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TIE RAFTSMAS'S JOHBHAL.
WHIG STATE NOMINATIONS :
FOR GOVERNOR,
Hon. James Pollock, of Northumberland County.
TOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
Hon. George Darsie, of Allegheny County.
FOR SUPREME JUDGE,
. Hon. Daniel M. Smyser, of Adams County
CLEARFIELD, PA.,
Wednesday, August 16, 1854.
The "SchoolJournal," for August is
before us. It is an excellent number, and will
be read by all, who feel concerned in our
school system, with interest. It contains the
proceedings in full of the State Convention of
County Snpcriniendents.
American State Ticket
In another column we publish the names of
the Native American candidates for State offi
ces. The committee of that party, havc re
quested us to publish it as an advertisement,
and offer to pay us the usual rates. We shall
however, publish it until the election gratis,
believing it only fair and right that those of
our fellow citizens, who see proper to support
that ticket (the number of whom however, we
hope will be small) should have it placed be
fore the people. We will do the same for any
other party, who are without an organ in the
county.
The Recent Elections Whi Victories
t rom Missouri we learn that Tom Benton,
has been defeated in the St. Louis District!
by Luther M. Kennett, Whig, by a majority
of J,00. It is also stated that Mr. Kennett
received the entire vote of the "Know Noth-
ings," but this is exceedingly doubtful.
From Iowa Ave have news only from one
ceunty, which had gone Whig, anti-Liquor
and anti-Nebraska. .
In the third district in Missouri, James J.
Lindley, whig, has been elected to Congress,
In Kauawha District Virginia, Smith, Whig,
is elected to Congress, to supply the vacancy
occasioned by the death of Snodgrass.
In North Carolina, it is thought Bragg, Dem.,
has been elected Governor. The returns are
imperfect, but show, in 15 counties, a Whig
gain 2600, on the last Gubernatorial election.
In 25, additional counties, there is also an av-
erage gain of 67 to each county, or 1665 in all.
. Our Success.
It is always pleasant to know, that our la
.bors are appreciated, and that our paper gives
satisfaction. We entered npon the enterprise,
in which we are engaged, under circumstan
ces the most discouraging and disadvantage
ous. A whig paper had before started in
Clearfield and failed for want of proper sup
port, and it was almost imjossible to breathe
into many of the members of our own politi-
cal party sufficient confidence to get them to
l a 1 1 x i, rrl a- i !a.
subscribe to the paper at all. They feared it
would prove like its predecessor, a failure.
But the paper ir as started, and we have now
the extreme gratification of announcing, to
those friends who labored for its success that
there is no printing establishment in the State
on a fairer or more durable footing. The
press, materials, and everything in connection
.with the office, have been entirely paid for, and
we baTe a subscription list, numbering about
right hundred and fifty, good substantial names.
We have also a liberal share of advertising, and
our list is daily increasing.
We do not say this in any any spirit of ego
tism or boasting, but simply that the nicinoers
of the company, by which the paper is owned,
and those friends who have labored for its
prosperity, may be aware of the success of
the project, beyond, even, their own most san
guine expectations.
The following is one of many letters, which
we daily receive to the same purport. Our
friend, may be assured that we shall spare no
pains to make the Journal, such a paper as
cannot fail to render satisfaction. And so
long as it meets the approbation of such men,
we shall pursue our course, confident that we
are right.
Smith's Mills, Aug. 11th, 1854.
.- Editor of the Journal : Sir: We are much
pleased with your paper,
find $2, which credit to
Enclosed please I
and for I
one year,
We fully endorse the principles with which
you start out, and, in our humble opinion,
they are the only safe and reliable principles
through which we may look with confidence
for our Nation's future prosperity.
Long life to the 'Raftsman's Journal,' and
down on the infamous 'Nebraskality,3 tooth and
pail I
Respectfully yours,
The Post Office Again.
' The subjoined certificate was handed to us
this morning, by one of the gentlemen, whose
names arc appended. We publish it with
pleasure, as we have no doubt the Post Master
at that place, is not the one in fault.
To the Editor of the Raftsman's Journal:
We the undersigned citizens of Curwens-
ville, have observed in your last, an account of
defection in the Post Office management be
tween your place and this. ' We would say
that we have entire confidence in the official
integrity of the Post Master in this place. The
wrong action must lie in another quarter.
II. McKw, Wm. McBhide,
J. J. Hamilton, J. S. Murphy,
James Crowtuer, William TexEyck,
L. W. Tes Eyck, II. D. Pattox,
Dasiel LivntcaTOx, W. W. Flexiso,
SAJfCEL FLEMIMJ,
The NeWS. . ' "
There w little Hews from the seat of war.
Every' thing ia apparently deferred to await
the action of Austria. ;The hopes of Prussia
iimnoiT, t ,,. , ...
supporting the western alliance become daily
iainter. The fleets and armies remain na
last advices. It Is stated that Prince Gorts-
chakoffhas announced his intention of defend
ing Moldavia and Wallachia with 200.000 men.
His head quarters are Slobodzie. Gen. Lu-
ders has concentrated his forces at Kalarsh.
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an omciai documents, published m the
x rincipaiities, in tne name of the Czar, is men
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tioned the words, "Protector of the Danubian
Principalities," which must, for the future,
be added. Russia asks for an armistice. It
was reported at a recent Cabinet council at
Vienna, that Austria and Prussia decreed that
Russia must first leave the Priucipalties before
iue ar s proposals can be considered, ine
Emperor of Russia is stated to have said to
the Austrian representative :Tell your mas-
tern ne wisnes war ue suau nave u, but pro- penetentiaries throughout our land, he will dis
bably neither he nor I will sec the end of it." C0Ver that nine-tenths of the inmates are for-
uu.i,,1.vu,wni..6 i iu.ian mtM cmenis, is
withdrawing his centre on Bucharest, and
rings DacK upon tue leveth line. Ihe Czar
approvesot uortschakotrs plan of the cam-
paign,anu oruers mm to continue oflensive
operations. There has been no fighting any
where since the last advices.
The Spanish insurrection remains trium-
phant. The position of affaire is unchanged.
The fiffbtinf is nvpp n1 all flm pAimtrv
o o - " wi
the moment is quiet, awaiting Espartero's ar-
rival at Madrid. Christina is still hiding, and
Isabella keeps close in her palace at Salaman-
ca, where she had escaped in the disguise of a
lamp-lighter.
Four persons, charged respectively with the
Crimes f forScr' raPe and highway robbery,
escapeci irom tne jau at Albany, jn cw 1 oik,
early on Sunday morning, by breaking through
the back walls
Rewards arc offered for their
recovery
Another robbe-, to a pretty considerable
extent, is said to have occurred in the Mint at
Philadelphia. The offender is an employee,
who, report says, has been allowed to escape
Veto of the River and Harbor Bill
According to the usual course of the De-
I mocracy on such questions, the River and
Harbor Bill, has been vetoed by the President,
on the ground that he could find no Constitu-
tional warrant for approvine it. lie is at least
consistent in this course, as he voted against
I bills of the same character when in Congress,
I thoueh they were approved bv that crreat anos-
J tie of Democracy, Gen. Jacksos. But while
j we have his consistency, we have also its de-
I plorablc consequences. His reason for with-
j holding his approval, is weak, even if honest,
I but no one can fail to see that it is a miserable
subterfuge. To approve the infamous Nebras-
I ka swindle, he could find ample authoritv in
J the Constitution, though he was ripping from
its very vitals, the most sacred compromise
J over which it extended its protection. lie
could find there a sufficient warrant to pay to
Santa Anna, Ten millions of dollars, for a
strip of worthless territory, which, it is noto
rious, he had no right to sell, and which our
government did not want, and for which, un-
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been ample remuneration, lie found too, in
that sacred instrument, which expressly takes
from the Executive the rirrkt to declare war J
against any nation, or people, or tribe, au
thority to order a U. S. vessel to bombard and
destroy a defenceless village, destitute of in-
Labifanj3 for an allc d insult to an Artansas
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street bully, whose appointment, in the first
instance, was a disgrace to the Administration.
For all these things there was ample author
ity given in the Constitution, but for approv
ing a Bill called for by the wants of all sec
tions of our Union, for the safety of trade, the
interests of navigation, and the protection of
commerce, a measure of enlightened states
manship, which would have conferred lasting
benefits on all sections of our common coun
try, there was no warrant in the Constitution !
It is very evident that the people must look
somewhere else for the proper protection of
their interests, than to the present corrupt aud I
t.
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Americans and Foreigners.
The Democratic papers have been laboring
long and anxiously to show, that a very small
proportion of the offices in the land are filled
by foreigners, and for this purpose have pub
lished lists of the officers in the employ of the
United States, making the number of foreign
ers 401. The correctness of this estimate will
be seen, when we examine the list of Custom
House officers, in the different States, in which
alone 1837 foreigners are employed, and only
215 Americans ! We have taken pains to ob
tain a correct list of the employees of the gen-
eral government. The following is the result,
and w dfv anv one to show that it is inror.
rect, in any essential particular.
Washington, D. C. Amer
State Department, 12
Treasury Department, 139
Department of the Interior, 338
Officers and agents in the service of
the House of Representatives, 10
For.
16
278
500
40
80
Post Office Department,
11
510
151
15
25
914
106
30
12
392
30
Ministers and Consuls,
Coast Survey,
United States Mint,
Light-house board, inspectors and
keepers,
34
35
United States Revenue, Marine
service, ...
.It '. T : 767 1484 ;
Thus then, instead of 401, we have a total
Of OSE THOC8AXD FOtTB HUNDRED AND EIGHTT-
focr foreigners, to seven hundred and sixty,
seven Americans ! What an abominable truck
ling to foreign influence, does this exhibit de
velope, when we take into consideration the
fact, that the foreign population is only about
one to every ten Americans! But comment is
unnecessary, it is a startling truth that speaks
for itself.
. f Patrinlia onrl rnmrnftn Spla
"We have seen enough of t . common
school system to excite our aliTi We have
?cen tne ao1 aT,d penitentiartoUciting their
mmaies irom among us pimns. ne nave
bnftw rintnd inr..ninriWri
at I tn th law nrnrLiimpd .t frini-wfi. t.i?o
practised as innocent amusements, or conscien
tious promptings of stern dir by those who
were trained in thepublic scools."
Catholie. -Pittsburg
" AA'e published, last week, an extract from
the above naner. siniil.-ir in llin sontimnnt rF
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tne T)resent article, which .Wf ;nrnimn,
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- it mav havc seemed. is mild and .flonl,l in
comparison with this. Xo one but an ignorant
fanatic, totally unacquainted with tlW institu
tions of our country, could use tLAove lan
guage. It betrays a weakness, bigotry and
ignorance, such as we never before would have
thought of charging upon the church, of which
the Pittsburg Catholic is an onran. If the
editor of that rancr. will take the trouble r.f
referring to the statistics of the prisons and
eieners. the largest nnrtinnnf wi. .m.
bers of his own church. And so far from bo
ing educated in Common Schools, or any oth-
er schools, he will find them, with very few ex-
ceptions. iirnorant and degraded. inr..in:ibln.
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even of writing their own names, and kept so
through the policy of the mother church.
When such a wanton attack as this is made
upon one of our most beloved institutions,
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i uuu ii is opeuiy couiessea tnai n is tnc uesign
of the source from whence it comes, to crush
that institution before it grows to full maturity,
no American, possessing one spark of cenuine
patriotism, can remain silent. It is the duty
Gf every true hearted citizen, to defend the
institutions of his country from the attack of
all0retg, or other foes, whether political or
religious. And those who would truckle to a
church making such an attack, for the purpose
of securing its influence at the ballot box, can
only be considered tories and traitors, both to
their God and Country,
The Harmonious Democracy.
From the quantity of electioneering done
last week, by the leaders of one of the
cliques in our quiet borough, in preparation
lor tne delegate election on Saturday, it was
uaturalIy supposed that there was 'fun ahead,'
JI!U 111 Jl Ulere " omu oe a aesperate ngnt be-
twcen the 'Far Doons' and 'Corkonians.'
"at WBen tny came to 'toe the mark' it was
discovered, much to their chagrin, by the 'Far
Doons' that the opposition they were anticipa
ting was only in their own imagination, and
that the 'Corkonians actuallv came in and vo
ted for their Delesrates ! Consenuentlv. the
election, it is said, passed off more harmoni
" a
ously man usual, it was aecidedlv amusing
to see the broad grin on the countenance of
the gallant Col., when the 'Far Doons,' dis
covered that they were most beautifully 'sold,'
and that their week's work had been 'love's
labor lost.' Yea, verily, the Col., achieved a
greater victory than if he had secured the
election of all the delegates, and had them in
structed for him. lie astonished the natives,
when he came in and voted for their delegates.
In the borough W. A. Wallace, Esq., and
Sam'l. Evens, were elected delegates, and
JolmJ. Reed, Harman Rolls, Jacob Hoover,
and Joseph Shaw, in the township. The Craw
Iom sJ'su'm or 'tanner Proviso,' was car
ried in both horough and township, by a large
majonty. A good deal of fun is anticipated
in the County Convention. It is said the Col.
is bound to make music.
That Letter.
The facts about Gov. Bio-ler's rriv.ito lottor
to the Temperance, men ai-p omin.r ,,. Tlio
Democrat, iml.lishoil at T7niriTitnu-n fl.o i-..;
x .B . "v.
dence of Dr. Patrick, to whom the letter was
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addressed savs
"We understand that the same lotfor. nn
lik,lltt Tt-mTitisrw-1 In' 41i.. tl. ;..7..I. . A.
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U';lSI'Vllll,lti',l in tliw i.hipf. I,r l)r I.iti.JL- tr. I
Temperance Democrats while here on a visit V"-""'" ne turnpike between this and Cur
to his familv a short time since." wcnsvillc, especially the Narrows ! Whoever has
The same letter was shown here, bv Dr. Pat-
rick, and we are authorized by a gentleman
whose veracity cannot be questioned to say
that the letter was shown to him by Dr. Pat-
r ck, ana mat iw contents nave been properly
characterized. The policy seems to bo to win
t . . m ... l
lfle anti-i emperancQ men to 1110 publisiiea
letter, aud yet retain Temperance Democrats
through the State by means of the private let
ter. This is the mission of the Rev. John
Chambers and Dr. Patrick.
How a minister of the gospel can reconcile
his sacred calling with this low scheme of
trickery and deceit we cannot understand. It
is for him to explain his course, and reconcile,
if he can, the duties of a man and a Christian
with the game of deception and fraud to which
he is a party.
The Whis and the Common Schools.
AYe fully endorse the sentiment embodied
in the subjoined resolution, passed at a Whig
Mass Meeting in Blair county. It develops
precisely the position of the Whig party on
the CommoD School question, and it should be
the sentiment of every true American citizen:
Resolved, That wc cherish with devotion and
guard with jealous care that peculiarly Amer
ican Institution, our system of Gratuitous In
struction by Common Schools ; that we range
the township and borough School House along
side of the Church and the Press as an essen
tial part of the triple base on which rest our
liberties, our Union, our grandeur and our
prosperities; and that we will repel any at
tempt from any quarter to pervert the resour-
ces or the lund provided tor tree education, to
any uses of sectarian exclusiveness or sacredo-
Wl domination.
Villaxy Punished. On Monday cvenine
of last week, a farmer, residing near Falmouth,
in Lancaster county, was waylaid and badly I
beaten by a gang ot Irishmen, who were cm
ployed in quarrying stone a short distance from
that village. Ihe fanner had not given the
least provocation, and the only cause for the
hat.
On the evening following the neighbors gath
ered, and alter giving the Irish a thorough
drubbing, drove them out of the neighborhood. I
A Monument Proposed for Pierce, Bor
land and Hollins. The St Louis Evening
News thus rejoices over the Greytown victo
ry: "O, what an enemy Mr. Pierce has met and
vanquished ! He should have a monument to
his memory, built oft'eharred bedsteads, chairs j
and tables. i
5nml Jlote.
Scarce items this week. -.
Dead J. P. Brclsford the Actor.
Wanted a hog law for our borough.
Numerous: expositions of the :Know Nothings.
Romantic. A duel by moonlight, took place re
cently in San Francisco.
Incraising the number of candidates for county
offices.
Pletity-
-green corn, and pains ; under the
apron. ,
Coming in thicJL- green apples, and other chole
ra medicines.
Going it tpitk a rush the Pierce Administration
to '-Davy Jones' Locker."
Rather Rough-an attempt to defend the San
Juan outrage. 'It cant be did.'
Li toicti Plug wonder if he's going to take
the stump again for Ligler?
A drove. On Friday last, four thousand, four
hundred emigrants landed at New York.
Removed the Orchestra, next door but one. -
spirit of Pagginini, have mercy on us !
Slightly exercised some of the Post Masters, by
our article last week. The shoe pinches.
Good advice. Love the ladies look before you
leap eschew loafcrism and bad whiskey.
Right Our borough officers are repairing the
streets and board walks. They needed it badly.
Ill Judgo 1'ollock. lie is now recovering,
and will be able, in a few day, to resume his la
bors.
flourishing the "Good Intent." We advise
all those visiting Curwcnsville to stop at Flem-
ming s.
St riling comparison. Women are like horscs,-
the gay the harness they have on, the better
ey feel.
Thriving the order of United Americans. AVe
sec announcements of new organizations, all over
the country.
Brlow Par Biglcr stock in this region. He'll
very likely discover that '-Jordan am a hard road
to travel."
The Greytoica Affair. It is rumored that the
people of Kingston are calling on tho British Gov
ernment to retaliate.
Going to dte . P. Willis, of consumption. He
has been compelled to stop writing his usual con
tributions to the Home Journal
rost Office Decision. Post Master General
Campbell, has decided that money lost in the mails
I cannot ie recovered oa the Uovcrnment.
Religions. The Rev. M. HrXTEn, Baptist Min
ister, will preach in the Lutherian Church, of this
place, on next Sabbath at 11 o'clock A. M.
Extensive Reprcsentation.-Atthe Democratic Del
egate Election in Boggs township, on vote was
polled ! We prcsumo the delegates were elected.
Ruhliery. The Hon., Fayette McMullin, a mem
ber of Congress from Virginia, was robbed in Han
over county, of SIS.OUO, while on his way home
from Washington.
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The lKnom Nothing1 passicord PoIIyfagara-
moose shanslottegorshpcnlulavcrpklsnotk.4aho-g
ai.rati n.dBPXnWnTtlE-lASOTEM'toreellE pnfr,
kinds.
Another Pardon. Casper Waltham convicted of
the merdcr of Lemuel Kitchen, in Mdvecsport,
has been pardoned by the Governor. '-Let her
flicker."
Post Office Ruhliery. A package containing
5S000, mailed in Baltimore, has been abstracted
from the Post Office in Philadelphia. The affair
is still involved in mystery.
Cimip Meeting. The Adventists are to hold a
camp meeting on the Finnamahoning. in Elk coun
ty, the latter part of this month. A number of
distinguished "Elders" are to be present.
Native Meeting at Peters' School House, in
Bradford township, on Saturday evening next.
Those who wish to hear a ;bustof bottled un Native
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American thundpr .' can ntton.l
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P;W-the Guards on Saturday. Thev l..k
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reuccicrcuuun incir commanuinc oinccr. Uant.
u ii i if m A irmnt nnnnnnr nrn Ida mialj
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the supervision of that road deserves a leather
medal, or a mess of Mother Moore's damaged catt-
bae.
Nnmler 2.-Th Locofoco Committee
havc
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Instead of treating of
the AcbrasKa nne.ction. Ac. na wrjz nn
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turns out to be on ao-biograp!iy, of Gov. Bigler.
and the other candidates
Quieted the '-know nothing" excitement. Our
talented correspondent "the corporal," begins to
think he was under 'spiritial influence tho night
he was "in that alley. We guess it must have been
full moon.
Military Election. The Guards hold an elec
tion for officers on Monday next. We understand
our friend IIkmphill, is a candidate for captain.-
He would undoubtedly make a gallant officer. Wo
should like to see him sport tho regimentals.
Good grade Wc learn as wo are going to press
that the Engineers have obtained a maximum
grade, on this side of the mountain, of 52 feet
10
inches to the mile. ( This is far more favorable than
could possibly have been expected, and insures
the success of our enterprise.
Prevailing the "Know Nothing'' epidemic at
the Cherry Tree, Chest Creek, and New AVashing
ton; at least so says a friend from that region this
morning. If all stories arc true, there will be a
funny result at the election in our county this fall.
Look out for squalls.
Almost deserted Washington city, since the ad
journment of Congrets. The members have all
left to settle up their accounts with their constitu-
cnte, with their pockets full of 'rock?,' and their
conscience ahem ! better let that alone. '-Hunt
nnnrllA ,n a Imir.Qtoi.lr "
Progressing t-nginecrs np this side of the
mountain. . Although the route by way of Roaring
Kuri, was not practicable, there will be no difficul-
ty whatever in reaching the summit with an easy j
grade, and over a direct route. No ono acquaint
ed with the matter, doubts for a moment, the case
with which a railroad can be constructed from this
place to Tyrone.
Catastrophe. The stage, in turning away from
tho Post Office last evening, capsized, and the pas
sengers, consisting of a lady, gontleman, and little
boy, were compelled to make their exit from the
window. The gentleman's leg was considerably
mjurea. it was owing entirely to carelessness on
tho part of the driver, who was Immediately dis
charged on his arrival at Curwensville. It nro-
duccd quite aa excitement, in our usually quiet
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PHILADELPHIA CORRESPONDENCE.
Thursday, Aug. 10, 1854.
Dear Journal, -
"When lovely woman stoops to folly,
And finds too late that men betray, "
AVhat charm can soothe her melancholy ?.
"What art can wash her guilt away?
The only art her guilt to cover,
And hide her shame from every eye,
And give repentance V
ia to die."
My mind was forcibly impressed, one day
last week, with the truthfulness of the above
beautiful lines of Goldsmith, on viewing the
dead body of a female, "lost to virtue and
shame," which was found among the haunts of
vice and dissipation in Bedford St., lying
stretched out upon the pavement in the open
street surrounded by her associates in misery
and guilt, who were cursing and laughing as
tho' nothing was the matter. It was detained
in that condition for several hours, awaiting
the coming of the Coroner to hold an exami
nation. Upon inquiry, I learned that she was
the daughter of a highly respectable gentle
man residing in the northern part of the city.
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oiiu was iirauiiiui, ana accompiisiiea, ana a
belle among her friends. She had been
"wooed and won" bv a fiend in the shape of
a man, who
"replete with guilt,
Into her heart too easy entrance won."
Thus degraded and disgraced, she sunk low
er and lower in the scale of infamy and crime,
and this was her end
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J"'u ":iB"uiuure urera jionse, ner
friends came quietly for her remains and car
ried them away for decent burial. This
" is not a tale of strange adventure,
But a common tale of woman's wretchedness ;
One to bo read daily, in many a young and blighted
heart.
bince my last, the weather has been much
more pleasant, the mornings and evenings are
quite cool, winist during the day the sun is
suinciently warm to make summer clothes
agreeable. - Many of our citizens who have
been absent at the sea shore, the watering pla
ces, and in country generally, are returning to
their homes, and agaiu business begins to re
vive.
Our city is getting quite clear of the Chole
ra, but few cases were reported last week and
of these "0 died of which 18 were children
ine total numner ot deaths were 469. When
it is considered that these returns include all
i
Tim ltn tho ai fl-in -w A Z n A. a
uuu m inure county, consisting oi
a population of nearly 600,000 inhabitants, we
really have great cause of rejoicing, and of be
ing proud of our model city of Brotherlv Love.
Last week the deaths in New York, with a
population of about 600,000 were over 1 100
which makes quite a contrast. Besides, New
York has the advantage of cool sea breezes
1 which blow through the city at all times
I On Tliesdav last a dentist, namnri StA(.n
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I T. Beale, residing in Walnut Street near 12th,
was held to bail in the sum of $5000 by Mavor
Conard to answer the charge of violatin" the
ir,ii nf , rninf u. ii :
I 1 o wviwiiguiii iv uiiu oil
our most respectable families.
i rom me testimony, it appears that she had
in .i
gone to have some dental operations perform
ed, he leiiig the family dentist. There was
no person in the house except the girl who let
her in. After operating some time, it become
necessary to extract a tooth, when Beale pro
posed to administer Ether, to which she con
sented. Whilst under its influence, ho. eom.
mitted the outrage. The -oung lady said, she
felt benumbed and ncho.l w ,a.i
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conscious all the while, though she could not
speak or move. After this he gave her more
ctlicr winch she could not resist at the time,
and tln i.nllo.l tl.o .wl. Tl, !.
twit II 1 1I I 1 1 1 . 1 .k I
cand m.ito .i ,,
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but no prosecution was ever instituted, the
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parties fcarinff nublicitv. or notoriet v.
a 1 - ills -itl
l" iu iast umer, ine noieis
and taverns were closed, with few exceptions,
last Sundav. and on Mondav the nronrietors
who violated rh b.w u,r, fin.,1 ;
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those houses where any rioting ornoise occur-
red, the owners were bound over for "keeping
disorderh houses." I
There was an election for Delegates to the
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Whig City and County Convention held on
Tuesday at which the" Young American,"can-
didates, were most successful. The aspirants
v. . i a I
for the various county offices are numerous
and a warm contest is expected, particularly
for Recorder of Deeds and Prothonatory of
the District Court, the fees of which are worth
from six to ten thousand dollars per annum.
The Democratic nominations will be made
during this month, and it is a significant fact
that none of the old members of Congress are
desirous of a re-nomination. I wonder if they
are afraid of the Xebraska Bill.
Our neighbor of the the "Pennsylvanian"
is still wrothy on the "Know Kothing" sub-
Meet, so much so indeed that
it is feared
he will become a monamauiac. His last ad
vice was an appeal to all the various foreign
born ministers of the gospel to preach against
all secret organizations, and to excommuni
cate all members who were supposed to be
connected therewith. Poor devil, he dies
hard, and it would be sinful to torture him in
his death throes. "Resquiecat in pace.
Adieu,
Ywurs,
Sue nova an.
Pardoned. The Pittsbure naDers state
that (Jov. Bigler has pardoned Hazen, Law
son, Morris and Davis, the defendants in the
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small note conspiracy cash, and . also remitted
tne nne of $100 eacc which was imposed upon
them. If this is true, it is a most infamous
exercise of the pardoning power, though" we
suau not be much surprised to hear, between
this and the election, that the Goveruor is as
ready to sign pardons as he is to sign temper-
ance and anti-temperance letters, according
to tne locality. Zewistown Gazette
The Know-Nothings, it is said, number in
the ciiy of New York, 25,000 adherents men,
and mostly young and middle aged men, here
tofore of various parties all of them Ameri
can born.
Politics and Eeligien,
"We commend the following from the Boston
'Know-Nothing,' to those who suppose that
the present American feeling, is antagonistic
to Religious Liberty. It embodies our senti
ments on this question, and places all church
es and all religious privileges on the same
footing: .
Xow, we wish it explicitly understood that
we do not wage war on the Roman Catholic re
ligion, m 0 religion. God forbid. Let who
will kneel at its altar, breathe its incense
chant its praises, listen to its doctrines, pay
for its support. He has a right to such a
course, and we will not interfere one hair.
But here is the point the gigantic issue. We
give it battle when it becomes a Political Ih
stkcmekt. When we assert as we do in our
platform "War to the hilt on Romanism"
we mean it to be taken as opposing that faith
when it puts on a political front. It is Koxjlx
Catholio p,
olitics tbat we contend is an im
mense evil. Otherwise we have nothing in H
with that church. We have no fighting to do
with the Romas Catholic Religios by itself,
add separated from other issues. But when it
over-steps its legitimate field ; when it rude
ly and lawlessly grasps the sceidre of Stato.
and would make a State thing of it, we prow
test against and wage war uion it. We will
go as far as any one in urotectine Roman
uinuiics in ineir worsiup. we nave con-
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demned as sternly as any one, the vandal acts
which have destroyed and mutilated their
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ii-uipica oi worsiup. v e snaii continue to do
so. L.et them kneel before God as they will
always providing it is m reason and decency,
which the good sense of all men can decide.
t urther than this : We are iust as much on-
posed to Protestants, In any of their multifa
rious powers, making politics a religious ones.
t i rm V toon tlm iota .n.l v. "! l-
I " J -r ...v U1lv ua vu vuureu
apart. Dig a wide and deep gulf between
them. They never can be united without of
fending heaven and injuring human affairs.
Therefore we say to Protestants, as well as to
Roman Catholics worship as and where you
please, but touch not religion with political
hands.
Palsied be the arm, and throbless the heart
that does it. Are we understood ? We hop
so.
Tf ia nnA rtf i 1w. nr.KU l.:na .c . :
it is one of her chief dories and we annnnncR
it with sacred admiration, that we have a real
1 11 ""101, 8 reedom ; mat men and women
who are changed in conscience and. soul in
other lands, can here utter the sentiments and
pour out their hearts as the spirit within dic
tates ; that here the Roman Catholic, Protes
tant, men of every faith and inspiration, are at
liberty to erect their altar, to bend the knee
before it, to commune as the "still, small
voice" directs.
Therefore we say to all, it is the mlitics of
me rtoman uatnoiic taitn that we oppose, and
not its keligiov. Jne one is sacred and m-
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right the other is opposed to the interests of
our country which we have so earnestly at
neart. m woman vatnoiic politics there l
everything to fear. Let Americans give it
battle ; but let the religion be spared. This.
is a matter between the devotee and God.
The Democratic Party.
The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, a sterl
ing independent paper, in an article in answer
to a oorrosnoTidoiit. finis skotTiA tho ni-oaont
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I condition of the great Democratic party : .
I The present hieh priests of the Democratic
I party, who impiously claim a direct succession
irom the lathers ot the republic, and wicid
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more than ecclesiastical power over their dis
ciples, are. without an exception, men of low
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stamp, utterly destitute of disinterested pa-
triotism, and animated by no higher motive
than a lust for otfice, power and government
funds. Their political education has been ac
quired in bar-rooms, on the stump, or in petty
county conventions where bad liquors and bad
political notions arc swallowed until their joint
efiect is a stupefaction of the moral as well as
of the phvsical sense. A seat m the Legisla
ture often rewards the most zealous of these
novices, and to this succeeds a term in Con-
gross, which may, in most cases, be consider-
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I CU IIIC UIU1 lll VMIIUIU null UK UIIcailT u-
tlloritv aIlJ disnitVm The louder the bluster
and the more unmanlv the course, the better
will be the claim to reverence as -a political
pastor, ana a Insistence in uic lonuiict iuui
lM:"?UI1 Wl11. be. rewarded, one day, perhaps,
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with a nomination lor the Presidency by the
conclave at Baltimore a nomination which
niust be ratified by the faithful, no matter
lt i At iil. J?ia.
wnax lue capacity or iiuegruy oi lue canaiaaie
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talent that is thus rewarded. Everv fonr-
years we see some noble self-sacrificing public
servant set aside to make room for an obscure,
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incompetent creature no is araggea i rom.xno
low sphere of jiartisan intrigue to fall an office
that was once the most honorable in the world.
He then becomes the infallible head of the po-
htical church, and he and his creatures aa
mn6 P0 hIch j" "nn?crattiob0
tiinetiAnrtii nnJr nun fit fTnfll III llTl If Al.l DTI -
The parallell might be pursued, and wo
might make still plainer the tyranny that sub-
Nccts the followers of the party leaders to a
degradation worse man inai oi me most priest-
riTAnn wnnt of anv creed. We inieht show
how the thunders of party vengeance are more
terrible than the thunders of the Vatican;
how the "phtftrm of a Baltimore Conjen-
' ,Cb or even Sc i how.
a manlv independence of thought is regarded
as a worse heresy than has ever been known in
the historv ot the cnurcn. cuiwe nave biu
enoucrh to suezest all these and other obser
vations, and we trust we have made clear to
our correspondent that, whatever may have,
been the origin of his political faith, and how
ever honest he may be in adhering to it, theso
modern times have thrown him into a subjec-.
tion to base leaders more degrading than any
religious or superstitious despotism oi ny ag
or country
nctTlI OP the Xotorious Joaquin.- Thai
Placer (California) Democrat thus describes
the death of this celebrated bandit, after a,
long pursuit by a party of rangers, under.
Lieutenant Byrr- s; "They (the bandits,) were,
encamped on the bank of the Rio Centura, at
its sink. They were mistaKen as to tne cnar
acter of their approaching enemies suppos
ing the rangers to be mustang catchers until
Iivrnes was within fifteen feet of Joaqnin, to
whom he cried out, "Joaquin, I have gpt yo
at last." Joaquin made no, reply, but imme
diately mounted a beautiful bay mate and ati
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tempted to riae ou.
Captain Byrnes shot at him, and severM
others ioiioweu sun. a running ngn
took place. Muriati retreated to a high bank t.
three of the men followed him; his aaim&J
was very last, uum air. n uiie
leg with bis rifle, which so disabled her as to,
prevent her travelling. Joaqnm now. flis-
mounted, threw up his hand, and cnedouMa
Spanisn, uont snoot again "t . -r
lie immediately ieii on nis i-i
most instantaneously having received. at least
half a dozen balls in his boay
were fighting in another direction. Three
fingered Jack, and three -others were klUed,
and one taken to alanines, wucicuv ns.b.
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