IMEEICM XOLUITEERI
JOHN B. BRITTON, Editor t Proprietor.
CARLISLE/. PA., JUNE 8, . 1854.
Democratic State Ticket;
GOVERNOR:
WIL LIA M BIGLER,
or OtEAUPIED COUNTY.
JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT.
JEREMIAH S.BLACK,
or BOUBESET COUNTY.
CANAL COMMISSIONER •
HENRY S. MOTT,
OP TIKE COUNTY.
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE,
A meeting of the Democratic State Central
Committee will be held 'at Bqeiileii’s Hotel,
ib Harrisburg, on Thursday , June 16,1854, at
lObWock, A. £l. A general attendance of the
■members of the Committee is rcspg&ftrtJy.rc
uuested. J. EWiIS^B^NHAM,
* Junp 1. IBs4>— Chairman.
K7* Judge Pearson, of Dauphin county, has
made the first decision under our new liquor
law. He refused granting- license, a few clays
ago, op the groupd of violating the law recent
ly enacted by tbo State Legislature, which pro
hibits the sale pf liquors to persons .of intempe
rate habits, after due notice from the relations
of such unfortunates. This is the first decision
of the kind under the and "one the
righteousness of which cannot be gainsayed.
T.rad akd Silver Orb. —Rich specimens of
these ores have been discovered in Blount coun
ty, Tennessee, combined; there is a sufficient
amount of silver to pay the expense of working.
Who is Potts ?■—The Pittsburgh Morning
Tost says—W e asked this question last week,
on seeing this gentleman’s name brought for
ward as the Free Soil candidate for Governor.
The Chester county Democrat says he is a citi
acn of that county, and was formerly a "Whig,
but recently bts sympathies have been with the
Free Soil era and Abolitionists. He formerly
represented that district in Congress, but of late
has taken no active port in politics. Should
Judge Pollock take the advice of his friends and
decline, Mr. Potts would poll a very respecta
ble vote. Will Judge Pollock decline ? That
is the question.
Graham’s Magazine. —The J une number of
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of the illustrated Life of Washington, a glance
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1 line engraving, 1 colored fashion plate, lUd
pages, 65 engravings, and 66 contributions.—
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Ky* The editor of the Philadelphia News is
informed, that when we said that “ the Demo
cratic party is again triumphant,” wo alluded
particularly to the triumphant passage of the
Kansas and Nebraska bills through both houses
of Congress, and not to the result of any local
of unimportant State election. We look upon
the passage of those bills, containing, as they
db, the recognition and acknowledgment of a
cardinal and long-cherished democratic princi
ple, ak one of the greatest triumphs achieved by
the Republican party since the days of Thomas
Jefferson, completely prostrating Whigperv.
Abolitionism, and every other ism opposed to
the prevalence of democratic principles. As to
the States mentioned, when the proper time ar
rives, Now Hampshire will bo found foremost
in the Democratic phalanx, while Connecticut
will be found where she was in the war of 1812,
in the arms of the Hartford Convention Federa
lists, giving “aid and comfort” to her “ good
friends” the British ! Is tho News answered 1
Know Nothings. —lt is said that there is a
branch of this secret political organization now
existing in Carlisle. We “know nothing ” of
the truth or falsity of the report, but if such an
illiberal organization has been established here,
Wt predict for it a speedy and ignominious dis
ruption. Carlisle is not tho soil to foster and
entourage treasonable and anti-republican se
cret political associations.
KIT* iTbc new law, passed by the last Legis
lature, says ihoßloomsburg Star of the North,
providing fbr sp,nar method; of licensing beer
and ale house* the Courts of Quarter Ses
sions as taverns kre now licensed, has not been
signed by tho Governor. We can see one good
reason for this course, even if he should intend
to approve of the law as he did of the act pre
pared by Mr. Buckolcw. Most of the beer
houses hod already been rated and taxed for
the present year, by tho mercantile appraisers
of the several counties, when the new law was
passed; and it would have induced long litiga
tion to test whether they were not authorized
to sell during tho year under that license. —
They would nearly or quite all have done so,
at least those which had such a character or i
situation that their keepers felt that they could
not get license from tho Court.
A Fact. —The Washington Sentinel says
“that some of the finest lawyers and orators
that this country can boast of belonging to the
ancient Jewish race. If wo enter a penitentiary
or prison of any description, the marked face of
the Israelite is rarely to ho seen within its walla.
Such a thing as a Jew in a poor house was hard
ly ever known. Jews seldom commit murder
or any of those crimes and offences that are
marked by violence and passion. The offences
committed by them, and they arc of rare occur
rence, are frauds and small larcenies. A Jew
ish beggar is athing almost unknown.
Moving West. —A man, his wife, and about
half a dozen children, passed through Cincin
nati recently on their way to the wilds of the
West. Their affects were being transported in
• dry goods hoi on truck-wheels, and "pulled
along, by a woman and a girl. They have a
tedious trip before them, but hope msketh tho
heart Whole, and that is some consolation. .
THE LAST NO. OF THIS VOLUME.
The present* number of the Volunteer com
pletes its 40th volume, last pine; years of
which il has been und&four control. , Since •it
came into, our hands wo have twice enlarged mid
dressed it in new type, at an expense, of some
$l2OO. We have, to utmost of our ability,
endeavored to make it a journal'of interest to
all its numerous readers. How fair we have
succeeded in this effort it is not for us to say.
One thing wo can, with confidence assert, how
ever—in point of mechanical appearance the
Volunteer has no superior in the State. The 1
material and presses in our establishment arc
of the best-manufacture, for which wo paid an |
extra price. It shall ever be our pride, so long
as the Volunteer remains in our hands, to steer
a straight course in advocating Democratic Re
publican principles. We always have, and we
| feel sure we shall always continuo to oppose
disorganization in the party, come from what |
| source it may. In the language of the lament
ed and distinguished Woodbury, “we go where
Dcmccnttic principles go, and when they dis
appear we mean to halt.”
During the nine years we liave had control
of this paper, we have, like all other editors,
had difficulties to contend with. On one or
two occasions a few men used every effort to
injure our establishment by withdrawing pa-,
tronage from it to bestow it on a rival paper.;
But the effort failed—the . slanders circulated
against us by reckless calumniators, who were
hired for the purpose, failed to have the effect,
for wluch they were promulgated, and instead
of “ putting the Ifoluutcer down,” as some
creatures boasted they intended doing, they
were themselves put down so effectually that
the hand of resurrection can never reach them.
We have passed, through this crisis, and wo are
now happy to number among our bcstj.patrons
many of those who, through the misrepresenta
tion of designing demagogues, were induced,.a
few years since, to make war upon us. We
felt that this would be the result, for we have
always entertained the belief that deception,
notwithstanding it may accomplish its nefari
ous ends foe a short time, must eventually fail
of its object. We felt confident that our own
integrity of purpose, and the straight forward
course of our paper, would carry us through
the ordeal, and that we had nothing to fear
from those who attempted to injure us. We
knew that their true character would soon be
come known to those who were deceived by
their slanders, and that they would then be
“put down.” We have not been disappointed.
As we have said, the Volunteer will continue
to advocate the same principles it advocated
I forty years ago. It shall ever be our pur
pose to yield a beauty support to the great
principles of democracy, and to the men who
carry out those principles. Our next issue will
commence the 41st volume of the Volunteer,
and we take this occasion to return our sincere
thanks to our numerous patrons for their con
stant support. During the last few weeks we
have added a great many now names to our
subscription list, and hope to add many more
Every man should take at least one county pa
or. Send on your names.
COMBESS.
Since the passage by both Houses of the Ne
braska bill, the elements of political strife have
somewhat subsided, and all again appears tran
quil. The Senate, on Monday, took up the In
dian Appropriation Bill, which was amended
and passed. The Deficiency Bill was received
from the House, and the Chair was directed to
appoint ft Committee of Conference on the dis
agreeing amendments of the two Houses. The
Senate took up, considered and postponed the
bill authorizing the coinage of ten eagle and five
eagle gold pieces.
In the House, Mr. Faulkner asked leave to
offer a resolution m relation to the Boston fu
gitive slave riot, but the majority at first re
fused to vote, and next refused to grant the
letivc. The Pacific Railropd Bill was then ta
ken up and discussed. A Committee of Con
ference was appointed on the disagreeing amend
ments to the Deficiency Bill. Mr. Walbndge
asV'd leave to offer a joint resolution for Con
gress to adjourn s»»k dte on the 3d of July, but
objection was made, and pending a motion to
suspend the rules for the purpose, the House
adjourned.
ITT* The President’s Proclamation against fili
bustering contains good sound sentiments,
which will not be relished by those ardent pa
triots who arc already engaged in a Cuban foray.
The Executive means to keep the qnestion of
peace or war with Spain in tho hands of the
“constitutcdauthorities,” which, by the Consti
tution of the country ,isln handsof Congress, and
it is not disposed to allow irresponsible individ-
uals to officious intermedia with the subject.—
Even the Union thinks the “questions at issue
can bo safely entrusted to the same hands,”
from which we infer that it has abandoned Us
Uircatcncd “blockade.”
Mito C. Dimmick. —Wo learn from Wash
ington, says the Easton Argus, that Milo C.
Dimmick, lute member of Congress from this
district, is favorably named for one of tho prin
cipal stations in the new territories of Nebraska
and Kansas. We do not know what Mr. Dim
mick’s views and feelings on this subject ore,
or whether he has any desire to leave his pres
ent residence, and we should regret to part with
him, but President Pierce could make no better
selection for cither of tho stations at his dispo
sal. He is an honorable, high minded, consis
tent democrat, with ability sufficient to dis
charge any public duty assigned him with cre
dit to himself and his country.
(£7- A conspiracy case, similar to tho one
recently tried in Easton, in this State, has been
detected in New York. A woman, who was at
tho head of a sewing establishment, induced a
boss tailor for whom they did work to visit her,
and while he was in her room, two men rushed
in, the one pretending to bo her brother and the
other her husband* Under threats of bodily
punishment, they fleeced him out of a check for
$2OO, his gold watch, &c. All the parties have
been arrested.
Candid.— Tbc Edinburgh Scotsman lias an
article upon tho acquisition of Cuba by thoU.
States, in which, of course, the latter country
is charged with greediness and covetousness.—
The Scotsman, however, has tho candor to say,
that “whatever course tho United States may
pursue In relation to Cuba, wo can hardly, with
good grace, protest against it, after having ta
ken possession of half tho Burmese empire, be
cause Commodore Lambert was not received
with due respect by a third-rate official."
THE BOSTON BIOT AND MURDER.
The recent riot irvßoston, by which an offi
cer of the law. was inhumanly murdered by . a
band of Abolitionists, is calculated to excitative
indignationofall trricAmericans.. It is time
these traitors should.bo made to fed that they
cannot t with impunity, shed the blood Of Amer-,
icon citizens. -It is. time they were given to
know that, "notwithstanding their anxiety for
the liberty of a runaway slave, the law must bo
respected and executed. Too often has Boston
been the theatre of riot arid bloodshed,*hnd wo
think it high time the people of that city should
be taught a lesson that they will remember.—
Better, far better that a thousand fanatics and
traitors should perish at the cannon’s mouth
than to have the United-States- laws trampled
under foot, and its-o(flcerS;;shot down in the
streets. These Abolition traitors appear ripe
i for anything, and arc ready to plunge the coun
try into anarchy and bloodshed, to carry out
I their damnable purposes. • They call themselves
philanthropists, and in the face of law and jus
tice attempt to rescue a slave from his master*
and to enable them 7 to'do this,they shoot down
their own white citizens! Philanthropists, in
deed ! A more wicked, cowardly, set of traitors
and murderers never disgraced this or any other
country; and there is not a country on the
face of the earth except ours, that would toler
ate these treasonable fanatics. They set at de
fiance tholaws of both God and man, and tram
ple both under foot; they are enemies to the
. Union, to order, to morality and justice; their
hands arc stained with blood, and they openly
advocate the horrors of civil war. They are
unworthy to breathe the atmosphere of this free
country, and should be shipped to Africa ortho
dominions of Soui.oque, the negro Emperor,
where they could enjoy, to their heart's content,
the negroes they appear to love so well.
'We say it is time, full time, that energetic
steps should be taken to put down and punish
these Boston rioters and murderers. This should
dc done even if if it becomes necessary to quar
ter a “standing army” in that fanatical city. —
President Pierce, we arc gratified to see, is
determined, at all hazards, that “the law must
be enforced.” In answer to a despatch from
the United States Marshall at Boston, informing
him of the existence of a riot and the calling
out of Government-troops, the President imme
diately returned the following comprehensive
reply—"YOUß CONDUCT IS APPROITOD,
THE LAW MUST BE ENFORCED.” Such a
message is worthy the Chief Magistrate of our
country, and is alike creditable to his head and
heart. The patriot J aces on, ‘ on an occasion
when our country was considered in peril, de
clared boldly that “the Union must and shall
bepreserved,” andFRANELi# Pierce, the young
Hickory of New Hampshire, as boldly declares
that “the law must be enforced.” Such words
from the Pcesident of the United States, give
encouragement to every truehearted American,
who feels for the honor and stability of his coun
try, and whose prayer is that the privileges we
enjoy may continue to be enjoyed by our chil
dren’s children for ages to coino.
QTT'Mrs. Judson, belter known as “Fanny
Forrester,” widow of the late Dr. Judson, mis
sionary to Burroah, died in West Canada, on
the Ist inst., of consumption.
Gambling and Murder. —On the 19th ult.,
a tragic affair occurred at Aberdeen, Miss.,
which resulted in the death of a Mr. Fannin.—
It seems that Fannin had won a considerable
amount from Col. M. J. Bunch, at cards, which
the latter agreed to pay at a certain lime.—
When Fannin called at Bunch’s room, ho found
it locked, and walked down the steps* Before
reaching the foot of the steps, Bunch came out
to the door and called him in, and immediately
fired both barrels of a double barrelled shot gun
at him. and then run down the steps and beat
him with the gun. Fannin served as an officer
in the Texas revolution, and in the Mexican
war, and was a brother of the hero who fell at
the Fannin massacre. Col* Bunch had not
been arrested !
Minnesota Teuritout.— According to the
St. Anthony Democrat, the Minnesota territory
is estimated to contain at present a population
of 25.000 inhabitants. In the year 1850, the
United States Census showed the population to
be 6.038. The increase this year will be. it is
thought, about 10,000, but it seems highly ‘
probable that the Nebraska fever, which is now
raging in all parts of the Northern States, will |
detract considerably from this total. New En-
gland alone is organizing an emigration of 20,-
000 person^for Nebraska and Kansas, and
lowa will, it is stated, send thither full 10,000
emigrants. From Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New
York, many hundreds arc already on tho route,
and these three great Slates will probably send
forth a much larger number ; enough, in fact,
Ito give a political tone to the territories. Judg
ing from present appearances, Nebraska and
Kansas will both be rapidly settled, os the feel
ings of the two great sections of tho republic
arc warmly excited os to whether slavery shall
or shall not bo recognized and prevail there os
’ a domestic institution. Comparatively little
emigration to the other territories may there
fore be looked for, for several years to come.
Tub Ciiolkha.— Five cases of the “Asiatic
Cholera," the New York Times says, have oc
curred in Brooklyn. Two of the persons died,
one recovered, and two arc yet doubtful. They
nil occurred in the family of Mr. Conly- Him
self, two daughters,anursoonda nurse’s daugh
ter were the persona affected. This house is
surrounded by filth from bog-pens and cow
yards, and has been complained of several limes,
ns a nuisance to that neighborhood.
Attobnev fob New Mexico. —The Easton
Sentinelatatca that Edwin Sitgravcs, Esq., of
Phillipsburg, New Jersey, lias been appointed
United States District Attorney, lor the Terri
tory of New Mexico. Mr. Sitgreaves was an
engrossing clerk to the New Jersey Legislature
the two last sessions, and has been for several
years a member of the Bar of Northampton
county. Ho is quite a young man, but is fully
competent to discharge the duties of the office
lie hits been chosen to fill.
Suicide nv A Bov. —On Thursday of last
week,* lad about 10 years old, son of Jesse
Krieblo, residing in Skippack township, Mont
gomery county, committed suicide by hanging
himself in his father's barn. Tho boy, it seems,
had a quarcl and altercation with his brother,
for which their father it necessary to
chastise both; whereupon tho one, smarting
under his punishment, immediately went and
put and end to his life. Tho allair caused great
grief in the family.
FOEEIGJifm
„ The steamer Asia arrived at New York with
Liverpool dates to the 20th ult.,—-one week lo
iter. The news is not of much importance.
■ The Asia brings £ rcpo'rnthat the City of
Glasgow’s passengers had been landed on the
coast of Africa, but tiiCrc is ho probability of
its truth. . / ■ s ) .•
Spain refuses to accede to the demands of our
Government in regard to the detention of the
Black Warrior. The Arctic has been detained
; beyond her time by anjaccidcntj; Austria and
Prussia have submitted « proposition Which it
is said" will he accepted by the dzar, but declin
ed *by England and France,. Sebastapol, the
Russian was* being bombarded at
the latest accounts. ■
Cotton had declined—breadstujls advanced.
The news from the scjlt of war is of some in
terest. More fighting isTejfortcd on the Dan
ube, not however amounting to much. The
allied land forces had not yet reached the scene
of action. The Commanders were at Constan
tinople. It is fleets had bom
barded Sebostapol for.lbhr days. The English
steamer Tiger was stranded near Odessa, and
taken by the Russians.
The movements of Austria look more like
taking sides actively against Russia.
The Baltic fleet was waiting to intercept part
of the Russian fleet on itt way from Helsingfors
to Croustadt. Navigation -was open to Cron
sladt.
Size op tub West.—lllinois would make
forty such states as Rhode Island, andtheState
of Missouri is larger than all New England.—
Ohio exceeds either Ireland, or Scotland, or
Portugal, and equals Belgium, Scotland and
Switzerland together. is more than
half as large as Italy, atift larger than Denmark,
Holland, Belgium, ami Switzerland. Missouri
and Illinois are larger than England, Scqtland,
Ireland, and Wales.
OCT" The las t N cw Yorkriurabug—the “Fair}’
Light Guard” to have originated
in Harrisburg, out of'a Huger made at a convi
vial assembly of some gay young “bloods,’’that
one of the party wchsL*‘do” the great father
of humbugs, Barmmi six months. In
the meantime, its autfrtr has left the place;
and this, in connection with tho fact that Har
risburg was named'as one of the places from
which the company of Amazons was to hail,
and tho striking sfnulaiity in the agent’s name
with that of the aforesaid gerHcman, all com
bine to render it quite certain that tho wager
has been tfon, aimßanwm has for once been
completely “sold” by a Pennsylvania Dutch
man. I
Hugh Bear Shot ix & iu ykill Cockty, Pa.
—On Monday of last wok, two brothers of the
name of Stone, surprised a large bear, on the
Broad Mountain. On coming within a. short
distance the younger Stone fired but missed,
when Bruin made a spring and with one blow
of his huge paw kicked him senseless to the
earth, breaking several rbs. The elder brother
then fired at the bear, and the shot taking effect
in the heart ho dropped dead. The wounded
man is on a fair way to recover.
New School Duesbytkiuansandthe Slave
ry Question. —At the hist General Assembly
held in Buffalo, it will he remembered resolu
tions were passed after.fin angry discussion, re
questing ditinct and to be made
in regard to the slavery^institution at the next
General assembly. The southern members re
sisted it on the ground fjpt it was an interference
m;an institution that did not concern them,
ftrid'tlicy therefore failed to make the statements
asked. The General Assembly now in session
at Philadelphia, refused to take action on the
subject. This is looked upon as a virtual en
dorsement of the southern members course; but
a protest has been got up and signed by some
twenty-eight members. After some discussion
the protest was ordered to be entered upon the
minutes.
Tub Power op Reason.— The feeling in fa
vor of supporting the laws appears to be daily
growing stronger in Boston. Intelligent men,
when they calmly consider the consequences of
violent resistance to tho properly constituted
authorities and the civil convulsions to which it
necessarily leads, resolutely join the side of legal
authority and social order. Tlmsreason, among
an intelligent people, never fails to assert its
power, and this constitutes one of the strongest
and best arguments in favor of universal educa
tion in a republic. Reason is the mam pillar
which supports republican government, and ed
ucation is tho superstructure upon which it
rests. Aamindcxtcndsitasovercignty.it de
thrones tho power of the mob.
Political Pheaouers —The Philadelphia
Ledger, in a sensible article on this subject says,
• ‘it is os much against thcconlract for a preach
er to talk, politics instead of religion to bis con
gregation, as it would bo .for a pew-holder to
pay in counterfeit coin instead of real coin.—
This is so self evident that it amazes us how
an opposite opinion can honestly advanced.
If preachers even give their hearers a different
sort of religion from what they originally agreed
to; if, for instance they become Baptists, when
they started os Episcopalians, or Catholics,
when they began as Protestants —they them
pelves abandon their posts,'feeling that it would
be dishonorable to remain. The Rev. and lion.
Mr. Noel in England, and Bishop Ives in this
country, arc eases in point. Yet, if it Is .wrong
’ for a man to teach transubatantiation when ho
had agreed to preach ogainstit.it is just os
‘ much a breach of contract to talk politics when
ho lad bargained to inculcated religion only.
(£7* A serious difficulty has occurred at the
University of Alabama, and adargo number of
students have left on account of it. It seems
that a student having broken a simple regula
tion of the institution and been expelled there
for, his fellow class-mates and a number of
other students, in effect, declared tho act tyran
nical and unjust and asked I the restitution of
tho ollbndor. br an explanation of tho harsh
measures resorted to by iho Faculty. The
professors refused to give their interrigators any
satisfaction, and tho result was a general with
drawal of lire incensed students. It is said that
no less than fifty of these have left tho Univer
sity.
(£7* Willsomc mercantile friend tell us wheth
er tho rising in Greece has anything to do with
tho present high price of tallow 1
New Wheat ik GbobOia.— New wheat has
already been harvested on tho farm of Seaborn
Jones, near Augusta. It will compare favora
i bly with tho best Goncascc. This is very early.
Decision under the Post-Office Laws.
A postage stamp,cut from a stamped envelope,
cannot bo uacd in.paymont for postage.
A Postmaster, under no circumstances, is al
lowed to open a letter hot addressed to him.
Where .letters aro migrant, it is not lawful to
cbarge ; pdstago for forwarding. ’ ’!
All Newspapers having words written on or In
them, are subject to letter postage.
To entitle papers to bo sent to bona (Ide-sub
scribers at half a cent each; a full quarter’s pos
tage is required in advance.
It is improper for a deputy postmaster to re
move the wrappers of public documents franked
by a member of Congress.
. .No papor or other thing, except bills or receipts
of publishers, can bofent enclosed in a newspa
per without subjecting the whole to loiter pos
tage.
Bona fide subscribers to weekly papers, whose
post office is in an adjoining county, are allowed
to rceivo papers published in a county in which
they live, free ot postage.
Any mark with a pen on a circular, such ns
date or any thing of the kind, subjects It to let
ter postage.
Monroe Countv .—The Democratic citizens of
Monroe county held their annual preparatory
county meeting,x>n Monday evening of lost week.
Resolutions strongly endorsing the National and
State Administrations,and the Democratic State
nominations were passed. The resolution en
dorsing the nomination of Col. U. S. Mott, the
Democratic candidate for Canal Commissionof',
which wo annex,‘is ns truthful as it is compli
mentary—speaking as it dpes the sentiment* of
every Democrat In this section of the State, and
showing tho estimation in which ho is hold by
those who have known him ‘fromhis youth up
“Wo endorse with heartfelt satisfaction the
nomination of that favorite son of tho Tenth
Legion, Henry Sporing Mott, Esq., as tho Dem
ocratic candidate for Canal Commissioner. Wo
know'him to bo honest, able, faithful and incor
ruptible, and we foci sure that from his private
character, ond practical knowledge of tho im
provements of oar State, habits of business and
and the fidelity with which ho has discharged
tho duties of many public trusts committed to
him, that tho vast and important interests which
Pennsylvania has In her public works will bo
entirely safe in his bonds.”
A villinous attempt was made in Wil
liamsburg, Ya., a few nights since, by some
person or persona-nnknown, to assasinatc a po
liceman by the name of Lindsay. IBs skull
was crushed by a, blow from an iron hinge, it
is supposed, and his recovery is very doubtful,
lie had been active In enforcing the law in re
gard to tippling shops and selling liquor to ne
groes, and it is thought the attempt on his life
was made thereby. The citizens of Williams
burg held a meeting and offered a reward of
$5OO for the detection of the villlan, to which
$lOO is added by the brother of the tinjured
man.
A Plaster Discovert.— The last Lynchburg
Virginian contains thd following:—
A singular enquiry was addressed, a few dnys
since, to Iho President of the Virginia and Ten
nessee Railroad Company, by a contractor who
is employed In constructing the Salt W orka
branch. The Inquiry was this : “Shall I make
the embankments with the gypsum I got out of
the cuts of my contract in Mr. Robinson’s farm?”
This gypsum quarry was not known to exist
at all, till discovered by the excavation made in
the construction of the railroad. To the farmers
on the lino of the Virginia and Tennessee roads,
this is a more important discovery than was the
gold mine at Sutter’s Saw Mill in California.
Horrid Death or a Submarine Diver. —The
Buffalo Republican gives the following account
of the death of Mr. John Tope, a submarine di
ver, who was testing nu aparatus with which he
was to explore a wreck :
Mr. Tope descended Into the water throe
times. The first and secoh'd time ho went
down sonic fifteen or twenty feel, each time sig
nalizing to those above to raise him. In both
instances ho remarked that the foul air did not
escape fast enough to allow him to breathe
freelv. Previously to going down the third
time’ be detached the spring from the valve
which allows the impure ar to escape from the
helmet, and desired the man who held the sig
nal line to observe carefully whfcn he should
reach', the bottom (some 4U feet) and be pre
pared'to answer his signals. He then entered
the water, and had descended about thirty feet,
when those above thought the armor felt unus
ually heavy. The signal lino was Immediately
jerked to ascertain whether onytiling was wrong,
but receiving no answering signal, tho diver was
immediately raised from the water.
On openlning tho helmet, tho unfortunate
occupant of the armor was found to bo quite dead,
presenting a horrid spectacle, blood oozing
from his eyes, ears, nose and mouth. Detach
ing the spring Ironythc escupc-valvo prevented
the air from inflating the armor below tho neck
of the diver; at the depth of thirty feet tho pres
sure of the water was equal to at least ton tons
upon the lower extremities of tho diver; and
this tremendous pressure forced tho vital fluid
to tho head, bursting tho blood-vessels, and thus
causing immediate death. The pressure of the
water upon the lower part of the armor, on his
two previous trials, caused a rush of blood'to
the diver’s head, causing a dizziness, which ho
Imagined was produced by foul air, and he Insis
ted upon descending again with tho spring de
tached from tho cscupe-valvb, which he said
would allow a free current of air to pass in and
out of the armor; but a moment’s reflection will
convince any one that this alone was the cause
of the melancholy casualty. As long as the air
circulates throughout tho armor, there is no dim
mer to bo apprehended. Tho body of the de
ceased below tho nock appeared as If tho blood
had boon entirely forced out of it, presenting an
appearance aa‘white and clear as a piece of mar
ble sculpture.
Tins Wilmington Explosion.-— ln giving ah
account of this awful calamity, the Delaware Ro
puhlcau says that Messrs. Dupont hud given
orders to tho drivers of tho wagons to keep
some distance apart, so that in ease of accident'
they should not all ho endangered, and if this
order had been obeyed, tho load of one wagon
only would have exploded, and tho loss would
have boon comparatively small. Instead of do
ing so, however,they had their wagons following
near ouch other, so that tho whole three explo
ded almost simultaneously. The Republican
adds that Messrs. Dupant have given orders to
Mr. Iluvlay to employ alt tho carpenters ho
could And, aud orders to Messrs. Bradford &
Stephens to employ all tho glaziers that they
could, ami go to work and repair such houses
as were rendered untenantable. Thu wagons
contained 11,250 pounds of powder, ami Is es
timated (hat tho entire loss of property, &c.,
will roach ut least ahundered thousand dollars.
Will Broken. —Tho will ol' Mrs. Jane ‘Wil
son, widow onions Wilson, of Steubenville, was
sot aside by tho verdict of a Jury of Jefferson
county, Ohio, on Thursday last. By this will
tho residua ol her estate, after a Ibw small lega
cies to hor relatives, was bequeathed to tho For
eign and Horae Missionary Societies of tho Pres
byterian Church, tho amount of tho bequest
being estimated nt two hundred and fourteen
thousand dollars, cblolly In cash. Mrs. Wilson
bad no children, but loft a number of brothers
and sisters in humble circumstances, who con
tested tho will on tho ground that she was not
of sound mind. Tho will was written by Judge
Leavitt, of tho United States Court, who was up
pointed executor j a great number of witnesses
wore examined concerning hor capalcty, and
the case was argued by Mosers Stanton ondKon
non for tho relatives against tho will, and D. L.
Collier, and Meredith for tho Missionary Socie
ties. Tho Jury without ony dlfllculty, found
that tho will was not valid, and the largo estate
will ho divided equally among her relatives.—
Pittsburgh Journal.
(C/“Tho now three dollar gold pieces have
made their appearance.
TUB BOSTON FUGITIVE SLAVE CASE.
His Rendition to his Master — Great.' Excitement
, —Xprge body of Military, on duty , to\sreserve
Orders 4 '< \
Boston, Juno. 2.—The United States Commis
sioner gave his decision this morning in the caso
“of Burns, the fugitive slave, surrendering him
to hra master, Col. Suttlo, of Virginia. \
The Court mot at 9 o’clock,.whdntliofugitive
was brought in; jjiiardcd by a half a dozonmOn.
The court-room was nearly filled'with the Mar
shal’s guards—each man being provided with a
pistol, concealed about his person. Theodore
Parker and Wendell Phillips came in with tho
fugitive’s counsel.
Tho Commissioner then gave his decision.—
After analysing tho evidence ho discussed tho
constitutionality of tho Fugitive Slave Law, con
concluding as follows :—“I think .the statute
constitutional, and die escape and ‘indentlty
were all the Court ho%to consider, and ho was
satisfied tho claimant had fully established these.
Ho was therefore entitled to a certificate of his* 1
rights to the fugitive.
At an early hour this morning, a company of
U. S. Infantry and a detachment of Artillery
with a six pounder, from tho Navy Yard, were
stationed to guard the main entrance to tho
Court House.
A crowd assembled rapidly, thousands having
gathered by 9 o’clock. After tho Commission
er's decision was announced, Court Square was
cleared, and the Artillery detachment performed
various military evolutions. Court street and
every avenue leading to tho Square, being
thronged. Numerous stores were closed, and
many buildings festooned with black.-
Tho Mayor soon issued a proclam alien, urging
the people to disperse, nml warning them that
lie had given to Major General Edmunds and the
Chief of Police full discretionary powers to sus
tain the laws with all the miUla.yuud civil forces
under their command.
The American Flag was draped in mourning
and hung across Court street. Cannons wore
placed ho as to sweep Court Square.
A coffin has just been suspended from a build
lug, at the corner of 'Washington and State sts.
The colored pastor of the Baptist Church and
Bums’ counsel look leave of him at 111 o'clock,
lie appeared to be in good spirits. There are
now fully 20,000 persona iu Stale and Court
streets.
Applications were made to the Mayor to have
the town bell tolled, but consent was refused.
The preparations made for the conveyance of
the prisoner to the wharf wore most complete.
A large body of police was stationed at Central
Wharf, where arrangements had been made to
convey him in a steamboat to the revenue cutter
Morris, which was then to bo towed to sea.
The-entire brigade ot State Militia, waiting at
the Commons, marched down State street, to as
sist in preserving the pence. As they passed
along, they wore fitted with hisses and cries of
“shame,” by the excited portion of the crowd.
The Light Dragoons, Cul. Wright, cleared a
passage through State street, which was blocked
up by a dense mass of whiles and colored per
sons. When the military had all taken their po
sitions, ll»e line extended from Court Square to
Central Wharf, through a crowd of no less than
20,000.pcT8ons.
At one o’clock, Court street was cleared of
the mob after much {rouble. All the streets
loading into it are guarded by troops. William
Jones, one of tho witnesses at the trial, was ar
rested for using exciting language. lie was ta
ken up State street by tho police, and enthusi
astically cheered all the way. The police wore
greeted with groans and hisses.
At half-past (wo o’clock, Bums was taken
from the Court House, under a guard of 100
men, armed with swords and pistols, being the
Marshal’s special deputies, together with three
companies of U. S. troops, including an artil
lery detachment with their nine pounders re-dy
loaded. The Boston Light Dragoons and Lan
cer’s Brigade and State Militia. Groans, hisses
and yells were poured upon the line as it passed.
At 3 o’clock, Burns was escorted to the wharf,
where ho was put on hoard tho steamer John
Taylor, and conveyed to the Ucvonuo Cutter
Morris, lying in the stream, which was Immedi
ately towed to sea. She goes direct to Norfolk,
Va. Not loss than 1200 troops termed tho es-
cort to the whorl, together with 150 citizens,
each armed with cutlass and revolvers. No se
rious outbreak occurred.
It is impossible to estimate tbu number of
persona present. The streets were literally
packed—thousands weio present from the coun
try. At the corner of State and Washington
streets a quantity of smilf, cowltch, and ft bottle
of vitriol was thrown among the escort. In tho
vicinity of the Custom House a truck-man at
tempted to drive h!s team through through the
lines of tho military. One of his horses, a vulu
able animal, was killed by a bayonet stab. The
crowd cried “shame,” “shame,” and made a
rush, when the commander of the company,
greatly excited, ordered his troops to lire. Col.
Boyd, of the Stuff, hearing the oilier, spurred
is'horse in front of the company and prevented
(ho execution of the order. Several arrests
were made, nnd three or four individuals were
badly hurt. A well-drosacd elderly man was
conveyed to the hospital with his head cut open
with q sabre. John K. Hays, Captain of the
I’ollco, resigned at noon refusing to do duty.
Awful Tragedy at Wilmington, Bel.
A shocking catastrophe occutred at Wllming-
(on, Del., on Woknosday morning of last week, i
Three Wagons laden with near 450 kegs of gun
powder, fiom Dupont’s mill, view up with a tre
mendous explosion, killing all the horses and j
drivers, causing the loss of a number of other f
lives, blowing down seven dwelling houses and j
six stables, and injuring ft large number of other j
buildings. Nearly oil the window glass In the j
city was broken, nnd in many houses distant
from the scene ot the explosion the plaster was
knocked down from the walls and ceilings.
In passing along Fourteenth street the last
wagon was opposite Orango street, and immedi
ately In front of Bishop Dee’s elegant residence,
the other wagons being in front about 00 feet.
It is not known which of the wagons first explo
ded, or how the powderbccaroolgnUcd. Noth
ing but the fragments remain of wagons, horses
and drivers. Bishop Leo’s house was terribly
shattered. The roof was lifted up bodily and
broken Into fragments, the front wall blown out,
and every window and door torn away. The
Bishop and his family wore fortunately absent
attending tho Convention ot tho Dlocos in St.
Andrew’s Church, a few squares off. A female
sorvont wos In tho house with a child. Tho lat
ter was slightly hurt; tho servant was badly cut
but is not dead, as was erroneously reported.
The explosion caused a terrible sensation
throughout tho city. In the neighborhood tho
people rushed from tho houses in great terror.—
A gentleman riding on horseback some distance
from tho head of tho wagons, felt tho ground
trembling, and (ho same moment was lifted from
his horse, nnd seeing tho windows falling into
tho street, thought an earthquake had occurred.
Many suppose (hat persons passing along the
street at (ho time wore killed and (heir bodies
destroyed. So far five are known to have boon
killed. Tho bodies, or fragments, of four have
been found. Tho total loss is estimated at not
less limn $76,000, including tho powder and
learns, valued at $5,000.
IluMonED Riots —National OnoAmzAtioNS. —
We should not ho surprised to find that the ru
mored riot at Brooklyn has boon grossly oxog
erated for electioneering purpose. Such ac
counts ns thoso sent off from Now York are cal
culated to arouse deep feeling and to oxetto a
spirit of opposition and rovongo which way
bring about very unhappy results. ; Oroatoflorta
aro mnlciug to carry the Mayoralty election In
Washington' against the present efficient and
able officer. This rumored riot* If successfully
magnified and used, may toll ognlnsthlm power
fully, and wo are satisfied that hla opponents
will not fall to use It fdrthafpurposo to the very
utmost. Later accounts show the charge that
the Shields Guards, (on Irish Company,) fired
upon the citizens, Is utterly destitute of truth j
the guards not oven being on the ground. Wo
have always thought these distinct national mil
itary associations Impolitic. There should bo
but one class recognized In our country. Old
names and old prejudices should bo loft In Dio
old world, or abjured with the oath of naturali
zation. When that oath is taken all other names
should ho absorbed in the one groat controlling
name of Jlmerictin citizen. And It should bo the
object, as It Is certainly the Interest, of the nat
uralized citizen to become Indontltlod ns fully
and as speedily as possible with the people among
whom ho has chosen to cast his lot. Thoso old
and discarded nationalities should not bo perpet
uated bore, because they are calculated to keep
up prejudice nml promote sectional action whero
it Is most desirable to have* unanimity of sontl
meat and feeling.
V., ’ .fkh.'.'flnb
The Turkish Emi-ibe.— The empire of Tm
kcj embraces an.area of 913,000 square mil,,
extending over parts of Europe. Asia, and At
rica. . With the tributary provinces, thenonnl.
tion is as follows;. , * ,fl *
European Turkey,
Asiatic Turkey,
African Turkey;
r 4 ,?° tal ,■■ ’ t 35,850,000
In this population are embraced nearly twrm
ty different races, the principal of which arc L
follows: uo
Ottomans 11,800,000 Greeks 2 snn nnn
Slavonians 7,200,000 .Armenians 2 4nfwSS
Romanians 4,000,000 Arabs 4*Ton non
Arnauts 1.500,000 Kurds iSS
I* K7* Some of the Californians that arrived m t
North Star and Illinois, at New York it
said, give a rather discouraging pictured iw' s
there, so far as business prospects and gcnml
trade are concerned. Every thing they say has
been “overdone mechanics canndt find any.
thing to do ; provisions arc scarce and dear*
and thousands who out expecting to cot
rich in a few months, arc to be found without a
cent in their pockets, and wishing they could
be permitted to work their passage home.
[£7* President (!) Walker, according to the
last accounts from the Pacific, was in a bad
condition. “His Excellency,” had crossed Uia
Colorado, having stolen about one hundred head
of cattle, but the Indians stole them back again,
and after a few days of starvation de
serted by his duped followers,
tillibuster started Dock again for San Vincente/
Ills men give him a very bad character, but that
is needless, considering the business heis engage
cd in—piracy, theft and murder not yet being
included among the moral virtues which adorn
a inau’s character.
0 s * Andrew Williams, who poisoned his wife in
New York, was found guilty on Friday eve
ning ; but the jury strongly recommended him
to the merCy of the court, os they had learned
lie had been a pretty good fellow previous to
this little indiscretion!
“FiiAiLrr, tiit Name is Woman !’*—A Mrs.
Davidson, residing near Lawrcnccburg, Ky.,
left her home on last Saturday night, the 20th
hist., in company with a married man—who was
also her brother-in-law. Tho guilty woman
not only abandoned her husband, but also two
helpless children, one of them not a year old.—
The most ngravattd feature of the case, how
ever. and that which affected the forsaken hus
band more than the loss of his frail partner,
was, that the man (whosc.natuo was not given!
had borrowed money of him on Saturday morn
ing, which urns doubtless used in carrying off
his wife! The runaways also took with them
a line horse, valued at $l5O, a gold watch, and
other articles ofvaluc. s
Tire August Intbhkst. —The State Treasur
er has issued a circular to County Commission
ers and Treasurers, inviting the paj’ment of
County taxes undcrjhc act of the 20th April,
1844. lie anticipates a heavy draft on the
Treasury to meet tne August interest and oth
er worthy claims.
(£7* The Secretary of the State of Pennsyl
vania, in accordance with the law lately passed,
invites proposals, until the first Monday in July
next, for the purchase of the Slain Lino of the
Public Works. No bid will be received for less
than $10,000,000.
(fy* The Boston Post says the order of.*‘Pay
Nothings” is growing very rapidly in Boston.
Some of our subscribers must belong to some
society of this sort.
A pillar of wood, said to be part of John
Bunyan’s chapel, has just been imported in the
ship Mariner, just arrived at Boston from Ln -
crpool.
(C7' Solomon says that ” a virtuous woman
is a crown to her husband.” Those married
women, then, who neglect their household du
ties lo attend woman’s rights conventions, must
he crowns of thorns upon the bro\vs of the un
happy wights with whom they mated.
O* Brandy applications arc recommended by
a western paper for baldness, continued exter
nally until the hair is well started, arid after
wards taken in gencroujj quantities internally to
clinch the root.
Curious Statement.—There arc about 27,-
000 Jews in tho United Slates. Of tho entire
number it is said, there is not a single one en
gaged in agriculture.
A Good Comparison*.—The Boston Jfrc
says : A man can gut along without advertis
ing, so can a wagon without greasing, but it
goes hard—it docs.
The Detroit Tribune says: “Not (he
least amusing thing in the doings of yesterday
was the fact that large numbers of people—
tv hole families —from the country, came into the
city, with their teams, to see the eclipse ■' That
is a fact.
Portuguese is Illinois. —The Illinois Jour
nal says that there are about 400 Portuguese in
Springfield, nnd 500 in Jacksonville, who have
emigrated from tho island of Madeira. They
are an honest, sober and industrious people, and
have already sent $6OO to assist some of their
friends in Maderia, to reach this country.
Pennsylvania. —The Pennsylvania delega
tion gave the largest voice in favor of tho Ne
braska bill of any other delegation in the House.
In the list of yens eleven Pennsylvania names
will be found. Virginia gave ten votes iu favor
of the bill —owing to the unavoidable absence
of four of her delegation.
Secession op Students. —Tho Huntsville
Advocate understands that thirty-five students
have, in a body, left tho Stale Dniverflily »t
Tuscaloosa. There was some misunderstand
ing between one of tho students of the class and
one of the professors; the faculty and trustees
sustained the latter’s course and expelled the
student. The seceding students field a meeting,
resolved that tho student was blameless, and
left in a body.
When tho Government seized tho vMkew
building in Great Rrilainfor the Russian Nltvy.
tlicv instructed tlic ship builders nnd makers ot
machinery who were employed to make these
vessels, to go on and complete them, undertak
ing to pay tho instalments remaining to bo paid
uruler the original contract with Russians they
should become duo. The money alrauly re
ceived from tho Russians was credited to tho
British Government, who thus obtain a con
venient addition to their steam force, partly ot
tho expense of the enemy.
Fluctuation in Grain. —Wheat in thismar
ket, says a Rochester (N. Y.) paper, ia now
worth $2 15. Just after tho late war with
England, about 1810, it was 25 cents higher.—
A frwycors later 1820-21, before the Erie Cam
al reached us, it fell to a very low figure—the
market price being 37 fc cents. One of our promi
nent millers informs us that hepurohased wheat
at that price, and paid for it in goods. Sales
were actually made for cosh as low as 3U
cents.
DC7“In Barnwell, B. 0., a negro man wa»
struck by lightning more thoroughly than onv
person we have yet recorded. Ilia sculp, both
sides of his neck and the whole of the breast
were lacerated severely, and the fluid then di
viding itself passed down both legs making a
wide gash on each and disappeared. A copious
fall of rain drenching him Immediately after,
saved his life.
Dt7*J* L. Brown was recently nominated for
the legislature in Bncillc county* Washington
territory, but died very suddenly the day before
the election. Mr. Scuddcr was then elected*
and he dicdsuddenlya few days after. A special
election was then ordered ana H. Hester chosen
to (111 the vacancy. The Into' steamer brings
news that Mr. P., proceeded to the scat of g° v *
eminent, and on the next day fell dead in tM
house.
{£7* Strawberries have made their oppenrasefl
In our market.
18,600,000
16,060,000
'3*800,000