'AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
lOHS B. BWTTON, Eilltoi 6 Proprietor.
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.CARLISLE, PA.. APRIL 16, 1857.
Democratic State Ticket.
Fob Governor,
WILLIAM F. PACKER,
Of Lycoming ftmnty.
Fon Judge op the Scphehe Court,
ELLIS LEWIS,
Of Philadelphia City.
For Cabal Commissioner,
NtMROD STRICKLAND,
Of Chester County.
APPRENTICE WANTED.
AN apprentice, to learn the printing busi
ness, is wanted at this office. An intelli.
gent, well-educated boy of 16 or 17 years of
ago, will bo offered a fair bargain by making
early application.
would call the attention of our citi
zens to the dilapidated condition of (ho Public
Gravo-yard. It will noon be In a deplorable
state if not attended to.
March verified Iho old adage—came in liko
a lion and wont out like & lamb. Bo far April
has been a more fickle month than March.
Is Count.—On Tuesday last, on motion of
R.. M, Henderson, E;q., Wu. D. Haldert was
admitted to practice law in the several courts of
this county.
Going West.— Quito a goodly number of our
citizens have left this Spring to seek new homes
In the West. We hope they may all realize the
highest hopes (lint induce them to leave old
homes for a wcaiy pilgrimage in a now quarter.
“ Spring time of year is coming,
Bitds nro blythe and gay,
InsccUs are humming,
And all tho world ”
Ought to dress his wife and daughters in the
neatest and most desirable manner circumstan
cos mil permit. See tho advertisements ©four
Carlisle merchants, in another column.
Entertainment at Edi-cation Hall. —The
lost entertainment of Mr. and Mrs. Ta-sneiiim,,
«ill take place .it Education Hall, on Saturday
evening. The onterlninmcnt will consist of Re
citations, Readings from favorite ant hors, Songs,
&c. Mrs. T. (formerly Miss Sue M’Murrat,
ot Carlisle,) has gained an enviable reputation
In her profession, and wo hope to see the old
Hall crowded on Saturday evening.
R3"Any of our fiiends who may wish to have
their likenesses taken cheap, and in really beau
tiful style, should give Messrs. Main ft Obuorne
q call at their sky-light rooms, in Hanover St.
Wo have soon several lino specimens of their
pictures, taken on glass, Jr*«n and paper, mid
consider them n little nearer perfection in the
art than any we have ever seen.
Mr. Tiffany's Lecture. The lecture do-
Hvercci by Professor Tiffant, in iho Court jS- mails, but had not been received. This at-
Uouso in (Ills borough, on Tuesday evening, traded I lie attention of Col. J. Holbrook, spe*
was vrell attended. The subject of the eloquent j cinl agent of the Post Office Department, who
lecturer wua •• Tho Newspaper.” After payiqg j made an examination of the receipt books in
a compliment to the editors ol Carlisle, he pio- ■ the registry department of the New York post
ccedod to empire the newspaper press of office, and found that the “missing" letters had
America with those oi other countries, and most ]in fact been rtcieved ami receipted for They
happy wm ht. hits and conclusion.. Ho .poke had been taken out by a young man regularly
ii Or Iho ririSrfpWJloya' to receive registered and other leltore
ana contended that the press was the great ,i, n ii,. a-, - .. , .
... „ , tt . lor the Inucs, the editors of which have since
teacher of the yonng In America. He inferred .urn- . , ,
~i a r , ~ , , , .. mode the following retraction of their charge;
to the London Tima, the great “ fhundorer' _ , , , b
~e .u t i t i . I have satisfied ourselves he persona J i
If ~ h 0 E " e i “ 1 an interesting ! ein,„i„„|,„n „ mt „, r „f money’ contained
history of the wealth and enterprise of that m registered Icticrs has been due. to sonic ex
mammoth establishment. TVo would like to , tfnt at all e» ruts, to (he unfaithfulness <*( agents
speak more at length ol the intellectual tio.it i ln ol,r °' rn t'niploy- We desire, therefore, to
tins locturr s.lbnlerl, bill nine ndl not permit >1 r , dl ' ?r . c 1 llc ' n r ll,c rcs.Mry depart met nf
, , the nly post office from whatever suspicion our
present. At a (mure tune wo may refer to the f„ nncr statements on this subject may havcitv
flame subject, und advance some of our own volved.
▼lewa, Thu subject Is an interesting ouo both We may add, also, that we arc satisfied that
for the lecturer and (ho journalist. merchants and business men generally arc far
100 careless in regard to the class of persons
who arc sent to the post office for their letters '
Ills very common to intrust this important
and responsible duly to those employees who
are in the most inferior positions, and who arc
the most inadequately paid for their services
A direct temptation to dishonesty is thus
thrown in their way We are satisfied that
the matter deserves more attention than it ic
ccivcs.”
Feast op the Passover.— Thursday of fast
week was the first day of tills ancient Jewish
festival—a festival which has been observed at
each recurring anniversary lor an unbroken
period of several thousand years. It lasts fur
several days. During tins festival n<> marriages
can bo solemnized, nor other food eaten than
tbo “ mazot the unleavened bread of the
Scriptures. In the preparation of this broad
great care is cxcicisod. The flour must be the
very Quest, tlie water of tho purest qualify, and
in kneading tho dough, the hand is not Buffered
fo como in contact nilh If. For (his purpose n
machine has been invented which works the
dough, tolls it out betnuen uooden i oilers, and
Anally cuts M into propci sizes. It is baked in
thin, round cakes, looking much liko certain
aorts of crackers, and very Insipid in flavor.
iCT” Tho trial of Mrs. Cunningham and Jno.
J. Eckel has been set down for tho (first Mon*
dayj-llhof May next. A panel of five hun
dred jurors was ordered by tho court of oyer
sod terminer.
(£y*Oov. Pollock has appointed James Arm
strong, Esq., of Lycoming county, supreme
judge, in the place of Judge Black. resigned.
Decimal CuiuiE.vcr.— The Canadian Parlia
ment has reduced the pounds, shillings and
pence currency lo dollars and cents, for the fa
cilitation of trade between Canada and tiic
United Stales. By-and by all the commercial
countries will have the same currency b*cd
upon decimal fractions. There is nothing the
world is so open to as the practical suggestions
of common sense
Rate of Interest in Illinois. —At the re
cent session of the Legislature of Illinois, a law
was passed fixing the legal rale of interest in
that State at eight per cent. ; but in any con
tract, written or verbal, len per cent, may bo
collected, and any person who receives or sti
pulates to receive over ten per cent., shall for
feit the whole interest.
Democratic State Committee.—The mem
bers of the Democratic Stale Committee arc re
qpcstcd to meet at the Merchants’ Hotel, Phil
adelphia, on Monday, April 20th, at 7 o’clock
P. M.
Select School.—i'ho following is the return
of select scholars for (ho quarter ending April
Ist, 1867 i
School Wo. 11—Jefferson IVnggonor, Brico
J. Slorrol, Wm. IV. Slmpley. No. 12— Agues
Graham, Anna Alexander, Grace* Loomis. No.
IS—Mary Landis, Mary A. Bonder, S. Cornolia ,
Sniond. No. M—John F. McMath, John C. 1 (£/* There is now living in Murray co.. Ga..
S /, "T* - , 0 - 17 - s “ rall ?")'• O" Iho waters of Holly Creek, a revolutionary
dcr, iiachol Snuhr, Sarah Furher. No. JH—' . , , , , , „ >/v 3
Amo* Zloglor, Howard M. Norris, Smith Me- ■ velcran ,v!, ° ,m 3 QUnined the ngc of 130 years.
Donald. , His name is John l/amcs.
D. Eckels, i y , 3. S
Ovuti... a . , OT7* 01c Bull, tlic great Norwegian violinist,
nS"wT7 r T T"‘ is " 0B ’ eMn e eonccrt " i" Phil«dL-1p1.i..
crops of Indian corn'are ntM “f, f ° Ur {’r c l lilrol . or y l» lonving llio country, lo lake up
c produced annually. his ahudo permanently in his native land.
SALE OF THE MAIN LINE.
The sale qf the Main Line of our public im
provements bos been a question before the Leg*
islature for seTcrnl sessions. At present there
are several bills reported having in view this
object We have, on all former occasions, op
posed the sale, because we believed the Main
Line, as well as all other portions of our public
improvements, would eventually pay. We felt,
too, & natural Pennsylvania pride, and believed
it would lower the character of our State to
part with her public works. But, wc ore
tired paying taxes to keep up these works long
er, and, os wc believe this to be the sentiment
of nine-tenths of tho people of Cumberland
county, wc soy emphatically, sell the Main
Line os soon os possible—tho sooner the better.
We know not whether it be bad management
or not, but certain it is, as at present conduct
ed, the works are not yielding a revenue that
will justify the State in retaining them. Wc
hope they may be sold at a fair price, and in a
woy honorable for the State. The following
remarks of, the Pennsylvanian on this subject
meet our views:
“It is an undeniable fact that the propo
fiition to sell this Main Line is gaining strength
daily. For thirty years the people have
paid their taxes, and seen them swallowed
up by this insatiable foe of the treasury, and
now they are ready to relinquish the improve
ment as one that has boon patiently tried and
found sadly wanting. Tho object of our fa
thers in constructing this line was good, but its
day of usefulness is gone by, and it would be
folly for the Commonwealth to hold on to it
when its revenues are yearly growing less, ami
its expenses yearly increasing. Of course Ido
not allude to the Columbia Railroad, but to the
mnddy ditch which common use has dignified
[with the name of Canal. A bill for its sale
1 will probaly pass, and it is (0 be hoped that
1 tins hill will be so framed as to do justice to all
parties. The Legislature should not be govern
ed by prejudice cither against the Main Line or
in favor of any panics that may desire to pur
chase it.
Lost Letters —lt is, and we suppose a!*
ways will be the habit of a certain class of
newspaper editors to make attacks upon the
Post-office Department. When they have no
thing else to talk alxiut and find it difficult to
get news to fill their journals, they supply the
want by writing an article of a column in
j length against the Post-office Department and
its officers. These attacks, nine times out of
ten, are as malicious as they arc dishonest. A
few weeks since, the editor of one of the Phila
delphia Magazines made the sweeping charge
that there was not a town in Pennsylvania con
taining a population of 500 from the Post-office
of which he had not lost one, two or three reg
istered loiters containing money. Wo knew
this to be a wilful and deliberate falsehood—a
i he from top to bottom—for, from the Carlisle
Post office no registered letter has ever been
| lost, nor indeed any other letter so far as we
have knowledge The editor of the New York
Daily Times, recently complained that a largo
number of registered letters, containing money,
had been sent to its publishers through the U.
Common Schools —A bill has been intro
duced in the House of Representatives, at Har
risburg, to enable the Governor lo appoint n
Slate Superintendent of Common Schools, and
to relieve the ,Secretary of the Commonwealth
of a duly which he is now compelled lo commit
lo other hands. The appointment of an officer
whoso business will bo sobly to manage and
superintend the school system of the State,
will do much to increase its efficiency.
The Nfbhaska A pi'iiintmexts.—Wo learn
from Washington that theio were over one bun
dled applicants tor tt»« six land offices In Ne
braska. Mr- Chapman, the delegate from the
Territory, recommended the appointment of
1 residents only, and ho secured three, tho out
| side piossme alone preventing the ocrompllsh
j men! ot his wishes. The following nro said to
j have been appointed :
1 For the Dakotah District—John C. Tusk,
Register; John N. II Patrick, Receiver.
South Platte District—lsaac L. Gibbs, Regis
ter; Edward Desluui. Receivoi
Nahama District—George H. Nixon, of Ton
nesseo, Register; Andiew Hopkins, of Ponnsy 1-
vnnia, Receiver.
The Kansas Ai nnivTnrNrs. President Du.
clianan has made the follou ing appointments for
Kansas ;
John W. WhilfloKl, of Kansas, register of the
land office, anil Daniel Woodson, of Kansas, ro.
coiver of public moneys for tho Delaware land
<ll ati let. Kansas Territory.
Frederick Emory, ot Kansas, register of tho
land offico. and James P. Downer, of Kansas,
receiver of public moneys fui the Western land
district, Kansas Territory,
William H. Dank, of Kansas, register of the
land offico, and Epnphrodltus Homsotn, of Mich.
Igan, receiver of public moneys, for the Osage
land district, Kansas Territory.
The Old Coin.— Since government has to
ken measures to got rid of “ftps” and ■•levies.”
traders should cease to mark their goods and
sell by fractions of n cent. We should have no
more fourths and halves stuck in bills of items.
All articles should bo sold for 0, 12. 37. 02. or
B 7 cents, instead of affixing a fraction thereto,
or else add an additional cent to the cost.—
Who trill bo tho first to commence the reform ?
ft must come.
m TOE KNOW-NOTHISQS DEAD?
This is a question just now of.considerable
interest, says tho Clinton Democrat, That tho
thing is dead os Hector, 1 that its requiem has
been chanted, that Judgment has taken place,,
(bat its local habitation is amongst the shades
beyond tho grave, even that its resurrection
and final doom is past, is our firm conviction.
Who can believe otherwise ? Less than three
years ago, it swept the land, crushing all par
ties beneath its heathen car. Imperious Know
Nothinglsm was tho tyrant master everywhere,
and whoever refused it homage was marked by
its votaries as a victim for all coming time.—
At the first recurring election in Pennsylvania,
the vaunted “ruler of America” met a deserved
reverse at the hands of that stern Democracy,
who, though sometimes defeated, never yet
quailed before an enemy, whatever his power
or his previous success. Another year, and
poor “ Sam” was laid so low under the feet of
hia enemy, that truly there were none to do
him reverence. But a harder fate was in store
for him—ho at last meets his just dues by be
ing repudiated by his own friends ! In tho re
cent opposition convention, while a faint stab
was made at the “ Pope,” the “foreigner" was
suffered to pass unmolested ! Wilmol, a repu
diator of Know-Nothingism—Wilmot, who de
nounces the doctrine as vile and its purposes as
base—Wilmot. who acknowledges no necessity
for agitation about the naturalization laws—
Wilmot. who glories in stigmatizing Know-
Nothingism as a “damned humbug”—Wilmot
who hates the Union “ Sam” professed to rev
erence—Wilmot, who acknowledges no motive
for political action unless it is based on a “nig
ger”--this Wilmot who “swore like the army
in Flanders,” whenever some green Know-No
thing proposed “fusion,” is made the candidate
of the opposition for Governor, and every Know
Nothing is called upon to forswear himself and
yield hearty support to a man who cannot be
made to pay decent respect to the doctrine of
an extension of the naturalization laws !
All the nominees on the ticket with Wilmot
are Republicans 100 ! Then where is Know-
Nolhingism, if it lives ?
That same convention which nominated Wil
mot. treated with contempt ami derision apro
posil’on to endorse the Know-Nothing admin
istration of Pollock. Why ? Because they
would not endorse Know-Nothingism even by j
implication !
Then there is not even enough of Know-No
thingism left to make a nomination of its own
—no. not even so much of it as to commend a
recognition of decent regard from even a black
republican convention, which yet strive to ob
tain its votes!
Can a party.be said to be living when it has
not either strength enough to make a nomina
tion, or to induce some other party to receive
it bodily as a part of its own organization ?
There arc not less than twenty factious in
the Democratic party, either of whom could
command a respectful bow from any conven
tion whose doors they would approach. But
Know-Nothmgism is not only no longer a par*
ty worthy of consideration, much less capable
of commanding respect, but is so disreputable
even ns a faction, that the least patriotic, the
basest born parly that over existed, will not
even take it by the-hand, or be seen in its
company, or.recognisc its presence !
Then. aro4hc Know-Nothing* not dead as a
party or faction—as-dead as a criminal hanged
by the neck until ho is ‘-dead—dead—dcad,”i
I as the courts say ? /
( True, some K. N. papers arc crying out
I against Wilmof, and are crying aloud for a
Know-Nothing nominee. But there is not
enough life left in the concern to call even a
ahelclon of its bruised carcass together to make
a nominee. Then will not every man of sense
pronounce his solemn judgment, that Know-
Nothingism is dead, and that he is an imposter
who invokes Ur name ?
A Good Selection. —Win. B. Reed. Esq.,
has been tendered the mission to China, by
President Buchanan. This we consider an ex
cellent selection. Mr. Reed is an able lawyer
and a gentleman of fine talents. During the
last political campaign he did good service fur
the Democratic cause, and his appointment will
be hailed with deh.ht by the national Whigs
who joined with the Democracy to save the
country from anarchy and ruin.
Ciikw Tins Ct'D —Although the Democratic
party has been styled •* Pro-Slavery,” and its
administration has been denounced as tool of
the slave power.” not one foot of free soil has
been given lo the institution by tho Democratic
parly during the term of power closing with
the administration of Mr. Pi6rce, but thousands
of miles have been saved to freedom by its direct
intervention. Shnckcrs and schrccchers, ru
minate on the (act.
A Dauoittkii Muhdeked uy her FATintn.—
Elizabeth Buchey was shot by her father, Julius
Buchcy, near Shcpherdsvillc, Ky., on Tuesday
last. She had been engaged lo a young man in
the neighborhood, but her father had broken ofl
tho match. On that day she desired lo visit a
neighbor, where hoi father suspected that she
intended to meet her old lover. Ho refused lo
let her go. became highly exasperated at her
request, and finally drgiv a revolver and fhot
her in the head, killing her instantly Ho then
shot himself with the same pistol, fell and ex
pired.
A Snake in a Potato.— Tho Chicago Jour
nal of Thursday says that Mr, Charles E. Day,
of the North Side, yesterday showed us a boil*
cd potato, which, on being opened, was found
to contain a small snnko, over two Inches long.
It was an ugly looking thing. Tho develop
ment look place at tho dinuor table.
[C7* One of tho tonnage engines of tho Balti
more and Ohio Railroad Company ran off the
track and overturned near Klngwood tunnel on
last Saturday, by which accident tho engineer,
Clarence Hutson, of Johnstown, Pa., and the
fireman, John Dudley, were scolded to death.
O* At Yorkvillc, S. C., lust week, the case
of Lee vs. Moss-involving a right to one aero
of land, worth about four dollars and a half,
was decided for tho plointifl, after having been
three terms on the docket. The cost amounted
to about $BOO. That is dear satisfaction.
O* An explosion look place at Forest Rose,
near Napoleon, Ark., lost week, by which 13
persons were killed ond several wounded.
(LT* A singular legal ease lias just been con
cluded in Cincinnati. The defendant, 16 years
ago, found an infant upon his door steps and
left it at n humane institution. He is now made
to pay 8150 per year for Its support ever since.
Black Republican Convention*
The Republican State Convention, was held
hero on the 25tK'nlt.» and adopted a scries of
resolutions, from which-we extract the follow
ing : «
“Resolved; That.the Constitution confers
upon Congrca SOVEREIGN POWER over the
Territories of the United States for their gov
ernment.”
“Resolved, * * * That wo DENY THE
AUTHORITY OP CONGRESS * * * to give
legal existence to slavery in any Territory of
the United States, whflothe Constitution shall
be maintained,”
First, they concede, the sovereign power
op Congress to govern the Territories, and
then deny one of; the very attributes of that
sovereignty. This shows the strait to which
the Black Republlban-disunionists arc reduced
to maintain their house, and is enough to drive
from their ranks every Honest, sensible man,
who aims only at the good government, peace
and prosperity of the country. —Harrisburg
Patriot.
A New Song.
There is beauty, pathos and truth combined
in the following Song which nil our dclinquint
subscribers should Icom to sing with an under
standing hca^t:
O, how hnppy are (hoy
Who tho Pointer do pay,
And have squared upffid old year and more;
Tongue cannot express
The great joy of the Press,
When delinquints have squared tho old score.
Printers all tho day long,
Labor hard for their song,
Oh, that all their hard fate could but soo 5
They bare worked all the day
And of course want their pay
To buy sugar, broad, butter and tea.
Horse Race.—The “ one-hundred-tnilo
trot,” of which correct particulars are given in
the annexed paragraph, is called the most un
mitigated piece of rascality and of cruelty ever
perpetrated upon the horse. The conditions of
the race were that the horses were to trot one
hundred miles without food or rest. It is staled
that the Arabs ride upwards of one hundred
miles per day for several days in succession,
but it is never done without the most thorough
preparation, and the Arab takes advantage of
every circumstance on the way to cose and rest
his horse, and he is never so brutal ns to force
his horse through a whole day without both
food and rest:
The victorious horSfe Is owned by a member
of the New York legislature from the city of
New York, Mr. Sheehan. The animal is of
blood slock, having been sired by Eclipse from
a Messenger marc. The blood of the other
horse is unknown. Mr. Sheehan’s horse is 7
years old. and the other is 9 years. Thegreatcst
speed of Sheehan’s horse is 3 minutes, while
Dalton’s horse has turned a mile in 2.42. The
start was made from Albany at 5 o’clock. n.m.,
and at 12 o’clock 73 miles had been made. Up
to this point the horses had not shown much
fatigue. On reaching 88 miles, the Dalton
horse had flagged so much that his driver con
eluded to stop, and the animal was put in a
stable. The other horse then slackened into a
walk, and walked eleven miles, when the Dal
ton horse overtook him, and both pushed on.
Sheehan’s horse reached the goal in twelve
hours and twenty two minute*! having made
the last half mite m two minutes 1 The roads
were in very bad condition, and in some places
wore obstructed 1>) heavy snow drifts. The
horses are said to be apparently uninjured, and
am doing well.”
Resistance to L\w i^Oinn.-IThe 1 The Ohio Leg
islaturo talks «/ resisting the laua of (lie United
States; and a Jfint conniption on (ho Dmi Scott
I decision of Uw V. S, Supremo Court have ro
por ted bo mo forr/hJo rcsolufiuiis affirming (hn(
thnt decision “ must not and shnlf not bo con
sumroated in Ohtb.” and saying « tternly to the
South and tholr Northern abettors, but in all
kindness, that UwiU take more than one deci
sion, fulminated by a Jesuitical Catholic Judge,
to conquer n free Protestant people.’* O mighty
cantt only to bo equalled by the lolly eloquence
of this rebellious committee when they say—
“ Endeavor to enforce that decision In our State,
and from the blue waters of Lake Erie on the
North to the beaulilul Oldo on Iho South; from
tho hills o( Pennsylvanian on (he East to the
plains of Indiana on (ho West, but one voice
will be heard echoing and re-echoing tho war
cry of the revolution —* Give us liberty or give
us death.'” There is a kind of awfitlness in
this threat Hint ont-Chdovors Ohoever. Here
after Thermopylae and Spartan devotion will ho
obsolete ideas.
IL7*" In Boston, Inst year, there were 225
deaths by ' lolencc —59 of them wore from
drowning. 9 persons were killed on railroads.
29 were burned. 2 pofeoned. and 20 tumbled
out of windows, Ac.
A Great City. —The consolidation of New
lork with Brooklyn, L. 1., and the (owns m
King’s county, which must eventually lake
place, will make it one of the largest cities in
the world.
C9* Maggie Myers, a child live years of ago,
was left alone at her parent’s residence, in
Troy, N. Y. on Tuesday week. She played
with some matches, set the house and her
clothes on lire, and was burned to death.
(£7 From (iirard cillogo there have been
bound out 155 orphans, of which no less than
21 have become printers.
Artesian M eli.s.—Nino artesian wells have
been sunk for various establishments in New
York, at an expense of $50,000, which furnish
1,430 gallons of water tfer minute. The price
of the same quantity o( “ Croton," annually,
would be &70.000. it is *ald.
OMt is slated that’durillg the year 1866,
one grain and produce (lirn at Chicago, used in
their business $12,600,000, their checks on a
single hank amounting to *8,000,000. The
amount of gnpu which passed through their
hands was 5,260,000 bushels.
Uncle Sam's Funds.— The United Stales
Treasurer reports the wliolo amount in the
several depositories, subject to draft on the
23d of March, as *21,722,821.
Funeral op Mn. Penrose. —The funeral of
tile lion. Oiiaiu.es B. j)enuosb, attended hy
the memberspf the Lcghitaturo, took place from
his Into Square, Phila
delphia, on tho lotligipjl. lie was interred at
Laurel Hill. iy s|
A Third Candidate, is likely to ho
a third candidate in thiS field for governor of
tho Commonwealth. Tjio dissatisfaction at
the nomination of Mr. Wilmot appears to bo
deep rooted and extensitfp, and the question In
openly agitated amongst those who hove no dis
position to be sold and trjmaferrcd to the black
republican party, wholScr a third candidate
shall bo brought upon tl|> course.
EX-OOTWDR JOHN BIGLER.
Tho Elmira Daily Advert iter, an opposition
paper, thus speaks of tho appointment of Ex-
Governor John Bigler, of California, as Minis
ter to Chili:
If Mr. Buchanan 3s ns happy in all his appoint
ments, as in tho above selection, he will give
bat little room for fault-finding, politics aside.
Prom a long personal acquaintance with Ex-
Gov. Bigler, wo can bear our testimony to his
worth ns a man—the only fault wo ever could
seriously bring against him, was his unflinching
adherence to the Democrocy, whether right or
wrong. He was born and raised a Democrat,
and to-day ia about forly-llvc years of ago, but
the man cannot be found who can say that Hon.
John Bigler ever wavered in his attachment to
Democracy, or (ailed to vote for a ticket of that
parly on election day.
In 1844, wo think it was, ho became one of
the editors and proprietors of the Pittsburgh
Daily Post, which ho conducted with marked
ability-
Early in tbo spring of 1810, ho purchased a
good sized wagon and a pair of stout oxen, and
putting info it such household goods and provi
sions ns ho deemed necessary, together with
himself, wife and throe or four children, started
overland for California, where, after enduring
many hardships, ho arrived In safety early in
tho fall of (ho same year. Ho went Into the
mining country, and was successful in Ids opera
tions. Upon tho adoption of tho State Consti
tution, and tho admission of California into tho
Union in 1850, ho received the Democratic no
mination for Governor, and was triumphantly
elected. At tho termination of his term of of
fice, ho was re nominated for Governor, and
was again elected by a handsome majority.
During tho past year, ho has been devoting
Ids time and talents to tho interests of Mr. Bu
chanan, to whom ho is attached by a long per
aonnl acquaintance ; and tho President, In con
sideration of his services, has given him (he
mission to Chill. Ex-Gov. Bigler, like his
brother, Senator Bigler ofPennsylvnnla, acquir
ed his early education in a printing office.
Indian Atrocities in lowa.—A Idler re
ceived here from a responsible source, dated
Fort Dodge, lowa, March 23, says that a set
tlement of twenty families at the head waters
of the Dcs Moines river, had been attacked by
Indiana, and that it was supposed that all were
murdered. Only two houses wore visited by
the persons bringing the news, in which four
teen dead bodies were found. Some had been
shot and others inhumanly clubbed lo death.—
It is presumed that tho whole number of per
sons composing the settlement were killed, or
that they arc now in captivity. A meeting of
citizens was called on the 22d ult.. and a com
pany of fifty to one hundred men had organiz
ed to march to take vengeance on the Indians,
and rescue any person that might be found
with them.
Tho telegraph last night confirms the above.
The massacre took place on Spirit Lake.—The
Indian agent. Flandiam. staned with a com pa
ny of troops from Foil Ridgly on the 17th ult.
Fifteen settlers arc reported missing.
The St. Paul Pioneer of the 2Cth confirms
the report that a massacre occurred on the 9th,
Spirit Lake is in Emmett county, lowa, on
the Minnesota boundary. I
The 1 Emiiodimkvt. ” —Our neighbor of the
Herald, in speaking of David Wilmot. the
candidate of the Black Rcpublians for Gover-
nor, says
If Henry Clay was the '•embodiment” of
Whig principles, in (ho glorious days of yore,
so may Hand \\ ilmol tie now os truly termed
(he very • life, soul ami embodiment” of He
publiramsm.
Thus we see the Republicans claim VTilmot
ns exclusively their candidate. The poor, mis
erable. despised Know-Nothings arc to bo
whipped into his support, but Wilmot nor his
political friends will have anything to do with
tho night-ow Is. They arc too weak lo be lon
ger regarded even by lJic Republicans. Poor
•‘Sam. ”
IC7“ 1 lie New ork correspondent of the
Naltoual hilclhgencer says, a company of capi
talists, styling themselves the "American Emi
grant Aid and Homestead Company,” arc ap
plicants to our Legislature for a charter to en
able them to carry out important projects which
they have in view. The scheme of the company
is to purchase large tracts of wild lands in the
West and so improve them as to render them
peculiarly attractive to settlers, who will be in
vited to purchase in alternate sections on very
favorable terms, Ihe company looking to the
I ultimate sale of their reserved sections fora
profitable return upon their investments. An
organized system of emigration is also contem
plated as one of the features of the enterprise.?
No Mohr Banks. —There appears to be a
division in the Lcgislatuio on the Bank ques
lion:--one portion favoring the free banking
project, the other adhering to the old system,
and now urging the passage of local banks.—
The free banking bill was defeated on the third
mst.. by a decidrd vote. The friends of the
local banks finding a spirit of retaliation rife,
procured n reconsideration and recommitment.
The probability is, that between the two the
bank mania will fail for this session.
70.000 Lives Lost. -It is estimated that in
the bombardment of Canton, by the English
fleet, which began the 28th of October Inst,
seventy thousand lives—of men, women and
children of nil ages—have been sacrificed, and
properly to the amount of over ten millions,
destroyed. With all this loss of life and prop
erty, there is no succumbing on the part of the
Celestials, who manifest a stubborn bitterness
of feeling toward anything that has the appear
ance of reconciliation.
[IV- Hoover's Ink, made in Philadelphia, is a
great comfort to editors, and we suspect even
greater to compositors, seeing that its tluidity
leaves no excuse for had or charred wriling
thc great foes of type-setters.
It is really quite a pleasure to write with such
mk, especially with a good sleet pen. for which
mamiy ,t la prepni-wl.-Acia Fort American.
"o cheerfully add our testimony to that of
the Editor of the American, in favor of floo-
Varl f"*' 11 " ?" L lllat c “" bc desired.—iVem
I ork Lourier min B/iqutfr
Hooeer'a Phlad'l fia Ink. is a beautiful ar
lie o, well calculated for metal mens, ns it does
nm corrode them.-B,other Joknalhnn, Ntw
Suicide op a New York Ci.erb.— Alfred
Halsey, a clerk in the carpet store of Brown &
Co„ Cpurtlandt street, New York, committed
suicide hy taking strychnine at tho Girard
House, in Philadelphia, on Wednesday night
last. Tho causes which led to tho suicide are
wrapped in mystery, hut it would-scem to have
been premeditated, as ho came on to that city
without luggage, and with only n little over
three dollars in his pocket—not enough to pay
his bill mid lake him homo ogain. Ho was a
native of Virginia. His father is a wholesale
clothes dealer In Petersburg, in that Slate.
ID'Col. David Mitchell, (ho Now Superin.
tendent of the Columbia Railroad, commenced
his duties on Hie Ist Inst.
life of on Engineer*
The lilo of a railroad engineer is graphically
depicted in tho following extract /tom tho
Schenectady Star:
But tho engineer—ho who guides tho train by
guiding the iron horee, and almost holds tho
lives of passengers in his hands—his la a life of
mingled pain and pleasure. In a little eoveu-by
oino apartment, with square holes on each aide
for windows, open behind, and with machinery
to look through ahead, you iind him. Ho is the
Pathfinder}” ho leads the way in all times of
danger, checks tho iron horse, or causes it to
speed ahead with the Velocity of the wind, at
will. Uavo you over stood by tho track, of tr
dark night, and watched the coming and passing
of a train 1 Away off in the darkness you dis
cover a light, and you hear a noise, and tJT6~
earth trembles beneath your feet. Tho light
comes nearer; you can compare it to nothing
but the devil himself, with its terrible whistle;
the sparks you imagine corno from Beelzebub’s
nostrils—tho Arc underneath, that shines close
to (ho ground, causing you to believe tho devil
walks on live coals. It comes close to you ; you
back away and shudder; you look up, and al
most on tho devil’s hack rides tho engineer;
perhaps the “ machine ” shrieks, and yon ima
gine the engineer is applying spur to tho devil’s
sides. A daring fellow, (hat engineer—you
can’t help saying so, and you wonder wherein
lies the pleasure of being an engineer. But so
he goes, day after day, night after night. Moon
light openings he sweeps over tho country,
through cities and villages, through fairy scenes
and forest clearings. He looks through the
square holes at ids side and enjoys tho moon
light, but ho cannot stop to enjoy the boauty'of
the scenery. Cold, rainy, muddy, dark night,
it is tho same. Perhaps tho tracks arc under
mined or overflowed with water; perhaps some
scoundrels have placed obstructions in the way,
or trees been overturned across the track ; and,
in either case, it is almost Instant death—to him,
nt least, but he stops not. Right on is the word
with him, nmi on ho goes, regardless of danger,
weather, and everything, save the well-doing of
his duty. Think of him, ye who shudder through
fear In the cushioned scats of the cars, and get
warm from the flro that is kindled for your
benefit.
Clrowtii or tiik West. — As a specimen of
the rapid growth of the great West, and parti
cularly some of its juvenile cities, we giro the
following facts, taken from the Wisconsin
Patriot, adding, however, that Madison now
contains a population between 10,00(1 and 12,-
000, rising up to such plethoric dimensions from
about 1,200 in 1H.10:
Madison, the capitol of Wisconsin, is one of
the great cities of the West, aith unrivalled
beauty of location and scenery to gratify men o(
taste ami leisure. Its unsurpassed railroad and
other husinesn facilities, otfer strong induce
ments to capitalists, manufacturers, merchants
ami mechanics.
The city is now creeling a spacious City Hull,
four fhst class school houses, and other public
buildings.
The State Legislature at its last session, made
large nppropi ialions for the enlargement of the
Stale House, the erection of a State Lunatic
Asylum, and to complete the State University
Buildings on the magnificent plan heretofore
adopted.
Congress has made an appropriation for the
erection of a United States Court House and
Post Office; and made the latter a distributing
u flier.
Four separate railroads will ho completed to
this place the coinii g year, and will ur< c‘ expen
»ivo buildings for their convenience and busi-
In addition to all these, thorp arc now being
erected churches, store®, pr'vato residences,
fee., most ol which arc built of the beautiful
cream colored stone from the Madison quarries.
These improvements will give employment to
hundreds of mcchanics-aml laborers, at a point
where they will find a healthy location for a
homo, educational, and oilier advantages unsur
passed.
Not a competing city to limit Its growth for
forty miles In nny direction, and In the centre
of the most fertile county In the Union, which'
is being rapidly developed.
(The Kallocii Trial.— The jury cmpanncled
fo fry that reverend -stump orator nml disunion.
Ist, Mr. Kalloch, of Beaton, for adultery, were
discharged on Wednesday morning, being nn
nblo fo agree. Tfio Iriol created great sensa
lion. A correspondent of tlie New York Tri
bune, says :
‘•Apart from the direct testimony to the adul
terous intercourse, the strongest point against
Mr. Kalloch is, that after his lecture was over,
Ire went back to tiro hotel In Eust Cambridge,
and spout an hour in the bedroom xvllb Mr.
Stein’s wife. Ho assorts that lie did so became
he was exhausted by the fatigue of lecturing and
needed rest. But the Uev. Mr. Holland, o| E„ s t
Cambridge, testilies that Mr. Kalloch did not
appear at all taligued utter that lecture, at.d that
he excused hlmsdl from going to .Mr. Holland's
house on the pleiUhat he was anxious to get
homo ns soon as possible. Aftci lhat.io gel
into Ins carnage and ride to a hotel, anil slay
there an hour with another man’s wife when he
was but twenty minutes* ride Irom Ins own house
in Boston, is certainly a very suspicious circum
stance.”
A Hanoi,vr. i.v Nonrn Cauoi.i.va
respondent of llio Petersburg Express, writing
from (lold.sborough, N. C., says;
Three negroes—two likely young men and nn
old woman, the mother of twenty children
were hung at Greenville, Pitt County, yester
day, for murder. From early morn till noon
every avenue lending into town was crowded
with persons, representing all- ages, sexes,
classes and conditions of the population in the
county around' about. About nine o clock in
the morning a steamboat arrived front l Wash
ington with some live hundred passengers.
The crowd was estimated at live thousand per
sons. of which at least one thousand were fe
males.
Distressing Suicide.—Wc Icurn from ihc
Lancaster Examiner that Mr. John Witmer, a
highly respected, widely known and wealthy
citizen of Rnpho township, committed suicide
on Tuesday evening of last week, by hanging
himself In a corn-crib attached to hla barn.—
Some lime since, Mr. Witmer purchased ol
Sheriffs sole. Ilcrtzlcr’s mill property for $l5-
500, and although a man of largo means, would
have been necessitated to borrow the larger
part of the purchase money. Owing to persons
who had money to invest having already mode
their arrangements, ho found some difficulty in
procuring the necessary amount, and was con
scqucntly very much troubled about it. Even
tually, however, ho was promised the amount
hy a Mr. Ilcrshey, but the latter, in conse
quence of himself being disappointed, informed
Mr. Witner, on the raornlngoftho day he com*
milted tho act, that ho was unnblo to accom
modate him. This informolion, acting on an
already highly excited state of his mind, caus
ed a temporary insanity, during which ho ter
minated his existence.
The statements published in regard to Mr.
Wltmcr’a pecuniary embarassments having led
him to commit the act are without foundation.
As b«foro remarked, ho was wealthy, and has
left on unencumbered estate valued at over
$40,000
No Gol—Tho Daily News publishes tho card
ofj. Alexander Simpson, ono of tho Delegates
from that oily lo tho Stato Convention which
nominated Mr. Wilraot. Mr. Simpson declares
Ids determination not to support the nominee,
lie is an American, and in favor of an Ameri
can policy, and is not alone in his determine,
lion lo oppose Wilmot
(C7*
Jcsso Sharp, Esq., has been reappointed
Collector, at Wilmington, Dri.
Mow Kicking Out,
The National Defender , published atNorrir.
town, Pa., one of the ablest Know-Nothing bij
pers in tho State, comes out strorig'and decided
against the Black Republican Abolition ticket-
It says:
ABOLITIONISM & FOBEIGNISM TBIDMPIIASft
Tho motley collection of black spirits end
white, which endeavored to dignify itstlf hr im
title of” Union Convention,” b'ofoplelcd its l !
bors n short time ago, by the nomination of tha
following ticket:
Governor—David Wilmot.
Canal Commissioner—William Milfoard
Of course, Americans who have any regard
for themselves or their party, arc not
to support such a ticket. It needs no «nru«
went to prove that they would bo stultlfA**
themselves if they entertained the idea for*
moment. Mr. Wihnot, the candidote for
emor, is a free-trade, Loco-foco Aiiolitioniat*
the compel I tor of Giddlngff in. his sectional an
imosities and hates—the supporter of Van Bu.
ren in 1848, and the deadly enemy to protec
tion to American intcrcsls while in Congress in
1840. We believe he was the only member of
Congress from Pennsylvania, in that year, who
voted to strike down (he industrial Interests of
his own State and sustain the pampered mono
polies of England, in return fur which old tar
ill loving Whigs arc now called upon to vote
for him ! He is Anti-American In all bis feel
ings and sympathies—approves of the recent
action in the U. S. Senate, placing nlians on a
par with native citizens in' making a sovereign
Siatc—endorses the action of Q. A. Grow, the
Abolition Congressmen from Ills district, in vo
ting steadily against the American party in
Congress, and descends from the Bench to as.
sist in giving him 700 majority in return for
his abject submission to foreign influence. A«
a Locufoco candidate he would have some claims
to democratic suppoit for ho is an advocate of
fjee-trade and a low truckler to foreign - influ.
cnce: but ns a Whig or American the nomina
tion of such a man is a broad and ridiculous
farce. Wc shall oppose it firmly and steadily,
and wc have the proud satisfaction of knowing
that there ore several tbousahd voters tn Old
Montgomery whoso suffrages neither Wilmol
or Packer can by any possibility hope to re
ceive. As for the remaining nominees,.they'
are quite as objectionable. The selection of
Mthrnrd shows a determination to insult the
•Straight-out’ American element by the nomi
nation of a man who slabbed Millard Filmoro
Inst fall in the house of his friends. The con
vention undoubtedly anticipated that such a
choice would be taken ns on insult,'and they
therefore made Ihe nomination as unanimous
as possible. Boilt candidates for tho Supremo
Bench arc Black Republicans.
Supplement to (lie Poor law.
The following imporlnnt supplement to the
(lencrol Poor Low of the Commcnwcallh, has
passed both branches of the Legislature, and is
probably by this time a law ;
A Supplement to “An act relating to the sup.
port and Employment of the Poor," approv
ed the thirteenth day of June, Anno Domini,
one thousand eight hundred and thirly.tix.
Suction 1. lie it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met. and
it is hereby enacted by the authorVy of the
same: That tho Courts of Quarter Sessions
m iho several counties of this Commonwealth,
shall have power to hear, determine and mate
orders and decrees, in all cases arising under
the twenty ciglh >cc ion of tho Act oflhirleenth
June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty
six. either upon thc'pclition of the Overseers of
the Poor or of any other person or persons hav
ing an interest in tho support of said poor per
son or persons, nnd cither with or without aw
order of relief'having been first obtained.
Suction 2. That if any man shall separata'
himself.from bin wife without njMionablecaustf •
or shnif child nr,rMt||pi. i» .11 ji
lawful (or any magistrate ol the several coun
ties and districts of this Commonwealth, upon
complaint made by the wife, the child or drift’
dren or any one in their behalf, to issue his
warrant to any constable of the proper county
or district, authorizing him to take the bo djoC
any such man, and bring him
istralo. at any lime to bo specified in said war
rant : Provided. That said complaint be veri
fied by oath, and set forth that said wife, child,
or children arc left without means sufficient for
their support, and are likely to become a charge,
upon the district.
Section 3. That it shall be lawful for snelv
magistrate, on the return of such warrant’,
npnn hearing, if he be satisfied of the desertion
aforesaid and the sufficiency of the complaint,
to require security from such man fur his ap
pearance at the next Court of Quarter Session*;
there to abide the order of said Court: and for
nnnl of such security, to commit him to the’
jail of the proper county of district. ‘
Section 4. That the warrant and,complaint
aforesaid, together with the recognizance, shall’
be returned to the next Court of Quarter Scs
sions, as is provided in criminal cases : when it
s mil be lawful for the said Court, upon hearing
the parlies by petition presented for that pill'-
pose, to determine the case upon its merits, and’
if satisfied of the desertion, and sufficiency of
the complaint, to make an order for the par
mcnl of such sum or sums of money as they
may think reasonable, payable nts uch times as
they may deem proper, or to make micb'Ollßt
1 decrees ns they may think- reasonable, and to
commit him to tlicjnil of tbu*propcr count/ or
district, there fo remain until ho comply iritli
i he orders or decrees of said Court, give securi
ty for the performance thereof, or bo discharg
ed by due course of law.
A for-
Tub Tragedy at Louisville.—Tho tele
graph'has already mentioned that Thos. Tra
vers had been arrested at Louisville, Kentucky,
charged with tho murder of his wife, Mary
Travers, on Thursday night of last week. Tho
Courier stales that Travers bad been intoxica
ted for several days, and that tho neighbors
heard him when he como homo about 12 o’clk.
at night. It then proceeds :
They heard no unusual noise in the room
during tho night, mid in the morning their cu
riosity was first aroused by tho unusual ilill*
ness that prevailed in tho room. As thod»J
wore away suspicion was aroused, and about
noon a hole was punched through the piriitlon
wall, and tho man and wife appear** 60 •*
sleep on tho bed. They were called, and the
man replied, saying that his wife had gonOout
to attend to some sewing. This was known to
be false, and information was conveyed to tno
Eolicc of the suspicion that some foul play had
eon enacted, as the unforlnnolc woman
previously told her neighbors that her husband
bad threatened her life. Tho door was burs
open by the officers, when a horrid sight wa»
revealed. The unfortunate woman was found
dead in her bed, a mass of core.
Tho man, all covered wuh blood, bad Mcrr
lying quietly beside his murdered wife, opP ,r * .
cnlly sleeping until disturbed by flie
Like an infuriated beast ho aroused hlnw
from his lair, and sclaing iw-ozor that Jay W£
side hla bed made a desperate effort to cut i
own throat. Ho was seized, and, though sir g* .■
gling desperately, wus overcome and his bun
tied. lie at once admitted that he had oo •
milled the murder, and that ho had done it
rrtfaons best known to himself. He sold to
ho had killed her about 4 o’clock inthe w®
ing, The body was yet warnu though h* o " ,
extinct. Tho bed and bed' clothes were cop
pletely saturated'with blood. On on ot&xo
tionit appeared that she had rccclvcd twos
one in the right breast, severing tho lungs. -
tho other on tho left side, glancing to tho s"
dor hlndo. Tho wound on tho right side
mortal. .. fln j
Travers is an awning maker by Inw*®'
had'bcciv married but 8 monlhsto Ins 'f ’
She was a young woman, not oyer 24 y®j* ’
ago, and said to bo very prepossessing * n »
pearnneo.