THE VOLUNTEER. John B, Bratton* Editor and Proprietor* CARLISLE. NOV. 3, 1803. lisle, for IBsf. Courts at Carl Sessions and Over and Terminer. 1 Tuesday,'November 1. Monday, November 14. | Tuesday, Decembers?. Prof. Wentworth, Providence permitting, will deliver a sermon-on the death of Mr. JohnSponne* bargar, on next Sabbalb morning, in the Evangel ical Lutheran Church. The public is respectfully invited to attend, particularly the young. (o*The ftev. br. W. Renboller will preach in the Second Presbyterian Church on Sabbath morning at 11 o’clock. . OC/* Oar School Teachers are making efforts to bbtain bighef salaries. We hope the Directors may ftratl their testiest, lot, beyond question', their com-, peniallon at present is inadequate. FnuJ—Oa yesterday morning, at about half past ? o'clock, the dwelling of Mr. Philip MKcaKßsmTn, of this borOogh, Was discovered to he on 6ro. Our fiiemen were fdon do the spot, hot owing to a scar city of water, wore unable to save the building; they* however, prevented the flames from spreading to the adjoining bouses, otherwise (ha destruction of property might have been great. The fire originated from » stove pipe going up through the coiling.— We aodentaod the property was insured to a small amount, but Mr. M’s. toss will bo considerable, as ho kept a Grocery store, the contents of which were, of course, scattered to the four winds. Look Out— Chicken Thieves About Much hav ing been said of tho superiority, or (ho Shanghaio over ihe common chicken, some scoundrel, in order to (eel (bo matter, mado a descent upon Hie Honor Jndge Graham's chicken rooat, on Tuesday morning last, about 2 o'clock. Tho thiefsncceodcd in hilling aix of the Judge's host Shanghaics, but the sudden appearance of some of tho family prevented him from getting thorn away. Our citizens would do well to sec that their chickens and other nutters are well secured, as it is erldenl there ore some folks in unr midst that get their living while honest people are asleep. Tho election in New York will lake place on Tucs day next. are two Democratic tickets in (he field, for State officers, both claiming (o be simon pure*, and each bitterly hostile to the other, we sup pose the Whigs wili elect their ticket—that is, if there is such a thing as a Whig parly ony longer existing in the Empire Stale, about which there is tome doubt. (Ej* A synagogue, the largest in the west, and erected at a cost exceeding fifty thousand dollars, baa lately been consecrated at Cincinnati, Ohio. The local papers apeak in terms of high praise of the edifice. President Pierce visited (he Agricultural Fair, <tc. at Baltimore, on Thursday foal, and wna accompa nied by Sidoey Webster, Esq,, his Private Secretary. He returned to Washington City Ihe'wanfo evening, touch gratified with his visit. Minnesota. —The Democrats have swept every thing before (boro in this Territory—carrying their delegate to Congress end both branches of the Leg islslure. Return or Foreign Ministers.— Among the pas sengers in the Atlantic, which arrived some ten days ago at New York, weio the Hon. Joseph R. logrosoll, late Minister at London, and Hon. R. 11. Bayard, late Minister at Brussels. Ah Eircxnrc Codntt— Eighty one voles, £|J told, were oast at the Geaervl Election, in Forest county. An lirmurTiNo Slavs Case.— Bam. Norris, s slave •f Mr. J. N, Patton, of V«., was, some fire yoars ago l permUleci by bis master to go and lire in Covington* Ky., provided ho paid him 8100 por year out of his earnings, which was done. Two jears ogo Mr. Pal lon offered him his freedom within four years for 8400. Of this sum Sam paid down, at once, 8135* and |4O or 850 more subsequently. A few days ago, however, Mr. F., refused to abide by the contract, and claimed Bam as his alavo. The asso was brought be fore Judge Pryor, ofthe Circoit Court, at Covington, and a decision rendered in favor of Mr. Patton, on Ibe ground that a slave cannot make a contract in Kentucky, and.lhal a slave cannot be liberated in that Slate, except by will or a deed of emancipation. An appeal was taken to the Supremo Court. A Singular Cask. —A few daya ainoo a man fell down the Court House steps, in Cincrnnstt, and it was supposed,broke hia neck. A coroner’s inquest was held upon the body, and a 'verdict recording to the facts in the cate.' Tbo man wae carried homo> and when be arrived there ho would not itay killed and be Is now ap and alive, notwithstanding the verdict of the jury that ho is dead. Ho should sac ibe Coroner for damages. No public officer has a right to break a man's nock before hia time comes- fTT The Governor of Nebraska lias Indian blood in bis veins. Ho was born in Way no county, Mich-J IgaDi In 1800. His father was coptorod when a I child, by the Wyandot Indians, and married a half I blood Wyandot girl. The Governor, Williaml Walker, la her son. Ho was educated at Kenyon College, Ohio, lie was seventeen years postmaster! ml Upper Sandusky, Ohio. In 163 C ho was elected obief of kis nation, (he Wyandota. In 1644 ho woa removed with them to their new home weat of (ha Mississippi, *od on tbo 26th of July, of tho present year, as oor readers already know, was elected Pro* visions] Governor of Nebraska. MtNurm Dca radio. —In St. John’s Chape), New York, on Friday, Bishop Wainrigfil formally degra ded Rev. Wo. F. Walker from (lie ministry—hav ing been convicted of adultry and falsehood, lie was formerly Rector of Bt. Thomas* church, Brook lyn. oeTf Sale Into Slavery* Asfogotar in stance of a colored men Boiling him self into slavery was brought out in the Mayor's Court, in Richmond, Va., last week. A man named Jones, a iv Until in a case of larceny, stated that he was (he slave of a Mr. Corrington, while the book ol tbe Hustings Court ahowod him to be a free man. On examination, it appeared (bat Jonof ffoi eman cipated In Riohinond, In 1851, and (bat, appended to lha evidence of hie freedom, was an injunction from the Court to leave the State, on penalty of bo> log sold for the benefit of the State. Instead of : dblng so, it appeared that Uo sold himself to Mr. Carrington, and had actual!; received part of the ‘poreniM money «t the time of the aaic. The May. of elated, loelrongl.rm., hi, convictions that the Whole proceeding was illegal, and that the State Had claims for forfeiture which could be infoaced i n ipU , I of (be ACgfo‘o self sale j but. for the purpoao ofl bringing tbe novel question before & higher Court,' be bid tbe man held- (o a hearing before the next l Hostings Court, on the charge of remaining inlha' Commonwealth contrary to lew» Daowneo.—A man named Clark, was drowned in i (bo outlet look, in tbe Suaquohtnna, about twelve 1 diyiogo. Hi formerly (aught school in York 00., Temuu SECRETARY MARCV.S CIRCULAR TO FO REIGN MINISTERS. CHARGES, OK. The publication of (his circular not be an epoch in the history ofPresl. Pierck's administra tion, but as “straw show what way tho winds blow,*’ Us bearing and tendency show the leaning of the administration. There are, however, epochs in the history of all governments, exhibiting them selves injthe matter of dress and ceremony, as well as any other way* The period of our own revo lution is one of those familiar to every citizen of our country, and referred to by tho intelligent abroad. Who ever attracted more attention than Benjamin Franklin, when in 1766 he was sum moned to appeal at the Bar of the House of Com mons to answer by what means the Americans could bo made to comply with tlio Stamp Actl— His republican simplicity of dross and manner at tracted tho attention of bis interrogators, George Grenville and Charles Townsend, and delighted the House of Commons as they silently listened to him speaking the sentiments and breathing the defiance of an Infant nation. His conduct at the Court of Versailles when Waiting the acknowledg ment ol his country's independence, in almost as dark and perilous an hour of her history, at a pe riod of his own when bis scientific attainments ran parallel with his patriotism, is equally fami liar. Of a piece with his Was the conduct of other patriots of that memorable period, all exhibiting in their dress and demeanor tho native dignity of republicanism and their contempt for tho trappings and trinkets of royally. The war of the revela tion ended,and odr independence acknowledged, the duly of constructing a republican government followed. This was not so easy as it might seem to us looking back upon it at this distance of time. Out of the chaos of that period sprang those (wo parlies that tinder different names at different pe riods exist to-day. The one asserted that oar only safety consisted in a strong government, and held up the British constitution as a perfect model; the other, castingasideentirely her bonds and trusting to roan’s capacity for self government, insisted upon a constitution embracing all the advantages of ancient republican models, and added to these all that liberty has wrung from tyranny since. But even these sentiments, and they personified In the father of his country, were not able to do away the sentiment that had so long ruled the na tion. This is illustrated by the dress of the pe | riod of Washington’s administration. At the first | public ball of bis administration part of the at. rangeraenls were as follows: “There was a [ Sofa at the head of the room raised on several j steps whereon the President and Mrs. Washing ton wore sealed. The gentlemen were to dance in swords. Bach one, when going to dance, was to lead hia partner to the fool of the Sofa, make a low obeisance to the President and bis lady, then go and dance, and when done, bring his partner again to the foot of (ho Sofa for new obeisances, and then to retire to their chairs, it was to be understood that the gentlemen should be dressed in bags.** Orphan’s, These ceremonies never had their origin in the brains, either of the man that wrote the declaration of independence, or of him that led oor armies through the revolutionary struggle. We venture the assertion that neither ‘'bags nor swords" add. ed anything to the importance of their fellow citi zens iu their eyes, and that the presence of such trumpery was the suggestion of a weak and imi tative mind. We might trace this sentiment from that day to this, down through all the different administrations. Sometimes manifesting itself in imitation of English pride, sometimes mimicking French vanity, always growing weaker as the common sense of the nation increased with its In crease and gathered strength with its advance Now it has fled from this continent entirely , and only shows itself in the precincts of Europcoo Courts in the pereohs of those upstarts who have more money than brains, and who by their tody (am so often pul to the blush sensible men repro tienling our country as foreign ministers. Here we arc reminded that Mr. Soule (rumor says) via* ited France on Ms way to Spain, and arrayed him self within the letter but without the spirit of the Secretary’s circular. If this is true he acted more in accordance with native characteristics than adop ted sentiments, and don’t deserve to represent his country abroad. We sincerely admire the senti ments of the Secretary's letter, his In the spirit of the Address, in keeping with (ho republican spirit of the ago, and of a country proud of its inslilutions’and ready to pa rade its simplicity in the presence of kings, the reflection of which will have a tendency to mnlto thoir heads more giddy than their trappings over did tile heads of fools. Tits NonwtoiAN Colonv or Ole Dull. Ac counts from Oleona, Ibe colony established by Oje Bull in Poller county, in this State, represent the condition of things there as melancholy In the ex treme —the colonists being destitute even of food and the common necessaries of life. )t Is already known that through the treachery of his pretended friends, Ole Bull was deprived of some seventy thousand dollars, which ho paid for the land upon which the colony was built, to parties who had no 1 right to it, and who could give him no title what ever. This fraud upon the philanthropic artist of course reacted with terrible severity upon the poor colonists, who find themselves now, at the ap proach of winter, destitute, houseless, and starv ing. Id this stale of affairs, Ole Dull, laying aside hie own wrongs, comes forward to the rescue of his suffering children, and will give a series of grand charity concerts for (heir immediate relief, Tho first of these entertainments will lake place vn Philadelphia In a few days. Law for Railroads. —The Circuit Court in Droome county, N. Y M has awarded $4OOO dama ges to Mrs. Primrose Johnson, whoso husband was killed by an accident on the Erie Railway.— This is a different conclusion from that of one of the Courts of Louisiana, which recently decided that though a man might claim damages himself for injuries sustained (o bis own person, yet If he bo killed outright, his wife or legal heirs or repre sentatives, have no claim; a decision absurd upon tbe face of it, as tho entire I lib of the husband must bo of more value to tho wife and fomily than the time involved in a mere temporary suspension of his business. The enterprising citizens of Chicago, Illinois, are about starling a locomotive manufactory in that city. A meeting was hold a short lime since, 1 at which $05,000 was subscribed, and stops taken Ito perfect tho organization of the Company. It Is . intended to start with $150,000. A country youth, who had returned home from a »UU to the oily, waa aeked by bis anxious (fad if bo hod boon guarded in hi„ conduct while there. "Ob, yoa," replied the Ingenlon. lad, ” | was guarded by Iwo conelablee moat of Ihe lime.” The ■ late Triumph* Speaking of the remit of the election of the Uth lost, the Philadelphia Argue remarks : that the ro. lurne from all parte of the Commonwealth indicate pretty clearly, when compared with (be estimates of tho Slate Central Committee, that tho Democratic majority on (be Stale ticket will exceed (birly thou, sand. In many of our oountioa tbo majorities hove been unusually largo, while aorao of tho strongest Whig conntiee hare given nothing when competed with the returns of other years. This result, in our opinion, is owing to the fact that the Democracy io all sections of tho State arc united and harmonious, si peace With themselves, and undivided either by tho heart-burnings and bitterness of personal animo sity, or tho onsatisfied longings of cupidity or am bition. Tho Democracy of tho ’old Keystone* wore tbo first (o meet tho shock of disunion that was roiling an its turbid and threatening tide from one section of the Union to another, end stay with its patriotism and firmness an issue which must inevitably have severed tho bonds by which this Union is held logout . er. The election of William Bigler over the candid ate ol the Whigs and Abolitionists, William F.Jolio. ston, was tbo initial point of that struggle which re sulted in the election of Franklin Pierce as President of the United Slates, and the total rout of the Anti Union party, headed by General Scott, and tho pres ent unparalleled triumph in our State wo look upon as a re endorsement of the faith of Pennsylvania la the doctrines of the compromise measures and the manner in which they havo been executed under Dio General and Stale Administrations. Tho Democra cy of this Jstate, watching with a maternal solicitude tho signs of tho times, havo ever been tho fust tu gather round those who aro faithful to the Consola tion and tho faith of tho patty as expounded by its tegular and legitimate conventions, and the major! ly for (ho Stale ticket la the best proof of what the opinions of her sons are at the present time. Jf tho triumph Is a glorious One in a National point of view, it Is none the less gratifying Id tho pride of the party In (his State. Tho administration of Gov ernor Biglor was assailed in an outrageous manner, and (ho columns of tho Whig journals teemed with statements against bis whole management of the financial affairs of (he Commonwealth. Those were spread broadcast in all sections of tho State, and (bus tho attempt was made to shako the confidence of tho citizens in the honesty, wisdom and purity of (he State administration. But the result shows that this attempt has proved a total abortion, and (hat the policy and fidelity of the Slate administration under tho guide of Governor Bigler fus received a most glorious endorsement from tbo citizens. Not a single Democratic county ha« expressed a dissenting voice, while tho decline in the vole of tho Whig counties, prove most concluslvjly that tho tax payers are satis fied with the prudent and economical management of tbo affairs of the Stale at the present time, and that the charges made by (be opposition were desfi tute of foundation. As Pennsylvanians, then, we point with pride to the result of the political struggle from which wo havo just emerged, as another proof • of (ho patriotism and intelligence of the Democracy i of (lie Old Keystone of the Federal Arch. The Sandwich Islands. The native population of the Sandwich Islands h*B long been molting away. Fo r many years the number of deaths in those fair islands has exceeded the births. Like the abofiginics of our own coun try, the original owners of the soil there, are fust disappearing and giving place fo (ho pale faced strangers. Such is ever the fate—melancholy but inevitable—of .avsgo,in contact with civilized man. A frightful pestilence is at present hurrying on the process of extinction. The Small Pox is ragjqg with alorroing fatality, particularly in Oahu, one of the smaller islands of the group, but important Tor Us fertility, and as containing Honolulu, the seat of Government. It seems that the Small Pg* was in troduced into Honolulu oo the J Sth of February fast, by a vessel from California, and rapidly spread over that and the adjacent lalanda. The total number of esses to August 13lh was 3,546 of which |,276 ro suited fatatlly. Tho new cases on (ho Island of Oahu alone for (ho week ending with that dale, were 363. In Kawalheo, 22 had died out of a population of 50. It appears that vaccination is no preventive of the disease, among this decaying race. The Marshall of Honolulu reports that seven-eights of those attacked had been vaccinated ; and that of 447 vaccinated persons who look the disease, 268 died. Thoro was of course a great panic among the in habitants, and il appears lhat tlio foreigners llicro, who are chiefly Americans, wore taking advantage ofll to effect political objects. Messrs. Judd and Armstrong, for many yearn (ho King’s chief minis ters and advisers, are exceedingly unpopular with most of (lie resident foreigners, and the minds of the natives have also been greatly iuflamod against them by the charge that il was remits ness and corruption that the awful scourge gained a foothold in the Islands. The King has been numer ously petitioned to dismiss them from his councils and his confidence, and there is great excitement on the subject throughout the jsj suds, a dcairo to he annexed to the United States ita thought (o bo the ruling motire with (hose who are giving direction to the popular discontent. Tilt TBLXOHAVH AND EuCOTRIDITV AVf LHCD TO Wah One of ihe recent experiments in Europe in the application of electricity and the electric tolo> graph (o (ho purposes of war. his stated (hat du ring the field day at Olmatz, on the SCth, at which the Emperors of Russia and Austria were prcsCM, a sham fight ow a grand 1 scabs, the siege of Uw clta del. Including the application of electricity on the most recently approved principles of Ignition and combustion, constituted tho most important of the manccavres which were practiced. A Vienna paper describes three omnibus looking vehicles which were P in the camp, each containing a complete electric . telegraph sparatus, with a contrivance for laying an insulated wire along the ground by the more loco-. ' motion of tho vehicle, tho wire being so protected 1 as to remain uninjured by Iho pressure of tho hear test artillery passing over it. Dy this moans orders , are to be instantaneously conveyed from the Empo , rors station, and that of the chief commanders, to troops at almost any distance om the field of the manoeuvres. The oppticalion of electricity or mag. ■ notism to Iho purposes of war may bo no less useful than they are shown to be by every day’s cxporl . once in tbo poscoful arts and penults of life. tVaalilngCon Affairs, Washington, Oct. 30.—Tho Union of ibia morning announces that tho Baltimore Platform must bo preserved, and says that tho act which placed Gon. Pierce before tho people, brought into existence a now covenant, ond (hat ho who at* tempts thO'Violationof that solemn covenant, what ever bo hie antecedents, will merit, as he will un questionably receive, tho condign punishment of on unscrupulous political traitor. Tho Union also says that the Department of Slate has received no official information In rela tion to tho rejection of Forrest! by the Piedmontese government; bat that it has every reason to believe that E. FeJii Forest] will bo our Consul at Genoa, or there will be none located there. The V, S. Treosuror’a statement, made up lo lhe29lh ult., shows (he net amount in the U. 6, Treasury, subject to draft, to bo $25,958,766. £7*The temperance, men in New York have nominated Dr. Townsend, the groat pill man, for the Slate Senate. A Tragedy In Kentucky. The Louisville Journal says that a melancholy affair occurred a few days since, on tho Bardslown Turnpike, about eight miles from that city. A man named Christian 6, Marlin had boon teaching school there, and engaged himself to Miss Emily Shaw, also o teacher, whoso parents reside there. Marlin had In fact obtained the marriage license. After wards he concluded not to marry her, and to screen himself from the consequences, presented a paper to her for signature, in which she was charged with having exorcised the grossest improprieties. Sho of course refused to sign it. Marlin and a brother of Miss Shaw then got Into a fight in (ho road; Shaw drew a pistol, which Martin attempted to wrench from him, and it went off accidentally, (ho ball en tering in front near tho shoulder and lodging in the bach. Miss Shaw, unconscious that' Marlin was wounded, then jumped tho fence, walked ap to Mar lin, and shot him in the side. Ho died in about 15 minutes, though it was thought tho first wound would have caused hia death. Tristam Btißaess and John Randolph.— -Mr. Bur gess, of Rhode Island, who lately deceased, in the 84th year of his ago, first entered Congress in 1625, taking with him from the public aroncas of his own State a deservedly high reputation for scholarship, talent, eloquence and championship in controversy. In 1827, Mr. Randolph returned from the Senate to a seal in tho (louse. It was his delight to try all now metal, and his pride to vanquish all who had (ho courage to enter tho lists, with sarcasm, invelivo and eloquence, as weapons. The discussion that took placo between them Is as full of peculiar interest as any that was over board in that ball. In the course of tbo session, ho interrupted Mr. Burgess in a speech on tho tariff, and made use of some very saoastic remarks on him and on Now England. — Randolph was accustomed in his speeches to ridicule New England men and measures, and it was not often that a member was found who was willing to lake the risk rtf replying to him. Ho moro than met his match ia Mr. Burgess oh (ho occasion re ferred to, and the severe retort of tbo Jailor ia fresh in Hie memory of many ol this day. The concluding part of it was in (hose words: “Sir, Divine Providence ultca Caro of hid own universe. Moral monsiers cannot propagate. 1m potent of everything but malevolence of pht-poso, they can nut otherwise multiply miseries than by blaspheming all that is pure, and prosperous) and happy. Could demon propagate demon, the Universe might become s Pandemonium; but ! rejoice (hat the father of tics cannot bo tho father of lure. One adversary of God and man is enough for one universe. Too much! Oh ! how (oo much for ono nation." Mr. Randolph could not withstand the unparal leled seventy of this retort. Ho tmmedhioly left the Hull, and hia voice was never beard liicro after vv d r d. England Attempting to Asbicanize Coca.—Re* cent advice from Washinglngton, make it almost certain that England is, by treasonable moans, en deavoring to perpetrate upon Cuba a wrong, which, while it would destroy tho ascendency ofSpain there in a manner more revolting and barbarous than an armed descent, would leave that fair island in a ter rible condition of anarchy, and in (he end endanger (ho quiet and peace aftha states. It appears (hat in Juno last, Lord Howdcn procured from the homo government the right to search fur slaves suspected to have boon landed from slavers. Thus (ho right o search by a foreign power is conceded. It is now reliahy stated that a treaty is on the point of being concluded,-by which Cuba shall be allowed to import slaves from Africa, to any extent, provided (hey bo made emaneipadot, or free, at the end of ion years. The recent accounts of the landing ofslovoson the island gives reliability to tho bolicfthat England now winks at (his diabolical (radio, with ulterior designs equally diabolical. Tho inevitable result of such a proceeding would bo lo deliver (ho native whites and Spaniards over to a horde of blacks, wild by nature, and rendered-.ferocious by. servitude. The result upon the Southern pari of the Union it would bo pluin to see. We look anxiously for further developments It will, in case of the verification of these reports, be liie duty of our government to avoid so sinister, treacherous, and barbarous a blow. Gold and Lead in tub Au-cqiikniks.—The Fuir mount Virginian soys that an old gentleman arriv ed in that town a low days since, with some good specimens of lend oro, and some specimens of what lie contends is gold quartz, which lie says he obtain ed from the mountains, but resolutely declines to slate where he found the ores ho exhibits, and exulting}** declares that if the oro >s gold, ho has already enough of it on hand to inturo him x thousand dollars at the mint. The American Methodists, according to n state ment in their official journals, have built churches at the rate of three per week, and printed boohs at (ho rate of one a minute, during (he past six years, Usaoino Woukb of Thought. — It is wholesome and bracing far the mind to have its faculties kepi on the stretch. Reading on essay of Bacon's, for instance or a chapter of Aristotle or of Butler, if it be well and thoughtfully rood, is much like climbing up a hill, and may do one the same sort of good. Sol the tortoise to run against (ho hare—and, even if ho does not overtake it, tie will do more Ilian ho did previous, ly, more than ho would oVor have thought himself capable of doing. Set the hare lo tun with the tortoise—ho falls asleep.- A Balloon Ascension camu off at Baltimore city, on Wednesday last. Tho Aeronaut was Mr. Goo. Elliott, who had recently purchased tho Balloon “Irene” from Mr. John Wise, of Lancaster city. He attained the-altitude ot about four mites, and reached tefra (Irma, after a Voyage of one hour on tho farm of Mr. Stafford, near the Rook Furnace, in Colerain township, Lancaster county. After he stopped from the Balloon, and boforo the gas could bo discharged, the cerial vessel escaped from Ibe nol-wo/k, reascended rapidly in a north wes terly direction, and was finally lost to his sight. It has not yet bocn hoard from. Mr. Wise was present assisting Mr. Elliott ol Iho ascension from Baltimore. We never hear men, on making a bargain, use tho common phrase, “We'll not quarrel about a trifle,” without being auro that trouble is in tho wind. Every contract, even one for (he value of a dollar, should bo explicitly stated, down to its minutest particulars, so (hat there can bo no pos sibility of misconstruction. U this is neglected, difficulty is nearly certain lo arise. Many an honest man has boon cheated, rorrny a friendship has boon broken for life, because a bargain has not boon fully staled, because (ho parties ‘'would not quarrel about trifles.” Rears at toe Risk or the Owner.— Tho Supremo Court-of Rhode Island have decided an Important principle, boars on railroads arc at tho riak of tho owners. A boar from Californio was put upon the freight train of tho Stonington railroad. lie broke out ofhia cage, knawed through tho oar and made his.escape, after having greatly frightened the pas aongois and all hands, and took to the Woods,-where he was allot. The owner brought enaction against the company, but the jury, under the ruling of tho Court, decided that 'boars are at the risk of the own * or.’— Providence Journal, 63* Tho Hon. Wm. Hlester,dicd fn Lancaster eounty, Pu-, laa! week. Jlcnw of jJtm. The loss by tho lato fire at Lot)l«riIlo Is said to bo $200,000. Tho Albany Journal says business was never as active as now, on tho New York canal and Hudson River, since 1847, tbo year of the Irish famine. Tho United States stocks redeemed last week, at (ho Treasury, amounted to $566,692. A half a mil* lion per week wilt soon relievo the Treasury, and the country somewhat. Tho Philadelphia coal dealers have resolved that, after (ho first of December next, 3,000 pounds of coal shall bo a ton. There sro now surviving about 1,400 Revolution ary Pensioners, drawing their pay from the Treas ury. H. M. Price, democrat, is elected Territorial Del egate to Congress from Minnesota. Ho received about four times aa many votes as Willcin the whig candidate. We lake the following Uoms from the Colton Plant: For ten days in September, previous to tho 22d. (here were 15,150 persons carried over (ho Michigan Central Road. The largest number carried In one day was 1670. Professor Porter, of Yale College, has proved by experiments that Rnsin oil possesses explosive quuf. Uics which made it os dangerous as campheno. Eight hundred thousand dollars has been subscri bed In Florida, towards tbo construction of tho Pedftsacolu Railroad. Tho steamer Pawnee struck a snag at (he Grave yard, on the Upper Mississippi, on tho Ist ult-, and sunk. The barn of George (1. Walter, in tho Twelfth District, Baltimore county, wos destroyed by fire last Tuesday. Loss $2,500. Insured. Tho United Stales practice sJtip, FrebJo, arrived at Annapolis lust Friday from Norfolk, and is an chored in Severn river. A patent has boon got in London by Goo. Wine water for three new explosive compounds to bo aacd as a substitute for gunpowder. The Ohio Statesman elnlms (ho election of Mtdill over Oarrcro by nearly 50,000. Tho cars now tun from Cincinnati to Indianapo lis in seven hours. Fare $3. Colton umbrellas are worth ten dollars and a half a piece at Panama, /i mb'latld map named Ingratius Grimes, coach man of the Mexican Minister at Washington, has been held in 8500 to appear at Court and answer for recklfesilj drifting llfb Minister's coach over a lit lib hoy. tty sUterrierit published In the Cleveland Herald, it seems that (hero hod been expended this in that city, for (ho erection of neftft buildings main ly of a bdsihess bhsrobier, arid In Completing (hose commenced late In tho fill df last year, the sunt of $732,000. Charles Dickens Computes, tfial one sixth of (he English people gain their livelihood from the (rado with the United St ties. A genllcmin, speaking of Cincinnati, says its most appropriate name would be tho Hamburg of America. *¥oB,’ replied another, *1 think It will bo the metropolis of the United States. Tho steamboat landings begin lo grow busy—to give some additional signs of the returning life and vigor ofour city. Tho number leaving daily, even now, is sufficient to excite no little satisfaction and cheerfulness. Our list of (ha departures to day contains tho names of no fewer than twenty three. —-N O. Picayune, 1 5th uh. During tho month of September, there wore 575 marriages, 1,640 births and 1,956 deaths in New York city. A mnjorrly of those marriages look place among persons between iwcniy and thirty years of age. Tho Abingtaa Virginian announces (ho departure fr-jm that place, on the I2il> uli, of about 43 persons of color, big end little, for Liberia. They were all well equipped for their long journey, and went off as cheerful and merry as a flock of black birds.— They will sail on (he Gth of Novonsber. There were several very old mnn in (ho company, who go for (he sake of their children. It is e.iiil that tho delay in establishing an aksay office, in New York, under an set of Congress, is occasioned by a desire of (ho Treasury Department to convert it into a regular Mint establishment- Tho President and the Secretary of (ho Treasury, it is expected in Notv York, iv|Jl recommend the meas ure in their forthcoming official despatches toCon> grefs. One hundred yoang men left Richmond, Mo., on Monday, eti route for Kentucky, where they intend lo cut limber and build vessels. This it a new en terprise. and with (he bone, sinew, and go-sheadil. ivencss of M nine mechanics, il cannot but succeed. Mure mechanics will follow soon. Th° vessels built will bo flouted down the Ohio and Mississippi rivets. Gov. Crittenden and Judge Robertson are the only candidates for U. 9 Senator in Kentucky. Mr. Dixon refuses to bo a candid.to. The four steamers of (he Collins lino to Liverpool have each made about forty voyages since tho estab hshment of the line—not far from 125,000 miles; and (ho four together, about 500,000 miles. The democratic (hard shell) convention of Orange county, N. Y-, has declared for Mr. Bronson, os their choice for U.S. Senator, in place of Governor Sew ard, whoso term expires in 1855. It ia said that they have in Marseilles, France, a bank, in which commodities are made (ho medium of trade instead of cash. They exchange butter for hoots, and bools for butter, candles for chickens, and chickens for candles, &c. This is going back to first principles. Rev. W. McClain, Secretary of (ho American Colonization Society, has chartered (ho fine ship Banshee, of 490 tons, to sail from Baltimore, for Liberia, on the Ist of November, with (wo hundred and eighty emigrants, and a good cargo. This is the same ship that so successfully carried out tho spring expeditions A Voslnfiailcr nugzliftg out a Very uncertain super, scrlption on an Irish fetter, jocosely remarked to an intelligent son of Erin, who stood by, that the Irish brought a hard set of names (O this country. *Ah 1 yes, replied tho Irishman, ‘but (hoy get harder one* after (hoy arrive/ Tho ship Benjamin Adams, from Syria, has ar-a rived in Boston with a Jerusalem plough and other articles from the Holy Land, for the Crystal Palace. Julius E. Meiorq, late private secretary lo G«n. Cass, was removed from a clerkship fn the Pensioh Office, this morning, for chastising a clerk who re ported him lo tho Commissioner. Tho reason good looking girls tramp about to Jn showery weather has just been discovered by Dobbs. Il is to enable (ho gentlemen to lid them over (ho gutters. Who supposed they word so fond of sheet ing 7 Wepaaso for a reply. Counterfeiting la now executed in sflfih perfection in France, (bat (he coins cannot be detected Without cutting them In two. The manufacturers seem lo bo contented with a very slight profit, for In a two franc piece (hero ore not oVer (bfee or four aoui worth of spelter. An Irish correspondent In Oregon writes lo ua that the precious metals are so scarce out that way, (hat all (ho five dollar gold pieces are made qfepp per. Thirty (iitfusand dof’ltfrs fiaVo been contributed in Kentucky, toward the erection of a monument over tho remains of Henry Clay, Tho amount lo bo raised is $lOO,OOO. Hon John Bell (Whig) of Tennessee, has boon elected lo tho tJ. Senate. There is a man In Troy so mean that he wished his landlord lo reduce the price of his board bill, be cause he has had two teeth extracted. Tho operatives at the Colton Mills of Reading and Harrisburg, have compromised (heir difficulties With tlio Directors, and ro'commcnoed work. At llio former place they may work only ten hours or lunger If they choose—at the latter (hey have agreed to work eleven hours, Raud Wore,—A nogroin Rod River county, Tnxaa, committed murder on Monday. September 20, was Indicted on Tuesday, tried on- Wednesday, I ((ad hung on Thursday. From lb* Detroit Free Pie*,. A SCRAPOP HISTORY. The subjoined letter end accompanying affidavit hate been bended to u* by the distinguished citizen i to whom the letter Is addressed j and inasmuch they (brow some light upon an Interesting p 0 D t American history, we deem them worth gtvinw’in the public. If there has hitherto existed any seflou> double as to “who hilled Teouaiueh,” surely suffl. oienl evidence Is hero presented to remove them. In this connection we eta happy to learn ihaf General Wiihorcll Is coueually engaged in collecting interesting and prominent Incidents in the history of this section of the country. The task could not havo fallen into better hands, as, besides Ida blob intelligence, ho has been a resident of tho country since his childhood. ! 3 Detroit,' Sept. 20, 1853. Dkar Sir I read with interest your remarks j Q tho Sooato of the United States, last winter, rels (ivo to the death of Teoumseh, in which you im pressed the opinion that ho fell by the band of Col, Johnston. Honorably and actively engaged as you wero in all the stirring events of the war of 1813; on this frontier, your opinion made bp from circumstances at the time, and being yourself on the Reid of battle, is entitled to great weight. . . The affidavit ofCapt. James Knsggs, with whom, as with nearly all older citizens, 1 believe you are acquainted, will, I think, set tho question aifcst. Doing ol the river Rasin a few days since, I caned on Copt. Knaggs, who was s bravo and intrepid 1 soldier in tho ranger service. lie stated lo mo all tho circum»lonces_of the battle on tho Thames, so far os they came .within JiU knowledge, and at my request he mode aA affidavit, (n copy of which 1 herewith sond’yoo,) narrating so much of the action as is connected with the death of tho great chie r . Col. Johnston staled at tho time, and afterwards often reiterated it, that he killed an Indian with |,] t pistol who was advancing upon him at the time his horso fell under him. The testimony of Captain Knaggs shows conclusively that it could have been no other than Tccumsdi* Col. Johnston, when l«»t hero, saw and recognised Captain Knaggs and Mr. Lrb.rdie, as (ho men who boro him from (ho Hold in hta blanket. The transaction la of aomo little importance jo history, as the ball (hal boro with U the Cato ol tho grea t warrior, dissolved at onco (he last great Indian confederacy, and gave peace to our frontier. I am, respectfully,' yours, dee. R. F. 11. WITH GRILL. General Cabs. Stats or Michigan. County of Monroe t ss / James Knuggs deposoth and sailh as follows ; 1 was attached to a company of mounted men called the rangers, at tho battle of the Thames, in Upper Canada, in the year 1813. During the battle wo charged into the swamp, whore several ofuur horses mired down, and an order was given to retire to the hard ground in our roar, which we did. Tho Indians in front, believing (hut wo were retreating, immediately advanced upon us, with Tccumseh n( their head. I distinctly beard his Vpicc, with which I was perfectly foml ldr. lie yelled like a tiger, «nd Urged on his braves to (ho attach* We were thrk bal a few yards apart. Wo ha Died on the hard ground and continued our fire. After o |pw min utes of very severe firing I discovered Col. Johnston lying near, on (ho gro'drid, <sitli orto leg confined by (ho body of bis while /We; w/jJfch liafl been billed, and had fallen upon him. My friend Medrad La bardo was with me. Wo went up to the Colonel, with whom wo were previously acquainted, ond found him badly wound, cd, lying on liia side, with one of his pistols lying in bis hand. I saw Tccumseh at the same time lying on lx's ftco dead, and about fifteen or twenty feet from the Colonel, Ho was stretched at full length, ■nd was shot through tho body, I think near tho heart. Tho bull wont out through his back. lie held his tomahawk in hie right hand, (it had a braii pipe on (ho head of It.) his aim was extended as it striking, and the edge of (ho (umahaw was struck in tho ground. Tccumseh was dressed in red speckled Irggins, and o fringed hunting shirt; he lay stretched dircctiy towards Col. Johnston. When wo went up to tho Colonel, wo offered to help him. He replied with proot ominolion, "Knnggs, let mo h<y here, and push on end take Proclot.” However, ,wo liberated him from his dead horsv, took bis blorkrt from his saddle, placed hint in.it, and bore him off* (ho field. I had known Tccumseh from my boyhood; wo wore boys together* There was no other Indian killed immediately arputtd wfibre Col. Johnston or Tecd'mseh lay ( (hough (here were many near the small creek a few todi hick of thb place where Tccumseh fell. I hod no doubt 'lien, nnd none non, ihal 'i'cturri •cli fell by the band of Co! Johnston. , JAMES KNAGGS... Sworn lo before me thin $Sd dsj of Sept. 1853. B. F. fl. WETHERiLL. Notary Public. California LioislatoAc.—'f ho Lcgiataloro oft-/ ifornis is one sidfd enough for all uacfi)! purposes The following is iltc slalc of parties Senate. Democrat* Whrigß, tie m. moj. Maj. on Joint Bo lint, 94 ! Ala», poor Whiggery t Its prOtfy mCjch no wheri in (ho Golden atato. Contents oe mn Eoiro4’a W*i.lkt,—Booner. 6Tfh6 Clinton (Moea.y Courant, while recently travelling hod l.ifl wo’lcl abstracted from his pocket, by on adroit pickpocket, while indulging In a short nap._ The thief was «o disgusted niith the resist pt lift cjf ploil, that ho returned the plunder hy eiprcsd, to tile address written intide die (Valid, with (he following note *. •Jfou miaorabif skunk, hcarrf yoWr pbdi'it &66k. { don't keep no eioh. Fur a rrtan di'cssod’ as well ns you was lo go round with a waltoi with nothin in it but a lot of noospaper scraps, on* a ivory tooth-comb, two noosp <pi r slumps, an* o pass (nun a rateredo di rector, is a cnntomtorble impursilion on (he public As I hour your o cdilur, 1 return yuur trash. 1 never robs sny only gentlemen.’ A celebrated dr uggisl of Philadelphia,.being, as he thought, on the point of death, sent for Dr. C„ who was tho family physician. C. ( having prescribed, woo about to take his leave, when the druggist called him to his bedside and said,‘Doctor, I have something weighing heavily on my mind. Several years ago I Was in tho habit of adulterating my drugs, and I in flow apprehensive lest I will not bo pardoned.* ‘Well,* said the doctor, 'they say God Afmlghty fa meioiftil and ho may forgive you, but if 1 were he, Pd tee you d d first? Erfters or Wrong SrtLUsa —Mot long since, a gentleman, then a chorister of a certain choir in Ver* moot, wrote to a certain publisher in Boston, for a copy of (hat popular singing book, entitled, 'The Ancient Lyre.* In Uia communication ho used the fallowing lan guage. •Plooeo aond mo the Ancient I*tar, well bound/ Tho publisher, in answer to hia request, re plied t 'My Dour Sir—l do not doubt but tho devil has boon, acid etill to in Boston, but it will be dlfllcuil to comply with year request, for (he reason that Boston influence la so slrongly in his favor, it will bo impossible to bind him.* A W*nu« Man or Pcaoc.— The Now Orlv trr Picayune haa a (lory latter from a correspondent wbtr signs himself‘A Presbyterian Minister of tUo6ot(wl' ofPoioe.' The writer quotes tho Book ofßevelat lion, and seems (o deem ft his mission to urge on the fulfilment of some of its prophecies. 110 conclude* as follows: "I am for peace, 'but not now.’ War ia to bo thrust’ upon tho world, but pesee will coma ultimate!/ through oceans of blood and sweat and losrs. • Wv’ are to live—yoa, to die alto for posterity. Lot rioant, then, both native and adopted, eland by Maroy and Everett, and by (he senllmouts their pone bate pieced on record.** Nothing In (bo world is so fatal to the develop ment of the intellectual powers of (bo young a* what la commonly called expectation. Take |w° boys of tho same ago ond as nearly as may be of tho same capabilities. Inform one of (ham tbit,bo is an heir to a largo fortuno which one day or other must oomo into Ida possession; (ell the other link ho has not a sixpence lo depend on, but must (bflvo by bis own exertion, and ton years.afierwatda (boro will bo a mighty . difference between them. You will find (hat (he one bat wrapped up,his talent in a napkin, while the other has laid bis out at IdIo;o»U —BJocAtoaod'e Magazine. IJuuse.
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