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nishing US with their views and arguments ON such
matters Our paper, however, is not religious but
a political paper and viii be devoted mainly to
the discussion Of political questions; hence We are
obliged to decline publishing such essays Any
and all proper articles which furnish evidence that
a political poorer Is wielded by Catholics as seh,
or by any other church, viii be carefully consid-
cred, and properly used. ~
1--WE assail no mans religious Jaith--that Is q
matter, in our opinion, beyond human Jurisdiction.
II Is only when we discover tendency in religious
associations to grasp political power TO infin-
cnce political moyements, that we shall seek 10
interpose and arrest It, We believe that the Ro-
man Catholic hierarchy has, in all ages, claimed
and exercised temporal power, and that such is
its claim at the present day but this belief fur
nishes US with no justification for assailing the
members Of that church, on account Of their vefi-
gious opinions Who eyer made converts BY de-
nunciation and abnssY Were II our province or
our purpose to make proselytes to Professionalism,
we would offer argument, and not denunciation.
But that Is not our province. SG3
1--WE repeat, that ours is a political paper We
war upon foreign influences. If the Pope and his
Representatives seek to influence political des-
TIMES, in any form, or BY any means whatever, we
shall do all we can to defeat their efforts We
would reason with those who conscisntioasiy act
under such influences. We would refuse to clothe
such persons with power; we would resist all Pa
pal encroachments, II necessary, with force. De-
nunciation and abuse, however, are poor weapons
in any contest. If our correspondents will give us
facts and proofs, we will use them, edtoriay, but
we have no room for theological disquistions, nor
any inclination to publish sectarian assaults"
To the above declarations we still adhere
We war not upon any mans faith, not upon
his mode Of worship, not upon his religious
freedom. But we oppose political Popery, or
political Romanism, or political Catholicism,
by whatever name and in whatever form it
may approach. We war upon all foreign in
fuences We war upon Jesuitism, as one Of
the props and pillars intended to sustain the
temporal supremacy Of the Pope. We believe
that the Pope claims universal dominion tenn
porally, as well as spiritually, and always has
claimed it We hope that American Catholics
viii at least deny his temporal supremacy. As
an American, we would as soon submit to the
temporal power Of Faustin the First Of Hayti,
as to that Of Pope Plus the Ninth We hold
that man to be unfit to exercise the franchises
Of an American citizen, who would not resist
to the death so absurd, 50 ridiculous, 30 pre-
posterous claim as that Of the Pope to tenn
poral supremacy within these States
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Postlnaster General CampbelI.

We published some days ago letter from q
prominent postmaster in Pennsylvania, who
advised us to appoint agents, other than post
masters, in the State Of Pennsylvania to re-
ceiye subscriptions to the Organ, on the ground
that all the most important post Offices were
filled with spies Of the Pope. We then asked,
g Can this be sog" The Manch Chunk Gazette,
Pennsylvania, of the 21st instant, thus re-
spends, TO wit:
Yes II Is true, that very large proportion Of
the post offices in the State are filed by the min
ions of the Pope: and since the election, compe-
tent Democratic officers, appointed by Campbell
himself, have been removed simply on suspicion
of being Know Nothings, and Romanists appointed
In their place. The editor Of the Organ may rest
assured that two-thirds of the specimen copies Of
his paper forwarded to postmasters in Pennsylva-
MIA, win never be seen by the people They will
20 where large numbers of the Bible have gone
INTO THE FIRE. Catholic postmasters will not
be likely to aid in the circulation Of such HERET
ICAL documents az the AMERICAN ORGAN and
other papers advocating similar sentiments"
Well, the time will come when a remedy for
this evil can be applied, and soiU be applied, if
we err not in judging Of the signs Of the
times.
In this connexion we call attention to our
article, copied to-day from the Philadelphia
Sun, headed Roman Catholic intrigues in
1852" which article explains the cause Of that
state of things said to exist in reference to the
post offices in Pennsylvania
We have often before heard Of the intrigue
spoken of by the Sun, and vouched for now
by Col. r. Ii. Shankland, and we have heard
Of facts corroborative Of the Suns statement
We have heard, for example, that, upon
being demonstrated with, by a Democratic
committee from Pennsylvania, and earnestly
invoked not to place Judge Campbell in the
Cabinet, the President promptly answered,
that Judge Campbell's appointment was a
".foregone conclusion" and had been Settled
before he General PIERCE was elected Presi-
dentl The statement republished from the
Sun--the statement made by our correspond
emit above cited---the statement made by the
Mauch Chunk Gazette, and the answer given
by the President to the Pennsylvania commit
tee, are at least in harmony.
Our readers can Judge for themselves of the
truth OF the representations thus emanating
from different sources, and all tending to estab-
lish the same general fact that the Pope at
Rome and his emissaries have an overpower-
ing influence under our government and in
fact control many Of our elections.
As 10 the religion OF the Catholics their
faith, their form ofworshlp, we have nothing
to say. They may believe what they please,
and worship az they please, but we warn our
oountrymen to keep watchfal eye upon for
cignism, and especially upon foreign papscy.
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An Indigestible Meal.

An immense anaconda recently arrived In Boston
from the neghborhood of the Congo river In Africa
II is sad that his length Is between twenty and
twenty-five feet with girth Of thirty inches In
the largest part Of bis body. There are few cir
cumstances connected with this great reptile stran-
just before leaving bis native land he took hearty
meal Of dog. and no other food for seven months
after About the first Of October this king OF
snakes arrived in Boston, and was lodged In q
large case, with very strong glass walls, and q
double English milled blanket, folded In four thick
nesses, furnished for his bed. On the goth Of
November Mr.. Sears, the proprietor thought Il was
duced rabbit into his den Just at evening. On
viewing the interior the following morning, the
blanket was missing while the rabbit was st alive.
ON Wednesday seven days after, " was discharged,
whole and unimpaired after a circuitous journey
through an intestinal tube Of nearly one hundred
and fifty feet. II may now be sccn In the apart
ment, being sir feet wide by seven In length.
Since that period, he has exhibited excellent
health, and has devoured fowl Every day he
drinks about three quarts Of water, sucking " MI
up at once. When an animal Il given for food 10
one OF this family Of serpents, II Is eyed infenty
for an instant and then the poor trembling crea-
ture s suddenly crushed In the huge fblds Of the
terrible monster, the cracking Of the bones being
distinctly heard at quite a distance. Thus pre-
pared for swallowing the body n still held In coil
which is equivalent to hand, and kept steady,
while II Is gradually sucked down the throat Of the
animal into the stomach, where Il Is slowly digest
ed. II is the opinion Of Mr.. Sears that, when the
anaconda sprang at the rabbit mentioned above,
by some mistake in calculation, tie latter escaped
and the edge Of tho blanket was seized by the teeth
When these arc once engaged, being for holders,
and not for mastication, Il is quite impossible TO
disengage them; and hence, whatever is once
drawn into the mouth, must necessarily 70 down
the throat. Even the muscles Of deglutition seem
10 act Independently Of volition and urge the NOR.
rel along by strong convulsye perittsltic contrac.
tions.-- Boston Surgical and Medical Journal
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WASHINGTON, d. G.
Agents for the q American Organ. ;,

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SUGARS, COFFEEs, TEAS, &c.

SUGARS, COFFEES, TEAS, &c.
lust received by last arrivals from New
- York and Philadelphia @
NJ 20 packages double-refned Sugars
10 hhds. Clarified do
10 do Bro. N. o. and p R. Sugar ny
50 bags old government Java and Maracaibo
so do green and white Rio Coffee
so l-2 chests green and black Teas, part extra
LIQUORS, WINES AND CIGARS.
2l-4 casks old Pinet & Co.. and Goddard
Brandy, Vintage, ls4e."
1-2pipes Dark Brandy
50 barrels old rye and genuine Bourbon Whis-
An assortment Of fine Wines, on draught and
in bottles
Also, Jamaica and Santa De Cruz Rum
Old Holland Gin and
Genuine Scheidam Schnapps
$4,000 Cigars, part Havana, very fine quality.
FISH, CHEESE, &c.
100 barrels assorted Niackerel
Zoo Zoo s DO eastern ssa's5 and Potomac Herring
Is quintals ST. Georges Bank Dry Cod
loo boxes Cheese, including Dairy and Pine
Apple
Also, small lot Of family shad in half bbls,
FRUITS, SPICES, de-
100 drums Smyrna Figs
8 boxes Genoa Citron 81
2 cases Jar Pruns
DO glass top fancy boxes and choice Fruit
bales Almonds, soft and hard shelled
cans K. l. preserved Ginger
10 boxes Maccaroni and Vermacelli
so boxes assorted ground Spices
so do do toilet Soaps
Also, Pickles, Catsups, Flayoring Extracts, &c, q
large assortment
Also, Brooms, Buckets, Mats, Brushes, &C.,
To all OF which invite attention, offering to sell
on terms and at prices to please Notwithstanding the
pressure in the money market
b. F. M0RSELI,
Louisiana avenue, opposite Bank Of Washington.
dee o0-lw n
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out the country Is In favor Of Pahnerstonlan Ca
bnet, because Il Is everywhere believed that the
great Home Secretary Il the man Who OF all Others
would carry on the war with Kussis with The great
esl vigor, and bring Austria most promptly and
Laceremoniously 20 book
The r,mors snoat with reference 90 the govern
meni being In treaty for the stesmship City OF
Glasgow az noopshp, are groandless. for We can
positively state that this yesse would be despatched
hon Liverpool Cor Philadelphia on "Wednesday,
20th inst.
Adyires from Cons.sntinople, Of the 2sd Noyem.
ber. announce the following ministerial changes In
Turkey keschid fssha IA made Grand vixier, Ali
Pashs u made Minister Of Foreign Affairs.
The fuller details, by the overland mail from
China, add nothing 70 the accounts received by
telegraph From Canton the news Is uniayorable
TO me insurgents. Our dates from Shanghai are
10 the "a uiI In political local AFFAIR, there Is
nothing new. We gather from the Pekin Gazette,
~ the 2sth August, that the Imperial cause was
progressing fayonbly. They furnish accounts OF
various successes, and a great victory over the
rebel feet by the Lieutenant Governor OF Hoonam.
Hss Exccllency SIR John Bowring, and his Excel
lency Mons. Bourbiloa arrived on the s5th Of Oc-
,ober IA her Msjesty's steamer Rather, and his
Erceiency the Hon X. McI.ane, ON the 2sih, In
the Tinted States steamer Powhatan.
The French ffigate Iphigcnie, Captain Mazares,
arrived al Brcsf, November 70, from New York.
The Msgdslena, from the West Indies, had ar
lived az Southampton, with seycnty-hve passen-
gers specie amounting 10 t2,4l2 600 In value, of
which $50, 900 were on account Of the Mexican
dividends, cargo 81 sarsaparilia, cochineal, &c.
The clipper ship Drcsdnanghi hence made the
passage 20 Liverpool In fourteen days.
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~ We admit the article signed "Ameri-
can" and headed "A Working Congress- >
without knowing 10 whom the writer alludcs,
and bcosnse the writer is gentleman OF high
character and responsibility.
We win add, that objections TO the consid-
erafion of private bills upon collection days. "
though lgisimsie, should never be captions,
~ We are inclined 10 think they ofien are, and
Ne hope the time win come when the rules Of
the House In this respect win be changed.
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Ahe w mbers of Congress- the most OF them
are ~ acious and far-secing. They can scent the
g. ne Ia the wind as far or as any class OF men
and the manner In which any cause Ia treated u
Congress, Ia pretty conclusive index Of its sand
ing and prospects, with the people.
And who can doubt after the reception that Ma
live Americanism has met with there, that lts
course il TO he onwarl-yioriosssfy onscardf Its
onponents anticipated that its partsans In that
BODY would be scorncd and fouted, and loaded
With contempt and anathema, too terrible 10 be
borne. Instead Of that. they are listened 10 with
the utmost attention when speaking In Its defence,
aud calculating Its principles. They are ft TO be,
In sailors phrase, ato wndwsrd," in politics, and
MANY a slirewd old politician in Washington y
crouching down on his marrow bones, and endeay
orinu 10 yet into the good graces Of the mysteri
Gus order Many dilapidsted party hack IL anx
iously watching for opportunity 70 try his hand
with those who are assuredy TO triumph. We
trust and believe that all such will find themselves
mistaken; that they will meet with no fayors u
they creep into the party, and no quarter II they
oppose H. Yet their solicitude 70 conciliate ia
favor is noteworthy, one Of the suspicious signs
OF the times
Now and then some enthusiastic gentleman like
Barry. of Mississippi, has the boldness 10 commit
political suicide by denouncing the "order" and
Native Americanism. He meets with little en-
couragement however, in his effort. But when a
man like BANKS nses 10 reply W uiih, nc " nShfu
with the deepest attention, and receives unbounded
applause The debate. between the two gentle
men on Monday last was eminently suggestive,
aud Mr. Banks met the attacks Of the gentleman
upon the methods OF the order with unanswerable
Arguments He told him that even II all that he
charged them with were literally true, which he
did not admit, there was no improperly nor evil
involved. Because II the order II successful, !,
can only be because II il In the majority; and be
ing constituted out Of the people, Il Ia tho people
who are thus exercising their legitimate power.
Yes--there Is the point Il Il the people who arr
doing this work II Is the people who are annihi
Lifting the machinery Of the old parties II is the
people who are rcsolute TO rcnovate the politics O
the country, root and branch II h the people
who are asserting their supremacy over moneyed
oligarches and tIme-serving cliques II Is the peo
Pile who are moving on irresstibly TO place veto
on the abuse Of citizenship by foreigners II l. the
peoples scrried ranks and measured tramp and
shouts Of victory, that the dcmagoguos In Congress
mark and they hear a voice ringing In their ear
the words Of their downfall clear The track, fo'
ne peopie are coming r'--Homs Rerior.
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A letter from New Hampshire to the Detroi,

Advertiser says:
The Know-Nothings are gaining ground very
fast In this State--so say the Know-Somethings
and the present prediction Is that both branches
Of the Legislature win be secured by the order.
and that consequently, two Know Nothing United
States Senators win be sent to Washington next
year. The administration party here look rather
anxious, and several organ hints have been thrown
out in regard to marrying the Wings and Demo.
Gratis, In order to successfully battle against the
new Order or American party. The Wings how
ever, turn cold shoulder to the loving advances
of Messrs. Pierce 4 Co., and their agents, in this
State. They probably thinking with Horace Bige.
low, that
"'Taint KNOWN kim O. cattle
That's kitched with mouldy corn.n
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The groundwork Of the American party, II
.he principle Of nationality. In 1874, when Inn
migration had reached 20O, 900 year, when Bishop
Hughes had begun 10 preach politico-relgous SER
mons against the common school system, and when
under his counsels the Irish separately organ
lied as religious sect 10 vote ON that and other
question: against the body OF our native citizens,
tho excitement became uncomfortable, and most
laIncntable riots and excuses In the neighboring
city were among the results Of the feeling produced
by this state Of things. In ls46 commenced the
Irish exodus, and immigration rose 10 100000
per annum; and now by the aid OF German ex-
odns, a Chinese exodus, and OF more other exc
dusses than We have the time 10 enuInerate, Il has
risen TO half million a year. The result - that
we must do something 10 protect and vindicate our
nationality II we do not ID win be destroyed
The infusion of FIVE millions Of foreigners into our
political System every ten years, win snbvert Il |;
and the question In, what action u requiredf
Had the foreign residents been content With
a moderate exercise Of the privileges which 'our
Laws confer upon them, We suppose tho great
movement on which we are now cor .rne,,tinc
would have been postponed for few FEARS nut
they have not They have introduced religious
controversy into our political contentions They
have demanded public Office as right They
have insisted upon the political prescription 81
Americans for denying this claim They have
formed clans for the control OF d. polls and they
have organized themselves ta,o banda. through
whose misconduct pcrpetr. al disorder and tumnll
~. y. Courier and ..saou;ysr.
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ANNIvERsAnx BALL AND SUPPER
COLUMBIA rYpcGR IAr SOCIETY.

vuvHE Executive Comxnittoe appointed 20
u make the necessary arrangements respectfully
make known 10 their friends and public that the An
cal SocIrrY viii take place At JACKSON HALL,
Oh Wednesday Euenimg, january lofh, 1855,
when they assure their friends that Il win be their
endeavor to render this Ball superior even to their
last
The furnishing and arrangement Of the Supper and
Refreshments win be under the immediate superin-
tendence of Mr.. TH0S. ECKHARDT.
Tickets TWO DOLLARS admitting gentleman
and ladies, to be had Of the Executive Committee,
or at the door on the evening Of the Ball.
Positively no hats caps will be allowed In the
.oa.n a.nt,la will NADIA THAR cara
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rsspes Population Of Massachusetts, 4
1879.

Number u State psapers, 1881; number Of
ss.ss papers who are foreigners, 1871; number
- foreigners from England and Ireland, 1904.
Sstt smeun, a expense Of supporting and relieving
psapers inciadag inierest on almshouse estsb-
h.hmenfs, t4ss. sssi
T.ensyshr~e towns made no reiurns. Soc ~ Re-
turns relating 10 The poor IN Massachusetts for the
year endine November I. 1884, by II. NJ. Wright
Sscressry of the Commonwealth
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DURE CRAB APPLE CIDER.-1o bbls.
IL pure Crab Apple Cider from Franklin county,
Pennsylvnnia very superior article, received this
day and for sale by the gallon and barrel by
f. II. WHITE co,
No. So Louisiana avenue, bet. 9Th and 7fh
streets, opposite Bank Of Washington.
deo qI--Stif
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The Inf.ns Drsmmcr wiIl hold levee during to-
moucs. and IN the evening win gives concert
TIE Infant has been fsvor.bly received here, and
- would advice Al 20 give him call, as his stay
wiI 10 but short
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The SPEAKER in the chair.
After reading tho minutes .,F I Y

| 4
After reading the minutes 4glH FIFTH
Mr. ENGLISH, Of Indiana, submitted resolu-
ton re-appointing Rufus Choate and Gideon A.
Hawley Regents Of the Smithsonian Institution.
Adopted. ssisahf
Mr. WHITFIELD from Kansas, submitted a
resolution instructng the Clerk to furnish members
with the laws of Nebraska and Kansas. Referred.
Mr. HUNT introduced bill for constructing a
naval depot at New Orleans, La. III.
Several minor bills were introduced and referred
to appropriate committees.
Mr. GOODRICH, Of Massachusetts,, introduced
bill setting off Boston Corner from Massachusetts,
to New York. Passed. f f{
Mr.. COBB, Of Alabama, introduced bill to gra-
duate and reduce the price public lands to actual
settlers 4
This was discussed by WASHBURNE of Illinois,
JONES Of Tennessee; HOUSTON Of Alabama, OIL
YER Of Missouri, and the introducer; after which,
the bill, with amendments, were ordered to be
printed, and the further consideration postponed
for one week.
Here our report closed. -
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RsssaxAnex, have been anthenticslly in
formed fhsi tho rsagnstica az Colonel Rufus l..
Baker. At the orinsnos department Of the army,
has been sooepsed by the President, and win take
eject 90 the slst Inst