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The true Democrat., 1855-10-16

seizure or sequestration, or to any other de- mands than those which may be made upon the like effects or property belonging to the na- tive inhabitants of the State in which such citi- zens may reside.
 ARTICLE XIII. The citizens of the United States, and the citizens of the Argentine Confederation, respec- lively, residing in any of the territories of the other party, shall enjoy in their houses, per sons, and properties, the full protection of the government.
 They shall not be disturbed, molested, nor an- noyed ill any manner, on account of their reli- gous belef nor in the proper exercise oftheir pe- cular worship either within their own houses, or in their own churches or chapels, which they shall be at liberty to build and maintain, in con- venient situations, to be approved of by the local government, interfering in no way with, but re- specting the religion and customs of, the coun- try in which they reside. Liberty shall also be granted to the citizens of either of the contract ing parties to bury those who may die in the territories of the other, in burial places of their own, which, in the same manner may be freely established and maintained.
 ARTICLE XIV.
 The present treaty shall be ratified on the part of the government of the United States within fifteen months from the date, and with in three days by his excellency the provisional director of the Argentine Confederation, who will also present 1t to the first legislative Con- gress of the Confederation, for their approval The notifications shall be exchanged at the seat of government of the Argentine Confede- ration, within the term of eighteen months. In witness whereof the respective plenipo- tentiaries have signed this treaty, and affixed thereto their seals.
 Done at San oSe, on the twenty-seventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
 ROBT. c. SCHENCK, L. s1 JNO. s. PENDLETON, L. s. SALVADOR MA DEL CARRIL, L. s. JOSE s. GOROSTIAGA, L. S. And, whereas, the said treaty has been duly ratified on both parts, and the respective ratif- cations of the same were exchanged in the city of Parana, on the thirtieth day of December last;-
 w'therefore, be it known, that I, FRANK LIN PIERCE, President of the United States of America have caused the said treaty to be made public, to the end that the same and every clause and article thereof may be observ- ed and fulfilled by the United States and the citizens thereof.
 In testimony whereof l have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
 Done at the city of Washington, this
 9th day of April in the year of IL. S. our Lord, 1855, and of the inde-
 pendence of the United States the
 seventy-ninth.
 FRANKLIN PIERCE. BY THE PRESIDENT:
 w. L. MARCY, Secretary of State.
The true Democrat., 1855-10-16

BEACH is a thorough, staunch, uncompromising, State rights democrat; who has clean record; who has served the party in various capacities, and always with credit to himself and profit to the cause. In 1851 he was member of the Senate of this State, and refused to go into the arrangement by which Charles Sumner was elected United States Senator, and voted against him. He was member of the constitutional convention and made an able speech in favor of district plan of representation. His votes in the legislature have been those of true demo- crat alive to the importance of adhering faith fully to the constitution. Such candidate true to the principles of democracy-true to the great and paramount cause of the constitu- tion-thoroughly opposed to the prevalent be- resies-is one around whom every democrat and patriot can heartily rally.
 We hope, therefore, that every honorable means will be used to perfect the organization of the democracy It will be we'll if the zeal of the convention be initiated in the counties and towns This is the only way in which the democrats can hope to blot out of the statute books those laws which are so disgraceful to the State, and restore this good old commonwealth once more to the family of States that stand by the constitution of our country.
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position of the United States, at home and abroad, results from an administration of Its government upon principles purely constitution al-and that President Pierce, having adml- nistered the government upon those principles enjoys the confidence of every true lover of the constitution.
 II. Resolved, That our candidate for canal commissioner, Arnold Plumer, and our candi- dates for the State Legislature and county otfi- cers, being men pledged to sustain the constl- tution are entitled at the ensuing October elec- tlon. to the support of the men of all parties, who regard the best interests of Pennsylvania aud desire the prosperity of our blessed Uni on.
 Calls were made for Messrs Wise and Dallas but the president announced that neither of those gentlemen were present, but had sent let ters to be published.
 Mr. RICHARDSON, of Illinois, was the first speaker. He remarked this was the first time he had ever addressed people by acres. It was an assemblage worthy of the occasion. He bore hard upon the abolitonists and know mo- things. lie sald 1t was owing to the conduct of the former that Delaware and Maryland had not been made free before now. Since 1920 when Congress assumed jurisdiction of slavery | by the enactment of the Missouri compromise not single slave State had become free Al this may be attributed to the interference o those who had no business in the matter. The know nothings, like the abolitionists, are also endeavoring to tear down the rig ght5 guaranteed to the citizens of our common country. The know nothings declare that Americans must rule America, and whenever they have had the power, they have abused it by destroying ballot boxes, shooting down citizeus, and throw ing men and women into burning buildings The speaker deprecated the action of the know nothings as preventing the emigration of intel lisent foreigners, while paupers and convict: who came for bread, could not be kept out
 Mir. Nicholson, of Tennessee, followed witt a few remarks, when he was interrupted by { delegation from one of the outer wards march ing to the stand. X large banner was handed up to the front stand when it accidentally caught fire, and the blaze communicated to one of the pieces of fire works, a star with a re. volving blaze which had been reserved for the close of the proceedings. setting it off, creating the greatest panic among the speakers, repor- ters, officers, etc., on the stand, some of whou were severely injured
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neither will they admit stranger into their order They live, for the most part near the beautiful stream called Tanucan, which takes It's rise in the mountains, passes through the magnificent valley of Leuvu, and empties in- to the Atlantic at tho extreme south western point of the Island.
 This residence is chosen for the sake of their frequent publications. Their diet consists of milk, curdled with sour herbs They eat ap- ples, rice, and all fruits and vegetables esteem ing it the height of impiety to taste anything that has life They live in little huts or cot tages, each one by himself, avoiding compa- ny and discourse, employing all their time in contemplation and their religious duties.- They esteem this life but necessary dispen- sation of nature which they voluntarily under go as penance, evidently thSting after the dissolution of their bodies; firmly believing that the soul, at death is released from prison and launches forth into perfect liberty and happi- ness. Therefore they are always cheerfully disposed to die, bewailing those that are alive and celebrating the funerals of the dead with Joyful soemnitieS and triumph.
The true Democrat., 1855-10-16
CONFIRMATION OF TAA-TITLE. To all whom ii may cOncern:

NOTICE is hereby given, that the undersigned, 1N having purchased of Elias N. Conway, then Auditor of Public Accounts of Arkansas, at pnvate sale the 18th day of June, D. l944 the follow, ing described tract of land, which had been forfeited to the State of Arkansas for nonpayment of taxes, and which, in pursuance of law had been before that time offered for sale at public auction by said auditor, and remained unsold, to wit: the Northwest quar- ter of Section Twenty-Five, of Township Sixteen North of the Base Line, ill Range Seven West of the Fifth Principal Meridi- an, containing one hundred and sixty acres for the sum of fifty seven dollars and seventeen cents, and the said tract having been conveyed to the under signed by the said auditor, by deed bearing date the 18th day of June, 1S44:
 Now therefore, all persons who can set up any right to said land purchased to any part thereof m consequence of any informalty or irregularty or legaty connected with such sale are hereby called upon to show at the first term of the circuit court of Independence county in which county said land is stuate,) which may be held in and for the said county six months after the publication of this notice, why the sale made shall not be confirmed, pursuant to petition to be filed by in said court Tor that purpose. ALLEN MARTIN.
 Oct 4--eu
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From the London Ti,no. Ar, oo
II3I VII0 I40IIuVH IllIts, Aug. ZJ The Late Allied Attack OF Sweaburg.- What England Lost and Russia Gained,

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 We must say that the actual results are an immense deduction from the boasted victory. J ust consider how the matter really stood at the close of the bombardment between us and the Russians Ue had not sitenced tteir batter ies, but aoe hGd silence2 our Oa0n He ,cere s'lenced not only tor the present, but for the aoHole season, tor anytt5ng that n0a0 appears. The t,co lnane1ace tleets helpless, ercept to keep the Russians in harJor We had left our sting III the wound. "lt Is source of uneyersal re- gret,' says our correspondent, ''that there was not reserve of spare mortars, not so much to replace the spollt ones as they became injured, and so continue the bombardment longer but because we might have followed this blow with another as severe in adifferent quarter" Why, the big ships might have carried any number of mortars, carrages and al as ballast: in fact one ship is now taking out mortars enough for the whole hotilla. In forty-eight hours a Der tectly new mortar might have been substituted for every spoilt one, and the gun boats might have presented themselves as the heralds of thelr own victory at Revel, or Riga, or even Cronstadt, before the enemy had time to adapt nis deiehceS 10 the very important fact eStab- Ilshed at Sweaburg. He had evidently made a mlscalculation there, and was not prepared for the means at our commando; he has proba- ply made the same mscalculation elsewhere. and IS equal yunprepared, if we are only prepar- ed to repeat the blow. This, unfortunately, we are not. So a0e ore forced to Eeaue him tinae to 1npTore tue occasion, o1ad OUT victoyy at Saceaburq 1s only lesson in se!detence which toe give Rus sia, at no great cost to her. but on immense cost to our'set0es. Our people, indeed are attempting to calculate the damage We have done in pounds sterling. But If this is to be the single achieve ment of the season in the Baltic, We fear the balance IS sadly against us, for the fleet in that sea have not cost the Allies farthing un- der ten millions apiece, and the utmost damage we can boast to have done at Sweaburg is a mil lion and half, or thereabouts The mere De- cunlary results of the season, then, are i'm mensely against us. That, however is small affair. The worst IS that we have thrown away the opportunities of this year just for want of looking forward and being prepared for the con- urgency of success. Next year, doubtless we shall have mortars enough; but the Russians will then be prepared for us, and we may be able to go through our pretty but destructive dance of gun boats, just within range, with the same success. Ihe truth Ss, the Russians harn aster a1an we do aud s0iN al,oays beJust 50 much a4ead cf as to set ct defance our immense supe- raorlty cf .cealh a,d mechanical shiH at least, they will do so till there is rather more of the Ululda Uis animi which is ever foreseeing and providing for the future in our conduct of the war
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U' ID. D. uAOIEN. Hon. J. D. FREEMAN Jackson, Miss.

APPLES AS AN ARTICLE OF FooD-Wth us, the value of the apple as an article of food is underrated. Besides containing large amount Of sugar, mucilage, and other nutritious matter, apples contain vegetable acids aromatic quali- ties, etc., which act powerfully in the capacity of refrgerants, tonics and antispeptics; and when freeyused at the time of mellow ripeness, they prevent debility, indigestion, and avert, with out doubt, many of the "ills which flesh is heir to-" The operatives of Cornwall, Eng, consider ripe apples nearly as nourishing as bread, and far more so than potatoes. In the year 19O1-which was year of much scarcity apples, instead of being converted into cider, were sold to the poor; and the laborers asserted that they could "stand their work'' on baked apples without meat, whereas potatoe diet required meat or some other substantial nutn- ment The French and Germans use apples extensively, as do the inhabitants of all Euro pean nations The laborers depend upon them as an article of food, and frequently make dln- ner of sliced apples and bread There is no fruit cooked in as many different ways, in our 1country, as apples; nor is there any fruit whose lvalue, as an article of nutriment, is as great land so little appreciated,
The true Democrat., 1855-10-16
NOTICE.

DY authority in me vested, as administrator de
 ID bals 7t,lt, ot the estate of Wm. Beller, deceas ed late of Carroll county, Arkansas, and in obedience to order of the Probate court ot Carroll county ol September term. ls55 shall proceed to sell at public auction, on the lst Monday, Sd day,) ot December, 1855, at the late residence of the deceased III sad county of Carroll, all the lands owned by and now belonging to said estate-that Is to say: The E12 of NE14 of Sec 29. and the E5 of the SEA of Sec 2s, and the SW14 of Sec. 2S, and NW14 of Sec 33, and the Els of the SW 4 of Section B, and the NE4 ot the NE4 of See. 32. all in Township IS, North ot Range 2O Vest and the E5 ot the NV 4 of Sec. g, in Towhship Y North. of Range 20 west containing in all 6o0 acres: and also an equal and undivided one half of the W 15 of SEA of Sec. 20, in Township |! North. Range 2J West The above lands will be sold in parcels to suit purchasers not exceeding oO acres at
 time exec pt the 5Q tract including the tormer residence deceased which will be sold in one body The terms will be credit of six and twelve months the purchaser giving bond and approved security for tA. prompt dni pmlctual payment Of the money.
 Six hundred acres of thc land lies in one body and includes the homestead buildings. orchard. store house, etc. The lands of the finest quality, lie well. and are well adapted to agriculture. There Is client spring of pure, cold and never falling water convenient to the residence. which affords an abundance of excellent water for stock and other purposes There is about one hundred acres in cultl- walton. The o0 ill See. 9, Township IT, Is va luabe for the timber convenient to the farm The so acres in See. %, Township IT, one undivided nail of which will be sold, is valuable for its water power and privileges: on it are two excellent mill seats, at one of which there is perpendicular fall of water for distance of 4O feet; the stream of water never fails being at all times sufficient to turn any kInd ol machinery It also cantans marble quarry ot beau tifu gray and variegated marble, from which was taken the block of marble sent by the State of Ar kansas to the Washington Monument.
 Any one desrous of procuring good farm, sltuat- ed in a healthy hourishing country, and one of the best places for selling goods in the country, would do well to examine the premises The main roads from Canollton to Dardanelle and from Clarksville to Missouri, cross at the old residence post-offce has been kept here for years known as Crooked Creek Post-otce.
 Any one desirous of further information will en- quire of the undersigned by letter addressed to him at said post-otce Sale between the hours of 10 AM and F. M JOSEPH B. BANS,
 as Admr de b0'tiS non, of the estate
 nfW William Keller decnased
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Criminaiity of Know Nottingham.

We give below the opinion of distinguished JurlSt ot sister State upon the legality and erlmnality of the know nothing organization Not only do the authorities all sustain Judge Ihacher's opnion but they go further and say, that there are many things that single indiyi- dual may do, which become criminal when they are the result, or attempted result, of combination. It Is laid down that, Gin many cases an agreement to do certain thing has been considered as the subject of an indct- ment for conspiracy, though the same act, if done separately by each individual without any agreement amongst themselves, would not have been illegal" The know nothings, then. it seems are liable to indictment for a conspiracy. If this be so, no wonder they wanted the Judge and Prosecuting Attorney of this Circuit-H He- ! leRa Sar
The true Democrat., 1855-10-16
Judge J. =. D. Thacher,s Opinion
I VpiNIOM On he "CriminaHty cf tue Knoa0 NotAing O.
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MATCHES, Miss, Sep. 8, 1855.
 My DEAR SIR II have carefully read and re-read your argument upon the "crintiaality of the know nothing organization" contained in your letter of August 15, 1855, to II. H. Warrington. The position you assume you have fully n'aSntainea, There is such an offence known to our laws, which Is denominated conspiracy" The criminality consists in the agreement of several persons to do an act which, even if lawful in itself, becomes unlaw- lul by the combination. Individuals cannot combine together to gain an unfair advantage over others without violation of the law, and subJectng themselves to the charge of conspi- racy which the law punishes, even if it is not carried into effect. The law punishes the con- teaerocy in order to prevent the unlawful act to protect the innocent
 As early as 9th Co.,, 59, it was decided to be criminal for persons to combine together to maintain each other, whether their matter be true or false, right or wrong; and although mo- thing be executed
 In 10th Modern Rep, The King vs Ed wards, ct, als., it was decided a conspiracy of any kind is illegal, though the matter about which they conspired might have been law ful for them or any of them to doif they had not conspired to do it. Chef Justice Parsons, ln the MasSachuSettS case which you quote Mass. Rep, 329, said: "The offence is con- plee when confederacy is made, and any act done in pursuance of 1t IS no constituent part of the offence, but merely an aggravation of it. This rule of the common law is to prevent un- lawful combination.'
 With how much greater force will the law bear upon those who combine together to do an unlagf1 act! To deprive our Roman Ca- tholic and naturalized fellow citizens of the right to hold office and of full elective fran chiSe-to instigate coercion at the polls. Riots and arsons arising from elections were never known in this land until the establishment of this criminal organization Is there no la.o to check these enormities? There is e full renae- dy J applied.
 l have the honor to be, very truly, yours etc.,
 J. B. s. TEACHER.
 Hon. J. D. FREEMAN Jackson. Miss.
The true Democrat., 1855-10-16
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
 PROCLAMATION

A PROCLAMATION.
 Whereas Treaty, between the United States of America and the Argentine Confederation, was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries, at San Jose, on the twenty seventh day of July, 1853; which treaty being in the English and Spanish languages, is, word for word, as follows:-
 Treaty of Friendship, Commerce. and Naviga- ton, between the United States and the Ar genuine Confederation.
 Commercial intercourse having been for some time established between the United States and the Argentine Confederation, it seems good for the security as we'll as the encouragement of such commercial intercourse, and for the maln- tenance of good understanding between the two governments, that the relations now sub sisting between them should be regularly ac- knowledged and confirmed by the signing of a treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation. For this purpose they have nominated their re- spective plenipotentiaries, that is to say:-
 The President of the United States. Robert c. Schenck, envoy extraordinary, and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Brazil and John s. Pendleton, charge d'Affaires of the United States to the Argentine Confedera- ton; and his excellency the provisional director of the Argentine Confederation, Doctor Don Salvador Maria del Carril, and Doctor Don Jose Benjamin Gorostaga;
 Who, after having communicated to each other their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles:
 ARTICLE l.
 There shall be perpetual amity between the United States and their citizens on the one part, and the Argentine Confederation and its citizens on the other part
 ARTICLE IT.
 There shall be between all the territories of the United States and all the territories of the Argentine Confederation reciprocal free dom of commerce. The citizens of the two countries, respectively, shall have liberty freely and securely, to come with their ships and car goes to all places, ports and rivers in the terri
The true Democrat., 1855-10-16
MY DIR E A M
BY J. G. WHITTIER.


 In my dream, methought 1 trod Yesternight, a mountain road; Narrow as Al Srats span, High as eag les tligt, it ran. Overhead, a roof of cloud. With its waight of thunder bowed; Underneath, to left and right, Blackness and abysmal night. Here and there wild flower blushed, Now and then a bird song gushed: Now and then, through rifts and shade Stars shone out and sumbeams played. But the goodly company, Walking in that path with me, One by one the brink o'erslid, One by one the darkness hid. Some with waling and lament, Some with cheerful courage went; But, of all who smiled or mourned, Never one to us returned. Anxiously, with eye and ear, Questioning that shadow drear, Never hand in token stirred, Never answering voice l heard! Sleeper, darker.-lo 1 felt From my feet the pathway melt, Swallowed by the black despair, And the hungry jaws of air. Past the stony throated caves Strangled by the wash of waves, Past the splintered crags, sank On green and fowery bank Soft as fall of thistle down, Lightly as cloud is blown, Soothingly as childhood pressed To the bosom of its rest. Of the sharp horned rocks instead, Green the grassy carpets spread, Bright with waters singing by, Trees that propped golden sky. Painless, truthful, sorrw free, Old lost faces welcomed me. With whose sweetness of content, Still expcctant hope was bent. Walking while the dawning gray Slowly frightened into day, Pondering that vision fled, Thus unto myself, 1 said: "Steep, and hung with clouds of strife, Is our narrow path of life; And our death the dreadful fall Through the dark, awaiting all. "So with painful steps we climb Up the dizzy ways of time, Ever in the shadow shed By the forecast of our dread. "Dread of mystery solved alone, Of the untried and unknown; Yet the end thereof may seem Like the falling of my dream. And this heart consuming care, All our fear of here or there, Change and absence loss and death, Prove but simple lack of faith" Thou, Oh, Most Compassionate! Who did'st stoop to our estate, Drinking of the cup we drain, Treading in our path of pain Through the doubt and mystery, Grant to us Thy steps to see, And the grace to draw from thence Larger hope and confidence. Show thy vacant tomb, and let, As of old, the angels sit, Whispering, by its open door: Fear not. He hath gone before D