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CLEARFIELD, PA.,
Wedneilay, Jnno 6, 1S53.
V. B Palvkk .4 -- r -im. rtri paper Ageeuey
Is removed freia X. W. Corner of Third and Chest
nut Streets. t Brawn New Iroa Building, X. E.
corner of Fifth and Chesnut, Philadelphia.
The Fourth, of July. Various towns are already
racking preparations for celebrating this day.
Can not the editors in the Juniata vallev do some
thing in that tine. Suppose we all suspend opera-
iioni that week, meet at Tyrone or some other suit
able place, strike for the woods in Clearfield or
Elk, and camp out three or four days, each doing,
as he lists fish, hunt, kill snakes, Ae.? We're
ready. Lewistown Gazette.
Decidedly good idea. Come on, and we'll
give you a glorious reception. You can catch,
"as many trout, kill as many snakes, and cap
ture as much jame in a three days' hunt in this
"neck of woods," as will serve to supply your
readers with "original matter" until the next
annual return of our National Jubilee. Come
along and the Clearfield corps will "show you
the ropes."
LITEUARY "NOTICES.
Household Words for June, has come to
hand, containing the commencement of Dick
ers' new novel of "Sister Eose," to be con
lamed in seven chapters. It is a tale of the
French Revolution, and is written in an entire
. ly new vein for Dickers. Those of our read
ers who wish to keep booked up in the maga
zine literature of England, should subscribe to
"Household Words," published by Dix & Ed
tards, No. 10, Park Place, New York.
Putnam's Montult the last number of the
fifth volume, is on our table. It is a most ex
cellent literary periodical, though wo don't
like its politics. The present number contains
an article entitled "Should we fear the Pope,"
which, we presume, will follow in the wake of
''America for Americans," and be published
in every petty Locofoco shet in the country.
With the July number of Putnam, a new Vol
ume will commence, and thoso who desire to
possess themselves ot a periodical containg
contributions from our most celebrated Amor
ican Authors, should embrace the opportunity
to subscribe. We will furnish it and the Jour
nal, for $3.50, in advance, for one year.
Tue Sta.ii Spangled Banner one of the best
literary papers published in the country, still
makes its weekly visits t our sanctum. We
never take it up without first settling ourself
comfortably to enjoy a good, hearty laugh, or
preparing to be intensely interested in some
thrilling romance. Jt is, emphatically, a good
paper. Terms : $2 per annum, in advance.
Two Portraits of musical celebrities, from
the publishers of the "Musical World," deco
rate the walls of our sanctum this week. One
'purporting to be a likeness of R. Vincent Wal
lace, but wc defy Old Harry himself, to
make out the Frenchified autograph of the
-other. Each subbcriber to the " World," will
receive a copy of these cugnvings.
THE GRAVEYARD.
Setting tho joke aside, the "jolly Rafts
man" has a heart and a soul, for they that can
forget the dead let the Irambles grow over the
graves of the "loved and lost" don't care a
fig for the living." Star Spangled Banner.
Wo certainly do lay . some claim to both
heart and soul, and must confess that it grieves
us no little to see the manner in which our ci
tizens neglect the last resting place of the de
parted. We have always thought that if there
was one feature of humanity more brightly de
veloped than another, it was veneration for the
dead, and that no one, however engrossed by
the excitements and cares of life, could so far
smother this beautiful principle which nature
has implanted in the hearts of h,er children,
as not to permit one thought to linger around
that sacred spot, destined to bo their long,
last home.
We never pass our desolate, barren, bleak
lookingCemetery without recalling to mind the
remark of that great man, Benjamin Frank
lik, "I will never, if possible, pass anight
in any place where the grave-yard is neglect
ed!" And well might he doubt the hospitali
ty of those, who could neglect that consecra
. ted and holy spot, beneath whose cold bosom,
He ! the - remains of a brother, a relative, or a
friend.-; Cold,; indeed, must be the heart that
is so entirely wrapt up in the busy turmoil of
care and strife rolling on around us,' as not to
be able to moisten with the tear drop of sym
pathy the lowly mound that marks the . last
Testing plaee of the lovcd and lost."
The human miiM will never entirely relin
quish the' idea that. there is a sympathy exist
ing between the departed spirit aud the life
less clay. Call it superstition, or what ryou
will, yet the consciousness that our bones will
repose in some lovely, secluded spot, beneath
the shade of sacred groves that the wild grass
and flowers will wave and bloom, around our
lowly mounds, will do much to smooth our
dying pillow, and soothe the sorrow of our
mourning friends.
"The calm shade
Shall bring a kindred calm, and the sweet breeze,
That makes the green leaves dance, shall waft a
To toy sici heart. . ; balm
-'Cceiocjs . Statmtjcs. The Journal of the
Academy of Jffedicine at Turin, contains some
curious' statistics oa human life among oth
ers, the statement Uiat jparried men live long
er than bachelors, and taU .men longer than
those of small 6tature. The .two months of
the twelve in which most marriages are cele
brated are June and December.
THE YIKttlXIA VICTOTY !
MThea it was presumed, from, this first re
Lara thit hid bcea rereivei la vrestera 3Tcv
York, tiitt VTue bad beea defeated, the BnfiSv
lo Cepa&if, a thorough. Democratic, aali-knrv
nothing orgaa, used this LiBgutge :
"'The returns thus far iadleate the defeat of
Sir. Wise and the election or his opponent-
Jader ordiaary circusastaaces we woyid deep
ly regret snch a result ; but when t!w Demo
cracy of Vicginiab a State wlii-ck gave bttth
to WasbicgtoB, Jefferson. Madison and ilo
roe make such a man as Henry A. Wise its
leader and oracle, we have few tears to shed
over a defeat such as we are cow constrained
to chronicle a defeat the more inglorious, be
cause of the instruments and instrumentalities
through which it was accomplished. Had the
Democracy of Virginia nominated a Demo
crat, instead of a soldier of fortune who has
belonged to every vagrant organization of the
country, and who opposed the administration
of Mr. Van JJuren, and could discover an ar
my of virtues in the administration of John
Tyler, the result we venture to say, would
have been entirely different. Even the bold
and manly stand which Mr. Wise has taken
against Know Nothingism could not save him.
Ilia only recommendation to the favor of the
Virginian. a people once chivalric and rei
pectable was his noisy, insane and illogical
advocacy and defence of human slavery. Over
the defeat of such a man and such a party we
have no tears to shed, aud can only express
the hope that the Democracy of Virginia will
present a better candidate, with better ante
cedents, when next they demand the popular
suffrage.'.'
X ow "it is a poor rule that wont work both
ways," and if we reverse tho picture, what a
glorious victory they have achieved? They
have avowedly elected "a soldier of fortune
who has belonged to every vagrant : organiza
tion of the country whose only recommenda
tion to the favor of Virginians a people once
chivalric and respectable was his noisy, in
sane and illogical defence of human slavery'
Truly a brilliant achievement, and an "honor
to the old Dominion! the laud of the Wash
ington's, the Patric Henry's, the Jellerson's,
the Madison6, the mother of States and
Statesmen!" How worthy the "indomitable
Democracy, joined with a number of patriotic
whlgs," and what a glorious cause for the un
paralleled rejoicings of the exclusive friends
of "bunian liberty ?"
Truly may it be said to be the day of strange
things when we fllid the "once great and res
pectable" Democratic party, "rejoicing over
the election of the villifier of Jackson, and
the most bitter opponent of his Administra
tion; the party that denounced the patriotic
Clay as a duellist, crying hallelujahs over the
election of the real murderer of Cilley! "O
consistency, ttiou art a Jewel !"
THE .NEWS.
The seige of Sevastopol was progressing
very slowly indeed, and as the telegraph is in
the hands of the Government exclusively, it
is difficult to decide from the imperfect hints
supplied whether the besiegers or besieged
gain most advantage. Symtoms have trans
pired of extended operations being about to
commence on the part of the Allies'. A force
of 13,000 Turks, French and English hastily
embarked on board all the available ships near
Sebastopol, and 6tood away in the direction of
the sea of AzofT. In a day or two they re
turned and as hastily disembarked, Omer Pa
sha and hisTuiksmaking allspeedto ensconce
themselves again in Eupatoria. We are in
debted to Russian sources for all the informa
tion we possess as to this extraordinary move
ment, but there seems no reason to doubt the
truth of the statement. Geu.Canrobert had
reviewed the entire French army, and assured
them he would soon enter Sebastopol either
by the door or window, but a few days after
ward he resigned the chief command, ostensi
bly on account of ill health; (Jen. Pelissier
took the vacant place, Canrobert assuming a
subordinate position as commander of Pelis
sier's division. Negotiations between Austria
and the Western Powers remain where they
were, but between Austria and Prussia rela
tions are becoming more intimate, having for
object to preserve strict neutrality. Russia
has directed her representative at the Court of
Darmstadt to notify all the German Govern
ments that Russia will only hold to the first
Two Points of Guaranty on condition of the
perfect neutrality of Germany. France and
England have presented an ultimatum to Swe
den, to which the Swedes have replied by in
corporating their militia. In England many
incidents tend to mark the democratic change
that is coming over the nations. The Queen
has condescended publicly to bestow medals
on private soldiers in the streets of London.
In various parts of the count ry "administra
tic reform" meetings have been held, and in
the House of Lords a debate on Ellcnborough's
motion drew forth an extraordinary amount of
democratic speaking. The Paris Exposition
has been opened; as a spectacle the opening
was a failure. Pianori, the would-be assassin
of the Emperor, has been guillotined. From
other parts of Europe there is nothing remar
kable, excepting an eruption of Vesuvius
" Flood Below. We learn by last night's
mail that there is a fine flood in the river at
Marietta, and that those having lumber lying
there will all be able to get it off. This will
be good news to those of our men who have
not yet sold.
QcEnT why don't those Locofoco papers which
have so much to say about 'secret societies,' 'mid
night conspirators,' c, tell their readers some
thing about the society of 'Sag-Xichts,' which has
spread with such wonderful rapidity throughout
the South and West! 'Anyting pite you tare, eh V
' Preparing for a long Seige. The English Con
sal General in Norway had, about the 15th of
April, closed a contract with Mr. Struck, a mer
chant of Christiana, for 30,000 wooden huts for
the British troops in the Crimea, to be completed
in a yery short space of time.
CF"Thirteen hundred and thirty-six persons
embarked for Liberia, under the auspices and
at the expense of the Pennsylvania Coloniza
tion Society, for the past two years.
5riiftl Slate.
ilrfretkiv.g thai late rain.
Ar4r ida la Xe Jersey tfeey are snaViag
seap vvA f io easts I
Am tW Jf Th e Pltlifearr, TWt t as st f n a.1 otter
adresed to -"Jtdaxa Eve, X ash villa, Tens.
Disappeared &e Jeff. Stsj-" colusna of -"PeacH
Nles Whaf s wren g, CoL ! Didn t get fright
ened, did yon i
CvJfslable blankets, over-eeats, and other
cold weather -Sains,' this wetk It Jcn"t feci
taach like Spruig.
Snieide Nathaniel Davis, of Pinecreck Ip-Jef-fersoa
eoonty, committed soicide, by e&Uing his
throat with a razor, on Thursday last.
Copper. It is estimated that there will be ship
ped from the Lake Superior region, this season, a
bout3.000 tons of pig copper, valued at S1,I00.000.
Dead the inimitable 11 Does ticks-" He was ac
cidentally killed at Ann Harbor, Mich., while hunt
ing. His real name was Mr. Mortimer Thompson.
A. question. Which was the largest, the white
hat or the individual ander it that passed np the
board iralk last evening? We think it would be
difficult to dceidc.
'Sm.'ill faeors thatiX-fullg received as one of
our veteran Locofocos said when he heard the re
sult of the Virginia election. He was most em
phatically iWise man.
Tremnlous excitement at Bob Welch's Jewelry
Store. Robert has got on an assortment of watch
es, rings, Dreasi-pins, ana outer ttiot, utat are
setting the ladies in a regular "spluttcrfication."
Call and see. .
DecideJIif cool the bath our friend Jno. Gulich
received in the river on Monday last . His horse
frightened at a musk-rat, precipitating him into
the water, and giving hint a most complete duck
ing. John s opposed to Jute bathing in llearnelu.
Arjtu.terwnts. Our citizens amuse themselves,
during the pleasant evenings, by -playing ball,'
throwing shoulder stone,' and other gymnastic
performances. Thia is a good deal better than
loafing about the taverns, slandering their neigh
bors. It is not only an agreeable 'pass-time,' but
a healthly, beneficial exercise.
Storm. The storm that passed over this place
on Friday last, blew down (he bridge across the
river, rendering it a total wreck. One span still
remains standing, but in such a shattered condi
tion, that it is almost, if not entirely worthless.
The Company are talking of receiving proposals
for the erection of a new bridge.
Marriage extraordinary. Tom Thumb, the cel
ebrated little great man, was married at Webster,
on Thursday last, to a Miss Vinton, of Bridgeport,
Ct. An attempt was made to keep it from the public,
but somehow it leaked out thro some of tho compa
ny who were a little indiscreet after imbibing pret
ty freely of Heidsick, provided for the occasion.
Library Meeting. The Clearfield Library Asso
ciation had a meeting on Saturday evening last,
in the Academy. We arc happy to say that it was
well attended, and a lively interest manifested in tb.e.
proceedings. A Lecture was delivered by Mr. J. B.
McEnally, who, notwithstanding indisposition, ac
quitted himself with great credit. We hope the
enterprise will prosper.
Run off a. horse, belonging. to Judge Barrett,
this morning, shattering the carriage to which he
was attached into fragments. Tho boy undertook
to change the bridle in tho street""" when tho horse
frightened, and ran away. A little son of Mr.
Mossop was in the carriage, and, singular to say?
escaped with but very slight injury. It is as
tonishing that he was not killed.
About the Sealer of Weights and Measure?, with
his "fLxins and things," last week We were in
clined, with a good many others, to think tho of
fice unnecessary in Clearfield county, but after wit
nessing his operations in one or two stores, we are
well satisfied of its utility. In some cases weights
are found much too heavy, and in others equallv
too light. These he adjusts properly, thus protec
ting the interests of both buyer and seller. Iu
decidedly a good institution.
Gone to the "Wext. A large number of persons
have left Clearfield this spring, for the great West,
and there are several in our immediate neighbor
hood who are still engaged making preparations to
start. Some have gone to Kansas, some to Wiscon
Eiu, aud some to Minesota. We wish them all tho
good fortune in the world, but shouldn't bo much
surprised, ere many months, to see them back in
"old Clearfield," if they do not, in the meantime,
fall victims to the cholera, or some other Western
inalady.
A tittle too lad to take ;the shirt off a man's
back. Wo are informed that this was actually
done, in our jail a few days ago. We did think
that a man sworn to administer the law, would
have been satisfied to permit it to take its course
after he had a prisoner in jaM, without going thero
to persecute him, and literally to take the shirt off
his back. It's a pity the jailor s lame leg prevent
ed him from kicking a man who could so disgrace
his nature, out of tho house, whether the prisoner
is guilty or not.
Farmers if Mechanics' Hank is the. title of a
new banking institution to be located at Camden,N.
Jersey, in which a number of our wealthy citizens
(having failed to get a bank at Clearfield), are in ves
ting their money. Some twelve thousand dollars
worth of stock has already been taken here, and we
are informed that this amount will be largely in
creased. From tho character of the Commission
ers, our business men hero, feel confident of its suc
cess, and think it may be made of groat service to
the interests of our County. ; We sincerely hope
their anticipations may be realized.
Verdant for a man to advertise for a wife in this
country, while there are any number of girls be
tween 15 and 40 waiting for some one to pop the
question. If he were either sensible or good look
ing he could soon find a partner, without advertis
ing. Jejj'ersonian,
Perhaps go, but our friend is exceedingly bash
ful don't like to 'pop the question,' and is too im
patient to wait till leap year. Give him a chance,
Col., to enjoy the comforts of connubial life, if
there is any confort in it? If there is, you owght
to know, having tried the experiment.
Astounding tho poetical talent of the genius (!)
that presides over the editorial columns of the Cen
tre Democrat. Jlii last production, reminds us of
his very pathetic maiden speech in behalf of a red
faced, hale, hearty looking fellow, indicted for
horse stealing, not long since, in Centre County.
The immortal Brown defended him, and notwith
standing the robust, appearance of the prisoner,
discoursed most eloquently to the Jury, of the
' pale, emaciated form, wasted away within the
precincts of his gloomy cell, by the hard bed, and
harder fare of the prison." We knew then, that he
was eloquent, but we never supposed him capable
of the high poetical flights exhibited in hi last
paper. "Hold him dady, or he'll bust!"
VIRGINIA E1.ECTIOX.
As tre supposed. Wise has been elected
Governor of Virginia, by some 10,000 major
ity. Upoa this subject, without a word of
cemmeat, we adopt the following most excel
lent and able article from the Philadelphia .San.
The American Party lest a holiday and a
glorificatiaa, by not celebrating its victory of
the First of May, in Philadelphia. We carried
our candidates, though by reduced majorities,
and our neighbors of the PeiuwjZraauoa and
Jlro called it a defeat; but tbefusionists hav
ing carried Virginia for Wise by a reduced
majority, our facetious cotetaporarles call
that result a triumph of Civil and Religious!
Liberty! When Sam" retained Philadel-l
phi a, according to their logic his back was
broken; when "Sara" did not sncceed in ob
taining Virginia, which he never posessed,the
logic is reversed, and the broken back of loco
focoism was healed! There is something of
the ease and assurance of Wilkiss Micawber
in this, hoping for "something to turn up!"
But let us look at the reasons why, -upon the
blasted heath of the Old Dominion the weird
sisters of the locofoco press "thus do go
about" with their iterations,
"All hail, Virginia.'"
'The hurlyburly's done" "the battle's lost
and won ," and now we have "a drum! a
drum!" Rejoicings for what? The Old Do
minion has acted wisely! How? Let us
'Look into the seeds of time
And say, which grain will grow and which will
The Ftniuylcajiia publishes a call for a
pieeting i.J Independence Square last night at
which the Democrats of Philadelphia were in
vited to celebrate the recent glorious victory
in Viiginia, and congratulates their brethren
there lor the "triumph of Republicanism over
the dark lantern oligarchy of Know Nothing
ism," and says "every man who valncs the
privileges handed down to us by the Fathers
of our country, should be present." Yester
day was a "gala day in honor of tho valiant
sons of Virginia." What have they accom
plished It is stated that there were 10,000
Irish laborers on the public works in that State
who voted at this election for the first time; and
all of them for the Wise ticket; that there
were from 3000 to 4000 of these laborers oa
the Blue Ridge Tunnel; that in Augusta alone
340 Irish l.tborers came to the polls and voted
tor Wise, and on the Virginia and Tennessee
Railroad, in S. W. Virginia, there were sever
al thousaud foreign votes cast against us. Are
these the causes of the "gala day," and great
rejoicings? The interference of Papists with
our institutions and their desire to control our
elections, originated the American Party
Why are Papist doctrines dangerous in our
country. Our Fathers handQ) us down a good
government, but the Boston Pilot, a Papist or
gan says:
No good government can exist without religion,
and there can bo no religion without an Inquisi
tion, whjjch is wisely designed for the promotion
and pruicction-of the true faith.
The Pennsylvania? tells us that Civil and reli
gious Liberty have been triumphant in Virgin
ia; but Pope Pius IX., in his Encyclical Let
ter of August 15, 1852, said:
The absurd and erroneous doctrine or raving in
defence of liberty of conscience, is a most jicsti
lenttal error a pest of ail others most to be dread
ed in a State.
The Shepherd of the Valley, a. Papist paper
published in St. Louis in 1851, said:
If Catholics ever gain an immense numerical
majority, religious freedom in this country is at
an end.
The Rambler, another Papist newspaper
held the following language:
Religious Liberty, in the sense of a liberty pos
sessed by every man to choose his religion, is one
of the most wretched delusions ever foisted on this
age by the father of all deceit.
The democracy are called upon to join this
'gala day," and yet Orestes A. Brownson in
his Review of October, 1852, said :
The sorriest Fiuht to us is a Catholic throwing up
his cap and shouting "all hail Democracy !"
One of the privileges handed down to us by
tho Fathers of our Country, which if valued,
should have induced attendance in Indepen
dence Square, is the system of Common
School Eduction, and vet the Shepherd of the
Valley said, Oct. 22, 1853 :
We think the masses were never less happy, less
respectable and less respected than they have been
since the Reformation, and particularly within
the last fifty or one hundred years since Lord
BuorGHAM caught tho luania of teaching them to
read, and communicated the disease to a large
proportion of tho English nation, of which in spite
of all our talk, wc arc too ot'teu the servile imita
tors. While the citizens of America are asked to
rejoice over the triumph of Civil and Religi
ous Liberty, obtained by the defeat of Ameri
canism in Virginia, and Mr. Wise would ele
vate Papists to power in preference to Prot
estants, hear what the great Irish orator, Dan
iel O'Connell said :
I declare my most unequivocal submission to the
head of the church, and to the hierarchy in its dif
ferent orders. If the Bishops made a declaration
on this bill, I never would be heard speaking
against it, but would submit at once unequivocally
to that decision. They have only to decide and
they close my mouth, they have only to determine
and I obey. I wish it to bo understood that such
is the duty of all Catholics.
And agiiu this same opponent of civil and
religious liberty by Papist interpretation said
to the people of this country :
You should do all in your power to carry out the
intentions of bis Holiness, the t ope. here you
have tho doctoral franchise, givo your votes to
none but those who Will assist you in so holy a
struggle.
And is the victory of such sentiments a tri
umph of Republicanism in free America ! Is
it proper that all who value the privileges
handed down to us by our Fathers, should be
present at a Gala for the success of such ab
horrent principles ! We will not quote from
Washington tho many warnings he has given
us against the insidious wiles of foreign in
fluence, but in this connection, we repeat the
warning remarks of a petition of the citizens
of Albemarle, Amhest, Fluvanna, and Gooch
land counties, Virginia, drawn up by TnoMAs
Jefferson in 1 V7, as appears by his writings,
just published, by which it appears that thp
author was of opinion that none but native
born citizens of the United States should be
eligible as jurors in "grand cr petty civil Or
criminal" cases.
"And your petitioners further submit to tho wis
dom of tho two houses of Assembly, whether the
safety of the citizens of this Commonwealth, in
their persons, their property, their laws and gov
ernment, does not require that the capacity to act
in the important office of a juror, grand or petty,
civil or criminal, should be restrained in future to
native citizens of the United States, or such as were
citizens at the date of the treaty of peace which
closed our revolutionary war, and whether the ig
norance of our laws and natural partiality to the
countries of their birth, are not reasonable causes
for declaring this to be one of the rights incommu
nicable in future to adopted citizens." Jefferson's
Writing, Vol. IX., p. 453.
And the next extract taken from "an act
establishing elementary schools," also drawn
by Jefferson, is still more to the point. By
this he would limit a citizenship to those who
could "read readily."
"And it is declared and enacted that no person
nnborn, or under the age of twelve years, at the
passage of thid act, and also who is compos mentis,
shall, ofter the age of fifteen years, be a citizen of
this Common wealth, tualcss he or ehe can read
readily ia some tongue, natire or acquired."
JVrHUgs, VL IX., p. 494-
We ask Americans, without reference to
old party acuities, to read the above quota
tions, and then ask themselves, is it possible
thit cannon have thundred along our city, re
joicings been liad,and loud huzzas seut up
for the success of Hkxkt A. V ise in irgin
ia t If they have cried now, "all hail Virgin
ia!" let them pause and reflect through what
scenes of blood, anarchy abd civil strife, the
Papacy will seek to attain "the all hail here
after!" Ameiican Demonstration in Indiana County.
Agreeably to notice given a large and re
spectable meeting for the advocacy of the
American principles, as laid down in the Plat
form, was held in Plumvillc, South Mahoning
township, on Friday the 25th May. Cot. J.
Hats was called to the chair, and E. E. Lewis,
Esq., Wm. Tucker, Jacob Weamer and Win.
Wilson, appointed Vice Presidents, and T. R.
Luckart, Secretary.
The object of the meeting having been brief
ly stated by the president, on motion, B. T.
Runyan, Wm. T. Davis, and J. G. Shields
were appointed a committee to draft resolu
tions. In the -absence of the committee, the
inectingwas addressed by Drs. Joseph Shields.
C. McEutn and Wm. AiiAony 'ho laid
down iu strong terms the rights of the Ameri
can people and touched on all the different
points ol'the platform. On motion, the plat
form was read, after which J. McEwen, Esq.,
being called on, responded briefly, saying he
had no knowledge whatever of the policy of
the Know-Nothing party, but he gave bis views
of what he believed to be the true policy of
the American people, and spoke warmly in
favor of supporting American labor bj- a judi
cious tariff, and against the extension of sla
very. The privilege of being heard was now
given to Jiny person who opposed those prin
ciples, when W. B. Bingham spoke loud and
strong against the principles of said party, and
strongly in favor of Popery. Dr. B. Sweeny,
being now called on, made some terse remarks,
in which he spoke strongly in favor of the
American movement and the principles of the
party.
The following resolutions were then handed
in by the committee, which were received and
adopted:
Resolved, 1st. That the principles of the
American party meet with our approval.
2d. That the bold American sentiments
which shine so brightly on thom, should be
engraven on the heart of every true Ameri
can. 3d. That we will hail with delight their tri
umph, as they indicate that the timo is not
distant when America shall be ruled by Amer
icans. 4th. That to secure complete succes the
present age demands an open organization.
After the adoption of the resolutions, the
martial band which was present on the occa
sion was formed, and all those in favor of the
American principles were to fall into line of
march, which moving oil", few of the assembly
were left to g:ze after. Having returned to
the place of meeting, it was. on motion,
Resolved, That the proceedings of the meet
ing be published in the diilerent periodicals iu
Indiana county.
The meeting being dismissed, all appeared
harmonious and dispersed in g:od order.
Alleikjep Case of Sem:ctio. During the
List few days much excitement had prevailed
at Pittsburg, in consequence of an alledged at
tempt of Mr. Jeremiah 'McKibucn, of. Phila
delphia, to shoot his brother-in-law, Mr. Isaac
Craig, of Allegheny city, ag.iinst whom he
preferred a serious charge. Tho Pittsburg
Dispatch has the following version of the pain
ful affair.
Mr. Craig, a few years ago, married a daugh
ter of Chambers McKibben, Esq., at one time
postmaster in this city, and since (with his
son) proprietor of the Merchants' Hotel Phila
delphia. In November last another daughter
of Mr. McKibben (a deaf and dumb girl) was
on a visit to her sister in Allegheny, for a
month, alter which she returned home. Last
week it was ascertained that she hud been for
some months eniiente, and on being questioned
she charged her brother-in-law with being her
seducer. Her father and brother immediately
came here, removed Mrs. Craig to the resi
dence of her aunt, at Sewickly, during her
husbands absence, and on meeting him, on
their return, the shooting affair alluded to
came off. Since then Mr. McKibben has in
stituted a civil action against Craig for scduc
tion,claiming twenty thousand dollars d images,
upon which Mr. Craig (on Tuesday afternoon)
surrendered himself to the Sheriff without ten
deriifg bail, and now remains iu his custody.
It is due to the accused to state that be de
nies the guilt imputed to him, aud alledges
that he was in search of the Messrs. McKibben
to make the same statement to them, when
attacked. The wholo case, owing in a great
degree to the social position of all the parties,
has created a great excitement in the commu
nity and a deep feeling against the accused.
Expedition in Search of Dr. Kane. The
Recluse and Arctic started last week, on their
expedition in search of Dr. Kane. On Tues
day morning Henry Grinnell, Esq., presented
the officers of the Expedition with a set of
maps, charts and notes of the Arctic discover
ies up to 1851, which he had received by the
lust steamer from Captain Inglefleld and John
Barrow, Secretary of the British Admiralty.
Lady Franklin has at last resigned herself to
the belief that her brave husband is no more,
and at her request the present Expediton will
take out a tablet to be erected to the memory
of Sir John and his devoted companions of the
Erebus and Terror. It was not until quite too
lato for the stone to be prepared in England
and shipped for this country that Lady Frank
lin learned that Lieut. Ilartstein and his com
mand would touch at Beechy Island. There
fore at her request Mr. Henry Grinnell has
caused the tablet to be prepared in Philadel
phia. The tablet is of white marble, two feet
three inches by five feet. It is to be erected
on the White Cliff at Beechy Jshmd by the
side of that commemorating tho fate of Lieut.
Pellod of the Belcher Expedition.
Crimea, ENtisTiiNT8.-On Saturday afternoon,
before U. S. Commissioner C. F. Ueazlitt, a
hearing took place of W. Van Schwatsenhorn
and Emanuel Van Schuminsky, who are charg
ed with having enlisted, on or about the 15th
ult., recruits for the English army in the Cri
mea. The witnesses testified that they went
to the office of the defendants, No. 87 Front
street, and there met the accused, who inform
ed the former that they were to bind themselves
to enlist for three or four years. They were
told that they would get $30 bounty aud $8
per mouth, and if peace should take place du
ring the time for which they were enlisted,
they would get pay lor the whole time. They
were to go to Halifax, and would get $15
down, and be credited with $15 in clothing.
A number of persons had already been sent
the last batch on Saturday last.
Some of the witnesses stated that they were
told bv defendants that they could not be en
listed "here, but might do so when they got to
Halifax. The witnesses were all Germans, and
could only be understood through the use of
an interpreter. The defendants were held in
$500 to answer, and the witnesses were sent to'
prison in default of bail, to testify. Sun.
A. Mijieriocs Atfaii. The X. Y. Tisnts,
saya a young lady who Las leen connected
with an institution of learning in that city,
having closed her studies, took board at $23 a
week vdth a French family in 12th street, on
Thursday fast, prior to a contemplated visit to
Europe! On engaging rooms she was assured
that the family consisted only of a mother and
three'daughters, and that there were no gentle
men boarders. But after she had been but 3
hours in the house, she was requested by the
servant to come to dine with a gentleman,
whom the servant described to her as very
handsome. The lady iereiMptorily declined
to dine with, the gentleman, and became alarm
ed with the appearance of things at her new
home. Not long after this a gentleman came
up stairs with one of the daughters. . Observ
ing the lady's door open, the daughter reques
ted the gentleman to step into the front par
lor, darted down stairs, and as soon as the la
dy's door was closed, she returned to the front
parlor and. with the gentleman went up stairs.
Soon after this, the lad3 heard male voices be
low, and finally became so much alarmed that
a physician was called, who bled her. The in
valid asked one of the ladies to remain with
her over night, but this was refused. In the
morning a female friend called upon her, anL
having heard her story, went to inform her late
music teacher, a lady who came in soon and
did all she could to comfort her. On Sunday
morning, when one of her lady friends called
to see her, she was refused entrance. After
trying again to get admittance in the after
noon, she called a policeman, who compelled
the door to be opened. The lady is, accord-,
ing to the informant of the Times, very rich,
aud a tcard of Bishes IIcgiies. It was certain-.
ly a very curious experience she got of board-.
ing in a French family, and probably hardly
worth $28 a week. Phila. Sun.
Significant Facts. At the late council of
Catholic Bishops, at Baltimore, every Bishop,
present was a foreigner by birth. There are
but two American born Catholic prelates iu
this country. All these hold their titles from
the potentate who governs the States of the
Church, and are bound in fealty to him, and
he and his Church are considered infallible. -Thus
we have the singular anomaly of Provin
cial Councils held in the United States by the
authorily of a foreign potentate. At one of
these held in Cincinnati, on Sunday last, the
first convened since the resident Prelate was
raised to tha rank ot an Archbishop, Bishop
Spalding, of Louisville, preached the opening
sermon, and said the unity and infalibility of
the church were essential consequences of its
Divine ordination. Iu all things thro' Christ
was that Church infallible. Were it otherwise,
the whole plan of redemption would be frustra
ted, and the cud and aim of Christ in dying on
the cross, and establishing his church, would
be of no avail. The conclusion of the discourss
had reference to the object of the council
namely, to redress grievances and reform abu-.
ses, should any be found to exist in any part
of the province, arid to engage seriously in the
consecration of the points of dicipline deem
ed most conducive to their spiritual profit.
We ask every candid American, if these coun
cils, called by aud subject to a foreign power,
have a constitutional right to icdress grievan
ces and reform abuses ? Should not Ameri
can laws reform American abuses, or must wo
go to Rome for succor ? Sun.
A Catholic Pkiest in the Watch Horse.
The Chicago Journal of tho 26th inst., gives
the following account of one f "Holy Fa
ther" getting on a spree, and finally into the
watch-house, iu Chicago, last Friday night.
It appears that the Father Confesses are not
above temptation, and sometimes Tall from
their assumed virtue and purity, as well as
other people : The Rev. Father Cavanangh,
last evening, wrapped the drapery of his soiled
robe about him, and laid down to dreams in
the sawdust of the calaboose, drunk, very un
manly, and certainly most unpriestly drunk.
He made a disturbance at the Matteson House,
about 11 o'clock, demanding a room, and af
ter being ejected from that hotel, ho took a
zig-zag course to the Tremont, where he mado
himself boisterous aud noisy; and having task
ed the forbearance of the clerks to the utmost,
he was taken in charge by olScers Noyes aud
Melvin, who offered to accompany him to any
place in the city. He was still disorderly and
ugly, and was finally locked up, and paid $10
and costs, or S13.50 for his spree. The pun
ishment and exposure will prove salutary.
Ccriosities of the Ckxscs. The census of
1850 shows that the oldest person living in tha
United States was 140. This person was an
Indian woman, residing in North Carolina.
In the same State was an Indian aged 125, a
negro woman 111, two black females 110 each,
one mulatto male 120, and saveral white males
and females aged from 10G to 111. In the pa
rish of Lafayette, Louisiana, was a female
black, aged from 110 to 115. There were in
the United States in 1850, 2,555 iersons over
100 years.' This shows that about one person
in 9,K)0 will be likely to live to that age.
There arc now 20,000 persons in the U. States
who were living when the Declaration of Inde
pendence was signed, in 1770. They must ne
cessarily be about 80 years old now, in order
to have "lived at that time. The French census
of 1851 shows only 102 persons over 100 years
old; though their total population was near 30,
000,000. Old age is, therefore attained among
us much more frequently than in France.
Americanism in Maine. -An American Stato
Convention assembled in Bangor, on Tuesday,
and adjourned next day. It was largely atten
ded, and the utnfest harmony prevailed. No
nomination for Governor was made, and it will
not be by the Convention process, but each
member of the order will have an opportunity
to express his individual preference for a can-,
didate, and the designation will be thus made
seme time previous to the 1st of August,
Strong anti-slavery resolutions were passed,
with onlv threo dissenting voices, and it is un
derstood" that comprehensive ground was taken
in relation to the politics of tho State, by rec
ognizing the republican party, and the propri
ety of concuring in the nominations of thatpar
ty,whenever practicable. Delegates were elect
ed to the National Council, which assemble at
Philadelphia next month. : r, - :..
Mrj. Patterson to be Divorced. The Bos
ton Times announces that the real Mrs. Patter
son has turned up in Lowell. She is a Califor
nia widow who has been suspected of some im
proprieties by the friends of her absent lord,
but against whom nothing tangible could be
found until the Hiss affair transpired. On Sat
urday last the lady was taken before a court on
some preliminary proceedings for divorce, in
stituted by the relatives of her husband,
and confronted by the clerk of the Washington
House, who testified, under oath, that she was
the lady who was entered as "Mrs. Patterson,'
at that hotel. It is expected that the real facts
in this curious case will now be developed. Her
real name is said to be Moody; and since the
Hiss affair, she has been missing until about a
Week ago, when she again made her abearance.
K. N. Nominations .' in M isispfi.- For
Governor, Gen. Fontaine, of Pontotoc, (State
Rights Democrat; for Judge of High Coni I,
C. P. Smith, (Whig;) for Congress, Key. R.
D. Nabers, (Union Denv.) Lockhart E. Hues
ton, (U. D.) W. A. Lake, (Whig) Hiram Ca
iady, (fate Rights Dcm.)
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