AMERICAN VOLUNTEER JOHN Br. BItiITOR, Editor & Proprietor■ CAKUSiiE'. PA;, JUNE 25; 1857. Democratic Stale Ticket, For Govebkob, WILLIAM F. PAQKER, • * .Of Lycoming County. Fob Caxai. Oohuimioneb, NIMROD STRICKLAN D, Of Chuler County. 1 Fob Supbeub Jodoes, William strong, • .Of Berks County, JAMES THOMPSON, Erie County . SHOUT M. E. Cnoßoa—The contract for erecting this- cbnreh has been awarded to our townsman. Mr. John R. Tohnsh, who intends tS cdmmcnco tbo work as soon ns possible— Ground will bo broken and tbo comer stone laid, with appropriate ceremonies, on the Bth of July, and the building of the cdiGce pushed for ward rapidly. Centennial Festival.—Tbo congregation of. the First Presbyterian Church of this bor ough propose to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of tbo establishment of the Church in Carlisle, on the Ist day of July next. The Rev. Geo. Dufficld, D. D., of Detroit, who sus tained the office of Pastor to this .Congregation for neatly a .quarter of a century, will deliver au'Uistorical Address on the occasion. Servi ces will commence at II o’clock, A. M. At night a Concert of sacred music, which will in clude the Oration of “Esther, the beautiful Queen.” Tickets to the Concert 25 cents, to bo had of S. Elliot!, J. D. Halbert, and at the bookstores of James Loudon, A. M. P‘per, and Schryock, Taylor & Smith. Arrangements are also in progress for con* tinning the celebration on Thursday at the Sleeting Hoitse Springs, the details of which will bo furnished hereafter. Rev. W. T. Sprole, Dr. Bethuoe, and other eminent clergymen, who have ftt different times been connected with the church, have been in vited and aro expected to be present. Tax Continentals aee Coming f—Dy refer ence to an advertisement in another column, it will bo seen that these celebrated Vocalists in tend favoring onr citizens with a Concert on Saturday evening next. It la unnecessary lor us to say anything about their abilities as sing ers, os they oro already well known to Ibis com munity. Appointment. —The Postmaster General, having established a Mail Agency on the Cum berland Valley Railroad, has appointed John T. Atehs, of Mccbanicsburg, the Agent on said mail route. Salary S7OO per annum. We arc requested to state that an exam ination of the students of the Cumberland Coun ty Normal School will take place on the Ist, 2nd and 3d days of July next. The friends ol Education are solicited to attend. . Tho board of trustees is requested to meet in I Newtillo, on Monday the 20th inst., at I o'clock. r. m. Fibeubn’b Celebration at Chauberuddro. The Firemen of Charobersburg are making ex tensive arrangements for celebrating the 4tb of July. The firemen of all convenient towns have been invited to participate, and, wo learn, have accepted tbo invitation. The three Carlisle Companies, (the‘•Cumberland," “Union/’and “Good Will,") intend to turn out to a man. ac companied by two bands of music. Companies from Harrisburg, Mcchanicsbqrg, Newvillc, York, Hagerstown, &c., are to ba present, and. we doubt not, tbo affair will bo a grand one, and every way worthy the character of our no ble Firemen. Godet’b Ladt’b Book.*-— The July number of 1 Godey noblf sustains tho high character of this truly excellent and valuable Magazine. It Is richly-embellished, boa a choice variety o( read ing, and a mass of Instructive fact, in all matters of dross and houso-wllery, far exceeding in valao, monthly, tho cost of a year’s subscrip tion* Mr. Godey, with an enviable tact unites tho useful to (ho ornamental, and each number Is made to contain seasonable bints and instruc tions, largely conducive to domfort and plea sure, while a correctness of taste, both in dross and in literature, pervades (bo whole, making It a deserved favorite. Dickens’ east Novel. —Dickens has com pleted hia story of Little Dorrit, which baa been in the process of publication ip successive num bers for a long time. Tho advance sheets have been received from the author by thelast steam er, by T. B. Peterson, who has published the work in a neat edition, uniform with tbo other volumes of Dickens’ works issued by chat pub lisher. We need not say that Little Dorrit is a work which will Interest the public—everybody knows tho merits of Dickens' writings, and this last is equal in graphic power and skillful deli neation of character, to any of bis previous works. Bonae Tiuar Shot.—A man named Star, alls* Stephenson, was shot near Florence, Wash ington county, on last Saturday week, under thq following circumstances. A mau named Clark was aroused during the night by a noiao in tbo direction of his stable. Ho arose from bod, procured his rifle, and going out saw one 'Of his valuable matched horses hitched to a fence, and observed that tbo other was being led from tho stabto by Star, who stopped to fasten tllo throat latch of tho bridle, holding up a dark lantern for. (Up purpose. At this Juncture Ur. Clark drew up his rifle and fired. The ball en tered Star’s head at tho butt of the car, and lie dropped to tho ground dead. Debit ok no Dcir.—ln Baltimore a mooting of tho beef butchers was held on Wednesday to consider tho propriety of ceasing to attend tbo several markets until tho prlco of cattle bhalb come down to a lair and reasonable stan dard. As. similar movements aro being made in other cltlcsj if there is concert of action by tho butchers, and they ace sustained by tho people, llils-groatnecessary of llto will soon bo within tho roach of all; Tho Dolhmoro mcct 4ng was only a prollmlnory one, and onother will bo hold, when It will bo determined what course la to bo pursued. Tho Cincinnati Com mercial says that most of tho prominent butch ers ol that city, as well as the more respectable class of market men, express their opinion in favor of abolishing the markets, and throwing tho provision business open, In tho same nifn-1 nor with oilier morchabdico. I Summary of Foreign Rem. Tbo Vanderbilt aftived at Hew York on Sun day morning, after a voyage of about ten days and twenty hours from 'Southampton. She brings news of unusual interest. A serious dis turbance has taken place in Belgium. Tbo oc casion was the introduction in tbo Legislative Chambers of a bill on Charitable Institutions, which was regarded as giving 100 great power to the priesthood. The people thronged into tho Chambers with some violent manifestations.— Military force was employed to expel them} and In the provincial towns there waa an evident readiness to aid tbo Capital, in tho threatened insurrection. The hostility was directed against tbo obnoxious bill and tho Ministry by whom it was framed, while wo aio told the greatest po pular affection was displayed toward tho King. At tho last advices-tho trouble was over, and tho obnoxious bill had been withdrawn. In Spain, tho Chamber of Deputies has also been the scene of unusual excitement. One of tho members, Mr. Campoamer, accused tho Go. vernmont of exercising a virtual censorship of the press, none. Iho loss onerous because din gulscd. An Immense hubbub followed this do. deration, the galleries applauding,and thcfOon servdtivo members as frantically expressing their resentment. It was proposed to expel tbo of fending member, but at our lost advices no ac tion hod boon takon in tho premises. It is said that Gen. Concha will certainly bo recalled from Cuba. Tho reason is his too notorious iuipUco tion In tho slave trade. Ho receives, It is al- loged, four ounces of gold for each slave im. ported—double tho bribe paid to. any former Oaptoln-GcnoraL Ho will probably bo auecccd ed by Mr. Lcrstmdi, lato a member of tho Min istry. Sophia, tho Oral child of tho proaent Emperor of Austria, is dead, aged a little raoro than two years, and (bo socond is said to bo at tbo point of death. The elections for tho French legis lative body aro (o take place on tho2lst instant, : (next Sunday). Tho Grand Duke Conrftaniino has paid to Queen Victoria a private visit of a day and two nights. Parliament had not boon in session. There is a rumor, apparently ground less, of an attack on Louis Napoleon. At Con stantinople a fire has destroyed 1,500 houses. New States. •-There is no longer any doubt that the people of Oregon will, at the election which is at hand, decide in favor of forming a State Constitution and government, and apply ing for admission into the Union. Such is the tenorof the news last received from the Pacific.’ Minnesota has already elected a convention to draft a State Constituikm, and the steps which have been taken in Kansas are well known.— Here are three territories which will, at the ap proaching session ef Congress, be knocking at the door of the union. It is believd that they will all be admitted, though there is, as yet. considerable doubt on the subject. These three new members will increase the confedera cy to thirty-four States. They will accomplish some important geographical results. Minnes ota will complete the column of States begin ning with Louisiana on tho Gulf and running northward through Arkansas, Missouri and lowa. It will also complete the settlement of the Mississippi valley proper, as well os that of the region bordering the great northern lakes.— (Kansas will bo the second State of tho column beginning on the Gulf with Texas, and of which tho territory of Nebraska and the inchoate ter ritories of Neosho anjl Dacotah will be tho re maining portions. Oregon will be the second Slato on tho Pacific, leaving the norihermost portion of the column, (Washington territory) as usual, the last to get into the Union. In like manner tho interior column of States, of which New Mexico and Utah will form a por tion, has the northern part yet wild and unset tled. Advance or Col. Somneh. —By letters 1 bearing date 27ih May, we have advices direct 1 from tho troops under Col. Sumner, now advan cing against tho Cheyenne Indians. On tho [evening of the above date, the command being [in excellent health and spirits, encamped on 1 the banks of the “ Big Blue,” having made a bout 20 miles per day since leaving Fort Leav enworth, on the 20th of May. were passed by the Judge, Marshal and Attorney Genera) of Utah Territory, on their way East—having 1 been compelled to fly tho Territory for their 1 l»ves; their publio documents, records and books having been destroyed, and their offices burnt. Some of tho returning parly were of opinion that a large force of United Slates troops would be sufficient to owe tho “Saints” into ( submission, while others held that nothing j short of a severe castigation could have that cflcct. Fhom Salt Lake.— P. K. Dobson, U. Slates Marshal for Utah, and T. D. Pitt, reached St. Louis, lost Friday, direct from Salt Lake.— They left there on the 15lh of April, and were 45 days on tho rood to Independence. They report tho grass on the plains very slim. They mot the Ural trains twenty miles this side of Fort Kearney, getting along as well as could bo expected, and all generally healthy. They re port some three companies uf U. S. dragoons at Fort Kearny, and about tho same number nt Fort Laramie, all well. .Met more or less emi grants every day, with largo numbers of slock; estimated that 10,000 wagons and 30,000 cat tle would cross tho plains this season for Cali fornia. Tub Fouutu and Fine Crackers.—The Philadelphia Dullelin nays; "There is great danger that the 4lh of July will this year be not half celebrated. This is owing to tho fact that the troubles in Chinn hare interrupted iho trade io flro-crackcrs to a very serious extent. By the last mall received wo learn that the ex port to the United Slates, of these valuable nod highly essential agents in patriotic demonstra tions, is not halt so largo as it was last year.— Tho amount between July Ist, 1856, and April 13th, 1857, was 42.078 boxes, white during tho same period in tho previous year tbo whole amount wos 87,820 boxes. There is a great deal of uneasiness in youthful patriotic circles {n regard to this dialler. The price his advan ced alarmingly, and Young America fears that ifit makes tho usual purchases of flre-crackors, it will have nothing left for cigars. Why does not some shrewd Yankee invent a machine for making lire crackers cheap, so that wo may be independent of the Uhincia in-(Ilia matter, and the proper celebration of the Fourth of July may not be jeopardid by a British bombard ment of Canton ? Appropriate.— I Tho Washington 'iVibune runs up the flag of “John 0. Fremont for Pres ident in 1860.' 1 Tho Brut article under its edi torial bead Is on "the wool protpocU." Very appropriate' Conrtnlion of County Superintendents. Mr. Hickock, Stale Superintendent, has is sued a circular requesting all tho County, Su perintendents of Common Schools to assemble in convention at Reading, on tho 23d of July, at 10 o’clock m tho forenoon, for consultation with regard to tbccondition andpospecisofthe Common Schools; tho full and free discussion of tho duties and workings of the County Su perintendents ; and the presentation of such ad ministrative changes and reforms as the experi ence of the lost three years may have demons trated to be necessary or advisable. This Con vention will he one of special importance, and tho punctual attendance of the Superintendent of every county is regarded ns indispensable. Banging ol Ward, the Murderer. Tho Cleveland Leader baa a report of tho ex ecution at Toledo, on Friday last, of R. J. M. Word, who killed his wife and burned her body in February last, in tho village of Sylvania, near Toledo. It appears that ho had made a complete confession to one of his counsel. Mr. Fuller, wherein he acknowledged not only to the killing of his wife deliberately and with pre meditation, but the murder of two other per sons, many years since; the firs*, a storekeep er, named Hall, at Richmond, Ohio, whom he murdered on tho eve of his (Hall’s) departure for New York, supposing him to have in his possession a considerable amount of money.— The second, a pedlar, at Richmond, who had slopped with Ward, who wa§*tbcn keeping a tavern, for the night.. For these murders ho Was not arrested, although suspicion fell upon him. The woman to whom he was first marri ed at the time of his first murder, was so &(iro of his guilt that she became insane under the tormenting thoughts such knowledge created, and is how an inmate of a lunatic asylum. On the scafiold, his physical energies were prostrated, through terror, to such an extent that he could not stand. lie recovered, howcv-, cr, and made a rambling speech, occasionally attempting to be jocular. On the scafibld ho denied tho truth of his former confession so far as it related to the murder of any other person than his wife. Col. Jodn W. Forket.— Tho ’Washington Star says: “Wo havo every reason to bollovo that Col. John W. Fornoy, on Saturday, sent to tho President his declinature of tho latter’s offer to him of tho U. S. Consulship at Liver pool, tendered some time slnco. Col. F. designs returning to Pennsylvania. Tho &ar also learns that a number of this gentleman’s personal friends in Washington, without distinction of party, arc preparing to compliment him with a public dinner, oro ho removes finally to ills hotpo in Philadelphia. It is said’lhat ho has ac cepted (heir invitation. United States AonicutTimAL Societt.— Tlio premium list of this society, whoso annual ex hibition commences on tho Ist of September, and closes on tho 6th, nt Louisville, Ky., is published in tho papers of (hat city, together with tho rules and regulations which have been adopted. Wo nollciy-tliat n telegraph office is to bo established on tho grounds, so thatjnessa. gos can bo transmitted to and answers received from al) parts of tbo United States. Other ar rangements have also been adopted to render the exhibition equal, if jiot superior, to any ov. er before held In tho country. Tho premiums are on a most llboral scale, including $lQO each, and many of $75, s6o and $25 each.— Tboro will also bo awarded for Implements and machinery three gold medals of honor, besides a large number of silver and bronze medals, diplomas, &c. It Is expected that tho exhibi tion will ottract an Immense number of per sons from almost every section oftho Union. TnnER Children Dbowned dt TiiEiaMorn be.—On the 28th ultimo, the village of Lcont. Jackson county, Mich., wo? of a ter rible tragedy. Mrs Logan, mother ofa family, ol nine children, in a fit of mental derange ment, attempted the murder of hcr'wholc fami ly. In the absence of her husband, she called all her children into the house—the oldest be ing but 14 years of age, and forbade their go ing out. Presently she took one of her children, went out and threw it into the well ; then an other, and so on, until she had carried out four. The other children having their fcors excited, followed their mother with the fourth victim, and saw her throw it into the well. They tried to interfere but w p rc unable—the maniac moth er making most desperate efforts to drown them : failing in this, she threw herself down upon her dead and drowning children. The well was curblcss —some 12 feet deep, with about four feel of water. While in the well, her children from the (op handed her down a pole, to which the mother and one child clung, and were drawn out. The remaining three were drowned. Reported Homicide oy a Son of Hbnut Clat.—His Fuoiit and Concealment.—The Cincinnati Commercial of Saturday, tho 13th inst., contains the report that a quarrel took place on Thursday, at Lexington, ICy., between John Clay, Esq., a son of \he departed elates* mao, and a horse trainer, named Edgar. High words passed between the parties, and led final ly to a personal encounter, when Clay drew a revolver and fired twice at Edgar. One ball en tered his mouth and passed out behind tho car. Another ball lodged in tho back, Edgnr is re ported mortally wounded, and is, perhaps, dead before this lime. Cloy immediately left Lex ington, and has not been heard from since. Tho parties have not been on amicable terms for some time. John, we believe is tho youn gest surviving son of Henry Clay. Of his el der brothers, one—Henry Clay, Jr., — was kill ed at tho battle of Buena Vista, and another. James B. Clay, is now Democratic candidate for Congress. Picayune Kendall. —Socalled because for merly the editor of that sprightly New Orleans paper, is now located with his family about 5 miles from New Braunfels, in Texas, where ho has gone largely into the raising of sheep. He is said to have tho finest lot of Merinos from tho best slock on tbo Eastern Continent. Ho had o few weeks ago about 1200 lambs, and of tho finest quality. Some of his bucks shear twelve, fourteen and seventeen pounds of wool each, which is worth from GO to 70 coats a pound. Col. T. B. Soarlght, editor of tho Union town Gtniut, has received tho nomination of tho Democracy of Fayette county, for (ho ofllco of Prothonotnry. Wo congratulate him on tho merited recognition of hli untiring services to (lio csubm of Democracy, and his devotion to tho Integrity ot tho party. 0“ The editor of an exchange says ho never saw but one ghost, and that was tho ghost of a sinner who died without paying for his pa per. 'Twas horrible to look upon. ill late,of ftornam#. Wheat cropof South Carolina, it Is said, will bo the- largest,.this season, over har vested In that State* A Swept ItEMi—Wo learn that at the present time 17,0Q0 hogsheads of molasses are stored on Boston wharf, and five vessels laden with mo lassos aro waiting at the same wharf to bo dis charged. Watermelons have raado thoir appear ance in the market'al Savannah, Ga. OF- Daniel Eshaw, of Lock Haven,.while at tempting to rescue another from drowning, was drowned on Monday. VinaniiA Eeeotion.— I *G. W. Hopkins, regu lar Domoqfatlc candidate for Congress in the 18th district, whose election has been in doubt, is now declared to have succeeded by about CO minority .'*• • t • A of the Buffa lo Commercial says Ibat the wages of tbo pilots on tho Missouri aro enormous—eight hundred dollars per trip, which consumes from fourteen to twenty days.; ■( CGf“ Minnesota jiapers-domplaiu of tho rava ges of grasshoppers in that Territory, along-tho Valley of tho Hjjpor Mississippi. They arc said to bo more numerous than last season, when nearly every green thing was destroyed in that section. -, V Limit. Hooper, of the Arctic expedition, found at Fori SiQfison an Indian woman, whoso name was “Tblrly-six .Tongues.” It is to bo hoped that her huiband w»s deaf and dumb. Otitis estimated by a California journal that more than fifteen millions of gold now lie buried in rtho’gfgund in various parts of tbo State* secreted solely tot- safe keeping. D3“A Welch Colony of 200 persons arrived at Portland, week, under tho care of Rev. Mr. Robertson their way to Tennessee, where ther have purchased land at fifty cents an aero. PaNnaTLVAHiA.pßAiu.s.—Tho Lancaster, Pa., Express states tlittt mussels, containing pearls, bad been found'at’Reigart’s Landing, Conesto ga river. Ono shell contained about 80 pearls, several of which tvero ns largo ns peas. Tub National Holiday. —Thn Portland, Mo., Argus, of tho 16th instant, says that the city au thorities have made arrangements with Mr. Wise, tho for”tho ascension of ono of bis largest bal/oon»q*tbc 4fb of July. Nett Wheat and New Flour. —Now wheat appeared In Charleston, South Carolina, as long as fifteen days since, sonic of which is said to bo on its way tom southern market. On tho 12th Inst., ton barrels of flour from now wheat were shipped from Augusta, G0.,-to New York. Contracts Awarded.- The contracts for the enlargement of Delaware Division of the Penn sylvania Canal, from French!own, N. J., to Now Hope, Pa.j Wenijawarded last week by tho Ca nal Doard, as follpwa: Section & and 7, to Ja cob Kauts, of Lancaster; section 8 to H. Wal ter, of Harrisburgf California papery state that, In conse quence of tbo cztrbvagahC price demanded by the Panama lino fl)’r a passage, a number of par ties, consisting both of gentlemen and ladies, have been formed for tbo purpose of returning across tbo plains. The overland route will Do preferred hereafter, both as moro economical and agreeable. Even if tho Nicaragua transit should bo it will no, no doubt,'-uu controlled as to benefit (ho Panama monopoly. Chops in Texas.—Tho Galveston News has (bo rif&at flattering -accounts from tho planting regions of Easton?/’ I'TortJiorn, and Middle Tex as. Tbo prospect for splendid crops of corn, cotton and sugar-cine were never better, if as good efl now. ■' Intiil of tho State, Indeed, except some of thp western counties, there have been flno rains, and even In tho west, crops arc not suffering, but Will bo good, If they have rains a week or two bopco. let; in Lake Soteoioq. —Tho propeller Illin ois, at Detroit, on tho 11th Instant, from Port age Lake, encountered nine miles of kco, and had to force her way through. By letters of Hie 7tli and Bth of June, wo perceive (hat the snow in tho woods is Still existing in places to the depth ol two feoi, and that on tho 8d oi June snow fell in considerable quantities. CE7" Tho accounts from tho n ine growing dis. trlcts of Franco continue favorable. The vines are every where flourishing, under (ho Influence of (ho lato hot weather, and if no accident oc curs to prevent tho grapes from arriving at ma turity, a more abundant vintage may bo oxpoc ted than for same years past* Labor amu Education, — A school has been opened at UTiltnoyvlllo, Conn., to give young men a practical education. Connoclcd wlth (he school is a largo factory, filled with machinery, for tho manufacture of toys. This branch has boon selected, as it comprises the largest vnrie ty of trades. Each pupil will he required to devote live hours each day to the educational department, and five hours each day to Ihe me chanical department, and to keep a day book and ledger of his,work and its results. □y Tho Newark (N. J.) Dally Advertiser says s “ The croptol strawberries In Now Jersey this year has beoa unusually largo. Tho steam boat Koypoit look to Now York on Saturday, 988 barrels, each barrel containing about 200 baskets, making 189,600 baskets, which sold on on ovorngo for 8) cents per basket, making $O,- 581 (or a single (rip. One basket contained on ly throe berries, that measured 8| inches each in clrcuinfaroncf, Tho season has only just commenced.” Salt in Ohio.-- Tho manufacture of salt in j Ohio, more particularly along tho Muskingum j river, is more oatonilvo than is generally sup. | posed. BclweenZancsvllloondM’ConnelsvlUo, i Morgan county, (hero aro twenty-five salt fur- 1 nnces, which manufUcturo thirty thousand bar- 1 rols annually, TJbo quality la excellent. A MTodle DEBp.—On tho fid Instant, a negro, while digging in a sand bank near Moadvillo, Mississippi, was nearly burled alive by tho car. Ing of tho bank,, Two young ladles, who wore riding past, eoc/ng tho poor fellows helpless condition, alighted from thoir horses, and took hold of tho shovbl, by moans of which they soon succeeded In liberating tho man. BurauEas of. Cimoihmati.— Tho Cincinnati Commercial says that most of tho prominent butchers of that city, ns well ns tho more re spectable class olf market mon, express their o pinion In fovor.of- abolishing tho markets, and throwing tho provision business open, In tho same manner with other merchandise, "Qy Tho Now Liquor Tariff tokos effect on tho 1,1 of July noil, whon tho duty of foreign liquors will bo reduced' from one hundred per cent., advalorom, to thirty per cent. Three cargoes of Solmapp* have lately arrived from Rotlerdamioadgono Into bond for a single deal «r In this line.- ' 1 Sam Giving Sambo Particular Jessie. Tho Juniata Sentinel , published at Mifflintown, contained: on .Wednesday week, tho' furanoll speech'and' confession of its retiring pdltor, A. J. Greer, who, offer being trepanned into tbo support ot* Froraopt lost foil, itasno idea that by it bo « bound JijmsolCao tbo Jtllrjt 'cnr'of Black Republicanism 1 for nil opining llmo;” If n liv ing picture/a tabloaM vlvanf or it gron(l family groupo, worthy of tho Keller tronpo con bo en joyed by onr reader's, they Will take special plea sure in tho striking pen and'ink sketches of Republican principles rvhich Greer gives in his valedictory. Wo giro o portion ol it for Iholr amusement t ‘•Tired df begging a living, and with a sn- i promo contempt for ultra Black Republicanism i and Black Republican devils, with this number i wo close our connection with this paper. Ha- i ting tyranny over tho mind of man in every form, i and longing to become a free man, with a free conscience and a free pen,wo surrender the edi torial chair oPtho Juniata ‘Sentinel’ into other hands, whoso organic music we trust shall bo more acceptable to tho party and personsbefore stated. Wo havo taken this stop niter mature deliberation, not that wo ore afraid to avow and maintain true-American doctrinw In tho face of ultra Black Republicans, hermaphrodite Ameri cans and political Snmmcrsnnllora generally, but that wo may avoid an unpleasant, undesir able and bitter conflict pi tho present canvass. Our chief object in exposing tho hollowness of Republicanism In profession, and Its antagonism to American principles was for the good of par ty, and we tell those who look such great offence at us for so doing that they will find they arc not yet quite thb whole people, for there aro othen who have opinions as well os themselves, and before this campaign is over they will find “ Jordan a hard road to travel.”* We tell lliem. too. that there are from Iwo to three hundred votes in this county that they cannot influence by the moans they have employed against us. This is tho only time, in our editorial career, in which we have taken leave of a people under * political difficulty, but wo arc happy to know that that difficulty is cbnflned to a few bleeding Kansas blood suckers. They weep, they groan over the wrongs heaped upon tho unforlnnnfe people of that territory, in tho loss of free suf. frige, free thought, and free press through the instrumentality of Border Ruffianism, nrd yet when tho truth of theirown iniquities is brought homo to their door, they become ns ruffianly and oppressive ns thoir prototypes from the bor der counties of Missouri. We need not go to Kansas lor ruffianism, but wu can find it in little Juniata. It would bo well for gentlemen to preserve a little consistency. Wo hold the lib erty of 'speech and the freedom oft he press sa cred, and ho who would take away these things AlrikCH at the very foundation of onrßepublicnn institutions ; he carries with him a heart an treacherous and a hand as villainous os him who received the thirty pieces of silver. Those to Whom wo apply these remarks can understand them. Tbo Republican party, under its present con sliluted leaders, Is the meanest parly with which we had ever anything to do. Without prudence or discretion, it rushes madly to extremes, and renders itsolf so obnoxious (o all liberal mind ed people, that a union of tho opposition ele ments becomes an utter Impossibility. It will not waive a single point of Its radicalism for the sake of union with mon who are as hostile to tho extension of slavery ns there is any necessi ty for. Its whole history proves this, nnd it on ly uses tho American party ns a tool to enable ultra Republicanism to gain place and power, that, at length, it may stab the principles of Americanism in (ho high places of tho country. This it has already dune, und we have no guar antee that any belter fate can be expected from it in the future. Then why should Americans lend themselves to tho schemes nnd designs of a party, possessed of so much bitterness, anta. gonism and mock sincerity 1 Others may do us they please, but wo cannot remain silent nnd permit ourselves to be transferred, by more pint, "fbrms ami tpae dixiia, to enemies ..without a voice in llio matter. Thera never can bo but two great nnd successful parties in this country, ono of whirb, must of necessity, be the Democratic party, on account of Its radical tendencies. Tbo <kU>»r-mnatiba-oot»p«a»d.jil‘ tho cnnftoyvnllro ole* menis outside of that party. Tbfe-old Whig party was tho best check that Democroc>*hns ever had, or ever will haro for somo time fo como, as In (bo present condition of tilings wo look fora succession of Democratic victories in Pennsylvania, until contending /actions learn wisdom. This may bo regarded as bnu-proph ecy, but wait and sco.” The Bnrdcll Will Cose, We do not think the mysteries of law ever developed a more indispensable case limn thin. Tho New York Mirror, says: Every day shrouds with Egyptian darkness a case already marvellously mysterious. There is not a prom inent point in the theory of the claimant l which is not abundantly sustained by credible . and apparently respectable witnesses ; there is , no prominent point in the theory of the contest ants. which, unconlracliclcd. would not in or dinary cases be deemed equally credible. Such ‘ a balance of apparently tellable testimony, such a nice equipoise of evidence has seldom been weighed by English or American courts; and it will require all tho legal acumen and discrim -1 mating common sense of the Surrogate to come to a safe and rational Judgment. On the one hand, it is positively sworn (hat Dr. Burdell was married on tho 28lh of Octo ber; on the oilier hnnd.it is equally certain that the Doctor was in the country ul (hat pre cise time. The Rev. Mr. Mnrvmc swears with posiliveness as to Ins identity ; it is proved by several witnesses, that at the inquest the rever end clergyman was in a miserable and impo tent state of doubt os to whether he had joined Eckel oy Burdell. Agusla swears positively to being a witness of (he marriage, and yet repeat edly contradicts herself in material points. On the evening of the marriage it would appear that Eckel was with Mrs. Cunningham on a mysterious visit to a cored maker ton tho same evening, on alibi of Eckel is proven from 7 to eleven o’clock. One witness swears that Bur dell acknowledged his engagement with Mrs. C ; another that he had asseverated Willi round ' oaths that he would never marry ; one, that he loved : another, that he detested ‘the widow,’ ( one that he violently ejected her from his room : < another represents him as sitting all night by her sick bed. and asserting that -she is tho ( dearest woman he ever knew.’ At tho very , moment he speaks of her to one witness as his , wife, whoso slgnatnro is necessary to tho con- J veyance of certain real estate, he is. according to other testimony, endeavoring to eject her from his house as a disagreeable and dangerous tenant. lie loves and he hales :ho courts with silly tondness : he swears with demoniac hate ; he is in New Yoi k : and ho is out ofNcw York ; he is in tho city, in Brooklyn, in Saratoga, in Herkimer simultaneously ; he lialcs Mrs. Cun ningham at the very time lie is marrying tier ; protests love and swears revenge in a breath ; and posses his honeymoon in writing letters about tho 'old toad,' whom, according to other testimony, ho has just led to the altar. Of course, tnero is false swearing in nil this ; not a little perjury, but not so much os tho people imagine. People arc easily mistaken about dales and facts, and hero is the great difllcultv the Surrogate has to encounter. To reconcile conflicting evidence, to harmonize ft mass of contradictory testimony, to build up an orderly i and reliable theory out of a chaos of misceUa* ncous facts—tins requires tho highest powers of tho human intellect. Tho Surrogate has ft 1 mammoth task before him. A Queat Countey. —Jefferson Davis, In his late speech at Jackson, Miss,, (mentioned in Il lustration of tho vnstnosa of our national do main, tho fact that during tlio (our years of tho late Administration, more land was ceded by tho general government for Internal ipiprovo monts and other legitimate purposes than a third ol Franco, and still wo retain a public do main equal to tho entire area o( Europe I "Wo should think tlTatwo aro growing (bet enough by honorable means without encouraging the stealing of territory. TOE MOB LAW AT ELECTIONS. The following strongly, written article upon, the history of elections during tho post two or three years and tho cause which has led to so much .lawlessness and bloodshed, wo-And in tho Chicago Times. It presents a fearful pic ture, but a true ono rand tho only remedy ap pears to ho in tho adoption generally of the wholesome principles of the national Democra oy LAWLESSNESS OF THE DAY. Tn llio'flpring of 1854, there was inaugurated in American politics a new feature. It was the ' securing of party triumphs by fraud, violence, ( and overthrow of law. It wap for a while the . special characteristic of the party which origt noted it. At no.election since then, where the contest has been between Know-Nothingif-m and < any other parly, has there been any of that old- i fashioned, genuine, good-natured rivalry,winch j was wont in former days to.hiartc our political contests. But bloodshed and violence mark the polling places: and In tho-blood stained , cities of Louisville; Cincinnati, Columbus, St. 1 Louis, Brooklyn, Baltimore and Washington, tho history of the new creed is recorded in fear* ful characters. > . Tn the course of two eventful years, Know- Nothingism, after having swept in triumph over seventeen States bf the Union, and over j innumerable cities and districts, has been si lenced : it has died of its own venom in all parts of the country, except in the city of Lou isville, and in the State of Maryland. In these ; places it still lingers, exerting its baneful influ -1 cnee upon.society, and poisoning the very foun tains of political freedom. During its trium phant reign, it embraced within its ranks the party now known as “Republlflan.”_ The “Re publicans” soon saw the destructive evil of proscribing persons of foreign birth, nnd.lhere fore, wherever Know-Nothingism was weak, ; Republicanism has excluded that feature of Know-Nothingism from {is platform. It retains jt, however, throughout New Eng [ land, where foreigners ore few, and Know-No , things arc plentiful. - It retains in all localities ' the intense hatred and proscription of Roman , Catholics and persons of Irish origin. But : worse than the reckless proscription and perse cution of foreigners and of Catholics whether • native or foreign. Is that other principle which had its origin in the foul nest of Know-Nolh • ingism. and is now stalking full'fledgcd in the 1 gaudiest plumes of Black Republicanism. That 1 principle, the most odious that could find ad • vocalcs in a Republic, tho most destructive to Republican institutions that it ,i£ possible to • Imagine, is. that distinguishing feature of Re -1 publicanism—contempt for, and nullification of ’ the laws of the land. Since thecstnblishment of Know-Nothingism. lawlessness and contempt for constituted au thority has prcvailcdjn nil places where Know- Nothingism and Black Republicanism were in power. It rules this day In all the New Eng land Stales, in New York. lowa. Wisconsin, Michigan. It has become an essential part of “Republicanism it constitutes its highest aim, Us sole purpose. This nullification of the laws of the United Slates, and resistance to and overthrow of the Federal courts, received its first practical dem onstration fVom the majority of a corrupt and unprincipled court in the Slate of Wisconsin. These men held office by popular suffrage ; they basely stooped from their high position to pan der to the fanaticism of a reckless faction.— Tickled by the applause whicli their conduct elicytrd from papers, pulplts“and pnllilcians, equally bent on notoriety, no matter how infa mous, they turned their destructive doctrines upon the people of their ‘Own Slate, and over turned the Executive governmentof Wisconsin, This they did in the name of the law. used their position to destroy nil law by as suming to themselves a power which tho people of the Union have never entrusted to any body of men. They rebuked what they called federi al encroachment in Wisconsin, by arrogating to themselves the right to sit in judgement up on the authority of inoNalJßhal UinpW. In rapid succession, lawless mobs, imitating tho assumption of federal jurisdiction by the State Court, assumed jurisdiction of Slate Courts, and hung id defiance oflnw, three men in Wisconsin. Resistance to law, defiance of tho federal authority having become the rule of action by a large parly in the Union, individn nls have resorted to it. In Town, men arc tried by a tavern mob, and hung at the first tree.— In California, a self constituted tribunal, hung, shot and banished a hundred or more of per sons. Lechery and prostitution have invaded the pulpit: disregard for public law has de stroyed regard for*“public decency, and wives abandon their husbands daily to take up with other women's partners. The moral and religious senses of the people have been perverted by fanaticism, and free lovc and spiritual nfflnitism have now os wide an influence upon Republicanism, as Republic anism two years ago had upon Know-Nothing ism. Peculating officials are at every corner : drunkciyofflcials occupy high places upon tho bench and in Executive places. Crime runs wild, because the men who hold the power to restrain it. arc pledged to defy law and author ity. Wo have drawn no fancy sketch. Social and political evils arc thickening about us. And how can thirbo otherwise, when the dominant parly in all “Republican” States boast (hat they owe no allegiance to what is the law of the land. Republicanism is the miserable legacy left to ihe North by Know-Nothingism. It is pernicious, destructive, ft curses him who embraces it, nH it Has etiMed those who origin ated it.- How long will' an intelligent people allow it to guide and govern tliem? Mouk of the Wimiu.wini),— Tlic whirlwind which did so much mischief-near Utica on-Sat urday. also committed a great deal of dcvasla lion at Oswego. It turned the house of Mr. Colo around on its foundation, and killed a German, by prostrating a tree upon him; “ After this bloody exploit, the tornado sped on to a wood lot of about ten acres, owned by Gilbert & Pcnficld.- Throughout the whole ten acres there is not a tree left s anding, while their lops are broken oiT and carried through the air to’an incredible distance.' Mr. Gilbert perceiving the •devastation, and every kind of moveoblc thlng-flying through the air, rushed Into the houdo, and called upon tho family to come out us soon as ’possible, "for tho Comet had: struck, and then t{me upon earth teas short Ho is ■ probably considerably tiston- Ishcd to find himself on this sublunary sphere td-day. after having fully made up his mind to leayc It for—he knew not where. 1 **Not satisfied yet, the whirlwind next at tacked two barns belonging to Mr. Henry Howe, and utterly destroyed both. One of them was taken from tho ‘underpinning’ and carried bod ily about four rods where it fell to the earth a heap of ruins* The other born was broken in pieces and strewed about in all directions. Mr. Rowe also appears to have bad the same idea concerning this remarkable phenomenon. — Mounting his horse ho redo as quickly ob pos sible to Filth’s Corners, and hurriedly inquired of those ho met if they did not believe tho Com et bail struck. Considering the foci of these wonderful concurrences happening of the 13th l of Juno—tho day set by a German astronomer 1 for tbo destruction of the earth—it is not to bo wondered ot that a somewhat credulous man should entertain this idea, placed in these sin? gwlur and appalling circumstances." CONOUEsaioNAIi Corruption. —Everybody remembers,' says tho (Louisville Journal, the Rccsldo claim, for the payment of Which Con gress* oppfoprlatcd 8188,490, with interest from December, 1841, amounting to $320,501 70, Mrs. Rccsldo, the executrix of tho estate, who recovered the olaim, has (lied her account oi tho administration of her husband's csinto, and by her sworn account it appears that sho paid $100,804 69 for lobby service and other expenses, in getting the claim allowed. TUB K. It OUTRAGE. AT. (WASHINGTON. . Tho few decent Know Nothing journals, that arc at present published in Iho United Stater heartily condemn.tho conduct of tho “Plug; Uglics ” during'the Idle election at Washington city. . Tho independent' press also laslics-theiri most unmercifully, whilst it accords'grcit cred- it to Mr. Buclfannn and the oHy autWities fcr .thcir course in quelling, the riot'.. Tho mi nor Know Nothing sheets, having been su long accustomed to denying everything that'tells against their organization, and the editors doubtless, fearing excommunication fromtho Order should they not fulfil their oaths, of course persist in blaming the President, and endeavor to shield their party from the odium whlcli they fear will attach lb its name.- We subjoin an extract from the Baltimore “Sun,” a neu tral paper, giving the opinions of different jour nals in relation to the riot in question. PUBLIC OPINION IN RELATION TO THE ! . . RIOT IN WASHINGTON. The press of the country, almost without ex ccption, speaks in terms of approbation of the course pursued' by the' public'authorities in Washington in suppressing the lawless and in surrectionary demonstration at the lato muni cipal election. We. give; place to d few there extracts from journals of-all shades of party politics: . , . If there is any thing like Justice in or about Washington, it .is to be hoped it will overtake the diabolical wretches whose disgraceful duct converted the municipal election there on"* Monday into a scene of riot and bloodshed.— We see that it’is charged in somequnftera that Llicrowdlea who took a leading part in these disturbances were “Know Nothings,” in other words, “Americans.”'. Now, we do.not know what the “Plug-Uglies” call themselves ;• but we know that.they.are not Americans. Amer icans do not disagracc themselves in -that way. We have heard of the Short Boys-hero and-lho Killers in Philadelphia figuring in such scenes in order to swfty or determine our clectlons.bnt Americans never, never, never! If these Bal iimore;‘rowdics., then-Jtent to Washington to smash ballot-boxes, drive votcreafray from tho polls, and establish a regular reign of terror— we say if they have done all' this in and under the name of Americanism—then they havo been stealing the “livery of Heaven .to. sprvo the devil in.”— NetcYork Express,{American.) The general sentiment of, the country fully sustains the authorities of Washington in firing upon ihe “Plug Uglics,” and commends the . President for furnishing a body of marines, for that purpose. What is chiefly fo be regretted is, that, as usual in such eases, some innocent persons suffered along with the guilty. It is quite lime that rowdies should be Jaught that their profession is not entirely free from peril. —iV. Y. Journal of Commerce. If ihe Americans in Washington or Baltimore by any preconcerted plan provoked these scenes of bloodshed, tho responsibility must rest on them alone: they will meet with approbation from no quarter: for it is a cardinal prlnciple of the Americans to secure order at tnc-polls. that all legal voters may exercise, their rights. So far ns we can judge, the action of tho- pliolio authorities was right in putting .down, the riot ers with the strong arm of military power, and whenever “Plug:Ug;lics.” “Rip-Rap's” or other vagabond clahs with ontlandsh titles appear to disturb the peace or in any manner interfere with the rights of citizens, wo trust they may be made to feel the power of the law, in a sum mary application, to the fullest extent. — Alba nti Statesman, {American.) The late riot at the national capitol presents a picture.that It is frightful.to contemplate.— That an organization gotten together in anoth er city, should, by a previous arrangement, at tempt to interfere with the holding of an elec tion in which' they tverc hot interested,, and, more than hll; that they should use violence or any other means to intimidate or in any man ner process or the c*eotto«wßfco»a/' . merit tho condemnation of every good citizen. | Tho proper measures Were adoulcd and Ihe ri j oters were forced to retire, u’o hold it to bo J one of tho greatest outrages that can be pcrp»< , tralcd in a republican government when force - Is brought to bear upon the elective franchise to prevent a fair expression.of the public scnlfc •ment : and also that it is tho most d ngcruos of all the evils that may threaten (he perpetua tion of our liberties. Toko away a proper re spect for the riaw, and wo are as nothing—a people with nothing to govern - them, a rabble without reason. In all such cases, then, we hope that tho example of tho Washington au thorities will bo resorted to. and ‘that force of the most decided character will be put in action to suppress mob usurpation of right nodjiw lice.—Utnctnnnfi Times, (American.) The facts that are established respecting tli« election riot at Washington prove it to bo tlw most outrageous and disgraceful affair of l/w kind that can be found in the political of the country. The vigorous measures taken by Mayor Mogruder and furthered' byPred* dent Buchanan, in vindication of the taw and publlo peace, entitle them torthe commendation of every good citizen throughout the length and breadth of the land. Tho.cxecutio officer—we cure not parly he blongcs to—who. in trying times, successfully asserts and maintain! tho supremacy ol the law, is ho who of all men deserves best of .tho Y» Courier and Enquirer. There was a terrible Wot nt tho chct'on to Washington, I). 0.. last Monday. A gang « ruffians said to be imported from Baltimore,at* lacked citizens at the polls, wailing created connfusion. A fight c * l * u< “ inarinm were culled oul-ond In the' which followed, flee or aix men were hM.«nd a largo number wounded. Tins work is charged to tho “Know-No-hings. ii iif reported, mado the attack,Upon ibepoiJS —Lutheran Observer* Fatal AcfliDENT.—The York IVcm of Tues day. gives (ho following account of Hie accident by which Mr. MATIiUB.a highly rcapcclible and much esteemed gentleman of WcstiDiulaUf. -Md., lost his life : • Jacob Mathias; Esq.. President of the Vw‘ minister Bank, met with on accident at Junction of the Northern Central and Honor* Railroads, on Saturday last by which ho deprived of his life. It appears that inuttempr ing to get upon the cars, as they were moving off. ho missed his foot hold thrown under tho cars, the wheels of passed over both of histegs. a most awful manner.bcaidcs otherwise ml **S him. Tho unfortunate mnndicda W* ” after the fatal occurrence. Fulia.—Tn a few weeks, In®schcopcrs. gW' ccrs, batclicrs and all will cry out again® plague of flics. Tho following method of pr venting their ingress into shops, moy be o T no: A traveller remarks that the buldicr-® of Geneva arc oil open, and although imro numbers of flics may ho seen ern ino ‘ walls, not one comes in. This iscaUßOd vi inncr.walls being rubbed over with laurel which la on effcotivo preventive against (rusion of those troublesome insoolf Courier de Havre, in alluding to this ■ ' stales that no ty will enter a room in vm ,c wreath of walnut leaves has been hung U P’ The experiment js worth trying. "Tub Truth op tub Matter. I '^ l 0 Y. Herald says, speaking of Kansas outr*K e 1 &0 i— , thli “But tho truth of tho matter is. ll» ft t * I j,[ B fuss that has been made-about Kansas .j tho post two or three years, has been (<*• j for ihebenefit of a few speculators m * fl '.i.mS potties. Under tho new regime the bun burst. , At lost wo arp beginning to get the ” the raatacr—andfrom thotfcrald!
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