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WI3I)NESIAY, NOVEMBER' 22, 1854
(HE LARGEST AND CHEAPEST NEWSPAPER
g.N iItrNingHLAND couNly
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Terris—Two Dollars a year, or One Dollar and
Fifty Cents, if paid punctuallY inAdoanee:
$1 75 pdid wittaiu 3 the yea,.
THANKSGIVING DAY.
Pennsylrania s s
In the Name-and by Authority of the •Cern
monweaith of Pennsylvania. IV ILLIAm
Ben.Ett, Governor of said Commonwealth.
s.l A PROCLAMATION.
Fellow sitreere belief in: Abe
existence of a Goa, and a just conception of
His attributes lie at the foundation of tt•ue
religion and civilized vciety. The free dee
laratiunof th is belief becomes a christian Feu-
This Almighty and Beneficiant God has
!rreativ blessed the Commonwealth and her
inhabitants during the year that has just
dosed.
An humble acknowledgement urnis good.
ni;ss and mercy, and an open manifestati6n
of gratitude to Hint, is an act of homage em
inently becoming a people so highly favor
ed.
The blessing of peace He has bestowed
upon-us. Our releawns with all other States
:ire amicable, and the tumult of internal
.tritit has not been heard in our mids t. All
the great interests of the people have been
eminently prosperous, except only the agri
cultural, which, in parts . - tif the State, has
suffered from the drought.
With the exCeption of a few communities
which claim our'sympathies, the blessings of
health have prevailed. Our 'institutions of
Government have been perpetuated, and civ
il and religious -liberty enjoyed by the peo
ple. The cause-of Education and Christian
ity has been advanced—the arts and scion-_
'es have progressed, and the moral and phy
sical condition of the country been im
proved.
The devastaltions of war which are now so
sorely afflicting the people of Europe—the
desolations of ftimitle and ravages of pesti
lence, have not been permitted - to invade our
favored Commonwealth.
These manifold blessings are the gift of
our most devoted thanks
shonld be offered.` - Tfiaai the Sol mn convic
tions of dbty therefore, and in conformity
with the wishes of many gOod citizens, I, Wit.
Jiam Bigler, Gover nor of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, do hereby appoint •
THURSDAY, THE 23D DAY OF NOVEMBER NEXT
as a day of general thanksgiving and praise
Throughout the State, and earnestly implore
the people, that, setting aside all worldly
pursuits on that day they unite in offering
thanks to Almighty God for his past good
ness and mercy, and beseech him for a con
tinuance of his blessings. Given under my
hand ;Ind the Great Seal of the State, at Har
risburg, this twernty-eighth day of October,
in the year of °fir lord one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-four, and of the Com
monwealth,The seventy-ninth.
By THE GOVERNOR: C. A. Bi.AcK,
Secretary ft!' Commonwealth.
Oct. 2Sth, 1854.
agk,./1.. good Journeyman PRINTER will
find employment at this office.{' A steady
intelligent boy will also be taken as an
a pprentice.
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MEETING OF CONGRESS.—The second
seszion of the thirty-third Congress 'com
mences on the first Monday in December,
and closes on the night of tbe third of
March following. As the session will be
a short one, with considerable business
to be trliisacted, it is to be presumed
there will be less waSte of time than dur
ing the last' session, in, the delivery of
"buncombe" speeches.
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RATIIERINCONSISTENT AGAIN:
The last Volunteer has another slatting
attack upon the clergy. We shall riot now
enter upon the controversy as to how thr the
clergy may with propriety enter into r °Mica'
contests, though it would be exceedingly
strange if they did not feel a deep interest
in all public ' measures, which invole great
-moral questions, such as the Temperance
cause and the extension of human Slai•ery.
We only advert to the attack now,- to say
that if our recollection serves us, the Volun
teer when it so triumphantly asserted the
week before the late election that Mr. Bon
ham was going to "receive .The vote of every
Protestant minister in Carlisle," did not then
accompany the exulting prediction With any a
busive imputations upon clergymen for taking
part in an election I May be Mr. B. did not get
all those expected votes and hence the Vol
unteer feels disposed to slash 'away at the
clergy again!
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THE NOVEMBER' ELECTIONS
American Victories ill Massachusetts
and 13e law are •
.The American victory in Massachu
setts is the most astountling."of the eke-
tion wonders of 1854 ! The Know
Nothings have swept the State clean and
clear. The Whigs are left in a sorry
minority, while the Locos are absolutely
"crushed out, ,, root and branch •! The
result is entirely one-sided and the old
political papers, of the Bay State arc
"struck, all of a heap" at,,the spectacle.
The Boston Atlas says, "who ever heard
before of a political party whichwas
'strong enough to carry almost every ward,
every town, every city, every county,
and every district in Massachusetts ?"
Vet so it The returns for Governor
arc given as follows :
Gard nor, A meriean,
Washburn,* Whig,
.B . shop, )crimertit,
Wilson, Abolition,
Showing a majority for' Gardner overall
others of over 80,000 ! Simon Brown,
Editor of the New England h:ariner, has
been chosen Lieut. Governor by a simi
lar vote. The Know Nothings have also
carried every Congressional district, but
the members elect are all Anti-Nebraska
men. The Legislature stands as follows:
Know Nothings, 347
Nil-mu:as;
Truly such a political revolution was
never known before !
DELAWARE.
The election in Delaware took place
on Tuesday, for flovernor and Legisla
ture. The contest was between the A
merican and Administration parties, the
Whigs having no ticket in the field. The
returns show the election of Causey, the
American candidate for Governor, and
Cullen, American„to Congress, by a ma-
jority of 600. The Whigs and 'Ameri
cans have a large majority in the Legis
lature.
NEW FORK.
It is now settled that Clark, Whig
and Temperance candidate, is elected
Governor of Now York. The vote is,
given as follows : Clark, 154,869 ; Sey
-154,572 ; Ullman, 113,761 ; Bronson,
31,852. The Whigs have the Legisla
ture, but' it is doubtful whether Seward
can be elected U. S. Senator.
MICHIGAN.
The Fusion Majority for Governor' is
about 4,000- In the State Senate there
are 26 Fusionists to 6 Democrats. In
the House 48 Fusionists to 24 Demo
crats. The Congressional delegation is
composed of 3 Anti-Nebraska to 1 Deni
ocrat.
ILLINOIS.
• The Congressional delegation is now
said to stand Anti Douglass men to 3
Douglass men. The State Senate will be
composed of 14 anti-Nebraska men to 5
Nebraska; the House of 42 anti-Nebras
ka to 5 Nebraska men, with 28 districts
to hear from. • This leaves Gen. Shields
a-rather slim chance of getting back to
the U. S. Senate, •
WISCONSIN.
The State Senate is composed of 12
Republicans to 9 Democrats. The House
of 42 Republicans to 26 Democrats.—
This ensures an Anti-Nebraska U. S.
Senator.
THE SOULE AFFAIR
The Washington Union. announces
positively, in confirmation of the report
by the Last steamer,,the withdrawal by
the Emperor Napoleon of the instructions
prohibiting Mr. Soule from passing
through :France. The Union also pre,
sumes that the explanations of the Em
peror Napoleon Will be satisfactory to our
government. This ends the difficulty.
A good many conjectures have been
started as to the causes of the Emperor':;
course toward Mr. Soule. 111 r. Galliardet
the Nils corespondent of the French pa-•
per in New York, says. that Soule, while
Louis Napoleon was yet President, was
introduced to•hini,- and pronounced him
a goose in a'ebnVersation afte'rWards held .
with 4alliardet. He also says that Seule
since ine•Junpress Euz l enie has been in
power, spoke of her as a little actress.
tEnrAlc peralb.
KNOW NO•1411NOS iN'COURT.-
• A few weeks since in a case tried at
Mass., some developments were
draw❑ from hovel's] witnesses relative to
the Know Nothing order. .._ll4.t s ) Vans
icer publishes the statement, withclisrsc
teristio comments by the notorious Bow
man, of the Bedford Gazette, one of the
most unprincipled Locos in the State.—
But in noticing the case tried the loco
foco papers very carefully keep back an
important part, which is the charge of
the Judge. In his charge Judge Bishop
made the following remarks:
" The.counsel has seen fit to introduce into
,this case an issue aside from the merits of
tl e case itself, and i,, might be proper to
deal with that matter at this time. It was
said, and so it appeared from the testimony
of several of the witnesses for the' Govern
ment, that an organization called Know
Nothings did exist. If the' object of such
society was to proscribe any man socially,
and to stand between the prisoner and his
rights in this Court ; if it should seek to
interrupt the laws and Constitution ; if it
says to any man that he is to be deprived of
rights to which he is entitled, it should he
discarded. It might be perfectly proper. for
the counsel to show that•witnesses were eon•
nected seta) society, but he knew (ge . no
law whadt f'' id men organizing themselves
into political associations to guard against
/?reign influence,or any other influence which
lsowbiigfit consider dangerous. - Al! political
parties proscribe inen of opposite parties from
holding office, and he knew of no law to pre•
rent it. Men miglit_p_erhaps,_beaiwise-in
connecting 'themselves with such an organ
ization, but it was for every man to judge
kir himself whist was sigh' and proper. Ile
had no fears that any man on the panel
would be injured by such prejudices in the
decision_.of this cause, and it was for the
jury tojudge whether: the credibility
„of
wiinesse's was*he impaired by their con
nection ,with such society.--
80,102
26,640
1:1,416 •,
'6,61:3
It-appears that Judge Bishop does not
regard these Know
,Nothings as such
dangerons 'people as the Volunteer repre
sents them to be. The Judge is of the
opinion that there is nothing in the Con
stitution or laws to forbid men organizing
themselves into political associations. to
guard against foreign influence, or any
other influence .which they might consider
diznyerons) We .expect the Votunteer
will nekt charge Judge Bishop with be
ing a Know Nothing "conspirator and
mid u ight assassin."
FRAUDS AND ABUSES.—TIic Lancas
mrian, a locofoco paper, is showing up
some extraordinary frauds and corrupt
transactions on the Columbia Rail Road,
but as we regard the early /sale of the
public works'under the new administra
tration as a fixed matter, the public may
be congratulated that such things will
sooon be brTitight to an end.
WY-The recent movement for the es
tablishment of clubs, ostensibly to pro
tect. the Constitution, but in reality to
further the aspirations .of George M.
Dallas for . a Presidential' nomination,
hangs fire.. It is significant, however,
that the Democratic party, by this sug
gestion, acknowledge that sonic more
than its party machinery is requisite to
protect the Constitution.
MAJOR ARTHUR 'l': Of the U. S.
Army, who was reported to be killed in
New Mexico by Indiaqs, is alive and
well. A letter has been received from
him by a friend in 'Sunbury, Pa., under
date of October 9th, in which—he-writes
In good health and spirits, and has just
marched with the inch under his com
mand 700 miles into the Indian country
of New Mexico.
Tti~ 'RESENT YEAR.—The year 1854
began on Sunday, and will end on Sun
day, thus having fifty-three Sundays.—
January, April, July, October and De
cember have each five Sundays. Such
'an array of Sundays , it is said, will not
occur again ui)til 1882. •
U. S. SENATOR.—A, meeting to urge
the election of Ex-Gov. Johnhoilto the
15. S. Senate, has been called at Jcittan
ning, his old place of residence.
tta„Thesteamer Arabia sailed from
New York on Wednesday for Liverpool,
with One Million Two Ihnrdred and
'Eiyhtiptwo Thousand Fire Hi~ died
Data rs u SPE ! This drain of
the precious' metals from us, when there
is such a tightness in the money market,
is death' to the country-
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A mUniit:,
The American sentiment, remarks the
New York Coari& first attained activity
in that city sonic twenty years ago, at, a
time when foreign population formed but
a small element in tie community, either
socially or politically. But the grievance
bad not reached a height which gave
permanency to public feeling against for
eign Interference in our political affairs.
In 1840, however, the Native "American
party became somewhat formidable, be
cause the immigration of the preceding
ton years had exceeded by nearly four
hundred per cent. that of any similar
term before it. This organization con
tributed to the defeat of Mr. Van Buren.
Iu 1844, when immigration. had reached
200,000 a year, when Bishop Hughes
had begun,
,to • preach politieo-religieuS
sermoris against the common school sys
tem, and when the Irish were separately
organised, as a religious sect, to vote on
that and other questions, against the body
of our 4 native citizens, the exctiement
became uncontrolable, and most lamenta
ble riots and excesses in a neighboring
city were among the results of the feel
ing produced by this state of things. In
1846 commenced the Irish exodus, and
immigration rose to 300,000 per annum .
- and - n r evr - h - y - ttie - alirol - ii - German exodus
and a Chinese exodus, and of more other
exoduses than we have time to enu
merate,
it has risen to half a million a
a year. The result is that we must do
something to protect and vindicate our
nationality. If we do not it will he des
troyed. The infusion of five millions
of foreigners into our political system
every ten years, will subvert it; and the
question is what-action is required ? -
Had the foreign residents been content
with a moderate exercise Of the privileges
which our law confers. upon them, we
suppose the great movement on which
we are now commenting would have been
postponed for a few years. But they
have not; they hive introduced religious
controversy into our political contentions.
They have demanded public office as a
right. They has ., e, insisted upon the p`O
litical proscription of the Americans for
denying this claim. They have formed
plans for the control of the polls: and
they have organized 'themselves into
pands, through whose misconduct per
petual disorder and tumult disturb our
streets, and our prisons are filled.
The root of all these evils is the pre
mature conferment upon foreigners of
the.right of suffrage. The holding of
office is oniy a consequence of that mis
take. Whenever the American party
shall obtain the -power of correcting these
evils, we hope they will use itwith modera
tion and justice, but with energy. They
should go at once to the root of the mat
ter, and either repeal tlui m
. naturalizatii
laws or extend the period of residence
to at least twenty-one years
Itm s .The Gettysburg Sentinel says tha
.Tiidge Durkee is lying dangerously ill a
York, Pa,
LATEa FROM CALIFORNiA.—We have nine
days later news from San Flan,cisco,.by the
arriyabat New York of the steamer Northern
Light, from San . Juan, with $564, 605 on
freight. The news has thus been carried by
the Nicaragua route in 20 days and 12 hours
from San Francisco to New York. The ox•
citement relative to the Meiggs fraud lied
given place to others, in consegitence of its
being satisfactorily ascertained that although-
Meggis was a great swindler, forger and de
&utter, and left behind immense defalcations
he carried away comparatively but little mon
ey. In a letter written by him, he states the
amount to be not more than $lO,OOO, but it
is believed that ho had about $50,000.
FEAR AND FAVOIL—Judge Haines of thes
ter county, in his charge to the Grand Jury,
relative to the enforcement of existing laws
intended to prevent inebriation and its many
attending deplorable consequences,
"Here we tt cet with crime sustained bysliar
' actor anc consequence,• and, these offences
have not hitherto" been starnped with the
infamy which attaches to felonies. I trust
the day is not far - distant, when a just esti
mate will be made „of these deliberate vie
'talons of the law; when the party, Whoever
he may be, who disregards the timid warning
of the mother ttn: her son, or the wife for her
husband, preferied' to save a familY from,
ruin, shall be made to feel the force of the
public sentiment, in. the stern resolve of the
eommunity to punish with rAlentleSs justice
Father than commiseratitu.o
TERRIBLE sirup WRECK
Another appalling shipwreck oceuhred c arlj
on Monday morning week, On the Jca7sa y
shore, a few miles south of Long - Branch,
causing dreadful a:orifice of life. The ship
New Era, from Bremen, with 410 persons on
board, all Germans, *int ashore in a dense
I fog, and ab the latest accounts was a perfect
wreck. The See. was so_ rough that it was
impossible to send a boat to the rescue of
the passengers, and the dead bodies were
washed ash - 16 during the day at every wave.
Only the Captain, rhate, and one lady reach
ed the shore alive on Monday. The lady
was naked, having floated ashore on a piece
of timber. Many passengers on board saved
themselves front drowiiing, by clinging to the
masts and rigging. Early on Tuesday morn
i-g, the ship was boarded -by wreck boats,
and at seven o'clock all the passengers who
were alive were landed on the beach; num
-bering 135, exclusive of the twenty saved
previously by swimming .ashore and other
means. The total number . saved out of the
whole number of 410 persons on board at the
time of the disaster is -15:), three of whom
died shortly after reaching the shore, and
probably others will die from the effects of
their terrible hardships during the 3G hours
on the wreck. • The vessel will be a total' loss.
The Captain says .he .had bad luck ever since
he started. fle did not think he should halm
been able to reach New York, had his Si
not gone ashore, as she leaked so badly.
Htnrronn, Ct. Nov. N.—There has been
an unusual degree of excitement prevailing
in this city to-day, with reference to the inter
ment of the remains of Father Brady, late
p as tur_of t he -ea thol
who died on Thursday evening, of cholera.—
The Roman Catholic Bishop refused to allow
the remains to be interred near the Church,
or with Catholic rites, It appears that in
consequence of some difficulty, the Bishop
had recently suspended Father Brady, and
the treatment the latter received; it is ,alleg
ed by many induced the illness
,
nated in his death.
The people yesterday, in consequence of
the Bishop's edict, espouse .I the cause of the
deceased, and dug a grave for the remains,
which the bishop caused to be filled up. The
people agninopened the grate this morning,
end despite the opposition of the Bishop the
funeral, services were carried through, includ
ing the mass, &c.
it is now reported that father Brady's
death was caused by poison.
THE - 1 : 11IST WILLIAMSBURG RIOT.—The
Coroner's jury in the ease of W. IL rfarison,
the American who was killed by the Irish ri
oters at one of the Williamsburg polls, on the
day of the New York State "election, has re
turned a t crdict, charging Oliver Lee as
principal in causing the death and a number
of Irishmen as accessories in being engaged
in the riot. The murderer has escaped, but
a reward of ore thousand dollars is offered
fur his apprehension. Most of . the persons
charged as being accessories were previously
under bonds to answer the charge of riot.—
The evidence given before the jury showed
that the avowed determination of the rioters
was - to prevent the Know Nothings from vo
ting nt that poll.
Tuy Lt racism:au; TELEGRA int.—This Jour
nal is, the only one now issued at Harrisburg
frig illy to the coming administration of Gov.
Pouocx. It announces that it will "wage
exterminating warfare against the Nebraska
infamy and political Roman Catholicism,"
and it will favor the Prohibitary Law, the
abolition of the Canal Board and the sale of
the Public Works. Terms $1.50 in advance;
four copies for $5.00; ten copies for $12.00.
It will be furnished, semi-weekly during the
session, and weekly during the balance of
the year, at $2.00 if paid in advance. It is
conducted with energy and ability- STEertElit
Nlmunt k Co.. Publishers.
K. N:l4 IN Conscir..—A correspondent of
the N. Y. Express, writing from Cincinnati,
under date of the 15th, says :
"An immerse number of Americans, and
from ever' State in the Union, are in ses
sion here to•day in National Council, and
will be for some days. Even California has
seat delecr 9 ates to this convention. The
strangers m town who seem to be members
of it are among the best men of the country.
It is said that one of the objects of this
meeting is the nomination of a candidate,
fin the Presidency in 1856. Ido not believe
any such nomination will be mae4 this year"
ser• 'r GREATEST PISCOYERY'"ot•
Anz.—Partners, FamilicsOlanufscturcrs and others, can
Lirchuse no Remedy equal to Dr. TOBIAS' Venetian
ulnintent, for Dysentery, Colic, Croup, Chronic Rheum*.
than, Qulnsey. S./11. Tlingit, Toothache, Sea Sickness,
Cuts, Burns, Swellings, Old Sores, Idusquito Bites, IL.
sect Stings, Pains hi the limbs, Chest, Back, dc. If it
does not give relief, the money will ho refunded—all that
Is asked is a trial, and Use it according to directions.—
The article is an English remedy, and was used by Wi n .
IV. King of England, and certified to by him as a cure
fin• Rheumatism, when everything else recommentital
his physicians had failed.
Over 10,000,000 of imAties Dave been sold In the Unit;
ed States, without a single failitre, and families have
stated that it was worth $lO -per bottle, they never
would be without it, in case of Croup; as it is as certain
a s it is applied. It cures Toothache in three minutes;
Headache in half an hour, nod Cholera, when first tak
on, in a few hours. It is perfectly Innocent to take In
ternally, and has the recommendatiOn of many of the
most eminent Physicians in the United States. Price,
-'25 and MI cents.
5 I)r. Tobias has also put up a Liniment for Mares. in
pint hettles, which is 'warranted—cheaper and better .
than any other, flir the cure of Colic, Dells, Swellings,.
old Sores, Cots, Bruises, Seret , llCS, Clllaqtl lied, At
Price, to cents.
Dr. 'Villas could fill a dozen newspapers with the ccr.
Mentes and letters received, relating to the wonderful
cures accomplished by his Liniment, but considers that
warranting it is sufficient, as any person who does net . y.
obtain relief, need not pay for it. There has teen l as
much worthless medicine sold to the public, that Dr. To.
his iiishos ids article to rest on Its own merits. and if
lie gives the value of the money received„ then be ask/
the patronage of the public, tint otherwise.
DR. TOBIAS' 011 ice, 240 timitiNWlCH Street, Not
York.
For sale by A: Smith. Sevepth mtd Chestnia. treets;
I)yott A Son : 132 N. Second street; T. .Ciite:aler.
S. Thin! street, owl 63. tlt 1., throngloSut
United 'tars.