American volunteer. (Carlisle [Pa.]) 1814-1909, November 06, 1851, Image 2

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    THE VOLUNTEER
John B* Bratlon 9 £tdltor and Proprietor*
CARZ.I9Z.Bt NOV. 0,1881.
TO THOSB IBDBOTKQD* v.
Wo need money, end we must have U! We have
on our books several thousand dollars due us, which
we are determined most be Bellied shortly. To those
indebted for subscription, advertising and job-work,
we say—caff and scflf*. Woaro now engaged
in mskiog.oDt the accounts of all persona indebted,
in the bands ofa Justice of (he
Fesce'ftre&ecUtln* if they! are not very soon paid
oft-. :Wo bare been giving hints to our indebted
patront long .. We shall now act.
Deposit* Bawk.—Al a meeting of the
Board of Directors. of Jhisinstitqlion, held ot their
fn v 'thhL bet'oogh, ‘•on- Tuesday last,
Jins H.Gruiuu, Esq., sent In his resignation os
the Bank. .’ Whcrcqponiho; Board* pro.
ceedc4 io, iho election of a President,. when Mr-
Cjuelbj OoiLßirwas unanimous); elected. This.ls
a very judioloos selection, and will give general
satisfaction to the stockholders and friends of the
institution. ’ ’ :
i B**r. Pj-oOR.—We are pleased to see that Dr, John
ABLi ofbfpnrpe, township, In this county,, obtained a
premium: aV therefieht Agricultural Slate Fair held
at the M best Flour.” And Judge
Watts, of (his borough, a premium of $1 tor a line
palr hslfShanghai fowls. r
. Rlv. Da. :MoCuNToos, formerly of Dickinson
College, : has bsen- Called to (ho Presidency of the
Wesleyda Xfnivariity, Middletown, Conn., to take
tbe place of Dr. Olin, deceased. Dr. McC; is a man
of distinguished ability.
are indebted to Governor Bigler., of
California, for late California papers. We thank our
valued friend for his attentions, and congratulate him
on hialrinmpbanl electron.
Visit took 4 Buckets Editor. —Our former towns* '
toln, William C. Gould, Esq., the able, faithful and' <
indefatigable editor of tfao Eaton (O.) JDimocrot, 1
popped into oor sanctum a few days ainoe. Of
course ho was in excellent, spirits, after the great
Democratic victory in Ohio, to gain whioh.he labor,
ed.wilb commendable zeal and efficiency*. We are
always, glad to lee our brethren of the quill, for we
Invariably find them cheerful! intelligent, Compan,
.and, like onraelf, poor. "A fellow feeling
inakes ns wonderoue bind, 1 ’ la a very true laying.'
Mr. G. left this on Monday last, on his return to
OWet., He ■ carries with- him '.out boat wishes for his
future prosperity and happiness.
.Col* , Bigler 1 * , Cabinet.— Tb«. name of Judge
Woodward hoe-been suggested for Secretary of the
Corantonwealth,-and Judge Campbell for Attorney
General. Both would.be well received by the De.
oeoraoy of the Slate, 1
, ;'..A late number of the London Times says that
Britain has received more ingenious inven.
(!dn| frb’m tbi United Stales, through (he Exhibition,
then ftont all other sources I** The Times Is (he pa.
per' which,' oarly in the season, ridiculed so onspa.
rlngly.lha American department of the Exhibition.
i L Tbo Fitlsburg Chronicle, of the 20(h nit, says:
A man in Allegheny city shot a woman on Satnr.
4e/* They had been engaged to bo married to
eaeh'other. He had been absent from the city a
short time and returned on ’Salnrday; and called at
her horns to see her. Ha mol her at the door, and
°® ■*?!!*, to kiss her, she pushed him away,
a 'told blm she had been married (0 another man.
This exasperated him, that ho went away and
B°t end returned and shot her in the arm.
fthelanoUdangeiously wounded. .
.Jfaoai««fy’iil9»n Otriof funttoo Bhon As# (feu
elded- e esse involving (he right or potent* (6 e child,
efterhsTtxig eDtrnßted it e long time to another.—
.When a child of the respondent's first wife was four
yean old, and its father in embarrassed oircamsUh.
ces, tbc child was entrasted to its grand parents, who
hove for a : period of 9 years provided’for all its
lDnrlfag lhis lime, he made no claim to the.
child, and the judge therefore decided, since the
child had formed new attachments, as an adopted
one,of, the grand parents, and 00 advantage to be
gained by a change, that the child should remain
with Its foster parents.
THE MAGAZINES FOR NOVEMBER.
Graham's Magazine.— lt . Is now, some time since
We received the November number of this beautiful
end highly popular Magazine; but owing (0 the con.
fusion and hurry consequent upon a general election,
wo have heretofore neglected to notice it. The nnm.
bn.dow bpforo 'uS| is a very elegant and magnificent
specimen of typography, and contains a vast amount
of entertaining and substantial reading matter. The
contributors embrace the first names on the list of
American writers, male and female, and Ibo ombel.
lishmenli are eminently calculated to please. This
Magaslno is .worthy the patronage of an American
public, and weare pleased to see It Is receiving it.
Philadelphia. George R, Graham, Proprietor. $3
per year, or $5 for two copies.
• GookvVLabt's Boos.—The November number of
Ibis *nciehl‘ favorite Is a very rcndiblo one. The
emUJllsbponti arc handsome. “Good*’ and ‘•Evil**
Cduneil are very suggestive engravings. The lite
rary .contribution* are varird and interesting, inoul
callng many a useful moral as well as vivifying the
Imagination, The “800k 1 * for November is a perfect
gem, recommending itself to the patronage of every 1
American lady. The contalbuloia to Us columns
•»e 'among the best and most celebrated male andV
female writers in America. Qodky leaves nothing!
■nJone to render his publication worthy of an ox.]
teciive patronage, which wo are happy to know It
bps, and each year adds to its subscription list a host
‘of new patrons. Address L. A. Godoy, Philadelphia.
For #3,50 in advanct wo will send a copy of the
‘• Voluntur” end the “ Lady" 9 Book” for one year.—
Send on your orders.
■ _ ** Tni Qo'asdun. o —- This is (he (file of a monthly
'Magazine, published at Lancaster, in this State, by
lt is devoted (o Social, Literary
and, Rellgiousin teres Is. The November number,
wbiebis now before us, is .filled with choice and sub*
sianlialresdiog matter, It ii well worthy the pat
xeiuge of the literary, moral and religious portion of
the community. : Price II 00 per year.
' Gleason's Pictoiul Drawing Rook Companion is
che of the most eomplefo and well-sustained papers
«f the hind'ever attempted id thia country, The
■VnofttfatieDi, the paper and tfaio typography, are si)
tdttlvabW, and the dontenta varied and instructive.
Mr. GUuoq, the enterprising publisher of (be Com*
to make his publication second
to n«iein*lhe wo»W, He is undaunted, and* seems
to spw« no his effort, to achieve that odd.
Wo pofceWa that the next number (29) ,|.W heaven
any „f Ua predacoa.
soisiiaVD boen;,but we ,have no space to refer ia
dfilati, to the numerous designs promised. Bverv
one who Is anxious to see the paper, and subscribe
ftr it, ctn dtf so by calling at our office.
~ A person being aaked
why he bad given his daughter in marriage 1 to a
mao' with whom he was at enmity, answered, 11 1
did’ lf out W*pure* revenge."
PARTY SPIRIT*
We do hot encourage acrimony in,, political dis
cussions, but we do admire an independent ezpres.
•ion of individual and public sentiment. 1 It incites
a vigilance.'end energy pedoliatly.chtracterisUd of
our government* as ** the land, of the, free nndtho'
home of the brave ” —it encourages that watchful
now which can alone preserve and perpetuate our
institutions of frecdomf and, when conducted in a
spirit of honest feeling,-must -, produce salutary re*
sutts. Those who hove grown cold end indifferent,
become warm in the interests of the country, and
through a proper exercise of their influence, accom
plish much good. As a community of freemen, it is
not only our privilege, but our duly, to inquire into,
and investigate the conduct, motives end principles
of publio functionaries—for, by such a course, wo
giro, an impulse to .virtuous action, and present a
safe-guard (q qut righls end inslUutions, and conse
quently it evidences an important and necessary
bearing upon our, welfare and existence as a nation.? -
But whciv,that spirit is directed lowardsmailors of
minor Importance—towards tho abuse and persecu
tion of any particular class of follow.*citizcos—wd
pervert tbo grand objects of. freedom, and we abuse
the privileges guaranteed us by our liberal .institu
tions, ' W 6 must 'ground oar adherence to party
upon the investigation and support of huWciflks, or
we subvert good order, end alienate those kindly, '
feelings of humanity which should exist among us
as a. community, with , equal rights and Interests* 1
Such was the example given us by bur pairiolio
sires, and their various lessons in (ho oauso of free- 1
dom should warn us of our duty in protecting and 1
cherishing the rich legacy which they purchased 1
through blood and toil, and which they transmitted •
to us for safe-keeping. It was. through party "spirit '
—through devotion to political principles—through
the. zealous advocacy, and support of. the doctrines
of democracy,: that they established the union under
which‘we enjoy so much prosperity end happiness.
They aimed' not at the overthrow of any particular
sect, but as a mass of Republicans they contempla
ted the happiness of all. In all countries, and in
every age, the usefulness of party spirit, when con
ducted with a view . towards sustaining .principles,
must bo acknowledged, and ehould be encouraged.
The contests between Democracy and Federalism
in Ibis country, are the best evidences of Us salutary
results. The motives and doctrines of both parlies
were freely discussed and exposed, and the mass of
community were thus permitted to form an opinion
end-make choice of the government under which
they could enjoy tho greatest degree of prosperity
end happiness. They adopted tho prJhciples of de.
mbcrdoy; and, with two or three exceptions, the
strength end energy of the democratic party, have
ever since kept them in the ascendant. Bnt the
osuse of our repeated trinmphi motile obvious to
every one, and while the democracy should be proud
of their course, (he federal party might lake warn
ing from .their successful example. Our party have
always contended honorably, as well as faithfully,
for victory, and (hey have always unfurled the broad
banner which displayed the political principles for
which they contend. While Democracy and Feder- 1
olism were fairly st issue, that party spirit proved
beneficial in its resells to tbe country—for by (heir
distinct organization end 'zeal, they operated as a
check, upon each other, and thus prevented an ex
tremity of political feeling which would bo intoler
ant upon the people, and dangerous to oar liberties.
But ore wo now so situated 7 It Is true, the dem
ocratic parly remain one and the same; but where
is the federal party 7 'Echo answers, where ? We
find them, however, with different names snd creeds
—hut we find them mutually contending for office.
Their names are as various as. the different tribes
of Indians, snd (heir principles are as opporiu as
(the poles. Odo faction are Abolitionists-men who
ate determined upon destroying lbs XJnloty andj»)iq
delloht. in Gutneoiipg . .dltcord sag , dTssentfoo.—
Another faction stylo themselves Antimasonss
faction without any settled creed of principles, but
who are determined upon annihilating every social
order, and who. profess great abhorrence towards all
monopolies. Then a third faction—and the last wo
•ball mention—eali themselves Whigs. They are
the strenuous advocates of every thing which con.
fers power upon the few, and avowedly contend for
all monopolies. Now, these factions constitute one
parly, and when they meet as one body, (he cogno
men of their principles is Antimasonie Abolition
Whigs,' “ A man cannot serve God and Mammon,”
says the best of all books, and (ho perfidious charac
ter of such a combination, is too apparent to ever
expect popular favor. They are a bye-word snd
term of reproach, and they are raorked by the de
mocracy. The will of the people is tho first ear
dinal principle oflho democratic party, and under a
Jefferson and Jackson that principle was fully ex
pounded, and happily administered. It is yet', and I
over will continue, the,doctrine of democracy,and
in tho advocacy of equal rights and equal privileges
—in their avowed opposition to oil moneyed monop
olios-tho democratic party may safely calculate
upon the steadfast and zealous support of tho patri
otic and intelligent supporters of freedom. With
such a party spirit they may bo assured of the con
fidonco-and support of tho people, end with such
party principles they can ever czpcct to pcrpcluaio
our free institutions, and promote the prosperity and
happiness; of tbo country. Then, wo say, party
spirit, whan conducted upon principle , Is productive
of much public good, and operates as a safe-guard
to the institutions of freedom; but when conducted
wilAoul regard to any doctrines of political policy, it
incites distrust in the minds of tho people, and in
duces them to guard against their operations; as
being the schemes of an enemy to tho government.
Such a parly aro anllmatons, abolitionists and rood, i
ern whlgs combined. They dare not avow .their
principles; fur foar of offending each other, and by
Ihelr contemptible coarse and collation, they rich.
: lCoQft, y ■•euro Ibo jealous watchfulness andopposi.
tlon of the great body of the people. Give us then
j » aealous party spirit—such ns avows'-and sustains
’ the paro principles of democracy, and oar country
mast continue prosperous and happy, In (bo full on.
joyment of virtue, liberty and independence.”
Carolina. —The result of tho recent
election In South Caroline, plainly ahowa that the
citizens of that State, entertained an ardent love for
the Union, and the noble Institution! of our country*
The 'result is a patriotic one, and will at once sea)
all opposition to the Compromise Measures of (be
last Congres, forever, in that State. The majority
for the Union, or Co-operation party, will be about
10,000. Glorious result. “The Union now and
forever, one and inseparable." .
Ornu Scats Captured,— Wo learn from (he
Annapolis Republican, that tba schooners Folly Bell
and Petra),'and sloop Levant, all. of Philadelphia,
were on Tuesday week seized, for a breach of the
oyster law, and taken into (bat port by ayoiss under
Sheriff Bryan. The men found on beard of them
wore committed to jail in default of tho payment of
a fine of #5 bach, and the voaaota condemned.
A Scene of Desolation.— Tho emigrant road over
the desert, beyond Ilumbolt river, is literally strewed
with dead carcases. A gentleman who reached Sac
ramento City about the middle of July, counted, SO
head of cattle to as miny feet square; making a total
of twenty thousand. The wagons are one to every
rod. Of eleven thousand that started to California
J last year, not one half have reached their destination.
SIXTY YEARS AOO—ST. OIiAXIDS DEFEAT.
OnTuesdify latfl, November the 4tbi U.!was sixty
years'since Major General AuTUDR ; ST t) CtAiR, the
American commander, wae defeated by.)th« Indians'
and British, in what was then called the Western
Territory, at ; that time a howling : ahd IjnhWpUablo
wilderness, inhabited only by wild beasts qr llio more
merciless savages. This same territory- is now a
populous ond flourishing portion of the Union, com*
prising many fertile and mighty States, teeming with
a hardy.and industrious population, and,containing
within Us limits a.largo number of
towns and villages.. Hero, too, do education;
civilization and the arts flourish in an eminent degree,
and where once was heard nought bul'tbe war whoop
of tho savage or lhe howl of the do
churches,'colleges, schools, and other seminaries of
learning abound, and happiness and prosperity, peace
and plenty, reign ‘supreme, '
- Sixty Years Aao! How changedthe scene during
that comparatively br lef 'epace of time ! of
our 11 oldest inliabUtnls n ‘oan well remember tho day
when tho hews of the defeat and almost utter anni
hilation of St. Clair’s gallant army reached this then
frontier town, bringing as it did weeping and sorrow
to hundreds pf hearths, and caatingjgloom and des
pondency over.life whole country. .Since that lime,
mighty events hare transpired ; powerful. empires
have rose and fallen;, and whilst all Europe has been
convulsed, time and. again, by internal ware and re
volutions, our own-country, happy.in its free inelilu.
lions, has steadily pursued its onward coarse! acquir
ing now, fertile end extensive territories, and yearly
increasing in wealth,.energy and population.,. Sixty
years ago, canals, railroads, and aleambeatSv wore
I things unheard of; and even the idea of a turnpike
I across tho Allegheny mountains, was scouted at as
an idle and visionary project, tho coinage of a brain
not blessed with sound practical common sense.—
1 Now, in every section of our wide-spread Republic,
do those mighty improvements traverse the land,
bearing our rich products to profitable markets. In
the great West,(lien a wilderness, but note theconlre
of population, the busy hum of life and business is
always heard. On those glorioiis lakes and rivers,
whore once’ tho'rod man, then the.'haughty lord of
the soil, paddled bis frail , bark canoe, Un\ Qpjeslio
and noble steamboat, now “walks the wafer like a
thing of life;** and where stood those old forests, the
beloved htmtrng-groundrof the Indian, antMVhVro be
roamed wild and free, splendid Cities, beautiful towns
and villages, productive farms, and magnificent villas
now take the place.
Alts for the. red man! Tho tide.of emigration
and civilization has driven him farther, qnft farther
towards the setting sun, far, far uwsy frora<tho home
of his childhood and the graves of hie fittbers, until
be baa now abarealy a spot he cm His 1
race is nearly run, and his tribe will soopjbo extinct*
Those of his kindred whom the H longknlfs” and
rifle of the “ pole face" have spared, fall
victims to the “firo water. 11 of the mercenary trader,
and “ the places which once knew them know
them no more forever.” In a few we
shall have nothing to hold him in remembrance, save
the legends of the past, recounting his lieVolc deeds
and his unavailing straggles, an din tho nqmes of oor
lofty mountains and beautiful rivers. " Lo f the poor
Indian!** - ■ *
Protect Che Laborer*
The Cumberland Mining Company baa been com*
polled to put (heir property in the handa'of Assignees,
by the failure of Tieasurer Rawdoo, of New York,
their financial agent, The miners and other-hborera
employed by the Company) were much
the supposition (hat they would lose their ; back wages
—varying from $2O to $lOO per man. Fortunately,
for them, the Legislature’,' at its session; 0f'1847,
f*"«ed.a law giving them .a lien apotHbo'.personal
properly oT an
l* «J*» ~i«nr vribelrlapor. was lylegfspbed
to (he assignees In Now York, «nrf m antwir was
returned (bat immediate arrangements should be
made to pay the men their back wages., .. .
This Is a good law. A chief aim of oar govern*
roent should be to proteol the laborer In every shape
and form, it Is possible to do so. When we read of
the miserable condition of the''laborer,'ih'almost
every part of (he world but oar own,—it .c/ipnet but
call forth an earnest desire In every man,.(bat the
laboring public of America may always continue to
obtain liberal wages, and be first providcd'for When
reverses overtake the capitalists.- - j
Extensive Custom House Seizures.—'Rio. officers
of tho revenue at New Orleans seized, aboul'lhe SOlb
ult.f thirty pianos, which had been foledioiniy en
tored. The invoice handed by, the irnporlcis'Vcprc
sented tho value of some fine plcolo ai 6f10f.,
while other importers and dealers In the citytjoqlsfed
Ihoir cost to be more than twico that amounti/.dt Is
said that one importer, who had just reeoV*d>'ttlor
of these instruments, had stated the coslpAW liSJmwo
been 600 francs,‘but vefy fortunately,bofofu entering
thorn at that rate, ho heard a whisper with regard to
the proceedings being taken with regard to those
already entered. lie accordingly hurried to the
Custom llouso with his original invoice, which fixed
the coat a( 1300 francs each. About the eafme time
the re was a seizure of about $5OOO worth orfurniluro
and damasks r imported by an extensive dealer in
those articles. ' The fraud was delected by’the ioci
dent of finding (ho original invoice of the goods In a
roll of damask forming part of tho oontontaofa box
sent to tho Appraiser's office. This invoice was
compared with that previously handed In'by (he
importer, and though (hb marks, numbers, measures,
dec., wore identical, the prices wore very different;
(oTho Cincinnati Nonpareil understands (hat
witnesses are to be subpamod to go before tho'Supreme
Court of the United States, to be holdcn In Columbus,
for the purpose of endeavoring to indict those,persons
who wore engaged in getting up the Caban espo>
dilion. The oaie will come before lili Honor Judge
McLun. The trial will elloil oonaldorabhrifatfifrett,
( and the result will be looked for with anxiety. : *
A Great Suit,—Wo learn from the Dubique (Io
wa) E*preu t that .a suit ha. boon liullmiod in the
United Stales Circuit Court, by the Chanioiu., heirs
of M. Dubuque, to recover the whole of the Usd lying
along the Mississippi River, above and below. Du* 1
buquo, for eighteen mites, and running bsck nine
miles; in which bounder/ is included (he bit/, the’
whole mineral region, and a number of the best im
proved farms In the State, The heirs olaira s under'r
title ia Dubuquc, prior lathe possibility ofany title
resting in Congress.
Editors in Paris.— The editors of the Javans
menl” newspaper In Paris, wars reosnll/ arreitsd
and imprisoned. Two members of the National As*
sembl/ perform their duties, the privilege of Inviola
bility protecting them from a similar fate, , v All
imprisoned editors, who behave well, are; permitted
to leave the prison, on parole, for about a day in each
month. Thie has always been oostobury, and no
prisoner has ever abused the liberty thus'aCoofdad
to him, * ' ’"; j • *
: .tl f : 'ft -
Lutheran SvNOD.—Tho Lutheran Synodiof Mkrj
land mot at Williamsport, Md., on the Ifith’ultf-.Tpo
opening discourse was delivered by Rov. Dr. Morris,
of Baltimore. Tho Rov. Mr, wee P/o*
sidont, and Rev. Mr< Smetser, Secretary. The session
was clmraotorizcd by harmony and Christian feeling.
It adjourned on Monday afternoon. The Rov. Dr.
Kurts preached an ablo discourse the same evening,
on the oootsfonof setting apart three licentiates for
ordination. . , . ; •
THB PANIC.
Pending the late canvass in Pennsylvania, Bays
the Washington Union t the whigs made the mos*
strenuous efforts to frighten the good people of that
State, by creating a monopolist panic. con
dition of the New York money market; caused by
a sudden and unexpected contraction of the'New
York banks, was relied upon as a sufficient foun
dation for protectionist tirades against our commer
cial system, as tho prolific source of innumerable
woes. The whigs had been dealing in frightful
pictures to an unlimited extent, and for a long time.
The revenue bill was to crush the national indus
try, and the independent treasury was to destroy
the currency. But the fates werounpropilioue.—
The spirits, thoughcajled, failed to! come; and the
country , much to the mortification of federal proph
ets, and the discomfiture .clothe friends of sppcial
privileges apd .class legislation, continued .obsti
nately prosperous/- Xabor Tound remunerating
employment, capital found.profitable, investment,
and commerce found abundant freights; thb reve
nues of the government Increased; the currency.rer
mained healthy; and despite a foreign, war,* and*
political and commercial convulsions abroad,
precedented prosperity .was enjoyed by. the peopid
of the United States. Still the whig leaders con
tinued to foretell the coming of ruin, apologizing
for its delay by innumerable and conflicting excu
ses. But during the canvass in Pennsylvania they
assumed a more confident tone, and affirmed that
the.long-expecled'darkhess had set in—that a to
lal eclipse had actually commenced* They eager:
ly pointed to the money market of New Yorlr, af
fiming that the tarlff had deranged the currency,
and prostrated Pennsylvania labor by prostrating
the owners of Pennsylvania forges and coal-fields.
It has always been a favorite scheme of the whigs
to frighten the people bf the Keystone .State by
panics made to order, on the eye of an election.-
We trust that the recent returns will leach thetn a
lesson, and that they will learn,from the triumph
of Bigler end the defeat of Johnston that it is bet
ter to appeal to the reason, judgment, and patriot,
ism of an enlightened people, than to attempt to
frighten them by doleful .cries, and sheeted spec
tres manufactured by political magicians. We
have whig evidence of the materials which com
posed .those lately exhibited in Pennsylvania.—
*Tht general committee of whig young men held a
meeting in New York on the 17th, repudiated the
cry of distress which had been uttered in Pennsyl
vania, and bore fervent testimony to the, unprece
dented prosperity which the country enjoys under
the beneficent operation of (he financial and com
mercial policy of the democratic party. Thb com
mittee held the following emphatic language:
Resolved, That our country, now so free, pros
perous, and happy—so blessed with all tbal.is de
sirable In a land teeming with plenty—so rich in
the fruits of internal and external wealth—so
mighty in the possession of vast rivers and lakes,
which, are the great arteries of our continent and
its commerce, surrounded by the great oceans of
enterprise and .trade—*oltizens'of-a country emi
nently-intelligent, patriotic, and industrious—of a
coontry, too, in everything now indicating that
glorious future which has only been foreshadowed
by the historical past and the bountiful present,*’
&0., &c.
These admissions, coming from a whig source
of great influence in the Empire Slate, are worthy
of consideration, in view of the course pursued by
the whig party in Pennsylvania, and indeyd to a
great extent in all the States of the Union. They
acknowledge that our people are free, prosperous
and happy; that, the land is teeming with plenty,
and rich in-the fruits, of internal and external
.or* » thuteotrs w
glorious future. Such are the results of the demo>
orailo policy, which tho wbfge seek lb overthrow
by all the 'mean* which ingenuity can invent and
zeal apply. If our foes would scSk to accomplish
their purposes by sound, argument, or, by candid
appeals to facts, show that the practical operation
of the . present system was checking the public
prosperity, no one could complain of their conduct.
But when they rely on unfounded statements and
temporary clamors, on the eve of the elections, in
order to arouse the fears of particular sections
their conduct cannot fail (o Call forth harsh, Qnd at
the same time, just rebuke. .
Invention.— lt Is stated that a gentleman in Now.
port, Kentucky, it perfecting an application of elec
tricity for propelling a box containing lexers over
wires from place to. place on tho tuloarapbio princi
plo. The experiment over wires of six hundred yards
in length has, it is said, worked to k charm. ’ The
Boston Tranocripi says that parties in that city bate
-been for some lime past' experimenting for, tho same
end, with a good prospect of success; and that iho
project has been thought plausible by some of. the
moat practical men, who have contributed liberally
towards .its accomplishment.
1 Another Exvedition to the Arctic Ocean.— Tho
Aberdeen Journal learns that, in accordanco with
the opinions of tiro recent meeting of (ho Arctic-of
ficers at tho Admiralty,, it has been resolved to-send
a screw steamer to (ho Wellington Channel to pro.
seouto the abandoned search for the missing ships,
Erebus and Terror, but that it will not fro fitted out
(ill tho spring, tho advanced season of tho year ren.
doring it improbable that any progress could be made
up Lancaster Sound bsfbre winter. It 1« highly
probable (hat Captain Penny will be put in command
of the expedition, and that the Lady Franklin and
Sophia will again accompany him.
Convicted or Murder.— At Cleveland, Ohio, on
Thursday, a verdict of guilty ofmutdor, In tho second
degree, was found against an Individual, for causing
tbo/dcath of of.the Cleveland and Pills
bdrgh Rallfoad* by putting a stake bn the (rack, and
throwing off the engine. • It should have been murder
in the first degree; If tho fid woVo proved upon him*
No act more discloses tho malevolence of a fiend,
than one which, to gratify feelings of revenge, will
involve the life of persons innocent of any offence.
Child Murder.— Tho Lebanon Adverliter, of tho
S9d ult., says:—A woman named Trout, residing
near Belleview, in this county, was committed to our
jail yesterday, under the serious charge of murder,
It seems thsl on Thursday last, while in a passion,
she chastised a female stepchild of hers, oged aboul
3 years, when the.child fainted, and almost Immedi
ately after died. Tho child was buried, but suspicion
arising among the neighbors, the body was disinter,
fed and an examination .had, when the Coroner’s
jyry brought in a voidlot of guilty of murder. By
our next issue, we shall probably become acquainted
with all the particulars. , ,
CfJ Got. Sxvmour. of Connecticut, has appointed
Thursday; Koverpbor 97th, to be observed as a day
o t Thanksgiving and Prayer. It is presumed tho
same.day will be sol apart by tho Governors in all
tho Stales, except Virginia, whero' (ho Diocesan of
the Episcopal Chnroh has sol apart tho first Thnri.
dly in November.
(£j*llon. Walter Forward, recently elected Judge
, in tho Allegheny District in this State, returned from
> Europe in lho steamer Pacific, on Sunday week. It
| will bo reoblleoted that ho rosignod-his foreign mla*
sion soma time since, in view of accepting the Judicial
| nomination.
Oollfornia Wlnslthe BannoVt
It seems naye the Pennsyltanian{ that the Califor
nia Democrat® win thtf!!" Banner" from.Pennaylva--
nio. The proportionate majority for John Bioler,
in,California; is larger, according to lho voJ.e thrown,
than 'that bf his brother bcre/ PennsylyanlA will
pay tho forfei/wilh 'pleasure; for If alia could not
win the prise’ Herself, Where else could ll bb-bcltcr
bestowed than /upon the giant Democracy:of the
Pacific? ;i . ‘/i / ,V .
fipesker of the. House*
The reflection of J. ELLIS BONHAM, to tho
House of Representatives, from Cumberland county,
will give the Democracy of that branch of tho Legis
lature a chance of furnishing (ho bcel ; presiding
officer that haa appeared in the House for many
year®* BONHAM- (aside from the puffing system
which some of our Democratic contemporaries crc>
ale great men by,)-is the iouDdoat.Aodrablost.miaD
of. hit years in our ranks. Hq..approaches nearer
the 'standard'of whal a elnlesbian, Bhould bo.lhap
ony ,of the gentlemen who rdc.oiyo suofy on, abun.
dqnco ofsbapTrqm'the* press.— Huntingdon Globe,■
.Progress of Fit, BUßTEnisM.— Shortly after 1 the'Taj
lure of the Cuban Expedition, lliq New Orlqdns Dtlfa
and. other Southern papers announced the commence
tnentff a secret organisation, with tho title of "The
Order of the Lone Star, 1 ' -and having for its object
“ the extension of thb area of'liberty ;" /in .other
Words, the development of plans for,.again assisting
the Cuban, people in obtaining, independence. The
New York Sun now publishes a circular, which Win
course of circulation in that city. ’ It hails from iliq
city of La fay cite, Louisiana. It requires ten persons
to. form a .division of the “ Order," and should others
desire to act id concert with headquarters, a charter
will be granted and an forthwith,
In order tq‘ initiate thb members and assist in
Ing lhq i division.. The circular is signed.John,.'V.
Ewen, President, and Jesse Gilmorb, Corresponding
Secretary.' •' '• '
t Wild Boar Killed —On Thursday .last a very
largo - wild boar was' killed ;near the plantation of
Mrs. 1 Mary Marshall, six'miles from Savannah) 6i.,
by. a party of. hunters who wentin pursuit of him.
lie was the terror, of ail the negroes In the surround*
ing neighborhood. A parly >of men, accompanied
by a number 'of dogs, started In pursiiit'of him on
Thursday morning,'and .succeeded In bringing him
to bay. A desperate fight soon lookplacebetween
the dogs and the boar* Three of .the l dugs • wore
killed in a few moments, one of whom had hi,ahead
completely severed from his body by'u single stroke
of the boar, which was finally killod,by,ia rifle ball.
He weighed 468 pounds. Ilia skin was near an
Inch in thickness, and hi® (oaks Word SJ inchee in
length. Ho measured three feel a’croti hia shoul
ders. ' * 1 , r •*' ',‘ ■
Mr. Boctmnan in Delaware.— Alt/Democratic
meeting hold at Blackbird,’pel!, oh SaVurday.Vho
following resolution, in favor. o( Mr. Buchanan for
the Presidency, was passed : ..
• Retohtd, That James Buchanan) of Penn., Is our
first choice, and Senator Douglass,' of lit., our see*
ond choice for president, subject IMbe-decisiohof
the National Democratic Convention* t.-'
Attxnpt to Assassinate Kossuth.— lt is stated in
the Isto Foreign News',that Lord Dudley Stharl hod
Obtained Intelligence froth'VlepnC, that
’Would be ( mado tosssassinato Kossuth,at Ins landing
at Southampton, and that two females had: left :tho
Austrian capital for tbo express purpose of tasking
an attempt upon the lifo of the illuatrioua fugitive, at
Southampton. Great preoautiona were being 'taken
by the authorities to prptect.bim from lho fanatical
movement., . .
n*j*A temple for Pagan worship has been opened
at San Francisco* by the Chinese/ This U’the first
Idol, temple that' baa been erected in ’this country,
since those daysip the dim.aodmltly paslwhen the
bjf Stephen*, in Central
America; were populous with a gVMT, r and •'highly
advanced nation, whose name and fate aro how tin*
known. ...
Accident.— Mr.’John Saylor, of Upper. Providence
township; Montgomery county, Ps., residing near
tho Trsppd, was killed ,on Wednesday, the 23d ull.,
by an embankment of ground falling nponlhirm while
engaged in quarrying stone. Although warned of
(he danger, he ventured to remove one 1 atone too
many, and paid the penally w|ih his life. > A wife
and family of children arc lofl lo mourn his Untimely
and unexpected death. 1 • ’ .
The Great India Rudder Gaik.— A decision
has been given by Judge Spragtie, in the Circuit
Court of the U. S., at boston, in thuoase of Good
year vb. Day, which is considered a signal,tri
umph for the taller gentleman. The main point,
however, is not yet decided, and will noi bo for
one year, when a-final trial will .lake place in
N. J; ,-u-- j.-»» •-
When.the intelligence reached
on Saturday evening,, several .hundred, persons,
who were in the employ of Mr.* Day and others
paraded the streets with torches and mdsio,"ex
pressing their gratification at the result, by cheers
for Mr. Day, and groans for the other party..
. PoPUUTjoN or California.—Full returns,haro not
yet been received from ! Califorma,; but. enough is
known to show that the population of (ho Stalo has
boon considerably over estimated. It Will probably
nut exceed 135,000, and in that ease Will not be op«
titled! to. more than one representative in Congress,
after the next apportionment.
Another New Tcaafronr.—The inhabitants re
siding noVlh of the Columbia River,'in Oregon-Ter.
ritory,are in favor of a. division- Public (peelings i
have been held in (he counties, of Clark,lsew|f and
Pacific,end strong resolutions adopted In favor of tho
organization of a ridw Territory. 1 ;
.The Foreign Interference.— Tho Boston. Courier
has "the best reason for believing that tho wholo eljory
that a very spirited rebuff lisa been given-by ant
Government to certain intyyfn»onces ;
tho British and Frcpch doyornmonfa.on tbe.subjpcl
of Cuba, is entirely tho Secretary
of Statois In Boston at present, it is : nbl impropohle
that ho is iho authority, for llic coriirndicllop.
New and Valuable Invention.— A mechanic of
Newark, soys ho has a valuable invention fur (ho
prevention of accidents oh railroads, by (ho cars be
ing thrown off tho track, for .which motsuroe have
been taken to procure a patent, upon the'reeeipt- of
which the improvement will be tested In ptiblioi <, ‘He
says that it will permit tho oar to rlso /scvoral feet
from the track in oases of,emergency, pnid,bring jt
back to its position in safely. .! If-it fulfills- tho con
ditions claimed for it, it will'be ahimporlani 'im
provement “ ‘
Dead Letter Oitics,— .EigM hundred and Itoiaity.
butheU dead letters, ahor boing the
Dead Letter Affioe, were hauled put upon the, 09m
mens at Waehlngtun, on .the first ulb, and burned.
What a lerriblo conflagration of ideas there mas
have,been. u !\ ' 1 '•. ,!lffW V
BRANDy Dnop^.—We h'avo' seen l(;stated r?-
peatodly, llial, Oonfeoliijpefs
the hukit of inclosing about a louupoonfal of li
quor, in sugar,' thus making a very palelable,end;
for oliildran,' but we have never aeon the arliolo It
self. If true, this attempt to pervert'lbs apjiotlis
of cl.ilJron, and lead them toli(ta slropg.drlnk, is
worthy of iho deepest execration. .It might,well
ho termed a ‘.'dovii|sh invention.” '; 11
■TATS Aa»lOOtTOn*t F A in;
The Fair of Iho Stale Agricultural Soci
was held at Horri.burg 'on, x Wcrtn oß <l,.,n.{|’ Wl ' icl '
•nd Frldnyof laet week; was the first domon.tm-*’
of tho kind llul hag over bran made in Potin«vlv '° n
;«ri4 'bfrepresented ns having been quite an i„ "I 11 '
aind brillin.nl affair. It is estimated that fronu " n|!
twenty thousand porsbns wore in attendance. and".. 10
Hon; ANonkw. sWenbok, of 1 Virginia, tbs O'"
upon This,.deessum; pronounced Tt . 1.1’|, 0 .'" lot
Stale'Fair ho had'evor Witnessed.” ■ Over ono n, ■
sand Were present from ibis borough and county •'
of wham, wo believe, catnchome satisfied- '*
what they had soeni'i .,1 * i ' 1 '
menls to give effect, to snobon exhibition- J"'"’
generally understood. Lilllo ,*». o»n,ei, d '? l
sueli circumstances. ,Tlio reality was hivoril ,
highly credltubleta ouragrleqltoral ccmmunitv p'
cry dcpartmoqlgrrjhj HWf&brschtg h T
oattlo, sheep, .wins,.poultry, graida,. f rui , 8
bios, forming liilplsmoblsii&inj was. well
with specimens calculated to stimulate a usofol 3
generous emulation among out farmois and mo l
ie. in the ndppli,on. o f : alT.|hp. : imp ro „ raonU ‘j l *"’
vnneos in their “Wo w •
an especial manner,” aayo tba Harrisburg
" gratified with the, substantial nnd.'rospccUMo '
pesraneo of the,citizens who composed (hami.iii, T
assembled hord od'tlila i'eoaslih;' They proaonlod^
morked'and favorable'conlrael with - ti,o crowds i*
tending pollitcsl ’cohvclillbiie.', They wire of tl
staid and sturdy class who farm the sblidsub-atfii"'
of American society and th'edisiniofoited ednaem"
loro of AroeriCnlr frcodow.-i In addition to tliogroai
variety of objccts oxliibilcd Immodiatelyicomiceicd
with sgriculture, Ihercwero- displayed Vn ients nu.
morons beautiful specimen* of needle work; drawing
preserves, &c. &.0., kjndryieuppiibdby .the ladies, nnd
which wore much admired.’.' : The ploughing in a i c |,
which come off on Friday morning, attracted Jcooroi
attention. Specimens of all the best,ploughs Via in
the Bold, niid the oicciijlpn wap in every i n .
stance considered superior an*d satisfactory, They
turned tho sod of a ten acre lot bottom upward in
double quick lime.' ' ■
Al 2 o'clock in llid an'ernoion'o/l'riddj; ilia ii on>
Andrkw Stevcnsoh; of-VirglniaVdelivcrcd an address
in the Hall of Iho Homo of Representatives, before
tlio Stale lisiencrs
as .could crowd into (lia^ooni.’ Unfortunately, the
place selected was (bo fcmall fb contain t tithing of
those who were’ exceedingly- anxious (o'hear ihs
eminent and distiaguf<Hed;epbdfecK
We annex a list of premium* Awarded (o.citizens
of Cumberland county, as well esupUccp of stallions
and blood horses;- . i ; •
To Samuel Kosf on ,of C u mterTs63 coehty, Pa*., for
his blaek hoi ae*» Clifton, 1 * sa'thebdat “atallidri for
quick draft,” Is 1 iV*rdefl-thV Yffttofeartorr
•Clifton” |a a- hairblobdCd VnSfth'pT' ttdod
figure and cfblla/oxhU
btled to the committee, -were 'Tory creditable vpeet*
mens or his get.** 1 • r “ * ■y >
The quick draftstallions of,W. H.Wilcr.ondJohn
H. Greasier, of Cumberland counljvPo., are well
deserving of,notice...
To the Hon., Wells, of ..Cp mbetl /h d eo.,
for liis
for the saddle,” is awarded th? premium of. 88,00
TM mar9.ljlo.lfi, presented by jX* Hetrick, u a
superior heitry draft knd broodmare, knS ia,'ln their
opinion, entitled to (he premium- of $8 00
' ,, The‘h6a’l parb rfimilia. pMaerited-by Cbl. A. Noble,
of Carlisle, entitled tb'a’pVonllintt of $8 00
The yearling Brown Cobhwm filly, owned by jVIr,
i KiUmiller,'or9hippcnebupg', : tlib)r'dc'etA ebtltlc'd to a
premlumbf ‘ \* •- 1 $3 00
Mr.' Houser's two year oTdlmy colt.JdfCnrhber.
land,)’broken to harness', is a superior one,-bnd has
evidences of fine blood.• Entitled to a diploma;
Mr. Houston, of Cumberland coonly,presented a
b|«cfc two years old- antj-a sorrpl, of'fhe saMeige,
(Clifton stock)' of fiWenre end action'.' ’ Entitled,!© a
diploma; 1 ' 1 " - v
Mr; Borkcr.bf Cumberland, inhibited a.flbetyown
dfaft nrairb.' A '
*’■ ‘Mr/'’Jfbhh'TM , .''Ej(e r of Carlwle; 'exhibited if f!n»
blooded sorrel mire. A tftmd fraveflor, ” *■’
, Mr. ’John P#obh>-,- of Carlhto, exhibited' a well,
trained brown riding horse; of superior betibii.. Also,
a sorrel. Both bcing-harscs’of Art ffiat’class. •
To Will&m M. Henderson, of Hartli 1 Middleton
township,Cumberland cotmty, forihc bc'*t£fade boll,
•Perry* over 3 years old, Vfirst premium of $lO 03
' There woe also exhibited hy Wm.-M. Henderson,
two pair of twin heifers', (native stock,) which were
dcomqd excellent ago tjrid.pepping, but not
corning within tlib range* of b. premium,- were re
mmchded n s worthy of a diploma. ' * ( r
Iri our nc*i,,wo>ill give a.rhqrc fu|l, report, of,the
nplioerof }.he agricultural, inatrqmon(f K present*
cd by oitraensol CQtnbcrlmd coon'tyV ‘1 '
ICosbutii.-—The arrival ofKbsmrh a( Southampton,
which was ppldoWn for tlio SGih'uft
to thelatest European ipiclligencc, riot rcgardcias
reliable. . Ilis imovcmenta wero quite uncertain.,' A
report prevailed Jn Paris thol'ho .had--lefHht•United
Stales stcamer ( |n high dudgeon* Imvntyfrpttirtlled
wjii.‘iior ccjmjniinijif r ; •;.jjiwitO'! 1
The Austrian Goypmrrrtnt'ia .very angry.at the pre
parations that have.bpen nmde'ta Englandio>reoeivo
the exiled chieftain; and the semi.officlaf'Wgani'or
the Government abuse Lord Wftlruh
sparing acrimony.;’ .Lord, VV f elmorc 1 an^, f who ,wss
recently appointed’to, succeed Lord JBloqntfic.ld,at
Vienna, ,: lias bcen delaying his departure.until rtho
CxcitoinCnt in |ho’ Austrlan'capUal'shall Hayeaem’c*
wlmtsubsidcd.Tiio Austrian Lloyi'i, a fl.c’tnr-official
Journal of tho Austrian pubinqt, expresses. iipolf with
M a pity, mixed with’ nncomtnon 'oontcrhpf,* for the
sldpid, Well* failed ’aldermen of Sbuthamptbri and
London,*’, and has nd { otheif Irtcans
loft to resort.lo,.lo,.exprosa its. rags.at (ho failure of
English polleyonlhe Continent; but 1% render hon
ora 16 a;tnan : 'wlto‘tia'i bberi banished frbM hlicoun
lry;fbr'[tolUlbii|) oficnefc#,** ! ' t
M , GoV. UjfnAzt’s dissatisfaction, it Is
stated, cxjilsarpong .the
place selected by Ujhnxy.for i|iq Cotopyb.on aocawH
bf its’ poisohßing so few facilities for cpiMnumCalioir
With the wtorfif-' 1 II if ilfpated alfoasl“160 niilciffOiW
the.Miir'iMlpp»* rive»y tfnd is In a fcrlitq and bcaullfoT
A change of. location has boon proposed by
some of tho Hungarians lately arrived.iCfov* UJUasy
Is represented tas living the’life of a (rue philbsopher.
lie spends hla time in.the back woods
luxuries and rofirioments, with; wjilcb ho jia'd l jbocn
previously surrohndod. os an independent Iowa; far
nicr t hit employment tjlvided between 1 bib'farming
operations oul or.doorii, .and ajudy and Vefloction
occupations are* occasionally re*
lisvcd'by such hunling;and fiahing ta the forest of
Grand riybf'ond ita'waters afford, ’■
• DtraAODifia tb* RKVtwDfc**-*lfillio'Uiii(odjSlol«»
tH«trWt : IK ! *on ( Tuoidaji twenty
qaftfloi] 'of wlrioe wcr# 5 condemned' to' bo *oM
YQr boing uiiaciVflluc^ l ,wUl} lnlenl;la(Jofrau<l thQ ff.
rvonoo. ' ; I >' Ur.<' t : .mh*»S ‘..k'm
!i ; iy !r dtiifim/ of 'dhtqqndsv emerald*- end -rubioi,
wi)ioh wpTb •jnnt'io'cbnßljndos
iWofflqe/with fto.;*llogW I6t*nt to ‘wold pktfnjf
doliee, add wjiioh; were claimed.by potnard jPofn*
and'blhotß, wart alao cbndomncd„'and ojdarcd to bo
■
|NT»wrr*—Alluding to (Ijo. reports lo
tlie rieXl Congrciß by the Administration,' upOn the
finahcoßond llio tariff,'lfie iVasfiiilglonco'r respondent
YorkVowf Commerce, that •*
is . understood UiMi inlorcile aro
now In favor of gUlnja portion tpPbnneylvania iro»
without embracing 1 in Iho ■ohctoa' anjf additional
prolcolioa. for.^l^lrVcpllpn,' print;work®, &6‘. T(jo
W ntor double not-ilhaltho iron inloroile -wiil ha,
•Uongl; and pcrhopa exclusively* urged* ii...