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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.
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