THE VOLUNTEER. Editor and Proprietor OAB£Ml<Bi AUGUST IS, 1853. DBUOOQ&TIO DOMINATIONS#" JUDGE or TUB IUrRBUB COURT, JOHN C. KNOX, or TIOGA COUNT*. , i • ulNAtcbuttfosioNEß, THOMAS fl. FORSYTH, { ; Ol» rnitlDELrillA COUNTY. - TOR AUDITOR OENKIIAL. EPMiOM BANKS, Cl HIrFUN COUNTY. ■ . •11 Yon bilhvbvob ocnbbal,* J.. PORTER BBAWLEY, OF CftAWFORD COUNTY. Democratic County Ticket, ' ’ JiKtmblyi DAVID J. .M’KEE, of Newton. H. G.-MOSER, of Lower Allen. Commissioner, I AMES ARMSTRONG, of Carlisle. Treasurer, N. W. WOODS, of Carlisle District Attorney, ■\V. J. SHEARER, of Carlisle. Director of the Poor , JOHN C. BROWN, of Frankford. County Surveyor, ABM. LAMBERTON, of N. Mid, Auditor, J. K DRAWBAUGH, of Lr. Allen. COUNTY MEETING The Democratic Republicans of Cumberland coun ty, are requested to assemble in the Courl House, in Carlisle, on Monoat Evening the 28d of August, 1053, at 7J o’clock, for the purpose of interchanging opinions on iho approaching election. A general attendance is earnestly requested. B MANY. Augnil 11,1853. Courts at Carlisle, for 1833. Sessions and Over and I Orphan’s. Terminer. [ Tuesday, August 30. Monday, August 22-. VTuesday, November 1 Monday, November 14. \ Tuesday, Decembers? Rawaioua Notice. —Ttev. C. A. Hat, of Harris burg, it expected to preach in the Evangelical Lulh eran Church on next Sabbath morning and evening Stohett's Gap Porr Office. —The Postmaster Generalhas re-established a Post-office at Slerrott’s Oip, this county, and appointed John Bingham Post- master. Hot Weathea. —Friday, Saturday, Sunday andj Monday laal were days that will bo long remember ed for their excessive heat—the thermometer rang* inp at 100 and 102° in the shade. Never have wo before felt such sweltering woollier. On Monday evening, and night, however, wc had a moat welcome and rofreabiog rain, accompanied by sharp poali of (bonder and vivid flashes of lightning. During the early part of the night the rain fell in torrents, cau sing • sudden rise in (ho springs and creeks. This ii the first soaking rain wo have bad for tho last four months. The Whiff Ticket. The Whigs of this county met In Convention, in this place on Tuesday, and placed in nomination the following ticket: AsaemWt/—Philip Kountz, Sliipponsborg lwp n Alexander Calbcarl. Upper Allen. Gommittioner— John D. Gorges, Carlisle. Treaturer— John Rhoads, Carlisle. Prosecuting Attorney—Wo. M. Penrose, Carlisle. Director of the Poor— Henry Sheaffer, Dickinson. No nomination for Senator was made. The tick et, take it all in all, it rather a weak one, and can and will bo defeated In October. Dkatr oi Col. Bliss.— The telegraph brings! the painful news of the death, by yellow fever, of I CoJ. W. S. Bliss, of the United States Army, tho! “perfect Bliss” of West Point, tho gallant aid of Geo. Taylor in Florida and Mexico, (afterwards his eon-in-law and private Secretary*) the accom plished scholar and the polished gentleman in all circles. His death will bo most truly mourned 1 throughout the country. Col. Bliss was spending 1 the summer at Pascagoula, a watering place on] the Gulf of Mexico, where he fell a victim to the fearful malady which Is bringing desolation into so many southern homes* Ds.tiir from Heit —There were five deaths in Philadelphia, on Sunday last, from the effects of the heal—among them waa General Bennett, who wan. taken «IoU at the Aasayer’e office of the Mint, where bo bad received an appointment on Wednesday. General Bennett served asa captain in the Pennsylvania volunteers in the Mexican war. 'After bU return homo he was elected Gene ral oflbe Second Brigade. Ho was employed in a room where the thermometer stood at ICOde greet; CnANQU IN THK CuSTOU-IIoUBK AND MINT. —Mr. William Harbcion has been appointed Deputy Col lector of Philadelphia, in place of Charles Provost, re moved, and Mr. Rowland Parry appointed Cashier, in place of William Harbcion. Mr. Parry's position in the Mint has boon filled by Mr. James McEvaine, of Brownsville, Fayette county, Ps. Dr. Sturgeon has also placed his son in the Treasurer’s department of the Mini, to fill a clerkship, mado vacant by a re moral* A drover named Thomas, from Indiana county, went to bed at the public house of Henry Ramler, in Myerslown, Lebanon coanly, with $3600 under hie pillow—s6oo being in one pocket of hie pants and $2OOO in another. A thief crept into his room during the night, by climbing op a grapo vino to the window, and emptied the COO pocket, bat for tunately did not discover the $3OOO contained in the other. ' The Scientific American, of New York, one of the most rueful publication* in the country, will com. menu tie ninth volume on the I7th of September neat The publUbera, with a view of Increasing ita circulation and Its usefulness, offer prizes to the ag gregate amount of $450 to those who tend Hie largest list ofeubaorlbers, the prizes being proportioned (o the respective lists, commencing with $lOO for the largest, list The Democratic State Convention of Maryland, after a twodays’aoision last week, nominated tho Hon. John W. Llgon, of Howard county, for Govern, or. He was settled on the 33d ballot. Thereto stood—Llgon 62, Mitchell 40, and Keys 4. The nameof Col. Hughes, another of tho prominent can didates, waa-withdrawn after the 30th ballot. Uoriop MoMlohael la spoken of as the next whig Oindldate for Governor of Pennsylvania. THE UNIT! OF TEE DEMOCRACY. Thera is no more glorious idea,, susceptible of lieing reduced to a harmonious reality,.than the unity of effort io men. believing in a common creed, having a common faith, arid aiming al a common destiny# The unity of pfca and ‘effort is Just as-natural, and we may in lho Democratic mind, as. that there Is singleness in truth, or that there is duplicity in double dealing and falsehood. Those who profess the cardinal principles of (he Democratic creed can do no other# wise than not together and in concert, if their pro fessions are sincere and heartfelt; and the disaffec- tion which wo sometimes witness forms no evi dence of the want of unity in that creed, but of the hypocrisy of those .who are its false friends* The destiny of man, the expanding sympathies of his nature, the natural equality of rights and equal condition which every free government, (if it be worthy of the name) must present to its citi zens, and support them in maintaining,the improve ment and elevation of (be race, the development of our latent energies, the advancement of (he in dividual man In giving him self-respect and dig nity of character, as well as the promotion of the general good by the aggregation of individual im provement and independence, and thus forming high toned public sentiment, are objects worthy of the profoundesl thoughts of the statesman and the lenderest sensibilities of the philanthropist. The unity of (he Democracy is the mere association of effort to carry out a great social and political troth and apply it to the affairs of men—a combination of exertion for a common and single purpose. This unity is not to be destroyed and cannot be destroyed, by false professors of the Democratic creed, by their discordant exertions, by their ex. tremest opposition or denunciation, because the justice of the cause of (he people must remain an undisputed fact, a literal truth. All effort Ic op position to this may assail a principle, but can i never destroy it. Such opposition, whether die- I guised or open, is (he same, productive of nothing i but (he dissemination of error, and in this country < exhibiting nothing but the spasmodic efforts of < impotent rage and ill concealed malice. The 1 cause still stands. Carlyle once beautifully and 1 forcibly said:—“The truest of all gospels is this, 1 that a He cannot endure forever. ’* 1 W lienever, llierefore, wo see those who would distract the unily and harmony of the Democratic party, we set them down aa the enemies of the cause of Democracy, no matter what professions of ultra sanctity they may make either upon moral or economical subjects. Their heart is not with the cause of the people, but selfish, unsulted to carrying out benevolent projects, and tending as far as their feeble exertions may for a time have any influence, to evil results. Such individuals I may for a lime divert lbs public mind, influence i the weak or unwary, but they cannot affect the so- I lid foundations of Democratic, ascendency where I the people have ballots, and have unbiassed liber. 1 ty to use them for their own benefit. They can no more obscure the light of republican liberty in this land, than they could exclude the rays of the sun from shining in genial warmth npon the earth by their raising their umbrellas. The power is above and beyond them, and they must follow in the wake of the people’s bark submissively and humbly, capsized and run down Cor crossing the people’s track, playing theiroars near the 1 bows and not at the keel of (he gallant vessel, They may servo as beacons, warning the political marinerof shoals and quicksands, but this they do unwittingly and with Ul grace, while the hon est crew make good sail, a prosperous voyage and reach safe harbors—or they may turn pirates out. right and prey upon small, distressed, weather beaten and shipwrecked crafts which fall in their I way, but (hey never can mao (he genuine republi can bark freighted with (he hopes of (be people. Their heart is not in the work and their work is badly and bunglingly done. They rarely stir a ripple upon the great ocean of events. The unily of the Democracy cannot be success fully disturbed. When the isolated principle of truth loses one false hearted advocate, it gains j many genuine friends, and for the reason that truth and falsehood naturally and instinctively repel each other. The mass of mankind are honest, nnd hence the faith of Jefferson and other patriots at the formation of the constitution in the capacity o( the people far self-government, and in the stability I of our republican institutions. We have thrown out these remarks as genera) truisms, we may hereafter make the application- Democrats, stand by your colors, preserve your Democratic unity, and vote the Democratic ticket! Frauds in tub Issus or Land Warrants, dec.— The Now York Express learns from Washington that important information hae recently boon laid before (ho President touching a long continued series of frauds in connection with tho issue of land war rants and bounties. Tho President has handed the subject over to (ho Secretary of the Interior, who is in New York. It is also said, partly in reference to the investigation of (hsao frauds. Tho time over which these transactions havo ex tended exceeds eighteen months. Tho parties to tho fraud are. It ia aaid, a distinguished head of a bureau at Washington, a clerk of hit, (both in Government employ,) and a broker of not very extensive reputa* lion of New York city. Tho parlies at Washington are represented as having made $OB,OOO out of the transaction, and olhors in Now York havo made qi much more. Grxat Speed.— The lightning express train on (ho Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad, commenced running on tho new lime tuble on Monday. The , Pittsburg Gazelle says one hundred passengers came through from Cincinnati to Pittsburg in thirteen hours and fifty minutes end the Cincinnati Gazelle was received hero in that time by Adams* Express. Tho northwestern passengers came in tho same Irsin by way of Mansfield, and reached Pittsburg at 8 P. M.,.having come from Mansfield, 174 miles, in alx hours. The troins on the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad are run with remarkable regularity, and (he route is becoming moro aud more favorite with tho (ravelling public. Stupendous Claim. — A Western Pennsylvania company have sol up a claim (a (ho Western Reserve of Ohio, under a grant from Connecticut, alleged to have been made after (ho year 17C2, when Charles 2d granted to that colony a patent for the Reserve. In 1795, it will bo remembered,she sold tho Reserve to another company, relinquishing all claims to ju risdiction ovor the territory to tho United Stales, in 1800. Those Pennsylvania parlies, wo learn from tho Washington Slur, have applied to (ho General Land officer (o make to them patents for all thofto-' servo! Tho office replied, we learn from parlies interested in (ho ‘speculation,* that tho government nevrr having had a claim to or proprietorship over that territory,they cannot outorlain tho application; and that the Stale of Connecticut, is (he party to (whom the Pennsylvania company must look for redroat, if they really have rights involved In tho case. OUR COUNTY TICKET. ,-Tho Lincaster speaking of the Dem ocratic iickel.of Cumberland county, soys_: !, w Wo hope Iho Democracy ofthalcounty w111 ,, p0l their shoulders to the wheel," and elect thoir ticket by ono of thoir old fashioned majorities. They can do it, if ithey Iry, for it is a ticket in all respect* worthy of their united end enorgotio eopport." The Pennsylvanian, speaking of our nominee for Senator .says: . “Mr. Wiierrv would make an excellent Senator. Ho is e man of strong senoo and starling honesty, end has always given an .earnest support to tbb Democratic cause." Extract of*a Jotter to tho editor, written by a ster ling Democrat of Ferry county; dated tho 12lb Snst: Your paper'of yesterday informed me of the result ofyour County Convention. Tho ticket, so fares I know tho men, is an excellent ono. “Old mother Cumberland” has. won horsolfnow honors, and I t«H you “daughter PorryV will meet her in llio right spirit at Storrott’e Gap this lime. Tell Wuerrt lio has nothing to fosr on this sido of. tho. mountain.'-’ Mr. MoKcs is a good man; so is Mr. Mosser. I know them both well, and have no hesitation in ‘dy ing (hat it would bo hard to scare up three bettor men than you havo nominated for tho Legislature. Your article on tho nominations was well mention ed. Success to tho ticket J Tho Yellow Fever at Hew Orleans* The New Orleans Bulletin of the Ist iasU an nounces that the epidemic still continues on the in crease. The interments for tho week ending the 31sl ult., of yellow fpvor, have risen to (he fearful amount of 692. For the week previous, tho yellow fever interments were 428—showing an increase of 62 per cent Tho weather still continues excessively disagreeable in that city—frequent showers, the sun warm, and tho nights uncommonly cool. Among (be victims to (ho disease is Stephen Greenland, for more than a year past connected with (bo money editorial department of of (ho Pioayuoo. Drunkenness end Lunacy. By the laws of New Jersey habitual drunkenness is very summarily dealt with. Tho Chancellor is« aes a commission to try tho ease, and if (hoy report (hat an individual, by reason of habitual Intoxication is unable take care of bis proporty v a guardian is appointed by tho. court, (be person is. divested of all control of his properly, which will bo restored on his reformation. All liquor sellers, under’s penalty, are forbidden to sell to him, and, legally, is to be treated as a lunatic. A case of ttyo kind 1 with (his resnll has just occurred at Princctoi), Thb Costa Affair.—' Tho conduct of Copt.lagra' barn in tho Costa a flair, meets with the approbation not only of his own countrymen but of all tho liber* ai press of England. Tho only exception is the London Times, which opens its batteries bn Capt. Ingraham for violating, it says, (he neutrality of tho harbor of Smyrna. The Times lngor* soli’s account of tho destruction of'sa .American privateer,the General Armstrong,by a British squad ron, in (bo neutral harbor of Fayal, and (ho capture of an American frigate, tho Essex, In tho neetrdl harbor of Valparaiso, by another British squadron.— Both of those were flagrant casaos of tho violation of neutrality, without any honest pretez for the net.— In the case of Costa, tho violation was nolooly of centrality, but of common decency and humanity on (be part of the American authorities. (Ef* The Native American Slate Convention met in Philadelphia on Wednesday. Only four countirs Washington, Allegheny, Montgomery, and Scbuyl. kill—were represented, besides Philadelphia city and ccunty. The following ticket for Slate Officers, was nominated: ■ , For Judge of Supreme Court—Jacob Broome, of -Philadelphia. ' - For Canal Commierioner —Gen. David M’Donald, of Northampton county. -i Far Auditor General— Joseph Riegol, of Schuyl kill county. ’ %- For Surveyor General— Kimbcr Cleaver*,- of Nor thumberland county. Rapid Growth op Oregon-— From the first weak, in 1853 to the intelligence oftho last dates, it spjtear* (hat the amount of immigration (o (he Territory of Oregon is over ten thousand ; which, added (0 tho thirty thousand already settled on her soil, and the natural increase sinco the taking of the Usl census, must bring her present population up to forty four dr forty five thousand. So that we may safely calculate that Oregon will bo the next claimant for admission to the Union as a Slate. Rev. Thomas M’CafTcry, recently Professor of Latin in Mount St. Ma'ry’a College, Emoftlsburg, died, on Thursday week of the prevailing epidemic 1 —cholera. Will it Pbovk Truk? —Tho London Times says. “In fifty years Ireland will be Protestant to a man. Both the Roman Catholics of Ireland and the race, identified with are all leaving Ireland Lro long there will bo none loft. At the present rate of emigration, which oin not bo less than two hundred thousand, chiefly Roman Catholics, in a year, our children will bco the limo when the Celia will boos obsolete in Ireland at the Phoenicians in Cornwall." Hon. Jefferson Davis.—Ala icconl meeting of (ho Misslsslppians in San Francisco, it was resolved to present to the lion. Jefferson Davis ■ oword of California Manufacture with a sod in ila hilt to bo selected from tho gold bcoring mountains ofCalifor. nia, "as ho risked his life to obtain them for the United Stales of America." Mortautt in Nkw York —Tho Now York Her aid, of yesterday morning, contains a list of about sixty persons, who died in that city, from the heat, during Saturday. The Herald makes the following remarks in relation to the mortality of the previous week t One hundred and twonty-one mon, seventy two women, two hundred and twenty-six boys, snd one hundred and sixty-six girls—making a total of fivo hundred and eighty five persons—died in this city daring the week which ended last night. This allows an increase of fourteen cases upon (ho aggregate mortality of the foregoing seven days, which was considered as being very high. There is no epidem ic, and the character of the prevailing diseases re* mains unaltered, as (lie predisposing causes—eating of unripe fruit, crowded lodging houses and noxious exhalations from sundry collections of filth—•till continue unchecked and unabated. The overpowering heat of the lasi two days has swelled the catalogue fearfully ; but the record will not show the gross number ofdasihs from sun.stroke tntil next Saturday. Forty eight adults died of uiarrhooa: forty eight of consumption, twenty six of dho various fevers, thirty five of dysentsry, one of Chagret fever, end thirty fivo of inflammatory disi ossos. . 1 Of violent and accidental deaths, we had two case* of suicide, four of drowning, three kilted by sudden fractures of the limbs, sod fifteen by sunstroke,eighty six*children died of cholera infantum, thirty five of convulsions, thirty one of dropsy In the head, nine of smallpox, und thirty fivo of marasmus. Two hundred and nine of the entire number wore uhdor one year ofaga and three hundred and seventy seven had not attained to lon. The fifteen oases of sun stroke reported tro those of persons who had boon, or were about to bo, buried at two o'clock yesterday evening, but wo dread that (ho next return will show a fearful amount of deaths i from thld cause, as wo hoard that the Coroners had a list of fifty four deaths which oedurtod during Friday and op to two o'clock on Saturday Evening. Forty seven of these woro from tbo excessive heal of the sun. ... qs* A negro nimod Burgess was tried #t tlio late term of Franklin county court, for, the murder of n mao named Freemen, and acquitted—the prosecu tion failing lb tnakd ouUbe case, for want of a poat 1 mortem examination. DEMOCRATIC COUNTY MEETINGS. Berks Count*.— I Tne Democracy of Berks assem bled in County Meetings, in Reading, op, Tuesday, tho 2d Inst;, and adopted (ho following among other reiuJoUons; * i ■ Resolved, That (ho administration of Franklin Pierce has thus far been all that tho'Dombcrocy l ot the country could desire, giving sufficient proof that in (he future the bright expectations which' have been formed of it will bo fully realized,'whilst In himsolflho Democracy have scoured sn able and fear less advocate of their principles, and (ho Union a Chief Magistrate, who will be .sopood to npno of his illustrious predecessors. ■ • ! ’ Resolved. That wo approve of (ho past odroinia (ration nf Governor William. Bigler, and havo the fullest confidencoin his patriotism* integrity, and de votion to the true principles of (ho Democratic parly. Resolved, That wo approve of tho nominations of John C. Knox, Thomas H.ForsytliPjEpttraifn Banks, and J. Porter Brawley/holding thorn to bo well qual ified lo fill, tho offices for which thoy havo respective, ly been placed in nomination, and (bat:we will give thorn a cordial and united support. . Chester Countt.— Tho Democratic meeting which assembled in West Chester on Tuesday, the 2d.inst. ? adopted the following-among other resolutions: ,• Besolved, Thai in Franklin Pierce we recognize a statesman and republican > whoso; constant odho* renco to Democratic principles had secured for him the confidence of. every true-friend of Democracy; whoso whole political life has been marhqd, by a thorough famiiidrily with thavarious interests of our country, and a firm devotion to; the principles, of out government; and wo .boilevothat his energy, dis. comment, and political integrity wi)l*enable him to conduct tho affairs of Iho American- people prosper ously nndor any circumstances of difficulty-or dan ger. . i . - . Resolved, That while there oro "wars and rumors of wars,*! both tat home and abroad,,and Kings aro trembling, as thoir fate is written in letters of fire upon tbe.oasterh aky, ycl wo liavo.every, confidence in tho wisdom end strength of tho. general admiols. (ration, and boliovo il eminently qualified to guide (his nation harmless through (ho tumult, as a bea. con of hope and a lesson of wisdom to those who believe “all men are born'free and equal” • '‘Received, Thai wo continue to repose ■ confidence in (heahilily, integrity, and patriotismoi Gov. Wm. Bigler, and tho general course.of his administration, and should hobo tho nominee of the Democratic Con vention of 1854, bo will receive the warm support of tho Democratic party of Chester county. Butler Ctuntv.-—Tho following are the resolu* lions unanimously adopted ot the recent regular meeting of the Democrats of Dntlcr county 1 .Resolved, That wo have the highest confidence in (ho honesty, patriotism and statesmanship of Frank* lin Pierce—(hat wo believe his solo object is (0 ad ipioieler the government in such a rhanner ns will redound to the honor, glory, prosperity, end happi ness oftho whole country—(hat wo approve of the doctrines and principles.laid-down in his Inaugural Address, and although it it not expected that (ho President of a great country like this can ploaso all in his selections for office, still tho mormnrings of individual disappointment never mingle with or reach (ho masses; and thus far (he administration ofFrank* tin Pierce meets tho cordial approbation of the t)om* ocratic party. * Resolved, That-tho ohle manner In which our worthy Chief Magistrate, William Bigler, has ad ministered Oik affairs ofour good old Commonwealth, convinces us our confidence In his integrity and statesmanship was not misplaced;-and when the limo arrives wo wiih in a proper manner testify oar high regard for his eminent services. Fulton Countv.— Tho Democracy,of Fulton coun* ty assembled in County Meeting, m McConnellsburg on Monday, the Ist tnst., and-adopted the following among other resolutions: Resolved, That Franklin Pierce is a faithful expo nont oftho principles of tho groat Democratic Party —(hat be has proven himsqirnmply qualified to die charge the Colics of his high position with credit to himself and honor to the country, arid that (ho For eign Policyof hie Administration moots with our curdial approval. Resolved, That the Keystone State finds in Wil liam. Bigler. ■ Governor fqlly worthy of her ; called from the ranks of the People, he understands I heir wishes and their wants, and wilt use his best en. debtors.(o shield (hem from' (he baneful effects of chartered monopolies and "Corrupt corporations. Resolved, That Wo approve very highly of tliQ nomination oflldn. John C. Knox,as (he Democratic candidate for Judge oftho Supreme Court, aod will give him our individual support. Mifflin Coontt.— The Democracy of Mifflin coun- , ty assembled in County Meeting on Monday evening, j the Ist instant, and adopted the following among other resolutions: Resolved, That we have unreserved confidence <{n (ho wisdom and patriotism of Franklin Piorco, our honored Chief Magistrate. Resolved, That our confidence in William Bigler, Governor of Pennsylvania, remains uaimpaied, and I we recognize in him a sound and unwavering Dem ocrat—a iruo son of the old Keystone—one whoso past career is on evidence that hie future course as Executive of (ho Commonwealth will redound to its honor and prosperity. Resolved, That oUr State ticket, embracing such men for candidates a* Knox for Supreme Judge, For i syth fur Canal Commissioner, Banks fur Auditor General and Drawlcy for Surveyor General, it wor thy of our aupport,and should command the best 1 efforts of ovary Democrat in the Commonwealth to 1 secure Us success. Col. W. W. 8. Bliss.— The death of this distin guished officer was yesterday briefly announced un der our telegraphic bond. lie fell a victim to Iho yellow fever, at Esel Pascagoula, on Friday last: Few men, without occupying a civil post of dis tinction, or acquiring celebrity for brilliant military achievements, have baen more generally known and esteemed than Col. Bliss, (lis association with Gon. Taylor throughout his Mexican campaigners Aid* dc.Camp, and afterward, during the truncated Pres idential term of that gentleman, in the capacity of Private Secretary, accounts for much of his notorie ty. But there were other characteristics which com mended him to universal regard. Ilia fine literary abilities, the dignified modesty of his carriage under circumstances justifying soma display of vanity— at in the case whore the military ond political dispatch es of Gen. Taylor were, by common consent, attribu ted to bit masterly pen, the uniform amiability end urbanity of his deportment towards those who wore so fortunate as to enjoy his society, those wore traits |hst won him friends by multitudes, ilia departure will bo profoundly lamented in the army, where ho Was regarded with that cordial esprit du corps which appreciates the credit obtained from (ho prominent merits of individuals. Col. Bliss was a native of Now Hampshire. Ilis education for the Army was received at West Point, and after graduation he wos attached to the Staff of the Southwestern Division, whore he was admitted to the intimacy and house of the future General Tay. lor. The intimacy resulted in his marriage with the second daughter of his commander. Throughout Iho Mexican War, Col. Bliss followed the fortunes of the General, and at the end, enjoyed, os wo have just noted, some portion of the reward. Since the death ofOen. Taylor, in 1850, ho hoa resided chiefly in Louisiana, on the estate of hia father-in Uw. His age bad scarcely itlainod til'd meridian,-. AT. V. Times Tn* Sickness at EimiTsiima.—After all the thuf fling and contradiction, aaya (ho Gettysburg Star , in regard to tbo nature of the sickness at Emmllsburg. wo have hpw.tbo undl»gu}«od fact that a malignant and fatal disease has boon prevailing there fur some Weeks. Somo 15 or 20 death*, or moro, have opeur ed in all—which, if proportionately increased with tho population, would makoa fatality of some eight fcr (on thousand in acily like Now York. Thia 'ls far beyond tho uaual mortality, and loaves no room for doubt that, active,-roaliganl disease exists Whether It bo otjolera or not, matters but little. We ere not alarmists, end have no doubt that most, if not all, (ho cases reported at Emmitaburg, may bo traced to Imprudence of some Jtldd. Stlll wo can see no just reason for suppressing the truth In matters of this kind, when tho health and safely of a com* manity ire so deeply interfiled. The SlorlalUy at New Orleans* New Orleans, August ll.— Tho mortality In this city continues unabfcted. On Tuesday there wore 190 deaths, including 164 from yellow fever. On Wednesday, 229. deaths Ocdured, including 195 Jrom yellow favor., ;«■ ‘ / , 1 11 -.New Orleans, August 13.—Tho deaths-from yel low fever yesterday readied 200, and there Is no in. dlcation yet ofony abatement in the mortality that is depopulating our city. . > r Baltimore, August 14.— I Tho Southorn mall of to* night brings tho New Orloans papors of July 29th and 31et, and August 7th and Bth. The total number ol deaths in New Orleans, for the week ending the 6th instant, was 1134, ot which 947 were by yellow fever. The pspersspoak in tho most desponding manner of tho epidemic, and they exhib it no anticipations of an early decrease in its intone!* ly. New Orleans, August 12.—The deaths for the 24 hours ending this day, were 217, including 200 from yellow fever.- ( : Exooalldn oi Thomas donner, Thomas Connor, a young than whoraurdered the Captain of a craft at Baltimore, when caught (n the act of stealing,"was hung in the jail yard of the pfls.’ on of that city, on Friday last; but it’ scorns they arq sadly lacking in proper/son.sibijtly ‘at this oh lightened day in Maryland. Although llio execution jvaa-m tho jail yard, the scaffold .was erected so : thal twenty or thirty thousand people witnessed tho exe cution fromlho surrounding squares; anda horViblo spcotacle.il must havo been to titoso ehiighlehod seekers aftet sights. The ropd broke when the trap fell, and (ho unhappy mortal rtas precipitated (d the ground, some fifteen or .twenty feet. A now rope was sooh obiained, and llio colpoil paid thtfponall; of tho violated law, alter groat, Buffering and severe struggle/ Wo are not, and‘ncver have been tho ad vocates of (ho abolition of capita) punishment; but we protest against such public spectacles as Ihp ono roferred to. Tlio tendency of our laws should bp to rofirio society, arid (urn the hearts of our people to higher and holier objects .than witnessing public executions. Would not llio vulgar crowd that rush ed to tho execution of Connor, also attend the bull fights of Spaing or the gladiatorial exhibitions of old Romo 7 Most certainly they .would, and honco the necessity ofluWs lo restrain -these displays in liiis country. Let, therefore, all opr laws bo har monious, and let their tendency ho to improve und elevate tho moral principle of man, and not cater to the vulgar passions of the unrefined and licentious. —Harrisburg Union. Serlbus Railroad Accident* Philadelphia, Aug. 10. — Tho train of cars which loft Amboy at 4 o'clock yesterday, afternoon, haying lost limo was going at an unusually fast speed, ond when near tho old bridge, eight mites from Amboy, came in collision with the train from Philadelphia* Tho collision' was terrible. Both engines wore driv. on into cacb other ond completely smashed to atoms. Several cars were thrown off the track, and others broken to pieces. Unforlnnalcly, four of ihe passen gers wore killed, and some fifteen to twenty wound ed. som 3 it is feared seriously, and others but slightly. Tho killed, ore a daughter of D. 11. Duslon, of New York; her nurse, name unknown ; a Gorman and an Irishman, whose names have not been ascertained. Wiliam Rubysa, of Uoionlown, Now York : Joseph Davis, of Mnorestown, New Jersey, arc dangerously, if not fatally injured, .Among otliers who have been slightly wounded, ore Rev. .James Purviance, wife and of Mississip pi ; John H, Rowland, of Norfolk, with some of ills family * Albert Ebcrman.ofthe TJ.S. Navy ; 8. Kelly and Thadcus Wentworth of Philadelphia, J. McCor mick, wife and daughters, of Harrisburg,; Mr. May • nard, child and daughter, of Washington ci ( ly, bo»| Jea several others whose names hove not been ascertain* cd.,There were some Baltimoreans on board, amongst whom was Mr. Fulton, oftho American, but none of them were injured. . The engineers [and conductors have been arrested. An indignation meeting oftho passengers was held, censuring the conduct of those who caused (lie acci dent. Tho dead aod wounded have boon taken to Now York. How a Man Feels with his Head off. It is considered on ail sides that Ihe body docs not feel one instant after decapitation j for (he brpin being the- seal of sensation to the whole k frame, through (ho medium of the spinal, marrow,every part of the body, beneath ll(0 joint’at. which the loi ter may be divided, must bo deprived of feeling* Bui it by no moans follows (list tho head is deprived of sensation immediately after decapitation, nor lhat.it may not retain its consciousness, and* like, the hood of the Irish knight, who was killed by Salsdin in the 110 ly k War, got up and declare it was never cut off by so sweet a scimitar before—nor. like that of the assassin Legare,swear roundly at the exception cr for, not tisipg. a .keener nxo; but it is quite possi ble that II may bo'truublcd with very serious .reflec tions upon ‘ the irrevocability, of its and tho awiulncss of its deprivation/ If/support of this unpleasant (henry, many facts dro adduced, with grave yochera for their authenticity! Among others Is the unfortunate of'Scotts,,whoso lips con* tlnued lo move In prayer for at least a t quarter of an hoyr after tho executioner bad performed his duties. Windl stales that having put his mouth to the ear of s decapitated criminal's head, and called him by name, the eyes turned (0 the side, from' whence th? voice came,; and lifts fact is attested by Fonlcncllp, Mcgor* G,u\(lol»no, Ndyche and .A.tdinl, On the word murder being called, in (he case of a criminal’ executed.ftir the crime at Cdbtcntz, the half closed 1 eyes opened with an expression of reproach on those 1 who stood .dfupnil. NkW' Roofing Material.— Mr. Gray, Superintend dent of the Harrisburg Gas works, la now introdu cing to the chitons of Harrisburg, end all others deairing the article, a new roofing material of hie own manufacture, that wc think supeiior to any roof now used in our vicinity. Ho makes his roofs ol ■ moel flsl, surrounding iho whole with a firo wall, from 13 to 15 inches high. Ho covers the joists witli common sheeting boards, shutting up any knots or augur holes by nailing a scrap of tin over Ijiom. Tliis sheeting is covered with Uirco thicknesses of fell paper, breaking it os it is put on, with compo sition. Ho then swobs over the paper with a com position of coal (or, with iho oil and nupllm extracted and throws sand and fine gravel upon it while it is worm and liquid, which incorporates with (ho pitch. The fuo walls,are covered with a preparation of the same material, the inside oft|iem being coated with it down until It makes Iho whole so tight that, by pulling a plug in the spout, a complete reservoir may bo made on the roof. Whilst it is entirely wa ter light, it is also firo proof. This durable ond el ogapt roof Is put on for about five dollars por’eqnoro or s hundred feet. All who have tried U are highly pleated with it.— Harrisburg Union. A Scene at tub State Department.— The Home correspondent of Iho Washington Republic gives currency to Iho following perap of gossip : Quito q scone is said to have been enacted at Mr. Mercy's quarters on Sunday morning. It scorns (ho Secretary did return on Saturday; ond : on Sabbath morn M. Dodisco, having somehow obtained a copy oflho Union, (probably some neighbor's, os ho don't take it since lie stopped it a few days ego,) ho was tired with indignation because of its article on (bo Costa affair, and proceeded forthwith to (ho Secre tary's room, and complained moat pittously of the horrible discordant musio of tho organ, which had so entirely unfitted him for Sabbath duties. Ho also raved ormslstanlly against Costa, declaring him a felon, and that ho wna arrested as such for«having stolen (ho crown and regalia of Hungary. Mr. Mar. oy assured him (hat (he latter fact had not boon made known to tho Government In any other shape, and approved tho sentiments reprobated by M. Dodisco. So tho stoiy is told mo, and . I think there la little doubt of Ua accuracy. Those undignified and In* suiting attempt* of n foreign, Ambassador to, muzxlo tbo American press are certainly becoming too fro* qaonl for toleration. Would it, not bo well for tho President or Mr. Moray to indite a Ilulsomiin letter fur (ho Russian Minister*! especial benefit? TiibNamk of Loia Monnkz,— From the following announcement of tho marriage of this notorious per' aonagu.il will bo soon that aho is not deficient in names. If tq these added all those by which her friends, energies and admirers applied to her, wo think even this long list would bo considerably in creased ! . * “Married this morning, tat (ho Holy Church of the Mission Dolorcft, by tho Rev. Father Flave) Fontaine Curate, Madame Marie' Elisa Rosanna Dolores, Countess of Lsndsfoidt do Hoald, Baroness of Rosen, tlial, snd Chanoincsso oflho Order of St. Thoreso, to Patrick Purdy Hull. Esq*, conductor of tho San Francisco Whig and Commercial Advertiser of this pity.” From California. #1,037,000 in Gold Bust, and #1,600,000 "mo,-/ /on the way. TbestoarasbipSlar of (he West,, from Juan, anived at Ncw Yorb, Tuesday afiernoom atlwoo’olook, will, California dates to the Io!h ult., and about,4oo ,She also brine. #537,000 in gold dost on. freight, and about #snn 000, in the hands of passengers. The town of Corral was destroyed by fire nn n,. SlhofJoly. Loss #60,000. The townofo„hh ya allsio bntat lately, the loss being estimate!! at Summer flics were.doing much damage, in tbs mountains and valleys. ■ Largo quantities df g ra „ liavo been destroyed. The wheat crop was also suffering from rust. ( , tho'ltate'" 1 ' 0 eeneral,y wos throughout Thei intelligence from, the mining districts is favorable. ,i!, 1 !-i j. £ , Mr. Sanders retired from the Custom House on the oLrliily, and Mr., Hammond appointed to succeed huh, assuhted thd duties of His pdsf; The Sheriff of San Francisco hod summoned all the merchants doing a commission business, to meet him at his pfflee, by way of arrest for refus ing,to’pay the tax, of 60 cents <per 9100. The merchants had employed 'counsel to lesl the con elilutionalityofihetax. .. The Convention for the revision) of the City Chatter had reported, but-the provisions of nevr onp don’t materially alter the administration of ih» city government. It has bpen referred to tho Le gislature. The Whig State Convention had been fn session at Sacramento, and expressed great unanimity and confidence in the election of . William .Waldo at Governor. - > • > * Tim first overland emigrant* of the . season reached Sacramento on the 6th of inly. Dates from San Diego to thd 10th July, report the loss of the steamship Uncle Sam, ' The Yumas and Cocopas Indians were prepar ing for a war between the tribes. ' The first of this season’s'overland emigration has reached Sacramento. ; Mr. haao Evans arri* ved across the plains on Monday, July Cth. He’ left St, Joseph’s'on the 20lh of AprjFlast with twelve men having four wagons and twenty-five horses. They had a fight with the Indians com ing op the Platto river. A great 'many traders were awaiting the emigration on Carson river. The Mormon settlement wos ; prospering, end the agricultural affairs of the place looked promis ing.’ The scourge of fi>e seems to pursue the fbf lunes of Californians with succeeding sireakes. The Fund Commissioners of Saeratrtento City have paid (ho principal and interest of the city bonds, held in'this Stale and In New York, amounting to $110,000;' ' An irrfmenSe business in the way of mining is doing at White Rock, four miles from PJacerville. Rich diggings have also been in hills at Jhe head of Rich Gulch. , One of the par ties sunk a. shaft some ,thirty feet and took ten ounces of gold, from eighty buckets of dirt. A Chinese Church is.io be built in this c11y,45J by 45 feel—three stories high. It will be devoted 'to moral and religious instruction, under tbesnper inlendance of Atliei, of to See Yup Company. A new and beautiful edifice, recently erected by the members of the First Congregational Church in this city, was dedicated, with the 'osual cere monies, on the 10th. Late from VenftznelnMrnecirrcetlou'anit JBarthqnake, A letter received at the Philadelphia Exchange, from Puerto Cabello, gives some account of the recent insurrection in Valencia. Eleven polrde* men put the insurrectionists Ip though the latter numbered 100 men. .They afterwards sur rendered to Gen. Silva. The province of Ctimana and the island of Marga.rita, In the eqsl, against the government of Gen. .Monagaa, phd upon which places its, forces, both, by.land and sea, are directed, hut with what success is yet to bo seen.,., The Government has purchased aonoo American vessels. A portion of these vessels have already departed with troops,destined to act against the insurgents. It is reported' that ihoi insurgents have four or five thousand men in arms, and that in one or two partial actions‘they have defeated the government forces, and marched into the capi tal of theadjolningprovinueof Barcelona, of which they hold possession. - ' It is reported that an earthquake had almost en tirely destroyed the city of Ctimana bn ihe 'lSih ult., and the lives of several hundred pfihe troops and other citizens. ' From sources which,may be relied on, it would appear that on earthquake ,oid occur on the day mentioned, but that the, number of lives lost, and ihe damage d me, was, not so groat as reported by the Government parly hero. Execution of James Shirley, HoLiDATSDunau, Pa., August 1 12.—Tho execu tion of James Shirley for murder, look place at the prUon in line town, to-day, ai I oVlo'ck. The prisoner was habited in. his shroud, and accompa nu-.d to tho scaffold by the Rev. Messrs. Ste)lings. Lloyd end. Knight.; He.descended from his ceil 10 » . J j a,l( * W{ Mcd with a firm step to the scaffold, whlph ho ascended unassisted, and took his seat on a stool beneath the beam* After the religious exercises had been concluded, the clergy t, . r '"'P'"- "" <ni »'»■> I.is 11 os. C. M D0w,.11, h, q . Al the ipqnen of ,ha prisoner, all those present also shook handle with him. • i, The Sheriff ashed him if bo had anything to say, to which ho replied that he had nothing to say, except (hat he hoped to meet all present In Para dise. He also said that ho “died better than ho had thought he would. Ho never was a had man naturally, and wished to say that the cause pf all his crimes was intemperance, 1 * The cap. was,then drawn oyer Ills fare, when he called out, “Sheriff* I will also say that you are a gentleman* God bless you !” The deputy then asked, him, for the Inst time, if he had any confession to make, Id which Hh answered (hat he had nothing icsaj on that subject. Ai 27 minutes past I o’clock Iho drop full, and in a few moments iho miserable man Was dead. The New Orleans Bee gives the following as a sample of some of iho pictures of suffering lb NeW Orleans as incident to the prevalence of the yellow foyer: ■ ■ < r tltbfio who have ntfver vjsited the Indigent sick can form no, proper conception of their horrible destitutions And awful .sufferings. Imagine a wo man lying on a dilapidated pallet, in a huiW*B which flattery could hardly dignify with a namp of hovel—without a solitary in the most dangerous crisis of the fever—scarcely conscious—tossing wildly on her wretched epuph, burning with that insupportable thirst which seems unquenchable by oceans, and without n drop of water by her bed-side. Imagine this woman the mother of two children—one of whotp is Just old enough to comprehend tho terror ol scene, but os yet Incapable of helping her parr.nUwhiJp the Other, an infant hapge on her mother 4 * breast, striving to draw nourishment from ap exhausted fountain. Reader, this is no fancy sketch. It , has boon witnessed within forty-elght hours, by members of tiio Howard Association* wo bellevd , it to bo fully matched in all its'supernumerary i horrors, by bcenes which that association, in tho • discharge of its self-imposed duty is dally ocm -11 polled to look upon. >:• Tnc Rio Grande.— Tho Washington ‘ Rtpublio *f yesterday lias the following': ; 1 1: , 1 ' . I learn (hal lho order for on increase of States force on tfio Rio Grande has .been Usncd.-r*" Tho ball is fairly wo’ shall, have exciting times oro it cloaca, the good,results IlMly to bo recorded in (ho nopr chapter of pur history settlement of claims of citizens lof llioUnlted States against Mexico, tp indemnity foroulrngeaend losses suffered by Dicin'at tho hands bj* Mexican pIBolals; also for losses incurred thrpugh'.ljid fallhleisnoßS of Mexico with respect 16. her grants , to parlies in the United States with whom alio liadcpierod'lnto agred ment for.tho right ofwp’y.and the cpnalrpClion of® railroad across tho Islhrpua [ of T’chatlntepflb. Any I'now.tro.aiy niaybo negotiated between Ibo.twn oouritries will necessarily stl lthb«d'ftopptlon** and. provoke * decision ofcach.ondway oi 1 the other.
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