, or free dom to act in all thin , rt; as 1 saw proper. Al ter my initiation - , I found that 1 had been grossly deceiVed, and would have imtn - ediately' left, had it not been that myself in eonnnOti with any others who dared to leave were in formed that we would be published through all 1116 rvnmells as perjurers, and men nnwtirthy.• or confidence, and also be opposed and perbecuted hi our business. These.threats account for my remaining so long in the order. They are still repeated on all occasions when deemed neces sary, but I have now !earned to despise them, even if my business may have to suffer. lam resolved that. my conscience, at least, shall be The fact of my having been a Know- Nothing is a public matter, and I ask the use of your columns to make equally public the fact that I have withdrawn myself from all connection with the organization, and will hereafter act and vote with that party to which I have always at heart been attached. KINNEATt. TO TIM PUBLIC LEWIS G, MAISIIALI, COUNTY, uftC Tennessee, June 21. 1855. . The underigned, citizms of Lewisburg and its vicinity, take 'occasion to state to the put). lie that wo were induced, by invidious, per, suasion, to join the "Know-Nothing organiza tion." A mong other devices, we were inform ed that there was nothing in the order - that in terfered with our principles. and that its object and tendency was to advance sound and con servative .principles, and to put down denia gogneisin. A fair trial has satisfied us that no man Who claims to be a freemen ca►i'.bc a Know-Nothing without a surrender of his rights and privileges ; that it is at war with the spirit of republicanism, and virtually stroys the •'power of the ballot-hox." - We have, therefae, wiardrawn,froin - the sociation, and earnestly warn our friends against being caught in a - snare so dangerous to civil and religious liberty. Many of us have been denounced for our withdrawal, but we care not for it. We intend to• befreeinen, and to do our duty as such. James F. Yowell.•Jamcs J. Murray, George Collins. J. E. Yowill, R. A. Fraley, Llislra Collins. R. M. Ilarvill, James M. Payne, W. It. Phillips, Sam. Aru►strong. A. J. Call. Buck Collins, llardin Ken . , John M. Laws, V. A. Jackson, W. J. Illackmore, S. G. • Alstun, J. 11. Hill, W. M. S. Jackson, W. C. Squires, Thos. N. Bowden, JMln► G. Coggin , 8; U. ,eun ui►►sham, Thos. P. L'►oots. Willis Kerr, N. Itenfrow. ri - GovernoP_Tigler has accepted an invita tion to deliver the annual address at the AuTi tiltural-Exliibitioii--44--be—lkld -tlt,—.P-owel 24th ward of Philadelphia, on the 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th of September next. - DEltfootavrid NATfoN•ar. CovpiimaN.---The Democratic State Conveittion of Vermont has appointed 1). A. Smalley and Jefferson I'. Kidder delegates at large to the next Demo cratic National Convention to nominate candi dates for President and Vice President. 131 , :wroz: - .—tiol: 'Benton lately remark ed as, follows : "Sir. there never was a party or association, political or otherwise, which contained in its folds so many corrupt and worthless men as does this know-Nothing par ty—never, sir." True, to the letter! STRANGE SUICIDE. -Of all the causes for the commission of suicido,-we have Beard of none more singular- than that assigned in the case of George Shank, of Waynesboro', Pa., who hung himself, on the 7th ult., for grief at the death of a favorite horse. Rut: FRANKLIN RAIL noAD:—This remark able institutibli has again been sold, for the nominal cunt of five or six hundred dollars, to the saute parties who purchased it before. We aro assured that the work of re-construc tion is to be commenced within two months, but wo shall see what we shall see.—liag. Herald. - rr_7lZipe. luscious peaches arc now pretty abundant in New York, brought by the steam ers which arrive there almost daily from the South. LAIWE YIELD.—From a six acre lot, at Frederick, Md., four hundred and twenty : eight bushels of oats have heed threshed, be ing an average of suventy-one and a third bushels to the acre. No RAIN.—The Centreville (1ld.) Sentinel complains of-a great scarcity of water In that town, and says there has been scarcely suffi cient rain there, for several weeks, to lay the dust. The growing corn, in consequence, is suffering considerably. barn of Mr. Wilrzert, near Pleasant Hall, in Franklin county, wait struck by Ii darinv, the storm of Friday week, and consumed, with its contents. His entire crop of the season was destroyed. "pouTRIAL GAmm.tsG."-The Boston Times says that Mr. I'en Eyck, of Louisiana, who always means IA hat he says, has offered. in the city of New York, to 1 n $50,000 that Gen. Pierce wilt twenty States, and $50,000 more that Re will be elected President at the next election, if nominated by the De mocracy. Tmnrui.r, PownEß MILL ExPLostoY---rorn Pr,asoxs Ku.i.En - :--tiareche's powder near Wilmington, Del., exploded on Friday last, by which four persons were instantly killed, and six wounded. The killed were blown to atoms, and their remains foun‘l at various disc inees—from forty to two hundred yards from the house. The cans° of the ex plosion is thought to have been carelessness on the part of one of the workmen, who some times stnolif'd a pipe. We have a fl'W rt turn, fr.)111 iN l ortir ear _ na and Tennessee. A tuli-rravilts dicpateh in the srlri of Saturday says, the impression is tha: the I)emocrats have elected a majority of the Congreisnien in North Carolina, they having made urge irain-t.. In Tenne,,pe, the \V higs and •Know Nothn e rc ~upported Gentry for Governer, and I lip two e.nnhilied ty Miro el, vied !IV lir. Mean. Corial 11. TLC I) , 111,:t10 ;101,1i. .11 .T ht tlit , ±er t ize MENEM r:I '"; t , t t Whig State Convention. At a meeting lif.the Whig State ,Cornonittee, h'ehl poi-stiant to public notice 'in Philadel- Tuesr:ay. the 24th of July, it wa,;, on motion of Stephen Uilier and 11... 1\1:1K- We I i Eqi t'S. , unanimodsly. nr,, , ,/ted, That a eonvention,,of delegates of the Whig, party be held at Ibirrhf,l,l3rg, on loestlay, dify cirtieptAiher. n:)5, A. CURTIN, Chairman Jon 11. .Stcretury- We confes.s that the albove call surprises us. But a few weeks since the satue,STErttEN MIL LER who figures a.. 4 a . W .. hig in the above call struck from the heading of his paper the words ••and" Whig State Journal :" he is moreover the central organ of the present Know-Nothing. administration and Flour Inspector under the Name, while ANuttEw (;. CricrtN. who figures as Chairnian, is Know-Nothing Secretary of the Commonwealth, and was one of the Know- Noihiug_candldales - nu- the United States Senate last winter. If our Whig friends are reduced to the necessity of acting under such leaders, the tide of their affairs must be near ly at its ebb. Dow many will 'meet in coun cil at the drum tap of STEPHEN' and ANni;,Ew —llur risbur. The Removal of Gov. Reeder. WAsinxilros,. August L —As the public press and the public-are not agreed regarding the cause of Gov. Reeder's removal. it must be recollected that s ith_ the correspondence be tween hint and Col. Manypenny, covering - the charges by rho former against G.W. Clarke, the Indian Agent, .and Mr. Clarke's reply, all here tofbre published, was a letter from the Secreta ry of State informing Gov. Reeder substantially that without a satisfactory explanation relative to his land transactions in Kansas, his official relations with the government must terminate. It is well understood that these explanations were received here a week or two ago, And which, according to a telegraphic despatch which has just been published at St: Louis, were entirely unsatisfactory to the Executive.. Hence Gov , crnor Reeder s .removal on the 28th of July. It is presumed that the official papers on the subject will shortly be given to the public. -'' Writ of Habeas Corpus Refused. Pinr..knEt.mnx, August I.—Judge Lewis, of the supreme court of Pennsylvania, this morn ing refused to grant a writ of habeas corpus as applied fur by the counsel of Passmore Wil liamson, on the ground that every court of coin petent jurisdiction is the exclusive judge of con tempts against itself ; and the respect which his court chthuedifor its owu jurisdiction, was cheerfully conceded to other courts. YouNG .AmktiticA IN THE CialtEA.---A young American, writing of what he saw hi the Cri ieea. says : (Inc w00)(1 he surprised s to see the difference hetween the feelings of the armies here. The English arc all much downhearted, and do nothing but lament their sad fate. If aski.4 when they expect to return home, 014 will say most decidedly "never," feeling will - Went that if they escape death in the battle it is only to be kept as subjects for the cholera, Ix/Lich rages fearfully. The French, on the contrary, have made several bowling alleys hi their camp,• and, with a canteen full of grog, ara perfectly regardless of their future fate, never looking further ahead than next meal time. It, however, spealishadly for, the discipline pf the armies to sec the number oft in sol diers at all dines and places. Tilt. English e forced to keep sentries, throughout their camp, to prevent the French from selling. their sol diers liquor, as it has already caused the death of several, it being entirely pure spirits. It sells from seven to ten. francs per bottle. DESP E CON DITION O}' T 1 IK A Washington Fniun has a long and powerful article on this subject, and we agree with it in opinion. that "it is plain, upon all .the state ments, that.an attack on the Malakoff Tower Rua the G rand Redan by the co-operating Brit ish and French forces, on - the 18th ult., was resolved upon by Raglan and Pelissier in sense less desperation ; and conducted without or der, intelligence, combination, or any necessa ry element of even possible success, apd that it was in effect the wantonly scndineto inevi table slaughter iho choicest divisions of the armies of England and Franco." 077 , A Mrs. Myers, living near Siddonsburg, York county, was killed by lightning on Fri day a week: She was working in a - bay field, and a thunder storm coming up, she toot shel ter under a tree - , which the lightning struck, and killed her instantly,. The crown of her bonnet was torn into fragments, and her hair considerably burned, but no trace of the elec tric fluid was found on her body. Ssow.—Some patches of snow still remain on the north eastern slopes of the White Mdun thins. On Mount Jefferson there is a snow bank some four feet deep. At this place, snow has . remained in -former years till the middle of August. On Mount Adams, snow is visible from the northern side, though the quantity is less than on Mount Jefferson.—Bostun Tray. . BLED TO DP.A.Tit—A young man named John Barnes, aged 17 years, bled to death on the 16th ult., in Bollitlo, from the effect of a tooth which had been extracted seine days previous. ACOILS , S WILL KILL CArr LE. —R. J. Lamborn, of Chester county, Pa., lost fifteen head of bullocks, worth a thousand dollars, as it was thought, from eating acorns, the tonic acid of which produced constipation and a disease re sembling dry, murrain. Wild cherry leaves, which contain prussic acid, will produce the same effect. Cure—Mix a pint of molasses with a pint of melted lard, and pour down the animal's throat. If the body is much bloated, add soapsuds. AN INTERESTING COTTLE.-- There-is a couple in Cincinnati, Ohio. who have been engaged to be married for the past five years. but no time has occurred within that period when they were both out of prispn at the same time. COSTLY SWEARING. --A fellow named Charles ilturphy was sent to jail last week for twenty eight dais, by an Alderinan in Pittsburg, for uttering twenty-eight oaths in the Aldeitnan's presence. DEATH or HORACE GREELEY'S MontEn.--The mother of Horace Greeley died at Wayne, Erie county, Pa., on the 29th ult. She was quite aged. and had been in feeble health for several years. Zacheus Greeley, the father of Horace, is still living. ,rnr'llutter is selling. in different parts of Ohio from 10 to 13 cents ; cheese 6 to 8 cents, and eggs to . lo cents. LARGE Snum.s.---It- is said- that shells 2.6 iu cites in diameter, and weighing upward of a ton each, are twine; mai.ufactured at the Low moor iron Worlis,"%igland, for the use of the British artillety heate Sebabtopoi. 177 lion. JortN - NNt.sos has been nominated for State Senator by the lleinocrats of Balti more. They have also nominated an excellent ticket--ant are bound to .triittnpli. :aid 101 af: II it:fl , l) been ' , Old L j (ieopri, tle 5 g)e. al'l'" 4 ). el) On " a rmil=roati, attaching t irotor ':i , J:2,4100, t•aid ;1,000 their 11°4 by •o•r !oot 1 1 ,, 11 , t.l 11141. .0 . iA _ i;L.d :i:L:v J: I. !I. 1,1•!ti MIMI ~':ili~ ~ ~'t: A Court House Struck by Lightuiuu - -Ono Man Killed and'gamy WoU.nued. tnt the ''. ) ,(l ult., the 'cupola of the court house in Taylor comity:Va.. was struck by lightning while the eourt.was in session, en a large Lowther of persons within the building. One inan was instantly killed, and several othei's prostrated, wine of whota were severely linjured. Thri — FairmaTl n gmem says Our informant; who was in the court room at the time of the occurrence, represents the scene as a most terrifying one. The . building , appeared to him" to be coining down bodily, under the pressure of sonic tremendous 'weight, and he instinctively felt for a support. Col lecting his Ilium; his, however. the Damn.- of the occurrence was instantly evident to loin, and he and the other persons ran out at the side doors of the building. Just the::,. the screams of suet ladies on the other side el the street convinced them that a sad calamity had resulted, and° on reachine , ° the front of the building the character of, the calamity was visible to all. Stretched on the bricks, lay a number of persons ; in the,,midst of them the denuded body of the Rev. liki:kiah Dunham. the young man who was killed, and ' whose person had been stripped of every vtstige of , clothing. Fortunately for the Sufferers, the Perseas present knew the best method of restoring them to consciousness, and soon dragged theta on into the rain, and commenced - dashing water upon them. After the sufferers found lying in the entry, had been cared for, the jury rooms• above were visited, and in one of these were discovered three more individuals who bad been so stunned as to be 'linable to help themselvhs.. Two of them were taken out into the rain ; the friends of the third, from mistaken kindness, would notlet him be taken ,out, and he consequently' suffered much more ,than his companions. Of the persons shock ed, some recovered so as to get away from ,Pruntytown the same evening ; yet on the next mornin g (when our informant left.) there were , still six or eight confined to their rooms if not to their beds, and one or more of them in a very 1 precarious condition. Mr. Dunham, (ordained to the ministry about two weeks ago, by the Piaptist . church in Pruntytown,) was standing when the eltetric iluid struck -him. in the front door of the court house, with his head' leaning against the cast . ing. The other persons injured were standing near him, in the entry,. One man was con •siderably scorched by the heath g ; if a pair of spectacles which he had in his pocket.— Another's watch proved so attractive that it was partially fused. Mr. A. W. nest, though standing some twenty or more tbet from the track of the fluid, had his right arm, which was in contact with .a wall. paralyzed front the elbow- down ; and this without pain :Or he did not know the fact until heWn ; dertook to handle a bucket. -- After e, administer inf, to the relief of other and more serious suf- fevers, using only his left hand, he took off his liat and stood in the rain for a few . minutes, ;When his arm soon became subject to his wffl, and free (iota every unpleasant sensation. The Prunty town Gazette, published where the occurrence took place, says : ' The electricity ran down the front wall uf house—at some points facing out bricks, am! at others, only separating the wallatiddriv ng ,out the cement. Li the north-west rom,- 1.14 h stairs, Major J. C. Fleming, John W. Munroe,. George Fleming and John W. SinseD were in ,bvisiness. The electricity .pa&sing down the wall near them very much stinuied and other -wise injured the two last' named. gentlemen. Considvrable of this room. Passing down the wall, i.t bloke out at ililEerent points. The Virginian has also, the followhas; account -oUar-mi lons_escal l e front dx'alli in, T a yl or county a Gm days- prtnci(aa. thu_akiove uc currence : Mr. Alex:role? Williamson °and .forrr (of his children were: I:boding wheat on Friolay last, some three hundred yards from his hou se , A cloud was fast rising. His eldest bon Was' sonic thirty-tive yards from hi father ; the rest a little nearelt.—W lieu the lightning struck, they were all prostrated. is. Wil liamson saw ditati• all down, horn the house,, and-started Tor - the held as. fast as possible. By the time she arrived:, the children were up. Mr. W. lay apparently dead. She sent to the house for camphor, and bathed him .a consid erable while before any appearance of life re turned. lie was struck ea the right shoulder. The lightning ran down his arnr to his Lingers, and down his right side, .divided. near the hi 1); one part running across the abdomenand down both thighs and legs to the toes, scorching all the hair off his body, and burning the skin and flesh front the shoulder to the toes. The right sleeve of the shirt and' the right side of the shirt body was torn all into small pieces. The pants, though newly lined, were badly torn in divers places. Ile had onia, strong pair of coarse boots ; the left boot was , badly tot and the. right one was torn to pieces, even bursting the soles and heels assaaelev, draw ing the large pegs with which they were made. After-passing through the boots on either side of where his feet stood the lightning, atrueit four places in the grofmd, leaving holesresem- Wing those punched with a hand-spike., Yet, strange to tell, Mr. William Son still lives. He was thoroughly drenched by the rain after toe ing prostrated, which probably accounts- for his recovery. t" -- "The State Teachers' Association wilt meet at Pittsburg on the 7th inst. -- The Penn sylvania Railroad Company will furnish half price tickets to such as desire to attend on pre senting certificates of membership. • These certificates will be furnished en application to the President of the Association, W. V. Davis, Lancaster. terrible gale visited the village of Ma rietta, Marshall county, lowa, lately. blowing down ten or twelve dwelling houses, shups - and stores, scattering the goods over the prairie fur miles, and doing other damage. One Man, whose house caught tire during the storm, and who attempted, with a young child in his arms, to reach a neighboring house, was caught by the wind and carried over a mile. His wife found shelter under the leeward side of a barns, Too RADICAL.----The Portland .Argus says : 'lle intensified liquor law seems to be a fail ure everywhere. By foolishly attempting to carry the thing beyond reason and right., great evil, instead of good, is likely to be dune to the cause of temperance. Excess of zeal - , which is fanaticism; will prove a greater foe to temper ance than even indifference . or neglect. Both should be carefully. avoided. Zeal for the cause, tempered by moderation. and guided ITy wisdom, will be sure to bring good results." LOCUST-PuoPiA. —A man at Cleves, Ohio, was lately stung by a locust. The effects are similar to those produced by the bite of a mad dog. The tuan - has fits so violedt that irtAl, e.; five ur six men to hold him in bed, and he Las bitten his tongue into strings, 7A horse shoe of novel, construction has lately been brought forward. The main merit claimed for it is, that it can be used ‘vithout t h e ordinary nails, the mode of fastening it being by weans of a thin iron cap iitfrd as an exter nal covering to the foot, to which the bodv of (iii tilt Pail t 1,1141 ti. . 2.0 art- I:* L::Vt.a' ME
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