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,'wKbNKSbAY MORNING::?:::;:AUGUST 32.
. FOB CANAL COMMISSION EB.
HON.: ARNOLD PLU".ER,
Of VETfANGO COUNTY.
FOR ASSFJf EL V, ' "
TJ EOIM3 E N. SM ITU, of Johnstow n.
FOB sheriff,. ,
JAMES MY KRS. of Ebenshurg.'
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ISAAC TEETER, of Conemaugh. .
CUARLES D. MUKKAY,of Cambria.
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..." ROBERT. McCOMBIE, of, Carroll.
. FOB FOOB norSB DIRECTOR, -
JACOB FR0N1IEISER, of Johnstown.
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':- -jcj-Geo. A. Crofut. No. 73 South Fourth Street,
i above Walnut, -".Philadelphia, is our . authorized
agent to rocej re subscriptions a. id ad vertisenieuts
for tliU paper. - -,.-' , '
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. The members of the Democratic County Com
.J hiittee, are requested to meet at the Court House,
'in the borough of Ebensburg, on Tuesday the
4 th day-of September, at 2 o'clock P. M. A
general attendance is requested, business of im
; portance will be transacted. -
C. D. MURRAY, Chairman.
; 1 , Conferee Meeting.
- 'We , would suggest that the Conferees for Bed
ford, Cambria and Fulton, meet in Bedford, ou
i Thursday, Sept. 13th; it would be inconvenient
for the Conferees from Cambria to attend before
- that time. The Cambria county court begins on
- Monday Sept. 3d, and continues two weeks. What
says the Bedford Gazette and Fulton Democrat. ;
Q. D. Prentice.
Read tie scathing notice of this infamous
ftfoundre!, copied from the Celt. We think that
Mr. Prentice it .damned to everlasting fame.
. We know an editor or two not a thousand miles
, from Lere who deserve a similar gibbetting.
.. J-",.- Whig Conyention.
. ;Ihc proceedings of the .Whig Convention held
n the lClh lost., will appear in our next. We
have only room to say, that the - Whigs hold to
ilieir position, and that they arc entitled to credit
or their courage and honesty. . ,
, Anti-Xnow-Nothing Mass Meeting- ;
It has been suggested to u, by men of all par
ties, men of the people, who understand the pop
ular sentiment in Cambria county, that a Mass
: Meeting of citizens, without distinction of party,
. who t are opposed to the horrors and outrages of
Know-Nothingisni, be held in Ebensburg ou Tues
!tUy evening of our next court, being September
-4th. - ' V . . - ' "
'-' We think that the suggestion ought to be car
ried out. If there is an anti-Know-Nothing coun
ty in Pennsylvania, it certainly is Cambria coun
ty. We say then, let the real people of the coun
ty come together on Tuesday September 4th, and
Jet there go forth an expression of opinion, thai
must have its influence in the State one that will
bo worthy of our county and people. We hope
" that this matter will be agitated during the next
iweek. We may have more to say in relation to
(tin our next issue.
Louisville Massacres- -
Our exchanges still continue to be filled with
notices of the horrible excesses committed by the
monsters calling themselves men, at the Louisville
election. ? , ... . . - '
. .We have carefully examined all tho accounts,
as published in the Journals of both parties; we
. have paid especial attention to the remarks of the
Louisville Journal," the paper published by the
infamous Prentice, both before and after the elec
tion, and it is our calm, deliberate conclusion, that
history cannot show a transaction more disgrace
ful to humanity, more calculated to stagger the
faith of the Republican in tho capacity of the pco-
rple for self government, more iuexcusable on every
'ground of justice and right
U is evident from the articles published in the
. Know-nothing organs, that there was a precon-
.ecrted Arrangement, that tho Know-Nothings in
Louisville should take possession of tho polls, es
pecially in this strong Democratic WArdV, and
"prevent the polling of the anti Know-Nothiug
tote. It : is evideut from the KnoW-Nothing or
gans, that this arrangemeut was carried out; there
Is no doubt, and it is no dentee,- eveir by the most
"black oea'rteiT jfchotf-oiuin'gi tnat the arrange
ment was carried out',- not only that armed bands
.of bullies took possession of. the phrces of voting
and the approaches thereto, but also that tbreat-
-ening notice were distributed during the week
'receding the election, among tho nataralized citJ
izeus, warning them not to appear at the pofls ;
tirciUeuiug personal violence in case that flify
should attempt to cast their votes. ., - ,
' It is further evideut from the Know-Noihing
organs, that unoffending citizens were attacked
without provocation ; that among others, the lion
Vmi Thomassoa, who is American by birth and
- who formerly represented tlie Louisville district in
;f Congress, was ktbded5 down and abused, while
rrWaroring to y rerV'order arill peace.-- : i ;
5 lu the face of these facs;-and against tbeir own
showing, the Kuow-Nothing Cfgans endeavor to
' s1nft4lie sin of blood guiltiuess f ronV flirt r shoulders
Tonio those cf the citizens of foreign birth. They
know" "that they hire been guilty iof . a JMu"
wn'mg, one whiehr k sure to call down the Ven
5 Ijeance of a ju God, and they are uuoeaing in
their 1 elfortk to give their own coloring to these
daiiluable transactions. " ' ' ' '"
Bwause'tbat, 4fter the4 uU-Kbw35tf3
ivrVrt4 beVn i'lttult ueaOiIc ttie itcilqis of
pcrsonaf "viliucsbisd "tsca ' to'iiaduci
they turnol in self, Hefonee upon thr assailuits
and defended tlifmaelvcswe arc sorry to say-not
half as' well as they could and should have done,
because that ther made a stand in defcuce of their
lives and rt'perty, the Know-Nothing organs at
tempt to say that tlie citizen of foreign birth slied
the first blood, and therefore justify the murders
in cold blood, the burning of houses f unoffending
citizens, the attacks upon defenceless women, the
roasting of men, women and children in the burn
ing houses, and all the unutterable horrors, which
has made the Louisville election one of the black
est pages in tlie history of the human race.
Wc consider that the character of our nation is
disganced forever. The single word " Louisville'
will hereafter be sufficient to stop the proudest
boasting of tlmse who love all that is good and
glorious in America. 'The " hellish .figure of that
monster, who at the Louisville election, followed
the Stars and Stripes with the pitchfork on his
shoulder from whose prongs . dripped the blood of
an unofterxling citizen, will . ca&t a dark shadow
upon the brightest pages of the history of a peo
ple whom the world had fondly imagined to be
tlie favored of Heaven.'
' A thunderbolt' from an unclouded skyconld not
have inspired'morv amazement than 'the Louisville
massacre.v Had any man, one year ago, predicted
that citizens would be massacred in Louisville or
in any other town in tho .Union, for no other rea
son, than an attempt to exercise their lawful right
of suffrage, he would have been piuiMmd alj :
and-madman. Were any man now to predict
that the polls in any district in Pennsylvania
would be disgraced by similar scenes, his predic
tion would not meet with much' credence. But
yet' are we "safe even inj our own county, where
there is a decided anti-Know-Nothing majority ?
We have evidence before our eyes, that there are
individuals among us who justify the Louisville
massacre, in spite of reason -and truth ; have we
any evidence that they would not be found back
ing the men who might be guilty of similar crimes
here? Let any unprejudiced man read the arti
cles which have appeared in the two Know-Nothing
organs published in this county during the
last week, and he must acknowledge that there is
a corrupt state of feeling in this county that
there are men hero who are desperate and reckless
enough to hesitate at nothing. ,
. The " AllcgbanianV article is a piece of soph
istry that is worthy of the infamous Prentice. He
pays but a poor compliment to the Intelligence of
his readers, however, if he thinks that they can
not see through the thin veil he attempts to throw
over his Know-Nothing feat ores. It would be
far more to his credit if he woidd come out bold
ly, and strike good manly blows for the doctrines
which in his heart he cherishes. He can deceive
nobody with his pretensions to immaculate whig
gery, The Whig party of Cambria couuty stand
boldly in opposition to Know-Nothingism- and
the '. AHeghanian" editor can very easily be con
victed of shirking and dodging. - I
' His Know-Nothing contemporary at the south
ern end of the county, of course talks in a differ
ent tone. There can be no mistaking his hyena
how1, and there can be no mistaking the course
that he would pursue, had he opportunity. ,
We intend to take notes of the course of these
gentlemen. ' : . . . .. .,. ,-,. ."-. 1
To Volunteer Candidates.;
'.The cards of some gentlemen who are volnntecr
caudidates fvr different offices, have been handed
to us for publication. One was last week inadvert
ently published, that of Mr. Luckett, who it
seems is a volunteer candidate for Assembly. , . ;
,h-We must respectfully decline to publish any of
these notices. .Thowe gentlemen wliosc cards were
accompanied by money to pay for their insertion
are hereby informed that tho funds await their
orders. !' 'v
We can state n few words our reasons for thus
acting. Wc inteud to devote all our energies to
the election of the Democratic tickets we publish
that ticket and none other we intend to defend
that ticket and none other. . That ticket was fair
ly made, as much so as any ticket that ever , was
made in this county. So far as we can see there is
but one question, and that is Democracy or Know-
Nothingism, and we think that all personal feel
ing, all petty ambition should be "merged in tht:
momentous issue. A Any Democrat who, since the
Louisville massacre, ran coolly endeavor to defeat
the ticket selected by bis party, and thus bring
about the triumph of Know-Npthingism, is" in
our view a mutineer, and no better than a Know
Nothing ; all such individuals can receive no
aid and comfort, countenance or encouragement
from us. 1 : .. - ;
-' Those gentlemen, who belonging to neither of
the acknowledged ' political organizations of the
county come juking out as Independent candidates,
cannot come any of their gum garnet over us.
Their high sounding names' of Ittdependent Amer
ican &e., can not charm- us.' We know exactly
where to put them they are Know-Nothings, and
nothing else, and wc will avoid them as we would
the Pestilence. . - ,
: Another, Fledge. :
Below will be found Mr. M'Combie's Pledge.
We expect to liave tlie Pledges of the rest of the
Candidates and Conferees next week. , We will
then have soma , remarks to make in relation to
our ticket. ' n V-1 w.t . .u.yt ;
' llavihjt been nominated bv the Deirtocratic
'County Convention as a candidate for Auditor,
In compliance with a resolution adopted by said
Convention, I do hereby- pledge myself , tq the
County Committee, that I have not been," am not
now, and do not intend to become a member of
any "secret political organizat ion, whether known
by the name of Anow-Aotinngs or tuat ot any
other ; and tlit I wfll not -vote for, or support any
person- who is known or even suspected, of being
a member of such secret political organization.
Further, that I have not been the advocate of tlie
election of Siinon Cameron .to the United States
Senate, since the publication lof the Kirk pat
rick letter," and I give ray aubesion to the reso
lutions adopted by the Convention. :
; - ROBERT McC03fBl
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- -J Latest from lyxnisrilleV :f-
-'4 The knowing is the latest - from LouiviHe; it
is heart acLeing. Tlie blood of these slaughtered
iuhorent crie aloud for vengeance. """
A Hunt Offering to ReHm'oH.Tl.e LoniitriUt,
7?t4 the 9th ingtV; Staffs that about fRir
' o-'cloik on tbe previous eveninz a woman and
terrcliildreti were found in the ruina of Qu inn's
bowse, on Main street, iu that city, burned into
ciudcrs. s ; , . -. j;
" Yellow Feteb at Nrw Orleans. Tore
were two buud"red and ninety-one deaths friTni
-yellow fvyer in Sew Orleans during the week
'(&: -Cot Freslon.' .. -
We feel it to be our duty to make some obser
rations vpon the course pursue 1 by. Col. Preston,
the.: anti-Know-Nothing candMate in the Louis,
ville district, upon the day of Oe election. ' I ,
AVe believe it to be tlie case, that. CoL Preston,
and many of his Democratic friends, when they
found that armed bands of ruffians had taken pos
session of the polls, advised their friends to abstain
from voting, i Their, motives undoubtedly were
good : they believed that by so doing they would
prevent the effusion of blood. They undoubtedly
believed that they were acting the part of Chris
tians and Patriots, w The result shows how sadly
they were mistaken, and we say it with a bitter
pang, we believe that the action of Col. Preston
and his friend contributed much to bring about
the very state of things they most deprecated, i
Wo believeand we have the recent example of
Cincinnati to sustain us, that had the anti-Know-Nothings
made the proper exertion to bring out
their force to poll every vote, that the bullies and
ruffians would have cowed and have left the field
to freemen who knew their rights, and were de
termined to maintain them. Assassins are Dever
men of true courage: the men who slaughtered
and burned unoffending men, women and children,
would not haveced the music ; the fellow with
the pitchfork wou. not for teB seconds hive stood
his ground aJainsta determined man, upon his
feet and ready to defend himself. . '
This is a country oi tree institutions ; mere is
no armed force to protect them ; their defence is i
is committed to the mass of tlie citizens. - Should
those institutions be assailed,, it is the right, it is
the duty of every citizen to sustain and defend
them. It is the design of our country to protect
every citizen alike : in return she expects of them
to give their time, their energies, and if heed be,
their lives to protect and sustain her. Of all our
institutions, the right of suffrage, is beyond ques
tion, the most sacred and the most valuable. . It
is the one which most peculiarly constitutes us the
nation that we are. - It is this right of every citi
zen to have an uncontrolled, equal voice in the
selection of our rulers that give us our proudest
distinction as Americans. 1 ' : - --
Yet it was upon this right that the Louisville
Know-Nothings made, by their own showing, a
direct and open attack. " They announced before
hand their intention to prevent a portion of thei"
fellow citizens, from exercising a right conceded to
them by the laws of our common country. ,' This
intention was carried out to the letter. : From the
display of force which thi-y made, the anti Know
Nothings were induced to think that to avoid
bloodshed, they had better absent : themselves
from the polls. ' ' -' -' ' '
Here, we" think; was the wrong and two min
utes reflection should have convinced Col. Preston
and his friemls of it. Is our country or its insti
tutions iu danger from enemies whether foreign or
domestic., every citizen must rally .to the rescue ;
the honor, the safety of the country is in the keep
ing of every citizen ; he belongs to her for the time
being ; (he has the right to dispose of -his every
thought and action, until the danger is past. '';
No matter how great the apparent odds against
them, , it was the bounden, duty of the genuino
friends of American; institutions, , in . Louisville,
when sacrilegious hands were laid upon this very
palladium of our liberties, to fight to the last man,
in defence of it 9 they should never have stopped
to count numbers ; it was the duty of every true
American to commence the fight upon the spot;
it was his duty to spill the last drop of his blood
in - defence of the freedom of the ballot box, and
the purity of American institutions. life is but
a poor boon when compared with the loss of the
privileges which make life glorious and valuable
to the - American citizen. Take away from him
that equality which constitutes him a sovereign,
reduce him to the level of the slave, would not
death in its most terrific form be a thousand times
more welcome ? Better that the lives of all Amer
ican citizens be taken away, than that American
liberty be lost. . r . ' ' ; . " '
Tliereforo we think that the F res ton men in
Louisville were wrong, In the vain hope of pre
venting the waste of human life, they sacrificed all
that life is worth living for. , . ,
The men of the Revolution, under a full and
solemn conviction of the awful responsibility which
had devolved upon them, upon a far slighter pre
text, took one of the most momentous steps ever
taken by mortal men. A tyrannical government
proposed to levy a trifling tax, ""but without the
consent of those to be taxed being first had and
obtained. The men of the- Revolution knew how
to resist the beginnings of eviL They had sagaci
ty And courage far beyond the men of the time
the cloud was but small, but it was darkening,
and in time the storm wouldoverwhelm the whole
land. They knew that the right to take ton pence
implied the right to take thousands they knew
that if a Tyrant had the right to dispose at will,
of their substance, they must of necessity become
his slaves ; they resolved upon resistance ; but a
handful of colonists; they bid defiance to the most
powerful empire on the globe; they exposed their
beloved land to the horrors of an eight years war
against all odds they calmly resolved to sacrifice
. their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred hon
or," rather than submit to what were but trifling
exactions compared to (hose required by the Lou
isville Know-Nofhings. :
Whither has the spirit of the Revolution fled ?
Tlie men of the Revolution resisted unto the death
the payment of a trifling tax, unjustly levied. The;
men of Louisville were asked to give up the price
less blessing of 'personal liberty ; of the right of
man to govern himself; and they yielded.',. Oh
shame! shame! This alone was wanting to com
plete the deep and damning disgrace of the Louis-
villa election. ' . . v.
. So far as Col. Freston'did not desire an election
at the cost of human life, so far wc give him credit.
But there were other things to be considered, lie
and" his friends should not have forgotten that it
was their first and last duty to defend the institu
tions of theif country which were openly attacked
They should not have forgotten that the right of
suffrage had been won By the men of the Revolu
tion thni it was sanctified by their blood ; it was
their most sacred legacy to us, and we are account
able for the preservation and transmLBHicn of it.
To 'this trust they did not prove faithful ; they
gave Jup at tbftr first summons, that which they
should have defended with their lives; better that
Whwr- rtver should haTe ran blood, and their city
beeu ? educed to an ash lieap; than they should live
to v jtnes aiiu connive at this out) age upon Amer
u.an Cbcff':
Henry Eajer... .
Below will be found the card of this gentleman
declining the nomination for County Commission
er tendered to lam by the late Democratic Con
vention. - .v . -'. i
We re'irot that Mr. Refunds himself obliecd
to decline the nomination. " It was a compliment
that he deserved, from his unwavering Democra
cy and Patriotism. Being a sound practical man,
fcne well acquainted with the wants and withes of
the Pwple, he would have made an excellent offi
cer. We commend his letter' to our DemnrmtiA
Brethren in the county it breathes the right spirit.
vaatrman oj me jJemoeraltc Uounty Com
mittee. r.
Dear Sir. Having received information that
I have received the nomination fur 4he office of
County Commissioner, by tlie Democrtic County"
Convention, assembled at Ebensburg. on the 31st
ult, I beg leave to state that while I feel g-.ateful
to the part jr for the confidence they repose in me,
still I feel it a duty that I owe to- myself to de
cline accepting tlie, nomination. .The" principles
of the party I stil) hold sacred, and will always
be found, in the front rank, battling for Tree and
religious liberty, and " opposed to every form of
Tyranny over the mind of man." You will there
fore please have the vacancy filled by Rome good
and true Democrat. HENRY RAGER.
August 17, 1855. . ,
Prevektios Betteb tua a CtTtEDr. Key-
scr. Wholesale Druggist, of 1 40 Wood Street, in
inviting attention to hia Pectoral Syrup, does not
r.tn-a wl ; :h wuvk. OT .i.. u tiw
lungs, or heal over a half wasted lung ? but in the
incipiency of the disease it will allay inflamma
tion,' cure the " cough, and effectually arrest the
progress of the. disease.: One or two spoonsful of
this medicine has often cured a violent cough of
several weeks duration. What has beeu done can
be done again. Cure your cough with half a dol
lar by biiying a pottle of Pectoral Syrup, for sale
at James al'Dermil's. v ' . -
Toowi Ache. Persons ara not mnrnl1v
that Dr. Keyser's Tooth Ache remedy, for sale at
James McDermitt s, In this place .will stop nn
metliately an aching tooth. Whoever tries it will
be convinced. .- . , .
The LonisTille Inquiry.
WILL PRENTICE BE PROSECUTED?
The ' LouitrUie Journal of, Miday, August
Cth, the day of the pretended election arid inten
ted massacre, contained the following sentences :
" The Sag-nichts of Louisville will think there
is a terrible srorm ofvthunder and lightiing to
night. Tlie flashes of the Know-Notniiig trans,
parencies will be the lightning, and the shouts
the thunder. " ; '
" People living at the north of us will be likely
to think, to night, that the Aurora Borcalis has
got around to the south, -r -:i
Perhaps Sam mar get on a mrfie to night.
At any rate, he will cut up a thine.' "
This LouiviUe Journal is edited by George D.
Prentice, a well-known and responsible citizen.
He is still in Louisville, and the law surely can
be made to reach him, as chief accomplice in in
citing to a riot, the like of which in barbarity.
has never before disgraced this continent.' 'The
sound of that riot will go through the earth. Its
horrid details will bo familiar in a month over all
Europe, and in three months, they w ill bo read
with execration, in Australia. and farther India.
Every enemy of republicanism will repeat the
tale, every hater of social wrong will treasure it
up in his memory, every American abroad will
hang bis head for shame when the name of Louis
ville is mentioned. '
And for this cruel, cold blooded, open resort to
murder and arson, who is to blame ? For this
national shame, who is to blame ? We answer
primarily and principally, George D. rreniice,
the publisher of the programme of bloodshed,
which we have taken from bis Journal and set at
the head of this column. " .... ; V .: ..
Never talk to us of the river rowdies, always
to bo found primed and loaded for any outrage
along the levees of the Ohio. " Never speak to us
of those nurseries of arson, the voluntary fire
core panics. ' Indict not so much the Mayor, who
refused to take precautions, and the city oftiCSals,
who headed the pillage and slaughter. 1 Who was
their orean 1 their oracle ? their prompter ? Who'
is their defender now, as he was their accompiice
throughout ? A man of education, and of pretcn
ted respectability. Thattnau. upon whom we
invoke the sword of justice, if there be such ;A
thing as justice left in the land, is tlie Editor of
tho IximwQl Jottrnal.' ; -
If anything could deepen tlie homicidal guilti
ness of this man, it is the total absence of human
feeling with which he chronicles the results of
his own incendiary appeals," and the diabolical
assurance with which he would make . its victims
the authors of their own destruction. A viler
web of special pleading, a more satanic show of
seif-comphtcency than he has exhibited in his re
port upon his own work, has never reached the
public eye in any community.
We ak the press of the Uni-m will they longer
suffer their profession to be degraded by acknowl
edging fraternity with this oracle of arson, this
organ of mid-day, murder ? ' We ask the officers
of the law in Kentucky, what steps, if any, have
been taken to hold the Editor who suggested the
riot in advance, accountable for its consequeuces ?
We ask our exchanges,., every where, abroad as
welt "as at home, to mark the answer, and if
George D. Prentice escapes tlie proper penalty of
his malice afore-thought, to join us in holding up
his name to everlasting infamy.- ' i s:
. - This man has been all his life striving for fame,'
and he shall have it. While the Ohio runs
by Louisville, the events he has wrought there
will never be forgotten. His puling poetry, and
his pinckbeok prose will go down like tho bubble
and the mud, but the cruel massacre of August
6th 1855, will be borno in perpetual remem
brance.- It will be seen afar off, from every point
of the compass, a pyramid of fire and blood., and
traced along its base, and crowning its flickering
summit, . will stand the name: and the effigy of
Gkorgk D. Prektice. '
' On behalf of our murdered countrymen and
women, we call for justico upon the arch-instiga
tor of . their destruction. Ca& Kentucky still
soul to be roused at a tale of massacre worse a
thousand times than any its dark and bloody
eround" has ever known',' in 'Indian days T If
she has. Prkotick will be punished -Not as he
has done' by others shall he be done by, but ac
cording to the law. and the fact, . if there still is
law left iu that generous State, now so degraded
before the world, by the conspiracy of which he
has been both head-piece and mouth-piece.
Ammeau Celt.
For the Democrat 8? Sentinel.
v ;:;v' - . Th Exit of Bam-. .
' Wo. do not mean 'the vile and unmigated po
litical scoundrel, who has recently received such
a terrible drubbing at the hands of the Southern
Democracy t but his namesake f an .able
bodied,, civil and intelligent Newfoundland dog,
the property of John lenlon Esq. of this place.
Sam the dog, was the very antipodes of Sam the
bigoted disciple of Ned Buntline. We know noth
ing of Saw's pedigree, but presume it was respec
table, lie was certain! jr well bred dog, and on
that account, we have right to, iConcJude, f ha;
his paternal ancestor, unlike that of the. other
Sam, did not belong to that class of ncouudrels,
" Who never felt the baiter draw
With good opinion of the law,"
and who once upon a time tried the virtues of a
Nashville rope. -
He was never known, when all decent dogs
should be in bed, to prowl around the narrow
lanes and alleys of the town, to meet certain of
his fellow dogs in midnight conclave and concoct
a scheme f r the oppression of the balance of the
town dogs, who saw fit to bay at the moonj which
was regarded by the other Sam and his unchari
table followers as anti-canine and decidedly vulgar,
although perfectly harmless in its own way.
What he did was done in broad day light and was
seen of all men. Sam had a goodly hare of the
milk of human kindness in his heart and if per
chance a dog arrived iu town, who was not " to
tlie manor born," and who had just mtide his es
cape from the blood hounds and bull dogs of a
neighboring village, (Sunt never vexed him ; he
never called together, by a midnight howl, Tray,
Blanche and Sweetheart and all the other-ctlrs of
low degree, to proscribe and persecute him ; but
be generouFly admitted hiiu nt th kennel tud
treated him like a brother. Unlike the dark lan
tern Sam, his countenance was never lit up with
a benevolent smile, when he met another dog,
whilst his heart was as black as Erebus and
meditated treachery. His face was always the true
index of his feelings ; nor was bis face a dxnible one
one for tlie North and another for the South of the
town, but always a genuine black faced, woolly
headed dog. under all circumstances and iu all
localities. The most striking contrast however
between the two Sams was this. Our dog Sam
manifested no hypocritical loathing and disgust
for the " wild hunt after meat'" as the other Sam
does for the wild hunt after office." when every
person knew, that they both rolled the rpective
objects of their daily pursuit under their tougues
aa a sweet morsel. " But enough of the contrast.
It is reduced to a fixed fact, that Sam has disap
peared, much to the regret of the boys and girls
of our town with whom he was a favorite, and for
each of whom his broad and manly face always
were a kindly greeting. Tlie manner of his ta
king off" was most foul. He was enticed or rath
er stolen away on la.t Monday-moruing, while
his owner was attending divine service in the
Catholic Church, and in' our opinion this fact
alone, offers comfirmation strong as proof of Holy
Writ, that the thief was a rabid Know-Nothing
and was fearful that Sain might become the inno
cent victim of a had example. In all civilized
communities the stealing of a sheep is regarded as
the meanest act that a man can perpetrate and bv
comm4i consent the stealing of a dog is conceded
to be the. next lowest degree in the order of base
ness ; : but to. steal a dog whilst bis master is at
church, sinks the act below the very zero of mean
ness. We, Lope flvat the perpetrator of this vil
lainous outrage, farfd. he is well known) will
speedily repent of his crime and restore Sam to
his afflicted owner and to his many youthful and
sorrowing friends! ; . . . EREBUS.
A Strong Articlei . .
The article following has a particular value
from the fact that it is from' a paper which
has been, until within the la.s two or three
weeks, the strongest and moht inflC'efitiv
Know-Nothing paper in the est. It is
from the Louisville Courier : .
Whither Are weTksdixq? Never since
the organization of this government has the
political horizon been so overcast with dark
and lowering clouds as at the present time.
When wo compare the questions that were
discussed and decided during the earliest days
of the republic with those which now stir the
feelings, and awaken the apprehensions of all
true patriots, of whatever name or creed, we
sometimes arc led to tremble for the destiny
of our couutry : and were it not for the confi
dence which we feel in the overruling care of
a Divine Providence, we should despair of
ever seeing a bolutiou of the political problems
now before tlie people of the United states.
The present is the first time in the history
of this country in Which a political party,
having any claim to nationality has dared to
make a man's religious creed the test of qual
ification for office ; the first time that any effort
has been made of political Jesuitism, and
secret cspiouare two-fold more obnoxious than
that of Koine ; the first time that the 1'rotett-
auts of the United States have endeavored to
proscribe llomanism by political disabilities,
while at the same time Uiey have engraitcu in
a professed Protestant organization tho most
obnoxious features of the thing they would
proscribe and destroy. But, as we have faith
in me intelligence oi tne masses ui iucpcpiv,
and as heretofore their ' 'sober Bceond thought"
has been in the main about right, so we be
lieve that. the seal of their condemnation will
most emphatically be placed upon tho prcsept
. ?t
amwiinericau, anu-xvepuoucau, pronvnpuve,
and Jesuitical policy of the Know-Not hing
organization. . . . r . , t
- We repeat that we have confidence in the
great body of the American people, and that
they will ultimately stand by the principles
and practices of Washington, Jefferson, Mad
ison, Adams, and Jackson, to the utter dis
comfiture, and overthrow of Know-Nothing-iam.
as now constituted, with the herd of polit
ical loafers that follow in it wake. Already do
we discover signs of a most decisive reaction.
In every quarter, calm and reflecting men
who, at first, sympathized with what they be
lieved to be the objects of the Know-nothing
TtaHv. are now ramrin? themselves in ODDOsi-
l a tj - ( i
tion to its anti-republican principles. Patri
otic men of all parties are protesting against
the policy of adding the fuel of religious hale-
to tne name ot political uiscord.
Christian men are askms whether it ac
cords with the spirit of the Master that they
should link themselves with a secret, oath
bound political party that is rousing all . the
evil passions of human nature in order to ar
rav man against man. brother against brother,
and father against son. In the North and
the South, in the East and the West, . the
feeling is rapidly pervadiug the minds of all
good men, regardless of religious creed or
political party, that 'all free-born American
citizens should, on no condition whatever.
surrender their freedom of speech 'or their
freedom of political or religious power, te any
foreign prince or.potntate, on the face of
tne eana. oo matin urn country, nercaiter,
political Jesuitism is to be simply an impossi
bility. We hope that all of our numerous
readers will act with firmness and decision at
the present important crisis, r and that every
true man will vote upon the issue now tender
ed bv Know-NothiniKui" to the DCOPle of
Kentucky in accordance with the honcat dic
tates of aa unbiased judgement.
r. ' Kr. XTttminer'i Acceptance.
:The Hon. Arnold Plumcr has addressed the fol
hihg letter to the Democratic State Central
G .remittee, accepting the nomination for Canal
Commissioner. The letter is characteristically
frank and manly :
- Sl&fl : Having received the nomination for tho
office of Canal Commissioner, from the Democrat
ic State Convention, assembled at Harrisburg on
the 4th inst., and said Convention having passed
the following resolution :. -.- , .. . .
ItciUveJ. That the candidates for nomination
for Canal Commissioner be severally pledged that
they are u'ot at the. present time, member of, or
in any.way connected with; KnV secret political
association ; that they wilt not, become Connected
With such association, if .nominated, at any time
prior to the election, nor, if elected, during their
continuance in office ; and that -the nominee of the
Conveutiou shall ve to tbq State Central Com
mittee a pledge, which .they shall prescribe, in
relation to the subject of Kaow-Nothingism, and
that if be decline to take such pledge, the State
Central Committee is authorized to make a nomi
nation iu hU stead. - - . .
It affords me pleasure hereby " to pledge myself
to tlie State Central Committee, that I am not at
the present time, nor have I len at any time,
connected with any secret political organization or
association nor will I become connected with any
such association or organization at. any, time prior
to the election, nor, if elected, during iny cbntin
ance in office. ,
This pledge j given in the language of the res
olution of the State Convention, and in tlie form
prescribed by the State Central Committee; but X
dc- ire further to state to that Committee, and
through them to the voters of tlie'Coiuinon wealth,
that 1 reject iu tho most unqualified terms tbo
doctrines of the Know- Jfothiug party, so far a
they have not been taken from, and do not coaf
form to, the avowed principles of the DeuiOeratio
party, they being otherwise anti-Republican ati-il
auti- American. As a citizen of the Urdtcd States
as a Penns.vlvauian, professing to be governed b
the Constitutions of, my .country, and liberal
Christian principles, I could not subscriLe and
solemnly take the oath required of me assuming
the office of Canal Commissioner, to support
the Constitution of Pennsylvania and the Consti
tution of the United States," if I had taken an
oath or other obligation binding myself to reject
tlie claims of any American citizen for office, ou
account of his religious belief or the place of his
birtfi, such tests being expressly forbidden by
both of those sacred instruments. ,
. From the principles involved in the approach
ing election. 1 deem it the mot inportant which
the Democracy have been called upon to partici
pate in for many years. To be the chosen stand
ard bearer of the party in such a content, is a
high honor, for which I shall ever be grateful.
.. Truly yours,
Abkolr Plcmukk. ,
To Jas F. Johnston, Ch'n State Central Com'ttee.'
From the New Orleans Picayune, August 8
" Invasion of Mexico.
The Texas mails of this morning bring us
accounts of an organization of a military force
withiu the United States, in aid of the revolu
tion in northern Mexico. The San Antonio
Ledger of the 28th contains a letter from its
correspondent, dated at Leone r,iver, on the
19th of July, detailing V the movements of
the auxiliary force intended for the overthrow
of the Santa Anna government in Mexico,
and the establishment of a government favor
able to the interests of Texas. " The first
part of the expedition arrived at that place on
the 15th ult. , and men were said to be coming
in hourly in jjreat numbers; and to be ex pee-,
ted with great anxiety, on the other side of
the river. The. party was expected to cross
in five day.1 that is to say, about the 24th
ult. They are under the aomniand of Capt.
W. Ji. ifenfy, late of the Texan volunteers."
Acitfnifianyine this correspondence is an ad-'
dress by Capt. Henry to the people of Texas,'
and a proclamation addressed to the Mexicans.
. The address to the people of Texas announ
ces the purpose of himself and his companions
"to engage in ,tlte. revolution now existing irt
the Mexican republic, to displace the far-famed
Santa Anna, and establish a new republican
form of government, a government more favor-
able to the interests of Texas, enlightened in
its views, and irt'Oi thr.jxnal intention of exten
ding the proutl American' eagle over its protec
tion. - " .
lie appeals to Texas, in the strength of her
revolutionary experience and example, and in-
oites them by representing the bordering coun
try of Mexico as the refuge of Indian roarau-I
derp, who perpetrate crimes, robberies andj
murders within Texas,, which distress "all
lovers of peace and order. It is on the ac
count of " peace and order" - that Mexico is
invadod. .
Tlie proclamation to the Mexicans, publish
ed alongside of the other in tho emc paper.
taits mucn more mnuiy toau uiat intenueu tor
tbe Texans. . It does not have a word about
extending the American eagle over Mexico,
but declares the wish to see the Mexicans gov-"
ern themselves. ' - - i .:-
Our onlv wish, the onlr ' reward we seek
fnr and with wliie.h we shall return hanov to)
- - , ' ----
ous firesides, is to see re-e.-tablisbed the feder
al system, and to secure treaties by which the
interests of both countries shall be protected.
and which will allow us to exchange our pro
ducts with yours, without fear of molestation,
under the protection of just and equitable tar
iffs, Ihlis citing a new lmpuLsc to the prosper
ity of both countries.
. Nothing is stated in this paper to give u
an idea ot tne number collected for this foray
across the borders.
. The Austin Stat Times. ftbe.'iSth ult..
un that within a few weeks more than twenty
Knhaway negToc3 have passed at no great dis
tance- from that city, on tneir way w .w.
and adds : m . -
"Hie number of negroes fleeing from their
masters, and endcavaring to reach Mexico,
makes it Imperiously, necessary .something
should be done to arrest the evil. e can
see no more feasible plan than the one long
since suggested. By aiding the liberal party
in Mexico, we can accomplish an arrangement
which will make slavery as secure in Texas,
as any State in the Union. "
The New Orleans Delta regards the success
of the revolution it U in Mexico as already ex
tain, and witkl reference to the result, says,
that next to the removal of all restrictions oa
commercial intercourse between Mexico nd
this country, the most important bouefit to both
nationalities will be the opening of the, former
to emigration from fie United States :.
' The statesmen who lead the present revo
lution are thoroughly aware of the fact to which
we allude, and nave pledged themselves not
only"to overthrow Santa Ann himself, but
his policy also. We cannot regard their suc
cess, therefore, as a mere change of dynasties,
to which Mexico is somewhat accustomed.
We believe it will mark the opening of a new
and piopitious era in the history f the conn
try. - In free commercial intercourse and:xm
restricted emigration we pereeive her tjnly
chances ofrecwstroctfoo'.'aod on that account
we sympathize 'warmly with the'caiLa of Al
vaic and hia friuads. Lct'thctn'go ahead."