AMEmCAffipipTEER.
JMTTfIN)' & Proprietor.; i
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"!r V^ NQV.29.. 1855. -
trni*n-'Clre Company declares.
Lecture of tlio conrso, will be
delivered by WawS, SstKj-of York, on
fho Cth / ST : ot Mttridb Hall. Subject
«*Th6Untfubnco -of*- Utilitarianism' on Social
Life.” • vu-- .-W , ’
i ■ Slhgla tickets 12| cents.
‘ APOLdor”—For the last week or were wc
.have been a Severe and obstinate
.cold, and have felt no. disposition to attempt to
contributO tiluoh to our columns this week.—
'Tf. candy, lemon-juice, licorice
root, and.a hundred other nostrums arc of any
avail, we :hupo to be about -again in “a few
days.** '’ ’
■. ■ ,(£?• Thanksgiving day was appropriately ob-
BtrVcd by our citizens generally. There was a
.general suspension of business and religious ex
'crciscs were held in tho churches.
•• We call attention to tho advertisement
of the Cosmopolitan Art Asssociation, about
the only company of the kind that lives up to
its promises. With such liberal offers as they
advance.no one can loose any thing,and may bo
one of the fortunate. Either one of the maga
zines is worth the money invested by mem
bers.
Left fob Washington.—Mr. Todd, mem
ber of Congress elect from this district, left
Carlisle on Tuesday morning for Washington,
to enter upon his duties.
Second Lecture of the Course.—The sec
ond leclare of the course before the Union Fire
Company, will-be delivered at Marion Hall, on
Thursday evening, the 6th of December, by
William Henry Welsh. Esq., of York. Mr.
Welsh is a chaste and finished speaker, and
has had cnosiderable experience as a lecturer.
Helms selected (or his snbject—“77»c influence
of Utilitarianism on Social Lije. We hope
to see the Hall crowded to its utmost capacity
on this occasion, as a rich intellectual treat
may be expected.
Good Will Hose Company Fair.—lf we
may judge from the zeal and activity of the la
dies of our town, in making and preparing ar-.
tides for the Fair of the Good Will Hose Com
pany, it will certainly be a very creditable af
fair. The ladies appointed on the committee of
Arrangement arc using commendable efforts in
behalf of the enterprise. We arc glad to see
this, for our Fire Companies should be liberally
encouraged by all uur citizens, and particular
ly property holders. The Fair commences, as
we stated in our last, on the 241 h of December,
and will continue for one week.
Mb. M’Clintock’s Lecture.— The first of a
series of Lectures for the benefit of the Union
Fire Company, was delivered on the evening of
the 22d Inst, at Marlon Hall, by Rev, John M’-
Custocr, of Carlisle. Subject—” Imprttsions
in Europe .” The Hall was filled with attentive
listeners, and a largo number of ladies wore in
attendance to cheer on the good work with their
bright glances and approving smiles.
Of the lecture of Mr. M'Clintock wc need
■av but little, for our evidence is not wanting to
satisfy the people hero of the speaker’s talents,
or the ability with which he treated his subject.
Suffice it to say, then, that tho address was not
only well delivered, but whs filled with choice
historical facts, and a great deal of highly Inte
resting information.
Wo hope to see these lectures encouraged by
oar citizens. But, there is one suggestion wo
would make to the gentlemen composing the
Union Fire Companj. and that is that they pro
hibit the delivery o( political lectin cs. Our
people have no desire to pay for hearing Know.
Nothing speeches and falsehoods. They had
enough of that last winter, and they don't wish
a repetition of the dose.
TmN SnoßV—Wc always fed prmoked,
when weflte, during the fall and winter months,
a lady wearing thin shoes. It is a piece of
recklessness Wc never could excuse, and yet
still persist in tins habit, merely to
show ofl their pretty little feet. A summer
bird flint has lingered late in the autumn, leav
ing its tiny foot-print in the first fall of snow,
ever reminds one of that delicate fair one, in
light thin slippers, on a cold ice pavement.—
The little bird, however, can escape to a warm
er clime, and in the spring it can return, but
that lady is on that journey from which there
is no return. The music of the bird may again
gladden its native tree, but her voice will not
again chccr the hearth of her home. The badges
of sorrow and the slow returning hearse will
soon tell what that slipper has done.
MANUPACTt’HF.3.— Our citizens should stir
themselves to their own interests, by cncoura- 1
ging the location of manufactories in our midst.
Labor is the foundation of wealth, as well as
progress, in a town. It is true that popula
tion is steadily increasing—that strangers arc
attracted slowly by the excellent schools, pub
lioand private, as well as the beautiful loca
tion of the town, but our citizens should not
rest satisfied by this slow progress, but exert
themselves to add ; to the present sources of pro*
gresa those otlnfr 1 important aids which flow
from labor-giving crpployments. 'Will not our
community tnakO some decided efforts in this
diwctittit? * Eorluna;dcpchda upon your own
exertions.
AMS; Utnra., IIABBISUUKO.—Du
riBg a UlorvitiU lo tho Slats Capilol, wo 'pul
up" at the United Stales Hold, kept by Mr.
IJf Vf. Kanaoa. This is one of the best and
mist commodious hotels at the scat of Govern
ment, and is managed with great skill and care.
every-apartment of his extensive estab
lishment.’ Ois table is equal to those of tho
best city hotels, and all in Iris employ nso their
bcstcfliJt-tk’lo make the guests comfortable.—
Tho housd 13 doing a very largo business, and
most richly is ft cqtitlcd to tho patronage it re-1
Wives.’ any,of.our friends pay Itarris
tari h'Visibtbiriog tho present winter, wo ad
vise then! to try tho United States Hotel. Our
word for'll.'.thrly 'vyill feel perfectly at homo du
ring thijif ICamaoa,
Shade ,Tn?n3.—A nutaibch of our citizens,
wo pcrcoivo, 1 aro planting yoiing trees in front
of their dwellings.' This is exceedingly praise
wprthy, for nothing is so pleasant and nothing
ye bcautcifttl ip ft town as handsome shade trees
along. itfio. sidewalks- Wo ; hope tho example
trill bi genorally followed by our citizens.
Whleh li flit PfltJleged'Ww* Fv
The Northern Abolitionists in tho
habit of declaring, that the Southern Slave?
holders were Uur privileged class In this •'Coun
try, on account of the clauao ln the Conbiitur
tibn providing that “throc.fiflhs of all other
persons,’’ meaning slaves, shall bo; represented
in the Congressional apportionment.' The fact
appears to be the other way, inasmuch .ns the
National Congressional representation, embra
ces in itr. apportionment, both negroes and
aliens. The Ohio Statesman has a capital arti
cle upon this subject, and contends, with much
force and truth, that the North enjoyed the
same privilege of representation upon the basis
of,“three-fifthaof all other persons,” as tho
South. In this, wc allude to tho condition of
things ns they Were when most of tho Northern
States held slaves. But it is not true that the
South, even now, enjoys any special privilege
over the North in regard to representation.—
Wc observe that this subject of representation
is the theme of Mr. Seward’s great disunion
speech at Albany—and it was the theme of the
speeches of Mr. Chaso while on the stump in
Ohio. The States of this Union all stand upon
an equality in regard to all the privileges of rep
resentation and taxation—and there is no p>iv-
ilcge extended to the South that was not en
joyed by the North when the compromises
were made, and which may not now be enjoy
ed at the pleasure of the North. But when the
Northern States freed their slaves, they became
the privileged class, because they thereafter
counted all their colored population as a.basis
of representation, while the South was entitled
to but three-fifths. Ohio now counts all tho
negroes within her borders in tho enumeration
for members of Congress, while Kentucky
counts but three out of five. Is not Ohio tho
privileged member 1 But she docs not enumer
ate her slaves! No, blit she may, if she will.
She acts upon her own violation—there is no
special privilege concerning the question. Vir
ginia has five hundred thousand slaves, three
hundred thousand ol whom are counted in her
census, upon which representation in Congress
is based. The moment she abolishes slavery,
she would be entitled to two more members in
tho House of Representatives. The population
would not bo changed in character, but the
abolition ot slavery would increase her power
in Congress, and in Conrtnfioru, of which Mr.
Smith complained so bitterly. The North has
actually the advantage in this point of view—
and wc suppose Ohio has an extra member of
Congress based upon this inequality in repre
sentation—and we wish it was so. in fact, that
Mr. Giddings could be the immediate represen
tative of Ibis class.
There are no questions relative to (henation
al policy of this government so little understood
and so lightly appreciated as the compromises
of the Constitution upon the subject of slavery,
and the relative position of North and South.
The war waged by Chase and Seward against
the South, is a war upon the compromises of
the Constitution —a stab at the wisdom and
patriotism of those who framed our glorious
Constitution, and made this nation tho light
and glory of the World ! The idea of. “human
chattels,’ 1 as the Journal has it, being tho ba
sis of representation favorable to the South, is
a silly humbug, only equalled in wickedness by
the hypocracy of those who cry out against the
wisdom of our ancestors, aod denounce the
compromises of the Constitution.
BaEAca or Trcst.—A. correspondent ’ very
justly considers this unpunishable offunco worse
tliau stealing. It is well known (hat tho poor
devil who steals a loaf of bread to keep himself
and his family from starving lias (ho severest
penalty of an undiscrhninatlng law meted oat to
him : but the man who is well to do in tbeworld,
and associates with respectable rogues, may
dispose of any money entrusted to
liis keeping, and there is no redress; it Is a
mere “breach ot trust/* and of coarse men are
fools to trust one another. Tho difference be
tween the two eases is this ? Tho first Is com
pelled to steal or die—hcnco the crime; while
the latter steals of his own free will, and be
cause it is his nature—hence tho respectability
ic operation and tho fact that no law exists
to punish the operator. It is evident that tho
poverty and necessities of the former constitute
tho crime, and not tho act of stealing, which'la
only tho means of disclosing his griilty condl-
tion. The view of tho two eases shows as plain
ly as tho noso on the face that onrlegielatlonfs
intended especially for tho poorl >
Grain Fienna.—Such a luxuriant covering ol
the richest greeny os now beautifies tho greater
part of the grain fields# has been seldom, If over
soon, at this period ot tho year. Tho remarka
bly “ growing fall,” lias oven brought forward
those fluids put in tmusually late, owing to de
lays occasioned by tho excessive amount of raln,
In such a manner as to enable the young grain
to stand the severity of the coming winter.—
The appearance of oil, taken together, is well
calculated to fill tho hearts of tho husbandmen
with hope for future harvests. Tho high rolo
of breadstuff* has stimulated not only to tho
sowing of a larger brdadth, but to better culti
vation and higher manuring, which, the season
1 favoring, will ensure heavy harvests.
Our friend of tho Carlisle Volunteer Is
mistaken In regard to the number of persons ap
pointed by the Canal Commissioners from Lan
ca>(cr county. At Icdst throe, if not four, of
tho persons iiarned 1 belong to other counties.-*-
They aro merely temporary residents of old
Federal Lancaster.” Let justice bo done.—
Ifarritburg Patriot.
“Lot justice bo done,” Is what wo have been
urging upon tho Canal Commissioners for tho
last tea years, but our appeal* have always
proved fruitless, and wo have made up our mind
that “justice’' is tho last thing thought pf by
tho Canal Board. Wo say it boldly that tho
Southern tier of counties have, on all occasion*,
boon shamefully and dishonestly treated. Per
haps If tho Dcmocrots in this section were will
ing to adopt tho “bargain and sale” gamp, end
pledge themselves to use (heir Influence for this
man for President, and that man for U« 8. Sen.
ator or Statu Treasurer, thoy might Men froacb
tho dull cars of tho Oonal Commissioners—but
this they will never do. Thoy despise such low
trickery, and have little respect lot tho mop
1 who will rocognizo It.
Bchtnkss at Noufoi.k. —Tho Norfolk pa*
pers speak of a gratifying revival in business
there. Tho vnriou? slups-yarfls, arc said to
present a scene of much activity.
Tub Puksidbnt’s Mb3BAgb.— lt is sold the
message of President Pierce is already prepar*
cd, but that no copies will be sent abroad for
tho newspapers, ns heretofore, in advance of its
delivery, at the commencement of the session
of Congress. Tho resolution has probably been
induced by iho jincortointy in relation to tho
organization of the House.
'“''TOrifißFifii: tnSiWffiSK' :
In Virginia, wh«r<| the voters proclaim, open,
ly the names of thdso they wish elected,secret,-
oath-boUnd'Know-'Nothipgisin neveritook d£4)V
roo'
Tho ballot covers treachery, and.thcreis
no doubt .but its operation here, contributed
materially to Know-Nothing success; Iftfet 1
Under cover of it, members of'tho ‘order re
mained hidden from tho world, and, with, fhir
exterior, travelled with our candidate for Gov
ernor, obtained from him his confidence for the
purpose of betrayal. .Others professed friend'
ship for Democratic candidates for lower offices,!
obtained their money for expenses in seeing and
getting out voters, which they used in travell
ing and electioneering against them! .Allthis
demoralization open voting would prevent.—
The argument for the ballot is so weak that a
change to open voting is worthy of serious con
sideration. Wo like tho following remarks of
Sydney Smith on this subject:
Tho man who performs what ho promises
needs no box. Tlio man who refuses to do what
he is asked to do despises the : box.' ■ The liar,
who says ho will do what he never means to do,
is the only man to whom the'box is-useful;
where ballot prevails the other vices look up
and think themselves neglected because false
hood obtains such flattering distinction, and is
thus shielded by the solemn enactments of law..
Old John Randolph, tho American orator,
was asked one day at a dinner parly in Lon*
don, whether the ballot prevailed in his State of
Virginia—“l scarcely oclisyc,” ho said “wo
have such a fool in all Virginia’, as to mention
even tho vote by ballot; and! do-nof hesitate
to say that the adoption of the ballot would
make any nation a nation of scoundrels, if it
did not nnd them so.” John 'Randolph was
right; he felt that it was not necessary that a
people should be. false in order to bo free; uni*
vcrsal hypocrisy would bo tho consequence of
ballot': we should soon say on deliberation
what David only asserted in bis haste, that all
men were liars.
Slave Stampede. —The Norfolk Argus of
Thursday learns that a party of eighteen slaves
of both sexes, left that city and Portsmouth
last week for some Northern port. They arc
mostly young, and some of them valuable me
chanics, valued at from fifteen hundred to two
thousand dollars each. It is supposed that
they left in an oyster boat.
„ Case of Gov, Reeder —The New York
Evening Post says a very careful counting of
noses in the next Cgonrcss gives a majority of
sixteen in favor of admitting Gov, Reeder as
the representative from the territory of Kansas
in that body, and against the admission of
Whitbeld, who brings the certificate of Gov.
Shannon. This includes no vole from any
Southern State, nor does it include the vote of
Valk, Kelley or Havens, of Next York, who
will probably vote against the admission of
either delegate.
Mississippi Thoroughly Democratic. —
Tbe Democratic majority in Mississippi for
Governor, thus far, is 4,372, and will be m
creased, probably, to fire or six thousand. The
Democrats have a majority of between thirty
and forty, in tho Legislature on joint ballot,
which will enable them to elect aD. 8. Senator
in place of Stephen Adams the present incum
bent, who, it will be remembered, made a K.
N. speech during tho session of the late Con*
gress. Mr. Adams will have to take a back
seat. The whole Congressional delegation from
Mississippi »s Democratic. Lake, Know-Noth
ing, heretofore re ported ter be fleeted, has ;been
defeated by Singleton, Dcm.
Good Old Age-— The Valley Spirit says of
the BrindleTfomily, residing in St. Thomas,
Franklin county, and. consisting of threo sis
ters and two brothers, that their united ages
on the Ist inst. was 426 years and Tmpnlhs.
Their ages respectively are:—Molly, 91: 5;
Melchoir, 89: 9; Catharine, 87:2; Jacob, 80: 3;
and Eliza; 76:10. They all reside in the same
neighborhood.
Well Said.— The London Leader commen
ces an article in regard to the offleiousness of
the English government in matters of foreign
concern, with, the. general statement' that
“there is no authority that comtalts crimes
with so bland a countenance and 80 obstinate
a perversity as virtue. It is when wo arc per
fectly convinced of our being in the right that
we arc the most incorrigible in our misdeeds-’*
Col. A. K- M’Clorb, late editor of the
Chambersbure IVhig, W became* joint part
ncrin the llarrisburg Telegraph. ■ Wo hope he
may be the means of reforming the morals of
that paper.
Democratic Candidates for the Presi
dbnct.—lrt on article in the Washington Un
ion, referring to tho qualifications of candi
dates for'thc Presidency, the names of .R- M.
T. Hunter, iand Henry A. Wise, of Virginia,
James Buchanan# and Geo.
sylvania, Ocn. Cass, and President Pierce, arc
mentioned.
A Bird of ill Omen. —Thu last number of
Harper contains an article—a sort of half pro
phecy—that tfie scourge of the yellow fever is
steadily making its way Northward^—will ap
pear next year In Philadelphia and New York.
A very pleasant piece of literary intelligence,to
be sure.
(C7* Four children, the eldest but fourteen
years of age, arrived at Providence, U. I. on
Saturday.morning, from Ireland, having mqdo
the voyago alone, for tho purpose of meeting
their mother, who was at work in a factory In
(hat vicinity.
K7* Two young mcn,fron> Easton \rcro out
gunning, a few days since, in Warren county,
N. J., When they were brdcrodofi ' the lands of
a farmer, homed Dewitt, by a son of his. An
altercation-ensued, in the. course of which
young DtWltt was struck ori the head with ft
gun, from tho effects of which ho died. 1 :
OCT* A ijtgro named Rcprgp, Juiß.bcen Senten
ced tn be hanged In Wyth ?bupty> va,,.oh Dor
cembcr 21et, for attempting to commit an out
rage upon a .Mrs. Grenville. ‘ Stqnc,' ft vyhitb
Iftdy. ,• - • ’ - • •
(xy the Irfyb political exile,
has advertised a new booknn political subjects,
the title being “The Principles of Govmiment,
or Meditations in Ez'dfr?*,!:
DwnANPiNO.-Thrtiughoul the SoulherttSlotcs;
with tho',exception of ft few Solitary localities,
Know-nothlnglam la' rapidly dissolving in ,lh»
elements of -its own 'weakness. Tho grand
coupon of "tho Knbw-nblhlpg party ip South
Carolina," have rdcomihondcd tlio".
lodge* to disband and absolve tho members from
their wicked obligation*
lE7"Prighvft Young, tho Mormon, js.wv
ted to be worth nearly *300,000. ' ,
*Late atNow
York qf toe sfeamahlp NortbStar,vrehavonews
Vrbm Europe One any later. From th<v Crimea
there is nbtblug new, except that there is a great
ihovomoiit raanyof the inhab
itants removing north, and alWhe hospitals ho.
Ing rom6yed ; tb Porokop, Nlcolalof and Chor
son.',Provisions wore uncommonly dear at
SimpVoroppl." The Sanllial insurrection' In In.
dia is ;Stni •qfashhducd, liul the depredations of
the insurgents wore fewer and within very con
fined llmitSi' A largo and heavily armed pirati
cal fleet ha’s boon destroyed or dispersed north
of Shanghao , 'by a British cruiser.
The drrlvdl of the Canada, puts us In posses
sion of foreign news one week later. The ex
citement In-England, In rclatlon to a war,with. 1
the United States, had abated. There is noth
ing hew from the seat of war, excepting unrelia
ble rumors of battles near Perekpp Rud ; Sim
phevopbl, and Jho bombardment ot Nicolaleff.
Peace rumori'-axo numerous, but unreliable. —
Strenuous efforts have been made tp bring Swe
don Into the alliance. Unfriendly relations are
arising botwecnEngland and Spain,'
The e*mtemebt in England respecting a war
with thb'Unilcd States had quite subsided, and
journals, ashamed of iho panic they
created, attempt to excuse it, and let themselves
down gently by attrlbuting wind they call tho
hostile attitude*of the American Government to
an election'ruse bn the part of the President and
his Cabinet, ialthough it !s notorious that (ho
excitement was begun, fostered and kept alive
by the London Times.
.Anxiety'is now manifested to learn how the
nows of the excitement and tho comments of tho
TVmej will bo received in America. Intelligent
Englishmen, of all ranks, express themselves
pained apd humiliated by tho whole afialr.
Tub ; Riots in Bath, Maine. —Peter M*-
Laughlin; the Catholic priest of Bath, has is
sued a card to'lho pcoplcof the
columns of UioJTritune, in regard to the recent
disgraceful riot in that city, by which the
Catholics, were, prevented from lying the corner
stone of a new'church. He says bo is certain
that “the good,: the loyal, the peaceful citizens
of Bath, aro vastly superior, legally, morally,
and physically;* to the disorderly and mobo
cralic few; and 1 he is therefore sure that this
great majority-pan, if they will, defend him in
the performance, of apy religious exercise on
the day consecrated by Christendom to reli
gion.” In another paragraph he says :
“The Catholics of this city arc the miserable
minority; they are but a handful; they are the
dependent class.. Law is of no use to them
here, but inasmuch os it is administered—exe
cuted—enforced by their Protestant rulers—
upon their. American Protestant rulers they
do rely for security, and pray for protect ionin
the future. .The writer is absolutely sure that
neither tilth* confidence nor prayer will-bo un
heeded. , If atnan throws himself, as would a
child upon his mother’s lap, on the power and
majesty of the American people, he is safe.—
The Catholic-pastor and Catholic*peoplc of this
city do throw themselves, without reserve, on
the protection of,their Protestant brethren.**
He says thdiif the officers had notified biro
of the impending troubles-, ho would have eith
er postponed' of abandoned the ceremony; and
furthermore, that ho leaves it with the citizens
of Bath to> decide whether tho corner-stone
shall be laid* imd will not knowingly offend
them in anything. .
Another Congested Seat.— The new ter
ritories trill give some tvork to Congress at tho
opening of ,lhs session. Kansas sends.two
claimanta-for * Congress, and Nebras
ka, it appears, is in the same ',trouble. Mr.
Bennett, thd Whig candidate, claims the first
election of-dtjegate by 16 majority, bat his
competitor.'Bays that persons voted who lived
on the Indian lands, and their votes were file-
B“>- ' . I
The Condition op London. —A correspon
dent of the National Intelligencer says that
tho street population of London are in an ex
cited 1 conditioh, and haro more'than once, of
late, overawed the Government. They were
fifst called out by the resistance to the Sabbath
observance bill, and afterward assumed a dif
ferent character, and now demand bread or
employment. They meet every Sunday in
great numbers in Hyde Park.
. Beep and POll5 Paoiuno.in tub "West.—
The Louisville Courier of Wednesday states,
that beef packing has been greatly increased
this season, and quotes the .average price paid
for cattle at from 3 to 31 cents gross. Tho
hog market, says tho Courier* is very dull,
with in fact no hogs in the market. Buyers
ore offering $4 50 gross, but holders continue
to ask $5- A packer, yesterday, offered to sc!)
2000 or more hogs at £6 25, from- the hooks. •
K. N. Convemton.-t-A convention of
gates from the Stales whose American councils
bolted the National platform adopted at Phila.,
was in session at Cincinnati last'week. Dele
gates were present from eight of the sixteen
free Stales. A report was ddopted declaring
the repeal of the Missouri compromise an in
fraction of plighted faith; that the compro
mise should bo,restored, or if that fail, then no
rooro.slave States should bo odmitted north of
the line of SC 0 ! 30 minutes. The' report also
I protests ngaindt coalescing with any parly that
demands tho abandonment of American princi
ples* .
Tim- Liftuon Law in Lancaster—The
Grand Jury bivo ignored nil Iho bills against
vhc tavern ketpers returned from .tho city ana
county , and 4u several eases put the costs upon
tho prosecutors; although in many instances
there was abundant evidence to substantiate
the charges mado against them, viz; tho viola*
tlon'of the Li(iuorXdw» ■
Tub Watch Dog.—Bell’s Week*
cy London Messenger, in an article of a rather
harsh .character bn tho supposed trouble be
tween Eriglam} and ;this country, says that the
people bf the yijUea,States' ,aro, indignant be
cause (England) interferes
between tho Sheep (Oiiba) and the Wolf (Uni
ted States.) It'fttrikda us that’ taking the
World over, this “\Va(ch Bog” Ims not failed
to help'himself occasionally toiastray bone or
two. 1 • 1
DC?" Among'thd November elections is that
of a Cardinal, wjiich was to take place ot
JUjino’ Nov. lith.. Lucicn Bonaparte, cousin
of tho Emperor, is a prominent and
If ho‘ it will bo a long step towards
the Papal throne, whenever. X*ihs lt,
Lpai a ,l4Tunß-”'X'hG S(.Pauf
■ncsota) Democrat'.Boys that the following is
the complexion of tho Territorial Legislature:
In tlic Council, pint Democrats to five lUpub
licansi in thp jfoufle, twenty-two Democrats,
eleven RepubUbunS, arid tWo Know-Nothings.
: A «•
published by our neighbor of the Hero{d a cou
ple weeks since, about ft'German in Baltimore
sawing ofistwQ fingers of> a boy’s hand'bccauso
ho shouted for ‘fSarbiv was /oq boldLio’ allow
oven thb most VordatU to bolloye jit. what
the Pldladolphia Surl/a loading Notiyoj Ameri
can and Know-Nothlng paper} fitiys about pucli
ridiculous flctiOliti tV/ . ' ; ;.• \ ‘v 1 -
Unwarrantable tfEwspArkn Inacccract.—
A horrible tale has been in circulation during
tho last few ,djiys, to the effect that a German
mechanic'ln Baltimore had deliberately sawed
two fingers from the hand of a boy in tho estab
lishment whoVo liuworked, because bo persisted
in shouting for»«Sam.” Tho American of that
city pronounces the story a fabrication, and as
sorts that tho maiming In question was purely
accidental. We protest against (ho publication
of such fictions} they do no good to tho Ame
rican party, and their effect must recoil on those
Concerned in'their propagation, (
Marie tho last lino I « Their effect must
on those concerned, in their, propagation,”i ‘The
Suty Is right. It will not bo long before tho rank
and file of the Nnotf-Nothing parly will bo at a
loss to' know whether to bollovoasinglo solitary
ossertlon of their,doAlgrtl.ng and unprincipled
leaders, so numerous nnd L outrageous;aro,the
falsehoods thrown out for them to swallow,. The
road which theyhav© selected is a hard one (o
travel.
i
“How mccu money bUould a Woman spend
annually yoE Dress. ?*’~THb important ques
tion has been going the,rounds of tho papers
and magazines for several mouths post, and
many attempts have boon mado to answer It.—
Wo have watched tho progress of the discussion
with considerable interest, .weighed tho various
arguments and decided thot.aladyihould spend
annually for dress—toow much do you suppose,
dear reader 7 Why, just what she can ajford t
and not a cent more.** .
K7* Tho Petersburg (Vo.) Express Bays:- A
party pf gentlemen in Albemarle recently hnn.
ted for three days at Crawford’s Mountain, kill
ing and catching in that time twenty-four doer,
most of them fat and fine.
A Nbw Lieutenant Govnnpon.—Last year,
owing to tho death of tho Lieut. Governor of
Missouri, tho Senate of that State elected Mr.
Rawlins to that office. A few days since, when
tlft Legislature convened, it was found that tho
Constitution required tho election to be viua
voce, and the rotes entered on the journal; This
not having keen complied with, tho post was
declared vacant, and another election was or
dered. Meanwhile Rawlins had Joined tho
((American” party, and tho Benton men, being
opposed to them, refused to support him. They
nominated Mr. Morris and elected him.
(CT* The principal item of fate foreign news
is the happy situation of the Empress Eugenic.
It is thus officially announced in thcMonitcur:
“She Has entered tho sth month. The prayers
of France ore requested for tho august lady.”
D7* A Cincinnati paper advertises bonnets
and petticoats for young men’s wear, to c tiros,
pond with the shawls now so universally worn.
Texas U. S. Senator. —The Hon. Thomas
J. Rusk has been unanimously re-elected to the
U. S. Senate for the term pf six years.
(£7* Old Northumberland county, as she
was in 1812, is now divided into 5 counties,
viz: Columbia, Montour, NorthdmbcHand,
Snyder, and Union. It has been proposed to
hare a Union Agricultural Fair, from the fire
counties, to be held at the borough of-Norlh
umbcrlanrt, ucxt ycmtv :. . *
Senatorial Conferees,-of Cambria,
Blair, and Huntingdon counties, met at UoIIU
daysburg on the 10th inst.; and'sclcctcd Adol
phus Patterson os the next Demo
cratic State Convention, with Inatructipps to
support the lion. James Buchanan for the
Presidency.
(£7* There is now in jail in Cambridge,Mnss.
a man who has been imprisoned for 5 years,
because of a debt of 823.— Exchange paper.
The fellow is a fool! If he would black
himself and pass for a runaway nigger, ho
would be scut away free in live minutes.
[Loiiutu'Me Jotirnaft
The Sunday Law. —At Huntingdon.latoly,
a furnace company was fined by a magistrate
for working on Sunday, the furnace being in
blast. The court, however, has overruled the
decision.
A Good Lot op Them. —Some two hunr
dred ami llfly I'qbor dealers have been arrested
in the county of Lancaster, for violating the
iquor law.
OCT* Thos. J*. Meagher, Esq., was on Wed
nesday, married by Archbishop Hughes,>at the
Episcopal residence, in New York, to Miss
Elizabeth,.dadgliter of PeterTpwßSehd.'Esq., of
Orange county, N. Y., Mjfs-Townsend has
been one of tho reigning belles of the Fifth Av
enue in New York city.
OCT* Am Episcopal clergyman eloped Inst
week from tho New York Hotel with the very
young daughter of arctiicd merchant of that
city, and married her. Ho is the son of a
Quaker publisher of New York.
Buchanan, in his despatches to the
government, states that tho professions 1 of
friendship towards tho United Slates were nev
er mofc strongly expressed by the British cab
inet than now.
. HC7" Cholera has been committing great ray*
ages in Brazil all this season, and at the last
dates it was spreading rapidly'lnthe interior.
D7"Tho Alabama Legislature has re-elected
Benj. Fitzpatrick United States 'Senator from
that State. ,
Discouraging to Missionaries.— On the
Island of Fate, in the SouthSca, two mission
aries, with Ihcir wives, werfl recently, .roastvd
And eaten by tho natives whom they were at*
tempting to Christianize. Tho f **g6od cause/’
seems to be making progress inthat
locality.-, 'v : , '■. i. , -
tiow- to T
, • IW to MR Lovrd.— Hcrq is 'a worth
knowing. • in a letter to hisdoiiigh-
ter, Urns: insists opon tbo importance. of
small sweet courtesies of life. Depon'd Upon it
hois nght. Do Bay'd: u *I I \Vft l rtt to tell 1 you a
secret., way to raa)ce youjscVf’pVcaaing’to
others,'is to show that you care for
The whole world is liko the miller at Mansileld
'who caret! for nobody—po/Wt ho—because
nobody cared for him. And tlib whole world
will servo yon so; if you give" them thp
care. Let all persona, poo Umt you
do Cari' tor them, by shoeing them what Stef np
sO happily tjalls the small, eWcct' poUrtcaicp ip
which there ia no parade; wlibsc voice is too
still to tease, and which manifest themsclvo by
tender, apd affectionate looks, .and Utllo kind
acts of attention giving others the preference,
in every little enjoyment at. th(j.tnhle r in the
Held, walklng.Bittlngy or standing/’: ii ; >.;
«• .... > : 1 .. •.
-“■"■•pEOBBBblKBS’OJ? COMET, T
The November term of tho Court's ofCuni
bcrland county commenced on thoT2th ihst.-r-
Judge. Graham/President, and ,'Judgo Rupp.
Associate on the bench; /The fpllbwing 'cases
WefQ disposed ?bf in'tHo Common,-Pleas'} !
Triune and }V\fe vs. iCatht&ine Sib-,
bef/.—Ejectment for a tract of jhuid In South
ampton township. >. *yerfibt for W* ,w ;,
\ Caroline, filoier vsi matthiv; P. Lewcij.—
BrcacKof promise of marriage.—This cose Had.
been previously tried and ' taken up to iho Sii-j
premc Court by the defendant, where it was
reversed and sent back, for another ,tr(al. A.
number of witnesses : tferb l examined 1 bn both >
sides. Verdict in favor of plain lift’for $1,500..
Tho former verdict was $5OO. , i
. QUARTER SESSIONS.- , |
Commonwealth vs. Larceny on
oath of J. Harlan. Sometime in the month of
October the prosecutor, who~fcsidcB''spme dis
tance from'Carfisle, came ’to Jtbwn; suffering
somewhat from a sore log, daubed 1 by the kick
of a horse. .Whilst 5n town; Harlan met with
the defendant, a soldier, an the Barracks, Who
professed to be a doctor, and proposed td heal
the sore leg.''-Harlan accepted his services.—r
The doctor applied cabbage leaves externally,
find administered ;?*brandy inwardly/ 1 which
had’the effect of putting the patient to sleep,
when the pretended doctor relieved his patient
of a gold watch ahd a sum of money and took
his departure. The property Was; recovered
ahd the defendant put upon his trial. Verdict
guilty. Sentenced to one year’s imprisonment
in the Eastern Penitentiary. ; s
Conti vs.:Edward Ginn (colored).— Ned wbs
charged-with stealing sonic iron and appropri
ating it to hisownuse. Verdict guilty. Sen
tenced six mouths to county jail.- ’ *
Com. vi. Isaac Furman (colored). —Fornica-
tion and-bastardy, on oath of Elizabeth Moore,
also colored'. Verdict not guilty, and defend
ant to pay! the costs of the' prosecution. •; ’
.. Com. vs. Wm. Park. —Assault and battery,
on oath 1 of Wm. Brown. Plead guilty, and
sentenced'to pay $5 fine ahd costs of prosecu
tion. ,
Com. vs* C. in/iq/f.—Malicious Mischief, on
oath of ft J. Kieficr. Ignored, and prosecu
tor directed l to pay the costs* ■ • ::
* Com. xis. Eli Butler.— Surety of the peace on
oath of Abraham Bell. This seems to have
been a regular ‘‘nigger tight,” but nobody was
huH, and on hearing tho case Bell was ordered
to pay the costs—Eh, for once coniing off first
best. , • ;
Com. vs. Margaret Fornication.
The indictment in this ease'being defective,the
jury was directed to acquit tho defendant.
Com. vs. Same.—Adultry, &c. Contin
ued.
Com. vs. Nathaniel Piper. —Seduction.—
True bill. Defendant not arrested.
Com. vs. Win. Krebbs. —Assault and battery,
on oath of John Kefauvre. Ignored and pros
ecutor ordered to pay the costs.
Com. vs. John I)ttmore and Wm. Darr.~
1 Neglect of duty. True bill. Defendants not
arrested.— Democrat.
Circular to the Tice Freslthnh of Hie Pcnim
Smte Agrlcultnral
Gestlkmen :—When our. State Agricultural
Society was instituted, it was deemed essential
to its progress that one Vice President should
bo elected from, cTcry Congressional District,
so. that tbrqugh their zeal and influence in every
locality, united action 'might bo had on every
measure tending-lo its prosperity. That-you
zealously devote yourselves to llie duties Im
plied by your official position,noone can doubt,
who marks the advancement already attained
in theoretical and practical agriculture in Penn
sylvania, orcontcniplates the numerous coun
ty societies that so recently have been establish
ed within its herders.: These manifestations,
gentlemen, arc not only'credilable to you and
the Stole Society, but show; such flattering rc- :
suits from first efforts, apd give such promise
of increasing support to the landed,interest; .as I
might excite in the most, indifferent pqmc. de
gree of Siatc pride-and gratulalion. .
, - I'Ke progress, however, already made, is hot
the beginning of the grand scheme of agricul
tural improvement, contemplated by the found
ers of the Pennsylvania State Agricultural So
ciety. We arc only, ns yet.on the threshold of
that vast, storehouKc-r-the soil, whoso> hidden
treasures challenge our utmost., efforts: and
having pul pur hands to the plough,, it would
be criminal, if not unpardonable, to pause or
look back—onward and oward in all sincerity,
must bo our word and rule of action ! Every
advantage gained as well oscviry obstacle
overcome, should serve as incentive to, the pro
secution of the noble work that is to.be ifccom
plishcd.
First of all among the appliances accessary
to the great'Umlcrtaking, is agricultural cdu>
cation, if indeed, it is not the very foundation
stone, without, which, no superstructure can,bc
raised worthy our cflorta, or commensurate to
to the agricultural position and prosperity of
the State. You are.aware that.a Fanners’
High School has been chartered, which gave it
a name, and that recently it has found a habi
tation. Bui. gentleman, its means of support
are not provided, except .80 far ns. ten thousand
dollars, which the State Society,, is authoris'd
to advance towards it. This, will be' inade
i qnatc, and further demands upon the treasury
[ will tormadc, and of courscrWnl: be responded
to in a generous spirit* _ , ■ ,
In regarding our ways and means. I thought
p'f tile expediency of soliciting our fcllow-citi
7.cns to become idle jHcipbcrH, of the Pennsyl
vania ofalc Agricultural Society. If one thou
sand could be found throughout the State, to
enrol themselves at ten dollars each, it would’
cover tljrifirfit instalment to,the Farmers’ High
'School. ’ IWdollfWs m.but,,d ; small pittance,
cqmpqred-to the w;callh of thousands,,that re
side within the bounds of and
surety tHeir patriotism and public spirit can in
no other form find a more fitting object ,fbr
their display, than thc.ndvanccmcnt of the ag
riculture of the country. Even their individual
intcrcsis, if properly considered 1 , arc ultimately,
if not, directly, connccted with the prptnoliug of
, husbandry. , So pervading is fills interest, that
neither high nor low, rich nor poor, can escape
sympathi/.ing witli its gcpcral condition.,
I would, therefore, gentlemen, most rcspcct
fnlly and earnestly, suggest, the, expediency, of
setting ph foot in your several districts, as,|l
luvvo dbno jn Philadelphia! subscriptions! foj*
Life McmbcndilplnQur State, Agricultural So
ciety ; and io remit whatever may Be subscrib
ed tq the,Treasurer, with the panics of thesub
scribers,' so tlmt‘ the /Secretary may, rpconl
them, and transmit certificates to caqh. )Vc
who have spent time and money.in, tbo. cause,
may. With a good grace,call upon pur friends fo
Icptl a helping hand,.nqt ,for our Bakes, but.for
the sake of the great farming interest of, Fenn-
...
. se'm. Ag.jSoqct i/.
Nov. 10, '56. ~, .., ‘ h ..V ;
A Domestic Tbaoedy.— ln lhst VyiJ ( cV, 1
fedgarE. Ingcrsol! porouaildtjj a
woJk jyrlthWmi aftqf:pi:pMojiiitg;a
lanco, ho drew a pistol and deliberately ahtdbor
down in tho street, indicting a mortal wbiind j
nnd'thon : s ! hbt lihrittolf'doad on the, Bppti
was 29'yAnrapfrigo, and alii 1 ,, 0p1y Itf. ' They
iift'd boon married’ jufir in that .(fyio,
|lls.said»eUe,)>ad loft liiin,ondwq,occplqnp,,qn
account of ■ Jll-troatmoiit.f dUs'parents' rosldo
■; " ! ■ : ■' (1 ,
Supremo Court,of,Pennsylvania de
cided at Pittsburg on Saturday, that tho Sun
day Idquor law of 1851 ; was repealed by thb law
UflBG6. ' T^lio' law oi ‘lfsl lli, according (b tho
Sid)rcmyOo»tt,b,l|66ai onji, f that of gen
wiljw.. - '.‘i V,
Dl/”Ool. Thomas S. Marlin, formerly'-law>
tdrtnbrof fry^'GarretDavis, o( Parls/kon-;
tucty, oiid an. ocllyo tyjdg fy.Bpurhpp copnty,
has formally withdrawn .’ftpinjhp KWrW’ftfe-j
|ihg-onlßr F and hnitod wJtlithoDomooraoyk!
BroiA a very* ptuvcrful fethr-m-ii'lch k
Wise, of: Virginim tor * mcHinß ot.,Nali *1
DcmocratainNcTOYorU’,'™idko'ihcfo] ln .
eloquent extracts. | s a lTue A *‘”?
can, and tho mnnnwin tyjrich he directs ??
Mows against ;bnstarq Americans, Ys mitli *•
freshing. I ' Deaf ibim:: 1 ;, 1 :-. '1 ,v : ’ ;i: . M ,ft
;; Ak-;to'
'hqllimga—day linS'briikc'hUml,lhcm,'° aJS*'
is nninsmg loScoJam’shs'tsnhilovriaefs?
sunlight; , 1 hey.Sro Baking sorrily,
from light.ond ifeliferhore sonmfliip baefc .
poor, doserlcd. whiggory, and there 'some „
cope to the “republican' fusion. .The'dt.i
dissolvcd thc chairm. : The true bird of \l ■
ca,.Jove’s owmedglb, isomn wing that S*
tires; in tho lambent light of the.mld.fjf4«” tr
.UnclcSambnwrQuscd'himselfrnnd'BbttkcTtift
tho slumber and .stupqr of the night drcaAT
and is o t his active! W'qrk, in bread day. m *'
Tho devil baUedlho lioblcte of
with the politics of thc.Popo’s.big toe, and-o?
hooks of porno ppliticicras withilho unco-neb*!
ousness of a knavish prieslcraft/and sti iuT
bobbing tdgelher for the Souls of dupre.fJTtJ,
corruption of the church, and foriho.idfcin,/
tion of the State.; ' No heat but onecould W
ever welded such aifusionvln the shades th?
were taught their parts by the gloom-lbbt J
thedark-lantcm I __ Bdt ( ,6,w
“Tho sun l 8 in life on earth l'»
.Day has caught thcmiin-theirincantalioiis anA
light is dispelling their mysteries. The
you will sec of Surii,' ho will' 1 be on hia
praying against slavery‘and John .BtirlcvenrT
He has dropped ,P6pe' Pius NohnS; rind httsLt
discovered, after all he has said about hi'a fi o )i.
ness, supremacy, that every naturalized Cato!
olio takes an oath expressly to renounce all *«!
cglanco to any and everyiprincc,, power, poW
tatc, king, sovereign, or State*nndparti<sjlarir
to power, potentate. king.Borcrcitm
or State; of Which - he was before a subject J
And he begins to admit that if on exlra-judiciU
oath may'bind a krtow-holhing to passive obe.
dienco and. non-rcsistancc to. nn unseen, Inland,
bio, irresponsible, secret, oligarchy.'perchance
we may rely on the judicial oaths of natiraliz!
ed citizens to renounce; allegiance,to all btipfe.
mney whatever except‘.the sovereignly . onha
United Slates of North America.
I give you the right liand , of ‘ fellowship In
opposition to the sumptuary laws, which b aTe
of late years disgraced the codes of some Q f,„, r
States. Why. someJegi&Tpttircfc seem to Uf.
lost the hom-books of personal liberty ! s . Thcr
are for free soil and free ntgroes/bnt wirnpon
the liberties of free white'men! .They went o
have never known Hmt there were,such tliiriM
first invented in North America, as bills of
rights.deftning those whiclvare infiljenablc.and
.fixing the limits of legislation! Where was the
principle of liquor lady's to atop ? * Nowfuro
short of invading cyety'Jnalicnablo right of in
dividual man. If rridlncipal law cannot tonch
vested rights, much less can il invader the n»-
tural rights of the individual person.., In such
p dominionthat of England they may hard
ly dare to confine the rights* of the person to
“aii\ to'lighi. arid'lo flowing water 11 at vh«
day j but here there nqvcr was a moment since
colonial times- when the rights of persons were
not infinitely, extended beyond those out of ike
reach of legislation.'. Oh! but they say tUI
such laws are sanitary, hot sumptuary, ilndf
who made them Hospitalers of Hypeia, health
nurses for the people 1 Health is about as pri
vate a possession, about as “intus tt in cult, 1 '
personal as any’man can be endowed with.—
Whq created a government to, turnquack and
prescribe physlc'T “Physic to the dogs! I *—'
There arc othri* things ’ which destroy .hcallfr
besides alcohol. Ealing as well as drinking, x
gluttony as well.as dmrikenness, hurls healtfc:<J
Will any one. say that legislation mny-tiVe/
charge of my table, and my diet and nppclil?;--'
and say what I shall cat ?, .If they; may pro
hibit a man frow buying and Selling whiskey,
may they not prohibit'his planting’mid sowing; ,
on nisown fee-simple soil, of his< buying and '
Bclling.tho.com and rye frbm.'whtch the wljif-;
key' is distilled ? ' Again': Crenel*
hurt more the health of whole \
crippled fbf their bwh lives and for theirpoa
tenty, too. more 'women and children, than
ever John Barleycorn ' slew of,men! Shall a
Hiss committee bo allowed by,'law* 1 , to,inspect
Madames’ and Misses’ phn.tftbers. arid., s«
I whether whalebone arid hard, cord thcoronaw
1 ladies’waists top tight ? The idea, would bo
ridiculous if it was not! so msnfTorably tyran
nous. You cannot legislate men to morality:
yon must educate thcinjto JilKTt’y- and virtue.
Manners arid morals must Ik'gip at the moll-,
er’aknee must be .trained in the schools-; and
home and domestic leaching must give to, the
country'pupils'fit for’ the schools, and tW
schools must give. to, the country a people who
will require no laws. They don’t,
suit a people fit to be', free: they corrupt and
demoralize a people already fit to.be ■slaves.—*
The last soilrce I would .appealed, for. temper- (
qncc ip eating and drinking-is . a -Icgislatort.
rfidcral or State. . 0 I'Vfi. biph^
I livers! what tales Champagne anil Lomtorf’
1 dock, and . canvass-backs.. ai)d terrapins, and
oysters could tell ufion, your",example of ah-
Btcmiopancps and self denial! HoW ycwr'ACth*
pernnee tells upon your h^rk! and yourlrgis- •,)
latiqh, too.'.at tlnlcs I ‘The" .truth..is, all ihw
lj lsrhs” come froiu'Vho,sai|npnldna of the time'
cocatrix. They ,como froifa' .the' Scribes and*
Pharisees, who vrduid take'eart of con
sciences j they rifo, .iryv«hUons ' of' ainbiljods'
priestcraft, or men who' rcUgjopW
help’'their secular artlilrff/nha'Whip, ore'ij.' 11,Ul«.
Worldly to help* ,thbir. religious;,
“preachers of aro’sub* '
tly aspiring to civil. 1 scholar, andnoltiical
cr—of men who don’t, “tender uritbCrbtfir the
things Which arc CTbsar’ri/’hdt/hmio God the
things which are OodV—of Hypocrites who
would auperserylceably.cut.ofl an'car for; their
Master with thc Wdrilj Without his orllciw nnd
against his. law. and whp' \Vpuld. deny Ihm'
thrihb before the cock’,crew once. 1 /iAnd these
arc aided by cowrirdly' : arid.UiVaY»Hh politicise*.
wliO’eilher fear or fan'll, upon thl'll* secret » n f*
sinister influences. 1 Wo have only to'driyeont
'all Buch from' ! thc ,temple, ns the 1 dovc'Sc.ler®
were driven out by -the whoso, "P
and undcfllcd religion before God and the,ft'"',
cris, to visit thd widow : aWl the fatherless. »w*
to keeji one’s self from world-
An 'AMHitidAN Ex,PLonAnoN.*—Eictifc
’under |bc dtrCctlotVor tlip'NnvyS Dcpirtriwnf*
hds beeri exploring theViver jvjuth eq'
ters into Panama at Santa Fo, the P l^
town of tho province Of iho samp tiftlncy t»l»
is brio of the BeM'
ccndbd,it ,3CO ipilpsi.jyiicri, liip,prater ,hcty®
i too shallow for :Tho 'Shlado* b ,f
never heretofore Seen or
sccndcd tb; thin briil Uib practicability of
ite .navigation was p \pfobjem ] unsolved •
thio exploration; [lt is tho moat
or of the -Argentine Confederation, aridft'
natural bullet for of,SaUa» '
.man,'.Sari l t'jQgo l Mendoza', a.,
Fo,' but tho apprehension of
surmountable 1 obatneUs,* -ancl the; fta** pP
.have deprivcd of tl
provinces of its bcncflta eypy since the firs fi
tlementpftjbooountry-'i '// '•" i *'} ;
[£/" A nutnber of tlio thiladciphia
and hbtol keepers Mvc been Wrested and
oVer to adstver for dhc Sundby hi .
grilled.ili ( tho''cWk'.bf|’ , „
Vlutciier AVooiivvanl.' 1 fe plaintiff isl! 11 ! I ■
known.ndticcafr. SuannlPsnio’ 1
Oustoniß at San ‘Francisco,, lias .b«a -
<lcfauUcr!la ofll<3Q^n^/»
*'. . iff 'Jo v..<- i’ l --'
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