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VIOLENCE AT ELEcTIoss.-From the constant
snarl IN the journals of the foreign faction, spec.
tator unacquainted with passing events, might be
induced 10 believe, that all the violence used dur.
lug elections, originated with the American party.
But such Is not the fact Violations Of law and
rowdylsin originated with the foreign party, and
the Americans had 10 repe force by force for their
protection-and If the Foreigners have been worst
ed IN this kind of encounter, they have themselves
only 70 blame. The foreigners we're the instruc.
tors of Americans in the art Of carrying elections
for there are few among US who do not recollect
when the Irish and Germans were regularly mus.
tered at the polls to keep wings from voting. The
Americans might say, to their foreign instructors
In the language Of the book" the villsiny you
teach me- that will practice and 1t shall 90 hard
but will better the example " There Is this df.
ference, however, the violence prsctised by for
eieners was TO encourage fraud ; whilst that prac.
tlsed by the Americans has been TO prevent IT,
The complaint Is, in fact, that Americans will no
longer tolerate iInpositoBs--that they will not
permit their rights TO be ped by strangers
This cause Of complaint will continue 20 exist !;
for we are fully satisfied that tie polls will be as
fully guarded al the approaching election as they
have been mt any time heretofore. The power Of
the National and State Governments may be
enlisted on the side of foreigners and combina-
tons may be formed aud systematic efforts be-
made to break down the American spirft--but
they must all fall The sons Of the soil are not 70
be deferred by any array Of power, whether civil
ot military, from maintaining their rights az free
men, and regulating their own concerns The
game which was successfully played in Washing
ton cannot be safely repeated here, nor do we
suppose that il will be attempted, for here Grand
and Petit Juries could not be packed to excuse
the murderers and convict innocent men. No.
10 Baltimore il will be impossible TO brow-beat the
Americans into submission, or TO have the cleo.
tons controlled by foreigners. If these people
hope TO vote, they must conduct themselves
quietly and with order. We do not suppose that
they will be deprived Of any right or privilege TO
which they are justly entitled; but they must not
undertake 10 tramTle upon the rights Of Ameri,
catls, who mean TO and viii elect Americans TO
the several offices in the City and State.--Baiti-
more Clipper y s. NJ aetveoA.aN
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Plug Uelies.

This small band of Americans, composed of some
forty or fifty young men of Baltimore, have been
proclaimed as the orginaors of The riots in Wash.
ngton city, at the election on the first day Of June
but go far no evidence has been adduced to
show that they were, in the slightest degree, con-
cerned in any violation of the law. A few Of them
went to that city Oh the morning of the election,
in order, we have understood, topreyent members
OF the Empire Club Of Baltimore, from interfering
with the elections. 1t seems that it was currently
reported in Washington some days prior TO the
election, that The Plug Uglies were TO be present
and it was no doubt arranged by the authori.
ties that the Marines should be ordered out TO
shoot them down. The facts disclosed by the tes-
timony intimate that such was the case but the
Marines, having been marched to the polls, found
no Plug Ugies 10 shoot down, and therefore turned
their deadly weapons upon citizens of Washington,
uassacreng, ndiscriminately, political friends ana
foes. They appear to have had no idea Of being
ordered under arms without doing some execution
and finding no PI1g Ugies to kill, they murder
ed inoffensive people. Was the order under which
they were called to do this murderous work, legall
That is a question which Judge Crawford refuses
70 have investigated, and the fdeilds Of the muir.
dered men are without redress 'A Aa'tl
From the testimony offered before the jury in
one Of the cases on trial. it is shown by Mr.. John
T. Merrill, that he ''breskfasted at Martins Frank
lin Hotel, with fifteen or twenty OF the persons
described as Pig Uglies. They went up TO the
Seventh street polls. Deponent followed them
close behind. When the Plugs got 10 the polls a
crowd congregated around them. Not much Of a
crowd. The Plug Uglcs did nothing. They stood
still and made no demonstration Thus it seems,
that some fifteen or twenty men struck such ter
ror TO the souls OF Magruder, the Mayor, and 9th
efs, that nothing less than hle OF hundred ma
rines, with oaded muskets, could quiet their
alarms. Aud yet, these terrible men, stood qui-
ely and peaceably, and made no hostile demon
stration. Suppose that they had interfered with
the election, and created riot, was the police OF
Washington so 'cowardly or incompetent as 70
permit fifteen or twenty iuen to set them at def
ancel The supposition is too absurd for belief
aud shows clearly, that the presence ola few young
men from Baltimore was only pretext for getting
up one Of the most shocking massacres that has
ever been perpetrated III this country. The al
legged rioters are now on trial. and we have little
doubt viii be convicted and punished, whether
innocent or guilty, that the original programme
may be carried out And this is justice as admin
istered at the seat Of the general government.
.If Bali. Clipper
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az We congratulate our friends in Missouri
upon the election Of Mr.. RawIins as Governor of
that State. Mr.. X. ia tnan Of sterling worth,
universally esteemed and respected, and Of cul-
tivsted mind He win adorn the station to which
he has been elected, and is worthy of the highest
office In the gift Of the nation. .-- 49, ~ ~
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a8- We are glad to observe signs Of returning
common sense among that portion Of upper
tendon" who have heretofore been in the habit of
running away from their comfortable homes every
summer, and taxing up their abodes in those
purgatories upon earth, the hotels at fashionable
watering places. As these places have been the
proverbial resort Of the snobs, those who are
unwilling 10 be considered az belonging to that
class End It necessary TO keep away from the
places where they most do congregate wolf
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~ To ApvxRrisKKs.--0 Our terms Of advert
sing win be, for the first insertion fse cents pei
linz. for each spbsequent insertion t'0o-and-a-hal
esnta AL who favor us in this respect, shall have
attention called to their advertisements, and from
time 70 time especd notices oftheir places of bu
sinsss and stock In trade.
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we take the tollowng account Of the way In
which our constitutional citizens" from Germany
spend the sabbath ID New York, from the
Herald: & VIC N a M
.The guzzling OF lager bier, Notwithstanding
the police injunction TO the contrary, was general
all over The city during the entire Of yesterday
more especially "a the evening advanced ALI the
lager bier saloons in the Bowery and elsewhere
were in full blast; and at some Of them the
jnglng Of glasses interrupted by lively strains
Of nnsic. The 7 cartons" so well known in thar
locality We're brilliantly illuminated outside, and a
constant stream of people kept pouring in and
ont. Several new attractions were announced on
posters suspended NJ The entrance, and altogether
It appeared as if Publication the order OF the
day.
But il was at the Volk's Theatre where the
crowd crushed. squeezed, swayed, swiped, and
swsltered. Inside, as thick as bodies of old and
Young, male and female, could be compressed,
with scarcely ebow-room enough TO toss off their
lager were at least 500 PERSONS talking, smoking,
drinking, joking, and having the tallest kind Of a
sqnalling of the "kinder," You might hear the
walters Cry out 'cakcs" "ice cream" more
schn ,pps!" The crowd W skmuch more disorderly
than last Sunday, and in one corner OF the theatre
was knot of as "hard cases" as ever belonged to
a dead rabbit association. They caused great
annoyance, and several times general row was
imminent, the proprietor Of the establishment
being frequently obliged to draw his club as well
as his lager. Not single policeman was to be
seen about It is said they are afraid, and the
consequence of their temerty and this open
defiance to law and order and Sunday observance
will be sooner later matter of serious difficulty
to SETTLE" '}N a
This is the class of people to whom the foreign
party ore striving to commit and are committing
the destiniea Of our country!
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And you vill 80 70 Hrs. p ["''F " \ "
ings" !, ,.,.,,,,, ,,,a..,,e . rs
The company began loudly 10 applaud Goyerl'or
F.. a. be concluded his remioiscencs, whsp
hs bid them ssase, as he too had finished al pp'
"Whst i itss What is its' rang aro @ we
circle. ',.s. go .ha, III, ~ ]
"why, nothing more nor less M, MI ,nna :, :.
n nu ~. Aoysrnor rs he pointed to his dist'
p puishsd and sstonshed freud amid the Plarldu
Of the assembly. N sanllgs 3af. nol1 lI--La
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Samuel G. Scott, Postmaster at Golfers, Edge
field District, s. c., has been arrested on charge
Of robbing the mail. He ID now in jail at Au'
gusta.
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~ All communications relating to the publ
cation of this paper, must be addressed to c. W.
FENTON, Washington, d. G. ~,
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HEHENRY JOHNSON, our agent for I'd, Sd
aaa 4th Wards, has established the following
places for the accommodation Of persons wishing
g subscribe Tor the american. To insure pune
tuaity, subscribers viii please be particular and
i've the correct number Of their houses, the name
a the street or avenue fronts on, and the name
of the two streets it ID between We have nun
bsr Of subscribers who have not been found BY
ths carriers In consequence Of the imperfect, and
in many casSs, inaccurate description Of their res.
idAnoes: II M ...ii ~. ,.,,5,t,..0
10Th and llth., t In ...'l .,,.,s a.... 4.
b. w. Reed, grocery, corner Of l4th aud F sts.
I'd Ward-J. .AcNew, grocery, opposite n. l.,
market, on 7th street. ,.,. n. +.
G, Ne. $50. s.s,.a,.,,. ,,.,,l bs.t q ISL. 3r IS
8. De Camp Co.. bookstore, 1873. Pa, ay,
bstwesn 4 Ia and 9th streets.
NorK.-No money Is to be paid to the carriers fol
the paper The agent himselfis the only person to
whom payments are to be made, and will be col
lected weekly. sn' +t ''-
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/, Dysentery, of a malignant type, prevails in the
Big Spring neighborhood, Page CO., Va.
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First Ward, Alfred d. Barron, corner OF and
Twentieth streets. & ...,,si, !, etl,, ~
son, residence 409 q street. .fo-4 M, 84iasa ~
For Georgetown, Mr. Devipe. IA
For Seventh Ward, Mr.. Burgess, corner of Eighti
and D streets, Island. w 90
For Sixth Ward, John Little. +, n lap.'' '1'.,
For Fiji Ward Mortimer Smallwool, No. 81,
North Capitol street between B and C.inHW e .
Or. ]. w. Parkinson, Parker street. between Lonl-
bard and Pratt y our agent for the city Of Baltimore
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THk CNcfsEATI TRAeEDY.--Loefner, the Gin
cinnsti murderer is growing worse, and his speedy
death is regarded as very probable. The danger
has arisen from an internal efusion of pus in the
cellular tissues Of the throat, likely to produce
strangulaton.
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THE AMERICAN.
WASHINGTON. AUGUST IL, 1867.


- Cardinal MHxims.
lst. The Federal Union must De niaintaineu.
I'd The reserved rights Of the States must bs
"a. The decisions Of the Supreme Court must be
'sn6,ycad sA!1 igRe lt sl9ALalllta ti ~ ltf3
1th union Of Church and State must be pre-,
vented $40 ~ a0y 100 ehfI| 1stt" 'GsN'.- ~
9Th Thesrights' Of conscience must be guarai-
toed. aa gad poI <. lya's5.H t'H4"l'
eth. American interests must be promoted.
7th. An American nationality must be CHEZ
iShed. vel Of hGaas9h ti'A% 4ifc N.',.,1 s.
sth. Sectional agitation must be terminated ~
eth. Foreign paupsrs and criminals must be eh 8
ch,dad HiNUt 9at hi iio aAsi,H ElI
10. The naturalization laws must be amended
18th. "6quAater sovereignty" and alien saffrags
must BE- rspndhted. ,41oat ad a .SaE .set N'
18th. Americans must rule America. ~ l }t
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AT the recent celebration Of West India Emari-
cipstion, at Pittsburgh, Pa, colored orator let
slip the following "When a nation turns from
God and humanity, then God catches that nation
by the neck and twists it up, and rolls il up, and
hurls It down there, further than a SUMS beam
could catch 1t an a thousand gears"
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DIscHAReED FROM THE NAVY YARD.--0n Friday
afternoon an entire gang Of rigzers were dis
charged from the Navy Yard by order of Captain
French, who, in the ABSENCE of Commodore
stringham. IL in command. The cause Of the
discharge was the refusal Of the riggers 10 do a
lob out Of the line Of their USUAL duty. ''N
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TnR LARsrsT MANN THE woRLD-some weeks
ago Miles Darden died IL Tennessee, and was said
70 be the largest man in the world. The jackson
Wbig says; :" His coffin was eight feet long !;
across the breast thirty-two inches across the
head eighteen inches; across the foot fourteen
Q ches its depth thirty five inches. He weighed
b, S45 eight hundred aud seventy-one pounds
HIS height was seven feet six inches. His weight
when he died, a. nearly as could be ascertsined
Was fraction over one thousand pounds. "'a'' Z
John, said Clergyman to one of his flock
" you should become a teetotalef---you have been
drinking again to-day DO you never take q
wee drop youself, cir ~ inquired John. :" All, but
John, you must look at your circumstances and
mine" Vera true" quoth John, "but, sir,
can you tell me how the streets Of Jerusalem were
kept 80 cleauT g. No, john, cannot tell you
that" " Wsel, sir, il was just because every one
kept his own door clean " replied John with an
air OF triumph iu.l YIthlaii'idf ifit YOU'D
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1857-10-31

Glass BALLOT Boxes -BCNKER HUI
TAKEN DOwN.-A large numher Of glass
ballot boxes for use in this Safe arc now in
process of manufacture at the New England
Glass Factory in Cambridge This article a.
or road,rs may know, is the Invention Of a
Californian. and is designed to prevent stuff.
Ing, the use Of false bottoms, and other fraud,
at elections. The invention of such a con
trivancc by citizen of California is an inter.
estng Illustration Of the law Of supply and
demand.
The new ballot boxes are glohular in form
and resemble the glass vessels in which golJ
fish arc commonly kept They have lik,
these. single opening at the top, which i
just about large enough for good sized fish
to enter. A Slight projection at the bottom
Tits IN a socket IN an iron plate: the neck of
the globe is fitted to similar iron plate at the
top four rods at the cornors connect th,
two plates together. The whole globe i,
thus IN full view, and it can he readily be
seen what is deposited hy the voter -whethe,
one vote ora dozen. All s,ulIing by means
ef false bottoms is rendered impossible.
Neither this conrivance nor any other can
obviaie all frauds affections. an unprincplt
judge at the pals can probably corrupt ever
ballot which is taken by means Of til,
transparent globe. But it Will render som,
of the worst frauds hitherto practiscd quite
impiacticablc.
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VIRGINIA PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD. The Vir,
ginia New School Prcsb terrain Synod, which
has just closed its session at Washington
adopted the ronort of its committee recon-
mcndng the Withdrawal from the General AS.
scmbly i'll consequence of the action Of that
body on the slavery qucstin. The vote stood
yeas 80, nays 3-MesSrs. Sunderland aud
Haskell, Of Washington, and Dunning, Of
Baltimore, being the disscntients. The Synod
also adopted resolutions approving as whole
the resolutions adopted by a portion of the
church which lately met in Richmond pledg-
lug itself to cordially cooperate in the or.
ganization of the United Synod of the Pres
byterian Church to meet at Knoxville, Tenn.
esscc, OH the first Thursday of April.
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SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 81, 1857.

A SHOWER OF MAMA. DO not be inc,ed-
ulous, reader, when we inform you tina. on
Monday last, at the foot of Clear Lake, in
this county, shower Of sugar candy fell
covering large tract Of country 1t covered
ererything-lcavcs Of trees, rocks and the
enrth's surface alike. When discovered by
the inha bitants the next morning, part Of
it was of the consistency of syrup, and the
rest as perfectly crysalizrd MS The candy of
the shops. Its taste is precisely similar to
that Of nnilavored candy. Mr.. J. Hale, the
Clear Lake expressman, saw it while on the
ground and collected box as samples which
he brought to us. There is no mistake about
the matter, as the public may learn for then-
selves by calling at our office. The speci-
mems before MS are generally irregularly crys-
talizcd, rounded at one end and irregular in
form at the other, AS if broken off from some
surface to which they adhered. They are
from onc.fourth to tve-cights oe an inch in
length, some pure white and others of deli
cate pink hue. Their general appearance is
that of very small sIalag,ntcs, such as we
have often seen in caves A similar shower
occurred at Salt Lake some years since.
Naturalsts pretended to explain such phe-
nomcna by saying that such saccharine show
ers aie Of insect origin; but their explana-
tons seem even more improbable than the
fact itsclf-the latter being well attcstcd, and
the former mere Theory to excuse ignorance
of Natures wondrous workings. Re-
p'sJticda
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1857-10-31

SHALL TIE APPLE ORCHARD DE PLANTED ?
With the prospect Of Winter apples at five
dollars u barrel, and hard to get at that, this
becomes very pertinent inquiry. A few
hundred barrels of apples to sell this Fall
would wipe out the old debts, and make YOU
almost independent. What a pity you had
not planted the orchard ten years ago as YOU
talked Of The old orchards are dying out.
and somebody must plant new, or we Shall
soon have a dear;h of apples every year.
But there is danger Of Cutting the mar
Eet. No such thing. 1t was very lazy
fellow who made that suggestion. There is
not so much danger OF surplus of apples, a,
of corn and will not be fora half Il century
to come. We know of a farmer whc.pl.nts
every year, and though he has 500 thrifty
trees out, will plant another orchard this
Fall. The fact is, 1t pays. Twenty or thir-
this Fall will prove good investment Try
it.
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1tlisrr[l allco,!s.

The HARD TINES AMONG THE NBw ENG.
LAND FAcroRIEs.-T Lowell Mass Cour-
Ter. from personal inquiries of the officers OF
the different companies, presents the follow
ing view Of the different manufacturing cor
porations in that city:
The Hamilton Manufacturing Company are
running 1900 out Of $4,000 spindes, and
run but five days in each week The print
works are in full operation but run only five
days per week.
The Lawrence have stopped ESQ out Of |
so looms, and expect to stop l25 moe with
IN short time. They are now running SIX
days, but expect soon to stop one day per
week. Notice has been given that there
would be reduction in the price of labor,
but the per cent, has not been fixed upon.
HE looms stopped on this corporation were
those on which heavy cloth were made. so
that the reduction in the number of pounds
manufactured is nearly onc-haf
On the Suffolk one half Of the works are
stopped. and the others run six days per
week. They have not reduced the price of
labor, but expect to very soon.
The whole number of looms on the Ire
mont is $50. Of which they have stopped 374
They have received notice that the wages
will be reduced II! per cent. commencing on
the November payment. On the Merrilnac
one mill, in which shcetinss have been made
stopped. All the other works are running
SIX days per week. They have reduced the
price of labor, but the rcductonis not theSamc
on all The work 1t is from 20 to lG per cent,
and will take effect in November. All the mills
on the Boot are stopped, and we could not
learn when they are TO start up again. On the
massachusetts $50 out Of .227 looms are
stopped, and the others are running bu, four
DAYS per week. On the Prescott lG3 out
GIL are stopped, and the Others are running
bat four days per week. OF the Middl1sex
Company we are authori zcd to make no
statement except that they have not yet de-
cldcd what they shall do The Lowell Com
pany have stopped all their cotton works
Something more than three (onrths of the
works in the carpet department are running
five days in week. This company has al
so giyen notice that the wages will he rcdu-
ctd. Tie reduction will not he uniform but
raIlcs OH different kinds Of work.
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STEPHEN ALIENS PocwGr PIEcM.-In the
pocket book of the Hon. STEPHEN ALLEN
who was drowned several years ago by a
Steamboat disaster on the Hudson river was
found a printed slip, apparently cut from a
newspaper, of which the following is a copy:
Keep good company or none. Never b.
idle. If your hands cannot he uS9ully chi
poyod, attend to the cultivation Of your
mind. Always speak the truth. Make few
PROMISES. Live up to your engagements
Keep your own secrets. if you have any
When yon speak to person, look him in the
face. Good COMPANY and good conversation
are the very sincws of virtue. Good charac.
ter is above all things else. Your character
cannot be essentially injured except by your
own acts. If any one speaks evil Of You, let
Your life be 50 that none will believe him.
Drink no kind Of intoxicating liquors. Ever
live jmiSrortune cxpcctcdl with your income.
When you retire 10 bed, think over what you
have been doing during the day. Make no
haste to be rich, If you would prosper. Small
and steady gains give competency with tran
guilty OF mind. Never play at any game OF
chance. Avoid temptation, through fear you
may not Withstand it. Earn money before
you spend it. Never RIM into debt unless
you see a way to get ont again Never bor-
row if yoa can possibly avoid it. Do not
marry until You are able to support a wife.
Never speak evil of any ono. Be- just before
yon are generous. Keep yourself innocent il
would be happy. Save when you are young
to spend when you are Old. Read over the
above maxi us at least once a week.
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A BLUNT ConcLUsIoN.-Th The New York
Sun declares clearly, but with great calm
1--WE arc becoming nation of vain extra.
VACANT fools. From January LIST to this date
we have imported foreign merchandise to the
value of one hundred and seventy five mill
ions of dolars.-obout fourteen millions
more than our imports amounted 70 for the
same time last year. The value of our ex-
ports since January lst is about fifty mill.
ions of dollars. orabout four millions ofdoll-
ais less than our exports for the same time
We have run into debt this year alone,
about one hundred and twenty-five millions
of dollars. and by the end Of the year will be
much larger"