IMERMVOLUNTEER. ;OHiJ B. BBITTOS, Editor & rropj^icto^ Carlisle, pa., sept, o, issi. Democratic State Ticket: , . , GOVERNOR 1 WILLIAM BIQLEB, or olEAll^rsD , copktt. JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT. JEREMIAH S. BL AQ.K, • or souEESEt court*. CANAL COMMISSIONER: BERRY S. MOTT, or tike count*. democratic county ticket. ■Cdngi'ess, 3, ECUS BONHAM, of Cumberland. • . Assembly, II Q. MOSER, of Lower Allen. JAMES CHESTNUT, of Southampton. Prothonotary, ) DANIEL K- NOEL, ofTJppcr Allen. Clerk of the £ourts r JOHN Mi GREGG, Carlisle. Hegistcr , William litle, of Ncwviiio. Commissioner, GEORGE,M. GRAHAM, VTcstpcnnsboro’. Director of the Poor. JOHN OLENDENIN, Silver Spring. Auditors, 'ISAAC BINGWAtT.a yr.) Carlisle. JACOB STEIKMAN, (3jr3.)Shippco3buj-g. Standing committee Mooting. The Democratic Standing Committee of Cum berland County, recently appointed by the County Convention, will meet nt the Public house ol Charles MAOLAuauuN, in Carlisle, on Saturday, September 16th, 1864, at l ‘o*clock P. M-, for the purpose oi organizing and to attend. to business connected with the present political campaign. A full attendence U earnestly requested. Three of the Committee. CarlUle, Sept.} 7,18541 py“Xho following named gentlemen compose the Standing Committee for the present year: Wm. M. Matcer,Lower Allen 5 Win. L. Cock- Hn. Upper Allen; JohnCrumer, E. W., Carlisle WUUaFoolk, W. 1W Carlisle; Wm. Harper, Dickinson * David Eystct, East Pennaborough; Peter Minich, Frankford ;■ Robt. G.'Voting, Hamden; David Uoover, Hopewell; Robt.C. McCulloch,Mifflin;' Samuel Ecklcs/.Sf.j Me chanlcshurg; Benjamin Krider, Monroe; Win. KUqk, Ncwvillo; Christopher Mollingcr, Now fon; Jno. G. Miller, New Cumberland; Wm. Gopnman,-North Middleton; Snyder Ruply, 1 South Middleton; Benjamin Duko, Shlppcns bmg 80. 5 T. P. Blair, Shlppensburg'Tp,; Daniel S. Croft, Southampton 5 Dr. James Mc- Culloch, Silver Spring; John' Elliot, West Penns borough. " White Hall Academt.—Wc refer our read ers to the advertisement of Mr. Pekuxgeu, Principal of the White Uall Academy. This institution has been eminently successful, and is now in a most prosperous condition. ■* Prof. Denungeu is a gentleman qualities as' a teacher of youth, and is well deserving liberal patronage. neighbor of the Herald was misin formed in regard to the resolutions as prepared 1 in the committee room for the late Democratic| County Meeting. No such resolution ns men tioned by the Herald was read to the commit tee. The phraseology of one of the resolutions Was changed, it is true, but not in such a man neras- to alter its sense or destroy its force.— triic committee, as wellW. the' Meeting, molv to denounce. Bjiow-Nothfnglsm, and to op pose thosowho adhered tothlscontempUblefac tijm, os a reference to the resolutions as report ed and adopted, will show. Any more ques tions, neighbor? £y»The Herald is very*much distressed be cause tho Democrats, at their late County Meet ing* lighted tho room with faffoir candles !— The nerves of tho editor must have suffered much damage by Ihe'smdl of the tallow. Poor fellow—had he told us that he intended to be present at the meeting, we should have pur chased one spermaceti candle for his especial benefit. Bad Accident.—On Saturday evening last 00 -' 1 MKiNstrt and PattoU, (who reside, wo believe, near Stouglistown,) wero returning homo in their buggy from' Car lisle, their horse took fright a short distance from town, and ran off at a furious speed. After running some hundred yards, the buggy capsized, and its two occupants were thrown with great violence to the ground, injuring both very severely. Mr. M’Kinstrt had his skull fractured and a portion of the scalp tom from the bead. Mr. Patton was not so seriously injured, but yet was very much cut and bruis ed about head and body. The injured men were brought to Carlisle a short time after the accident, and their wounds attended to by Drs. Mahon and Henman. We arc glad to learn ■ that they are doing well. Congressional Conferee Meeting.—-In another column will bo found the proceedings of the Congressional Conferees of this district, by which it will be seen that our fellow towns man, J. Ellis Bonham, Esq., is now regularly placed before the people of York, Perry and Cumberland for Congress—ho having received the unanimous vote of the three conn ties. That he will bo triumphantly elected, by an over whelming majority, is concccded by every un prejudiced man. Who his opponent is to he, whether an open and avowed Whig, or a bogus Democrat of the Know-Nothing school, has not jot been made public. School Convention.— Circumstances pro- 1 vented us from attending, as wo had intended, tho- Convention of Directors and Teachers of Common Schools In Cumberland county, that assembled in lids borough on Saturday last. Wo have not received tho proceedings,! and cannot Bay what business was transacted.! We loam that tho attendance was quite largo, I and much interest manifested In behalf of our glorious tichool system. ' Mbbtiko at Montrose.— One of the largest Democratic meetings ever assembled in that cecUon of the commonwealth, met at Montrose, Susquehanna county, on Tuesday lost. It was addressed by Goy. Bigler, for'two hours. Tho poopb were enthusiastic, giving tho strongest evidence of continued confidence and support to the democratic nominees. Thb Bargain Closed.— The Free Democrat ic Convention met at Harrisburg, on Wednes day last, and passed resolutions, withdrawing Iheir State ticket, and recommending tho sup port of Pollock, tho Know Nothing candidate for Governor, The conditions of tho bargain have not been made public. • where is judge pollock ? With the exception of hia visit to Philadel phia to join the Know-Nothing order, and io take an unconstitutional and blasphemous oath, . Judge Pollock has not been from ,his home, wo believe, since his nomination. , Wo had sup posed, judging from the tone of the opposition journals, that he was to elccrify the people by i his eloquence IVom.thc stump. His adherents boasted loudly about his great oratorical poyg? era, and with more zeal than prudence, dared Bigler to defend himself before the peo ple. They mistook their man when they thus wrote. Gov. Bigler, believing in the intelli gence and honesty of the people, accepted the challenge thrown out by his enemies, and ex pressed his readiness to meet Judge Pollock, and discuss such State and National questions, great and small, ns might be deemed expedient. After this wo of course expected. t$- see the Know-Nothing Judge immediately lake to the stump, and there deliver himself. Butwc have been disappointed—he refuses to copic out. — Wo have tried to “smoke him out” of his hid ing place, and to “stir him up with a long pole;” but all to no purpose—Ac will not show himself. The fact is Pollock is afraid, (as well he may bo) tomcct Gov. Bigler in the the presence of the people, for he has heard of the “Susquehan na Raftsman” before, and knows with what dexterity he can skin a live coon. Judge Pol lock is therefore wise after all, but it was very imprudent in him to permit his friends to dare Gov. Bigler to a discussion, and then when Gov. B. says ho is ready and willing to meet his rival, for him to back out and refuse to stand up to the work. But our opponents (we hardly know by what name to call them at present,) had no idea, whtfnthcy tauntingly boosted of the great speaking powers of Judge Pollock and bantered Gov, Bigler to meet him in discussion that the Governor would so readily accept the challenge. They knew that Gov. Bigler had deprecated the practice of candidates stumping the State in their mVn be half, and indeed the Democratic party have nev er Approved of conducting a campaign in this manner. For one we have always opposed it, and we think we always Will, The stumping system may <Io very well, and is necessary and proper in sparccly settled States, where there are but few if any newspapers, but in an old thickly populated State like ours, where every county has one or two newspapers more than it ought to have, or is able to support, and where the people are intelligent and generally well read, makes it entirely unnecessary for candi dates for public offices, and particularly for the position of Gorernor, to harangue the people j from the stump. Odr political opponents, 1 knowing Goy. Bigler's views and the views of Ins* party on this subject, felt bold to banter and bluster, never dreaming that Be would, Icohtraay to his better judgment and expressed opinions, take them at their offer. But, the Governor was determined to disappoint tils ene mies, and'although he disapproved the practice of for Governor stumping the State, he nevertheless felt it his duty, under the cir cumstances, to meet his enemies on thdr own ground. , lie therefore, as we have said, accept ed the challenge, and expressed a desire to apeak to the people ii) various parts of the State on State and National politics. Helios made three, speeches, so that Judge Pollock and his friends ( may know hiat he’s about, but still Judge Pol* i lock remains in his parlor at Wilton—add from present indications Vro /cel in saying that the people will leave hlnV there to Cnjoy.his' seclusion for(ft long time to come.. Perhaps lie is meditating over tfio horrible oaths, ho took at a midnight conclave of Know-Nothings In Phil adelphia. Poor Pollock !—wo pneo thought well of him, aud regarded him as & man of high honor, but when we find him joining a midnight, secret, sworn, political conclave for the purpose of obtaining votes and the emoluments of ofllcc, we consider he has disgraced himself in the eyes of all honorable men—a man who acts thus is beneath contempt, and unworthy the confidence of any party. On tho second Tuesday of Octo ber the people will administer to him such an effectual drubbing as will last him a life-time, and serve as a warning to sinners in general.— His doom is scaled—his sentence is fixed—and an indignant people will as surely put it into execution as his name is James Pollock I ORGANIZE—-ORGANIZE 1 It is necessary for our Democratic friends of * the different townships and boroughs to organ ize, and that speedily and thoroughly. The [ miserable pic-bald Know-Nothing party, com- 1 posed of wooden nutmeg democracy and all the * fag-ends of every faction that hales the consti tution and laws, arc busy taking the censtw of * their various lodges and endeavoring to ascer* * tain, if possible, where they can defeat the De mocratic party. We arc glad to team, however, 1 that many well-meaning Democrats who were 1 I unthinkingly led into this traitorous association I arc about to withdraw in disgust from its lep rous embraces’. They have become perfectly I satisfied that it is anti-republican in every fea ture of its policy and is aimed and intended to prostrate our noble institutions of freedom.— We are rejoiced to learn that they are beginning to properly appreciate the clerical traitors who are at the head of the organization in this county. In the meantime the Standing Com mittee will meet and organize on Saturday week, and adopt such measures as the emergen- the times may render necessary. A call , for the meeting of the Committee will bo found > under our editorial head. True Bill.— Tho Grand Jury of Philadelphia have found n true bill of rape, against Stephen T. Beale, the Walnut street dentist,'‘who stands charged with violating tho person of one of his patients, a young lady from the country, while she was under the influence of either. The trial prill probably take place next week. David I Paul Brown has been retained os Mr. Beale's 1 counsel. “SxaAWi buow, &c.”—No clrcumstanso in indicates more plainly howunpopular tho Kno w have bocoifio lately, than tho fact that tho Phlladclphlo papers, of tho past week, con talncd numerous affidavits made hy candidates for office, that they arc not members of'any orlh-hound or secret political society. OCTCoI. S. D. Miles, United Stales Army, on Ids way to New Mexico with a detachment of troops, writes from Fort Atkinson, Arkansas, that ho had been four days among the Oaman-1 dies and Ki-o-ways, and adds; ‘botoo of the bucks offered mo ns high as ten horses for my daughter, and I had an offer of a swap of a squaw for Mrs. Miles." I declined both advau | lageous offers.' M OUTRAGE BY CARLISLE MOW-NOTHINGS. ! On Tuesday night Usfc as the members of the KnoTy-Nothingorder of.tWsboropgh ing, with stealthy steps t 6 th&V place of meet-* mg (Education Hall,) one of ourfnost respecta ble German citizens happened to bepassing said building, when he was accosted by a of cowardly ruffians, who demanded what he wanted ? The Gerffian, not knowing the char-, acter of the men who surrounded him, replied he “wanted nothing,” then seeing the hall litup ho inquired what was ’ going on ? The Know- Nothings who held him a prisoner, tnade-ho onSwerto the inquiry, but asked him, “what; I is your name, where do you live, What do ! follow V* at the same time taking hold of th'o German by the shoulders. Receiving no satis factory answer, they shored him violently from them, ordered him to be gone, and then pelted him with stones. Four limes was ho struck with stones,'once on the head and three times on the body, bruising and injuring him in a very serious manner., TheQerman thus wanton ly assaulted,,ls, ns wo have said, one of our most respectable and industrious citizens, and a member of the Lutheran church of this place. A more peaceable man is not to bo found .in Carlisle, and the assault was as uncalled for as it was, cowardly and devilish. Because .this, poor man happened to bo a German And a Lu theran,” (for be it known the Lutherans arc as : much detested as tho Catholics by a full-blood ed Know-Nothing,) his life was put in jeopardy. Can villainy or devilishncss go farther ? * While on this subject, we wopld just inquire by what author!tytour School Directors of Car lisle grant the use of Education Hall to these Know-Nothings ? This building belongs to the people of Carlisle, and wo, as a tax-payer, pro test against its use for any such unholy and villainous purposes ? Are our Directors all Know-Nothings, that they grant the use (free of charge, it is said,) of Education Hall to a set of men who skulk through alleys, over fences, and through stables to attend their Tuesday night meetings? No man who 5s not of tho order, is safe to pass that Hall on a Tuesday night, for he is almost sure to be insulted or stoned. We therefore askout School Directors to abate this nuisance, and if they fail to do it the tax-payers of thVtown, who own the prop erty, will abate it themselves. They have no. notion that a set of men, some of them strolling strangers and gamblers, and but few of them tax-payers, shall take possession of one of the public buildings, to hold their traitorous meet ings. Let the Know-Nothings meet in.Dickin . son College, or any other place, but Jetnotold, : Education Hall be longer polluted by' their meetings. (£7* It was the remark of Judge Since** shortly before his death, that the People's Ad vocate of Bloomfield, “might, for a short time; pretend to, lie democratic and advocate demo cratic measures, for tho purpose of gaining some kind of standing with the party it intinded to deceive, but lliat it was bound eventually to show tho cloven foot of Federalism, and oppose the nominations of tho Democratic party—‘that i,t was established for that purpose and for that purpose alone.” Judge Smoot's words have been verified—tho Advocate has at last exhibit ed its true colors, and is now in open hostility to tho Democratic ticket of‘Perry county.— Notwithstanding the unanimous nomination of Mr. Bonham for Congress,by Perry, York.and Cumberland, tho immaculate edjtor of Cho'Aif-, , vochte thinks Mr. D's. democracy .is hot’qmtc pure enough for him to support, and intimates that ho will oppose both Mr. Bonham and Mr. SPArm, tho nominee of Perry, for Associate Judge I This is decidedly tho coolest picco of impudence and treachery wo ever remember to have noticed in a public journal. Arnold and Burr, when accused of betraying tho cause they had pretended to maintain, made some kind of excuse in palliation of their treachery. Not so with the pirate of tho Advocate . He makes no attempt to defendhis present position, but intimates that the Democracy of York, Perry and Cumberland, in their Conventions assembled, arc not capable of selecting their candidate for Congress! Big idea, indeed, par ticularly when wo consider,, the size and the standing of tho creature who puts it forth. But, thank God, tho Democracy of Perry arc not to be deceived into tho support of Federal ism by tho treachery of two or throe dema gogues. The men who own, control and write ,for the Advocate arc small in stature, small in intellect, small, in influence, and contemptible in numbers. Tho democracy of Perry have re pudiated them, over and over again, and can well afford to laugh to scom their puny attempts to distract tW party in that county at,lbis time. The Advocate, if it even desires the respect of the Whigs, should come out boldly and at once in defence of the doctrines of that party. It would bo much more honorable. Wo notice that it has a great liking to Ktyjjv-Nolhingism, and as this faction is merely a brunch of Feder alism, we pesumo the Whigs have assigned the Advocate this position in the present campaign. More anon. Opposition to the Know-Nothings.—The Churchman, (organ of UiollighOhurdiEpisco palians,) published in New York, comes out in a trong Jhrce-columncd leader, denunciatory of the Know-Nothings, and calling upon thogood and the patriotic of all dosses to act their faces against any and oil auch organizations. The Great State Fair.— The preparations for the Stale Agricultural Fair and Industrial Exhibition, to bo held on the Powclton Estate, 24th Ward, Philadelphia, are progressing rap idly. About 200 sheds for horses, cattle, &c., have been creeled. Also a Floral Hall, 200 by CO feet; a Mechanics' Hall, 400 by 00 feet, and one for Farming and Garden Implements, .200 by 48 feet. Every preparation is being made to make this tho greatest exhibition evorgot up in tho‘country. Imported Cattle— Laugh Arhival.— Tho ship Antarctic, Oapt. Stoufor, which arrived at Now York on Monday from Liverpool, brought I ono hundred and. eighty head of cattle, consis ting of Durham bulls, cows, heifers and calves, Aldornoybows, fine fihoop and swino and one Uotao,for tho Kentucky Slock Importing Com pany. Tho ship waa forty-ono days upon tho passage, ond yet of this largo end valuable car , go hut three bhoop were lost. ID* A great fire occurred at Wilwaukio, Wis consin,on ihc26lbuU., destroying property to tho amount of $500,000 to $1,000,000, some of tho individual losses being quite though generally covered by Insurance. Two Germans died from oyer exertion at tho fire; life /' will* wcthinkj their allies that Mr. Mott «&sfitb|rig: His letter is quite sat- ' • • Aug. 18; 1854. ‘ v Jl4f i>MY Sit >-It has been rumored in cer tain political cirbldJi and insinuated m some of thb-newapatfeW of the day, that you are con nected TvttJfcn, secret association, orgamzea lor political piirppscs, commonly called ‘Know- WdthihgB. , ,K , ' 1 .- ’ , * The chargehas been repeated with more dis tiimthcsßra.th'o Daily Ncics of this city, of yes* : date;'and although-your fnends do not attach the slightest importance to these allcga bclhg founded in fact, yet it is nothing mbre,lhah ngTit that they should be met by a fijrraiu denial. Such a cliargc, if bo derogatory toy our political character os a dem ocrat, anyplace yourself and the republican party* of Vvhi’ch you are the nominee for an im portant 'office; in a false position. lam there fore the slate central committee to mteirbgatetfou on this subject, not that we belief for a>,iiomcnt that is true, but your depiqfjupan authentic and tbrm for publication, .jr* ; . tSifoedH-dfiLUS BOMIASi, Chairman. ■ llfiNnr S. Mow, &q. ■ ' Aug. 20,185 P 4. J, EfteßonhaJh, Esq., Chairman State Central ■* • " / Committee: DBAiiSiad—On my return home, after a con siderable absence; I found awaiting my arnval yours of ilte 18th. In reply, I have ta say that I'am noV'wjihnected with a secret association organized for political purposes commonly call ed and.that I have never made any promise; effort, or request, to be admitted os a given the least, intimation that I would dorso. .1 The only political membership to which I confess, is that of the democratic party of the union, bound in the bonds of the constitution, and the glorious and liberal prin ciples which have demonstrated the problem of self-government, which has made our country the beacon-light of freedom for a wondering and admiring world. - In the loysr‘orthose principles I have always lived ana'iCipcct to die. Very respectfully, • 11. S. MOTT. Fibvt: Gazette of last week contains tho and manly article in relation to tho infamous Know-Nothings. From pre sent indications it appears that these enemies to Democracy, the laws and the Constitution are attempting t& play a strong game in the several counties.' Leagued tpgcther for the purpose of opposing the Democratic party, and like Han nibal, sworn-before the alter to bear eternal en mity to dll of‘foreign birth, they are neverthe less willing torercep into office by fraud and by tho.votcs oflhdmen and the party they hold in €u<jh' deadly jidslility. We hope our friends in old York, as! wolf as in all other counties, may ferret out Ihosc, if there be any, who by fraud have managed tp bo placed in nomimalion by the Democracy. Let them be exposed, denounced and defeated wherever found: ‘‘HOW.MTDISfiS!” Rumors are circulation, that some of the candidates noiiimatcd by the late democratic convention'in this county are members of the society of ,l Kntiw-Nothings asccrot, proscrip tive politico-religious order, opposed to religious liberty and to. s tho principles of the American Constitution !Qf course these rumors aro cre ating much excitement among Democrats, who rcgardHhojntTufiion into our Convention of men who have attacked themselves to a secret polit ical organization outside of the Democratic par ty, as an act of base turpitude—and hundreds arc denouncing itas a political swindle., -Mens surca, to bo taken to inves tigate rjre y/pfgnt-thAt - have - been • made—and each i.o v dgbbtbc imenogaied Su reference tuHjls with fire «r»dcty we have named* hope that each will be able to given satisfactory response—a prompt, de cisive, unequivocal denial of all connection with or anprovolof f/Know-Notbingisro.” Wo learn that several of those who arc likely to be candidate.*,, on the whig, or independent ticket—a distinction without a difference—have been tarred with tho same stick—i. c., that they have, as some of our "weak brethren” arc al leged to have done, wandered after thc strange gods of Ignorance, Illibcrality and Bigotry, who prcsidcover the councils of Ned Buntline’s dc sciples. If this riiould prove true, we arc like ly to have "a pretty kettle of fish" for a chow der this fall. If two "Know-Nothings”—one calling himself a Democrat, the other claiming to be a Whig-should be opposing candidates for the same office, there is certainly no ynfty obligation on the part of gny Democrat or any Wmg, to support either. The choice would be like that of two roads presented to the traveller somewhere out West— I “Which of these roads is the better one ?”—said a traveller to a dirty urchin who was swinging on a gate—" None uv ’em is best! Take the right hand one, and be fore you get along half a mile, you’ll swear you never ga\y so bad a road in your life—take the left hand road, 4nd you’ll soon wish you had taken t’other one! A Whig "Know-Nothing” wo hold to be unworthy of live support of any genuine Democrat or Whig—a Democratic "Know-Nothing” is worse, because more un natural and monstrous. - Wo ft p-ord to soy, just hero, to our De mocratic fricrtda, ns to the hollowness of the professions of the leaders of the Know-Nothings. They disavow fill political preferences os between the Democratic and tlnrWhig parties—they | claim to have no other object than Co strike down I foreigners, the sons of foreigners, and the Ro-1 'man Catholic religion. Iy Tins Timr lib!— Look at il, Wm. Bigj.bu is nn American—the son of aw American—-and his father’s father was an American—nor is he a member of tbo Roman Cathode church. Yet ftt the Know- Nothing meeting in this town, some nights since, these base shunners of the light, who pro fess to have no other object than to oppose for eigners nnd catholics, resolved, so far ns their i power could cfleet it, to stuikh Wii.uam Bia imn down! Why ? Wo need not soy why.— If you cannot perceive tho tendency of such Know-Nothing acts—if you cannot sco clearly what they prove, it were idle to attempt to point j it out to you. -We are not surprised that Democrats should Indignantly enquire, ‘ ‘What business have mem bers of sum an association within a Democratic Convention V* 4‘Why should the tho names of members of such ft society bo permitted to dis grace a democratic ticket 1” If, contrary to our hones, it should be found, on investigation, that there are “Know-Noth ings” on our, ticket, wo trust that It will bo I thoroughly and effectually purged of them—if not by the ordinary machinery known to party, ! organization, then by a higher power, THAT OF THE SOVERIGN PEOPLE AT THE BALLOT-BOX! Outrageous Attempt to Desihoy Human Life. —As tho up-train from Baltimoro, was approaching Philadelphia, on tho morning of | the 22d, about half-past 12 o’cloolc, a man was; coon at some distance ahead, placing a number of rails and pinnies across tho track, with tho diabolical Intention to throw tho train off, and cause a wholesale destruction of human life.— Fortunately the thing was discovered in time to stop tho train, when tho conductor, Mf. Jere miah Smith, pursued tho fellow and succeeded in arresting him. Ho gave Ids name ns Lewis M. Iloinca, and said he was from Now Jersey, lie was taken before Alderman Dallas, who held him in $160(1 for a further hearing. 03?**Hon. Jkmos Cooper fc quite ill atPotls ,villo. f>- 'Judge Wilmof, The itchings of this demagogue, it appears, can neverbo satisfied. When he came to the le gislature in hogging to have the judicial •district changed in which Ijo resided, so os to en able him elected Judge, many of the Demo cratic members doubted the policy and propri ety of granting the request. On his friends and himself, however, representing that bo was anx ious to get out of . politics, and only wished to do so honorably, they went, with some reluct ance it is true, for his bill, understanding at tho same time tbathe was “put under bonds to keep tho peace” in the meantime. We happen to know all about tho history of that transac tion. Bradford, . Susquehanna, and Sulli van were made a separate judicial district for bis convenience, Tioga being taken oil and Sullivan added on for that purpose. ' He is now paying the party with black ingratitude for this act of unmerited kindness to him. • Ho will surely get his reward/ CONGRESSIONAL CONFERENCE. The Democratic Conferees from the several counties composing the 10th Congressional Dis trict, met at tho public house of A. Iluntsbcr ger, at Bridgeport, Cumberland county, ’on Friday, September 1,1864, and were as follows: Cumhirland County .—John C. Brown, John B. Bratton, and Moj. Samuel Clark. Perry County. —David Stewart, B.F. Miller, and Joseph Dcwalt. - • • ’ . York (Jaunty.- 1 -David Small, and James M. Anderson, (one conferee, Mr. Wilkins, absent.) Tho Conference organized by calling David Strwart of Perry, to the chair, and appointing J. B. Bratton, of Cumberland, Secretary. ■ Mr. Miller, of Perry, nominated J. Ellis Bonham, Esq., as tho candidate to bo support ed for Congress in this district. No other name being suggested, Mr. Bonham's nomination was agreed to unanimously.; . Tho following resolutions wero-tben agreed to unanimously : ' ■Resolved, That in Franklin Pierce we recognize the people’s President, coun try’s ablest protector. Always on the side of Democracy and Equal Rights, his course, since his induction into his present high office, has been such as to command the confidence and respect of thfe people. Resolved, That in our presentable and pa triotic Governor, William Bioleß. wo have a statesman of whom we may well feel proud. He has served the people of this State honestly and faithfully, and we feel confident they will not • now forsake him. Resolved , That this Conference enteftain the highest respect and confldenconn/mr nominee ' for Congress, J. Ellis Bonham, ‘Esq., and cor dially recommend him to the Democracy and people of this Congressional district as a gen tleman entirely worthy their support. His 1 principles, as avowed and acted upon are tho 1 principles of Jefierson, Madison and Jackson, r and as such, merit the hearty and unwavering I support of every true Democrat. Resolved , That these proceedings be signed ' by the officers, and published in the Democrat- I ic papers of this Congressional district. 'DAVID STUART, President. John B. Bratton, Secretary. Perry County. The Democratic County Convention of "gal lant little Perry” assembled at Bloomfield, on Monday, the 28th ult., and .nominated a most.' excellent tickets The following resolution was* also adopted: . , On motion, David Steward, Benjamin £. Miller and Joseph Dewalt, were appointed Con gressional Conferees, to meet llmjjqmcrccs from' York and Cumberland counties, afeyP|ri(lgeport r on Friday tho Ist September ncxt'fyuyi, tmani ntously Instructed to support J. Esq., of Cumberland 'county, for Otip^g^ssman. ■ - ■■ The Dctaocrooy ■ of Under standing their'duties 'to .‘their principled and their country, have required at tho hands of all their candidates nominated by the rqqcnt.con vention, a pledge that they do not belong or arc in any way connected with tho proscriptive and intolerant order of Know-Nothings. The following is the resolution adopted by their County Convention : Resolved , That every candidate nominated by this Convention bo required- to subscribe a •written pledge that he is not a member of tho society known to thg., public by the name of Know-Nothings, and that he is utterly opposed to making religion or birth-place a qualification for office. The llori. James Nill then submitted the following pledge to bo subscribed by all the candidates nominated,Mn accordance with tho foregoing resolution : To the Democratic Citizens of Franklin county, Pcunsi/knata: The undersigned, upon his most sacred hon or, hereby declares that ho has no connection whatever, with the secret society called Know- Notuings, or order of United Americans, or by whatever name they may be called —That lib is sincerely opposed to the principles of the same —That he is opposed to said society and asso ciation. and to all secret societies and associa tions, by whatever name they may be called, which have for their object the repeal of the laws for the naturalization of Foreigners, or the extension of the time for the same; and which have for an additional object the establishment of a religious test by which members of the Catholic or any other Church shall be excluded from holding office. There is “a good time corning.” Ivkow-Nothings Still at Work.—Tfihjlo man Catholic Church at Raritan, N. J., was set on tiro by a committee from the Know-Noth ing lodge, on ‘Wednesday of last week, and en tirely consumed. Loss about $*10,000.1 The citizens of the place immediately raised a liberal subscription for the purpose of prosecuting the incendiaries. From present appearances it is believed that our different Penitentiaries will soon contain a sufficient number of Know-Noth- ings to organize a lodge in each one of them. Know-Nothlngism bos been in existence but a few months, but according to the Boston Mercantile Journal, the members have perform* cd good service for so short a time. Tho Jour nal says—“ Since they first organized in New- York, under the auspices of Nkd Buktlskr (who is now in tho Sing Sing prison,) they have committed CO murders,.destroyed by tiro 11 churches, two printing _ offices,' ono factory, one orphan, asylum, ten dwelling houses, and ono school-house.” Who will not say that tho Know-Nothings are * ‘some pumpkins 1”, Croat fun this for Ned Bontlinb and his cronies. Fires.—'Tho forest Arcs inMgino arc still raging in various directions, doing immense damage. Tho conflagration in Troy which occurred lost week, has destroyed property to tho amount of ono million ot dollars. Six largo lumber yards were swept by tbo flames, besides a largo 1 number of dwellings and other buildings. Tho Arc in Waldoboro,’ Mo., caused the de struction of 47 stores and their contents, the whole loss being half a million of dollars.— About seventy families were rendered houseless. •tEf-Geni’s Twiggs and Qualtman aro In Washington. p Rep oft id'for thk Volunteer- , I' CBimiNAl CODBTS. , . ; Tho several Courts of Quarter Sessions, Oyer and Terminer and..Genera* Jail Delivery, con yened on Monday the 28th;illt., and adjourned on Saturday evening tile 2d Inst, Hon. Jas. H. Graham* President* Samuel Woodbnrn and Jno. Rupp, Esquires, Associates. There urns, perhaps a'greater number of per sons in attendance during the week, as parties, wltncqscs/and Spectators, than had -been for a number of years before. This unusual attend', once was doubtless owing In a groat measure to tho interest excited by the two trials for murder in tho Oyer and Terminer, besides which, there was a long list of cases' of a loWor grade in the Quarter Sessions. Tho following aro tho only ones disposed of j■ tho remainder having been held over till tho ensuing November Term : • Commonwealth Jacob Hommingcr, John lleniraingcr. and Benjamin 1 Hemmingcr.— Jtiot and Jssault and Battery* Tills prosecution ori ginated ih - a quarrel ■■between Lehman and de fendants respecting Lehman’s alleged ill-treat ment of his wife', tho daughter of Jacob Ilera | minger,and sister to John.and Benjamin. Ver.‘ diet, “ not guilty and that the prosecutor, Wil liam Lehman, pdy costs of prosecution.” Same vs. Ephraim M’Murray.— For the murder of John Kennedy j Dunbar. This was one of tho cases above alluded to. An unabated interest was manifested from the beginning to tho con clusion of this trial by tho immense concjyirso ol spectators present. As various an(£rasfllcl ing accounts have been current since tmycom misslon of-the act, wo annex a brief bummkry of the only part of tho evidence which bears direct ly upon the merits of tho case, comprising the | testimony of Charles Heighten and John String-’ fellow, on the part of tho Commonwealth, and of Granville F. Roberts in behalf of defendant; they being tho only eye or ear witnesses of the fatal occurrence, and tho circumstances imme diately,proceeding it. 1 A material discrepancy will bo discovered between the testimony of the two parties as to who Was the aggressor at the time tho thrust was made. ' Reighter, after stating the mnnnerin which ho got iu company with Stringfellow and Dunbar, where they had been in tho early part of tho evening, &c., says that “between 11 and 12 o’- clock the deceased said he would go home.— I and Strlngfollow said wo will go along as far as wo all go tho same way. Wo had gone os far ns Mrs. Underwood’s, (north-east corner of Pomfret and Pitt Sts.,) when we stopped a few minutes; while there M’Murray and Roberts came up to us from Mrs, M’Murrny’s; M’Murray looked mo in the face and asked “Is that yotv Charley?” I replied <ltis.* M’Murray and Roberts then started down Pomfret street, went | hut a few Stops and then turned round and asked-j us if we were not going down street; I replied | wo were not; a student about this time put Ids, head out ol a window of tho house on the south- j west corner of tho saiho streets and commenced singing;, M’Murray and Roberts come back and went Ucross to where tho student was singing; Dunbar said he would also go over and hear the singing; I said it was not worth while at was some drunken fellow; Dunbar remarked there could bo no harm in going over; M’Murray and ‘Roberts had at this time reached the opposite corner and were under the student’s window re questing him to admit them to ids room*, he re fused to do so, when they Insisted on his admit- j ting them, hut ho again refused; when Dunbar I had got about midway between the two corners ; Stringleilow s'tarlcd over too; I about tho same time, started across Potnfret street to south-east corner of same streets; had been on the pavement no lime when! turned' round and saw Dunbar in tho act of stepping on tho pavement; M’Murray walked towards him from tho iront door; saw them moot; Dunbarlmmcdlatoly walk ed hock towards tho comer where ho had left us; whoa ho got hall way over he saw wo wore not there; looked round and saw mo standing on opposite corner; camo to mo and said “Charley Pm stabbedl replied “I guess not Can, you «re making fun;” ho replied “yes I am, for God’a.sako toko mo home;” ho told mo to put my’tfafid oh -his breast; T did so; tho blood ran down niy fingers; got him under my loft arm and partly carried and partly dragged him down the pavement' towmds his homo; Could get 1 Im no far ther than 3frs. Spottsw'ood’s house. Ho became too heavy; laid him on the pavement up ngaipst the fence; Strinfefcllowthen Camcrunningacross from tho corner where ho had,last gone and said ho behoved Dunbar’s, throat \vas cut,” &c. Thls'h tho only part oi Uoightcr’a testimony that relates to (ho occurrence’ itself. In narra ting itwejhavo omiUed auuiubor.df unimportant circumstances. -‘-'He'started ,at onccfora l*hj£. Slclan, returned dud tbtnaincd with Dunbar until his death, about 3$ o’clock next morning. Strlngfollow corroborates Rcighter’s testimony las above, and adds: “Roberts asked tho student two or three times to come down; ho replied ho would not <Jo‘ it; M’Murray then hallowed up‘ to him to go to h—l, &c. Roberts then started and ran towards Hundel’s corner—opposite side of Pomfret street—and hallowed back toM’Mur roy to como home that his mother wanted him. Dunbar then stopped upon the curb stone, when M’Mnrray ran at Dunbar and struck him with the knife; Dunbar wheeled round and went away M’Murray then came at mo cutting at mo two or three times; I ran aw&y from him ; I was about nine or ten feet from M’Mnrroy when ho struck Dunbar; Roberts was over at Hendle’s corner; could see something shining in M’Murray’s hand; ran across and down tho street to where Roigh tor had Dunbar; Reighter started ior tho Doc tor;, had my hand on the cut; hollow'ccl murder, hollowed for Mrs. Spoltswood, &c. She came down; I called for water for Dunbar; (old Char ley Spoltswood to hold tho cut, that I was sick and could not stand it, &c.; got tip to walk a way and full in the street; Stringfellow remain ed an hour or so and then went home.” Other witnesses for tho'Commonwealth fol lowed these, but as their testimony elicited nothing of importance to citlipr side, beyond a corroboration of Rcightcr's and Strlnglellow’s relative to their attendance upon Dunbar after ho was wounded, we omit it altogether. - Tho next witness was Granville P. Roberts, tho young,man alluded to by Reighter and Strlngfollow, ns having been in company with M’Murray at tho time. Tho defence relied upon his testimony for an acquittal, on tho grounds of self-defencp. After stating how ho had got into tho com pany of M’Murrayi and where they bad been in the early part of tho evening, h® B ®3' B { “After leaving our company, wo went to Mrs. M’Mur rays to go to bod ; when about half undressed wo heard music at Pomfret street; wo put on our clothes again and went out; wo walked up Pitt street; root threo young mon standing on tho comer. M’Murray thought ho knew ono of tho young mon, and said la that you,'Charley —I hoard him moko no reply to M’Murroy; wo staid two or-threo minutes on tho corner, then M’Murray said Ictus walk down Pomfret street; I wo had not gone but a fow steps down Pomfret I street until wo heard' Cecil singing out of tho window at tho opposite corner. I hollowed to 1 Cecil to como down, ho said ho would not. Co- I oil asked mo who it was; 1 told him Itwas Rob erts; I then asked him again to coma down, hut ha said ho could not. 1 began talking and Jok ing with him then, after wo had boon talking and joking awhile ho said ho would come down and whip us. M’Murray replied ho had better try it; ho had no sooner said’ this than two of tho young mon, who wero standing at thatcorner, started over towards where* wo were; “wo aro boro,” they said as they como up. Ono of them como right up and struck M’Murray ; I could not tell who it wait, it was so dark ; but I sup posed it lobe Dunbar; ho struck him oci him almost down, as M’Murray went to Rat up ho struck him again. When ho, trnc i c tho second time Strlngfollow como up mo. I than rah across to tho opposite Whon M’MurrftV was struck tho second time no fell gainst o™oo. I hid not boo tho blow struck with So talfo. Alter Gtrlngrullow slrack mo ho ran towards M’Murroy and Dunbar i alter I Sot may I hollowed to M’Murray to como homo and not to uso that knife, iho first time I saw tho knife was that evening when ho went to cut a stick and ho showed mo what It was, this was allttlo after ton o'clock: that evening. I ran down towards Mrs. M’Murray’s to toll hfir to como and toko Ephraim away; sho was coming up and I camo along with her to whoro M’Mur ray was j when wq got (hero ho had gone, there was no person there at all then; (hero was stones thrown at M’Murray when ho ran away. I did not soo tholn throw them, hut heard them falling on (ho pavement. I saw tho knlfo aftorho camo in; there was blood on'it; his finger was cut; ho washed tho knife off in a wash howl lb at was I there; I did hot know at that tlino what injury had boon done to Dunbar, neither did ho ns fjir ns I know. That was all I saw oDtho transac tion. M’Murray bad boon drinking that eve ning.” , The Jury, after belng'out about an hour, rorfs dercd’ a vofdlct of, Manslaughter. J The Court thereupon mtonccd him to twrf years and she months, Hntary confinement o§ hard labor lii Aho Eastern PcnnUonUary, pay £ lino of $1 and tho costs of prosecution, and give a bond in $lOOO forhW gobd.'behavior, for tetf years*.*'•Hepburn & Shearer for Commonweahß \ Watts; Bonham and Todd, for Defendant. r. "■ Same va. Martha Washington, colored vrohi ahi for the murder of her daughter Caroline V infant-bastard child. This case was' clearly ' raadeent by the confessions of the prisoner' made to different persons, corroborated by proof of attendant circumstances, and, whs (b the fol lowing effect; - ihe child was born on the morn ing of the 28th of July.. Immediately after ittf ■* birth Mnria'cndcafor«ftandhsshotlibn thought successfully, to kill it, by throwing it ilnori tiff .floor and other inhuman treatment, uavinjf rendered such assistance to her dabghtei* as hen situation required, sho picked up the child, and. ' taking with her a mattock, carried thccliild lef • an old water course at some distance from the house, wherein a dump' of tushes sho dug £ hole, baton raising the child from the' ground for the purpose of placing H in the hole She dis* that it was still alive, that it cried; she therf took a piece of tuuslin from her pocket, with' which she strangled it, and then hastily threw it into the hole, covercditwith leaves and stones 5 % and returned to the lipusc. . - The Jury acquitted her bn the ground that, she was at tho time insand, tt gfcitTnumber of witnesses having been produced who scor’d ttyifc they did not believe she knew the difference bfejc - tween right and wTong. Some of whom haw her at different times in their families. They gave instances of singular conduct, which JhJ jury inferred were symptoms of Insanity. ThJ. , Court sent her to the Insane Asylum until , sho' should recover. Smith & Shearer for Comrar. Sharpe & Penrose for-Defcndant. J • .# . Same vs. Mary Pcsler— Fornication. —Plead guilty, and was sentenced to pay coats of prose- - cation and nominal fine. >V;fki • Same vs. Baron Shurobella —Xffiaß^.ryTiib!/. evidence in this case was that BevCnETpiitral6fv, ' boots and shoes had been stolto Reichert of Slureraanstown, n, few montlis ' and that they were, traced to-Hie: possession on* , ’ the Baron by ofllcdrMcCartucyr“tuat he denied , having them, told 'contradictory *gtorys abb lit - • %' himself nhd business imd that w’hfn ■colled op;: to account .possession of the article* so recently after having been stolen; he was’.unable to do so. He could not do so on his triai t nnd Was therefore convicted. Sentence G months to’ • County Jail, costs of prosecution, and to' restore the property stolen. Shearer for Comnv Miller & Hither for Defendant. _ • , . > Same vs. Herman Hauthcrs —False Pretejith —The defendant was indicted for procuring d pair of boots from Dr. Rawl'h’s, by passing Upon a little boy left in charge of his store r five dol- ■ lar bill purporting to have been issued by the Alabama & Mississippi Railroad Company, at the same time knowing' it tobe.wprthlcsa here, at least, lie having been'so. informed by the Cashier oftheCarlislc Daiik; to whom he had shown it but n little while before. The'Jury not being satisfied thatit was entirely quittedhim. • ’ Same vs. John Bony, (col’d.)— -Assault ond . Battery.-** As usual, John* is a vtty quarrel*... some fellow when snh'quorwhichiswheneveW)o, can get it. Uehad been out of Jail but four dajftf . when he gotinto this difficulty. Sentence one year to County Jail, Costs «c., Shearer for Comm. Cole & Green for defendant. __ From the Ballinwfy-jifats. HIE DUTY OF THE BEMOCIIATIC,||IITY. ~ In looking colmly over the witnessing the gradual absorption of iiro|wlng j , party into the prevailing isms of the dasr£isio conviction forces itself irresistibly upon our mind that the peaefe and integrity of the Union rest with the democratic party. If it be tmeto its time-honored principles, if it maintain its nationality, the country will be safe.-.Jf Hipl-, low the example of the whig party, doning Ha nationality, amalgamate Wiflrtnp sectional factions. now striving for. . the mastery throOghont the country, the day Is not far distant •When glorious Union, now y. ; the envy of the world, wilißc jciviV war, jand violence, and bloodshed, aoana^V*j, cry. t&keJU»o,plaee*nfvtbW pcacc aud * which' hayfl hither fo attended our career.* .Under’,'* these KsiroUmataDecs, it is the - the democratic party to adhere strictly principles which have so long thc? v country in its proud and prosperous |\6silioxi.' ’" and to frown upon every attempt to divide and, distract its. councils. In the language of a co temporary, we regret to'observe a disposition in. certain quarters of the State, on the part of a portion of the democratic patty, to blink the fact of the existence of the new secret .political organization, the members of which styld them-. selves “know-notjilngs.** It.is ominous either of an obliquity of duty result!' * nal desire to tamper with thcs< of offending them—in bothcaf ted, and in both eases sure t 6 disastrous results., • % The demoerniio jwrtyliavc into consideration, in’.discus? the question of expediency f ,’Xhcy ; iiu. . -.igh to ask themselves, is it -proper to incite the op position of the know-nothing party ? Theirs is a stern duty imposed on them by the princi ples to which they profcss'fealty wnd the teach ings of those for whom they-profesa reverence. I It will be a sorry day for than when expcdicn ' cy shall successfully counsel either the ffcnudia- • lion of the former ppforgctftilncss of the latter. The new secret political organization is 1 on dogmas that undermine the federal constitu tion, and are in direct conflict with the whole past policy of the government. It aims to tako the power out of the hands of the people, ana to place it in the lodges of a Jiriarian associa tion, the revelations that have been made re -1 specting the machinery of which must inspire _ intense disgust. It oVcrihrbws llw elective franchise of the individual, and substitutes in its stead the despotic mandate of an invisible counsel. It renews in a more odious form the cruel doctrines of the alien net, with the ad , dltionof the fealufo abridging fcligious freedom, which even the reckless audacity of the old fed eral party would have shrunk aghast at. . With euoh a party in our midst, and that in numbers too largo to excite the contempt they would seem to merit: appealing to the lowest prejudices of the vulgar, and thointokrajt , Hnirit of the narrow-minded and the, bigotcu . under Uiclcadersliip of restless for tho of complete dX’S.fo.toß on tlufr banners things *. if Buccessfblt would sap tho principles, destroy social order, tbo gravo government and destroy s „ land, are charged, is to nut down this organisation, or at least to at imnntit. Xo shnnle from the responsibility of discharging this duty iatoignore the history of tho party and to saonllcc its principles on tho altar of nti extremely problematical expediency. They must meet the issue—meet it boldly and squarely. Andi. t cannot be done 100 soon. Finn on tub MountAiNS.-From all parts of tlio country wo liavo reports of exlcrUivo fires In tho Woods, causing great destruction of tim ber- In tho neighborhood of Tewkesbury and' Wilmington, Mass., about one thousand acres of woodland have boon burnt over, and tho loss is estimated at $20,000. Smoko Is eeon ascon dlngin tbo neighborhood of Hillsboro, N. H>> in all directions, but tho amount of destruction is not mentioned. A terrible fire Is also raging among tho pine timber lands la tho neighbor hood ol London, Canada .West. So dense is tho smdeo along tho track of tho Groat Western Hallway at this point and at Chippewa Creek, that tlio trains are temporarily discontinued. It was hoped that tho shower of last Saturday, which was represented to bo quite copious m Maine, would so effectually dampen tho ground that tho fires would all bo extinguished j but this has proved delusive. According to tbo last despatch, the fires romainpd unchecked, v and things wore In a most calamitous whole tracts oi woodland in tlio vicinity ofDan- j gorhaving already boononilroly destroyed. «o e nro*happy in being able lo record that mountains and woodlands in this wlcinlty, bav® loetfrcmarkably exempt from, such.visitations. / lift
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