: Y, If I 3 t s tjtcu Tin: nn atd the low, the men aitd the rcciL 4 EBBKSBURG, OC'JS'ODIiJIl ,'1855; ,1 wd every Wednesday tuorumgin Ebcnsburg, XUmbri C.; i t 6 Mraniram, if paid r.nt j&VAVtm, if not 2 will b charged- 1 :h ADyER'JCiJJBMENTSvm beconspicaously ia frs4t the fallowing ratesvjav . j 1 Muro -8 insertioas, , s ..,, . , 1 PO . hvery uiaeo.uent insertion, , .. , ?K - 1 square 4 months, . ,1 . Kvery Biibsequent insertion, . . 25 . . , ; -- t rui 00 year, ; ' I ''; ' fcoT-ilycaT,i ; ' v " ,iS "''ni : WTJ : BunneM Cards, i t - i I ; i v 00 : f UTweWe liaea constitute ,qnare.: i From the 'Ecenftig Xuttonat Arjus Sept lt7 j .tnr coi:3TiT0TiotjAL xsEumsQ. ; f SPJ5EG OE.CvW GARBIGAN ' TWe publish' below the remarks of .Charles irr CarrigatTiSsq T'made at the TBceting in Independence Square, on Monday evening, to celebrate the anniversary of the adoption of the C5onstitutioa..:s ; i --i i S J-;! ; '- t-i-j-j JCri. CJarrigan being introduced to th meet ing,"; tras' greeted 'wMi great' applause. '""lie aid : j.,Jt ' v-,iir-v. : tc-js"; . As tbefltoujiau 5qn4tc jn,?, tijne: of great . peril to the republic repaired to, tliq- temple of Jupitor Stlr I heir prortin.!; dt-ity, f and invoked" the interposition f hu .'. uor tal gods, to arrest the parricidal hlow.tf CntaJine and bis cMoaspirtH! eo do we, f i Auier-, icans.fon'i this; holy PjHitn within ; vii-w of the hall cooratcd bj.iUo aloption of tlie Con stitution, iu this hour of imuineut. la;igcr to our republic, iuvoku the .mighty spirits' i-f our country's past and tho living spirits of ' our country V present. ftid- us iu prt;tiug yhc common bond that r.r'.itcs., and";Sam. tUies our omnitm: Union " A pla use. r ; , -1 CrLsiscs like tho - present have Ixhmi few in our national history, but when they havo ari-? imn) ''.with firm rtIiancvon Divide I'rovi (leocu,? and a- determination to maintain . the Constitution in its purity, they hayu.bav" met and the rebellious spirit crnshwi. Applause.. In an -hour like thv, hall we fail iu our whole duty I In this the tuost tryiug. cii.-is t, our history, shall wo -W; ilitle ' ;aud inactive 3f While the-cohorts of fanaticistu are inarahal ing under; the black banner of trvason; and iheir blows are hdard. at the outer pckrUL of our temple-. will .we permit without resistance the ruthless iuvasion of our " holy of liolies.,',' Cries ht h-no, , So. my ,feiiow-citie.ns. Jiy all the .memories- of the pasfcrrby. thc um ualld trials of our,rev)ilutionary struggle tho -virtues and aerifiees .of tho men who jra,va us ojy ujirivkllftdXurja;o-ovriiiiBt by the mighty effort of JackoiiI(,ClayJ, Cal lioun arid .Webster, for ita preservation--(iui-incnse applause), by tho hopes of down-trod-. len nationalities, , now shrouded - beneath the rt of European- despotism -by the, fich frui tion of the present, and; tho. bright ; promises ' if the futu,r,jwe will defcud ta, 'the, lasV our dmstitutional-libcrty-ijT-preeervxi it. in its full vigor unimpaired; and untarnished . (great heering.') V- H,j r ..:. a i i.:-- i The Democratic - party .has, ever been tlie Constitutional- party of the countrj-. .From the time Jefferson in his first inaugural, utter ed those living truths, ; which constiiutc . its Lody and limbs, head and heart, and which controls its every action, down to the present moment; through storm and sunshine vicissi tudes and successes, up to the preseut crown ing gb'ry o" the ilepublic, tho .Democratic - rty has er 5tod upon . the Constitution ; he never has and never will forsake it, (ap plause.) Occupying this eniiable position, it is its special province to protect u(l its provi ions from invasion, maintain it in' letter and spirit. and rebuke " the rashness that ' would - tuar its symmetry or render its fuuctlons in operative. ,f - - ,t , . V To appreciate this inestimable treasure, it only necessary to recur to the circumstances that gave it birth.! 1 When our forefather, for causes fully and candidly sut forth rirJ-. jealcd to tft& Supreme Judge of the world foi the rectitiiJe of their, intentions to decla 'ring themselves ; free and independent, the Colonies were acting Without any boridof un ion. They were actuated hy a common iov of liberty and an intense hatred of tyranny. TThey soon found a cn'iox es.sehtial to success, ahd a Tegakrly constituted government 9 Vender that union -r active Consenti'ently 'on -the first of 'March. 1781, Articles of Con 'federatiouw - Hotrc finally entered into between "ill the States: - This waS Our virgin Union, "the beginning of the glorious bond that makes is one people. (A pplause':)'-'-In' process f ime, this Confederation proved utterly inade quate to the exigencies- ef government, and o"ur fathers east about tkeax: for a iuore com jreheoave form,- The States were exceeding ly jealous of their sovereignty, and feared a consolidation of" power.J . Therefore the un dertaking was oae that required thi utmost caution, mutual coansel and mutual conees eions. It was indeed irying time-1 It was the turning point in our , history We stood between anarchy and constitutional liberty.! Za run into anarchy 'wowld hare been the iv? "wment.'' To matarcaad construct ASoUd form of government, acceptable; to- all ?u ' V?i'aBitude,' .thai 4efcded:eep eonsideraUo.,, and, aa ttttter .saenfice of selt ,,Thc preservafi of ur General Government. ia , it hole onstiJ aUoaal vigor.saa tha shaefr-anchoe; of our peaee.at home and safety abroad r waa happvi If WBSuniated on tnelTth daj of September j 1787. Just sixty eight year g this day the Federal Constitsfioa ; was adopted adequate to the exigencies of goverBment and the pres rrtatioB or th Chi'o. ; It was framed to se cure thiVwAout&at was the paramount lde .A Constitution' that did not recognixe this as ate Aphi and Omega, lite beginning and eedj Vara W a rope of sand. Thaak grapples us together, soul to soul. (.tnlhusiastic cheers.) J , tIn presenting this Constitution to the Con gress ,pf the t United States, to.be by them presented to the delegates of the . different States for their assent and ratification, Wash ington used the following language J In all our 'deliberations we kept steadily in Our view that which ' appears 'to us the greatest interest of every true American the consoli dation of, '.the 'Union, in which is involved our prosperity,; felicity,, safety, perhaps 4 our na tional existence". Again ; : " Tho Constitu tioa ' which we now present is the result of a spirit of amity and of that mutual deference and concession,' which the peculiarity of our political situation rendered indispensable." Thus after intense labor, was presented to the world a. Constitution .which, in all its parts, is unsurjjaasoiL and withnnt-A JriiaU"hj.t. m ' volvethe existence of the Union, and with out which our- liberty would be the'.;4dead seas fruit of ashes." Applause : - ; . In quick succession the States assented to and ratified it; Pennsylvania, tho glorious old Keystone, being' the; second in the list. (Cheers for Pennsylvauia.) , A constitution that involves our national existence, and was the result of amity and mutual deference that is the be-all and the end-all" of Amer ican liberty, is a pearl of richness, incalcula ble. ;; This immense concourse of people, who Iovn it,' and will die for it, are here to renew their devotion and attachment They know its beneficial , operations." Under it we have grown great and . powerful the. cords and stakes of our political Israel have been length ened and strengthened, until American enter prise cleaves its way through forests, delves in the rich earth for its untold treasures, and sweeps its pathway through the waters of the world, fiiuging from our majestic prows the crested waves of every .. ocean. . (l'rolouged applause.) ...A constitution that confers such incalculable - blesfiuzs camlot bo too - highly appreciated. - - Its infringement in the slightest degree should cause alarm Its protection is a'duty'we .owe to our fathers, ourselves and the world. (Cries ofv we will protect it.) In. lS12.and ,1814, ambitious and design ing men asked what is the Constitution worth, of what; value is the Union? ; The answer that the people gave will never be forgotten. Courage and patriotism triumphed, and the country was Baved from impending ruin. ;In 1820, 'o0 and '50, the attack was renewed by restless and factious spirits,' but thanks to the exertion of National men "every where, the gtorm passed. away . aud left the. sua of the Constitution shining with undiminished lustre. (Applause) In ",1854 and '55 the ', attack is renewed .with tenfold bitterness,"-, uniting in itself the. most, direful t elements. " , Civil and religious liberty.'axe. endangered the safe guards of the CoastitutioH. struck .. at, -and should the onslaught prove successful, would leave us ; without the shadow of liberty. It is therefore the duty of all men, whatever their party pi edelictions. to rally .with us to the support of endangered liberty to aid us in driving back the-vandals, who would beat down the doors of bur temple, and with fac ralegious , indifference ,lay fast hold ou the horns of the altar of our faith. (Long conr Jinued applause.) s . ,r j Is then ,the Constitution in danger ? We answer yes. Any party that advocates doc trines at variauco with its teachings places it in imminent peril.. . Is there any party that docs .this? "JWe. again answer, yes. The amalgamation of ..men, commonly called TKuov-Nothing8,'' , teach doctrines utterly subversive of the Constitution, and before this vast assemblage of constitutional, Union-loving men. do 1 arraign it, and brand it as the great. "cut-throat .-upon. the highway of Ameri can civilization. (Immense applause.) r ' . Its first objectionable feature, is its wcrcsy. Iu a government like, ours it is 'essential to its existence, that the discussion of questions affecting the whole people should be open and public. If -it is for the god of all, there is no uced of its imprisonment in dark loige roouis.'; Error prefers darkness and secret conclaves,, and out-of-the-way j haunts, with grips, signs, passwords and awful oaths i but truth loves the light and is most powerful iu its simplicity. It will force its way; to the popular.. heart without any mnmmcry. " One of the most marked characteristics of our government., is its duplicity in its official pro ceedings. It is only- in jrare instances that the President refuses- to transmit information to CoBgress. - The i;people ; kpow. , whatever concerns them. ; Meoce I -say, the, whole ge nius of our. institutions is at war.. with tecrcgy in politics ; it is odious to a free people, and dangerous to free government.. ; It violates j the clear intent of the constitution, and should ! b$ repudiated by all honest meu. (Cheers.) ; But however obnoxious their secTesy may be, the doctrines they teach are so peraicous, aye monstrous, that the American heart shud ders io their oontempiatioii. i .The Constitu tion declares that freedom, of speech shall not be abridged. Yet, this 'f .Knpw-Nothihg' organisation have violated this express provi sion, time after time. , 4The first outrage was committed in the City of Washington, within view of. tho head of our government,: and al most under the eves of .the building, whence , emanate the laws that govern, this great con federacy.! A riotous mob, avowedly Know .Nothings," with yells and shouts, rash dem onstrations, prevented a peaceable assemblage of ettixens from the enjoyment of one of the j. dearest rights of . the Constitution, and this too.- in the Amercan (?aptoL llear, hear. t)Theame scene was enacted in the city of ( Eaehester, New Vk. : Under a sacred guar antee of. the Constitution Aiuertoan citizens assembled together to discuss public questions, when, wkh ff ightfal voises and . expressions too vulgar f and obscene , for, mblication, , a ' 5ow-Nothi53g" mob. broke up the meeting. Thus . waaJiochester disgraced and her oldest eitizenB deprived of the iiberty of cech by band ef midnight conspirators. A Jike outrage was perpetrated iu Chicago, followed byanother in Washington CUyw The gallant Yisehad defeated this ', Phantom-gang and the power of Sam was "broken. Ilia" friends paid him the compliment of a serenade, and while returning tnanKs, ne was nooiea, nissca and d d by' a Know-Nothing inob. 'Nor was the end yet. '. To complete their perfidy to add the capstone to their infamy- to completely nullify the constitutional privilege of free speech it was necessary to outrage that sacred instrument in the city . that , gave it birth. . The time was not wanting nor did, the opportunity escape. A meeting was cal led in the Fourteenth Ward of this city, to discuss questions that affected the public wcal when instantaneously, small triangular pieces' of white paper were nailed on the boxes and: doors and trees, calling the secret traitors to their haunts. ' The ' word - was passed from lodge to lodge, that the meeting must be all members should go prepared. " The mtet iny too broken, up, and in order that it should be done without any serious disturbance, from forty to sixty police officers were detailed ; to superintend the outrage. These officers, sworn to protect the rights of xitizens, thus booted and spurred, together with a ruffian crowd that boasted themselves American, rode-rou-ghshod over the freedom of speech.' - Is there nothing unconstitutional in this ? . Cries of there is, there is. x i - ' . -'.. i- The Constitution declares that the ''freedom of the press shall not bo abridged;" yet in the city of Louisville, an infuriated mob of the members of this order attacked two news- Eaper offices, burnetii heir signs, and would avc sacked the buildings, and given them to flames, and for what? . Because they dared to exercise the rights guaranteed by the Con stitution, in denouncing a treasonable conspi racy' ' (Applause-V Day after day the Lou isville 'Journal,, the Know-Nothing1 organ, was crammed with offal of abuse. Nothing was too sacred for its polluting touch.- Adop ted citizens of all climes and all religions, were followed with hound like ferocity, until incendiarism, murder and riot, became the presiding deities of .a city sooften consecrated by the presence of the immortal Clay: (im mense applause.) . Oh ' my fellow citizens, has it come to this? " Is the Constitution an unmeaning thing? : Is our liberty but a shad ow ? " Is the press to be stifled by the shouts and groans and daggers and incendiary torches of ruthless tnobs? Can this be done and the Constitution be preserved ? Look to it, that the press, thereat light of the . world, goes not out in tho darkness of unrelenting fanati cism., (Great applause.) , '. c, . ..: The Constitution declares ' there shall be no religious test as a qualification . for office." Yet this,." Know-nothing" party in direct conflict with this express provision establish a religious est, that if carried out roaMlfiooojJ make a lunerai pyre ior ine repuouc. xjut fathers in the wisdom, seperated the govern ment entirely from any " establishment or religion."'' They had read to advantage the history of tho past, and knew that freedom of conscience in all its fullness, could , toot exist where there was a union of Church and State. Consequently they drew the line of demarca tion broad.and deep as broad and deep as an ocean of water is State seperated from Church, and when either begins to infringe upon the other, from that moment our liberties decline.' (Cries of ' Kight, right.) . . ' '.' Again the maintenance of any one reli gious establishment can only succeed by the proscription of all others and is there -an American citizen here to-night, who loves his God and "venerates the Constitution, who would be willing to see any one "religious establishment" rise upon the ruins of alL - No, my . friends freedom of conscience , is our dearest rights. . To worship God according to the dictates of conscience is our duty, and no power on earth shall wrest it from us. (Pro longed cheering.) I care not what garb they assume. . They may come as the silver veiled prophet of Khorassen, and their ' bigotry be hidden by its flashing splendor, but we will tear off the veil and expose its hideous visage they may come with the Nessus robe pf proscription, and seek to clothe in its poisoned folds the young giant of America, but we will put to shame the Borgias of the republic i they may come, draped in" the sombre gar ments of religious intolerance, and seek to im pale the rights of conscence upon the pikes of a politico religious soldiery but in spite of all, the soul will aspire to its Maker, in its own forms, and they cann6t and shall not pre vent it. (Loud and long continued applause.) Again the crushing out of one sect, would be the prelude to the crushing out of another, so that no man would be secure in his reli gious rights. In addition, a war of religion of sects, would produce its' natural fruits -kaxk ixriDZLiTY and who in this vast as semblage desires that such a' plant should find root in Amciican'soill , Take warning from the past ; forget not the time when the grave yards of Paris, bore upon their pOrtals " Death is an eternal sleep." . Forget not the promis cuous prostitute elevated to a goddess of rea son 1 What frightful scenes took place! France got drunk with blood; to vomit crime." 'The throne was overturned, 'nobility banished, prierthobd overwhelmed virtue proscribed," all : the bonds of, civil society burst asunder, and Fiance becanw . vast theatre of carnage and bloodshed. . 4The scaffofd was the stage, the Sceoc bhifttr was death, the Instrument for finishing tho tragedy, the guillotine, and French men were - the ' victims. Convulsion followed convulsion; the kingdom was shaken to its centre and the demon of infidelity hand in hand with strife arose all gory from that bed of carnage and stalked through the streets of the metropolis. . God of, our .fathers and our father's sons, protect America from such an alarming catastrophe. (Enthusiastic ap plause.) '' . '--;? '' ; This Know-Nothuijg jpfganization.' (and I am dealing with t their principles, not their men,) also, tramples upon the right of suffrage. In ; the State Council that assembled. u this city last October, the following resolution was offered aod adopted" That the members go armed and seize- upon ballot boxes." . They roust go armed to the "ballot box, not with 'that ; ' '- V'':. ': ;'J ' '" - i '' - Weapon,' that is surer set --i: i i;. And firmer; tlmtv tiie bayonet - - -; t . , , A weapon that comes down as still '. ' : ' ' As Brt'ow Hakes fall upon the sod ' " v"-' ' ; And execute a freemon'a will 3 er.', - - a - As. Ughtniiig does the will ( Goth" ; ,. -( Not with the ballot -the sceptre of American freemen, (immense applause) but with the knife and the pistoL A niore gross outrage upon the'b&llot box". was' never ' contemplated r la Cincinnati,; at their last municipal elec tion, the ballot-boxes r the . Eleventh and Twelfth Wards were taken possession of by a Know-Nothing. mob, broken too- pieces, and their contents given to the torch ; and this too, -hySrir -iiv:? veiltUrtf Koitul rulc 'A'irierica. What a sight for a free people ! But their treason to the Constitution, and utter disregard of the sanctity of the aIlot box, fc was more fully '-evinced in the late hor rible riots in the city of Louisville.- The right of franchise was 'denied to all men whose eyes were ".first opened on a foreign-; soil. ;They cared not whether he was Protestant or Cath olicIrish or German whether they or their fathers had fought and bled for their adopted country It was sufficient to know that their birth-place was not here J they were iguomiri-' iously trampled on and ruthlessly assailed -men, women and children murdered, and their dwellings given to the flames J Such a holy caust of bleeding hearts, burnt bones, and blazing dwellings, constitute a fit monument for an organization conceived in tyranny, and nurtured in - blood. ; (Long:, continued ap plause,) .. Thus we see that this organization strikes at the most vital parts of the Constitution. They . abridge the freedom of speech and the press" establish religious tests as qualifica tions for public position, and trample upon the ' right of suffrage. A party in' so direct an- i tagontsm to the constitution,-, cannot exist without endangering Constitutional liberty. Applause. - - - r . . , They . profess a great reverence for the memory of . Washington, . but in their bitter and indiscriminate proscription of Ameri cans by choice,", they heed not his hist coun sel, to ' frown indignantly upon every at tempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or-to enfeeble the sacred ties which now bind together the various parts." (Cheers.) They assume to Le the sole guar dian of our inestimable liberties, and dare to say for trhom they shall be dispensed, : never heeding the same voice: speaking from the mighty past-' Yon have iu a amumom cause, fought and triumphed together--the indepen dence and liberty you possess is the .work of io.uiLctfHrljt uHi joint efforts f ttmmon dan gers, sufferings and successes." What a glo- - rious and truthful sentiment, and how incom prehensible to the narrow ideas of this politi cal fanaticism. George Washington and La fayette,' Montgomery aud Green, Pulaski and Wayne, Paul Jones and Lawrence" fought and triumphed together." Great cheering. Upon the plea of Americans ruling Ameri ca," they have been guilty of untold excesses. The human heart is palsied as they pass in re view before it. r' American must rule Anu-rt tea," and with sacreligious indifference thc-y iuvade the sanctuaay of the Lord and disturb the communion of the soul with its Maker. Americans must rule. 'AmericOj and in secret conclave they advise the carrying of dagger and pistol to the ballot box." Auurictns must rule Amerira, and with hideous yells and de moniac shouts, they stifle free speech, and at tack the free press. Anerican viuU ' rule America, and they hang . an Irishman in his own porch, in. the presence of his wife and children, and then give his dwelling to the flames. Americans, must rule America, and they blow out the brains of a child in the arms of its mother, while all around are mu tilated bodies and burning houses. Ameri cans must rule America, ' and from rank showers of blood, and the red light of blazing roofs, they build the rainbow gloey, and to shuddering consciences cry, We arb boxing America." ' Great . God ! what . a picture to the brightest era of civilization I What scenes for a Republican Government! . Anarchy and bloodshed triumph over . American, liberty. Free speech outraged Free press attacked- Freedom of conscience violated, free suffrage tram bled under foot, arson run riot, citizens murdered. ' and the Constitution a rope of sand. . - ' Oh ! ye members of this secret organiza tion, (l" speak to you now as men as erring men,) who are upon the threshold and anx ious to leave, fly at once to the protection of your country's Constitution." The' guardian angel of our destiny has ..moved the waters, aod now, this vijU,. step in and be made whole. It is a duty you owe to .your fathers and yourselves. Bally with us to the sup port of American liberty. Great cheering. And you " OM Line Whigs," who constitute the guard about the tomb of Clay who for get not his trials and'heroic" devotion who love his memory and cherish in your heart of hearts his paternal aod patriotic sentiments, (At night your country calls aad his spirit in vokes you to assist in staying the rushing tide that would sweep away the constitutional ob ligations he so often defended. .. Applause again and again. .. . . ..v- .. , . . -j . . And you, .Democrats,' with upturned faces and flashing eyes, take heart from this night's work. tc The Constitution must and shall be preserved." '' Applause ' The ' revolution commenced somo months ago, s and the Old Dominion has been answered by North Caro lina,'' Alabama, Tennessee and Texas; and only "a fe days ago, the good old; State of Maine, standing upon the Constitution, beat down a combination of the very worst fanati cisms. Great .applause." And now this night, the Old, Keystone, begins to speak. Her noble sons rally for the' Constitution and the Union. .Iler -indomitable-.Democracy will soon t-peak . in thunder tones, t Vehe ment applause ' ,j . . . .- r 0M aosapKn-; chaace sown lr the fvua tain, Bluouriug at fcduae in iutr to'ttd;, When be whirl wine, has stripped every leaf from 4 the mountain, . .-.., ' Tb more shall Clan Atjilu exult in" her shade. ' ' '- Moored in ve rifted .riek, -j : . - -: ... Proof to the tn Shock; ry-. Firmer be roots him the ruder it 'blows.". In sunshine, and 'storm, come .weal or woj we Vill stand by the faith of our fathers They may,' strip us of ' the green loaves of success j they, may" lop off ooe by. one of the branches of our strength, but the old Democratic trunk will still stand, and lift aloft its defiant front. Moored in' the rifted rock of, the Ctnstitution proof to the tempest shock of all fanaticism, Firmer he-roots hiai the ruder it blows." Enthusiastic applause, 1 ',; . :,; - .Then -upon, this sacred spot, do wejpin to the common bond. ' The spirits of Wash ington, J efferson, Jackson, Clay and Webster, from' the - classic shades of Mount Vernon, Monticello,,' the Hermitage Ashland; and Marshfield, arer imploring us to protect the Constitution to preserve the Union- We send back this answer, from Lewis Cass and Edward Everett, James Buchanan and Rich ard , Bush,. Geo..' M. .' Pallas and Daniel S., Dickinson, John C. Breckenridge and Robert Winthrop. Alex, II. Stephens and William B. Reed frou the North aud SouthEast and West from the mighty army of national tnen everywhere Tus Constitution suaix bx PUOTKCTED TH UsiON KHALf UE f&KSERVKD. There beats - not the heart, there moves not the arm, there exists not the steel that can penetrate the panoply of, such true Ameri cans. A'urrounded - by : such defences, , the Constitution is safe the Union secure. - We "smile at the drawn dagger and defy its point." (Repeated and continued applause.) ' - .Caleb Cnshing and the Press. . From the Milwaukie (Wis.) American, Sept. 21.) J . ' - -:.,,- v . ; . u .... .. The following card "To the Public". We fine in the Wisconsin of last evening. : Tho occasion for the card was the publication, a day or two since, in the Wisconsin and A er, of a letter from Judge Hubbell to the editor of the Wisconsini wherein Caleb Cushing is charged ' with having offered a bribe to influ ence his judicial opinion : '..,- , , - TO TUB rCBLIC. ., ' , , Mis)waikik, Sept. 20, 1855," . A letter from Levi Ilubbell, Judge of. the Second Circuit, of a peculiarly great . charac ter, " having appeared in the daily Wisconsin and daily Aw of this city, assailing . the chhracter of the Hon. Caleb Cushing; - by a most base and malicious charge, we have deemed it fit, in view of the nature of the let ter, and the reputation of the writer, to meet that 'charge ia ths only proper manner, by prosecuting 'both the author and publishers, and thus giviug them an opportunity of pro ving the truth. . The prompt refutation and denial of the charge , in the TFifs-oim, pre cludes us from, including that paper in the suits which we have deemed due to ourselves and Attorney General Cushing, to institute. I Against ijevi iiuuueii, uugc oi mo occonu Circuit, and the daily Aetr, we have taken measures to commence suits at once. . '. ; ' F. K. Baktlktt, ' - : -' -' A. McAkthcr. . . Attorneys and Solicitors for Caleb Cushing. " Gov- Shannon's Reception in Kansas. s - We hear from Kansas that Perkins, who was started as an Administration candidate for Congress in opposition to Gen. Whitfield has ' withdrawn from the race. The pro-slavery men, although there was no candidate in opposition, were still active and-would give a 1 full vote. Gov. Shannon tecehtly made a j visit to Lecompton, the new seat of govern ment, in company with the secretary of the territory, one of the commissioners and others, for the purpose of selecting a site for the cap ital. Returning he passed through Lawrence on a day when a revolutionary meeting had been held, and the people were greatly exci ted by the incendiary harrangues to which tbey had listened. " lie was invited to stay in Lawreuec all night, but he declined doing so; and then the orderly; law-abiding and decent citizens of that town manifested their respect for the office and the man, by-insulting him with groans and shouts of dcrisiou'as he left the town'. St. Louis Republican, Sptewv-? Ur 22. . , , . ' i i m i - 7.' '. ' -r:. . Mr -Bnchanan..;.. : . We find the following paragraph from the New York Mercury in the Boston Post : r The day, before Mr. Buchanan sailed for England to enter on his mission at London, we spent an hour with him at his lodgings, Astor House. ' We expressed the hope that he would one day be a candidate for the pres idency under brighter auspices.",, -He replied, I shall never consent to the use of my name in that way again."; I am now sisty-four years old - and advancing years admonish nie that I ought to give wny to a younger generation.' I have had my full share of public honor and labor I need repose. VThis you may deem political affectation ; but you ought to rcposo every confidence in my sincerity. . I mean precisely what I say." , ' Constitutional Anniversary rt Baltimore. -The anniversary of, the adoption of the Oou-! stitution was ct'lebrat!d on Monday evening at Baltimore, by a great banquet at the haU of the Maryland Institute. ; Tho object of the celebration was by a 'social and patriotic re union to cultivate a reverential regard for the glorious principles embraced in the - Constitu tion. Numerous patriotic toofts called forth able speeches from, the distinguished individ uals who participated, and letters from Hon. Geo. M. Dallas and other distinguished States men who had been invited to be prefect. ' jtiT", G cneral Veznela, ex-Cartaiq Qeneral of Cuba, has, it is sid, qfferod to tb,e Queen the resignation inf all his honors, grades and emoluments, because tlje Spanish Government cannot or willriptforpallj exculpate hjiji ffpiu the charges of -iiojlrerstion. wjth, which, bis alnjicipMotion of Cuba rcuiaina tnettmbercd. tium the IklAr.l GhzxII. Opposition to the " Jug law lM . We make the following extract from S letter waitten by Jcdox Wilkixs, the Democratic" candidate for State Senate in Allegheny eoun- ty in' opposition to the infamous Liquor Law which was passed by the Know-Nothing Leg islature last winter,-and -go-s into effect on Monday next---Would spaee permit, we would delight to lay the entire letter before our rea ders, as H contains the h6nest! sentiments of i tnan' who has lived long- enough to b thor oughly acquainted writh the subject which h discusses who has Bat for many years 6a the" Bench, and tested the utter impractibility of severe penal enactments, which bear no just proportion to .the.. magnitude of , the offenos which they undertake to create and punish. The Pittsburg Union, speaking in rtferene to this letter, says of. Judge W. that he is si man who has lived beyond his three score years and fen,' mingled much in society; pas sed through an active career of varied service both at borne and abroad, and while still pos sessing the elesTEfesS and f fg6r of ,'iuJod. thai marked Lis earlier years, affords a striking illustration of the" doctrine lhaT individual vix"" tue has its true foundation, in the heait; and not in the adventitious circumstance by which the man is surrounded.- .But to the extract " L am not an example of reformation1. I -have been throughout my long "dayr, and in the course of uiauy ticissitudes, a rigidly tem perate than. I have never, in the midst of the revel and the frolics of others', ' been inJ toxica ted. I have never drank malt-liquor;1 wine or spirits In the many and varied scenes' of diversified society in which I have been ' thrown at home and abroad. -Jam, sincerely,- the advocate of Temperance, and my soul yearns for the wholesome reform which would , expel froin our community habits bt over in-, dulgenoe and the imprudent use of drinks so, ruinous to our advancement and happiness iii But, the grai atid dbeply interesting ques tibn . is How is this reform to be brought about? I answer, ' by example, reason and ' moral suasion ; by the training of our youth1"' and by education, ; by the teaching of your neighbor; - the school masters, and the Minis- ters of the Church, and by liiodels, brightly serving - for illustration; placed, before ns by our enthusiastic legislators themselves.-. This great .social Jind ibsbtLihg oljecC, cannot be, obtained by persecution, nor by wild and ex travagsnt anthusiasm ; nor by tlie imposition1 of heavy fines and imprisonment,' making the' poor poorer, and ruinous to th'e tlr?p'ffending' family of the delinquent. - Nor by laws so novel and penal as to be almost impossible to be carried into exceuliou. and,' eertainly so repulsive to the good, sense of , the community, that nothing but the peril of forfeiture would, excite and bring out the informer and extort; the jodious accusation before the magistrate. Nor could any good or wholesome efficacy be . found in the enactment of - a statute, already abjured and condemned at its' birth place; the " " Maine Liquor Law," passed by the people : of a State whoso liquor flows as pJentifully as" their own river of Penobscot I -would as soon think of reviving ih Pennsvlvauia'sorow' of the biws of those eastern : fbfloKr cititeu9, againsi witchcraft and sorcery, as to follow their modern example, manifesting how gif- ted they are in the office of intolerance. . . . With my views as to the proper, mode of reform, and , in my . hostility to over severe penalties, and io the imposition of disproror tioned fines and imprisonment, I should havo' voted, had I been a member of the Legisla ture, against the present " License Law," and am of opinion it. should not remain npoii our statute book. It was hot called for by the; public voice, and was in positive disregard of. the vote of the people of .the State. . It was in mockery cf the solemn judgment of the freemen of the Commonwealth, called for by the Legislature itself." , -. " A NdvEL" Experiment in Locomotives. The great desidcratam nowra-days in the mat ter of locomotives; ; is td nod the; best and cheapest mariner of obtaining the motive pow er. At a Boston iJocomotivo establishment, Harrison Avenue, a twenty-tTro ton passenger lOcbmolive is buildiuT z an experiment..,. In the generation of steam in the engiue, tho plan of Mr. Latin, in his steam fire engine, is adopted, that is, coils C pipes s ro placed one upon the top, of the otic which contains tho water, and upon which pipes the fire isdircct ly brought. It is intended to burn coal, and it is thought steam can - be made iu ten . or twelve miuutes, while in other locomotives it requires a much longer period of time.. ' Another novelty is that the engineer, ii placed ahead of the smoke pipe, and thus he will have an uninterrupted view of the road before hinn - The fireman is to be placed be hind the boiler.. It is also stated that whether the idea of burning coal in this engine suc ceeds or not, wood can be used at one-half the ; running . expense of other locomotives. Tho , engine will oe ready in a month or two, when experiments to test the value of the im provements will be. made. .The locomotive trade h now much better than it was last year, but has riot yet fully recovered. from tho late depression ' The new roads at the Wet are in want of power enough to keep all the loco motive establishments iu' the country tally employed, but at present they have not the means. Boston TVwrrMf ' ' " Events or ymk. Wr-'o Eortern war has now bfu la progress upwards of two year?. The Russian Ambassador left Coo-' kttinophi on tho 22d of May, 1853,' and on the lth, of Juno tho English and French flce3 Vcsrjved order to approach the Dardan elles, and tlcy uebcred 1ft B,esika'Bayl Oh , the tiGftj cf Jae t,o Lmperor of Russia or- deped l,u army to occupy the Principalities. Qn the ' 1 4th of September two Trench and two Eijg!ih war steamers, from the fleet t Bcfika lny, vent to Cbnstautinople. On the 27th the i 'orfe' declared war sgain. Russia.' andinyircd thcEngllfch" ia4 ' French fleet" ti Coutantinopie, " .
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