TERMS OF WBUCATION.
2,2 00 per annum, in advance—dr
g 2 SO, If not paid within the year.
No subscription taken for a less term than six
months, and no discontinuance, permitted until
all arrearages are paid. ’A failure to notify a
discontinuance at the expiration of a term, will
he considered aflew'engagement. -
Advertisements —.sl OO'pci’'square for the
first three insertions, and twenty five cents’ for
every subsequent one.
LEMUEL TODD,
. ’ ATTORNEY AT LAW.
OFFICE No. 10, Harper’s Row, in the room
formerly occupied by Isaac Todd, Esq.
Carlisle, August 20, 1841.
SAMUEL R. HAMILL,
ATtORKEYAT LA W.
Will practice in the several courts of'Cumber
land county. Oilicc in Main street, the office now
occupied by James H. Dovor, Esq.
Carlisle, September 30, 1841. " •
CHARLES M’CLURE,
Attorney at Law.
OFFICE in Main street, a few doors west of
the Post Office,
Carlisle, April 29, 1841.
WIiIIAM H. I.AT/SBEIITtm,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WILL practice and attend to collections in
the comity ol Venango. In any business
that may be entrusted to him, he will be assist
ed by &unu&l A. Purvianc.o, Esq. of Butler,
Franklin, August 12,1841. ♦ If
New
HAT XtSAM'VSLACTOKar..
TglllE subscriber has rented the shop hcreto-
JL fore occupied by Mr. Lindsey Spottswood,
near the cormr.of Hanoverhnd Loother streets,
and one door West of Mr. John Snyder's store,
where be is prepared with the b.tst oiateriahs,
and will keep constantly on hand and manufac
ture to order
lljiJ.B_of every-Uescrii>U6h, ,
sudi as HUHSfAT Bft OSll^KtrriUATeAS--
TOKri,-£;c.‘Wc.. His wmk. will be done in the-
UyhipriabJe style, and at mode rate prices*
He solicits a share (irpubUc/ppfrona'ge. ■
••WIUdAM H'.-TROUT.
Carlisle, Iflay 20, 1841. ( ; , r 6iri •
Notice'is hereby given,to the
institution, .that an clection*will be held on the Third
Monday of November dextj (being the loth'day,) atthd
Banking House, for'Tllil'tc&aa fiMfiCClors, to
•serve daring (hb year thou to ensue., >
WM. i?. COBEAN, Cashier.
' . . C'aiiisle, OeU 14, IB4K
jm -FRENGH-'UN6SASE.-
mH 13 Trustees of the Seminary”
JL have placed this Department under the care of
MtCfiOrAJ. She was instructed’ in France, and
writes, and, speaks the language with’case
and accuracy. She can be consulted at Mr. James
BcllV.
As soon as a class is organized, she will meet
with the pupils for instruction at the Sunday
School Room,in the basement of the Episcopal
Church, on Monday’s, and Fridays
in.every lO o’clock A. M., till ollufwise
arranged.
, The Trustees would urge upon all who are de
sirous of instruction in this Department, to- em
brace the present occasion, as they will rarely have
it in lueir power to afford so good aa opportunity.
JOHN HEED, President of the
Board of Trustees & Principal of the Seminary,
Carlisle, October 14, 1841. 3l*
BWTIRSLT SJBW LABELS.
public will please taka notice that no Brand'-
X. roth Pills are Genuine unless the box lias three la
bels upon it, (the top, the side, and the bottom,) each
containing a fac-shmlb signature* of my blind-writing,'
’thus:— B. Braudreih, M. D. These labels ate engrav
c«! on steel, beautifully designed, and done at an ex
pense of $2OOO, Therefore’ it will be seen that thcon
ly tiling necessary to 'procure the medicine in its puri
ty, is to olttcrvc the labels. See if the’ box ha* throe
upon it, ciigravod. j
Remember, the lr~ * The ■
—ember, the lop, the side and the hotton.. - iie
•following respective - parsons uro duly.-authorized and |
hold Certificates of Agency, for the sale of Bruiulrctlfs
Universal Vegetable Pills, iu Cumberland courity..
George W. Hitner, Carlisle.
S. Cultartson,^,
Shipponsliprg.
Kcigle, Mcchanicsburg.
M. G. Iviipp, Sh|Tcmanstowii.
Isaac Horton, Lisburn.
Gilmore & M’Kinhey, Ncwvillc**
L.' Ricglc Sc Co*; Churchtown,
J. & J. Kyle, Keimdy’s.
Samuel L. fientman, * Newburg. *
BrechbiU & Crush, ' Boiling Springs*
Henry Brenneman, Now Cumberland.
As counterfeits of these pills arc in ; aoine eases sold
for the genuine ones, the safety of the public requires
that none should be purchased except from those rc>
'cognivcd as above.
Remember no Bragdreth Pills sold in- Carlisle,-‘tiro
genuine, except thpao sold hy George W. Hitucr, and
ho particular to . ' _
Observe that each Agent has an Engraved Certificate
of Agency, containing a representation of Dr. Brand*
reth.*slanuf;ictory at Sing-Sing, and upon which will
bb'secn exact copies of the new labels now used upon
the Brandreth pill boxes.
. B. BuANDHETIf, M. I).
Office, No. 8, North Blh st., Phila. <J ' ' , . V
SjBST OF CrfU&EHS)
tbr Trial at the Special Court , commencing
■u ■ -on Mondaji the 29th of November, 1841.
jQuncan for uao r . vs Moore's Adin’i
vs Brelton
vs l_JWilflo2i
vs Brcdin’r Ailm’r
vs JNcal
vs . Shcaffcr ct al •
vs : Mathers > ■>] ■' ■
;w Muhon' ; ,
vs Wolfs Adm’r
vs Rredm's Adm'x
vsv. Montgomery . . >
vs r Herron
vs* Rail Road '' v
•vs-*- Houk
'ivßrctton
‘ Agncw ,
Commonwealth
Brcdln ,
• Samo
Bank
• Martin
Rail Bond
Commonwealth
Irvine
• Leo- - : T - -
Some ct al .*• ‘ w Same
'Watts . w . Craighead ct* ala
• ■ 1 vs Stuart •
Ego ? s Ex’r vs McClure’s Adm’r
Hirnos s job Keller.
Forman- , „. • ~jvs Mooro
. -.jSamo ' ■ ,• 'vs'it* Same,
Savafi - . . ,/t>s
Pjyco for.usO : pa • McKcchan
•*. Gray* Adm'r • vs ~v, Lambcrtoii
' For .-ify
Slfooly . ‘ , , & - w'' , Raii Road , r
rpdrismah:-'--- ’ '"''iflT —“Moorc'eFDl —*
. ■ V JCJBO.S^T) .:
:»ScptSB,-1841._- “ ■ '?>.'
oW » ffNT./-
’Tho'B'tlck House, lately’built by Adam HumcriiS,
situate In west Louthebßlroct, now ,in llm possession
'ht the
wonld bo boarding libuso for oth'deHts—?■
immediately.
.-bSfer X. COLLINS BT®VfeNSON.*U
et : ; "J
_• ‘ "f, 7f?lS .*' .3 , T " ■ *
BY GEO. SANDERSON.]’
Whole No. 1424.
.. FOR SAI.E.
THE subscriber offers for sale a trad of land,
situate in Mifflin township, Cumberland coun
ty, bounded by lands of William .Ramp, James
M’ E 1 h enyTA b rah am Gees and others, containing
about 100 Acres of excellent slate land, of which
about ono half is cleared and the residue well tim
bered.* The improvementB“afo”a "
gM&isL E.OG HOUSE?,
HMM' A LOG ST-ABLE. •
S tone spring house,
and an Apple Orchard-of choice trees. There is
a never failing spring of water on the premises.
For terms apply to the subscriber living on the
premises.
JACOB FICKES.
October 28, 1841, - - tf
NEW GROCERY STORE.
npilE subscriber has just received and is now open
-*• mg at his new Store Room on'Main street, nearly
opposite Bcetem’s Hotel and next door to the store of
R. Snodgrass, Esq., a few .doors west of the Court
House, n general assortment of Prcsh Groceries*
Spices* and other articles connected with the busi
ness of a Grocer, among which arc
—Best Rio and Java; also, second
quality Rio.
—Single and Double u refined Loaf,
best qualities; also Crushed Loaf, best while Iluvanna;*
Brown N. O. Sugars of Ist and 2d qualities.
SWCOjCrASSHS—Superior and Common Sugar
house and other molasses.
SOY —Best quality*
TEAS—Hyson and Extra Young Hyson, Im
perial and Black .Tens.
MACK-7 -Citron, Cloves. Nutmegs, Pepper,
All-spice, and oth6r Spices of all kinds,' ground and
un-ground.
C tTjt)CO L. AT K—Homeopathic &. Baker’s
N0.,1 Extra-Superior articles', and Fell's No. I and
Extra quality. -
'■ OEXtS —'Best While Winter. OH, and
'Winter Whale arid Common Oil.
r " Spcnft. mul other’qualities.
S>OAF —Genuine Castile, Variegated and other
qualities. \ *
TOB/ipCO & Best Cut
and Cavendish and other varieties of-Tobacco, with an
Pine Applc und GdlumQUC'b^
Soda and Sugar Crackers;,
Riwsons, Lemons, Almonds, Filberts, Nuts, &e.
China, Glass, Stone- & fiucenswarc ;
Tubs, Buckets, Baskets, Sc Brushes of even s variety.
Ground ’Alum and Fine Salt;,
B & |-j[—Nos. I and 2 Fresh Mackerel, and-
SaUvum..oC supcuaCqualltves-^akohlccdug,,,,. £ :
With n great variety of oilier articles, notions, &c.,
all of which he oilers for sale at'his store aa above, at
the lowest cash market prices; and respectfully invites
•the public' to call and examine for themselves.
Carlisle, Oct. 28, 184 U
Cou*uinptlon! Consmiipliou I!
Dr. Duncan's
EX V F.CTO HAN’T He MM) t
W an infalible remedy for arresting Pulmonary Com
plaints, Colds, Coughs, Spitting of Blood, dilbcully
of breathing, Bronchitis, Sorenesa'of the Throat and
diiricdltExpectoratibn, Wcckness, Debility, LiVer Com
plain, and all. other complaints of a consumptive na
ture. This medicine has a decided advantage over
most preparations of the kind* as it regulates the bow
els, and strengthens the constitution; and does not
bind up the system and incourage intemperance as
must of the medicihes do, by Uic fatal opiates alcohol
continued in them.
Such medicines IraVe u great tendency to bring
misery and distress, and oven death, upon many val
uable citizens. We find by the weekly "records
the bills of mortality, that three forths of the human:
souls who so suddenly departed' from their dearest
■friends and relations; have been swept off by that fa-:
tal and foil destroyer, Consumption, when mpny could ■
hnvh been'saved if they hsld used a proper medicine.!
Follow beings who yet dwell with us, and are alllict-1
cd witli the prcmonctury symptoms of" this disease, 1
procure immediately, Dr. Duncan’s Expectorant Hem- i
cdy before it bo too late, and not be led to believe j
that-such symptoms will soon pass oil* without? the
use of proper medicine; by such negligence, you may i
soon be led to .know your , folly.’ One bottle may at !
the first attack, be sufficient. Pamphlets giving a full 1
Price SI per bottle. "" ' . .
Office N 0.19 North Eighth street, Philadelphia, 1 1
MEW & FASHIONABLE TAILORING’
. establishment.
Tim subscribers beg leave to inform the citizens of
Carlisle and vicinity, that they havempened a Shop in 1
No. 4?,BEETEM’S ROW, where they intend carry-,
ing oil the above business in all its various branches.
Tlfey hope to receive a liberal share of the public pat*
ronugc.' ” •
BENT 2 & REIGHTEIh
Carlisle, Och 21,1841* —Sin.
Estate of Christian. Esfielman,. deceased.
LETTERS Testamentary on the estate, of Christian
Eshlcman, late of Eost-pennsborough township,
feurabcrland comity, deceased,’were in due form of law
granted .to the subscriber, residing in- kho township
aforesaid,. All persons indebted- to said estate wilp
make payment .immediately, and those having claims
will present them duly authenticated for settlement,
SAMUEL ESHLEMAN, Administrator.
Oct 21, 1841.—6 t f ...A
Hichcs noMlcalfh..
Those' t?hb enjoy health, must certainly feel blessed
when they compare to those suflerersthat
have been affictcd for years with various diseases
which the human family are all subject to be troubled
with. Diseases present themselves in various forms
and from, various circumstances which, in the com
mencement, may all be checked by the use of Dr, O,
P. Harlich's Compound Strengthening and German
Aperient Pills, —shell ns dyspepsia, liver complaint,
pain in the side, rheumatism, general (lability, Female
Diseases, and all diseases to which" human nature is
affected. Directions for using these Medicines always’
acconapany-thcm.—These—medicines... can be taken
by themost delicate female, as they pro ’mild in their
operations arid pleasant in their effects.
—1 ' ' _• „' ; . ■ November 4, 1841. &
b Office fofthe sale'-'af this Medicine, No.
19 NQRTH EIGHTH STREET, Phila
delphia, also at the store of Hf, JOHN J.
RIVERS,.- Carlisle, & WILLIAM PEAL,
iShippehsburg.,. .' ~db’-; r 5^
* i
BICB»OWEM>S. KEASOMS.
’-s-
A. M’ D O.W EI. I, ,c 0 nc(! ivin g hiniseltproaeribed
for hia opinions, respectfully asks, an examination
of them; afldheaaka it more especially of those
who have not forgotten that they are interested I ,in
llveißoolr of-Gpdriind th'o^ofld-tb-cqme^^'hey
arefor sale', (priceeight cents,) at the stores of
Messrs.'Gjayf Snyder, Gould and.Folland—also,'
utfthe BooUwlafe df Mjp. Loiidon.. .
■ --7' v^'
tfi-very SpcJhaa'Oil mny_ he
had by c«Uthg* at ahtl
store.. ■ :*^ss^e'.% /r *'■
Cj'ALMOjr just' t«»Tod;jtad fot' J.sfcK
JSjCornmain, ’ t'
J, W. EBV.
y
r* *• - ■ ,"
Carlisle, Pa. Thursday November 11, 1841.
POIS. SALE.
•The subscriber offers for sale his PAHIVZ OP
LIMESTONE LAND, rATifpjjiing ... about
t,6S„ACRES, .
clbao to tho borough of Carlisle, and commanding a
beautiful view of it. . About 50 acres’ arp in Woods.
The title is indisputable. Thb improvements aro "
GOOD AND LARGE .
I; |st " LOCI HOUSE,
OJ> JYeiv SSanlc JBarn,
(first rate,) a never failing well of pure water, fencing
good—Clover and Timothy more'than usual—it is
near the Rail Road.
jjlf not'sold before Wednesday the 10th day of No*
vcmlicr next, it will on that day bo exposed to Public
Sale at the Court House in the borough of Carlisle, at
2 o’clock P.M. '
For terms apply to
, A. McDowell.
Carlisle, Oct. 21, 1841.—hVt
. A TAMAUSIjE FARM FOR SAXE.
BY order of the Oipbahs’ Court of Court of Cum
berland county, will bo exposed to public sale, on
tho premises, on Saturday the 2(Jlh of November next,
at 12 o’clock, noon, the following described valuable
property situate in Silver Spring-township, about one
mile north-west of Hogeetown, and near life Cdnodo
guinet creek, late the property of -Michael Saxton, de
ceased, containing 100 Acres of patented Limestone
and Gravel land. About 80 acres is cleared, under
good fence, anduu a high state of cultivation—and the
residue covered with excellent timber. The improve
ments.ar.c_a '
MmjL Double Frame Sr Log Two Slory
pH} HOUSE. •
i ffJU* A Double Frame Barn.
and other outbuildings. There is also a small Apple
Orchard, anil other fruit (ices—and a well of never
failing water, with & pump in it, near ihp door. There
are two streams of running water go through the pre
mises, . .
T.kiimsi — s2oo on tho confirmation of the sale—one
litUff’lhe purchase njpney, deducting tho $2OO, on the
•lst«f April, and the
Residue in four equal annual payments, without inter**
cat, to be secured by Judgment Bonds,
jin indisputable title will be given, and any persoh
wishihg to see the farm, can be shown it oit implication
. .tol-tbc -
l, :" V ‘ JOHN SAXTON, v r of "
October. 7, 1811. M. Saxton, doc’d.
’ N. 13. If the above Farm .is not sold on that day, it
wilbthcn and there be rented for the term of one year
SKKTCII II Y UUUOIIS,,
•or -Tins rxnuiu-F.u.
Old Tom Ritchie, of. tho Richmond Enquirer, is
certainly a remarkable man, and we therefore suppose
that the following* admirable charcoal sketch of him,
in Brooks’ best style, cannot fail to interest our rca
,dcrs: _ •
‘ I met this man, whom I have long considered our
of the most extraordinary men m Virginia, for the
second'or third time in my life; but no\v for tho first
time in the social' circle, with a determination, howev
er, to avoid personal introduction, though often solicit
ed by riiy friends, because I wanted to be untrammelled
'in what I consider a just sketch of him’as a public
character. When one knows men, one cannot often
speak what one thinks. I consider, then, Mr. Ritchie
one of the ablest editors in tliis or in any other country,
lie has vivacity, tact, the power of commanding at
tention, something of self-respect, much of dignity,
and above nil, persevering, 'unremitting industry, prob
ably U 5 years- of age. “There is old** Tom,*’ is the
remark, whenever he appears in public. “Old Tom,
who 1” says I. “Old Tom Ritchie—don’t you know
old Tom Ritchie 1” “Old Tom,” then, os they cull
him, is a relic of “old Virginia,” “Old Toin” has
mingled for lifty years in the best circles of Virginia,
among lier ablest men, und “Old ToW’ is'ap “Oul
Mortality the spore, lean, lank, embodiment of filly
yenrs-ago Virginian. “Old Tom,” is a gaunt, hungry
looking gentleman, his teeth gone, his nose prominent,
his eye bright; of a quick, frisky, tremulous gait, ner
vous some; hut nerves-of cat-gut, will never wear out,
—a man that v. on’t die,"but don’t belong now,and has not
belonged for halfn century, to this earth of ours; but
whom Heavenj'for-some unknown purpose,.has, us it
i were, kept as a spectre, Hitting over other -peoples’
I graves, the bone and muscl? of what tilings and men
{ were in 1700, “Old Tom” lias no blood in iris veins,
4 gJ/- r V Bft y» though 1 hav’nt asked, he is never »!.' V *-
soul—ahtfur wnut is 'in
him. His bones and muscles cany that about*
doubt whether‘a pin would prick, him more than a
Salem Wdfeh. . In short, “Old 7’om” died fifty years
ago, all except his spirit, in which he dhlers from all
other men 1 ever saw, — : for oilier peoples’ spirits go olf
first, and tlica their body dies afterwards, "
To 'bo understood;'.though, in this drawing of the
bones and muscles of “Old Tom,” I must follow il
with some sketches of his character, > Ho works like
« dog yet* 1 don’t believe he ever sweats —(perspires
I might say)—even under a hot Virginia sun. Ho
| 'frjsks about, in.society-. _wjth hia white gloves bn, hid
j ing his- long fingers—l _darc say as spirited, and as.
(lively as a girl of sixteen. Ho takes-u scat at the
j Clerk’s desk in the Capitol, writes a little and chatters
i much, clearly the observed of all observers, "There ho
| gives orders tb his partisans, consults, £id is consulted,
directs the spirits of all.. Indeed,
no Representative is needed from his political com
panions but him. He- is their Executive,- their Sen
ate, their House, their every tiring—Ho is old Virgin
ia too,—the “Old Virgiuny never tire.” If there bo
trouble in tno camp—if the Philistines gathifr their
armies together—if .there be a longing to know the
future from the past, some witch of Endor rouses this
‘ Old Mortality” up. His family is large;, all highly
educated; his daughters married in the richest, and a
mong the most respectable families in Virginia, Ho
lives in style, it is said, a man of tho ton. Ho is
Editor, President and Secretary of Conventions, .Cor
responding Committee, : Orator, Writer, a man of all
work, and on politics of all tongue. The last summer
he would work all day, tmd.at “the Sweat House,” os
is called, the' Tammany Hall of his parly, harangue
and read to Ins friends half tho night, ' The probabili
ty is*he never sleeps* /Did any body-ever sec liimcutl
I should like to.know. Once he discovered there ,was
a North—thaf a People breathed, iuid walked on the
Eastern side of.'the Potomac river,.and ho went on,a
voyage of discovery there, Hd vicitcd, Quincy, the
resident of John Q; Adams, and' held Ins hprso out
oj doors, whilst, his family gratified their curiosity
within.—Van Buren found and wooed
ond won thospirit, with all tile coquetry that he would
court a maidenjn her teens/' But did Uo ever*hear of
Jho Westl - ThcOhio; I daresay, ho knows—loves
the shores of western "Virginia; but does he know that
People live and breathoonthe Wabaoh, the Miami,
-aiid the IlUnoU V4Che real-fact- thobgh is/ ho knows
no.woild but what sketches from the baso-of the Blue
Ridge to tlio Lower. ijames River. The Occah’iball
Poetry tddum. His eye, his wind,.liis spirit, is left oh
tliia that it-fptgctsall other
,creation but' thp Lowlarldfl'ofVirginia. His geogm
•pl»y Is. not lour hundred 'pUaMnclushw. Thb£world,
if ho wcro'to writc.a book/would be bbunded’on the'
cast .hy the Jpotomac, on tbo-spnth . by the Dismal;
-Swamp, dp J]io west by'tho Rounoko, and on theaorfli,
.Ijy; .Ho was iin "Usher once; andfro
'began in Richmond, Tn, his. day it ; is prbba-j
.bio geographer was only, learnt by/travefiing -over it,
LPUjI Jhojcarly impression that Richmond was the Coni.
tol and Africa, as.well aspf -America,
Kft got over. ; •. v
“OCR COUNTRY RIGHT OR WRONG.”
The JfSurtler of ISlgham.
• The following is a brief statelnentof the'
'circumstances connected with the murder of 1
John Bigham, {he trials for which took place 1
at Baltimore last week. The four first of
the parties named below have been convict
ed oß.mucder An. the- second. degree. ....The
.fifth, McDeyitt, was on Friday morning last,
acquitted c . .
. The sth iley of July last, it being celebra
ted in honor of the declaration of our inde
pendence, was a day upon;whioh business
was generally suspended. The first place
where the party charged with the murder
were seen collected together, was- at Mc-
Murray’s tavern, on the fall’s road, a short
distance from Baltimore. —Five of them had
repaired thither about 10 o’clock, a. tn. and
were soon after joined by the other two, thus
making up the complement of what has since
been denominated the "Swingletrco Club.”
In the neighborhood of twelve o’clock, the
party, viz: Griffith, Corran, Hanna, Konig,
McUivett, Gether, and McCollum,'left Mar
ray’s and proceeded towards the city. In
Howard street, they were met by a man
named Davis, upon whom two of them at
tempted-,an assault.- Upon his informing
them, who he'was, or rather-who he was not,
they left him and bent their course towards
the Golden Horse tavern, at the corner of
Howard and Franklin streets, where the
murder was perpetrated.’' it is now about
noon-day—the inmates of the tavern are at
dinner—a noise is heard, in'the street front
ing the premises like the dashing of. a stone
against a .wagon. A dog chained under the
wagon commenced barking. This attracted
the attention of those who were at dinner in
the tavern.—Burns, ad'iua-of the wagon and
dug, jumped up,' ran. to' the. barooom win
dow, looked .out ,and..saw an'lndividual
beating his dog with a club or sWinglc-'tree.
H« went, to protect the animal, and was.
kndeked dow.n. 'Henry, the hostler, also
went out and was likewise prostrated by
*“!“% do--
felled, to the earth,by blows inflicted.with a
s.winglo-treo ami jockcy-stiek. A man na
med Hoke was endeavoring to command the
peace, a pistol was snapped at him, by Han
na, vyhich was." subsequently fired oil', the
'batlstirking.a spectator of the scene, named
Lowery,’, taking, oil'a portion of-his thump.— :
At tins period of the tragedy, Biglnpn, hav
ing been prostrated, with blood spouting
from his ears and mouth, (from blows previ
ously received,) Curran; with demon-like
ferocity, went deliberately anil picked up a
largo stone weighing from twelve to fifteen
pounds, returned, stood over the prostrate
dying man, raised the stone with both hands,'
and will! relentless fury dashed it with full
force against the head of the unfortunate de
ceased, mashing in his sktfll. Konig now
appeared conspicuous in the revolting tinge
dy. He, with less of feeling titan the tiger;
i when Bigham was, to all human perception,
[dead, grasped another smaller stone, weigh
ing five or six pounds, and threw it, too, n
gainst his head, thus completing the already
thrice completed butchery of a human being.
The following is a condensed report of
tjip trial of Jefferson Griffith, .supposed to'
have been most conspicuous in the affray ai
above detailed/ The indictment against him
as in all the other cases, contained twi
"counts.” First, for causing the death ol
John Bigham by inflicting blows on bis bead
with a club or swingle-tree. Second;,.fin
causing Bigham’s death by inflicting blows
on bis head ..with-a stone.. Although the in
dividuals charged with the ufle.ficc.wurc.ajl
indicted for murder in the first degree, vet
the'State, not being malice r>Vp
pende, onjy- coni^ ( j^ m . ‘'^ e |
second degree, of which four of them have
been convicted, -while a fifth is being tried
—Baltimore Patriot,
Sentence of Jefferson Griffith,. Alex
ander. Curran, William Hanna, and
Frederick Konig.
This morning, in Baltimore City Court,'
present Judges Brice, Nisbet and Worthing
ton, the above named individuals, lately con
victed of the murder of John. Bighani,-were
placed in the baj-, and sentenced each to
confinement in the Maryland Statgßemteh
tiary until the SOth of August, 1859, making
seventeen years a’nd ten mouths, wanting
three days. * st ~
His Honor, Judge. Briceyin a few brief
remarks informed them of the. character of
the crime for which they had been condem
ned to suffer': that it was one of flagrant e
normity,;and that they might be well satisfied
their lives had not been made to pay the for
feit. Such, therefons>;,being the character of
the outrage, the Court feltit incumbent upon
them to make the sentence to the full extent
of its authority.
■ It may be proper (o'remark that there is a
law of this State requiring that all convicts
shall be sentenced so that their time shall
expire between the first ofr April and the
first of September, j An obedience to tjiis
statute is djmbtless the only feaspa why the'
full term pFeighteen years was not given.-i-.
Thc scntence awarded to theabove individ-,
uals, who have'so lung been a scourge to this
cbmmunity,.cahnot but meet the approbation
of every good citixen.—-Patriot.
■One of tue.“Swingletreg Guild’ Aomn
in Trouble.— Peter .McCollum* 'who was
charged with having been one of the murdeii
eisof.JohnlJiglmm, ancl rejjyjsed only yes
terday morning, for'want'd* Wdence, was,
again brought .into court-this morning "upon
a bench warrant for haying threatened to.ns-
Sault and beat, George Hoke~\vtro appeared
riS a witness during the” recent investigation
of ,the Bighorn tragedy. Ilokewas called
upend stated, that McCollum came vestcr
dayh.ftcrnoon’ to.the place whOre. he 1 (Hoke)
works, and told withess if ; heli?d said at any
! time that he (McCollum)
acrossa ceidaift bifncH'tlurliig : the affr/y,‘ l on
the stlii of July, he fitness was a liar}' that
jie could whip him;* that he would do it, if
[AT TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
New Series—yol, 6> No. 22.
not now, at some future time. ..The court
after hearing the case through counsel,' Wm.
P. Preston, Esq. ordered McCollum to give
-good and sufficient security in the sum ol
$lOOO to kcepjthe peace. Not being able to
find’such security, he was again committed
to'jail.— lb.
A lady writing from a town in New Jer
sey, to a friend of ours says: I presume you
have not received-my letter, for the post
master here does not know where Massachu
setts lies; and has sent all my letters in the
Southern mail, until I explained to him that
the quickest way-would be by the northern
mail. A friend of mine carried a letter-to
the office, a few days since, directed to some
place in North Carolina, and requested him
to put it into the Southern mail, but he in
sisted bn placing it in the northern mail, be
cause it was directed to North Carolina.—
[Boston Morning Star.
Buts in Chancery.— There is a humor
ous account current among the profession, of
a bill filed against an architect, lor the build
ing ot a.granary so defectively that a quan
tity of rats got in and ate up the corn. It
lirstchargqs that divers to wit, 100,000 rats,
100,000 mice, 100.000 grey rats, 100,000
black rats, 100,000 white mice; and 100,000
grey mice, together with divers, to wit, 100,-
000 dormice, through divers holes, chinks,
crannies, apertures and other places; did
penetrate, insinuate themselves, gain ad
mission, and get into the said barn, &c.;. and
then if requires in the interrogatories to
“said bill,” that the.dcfemlant should ip his
answer, more particularly answer and set
forth whether any, and what number of rats,
mice, and dormice, (-ringing the changes as
abovp,) did get in,.and eat up and oons\in\e,
any arjd ,n , lbe coi‘n and grain
therein being; and if not, why not?
■ Mr. JohnJO'ovgherty, who Was so dread -
fully, .injured,;
the ticket office, at, the Railroad depot, lias
.so far recovered as to,bo enabled to - leave
this city for’ Ips home at Lancaster Pa.—
Tho case of Mr. DJ is a remarkable instance
of;escape from the very jaws of death. His
recollection of the sensations experienced
during the accident is distinct, and fearful
indeed. IllsJirst expectation was that the
car would be'stopped; but it continued to
advance, and thus increased the pressure—
those parts of his body which w’ere the most,
prominent being' the first to feel the effects
of the crush. In a moment of two he felt
his ribs .giving way—and to this succeeded
the terrible sensation connected with the .vio
lent injection of the blood from the body to
the head, which to him like a burning j
| dame suddenly, passing from the Hitter to
I the former. At this moment he became
| senseless, and die car wasimmediately there
after stopped and removed backward fur his
release—the body falling to.tlie ground as
that of a dead man. His return to re-ani
mation he described as though he were un
der the eftectsof i)i\ unpleasant dream, from
which he felt conscious he would be relieved
when he, awoke. To those who saw, him
after the accident it appeared impossible
that he could survive—and yet, through a
kind Providence, and the skill and unweari
ed attention of Dr. Dunbar, his principal,
physician, he has been restored to life
Baltimore Arhcricun.
(Cjk’Mathcw Carey, speaking of his mar
i riqge, says:, ‘My wife was about ten years
; younger.than I. She was, industrious, pru
• (lent and eco.'-vunjcal!—She had a large hind
of good sense. We early io> delenni
nation to indulge in no unnecessary expense
"and to mount the ladder so Slowly as to run
no uskof descent. During (lie whole of our
marriage, f never, as far as I can recollect,
entered.a tavern except on a jury, or arbi
tration, or to see a customer, or at a public
dinner—never in a single instance, for the
purpose of • . !
How very different the conduct of some
young married people,"aye, and old onos too,
now-a-days. They can go to the taverns
and grogshops, eat oysters, drinic grog, play
cards, dice 'or nine-pins., spending their
Seventy-five cents or a dollar two or three
times a week. No marvel such people never
go up the ladder. They are always at the
bottom and there they will stay as long as
(hey live. A ••jug of rum tied to a man’s
neck is a hard thing to carry up the ladder;
and many .a man, after he has dragged it half
way up hbs been suddenly tumbled down to
the bottom. •
THE BIBLE.
In every generation, and wherever the
light of Revelation has shone, men ■ of all
ranks, conditions, and states of mind, have
found in this volume a corresponde'rit for
every movement towards the better, felt in
their hearts. The needy soul has found
supply; the feeble, a' 1 help;, the sorrowful,.a
comfort; yea, be the recipiency the least
which can consist 'with mortal life, there ? 8
an answering grace ready to enter. The Bi
ble has,been found a spiritual world—spirit
ual, yet, at the safne time!outward and com-,,
man to all. You in one place, I, in another,
all men somewhere and at some time, meet
with an assurance that the hopes and ,fears,
the thoughts and yearnings,' which proceed,
"from'or tend to a right spirit in us, are not
dreams or fleeting singularities, in.us—not
voices heard in sleep, or spectres which the
eye 'buffers, not perceives. As. if. on some
dark night, a pilgrim, suddenly beholding a
htight' star niovingrbefofelvim, slioold -slop
hi fear and perplexity: but 161 traveller after
traveller by him; .and 1 /each, beiijg
questioned.as to whhherhe is going, anakes
answer, ','l am (ollowing my gmdiDg
/rile pilgrim quickens liis. oyv.n steps, and
presses onwardin cqbti
dent -still will he be, if, r by ’thoHva')'sidVhe
should .find here anil thero uncient monu
muuts, each with hip votive"' lamp, and "on ;
■ . AGENTS.
John Moore, Esq. Newville .
Joseph M.> Means, Esq. Hopewelltownsbip'.
John Wunderlich. Esq, Shippensburg.
William M. Mateeii, Esq. Lie’s X Roads.
John MehaefV, Dickinson township..
John Clendknin, Jr.’Esq., Hogestown.
George F. Cain, Esq. Mechanicsburg
Frederick Wonderlich,’ do.
Jons StougU, Esq. Stoughstowp.
Daniel Krysuer; Esq, Churchtown.
Jacob Longnecker, Esq. Wornileysburg.
J. 13, Drawbaugh, Cedar Spring, Alien ip.
Marti® G. Rupp, Esq; Shireimuistown.
.each the’name of somSTormer pilgrim, and
a record that there he had first seen or first
begun to follow the'benignant star! Not
otherwise is it'with the varied contents of
the Sacred Volume. The hungry have
found food; the thirsty,'n living spring; the
feeble, a.staff; and the victorious wavlareK
songs of welcome and strains of music: and
as l6ng as each 'man asks an account of hi*
wants, and asks what he wants, no man will
discover aught amiss or deficient in the vast
and inany-cbambered storehouses.—Cold
ridge.
Encounter with a Serpent.—ln the
Surrey Zoological Gardens arc. several ser
pents, 'amongst which is ah enormous Boa
Constrictor, measuring-upwards of twenty
feet in length, and weighing about 250 lbs.
It is usual for the keepers to bathe them oc
casionally, and by every means to endeavor
to tame them; and from lime to time it is no
uncommon thing for one, of the men in the
habit ol so doing to go into their room, of
cage, and clean it, whilst two large Con
strictors lie coiled bp in a corner. Theif
food-live rabbits—is put in their room by
means of a sliding panel, which one of the
keepers named Blackburn was in the act of
doing, ■ when the enormous Boa sprung at
him, and seizPd.him by the'arm: ‘The matt
leaped backwards, and drew the serpent
partly put of the cage, which immediately
spyu round him like a windlass, -and-made
one coil. Had he effected atfother, Black*
burn would inevitably have been killed-, and
perhaps partly swallowed before'it was dis
covered, be belngait the time-alone, and do
one immediately near him; - but by pressing
the throat'uf- the powerful creature, and by
the exertion of mor.o than Usual strength he
was preserved; Haying shut the slide, on
reaching, the other keepers,. Iron* the cun'*-
diet iii’v.iiich he had been engaged, the poof
ftdlow fainted; and on being taken home,
was found to be very much discolored from
would squeeze a Buffalo into a shapeless
mass,, and swallow it easily. The.keepcf
is doing well.—[English paper.' -
THUNDER GUST.—The distance of A.
thunder-storm,' .Iml consequently the danger
lis not ..iljllicult.to be ascertained. As light
i travels at the rate of 66,420 league's
in a second, or nearly 200,000 mileS'in one
I second of time,-its effects may be'considered,
[as instantaneous within any moderate dis
i tan'ce. Sound, on the contrary, is transmit*
ted only at the rate of 1,142 feet in a sec*
ond. fiy .accurately observing, therefore,
the lime which intervenes between the flash
of light and the beginning of the noise of .the
I thunder which follows it, a very accurntu
[calculation maybe made of its distance,
viz:.when yob ■ observe the lightning, and
ten seconds elapse before you hear the thun
der, you are two miles out of danger; if five
seconds elapse between, one mile oof of
danger; but if you only distinguish one sec
ond to elapse between the lightning and
thunder, then yob may estimate yourself du
ly 1,142 feet from the dangerous fluid, and
the nearer to the light you hear the thunder
within one second, you’may count yourself,
in danger. 15y haying a knowledge of these
things there is no better means of removing
apprehensions, ff the thunder rumbles se
ven seconds, you may be aware that the e
lectric fluid has passed through space from
the atmosphere to the earth, a distance of
nearly one mile and a half. Sometimes the
fluid skips from one cloud to another before
it comes to the-earth. -There is "rid danger
to be apprehended from the thunder, but it
operates as a warning when well calculated.
"* v ' JSemcdy for Arsenic*
Tobacco a
A young lady in New II amps a ire 'id. LTat me mi*-'
take, so often committed, of eating a.portion of arsenic
which had been prepared for the destruction of rats.—
Painful symptoms soon led to Inquiry, and lieTmiatako''
was discovered. Ah elderly lady was present, ruhis- ‘
cd that she should be undo to vomit, as epeedily as
possible, and ns she always felt a perfect loathing for
tobacco in every shape, it was supposed that this would
at onco effect tbo purpose. A pipe was used, but
without .producing any-nausea., She next chewed a
large portion of strong' tobacco,’ and swallowed the
juice, and that .even wiflibuVa sensation of" disgust.-^
A strong decoction was then mode'of; hot* water, tof ■
which she.drank perhaps a halfpint; Sdll there was
neither nausea or dizziness, n'br-dld it operate at all, ,
either as an emetic o'r-calhartici~-Thh painful sensa
tions at her ctoinacli, however; subsided, and she be- •
gan to feel well; On the arrival of an
emetic of . blue vitriol was administered, and produced ..
one'operation. .One or two days aftertherc wna a dis
charge of a dark, green color, approaching- to black; l —
ill consequences followed,. _ _-s*‘ - '
Another case occurred in. Jhq same xdacea few years "
Bubsequent, in which arsenic was taken .through'mis
take by ti side person, and she Employed tobacco with
a like success. She, tbo, had always loathed the arti- .
do, and now chewed itond cwallowcdthQ saliva'
without protlacinff - at the sjomach.- -No,
emetic was administered,nor any other
liman’s Journal. ''
Interesting Agricultural Statistics*
Collated fiom.tho lato Census of. the UnitedStatei/
as retuVned by the several Marshals.’ : In the produc*
tion of Grain, Cotton, Sugar? Lumber, &c. &c. the
states range as follows: ‘ .A ‘
Of Wheat, Ohio produces 16,000,01)0 bushels;
Pennsylvania, 13,000,000 bushels j'CNew York, !!;- ’
600,000; and Virginia, 10,000,000.* Ihdian, e
Tennessee, 42,000,000 of bushels;; Virginia,>34,OOO* t
000; Indiana, 28,000,()00|- Illinois,. 22,0<J0,000; Ala
banio, 18,000,000; 37,000,000} Missouri, -
15.000. ■ ‘ 1 : , t ‘ ' •
New -York is the greatest potato growing Stabs,-ar-
bushels;. Mains, 1 10)000,000; *
Pennsylvania, 8,000,0i)0. '■
' growmg -Btatea ara-Misdefappi,. ™~_
289.0. pounds; Alabama, 240,000,000; Georgia, '
148.000. South Cacolirio} 1 S 4? ■.
128.000. '.i.LbuUiarisi, 87,000}000; Arkansia, 2s*‘ *
,000,000; Virginia; tO.OOQ.OOQ. ‘j •• .' •
Louisiana is the' largest producer of migar, - ?!^*
.000, QOp pounds; Now York next, 70,000,500 pounds,,
the product* of ihc forests. •j./ . ' .
Tennessee in numbc)rTof swine,-2,706,006. Ohio
nciti ; 2}ooo,oooi', .• ,
VNew , York first for wool; next Ohio, ':Vermont,, v -
Penney Ivan ia, arid. Virgimar -> - ■ /•
! yrcunessed first in tobacco, . arnouht, /£8,000,000 .
pounds; Maryland, 18,000,OOp; Virginia, .14,006,6601 .
5 York first for lumber,:vahio $3,788,000; Mdin«
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