AMMCAK VOLUNTEER.
JOHN B. BMTTON, Editor & Proprietor.
CARLISLE, PA., JUNE H. 1857.
Democratic, Slate Ticket.
Fob Governor,
WILLIAM F. PACKER,
' Q f Lycoming County.
Fob Canal Commissioner,
Nimrod strickland,
Of CAej<«r County-
O* We had some refreshing rains on Mon*
day and T.uesday last. The grain, grass, and
indeed crops of every description present a lux*
uriank'appearancc. If nothing should happen
to blight them, there will be an abundant yield
of tbe cereals, as well ns of tho corn, p'otato
andfrOit crops.
- Street Repaired.—Our efficient Street Com
missioner, Mr. W. B. Matthews, has recently
piked and repaired that portion of Pomfrtt street
between Hanover and Pitt steels* Tina-'im
provement was much needed, and will render
FomfVct one of the handsomest streets in tho
borough. The manner in which tho job has
been executed reflects the highest credit upon
the .workmanship of Mr. M., as well os of the
men in his employ. ,
By the way, as this street is now thoroughly
repaired, and at considerable expense to the tax
payers of the borough, we trust tho members of
ouT Town Council will have sufficient nerve to
prevent its being disturbed or ruined.' If the
Cfa? and Water Company persists in running its
pipes through the streets, it should bo compelled
to leave them in at least as good condition as H
found them.
Cflimcii Repainted.-- 'The Second Presbyte
rian church has just been thoroughly cleansed
and repainted, and it now looks as fresh and
smells as sweet as can be. The ceiling of the
building is now of a beautiful pink color : the
walls dove colored, and the pulpit, pews, Ac.,
arc painted a pure while. The church, inter
nally, now presents a very chaste and neat ap*
pearancc. Much credit is due to Mr. Thomas
J. Bell, tbs contractor, for the very handsome
manner in which he has performed the work, as
well as for the artistic skill he displayed in its
execution.
Town Lots. —Mr. Andrew 0. Blair, having
purchased the valuable foUr-and-a-half acre lot,
situate ia the lower end of South street, recently
belonging to Joseph Shrom, Esq., wo learn it
is his intention to lay it ofi into building lots,
which he will ofler for sale. Carlisle is steadily
increasing in population as well as in prosperity,
and os there is a lack of good building lots, at
moderate prices, we have no doubt the ones
now offered for sale will readily be disposed of.
An Inhuman Act —Base Desertion. —We
learn from the Sbippcnsburg News, that soon
after the departure of the evening train east
ward from that place, on Wednesday evening
of lost week, a male child, probably five or six
months old, was found on the outskirts of the
town on the public road leading from Shippcns
burg to Southampton Furnace. Its cries at
tracted the family of Mr. James Hannon, who
resided near where it lay, when they kindly
took It in charge. Measures were Immediately
taken to find out wtfo had so inhumanly de
serted it, &c. Suspicions were founded on an
unknown female who had been seen lurking iu j
that quarter during the latter part of the after
-0000, and who was noticed taking passage iu
the cars. Constable McCartney, of Carlisle,
wa& immediately telegraphed to*, who arrested
the-woraan on the arrival of the cars here. She
named herself Mary Arnold, and stated that she 1
was induced to forsake the child on account of 1
haring nothing to support it—that she wished '
to “go and sec a brother who resides in Lan- 1
castor city, and did not wish him to know that
she had a child /” She was placed in the cus
tody of iho Shrrifl during the night to await a
farther hearing.
The News further says that the child has
been taken into the family of Mr. Geo. Shade,
of Sbippcnsburg, and-the mother released.
Editorial Lidbl Suit;— Mr. J. I’. Sanderson,
publisher of the Philadelphia Daily Newt, has
instituted a suit against Col. Joshua S. Fletchoi,
of the Daily Sun , for libel. The alleged oflence
consists In the publication from a country paper,
of an article reflecting upon the character of
the gentleman who controls tbo columns of the
News. Mr. Flotchcr was hold in $lOOO ball to
answer the charge.
ASID Warnihg — A daughter of John Edlo
man, nonr MUlUnburg, Union county, while in.
dulglng In the too common practice of taking
pins In tho mouth, accidentally got them Into
tho windpipe. A physician was called, but too
great fears are entertained of tho result, to mf
fer an operation to bo performed. Much in
flammation has been caused by tho pins In the
Ideality whore (hoy are lodged. A distressing,
lingering death Is apparently inevitable.
ttv’" Wo see by Ihc Now York papers that tho
Common Council have at last waked up to tho
necessity of offering a reward for tho discovery
of tho murderer of Dr. Bnrdell. Aflor waiting
moro than throe months to give tho perpetrator
of tho foul dood abundant tlrao to escape, and
to remove all vestiges of everything that could
load to his detection, tho Board of Aldermen,
havo passed a resolution that a reward of two
thousand dollars should bo offered for tho ar
rest of tho murderer. The Board of Councilmen
will, of- course, concur, and if tho Governor
ahould offer a similar or larger reward, ft might
load to a solution of tbo mystery iu which (ho
Ourdoll tragedy Is still involved.
Cs*Tho steamship Louisiana was burnt iu
Galveston Bay on Sunday rooming. Eleven
persons wore certainly lost In her, and Colonel
Balnbridgo, of tlio army, and tblrty-ono others
aro missing. Twcnfy-flvo persona were saved
by tlio steamer Galveston.
Tllß Amebioan State Nominations.—The
American Stale Council at Lancaster on. Wed
nesday nominated Isaac llaslehurst, of Phi In.
dolphin, for Governor j Jacob Broom, of Phila
delphia, and Jasper E. Brndy, of Allegheny,
for tlio Supremo Bondi, and John 11. Llndor
man, of Barks, for Canal Commissioner. Va
rious measures of policy, expediency, &c., wore
advocated, and a considerable number of tho
delegates wore opposed to making any nomina
tions at ail.
Judge Lecomtc, Chief Justice of Kau
**•» la to be removed, and Judge Williams lias
Just W appointed Associate Judge. Tho ap.
fOlnUneul U «Al r«m»l Wnblnglon,
TUE BIOT AT WASHINGTON.
In our last wo gavo a brief account of the
bloody-riotthat took place at Washington on
the., Monday previous. Wo to-day give more
fulV'-pfrrliculars, and oak the attention of our
readers to them. All will seo that this riot,'
like those of Baltimore, Louisville and New Or
leans, was brought about by tho “Plug Uglics’ 1
of a damnable Know-Nothing organisation. It
baa keen ascertained to a certainly, that on the
evening before tho day of the municipal election
in Washington, the Know-Nothings of Balti
more assembled in their lodges, in obedience to
red signals posted in all quarters of tho city.—
They then, at a late hour of the night, selected
some fifty of their most desperate members,
armed them to the teeth with knives and revol
vers, and instructed them to repair to Washing
top tho following morning, take possession of
tho polls, and; at all hazards, defeat the Demo
cratic ticket. These desperate men—these law
less blackguards, rioters and scoundrels—hav
ing been appointed to perform a certain purpose,
proceeded to their work as soon as they reached
Washington, by making a terrible attack upon
peaceable voters with pistols, bowie-knives and
stones. Tho attack, so unexpected and uncal
led for, took the voters by surprise, and tho
1 consternation that followed may be imagined.
Tho Police of tho city were driven from tho
1 ground, and compelled to fly for their lives.—
J Fortunately, tho Mayor of Washington is a
Democrat, and, assisted by tho United States
Marines, dispersed tho scoundrels, captured
their cannon, and sent a number of them homo
feeling a little sore from the effects of their ex
-1 ploiis. They haro received a lesson that will
teach them that they cannot visit tho National
Capitol to practice their favorite amusements.
In Baltimore, where tho Mayor and Police arc
Know-Nothings, they can put law and order at
defiance, take possession of tho polls, and mur
der peaceable voters at pleasure, but they must
not attempt to gratify their passions in this way
where Democrats arc in authority, for if they
do they will be shot down like dogs, os the}*
deserve.
Much as we regret the consequences of this
riot—for a number of innocent persons were
killed by the Marines—yet 100 much credit
cannot be awarded the President, the Mayor of
Washington, and the officers commanding the
military, for the prompt manner in which they
discharged their duties. They deserve and will
receive the thanks of tho people of the whole
country. We said, In our paper three years
ago, that this Know Nothing party, if permit*
ted to go on, would have to be put down by the
strong arm of power. We felt convinced, judg
ing from the oaths of the order and tho thou
sands of worthless vagabonds belonging to it,
that it would write its history in blood. In
the cities, particularly, the party embraces tho
entire rabble—the very scruff and scum of so
ciety—vagabonds, thieves and robbers—men
who are ripe for arson or murder at a moment's
warning. In all the largo cities where they
hold power—in New Orleans, Louisville and
Baltimore—they have obtained it by fraud,
violence and murder—by putting law, justice
and order at defiance. If the people of those
cities desire to bo governed by such men and
made the slaves of a rabble, it is theirown busi
ness, but God forbid that our National Capitol
should ever occupy a position so humiliating.
All honor, then to President BuoiiAKipr, the
Mayor of Washington, and the United States
Marines, for saving the scat of government from
I the blot that was attempted to be affixed to her.
land Sgeco/fll/00,
(From all quarters of iho West we have re
ports of the continued speculations in Lpnds
A letter in tho last Dubuque Herald, written
from tho Osage land office. lowa, says that
there are about two thousand persons in at
tendance on the land sales, and that great
competition exists between speculators and the
settlers. This competition had been carried In
bidding 8101 per acre for the wild land. The
settlers had held a meeting, and organized
themselves into a club numbering seven hun
dred. and had determined that every settler
should have the privilege of bidding of! a quar
ter section of land, in addition to one quarter
by pre-emption, at government price. Attempts
were made to settle all difficulties on this basis
by the settlers furnishing names of persons who
were bidders ; but this had nut been done up
to the time the informant left. With such ac
counts as these, we would hardly think those
capitalists who have been furnishing largo a*
mounts of money to keep this wild speculation
alive, seduced it by the tempting offer of largo
rates of interest, would care to continue the
supply longer. That these speculations arc
destined to come to an end soon, we think no
rational, thinking man can doubt: and when
the end docs come, look out for such a crash in
credit, and such a tumble in the price of land -
all lands, not only those in (he West, but those
hero at the East—as has seldom before been
, experienced.
Tue Dravjs “ Americans.” —ln evidence of
the dogroo of humility and decency possessed
by Iho thirty “Plug-Uglies,” who so precipi
tately decamped bylho 3 o’clock train fiom
Washington on Monday afternoon, ft may bo
stated that on their passage in the curs tu Balti
more (hoy expended the contents of their ro- 1
volvcrs, originally Intended for the persona of I
(ho citizens of Washington, upon the bodies of
(ho cows and horses that were grazing in the
fields along the road. There must have been
several hundred shots tired. When the train
arrived at the fork of the road on (ho ruhurba
of Baltimore, (ho thirty “Plug-Uglies” got
out, undoubtedly for (bo purpose of avoiding
(ho risk of an arrest at the depot. The other
passengers must have felt themselves especially
fortunate and agreeable in such company. The
testimony on which wo make this statement,
says the National Jnltlligencer, is unimpeacha
ble.
Life im luxas.— The San Antonio Ffcrnld
records a most brutal murder near that city on
I the 16th. of one Or. Thompson, from Bandera,
near (Juadulupc. It seems the unfortunate
victim and two trlonda. Clark and Polandcr,
returning home, from San Antonio, had en
camped for tho night miles from the city.
Hewasfoundthc next TOrning atlhccompmur
dered and his two friends badly wounded hav
ing no doubt been left for dead by tho robbing
ond murderous assassins. Cliirk has since
died. A reward of $250 has been oflered' by
Mr. James, of San Antonio, for the apprehen
sion of the murderers., Tlio Herald also records
the discovery of a Mexican, about a mile below 1
San Antonio, with his throat cut. Ho was
found in a field covered up wltU brush.
THE FftllTS OF KNOW-NOTIUNOIftU IN NEW
ORLEANS.
Tho following sketch from life of Kno w-Noth
ingistn in New Orleans, appalling ns it is, Is
but tho counterpart of tho picture presented
wherever the pestilent faction has unfortunately
gotten into power. It is tl)0 natural nirflnovi
table fruit of sdeh QfiOrgalhirrttion, as thousands
predicted, and as every man of reflection must
have foreseen. It is indeed marvelous that men
who dcsiro to hold a respectable position in so
ciety should permit themselves (o be brought
in contact with such foul and shameless cor
ruptions this.
The Garland spoken of below, was the Know
Nothing Treasurer of New Orleans, and pro
prietor of the Crescent newspaper, the organ of
the party. While noting ns treasurer, ho se
cretly absconded with a princely outfit in mo
ney abstracted from the city' t reuse iy. He took
passage bound, wo believe, for. some* foreign
port; wag pursued and arrested at the mouth
of the Mississippi, with the money in his pos- j
session. Ho was pul through the forms of a
criminal trial and acquitted. Let none say
that these facts are not substantially true. — |
They are as notorious to'every body in New Or
leans as the sun-light at noon-day, j
New Orleaks.--This doomed city of slung* I
shots and brass knuckles is a vast caldron of I
pollution, bubbling and boiling over with vice
and crime of every grade aud color. Ever since
I it has been undcijjiaow-Nothing rule, murders
have been perpctratcd/lmd corruption is now
regarded by these official pirates as commenda
ble and praiseworthy. Wo shall not attempt
to give an account of the mock trial and unjust
acquittal of the notorious City Treasurer, Gar
land, and the subsequent base and criminal acts
of the worse than criminal council, who have
become the laughing-stock of the country .while I
their deeds of glaring injustice, and even viola-1
lion of law and wholesome public sentiment,
have caused them to stink m the nostrils of
every honest man that knows anything of their I
proceedings. We arc sorry to say that the pros-1
poets of a change for the belter in the ruined
metropolis of New Orleans are by no means flat
tering. Repeatedly, we have told our readers
that it was utterly impossible to check the ca
reer of crime, so long and so fatally persisted in
by the official vagabonds of the Know Nothing
parly. When we gave on account of the 'stab
bing in the back,’ with an intent to kill, by that
precious pair of assassins, Logan and Phillips,
we also staled that they would never be con
victed. We stated that neither of those two
ruffians. Harrison or Adams, would be found
guilty of any of the numerous deeds of assassin
ation that the whole outraged community know
them to be guilty of. We stated that no mem
ber of " the party” could be convicted in the
city of any crime, lb mattered not how enormous
the guilt and public the facts, for no man can
be found in New Orleans, with a sufficient a
monnl of moral courage to go into open court
and give evidence against one of this blood
stained band df terrorists. No ; for if they
should, their fate is forever sealed. No man
that would go into the Criminal Court and tell
facts against one of the gang, would live twenty
four hours, if he should bo so lucky as to get
out of the court house alive. Some less than a
dozen true bills have been found against the no
torious Adams, the head and front and petted
assassin of the gang. But what is the result
of all those official proceedings of the grand ju
ry ? Just nothing at all; yes, worse by far
than nothing,for while the grand jury are spend
ing their time in examining witnesses, and
fcrrctling out the criminal acts of these official
ruffians, the City Council go to work, with a
very natural instinct, and promote every ruffian
to a lucrative office that they can make room
for. The truth is, it. will not do for ony mem
ber of this blood-cemented parly to be convict
ed- Even Perry Lyons, the notorious peniten- 1
tiary bird, cannot be convicted, simply because
the man that would swear against him would
not live twenty-four hours. Jim Wingfield,
the witness against Logan and Phillips, can't \
be found. Well, there is no more Justice to bo
expected in ony of the courts, while (his band
of villains hold sway, than there would bo with
f the wily “Billy Bow Legs,” of the swamps of
1 Florida, to rule. The fact is, we am astonished
at nothing in New Orleans, after the acquittal
of Garland, and the election of Adams .to the
Ilccordership of the Fourth District. Wo arc
quite prepared for anything, and will probably
see mom of these daring cut-throats m power
before wo see less.
Leuirlativk Loddtibo abd Doiubo.— They
have a trial In progress in Boston, in which the
secrets of lobbying nnd boring In the Legisla
ture arc being revealed to the uninitiated. One
witness, called a» an expert, on account of bis
groat experience in the halls of legislation, as a
member of the third house, testified that lobby
ing consisted in preparing eases, attending to
hearings bolero committees and making argu
ments—boring, in taking the facts in the case
and pumping them Into the members. In tho
first class, ho was familiar with tho charges for
services, but of tho other, (ho kind of labor
which ho said tho plaintiff performed, and
which was of a lower grade, lie did not know
the prices current. These are tho influences
which are supposed to exist around over)- legis
lative body, from Congress down, ami account
sufficiently for tho fact that private Jobs find so
much more favor than pnbflo business, In which
only tho people arc Interested.
Landlord h Duties. —Ueforcannouncing the
licenses granted by the Court on Wednesday
morning, says the Harrisburg Daily Telegraph,
udge Pearson proceeded to make some prepa
ratory remarks, explaining the duties of land
lords. lie slated that they were bound to ac-1
commodate nil persons who asked for it. so long
as they had room ; that it madono difference if
the applicant was a person of mistrustful ap
pearance-taverns were regarded by the law as
places for the accommodation of travellers, and
their proprietors had no right to turn any away,
no matter whether they thought them able to
pay for their lodgings or not. His Honor said
that this was clearly the object of the law, and
no license would hereafter be granted where it
was known that this part of the landlord’s duty
had not been complied with. These remarks
j created no little excitement among the tavern
| keepers present, many of whom expressed them-
I selves in objectioflablo terms against the view
taken by tho Judjjc. If this bo the true intent'
of the law—and it doubtless is—there has been
a wide diversion of it heretofore.
ITT* The dark clouds which have so long hung
over tho Newburg murder appear to bo lifting,
and some rays of light aro thrown upon tho
case. Tho body of the woman has been Identi
fied by a French negro as his wife, and some
Important testimony, which is for the present
kept strictly private, h2s been secured by the
Coroner towards finding out tho murderers, if
murderers they are.
A Olaiu.— I Tho whole town of Lawrence, In
Kansas territory, is claimed by Robert Rohl
tallc, an Indian and land-holders have been no
tified by tho receiver ond- register of the Land
1 Office at Lccompton, that they would oiler proof
in support of his claim. Ho claims tlio location
by a reservation granted him in tho treaties of
1842 and 1856, by and between the U. Stales
and tho Wyandot tribe of Indians.
The True Republican Platform*.
• Tho following seftthnents wefo uttered by a
Republican Abolition Convention which recent
ly hold a session'itiNew York. We copy from,
tho Washington Union: -
It was.amidsti«ib applause and encourage
ment of men ahii -Women, calling themselves
philanthropists,'that l£e reverned and irrevern
ed orators of the ftnif-slavcry cause spoke thus
In New York:
The Rev. of Massachusetts,
(white,) declare#*-
“All tho leading in the world is not worth
so much astho" poorest 4 pistol shot which any
slave ever gave his master.”
Robert Purvis (black)—
“Looked forward with joy to the time when
revolution shall overthrow this atrocious gov
ernment.' 1 ■
Rev, .Andrew F. Foss, of New Hampshire,
(white)— 7 .
“The slaves needed no arms from tho North.
They only needed td boletalone, and they them
selves would twist off their master’s necks. It
was what ho would do. Ho would twist oO
any man's nhok who will hold him os a slave. —
Ho drew a flaming picture of the day when
there would bo a servile insurrection through
out the land. 1 !*
Wm. Wells Brown (black) said—
“Ho would rather see the jlnve emancipated
by insurrection' than any oilier way. His pray
er was that tho next wind or telegraph from
South Carolina would bring news of an insur
rection by tho slaves.against their masters—
’He would like to see it, though a million ol men
should perish in it, and it should fail.”
The Rev. Henry Garrett (black) said—
“lt will not always bo borne. Our people
will not always consent to be trodden under
foot; they will arm themselves some day, if
need be, to secure their rights. It will not be
a cosily armament neither —a cent a piece will
do it farmed with a box of heifer matches, the
black man will have the power in his hands. 1 ’
Fred Douglas said—
“Men wondered at the late poisoning at
Washington ; but men who whip and prosti
tute their cooks,,and scourge their niggers,
might expect to meet death in the pot. The
slave holders are crying to us that we arc try
ing to make our niggers cut their throats ; and
the reason is they know they deserve to have
them cut. To him no sign of encouragement
was so interesting os the insurrection at the
South."
Associate Justice of Kansas.
The appointing of the Hon. Joseph Wil
liams of lowa, to Ibo Associate Judgeship of
the Supreme Court of Kansas, in place of Judge
Cunningham of Pennsylvania, resigned, is a
roost excellent selection, and secures to the
bench of the Territory an able and experienced
jurist. Judge Williams was formerly Chief
Justice of lowa. to winch Stale he emigrated
from Somerset county* Pennsylvania. He is a
practical printer, and at one lime published the
Upland Union, at Old Chester, Delaware coun
ty, which paper, in 1839, ho disposed of to that
old and steadfast Democrat, Alexander McKee
ver, with a view of derating himself to the law.
in which ho had already earned an enviable ref
utation. Ho possesses fine legal abilities, be
sides beidg “a fellow* of infinite jest." We de
fy the most rancorous parly animosity to hold
out against his irrcsistablc pleasantry. Ho is
familiar with border life, aud bis good humor
will bo better than bayonets in settling Kansas
troubles. Not long since ho called at the St.
Nicholas Hotel, in New York, to sco the Hon.
Jeremiah S. Black, t\ow Attorney General ,of
Uip United States, meeting him, ho left
the following card:
I Compliments of the Chief Justice of lowa to the
I Chief Justice of Pennsylvania:
f O Jerry, dear Jorrx, /bund you at Mat.
And memory, burdenoq with aoonca of tho past,
Huturna to old Somerset's mountains of snow.
Where you woro but “Jerry and I was but “Joe. ”
It is announced to-day from Washington,
that since bis appointment as Associate Justice
of Kansas, Judge Williams has been promoted
to the position of Chief Justice in place of Judge
Lccompte, removed. The interests of the Ter
ritory could not have btfen belter served.
Ah Important Political Decision.— Great
Britain, even quite recently, in its Judicial deci
sions, acknowledged the binding force of tlio
principle that British subjects could not throw
off their allegiance, hut Wore always subjects of
the Crown, to whatever part oi the globe they
went. This principle has boon relaxed in a re
cent instance. Mr. Lawless, a merchant of
Grenada, and a non-combatant in the late Nica
raguan troubles, was dragged out of his house
and shot by the Guatemalans, when they took
Grenada. Ho was formerly o British subject,
but became a naturalised citizen of tho United
States. Ills mother applied to tho British Gov.
ornmont for,.compensation for tho loss of her
son’s life and properly. Tho reply was, that ho
had renounced hii allegiance by becoming a ci
tizen of tho United Stales, and was not entitled
to British protection. Tho decision Is stated in 1
a loiter ifom Lord Clarendon. Thus Is the doc. 1
trine u( expatriation fully admitted. *
Mas. Cl'njumoiiam Bcrdsll.—ld tho Surro
gale’s Court on Wednesday, several affidavits
wero read in support of a motion for a commis.
slon to California, to fake the testimony of
Whllobcad C. liydo, between whom and Mrs.
Cunningham (Burdoll) it Is alleged that an en
gagement of marriage existed while she was liv
ing In Bond street. Further testimony was ta.
ken all tending to prove,that Dr. Burdoll was in
Herkimer on the 2fllh, 20ih and 27th of October
last, which lact scorned to bo pretty clearly cs
labllshod. It will bo recollected (hat his repu
ted marriage with Mrs. Cunningham took place
on tho 28ih of (hut month.
New Wheat.—At Augusta, Georgia, wore
shown, on (ho 80th of May, some samples of
now white Wheal, (raised by Messrs. John Mil
ler and Samuel Clarke, Jr., farmers in the neigh
borhood qf that city,) nrhloh looked exceedingly
tine although not dry enough for the mill.
The yield of Wheat on tho ftirma near Augus
ta, says tho Constitutionalist, Is very promising,
and in a low days cutting will bo over and
thrashing will commence,
Wo bollovo that it Is tho general impression
that tho Whoot crop of Georgia and Tonnossoo,
and wo might include tho whole country, has
noror presented a more flattering appoaranco
for an abundant yield.
What Wages no Fakuebs pat Laborers?
—Wo ask this question in order to And out
whether laborers got only “ten cents a day/*
as our opponents said last Foil, they wonld. If
Buol.ianan would bo elected. Wall, Old Duck
lias boon in the White House, now, those throe
months and laborers should begin to led Ids
hand on their shoulders If their wages aro to bo
reduced. How much do you pay, now, farm
ers? If you pay your* old wages, or higher
ones, then you must know that tho^ Opposition
Ito tho Democratic party lied, when they said
that Mr. Buchanan would reduoo tho wages of
laborers.
4 Moral Bcjdll of- Mormonlm.,
i The killing of Parley P. Pratt, ono of tho
. Mormdn Elders, bctrays-ftn.’optsodo'and a re
i suit perfectly in.keeping with tho nature of
Morroonism. "This man, being in San Francis 4
co, becomes acquainted with a demoted wife, tho
; mother of three small childrctf. ‘ Wllhthorie
vclish arts generated by his creed And perfected
by practice, ho induces her to embrace Mor
uionism, and elope with him to Utah, where she
becomes his ninth wife- The children, which
she had been • prevented from taking with her,
are sent by the father to her parents at New
Orleans. After some months, he learns that
the two youngest have been abducted by the
mother, who, in order to carry out her plans,
pretended that she had abandoned tho Mormon
faith. Agonized, if not rendered desperate, by
this intelligence, the father starts for New Or
leans. whence, led by vague traces, he flics to
New York, St. Louis, to Houston, back to New
Orleans, thence to Fort Gibson in the Cherokee
Nation, where be lights upon letters from Pratt
to Mrs. McLean, his faithless wife. Ho takes
out a writ for the arrest of the guilty parlies,
has them arrested and brought before tho Com
missioner for examination. By some means
Pratt is discharged. He mounts his horse and |
makes oil, but is pursued by McLean and shot i
dead. *
Such are the briefest outlines of this melan
choly allair—yet embracing seduction, poly
gamy, kidnapping and murder, as only a part
of its hincous ofltnccs to God and man. Can a
system comprehending such rottenness and cor
ruptions, stand ? Human nature cannot endure
it—by its own inherent laws, it will vindicate
itself in one way or another. If enactments
and police prove insufficient, the very instincts
of humanity will rise up to tho rescue. Even
within the pale of the sect—no matter how
powerfully guarded—tho elements Of rebellion
will breed and burst into life. Man is not a
demon, and there are principles within him
which cannot becrceded and tyrannized wholly
out of him. And much os wo deplore such
scccns of violence, yet oven between passions,
between brutalities, there is a great choice.—
But as regards this Utah problem, we trust
that the instrumentalities of law will yet prove
amply sufficient.
Emigration in 1857.
We find in the New Yorker Abend-Zeitung
some interesting facts respecting the emigration
from Europe this year, which promises to be
unusually large. According to all accounts
and appearances, Germany will furnish a con
tingent equal to. if it docs not exceed, the great
migration of 1854'. Before the end of the ycai*
she will probably send us a force equal in num
ber to the entire population of two or three of
the petty German States. From all of
Germany, including those to which the emigra-
tion fever has hitherto been a stronger—such as
Pommerania, Western Prussia. Brandenburg,
Ac.—reports reach us of large parlies leaving
for the nearest seaports, on their way to Ame
rica.
Most of these emigrants are well-to-do agri
culturalists and mechanics. Their reason for
emigrating is not want or oppression, hut rather
the reverse, ao excess of prosperity : on unac
countable rago for speculation, or a desire to
acquire wealth more rapidly, has induced thou
sands of people, considered "well ott” among |
their neighbors, to (urn their baebs-upou their
native homes and set out for the West.
Tliig acquisition to tho labor and capital of
the United States certainly deserres a warm
welcome. Tho ready money in possession of
these emigrants will alone form a considerable
offset to our annual exports of specie, while
their labor will be in demand for tho cultivatioi:
of the territories beyond the Mississippi.
Struck nr tux Comet.— Tho good people
down at Indianapolis, Ind., wore terribly fright
ened on Tuesday evening. They believe “down
there’* that tho comet is going to knock our Ut-
lo planet “ all to smash,” and have been greatly
exercised about It for some time. With this
belief, and under this excitement, they were
thrown into a state of alarm on Tuesday oven,
ing that is described as “ perfectly awful,” by
seeing the moon rise from behind (bo eastern
bills, as rod as blood, and looking like the great
head of o fiery dragon. They thought It was
the copiet—that it wos about to strike— (hat tho
end of all earthly things was at hand, and they I
sat themselves to work, with prayers and tears
and supplications, to “ make tbolr peace,” and
to bo ready to “go up.” So frightened were I
they, says tho Lajayette Journal, (bat the alarm I
bells were rung, and the tiro-engines brought
out, and tho excitement and confusion for n
few moments woro indescribable. Tho idea of
calling out the engines, under such circumstan.
cos, was worthy oflho genius of Dame Parting-
ton, who undertook to repel an Invasion of tho
Atlantic with her mop. Tho appearance of tho
full orb above (ho horizon soon restored the
people to (heir senses, and converted (heir
shrieks of affright and frenzied appeals to heav
en Into a general guffaw.
An Innoobnt PlattuiHo.— The swivel ta
ken from the Baltimore rowdies at Washington
was a brass six-poundcr, and when uloaded by
its captors was found charged nearly to tho
muzzle with musket balls, cartrigcs, paving
stones, shot of various kinds and ono or two
pocket-handkerchiefs as- wadding. This was
a very effective instrument for carrying an elec
tion when tho opposition voto tvas too strong,
much more so than a sluflcd-ballot box, for it
would get rid of tho opposition votes and voters
at tho same time.
Military Affairs.—General Scott, with
tho approbation of the President, has Just issu
ed tho following orders:—The two companies
of tho Second Oragroons to move from Fort
Randall to Fort Leavenworth. Tho Colonel
of tho Second Infantry to dct&ch three compa
nies of that regiment, two to occupy Port find
ling, and one Fort Ridgcly. Tho Fifth Regi
ment to bo replaced .in Florida by volunteers,
who aro to proceed to Joflcrson Barracks and
there await further orders. Tho Tenth Infant
ry are ordered to Fort Leavenworth, eight com
panics at once, and two to leave Forts Snul.
ling and Rldgely as soon os they are relieved
by tho companies from the Second Regiment.
Tho above movements will bo mado with tho
least possible delay. Tho military orders were
sent by telegraph on Monday, both to' Now
York ond Leavenworth.
07” It is calculated that ton thousand now
townships and villages havo boon laid out, on
paper, recently, In tho now lands of (ho West,
ora States and Territories, and U Is supposed
that at least ton million dollars cash and twenty
millions credit havo gone out within two years
to bo invostod there.
Interesting to Topers.
Tljo recent death of a young man in Bramp
ton, Canada, 1 from fasting fho “essence of
brandy,” with which ho was manufacturing-
Cognac, and the revelation of fho fact that
strychnine is largely used In the manufacture
oif whiskey, has awakened some attention to fho
nature of fho drinks which aro sold for pure
spirits. Brandy, gin, wine, and whiskey are so
adulterated that comparatively little pure liquor
can bo purchased. Most of the brandies are a
mixture of diabolical ingredients, caustic enough
to burn oak chips, to say nothing of the delicate
tissues of tho human body. Tbo Springfield
Republican says '
“No secret is made of this business. Tho
drug dealers of Now York advertise openly the
compounds by means of which the vile imita
tions of spirituous liquors aro mado. A circa-
j ar from one of theso drug houses Informs tho
world that brandy number one—tho best sort,
wo take it—is made of “ oil of brandy,” a pois
onous ether, oil of bitter almonds (as poisonous
as prussic add,) ethereal wine, alcohol, sugar
and Malaga wine. No. 2—oll of brandy, acet
ic ether, tamarinds, cherry Juice, sugar, all col.
ored with burnt sugar. No. B—Oil of brandy,
cthorcaj oil, bitter almonds, older flowers, and
taunin. No. 4—Oil of brandy,acetic ether, oil
of peach, and alcohol. Gin—Oil angelica, oil
of juniper, rum, essence of lemon, salt, syrups
and water? If smokiness Is required, add a fow
drops of to make it biting upon
1 tho palate, add some caustic potash. Tho cir
cular advises manufacturers to use “wlthdls
-0101100” tamarinds, French- plums, cherry
juice, brown sherry, oak shavings, tincture of
catechu, powdered charcoal, black tea, ground
rice, and other ordinary materials, well known
to distillers and rectifiers. Wo should advise
drinkers to use these villainous mixtures with
discretion—and throw them into tho gaiter.”
The adulteration of liquors is carried on as
largely abroad as In (his country, and tho Cus- t
tom House brand Is no guaranty of purity.— ,
Thousands of pipes of raw spirits arc annually (
exported fiom this country and returned in tho (
shape of wine, brandy, &c., which contains not (
a particle of grape juice.
News from Europe.
The steamship America, at Halifax, brings
Liverpool dates to the 23d alt., but the news
has no feature of special importance. At Liver*
pool cotton was steady at previous rates, while
brcadslufls showed a slight improvement. The
Queen of England had consented to the marriage
between the Princess Royal with Prince Frede*
rick of Prussia, and the British Parliament had
voted the expectant bride an allowance of £4o,*
000, and on annuity of £B,OOO per annum.—
There were various reports current in Paris re*
spooling the dispute between Spain and Mexico,
the latest of which represents that the terms of
an amicable settlement had already fccen agreed
to. Ills announced that tho “American Min*
istcr at Trieste” had left Constantinople for the
Danubian Principalities, on d pretended diplo*
tnatic mission of some sort. Tho Emperor of
Austria contemplates not only granting an
amnesty to Hungarian political refugees, but
also a restoration of their confiscated estates,
valued at forty million francs.
Tub Regent Poisoning Case at Danville,
—The Coroner’s jury, in the recent poisoning
case, which has caused so much excitement at
Danville, met on Tuesday last. Dr. Leming*
ton testified to the finding of arsenic in the
stomach of Mrs. Clark and also in tho stomach
of David.Twiggs, and positively affirmed that
death in both eases was caused by that poison.
'The clerks in Cbalfant & Hughes* drug store*
,iesli(lcd to selling the arsenic limes
to Mr. W. J. Clark and Mrs. Twiggs. Tho
verdict rendered by tho jury was, that the death
of David Twiggs and Mrs. Clark was caused by
poison, supposed to have been administered by
Mrs. Twiggs and W. J. Clark. In accordance
w.’lh tho verdict, both tho prisoners were coni* j
milled for trial. I
• Laiios Arrivals of Sdqar. —During the
four days ending on Saturday last, there arriv*
cd nt New York, no less than fifty-four vessefe
laden with cargoes of sugar and molasses alone.
This must hire caused an abundant supply in
the hands of traders, and if the present exorbi
tant prices shall continue to be maintained, it is
to bo attributed, not to any real scarcity, but
to the arts of speculators. 7,780 hogsheads of
sugar, end 1,137 hogsheads of molasses were
landed in New York ort Friday—all from the
West Indies. We suppose it all went into the
hands of speculators, who arc'kceping up prices
for their own benefit.
Tobacco Ciiewino auono tub Ceebot.—
At the opening of iho session of the New School
(Jcncral Assembly, now silting at Cleveland,
Ohio, a communication was read from the trus*
tecs of the church and some of the citizens, re*
questing the members of the assembly to ab
stain from the use of tobacco during the sessions;
so that tho pews may not bo deflled) tflio
trustees had previously removed all tho carpets
in the house. But this was not all. . The com
munication further slated that some of tho fa
milies by whom the members would bo enter
tained. had been madb very sensitive on the
same point by their experience in former years,
and many had refused to receive members, for
fear that they would prove to bo tobacco chew
era ! Tho West would bo a good field of labor
for Rev. Mr. Trask, tho anti-tobacco lecturer.
We should judge by lluj above, that his services
might prove of great benefit there.*
Nowburyport Herald, of lout Friday,
says t Tho sboo business continues la a more
depressed etato than at any tlrao before for
twenty years.. Leather bas fallen considerably,
and labor greatly \ yet many workmen are out
of.employ, and tboi manufacturers, with liuld
demand and falling prices fortbolrgoods, would
not oaro to Increase their business, oven If tho
stock could bo worked for uothing. It is mol*
ancboly to go Into one of our shoo towns now,
and mark tho dlflbronco that a twelve-month has
brought to them.
A Victim of Woman's Hate.—Wrn. Rich,
raond, an Industrious young Englishman, cm
ployed in tt flour mill at Gooosoo, N. Y,, Imd
nn acquaintance, a young girl whom ho called
hla cousin. Sho sued him for broach of prom
ise, and tho jury gave hor a verdict of $5OO.
Then sho caused him again to bo arrested as
tho father of hor child, and ha gavo bonds to
pay $1 por week for seven years for itsslipport.
A third time sho caused his arrest on hor oath
charging him with rape. This was too much
tor .Richmond’s philosophy) and requesting
permission of tho oftloor to go to his room In
tho mill and chango his ololhes, ho went, and
blow his brains out with a pistol. Tho locaf
newspaper thjnks ho was bitterly persecuted
and hopes tho young woman’s rovongo will now
bo satisfied.
roa a Mod.— Two men in tboKnow-
Nothing city ot Now Orleans have recovered
eight hundred dollars damages fVom that city
by » mob" 8 ,U ° rmi t 0 b ° doBtro >' o^
Jppolntmeiits of. the Friigident.
."William A.Rfohardson, of Illinois, Governor
of tlio Territory of Nebraska, In place of jf..u
W. Izard, (ho present incumbent. ’ *
Joseph A. Wright, oMndhtna, Envoy Exits,
ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of lb
United States at-the court of Ids Majesty
King of Prussia, In piaco ol Peter D. Vroom 0 f
Now Jersey, recalled nt his otvn request. '
Henry O. Murphy, of Now Yorlr, M| n |it 0 f
Resident of tho United States at the court of
his Mqlosty . tho King of the Netherlands In
place of Angnsld JJolmont, of New York re
called at Ids own request. ‘ . *
Isaac H. Hiller, of Illinois, Consul if the
United States at Bremen, In place of William
Htldobrand, tho present Incumbent.
William Thompson, ofNew York, Consul of
tho United Slates‘at Southampton, (England )
in place of Joseph R. Orbskoy, tho present la.
cumbcnt. • - .
Gabriel G.Floufot, of Now York, Oobsni of
tho United Slates at Bordeaux, (Franco,) to fill
an existing Vacancy.
Joseph Williams, 01, lowa, Associate Jostles
of tho Supremo Court of Kansas, in place of
Thomas Cunningham, resigned.
Cnlvlq F. Burns, United States Attorney lot
tho oastern.district of Missouri, vice ThomasC.
Reynolds, resigned.
Prom Woslllnslon,
WasniMTOtr, Juno o—The Secretary ol War
has Issued an order for the movement of. twon
ly-flvo hundred troops to Utah, under command
of Gen,, Harney.
Terrible Explosion at Toronto^*About
ten minutes of four o’clock on-tho 29th the
steamer Inkermari, of Kingston, blew pp with
a fearful explosion, dt the time she was becking
out frorritJpton & Browne’s wharf, prom some
as yet, unascertained cause, her boiler explo*
ded at that moment. Her c'ntiro crew' have
been killed, or dreadfully wounded and
scalded. Tho Captain, Mr., Meßroome, Peter
McLaughlin and another of the crew aro the on*
ly parties who do not appear to have beeirmßeb
injured. ’ She had no passengers on board. ; ’
Her crew numbered about 22 men, and as
but ten persons, including two females,
have bceh rescued, two whom are dead.—
One of tho females, named Catharine Meprea,
was terribly scalded about tho waist and lower
extremities, and will scarcely recover. One
man lay dead on Maitland’s wharf. He was a
stout looking man with red whiskers. Both
bis legs were broken and ho was frightfully
scalded. He was probably the engineer. Eve*
ry attention was paid to the suflerers on the
wharf. Of the parties removed to tho Hospi*
tal one had a thigh broken, another a legi and
another was so frightfully scalded that bis face
looked os tboughithadbeenflayed. The after*
part of tho boat is completely blown away back
of the wheel-house and above the bulwarks.
Black Republican Insincerity.—The Black
Republican Legislature of Michigan recently ap
propriated $lO,OOO for the relief of suffering in
Kansas, where no unusual suffering exist*.—
But at tho very moment when these modem
philanthropists .were making this appropria
tion, there was terrible suffering In some of the
Northern counties of their own State, and some
of their own people were actually dying of star
vation : yet, not a dollar did those mock*phil
anthropists propose to appropriate for these
starving people!
made, and no treason promoted, by relieving -
their own storving citizens, and, therefore, the
black demagogues were deaf to tbclr cries tor
bread. This is a practical illustration of Black*!
Republican philanthropy-
A Famous Horse. —Cossack, the horse Cap**"
tain Nolan rode when ho was killed at Balokla*
va, (in tho famous charge) is now tho property
uf a gentleman of Cincinnati, and arrived in that
city last week. He is a grey Arab stallion, six
years old, and fourteen hands high. Ilisgroonv
who came with him is Edward Sleaper, one of
the eleven survivors of a regiment of 000 Bnt
ish soldiers who landed in Gallipoli in Februa*
ry, 1854. Hffwas at Alma, Balaklavo, Inker*
tnann, and tho siege of Sebastopol, and looks
as if bo was made of oak, lignumvitm and iron*
Only Seven DXyb.—*Tlio long espcclel
comet that'ls to knock this planet Intoioudl
stars, and dethoUah things, will bo'licro, accord*
lug to astronomical calculations, on tho IStby
just sovon days honco. Has everybody settled
up his accounts, paid his debts and bad his life
Insured 1 Only sovon days, and .wo shall wake
up in tho morning to find ourselves nowheroj
that Is provided tho comet arrives In (ho night
time.
An Important Question Settled.—Re* '
ccnlly, tho question has orison before
master General, whether a Deputy Postmaster
can bo cortlpcllcd to obey a summons to appear
in Court with a valuable or other letter that
rests in his office addressed to another party*
Tho PoslmastcrGcncral, under a decision of
Attorney General’s office, decided that ho
cannot legally do sbV
IC7" Tho Fair of tho Ststo Agricultural Soci
ety will bo .held in September and October next*
commencing on the 20th of September. Phila
delphia will probably bo again chosen as tho
place for tho Exhibition.
Scarcity op Provender.— -Tho Danville
(Va.) Register says that praVendet* has newf
been so scarce in that section of tho county*
and adds: • 1
The country acluolly does not su pplf*
fioient quantity of rough foodQbr <w suppor
of our bojecs and'mules. And o case has com#
to our knowledge from a reliable source, m
which a wagoner travelling with goods front,
tho depot, at this place, to tho upper part °K
Henry county, has been compelled to let a.
of his team perish oh the road for want of foy
dcrand other coarse food, which ho osaurca u 8
ncithcFlovo nor money could procure for him*'
On account of this scarcity of food our farmer*
ore compelled to buy hoy in ihp Richmond mar
ket { and wo frequently aco largo, quantities of
this article brought up on’ tho Railroad, which
was grown in, tho Western port of tho State or
New York., .
A Monster Serpent in xit'a Bi. LAwa»l« jB, r ’
—Tho Brockvlllo (Canada) Monitor, of Satar*. .•
day, thus alludes to tho sorpoqt of tho Sl* hiWn
rcnco:
h Some time slneo wo published a letter flow
a correspondent In Mallorylown, rolotlvo Jo *J
enormous wotor serpent soon at different tirnc
In that'locality. A similar, or probably * n
same sorpont, has boon soonwltbin tho pajtm
days, about throe miles above Brockvlll°»,v :
Mr. L. Parker, of Throe Milo Bay, andDjM 1 * }■
Tho sorpont raised its body somo six foot out o ,
tho water, and pursued tho hoot till It gotwllw
a few rods, compelling thorn to moko for J
shore ns rapidly** possible. They doscrlboP*
sorpont as being ovpr thirty foot long. ond ot
lightish color. It was also soon at a dl#l anc *
by tho crew of tho Protection.”