cotintry and her ins ittitions, that there iiii yet sufficient strength i ,our government !tip !pro _ 1 tect its Citizens, ev II against her seeret foes: ------- fr•Watson can Ca -e no oath in a n o - 14/ iiv, N . rue LARGEST C/RCULATiOIC IS NORTIIERN TERS . A. ,1 3 • ' '• • --------- ---- 1 thing Lodge, the breaking of syhich - *ill lay hint liable for perjury.) ' •iiicli oaths . ' itre not regarded binding in the' eye of theirtiv, not 1 1 .ing judicial in their character, _ _ _ nigutrost pematnt. E. B. CI ASE ds AVM DAY, Enrrons Montrose, Thursday, Feb. 21.1,7tig-55, An Apprentice Wanted. A good steady boy, • from 116 to 16 years of age, who•would like 'to learn the printing business, will find the . best encouragement by applying at this offic \ e: One from the coun try pilfered. 4 ,sgr We ask attention-A° the advertise +we_ nt of the "Costnopolitan Art Association" from whiqh it will be seen, that•the distribu tion of Prises has been postponed to the 28th of Februto7, , •" •‘ Governor Bigler. • Governor Btatta was - last week. elected , President of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad - Cmpany,\ unanitnonslv, with a salary of f. 5,000 per year. .I.te had not sought the place, and never dri.imed of obtaining it till the Telegraph infOrined him of his elec tion. This mark of Confidence in his ability and integrity, unsolicited, - from men of oppo site politics, is a high ettlogY upon the char acter and person of tile Governor. • Eackii'g Out. The Reputlican, hOing assailed - Nir..Gnow till they saw :themse:lVes exposed. to public ex _ecritien, and.feelingi.the force of public con demnation upon them, - week before last en deavored, to back out 'and.explain away their, 'assaults upon that gentleman. Their expla 7 _ uation involVes - then still worse; for they can : scarcely convince the-people ni large that they: would have uttered such fitlSehoods re specting him, if they really have the .friend.; ship for him which irey proftsed week be fete last. They wo lld not have found it nee; e.;3... - cary to malign hitn . in order to vilify the u . . --.,------....- 11r. Wilmot. and _lke know NOtilt .l. . .. - in*. 1 ':, 1 . , 1 As we expected, neo that Mr. Wilmot InU failial of being elected fo the Senate by the- Know NothingA,lthe Word . has been p as se d , and Lis friends stoiitly Ideny that be is a inem hr of the Orderj,or 1.114 t he his ever. hadiany thin& to do with it. We are not dispaied to 1 ' . •• ,• perinitlfaWilinot to play his i - acts of (ieeep iiim awl intrigue . upoii.".l l . peOple.whe have' two generously confided in his !integrity;with- 1 on' t,expose, and shall tlirefore . array ; a few fats before the public, ai reference to -him i and his new associates. 1 Ever since last Sep-1 teinber, the leading free soil p / 1e.5... scs . -and pub- I lie men, have beenleailnest in ahowingto' the , peOple of the North.• that by !Permitting: the I 1! • • • 1... • Know Nothing Order to grOwl and by ghaina it'encouragement, the l ir were raising uP..an 1 I issueswhich . would entirel3iivert publi at tention , frordthe slavery ion, and in the etid, • completelY, prostrate tic p werof it's 7or ganizations. An d every dny.i las but prirved . niore clearly the truth of Orel - warning, lintil i • C I now, the slavery question is 'almost entirelvl lOst . sight of in the discussion' of the g4ater.' qUestion of civil•and religiona liberty. 'nisi is just what the south warited,—that pithliel, atte-ntion'should be di;erted, ! i a nd. a thev ' have' I-•• . 1 i succeeded. .7atT J. ow any one ';' , 6 - ould. - natnrally 1 I r t suppose that Mr. - t. W - Wilmoould have been ' the first . man to sound the !alarm; when- he o saw t hi s new element spring i ng up and brer ; 1 e. Shadowing tbe , ,slavery piestion. And, if - he ; 'is an honest Man, and not a' member of the I Order,—honestly anxious" only for • the success 1 •i i or his principles, would ihe not at once have some out like leyi . ard and o l thers- and warn ed free soil milt n not te l hecoMe ' entangled in the Order R. Oertainly he I would. But in- I I 'stead of doing it, be has opeply participated 1 in its elections;tand 'in . tlgs county formed the so called Ref üblican party of whieih be is J I the_ ackuowledgti leader, and which -is coi -1 Arolltal entirely by the. Know Nothings - aid i;ed to establish _a •.; Press here, . the Editors Of l• which are members of--I.the Order, and • 1 which is alinost . solely dev o ted to; th e. inter ' ests of the Order ;and : himself. This is not all. Previous to This Speech in thiS place * last Court, friends called upon I' him, and asked 1 him if he did not think Know Nothine a ism 'was' prostrating the free :sail sentiiiiqa, and aiding• the south to perpetnato its:wrongs.— Ile was forced to nelineailedge that such was its tendency.. He Was then asked if in his speech he ivould . nOt warn flee\ soil men to I stand aloof from tti• Ordt4. lie replied . in I . these Words: ` lf day onS , wislt es - to know ni.ll 1 , • ~ ---..----4m,...._-_____ . . . .AU 'Outrage. - i op i n i on of the' 4i ow .16th.ings they may 1 , come an d ask 112.4 r i Now, wet appeal to any We are . inforin cal by good authority thatit ; ; - , .1 what other construe - at the election ai : Franklin last 'Friday, the candid Ilfind an4.l-lak,i tion can yon piitli , Pou hia conduct than that Know Nothings. resorted. to the following - on / ti l 1 i he is a member of the Order, or whails just i raireous-;Ocindtiet to carry .their point. Mr] la , as bad if not infialtely worse,, is willirig to-see :Tames Watson, , a worthy citizen, had been' i induced to , join and, seeing ity ! , l the free soilisentiment prti trated :by the dis character, had s everal . :, their Order, veral 'times asked for.an lion••• leas:4ou of another issue, i by it he can bring' partY, into power of . which he Shall be ()table discharge.' from . them, - which . they had I Fl e w : the leader,gurd tliiiS obtain - high places of refused to give Lim, tho Ugh they Lad Prem at t i a: -. I trust and profit! Why does he 'nntQsay that iced todo so when lie joined them, time he should itsac' it. . . .. . !i- ~.; if any one wapits to knots ltii;• view on the - 'Friday he went, to the election and inform' L.- 1 darer'Y (1 11 "ti.Pu r la° Tii.Y • or-ne and rti.l. him= Wutot, for the past ,ed them, that he.could -not rote their ticket, ;:rbis,i, not ; q741:1‘ ;. If . four months' bast betin a eandidate•of the Ori-; LutShonld vote against them: Whereupon i for the ... - iiiteill Stats Senat or a -L- Was 2. 1 they took him One .side and told him thet-.1 der I - 1 - - ominatiou in the: Know would prosecute him for perjury, on the oath ! candid* fkhr,' the - i -Nothing caucus atjlarrsburg, voted fur and -- which be took larhen . -.he joined • them, if he 1 electioneered for ; b y...anembers•of - the Order, dared .rete agairist their ticket. Wishing to avoid i.liffie ul ty and not. exactly understand- i and openly claims: as a'airtember. himself, to ~ , . oleo l knowledal tutiiwithout centradic ing 114.r-iglus, te_returned home without to-- bus • ling at iall. E . .i Lion '. Now wouldile have asked an liection 1 : •-•: I by that Order to In anise- which .they are • An outrage bf this kind Ca'lls for the sever' - . a public condemnation. If it has come. i n. ! most anxionsito fi l l with those' who. a ,free to their principles,-Hlitecause i is-in '',(2 actress .this, that free: en can be prevented from ex- .1 - i n this R e .. ; that they must ear,ry out their reform in .the • oreising a. frtutarils prerogative 1 .naturalization la4—we askif he weuld have publicand that men bound by Se. • act oaths hare becoirie so bold as to attettiptt , Peimittod i hiinsel,f Ito havti been a candidate tOcontrol the . ballet -'box by such means, it:'is lof that party if beidid notlbelong totheni, or 1 endorse their prinCiples? 1 There • can bednit high time that" melts erns should be,taken to have our raftsand Polleges defined, and to i.one •eonelit.-.i*in,•,-•-be. either baOngli to the iOr punish with tho ponaltiesof the lave these who 1 4 4 1 r, or be jraS been . acting the part oi a hy[a Conspite at tleir'oierthrow. • The following 1 oeritel.and. polities' i :l impost4r,by endesnating isihe : Statute !against intimidating- voters'. at 1 to palm himself upon a party whose princi . t1it .. ..0 0 P5,: .. -1. - . , , ' I pies he repudiates, and, whose conlieutakke , , „.:?fi.jf, H ianYpersOn or persona - eliali use or Pria..•- : l 'w(hdd. s ae l r l , l o 3 'ai rt e 6e.): ha d elected him , . 1.. t _ toe ''.'eny,--intinaidatioa, threats,. force or vie- I No honorable and-liturOt linan would 'seek an lerice,-. - 4alth: -design to : influence -unduly. 'or 1 eleetion from a Parti. to Which he did not be ewaranat4taafor, a*. 12 . prevent bitriftivt. i long, and to aninn be was appose:4ln pririia ' voting.; Orlbat,odra. au -the fr . esdota of ,choice ; t - and perstaii.Or -person; on conviction, shall I pie and . reef fine Opec . tally; lati l ve lie ad in an aaanl . nnt eieeeding five mad. i office, where 'he would be . obli ed to aarapie ehr „ dollars: a d be imprisoned for any time 1 upon the principles of those who elected him, not -.le4s ‘tha - one, -aor,:tuore .- than twelve ,if he was really tippnried to theth. • 1 . , nrOntha."` e . 1 '. :,- , .-- ••.,. : , . --, I .I Hut this is not all e -•-fflire hare before us it - Such is thellaw on the 'subject,. anti . tr ad- Knew' Nothipgdecnment,containitig.amend - . - tilts Mr, WatsOn, or his frien4to prwecid at °cuts Wthe ltl eatit n tiol, and tl/e tle eimi°n -.-; of the:Sfato vounall, and we find that dealt • It . duty Once, to put itlin execution. isa -they • i ) ' ' •. fif • • . i io n Ri o: ,rta S,OF3 D ,tin s : , CeNc .the public to, km:li i.raiterl! to aneira .0, Th e !,/,.,,.-_,,,i„ii., at the order .': eopare ' 1 a 1 . - i , i • -: . - 1 • party.democratic :But hold on, gentlemen, dont think of mending ,the matter now by praising him, Yo will kilt him with that, • sure. . t,rr We - call attention - with pleasitre to )the cardof the sufferers by our recent fire, in reference to the i'arrner i s Union Insurance 'Cempany,- .. It is an !important- conidetation,, since so many Insurance Companies turn Out • to be fraudulent, never paying a loss after they have obtained Our money, to know . where we can be insured sifely., We, too, can join iu .comMen. l ; - .1..;z ,this' Company as entirely :worthy of c :dfideuce and patronage. 'Mr. Beebe, their ;.zeut fp.r this.county; resides a short distance from 'Sforitrose.* United States Senator. . . Last Tu4day wk tWo ballots were had for L. S. Senator t by the Houses in joint Convention. ' 67 vyttes sere -necessary to a to a choice. Gen. Cameron., Know Nothing I- .. nominee, had 58 first. b2illot, and. 50 second. ! Backalew, Democrat, 'had 28 first ballot, 27 second, and ' the rest scattering. - After two ballots a motion prevailed to adjourn till nest Tuesday. What will be the result we cannot - tell.— . The opposition to Cameron can concentrate their forces only ca one point, and that is to put off the election another year, so we judge ' that this will be the result if Cameron be not elected. If he, heiveve.r, can bold the 59 votes next Tuesday tO•start ,with, it is very manifest that he Will be elected on .the sec- . ond ballot. Sndtlen Death. lilr.llowacd, of 'Bridgewater fell dead in the 1 , bar-tom otHatch's Hotel in this Borough i i ! on the day of the election. It . appears that be hid been in bad 'health some time, but felt better' that morning, and came to town. I On his arrival at the Hotel he complained of being very cold, and stepped to the Bar and was about drinking some Brandy. Ile took the glass in his bands, and remarked to a friend that. he could not drink it, and instant- ly fell dead without a struggle or a groan.--; Drs. Patrick ancliPark were present and pro.; nounced his death by disease of the beart..—' was.a sober and industrious citizen, and: . well esteemed. , Calling Up Witileines; l* . The Jinow-Nothg organ= ttr iits last issue; calls Gen. 1). D. WAar:EU upon the Stand, to prove to this comainnity i , that Wilatot's let ter _to Laporte, gives a faithful idea, of ;the fonner'S position upon' the Tariff question, in years past. , This iintrOuctien - oC a hying with s . ibe organ seems-Ito . regard as a Itiet tier and perhaps'it is iibut 'we are not Lirin clined to "give in . without ...rst mg up the veritable DAvth, as he appeared, Oen grets, July Ist, 1846. . Our readers ;will . recognize the statesman of j that period, in some extracts, froth hiisPeeelt,l which they will find on the first Page of Or . paper. upon a perusal. of Raid extracts,: het -Should, appear to be any cenflicti between . the,testitnoi try of the General 1111411 hr, of the Judge our . readers will knowiwho to blame. The . Gen- 1 ernl is no doubt cOnseientious: in his state- 1 meats, but we hmie a great . deal' of Coafi dence in the public reeokds, especially Where • - 1 - th&validity of the same :its tinimpeacbetL , If o we mistake not, b*s b , d a o ws forth inLis speech the very seutitnenk . often proclaimed by him.- ia political gatlterings*ere at home. Read the extracts; they cony:ince us that the SO -1 moray of the General, ik the result of a 'private conference, with 'which the public s has not 1 been familiar. . Me Idegielattire to vote for lAttiti Order in pr lerenee to Owe teho member o, bers of th are nat." I• • : . ' Now does any one suppose that the Know ,‘ Nothing 9aucus tit Harrisburg. would hay? allowed the. name of Mr. Wilmot to be brought 'before them if he was not a member of their • . them if Order t . And would the! members of that Caucus hate voted for Mr.'Wilmot, thus via lating tltir obligatieni in the, very presenee_ °tithe Orer, if they had not . known that lie was a me ~rrbcr ? Certainly not. ' When Mt: - Wilmot' 'Tat before that Caucus for a nomi nation, h went as , a member ,of that'partY, a Viand if he was not Member lie. *as ' play* f_ , a tlshonestrind dishonorable deception. An fact, by tine )ery net of tTiOg a_ candidate of the order, he admitted his membership, aild he ough t ) now to be ashamed to deny it. Ile cannot b elong to three parties and be tenth to all. . . It is nOw apparent that Know Notbitigisin has ahno l at entirely eat out from the Public mind the deep seated purpOke which wasonee: fixed there, to resist the.extension . of slavery. llt has brOught up anotherjssue, which .has distracted the organizations of the .N.orth,ai.l diveetedlattentiOn.to the dangerous encroaiih ments 4 another power,--that whiCh seeks to trample men's consciences 'tithe dust, nod overthroW the dearest rights -Ave, hold • ['on earth. A l nd here has this issue been a rstrlit- I -ted to r l ow up under Mr. Wilmot's festering _ .. care,---twithoul one word of discouraget4nt from him, and with his approbatiou,for si lence intsuch circumstances gives' approi-al. We care not what'lic may say or do hereaf ter, he cannot attone for ;the past. When his voce, abUve all others, ' should have We'll heard, it was silent . , w-hen his arm shOuld have been stretched forth in defence of thWod gi'ven rights of his fellow men and of doctrines they have learnedfrom his lips, it-was stretched forth only 'in friendly beckoning to this gel:Jet power, itskina with approving smiles that. it should said hem to a seat in the United States Senate !I Tes, a scat in the Senate, to belob tained only over the prostrate fortunes oil, Lis long-triO, true and ; earnest frierls,—obtilin ed at'the -bleeding sacrifice of his princiPles, -4 . btained by carrying aloft the bannel• of religious Persecution, hideous with the bloody finger-prin ts of the "dark Ages," and smoked . and•scorehed by the ; martyr-firesover whkeh it Waved two hundte4 years ago ! could I - a se'at'i❑ the United States Senate make (wood a sacrifice like this I "Would it bind my the mangled conscience, and make the heart bold as With! honest and noble intention ? if so, of plast . ic material it Must 'be constrncted. ren.. o - isfied his brutal and wicked infidelity Jupon i one sea, with conscience seared and appetite sharpened for religious pksecutiotm, heis ready' to turn his God-defiant arm to the' work-a ei 7 terminating another. '. l.lr ii. - .- is human nature i. emb-dden in sin, and this is in accordance .vitli 'the .fai timfolhistor of all - past Ages. • Christian men of Am rica l you have rest- The! lug upon you now a responsibility 'more fear 'L Two Forties. : i• s - for yott to rise But two parties now exist in this Count'v,— 1 ful than -any before you. It i' up now, before it shall be too late and reseUe the Democrats and *Know Nothings. ;Time' " your altars and sour fires" from I the sacra-: latter has entirely absorbed the organization I legions' hands of the infidel vandal: -It is of the Vhig party, though here are hotiora- your, voice which must be heard to arrest ble and. manly individual exceptions,—ndi-, 1. this sweeping wave of persecution, hefore i rt victuals who have not ' vet - laid aside ( their 1 manhOointo' shall linve submerged entirely .the religious d, :Mil who naturally enough fall ! i i rights and liberties of, your country. is the 'Democratic party. The old Whig leaders for you to say that we want. rnit'the arm tot 'and their presS have dropped their perscinali- ' truth, lint ty, and merged - into the Know Nothing ' par- ' Nut-kat power to propagate Goa': the arm of One greater' than . inarr, and milea. ty. Their object is to get upon anotheriplat- 1 'form to • alone can open the hearts of tnen:to oolitic form - - -i-to i*ake the people forget that they I , . , 1 r . L. l . ft , suin i hz .. . il - ' new 111411, and reclaim them from the ; su4res !of ever' were Whigs, and • name,land arousing the religious prejtlilices 1 i of the' musses, bring themselves into flower. 1 i This is their object, and we believe it.-is., beini , m very generally understood. It is an •old;trick oldie! Whie• ' S to change their 'name !when [ - • they hdve failed 'to obtain power under an old °tie. They are full of these low trias:to deceive the; people, but we believe they are .. becorn l irig so well understood that every sue . , • , ceedihn. litempt but places ,themn loner in • .1 e' public contempt.. At all events, they tiantiot ' 1 longe 1 r derive the people of this county, -be cause our people, are too intilligenti: they , I I read too !much and think for themselVes too , I much. . ..r ,linch Iras been said . abOut the reptibli c an i I partY of :this County, but it is. now seen that its organization was a mere trick to deceiVe untbmking men and lead thein into . the Know Nothin'g order. I The men .ho eon: - trolled.its -Organization are r leading Members of. the Order,-1-its paper is editeirbyl mem- 1 'bens t rot'. the Order, :and is devot . ed mainly-. to its defence :mil . propagation,-its tickets at 1 the fecent township eleetions l were formed in the Iseettf , t lodges of the Order,--it I is. die. - KnoW Nothing party and nothing lelse,-L -adopting-the name of Republican to lieceiYe the )eople, and to hide its Widg, Kenn- No thing features. Opposed: to it stands the Democratic party, despising all-thesei'low re-. 1 sorts, the4epaltry. tricks to- impose Upon vo -1 • ! - ter. l - It proclaims itsprinciples in open day —it seeks not the darktLeis of• night io' cover • its deeds from the world. It relys Upon time inte l lligence and --, Patriotism. the People, it seeks discnssrim, and invites men to exam inel for r thetm;elies.-- k seeks not to: control conseienceS and actions of nieri;;by hot ridi.oaths, but, .ngarding every that; as free and independent, it.seekS to conirol,his ac tions only - by the force of honest ;and open co [ victions, Let freemen ch t oose, between these two parties for, thernselve's: ' -,.....a....,... , t 1 1 .• • The leetiows. . 1 . - • • 1 !So far as we have beard from The town.,hip elections last fliday, they hare resulted much more favorable to the Democratic party than Was anticipated. Miith few exceptions wher ever the Know lii.7. Othing issue wris Made, id has. been signally detested. i - 1 1 In Montrose. the ifocus of Whig.Know-No thiatrism, no contesi was inalle.; but'in Bridg e, Water, which gave such a tretnendens major ityagainst us last ' s ' October, the battle was (Ought on the-opeu Know • Nothing issue.- 7 The whole Deinoc - ratic ticket' Wa.ti elected by between ri.'9ltliand 'ninety majority. Good 1 for old Bridgewater,—she again swings round into the old Democratic harbor, - 1 In Franklin our friends bad a severe con -test and succeeded by about thirty majority i -t•-considerable larger. than the Mm! demo -1 c i ratic Majority . of the township. In ILiberty, i is), where we • were , so disastroMily beater' l'ist fall, the whole Democratic ticket succee- ed by fair tnajorit• 1 / 4\ ' In 'New Milford after heavy fight the&niiierats are li j andsolnely lueeessful. In Rush, Where th li know.oth .. • ipgs swept everything last fall, we,lentn dint 'hey :re 'beaten badly. In the we l lern towns •cip,r, the Pe.rrineraf arc rmtir..l",sn..ertz.fill .We have not : tbe . fnll returns from the xrho ' Would stop. it!t no. falsehood that. he be-* beveitcould be made to work to nitinjUry. towns, with . the names of ' the successful can-. Ido 1 not, *know. - that Le hu- said a word didatek but" will try . _to publish them next 4gaintit me to any man, but it would the the week. - Froth the geneill result, though, it naostmarvelona,veformation on record if. he is seen . that•the Know Nothings are greatly L a d o t, . -I ! ~ on the wane in the county: It they fail frotni 1 Great prominence was given to (he issues - now ' till the election next fall, as fast as they Connected with the policy of slavery exten havelsince the election last fall, the Deno- 1 • • Sion and do initiation, in the 'election in this i . uarter of the state, and this should be kept crane majority in the county will then be n mind in judging of the conduct of our nearly double what it 'has been the past years. Ilep4sentativek. I . . These evidences, at this time, are peculiar- I Let the resUlt.JH 0 • what it may, I desire l i your good opinion, and that our friendly re: ly unitifyina_to the lovers of sound principles . Ilations may reinain uudistuibed • and equal i .rights. They show that reason and 11 • Truly , • Lours, patriotism will trio mph over fanaticism mid 11 1 i It 'WILMOT error,—tlim. " truth crushed to earth willlise I, again" We say then to our Democratic .1 friends, the day is breaking,—your future tri-, n umph will lie complete. Stand firmly by the ' I V plain and simple doctrines of our republican 1, , ni institutions,—defend them with . all your hi strength, and they shall. stand. The judg- hi went of the peoplc; 'will always come right, rc • however it 'may he misled for the day. al 1...—............-- ' - sly lon. Si lox . C:totEr.o.N. . . l'it i eo of Stisqu'fbanna county ! Can 'you mdt.he.above letter and be:ieve.your semses? Vonld you have] believed that D'avid .Nil tot could sink Himself so low,—could show imself the "unprincipled dernagogtie, who As inot hesitated to denounce Simon .Came-- m in public and private, as a man !void of II i wral and political integrity, as " R pro: Know NOthin ....._,,,_ g Violence. av ry hack," who had endeavore\l to bribe Inm for his:"support,—we ask could ion. have On the first pag four paper maybe found.l believed him ea able of the baseness,' while an abstractor the speech of Mr. Littlejohn, :1 .ofl l tak'ng such a p sition . hero,to sit down and Speaker of the House of. Representatives wri e General C moron that he washis pref. New York, on the,subject of Know Nothing-1 over alf i lval candidates for United careful perusal. Ile was induced to join the; ism.. We hope our readers will g; e• it o r ere e e States Senator ! 1 We venture that . our read era will not dispute us When we say, that in Order, but upop secing.its enormous charac,l all he annals of Political duplicity_ and in: ter, he came out, like a mau, - on the floor' of! i trit.,ue, such another instance of deliberate in the House and denounced it. d . odhle-dealing icafinot found. Read the, But the chapter does 'not end here. Last! article in the Republicon; Mr. Wilmot's' or week he was slUspeAed in earv, from acrossl ga4, cast w e ek. see what a character :they in front of the Capitol, in Albanv, and biani givr Simon Cameron in that article, and then ed. To the . religious community. this pr(:4 . re ect thiit such iR the man Whom Me. Wil ceedingls of cast conseqtence. When thoi that be express mo dexpresseda' preference,. reflect that the symbol of 'Our Saviou'r's awl, for overall his] rivals, when be supposed an ful agonies' and death, can be ..thns publicli ele , tion was ceiltain, to take place ! Yes, free' profaned and insulted bf,the drunken orgit4 sui IMen of Sus/10181Mo ! Read ihat article,- pf a midnight political mob, - at this .day, ii; then retlectithat such is the man to whom one of the lock, enlightened and ehri&tion . an ah Mil! Wilinot prefers to commit .the destinies does it speak to the chritiait believer. cities of the ljni - on,"with what startling tone's - Ail l i of its " great.principles of, 'freedom" 'in the : vet this is but the natural sequence of dr , r ,, 6 L tit iced States Senate! Rend .the letter, too, . I ging religious belief into the political akeri. and then tell us 'Whet he r, j'on believe David It breeds infidek—it familiarizes the pr*fane Wiihnot an bole.q. man, or whetheti you do and the wicked with_ the mirth of the serffel (not believe Idol ready to sell his principles, , priticidles of. the people of ' this Dis- and-robi him of' all reverence for religion or I atil the sa i . _ 1 trrt, "to the highest and best bidder, for lizions faith.. And when he - shall have Wilmot and CamerOn--4nterestiii Dlrrelopnientg---Itore letters.. When Mr..WlLmor vas attending Cour , i this Ince.At m i rtnth, he caused to be .cifpn lated among - his faithful admirers that lie had received a letter from Geo. Cameron of alra ther suspicious character, to wit, that Caine ion bad written him to conic to Harris*. immediately, as he, Cameron, had something, to eotantunicate to 4 1iim which he dare !not write. This has been•co . astrucKl-br the fai.tl -I'6l into an attempt by Cameron to-bribe Wil mot to support him for Senator, and "many have been the "encomiums heaped nponi the head of Wilmot, for his integrity to his prtn eipltand his firmness in resisting, the seduc- - tive . ndrapees of Cameron t Surely, such in sinuations on the part of Wilmot show that he is an adept iu , the art. of. impressing! the public withlhis p4rity. . 'Now we tuppOse Gnn."Cameron did \t l -rite Mr.*Wilitiot a letter, and we also snppco Mr. Wilmot answered it, for we have acct iital ly come in possession of the followin l e tter over the signature of the veritable Davi :. MONTnos.r., - Jan. 22, 1E3.15. ,t • My Dear Sir—Your note of the 14 - tl# was forwarded by my wife from Town-n(l'4 and . l did not Tench me until last evening. i 1 . do not-expect to ,be at Harrisburg. I My Courts here will continue for another Week, and commence in *Bradford the first Monday of next month ; thus leaving only a weiik, in termission, which would be mostly occupied in the journey tO 'and. from Harrisburg. I I have received ; Vithin the last few `days, letters from friends urging my presen'e -a; the Capitol, but I am reluctant to sho4 my 4 self there at this time, even if..no obstncld were in the way. In all Sincerity and trutli",- I have had no agency whatever in making myself a candidate for the office of U. Si, Sent ator, and do not wish . toappear as suffe r ing 4 mortifying defkat in a contest .in which I have never personally embarked. - The coal ' nection of•my name with the Senatorial of leels purely the result of the revOlutionlin the '.- - politics of the. State,. and of my well kinucirn position on important issues involved . r the late election, and info respect whatever the re stilt of ambitious efforts of ,env own. r. Indeed rthists the fourthletter in which lich the subject is referred to, and all of them in aniswer to. communications addressed to me. I havie said ,thia*.much because I-do not wish ,you io . feel that I stand towards you in /he. cti tittule Of a volunteer rival, ready to.sacriAe the kind rela . tions-of the past,—reckilegs .. , f. honor, truth and friendship, and intent ou y upon success. - In fact, I have never expect ed to. be eleeted,—never belieted it to be within the, range of a i rational piobabilit, and I do not know that I. can command fife steadfast friends to my. support.- I' (mit know that I am ipoweries.4.4 to bring about my - oWn election, and if by any strange anima such a mph, should takeplace, it will *roceeil more froml the rivalry .of others tha4i from s . anv strength of my cam ' -In re to yourself ,1 • have expressed no word ofdrseourageowiat, or unkindne,‘. ON THE CONTRARY, I HAVE REPEATED LY' EXPRESSED A, PREFERENCE FOR YOU OVER ALL YOUR RIVALS, - (Etn- Chanati, 'Daimon, . 4t..n.- Ste.) AND THIS VirlIEN IT WAS SUPPOSED THE, "PAR TY" WOULD HAVE THE UNDISPUTf.D POWER TO MAK A BN r ELECTION. [ I have had imently at Harrisbarg, fretit my ..,,,. 11 1. , ...,‘0,, a Molt gnscrupulous enetny, 1 h only, by ille." We confess. that we con nplate this 14.voltiig•Ticture, 'with feelings ) sadness and alarm. What faith elkbe pl ced in the wofessions bf. any man, when hi,. ambition leilds him up to the exceedingly .1 lit ,, h mountains of pOlitical place? . Saws ; Mi.. INlihnot in ,The let r,•‘‘ I hav e . aid - this mach because I don wish you : • 1 t 1 feel that I stand towards you iti. the atti tude.ofa N'OLONTEER, RIVAL ti! 'Why, if General Camerion be suclz man as Mt. Wit.: , Mot has rtpreLented him, and as his organs i in Bradford add Susquehanna represent. him t?r be, should he .hesitate to be a ”,voluntccr 'mar ,iwai,nsi him.? Has Mr. Wilmot .4) 1 ~ soonforgotteni that Vsaid in his speech here It Court, thi4 every man from President to (Twistable, 04) was not right on the slavery question, musk If _struck down ? What can the man mean!? 'IS he ? Does he write I . in the letter al though he was afraid of he i,ig. bribed ?-1 . , . . .1 We have 1 - o heart to write more on this slubject, but lOve the . public to; judge for ffi emso lv o s o f I David Wilmot in his new Ao -1 Iclopment ; alid we believe they will say: to , he Legislatalre, eloeti General Cameron elect. elect. any man to the Sen Ate but -David `ti it-: mot. Leave ihin, to u¢,—let us repay his :ieartless dupliciiSt, and grosS negl4:t of everVl ' - .l' iolitical virtuk ~! a le.0" The f4llowirq letter from J. W. Bard -er, the great! Chief of the Know Notbingi In Ne* Yorkj was addressed to :i friend in Viiginia, and published td show the South! the faithful character aracter of their new northeni alliei: • . I NEW Toni, Jan. 22, 1835. r To EL-I.—Dear Sir :—Your value() favor of -15thlinst., is . received , and 1 - hasten to reply. lam well aware of the importance s whiell is attai:hed -to the election of U. S. . . , Senator fromithis State in the Order, and beg to assure you that every means consistent . with our rulet i s•has been and is being used tO defeat the de l etion- of - W. H. Seward. One point you . ani perhaps forgetful of. Even Mr. Seward is acceptable to the present AdmintS tration, and the Democratic adherents "to it are instructed to vote for any one who canhie elected, Whip or Democratic, to destroytile power of the Isr•=-7--. 'knee; a neW feature otartiogonism 'presents itself in Ibis unnatural alliance. •`However, every effort is being made to control the brothers belonging to the Legislittirre,. and I have now hem pi success. T 4 appliances of capital and put,- lie patronagq -are of - course brought to bear against us,l* still the Order are using all the means ini,their power td,counteract-lhoie influences. ' - • . . A spirit o harmony pervades our councils, and despite he efforts of Outside faCtionsWe have kustainhd our position (has far, and-are increasing in numbers beyond ,our auticiPa tipns. .- 1 ._. - Hoping the result of the election" will : Le such as we Mutually desire, I am, yours fra ternally. 1 1 ..J. W. BARKER - 1 FOR TRVCR AT; ME.sses. :13rrons -.—Last Fri itnesSed one of the closest conteste4elee N ions that Was ever held it Franklin, the.most votes were polled that lover were polled in -town, and a mast gloriotis Democratic victory achieved over the Kflow Nothings; They were com pletely routed, `.horse, foot, and dragoona.— The gallows which they had erected for;us, we have hufig them upon; Our whoh3 et, witi,l the! exception of one Inspector, Was electel . by :In average majority of twenty?.-- Those aterilig Democrat, Alonzo Williams and Jos. L'Merrituan weieel&ted Justices of the' Peace. i The Whole v4noin . of the old 'ser pent tvitich controls the !Order in Franklin, assiatled by a sort of political refugee . from Liberty, was ponrud out - upon the head of Mr. Merriman, the loWest and most despicable means were resorted to to defeat his re4ke tion. Atnimg other things a scurrilous let ter was circulated throughout town, by those who' ought] to be aaliamed of such thin" and,. by those too whom he has befriended in more ways thanione, for the sole purpose of 'rails— jug a pre4lice against him. ;And why all this persecution Y Because he had in public debate exposed the corrupting and demorali zing, tendepeies of this infamously corrupt and hypocritical Order. Btt. the "iron-fisted de ! mociagy," and a few whigswho despise such tneaUnes.sounied to the rescue, and defeated theii plans, by. giving him the largest :vote - of any candidate on the ticket. . • Au indident came to light during .the day,l which I 1, think shoUld be published 'to the world, so that all honest men Who belonitto the order, and - those not belonging who hare rather encouraged them, ttiay see the iniqui ty and rottenness of the whole . es:`3encern. will write it.as it was related to nie, by a Mau of as good repute. for integrity as any man in the county, lie told me that, he ask- . -ed a man, when on their nay to election, which ticket be inte.ndedrto,vote, the K. N. Democrat, the reply was, ". I am in a bad fix-I belong to the Order but I . shall not ' vote their ticket,- and dare not v ote the oth er, as they , have threatened to prosecute me if I do." Otirfri*d asked him how he came to 'join them. " Said he, "I happened into a neighbor's house 'a, few weeks ago one eve ning, when a number of other neighbors Caine in.; After sitting a NON' they asked meito join the Lodge. I rather hesitated— they told the :I could' withdraw r, from the or deat any' thin; if I did not like to remain with thein....l finally was initiate:': 'After they mink their nominations,li told them I could • not vote them, and - asked4t.withdrawal. They , urged me., to remain witli'. r thern \ until after tOwnship election, as this Was trYing . time with then? ; for if they were defeated now, their downfall was certain. I still insisted on a formal' withdrawal, and again.toldeithem I should not vote theii ticket. They thean. told me if I voted the Democratic ticket they would prosecute me for perjury." He :made application for his withdrawal after arriving 1t the :election house and, was refused, and Tactually Went helm, not daring to vote as his consekned . and judginentlold him he ought to.'l. have no dis'pOsition at this . time to mike • -any_ comments on the above, but I rimst.say that-oUr libertiee.are in . great den! ger, while there exists among us an oath bound, secret Order; which would thus•erush Out the very vital spark which animates the bosoth t man, and distinguishes him from an. automat4m. Franklin, Feb. 20, 1855. "f:t • [ COMIIItINICATEtoI kESSP.S. CAASE & DAY : Dear Sirs :—llaving seen repeated attempts Made by your correspondents from different parts of this district, to place the 1-4. n". David Wilmot in an awkward position befor,e!the people of. the district, I-deem it but justice? to him, that public judgment be suspended until he has-had an op. . • portunity of jinitifying hims l elf before them. In" this Community a large proportion of the people hale been his political friends, and devoted to the principles he advocates We have hereto. foi;e consideredhim strong,l sound and fearless political positions, and withal consistent.- If the statements made by your correspondents be, true, (and some of them I find to.bei) we hare I bead most grossly deceived by him. We hzi+e 'been what we and he have charged the Demo ; • cratic party with being, dciughfaees. " We have believed. a lie, that we might be .(politically) •I damned." We have hitherto- considered !David Wilmot our champion, and! we trust that•in this hour he mill not forsake . us, but „ wilt in 'some manner, either by ptiblicly replyieglo the. corn. municatiOns which I have spoken, or Other.. wise, - relieve himself and• his friends frorn this awkward dilemma. We do not like to hear it said of us," hear the voice of ecirrtiption mourn. ing -for its Chief "—but this we shall be .corn .pelled to hear until ho pas himself upon the.re cord. Let him :eine out .end Vindicate his course .; • upon this_ subject; as he has upon the tariff, and perhaps we satisfibd. He sayshe is un changed. Gor finformalion • coining from different iinarterl; our information not coming from the haunts of these who hold an interest in I • political corruption; onT information coming from his constituency; living as they . da under! the free charter Of God, sympathising•with-right,l abhorring corruption .and wrong, and speaking' freily what they think, ifar'other, far dircr.,- eni . They fear that they have been renewing the demagogue; and not the patriot.—Let us - hear from him, " that. we may know what we judge." • - HUDIBBAS. Lodersville, AU. 9; 1855. I *-' P. S.—l notice that Mr. Wilmot in his letter to Mr. Laporte, refers hinn to the Coniressineal, Glolie for a record of his action on the tarift Will he be kind enough to refer his friends to the date, and page, on which his action on the 21st,Rule and adraission of Te r ns may ho found. I. i• IL .ICommuilcATED.l Messrs. editors of. the Ropublican and K You may rest assured that, this township is safe. There is hardly an old saw mill or An old log house in; this vicinity that wo Know Noth ing haye not occupied in our nightly meetings. There is' no weather do Cold or storm so severe I as I to deter lus from .meeting lour glorious cause. Iwill'venture Co say_ that ere will not be a single,foreigner elected to , 0 'ce in this township. No siree, &feigners don't-tale in this town after this. WQ will have none but pure Americans and Know Nothings. \ 1 ' , Every meeting has gone off first rate with one exception, tnd I am sorry to say in that case our meditations were very much disturbed.' We l met or undertook to meet at the old log house' owned by our esteemed friend and brother, Sam uel Sherer: It was an old concern; and - we had been to a considerable trouble in chinking and I stopping the holes so its to make it tight and safe, and would you .believe it, some.of the boys about town by some means mistrusted' our whereabouts, or &Hewed tis to our place ~ of meeting. Some of our members were rather late, and the consequence was they did not meet with us•that niOtt, from . the fact that the boys ~ were QXI close upon theirl - heels, that they were under the necessity of jumping &Rees, crossing fields, and lifting totteivoods, and finally were glad to get home th 4l best they could. Was not that, top - bad? No doubt they have laid them. selves liable, and if it was not for caposipg our. ; selves, we would have them all indicted. They feundout to a certainty who , we were, and put h to us strong, but we deny it;and sweat to it if necessary. We are 'willing to sacrifice every thing for our country. Truly these are times that try our honors. j - . -I. IC. N. Eiimock, Feb, la. ii 355• , ' - VOX UNICATIED.I MFiSSSR4‘ CHASE s 1:1AY :—As the Republicait of last week says thate story of the " Dimock anent" us ing ` leceplio to get subscribers is false, and challenges !th proof, please say -thro' thelcolumps of your Traper, that it he wants . to hear the eiidenc4, he can do so by calling oti, the ,pecoott he deceived. j lie cap tell 'the, 3 gent _ or any other Olen chat; the statementJa not "tm. - qualifiedlT f‘,Ue;" In my judgment -the simple fact of his reins ing to order) the papet discontinued, its prima fri. die evidencolof en intention to take advantage of a poor man ;who- could not read. - This •" saw-mill deliberations" - In Ditaixk proved to be entirety . spccessful. The. K. N's swept, the to an by'n two thirds vote. We did not expect to beat them t but we fought,them p resolutely. They had - their ticket prepared and " tied pp with a string." and tried to keep it out of sight, but we managed to get possession of copy of it in the forenoon. Their - majority last fall was about 100, now it is about half that . Much. They wilt Mit ajfkive. Spartans left in Dimock Yet. I • Yours Haitily. OtrrsinaC t Miring the ceremony of sidatiittater ing the oath to Govenor Pollock, just as -the Speaker of -,theSenate.said to . him;" Tow do swear you I tvill" support the Conititutiorri of the United. States," the Govenor bowed] in token of assent, and as he did so the-scaffold. ing upon which - they stood! in front of . the Capitol broke down. ° - I Ominous sign !. To the - Editors of the linntrOsi Democrat : . , GENTLESIEN:—TerUIIt, US. tne subscribari e through your paper to express our thanks'to the Officers and Directors of the Fernier's' Union Insuranle Conipary,' for t the pr o ript and liberal manna in whrch onr losses, sus , stained by the late fire at Montrose,,kave been adjusted.and.paid : a4d do recom)iend said company to the favoTable notice ,10f 6 . 1 1111 whof ,may have property to insure. - Their agent, 0. S. Beebe, Esq, is desirous of taking.risks on very.favorable. terms. Very respectfully, WARREN & THAYRE, , • FOnnnam &Co,- P. A. Loons, Ann!. Tinutra.l„, • C. D. LstnnoP, LEONARD SEARLE. - Feb. Ist, 1855. . . Reii eons ritolic. Rev. N: Doolittlo will preach in the Uni versalist Church; itt • Prooldyn, on ,the first Sabbath itt Mara, instead of the last one in February, 'as•previouily noticed. 0188 0 , ..... . , .. f, In Susquehanna; lan. 26tb, Mrs. JANzoilfs ,'of FredenckE. - Ives,in Abe 32d _year ,ot hoi. age. ' • • . , . . Public Sale. , WILL be expesed . to public sale at the real ' deuce of the subscriber in:the Borough of Montrose,' on Wednesday the 7th ' day, of March nest'at ,10 o'clock A. M.,the folloWing prop. erty to . wit: . - A variety of Ho'uschold Furniture, consisting (atnotig many aitieles too numerous to Mention) of Tubbs, Chairs; Bedsteads,Beds,Stands,Crock ery, Cooking StOee, and Kitchen wares, Look ing Glasses, &e. Also, Saddles Harness,plougli, land (perhaps) one of the most perfect Carriage Hurries 5 years old, in the county, with covert:4i Buggy and silver platedllarness. TERMS.—Nine months credit will be given, , upon strong notes with interest and approved se- I secu'rit, for sums over $5. •M. C. TYLER. Montrose, Feb. 21, 1855-Bw2'l Sheriff's *lii .-.- BY virtue of sundry writs Issued out: of the Court of Common Pleas of SuspuehanusCounty,and to me di- 'rested, I Will expose to public sale at Cue Court Mouse • In Montrose, on Saturday the 17th day of Mareh nese,.. at 1 o'clock P. X.— 1 . Alt that certain piece or parcel of land situated . lying and being in the township of LathroP in.- said County bounded and _described aa'• follows. . to wit—Beginning at the-end Of a' wall on the , • East side of the Lackawanna and western -Rail ' Road and in the north bank of the' brook that, 1. . crosses near 'the Hopbottom Depot,.thenee neat[ -1 • 64deg.ast, 9 6411 perches up the " brook to al "! post on he south side, thence south 51-3' deg, 1. , / East 12 3-10 perches to a post east side ofturtr, ' pike, thence north 50 deg, west 5 .140 perebei i i . to a point opposite the bridge; erth .83/deg' 'f ' west 3 perches to a stake east side °Mai( Ronsi - spdltnrnpike crossing in range with n,orth.ttide of i turnpike from Depot across the tist.thenee north 1 34 1-2 dt.g. west 5 3-10 perches / to the be i gin. 1 - nine. Containing sixty one perches more Orlesa, with the appurtenances twl knish lidnieis or shOps and all improved .' '' , • ''''.. • .. Taken in executintylit the suit Of r. P. Catlin Ex'r, &c., of Putnam Catlin deceased'vs. Amos IL .3lerill. / i ALSO—olui" other certain -piece or • parcel of - land situated lying and being In the township of • Anburn-in said county, - bounded 'and described ' as follows to wit,—on the north by lauds o William Clink, on the east by lands of Danie Carter s on'thnsauth by - lands of John Bensconter and on the{ west by William Jackson, containing -, about 88 aeretimore or less';with the appurtinges : ' ' j one lo g house and barn ; and about 45. acres ink- . proved. ; ~ - i . Taken . in execution at the suit ofJohn Tewks- - bury to the use ofLevi R.. Peck vs. S.; C.Sherer. , - . ALSO—At thesame tinte,and place; Alf that ' , certain three story _wtiod-flidilding With- brick , • front basement, situated in Lodensville; : Great Bend township in said county, and the lot . or.; - piece of gronnd and prtilage appurtenant there-. to, and on which said btidding,ts constructed, boundnd on the northwest by Abe Ilesyburgh• ' turnpike road;-on the eaS.Candsoutheast by land*: formerly owned by. C. J. Hart, on the south by. • grounds owned and occupied by 'the "ICY.. Et g: • , 111 t. Co., and on the west and northwest by 1 lands of Lowrie Green,. said; building: occupying „ and covering till the tot, and known as the BILYANT finnan" being some fifty feet in front on said Railroad grounds; ocisome . 209 . feet near: the said turnpike road. .. ' - - ' • "-- . Taken in execution at tills suit, lof Ebner W. Brighani vs. Addison Bryant "' -'• ' • ALSO—By an order of said eon* (Use . other - certain piece 'or parent of land situated !yin and - being in thelownship of Lathrop and Lenox id • said county, bounded and described or! follows , to wit: OP the north by lands of Lewis Baker. _ on the east by lands of Orson :Case and Istute, Post, on the south by lauds:. of David. Pus and George Tiffany, and on the west by lands of _ John Wood, containing 330 acres leihe Woe: more or less, with the appurtenances. i . ' .' 1 - - . F. -P. HOLLISTER, Sheriff: i. Montrose, Feb. 91, 18554i3 - - ~-. i 1 _ The Great D!stributiouPoStreiled.' • The Cosmopolitan Art desovitttion . 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