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.WEDNESDAY MORNING.:::.:::::SEPT. 12.
H Tor canal commissioner;.
HON. ARNOLD PLUr.'ER,
OF VENANO.O COUJiTY.
'', FOR ASSKMBLT,
-' O KORG E N. SMITH, of Johnstown.
J JOoEPlI BERXIIARD.of Fulton county.
I-..-, yon SHERIFF,. ' ' '
I - -' t- JAMES MYERS; of Ebensburg.
s- 7 :" - - ' fob COROXER.1
tAAC TEETER, of Cbnemaugh.
i ! FOR TREASURER, ' , ,
i L CHARLES D. MURRAY,. of Cambria.
HENRY. SCANLAN, of Carroll.
.Vili'Sib' " FOR COMMISFIOSER. . .
i fc JOHN REARER; of Susquehanna.
J :allODERT McOOMBIE, of Carroll.
i vi.rv.3ai for poor nocsR dibf.ctor
JACOB FRONHEUSER, of Johnstown.
: (&-Gcn.-A. Crofut, No. 73 Suth Fourth Street,
above Walnut, Philadelphia, is our authorized
agent to receive subscriptions aid advertisements
for this paper.
., Cause of Delay.
j . We are this week ' again thrown back a little,
ju consequence of the last week's delay, and of
our indomitable determination to report the pro
tctxlings of Court we are great men for court, we
areand as after courting, a union generally fol
lows, we may be detained a day next week, by
reason of a union that is expected to come off
ihen.;j'. ;- v; : ""' ' : .. 7.
iCv-; .: KOTICE. --.The"
Delegates to the late Democratic County
Convention ill reassemble at the Gwirt House,
In - the borough of Ebensburg. on Wednesday.
September 19th; at 2 o'clock P. M., for the pur
pose of.taking cffrctual measures for the overthrow
of the enemies of the people. . -..., . .. ' ;
Y J AS. MURRAY, Pres't. Co. Con.
" RICHARD WHITE, Chairman Co. Com.
, cotice.
,' The Delegates to the Whig County Convention
v Cambria county, will re-assemble at Ebensburg,
on Wednesday, September 19th 1855, for the
transaction of important business, and to take
measures to secure the defeat of the Know-Nothing.
The Convention will assemble at the Court
liouse, at 2 o'clock. P.M.
- ,JA0QB GLASS, Pres't. Whig Co, C-n. ;
- . GEO. J. ROUGERS, Chairman Co. Com.
F. M." Geokue, Sec'ry County Con. ...,..
Z; y-ly Th Fnion.f
It will be seen by the publication in our paper
to-day, cf the calk for the : reassembling of the
County. Conventions of the Democratic and Whig
parties, that a change In the course of action of
the" two 'rartios has been resolved upon. It ap
pears that both paniei, have' determined totAke
more effectual measures for the extermination of
Know-Nothingism, and instead of wasting their
strength in a rivalry useless,, daugerous, and at
thjs time perfectly preposterous, will turn their
united forces against those .who arc the enemies
of American institutions, of the constitution and
laws, of human rights, and as the day of Louis
ville proves, of the human race. '
1 It was time. Politicians had trifled long enough
with tlie best interests of the people ; those inter
ests had long enough been exposed to a risk ; a
risk so great that wo cannot too sineerely rejoice
at our escape from it..-., lad the estrangement be-'
tween the two great parties continued, the band
of renegades from every political faith and creed,
of political blacklegs, assassins and sympathizers
with assassins must inevitably have triumphed.
Upon the consequences of such a triumph, no citi
zen of Cambria county could look , without anxie
ty j its disastrous effects would have reached every
man. Among these would have been the shame
ful misrepresentation of our county in the Legis
lature, by some ranting fanatic, who a stranger
and. indifferent to the welfare of Cambria and her
people, would have wasted the time in ineffectual
efforts to force upon us the abominations of the
Jug Law, and inasmuch as the next Legislature
will undoubtedly be anti-Know-NoUiing. he would
in the event of his election, have been impotent
for evil, but have remained a gloomy monument
of the carelessness and imprudence of the people
of ourctttnty . -r, j y t.
The - mischief would not stop here. . The elec
tipiiyf a K..N. Representative would be disgrace
ful, buV'&e election of Know-Nothing Sheriff
teJ CKnniiionef, wouhl bring the damnable ty
ranny of. Shut order home to the hearth of every
rtan, fJf "whatever political persuasion, of what
ever s&t5on",'in our county. ' : v
VW nee.1 rtoi to remind tlie people of the power
hieh a SHeriff . has to' tyrannize and annoys in
he course of .a three years , term,' that .officer U
brought into coutact with - nearly every citizen of
a county; ail generally, has U in bis power to
sltow a kiudneys . Ui of .oppress inli viduals. . We
tired not to rcmiad them that the fortune of citi
ffcn frequently depend tipon 1U will. . .We neol
not to tell tl'1? how they ; woifld tire; iii caise that
e Wuulit have a Ki"iowNothlng KlterlfT rklin
rfruund tlrisconnty Rr Uir0ryiri,oprni-iiigaiid
itijurintf every tntftf who WIS a Ciithollc or F reign-'
y": iitfvea dvmuathizcd. with . them.' Furtlu-r
were tlie secret vrdej: ti.carrv the ShenCf ainl a
fnajirity of tlie board of C ifymissiotier. the juries
Vould be akei-wouM..tto arrangerl thst
apteVl citieeniijWtliosB it'-particular rvHf.Mis
belief could not B3ceire justice. Jf any rtsuler en
tertaina doubts tliat thi Would Uf 4ht casK?, let
him read the following extract from' tf.eir "secret
ritual,' Twhkh we publish pti)uf first Jige; one
of the, questions put to a candidate Tor tlie second
-ucgrec rcaus uius: , ,.f s -,-!. f,
. "Question.' Will you pnitnfae to see a brother
of , the SiRond Degree righted -that is if ho be
found Tfeht II pon a- Congress examination to
sary, as a witness or juryma'n, and to leave all or
dinary ties tool ey the demands of GAigrcssin his
case? Ai'swcr. j will." .
x 1 1 -is thus proven," that where (hunttf oJReer$ are
Kiiotc-AlitAitigs, their c:itlis bind theia to deny
justice ti a j-ortisi of their fellow titizens. Njj
nmn can suppisc that the jveiiple would suffer such
outrage -tu iK-rietratet1. They would Tise.'and
hurl e-ery Kmw-Nothing from nrwer.
Were we to th;t,iil the evils which must of ne
cessity result jfrtMu Kitow-Nothing domination,
the picture wot;-l. be black enough, but dark as it
might be, it would in. repulsivcuess fall far short
of the reility. Tliese evils the people have fore
seen, and their action shows that they are deter
.mineti.t.0 forestall thenu . ..-.. .
When a country is prosperous, happy, and se
cure ; when its social well being is not threatened
by enemies - abroad or at home ; wlien the ship of
State is gliding smoothly along; then it is that
politicians may with . impunity gamble for tlie
chances of conducting it. But when a storm is
rising j ;,whcn the fierce waves of faction, of dis
content, of treason, of howling bigotry, threaten to
overw helm the gaMant bark; the guiding must I
yielded - up into other hands: the strongest and
the truest, the boldest and most skillful must bo
selected to stand at the helm. T
Therefore it is that the people of Cambria coun
ty have resolved to do their own business in their
own way. The danger does not " threaten Whig,
it docs not threaten Democrat it threatens the
people; they would suffer, from the tyranny of a
Know-Nothing Sheriff they would suffer from
tie corruption of a Know-Nothing County Board,
from the packing of juries and the denial of jus
tice. With their admirable good sense, they have
taken the shortest way to effect the greatest good.
They have declared that for this time, the petty
differences of Democrat must be laid aside ; and as
there is but one issue, the cause of the people
against Know-Notingism, so there can be but two
parties : ' the party of the people, and the party
opposed to the people. ' ... .. .. .
The people of Cambria have resolved npon a
Fusion. . They are determined to take the field
themselves ; and we presume that in their pre
sence, tlie intrigues of politicians will cease. .We
presume that no man in his senses will set him
self up in opposition to the popular will; - and no
man will be so infatuated with a delusive idea of
his own greatness as to forget that there is a fu
ture, and that the people will hold to a strict ac
countability those who thwart their will now.
In view of the impending arrangements, we
have nothing to urge but moderation ; we counsel
submission to the popular will ; for the people will
assuredly see to it, that those are rewarded, who
in their cause forget, selfishness and display self
deuial, and will assuredly .Withhold their favor
from those who place obstacles in the way of their
triumph. - - ' ' "
' " Know-Nothing Deception. ' ,
Several meetings of the owl-eyed constitution
haters were held in our borough last week, and
the work of initiating voters preparatory to the
election ' was proceeded with, v We understand
that a number of . our Welsh friends were "put
through' ' which certainly does not speak much
for their shrewdness. We have heard of the "rich
Irish brogue and the sweet German accent," hav
ing its effect, biitrwe did not suppose our staid
Welsh friends could be hood winked by any such
clap traps. It is all well enough to tell them
that the American (!) party only aims at the ex
tinguishment of catholicity, but if such be the
case why did they not initiate these sturdy citizens
last year, or at least last month. The whole" pol
icy of the part j" for the coming campaign has
been determined on." All the nominations have
been made, and now they want votes, and say
" we can use these fellows now and drop them
after we have used them. There is a portion of
our order whom we keep to do the dirty work,
and, these foreigners have votes. Indeed say they
we like you Welsh, and as long as you keep in
your place and vote as we direct you, you shall
be objects of our distinguished consideration." - We
will initiate you in public school houses, and will
not grate your .feelings by putting you through, in
a tA pen. It is true our brethren in Louisiana.
California and some other States would ostracise
you; yea even some of our' order in this county
will contend Tthat our order is not opposed to
American horn catholics, but still we want you
to understand that tee arc, because we want to
use you, wo want your votes, . and we will swear
you to oppose catholicity if you will We have all
kinds of oaths and you can take which ever you
prefer.' It is no difference to us ; all we want is
your votes." There is a manliness and openness
in the Welsh character, which we supposed would
have prevented them from becoming the victims
of these enemies of true liberty, but we fear they
have allowed their prejudices to overcome them j
we fear they are suffering themselves to be impo
sed upon by the distorted pictures which have
been conjured up by the diseased imagination of
the wily politicians who now control that party,
and who feel they are " destined for till rise,"
even u it be over tne shattered remnants of the
constitution. " - - . -'- ; .' . i --
; u Screw Loose. ; , ,
Evidently. " things is working", among tlie K.
N.'a in ' this town and vicinity. - It appears that
R.S. Alexander, their nominee for Assembly,
will not sign a pledge against the division of the
county, and the anti-di vision K. IS.'s in this sec
tion are sorely vexed in consequence. They look
woe .begone and sorrow stricken ; verily the way
of the transgressor is hard. ? , -
Alexander is straining at a gnat and swallowing
a camel, .A man who can take a Know-Nothing
oath, ..and sign a KuowNothing constitution,
ottght' not to hesitate at :anything-he is. fit for
tre.ison, stratagems and spoils,'? and may- with
impunity sign pledges for and sgainst eveiy thing;
were he to occupy .himself exclusively in signing
pkxlges from this date until tlie election, the pub-
li5 would pay no attention to them.- k ' .
.r-'-.K' The County rair; J" ; . ;
! "WeSro plertAed to observe that bur citizens are
.'m.Tfcu-j pretraHiM :for llie approaeling County
"it-5,,,ug into it iiu epini ; irotn me
arrangenientjjj foot, wo' au(ioiMite an agreeable
tune.-.' -;V: " "
The richest twat ns the pccasion will undoubt
edly bo tlie addrew, wlrichis to be delivered by
Cyrus L.. Pershing; FqofJoljiistcrmi. ;The fin
isbel scholarsliip, ; the classic talent, the aceonn
plished oratory "f this gentleman, will undoubt
edly make the xUress something worthy of bis
. MJowman and-his Kecpdra. '
We have" ftlcheenx2'even' 'Bowman's thick;
armory of unblushing impudepce could not save.
We have succeeded in throwing the Alleghahiaa
camp into a state of Indescribable confusion ; if
wounded pigeons are to be known by their flutter
ing, the chiefs,of the e&Ublismunt trhit be pretty
badly hit ; their wbunds must be mortal. After
weeks of perseverance; we have forced ithem in to
something like a."reply. In sdndry-ltolumns' of
what thy doubtless consider to Us Tne'" wrttfcg;
they this week "spread ihemsclyeq tdijover re
Hoor," as the inimitable Kossuth wouldtwy.j vWe
Whit off much more i easily. than we could have
anticipated .they think' that one of lis is a "clas
sical country gentleman, and has learned divers
deviltries in a foreign land. Not very severe, con
sidering that we have for weeks been endeavoring
to force them to define their position. V
' In a half column pf silly verbiage, they attempt
to apologize to a gentleman, upon whom they last
week made an uncalled for attack : "re are sure
that the gentleman referred to will treat the apol
ogy with as much contempt as Ko did the attack ;
both are the acts of a coward and boot-lick,
. The editor is . horrified by an allusion to his
masters, and seems highly insulted by the intima
tion. We did mention something about them,
but in so doing, it was not our design toannounce
a new discovery ; that was a matter upon which
the public had long ago made tip their , minds.
When Bowman first came among us, W was re
ceived rather with favor : it is true that his con
nection with an intitution so rotten pi the Alle
ghanian, did seem at the first blush to rsake against
him ; but the most favorable construction Was put
upon7 that fact ; it was attributed to youthful in
discretion ; even among those who wee. most bus
picious at first, the impression was becoming gen
eral that he was a harmless crtmturej rcoffensive,
and upon the whole, a very nice young man for a
small tea party. ; ' ,:. , -
i As the present political campaign ajproachqd,
the fact forced itself upon the public : nrttice, that
he was a mere "automaton" a pupjet inthe
hands of well known unprincipled operators be
hind the scenes As tliese men, ignore every thing
like moral principle, it was not Ukdyhat one
made of pliable stuff, like Bowman could in their
society, preserve much of the orlgtual' fiirjtjcence.
In our school boy days we used to pbnjr oyer.tlie
profound saying, that, " evil communications, cor
rupt good manners ;" Bowman's tea casedn point.
The pestilential contagion had its effeit ii Jofi him j
he speedily became corrupt, venal a$4 treaclier-
OUS.
He did their . bidding unscrupulously, .rer
morselessly, recklessly. WTe have already spoken
of the game that he was made' to play for the pur
pose of ruining the party of which he professed to
be a member. ; We have exposed his .deception;
we have so brought the truth liome to him, that
he this week is compelled to let the mask drop ;
he who professing himself to be a Whig never
says anything in defence of Whig principles who
with the Whig ticket at his mast head never says
any thing in relation to the candidates of his party
good, bad. or indifferent, complains that the party
is leaving him ; that the boat is sinking, and that
the cowardly crew is quitting the craft ; he who
has been bought and sold so often and so cheaply,
complains with a bitter mockery that his partris
about to sell itself : his face must be case harden
ed; he has attained the sublimity of impudence.
His treachery to. his party, friends might have
been forgotten ; these are days of unexampled po
litical turpitude; and a careful search among the
records of political tergiversation might probably
have evolved an instance of baseness equal to his.
It all might have been overlooked; and have sunk
into oblivion. He was not satisfied ; he was seek
ing a lower depth of degradation, and has found
it. Not content with having'made the Allegha
nian a great political lie, he wants to become a
social Ishmaslitej he has turned his attention to
the 'vilification and abuse of private jcitizens j ho
has become the willing instrument to further the
schemes of his masters to - obtain cowardly re-
ventre ;
he has become the sewer through Which
they discharge their filth and malignant venom
against citizens whose characters arc brighter and
purer than theirs of his ever can be." Uis bitter
est cnemiej must pity Jiim.' "In th public-esti
mation,, he has sunk, below the level of Swank.
There we leave him. , ,....r - ? - e -,.,.,,,..; -'
Tlie editor of the New York ' Musical tleview
offers a prize of $300 for the best two songs, with
piano forte accompaniment, which shall be son t
to him prior to the 1st day of October next. . lie
says: '.. .. . . . . . -
" fJCJ-Our editorial friends who consider . the
cause of sufficient importance to warrant the shed
ding of a little ink in its behalf, are' cordially in
vited to quicken and fertilise, the musical" soU :of
their vicinity, by irrigating it with the fructifying
intelligence of the subjoined offer of $S00 for the
best two songs." ' r ' - '
This is. pretty good English: The offef Is tempt
ing; and we understand that some ofj our friends
are "gmg in" for the $300, on the subjoined, lit
tle chquk tf a song, withan accompaniment of
full kegs, which doubtless will be to them full as
acceptable as the piano forte. Here is'thesdng ;
" FUl 'em up, fill 'em upv fiU .'em up here 'I
Swi glass lager unt tri class, bier, ..f . " - ?
Der Ducher gumpany is a good gumpany . f ; ;
Ash ever cum'd ober von Yarmany. ; ii: - :
' Up mit der wine unt down mit der nj?Xi,"
Don't care nix for derobrance here, i . H
Der Ducher drinks schnapps,-.unt der Tankees
Unt die lager bier boys are punkjns sonib.'. ,
' Tne X. H. Ticket and Pl5oxnt 1
As these gentleman have been forced by xneahs
of THE LADDER to come out "an show jthetr
hands," we intend to devote a great deal of atten
tion to tbein.. We had tliis week an article pre
pared, but ithas been crpwded out by the ex-
trome length of the Court Proceedings Let them
hot take umbrage at the seeming neglect r-we.wiR
in due time stir' them all up with a long pole
Such a choice collection of disinterested patriots
vrkixll mttrari. sltMttioft ill nnv ivumtw''
iir a
- Gon. T7m. ll. Emith
Ti e Demticracy of ' the State of AVirawin
ccntly assembled and selected their ticket for State
officers.. Their 4elhefations were harmonious.
and tlie ticket selectotl Is cimnosedr "f jrjr
bestt men in the .State, Among tKa;wij notice
the .name of Oen,Wnv R. Smith, formerly pf this
State A The-Gen?s old friends will be pJeosedAOr
hear how lajrhly his merits and services are p
-Try r"'j-r -
Veraeity cf Telegraphic Intelligence.
Tlie propensity of the Telegraph operators to
circulate falsehoods, has become notorious. It
woujd seem, from the manner in which they fal
sify election returns, that a majority of them
must be Know-Nothings ; and of course sworn to
lie In ail cases. One of the most amusing instan
ces of their irresistible propensity for circulating
improbable yarns, is to be found in the Philadel
phi Inquirer, Sept. 10th. '
i -Speaking of larcenies of Railroad iron supposed
to have been committed on the Portage Rail Road,
he says :
: A 1 , " warrants were issued, and twenty-six
persons residing in Cambria, county were arrested
and lodged ir jail at Ebensburg; charged ' with
these larcenies.' In order to ascertain " the cor
rectness of this piece of intelligence, we took oc
casion to enquire of Esquire McDennit, the Su
perintendent of the Cambria county prison, as to
how many gentlemen were'at present lodging in
that commodious public establishment; his re-'
turn foots up somewhat differently from that of
the Telegraph man ; it is a? follows; ...
' No. of Prisoners.'
Cell No. 1, ,
" 2, '
" Z,'
.-. M A -
" " 6,
; " 6, ,
" 8,
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total ; f .v y'' 00000000 ' '
It is probable that the report of the Superin
tendent, inasmuch as he is here on the spot, is
more worthy of credence than the Telegraph. -
'" " Conferee lifting.'" ' ' .''
The Conferees of Bedford, Cambria, and Fulton
Counties, met at the Washington Hotel, in the
Borough of Bedford, on the 4th inst. , On motion
A J. Suively, Esq. of Bedford,, was called to the
chair, and J. B. Sansom, Esq. of Fulton, chosen
Secretary.':." : ' . -' r.;
The following gentlemen presentetl their cre
dentials and took their seats. - From Betlford A.
J. Snively, John P. Reed, Esq.; and John AIs-
Udt From Cambria-I. M. Riffle, M. M. Ad
ams, Esq., and William Murray. From Fultoo,
John S. Robinson, Esq., Wm.'C McNulty, and
r. B. Sansom. .
J On motion of Mr. Reed, the Conferees proceeded
to nominate candidates for tlie Legislature. ;
. Mr. Adams, nominated Geo, N. Smith. - .
Robinson . -"- .- Joseph Bernhard. '.;
? Reed. T " Wm. M. Hall.
After some debate as to the merits of the re
spective candidates, and the claims of each eounr
ty, tlie conferees proceeded to ballot: On the 1st
ballot, . '-'' ! ' - 'v.-
Geo N. Smith, of Cambria, had ''"' - - 9 votes
Joseph Bernhard, of Fulton, had ; 6 ' '
Wni. JU. liail, of liouiord, bad . - , 3 "
The nomination of Joseph Bernhard and Geo.
X. Smith, were then unanimously ratified." '
Geo. H. Spang and Henry C Dcvine, Esq's.,
were then chosen iX-iegatcs to tne next demo
cratic Slate Convention. '
. Mr. Sansom "offered tlie following resolutions.
which were unanimously passed . , u ... .
EaolcaL..Th&t the candidates nominated by
this conference be rcduired to give a pledge that
they - are not now, never have been, and never
will have any connexion with the Know-Nothing
.. . . - i :..: ii
or any otaer nmcrvt, r puuHcat asaiuuiuu'-ruuit
they will k all in their power to defe-at the elec-
won OI oimon uudctuo, or tuiy onicr ixuuw-iuiii-ing
or Abolitionist to the United States Senate
that they will vote for a repeal of the anti-license
liquor .Law passed at the lust session if the legist
lature and for the rep1! of that law passetl at
the last session of the legislature, providing for
the sale of the Main Line of the Fublic Improver
men to. t - - '
Should eitheT of the candidates refuse to give
such, a pledge, tho President of this Conference
. . . 1 . - . . M.I 1 A 1
IS autnorizeu to can ll (Ogeiiiier again 10 uuppiy
the vacancy' on the ticket. -
ResoUed, That the Delegates to the State Con
vention be required to give a pledge similar to
the above, so far as Know-Nothingism is concer
ned. , - - '.
On motion, the thanks of the Conference were
returned to Mrs. Cook "Ibr, : the use of her room,
afld it was resolved 'that; the proceedings of tlie
conference be published in all tlie Democratic pa-
pers oi ine aisinc. .rtuui u, v .. .
: , ;t t J U aA-sbUJd,Jec'ry.
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The steamship Atlautio arrlyed at - New j
York, on Thursday, from Liverpool, bringing
European news one week later. An addition
al force of fifty thousand French troops is to
be sent to the Crimea. In the White Sea the
squadron of the allies had .captured two Rus
sian ships, and Tas preparing to quit that sea. i
In Ae!itolia a Russian division had driven the
Turks from Kenpri Kevri, and encamped three
leagues from Erzeroum. ltussian agents nad
been sent to the ehief cities of Europe to raise
loans for the Russian Government. At Swea-
borg the loss of life was quite small, but ac
cording to the account of the Russian admiral.
the Allies did no damage whatever to the for
tifications, -batteries or guns, lwo H.nglisti
steamers bombarded Riga on the 10th, but
apparently without effect. Gortschakoff com
tnanded the .Jtussian uroops at uie cua oi
Tchernava, consisting of six' thousand cavalry
and twenty batteries of artillery. The whole
iuniber of Russians buried was 3329, and
three of their Generals were killed On the
19th theartiflery of the Allies opened a fire"
upon Sebastopol, hut the bombardment had
not commenced. GortschakofFs latest des
patch, dated the 21st, sajs that the fire of the
Allies sensibly diminishes and does but little
damage. The English have - blown np four
sunken Russian steamers in Berdiansk Bay,
and burned the suburbs of the town. One
British gunboat went ashore during the attack,
and was taken by the Russians, together with
a complete code of the Allies signala. -
Nexica: The following notice of Dr. Kevaer'a
Pectoral Syrup, is from the Evening Chronicle,
published" in Pittsburgh, Pa. If you have a
cough, go to James M'Dermit's and buy a bottle.
Ketsix'b PeCTOKAL. a friend observes, is the
next thing to Jalth itself. We may here ob
serve, as we mention no names, that this friend
was out on election night, and anxious to hear
the faews from ILuneV tarried long on the comers.
The hews 'came, ntit' not until he'had absorbed
RufScient damn to eive him the chills. Another
friend invited him to take a glass of Scotch ale,"
which was put up '. in very black, bottles. . Our
friend's tliirst was huae, and was only quenched
after a number of empty bottles stood before hun.i
a cold in the bead was tl consequence, which
consequence was: cured in six nours, by using
For Vie Democrat If Sentind.
. , MEave me Casxins, or I ink" r
Messrs. EorTOKS : The rejmlod editor of the
Alkghanian, aid-de-camp to Gov. Pollock, (there
fore we shall style him the " valiant editor,")
takes occasion in his Mosaic organ" (half Whig
and seven-eighths Know-Nothing) to express his
virtuous indignation, very personally, in reference
to myself, wherein he no doubt intends harsh se
verity in raining upon my head torrents of rage
and wrath. I must " screw my courage to the
sticking point." to meet this valiant editor whose
adventures and hair breadth escapes, as published
in many numbers of the " Mosaic," remind the
reader of Don Quixotte. For the edification of his
readers let me examine the cause of his malice.
Three weeks ago the valiant editor assailed in
his columns a' private citizen of this county, and
gave vent to the spleen of his malignant heart to
wards him whilst that gentleman was absent, hav
ing no opportunity of reading or replying to the
cowardly assault. Bein intimately related to that
gentleman, I expressed to the valiant . editor in
few words my utter contempt fW himself and the
" Mosaic" paid him my subscription and desired
my name off the list. Ho "came down" like
Capt. Scott's coon, apologized for having given me
offence, and like the little boy at school who got
whipped for doing wrong, he waa sorry and
would'nt do it again. Because I saw fit to pav
up and stop the " Mosaic" he lights upon me
" like a thousand of bnck." He should have
known that ingratitude is treason to mankind.
The very type and press which printed that as
sault on my friend exhibit under tlie present re
gime o( the Alleghanian" an ingratitude of hi
deous mien, for : they were seeking lo injure the
hand that scarce two years nce protected them
with- Its purse. 'When that journal was-, to use
the expression of ..Nicholas towards Turkey," a
sick man," dying for want of material aid lien
its editors and proprietors were making pilgrim
age to " Tlie Pyramids" and devotions to mam
mon, the one tiling needful" was the great lever
which regulated and controlled its political com
plexion. Change of editors seems not to have
changed the morality of the paper pay will and
it will do thy bidding. .,
A week ago the valiant editor and myself dis
puted concerning the publication he made f the
Fusion meeting," while his colamns were tilenl
as the grave in reference to the Johnstown Know
Nothing convention of the Friday "evening pre
vious. ; Both affairs were matters for the public
to be advised of, and yet,-while the valiant editor
prvf easts to edit a whig organ and had volumes of
abuse Tor the " & usiomsts, be did not publish
one line about the meeting of Ins Know-Nothing
accomplices in Johnstown, thus keeping the in
formation one week from his readers, and hypo
critically doubting that such a convention was
held 1 And he Undertakes to boast. that his paper
gives the county Hews in advance of all others ;
but if to l in ad vattce is to publish flight concer
ning the doings of his bf ethern of tlie secret order,
he would consider himself ahead by being a week
behind. ' ' . i.. ,
Tlie valiant editor accuses me pf theft in sttr
reptitiously obtaining tlie proceedings of the Know
Nothing convention in Johnstown by means of a
ladder. - Well, as that ladder appears to hurt the
"valiant" and his Know-Nothing friends, and he
and they like galled jades trince under the effects
it produced, we have been at considerable trouble
and cost to have the ladder . dagucrreotyped for
the especial benefit of Bowman and his K. N.
friends. Witness the ladder :
f he dacuerreotf pe, howcvee was not takU in the
" Big Wagon," as the ladder was too long to go
In.. ' . -- - ' -- "
The valiant editor is welcoms to all tho abuse
he casts upon me in reference to any " feats of
the ladder." He characterizes it as an act the
" meanest of the mean." He docs not stigmatize
the oath bound, prescriptive Know-Noth ings with
any such language, being a member of the secret
ordet. They are In his opinion men of "pobheat
integrity" I ! whilst the honest, patriotic members
of the whig party of this county be styles a "cow
ardly crew." He has floating at the head of his
paper the whig Ucfcet, wniist ne secreuy oeiong
to the Know-Nothings, in imitation of a piratical
vessel carrvinir the U. S. flag at the mast to de
ceive the unwary by false colors.
" O monstrous treachery I Can this be so J
That in alliance, amity and oaths. guile? .
There should be found such taise dissembling
it a an. and thodcrh the valiant editor may' at
tempt to palm off his devotion to whig principles,
and trv to gull for a while the people Into the be
lief that he is a real live whig, his connection
with the secret order, his endeavors to obtain the
contract of a Know-Nothing paper at Altoona, his
Hnfftnce of the Louisville Riots, and the aid and
comfort" he gives to the K. N. party in Cambria,
like " evil deals will rise, though all the world
nhoiild shut them from men's eyes." Men. the
moment they depart from the lights which have
guided them to nonor, sips: rapiaiy inso error, oe
mme treacherous and wicked, and the memory
of the wicked shall rot." His desertion of the
. - . . . A
whig party in this campaign mougn expeciea ny
every body conclusively proves the above his
treachery to their interest is complete. He and
every- Kuow-Nothing in the county are in favor
of a separate whig ticket so that their "midnight
crew" may rule the roast. A traitor io wmg in
terests bia infamv is ereat. Hypocricy and dis
simulation will not answer in these evil times.
TTo wilt not naddle his own canoe," mark it,
unless the current drift into Know-Nothingism,
for "the fox barks not, when he wouia sieai tne
lamb." A..J, Kiiri.
. Fbensburg; Sept. 13, 1855. . -, .
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Tooth Ache. Persons are not generally aware
that Dr. Keyser's Tooth Ache remedy, fot sale at
Jakes McDkrmitt's, in this place will stop inv
mediatelT an aching tooth. Whoever tries it will
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be convinced. ' .'
': A Relrgiocs Blacksmith. The Salem
(Mass.) Gazette Bays the following notice may
be seen -r at a- blacksmith's . shop in Essex .
.Not Hosses shod ton Sunday except sickness
or death. ; - -
- Hr. llajehaa' Epeech
At the request of many citizens,' we lay
before our readers the eloquent speech' of this
gentleman, delivered at the snti-K. N. meet'
ing, on Taeadaj, Sept. 4th. It u in his most
felicitous manner, and abonads in happy hits.
As it was received with rapturous applause,
we presume that it will bo read with interest.
Ma. President ash Fellow CiTizxxs -
Surrounded as we are by midnight conspirators,
whose cowardice alone we have to thaukYoir ovf
existence ; woo nave ue inciuiauon out not the
courage to add the crime of murder to their other
manifold offences ; ' traitors in practice and in
precept, enemies of the human race, shunned by
all honorable and decent men, and abaodoued to.
eternal desolation by Hiia who came to redeem,
not to destroy : vinera crawlinir into our wlV
lying in wait to strike the death blow, it behooves
all frte citizens to make a strong and vigorous. ef
fort to crive tlie accursed reptiles back to-the foal
and gloomy nacnts Irora wmcb they emanated.
In anxiety and sorrow I address you, hiving
lirfd liaif a century in your midst, with my pa
rents and grand parents, actors' in the war of In
dependence reposing in graves dug upon your '
soil never having a naturalized ancestor, I fed M
without any ostentatious sorrow that I am to be
ostracised,, treated as an outcast, because I Le(ong .
to the mother pf churches. . ..'..,,...
In early days, loug before midnight conspirators 1
prowled around our out houses "In the dead hour .
of the sight, we knew that the American pceple '
were divided into two great parties, differing ami.!
separating on great principles of government, but
all loving the couotitntion ami institutions of our
dear country. " ...;
Now tlie scene is changed ! No thought kr
honor, constitution or country, remains among a
faction whose portentious advances are fearful.
It is unnecessary to delineate the view and prac
tices of tliese wretched enemies of tlie human race '
Their trophies are to be found in the murders of
Louisville, in the slaying of innocent men, women
and children aye in conduct without a parallel
in the history of Christianity. , - .
I said that my- ancestors were liere before tlie
revolution and took an active part in "it." No
credit do I derive from this, but I only propose
at the expense of betiig charged with egotism, to
refer ; to a certam distinguished gentleiianwbo
lately declared, in Pitubnrg at a public meeting.7
that he was proud to avow himself jiicmler vf;
the secret order. 't ."- uj-;
I allude to William F. Johnston, our late Gov
ernor. Proud he is of his infamy and. shafae.
Proud he is to assert to a pack of cut throats, that-!
bis Irish father, born in Tyrone? is an object of
scom, hatred and contempt lohini." Oh f let Bhw;
revel in his pride, let him glory in his shame;
but I think he will uot dare to meet his venVrahle.
old father and before him undertake to gWy in
his infamy and his shame. ,- '. -"
. " Honor thy father and thy mother." - iLiw is'
this command obej-cd 1. .How many cf the stable
fraternity have foreign parents now alive, or .much,
better off are reposing in the oli grate,, where
neither the tongue or tlie hand "of the infmrnl
Know-Nothing parricide can reach them or tuar
their rest! - . .-... ' - :-'1 ; ' ' .'.
How fortunate it is f.r many it the original set,
tiers of this on'ce wild ' and -dreary regfohi hntr
made lovely as the valley pf Temps by their pcr
severing industry, to be reposing in peace in the
country church yards,: instead f ', nw living tcr
hear bliquy and infamy cast on, their names by
their degenerate and. parjicUlal derendants-r.
Have thtse wretched, guilty ties of the, human
race reflected, before they started in their race of
enormity ? Have they looked at a' constitution
outraged tf nd eontemaed ? At all the bttfvls of so-,
rial feeling ruthlebbly t-rn asunder, and thrown
aside 1 : At; the falsehoods they are bound to use
f to their families and friends 1 Oh! you vipers in
human form, how can. you approach your neigh
bor, or former friend, (for fi tends now you have
not). Wretches that yon are in your foul iniqui
ty, you cannot depend on others, and have no
friends. . "
When Lucifer seduced one third of the Heaven
ly Host frrirn their alleglaricCi and was' consigned
to eternal rcpro.bation with them alf -.friendship;
ceased armn3 rhcrn frevrr, -mtnl in their eternal
tprmoHta. ORe of their greatest caunea of misery i
crimination and recrimination. So will it be with
yott. Hated and despised .by man-detested nt
doomed by thjt awful power which disposes "of
the just and unjust like the Devil and his angel a
you will never cease to curse other for inducing
yoU to become,' not only the enemies of God's,
creatures, but it God himself. The memories of
the illustrious dead are desecrat-d by them.
They would glory in destroying all the monu
ments erected by filial piety over the remains of
their ancestors. Like hyenas, In temper and in
heart, they would be delighted to scatter the bones
and ashes of tlie illustrious dead to the winds of
Heaven. : ' '
But the day of retribution is approaching.
" Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days
may be long in the land." t A condition is attach
ed to the commandment-, obedience to it will
make your days long in the land ; disobedience
carries its penalty. ' 1 -' "
Their days are numbered the hand writing i
on the wall.
All who love their country, no matter whence
their birth was cast, must, ana u. m. wot
unite to drive the vandal horde to that wretobed
obscurity from whence they came, and there let
the blood bounds remain, uutil tho Angel Gabriel
shall summon them before the Most High to re
ceive the sentence of eternal damnation.
The Patriot and Union. '
Comes to us this week, as clean-faced, bright,
sharp and spicy as one could well desire to see
it. This paper is a consolidation of the
gyloania Patriot and the . Democratic .fof
and is edited by our former partner, Andrew
Hopkins, Esq. This uniting of the two pa
pers will tend much to strengthen the Democ
racy of Dauphin county, and, in fact, of. the
entire SUte. To the former readers of, the
Union, we need not Bpeak of the energy and
ability of Mr. Hopkins. fThey knew, hiir
when he was with us. and we trust that they
will remember him now. A sterling Demo-,
cratie paper at Harrisburg should be weU
8upportedrol we cordiaUy commend th
Patriot and Union, to such as Wibh an interes
ting paper, published at the Beat of govern
mcnt. Pittsburgh, Union,, : " ' I
kUcd by jim even at a vourt of. J uslice if uce-
prccutcd iti his new home, us
Keyser's rcctorai. ' '- 1 ' '