and such as 1 all wizards nse Rho,, perfonn
tricks of catching balls; etc. The mitts bar
- rel ottho p istol had no connection -whatever
,with the nipple for the cap ; bat 'What ap-i
peered to be a socket for the ramtnar !raisin,
fact., n secoml barrel., to be sure smaller thaw,
the other,. but yet as large as :bore 01',AnY
rifle-piatol;.-and with this secret barrel', the
-,. ,
priming-tuba connected. So the apparent
barrel of the „reapon might be filled with pow
der. and-hall; and no luinn.Could be done.—
N WiieilOifirit returned with his pistols, off'
course he had both of these secret bores load=
ed with blank chargest and then the other
loadinewas for nothing but - effect in appear
• ance. -*Abe second-loading Joe had. char
ged the secret barrel Of his, ovrya_Pistol while
the Spaniard 'had been filling up the main
barrel of his. . Then= of Ourse, ithecanie nec
essary to make an exchange, else Biter would
have never got his Wean off.- As soon -as
Jai gist.the other pistol into his possesion,.iind
made the exchange which We spoke orat the
. time, be bad only to press smartly,npon a se
cret spring on the side of the stekli, and he
had the whole charge, which the other Lad
put iti, - -emplied -into his hand. So' he had"
the marked ball to dispose of as ho chose.
( I
Ever after that, while we
.remained
remained in Ma
hbn Joe La tit was . •In object of both curios
ity.
and drea on shore' for an aecount.allvol
, ored to suit the exaggerated Conceptions of
' the - C afe kee r, had been spread over ' the,
city, and th pious Catholics '
there
.wanted
nothing t o d with such a man, , only to
be sure and , ti on his good humored side.
'fflon
rose Pentotrat.
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Know Nothing Violence in Louis
: Title.
We publish in another column a letter
from a citizen of Louisville Ky., in reference
to the recent Outrages, committed in that City
by the KnOwii'othings. The papers in all
sections of the Union have been filled with
accounts of the .bloody affray, and it is not
disputed by ;any, of them, but that armed bull
ies from the lUw haunts of vice and corruption,
calling them4lves Native Amerieant are re-
sponsible for the miiniers and ether outrages.
`committed
=committed in that City: Grey haired men,
conducting tliemselves peaCgbly, Nvhen at the
- polls to exercre a free man's right were ruth
lessly butchered By dritkicen -fiends, claini
-1
ing to represent American principles and
.to
defend Ameritin institutions. , The wretches,
, in some instances, - not satisfied with expelling
the naturalized citizen from the polls, pursu
ed him with the ferocity of blood hounds .to
his humble borne, { d cowardly beat his wife
and children l or ,tempting with the instinct
of natutal a ection,' to pratect and defend him.
Every man who 'happened. to come into the
•
world on the other side 'of the Atlantic, and
who attempted to • Vote, was hunted like a
wild beast to Ills den cruely beaten and in some
instances murdered. And yet the murderers
aye sustained lby a large political party and
c l .
• are converted into , heroes and patriots, for the
commjsion brutalities that ought to send
them to the penitentiary if not to the - gallows.
The liiirsof the land are no longer respected
—the life and liberty of the citizens are no
' longer . sectilke: A band of conspirators tram
ples upon the 'laws enacted for the preservation
of society and the-the fruits of their treasOna
ble policy are Irisible in the riots,and butcher-
I
ies, too frequent in our large cities. But, " for
eign influence", must . be put 'dowtr by the
zealous patriots,' and the great American
principlessusiained. Let us have no more
such " Native influence" as we have seen at
work in Lomsville and Cincinnati. It is
dangerous, and bodes no good to American
liberty. I . .
Southern Politics.
The South Supp+rts the proscriptionists.—
She forgets the teachings of her Washington
and weds herself to a selfish and despotic pol
icy. She ma nifests a willingness to barter
away the liberties of the naturalized citizen,
in order to extend the-sphere of the traffic in
human beings! There would appear to be
no principle in Southern politics.. The Con
stitution is assailed bi,a band of bigots, and
the South is the strong ally of the assailing
party. - She Marshals hei.fow, joins in a
war upon the rights of a particular lass, ,or
sec t, and es:trims up the cry -of •
crucify the
catholic sud "foreigner!" The motive by
wbiCh stie is 4cluced to support this project
for impeding immigration, is base and mer
.cenary. It .is -114Iesire to • open new markets
for property id man, thit leads Southern men
to unite with I l hekicret °Aar, and to aid in
engrafting its policy -upon the itotuttg. Their
allegiance to the constitution, seems to be
measured 15 .tl e ability Of that instrument to
_:slavery..._
- ityould appear Last
pure!) isibe basis of poli*
.south - of Mason's and Dixosi lin‘, : The que+
tion the southern politician asks,himsel
liWill, thlifitoune . tend`to inc e+ tour 4:,0 . li ."
ri
Pal power, atitt Pnable u s to plot look ;the
"shed institution Of slaveii , in sikt sections of
the public dnandn i as ire plena4,l" *
.; , f If, /
thendre pursires it 'regardless of, tlni vicious
,
consequences that may ensue4intept upon
the accomplishment of one objett t and that
the eitengion'Of slaverY. ' Tire `men meil pf the
South who are now. proving - their scant -, of
Principle, by allying themselves - with the big
.6ta of thilS.rOrth,"may learri their error, when
too late to profit by iL Their position in
this battle between truth and error nullifies
one firgotnent addressed by the 4? 10 the Pont --
in iimespast. They have - clairked'aird exer
cise(' the-right to regulate thelnstitutidn of
slivery without - natiOnal interference, but is
this more sacred than the righilpf a mau to
worship God .. in the manner 14. conscience
dictates . l The Catholir,. against whom a
religious war is bz..ing,.tm,geil can say, and
that truly : " Your right to- regulate the in
stitution of slavery, men of the South, is only
a civil right, given to you byj the imperfect
enactments of man, but our right to • worship
God in the manner we thoost, is that with
which He endolve:l us in the tnorning of ex
istence- 7 a 'perfect right and inalienable. Be
true to your own logic, and do no( meddle
with that which is none of your business; do
not interfere to PrevePt ns from choosing our
fOrm of worship. You have been grPat stick
lers C3r the right of a . State to regulate its own
domestic affairs, can you not perniii a man
to prescribe for . himself the rr.anne in which
to offer up petitions 0: his. Maker! "Con
sistency is a jewe l l,", and certainly if you have
a_ right to lash tilt - poi:3r lave, and aro upheld
in-the act by some co ternptible i statute of
the State in which Non chance tc:i; live, we
have a right to choose s o r form Of,' worship;
and protected in .our ehoice; by the law - of
God, to demand that you interferei, not with
us. We choose toexercise this right of ours,
and to bid you "stand off." ! I 'ti
The slaveholder demands tl)lat his northern -
neighbor shall not distUrb hiin. 01(1 enjoy
mentll of his right of property i 'than, and the
Catholic with more propriety caP demand
that in matters of conscience,he be "allowed to
enjoy his own belief, and not be dOprived of
eitizenship.in consequence.' li, has been the
policy of the south to ion vi rice ius : - 4 that the
institution of slavery is a donaes'tie lend docile
thing to be subject only to threguiatious im
posed upon it by the neighhorlro94 in which
it is kept ; that all laws made, with rtference to
that iristitution,'ind operating only upOn a
particular class, must originate witl4that class.
If this be true, then enactments pi:icing dis
abilities upon =the membersiof a !particular
sect are unjust, and the:metribers own oppo
site sect, or belief, haven() right to ItakeNpart ,
in prescribing' orms of worship to
.t reir oppo•
vents. -Our Southern - friends hould be
consistent, and give a practical i lustration„
of their doctrine, by steadily- op ing the
j ,
party that aims to proieribe the .Catholic and
foreigner—the party that interfefes to prevent
a man from worshipping God, agreeable to
the dictates of conscience.
Is the South to gain anything by an alli
ance with the molt corrupt and, despotic or
ganization-that ever spning into "life in this
country I We answer, no. Temporary bene
fit may be derived by embracing a wrong,
but there will be a lasting injury and loss far,
.outweighing the transient profit. There
has always been a party at the -North to
stand in defence of the constitutional_ rights,
c ie the South. A party actuated by right - and
noble impulses, and firm in its opposition to
tyranny in every form. That party has been
the friend 'of civil and religiousifreedont, and
is such now. It is battling the hbsts of bigotry
to-day; defending the right of trinn to wOrshsp
God as hepleases,vindidating the doctrines of
the constitution and of the riled who framed
it and maintaining the injustice of" taxation
without representation." This is.the Demo
cratic party, ever willing and ready to pro
tect the citizen in the enjoyment of his con
stitutional rights—to rnaintu arid enforce
the laws. The Sonth will never profit by an
alliance with this party's foe. The moment`
she places herself in hostility to 4, she is
war with the .only party, ever willing. to con
cede to her, her constitutional privileges.
It is evident too& mind that the selfishness
and want of principle the men of the S i buth
have displayed in this contest between' the
Democraey'and a system of midnight d-pot
ism will make their situation more unpleasant
hereafter, than they itnegine. Verily, they
Rill have their reward..
Very Inconslusfent.
1 Georg La* is said to be friendly to the
project for annexing Cuba. Whether his
anxiety for the capture of that romantic is
land arises from a desire to create 4
_market
for the sale of his muskets, or'from al).triot
ic wish to plant the stars and stripeo on the
heights of the Moro, and to increas; apo
litical power of the slave States, 4 de not
pretend to judge, The Know Not t, nis of
F
the Pentisylvania Legislature can deli le that
point. He is their candidate for the Presi
dency, and according to tle , philosophy of
the lodges, is accountable to themi for his
opinions and conduct.,and to "nabetly else?'
We take the liberty, hOwever, of sugge i sting
. to those patrigts whos e tender virtu ill not
beat the sun-light, that hatred oft the titho--
lic Church, and dread of Catholic influ
ence, will not harmonize, with a desire
to annex Cuba, with .her :Catholic poPula
tion., The man who is b+boozled into the
belief that the Pope of Roan ex,ertises tem
poral power over the Catholic citizen o this
country will keep his handl eff the isle d of
Cubs--he would sooner take a viper to his bos
om,
than a Catholic province into the Union.
When„„Mr. Law signifies his; acceptance 'of a
political creed burningiWith a holy horror of
Catholicism, he ought !sooner to throw, his
muskets into the Hudson, than to, keep them
for filibusters when they shall again attempt
to capture Cuba. Surely,-Mi. Law, you make
a strange figure upon an anti. Catholic plat
form. "Down with the Pope, proscribe Cath
olic*, and annex Cuba" may beastirringhat
tfe ory,..bnt the "annex Cuba" part is a oom-
Plete nullificatiOn of the other. The friends
of Law propose that CO), Win. Christy; of
•
.....
New Orleans,,he the candi.- 4rs Ameri
can party for Vice President, an. - 4 - Law and
Unite* wustrU assured they " etoa • have a
illiii UotOisaily stalled ii This ColAtte *is
`iy ra an odd: specimen Ofltative Aurisneit . ism,
- bell* the6riginaw: of the . Rag*. move-
111
ment, designe d to . annex Cuba with herCath
, olic inhabitauta, the greater rtiori of whom
are strangers to our languag a 9 lasis.—
Christfis - rt special favorite of the r Fire-Ea
' tem" and would, say the New Orleans papers,
make, a good 'run in the *nth. le is a Na-'
tire American and a Fillibuster,"w6uld liber
ate Cuba fmriz - Spanibli,despotism, fineel her
to the Union, and Would then proseribe all of
her inhabitarits, whowere so unfortunate as
to be born before - the annexation took place.
lie would not let a Criban exercise the right
of a citizen, of course, for his title to that
right would be no better than the Irishman's
or the German's.. The prominenceithe Know.
Nothing party haVe given' to Law and Chris=
ty, aspoliticians,isproof of another fact, to wit:
that extension of slavery is part ofitlmt par
ty's policy. It is generally under;tood that a
_Cuban annexationist and a slavery ropagan
dist sympathize with each other. Oar states
mentell us that the overgrown rinziety. to
rob Spain of 'her fertile island of Cuba is the
product of a dire to extend the s{rea of sla
very; that it is a Southern project, originating
in base and mercenary motives. !When the
Know-Nothing party holds up - sixth men as
Law and Christy, as worthrof support and
as patterns •of political perfection, i from the
position of those men on - questions of national
concert), we , judge of the chamiter of the
party. and the nature of the objects it seeks
to accomplish. How would it look for a
free.s4 part) to support a man for the Presi
dency,l,or anY other national office !who is fa
vorable to the annexation projecti which is
elearlyi a pro;slavery project? W imagine
there Would he a wide golf betwehn its pro
fessions and its deeds. But. as it Li! no longer
11 ".. ',
couteu led in any quarter that-Knotl-Nothrug
ism is Froc-Soil we will not putsue!this point
further:: ' - , ,I
with Christy's antecetVnts ought
not to , command the respect, totti:4 less the
admiration of an enlightened polilical party.
The . originat'or of the tillibenster linovement
ought to be fodious itt4lecent soinety, but
Kr.ow-Nothitigism recognize:s him aatt patriot
and examplary American.. lie hi probably
endeared hiMself to. the party ofi
tion by .i planning resistance. to the laws of
his . country Itnil seeking to invoike it in a
useless' war with Spain. Traitors rand. dema
gog es are 'becoming .poinlar-10ow-Noth
, ingism adinis'and patronizes-thole: vices in
men, which dught to exclude thetti from the
rsociety•of therespectable, and 14w-abiding.
•
icitizens . of the nation.'
impp • ii• .
Il
• •
bitabttfbia CarrespoOnre.
' l' A D ITILADEL£HIA, Miiy!t. 0, 1555.
k.
The demolition of the Chestnut Street Then
li
Itre is now fai y under way, and a !nig° portion
of the walls ft.ve already been taken , down. ln
'l.a few days mere not -a relic of this (Ice popular
[place of amus4ment will be left, npottits ancient
isite. The two wooden stutnes which 'ornament
the front, one 'representing the g,eniustof tragedy,
and the other !that of comedy, have! , been pur
chased for the eminent tragedisu, Forrest, and
he, will no doubt carefully preserve themas me
- mentos.ef Old Dairy. The scenery (and ward
robe were parchased at private sale by Rufus
Welch, to be used ;n a new circus Ihe intends
building soon/ The lot of ground dpon which
the Theatre toad is very valuable. ilt wtts'pur-
Ichased a few years since by Mr. Swift,. , who has
liceently re-sold it at a profit of abOad $.50,000.
The seat of one of our newly-elected Council
inen was _successfully contested a few' , days since,
, .-
l en rather navelgrounds. Ilis appareat. majo , -it%:
I ,
was but one. , And it was shown that ivhile he
had, of course, voted for himself, be had no legal
right to vote *fah, not having paid any tax for
three years previous to the election, although he
had 'paid a twenty-five cent tax after t l he proceed.
ings against him had been commenced. One or 2
other illegal votes were also proven tie have been
cast in - his favor, which, .united with his on,.
left a clear majority to his antagonist,- who has
now taken hitt seat. It is singulai how often
men of this stamp, who utterly fail ;to perform
` the most trifling duties of citizenshiP; glide into
: important stations in this and all other large cit
ies. -Tbe‘onlY principle upon which lt can be ex
plained is that after all, brass is, in Point of fact,
•the most useful to the poSsessor, mid if he has
plenty of thai,it matters little how ireat his defi.
ciency in other respects. -- , ; ' .
T.alking,or elections reminds me (that several
lucrative offices are tube filled in our Court:Row
thislfall, among them Register of Wills are
1
Sheriff. They are each worth from $20,000 to
. ,
830,600 per Sulam, and already a !Sive nniuber
of aspirants are in the field, full of i•tg,erness to
obtain them.; The walls of •the bar.t!eoms are al
' most literally coffered with their cards with a re
riety of deviees printed upon them; and the as
pirants and their friends have vigorously com
menced theiri electioneering operations. It is as.
tonishing to Witness the avidity 'witif which the
office of Shefiff especially, is sought after, not
only here, but thioughout ‘ the .whide country,
Mel it is lamentable to reflect how Many estiina
ble-men nowin impoverished, if noll ruined eir
eumitanees, can trace their downfall to as
pirations for that station. ,
A few years sine, a different case, hcovever,
occurred here. - The name of a vrolhy member
of what was then a dominant party in this Coun
ty, who, while a zealous partizan, never sought
an office, -was, without his consent or knowledge,
1 , -
introduced as a sort of coMpromise Candidate to
a-Convention, wearied with long-continued hal
lotiags between .uncompromising rivals, and there
was a strong:prospect of his nomination, as he
was high IT pOpular. When he heaitd it, he was
greatly shocked, and implored hiii friends to
withdraw his name at Once. _ " Good' heavens,'
said he," fo be worried mid harrassed with the
•jodgments, ekecutione and sales heri, would set
Me crazy; iad 'then if al convictiod for-murder
should take place! Why, I would l not hang .a
man for all Fhiladelphia.7 kertunntely, by his
entreaties, he; succeeded in having his name with
drawn, and he was thus relieved of 'pi feeling of
dread of beingSberiff, more strong than any keen
desire for it, which hits e4efttnimated the crowd
of eager aspikants, who have made !the posses
sion of the office the ruling objec t lot the best
portion of their I
lives. : i
• i•
Colenel !Hem,' S. Kinney the reigning lion
of fillibusterism, after running the fzunntlet of
governmental intererenee in hisiNi*caragati
1 •
project,' at lii,ew York, has been arteaf e l, h ere
on . rasiMilari elutrge, — an it held in fbers z um - of
i
zi /
. ,-
$4,500 bail to answer. .11 appears' that an
auxe.tary vessel - to• carry about 300 men had
been,fitted
_eat\ sit tbia, Geoige .M.
Dallas is - - coun . sel fer : tbe Colonel f to will
• •
soon hate: a hearingl . to show cause of action
and 44,riduCie the s wutounLof
The ything men enlisted for this expedition
state that they are kept in ignorance of its
object. They - dile to pay their, own passage
to - NiCniegurt, and after their arrival there,
he protnises to provide Ahern with certain em;
ployment which they are free .to accept or
reject; for- engaglng in which - ho will give
, them *25
t iper mouth Band 4 tract of
rand. Of the n tittle of the employment,
however, they am
. kept in Profound igno
rance.
. ,
I witnessed rather au affecting-incUdent .
at the Pest OtTee'the other evening., Iti . the
Icaue a little boy, of abOut seventeen years
of age, with an interesting but quite dirty
countenance, was quietly sitting clown upon
a tin' pail with his head resting upon his
hand, . and apparently -asleep,
.while some'
twenty or thirty bylsanders were regarding
him with deep solicitude to all of -Which he
appeared perfectly insensible.
Oa inquiry, I learald
. that he. had stated
that his Mother hail, sent him out on•n beg
ging expedition, with a threat that if he did
not bring home - with him - twenty-five cents
he. would .be severely flogged;: and having
failed in obtaing that, suin, he kneW, by s 4
experience lie would ke.ep . her Word, mid%
- wits therefore afraid to-go home! his case
is but one in many, and is a sad illustration of
the horrible system by -which de'praved
rents lose alt filial love, and s)istematibally
train up their children
_to lives iof beggary
and - crime, .that they -may revel the.f►uit
of their degradation.
The Bickeite branch Quakei.doni is now
-holding its yearly moiting here as
.well ns
another offshoot from the parent 'tcick which
styles itself" The Progressive Friends," whose
creed consists mainly in excessive devotion
to_all 'the new isms of the day.
Our market 11:IVO-not recently undergone
any important
. cliange. Beef cattle sell at
the exhorbitant . r . 'ate from $l.l/ to 03:—
Flom. commands $6,60 to $t 1 per barrel; Rye
Flour 81,26; Corn Meal, $5,00; Wheat sells for
from $2,60 to • $2,70 ; Rye $1,68; Corn, $l,ll
to $1311; Outs, 63 4:ts. to 69 eta-
Coinnioia School
The followincris'the ninth section of a •‘ sup
plement to the common school law," approved
May Bth, 7855, which enacts :
"That the Pennsylvania School Journal
shall be- recognized as thi4 official organ of the
department of eominon schools of this common
wealth, in which the curi-eut decisions made
by the superintendent of . 4oinmon schools shall
be published free Of. charote, together with all
official circulars -and such - otherdetters of ex
planation and instiuetion as he may find it
necessary or advisable to issue from . time to
time, including Li anual report; and bile su
perintendent is herebv authorized to subscrilx ,
for one copy of said School Journal, to be sent
to each board of directoils in .the State, for .
public use, and \ charge the cost there'of t o t h e
contingent expenses of thiidepartment of cora
mon schools." - .
Any board of school directors in this coun
ty, wishing a copy of the Journal, can have
it by addressing
Pa.,.whO i= - authorized to subscribe fora copy
to be sent to.each board of directors : Do
not forget o give him .the, address to which
you wish tl e Journal sent. , .
1 ----------..w------ .
- From tteLuzerne (Penn.)'Union..
Opposition Speeclicis of 11/02 and
1855.
It is n matter of deep regret that the
speeches ofour political orators in exciting
campaigns are not more frequently reported.
Much valuable. information, besides mans•
glorious examples of - consistency, adherence
to principles under difficulties, are thus lost
to the country ; fur instance, let the thind of
the reader revert to the campaign of 185'2. he
will. find a staple article of all oppo.:ition
to run somewhat thus:
ABSTRACT OF WHIG SPEECHES OF 18.tr2
FELLOW-Guam; :—Though - Gen. Piercel
is almost totally unknown, there is ohe cir
ctimstance connected with his history which
should condemn him forever in your estima-.
tion—l allude to the significant fact that he
lives in New Hampshire, and in that State
no Catholic is
of
to had an'ollie;% The
monstrosity of this regulation in a republican
country, where the right of conscience should
b freely enjoyed by all, is frightful ! And
th'e mere fact 'that Gen. Pierce lives in a
State with such a constitution, and that, he
has failed to change it in that particular,
should of itself aronse against him the bit
ter- indignation of the country.' .
On . ..the other Land loi l k at , the gallant
Scott. lie is above all such unworthy pre
judices, mid the fact that his wife is a meth
'Ler of that unjustly pro-eribed sect, and that
his daughter has been placed in a conve •
abundantly proves this: awl if further pro , f
ril
is required, I need only refer to the fact
that on hiS election tour. he goe4 to the Cath
olic church wherevir be finds one open.—
[Cheers.] But he is more: he is the devoted
friend of the foreigner, whether of the Catho
lic. or Protestant faith. - • . .
In - the splendid pictorial history of his life:
:recently issued by.the pious GreelY, you will
Sad setiorth at length -bow bravely be de
fended the_ poor Irishmen
_who were, taken
prisoners with him by the British on the
Canadian frontier, and the whole country
has reaa with the deepest interest' those elo
quent speeches -he has delivered. in Ohio
where he so feelingly and appropriately-ex
pressed his admiration of the • " rich .Irish
brogue" and "_the sweet-German acCent."—
ICheers] Vote, then, for Scott`, the friend
of the foreig,her; the: riend or the Catholic!
Down with Pierce, the adVocate of the!odious
test in the New Llatnpshire
constitutiot which
prevents our patriotic and:wellbelov Cath
olic citizens from ,holding any . offie 4
what
ever, and let us march on to triumph under
the - rest banner of republican equality,4e
cok no in every foreigner a brothe.r!=—
[T ree beers from the Whig meeting]. •
-The speech from the Same orator to the
same audience in 1855 Would run about as
follows :1 .
/ • •• • -
sacl. i cu or oprosmo l x EIPEECIi; 1855. •
- - FEr.t.Ow-Cts-f::--- - -The - great . question
which rises far nbOve all others in importanefr
is, whether Americans shall rule —America,
and whether we shall be brought under the
dominion of the Pope: ' ‘ l hold that it is dan
geroui to intrust any Catholic with, any
office whatever. [Cheers.]: And no foreigner
Should be appointed or elected 'to any public
station. [Cheens.]- -The democratic party is
made up almost entirely
. cif (*reign waterier;
and-everybody that crantitO eipMas his hos
. . .
..... . . . .
tility to foreign innuendo: must cothnienee
operAtions by defeating' the Demoeratie'tieli.--
et • The Peittot , ts tuat: the only friends ottbn
:foreigners: if4inAgreai , and drive that Tiny
from lower, tfOx wabal - ejazi . frietids'.left to
advocate. theit.ettu* :and ':: : we- tato:pass just
shah:dans itt,itiird. : '*.thent ns e
W'ehoose.-- ,
W ean'deprti•eettieni, of all 'chance:of noliti .
;cal promotion, we e'an'take - from them the
right's of suffrage; and, fluidly, build - 4 wall
round, the nation, and be as exclusive is
that pattern nation, dapaa, where no foreigner
has been allowed to settle for centuries-r-r
• where Japanese only- are allon-ed to rule
Japan—where. stray foreigners are caged as.
curiosities—and where, under native rule, one
1 • oftbe - mosttdelightful . and orderlf:Systetas of
despotism the world ever Saw has long bgn
imeeessfully established. ... .. . r .
I: The whole secret of ahr fotare :pioSperitv
hinges on one point. If we stand firmly 1.):v
Oar native born citizens, and war against the
foreigners, all will be well; - if, not, we.shall
all be chained to the car of, : Popery, and be
completely under the dominian of foreign in
fluence. - A native born fool anal tyrant would
alivava make - a better officer . than an intern- -
gent and liberallforeigner, `llO matter bow
long be has Wen living ia the country.—
[Cheers.] A Lafayette or Kosciusko would
not -beat comparison for a minuent with the
blight light of wisdotn, of virtue, aml patri
otism who received the: Senatorial caucus
nomination of ou t worthy lkgislatorsf [Cheer.]
I Keep the•g:eat ball of - American principles
I rolling•oy, and let our w:tchWord - be,—every
i foreigner is a foe, and ever Catholic a deadly
I I enemy. [Cheer:][Cheer:] Forgt4 that all your •au
•testors came front a fuietgn country, (Many
of them as.eriminats and! paupers ;)
: suet'
.re
miniscences ate disagreeable; but rather ha
) itate the example of the a'rpiting youth, vi.bo,
I when fortune smiled , upop him,- cut - the ac
quaintance. of his mother, lirlio.ilisg-raced.her
1.
self by Leh* it. wasberwtiman-! fUlioir;.l—
that f'oreigners and Catholics have
shared m id). 'us all the Jalngers a n d trials of
our national existence. : It is folly to think
of , paying 'old 'debts . When you can evade
theme [Cheers] But rtffl , yourself up in the
glorious: f o bn of -qv, Stz.o•Spangled Banner,
. proudly mount upon the p:inionsUitite Ameri
can eagle, awl with the t. - r.khless of liberty. to
net 'as pioneer, soar proudly up'to•that pina s
cle of national proSperityAllere every mem
ber' of the Know : Nothing Order .a ill b e a
freeman and: every foreigner or Catholic to
;lase t: [Cheers.] • • .
.-----: -.. ---0.--41.-•—: - --- ' ! • _
Facts about the Russian Army Ser. !
. --, - vice.
- .
Discipline in thellussiati armr is more than
severe—'-it is meteilesS,.inh - iiman. The least
inattention, the slightest fault, is visited with
the most cruel, corporeal cluistisements.
Sh til,l the unhappy culprit who }vas sett
, I
tene e d to receive. a t1101.152t) , 1 lashes, die., un
der the - infliction; after haring reeei','ed the
first five hundred, th,e remainder of the sen
tence is exeeuted on-A his dead Lol i v. The
, ,
~, - , , . , ,
%%liter ba , ..f.cerk an officer . . deliberately pine':
out by the roots one of the whiskers frotnthe
face of a soldier. The man did. nog 'stir.—
Constantine, brother of the late Ern' eror, as
deliberately, on parade, pierced tith his .
sword the foot of the Colonel, atult ms fast
ened it to the 'earth. The officer didi not stir
till the prineediad withdrawn the, swigd. Ile
then fiAlr and was removed. This feat wa s
performed by that execrable . tyrant t,efOre a
.foreign officer, to'prove to hint the 4 logive of
perfection which disciPline, had obtikieVl. in
the Rts-shin army. •On amther oeca.4ion:the
Colonel of :a regiment ordered fourselli . ePlu
s - iand forth. living ordered them to knee!
down, beckoned to a party stationed at,ndis
tan": to approach.. Ike announcel . t the -
soldiers: that they were about tip:be.' s:.,,Ot i and
asked them to state any reasons "Wily: . they
should not, undergo sentence. "We are -not
aware of :having done ; anything' to deserve
this punishntent,"- was ' . 'he reply, " but Our
commanditc , officer knOws best." The -partv
tired, one man fell• de:id—fright alone.) : had
killed him, is the.-gunsfhad been loaded with•
only thick P.;atridges. f' Well, what - - do you
say to this," asked th 4 Colonel,
.addressiug
the English officer for Whose instruction this
•instance of military dis(iipline was exhibited.
"They deserved to be:sbot," was. the answer,
" for then cowardice; thew ought to hare
bayoneted you before those knelt down.r -'
.When the order is issued from the highest
quarter,.the'Governors of the Provinces Issue
theirs to their suVordinates. :These -notify to
thii noble landowners 'that a quota is expec
ted, and fix the number of men each has to
supply. The Lord generally picks out the
worst, the weakest , , least useful portion of his
unmarried serfs for the army, keeping in his
service the strongest,.. healthiest,. best • con
ducted, and most useful—a matter easily
manage d with the inspectin g Ceintnisgionary
by means of a bribe. •
.
Prior to their enlistmsnt, very often these
poor fellows must be married. A notice to
that effect is sent to the -priest,, who appoints
an early day fur the ceremony. The
_young
men and an equal niulkr.of young women
are-placed in two opposite rows, and, as the
prkst passes =throughthe avenue just formed,
li e unite; the 'two persons-who happen to nti..e
each other. Proceeding to the church, .the
marriare ceremonies are I,erforined.
Somerrnies: it-happens thatyoung men and
...vomen between whom a mutual •nttachtnat
exists are thus seperatedt but an indulgent
lord general consults•the inclinations of the
patties. On the other hand, such marriages
furnish a cruel and oppressive steward with
frequent opportunities of gratifying pique or
revenge.,
Yours, Truly,
After the wedding, the recruits are Nr 7
mine.' to remai9.iwith their •wives fur some
time, varying Gin a few days to even a few
,weeks, after which they join their regiments,
leaViug their wives behind; years may pass
without a eouple . obtaining .intelligence of
each other, _Som etimes the wife contrives to
discover her ,husband's whereabouts, and if
she can obtain permission from the Lord or
his representative; and a passport from the
authorities, she goefi in seareh;of him, OCCOUL
pa' nied by E'er children. .
In - Poland - the system of recruiting, is very
severe. livery son in "a faMily but one must
`serve, and even the last is very often forcibly
seized. ' Boys are registered• when they-attain
the age of thirteen- years. Unexpectedly, in
the middle of the night, - they are taken! from
their homes and conveyed to a place ot safe
ly, generally the barracks, where they are
placed. with their faces against ,the wall and
measured ;- should any one look round for a
moment he receives a slap in the face! - Af
-ter having gone through the proce&s oflineas
uring and Medical. examj tion, military
clothing is distributed auto g them . 1 they'
are then kept cloe prisoners in the.ba l rrack - s
till they are:called out to arch.. llaving
been conducted to the mark t house, or some
large s4uare, they are torn 7 fiotu ; the arms
of their distracted mothers and weeping sis
ters, and marched off to the depot.., There
they are distributed to various stationte be
.incorporated into regiments*of infantry, cav
alry, or the navy, according to their size.-- .
They are taught the rudiments of a`- Russian
educatioa,•and many are taught trades. Af
ter having aerited 4 thorough knowledge of
military exercises and* a soldiers. duties, "after
a few years service, they sometimes - obtain* a
furlough, in virtue of which
.they . enjoy the
privilege of exercising some handicraft for
their own benefit,' though they Must of CPU*
be toady to join their regiments at a moment's
donee:' For such a permit or 'Otis' they
mtist pay to. the government five silver roub,
de's_ - •
: They are drilled into trades 'as tiffw are Ine .
tollhe militair'exereisei, by bloW*.si f ,,i-ily blOws •
are taught
.the Dotes to those • wl4:stie select-,
ed for military, - 6ends, and
which these rude•peasants execute the Most
difficult - musical - compositions, after a' fever
months training (and hard practice) is rex — lly
astoniShing. • -
The manner in which the :soldiers drafted
for the artillery, are trained to • that- arm, is
nut n little. original.. When
,they.hear :a can.,
non fired for the -first time tils'. tremble with
1 fear. To oor quer this weakness .in those who
most exhibit it, they are tied astride, upon a
then _fired. of;..
_exPeri
meat once or twice repeated never fails- - of
the desired etreet:'• -
The length of service is - twenty
,five Years, •
to reckon from the eighteenth year of tile sol
dier's age, so that he 'entitled to: his.'dis--
Charge after haeing attained the Joge of forty
three. He has always sotheMoney to receive
'in - the shape of arrears a pay, so that if he be
a careful man hnpay'coerntertec life, for which - .
it is not too late at that age:- Bit tinfOrtn
!tautly the RussiatOhether soldier oreiviliari
whether a freeman or slave) is too munch-ad
dicted to drinking to do.anv good. 01.1 . 501- - ,
dicta are always - provided for by the State in
the way-of inferior employments, such us mes
sepgers, servants, house guardians, - and-, the
like.' On the railway between Mosuow and
Petersbuteth, seine thousands are employed
to keep the smut clear, act. as guards, police,
Men, etc. Private families prefer - them •as.,!
servants, as they are civil, obedient', kind,lsin
-eerely attached to their masters, and more
honest than Russians generalitrnre.
At the second coronation,olthelate•Einpe
ter at. MoseoW, in rear
..1852—h4 having
reigned twenty-fivnyears----one of the Impe
rial Princesses Obtainedhis promise to.reduce
the term of service froth twenty-fivalo fifteen
years: This prothise was. not "kept; by the
Emperor Nicholas, nor, his successor, he . is
not in a p(sition at present to grant 'Puch an
indulgence -to the soldiers. • •
All. nobl e s Must serve in the army..
deed ,it is chiefly from . that body That the ur
ine is officered.. Military rank itself confers
I etw. r of the•fourtee l n degrees of: noftility. •No
Obis are taken, by-means 2f preparatory,ed
-I,r:cation in' the public institutions,..and same.
•,-pient study and practice; to 'obtain efficient
'offieers, but with settle exceptions, the: Itussi- -
an Officer is no equal to the :officers of .the
other nations. What the ,common Russian
soldier is to the Prussian; or English
solider, !(-) the. llussirtn ofiher is to the French
'47c, officers. : The Gerold') and Swedish prow
hives of-the Russian Einpire furnish goOd offi
cers: Russia Prover 'few or none: Their be
setting. sins 'are extravagance; they indulge
in exc&ses.of ever kind. They are much ad
dieted: to gaming, and this is carried to such,'
excess, that.eavalry Akers have been known
to gamble:away the horses belonging to their
regiments. The extravigance of some, and
the miserable par of all, cause much emllar
rassment arid Much poverty. Manye military
officers are ;t poer that they will stoop- o al
!
most any action by which theyean put a few
roubles in : their pockets. A number of the
por officers are : employed in government
! offices, and it,is bv,.no means difff l eult to obtain
Iron them. with the use - of a bribe. Most. im
poetantinforneition-'on matters which it is
the' interest of the government to keep secret;
By such means copies are obtained of most'
important documents. Great caution ,and
good deal of manao•einoni are required in
opening. negotiations With the employees, who
may, pet-hairs be governthent spies, or agents
of the secret police. •
Suelr then, are the military resources of!
Ilussia, - and we trust enough'has been s'iowu-
to justify the appliention of the • old -proverb,l
that all that glitters is not gold. The- only
. superiority of the Russian: army consists in its
numerical strength, man for man, as compar-•• ,
•ed with the armies of the' other _European
powers,' in every other respec4 decidedly
and very greatly inferior:
Know Nothing Outrages \ in Louisa - .
. .- tilteJ. .
Correspond,enee • of the Rochester Daily Democrat
' L'outsviut; hr. Mar 3, 1855. •
We have lately had here. an exhibition of
the beauties of know Nothingistn. . Though
not as fatal thus tar, as the late: Aemonstra- .
tion in . CinCinnatti,,it may be safely. set down'
as "characteristic, unique . and peculiar."—
The occasion was simply Atl . electifin for mag
istrates and some petty.officers. The, Knout
Nothings, Sons of '76, .thintlinites," - or what
ever else they may see fit to call themselves, ,
marshard their forces early in the , day; - .and
reeruits were sent from the.middle and lower
wards to the upper parts ofithe town where - it.
was knoWn there was-a large majority of for
eig,neN.. •Armed rid - flans, bullies from broth
els and kindred Spirits from all sorts of lo
calities, "took rite polls," as they termed . it,
with the avowed intention of preventing" the
d—d Duch and Irish" from voting. Nor was
this all. Quiet,. unotiending citizens who,
were not , Yuilty of eZren attempOng •to vote;
or of approaching nearer than two squares
Of the polls were beaten in the most shanieful
and cowardly manner. _ A number/Of -, very
aged Germans were knocked' down - Without,
the least provocation and left, insensible .upon
the .street. In one instance, .a couple of Ger
manS were pursued by a
~large number and
finally took refuge in 'the house !of another-
German. lie,, for this, and because he
.Was
so- unfortunate as' to be born mate' . this coun
try,. was terrible beaten, and an attempt was'
made to fire hii..house; and his wife . while
trvino , to defendOilin, with. her infant in - her
anus, was herself struck by one of the
.cow
ardly wretches. The result ofthisoutrage
upon the purity of the elective fratichise,,was
that many who wished to vote, but did not
wish to besliot or even pounded to a jelly,
kept away from thepolls,and inen - were elect
ed by large majorities who - would, have been
defeated by.larger majorities, bed the elec
tion been any thing but mockery. The Or
gan of the know-nothings scarcely attempts
d_defense, and it were better. _for lt, and "its
friends that it had kept silence, for the - only
exchse 'or palliation it otierS, is, that a report
waS,eirctihrted that the Anti-Know-Nothings
were giiing to " take thepolls," which 'would
.be ''ery unlikely to be attempted by them, if
they desired
th. to do so "KtiCtiv 'Nothing , ' an.
I
act, in e , r face of a Know Nothing MI yor,
Know Nodding police and a "Do-Nothing"
city government throuhout,,,-for - it is a .r
de. to
yiaus fact that the police. ma no att. tript
to stop thedisgtaceful proceedings,-save in
one instance; and then only after one, man
`had been shot at six or eight times. - . . -
From the rtains of America by nic/4 Auner
jeosrlei n - devoutly pray, in tbe: language,
of the Epistiopal service; ti Good Lord -deliver
us." : •
••,;
Very many who joined .the order sometime
ago are heartily 'sick of it, and will not.reirmin
in such 'company. The leadera hereabouts,
and I think in the South gentrrallY, are sorely
troubled at the thought of'Separation- from
their Norifierfi-brethren, on account-pf indif
ference of opinion on Slavery issues;
This seperatioit is more and More'
certain-by neWs.reeelved each
_day: The 'or
gan here says-!"' vikstr the National Couricil.
wets, all iiii r esti4ns pertainin# JSlavery
must be decislid by it, the mean time 'we
wjsk it d istinctly" understood byour brethren
:at the - 4 4 iftthibat iit:uo possible' event s —tni
.der no rictiOle eircuinstanees will - the Amer. -
jean paitt t at the South vote foi 'any man
who weiihf c be - in;favor of the repeal of the fu,
Olive laW- - .Or who would in any man-_
~ner, l attein#t tp,;Mteftirewith the institutions of
slayCryOz.itiriaMb/iakrient.onyiefierel in. tlair
•United Stales!"
Judgeing friun •the appearance there - -may.
be a slight difference- ot%.opinion on these
loints, and if they keep together long enotigh,
to get into a NationalCOuncil,.- they will be
-
i•ery likely to have a good time,- and finally,.
as Mr. Prentice of the Journal.. think* " agree .
not , to agree" and break up in a row:
A
•The reprimand administered the'othei day by
the Richmond 'Examincr on the ` Washin on"
Union for, the crime erime;of passing cemaire
• <I
eo
on the luluct otiffe -, Missoiftfana itd Kansas
seems to have had, its due effect.. The Otio4 - -,
received ttls morning contains an elalmrate
ogy for the fraud and violence , committed on
that occasion, asediting it to a motit i waoton
provocation offered by the -people .of -the free
states, who carried their insoteriee aft tar in to
settle in Kansas, with the expecbritioti of brag
able to make it a free state also., :the;Union
says:
"-Having failed • to defeat the Itanais.
Congress ' the abolitionists resolveitte defeat its
principtr . „,apd, by the aided', incorporated wealth,
to !orate on the west* border of •MiSsouri
community of abolitionista "Whe,woulti ,forevef
sympathize in..their fanatical sentimeriti3'wlth the •
abolitionists of lllassachinietts.. It was:a told.
and darlag scheme, bY the legislation, the tootle/
and the men of Massachuselts, to defeat an : del
of Cougress which,' secured' to the-,bouofide and
voluntary settlers in Kansas the right:: to cheese
and establish 'their sown • institution& If ., the
abolitionists of .Massaihusetts had'organized an
armed expedition to move. into Kainsas•fee the
avowed purpose of •making .it a
~freeaoit' state,
they would not have bren.uilty of a more pal
pable violation pf•the - true intent and spirit of
the law than they netnally were in their effort,
..
by the use of incorporated wealth, to importinto -
the territory such abolitionists as wouldeate
Kansas to perpetual freesoiliatn. - :
" It was this open Attempt to Plantacolony of
Massachusetts-abolitionists on the westerrrbor-.
der of Missouri that aroeSed the indignation 'of
the Missourians, and impelled them to treeptthe
measutes for aeunteraetintr, the schethei which
have given rise to the prevailing eiciteMent.—
• Bet for the movements orthe aliolitiptrials;-there
is no good reason to beliete.that the-.MioOurians,
would . have'interfered with 'the
—legitimate.eXecu
tion of the Kansas law.,They - were provoked
fo measures of counteraetiun by. a movement
-which threatend their interests as well AS the
organic law of the territory." • . 0.
-If there . was any provocation offertiOly.tfib
.people of the' free states ite . goin,g wheie • they .
had aright to go, settling where they Wit right
to settle, and purchasing I:!ind where they had a'.
right to purchase it, it was: not provoesttioe
. .
either to forc e or_ fraud; it. was simply ri,provo..
cation to retaliate by- sending colonitstS,frie:ndly
to the institution of slavery., The territory was
open to the inhabitantsof the slave states' as welt
as the free. .AP..that they' had to do was to. oe-:
cupy it and frame its institutions after theii own
pattern, if they could obtain the majority. _
The emigration. -from the free• states, sag 0 .
the i st apologists for the dishonest • proCeedings
of the Misseurians, was a challenge_ and defiance.
Let it be a.ieliallenge-;-it was a challenge to
,
race and hot o to .. a fight. It was .boldly And ,
openly made; " Let Ili see," they c said," who,
a fair contest of speed, will_ get into the coon- -
-
try first." The Missourians, instead of e lidi ngi
by the ehall'enge, and giving their antagonists .
a.fair field, take- arms in their hands and t!lrive
•
theni out of it. It is precisely as if two men
should bet on a horserace, and cinePf them- see: .
ing the other likely to beat, should snatch the .
stakes out ,of the hands of the holder . and' run
off With them. This is an illustration which, we
suppose, will understood int - Missouri.N.. Y.':
Er. - Post. . . •• •
Toar County , Paper. •
The following extract from .F?wlei4Nirell's,
`.Life Illtistrated ;",is so good mid toe, - point i
that ire recommend it to .our frieudslwithout
comment ,
.
•. "We occasionally .recei;;elettiirti. in :whieh
.'
the writers express tinintention to.stop their
county 'or village paper, and take . i:ihe of our
pubiicatiertsjuStead We think. a inaii,'Ough - 2
to support hiS own aper. Fran . ,Mid-thenif e • ' -
can afford to take.' ' paper (roma cfiitalige-, let .- '
him Jo so,and we Mai . II be happy to fiiptish him
:iv i t li"Life Illustrat ' ." The coiMtry press,
.in, oa r Opinion; is tie most -important in its efa
~
ad
feet on' the enlighte ment of lie nation. It ' -
, conveys in ten thousand-rills, Intelligence to
nearly every home ilf tho,‘onntry. The coun. -.. .
try 'press ought to re#iye a cordial support.
' Every. place shc . itild,try to have ;its paper of
• such a charatteititat the,peo_ple could be just-,
' lyl proud of it,' , l To' this end letAherri pay .
proinpil•y, / advertise libeiAlly, recotinneud:
warinly,)ind - in every way:eand $y their ed
itor'along
as they cionstaoritiously can.
..
4.- 1•10 lIP, , .:.
/' A Waruting.to 11.cem OIL •.;,',
/ 'The Kansas Herrald ofeelom putslorth
ic
, the following .warnii+ to al -persons wile-may. ,7 '
o-may. -
lbe disposed to re-enact the scenes at Piirktille : i ,
1 which resulted_in the destruction. of the•ta; • ~ '
minary. press : . . i- . • • " 5 -----,
It-was said by the rioters'in• Park ville MA .
Saturday, that the dtistruction of the Lumina-'
Ty office was designed as an example to other '
and . it is very knowingly hinted - that ouramill I
meet with 4 similar fate. Very wekwe have'
conchided to give any number of persons who;
wish' to perpetrate such . an act of folly, a free' '
pass to "'Kingdom conic.," and we °pledge' .
then] every - assistance in .our -power. : : Proba-: .•-
i hly many of them . , •-• • ook . an utrwardjeot- . •,
ney, and would ilk,' to - try the experiment of .
.sailing on a blaze "• glory, such as . . a couple
of kegs of guppow is er, exploded atian oppot- - .• •
tone occasson, would furnish ; . . . f.• ' .
, - We have tioka member in our family our
self included,. who .would not deent,p..transit
,into the future life With.bompogoous tietOyal •
Pfa goodly nuipber of.:printng press deitroy- •
- ers, as . a favor rarely to.be met with.: Shouid
'the Herald of '.Freedom office.. .at any - time
be invaded for the. Purpose of destruetionove
give this timely warning to. all, both friend
and foe, that- unlessthey' wish. to ." go-. up"
~
t L .
they • had better , keel . - aloof from its iimediate
vicinity; for our pur se is fixed anCthe con-_
sequences cannot ho prevented. .:... : . _
We have ?rebored a duplicate.copy of oar
subscription boas, and that .3,ltbscribers_ may r
not be losers - by any - ntingency which may:
arise, - we hereby uutho .. ze and deputize. our
esteemed friend and gen al agent,' a. A:Bil- .
lings Esq . .4o resume, the' . publication of .-the •
Herald of..Freeeeorn; should. lb be suspended
.by viblencei-at such point , as he' may .desi, ir'
nate, and we farther donate to him our, . en-
tire effects in. Kansas, Pennsylvania, or; else
where, to proseOute.,the - - publication . of ,such
paper, with this' one condition, that .he shall,
give the advocates of slavery puiletularlps
se".4uring. the 'balance. of his, life.
EXP,EDITION AGAINST THE CAHANOHEA.--10'
Aligence from Texas`says thalan expedition, i
consisting of two companies- of ,dragoons and
three companies of rangers; ,eouituanded by !
Captain Patrick Calhoun, has started:-fron
fort Chadbourne against. the Southern Cam-1
moles. Tbemen woriwell,equiped, inexact
lent ,condition and; . accompanied by:;sixty.
three goverment:: *none Win with BUPPlieik