T 'HE VOLUNTEER John D« Bratton* Editor and Proprietor^ CARLISLE, SEPT. 1, 1853. DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. JUDOS OF TDK BUPREKR COURT, JOHN C. KNOX, . OF TIOOA COUNTY. FOE OANALOOUUJISIONER, THOMAS E. FORSYTH, OF PBILADELFUIA COUNTY FOR AUDITOR GENERAL. Ephraim banks, OF UIF7I4N COUNTY FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL, J. PORTER BRAWLEY, OF CRAWFORD COUNTY. Democratic Oounty Ticket, Senator, SAMUEL WHERRY, of Cumb'ld Jlssemb/y , DAVID J. M’KEb], of Newton. H. G. MOSER, of Lower Allen, Commissioner, JAMES Carlisle. Treasurer, N. W. WOODS, of Carlisle, District Attorney, w. J. SHEARER, of Carlisle, Director of the Poor , JOHN C. BROWN, of Fmnkford .♦ County Surveyor t ABM, LAMBERTON, of N. Mid Auditor, J. B. DRAWBAUGH, of Lr. Allen, Courts at Carlisle, for 1851. SESSIONS AND OITER AND I ORPHAN’S. Terminer. I Tuesday, November 1 Monday, November 14. J Tuesday, Decembers? The Comet.— Those who have nol yet seen the beautiful comet that now looms up in the western horizon, can find it any clear evening, between eight and nine o’clock, a little north of west, and about ten degrees above the horizon. The neuclus in a clear evening is nearly as brilliant as the pla net Mars, and the (ail is quite bright and well de fined, being about two degrees in length. Capl. George Kerr, formerly of Harrieburg, has become one of the proprietor* of the San Francisco Times. —Exchange paper. Cnpt.Goorgo I. 11 “good egg," and no mialakc.— H* mrved 111. apprcnlicoihip with u>, in Ihc "Scale Capital Gazelle" office, at (larriaburg. 110 ia a young man offino education, a alrong and forcible wrllor, and is (roe a Democrat aa ever lived. Do ting tbe Mezfoao war bo Captain of a troop ofi boras, and distinguished himself in many hard- 1 foaght baltlca. Wo aiocainly wish him success in I his present undertaking. HENRY G. MOSER, ESO. Below we publish a loiter from this gentleman, which speaks for Itself. The Herald of lust week published an article, purporting to bo an abstract of the proceeding* of the Prohibitory Law Conron. tion, which met in (bis place on Tuesday of last week, and placed in nomination for Assembly Messrs. Moser and Cathcarl. Mr. Moser’s name was used without his knowledge or consent, notwithstanding the statement of Mr. John flyer, (a Delegate of iho Prohibitory Convention.) that Mr. Moser had “un kttilalingly declared himtelf in favor of a prohibi lory lau>, and wat ready to tvpporl ii in the event of hii election." Mr. Moser never qeclarcd any such thing to Mr. Hycr or any one else. Wo know nol what Mr. Moser's views are in regard to (he Pro hibitory Law, but wo do knout ho has refused (and rightly loo,) to pledge himself either for or against the moaeure. s en who oall llicmaelvoa Democrats, and who are pledged, through tho aocallod Ptohibtlory Convcn llon, lo veto for C.lht.n, and agaio.l McKee and Whenj, ara attempting lo oicUlo lo Mr. Moser tho conraa ha ia lo pnrooa Modest gentlemen, in deed I And if Mr Moaor is forced lo ho eonaiderod a temperance candidate, ogamal Iris wlahoo, by men pledged against his colleagues on Iho same tiokol, iia n>ny real assured ibal ho has aa little dependence lo place in them aa tbo temperance Whig*, who after alt we hoar have made up their minda lo vole for Mr. Koons. Wo never believed thot more thin a half dozen of tbo brawling temperance Whiga in town oonld be induced to vote fur any Democrat and every day more and more strengthen! (bat con* fiction. But, lo Mr. Mosor'a letter : Siiibcuanbtown, Aug 25, 1853 J. D Bratton, Etq. Dcab Sit—l beg leave to say through your papci that my name aa used by (ho Prohibitory Liquor Law Convention, was unauthorized by mo and with out my knowledge or consent. I declared (o (ho committee of the tamo that I would not pledge my. Bolfto any measure on (ho subject, and I did not.— I want it understood that I occupy the some position in relation to this question now, that 1 did previous to lh« Prohibition Convention. Aa my name was placed on the ticket by the Democratic County Con vention, 1 decline being a candidate on any other ticket. Youri repectfully, “Warn Kooctß Fall Out,” Ate.—Tho Whigs of Lancaster county appear to bo in rather an un* enviable position just now. Tho Stevens and eoli-Stovens (actions are reading each oihera char acters in fine Style. Tho Independent IVhig, the Stevens organ, indulges In the following comments upon the leading spirits of the late Whig County Convention: “The influences which controlled (he fate coun ty convention, wore secret and corrupt, and (ho channels through which the managers moved were foul and slimy. Wore the Whig party everywhere controlled by as shameless, bigoted and unscrupulous out of scoundrels, as the pro-slavery, Alberti-de fending. Silver-Grey Leaders in Lancaster county, it would be time for decent men to commence con sidering whether Its principles were likely ever be adopted, so long as many of (heir exponents show themselves tyrants at heart, and members of the par ly from merely selfish and mercenary motives. Two old cannons, used by Oanoral Jackson at the battle of New Orleans, which had been objects of cutloaitj In tbs navy yard at Brooklyn, were sold under a general order mode during (lie late adminis tration to sell all Lite uld gune. These guns were highly prized In the nary yard as relief of the mem orable Blh of January. 1816. and were objects o r tnoob curiosity on account of their singular lion. The officers of the yard upposlcd twice to the government to apsre Uie»o two old gone bat the or. derwas irravooiblvand ilioy were aold. CCT As the congregation of the Methodist Cburoh In Camden, (N. J.) were rlelng from the altitude of prayer, on Sunday evening, it was noticed (hats lady remained on her knees. Those in her vicinity gsnlly nudged her, but without effect; and the elo- Mr sismiatUon revealed the fact that »hs was a corps*. The Baltimore American of Monday last, as wo have noted, told us that by and, by the whig parly would have some teriuua issues. , The New York Tribune of the same day thus intimates what those issues are to be t * v “The old political platforms haVing been spit on and kicked to pieces, as they generally deserved, we may now look for the erection of new ones with fresh timber.' The following, from an ad dress to the electors of Cuyahoga county, Ohio, is a specimen of a sort which seems to be sreltlnQ fashionable: 6 •‘•Men of all parlies, who desire so to shape their poiittoal action as to promote the best inter ests of the country—who aro opposed to the ex tension of slavery—to the fugitive act of 1850— who are in favor of divorcing the general govern ment from nil connexion with slavery, where it nan bo done constitutionally—of the freedom of the national domain to actual settlers in limited quantities, and instate matters all who desire a more upright and economical administration of government—the taxing alike of the property of Individuals and corporations according to its real value—and who seek the suppression of the'ovils of intemperance by the enactment of the essential principles-iof the Maine law.’ ” There are one or two planks here—such as the Maine law—which are rather unpleasant to poli ticians of theanoientschools.hulitloolis aa though they would have to come to iu” “By this it would appear that the substance of thei platform which the whigs are getting ready is to bo the renewal of the slavery agitation and the Maine liquor law—the remainder of the issues set loith in lire above programme being merely make weights, and not intended to altractany particular attention. To these may probably bo added, as another whig laauo, that eohomo of Internal Im provements by the federal government which shall bo loond upon examination to involve the largest departure from a strict and rightful construction of he constitution, and which BhaTT promise the largest harvest of financial waste and abuse. "Such, wo submit, so far as it has yet been do ve oped by the leading whig organs in different sections of the country, is the show of purposes and principles which the whig parly is now likely to present whenever, in the language of the Ame rican, it shall lake the field,for “serious action’* and “extra exertions” against the administration. We eha 1 hardly be suspected of judging' too fav. orably the ancient and ohsolelo principles and 68 ‘ he T hlg parly ’ as “Bimalned by that parly at a lima when it really claimed that it had fh« r r °' eed 10 lna ' Dlain - Vet we aro ftee to say, L ba V ir an J worse platform than the old one of bank, high tariff; land distribution. Are., could ba devised any upon which the people will sorely pronounce more summary and sweeping condem nation—it would be this new abolitionist and lali tudtoanan amalgam which the whig organs seem to be mixing op as a new exparimenl upon the po pular forbearance. —Washington Union. Such, Democrats of Cumberland county, is the new programme of Whig principles, as promulga ted by the leading Whig and Abolition organ of the coon try, the New York Tribune, and other or gana of the Whig party. Abolitionism and Tem perance, the adoption of the “Maine law,” are now the cardinal measures of tho Whin creed. Arc Jton prepared to join it, and go back To the old blue law, of Connecticut, and becomo identified with all tho old blue light Federalists and Abolitionists of the land ? There 19 notv a systematic movement in Penn. Jr!’TV° Ba ‘ °" r S,ala ' icl ‘ e, by "using ">e cry of ■ Temperance and the Maine Law” all over the -Stale. Tine movement la intended to defeat Mr. Banks, Mr. Brawley, and oll.or nominees ofj the Democratic party. this an organization is attempted to bo got up, in the different counties by Whig and Abolition emissa ries who are sent through the State to lecture on temperance, disorganize the Democratic parly wherever they oan, and beg money. Van Wao nor, who was lecturing hero last week, is a known federal and Abolition Whig, of the Buckeye Blacksmith stamp from Poughkeepsie, in the triale of Now York, who is a broken down politician of the Groely school, who slumped the Stale of New York against Mr. Polk in 18-IJ, and has been serving his maatm over since, in the beat way he can. Mr. Miller, (he other lecturer who was here, is the Federal Prothonolary of Dauphin oounty, nnd has never voted for a Democrat all his life, and never will, we presume. And these aro the men, assisted by a few disorganizes in our midst, who are to dictate to the people of Cumberland county who are to be their representatives in the Legisla* lure ! And these are the men who are attempting to got Democrats lo vole for Cathcart, one of the most violent Federalists in the county ! And they hold a Convention, and allempuo force Democrats to vole for Catiioaut, and to force Mr. Moper to be identified with the Prohibitory law movement, whether he will or no, and thus attempt to secure his defeat by arraying Democrats against him. and to secure Mr. M'Kek’s defeat by voting for Cathcart! Out upon such arrant hypocrisy, among men pretexting to ho Democrats ! We say agaio lo Iho Democracy of Ihe counly and of the Slalc, bewaro of this eo-called tonipcr ance movement. Ii is favored here by some who earn no more for lemperance, either theoretically or practically than they care for tho tail of Iho comet now visible. Their main object is lo disorganize Iho Demooratio parly ond defeat the Democratic ticket. Many of them are men who have been cutting Iho ticket for ycara, and are determined lo destroy Iho ascendency of tho Democratic parly of the county. Wo ask the people of tho county whether they wish to aland on tho Federal Whig Abolition platform of Greoly & Co., or whether they still intend to bo freemen, and exercise the rights of freemen 1 H. G. MOSER, ).n What we aay, wo aro not to bo driven into the , P° a ' l '»n *‘>a* wo ore opposed lo the temperance cause, when urged with moderation ond from pro per motives, hut wo protest against being driven into lha support of blue light Federalists for any office whatever; nnd wo prolcal, moreover, against the intolerance of sentiment and action of Iho pro fesaod temperance advocates and supporters, as calculated lo produce a reaction in tho public mind and retard (ho temperance movement for ycara Lot what is dona bo done mildly, with decency and In good order, by moral suasion and convinc ing of men’s Judgment, but save us from Ihe ne cessity of Joining any lemperance political organi zation, which is intended lo land those whoombark In it into Ihe bosom of tho Fedoral Abolition parly of the nation, headed by all the old broken down political hacks of Iho land. Tho Pestilence at New Orleans shows no signs of abatement ns yet if we take into account the great diminution of (ho population upon whom it can operate. The deaths lust week amounted to about 1600.1 It has also reached Natchez, and several hundred persons have already fallen vic tims to its ravages there. Tho disease lias also appeared at Mobile and Vicksburg, and appears lo bo gradually making its way up the Mississippi rlvor. Appointment Declined.—Tho appointment of Benjamin Tyson, E«q., of Reading, to tho post of N..0l S'orrkwpe. of Philadelphia, in place of " n ’ o,ed ’ h ” b " n d,ollMd on THE COMING WHIG ISSUES, • Whig Klypro'srtsy* Whenever the Whigs are out of power, one of their moat rallying cribs to regain Il ls “ Locofoco When in powor.thcir chief employ mQDt appeara to bo to doviio new schemes of plunder and private aggrandizement attlio pabllo expense.— Wo might adduce numoroua instances of this po ouharily of their disposition, but the public mind ia already familiar with them. We find in the Ohio Statesman an orllolo which forcibly, illaalartea this trail of Wbtggory, from which wo make the following extract. Although written with reference to Ohio politics, it Is equally applica ble in Pennsylvania: “ Wo have hoard a few picayune objections about locofoco expenses, from Galphio grand raioal dofen. dors. But theqe do not merit a reply. A roan is behind ‘the limes' .who thus wastes hie powder. If oftb of those rousing objectors happen to find the odd sixpence worth of rod tape, or a few dollars extra given to a wood chopper, he seems to need hogsheads of hartshorn to keep him from fainting. Compared to this locofoco lavishnees,—Oolphinißiiii with its Gardiners,Corwins, Butler Kings, Colliers, Minnesota Indian rascalities, etc., is like the locomotive with a big train ol ’plunder’ behind, to the thistle that flies up in its path. . Whlggory has always the * economy of cheese pa nngi aqd candle's ends * for Democrats, but for it self, splendid schemes of national prodigality end prt* vale speculations of stupendous rascality.” ’ the: war question settled. Well, tbo bluster and bullying and mar* shaling ofjgnnieß, the emperor of Russia has backed out. Wo diu no beliovo that such would bo the result, because wo actually thought old Nicholas a great many and a man of firmness and courage. Hut a afore lame and impotent conclusion of a valorous demonstration the world has seldom witnessed than (his total abadanment of his manifest purpose of con quest. A Bonaparte would havo accomplished that purpose, though all the rest of Europe had combined againal it. The result however is only delayed— Constantinople will yet be a Russian city. And now we may reckon up the effects of this nows upon the business of., this country. Wo sus pect old Nicholas wiU'hpt hereafter be very popular with the farmers They confidently ex pected him to raise itie’price of wheal to two dollars a bushel, and be has sadly disappototed. them.— They will not readily forgive him for this. He had obtained their confidence by false pretences. The capita) of tbo country will flow on in its usual channels, instead of being all absorbed in the shipping and commercial interests: and railroad presidents and contractors may now drive (heir roads on to completion without lot or hindrance; which they could hardly have done had a general war oc curred in Europe. Tbo shipping, agricultural and manufacturing interests of this country would havo been benefited by a war in Europe. But the rail road interests, and the general prosperity of the in terior of our country might have suffered materially from the same cause. The newspaper interests wo foar will suffer lomo bj (bit retreat of Ibo Ciar. A war in Europe would 1 have increased (ho demand for newt, and afforded 1 constantly news of interest. Wo presume the money market will be easier now. Capitalists, who wore holding; on to llioir funds till this war question was settled, miy now disgorge• and bo content with six per cent. The masses of Ibo people of Europe must wail a little longer for their opportunity to assert and secure their rights. Dut their time will yet come. Fal. staff’s bettor part of valor—discretion—has prevailed this time with the despot. Dut other councils will prevail when the world is ripe for the change (hat will yol set free the human race. So says the Pills burg Post. 03“ The new Comet wbieh is now visible in the west to the naked eye, about an hour after sunset, is the comeldiscovorcd on the lOtliofJuno by M. Klinkerfuso. Its nucleus is of the brightness of a star of the third magnitude-a tail of efto or two degree* in length can alto be distinguished, extend ing upward. It Is gradually increasing in bright ness. It* distance from the sun Is now thirty mil* lions of miles; but from the earth it is two or three times more remote. CC7* There liaa been a groat excitement at El Paso, aa we learn from New Orleans, in consequence of a party of Americana having attacked the Jail for the purpose of rescuing a returned Californian who had been unjustly imprisoned by the Mexicans. The Americana were fired upon by the Mexican guard, and the District Attorney of El Paso county, Texas, was killed. Another American was wounded. The Mexicans had taken arms, and were drilling in the vicinity of the American town El Paso, and great fears wore entertained for (ho safety of the placo. i A man named Hugh Adams, from Westmoreland | county, Pa., was arrested several days ago in Pitts* , burg, on the charge of murdering another in that city named Donohue, and at the preliminary oxnmt* nation he confessed his guilt, and gave tho names of iwo others who, ho alleged, also participated in the crime. Four days after ho was committed, tho au thorities obtained information to satisfy them (hat Adams had not only been telling a falsehood, but that bo had not boon in Pittsburg for throe weeks before the murder was committed, and (hot one of (he per sons he alleged was one ofhis accomplices, who lives at Bolivar, Pd., had his log broken seven weeks ago, and has not boon able to walk since. Usd ho not been detected in his falsehoods, his circumstantial confession of participation in (ho affair might lit v° cost him his life, It is supposed he is of unsound mind, and has been retained in Jail until his.relatives can lake charge ofhicn. Tux N. O. Epidemic.— Tho various steamships plying between New Orleans and Texas have sus pended (heir (rips in consequence of the quarantine regulations on ell vessels from New Orleane, adopt, ed by the authorities of Galveston. Tho fever is prevailing to considerable extent at Jefferson city, Gretna and Algiers. Tlio total recoipta of the Howard Association up to the SOlh, were 154,000, including throe thouatnd from Philadelphia, fire hundred from Now York Mutual Insurance Company, and three hundred from the citizens of Baton Rogue. Our Mexican Relations.— The New York Times of Thursday states that orders have been received at Governor's Island, from the War Department, for the immediate transmission to the Rio Grande fron- ior, of a very largo quantity of artillery, ammuni- tion and ordnance stores—more in amount than General Taylor had during his whole campaign.— This step, says the Times, has undoubtedly been taken in consequence of the movement of Santa Anna, who Is concentrating on the same frontier, a very largo military force, and supplying it very largely with tho munitions of war. Educational.— The National Education Convorv ; lion, which waa In session at Pittsburg last week, ad. 1 Journed on Friday, to meet in Waahinglon city on the second Tuesday of August, 1654. It was rcsolv. ed to raise $3,500 to establish a premium for two works—one on the Philosophy of Education, and the second on the best means of promoting Education— of this sum, sgoo has olrcsdf been subscribed in Pittsburg, end Ex-Governor Johnson pledged that | city (o make up (he whole amount if not subscribed , elsewhere. Madison F. fAoytt$ t of Luzerne, ha* been nomina* ted by (be Temperance Conferees for Senator in tinl Jletrigl. I Tho Next Congress* I Tho next House of Representatives will consist of 1 234 members, of which 811 havo already boon chos en. Tho members chosen compare politically with thoso of tho last House as follows: • Next Congress—Whigs, 66, Democrats, 142, Abo litiunists,3v Zost Congress—Whigs, 80, Democrats, 129, Abo. lilionists, 2. Democratic majority in tho last House over Whigs and Abolitionists, 47, in tho next, 71 Maryland, Georgia, Mississippi and Louisiana havo not yol chosen members of Congress. They oro entitled to 23 members. In the abovo figures Mr. Clingman, of North Carolina, has boon counlcd as a Democrat. Tho Senate Blonds—Democrats, 38, Whigs, 20 vacancies, 4. ' ' ~ A large.gain of Democratic members. Tho ad ministration in passing through the trying ordeal of tho sppointoenls seems not to havo lost tho confi dence of the people, as some havo predicted. On the contrary, from nearly all quarters come proofs of pub. lie approbation and confidence. Where is that‘Loose Screw* that wo toad about nol : long since ? The Suicide of thti.Two' Young Ladles. Relative to the suicide oflhetwo young ladies,at Manchester, N. H., alluded to in our last, we learn in addition from tho Boston papers that ono of them was Miss Catharine B. Colton, of Pownal, Mo., aged 22; the other, Miss Clara Cochran, ugod 19, a native of New Boston, residing in Hopkinson. They roomed together at No. 24 Manchester Corporation. Miss Cochran had frequently indicated a purpose (o drown liereolf. Both had talked freely of doing so. Tho whole proceedings wore marked by groat coolness and deliberation. Both ofthotn loft letters to their friends, announcing their purpose, and giving direc tions in regard to tho settlement of their affairs— Lovo was tho occasion of the act. Having arranged all things for Iho event, they loft their boarding house on Sunday evening, proceeded fund in hand, and with groat apparent cheerfulness to the bridge cross ing the upper canal, leading to the Manchester mills, stepped together open the stone wall of the canal just abovo the bridge, and together looped into the water. Miaa Cochran loft in her trunk a latter to her sis ter in Hopkinlon,and on the opposite side of it was written the following, evidently intended for (ho eye of her loVer: ’•And now, dearest, I must write you a fow linos, though ere you receive them (ho hand that penned them will bo Cold in death. Do not think of me wilb regret, for ’Us better that it should bo bo. “One more unfortunate, Weary of breath, Rashly importunate, Gone to her death.” •*l forgive all who have injured me, and crave for givcnnoss of yon if I have erred, and I know 1 have. Bo happy and forgot mo not. Even if you over marry, still ’twill not be wicked to cast a thought on me, and no one would love you the less for it. 1 shall, I hope, be burled in Vermont, by the side of my mother. Farewell." She also unclosed in her letter scraps of poetry, which no doubt expressed her feeling at the time of writing. Usr letter (o her sister waa a moat affectionate farewell—a request that no useless grief would fol low her death. M I would like lo see you and Jessie again, but It must be otherwise. Wo will meet no more on earth. Weep not fur me, for lam a burden lu myself, and the grave is a heaven where my wca ry heart will rest." Blarder In Torlc. On Saturday, the 13lh oil., says the York Gazette, Perry Cox alias Perry Hartman, a colored barber of this place, was brought before George M. Shelter, Esq., on information made under oath by Sarah Ann Spence, (also colored) to the effect that on that day. "the said Perry made an assault upon her, end fired throe shots from a pistol at her, all of which shoia look effect in the deponent's face, and she verily bo lleves (hat (ho Intent ofaald Perry was to hill her.” It appears that Perry had quarrelled with his wife, I who was • sister of Sarah Ann Spence, snd that she,' to escape from his violence, fled to (he house of her mother, whore Sarah Ann also resided. Perry af terwards threatened to shoot his mother in-law for harboring his wife, and evinced so determined a purpose lo carry hia throats into execution, that , Mrs. Spence throw herself upon the protection of the law, and a warrant had at her instance, been issued against him, though it had not yet been served, ! when the aborning of his sister-in-law occurred, hi the afternoon, Perry rcquoalcd a neighbor to go to the house of his muthcr-indaw, (o ask his wife lo cqroo homo and prepare hia supper, or, if she would noTtomo, to ask Sarah Ann to do to. The neigh bor went lo the house, Sarah Ann agreed lo go lo Perry’s, and was accompanying the neighbor in that direction, when they weiq mol by Perry. The Ist ter then appeared quiet, though somewhat inloxicat od, and after exchanging a few words with Sarah Ann, turned and proceeded with her toward# his house. They had walked but a short distance, however, when three shots were fired in rapid suc cession, and Sarah Ann fell. A crowd of persons •oon assembled, some of whom boro (he unfortunate creature to her mother's house, and pul her in charge of a physician. Perry w«s arrested immediately and committed to prison. The wounded girl was not considered by the phy sicians to be In a dangerous condition fur some day* —but on Saturday (he symptomsgrew suddenly and alarmingly worse, and on Sunday, last, after severe suffering, she djod. Our citizens learned on Saturday, with groat sur prise, that on the previous evening the prisoner had been released from Jail on giving bail In the paltry •urn of lAree Hundred dollan! Of course, on Sat urday. when the symptoms in the csso of the wound, od girl indicated grpat danger, end Search was made far Perry, As Aad disappeared, and has not since been heard of. As we have not been able to learn (ho precise circumstances under which this extraor dinary rolooso was effected, we forbear comment upon It. But the public officers connected with it owe it to themselves to furnish the public with an explanation of the transaction. John D. Linn, Esq., has received tho appointment of Post Master at Laport tho capital ofSullivan coun Taste for tub Horrible.—As an evidence of the avidity with which many seized upon the horrible, in less than an hour alter the accident on the Railway near Boston, a daguerreotype artist of that city was on tho spot engaged in taking the aoone. Tub Norwalk Tragedy.—A gentleman known in literary circles, whoso Wife and daughter were badly Injured by (he late railroad disaster at Norwalk, has made a settlement with (ho railroad corporation.— Tho aum paid wsa $lOO,OOO, Earthquake in Omo—On Sunday morning a week tho shook of an earthquake waa foil at Day lon, Cincinnati, Troy, Xenia, and other places— It sounded to many like tho firing of cannon—and to aomo Ilko tho blowing off of steam from a steam boiler* Of course no damage was done, as it was a mere shook. How fortunate our country Is sit. uatod in this reaped. No earthquakes shako down our cities* swallow up their inhabitants, and send desolation through tho land Tho locomotive on the Philadelphia and Suubury Railroad was put under steam on Thursday aflernoon last, ind mtds a trip to Slumokin» 'The Yellow Feverlu New Orleans. From present indications, the ravages of the fever, bid fair to.cause (he greatest proportionate mortality that haa ever yetoccorrcd in the history of pestilences. It equals in violence the Black Plague of the Fourteenth century, and exceeds that of tho Plague of London, in 1664. The latter has been regarded the severest pestilence of mod ern tiroes; and yet, out of a population of five hundred thousand, it only slew sixty thousand; in one year, whereas the present epidemic is destroy, ing at the rale of four thousand per month, out of a total population of not over eighty thousand, and of a population liable to the disease, of not over 30,000. A letter written by a reliable person in New Orleans, in speaking of the mournful appearance which the city at present wears, says ; “Every where you turn, nothing but horses and carls loaded with coffins are to bo seen. In some of the grave-yards they oould not gel men enough to bury the dead, and some of the corpses were left unburied for two ;so you can imagine what must have been the stench, and how awful it must have been for (hose living around them. At last the corporation succeeded in obtaining the chain-gang at five dollars ($5) an hour! loaccom plish the task, though even then they might as well have left them unburied, for they would dig trenches and pile coffin upon coffin until the up permost one would be half-way out of the ground. One of the editors of the Della, who hadwaited the place, proposed burning tho bodies, rather than having them exposed to the heat of the sun for so many hours, and in some places exposed to hu man sight by the bursting of the coffins. Perry County* The fallowing resolutions wore unanimously adopt ed by tho recent Democratic County Convention of Perry County: | Resolved, That wo pledge ourselves to give a cor dial and hearty support to Hie ticket solilcd (his duy. as well, also, to tho Democratic Slate ticket, and urgently and respectfully invoke the united und ac tive co-operation of tho Democracy of the county hiving in mind,’that in anion there is strength.' Resolved, That (ho patriotism, intelligence, and integrity manifest ia (ho Executive department of our Stale Government, speaks Irumpol-lungucd in ftvor of the rc-nominution of our present worthy and talent ed Exocolivo, William Bigler, and our delogiiu to the State Convention is hereby instructed to use all honorable means to effect his re-nomination to the station lio now adorns. Resolved, That the administration of the National Government, under the gallant Pierce, Is auspicious of the happiest results to our glorious confederacy.— Thus far it Is indicative tlint the Democracy have not been mistaken in their man, but have the presage that the Government, under Pierce, fur its purity, comprehension and progress, wtll compare favorably with any period ofoquul time m its past history. Resolved, That there isfliil sufficient of the spirit of the venerated Jackson in the bosoms of the Dp mocracy of Perry, never lo yield to cxpcdcicny, when the Constitution elands in the way. And wo. there loro, vehemently condemn the project of the Govern menl making a railroad to the Pucific, under what ever plausible pretext the same may he urged. It is a monstrous proposition, fraught with more danger to the liberties of our country "than ony measure ever submitted to (he consideration of the Government.— *• War, pestilence and famine" in preference to suoh o lamentable and corrupting enterprise. It may well startle the patriot and alarm him for the safely of his country, when such a question seems to bo serious ly and favorably entertained by any respectable por tion of our people. I,el the masses, therefore, speak out and endeavor to check the monster in its concep. lion. Philadelphia County Ticket. The Democratic County Convention of Philndel phia hove pul in nomination the following excellent ticket : Senate— ~Levi Foulkrod. Assembly— Thos. Mandcrflold, John J. Moany, Isnnc Lc-ich, jr. f Robert Al. Carlisle, George W. Hlllier, Edward A. Pcnniman. Robert Boyd, R. K, Knight, Isaac W. Moore, and R. L. Wright. There was nno'hcr homicide cose in Pittsburg on Monday afternoon. The barkeeper of adi inking house, corner ol Sixth and Wood streets, in pushing a man named Bishop, who had been behaving in a disorderly manner, from the door, caused him to strike hit head against (ho pavement with such force as lo break hia skull, and caused Ins death in a few hours. (CT The Leesburg Washingtonian states that Samuel Gibson and Phincas Gibgon, two brothers, In Fuuqnier connly, Va.. got into a fight a few days ago, while at work, which resulted in the death of Samuel. lie was ofilictod with a disease of (ha heart, end the excitement, it IsNsuppoacd caused death lo ensue. ’ An instance recently occurred In Cincinnati, In which a lady was a maid, a wife and a widow, all in one day. Mrs. Conncl, wife of a man who was ao cruelly roqrdorcd on Front street, in (hat city last week, had married her husband on the morning of the same day on whioh the fatal affray occured.— Al morn a maid, at noon a wife, at evening a wid uw ! XT A gentleman in Colomhua, Ohio, writing in the National Intelligencer, pledgee lilmedf to bo ono of I wo hundred to giro e llioua.nd dollar! apiece, for Iho purohaao of Waatiioglon'a citato at Mount Ver It ia hoped that hia patriotic offer will ho eoo- non. ondod. O. B. MoFaddon, Eat]., of Washington County, in llii. Slots, has heen appointed by tho President, one of tho Judges of the United Steles court for the Ter. rilory of Oregon. The members of the Now York Lcgi.l.laro ha. boon .oting thomielvoo pay fur ail weak., when they were not employed In legl.lali.e dulioa. but wore el home. The Comptroller, it is sold, will not pay,an certainly he is right. The Postmaster at Ploins.lllo, Luzornoco., W. H. Comight, has been arrested for purloining money from letters passing through his office He was appoinlctl soma litres or four years ago and had always heretofore stood well in tho com* munity. Bad Accident —On Tuesday morning, auys the Harrisburg Union, a port of the sower, now belnir constructed in Moikel street, coved in. covering « German laborer, named Frederick Launer.who was engaged in it. When extricated, It was ascertained that ho was horribly crushed and life was oil inch He had but recently arrived in thl. country. Ho (oaves a wife and mother to mourn hla loss. The. Boston 800 alalca that (ho daughter of the Rev. Dr. Neale, who had her shoulder dislocated by the accident that ocourcd on tho Western railroad 3JJunc,ha,MM,v -* d - fro,n 11,0 oor P ura lion 91,5UU by way of compensation. G. W. Smyllio and H. Scurry (doraocr.(i) li.vo licen dueled to Coogro.. from Tex.., Cro.by In. boon eloolod Cummi.donor of ibo Lind Offlco. Tho Doraoorillo candid.lo for Governor In. boon 01001. C(J, (CJ-Uov. J. 11, MXNUI. of Columbli, i.ioxpootod lo proioh In lln Evangelical Lullnroh Churoli on noxl Subbalh morning end evening. M.damo Donapano n again unwell, |J rr | n j|,. podllon ia laid lo roault from a g.nnofSpanl.b ball ai Malmai.oo, wlioro Quoon Clirlslini i. now alav log. 1 T|i or. wi" b,.noo |ip .. 0 l (In Sun on Ibo S6ib Majr, 1854, vitlblo in all part, of Ilia Uoilod Bla|u, F.om me Now York Courier .ad En,u|„' I'' “»« «« 0„ EnoK E E Mo^L w ™^p n ro n roP r„r:L c s& or ,. i, ' ou ‘«. ie President a.ugbt fire la.l E ">' past seven o'oloolt, and was, wilb bor *.l^hi q i chiefly destroyed. **mablo oarg 0 ; The Cberobeo atrived on Satntdoy last f,„„ „ Or cans, and tn consequence of tbe opid.rnl. ~N <T latter place, ahe was detained at Quarantine „i h ° not reach bor wharf, nllho fool of W.rrll d dlli «> Tudeday last. Up to last 'n ’’ "»• od with about ISOO paobo K oe of mire ..nur f *la. wa. loo.il to-day at 3 Bh, slated, the fire broke out about quarter oani . e o clock. J amea Murphy, a private watchman li'.','" that he first discovered the fire, and sew shmi' flames issuing from the cabin door, andT.,' " nd alarm. Tbe fire belle repealed the alarm*,,,,. 11 the course of a few minutes', * lorgo number 0 f f„ “ , men were present on thopier,"and exerted lhemi. B u’ to their utmost ability to save the ship. Their eff to this end were without much 'iucese. The Asm {L°' netJ great headway before they arrived •»!! ail efforts to subdue them wero utterly in vain. * °° Three or four sloaih tugs were brought into r« qumtioD, for tho purpose of lowing her from ths wharf, but, owing to tho slate of the tide, she w„ aground, and could not bo moved. She had been burning about half an hour, when an explosion look place. It was, however, not serious In its effects, be mg only tho discharge of soma fire-arms, and a snu(( quantity of powder which was in tho cabin. It Wa , feared at ono lime that there was a consignment of powder on board, but such was soon understood not to be (ho oaeo.' Attempts wero made (o Seattle tbs steamer, but when ecutilcd; ihoro was produced bat little effect, In consequence of her being aground.—. Despite tho efforts to save tho vessel and cargo the Cherokee was chiefly destroyed, and her cargo’ was considered to bo almost a-total loss. Tho firemen worked at her until about ISo’clock, when most of thorn loft tho scene of conflagration. Tho steamer wasalien burnt nearly level with the water's surface. The origin of tho firo was not known. Some were of opinion (hat it broke out in (ho gslloy, others thjt | it originated in the cubin, and there was a slight BUI , i picion of tho vepscl having been set on firo. She tvai valued by her owners at about $175,000, and was I not insured! Her cargo, which was shipped by sboul ! ll.roc hundred different merchants, in this city,and consigned to a largo number of New Orleans mer chants, was valued at afaoulJ22o,(loo to $300,000 Tho goods were of the most valuable kind and liiia wos supposed to be one of.lho richesVshipmpnls of mcrchondiSo over pul on board the Cherokee. A nor. lion of tho goods was supposed to bo insured, but to what -Jitcnl was impossible to ascertain. Besides the merchandise referred to above, there were-aboui 100 firkins ofbuttor on board. The destruction of the steamer dl (his period of the season is h serious lass to the Company, but she will to immediately re. placed. awavima. PHILADELPHIA MARKET. 'FftIDAT, Aop iOS3. FLOUR —From $5 25 lo 5.75 for common io eV. Ira Brands. Ryo Flour is steady el 9368|, and Corn Moil at 93 per barrel, btU (hero is liltlo or no enquiry for either. GRAIN.—'The demand fur wheat is less active ami (hero is less offering'. Sales of 2000 bushels’ prime new Southern Red at SI 15$ a 1 ]6 afloat and 1000 bushels new While at 91 20 per bushel. Ryo is steady at 750. There has been a good de mand for corn, and 6 a 7000 bushels yellow sold at ?00. Oats oro unchanged. Sains of 5000 buihela at 40c per bushel fur Delaware, and 41 a 42c for now Pennsylvania. CATTLE.—An Increased dejnand, and large sale u( $7.75 to $9 per cwt. Hags $7 lo $7.50. BALTIMORE MARKET. Foidat, Aug. 66,1853. SUSQUEHANNA.— Sales yesterday of JOOO barrels at 95 12$. To day 300 barrels wore euld at 85 25. CORN MEAL.—A fair basinets has been doing through the week at $3 37$ for city mills. Wo quote country nt $2 75 a 3, as to quality. RYE FLOUR.— We have no sales reported this week. Quotations nominal nt 93 67 a 4. WH E AT.— Frorn 106 to 112 fur good reds, and 114 to 113 for whites. CORN.—Sales of yellow at 68 and while at 63 V 64. PENNSYLVANIA RYE-Had been mid M fiW’ 75 in 60. OATS.—3G lo 38. JW a v v f a s t a . On ilie 25ih oil., by ilio Rov. A. (I, D. K. Otbtkr, to Miis Catharine Drawoaugii, both of lltia county, In this borough, on (ho I6ih ull, by Enquire Keep er*, Mr. Samuel Spile, lo Mias Mart Ann Hoplar, bolh ofStlvcr Spring lownabip. On the 25ih ull., by (ho Rev. C. P. Wing, Mr. Jaues Fleming, of Keiihaburg, Illinois, (o Mill Anan M. Loudon. nfCurlialo. 53C8 tfiff. On Monday evening Inal. | n Wc.lpcnnaborough Ip. Mr. Nathan Wood,. aged about 71 year.. Notice. bv^otL P ri r . i «T ,nd r blC f l " lh0 «'»cribor i .re here by notified lo oome forward and . e ul 0 off thoir ao- c ountt, no no longer indulgence will bo given and if not aolllud before. (ho fir»l duy of October 1853 ihoy will bo placed m (ho hand* of a collection. JAMES GALLAGHER. Agent. Scpl. I. 1853-7 w. * House iiikl Lot for Sale. TH 15 subscriber offers lor sale, the Brick Houio Mand Lot, 25 feel front by 210 in depth, now occupied by Mr. Henry Keller, ir> North Hanover Biroot. The house and ill the improvements are nearly now. Thu Uwriilng contains thirteen ceiled rooms, in cluding double parlors. Attached is a cistern, ■moke house and stable. For further information apply next door lo the promisee to J. K. WEAVER. Agent for E. Bulloch. September 1,1853—3 t Orphans’ Court Sale. On Saturday tiro IBlli day of October, 1853, In pursuance of an order of 11.0 Orphans’ Court of Cumberland county, will bo oolr/ at public calc. n B ra P, '*V.. lal , t ’ 11,0 of Joltn Bronnawoll, of Silver Spring lotvnahip. In laid county, deceased, m: A valuable Farm .Huai, in Bald township, on the T,i„d|„ Spring ml about 3 miles wear of Meohaniosburg, B Containing m Acre’s, jnd BGJ perches, adjoining lands of Jacob Keel.. Henry Span. George Cootrer and oll.crc, all of which la denied hut about 10 acre, which ic In. good timber. Ihe land le of thn very beat quality) ofLiincelone land, and under good fences. The fl-ga imprnvemonls conaial of a two elory, liliilß Swelling Houeo. Stone Bnnk Bare,. LJJjMpWagon Shod, and other necessary oul- AaMnhmldtnge. Thera Is a never failing Well or woler convenient to the houeo. Also. S One young Otchard with a choice asaorimonl of trull trees. *wl 0n »' Vi " llinß 1? cxa . mino 'he place will call on Wm. Brnwnowoll, residing' on Iho place. of 11,0 P“™liaao money IrnfA ‘ ,n'”i n |'° P r , o P°'V i» aolil—iho internet “ »»" 1 7.’ 083 1110 oX P°cße of sale, lo be lO wi f? w «nno«lly—Iho principal at her death to bo paid to the liolra of John Orownajre/I '*l wwalndor, less (lie ion per cent, to bo paid on the lot (lay of April, IBM, when iho deed and pnaaqaslon will bo given—and the balance lo be paid In two equal annual payirionla, with ioloical, properly aeonred. londlV 0 't, 1 ' 1 ", 0 Ml 3 o’o'oolt, noon, when at londaneo will be given by the Helra of age, and Ouardiana of minor heir? of John DrnWnawoll,. “vod. CHRISTIAN TITZEL, DANIEL COMFORT; Gnatdlnna of minor helm WMS. DROWNAWELL, V SAML; DROWNAWELL, l, 1853 r y( ?(•(•*
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