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sam-s Fuleral.

The following excellent hii from the vicks-
burg Sentinel, is equully applicable TO the
latitude of Natchez, aud we, therefore, copy
il. Matches Free Trader.
The news from Virginia has fallen on The
Know Nolhings in that quarier like an iced
shower bath. Such lugubrious faces we
never saw before. 1t is the easiest malier in
the world now to tell who are inside or out
side of The Order. The Know Nothing party
has gone to its long home, and The mourners
so about The streets. The sorrow Of Jacob
when he rent his clothes and put sackclolh
upon his loins, because Joseph was not, was
nothing in comparison with the affection Of
the Know.Nolhings in this vicinity. Poor
fellows, we feel sorry for you've do in
deed. To perish thus in the wilderness, just
as Mount Pisgah was in view, from whose
top you were 10 see spread out before you a
land flowing with milk and honev-it is pos
lively too bad. II is almost enough TO tempt
you TO adopt the advice of Jobs wife,
. Curse God and die" You have our sym
pathies. Had we the gift Of poesy We would
write you an ode Of consolation. As it is,
we can only commend TO you. perusal those
sublime %stanzas, "deadokated to an indivi-
dool in Pursule of Licker on a Sunday morn.
ing" With a few slight va rialions they will
suit your case exactly:
Knocklurnel jyraien navegater,
May bee there's q vacuum in your bowel
You feel sli.ely
Kurious in the abdominal regensl
Want an Office, eh? 1t cam be had,
Knockturnel navegater.
Demenstrater of the power OF sucshen,
This is an eppesode in your karear,
A full stop to your ambishus aasperaehuus
To 20 10 Congress, or the Leg islater.
Yours is a hard case, one
Rekwiring brandee and 'compashun,
You may hoxe, persuade, beg, promise,
But its OF no use.
The kanine kwaduped is defunct
Ia old Vifginnee.
tDemonsisaier OF sucsheu."
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ARRIVAL Of the STAR Of the WEST
TWO WEEKS LATER FROM CALIFORNIA

New YoRK, June 24.-This vessel arrived
al this city this morning, at 9 o'clock.
Her arrival was rather unexpected, and
cansed sound excitement.
The Star of the West brings some three.
quarter million in gobi, which includes .hree
hundred and sixty dollars consigned 10 Willis,
Farge& Co.
She also has on board some five hundred
passengers.
The municipal election has taken place IN
San Francisco, resulting in very great excite
ment and satisfaction, inasmuch as The entire
Democratic ticket has been elected. The fol.
lowing is the :icket.
James Van Ness for Mayor; VIM M Kib-
ben, Treasurer Andrew Moulder, Comptrol-
Ter J. Hof, SarveyoE
The Know olhings succeeded in elecling
a fax collector, harbor master, city marshall,
and city attorney.
The Democrats elected four aldermen, and
four assistants. The Know Nothings, also
four each. The election isthere regarded as
a fair test between Eative and foreign born
citizens. 81
IL 10 saiu sudN HEofo eACloHneHl was ap'
parent than al any previous election in that
city.
We learn that the deficit accounts of Mr..
Frierson, financial agent and manager Of
Wells, Fargo & Co., is confirmed. The .otal
deficit amounts 10 one hundred and seventy
seven thousand dollars.
During eight days previous to the depar
lure of the present advices, there was one
million OF dust deposited in the Mini.
The gambling laws went into operation on
the l7th OF May, BY which law, all gamb-
ling saloons are closed forever.
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Fire, Proof buildings.

Every body knows that two-thirds of the
destruction ~arisipgfrom fire is caused by The
combustible character of the building usually
erected, mere shells of brick, held together
with -hemlock joists and pine flooring. a
great improvement in this respect has been
introduced IN the use of iron, not for The
fronts of houses merely, bu, for all the beams
girders, and ~joists, and even for flooring so
that solidily and safety are both attained.A
The new publication office of The Harpers is
built altogether Of iron and brick, so that fire
cannot touch.i il. The office is composed Of
Two buildings. Each floor in both buildings
is made OF iron joists, rather 10 close togeth-
er, and brick arches between for flooring, but
covered with boards Tor the actual floor
There is no stairway or other passage be.
tween the stories, as all going from one story
of either building 10 The other is BY a spiral
iron staircase out ofdoors, in aspace between
The two buildings, and at every story an iron
bridge goes from the staircase into an outside
door. Each window has an iron sash, which
is ~immovable, and ventilation is had by two
lights of glass at top and two al the bottom
of The window, turning on an axle-ihe lines
of sash between the two lIghts--so as to open
a space. The steam pipes, with which The
building is heated directly from the boilers
of the engine room, have cocks that can be
turned and fill each room with steam; so that
fire could be exlinguished Without the aid of
The fire engines. There may be other BUSH
ness Offices built with the same degree of Sc
curity. IF all buildings were put up with a
due regard 10 safety from fire. there would
be a vast amount of solid capital, the accu-
mutations of years of industry and foil, saved
to the community, and adding so much 10 lis
available weallh.-Ledser.
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TIE State Convention.

Thu Democratic State Convention wiilmee,
al Harrisburg on nexrWednesday. The con-
test for Canal Commissioner will hardly be
very animated, as but few persons are named
for The office, and imthese days il Is not worth
fighting for. The North Branch Extension is
. entirely under The control of'Mr. Maffei, and
the Main Line 10 be sold. JUDGED, il was
generally thought after the election of last
fall that the Canal Board would be abolished
BY the Know Nothing Legislature, and the
Slate Committee for tina; reason did not issue
a call for a State Convention until after tie
time when il is usually held, and long after
the time when our delegates here are sener-
ally chosen. The comfy committee did not
get together until it was loo late 10 call a
county convention and then upon consulla-
ton refecling that if a convention was called
the chance would only be improved by the
Know-Nolhngs 10 create mischief, Jealousy
and envy in the Democratic ranks 10 help
them. defeatthe nominations next fall BY get.
ting up a contest for nothing and then opera
ting on such as should be now disappointed,
it was prudenlly decided not 10 call a conven-
ton, but 10 follow The precedent OF the Stand
ing Committee of last year and of The Com
tmiiiees of the other counties in This district
the present year. There being no pay, sew
reral gentlemen who were consulted and ton
dered the appointment of delegate declined
because Of other personal business; and the
Committee taking ii for granted that The editor
of this paper would, as editors usually do,
serve the cause FOR nothing and find himself
gave him the appointments. If the Know
Nothings and their friends have not been con.
suited we cant help it. We only accepted
the appointment upon learning from the
Commiuee that no reliable Democrat had
yet advised them to call u convention, end
upon seeing that in most counties no conven-
tions are called but the delegates chosen with
on t.corvulsing the county.
This county is entitled 10 the Representa-.
tive Delegate by the adopted practice of al
formation, and Montour 10 The Senatorial Del
egale. We learn that The Standing Commit
lee of Moutour have chosen Jas. G. Max well
.as Senatorial delegate.
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exhibiting every Indication of utter madness,

exhibiting every indication of utter madness,
may be seen daily and hourly, leading q
horde Of acatef. stunning boys, in pursuit OF
a miserable, terrified, starving animal, that
wishes TO bile nothing excep, the bones
which his pursuers are casing at him. For
fear the madness Of the c~ily>should moi at
tain a sufficient delirium, the municipal au-
thcriiies, (some OF whom are supposed 10 be
never in sane mind stimulate it by the of
fer of fifty cents per head for every canine
wretch, unsraced with collar and muzzle,
that shall be broush. TO The public"inclosure
called The "dog pond" Here, once aday a
public execution is performed upon a heter.
ogeneous multitude of ours, Tray, Blanche,
and Sweetheart, with dogs Of nobler growth,
by a grim fnnclionary whose horrible PROBES.
sion has hardened his heart 10 the most pilh-
Gus yelps and winnings Of despairing dog
hood, and who is well QUALIFYING himself Tor
promotion 10 the more disnifed office of hu-
man haugman. All this is done without
benef, OF Judge or jury, or even medical
commissioner determine the question ofsan.
ity. 1t is a mistake that dogs ever run mad
in Summer il is the men who get the hydro
phobia, and imagine the dogs 10 be mad
Never do dogs look meeker, SO far as my OBJ
servalion goes, than they do in the City oil
New York during the sweltering dog -days.
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THE EMPLOYEES ON THE STATE WoRKs.-
We published a day or two ago a statement
showing tie increase in the receipts on the
State works for the month Of May, exhlbi.
ting a large improvement. The fact that
these works have added so much 10 the pub
lie treasury would indicate a greater ability
tn The Stale IN pay The wages of The en-
ployees upon those worke, but such We are
assured is not the TACT. The laberers and
employees Of The Columbia Railroad we ara
informed have not been paid their wages
since May last, though the understanding is
that they are 10 be paid monthly. This gives
much Inconvenience 10 the workmen, and
causes them a considerable loss in the way
of discount. Is there not a law requiring
them to be pail monlhlya-Lsdga.
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Hon. VIM. Preston, Of Kentucky.

This gentleman, who SO ably represented
The Louisville district in the last Congress,
and who SO CALAMITY represented Kentucky
on the battle fields of Mexico, has published
a letter declining the anii-Know -Nothing
nomination for Congress. MIR, Preston was
among the ablest, If not The ablesl wing in
The last House. His letter concludes thus:
''The old Wing party By which l was
elected Is disbanded. A lew organization,
which proposes 10 introduce questions Of re-
ligious belief as crilerions for office, and 10
repeal The naturalization laws under which
we have lived from The beginning Of our
Government with the single exception of
the federal interregnum under Adams, when
they were extended 10 fourteen years, has
arrayed itself in The field of politics. In adj
dition, we find that the new party maintains
an ominous silence in relation 10 the rights
of the southern States, which should fill ev-
cry patriotic heart with fear. | have been,
and yet am, inaexibly opposed TO such prin-
ciples.
The regularly nominated Democratic tick
CT is the only opponent in the field against
this new party. II is clear that it cannot
achieve success unless, as in Virginia, by
the aid Of honest and fearless southern whigs,
who will not be absorbed in secret ~fra,erni-
lies, and who desire no ambiguous alliance
with northern Know Nothings. Their aid
has given the first check 10 this new party
and annihilaled lis prestige of victory. \ y
n n As between the democracy and it,
self my choice is quickly made bat | feel
that | must consult my W dignity, and re-
lieve myself from all suspicious of unworthy
motives, il, al the same time hat | frankly
avow my determination 10 support the priu-
ciples of the party, | decline its honors. All
that | ask is the privilege 10 sustain by vote
the wise, great and nobly liberal principles
upon which know the republic is founded,
and by the faithful observance of which | am
profoundly conscious The social repose and
political prosperity Of the nation can. alone
pc secured.
Permit.me to return my heartfelt thanks 10
those friends, both wings and democrats,
who have so generously offered 10 give me
their warm support.
remain, with respect,
w. PRESTON.
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The end. of Know-No,hinglsm.

Since the new party of liberalism has fall
len into disrepuie we observe that come
Wings attempt TO congratulate themselves
that their party is free from the reproach
which has fallen upon the new political adj
ventures. Bot 10 The discreet mind il will
appear tina, Know o%,hingism is the child of
Whigsery, and that no true Democrat could
ever belong 10 this new party which is based
on the abnegaiion OF humanity. Some men
who chung 10 The Democratic party for plum.
ster. alone, and covered their selishness with
the. cloak of lis name no doubt crawled into
the new party when they though, il was grow
ing popular and other young men whose
politics consisted,iE impulse or thoughtless
generosity alone, we're no eoubt ssduced in
20 midnight conclaves by The novelty and
mystery Of the new orgies. Blu, il was too
: plain that these discordant elements would
not mingle long. The d~emagogue was loo
greedy for his plunder--lhe mystery and nov
city wore ,away-and those who honestly de.
sired 10 reform lie -wo1ld with this new par.
" became disguised when promises were
falsiied and the Tree bore no good fruit. SO
the end came.
But the leaders OF all this play have been
Wings, and The origin of The patty lay in that
spirit with which in The first family of man
one broke r raised his arm against another.
The spirit of selfshness and intolerance is
as old as mankind; and Phariseeism did moi
die with any onesrace o. age. 8
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1855-06-28

An EDiToR's EXPERIENCE IN PRisoN.-Ho
race Greeley, OF The New York Tribune. was
arrested in Paris, on the claim of a French
artist for damages done TO a statue al the
Crystal Palace, of which Mr.. Greeley was a
Director, MIR. g., served the best part of two
days in prison, and gives a very amusing ac-
count of his detention. He says. { [ always
hated and condemned imprisonment for debt
un,ainled by f%raud-above all, for suspicion
of debt-but | never so well knew why I ha.
ted il as now. | think | have learned more
there than in any 1--WE previous days of my
life" Whether that knowledge will be APP
Piled hereafter 10 the instruction OF mankind
or not, be does not say. One fact may be
useful 10 those who are about 10 visit Paris.
He says, each person iucarcerated is allowed
a franc per day 10 live on; il this is not forth.
coming from his creditor, he is al once turn
ed out TO pick a living as he can. While he
remains, he must have his franc per day,
paid every third day. From this is deducted
four sous per day for his bedding and one
sou for his fire, lin the kitchen) Leaving
him fifteen sous net and cooking-fire paid
for. This will keep him in bread.
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Know-Somethings at e Ie yeiand

The Cleveland Express of Saturday last, a
Kaow.NolhiDg paper, disposes, in a summa.
ry manner, of the great Know-someihing Ma
iional Convention, thus -
GREAT Cay AND.LrTLE WooL.-A Nation
al Know-Something Convention has been
held in this city the present week. After all
the blowing and telegraphing, it was a slim
affair. Not'more Than .6fly delegates from
abroad were in attendance, and lhey were
all nobodys. A National Convention forsoo,h +!
Why il hardly amounted TO a respectable
town caucus And the resolutions-lhey
must have been scissored from one OF vau-
ghan's God ard Liberty editorials. We hope
Jonathan feels better after The great Conven.
ton. Bah!
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KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE.

That the last Know-No,hiIg Reform Leg
~islatnre Of Pennsylvania introduced a Bill to
give TO colored persons all the rights now en-
joyed by the free white men Of this Com.
monwealth, and were only checked in their
efforts by an instrument called the C6nstitu-
toni
II nearly doubled the Banking Capital OF
the State
II passed a law which is nearly equal to
giving away the great Poblic Improvements
Of Penusylvania--and, at The same time, re-
leased The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Of a Tonnage tax amounting TO between two
and three hundred thousand dollars annu-
ally!
1t repealed The License Law, and subs,iiu-
ted an act 10 promote Drunkenness, by
which the peoples Treasury is defrauded
out of upwards Of two hur died thousand dol.
lars annually, all of which mustbe collected
IN taxes from The sweat of the tax payers
brow!
II passed a Law nearly doubling the pay
Of its own membes!!
1t passed a Law through the lower House
10 remove The seat of government from Har-
risburg 10 Philadelphia; a measure which,
if finally successful, will add millions of dol.
lars 10 The public debt, and place The people
of the State at the mercy Of the Speca lators OF
a city now governed by corruption of the
mos. diab characief
Owing to the corruption of ils'K..N., men,
bers, il was unable to elect a U. $. Senator,
one of its p%Iainest and most important du-
ties.
Here are a few of the realplanks in the X,
N, platform, which ADMIT of no doubt-noue
Of which, however, are 10 be found in the
little book which is represented as contain
ing X. NJ, principles-a book only designed
10 deceive.
FARMERS and TAXPAYERS, The issue is a
plain one. If you love these ihings--iher
encourage Know:Nolhins Midnight Lodges
II GU tisapprove of Them, then array your
selves, like true Americans, under the great
banner of Democracy, and contend fearless.
~ for lis glorious principles.
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Afftiis In Washington.

WASHINGTON, June 2i.-The Russian Min.
is!er treats as a matter Of merriment, among
his friends, what he regards as the exasgera.
ted accounts of the successes Of The Allies IN
the Sea Of Azof, and says, the people OF
England and France required The manniac.
lure Of victories 10 satisfy their clamors and
avert a social revolution. AS 10 the number
of vessels reported TO have been destroyed in
the Sea of Azod, he remarks that it very
greatly surpasses all the Russians ever had
there.
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Practice Us. P~REcEpT.-The Know Moth
ing platform adopted last week in the PhiIa-
delphia Convention, has a good deal 10 say
about reverence for " the Almighty Being
who rules the universe" belief ia Christian.
ty, aud love for the Bible. To show that
this is only The cant of hypocriles, intended
10 deceive religious people, let us look for a
moment, at.the following specimen of bias
,phemy which was telegraphed on Thursday
OF last week, from the Know-Nothing Con-
'%veution in Philadelphia 10 the Know,Some-
thing Convention al Cleveland:
"The North defeated! The pro-slavery
platform adopted! J! Thirteen States with
drawn -! God 'eternally d---n slavery and
doughfacism !! Il"
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Know NoTMNGIsM T~ADooED--The Pitts.
burg Synod of the Lutheran Church have
adopted the folio y ing resolution:
"Resohved, That in the judgment OF this
Presbytery, the principles Of our church ex-
clude from communion, the members of the
secret society, called Know Nothipgs, and
the members of all snck societies, and that
the ~Presby'ery direct sessions to enforce this
opinion.n
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A LETTER writer at Paris saYs :-The three
officers sent by our Government 10 study the
military works Of the allied camps before Se-
bastopol, have no., | ain told, thought fit TO
accept the conditions proposed to them by
the French Minister, which were simply 10
give their promise not 10 visit Sebastopol al
Ter having made their examination of the
French works. II is difficult TO see any
Thing d~ishonorable or unreasonable in such
conditions, which considering the impor-
lance TO the French OF not givins iuforma-
lion 10 the Russians s, the importance to the
Russians of getting il, and their repuled skill
in obtaining information were naturally pro.
posed by the French Government.
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" Postmaster General Campbell was ap-
piled 10 recently by The Postmaster, a, York,
Pa. TO know whether a letter containing, as
was So pposed, counterfeit money, could be
opened at The request of the police authori.
ties, ir order that the money contained there
in might be identified as The same as that
passed by the prisoner, and that thus further
evidence might be furnished 10 aid in his
conviction and punishment. The Posimas-
ter General replied, emphatioally, that ii
could not, that he had nc right, nor any Off.
Ger under him, 10 open any letter until il
reached the Dead-Leltef Office, and that this
principle must be always acted upon by those
in The employniento of the Depaitment.-Leg-
eF. raEH rn- Nsr" .e9-. aHH.s go
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THE ARMIES OF EuRopE.-A table Of the
land forces of the European powers gives
England 23o, 900 men, exclusive of the East
Indian army of s4s,oOo men !; France, $685..
900: Russia, 1854. 900; Turkey, 457, $50
Austria, $4,000; Prussia 5sO, 800, Germany,
2a4;oo5; Sweden and Norway, 1877, 600
Denmark, ss,sls; Sardinia, 1850. This
table shows that tho military resources Of
Russia equal the combined military resour.
ces Of England, France and Turkey,
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CP FOR 'CosGaE.s.-Hon. Thos. F. Mar
shall has announced himself a candidate for
Congress forahe Ashland District, Kentucky,
in opposition 10 his oun brother, DR., Mar
shall, who is the nominee of the Know
Nolhings. Captain Marshall intends TO place
himself on the old Wing platform, He is
aow opposed TO the Know Nothinss, although
a few weeks ago it was generally understood
he was in their favor.
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Within the past few days we have passed
through Scot, Orange and F~ishingcreeE town.
ships, and find that the weevil is this season
again in tho wheat, though not 10 such an
alarming extent as last summer. In many
cases the grain is SO fully perfected as 10 be
beyond the reach of iujury. aud in other fields
the insect is not found in any large proper
ton Of the heads. Slih, the crops will sus-
tain injury fIom this cause.
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u In lhs last two months, says the
Washington Star, five hundred men have en-
listed for the new regiments ordered by
Congress, This, independent Of the recru-
ting for the general service, which contin-
ues TO progress al The rate Of, perhaps, 45o
men per month. 1t is anticipated that in
about three months more, all the men re-
quired for the new regiments, will be OBJ
tanned.
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Georgia Politics.

BALTIMORE, June 24.-Hon. Charles o.
jenkins, of Georgia, declines being a candi-
date for Governor. He is an anli-Know-Nolh-
ing Wing, and as there are are now but two
parties in Georgia-the American and Dem
'ocratic-Mr. Jenkins says there is no place
for him in the coming contest.