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:MONDAY MORNING, OCT. 1, 1855
For Catin 1 Comm lisigtocr,
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Aft \OLD PLGMER, of Venango Co
Democratic, County Ticket.
'Assom!kly.
-ISAC-11016M-SON-,-of-Hamittonbau.
Commissioner, -
HENRY A. PICKING, o.g.'Reilling.
• • , = Directue.or the Poor,
GARRET 'BRINKERHOFF, of Strabar..
County Auditor.
JOHN HAUPTMAN, of Mduntpleaslint.
• „ Comity Treasurer.
J. LAWRENCE SCHICK, of Gettysburg.
ggrEleetion on:Tuesday, October 9th—one
wOek frow toiraormw.
(I:7lVith this number the compiler enters
uPint. - ituirmurr-mmtru year. Thanks to the
kind aid - of" an 'increasing -body- of
_patrons, it
sever closed an Old and entered upon a new vol
ume more prosperously than now. It will
always he 0111", aim to keep up -and deserve so
happy .3,stale of:thinga.
7Ther Teachers' Association will meet in
—tbis-Ottee-tagnOrrow—ind_eontinue_in_session
several days.' Interesting addresses 'may be
tspectett
lX7The attention of purchasers is invited to
the fare number of Valuable ReSI Pr6 - parties
advertised for sale in to-day's Comp iler.
-OPVO9,PS T04a41
; pcmoci l its, beware otspurious tickets,
hear it whispered that the Know Nothing
ern elPeet to make something,hpadsonseby that
sort of dodge this election. So keep a sharp look
out'' : before you vote. be very Careful—
be 'Very certain—Thai Your ticket' is netting
buithe Detiocistietiaket, from top to bottom.
11:7-EXABUNETVEXYlliNIE ! .
No Trim).isig!
A close watch upon the manoeuvres - of the
Knelt! : ,Nuthing,leaders is rapidly bringing to
light ,_the evidences of their "alarm and
de"gperatien. Thig awe now willing to sacri.
free - dies-4' flair wt:Wide, upon their lieket, so
lliriVihei"iieitrie the 'Pressure! 'During the
paltr:Weile, in this Borough, offers were Ire
quititirtUitilebygnovi'Nothings to Democrats,
'Robinson for Assetnbly, if they
(theiellen4dritti) would rote forJdartin for
Treasurer." Other offers were made, differing
•
seniewhat in 'shape—sometimes proposing te
give two for one—but all -having' the same
end, "to vote for Martin !" There offers were
of kotirie- iiptuned. But they will be made
egairi r and persisted in. Spurn .them Again,
Deinoersts! ',No good can come, of 'such bar
gam' No—none! et
'May decide the eleetiOri in this. county
or - ante. Detnocrntn, think of this. every
one of you. and turn out on to-morrow week.
Let nut-one vote. be lost by reason of lukewarm
ne;i's or over-confidence. The enemy are ac
tively at walk, and will poll their every vote.
1W AND AT VIEW
"Is it there you are !"
. 1 2 — One of the leading objects of the Know
"Cahn% 'leaders noir 'is to induce all who will
not vote their ticket, lasing at home on the day
gytke election. They are alarmed at the storm
they hare created =a but; it is , too late to avoid
the whirlwind. 14 is-already upon them.
Voters of the county, “strike while the iron
is hot the united-bloWlen to-rnotrow week.
and Know Nothingism will be floored—y.lAT !
One of the Stories !
VC hare the information from Rovers) xonr•
ceii , entided to the halm credit, that Know
Nothings are-industriously reporting through*
conntry that Mr. ScnicK. the Deiriocratio
hdrawn fr
cam late for Treasurer, has wits
the. Ovid ! This report is as false as it is ridic
ulous. That they *via very much like to
see liittrdecline, is reasonable to suppose ; but
be cannot aecomtnodate them. The PEOFILt•
won't spare him, and especially since the
N's. have Made their nomination for that office.
fUrther told that one very snow/ K.
N. gave as a reason for Mr. SCHICK'S reported
declination, that he was -discouraged ;" which
is, if possible, a larger falsehood than the
other: Mr. Scaler,- discouraged! If ever there
wasp „candidate, who enjoyed in the highest
degr . ee,the respect and confidence,of an entire
community, and was consequently received
with favor by almost everybody whom he al;-
proiclietti we can piyint to J. LAWRRNCE
Sel.ll/CK as such a man.- Be has no reason to
be discouraged.
No—no The "discouragment" is on - the
other side. There's where the shivering is—
and which will account for these and kindred
rumors, all exemplifying the old saying about
"the wish being father to the thought."
We nay to all concerned, keep cool ; Mr.
Scutos has not declined, nor does he for a
moment entertain such a foolish thought.
7Mr. John Veghte, of Franklin wwnship.
raised this year from unt and a half acres of
land 'MC husirfred and ieren bushels of clean
mils, being about seventy-one and a third 1 .,u-
Awls to the acre.—Somerni (N. J.) PV/itg.
Gnociours TvmBLING. —The recent excite -
Input in the grocery trade has subsided, and
prices are declining_ at - New York. though
slowly. Those whobought at the highest prices
under-the late movetnent especially. !use mon. ,
wore so.
ey, While those who wisely invizied have ' __ _ -
made enormous gains. " :377'11.0N. JAMEI BreCIA NAN.— It ig COTIft•
dently asserted in Washington, that Mr. Bu-
C:7A portion of S.Atita Anna's family ar-
, ill-ility be Latu-r-c4---.-In_to---suel l a st , uthnent,
will be immediately married to the widow of' : which was a fal.ris!ation made out of whole
we understand, his "sister- and one or two the late President Polk. She is, indeed: 977 - Seven thousand bushels of wheat were . cloth
a
nephews. Hi Wire and himself will soon bepurchased in Logan county, Ky., last, w‘ ea.
lady for whom one-might, gladly resign eveu so -
tiwc—l,livy are upon use toad, ' Ivni; 4 life of hatawlolijou t a . .-, Ins. 1 at ii 1 per budivl
One Vote
IVoters of Adams County! 1 . Rumors! Ruinors!
As our next, issue may not reach a majority I a:7u ever the leadera of any party appeared
of its readers below the day of election, we ' to be schooled alone in falsehood and deception;
I take this_oceasion. to, urge, earnestly and sin- those of the . Know Nothing party enjoy that
amity, 411 who oppose intotenartee and
_pro- 1 entitabie)ionor ! Why, they are constantly at
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stription forieligioui opinions' sake--all who i it. They will start and have their minions
ravor the constitution of our prosperous coon- 1 circulate twenty false and / wicked rumors in
try - remaining as it is-=all who oppose cotrup- ,as many boors. One of these reports will have
1 - tion - nntl — proilligecy - in - tho a d m ioistratiott-of-Tit-tliatarwor=thatoar . )1 , i t ,
government—to GO TO THE POLLS, ON ticket has withdrawn—another that time is a
;Know Nothing, or two, or three, upon the
TussnAr, ins. 9rn, and there give expression
to their sentimets. by voting for the Demo-_ Democratic Democratic .ticket—another that the Know
erotic nominees.. They are the right kind of Nothings are increasing—another that their
men, and entertain and represent the right leaders, who are good atilgures,'have cyphered
out the election of the K. N r candidates by a
kind of liberal•sentiments. All patriotic vo.
ters - catrheartily - com lrine - i rt t hei r- supportrand—handsome - majori ty - -- -- - - and -so-on-,---without-end-:-. ,
the times arc such-as to forbid the loss of aWe won't pretend to follow them. _
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single vote. Let all go to the polls, and, with .Buz. they are all - FA.t.ss—and kniun to be
a pull altogether, the dark spirit of bigotry go by
those who originate them. _There is
and political corruption will be sent back howl-
nut a word of truth in any one of them" ;but
ing to its dens, rebuked and crushed. are .all gotten up, in fear and desperation.
Voters, this is no tidie - I'4l - tatting between
conflicting opinions. On the one side you see
the noble institution's which have grown-up
I under the liberal and wise system of govern
' menu devised by your - forefatherk.. On the
-other-die-outstretched arms of hungry place
hunters, who would destroy the work of three
quarters .of a century, to gratify—what ?
their unholy and unquenchable thirst for spoils
! in all honesty and candor,
Yoters, this is the simple issue. Need you
hesitate in your choice? Surely. surely not.
You, teittassist by your votes to close up, the
dark dens in which the rights of citizenS.are
attempted to be plotted away by wicked and
unconstitutional oaths, and restore the politi
cal waters of the land to the clearness oryore,
when all was opennesitl and candor, and none
were-ashamed to acknowledge' their political
preferences, and none were proscribed for vot
ing ttn4 werrhippiitg as they pleased. These
days can be restored ; but only by placing 'the
seal of emphatic condemnation - upon the dark
doings of the present. And there is nn more
effective mode of expressing that condemna
tion than by ,voting -for -the ttcket which is so
vehemently opposed by the leaders of lurk
lanternism. Let your ballots contaitt the names
which stand under the editorial head olthis
paper. and all will eventually be well.
"Truth, ortptlmi to tho (girth, WILL BISE AGAIN !"
The Tickets.
We are informed that at least ono of the
Know Nothing candidates is representing hire•
self to be a Demucrat, to - sucli Democrats as he
thinks will “not be the wiser" before the oleo
than, and is begging their support as such.
Voters, of, the county,' Ha ou it GuAltii
against Know Nothing falsehoods and Know
Nothing tricks. They . are being hatched its
plentifully as flies in suratner.tinie. Their
leaders. in their dark haunts, appear to be en
gaged in -nothing else.
,revent all room for niistalce in reference
to is witcch," and "who is who," we
here give both tickets :
- 1/01001tATIC TICKET.
Canal Conitainiiiitier, Arnold planar.
dlssetahly, Isaac Robinson.
Commissioner, Henry S. Picking.
Director r f the Ponr, - (.; arret Brisikerh 4 'l
Jainism, John Ilaupinkan.
Treasurer, J. Lawrence Schick.
KNOW NOTUING TICKET.
('anal Comenissioneri Peter Marlin.
Assembly, William
Commissioner, Gem-ge Boyer.
Director of the Poor, Joseph IVierman.
Auditor, Samuel P. Young..
Treasurer, Charles X. Marlin.
Something of a Contrast.
LOOK AT THIS PICTURE!
"In this we only net out Om
. ennvietions of
duty and the suggestions of:honest policy. awl
dianvourprfacriplion, civil ur relgimss," ace.—
[From th e know Nathitin• 'address in the last
Star.
_.
And 'that's the honest truth, is 'it ? "Dis
avow proscription," eh? .
Will HunibuigOy never cease ? Verily,
each succeeding day proves Know Nothingisni
to be a still gre ater cheat. Let us see how
t'the—order - - - "ilisavim a pi usc ri priori,' ' b ,
&mini* ta.tiro of its oaths., They form
.e.
ANAITHE9. PICTIIU4 :
1, -
"IH the presence of Almighty God, and
these witnesses,
_you do salinity promise
and swear, It - * * dim, you will not vote, nor
give your influence for any man. for any office
in the gift of the people. unless he .he nn a ou r.
icon burn citizen. in favor of Americans ruling
America, nor if he be a Roman r4lllic."- , t.
Know Nothinz at**, $1402.....161-dezrer,Lauxal.
"You * * ' ' l dtisoleinnly and sincerely
swear * * * * that, if it may 1 )e done
, legally. you will when elected or appointed to
I any official station. conferring on you the pow
-1 er to do so. remove all foreigners, aliens or
1 , ROMAN CATHOLICS lit= °free or place : mid '
' that you will, in no ease, appoint SUCH to any—
office or place in your gift." —lfnt,tv—A'i;77/I,tr,
i 4h/igation; 9wl degree ()usual
Which will you believe, reader, the ritual of
p,ir . , by which its menibers are SWORN :
1 lk, simple say-so of cilettysburg Know'
;t r.
1 &thug leaders, who pretend all things
I to all men, to deceive them into the support
of the dark lantern candidates ?
, Five Candidates in the Field.
The Know• Nothings, it is said, have nomi
nated Peter Martin, Esq., of Lancaster county,
as their candidate for Canal Commissioner of
this State. This makes five candidates in the
field for this oiliee, as follows :
Dew:real—A mold Pitmen
Old Line Eative—lliimber Cleaver.
db,,iiiionist—Passmore
Old Line Whig—Joseph Henderson.
. Knotu-d.tiothiN.;--rettr -Marti it.
Upon looking over the field, we have a no
tion .old .Arnold limner wilt walk over the
track-as -`•slick as a whistle," and a little
tman. on retirino from his ministerial career
;kith the hope that political capital will there
by flow into the muddy pond of' Know Noth
,
Ingisto.- If the public have no wish to be, de
; ceived, they will, pay no attention to idle elec
tioneering
reporo-.-
• k•i - Mr. John Weikert has been re-appointed
Postmaster at Green Mount, in
,this county.
When this gentleman's removal was an
nounced, ten or twelve days- age', we enter
tained the belief that it was the result of some
dark and unexplained Know. Nothing plot—
conceived and hatched in secret—in order to
Create political capital for the dark lanternites,
whose glgomy fortunes admonish- them that
nothing but the most desperate games "will
save their bacon." And developments since
give strength to the conviction.
The leaders of that party do not for one ma-
Mem believe that .any person ever was sent
floes' Washington to spy out Mr. Weikert 's
opinions. Several of them -nAvF; sAte so.
True, they did not intend that the acknowledg
ment should get to the ears of the public ;13u t
if. in their glee at the excitement they were
creating, their voices became louder at the street
earners than they designed. it was their own
fault ;—if, in their giggling, they boasted too
loudly of the manner in which they were HU M-
I UUGING the people in their assertions about
the "inquisition," &c., they alone are to blame;
—and if their hidden purposes to lie and cheat
thus became better known, so much the better
for the plblic. With all their sip/es'', Know
Nothing leaders may occasionally be 1 their
guard, as well as other people.
We predict that the secrets of this whole
transaction will be gotten at some day. The
Department has not been slow to rectify the
matter as far as is in its power ; but when in
vestigation shall have reached those who have
imposed upon it, KnoW Nothing leaders will
regret that , they ever plotted the removal of a
Postmaster by a Democratic Administration,
merely for the despicable purpose of creating
a little anti-Catholic thunder. Truth, like
murder, Will out, us 401110 of them will discover
before lung.
Are "Americans" Free?
• - Who, in any of the old parties, ever thought
of securing the fidelity of their partisans, as a
general system of discipline. by other obliga
tions than such as arise out of opinion, belief,
conviction ? Who, in any of tjum old parties,
veer sacrilegiously dared to prostitute the Bi
ble. or the sacred symbol of the °msg. to the
corrupt purpose of securing partisan fidelity to
a litction of reckless political leaders, leagued
together by the hope and the purpose to divide
amm~g themselves time offices of the land
Such sacrilegious audacity in leaders, such
base vassalage in partisans, have been reserved
for our time. It is now before us. no* in pro
cess of exemplification under our eyes : rhnl
lelging the decision of the American people,
whether it shall be sanctioned and adopted, or
ignominiously - scouted as an, abomination fit
only toile cast out and trampled under the
feet of men.
The Know.Notbing party imposes upon each
of iLs members an oath, or oath-equivalent oh
ligaTiOn, "in all political matters, s.i far as the
order is concerned, to comply with the will of
ho minority, thong;
persona! preference" of the members.
'Psis being-t heobligatien of the Know Nothing
partizno. we ask. what has bectune of the free
dom of opinion and the free exercise of suffrage?
Our Constitution, (remarks the Ft edericl:
Union,) confers on each of us the great. free
dom-guarding franchise of suffrage ; a fran
chise, not more a privilege than a trust. It
can be worthily and legitimately exercised
only, where it is exercised in entire freedom of
individual judgment, operating upon the ex
igencies of the occasion that calls for its-exer
cise. If the voter isp,reskilled awl fettered by
obligations,. other than those which his own
inagnient and sense of duty impose, at the tinic
of voting, then he is not voting as a freeman,
but a vassal : not voting his sentiments, but
the sentiments, or rather, the orders and de
crees of a master. lie has ceased to be an
American freeman ; he has shamefully abdi
cated his high prerogative : ho has forfeited Ins
great priv i I ege. What consideration can justi
fy such a sacrifice ? What reward, reconcile
so degrading a vassalage.
The Railroad.
A favorable and resionsiblc offer has, we
learn, been made to Grade and Bridge the
contemplated Railroad between this place and
Ilanover. without further delay. The only
think wanting, to- consummate the wet k to
that extent. is about *15,000 in cash : and the
Directors appeal eat nest ly to the citizens of the
con n trto7.suT - forward - and - make - up - t
-
n'Tlic Democrats of York county arc de
termined to carry the day. Their candidate
for Senator is fighting the dark-lanternites
most nobly,
communication is too late for this
It affords us real pleasure to lay the fol.-
counnunication.-before our readers.,—
Tax-Payers if-the-Stateoloi j ots-toani-rsiore.
'Pie writer of one of the7-mostintelligent
Know Nothing Economy !
The last I,egislature of this State was cool
posed_almosteAttrely__of Kuow_Nothim;s,_b_lit
28 out of the 133 , members being Democrats.
These twenty-eight .siere powerless, especially
among a class so intolerant awl promr_iptive)
as t e representatives of .ar • lanternism.
Everything - was carried through in high-hand
ed.and exultant defiance of the earnest pro
tests of these twenty-eight honest Democrats,.
and tax tpon tax was added upon the toiling
masses of the Commonwealth. And now this
same wasteful and corrupt party tsks that its
candidates be again eleeted—he again sent to
'Harrisburg, to squander the means of the State
and send the tax-gatherer back to the people,
to ask for more—MORE—MORE!
Let us look at a`few'items of Know Nothing
economy, as furnished by the public records
of last winter's session of the Pennsylvania
beg+,lature:
The pay of the clerks of the Senate was
INCREASED, under Know Nothin. , rule,
$372.15.
The pay-of the clerks of the noose of Repre
sentatives was INCREASED 8127(1.70.
The pay of Sergeants-at-ArmA. &c., of the
Senate was INUREASEI) $459.90.
The .pay of Sergeants-at-AIMS'. &c.. of the
Douse of Representatives was INCREASED
$2068.85.
The pay, mileage and stationery of Senators
was INCREASED $4,043.25. _
The pay, mileage and stationery of members
of the House of Representatives was IN
CREASED 5: 1 1.833 .26
Total amount added by the Senate and
House to Ilair own pay, FIFTEEN THOU•
SAND, EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY
SIX DOLLARS AND FIFTY-ONE DENTS!
Total amount of which the Treasury was
fleeced to pay the, single item of expenses for
the members and their officers.' °vim Axn
AISWE what the previous legislature Charged,
TWENTI"fIIOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED
AND SEVENTY-FOUR DOLLARS AND
ELEVEN (JEN-l.'s!!! In-these there can be
no mistake. The figures are carefully copied
front the official records: Tax-payers will
.
pause before they again entrust the- key of
their strong box' in the hands of a party who
could take advantage so basely and dishonest
ly of the confidence reposed in them.
FREE3IEN, READ! READ!!
Expose of the "Templars."
The New York Ti:iburie and Times of the
sth ult. publish the rituals of , the "'An
n-km," a new order or Know Nothing istn con
siderable intensified. A Mr. William Patton
is said to be its founder. and James: W. bar
ker, late Know-Nothing I ligh Priest, is its most
influential member. The oaths are the most
outrageous that could by any possibility be con
trived, and arc sworn with* the right hand rais
ed toward heaven, the left placed upon - the
right breast, to end by saluting the Holy Bible
and a sword: No person can become a mem
ber except those who were born under the juris
diction of the United StriteSl , -and" it is neces
sari, for their parents to benatives also. No
one who i a Catholic, or has Catholic parents,
or who is married to a Catholic woman, or is
under any Catholic influence whatever, is eli
gible. There are two, degrees. In taking the
first, the candleate, among other things equal
ly foolish and outrageous, assents to the fol
lowing :
"Upon all calls of assistance. all notice of
attendance. all signs of meetings, or other calls
from this order, or its officers, or its Congress,
I solemnly swear to obey its dictation although
it should lead me to i)'vilh. And upon all
signalS of alarm from •a Brother of this 1411.-
Ltrliiiy, 1 solemnly swear to render !UM all as- -
sistance within may power. and if necessary t o
use violent meats for his protection. 1 do
solem nl2; swear not to shrink when called and
although his foe shOuld be my friend, I will
freely give my aid in that Brother's protection."
In taking, the second degree the candidate
has to he questioned and to respond as follows:
Q. Will yoii promise to-see a brother of the
Second Degree righted—that,,is. if he be fhund
right on a Congress examination—to stand by
un even at a •.ourt o ustice 1 necessary'. as
a itne ss or juryman, and to kave all ordinary
tics to obey the demands of Congress. in
ease. A. 1 will. '
g. yon solemnly promise to stand by
the - Second Degree in preference to those of the
First in elections for office, debates, and ail
other matters, and to support and maintain
the authority of the Grand—and its officers,
first, and the officers of your—next, without
liesitltionl A. I will.
Q. Will yon promise not to associate as a
friend nor trade with a Roman Catholic ? &c.
A. I will.
The Templars is a higher order of Know
Nothingism, and we call the attention of all
lovers of our glorious institutions to the
INFAMY of this Treasonable Order. Not
only is society to be cursed with secret spies
and informers, but the JURY B(►\ IS Tt► BE
CONTAMINATED ! Think of this, honest
freemen !—think of it !
Another Rebuke to Know-Nothingism.
'lynx V. L. AIL-MAnos Esq., a distinguished
nn'ylander, and formerly a Whig in polities,
in a letter declining (in consequence of pressing
business engagements,) to serve as a candidate
for the House of Delegates, acknowledges the
honor conferred upon hitn, by the “nomina-
tion of tho Democracy of Baltimore. WHOSE
CACSE (he says.) AT THE PRESENT 'CRI
SIS, IS THE CAUSE OF THE CONSTITU
TION AND THE UNION."
Gov. Shannon—Base Slander Exposed.
Some days since a telegraphic communica
tion was received from St. Louis,_statingthat
Gov. Su NN ON. of Kansas. had made a speech
at. Westport, Missouri, in which he said lie was
for "slavery in that Territory." We were
well convinced that it was a telegraphic lie,
and our op' lijOn oonfirined by the report of
the speech published in the St. T.ouis Repta;li.
cirri. lie said nothing that could by any pos
re building-z• in.‘1 , 1 , 11112 . W e lk' Nu , m os.
root hut) morley : if her iCh. ask
111111 WILu . I you .oluc. Dual Lueau, a:e cur- " vrc 1 " . " 1 , 1 "
A 11 , 1 n limn( a Wilkc cointuittLd
Nv,euL, • taiu. and:if:co/ 1111,1— :
1 citizens of the county, and, ester shim he has
tieen a corer. has occupied a. prciniine position
in the Whig party. Ms opinions ere entitled
to respect and consideration :
MR. Enrron.:—Your neighbor, the editor of
the Know Nothing' Banner, seems to be in a
constant state of mental agitation. He trem
bles for the fate of his adopted Leader. and now
royal Sovereign.—the mighty Sam. He seems
to be-resolved to conquer this fall, or to die in
the attempt. Ile fancies himself the leader of
the Allied Powers in the Crimea. and has re
solved to take Sevastopol. or to sacrifice every
man in the - glorious cause. Ile shows the
greatest wisdom in preparing to die,—for des.;
perate conflicts require desperate valor. Since
then he is preparod to nicet his fate. he will
not be so much stupified by the shock he will
receive when Know Nothingism meets its
merited doom, as he - was when he received the
violent blow from the editor of the Sentinel.
It is quite evident to every one, who thinks up
on the, subject with an unprejudiced mind,
that the Know Nothing ticket ought, nay that
it must, he defeated this fall, in this county.
The justice and integrity of our community re
quires it. For, if yoii please, let ns fora mo
ment look at some of the candidates, who
have been brought before the . public by the
Know Nothing and Democratic conventions,
and draw a slight comparison between them.
We can look at both sides with an unbiased
Mind, for we are neither a Know Nothing or a
Democrat. Feeling as we do, we can with
candor affirm that the men composing the K.
N. ticketwill not bear a comparison with those
of the Democratic ticket, as regards any of
the virtues whi,:h qualify man for holding any
of the public trusts. We defy any honest
man, be he ‘Vhig or be ho, Democrat, to deny
the affirmation. The 'Know Nothings have
so, very few honest men amongst them, that w o
do not think it worth the while to leave any
thing to their trust or honor. To be worthy
of receiving any public favor, a man must be
firm and consistant. Now, if you please, ex
amine the course of action of Wm. B. - Wilson,
(their candidate for the Assembly.) What has
it been ? Nothing but shuffling and inconsis•
tencies throughout. Anything to suit the dif
ferent state of the times and advance his self
ish ends. But a twelve -Month ago, • we see
him coming into the Democratic -convention,
avowing himself a Nebraska Democrat, will
ing, yes, even eager, to swear eternal hatred
against Know,Nothingism. Aa soon, however,
as he had failed in this attempt at self-aggran
dizement, we see him straightway change his
whole political creed, in the prospect ofan elec
tion by that .new party. lle was defeated,
"Heaven be praised,'' although his partizans,
with the editor of the "Star" at their head.
exerted every energy, and strained evety'nerve,
to gain their much,desired-object. _The mean
est device to which • they resorted 'was the in
serting of his naive in the regnlar Whig ticket,
mid-thus deceived unthinking voters.-- lle sup
posed there was a better chance this fall, and
has again inatutged to present himself before
the public as the candidate of the party which
wishes to proscribe certain men from -the rights
of free citizens, because they chose, to worship
God in a particular way. This is, indeed, con
sistency ?
Such men as he is constitute the whole K.
N. ticket. -From the highest to the lowest they
are nothing but intriguing office-hunters.—
Whigs and Democrats ! will you allow such
men to be elected ?. Will you, allow such men
as the Democratic ticket offers to be defeated ?
Citizeri,s who have alWays been honorable men
and open partizans : men who at ?east ha're'
the virtue of consistency. Fellow citizens! keep
a strict watch over this Argus-eyed monster,
know -Nothiagism! For this time, a.t least,
throw away party prejudice : and unite in one
good common cause and defeat this bane of our
!kberty. Or,) LINE WHIG. .
A Word to Outsiders !
Ins it ever occurred to such
_persons - out -- 0 - I
the order as may think of voting for the Know
Nothing candidates, that by :;o doing they en
dorse their principles and mode of political
warfare ? That they endorse the policy of
administering entra-judicial oaths to enslave
their fellow-men and deprive them of thinking
and acting independently and conscientiously
in regard to all utatteis pertaining to the pub
lic welfare ? That they endorse the oath
bound secrecy which the order enforces, and
their midnight revels and dastardly plottings,
in contradistinction to open and honorable po
litical action ? That they endorse die false
hood and deception which the oaths of the
order require its members to practice. and the
mean and contemptible trickery they resort to
to accomplish their ends ? That they endorse
persecution and proscription on account of
religious belief, and are hostile to the just and
liberal principles incorporated in our National
and State Constitutions, all of which as good
citizens they are bound to support ? That they
endorse a war of the races and of religion, and
foster a spirit repugnant to the better feelings
of enlightened and liberalized humanity ? In
short, that by, so voting they endorse Know
Nothing principles, and all the plotting,s, and
violations of law and order, of whieli - that party
has been guilty ?
Let the honest - voter reflect:upon these points
before he deposits his ballot for a Know - No
thing candidate. Let him think of the impor
tance of his vote —and_ then cast it fur_ the
camlidates who arc opposed to the dark doings
of the midnight order. and in favor of open po
litical warfare and liberal principles,
r. , --- The liquor dealetN of York and Lancas
ter counties have resolved to disregard the
A man named Bagley, 107 years - old,
“Aet to restrain the sale of intoxicating "
has just purchased IGO acres of land in Minnes
' sota7,-tyrrwhiclr ht-says-ite-intends-t-o Fmk,
-
Ilow lo CUT AN ACE AINTANcE.--If he is •
quors
Know .Nothingisin Spreadina Itself !
Capt. GEocaE Saxntasox. tbe . .f.anrast er
.Tilleilig,encer, is on'the Democratic ticket of that
county for the Liegislutire. and a better man
for the post could not easily_be fbund any_wh e
But I~nocs -must give vent to its
had blood.against hiin somelrow, - and how do
the leaders (lair 3- We give his own words,
-FoNthe-Compil.-.r
an as - t)e attention o tic onest o al/ creeds
to them
Not content with misrepresenting the course
of the editor of this paper on the subject of
temperance; the Know, Nothing leaders are
busy in attempting to get up a prejudice
against him because he happens -to belong to a,
parti'•nlar branch of the Christian Church.
This is only carrying out one of, the leading
principles of Know-Nothingism. First they
persectite Catholics—now they are down on
the Methodists. Next, we suppose, they will
attack the Lutherans, the Preshvterianq. the
Getman Reformed. the Episcopalians, the Bap
tists, and so on to the end of the chapter.
Well ; be it so, we have no objection to them►
pursuing such a course, and are prepared for^
the sacrifice: if it must. be so. But wilt the
honest and well meaning part of the commu
nity, look upon such conduct with compla
cency 2
W e were early taught, ands° have always
believed, and ever shall believe, that religion
is a matter between man and his Maker, : to
whom alone he is responsible for, his belief,
and that no human power has any.right , to hr.
terfere with it. The Know-Nothings, howevei,
think and act differently—and they do it too
in the face of the Constitution which guaran
tees the liberty of conscience to every man.
Before his election the 'K. N. papers were
fond of publishing anecdotes to show hOw Wise
was "pnt down"- upon the stump by interrup
tions from "Sam," in the vast assemblages
hich were wont to gather around the, hustings
of the Orator of Accomac.
At one of these meetings in Western Virgin
ia, two of “Sainuel's" fastest young men had
been.inore than usually
,noisy and insolent to
wards the speaker, and their interrnptions
were plainly intended to annoy and insult
Wise paused in-his speech, and turning to
these "bloods," painted his long skinny lin
ger, a, la Randolph, at the offenders, 'and sail,
- I'Young men! - I am to be your next Go
vernor ; you will probably-be in the peniten
tiary ; and you may depend upon it you will
have to serve out your lion !" •
lie wasn't interrupted:agaiii in that quarter.
3'The 'Portland (Maine),..Argus mentions . ,
as a signifieent fact. thatiSo far as the, returns
have beers receives}, bat one person-who voted
in favor of the present liquor Taw has been re
turned to the legislature. The exception to.
the great revolution - made in. the legislature is.
Mr. Scam:non, of Saco. He will be as much
an object of mark daring the next session as
the solitary 'democrat was in the. Hiss legisla
ture of Massachusetts.
The Pennsylvania Agricultural State
Fair— Reception of President Pierce.
11.&a.a?.....:atnta, Sept. .16.—Our city has. pre..
sen 4.4 a most animated spectacle to-day,. and
is tluronged. to overflow IF lab visitors. X 5,11 the
principal hotels- arc acomted with flags and
banners. And ilags. and banners are suspended
across the streets at various pbints.
The trains of cars continne.toarrive, crowd
ed with passengers, whilst wagoas.and vehicles
of every description are pourin int tram the
surrounding country. It is doultin2 whether
they will. all. find sleeping quarters to , l2iglit..
At 12 o'clock to-day the concourse assent,.
bled at the railroad depot to• receive and, welL
come thaPre*rtt of the Una ted.States..
was greeted with, loud and prolonged closers„
whilst a natioaal salaiteol, thirty gunswas fired
by the military. Ha was accompanied frOin,
Baltimore by ex.-Mayor Hollins, 1i0n... Joshua
Vans. tent, Hon. John P. Kennedy, Hobert AL.*
Magraw and Zenos Barnum, Esq., and a large
delegation of P,taltireoreails.'
Aftr being welcomed by the authorities, to.
which he briefly responded. he was conducted
to his rooms at Ilueh?er'sliotel.and after dinner,
accompanied by the th>vernor of the State s and
a ectoraittee of the Agricultutal Society, visi
ted the fair grounds„where-he was-also hearti
ly welcomed by the spectators.
The display of cattle, horses, chickens, agri
cultural implements, produce and liousehohi
protluctions is very line, and the grounds are
admirably arranged.
The Harrislfrtgq.,r Telelt•rapli, the organ of
Governor Pollock, on the 25th of April last. in
speaking orthe Jug Law, then recently passed,
and of the editor of the .Detnocratic Union, who
was urging its repeal, said:
"Brother Ziegler• announces himself in favor
of the repeal of this law--so are we. There is
probably a slight difference between us, how
ever : he is in favor of an unconditional repeat•,.
and we worad only dispense with it when sub
stituted by one (f GREATER, STRINGENCY !"
The linow-Nothiugs in this.county will also
approach the anti-Jug-Law voters with an as
surance that they, too, are in favor of repeal
ingthe law passed by their party. Do they,
too, want a MOI:,F, STRINC;ENT LAW, like their
Reverend editor at Harrisburg ?--lork Gazelle.
The rise in Sugru s accord
ing to the New-York Post, has been 50 per
cent,. and this owing not so much to the di
minished supply, which only applies to New.
Orleans descriptions. (Jas being plentiful.
hut to the , -re:it increase of demand through-
out the cuUULrc for consumption and Auclt.--.
The unfavoiable harvest of 1&5-1. led to a great
Contraction in the grocery business. as well as
in the dry goods. and dealers worked down
their stock to the lowest point possible.
Anecdote of Gov. Wise.
Watch Them !