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DIPLOMATIC oFEgonRs--Gol John H. Wheeler the re
cent? appointed minister resident at Nicaragua, and
Faben esq left the city yesterday afternoon in the FIVE
o clock train en- route for New York.
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IHbl bTAGE.-Pcrsonal RecoIlecons Of the Stage w
4 y. Wood Further supple. gust received at
F... TAYLOR Il MAURY,s
oci II Bookstore 9th street
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VIM. DAABy.Ihe funeral of this venerable and lanented
gentleman the distinguished satstcan and geographer took
place from Mrs Cares boarding house Yesterday afternoon
1t most numerousy and respectfully attended.
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No 7idiaqs Of ne Arctic
Nrw HoRs Oct. love have ;idngs Of the Artic up
20 this moment.
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Destructive Fire at Pittsburgh.

On Monday afternoon, the 2d inst, a
fire broke out in the fourth story OF the ex
tensive drug store of B. F. Fahnesiock, on
the corner of Wood and Front streets.
Pittsburgh, which was entirely destroyed
witt most OF its contents. The stock Of
goods was valued at $4,000; insured for
$50 900, as follows: Pittsburgh office, S15.-
600; London, 10000; Delaware Mutual.
$1,000; Home, SIS, 900; Franklin, OF Phil
adelphia. $1,000; Etna. Of Hartford, CT.
$4,000. The building was insured for
$8 900 in the North American Of Canada.
The fire ragged with great violence, COM
municating to the house owned by Mrs
Mcdowell. on Wood street, and occupied
by Henry Collins, produce dealer, and S.
Mckee, glass. house. also house on Front
street, owned by VIM. Noble, and occu-
pied by Robinson & MINES. steam. en-.
CINE builders. McKee's loss is So 500,
insured in the Delaware Mutual Robin
son & MINES loss is but $500 Noble s
loss is So 600. fully insured in the Della
ware Mutual, of Mass. Mcdowell insured
for $4, 500, i will not cover the loss. Col.
lins lost nothing.
DR.. .Funderburgh, dentist. while passing
Fahnestock' during the fire, was struck
by package thrown from the upper story
and severely il not fatally injured.
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A Fortunate Family.

In the present Congress there are two
members who are brothers-Israel Wash
burne. jr., who represents the Penobscot
district in Maine, and s. b. Washburne,
who represents the Galena distric, in Ill
inois. They are both gentlemen of ability.
and one (lsrael has just been reelected
in Maine by majority of nearly four
thousand. The Illinois brother has been
nominated for reelection in his district
and will unquestionably be successful
Another, MIR. C.. C. Washburne, has been
nominated for Congress by his political
friends in Wisconsin. and his chance OF an
election is good. The three are Wings
and possess fine talents, and il elected We
presume it will be the first instance in the
history Of our country that three brothers
have held seats at the same time in Con.
gress. a
There are two other brothers in the
House of Representatives-the Messrs
Stanton. one from Tennessee, the other
from Kentucky. They both went from The
District. of Columbia, of which they are
natives--that is, Alexandria, which has
since then been reconyeyed to Virginia
They are both Democrats, and both men
of ability and influence. Lou. Jour. S.
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number OF people thus thrown upon des-
olate shore, 60 miles from the nearest vii.
lage or town, was the next consideration.
Spars. sails. provisions and fuel were sent
ashore. tents rugged, fires lighted, food
cooked, and everything possible under the
circumstances was done for the comfort OF
the cast aways. BY night mattresses and
bedding enough for the ladies were got on
shore; for the men, fires and close quar-
ters suficed.
On the next day the most of the pas
sengers' luggage was got out and convey
ed ashore; but in doing this some cohiu.
zion occurred from the fact that part OF
the crew broke open some of the trunks
and distracted their most valuable con.
tents. These fellows were arrested. and
put in irons. On the day following the
Bleaching, the steamer was surrounded by
a fleet of fishing smacks, the crews Of eve-
ry one Of which watched every opportuni-
ty TO steal property, and | am informed
that they did carry off considerable
Some few Of the more audacious got bro
ken heads, and treat to some scalding
soup, from the cook and his crew. for their
pains. A large quantity Of the ships
plate, as also many valuables belonging
to the passengers were found in the fore
castle Of the steamer, where they had been
secreted by some of the delinquent crew.
On Saturday afternoon small steamer
named the Victoria, which was plying be.
tween the different posts Of the Telegraph
Company with provisions, &C.. hove in
sight. and being signaled by Capt. Leitch,
hove to, when she was boarded, and an
agreement entered into for the transfer oil
the passengers to ST. Johns at So per head
That night $50 Of them embarked on her,
and the remainder on the following day
The luggage was sent after them to the
same place in schooners.
The passengers, on arrival at ST. Johns
N. F., were provided with the best accom-.
modations the town afforded, the com
pany incurring The expense Of their main
tenance and the towns people demand ding
double price for every necessary. 1t was
announced that the company would pro.
vide for the passengers, as speedily as
possible, suitable conveyance to Philadel'
phia, and that until that time the expense
Of their keeping would be borne by them
also that to such as choose to proceed
earlier. their expenses would be betrayed
to Halifax; one hundred and twenty five
among whom was myself. accepted the
latter proposition. and came on in the
mail steamer Medina. The residue pre-
ferred to remain for the promised convey
ance to Philadelphia.
Previous to our departure from St. John
severe storm occurred. which did grea
damage to the steamer. She is badly
hogged, and tits believed that her back i:
broken. When we left the sea flowed ir
and out of her. and her cabins and hold
were said to be fast choking up with sand
Capt. Leitch told me she would be a tota
wreck, and that in his opinion but little o
her cargo would be saved.
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SEAL OF KANsAs.-The Argus, printed
at Easton. Pennsylvania. the residence Of
the Governor OF Kansas. describes the
seal Of tho Territory as follows:
ave have just seen the seal of the Ter
ritory Of Kansas. engraved by Robert Low
cit, Of Philadelphia, according to the de-
sign Of Governor Reeder. 1t consists Of q
shield, with two supporters, and surmoun..
ed by scroll motto, and is ernblematic ol
the pioneer and tho agriculturist. The
lower compartment OF the shield contains
the buffalo and the hunter; the upper con-
tains the implements Of agriculture. The
left hand supporter is a pioneer with his
smock frock, leggins, rifle. and tomahawk;
whilst on the right is the goddess Ceres
with her sheaf, and at their feet, and be-
tween. them, lie fallen tree and axe. The
motto is q beautiful and striking allusion
10 the principles, on which the Territory
was organized and consists Of .PoPuLl
vocE NArA,' translated-. Born Of atAe pop.
ular rill.,-
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Consecrating a Synagogue.

In the afternoon of fSixth,day, Sept. 18th,
Jewish Synagogue in Columbia ST.. New
York, occupied by the congregation Aha
wath Chesed Lovers of Kindness,) was
consecrated with all the formula of the
Church of Israel. The Synagogue is the
upper part Of an old church, which has
been adapted to its present occupants
The congregation consisting mainly. Of
young people, numbers one hundred and
ten persons, and dates its origin from
l847.
The attendance was numerous. compri.
sing some Of the most prominent Israelites
in New York. The ceremonies commen-
ced by the Bearers of the Law calling at
the doors and singing or chanting in He
brew, Lift up your heads, O. gates, and
be ye lifted up. ye everlasting DOORS" On
the doors being opened, the ministers
beariug the law entered the Synagogue,
singing, "How beautiful are thy tents. 0
Jacob! thy tabernacles, O Israeli" Then
the minister pronounced the benediction,
BLESSED art thou, O Lord! who hath pre-
served US alive The choir and cengre-
CATION then recited, "Hear, o Israel! the
Lord our God-one is our God" The
Priests next moved in procession around
the building. singing, "Give unto the Lord,
Dye mighty! glory and strength" Then
followed the XXXth Psalm, in consecra-
,ion of the house. The Scrolls OF the Law
were deposited in the Ark; and the Per-
petual Lamp lighted before the holy of ho-
lies. A consecration prayer was then Of
fered, after which the Rev. S. M. lsaacs
preached the consecration sermon. In
his discourse. the Rev. gentleman took oc.
casion TO show that the service Of the Syna.
gogue was rather for the benefit and i'm.
provement Of man than the glori6cation o.
God, inasmuch as the Divinity does moi
need mems prayers. He also alluded to
the fact that in America alone. of all coun.
tries in the world, the Jew enjoys true civil
and religious liberty. lie hoped that nc
Israelite would show himself unworthy o
the boon. Following the sermon was an
ode sung by the choir. "Israel hear" Mr.
Isaacs then delivered prayer and bene
dection. and after the chorus, Hallelujah
praise the Lord" the ceremonies conclu
ded and the audience retired d-SabbaN
| Recorder.
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Electric Telegraph Between Eng
land and America.

The project Of connecting telegraph.
cally, Great Britain with America, is at the
present moment seriously engaging the
attention OF scientific and commercial men.
Daring engineers are sanguine Of the prac-
ticability OF laying submarine cable di
rectly across the Atlantic. from Galway to
Cape Race. in Newfoundland. The chief
question is, whether. il line were laid,
all electric current can be passed through
three thousand miles of cable! Professor
Faraday and others. whose opinions must
be regarded as weighty. believe that it
could not. And so (says the Glasgow
Commonwealth by far the larger proper
ton of scientific men favor the route to
America via Scotland. ITO escape the
present dubious ocean path" says well
informed writer in the current number OF
the Quarterly Review, "it is proposed to
carry the cable from the northernmost
point of the Highlands of Scotland 10 Ice
land, by way of the Orkney. Shetland, and
Ferroe lslands-to lay it from Iceland
across to the nearest point in Greenland,
thence down the coast of Cape Farewell
where the cable would again take to the
water, spar Davis Straits. and make righ,
way across Labrador and Upper Canada
to Quebec. Here it would lock in with the
North American meshwork of wires, which
hold themselves out like an open hand iol
the European grasp. The plan seem:
quite feasible. for in no part OF the journey
would the cable require to be more thar
nine hundred miles long; and as it seem.
pretty certain that a sand bank extends
with good soundings. all the way to Cap,
Farewell. there would be little difficulty il
mooring the cable to level and soft bot
tom. The only obstacle that we see, is tn,
strong partiality of the Esquimaux for ole
iron. The mere expense of making ant
laying the cable would not be much NOR,
than double that OF building the new West
minister bridge across the Thames.
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The Reaction Commenced.

The steamship City OF Manchester sail
ed from Philadelphia on Saturday with 80
cabin and $50 steerage passengers; and
the yacket ship Tonawanda. for Liverpool,
sailed the same day with 2O4 steerage pas
sengers. We have noticed, OF late, fre-
quent departures oflarge companies ofem-
grants from this port. on their return to the
Old World. These occurrences seem to
indicate that a reaction. TO the excessive
emigration Of past years has commenced.
A vast improvement has taken place in the
condition OF many cf the estates in Ireland.
since relieved OF her redundant population.
and which. added to the operation Of
wholesome laws, and the favorable yield
Of the grain and potato crops. impart
strong additional attractions 10 the old
flesh pots. Journal. +, la.,s~;af
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Know-Nothings.

We have been admonished, time and
again. to say nothing of this new sect. or
party. We have even been told. and that
too, by Know Nothing, that unless we
kept silent on the subject of their organi-
cation, that they, (the Know-Nothings,)
would break down our paper. Whether
he spoke Knowingly, or was a kno'o-noth-
ing in that particular. as well as others. we
cannot say. But believing what we do Of
them, (and we caa only come to conclu-
sions from their acts,) wes would be false
to our duty as an editor and a friend to
the freedom Of the press, as we'll as the
freedom of speech, i, we did not raise our
voice agains, their secret, OATH. bound or
ganization. II we are wrong in anything
we say OF them, we will have to be excus-
ed on the score Of ignorance. Tor we can
judge them only by their fruits.
In the first place, then, we charge that
the Know -No,hings are opposed to the
freedom OF speech. Why! Because they
do not permit their own members to enjoy
that privilege; and is it reason able to sup
pose that they would permit TO their enc.
mics, if they had the power. what they
deny to their own order? As evidence Of
this, ask Know-N Nothing what are the
secrets Of their organization and see if he
will answer.
Secondly. We believe it was the Know.
Nothings who t,oice refused Sen ator Doug
las hearing in Chicago. .on account Of his
Philadelphia speech. in which he strong.
" denounced their order. This is anoth.
er evidence Of their opposition to the free
dom Of speech. . .sl3
Thirdly. We believe that, had they the
power. they would suppress the freedom Of
the press, as this would naturally follow
from their suppression Of the freedom Of
speech. In other words, they would re-
vive the old. odious "sedition" laws. and
fine and imprison those who would dare
to open their mouths against them, or
their doings. For evidence Of this read
their platform Of principles below.
Fourthly. We believe they are opposed
to religious liberty. their professions to the
contrary Notwithstanding. And whya Be.
cause they seek to put down Catholicism
by fair means or foul--by the strong arm
of the law, il necessary. -
Filthy We believe that when they shall
have accomplished the "dea,h" Of Ro-
manism,-if ii ever should be done.--the
next step would be the death Of some 9TH
er religious denomination. One would fol-
low the other as naturally ~ the falling oI
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A Portrait of the Czar.

An anonymous writer, supposed TO be
Victor Hugo, has furnished the following
portrait of the Gear:
"There exists in Europe a man who
weighs Europe down. lie is at once Spir.
|itual Prapce and Corporeal Lord; despot
and autocrat-he is obeyed in the bar.
racks, and worshiped in the monastery
He gives the password to the former, and
draws up the dogma for the latter. lie
sets in motion, to crush the liberties Of the
continent, an empire Of sixty men million
power. He holds these sixty millions Of
men in hands, not like men, but like brutes;
not like minds, but like utensils, TOOLS In
his double quality Of ecclesastic and sol.
dier, he puts uniform on their souls as
he uniforms their bodies. and says to the
one, believe! as he says to the other, march!
This man is the supreme expression OF hn.
man might. He tortues whole nations as
he pleases. With sign he empties Po.
land into Siberia He weaves, interlaces,
and knots the threads of the great conspi
racy of princes against men. He has
been to Rome, and there he, the Greek
Pope, exchanged the kiss Of alliance with
the Latin Pope. He reigns at Berlin. a,
Munich, at Dresden. at Stuttgardt. at vi.
emma, as he reigns at ST. Petersburgh. He
is the soul of the Emperor Of Austria, and
the will OF the King Of Prussia. Germany
is mere flat.boat in his tow. This man
resembles, in some sort the ancient king
of kings; he is the Agamemnon of the
| Trojan war, that the men of the past are
waging against the men Of the future. He
| is the savage menace of the shadow
agains, light, fthe pole against high noon
express, in one word. this monster Of ON.
nipotence- Charles Quint
Pope.lik Gregory VII-he holds in his
hand cross which ends in cimeter. ant
scepter which ends in q knout!"
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Naturalization.

Changes are proposed in the Naturali.
zation laws, to make them more stringent.
AS very vague ideas about their present
stringency, and indeed about all their pro-
visions, are too common, we give brief
sketch of them.
A Aforeigner, who has resided five years
in the United States, and one in State.
(say the State Of New York; may present
himself before the u. S. Circuit, the U. S.
District, the Supreme, or the County Court.
and apply for naturalization. He must. in
the first place, bring two citizens Of the u.
States to swear that he has lived FIVE years
in the country and one in The State, and
that he is person .of good moral char.
acter, attached to the principles of the
Constitution Of the United States, and
well disposed TO the good order and hap
piness Of the same" After which he must
swear to the same facts substantially him
self. And il these oaths are falsely made.
the naturalization is void, and the parties
subject to imprisonment for perjury. 4s
In the next place he must prove that ii
has been for two years past his deliberate
intention TO make application TO become a
citizen OF the United States. The only
proof that will be accepted of this. if he
was Of age when he came to the country,
IS written declaration OF such intention.
made two years previous before the Court,
signed BY its clerk and sealed with its seal
The next thing required OF him is, to
take q solemn oath on the Bible ''to bear
true faith and allegiance to the United
States. and to renounce all allegiance and
fidelity to every foreign prince, potentate,
state, or sovereignty. whatever, and espe-
cially 10 such poteniate as he has previous.
" been subject Of" (mentioning by
name. .sthe Queen of England. Emperor oi
Austria, the Pope, the Gear, or whoever
the sovereign may be. under whose author
ity he formerly lived Subsequent acts
contrary to this oath. are punishable by
fine, imprisonment and death.
Finally, he must renounce his order or
title Of Rank or Nobility, if he has any
such, and resign his commission, if he
holds one, under any foreign power.
He, his wife and children, then become
entitled to the rights of American citizens,
so far as holding property and voting is
concerned. But he cannot hold certain
Offices without still further term of pro-
baton. He cannot be Representative
until atter seven years longer. nor Sena-
tor till after nine. And none but native
born citizen can be President or Vice Pres
ident Of the United States.
Il will be seen that if there is any lack
Of stringency in our present system Of
Naturalization Laws, it must be in their
execution. II certainly is not in the Laws
themselves.-Albany Journal.
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That Circular,

A week or so ago, some OF our Demo-
cratic friends met together for the purpose
of consulting whether any measures were
necessary in order to bring out full vote
at the election which is coming off to-day
(Tuesday.) A majority thought short
letter addressed to number Of Democrats
in each township might have tendency
to get few more votes at the polls than
otherwise would be. Accordingly copies
Of the following circular were printed off
and sent into several, if not all, the town.
ships in the county. 1t was not intended
as secret circular, and was not SO treat
ed by those whose names are appended to
it-charges to the contrary notwithstaL d.
ing. Neither was il intended to advance
the prospects of any particular candidate,
but to get out a full vote for the State. Dis.
trict and County ticket. Those gentlemen,
who have been so anxious to have a copy
for preservation. can now be gratifed:
(CIRCULAR.)
DEAR SlR:-The undersigned were ap-
pointed Committee, to urge upon you
the necessity OF having large turn out,
at the Polls. on next Tuesday. and to earn
esly solicit every lover of religious and
political liberty to be active and vigilanl
on that day.
An effort is being made by our enemies
to build up New Party. whose aims and
objects, if carried out, we believe, will tend
to dissolution OF the union. They seek
to mislead Democrats and Wings by an
appeal to their passions, in the vain hope
Of achieving a temporary triumph. lst
By their opposition to the Nebraska Bill
which leaves the people of the Territories
perfectly free to form and regulate their
domestic institutions in their own way
they show their want Of confidence in the
people. 2ndly. By inducing as many
Democrats as possible TO join the Know
Nothing party, and then persuade them
that they are bound to vote for the Fusion
or in other words, the Abolition candidates
they evnce their willingness to perpetrate
fraud on the people. Young men. o
this town, are sent out 10 mislead old Web
ster Wings and long-tried Democrats BY
this new trick. This we claim is ridicu
lous in the extreme. and insulting to tht
good sense OF all on whom it is attempted
to be practiced.
We say. then, let every man enjoy hi
honest opinions on the above questions
but we warn our friends against being en-
trapped into any secret movementb by whicl
they may be deceived. They cannot b.
too vigilant in endeavoring to avert tn
success Of our political enemies. In short
please see as many Of your neighbors a
you conveniently can before the election
and urge upon them the importance Of be
ing early at the Polls. Be active, be yigl
liant; let no one be deceived.
Very Respectfully Yours. &C..
i HORACE HOLLAND,
i w. P. RICHARDSON, 5
4 JAMES R. MORRIS. 81
i WooDsFIELD, Oct. 4, 1854.
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THE SLAVE TRADE-N. York IMPLIcA-
TED.-We apprehend that it is pretty gen.
orally known that most of the fast sailing
vessels engaged in the African trade. are
built either in Maine. Massachusetts or
New York. They bring good prices, and
the cash down, and our Northern people
are ever ready for good profitable cash
business, though it may occasionally en-
brace the shipment of negroes from Africa
to Cuba. Of late, several slavers have
been captured, said to have been built in
New York or some other Northern port.
At present we are informed that acting
upon certain discoveries recently made,
our yigilant District Attorney MIR. McKeor,
is prosecuting an investigation before the
Grand Jury. the results Of which will as.
tonish the unsuspecting quakers living in
this community, Only think of slave
ship with all the necessary fixtures, mate
rials, supplies. provisions, papers in sever
al languages, &c. &C.. being fitted up and
despatched from this port, as if the traffick
were a legitimate business. The law de-
clares it piracy.a capital crime. and we
should not wonder if the results of the pre-
sent examination were to involve the per.
sonal safety OF various enterprising indi-
vidualss The public may rely upon i, tha,
the District Attorney will silt the matter TO
the bottom.-N. Y. Herald. go