the yoluntee:
John B* Bratton) Editor and Proprietor*
CARIiISZ.B a TUCHSDAT. A VG, Wi 1801*
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
FOE GOVERNOR, -
WILLIAM BIGLER,
OF CLEARFIELD COUNTY,
f|OR CANAL COMMISSIONER.
SETH CLOVER,
, >OF CLARION COUNTY.
i . 1. ■
FOR JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT,
JEREMIADS. BLACK, of Somerset.
JAMES CAMPBELL, of Philadelphia.
ELLIS‘LEWIS, of Lancaster.
JOHN B. HIBSON, of Cumberland.
WALTER I. LOWBIE, of Allegheny.
Bigler, Clover & Democracy !
, Connty Meeting.
The Democratic Republicans of Cumberland
county, ar6 requested to assemble in the Court
House, in on Monday Evening the 25th
Instant, at 7$ o’clock, for the purpose of inter
changing opinions on the approaching election.
A general attendance is earnestly requested.
Aug. 7,1851. MANY.
We have had but Ultle time to devote to out pa
per this week, which we hope will .serve as an
apology for the laok of out usual amount of edito
rial matter.
ROWDYISM.
At no former period within the memory of our
oldest resident has rowdyism attained the alarming
extent and serious aspect it now boasts. With a
strung band—dob* trump—it is dealing out wuh a
vengeance.. Not only are the ladies of our borough
grossly insulted in their evening walks, and every 1
dsKcaoy of feeling shocked by barley blackguards,
but, men; lucky’indeed,-in escaping with uncut
throats, and sound .beads,, are knocked down and
robbed In our streets, whleh resound with the nightly
yells.of prowling.Bsonndreis, as.loud and'shrlll aa if
the Satan himself had opened the campaign and Iris
imps were sounding a charge; and a charge they
Ittely'made upon some dwellings in North Hanover
street, compelling their inmates to seek- security in
hack apartments from the missiles that were flung
through'shutters, windows, and curtains, Into the
middle of their bed-rooms. As to the names of the
perpetrators or the motives which influenced them,
wo are ignorant. To ascertain belli is the duty of
the-proper officers; but it is equally the duty of
every citizen to facilitate ,by ell the means in his
power,the discovery of such facta as may baser*
viceable to them.
And t to the . citizens we would say, whether you
wiU do this or not is beyond your option ; you.can*
not, dare hot remain indifferent. The security .of
yotif property and even-your liras may depend upon
yottr own exertions; the former you do not doubt—
at the latter you may hesitate; but what assurance
does the cutting of a man’s throat, or the battering
of your houses'glye you that these hellish acts will
not be repeated with such aggravation as wanton,
ness or malice may suggest, and impunity Incite to
execute?
The prison U filled with villains; bat until they
hive boon disposed of securely, their place* taken
by eonmdes, and another system—that of keepinf
soldier* out of (own at night—introduced into the
“school-of practice" adjoining tho borough—whence
recrulUi ate drawn upon emergencies, you need ex
pect nothing bat tho usual rascality, enlightened,
perhaps, with an occasional bon-firc, as a relief to
the dull monotony of breaking men's heads and
bouses.
Too have .submitted long enough for your
Uencs, and, we fear a little too long for your good;
it is now full time to act { bring the criminals of the
borough to proper punishment; they have no claims
upon your forbearance, and, besides, generosity to
them U Injustice to yourselves and those depending
open you. If the Garrison officer* cannot control their
•oldlsra, It la the province of a certain official to
control them.
Worthy or Attkntion.—At (his season of tbs
year, when thunder storms prevail, it should be gen*
ersUy known how to reanimate persons who have
besn struck with lightnings As soon as they arc
discovered, and before they recover animation, one
or two buckets of cold water should bo thrown upon
Ibem. It .seldom fails to restore suspended anlma
lion*
Crawford and Corwin,—Geo. W. Crawford and
Tbos, Corwin, two of Jho Federal Cabinet, have re
ceived $170,000 for their services in obtaining the
passage of <iro claim/. This would have fur
nished the whole army of Gen. Taylor with supplies
for a campaign.
Yore Couhtt.—Tho Democrats of old Democratic
York plated la nomination, on Monday last, the
following excellent ticket:
President Judge—Robert J.FUhcr.
Associate Judges—ltaao Roller, Mill* lUy«.
Assembly—George Kraft, Jamoa M. Anderson,
Ezekiel R. Herbert. !
Slier# I —-George Albright.
County Treaiurer —Samuel Fry.
> JBe£lslsr— -George Mulsh.
• JProlAonofary—Elijah Garrcteon.
Clerk of the Courts—Thomas Jameson.
JJseorder—William Taih.
Commissioner—Philip Shafer.
. Director— George IBooks.
, Coroner—Dr. Edward H.Fentz.
Auditor—James Fulton.
■ Panav County.— Tho following strong ticket
ties been nominated in this county. Wo congra
tulate Judge Stroop, editor of tho Perry Demo
crat," upon bis nomination for Associate Judge.
Editors, after ail.pro in luck sometimes.
Assembly—D. Stewart, re-nominated—Protbo
notary, James L. Diven—Reg, As lieod'r., Robert
Killy, Esq.—Associate Judges, Jesse Bearer and
George Sireoj^—Commissioner, leaao Brandt—
Treasurer, Georgs Spshr—Auditor, Koohender
fet—Director, George Titzell—Judicial Conferees,
Frederick Rinehart, W. T. Shively and John
.Troup,
Fulton County.— Tho Democracy of Fulton conn
ty bare nominated John Cessna for the Senate*
William P, Scholl for Assembly, and Barnaul Robin
son and Nathaniel Kelly for Associate Judges. Tho
conferees were instructed to role for no person as a
delegate to the 4th of Match Convention who is not
an avowed friend of Hon. James Buchanan.
Peaohea ire rery conducive to health. Dr. Stone
of Lotllliana, aaja In fever they era Invaluable. In
bl« opinion, plant; of peach Orchard! are worth
IhoOetndquerantlnea for the public health. "No
moreecutry," caya tho'doctor. "Gat ilowed petchea
if /an. would keep off Indication,” Thle la Inter
filing lo peach render*, tad they ought not lo pul
35per cent, tddllionel oh the price or their com
modity In coniequenco of Jbelnlbrnutlon.
THB COUNTY CONVENTION-TUB TICKET.
In another column will be found (lie proceedings
of the Democratic County Convention. The ticket'
nominated is entitled to, and should receive the;
hearty support of,every.Penjocrat Irt the county, for
it is, beyond ; question, unexceptionable. It;is.a
strong the .first! name| to thelast, and
will bs elected,wo predict, by a triumphant majority.
The Convention, in selecting tho-ticket, had a
retponsiblo and delicate task to perform. A number,
of (he met) in the county, who had strong claims
wore urged by their respective friends for various
offices. They could not all bo nominated, however,
nor could it bo expected.that all would be entirely
satisfied. The -several gentlemen who were can.
didates before the Convention, we feel satisfied, will
support (he ticket with zeal, and assist to secure a
glorious victory. They will thus prove that they aro
the sincere friends of the Democratic parly and its
principles.
Democrats of Cumberland ! buckle on your armor,
and rally to the support of tho ticket nominated' by
the Delegates of your choice. Away wiih all bick
erings—all disputes, if any exist. Theism? time
fur Democrats loappreherid doubts iii regard to the
success of their . regular ticket. The Federalists
would rejoice to see discord In the Democratic ranks,
for then they would bo enabled to elect their own
ticket. Be wide awake, Democrats! Bo on your
guard against the tricks of your political opponents,
who would seduce you from duty. Lot your motto
bo “ Tub Ticket, the whole Ticket; and nothing
but tub Ticket,” and a glorious victory will be
yours.
In our next wo shall speak of the different gen*
llcmon composing the ticket, separately. Wo had
no time to do this in to-day's paper. . ;
A Utoderu Solomon for^odgc*
- Il will bo remembered, says the Columbia Star of
the North, lhal as ono of tho Commissioners to sell
the stock of the rotten Susquehanna county Bank,
Judge Jessup offered a resolution to allow stock
subscriptions to bo paid in “ current bank notes,"
while IUo act of incorporation required that the
I stock Should be paid for in specie, Dayton, the
New Jersey financier, was convicted of .perjury for
swearing that the Morris county Bank had a certain
amount of specie funds when it actually bad only
that sum in bank notes. But Judge Jessup would
bsvo been able secure, an acquittal for Dayton by
showing that notes are specie, for ho even ventures
to prove that potatoes may bo specie, as appears by
the following extract from tho Afontrose Democrat:
“We recollect talking soroo two months since,
with ono of the Commissioners to soli the slock of
tho Bank, in reference to this somo Resolution, of.
fered by Judge Jessup. He informed us that when
tho Judge introduced the Resolution, il was objected:
to by some, because il conflicted with the law of in. |
corporation. The Judge supported it in a speech,
illustrating it in this wise.' If a man owed him
specie, and he was in want of potatoes for which ho
must pay specie, if ho took the potatoes of his
debtor, it was all the same and ho could say. with
truth that tho debt was cancelled. A species of
legal reasoning wo presume never heard of in oar
Supremo Court to this day, and the gentleman ad*
ded,-“ according to that, I could not sec why il
would not do just as well to flit tho vaults of the
Bank with potatoes, and issue bills on Mem, and so
voted against the resolution!”
- Wouldn’t a man like that bo an ornament to the
Supreme Bench. What a pity it ia that the legal
juggler could not have Signor Blitz for a colleague
on the ticket, for then we should be at loatt amused
if not instructed by tbs legerdemain which should
eay, “ there, now you see specie is potatoes—there,
now you see potatoes are specie.”
ATTEMPT TO RBBOVE A FUGITIVE BY
FIRING A HOUSES
Wo toko tho following article from the Stale Jour*
ina(, a Whig paper published at Harrisburg, and one
lof iho ablest opposition journals in tho State. How
'oaa iAal paper, alter using language like (his, con
tinue to advocate (be,election of (bat rank abolition
iit, Gov. Johnston 7 It knows that (ho Governor is
opposed to the repeal of (be law of 1847, which the
Journal very properly considers a “ foul blot. 1 ’ It
i knows that Gov. Johnston retains in his breeches
I pocket tho bill passed by our Legislature repealing
that law. It knows too that Col. Bigler has openly
avowed that ho is in favor of the repeal of the act
of 1847, and is for "maintaining the Fugitive Slave
Law as it is.” How, then, wo ask, can tho Journal
I-advocate, (ho great national policy, and favor tho
1 repeal' of tho law of 1847, and at tho same timo
1 advocate tho election of Johnston? But to (be ar
ticle from the Journal :
Fugitive Arrested,
A fugitive slave was arrested last week noor Co
lumbia, by Constable Snyder, brought to this place,
and after a hearing before Commissioner M’Allistor,
was remanded to his owner. The use of the County
Prison being denied to the agent of tbe law, under 1
(ho Act of 1847, preventing the use of tho Jails of
(ho Commonwealth for the retention of fugitives
from labor, the prisoner was placed in the garret of
one of our Hotels for sale kecpihg r until tho next
morning. During tho night an attempt was made
to fire the house, with tho desigu, it Is supposed, of
rescuing tho fugitive. Providentially the fire was
discovered, a few minutes after it |iad boon kindled,
land thus tho incendiaries wore thwarted in their
| attempts to defeat tho execution of the law ot the
sacrifice of (Ho lives and property ’of our citizens.
'Such are the legitimate effects of the law of 1847,
and tho sooner tho foul blot is wiped off from our
statute books tho bettor. The peace and safely of
the community require (hat our prison doors should
bo (brown open for the reception and safe keeping
of these fugitives; for Abolitionists who boldly coun
sel resistance to (ho Fugitive Slave Law “ with
bullets and bayonets,” would not hesitate to apply
the torch of tho incendiary to a neighbor’s dwelling,
m the same treasonable cause.
The Next Congress. —The twenty-second
Congress will bo largely Democratic. Of the 62
members of tho Senate, GO have been elected, and
of these thirty-five aro Democrats, and twcniy.four
Whigs. Two of the Democrats and throe of the
Whigs aro what are called Free Soil. There are
throo vacancies, viz:—ono in Connecticut, one In
Tennessee, and one in California. Tho Legisla
ture of Tennessee just elected is said to be Whig
in both branches, which of course secures tho elec
tion of u Whig Senator. The California Senator
will probably bo Democratic. Connecticut doubt
ful. Of tho 333 members of (be House, 191 have
boon elected, of which 110 are Democrats and 81
Whigs, a Democratic gain of 51. Eight Stales
have yet to elect their representatives, and taking
tho last Congress as a lest of their political char
acter, the return will be 10 Whigs and 32 Demo
crats, making the total strength of tho two parlies
in the House stand as follows: Whigs 91, Demo
crats 143. If by any chance the election of Presl
deat should devolve upon the House, the Demo
| oratio candidate will of course be elected.
Throwing Vitriol.— ln the Boston Municipal
Court, on Frida/, the oaso of Mrs. Sarah Scott,
charged with throwing vitriol in tho face of Mi«»
Kilgore, was finished, and a verdict of guilty returned*
Tho defence wos, that the oiiont wqi incited to the
act b/ motivee of jodlouty, in finding her hueband
•o often in company of the Injured woman. Tho
I penally for this crime la severe, ea it ought to be.
Dr. Johnston eaid marriage was a lottery, or could
bo at happily arranged by lot aa by choice of love.
Some one haa adopted hie idea.. ,
11 At an evening parly recently given, it wee pro
posed to dispose of the htllt of the room by lottery.
Twenty tlekel. were immediately .old at a.fixed
price. The joho did pot end here—the fortunate ad.
venturer haa elnco married the lady."
Democratic National Convention* 1 i.
A late letter from New .York to the Cleveland
PJaindealoV, contains some information In reference
to the next Democratic National,Conventionjwhlch
will bo found interesting. The writer says:
'A committee of Democrat/! have beep
for some weeks, .making arrangements.for issuing
the call of the Democratic National Convention.—
Baltimore has been fixed upon for tho great National
gathering; although tho members of the cbtaihiltoo
from the North-west wished a more control print—
Louisville or Cincinnati. ' •
Nathaniel H. Greer,, of lowa, appointed by .the
Chairman of tho Democratic, National Committee,
(B. F. Hallett, of Boston,) to fill the vacancy bn tho
Committee from lowa, occasioned by tho death of
Fx-Govornor Clark, has now hoard from nearly every
member' of tho' National CommUloe, chosen by the
delegation of the several States, in the last Baltimore
Convention; and it can bo certainly'relied"upon
that the. Convention is to bo held at Baltimore. .
Tho timo has not been fixed on by tho Committee
as yet; some arc for an early day in May, sojno for
Jane, and somb for a later period. ' ;
Oov* Johnston’s Sinking Fund*
Tho Whig friends of Gov. Johnston ask (he sup*
port of tho people for jinn on account of his “Sink
ing Fund." While a member of the Legislature he
voted for (ho following appropriations:
Gettysburg (ape worm. -
Pittsburg and Connolsvillc rail road
Beaver and Connoaut rail road'
Lowisburg and Holidaysburg rail road
Norristown and Valley rail road
Harrisburg' and Sunbory rail road
Beaver and Cnnncaut rail road
Danvlllo and Ppltsvillo rail road
Tioga Navigation company
Pittsburg and Laughlin rail road
Franklin rail road
Chester and Delaware rail road co.
Codorus Navigation company
Union Canal company
Hero wo have two millions and aevonly-nino.lhou
eand dollars from the public treasury, remnfc'a a
Democratic exchange, to. company and private pro*
jocls, nearly all of which have been slneo abandoned
and almost forgotten. This is thb “Sinking Fund f ”
for contributing to which it is expected that the
people will vole for Johnston. Wo fancy they will,
think about it first.
Two Dollars a Day and Roast Beef*
This was tiro rallying cry of the Coons in-1840.
But the rallying cry of John Slrohm in,Congress
was NO BEEF/or the army in Mexico,
Wo 10 Decency.— Somo of tho .Whig papers call
Col. Bicler the “sugar broad candidate”
ernor, because his mother once sold cakes and/
sweetmeats for a living. In other words they at*
tempt to throw ridicule, upon him, for having been
born of poor parents. But such abusd always ro~
coils upon those who utter It.. It is .no disgrace,
thank God, in this connlry, to be poor; nnd.it is
just because Col.- Bigler has risen, by his own .un*
aided exertions, from humble life to
the best men of tho land, that his fellow citisenthTO’
spect and admire Him to much, and are detdrtnined
to make him their Governor. The people always
delight to honor those who honor themselves*
We Again ask for Information.— What amend
ment does Oov. Johnston propose to the fugitive
slave law ? He says in all his speeches that the
law ought to be amended, but he never says what
the amendment should be. Out with It Governor.
Let the public, have the benefit of your wise sug
gestions.
'Tub u Higher Law “.tcrs
Silver Greys and Wooly Hoads of New Yojtk—
e/ios Fillmore and SewardJWldga—have klsocAand
made triends, end together* newt
lovingly in order to retain the spoils. Sewdrdism is
triumphant in tho Empire Slate, and poor Mr. Fill*
more will, from henceforth, have to play second
fiddle lb that prince of demagogues. How are the
mighty fallen! But, after all, there is nothing
wonderful in all this. It is nothing more of less
than Whiggcry exemplified, and goes to prove the
truth of a declaration said (6. have been made by
Tbaddous Stevens several years ago, (hat the Whigs
were a “ whippablo material.” Ho whipped them
into the support of Joseph Rltner, in this Stale—
and Seward has whipped them into his abolition
measures in New York. . ’ ■
Tub Awful Condition of WmcaEav.—Tho Lou*
isTillo Democrat, in speaking of tho total rout of
Whiggery in Kentucky, says:
“We may, however, sol down the result as «'gen
eral, rout of (ho Whig parly. An immcnio amount
of decency Is rubbed out and suppressed—and a
multitude of (ho lights of Whiggery will hereafter
burn dimly. . Wo may look upon Whiggery boreaf.
(or os extinct. There Is not a Stale now Ihat can
bo counted for the national Whig parly. Thoro arc
several Slates not Democratic, but they are- only
abolition, whilst they claim lobe Whig.”
A NaaroW Escape o t an Atlantic Steamer.—
Tho steamer Ilumboll on hor lasi passage from
Havre to Now York, made a very narrow escape
from total destruction on Capo Race, about twenty
miles S. E. of the light.- On Saturday mottling tl(o
Dili Inst., at half-past one, tho Boston Transcript
says, her passengers wero all aroused by a shook
precisely llko striking soma rook, and rushlnjg on
dock they found (ho steamer, broadside to a bold
rock, apparently .within, half d ship’s length, Tho
terrible consternation caused by tho position of tho
ship—tho bold rook—tho. dense fog. and tho alarm
of tho passengers, both malo and female, presented
a scene which no witness to it would desire to ox.
pcrlonoo again. Tho worthy Commander and First
Officer of tho steamer wero both on deck, and saw
the rook some lime b«/ora they realised tohal U teas, (
supposing U to bo a fog bank—and when tho thrill
ing command to starboard (be helm was hoard below
and tho engines suddenly stopped—a feeling $f Im
pending destruction to all on board was foltbyiiriany
a bold heart. Tho very strong force of tho Arctic our.
rent (so called) at this place, together with an upoom*
raon variation of tho compass, arc tho only reasons
ascribed for the false position of tho ship. During
services on tho Sunday following special thanks
wore offered for the providential escape.
Oiorob PiiAttoAii.— 'This unfortunate man, con.
demned for the murder of Miss Sharpies*, at West
Chester, Uto bo executed on the 291 h Inst. Tho
Village Record eaye ho awaits the arrival of tho
time with apparent tranquility. His religious coun
sellors arc tho only viiltori who arc admitted to his
cell. 'Whether hie heart and mind are prepared for
the great change which awaits him, no human pen*
etration candlioover. Hie intercourse with hie re
ligion* friends la marked by few of (ho usual evl
dencos of contrition and spiritual Improvement. .
Twenty nine Pcniona Ferhued at Sea.— Capl.
Grower of tlio brig Sowder, arrived el New York,
on Friday morning from the African coast, states
that in Iho month of April leal the brig Englishman,
Capti Harris, of Driatol,'England, waa capsized in’a
tornado off Fernando Fo. It waa supposed that
there Wore about thirty poraona on board; only ono
of whom, a native of Africa, waa saved. Ho waa
picked up, floating oh a epar, on the third day after
the diaaaler, by an Engiiah chip from Caernarvon
bound for Fernando Fo. Among thoao on board the
unfortunate vessel wore Rev. O. W. Simpson and
lady, of the Presbyterian board of miaiiona of New
(York, and Mrs. Harris, wife of the captain.
State Agricultural Fair;
The Harrisburg Slate Journal* says that the
Committee are actively engaged in making prepa
rations for the Agricultural Slate Fair, to be held
there in October* Suitable grounds have been se
lected about one mile from Harrisburg* and.ar
rangements made with a gentleman in N,6w York
Slate to furnish and . put up Hid requiaile nuraber
of appropriate tents* This being the first Exhibi
tion of the kind ever held under;the.auspices of
tho Stale, ilia naturally looked forward lb with
great interest by the friends of Agriculture every
whore* \Ve learn that the neighboring States will
ijo strongly represented, and we hope that the peo
ple of the Old Keystone will, with true Stale pride*
make a vigorous effort in behalf of the Exhibition.
Lot the Farmer, the Horticulturist, the Mechanic,
the Inventor, all contribute to, and partake in the
interest which will be excited on (he occasion.—
Let there bo such a display as will reflect credit on
the State. It should bo remembered that all the
canals and railways will be open free of charge
for .the transportation of stock, implements, &c.,
to and from Harrisburg, and that visitors will be
charged only- half the usual Tare. . ,
A New States Army Uniform has
been adopted, which is to be strictly enforced.—
All officers are to wear a frock-coat of dark blue
cloth, the skirt to extend from two-thirds to tbree
fourtlia of the distance from "the top of the hip to
the bend of the knee; single-breasted for captains
and lieutenants; double-breasted for all olhergtades.
The uniform coat of all enlisted men is to be a sin
gle-breasted frock of dark blue cloth. The collar
and cuffs of the artillery are required to bo scarlet;
Infantry, Jight or Saxony blue; riflemen, medium
or. emerald green, and dragoons/orangecolored.—
The caps for all officers and enlisted men are to be
of dark blue cloth, according to pattern, and so or
namented. and varied in trimmings as to denote
rank and the several branches of service. Feath
ers give place to potnpoons. Commissioned offi
cers may wear the old uniform, until the first of
January next. The articles of the old uniform, al
ready manufactured for enlisted men, to be issued
until exhausted; but will bo first altered, so far as
practicable, to correspond with the new pattern.
405.000
100.000
100,000
65.000
135.000
500.000
74.000
-50,000
60.000
140.000
40.000
20.000
20,000
400,000
s2,OT?|oflO
Shocking Imprudence. —Wo can see no excuse for
the reckless trifling with fife arms as shown by (be
person noticed in the West Chester Record, who
pointed the muzzle-of a gun at the breast of his
wife, remarking “ how easily I could shoot you!”
Tho wifo suddenly pushed (lie muzzle from Tier
breast, when tho gun went off, and deposited a
heavy charge .in the floor just by her feet.. Tho
young man .thought (hero was no cap upon the
lube, and probably did not oven know the piece was
loaded; but that was no excuse. Tho wife was in*
sensible for some lime afterwards from tho sudden
fright, and still remains quite low.
Profitable Begging. —lt is said by the Cincinnati
Times, (hat there’is in that city a house, occupied
by fifteen.or twenty persons, who follow, street bog
ging as a business. Their gains average every day
from five to ten dollars for oachof the gang, and
their nights are spent in feasting arid debauchery.
They are all able bodied men and women, and when
engaged In their vocation as mendicants, counter,
fell lameness, or any other physical infirmity likely
to ezeilo tho compassion of the public.
Hope for France.— Mr. George Sumner, in a
letter from Paris to a friend at Providence, says:
“You ask about Franco—prey, bo re assured. All
la going on.well. There will bo no revision—no *o*
election of Louis Napoleon. The Republic'wilt
-sUnd—the Constitution will bo rsspefeled. Two
good c«ndidates.Wni bq broughtTonv‘ar.<fj}c'foi;o licit
May, and retrogrades and progressists will try. their
forces.”
The Louisville Daily Journal says: Wo are clear
ly of the opinion'lhnt the new postage law would bo
decidedly improved by an amendment requiring the
prepayment of postage un all loiters, ttuch scorns
to bo tho general if not tho universal opinion of (ho
press. •
, Newspapers in North Carolina complain of long
continued. drought in that and portions of other
Southern States.
The Last Trip of the Collins steamer Baltic,
to'Liverpoo), from New York, was made in. ten
days and forty-five minutes, being the shortest pas
sage on record,ln (hat direction,exceplone, which
was made by the Pacific, of tho same line.
Loss of Nineteen Lives bt the upsetting of a
Boat.—Wo loam from Kingston, that on Thursday
morning a parly of thirty-five persons stalled in a
yacht from tho fool ofLong Island,.for tho purpose
of enjoying a pick.nick. On (heir return tho boat
was capsized, and nineteen of the party were drowned.
Mental Excitement.—Bid nows weaken* llio
action of tho heart, oppresses tho lung*, destroy* (he
appetite, stops digestion, and partially suspends all
the functions of the system. An emotion of shame
flushes (ho face, fear blanches it, joy illuminates.it,
and an instant thrill electrifies a million of nerves.
Surprise spurs tho pulse into a gallop. Delirium in
fuses groat energy. Volition commands, and hun.
dreds of muscles spring to execute. Powerful emo
tion often kills, the body at a stroke. Chile, Diago
ran, and Sophocles died of joy at tho Grecian games.
Tho news of a defeat killed Philip, tho V. The
doorkeeper of Congress expired upon hearing of tho
surrender of Cornwallis. Eminent public speakers
have often died in the midst of an impassioned burst
of. eloquence, or whfcp tho deep-emotion that pro
duced it suddenly subsided. Largravo, the young
Parisian, died when ho hoard that the musioalprlzo
fofwhioUho had competed was adjudged-to anoth
er.
Venice, Mr. Grcoly says in one of Ida foreign loi
ters* Is full of deserted palaces, which though of
spacious dimensions, and of the finest marble, may
bo bought for loss than the cost of an average briok
house in tho upper part of Now York. Tho t)uohoss
de Berri, mother of. tho Bourbon Pretondor. to tho
Ihrono of Francs, has bought one of these, and gen.
orally Inhabits it; the Rothschilds own another; the
dancer, Taglioni, it is said, owns four, and so on.
Cheap as they are, they are a poorer speculation
then even corner lots in a lithographic city in Ne
braska or Oregon.
•‘Go it while vou’n youmo."— The marriage of
an aged couple is recorded in the last number of
tlio Cincinnati Commercial. In Lewis county,
Ky., on the 31al ult., Joaeph Moore, aged seventy
eight, was married to Mrs. Mary Tolen, aged
eighty-four—.tlio third wife to the groom and the
fifth husband to the bride.
Another Mam oven the Falls.—A dispatch to
the editor of the’ Buffalo Express, from Niagara
Falls, on Friday evening week, Bays:
••A man has Just gone over the Falls! He came
down in a small boat, and appeared to be asleep.
The people shouted to him from the shore, and)
woke him up, but it was too late loavaij anything,
as ho was already in the rapids. Ho fell out of
his boat at iho first pitch, and was seen to go over
tlio Cataract, with the boat a little ahead of him.
His name is not known."
Democratic County Convention.
1 Agreeably to (ho appointment of the Democratic
Standing Committee of 'Cumberland county, the
delegates elected in tho several townships.and bor
oughs, met in County Convention, in the Court
House, in the borough, of Carlisle, oh' Tuesday,
August T9,1851*. Tho Convention was organized
by the; appointment of Hon. JOHN.STUART, .of
South Middleton', President, and Benjamin Duke;
Esq., and S. H. Gould, Secretaries.
Tho following Delegates appeared, presented cre
dentials of election, and took their seats, viz:
Upper Allen —James Graham, Michael Cocklin.
Lower Allen—\V, R. Gorges, H- G, Moser. ,
~ ... , lE. W.—M* Holcomb, Esq, W. H. Trout.
Carlisle, w w Moore, Esq., S. H. Gould.
Dickinson— John Moore, Robert Ecklqs.
E. Pennslord'— J. Hsnsbcrgor,' J. Lavorly.
Frankford—C ol. W. Graccy, A. Nlokey.
Hopewell— Col. VV. Wherry, D. Hoover.
Hampden— N. H. Eckles, Geo. Gleim.
Mifflin— David Storrctt, Esq., R. Middleton.
■Monroe*— Dr. J. AhU Thos. Weakley.
Mechenicshurg —Wm. Eckles, J. : T. Ayres.
JVetefon—Joseph Waggoner, C. Mollingcr.
JVewpi/le—Jno. Waggoner, Jos. Hoover.
N. Cumberland— R. R. Church, J. G. Klllerman.
N. Middleton— Abraham Lambcrton, Esq.; J. G.
Spabr. ,
S. Middleton— Hon. John Stuart, R. C. Slcrrclt,
Esq.
Silver Spring— D. Slerrclt, Ab r m. Boslor.
Southampton—J, K. Kelso, D. Kilzmiller.
Sbippenshurg B. —B. Duke, A. Hosteller.
« ■ • T.— Jacob-Hale, A. Doko.
Westpennsborough— Moj. 3. Trill,John Carolhers.
Tho Convention being duly .organized, proceeded
to nominate candidates for (ho several offices, when
(he following gentlemen were chosen :
Associate Judges,
Hoh. JOHN CLENDENIN, S. Spring.
WILLIAM KERR, W. Pennsborongh,
Assembly, .
J. ELLIS BONHAM, Carlisle.
J. C. DUNLAP. Allen. :
Prothonotnry,
JOHN P. RHOADS, Hopewell.
Clerk of the Courts,
SAMUEL 11. MARTIN, S. Middleton.
‘ Register,
HENRY S. RITTER, Carlisle.
. Commissioner ,
Col. W. GRACEY, Frankford.
Treasure r,
MOSES BRICKER, Monroe.
Director of the Poor ,
GEORGE SHEAFFER, N. Middleton,
Auditor,
S. MEGAW, Mifflin,
- George 11. Bucher, Michael Holcomb, and. Wm.
Barf, Esquires, were then appointed-Judicial Con
ferees to meet tho Conferees of Perry and Juniata
counties, at ;Bloomfiold, on Saturday next; the.J23d
inst., to nominate a President Judge for this Judicial
District, and unanimously instructed lo sqpflWt
James 11. Esq-, of Carlisle. V i
The Convention tfien appointed (be following gen*
(lernen as members of tho
Standing Committer.
Upper Allen, D. K. Norvel; Lower Allan, Jacob
Long; Carlisle, E. W., C. Moglaughlin; W. W.,
S. Welio); Dickinson, John Huston; E. Ponnsbor
ough, Jacob Longncckor; Frankford, J. Wallace;
Hampden, R. G. Young; Hopewell, A. S. M'Kinnoy;
Mifiltu, Thos. C. Scouller; Monroe, John Measinger;
Mocbanicsburg, D. Swllcr; Newton, Jno. Woodburo;
Newville, S. P. Zeigler; New. Cumberland, Adam
Feeman; North Middleton, John t Wondcrlich ;8.
Middleton, R. C. Slerrell; Stiippcmburg 8., Jacob
Heck; Slijopenabivg T., Hugh Craig; W. Penns*
borough, Capt. Dunlap; Silver Spring, James An*
derson; Southampton, 11. B. Hoch* .
Tho following resolutions were then offered and
unanimously agreed to:
Resolved, That in presenting for the support of
the parly the ticket nominated, we have made such
selections as wo believe wilt bo approved of, and for
which we ask the undivided exertions! of the Demo
crats of the county, feeling, ourselves justified in
saying that'they are qualified for the respective
offices, and worthy (ho confidence of the people.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this Conven
tion bo signed by the officers and published.
• - • * JOHN STUART, President,
aSroUl*r' rf "'
DEMOCRATIC MEKTIICG.
Pursuant to notice given, a large meeting of the
Democracy of Carlisle, favorable to the formation of
a « BIGLER CLUB," was held at the public house
of C. Magluughlin, on Saturday evening last, the
IGlh Inst.,at 8 o'clock; when, on motion, John B,
Bratton was celled to the chair, end James Aunew
appointed Secretary.
On motion, the following named gentlemen Were
appointed a committee to draft a constitution, end
to report officers for the permanent organization of
(ho Club, viz—J. Ellis Bonham, Esq., E. Cornman,
Esq., A. Sonsoman, Joseph Stuart, and Wm. Holmes.
[The Committee to report at the next meeting of the
Club.]
On motion of A.Gallaher,
Retolved, That when this mooting adjourns. It
will adjourn to, meet at the public house of Mr.
Scott, on Saturday evening next, the 23d Inst., at 8
o'clock.
. On motion.
JhseJeed, That the proceedings of this meeting
be signed by the officers and published.
JOHN B. BRATTON, President.
Jambs Aonbw, Secretary,
Singular Phenomenon.— -A abort lime since,
Mr, Samuel Evans, of Atlantic county, Now Jer
sey, with « team of mules, was in the woods, and
while hauling out a log preparatory to loading,
from under a large tree, he was struck down with
his four mules by an eleotrlo shook. Ho did not
lose bis consciousness, but he was wholly unable
to move hand or foot, and his mules wore in thd
• same helpless condition. After remaining in this
state for about fifteen minutes, vitality returned,
first in the fore finger and thumb on one hand, en
abling him to rub them together. Fearing (he
mules might recover before he could get from
among them, ho worked his fingers, and by slow
f degrees regained the use of his hand, then his arm,
1 &0., when, by groat exertion, he dragged himself
1 out of the reach of the mules' heels. The mules
gradually recovered also, and he got them upon
(heir feet. A bright red lino marked his arms and
f down his chest and legs. He fell sore for some
f days after the occurrence.: There wae a cloudless
, sky at the time, and no Indication of lightning or
r rain. Tho tree was completely shivered to splln-
I lers,. J
MunDER.—We learn from a reliable source that
on some evening last week, in Coldrain township,
Lancaster county, as a negro man waa entering a
house to which he had been invited, the owner
(also colored) deliberately shot him down and
broke the gun over his head, exclaiming that he
•‘had killed ono nigger and would kill three more."
mho murderer fled to Chester county, and has thus
fat eluded tlio exertions of tlio police Ifor his at-
Test. , , , ■
Huntingdon county lias instructed her delegates
to the neat State Convention fur Gen. Casi,
CLIPPINGS OF THE WEEK,
Prepay Your ccnU will thus a C ,
complish what will cost you't correspondent five *
The geographical- cenlro of the United States a (
thoiprosent lime, is hi 1 the Indian territory, |*w
miles weiil of Missouri. The centre of our rcpra*
eentativo population, which is constantly moving
westward, is ascertained, by actual calculation,lobtf
just at the city of Pittsburg, Pa.
t A very, modost old maid, visiting a newly married
Mend recently, saw one of her husband's shirts
ymg on Lho bed, and exclaimed, **Oh, mercy,- a
man’s shirt on your-bod! each a thing on my bed
would give mo the nightmare!” “Very litco , * T ro<
sponded the wife, /'unless the man was Inside of if
, A venerable lady of a celebrated physician, \ n
Boston, one day casting her eyes out of the window
observed her husband in ;lbo funeral procession of
one of his patients; it appears too much like a tailor
carrying home his own work.
W o heard of a man. living on Little Hocking, 0.
whoso wife gave birth to two children; his mare t 0
two colts; his cow, to three calvcs~all in one week l
At last dates, all were alive dnd kicking. Now that’s
what might bo termed, a .tolerable prolific/amify,
The Lochporl Courier gives dp epitaph in Wash
ington for a little boy, who fell a victim to (he pro.
vailing disease t
. “ The little hero who lies here.
Was conquered by the diarrhoea.”
A runaway slave, who was caught In the vicinity
of Austin, Texas, by Mr. Baker, In attempting i 0
escape killed both Mr. Baker and his wife by stab,
bing them. , . . . . ‘
' “What's that!'* asked a school-maslcr, pointing
to.the letter X. “It is Daddy’s name.” "No,you
blockhead, it’s X.’* “ Tuin’t X* neither, M*» daddy’s
name Tor 1 seed him willo it many a time.”
Accounts from the VVcßlcrn frontier state (hat tlio
Indians.were committing extensive depredations on
the emigrants. One. party bound for Oregon had
lost fifty-five head of cattle.
The devil's three, nanlce,Satan, Lucifer, and Beel-
zebub, says 11. Walpole, were given to him in his
three capacities, as president or chief of the priests,
the lawyers, and the physicians,
Yankee Sullivan and Johnny Walker are to Into
a. turn up about the middle of next month for $3OO
aside. So says (ho Spirit of tho Times.
Smokers, wo observe, take & lively interest in Cuba n
affairs, being tearful that a revolution may lessen tho
production, end ralso the price of the weed.,
Mr. Thomas Ritchie is nominated In the Staunton
Vindicator as a Democratic candidate for next Gov
ernor of Virginia.
Some forty-seven officers.and privates oflho Hun,
garian army, engaged in the recent revolution , «•
rived at New 'York on Saturday, fronvTurkey.
Martin Van Burcn, the Providence Pott says, is
as buoyant, and clastic now as ho was twenty years
ago; and odds that “oho reason perhaps is that ha
has hot drank Intoxicating-liquors In the last'thirly
years, and is remarkably regular In everything save
his polite#.’’ '
■; ’ til* Mexican debt duo to England is $51,000,000
—the Spanish‘claim $24,000,000, and the French
claim somewhat smaller than the Spanish. The ex
penses of tho Mexican Government are $11,000,000,
and her revenue $8,000,000. v
A mine has recently been opened about two miles
from Fhccnixville, Chester county, which jieldflT&bpat
thirty-three ounces of pure silver to the ton, and fifty
per cent of lead.
Tuc Crickets and Katy-Dids are here again, and
lull os to sleep nightly with their llvply chirpings.
The sounds, however, fall upon the ear with a tone
of sadness, for they tell of the near approach of Au
tumn, whose chilly breath soon wiliamd vtVyhar
Nature*# Summer garb, now so comely, and at list
leave her, cold and naked,to.bo wrapped in the
white winding sheet of hoary Winter.
Extra Railroad Fare.— Hiram Bacon, of Boston,
has been fined $lO and costs, for refusing to pay five
cents extra faro charged on the railroad between
Boston and Brookline, Mass., Ten cents is tho reg
ular fare when tickets aro.purchascd allhe railroad
office, but ho neglected to purchase a ticket, and the
rules bl tho company require in such cases that the
conductor shall charge five cents extra. This lie
refused to pay, and the company to test the question
brought suit ngalnit him, and got judgment.
Heavy Failure.—A largo dry goods firm, in Balt,
imoro, stopped payment on Saturday week, with
liabilities amounting to about $300,000, at least one
lliird of which are caused by. losses in California
shipment!. ■,
Several heavy failures have also occurred in Plrila*
delphis, within the last week or two.
Tns Grasshoppers, says the Reading Gaxelto,
which have infested this region for several weeks
past, devouring the vegetation still unscathed by (he
long draught, took (heir Right last Sunday in a body
At about 13 o'clock, M., they were observed in
countless numbers by many ©four citizens, passing
over the city in a south-western direction. Dy facing
tho sun’s rays, they could be seen filling the air to
a considerable height, in swarms (hick as falling
snow-flakes.- About eight years ago, It is said, (hs
liko phenomenon was witnessed, though not to the
samo extent' -■■
Sin Fs a fcinrf of frisanily/ So for ; ns It goes it
makes man an irrational creature—lt makes him a
fool. Tho consummation of sin, Is ever, and in every
form, the extreme of folly. And it is that moat pit
table folly which h puffed up with arrogance and
self sufficiency.
Prettv Good.— Tho Troy Budget terms tho Whigs
the “Satinet Party “-half-option, half.wcol; and
opt lb shrink In tho washing. 1 ’
Tho Indiana Sentinel alluding to tho fact that
South Carolina has adopted the rnltlesnako.as tho
emblem upon her flog, reminds her that the American
eagle is death on snakes.
Tho Louisville Democrat informs us that dog kill*
ing timo has oomo in that oily.— Covington Union .
And wo can inform tho Democrat that coon ekin
ning time has oomo In (ho mountains ;so look out
for a good pilo of fur in August.—Keri, Flag,
Send (hem on; they will boar a high price; it will
bo about tho lost cargo of the article. Tho breed of
coons is almost extinct. .
. Pxnnsti.vania Mabbl*.—An exlonsivo bed of mar
ble, occupying iome ten acre* or land, la ■aid 'to lure
been recently discovered on the farm of Mrs. Susanna
Meily, near Jonestown, Lebanon county. The mar
bio io considered equal in quality, to tho Italian, and
waa discovered by some workmen employed in ma
king an' execration for widening Hie Union Canal,
which pasaee through the properly.
. Tux roLiox or Baltimore are waging a war of ex
termination against tho dogs of that city. About
lire hundred ha*o been destroyed during tho season.
A boy,' fourteen years old, attempted to kill him
self In Now Hoik, on Monday, by firing a boll into
his breast. The wound must prove fatal.
It to said wool, in, Ohio, and in tho country along
tho lakes, is selling at filly cents a pound. Recently
two hundred thousand pounds waa purchased at lliat
price in Huron and Erie counties, Ohio.
DxsTnuoTtvK Kirk.—At Johnstown, Pn.i ,h "
moat dleaatronu fire ever known in,that P lacc |° c ’
purred on Saturday morning laal. Ton famlU«|
were rendered houaeloea;' .'The lose ie heavy.