AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
JOHN B. 11SMT0N, Editor k Proprietor
CARLISLE, PA.. NOV. 20, 18ML
’ Tub Tiuk to Smihciude. —Ihero tiro ft grtsat
<rnao.y pereous who do not take their county pa
t>or. To nil eucli wo would say take your coun
ty paper. A county paper can bo made as inte
resting as any olßefr can bo and should he well
supported. Send in your names for the Fofuu
leer. Wo have during the past week received n
vcfy.clover little bunch of names and we should
like lo have such bunches every week. Li t
each of our present subscribers see whelhei
they cannot send us an additional name. \\ e
propose to make the Volunteer a welcome v ' s
itor this winter, and shall leave nothing undone
4o make it & first class paper.
J»BBSDJt\L.— We are under obligations to many
of our patrons,for theirpromptnesstiulischarg
lug their dues to us. There is, however, aim *e
amount duo us for subscription, jobbingand ud
▼ortlsing that ought to he paid, and we trust that
those who know themselves to be in airears, will
promptly discharge them. A number ol sub.
•scrlbcrs are indebted to us for two, three and
four years. Unless we shall speedily receive
pay from these, the papers will be stopped and
tho bills placed in the proper hands lor collec
tion. We cannot afford to send papers for years
without getting a cent for our labor, and it is
(Unreasonable to ask it.
'Cauuslb Deposit Hank. —Thismslilulion.
we ore reqftcstcd to slate, will not be open for
business to-day. (Thanks giving day )
IRemovai..— Steiner and brother have re
moved their chilling establishment from Hmk
holder's corner to the new and beautiful corner
room on Mam street, directly opposite Mr.
Keller's hat anti shoo store.
Rkmotai. —The Hanking house of Ker. ;
Brenncnmn & Co. has been removed to the
new budding in Mam street, recently eroded ,
by lhccashior-of the linn, Mr. Sitiuikon. ami,
•directly opposite their former room The bu
siness room of the institution lias been filled up
at conHiderableexpcn.se and is as handsome a
■banking room o.s can 1)0 seen hi this section of
'Country The whole budding indeed, presents
a beautiful and attractive appearance, and is
well calculated for a dwelling and bunking
house. . I
Lancaster Hank. A "run'' was made on
this bank, commencing on Sat unlay, and end
ing on Tuesday, by the Hank closing its doors.
Wo advise all who hold the paper of this insti
tution not to part with it at a saentice. it is
confidently believed the bank is still sound.
Tiianksmvinu.—Tins day (Thursday) has
been set apart by the Executive of this Stale a*
a day Thanksgiving and Praise to the finer ol
all Good for the many blessings we hate enjoy
ed during the post year : and it is to he hoped
that the recommendation of the Governor will
be properly observed, and that business will !*>
generally suspended during the day. As good
and loyal citizens. we owe this respect to tin
“powers that he,” but above all as a numifes- 1
talion of our gratitude to Him, *• in w hum we
live ami move and have our being.”
Goukt ’sT‘XAftT 4 S“ltenk- —The December
number of this highly poplar Magazine is Idhd
with some choice gems of literature. Its em
bellishments are a superb line engraving enU
tlcd “Separation of the Apostles”—the Ameri
can Shield Slipper," printed in colors —• -Ope
ra Hood” —an unrivalled plate of Fashions.
<tc., Ac. The January number will he (be
commencement of a new vohr o, and the pub- ;
lisher promises to furnish Ins renders with
something super bly beautiful and interesting
Now is the lime to subsenU', as there can bo
no belter New Tear's Present, that a gentle- 1
man can make to a lady, than a copy of Go- i
<lcy’s Lady b Hook for one year. 1
Poster's Spirit of the Times. This la u
capital paper for sporting men, and all who lake
an Interest In agriculture, literature, Held sports
and the turf. It Is published by William T.
Porter. «40 Broadway, New York. It is a large
und well printed sheet of 10 pages, and eondne
ted with ability. It 11 well worth) of tin- sup
port of stock-breeders and olheis 'I lie prh e
is $!! a year.
Black llepnhlrran join n.ils, under
the impression thnl Illinois had cast its vnie tm
Fremont, sent op a sickly shout overwind they
called the “downfall of Stephen .Irnohi Dong
loss.” Poor wollies' Their fond anticipations
arc blasted, for 1 llinois has gone tor Bn n* s a x
hy a large majority, and the pilriot and states
man, Doic.las, is tnmuphantly sustained in bis
own Stale. This is a result that ereiy (me De
mocrat in the land will rejoice on-r, for Mr
Poroi.Ai ran now ho sutlslh-d that Ins course on
(ho Nebraska bill Is approv'd by the people ol
the rnion, and that his own iminediale consli
tuenls endorse Ins conduct. Most triumphantly
•has Douolas horn sustained most mpnnlh ha) e
Piehi k'b admin Ist ration.
ITT* Gen (’«< vnll in all probability not be
Tclurm.il to the I’ S. Suinlc, at there is & inn
jonly against him in the Legislature of Michi
gan. It will Ire littlß*ulL for the Stale to m
'lecl a successor with the ‘mine Knowledge, po
litical experience and tmil |ialnolism.
CV Gov Wi a y. of Virginia, arnvid at Lan
caster on Tuesday, to pay a visit U» Mr. Bu
chanan.
K»w avi* Tiikv.-- Al n mcolmg of the I’liila
delphlu Councils held on Thursday lust, n rcm>-
lutlon passed both branches tendering I lie urn
of Independence Hall to the Il"n, James Hu
chuaan, President elect of (ho United Slates
for (he reception of Ilia friends, on the occnaiut
of Ida visiting Philadelphia. Six mouths ago
on tho return of Mr. Buchanan to his nutlvi
Hlito, after n three years sojourn In Knglnnd n
Minister of thu United Slates, n nlinilur resntn
tlon was offered, hut it was voted down by th<
Connells of thu same city. It is hnt justice li
•ay that the city government was then in tin
hands of n minow niludud proacriplivo party
commonly railed Know.Noililtign.
I.vwa.va.— Tho latest news from Indiana
gives Buchanan's majority in that Stale as
22,000
D;w» rao» ms Injohiks.— Philip S. CJawgcs
who was recently shot in Seventh street 2 > |iilflr
delphla, died at tho hospital on Thursday after*
noon, lie was surrounded by his friends and
family* but unable (o speak during ids last mo. |
monta. Ur. Shurlock, who indicted tho fatal
wound, Is now in Moyaruensing prison* Our I
readers will recollect that Shurlock accused him I
ol Improper Intercourse with Ids wife. r
Criminal Court Proceedings
Tho following cases were tried during the,sit
ting ol the Court ol Quarter Sessions, last week :
Commonwealth vs. BV J. N. Haro, ■charged
with passing counterfeit money. Deft..- plead
guilty, and was sentenced' three years confine
ment lu Eastern Penitentiary.
Commonwealth vs. Jacob Newcomer'. As
sault and Battery on Johnston Martin mid I Is
daughter. Comicled mid sentenced to pay a
line of $25 and costs of piosecntlon. Hepburn
and District Attorney lot Commonwealth.—
Walts lor Dolt.
Commonwealth vs. Sarah Ann Boner. As
sault and Batten <>n Mrs. Householder. (A
l.rnoni-stkk ligtu.) Found guilty and seuten
eed to psv a line of $2 and costs of prosecution.
District Attorney lor Commonwealth. Miller
lor Defence.
Commonwealth vs. Fredk. Swojer. Assault
mu! Battery on Abm. Killian, of Newvillc. —
Plead guilty, and sentenced to pay a fine of $2O
ami costs of prosecution. Hepburn lor Com
monwealth. Todd lor Deft.
'Commonwealth vs. Sixteen Soldiers of the U.
S. Barracks, Thomas 11. Berry and others.—
Charge, Riot. These were the soldiers who
committed (ho atrocious outrage on Mr. Alex.
McDowell, in September last. Twelve of the
Defendants found guilty. A Nolle Prosequi on.
tered against the other four. Sentence, the
four ringleaders lo 2 years and 0 months in the
Eastern Penitentiary, the others to 15 days in
County Prison, alter which (hey will bo sent of!
aitli first detachment from tho Barracks. Dis
trict Attorney Shearer, Miller, and Henderson
i for Commonwealth. Biddle and Smith for Dc
{ fondants.
Commonwealth vs. Johnston Barnes, (col’d.)
Larceny of n Hog. Plead guilty and sentenced
to six months in Count) Prison ami costa.
Commonwealth vs. Daniel Duncan. Larceny.
Dimc.in had lured a horse and wagon from Mr.
Noticmakei's Livery Stable in (his place, in
September last, went off to Pittsburg, and then
disposed of them (or Slio, was arrested and
bimight back by officer Speese ot Shipponnburg
The properly was also recovered. Found guil
ty and sentenced to 2 years in Eastern Peniten
tiary. District Attorney for Commonwealth.—
[ McClmo for Defendant.
Commonwvallli vs James Burns. Larceny of
a Shawl. Plead guilty and nuhnrttod. Bums
being ail old nth nd.-i, was sentenced lo 2 years
below.
| ('oinmonwealtli vs. Matthew Willis, charged
with (tie murder of John Kisstl, of KiWpmns
borough township. Mr. Kissel was murdered
in a veiv hoitihle manner hist July, a full ac
count of which was given In our paper at the
1 lime. A man named Abraham Miller was sr
‘ rested at the same lime with the negro boy Wil
lis, but subsequently committed suicide by hang
jmg himself in ins cell. \V libs is a (Inc looking
; negro boy, about twenty years of age, and rer-
I taiuly has a most innocent look. The circum
-1 stances w eiglung most lieav ily against him were
| Ids having been seen in the neighborhood of
Kissel’s house about the lime of tie murder.
; ami smile of (lie money having been found in
| lus possession (in Kissel's pocket book) some
| time after, winch fho negro alleged was given
;to hitii by Miller for safe keeping, and which he
eoncealed thmiigli (ear. From the mysterious
1 eiminiHi.niees attending the mnltui, (lie youth
, of the defendant, fce., tin* great
I interest and Hie trial oeenpied nearly three din a.
! The jury in lids time were out from half-past 11
o’clock on Saturday, until imll'-past 2 on Tues
-1 day, at which lime, from the confinement, loss
lof sleep, kc., number, Mr. Hugh
Craig, became soscrloiisly unwell that the Court
was obliged to discharge them Then l was no
. prospect of (heir agreement, wc beiuve, up lo
Moil lime. The discharge of the Jury for tho j
catiso a hove mentioned, does not amount to an /
uerpiillal of the prisoner, who will mosf proha
My he filled id the January I.urn. Todd,
>llur l l. ami I»istr - I AlM.itkm she r r, aj p •nr.
ed (or the Con mo iwi-nlth. The defence was
conducted by Pcmooe, Sharpe and Biddle
Speaker of tho home
Our exchanges are beginning to mention their
preferences for the Speakership of the 11 on so of
Representatives, at Harrisburg. Amongst oth
-1 ers spoken of. we see the name of our excellent
| and ab*e contemporary of the Rending Gazelle,
.1 Lawrence loir.. Ksq He was one oflln
n o«,t aclnc, niulhgenl and energetic iiicmben
j yf tl,.- hat House, and es'nhlished for himself t
. Ingh lepidAlmn ns a Legislator. We shouh:
hi pleas*tl to see him ilevntid to the Speaker*i
ehim, know mg Hint it would he Idled will
oliility ami impartiality
I'm, Rkntov as a I.kitt ukii —'file St lx>n
is Di tuncml understands llml Uol Bmlon has
receivid applications to d*hver lectures fnmi
Hovernl lit* rnry societies in the cast, some of
w Inch lie has accepted. The purjiose of those
hrturcHisio ooninhulcto the paciiicalion of
the public mind, and to the restoration of that
fi aternal feeling w Inch demagogues have recent
ly deslroycd Those lectures will be conse
ipienily political . hut iu no sense partisan:
favoring no parly, hut portraying the evils and
dangers of sectional strife.
Ol H IhKnn I .TIBS WITH t.HKAT Biutain
It alloicii us great satisfaction to a mounco that
private led* rs received in Philadelphia fmtn
the Mon. (ieorge M Dallas, United Rlnlo Mm
i.sler to the Court of St. Janus. by his confi
dental itends, conuy (he important inlelli
gence at helms sucicedul in negolialing a
tnnty withlliel mle*l Stales an I Krghind. llml
covers mid s* tiles all ihc points in dispute be
twmi the two countries. It has been the ear
nest desire of Priyodcnt Pierce ajid Secretory
Matey to accomplish this dilllcult task before
retiring from otbee. so that all possible troub
les might l»e Kmomlied away for the incoming
admir.islration. The instructions given (o
Mr. Dallas, when he cut cm! upon big mission,
hare been zealously acted up to by him, and
the result has been most happy, as above sla-
D7”A (tcrnmn in Patterson, N. J., named
Frederick, committed suicide by drowning yn
Monday week, on account of dlsnppolntinont in
love. He made money enough In Ihis country
to send fur Ids girt from Germany, ami after her
arrival here postponed his marriage till bo had
mono} enough for aiilco wedding. Meanwhile,
Ids girl became acquainted with another tier
man, ami got maided, whereupon Frederick
drowned himself.
Tmk Path ok a Poi.mc.u. Judob.—Wui.
j D. Kelley, a Philadelphia judge, who has been
playing the demagogue on a largo sonic, during
tho present oampoign, received Itio nomination
for Congicss on tho republican ticket in tho
j fourth district. Ho received 11,494 votes.
Henry M. Phillips, his Democratic opponent re
ceived H,H24.
Illinois for Dnclmnnn I
After a long period cf doubt and rotftty con s
fliciing reports, it seems now clearly ascertain
ed that litis Slate lias cost her electoral vote
for Jamks BuchaUAN. The Block Republican
rejoicings over the overthrow of “the Douglas,
in his hall” appear to hove been premature
and the State of the Little Giant looms up
proudly in the Democratic column. The bat
tle in Illinois, as in Pennsylvania, was of the
most desperate and animated nature, but her
Democracy made a most gallant fight, and
their success will add new earnestness to the
general rejoicing over the grand victory we
have gained. Illinois, Indiana, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania and California, give us 62 out of
1 the 170 electoral votes of the non-slavcholding
j States. Ohio and New York, with their CO
i electoral votes, have each given majorities of
their popular vole against Fremont —so that,
after all the boastings of his friends, he carries
bv a clear majority but 54 electoral votes ; and
is in a minority in the Union of upwards of a
million of votes.
The returns from at! the counties in Illinois
except St. Cluir, Wayne, Edward, and Craw
ford, are in. Buchanan’s plurality is 6055,
and BissePrf (for Governor) 7733. St. Clair
county will give a Republican majority, and
the others Democratic. A majority of the
members of Congress elected arc Democrats.
The legislature is also Democratic. The house
will stand 37 Democrats, 29 Republicans, 5
Fihnorcilcs. and the Democrats have ono mn
jonty in the Senate.
To the Ci-erot.— Fremont being dead and
buried, now let ns have the “stated preaching
of the gospel” ofccc more—real gospel—not ac
cording in Kansas, but according to those true
apostles of real freedom, Matthew, Mark, Luko
and John. No more campaign documents in
onr pews—give ns the Bible, King James’ ver
sion, just for a novelty.— N. Y. Exprtat.
There is a sharp satire In the above—and there
are hundreds of Protestant clergymen who will
not fail lo fuel it. Tho Philadelphia Evening
Jirgua says : The North is full ol them. That
(hey are all good and Inio men In their calling,
wo am not at liheity to doubt for a moment; but
under sliuiig temptations ami a strange delusion,
| they have (or months past made their pulpits
and their churches mere rooms for political
meetings and polilic.il stump speeches. There
are many honorable exceptions—many bright
exceptions —and wo doubt not that when tho
“ madness of the hour” has passed, and calm,
ness and reason regain their influence, those
who have forgotten their -‘holy calling” and
Mimed political apostles, will lie ashamed of
what tliey have done—aye, humiliated—and will
repent of what they have done.
Fremont ron Lf. S. Senator. —The Syracuse
Journal, with a flourish, takes ground for John
C. Fremont, as the successor of Mr. Fish in the
U. S. Senate. It is understood that Hus is in
accordance with Weed & Seward’s policy, for
Fieniunt is just the nmn to play dummy to Sew
ard, who, if ho can prevent it, will not petmita
first class nia»4« bike a seat with him in tho
Semite. Beside*, in this way run Fremont ho
disposed of for 1800, leaiing the track clear for
Seward.
Nkuhoks not Citizens.—ln answer to 11.
H Rice, Clerk of the Superior Court of New-
York, who had made an application for pass
ports lor some ftcc negroes about to go to Eu
rope. J. A. Thomas, Asst. Secretary of the
Sia’c Dc( artrajnt at vfltshington, writes that
the Department cannot'comply with the re
quest. Mr. Thomas states that, according to
Hie lows of (ho United States, negroes cannot
in.* considered an citizens. After citing a fvw j
I authorities establishing this point, Mr. Thorn
ns concludes as follows :
.Such being the construction of the Conslitu
lion in regard lo free persons of color, it m con
ceived that they cannot Ire regarded, when be
yond the jurisdiction of the Government. as en
titled to the lull rights of citizens. but the Sec
retary directs mo lo say, that though the De
partment could not certify that such persona
are citizens of the United Stoles, yet if satis-1
fud of the truth of the facts, it would give a
certificate Rial they were bom in the United
S ales, and fiec. and that the Government
thereof would regard it to l»c its duly lo pro
tect them if wronged by a foreign government
. while within its jurisdiction lor a legal and
. proper purpose.
betting on Kentucky, on (lie Presi
dential election, ii is staled, has been very heavy.
The Cincinnati Commercial says that It known
of man; imtunees of beta of extruordinnrj mag
nitude. j.anda, negtoes, cash, ever; thing Ibid
is properly in Kentucky, bus boon staked
llir iugboiit Mm Stale. Hundreds of men an
dimlilh ss ruined, and thousands sorely Impov.
eriilied.lho State Inning gone Democratic.—
When will men be done with (ids foolish prac
tico of belling on elections?
American Organ, of Washington
city, announces Its purpose to discontinue its
d.uly issue, in consequence of the result of the
Presidential election, and hereafter to pnblia
only a weekly paper. It says that “it is impm
slide for a daily paper to bo sustained in 'Vast
ington « ilbonl government patronage.” 11 add
the “ Tbo American Orgon establishment lit
sunk thousands of dollars by its daily Issue.”
I'r.i.AWAtir. U. S. Senators. —The next Leg
islature of Delaware, which will bo composed of
a majority of Democrats, will elect two United
Stales Senators—one In plnco of Mr. Bayard,
Democrat, whoso to cm expires on (ho 4M) of
March next, and tho other to supply the vacan
cy caused by Iho death of Mr. Clayton. The
deceased was elected to tho Senate three limes
from 18211 to 1887, secondly from 18-16 to
186), and the last time for (ho term beginning
March 4. 1868, which would not expire until
March 8, 1860.
Cint.n Katkn hy a Bbau —Near Uocky
Point, in Greenbrier county, Va., a short lime
since, at the residence of Wm. T. Mann, Geo.
Fox, about 16 years old, was instantly killed
and partly eaten up by a largo pet bear, be
longing to Mr. Mann. This boy had on the
day previous killed n ground-hog, and carry
ing or skinning the same got some blood on
his clothes. Not having changed his clothes,
the bear, probably excited by tho scent of the
blood, lay hold of him around the body and
squeezed him until his ribs were broken, then
knocked him down with his paw, and cat very
nearly nil the flesh oil his face and legs before
ho was dead. There being no one about the
house but a lady, she was unable to relieve
him.
tETGeorge \V, Johnson, one of tho largest
sugar planters of tho Mississippi, below New
Orleans, who died recently, Ims loft an estate
valued at not less than $7,0b0,000. lie has by
hli will manumitted all Ids slaves, (wo hundred
In nmnbor. Tboy arc ail to be sent to Liberia
In four years from ids death, and each Is to be
furnished with tlfry dollars.
RESULT or~Tifp PEE!
SIDESTIAL ELECTION.
‘ Electoral votes is 296,
to a choice. As far ns
have voted as follows :
nd Breckinridge.
The whole number ol
and 149 ore necessary
heard from, the States
For Buclianan. ai
Netv Jersey, 7
Pennsylvania, i- 27
Delaware, “
Kentucky,
Mississippi, 1- - \
Texas, 4
Virginia,, 13
lO
Tennessee, 12
North Carolina, 10
South Carolina, 8
Alabama, 9
Florida, 3
| Louisiana, 6
I Indiana, 13
4
‘J
11
Antnnsas,
Missouri
Illinois,
For Fremont and Dayton .
Maine. 8 Rhode Island,
New Hampshire,”' & Connecticut,
Vermont. « 5 New York,
Massachusetts, 13 Wisconsin,
Michigan, —* 0
Ohio, 23
With California 4, to hear from.
For Fillmore and Donnchon.
.larji land,
Tub Official Vote op Pennsylvania.—
The official vole of 65 counliis, at the recent
Presidential elccTfah, foots up as follows t
Buchanan. 213,314
Fusion—Fremont, 137 702
Fillmore. 52,770—190.4<2
Straight Fillmore. 25 540
Tub Vote of tub Cities —The vole of the
principal cities on Tuesday, the 4th inst., was
as follows: - -
Buchanan. Fillmore Franont.
38.222 12.218 7.893
40.780 20.638 18.053
9.871 • 16.900
• 6.408 4.330 7 640
13,249 8.139 7.451
Philadelphia,
New Vork,
Baltimore,
Boston,
Brooklyn,
A 0»K-Sii>Ei) Affair.— OMCodorus. in York
county, is one of Thu townships we rend about—
occasionally. She rotes a eery straight ticket,
although not exactly straight-Fillmore. The
Fork Gaic/tenskslhoflemocralic papers through
out the Union to pass around the returns of
“ Old Uodorus.” Wo do so, cheerfully. Here
they are s
■Buchanan,
Fusion.
Fillmore,
DOTNOS OF TITS tiOVBKNOR OF PuNNSTI.VA-
N*U. —The Governor has appointed Robert T
Conard Associate Judge of the Court of Com
mon picas of Philadelphia, from the first of
December next, vice William I). Kelley, resign
ed.
On Saturday Inst, the Governor appointed
Capt. Enoch Turley Harbor Master for the
port of Philadelphia, from the 15th inst., vice
Geo. R. Graham, resigned.
The Governor, on the sth inst., signed the
following acts of the last Legislature: An act
relating to banks, savings, trust and insurance
companies ; an act allowing bills of exception
and writs of error in criminal cases ; a supple
ment to the act regulating proceedings in courts
of justice, and for oilier purposes, approved
May Glh 184 L .
Pork from Kcaoi-e.—lt is'stated that flu.*
French government has .gripped to the United
States 20,000 barrels offrrlrao mesa pork, pur- 1
chased In Cincinnati, Ohio, during thy Crimean
war. Ruing no longer wanted, it is sent buck
for a market.
Bloody Riots ijMJalttmoHe —The city of
Baltimore has been, for n year or two past,
I under the blighting curwqfKnow-Noihingtsin,
I and il« influence is manifested in riots, blood • j
shed and murder. The disgraceful doings of
the dorklantcm (Conspirators at Cincinnati. |
Louisville, and other places, were ro-cnactcd at J
Uv Presidential election on yhc -Uh mst , in
Baltimore, with the same terrible results 1
The accounts of the riots which have reached 1
us, represent them ns having been as serious as I
many a regular battle. The Rrpith/irtm rc-|
1 ports that twenty live persons were either kill
ed or mortally wounded, twenty seven danger
ously. fifty-one severely, and thirty-four slight
ly wounded, making a total of one hundred and
thirty-seven persons injured. If this is the
1 manner m which the self elected "Americans”
undertake to rule America, how long will it
. take to overthrow all responsible* government.
. and plunge the country In anarchy anil ruin f
a fins is a question which it would be Will for
• law-abiding people In consider
Tiir Kiii.kd and Wiu:ndkd 1— At the
Know Nothing noth m the City of Baltimore
on the day of the Presidential election, the kill
ed and wounded were as follows :
Killed, 8
Wounded, (fatally.) 23
Wounded, (dangerously.) M
Toai. 117
flv* The above is a fair sample of the way
’Americans" propose to ’‘rule America 1"
Tans rn tiiKin Original Piuncii’l.ks.
The first three states, sofa the Cmnnmift h\t
<juircr. that rat died the constitution of the
United Stales after it wis presented for ndop- '
lion were Delaware, New Jersey, and I’cmny\.'
vania. After the lapse Of near seventy years,
and when (hat immortal instrument was
threatened with destruction by Northern sec
tionalism. they rallied around it, and, by their
united vole (»i Buchanan and Breckinridge,
saved the government from being overthrown.
All honor to those* glorious Middle Stales.’
An Ahcu.st Ht.uc.~- A servant of Mr. Hobl.
Hammer, while ploughing on the farm of that
gentleman, in Albemarle county, Vu., reeenlh
turned up a gold ring, on which was engraved
the name of the owner, Rebecca llurper, and
tlio dale 17 id— ll|) years ago.
SiiKßirr .Shut.—A few day* since John G.
Taylor, Sheriff of Winnebago county, Illinois,
was shot dead hy Alfred Countryman, whom he
was endeavoring to arrest, on a charge of lar
ceny, The murderer lied, but was noon captnr
ed and lodged In jail, notwithstanding strong
munilealaUuns of n disposition to lynch him.
A I*on okuiu'h Bell.—Tho great bell, weigh
ts KHuns, designed fortbo belfry of tlio clock
tower of the new palace of Westminster, Jn
wblcli are iliu houses of illament, bas been
landed near Westminster Bridge, and convoyed
on a truck, drawn by 10 horses, over the bridge
to the palace yard. It was swung under a
frame, erected (or the purpose of (lie clock
lower, and was sounded, so fur as to ascertain
Mint it bad received no Injury.
No Fool, No Fun I — ln a tavern, in a small
town, sal a farmer, who was plagued and ban
tered by over a dozen guests who woio present.
“ Well,” said the farmer at last, “ I’ve got the
bust of all of yon.” « |low so V ? asked all.—
“ In ■«« you’ve only got one fool, while In you
I’ve got over a douon.”
A Striking Contrast.
We ask candid and intelligent men to reflect
for one moment, upon the striking- contrast
which the two largo cities. Philadelphia and
New York, where the Democrats gave such
overwhelming majorities, and the strong holds
of Know-Net hingisin, Baltimore and New Or
leans In the two former, the Democrats have
the control nf lire police force, in the latter dial
force is mibrctvicnt to Know Nothing misrule.
In die two former cities, every person legally
enlilted lo lote. w,is allowed to do so without
hindrance or molestation ; m the tiro latter cit
■cs legal volcrs were d-iven from the pol.s and
thousands were prevented from voting, hi
threats, violence and intimidation.
In Baltimore (Specially, die city presented
the appearance of a town taken by storm,
men were stmt down ns remorseless for at limp
ting to vole, as if they had been lenonmus ser
vants. or ferocious wild beasts, the
Ni thing Mu or. wo have no dmibt, enjojed the
appalling spectacle with as much rest ns .Nero
ig goLI ‘Q have done that of the burning j
Home.' The hsi or killed and wounded mum
resembles that of a pitched bailie, that the
o.iuseqnencc of a riot. Mayor Dinks has " on
Inunls that will be injuring as cast iron.
However.bcant.ful they may now be in his own
cy filiation, they will sooner or later become
hlsfl ig Berpi.n’.s and pierce his brain with re
mediless woe. — Pennsylvanian.
Indians and Kansas. —A letter from West
port,'Mo.. October 30, says—"On Monday,
Major Arnold, their agent, paid the Shaw*
neos fifty thousand dollars, most of which is
spent in this place. The stores have been
thronged with Indians ever since the payment.
They spend their money freely, some of them
never leave town until all they have is gone.
This tribe are amongst the best of the Kansas
Indians. Seven wagons and ns many families,
including men. women, children, cattle ami
dogs, passed through this place lo day, bound
for the Neosho country, in Kansas: they are
from Jackson comity, ami have all the fixtures
for permanent settlements. They arc pro
slavery of course. F.migmtion is sotting in
again, and if nothing unlucky happens, by a
year there u ill be one hundred thousand inhab
itants in the Tenilory.”
Fivk TnorsANi) Ml’udkiis in CAi.ironsiA
IN Six Ykaus —A sufficient numbir of human
beings to populate a good sized town, dispos
ed of in six years, m that lawless country!
We think it was lime fora “A igilnnce Commit
tee.” The statement we find in a pamphlet
recently published in San Francisco, in the
following extract:
“Taking a portion of the notices of murders
that have bicn published since 1852. and the
other evidences that we have on record and pre
vious to that lime and since, it will be seen
that the number of those who have met an id
timely end by murder, is truly appaling. The
District Attorney of Son Francisco, in 1852,
stated, in n public spctch that for the previous
four years twelve hundred murders had been
committed m the city of San Francisco."
Any one conversant wiili the history of the
“Great Pacific Emporium” since that lime,
will readily agree that crime has not diminish
ed with thoinercaseof population. It was sta
led on or mar the close of Ihe year 1855. by
the public press, that for the year just past,
five hundred murders h.ul been brought to
their notice. Thu compiler of this work feels
perfectly safe in saying that not less than five
ihousnnd murders have l^ccncommitted hi Cal
ifornia within the last six ytars. I will also
i here mention, that from the examination of the
1 uld files of daily papers jR appears that the a.c
' cidental deaths have no*fc been less in number
than those by murder for the same lime.
I Tim CtmoNßii's Ji itv in Philadelphia have*
| rendered n verdict “That Philip S. t’lowgcs
/ came to his death on Wednesday evening. Nov.
5, 1850. hy pr.stol shot wounds, fired from the
hands of Isaac C Sherlock, in Seventh street,
above Chestnut." When asked in the .Mayor's
ollh'e why lie shot the deceased, Shurlock re-
I plied:
“That the man had foully wronged him ;
thathclud married n young wife, and while
he was trying to earn a livelvhooel for her. thin
man had, under the guise of friendship, been
visiting hit house, and had brought wine there
drugged ; he had induced his wife to partake*
of it, and that nfier having clone so. he had
seducid her. lie also said that the worst ed
it was that ihe man had done* it with his mon
ey : that iv lieu fie hod spoken to him about it.
he had sneeml at him. The prisoner reilcrn
led.several turns ihnt the man had injured
him so seurely that he fell it a duly in shoot
him. and could not nah/.c that he had done
*") thing wrong ; I lint t Ins man hod gone In
his hmi.se with n note fiom himself to his wife
and obtained money with which (he wine was
puichased "
St'd ui Cnor or ini. S..i i u It was w iac and
prudent legislation in Congress w Inch brought
about the appropriation of some seventy-live
thousand dollars In procure fn-sfi supplies ed
sugar cane for planting In the sugar States next
season : for while our demand for the article lias
uyre.ised with the great increase of our popnln.
lion, the extent of the sugar crop lias been de
creasing lor several years. It ia not that less
binds are planted, or less care taken in the cub
Bvalion, but the cane ilsell has deteriorated,
yielding less and less sucharine Hiihslanoe*. Ji
,1a believed that hew plants will increase and
1 Improve onr crop—und the belief Is certainly n
! most reasonable one.
h.vrn*> aoasck is Dimas.—'lth Krri’crs epos
tiik Maukkt —ln Hu* city of Belgium extrava
gance has assumed smdi alarming proportions
llml the ladies themselves have been obliged to
combine for the purpose of arresting Its tliaus
trims progress. If appears (list extravagance
had been for sumo years a source of constraint
In families | and It nan noticed no marriages
were contracted, since the young men, fright
ened ut the bills that loomed up hi the distance,
prefeired to live hi celibacy. The mothers, re
cognizing the inconvenience of a state of al
lairs encouraged by themselves, have resolved
to bring about a salutary reform, and with this
view they have formed u committee which meets
once a week. They have declared open war
with extravagance, and every member announ
ces publicly (be retrenchments mode in her own
household expenses. They ray that happy re.
snlls have already been obtained, ami that simi
lar associations nr© to bo formed hi the neigh,
boring towns.
K7* The elector chosen by the Democracy
of Pennsylvania, meet llaniaburg, on Iho
first Wednesday In December, and cast their
b.illola. Tho Mull Is opened by Congecm on
the second Wednesday In February.
An Incident.— One day last week, one of tho
engines on tho Ihmoftbo Columbia Railroad,
named "Kansas,” ran off the track, and was
Urns placed In a decidedly awkward position.—
Word was sent up the road, nnd an application
made for another engine to restore her to (ho
track. Tho only engine not in use at tho timo
was tho "James Buchanan,” which was atone*
despatched to Iho " Kansas,” and quickly drew
her to tho proper position.
For the Volunteer* , 1
A FLYINO VISIT TO CARUSIE. ;
After an absence of thirty-six years from
Carlisle, I recently paid ft very brief visit of a
few hours, to that ancient Borough, and some
few of its dear old citizens. 0! how changed
and altered arc most of the men, places and
things! As was my visit, so must necessarily
bo the present hurried sketch—brief.
T arrived by the Rail. Road, about noon
stopped at the flue Hotel where the cars halted
—obtained a comfortable dinner —and then,
without recognizing a single individual, walked
up to Dickinson College, where I was most
kindly received by the very gentlemanly Pro
fessor of Mathematics, who politely* gave mo
some interesting reminiscences of that celebra
ted Institution, which (the Edifice) had been
burnt in 1804, and rc built in IHos—if I mis*
take not. I believe it was the day of opening
a new Session, as I observed quite a large num
ber of very lino young gentlemen, from the
I ages, I should say, of 15 up to 25 years, all
I apparently students, who had just arrived in
l it '-' cars, wending their way blithely to the
College. . . _ ...
I next passed down what I think is your
Main street. wbero-on the South side of that
street—l saw a gentleman in an qllico, with
pen in hand and a large book before him, whom
I naturally took for a magistrate and accord
ing y accosted him os such—endeavoring to
collect a little local newa-wlien be good-bn
moredly informed me that his was merely _a
Call Office, &c. Tims foiled in mj first at
tempt at gathering Imlrn -tion, I Hastened
down to the Court House, and, Itoubhcan like
entered without first sending in my <lart j ® r
otherwise announcing myself to the pHk..' I * B
within. To iho credit of the jncumbcnls. J
was received in a most friendly manner by nil
with whom I came in contact; and Mr. Wise,
the gentlemanly Olerk in the Commissioner’s
Olfice, in the most handsome manner, conduct
ed me over the building, giving me a short but
hitcresting history nf the edifice and some of
its nflic.ini oceu pun's. Most, if not all of those,
who 36 years ago played an important part up
on the public sla e are now dead! Alas! I
met but fe«—a 'cry few. indetd whom I had
once known ns active men. with high nspim
lions and buoyant hopes of a long future. Bui
where arc they now ? I regret, very much. I
could not see my old friend. Mr. Pinup Qrio
i.ky, who had. through Mr. Wish, expressed
a wish to see me. An interview with him,
therefore, and wish some others, iWimn / couhl
not see, is a pleasing sntisfnclion in icservc for
us for the future—if God phase.
I was fortunate in meeting my n’d friend
’Spiiie Hou'OMii. once a rat her smallish mini,
like nuseir, but now a link*, hearty and rather
corpulent old magistrate : who confers dignity
on the respectable olliccof J. I’, will) whicli lie
is now invested, discharging its duties. I was
infortned. to the satisfaction of nil parties. I
was exceedingly glad to see him, and am only
sorry I could not prolong my interview with
him. Al his olllce I also saw. nnd conversed
a few minutes, with Mr. Jacob Shuom. whom
I hnd also known in nuld lung sync, and who
looked remarkably well.
I also saw my friend. Sir. Jamks Loudon’.
Bookseller, who is the viry imnge of his vener
able father, Mr. Archibald I/)iu?on. JJamrsdoes
business in (he same house once occupied liy
his father —old White UaH —is prospeious ns
ie richly deseivcs to be. and has n line family
around him. (»od Mess him !
1 regret I could not command lime, (o call
upon rny friend, Mr- Jaso.v W. Ebt, whose
sign I saw, if I mistake not. on the house once
occupied by the eccentric Judge Brnckinridge,
author of Mothrn Chivalry. I hope, dto to
lenic. to see him (Mr. Ehy) htrenfler.
I was much pleased with my interview with
A. L. Sj’ONSl.rh, Emj., whom I ilrst saw for a
tew muipUjj, own • nice, and afterwards
at his room* in ‘lns hotel. lie is a gentten an
of varied information—for whose success in
this life, I feel a deep interest. May he ever
prosper.
’d.now.hastened fq the quarters of my dear
old frifcndS-mnjOrjGentnd Eitwaud AiUitm. I
went to Jus residence. But where do you sup.
pose I found the old warrior? Why, in the
very building, yea. in the identical apartment.
occupied by mystlf 30 years since ! Ami oniild
you guess what the old vctrnui was engaged
m / F uill It'D you : lie was in the midst ol
n son of literary wor ks. arranging. ns I judged.
Chronicle.* of the Pit.*/ —wliicli I liopt* lie mny
live (o complete ami publish, ere long—when.
I have good reason lo belioe, he will honor me
with n copy.
I hnd the rare good forlnnc lo be honored by
ihe (leneral, wiih a view of many of the martial
curiosilns. with which bis military cabinet
abound —American, Mexican, &c. 110. in a
most condescending manner. intimated that he
would fcil ii n pleasure lo accompany mo lo the
neighlsning Marnson, where some U 8 forces
were then collided, ami show me such tilings
ns might he interesting ; Iml that he had Urn
invited lon wedding of n relatin'(a young law
yer. I heinu‘i w hn-h was Jo take place (hat
evening —(he ll'hSept ins' ,1 (liink it was—
and so. of ccniise, eonld not ginlify me in this,
lint, he introduced me lo Ins sister in Inw. (a
Mis Knnlltnnn.) with whom 1 hnd a feu mo
tnenls of fnendly conversniion. Me nest mil
dnetid me mer to his sister’s residi nee. mid
when S'-aud in the parlor, something like (he
following dialogue look place between us in a
rather rteinlcd lone -because he is a hllle dull
jf homing :
I— liem-ral. where’s yonr brother. Mr, Sam
.1 Armor ? (leneral— He’s dead !
I—Where's John ? (bn —l)»nd !
I—Wliere's J.ni.es ? Men. Dmd !
I Whirr's June ? (im
M’Munns, Ksq.
I —Where's Susanna? (Jen.— Married to
Daniil Fisher.
—Mamed to James
AI tins moment Mis* Sarah Armor (whom I
bad purposely not enquired after. expecting ev
ery mmnenl to see her) said loud enough for
me to hear—speaking in an adjacent apartment
—“ And while’s Sarah V' ami immedialdv
appealed herself, and with whom I had a most
mien-sling interview—only. alas ! it was too
hrkf. She informed me of ihe welfare of sonic
of my bent friends, and their wish to see mo
atmuiK limn, my pnrliculur friend. Mrs Mary
1. Harman, whom I deeply regret I could not
Hcc.uecause she resides out of town, and a mile
orlwolrom the Carlisle and Harrisburg Rail
Uond. and being obliged to return to Harris
burg the same evening, and thence to the North
ern Kail Road, mi which 1 hurried along some
hundreds of miles in two days, including the
night—and thus arrived safely home -though
much fatigued—on Saturday evening, the HUii
of September, in tiro .lays, including a night
m my Canada home, n considerable distance
from the head of Lake Ontario.
~ * I
I cannot mint to nolico. that I sow it rcvor- I
inll»l looking old gentleman. in n loose robe l
having on his head a broad rimmed while hnl ,
not unlike those worn by the good Quakers
suing n. front of Ida door. He Interested m*
I inquired Ins name, and was told it was Mr.
Osninm Eon. “ That (Icorgo Egc Contain
1 feht n' n " Bl ' 1 '■ 1,10 brilliant Company of
Ught Horae, who. in days of old, need to pa.
rode Inn troop through tho town, preceded by
ns nice trumpeter, In a red ooat, with yellow
trumpet, and sealed on a white charger. ■■ In
thl n C ‘ P M " Ek °’’’. ,llo " Bllt 1 “Bain: “oneof
the dnesl horsemen lever saw mounted, on ex.
cellent oil leer, with tho keenest eye I ever bo.
held I—all animation, Im., and now—and cvct
thin—hut still, m appearance the gentleman "
and which, Tam told lio is in reality. ’
th.r'm Mr ’ 81110r ', T ou BCo l'm spinning n ra
ti er long yarn, and least I weary you mid vonr
kind reader, will now close, only romSffi
that I would deem it no common compliment B
if some one of your intelligent townsmen w n
was onco acquainted with tho Editor of tho
JLlherty ling, of your borough, would favor
...e directly, (or through the columns of
tlmnasl 1 J ° Ur "“ l,) ' vllh Bofao fcmlniscences of
UIU IJONI. p
i«f!! r, | B i‘i> Towo ad P bt of grotHiulo to your
talented Representative in Congress, (ho jC
Lemuel Todd whom I, honed to have cacd
upon, personally to thank /,1m tor I,la Croat
kimliioßs tomoj but can only do eo; 1) Ss pub-
Holy, «I had ndfth* time to do myscll %
J1 1 !i
iq OV y • . , ,
'Tor the Volunlttr.
rotor Mbs ago.
rTho follow ,'ng Irftesv atb not original with rac; •
but, wltli fl little* nllcfai|6n,lho;f bo ftilly eaptcq.'
my own senrimorts aiftl feoUngrf, tM I: gladly
adopt them os njjns: anti lon sure tWy willbo
moat heartily responded to by many of year
readers. Plmso in*®?* «hljp 5n svta* tylfahl*
corner <>f your Journal, anii oblfor yoar Cmud*
Correspondent—-Hr W* •• 1
I’vo wandered tlu’oiigh the wttUrwwH'lfod
I’ve sat beneath iho tree, • .
Upon tho School n jubo Play ©unwaw, which
sheltered yon ond n/o »’ ’ j.
But nonoworo thorotd ijrcot mey end for
were left to know, ‘ ■ ' -.»-
That played with us .upon iho green, nmerfc^.
Tlio'b™"*” l * Jnstm green, - N ’ ed >~ l btm'ftlaix
Where sporting Jnst ns wo did then, w«b «A‘
Bnt'tlio l&t sleeps npon Iho Mil, which, rtR* 1 '
ed o’or with snow, . ..
Afforded us a sliding pla«o, some forty year#
Tinfold School House Is altered now—lho ben.
I dies oro replaced ’ _ .
By new ones, very Hko tho same our Penknives
had defaced 5 . , ... o
But, tlio same old bricks arc In (ho wall— (he
bell swings to and fro— s
Tho music's jnst tho same, dear Aod, as forty 5
that bnhblcd 'nenth the hill, close by {
,j )0 surc.idlng beech, - : ?
_ .. ..'Mi—’twns onco So low, (hat we could ■!
Is rei, ll, C‘ v
AmUraVling '■>»"" <•> ** “ **» M \
I sorted so I . , . . , . . . k
To ,cc how ranch tlmt j. I'dd changtd, since tortf |
years ago! . \
Near by Iho spring upon tho Eiu’, Know I \
cut your name—
Your sweetheart's just bonoath Jtj.Ncd—and
you did mine, tho samos— i
Some heartless wretch hath pooled tho bark—
Mwas drying sure, but slow,
Just ns (bo one whoso name wo out, died forty ]
years ngn I I
My eyelids had been dry, Ned j but tears cam# \
in my eyes :
I thought of her I loved so well—those early fj!-j
broken ties— •
I visited tho old Churchyard, ond took somo :/■
flowers (0 strew
U]ion the graves of those wo loved some forty £
years ago! B.
And some nro In Iho churchyard laid—»omo k|
sleep beneath the sea ;
But few nro left of our old class, excepting yon j*«
and me : '|J
And, when our time shall conn& Ned, and iri ;|i
are c tiled to go, *•
1 lit j'c they’ll liiy us where wo played, somelor. ,-|ji
ly years ago t fj
Von remember, recently— -I’m very sure you -,J
do— . . K|
When in your warlike Cabinet.wbhrtd an inter- k
view} i||
Ami then nnd (here you handed me (whilst jnrt ||
nbout to fro,)
A litllo modest Idrate Book, composed jnst for.
ly years ngo f
In Eiph'etn Hundred Sixteen, Ned, when m m
nnd I were young, :M
I little thought you would preserve tho soerri
times we Minp t
But so it is—nnd Hint denr book, and nil in
notes I know,
Beenu-o that 1 its writer was, just forty yean
ago!
O! what n rltsh of thoughts, dear Ned, cam#
crowding on rny bmln,
When minppri/ed, nnd suddenly, I saw that til
th* hook again !
My hlnod coursed quicker through my vclni
my ho =rt did overflow—
Tims to behold, though mentally, sweet torrorr
scene-' of Inrty years ago!
But oil the earth Is dying, Nirt, nod so musl yea
nnd 1—
M i.eh ul my past I would recall, «• «h» aud van*
Wy\
And one thins wo should strive to loam—y«,
wo should surely know—
That u o are nearer death lids day, than
forty years ago !
Fan-well uiy dear old friend, a whlU—perhip,
tor a long while— i
Yet, wo may meet again on earth, 'cun 111 y«B
town Carlisle: '
Out let us uork wliilo It is day, and let ns betla
grow.
So that our Faith may stronger bo, (btn forty
years ago I
May Heaven’* choicest blessing rest forever oi
your head—
May wo *«re above to meet. And now gixd- 1
bye, dear Ned.
October 4th, 18o(l
Hon. John 0. Brftklnrlrfgf,
The following it> a sketch,of tho Vice Pnlt*
dent elect of the United Slates, from ■ corn*
pondent of the New York Journal of Com-
Lbxixoton, Ky„ Oct. ?,0. [W».
Aficr a idcnsant ride nmid the beautiful and : -M
fmiU' fields of Kentucky. lam once again »&• fa
ly ensconsed within this iMftiitiful place. Ihit ||
was so lung the resting place of Henry Clay, n
and now is the residence of tlmt nohleson fi g|
honor and fame. John C. Breckinridge. T« Bi
know him. is enough to prove the scholar.pnv J®|
iKtnon nnd statesman, who will fill theeffiftof Jgl
Vice President bv virinc of the eleetto*.
Tuesday next. He is oil that the pnrly couVl
wish for, ns a champion of their principle- M
lie commenced life poor and friendless. (h»
parents being diad ) He began «R a teacher* M
a common school, nnd through ptrsctctaftft ,3
■nnd haul study, he enlemi upon his collegial*
course with the avails of his Inlop.
At this period of life, ft wealthy tmcicm* f||s
came much interested in him, hut tl P on .“4 |||
rvownl of Democratic principles. the bond or »
friendship was seveicd. Vet the young ft
aspiring genius-continued on, nnd finally gw* ®
unted with the highest honors of his class.
As nn orator, he coinbims the char
comprehensive soundness of o Webster • p( * |s
Clay: nnd, in connection, has ft beautiful and -M
flowery stylo of expression, nnd ft copious aup* ||
ply of words, of a cl.asie nt.d refined clmra* l ** ||
equal to the greatest. To me the expicw**'' ||
of a neighbor of his: When he opens Ins moot * .jj
it is hut to give utterance to the mral beaoti*
ful. chaste nnd classic language.' like a ran |||
collection of buds, which, ns they o|Un an/ E|
expand, det elope new beauties continually, rt ||
his social position, with sucli are finement £ K
cultivated manner, he is esteemed by >■ H
know him. He will ndd a lustre to H
unequalled In the history of one fo » B|
Should ho by chimcc be the next I rc J"I
nmy softly conlldo to him the rein* oi J I « ■
or,.met, end f.cl ensured t!,*t will be ||
Tub Noam Boaroh Extension Canai.-- B
Pennsylvanian says i MVt> ore gratified to |c»m m
from Wllkcalnrre, that tho water hfl* seen
Into this now lino of our State improvise
ami that It is now opon to navigation Us cw
length. Already boats loaded with
coal have boon set up to tho State of |
to bo oxchungcd lor cash or for tho agrlcii
productions of tho fertile region border
tho lakes. At tho New York Stato tno
North Brandt Canal Is connected by tho «
tlon Canal with (ho Chemung Cnnnl, at b '
thus opening for tlto rich coat Adda of
horro and ond extensive mnr
from which they have boon hitherto ontho y»
out.* This cannot full to add greatly io
wealth and enterprise of (hat sooUail Pt B
Commonwealth, and gives tho B
, that tho North Brandi Eijtonpiau VdR V* ijß
our most productive H nc^ -,||
from which tho SUtowill oyontnahy r^i ,ft # j } ,B
revenue. Too much credit .cannot ho gw* ||
; MaflUt.tho edlplcn^Buporh^ondont^fprH' 0 „ p|
. or with whloh'lVhas imsheth thp VM 0 * f:|
• completion." " [>.£
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rs.
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11. W. P.