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ITX M SXVIXE, Editors and Proprietors.
EBEIISBURO. -
WEDNESDAY MORNING:::::::::::::MAY 1
Car Proipeots.
-rVosi the. moment that William Penn first set
fit ca the soil of Fennsjlvania, tip to the present
time, the has been the hem of toleration, and the
asylum of the oppressed of every clime, and we
cannot "bring oursel v-ea to believe, that the dan
gerous and prose rip tire principles of Know-Xoth-Ingiam,
principle tacensistent w"th the plighted
fslth of the nation, and worthy to be held only by
the lowest and meanest of mankind, ever will find
t permanent home and abiding place on her soiL
How far w are correct in this opinion, the result
of the present contest between Democracy and
Know-Nothingisni will determine. The contest
U on of much importance, and is well calculated
to excite the interest of every friend of Republican
Institutions. Proudly conscious of the purity of
their' principles, and the rectitude of their inten
tions, the Democracy place their sole reliance In
the intelligence, patriotism, and discriminating
Justice of the people while on the other hand,
the old and stale story about the prevalence of
the Pope, and inflammatory appeals to the worst
passions that frnd place in the breast of man, con-
titrie tbe " order of exercise" of Know-Nothingism.
All true patriot!, without distinction of par
. ty. are arraying themselves under the standard
of Democracy, while daily desertions from the
ranks of Know Kothingism, show that its hour of
triumph is over. The aspect of the political hor
ison at the present time is cheering indeed, and
the 'Democracy can go into the contest confident
of success, if they improve the advantages that
are placed in their power.
We trust the Democracy of little Cambria will
not allow their minds to be diverted from the mag
nitude of the contest, by questions of a local char
- acttr, and of minor importance. They should re
member that they have a part to perform in saving
Pennsylvania from the infamy of a second triumph
of Know-Nothingism on her soil, and that the
contest U not a mere scramble for power and the
emoluments of office, but is defence of the prin
ciples on which our free institutions rest. We
say then, Democrats of Cambria buckle on your
armor for the contest, and go at once to work with
the firm determination, not to allow yourselves to
be seduced from the path of duty, by the efforts
of men who are now loud in denunciations against
Know Nothingism, but who were willing to hold
soft dalliance with it. when they thought it would
. pay to do so, and whose only recommendation is,
. that they have here tofore been traitors without
art, and hypocrite without deceiving.
Important
It is now reduced to a certainty that the duty
tf electing a United States Senator, will devolve
on tbe text legislature of this State. This is an
important fact which the people should not for
get, when selecting their candidates for members
of that bIy. They should be men of sterling
honesty, who if elected will faithfully carry out
the instructions of their constituents,' and steadily
resist the approaches of that wily Know-Nothing
demagogue, Simn Cameron. ' Simon," although
compelled for the present to " point down," is f ul
ly determined to exert his utmost to procure the
election of a sufficient number of the faithful on
the second Tuesday of October next, to enable
him to point up," when the proper time arrives.
This must not be; for although Simon" appears
determined in spite of '-' nature and his stars," to
fee a statesman, it would be a deep and lasting
disgrace to the people of Pennsylrania, to allow
themselves to be represented in the United States
Senate, during the next six years, by a man who
is a natural and political Know-Nothing, and who
destitute of every qualification for properly dis
charging the duties of the office, would occupy his
time in making it pay, by procuring fat govern
ment contracts for himself and friends. His aid
are now busily engaged in every section of the
State in making the necessary arrangements for
the campaign. A word to the wise is sufficient.
"Truth is Mighty and will Prevail."
Whilst the sickening manifestations of a forlorn
sal putrid political organization is hurrying,
amid unmixed mercies to the Tomb of the Capu
IeU," whither those who had given vitality to the
delusion, had sunk and mouldered, it is refreshing
end encouraging to know, that there are those
who are not afraid tJ proclaim justice in the lord's
pasture fields.
Westward the "Star of Empire takes it way ;"
fr-jm the great west the following sentiments are
heralded. - They are dictated by as sound a heart
as ever beat beneath the waistco&t of an honest
Pennsjlvanian. Ilear Pershing :
Inquirer' wants us to show that the spirit
rf the Catholic Church is not opposed to our in
stitutions. We humbly submit to Lim that we
are not here as public journalists, to attack or de
fend any Church, not even the Church of our
, choice. What we do defend is, our Catholic citi
sens from the charge that they are unpatriotic,
and in the hour of need would he uutrue to the
Republic. What says hwtory? Where is the
Catholic office-holder who has betrayed his trust,
because he loved Rome more than his country?
When has their Catholicism made them untrue to
the land whose Constitution th?y are . sworn t
maintain? Where have Catholic citizens, been
deaf to Jhtir country's call in the hour of danger?
Winch has been truest to the Constitution and tiie
Union, Puritan Massachusetts or Catholic Mary
land and Louisiana? We cpeak of that which
we do know when we assert the patriotism of the
Catholic massfs. It was our lot to have lived
many years ia the most Catholic county of the
good old Common wealth of Pennsylvania. To
wards the close of the List centery, youug Galit
1BX, a scion of a great llus&ial) house, firsook
courts, palaceB, wealth, titles, honors, home friends
And country, ali for thesakfrnf the Cathob iih.
IIo left the Old World with its romp ami -van-
nice oemivi ami. us came w in new riu,
and plunged into tle as yet scares-trodden forest
: which crowned the summits of the Alegbenies.
Xacr be live I aad he labored, making his. home
call's P-f ?sVin of the pioncr; lrl-:-i to rest at
tiirht-bv the bovl of the wolf and the shrill cry
of the nanther : celebrating the rites of his Church
"in temples not made by hands," whose roofs
were tbe blue say ana wnose Boors were tne moss
covered earth. There for half a century he la
bored, with not wish f jt the glory and the gran
deur he had left behind h'm ; and when death
came to take him to the Eternal Abodes, his loss
was bewailed by many flourishing Catholic com
munities.. And these communities are true to
their laud, as the needle Is to the pole. Nowhere
docs their burn a patriotism more ardent than that
which burns in their bosom. When the trying
hour of the Mexican War came, and a call was
made upon our citizen soldiery to go forth to fight
a Catholic enemy Catholic Cambria responded
to the call by giving one in ten of her citizens.
And those citizens never for a moment disgraced
the American name. They wrote their history in
crimson stains, from the plain of Vera Cruz to
the crowning field, upon the heights of chapulte
pec. Let no man tell us after what we have seen,
that the most earnest Catholicism and the most
intense patriotism are incompatible."
We are not unaware of the possible risk we
run. in thus frankly expressing our sentiments.
HiVe have ever been told that some of our support
comes from members of the Order, and that our
best policy would therefore be silence. To ' all
such advisers we have only to say It is not neces
sary for us that the Rock Islander should live ; but
it is necessary that as long as it does live it should
speak fearlessly what we conceive to be the whole
truth." tM.
. A Patriotic latter. ' '
We publish below, the eloquent, w!se, patriotic
and christian letter of the distinguished statesman
whose name heads this article. Such a letter is
worthy of Buch a man. Men like Cass, Clay,
Calhock, Websteb, and those still greater names,
Jackson, Jetfkrsos, and the immortal WASH
INGTON, could never sympathize, much less be
associated with so foul a thing as Know-Nothing
intolerance and falsehood. The class of men to
which Cass belongs, ranks with the proudest list of
world rulers to be found in all history. The
genius, fame and virtue of such men will never be
found tarnished by contact with the leprosy of big
oted fanaticism and religious persecution. The
iniquitous sinks of Know-NetiiLg Vigotry and op
pression are fitUng places only for cast-off fifth-rate
politicians of desperate fortunes, and the ignorant
herd of fanatics who are ruled by designing men
through appeals to their aninal excitability and un
cultivated instinct. Democrats of '48, and hon
est men of all parties, and of no party, listen to the
calm voice of an aged patatriot 1
Detroit, March 15, 1855. '
Dear Sir : It is now more than two years
since I have attended a public festival, and the
same afflicting circumstances which led me to
adopt this course, yet operate to render me indis
posed to change it. While, therefore, I thank you
and those associated with you, for the invitation
to attend the celebration of St. "Patrick 'a day on
the 17 th, I beg leave to be excused for declining
its acceptance
But though I shall not be with you on that in
teresting occasion, yet I can realize and appreciate
the feeling with which you will assemble to recall
the glories of tbe land of your birth or descent, in
this land of your hopes and your homes, and to do
honor to the memory of the Apostle of Christianity,
who first carried the GcDel of Jesus to thePazan
inhabitants of Ireland. Obeying the injunction of
the Scriptures, he "added knowledge to virtue,"
though in these latter days we are called upon to
glory in ignorance and to found our claims to con
fidence upon knowing nothing. Your illustrious
missionary belonged to the great Order of know
somethings to that class of it indeed which knows
a great deal, and he deserves the gratitude of man
kind for imparting what he knew to others, instead
0 endeavoring to " darken council by words with
out knowledge." Honor therefore to one of the
benefactors of the human race, and let us render
it the more freely now, wheu local and sectarian
prejudices are striving to create a distinction among
us, as unjust as they are unconstitutional. ut we
have nothing eventually to fear from error or op
pression, while, as Mr. Jefferson well said .oppres
sion is left free to combat it. That freedom is at
portion of our heritage and it will triumph over
this delusion as it has triumphed over many a one
heretofore, and will triumph over many a one here
after ; those who have participated in it will awa
ken to the conviction that the worth of an Amer
ican citizen does not depend upon the place of his
birth nor his confidence upnn his religious faith,
and upon the mode in which he worships that God.
who is equally the God of the Catholic and of the
Protestant who guided and protected our fathers
in the days of their troubles and trials and will we
humbly hope, guide and protect us and our chil
dren whenever troubles and trials shall beset our
National path. There is no danger, if we only
appreciate the blessings we enjoy in a spirit of mu
tual conciliation and forbearnce, and with thank
fullness to Uim who them, and may take them
away.
I am dear sir with great regard.
"Truly Yours, LEWIS CASS.
Col. W. O'Gallaghas, President.
The Smelling Committee.
The "Smelling Committee" gotten up by the
Know-Nothing Massachusetts legislature has cau
sed a great deal of fun in Yankeeland at the ex
pense of the secret organization. The Hartford
(Ct.) TTmusays; v
"A lithographic caricature has been got out in
Boston, (a copy of which has been ieft at our of
fice,) representing the operations of the "Smelling
Committee. " One fellow has his nose up a chim
ney; another is peaking into a clothes-press ; an
other into a cupboard filled with small potatoes ;
another is looking at across and rosary with great
surprise; another 0 head and shoulders in a bas
ket of dirty clothes ; another is stretching his neck
to peak into an out-house and two are crawling
under beds, peaking about with their noses in
ctosa proximity to tho furniture there. This is
plain? the condition of Know-Nothingism. " ;
In another paragraph it thus alludes to. the
matter: ;
"In the Boston Know-Nothing lithographic
carricature is a member ot the "Smelling Commit
tee " looking into a cupboara, where he discov
ered a pile of very small potatoes, which he de
clares were placed there by the Pope of Home to
insult the Massachusetts Legislature. "
Again it says :
"The Know-Nothing Legislature of Massachu
setts cannot well ex 'lain the object of their singu
lar examination of the females in the Catholic
schools. Did they want to find where the danger
to our country lay. when one of them urged that
he might be allowed private visits to one of the
nuns? "
GkKENSFORK, WAYSE Co., IsD
Jpril 30, 1855.
Mr. Editok.I bate a brother, Nathaniel
M'Dkvitt, who fives somewhere in Pennsyl
vania, (or so 1 have learned.) who I ha e not
heard from for some forty years. Any one
knowing anything in relation to Lis wherea
bout, or should this happen to meet his eye,
will confer a great favor by addressing a note
to this place, to the subscriber at Greensfork,
Wayne county, Indiana.
SAMUEL M'DEVITT,
Senatorial Conference.' . . ' ,
Agreeable to public notice the Conferees from
the district composed of the counties of Cambria,
Blair and Huntingdon, met at the United States
Hotel in Uollidaysburg, on Satuday, the 12tn
inst., and organized by appointing Graffius Miller,
President.' and James M. Kiffle, Secretary.
- The following Conferees were in attendance:
Huntingdon. Graffius Miller and, Francis
Connor. -
Blair. George Potts, John Dougherty "and
Robert L- Horrell.
Cambria. Wm. J. Williams,, John C. Magill
and James M. Kiffio. . V
On motion of Mr. Magill, the convention pro
ceed to nominate a delegate to represent this Sen
atorial District in the 4th of July convention to
be held at Harrisburg, for the purpose of nomina
ting a candidate for Canal Commissioner.
Mr. Williams, nominated Thomas A. Maguire.
Mr. Connor, " Graffius Miller.
On motion of Mr. Potts, the nominations closed.
First ballot. Messrs. Potts, Dougherty, Hor
rell, Riffle, Mag.ll and Williams, 6, voted for T.
A. Maguire. . .
Mr. Connor, voted for Graffius Miller.
- Mr. Miller not voting.
Thomas A. Maguire was declared duly elected
as the delegate.
Mr. Williams offered the following resolutions,
which were consider and passed unanimously.
Resolved, That we fully endorse the adminis
tration of President Pierce in his management of
the foreign and domestic affairs of the General
Government, and believe him to have been actua
ted by a 'true regard to the best 'inte&sts of the
American people.
Resolved, That the administration of James
Pollock so far as it has been developed, has signal
ly failed to meet the exaggerated promises of his
friends, and has realized the worst predictions of
his political enemies ; and that the action of his
Know-Nothing friends during the recent session
of the Legislature, has indelibly stamped it as a
byword and reproach, throughout the length and
breadth of the Commonwealth.
Besolved, That the bill passed by the Legisla
tare for the sale of the Main Line, was uncalled
for by the people, and is a flagrant outrage upon
their rights.
Resolved, That while we are decidedly in f"C7
of all proper and legitirn- legislation for the sup
TSlon of the evils of Intemperence, we are just
a decidedly opposed to the recent act of the Leg
islature on the subject, (now commoiily called the
Jug Law.) We believe that it will immeasurably
fail in remedying the evil complained of that it
is manifestly unjust in its provisions and that it
ought to be expunged from the statute book. -
Resolved, That we regard Know-Nothingism
as the most infamous political heresy of modern
times; that its ranks are composed of unscrupulous
demagogues, and political midnight assassins of
men who, while they hypocricically profess friend
shin to their neighbor, would stab him. in the
dark, and rob him of his constitutional rights.
Resolved, That recent indications throughout
the country afford gratifying evidence, that error
is harmless when reason is left to combat it. That
the sceptre is about to depart from the hands of
this modern political Moloch, Know-Nothingism,
and that the intelligence of the American people,
will .w!' V one united voice blot out its ephemeral
exist;:?. tsd number it with the things that
were a T-r-'! s to all political traitors, who may
hereafter sr t violate the Constitution of their
country, an4. t...r: s c 1 . - vr'oua liberty
under the beet tft. ,i r fc-ilJcs,
Resolved, That wa rtcse tutX ccs! c tete
honesty and integrity ou,c? T ;..,, the Com.'
John Cress well. Jr., and that whatever difference
of opinion may honestly . be entertained in refer
ence to his votes on the question of the election of
United States Senator, we believe he was not gov
erned by any sinister motives, but that he acted
from the dictates of his heart.
Resolved. That this convention entertains a very
high opinion of the integrity, capacity and dem
ocracy of Wm. S. Campbell, Esq., of Allegheny
county, and we do hereby instruct the delegate
this day appointed, to vote for, and use all hon
orable means to secure his nomination, in the
democratic convention, to nominate a person for
Canal Commissioner, to be held at Harrisburg on
the 4th of July next.
Resolved, That Thomas A. Maguire be appoin
ted to represent this Senatorial district in said
Convention, with power to appoint a substitute,
should be not be able to attend, and whose duty
it will be to carry out the above instructions.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting
be signed by the officers, and the Democratic Ed
itors in this Senatorial district be respectfully re
quested to publish the ame.
GRAFFIUS MILLER, President.
James M. Eiffle, Secretary.
THE MORALITY OF KUOW-TIOTHING
TSVL
We published 3 esterday, the report of the Com
mittee of the Legislature of Massachusetts with
refeience to the conduct of Mr. Joseph Hiss, a
member of the House, and which, of itself, devel
opes a sad state of morality. It was such men
as Hiss, reeking vith moral leprosy, who raised
the cry of immorality and licentiousness under
which the famous Nunnery Committee was ap
pointed. The acta of that Committee are known,
and all good men, both in Massachusetts and
throughout the nation, blush at the scandal. But
now comes a still more pitiable and disgraceful ex
hibition. The report is made to the Legislature,
and the recommendation for . the expulsion of the
leper adopted, when, with shameful effrontery, he
presents a memorial asserting, in one breath, his
innocence, and the next almost admitting every
crime charged, but justifying himself and claiming
exemption on the ground that tike criminal con
duct was the practice of most members of the Com
mittee, and demanding the opportunity to prove
it. We copy the concluding portions of the me
morial. Its author, be it remembered, was, until
very recently, the Chief Instructor such is the ti
tle of the Know-Nothing order in Massachusetts.
It furnishes a fair specimen of Know-Nothing
morality, and exhibits Joseph Hiss, by his own
confession, a leprous and lustful beast, having on
ly the form of man. He says :
Your memorialist proposes to show that the con
duct with which he is charged, has not heretofore
been so considered by the members of this Com
mittee and others, members of this House, inas
much if the opportunity is given him he will show
by such testimony, under oath, as in the Supreme
Judicial Court of this Commonwealth baa hereto
fore been found sufficient to authorize decrees of
oivorce lor the cause of adultery, both -against
husband and wife ; that the Chairman of your very
honorable Committee of investigation, both while
with Committees of this House, as well as while
connected with it as a member, and while acting
in said several capacities, has done the same acts
with which your memorialists stand charged by
the report of your Committer. , t
And" your memorialist, if permitted, further
proposes to show by similar evidence miner oath,
that other members of the honorable nouse, both
while ujon Committees and during their connec
tion with the House, have been guilty of like im
proprieties and indiscretions, as those charged up
on your memorialist in said report.
And your memorialist respectfully represents
that having been charged with doing no . more
than cau be shown that othrs, member of the
same body, whose age, standing, acquirements,
and reputation have entitled them to his respect,
ami to whom he might and ought to look for ex
ample that it is unfair and unjust, without any
previous warning on the part of the house, that
Kiid precedents were not to be followed that he
should be singled out for the heavy penalty of a
vote of censure of this House;
And be therefore respectfully prays, that if he
is deemed unworthy, for the' causes before men
tioned, of a seat in this body, that the fasesof
others to whom he has adverted, and which at a
proper time and place he is ready to specify and
verify, may be investigated and passed ujKn by
the house in order that it may be seen that bis acts,
even as reported and unjustly charged, are not
without parallel, mitigation and excuse, by pre
cedent and contemporaneous acts.
In fine your memorialist claims that his conduct
ought not to be found exceptional and punished,
with severe penalties, if upon investigation it is
found no other or different from that of other mem
bers of this house, who still tetain their scats up
on this floor. . - ; t
: All which is respectfully submitted.
- - . JosErH Hiwi.
The Legislature, after the presentation of this
memorial, concluded to reconsider the vote expel
ling Hiss, and it ia now more than probable, if
his assertions are to be believed, that other mem
bers will accompany him when he is finally ex
pelled. He offers to prove, not his otm innocence,
bid that (he acts with which he is charged are the
common practice among members. Such, then, is
the Know-Nothing Legislature of Massachusetts.
It remains to be seen . if they will . dare to meet
the investigation into the morals of Know-Nothingism,
which Mr. Hiss demands.
There are sixty KnowrNothing clergymen in
the Legislature of Massachusetts. Evening Ar
pvs. - ' ' ' ' .
The Methodist Church.
From the True American, the Know Nothing
Organ, published at Trenton, we clip the follow
ing onslonght upon the Methodist Church. It
will be seen that the extract fully confirms what
we have frequently asserted that the leaders of
the Knbw-Nothings would not hesitate to make
the same war upon any religious sect, that they
have been making upon the Catholics, whenever
they might see that they could make political
capital thereby. And it is so. Already they
pretend to have discovered that there exists in the
Methodist Church a great central power, in the
hands of the Bishops, and they have Feized hold
of this to rouse the prejudices of all other sects.
If any Christian man can read the extract and
not,Xeel alarmed for the safety and purity of reli
gious toleration, so vital in its ptescrvation, he
must he much of a stoic in feeling.
In our condemi'ation of the Know Nothing:! we
have been governed by no preferences fer the Ca
tholic faith, and no sympathy for its creed. It is
the principle of toleration, guaranteed to all sects,
by the Constitution of the country, which we have
defended. We vi ould give to every man his right
of conscience, and resist any attempt to bring the
religious element of the country, or any Church,
into the political arena. . We are protectant in all
our opinions and eduction, and we have contem
plated wi'.hr'arm this fcitempt to bring Catholi
cica irto 'Jla, far we saw that it must even
t"t3, tmzrr or -Lier, in political persecutions
iir.stTTCiCBtant axcU. It has come moner than
we -anticipated. The Know Nothing organ at
Trenton has raised the war cry against the Meth
odist Church, and thenceforth that Church is to
be put on the same category with the Catholics,
as dangerous citizens. Every attempt will be
made to inflame the other pro test ant sects against
this, to arouse all the old prejudices and bigot
tries which have been inculcated against it by
other denominations. '
We appeal to Christian men and ask, is it not
time to pause, reflect and then act, act with de
termination and r.eal 1 If you love your holy re
ligion, and value your privilege to enjoy it, is it
not time to arise and rebuke that fell spirit of am
bition, which seeks to gain the honors of the gov
ernment over the prostrate body of the Religion
of Christ, by trampling its principles in the dust,
and using the prejudices of different sects as the
instrument of its destruction ?
Around the humble altars of the Methodist
Church, gather many reminiscences of youthful
training, and youthful devotion. We have loved
its simplicity, honored thesingle-hi arted devotion
of its members, and the republican tendencies of
its organization. But all these cannot shic Id it
from the modern machinations of the Fvil One,
who seeks to bind the Church in the fetters of
darkness and destruction, by involving its differ
ent sects in a cruel and relentless persecution
against each other. Religion or Know Nothing
ism must fll in this country. Which shall it be ?
Here is the extract, Read- -reflect :
" The very organization of the Methodist Epis
copal church is dangerous to the liberties of a free
people, supposing a crisis to arise in a political
action, in which the hierarchy of the Methodist
Church is interested. From the dependence of all
the parts on one great central power, it is easy to
perceive how the suffrages of most of the members
may be controlled by the Bishops. Let the Bish
ops suggest to the Presiding Elders that the inter
est of their ecclesiastical despotism will be sub
verted by the election of a certain set of men to
office ; the presiding elders use their influence
over the preachers, the preachers over the class
leaders, and the class leaders over the class mem
bers, and thus the balance of power in a political
contest may rest in the hands of seven Methodist
Bishops. There is a much danger of Oas , as
there is of Romanitm accomplishing a similar re
sult; provided the occasion requires it.
I have thus briefly shown that Episcopal Me
thodism is Anti-American, in its spirit and ten
dency, and it is a dangerous foe to Republicanism.
I have shown that it had its origin in usurpation,
that its very organization provide for the sup
port and extension of assumed power; and this
power may be expressly exercised without restric
tion. I have shown that Methodist Episcopacy
contains in itself the very elements of an absolute
despotism, and therefore must ultimately, unless
checked, subvert and destroy our republican insti
tutions." The Oldest Postmaster in the United States.
The Baltimore Sun gives a list of the ' oldest
Postmasters in the United States, at the head of
which stands the name of John Bickel, of Jones
town, Lebanon county, Ta. In a letter to the
Tost Office Department, he speaks of his appoint
ment as follows :
"My father's name was John Bickel, an-1 1 was
commissioned 'John Bickel, Jr.' My father was
in the revolutionary war, and lived to be eighty
nine years old. He died about nine years ago.
I was appointed postmaster under Jefferson's ad
ministration, by Gideon Granger, on the 23d of
Septcjnber, 1802, so that I have held the office
fifty-threo years next September. I am now
eighty-two years old and do all my buisncss my
fclf.". :. . . -
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
C7"Jn Lancaster, where the know-nothings e
leeted their candidates, a year ago, by over 800
majority, the f unionists elected their ticket, the
other day, by 151 majority. Keep the ball mo
ving. - :
The Rev. J. n. Sackitt, (Methodist,) of New
York State, has-nublicly withdrawn frcm the
Know-Nothing Order. - -
The Know- Nothing State Convention, of Cali
fornia, rejected from their platform the religious
test directed against Catholics.
Dr. Tinsleyj of Cuba, claims to have discovered
that vaccine virus, after passing through the sys
tem of a negro, is valueless for the white race.
The Lancaster Examiner and Herald, a Whig
organ of that city, speaks rather fretzingly of Gov
ernor Pollock's administration, ,
. Ot-Dr. Peck, recently imprisoned in Cuba has
arrived in'New York.
At a recent election in Indianopolis, Ind., the
Cayenne and Temperance ticket was beaten, by
150 to 250 majority, by the FuaicnisU and liquor
dealers. . , "
The State Fair in September will come off at
Ilarrisburgh, Pa., the people there baring contri
buted the fifteen hundred dollars required to se
cure it. .
(K-Tbe Scientific American cautions its readers
Against the use of painted pails, and says the ox-ide-of
lead, with which pails are painted, is a dan
gerous poison, and has been known to be produc
tive of evil in many cases.
Ccj-Several accounts hare recently been pub
lished, showing that gold is quite as abundant in
the Republic of Honduras as in California nay,
even more so. - '
03-Late advices from Paris state that Mr. Ma
son, the American Minister at Paris, had left for
Nice, where it was hoped his health would le
perfectly restored.
E7The expense of tbe excursions of the Mata
chuaeits Legislature, the present sessiou, has been
thus far 41,090 98. Oh, Sam!
OO-The Illinois Central Railroad Company have
received the Contract from Government for car-
lying the river mail between Cairo and New Or
leans, at the rate of 180,000.
Potatoes to the amount of seven thousand
dollars, were entered free of duty at the Boston
Custom House on Monday.
&The New York Times states that tbe city
has expended (2,808,20 within the last six months
for killing dogs. It closes its paragraph with
the earnest inquiry, "What is the price of sau
sage?" fcj-The U. S. brig of war Dolphin sailed from
Norfolk on Wednesday for the coast of Africa.
CO-Frederick Douglass is about-to publish a
narrative of his life.
&A Colored Graduate of Obcrlin College,
named J. Mercer Langs ton, has been elected Clerk
of the township in which be resides, viz : Brown
helm, Lorain county, Ohio,
fr-Tbe U. S. ship St. Mary arrived at San
Francisco, Ca!., from Mare Island, on the 7th ult
At VaUejo, she received on board Maj. Gen. Wool
with the usaal salute.
fcyln Mobile, Ala., a few days ago, a Malay
charged another with assault and battery, exhibi
ting a large club, with which, he alleged, he had
been -struck on the head. The club was quite go
ry, and the prosecutor declared it was stained with
- blood out of my own body." It proved to be,
however; a compound of turpentine and red ochre
The magistrate dismissed the case.
" ftj-A train of cars recently passed through
Michigan, contaiuing 954 paying passengers, and
525 babies, all bound to Chicago and the west.
(C7"A pair of lovers of the ripe age of 70 and 65,
were married a few days ago, at Louisville, Ky.
CO-Thcre are now in the United States thirty
two insane hospitals in active operation
0-Copper has been discovered upon 100 farms
in Franklin county. Va.
Orj-Messrs. Stuart & Holeman, of Witheville.
Va., had their traveling bags cut from the stage,
a fe-v days ago, between Grecusborough and Hilis
ville, N. C, and robbed of nearly two thousand
dollars.
0O-A large gold mine is said to have been dis
covered on the head water of the Arkansas river,
about 600 miles west of Warsaw, Missouri.
C-There are now at Milwaukie, ready for ship
ment, 70,000 barrels of flour and 550,000 bushels
of wheat. (
Ccj-The ship Java arrived at San Francisco,
California, on the 7th ult., with 537 Chinese, from
Hong Kong. .
ftThe remains of Martin Van Burtn, Jr..
have arrived at Kinderhook from France. He
was 42 years old.
XJ-Twenty-wx hands lately procured from a
gold mine in Columbia Cunty, Georgia, in nine
working days, $1650 worth of gold from surface
ore, home of which had been thrown aside for fif
teen years.
ftj-The following involuted advertisement ap
peared in a recent number of the London Times :
" Wanted, a man and wife to look after a farm,
and a dairy with a religious turn of mind without
incumbrance."
0OA Clergyman was hung in effigy at Lag
range, Tenn., for selling a poor man's note at auc
tion. " .
Arrow Root, equal to the best imported, is said
to be. raised in Macon county, Florida.
There are ntarly five millions of sliecp in the
State of Ohio. .
A Retired Judge has just died at Falaise, aged
one hundred years and six months. In 1811 he
gave nine hundred francs for an annuity of one
hundred francs, and received it forty-three years.
03-Charles A. Arundel, of Fairfax county, Ya.,
Las been arrested for forging" pension papers.
Q3-A breach of promise case ws recently trid
at Lyons, Wayne county New York. The plain
tiff was Nancy C. Servoss, and the defendant
Willis Kelly. A verdict was given by tho jury
in favor of the lady for $2,600.
jrj-Hon. Henry A. Wise has spoken one hun
dred and eighty hours during the present politi
crl canvass in Virginia, and is now said to be
quite feeble. ' -
OO-Ex-Preaident Fillmore is contemplating a
visit to Europe. He has already rented his resi
dence in Buffalo-
. Foreign News by the Atkntic
rAPOTEoa a tin zvozuix'a vxfit to victoha.
: Napoleon III. and tbe Empress Eugenia
arrived at Dover, on Monday, the 16th
thence to Windsor remained the guests of
the British sovereign five days met with a
distinguished reception from the Court, and
extraordinary enthusiastic greeting from the
erowd were almost overwhelmed by eongrai.
ulatory addresses from corporation and insti
tutions and returned to France amid a tem
pest of hurrahs!--
On Monday morning, says our report, thous
ands were assembled at Dover " to give the
august visitors a hearty English reception "
At 9 o'clock the Emperor, Empress and suite
embarked at Calais on board the screw-steamer
Pelican, and about noon .steamed slowly,
through a dense fog. and under talute from
ships of war and batteries, rendered invis&blo
by the thick , weather, into Dover harbor.
Prince Albert was on hand to receive his guests
and was accompanied by his usual attendents,
and by the French Minister, Count Walewiii,
wkb Madiniele Comtesse.
The Emperor was accompanied by Marshal
Vaillant, Minister-of-war, the Duke de Bas
eano, Tount de Montebello. and other gentle
men ; the Empress by several ladies of her
household.
Napoleon wore the unifom of a 'General of
Division; the Empress for the benefit of la
dies be it related a straw hat, grey cloak; and
plaid dress. Leaning on tho arm' of Prince
Albert, the it.mprese. (the i.mpror by her
side,) walked to the Warden Hotel, where they
had lunch, beddesan address from the Corpo
ration of Dover. Thence they proceeded by
special train to tho Bricklayer's Anns station,
at London, where the Queen's carriages: and
an escort of troops were in waiting. v 1 J
Embarking in the royal vehicles the imperial
party proceeded at a slow pace, throng a the
streets-of London, along the Ken l. and. West
minster roads, across Westminster Bridge,
through Parliament street, Whitehall, Cha-
ring-CTOss, Pall-mall, St. James', Ilccadilly,
Hyde Park, and ty Victoria, gate and .Last
bourne terrace the Paddington station, where
cars were ready for Windsor. At every point
along this distance of five miles the ttrecte
were packed wxtn spectators, and every " win
dow was crowded with gazers. At the cluba
especially, of which Louis Napoleon was form
erly an halitue, the most lively curiosity was
manifested by the members to catch a g'impee
of the altered fortunes of their former associate.-
In pa 6si n r the bouse in King street in
which he formely resided, the Emperor wss
observed to point it out to his wife.. Immense
cheering marked the whole course of their pro
gress through London. On arrival at "Wind
sor Castle, at 7 o'clock, evening, the visitors
were received in the Grand Hall by the Queen
and her family, with ihe usual court ofEcialf.
and tbe Lords Palmerston and Clarendon. A
state dinner" followed. . Windsor was illu
minated in the evening, and Lord Mayor of
London gave a banquet to the Prefect of tho
Seine, at which ceremony were present" the
consuls general of several European powers,
and of Mexico, Chili and Brazil. We believ
the United States were not represented on tha
occasion. - . ,
On Thursday the imperial .party went to
Guild-hall.. Lords Palmcston, Clarendon..
Landsdowne 'and Paumure. with numerous
lesser lights of the adminiBtrationwere jree
ent, as was also the United States -Minister.
The Emperor wore, as usual, the uniform of
a general of division, Eugenie's costume was
of white and green brocade silk. .When the
recorder proceeded to read the- address to tLi
Emperor, the Empress arose snd stood by the
side of her husband. Napoleon's reply to iht
address was in the following terms :
" My Lord Mayor : After the cordial reccp
tion I have experienced from the Queen, noth
ing could affect me more deeply than the sen
timents towards the Empress and myself, t
which you, my Lord Mayor, bare given ex
pression, on the part of the city of London;
for London presents the available resource
which a world wide commerce' affords, both for
civilization and for war. Flattering as ar
your praises, I accept them, because they ar
addressed much more to France than to myself;
they are addressed to a cation w bote 'interest
are to day every where identical with your own.
Applause. f
' They are addressed to an army and navy
united to yours by a heroic companionship in
danger and glory, (renewed applause;) they
arc addressed to the policy of the two govern
ments which is based on truth, on moderation
and on justice. For myself, I have retaiued
on the throne tho same sentiments of sympa
thy and esteem for the English people which I w
professed as an exile, (loud and prolonged
cheering,) while I enjoyed here the hospitality
of yourqueeu; and. if I have acted in accord
ance with my convictions, it is that the inter
est of the nation which has chosen me, no less
than that of universal civilization, has made it
a duty. . ;
"Indeed, England and France are natuially
united on all the.great questions of politics and
of human progress that agitate. the. world.
From the shores of the Atlantic to those of the
Mediterranean from the Baltic - to. the Black
sea from the desire to abolish slavery to our
hopes for the amelioration of all the countries
of Europe I see in the moral as in the politi
cal world for our two nations but one course
and one end. (Applause.)
-It b, then, only by unworthy -consiaera-tions
and pitiful rivalries that our union could
dissevered. If we follow the dictates of
common sense alone we shall be sure of tha
future. Loud Applause. You arenght in
interpreting my presence among you as a fresh
and convincing proof of my energetic ! co-operation
in the prosecution of the wark if we fail
in obtaining an honorable peace. Applause.
"Should we fail, although our . difficulties
may be great, we may surely coun j on a suc
cessful result, for not only are our scldiers and
sailors of tried valor not only do our two
countries possess within themselves unrivalled
resources but above all and here lies their
superiority it is booauso they aro in the van
of all generous and enlightened ideas. The
eyes of all who suffer, instinctively turn to tha
West.
"Thus our two nations are even mors pow
erful from the opinions they represent than by
the armies and fleets they have at their com
mand. Great applause. I am deeply grate
ful to your Queen for affording me this solemn
opportunity of expressing to you my own sen
timents and those of France, of which I am
the interpreter. I thank you in my ownname
and that of the Empress for the frank ana
hearty cordiality with which you have received
us. We shall take back with us to France
the lasting impression made on minds thor
oughly able to apprreiate it, of-she'imff
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