(5- i 5 ?! i TEE SAFTSMAS'S JQURSAL. C L b AK 1 I ITd , l'A., " WeineiJIay, Key 23, 1255. V. B Paly En's Anuerican Cetrspuper Aseency is removed from N. V.'. Corner of Third and Chcst ' nut S'rcHs: t Crown8 New Iron ISuilding, X. E. corner if Fifth ctiJ .hi-snut. Philadelphia. ' If vc hail stolen some of them, we hold tlierc ia nothing very wrong in stealing from a person who slculs trora a7. Centre Democrat. V'ti do, do we ? . Now, if you can point to a single sentence, that we have ever published, without credit, that has erainated from your cbJtt2 bead, wo will make you a present of the best hat at Oakford's. Do it if you dare ? And further, if we cannot point to ona of your papers,'' which, contains half a column of our items, then we'll plead guilty to your charge, and treat all the hands in your rSice to ice cream and regalias. Come up to the traugb. GOV. GABDINEli A"tfD JUDGE LOBING. The refusal cf Gov. Gi-nnixEr., cf Massachu setts, to sign the Li 11 passed by the Legislature of th-t State, for the removal of Judge Loni.vc, Los been the "cause of no little excitement tniong the opponents of the fugitive slave act, and the Governor is denounced in the strong est terms by many of the anti-slavery organs, for this fcarles3 discharge of his duty. The Legislature of Massachusetts, by a large majority, voted the removal of Judge Lomso, simply because Lc, in the honest discharge cf his duty, delivered up to his owuer a slave, .identified by the most positive testimony, in accordance with the Act of Congress. It is the duty of a Judge to expound the laws,niade by the proper authority, aud not to create new ,acs to suit popular sentiment. Finding this .law upon the statute took, Judge Loatsc, had .he failed to carry it out, would not only have violated his oath of office, but would have alike -disgraced himself and Stale or Massachusetts. For these reasons, Gov. Gabdi.neu very pro perly refused to sanction the act of the Legis lature, and by so doing he has luerite-d the sin cere thauks of every lover if the American : Union. REGISTRATION OF LETTERS. By the recent regulation of the Post office Department, which goes into effect on the first of July, persons sending letters containing money, can have thtrn registered, by paying five cents to the Post Master, who will give a receipt, and when the letter isdeliveredto the pcrsou to whom it ;s r.ddressed a receipt is al so given. Registered letters are to ba made np in seperato packages and mailed to the Fsst Master. . . . We think with tho New York Tribune, that this plan may be well enough as far as it goes, though we doubt if it is much of an improve ment. A perfect account of the letter is made st the oftce in which it is deposited; the re ceipt will be cvidetice that it was duly mailed; so, if it reaches its place of destination, the regulations are such that it would be likely to be delivered. Hut suppose it is stolen ou the rout ? as it may be, as well as any other let ter. Indeed it is quite obvious that if there are any miscarriages of letters after the period above referred to it i'.l bo among those pack ages directed to Postmasters; for, being so addressed, of cours? they maybe presumed to contain money, ana will be just the ones to be purloined. . What the people desire is a system by which money may lo softly remitted. The plan in .question docs not appear to us to be of that character. There is more risk about it than under the present system, for now a dishonest clerk, must stcd a whole mail to bo certain of finding letters containing money, whereas un der the new plan the valuable letters are sep arated from the ordinary out s by the Depart ment itself, and it will only be necessary to steal a singla package to obtain a haul." - In view of these facts we ought to have a "Money-Older system similar to the one in op eration in Great Britain. Then there would be no chance for losing anything. There the Government tikes the risk; and if any tiling be lost, and it is next to impossible that this should occur, the Government stands the loss. So it should be in this country. The Gov ernment here should chargo a sufficient sura for the conveyance of valuable letters to se cure their conveyance and delivery; or in case of loss it should indemnify the loser. i i We have little confidence in the Registra tion system which is shortly to be adopted. TTe shall pay 'an increased rate of postage ;i..it f rwri-a.seri security to the letter. Tho Government it is t;ue will tai? a raemoran dum of it, and in case ol loss will endeavor to ferret out the thief. But this it should do in any event. It is paid for safely conveying all letters. When it receives a letter upon which the postage is paid, it contracts to deliver it te the person to horn it. is- addressed upon his calling for it just as a forwarder contracts to deliver n article of merchandise, tho con 'Veyance of which he undertakes. In the lat ter case the forwarder is bound to make good any loss the property may sustain while it is in his custody. Why snouia noi me govern rnent be fa like mnner responsible for com munications it undertakes to make, especially when It rircs receipts for the same? In word we think the Gorernment should ba sued ppon those receipts, in case a letter miscarries fit i lost, as a forwarding merenam raaj us noon a recTpt bekiTes'ior mercliandUeplaced JLo his charge for transmission from one portion cf Of country another. .... "-;y . TIIR NEWS. At the latest advices- from Sevastopol; the Allies were steadily gaining ground, having captured all the Russian out-works. -Their po sition, however' was regarded as critical, not withstanding the advantages gained. The Russian force concentrated at Sebastopol, is reported to be 100,000. The general impression in England, is that the scige will-shortly be abandoned for the present, and-thc whole of Kanncsch and Bala klaVa left to the defence of a few corps, while tho main portion of the Allies try to penetrate the interior and cut off the supplies of Sebas topol, alter which, it is said to be the design to completely invest the town. The English had captured the first Russian Rifle pit ou the night of the 17th ult., after a desperate encoun ter, in which Col. Graham Kgerton, the field officer in command,, was killed. On the 20th an attack was made on the 2nd Russiaa. Rifle pit, when it was almost immediately abandoned. A sharp engagement took place on the night of the 1st of May, when a front and left attack was made upon the Russian Ride pits, and the whole taken, with c,ight light mortars and 200 prisoners. The whoLj affair was a brilliant achievment for the Allies. On Friday night the 4th of May, the French under GenI Pclis Eier attacked the advanced works of the Quar antine Bastier and carried them at the point of the bayonet, taking 12 mortars and establish ing themselves iu position. On the following night the Russians made a sortie to regain the position, but after a sanguinaiy engagement were driven back. The Russian official accounts to the 24th, re presents the damage sustained from the bom bardment as of little account, and actively re paired, while the skirmishes were generally successful. The loss sustained by the garris son from the 11th to the 15th, was 70 subal terns, and 43d men killed, and G superior, 34 subaltern officers, and 1,899 men wounded. The Emperor of the French had a narrow es cape from assasination on the evening of the 28th, while on his way to join the Empress in her usual ride in the Champs Elysecs. The Emperor was accompanied by two officers of the household, and when near the barrierc dec Etoise, was approached by a well dressed man with action imitating a desire to present a pe tition, lie advanced within five or six paces of the Emperor, who had not observed him, when he was discovered by a policeman. As the po liceman was proceeding towards the man a cab was driven rapidly between them. In the in terval, the individual had drawn a double-barrelled pistol, and aiming point, blank at the Emperor, discharged both barrels, without ef fect, lie was immediately seized by the po liceman, but not before he had drawn another pistol, and made a third attempt to shoot. It is said that one of the balls grazed the Empe ror's hat. The would-be assassiu is an Italian, named Pianozi, and was a volunteer in Garib aldi's army. He was in London during the Emperor's visit, and would have made the at tempt there, if he had not been prevented by the concourse of people. The Emperor pro ceeded upon his ride, and visited the Opera Comique in the evenjng, and was greeted by an immense outburst of lo3-alty and enthusi asm. The Emperor decided not to receive any formal addresses of congratulation, though an exception was mnde in regard to th'j British residents in Paris. The Corpora tion of London also adopted an address. Pianozi was in close confinement, and would be tried about the middle of this month. VCT" We never stole any of vour items; tho' we m.iv have copied them; but considered them, as a general thing, of too low a charac ter for our paper. Centre Democrat. We most humbly beg your pardon, and hopo you'll excuse us for being so very obtuse as not to discover the uidc d;Cercnce between "steal ing Hems" and ''copying'' them as original. without credit ! As to our items being of too low a character for your paper," it's a wonder you didn't think of that before you appropria ted them by the wholesale, and published local items, which nobody could understand outside of Clearfield! But you have very suddenly changed your opinion. How comes it, if our items arc of so 4ilow a character," that you could say, Rome three or four weeks ago "The editor of the Itafisvian's Journal says a great many good things, a great many witty things, and quite a variety of sharp thing3. It is, by tho way, an excellent puper, strongly de voted to the cause of Amei icanism, and the best interests of our beloved Country." You're a blossom, Brown, ain't you 1 VIRGINIA ELECTION. To those who concern themselves in so tin profitable a subject as politics, tho Virginia Election, which takes place to morrow (Thurs day,) is a matter of no little interest. At the Governor's election, in 1851, the whole vote polled was 127,748. The Locofoco major ity was 7,141. .At the Presidential election, in the succeeding year, the whole vote polled was 129,543, and the Locofoco majority .was 1-3,281. The Whig vote, at this election, was 3,151 less than the Governor's election in '51. With these figures before us, we will be able to apprcciite the result, and to determine what inroads, if any, the Know Nothings have made upon this, almost the only remaining cita'lelof Locofocoism. Perhaps there was never before a more determined and hotly contested politi cal struggle than that just about closing in Virginia, and should the American Party prove victorious, as we ardently hope and be lieve, tho victory w ill be all the more glorious, lecause it must be taken as the deliberate and well ascertained judgment of tho people. Having so long adhered to Locofocoism, it will be an event of no little importance if the "Old Dominion" throws ofl her allegiance,. for it will be the death kell of that party in tho Union. We have an abiding confidence that such will bo the case, and . that the . Locofoco party with its foreign cohorts, will bo routed, horse. foot, and draeoon." In the State of j - m - Virginia, on to-morrow. prnril 3lotrs. ' Arrested Baker, the murderer of Poole. In session Court, and as dull as a meat axe.' 'Delightful the weather and Charley J ruff's ice-cream. - Scarce butter aud eggs' in Clearfield, and the money to buy them. Behind time the Journal this week, owing to our not receiving paper in time.- lVanrl three or four loads of wood at this of fice, either for subscription or cah.' Bring it on. Died in lite wool us the louse said when it give up the hobt between the jaws of fine toothed comb. . Lairing fauvi thofe have been here attending Court. The town is beginning to look as dull as usual. .- - . . - , . - --. - Splrtilid the new stock of gooods just opened by SVm. F. Irwin, at his Cheap Cash Store. Call and examine them. Decidedly verdant the cbap that culled on Gen. Hills for a quart of guyasticutus ! Hues he's never saw the 'hanimal !" Pionx employment arranging boquets or. Sun day. The man what wears the high shirt collars might be more profitably engaged. In session the General Assembly of the Presby terian Church, at Nnshrille, Tenn. The Kev, L'r. Hice. of tt. I.ouii. was elected Medcrator. ' Hard worZ ninking items nftcr dinner on hot day, when a fellow feels taking a ''magnificent snooie " It's on up hill business. Query. Couldn't some of our readers invent a way of collecting a small debt, without having to earn the money a second time trying to get it ? ; town our Curwcnsville Deputy, that 'rolls' out Know Nothings. Jacob looks well with his sharp clothes on. . T ools well tJbe ia its new drc?j. It is one of the very best of Philadelphia dailies, and a most fearless and able advocate of Americanism. High the Mercury, and the crown of 'thitt hat' we saw in front of tho Court House yesterday. Wonder what rent the proprietor asks for the sixth s'ory. 1 ' IVvtt do it Gov. Gardiner, of Ma:aehu!?ttS; has refused to remove .Tudgo Loring. His decision appears to give satisfaction to the people, though adverse to the advise of a majority of bis Council. Good I'dvice. If you arc backbitten and annoy ed. tnkeexample byyour boots which, altho black ened almost every day shine the more brightly, and which endure every rub without a murmur. A pood one. -?imbo, if the devil was to loose him tail, whar would he go to get anoder one V 'Why. to do Grocery, ob course dat's dc onlv plaeo what I knows whar dey re-tail Imi sprrrets!'' Getting pious the legal gentleman that travel ed nbout the street on nnday with the Testament in bis hand. Glad to se it- Hopo he'll "enter in in at the straight gate,' but consider it exceeding ly dubious. Ca'l in We will be glad to see those of our friends nho are yet in town, an I who may desire to eive us a Itttlo "substantial aid and comfort V Call in, gentlemen, and take an obsquint of tho Printing Office. In town the gallant Col. Wilson, of Centre. We understand there's to be a 'considerable of a military hhow" over ic his County, on Saturday next. Couldn't you make us an -hosaifer,' Col., and give us a second -hr.nd uniform, if we come over ? In operation again the WoodlaDd mill former ly the property cf F. P. Hurxtall, now belonging to the Me ssrs. Albert. On one day this week thev took from the stamp forty two saw lotjs and turn ed them into boards. They made 7,500 feet. We'd call that a i retty good day's work. The crcps. We are glad to learn that our farm ers have been planting more corn and potatoes this season, than was ever before known to b-; put in the ground in this county. The grain look remarkably well, and all our people aro in high hopes that we will have an abundant harvest. A goi l thznee. We are informed upon undoubt ed authority that a Catholic Priest, residing near the line between this county and Cambria, has of fered 5700. for a correct exposition of Know Nnth ingisin. His name is Lampkcy. We hope he'll succeed in getting the worth of his money. Ma- aauey was a icelie. ancaa ol tune. Down on ytihaffey the Lewistown Gi:e't Let him alone, my dear friend. He is entitled to our thanks. His exposition has done tho American Party more good in this county than anything that ever happened before, while it has added at least one hundred names to our subscription list. We hope he'll get up a sequel to it. Plctsaiit to book now subscribers. We have added a large number of names to our list this week, and have received every assurance that our paper will be sustained. Thoso who have paid us their subscriptions aud for their advertisements, will accept our warmest thanks. May they never know what it is to be in debt, and lack the" ner.u to pay. iVrt Paper. The Wat'oun! Vclette is the title of a large and neatly printed sheet, published at Jersey Shore, Pa , the first number of which we find upon our tablo. It is a thorough American paper, and the editorials in this numbsr givo evi dence of sufficient talent and ability to make it a first class paper.. We wish it success. Destroyed by fire the Karthnus Mills, on Thurs- fiday night last. It is thought they caught from some eartnen Hearing wnicn tno sawyer liai built upon the saw-mill, on which he kept a fire. The Grist mill was lately re-fitted, and the gearing was entirely new. It contained abuut u hundred bushels of grain. Loss about S3, 000. The Ameircan Party. From all parts of the County, wo have received assurances that the American Party is steadily ind quintly increasing, and th rt in every township, there is an active and cEsient organization. Even Bradv is at work. We have every reason to anticipate a glorious victory next fall. " Let its friends ba aetive and vigilant, and no combination of circumstances can defeat them, Temperance me'tinjsr- On Monday evening, as usual on Court week, that good and venerable citi zen. Father Gci.icu was as his post, and we bad quite a spirited Temperance meeting in the Court House Addresses were delivered by Judge Hale. J. B. MeEnally. and the Hev. John Fleg.il. The audiance was large, and the proceedings will no doubt bo productive of much good. Eneanratre your own . If you would have your town and community thrive, business prosperous, yourself and ucighbors happy, supply all your wants at home. Euy from your own merchants, and mechanics, employ your own doctors, and your own lawyers, anil take your own newspapers. ' support your neighbors first." and you will not only prosper yourself, but the whole community will thrive, and grow rich. Court proceedings. The Court is exceedingly dull, and there is scarcely any business ready. In the Commonwealth vs. George and Andrew Ttoles, indicted for the murder of their brother Abraham, tho Commonwealth broke down, aud abandoned the prosecution. Tho prisoners wero discharged. Commonwealth vs. Isaac Bloom. Esq.. was tried, and tho defendant triumphantly acquitted. Some other business was done, which will be found in tho full proceedings next week. Isteoforn fizzle. The fa ends of tho Locofoco party held a sort of meoting. to keep up appear ances, in the Court Houso, on Tuesday night. It afforded Judge Hnrrett an opportunity to black guard the Know Nothings in an up hill speech of about an hour. Win Wallace was elected Kcnre- sentativo. and a man named Jenks. of Brookville. Senatorial Delegate. Having failed after repeated attempts. To gee anyoouy to speak hcsidc Judge Barrett, they eouie to the conclusion it was 'no go.' and wero compelled to adjourn. The Locofoco party in Clearfield is -among the things that were.' The 'Hog Tstw.' large number of our citi- xens are complaining of tho 'Borough Ordinance' requiring them to keep their hogs 'penned up.' on account of the scarcity of grain and nil kinds of feed. We have no particnlnr desire to ace our streets rooted up. and otherwise iD)ured. but cer tainly, tho law ought to be recinded for tho pres ent, as it is absolutely impossible for many persons to procure enoneh feed to keep their hogs from starving. In addition to this we should liko to see some of those who to ardently desired its pass age, obey existing laws, wbion afloat thomsclves bofore they want Ordinances to put other people to inconvenience. It is not setting a very good ex ample to keep up a wood pile in tbo publi: atreet tb wbolc rear round. PE07. HOUSE BISHOP SPALDING. Professor Morsk, having asserted that'Xa fayette used the expression that, "if ever the liberties of the Lnited States are destroyed, it ; will by Romish Priets it was denied by Bish op SpAfcDixd, of Louisville, who gives, as he alleges, a letter from Lafayette, in which the f ollowing passage occurs : "But I must be permitted to assure yon that the tears wnicu i;i j ur p.m muv. r.n u otvm to entertain that if the liberiy of the Vailed Stales is ever destroyed it uitl be by Rerr.isli pr.-,J,',are certainly without any shadow of foundation whatever." ''.. ' Trofessor Morse charges tho Bishop with en dorsing a forgery in the above, alleging that the letter is got up expressly lor the occasion. His personal intercourss with Lafayette the letter he had himself received from him and every sentimeut he had heard him express, con vinced Prof.' Morse that the letter thus quoted was a forgery, and he made (liligen-. cllbrts to procure the volume alleged to contaiu it. He wrote to the most eminent bibliopoiistsinr.tris for a copy; they made search and w rote, with one accord, that "no such work, is to be found in Paris!" Further investigation convinces him that the fraud had extended not only to the forgery of a letter of Lafayette, but to the forgery of a false title to a book, a. false author, a false place of publication, false date, a jatse size, a false number of pages, and in connec tion with these, a. purely jictilicus account of the imaginary author, and all the other fabu lous circumstances of its ideal existence ! The Bishop calls on the Professor to produce the testimony of oaalivinj witness to the declar ation of Lafayette,to which he replies as follows : You have made a ciU which I am under no obligation to answer further than I have alrea dy answered it by testifying that the ten'itnen's of the motto were, ot my own personal knowl edge, Lafayette's. I have nevertheless taken aoine pains, for the sake of historic truth, to trace it in its quoted shape. That ir.oito was uttered by Lafayette, as I sh.Ul presently prove, more than thirty yearr apo; it has been quoted, without question, Ur more than twenty years, and its author has been in his grave for more than twenty years. A period of twenty years, sir, is ordinarily sufficient to scatter beyond the most diligent search Urine icUuessts of a, siyiug uttered even in th - presence of a largo audiance, ko that its authenticity is not so much dependent on such a living vitness as on 'its heiug conformable to all we know of the char acter and I'-nUme-nlt' of the person of whom the saying is affirmed. By this rule, sir. (one of vour own proposing,) it could equally well be proved to be l..f ayctte's. A living witness to the uttering of that sentiment by Lafayette is, ind ed, fatal to you, but the absence of such a living witness is not fatal to me. Wlilj in New York, sjiuc days since. and in the hope to find a living witness in the person of a military officer to whom, I learned, twen ty years ago, that Lafayette had used the words of the motto, 1 casually learned that a venera ble and excellent minister of the Dutch. He formed Church, the .Kev. Dr. P. I. Vaupelt, still living and in vigorous health of body and mind, altho in his eightieth year, could proba bly tell me something of interest on the sub ject of my inquiry. 1 accordingly addressed him a note on my return home on the 2lth ult, asking him if he had any recollection ofcon versations he had with General Lafayette, when he visited this country in 18'24, and if so, I requested him to furnish me with his rec ollections. In his letter to me in reply, dated New Vork, April o"0, 185"), after detailing Ihe conversation al two .special interviews with La- fivette, one on the d iy ot his arrival or. fctaten Island, before he went to Boston, and the oth er alter his return from Boston; he gives graphically many interesting incidents of rev olutionary history, as related by Lafayette. I omit them as irrelevant in this place, but give an extract from the close of Dr. aupclt s let ter, as to the point, sir, between you and me. In speakinj of the interviews, he says: Of the conversations at both interviews, my recollection is vivid and distinct. : : ' On my next interview and conversation with Lafay ette," says the veneraubj Dr. Vaupelt. "after his visit and return from Boston, he saidtoine. niv dear friend, 1 tell you something that oc curred when I was in Boston. I received a po lite invitation from the chief Catholic Prcstor Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church in Bos ton, to attend his church on the Sabbath. I wrote him an apology, saying, as I never ex pect to bo in Boston again, and as during the Revolution when . in Boston, I worshipped sit ting by tho Bide of 11 is 'Lxcellency General Washington, and as I sec that the car.rcn ana the pews are the same, except as they are dec orated with paint, I wish to occupy the sune seat in that church on tnu Sabbath- 1I5 took it in great dudgeon, that I did not attend his church. But I could not help that. 1 follow my inclination. Now,' my friend, I must teil you, that I was brought tip in Fiance a Ilumtui Catholic, and believed that the liomanCuiw he Church was the only true and Mother Church, till I came to this country, where I see His Excellency General Washington, and the offi cers of the American army of dittVrent reli gion, worshipping in different churches. My eyes were opened. I see men can be of dilf ercnt religion, and worship in different chur ches, and yet be good Christians' Then say ing, 4It is my opinion that, if ever ihe liberties of this country the Un'tcd States of America are destroyed, il will be by the su'blilHy of the Roman Catholic Jesuit Priests, for ' they are the most crafiy, dangerous enemies to civil and re ligious liberty. They have instigated most of the wars in Europe.' He further said, 'I. wish my country, France, had such government aul rational liberty as you have in this country.' To which I replied, as my opinion, that neith er France nor any other country could have rational liberty without he free circulation and knowledge of the Bible. To which he gave ready and cordial assent. With sincere respect and esteem. Your obedient servant. P.J. Vanpelt. ' Prof. Sam'l F. B. Morse, Pokeepsie; Is cw York. You have now, sir, what yon Sf loudly cal led for, to wit, the concurrent testimony of one American to the uttering of the senti ments of the motto by Lafayette, and nearly ipsissimis verbis. The character of the wit ness, sir, is uninipeacbed and unimpeachable. Throug your over zealous hasta to destroy the inuuenco of the warning of this motto upon the American mind, you have been unwitting ly the instrument of establishing its paternity in Lafayette bcj'ond dispute. You have drawn out evidence, too, of its intrinsic truth, for the very measures by which van have attemp ted to throw discredit upon the genuineness of this motto, furnish a glaring example of the inherent corruption and dangerous character of your corporation; and they have also dem onstrated most emphatically the necessity for such a warning, and the foresight and "deeo sagacity of the Republic's wise and consistent an t benevolent friend. Respectfully, your obd't serv't. Sam'l F.B. Moass. Eenator Brooks and Archbishop Hcjhes. We have greatly regretted that the. volumin ous character of the controversial correspon dence which lias sprung up between Eicastcs Brooks, Esq., Editor of the N. Y. Express, and Archbishop Hicues, has prevented its en tire transfer to our columns. Its origin we have already stated, artd have endeavored to keep our readers posted in regard to its pro gress. Aftencarrying it orr through many let ters, the Archbisop suddenly declined further controversy, and opening the window, in met aphor with" gloved hand, threw his opponent out of tho w:iidow! Mr. Bnoocs, however, wv.s not like the dove, to bring-back the olive; but answered this contumelious dismissal of the subject with such a potent array of additional facts and unanswerable arguments, that the Archbishop whs compelled to request a sus pension of public opinion for ten days, when he promised to prove Mr. Brooks a falsifier, and utterly annihilate him. It will be remem bered that Mr. Bapoits charged that the Arch bishop held'lirge amounts of property, to which the evasive answer was given by the latter that he only owned his libray and the bed on which he "slept; Mr. Brooks copied from the Court records to fchow one hundred and one deeds of l ots deeded to liim. This vast accumulation of property in the hands of the Romish Bishop was regard :d sis dangerous, therefore Mr. Baooics sought to expose it, and the Prelate only answered by billingsgate, bra vado, and disgraceful evasions. The Senator in every essential particular has proved bis as sertions and maintained his ground, while the Archbiikop endeavors to escape by pleading that he holds the property only for the Catho lic Church ; and this it appears to us, is the very charge first advanced by the Senator, for he was exposing the dangerous aggregation cf wealth and Church property in the hands of ccclesiistics. The defense of Archbishop IHgmes is virtually a pl-M of guilty, but he throws in technicalities to mitigate the severi ty of the sentenc. We have never seen a dis comfiutre more complete, despite ail evasion'! and side issues and special pleadings. The pitiful effort of the prelate to defame the character of Mr. Brooks, bis ferocious bark turned to a whine at merited castigation, and the utter lailuae of his efforts to extricate him self from the charges originally made, will bo chanters iu the history of the: Romish Church in America, which will be read with surprise and contempt. Philadelphia Sun. A7TGBY P0LITICIAN3. Politicians of the Pumtranai shod, al though lew in number, manage to keep up a consi "urable amount of bluster, under every disadvantage. When they feel the halter draw, they cry out, Go I save the Common wealth, as though tt.e Commonwealth v.-as composed of black-legs, pot-house ruiliansaud patent friction-box speculators. Their cjpitul in trade is the maxim which they have invent ed: "the Democracy can do no wrong," anil upon this assumption, they peip.-tuate all sorts of villiinies, boldly, as all experienced sinners do, and then they attempt to thrust it down our throats as pure gospel. They preach piety and honesty, while at the same time they h ive their hands in their neighbor's pocket, or are carrying on n game of plunder upon the Treas ury. The spo.ls of ollice aro tanned out to greedy expectants, divided among each other, and woe to the Democrat who has the moral courage to dissent from their proceedings. If he refuses to endorse all they do, whether right or wrong, he is at on;e fiercely denounc ed as no Democrat a Benedict Arnold and all that. It is thus that this new generation of politicians have brought the Democratic party inti) irretrievable ruin. No honest man will suffer himself to be called a Democrat. It is a badge of dishonor and disgrace, fixed and in dellible as such demagoguesas Pierce, Forney, Campbell and Rice are at the head of it. Dem ocracy has been abused by these men. The country is riven with strife from one end to the i ther, all of which they have manufactured aud now tint the people are about repudiating them, and in the act of crushing them out, they become w ild with rape. There is no lim it to their madness! They yell like whipt spaniels and crouch like incnhl under the avenging rod. But they are completely dis armed and disowned. The duties they have to perform for the brief period yet left them, is merely to attend to the mechanical duties of the Administration. The:r day of harm is drawing to its close, and American freemen true Democrats, will seize the helm. Their anger frightens no one, and whi!. thry may keep together a corporal'3 guard of hungry fol lowers, they wi'.l find that even thes wi;l leave when the spoils cease. Our duty now is to re construct Democracy to fall back to lirat principles, and carry out the principles of the government upon a pure Jeffersonian basis. Nothing short of this will satisfy the people. We tell them there is no use ol roaring at this. It will be done at all hazards, and that, too, nt the earliest moment. The White House must and will be purified. Bcrkt Co. Prts. Oregon. The people of this territory are to vote in June next upon the question of or ganizing a State Government and applying to Congress for admission into the Union. The same question was submitted to the pceple at the last election, and after an animated can vass decided in tho negative, tbo Southern counties going strongly against it, in the ex pectation of being joined with a part of Cali fornia te make a new territory. Th? Demo crat Territorial Convention of Oregon, was to meet on the 11th of last month and the Whig Convention on the ISih, to nominate candi dates for a delegate to Congress. A fierce warfare of words was going on in the Demo cratic newspapers, which were divided in their preferences between Lane, the present incum bent, and Judge O. C. Pratt. . It was quite probable that whoever received the nomina tion, both Lane and Pratt would be run by their respective friends. An attempt will be mafia to unite the Whigs and Know Nothings on the same cindidate, which, if successful, will probably prevail also at thf election. No one is named as the Whig candidate. ARREST OF BAKER. . Levis Baker, the murderer of Poole, has at length been arrested, and is now incarcerated in the Toombs," in New York to await his trial. He was taken from the bark Isabella Jewett, off the Canary Islands, on the 17th of April, and brought to New York on the 'Grape shot,' which arrived on Tuesday evenining of last week. . It is 6tated, perhaps by himself, that the officers of the 'Grapeshot,' manifest ed a most disgraceful cowcrdicc in making tho arrest, and their preparations for the event, were on as an important a scale, as though they had In view the storming of Sebastopol. Pkextice on Doi glas. The Louisville Jour nal, speaking of the little Nebraska agitator, says': "Senator Douglas despaired of the next Presidency, but ho is doing all the mischief in hi power. He is a most pestilent spirit. The country, we think, would bo much better off" without him. We do not wish him dead, but, in case he should be silly enough to coin niit suictue, it would bo a great, pity it he should not succeed. KNOW NOTIIl!f GISM. From the annual address of the President of the State Council of New York, we clip tho following, which he g!ves es the platform of the Order: 1. Americans shall rule America! . 2. The Union ot these Slates! 1 3. No North, no South, no East no West I 4. The United States of America as they are ono and insuperable. 5. No sectarian interference in our legisla tion, or the administration of American laws. C. Hostility to the assumptions of the Pope, through the Bishops, priests and prelates cf the Ri man Catholic church here, in a Repub lic sanctified by Protestant blood. ' ' 7. Thorough reform in the naturalization laws. ; 8. Free and liberal educational institutions for all sects and classes, with the Bible, God's Holy Word, as a universal text book. Does an American require a broader plat form ? No! brothers. Legislate then for the accomplishment of these objects. ' And rest assured in after years yen will have reason to r-joice in the results of your labors. The dawn of a political tuillenium is ap proaching for the American people. and upon the present generation devolves the responsi bility of a brilliant future. Relying upon your wisdom and patriotism, I leave with you, un der Providence, the prospective glory of tho American party in the State of New York. Fraternally, Jaiies W. B.vsKEa. .Ycu- York, May b, 1S53. PHILADELPHIA ELECTION. The Lancaster Independnut Whig, comment ing on the result of the Philadelphia Election, uses the follow ing language: The Philadelphia Whigs who united with the bogus-democracy to put the Americans down, must feel the peculiar consolation of having done all they ccubl to sustain the men and the party who reviled and persecuted Clay and Webster to their graves! They p.ts now united with congenial spirits, with whom we hope they will never part. Where political knaves and hypocrites herd they should make their home. They would only degrade the American cause, if they were to join it, and we trust that they will be prevented from en tering their Councils. The victory in Philadelphia under all tho circumstances, is greater than that achieved by the combined force of the Whigs and Amer icans last year. They have grappled, singla handed, the foreign element, backed by th whole power of the National Administration and the "Democracy," and overthrown them. The struggle against them was desperate, tho assault being led on by old commanders and deafening limbic from the press. The chargo was bravely met by the Americans who stood silent, with flag unfurled, ready to receive the onset. They gallantly repelled the assault, and routed their assailants, who were defeated with an tinprece leu ted lost of coniid.-i.CJ and the wounds of great discomfiture. 'Their scattered hosts lio weltering an tho plain.'' A JtstiTtOAL Scuoolmaster. The follow ing anicdetc of Moliuari, a Jesuit of the school at Kensington, taken from the .speeches and wcrks of the late Mr. Shiel, just published, would uot be believed if it came from a Pro testant pen: "lie had a whip made of several strong cor Is, with knots at regular intervals, with which he used to lash the hands of the scholars, in such a way as to make th; blood leap from them. It seemed to give J.ini great pain to inrliet this chastisement, and I have' seen him weep at what he called the necessity of being severe. He had "a Very extraordiu iry method of reconciling th-. devouter students to this torture. He sentenced you first to nine lashes, and then ordered you to hold out your hand. 'Otfer it up to God and bis saints as a sacrifice,' he would say. Ho would then select nine saints. The r?-t blvw was to be sutl'erad in honor of St. Ignatius. 'Come, my child. In the name of the greatest of all the Saints,' end down Trent the whip from a viperous mus cular arm. Ob, mercy !' cried the m-ii tyr. Come,-my child, in the name of St. Francis Xavier,' and he then inflicted a second laceri tion upon the culprit, who cried out 'Have pi ty, my father, have pity!' but thj Jesuit was inexorable, and thus proceeded till he bad gone through the calendar of infliction." The Jesuit who chastised in tl.ii manner is described by Shiel as Ix-ir.g exceedingly mild hi tempert ! ! London Paper, Feb. 27. Ame::icax Solmeuv. The last Westminster 'Jiet isic has an article oa America that widely contrasts with much that has hitherto coms from the British press. For instance, it says: 'One knows not what is most to be admired i: the Mexican w;ir the facility with which an army of volunteers submitted to discipline. ttie perfection of their weapons, new inven tions of America, handled wit.! : s!:il! previ ously unknown the goodness of their com missariat in a wild and vast country, or tho flexibility of their niechanic.il adaptations as to reporting, printing and coimnunic ttin? homeward. For fifty years pa'., the merchant ships of the United State have notoriously been far better built than those of Great Brit. ian; and as in 1812 our gunners wero very in ferior to theirs, so at the crisis of the Mexican war, into which they plunged out ol u long peace, their practice in small arms was im measurably superior to anything that trained British regulars bad at that time attained-' Massacutsetts and Virginia. The dangers of foreign influence attracted the attention of these States before the. commencement of the. present century, and on the IGth of January, 19, the following preamble and resolution were passed by the Le-islature of Virginia: 'That the General Assembly nevertheless concurring in the opinion with the Legislature of Massachusetts, that every constitutional bar rier should be opposed to the introduction or foreign intluencJ into our National Councils: : Resolved, That the constitution ought to bo . . . . . - i. .i. .it . so amcuaud mat no loreiicr nmis.iaiuioi have acquired rights under tho constitution and laws, at the time of making this amend ment, shall thereafter be eligible to the office of Senator and Representative in the Congress of the United States, nor to any office in the. Judiciary or Executive Departments." Thus we see that the American Principle wa recognized by our fathers of the Bay State and the old Dominion, and that her sons are but reviving the flagging patriotism of a past age. Sale or the Main Line. The bill for the sale of the Main Line of the public works of this State, has been signed by the Governor and is now a law, Tbe minimum price, as has been stated, is seven and a half millions of dollars, except if purchased by tbo Pennsyl vania Railroad Company, then the minimum price is fixed at eight slnd a half millions-of dollars. This additional price to the Railroad Company is in consideration of the remission of the three mills now imposed by the State on the Company. There is great uncertainty o finding a purchaser at the price fixed., The total receipts of the main line from Nov. SO, 1853, to the 1st of April, 1854, were $878,663 51; for the same period in the present year, $248,48649; thus showing a decrease in 1865 of $ 130,177 08, of which about $50,000 wa from the disuse of tho Allegheny Portage road by the Pennsylvania and Central- road, alter the complet ion of the latter. I
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