•< :f Excitement at Gaston* Gov. Bigler his pardoned Dr. 'LachendOr, one of the » Easton conspirators,’' ‘ whose case made so-mech 'noise' afew 'months back 1 , r Tim Norlhamplon Farmir, a Democratic paper which carries Gov. Bigler’s name at its lmast>6ead, speaks of the act as follows: Our towiv wasthrown into the most intense exoitoraent'on'Tufisday last,by the intelligence lint Guv.! Bigler, by p pardon, had released Dr. Lachonour from imprisonment and re mitted-his fine I Never, upon any occasion, or from’any cause, have we witnessed such unanimityof condemnation of an act, dr so deep and hearty anathemas evoked upon. tho head of tbe man who committed it. ■ The people of this community feel it to be an outrage upon the Court and the Jury who patiently sat for three long weeks, affording this man every opportunity of proving his innocence of tho foul charge of conspiracy —of robbing, by the most infamous means, on imbecile,- weak old man of his money— that every principle of law which individuals and communities look to for protection from Iho hand of the assassin and the foul con spirator, has been trodden under foot by Gov. Bigler, in thus releasing this man'Trom the righteous judgment of the law which had been imposed upon him. We call upon the, people to pause. Gov ernor Bigler may be able to justify this act, by the facts and circumstances presented for his consideration, which we think he is bound to make public. Nay, we-demand that he make them public, for if ho refuses— it he does nothing to convince the people of (his country, that ho was justifiable in inter fering with and setting aside a verdict and sentence which nineteen-twentieths of our citizens considered right and just, he will find, that in despite of all the cfforls-of those few Whigs whose friendship and support ho has secured by this act, the people will pro nounce such a judgment upon him at the ballot-box, ns Will convince him that the ver dicts of our juries, and the sentences' of our Courls, are not to be trampled undejr foot— even by a Governor. If Gov. Bigler is satisfied (hat Dr. Lach cnour is innocent, if he has been shown that iho vcrdict of the jury was erroneous—or the sentence intolerable, why did he stop where ho has—why does he sulfur innocent men to he incarcerated in a Stale Prison—why not liberate those men 7 If he is justifiable in pardoning one, he is in pardoning all, and lhe people will demand it of him. Peiilions arc already in circulation—a public meeting will he hold—tho Governor must extend his clem ency to them, and not suffer jhem to remain ihoro until “ aficr the election”—iho lime at which it is said, he has agreed to liberate Vhem, It would nol only be just, but good policy, for lltw ore democrats and will depos it in the ballot box nn arliclo'which he will be very short of in this county unless he lakes some effectual means of satisfying ihe people that he is justifiable in what he has already done. Two poor young men were sentenced to six months imprisonment in the county jail nod fine of $5O and costs. Their time ex pired, They were unable to pay the fine, and wore,kept there for three months on ac count of their poverty] Oar Commissioners; -jKTtrrhnroa mo ocnrermjr ter remit the fine, sta ting the'tiller inability of the prisoners to pay —that they were only an expense to the coun ty. Governor Bigler treated (he Commission ers with silent contempt—he never even no ticed them. In the case of this millionaire, in the will of the community, al most to a man, tho Governor remits the fine —robs the county of $ 2500 —which was her just due as the penalty of this man’s crimes, and refusesrto give us any thing in justification, or even in explanation of his coprso. These things will not do, and Gov. Bigler will thus find it before he is nippy months older. If Governors have the power to thus set aside and render nugatory the doings of our Courts of Justice—lf a Governor can with impunity, Irafnple every principle of law and Justice under foot, then wo say, abolish our court*, do not call our citizens to servo for weeks ns jurymen—hand offenders over to lh(s'Governor, and let him deal with them ac cording qs his interest or his prejudice shall dictate. ' 1 The Nebraska. Test.—Some of tho Ad ministration presses in other Slates seek to produce the impression that the Nebraska bill is not a test measure in the ranks of the Democracy ; but one Shout which they may difler. .without forces. The Wnshjnglon national organ of-the parly, sets its foot down against any such shill. It says: ■ “ The Nebraska bill is a Test of Demo cratic. Orthodoxy . —Tho majority have spo ken,,and in this country the majority must bo obeyed. It is not necessary that an ad ministration should say what is or. what is not e test of faith; but tho will of the major ity of tho Democratic parly is no less poten tial in making [a principle a test and in con stituting tha| princible an article of the Demo cratic creed. ' Tule'Canvass.— Tho Democratic 'lenders are trembling with anxiety in relation to tbe rash promise of Obvernbi* Bigler to meet his opponent on the stump;'during (ho fair cam paign.' Witt he be abio to get otT With only one or fw'q speeches at'one or two-places? This is how the question.- We trust (bat Judge Pollock’s friends will insist upon lhc full .rpdcmption by Governor Bigler of his prqpaiso. Tbp campaign will open, if report speaks, rightly, in the, western port of tfitr Stale, in about two weeks’ from tbjs .time. Pollock’s first, firo must drive the Governor out of iho bushes on the Nebraska question. — Phila.Rfpisicr. - MAVou ComiXo, of Philadelphia, has bcjtd the keepfer of a public housu for trialj for sel ling liquor lo an intoxicated man who died In consequence of such intoxication. The uci cused offered in defence that ‘ho was tidr at homo When the liquor' Was . bold, and that it was sold by his baV-tonder. The Mayor re plied 1 that hit absence Would not avail to screeahitn, as his bar-keeper; acting as his agent) made him responsible. 1 A l Pjtltoßsctfr'.lHDiNM -was treated to ten Or filiMtriglassao bf liqudr by some lumber! men near-!.Oldlbwn,'Maine;’a f uW days ago;, and Waiaftorwardb (Riundndead, ' The iurw did not knovr what ttitted liiuii' ■:, j J •’« 5V' ' * < . Isa M TicKGT7" ..FOB .GOVERNOR, - JAMES POILLOOK, bfNorthmnberland, PORCANAL COMMISSIONER, 6EOB6EDARSIE, of Allegheny. FOR SUPREME COURT, -. DANIEIi M. SMYSER, of Montgomery. ID 4 Hon. G. A. Grow will please accept oar thinks for Census Report of, 1850, and other valuable docu meats. HIT Has (heritor of tho Agitator, sailing under his piratical flag of" no-parly,” become satisfied with the answer to his question ?—Montrose Demo crat. The above is the winding up of a column answer in tho last Democrat, to opt inquiry as to the beer bill that stuck in Gov. Bigler’s pocket —which inquiry was made some weeks ago. Let us examine-Mr. Chase’s answer, and then an swer his question at life head of this article. - First, then, tho editor of the Pemoerai is inform ed that we shall not permit him to lead away from the question at issue by flinging upon our shoulders (he sins of the Whig, or Native American parlies. We belong to neither, are responsible for the acts of neither, shall defend neither, and shall discuss noth ing under this present bead, except (bat “ dirty beer bill," as he calls it. When this is done, we will an swer his question. We know that the Lager Beer bill passed late in the session, and we also know what onr contempo rary says he he docs not, (bat it was intended to ad vance the cause of Temperance. If, as he very justly observes, it simply lodges tire power to grant licenses to beer shops in another tribunal, there is abundant evidence of design in it. What was the design ?—what the virtue of tho change 1 Why, instead of permitting the County Treasurer to issue beer licenses ad libitum, it threw around tiro traffic an additional precaution—obliging every applicant for the glorious privilege to vend Lager Beer, to pre sent himself before (lie court of Quarter Sessions, with his petition settihg forth that the proposed shop was necessary to tho convenience of tho public, that the petitioner had ample accommodations for man and beast, that be was sober and of good re pute alms's men, and this certified to by twelve re spectable members of community. Gut Mr. Chase would represent that this bill does nut successfully contemplate the suppression of these hol-hcds, of intemperance and its hideous consequents. Is this fair ? If the pocket-vetoed beer bill docs not aim at, and proviso in a degree for the suppression of tho Lager beer traffic, then why is tho power to grant licenses fur ions and taverns lodged in the Quarter Sessions, and surrounded with restrictions ? Why is it not lodged will the County treasurer?— Nujv, ont'fl(ntemporary knows just as well os any body why this power to license taverns is not given into the treasurer’s hands, os it is in regard to beer houses, for ho is by no means an ignorant man in regard to llicso matters ; yet wo will answer the question ; It was because ■ Intemperance was dis ccrncd to bo a great,"a stupendous and aspiring evil; and as a means to keep it in ebook, lawmakers de. terminod to place tho traffic in tho hands of respect able men. Now as tho number of respectable men who would wish to'engage in each a miserable, dir ty traffic, might well bo estimated as small, those lawmakers did not hit so wide of the mark after all. Now Mr. Editor, if your friend, Mr. Bigler bad signed that “dirty beer bill,” wo submit that the cause of temperance would have been materially ad vanced ; for not more than one in fifty of the present number of beer houses, could have been legally li censed. Bnt why would it have advanced tho cause of tem perance? Because, os Mr. Chase well knows— one Lager Beer shop will damn mote half-grown boys, body and soul, than ton respectable taverns. These accursed dens are debauching the rising gen eration, and converting every community into a Pandemonium, wherever tho law has given them a foothold. Look around you, you who llvo in large villages and cities; who keep your Lager beer shops? Arc they not among the vilest, and most degraded of the denizens of your lanes and alleys 7 Wc have [poked for ourself, and know that your answer must be— "yes!" Then why is this beer bill, striking directly at tbo suppression of these dens, deemed of so little importance by tho friends of Gov. Bigler 1 Shall we answer this, also 7—Because tho Lager beer traffic is principally confined to the foreign population, and the foreign voto is essentially neces sary to secure Mr. Bigler even a respectable minor. fly. This is why the beet bill is hissed at by the friends of Mr. Bigler—will Mr. Chase deny this? His assertion that tbo second section of this hill calends the privilege to sell liquor to a class of mer chants now debarred, seems not to have any found ation in fact. On tho contrary, the bill provides that a class who do sell, now, shall be debarred hence, forth if tills bill becomes a law; and Mr. Chase, who was Speaker of the House at Die time of its passage and whoso name is signed to the bill, should have remembered better. Under the present law,licenses to soil liquors by the quart may be issued to any man who will pay (lie fifty per cent, on a license of class B,] But this "dirty beer bill” provides that no person shall receive a liqcnse to wholesale liquors unless ha, shall rank, and bo ranked a member of the fourteenth class by the appraiser of mcrcontilo tax es. And the licensee must sell goods other than -liq uors, sufficient to place him in the Hlh class. Now, since tho Democrat editor is a legal gentle- ho will point out the section so obnox ious' to tho charge of- license extension. Having been favorably placed to obscraa the working of tho preacnUaw for nearly two years, wo cannot see that this hill grants any now privileges. Wc polish the bill in another column,-that all may judge between it and tho present license law. But if Gov. Bigler has any sorioua objections to the bill in his packet, why, in tho name of common sonsc, did ho approve a bill at exactly similar pro visions, so far as beer Is concerned, Id take effect in • scvcjaMowns of Tioga County 7 Shull wo answer for tho' Democrat 7 ' Because Mr. Bigler knew (hat Tioga Was, bnd is, a temperance county; and that lie Wo'ifld risk nothing by so dbihg. This, every ac lion of Mr. Bigler's shows to be the 1 policy be has adopted in regard to the important questions of the day—a withholding of his opinions until tho fatal " Tuesday” shall have cbmo and gone,bearing Jiim as we sincerely hope, away from the place he has in nowice honoted. • 1 ■ • Should diir friend have occasion to n'atho our call ing again, wo fiopohe will not designate’ it as piracy —as wc have a greater 'thirst for knowledge con cerning Mr. BiglerV principles; than for tho blOOd and gold of our follow-men. 1 Anyinformationinri gard to bis principles, or his political proclivities; of his opinion pf iho roach obqscd goose' qqeßljon, or, in fact, hi regard to his, wlioroalionls on 'anw.im portant jtpblio nfaUet’.sjtfcd ho ’servci) in' jiis 1 prekepi capa6Uy,will be Ihahblbllyftciivcd itthisoffico.' 1 The editor of tho Agitator h not satisfied . '.witii Iho Democrat's answer to our question. - Wc wail still; t!’ - y.ij ~-j 5 mm & 1 i-V- 'v tf'l'fA-;'. fl The T Mliitejjihia daily ptpats.kre m Judge for in of Quit, arriugned (oil selling lighofpn sgaa rw.der Jo pal down Dio Sunday traffic, unavailing. Tho Sun is quite severe in some of its remarks. Here .is .a good argument From that paper: •' “Now, wobavc it distinctly staled that the act of 1794 'prohibits Uie salo or liquor on Sunday—Dial the Licerfso Law grants no right interdicted by that act, nd that a tavern keeper has no moie right “to do and perform worldly employment or business on the Lord's Day, commonly called Sunday,” than any other person. If, (healths law of 1794 offers no right or privilege, by what right docs the licensed tavern keeper sell liquor on Sunday 7 Ho evidently has none, and is directly amenable as the man who sells without a license—or in other wards, keeps a disorderly tippling house.' If the act of 1794 offers no protection, and grants no license for selling liquor on Sunday, what is more clear than that every man, licensed or unlicensed, is,equally culpable if he sella on Sunday, and is equally liable to conviction 7" The. .Register, in commenting upon the above, says that Temperance men on tho Bench would- have so reasoned; but that the Supremo Judges are not Just ly chargeable with treachery in deciding against Temperance and good order, as they never pretend ed to be friendly. One thing is evident; The Su preme Bench is to the Judiciary, what the Senate is to the Legislative department of our Government —awfully old fogyish. Both are away back, keep ing company with the ferrule and dunce-block of other days. Rev. H. W. Becchcr should include them in his judgement of the Church—which he de scribed as “ lumbering behind Reform like the bag gage waggons of an army! ” But tho Sopreme Bench and the Senate are still farther behind—like stragglers and skulkers in the rear of the bsggagc waggons. The Register has some excellent, remarks concern ing temperance manors, as connected with the com ing election, as well as with the recent decision in tho Omit case.; “4Ve trust that the $4 fine will he rigorously in flicted ; that licenses will be revoked under the stat ute ; that liquor sellers may be punished for selling to intoxicated persons; that keepers of disorderly houses may be indicted and that temperance men may go steadily to work to elect good and true men on right issues and clear pledges, to the Governor’s chair, the Legislature and the Beach—and also to procure an overwhelming vole fuV tho Prohibition Law in October.” Wo endorse the sentiment of the above in full. Our Temperance brethren in Northern Fcnnsylva nia, must not let their brethren in the southern coun ties gel the start of them. Let us begin here in Ti oga and put the laws we hare nets in force j let us observe the letter, as well os the spirit in its execu tion ; and in the meantime, let the strength of the Temperance party 'be husbanded for the coming struggle. The approaching contest between Order and Disorder, Jb not to be a fair and opcn-lmndcd struggle: the Temperance clement is far the more powerful, estimating its power by the universality al its diffusion; but the strife is to be one of principle with an immense aggregated capital, directed and applied to the perpetuation of tho second greatest curse that ever descended to darken the homes and, desolate the hearts of the children of men. There is no disguising tills startling truth, nor should it be disguised. The friends of Prohibition must go up to the polls prepared to dispute (he field, not with numbers, but witli a mighty consolidated interest, whoso agents will leave no stano unmoved Uiut stands in the path of Success. We have no fear for tiio result in Tioga, but the larger llio majority in tliis County, the more wc shall have to help a minor ity elsewhere. There should be no delay in propna. lion, no trusting implicitly in the cloudless skies tiiat o'ercanopy us now. Pray fur success, but pray with your war-harncss on, and never forget Ihatatcr- Ting truth—“ God helps those who help themselves! ” Wc give another extract from the Register touch ing the duty of Temperance men, and hope every reader will ponder well the importance of the point urged therein—which wc have seen no where else i touched upon i “Oneword now to temperance men. They will not like It. perhaps, but they will pardon ns for saying it: They arc making a great mistake in relation 1 lo the election of Judges pf the Supreme Court.— 1 Those Judges arc elective ; they have the power lo ; nullify any Prohibitory Law that may bo passed; 1 and it is ail important to voters to know their opin- I ion on the principle of the constitutionality of the Prohibitory Law. Voters have a right to know this. It wonld not he proper to ask a judge how lie will de cide in a particular cose; whether he will charge in favor of John Smith or Thomas Thompson; but it ' is proper lo ask him whether the riglit of search is constitutional. The present candidates for tlie Su preme Court declined answering, and we arc sorry to say, the lito Temperance Convention approved that course. As a delegate, wo voted with the mi nority. Let. the temperance men elect a Legislature that will pass a Prohibitory Law, and a Governor who will approve it, it will avail nothing if enemies occupy tho bench of the Supremo Court.” We freely acknowledge the force of the Register's reasoning, but hardly think any man wiil be found willing to incur the charge of giving extra-judicial decisions, by determining as to the constitutionality of a Prohibitory Law. Asparaous Coffee. —Baron Liebig line discovered that the seeds of thd asparagus plant contain a prin ciple that he calls taurine, which is identical with that of the coffee berry, and that when free from the pulp, dried and roasted, and made into u beverage in the Batpe way, it cannot be distinguished from good Mocha coffee. Will some iff our country friends try it. It may open a now siurce of wealth for this country.— Tribune. Wo are inclined to think that the asparagus, now •so good and healthy a subject for table greens, in case the Tribune's call shot Id be answered, would become a fruitful source of I cadsches, hysteria, and nervous disorders without end. Coffee is a power ful stimulant, and upon the tjervea of one not accus tomed to its use, it lias an effect very similar to that produced by alcoholic liquors. It is thought very nutritious by a large proportion of its consumers, but lake away Us usual acfcompamamenls—cream and sugar, and bow much [more nutritive would it bo than tansy bitters 7 After all, parhaps it is \ ache stuff then there will hi Loan soup for breakfast and c l.a!” Gresr, Cats and B*ciieu| agraph \vc clip from tho' re ccedings of iho Connecticut] Bill to tax geese, cats ail Mr. Harrison was opposed bachelors. There was ali goose, and an; man who had without being married, Cou section. The bill was indei O’ The Pnovtx’s Jouutu Beach, New York, is one' of tific periodicals published in giist'No.,' imsji/ly-two splen patcnls iseucd Ibr thi ilnd A choice' variety of othe monthly isinvaluablo to tin mfcr.‘,sl per year. ■ • OBrolhcrßoynolds, of e'ripl, ftlay ircst ‘assured tint hij «o freely'extends to us, Wb An work Ishoulder to'S Humanity without quarrel AtjjTATOBJi veil to raise one’s head. : less danger of supping Icalling it “ superb Mo- tjss. —The following par igular report of the pro jLegialaiurc,on the 27 th Id bachelors, taken up. to the provision taxing ax laid olready upon a I lived twenty-five years Id bo taxed under that nitcly postponed. ~, published hy Alfred E. f the most valuable scien | this cdunlry. The Au i Ji.d engravings, a lisl.pf 11 month ending June 30, ifbcadhble mailer. ' This n mochahio and tbo far- tho Carbondalo Trant ; tho hand of fellowship is as freely' accepted.-:, boulder in (ho cause of ing about minor issues- f O’Jac\t;Fftfi a severe visit oh Mpiiday -flight}. kind* paid ruinous jiihutt week, mercury uptp of winter clothes and Wtafeir fitfa,;/ i i W ”■* ’ ’ Just a few Words. ■ Having examined the files of the Eagle for a few months past,- we - arc net at all - surprised (e find its worthy editor terribly puzzled to decide In what “In dependence” consists. Being charitably Inclined, we will trylo help biro out. Wo must be brief, as space will not adroit of any extended elucidation of a subject witli 1 which tho public are generally ac quainted. - . First, then, to ns, Independence seems Id consist in speaking out boldly what odd considers to be the truth, and in a rigid adherence to principles, rather' than to men and parties, and a strailforward perfor mance of duly, without reference to—“ What will the world say 7 ” Second, an independent newspaper roost necessa rily in degree be the exponent of tho views of its editor. He has his standard of Right and Wrong, and if it is tolerably correct, he will bo patronized. Third, (or the exclusive benefit of out unfortunate neighbor, we will state, that an Independent-paper cannot be Neutral, her can its editor sit astride the fence, as ho does, when important questions are be ing agitated. Ho must be found on one side or the other —always there . And when he gets wrong be must come ontlike an independent man and own up. Fourth, wo fly (he wiiig ticket at our mast-head because, as wo distinctly stated in ourjirst number, we are anti-Nebraska to the backbone and every one of the men an (hat ticket have spoken out boldly, in opposition tho Slave power; not becanse they are Whigs. Wo go in for a reduction of the tariff laid on Free Labor by tho Slave power, and a system of internal improvements, having for their object the rendering of the area of free soil as long and as broad as the green earth. We cannot support either of the men on the Democratic ticket, because they dare not avow their sentiments in regard to either the Temperance or Slavery extension questions. The people will understand this, and that is ail that we care about Destruction of Ctrcytown, - SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. This Quixotic tilt of our wonderful administration against a defenceless town, arose from the action of our Minister, Mr. Borland, wlia, rifle in hand and a bully’s threat upon his lips stood between the po lice of that town and a fugitive from justice. For lliis unwarrantable proceeding, ho was detained on shore one night. To avenge this terrible insult, Commander Hollins, of the Cyonc, deliberately des troyed the place by fire. We below present a di gest of the spirit of the Press, prepared expressly for our readers; The N. Y. Express says: “The disgraceful affair at Greytown, as it becomes belter undersiood, excites here—as we see if does at Washington— sentiments of indignation and disgust. Our national flag has been dishonored by n performance to which, we thank Providence, there is no par allel in our annals, and the like of which, we earnestly pray, we may never be called up on to record again.” And the Tribune: ■ . “ We shall perhaps be fold that the insult to Mr. Embassador Borland was ground enough for this terrible stretch of vengeance. As if such a blackguard as Borland, a man whoso only other official acts the Govern ment lias disclaimed and consigned to merit ed oblivion, could by any possibility he insul ted up to that point 1 We apprehend that the common sense of the American people will not be deluded into the idea that the acts of seeming incivility offered to this travelling ambassador, who with rifle in hand, stands - up to protect homicides against lawful arrest, were of a nature to require even an apology.”- And the Journal of Commerce : “ There are many besides ourselves,ho will doubt tbo wisdom of proceeding 10 such j extremities ns ihe bombardment and burning I of the village; espeeinih' as a considerable j portion of the loss of property will fall upon i our own citizens. Considered as a naval • achievement, the act confers no honor.” I And the Herald: Assuming that the demand made upon the } town was just, yet, even then, the public, we i think, will agree with us in the opinion, that flhe refusal of San Juan to comply with their ! demands, afforded no adequate justification I for the punishment inflicted upon the place, i The civilized world will require lo know if those demands were really just, before it con listen lo any apology for the barbarity of the act, or relieve the perpetrators from the odi um that rests upon them.” And the Times: , “ We suppose—barn is it is lo do so—(hat we must take it for granted that the act of ihe Cyane was the work of the Administra tion, until it is disowned. If so, and if the .Administration is seeking to put the enp sheaf upon all the measures fhat our people has ever been foredd to endorse lor its blun dering, misplaced and ambitious rulers, it need do no more. To die in the act of con summating a noble victory has always been esteemed the crowning glory of heroes. Let Ihe Administration die now, and its monu ment will never be overtopped.” And the Courier Ok iFtfiuefass lili« gw*’ t ijßpfftjbe the cutiofhU t shmrti: more m&|n»nimitjyW beehjeipecled by its most (ardent admirers. It has. felt ob liged lo thrash somebody, and it has taken one of its ttze/ u - J THE PEOPLE ON NEBRASKA. Pitted up for tile Agitator. BY PASTE SOISSOBS, ESft. The Louisville- Journal says The Ne braska' lajv has no strength in Indiana. A few Democrats in that State pretend to be in favor of it, but they are onl'y office-holders,' office-r seekers,-and the obsequious followers of office holders and office-seekers. A large majority of Indiana is against, the law. We have already referred to several Democratic anti. Nebraska meetings in Indiana that rebuked the Democratic Slate Convention. The ed itor of the Evansville Journal says that he has not heard of (he first successful Demo cratic Nebraska meeting in ihe State. He says :—“ The Nebraska meeting at Lafay ette voted down Nebraska resolutions; and at Indianapolis none were offered because it was known they were to bo sotoddown there. Nowhere in the Sjale has the party been able lo get up an out-and-out Nebraska meeting.” The editor makes mention of several large Democratic and anli-Nebraska meetings that have just been held, and speaks of several; calls made for other meetings of the same sort.' lowa, —The Anti-Nebraska men of Des Moines county held a Convention at Burling ton recently and nominated a full Couniy and Legislate ticket, composed of most worthy and competent men. The Burlington Tel egraph, a paper edited by Democrats, but independent in politics, says of ihis new move ment : “ The people have a plain duly before them. A reorganization and fusion of parlies is ta king place all over the country. The same motives which prompt such a course elsewhere are found lo exist here in an eminent degree. 1 The old issues are dead’ and the people are tired of cliques and disgusted with iheir management. For once, we are all Whigs and all Democrats ; and for once, and to the great displeasure of old managers, both Whigs and Democrats have the independence to think and act and speak for themselves. Long may they wave! and long may they’ assert their right lo keep their own consciences and to manage iheir own affairs.'' Minnesota. —The New York Tribune has an account of a convention of the friends of freedom in this territory, held at St. An thony, on the 4.1 h insl. A series of resolu tions wore adopted, denouncing ihe Nebraska Bill, declaring that iis principle applies io Minnesota as well as to the other territories, and calling on the people of the Free States to unite ngainst the schemes of the Slave Power. The Convention, which was large and enthusiastic, adjourned, afier appointing a Provisional Committee, to mature a plan of organization, and call meetings at discretion. W. E. Bobb, formerly Governor of Ohio, now a citizen of Illinois, writes to the Tri bune as follows: “You may rely that the North has at last resolved to stand by the right. If wo are wise, we can carry every Stale north of Ma son and Dixon. Even Illinois will not sus tain Douglas. We have, you know, four Whigs, Washburn, Norton, Knox and Ynles. Wentworth and Bissell dare not go ogainsl us. Richardson cannot be returned from that Yan kee Quincy District ; so we will have seven of the nine. Whether the two Allens can be sent back from Egypt (Southern Illinois) re mains to be tried. The people there say not,” . Not at all Surprising.—Abolitionists will remember the shocking remark made not many years since by a popular and eloquent Southern Divine, that-“ he would ns-soon buy or sell a slavb os a leg of mutton.” The man who uttered this brutal sentiment was Rev. W. T. Hamilton, D. D, of Mobile, who has lately been detected in a crime so foul that a clean tongue shrinks from even naming it. He has been driven not only from the public, but even from Ihe society of the “ respectable” slaveholders, whose crimes he has so often sought to justify from (he Scriptures. Massachusetts Republican State Con vention. —The Provisional Committee, ap pointed by the Convention of the People held at Worcester on the 20ih day of July cur rent, call upon the Republicans of each of ihe towns and cities of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, to elect a number of delegates, equal to three times the number of represen tatives to which they are entitled in the Gen eral Court, to attend n Stale Convention at Worcester, on Thursday, the 7th day of Sep tember next, at 11 o’clock, A. M., to nomi nate candidates for Slate officers, and to lake such oihet actions as may be thought proper, in order to promote the cause of resistance lo to the Slave Power. A correspondent of the Lancasler (Pa.) Whig says: Extraordinary efforts are being made here by “ the powers that bo,” lo send a large body of men to Lanzas to socurse that lovely country to Slavery. The friends of freedom must by no means relax their ef forts ; the crisis is an important one, anc| I trust the association in your town will exert itself for this great cause, that they will in crease and extend their influence. In all probability the President of The Union Emi gration Society, Ihe Hon. John Z, Goodrich, will visit Harrisburg in a few days. 1 trust he will bo warmly and cordially received. A Colored Man in Office. —Hon. Ed ward Jordan, for many years editor of the Morning Journal at Kingston, Jamaica, was recently chosen Mayor of that city. He had previously held a seat in the Legislative Caun cil and filled many other honorable offices. He was elected Mayor because he was thought to be the only man in the place whose ad ministrative qualities and weight of character were adequate ip an imponano crisis in public affairs. He accepted the office only,after t|ie moat urgent/solicitations. Pennsylvania.— The, Indiana, Co. Clar ion of Freedom, an independent Anli-Nebras. ka paper, ts boiler satisfied’ with the position of Judge , Pollock, the Whig candidate for Governor, than that of,the other candidate. The Clarion says; In regard tothej position of Mr. Pollock on lljesq questions, vya unhesitatingly, say that it is far preferable to that occuf Bigler. His letters on* bolt him to, be opposed to the aj slave power, the extension the Nebraska bill. In ansa dressed to him by a commit) Anti-Nebraska meeting in Mr. Pollock says: “ I reg the. Nebraska bill as reckles —a wanton breach of na plighted faith, arid an undis] extend the institution of Sic ry now free.” He also sa; vor of reenacting that pprti. Compromise which pro.hibi Territories of Kansas and whole letter is favorable to t liberty. He also says: ‘ these Territories it will be t thority of conalitulionaiJa' of all law.” This langt unequivocal on the Slaver The Beer Bill that Bigler’s P« No. 1., an Act for the better Regulation of the Vend ing of Spirituous and plait Liquors. Sec. 1. Be it enacted iby the Senate and House of of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania inlGeneral Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by-tbe authori ty of the same, That from and after the pass age of this act, no person or person or per sons shall sell or expose to sale any beer,'ate porter or other maltllquoirs without a license for that purpose, first hjtd or obtained frqjn the Court of Quarter Sessions of the proper county, in (be same way and subject to the same rules and regulationg as regards the li censing and keeping beer houses, and the payment of the license fees to the. Common wealth, as are now applied by law to the keepers of ions and taverns. Sec. 2. That from dnd after the passage of this ad, ho license shall be granted by the treasurer of atfy county, to any person or persons to sell spirituous liquors by the quart or otherwife, unless the person or persons so applying for such license shall be relailers'of foreign, and domestic goods, wares and mer chandize, other than spirituous liquors, enti tled to be classed equal) with the fourteenth class, and have been thus regularly classed by the appraisers of mefcantilelaxes. Sec. 3. That any person or persons ven ding spirituous or maltl liquors without a li cense for that purpose fjrsi had and obtained, according to the provisions herein before pro vided, and any person pr persons violating any of the provisions qf this act, shall be subject to the same penalties (hat are now by law provided agaifist (barkeepers of unlicens ed tippling houses: Provided, That this act shall not be construed toj apply to the brewers of mall liquors or the manufacturers or recti fiers of spirituous liquors for wholesale pur poses: Provided, That! the applicants for li cense under this act shqll not bel required to give notice thereof by advertising in the news papers of the proper county : and said courts shall have power to grapt said licenses at any term at which petitions may be presented : And Provided, That ndthing in this act con tained, shall change theiciassification of ven ders of spirituous and'malt liquors in the oiiy nnd county of Philadelphia, or reduce the amount of the license fees thereof. E. B. CHAISE, Speaker of House. M. M’CASLIN, Speaker of Senate. Free Democratic' State Conven tion. Ai a meeting of (he Free Democratic S(a(o Central Committee, held in Philadelphia, Au gust 1, the following resolution was adopted: “ That a Free Democratic Mass Conven tion be held at Harrisburg on the 30th* day of August, ins(., to considejr the policy and duly of the Free Democratic iporty to the present political crisis, unless tljere should bo a peo ple’s Mass Convention fqr those opposed to the aggressions of Slavery |as proposed at mee tings lately held in Tioga County and else where, called about that lime, in which event the free Democracy will assemble at the lime and place selected for such Convention.” The important issues! now depending, and the present position bf parties in this Slate; the necessity for those who desire to interpose effectually to resist the alarmitig encroach ments of the slave power; these are circum stances which call loudly upjflo every friend of freedom to rally to this gathering, and thus strengthen the hands of.the independent men of all parties who may meet in such -general Convention, should onq be held, or otherwise by their numbers and Zeal, to give confidence in any course of action which the Free Dem ocratic parly may decide upon. V$M. B. THOMAS, Chairman. C. P. Jones, Secretary. Philadelphia, Aug. 4, 1654. Important to Justices or the Peace. —Wo publish ihe second section of a law passed at the recent session of the Pennsyl vania legislature, relative to the duly of Jus tices in making their returns to lire clerk of tbo quarter sessions of jlhe peace : Sec. 2. The aldermen and the justices of the peace of*l lie several counties of this com monwealth, shall be required to return to the clerk of the court of quarter Sessions of the peace of the respective counties, all the re cognizances entered into before them by a ly person or persons charged with the comrris sion of any crime, excepting such cases ns may be ended before an alderman or justice of the peace under existing laws, at least ten days before the commencement of the session of the cpu'rl to which U)oy are made returna ble respectively; and in all cases where any recognizances are'entered into less than than leh days before the session to which they are made returnable, the said aldermen end justi ces are required to retiirn the same, in the same manner as il this act had not been passed.' —Act 8 May, 1854, \ 1. P. h. 678, Whiskey and Death.—The City Mar shal of Detroit on Friday Inst, broke open the door of a house in the Eighth Ward a f that city, at the request or the neighbors, when a most horrible scene was discovered. A gal lon jug, partly filled with whiskey set upon the floor, and. in' close proximity lay the forms of Its four unfortunate victims, A matf, his wife, and two children were i quite dead, with only the jug to give air intimation of their fate What an eloquent argument in favor m Pro hibitory laSv. . Sam Suck say like preaching to the hdrvqs jjjslcatJ ofj the judgment. led by Governor subjects show gressions of tbe ■'of -Slavery, and er to a teller ad se appointed at an Sullivan county, ird the passage of s and ill-advised ional honor and [uised attempt to j very over territo 'a; “I am in fa m of tbe Missouri ;s Slavery in the Nebraska.” His he cause of human 1 If Slavery enters otonly without au r, but in violation age is plain and f question. ■llcki In Got. jckct.