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The DiSTKiCTf We have no definite news
from the other counties in this district , but it
would seem that Mr. Souther is elected by a
small majority. We hope so. Backus is
probably elected to the Legislature.
The Election.-Any attempt to conceal
our chagrin at our recent defeat would at the
same tinio le silly r.ad false, and we therefore
admit, "at once, that -we are both grieved and
astonished-: 'We had c?rtainly: expected an
American victory, and that we have been
most thoroughly whipped by the combined
forces of Rum and Locofocoism, is enough to
grieve any lover of lus country. "With the aid
of the Liquor League, and their hundred and
eighty thousand dollars, the Locofoco party
has carried the day. TTe wish them much joy
of their victory. ;
A "Word to our Readers. For sometime
past we have been compelled to devote our
columns almost entirely to politics, but now
that the election is over, and we are 'well
licVd,' as soon as the smoke of ths battle
blows o3, we will endeavor to furnish you
weekly, with a more readable and more
interesting paper. Wo wish to give you some
thing practical, something intellectual, some
thing poetical, something musical, something
useful, something good, something ecictiuc.
something uew, and something funny. Send
us on new subscriptions, and we'll give you a
first rate paper.
Cacght. Themselves. The "crgin" madi
a trrriM fnss over the discovery of the Dis
trict Attorney, that the British entered Phila
delphia on tho 2rtth of September, and argued
that because we held a meeting on that day,
we were celebrating a British victory. We
suppose, threfore, that Saturday last, of all
other days,was selected for their "jubilee" be
cause it was the anniversary of the American
defeat at Quccnstown! That battle was fought
on the 13th of October, 1812, when Gen. Tan
Rensselaer lost GO Americans killed, 103
wounded, and 764 taken prisoners! Such was
the day selected for the Loco-Catholic-Anti-
jug-law jubilee !
s .
The Sale of thu Fublic AVorks. Gov.
Pollock is again advertising for proposals for
the sale or lease of the main Line of the Pub
lic Works. Under the terms of the law pro
viding for the s ile of the Line, the bids or pro
posals for its purchase or lease, alter being re
ceived by the Governor, are to lw? submitted
to the Legislature for its action; and from
tho complection of the new body, as indi
cated by the election returns, there is not
much prospect of either a sale or lease being
agreed to by that body. We hope, however,
that fair and liberal proposals for tho work
may be made, and that the inanifi.'st necessity
for -a divorcement of the Stutj from tha own
ership of the Line may be so apparent to the
ne:ctITousc a3 to induce promt action, on the
Birbj-.'ct.
jjEFEATED BUT KOT CoNQTJ EU"P. Tf the Op
jiosition suppose that tlieir recent victory has
killed Sam," thev will find themselves' most
wofully mistaken. "lie is not devl, ir.t
sleepeth," and he will wake up in time to
hurl the prese.nt weak and imbecile National
Administration from tho halls it has disgraced
back to the oblivion from whence it came.
Their victory is not a triumph of principle, but
of. Rumism, Catholocism, and Foreignisni,
which, if von trive them rope enough, will
hang themselves before six months.
The -raonied opposition to the late license
law, allied with the Locofoco ' party aud its
foreign Catholic cohorts, together with blun
ders among the men who undertook to lead
the members of our party by the nose, have
brought about our defeat. But in less than a
year, it will react with terrible effect, and just
so sure as there will be a Presidential election,
just that sure will Pennsylvania cast her vote
for the American Candidate. We are defeat
ed,' bnt not conquered, and our princijdes we
will NEVER SURRENDER !
Catholic Jcbilee ! On Saturday evening
tho "Bross Bond," with "Sorrell-top" carry
ing the flag, followed by some six or eight of
the faithful, and a string of boys, wended their
way through a cold rain, to Cnrwensville, for
the purpose cf holding a jollification over our
recent defeat. We are credibly informed that
the meagre procession paraded the streets of
Cnrwensville, through the mud and rain, light
ed in regular Catholic fashion with tapers or
candles, and following the lead of a red-headed,
red-mouthed Irish Catholic,who boro the flag !
When they arrived at the place where sup
per was prepared, Ilis Honor, Judge Barrett
and the District Attorney Elect, delivered
themselves of two most powerful speeches !
The Judge was particularly "O be joyful," and
was afraid he would "go up," in which event
lie besooght his friends to "catch him by the
heels!7.' We think there was mere likelihood of
his going in the other direction! But tho
Judge is excusihle, being himself a successful
candidate, yet hereafter, when he's in danger
of "going up," he had better take "Scratchy"
along, as he'a said to be good on a "hind holt."
The jartj having left Curwensville about elev
en or twelve o'clock got home early on Sun
day morning and this ended their first jubilee !
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("cs I.)EiAT.--Ti.ti U': AvW.i-x -tthe Ann r
i can -vf ly cti Tuesday it:(, 1 1 utd t?ach..tfs m
importir.t losson'J .If our rwztionj had
been piopeily kept up, we should bavey; inost
urtdoTibtedly carricd-the Cmii.tt(; From, the
election of last fill, until within' few-weeks
of the pre vent disastron's dfeat j the Councils
in the County wtre almo.-t inactive ; the mem
bers were taking no interest in the matter, no
regular meetings were being held, and conse
quently the organization was, to a great ex
tent, worthless.
If jve desire to succeed, we must work ;
we miist keep up the organization by holding
regular meetings and byji.ng no effort un
spared, honorably and fairly to increase the
number of membeis. If we had pursued this
course for the last year," 'we would hare' carri
ed this County by three hundred majority.
Let the Officers of eve:y Council, then, call
regular meetings, and see that they are well
attended.. ,Let every, member determine to
succeed, and to obtain at least one, candidate
for initiation. Then, when we go into another
contest, we will have the certainty of success,
which cannot be prevented either by the slan
ders or the schemes of an unscrupulous oppo
sition. Our cause must and will be successful.
GREAT VICTORY!!
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TOM SHEA ELECTED!!!
Notwithstanding the most bitter opposition,
on the part of our enemies, TOM SHEA has
been triumphantly elected CORONER ! He
was even followed to Curwen.svi'.le, on the
night before the election with 'SWORN Affi
davits' U prevent his success, but in despite of
all their l-itter persecution, and to the almost
total annihilation of "old Scratchv's" broech-
c-., (wl.'a-li has produced a mot astonishing
. , t At .!j.T",''r
r:s? m tao tiireau ana cassmeii market; ljjl.
is the :- CROWNER !" Three Cheers for
SHEA!! Hurrah for "Scratchy" and the
Editor of the "Orgin !"
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TIIE GRAND INSTRUCTOR"' AND
HIS DEPUTIES ON A PLEASURE EX
CURSION UP f-ALT P.IVETl. THEY
EXPECT TO RETURN ABOUT THIS
TIME NEXT FALL.
This new and splendid train will leave Ty
rone Station to-morrow, with suiilcient accom
modations for all the Know Nothings of Clear
field County. It is to Le regretted that Shea
can't arcorupany us, he must stay to take
care of the wig-wams until next fall.
SWOOPE, Conductor.
DUNDY, Engineer.
"NEALEY," Fireman.
TmIilviti AND Nativk Ohimixals. The sta
tistics of crime in Philadelphia, for the l ist
five months, (as given by one of our city c-x-chaiies.)
show the following t.stoundim: re
sult. The whole number of arrests during this
period, is 1-5 ,006. Of these, icn t'ir:i:in-l fu e
hunt r til and he el re are fortifiers; and eight
T;IOr3AXD TIlIir.L. HUXKRLD A.'I TWELVE AXE
IRISH!- These-simple facts .speak with a
trumpet voice to the common sense, tho pa
triotism, and thes'ns3 of self-pivservation of
every American.- The foreign population of
Phil.idelphin is considerably than c,;ic-fflh
that of the native born; yet of the whole num
ber of arrests, more t 'nan ttvo thirds are foreign
ers. In this proportion, if the whole popula
tion had been on a level, in point of morilily.
with the foreign inhabitants, the entire number
of arrests would have amounted to the appall
ing number ; of over ffy thousand, for five
months! Can any commentary add force to
such astounding statistics as these ? The sta
tistics of every town and county in the State
will show similar results. More than two-ihirds
;f allthe paupers and eriminalsin the old Key
stone State, are .Forcigacrs.' and the expense
of trying and maintaining them is borne by
the mdnstnous "sons of tho soil." In view
of these facts, who will deny the necessity t or
an American Party I
Civil and Religious Liberty. Civil and
religious liberty are equally thegift of God to
the whoki human race, and so intimately blen
ded that violence cannot be done to the one
without wounding the other also. Peuu'ua.
"God's gifts," then, are very poorly respec
ted in Roman Catholic countries. In Spain,
Austria and Italy, nothinjg like evil or reli
gious liberty exists. If we could only inspire
such friends of the Pcnnsylvanian's politics as
Archbishop Hughes, with tha truth of its sen
timents, they might, perhaps, so react by
theso opinions, upon Rome, even, as to shed
from thence a few of the blessings of this civil
and religious liberty.
CSCol. Joux Dariuxgtox, an officer of
distinction in the war of 1S12, died at his res
idence in Clark county, Alabama, on the 12th
inst. At his burial his slaves collected in
large numbers near the grave, and one of them,
an old man, requested permission to pray
over his old master. Ilis fellow slaves and
fellow mourners joined in a hymn which he
gave out f rom memory, when he ofl'ered to the
throne of Mercy a prayer, which, for deep pa
thos and profound humility and adoration,
could not be excelled. The tears of a lnrge
concourse? of white, persons present -showed
how deeply they were moved by . the fervor
of this good old slave. ' '
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I? u - ICICLES !
In Adorns county the Democratic ticket
IS
elected by a majority of from -50 to 100.
InBucks.county the whole Democratic tick-
dt is elected k a majority of 5 or 000.
In York the Democrats have elected their
whole ticket.
Lehigh gives SOS majority for tho Demo
crats.
In Carbon the Democrats have succeeded by
a small majority.
Wayne gives S00 Democratic majority. f f
Northampton give's 1100 Democratic major
ity. - r- - .... . t
In Luzerne the whole Democratic ticket in
elected bv a close vote. . ?
In Jiontour and Columbia the vote is very
close. -: ' - ' -
In Schuylkill the Democrats have elected
their whole ticket. - '
In Monroe the Dcmocrts have shout 1200
majority. : : -
Northumberland gives about 80-3 majority
for rir.mmer, and 8 to 400 for Zimmerman,
Democratic candidate for Assembly.
In Delaware the whole Democratic ticket is
elected, by .majorities ranging from 2 to 700.
In Allegheny county the wholo democratic
ticket is now reported to .be elected. :
In Cambria the Democratic majority is said
to be from 7 to 900. -
In Philadelphia the official majority of Plum-
eris2,Gll.
In Montgomery, a telegraphic despatch
states the vote for Canal Commissioner to be
Pluuimer, Democrat, 5013; Nicholson, Fu
sion, CoOO. Plummcr's majority, 1518 with
one township to hear from which will iacreass
the majority for Flummer 100.
Thomas P. Knox, Democrat, is elected to
the Senate by F00 majority, and the whole
Assembly ticket by about the same. vote.
In Berks, the Democratic majority is about
4000.
SALT KIVUP. IlEFIlESIIalENTS.
In Centre the whole American Ticket is
elected.
In Huntingdon the American party is suc
cessful by a large" majority.
lii Blair Uu-whole American Ticket is tri
umphantly elected.
In Bedford there is a small American m.y.
In Lancaster the majority of the Americ:i:i
ticket is thought to be elected. The Treasu
rer and one or two members of the Legislature?
are in doubt.
The Americans have carried Fayette.
Green has also been true to her integrity.
in v. eotmi
ll:f
Lj Am
ti
et has bL-en tdecte I.
Armstrong has also given a majority for the
A mericans.
Clrjster Comity gives 2CT majority for the
American ticket.
Franklin gives Nichoi.on -J 09 majority.
JVfTorson gives Zs ichol.;on 4 of a majority,
and Souther a m.ijority of C2 over Hamlin.
Wrixk ok TUS
r William Fe:,v Mkl-
asvholi Lois of LirL. -We regret to have to
record a raoat ilistresilng ca ;e f shiprrreck
an 1 hiss of life. The fine ship Willa.m Perm,
of New Bedford. Captain Cole tmm the Chin
ca Islands,, bound to this port, was lost on
Sunday, tin; Ci'th uit. oil' Cape ll.'tteres, aud
all on hoard, with "the exception of one man,
a seaman by the name of Thomas Dixon, were
drowned. We learn from Mr. Dixon, who
reached this city (Baltimore,) this morning,
that the ship struck aboi:t 0 o'clock in the
morning, the weather being line slid clear,
ami the wind from the southward and eastward.
Our informant states that about throe ' hours
after she struck, the mainmast went closa to
the deck, and soon after the ship went to pie
ces, and all on board, including the c.iptain's
wife and a passenger, were drowned. The
longboat, our informant thinks, must have
poue over with the mast, and this may account
for the sad loss of life, th:re being but t'.vo
sni ill boots aboard, and on the bottom of one
of these he found himself after the ship struck
anion which he Mas thrown on the beach
near Cape Ilatteras. He shites there were -;5
persons on board besides him v'lf.
We were particular in shoeing Mr. Dixon
the account of the wreck seen bv the schoon
er Cerra Gordo, otF Ilatteras, on the lI.Hh of
eptemher, but he says it could not have been
ti;e Wm. Pern, as he is positive that the hit
ter did not strike until tin; next day, and he
furt! r says - the description does not corres
pond with the Wm. Penn. He says soon af
ter she struck a schooner passed within hail
ing distance, and on being hailed by ciiptain
Cole, passed on without tendering any as
sistance.
The Wm Penn, was a fine ship of 700 tons,
was formerlv a Philadelphia and Livernoul
Packet, and at the time of her wreck was own
ed in New Bedford. She had on board a car
go of guano, consigned to Messrs. F. Barreda
and Brother, of this city. Capt. Cole, our in
formant says, was about o9 years of age, and
his wife only about 28.
A despatch from Charleston, S. C. dated
October 8th, says : "The ship Wm. Penn of
New Bedford, from the Chincha Islands, was
totally wrecked off the Ilatteras shoals on tho
."Jth ultimo. Caut. Cole, the commander was
taken off the wreck on the fir.-.t instant, and ar
rived here yesterday. The Captain's wife,
Dr. C. T. Bowline, "of Virginia, and seven
seamen, who had left the ship in the light
bout, were picked up by the brig Marcus, and
brought to Savannah by the steamer Knoxville
on Saturday. The first officer. Wood, of Nan
tucket, and second officer Hall, of Massachu
setts, and seven seamen, who took to a raft,
have not been heard from. There were from
20 to 24 souls on board. Two seamen, who
remained by the wreck with Captain Cole,
were drowned. Buff. Fat. Oct. 8.
dFrr. Purple, a member of ttie Nebraska
Legislature informed a gentleman at Chicago,
a short time since, something how members
are gotten up iu Nebraska, lie said : "Cum
niings, the Secretary said to me one morning
"Purple we want a member from Burt coun
ty." So I harnessed up and took nine fel
lows with me, and we started for the woods,
and when we theught we had got about far
enough for Burt county, we unpacked our bal
lot box, and held an election, canvassed the
vote, and it was astonishidg to observe how
great was tho unanimity, at tho first election
ever hold in Burt county. Furple had every
rf ie! So Purple was dulv elected, and here
I am." "
G""7""The widow of Louis Phillippe is in Bel
ginm, on her way to visit her daughter-in-law,
the. Duchess of Orleans. '
DSThe London Times receives, on an aver
age, $15,o-C0 per week, for advertising.
, .Wab, Upon' in k A sit am Nat"--Thu un'K
becile AdniiniMr.'jiou at Washini;rftri", stiri-s
to have -declared tar to 'the knife,7 upon. vit-e
anayannavy of the .'-United t,oies. The
Minding"' of tho -Board xl o.OiccVs. V.j.icli the
ri'csiderit has approved by which p.1arge num
ber of gallant men. are degraded J'ro'ai theii;pv
sition in the Navy, and, succeeded Jy .iu:fG
ftient an'd.incompetent. party fav'orites,' is 'one
of the horrors of this iniquitous w;if. upon the
navy. Among the first to he struck down was
Commaxi)i::i Nicholson", who has passed for
ty years of his lite in the navy, with credit to
himself und honor to the country. This gal
lant man has been degraded from his rai.k
and placed in an inferior position, with a re
duirtiou'f his jfty ti 4 stipend ' wii.diy iijluili
cient to fciippoi t hiin and the I'rcfeiuenlf
proves the, act.!. Another of the gallant men
to whom gross injustice has been done" is Cap
tain Graha-m, of Bafialo, who lost a k r.h.jve
the knee in battle. on Lake Ontario, i;i 112.
He.rJ'terwards.lost his hearing at the battle of
Lake Champkiin on board the. flag ship ot Coin.
M'Donough. ' Notwithstanding these severe
disabilities, he was three years on sea Service,
part of the time in the Mediterranean, and lor
tifteen years he performed duty in the recruit
ing, service with great satisfaction to the De
partment and the magnanimous Board 'pro
mote the ciiiciency of the navy" by retiring
the wounded, crippled and deafened old vete
ran, on the paltry furlough of a few hundred
dollars! And the President says" Amen ! We
could cite numerous similar instances, r.nd
may probably take occasion lo do so hereafter.
The Administration, not satisfied with its
war upon the Navy,. lias also attacked the Ar
my and Gen. Wi.vfif.lt Scott is the first vic
tim. The gallant old "Hero of a Hundred
Battles" has been scarred by too many wounds
not to attract the Jaehali's scent and the in
tention of Congress to reward the old veteran,
is to be thwarted' by the most pusih-.nlmous
Administration th.it ever disgraced the Nation.
To this end Gfn. Calb Crsmxc, the - Hero of
T(uni:i':o. is employed to mvst ifv ::iid befoj;
the question, and certify ap-iinst giving the !
General his back pay, and the President with
holds it ! But the victory ia but haif complete.
G-;-:iv.l Seott granted L".ve of absence to
rence. The Secretary o'f War, seizing this as
a pretext, addressed him a vindictive and in
sulting letter, dmatiaiiig his reasons for this
act if l'avcriteism to General Hitchcock, and
at the same time ccvufi rinande l the General's
order granting leave of abaenee. Gen. Se.ott
replied to this insulting' epistle as became a
man and an Ann rie.an and the Secretary ha
ving drawn the fire, of thy General, thereupon
opens a furious bombardment upon him from
his pop-gun artilh.ry, intending doubt b-ss to
complete! annihilate the old llcro, and dis
pos::. ess him of th confidence and esteem 'of
the American people. He enters into a se
vere criticism of iLeeon inct of General Scott,
during his whole military career, and attempts
to tarnish the fair i'me f t!fe g.illant old He
ro whos briiii int achievements in nrms have
given him a world wide fame, and deeply en
shrined him in the bear's of ids admiring and
grateful countrymen. We heartily endorse
the sentiment cf ' eoter.ipor.try, thai it is an
unholy warfare which does not si -are the
wounded
Swora enc
sohliv
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merciful than
the
"em
ies of the country, it would
th-t the Pierce Administration is to signalise
its career by bayoneting tire oflieevs f-f the ar
my and navy who have escaped the dangers of
war thee..h crippled, maimed and disabled ;
for what
o: jeer tuy peopie ni.iv led to
n-
n.ire, and Congress
rievc-? and Cnshiu n
w j
y r
t ;';!' , demand.
.sen he- and perse-
cute, .but the Ai-.e: i.:a:i
dieate the veteran Hero
starrv banner of tho Re
e:yl v.iii not -ly vin
w!.o borne the
ibhe iii t riumrih thro'
a huddle 1 hl: -dy bittles. and whse honor
Ide scars attest his devotion to his country !
Nativity or '.UriCiJisoLut.us Uxi;:r. the I'.
S. (i jVi;:iN:i:.x r. As then' has been somdi3
pute regarding the proportion of officeholders
supplied by di!?'e:vnt nation, appointed under
tile United States Government, we have been
at some pains to ascertain as near as possible,
the facts in the ease, wifhos.t partiality or
prejudice, and with v poliiieai bias to gratify.
We i.'.ve l.mdtf the compilation with ear.'. r,nd
we lu-lieveit to be in the main correct. Oi il.n
anv one dipoed to c'.o so c in examine tho
suint'ct himself,
number oi j-r Ts
fiee by appoint;:
t!ie United St a
Book of lb )o.:'
authority of Ci
The following list
n.-f born abro id h;h'
e::t under tin: gov
es, compiled Iimt;
the. 1 ist one pu'dis!.
:gres. under tne p.'
f.hows the
in ' I h e of
.tiVnvi't of
he "lihie
d hv'tiie
:s A !-
ministration :
N't 'i.-i'v. AW.;',-. O.i
O:,
V.
Irelmd 1
Lug 'arid,
Germ any,
Scotland,
Prance,
Canada,
I tale.
Poland,
Sicily,
Prussia,
Switzerland,
Sweden,
Denmark,
Bavaria,
St. Croix,
Nova Scotia
Belgium,
Russia,
St. Domingo
Xil - 18 177 SI !"..-! SO
30 7 Zl Z 1.0 11
28 4 l:i li.t.Sd
tl) 3 17 1-I.S84
17 7 10 V.OOo
8 2 6 4,200
8 2 G 2,".'.)
;-) . 1 4 4,3
0 o 1 0 )
id I 2 lj.so
4 3 1 ro
1 CHO
1 1 5'v0
ii roo
, 1 l i.r,or
1 1 1,200
3 3-
, 1 1 1,005
Cvpir.s, 1
1
o
o
1
1
1
Turkey, 3
Minorca, 1
St. Thomas, 1
St. Helena, 1
Is.Camnabello 1
St.Christopherl
Trinidad, 1
Greece, 1
Norway, 1
IslM of Jersey 1
Wales, 1
"40
730
1,200
Totals, 353 C3 290 233,303
" Employed in the N. Y. Custom House, and re
signed in the spring of ISai to accept a private sit
uation. Those employed on fees are engaged chief
ly in the departments at Washington, or as
foreign consuls. The amount of the fees va
ry from a few hundred dollars up to $1,500 to
$2,500, more or less. The nativity of country
postmasters is omitted in the Blue Book, and
hence no means exist of ascertaining tne pro
portion of persons of foreign birth employed as
such. N. Y. Herald.
ET"The following is a copy of a handbill
posted in South Bay near Broad street,
Charleston, S. C, on the morning of the elec
tion for Shei ifl of that city :
Let it be the! Iduty of all
true Catholics r.o put down
the power J if all the
lnieruaii
Kuow .
Nothings.1
Faithful
Let the
rule.
, .XT" Hon. Edward Stauly, formerly'a distin
guished member of Congress from North Car
olina, is now a Whig anti Know Nothing can
didate for the State Senate in San Francisco.
I'm;; Gkraj.-t Ji!Y .ftfrTT 'f hlJ'w'iiif "A;. The Crimea a Gol Cot ktrt. Dr. F. Mr
dcriiriioofHireotashibitf" d ivVi-.f ''Fniu Paris to bat..p1' - ;.
r.t I '. , .,.' ''!, , .'" .in i Miowing: "If England and J iacr
L wrnu!a anllo.,:Baby,low)1? PlnlaJ- t:le posWon' of thiv who,: f th, (j, ,
-. 'J-J-.L . . ! i c
liiia, we clipjrvni Jne Aisf Aetrsif
In Uitf.affro6.n there was a brilliant atten
dance of ladk, Mho, in thedr rich and showy
attire, were more attractive; to the -'hi ale por
tion of ilt Rempijege, than the babies: Uottnd
nod round the Tlal! th-y went, now doseiy. in
specting this chubby specimen of infantile hu
manity; anon patting a "sweet bnbe'upon tne
head; and then gathering around Phineas the
Great, to listen to a few words of explanation
touching one or the other of the "darlings."
Barnmn was evidently in his glory ; his eyes
sparkled his face wore a glow of satisfaction,
such as must h ive mantled the cheek of idis
sier when the news of the capture of t he Mala
Koll first reached hini ; and it was ja 'dri that.
when upon the stage, he felt himself to be, next
to the babies,- the observed of all. observers.
Book and pencil jn had, he moved slowly from
one ond of the stage to the other. pausing only
to ask a' question or two from the hopeft l
mothers, who clearly "saw "that" great first
prize'-' in the prospective.
Barnum is a tru;nt card himself, an 1 he
!--,..., ;t . ..1 t. ; -
ii, iiu.i lie iiiive? e:ite- iu (r.-l"ll I:il!vt';.
before th sjiectptors, during each h--vet, and
to v.ee.r, meanwhile, Lis most facimiting smile-.
During the .Afternoon levc, yesterday, lie was
overhauled by eon of the strong-minded after
this fashion. .
' EAT. SUM AXD THE S7I7 OXC3 -ItlXTtrCP. '
T!ie Sf rong-Miinle 1 fin the gar!) of a
Friend) Is thee Phineas T. Bm-nnni, the great
showman ? - ,-r. . . -
Barnuru (With an evidently slight appre
hension r.f impending ill.) That is my name
madam.' Vi'hat Js your wish ?
The Strong-Minded I think, (pause.) thee
should -not (another pause and look of solem
nity,) keep these children in this heated room.
Thee mnv d-eper.d upon it, (pr.use,) thev will
suffer in "health.
Barnum (Starting back with a look of
ahum.) Indeed madam can't help the. heat
windows all raised ventilators open take
every possible care of the babies wouldn't
hurt a hair of the dear creatures head.
The ' Strong-M inded (Shaking her head in
creduously.) Ah, Phineas, (pause,) I fear thy
heart is running too much on the quarters thee
makes, to care for the babies.
By this time Barnum bad beat a retreat, and
for fenr cf l eing overhauled again by the
strong-minded, commenced giving directions,
in a loud tone of voice, ti tV-. attendant in a
snnff-colored c -a!.
The irize of $100 f.-r the prettiest child
iu the ex-iihitioi. his b'en awarded to
31i ss 11. is. 1 hoTiipson, aged aoont three years
This young lady iiad a place p signed her yes
terday on the platform, swiiy.frcru the common
herd." in company, with Master Scott," the New
York pri?:e baby, and .Miss Hardy, the Maine
Giantess. Touching this Maine wonder, we
don't think it was a master-stroke on the part
of Barnum to make her a feature of the exhi
bition. If one were disposed to give him
credit for any unselfish object iu thus collect
ing together a number of infantile specimens,
this stalking monstrosity would forbid it, trot
ted out as cue is, every little while, by the
mm in the sniiiT-color'ed coaf, in 'a speech of
this fashion :
This, ladies and genflfiuen. is Miss Hardy,
(at this she looks demurely, with a faint at
tempt to smile and drop a curtsey.) the cele
hta'id giantess, born in Maine. Sh is twenty-two
years oi l, and in consequence of hav
ing been sic!: lately, weighs city a little over
three hundred tonnd. She is over seven feet
high, and is altogether a fine specimau of a
down Hast belle.
This rpeech is repeated every little while,
and sounds like the oi l Menagerie speeches of
Bill or Tom after he has stirred up the animals
with a long pole. Her i pea anee at tli3 cx
liildtion. loksa3 though B.iru:m had not r.n"
abiding confidence in the drawing powers of
the babies themselves.
P.moue Wii.mamsox. A gentleman cf
New York City lately wrote to Passmoro Wil
liamson, itioiitring as to the truth of certain
rumors respecting new c Torts f.-r his libera
tion. "The following is the answer, which has
been furnished for publication by its recipient:
"No. "eYPn ii-.' nntt'it i a C.-rxTY Ppison, (
Se; t. 1'.', in ;i. )
D.' :r 5.-: Your letter -f the 27th inst. is
now before i:;e, u;i 1 i:i reply to your buiuiry
I may s'y.that I co"..te;.;p": ite no fnrCier legai
.ro:ediie-;.s with reiVreuce to n-.v hler.ii in
fror.i t'-ns i :;!, in w hich
1 am :-w ei-i-.Hu
1 t
have now
months,
tio:: I ;
l.een kept here for more
an two
iiid 1 can see no prospect ol libera
- l:v
mi a native, end h ive always been a
citizen of Pennsylvania ; and believing myself
atrociously wronged, I' applied to the highest
tribunal known to our laws, but relief has
been withhold. I can expect none from the
ar.thori'y that placed me here, without dis
honorable submission. Having heen guil
ty neither of falsehood, dissimulation, nor
contumacy, I am sure that it is no case for a
degrading capitulation. Such a course would
bring with it a diminution of self respe- t more
oppressive than ".he power now seeUing to
crush out the highe.'-t attribute of State Sover
eignty by immuring ins within these. walls.
"Accept fur yourself, and communicate to
others who favor me with their consideration,
my most grateful acknowledgments.
"Respectfully vours. fuc,
" P. WILLIAMSON."'
Tin: Elkctiox ix Kaxsvs. The e! -ctiou in
Kansas for Territorial Delegate to Congress
ha- come ;T Whitfield,-tho last DcL-gifc.
was the only candidate on the track, and, of
course, got all the voles, except a half dozen
or so thrown away on Reeder. - There was no
excitement of consequence, , because theie was
no opposition.
. G..v, Shannon voted for Whitfield, and tho
the whole pro-Shivery vote was not cast, Whit
field received a much larger vote than at the
last election. His vote, m thre counties,
amounts to 1,100
The Free-State men did not vote at all, con
cluding to hold oil' until their own election
comes off, when they will cast their vr.ices for
Reedrr, elect him, and send him to Washing
ton to contest Whitfield's seat.
Fkai di lkxt Foreign- Voti-:s. It is believ
ed that the American candidate for Governor
in Alabama, was cheated out of his election by
the introduction of unnaturalized voters from
Louisiana, sent there for the purpose by the
Administration. The astounding incieaso of
abnut 22,000 in the voting population of Ala
bama, in the short space of two years, cannot
bo accounted for in any other way. 'It is said
that prior to the late election there, some 8000
naturalization papers of the assets of delunct
foreigners, " no doubt were sent from New
Orleans. Does any mm honestly believe such
increase is legitimate, or tint it exists in fact?
We do not. Nor do we believe that the 30,
000 increase in the voting population of "Vir
ginia is exempt from a like suspicion.
HF-A black servant being examiued in tho
church catechism by the iniuister of the par-
f)fmii,l.r,i:isM." -On iw-iriT inu diniil.l
--.- - . ...V. ..A-.tJl.. -J .
have sai.l dust, lie replied "No, massa, it no
jo n) stick togedder." ;
and wished,; without keeping up an .
occupation at a vast expense, to preven-. !
sia from cvef re-establishing her power ;
have only to decree that henceforth the C;,
liiea should be an independent state, self-governed:
and- to attract thither, in less than a
year, as many millions of inhabitants as could
be lodged on the soil, it would be suf.icient
for them to declare the ports free, and to plant
en the Tchatir Dagh a banner inviting the
gold-seekers of every nation to come and
search its sides. In the rocks of the Tchatir,
rho JMmirdgi, . Srnr.h. nad lAlnchtay : there - is
t rojgh to pay thee-xpensts of a war if it lasted
a century. Perhaps my readers may feel as
tonished af niy making sueTi a sf af cnit iit." They
would -bo le.-s astonished if they knew the au
thorities on which I rely. I do not merely ap-
I pea! to geographical documents and the his
tory or past times to prove ntf-lULly that tne
gold mines of the Tchatir Dagh exist, and
have been worked; I Hlsoinvoko tltc testimony
of those who, ds rhn 'ds i:;7i.t, have seen anil
touched veins of gold more abundant, a thou
sand fold richer than those of the Lrrsl and all
the known mines. It suited the policy of Hi
Czars to leave these mines nnworked, and to
efiace the recollection of them as far as possi
ble. If they were worked by free men, that
would have attracted from every corner uf
Europe a multitude of adventurers men of en
terprising character, on a single point of the
empire. It would have been kiudling a con
flagration which they could not have mastered:
If on the other hand, serfs and prisoners were
employed as miners, the Crimea was not, like
the Ural, so remote from Europe that tin
groans of the slave martyrs could be smother
ed and they might have escaped the fangs of
the despot. The Russian Government, con
sequently, proclaims the auriferous strata of
these mountains, which evidently attach the
Alps to the Caucasus, to bo fabulous. The
Crimea, within ten vears. will become the 1
dorado of the Old World.
Lvsrnnrcriox i?i Ixiii.t. A foimldahle re
bt iiionhas broken out against the British Gov
ernment in India. The insurgents are a wild,
strange race of people called Santha's. Tlieir
character and habits are described inthcD.lLi
Uazcftc of August 4th, as a race little Letter
than savages, and inhabit tho lower slopes of
the hills trom Banguiporeto Drissa. -They are
for the most' part destituta ' of firearms: Li;t
they in a measure make up for this disadvan
tage by their skill in the use of a bow, which
they do not hositato to render more deadly la
the cruel device of poisoned arrows. Their ru
li.'ion is a simple and barbarous idolatory the
worship of stocks and stones, wtthout any of
those mystical refinements by which the idol
atry of the Hindoos is overlaid. Their my-tlittUfc-cjlttparcl-with
.that of the Hindoos...
is almost a blank, Mtd, they have no notions of
caste. Their food consists of almost anything
thai c.au be eaten. fro:r. tcadi and eatterpillers
up to tigers and horned cattle, for the flesh of
kine is not forbid dep. to ihem. As to their
vices, it is certain from their recent pro
ings that thev cc-mline CL-wari'iee with crnul y
to a remarkable degree, fur they war v. it:. wo
men and children as well os isicn; s.n I, eahhe
t lie North American Indian, v. ho p.'i.s :no-t
a warrior's scalp, the head f a womasi is to
the Santhal tho most rceepta de trophy tint
ho can take away from the village, of ids ene
my. But with "all this it is remarkable that
the Santh da are u stinguisi.e d for a love f
truth which exists rowhere else among th'
natives of India. Their numbers arj said :
amount to IW,V"0 light 5: im-.i, wt l if i!i -y
are joined by other tnlws, tl.euut.r er of Via 1
hyanhill men capable of 1 car.ng anus ,ig iat .
us would become formldaile indeed. It is
not supposed that any attempt v.iii he in n'e
during the present season to do more tha i
drive the cnemv to the h'.lls and
d1
him
there. Next cold season will W the time f r
activu olltensivoper.it ions, andni;st sign d ret
ribution for the damage done m::st he in.I'.c
ted, if the shock which this aii.iir lias i-ea
to or.r prestige is fo be recovered from.
What tiik Allies have ylt to Atc-:ensrr.
Many of our cotemporaries ar liberal in their
conjectures and speeui itfons us to what tho
allies have yet to accomplish before Seb;::
pol is wholly in their possession. T'ee north
aid;- of the tow n, a our i e iders will re'.uernhe",
is si III in po.-session of the Russians. An
Ann-rle.tn. who i s---rv::ig i;.-. an (diicer of the
me.iie ;! ::f itT in (;.-.- riu.-.van arlav, jiivea t'.e
.1.
n oi t:e forts o:i the
norm
sal of tne h sy:
"Oil the north side of the bay is also a suc
cession of hills, some of which are very high,
and running in every direction. You find on
them all bastions facing every direction. These
bastions and re doubts extend up this bay lor a
mile or so from tho city, and some of them are
very elective, pouring nearly a coutinui!
stream of bails 'across the bay into the enemy's
battery which is nearest the bay. I think it
very doubtful whether the French would lie
able to hold this city lor jiiv length of time it'
they could get possession of it, from the f ict
that the hiils n the north side arc taller than
tl;ose on the south, and the city and the bat
teries on them, 1 think, woul I force them to
leave it. In the main, they have been attempt
ing this from tho bind on the south side. I
will finish this by saying tmit it is the best for
tified place I ever saw. There is not a hill or
a mound where a cannon coul I be placed with
alvai.tage but you find them."
Axti-Forf.igx i'.UTEr. Movkmkxt. We see
by our New Orleans exchanges that Mayer
Levels, of that city, has issued his prod filia
tion to prevent the landing there of the hordes
of paupers which have hitherto been cast on
the more Northern cities. It seems from this
proclamation that the "Emigrant Agents" in
Bremen have been circulating through the in
terior of Germany circulars cautioning emi
grants who are "deformed, crippled, maimed;"
tec, &C-, from shipping for New York, Bos-.
to-, &c, but advising them to ship to New"
Orleans and Baltimore, where fewer obstacles
are said to exist. Mayor Lewis announces
that the laws require bonds to be given that
pauper emigrants will not be a, public charge,
Uc, as in the Northern cities, and that thesa
laws will ba vigorously enforced. We do not
wonder that Mayor Lewis thinks it high time
to check a further influx of such materials,
when th-. statistics of the Mew Orleans work
hous2, as published in the papers of that city,
show that out 1202 comniitals of paupers, ont
thousand and ticcttc are foreigners, two thirds
of these being Irishmen. Telegraph.
A Graphic DEscairTiox of Sierra Leoe.
A worthy, weather beaten old sea captain onco
gave a perfectly definite notion of Sierra Leone,
in one little anecdote: "Sierra Leone, sir.
he said; "I'll tell you what Sierra Leone is
like. A black fellow, sir, goet into tho mar
ket. It's as hot as well anything. Ho bu
a melon for three farthings and what docs lie
do with it ? The black fellow, sir, hasn't a rag
on. He's as bare as a robin. He buys h"
melon, cuts it in halves, and scoops out tne
oiirMlf. Ho sits in one half' covers his hea
..-:, !.. ol,.r .mi it,(4 th middle. Tht
what he does, sir. I saw Sierra Leone m
O 1111 1 V..w., - - . - - - - -
all
dark-
1
its tropical glory, cheapness oi prou..
- ... . j
j ness of population, gigantic vegetation, .
primitive state of ruanueis.; . . , . "
ana