AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. JOHN B. BRATTON, Editor & Proprietor. CARLISLE, PA.. JULY 4, 1855. Standing Committee Sleeting. The Democratic Standing Committee of Cum berland county, nro requested to meet at the public hotiao of Joseph Uiaor, in Carlisle, on Saturday, July 2Ut, 3855, at 1 o’clock, P. M., for tho purpose of appoint ing the time for holding tbo delegate elections in tho several townships and boroughs, to elect Delegates to a County Convention, whoso duty It' will be to nominate a Democratic County Ticket. Three or toe Committer. July 6, 1855. Tho following named gentlemen compose the Standing Committee of Cumberland county, for the trfesent year: ,Wm. M. Matccr, Lower Allen; William L. Cockiln, Upper Alien ; John Cramer, E. W., Carlisle; Willis Foulk, W. W., Carlisle; Wm. Harper Dickinson ; David Eyster, E. Penns.; Peter Minicli, Fmnkford; Robt. 6. Young, Hampden; David Hoover, Hopewell ; Uobort C, M’Culloch, MiflJin; Samuel Eckles Sr., Mo chanlcsburg; Benjamin Krldcr, Monroe; Wra. Kilnk, Newvilio ; Christopher Mollingcr, New ton ; John G Miller, Now Cumberland; Wm. Cornrann, N Middleton; Snyder Kuploy, S Middleton ; Benjamin Duko,Sbipponsburg B<>.; T. P. Bialr, Shjppcnsburg (p.; Dr. James Mc- Culloch, Silver Spring; John Elliott,W.Penns.< Daniel S. Croft, Southampton. the purpose of giving the hands in our office an opportunity to participate in the observances of the -4th, wo issue our paper this week on Wednesday—one day in advance of its regular publication. CJ7* After the Democratic party of this coun ty has selected its candidates far the various offices, wo shall not be found wanting In ex plaining the position occupied by the opposing candidates. We will also consider It our duty to exposo to the public gaze all those who, for the sake of obtaining office, attempt to deal in duplicity and treachery. But it is too soon and tho weather is too hot also to begin this work at present. The communication of “Jits tice" is therefore placed in our pigeon-box for the present. On a future occasion wo may make use of it. lior Wbathbr.—Thursday, Friday ami Sat urday of last week, were very hot days, the thermometer ranging at from Od to 90° ! On Sunday evening wo had a fine shower of rain, accompanied by considerable wind, since which lime the weather, (although still very warm,) is not so oppressive os it had been. Hat Making. —Our farmers ore now busy lu gathering in their hay. Wo regret to add that tho grass crop in this county is unusually light, not being more than a third of tho usual yield. Foot-Wai.ks.—Wo aroglad to see that our Town Conned, (notwithstanding it is composed of dark-lantern gentlemen.) fed disposed to push on the spirit of Borough improvement. Tim foot-walks now being laid down at the different crossings arc of the right material and have long been needed, f/al the Council also see to it that the pavements are put down by all our citizens, and our borough will soon be consid ered the handsomest inland town m the Slate. O" The Examinations of our Iwrough schools closed for this year, on Friday evening, when a lecture was dclivcra} by Dr. Kevin at Edu cation flail. Dr. N. is a chaste ond finished orator, rfnd his speech on this occasion contain ed much that was instructive and entertaining. Oor Watkr-Wouks. —The water was let Into one of the basins Inst week, and it is now nearly filled. Our citizens will now besupplied with water, night and day, without interrup tion- Dcwj Tax. —Our*Know-Nothing Town Coun cil, it Bcorns, aro determined lo levy ami collect a tax on every dog within the Borough limits. During these pinching tiroes, when it requires the energy of every man to k. —John Wilson, Commissioner of the Land Office, received his letter of dismissal cnreut fv«n the President, and retired from tho office immediately. It is thought that Wilson Shannon, of Ohio, will be his successor. . Mohr “FoRKrrJK Intkrfhrrnce.”— They say Gavazzi is coming over here next Full, to lecture in the principal cities ami towns of the Union fli aid of the K. N’s. Tho Albany Slnlc Jlepi.iter says that "in his journey through the Union Gavazzi will be accompanied by an old and distinguished member of the American Party, whoso name has already occupied an honorable place in the nalionalUlcrary world.” This probably means Mr. C. Edwards Lester, otherwise known as Helen Dhu. OCT"' The printers of Cincinnati have formed o military company. This is tho first compa ny of the kind ever established in this country, country. Printers arc generally godd handling “stooting slicks,” and wo think it proper that they should publicly demonstrate the fact, “o lu mi/ttairc. ” A Bold Wager. —Tho Cleveland Herald of fers to stake its reputation for veracity, that Hour will be down to 50 per barrel in thir ty days. It says tho crops never looked better in the state of Ohio, and (he prospect is that there will bo the largest yield ever known in that Stale. There arc thousands of bread-eat ers who would rejoice to find Die Herald win Its wager, but however plentiful tho harvest may be, the time is 100 short to realize the pre diction. The first new Hour of the season from Charleston was sold in New York a few days ago for per barrel. Harvesting in Virginia The farmers of Virginia have commenced harvesting their wheat. The crop is generally considered good, except In the Southwest of the Slate, where the flyhas injured it; but as largo quantities of wheat were sown, it is expected that tho har vest will be more abundant than usual. The drying of the straw immediately below tho head, by which the ascent of sap ia arrested, in said to be ono of the most reliable indications of tho maturity of the plant, and of the necessity of cutting and curing it. Ciumr and Death. —Tho neighborhood of Tinlcum, in Bucks county, Pa., has been much excited in consequence of tho death of a young woman, named Elizabeth lUllpot. who was supposed to have been the victim of on attempt at abortion for the purpose of concealing tho consequences of her betrayal, by a resident of Doylcslown, in that county. Tho Coroner’s jury sat on tho 7thand IGth ult., and returned as their verdict, that tho girl’s death “was caused by tho premature birth of a child." When tho name of tho seducer was announced, strong indications of “lynching" the individu al alluded to,were manifested, bu tho manoqgod to escape in ft carriage. KT’ThoLaurel Factory, Md. p has been de stroyed by fire. Loss 100,000—insurance $OO,- 000. 'L7' New York city is getting to bo an old village, as it was incorporated one hundred and ninety years ago, on tho Mth of Juno, 1605. IC7" Tho salary of tho Governor-General of Canada is ten thousand dollars a year more than that of the President of the U. S, Tlio Know-NotbiHg Split, ~ Tho Know-Nothings have boon holdlrig moot ings in several of thp largo cities for tlio purpose, Wprcsiinio, of ratifying iheaplil that lately took placo in Philadelphia* • At ono of these moot ings, hold last wbok in Now York, tho name of Andrew Jackson Donolson,‘occurred/ How ho could -cast so much reproach on the namo nml fame of tlio immortal chief of .tKq Hermitage, whoso adopted son ho was, wo are at a loss to conceive. Tho New York Evening Potl in Yd fcrlng to tho mooting, speaks of Afr. Honolaon and hiff speech as follows s “ Among those who were so unwise as to seek notoriety at (ho meeting last evening, was Major Andrew Jackson Donelaon, of Tennessee. Ho plead a severe cold as an excuse for.hamling to the reporters a long and feeble tirade against tho present administration at Washington, which ho professed to bo unablo to road. Ho would have had reason to congratulate himself if his cold had incapacitated him from writing us well ns rending it. Ho had been, it will bo remembered, an applicant to tho Presi dent for tho ndlces of Minister to Berlin and of Consul to Liverpool. His qualifications for those places were more correctly estimated by the Executive than himself, and ho was not ap pointed. It is a common Infirmity of weak men to resent neglect in exact proportion to the de gree they may have deserved it, and so it has , proved with tho Major. Il« joined tho Know , Nothings for tho better chance ho thought it af forded Idm of striking at the authors of his dis appointment, and ims published a speech for them which would occupy a column and a half of the Evening Post, in which nothing Is so dis tinctly proved as (hat ho Is far less troublesome to tho administration ns ah enemy Ilian as a friend.” LATER FROM EUROPE. The steamer Baltic arrived at New York on Thursday, bringing with her advices of nn in teresting nature. Her dates to the 10th ult., disclose much of moment. ’’We learn that tins vessel brings some two, hundred passengers, ; among whom we observe Moses Maynard', Esq., I beater of dispatches from London. The foreign papers contain telegraphic details of the recent successes of the Allies Indore Sebastopol. The French, as before staled, raptured thcManiclon and wWe fortifications of the Russians. The fighting is reported to have been most sangui nary and five thousand men have been reported !to have fallen. From the new position of the ; French, in gaining which they captured sixty. ! two guns and some SUO prisoners, enables them to throw shells, quite effectually, among the , shipping in the harbor. Since the English suc ceeded in storming effectually, the Riflemens’ works in the quarries, the firing lias been slack. The allied fleets have consatnalcd several very important operations in the Sen of Azoff, among which wo observe the burning of the stores at jTnganrogand and Mannpol. AH accounts in f dicate much disease and despondency in the j Crimea, owing to the severity of the weather. Much interesting miscellaneous matter is con tained in the budget of this steamer. We learn that cx-l’rcsidcnt Fillmore was presented to Queen Victoria, by the Karl of Clarendon at a recent audience and subsequently at a “draw ing room.’’ Mr. Buchanan occoinpained Mr. Fillmore and afterwards dined with Her Majes ty. Arthur Cunningham denies in a card that the ship Samuel Appleton, of winch ho was su j percargo, carried anus to Russia. Sir Thomas i Trowbridge, who lost both his limbs at Inker ] man, has received the appointment of Director General of Army Clothing. An English sub ject named Rolfc, was recently arrested at ITnm burg, on a charge of enlisting men for the Brit ish Foreign Legion. The British Government demanded his liberation, tho Rbip-ol wnr Otter, with the request. In the meantime Rolfc hod been liberated ami expelled from the the city. Dr. Locock, the celebrated accouch eur, who has had much experience in Queen : Victoria’s nursery, was summoned by telegraph lo Paris, where, after consultation with Drs. Dubois and Conneon, it has bceu solemnly nn- ■ nounced that there will be born an heir lo the throne. The Emperor of Austria arrived at i Cracow, on Thursday the 14th nit. N«ws?ai»bu Education.— The following ex tract is from a letter wUlcn by an English au thor, whoso first work was published in thclStb century, and expresses the opinion of one whoso pen has never been employed but for good, and whose earnestness in tho cause of education has never been exceeded. Jt was addressed to the London Times: ‘•lndependently of what may bo the pecuniary interests of the Times news paper, I should strongly oppose, were I in Par. Moment, any measure that might cramp it. I ivc a high opinion of what I deem to bo the eduariional influences of a paper that employs so much literary ability in a way that brings its compositions into perpetual perusal. A busy, hurrying ago, will not sit down to read history, philosophy, or political science in the host books on the subject. If they would,! should count the frequency and absorption of a daily paper to bo damaging to the general mind. But, in the absence of such reading, here is a valuable substitute, if not a perfect equivolcnt, inlcrpwsing. grove, sober, Instruc tive arguments, on a great variety of matters, in the course of frivolity and dissipation of mind engendered by novels and burlesques and huf. fooncry. Dr. Arnold found that the serial pub. Mentions of Dickens, »fcc., much hindered his hoys.” A Laiotr BiUOK.—At amcotingof tho Tenth .Ward Temperance Alliance, New York, in the basement of tho Allen Street Presbyterian Church, Mr. Allen, an aged citizen, arose and said that he hod been informed from a reliable source, that just previous to the passage of the Prohibitory Law, au ex-Aldennan was sent to Albany by the liquor dealers of that city with tiro sum of for the purpose of pur* chasing the cngraflmcntof a certain clause into tho Prohibitory bill favorable to tho liquor traf (lo. This 340,000, ho said, was pocketed by one of tbo Senators, but the clause was uot en grafted into tho bill. Grain in this Wrst. —A letter from Bu reau county, 111., Rays that all the warehouses along tho railroads are full of groin, and many thousands of bushels are piled up in bogs along tho sides of tho tracks. Long trains of cars groan under tho weight of‘grain with which they arc loaded. r fKo farmers plead with tho buyers for more bags, and tho buyers with tho railroads for more cars. All tho farmers have planted from ono to thirty acres more than last year, and all now looks well for a.heavy crop. OCT* In deepening a well at Mobile, Ala., on Tuesday, 15th Juno, a cypress stump, which bore axo marks, was discovered at tho depth of 18 fegt. Remains of trees aro frequently found deeply imbedded, but wo do not rcroem tbat marks of cutting have over been found on them. Part colors of fhc Wfeilnd tho following ocedaht’of' tholai earthquake in the Baltimore American, of J u “j At about 18 minutes past 12 o'clock dajr morning,.our 'citizens were arousclE their slumbers by an apparent exnl™£« H rumblingnoiso, /inch Z . to be nn cxploamp t>f a powder mill orEf zmo. and brothers to have been thcclS? an earthquake. Anxious inquiry woB ‘X?■ all directions in tbo morning, but it was E ascertained that tho powder mills, bolbv?-^ 1 Liberty road, known os Jamieson’s ami Ik 1 " 1 ol Messrs. Beatty, on' tbo & road, wore all in good order, and that tho Si mg of tbo earth proceeded from an explosion fo n mightier magazine than tlioso constructed h» human ngenov. We since learn that Jamieson? mills on tho Liberty road, arc owned byTl™ srs. Wm. Mason and sons, and that tier not manufacturing now. , y aWf At York, Pa., w;o Icorij frompassengers who came down yesterday, the shock win startling, rousing tho whole population J, creating such, nn excitement' that but few Wcm willing lo roliro again for tho ni"ht ti shock and rumbling noise that foTlowed it causing a shaking of furniture and a rntlhn/i' windows, is .said to have lasted tolly twcnlr seconds at York. * * / In all sections of tho city the sensaiion wm equally distinct mid unmistakably ona)),W and we have met with but few who wm not hroused from their sleep by the coacußsion and unearthly noise that, followed tho shock, which is variously estimated to have lasted from 12 lo 20 seconds. 1 Tho night wm cicessWeW warm oud tho atmosphere thick and smoky. The- Next legislator.. • V c are glad to jicrccivc that our Democratic friends tUilhe ulterior appreciate the importance of making good selections for the Legislature It is, indeed, a mailer of the flyst moment.— Inattention lo it has heretofore tended invaria hly to disgrace. What the people demand'in a decided change in the characters of the men sent to Harrisburg; and they will have it— Westmoreland has done well in nominating such a man as Hon. 11. D. Poster, and other counties arc emulating her example by selecting men of high character and unquestioned integrity— Onr city, too, will do - her whole duty in this regard, and the shameless traders, whose pur pose was to make money, will, if heard of at all about tho capital, at least not occupy posi tions as members, but be looked upon ns creep ing things about tlic Hall, whose very presence speaks of fraud and conspiracies to profit by violating the wishes of the people. They have had their day. The people know them, and will not again confide lo their, or. other hands like theirs, tho high and responsible duties of legislators.— Phihi. A rgr«. Tub Cat out op tup. Bag—We dtp thcfol lowing from tho Baltimore Clipper, and,beg Democrats to notice the admission of (he Louis ville Journal that our adopted fellow citizens vole wilh the Democratic parly; The editor of the New Hampshire Patrick, President Pierce's home organ, says that tho Democratic parly is desirous of pulling an end to nil undue influence of foreign born citizens in elections. Upon which the Louisville Journ al remarks: “We guess the Democratic par ly, if they were to do it, would be very much in the predicament of, tho fellow who, wishing lo saw a limb from a high tree, took bin Real upon the limb while he performed the operation. “As soob as I had done sawing,” said he, ‘T heard something drop!” That tho Know-Nothing movement was a mere Whig dodge we have never doubted. Tho witty admission of the Journal is, however, not without valuOj coming as it docs from & hie Whig, and IC.'N. paper. Henry Ward Beecher on PniiENoi.ooY— In a recent Sunday morning kermon to bis con gregation this gentleman announced himself very decidedly a believer in tho science of Phre nology. He not only did this, but, recommen ded its study for his flock, for he contended there was no better preparation for religious indoctrination than _ a practical knowledge of the human soul as ia given by-Phnjhology.— He furthermore believed if he bad had any suq» cess in bringing tho trutlis of the gospel lo bear practically upon the minds of men, any sue ccs in (ho vigorous application of truths lo the wants of the human soul, where they are most needed, he owed it to the clearness which ha had gained from this science. Graduates at West Pomr.—The whoh Lr number of tbo graduating class at West Point, when it was formed four years ago, was 81.-*- ■ Of Ibis number only 34 graduated at tho Into , examination. A curious fact is developed, >i showing tho powers of endurance of slndenM from various section's of, tho Union. AU vto $ Stales arc represented in proportion to then f: representation in Congress. Tho South liadlti [A due number at the start, and yet, at tbo-end if 1 four years, only five from the slave States irt to be found in tho list of graduates. A letter from Nashville iTcnfi.) to (be Louisville Times says the wheat from tho Ken tucky lino to that place, has been harvested and the yield is unparalleled ; the sumo oftra ber of acres reaped doable that of any forrotf year. AU saved without tho slightest blemish. HTT" Charles L. Curtis of Cincinnati waited a plank for 40 hours on a wager of $5OO, and won the bet. Ho was much cxhauatcd*aml was borne to his room by his friends. Murder in Lebanon.-—Wo learn from the Lebanon Advertiser, that» man named Neal Ramsey, aged about CO years, was murdered on Wednesday, tbo 21st ull. Ills wifu omU man named Tyng have been arrested on suspi cion of being the murderers, and ore now injd to answer tbo 'charge. Tho nmdtr bccws to have been committed in a family quarrel. (CT'- Tho Elkton, Cecil county, Whig, stale* that the late rise on tho Susquehanna has w* ablcd all tho lumber on tho way to bo brought to market and that it is rapidly being taken »t advanced rates. OCT* The Democrats of Louisiana held their Slate Convention at Baton Rouge on the ult.,* and nominated tho following candidate* for Stato officers, viz: Robert 0. WiokUflc, C* Governor ; Charles 11. Mouton, Lieut. OoTcnj* or; Andrew S. llgren, Sect’ry of Slate; & ■ Marks. Auditor; 0. E. Grcncaux, Treasurer; ,E. Warren Moisc, Attorney General; Sa mUfl Bard, Superintendent ojf Education. UI?~ Tho Know-Nothing Council rccouMf* 1 ' f In Philadelphia, provided for o Nation*' c I oil to bo bold in (ho mono city, cotnmcw« | tho 224 February next, to select caiuli a a. President and Vico President of tho h Slaton. Tho dologatoa aro to bo fro® , | Stale, equal In munbor to Ifa represent* both branches at tho U. S. Congrcaa, ata i obosoli by (ho Statu Councils, two ho™ ( tho Stale at largo, and ono from ouch bo Hlonul district IC7» The journeymen printers of I hnvo formed themselves into a military ny, being tho llrstorgauiiation of tho United Stales. .