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Clearfield, Pai, "Wednesday, June 27, 1853."
THAT PREMIUM.
The lists of subscribers having at length come
in, we have been able to decide who is entitled
to the "red shirt," and it falls to the lot of
New Washington, where we send the largest
package of papers in or out of the County.
Our active friend D. S. Plotxer, gets the
'Shirt,' buttons and all. Its ready, David,
call and get it, in time for the next flood.
Your exertions on our behalf, both at home
and abroad, entitle you not only to "the pre
mium," but to our warmest thanks.
TO PRINTERS.
The Journal Office', together with all the ac
counts, books and everything else, will be sold
or leased, on reasonable terras, to a good prac
tical printer, capable of editing and conduct
ing a paper.
To a married man, with a small family, no
better oport unity can be alforded, and thore is
no country paper in the State with a better
patronage, in proportion to the number of in
habitants in the county iu w hich it is located.
It was never the design of the present publish
er to continne in the buisness, not being him
self a practical printer, and having now estab
lished the paper on a solid foundation, he has
accomplished his purpose, and desires to re
tire forever from the chair editorial. Keller
enecs as to character and ability will be requi
red. Address II. B. Swoope, Clearfield, Pa. .
A SUMMER RETREAT.
We would advise our friends, who are in
search of a healthy and salubrious retreat'
from the hot pavements and close atmosphere
of the city, to turn their steps towards Clear
field. Here we are, away up on tho summit
of tho 'blue Alleghenies,' enjoying the coolest
breezes,and healthiest atmosphere in the world,
with the bright Susquehanna rolling past lis,
and the neighboring : woods abounding in all
kinds of game, while the brooks and rivulets
are full of "speckled beauties," the very sight
of which, would make a disciple of old "Isaac
Walton" dance for joy.
- ' Ilere is the spot to regain your lost health,
or find relief from the cares of busiuess.
Coiuo to Clearfield, and we'll soon return the
bloom to your pale check, and send you back
to the city with a "right sizeable coporation,"
full of trout and venison, and (if you want it,)
tho very worst kind of -rot-gut' whiskey.
. LITERARY .NOTICES.
Household Words. We have received the
July number of this excellent English periodi
cal, edited by Chas. Dickexs. It contains the
remainder of his new novel of "Sister Rose,"
and the commencement of another entitled
" tho "Step Mother," besides a variety of inter
esting matter, such as is only found ' in the
first class Magazines. Published by Dix and
Edwards, No. P Park Place, New York.
"Price $3 per Anura. Wc will procure it for
those who desire it, and furnish it with the
Journal, for one year for $3,50.
Graham's Magazine, for July, lias come to
band, containing, in addition to its beautiful
embelishments, Poetry by Bryant, Alice Ca
ret, Park. Bexjamix, and others; the first
chapter of "The Wigwam in the Wilderness,"
by Frank Forrester (II. W. Herbert;) the
'Last of the Jnstianiani," by Mrs. E. L. Cisu
ixo, together with more than the usnal varie
. ty of matter. It is one of the very best of our
American Magazines, Published by Abraham
II. See, at $3 per annum ia advance, 2 copies
$5. G copies $10.
Tub 1x35 axd Opts of Paris. Py the Earroness
I)e Marzuerittes. Philadelphia : w. w hite smith
12 mo. pp. 400. For sale by Thomas Kotmxs, in
Shawa How," Clearfield, l'a. ' :
When Bulwer pronounced this facinating
work "a most beautiful setting of intellectual
, diamonds," it was such an endorsement of the
" book, as served at once to attract our attention;
nor were wc disappointed on its perusal, for
we found it one of the most charming works
on national manners we have ever read. It is
jiot.' simply a description of the monuments,
t sights, cafes,' and streets of Paris, but, to use
the language of the authoress, a guide book to
its hearts and hearths. It unveils to ns the
homes of that mercurial metropolis, views
and describes all tho different contrasts and
,: classes of life with piquant fancy, and has,
".'certainly, no-superior among the best writers
. . in point of purity of style and graphic descrip-
" tive power. Nothing seems to have escaped her
-. The manners, habits, religions, and politics of
the Parisians have been analyzed and gronpod
with patient observation and skill, whilo the
- book deserves the high compliment of Dumas,
who says it is "so full of bright fancies as to
leave hfm in-doubt which to pronounce the
.' brightest." Those-who wish to become thor
oughly acquainted with Paris, and its citizens of
all classes and conditions, should procure a copy
of Mme. de Marsuerittes' : "Ixss and Outs."
C7" At an American Mass Meeting, held iii
Independence Square, Phila., tho redoubta-
..- Lie "Sam'! was represented onV large trans
parency in the i guiso of a down-east Yankee,
. with yellow hair, short pantaloons, sharp noso,
and elongated straps; and was holding in each
hand the animals formerly used to distinguish
the old political parties, viz: a coon and' a
rooster, which he appeared to have strangled
by griping their throats.
..THE NEWS. - .
The news from the seat of war in the Crimea
is again highly exciting. The bombardment
of Sebastopol was recommenced on the 6th
instant. . ;
On Saturday, just before the sailing of the
Asia, a despatch was received from Lord Rag
lan, dated Friday, June 8th, 6 o'clock, P. M.
announcing that after a fierce bombardment
the French attacked and carried the Mam el on
and White Tower. The affair -was conducted
with the greatest gallantry on both sides, and
the loss of life has been, very great, but no
figures arc given. .
This event excited a great buoyancy in pub
lic feeling, and caused a plight advance in
Consols. . .
The hews, other than the above brilliant ac.
tion, possesses no features of striking impor
tance. From the Worth West.
The Indians on the Plains have actually
commenced hostilities on a largo scale, be
ginning with the capture of an emigrant train,
killing the men and taking captive the women
and children. It was rumored, and is proba
bly true, that Fort Laramie was in the hands
of the Indians, and the Messrs. Have and
McCord, of Andrew County, Mo., had. been
robbed at Ash Holrow, of 420 head of cattle,
10 horses, several wagons, 23 mules, and all
their stores and provisions. They were left
entirely destitute. The particulars of the cap
ture ofLaramio were not given.
The express merely stated that the Indians
had gathered there in great force, and had ta
ken the Fort, and that, as he came by Ash
Hollow on his way into the States, he saw
Messrs. Nave and McCord and their teamsters
and drovers, who were without horses or food,
and stated to him the f.ict of the robbery, and
that no lives were lost. This news has occa
sioned great excitement in St. Joseph.
The Indians carry no stores with them, and
depend upon the chances of each day for 'daily
bread,' and can fight as long as they roam with
the bullalo, and no infantry can cut them off.
ORIGINAL COMM UATCATION.
'EEWABE OF FOREIGN INFLUENCE."
It is within the memory of men now living,
when the illustrious Washington made use of
theso words; but little more than half a cen
tury has notched itself on the wheel of time,
and we una the language revived ; and can we
doubt the necessity for it now 1 If in the in
fancy of our Republic, it was important that
this influence should be kept down, how much
more, now that we have- grown to be n nation,
is it necessary to an existence as the freest and
most enlightened people of the earth. The
clear sightcdness of Washington perceived it,
or he would never in this his legacy to his A
merican children, (as we may be proud to call
ourselves,) have used these words. Who can
doubt but that Jic was purely and wholly devo
ted to his country, and still in all his acts wc
see the same feeling. Mark his, memorable
words, "Place none but. Americans on guard
to-night." If foreigners could not be trusted
then, for their loyalty to republican institu
tions, how can we trust them now 1 If he fear
ed rheir attachment to royalty then, why may
we not fear their antagonism to republican go
vernment now ? No doubt there are in the
present day, some few men who, like Lafayette,
could appreciate Liberty and Freedom, but
they are now as they were then, the exception,
not tho rule, hence the same necessity exists
to-day, of placing none but Jlmericans on
guard, or in other words, place none but na
tive-born citizens to rulo over us, and guard
us. Facts show this no new doctrine. What
caused the constant troubles between the kings
of England and their nobles, which eventually
brought about that famous charter of rights and
privileges, so much as the constant appoint
ment ot Foreigners to ollices of honor in the
realm, and admitting them to a voice in the
government. King Henry III. contended more
against his barons on this point than any other
and when a Magna Chart was granted by
K.ing Johu, nearly C'JQ years ago, it was ex
pressly stipulated by the nobles that "ullfw
eign ijficers should be sent out of the realm."
and this was the foundation of the Rights and
Privileges which the subjects of Great Iiritian
at this day enjoy. Is it not so with us ? Aro
not the people now demanding of those in au
thority, that Foreigners shall not be appointed
to ofiice 1 and here the peojile are the nobles !
Well indeed may we compare in this respect
our present Administration National with
King Henry, and may we not-juso say until our
cause. is gained, the war shall still be waged 1
Like the English monarch, our President and
those under his control, are pampering their
forgotten Republicanism by the servile obe
dience to "Foreign influence," and the result
is, Foreigners some of whom scarcely can
speak our native tongue fill our offices, con
trol our Custom Houses, superintend our na
tional works, and divide the "spoils" of a cor
rupt administration. It is for the American
nobles to say, how long these things shall con
tinue. ' It is needless for any one to say the Demo
cratic Party, as represented by our President
and his followers, is not virtually a Foreign
Party in all its acts and feelings. It is vain
to deny that they are actuated by an dnti
Jlmerican policy, and are wholly under the in
fluence, civil and religious, of those who have
no feelings in common with an American.
Facts show this, one instance will suffice.
In the recent election in Buffalo, tho sev
enth Ward occupied almost exclusively : by
foreigners (Germans) cast 088 votes for the
Democratic candidate for Judge, whilo his
American opponent received only 50 votes,
there is no disputing this, the returns show it.
The present Administration is thoroughly op
posed to the principles of Washington; tho
great principles on which our Government
was founded, and on which it alone must rest,
if we expcctato be successful in the raco of
nations. We dare not bo so uncharitable as
to suppose that Franklin Pierce who unfor
tunately has a right to the Presidential chair
nearly two years longer has entirely lost
sight of tho fundamental doctrines of Repub
lican Government, that he is bound to ,boy
the voice of the people, and that he is not the
ruler, but virtually is the ruled. They who
have given, can also take away, and his fate is
sealed, if the American party are true to their
trust, v Abandoned as he now is by almost ev
ery honest American, while we can pity his
weakness, we cannot overlook his faults, what
hope is there left for him, but in the bosom of
the Foreign Population whose cause he has
espoused. But the day is not far off, .when
the fiat .shall go forth, front, the North as well
as the South, from the Eastaud the West, ami
that from the home of an American President.
A successor of Washington "Place none but
Americans on guard to nights" ' O. O. : .
- Philadelphia, Jnoe.23, 18.35r"c" : ;'-'' '
CCF" The annual Synod of the Presbvteiian
Church of Canada, was opened with diviue
service in'Montreal, on the 1 1th inst.
From the New York Herald.
Grand Flare-up in the Philadelphia Know
Nothing Council on the Question of Slavery
SUll Brilliant Prospects for the Future.
The proceedings of the great National
Know-Nothing or American Party Council, in
Philadelphia, will attract in a most especial
manner, the attention ot tho public. On the
slavery question, as might have been naturally
expected, there has been a decided split.
The platform reported by the committee, which
received a majority late on Wednesday night,
has been publicly repudiated by many of the
Northern States, headed by Massachusetts, in
a series ol separate resolutiens, passed in a
special meeting, and addressed to the people
of. the United States. This result has been
generally anticipated. But instead of this
split being a disaster to the Know-Nothings,
wc are inclined to think that it will constitute
a stronger ground for them to acquire further
victory and power over the old parties in the
separate States. It was idle to suppose, in
the present stato of excited feeling between
the North and South on slavery, caused by tho
Pierce Administration, that any common
ground of agreement could be .found for the
construction of a mtional platform other than
opposition to that imbecile administration.
They were compelled to agree to disagree on
slavery. This will give the Know-Nothings
the vantage ground in future contests, both
North and.South, each in their own Stale.
They will now fall back, each State on its own
passions, principles, prejudices and humbugs,
either on slavery or anti-slavery, and thus
have a better chance to carry the elections of
this year than they otherwise could have done.
In nine or twelve months they will be able to
call another National Council or Convention,
simply for the nomination of President and
Vice President, and we venture to say that on
that single plank invoicing simply eighty mil
lions ofspoitsper annum there will be no split
no division no flare-up.
We rather think, therefore, judging of these
matters in a practical way, that the Know
Nothings as a party will now become in each
State the most formidable of any other in the
field. Take, for instance, the Know-Nothings
of New York. . The course of the Northern
and Southern men relieves them from all com
promises to Southern sentiment, and they can
go into election next fall on any platform that
will bo the most popular or carries' the most
votes, without regard to slavery or anti-slavery.
We verily believe that by the droll re
sult or split of the Council in Philadelphia,
both the Sewaol party and the Frank Pierce
party are completely caught in a trap. The
several Know-Nothing State organizations
over the Cniun will never bo abandoned till
after the" Presidential election of lSofi, and
for that single contest they can bring already
nearly 1,500,000 absolute voters into the field,
besides. tho volunteers they may pick up by
thc wav.
From the Wilniigton, N. C. (Demo.) Journal.
A S0EER SECOND THOUGHT.
It strikes us that some of the people of Kas
sas, or of the border countries of Missouri, arc
acting very foolishly, as well as improperly ;
that in their zeal for slaver' they are doing
much that must eventually prejudice tho cause
they set themselves up to defend.- Violence
and illegality cannot fail to produce a reaction
against the ;auso which they claim to assist,
and in the end produce a state of things deep
ly to be regretted.
" It would appear that Governor Reeder is un
popular with certain poitions of these people,
whether justly or unjustly we do not pretend
to say ; nor is the decision in this question at
all important in this connexion. If there are
reasons why he should be removed there is a
proper mode and manner of procedure, by re
presentations in the proper quarter. Instead
of this it seems that they have chosen, to take
the matter into their own hands to threaten
to drive the Governor out of the Territory,
and either to elect. a Governor on their own
hook or to dictate to the President who shall
be the Governor to bo appointed in Reeder's
place after that gentleman shall have been
driven out. Now, this is nothing more nor
less than plain revolution a direct nullifica
tion of laws constitutionally enacted, and a
defiance of duly constituted authority. This
is Wrong, no. matter how unpopular Reeder
maybe; and wc need hardly say .how vitally
important it is for the South to be strictly
right in every step of the controversy now
pending. ,
' The truth seems to be that, in the eflort to
secure t-he control of the new Territory and
futuic State., both parties, pro-slavery and
anti-slavery; are using every. means in their
power to carry the elections; anil that, in fur
therance of this object, men have crossed the
lino from tho neighboring States to vote, as
well from Iowa as from Missouri, and that the
Governor, as in duty bound, has endeavored
to prevent illegal voting by persons not bona
lido- residents of the Territory, as prescribed
by tho law organizing it; hence the outcry
which has been raised against him on all hands.
But, be this as it may, the means resorted to
to get rid of him are illegal, unjust ifiable, and
must do harm. They must deprive the South
of that strong position of right and legality
which it has hold against Northern fanaticism,
and should therefore be discouraged by Sout h
ern men.
Testimonials to Commodore Perry. Tho
presentation of the plate which was voted by
the . General Assembly of Rhode Island, to
Commodore M. C. Perry, as a token of appre
ciation of his distinguished services in the Ja
pan Expedition, took placo on the steps of the
State House at Newport, on Thursday last, in
presence of a large assembly of ladies, and
gentlemen. The occasion was entirely a civic
one, Commodore Perry having requested that
there should be no military display. The tes
timonial consists of only one peice of plate
a silver salver, weighing S20 ounces, or tho
most beautiful workmanship, and bearing tho
following inscription:
Presented to
CMMMODORK MATTHEW CALURET7I TERRY,
In tho name of tho People of tho Stuto of Rhode
Inland, by their (Jcncrul Assembly, in testimo
ny of their appeoiation of his sorrwes to :
his country, in nejjociatin a Treaty -of
Amity and Commerce with
Japan ; -
and in acknowledgement of tho honor ho has con
ferred upon his native State; in ever maintain
ing the renown of the name ho bears, and
adding to tho triumphs of his pro-
fession, those of humanity.
and peace. '
Feb. 2S, 1855."
Govener Hoppin, in presenting the plate,
made an-appropriate - address, to which Com
modore Perry responed. Daily News.
" Washington Matters. The President has
called Gov. Reeder and other Kansass Terri
torial officials to account for speculations in
Kansas with half-breeds, .in violation .of the
acts of. Congress, and tells him he cannot be
kept in office unless the impressions now on
his mind 'shall be removed by satisfactory ex
planations, j Gov. Reeder has promised to re
ply when he lias reached Kansas. Sonle is at
Washington', on cordial terms with tlie Presi
dent. His book is not to appear until autumn.
Mr. " Crampton, . British Minister, has , left
Washington destination unknown. Rev. Dr.
Parker Missionary, having at' present the
charge of the diplomatic relations or onr Gov
ernment in China, writes that he will be in this
1 country in about a mouth to recruit his health.
CHANGE OF TTJNE , v .
Napoleon' I. had what is commonly termed
a State Printer, named, if we remember aright,
Beatigaud. When Napoleon Was transferred
to Elba, the printer joined in with the new dy-'
nasty, under which he continued his former
business. The Corsican, growing tired of ex
ile, mustered several hundred men and sailed
for France, thinking to re-establish himsrlf on
the throne which ho had been compelled to
surrender. When, with his body-guard, he
touched the shores of France, the news spread
with unusual rapidity and soon reached Paris.
Beaugaud, still in the employ of the Bour
bons, announced the circumstance thus laconi
cally: "The Usurper has landed at Cannes!"
As Napoleon advanced towards Paris,, thous
ands upon thousands flocked to his standard,
and in a few days he found himself at the
head of a formidable army. Under this promi
sing aspect of the Emperor's affairs, Beau
gaud's advertisement stattd : " Napoleon has
reached Fontainbleau !" Onward pressed the
revolutionists, augmenting every hourfn num
bers, until they had arrived in the capital and
everything indicated a triumph for tho return
ed exile. The State printer onco more gave
notice of the progress of events, this time an
nouncing : " The Emperor has arrived in Pa
ris!" The foregoing anecdote, read by us several
years ago, was recalled to mind the other day
in consequence of the change in the tone of
the N. Y. Tribune, as every reader of that pa
er must have observed, after the meeting of
the National Know-Nothing Council in Phila
delphia, whither one of the editors had gone
to report proceedings. Previously the Know
Nothings had been treated by the Tribune as
a set of barbarians and scoundrels, but when
the reporter reached Philadelphia and saw tho
Council composed of several hundred of the
first men in the nation, among them Govern
ors, Ex-Governors, Judges, United States
Senators and. Members of Congress, " what a
fall was there, my countrymen!!" For the
first time, the Tribune spoke in respectful
terms of tho new party, and it grew more re
spectful still as day by day it published the
proceedings of tho Council. With tho Trib
une it was first " Hindoos," next it. was
" Know-Nothings," and now it is, very respect
fully, " Americans." This change of tone is
a good omen, indicative of the strength of the
party, and. like the Paris priuter did of Napo
leon, the Tribune may speak of Know-Nothings
in still more respectful terms hereafter as
their prospects continue brightening. Indi
ana Register.
Dovolab jEiiROLn's rixiox op the Ameri
cvx Party. In the columns of Lloyd's Week
ly Review, edited by Douglas Jerrold, one of
the ablest writers of the age, we found the fol
lowing interesting article. He says:
Parties are many in America. ' They rise
like mushrooms and fade liko mist. Every
Presidential election brings a crop of them
they rage for a day aro beard for ti week
and forgotten in a month. Such are the Sew
ards and the Fillmoreites the Hards and the
Softs, and many more. These como up with
certain men, and fall out of sight when the
men do so. Other parties remain like the
Free Soilcrs and Pro-Slavers because they
represent ideas personily a conflict which
are permanent on the American soil.
Most of these parties are well known in Eng
land, and they are all worth studying; for the
politics of" America are the politics of the fu
ture. As the French diplomatist observed the
other day, L'Jvenir est nglo-Sxuon. The
latest party in the Union is the party facetious
ly known as the Know Nothing party a name
which the party accepts in the large spirit of
contempt in which the Puritans received their
historical designation. All things considered,
the Know-Nothings arc the most impressive
development of American life. Hitherto Amer
ica has been a refuge f'r the outcasts of all
nations the home of all who fled from debt,
from tyranny, from starvation, from justice.
It has received all rejected none. This was
a grand experiment but has only partially
succeeded.
Some of the emigrants especially the Irish
brought mischief with them evil passions
and bad habits; and . as all were admitted to
political power to vote at elections public
men had to stoop to their baseness to get sup
port; and hence a lower style of public morals
became the rule iu large (owns. The .Know
Nothings who compromise the most intellec
tual and prosperous men of the American dc-
mocracv sav this evil must be staved. Their
cry is, "America for the Americans." And
surely this cry is reasonable as "Italy for the
Italians," or "Hungary for the Hungarians."
The new part' ii a protest against Irish politi
cal profligacy, and against Jesuit influence in
America. They seek to deprive the immi
grant hordes of the means of mischief. Their
motto is ''Protection to . all Power to the
American born."
Atfairs ix Kansas. The Wshington Union
publishes a series -of .papers in rtdation to
the affairs in the Territory of Kansas, con
sisting of correspondence between Governor
Reeder and Commissionei Manypenny, letters
of Geo. W. Clarke, Indian Agent to Col. A.
Gumming, Superintendent of Indian Affairs,
and letters of Secretary Marcy to Governor
Reeder. The correspondence between Com
missioner Manypenny and Gov. Reeder has
already been made public tho other letters
are now for the first time iublished. The
great length of the latter prevents our pub
lishing them this morning. Wc can only no
tice that uder date of June 11th, Secretary
Marcy writes to Gov. Reeder, that the Presi
dent has directed him to inform Gov. Reeder,
that with the developments now before, the
President, in reference to purchases of Kansas
half-breed reservations, made by Gov. Reeder
in the Territory of Kansas, and also, in refer
ence to "other speculations" made by the
Governor in Kansas lands, "apparently in vio
lation of acts of Congress and of regulations
of the department, ho (tho President) feels
embarrassed to see how, consistently with his
conviction of duty, he can allow the present
oflicial relation to the Territory of Gov. Reed
er, or of Judges Johnston and Elmbe, and
Mr. Isaacs, the District Attorney of the Ter
ritory, to continue, unless the impressions
which now rest on his. mind. shall be removed
by satisfactory recommendations.".
Governor Reeder, under date of Juno 14th,
answers that, as he was just starting lor Kan
sas, he should have to delay a deliberate reply
to Secretary Marcy's letter until he could
reach home. The Union makes no comments
on the correspondence, as further explanations
aro yet to come from Gov. Reeder and the
other officers Of the Territory. It. is signifi
cant, however, And leaves no room to doubt
that Pierce, being too cowardly to comply
with the demands of Atchison, now has made
up his mind to embarrass Reeder, and finally
compel him to resign. .. If such was not his
object, why has he not long sinco demanded
the explanation now asked ? '
A Ciiampaigxk Bottle an "Original Pack
age." rln Detroit, Mich., T. Gallaher recent
ly sold a bottle of champaigoe, and the Court,
after argument, held that ho had not violated
the prohibitory liquor law on the ground ' that
it was sold in the "original package." Ac
cording to this decision," we think the pro
hibitory law -can-reach neither champaigne.'
ale, nor liquors imported, as many are, in bot
tles. What a wise provision iu our Maine law
this "original package" clause is!
. Publication -of th I,ft-w. Adverts r".!-,
Tho present mode of publishing thii Jaws in
Pennsylvania i:- a fa reel They ordiiiarilyViniko
their appearance about the middle of Angiist,
or some lour months ;ifter the adjonriimeiit'of
the Legislature and meanwhile, he that vio
lates those unpublished Statutes, , about which
he has heard and knows as much as a Hottentot j
is politely informed that '-'ignorance of t in
law excuseth no .man,'.' and compelled to pay
the penalty. We believe that they could be
published, in at least one newspaper in each
county in the State, at a less cost to the Com
monwealth, than the $C0,W0 or upwards that
is now paid annually to the State printer.
And we arc very suro that this mode would
reach a larger proportion of our citizens by
five hundred per cent, than aro enlightened by
the present pamphlet process. The expense
could be greatly reduced too, by requiring
the Secretary to publish only the general laws,
and compelling County Commissioners, Bank
Directors, Incorporators, or such other parties
as might be interested, to publish' at their
own expense all other statutes, charters or en
actments. In addition to this wc would sug
gest a law making all statutes inoperative, un
til they shall have been published at least three
weeks in the county or district interested
therein. We also believe that Banks, Saving
Institutions, and Insurance companies should
be required to publish monthly, or at furthest
quarterly, reports under oath of tho proper
officer. In the city of New York, a statement
of Bank allairsislaid before the public through
the papers once a week. The law on the sub
ject of slander and libel also requires revision
and modification, loung America doirt be
lieve in the ancient barbarous code, which
teaches that " the greater the truth, the great
er the libel," and she'll never learn it. She
is used to plain, straight-forward, out-spoken
words, and understands truth to be truth un
der any circumstances, and only falsehood to
be libelous or slanderous. .
. We would further suggest to our editorial
brethren, and citizens generally, for all are
interested, the propriety of agitating these
and kindred subjects now. It has too fre
quently been the case, that important meas
ures have not been .fairly presented or dis
cussed until after the meeting of our Legisla
tors; and rtndcr such circumstances they are
slow to believe that any considerable propor
tion of their constituents feel interested, and
slower still to act. Were we. not so young at
the business, wc would recommend a conven
tion, to meet at Hurrisborg on Tuesday, the
7th of Angust. to consist of all the editors and
publishers of Pennsylvania. Take them all in
all, they are the hardest worked, poorest paid,
best looking set of men we know -of, and
certainly have a right to sco each other once
in a generation, as1 well as to discuss and
arrange the general interests of the Press.
Telegraph.
Post-Office Abuses. Complaints against
the management of our Post-Otlice details arc
growing very common, and fully justify the
assertions that the Post-Office Department of
the United States is the worst managed of any
in the civilized world. The instances in which
letters and packages of importance are mislaid
or missent are so numerous that to publish
them all would occupy colums.' One of tho
latest published failures of duty on the part of
the Post-Oflice, however, we copy from an ar
ticle on Post-Oflice matters in tho Syracuse
Chronicle of the t?th inst. It is as follows:
"j)n tho Oth of March last, a package was made
up at tho Onondago County Hank in this city, and
forwarded to the American Exchange Hank, in tho
City of New York, through tho Post-office. It con
tained a draft for S2:J9 i0, another for SI, 000, an
other for St0 40, and an acceptance for Si 000. The
package did not arrive at the time expected, and
the officers of the Bank, after due iuquiry, wrote to
tho Jsew York Postmaster once or twice in regard
to it, but that functionary did not deign to answer
the letters. The drafts were made good, and : the
matter was set down to profit and loss and almost
forgotten, when a note inclosing tho drafts was re
ceived from the ltock City Paper Mills, in Sarato
ga County. The letter was destroyed, but the drafts
wore preserved by mere accident. The note con
taining them, was dated May 23, and stated that
the letter came in a mrues of other materials from
Buchanan & Parsons. No. 16 Bcekman street, who
received It among refuse papers, wrappers, Ac.,
from the. New York City Post-Office."
In the Boston Post-Office, lately some eigh
teen or tweutv letters, addressed to some of
the most respectable houses in that city, were
found lying in the cellars, having been care
lessly thrown there by somebody, as so much
waste paper. But the Herald publishes an in
cident having relation to Post-Ollice manage
ment, which calls if possible for still louder
censure, indeed for strict invest igation. It says :
"A gentleman residing in this city, a few days
sinco wrote a letter and directed it to a friend in
tho country put a stamp on it, and sent it to the
Post-Ufiico In a few hours it was returned to
him. encdosed in a wrapper, with a note from tho
Postmaster, stating that there was no such Post
Offico in the United States.
Now. how did tho Postmaster find out who sent
thislcttcr? Thegentlcnian himself cannot tell, and
wc certainly cannot. Was tho seal broken ? and if
so, what right had the Postmaster to break it?:'
Farmkrs' High School of Pennsylvania.
In accordance with the act of incorporation,
a meeting of the Trustees of the Farmers'
High Scheol of Pennsylvania was held at Har
risburg, on Thursday, the ldth inst. Members
present, the Governor and Secretary of the
Commonwealth, Frederick Watts, A. O. Hies
ter, John Strohm, A. L. Elwyn, James Miles,
II. N. M'AUister, and Robert C. Walker.
Communications were received from. Jamss
Gowen, President of the Pennsylvania State
Agricultural Society, and the Hon. Wm. Jes
sup, regretting their inability to attend the
meeting. The following resolution was passed:
Rrmlved. Thatfiov Pollock, Frederick Watts,
and Alfred L. Klwyn,. be appointed a committee,
whose duty it shall be, with ns little delay as pos
sible, to view tho lands offered tho .' Farmers'
High School." by Uen. James Irwin, of Centre
county, and Hon. James Miles, of Frio county,
with such other situations as to them shall seem
advisable, and report to tho Trustees at their next
meeting in reference, to tho location of the Insti
tution, and as to the fund., Ac , necessary for its
establishment; and that as many of the Trustees
as can-make it convenient be and thoy are hereby
requested to accompany the committee.
The' committee decided to start from Har
risburg on Monday the 25th instant, to proceed
to Centre county, from thence to Erie, If
there arc any other propositions to donate land
tp the Farmers' nigh School, with a view of
its location, let them now be mado.
- C"The Pennsylvania State Agricultural
Society, have published their regulations' for
the next exhibition at Harrlshurg. '-The days
selected for the Fair are Tuesdav, iVednesday,
Thursday and Friday, the 2oth,"Gth, 27th and
2Sth days of September. The Ploughing Match
will take placo on Friday, the 2Sth,; in a field
adjacent to the place of exhibition. Compe
tition is invited from all parts of. tho United
States. , It is expected tho comiug exhibition
will be one of the largest and most altractivo
ever held in this or Any other State.
Uxfortcnate Occurrence. On last Wed
nesday, the loth inst., a difficulty took place
in Canoe township between Samuel Smith, of
said township, and Alexander Gorman, of
Montgomery, which led to a scuflilo and ended
in Smith striking Gorman on the back part of
the head with a single-tree..- Gorman is in a
precarious situation, and Smith was arrested
and brought to town by officer Tiger, and
committed to prison. Tho. parties are both
young men. --7ii'jrti? Rcgistrr.
I: STANZUS.
TieJietitrdlo an JiutivMooi in tk Pcrxnteof Lici
rr HndcrDffll-nltieypf a Sittutr Morning.
Iimanent destrttkshonist of Lacker,
Probablec your dri. .
Maybe there's vacuum in your bowels;
You feci slitely
kurioui in the abdominal regens?
H'arrt a etimutater, eh ? It can't bo did ;
PuseyV shut upp; and. Trout' krib is klozod tjo.
V' Emanent destrukshonist !
Imbibatcr of alk.iholik likwid,
The krisis wat was to havo arriven has aroven. "
The knew Sunday law are a ficksed phact.
. That soletarie dime, xesureckted from
the depths of tbi trowers," kant awaken
A simpatbetic rcsponx. or a tod. frum ' . 4" J
Your kurlce-hedded friend at Hershfs, ! I I i
Alkaholik Imbibater!
Knocktnrnel jyraten navvegatcr.
Last nite you were 12-llths drunk, and
. When you went homo you had a
Misscllanious mixture of the legs;
felt tired, perhaps. Konsckwentloa - -
You feel heeted about the innard. , , ,. " " '
"la not the phlattering unkshnn to your sole
That youre aloan this morning
; Thercs numerous people of the saira .
; Stripe with similar feelinks, :
: : Knockturnel navvegater ! .
Pcmonstratcr of the power of suckshen
' This in an cpecodo in your karecr :
A full stoop to your mubishus aspcrachunr
; after spirits; .
; You kant get your morning rashens
(Juy's gone- a fishin, and
oney s is klosed naroo Bottle is visibul
I to the naked I. . -
: ns you stand fornenst the door
You anxiously wish for a drink.
& it don't kum, '
, I'emenstrater of suckshen
Kocktalc annyhylater.!
Your a ingurcd person, a wictim - .
. of legislativ stupiditce ; -, ;
You kan do without working all tho weak,
and rest on Suridee ; - -
But you can't drir.k lie kerb days
and dry up on the 7th. :
Your fizikal cistern is not
kap.ible of appreshoating
tho ojinatcrai law;
Your natchur revolts at water. .
Kocktale annyhylator!
Enamce to water! '
You boleave water useful for ablushun
and knavigable purposes only ;
' not refrcshin, beneficial ;
j or inviggorate as a bevurago.
Strange idee but not uukominon.
However, you're dun for. The Sunday law
is ithprrativ a certaintce r. . . -I
passed by a majorite vote.
Xot a drop of liker, wholcsail or
rctaile, kan you get on Sundcc "
Enemec to water.
!t '.- ' -
Objek of kommis.-urashun ! ,., ,
Yours is a hard knse. , '
rekiviring brandee A koinpashun. -You
may koxe, purswadc, beg. promis, Ac ,
but its of no use.;
the ' kanine kwadruped ie defunkt.'
"Why dident you get a bottle on
Paturdee night? i ;
Ime sorry for you reform ; stop ;
shut down ; refleckt ; hesitate before
you get korned on Saturdee .1
nite, unless you prepair for-
emergences', i-.-'i . -
Objck of kommissurashun '.
Amf.ricax Mektivo at Eastox. Trie American
party held a meeting in tho public square at
Eaton. on Friday evening of lat week, which is
generally conceded to have bean tho largest ever
Kssembleil there.
Dr. Samuel Sandt was called to the Chair, and
a series of resolutions were adopted, which en
dorsed the platform established in Philadelphia.,
as the political creed of the party, but at tho
same time deprecating the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise as a breach of sacred compact be
tween the North and South, and declaring tho
twelfth section of the platform docs not endorse
the Missouri outrage as has been alleged, but re
fers the wbolo subject of Slavery to the proper
legislation, not committing the party to any spe
cific action.
The Hon.'E. Joy Morris was introduced and de
livered an eloquent address. He was followed by
Mayor Conrad. The latter commenced by apolo
gizing for his inability to deliver a speech, being
completely worn out by his official labors at home.
He, however, delivered a very effective speech in
vindication of American principles, which wa
hailed by the most vociferous applause.
A speech from Henry L." Smith, of Philadelphia.,
closed the proceedings. ' ' "
Subsequently the speakers were serenaded by
the Eastou :md, aud Jadge Conrad responded In
a short speech. '
Kxow-XoTHixfis tx Rhode Island. A meeting
of the Know-Nothing State Council of Rhode- Isl
and, was held on "Wednesday, and approved tb
action of their delegates a Philadelphia. A
platform of.principles was adopted, embracing
the following points tho .unconditional restora
tion of the Missouri Compromise ; the repeal.' with
out the retroactive operation, of all acts of Con
gress making grants of land to unnaturalized for
eigners ;'. the refusal to extend the right of Fnf
frage to all foreigners until they shall have resi
ded in the United States twenty-ono years; the
holding of public offices by natives only ; a legal
and Constitutional prohibition of all traffic iu al
coholic liquors ; and the removal of the regulation
of socrcsy which at present binds tho Order. , Tho
" American" portion of the platform is very simi
lar in substance and language to that of the Know
Nothing Convention at Philadelphia. .--
' CArTrnKOF Ancther "Filliccster" Vessel'.
For sometime past the government has been keep
ing a watch on two suspicious vessels lying at an
chor off the coast of Florida. Tho Star of last
evening says a dispatch frein Mobile was received
at "Washington, yesterday, announcing that tho
revenue cutter on that station had just brought in
to the port of Mobile one of the suspected vessels,
which is said to bo loaded with boxes of army auv
inunitioo. The Government immediately tele
graphed the district attorney at Mobile to libel
her. It is not improbable that Col. Kinny, who is
among the niissmg is on his way. to Florida to em
bark his expedition on these vessels. If so, be is
doomed to another disappointment.
Another Schoolmaster Murdered. Tho Mem
phis papers state that a keeper of an academy at
Pontotoc, Miss., named Huowy, recently puuished
one of his pupils, for which he was waylaid and at
tacked by tho boy's brother. The two clinched,
and thoso w ho saw it, thought it only a scuttle
between thorn, untill they saw B. run a few yards,
his hands upon his abdomen, and fall down lifeless.
The young man was arrested at once. Mr. Rrowx
was a man much respected, and loaves a young
widow. According to tho verdict in tho case of
Ward, for killing Hutler, there is no law to pun
ish the 'murderer of a schoolmaster.
jrg"Mrs. Thomson, tho Jes3y Lewars of "Robert
Burns, died in Dumfries, on the 2t5th ult., at the
advanced age of nearly four-score yoars. Jessy
was on the most intimate torms with the poet and
his family. She also closed the! eyes of the poet
dimmed with death that eye of which Sir Walter
Scott said, "I have seen most of tho eminent men .
of my day, but 1 never saw an eye like Robert
Hum's.'' - '' - -
L'.7 A letter writer in an exchange paper ays
he mado a serious mistake, while stopping at a ho
tel in an interior town of a neighboring State, in
telling a seedy-looking individual that his pocket
handkerchief was sticking out behind, but which
in fact proved to he, U, ttmportt! O, morrs!
something else, "., : .- , , 7
The Planet Venus is now the evening star,
and will continue AO untill Oct,' 1st. For two'or
throe months it -will be increasing in brilliancy,
and may be plainly seen in the evening, east of
and about 15 degrees from. the sun. '
L"Jov. Reodcr has started on his return to
Kansas, to resume his official duties, and expects
to reach Pawnee before the assembling of the Ter
ritorial LcgilaUro there ou the 2nd of July..'
L 5fMrs. Partington's Ike has bought ahorse tha.
i so spiritous that he always goes oB in a docaatcr
tr Y, o tll that he has to get down on ins jj
ter of home and barel oi bull dogs.
He to crcwr.
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