TBI iilTSHAfl'S HUME.
Clearfield, Pa., Wednesday, August 15, 1859.
Acknowledgement. Received of the Rev.
J. JC. at Cherry Tree, one dollar on adverts.
.ApotOGCTic The loss of a hand compels
us to rive less than our usual qnantity of mat
ter this week. "We regret it, but can't help it.
It trill soon be made right again. ;
rilnoMt. iIhivoe. The Democratic Union
and Peinsiifrawa Patriot, at Ilarrisburg, have
been consolidated, Mr. Hopkins of the Patriot
assuming the editorial control of the joint es-
tablisment. . " "" '
- The Sesats. "We Lave heard it aid that
it is the intention of the Democratic party to
re-nominate Hahlin, for the Senate from this
District- . James T. Leonard, of this place
wo see, is a candidate. .We suspect that the
Judge is a leetlt behind time. i I
Election News. Contrary to our announce
ment last week, Tennessee appears to have
gone for the Democrats. The election was
very close. The Americans have carried
Kentucky by a large majority. In Alabama,
Shortbridge, the American candidate, is
about' four thousand ahead, as far as heard
from. ' ' '
Declines. We understand that Hon. J.L.
Dawson, declines the appointment of Govern
or of Kansas, saying that it was equally unex
pected and unsolicited. We are glad to hear it
Had he accepted, he would have demonstrated
that his 'honesty' and 'integrity were far from
Invulnerable. We are clad that he has so
promptly refused the insulting offer.
Sick of it. Mr. Houston, the only free-soil
member in the Missouri-Kansas Legislature,
has got sick of bad company and - resigned.
He says that several members of the so-called
Legislature are not and never were residents In
.tho Territory, but are still living in Missouri,
and adds that these and other facts of atroci
ous Illegality "eaused me, mortified and dis
gusted at the "assumptions of my countrymen,
to retire from 'a position which I could no
longer retain with ''credit or honor to myself,
oriastice to mv "constituents." And thus
r -
Lot fled from Sodom.
A Trick or the Enemy. Wo understand
that an attempt is being made by one or two
individuals, calling themselves "old line
Whigs," to get up a County Convention and
nominate a regular Whig ticket. It is scarce
ly necessary to fay to those who are Whigs
from principle, that this is nothing but a mis
erable scheme of Locofocoism to distract and
weaken their opponents. W"e have no objec
tion to a 'People Convention' to nominate a
ticket in opposition to the Locofocos, but it
mcst be apparant to the veriest child in poli
tics, that a distinctive Whig ticket, will be
the very measure that will secure the success
of the Locofoco candidates.
But if there is to be a Whig Convention,
(and we are satisfied that the mass of the party
do not want it,) let it be called by those who
hare voted the Whig ticket, and not by rene
gades who, for at least two years back, have
voted with the Locofocos. "Acts speak loud
er than words,'' and Whigs will believe tho
professions of men who claim to - belong to
their party when they vote to sustain its prin
ciples and candidates. We propose that the
opponents of Locofocoism, of.all parties, hold
a County Convention and nominate a Peoples'
ticket. This would seem to be the proper
way to get at it, and snch a ticket would un
doubtedly be successful. :.
j Honorable Opposition ! When men seek to
break down a paper opposed to their system of
politics, by honorable means, we think but lit
tle of it, but when they stoop to make slaves
of their fellows, to destroy their rights and
J ram pie them in the dust, in order to carry
oat their design, then wo think it is time they
should bo exposed and denounced. When a
man who claims to be a citizen of a free coun
try, uses the control which his money may give
him to oppress his fellows and take from them
their rights as freemen, he places himself in a
position to receive the denunciation of every
republican and every honest man.
A miserable money-shavers of this vicini
ty, who takes delight only in impoverish
ing his fellows and crashing them beneath his
feet, has seen proper to attempt to bring bis
influence to bear upon us, in an endeavor to
break down our paper. Now, we don't care a
straw, as far as we are concerned ourself, what
he does with this object in view. We despise
and defy him. But when he so tramples on the
.rights of freemen as to threaten them with an
execution or judgment which he holds against
them, f they do not discontinue our paper I then
,f .think. H is time for us to speak out. We
- ;Vant the miserable creature, who, for a paltry
. sixpence, would singe his soul in the fires of a
place that shall be nameless, to know that we
.are aware of tho attempts Jie is making, and
.that we are determined if ever he repeats the
outrage, tS expose.him.
We don't care a straw for prosecution for
Jlibel. We are prepared to prove all we assert,
'and just so sure as we bear of this unmitiga
ted villian, who would rob the orphan of his
"bread, repeating this groan outrage on the
' rights of ix American citizen, just that sure
' will we publish' his name to the community,
together with all the circumstances. He may
look out for breakers.
Rxronmn V02v T , -nlnknn J
will be found the troceedin!rs of x Railroad I
MeeUn 'held yesterday rnofniBg in the Court I
House. We sincerely hope that this attempt
bo ensure the success of our lon2 projected en- J
terprise will not like its "predecessors prove
abortive!' If those who are abundantly able to
take stock, and who are directly interested in
the success of the road, would manifest the
proper spirit, the whole amount of stock could
be obtained and the road made.
It is certainly strange that we have men
among us possessed of large fortunes owning
hundreds of acres of valuable timber lands,
and vast fields of the finest quality of, bitumi-.
nous coal, which only awaits an introduction
into market to yield an immense profit, who
will stand back, and by hesitatingto subscribe,
or by subscribing a niggardly, paltry sum,
throw cold water on the enterprise. It always
puzzles us to think what the Creator ever made
such men for. They, are a miserable burden
to the community, that hangs like a mill-stone
about the neck of Progress.
Since these men, who xan so complacently
look over broad acres, the title deeds to which
are secure in their breeches pocket, are so
rery poor, . that they are unable to subscribe
liberally to au enterprise which will not only
benefit themselves but the entire country, let
the hard fisted yeomanry of Clearfield, who
have made them what they . are, come up to
the work and make them still richer. We
have talked until we are tired to those who
consider themselves the wealthy men of our
community, and all without effect! We ap
peal now to the sons of toil those who are
only-able to take a single share of stock, to
come to the meeting to be held the week of
the adjourned court, and make the road. They
can do it, and thus shame the miserly note
shavers of Clearfield, who think more of a six
pence fleeced from honest poverty, than one
of our hardy lumbermen, who is possessed
only of a 'clean shirt and a dollar,' docs of all
their broad acres, judgements, and bank stocks.
Come then, citizens of Clearfield, attend the
meeting, mako the road, develope the resour
ces of your county, lesson your taxes, and pile
higher, for these miserable money worshipers,
their golden shrine.
Correspondence of "tho Journal."
Philadelphia, August 11, 1355
The days are flying round, and the .weeks
are piling one on the other, and we are begin
ning at last to feel the fall trade. Our Hotels
show a full arrival list every day, and by this
time many of them are pretty full, and the fa
ces of many old buyers from the West, may
be seen on our streets To give you some idea
of the trade of last month which was in some
way or other connected with Philadelphia I
will instance the business on the Penna. R. II.
during that time, as compared with July, 1S54 :
Receipts in July, 1855, $307,510 34
Do.
do.
1854, 209,293 87
Increase this year, $98,216 47
Or nearly 100 per cent, andvance on last
year's business for the same month.
The total receipts for the 7 months in this
year being $2,157,978 11, a pretty round sum
Politics seem to be at a discount just.now,
unless the riots in Louisville will serve to en-
flame some of our moro enthusiastic Ameri
cans, and that great outrage should not be
suffered to die away and be forgotten. No one
can read the full accounts as they are given to
us by the papers published on the spot, with
out coming to the conclusion that the war has
commenced in earnest, that American liberty,
is endangered on American soil. The mercen
aries of a foreign power are at work among us,
and, unless a full stop is soon put to their ne
farious proceedings, we shall see the mournful
spectacle of the Home of Freedom made the den
of the vilest se-pents that infest the earth men
with vipers' fangs, Mho, unprovoked, can, in
the broad light of day, destroy the lives of
their fellow beings for the sin of being Ameri
can Ly birth, and American in feeling.
A strange document came to light in the
"North American" of yesterday. A resigna
tion from Wm. B. Reed, Esq., as a member of
tho Whig State Committee. He assigns as his
reason that the Committee are swayed by the
Know Nothings, and he will have nothing to
do with them. He also says prophetically
we suppose that the doom of the new party is
sealod and that their days will be few ; if so, I
wonder he did not remain in tho Committee,
and try to hasten that wished for event. But
"Sam" is not dead yet, and does not seem to
be dying very fast ; he has yet as many faithful
sons as . he will require in the hour of need,
and the same spirit and feeling that once nerv
ed our fathers of '70, still throbs in the breasts
of their children, and unworthy is he of the
nane of American, who would lend his influ
ence to undermine the fabric 'they erected
There are soma such, and our unfortunate
President is their leader. . Yours, O. O.
Newspaper Borrowers. We fully coin
cide in the following well timed remarks from
the Columbia Spy. "Borrowers of any kind
are bad enongh, but newspaper borrowers are
conceded to be the meanest class in existence.
We are acquainted with some persons in our
town who do not take the local paper and are
yet its constant readers it no sooner being
left at subscribers' houses, than they borrow
and take it home to read; thus not only tax
ing the patience of those who pay for the pa
per, but absolutely cheating us out of the small
sum of three cents per week. "Now if our pa
per is worth reading, it is worth paying for,
and we have to request subscribers to refuse
to lend it. Three cents per week is but a tri
fling amount, and if any one feels disposed
that sum can easily be spared to have what
every one should consider indispensable the
local paper.. We do not ask any one to take
the Journal as a gratuity or favor to us; we
furnish an amount of reading matter alone
worth- double the subscription price an
amount equivalent in a year to over two thou
sand pages of the ordinary duodecimo or oc
tavo works, that would cost several times the
subscription price."
TIE LoEISVILLK fcLECTIOS IS.IOT3 AlOSi OI
our readers are perhaps already aware that the
election in LouisviUe on tne tm mst, was sig-
nalued by a biooaj name ueiween me Amen
cans and Foreigners, w e gather the follow
ng tacts I rod ine jLivuisviue journal vi
. . t . . . r - -n r ... f
August 7th. .The riots were occaisioned by
ndiscriminate and murderous assaults com
mitted by foreigners, chiefly Irish, upon inof
fensive citizens, peaceably attending to their
own business, at some distance from any of
the voting places.
-All tli e circumstances connected with, these
assaults strongly. Indicate tha thejjvere; pre
meditated and instigated by other parties than
those by whom they were, actually committed.
In every instance where mortal violence ensu
ed, the beginning of the riots was an unpro
voked slaughter by foreigners of peaceable
Americans while quietly passing in the streets
at a distance from the polls.
This infurioted the populace, and a prompt
and terrible resort to mob violence, by which
many foreigners were killed and much proper
ty destroyed, was the consequencel . In the
First Ward about 9 o'clock in the morning,
while the election was proceeding quietly at
the polls, Mj. George Perge, a respectable and
quiet American citizen, was brutally assaulted
by a party of Irisnmen on Jackson street, be
tween Jefferson and Greene, without having
given any provocation ; he was knocked down,
and horribly beaten with stones and "clubs
no attempted to escape from the fiends by
whom he was attacted, and ran into tho alley
of an adjoining house, where he was followed
by his blood-thirsty assailants, and cut, stab
bed and beaten untill ho was supposed to be
dead, when one of these inhuman brutes delib
erately opened his knife and proceeded to cut
the throat of the murdered man. When this
act of violence was made known, a party of
Americans started in pursuit of the murderers,
who were subsequently arrested and lodged in
Jail by the Mayor and City Marshal.
In the afternoon, between three and four
o'clock several Americans wero fired upon and
severely wounded, while quietly riding or
walking by the German breweiy on Jefferson
street, near the Beargrass bridge. Among
these were some gentlemen from Jefferson
county, and several respectable citizens: One
gentleman who was fired at was riding in a bug
gy with his wife seated by his side. About the
same time a perfect shower of shot and bullets
wero rained upon every American passer-by
from the windows of some houses occupied by
Germans upon Shelby street, in the neighbor
hood of Madison street.
As soon as these occurrences were made
known it was ascertained that large bodies of
foreigners, armed with shot guns and rifles
had assembled in the neighborhood of the
brewery and also on Shelby street. An indis
criminate siaugnicr oi American citizens was
apprehended." "An immense crowd of excited
maddened, infuriated Americans assembled
they were fired at from the 'windows cf the
brewery and the houses on Shelby street and
in seeking to arrest these offenders several
men were badly wounded and the incensed and
infuriated mob burned the brewery and sacked
the houses from which the shots were fired.
In the 8th Ward, the most serious distur
bances occuned about 6 o'clock in the after
noon. A Mr.Rhodes, in company with two
friends, all American citizens, was quietly
passing up the Main street, near Chapel, when
they were set upon by a party of ten Irishmen
who with horrible oaths swore thcr would
clean the streets of every American. Fifteen
shots were fired upon them.
Rhodes was killed, and both his companions
badly wounded, one of them seriously. The
Irishmen then iun up Chapel street, and on
being pursued took refuge in a house at tho cor
ner of Chapel and Market streets, whence sev
eral shots were fired by the inmates, by which
several American citizens were wounded and
two killed, a Mr. Graham and Mr. Hobson
The firing from this house continued som
half hour. The Irish were armed to the teeth
wttli fire-arms of every description, while the
Americans were almost entirely unarmed, and
were obliged to go to their homes to procuro
arms to defend themselves and their friends
from the murderous fire of tho insane wretches
who had made this attack upon them. Be
twecn 0 and t o' clock a sufhcient force had
assembled to capture the murderer of young
Graham ; an attempt was made to hang him
but we learn he is still living.
In the meantime a fusilade of shot guns and
rifles was kept up against any American pas
sing by the row of houses at the corner
of
Eleventh and Mam, belonging to an Irishman
named Quinn, a brother of Father Quinn,
Roman Catholic Priest; several Americans
were wounded by shots fired from these premi
sea, ana tne attention oi tne crowd was given
to them. '.":
They were filled with Irishmen, and with
loaded arms, as the sequel proved .beyond
doubt. An attempt was mado to drive them
out, and the houses were fired, whether on
the inside or outside, we do not know. While
burning the frequent reports showed that they
were well provided with fire-arms; and the
confessions of a poor miserable devil who was
rescued by Capt. Stone, proves that they were
well filed with arms and contained thirteen
kegs of powder provided for the occasion.
Railroad Meetinq: The Commissioners of
the Tyrone, Clearfield and Erie Rail Road
met at the Court House in Clearfield, Aug. 14
1855 at 9 o'clock A. M. . Brief but interesting
remarks were made by J. E. Montgomery and
G. R. Barrett Esq's, showing the prospects of
the Road to be highly encouraging.
On motion a public Rail road meeting was
appointed, to meet on Tuesday the 4th day of
September next at the Court House in Clear
field at 2 o'clock P. M. at which all the friends
of the road are invited to attend. Messrs. J.
E. Montgomery, H. B. Swoope, D. W. Moore,
G. L. Reed and . Wm. A. Wallace were ap
pointed a Committe of invitation.
- ; . . RICHARD SHAW, President.
J. B. McEjcally, Sec'y Protem.
Tux Weather. We think the following
remarks oftho Albany Evening Journal, are
not inappropriate to this locality t
Last year we had a protracted drougth. The
earth was parched and baked, vegetation, was
burned up, and grain and fruit destroyed. Not
only farmers, but merchants, preachers and
-newspapers all over the Union, were complain
ing and lamenting over the unaccountable and
terrible weather by which we were afflicted,
and the crops ruined. ,
This year, it is just the reverse. Rain falls
in floods. , Grain sprouts in the the head, and
Hay rots in th'e field, from excess of 'moisture.
And here we are again, all grumbling and
grieving over the unaccountable and terrible
weather, by which our hopes are blasted.
Certainly, something about, the matter is
wrong. 4ut wnetner. it is in tne weatner
which it has pleased a wise , Providence to
send, or in the men who neglect to make pro
vision against the weather's changes, is a
point at least worthy of consideration.
In Egypt and parts of India not a drop of
rain falls during hc whole summer. I cver
thcless, they contrive to raise wheat, bailey
and millet, in abundance. We understand
this is done, not so much by grumbling at the
drought, as by using cisterns, wells and
streams to irrigate the land. . .. . .
In England, it is rare to have as clear ahar-
vest season as even this. Is ot unfrequently
there is not a day of uninterrupted sunshine
for a month. . Yet they manage to get in crops
very much like ours. We have no doubrthey
put up a reasonable amount of complaint, but
they also thatch their shocks of grain over
with straw, so that the rain will run off, while
tho interior is drying. .. . ;
It is true that the Egyptians are only half-
civilized pagans, and that the English are lit
tle better than foreigners; while we are native
born Republicans and Christians. Neverthe
less, we arc not prepared to pronounce that
they are altogether wrong in this matter, and
that we are right in assuming the Weather to
be the only one to blame.
Unpleasant Truths. The Easton Argus,
published at Gov. Reeuer's former home, tells
some unpleasant truths respecting the Presi
dent, which place that distinguished individu.
al in a predicament not much to be envied.
The Argus says, immediately after tho first el
ection held in Kansas, one after another of the
Missouri invaders called on the President and
filed their complaints against the Governor,
charging him with neglect of his official duties,
illegal speculations in lands, &c. We state
upon authority that cannot be disputed, that
President Pierce at that timo told a friend, "I
am satisfied that Governor Rceder possesses
firmness, honesty and capacity, and a man
who has these three qualities, don't often get
wrong." W e happen to know, too, that our
Chief Magistrate gave Governor Reeder re
peated personal assurances that " he ap
proved of his course, and would have acted
precisely as he did in the same position."
Excitement in Kansas. A gentleman from
Kansas, who left on the same boat with the
bearer of the memorial praying for the rerao
val of Governor Reeder, describes the state cf
atlairs in and about Kansas as exciting. At
Shawnee Mission there was a good deal of fee
ling on account of Gov. Rceder's deterraina
tion to ignore the so-called legislature. The
editor of the Chicago Press, who met this gen
tlenian, says: "Our informant had traveled
through the greater portion of Northern Kan
sas, and gives, it as his opinion that before
three months are over every settlement of free
state men in the territory will have its rifle
brigade. There is a fixed determination set
tling down upon them that 'fighting' is to be
the order of the day, and they are preparing
to meet tne enemy at every point. They are
not now excited, but are coolly at work fixing
their 'fire-arms,' running bullets, making cart
ridges, and going through the drill exercise.'
Narrow Escape. Our friend of tho Dela
ware County Republican, at Chester Pa., made
a narrow escape from death a short time since
lie was a passonger on board the steamer Me
Donald, which came in collision with tho
schooner "A. G. Pease," killing a large num
ber of persons. Our friend of the Republican.
was thrown into the river, and after flounder
ing about a short time, caught hold of a piece
of the wreck from which he was subsequently
taKcn uy a scnooner. it was truly a narrow
escape from the very jaws of death. Apart
from all other considerations, we are glad
that he is spared because he prints tho neatest
paper in the state.
Developing itself. The investigation into
the causes of Gov. Reeder's removal, and the
appointment of Gov. Dawson is brining to
light a rich state of affairs. The Buffalo Dcm
ocracy, says that Dawson's absence on Lake
Superior will be appreciated when we say that
he is one of that knot of speculators who own
Superior city. His partners are Senator Bright
of Indiana, Mr. Fornoy, Sid Webster, Private
Secretary to President Pierce, and others
among whom undoubtedly is Pierce himself.
But the interest in the concern which this vir
tuons citizen, lately so indignat at Gov. Reed
er's land speculations has, is of course in the
hands of somebody who will nicely cloak it."
Another Defalcation. It is stated by
correspondent of the New York Post that
clerk in the U. S. - Quartermaster's office at
San Antonia, Texas is a defaulter for $15,000
or $18,000. It is alleged that he purchased
property, farms, stock and negroes freely, and
kept a table at a cost of not less than $2000
per anum, on a salary of $60 or $70 per month.
He is under arrest. .
Gov. Reeder. A Correspondent of the
Allentown Democrat, nominates A. H. Ree
der, as a candidate for Governor of this State.
We should'nt be surprised if he would prove
a formidable candidate for the U. S. Senate
next winter.
. . r jPEA'CIL NOTES-. -. v
Yf'v'''-
Fatteg oar job-work; Call and give us a trial ' .
Sf ill itaaeM-Sebastopol, and likely to remain So.
Well represented Curwemsvillo, on Tuesdav. A
tall suit -,;- . K. r '
Popular Americanissa In Boggs. Go it boys,
you're in the right boat v' ""--'- ' '
Home tgaiK. Ex-President Van Burcn andhis
son have returned from Europe.
-Delightful those cigars from Mr. Ilex, at
Dloomington. ThcyTaro a superb article.
Strong the American party in this county, and
the man that lifted two anvils with ono hand.." 1
Very ill our esteemed fellow citizen GeoW
Rheem" Sr, with Typhoid fcverl Wo hope he will
recover. ''-'
Searee news and items, this week. The'worid
wags on quietly,' and makes it a hard time for
editors. '
Appointment. Mr. Thomas McCracken has been
appointed Postmaster at Lumberville, in tho stead
of D. W. Robbina, resigned.
Tailed of again the Railroad. Unlens tho
poorer class of the community take it in hand, wc
fear it will again end in talk.
1 Candidate llenry Stone, is an fndependant
candidate for the office of County Treasurer. His
card will be seen in another column. - .
Query. What became of the package of papers
for the Gleu Hope Post-office, placed in this office
two week ago? We should like' to know.
Rich. To see a certain Justice pack a Balliwax
on his back to S. C. and a smooth face lad drive a
false horse ahead saying come on b'hoys.
Camp meeting! The Camp meeting which we
spoke of last week, will be held near Mr. A. Addle-
men's farm, commencing on the 7th of September.
Sharp thoso who return papers without their
names or any other mark by which we can tell
where they come from. Do they expect them to
be stopped ?
, Dntiil 'soap-locks,' on Saturday night. He
has & f trong idea of fencing in the town with a
'worm fence,' and appeared to be laying out the
groundwork.
Approaching the fall campaign. '- The Ameri
cana should buckle on their armour and prepare
for the battle. We predict that it will bo a hard
fought contest.
JuiM. The Scientific American- thinks that
Railroad trains will yet be running at the rate of
one hundred miles an hour. We think that's
slightly (ahead of time.'
Spiritualism. One of the editors of the Pitts'
burg Dispatch has been, visiting a 'medium,' and
seeiustobe pretty thoroughly convinced .of tho
truth of 'Spiritual rappings.'
An improvement the bulk window over the way
Tommy Robbins is an enterprising fellow, and is
bound to do an extensive business in tho book and
stationary lino, (live him a call.
Departed the "perambulating printer," as the
Jrffersoniati calls him. who has been working for
us for the last two months. We commend him to
the kindness of our brethren, on his travels.
Rich the idea that a few individuals, who have
more money than brains, can break down this pa
per. They had better tick to their "shaving" at
fifty per cent. It will pay better.
JVear home. "Rrigham Young, during a recent
tour thro' Southern Utah, foil up on an inexhaus
tible bed of coal." If the bed were thoroughly on
fire, wc should suspect that Brigham had got home
Woman rights. We understand that some of
the young ladies of our village' have taken a
strong penchant to the unmentionables. They
bbould have postponed wearing them untill they
were married.
Thanls to the young lady who Font ua that d
licious sponge cake. Sho is- every inch a lady,
and we owe her a thousand thanks for her kind
recollection of a set of half-starved printers.
God bless her!
Rappers aliont. We hear that some of our good
citizens in this neighborhood have been receiving
messages from tho 'spirit laud.' We should like
to see the performance. Won't some of them give
us an invitation.
Appeared again tho Jefferson Star. Wo are
glad to see it shining so brightly, and hopo it will
continue to shine with undimcd lustre, untill it
leads every befogged Locofoco in Jefferson to the
cradle of "Young America."
Concert this evening in the Town Hall. Prof.
Dunwar and Mis.7 Ihmwar will give a Concert of
vocal and instrumental music. They are very
highly spoken of, and we advise our friends to at
tend. Admission 2i cts. Children half-pnco. -.
,Orf ul The "institution" of . the Iron Demo
crat. calls us a 'olaariarist.' The man who would
steal from tho literary productions of another
must be either a knave or a jack-ass, and the man
who would steal from tho Iron. Democrat, must
certainly be the latter.
Mean business ordering papers to be discontin
ued without paying for the time they have been
received. If some of those who have done so with
us don't "fork over," we shall be very apt to give
our editorial brethren their names so that they
will not be fleeced in liko manner.
Political gauMing. The Boston Times say
that Mr. Ton-Eyck, of La., who always means what
he says, has offered, in the city of .New York, to bet
$50,000 that Gen Pierce will obtain twenty States,
and $50,000 moro that he will be elected President
at the nextelectionjif nominated by the democracy.
Plastic paint. We call the attention of our rea
ders to the advertisement in another column, of
the new Plastic weather and fire-proof paint, for
sale by S. Berlin at Tyrone City. We are inform
ed that this is one of the best, as it is certainly
ono of the cheapest paints ever discovered. Giro
it a trial.
The upper end. We visited Jordan, Beecarla,
and several other townships in the upper end of
the county last week; and were pleased to find the
American party so much stronger than, we antici
pated. Our friends in that region express their
determination, to rout the Locofocos this fall,
'horse, foot, and dragoon."
In a fix. An inquisitive genius who was desi
rous ot obtaining Information as to the where
abouts of the Know Nothings in one of the 'up
river' townships, got himself into rather a critical
fix the other night While looking eagerly
through the crack of the stable in which he suppos
ed they were assenbled he found himself sudden
ly seized by the nose in such a manner as caused
him to howl with pain. His screams soon drew
the neighbors to the spot, when it was discovered
that the "old gray mare" had him fast enough.
He escaped with a 'bloody nose', and the convic
tion that he was entirely too 'green' to go into the
vicinity of stall-fed quadrupeds.
TnK New Bake It Camden. The Triton.
State Gaselit is informed that a great excite
ment exists" among the stockholders at Cam
den, in conseqaence of the action of the Di
rectors ingoing to what the former consider
an extravagant expense in giving $7,500 for a
lo( of ground, and erecting a banking house.
which with the lot wilt cost $20,000, when the
whole capital called in is only $100,000. Some
of the stockholders are so much dissatisfied as
to be willing to sell their stock below par, andf
many of them are said to be anxious to dispose .
of.all their intexe-st im the new bank, - . , T
KF"The keeper of a prison" in Philadelphia
was up ; before Judge JKellv' 'the "oilier" day3
charged with refusing admiftanc to an attor
ney to consult with 'a client.' In the course oV ,
his remarks Judge K. said : . "There is no au
thority in this land that has a right to immure '
a man, woman or child, before conviction, and
say no friend or counsel, shall go to them."
Temperance .Convention. Reading, Ane.
8, 1855.- Young Germany in the Captiol of
Old Berks, was taken by surprise this .ruonw
ing, in beholding so large a gathering of the
"Jug Law" advocates in the quiet streets.
They swarmed like bees from their hives. A
very marked feature in the assembly was the
presence of so many of the iair and sweet crea
tures, whom ' wc all love the ladies, God
bless them,' were there in their beauty and
strength. - At. the Appointed hour the "Mas
ter of Ceremonies' appeared, (Rev. P. Combe,)
and in a short speech blocked out the business
of the Convention ; after which he nominated
John Williamson, Esq.; of Huntingdon, an
President of tho Convention, and Conrtland
F. Folwell, of Philadelphia, as Secretary.
On motion of Kcv. Mr. Fornlcy, a commit
tee of three were appointed to make arrange
ments for the mass meeting to be held this ev- ;
enmg. Committee Messrs. f orn ley, or Head
ing; Brooks, of Montgomery; and Rood of
Philadelphia. SL.
On motion, a committee of five wfcre ap
pointed to nominate and report permanent of
ficers for the Convention. Committee Messrs.
II. K. Strong, Philadelphia; Giest, Lancaster;
P. A. Fearon, Philadelphia; Brown, Berks;
and Bannan of Schuylkill. -:' '.-'
The Rev. P. Combe then'read the Address -of
the "Stale Central Committee," 20,000 of
which had been printed and circulated.
On motion of II. K. Strong, the Address as
read be approved by this Convention. Carried.
On motion, a Business Committee of seven
was'appointed to prepare business for the Con
vention. Committee Messrs. Bannan, of
Schuylkill; Jesscy Evans. Chester; G. F. Gor
don, Philadelphia; Brown, Berks; Dr. Gib
bons, Lancaster; W. Right, Lancaster.
The President read a notice, the sul.Rlance
of which was that another Convention would
meet at 1 o'clock, for the purpose of organiz
ing a Nejv Party, opposed to the aggressions
r f doTvXvir Thin r tt i . rl i trpATn ir tkn f
vention, and for some time it would have been
impossible for a stranger to tell whether the
Convention was Temperance or anti-Slavery.
All connection with any other party was re
pudiated by the Convention; yet the fact could
not be concealed that a large proportion of the
Convention were hero to attend what may bi
called the attempt to organize a Republican
Party in Pennsylvania. After a protracted dis-'
cussion, the Convention adjonrned to meet at
24 o'clock.
Afternoon Session.- Tho Committee on Per
manent Officers, reported for President of tho
Convention, II. K. Strong, Esq., of Philadel
phia; Courtland F. Folwell, of Philadelphia,
as Secretary; with the usual nuiuler cf Vice
Presidents from the counties. "
The Business Committee reported a Pream
ble and series ef Resolutions, which were con
sidered separately, and adopted. During the
adoption of tho resolutions considerable dis
cussion ensued of an interesting character.
Mr. S. Miller, of the "Ilarrisburg Herald,"
made some very ineresting remarks. Mr.
Coombe was very eloquent as usual. . . '
The best, and by far the most telling speech,
of the session, was made by the Rev. A. Rood,
of Phila. It consisted chiefly of facts derived
from actual travel through, the. several States
where a Prohibitory Law is in ojfratiw.
After the' usual complimentary resolution,
the Convention adjourned to meet next J;nu
arv, at Ilarrisburg. ' -
Tiik New Capital of Iowa. Tho npremo
Court of Iowa has decided that the law for tho
removal ol the capital to Fort Dcs Moines is
constitutional. The decision settles the mat
ter, and Fort Dcs Moines is the capital of that
great and growing State. Tho ntw seat of
government is situated on the Des Moines riv
er, about oic hundred and fifty miles above
Keokuk, and in a most delightful and fertile
region. The rivermns a distance of fonrha
dred miles through the State, aad is represen
ted as one of the finest in the United States.
QcALiriCAriONS or. Legislators. The con
stitution of the State of Pennsylvania, article
1, section 3, enacts the following legal quali
fications for a member of the Legislature: "No
person Ehall be a Representative who shall not
have attained , the age of twenty-one years,
and have been a citizen and inhabitant of tho
State three years next preceding his election,
and the last year thereof an inhabitant of the
District in and for which he shall be chosen a
Representative, nnless he shall have bocu ab
sent on the public business of the United
States, or of the State."
Roman Catholic Hostilitt to oi e Schools'.
The Freeman's Journal, the organ cf Arch
bishop Hughes, insists that the decrease in
the population of somo parts of the State,
principally in the rnral counties, is in conse
quence ol our Common School System. Says
the Journal "We once more signalize the
State 'Free School Law,' as it is called, as
the pregnant beginning of unconstitutional,
undemocratic, unrepublican legislation." l
would be both democratic and republican ii
the law only conferred upon Archbishop
Hashes the right to institute Catholic schools
at the public expense. There is where the
shoe pinches. Albany Register. "
Retcen or John B. Gocgh. This gentle
man returns to Boston in the America next;
week from a two years' canvass of Great Bri
tain in behalf of Total Abstinence from Intoxi
cating Drinks, ne has doubtless addressed,
larger audiences and produced a deeper sensa
tion than any other advocate of Temperance,
ever heared in the Old :World. He proposes
to rest for a season from his labors, but he
will find it difficult long to resist the solicita
tions which will reach him from every side
for a renewal of his efforts in this, his adopted
country. . t . :!::.''
CncRCH Txocbles at Buffalo. The Buf
falo CbmmerctVx says, that some difference of.
opinion has arisen between Bishop Timon snd.
the parishoners of St. Peter's (French) church,
in regard to the government of the same, and.
that an order was read on Sunday from the'
pulpit, declaring that church ' closed for tM
present. ...-