AMERICAN VOLUNTEER
JOHN B, BRATTON, Editor & Proprietor
CARLISLE. PA.. MAY 7, 1857,
Democratic Slate Ticket.
Fob Governor,
WILLIAM F. PACKER,
Of Lycoming County.
Fob Canal Commissionee,
NIMROD STRICKLAND,
Of Chester County.
Gas and Water Company.—The stock
holders of the Carlisle Gas and Water Compa
ny will remember that Monday next, the lltli
instant, is the day appointed for the election of
new Directors. Every stockholder should at
tend and vote.
Coontt Supbiuntkndent.—Tho School Di
rectors of the several Schooj Districts of Cum
berland county met in Convention, at Educa
tion Hall, in this borough, on Monday last, for
the purpose of electing a County Superinten
dent for the three succeeding years, in accor
dance with the provisions with the 43d section
of the Act of May 8. 1864. The Convention
was well attended, and three gentlemen were
candidates for Superintendent. On a vote be
ing taken. Mr. Daniel Shelly, the present Su
perintendent, was re elected by a large majori
ty. His salary was also increased from 8500
to 8600 per year. Mr. S. is a very capable and
suitable man for this position, and we chroni
cle his re-election with much pleasure.
Erection in York. —A borough election
was held in York on Saturday last,, and resul
ted in a comple’c triumph lo the Democracy.—
Not a single man of the opposition in either
ward was elected.
Superintendent Common Schools.—The Go
vornor has nominated Henry ('. Hick.nk, Iw] ,
aa Superintendent of Camm mi Sc Imols (>«r tin re
yeara from the first day of Juno imM. under tin
recent net of the Legislature The Senate con
tinued the nomination nnaumi ntsly. Tins is a
well deserved compliment lo .Mr. H.. who lias
shown himself fully capable In become the head
of that important oflke.
UARuisDruo Patriot and L’mon. — We un
derstand that Andrew Hopkins, Ksq., has sold
his paper, the Patriot and f nion , at Mai risburg,
toR.J. llaldeman, Esq. .Mr. Hopkins is about
loaring for Nebraska, to take upon himself the
duties of Register of the Land Office for the
Nebraska District, to which ho was recently ap
pointed by the President. Kind wishes of many
friends eo with him. His successor, Mr. Halde
man, is a you gentleman of ability, and of
earnest dcvotio n to the Democratic cause. Wo
bid him uclcomo to the editorial ranks, and
wish him complete success.
Increase of I’av to the Mf.ubers of ora
Legislature —The Senate has engrafted a
section in the Appropriation bill, giving to the
members of each House, two hundred dollars
additional pay.
A Screw Loose. —The Philadelphia Ledger
of Monday contains the following communica
tion, by which it will be seen that the Chair
man of the opposition State Central Committee
(Todd,) has been ** talking big’Mn the city, and
attempted lo sell out the Republicans to the
Know-Nothings:
The Republicans of this city are aware that I
an attempt was made to overawe th£ City Ks- j
ccufire Committee, and force it to withdraw ihe I
Republican City Ticket: but thcvnrennt nwnre
that the Chairman of the Slate i\ nlral Commit- I
lee (Todd) actually thicatcned the Committee, 1
to case of a re r usnl to comply with Ins demands. I
that he would never again call the Stale Com |
miltco together, and that not only WilrnoCs
election should be defeated, but that even in 1
the next Presidential campaign the Republicans
should feel the aw ful cflecia of his anger! Thm
Staff Committee uhouM'be immediately purged
of such friends of out cause. Hive us a new
Committee—a realty republican CoinimlUe
otherwise it is folly lo enter into tlie campaign
rrr“ An Address has been issued hi tin- mum
rily of l!i« American Slate Council at Altoona,
disapproving ol tin* action of the majority en
dorslng the CDiion Stat*• ticket lurGu'crnornml
Slate officers, head* d In Mr. Wihuol's name,
and recommending an American State C'ormn
tlon (o bo hold on the 3d of June, at Lancaster,
composed of delegates fiotn each Senatorial ami
Representative District in the State, b> deter
mine what course the American party shall pnr
sue Id the approaching election.
Oy*Slx months ago the majority against Mr.
Buchanan In (Jo n necticnl was ton thousand
three hundred and thirty-five. Now the majo
rity ngalnsl the Democratic candidate foi Gov
ernor Is only about /our hundred I Alas for
“ bleeding Kansas ' ”
Governor or Minkiota —The St Paul
Pioneer states that 1 lie new Governor. Sam
Mcdary, arrived in that city on the22d of April,
and was qualified on the following dav, and lias
accordingly entered upon ins office. There wav
no Inaugural Address—only some half a dozen
gentlemen being present to n.lness tho cere
mony.
David Shull, from Newport, Perry coun
ty, Pa., who was ra ionic for lowa, was ncei
dentally shot by his own revolver, winch went
off in his pocket, lie lies at Johnstown seri
ously woundid.
Rents at St Pail.—The Si. Paul (Mm.)
Advertiser say a the landlords of ilmi place have
this season advanced their rales for stores and
dwellings from twenty to thirty per cent, over
the prices demanded for the same buildings last
year, and think themselves justified in doing so
by the increase of business and immigration in
prospect.
Military.—Gen. Twiggs will take command
of the Texas Military Department on the Ist of
May; Gen. Wool of the Eastern Department,
and Gen. Newman S. Clarke, Colonel of the
Sixth Infantry, of the Pacific Department.
Providing von tub Animals.—A clause in
the cifil bill passed by Congress appropri
•tea money to "feed wild beasts" at the Naval
Insane Asylum, opposite the navy yard, at
Washington, whore if is contemplated by the
government to establish a Zoological Garden.
\o* Secret societies of all kinds are said to
be increasing in France, the aims of which arc
supposed to bo political, ami their existence is
said to bo very annoying to the peace of the
Emperor Luulh Napoleon. The Government
officials find tt Impossible to follow them up,
and arc said to bo more rife than at any
period since the Revolution.
TO BEAT THE lOMFOCOS."
Such appears,to be the rallying-cry of the
motley crew whosupporttho renegade Wilmot
lor Governor. Principles they have none, but
they all, with one accord, cry out, **anything
to beat the Locofocos,” thus admitting that
they are ready to resort to any means, and
stoop to any stratagem that will enable them
to accomplish their nefarious designs. Wilmot
himself is the embodiment of unprincipled Black
Republicanism. Cold, selfish and desperate,
he is a fit candidate for the political gamblers
who have adopted as their walch-worda “any
thing to beat the Locofocos.” Yes, anything,
no matter bow dishonorable, so that they can
gain power that will enable them to thrust (heir
Briarenn arms into the people’s treasury. This
’s their policy, this their mode of warfare.
Can any honorable and hcyiest man rally un
der the banner of a faction whoso leaders de
clare they arc ready to do anything that will
enable thorn to defeat Democracy ? We trow
not. Know-Nothingism, one of the worst and
most infamous factions that ever existed in this
or any other country, did profess something. —
They made war upon foreigners and Catholics,
and took horrible, blasphemous and unconsti
tutional oaths: but, bad as they were, they
never published to the world that they were
ready to resort to “anything to beat IheLocofo
cos!” No. even Know-Nolhingism, that spawn
of defunct Whiggory, had not the hardihood to
rpakc a declaration like this. Republicanism-
Black Republicanism alone, is mean enough
and bold enough to resort to any means that
will enable its votaries to succeed in their infa
mous designs.
Bui. notwithstanding their desperation, not
withstanding their unblushing impudence, in
daring to attempt lo put down Democracy by
any means, the Block Republicans will discover
that they mistook the people of Pennsylvania.
They will discover when too late that the
yeomanry of the old Keystone are both honest
and intelligent : and, having prospered under
our present form of government and constitu
tion. they are not willing to adopt the wild pol
icy of n few crazy abolitionists of thclVir.stnT
M'hool. They will not assist in the vain at
tempt to crush thconly national parly of the
country —a party whose every oct has been for
the welfare of the people and the prosperity of
the States. No. honest men will not bo caught
in any such diily business. On the contrary
they will all—no different# what may have been
their former politics—join the standard of the
able, honest and patriotic -Packer, and assist
lo push on the Democratic column to victory.
The Late Skcretart op the Navt. —lt will
bo remembered tha* the health of the Hon.
James C. Dobbin, late Secretary of the Navy,
was greatly Impaired during his residence in
Washington, or lug in a great measure, no doubt,
to his untiring devotion lo (he arduous duties of
bis office, and hi i unwillingness to absent him
self from his post, although strongly advised to
do so by his physicians and by President Pierce.
When Mr. Dobbin reached Fayetteville, after
his term of office expired, his condition was
very critical—his constitution, naturally weak,
being completely worn down. The Baltimore
American learns, by recent advices, that owing
to unfavorable weather, ho has not been able to
leave his room since reaching his homo; but wo
learn that his spirits are good, and that ho is in
strong expectation of greatly improved health
os soon ns the warm weather acts In and bo is
enabled to take exercise in the open air.
I The Law or Libel.— The Legislature at its
| last session passed a law pei milting the truth lo
be gnen m n« cndeiice in cases of prosecution
Cor libel. One should dunk a law su palpably
founded upon common sense, and on the prin
ripleu of justice, ought lobe approved by all ;
yet it appears some wise heads in the Senate
think differently. The Judiciary Committee of
I dial body has reported a bill for Us repeal, and
I k now ing the material of a majority ol the Senate,
1 w* should not be much astonished to sec it pass.
1 But it will hardly get Ihiough the house.
“A Bitter For to Freedom. —That Chief
Justice Taney’s opinion in the Deed Scot I case
was man u fact ured to order to suit I lie views of
the pro-slavery parly admits of no doubt, ns it
is directly in opposition to an opinion he de
livered some three years since It is a singular
fact that when nn American becomes n convert
to Uomnnisin. he is invariably the bitterest foe
to freedom It is the case with Chief Justice
Tom-y."
There are at least two lies contained in the
above little paragraph, which we copy from a
Black Republican paper, and those lies are
manufactured from the whole cloth. It is false
that iho decision of Thief Justice Taney in the
Dred Scott case “ is directly m opposlion to nn
opinion lie delivered some three years since.”—
The qncsiion winch drew forth the decision al
luded to was of n very diflcrcnl nature from the
Dred Scott cose, and belli decisions have been
pronounced by the greatest legal lights of the
country ns being just and impartial, and as
correctly expounding the letter and spirit of the
i Constitution, Again . Chief Justice Taney is
I rrof a comerl to Romanism." Me was born
1 within the pale of the Homan Catholic Church,
| and has ever been a devout, liberal ami enhghl-
I ened member of that denomination. He is pos
sessed of none of the selfish and narrow bigotry
winch, both in religion ami politics, blinds ami
perverts so many of the Black Republicans
u'y'Mc. John Wise, of Lancaster, the dis
lingnibhcil roroimul, has been engaged by the
corporation of Boston, to make a grand roron
antic display from the City Park, on the Fourth
of July next, for which he is to rc&ivc tho sum
,of 81.000.
Death puom a Spider’s Hite.— A lady nam
ed Ann Eliza Tyler, died suddenly on Thurs
day night, of last week, in Richmond, Virgin
ia, from Iho bite of a spider. She was bitten
on the right chock the night before, end died
the following evening fiom the effect.
i Inteuebtino.— The census of the United
i Stales shows that we have two millions and a
half of farmers, one hundred thousand mer
chants, sixty four thousand masons, and nearly
two hundred- thousand carpenters. Wo have
fourteen thousand bakers to bake our bread :
twenty four thousand lawyers to sot us by the
car ; forty thousand Doctors to kill or euro, and
fifteen hundred editors to keep tins motley
mass in order by the potent power of public
opinion controlled end manufactured through
the press.
lloiiniULß.— Mrs. John Chase, of Kensing
ton, N.'11., was leading a horse Into the stable,
when the door swung to, leaving the animal on
the outside, end she within, the halter tied
round her thumb in such a way that when the
horse started, her thumb was torn ftim tier
hand, and the cords were drawn from her arm
to her elbow.;*
PRESIDENT BUCUANAN.
Sufficient has already transpired .to satisfy
the country that tho predictions made by the
supporters of James Buchanan, will bo fully
realized.
In the selection of his Cabinet, says the Har
risburg Union, ho evinced that superior, judg
ment which has characterized his public acts
for tho last quarter of a century. Each mem
ber is a gentleman of enlarged statesmanship,
and is noted for a nationality that knows no
bounds save that of our great Republic.
All our readers remember tho President’s In
augural address. That it correctly forshad
owed the policy of his administration 5a as cer
tain as that he lives out the term for which he
was elected. And that he will be equal to any
and every emergency that may arise during his
official service—his past is a sufficient guaran
tee. By his numerous and successful services
in behalf of his country, ho has made a reputa
tion that will bo as enduring as the annals of
our Republic. Ho will grace his present exal
ted position as much ns he had been honored
by an election to it. That his administration
will bo most brilliant one. and confer lasting 1
benefits upon tho people of tho United Slates,
no one can doubt who knows the man.
That he will make some mistakes, ho may
have done so already, in the exercise of the ap
pointing power, we have no doubt. To con
cede this is only to admit his Infallibilty. In
filling many of tho offices he must, necessarily,
rely upon representations made to him by those
he has never known, ami should he escape be
ing deceived, he will be greatly more fortunate
than any of Ins predecessors. But that he will
endeavor to do right in all eases, wo aro very
confident. Should he make a mistake, ho has
the heart and the will to rectify it; and “woe
to him through whom the offence comcth.”
Of one trait in his character, there can be no
question—i c. —his religious observance of his.
promise, should he make o c. Ills word is as
good as a bond.
Those who appreciate Ih r vn!uc of our insti
tutions—who desire the prosperity of our coun
try. should pray that the President’s Ufo may
be spared for at least four years longer.
The Last Dodge.- -The tricks to which dis
honest men resort to raise the wind arc fre
quently ingenious. Two pedlars in Centre
county lately hit upon an expedient by which
a number of victims were swindled, and a con
siderable amount of money realized by the dis
honest operation. The scene was in Brush
Valley, where the inhabitants are not of the
wide awake species. One of the pedlars trav
elled in advance of the other from house to
house, asserting to all ho met that the Lock
tlaven Bank had suspended, and would proba
bly fail. He refused to receive its notes in pay
mcnl for the goods he sold. - The next day his
confederate came along the same road. He
confirmed the report that the Bank had failed ;
but was willing to receive the notes at a dis
count, in payment for goods, ns lie was indebt
ed lo the Bank an could thus dispose of its
paper. It took some time before the good peo
ple of Brush Valley were undeceived.
The Great Catastrophe.— The impression
that the world is to bo at an end on the 13th of
June, is so prevalent in Gallicia that tha peas
ants aro becoming somewhat difficult to man
ago. The poor ignorant creatures have been
confirmed in the idea that they hare bill a few
more weeks to live by the abolition of the "pass- 1
port torture” in Austria, and the reduction of
the passport lax in Russia. According lo a
Polish correspondent of the Ost Deutsche Post,
the lower classes express themselves as follows :
“ No one now troubles himself about the world
and its Inhabitants. A man can go where he
pleases, us U is now all the same whether ho is
here or in America’.”
A Base Falsehood —The more reckless
of the Abolition and Know-Nothing papers
have charged General Packer with voting for
the "Jug Law” when a member of the Stale
Senate It is a deliberate wilful fnsehood.—
General Packer was out of tho Legislature
more than three years before the "Jug Law"
was passed—hut the unprincipled fellows who
have given circulation to the lie, will not de
tract. They arc too destituteof honor for that.
A Rkvoutios is Bedford. —The nomiha
nalion of Wilinol is having its effect tn Bedford
county, driving hundreds of influential men
into our ranks. Among those who have lately
joined our victorious column, wc notice by
the Gazelle, the names of Dr. C. N. Nickok,
Gto. Blymirc, E.-q , Levi Agnew, Adam Fergu
son and Win. Spidlc—all of them, with the ex
ception of Dr. Hickok, having belonged to the
intense American party. Seeing that the efiort
to Abohlionize the concern is about to bo suc
cessful. they have very wisely left tho sinking
ship. Tho crazy craft is going down.
The Dallas-Claiiendoii Treaty.—Washing
ton, May 4. Highly important despatches were
received yesterday at the Stale Department,
brought by tho Africa. General Cass has re
ceived a communication from Mr. Dallas an
nouncing that the British government has re
jected the Dallas-Clnrendoti treaty. Thisrejec
tion has nut been accompanied, as yol, by any
explanation of an extensive character, hut In
die next steamer it Is expected that n full state
ment of die ileus of (he British government
will bo forwarded by Mr. Dallas.
Tho British Minister, Lord Napier, has also
received (ho same Intelligence. It has much as
tonished him, ns he lias boon predicting, over
since his arrival here, that his government wan'd
offer no difficulties to tho ratification of tho
treaty.
Dt7“ The Daily fowa Slate Gazelle states that
their spring immigration has commenced with a
rush : that every passenger train over the Chi
cago ami Burlington railroad that arrives in
that city is crowded with people, and that eve
ry steamboat from below lands upon the wharf
hosts of men. women and children ; all of whom
arc seeking homes in that growing and fertile
Stale.
tC7"Tho New York Evening Post Bays:
“High wages, unusual privileges, and poor ser
vants are said to bo the familiar trials this sea
son of alt New York housekeepers. Ten,
twelve, and fifteen dollars arc freely asked, and
the prices once thought liberal, of six. seven,
and eight dollars a month, will rarely command
now either skill, experience or character.”
Qy Miss Jnquotto, of Chester county, Po.,
ns before stated, was recently married, “ns a
joko,” to some one of the opposite sex, and,
when too late, found that eho was linked to her
partner in earnest. A divorce was Immediately
applied for, and the bill has Just passed both
branches of (ho Legislature, and become a law.
BINES, BANKS, BANKS !
, Tho present Legislature appears to have goOc
crazy on the subject of Banks. The members
who voted for the following new Banks deserve
to be branded as traitors to the State and their
constituents. Thanks to iho integrity of our
members, bid Mother Cumberland has no part
of the sin to answer for—Messrs. Fetish, An
derson and Harper have responded to the
wishes of the people, and voted consistently
and constantly against this wild increase of
banking capital.
The lollowlng is a list of the bills passed by
both Houses of tho Legislature chartering new
Banks, .with the amount of the capital of each,
and also those for an increase of capital. The
aggregate increase of the Banking capital of the
Slate is about eight and a half millions :
Union Bank. Reading. $500,000
Slate Capitol, Harrisburg, 300.000
Ooatcsvillo, 160,000
Fayette County, 150.000
Corn Exchange, 500,000
Lcwisburir, (increase,) 100.000
Kittanning, 300.000
Allegheny, 500.000
Jersey Shore. 100.000
Octorara, 200 000
Beaver County, 150.000
Pboenixvtlle. 300.000
Schuylk*!! Haven. 100 000
Commonwealth, 500.000
Tioga County, 200.000
Doyleslown, 150.000
Shamokin, 150,000
Irop City, ' 500,000
Waynesburg, (increase,) 100.000
Ofttnsnquc. 400.000
Citizens’ Deposit, Pittsburg, (ine.,) 300.000
Easton, 150,000
Uaion Bank. 200.000
York County, {increase,) 200.000
Manufncluroramnd Mechanics’, (in.,)700,000
Central'Bank, Uollidaysburg. 300.000
Pottatown, 200 000
Centro County Bank, 300.000
Crawford County, 150.000
McKean County, 250.000
Lebanon Valley,
Potter County,
Total,
Tbe Voice of ihc People,
Meetings have been lu-ld in Montgomery,
Cambria and other counties of the Common
wealth, in opposition to the sale of the Main
Lino to the Pennsylvania Railroad The peo
ple every where have token the alarm, and such
a storm of indignation will be raised against
the perpetrators of this vile wrong upon the
tax poyers of the Slate, ns will consign them
forever to infamy and disgrace.
The Mormons. — A Icttcrin the Notional In
telligencer presents some wry sarlling views of
the power and designs of the Mormons. is
written by a gentleman who is said to arc
lately spent twelve months in the Salt akc
Valley, engaged in business connected with the
transit of the mails through the territory to
and from the Pacific, and who confirms fully
the statements and apprehensions of Judge
Drummond, and insists upon the necessity of
taking prompt and decisive measures to protect
the country from the dangers which threaten it
from this quarter. lie says the Mormons are
100,000 strong in Utah, besides having 200,-
000 apicS and agents scattered throughout the
countr^and being in close alliance with 800,-
000 Indians upon our western border.
The New Cent. — North
American is informed by Col. Snowden, Direc
tor of the U. S. Mint, that In about three weeks
•time this much desired coin will be distributed
to the public. Alfbut a million aro already
completed, and twonnUiohs more will be fin
ished before the mini commences paying them
out. Itia then Mo be hoped that the present
cumbrous copper coin will disappear. Since 1
ihc establishment of ihc C. S. Mini, 1.800 ions
of copper cents have been coined, making of
distinct pieces one hundred and fifty millions.
Of these a la r gc number have been lost, con
verted into “washers” for machinery, or other
wise taken out of circulation. Col. Snowden
: estimates ihc quantity of Spanish coin still in
the country, at not less Ilian iwo millions of
> dollars.
Tlio earliest rcconi of needle-making in Kng
land is Hie year A. D. 1540, in the reign u(
Henry VIII., and u is supposed Hint this useful
branch ol industry was Introduced'by a Moor
from Spain. The hisiomn Sowo tells us that
noedlos were sold in Clicapsidc, and oilier busy
streets in London in llu< reign of (jueen Mary,
and wore at that l unu made hy a Sp uiish negro,
who refused to discover the secret of his art.—
Another nrlhonty states that the art of making
steel needles was lost at tho negro's death, hut
was afterwards revived hy a Gorman in luGli.
Paper Towns in Nebraska.—The Sehias.
ka Pioneer of March 24th says ■■\Vo would
advise all our friends to beware of paper towns.
There is at this time, a perfect town making
mania ; everybody seems desirous of being the
owner of a town. All persons desiring to se
cure an interest m Nebraska would do well to
examine for themselves or get a responsible
agent to act for them. Never buy from (loa
ling speculators, unless you thoroughly exam
ine the title and properly, or you may be fleec
ed.”
Locked Jaw A remedy Ims been discover
ed for tins dreadful afiection. U is nothing
hut the application of strong ley made from
wood ashes. The part injured should he bath
ed m the Icy frequently, and if it be in a part
of the body dial cannot be conveniently im
mersed, apply flannels wetted with the ley.—
U affords speedy relief, and a gradual cure—
Ibis is a simple remedy, but it is worth re
membering ami trying. The simplest are of
ten the most efficacious agents. Many cures
aro said to have been wrought by this.
Scaiu.bt I*k\ mi, Tho prevalence of Scarlet
Fever, over the country the last year, hau been
remarkable. At BtiflUo. during the last
month, there were 126 deatlifl from it, and -10
the last week, from the same disease. In New
York it siill prevails. In Mississippi, it has
also been very fatal. A paper from that Slate
aays that in many instances there it has carried
ofl a* many os five or six in a family.
\£T Gen. Harney, now in Florida, has been
ordered the command of Fort Leavenworth, to
which post the 10th Infantry hnvo been order
ed from Fort Snelling. Lieutenant Col. John
son, Ist Cavalry, is ordered to St. Louis to pre
pore for the Survey of the southern boundary of
Kansas. Col. Sumner is to command two
squadrons of the first cavalry ordered to move
olong the hno of the Arkansas river.
Hon. Stephen A. Douglas leaves Wash
ington on Monday next, accompanied by his
family, for Im residence in Illinois
"FISHY POLITICIANS.”
Tlio Clinton County Democrat thus refers (o
tho political complexion of tho Black Republi
can State Committees
Tho Black Republican State (Committee is a
curiosity in its way. Simon Cameron stands at
tho head. Then wo pass over a straight string
of other opposers of Francis R. Sliunk, one of
(ho Governors of whom Pennsylvania will over
feel proud, and finally come to (he name of our
old friend John Laportc, who was Surveyor
General by appointment of Gov. Shunk. In
years gone by, tho venerable Judge was very
fond of cjutioning our youthful inexperience
against “llshy Doniocrals,” and lie has spent
almost nn entire life In opposing Cameron and
warning Ids friends against everybody associat
ing with him. Is he lishy ” now, or has Cnm
oron grown pure in his old age, thus reversing
the order of nature 7
Then c.omes*John N. Purvianco, of Butler,
who has been leeching it off the party for
years. Tho more tho party fed, the more John
N. cried more, until at last it had tho audacity
to choke him off entirely! Tho grapes turned
sour at once! John cried out lustily for Mr.
Buchanan, hoping thus to secure fodder—ho
wanted a promise but got none. It was hinted
he might even go for Fremont, yet old Buck
was invulnerable and wouldn’t promise.' John
was announced week after week for Fremont,
with about an equal number of denials of the
same, and yet no promise. As promise would
not and did not come, wc believe ho finally sup
ported Fremont. Now helms got up to a posi-'
tion on tile Slate Committee on (be opposite
side, which wo suspect is about as high as he
will ever gef there, or anywhere cdso hereafter.
From our boyhood wc have noticed (he almost
nttor impossibility of choking an old office
holder oil'; and ue have for tho same period no
ticed their proclivity to slide off on (ho other
side whenever (hey wore choked off. There is
nothing strange, therefore, in the apostacy of
which wo speak. Yet it is really an odd spec
tacle to see Judge Laporto’s name amongst
“ lishy ” politicians.
Kansas Heukf.— The Worcester Day Stale
discloses a fact which may bo considered to
have some little bearing on the $100.(100 rob
bery proposed by the Legislature of Massachu
setts. It says:
There now lies upon deposite In one of the
banks in our city of Worcester a sum exceeding
three Mimisntid dollars, wliich uns collected tor
the relief of Kansas. It lias been upon deposit
for months. Thru- it has lain untouched through
the winter’s cold, when, if ever, suffering n mild
seem to demand its expenditure. There it still ■
lies—to he expended probably when sedition 1
again nprenrs its Ikm.l, <>. when «n electron shall .
require the application of « ready (mid of cor
ruption.
And still, although Ibis inrge sum is remain
ing unexpended, the Legislature ol MiisshcJili-'
setts is called upon to appropriate tmrn n bank
rupt trens iry on* huiulrfl Ihouiovl ilnllnri for
the relief of Kansas 1 Money in plenty for all
Iho purposes of charily is even now King idle
for want of subjects upon uhich to disburse it:
and money by the tons of thousands is incessant
ly called for to appease Ihc cravings which hare
been found not to co-exist with reality,
200,000
100.000
8-8,559,000
The J.atf, Jons - G. Montgomery
“Star of the North,” printed at Hloomsbnrg.
Columbia county, thus refers to lire untimely
death of Hon. John G. Montgomery, member
of Congress elect from that district ;
’ lion. John G. Montgomery died at his resi
’ deuce in Danville on last Friday morning nt
« o’clock, from disease contracted nt the Nation
[• al Hotel, Washington. lie attended the inau
guration and staid at the Motel about five
1 days. Winle there he became sick, and has
t Idling home he was after a few days taken
2 down to his Us I. Al one time he seemed to
recover, but soon relapsed, and lingered till
death relieved his sufferings. He retained his
' intellect to the end. From a post-mortem ex
• animation the four physicians present decide
that his disease and death was caused by a
mineral poison.
The deceased was educated ns n lawyer, and
upon coming to the bar was for twelve succes
sive years the Prosecuting Attorney of what
was (hen Columbia county. 110 wns honorable
ond manly in his profession. os in every thing
else. I/c was not what the public call a poli
tician. hut in (he fall of 185,5 was sought ns an
eligible candidate for (he Legislature. lie wns
elected by a vote which, under the circumstan
ces, was a compliment to him. Last fall lie
i was evidently the most eligible man in the Dis
-1 tnct for Congress, and was elected by a hand
-1 p ome majority, lie wns about 55 years of age.
I Ills death is truly a public calamity, ns much
| in the loss of a strong, good man, as in the ter
rible manner by wliich be tell a victim to whole
sale murder.
CT7* It is stilted Hint ex President Picrco has
purchased sixty acres nf laud in the northern
part of Concord, New Hampshire, whereon he
intends In eject a splendid mansion.
0/ Messrs. Gilmore and Montgomery, edi
tors and publishers of (ho Pittsburg Post, have
sold out their Interest in that establishment to
James I*. Bmr, hy whom it will hereafter he
conducted.
(fT" Mr, George Peabody, ol London, is now
on a ilsit to his brother, living near Zanesville,
Ohio, a plain, unostentatious farmer, though in
good circumstances, suirouhded' by fort lie fields
and well-tort cattle.
The Livingston { A !a.) Democrat Says the
fall of snow on .Sunday, (lie I'Jth nil,, is believ
ed to have been the heaviest that ever occurred
in that part of tho countrj. It began in the
morning about five o'clock, and continued to
tall incessantly for six oi seven hours.
T/“ The Pittsburg papers have a long ac
count of the murder near Kcesport, of an aged
farmer, Geo. Wilson and his sister, Mrs. Betsy
McMnslcrs. (. harloitc Jones, a woman reput
ed of doubtful reputation, was subsequently
arrested, ami on her representations, two oilier
persons, Henry I*ifo and Monroe Stewart, were
ai rested on suspicion nf being the authors of
the enme. Mrs. McMaatcrs and Mr. Wilson
Were both found lying 0.. tho floor dead, one
with her skull fractured ami half ador.cn gashes
on her hand, and the other with four wounds
on his breast. The object of the murder was
money.
Recent experiments prove that a frequent
cause of smut in wheat is the healing of the
seed in the mow, One who has tried, rccom
mends to let the wheat for seed stand until
quite ripe before cutting, and then to pul it on
a scaflold until fully cured. The wheat raised
from seed thus treated, was not injured by
smut. J
CTT-Tho papers say (hero are curious goings
on with spiritualism at Ellsworth, N. Y. Tho
spirit of a deceased husband communicated to
his widow that ho wanted a spiritual holr through
a medium of tho circle, and in duo time It was
forthcoming. Tho inlaut is regarded with groat
, reverence by the believers.
07" A short time ago a whale was stranded
on the Norfolk ooast, ond purchased asaspecu.
lotion by a sharp practitioner, who advertised
for Information how to preserve It. A Bunder-
Uml wag replied to tho advertisement,'tendering
tho desired infortuntloA on’ receipt of half a
crown’s worth of postage stamps—which arriv
ed i and tho following rocolpo was duly forward
od s—“ Put tho whole carefully Into a glass bot
tle, cover it over with spirits of wine, (strong
whiskey will do,) then cork and seal tip.** Tho
postage stamps wore handed over to a cbaritablo
I Institution,
Prepare! Prepare!!
In the event of the world coining to an end,
on the 13th of June next, the Mount Vernon
(0.) Banner offers the following consolation “to
all whom it may concern
'• But if the world should come to an end,
there is one class of people wo pity from the
bottom of our heart —newspaper delinquents!
Awful, terrible, fearful will bo their doom !
In vain will they attempt to hide themselves In
eaves and coal cellars! It will be of no use—
there is no escape for them ! Their only hope
lor redemption is to square off with the printer
by the 12ih of June, and take a receipt, so
that St. Peter will admit them within the gates
oi the Celestial City. A hint to the wise is
sufficient.' 1
A Negro in LAioo.— We find the following
nows item in the columns of one of our exchange
papers, to which wo Invito the especial atten
tion of Iho mock philanthropists who can sym
pathize with no distress unless it is connected
with a black skin and envied half:
FORGERY DY A COLORED CLERGYMAN. —TllO
Rev. Samuel H. Ward, pretty well known as a
negro preacher, has been banished for forgery
to the British penal colony on Van Diemen’s
Land. Ward was concerned in the slave rescue
at Syracuse, Now York, and afterwards went to
England and became a lion among the British
Abolitionists. Having scraped together a little
money, he went to (ho British West Indies and
bought a plantation, and it was there lie com.
mitted the crime for which bo Ims been banish
ed. Jlis family arc in this country in a desti
tute condition.
Where Is Horace Greeley? Where arc the
freedom shrickers, that (hero are no howls over
this terrible outrage upon an eminent Black Re
publican—a political preacher into the bargain ?
Is it not nn abominable shame that a sable gen
tleman should be treated precisely like •• sas»y
u’hUe/vlks,”\\ ho arc guilty of violating the laws?
In England 100, where philanthrophy has run
mad in relation to .negroes for half a century I
What is Hie world coming to—a negro to fare
no belter Ilian a while man, is an outrage not
to lie oveilookcd.
Di.sfka.vciiisimj White Mem.—The Boston
Tntvrilrr thus chuckles over the prospect of
di>franchi.sing some while men in Massachu
setts for " the crime of being unable to read
and w rile :
'• The Detnncraiic Committee of Suffolk coun
ty, are u iy ardent in their denunciation of the
(imposed rending and wniing amendment to the
Constitution. Their warmth is the warmth of
interest. Their party would probably lose half
ns meagre number of voters in this county,
should the amendment be adopted—as it will
lin 11
J Hos. J. Y. Mason. —A letter Irem Pans, tc
i the N. Y. Journal of Commerce, says: t)m
Minister, Mr. Mason, nil) remain at bis post a
( twelvemonth more, if not longer. Ho has been
I engaged in important negotiations Willi the go
> vernment, which ho may bo presumed to bo
' best able to prosecute (o a successful conclu-
J sion. We loam that the Emperor recently cx
-1 pressed to him, at court, a most generous wish
for Ins slay.
Ex-Senator Pool, who has been for some
time associated with the Know-Nothings in Coli
fornia, bus withdrawn trom that organization
and returned to the Democratic party—so say
(ho San Francisco papers.
-The
O’* The Univenity of Northern Pennsylva
nia, located at Bekhan}', was destroyed by fire
last Sunday week. Mr. Stoddard, the Princi
pal, lost a valuable library.
CCF" It Is stated as quite a singular fact that
Hancock was not originally elected as a dele
gate to the Continental Congress at Philadel
phia. The illness of James Bowdoin’s wife
compelled Bowduln to remain at homo, and
Hancock was selected a» ids substitute. To (his
(riding circumstance is indebted for
(lie proud distinction ho has gained of having
Ida name enrolled—where all (ho world may
read it—foiemost on the roll of Independence.
Tut; Law op Dogs.—A highly important, deci
sion respects the manner in which the eye o(
the inw looks upon peccadilloes of the canine
race, Ims been made in the New York Supreme
Court. The case was an appeal from the deci
aion oi a county court, whereby the defendant
has been mulcted for the death ol the piaintitrs
dog, which was occasioned by the rough treat
ment of the defendant's “bow-wow.” The de
cision of the lower court was reversed, on the
ground 111 at there was no Jaw against dogs tight
ing, the Justice (Allen) remarked that ho sup
posed (his was ono of the few privileges which
this class ol animals still retained in the domes
ticated statu ; (hat it was ono of their reserved
rights, not surrendered when they entered into
and became a part ol (ho domestic institution
to sott to and avenge, in their' own way, all Indi
vidual wrongs and insults, u ithouf regard to
what Bhicksl ono or any other jurist mljjlit write,
speak or think of “ thd rights of persons,” 01'
the “ rights of things.” The only consolation
which tho learned Judge vouchsafed;to the ih-
Jurcd’ liTnlntiff, was contained In the following
quaint remark i
Tko bwnor of the dead dog would, 1 think,
ho clearly entitled to the skin, though some,
less liberal, would ho disposed to award it to tho
victor, and this rule would ordinarily bo a fair
equivalent for tho loss; and with that, unless
tho evidence differ materially from that In this
case, he should bo content.
Parson Ciiekveii and Gebbit Smith.— Tho
N. V. Observer, noticing Mr. Cheovor’s fulml
niitmns op Iho Supremo Court decision In tjio
rase ol Dred Scott, anya t
We should like to know fl men In judicial
station have not as good a right to tholr opinions,
and to express (hern, as private citizens. And
it they are huuml by an oath to give their judg
ment according to tho law and tho Constitution,
is it not their privilege to pronounce that deli
berate and solemn Judgment, without boingns-
Miiled by the Choovors as ” maniacs,” or con
demned by tho Smiths to tho gallows?
This persecution for opinion’s sake is a revi
val of the days of rucks and thumb screws and
faggots and inquisitions. Tho Puritans sought
a country where they could oxorclso tho right
«>f private Judgment, and hold tholr opinions
without borng dragooned or denounced from
tho nltur.
Htit ft son of tlio Puritans, tn a church of tho
i urltons, In tho year of our Lord 1857, Uands
tip nt llio altar and cargos tho Supremo Court
of tho United Stales for their opinions. In the
plircnsy of his Intolerance ho pronounces the
Court iusauo, and tho opinion they have render
ed of no moro worth than tho opinion of mani
acs. And then a famous non-resistant orator
arises ond says It wo had a government worthy
of the name of n government, U would hang
those seven audacious Judges sooner: than It
would hang robots I Hut this preacher ond this
orator, Choovcr and. Smith, profess to lovo
liberty and to bollevo In free speech 1 And they
would shut the mouths of tho Judges by Bond
ing them to an Insane asylum, or hong them by
tho nock, because they havo compiled with their
oath of ofllco, ond given their individual opinion
on a constitutional question I It Is well for
liberty of conscience and freedom of opinion
that tho Ohoovors nnd Gorrlt Smiths are few In
our day. If there woro enough of them to cct
power, they would clnblith an inquisition, and
plant gtbbelt in the itreela. *
ID* Physicians rarely toko medicine, law
yersi seldom go to law, and ministers steer dear
of other parson s churches. Editors, however,
read all tho papers thoy can get hold of.
The Arrival of Mormoni nt Boston.
It lias already been slated that a ship arr ,* r ,
cd at Boston lost week, from Liverpool, wUU
800 Mormons. The Courier says:
Many of the families were possessed of con
siderable property. The caploin estimated thti
amount of British gold upon the passengers «*
£20,000, ond said that he knew of more tharf
.one person who had $l,OOO for his own uHem-wi
that of his family. Several had left relaiivM
and friends behind them. One woman had left
her husband that she might go to the land of
the saints; and llicre wns another beautiful*
dark eyed young woman with n young infoni
whosc story, as told by the captain, was nulf!’
touching. 1 9
The captain noticed her when they started
ns possessed of great beauty, but lost sight 0 f
her in a day or two, and, supposing, aho
changed her quarters, did not inquire fo r u*
for eight or ten days. Ho was then tola
she had been very sick, and was siill quite fee
ble. He had her brought from between decks
and laid on a mattress, got her some port wmo
and cake, and tried to bring her bnck.to hcaltlf
Under this treatment she improved much, ami
in reply to his questions told him that she had
left a pleasant home, in a ouict village in Eng.
land, and a husband to whom she had been
married but aycnr.or two. for (his journey.—
He asked her reasons. t She replied that sheliad
done so for Christ’s sake, who had promised
that if one forsook father and mother nndhus
band for. him. she should receive more abundant*
ly in this life, and in the world to tomb fcVrfr
lasting life.-
The conduct of these Mormons on board'the
vessel was 'exemplary. In their personal hab
its they were cleanly, only four using tobacco.
As soon as the emigrants had left Liverpool
they formed themselves into eight divisions:
with about one hundred in each division, and
chose a bishop and an elder to preside ovircocH 1
company. They hod morning and evening
service—prayer and singing—and in the evening
generally a sermon. On Sundays a sermon wal
preached to each section. •
Indian Excitement in lowa.
Sr. Lotus. May I.—The Democrat has ad
vices from Fort Desmoincs. Towa, to the 271 h
ult., staling that five or six hundred Sioux In
dians had crossed the Pesmoines river, in. (he
neighbo-hood of Fort Dodgo, on the Saturday
.previous, and fears were entertained that It had
been attacked. As the force at the Fort was
insufficient to repel such a force, companies
were organizing to go to the assistance of the
garrison. Several families had sought refuge
m Fort Dcpmoincs, and the greatest consterna
tion prevailed.
The National Hotel Disease. —The death
of another distinguished victim of. the late Na
tional Hotel disease, Hon. Jno. 0. Montgomery,
of this State, and the continued illness of the
new Collector of the Port from the same com
plaint. re-directs public attention to (bo origin
of this lercibic epidemic.
There arc certain coincidences connected with
thi& subject which arc suggestive of the roost
horrible suspicions, but for thehonor of human
nature, we hope they may be unfounded. Mr.
Buchanan arrived at the National Hotel on the
25th of January. On the 2Glh, Dr. Hall was
sent for to see the first ease, A few days after*
wards lie had 35 eases, and quite a large nbm*
her took sick, many of them leaving Washing
ton. Mr. Buchanan was among (he latter.—
The symptoms in all eases were the same—vio
lent, copious purging, inflammation of thelilrgb
intestines, with a constant dispositionU> relapse.
During an interval of several fteefes
to the 2d of March, ho nciv cose occurred. On
the evening of that day. Mr. Buchanan return
ed to Washington, and about that period the
hotel was crowded with visitors. On the 4th
of March the disease broke out with increased
violence and many hundreds were aflectcd.' Tha f
symptoms uniformly indicate poisons which
some physicians consider of .a miasmatic, and.
others of a mineral nature—probably copper.
No satisfactory elucidation of the mystery has
yet beemruade. — Pennsylvania: / ..
Hon. Isaac Toucet. —The Vermont Patriot
pointedly remarks :
“ Perhaps iho most gratifying feature of tttf*
result ot (ho election in Connecticut Is (lie evi
dence that the people of lire State appreciate tho
compliment paid them in tho sclecfon of Horn
Isaac Toucey as Secretary of the Navy. Though
foremost among tho unflinching Democrats ot
New England, and though no belter selection
could have been rondo by tho President, yet it
must bo gratifying, both to tho ddmlnlstratlou
and tho Secretary of Iho Navy, that Connecticut
has so nobly como fotwnrd to endorse Iho hd
pointment. Connecticut has long boon proud
of the Secretary, and tha Secretary may well bo
proud of Connecticut.”
Singular Revenge, — Among tho frcnki of
men ot wealth we may mention ono of a yfebjew
ol Amhclm, In Holland, who, because them*
thoritics would not allow him to make ft p«*o
ment ol solid silver before his house, tore U
down and erected in Its place a building cover
ed with the most diabolical figures, which stood
for many years the terror of tho nolghbothbod.
{£/" Friendship is a silent gentleman, that
makes no parade: tho true heart dance* HO
hornpipe on the tongue.
(£7* Ilia stylo shows the roan. Whether in
speaking or writing, a gentleman ia'alwaW,
known by his style. •
Cv* An extreme rigor is sure" to inn titty
thing against it, and at length to relapse ihttym
supine neglect.
Markets.-
PAYIa., Mar 6,1857.
Ft-rina' a*nd Meal.— Flour is barely mairt*
tained, Salts of good brands ot s6lperhbL
and of belter brands for homo consbmplidH’at
SO) a Of, and extra and fancy bfoftds at $6 75
a 7 76. There is vdry little ucmand'rdr export.
Sales of Rye Flour at 84 23' pfcr bbl. Corn
Meal is firmly held at $3 25 per bb).
Grain. —wheat Is In demand, and pricesar®
higher. Sales of prime Pennsylvania red ire
making at $1 GO a 1 C 5, and 81 70 a 1 75 for
good while. Rye is firm; sales of Pcnnsylrs*
nin at 87 cents. Corn is in fair request, at U
cents, for new yellow, afloat, and 74c. In store/
Oats arc scarce;'soles of Pennsylvania and Pria*
ware at 58 a 600 per bush. f
Seeds. —Olovcrsccd is in demand.
prime at S 7 per 04 lbs. Last sales of TitooNy
at 83 a 3 30, and Flaxseed at 81 85 a 81 jjV
Sales of Red Top at 83 60. Herd Gross •Ij” ‘,
Whiskey is in steady demand at 20 a 30 cts
in bbl., and in hhds. at 28 cents.
Hnrwb. •
On the 6lh inst., in Carlisle, by tho Kc*;
n. Krcmcr, Mr. Jacob Wbut to Miss Cabu'
ltnb OookLiN, both of Monroe township. ,
On tho slh inst., by John Elliott, Haq-. M'*'
Hbnut GtVLBn, of North Mlddleloh H
to Mrs. Susanna Knroiur, of Booth Middleton
township.
’ Dub.
Near Shophcrdslown, on the 30lb uU..
daughter of D. K. Noell, aged IQ months and*
days.
In this Borough, l on Monday last, Nathan
Godlb, nged about 55 years.
LIFT YOUR LICENSES!
ALL persons who bnvo Licenses to IJL
hereby notified to do so immediately, W BU i *
will bo brought against those who do not, w
selling without License, after tho Utof J u . rt *'
A. SENSEMAN, Co, Tftasfr
: Carlisle, May 7, 1857. ‘