THE VOLUNTEER John B, DrixttoUiEilltor nnd Proprietor* CARLISLE, JULY 7, 1853. DBUOORATIO NOMINATIONS. FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER, THOMAS H. FORSYTH, 07 PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. FOR AUDITOR GENERAL. EPHRAIM BANKS, or UIFFLIN COUNTY. FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL, J, PORTER BRAWLEY, OF CRAWFORD COUNTY. lisle, tor 1853. Orphan’s. Tuesday, August 30. Tuesday, November 1. Tuesday, Decembers?, Courts at Carl SBBBIOR9 A.ND OVER AND Terminer. Monday, August 23. Monday, November 14. Standing Committee Meeting, The Democratic Standing Committed of Cum berland county, are requested lo mod at (he public house of Henry L. Burkholder, on Saturday , Ju/y 16/A, 1853, at 1 o'clock P. M., for the purpose of appointing the time for holding the delegate elections and the assembling of a County Convention to nominate a county ticket to be voted for by the democratic party of Cumberland county. Three of the Committee. July 7, 1653. The following named gentlemen compose the Standing Committee of Cumberland county, for the present year: Lower Alien, Goo, Ernsi; Upper Allen, J. W. Cocklin; Carlisle, E. W., Ephraim Cornman; W. W., Samuel Ensminger; Dickinson, D. L. Beel man; Eaalpennsborough, Chas. A. Dolson; Frank ford, Jas. B. Brown; Hopewell, Capt. D. Wherry, Hampden, David Hume; Mechanicshurg, Edward I.amont; Monroe, James Burlneti; Mifilin, Robert Middleton; Nowville, Ab. Killian; Newton, Win. Ruth; North Middleton, John Kilch; New Cum berland, V. Feetnan; Silver Spring, John (’lea denin', South Middleton, S. llupley; Southampton, James R. Kelso; Slnppensburg Borough, John Siambaugh; Shippensbura township, Hugh Craig; Westpennsborough, Maj. Sami. Tnit. Appointed.— Wo arc glad to (corn that .Mr. Col lector Brown hastcndircd our worthy townsman Captain John Goodyear, a Clerkship in the Custom House at Philadelphia. Tills is a most excelled mid popular appointment, and will bo gratifying not only to the democracy of Cumberland count v, but also to bis many warm personal friends. Tho Captain from his youth up has been a consistent and reliable dem ocrat, and has always “stood up lo tho rack, fodder or no fodder.'’ Mr. Jackson, a distinguished lecturer on llio sub ject of Temperance, la expected to address ihe ciliiena of%imberlaDd county on Saturday the IGih lost., in tho Methodist Episcopal Church of tins, borough, at 10 o’clock, A. M. The principal object of this visit Is lo define distinctly the grounds which Temperance men wish lo assume in tho approaching election in this Slate. All who feel interested in this matter arc invited to attend. In Town.—Gen-Seth Clover ono of the Canal 1 Commissioners, visited our town on Monday last ' He looks wall, and appears lo bo in the enjoyment of excellent health His business was of a private nature. TatETM Adol't.— At an oariy hour on Thurs day morning last, a young colored lad, named Uei-l, was detected in the act of purloining various arii clesofsmaii va/uo from the premises of Afisa .Mart McGursis, in this borough, ife wo# pcrmitled to escape, and subsequently made on attempt upon' the watch-maker shop of Mr. Ephraim Steel, but being surprised in the net, managed to effect his 1 escape. | Our citizens should be coicfui to guard the operations of designing prowlers, who, upon one ' pretext or -Another, obtrude themselves upon their premises. If they do not, they may discover, when too late,the loss of wearing uppuu l, poulliy, and perhaps articles of greater value. Beef Cattle—Prime, fat beef cattle pass daily through our streets, on their way from the West to the markets in the Eastern cities, where beef at the present lime commands a very high price—choice cuts selling from 15 to 16} cents per pound. In our own market, good be of sells at 10 cents per pound, snd the butchers hero find it difficult to purchase fat cattle at almost any price, dealers preferring to drive them to the East, whore they are bought in lots hy •peculators. We have no doubt ibo farmers of the interior of this Stale would find it profitable to do vole more of their lirno and attention to the raining end fattening of cattle, as slock of (hat description if a/ways a ready and cash Bala. John Welsh, E«q.. She? iff of Westmoreland cmn ty, died at his residence in Grcensburg. on Thursday evening, Junw23j. Il 0 was elected Sheriff of that 'county last full, and was an estimable man, much beloved by bis fellow citizens. tO“Tho editor of the Perry Fuenian mentions the! name of lion. Frederick Watts, of this borough, in I connection with the Whig nomination for Judge of the Supreme Court, in place of the lute Judge (>id •on. Judge Watts is a gentleman of gro.it legal at tainments, and would bo an ornament to the bench of (ho Supremo Court, yet wo think hois endowed with too much prudence and good sense to accept the imply honor of a Whig nomination. fTFA correspondent of the Harrisburg Keystone urges upon the democracy of Dauphin county, tlio propriety of nominating John Wvrtii, Ebij , of Har risburg, as a suitable candidate fur the Assembly.— Mr. Wyoth is a gentleman of fmo abilities, great business talents, strict moral and political integrity, and is a sound and consistent Democrat. Ilia nom ination and election would confer honor upon (lie people of Dauphin county, and bo highly advanla geous to the interests of the Commonwealth. Iter, sumo Iwn months ngo, a statement, which wo find from a very good source, to llio effect that go- Thi Fuanblin.— The permanent Record of the ano W ob d preventive of the fly in wheat, and advised Newt and Politict of the World —Lillie, Son At Co., oul formers to try llio experiment. Some of our of Boston, have Issued proposals for a weekly journal jjonlcmporarics, however, nt llio lime, denied llio of 33 largo quarto pages, under the above lillo.at virluca of guano os o provontivo oftly, and inetanood •5.00 per year,that promises (• be one of llio best BoV crul fields in their respective neighborhoods upon journals over published In the country. The "Liv- which it hod been freely used, ond In which the Mg Age, published by the same gentlemen, has for wheal had boon com plctcly riddled by (hat destruo- JMM presented to Ibo American public the choicest { j vo inavcl. Finding ourselves out-voted wo said no lUtralure 0 'j 1 Now World, and wc may moro . biil quietly yielded to the opinions of (ho ms •ipeo I o ran n, to bo in contompornry his jorily. However, at llio some time, wo could not lor», general politics and social philosophy 3 . . . . . . .. . ...f lm . „ P*'y. wi»ai the ' help thinking that Iho guano had not boon applied ••Living Ago” is In current literature. Wo wish • . «».i - w,,l ‘ iin « judictoua manner, ond behoved then, and do Inii now magazine over; success. , J , j still, that this excellent manure, when properly op- Imprisonment op Colored Seamen. U U staled'. (died, in n timi rale preventive of fly in wheat. In that the Dfiliih government hoe abandoned the case,l proof of the corructuoßs of our opinion, wo will slate Instituted some lime since, to lost the law of South that a fanner upon the Ocloraro has said, that ho Caroline imprisoning colored seamen. Orders have noticed, in several holds whore guano was used, an teen received at Charleston, through the British entire exemption from the ravages ofthis insool, but Minister, to pay off the counsel, and not prosecutejthe most remarkable insionco of It occurred in a tlipeaeSiai was intended, before the Unilcd Stales 1 hold in his neighborhood, one half of which was Supreme Court,a decision having boon already given covered with guano, and the other half with stable In favor ol the law by a Court In Charleston. I manure. The latter was almost devoured by th o fly, The Carlisle Post Oflloo. Removal. —The Editor of this paper, having been appointed Postmaster of Carlisle, entered upon the discharge of the duties of the office on Friday last, the Ist inst., and removed it to tho three story brick building on South Hanover street, immediately op posilo tho- Volunteer printing office, and in which it was formerly kept by Captain Sanderson, whore it Is now permanently located. We have appointed Henry W, Mateer, Esq., and Mr. George McFeely our Assistants, who, having been duly qualified ac cording to law, have entered upon tho discharge of their duties. To Nathaniel Hantcii, Esq, our gentlemanly predecessor in the office, and la Mr. George 8. Sea right, his obliging Assistant, wo are under many and lasting obligations for their kind and courteous at tentions towards us, and for the great amount of necessary information in relation lo the duties of the office which wo received from (hem. It is but right and proper lo say, that in the management of the affairs of the office, Mr. flanlch gave general satis faction, and was a popular and obliging officer. In his retirement, ho carries with him tho good wishes of all oar citizens. High School Exhibition. The exhibition of the Mala and Female High Schools on Thursday evening last, in Education Hail, was a very creditable affair, and reflected groat honor upon tho young ladies and gentlemen who participated in the exorcises of tho evening. AI- 1 though the weather was intensely warm, the largo j hall was densely crowded with on intelligent nudi- | once ofeitizens and strangers, and many were una j bio to obtain seals or even standing room. Tho { pieces and dialogues selected for tho occasion were I chaste, instructive and appropriate, and some of j them exceedingly amusing, and the speakers, male j and female, without exception, did justice to tho 1 parts allotted them. In those annual exhibitions, I wo have noticed of late years an evident and dccid ■ eel improvement in the manner, matter and elocution \ {of the different speakers, and (ho nasal twang and: | tiresome drone of the raw school boy have given J J place to the free, natural and unembarrassed case land coif possession of the practiced speaker. In | deed, the matter of some of tho speeches, and the { grace and diction uf their delivery, would have done j honor to seminaries of far higher pretentions. Wo J have heard but ono opinion expressed by those who I wore present at this exhibition, and that was ono of: unfeigned delight and pleasurable surprise at the j greal proficiency of the scholars. I Great credit is duo lo Mr. and Mrs, Downing, tho tea a Iters of the Ma lo and Female H igh Schools, for their unremitting exertions, and tho care they have taken of the education of tho pupils commiled to their charge. The Fourth. — Monday last the 4th inst., although ‘ not marked by any striking public demonstration, 1 was pretty generally observed by our citizens as a 1 holiday. The Bj nk, stores, public offices, and places of business were for the most part closed, and tho day was permitted to glide away in a quiet ond or derly manner. Those who had the wherewithal to spare, betook themselves to the Carlisle Sulphur Springs, and to Ruplet's at tho Boiling Springs, at both of which places, wo are informed, they were entertained in a most sumptuous and hospitable I manner. Quite a number of persons spent (ha day ion the banks of the Conodoguinil in fishing, gun- 1 i ulng, battling, and other amusements, and wo should I .think enjoyed themselves as rationally and far less expensively than those who visited more fashionable I resorts. Wo had almost forgot to mention, that du ' ' ring the day, the old Infantry company, under tho command of Lieut. Robert McCartney, paraded i | through the streets, and although I lie turn out was | small, the men looked well, the music was excellent, nnd (he firing of the beet description. And in Ibis manner was celebrated in Carlisle nnd its neighbor hood [ho sever ly-scvcnlh anniversary of American i j independence. I A Nf.w Pater. —Wo have received the first number of a new democratic paper, just established j in Uloomfield, Perry county. Pa , entitled th«“Atf-j im cate an r l Press.” It is under the editorial con trol of Joiiv dlet, Esq., and is indeed a coircct and beautiful specimen of typography. In 1 the getting up of his paper, the editor, who Is n practical printer, displays (act, talent and Industry and we hive no doubt that, in a pecuniary point of view, his efforts will bo crowned with success. The “No one can pa*s an hour with him without be- Advocate and Press is of the largest country size, * n S impressed with the conviction trial frank . , , . i,i <•. . ,a,i Pierce is a man of marked traits of character—sa pnnlcd on good type and the finest paper. Jho . . . * ° J ‘ 11 i nacrous and discriminating—quick to perccivpand selection, in the numiier lioCorc ns arc of the very j promp , , 0 act—always roaily lo lislen lo advice— first order, and the edilori ris arc written with much [bat possessed of a strong will and firm mind.— ability. The editor says the Advocate and Press will, There is a peculiar expression about riia eyes, in bo “radically and uncompromisingly democratic.” j dicativo of the character of the man as developed Win Ist wo ,*uml to Mi. ShciWey the ii B hl hand ai " ce llls ■""<•!?•• raj>on. Il [a that—bo lo >|ie»k— I ~,, .. , , ~ . of a person who knows hi-uself thoroughly.'ond of fellowship, and cordia y welcome him into the I , ' r „„ . • , , ~ *7 J . i 1 J w hat is ol equal importance, knowe those by whom 'ranks editonal, we cannot nTrain from expressing |, e jg surrounded. Ho who aspires to overreach ' the hope that his paper, instead of weakening or Frank Pierce must rise early in the morning." distracting,may bo the instrument of strengthening a lid uniting the indomitable democracy of gallant lilt le Perry The Wheat Harvest, &.c.—The farmers of Cum berland county have, for mure than two weeks past, been busily engaged in cutting and gathering in the harvest, nnd Irom all that wo cun learn, the crops of wheat will bout least on average one, and its quuli. ty unusually good. Notwithstanding the reports , | raised and circulated sumo weeks since by Interested (•peculators os lo the depredations of the ‘•fly' 1 and ••joint worm,” the crops in every section of the covin try, so tar as wc have yet beard,will bo as abundant | and the quality os good as were those of former | years. It is true, some fields have suffered by trio I 1 fly and mil-dew, but ibis is u yearly occurrence, nnd will not materially effect ciliter the interests of trio former or produce a scarcity of I Ills great agricul' tural produce of trio country. There is also, we lo.irn, a fine yield of rye, and bolMtho full and spring barely are excellent crops The Into refreshing rains, 100, liavo produced the ■ usual effect in promoting trio growth of corn, oats, 1 grass, potatoes, and vegetation of every kind, and from present u ppcarnnces, the husbandman will have [ u rich return in the fruits o( the oar ill fur hi# patient and incessant labor. Guano and tub Fi.t. — Wo published in the Volun■ while tho former was untouched. Wo should. like to |iear from other farmers who have used guano in wheat culture.' If it bo a remedy against the fly the fact ought to bo made public. IS IT SOI Wo boo ifslalod, says the Heading Gazette, that under on act of Assembly passed last winter, Banks stocks arc exempted from the payment of corpora tion, county, poor and school tax* The list of pub lic and general laws, recently issued, contains noth ing of this hind ; so that if such a Jaw was passed : at all, it must have boon as an amendment to some private bill—and very appropriately bo ; for the more privately a Democratic Legislature makes lawsso partial and unjust, the bettor for its own reputation. Upon whit ground wo should like to know, have the Slock holder of Banks been relieved from the pay ment of the tones to which all other property ie liable? They receive from ten to twelve per cent, for their money, while that which is invested in real estate often yields but four or five, or rarely nioro than six per coni. This is “equalizing the buulcn of taxation" with a vengeance ! We always thought (hat the most productive property should boar the heavies proportion ol lax. But it seems wo ore bchinh the age ; the wisdom of our modern financiers has reversed the rule. The rich capitalists, *ho own nine tenths of our Bankstock, are to go free, so far as taxes for local purposes are concerned ; and the whole of this expense is saddled On the poor, and ; men in moderate circumstances, whoso property \ consists mainly in real estate. True, the Banks pay * pretty handsomely to the Slate, in one way and an other ; but when they can divide ten and twelve per coni, s year, clear of oil Stole lax, it is very certain that tho privileges the Slate grants J them, ore worth tho price at which they are bora Ifilwcronol so, Bank charters would cease to be in demand. But, pulling down the revenue the Stale derives from the Banks at the highest figure, wo imagine it falls short, by a considerable amount |of the lax collected upon real estate. Where la the Justice, (hen, in releasing Dank stocks from the piy i mont of their fair proportion of tax, local and gen- I oral, Stale and County 7 Wo confess ice cannot fpv it—and the people—the hard working, lax ridden common people, whoso earnings very rarely take the shape of Bank slock—are doubtless as blind as * wc. Can our Senator or Representatives—who, J being Democrats, were bound by their pledges Id legislate fur tho people, and not fur the moneyed m ; | lerest lull us why this law was passed, and by whose (voles it was “pul through f" ]■ There a Whiff Pari}'. Wo believe il is Mr. Greeley, soys the Wusliinginn Union , who suggests the abandonment of the wlnj organization, as after all the bettor way to tgoufe ;down iho Democratic parly. There is some method iin this apparent madness. To instigate oil the sec tions to operate, each upon his own impulse, and (u hang upon the flank of the grand column of tlie| Democratic parly, is a plan certainly worth trying after the successful experiments of iho Tartars, the ■ Cossacks, and the Spanish and Spanish-Maxiem j gucrilas. There Is Iho advantage in (he scheme: As each band of assailants is to act, as it worc.aputi J its own hook, to acknowledge no ruler but its own chief, and no code of morals but the spoi fa, so there} will bo none of tiro disagreeable consequence* about 1 principles which have always afflicted and broken any great combinal ion of whigs. Each organization can have its own especial creed ; each advocate its 1 own favorite dogma; eocli its own favorite; each j its own foe or foes ; and none is to bo responsible for , the acts of another. The game has, however, one j little drawback. Greeley will bo able lu bring into - tho field more fanatics and abolitionists, with the aid of Mr. Sow-nd and bis staff, than all tho difcor. j regiments and divisions combined, and will*cftii. | muster and on(-mancBuvro (hem oil when (hop Some 1 to the decisive coup d' elal upon Iho adinini strslion of General Pierce. J Change of Opinion, We learn from the Rochester advertiser, that a Whig appears in the columns of the Newark Ra gle, who says he wrote much and Rpoko more against Franklin Pierce while a candidate for the Presidency; but since the object of his assaults has boon installed in the While House he has visited him, and has changed his opinion entirely. In proof of which the writer says A Contrast for the Times. Tito eloquent silence of tho contrail between a good and a bad action in. perhaps, llio best argument in favor of llio (mill. Far instance, take up the four yean of democratic rule, which began in 1845 ond ended in 1649, and then lake up the four years im mediately succeeding, and what a lemon the exam ination loaches to the world! what triumphant re sults reward tire inquiring mind ! what a moral it present* for llio contemplation of our countrymen! and above and beyond all, bow forcibly the contrast proves that when democratic principles aro.ippUocl Iby Democratic statesmen, and adhered to tuo end with unflinching pulionco and fortitude, the sequel is sure to bo one to arouse the admiration of- liberal men all over the world. r l. In a word, the contrast between llio democratic administration of James K. Tolk.-aud UiO W44g ad* minialrution of Taylor and Fillmoio, is a stronger proof, on (bo ona hand, of the value and Ibd of de mocratic principles, and, on the oilier, of virtue tendencies of whig dogmas, than could bo elicited in any discussion, however able , profound, and mas lorly. Indians. —The St. Paul's (Minnesota) Democrat of llio Blit inst says Gov. Gorman has been successful In an interview with the Sioux and other Indians, with the object of securing their removal up tho Minnesota rivor. The Democrat says it is a con summation which will bo hailed with great joy, os U lias been llio impression (tint they could not bo re* moved without the aid of military force. A letter from Major John C. Ilenahaw, of (ho U. S. army,dated at Fort Arbucklo on Dm 15l!i of May, eaya that (ho report of an attack on Fort Arbucklo is untrue. There had not boon oven sqmblanco of hostile feeling shown by any of the tubes (hat havo habitually visited the fort since Its establish, mont. Later prom Utah Territory.—Several persons while constantly denying St, may bo followed with Si.v, arrived at Independence, Mo., from Utah. Tl.ov fearfi.l coo.e n gencea to l.craalf, and sho may di.oover . i . that while she has been seeking to undermine others, left on the 21st of April last, and loporl every thing B j JO j )QB | OBl w |, u 'i wnß 0 f much more consequence to prosperous in (hat territory. Emigration was got. |,or than (ho doubtful honors of a Vuin and impotent ling along well, with the exception of being rather attempt to sow the soods-of discord among a happy crowded beyond lire jnnelienef.be Northern and people, and the frullle.. do. gn of planting her fla S oruwuou uu;u. m j .... unnn now acquisitions on the American continent. Southern routes. Tlio bitmll pox liad broken out jj u j wo (rua i Englund will see the wisdom of modi among the Indians, and from what t hoy could learn, fyhsr policy upon this dimtinont, and will trout neurone thousand must have died with it from each us fairly us wo have always (routed her.” tribe of the Cheyenne and the Slwshoncs or Snakes.' *l*llo Alabama papers are ogit-iling the question Some three hundred of these dead bodies Wore piled of the erection of a monument to (ho memory of the lin one house, and the house*set on fire. ( lalo Vico President King. TUB STATE FAIR. From all that we.hear, tho Pennsylvania Stale Fair, which is to be held in Pittsburgh in Septem ber next, promises to be a very interesting and splendid affair. Extensive preparations have al ready been made for the accommodation of all visiters who may attend, and although this exhi bition mAy not be on as grand and extensive a scale-as the New York Crystal Palace Exhibition, wo have no doubt it will give more general satis faction. Not only will Pennsylvania bo largely represented,' but Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky, and other States, will send full delegations, and many ' of tho finest specimens of their productions, as [ well as much of the handicraft of their citizens.— The Pittsburgh 'Morning Post , In noticing the pro- Rotations for the Fair, says: “We hope that the ( citizens of Pittsburgh, and the people of Pennsyl vania generally, will not overlook the fact that the next Stale Fair will be held at this city, on the ( 27th, 28th, 29th,and 30lh daysof September next. Wo are fully authorized to say that the most ex tensive arrangements are being made for the pur pose of Insuring a full attendance on that Interesl ' ing occasion. We learn from good authority, that the citizens of the neighboring Stales are actively engaged in making arrangements to be fully represented nl the Pennsylvania Stale Fair. The city of Balti more will send a largo collection of agricultural implements, and it is determined, If possible, to take the prize in that line of industry. Ohio will bo here in all her wealth and glory; and the “hun ters of Kentucky” will bring up their fine horses and cattle to astonish us old-fashioned Pennsylva nians. Of course that big vase will bo here from Wheeling, to excite the envy of all our workers in glass. The Now Yorkers and Michiganders will also be fully represented. Pittsburghers! you must wake up, or else you may be beaten at your own doors, in the exhibi tion of useful and ingenious articles, by the skill ed workmen of other cities. Pennsylvanians ! you musl not allow the farmers of the surrounding States to excel you in the production of sheep, cattle and horses. To one and all we would say, bring in your very best articles tor exhibition, so as to make ihe Pair as attractive as possible.— i Every farmer and mechanic in Pennsylvania should, if possible, contribute something to this grand exhibition. Want Finds a Supply, We copy the following from tho Montgomery Ledger, tho editor of which devotes much lime and apace in advocating and promoting tho great and (rue interests of farmers, and bringing into nolico the inventions of practical and scientific men. Tho article is just and appropriate, onO should bo pon dered well by agriculturalists : Necessity is truly the mother ofinvention. Il is ( pleasing to contemplate, how genius supplies tho ! wants of the country. A few years ago, the fanner, j found lire labor of threshing to bo a “winter's job,” I and in order to secure the laborer to do the work of i threshing, and nid in the throng of harvest, they j were compelled so hire more help during tho duller seasons, than required, in order to have it at thubo j tunes ns the laborer must have steady employment, [ in order to live. To equalize the labor of Che season,; wo then find tho Threshing Machine brought into use. Now tho scarcity ofhands lo pci form the In bora ol harvest, is universally complained of. Tho laborer of the coontry, I* compelled to seek steady employment, and cannot bo had for a fo* weeks in this season only. To remedy this difficulty, the practicability of rcoping and mowing machinery has been ftucccssfully tested, and oro being rapidly brought into use. A few years hence, and (ho cut* ling of grass and grain will bo done by machinery, as generally as the 1-ibur of threshing out grain is , now performed. A trial of a mewing machine in Bucks county,/has .given groat satisfaction the ( farmers who viewed the operation. Supreme Court* The tuto term of the Supremo Court for the Mid die District, says the Harrisburg Keystone, termina ted week before last. All the Judges were in atten dance, and their dilligcnl attention to the duties they were culled upon to discharge, won fur them the approval of the members ol the bar. and of the public. Thru next session will bo at Sunbury on llio second Monday of July. Wo ore authorized hy j them to say that all cares pending at Sunbury, from 1 counties which have been annexed to llio Eastern,l Western and Middle Districts, hy llio acts of the J Legislature al its last session, must be considered as transferred to the districts to winch I lie y note belong. None of those causes will be heard ut Sunbury. It is the opinion of the Judges (hut tlio Jurisdiction of: the Court al Sunlury lias been ousted by the acts of Ascmbly icfcred to. An irascible gentleman who does most decided* ly not believe in spiritual tappings, writes to the New York indignantly asking: “What are wo coming to, when men of Mr. Tallmadoe’s standing can believe that the spirit of John C. Calhoun would condescend to return to the earth, 'in order to crawl under n table, feel any one’s foot, boat a tattoo on iltu under side ol the table with the lops of liarnl-he.lls, turn guitar player, and bell ringer, and all al the command of three female foxes ?'' Monument to a Pioneer. —On Wednesday evening of last week, the citizens of Htmjsbunr held a meeting in the Court House, to adopt mea sures for erecting a monument over the grave of John Harris, the first Bottler on the banks of the Susquehanna rivor, and after whom has been chris. tened tho town of Harrisburg, the present capital lof tho Stale of Pennsylvania. Resolutions were I adopted providing that o monument should boerec* Ibd, enclosed by an iron fence, and appointing a committed to carry out this determination, and onother to solicit subscriptions. Tna Cuban Slavs Trade—During tho Aral five months of the present your, not lone than UU4O Afri can bluvcs wcio landed in Cuba, from slave ships Of those one cargo, numbering G'J7 staves, was ac. tually consigned to Spanish Guvornrmuit officials, notwithstanding the slave trade treaty wiih Great Britain. Three oilier cargoes, numbering in nil 1475 slaves, were publicly sold ul auction. From another cargo, it in said, the agent of the Quoon of Spain brought 290 for her majesty. The Spanish war steamer Isabel landed 30 /corn another cargo, nnd a government marine office furnished launches for landing G 97 negroes. A Hint to Cheat Dritain.—The Washington Union of a Mo dale contains a loading article which concludes with this language: “The lime may come, and IITSt soon, when Great Britain will realize, to tier bitter cost, dial her per severing and energetic nod unblushing interference with die institutions of (ho United Stales, and the Interest of die American people has not been the most profitable investment she has made. Sho may : then find that the example she has set to others, oven Hon* Llim Boyd. Wo see it stated in the Kentucky papers, says the Washington Union, that there is no doubt about tho nomination of Col. Boyd for re-ctcclion, and of his return to tho House of Representatives. His stand, ing.ln Congress for many years is best- understood from'tho fuel that ho was chosen Speaker by (ho House of Representatives. His -re-election will bo highly gratifying to the democracy of I lib whole country; ho has a fund of experience and practical sense, combinod..wiih a scrupu'ous devotion to tho public interests, which mnko him one of llio most useful os well as one of tho ablest members of Con gress. Although somewhat behind tho time, in compliance with tho request of the Committee, we give place to the following preamble and resolu tions. We would hero remark, that all commu nications, &c., for insertion in our paper should be forwarded directly to us, and with as little delay as possible. Jf mailed , which wo think doubtful, their former letter never reached TRIBUTE OF pESPISOT. At a meeting of the Students of the “ Cumber land Valley Institute, 1 ’ Mechanicsburg, held for the purpose of taking into consideration the sud den death of P. W. Wolford, a Committee was appointed, who reported 4he following preamble and resolutions, which were unanimously adopt ed : Whereas, It has pleased almighty God tore move suddenly from us, by a mysterious dispensa tion of His providence, a beloved and worthy member of our Institution, and one in whom were blended those amiable qualities which endeared him to ail his acquaintances ami students. There fore, Jiesohcd, That in the death of P. W. Wolford, we have sustained a loss which words are inade quate to express. In him wo recognized a stead last friend, a worthy student, and « kind and obliging Mend; and while we sympathize with the afflicted family lor the loss of their soh and brother, we cannot forgot nur own in being depri ved of our mutual companion, Jiesulvcd, That we lender to the mourning rela tives of the deceased, oUr sympathies in their af fl cl<on. and unite with them in the hope that our loss is his gain. Jiesulvcd, That as a tribute of respect to the memory ol the deceased, we wear the usual badge of mourning for the space of thirty days. Hesulved, That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to the bcroov<d faintly, and presented to the editors of the Volunteer, Herald, Gorman Reformed Messenger, and tho &lar and Banner, ol Gettysburg, for publication. W. P. BAIRD, 11. 1. comfort, G. W. ZINN, I). E. KAST, 11. D. NICKS, Cummillce, Tint Fisheries.—The policy of the British Gov eminent in so jealously watching encroachments up on the fishing privileges of their 'Colonu s in North 1 America, has recoiled somewhat upon those whose ! interest U Was designed to protect Tho French, it is well known, possess Ashing grounds in the neighborhood of Miquelon. Tho movements of tho British Government during tho past and present sea nnna, have not been unobserved by tho French uu ’ihorilics. Wo learn from St. Johns, N. F., Dial 7or >6 British provincial schooners, which were encroach ; ing upon tho French fishing grounds, have been , driven away by French cruisers, before they h id ob tained one-third their fares. The British ncliauncr 'Victory, which had also been poaching, arrived at Pugwasli on the SGih ult., from Bay St. George, 1 j with only 500 bjrrch of herring, and a lugubrious complaint that she “was driven off by French crui sers.” From St. Pierreo Miquelon, we learn that the British War steamer Devastation, has recently been in that quarter, making very minute surveya and examinations of the headlands and lines of demar cation, as laid down in treaties, probably with a view of keeping the French vessels within their proper limits. With (ho feelings which formerly existed between those two great nations, such n stale of ofTa irs might have been the source of serious misunderstanding. Boston AdxSer. A Sip of Punch —launch very slanderously makes use of tho following ; “The sun is colled masculine from lira supporting and sustaining tho moon, and in finding her the withal to shine away ns nlio does of n night, and of ins being obliged to keep such a family of stars be sides. Tho rnoun is feminine, because she is con Bluntly changing, just as a ship is blown about ,by every wind Tho church is feminine—.because she is married to the Slate. And Tuna is inuscu lino because bo is trifled with by all the ladies. The Fisheries —The B »slon Trmscripl reiterates, from personal knowledge, n statement u Inch has be fore been made, (hat some of our fishing vessels will this season go out armed and prepared to detcml the rights secured to them by the fishery convention. There cm bo no doubt dial in my of tho American fishermen were last your ordered off, and their voyo. ges broken up, or their vtsslca captured when lin y were nut within three miles of I lie shore- This ins . around a deep feeling of indignation among the par* (jus ittleicslcd, and unless Guver- mint takes Immo diate measures to protect (ho fishurics and to preserve the peace, serious collision* may result. Ai.i.roPD Bribery.— J B. Packer, E»q.. Dr. Gen. Woiscr nnd Mr. Charles Weaver, the l.iilrr one (ho present Commissioner of Northumberland rounly, were or rested on Friday last, on a aim rgo of attempt ing to bribe Christian Albert, one of llio Commis sioners of iho same county, for (ho purpose of indu cing him to give his official sanction towards n subscription of $200,000 by the county of Northum berland, to the slock of the Susquehanna railroad company. Hero is a nice spot of wotk If there li ony troth in the allegation. Reluctant emnniissionors ore spurred on to run counter to tho will of the people, expressed by an overwhelming majority, and Ihoir own conscience, by holding’ out pecuniary advan tages of some kind nr other. This la onother evidence how unsafe it is to con fer power of Ibis kind, as indiscriminately «* it has boon done for the lost few years.— Harrisburg Union. Something to Think or.— The New York Courier, under tins significant head, refers to (lie enormous amount of crime committed in dial city : It amounts in number to ns much os all the oilics of England put together, and in atrocity far exceed* ing it. The total number of Commitments for nil kinds of offences In England and Wales during (ho last seven years was one hundred and ninety four thousand four hundred and Iwnnly*four, die total number of arrests in Now York during the same period was over two hundred thousand! The New York police tables refer only to arrests, dioso of England only to commitments. In Now York, within (ho last year, seven executions for capital cases have ocourod. In all England and Wales, for the sumo period, there wero only nine, and yet the population of the latter is nearly thirty times os grout as that of Now York. It is lime (hut those matters should bo scriounly and earnestly looked at and cared for. Oik streams of crime oro increasing into torrents nnd they threaten to overwhelm us.— Tho facts wo have given, startling ns they arc, can not ho denied. Official documents prove them. Road and ponder. The Wine State.—A correspondent of a Now York paper says that the Mosilla Valley Is already celebrated for its unequalled gropes. This territory Is copablo of producing wine enough to supply die demand of America and Europe, and not Inferior In 1 quality In that ofMadorla? if It bo attended to with' euro and skill. The grapes are of the best quality ond when properly cured, boemno the very best nil*, sins In (ho world. It is from fill* sequestered vuf/oy I tliul the United Stairs and (ho rest of the world will goldio wine that will throw M-iderin and Sherry wines, and (huso of France, complrlrly Into the houses of the Josuils In California, In former limes, were renowned for the ‘ 1 excellence of (hoir (vinos. pbJcb, indeed, If wo mav i believe the accounts of trovellore, excelled those of t any other part of the world. • [ litem# efjicm#. By tho accounts In lhe papers, the tobacco cron in Kentucky and Tennessee bids fair to be a very poor one. The Sioux and 6ther adjoining tribes have con sented to sell their lands, and move further up tlio Minnesota river. ’Msj Lewis Cass, /r, U. S. Charge d'Afiaires, at Rome, who recently returned from Europe, has or. rived at Detroit, on a visit to his father's family,— Wo rigrcl to learn that Senator Cuss is quite incon. soluble on tho decease of his estimable wifei A Dill, abolishing, capital ppn;ahntent,',pae&ed tho Connecticut Senate on the 25th. It subsliluos solitary , confinement, with a provision that tlio convict shall not bo pardoned, unless new evidence bis ionov ccnco transpires, ' * Tub Peach, or EirftoPE Advices from Constant). noplo announce that firmans scouring complete cman. cipalions to tho clergy of alt the non Mahometan confession*, have been drawn up by the Ministry, and submitted to tho Sultan's inspection. ' New firmans concerning the civil rights of Christian laymen,of all names, woro also preparing. OfiEGON and Fifty-four Forty.— Tho correspond dent of (he Journal ofConamcrce says that a propo sition will bo mode to purchase that portion of Orc gon which, in 1844, was declared (o bo unquwilon ubly ours, but was subsequently yielded to Greet Britain. Filling Up.— Washington Torrltort Is rapidly filling up willi emigrants. Thera ard fifteen saw-; mills in operation in tho territory, besides several others in contemplation. A largo number ofpertuntf ore engaged in tho lumber business, which has in* creased very greatly. Tho Christians in Turkey are sild to be daily in. creasing in wealth, power, knowledge' and enter prise, and, in the fullness of appointed time, U is not unlikely that they will supercede (ho Turks as tho dominant race. Scarcity oe Hands.—A general inconvenience it experienced by llio farmers of Bucks County for wan I of sufficient help lo gather in their crops. They arc introducing iho mowing and reaping machine. The Crain Crops at Iho South appear promising gennerally. There have been fine rains in mony sections, promising an abundant yield. Railroad Accident.—On Friday last, tho baggogo iind mail curs on tho Baltimore and Ohio Railroad were thrown off tho track, near Fellorman, Va., in consequence of running over a cow. Mr. Wiley, at* incited to the train, was tho only person injured. There are 109 public schools in the city of New YorU, under the immediate control of tho board of education, 100,001) children attend the schools— llio daily average attendance being ono huff that number. The Free Academy has 500 students, 13 professors, and a number of tutors. The City of Mexico contains a population of about two hundred thousand. Two third* of ptapula nun arc said lo consist of low Mexican h'alf breeds and Indians, whoso morals and habits of fiTo much resemble iho blacks of tho Sdulh. A Cincinnati paper complains grealfy Of Hi 6 ad* vancc in the prices of alt tho staple articles of living in that City. Tho causes of tho change are not very obvious. Whatever mny bo tho Cuuso, marketing to day. and marketing seven years ago, or 6 Wbnder lully different things, in their effects upon (lie pock, ci. New Wheat.—The first sample of new wheat ap peared on Change in New York on Tuciday last— It is earlier by several day* than at any previous season. Tho parcel consisted of sixty bags of Geor gia, An editor in Paris, who had published an article, evincing a certain degree of attachment to flcnf) V., .md confidence that all woQld yet come .right, has received a warning for expressing a * Culpable sod anti national hope.' A Little Girl named Maria Wilkins, was stung to death by hornets, ot Fort Ancient, Ohio, on Sunday. Her brothers were throwing stones at (he nest, and ran away, while she became a victim to the infurla uled insects. The Cumberland Coal Miners.—Tho Cumberland AUeghanian says that litllo or nothing lias been dorm during (he past week at tne Coal mines, orv ac count of tho strike. An effort lo compromise mutters hud been partially successful, and-mostofiiM.muincji bid resumed work ot an advance of three cents per ton. Tho total coal forwarded for tho week amount ed to 7,521 tons. Defeat of the Maine Law.—The designs of (he temperance folks hove again been defeated ib Con* ncclicu). A' Bit?, based on llio Maine Uw, was on Thursday so amended in the House of representative# of tiiut Smto, as to give town and city outhotitir# power to license llu sale of liquor, and in this shapa (ho measure was adopted by a majority often. There ard four liundrcd and fifty persons annually found drowned in Now York city. There accident*' uru attributed to tiie groggcrics. A stupid sot, after j attouizmg a groggery to a lute hour in the night, ii ihrubl uut into the darkness and left to care for him self. Ue tumbles into o>o river, and Hid next thing hi* drowned body ' turns up,' giving- wdtk and fees to the Coioncr. Look Oor, Girls.— At the Stole Eulr to ho fie - at Pittsburg, In September next, there will bo a pre mium offered to girls undei twenty.one years of age (and wo never saw ono boyound that yet,) of a silver' cup for the boat led' pmjnds of butter, und for the second heat, n pair of silver butter kniv'es. For tfld bent fivo pounds of butler, u But of silver teaspoons, and lor the second best, a silver cup. j The Washington Correspondent of iho Now YoiK Courier says the decided conduct at Washington, with reference to the fisheries, and the firm yet con ciliatory representations of Mr. Murcy, have produc ed a Buppension of proceedings on the part of tfie English (igaint the fishing vessels In the disputed waters There is now o dear prospect of a speedy and ealiafjcUiry adjustment. An Electric Ladt.— The German pnpcraglvc sn account of an Auntriiin lady who is so charged with electricity that sparks arc constant/ giving out ot her finger ends, II in suldolt* (hat a* lady is found Tending sparks away from her, lhough*il is a com mon nttribulo of the sox to ottroct sparks, and even to twirl them round the linger with the utmost ease. Wo suspect (hat the account in tho German paper* is, lilts the electric ludy herself, a little overcharged. At Greenwood Cemetery, NoW York, oigtilcdn IS trnnonls tnko place daily, and passing - tiie gntow*y. from mottling till night, is a nearly unbroken lUioof funeral processions. During a small portion of Iho your tho dally number of interments reaches twenty I five nr thirty. The total number orinlcrmonls since , its f»r»l vrg.n>\z ilinn lo the prcncnl lime, is twenty six thousand four hundred and seventy. The Drs\ interment took pluce in September, 1840. I The Nuw Hampshire Legislature decided on Thurr day, that it was inexpedient to legislate Upon the suhjt 01 of procuring tho portrait of Daniel Webster and Levi Woodbury, to ho placed in the Semis House. An ' Exhibitor’ writes a savage loiter (o the Lon don Times, complaining that (ho Now York Exhib ition is not opened, nnd advises the Earle of Elies mere nnd hie follow Commissioners to come homo in disgust. A fast train on the Pennsylvania railroad, when near Oroenshurg, lately, it is said, ran ten miles in seven and a half minutes, which Is at (ho rate of eighty miles an hour. I It is reported that Judge Win. Fowler Smith, of California, has been appointed Commissioner to the Sandwich Islands. I EM Lewis, E«j., has been elected President of I York County Bunk, in place of John G. Camp- I boll, resigned. A loiter received in Washington stales that Louis Napoleon baa determined to espouse the cause of Switzerland, and that this will save that country from (ho expected war. 1 FiHy imported sheep, valued at ton thousand del* lore, were recently billed on tho Burlington >* D “ Rutland railroad. The Catholic Bishop ofSl. Louis has publicly stsl*' od, that iho odious opinions !n regard to roligi" l '* toleration, expressed by (lie Catholic newspaper o * that city, entitled ’.Shepherd of the Valley,’ mep* with no countenance from him, (hut ho has no f° n ' (rot over the l>aper, as its editor «nd proprietor !» 1 laymen, ohd that ho alone Is responsible for sontlmopls which arc as repugnant to (ho feelings o * : American Catholics as they can ho (o Protestant*
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