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WM. H. JAUOBY, EDITOR. _
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Democratic Nominations.
' FOR A UDI TOR GEN ERAL,
RICHARDSON L. 11 RIGHT,
OF PHII.ANEI.PHIA.
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL,
JOHN ROUE,
OF FRANKLIN COUNTV.
DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMTPF.S —
There will be a meeting of the Committee
at BUEHLER'S Hotel, Harrisburg, on Wednes
day, the 291h inst., at 2 o'clock, I'. M. All
the members of the Committee are earnest
ly requested to be present, as business of
importance will claim their attention.
ROBERT TYLER, Chairman.
, FROM ELROFE—THE WAR.
The Anglo-Suxton having arrived, the pa
pers received furnish some details of the
great battle of Magenta. The advices are
lour days latefj stating that a hard bailie
was fotight noar Milan, in which the Aus
trians were defeated with the loss of twenty
thousand killed and disabled ; and five thou
sntul Austrians taken prisoners. The French
loss is stated at twelve thousand. The Aus
trian's have evacuated Milan. It is said that
tho Austrians in the precipitation of their
evacuation of Milan, left their cannon and
treasurer behind.
This desperate battle was fought at Mag
cnta, twelve miles from Milan, on the 4th
of June, between the Allied army, under
Emperor Napoleon, and the Austrian army
under General Hess, in which unlimited
forces were engaged on both sides.
Emperor Napoleon, in his despatches to
the Empress at the Tuilleries, claims a de
cisive victory, saying that his army took
7000 prisoners, placed 12,000 hors do com
bat, and captured three cannons and two
standards. He estimates the loss of his own
army at 3000; but it was rumored in Paris
that the French loss was between 9000 and
12,000.
It was reported that Gen Iless command
ed the Austrians, and also lliat the Emperor J
Napoleon partially commanded the French 1
in the battle of Magenta.
The London limes pays there wa very i
hard fighting at Buflalora, with varying 6iic- i
cess. The battle lasted till late at night, and
was continued the next day at Magenta. !
The following is the first announcement [
of the great battle fought on the 4th, by j
telegram from Napoleon to the Empress:
" N'OVABA, June 4. 11 30 P. M.—A great j
victory has been won at the bridge of Ma- ;
genta. Five thousand prisoners have been
taken. Fifteen thousand of the enemy are
killed or wounded. The details will be de- i
spalched by telegraph."
The above was published in Paris on Sun
day, the sth, and on the evening of that day, 1
the cannon of the Hotel des Invalides, an
nounced the victory and the city was brilli- j
antly illuminated.
LONDON, June B.—The Times this morning 1
publishes a summary of the official news
received up to midnight of Monday It is
as follows:
There was a fierce battle at Tnrbigo and j
BufTulora on the 4th. At first only two bri ;
gades of the first corps were engaged, but I
they were subsequently reinforced, and in '
the afternoon of the same day, the third
Austrian corps took part in the action.—
There was very hard fighting at Buflalora,
sometimes to the advantage of the French, i
and sometimes to that of the Austrians.—
The battle lasted till late in the night, and
on the sth was continued at Magenta. The
allies made no progress on this day. Two
fresh Austrian corps were engaged, and in
the afternoon the Austrians took up a flank
position between Abbiate Graso and Binas
co. The Austrians have taken many pris
oners. The loss on both sides was very
great. The Austrians had four generals and
five staff officers wounded. One major was
killed.
The movement which preceded the battle
of Magenta is not clearly stated, hut it was
previously announced that the Allies were
about to cross the Ticino to the number of
100,000 men, and it is presumed the rapid
movement of the allies prevented the Aus
trians from completing the retreat which
they had commenced, and compelled them
to accept battle on the banks of the river.
The London Post says that Gen. McMa
hon was raised on the battle field to the
rank of Marshal.
The Paris correspondent of the London
Post says that the Emperor was present at
the battle but did not command in person.
There is a report that Gen. Canrobert was
mortally wounded, nud that five French
Marshals or Generals were wounded.
The Patrie says that Marshal Baraguay
d' Hilliers was removed from his command
and replaced by Gen. Forey.
THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. —The publish
ers of this widely circulated and popular
illustrated weekly journal of mechanics and
science, announce that it will be enlarged
on the first of July, and otherwise greatly
improved, containing sixteen pages instead
of eight, the present size, which will make
it the largest and cheapest scientific journal
in the world ; it is the only journal of its
class that has ever succeeded in this coun
try, and maintains a character for authority
in all matters of mechanics, science and the
arts, which is not excelled by any other
journal published in this country or in Eu
rope. Although the publishers will incur
ati increased expense of $B,OOO a year by
this enlargement, they have determined not
to raise the price of subscribtion, relying
upon their friends to indemnify them in this
increased expenditure, by a corresponding
increase of subscripers. Terms $2 a year,
or 10 copies for $l5. Specimen copies of
the paper with a pamphlet of informatiof
to inventors, furnished gratis, by mail, on
application to the publishers, MUNN & co.,
No. 87 Park Row, New York.
The Tioga Comity Democracy.
The Democrats of Tioga county assem
bled in county meeting at YVellsborough.on
the 13lh' inst., Pardon Damon, Esq., presi
ding. A County Committee ol which N-A
Elliott is Chairman, was appointed, and
the following resolutions reported by a com
mittee of which C. G. Williams was Chair
man, wore unanimously adopted:—
Resolved, That we adhere with unwav
ering tidelity to the doctrines of the Demo
cratic party as taught by the early fathers,
practiced by snceesive and succosslul Ad
ministrations, and embodied in the Cincin
nati Platform; that we believe them to be
well calculated to develop the great and
arowing interests ol our common country,
to furnish a basis on which all sections of
the Confederacy may meet in unity, and
from which the Government may be admin
istered ir a jnst and impartial manner.
Resolved, That our confidence in the wis
dom, patriotism and integrity of James Bu
chanan is undiminished; that in his foreign
and domestic policy he has at once evinced
sound statesmanship and a due regard for
the honor of our government; that his ad
ministration, thus far. demands our unquali
fied endorsement, and we believe history
will do justice to his ability as a statesman,
his purity as Chief M igistrale, and his in
tegrity as a man.
Resolved, That we heartily approve the
action of the late Democratic State Conven
tion, and yield a cordial support to its nom
inees, Messrs. Wright and Howe, and a
cheerful acquiescence in its declaration of
principles.
Resolved , That we deem it expmtlent to
call a County Convention of the Democracy
of Tioga courtly, at an early day, to take
measures for tiie complete organization of
the party.
H. A. Guernsey, Esq., offered the follow
ing, which was passed without a dissenting
vote :
Resolved , That we recognize in our dis
tinguished Senator ill Congress, the Hon.
William Bigler, a sound statesman, and an
ablo and fearless defender of Democratic
principles lu his Senatorial career, as in
former official positions, he has been true
to the trust reposed in him, and in these
days of political apostacy, we point to his
course with satisfaction and pride.
The Democracy of Wrstmorcluml.
The Democratic Delegate Convention of
Westmoreland county, for the purpose of
forming a ticket, assembled at Greensburg,
on the 1 -lih inst., President—H C. Marehard.
Vice Presidents—George R. Haymaker and
John Melville. Secretaries—Wm S. Head
and John McElroy. The following ticket
i was then nominated :—Assembly—John W.
Coulter and Joseph S. Hawke. Sheriff—
Wm. Huston. Treasurer—John Morrison.
Commissioner—John Sivern. District At
torney—A. A. Stewart. Director—Christo
! pher Sondels. Auditor—Henry Dewalt.—
; Surveyor—George Mochling. We give the
; resolutions adopted:
I Resolved, that Robert Warden, Richard
| Graham and Dr. Joint McNeill, be, and the
same are hereby appointed delegates to
I represent this county and Senatorial district
\ in the next Slate Convention.
! On motion of J F. MqCulloch, Thos J.
Barclay, David Whi'e and Capt, James
| Clarke, were appointed conferees to meet
j similar conferees from Armstrong county,
I to place in nomination candidates for the
' legislature.
j Resolved, That the representation here
] after of this Convention be fixed upon the
basis of the Democratic vote cast in the
j several townships and boroughs of litis
I county, for the members of the Legislature
j at a ratio of forty five,
j Therefore, it shall be the du'y of the
j Committee of Correspondence to meet on
or before the first Monday of May in each
'year—lake up the official vote so cast, and
! apportion the representation according to
j the aforesaid ratio, allowing a delegate for
I every lorty-five votes so east, all fractions
J over one half a delegate, but all under one
| half not to he so entitled, but no township
j shall have less than two delegates, and no
j borough less than one.
On motion,
'Resolved, That we pledge onr united sup
port to the Democratic State ticket, and tin;
ticket nominated by this Convention.
The Greensburg Democrat says the ticket
"is made up of sound and reliable men, and
deserves and ought to receive in its entire
parts, the vote of every Democrat and every
honest man in the county." The West
moreland Republican says it is "a good tick
et—ail men of approved Democracy—men
of talent and good moral character—and
such a ticket as should be elected."
SUAIFRSKT COUNTY.—The Democrat gays
wo have heen at some trouble to inlorm our
selves of the extent of the injury done by
the late frosts to the crops of this county and
with pleasure we say to our readers, that
the mischief done is not so general as many
were disposed to believe. The Mediterra
nean wheat is almost a total loss, which
should be a lesson to our farmers that it is
not suited to our elevated and frosty county.
The other kinds of wheat, particularly that
which was late coming on, has sulTered
much less, and in many fields our farmers
have told us that little, if any injury has
been done. The rye has been injured much
less than the wheat, many fields escaping
entirely, and but few hopelessly destroy
ed. From this we can learn that rye is
much the hardier grain, and better adapted
to the soil of our mountain county.
BERKS COUNTY.—Suicide in Prison.—Yes
terday afternoon, a German named George
Leize, about 44 years of age, committed
suicide in the Berks county prison, by hang
ing himself in his cell No 38. Coroner Fox
held an inquest on the body, and the jury
found a verdict in accordance with the facts.
Leize had lived a short distance from the
city, and had been committed to prison for
threatening his Honor, Judge J. l'ringle
Jones.— Times.
As usual Godey's Lady's liook leads the
monthlies. The July number has been re
ceived, and is emphatically a book_/br the la
dies. The leading engraving, Sketching
from Nature, is a beautiful and suggestive
picture, and the designs and patterns scat
tered through the magazine are up to the
reputation of this favorite monthly. Ev
erybody who sees this July number will
take it, and subscribe,
ON Monday last, a man by the name of
Andrew Brown, a citizen of Mauch Chunk
was drowned at Backer's dam at that place,
while attempting to swim across the dam.
It is supposed ho was under the influence
of liquor at the time.
The Buttle of Paleslro, H Sardinian Victory |
and French Defeat.
The moagre and disconnected accounts of
tho battle of I'alestro, where the King of
Sardinia and his army so nobly distinguish
ed themselves, are not calculated to give
one a very accurate and complete picture
of that affair. After a careful scrutiny and
analysis of the particulars that have been
communicated, we have arrived at the con
clusion that there is, on the part of the
French, more to conceal, than to boast of,
concerning their exploits on the memorable
31st of May, and that while the Sardinians
carried their points at I'alestro, the main I
force of the French, under the chief com
mand of tho Emperor, was actually worsted,
farther south, between Palestro and Valen
za. It is not to be supposed that it entered
at all into NAPOLEON'S plan to give prece
dence to the Sardinians on that occasion, or
to make Palestro the prominent scene of
the day This happened by the force of
circumstances over which he had no con
trol, and entirely against his calculations.
Napoleon's plan of battle contemplated a
general and decisive, and no local action
with a merely partial result. It was under
stood in Paris, several days previous to the
engagement, that a grand general battle was
to be fought, along Ute entire line from No
vara to the Po, and on the 31st, despatches
arrived al St. Cloud, where Prince JEROME
and (he Ministers awaited the progress of
affairs, announcing that the tire had actual
ly been opened upon the whole line. Paris,
in fact, was in a state of extraordinary ex
citement and anxious expectation. Prepar
ations were actually making for a grand il
lamination in anticipation of a victory.
The great bulk of the French army was
concentrated between Vercelli and Valenza. :
The, plan of the battle, obviously, was that
General NIEL commanding the left wing of
the po-ilion of the allied forces, was to turn
the Austriaus right and take possession of
Novara ; that the King ot Sardinia who oc
cupied with his army the left centre, was
to take Palestro and Mortara, while the
right centre and the right wing, under the
Emperor and Marshal liaragnay D'Hilliers,
were to force the Sessia and the Po. Had
the plan succeeded, that is, had the Austri
aus really been beaten and throwu in con
fusion across the Ticino, all approaches to
Milan and Pavia, and the passages across
the river would have been free and open to
an unmolested advance upon these fortres
ses. But the battle did not succeed. The
King of Sardinia alone accomplished his
object, while the French fell short of the
task allotted to them. Among the numer
ous despatches sent to Paris, on the 31st
which was to have been a day of victory
for the French, is one announcing the cri
sis in the following terms which explain all:
i'Notre gauche avrnct''—"Autre droile reeute."
'•Our left advances"—' Our right retreats."
It was the left centre formed by the Sardini
ans that advanced, and the right centre and
rignt wing formed by the French that re
treated. It was not till the morning of the
Ist of Juno, that General NIEL, command
ing the extreme left, entered Novara, which
was simply a following up of the previous
day. By this movement the right wing of
the Anstrians was turned, and this, of
course, necessitated the falling back of their
entire line behind the Ticino, and also the
retreat of their advanced corps at Bobbio,
which formed the extreme left of their posi
tion south of the Po, with Stradella and Pav
ia as its right. Owing to tho faihire of the
contemplated general battle, and the re
pulse of the French centre, the Austriaus
were enabled to execute these movements
in perfect order, and to take tip quietly
their position on the other side of the Tici
no. This position, covered in front by the
river, the right leaning on Milan, the left on
Pavia, with a railroad in the rear, resembles
that of the French behind the Scrivia, on
the Alessandria and Genoa road, and is
much stronger than the one just abandoned
by the Anstrians. It is here that the con
flict will be renewed, and that the battle
which was to have brought the allies before
Milan, but did not do it, will have to be
fought over again. It will be interesting
enough to compare the French bulletins
with those of the Austrians— Penury tvanian.
SsnAccturrNT—About 4 P M. of Saturday
last three small boys from N. 2nd Street, —
neglected by their parents and guardians— '
were seen playing by Wolf's Wharf, on the
river below the Lewisburg Biidge, when
two of them, by some unaccounted for mis
hap, fell over the side. Robert 11. Cham
berlin, and Charles Summers, learning the
danger, rescued one, (a little son of Mr.
Hetzel of the Riviere House, who was just
floating:) but knew nothing of any other
one being in, until one of tlie boys recover
ed sufficiently from the Iright to tell the
fact, when it was to late. Franklin P. Ges
sner—son of the late F. J. Gessner and wife,
was found, sunk in the water, but every
eflort to resuscitate him proved unavailing.
"Poor little Frank"—happy, gentle, red
cheeked, bright-eyed orphan boy—every
body who knew, loved him. He was buri
ed on Monday from the residence of James
Gibson, where his lamented father's Ma
sonic companions had provided him a homo
His age was 6 years and 4 months.—Lew
isburg Chronicle.
BI.AIR COUNTY.— ChiId bitten by Copperhead
—A Heroic Woman —On Tuesday of last
week, a little boy some three or four years
old, child of Mr. Thomas Hoffman, of
Scotch Valley, residing on the property of
Jesse More, was bitten no less than three
times in one of its hands by a copperhead
snake. It occurred in the house, the snake
having in 6ome way got in. Dr. Smith
was called, and administered remidies, and
the child is now out of danger. It is a re
markable statement, but nevertheless a
strictly true one, that a season or two ago
the wife of the man then residing in this
same bouse, killed two of these terrifying
reptiles by thrusting a fork through them as
they would poke their heads up in the cre
vices between the hearth-stones of her
kitchen fire place ! Daring leat, truly. Van
Amburg never attempted a bolder.—Attoo
na Tribune.
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The letter
power
former
citizens
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to
No
ed at the opiilfu^re'ffTf^tW?'
taiued an entirely novel doctrine ; and j
advantage lias sought to be taken of it for
pariizan purposes. The Know Noth
ing papers manifest peculiar indigna
tion at General CABS' alleged surrender of
the rights of naturalized citizens and have
suddenly become the zealous advocates of
privileges abroad which this would deny at
home. That variegated politition, JOHN M
BOTTS, has deemed the occasion a proper
lime to write a leilcr, in which ho condemns
the doctrine of the Secretary's letter as
entirely novel and precedent, thereby de
monstrating his own ignorance and capacity
to be a leader of the Know Nothings.
Wo find in the National Intelligencer an
article oil this suhject so thoroughly exhaus
tive in point of argument and the citation
of precedents, that we need not apologize
for laying it before our readers, in order
that the question may be fully and fairly
understood ■ r <
THE LIMITITIONS OP MUNICIPAL LAW IN
THE MATTER P NATURALIZATION —Our read
ers are aware that, in answer to an applica
tion made at tie Department of State by a
naturalized ci.izen, who, being a native of
France, desird to know whether his new
citizenship wiuld exempt him from the ob
ligation of reixlering military service in case
of a voluntary return to his native country,
Mr Secretary Cass stated that "the French
Government claim service from all natives
of France who may be found within its
jurisdiction," and added that "naturaliza
tion in this country would not exempt from
that claim" in the case of those who "vol
uutarily repair thither!"
Though lhi decision of the veteran Sec
retary is based on well recognized princi- |
pies of public law, and is. moreover, sus- j
tained by established precedents in our I
civil and dkf>t<> malic history, it seems to j
have provoked reclamations in certain
quarters, and criticised as implying some j
derogation from the imagined rights and !
immunities secured to naturalized citizens 1
of the United States, who, it is contended,
by virtue of their naturalization, are placed,
in relation to their native country, as in all
other precisely on the same foot
ing as a natural born citizen of the United
States. We believe this opinion to be er
roneous ; and the attempt to confound the
doctrine slated by Mr. Cass with that re
sisted by the United States in the war of
1812 against Great Britain, proceeds on a
historical misconception of the real position
assumed by our Government in denying, as
it did at that time, and still does, the prin
ciple of "perpetual allegiance." It was
maintained by the Government of the Uni
ted Stales that this doctrine of perpetual
allegiance depends entirely upon the muni
i cipal law by which it is defined and enforc
! Ed, and hence a British cruiser, in entering
| an American vessel in order to take from it
j alleged Brit'nh subjects, was in reality
J claiming to exercise, under the law of
1 nations, a right which had no existence
bejor.d the jurisdiction of British law
The ocean was declared to be a sphere of
j international law, and it was properly held
j that any merchant vessel on the high seas
I was, by that law, under the protection of
the laws of her own nation, and might just
j ly claim immunity from visitation or search,
! unless in cases allowed by the general con
i sent of nations. As the doctrine of per
j petual allegiance formed no part of the law
I of nations,it clearly did not present oneof the
I cases wliicjt \yould justify the assumption
; claimed by the British Government. The
| duties and relations prescribed by British
j law were admitted to be valid within the
; realm or proper dependencies of Great Brit
j ain, but beyond those limits that law had
j no force or obligation which compelled its
1 observation on the part of other nations,
j who were equally free to eiiuct such other
| municipal regulations in the matter of citi-
I zenship and civil allegiance as might seem
to them expedient.
| Hence it will be seen that the pretension
| of those who protest against the principle
I recently announced by Mr. Cass involves,
| in fact, the worst features of the very doc
j trine which was made a ground of cora
j plaint against Groat Britain in the controver-
I sy waged in the assumed right of impress-
I ment. As the British Government claimed
I force and effect for British law on the high
: seas, and th.Wl sought to establish an extra
! territorial authority for the statutes of the
I British Legislature, so in like manner these
I complainants demand recognition for Ame
| ricau municipal law within the jurisdiction
of foreign States, and that, too, when our
: municipal law contravenes the municipal
law of those States. We have but to slate
j thfc proposition in order to show its ground
lessness in the light of reason, ss well as its
palpable opposition to the first principles
which lie at the basis of international law.
That law assumes, as the condition of its
existence and as the guarantee of its observ
ance. the equality of civilized common
wealths; and no member of the international
community is entitled to claim for its enact
ments a respect which virtually supersedes
the authority of other Slates in the same
premises.
In tlie case under consideration it is ob
viously the right of the United States, as of
every independent sovereignly, to natural
ize foreigners nnd to confer upon them the
privileges of their acquired domicile; but,
as these privileges result entirely from the
municipal law by which they are defined
and guarantied, it is equally obvious that
they are commensurate only with the legit
imate jurisdiction of that law. To claim
more is to claim for American law an extra
territorial force, which, as has been already
said, is in contravention alike reason and of
the principles which are fundamental to the
law of nations. The protection which this
country alfords to the naturalized citizen
cannot be properly extended to defend him
mecorne a citrzen SI MB ■
untarily returned to his naiive country, and
sought to shield himself Irom the obligations
enjoined by Austrian law. Though his case
did not call for a full enunciation of the
doctrine applicable to the subject, in all its
length ar.d breadth, (as Tnnsig was not a
fully naturalized citizen,) Mr. Marcy chose
to define the principle appropriate to the
occasion in all its generality. From his
State Paper of that date we quote as fol
lows :
"Tousig voluntarily returned to Austria,
and placed himself within the reach of her
municipal laws. He went by his free act
under their jurisdiction, and thereby sub
jected himself to them. If he had incurred
penalties or assumed duties while under these
laws, he might have expected they would be en
forced against him, and should have known
that the new political relation he had ac
quired, if, indeed, he had acquired any,
could not operate release from these
penalties. Having been once subject to
the muncipal laws of Austria, and while
her jurisdiction violated these laws, his
withdrawl from that jurisdiction and acquir
ing a different national character would not
exempt him from their operation whenever
lie again chose to place himself under them.
Every nation, whenever its laws are viola
ted by any one owing obedience to them,
whether he be a citizen or a stranger, has a
right to inflict the penalties incurred upon
the transgressor, if found within its jurisdic
tion. The case is not altered by the char
acter of the laws, unless they are in dero
gation of the well established international
code No nation has a right to supervise
| the muncipal code o! another nation, or
claim that its ciiizens or subjects shall be
j exempted from the operation of such code,
I if they have voluntarily placed themselves
I under it The character of the municipal
laws of one country does not furnish a just
I ground for other States to interfere with the
! execution of these laws, even upon their
! own citizens, when they have gone into
j that country and subjected themselves to its
j jurisdiction."
In a like manner, and at an earlier day,
Mr. Wheaton, while our Minister at the
Court of Berlin, was called to pronounce
his opinion upon the very point recently
submitted to Mr Secretary Cass. In the
year 1840, one J. P. Knocke, a natural born
subject of Prussia, but'fully naturalized citi
zen of the United States, voluntarily return
ed to his native country, where he was call
ed to perform military duty. Invoking the
intervention of the American Minister, he
received the following response :
"Had you remained in the United States
or visited any other foreign country (except
Prussia) on your lawful business,you would
have been protected by the American au
thorities, at home and abroad, in the enjoy
ment of all your rights and privileges as a
naturalized citizen of the United Stales.—
But having returned to the country o( your
birth, yonr native domicile and national char
acter revert, (so long as you remain in the
Prussian dominions ) and you are bound,
in all respects, to obey the laws exactly as
if you had never emigrated."
We may add that several ol the European
States have provided by law for the expa
triation of their subjects or citizens, and
without the consent of the civil authorities
no such expatriation is admitted to be valid.
In the case of subjects who have been for
mally and legally absolved from the obli
gations of their native civil allegiance, it is
a question how far those obligations would
be held to revert in the case of a voluntary
return to their native country after the as
sumption ol another nationality.
The following official exposition of the
views of the Government has been written
since the brief letter to Le Clerc, and will
serve to explain its meaning :
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 1
Washington, June 14, 1859.}
SIR : In answer to your letter of the 6th
inst., I have to inform you that the brief
letter from this Department, to which you
rcfor, dated the 18th of May last, and ad
dressed to Mr. F. Le Clerc, was in reply to
an application for information, and was prin
cipally to recommend cantion to our natu
ralized fellow citizens, natives of France, in
returning to that country, as the oppera
tions of the French conscription law were
not precisely known here, and might bear
injuriously upon that class of American J
citizens. Most of the continental European '
nations have a system of military organiza
tion by which their citizens are compelled
to serve in the army, by conscription, as in
France,where the duty is designated by lot,
or by draft as in Prussia, where every per
son iB required to take his turn as a soldier.
The condition of American naturalized citi
zens, returning to their native country,
where the system of compulsory service
prevails, and who left before performing
such service, has frequently been the sub
ject of discussion with some of the Euro
pean powers.
Quite recently it has arisen between the
United States and Prussia,and the represen
tative of this country at the court of Berlin
has brought the matter to the attention of
the Prussian government. In the instruc
tions which were sent to him, dated May
12, 1859, it was explicitly stated that this
government is opposed to the doctrine of
perpetual allegiance and maintains the
right of expatriation and the right to form
new political ties elsewhere. Upon this
subject it is observed that, "in this age of
the world, the idea of controlling the citi
zen in the choice of a home, and binding
him by a mere political theory to inhabit
for his life time a country which he con
stantly desires to leave, can hardly be en
tertained by any government whatever."—
The position of the United States, as com
municated to the minister at Berlin for the
information of the Prussian government, is,
that native born Prussians, naturalized in
jurisdictioirof their native country, and srfiSF
be proceeded against according to law.—
But when no present liabilities exist
against them, at the period of their emigra
tion, the law of nations, in the opinion ol
this government, gives no right to any
country to interfere with naturalized Ameri
can citizens, arid the attempt to do so
would be considered as unjust in itself nnd
unfriendly towards the United States. This
question cannnt, of course, arise in the case
of a naturalized citizen who remains in the
United States, It is only when he volunta
rily returns to his native country that its
local laws can be enforced against him. I
am, sir, your obedient servant,
LEWIS CASS.
Turkey.
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 25.—The first fruits
of the agitation are beginning to ripen in
European Turkey. Unlil very recently,
although there was cause for well grounded
anxiety, no news of any actual demonstra
tion on a large scale had reached the capi
tol. Within the lust few days, however,
intelligence has arrived which goes far to
wards justifying the least cheerful anticipa
tions. In Servia, Bosnia, Montenegro and
the Herzegovina the general feeling of
hostility to the Turkish Government is no I
longer concealed ; while Bulgaria, the prox
imity of winch to the capital, and the pres
ence of ar. overwhelming force in which
would seem to procluda all possibility of
any successful outbreak, is not wanting in
symptoms of disaffection. In Servia, I'rince
Milosch has boen levying troops on a large
scale, and it is now reported, on what au
thority I cannot exactly say, that every
household is required to furnish its man
The Prince's position has been and is sul
ficienlly critical to account for some prepar
ations for the maintenance at once ol order
among his subjects and ot his own authori
ty. The ex pal nation demanded 'ov the
Porte having been deemed T>ut liitle sati
factory, Prince Milosch was informed that
he could not be permitted lo continue his
levies. This intimation seems to have
compelled him to throw oil tho mask, for
telegrams received from Belgrade, dated the
20th and 21st instant, announce the march
towards Novi Bazaar of 2,000 men. This
torce is said to be accompanied by 22 guns.
Co operation with the Montenegrins is, ol
course, intended. Whatever may be the
influence at work in other provinces, I
believe it to be beyond all doubt that Rus
sian agency has been active in excitement
to revolt in Servia. It has been boldly and
broadly announced that if the Servians miss
the present opportunity Russia will have
but little sympathy with their future suffer
ings. No one is more fully aware ol this
fact than the Turkish Ministers, and yet
unusual preparations are being made for
the reception ol the Grand Duke of Con
stantino, who is hourly expected here.—
The manliness nnd even the policy of lick
ing the hand from which destruction is to
be expected and leared, may well be ques
tioned, but it really is a refinement of cruel-
ty on the part ol tho Grand Duko to avail |
himself of the Sultan's hospitality at the I
moment Russia is aiming a blow, not less j
mischievous because unaccompanied by
violence, at the dominions of his linpe- !
rial host.
In Bosnia a crusade against the Turkish
authority is openly preached, and nothing
but a strong body of troops can prevent a
general rising. The Montenegrins have risen
insoveral places, and a desultory warfare has
been going on, in whicii the Turkish troops
hnvo been uniformly successful. Great
numbers of Montenegrins havo left Con
stantinople during the present month for
their own country.
From Washington.
WASHINGTON, June 17.—The ordering of a
more efficient naval force to the African
coast was not in consequence of any late
complaint by the Brlish Government. It
was long ago contemplated, but until re
cently there were no vessels which could
be used for that purpose.
So far as ours Government is aware, no
new orders have been issued since 1842 by
British Government in coutioclion with the
treaty stipulations for the suppression of
the slave trade on the coast ol africa.
There is nothing in the recently received
letters to distinguished gentleman in Wash
ington, which affords any ground for the be
lief that England will become involved in
the present war in Europe.
It is understood that the Cabinet, to-day
finally acted on the document they have
for several weeks had under consideration,
expressive of the views of the Administra
tion on the subject of neutral rights. It will
probably be transmitted to Mr. Dallas by
the next steamer.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—A Colored Boy, about
three years ol age, son of Arthur Williams,
on laßl evening, fell from a small embank
ment, near his residence, along the canal,
about half a mile below Dun vile, fracturing
his skull, in consequence of which he died
the next day.
ANOTHER.—A son of Mr. Wm. T. For
syth, of Northumberland, aged about six
years, was drowned in the canal near that
place, on last Wednesday.— Van. Democrat.
NEXT GOVERNOR.— SeveraI names have
been suggested for the Democratic nomi
nation for Governor. Sohindle, of Lebigh ;
Plumer, of Venango ; Foster and Turney,
of Westmoreland ; Magraw, of Lancaster;
McManus, of Centre , and Wright, of Lu
zerne. The Reading Gazette adds to the
list Hon. Jeremiah S. Black, the present
United Slates Attorney General.
A POST OFFICE has been established at
Centre, Perry county, Pa., and Edward Hull
appointed Postmaster.
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WISSK, both of Light Street, Columbia co.
DIED.
At his residence, Lime Ridge, Colombia
county, on Saturday morning, the 18th inst.,
MR. SAMUEL HAKMAN, aged 71 years, 6
months and 15 days.
DEDICATION.
The new Baptist Church of Bloomsburg,
will be dedicated to religions services on
Sunday the 10th day of July next The min
isterial Conference ol this association will
meet with this church about the same time.
There will be several preachers from abroad
ill attendance ; and preaching may be ex
pected Irom the 9tli lor several days. Tho
public are cordially invited.
The building of this Church has invovled
considerable lime and expense on the part
of the lew members of this place, and tney
are entitled to material sympathy from the
denomination and citizens of this vicinity,
which is hoped they may receive.
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Bloomsburg, June 83, 1859.
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LOOK TO YOUR INTCnT.
NEW SADDLE AND HARNESS SHOP.
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FFYJJFL spectfolly &PRM the cili-
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RTK' an new saddle and
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cpors above the residence
ol Col. PAX'GFLGJPPRE he will at all limes be
found PRETWIJ'O make all kinds of harness
from Ihe (Shiest down io team harness, in
short, hepvill keep on hand everything in
his line worn a horse collar down to a halter
slrap.JPE is determined not lo be out done
by TWOF his compeiitors. He gives a cor
dial flviu.KM to all lo ruing forward and
exSlne his stock lor themselves. Country
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J jVrrice* lo suit the limes. %
DAVID SNYDER.
U Caliawissu, Juno 15, 1859.