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Editors ani Proprietors.
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THURSDAY MORNING::::
::JULY 20.
FOR GOVERNOR,
WlLUAMJlGLER,
FOR SUPREME JUDGE.
JEREMIAH S. BLACK.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER.
HENRY S. MOTT.
FOR ASSEMBLY.
WTT.T.TAM A SMTTW
FOR PBOTHONOTAKT.
GEORGE C. K ZAHM.
FOB. REISTEK & rECOBDEIt.
AMES J. WELL.
FOR COMMTSSIOXKIt.
NICHOLAS NAGLE.
FOR Al'ltfTOB.
MICHAEL D. WAGONER.
FOR TOOK HOUSE TJIUKCTOUci.
William Orr.
Michael Magnire.
Anthony Lambaugh.
THE PROSPECT.
Since tho Comity ticket has been formed, we
have had an opportunity of conversing 'w ith a
number of Democrats from different parts of tlic
county, and aro gratified to learn that the nomina
tions are not only heartily responded to, but that
they will be warmly supported The prospect of
a democratic, victory next October was never bet
ter, and when the time arrives the party in little
Cambria we feel assured will do their duty as here
tofore in sustaining their County and State
tickets. The ticket is composed of good and true
men, who have always been found at their post,
battling for the success of democratic principles ;
and as they are all known to be competent to dis
charge the duties of the offices for which they have
been nominated, we are not at all surprised to
learn that the ticket is satisfactory to the people
The desire was never more strongly evinced than
t present,, that we should have a good ami strong
ticket framed, and that in the selection of tue
candidates the JfTersonian standard should bo ap
plied to them, regardless of their 1'jcalify, "is he
honest, is he capable," so that all could cheerfully
yield them a warm and hearty support. How far
the convention succeeded, is eviuced by the
rtrong expressions of approval of their labors
both at home and abroad. The following notice
we dip from a late number of the Harrisburg
"Keystone
'-Cambria Cockty. The democracy of Cam
bria met in couty convention on Tuesday the 27th
ult., and nominated Dr. lVm. A. Smith for as
sembly. Mr. Smith is a tried democrat, and a
man well qualified for the office. He filled it once
with credit to himself and constituents, and will no
doubt doo again. Mr. G. C K. Zahm was no
minated for prothonotary. An excellent nomina
tion.". THE COUNTRY.
The "rhiladelplda Inquirer" in an excellent ar
ticle upon the condition and prospects of tiie
country, alludes to the recent stupendous frauds
which have been perpetrated in New York, and
o compl ,'tely Sttmned the whole mercantile com
munity of our large cities. The disasters from
these frauds will no doubt be felt far and wide by
numerous persons, but caused as they have been
by the spirit of extravagance which has been so
rife in pur cities, of late years they are hardly to
be wondered at. In looking to the future it says
"we can discover no indications of serious calami
ty in the national horizon ; on the contrary, the
prospect is of the most gratifying character. A
great country like this, with resources in indus
try, in agriculture, in commerce, and in manufac
tures, to the extent of hundreds of millions per
annum, is not likely to be affected but for a mo
ment, by any individual fraud however stupend
ous, and esjecially by a mere stock-gambling
transaction."
The conclusion of the article is a virtual acknow
ledgment of the present prosperity of the coun
try, and of the wisdom of the policy of the demo
cratic party under whose guidance the affairs of
our state and national governments Tiavc been
controlled almost since the days of the Revolution.
Coming from one of the leading Whig papers of
the state it cr.nnot fail to attract attention, and
ahould stimul te every democrat to renewed exer-
uub9 at lusi-ujiuuj wtuttu m secure inp success .
of the time henored principles an 1 measures of the i
party.
It concludes as follows :
"We repeat, the Republic at large is sound, r-
peciallythc commercial an 1 mant.U-tui ing clas
e,JUid the check that h:u lieen ;ivTen to legiti
mate pursuits will prove but temporary. Let lis
look at the facts :
1. The National Treasury is full to overflow
ing.
2. The
with Mexico,
ecured
derations
3. The yield of gold in California continues to
be abundant, while Australia is contributing its
miuious pear annum to the common stock.
4. The advices from Europe are favorable, mo
ney was easier, and the demand for American Se
curities was quite active.
6. A treaty with Japan ha just been effected,
and in now before the American Government.
6. The cropa throughout the Union are full of
promts, and the yield of grain is likely to surpass
that of any former season.: The chances are, that
w hajl have a surplus of many millions of bush
eta at our disposal.
7. Tho manufacturing interests of the countrv
arm the iml tide ol succesMul cxH-riment. and j
formoht qualinofc of goods, tb demand is quite j
equal t J l" pr'7- i
Government has just effected a treaty . ,7u nl.t X.r': question. The
( by which a right of way has been I f' " " "fl:. . !a D ac.votea
to the Pacific, and other important consi- ww" "Vr " 7i,?lu'l
and advanta-es. " 7" " , " 7": , . 1 "m w ne
8. Labor is every where acuve ana cneenui,
and the rates of wages have been advanced in al
most every mechanical pursuit.
9. A Treaty of Reciprocity and for the adjust
mcnt of the Fishery Question, has been arranged
between the United States and Great Britain, and
thus a source of discord and apprehension will, m
all probability, be speedily removed.
10. The Nation at large has not for many
years experienced any serious calamity, but has
been rapidly increasing in resources and extending
in territory.
11. The Union is more firmly knit together
than ever, and there are no signs of discord or dis
afi'ection worthy of note, in any section of the Re
public. Surely these arc cheerful features, and are cal
culated not only to inspire confidence, but to make
us grateful to Divine Providence. Indeed, the dis
position of the American people is to go too fast.
It is we'l occasionally, therefore, that some wild
scheme should burst before then), or that some lold
fraud should be discovered, and made palpable to
the popular mind, in order not on'y to admonish,
but to check and restrain. In this aspcv t of tho
case, the Schuyler fraud, however painful and me
lancholy, will exercise a salutary influence. It his
already "dene so in inducing more caution. But,
we repeat, the country at large is full of prosperi
ty. We are eminently favored by Providence. Let
us have only confidence in each other, and without
indulging in any extravagance or excess, avail our
selves of "the many advantages that we enjoy, and
the countless blessings that are poured upon us,
and the Future of the I!fpuiiuc will realize the
expectations of even the buoyant, the progressive
find the sanguine."
ADDRESS OF THE STATE CENTRAL
CONVENTION.
! The able and patriotic add i ess of the Demo
j cratic central committee of this sta!e, will le read
I with pleasure and pride by tLc friends of republi
j can principles.
i After showing the dissolution of the old Whig
I party in the repudiation by the people of the'r
J fu?ty tenets and stand-still notions of public po
licy, the address takes up the position assumed by
the Whigs at the time of the late presidential elec
tion and the ultra-opposition taken now by their
most potent allies tho enemies of religious li
berty. The arguments contained in the address are un
answerable for the reason that they are of the very
essence of truth. They ."re sustained by the good
tense of every candid man. They are based Un n
the constitutions both federal and state, and tho
present great aril flourishing condition of our
country is but the resultant action of the doctrines
thej- support.
The fla-sliing demonstrations of a diseased public
mind in certain populous and peculiar localities,
can no morejast through any considerable time,
than the explosion of powder, or the glare of the
meteor can remain long in sight. The past histo
ry of all false political contrivances, even down to
to the Nativism of 1S44, has recorded for them an
early grave. Thus it will be again, for the con
tinued and general triumph of a party like that
which now constitutes the right wjng of whisgery,
roust virtually aliolish the constitutional franchise
which says no man shall be proscribed for pinion
sake, and its next step will le to advance from its
insidious lurking places, and boldly demolish the
free provisions of the constitution tlem-ches.
The disasterous results a. e not hard to be dis
cerned. Anarchy of the mot abhorrent kin 1
wouldsucteed,aiul troubles, com pare J with which,
all that have heictofore been mooted are pigmies,
would come upon us.
But we have too much confidence in the integri
ty of the people, in their intelligence, in their love
of p'?ace, liberty and order, and in their attach
ment to conservative democracy to apprehend
much evil from the cabaling delusive j that now
peek to undermine us.
Fellow Domocrats, whose love of cpual justice
and the supremacy of constitutional law has held
you firm in former times, be not swerved from
vour moovings. Stand fast in theriirht and God
will vindicate it with success.
The Gubernatorial Election.
The recent iriumph of Whiggery and Know
Nothiugism at the municipal election in this city,
has induced the allied jounuds to boast loudly "of"
defeating Governor Bigler in October next. The
most monstrous stories are promulgated of acces
sions to the ranks of opposition. Every village is
represented as being the head-quarters of a branch
of this secret order, the members of which are full
of wrath aud vengeance at the Governor, and only
wait for an opportunity t strike him down at the
ballot-box. For tho purpose of keeping up the
courage of these conspirators against the Constitu
tion and the equality of all men under that sacred
instrument, every election, whether of a constable
or a church-warden, is published as a Know-Nothing
victory, and the friends devotad to their in
terests shout hozannas for the country saved. Bv
this it is hoped to catch the imthmkinr, and im
press the guUablc with the most profound respect
for the mysteries of this potent order. A "cuts are
sent forth from this city to different sections of the
State empowered, to establish associations, and
where a corporal's guard of Whigs and Natives
can be induced to join, the fact is immediately an
nounced as a conversion cf the whole people of a
county from the e. ror of their ways to the fold of
the true political church.
Bankrupted and degraded as the Whig party
is, the only hope its leaders have, is to surrender
at discretion to the summons of this fiutfon, and
elect Mr. Tollock by the tide of religious bigotry
.and intolerance which they may manage topro
duce by appeals to the pi -jivlk-es of the people
This is the programme, and n'l the aid have been
arrangea wuu precision aivl a- uraov "N'ot lo-
arranged witli precision aivl a uraov,
airing to attack the administration of Governor
Bigler, they will of course resort to secret calumnies,
concocted in the midnight mectincrs of thev wrt-t
orders, and circulated by means of their sworn
members,
Governor Bigk-r is to be renresentnl
is tho enemy of tho present common school svstm
an 1 in favor of a division of the school fund for
sectarian purposes. This is the first mode of at
tack, and though tho allegations are totally desti
tute of truth or foundation, still, they are to be
affirmed by the members of this secret order, as a
means oi prejudicing the mmds of the people
... ..ii "iiui uv inena oi an those mea
sures which looked towards the perfection of the
system, and tince that time has never abated in
his labors for the cause of popular education. In
all the addresses he has made upon the subject
he has alvocatcd the complete separation of the
schools from all sectarian influence and is now,
and always has been, opposed to attempts to di
vide the school fund, or taint the fountains of
knowledge with the bitter waters of religious des
potism. We speak without fear of contradiction
when we aver our belief, that no act for the divi
sion of the school fund could obtain the signature
of William Bigler. The past course and private
position of the Governor fully warrants this bold
and emphatic language. When, therefore, the
attempt is made to stigmatize Wm. Bigler as th
enemy of the common school srstem of this Stato
th Democracy can. ith pride and safety appeal
to the fact, that he signed the act of 1854, repeal
ing the objectionable features of the Common School
law of 1836 and 1849, which had been paseel by
Whig majorities in both branches of the Legisla
ture, and approved by Whig Governors the act
of 1836 by Governor Rituer, and that of 1849 by
Governor Johnston. The whole course of William
Bigler with respect to the Common School System,
has been fully and wholly in accordance with the
best interest of these institutions, and the children
committed to their care and tuition have beei the
Pecial objects of his watchfulness and circumipec
tion. No man in the Commonwealth has elone
more for the catise of popular education, ind,
therefore, it is important that those who are the
friends of the Common School System, as it lias
labor'in
welfare.
Of course Governor Bigler will be fully lable
to be attacked for a non-compliance w ith the re
quirements of the Know-Nothing associations. He
will not swear to disfranchise a man bocaus he
does believe one religion, or does not believi an
other. He will not make the fact that a nun's
birth-place happened to be in another counry,
though he has become a citizen of this underthe
Constitution, ami sealed that compact with bis
blood upon the battle fields of the war of U12,
and the more recent war with Mexico, a fatal hid
irrevocable bar to all hopes of promotion m Uus
Commonwealth. That is not the Washington or
Jefferson platform. Is he honest, is he fuithfj, is
be competent, were the questions of the Satf of
Monticello to all apjdicants for office, and. that
the immortal Jefferson laid don-" na a ruMor ,
iiMiuu, .u.r m.n, us me guide for Democrats at
this day. The equality of the States and he
equality of the citizens of each State, is the moto
of William Bigler, and on that broad platformhe
has administered the affairs of this State for he
past three years, and that is the promise he males
for the future, lie will not enter a secret oner
aud swear to recognize a religious test at the bnlbt
l and in the distribution of the patronage iin
dent to his official station, and thei place his haul
upon the holy book ami swear to support ihe
Constitution of the United States and the Couiti
tution of this Commonwealth, both of which t'X
pressly forbid any such tests of a religious chartc
ter. This is beneath the dignity of an American
citizen beneath tho office to which he isaspirng,
and makes the person guilty of the offence, .htltly
chargeable with moral perjury. Governor Bijler
stands upon the old Democratic platform wlf h
looks upon all men as equal under our free firm
of government. He will not pander either tothe
intolerance and prejudice of native citizens for:he
purptise of obtaining their support, nor stop aide
from the straight path of party principles to cairt
the gail that may promise to fill his sails fnm
some cposit quarter. He is the candidate of the
party believes in its great principles pruclins
its cardinal precepts, aud ujon this litisis goesbe
fore the people for their fmpj'ort. He is the de
mocratic standard bearer for the coming fight, i'jd
therefore should and will receive the supjMirt f
every man who claims to be attached to the patty
even in the remotest degree.
These are the points on which William Bi$er
is to be assailed. Both can lie defended, and ihe
enemy driven across the Danube with horrible
slaughter. Uon the School question, Governor
Bigler is right upon the record. Upon the other
matter of ersecut'ou as to birth-place and ieli
gioiis belief, he is right upon the Constitution, and
the practice of Washington, Jefferson and the ether
Revolutionary fathers. It is a compliment toour
worthy Chief Magistrate, that thus far in theewn
paicm,not one point of his administration has li.t-n
j attacked. On the contrary, the purity, faithfulness
and fidelity with winch tho allairs or the Stite
have been managed, have extorted even from the
political enemies of the Governor the warmest fx
presslons of apjiroval. During the administration
of Gov. Iiiglcr, the individual liability clause has
been applied to all chartered monotary cwnora
tions, thus securing the interests of those whw .ire
obliged to depend upon these institutions the log
rolling system of legislation broken up, and thus
each law is com tailed to be placed upon its own
merits the cancellation of tho worthless shinplus
ters continued, which were disseminated by Go
vern r Johnson, and a host of other salutary mea
sures projected and carried ottt, all having a tcn
d'.ncy to increase the prosperity of the State, and
the peace and comfort of the people. These are
the facts which we present in defence of Gov.
Bigler, when assailed by Know-Nothing fabrica
tion and intolerance , and iqion this would we be
willing to trust the issue in the hands of the people
of this good eld Ckiinmonwealth. William Bigler
is a son of this State. Here he was born, here he
tailed fT the support of his aged mother, hen? be
educated himself by the midnight lamp, anil lero
he has leen rewarded by the confidence and cstem
of those who have witnessed his carreer from boy
hood to the present time. His private character
is unsullied unimpcached. His public course is a
bright example for the emulation of all who wish
to win an undying reputation for deeds of pro
priety and worth. With such a life as this to fall
back upon in the hour of combat, Governor Bigler
can ret content that the slanders and misrepre
sentations of midnight cabals will fall harmless at
his feet. The people have tested his worth, have
witnessed his devotion to the interests of the Skate
and their verdict will be a most triumphant one
in his favor on the second Tuesday of October
next.
The Fisheries Treaties.
In alluding to the necessity that exists for im
mediate action upon the Fishery controversy, the
Washington Union says:
"We implictly trust that Congress will not
think of adjourning until this most important
treaty shall have lx!en ratified. The country ex
pects the government to adjust all our outstanding
differences with foreign nations in a just and hono r
able manner, and the State Department has exert
ed itfelf with an energy unsurpassed by former
administrations to accomplish such a result. The
faithful Secretary, with the earnest co-operntion
of the President, seems to be acting ujon the ad
age that "nothing is done while anything is left
undone." Every international question present
ed to his considerations, engages his prompt at
tention, and is urged to a speedy solution. No one
w:w prepared to learn that so momentous a mat
ter as the fisheries should have been brought to so
speedy and favorable a termination. Two years
ago, when Mr. Webster 60 boldly and unqualified
ly asserted that tho fisherman should be protected.
"hook and line, bob and sinker," there seemed to
be more than an even chance that the relations of
tho two country's would be disturbed. Diploma
cy of more than ordinary skill was required to
prevent a resort to ttie ultima ratio ot mighty pow
ers. One shot fired from the British vessels at a
fisliing schooner in the grounds in which she had
been accustomated to enjoy her pursuit, would
have excited the resentment of our people to such
a degree as to have rendered the avoidance of a
war, extremely difficult. But the cloud has nassed
away, and forever, provided Congress wiU con-
hrra that which has so auspiciously been con
summated by the administration. There is in
our opinion, no good reason to be assigned for
delay on the subject, while there arc cogent, un
answerable ones, for immediate action."
Gov. Bigleb, i3 at present, on a visit to his
home in Clearfield, w here the family is spending
the summer.
GCJ-A priuter named Shindlo has been judged in
rhiladelpliia for marrying a second wife. The
Mormon !
OtJ-The Lehigh county court refused, at its late
sitting to license any new taverns.
ftA German emicrani recently presented birr.
self a a passenger office at Dunkirk with through
; ticket for one hundred and twenty four person
' and "all in one family" at tht.
been perfected by Democratic wisdom, ana perse
verance, should give Governor Bigler the full be
nefit of the position he has earned by his zeal jnd
behalf of tins real lounuaiiou oi u in-ojie a
The Treaty with Japan.
The long-talked-of treaty . between the United
States and Japan, is by this time at Wasliington,
and when it shall be ratified by our Government,
its conditions will be publicly made known to the
country. All that is promulgated with reference
to it is that the document is simply a treaty of
amity and eace, and not a full commercial treaty.
Still it contains some features which are of great
importance to us in a commercial point of view.
The treaty, known as the "Treaty of Kanagowa,"
is drawn up in four languages English, Dutch.
Chinese and Japanese. The treaty provides for
the opening of Simoda, Island of Niphon, lat. 34
deg. 38 niin. N., Ion. 138 deg. 58 min. K.; Napa
kiang, Loo Choo Islands ; and Kakadade, on the
Island of Yesso, near Natsmni. Simoda has bee n
surveyed by Lieut. Burt. The harbor, though
small, is easy ef access, and will be useful to our
whalers. Provisions and assistance are to be sup
plied to all American ships visiting the coast, and
tiistressed seamen are to be provided for and pro
tected. A treaty of commerce, and an established
tariff, will be negotiated short and thus the
wlu'le lienefits of the trade of these two ptirts
opened to the commerce of the United States. It
may be some time before the barrier of national
exclasiveness is broken down which has for so
many ages guarded Japan, still this is the entering
wedge, and Yankee enterprise ami energy may
well be trusted to perforin the balance of the work.
From our ports on the pacific, a line of steamships
will soon branch off to these jorts, and thus China
and Japan will lecariie as familiar on Charge as
I.ondon and Paris are at the present time.
The Nebraska Question.
, For inuny you.ru jiact few journal wave been
more popular with the Whig party, particularly
of the Northern States, than the Louisville "Jour
nal." The bitter but often witty flings of Pren
tice at Democratic men and measures, have at
eme time or another found a place in the columns
of perhaps every Wliig paper in the land, and bee n
eagerly rjtioted and endorsed by the rank and file
ef that party. At the outset of tho Nebraska
agitation, the "Journal' opposed the new bill
mainly on the ground of the danger of its renew
ing a bitter sectional strife, but it now decidedly
denounces the absurd project eif repealing it, and
concludes an article en this subject with the fol
lowing unansweral le argument in favor of the
bill itself, which the old admirers of the "Journal"
sayings will tlo well to cuder on :
"And. after all, the main principle of the Ne
braske bid is certainly in itseif right. "We do not
see how any man of good sense, who examines the
subject, can come to any other conclusion. We
can see no reason why the "eneral Kovernnicut
should say that the people living on one side of
the parallel of latitude shall have the privilege ef
deciding for the-mse-lves whether they will have a
certain institution or not, but that the people on
the other side of the parallel shall net have that
privilege. Such a I:scrmunation apjears to us to
have no foundation in justice, reason, or common
sense. We cannot but regard it as odious and
wrong. Give to the people of all territories to
ehonse their own institutions, or t;ive it to none.
We should almost suppose that the northern people
would have too much sectional pride to le willing
even to submit to the discrimination which they
advocate. Ho- v can northern folks reconcile it to
their feelings that northern folks should not have
the same privileges of self-government as southern
folks that persons living north of thirty-six thir
ty, should be denied powers freely exercised by all
persons south f thirty-six thirty ? When lefore
was it known that the jxhijiIc ot aii3- portion evl
the country contended zealously for a elenial to
their own section of owers, privileges and rights,
lcloiifring to other sections ? Will eiur northern
friends do us the fiver to lstow a thought or two,
and a word or two upon this view f the sub-it-1
?"
The Fourth at Rochester.
The Iloehcstcr )ernocrat" relates the following
I. ..4 a.t tliA ocloLratioii -f tho 4h n thnt C'ilv.
rrevietus to the oration, the President of the day,
Mr. Ke-mpshall, announced that one; of the martial
airs of the Revolution would be played uiton the
tenor ehutn by a surviving m ldier of that war, the
venerable father of Hon. J. P. Mi'lner, assisted by
a soldier of the .last war, on the snare elrum, and
a lifer attached to Scott's Band. This Announce
ment created a sensation, and the old man was
received with cheers. He played with a good deal
of animation and correctness, for some minutes,
and when the tune w as completed, three stentorian
cheers were given. The orator was next announc
ed but the enthusiasm of the people had been
awakened by the scene that had just transpired,
and with one voice, they demanded to sec the ve
nerable patriot once more. He was brought to the
front of the platform again, and was greeted with
tremendous cheers. Another tune was played by
the drummer of the Revolution, and again enthu
siastic cheers were given and repeated. Mr. Mill
ner is in his 93d year, was at Saratoga, at the
surrender af Burgoyne, in the nine days' fight at
Fort Stanwix, at Yorktown, where Cornwallia sur
rendered, and at other battle's and Scenes eif the
great war. He still possesses many of his facul
ties in good state ef preservation, and bis martial
soul seems to bo animated by the sound of his
own elrum.
For the Democrat & Sentinel.
Hope.
Messrs. Editors :
When tossed to and fro on life's billowy waves
till our very soul shrinks with instinctive horror
from the veiled future, rest it should bring with it
some new and untried scene of action that would
quail an adamantine heart. Hojio, buoyant hope,
comes to cheer up our languishing spirits, and
bids us brave the worst, and expect a haven ef
happiness in the far off futnre, and if we ever
reach that haven of happiness we despair not, for
Ikwo is ever with us, like some guardian angel,
softeiiiug life's present trying scenes and fitting us
for the future, by saying Oh! mortal, thou hast
had thy trials here, but thy sufferings and sorrow
ings will ccfasc wdien the sand of this life shall
have run out; if thou hast fulfilled thy appointed
mission on earth, thou shalt go to thy home in
Heaven, where " triais, sickness, sorrow, pain and
trouble," will mar thy happiness no more.
In all the various scenes of human action and
suffering, lloio is the true friend of man. It is
Hope, that sustains the spirit of the friendless or
phan and prompts him to meet with heroic man
liness, the scorns, jers anel scoff's, ef this selfish
and uufriendly world ; and when wandering from
place to pbicc de-pendent on the charities of the
uncharitable, the bright find effulgent rays of
Hone forsakes him not, but speaks to him with a
gentie voice known to no one else, saying, son ef
poverty, despised by thy fellow man, persevere,
I will never forsake thee, thou mayest yet be
ranked among the noblest lords of earth, and
leave " fxtt-prints on the sands of time," worthy
of imitation. Hope is one of the noblest incen
tives to action ; the hope of distinction will prompt
or cause one to do that which he would not oth
erwise think of doing, and has often resulted in
incalculable good to mankind. Ibid hope forsak
en Columbus wdien his crew mutinized, and des
pair taken its place, in all probability, America,
" the land of the free and the home of tho brave,"
would yet remain unknown to the Eurojteans, and
still be what it was then, the abode of the wild
man of the forest ,
There is, indeed, no condition in which man
can be placed so utterly deplorable that Hope eloes
not seek it out to give relief. The pexr sufferer
lingering under some maiignant disease, which
has well nigh destroyed all his physical powers,
and almebt rendered this earthiy tenement a
wreck, would cease to drink the bitter draughts of
medicine, were it not that he hopes by bo doing,
to regaiu lost strength, and be made whole.
Muncy Lycoming Co., Pa; R. A. M.
Op-Abranch of tho Kn Nothings has sprung
up in Chambersburg.
Whig Consistency. Durinz the canvass of
1832, the Whig presses of the Union constantly
invoked the people of the United States to oppose
the election of Gen. Pierce, on the ground that
New Hampshire, contained in her Constitution a
provision authorizing a re-Iigious test to all appli
cants for office a te-st which it was utterly le
yend its power to remove. In 1854, tho Whig
candidate fof Governor of Pennsylvania, basis his
faint nopes for an election upon the fact, that he
joimnl the secret order of " Know Nothings," one
of whose avowed objects is to cstablich such a test
in defiance of the Constitution ef the United
States and of this State. In 1H35, lfc3H, and at
an earlier -ri'.d in our political history, the main
spirit cf opjwVitie.n to the democratic party was
on account of its refusal to jojn in an unconstitu
tional ami tyrannical eiusade against a secret
charitable soe-icty, the Freemasons. Jn 104, the
Whig nomine makes it an ob-ject of primary im
portance to join a srere-t society identical in its
charae-tcr, and the democratic j arty is denounces!
because it will not unite in an unjust crusade
against adopted citizens, and infringe upon the
rights of conscience.
The Revolution in Mexico.
Notwithstanding the boasts of Santa Anna,
that the revolution in Mexico had been ex
tinguished, the last advices from that coun
try aliow that the lire cf resistance is still
burning fiercely in man' district.-?, and threat
ens to overthrow the Dictator himself. Al
ready the standard of succe.ssf "ul reln-llion has
been raised in Yue.-itan. TVhuantopec, Kio
Verde, (State of San Luis) Chiautla and Chet
la, (State of l'nebla) Huajepau tie Leon,
(State of Oajaea) Tampico, Tula Tamaulipus,
Tuzpan, (State of Vera Cruz;) and even the
State of Mexico, which is under the immedi
ate care and supervision of Santa Anna, mur
murs at his rule, and chafes at the arbitrary
and despotic manner in which the self-constituted
head of afiairs lords it ove r the people,
and tramples on their best interests. The
government is simply a military despotism.
'o man's life or property is safe. Santa An
na's will is the supreme law, and a.s the ar
my is subsidized, and the offieicrs attached to
the Dictator, either from fear or cupidity,
thee is no appeal from exactions, no matter
how monstrous or distressing. The national
legislature has also felt the w ithering influence
of military rule. Some of the best men in
the country are in exile; others, disgusted wit h
the failures in obtaining redress for wrongs
in a legal manner, are whetting their swords
for the coming combat; while others still are
at the head of the rebellion in the different
States, determined to peril all in one last e ffort
for the independence of their native country.
In the midst of all this commotion and con
fusion from his own people Santa Anna is
likely to precipitate himself into a contest with
the United States. The illegal seizure of
thirty American citizens while on their way
from San Francisco to Guayamas, and their j
confinement in Acapuleo induced the United
States ship Portsmouth to raise the blockade
at that port and demand the immediate release
of the prisoners. This was effected, and thus
the matter rests at present. Hut each United
States mail steamer that enters the port of
the port of Acapuleo is subjected to indigni
ties or detv ntion, and thus the breach is wi
dening each day between the American and
Mexican governments. The pe-ople with a
few exceptions are warm friends of the United
States, and, were it not for the troops, the in
habitants would speedily revolt in favor of
General Alvarez. They are deadly opposed
to Geneal Santa Anna, and will fight to the
death for General Alvarez, or the United
States, should the combat come in that shape.
Thedailyincreasingintcrcourse Letwceii the
people of the Pacific States and the emigrants
to California, the profitable trade they could
prosecute through that means if under wise
and wholesome lavsval! act as so many spurs
to trick the fides of the revolutionary move
ment and keep the f.ame of discontent fresh
and dange rous. The time has gone by when
the people of the Mexican States, especially
those on thcroute to California can be tranip-led-on
as of old. Tim) many of the inhabi
tants have w itnessed the effects of liberty and
equality upon the peace and prosperity of a
State and people to remain passive instru
ments in the hands of a tyrant and usurper.
Whatever, then, may be the result of the
present outbreak iu Mexico, the final des
tiny of that country is fixed and certain.
The ports em the Pacific in a few years wulle
wholly under the control of Americans, as
will also the border States. Thus cut off
from the maritime outlet, the inland districts
will soon fall into the hands of the stronger
party. What other rcf-ge is there from the
frays of the rod men of the plains? None,
for Santa Anna w ill either be in exile, or too
poor to aid those States remote from the Cap
itol with nierfns or men. The purchase mon
ey under the Gadsden treaty will soon melt
away before incessant drafts upon the Mexi
can treasury to pay the armv which is neces
sary to maintain the Dictator on his throne,
llankrupted in money and re putation, but one
avanue of cscaje will be opened for the su
preme ruler of Mexico, and that will be flight
This is the on!y future for Santa Anna
lut what shir of hope is there for the real
friends of Mexico: Hut one; and that is an
nexation to the United States. The old and
time-worn policy of the Spanish rule needs in
vigorating with the young and vigorous blood
of the Anglo-Saxon ministrations. Each
day's intelligence from that country shows
most conclusively that as a people the Mexi
cans are not capable of maintaining their na
tionally against the adverse circumstances
by which they are surrounded. Prance looks
with a greedy appetite upon some of the Pa
cific States, while england has more than once
hinted at an appropriation of a portion of the
territory in Liquidation of bonds given for
monetary transactions. Thus menaced from
abroad, and at home troubled by the incur
sions of hostile tribes of Indians; the people
must seek for relief from that nation from
which it can come fraught with the most sub
stantial blessings. The influx of Americans
both from the ltio Graude frontier, and from
California and the Pacific ports will soon open
the path for successive annexatiems, until the
whole becomes a part of our Union. This
seems to be so manifestly the destiny of Mex
.co. .that to disrate it is fighting the decrees
f ProvHe4U',-"AfllhIs nation has to do is
to prep&r? wr tue trust auout ieing conuneu
to it. A few years and the States of the Pa-
cifio will glitter in the flag of this Ilepublie,
and then; one' by one the interior divisions.
whilsK the hall8 6f tho Moutemmas will be
come ft part "6 thNaiionfc and peace, plenty
and prosperity once more visit the lovely val
leys and productive fieldsof the South arm of
the euncroood of btates.
flrvThe sum of .t 7 Oft was rid at LnuisviH last
' w ek for a set of harness tor "ilis Imperial Ibgh
! ness," Santa Anna.
Highly important from Mexioo
"We have received copies of the liuletin Offi
cial Gcrcito liettaurador tie Z Isilxrtatlox.
gan of Alvarezto the 14th ultimo, and from
them we gather some further particulars of tb
movements and successes of the Mexican rev
olutionists. An article on the present po
litical and social condition of the country given
the following items of news, vouching fjr
their truth, as they were furnihed by most
respectable parties of high standing ia socie-
"The state of ucatan Lag adopted the
plan of Ayutla iu th most splendid and vic
torious manner. Tehauntebec, Rio Verde,
(State of San Luis) Acatian, Chiautla, ani
Chetla, (Staic of Puebla) Ilaujepan de Leon,
(State of Ojaca) Tejaplico, and many people
ef the St ate of Mexico, Sierra Gorda, and
Arista, have declared their adherenee to the
republican flag, and we are assurd, on the
most reliable information that the revolution
has been equally successful in Tampico and
Tolade Tamaulipus, Tuxpan, (State of Vera
Cruz) and other towns of the North.
The perfect and principal commandant of
Igucla asked for an additional armed furco
fro m the capital, with the expectation of meet
ing our valiant troops, who, under the com
mand of Villaloa, occupy the Cerra del Li
mon. The government rent to his aid th
battalion of Matamoras, reinforced with differ
ent unattached pickets. This troop, hearing
the voice of the country, which demanded its
Morvices have refused to obey the instrue-tion
given them to fight against their own breth
ren, have joined the revolution, and at this
time should be in the district of Cuautla, from
whe nce we are anticipating fovorable news
The tyrant has returned to tho capital,
where triumphant arches were prepared for
his reception, and whre, with much exterior
display, he has sought to, make the people
lelieve the lying statesments of his exploits
The people have lxked upon all this with
contempt, and the tyrant himself, whether
from the ill-humor occasioned by his disgrace
ful flight, or from other causes ea.sily under
stood, refused to pass unde-r the triumphal
portal, and w hile the immense crowd of weak
hypocrites and corrupted courtiers were as
sembled to greet and to flatter him, thy
were advised of the arrival of the Serene High
ness at the palace. Tho day following, the
great Senor of Turbaco had a ejuarrol with
his ministers, because th se gentlemen, who
undoubtedly desire the death of the tyrant,
had boldly insisted on ejening the document
in which Santa Anna had named his success
or. We do nejt know w hat other scenes fol
lowed this absurd and ridiculous one; but cer
tain it is that in two days the ministers wer
elismissed fro'n office.
Tlic intelligence from TueLla confirms in
every particular the accounts from Mexico
city, inserted above, and the only additional
news we have to communicate, is the march
of troops statieiiusl in the capital of Puebla to
Jalisco Are the people of Jalisco on our
side? Let our readers judge for themsclvcu.
In the Cerro del Galio the' old patriot, Don
Pasche-1 Ascem io, is cucaiijjf d with hOOnieu.
and is waiting for orders to carry iutu i:u
tioti
The great majority of the f-eeiple of Ajr
chitan have recognized the revolution, an 1
are resolved to sustain the movement.
The assassin Cosio Hohumcude has csr
ed, in a cowardly manner from Miehe.tcjui.
which State altogether, as the publie knew,
has seconded our glorius movement.
Citize ns! to your heroic valor and to you-
energy the country is indebted for a new era
of liberty, which must flourish under tho fa
vor of that divine Omnipotence which pro
tects the just and righteous cause. The revo
lution has extended to the four quarters ot
the republic Ict, then, the tyrant trem
ble; and let those traitors who Lve eaJeav-
ored to wrong and malign the noblest peopl
m the world sutler the penalties.
V letter from on board the U. S. snip
Portsmouth, at Acapuleo, nneler elate of the
20th of June, says that on the ltith, & de
tachment of Gen. Alvarez's troops gavebattl
to tieu. Jranta Annas troops near the Mescalla
river. A captain and thirteen of Santa An
na's seddier's were killed, and forty taken
prisoners, with twenty pack mules and a larg
quantity of baggage aud stores. Santa An
na's troops then retreated. There are in Ac
apuleo about one thousand troop. The re
of Gen. Alvarez's army are stationed at diff ¬
erent points on the National road, between
Acapuleo and the city of Mexico. These
troops are well drilled, and arc determined
that the State shall be free from San
ta Anna's tyranieal yoke, er lose their
lives In the attempt.
On the morning of tho lGth news arrival
at Acapuleo tliat the city of Mexico, togeth
er with six of the States, had revolted in fa
vor of Alvarez ami against Santa Anna. A
salute of one hundred guns was fired from the
fort, the bells were rung, aud it was a day of
general rejoicing. This afternoorrwe shall go
outside and cruise off the harbor until the
steamers from San Francisco and Panama
come along, (which will probably be to
morrow.) aud convey them in aud eut of th
port. It is expected that we shall leave for
Callao about the lit of July.
Ihe following are the names of the Amer
icans rescued at Mazatlan, from the Mexican,
by the U S. Steamship Portsmouth:
William Snelling, Boston, W.Warren, New
lork, John Lewis, A. ii. Clemens,
" Hampshire, Heal Fatou. Louisiana, J.
M. I.iempark, Ohio, S. Johanneson .Cali
fornia, Feroisand Sbang, Ohio, LewU
llattc, Penna., Henry Commander, Ohio,
Michael Kemp, George Groff, N. York,
Milon Court right, Pcnn-, John V. Mor
rison, Ohio, S. Simpson, George Hon
phonc, N. York, II. Longey, N. Hamp
shire, J. A. Ellott, Missouri, John Vic
tor, Ohio, Charles Herr, August
Staba, Texas, George Shiel, Indiana,
L'l Byrnes, South Boston. Peter II
Hayes, It. Island, Peter Blokin, New
York, Henry Hoi man, 44 J. Ken
dall, Buffalo, N. Y. John Honi
Fter, Ohio, George Lower Penq., Phil
ip Lehl, Missouri.
JtW An Arkansas papr states that uHles
than one hundred horses have been killed iu
Union couuty by thegnata within the past two
or three weeks.
rsrCincinnati contains 160.000 inhabit
ants, but there aro still raceoems and wild rab
bits within the corporation limit.
X?rThe publio debt of the United State ia
$30,673,818,23.
XST Beware of drinking ice-watr while ia
a heated condition-