4 arli,slr.,l) . end tr. €7,• Atit, - CARLISLE, PA". WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1865 TH. LARGEST AND CHEAPEST NEWSPAPER et/NIBEIMANtI COUNTY • Terms -Two Dollars a year, or One Dollar and Fifty Cents, if paid inpictually in Advance $1 75 if paid withiu the yea,. LvAn Open American State Con vention was held at Harrisburg list week t lore were about thißTy dele gates present. Limber Cleaver, Esq., the standing candidate of the Native Americans, for several years past, was nominated for Canal Commissioner, and the Convention resolved amongst odic.- things, to support no unin for office' who would not espouse the principles of the Know Not(iing party openly. Ell= GEORGE LAW AGAIN. The New York Herald eulogizes " the vast administrative ability" which fits George Law for the Presidency, and the Philadelphia Sun, very much to our sur prise, echoes the herald's panegyric.— The new American-party has come off second best in several bardllencounters with its foes lately, and if the insane spirit which rules in certain quarters is allowed to predominate we nay look for, that which went up as a rocket to speedi ly come down like the stick. The per si,tent forcing of George Law and other new men" of like character upon the country for the Presidency is a trifling with a great question which cannot failto meet with a signal rebuke. The Ameri can party is in more danger of overthrow from the recklessness of-some of its lea ders and presses than from the continued assaults of Looofocoism. SAM'S UPS AND DOWNS.—Since the American victory in Washington, Sam has been beaten in,the town of Norwich, Conn. which last year Ire carried by 300 majority. A worse defeat has been ex perienced by the Americans in Buffalo ; N, Y. At an election last week for Judge of the supreme Court, the vote stood for Houghton, K. N. 2443; for Masters, Fesion candidate, 5002, majority fur Masters 2559. Last year the Americium carried thf city over all opposition by a derided majority. A municipal election in New London, Conn. has resulted in the success of the Know Nothing ticket by 35 majority. in April it is said they had 400 majority. , RELIEF NOTES—The report that these notes would not be received hereafter for taxes in PennsyltTania is incorrect. On the contrary, a State law, went into effee't on the Ist inst., requiring them to be received for taxes, or redeemed in par funds by the State Treasurer, and then destroyed, while banks, county treasurers, collectors, &c, are expressly prohibited from paying theirs out. This is an excel lent law, and should be strictly observed, as gold and silver are abundant through out the country. igaY - A great demonstratiomagainst the new liquor law, took place at Lancaster city, on Saturday . Dele4lations were present from all parts of the county, and from, Lebanon and Berks, attended by brass bands, and bearing banners, etc , -- A largo procession was formed, and marched through ,the city, and in the afternoon a meeting took place. Reso lutions were adopted, styling the law an illegal enactment, and contrary to the expressed popular will. , GRAIN AND FLOUR.—The presenthigh prices of grain and flour cannot rule much longer in our markets. The com ing crops are said to be most promising 'in every part of the • Union. If any of our farmers are holding back for higher prices they will be apt to get their fin gers burned. TILE K. N. NATIONAL COUNCIL. Itx iiiktobers and Doings. The Philadelphia News enumerates a large portion of distinguished politicians from every State in the Union whq very singularly happened to be in Philadel phia last week, and as it is no secret that a grand Know Nothing National Coun cil was in session at the same time, it will probably do no great violence to truth to presume Out their presence in dicated a lively degree of interest in the movements of the mysterious Sam. We subjoin the list in which will be found a number of 'Whir. and Democratic names familiar to our readers : From Maine Louis 0 Cowan, James M. Lin cola, Hampshire, ex Gov. Colby ; from Massachn setts, Gov. Gardiner, Senator Wilson, Mayor Bulliington, Councilor Foster; A 11. lily, and others ; from Vermont., lion. It. Fletcher, Messrs. Guilford, Pierport and Hatch ; front Connecticut, lion H. 1). Sperry, Messrs Ells worth rind Griswold ; from Rhode Island, Messrs. Green, Harris, Nigh tengale nod others; from New York, James W. Barker, Daniel Vii man. Horatio Se . yinour, Jr., Hon Jas. Brooks, S. F . 11 Mallory, George N. Sanders, Thomas J Lyons, L. S. Parsons, S. Sammons, G Squires, Judah Hammond, F. 11. Ruggles, an( a large number of others ; from New• Jersey Joseph A. Scoville, Dr. Deshler; from Dela ware, lion John W. Houston, Messrs Johnson Pyle, Clement, and Robinette; from Maryland Messrs. Ricaud, Purnell, Orr, and others ; fro!' Virginia, Hon. John S. Pendleton. A R. Boto ler, Wm. M Burwell, A. J. Crane, R. Ridg way, Jr , Messrs. Arthur. Bowfin, Moore. El lyson, and Satiny; from North Carolina, lion Kenneth Rayner,- Messrs. Sheperd, Littlejohi Davidson, and oiliers ; from South Carelina, Messrs. Richardson, Cunningham, and Russell, and others ; from Georgia, Judge Cone, and Washington Poe, and others; from Alabama, thou. A. P. Hopkins, Mcs-rs. Bradford, and Steward, and ethers; from Lousiana, John Claiborne, Messrs. Bunco, Hardy, and others; "from Texas, Messrs, Harper, McCall, and Dar (ten ; from Florida, Messrs, McCall, Randall, ilebry, and Johnson; from Arkansas, CA pt. Albert Pike, and others; from Missouri, lien R. A. Gamble, Messrs, Harris, Hughes and others ; from Kentucky, Geo. D. Prentice, Col. .1. S. Williams, Col. A 'l'. Burnley, Hun. H. Crider, Col. E Bartlett, and others ; from Tennessee, Ex-Gov. Brown and others; from Ohio, Bush White, and others ; from Illinois, Messrs. Eastman, Jennings, Dannehower, and others; from Indianna, Hon. 0. S. Orth, Iron Schuyler Colfax, Hon. Wm. Cumback, Messrs. Wallace, Slaughter, Hanery, and Allen ; from Michigan, Moses Wisner, Messrs. Coe, Denton, Baker, and others; fiom Wisconsin, It. Blan chard, C. W Cook, D. E. Wood, W. J. Adams, H. J. Butt; from California, Messrs. Olds, Matthews, and others ; from PennsylVania, Ex-Gov. Johnston, C O. Loomis, Hon Thad deus Stevens, lion. Samuel Calvin, J. B. Bell, R. A. Lumberton ; Simon P. Case, and a large number of others. The members of the Convention have s) far succeeded in keeping their proceed ings in a great degree secret, very little information having. transpired as to the diseussions, which it was, expected would have been of a stormy character. The convention holds its sessions in the .Assembly ° 'Buildings, corner of South and Chesnut streets. Several difficulties are unders nod to have occurred in rela tion to tie organization of the conven tion. rom Louisiana two sets of dele gates appeared. One from lodges com posed wholly of Protestant members, the other from an organization embracing in its ranks numerous Catholics, one of whom presented himself as a dele gate. The delegates from the Protestant wer) admitted after a warm contest, by a vote of 78 to-44. The credentials of the Mississippi delegates were an regular character, but they we e all ad mitted to seats. The slavery inestion is said to have been discussed at sonic length in connexion with the organiza tion, and great clashing of opinion shown between northern and southern members. It has however as yet led to no serious consequences. The N' Y. Tribune cor respondent who professes to have exten sive knowledge of the doings of the Con vention, says that the management of the Convention is in the hands of the south and that the northern men aro out-witted in every thing : The North and West it is said are neither fully. nor ably repre sented. A bitter feeling was manifested toward Senator Wilson, of Mass. whose course was severely denounced, but who inet'his accusers with great firmness and eloquence. A decided opposition was manifested to the reelection of James W. Barker, of Now York, as President of the National Organization. On Friday afternoon the election took place, and on the sixth ballot E. B. Bartlett, of Ken tucky, was elected. •He received 94 votes and Barker' 52. The friends of Gov: Gardner, of Mass. who bad 49 @sssalat Alma k 3 votes on the third ballot, finally went over to Bartlett and secured his election. The organization was completed by the election of C. D. Freeman, of Pennsylva nia, as Vice President ; C. W. Deshler of New Jersey, Corresponding Secretary; Mr. Stephens, of Maryland, Recording Secretary ; Henry Crane, of Ohio, Treas ., nrer, and Rev. Henry W. Rugg, of Massachusetts, Universalist, as Chap lain. A committee to repOrt a Platform was , also appointed, consisting of thirty-one m'einbers, tnomr whom 'are Ford, of Ohio ; Colfax, of Indiana ; Foster, of Massaehusetbi; Colby, cif New Hump- shire; Johnston, of Pennsylvania : Ly ens, of New York ; Houghton, of North !arolina ; and one from each of the °the* States. The Tribitne e9rrespondent says " the Northern members will offer the Ohio Platform as their doctrines in full. They will contend for the restoration of the Missouri Compromise to the death. The south, seeing the determination of the the north, talk of accepting the restora tion with a proviso in favor of actual set tlers, lint the north say no proviso."— A letter in the N. Y. Express, of Monday evening, however, giVes a different ye:- sion OT - affairs, and says— " But all the indications to day are, that " Sam" will split Upon the ruck of Slavery, mid thus he knocked to pieces. A few Abell tionists threaten to secede,—and their secess ion would be artful.—hut that a few Northern men, incapable of appreciating that state of things, will then rn , frer a plat f.trm of no use South, and not maintainable in the North. after such secession. The Council is not in working condition, and is not likely to be.— Msny of the materials, perhaps most, are of the intractable and indocile order. The fail- i tg of the effort to agree upon what no party ever agreed, or in this cotintry, ever eau agree, " Slavery," is Immrly demonstrated. The touching of the siNoct at all is death to the American Organization, but in spasmodic out breaks." The defeat of Barker fur President is said to be an overthrow of the George Law party, which had been rampant until. that event. :qr. Bartlett, the new President, is said to be a man of liberal feelings to the north. A report prevail ed that one of the southern members was suspected of being a Catholic _spy, his conduct in the• Convention being rather peculiar and his energy in taking notes having excited suspicion. The election of a Universalist clergyman as chaplain is exceedingly odious to many of the members, who were not previously aware of his denominational position. The con vention is still in session and its platform is not yet promulgated. We give the above floating reports of. its proceedings, as wo find them in the city papers.— Their correctness cannot be vouched for. A NEW Move IN THE CRIMEA.— The European papers talk of a change in in the plan of campaign of the allies in the Crimea. The plan for the summer is said Ao be that 25,000 men of the French rescrves,Thoistributed at Nas lak, Ciallipoli and Adrianople, are to be brought to the Crimea, to be followed by . froni 30,000 to 40,000 add itonal troops, Piedmontese and French. As soon as the reserves arrive, and without waiting for the additional reinforcements, the French army will Proceed to cross the Tchernaya, attack the Russians in the field, and when the reinforcements come up, clear the peninsula of Russians, and fortify PerekOp. The main army will then return and finish the siege of Sebas topol at leagure. Kaffit and Kertch are the first to be secured as points of retreat for the army of the allied forces, for the Russians have an army of from eighty to one hundred thousand in the field, and all the accessible points have been strong ly fortified. There will be Some,.san guinary work before the Russians are driven out of the . Crimp, rt 1f 'Wise had been beaten in Vir ginia, the democratic party would have been dead and buried before _this time. Everywhere the democrats arc rejoic ing over (the result in the spirit that an imates a man who has just had a narrow escape from destruction. Evidently the result was unexpected by them, . and the extent and imminence of their peril are demonstrated by the extravagance A* their joy at the short ropreive afforded them., THE OHIO PLATFORM The American State Council of Ohio held a meeting 'last week in Cleveland. There were said to be 400 members pres ent, representing a nominal membership of 130,000. No ticket was nominated for State officers, but a platform of prin ciples was adopted atTd ordered to be published. It is as follows First reiterating the doctrines of the Decla ration of Independence; second, the ;mainte nance of the Union paramount to all other considerations ; third, faithful adherence to the Constitution of the Union, and obedience to all la" enacted inaccordancewitiloittLs. spirit and intent ; fourth, depreciating the ex- i,tence of slavery in the Union, disaibwing nil responsibility for and intention of interfering "with it in the states where it exists, but de- ' mantling its extinction where the general gov. eminent holds authority, and that there tt:rtitiay, and nu A! 110 more slave States; fifth, announcing a determine tion to prevent, by all lawful means, the in terfurence of slavery with free territory, in the rights of freemen, as in Kansas; sixth, in favor of protection and encouragement to American industry, internal improvements, &c. Seventh. acknowledging fellowship with all who renounce allegiance to any foreign prince or potentate, particularly the- Pope of Mine. And so on through the rest of the generally received tenets of Americanism. er.OWII (1118 631111it).31tatters. RAILROAD M : .:rits;cl.—A meeting of the Commissioners and friends of the York, Dillsburg and Greencastle Railroad, will be held nt the public house of Thomas Costa magna, at Boiling Spring, Cumberland Co., on Saturday 23d, at 10 o'clock, A M. A general turnout is requested, as bu , iness of impor• t .nce will be iransacted. CARLISLE I'UESRYTERY.—A meeting of the Presbytery- of Carlisle, (0. S was held in the Second Presbyterian Church in this borough yesterday, which drew together a considerable number of ministers and elders. In the afternoon the Rev. Mr. EALS was in• stalled as Pastor of.the church, with the usual MBE@ PERRY WARM SrniNcs.—The anima advertisement of this favorite watering place will be found in our paper to-day, to which we invite attention. We understand Mr. Etter has made a number of improvements, giving new attractions to the place since last season. PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The Examinations for the year 1855, trill be held as follows, viz: I`III3.IAIRY DEPARTMENT The examinations will commence on Friday morning, June 22, at 8 o'clock, with the schools taught by Miss Wightman i Mrs. Cauf• man and Miss Iteighter, and in the afternoon of the same clay, at 2 o'clock, with those under the care of Miss Beetem and Miss Edmond. On Saturday morning, June 23, the colored school in charge of Miss Bell, and the school taught by Mrs. Adair, at 8 o'clock. On Monday morning, June 25, Miss Web, ber's and Mr. Searight's schools, nt 8 o'ctock, and in the afternoon of ,same day, at 2 o'clock,Miss Armstrong's and Mr. McCartney's schools. SECONDARY DECA7AIENT On Tuesday morning, June 26, Miss Under wood's school, at 8 o'clock, awl in the after noon of same day, at 2 o'clock, Miss Ego's school. On Wednesday morning, Juno 27, Mr. Spottswood's school, at 8 o'clock, and at 2 o'clock same day, Mr. Fount's school. On Thursday morning, June 28, the Male High school, under the core of Mr. - Eckels, at 8 o'clock, and at 2 o'clock same day, the clas ses for transfer from Miss Ego's and Mr. Foulk's schools will assemble for special ex- Initiation at Education Hall. On Fjjiday morning, June 29, the classes of Mr Spottswood's and Miss Underwood's scoop .q recommended for transfer, will as semblo in Education Hall, for special exami nation at 8 o'clock. On Friday evening, nt 7/ o'clock, a Lecture will be delivered, accompanied by vocal and instrumental music, and other interesting ex• ereises. The Female Mgt* school and Miss Underwood's school will be in attendance, and the schools will then be dismissed for the vaca tion. The Directors together with s `the Board of Examiners, will attend the different examina tions in the school rooms. The 'Directors aro distributed in Committees as follows: • Messrs. BLAnt. and SAXTON will attend the examinations of 'Miss Bell's, Mr. Searight's, Mrs Caufman's, Miss Armstrong's, and Miss Beetems's schools. Messrs. Ilmett.Ton and QVICILEY will attend the examinations of • Miss Reighter's, Mrs. Adair's, Mr. McCartney's and Mr. Searight's schools. Messrs. SKILES and COUNMAN will attend the examinations of Miss Wightmates, Miss Armstrong's, Miss Edmond's, and Miss Web ber's schools.. The whole Board, together with the Com mittee of Examiners, will attend each of the other exatninations_at the times above specifi ed in their respective school rooms. The parents of scholars and citizens general ly, are respectfully , invited to attend the ex aminations and Lecture. J. HAMILTON, • E. CORNMAN, 11. SAXTON, _) Committee of Arrangement. ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS. The Naples correspondent of the London Daily News gives an account of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, now in full operation• The lava, by the latest accounts, has advanced ten miles from its source and is doing much dam age : I have before me the. report of Cozzolino as to the latest changes which 'have taken place about the cone. Just at the base of it a lake of fire has-been formed, which looks like a red sea in an undulatory state. In the very ent ire of this has opened another crater, which is throwing out red hot stones. The whole of the summit of the crater is like a sponge, and must inevitably fall in. The thin crust trem bles under your feet. You may see the stones dance with the tremulous movement ; the part immediately round the crater looks like the sides of a heated copper boiler There are re ports of an opening towards Pompeii, which is not unlikely, and of another towards Regina. Last night I went to the scene of most stirring interest, after_an-Interval of-t wo-dtrys. As we pproac he d the menaced neighborhood, the in habitants were removing their goods; and an a bridge, in the middle of the little township of Cercolo, were Suppers, raising mounds on either side, to divert the ruin from some pri vate grounds, and keep the lava in one straight course. Since the morning it had moved a mile. It was like a vast river of glowing coke, As it moved on, the tens of thousands of lumps rolled and tumbled one over the other, crack ling, and grinding, and gratieg ; and when, from the very face of it, a large lump fell off, the appearance was that of an iron furnace when the iron is being drawn. What struck me at first, and still strikes the as the most majestic feature in the whole scene, is the slew, silent, irresistable motion of that fiery flood. Active, almighty power without an ef fort! Sweeping everything before it, over coming every obstacle, growing up against in tervening wads or houses, and devouring them bodily, and then marching on in the same si lent, unrelenting, irresistible manner as be fore. There was a spot beneath my beet where a wall of masen work had been built to brr ak the winter floods; to this spot all eyes were directed. The fiery river would fall over it in an hour ; ns yet it was distant from a seventy yards. perhaps. Gradually it rose in height, and swelled out its vest proportions, nod then vast masses fell off and rolled forward: then it swelled again as•fresh matter came pressing down behind, and so it broke, and on it rolled again and again, till it had arrived nt the vsyy edge. There was A•general buzz and murmur of voices. The royal flintily stood opposite to me; intermingled with the crowd, looking on with intense anxiety. At last it broke, net hurriedly, still with a certain show of majesty. At first a few small lumps fell down ; then poured over a pure liquid of metal, like thick treacle, clinging sometimes mass to mass, from its glutinous character, end loft of all tumbled over gigantic lumps of scoria). The expectation is that the lava, should the erup tion continue, will flow down to the Ponte Maddaloni, and into the sea. So grand and so destructive an eruption has uot been known for. many years. BURNING A NEGRO AT ran STAKE IN ALA BAMA.—We have already recorded the murder of Miss Thornton, a respecable young lady, near .Gaston, Alabama, by a negro man. The horrible affair created the greatest excitement, and subsequently the murderer was forcibly taken from the custody of the civil authorities by a mob, and put to a terrible death, an ac count of which in thus given !in the Marion Republican of the 28th ult; " • On Friday last, after dun pr4pnration, they carried him to the spot where he so cruelly murdered his innocent victim, and burnt him alive at the stake: About three thousand per sons were present, who witnessed, with various emotions, the dreadful spectacle. We were present, but hope that we will never again witness a scone like it. The pyre was com posed of several cords of light WOOII, in the centre of which was a green willow stake, selected in consequence of its indestructibility by firm On the top of the pile of light wood the criminal was placed, and securely chained to the stake. While in this situtation he con fessed his guilt. After this confession was made the match was applied, and in a few moments the devouring flames were envelo ping the doomed negro; his fearful cries re sounded through the air, while the surround ing negroes who witnessed his dreadful agony and horrible contortions sent up an involuntary howl of horror. His sufferings, though cx •crutiating, were short; in a few minutes the flames had enveloped him entirely., revealing now and then as they fitfully swayed, hither. and thither, his black and burning carcass, like u demon of the fire, grinning as, if in hel lish triumph at his tormentors. Soon all was over—nothing was left but the burning flesh and charred skeleton of this human devil, who could thus deliberately perpetrate 60 foul a critue. Deaths. On Thursday tho 9th inst., Aire. ELIZABETH AL TER, of W'ebt Ponnsbiprough townglap, aged SS years, 1 month and 21) daye. In his borough, on Thursday last, Mrs. JANE &POTTS WOOD, in the 84th year of her age. On Saturday night week, after a lingering inner•. Mr. ISAAC SIIEAFFER, of this place, aged about 45 years. On Thursday last, after a short Illness, Mr. ill\A• THAN LIMN, of this place, aged about 40 years. __.LO _ TMPOR'i'ANT To LOVE OF .I_FILESII FRUIT at all seasons.—The r übscriber has Just opened ale's/ dozen Rennetlea! self sealing FRUIT CANS, for preserving Fruits, Tomatoes, Green Corn, &e., fora whole year in a fresh state—require no I' Mitering and may be used year after year and are easily opened and cloned without the aid of n Griner. Call and exam• en them. GEO. W. lIITNER. Juno 13. '55. • QCHOOL TEACHERS WANTED.- LyriißEE TEACHERS (1 male and 2 fenialesjwanted to take charge of the public SChOWS of the !wrong') of NEB - VILLE. The Board of Directors will meet appli cants at the public lichee' House In raid Borough on TUESDAY the 26th Inst., when the County Fuporin. tendant will be present to conduct the ozaniintttfniw.-- To competent teachers liberal 11.102010#1 will le paid, lid order of the Board, JOSEPH IL HERRON, Norville -lune 9tb, ID. • Fecretarl " E 3
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