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THURSDAY MORNING:::
:JCLY 27.
FOR GOVERNOR,
WiLLIAJOIGLEn.
FOR SUPREME JUDGE.
JEREMIAH BLACK,
TOR CANAL COMMISSIONER.
HENRY S. MOTT.
FOR ASSEMHLV. '
WILLIAM. A. SMITH.
FOR PEOTKOKOTAKV.
GEORGE a K ZAHM.
for ueoistek recorpkb.
' JAMES J. WILL. .
FOR COMMISSIONER.
NICHOLAS NAGLE."
FOR AUDITOR. ' .
MICHAEL D. WAGONER.
fob rooR house directous.
William Orr.
Michael Magnire.
Anthony Lambau?h.
WHIG TACTICS.
Whoever will trouble himself to read the address
of the Lite Whig State Central Committee, will be
convinced how truly they have been judged by the
Democratic party in the opinion expressed of them,
in the introductory remarks of the address of our
party's committee. In our last issue we endeavor
ed to give our readers a partial review of the able
document last mentioned, -and at that time had no
idea of the kind of stuff, which was to be set afloat
for the guidance of Whigs in this state.
Abandoning the platform and false gods which
they had set tip for their blind idolatry in 1852,
the watch words of the present campaign, are na
tivism and niggerism, with a few adjuncts which
their hypocrisy lias garbled and tagged on in the
guise of Liquor prohibition, sale of the public
works and the danger of the "integrity of the com
mon 6chool fund."
We hardly suppose any Democrat or sensible
man of any party can be long deceived by this
ruse. Defeated in their mightiest struggles to at
tain the position of power, in which they have al
ways wielded corruption where by accident success
has attended them at the polls, they fly to the suc
cor of stratagem, of fraud, of illiberal ism, and each
ray of hope however illusory to buil 1 up a new
organization of any and every element. In the
language of their address they are convicted of all
we charge upon them, and it needs only to be quot
ed in order to be understood. They say to their
fellow citizens of Pennsylvania : "We urge ujion
our friends throughout the state, in every county
and township, to organize, and waiving all minor
differences, to elect such a Legislature, and repre
sentation in Congress as will give a decesivc re
buke to those who have anew involved us in agi
tation." Now what is this we candidly ask, but a deter
mination to slake their thirst of power by the
adoption of any and all means, without discrimi
nation, which they vainly imagine savors of suc
cess? Do they adhere to any platform do they
elevate any pole star of principle by which their
followers are to be guided do they place them
selves in any tangible position by which the coun
try can hold them responsible in future ? Nut at
all. They imagine a panic ; they deem. the poli
tical deep to be agitated ; they endeavor to crea
tion the impression that the waves are crested with
the white cajis of stoim, and with piratical hand
try to seio upon every floating wreck of opinion
wherewith to enrich their prospects.
The Whig party is no longer to K the WlJg-
party, but falling in with the cue of the Saratoga
conventionists as recommended by New York fa
natics, they propose to come before the people un
der the specious "commpn appellation of IiEPI'b
licans" and to compose a party out of Demo
crats (?), Free toilers and Whigs,
But there is yet time to reflect and time to act.
Such snares have been too often laid, to entangle,
and will inevitably spring upon the hands that
lay them. Never in the history of Politics in
this country, has such wanton abandonment of
every tiling frank and honest been evinced. As
Democrats, as friends of open undisguised action,
as the avowed supporters of truth and su bstantial
principles, let us be awake to -insiduous and de
ceptive approaches. Resist the Devil of inliuites
. imal shapes, and he will flee from 3-ou.
The Know Nothing Party.
The Lancaster Intelligencer concludes an able
article pointing out the proclivity of all new one
Idea parties, to finally afliliute with, and 1 swal
lowed up by the Whig organization, with the fol
lowing remarks :
' . "And such h;is been, and ever will be, the fate
of all new parties, brought into existence by the
. eime means, for the prcti n led object" of redressing
some alleged private or local wrong, the character
- of which id generally indicated by the name they
adopt; They are all recruited by sergeants com-'
. missioned by the Whig party and used for the be
nefit of that party, as mere factions ; and, when
thrown as-ide by their betrayers, find themselves
l'Vt to the confidence of the Democracy, for whose
. destruction tdiey were employed.
Let thcs well known truths be kept in mind
l.y" the people, especially by the young men just
launching into political life, whose untrained minds
and warm impulses, are taken advantage of by
a lroit and accomplished recruiting and drill ser
geant of the Whig party. The name of "Know
Nothing" is an invention of the enemy! It was
selected by the knowing ones as the best fitted for
their purpo-. It wears a semblance of mystery
has a sprinkle of romance about it, anil, better
than all, if its votaries arc asked to expound their
principles, they can iwint to their banner, and
k'now nothing!" ' r.;j f .'; f";
..The young men of the Democratic party, how
ever, for whom the snare was - principally spread,
will not be caught in it. Some of them may ven
ture to the door of the "Curiosity Shop," and take
a look at the interior, but they are too wise to cast
a blight upon their political cliaractqr,. which will
attach through life, by crosiingjthe threshold and
becoming an occupant. The Id nun ofJTie De
mocratic party, those who have stood firm and in
flexible in their adherence to riMNtn i.K, in the
darkest days of the paxtT?lookvPalnilyand"Kotft
fully at this new attempt of our ftneiewt enemy, to
triumph over the -principles of Democracy. When
the day of trial comes, on tha 2d Tuesday of Oc
toler, this 'sturdy phalanx will be found standing"
upon the Democratic platfurm-the . hit form of
our glorious constitution battling against the
principles contained in ''Alien and Sedition" laws; '
enacted under the administration of the elder
Adams, and hurled from existence by the Demo
cratic party! And. with the declaration of prin
ciples, made by Thomas Jefferson, for our text
book and guide, they will indignantly frown down
every attempt to excite sectional or sectarian jea
lousies, anl fight under -that banner alone, which
bears upon its folds the motto :
'Equality of Rights and Freedom" of Religion in
all the States." ' .
The Fathers of the Republic have to advised in
the most solemn manner and upon this authority
the gTcat Democratic party is based, and its buU
warks made impregnable.
, Common School Convention. v
. At the Convention of County Superinten
dents of Common Schools, hold at Harrisburg
on the 10th inst., after the organization, the
object for which the Superintendents had been
called together was stated by Mr. Black,
being for consultation and interchange of opi
nion, as to the best way of carrying into effect
the provisions of the late school law, so that
the interests of Common School education
might be promoted and advanced, committees
were appointed to make reports on the follow
ing subjects :
I. Grades of Teacher's Certificates,
II. Modes of Examining Teachers,
III. Grades of Schools,
IV. Visitation of Schools,
V. Teacher's Institutes,
VI Best mode of interestingVDirectors,
VII. Best mode of securing the co-operation
of Parents,
VIII. Uniformity of Books.
Able and interesting reports were made on
the several subjects just enumerated, which en
gaged attention, and were discussed during
the session of the Convention. As to Teacher's
Certificates, three grades were adopted, the
first grade, to be granted to those who may
stand a thorough examination in all the
branches named in the law, together with such
other branches as may bo required by the
Directors ; the second to those who are only
examined in those required by law ; and the
third to such as may only be prepared to be
examined in the elements of those branches
not as far advanced as the others. The first
two grades of Certificates will bear the seal of
the Department of Common Schools-. The
object desired to be accomplished by making
these grades, was to excite an ambition among
teachers to prepare themselves thoroughly for
the duties of their profession.
Mr. Wittie's Speech.
- The speech of this gentleman iu favor of
the Nebraska bill closes with the following
eloquent passage :
"Gentlemen assert that by the adoption of
this measure you will divide and distract the
Democratic party. I ask them Jto remember
that the history of that party . clearly attests
that its purpose and function is that of. trial
and difficulty. It was cradled in storm and
reared amid tribulation. It has ever been
the advance guard of all those great measures
of progress that have mado our country
powerful and glorious. It was created for
that purpose, and whenever danger has threa
tened, from traitors at home or foes abroad; it
has always in ihe hoar of peril been called
upon to exercise its highest and holiest func
tion. I care not if to promote a great prin
ciple, it distracts the party for a time. When
its highest attribute shall have been exercised,
and its highest mission performed, it will then,
by the involuntary tribute of a free people, be
knit together in bonds so strong and irresist
ible that the forces of all the factions and isms,
placing abolitionism at the head, cannot break
them.
'That there has always been a marked and
necessary difference between the Democratic
and Whig parties is true. They must " re
member that the Democratic partv is not one
of expediency, and if it be now called upon
by the enactment of this bill to make sacri
fices at the present moment in order that great
good may flow from its principles iu time to
come, I repeat it is the solemn duty of every
Democrat, be he in or out of Congress, to
make such sacrifice with a patriotism and chiv
alry which becomes a true national man. I do
not, therefore, fear the result. I am ready to
go before the people and meet this question.
It requires but little intelligence to compro
hend a proposition so single as the one em
braced in this act. To the people I submit
it, conscious that their instinctive perception
of man's right to self government will carry it
salely through, tlie storm ot partizan agitation
and lead them to a just conclusion as to its
merits."
' But two Great Parties.
There are but two parties in this country
the Democratic party ami TIIK OPPOSI
TION TO THAT PARTY. The prcscntj's
one of these occasions when the whig party
passes almost out of men's memories, Other
names supersede the name of whig.. Other
influences rise above it. Some are for giving
it up because it has been used for base pur
poses by bad men ; others, because it has an
odor of suspicion about it; others, because
like an old garment it has served its day.
Every little section heretofore banded under
the name of whig, is now setting up for itself,
and there are almost as many names as there
are organizations. Meanwhile the democratic
party stands intact and upright, and nobody
thinks of the overthrow or of the decay of the
democratic party. The odds and ends of fac
tion, however, like the little people in Gulliver's
Travels, who bind their huge prisoner with mul
titudinous but tiny bonds, think that by a com
mon attack tlipymaj" crush it to pieces. 'tVe
shall sec.
; Settlement ofNebraska
From the. St: Mary (Iowa) Gazette, June 21.
Wo are highly gratified to learn" from -our
exchanges below that the ge-nhead Anglo
American has commenced in good parnesttbe
settlement of Kansas and Nebraska. Large
numbers' haveNcrossed the Missouri river,
at St. Joseph, and commenced in good earnest
the foundation of their future homes some
ploughing, some building, and some making
large pubb'c highways from the growing city
of St. Joseph," leading off to the west through
the beautiful groves and plains of Kansas.
At old Fort Kearney, on the Missouri' river,
there js already a large and hrifty colony- of
jiejitfcettlers. who,, like .ail other trontior men,
are engaged iji redeeming the southern bor
der of our lovely Nebraska from the wild
1 icast and savage, and . planting - permanently
the standard of civilisation and our .glorioas
stars and stripes upon it. .'.''
Just opposite our neighboring city of Coun
cil Bluff maybe seen the busy surveyor, the
woodman, nnd,thc professional man, not only
"marking out their claims','" but performing
the more substantial duties of the citizen. .!
Here, too, just opposite our city, it is cheer
ing to witness the signs of that growing; pros-
neiitv that is to nnirk the future course of
Nebraska. . Of all the bright spots upon the J
west bank of that turbulent Missouri, the sun
seems to shed his early rays and evening
beams with most lustre upon the plateaus and
plains of the embryo, city of Bclleviyu, The
keen-eyed frontier man, fascinated by its rich
virgin soil and unequalled commercial advan
tages, has not been slow to lay .the foundation
of one of those temples' of liberty from wluch is
to suspended the flag of the brightest star of the
American constellation. The engineer, the
mechanic, the merchant, and not the least in
the train, the hardy 'woodman, have all fixed
their eyes and hearts upon it, and not many
moons will pass until "manifest destiny" will
give its metropolitan position. ' .
But the settlements arc not confined to those
localities only, but all along the Missouri riv
er for three hundred inTTes, upon Nebraska
the beautiful valley of which is soon to receive
the location of the great highway of nations
the Loup Fork and the Klk I lorn are fast
becoming the scenes of the busy white man,
with his higher civilization.
The people of the Great West, of every
State, have set their hearts upon it, and they
will suffer no further delay, but will move on
the great ball of progress in spite of opposi
tion. Government has in vain interposed ob
stacles at every step . in the abvance of the
Western settlement.. But those obstacles,
like chaff, before the wind, have been swept
off, and the column has moved steadily on;
and onward is now the decree and the powers
of earth cannot stop it.
The Chrrrency.
It is well known that Gov. Johnson was
the author of that most disastrous plan to re
gulate the currency known as the "relief law."
In 1841 , when a member of the house of repre
sentees this law was pas.-ed, mainly through
his instrumentality, by which the state was
flooded with a ragged and depreciated cur-rencj-.
It is also well known that the cancellation of
this vicious currency was commenced under the
administration was to arrest the cancellation of
this relief trash and allow it to be rc-issued by
the banks- - - -
Amongst the first acts of Gov. Bigler's ad
ministration was a resumption of the work of
cancellation, and the withdrawal of this obnox
ious species of currency is now in full operation
Let Gov. Bigler be defeated and we may
reasonably infer that this salutary measure
would be susjiended; and the country again
flooded with ragged relief notes. ' Is is useless
to deny that such is the aim of whig policy.
The depreciation of the currency by the mul
tiplication of banks reducing the denomination
of banknotes and measures to promote the cir
culation of paper currency instead of gold and
silver, has ever been the aim of the whig par
ty. Let no one desirous of a sound and healthy
currency be deceived. If a United States
Bank be an absolute idea, the same object may
be attained in a different form. ' We can now
boast of the best currency of any in the union
Let Gov. Bigler be rc elected, and the work
of cancellation go on, with the adoption of
other wholesome reforms, and our monetary
position will be enviable indeed.
Death of Gen. Towson.
Gen. Nathan Towson, Paymaster General
of the IT. S. Army, died at Washington on
Thursday, aged about 70. Gen. Towson
was born in Maryland, in 174, and at the
age of 10 removed to Kentuckty, and after
wards to Natchez, in the then Mississippi
Territory, where he resided three years, re
turning to Maryland in 18U5. In 1SOS he
was appoiuted Adjutant in the 7th Maryland
Militia; in March, 1812; was appointed Cap
tain of Artillery in the U. S. Army, and in
August of that year joined Lieut. Col. Scott
at Philadelphia, and proceeded to the Nor
thern frontier. He signalized himself, soon
after in cutting out two vessels lying under
the guns at Fort Krie, and for his gallant con
duct was brevetted Major. He participated in
the attack on Fort George, 1813; commanded
the artillery at the battle of Chippewa, and
for his conduct was brevetted Lieutenant
Col ; was also present at the battle of Lundy's
lane, and the attack on i ort line, receiving,
on both occasions honorable notice of his bra
very. At the close of tho war, he was as
signed the command of the troops at Boston;
in 1819 was appointed Paymaster-General,
in 1 834 became entitled to an additional bre
vet and took rank as a Brigadier General
from the 15th of August, 1824, the tenth an
niversary of the battle of Fort Erie. - In 18
40 he was ordered to Mexico, to preside at
the Court of Inquiry held on Gen Scott?
General Towson, since his promotion to the
Paymaster Generalship, has resided princi
pally at Washington. He was considered,
in 1812, the ablest artillery offieer in the
country. It is doubtful, indeed, if he had his
superior in the world. During the war, his
battery was known among the troops as "Tow
sons's Light-House, "from the constant flash
es above the smoke of the battle-field, caused
by its rapid and incessant firing. He was an
accomplished soldier, and an amiable, kind
hearted gentleman.
CCPGerritt Smith will resign his seat in Con
gress, at the close of the present session.
fjcj-The managers of the Washington Monument
have issued an appeal to the nation for aid. .
CtJ-The Fourth of July was celebrated at Sum
tcrville, H. C, on strictly temperance principles.
-COMr. Joseph W. Miner, editor of the Wiikes
barre "Report of the Times," has sold out his in
terest to his associate. Willi&m Miner, who will
1 hereafter conduct the paper.
a Member: of the Know
Nothindcv I v-- -
v BrdLER IIejected by thk KjfowNoTtnxas.
-1 The.' H'atJiinjjton Commonvxnlthlea.rujafTom
Philadelphia that Governor Bigler applied for
admission anto the society of . Know-Nothings,
but was rejected. Ac. - ' N 'C' "...
' This of course is a fabrication of the most
silly character. It will deceive no one. Go
vernor Bigler is known to le opposed to this
secret political religious society, and on all
proper occasions has denounced it as an at
tempt to mingle the bitterness of religious pre
judices in our political canvasses.- ' The Whigs
and -their allies mast tax their ingenuity fyr
a more plausible invention, or they will loose
their old and well-established ' character for
adroitness in manufacturing falsehoods for all
occasions.
Jiut Jamct Piibjck, the. Whig candidate fur
(loreruor, it u member of tlie onlt r of Knutc
itiinrf. - lie joined in l'iiladiiphia, on
the e renin j of the 19fA of June, and made a
Fpeeth on that occasion, in which he gave in
his adhesion to all the monster doctrines of
that "unconstitutional organization. James
Pollock, on entn-ins that secret order, swore.
Id. He would itiAvjte for or apjuiint to of
fice any man who wax not born tn this country
2d. He . voxdd not vote for or apitmnt to
office any man who believed in the doctrines of
the Iloman Catholic Church, 7chctier born iu
this country or elxr where. ' - .
- 3d. He. -would not rote for1 or. appoint to
office any man tchosc father 'icas not fjorn in
thin Country, and a believer tn the I'rotestaut
religion. ' r- : . - - .
These are the? facts with relation to Mr.
Pollock. Will he dare deny them? They
arc sucoeptible of the most abundant and con
vincing proof. The time, the place, the cir
cumstances in connection with the admission of
Mr. Pol lock 'axe all well known. The members
of the Know Nothing organization claim him
as their candidate, and as a member of their
order, in full c Jinmunion with all its proscrip
tion! ideas. . If Mr. Pollock is te'.octed, instead
of the State Government being conducted on
the broad, open basis of the Constitution, and
the equality of all men under that sacrod in
strument, the directing hand will be .control
led by the oath of a secret society, proscrip
tion in its character, and bases upon the bol
dest and most ultra doctrine of religious per
secution. Mr Pollock is sworn to deprive
one portion of our fellow-citizens of tboir equa
lity of rights because they do not worship 0 od
in the same manner that he does; another, be
cause they were not born upon the soil of this
country, and still another, because their fa
thers were not native to the country, or may
have been believers in a particular religious
faith. This is a new doctrine to be preached
on the soil of old Pennsylvania, and attempt
ed to be forced on her citizens by means of a
sworn secret society. How will the honest
yemanry of the interior relish such an attempt
to make aliens of their children, and ostracise
them from the benefits of civil and religious
liberty? The Star-chamber of England, and
die Inquisitorial institutions of other countries,
are justly reprobated by all lovers of the rights
of conscience ; but how do they differ in prac
tical consequences from the order of Know
Nothings. To be sure, they deprived a man
of life as well as liberty. That was a feature
of the same barbarous aeo in which their or
organization existed. The same spirit that
leads a man to take an oath to proscribe an
other on account of his religious faith, will in
duce him to burn him at the stake, md the
Know-Nothingism, of 1854, of which Mr.
Pollock is a member, is identical in all its fea
tures with the loost barbarous crusaders of
the middle ages.
For the purpose of courting success, the
Whig party and its candidate, Mr. Pollock,
have affiliated with this society, and are bound
hand and foot to its bloody car. Mr. Darsie,
the Whig nominee for Canal Commissioner,
is not a native of this country, and hence he is
to be superceded by Mr. Spicer, of the Native
American State ticket, and a member of the
KuowrNothings. In this mauuer the ticket
is to lie prepared for the allied forces.' The
question, therefore, for the citizens of Penn
svlvania to decide is, .shall the fire of religious
persecution be lighted in the old Common
wealth, and its laws subjected io the blighting
influence of a sworn secret order ? Shall the
ballot box and the jury room be polluted by
the presence' of a spirit alien to the genius of
our free institutions, and paralysing to all the
best and dearest interests of freemen ? Shall
our Legislative Halls be converted iuto Star
Chambers, where the religious opinions of a
portion of our citizens will object them to the
auto da fe of Know-Nothing vengeance ? Shall
the Supreme Bench he invaded by this demon
and the administration" of our laws subjected
to its fell and' pestilential purjoses ? All
these questions are attempted to be silenced
on the part of the Whigs .with the cry of Anti-Nebraska,
and the advance of slavery by
the establishment' of the principle of selt-go
vernment in the Territorial
Kansas and Nebraska.
a""- "
This, however, will not satisfy the people.
They ask from the Whig candidate, Mr. Pol
lock, an admission or denial of the fact of his
attachment to the Know-Nothing organization.
Governor "Digler Js not a nmmber. nor did he
ever make application. Mr. Pollock is a
member. We have given the time and place
of his admission the oaths taken by him,
which are openly at variance with the consti
tution of the United States and that of the
State of Pennsylvania ; and we now ask the
citizens of the Commonwealth of- Pennsylva
nia, if they arc willing to aid in electing him
to the office of Governor of this State. It is
for them to deoide.: Argus. . -
Horrible Cruelty at a Poor House.
Buffalo, July 21. This afternoon, in
consequence of rumors of a large number of
deaths by cholera at the Poor House, a party
of physicians and citizens visited the House,
when the condition of affairs were discovered
to be"hiost horrible. Within 24 hours 15 in
sane persons and seven others had died of cho
lera, and four more were then in a collapsed
state I . The House was found to be so foul
and filthy that persons could not enter, and
the inmates were in a horrible condition. On
inquiry, it was found that they were kept on
insufficient food and that of bad quality. Tho
diet has been, for breakfast a piece" of bread
about five inches square with coffee made from
barley and a piece of salt pork ; dinner the
same, with the exception of coffee: supper,
bread and tea. This is all the food the poor
inmates have had, and the scurvy was. found to
be raging in- the-building as well as cholera.
Several deaths have occured from absolute
starvation, particularly among the children.
The disclosures caused intense excitement
here. Tho health of the city is good.
James Pollock,
The Canvass-Correspondence.
"J.13. BitATTpN, ?sq. HirTsAs much spec
ulation has, appeared . in the i public' press,
touching the intentions of Gov. Bigler,' the'
democratic candidate in the : present canvass
for theoffiee he has ably and faithfully filled,
and as very unkind and uncharitable attacks
have been repeatedly made upon him in this
connection, 1 have deemed it an act of justice
as well to him as to the Democratic part3', and
the people of the Commonwealth, to give pub
licity to the annexed letter addressed to me
for the use of the State Central Committee.
The public will discover iu this communi
cation, another exhibition of that honesty,
sincerity,. and fairness of purjose, which has
so much distinguished the course of its author,
in the various responsible positions with
which the people have honored hiin. Gov.
Bigler is willing to meet Mr. Pollock or Mr.
Bradford, or lioth the opposition candidates,
before the people, and discuss the various
political issues of the day and in such dis
cussion, our cause the cause of rehubliean
isiu and truth has nothing to far.. Our
principles have only to be known and under
stood, to be properly appreciated.
Very respectfully, tc,
J. Ellis Boniiam.
Carlisle, July 18, 1854.
E.vEciTivK Chamber,
. . July 10, 1854. j
J. Ellis-Boxiiam, Esq. Dear Sir: The
manner of conducting the Gubernatorial can
vass Las, I observe, become a topic of news
pajier discussion, and I have deemed it prop
er, on that account, to place my views on the
subject in the possession of the State Cen
tral Committee. ' -You
will remember that, when traveling
the State in 1851, I deprecated the "stump
ing system" as liable to manifest and weighty
objections. That I embraced it more as a
matter of necessity than of choice. The oppo
nents of the Democratic party had commenced
the practice in 1848, and then again inlSol,
and there seemed to be no alternative left but
to meet them in their own chosen way. A
similar alternative may again be presented.
Indeed, if the opposite press is to be regarded
as good authority, Judge Pollock, one of the
most prominent iwl talented of the opjwising
candidates, had already determined to canvass
the State by holding a series of public meet
ings. The Committee will, therefore, regard the
Democratic candidate as subject to the pleas
ure of his friends, as far as the performance
of his official duties may permit. I shall most
cheerfully meet and address my fellow-citizens,
touching the present aspect of political
affairs, at euch times and places in the State
as may be deemed proper.
I have no opinions to disguise on any sub
ject to be iu the least affected by the election
of a Governor am willing and anxious that
each elector should understand, as far as pos
sible, the effect of the vote which he is about
to cast. Beside, my official acts are as mat
ters of public concern, and in p:;sing upon
their wisdom, justice, and policy, the jujople
have a right to all the facts and information
that can be thrown upon tuem". I shall, there
fore btand prepared to account for my stew
ardship by speaking to our party friends in
the usual way, or, if preferred, by meeting
Judge Pollock before the people, without dis
tinction of party, and discussing political top
ics, past aud present, State and National,
great and small. This I am willing to do to
the extent of my spare time and limited abil
ities, and during the continuance of my health,
which, thank God, is now excellent.
Very truly,
Your ob't scrv't,
WI. BlGLEIt.
The Whig Party in Ohio.
There is no Whig party in Ohio now, the
members of that defunct organization who re
cently assembled at Columbus as an anti-Nebraska
Convention, having determined to drop
the fatal cognomen. A free soil democrat re
ceived one of the two nominations made, and
Whig papers have put at the head of their
columns not 'our ticket," but "Republican
nominations !"' We have an indistinct recol
lection of a party some twenty years ago cal
ling themselves National Republicans, which
received its christening from James Watson
Webb then of United States Bank notorie
ty, and still later of the Guyandott Coal scheme.
Ohio Whigs, then, are only coining back to
first principles. The National Republicans of
'32 had a brief existence, as will the "Re
publicans" of '54. Whiggery changes its
name, but its principles never.
Fatal Aflxay.
Last Saturday, night about half past eleven
o'clock, one of the luo.st brutal affrays took place
in a drinking establishment that ever disgraced
our city. Mr. l'eter McGrmick and Mr. Alexis
J. Champlin met in Mr. Mcnsing's bar-room, in
Market, lietween Meeting and King streets. Cham
plins extended his hand to McC'ormuk, who re
fuse. I its acceptance, saying he never took a man
by his hand who had broken his word. Champlin
denied having d ne so, whereupon McCormink
slapped his face. This aroused the anger of Cham
plin to an ungovernable degree, and he asked those
present to give him a knife or a revolver, but be
ing unable to procure either ho went out.
According to the cvi.lcmoo eliciting from One of
the witnesses before Justice Schrtinler, yesterday.
Champlin returned in a short time, accompanied
by soi no thirty or forty persons, among whom
were Messrs. Davis and Knight. McGmiick was
standing at the bar with a friend, when it is alleg
ed that Champlin rushed in and made a plunge
with a knife at his throat, making a frightful gash
and causing McGmiick to reel and fall against his
adversary, bringing both to the ground.
McCormick seems to have been rendered per
fectly insensible by the first blow, nevertheless
Champlin repeatedly plunged the knifu into diffe
rent parts of his body. Davis and Knight, it is as
serted, were, not idle, but on the contrary, both
are said to have participated in the sanguinary as
sault. Having satisfied their fearful Mission upon
the now helpless man, the trio made good their rc
treat nothwithstinding'the guards were on the spot
a few minutes after the fight.
McG rmick was carried home, where, upon all
examination of his wounds, it was found he had
received nine distinct stabs, one in the throat, two
in the side, and the rest in the back and about the
breast. Ho was also much bruised from kicking.
Up to a late hour last night, the attending physi;
cian had no hope of his recovery; indeed, it was
not believed that he could survive till daylight.
Davis was arrested and lodged in jail yesterday,
but Champlin and Knight had not bon seen by
the policy since the affray, although it is reported
fhat the former was in the city yesterday.
A telegraphic despatch states that McCormick
has since dead. Charleston Standard.
Cms For. Stammering. Read aloud with
the teeth closed. .This should be practised
for two hours a day, for three or four months.
The recommender of this simple remedy says:
"I can speak with certainty of its utility." .
A7We5dtng Spoiled. On Sunday
inorningr"3 German, named Charles Schork
desiring of taking himself a "rib," after the
manner of menV proceeded for that purpose
with: his. laUy-love to the German Catholic
Church, iu William Street, where, after mak
ing known their wishes, the priest (Rev. M.
Bailies) proceeded to tie the silken cord that
binds two willing hearts. In accordance with
the usual custom ou tuch accasions, the ques
tion was asked if there were any persons pre
sent who had any objections to the proceeding,
whereupon a Mr. Martin Slultz rose and mad
some very weighty objections, to the effect
that the said Charles Schork had a wife' and
family now living in Germany, and that he
Schork) had a few days since received a let
ter from his wife, which ho could not read,
and so brought it to hinV (Stultz) to read it
for him, the substance of which was, that sho
desired to come to this country, and ask
ing him to send her the necessary amount of
money to defray her expenses and those of her
children.
Mr. Baillies becoming satisfied that. the
charges were correct, refused to consummate
the matrimonial purposes of the disappointed
bridegroom, whereat he became exceedingly
indignant at Mr. Stultz, swearing vengeance
against him, and after the dismissal of the con
gregation commenced a furious assault upon,
and would probably have killed him, but for
tlie interference of the crowd. Complaint wa
made by Mr. Baillies to Justice Baldwin, who
i.-sued a warrant for his arrest, which was ac
compli.vhed yesterday morning; while follow
ing Mr. Stultz through a number trf street's,
storming and threatening to kill him. He
was taken before the same Justice, who com
mitted him to the tender mercies of the "lock
up." The intended bride is a very , beautiful
and respectable German girl, aud expresses
her entire satisfaction at her fortunate escape
from such a miserable man. JVntcark, A'. .
Mercury.
Folk Dead j-eksons. On Tuesday last a
gentleman called upon the City Marshal, and
requested him to make examination of a house
in the vicinity. The house was shut up and
for some reason it was supposed by the neigh
bors to contain a lead person. The Marshal
broke open the door, and discovered a most
mournful sight. A gallon jng, partly filled
with whiskey-, sat upon the floor, and in close
proximity lay the forms of its four unfortu
nate victims. A man, his wife, aud two
children, were dead, with only the jug to
give an intimation of their uutiujately fate.
Detroit Advertiser.
ANOTHER CALIFORNIA ARRIVAL.
ARRIVAL OF THE NORTH STAR.
New Nork, July 23.
The steamship North Star arrived at noon
to-day with San Francisco dates to July 1st,
and two hundred thousand in gold. The
steamer Pacific, of the Nicaraugu line, from
San Francisco, had 140,OlU iu gold on
freight.
The California news is not specially impor
tant, and has been mainly anticipated by tele
graph lrom New Orleans.
The State Convention in Oregon has bo'n de
feated. Serious difficulties are reported with
the Indians iu Washington Territory.
Great preparations were making through
out California for tho Celebration of the 4th
of duly.
The military headquarters at S.m i'rancis
cn had been removed to Ycjiieia.
The papers have advices from China, Aus
tralia and Japan, but their contents have been
anticipated.
The recent election held was Cr the choice
of delegates to the Democratic State Conven
tion uhich meets at Sacramento ou the lth
of J uly.
Col Gray lias been, successful in the explo
ration of his route for the Pacific railroad.
The jury in the case of Shephard for tho
murder of Henry D Day, had brought in a
verdict of guilty." This is the second "convic
tion for a capital offence, that has ever taken
place in the county of San Francisco.
We learn from W. L. Marcy U. S Reve
nue Cutter, S. Carnell, Esq., commanding,
that she brought up thirty-three of the pas
sengers who were confined on board the Pe
tritra, at Mazatlan. Six of these were taken
from on board the Brittish-aloop-of-war, Dido,
the rest were released by the Mexican author
ities of Guaymas. Tho French bark Sur
prise sjoke U. S. store ship Lexington, on
the loth of May, in lat.2G 56 N An ofiicer
came on poardand reported Com. Perry with
the Squadron at Simoda (Japan) ou the 4th
May. The Lexington was bound to Loo Choo
Ishiuds; all well on board.
Shephard, who murdered II. C. Day, on
Davis street, some" time since, was convicted
in the District Court, of murder in the first
degree.
Joseph Mansfield, one of the publishers of
the San Joaquin Republican, was shot in the
street, at Stockton, by John Tabor editor of
the Stockton Journal. Mr Mansfield met Ta
bor on the street, unarmed, a few" words pass
ed, whin Tabor drew a pistol and slwt, the
ball striking Mansfield about two inches . be
low the left nipple. The wound is consider
ed mortal. Tabor was immediately arrested
and lodged in the City Prison. Great exitc
ment prevailed, and a disposition by tho citi
zens to break down the prison doors, mani
fested. Mansfield has since died from his
wound.
We are informed by Captain Howland, of
the clipper ship Sea Serpent, arrived from
New York, that a young man named Tilgh
inan Livingston, of Philadelphia, aged about
seventeen years, fell, during the passage, from
the mizzen royal yard, abaft the mizzen mast,
struck inside the belly of the spanker, which
parted with the shock, and let him overboard.
Life preservers were thrown to him, and
every effort made to Rave him; but it is suppo
sed that lie was fatally injured in the fall, as
he gave no sign of animation after striking
the water; he Funic almost immediately.
Last year California paid about two millions
of dollars in duties on imported goods, which
placed her fifth on the list of the United States,
in this respect.and by a careful computation
we find that it amounted to a tax often dollars
and a half per annum for every man, woman
and child in the State. If this ratio were col
lected from the maritime States of tho Union,
it would amount to the enormous sum of over
there hundred millions of dollars per annum,
in the shape of revenue.
The news from the mines is very flattering.
-. Orj-The groggeries have been successfully closed
on the Sabbath in rhiladelplua and Camden.
fcj-Brigham Young says he has no fear of Pre
sident Tierce turning liim out of office. ' -
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