dory large iinahe•-•-•say . tea'feet lung—having
been repeatagy seen in that seation. How
ever exaggerated the size, we have it pretty
straight that those who have seen it, have
been to attack it without a . gun.—
West; Chester Jefersouf tut, July 21. •
;I,i, outroe:Pcmidat•
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION IN NORTHERN PENBed.
E., B. CHASE do J. 13. MeCOLLUM, Eurrons
AL V DAY, Pablisber
Montrose, Thursday, Aug. 9;185
NOTICE.
‘ WIARRES CHAPTER, No. 180, will hold its
regular meeting at Montrose, Thursday, Aug.
16th4 at 1 o'clock P. IC
• 1 - GEO. L STONE, IL P. •
We wilLre-publish .the. resolutions of
the d emocratic Convention, last January,
next week.
/4r• We have received .Gov. Reeder's re
ply o President; iu refeance to the char
ges of land speculations in Kansas, but too
late this issue.. We will publish it, next
weeki. It completely vindicates the Govern
or from any imprcper conduct whatever.
Jar The Democrats have given the Know
Noiiiings of North Carolina a "severe thrash-
From the la test' report, - of the election
iin,that State we think it fair to presume that
theK. N.'s will not probably get one of the
eigit members of Congress.
•
Tennesseet ohnson, (dem.) anti K N.
is probably elected by a small majority. •
— l Hendricks of Indiana, bas'been appoint
ed dommissioner'of the Land Office, and will
enter; on his duties sto-day.
---flle Steainship , Northern \ l Light arrived
New York on the evening of the sth inst.,
with .$940,000 in gold in freight from San
Francisco. The time consumed in making
the t "p was 19 days and 20 honra, being the
quit est passage ever made between the
nbor• mentioned ports. .
ire We shall devote a column each week
to .qnoting from the democratic press of this
State in reference to the removal of Gov.
Reader. We are determined' the Admir.,
tratiMi shall have enough of this business.
Go i v.' Heeder—Slavery-i-and -the
Pennsylvania Democracy.
Ow State Democratic exchanges all regret
and host of them denounce the removal of
Gov. IReeder. - The general opinion seems to
'-" -,riticed because of his fidel
t his determination not to
' Missouri mobs. The pre
istration for chopping off
it faitLfu . l and popular offi--
tory to the people. It is
:ed that had Gov. Reeder
to submit graciously to the
;ffian Stringfellow 'and bis
no charge of illegal land
have been preferred a
-2'4134 him-
i 1 . and that he wont:a have been
permitted to hold-his place in peace: Public
bpiniort says that the crime of which Reeder
staiiids :convicted by the- administration 15
`shop y this : possessing' the spirit, i udepen
1,
"den and virtue of a MAN, he would not
I -
prove faithless to the cause of his c,eintry and
of right, nor be driven from the discharge, of
his duty through fear of personal injury or
bope of reward... And has it cone to --this,
that in a republic boasting of its intelligence
and virtue, an attachment to principle and a
faithful discharge of official duty, are conver
ted into a crime? In the election-of our pub
lic 1
servants must the interests of slavery ever
be consulted, and a disposition to tamely sub
mit to the unconstitutional and aggressive
behests of that impious institution be madia
qualification of the aspirant fur. place I We
are no agitators. We despise the spirit that
would prompt any man to interfere- improp
erly !and: illegally, to prevent oiir Southern
friends 'from enjoying itch constitutional
rights in - reference to slavers; but when. that
institution is sought to be introdved over a
' broken compact into territory declared,"for
-1 -
ever free" by the judicious legislation of our',
'fathers—when pistol and bowie-knifeare the
weapons employed in the accomplishment of
the perfidious purpose 7 ---when the territory is
invaded by bands of armed ruffians from a
/ 1
neighboring State, when actual residents are
driven from the polls and a fair illustration \of
popular sovereignty denied, then we say it' is
time for freemen tot ake, unite, and - plant
-
them selves in a position of determined hostil
ity
i to_such wanton and aggressive policy,
saying to the men with whoth it originated,
and to .-tho administration - by Which it is
nursed, "we respect your rights, but we know
awl dare deW our. own ; you have stolen
.. 1
our property, if you will not• restore- it,
: give
us at least, a fair opportunity to regain it,
. elsebeware I" This much We asked that, hay
, ing promised uqopular sovereignty, you Sus
taiit-Go. Reeder in his patriotic efforts to en
force it. , Our petition in this respect has
been treated with contempt by the adminis
tuition and the consequence is'that- the nor
thern Democracy regard it with loathing.—'
We know this from the position of the Penn
syliania Press on-the subject of .Reeder's ,re
moral: This position to us is " conffrtnation
strong as proof of holy writ" that the resolves
of the recent Haixisburg Convention did not
indicate fairly the position of the Pelinsylva:
niaDemocracy. I'Vq — i . That Corivention re
. fused to indorse Gov. Reeder's course hi Kan
sas; and yet, -the Democratic press 'of the
..Staie is indignant at his removal. If his ac
tiot as Gov. was improper Ind illegal, Presi
dent Pierce was justified in removing him and
welought not, to complain; op the other hand
if he discharged his duty as a man and patri
' ot -the Harrisburg Convention did wrong in
refusing to approve his course. It should
have t stignifietto the country the determina
tion of the Pennsylvania Democracy to stand
by Mr. Reeder, so lopg as -be was faithful to
the constitution and_ to -the duties of his of
- flee. it will I* remembeted thal. Mr. Chase
Of Susquehanna, offered in the convention the
followino ' resolution—a\ resolution that -we
know expresses the sentiments Of nine-tenths
of ail good demoaraiii in the State. Here is
, .
,
the substance of the resolutiop: That .we
heartily indre the coarse - pursued by. the
Hon. A. H. Rder ip his patriotic
. efforts to
enforce the law and protect th rights of the
i e
People of Karkssis from 'violent and , usurpa
tion. This, tO the shame. of be convention,,
was promptlrlaid,on the table, and, thus the
adiniuistratioa was substantially assured that
the democratic 'ptrty of Pennsylvania was
-unwilling to 4eferid the conrso of her illustri-,
ous son in Ka . ,!tisas 'Who. 'shall say that
.. if
the convention had spoken out properly - on
this subjeai Gov Reeder would 'have been
removed.l lln our opinion a decided approv
al-of A. IL iteedees course by. the democrat
ic party of; Pennsylvania would have
.had
an itifluence, at Washington favolable to hit
continuation in office. The . people .were
wady to vindicate him ; why was not the
convention i i Was it frightened with the
idea that a boll declaration of principle would
be construed into a sectional maniOtation I
Did it tear to nciir the hatred of the ruffian
j
gang, of whic , Stringfellow is the acknowl
edged head . Was it actuated by a'spirit of
(
cowardice, r was it deluded with the idea of
a contemptib expedien4 i In either case,
the rion=coni ittal policy of the convention
is:censurable,' and has been inour -opinion
productive 4 bad ,
results. We s aid that the
remarks of she State dethocratic -"Press on the
subject of Reeder's removal, satisfy ,us that
the party of the State aPproves his' course in
Kansas, and consequently it was the duty of
the convention to:rnake known such appro
bation. When tinidity is The presiding gen-
Its of II conventik that professes to speak
the *sentiments of n great pity the interests
of.such party are' prejudiced- by its action
and the real wishes of those it is designed to
represent are never fUlly_ and fairly expressed.
Instead of tryitig tci.please the South and ; the
administration, a convention should lay down
such, a platforin- as its finny demands, - and
this we :affirM,',. the Harrisburg convention
failed to do. In proof of this affirmation we
-LI • •
point to the porion of the party in Pennsyl
vania on the subject of -Reeder's* removal.—
We take no l pleasure in :hits criticising the
lAction of a den*ratic .convention, but on
this as,on other subjects we must be, al
lowed to expressti ; our opinions freely. We
feel that it is 114 duty of good democrats to
make their conventions speak out boldly, and
the sooner suet' n.course be adopted 'the bet
ter. The timidity which has characterized
party conventions in the past, is suicidal and
the consequences fatal in the extreme.
• , The removal Of Ger. Reeder has . bro
ken the last tie. that bound the Northern De
mocracy to• the, administration. , The Eastop
Argus says that Piercc.bas thrown away an
opportunity to make:his . . adininistration . il
lustrious; but. bad Counsels base prevailed,
and he is .now au object of pity!..
. , "Man proud man,
. . .
Dres - sed in a:littie brief authority,
Nays soeit fantastic tricks before high Heaven
As make the Angels weep." ' -
Questions Answered.
The following plestions substantially were
add re , sed to t 74 by fiend, and one who is a
constant reader of the K. N. organ, published
in this place : " Aru - . 1. to understand that
three political orggnizatiens opposed to the
Democracy, mist in this county 1 Have we
a Know-Nothing, a Republican and a Know-
Somethheg party in Our midst? If so,where
in do they differ from each other 1" These
inquiries are proper and we propose to ad
swer them. Last Fall an effort was made t 4
fuse old antagonisms, which effort was appa
rently successful avid the koduct was made
"- Republican." It was soon ascertaitted,how ,
ever, that the name appropriated to the frt
sionoras improper—that it cloaked the ugli
hest species of despotism ever known--that
the " livery ofilleaven had been stolen to
serve, the-devil; The'plain truth is that
people were cheated into the, support of an
organization professedly anti-slavery, really
anti-catholic and anti -foreign. It has been
proven also, that it wti.s and is emphatically
'a pro:slavery party, atocating a policy cal
culated to weaken theelectoral power of the
North, thus indirect, aiding the slavery
propagandists of the Siuth in their struggle
for 4ominion on. this I f ontinent. What the
.
sharp ones of this distiltat choose to denomi
nate aßepublican was plainly a Know Nothing'
party, and if any douit this let them turn to
the expOse of Mr. Wagon, as published in the
Democrat last winter )and a short time after
'
Wards confirmed by ati expose Marla by Mr.
Smith of New Milford It appears from the
statements of these gentlemen that the orig- .
inators of the so-called- Republican - party,
were Know Nothings—that the Republican
Ticket was made in the lodges of the order,
or rather the lodges formed a Ticket and in
hope of getting_ outside support called it Re
publican. It . was further proven that a pro
spectus of, the Indejx-ndent Republican . was
in each Know Nothing kidge and that the
members were enjoined td support said pa
per. The Republicans being thus identified ,
with the Know Nothings t the organ ef the
ledges ceased to deriy the fact,' but insisted
that the organization wl4: anti-slavery. This
proposition we denied, arid at length com
pelled; the Republican to admit that_ the
Know Nothing party was out and out pro-
slavery. The eceedingly. sharp ones who
managed the fraud, seeing the impossibility
of longer deceivihg the.public on the origin
al plan, attempt/1d ,to. get up a sympathy for
what was.designated as the Know Something
platform, copies of, which were accordingly
industriously circulated throughout (he coun
ty., The triumphs of this nets , order
were published—it's platform eulogi'zed and
its superiority as, a Free-Soil organization,
d u ly proclaimed, - by the Rpublican. In
proms . of time the Know Nothing State
council met in Reading, made'a platform and
dodged the t slavery . gyestion. Three dele
gates from this county Were in attendance—
each of them ambitious of political notoriety
and -wishing to be considered genuine repub
licans-nd yet, they were delighted with
the priniplat proc4iimed by the council,, and
their borne organ bold its readers that free
dom ha.il triumphed, and that the Reading
convention had taken the right ground in re
lation t•;:i slavery. This honest and &WA lea
04 Journal published a se '
es of resolutions
which were not adopted V the council, and
sought to convey to its readers the impress
ion that they (the resolutionsltathlished) com
posed the platform of the order. This fraud
Was also exposed, and the next. thing we hear
is a call for a RepOlic.au Convention .to be
held at August Court. One member of the
Republican county committee was 'active in
circulating copies of the Know Something
platform and was also a delegate to the Know-
Nothing State .Council. ' (This singularly
prominent and promiscuous indivjdual as
'pines to a seat in the .Legislature, and has'
abandoned ,the pill traffic temporaily, to "pull
the ropes" in his three-fold character of Re
publican, Know Nothing, and
_Know Some
thing. He struggles hard- to climb into pub
lic respect, but the task is a serer© one and
fear that a painful defeat awaits him. Ver
ily we are afraid that the " vaulting aniii
tion" of this- august
.political empiric "
. will
ore-leap itself," and that the words "slo de
se" will have to be written on his tomb-stone.)
Any mail who has noticed the subtrifuges re
sorted to by our opponents, and the many
positions antagonistic .to each other, that
they.have occupied within the last year, can
judge of their honesty for himself. We have
recapitulated the principal events . that . have
marked the progresrof tho so-called Repub-
Bean movement in this section, so that oth
eta can See and despise the duplicity and ut
ter destitution of every liberal and manly
idea that has characterized it. This recapit
ulation flunishes the best answet 'that can' be
given to the inquiries at the beginning of this
article. The candidates of the Republican
party will be selected in the lodges of the
ICuow Nothing and there will be but one
Ticket madein opposition to the Democrat
ic party. This is plain and it is the sheerest
nonsense to talk of there being a Republican
and a Know Something party in this coun
ty. For all practical purposes, there exists
opposed to the Deri l iocracy, but one party,
and that properly i named Know Nothing.
Those who are-unconnected with, and hate
this latter proicriptive - organization, will
find their appropriate place under the dem:
ocratic banner. They will not be permited
to go into the Republican Convention and
take part in -its deliberations. - . The lodges
will select the
delellates, the representatives
of tile secret conclaVe will make a Ticket and
the unsuspecting will be cheated into its sup
port. We are of the = opieion -that the 'true
'republicans--those who can "look you in
the face and swear fidelity to the principles
they profess"--those who dislike proscription
for birth, or religious opinion, will not be
found supporting the candidates of a party
whose brief career is - marked by the most
despicable frauds ever perpetrated. -But we
have made this article too long already—We
have endeavored to answer the inquiries of
Our friend by submitting the facts in the
Case to his consideration and that of the pub
lic. We will warrant Mat - the very men
•Ci.ho have been for the past six months, and
Who are now prominent and influential memr
hers of-K. N. lodges, will be the most active
and zealous `participants in the "deliberations
of this Republican Convention.
. . „
i • ' RCply.• - -
The Republican last week, with its usual
characteristic forfalsehood gives notice that E.
B. Chase, that specimen.of . humanity who so
Much disturbs rte dreaths, has started a plan
for organizing a : new party 'in this county.
and that he has been laying the plan for the,
period . of four.roonths.
_. . .
This is an unmitigated falsehood, without
having even the show of an excuse. for its
fabrication. 'We helong to all the party we
desire to belong to,and:We challenge. the . Re-.
publican to bring for Ward the name of a sin
gle man, woman or child under the sun, whO
ever heard Its say anything_pf
.the kind,—or
who can in the .remotest manner point to a
single word,,. action or proposition front' us,.
suggesting, approVing or countenancing any
thing of the kind. Come now, ,friimd Read,
either-give some authority Or, else correct a
representation so .flagrantly false.
-We have understood within a couple of
weeks, that a large body of the so called Re
publican._party, disgusted with the fraudu
lentcoAe pursued by a portion of it, have
resolvQ to disconnect themselves from an or
ganizaDon with' which, consistently with their
princ4es s and manhood, they can no- :longer
act. / Fiat course those men will take we
knotiorvi t d have no means of knowing.
It is tho tof losing control of the teepol
itics ofrt .4nnty - which startles our Mont
rose .4f4 , •
Wlngr, Know-Nothing Republican Or
gan and its friends, and . which causes them
.in. their madness, at random, to strike at the
first object within reach, _regardless of truth
or decenCy. Probably , they will feel better
after they get:well I
Gov. Reeder.
We - notice that several democratic papers
have already struck for Gov. Reeder for the
next Governor Of Pennsylvania. We are
in favor of any tnavement to vindicate him
against his.basetnaligners, but must confess
we - should rather see hint elected to the Sen
ate next winter' than anything else'. This
territorial question will not be settled in years,
and Andrew IL Reeder is just the man now
to stad up in the Senate and meet the alarm
ing usurpations of Pierce, Atchison and
Stringfellow. If this cannot be done, how
ever, why then let us show the country that
Pennsylvania thinks him pure enough to. be
lien Governor.
We have reliable information that of Pier
ce's Cabinet, Judge Campbell and Mr. Marcy
stood by Gov. Reeder to the' last, using all
their efforts to induce the President not to
so far outrage the country as to remove him.
But their counsel, wise and just as it was,
Passed like the idle. wind.
SAMUEL P. Couraos, Esq., of Wilkesbarn
died recently•at Tangier, in the Empire of
- Moreeco, to which station he was appointed
United States Consul by President Pierce.
Mr. p: was a gentleman of acknowledged
a practical printer, and for some twen
ty years the able editor of the "Republican
Farther and Democratic Journal." He has
gone in the morning of life and the prime of
usefulness.
At a meeting of the CoOnty Committee of
the Democratic party of Susquehanna county,
pursuant to notice, the following.persons were
appointed to superintend the election of del
egates to the usual Democratic Convention,
the first Monday of September, next, at; Mont
rose. The election to be held the Saturday
previous; at the place of bolding the elections
in the several townships, opening . ind closing
at such timer the. Committees by public,
notice shall direct.
Auburn—John Bredget,. Edward Dawson,
G. L. Swisher. -
Apo!aeon—Richard Collins, James Lynch
Edward Cramsey.
Ararat—Nathaniel West, 0. L. Carpenter,
D. S. Walker.
Bridgewater—Daniel Brewster, Ruben
Wells, D. McCollum.
Brooklyn—N. Tiffany, E. p. Williams,
Frances Fish. -
Cboconut -Edwardßurn, Jasper Stanley,
Jacob liimbal. .
Clifford—lL A.... Williams, Daniel Baker,
John Baker. - .
Dundaff—T. P. Phinney, —Chamberlin.
.
Dimock—lsaiah Main, W. V. Dean, Geo
Dennison. V
Friendsville, Win. Robb, D, W. Glidden . ,-G.
Y. Leete. •
Forest Lake—Elisha Griffis, James Turrell,
Orison,ThatClier. ;
. .
Fraukliii---Alonio Williams, J. L. Merri
man, Geo. Park.
Gibson--John Tarbox, Ruben Tuttle,Gpod-
rich Elton. 1
Great Bend—V Reckhow, 11. Keech, 5.•13..
Chase, • . ! • - . ,
Ilarford—L. T.'Farrar, Ira Carpenter, Ed
win Tingley.
Harmony L. Norton, Si'ephen Jennings,
James Co fort.
Herric --S. Dirnock.
Jcs.sup-:—John Hancock, Abel Sherman, 0.
S. Beel4 -
Jackson-Charles.Brown, J- J. Turne
Leander Griffis.
Liberty—lra Conisi.ock; Calvin Stanford,
Riehard Bailey.. - -
Lathrop—E. S. Brown, _Seth Bisbee, E.
Lord. . .
Lenox—E. 11; _ Grow, Win. Hartley: E. P.
Farnham: . .
Uontrose—Wm. K. Hatch, A. 'N. Bullard,
\VOL J. Turrell.
Middletown--M. Keoui 13,Nelson Camp,
Newel Reeler.
Oakland--Warren Diwock, Levi Westfall,
Ambrase Benson..
hush—'Mathew Dunmore, N. D. Snyder,
Josiah Ellis.
• Opringvilie—Justus • M. J. Hand
rick, J. McMillan.
. silver Like—Edward 0. Day, Robert Gage;
J. D. Murphy.- • ..
Tompson—M. J. Mumford, John Wrighter,
Chesier Stoddard.
New Milford—Daniel - McMillan, H. Mc-
Collum, - Edmund Stnith.{
Susqueluinna—A. W. Rawlcy, Wm.. A.
Nugent, Sam'l F. Smith.
are
mature deliberation the -Committee.
are ofopinion „that only those who will in good
faith declare :their adherance to the .following
political 'doctrines, and their willingness to
support good men who shall be permitted to
take part in the . primary elections.. .
Ist, an uncompromising opposition- to the
,extension of slavery into the territories of the
nation,,—to the repeal of the. Missouri Corn ,
prothise,and to the wautOn acts of usurpation
and outrage by w_hiclislavery is sought to be
planted .in the territories in defiance of the
popular will. • H„ .,
2nd, Non-suppOrt of all nominations that
conflict with the above doctrines.
3d, opposition to all secret, oath-betind po
litical_ socitics, ampto those doctrines which
seek to make birth-place and religion the
test to rights of citizenship and suffrage.
4th,Adherance to the financial and gen
eral policy of the democratic party as e,xpoun
ded by its past history and Administrations.
• The above, in:substance, is the position
which,the party assumed in Con*ention.
last January, and .the Committee therefore
feel fully instructed to suggest such .as the
tit in;the primary elections; and - can see no
reason why those ; who are willing to endorse
our platform and labor for its success, should
not participate therein.
In the resent.st.: r ite of pOlitical parties in
the county; it has been difficult foi the Com
mittee to sliisfy itself in every instance who
•
shOidd be appointed ort
. the township Com
mittees; And.'they probably have, despite all
their care, made sorkuierrors. If such be the
case, the Ceintnittee will not hesitate to re
mere and re-appoint, where conclusive .evi
dene.e.may. be furnished that persons, appoin
ted are associated and acting - with the Know
Nothing organization.
Fellow 'llernocrats.--.The present. demands
from you the most , patriotic action.. Issues
which our party pledged itself to keep at rest,
by the election of Franklin Pierce, are foreed
upon the country by his Administration, dis
turbing its peace, imbittering its different
sections, and demoralizing our 'party organi
zation. "-New is the time to step forward and
declare" thus far shalt thou go. and no far
ther;"—now the time to rescue the princi
ples of the government and place them in the
keeping of l our party , organization, where they
have so often been vindicated. The last and
crowning act of wrong and injustine; has been
Visited upon the Democracy of Pennsylvania
by an Administration, in the head of which
its confidence and love have been treated with
disrespect: A man whose name, whose vir
end whose, talents haie adorned our par
ty and won its affections, has been ruthlessly
Sacrificed, and disgrace attempted to be cast
upon his reputation and fame,
: because, true
to principles ofhis Perty,—trie to the hay
atty. of his Commonwealth to the rights of free
men,—true to'the laws of his country and to
his manhood, he has refused . to bend before
the storm - of fanaticism and mob rule, and
sanction outrages which disgrace the Amer
ican nation. Almost with •one accord . the
democratic !press of the State has risen in re
bellion, cryinn• o out.for vengeance. - Let the
action, of the 'Democracy of Susquehanna
county be worthy of her virtuous and intelli
gent people. Let us place ourselves in a po
sition from which we can send forth a warn
ing and a rebuke to our betrayers; and - at the
same time viedicate our party and its prin
ciples from the shame :and reproach which
weak and ",reckless men would cast . upon
them..
It is the
t fore hoped, in view of the presen
political crisis ih the country, that prudence
and patriotic determination, _may. character
ize every movement• of democrats. Let thenr
reflect upon-the importance of the issued in
volved, and ofn self sacrificing disposition for
the general good. It is believed thar.shOuld
counsels prevail our principles will atailiEri se
triumphant, gladdening the hearts 4( the
people and bringing repose and happiness to
the altars•of our country. • •
C. M. GERE, Chairman Com'tee.
Montrose, Itug., 1855. • •
FOR THE DEMOCRAT:\
MEt3sRS. EDITORS' ;,if ^ A
llaviug obserred tip reply to the—m.ol:le of
Mr. Weston, published in your .paper some
two months since, I send yoil i attliii•laie day,
mown vi , n ay
or
upon the subject.,-..svnicii ay
or may not, meet the expectatiods
thor of that article.
In the article alluded to, Mr. Wlsion states
clearly and accurately the, principhN that
govern - Circular Motion especially the laws
which control the planets in their periodic
revolutions round the sun;
The earth, for example, revolving in its or
bit from year to year, is found to :01)4 the.
same' well established' laws now, as- to times
and vicissitudes, that it . has' been wont to .
obey daring all time. And thouili% 'Mr.
Weston regards: the " Orangement-c of Dr.
Comstock as an admirable one for drii - ing the
earth out of its orbit .instead of holding it
there," yet I apprehend he does . nOt consent to
tike proposition that such change in the velocL
ity of the earth ever has taken place, or ever
will be likely - to occur, under the very simple 1
laws that appear to govern its motions.
• It must be evident to . all who have any.
knowledg,e of the subjeat, that the earth, {ex
isting under the influence of inertia which ex-.
tends to all inanimate bodies,) did not put it
itself in motion, and is possessad of no power
to bring itself to rest.. - . ,
And furthermore, it appears equally evident
that the two Motions, Centrifugal . -and Cen
tripetal; do not in any respect oppose or coun
teract each other ; that neither the one nor
the other can be-augmented or ditnnished by
its apparently 'opposing force; that uniform
motion.! is produced .by -the action of
one or more forces, which, having exerted
their power, intraliately, and forever .cease ;•
and - lastly, that uniform circular Motion must
be the effect of a sitigle . ,and sudden in - 11)111K;
which is. called its Centrifugal motion, and
this motion . must be exactly and nicely ba 7
lanced.bV the Centripetal force.
But if I understand Mr. - .Weston .rightly,
his difficulty lies.in his not Xing able to per
ceive hoW [ a body, as the -earth, can pasi
through: he diagonal of a parallelogram in
the same time in which it would pass through
1
one of its sides, without having its - velocity
increased,.: • And yet in this particular -he is
just as wise as Dr. Comstock himself,, or any
anybody else. • : -
The 1)r. illustrates his theory by drawing a.
circle with the sun in the centre of it, while
the- eirciunterence repesents . the earth's or-
Lit. " lle thin. draws successive .
parallelo
grams, each lntving one short side extending
from the circumference towards.- the' Sun's
centre of attraction, and "one long side extend
ing from the same pOt in . the direction of
the earth'S.Centrifugal motion ; and each also
having too opposite angles on the eircilinfe- •
rence and one Of.the:two angles adjacent to
these within the cliche and the other with
out." •
" Ile next supposes the earth to. be' mov
ing with a projectile force sufficient (were the
Centripetal force absent) to carry through
one of the long sides ofThe parallelogram in a'
given time, while the Centripetal force would
(if.the C•entrifugal force. were gone) draw .it .
towards the : sun a distance equal :to the
length of the Short.side, in the same time that
the projetile force would hate Corded -it at
a distance equal to the long side."
"Hence, in obedience to these two ,forces,.
the earth passes through the curved diagonal
of the parallelograni..
NoW a right diagonal is longer than either
'of the sides of the parallelogram through
which it .is drawn.; a' curved diagonal must
be longer still, hence, a body must obtain ac
.
celerated motion in order to pass .through
this curved diagenal in the sane time" that it
would require in passing through the longer
'side of the. paralrelograin.
Dr. ClLlmstock's theory is incompatible with
the laws of circular motion, brwuse the Cen
tripetal is not a propelinq force. As has been
stated, it neither augMents,Uor diminithes the
projectile force. Its effect is only; 'to change
the Centrifugal motion.
"In the beginning"-the projectile force must
have been given at precisely the same mo
ment as that in which the Centripetal ferce
began to act. The for Mer instantly ceased;
for, the inertia of the earth being overcome,
and there being no resistauce,there was no ne
cessity for its continuance.
The latter, commencing at the same mo
ment, must continue,as long as the earth shall
perform its annual revolutions round the.
sun.
Then the sum of.the whole matter appear a,
to me to be this; the earth is moving very
nearly in a circle; its velocity' in its orbit is
precisely the same as it would be, were it
1 )
moving invi 'tangent to be Circumference, in
the absence of the Centr petal force; its mo
tions can neither be ace lerated 'nor retarded
without the applicaiton f additionui force;
end, as such force is never applied, therefore,
there can be'no mutation in the movements
of the earth, other than those arising from the
slight variations in its distance from the, sun
(luting its annual revolutions. '.
A.B. CLARKE.
BROOKLYN, N. Y., July 31st, 0.55...
£ We cut the following masterly arti
cle from the Democmtic(,.nion, published at
Hatrisburg, so long recogiied as the leading
Democratic organ of the State: It is it . blow
that will tell inightily,coming from Ike qmir
ter it does. We hope , every - voter is the
county will read it. ,
Removal of Gov.lieeder.
A blow which will rei:ail with terrible ef
fect has been strucit by the National Admin
istration: Whether it was the impulse . of a
galvanizop imbecility, ili-judgeing conical
.ore, malice or disappointment, . we little care.
.
A gr4i itnd flagrant wrong has however
been perpetrated, a wrong which ere long
will bring shame and • reproach upon those
Whet were its instigators and its demi.. The '
hear lots pa.sse&When a apeCieus 'tale! will
_deceive the. people. No puerile charge of
land speculations can btiflet an instant against
the storm of wrath which will be aroused.- - ---
A high-minded, honora,ke, fearless and . de
termined man has been' wantonly and basely
stricken downy because hoassert&l and would
vindicate the rights of. freemen. against. a
horde of lawless and law-breaking ruffian's.—
Because GOV. Reeder sought tcrthrtw 'around
the- ballot-box the shield and the guards,
which our republican laws - create aneordain
because he Inis had - the courage to be a just
and manly executive, regardless of menaces
lind even . personal violence, he, has been re
moved front his position and ,another has
been sought; out to fill the place he has made
so- honorable. Ostracism has net been - an .
Athenian -custom]) alone, oor has Aristides
been' its only victim.
The consequences of the act of • President
Pierce can to some-extent be fOreseen. The
same Pennsylvania Which so cheerfully cast
forliiin her electoial - vote, . having faith in
the New Hampshire man,_ will shrink from
hint with aversion. To him she looked for
a hearty approval • and endorsement of the
means taken by one of her sonsjO secure to
the Seiler the - rights attaching to him as an
inericau . citizen..• Grievously has she'-been
disappointed, and she will mourn to think
how her confidence has beemnisplaced and
.how her trust has been rhthlessly shattered.
PennsylVania will not - stand alone4o- the re
•buke tohe uttered-; around her will cluster
many of her sister States-until that adminis
tration Which was borne into power upon the
. topmost wave of the popular will, will sink
so low that there will behnnie so' poor to do
-it reverence. •As its death will- be that of
the suicide, there will neither be the mock
ery of mourners nor th,e burlesque Of a fir
neral. It does seem passing strange, that ?to
far. forgetful of-the :place -of his birth, his
youth and his manhood, forgetful of the
great free North, it was a .foregone -conclu
sion in the mind of the .President that in de
fiance of whatever might be the voice of her
people, Kansas was to be dootried _to slaVery.
And to. What other conclusion must we come?
The deplorable scenes ' witnessed at - every
election district When members . of the terri-•
torial legislature were chosen, are sadly 'fa
'
miliar wWiever . the expression of an un
sOiokled -.press has been heard. The peace
able citizens-was overswept in '.the .exercise
of the most sacred perogative of 'a freeman
hy the presence and most unlawful interfer
irence of armed rufilians; the Spawn of an
,ad=
Joining - State. Where civilization. is, that
clement of political justice, as enunciated by
Godwin is, recognised to be ii-truisin that "to
endeavor to impose our sentiments by force
is the most detestable species of persecution."
dad -what other than this were the high-han
ded . proceedings of the Missouri mob I They
were,not content that those who had alone
the right` should determine for themselves
under the law their own-institutions, but, by
violence were, sentiments other than their
own to be forced upon the Kansas setlers.--
Earnestly did the press of our land roseigh
_against an outrage so monstrous, and a binn
ing spirit of indignation was kindled in- : the
_breast of every .man whew sense of justice
was unclouded. Aud withal, our President
has cast his. official influence—and we are
gratified that-it has grown so small--;with,
the law defiers.
Although another 'of Pennsylvania's .gifted
sons is called - to be the successor of Gov.=
Reeder, it affords no consolation. brings
not a ray of light through, the thick darkness
of hpr regrets. Her sorrow is too deep in
the removal of"one anitnated by a high feel
ing of truth and justice to find any joy in the
very doubtful honor paid to- another.. But
the voice of the Keystone State will make it
self clearly beard. Blind giant as she is, hap
cry. will come up.throughout - her eitended
borders for vengeance.. Let him upon whoie
head it falls bemire! And well too does she
knoW bow to reward her faithful. Her. son,-
so foully treated when in the noble discharge
of duty as the Executive in a:. newly fledged
territory, may yet act as the jlionorable
Ex
ecutive of the State second in,' wealth; power,
and population, or represent iber interests in
the Senate of the nation. ; Tile once rejected
minister plenipotentiary .becnne the Presi
dent of the United' States. The lesson has
not lost its meaning: • I .A,' homily of like im
port may yet beread to an; administration
upon whose frontlet its ownlatuity has writ
ten u DOOMED." •
The Mormons and Their Progres!.
THE SALT LAKE,,qTy.
Despite the strange. stories' that are circu-'
mated in relation tq the MormetiV, they con
tinue to increase and to multiply. Their
progress is one of the marvels "of the age:—
Driven from point to :point, their leaders
slaughtered and their propertvialestroyed,they
appear to be as dauntless and determined as
ever, and converts crowds towards the great,
city of the Salt -Lake, not only by hundreds
but by thousands, and . even the doctrine of
polygamy, which has been incorporated into
their system, and is now avowed and defers=
ded:by their leaders, seems io have •no effect
in staying the current. The founder of the
Mormon creed was, ts•is well known,
.an
.il
lityrate impostor.. He-jpretended to have
discovered certain plates, upon Which . the
" Book of Mormon" was written, whereupon
he immediately set himself up -as . a prophet
and a leader, and soon succeeded in gather
ing around him a considerable number orfol
lowers. All this occurred in the interior, of
New. York, but "Joe Smith," not considering'
flat soil - particularly -congenial to his ,new
crud; moved westward and organized in
.
-souri. The Morniona however, soon got into
bad odor with their neighbors, and after hav
ing antlered all, sorts of persecutions, they
struck their tents again, and moved onward
to Nauvoo, 111. ' There they erected an im
mense temple, sent forward missionaries, and
increased very rapidly. But a powerful pop- .
ular prejudice was speedily excited, and at
last their leader was ruthlessly murdered.—
"-The Saints," as they. desciabo' theinselve.s,
nothing intimidated at, the many itverses
they had experiencedfdetermined ‘: after this
sad event, to lodate themselves still farther
was , and if
The
the teach of the
States. The Territory. of Utah was selected
for the purpose,_ 'am the. Cit.( of the Salt Lake
sycin assumed buite an attractixo apperance.
Brigham Young, the spiritual leade4 of the
McirtnOns, was appointed Governor of the Ter
ritory; and a Mormon Delegate was- . elected
to Congress. ' And this is the : the condition
of affairs at the present time. Meanwhile; as
already observed, the plurality-of-wife System
has been boldly avowed, and 'is in ''practicl
opperation in the' City' of- the Sala Lake.—'
Some of the mormons have as many as six
eight and ten wives;
.and strange its it: may
seem, it.is affirmed that limy all:live in peace
and harmony. : Thiti pait of, the, story, how
ever, we beg leave to doubt. But Mormon
is by no means confined to to United- States.
It is rapidly spreading in England and Wales,
.and according to an article In 'recent num
ber of the Edingbnig - Review, as. long ago
as July„lBs3, there . were Upwards of twenty
thousand Morinons: in England, who Were
tinder the spiritual . control of ten - Priests '
2,578 - Eiders, and 834 Deacons. , It; is stated .
tliat•itiost . nunierous Monnoti"Church in Eng
land.is' tha t - -of Manchester which contains.
6,166 members., The next is that' of Glatn - -
orgaiishire, Which ',Ootitaitis 2,688; Mn Hor
ace Mantr,in the - cOurse_44 an article '_npon . •
the subject, says that tbe_preachers are very
successful in their efforts
. to obtain thsc.iplot.
"The surprising :cenfidence_ and zeal., with
which they promulgate .their creed,; the prom:
iuenee they give to the exciting-topics of the. •
speedy comingef . the Satiour, arid his .per;
ional milliennial : reign, and the attractive
ness to many minds of the . 4 idea iof an infa
llible, church relying for its : evideribefarld its
guidance upon revelations made perrttially ..•to...itrulers,
a - these;' with other Influences,'
have combinod to give.. the ;Mormon • move- •
menC a: position . and importance with rh o ' •
working . class - &- tild cit,4)erlia pa Should ' draw •
to it Much. more than it has yet received -th e
• .
atte don - of our 'while tenehers.". ' - •
. be rmons have churches also in Den
trk, SW en .Norway, Iceland, France, Get
-Many, Its
,), 'witzerland' Malta, Gibraltar, .
Illudoostan.' Australia, atCd.•the Sandwich '
Islands, and have sent missionaries 'to Siam,
Ceylon, China, the Weit Indies:, Guiana and
'COL • The
,bookof Mormon has been pub-,
lisped : in' French, Gentian, Italian, Danish,
flolynesitin and Welsh.. In Denmark, at the
beginning of 1853, they p4s.qesesed - 1,4 - 00 bap:
tized converts. - In the Sandwich Islands, they
had baptized 586 before. their 'Mission had
been established twelve months. Their meth
od of establishing these missions in foreign
countries, the ' Review nives as followi:i
-, Amongst their converts taken af,randorn from
the Mixed population of This country,' there
are natives to be found of every nation in Eu
rope. They select it native of the country
which they wish to-attack, and join, him as.
an iuterpreter to the other. •emis.saries whom
theY are about to desjatch to the land of his
birth. On arriving at their destination,- the
.missionaries are supported • hy the funds ofthe
Church,Aill they. can maintain. themselves
ou t . of the offerings of their , prosely les.
The mormon emigration from Eprope, to
this coUntry,•is computed 4 :three !thousand .
per annum, and the nett l*rttise idle pop
ulation at Utah at two thousand fiv huhdred
per annum. At this:rate, there will i lbe Sixty
thousand in 1856, or i enougli to adrnit Utah -.
' into the . Union as a sovereign Stafe. Then
as -we doubt not, the. great 9tt6stions, will come
up as to thetoleration or othernise - pf the pe
culiar institution of polygamy. The - Move- -
merit is a peculiar' one, tn. many Atointrs of .
view: With the exception of the licentious
'feature of the peculiarity-of. wives .!the- Mor
• nions are said to be a moral. people. This,
howeVer,lnust prove ; a source of infniteevil.
At first, they. were - evidently.. as.traMed . of it
but !luring the last year,' they: haVe become
embolden, and they now not• only.proelaini
their belief in polygamy, but :tbey: eulogize
the doct •ne,in the most, extravagant terms.
- The. woder is,,that we have. 4 d no awful
-dis s closu as to the iniquitoi effect •of the
system: `taut. sernething ~,- ,) hind will
come, a -we.doubt not heft . ' -
,great while,
and the , the popular indignation will compel l. l
them. to 'abandon the - System, 8r abandon the
country.—Bicks.Repdi ter. _ - - ' - ,
Proper Time tor Cutting Grass.
For more than thirty years, -says a et - me*,
pondent of the •• Cenritry_Gentleman,-: it has
been a commen , saving:4imong farniers, that .
timothy hay should 110tAie' cut until
that-is, uhtil• the Ireads:areplumP and full of ,
seed:. It was raised in:i6Ouritrv. where gnu •
.was thonglit•readv to:lnt-as soon a 4 it was
larsge enough; and aNr,..ity'came here, I fol.
!Owed the same I)r:teapot - many of my good
neighbors. * I followed the •practicl so long,
and had so -many - opportunities to i proverit,
that I know to•a zertailatylthat:my practic is
right. For some Et .orthyeats•paSt I have
sod mostly 'timothy hay: Previous to that'
I usedi more clover. , Very often I have not
been able to get it •all cut, before harvest;
and_baring several - cattle artd.,:sheep -yards,.,
some one lot of cattle 'had to eitrihe ripe bay
and-I iim• perfectly sure - that it is a great loss,'"
to let he timothy hay get anything likeripe; -
in fact whenever it liegiris to bloss.onviisr.
time t 6 begin cutting. If them is much -
cat, arid not plenty of hands,.some Will then
get too' - ripe.. I would prefei. g ood wheat
straw,,cut before it is too. ripe, to ripe timothy
for either sheep or cattle. ,
,
A. number of years ago "built a cow - Jame -
and that season I cut my, timothrhay earlier
than usual.. I,Stabled my. cows - for the first
time that year ; fed them the arly cut' tint,.
othy: hay, and took every possible care of the
cattle„but they beeame pookWould eat but
little green hay, and by spring the cows and
young, cattle were . overrun • with lied, and
poorer by far than I eier.had• cattle. I con- -
.eluded -I had cut tray timothy hay too great,
and that-my neighbors ere partially right..
Next season . l let it groW nearly ripe, but my
cows did no better. then concluded it
must.be stabling"; *and took . .Out, my stalls •
and turned rni• stables into seeds.* After that •
my cattle got faiton green AMY. After I be
gan tOlatten cattle extensiVely,,l ?found out
my cow stables were not throughly ventilated
and thi4 was the: only - reason why they did .-
not:do•well in their stables. • - •
- The loss farmers sustain
.by.•'•lettin,g iiiefr -
hay get too ripe, isimtnence.. would rath
er have four quails of meal per day, with green
timothy hay,•than a. pock with;ripe hay,.- to.
fat a steer witk. Cut grass or Clover- gieen; -
-cure in, swath or cock, and it will -make -ei
ther sheep or steers flit infive months with
out grain, if they 'are properly attended to, but
istill,it is-more profitable n to feed part with
grain. •
I have wintered thimeason about 200 sheep
on wheat straw, - with one bushel 0E :oil cake
meal to the 19(1 sheep per daY, and now they
are fat, altliOugh but thin: when I • bougt.
them. ! •
Arthur's Patent Self-Seal
mf ipteanth
For preserving Fresh Fruil, l'oidoEts, 4'4 by
Hermetical Senliv. : . .
lii
/
TESE Cans which are sealed by the house
- keepers withopt the Aid' of a tinner, and
opened easily without injury' to the C;,n; aro 7 0 1" -
idly puling into geueral use Full directions
for putting up fruit aecattmaniog the C.lnst -and
the work is so easily performed, that 15 their
use, °very family may have Fresh Fruit and To
matoes on their tables all winter, st summer pri
eev.
' .PIZICES.—PInt , , . Cans $2 00 ;" • Quart , $:1;5;
-4'42 1 s.t:= s :HalfsGalion, $3,5 ; Three
_nets, 8: 6 ' 14 ' 114 "
$5,00 per idozen. The different sizes nest, in
order to secure economy in transport:Aiat
Country Storekeepers will find this mor artlelo
one of ready sale._ Mandfactured and sold by
ARTHUR, 131JVIIIAll, & CO.
No. 60 South TENTH Bt.
icily 18, 1855.-30m3.
To the lionoiable the Juiisrea of th i etourt of
Quarter Sessions of the Peace in d for the
county of Susquehanna.. - 't
?
The Petition of Frederick Pickering, of ilia
Borough of Susquehanna,Depot, in Said County,
reapeetfully showeth that ho is provided with
suitable conveniences to, keep a _Grocery, in the
Borough atotesaid,'and that it is his intentio 3
to apply to the next court of Quarter Sess;osit
tube holden in and for said county, on the third
Monday of August next; for a License to keep a
Grocery to sees Strong lii!er, also, other Malt Li‘
quors, according to the act of Assembly in such
eases-made and provided: s
FRED RICK PICKERING. ,
Stlaquelianna Depot, Jitly 21,1855.---30 w