THE VOLUNTEER. John b. Bratton* Editor and Proprietor* CARLISLE, AUGUST 35, 1853. DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. JUDGE OF TUB SUPREME COURT, JOHN C. KNOX, or TIOGA COUNTY. FOR OANALCOUUISSIONER, THOMAS fl. FORSYTH, OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY FOR AUDITOR GENERAL. EPHRAIM BASKS, Or MIFFLIN COUNTY FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL, J. PORTER BRAWLEY, or CRAWFORD COUNTY. Democratic County Ticket, Senator, SAMUEL, WHERRY, of Cumb’ld, Assembly, DAVID J. M’KEE, of Newton. H, G. MOSER, of Lower Allen. Commissioner, JAMES ARMSTRONG, of Carlisle. Treasurer) N. W. WOODS, of Carlisle, District Attorney, W. J. SHEARER, of Carlisle. Director of the Poor , JOHN C. BROWN, of Frankford County Surveyor , ABM. LAMBERTON, of N. Mid. Auditor, J. B. DRAWBAUGH, of Lr. Allen. Courts at Carlisle, for 1853. Sessions and Oyer and I Orphan’s. Terminer. J Tuesday, August 30. Monday, August 22. | Tuesday, November I Monday, November 14. | Tuesday, December 27 Religious Service. —Rev. D. P. ftoscnmiller ia • spaded to preach od next Sabbath morning, in the Evangelical Lutheran Church, in the English lan gusge, in (ho afternoon in the German language. Court commenced in this place on Monday. At the time of our going to press but little business of! to important character had been transacted. School Director. —At a meeting of the Board of School Diicctors for Carlisle, a few days since, J. Ellis Bonham, Esq., was oppointed a Director, to lake (he place of John Goodyear, Esq., resigned. Wo congratulate (bo Board on this selection. Mr. Bon ham will make a most valuable and agreeable mem ber of the Board, ffj* la another column will bo found the proceed ings of the Democratic County Meeting, which as sembled at the Court House, in this place, on Mon day evening last, to which we direct attention. The resolutions speak the united sentiments of the Dc* mocrscy of .oar county, and were adopted by ac clamation. After the adoption of the resolutions, Mr* Bonham was called for, and addressed the meeting for about half an hour in his usual eloquent and able manner. The Democracy of our county, no are happy to arp united and zealous in supporter oar whole County Ticket. When this is the case our success is certain. Ma. BcoauAcnca's Conceit.— We bog to refer our readers to the announcement of Mr. Henri Scuu- ! m acker's grand concert, on Tuesday evening next, \ at Marlon Hall. During a residence of two years | In our town, this gentleman has several times charm 1 ed us with “the music which is divine.” His con-1 concerts have always been well attended, and the! last given by him on tho occasion of tho opening of i the now Hall, was probably the most brilliant and I fashionable fete that Carlisle has over witnessed.— Certainly If a good programme, a pleasant room, and above all, a sincere desire to please, aro deserving of remuneration, then our friend should bo greeted by a full boose. Wo sincerely hope (hat this effort will surpass all previous ones in the completeness of its success. Temperance Convention.—A County Temperance Convention waehold at Marion Hall,in lbia ( borough, on Tuesday, when the following ticket was nomi nated for Assembly : H. G. Moser, (Democrats of Lower Allen. Alexander Calhcarl, (Whig,) of Lower Allen. Senatorial conferees wore appointed to meet con ferees of Perry county, and instructed to support L. Todd, of Carlisle, for State Senator. More anon. Awvul Fatality— Tho New York Tribune of Tuesday last, publishes a list of two hundred and twenty persons who died in that city and the ndja. cencies, in the si* daye of tho week previous, from the effects of tho onpropodenlod heal of (hat period. Quite ft largo number of deaths (amongst (he rest Gen. Bennett, on officer of tho mini) occurred in Philadelphia, from the same cause. So also in Dal timore, Boston and the other largo cities and towns of the Union. Post OrncK Order. —The Postmaster General has sent ■ circular to (ho various railroad companies carrying United States mails under charge of route ■gents, pointing out tho necessity for their proper ■ccoWmodation, and for the security of their charge; demanding, Coo, that they ahall all strictly comply with the common clause of their specific contracts, binding them to have car* exclusively for mails.— Hs furnishes them with a diagram, showing his views of what Is necessary, first, for security, and next, to facilitate tho labors of the mail ogcnls in ■■sorting and delivering malls from (rains. Ho also points out the necessity for in future picvonting any one, excepting United Stales mail agents, from hav log access to the body of tho mail oar. Queen Vie, and Prince Albert, U is said, have both condescended lo lake (be menioli since which It has been quite faslilonablo in England. The contributions in Now York for (ho relief of ibe sufferers by yellow fever at Now Orleans now amount lo over $13,000. Collections have been mado tor lbs tame purpose in Philadelphia and Baltimore. Attorritu. WokLD’iCohvsntioh.—Rev. James Shrig -1., «>tguti VW 8 1, N, Y .Chrletian Amlattador 111. 0.11 of . World, Con., mi<m l„ 1855, lo bo com . poled of Doleg.le. f.Qtn dcnomina ia Iho world who hello.. In Iho ftn.l l.lumpl. of ,ood o.or etll In Iho omplto of God. Tho .ÜBge.lion meets with favor. Never consider anything a trouble that has in ii the remotest likelihood of success. An ingenious scoundrel recently succeeded in despatching counterfeit certificates in his favor from Aabnrn prison, N. Y., and obtained a pardon there* oa‘ from Gov, Seymour. Upon (he discovery of the forgeries bo was again arrested and Is now in bis old quarters. THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET. As far as wo have been able to ascertain— >Rnd wo have conversed lately with Intelligent Democrats 1 from nearly every section of the county—the ticket recently nominated by theDemocralioCounty Con. vontioD appears to give genera! satisfaction, and a strong and determined 'disposition prevails to elect it from lop to bottom. Wo arc happy to bo able to make this announcement. It affords evidence that the Democracy of our county still vonorato and chor» Jah the principles and usages of iho old Republican orood, and aro determined to sustain that creed. Wo can but reiterate what wc eaid on a previous occasion—the Democratic ticket is a strong and good ono, composed, as it is, of men of sterling worth— men whose character, moral and political, is boyound reproach, and above suspicion. Let any candid man compare the Democratic ticket with the one. placed in nomination by the Federalists, and ho will at onco admit that in point of capacity the candidates of our opponents can boar no comparison with the Demo* cratio candidates, indeed, the ticket placed before the Democracy line fall is unexceptionable in every respect. Then, Democrats, bo up and doing for the tiokcl. It is worthy of, aod entitled to your most, zealous sup. port. Let all jealousy, all bickerings—if any oxiat —bo cast to the winds, and lot all uuho in one migh ty effort to achieve a brilliant victory on the second Tuesday of October. VAN WAGONER’S TENT. This moving panorama, or hippodrome, or what ever you may call It, Is at present in town, in the ’• College campus, and nightly attracts a considerable number of our citizens, men, women and boys. Mr* Van Wagner, wo understand, delivers two lectures daily, in which ho urges the people to drop all other subjects and go in for the Prohibitory or Maine Law* Very well. II Mr. Van Wagner could hut confine himself to his subject—the advocacy of a prohibito ry law—no well-disposed citizen would find fault with him. But when ho so far forgets himself as to drop his subject and resort to low personal abuse, he will find but little encouragement, at least in this community. On Tuesday evening—as we learn,for ; we were not present—he made a most unjustifiable, ungenllcmanly and brutal attack upon our respected townsman, J. Ellis Bonham, Esq-, for having dis cussed the policy and motives of the temperance movement, in a mild and gentlemanly way, at the Democratic meeting in the court-house on the pre ccoding evening. Wo were present at the meeting in the court house, and heard Mr. B-, end ho did not I say a word disrespectful of the temperance men, nor did ho even mention Mr. Van Wagner’s name. Then why this attack? Mr. Van Wagner, during his Jatayal 7-.ancastcr, made a similar attack upon a minister of the Gospel, and after having done so, apologised to his audience, and slated that ho had been deceived and misinformed os to what the minis ter had said in a laic sermon delivered by him. This circumstance should have served as a warning lo him, and induced him not lo attack men on hear say evidence. Doubtless he has been lied to in ro* gard lo Mr. Bonham's remarks, for wo cannot ima gine what motive ho dould'hive had in View when ho madohis uncalled for attack. We desire to use no harsh language toward Mr. Van Wagner, but would, in all kindnea*, odviao him to confine himself to his subject ond its object, and not again indulge in low personal abuse. No stran ger can, with impunity, bo guilly of such conduct without receiving a merited rebuke from all good citizens. PIEIIHY COUNTY. By a Blip from the Perry County Democrat, wo learn thal ihe Democrats of Daughter Perry as ecmbled in Convention at Bloomfield, on Monday, and placed in nomination the following excellent ticket; Assembly—Thomas Adams. Commissioner —John Myers, Treasurer—Thomas Clark. District Attorney—C. J. T. M’lnllre. Sheiiff—B. F. Miller. Coroner—3 ames R. Gilmore. County Surveyor—James Woods. Director of the Poor—Samuel Arnold. Auditor—Robert Dunbar. Tho Convention deeming it unnecessary to ap point Conferees, concurred in the nomination of Cumbeiiand, of Samuel Wherbv, Esq., for Sen ator. . Letter from Perry Comity, A friend writing to us from Perry county, and who was a Delegate to tho Democratic County Con vention of Perry, says: I have just returned from onr County Convention. We had a full turn out and perfect harmony prevail ed throughout tho whole proceedings. Our ticket gives very general satisfaction, and will bo sustained by tho whole party. The nomination by Cumber land county fur Senator was concurred In unani mously, and tho appointment of Conferees dispensed with. Every delegate appeared to have the very highest opinion of Mr. Wherry. Ho will have the hearty support of the whole party, lot who will ven* turo his reputation as a Volunteer candidate against him. This you may depend upon. Bimnel Wherry, Esq, The Perry County Democrat, in speaking of the nomination of Mr- Wherry for the State Senate, It will bo seen by reference to the proceedings of the Cumberland county Democratic convention, pub* died in another column, (hat old Mother Cumber- land has chosen Samuel Wherry, Esq., as the can didate for State Senator in tills district. No bottoi man could have been offered to tho Democrats of Perry, oa he possesses all (ho quahficaliona noepa sary to make a good Senator. Thi* being her turn, Old Mother may rest assured that her daughter Perry wiTl cheerfully and cordially acquiesce in her choice and not pul her to tho trouble of calling an other convention. q3*Tlio Democracy of Clinton county at their re cent County Convention adopted the following rose- lutious Resolved, That the Administration of Governor Bigler meets our entire approbation,and wo earnest ly recommend hia re nomination. J Retained, That in Franklin Piorco wo acknowledge a statesman, able and fearless, in whom the people have the utmoal confidence, and judging from the nasi, wo anticipate for (ho future, a successful and prosperous slato of affairs under hia Administration. ffj* A balloon ascent look place at Moul do Mar* san, France, on the 20lh ull., o young woman.ofSl years of ago, named Emma Vordlor, Iho daughter of a gardener, being Iho aeronaut. Tho balloon rose most evenly and majestically, and as tho wealh or was perfectly calm, no apprehensions were enter tained ofany accident. Tho next day,however, (ha inhabitant* wore much shocked at learning that the young woman had fallen lo tho ground in about two hours and a half after her ascent, at Montesquieu, t village 60 miles distant, and was killodon tho spot- A Strong Trsu.—There are ono hundred, and forty ono locomotives now in tho employ of Iho Bal timore and Ohio Railroad Company. _ Tho Wheeling Gxietto lays that if hitched together, they would iform a train over a mile long, and present tho most (Imposing spectacle of the age. Several of them are capaolated loiun eighty miles an hour, (O'Tho ‘first appearance l of breeches with knbo buckles, In Richmond, is duly noticed. Wo siy ‘the fltit . P p..r.„oo'_b n i only i„ Uio .Ibn. riio'.ncicnlGo.lum., 1 1. .1111 Kcoll.ctcd «nd admired by many. NORTHAMPTON COUNT*. TbpDeraocrajcy of Northampton held their annual County'MeptlOgoß Monday last. The attendance wal.very large*; A dewaetof rule* were adopted for Iho regulation of the Delegate elections, and the general goyornmept oftho party, whlch’oro well do* vised, and which it is hoped, will do much to prevent disastrous consequences in future from internal dis sensions. Tli() following able resolutions were re* ported by the'coiniolUco, of which Colonel lltrrran, the editor of the Easton Argus, was Chairman, and unanimously adopted: Resolved, That we have full confidence in Iho lal onts, ability, and integrity of President Fierce, whom we regard as a sound Democrat and an able states man, and wc may bo allowed to express the hope that hie administration.will shodaa;muoh honor and ronown on our nation as attended the eventful ad ministration of President Polk. As Americans, and t as Democrats, wo desire to seo our country go 00 , prospering and to prosper, conquering and to con* quor, increasing In wealth, power and Influence, un til it becomes the mightiest, as it is now the happiest. > land on the face : of Ipd earth. . , Resolved, That we regard as essentia! In the ad vancement and progress of our republic, the ® ar, y commencement ami speedy compjotion - of a railroad • uniting the Atlantic with the Pacific ocean, thograd • ua! abandonment of all odious and objectionable laws, I having a tendency to feller commerce and the peace able acquisition of all territory IhaV'wlll add to our national prosperity and spread the principles of free -1 dom. That, although wo are now “a great people and a strong," fifty years more oftroc, sound Demo cratic government will find our country richer, larg er in territory, bolter educated, more free, and more quiet than any other one country on the globe. Resolved, That wa have undiminishod confidence 1 in Iho integrity and capacity of our present Chief Magistrate,Governor Bigler, and that ho deserves the thanks of the people of the Commonwealth for the able and faithful manner with which ho has guarded their interests. He has fearlessly carried out Iho principles oftho Democratic parly, and is entitled to our casniinued confidence. ■' Resolved, That wo have full confidence )n (ho hon or and capacity of Thomas 11. Forsyth, the Demo cratic candidate for Canal Commissioner, and can cheerfully sustain his nomination at iho polls In,Oo lober and integrity of character, wo have a'suffi cicot. In his we'l earned reputation for honefcty of purpose guaranty (hat ho will manage our public works with honesty, energy, and with a single view to the interests of Iho public. Resolved, .That thp nomination of Ephraim Banks, fur Auditor. General, and J. Porter Brawley, for Sur vcyor Genera), and Jofin C. Knox, for Supremo Judge, meet our entire corfeurrcnco, ohd ‘that wo can give them our hcarty and 'undivided support. THE BIOHTALITY The dcattoyiDg immovable purpose over the Orleans. It has become a charnel of ihp dying and dead. Never distinguished for salubrity, a ( least in summer, it seems Dowto-ezcccd. all Sts former history for pestilential rain. Notwithstanding the absence from the city of over lialfils entire popula tion, the epidemic continues to rage with unabated fury, and tho number of daily deaths, appear, by last advices, to bo greater than ever. By tho latest nows from Now Orleans, We learn that tho number of deaths by yellow fever for the last wcoh amounted (o 1277! Amid tho distress and affliction every where present, many deeds of charity have come to light, that'but for the occasion would have remained dor mant and inactive. Tho Commercial Bulletin gives tho following: Wc have hoard ofscvcral beautiful instances of active benevolence in (ins our season of triblodon, which ex* hihil nature in its brightest and sunniest aspect.—' •Good deeds in a naughty world* merit some memo rial, and ephemeral as is a newspaper notice, we should like, for our own satisfaction and for the ox* ample's sake, to record a few with which we have I become acquainted, but we qannot enter into particu lars without trespassing or trenching upon private sensibilities, which would not bo agreeable, “As may bo readily surmised, the kind, tender, witling services of the gentler, and belter sex, have been most freely bestowed upon the sick and destitute, and greol has been their reward. Whore they haVo oot healed and restored, they have comfort*! and soothed llio af&iolcd, and afforded consolation and hope to the troubled spirit, in the last, gro«t hour of need. Truly do they prove to be 1 ministering ang v ’When pain and anguish wring the brow. “ One of these ministering angola is the wife of on activo member of the Howard Association, who never liras in the and is well known to all our friends as an indefatigable and successful col lector of the Association. A day or two since, being sent far by the sick, a call to which she never turns a deaf ear, she wei\l at once, and in the miserable hovels of the destitute sick, she was employed in ministering to their wonts os only a kind, gentle woman can do. God bless her ! She is laying up a reward which aurpassolh all that this world cun be stow. “ Another gentlewoman, who ministers assiduous ly lo the living, was scon a few days past, paying the mournful tribute of respect to the dead. Herself in deep affliction, a widow of but throe weeks’ dale in the absence of the minister of the Gospel, read iho funeral service of the Episcopal Church over the re mains of a young friend whom she hud tenderly nursed. “ We have beard of very many instances of pure, active benevolence by the ludics of Now Orleans, il lustrating most beautifully the heavenly qualities ol woman.” (O' The /carful mortality at New Orleans lias ex cited the sympathy of the community at largo, and meetings have been hold in a number of cities for the purpose of collecting aid fd> (ho unfortunate sufferers, and wo are rejoiced in being able to give a gratifying statement of the amounts obtained for this object, as near as can be ascertained. The sums ore no doubt 100 low : 1 Now York, $30,000 Mobile, $2,000 Philadelphia, 13.000 Savannah. 2.000 Baltimore, 6.000 Charleston, 1,000 Boston, 4.000 - - Washington, 3,000 Total, $61,000 Most of tills money has already been forwarded, and cHurls ore still making to. increase the ountrl bulions. Before the close of this week, (ho aum will probably roach one hundred thousand dollars. Surd, ly no one will refuse lo contribute to so praise wor* thy an object. Murderous Affray. —Wo loam from the Cincin nati QaxtUe, of tho Gih ins!., that a party of about sixty workmen engaged on tho Ohio and Mississippi Railway near tho mouth of tho Groat Miami got I into some difficulty on tho Sunday previous, which resulted in a serious encounter at a temporary grog shop that evening. It seems that the men woro di vided into two parlies, one from this city and ono from Lawrcncoburg, and that bad blood had provi ously existed Between them. On Monday night tho Lawroneburg party, having been discomfited In tho first encounter, returned to take vopgcnco upon (ho ! others. A terrible affray ensued, in which shovels, pick axes, iron bars, clubs, dec., woro freely used, and the final rcsuU'Was; throe men killed, six badly end probably fatally wounded, and a large number of tho remainder fearfully oat up and beaten. The excite ment in Iho vicinity was very great, ail work nn the road was suspended, but nobody bad been arrested 13 o'clook on Tuesday, lip 19 Governor Bigler, on his recent visit to Bedford Springs, walked into the office of the Bedford Qa zollo, and, to tho surprise of a number o( gentlemen present, 1 picked up a slick snd rule end commenced sotting typo with all Ilia case, grace nndfarnillarity of an acQompliilied and finished printer; A slight chango in a few ol the tones since tho days when ho used to work allcaso, puzllod tho Governor a llllle, but ho soon found their location; ! y ZIXOW Fitvtß in Auiutw.—Tho Moblilo Adror llaer, of (ho 9lli. »«y« i .. Wo loom from a prlr.lo oontco that tho mortoll. t» In Algioro. L«„ (not reported by llio paper, ia even greater, In proportion to population, lli.o In Now Vileiaa. Alflero ia near Now OtHona, The Alleged Frauds on the Portage Railroad. “ Wo have redd with attention (he interesting ro. port of our worthy Canal Commissioners, 4 bul we are sorry to say. (hat {a our opinion, it does not in (ho slightest manner shake Hie position taken by the plundered operatives. The Committee of workmen, through their chairman, make direct and positive charges, all of which are well authenticated, but ex onerate most of the officers on the public wot ks.— But it Is olear that Iho evils they complain of must have been perpetrated through the command of the officers on the road. Hero is the material part of tbo charges presented by them to the Board/ They say Our first charge as sot forth in tbo address of the operatives of the Allegheny Portage,Railroad: That many of us have be'eo In the employ of Iho Common wealth for months, without receiving any pay. -This charge wo will provo,by (ho following persons: By Daniel Brophy, wo,.will.prove 1 that at the lime of thoelriko there was. between fifteen end sixteen months wages due him, and that every lime ho know there was money paying by 1 tho 1 Superintendent ho tried to got it, bul'did not'succced; • That William Shield, doV eleven months; Harkins Olt, do: between eight and nine months, TurrOnce Hudson, do. be tween ten and eleven months; Willlan Kerns bad fourteen months due him. Wo can give any num ber of rfafiics. If necessary; Tor similar periods. We will proVo : by 'Richard Trotter, engineer at Iho head of Plano No. 4 ; That ho Imdloscll throe months of his time at a discount of ten per cent., all a broker’s offico in Hollidaysburg, after the passage of the appropriation bill. Thai Henry Downey and O. H. Kelly sold at (ho sSme place, at Iho'same rule: That Daniel M’Manamy so'd six- months* time amounting to 9342; and had-ta pay ton per cenli discount ; paK of this time was Sold to A. M. &. R. White, and the real to Bell; Johnson, Jack & Co.— Those persons arc now present, and any amount of names can bo bad of persons who were compelled to sell. But these wo consider sufficient. The third charge Is: That tho chock rolls sold to tho broker's, &c., first find their way into the treas ury. That M. Mi Adams, & member of this com mittee, found audited in the Auditor General’s books a bill of his, which, from tho lime ho sold; to the date of Its auditing, did not exceed two.months.— That it was for materials furnished for the road, and amounted to oyer eleven hundred-dollars. That ho sold tfio bill to Bell, Johnston, Jack & Co., and paid ten per cent, discount on it. The fourth charge is: That there was 60,000 of bills and check rolls which found their way into the treasury, which had not passed through the Super intendents hands. This charge was not made by the men on the strike. Bat was told by Mr. Craw ford; and also Gen. Ross. : , Hero arc plain, positive, and disgraceful charges against some of those who have the management of the Allegheny Portage Railroad, and those who have the auditing of the accounts of speculators at Harrisburg. The Commissioners express deep regret at this slate of affairs, but they could not help it ; they know nothing of it until they heard the indignant complaints from the defrauded workingmen. It is not in their power to retrieve the errors of the past, but they give the strongest assurance (hat a most scrupulous watch shall bo kept over the future.— Messrs. Morrison, Clover and Hopkins, are demo crats of sterling honesty ; warmly .devoted to the welfare of the people, and the success ol the Public Works, and wo fee! confident that during their ad ministration nothing will occur hereafter of which any of the employees can make a complaint. In the conclusion of their report, speaking for themselves, they say : The Board cannot close this brief report without assuring iho public generally, and the operative! in the service of the State especially, that they fwill bring the difficulties which have beott so justly com plained of, to (ho attention of (he Legislature, in their next annual report, and wilt urge upon (hat department of (ho Government the absolute necessity of providing at once for the, poymchl uf all back debts on this as well os the other lines of iroprove7 mcnls throughout the Stale; andfwill also urge the propriety of appropriating, at an early day, a suffi ciont sum to moot iho'current expenses of the next yoar. ' " ' If this determination is carried out, it will be hailed with pleasure by.tho operatives on the public works In all parts of the State. —Pilttburg Post Later from New Orleans. Still More Terrible Darrell Burned and Cannon Flre4« New Orleans, Aug. 23.—Tbo interments in all Iho ccmetrios of iho city for the week ending at 6 this morning, show a total of fifteen hundred and thirty four, of which thirteen hundred and sixty five wero victims of the yellow fever. The report exhibits a total increase of deaths over the previous week of 19; over those of yellow fever clone of 88 ; this 100 in the face of Iho fuel that the population has bqen constantly declining by dusor- ion and death. Tbo total number of deaths for the four weeks mding Una morning was four thousand qno hundred md sixty two, of which thrpo thousand six hundred md sixty nine wore of yellow fever. It cannot bo denied that the disease is fearfully on he increase. The Howard Association havo bpftned several now infirmaries, but they arc rapidly filling up with pa licnis. Libers! aid has been rendered by the citizens of Baton Rogue, Natchez, and other-places in the vi cinity, but it will require an immense sum yet lo be oblnto battle successfully with the disease. The weather continues intensely hot, and the au thorities, in hopes of staying the ravages of the cpl dcmic, have ordered tar barrels lo bo burned and cannon lo bo fired. The Yellow Fever nt Natchex— Great Morto’* lly and Panic anions **»« People* Natciikz, Miss., Aug. 20.—'The yellow fever has been raging hero for several days, and is supposed to liave been brought by a vessel from Now Orleans. Up to the present lime lliofo bavo been over two hundred deaths which is an enormous mortality, considering (hat the population is only 5000. A largo building has been provided for a hospital, whore (ho indigent sick are taken. The city authorities have pronounced the disease on epidemic. There is a general excitement among the citizens. Many have already loft, and others are leaving con stantly. From the Flslierlcs"**Moro Captures of American Vessels* Gloucester, Mass. Aug. 92.—The Schooner Ro- I ■ins* from tho Bay of St. Lawrence, arrived hero this morning. I She reports that {ho schooner Starlight, of Clou- I coster, was captured by tiro -British war steamer 1 Devastation, on Um 6th Inst., fifty miles above Gas-1 per,and carried Into that place. , The Devastation, previous to tho capture, passed 1 by a fleet of vessels and proceeded Jo the Starlight, whiah,was lying becalmed with another vessel. Tho former was seized, while tho latter was suffered to go unmolested. The Starlight was a now vessel, valued at 35,500. She belonged to Wm. 11. Sionto, and had on board at the time of tho capture 250 barrels of mackerel. Copt. Ilqward, of tho Rosins, slates that ho was informed that two armed American vessels hud passed through the Gut of Canso, but ho saw nothing of them. Suicide nv two Females.— On Sunday evening last, two young females nnmcdCjilharlno B. Gallon and Clara C. Cochran, residing at Manchostor, N. 11., after eating supper, dressed themselves In white, and wont out together hand ip hand, (0 tho Canal at that place, whero they jumped in and were drowned,. A young man attempted to save them, and was near, ly drowned himself. From letters loft behind* it ap pears that they had contemplated euicldo for some time. • ' ifj'A number of Gormbn Catholics ore organizing a military company in Baltimore; whoso qualifies* lion of membership, is their communion with that religious denomination.— Ex. Paper. To carry rslSglous zeal so far ns |( in a military company, wc think la decidedly wrong Church matters should bo kept within their proper limits, and not bo dragged into affairs entirely out of their 'province. Death oe >Youno Manov.—A letter from Woah- Ington eiys that Secretary Morey has received In. (olligcnco of (ho death of hit ton Edward, on board (ho sloop of war Preble, at sea. , oC7*Tho President Ima appointed,. George B*un> dor*, whilom Editor of tho Democratic Review, Conepl tu London. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN COUNTY MEETING. A meeting of the Democratic Republicans of Cumberland countyi, convened in pursuance! of public notice given, in the Court House, on Mon day evening, the 22d inst., for the purpose of de vising measures best calculated to promote (ho union and harmony of the parly, and to ensure its entire success in tho approaching election. Tho following gentlemen were choson as officers: President , WILLIAM HARPER, of Dickinson. Vice Presidents, Peter Phillips, Silver Spring, George H. Bucher, do Andrew Roberts, Carlisle. David Home, Hampden. David Oyster, EastpSnnsboroUgb. John M’Coy, Hopewbl). Thomas M’Cullouoh, Newton. David Site, Carlisle. SccrciarieSi Isaac Ringiualt, Carlisle. WtV/iom Graeey, Newton. On motion, the following gentlemen were ap pointed a committee tp draft resolutions expressive of the sense of the meeting, viz: J. E. Bonham, W. M. Matcer, J. B. Bratton, Ephraim Corhraan, Samuel G. Titzel, Jas. Montgomery, E. Addams, and Andrew Davidson. Whereas, In accordance with a lime honored custom, the Democracy of Old Mother Cumber land annually assemble to interchange sentiments and consult together for their mutual welfare and the ascendency of free principles in the Stale ami Nation. Jh\d whereas, Wo deem It aTruism that all le gitimate political power in this country emanates from the people, on whose intelligent exercise of their political rights and duties the success and perpetuity of our republican institutions essential, ly depend. ' And whereas , In the exercise of these great pri vileges guaranteed to us by our wise system of government, we are well aware that *‘lhe price of liberty” is “eternal vigilance.” Therefore , Resolved, That wo again declare our unabated attachment to the principles of the De mocratic Republican party of this Union, believ ing (hat their ascendency in the administration of the government, will best promote the happiness and prosperity of the people. Resolved, That we look back with pride and pleasure upon the ordeal through which iho prin ciples and policy of the Democratic party have passed—their march since the days of Jcff-rson has been one uninterrupted triumph. Taking the resolutions of ’9B—’99 as (ho text book of the De mocratic creed, and adhering to a strict construe, lion of (he constitution and repudiating theexer. else of all doubtful powers by the general govern ment, our institutions have become settled and comparatively secure from foreign foes without and domestic dissensions within. The area of the republic has been widely extended under an en lightened territorial policy—the commercial inte rests of iho country have been vastly increased by the removal of the restrictions upon trade—(he financial interests of the nation have been protect ed by the establishment of a sound and constitu tional currency and’a constitutional mode of col lecting and disbursing of the revenues of the gov ernment, whereby (he public are protected from sudden and ruinous financial revolutions—the pro ductive and Industrial interests of the nation are in some measure guarded from the exhausting de pletion of an indirect taxation, which was eating oat the of (lie people—and all these measures of Democratic policy are so well settled and rest upon principles so clearly defined and un derstood, that we miy anticipate no retrograde movement, but a steady advance to a still more liberal and enlightened policy. The days of Na tional Bapbs, bankrupt laws,'high tariffs, and dlstributiorkof surpluk fubds'thha unjustly collect ed, and appropriations for internal improvements by the general government, have passed away, and the days of no fnore banks of issue, no tariffs, no expenditures by the general government, exdepl such as are absolutely necessary to administer its affairs upon principles of the strictest economy, will form the next and not remote era in the march of democratic progress. Resolved , '('hat we adhere with unabated fervor to the Union of the States, and the palladium of our liberties, that we hold as detestable alike the doc trines of the Abolitionists of the North, who would destroy the Union to destroy domestic slavery, and the secessionists of the South who would dissolve the national compact from slight and transient causes, while we stand upon the democratic na tional platform as promulgated in the Dumocrulio National Cohventiona of 1810,181-1,1818 & 1853, sustaining the rights of all the States and of all sections and interests of the Union, according to the constitution and in the spirit of compromise with which that instrument was framed by our re volutionary fathers. Resolved, That wo beliovo the late adjustment of the slavery conlroveisy by Congress, growing out of our recent territorial acquisitions, which for a lirno-so much disturbed the harmony of the coun , try, is just and oquliable between the different sec tions of the Union, and that it should be firmly i and steadfastly adhered to bs a final settlement of the subject of slavery (lie relations . which that subject holds lo all portions of our peo i pie. , Resolved, That iho principles promulgated by President Pierce hi his inaugural address,meets our unqualified approbation, and wo lir.il the enun ciation of his policy, foreign nnd domestic, as strict ly in accordance with the views of tho Democratic fathers, and calculated to promote the prosperity of our people at homo, and make us respected and powerful abroad. Uesulved } Thai while the Democracy adhere to a strict construction of the constitution, and are opposed lo a system of internal improvements by the general government, in accordance with the views of President Monroe in bis veto of the Cum berland road bill, President Jackson in his veto of i the Maysville road bill. President Polk in bis'volo of tbo rivor and harbor bill, and the long settled policy of the Democratic party, we doubt exceed. Ingly the constitutionality as well ns tbs propriety of the construction of a rail road to tbo Pacific ocean, sortie two thousand miles in length, by ap* proprlations by the general government from the national treasury of monies collected from the peo ple, cither through the Custom House by import duties, by the sale of dm public lands, by excises, or by direct taxation—and especially fio when our public debt now, from the expenses of tbo Mexi can .war, tbo purchases of territory under the re cent treaty with Mexico, tbo extravagant appropri ations to (bo Collins’ lino of steamers and other < improper purposes, and tbo payment of fraudulent I Galpbin and Gardiner claims, amounts lo upwards 1 of sixty millions of dollars, which by tbo construe, tion oi said rail road would swell tbo public debt to porbaps two hundred and fifty millions of dol lars, and load to a tax upon tbo resources and In dustry of tbo people of at tenet throe times (bat amount, If snob debt bo liquidated by on imposi don of dudes, with tholroccompanylngovilsjupon tbo imports of tbo country. Jhfiofvcd, That tbo lute Democratic* Stale Con vention which ossombled at Harrisburg in June last, in saying in behalf of tbo Demonratio parly of this Stale “that we are.ln favor of tbo construc tion of a National Railroad, or highway, connect ing tbo Pacific with tbo Atlantic pardon of the Union, which shall traverse in its onliro line our own territory, and bo in no way subject to a foreign power," took tbo precaution not lo say that tboy woro In favor of constructing it by the iovonuea of (bo general government, but are presumed to Imvo been willing that tbo grant should bo made by Congress for such rood through the national terri tory by those who wished to embark in such on-, torprise, whether they bo States, municipal corpo rations, private individuals, or all of them oombin od—and by Iholr not adopting that portion of tho resolution which committed tho national govern ment (6 l|io building such road by its own mottns UliiJ'll, I I 'IB!! " |M| I 111 | il luXjj “for military and, commercial purpose.” n M a conitilullonal duty towards California and ibd other Pacific States hereafter to be formed”—. QI J “to defend each Stale from invasion andfrotn dof mestip violence;” they plainly did not intend trf aay that the Democratic parly of Pennsylvania were in favor of ariy such dangerous experiment' or of dntnuch laiitudinarian construction of *w conatilu'ilbn. ‘ Resolved , Thai' as eoon as our present publio debt can, bo ftoid, we are inf favor of a reduction of iho tariff,to a strictly revenue standard, sufficient merely to meet the wants of tho government eco nomically administered. We would then no longer hear of money being collected by the go* neral government to'distribute again, among the States, from whose people It was originally raised, having on expensive machinery of taxation to take money from the people merely for, the purpose of having the pleasure of giving U back to them again, minus the costs of collection and disburse, ment. ' ; ■ Resolved y That wo admire the couiso of oer present able and worthy Chief Magistrate, Gof, William Bigler, for hie wise,and statesman-like administration of the affairs of the Commonwealth* He has had connePted with his‘administration no humbug operations ofborrowlng money at six per cent, to buy up five cent, bonds; and call it “a sinking fund,” but he has done justice to the great North in the completion of the North Branch C*. nal, has recommended and is carrying through the avoidance of the planes on the which so much obstructs the transportation and travel upon the main line of our pubtio improvements, and this without augmenting the public burthens. He has manifested the wisdom of tho statesman in resisting manfully an increase.of the .banking capital of the State, eoclamoroualy demanded; and in stopping as far as in him lay tho evils of private and special legislation. He has proved himself an honest and capable publio officer, whose re-elec tion is required by the people and the best interests of the Commonwealth* Resolved , That we will heartily support the nominees of the Democratic party for the different State officers, John C. Knox'for', the Supreme Bench, Thomas H. Forsythe for Canal Commit sioner, Ephraim Banks for Auditor General, and J. Porter Brawley lor Surveyor General, aa gen llemen eminently fitted for the various stations for which they have beon respectively designated. Resolved , That the County Ticket recently nom inated by our Democratic County Convention, is composed of good and true Democrats, competent and worthy mon, and every way entitled tp the enthusiastic support of every republican* Resolved , That we recognize as a matter of prin cipie, adherence to regular nominations as a fun damental ‘ article of the Democratic creed, and which must of necessity be binding upon all who claim fellowship with the paily, as not merely es sential to success,*but ns vital in this preservation of our political organization. Resolved , That theso proceedings be signed by the officers and published in the Democratic p*. pers of the county, and the Democratic U nion and Keystone of Harrisburg. ("Signed by the Officers. J NOT BAD. The following good story is told of “Sergeant O’Neal,” the worthy private messenger of the Pre sident : A gentleman of distinction called at the White House, and noticing the prompt manner which (he sergeant dispatched business in his line* stepped up to him evidently with a disposition to hare a little fun at the sergeant's expense, and accosted him thus : “Have I the honor of addressing Sergeant O'- Neal 1” “You have, indade, sir,” was the promphreply. “Well, sir, I know your position here and 1 have only one favor to ask. Ido not like to trou ble the President, as 1 know you can deltas well,” “Well what Is it that ye'll have, sir,” said the sergeant with a Presidential air. “1 am desirous, sir, that John F. Snooks, Esq., who has done great service In the cause, anould be appointed post-master at Hardscrabble, and should like you to have tho appointment done Im' mediately.” The sergeant turned as quick as a shot, and said: - ■ > “Excuse me if you ploaze, sir, I devote my at tention exclusively to foreign appointments, and have no time to throw away upon petty post offices; you will have to see the President, sir/* The hearty laugh which was joined in by a crowd of “anxions ones,** who were wailing in the ante-room, to got a glimpse of “His Excellen cy," “convinced the distinguished American," that ho had been roost effectually sold by this brave son of the Emerald Isle, whose gentlemanly deportment at the Presidential mansion will tong be remembered by “the mill ion,”— Hart. Tiriia. Why Did Jacob Wcept ‘‘Jacob klaaed Baclmcl, and lifted up bis voice and wept. —Scripture. If Rachael wos a pretty girl, and kept her faco clean, we con’l sec that Jacob had much to err about. -JV. Y. Globe. How do you know but that she slapped his face for him T—JV. O. Delta , Gentlemen, hold your tongues. The eaase of Jacob's weeping was the refuanl of Rachael to al low him to klsshcr again.— Flag. Il is our opinion Jacob wept because he hadn't kissed Rachael before, and regretted the time t** hud lost.— Age. Green—verdant, one and oil of ye. The follow Imnhonod because she did not kiss him in return.— Manchester Ailv. Pshaw ! none of you are Judges of human nature. Ruchocl was the first girl that Jacob kissed, and he gut so scared that his voice trembled, end tears came trickling down his cheeks.— -Auburn Adv, Jacob was a man that labored in the field. When ho kissed Rachael, he had just returned from his tabors and had not washed his lips. After ho had soiled Ruchucl's chcik, tie wept for fear she would think ho was one of the “frecaoilcra."— Detroit Fret Press. No, gentlemen, not one of you ore correct. The reason Jacob wept was,ho fbared.Rachaol would tall his mamma.—Jersey Telegraph. . Pshaw ! You are all out. The'reason Jacob wept was that Rachael would not let-hial stop kiss’ Ing. her, when ho once began.— Penn. Renhter, May bo she bit him.— Yaxoo Whig. May it not bo (list It was his first attempt st birr ing 7 If so, she ought to have bit him.— Nanutni** Enq. What a long list of Innocents I Wo know for *• have I ricrl it on. There wore no |enr* »tyo*VnndVko feond book docs nut any there wosJ 11. Was on|j Ids mouth Hut watered, and tho .lifting up his yoico forced it out of Ilia eyes.—Reojjfs's Paper . How philosophical J Jacob a “freesollsr f" In tny opinion the roaenn why Jacob cried was became ho waa Soft Jaie.— National Democrat, Jacob wept! Yon, tears of joy J for tyoll bo kopn ho might} while Rachael, bonnly n|) confessed,stood Torn hi« ravished sight.—£ouis«iße Democrat, , , Wo Vnlhcr guosa” Jacob wept because) he fell •’all over In spots," after the kissing operation* Thk New Comet.—JSMorso/ the TtabeUer : tho Comet discovered on the 10(h of Juno, 1 by M. HJllole orfuoi, is now visible to Uio naked eye, in the Wwl» at about an hour after sunset, ■ :■■ Its nucleus is of tlio brightness ofastaroflho third magnitude—a (ail of ono or two degrees In length can also bo distinguished extending upward. This interesting object-has been observed, by asljo* nomers for ono or two months past, during', which timo it has boon gradually increasing in 'brightness. Its distance from Ilia Sun is now thirty m,llM< miles, but from (ho Earth, it Is two or three time* more remote, i ’ ■ W.C. Bond. Cambridge Observatory, Aug, 30th, 1853. Disease among Houses.—Messrs. Slsuson Cassaday, proprietors of, o livery stable in.Mil'® r ®»- Piko county, have lost fourteen horses within s>h° r * time from anunknbwp .andrpry v|rulenf dlslomp*^ Xj*Tli« highest tax paid in Now York IshjF R. Aslor, whoso tax thlsyefcV ‘issomothinjl \w % m %A y d )J ’‘ : ‘ ull '''
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