411)e ilt i n,thlitan tirompiler. GETTYSBURG, MONDAY MORNELSG, SE kl`. 17, 1.855. Vor Canal Cominissiouer, ARNOLD PLUMER of Venn ngo Co - Democratic County Ticket. 'Assembly, ISAAC . ROBINSON, of Psubiltonban. Cominissiouer, RESAT A. PICKING, or Reading. Director of the Poor. (iARRIT BRINKERIIOFF, of Strabat. • 'County' Auditor, .101111 T 110UPAAN, of Mountpleasant. County Trettancer, J. LAWRENCE SCHICK, of Gettysburg Democrats! Are You Assessed? - We would - remind our Democratic friends of the necessity of having their names on the As sessinent lists AT .LEAST.TE'-‘1 DAYS BE FORE THE 'ELECTION. The lists are now. ,placed flue svieral election polls, where they may be exaMined. ( --- See that your name is there 'recorded in good time, or your vote will beloat. - Young men Who last year voted "on age," should see:that they have been assessed this :ear. mass meeting, to commemorate the 68th anuivtrsary of the'adoption of the Con stitution of the United States, will be held, TO DAY' independence square, Philadelphia. ft will :;doubtless be a very large affair. Commencement Exercises. • On Tuesday evening--Address to the Alum ni of the Seminary by 'Rev. F. R. ANA'ACU, of Hagerstown, 31d.., with several -addresses by the young men about to leave the Institution On Wednesday maxning, thy, Anniversary of theArenakostnian Society ; in the afternoon, Addresses before the Literary Societies of the etilk i 7 by Judge Wstsst, of Tlagerstown, and President .M.Lsx of Philadelphia; in the even ing.,Addreases to t6.Aluinni of the College by itev: Was. M. - ratro::.4of Pittsburg. On Thursday looming, 'the Commencement exerciri,34witi, take, place, beginning at 9 o'clock, A. M. MOndarlast the intinagera of the " 4 Adana's Cou'r . ify _. - 114,* Insioatice Compa ny." organized 'by electing the following °th etas: .President —George Swope. Vice •President-=-Samucl R. Russell. Secretary—D. A. Buehler. Treaaurer—DairitiMCCreary. Esecittive Coitituittee—aobert McCurdy; Ja cob Thing, - Andrew' lieiutzeltnan. (r7llon. Robert - McClelland, a prominent nuanber of President Pierco'S Cabinet,- has been soiouit!ing in Franklin county for week,. He waibOrninGrcencastle, in that county. 1 1:7" .flities".of this • place visited 'Eunuitatisrg on:. Wednesday last, and we leartivVre much pleasedivith.the trip. 071). MCCIIEART, Esq., Aof this pine°, has attives4 basket. of very fine Pears, for which he luts niirr thanks. EXIT LASES QI? TRH- WAR.—The- London car .of the . Satin/mi l fute/iigeneer iniys — tlit - expeoses of tho war have 'far outnm the es inflates, those for the navy -being no less than ..£6,5t10,000 in excess. This great increase will tell with 'terrible,effeet on the euniforta of the peopie - .l9efore long. , Iling.,Jasias BUCHANAN.-It is now stated that, our Minister at London will not return tome on the first of October, complications with reterenim to Centol'American affairs ren dering it necessary for prolong his term service.of L - 71he Supreme Court of this State has de- :tied the.: writ 'of Habeas Corpus -to PaSsmore Williamson:- The opinion of the Court—a very able one-:•—was delivered by Judge Black. Judge Knox <Haunted. Williamson must therefore remain in prison, even should he be elected Canal Commissioner by the Abolition• istx ! fr - The Chambersburg Spirit names Major John Royce, of that county, fur Auditor Gen eral. g.../iSAAC ROBINSON. Esq., the father of our . worthy townsman, irso. S. RosiNsoN, has been nominated by the Democracy of Ad ams-County as their.candidate for the Legisla ture. Mr. ROBINSON" is one of the most std.- fibg and unfaltering Democrats in the State, .and is a strictly honest and upright citizen. He would make a capable and intelligent Legis lator, and we hope to see him returned by an exerts- helming majority. Adams county has Ito better man to represent her at Harrisburg. —Fulton Dcnocrat: „""jln - many counties the Know-Not hi tigs are exhibiting the most abject sycophancy to obtain the votes of the old line ‘Vhigs for the dark lantern candidates. —They now confess that unless they obtain this support they will be defeated. In Cumberland. Fianklin and Dauphii..„the vote polled in the Coutilils shows dearly iistipthe Tinian% are in the' Minority and cannot elect their tickrti iiithout the votes el outsiders. This is the party that boast.: of beiug reared on ..the ruins” of the two old par ties. The ...ruins" of the Detnocratic party in Virginia, North Carolina, Teunmsee, Alabama and Texas, must present an enchanting view to the Hindoo beholder. fa - When a man mice deserts the Democrat ic party, even in a partial way, tlo-re is no tel. /mg where he wiil stip. There is . apparehtly zoo end to hi* . downward - political career.— iffineutler&roar. Den►ocratic mecting,in Hanover on Fri day voning mac. — The Conventfon and "the rithet: The Democratic County Convention, which assembled in this place on Monday last, was characterized, throughout its deliherations, by the - nitnost harmony and good. feeling. .The Delegates seemed' to have no other object in view — but - the-forniatiorr-of-a—first-ratoticke-t, and that they were successful in accomplishing that object, is attested by'the - high degree of favorable notice With which it is received by the right-thinking of nil parties. It is no ex• aggeration to•aay that it is' one of the best ever subinitted to the voters of Adams county. ' I . „ The nomination of IsAAd . Rout.tisoN, Esq., for the Assembly, is received.by the Democra cy of the county with unfeigned satisfaction. Ilis selection by acclamationis .an evidence of his popularity, and to his honesty and capacity every man who knOwihim will cheerfully bear testimony. Should a Majority of voters declare a preference for him we are well assured they will Accure a most useful 'Representative.— All his energies will be exerted for the good of the State and the prosperity of the people.— ' nes and his election would confer _lasting honor Upon the 'county that elected him. HENRY A. PICKING, Esq., the nominee for County -Commissioner, is, Well known to the ,people of the count•. Ile, too, is. peculiarly well' fitted to discharge, efficiently said satisfac torily, the duties Of the responsible post. He is fully acquainted with the wants and inibrests of aU parts of the county ; and with unbend- ing integrity and the - tallest capacity to back him, will See that none arc wronged, but all righted. There is no risk in predictingthat Mr. PICKING, would - make a first-class County Commissioner, and tliereis no officer in whose choice the tax=payers of the county-are more deeply concerned. GARRET BUINKERROFF. the nominee of the Convention for Director of the Poor, "has been tried, and not found wanting." Ile was elect ed to this office in 1842, and served in it three years, during which time he displayed all the qualities .of an efficient and faithful public servant ; and has been no uncommon thing ever since, when the affairs of that important institution were adverted to, to -hear the re mark that "timmyr Butxxminopr i was one of the best DirectorS of the Poor we have ever had." And what he has done once he will do again. That Jonst llonestAxr would-malt e- care-. ful and upright Auditor of the accounts of the county, is believed by all who knoW the man. He is prompt; and correct in his own business matters,' and will be "nothing else" in those of the public, : over which he may be given authority, by a majority of the voters of the county. J. LAWRENCE Sottick. the nominee for Coun ty Treasurer, is an excellent selection. Ile is one_ of our best business men—has all his life acted out the adage "honesty is the best policy," and earned the confidence of the imb lic to a degree.whiclilew - possess. In his care the public money will ho perfectly secure, and theinterests of thetas-payers care fully guarded. Such, voters of Adams, 'is the ticket submit ted kir your suffrages. It deserves your suplant and doubtless will - receive a majority. - EVery Democrat should now arouse all his energies to secure the election of our candida les, and go to work - at once - and cease not his labors until the last vote is polled on the evening of the Second Tuesday of 'October. Democratic Successes. At the last Presidential election, Virgiii;a, gave'a majority of 15,000 for General fierce. Notwithstanding fusion and contusion, the al liance:of,ll'hig,n and KnoVv-Nothings, and an increased vote of 27,12, Wise's majoi ity was 10,180. North Carolina gnve Pierce a majority of 686 She now gives about, 8,000 Democratic majority. Tennessee gave a majority of 1,880 for Gen eral Scott. She now gives about 2,000 majori ty for that unwavering Democrat, Andrew Johnson. * _two a nia'orit of 11,843 for Pierce. She now gives upwards of 12,000 majority for IVinston. In Texas, Know-Nothingism is AS thorough.; routed as in the other States we have named. These 'facts, with the reaction which is everyw here taking ylace, show conclusively that the triumph of bigotry and intolerance is destined to he as brief as its rise was sudden. The ebbing of the great tide of public opin ion is fairly Setting in. The madness and Ibl ly of the K. N. party, wherever they have been Clothed with power, have been so manifest that the sober second thought has but to be arous ed; and the patriotic and good turn away from the rants of the proscripttonists. Let our friends, the friends of the. Constitution and the Union, arouse to the importance of the contest ,before them. It is not a contest for men-- but for great principles. Principles upon whose preservation depend the peace and perpetuity of our common Union. Let every one who feels the importance of these principles gird on his armor and prepare for the battle, and let the rallying cry of such ba—,—".4llfor the Union, "Ind the Union for all." DISUONOR ABLE Cosnucr.—Whenever the Whigs undertake to reorganize their party they are intruded upon and sometimes overruled .by the Know Nothings. The attempt was recently made in Delaware county, and a resolution to exclude Know Nothings defeated. The true Whigs had spirit enough to resist this interference, ,and nominated an indepen dent ticket. r t u ...We never knew 'a Democratic ticket to be received with more hearty approbation by the party than the one nominated on Monday last. It is respectable, and respected.— The unprincipled Know Nothing leaders are endeavoring to disparage it, but they do it with . _so bad a grace as to lead inevitably to the con , elusion that they arc about the worst scared crowd to be found anywhere. tt7Every Dernoct press in .At kansas Is opposed to Kociw-NoLluctiii.An. "Paying - Too - Dear for the Whistle !" , The Deputy Secretary of State7receiVed, un- , der Gov. Bigler's administration, a salary of ; Brea: The Know - - - Nothing cry-last-fall-K The Deleffates selected b Retrenchment and Reform," and many thous- ; : the several townships and boroughs of Adams " - county, convened in the Court-house, ini Get ands believed them sincere. How, (asks the • t- 1 Yshurg, on Monday last, and - organized by __Yoil_Gazette,y have the carried it out in this particular ? By passing a law to give to the electitoT JOSEPII - P;3l - cDIYI - I' - Esq-.-- - ,, Presidenti um IiANE,S and JONAS JOHNS, ES(I uires, Vice Know-Nothing Deputy the increased salary of -I —^ 4 . $1.400. This they dare not' deny—but . answer Preiriuents, and THP,ODORE TAUGHIN mum and JAcoa BRINK IMHOFF Secretaries. Credentials - by calling : upon the people ar keep their eyes. t. upon the Missouri compromise line ! Protra;,. ) i were then handed in, and the following gen. i tlemen took their seats as Delegates : bly the'Legislatnre thought the Deputy might , - , Getiysblirgl---J. B. Danner, Jacob .Culp. to Lave' the $l2OO paid to his Predecessor's, c„ m i.,,,, r i atic i_L eo n ar d Bricker. C. Daugherty. for doing the work, and $2OO additional for,: Franklin—Anth'y Deardorff, 11. J. Brinkerholf. being a Know-Nothing ! If that was ichat Straban —1).- C. Brinkerhoff, Theo. Taughin , the extra 6200 watt paid , for, it was certainly ! bn.u g h ' cheap ! , But will THE TAX-PAYERS like to Tyrone—llenry J. Myers; Jacob C. Pittent trrf. Menallen . —Wm. Overdeer, Conrad Wierman. pay even that price for the promotion of the namitrouban—Thomas -A. Marshall, Jacob art and science of politics as displayed by the i BfinkorholE . Liberty—Joseph P. AlcIN iii,Srim 'I .Nunemalier. Know-Nothing Reformers? Charge this item Freedom—Gee. Epley, John R. Harigan., home upon the . Know-Nothings--/hey dare not i Germany—GeOrge Gander, John Miller, deAN it, but will reply "Americans must rule, Spangler, Jacob 'Lott America'!" As if they 'had not always done 1 of A. Union—John Mitten, Abraham Sell: so, since the formation of the government. Conowago—Johnllosbey,Jr., Adam A. °aster. The clerk-hire in the State Department has Berwick—Sainnel Harter. Samuel Wolf. been raised from $4OOO up to ssooo—the ex- Hamilton—Henry Wolf, Jacob Bushey. - pendittires in the office of Adjutant-General Reading-- 11. A-. Pick ing. have been increased--:-in short, wherever they; Huntington —Jonas Johns, Jacob Sheaffer. Butler—John !lanes, John Eiehol LZ. could grab a dollar,' to squander upon their The annexed pledge was then submitted and .needy, hungry and clamorous Know-Nothing I unanimously adopted, and to -which all the brt:threp, they did it,-regardless of 'conscience, - Deleffates.affixed their own proper signatures, 45 honor, honesty. and of their pledges. so freely given before their election, of retrenchment and reform.- an►l their professions to correct the atatso; of the old whig - and democratic parties ! Charge these things upon them—and, unable successfully, to deny them, they seek to divert ! attention by the sense!ess cry of "No more slave state !" D_;* following ndn►irable letter was re= cently addressed to the Chairman of the Dem ocratic City Convention of Philadelphia, by Jolts A. MARSHALL, FOll of that highly respected old Democrat, JOHN MARSUALI., Esq., of Hantiltonban township, this county.) Mr. M. is now engaged in the Successful practice of the law in that city. The letter itself ex plains the occasion ,Which brought it forth : 70 Souui Flrru STIMICT, Philadelphia, Sept. 50a, Jtui. Bap, CluzieqsZin Denim:rah: City Converiliim My Dear Sir—l perceive by the rePort of the proceedings in the Democratic City .Con vention, over which you have the honor to pre side, that nay name has been placed hi nomi nation as it candidate for Assembly. Although solicited by a large- number of niy, friend 4 to permit my mime to lie used in connection with that bigh and responsible po.ition, and having been placed in'noinination without nay knowl edge. vet I embrace this opportunity to de dine_ being it candidate, k indly„ appreciating, at the sante time, the consideration the Convention has shown me. lloweier anxious 1 am to see the great and good principles of the Democratic party tri umphant—fealty to that constitutional liberty, which we now enjoy, tostered r --and firm ad hesion to that tolerant spirit, - which actuated the founders of, our Republican Government to implant in our country institutions subversive of political oppression or religious bigotry. sIV 31 Ina ined, yet. 1 know-there are those am wig us, who ail! more - competent and experienced than myself to carry out the wishes of those who have furnished us with a plan of popular government. In the approaching campaign, there will he , reat and grave issues involved of a general liaraeter, and certainly local interests of no wrdinary magnitude to be protected. The warty which your tonvention has the honor to vpresent has ever been the fostering mother wfour benign institutions - , --the protector ()four rights—the; uardian of our liberties, and the 'dormer of our wrongs. Let her representa ives keep pure and ithmaculate her name— et them be above suspicion or taint, and vie ory, like truth, the handmaid of virtue, //va ind will prevail, correct abused power and li ds. 16ed privileges. It requires not the wisdom of seer to foretell the coming,„ success of the Democratic patty in this city IPhd in this Com nonwealth, Let us then be true Co the be. tests of our dearest interests . and our most •aded rights ; be ready to_ sacrifice personal ggrandizement for the public weal, and secure to the greatest number the greatest amount of 'cod. It was for this the martyrs of time rev lution suffered—for which men of later times .0 nobly battled, and for which the Democratic sirty must contend. She has sown good seed, • ,t necessity of vigilance, sagacity, and care in selecting exponents of principles as (linable as time and as powerful as an army with ban ners, and who will be able to meet any 'exi gencies that may arise.• . .• 1 ant, very respectfully, Your fellow-citizen, Joux A. 11Anstiat.L. A Frank Admission. Prior to the elections in Tennessee, Ken tucky and N . . Carolina, the Duffalo (N. Y.) GPM_ usercial, a . ' leading Know Nothing organ, Made Lite following frank admission, which was not only uttered in sincerity, but has the merit of being founded in truth : Uentry is defeated in' Tennessee, and the Democrats achieve a decided victory in North Carolina. the American party will no longer have an existence as a national organization. Even if they win a single victory in Kentucky on Monday next, it will avail them nothing, upon an overthrow in the other States just named." Niworism.--Tlns term arose from Roman Em perors giving ofUce to their Nephews. Govern or Pollock carries out this idea, but insttad of appointing Nephews, (we suppose he has none 01(1 enough) be appoint , : Uncles to office. lie has reeMtly appointed his uncle James flep burn, Esq., Recorder of the Supreme Court, an otli , :e worth 52,000 a year. We hear none of the ••holy horror" expressed by the Nicht-Wis sers, at this act of Nepotism, that, when they were called by their right name, they used to express when a Democratic Governor did any .thing of the sort. Eashin Sentinel. PRorus SORMIP ArcitrT ED.—l'lte.Professnr ship of Ancient Languages, tendert-ti to Rev. IL A. Fmk, paslor of the Lutheran church of Martiogburg, V.v., by the State University of Ithuots, has been acceptcd. Joi,htta ,VanNitnt - has been tin:nu , for_- _ Cuna~etic by , Democrats of the third aistrict. (if M ary land , . ~ .. S l IVC i '1 —7 ••••=•••••• • ......... MI I MIAS Mt ura =ttiiiIIIIIIME iIIiffIIISIMIZETIWIII •- - , I • ,-, tour ounces. TI - it.; one. at. leam., %rt • think will real ml lamp till( il with alelliol. N c .. 1 1 it ---- fluid NV Ith the lamp A , :Illovr , i l iit'ett.l v% ili!, ht hard to -iwat. —r ..... in ' , er..bur:.: .Npirt!. ryThe la rzest nursery in the ‘vorltl 1:. t.air! ~ ihr , imitiv. ,u. , hell'' , 'llr,Wfl ~l ' illts !W• ! , •111 . $ --- .---- to he at Rnchobter, N. V. It net - uptr.; t‘‘c, ''.--,-- the fi.,ton Traci •••1 tpt .nmill.tio..; ot A ;.e. •- , n:•.1 11 ,- ..11.1 tht.- ,- .',111. ,,, 1 ., , , 0 %;,., ,it• ',...; iiuriapfrd a nd ;,e , elity- be% en ..14 - ..te:J. - i vert; choudt!t. In the nel c ;ll).)orhoci of MA:. ,i:y ad ; 4 IFt: c . al ~:t- ',. Irit•trill.,; s L_A_Ez:o E 31 OCR A Tlfl COUNTY CONVENTION. viz : We; the undersigned, having been regularly elected Delegates by our .respective boroughs anti townships torepresent the Democracy in County Convention, do hereby voluntarily de clare that we belong to no sect et or public politi cal organization other than the Democratic party —that we have no connection with the so-called Know Nothings, 'lnd do not intend to have ; and we further express it as our deliberate opinion, that. any Who will sign this de claration who at,the sante. time is a member of, or_ intends to be, of that ordor, is unworthy prattle confidence. and deserves the scorn and contempt af every honorable man. J. Danner, • N eorav Gonder, acob Culp, • John Miller. Leonard Bricker, Jacob Lott of A. C. Daugherty, A. Dearilorii, 11. J. Brililii,.l.l)off, in aim Sall, I). C. Minkerholl, John Bushey, Jr., Theo. Taughinbatigh, Ada ni A. ()aster, llenry J. Myers, Samuel Wolf. Jacob C. Pittenturf, Samuel flatlet, 'William Overdeer, hleury Wolf, Coin ad Wierman, Jacul, Bushey, J. Briiike huff. A. \L►r.hall, Joiins J. P. AlcDiva, Jacob Sheairer, Samuel ninetnaker, Julu► HaneA, George Epley, John IL Ildrigan On motion, the Con vention . adjourned until one o'clock. ON O'CLOCK The Convention re-assem bled, :ilia Wits called to order by the President. The following , pledge, to be signed by the nominees of - the Convention, was then unani mously adopted : 'l't►e undersigned, this day nominated for the of - li , e of vention of 'Adams county, hereby pledges his sacred word of honor that, he has ng connec tion whatever with the secret political organ ization commonly called Know Nothings, and' that he will not at any time connect himself therewith —that he has no sympathy with such organization, its principles or• intentions --:hid that, the only political party -to which he. belongs is the Democratic party, with which. alone he desires or intends to act. On motion, the Convention proceeded to nominate a County Ticket, and the following gentlemen were chosen : Assembly -,-Isaac Robinson. Commissioner—llenry A. Picking. Dtrector—Garret Rrinkerholf. A mlitor —John I loupth an. Treasurer—J. LAWtence Schick. The nominations were then declared unani mously made, without a dissenting voice. lion. J. R. Danner was unanimously chosen Delegate to the next Democratic State Con vention. On motion, it was - - /iteodred, That should nny of the nominees of this Convention refuse to sign the pledge adopted, or turn (nit to be connected with the Know Nothings after signing, the... Democratic Standing Committee are empowered. and in structe.l to strike such from the ticket, , and fiTralt vacaliems Thug createdlirbiliertratiti na Lions. The Standing Committee for the ensuing year was then appointed, as follows: Henry .1. Stable and Jacob Troxel, Gettys burg ; John Butt, Sr., Cumberland : I). C. Straban Christian Cashman, Meicallen :John Diehl, Tyrone ; Thomas A. Marshall, Hamiltonban ; Joseph P. MeDivit, Liberty : Abraham K rise, of Freedom ; Jacob Clunck, 6ertnanv Henry Reily, Esq., Mon ntpleasa nt : John Kusbey, Sr., Esq., Cono wago ; Joseph Short), Esq., lini , ut ; Samuel Wolf, Berwick Bor. : Jacob- Bushey, Esq., Ilaroilton : -Hon. Daniel Shelter, Huntington.; Burkhart Wert, Butler ; Samuel Lohr, Fra,nk lin ; John A. , Dicks, Reading ; Joel Cirie.st, Latintore ; Peter Orendorff, Mountjoy ; Col. U. M. Myers, Oxford ; Wm. Bittinger, Berwick tp. On motion,the Convention adjourned sine die. ROBINSON, PICKING, BRINKER HOFF and Seater;, have signified their accep tance of 'the nominations r espectively tendered them by the Convention, and signed the pre scribed pledge without the least hesitation. Mr. Ilot - r3tANT has not yet been heard from by the Chairman of the Committee, but no doubt will be in a few days. Q 7 The Knox Nothings and Freesoilers carried Maine last year. This year there is no choice for Governor by the people, but a largo majority of anti-fusion Senators and Representatives, who will doubtless elect Wells, Democrat and Anti-Maine Law. il ECK ER En PoiaTics.—The Liberty Party Convention held at rtiea,.N. Y., on Wednes day_ placed on their ticket for State officers two black men and five white -orie - s - 7 -- . ri — hfae ma (Fred. Douglass) is placed at the' head of the ticket ,fOr Secretary of State. and tic other black man (Jas. B. Pashan) is nominated for Attorney General. Wuo CAN BEAT TBElf ?—Wm. B. Reber. of Southampton town•hrp, exhibited. to us a bas ket of the finest Totnatoes we have seen as yet grown anywhere this year. Among the num- the Democrats of Saintly! Spangler, Join) Dui tern. henry A. picking, John E►cl►oliz. For the COMIti te r. Hear the Old Patriat ! "Light Up the Carmen Fires." .% Gcn. LEWIS CASS has written a Letter nn From the above it would appear that the the subject: of Kiront-Nothingism, of which w e Star has again changed his ' al-aura—as he is n - ow-the-advocateor4light-:""----They—say-last_giv:e_the_ronchldlog_parazraph, and ask all our fall he preferred the darkness. Whether he , Democratic friends to. read and ponder upon h 3 ~,., succeed or rot this time, he will certainly be-' truths : . .. entitled to more credit than before, in view of I have never known the time when the DCM... hig-endetivoto comeouLopen/y_ in the war- _o' era tiepartv,was-called-upon-by-higher_corisid— fare. That is, if he is sincere. He says "the,. erations to adhere., faithfully and zealously. to ' heart-of the people is sound on the great issues__ their organization--and theirprinci t i les. than - 1 efore the country." Last fall the sound got 'they -are at this day. Oar confederation no farther than the lips 1 This is giuricaLs passing through the most severe trial it has yet ; undergone. Unceasing efforts are making to news, if it be true. How floes the Star know ' excite hostile and , sectional feelings: agonst this ? Does he judgefrom the sound of "the whieh we were prophetically warned- by the 'weeping and wailing" that 'Wowed the"L t ight.,, Fatter of his conotry : and if these are succ'ess ing up of the_Council Fires" of Louisville . If the days of this Constitution are'iMinlrer he would condescend to tell us this, some li . ir/r . t- : fui, might be thrown on the subject of -council ' I ed. The continued assaolts upon the South, upon its character. its constitutional rights-and conflagrations. But in these enlightened times : its instant - ions, and the systematic perstverence I perceive the Star has lit up another improve ment in the way of advancing the . good cause ,- an d th e bitter spirit with which 'these -are put he has lately espoused. Ile has paid aft/entity i sue d . w hil e t h ey warn t h e Dt, »nocratic Ilarty of ~ the danger, should also incite it to united and visit to the poor at the County. Almshouse. When his benign presence illuminated that vigorous action. -- •TheY warn it, , t00,• that the abode a : poverty and distress, no doubt its 0 1 time haS come when all other difilirences which .. ' - unfortunate inmates looked upon him as a i may have divided it should-, give way to the missionary of peace,and an angel of mercy. I duty of defending the - constitution, and whoa Judging from the length of his countenance, that great party, coeval with the gore rninent..- - they could-not but conclude, simple and rooms- should be united asnfie matt for-the accent , plishment of the work tewhichit is nowt all. It is_the Arn-eri.- - peeling souls, that his good spirit had conducted .ed, and before it is too late. him hither tier the purpose of making some ob servations with the' view of bettering_ their can party, for it has -no sectional *revert-- ' donditien, and assuaging their sorrows. But 1 ces, and its -care and its efforts extend where the sequel reveals the law. that. the sordid con- ever the constitution of its country extends, ,sideration of pounds, shillings and pence was and with eqol-regard to the rights aitlinter at the bottom of his heart ; and that his was ests of all. '1 believe-,fhe fate of thiSgreat rc a mission of -.e.pionage"iristead of charity and public is now in its hands, and, so believino. I mercy. The Bible, which he affects to fear earnestly hope that its action will be firm, will be wrested from him by the hands of his prompt and united, yielding - not one: hair's Catholic Friends,_,would teach him 'what we breadth of its time-honored prineip/es, and re.. have to do towards the poor, if we would oh- sisting to the lash the dangerous efforts wilds tan' life everlasting. Were he to pre-lc/ice its w hi c h we a r e menaced ; and, if So. the victory precepts more, say little and siopect less about, of the constitution I doubt .not' will be acltiev4 , his neighbors, I think his salvation would. be e d . . LEWIS CASS. nearer at hand. However, lam far from judg ina-o him. I ant only speaking of his fruits. TIMOTIIY. The "Star" seems to be in a terrible stew about "them letters" that intimates were abstracted front the Post-office by the "min ions of a corrupt administration." If I did not know some of the forin - 4 history ,of this Mr. -Star," I might- be indUced to join him in his piteous cry of Wolf! Wolf! Btitknow-' ing him is not heeding him. He has the best wick of feigning of any man in these Biggins. Why. no !ater than last fall, he feigned to be the best friend, the Cdtholics had. Ile seemed to outstrip even the Catholic Priest in unbound ed love and solicitude for their bodies and souls. Ile devoted whole columns of his brightest of luminaries to their exclusive benefit. fie even put them on equality with Know A r illkingS Now he_is found almost charging them with robbing the mails. • But those that know him of old don't Wieve a word about • 'them letters." any more than they beliclied he Was a Wilson man last fall when he was feigning so ably for Neely. The fact is. "them letters" are all in his eye. They never were, never will he, because Know Noth ing meetings can't come it., The fame at Han over proved this. They don't want more such failures. If the meeting at Hamm-E . -r had been some, Mien "them letters" would have been forthcoming, and American Mass Meetings would have been called. But as there h ad been some talk about great anticipated meet ings, and sonic Know Nothings written to on the subject, this was a nice ruse, on the part of the "Star," to avoid More — Know NOthin ,, failures.' Three stage loads of K. N's. and lots of whiskrg will not make a large and res pectable Grand Mass Meeting, and well the "Star" ,knows it,. Hence the abstraction of "them letters," and the crocodile tears that are poured out. "because they are not." The -Star" seems also to be in hot. water about the nomination of Mr. Reily—and since he will not now have a special opportunity of assailing that gentleman's religion. I suppose he will feitin to be very glad that his prophe cies are fulfilled. lie will, no doubt, in view of this, look upon hi inselfas a greater man than he before imagined. And I must confess he does know a great deal too much to be . a Know Nothing. There is danger of self combuslion, unless he. continue to use the safety valve with freedom. .But since he is so good at prophecy, I should like to know his sentiments respecting the forth cominc,. candidate for Assembly on his ticket. By all means this particular horn of the dilem ma should be attended to in tinio; iii order to provide against pre-engagements. Is Wilson again to be the happy man Or is it now Neely's turn ? Perhaps the -"order of things" will reverse the affair this time. If so, the "Star" will have to cry 'for Wilson and work for Neely. It's a poor rule that won't work both ways. Perhaps this is what the "Star" is alluding to when he says "there is an under current of genuine Know Nothing , t' feeling that will manage the nominations." lle seems to be at home on this subject. Experience makes hint—perfect. He is w course of under currents. Lioweiier, this gen uine under current could not entirely master the elections last fall, if it even could " iriatzg.c the nominalions." I should like, I. say, to have the "Sox's" under current sentiments on these points. They would be worth noting, and printing, too. His ostcnsibk sentiments are n o w "well understood to be mere fistian" —"Sounding large, but meaning nuthin:;," no, nothing, (Know Sulking.) t U. Fatal Railroad Accident. A melancholy and heart-rending accident oc curred on the Northern Central Railroad, on Monday afternoon last. The two o'clock train from Harrisburg to Baltimore, when about a mile and a half south_of_New_Cumberland, ran over a cow, which threw the engine and ten der, baggage. arid mail cars ow the track and down an embankment about fifteen feet. Mr. IV.m. ABEL, the !lineman, was instantly killed, and the engineer, Mr. Jonx Srutnif, so badly injured that but meagre hopes are entertained of his recovery. Ile was scalded and burned in a shOcking manner, and is suffering intense ly. No other persons were seriously hurt, al though the Conductor of the train, Mr. ItAn ci.wri.:: the Mail Agent, Mr. MiLLEc. ; and the Agent of AnAms k Co.'s Express, Mr. FALLS, who were in the mail car, received slight in juries. Mr. ABKI, was a resident of this place, and his remains were brought home in the train which relelied here about 3 o'clock yesterday morning. He- was an upright and honorable man, and was beloved by all who knew him. —His age was about 2S years. He leaves a young wife and one child to mourn his untime ly death —York Republican. Mr. SrauaY has since died. I BELT! eTF, Ton CAN s— Ba ti more drirr , rl-st sends ns the followin , r Bein , r frequently asked by heads of Cunilies IE wont they shall use for scaltn L : cant, arid bol -1 Iles. in which to ~ ecitre prepared fruits and vegetables, I send you the followintr recipe for publication:—'fake cow In fin rosin 4 oun ces, common guilt shellac ti ounces, thick Venice turpentine 1 ounce", common ounce. _ Pot the whole toretlier in a IA number of Know Nothings of Bala mole, a few days ago. addressed a note to lion. Wm. P. PRESTON, stating that "us - the time is near at hand when the American party will nominate a candidate for Congress in thi.*. Third district," they wish to know whether he is desirons for the nomination. Ilis manly re ply is published in the Sun of that city,' from which we extract the following : • You seel: to limit whether I 'am desirous for , a nomination by the American party :K thole _candidate for Cougre&s in the 'Third Congres sional District— . For the Compiler If, by . this. question, you mean. .tonsk whether i approve the doctrineS of the.Phila-• delphia Oath:win, I unhesitatingly .atimer My political life has teen devoted to •the ciples of Republicanism as. proclaitned-:. and maintained by the DeclarationoklndependenCo. and the Constitution of the. United States.. I have always been a Democrat of the-Jefferson school. I believe the doctrines taught by that great sire. of the - Revotution are inestimable to. the World, and politically I shall worship at that'shrtne as long as - I live;- %Vali my views,- I. without 'being guilty of treason to mankind, subscribe to a doctrine Which pro scribes a man on account 411 his religion. I daho the' privilege of worshipping God aceor ing to the dictates - of my conscDence, mid, 'no man can rightfully punish me...or placente at disadvantage for so dOing. Tyrants may - . chai the body, but man's immortal mind .is .under the dominion of God alone. The right which I claim is equally the right of all men. The Platti)ruk in terrus asserts for the Roman Catholic Church "aggressive pdiey and, cur. rupting tendencies," and on these grotinds pro claims resi sta nee" to Catholics. -Many of my most esteemed friends are .Roman- Catholics. I have played with them in ehildhood--have shared in their joys and sorrows, and associa ted with them through manhood. .Many of them are now estimable citizens whoL..havo always loved and lumored —several: have for years past administered the laws I,y4ieb suv_trit us. and I here assert as solemnly as if It made the declaration under oath, that as. far as my knowledge extends. the men to whom I zektr .have 'discharged their duty to God and their country with fidelity - and' honor. Ilow awn. could I embrace a politicatcveed which woek.s.. out the social or political prOSerip4ioll of these citizens ? it o gentlemen-1 • , Much as I desire to represent the Districtin Congress-=arid I do most earnestly. desire that honor-1 cannot have itat such a price- .If would not accept the most exalted place, on earth—the Executive Chair of this . in doing so, I were .eompelled td repudiate those provisions of the Federal ConstiLutiorr which dmlare "Congress shall make nn, la w respecting an establishment of religion or pr?. Whiting the free exercise thereof,7 and "no re ligious test should ever be required as a quali fication to any office or. public trust under the United States." Even if these- clauses were not in the ClonstUution'l should be-of the.st,une opinion. I am thoroughly convinced ths►t a union of politics and religion has been the curse of evevy VI • e such-union—bas-prerailtd. It is at this motnent.the bmis of Europeantlespot .and I would as soon think of associating God and the Devil as religion and politics. From tilt , Baltimoto :?tier of FriaAy - : The Epidemic at Norfolk and Portsmouth. The hope inspired on one day that the epi demic at Norfolk and Portsmouth would be gin to subside is scattered to the winds on the next. The news received by the boat yester day is truly distressing. We learn from Dr. F. Maund, theattending surgeon of the steamer Louisiana, that the number of deaths in Nor folk for the 24 hours ending at 12 o'clock noon on 'Wednesday was 45, and the number of new cases 50. In Portsmouth, for the same time, there were 26 deaths and 20 new-cases.. At .Deep Creek, seven miles from. orts. mouth, fifteen cases bad occurred, but, all the patients were from Portsmouth. - From Norfolk the Dispatch learns that May or Whitehead was alive on ,Wednesday morn ing, but very ill, and that Dr. R. B. Turnstall had given up from exhaustion. It. adds • "The gentleman who brought up this infor mation,• says that he feels confident tbaCat least 400 persons in Norfolk have died soicly from the want of attention. Ile• hithself, at one period of the epidemic. had to do the povk ing and washing for his whole family and the negro, who were down with the fever. There were 63 burials in Norfolk on Tuesday." The Norfolk correspondent of the Petersbut g Intelligencer says: "There is no way of ascertaining the natnes of those who die, and no record of them can be preserved. The prominent ones are .noted down by the reporters for the press ; but the masses are hastily picked up by the he.irsps and dead -carts, and hurried off to be hid in the earth till the great day of reekening. We s h a lt nut know_ who_are dead for sib months to c ow ,. Now then mo o s familiar lace will rear to the living, and inquiry will elicit the mou rn . fill rt - ls - Funse - dial -he died Of the lever,' It wa, only to-day that here, in the midst of thu carnaue, I learned that Joseph ' , lessen, a re s . pectalile mechanic and a ine:iihrr of One tit the Council., died last %%eel. ; also NI4 Ahern." 11P 111 e 11111Ct 4 6.11111 ftwilllaor Of Ihr W 1111.416, !mull v 714 0 , 117:- 11;16'11 a '0 , 111111:17 he e pi t i 4 ,„,,, (;,•, 1 . E . TOW I ft.'lll , il.lZim 4.f •i -1 S 31:-n wire ut tb pu,,tiii.l.-Ati A Manly Lester. The' Peterstinro - Express, in recording the - IN, ilicnns in Port-tw i n:i t •.
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