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.