veins, vigor arid strength Is .in (1;761 notion, and sic antielnate ,yietrelif happifiesi nnd health. Toanornwr we are 'stricken - -down: yith disease; and laid upon a bed of pain.— To-day the fond father gathers his little chil dren around his knee, 'and, With a heart swell sing with loye.ansil gratitude, he listens tot.ll2ir innocentrattle, end th watches their ause. monte. . milirrowilie is torn from their ern -1,1. brow, an ii vacancy is made in that family which lull time can never till. When your brother is prostrated upon a bed, of disease, then pile alseciation steps in, like an liegel of mercy, takes your atilioted member by the hand, sits by hi? bed of pain through the long hours of the night, and administers to his wants., chows his eye in death, and hears him to the quiet church-yard. Then it is that your inesociation calms the sorrows of his heart broken wife, takes up in its arms his orphan children and hears them in its bosom. To know and feel that, though the world may for sake us, there ie one green spot in the waste of life *hare we may turn and be sure of find ing warm heerts to bid us welcome ; to know that whop disease overtakes us there will be a ' brother's hand to support our aching head; to know that when death comes there will be kind friends to lay us iii the grave, and eyes to drop:a tear to our Memory ; to know that e'er children; and thepartner of our bomm will net ho left entirely destitute, houseless and. homeless in the iliac world, when we are dead and gone, are sumo of the feelings suggested to the mind from the object of your 11990C13- tion; 'and when you advence into the night of age, and your step becomes weak and feeble and your eye dim, when gray hairs begin to gather around your temples, and the frost of Many winters sits upon your brow, when your arm becomes weak and nervole3s, again your noble'tisiseeintion steps in, and places in the hand of your aged brother a Staff, upon which he may lean . in his old flays; and under the shadow thereof ho may sit down and rest from the heat and burthen of the day. We nee all growing old. The years, ono after another, roll round with wonderful rapidity. There is a time coining : when the buoyancy and etas tieity.of youth will have gone, the vigor; and strength of middle age will have &ids and wn shell be walk as a child. Our sons will have grown up around us, but their arm, and not ours; will fell the oak of the forest, guide the plough, and wield the anvil. Their voice, and ' not ours, will be heard in the pulpit, at the bar, and in the councils of the . nation. -At that time of life how consoling to have kind hands administer to our necessities, and gent. •ly boar us up in their strong arms. There is a certain kind of bird which, when its parents become old and weak, hears them upon Its back, protects theta from danger,.nral supplies their wants. - , llow beautifully does this AO; trate one-feature in your immolation. When . your members beeomo old aud weak youearry them,' in the' bosom of your society; protect thorn from'the cold charity of the world, and supply their wants. ~ :Again, associations of this .nature .have a tendency to engender feeliegs of pure affee- • tion.autotigids members_ one for the other.'— Thereis nothing in this voirld - so beautiful as affection; it seethes, it hallosis, it alleviates, and Subilues.., I knove that I, assume broad ..graund;for.there are Many things in this world whicli,iiridhainitiful, The strange end corn ' plieated iiiiichinery'of tho 'lnman system, in all its 'Windings, labyrinths, intricacies, and wiirkings,is beautiful. 4Th e broad oXpansu of Otaian, in its awful Stillness, or in the -tones of its awakened 'wrath, is beautiful.' - The glo rioits-min in his noon-day splendor; the stars, whiiih harig the lamps from tho vest dome of iiature'a temple ;. the ,far 7 eff clouds, which it iii . the - distaut west like crowns upon the heads Of giants; the silvery moon, queen of the night. • Volied.hi royal majesty. are. ell beautiful.— "This lined of forest and (drool:, of clear blue lake, Mid, mighty river, of nionntains reared iiloft;to meek the storm's eareer,thelightning's -shock?' is very. beautiful . The bird that sings its,orening hymii at your cottage door, the little :flower that : lifts its modest head upon the liill ebia..in-...bilagtifol. , The; pure, warm, gushing love wlii.ih.-esiets 4n the heart of the litisliandlewardStho wife and the wife towards , tholintsband, is beantifol. • Aloving, ohodient, docile sill:4E in ii child, is beautifuli. but there is nothing so beautiful as pule; deep; sincere affectionand that, too, amongst a body. of men of .ilifferent habits. temperaments, end feolings. The love which exists between hus band and wife, pertint and child, - is natural ; . it is.no more than that same feeling, in amen - refined and oxelted - sense, which pervades nil 4:1 roOkin i and that Man who does not enter twin feelings of love,"of affection towards his oftspring; is worse than a brute, for an animal will oten lay . down its life to defend and pro tect its offsprtng. But hare is 'a body (if over .tine.hu,ndied men, not bound together by the 'ties of kindred, relationship, or blood, living, acme of them,many:miles apart, coming front all parts of, the eurfounding country, and at the same - time entertaining for earls other pure affeetion, administering to each other's wants, : sustaining each other in sickness, old age, and,, death; and this is 'beautiful 7 • nay, it is more, it is . sublinie, it is soddiko I Methinks if ' there:with more of this fec,ling in - the world than-thorels; if there were more associations •af Illiel.ilni- thpix...there.nrp, we wo u ld not have its ininah. suffering end pain, licart-bnimings ataddlisensions, quarreling* and biekerioge, inielrbitings - and slander as we have. We seem to livedii a strange period of the world's history. We aro playing a great grab-t,rome, and the best fellow gets the most. The motto of, till human :teflon now seems to be, every man for himself and no thought ofyourlieigh - kir . ; get money, got rich, honestly if you can, lint. no matter still get money; ride over the . poor, crush" them down, they have no business to be 'poor ; even the Isr shout out, at the cor ', ners of the street, "go it, while you're young', for When you get old you can't.": Boys, did I tiaY? 1 beg your pardon, we have no Lays now, we are nil men., Alas I there is too much of thiskind of feeling in the world. Did we but remetuber that the same great God is the ere' htor antifather of us all, that each man is but , u. part and parcel of the same vast brother hood, that our wants and necessities aro all •the &tine; that the same unkind word, ungen• ainitie notion :whisk causes your heart-to bleed, preduOii the same'effact in the heart of your folio* man, niethinks we would cultivataimore charity, good will, and affection towards 'each other 'than we do. Anil here is where yeerieedelystands out in all its- , grand pro pertionk Inewity;sublimity, and strength.— Mora is *hero it:cliallenges the admirattim of ' ull, and commends itself to the attention of ithe'whoJe'commonity. But egain. YoUr as sociation has a tendency to create a feeling of independence, and honest pride, in the breasts .Of its'inenibership. Ido not mean that low, groveling, and contemptible pride which sonic ,inep seem to think they have aright to enjoy bewinse they aro richer than their neighbor, (niud which; is always an evidence of an ex , .(enialingly otitill intellect) but I mean that pride - • which Springs from some good action rierforiu , 7.. Wl,4onalt.ing your neighbor, and knowingtbat amwhave the means within your power to ac ' - t complish. your el ;lee t. -. ...h-...--A. haisisaid before that your society is rich. . Tot; all hitii alt interest directly,-jointly and iveverally,' in "the funds of the association. . Vie thousands, which you now have on hand, igivili. Aiwa there by the initiation fee, and monthly contribution of each individual man. ... . in {Measly the pootest man of your number is placea °wan equal footing with his more ~-- N rittliy. neighbor; • There are no distinctions .-iti 'your stasety, there can be none, you all 1 Oneetosi..the. same common platform, and it is!, , 001, 'that it.. should be so.. You know that] ..- :- ... ,..440014:.54rie5s overtake you, disease or old' segue case muse apen.you, you have a sure fund up-1 on •Oltiehlau can draw, and knowing and feel yiinftlilOttliitigS, gives you a arnsation of inde -.POl*moc *nd bonelit pride. We all likoim ..,, -. , - )..eira7that arc have something laid up agaitilht . :i 11.1=, and that we are not let entirely : . . tili ,-., ...1,, of the svinds and wavesof fortune. , - 42,- that env et you will absolotel - y : ........ . , '...inial of.the lentils of your society, Alma Os . boubk nit exist without them; "but . .000‘2,. oati.:6o, in alter;theni '''.. l'otvity.",`: ' rte War iiian of today is the poor .'..., iiielat ottootertew • awl this , poor man of to-day iillalittitsiwth of id-itIO.n4W. - Should sd , c!" • : Sky Also, 4 44bualti your - bead MCI be &wept, .' K e, ~ , from 'you, here. in, your association . you hare' ea= means of support which nothingtan do- Prive you of, and this is a comfortable feeling. Another beauty in this association i 4 that it. is placed within the ' reach of all. Every man,! possessing a good moral character, a citizen of: the United States, may become a member of it. The man who earns his fifty cents a day. by ;. saving a little every week, can soon make up, hhi initiation fee, and se.with his inonthit' con-' tribution of twent -fire cents. If the penniett, , and lipperiy-bits, t tat we spend foolishly, werel c hi. laid away, if we mild dispense with some 1 little unnecessary a 'de now and then, the slim would be raised. 'Take care of the pen- nies, and the- dolls ill take cam of them-1 iz a selves.' Now the at many things in this life which a poor man can have nothing . to do! with. His wealthy neighbor may live in his superb andsostly mansion, in all the pomp, 1 and show, did glitter of a vain, proud heart, but the poor man must live in has humble log i house with its roof of straw. Dern ere many 1 great enterprises in : which the wealthy am en gaged that a poor ; rip can have nothing to do with, because they require capital, means. wealth. Thorn are many associations, formed upon the seine basis which your's is, that the poor cannot join, because, their initiation fee, and weekly contributidns aro so high it is placed beyond his tneane. There aro oven churches, in our own land, which a poor man can scarcely enter ; because none but the haughty and aristocratic chrigians go there, and the pews aro sold so enormously high, that the poor cannot buy them. and if he is not a pew holder he is presumed to have no business in the church-1 refer to some of the marble churches of our large cities. A man is not to be despised because he is poor. Our own int mortal Washington rose from comparative ob scurity. Patrick Henry. the Demosthenes of MINI ice, was a poor boy. The great states man of the west, America's brightest jewel. was celled the 'milli boy of the slashes. " A long list of names might be mentioned, names : which will ever shed a halo of light and glory upon the. page of history, to show that tiro poor and hutnbld in lifeMayrise :to power and lofty _distinction if they receive the proper en. csuragenient. if means and opportunities are given them ofpliwing theihsolves upon en Espial feeding .with the wealthy. And this your so , ciety does as I hare shown. Hero, every Wan, 'by a little saving, may become a member, end enjoy the same privileges and rights that any other member does. In these money making, grasping, avaricious times there is too much of a disposition to ride over, and crush down the honest poor. Too often ant they ground to powder under the iron heel of the wealthy. Too often are they made to writhe in agony of spirit, by the taunts and sneers flung at them ' by tho would-be aristocracy. Many a nettle, zenerous, good heart has been frozen up by the cold treatment received at the hands of the rich. To the eternal disgrace of even this 'free, proud land be it spoken, that monea, now, is the great 'molten calf that all men fall down and worship. Where is the true genius, lofty : patriotism, and sterling worth that character hod our venerable fathers in the best days of the republic? Alas! it is buried in the ocean of the past, and a man is measured now by his heaps , of gold.. I have seen seine men with more hair upon-their face, than brains in their head, more gold about theirperson, than ideas in their numskull, a mere dressed up doll-baby, courted, fawned upon, idolized, even worship ed because they were rich. Sickening sight ! -I glory in that Society' which takes the poor man by the hand, add elevates him to a stand in the world, which places him in the same position, in the enjoyment oldie same rights and privileges which the inure wealthy enjoy. Iglory in that . association which reaches forth its arms and takes in the whole community, which goes to the bonne of the poor man. keeps vigil 'at 11114 couch of death, lays the soft hand of affection upon his'cold brow, stands sentinel at his' hearth stone, throws- its strong arms around hia, little ones, and eves the widow and the orphan a home. This society, then, is a blessing and an honor to this whole coin inanity, and as such recommentld itself to the attention (trill._ Even man ought to-L.40,43 to asoniety of this kind, beemisattydoing-ito ' he is, in ti: great measure, contributing to his ownimppiness , and that of, his neighbor. To the young men of this 4 large audience I would say : join yourself to this noble associa tion; You are now in the vigor and strength of manhood. Long years of usefulnsss and honor may bo before„ you. One by one your fathers are moving off the stage of action, and you aro coining on to play your, pnrts in the grand drama of - life. Soon the Institutions, the laws, and liberties of the great republic, will rest upon 'four shoulders. It will be for you to see that no blot is inado upon the es cutcheon of our proud nation's glory. To the young men of our beloved land must we look for the perpetuity of all we hold dear and sa cred in life. 'rho far off,generatious of the, Anglo Saxon race, as they rise upon the Ilea- tro of life, will look, with pride and wonder, upon the monuments .of wisdom, arts, and sciences inherited from you. the work of your hands, or, groaning under the yoke of tyranny, will curse the day that gave them birth. How important. then. that you should occupy posi tions is life, from which you may send out an influence which will tell upon the future desti nies of Mankind ! You owe a duty. not only' to yourselves, but to your follow men, and a part of that duty is to alleviate, as far as in t your power, the sorrows and trials of suffering i humanity around yeti. How can this duty be I met and discharged so well as through the in- i strumentality of a society of this kind ? Sonic of youlave fathers. who belong to the associa- I don:. Some of them have been members many years ; they Tove it. they have built it up to its present wealth, prosperity, and greatness, and j when they : die it would be a consolation to 1, them to know that their sons are members, and will still maintain and support it. Be sides, though you now feel strewg and active, though your acre is sinewy and fidi of might, disease may lay its withering grasp upon your manly frame, your stalwart arm may be un nerved, death may mark you for its victim. For weeks, and months, and even years, you may be stretched upon a bed of pain and suf fering, for "we cannot. tell what a day or an hour may bring forth." Your society then would be a friend indeed. In "Adams Divi-' sion, Sons of Temperance," of which I have the honor to bee member, we had a young man who was confined to his home and bed for up wards of a year. During all that time we paid hita his weekly benefits. and siuoe his death have paid to his widow some $55 00. Had he not been a member of.our division ho would ; have seen hard times, for ho was, poor, and earned his daily bread in the sweat of his brow. His is one case in a thousand ; it may be your case. Again. :I would invite the inflUence of the female portion of the community in favor of this enterprise. It is true, Ladies, you can-, not become members yourselves, but you can induce yoni husbands, fathers, and sons to join, and it may be that Some of you have even in- fluenca etioukch to induce some crabbed old bachelor to join, though that I very much quei tion, for if female cluirins, and female loveli ness aro not-sufilcient inducements for them to leave the horrbrs of single blessedness..l con-' side; their case rather hopeless. In this coon try the female occupies an elevated stand in Society. - a position front which she may, and, does, exert a powerful influencer . upon the stern er sex. She wields that, lever whose fulcrum is childhood, whose length is all time, and i whose sweep is eternity. The lessons, which' your boy learns itt your knee, in infancy, go .I with him and follow hiin through the world. When he leaves ,the old ramify roof, and goes down into the stern conflict of life, when the big clouds of glom gather thick •and heavy around him:;aud the star of his hope is almost extre,„aished iu the night of adversity, memory carne him back to the home of his boyhood, , the voice of his kind mother steals o'er hint, I like the soft Whisperings of by gone days, her 1 words of advice, admonition and comfurt, again sound in his ear, and under, their sacred influ ence he gathers up his sinking hopes, nerves , himself agent for the conflict, and presses on to high hdnurs and distinction. The Ignite of , our childhood, and a mother's'care, who can , i forget 1 'through the agency and influence of, 1 woman, thrones and empires have been shaken ro I to their centre, monarchs have quaked in their istrong holds, dynasties have been overturned, i mighty revolutions in government have been =CM=M2MI =ME • accomplished; andrieme of the most stupendous enterprises on record hare been carried to a successful termination. We all bow before its power. Let the females - of this comMunity exert their influence in favor of this association, an.l. my word for it, where you now have 040 hundred and fittAn members, in a yeaeor two - you will double your number. And why, La dies, should ypu s not. exert your influence in favor of the society I It is greatly to your ad vantage for when the member is sick the benefits ho may draw go to your support as well as his • when ho dies it is hilt widow who draws the his; benefits, and your children who are provided for. Throw% then, your in fluence in favor of the association. In conclu sion, let messy to theynembership,—You have a society here which is an honor to our county. and a blessing to you and your. fellow men. Nourish it with a parental care, guard irwith a vigilant eye. Let no root of bitterness spring up among you, let no quarrelings or bickerings enter its sacral enclosure. Cultivate ono for' the other affection and kindness. Suffer no wolf, in sheep's clothing, to steal in among you; bad men exist in almost every department of life, for Avhereverlhere is a paradise the evil ono is sure to comp. Remember that oven the riro and holy cause of freedom bad its Benedict Arnold. Guard against such men, and may you go on in the future as you have done in the past, increasing in numbers, wealth, and influence, until you occupy a proud stand, and most, exalted position. Liberty of the Pretts. 0 fn annihilating liberty, the first thing which modern tyrants atm to destroy is I free • newspaper press. All European history, wether. political or eedleastical; proves this propoeition. ' A prelate at Lon don, on the discovery or Printing;naively said, “We must• put down this' new art, or it.will put us down!! Acting on that principle. Modified of course by • outside pressure. all the lay and clerical tyrants of the world proceed. America—our own best be-loved, be glorified America, heiress of the fourth of July and all its froth—olfers no excep tion to the rule. • Let any one try to print a free press in South Carolina, or Missis sippi, or Texas. We are reminded by every Southern paper which we read. of i this truth: That the despotism of the ISoutlt is as stringent in regard to, a Free Press as that of France or Siberia. The destruetion of The Parkville Luminary kv 1 the Mob of Missouri nigger-drivers is a I base in point, Aeting on the ~ , ante prin..! ciples The Texas Si4te limes talks after 1 this fashion respecting the San .Imanio Zeiiung. one of the ablest anti best j.I urnalS printed in the German language in the United States : "It is a matter of su prise to us that the cit izens or sao Antonio , have tolvated :to lony ilt their midst a nuituntee like that of the Zvi lung. For our own part. as mach 118 we are oppated to ntob-law, •we could tied nothing. to censure in the threible removal of that pat ter.— Therenre mime evilswhieh the law cannot r, .telt. and the existence of a 'masked battery' in n community like ours may readily be consider ed one ()Clem. The contiguity or the Sent A it. hullo Hirer to the X4tun;i wtuild itate, we think, the suppression of that piper. Pitelt %Ve most put down the press or it. will put us down, say the tt rants of the Smith now, as 111 d those of the (Morel' formerly. The poi s on in the same, though the bot tle in dilrerentlylabeletl. A Loconn rtv x. ELECTRIC TFLEORAPII.— Science in Italy, strange as it in ~, , r sound, appears to he actually outstriliping "pro gress" in all other quarters. to the nisi der_oLolectric telegranbs t . welitui that they are there e'en throwing the great tele graphic theatre of the United Status of A merica in the shade. We learn from the intelligent correspondent at Genoa of the Newark Advertiser that ono Chevalier Iliinelli . has invented, and had in Mav practically demonstrated, a locomotive !electric telegraph. The problem was re solved under the patronage of the Sardini an Ow:implant, on the railway between Turin and Montealier ;—a distance of six miles—on the afternoon of the 4th of I May, when, for 'the first time, a locomo [dive running at full speed repeatedly I exchanged messages with the station whence it started. The writer says : "The questions and answers tile va ried and repeated during numero s kips, without n single fault, and the inventor fi lially anounced his eomplete success to the Minister of Public .%mks at Turin, irom a car running at the rate of a mile in two minutes. "The ordinary wirtAitie is thus super seded by this demonstration of the preen cability of using the common 'roil railway track as a conductor of electricity genera ted by a portable machine. But this sim ple and ingenious invention of Italian ge nius has a still more important bearing.— The writer asserts, that by means of it, not only may running trains be instatitly arrestedby communications from the sta tions, at whatever distance; not only may the central and way-side stationary a gents hold intercourse with them at will, at any point of the rout, or in any stage of their progress ; but the opposite trains may communicate at any moment, with out regard to distance or rapidity of move ment, with each other, either before or be hind. Thus, .through communications be tween themselves, and with the stationa ry agents on the rout, collisions may be effectually prevented, and warning be giv en of .obstructions or derangemetus on the road." A be the II all this be the fact, ''it would seem ,impossible to desire any thing more, for !the security of passengers; and we in the I United Statei know better than any other i people how to appreciate such a security.— ' This plan of converting railway)t into telegraphic lines, and making' t h e. electro magnetic machine an attachment and:';ser- I vent of the, locomotive. opens new 'ands ' boundless prospects of usefulness lot both, Iwhile it - serves to indicate that no limits :tan be assigned to the progress of hutrian skill and science. This Bonelli method dl operating with the railway, telegraph is not,yet made public; but, as an.evidence l of • his substantial Pretensions, it is•tneti tionedahat he has lately received the med al of thti , fmndon Society of Arts and •In 9. , ! dustry for he applicatloll of electricity to JacqtiarAloont, which effects a-saying of •at least 75 per ceet:: flo is, the 'govern ' govern ment director of the Sardinantelegraphs: "TA' FATS OF KANSAS SSTTLED"—K Kansas correspondent of..the St. Loitis• Republican writes thus exultingly ""The friends of the South and the Union may now rest satisfied that the Abolition ists and Disunionists can ..hang up their harps upon the willow, and sit, down on the banks of the Mississippi and weep, for the fate of Kanaaa is „settled, and settled glorionsly. Missourians, Tennesseeaits. Virgiiians, and other prii-slavery citizens are coining • every day by hundreds, and making homes, camturtable' Stomas, all ver the country. and they wield so strong ian influence, socially and morally, as to ichake the political opinion of many o 1 the Free Sellers who have been sent here by tint Aid SOClety.", AM ERICA CO ' NVENTI ON. 'rho Majority or'Pro-filatecry Plat- The following are the platform and principles of thojnajority of the delegates to the Kittiw-Nothigg National Couven- I'The acknoWledgment of. that Al mighty Being who roles over' the Uni versePwho preardes over the Councils of Nations, who*onducts the :inks amen, and who, in eieryrep by which wo have advanced to the character of an indepen dent nation, kw diitinguished us by some token of proitdeetTal agency. The'cultivation and development of ' a senthnent of , profoundly American feel ing ; of passionate attachment to our coun try, its history and its. institutions ; of ad miration for the purer days of our national existence ; of veneration for the heroism that precipitated our revolution, and of 'emulation of the virtue. wisdom and pa triotism thatiramed our Constitution, and first successfullY 'applied its provisions. 111. The maintenance of the. Union of thesu United States ai the paramount po litical good ; or, to use thu language of Washingtoil, "the primary object of pa- triotie desire." And hence, 1. °position to all attempts to weaken or subvert it. „ 2. .Uncomprotnising antagonism to ev ery principle of, policy that endangers it. 3. The advocacy of an equitable adjust ment of all political differences which threaten its integrity or perpetuity. • 4. The suppression of all tendencies to political division, founded on "geograph ical discriminations, or on the belief that there is a real difference of interests and vicws" between the various sections of thq Union. 5. The full recognition of the rights of the several Status, IN expressed and reser ved in thn Constitution ; and a careful a- voidance, by the General Government, of all interference with their rights, by legis- lativo or executive action IV. Obedience to the Constitution of these United States, as the supreme la w of the land, sacredly obligatory upon all ite parts and members ;. and steadfast reef lance to the spirit of innovation upon its principles, hOwever specious the pretexts. Avowing that in all doubtful or disputed points, it may only he legally ascertained and expounded by the J udicial power of the United Shoes. And, as a corollary to the shore. A habit of reverential obedience to the laws, whether National, State of Mu nicipal, until they are either repealed or declared unconstitutional by the _proper authority. 2. A tender and sacred regard for thoge acts of statesmanship which are to be comm.distinguished train acts of ordina ry legislation, by the Set of their beiii L f of the nature of eunipavds and agreement.. and'so to he considered a fixed and set• tied nfloonsl policy. V. A radie.ll revision and modification of the laws reJoilating ininti•4ration, and the settlement of immigrants, offering to the holiest ininkratit trim, from love of liberty or liatred of oppression. se...l;s itii a•vluin in die United Stm.:: a friemilt reception turd protection, but unqualified ly condemning the transmission to our ' shores of talons and laupers. VI. 'rho aa,enlinl 414jailiC:altoan sir tile Natoralization Laws. • The repeal, by the Legislatures of the respective States of all Sate laws allowing foreigners not naturalized to vote. The repeal, without retractive opera tion, of all acts of Congress 111:11::.ng grants o f kn i t In niniaturalized foreigners, and allowing them so vo a 'in the Territories, VII. Motility to the corrupt means by which the leader) 01 party have hitherto forced upon us our rulers and our political creeds. Implaeable enmity against the preva• lent demoralizing system of, rewards for political subserviency, and of punishments for political independence. Disgust fur the Wild hunt alter office which eharacterizes'the age. These on the one hand ; in the other— hoomi‘ot of the praohed ul the purer days of the Republic, and admiration of the maxim that ••olfide should seek the man and not man the office," and of the rule that the best mode of ascertaining fit ness for Wilco is! the capaltility, the fitness and the honesty of the incumbent or can didate. VIII. Resistance to the aggressive pol icy and corrupt tendencies of the Roman Catholic Church in our country, by the advancement to all political stations—ex ecutive, legislative, jitilicial or diplomatic-- of those only who do not hold civil alle giance, directly or indirectly, to any for eign power, w hether,civil or ecclesiastical-. and who ate Americans by birth, educa tion and training ; thus,fuhfilling the max im, 4 .thisericansonly, shall govcrn..thner- ice.:' The protection of all citizens in the le gal and proper exercise of their civil and religious rights and privileges ; the main tenance of the right of every loan to the full, unrestrained and peaceful enjoyment of his religious opinions and worship, and jealous resistance of all attempts by any seit, denomination or church to obtain an ascendancy over any other in the State by .rhesus of - special privileges or CX• eruption, by any political combination of its members, or by a division of their ci vil allegiance with any foreign power,' po tentate, or ecclesiastic. IX. 7 ! rhereformation of the character of our National Legislature, by elevating to that di,,,oniaetl , and.restionsible position men of higher 'qualifications, pure morals, and more unselfish patriotism. X. The restriction of executive patro nage,—especially.sa the matter of appoint ment' to office,—,.su far is it may be per by the Conslittition, and.consietent with the public good* - , XL The education of the youth of our country in schools .provided by the State ; whieh schools shall be, common to all, without Alistinction of creed orliarty, and free from any influence of tt denomina tional or partizan eharacter. And, Wawa* as Christianity by the Constitutions of *nearly all the States .; by the decisions ofof the most eminent judicial authorities 1 - atuLtby , the. consent' of the peoPle of . ArtieriMOS .considered an r el ement of our political system ; and as the Holy Bible is it once the source of Chris tianity. and the 'depository and fountain 01 all civil and religious freedoin, we oppose every. , attempt to ,, exclude it from the schools thus established in the. States. . 'XII. The American party having . arisen upon the ruins and in spite of Abe opposi, tion of the Whig and Democratic parties, cannot be held in any mariner res ponaible fur the obnoxious aca or_violated pledgvi of either. And 'the systematic agitation -dila Slavery question by those poles having elevated sectional hostility into a positive element of political power, and brought our institutions into peril, it has thered'ere become, fire imperative 7 ,duty of the American party 'to interfere, for the purpose of giving peace to the country and perpetuity to the Union. And as experi ence has shown it impossible to reconcile opinions so extreme as those which sep arate the disputants, and as there can be no dishonor in submitting to laws, the Na tional Council has deemed it the best guarantee of common justice and of future peace, to abide by and maintain the exis ting laws upon tbo subject of Slavery, as a final anti conclusive settletnent of that subject, in spirit and in substance. And regarding it the highest duty to a vow their opinions upon . a scbject so im portant, in distinct and unequivocal terms, it is hereby declared as the sense of this National Council, that Congress possesses uo power under the Constitution, to.leg islate upon the subject of Slavery in the States, where it does or may exist, or to exclude any State from admission into the Union, because its Constitution does or does not recognize the Institution of Slavery as part of its social systont ; and express ly pretermitting any expression of opin ion upon the power of Congress to estab !ish or prohibit. Slavery in any Territory, it is the sense of the National Council that Congress ought-not no legislate upon the subject of Slavery within the Terri tories of the United States, and that any interference by Congress with Silvery as it exists in the District of Columbia, would be a violation of the spirit and intention of the compact by which the State of Maryland ceded the District to the I United States and a breach of the Nation- I al faith. XiH. The policy of 'the Government of the United States, in its relation with foreign governments, is to exact justice from the strongest, and do •justice to the weakest : restraining, by all the power of the Governinolll, all its Citizens (root inter lerence with the internal concerns of na tions tv;th whom we are at peace. XIV. The National Conned declares that all die principles of the Order 8:tall be henceforward every%Vhere openly avowed and that each member shall be at liberty to make known the existence of doi Order, 'and the fact lb-it he himself is a member ; And it recommend; that there be nu con cealment of the places of meeting of sub• ordinate councils. 'rho Secession of Delezates from nvolvelei. 1111i. , .111::, .11111 C I I A meeting of eitilC , ld from various States 01 the Union, representing the A irreriean party, was called by general con sent, whereupon lion. J. W. Foster, of Mass., presen ted the following paper, which, after beim! . read. was signed by the citizens of the following States, as. follows, viz : To THE PEOPLE UP THE UNIIED sTATEs The undersigned, citizens of the vari ous assembled at Philadelphia, on this I.3l,rieelall thy of June, 1655, feel coostrained, und.•r the ;Alto of affairs, to allirio the hillowmg prityiples : First. Thu uneimmtional restoration of that time honored compromise, known as di.: Molsonri prohibition, which was destroyed in titter diviegma ortne will ; a wrong no lapse of little can palli ate and no plea for its co wl:mance can jus tify ; and that we will use all constitu tional means to maintain the positive guar ankle of this compact until the object for which it was enacted has been consumma ted by the admission of Kansas and braska as tree :items. Second. That ihe rights of settlers in I Territories to the free and undisturbed ex ercise of the Elective Franeluse guaran teed to them by the laws under which they are organized should he promptly protected by the National Executive, whenever violated or threaamed, Mid that we cannot CORSlstently act with those who will not aid us in the correction of those natitral wrongs, and will ?WI even permit lair consideration and lull discussion. , Third. IVo further declare our con tinued and unalterable determination to use all honorable efforts to secure such a modification of the naturalization laws, aided by such an elevation of public secti ment as shall preserve the true interests of I the nation, and shalll guarantee the three vital principles of a Republican Govern ment, spiritual freedom, a free Bible and I ifree schools, thereby promoting the great work of Americanizing America. Fourth. That we invoke the arm of legislation to arrest that growing evil, the deportation, by foreign authorities, of paupers and convicts to our shores ; and as our National Constitution requires the Chief Executive of our country to be of native birth, we deem it equally neces sary and important that our diplomatic representative abroad should also lie:loess no foreign prejudices to biai their judg ment, or to influence their official action. (Siygol by 53 Deleyfile.y front the Free. Males.) On motion of Mr. Orth, of lnd., a Cor responding Committee was appointed, consisting of one from each State repre sented in this meeting, as follows : Conditillee of Corre.imolenee. Ohio—A. McKay, Wilmington,Clinton County Indiana—Godlove Orth, Lafayette. Michigan—Moses A. MeNorton, Jackson. W. Dane nhower, Chicago. Massachusetts—Henry J. Gardiner, Boston. New Hampshire—Steven B. Sherry, lingo. Vermont—J. N. Barrett, Middleburg. `Maine-13. I). Peck, Portland. Lattgbridge, Oskidoosa. Rhode Island—J. C. Knight, Providence. Connecticut—N.. D. Sperry, New Bac*. Wisconsin—D. E. Wood. Thu Secretary was ordered to print the proceedings, whereupon, after transacting other business in minutia, the meeting adjourned sine die. IL M. MeAuee, Soc'y. - • protest, 01 rennWilanta. • The following is the Protest of Penn sylvania, Vermont, and other States, pre sented:to the Convention : , 'l'he Undersigned. citizens of the Uni ted States and residents of the . States set opposite their names, solemnly . . prntest a gainst the, introduction of any question connected with Slayery into theplatform of principles of the American party—be ing convinced that no such issues were intended to be embraced within its Our- - poses and objects. . •That we believe in and shall defend-the, right of freedom orOpinion and discuision on that and on every, other subject not in tended to be embraced within the &Sign of out. organization. • That if the question or Slavery is to be passed upon and made a part of our Ns- Aiello' creed, then in flint &feet we can not consistently act with fidelity to our principles and former professions with any National organization whose action on the question of Slivery will result in endorsing the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and which refuses its sanction to the Princi ples b( the Missouri Cainpromise Act of 1820. That we believe that time honor ed compact was an honorable and lair ad justment of the question of Slavery. We desire to place this protest upon the jour nals of the Council, that in 110 future time the undersigned may be charged with infraction of expressed or implied faith to their fellow members, in failing to support the majority resolutions. F. Johnsoh, Pit., It. M. Bunion', Vt., S. Bowman Belt, Pa., Evelyn Pierpont, Vt., D. E. Smith, Pit. Bourg.: I). Bitten, Vt., It. Coulter Pa., It. Clement, Bel., .101111 A. Coulter Pa., MeClell. N.. 1. !A. 14.Livingson,N.Y., IV. 1). Damilanhomer,ll l . .1. 11. Barrett, Vt. D. B. Brook, Coon. Horatio Kinsley, Vt. REMARKABLE BALLOON AsoEttaioN.— WIDID. Baninistle, of Adrian city, Michi gan, ascended, recently in a balloon, front that place, at 10i in the morning, and de-I condcd in Clarion county, Pennsylvania, at 2 in the afternoon', making the compu ted distance of three hundred and fifty miles in the extraordinary short time ofi four hours. This is his second trip, and an experimental ono with a balloon of unusually large size. It is 30 feet in di aineter, contains over six hundred yards of silk, and it is capable of holding nine teen thousand cubic feet of gas. After his ascent to the distance of three • miles and a half, the teronaut struck the eastern current of air which is continual -1 ly blowing in the one direction. It car ried him south of the lakes, through :Jen tral Ohio. His intention was net to des cend until dark, as he was above the rain clouds in a clear upper sky, but the ,exces sive cold to which he was exposed brought on the accustomed drowsy sensation,,which I Prevented him front properly managing his balloon. lie was in that sleepy state when h e craft anchored in a tree in Red llook, having descended in consequenee of the evaporation of gas. The cold was so severe that his feet were conyletely frozen. Aleut: Vioi.Esre. Iv KAN1!. 1 .V .4 .--fertile DriVeil fryial /heir //omrs.—Wit learn that 1110 b Violence is still the order of the day in the vicinity of Douglas. Oil the forenoon of Monday last a gang of twenty-five or thirty landlorates, who re preseiti. the pro.slavery interests of .Missouri in Kansas, visited the house of Mr. Da:Ovoi:, Lerompte, and ordered him to leave the premises with his goods i in live in iuutes. Mr. 11. refused to coin-I ply with the demand, when the rudians, led on by Mr..fones, of Westport, march ed to the front of the house, • and ordered the company to lire upon him. A early ensued, alter which he deserted the liabi Cation erected whit notch labor, and allow ed his goodsto be taken out in the open prairie. It is said that a man by the moue of Simsons pretended to own the claim. Alter len;iag ll,mdcoek's cl they visited the dwelling of Mr. Oakley, and reenacted the SVCIIPSiIIi.t narrated, With Ike addition that the torch was applied awl the tenement burned. Mr ikiey's claim was purchased from a Southener a few months since for ssso,bitt the new occu pant was in favor of making Kansas a true tataie, alto outrage.-- itiooLya Herald, June 2(1. CATERPILLARS AND CANNER WORMS.— These pests of the farmers went to be e- yen more numerous this year titan ever before. The canker worms SCClllgradual• ly working from the roast to the interior. As far as seven or eight miles out the trees attacked by them appear as if exposed to a powerful lire. As to caterpillars, they swarm in every direction, not only upon trees, but upon bushes, knees, and even in dwetling hollyes. This greet Mere ase is no doubt in part owing 1,1 the killing oil the birds for amusement merely. the sew law on that subject not being in ally in stance enforced. The cAnker worms, however. after do ing an immense amount of damage, are beginning to come down front the trees, and will, it is hoped, soon disappear.• — • BOSiOII 7 runs. QUEEN VIUTORIA ' S SUIWOL.-1 . 1 10 Queen of England having discovered that a Idige portion of the children of the domes tic and other servants at Buckingham Pal ace are moth neglected in the matter of education, has commanded that premises in Palace street, Pimlico, should ho fitted up as a school to be opened for education• al purposes. She intends to defray all expenses. The number of scholars of both sexes at present eligible for admission is 66. An evening school will also be es tablished for such of the elder (+adieu as may be prevented front attending in the day time. A story is told by the Calilornia Pio neer, of a faithful member of a church in Massachusetts who was fond of exhorting. He always commenced by saying that he was quite unwell, and did not feel at all like speaking in meeting, but would sav word, and then give way to his brother - D ; and then he would go on, roaring loudly and swingink his arms, for at least ati hour. At the conclusion of one of these barren guns, "Brother D" slowly arose, and in a most solemn voice said—".l. should be amazingly interested to hear our friend once when he was in good health."— This finished that meeting. REMARKAIILH FAMILY GATIIERINO. - The Green Mountain Farmer, published at Montpelier; Vt., says :—"On the oc casion of the late dangerous illness of their aged and excellent mother, now, however, recovering, the nine sons and only survi ving children of Senator Prentiss, assem bled at the paternal mansion in this place', from their scattered residences in the North, South and West. Eight of them are lawyers In' established [niftiness, and the ninth is Clerk in the U. S. District Court, of which his father is Judge. THE PRICE, ay BEFIF MUST COME DOWN.- The Chicago, beruccrat says that immense numbers of cattle and hoge•are now being sliipped from that city to eastern markets. The cattle. have been brought from Texas. and wintered in Illinois, and are now be ing sent fOrtvard over the, Michigan Cen- trai and Great Western Railroad. el -day or two eine° one train left Chipago with 418 cattlo and 1,165 hogs. , An easy way, certainly, of writing a man's name, is by making the letter X.— The other day a schoolmaster in hearing a youngster his lesson, asked "What's that !" pointing to the letterX. "Thlddy's 'name,' "No it isn't your daddy's name, you blockhead 1 It's X." "I'll be shot if it ie 1. VS daddy's name —blowed if it ain't. Pryteeu him Write it often 1" =22121 Four Days Later From Europe. ARRIVAL OF THE ST. LOUIS. I'rogres4 Allitirs in the Crimea—Farther Snommu Allier Sea of Azetr-- Destenelion rf the Rwmian Supplies—Fur mod ei:sling of the riranfl Colifirelletv— ProyrrA .4 ping &Are Servurtopol—Pre park/Ar Greet Emits—Vie 114 tr Reling in Parliameni—liaraym qi the Cholera in En. rope—Dadia (Pk hey of Vunis. Now York, Juno 1f)-11 P.M. The steamship, St. Louis, from Havre and Southampton. reached her wharf at tip minutes belore 11 o'clock this eveniug, bringing London dates to the CM knit, and Liverpool to the sth inst. Scarcely had the Atlantic left Liverpool with the news of the success of the Allies against the Russians, titan further intelli gence with reference to their position in the sea of Azoff mated England. The Paris Moniteur of the 4th hurt, pub- Billies the following despatch from Gen. fellissier to the Minister of Wur : "Cantan, June let--We have sprung two mines in front of the flagstaff Bastien. The second 'explosion did considerable damage to the enemy. In •the ravine of Cascening Bay,. iwadvance of our works, our engineers discovered a transverse line of twenty-four cubic cases filled with gun powder, ouch forty centeinities thick, pla ced at equal distances, and burried just beneath the sod, each ease containing one fiftieth of a killogramme of power, and covered with a fulminating apparatus, which would explode by. the simple pros ore of the foot. These cases have been taken up by our engineers." Tltel.ondon Morning Herald, in a tel egraphic despatch, dated Juno 2d, states that the Allies had taken the town of Strait) chi, at the mouth of the Putrid Sea, and destroyed a months' rations for the whole Russian army, and a large amount of shipping. A. despatch from Prince Gortichakoff, dated 29th :thy, states that the Allies had occupied Kertsch, but had not pushed in-land. He also reports, that in canoe (pence of mentorres lie has taken. the Al lies will not be able to cut. ()tithe commu nications of the Russian army. Letters Irmo Berlin to the first state that the successes of the Allies had Made a deep impression there It is observed that t h e large proportion of cavalry in the Russian army will oil use the stoppage orsupplies from the countries of the Don to be felt with peculiar pressure by the encmj. Advice:l from Bertsch to the 3d inst., stares that every thing was going on satis- lactorilF. Son-tak-kali was evacuated by the Rus sians ou the Lfth, tilt. They burned the principal buildings, and abandoned • 60 guns and six mortars. From a despatch which has been recei ved at the Admiralty, from Sir E Lyons, dated Deitch, May 31st, it appears that the sipia iron in the Sea of AzolT had ap peared blifOre Clevitchi, landed a body of seamen and inarmei, and alter driving the Russian I .sec from the place. destroye.l all the depots and vessels laden with cunt and supplies for the Russian army. On ly nue Man was wounded. • Since efocring the Sea 01 AzolF, four steamers of war, and 210 vessels, employ ed in c onveying supplies to the Russian army in the Crimea, have been destroyed by the Allies. °costs° oir TUE VIENNA CONSkrIVENitIE. Thu conferences zit Vienna were for v closed at the late silting, held on the ' Idi inst. l'uoußEss or A F ins BEFORE SEVAS- A loner received from the French camp at Sevastopol, dated May 22d, slates that the Allies were on the eve of great events —that everything was prepared. Thu last arrangements had been made in a Council of War, at which Generals Can ',them Basquet, Lord Raglan, Omar Pasha, Brawn belle l'tlarmora, and Admirals !Inuit and Lyons were present. AU the lurces had come up. making the French army amount to 200,000 men. Both Houses of Parlnnen( met on the 4th inst., utter the Whitsuutid and Derby In the House of Lords, Ifni Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill passed through Com- in it tee. In the House of Commons, the adjourn • ed &Hate on the conduct and policy of the war was resumed and after a leagthened discussion of the subject it was again ad journed. Mr. M. Gibson, considering the Turk ish territory now Intact and ogle, codemn ed the persistence in a war, described as of indefinite extent, and only pursued in a* vain desire for military glory. • Sir W. Walesworth denounced the temptations which have been presented for the conclusion of a recent peace, and contended that the salty, as well as the glo ' ry of the British graph.° would be periled by 'any signs of cowardice or surrender of the high principles which constitute the real bond of union amongst the scatter ed elements of English National Grandeur. The crops throughout Great "Britain arc very promising. A telegraphic despatch from capital an nounces the death of the Bey of Tunis, on the night of the Ist of June. His succes sor and cousin, Sidi Mohammed Bey, had ascended the throne without obstacle. RusSIA. On the 93d ult., 100 cases of cholera occurred at St. Petersburgh. PAPBT INTOLERANCE. - A. disturbance occurred in Plainfield, N. J., on Sunday, in the Baptist Church. While the Rev. Mr.. Welch, a conversed Roman Catholics priest,,.was preaching and dilating upon the fallacies of that, religion, the priest who officiates' in the Catholic church of the place entered the church and commen ced a tirade of abuse against the preacher, creating 'much disturbance. Several gen ilemen present immediately took the priest out, and the preacher finished his discourse 7 1) without further trouble. This rietit will to-morrow probably rail at A rican her etics, and speak of the int lerance of Americans,' . and their oppoitticin to reli gious liberty! : ' • . "THXFAMINR" AT TUB WET.'—The rewrite of broadetuffs at the upper lake, ports are tremendous, and in the face of the immense receipts of corn, and the ex port demand but: noMinal., with a limited distillrog business, the present prices of this discription of grain cannot be thain tained-103,436 bushels were received at ports on the Upper Lakes in one day.— At Buffalo and Oswego the receipts repoi ted on Monday reached - 7,824 bble 'tour, 82,897 buslieht 01 wheat, 180,027 bush els-corn and 103,275 bushel*, oats. The useleranees and expensileness of modern women aruhiply bachelors. GREAT BRITAIN ALGERIA TIM TAR INDBWER. CIETTITSBNC. Friday Evening, June 22, _1855 la".We arc indebted to Hon. SAMUEL L. ItussELL, our Into member of Congress, for a copy of "Addresses on the occasioa of the presentation to Congress of the !word of Andrew Jackson ;" also for a copy of Lt. HERDON'S Exploration of the Valley of the Amizon, with maps. r.J'lhu attention of the render is di rected to the advertisement of the "Frank lin Repository and Whig," Chambersburg, in another column. Tho Whig has a very large circulation, and to such of our read ers as may be desirous.of advertising in that section of the country, we commend it as a desirable medium. ir7"SAMUEG FABER, Sr., has boon ap pointed Postmaster at Tablo Rook, (Low er's mill,) this county, iu the place of Sam uol Faber, Jr., resigned. O:TThe Rev. T. T. TIT .%; 11 of this place, has accepted a call to t Lathe ran Church at Stoughstowu, Cumberland IrfrTlio Rov. Roma H. CLAnKsoN, of Chicago, sailed for Europe, a few days ago, wish a view of beneating i, his health, which has been somewhat impaired. rilliontotinean Society. We have been requested to state that there will be nn Anniversary Celebration of the Philomathican Society of Pennsylva nia College, on the evening of the "Fourth," in Christ Church. The qudependent, Blues" have been invited, and are expected to ho present in uniform. The Public are invited to attend._ Fourth of July. sr2slVu are glad to learn that the effort which is being made by the "Independent Blues,' to bring about an old-fashioned celebration of the twining National Auld versary, is likely. to be successful. Our citizens, generally, realize the importance and propriety ufa suitable observance of the klay—aml:will enter into the arrangements •cordially, with a determination to make the display "worthy of - the occasion. The associations of the town have been invited to join in n parade on the morning of the "Fourth," and several of them, among them the "Gettys Lodge," and "Adams Division," have accepted the invitation, and will appear• in full regalia. The dis .play, we have no doubt, will be an impo toing one, and thil whole affair will be cred itable to our town. We have had intimations that the la dies of the town have in contemplation the idea of presenting a Flag to the Company, un the morning of the Fourth, and we have reason to believe that they are in earnest. The idea is a good one. The ceremonies cohnlaitardetth such . u resentation would certainly be interesting, and would add a very agreeable feature to the exercises of the day. We hope to see in our midst, on that OCcasion, u goodly number of our country friends. From assurances received from dif• fereut parts of the coma ty, we are led to be lieve that the country wilt be well reprc. sen ted. We are authorized by the Committee to say that an arrangtuent has been made with Mr. Sheath, (who has been engaged to furnish the (limier) by which the dinner tickets which may be purchased in ad vance, will be redeemed by him at any limo subsequent to the Fourth, in anything which the purchaser may desire in his line of business. By this arrangement, if any of those who may purchase tickets should be prevented from attending on the Fourth, his ticket will be worth that much to him iu ice cream, mead, &e., at any time. ozrOn Tuesday night last, about 10 o'- clock, our citizens were startled by au a larm of fire, occasioned by the burning of .a box of shavings in a sliCd adjoining tho stable of WM. C. 11lorrmAN, ou the prop erty now occupied by Mrs. SELL. The fire had communicated to the frame-work of the stable, but by a timely alarm, was .speCdily arrested. It was evidently the work of an incendiary. The fact that we have still iu our midst these heartless vil lains, should induce our citizens to be con stantl on the alert. licrThe first number of the PiUsburg Evening Times, p.iblished and edited by Mr. EDWARD MaPitEnsoN, formerly of this place, is upon our table. It makes a 'very respectable and busiuess•like ap- pearance. Its editorials give evidence of considerable ability, and we have no doubt the enterprise will command that success which it so well deserves. Mr. McPher son has secured for himself an enviable reputation as a political writer, and ...will render signal service to the American cause, which he has warmly espoused. la-Tho Pennsylvania State Agricultu ' ial Society have published their regulations for the next exbiluition at, Harrisburg.— The days selected for the Fair are Tues day, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 2011 t, 26th. 27th, and 28th days of , 4 i September. ` The plough ug 'match will • take place oirn:iday the 28th, in a field ndjacent to tho , place of exhibition. Com ' petition is invited from all parts of the United Got REY.DEIt has started on his return , to Kanias, to resume his 'official duties, and expects to reach - Pawnee before the assembling of 'the Territorial. Legislature there on the 2d of. July- . 11CrAnihouy.Burns, whose arrest as a faiitive - slave in Boston, caused' so much eicitement some time since, "is on his way to Oberlin, 011ie, whore he is to receive an cducathiu in the college at that place. Very Importantß . •ecovery 4 ) • 7 'Wu have before us a copy of the "London Mining Journal," of a recent date, in which we find a very interesthig article, called forth by a Lecture delivered before the Society of Arts, by Dr. War. H. SMITH, of Philadelphia, on "the utiliia tion of the slags, or molten mineral pro ducts of smelting furnaces." By a very simple process, reached after a long series of experiments, this hitherto worse than useless material can' be applied to purpo ; see of the highest utility. The Journal ventures to predict that it will supersede the labors of tho quarry, rivaling the most valuable marble, and, in beauty and bril liancy, many of tho most precious stones, such as the agate, the jasper, the different classes of variegated marble, and oven the very attractive malachite. It is said that for every ton of iron, two ton of slag are formed ; from this may be inferred the great importance to iron masters of this discovery. Indeed it is impossible to es timate the groat advantage to the world which must result from it. As a build ing material alone, it must make a revel lion in architecture. We quote a para..' graph from the Lecture, which may fyr nish an idea of the different uses to which this now useless material may hereafter be • applied : "According to the treatment it receives, slag can be rendered brittle or tough, hard or soft, compact or porous, rough or smooth. It can be cast into as great a variety of forms, solid and hollow, as iron itself, with the superior advantage of be ing susceptible of the admixture and blending of colours, so as to render it e qual in brilliancy to agate, jasper mala chite, the variegated marbles, and odor more valuable varieties of the mineral kingdom. When properly annealed. it can be made to acquire a surface, or tex ture, at least ten times as durable as that of marble, and is susceptible of a pnlish equal to agate or cornelian. As a build- ing material slag can be readily a dapted to any variety of architectural de,,ign, from the simple slab to the most ornate and complex decoration ; whilst its beauty and durability chiefly recommend it as an ar tide of luxury." Our readers will ft el a pride in learning that Pr. Wm. 11. Smith is a graduate of Pennsylvania College, and resided for sev eral years in our midst. He has many friends and acquaintances hare, who will feel gratified at the success which has at tended his labors. The "Jug . Law.” 17 InLancaster and other countie‘, se cret associations aro being formed to op erate against the Know 'Nothings,—oppo sition to the temperance reform being one of the cardinal principles. The whole re sponsibility of the passage of what they term the "jug' law," is charged upon the Amer icans—and they do this in the face of the fact, of which every intelligent reader must be aware, that the liquor question was not regarded as a partizan ono. How ever creditable it may be foully party, the charge is nevertheless false, and 64 who assert it know it to be so. Every person who knows anything about the subject and wishes to tell the truth, knows that in the Senate, (and Lad it not passed the Senate it fever could have become a law,) there were more old line Whigs' and Democrats voted for the law than there were Amer- 7 Democrats, 2 Whigs, and G Ameri cans voted for the law-15. 8 Democrats and G Americans voted a gainst the In addition to this, the only foreign born in the Senate, George Darsie, of AI-1 legheny county, voted for the jag law, and his vote passed it by oNF. majority. And to show the utter falsity of the charge, it is only necessary to state that there aro 19 anti-Know Nothings in the Senate, 15 Democrats and 4 Whigs, and only 13 Americans. We defy the enemies of the American party to contradict these facts. PORTLAND RIOT.—The Mayor of Portland, Neal Dow, has published a full account of the Portland Riot, showing that a less prompt and severe course on. his part would have led to more bloodshed and destruction. Ho says the project. of a mob and riot had been known iu Portland, ear ly iu May, in Boston two weeks before its execution, and it was spoken of in Sacco, North Yarmouth, Gorham, and Paris on the morning of the day of tho riot. He says further : "rho ringleader of the mob, who lost his life in it, was a strong and muscular man, a sailor, and had left Boston a day or two before to avoid arrest ; and I learn on re liable authority that ho was engaged in the King riot in this city about five years since. Ho engaged in this tumult deliberately, having spoken of it in the afternoon and having refused the advice to keep away from it. Had the mob accomplished their first object, they would have become mad on the liquors of the agency, then setting lire to the remainder would have destroyed tho City Hall, for that purpose was a vowed. . There are many and conflicting accounts of this unfortunate affair; but in the very worst aspect it has presented we think Mayor Dow has actdd wrsaiyi and is onti• tied to the thanks of every lover of law and order for his prompt and onergetio action in the discharge of his official duties. COLD WEATHER.—Frost was ob served on 'Tuesday night not far from Boston. The coldness of the seasons is a subject of general remark. The ,Buffalo Tanotracy of Wednesday, says. We are still enjoying fires and overcoats in this, 'region, awl the tailors are thinking of re placing the winter fashions in their win dows. , Sir Th e Homily blanufecturiog Com. pony - hod Weeted , primess for 'ma king paper from the stalks of broom- The Nailollal COnVellilolll. ItCrln another part of oar paper will be found the Platform of the majority of the American National Convoution, to. gether with the Manifesto of the Norther a Delegates, and the Protest of the Pennsyl vania and Noir Jersey Delegation. In our last paper wo expressed a hope that the Convention would harmonize upon the Slavery question, by agreeing to a restora tion of. the Missouri Compromise, or, at least, discarding that issue arl foreign to the object of tho • American movement.— We repot to say that i wo are 'disappointed. Not only did a majority of the Conven tion reject the proposed restoration of that sacred and time-honored compact, (al though several of the Southern members admitted that the passage of the Kansas- 1 Nebraska bill was an act of injustice to the North,) hut they refused to endorse the very fair proposition - of the Pennsyl vania Delegation to throw aside as irrel evant to thu purposes of the Convention every thing having reference to the Slavery question, and incorporated in the Platform a section affirming the existing laws (including f cow se, the Kansas•Ncbrasha bill)to bo a final and concluSive settlement of the Sla very question I We aro nut disposed at present to comment upon this action of the National Council, further than to say that, in the language of the Protest of tho Penn sylvania Delegation, "we cannot consist ently act, with fidelity to our principles and former professions, with any national organization whose Vim on the question of Shivery will result in endorsing the KansasAchralilta act." We are glad to see:that the entire Atner lean Press of the North, with but one or two exceptions, approve and commend the course of the Northern members, in secs• ding frotu the Convention. and endorse the principles of their public manifesto We are glad, to, to find the opinion so general all over the North, that the seces sion of the Northern Delegates, instead of injuring, will sthugthen the organization. For the that time, in the history of our l.lovernmeut, has the North exhibited a determined and unflinching spirit-in au out counter with Slavery ; and the firmness and gallant bearing of the Delegates has excited general admiration. All honor to them. A Sao Conventionme learn, is soon to lie held, and to its doings all eyes will be anx iously turned. It will have an important duty to perform. We earnestly hope that it will, by a unanimous vote, discard from the National Platform the 12th Section, as unworthy the countenance of Free- Know Somethings 7A convention of the members of this organization was in session last week at Cleaveland, Ohio. Every Free State was represented. There was also a del egation from Kentucky. The convention was largo and enthusias tic ; and the strength of the order, as developed by the convention, ..has suprised every body.— They adopted a platform substantially as follows : "The preamble li , serts that servility to the slave power is the characteristic of the existing political parties—perilous to manhood and tlw Iwst interests of the North and the liberties of the republic. The Resolutions declaim—That the issue be thre the American public is whether freedom shall be limited to the free States or Slavery to the Slave States ; that the issue has been tercet upon the country by Slave power aggressions. These aggressions, and especially the Nebraska outrages and assaults upon the elective fran chise in Kansas, have aroused the freemen of the Republic: and they will maintain their rights mid resist additions to the Slave territo ry. They will maintain the nationality of free dom. ain't the friends of freedom should make principles and no( birth-place the test of ad mission to citizenship. They will repel every ecclesiastical interfer mice in political affairs—from potentate, pon tiff, or priest, as destructive of the right to worship Coil according to the dictates of con science and liberty. The resolutions also recommend fir the ac (ion i &tile several States the promotion of teinper aiws, the support of free schools, free labor, and harhor improvements. They also urge all to strive fit the election of nicti of integrity and nerve to resist aggressions orally kind; and for these objects are ready to unite with all men under any name or organization to aid in car rying into operation the principles avowed. American Mass meeting. CThe meeting held by the Americans last gaturday night, in Philadelphia, was a tromeeduous display of numbers.— Delegations from the various words of the ei4f. combed to the square in procession, with music and banners, and soon thronged eve`ty part of the enclosure. Three stands were erected for the accommodation of the speakers. Jacob Broom was Chosen Pres ident, assisted by numerous Vice Presi dents. Tito principal speakers were ex• Gover nor Brown, of Tennessee, Col. Mallory, of New York, Col. Bowling, of Va., Gen. Pitching, of Ky., Mr. Littlejohn, of North Carolina, Col. Stokes, of Tennessee, Mr. Roloy, of Miss., Dr. Claimer ; of New Jersey, Col. McCall, of Florida, Mr. Bot• Mei, of Va., Judge Steuart, of Alabama, and others. During most of tho ovooiog•tho rain fell copiously, and, altogether, the weather was most unpropitious' for the demonstra tion, but notwithstanding it was a most impesiug display. gc:nn Monday evening, there was' a largo American demonstration in N.York, to ratify the prodeedings of the National Convention. Among the speakers, was Gen. ANDREW JACKSON DONALDSON, Of Tennes.seo, the adopted son of Gen. Jack son. his speech was a withering rebuke of Pierce and his administration. On Wednesday evening, there was an immenso meeting in• Baltimore city. Not less than 20,000 persons wore in atten dunce 1, . Irrlion. Thomas F. Matilnill has ta. ken the stump in Kentucky againgt the Know Nothings : . • A New State. ICI' The Legislature. of Michigan, at it last session, passed an act providing for the formation of the mow State ou'rerrito• ry of Superior. This new Territory embra ces all that vast ()stint of territory on the South shore of Lake Superior, and north of Lake Michigan and Wisconsin which now composes a part or Michigan. It is entirely separatid- from it by Lake Huron and Michigan, and . .ltMt no natural connection with the rest of that State.— Michigan has heretofore refused to , grant their Tequest, but it seems a second sober thppg , nt ins brought an assent. Two years ago‘, Wisconsin passed an act, granting the northern part of its territory Itthe proposed State of Superior. The States of Michigan and Wisconsin, being agreed to this arrangement, Congress, by virtue of the power vested in it by the 3d section of the 4th article of the Constitution, has tho authority to erect it into a territory, or to admit it at once as a State. It is destined to bo ono of the mostinteresting, wealthy, and important portions of the Union. KTThe Harrisburg Herald states that in accordance with the net of incorporation, a meeting of the Trustees of the Farmers' High School of PennsVlvania was held in that place on Thurday Inst. Gov Pol lock, Frederick Watts and Alfred L. El wyn were appointed a committee to view the lands offered the "Farmers' High School" by Gen. James Irvin, of „Centre county, and lion. James - Mlles, of Erie county, with such other situations as to them shall seem advisable, and report to the Trustees at their . nbxt meeting in re ference to the location of the Institution, and to the funds. .&., necessary for its establishment. They will start next Mon day to perforut the duties of their appoint ment. AME RI CAN MOVEMENTS.--The Know Nothing Order in 'Massachusetts will, it is said, call a general Convention of the people of the Northern and North western States, with a view of concentra ting action in the present crisis. The Vermont papers_ contain A call signed by U. S. Senator Brainard and others, for a Convention of all, without distinction of party, who aro opposed to the further ex tension of slavery, to meet at Burlington nu the 27th of this month to nominate State officers. TREASON IN ARMS.—The Tribune says the Germans in the sixteenth ward in Brooklyn, are forming a military or ganization for the purposi3 of armed resist. once to the Prohibitory Liquor Lnw, which takes effect on the Fourth of July. They arc perhaps not aware what a dan gerous game this will prove to the parties that undertake to play it. They will doubtless receive duo Attention from the magistrates in Brooklyn, lung before, their plau comes to execution, _ • THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, CAN. ONSBURG.—The Associated Reformed Synod (Seceder) has determined to remove the Thy°logical Seminary, at Canonsburg, iu this State, to Nellie, Ohio? Thu Rev. Mr. Wilson was ',elected to fill the Pro fessorship made vacant by the death of Rev. Mr. Anderson. • Ilicr New wheat, the first of the season, was sold at Memphis, Tenn., uu the oth inst., at. $1 50 pet bushel. fra-The majority against a Prohibito ry Liquor Law, in Illinois, is about ten thousand. ea-Locusts, in myriads, Lava appeared in Blair, ceutro, Mifflin and Iluntindon eountio& Pa. FIREMEN FOR EUROPE.-1I is stated that several members of the New York Fire Department are getting up an excursion to the Old World this summer. They are accompanied by Dodworth's famous4or. net band, and will take passage in one of Collin's steamers to Liverpool. It is their intention to proceed ' to . London, Manchester, and all the principal places in England, crosi over to Franco, visit the Grand Exposition of 1855, pay their compliments to his Majesty Louis Napo leon 111., by whom they will be reviewed, and return via Vanderbilt's line of steam ers from Havre. The firemen will take a first class engine with them. Concerts will be given by the band• during their so journ, towards defraying their expenses. THE POISONED WEDDINO P ARTY. -- The Abbiugton Virginian states that the recent poisoning of a party in Scott Coun ty was not an accidental circumstance, but designed. A naullatto man belonging to Mr. Kano, and a white man and his daugh ter, residing in the neighborhood, are sus pectell of having committed the deed.— The persons who were poisoned have all recovered except Mr. Bishop, whose death has been heretofore announced. !TIRE FAILURE AT LANOASTER. — We learn from the Lancaster (Pa.)Daily that the trustees of the Lancaster Saving Insti tution have determined pporia plan. of ac tion which, if agreed . to,- will enable the trustees to continue the business of the institution.. The plan prOposed involves the reliniptishment on the part of the cred itor:, of thirty per cent: of their deposits which would equalize the gross liabilities with the assets." ONE OF THE HURRICANES.--WO often bear of events so startling that our won der remains excited :for a long,period. A l t mong other blessings, that bound in the West, they frequently have Olio respec. able hurricane." The Cape May Coun ty (Mu.) Gazette reports the whims of their latest viiiior of that kind. Hear it : —"Great numbers of birds, ra tite. wore found torn to pieces in Its course, and we are inlornaod that the poultry_of Mr. Young, which 'were not killed, were stripped as naked as t . l they had been scal ded and picked for the frying pdn." This statement would make a raadable ad denda to the Arabian Nights. Nine thousand shad Were taken at a single haul at Haire do Grace on Tues . THE LATEST ! ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA. Exciting News from the Seat ' of War ! "Bombardtnent of Sevaatopoi Re- mused. Capture of th Herndon and Inile nicer Bat teries, by Me Frenck—Heary Losses 'an both sides—Nofurther Peace NeyotiaMms sinless asked for by Russia—Austria standing r. llsur.tx, June 20—The Cunard' steamer Asia arrived here this morning at half past 1 o' clock, with Liverpool dates to Saturday, June 9th. Her war news is quite (melting., The bom bardment of Sevastopol was recommenced on the 6th inst., and the allies have achieved addi tional important advantages; the French hav ing captured the hlamelon and White Tower batteries. ATTITUDE OF TUE FOUR Powv.ns. The Conference at Vienna having been for merly closed, at the instigation of the Western Powers, the negotiations for peace would not likely be renewed unless Rassiashall apply to Austria for her good offices. .Austria it is said considers herself released from all engagements to the Western - powers, the latter having refused to conclude a peace on reasonable terms. Austria, hoWever, still professes herself to be the ally of France and England, subjected to article L of the treaty of December the 2d. Thu Vienna papers advise that although the conference is closed the Russian plenipotentia ries still have the Austrian propositions under consideration; and say that Austria still desir es to affect a mediation. In the meantime the military commissioners of France and Britain have left Vienna. Talc WAlt NEWS. The news from the seat of war is mostly con firmed in details of previously reported doings. Considerable discrepancy exists in the ac counts of the allies' proceedings at, Genital.— Sidney Irerbcrt, in Parliament, on the Bth. said that the press had drawn inferences .fonn the touteesses of the allies that are not justified by the farts. Per the editorialsspeak as if Aruba and Genitehi were already taken i but although the allies had bombarded and destroyed stores at the other place, they are not in posses sion of them. It mast not, theretbre„be said, de thought that we are masters of the Putrid Sea. • PIUTSSIAN POLAND- A dykes from Cracow, Poland, report that the insurrection before reported in Ukrauu was nut yet suppressed. tiItEAT . . In Parliament the adjourned -debate on the conduct of the war ended, after a protracted discussion, in Sir Francis Baring's :notion be ing permitted to- pass nem con., namely : That the house having seen with regret that the conferences at Vienna have not led to a ter lid:Wiwi of hostilities, feels .it a duty to declare that they will continue to give every support to her Majesty in the prosecution of the war, un til site shall, in conjunction with her allies, ob tain lbr the country a sate and honorable peace. Mr ? . Roebuck's committee had held a meet ing to compare their reports and adopt onellif presenting to Parliament. Sir.lames Paxton proposes to Parliament-the construction of a: magnificent boulevard around Loudon, eleven miles long, and to cost £32,- 000,000 sterling. • FRANCE. A decree has been issued extending a. free importation of breadstuffs rim England theduo pres . ing et year. The King of Surdinia will probably, meet Queen Vittoria: at Paris in, August. Perhaps the Sultan will also come. The French Exposition is more flourishing., The government represents that the Cadists insurrection hes been entirely suppressed, but the province of Catalonia has been placed in n state of siege, and troops continuo to leave Ma drid, leading to the inference that trouble still exists. '►'here has been another breakup in the Span ish ministry. A compulsory loan of twohundred millions in anticipation of taxes has been imposed. ITA LY IliIlXl Milian, the brother of the Emperor of Austria, had a private interview with thu Pope and the King of Naples. There Ls considera ble speculation afloat as to the object. Numerous political arrests have recently been made in the Roman States. Horace Greeley Imprisoned NEW YORK, Juno 20E1.:—Letters re. calved here by the steamer St. Louis men tion that Horace Greoly had been arrested and detained in prison two days at Paris on the complaint of a sculptor who sent a work of art to the New York Crystal Pal ace. The Tribunal dismissed the cum• plain t. Rheumatism. The following certificates are given by R. Knight, Esq., No. 90 Statestreet,, New Haven. New Haven, Jan, 5, 1851 Rev. A. B. L. Myers : Dear Sir—Having used your extract of Rock Rose for Rheuma tism and General Debility, and found it effica cious in removing the disease, I would cheer fully reconimend it as a valuable medicine for theilistuises it promises to cure. • R. KNIGHT. AGENTS. S. ll.Buehler, Gettysburg; Jes-. 1;e Houck, Menalien P. 0. ; Abel T. Wright, Bendersville ; Jacob Mark, Caslitowt ; Spald ing & Brother, Littleatown ; Aulabaugh & Spangler, East Berlin ; Jacob Martin, Now Oxford ; H. S. Fink, Pleasant Hill. BALTIMORE MARKET. BALTIMORE, Juno 21, 1856 .FLOUR AND MEAL.—The market to-day was quiet. The foreign news has had no ef fect. Supply moderate, and not Much rdispe. sition to purchase. We note a sale of 200 bbls Howard street at $lO 25, and 500 bbls do. for settlement at the same prme; showing a decline 01'25 cents V bbl on previous sales.. Nothing reported in City Mills. Holders not willing to take less than . $lO t bbl. Some have refused this 6gure.• Rye Flour—We note small sales at 7 62/(07 75 V -bbl. Corn Meal-*Wci quote country at $4 75, and city manufactured at ssVbbl. Market dull and small - sales. ORAlN.—Wheat—The anpply .to-day. was very light, not over . 400 bushels. • No tittles re. ported . and . priees are merely nominal. We quote gaidto prime red at 2 25®52 30, white at 2 35®2 •40 V bushel. Corn—About 7,000 bushels offered to-day, and of white at 1 Qlsl 05 V bushel, A . good deal of Corn ar• riving is 'of inferior kidds l 'ind..hence the wide . . range m prices. No. mixed sold. Oats—A bout 1200 bushels offered - M -day, and sales of Maryland and Virginia at. 61)c(Ifi4 cents, and Pennsyli•anin at 65®66 cents I,4.huallel. Rye —only 50 bushels offered; no sales reported. We (Mote Maryland at 155, and Pennsylvania Rye at 1 62441 63 V bushel. „ . • SEEDS.—A. stsdy demand' for' clooverseed, sales at 7,60(07,753 Timothy at 3,86®54 25, Flaxceed'lit Si ,66. bushel:. - • , •- ' PROVISIONS.—Beef—rWe quote less at • $),7 60, and. o. 1 at $l6 V.bbl. for Baltimore packed. No country Sat Pork,-Trans : actions limited. Small sales of 'new Mess at $lB, and Prime at $l6 V bbl. steady demand and. holders firm: - The advanCe of le Vlb is fully established. We note sales to-day in lots 'of about 60 hhds sides at 101- • ets. and 40 -lilt& of shoulders .at 9} cents. • We ituote hams at 11®13 cents - V lb. Bulk Meats —The saply is moderate. Wequote shoulders at .7.1® cents, and aides at • Bi®9.. yenta; and hams at 910)91 cents Lard—Suply light. We quote . kegs at : at, 12a121 coats, LI at 11 cents Toothache cured lu Are 'ninnies by Dr. TOBIAS' wonderful Venetian Liniment, or noPay 7 -readache in half-an-hour. Sold by all druggists and storekeepers. Depot GO Cori, landt-st, New York. AGENCIES.--"-S. H. Buehler., and Samuel S. Forney, Gettysburg; H. 8.• Fink, Pleasant •Ifill ; Spalding k Brother, Littlestown ; John Bushey, M'Sherrystown ; Samuel Faber, Jr., Sowers, Mill • Jesse Houck, Butler township ; Andrew Cregloir, Centre Mill; Able T. Wright, Bendersville ; Jacob Pennsyl, Middletown ; Jacol,F. Lower, Arendtsville; H. W.Whitmore, Mummasburg •Philip Hann, Melinightsville ; Thomas .L Cooper, Franklin township ; Jacob Mark, Cashtown ; A ttlbaugh k Spangler, East Berlin; J. Martin, New Oxford; J. lt..Henry, Abbotsotwn. 1141NOVER MARKET. HAxovin; 'June 21, 1855. FLOUR •• bbl, from wagons, $lO 25 WHEAT, 1) bushel, 2 30 to 2 60 RYE, 96 CORN, . 95 OATS, "60 TIMOTHY-SEED, • : 2 50 CLOVER-SEED, , Er 25 FLAX-SEED, 37 PLASTER OF PARIS,. - 650 • . YORK Yana, Tuesday, Juno 19,'165.5. FLOUR, V bid., from wagons, $lO 25 WHEAT, V bushel, , 2 30 to 250 RYE, " 140 CO N ,• ' 9O OATS, " • 60 TiiitoTßY.shED, V bushel, 2 75 CLOVER-SEED, " 6 50 FLAX-SEED, > ", , • 160 PLASTER OF PARIS, V ton, 7 50 . Y. MARRIED At. Princess Anne, Somerset county, Md., on Monday evening the 11 inst., by the Rev. Mr. Phail, WILLIAM M'CLEAN Esq., of t this place to Miss FE R. RIGGIN, of . Princess Anne, On the 31st ult.., by the Rev. Rev. J C. EHRHART, pastor ofthe Lutheran Church, in Shamokin, Pn., (forverly of Cettysburg,) to Miss MARTHA HILL, of liughesvilla, Pa. DIED, On the llthinst., in Mountpleasant township Mrs. ELIZABETH,- wife-of-11r. -Joseph- E Homier, nged . 4o years. • •- . In Union township, Adams county, on the • 11th inst., Mr. JACOB SELL, Sen., aged 74 years 4 monthwand 11 drics. On the 16th inst., ALICE S. daughter of Mr. Jesse Houck, of Butter township, aged 8 years 1 month and 22 days., • . . • On the 13th inst., near Littlestown, -Mr. SAMUEL WEIRICH, aged about:4s years: On the 6th inst. -near Hagerstown, Miss - POLLY DECKER, foimeTly of GeitYsburg, aged about 73 veers. • - • On the 18th inst. Mr. Pamir Busman, Of ?Gunnell township, aged 69 years 2 months and 3 days. • • Om the 17th inst., SALOME, daughter of Mary Ann and Frederick Pillard, of this place ` aged 3 years and 6 •. • , . . - 0.• • THERE will be a meeting o f the members of Getty; Lealge - No; 124, at an eaklyhoUr of the nftirning'brlthe - 4th - OfJuly (the hourlo he hereafter designated) preparatory to joining' in the festivities of the dlty. S. POWERS, • Chairman of Colina Wee. June 22. • SONS OF TENFERINGE. ADAMS DIVISION, 8. of P., having, at its last- meeting accepted the invitation of the "Ind ependentdues,"to übite in the Demonstratiop on the 'Fourth of ' Stity,-notien is hereby given to the resiflnt and distant members, that there will be a. meeting ,at the Hull, titan early himr on the morning of. said day, for the purpose ofjoining in the -I'roces• J. P. 11OFFMA.N, R. BREADS, , • A.W. , grzmullie CommitYee June 22, 1855 TO OWNERS (IF REAL IE'S4ATIE, BUSINESS MEN GENERALLY. glieposilori and Whig," published at Chambersburg, ril.j is now in its slily-430- °nd yeari and has, for more than' half centu ry, enjoyed the LARGEST CIRCULATION of any paper in its section of the State. It is printed on a mammoth sheet, in quarto, form, and contents weekly fort .itcight. coliminii of ori ginal and selected reading matter, and adver tisements. It is 'unequalled by any of it local contemporarieS in the extent and variety of its correspondence, both home and foreign, and original contributions. Price, $2 per annum; five copies for $9; ten for sls—in advance. It is certainly the very best Advertising Me: ilium in Pettesylvenia,.out of the cities, noten ly because of its superior, circulation; but also because of the substantial and thriffy character of its patrons. As a medium for offerifiF REAL ESTATE for sale it is 'especially desi rable, us it reaches a larger class• of Real , state owners and dealers, and: busineas men generally, than any other local paper.. Terms moderate. Advertisements may be sent di rectly to the publisher, or throityli any paper in which this advertisement is ,inserted. Ad dress ALEX K. MeOLURE, Clunaber4burg, Pa June 22, 1835.—53 Teaehero Villatuted. THE School Directors of Gettysburg Dis trict will receive applications, until Sat urday, the 14th day of July nest; from persons wishing to engage as Teachers of the 'S' chools in said District. Those makiug applieation must present their certificates,bythe day named, to the undersigned, or to either member of the Board. _ R. G. - MCCREARY. - June 22, 1855.—td. ,President. NOTICi. PRE account of Josevh Bayly, assignee of Jacob Mors and wife, in trust fur credi tors, has been filed in The Court of Common Pleas. f Adams Coupty, and will be confirmed by the said. Court on tlio 20th dog of August ne.r.l l unless'cause be 'shown to the contrary. JOHN PICKING, Ji-odeg. Prothonotaq's Office, 1 Jane 22, 1855. j ' . Independent BineF. A TTENTION I—Yon will meetlbr drill, on A the parade ground, THIS EVENINU,•at 6 o'clock, precisely. Be punctual. • JOHN CHIRP, 0. S. Juno 22 'Vali Artfp!fr. 11 ELLER KURTZ invites the attention of IL }louse-keepers and others who intend fitting'up their housee this Spring, to'his Stock of Side, Ceiling and Border Paper. SMI.VGLES. 20MA PRIME • OAK ' and 30,000 ,Out , Chestnut. For. bale by, PAX TON d; BLYTHE, Fairfield, June 8,1855.-4 t, ffig"'Blanks of all kinds for sale at this office. • - ... .....ar.• P `THE FOURTH.' GRAND MILITARY MET. THE approaching anniversary clear Ration al Independence will be celebrated by a grand Procession and Dinner, under the di rection of the "Independent Blues." The XX ferent associations of tbo town have been invi ted and are expected to unite in the demos.- • stration. After• marching through the town,. the Procession will move , to a grove in the , vi tinily of "Spangler's Spring," where en ad dress will be delivered by Dam Wale, Est, and the Declaration of Independence read y WILI,Ltx M'CLearr, Esq., after which Dinner will be served for such as may have previous- . ly secured tickets for it. The tickets have been prepared and are now ready for stk_ They may be had at the several stores ofltle town or of any member of the Committee. It is desired that those who wish to partake of the Dinner will purchase tickets at as early a pe riod as possible, so that the Committee may de termine the number to be accommodated, some days prior to the Fourth.' Each ticket will be numbered, and also the seats at the table, so that the purchaser will be guarantied the seat corresponding to the number of his ticket. The citizens generally, of the town and coun try, whether connected with associations or not, are earnestly invited to unite with ua on this occasion, so that the demonstration may be worthy of, the glorious and ever memorable day it is designed to commemorate. Come one, come all. - Of course, the Ladies are expected to be present. They are cordially invited to.attend. A programme of the arrangements for the day will appear hereafter. C. 11. BUEHLER, WM. M'CLEAN, JOHN CULP, JOHN J..L RILL WM. J. MAlt'nlJ, E. G. FAH NESTOCK, ISAAC WLAINi CHAS. MARTIN, WM. T. KING, 11. G. CARR, ALEX. FRAZER. Comm. of Arrangement*. Juno 16. - FARM FOR !SALE. rrHE subscriber offers nt Private Sale, on vers,favorable te,rms, his FARM, situated in rfarniltOnliaiiVVideliiii; — Addikleiiiitifitr, five miles west of Gettysburg, adjoining lauds of Israel Irvin, John Biesecker and others ) con- 154 Acres. Thnre are 45 acres of Timber, about 16 acres of Meadow, and the balance in a good state of cultivation, part granite. The improvements are a good' • TWO-STORY'` LO( HOUSE a new Double LoeDarn, with Sheds; Wagon Shed, Corn Crib, Spring House : with ,a good spring; several other good Springs, and run ning water'Un other - parts of the Farm: ' • —ALSO— a good TENANT HOUSE; two thriving A.pple Orcharda of about four hundred trees, of choice fiLit; also a variety of other fruit. tig-The property will , be. shown and the term made known by the Subscriber, residing on the farm. - JAMES .S. NnLSON, Julio 15, 1854.-3 m .rAitixt FOR SILL* rrillE subscriber intending to relinquish A. Farming, would offer his FARM for sale, situate in Hamiltouban township,- Adams county, Pa., five miles west of Gettysburg, and three from Fairfield, adjoining lands of John Knox and John Biesecker, containing . . aci•eis of land, with good impinvements, vhaving Meadow and Timber eufficient for the Farm ; also:a !lug% tinmber of . • Fruit Trees. • • • The;soil consists of Granite formation and is in a good state ' of cultivation. There. is an abundance of good Spring"water rind a well at; the door of the dwelling. • all... Persons wishing to pnrchatie f are, invi ted to view the farm, as it. will becsold cheap. • DAVID. AV. Y 01.1.50.• Jane 15,- 1854.---Gt • TO ; T$E LADIM OF OFTTYSBURG. The Patent Self. Heating ROTARY SMOOTHING IRON. ITCDSFICEEPERS, Ladies that rife boald- Xi mg, Tailoresses, and' Dressmakers ; in. deed all who • have occasion to use a FLAT IltON, aro interested. in this new and useful inveition, possessing advantages over the old implements that are evident at Sight. This iron has two smoothing surfaces, Very highly ilhished, which revolve on an axis, and are heated by an alcohol lamp attached - to the handle, which is supplied with an incombusti ble wick ; . or. those who have gas in their dwellings may avail themselves of a very . in genious Arrangement by which the same Iron is convertible into a GAS IRON t and is heat ed atea mere nominal expense,. by an elastic tube attached to any gas fixture. In the warm season now at hand, they must become as indispensable article in the domes tic economy. • • CountrY - Merchants could not supply them selves with an article of more ready sale, nor More acceptable to their customers. Individu. als may supply themselves by addressing WILCOX,J. linnufacturiug Depot, • . N0..273 Chesnut-St., Philadelplda, EnclOsing $3,00, and the Iron will be safely fprwarded per Express or otherwise. serSPRATT'S SELF-SEALING - CANS for sale as above. ' Juno 15 1855.—53. , Gas Light fore Country Hoase.s! No Manage ibr Burning Campbias, Vluid, Candles, &a. dr.c. THE subscriber is now prepared th sell County Rights for using Beagle At mospheric Gas. 'rlce above is ono of the most beautiful as well as the cursrzer artificial light that has ever been oftbred to •the public. It is more brilliant and less than one-half the cost of Coal Gas. It is perfectly usextres, no trouble whatever, and .the Generator is no larger than any ordinary Gas hh.tpr, For further information apply to Hoffman, l o einau & Ogelsby, Gas Fitters, No. 13 South Seventh Street, between market and Chestnut, Philadelphia, where the Gas can be seen in practical optratiort. County Bights will be sold ut such rates as will enable any person to 'flake a luindssure profit on their investment. For further particular* respecting the Gas, or ne a fotiation- for County Rights, address poet- Sole Agent for the State of Penes. Or apply personally to him et No. 13 Sae* ljerenth St., Philadelphia: " I "June 8, 180.--61. • • Kg" BOXES BLACK_ PAr. i ppm %/ V W and for tabs by I, witBUEHLER, No. Idfirsakikogief,rikdet_, NOV. 241 • „ : ~r;,~~ ~~ _.