AMERICAS VOLDNTEEE.
JOIN B. BUTTON, Will 0 Jmpil»l«-
CARLISLE. PA., AUG. 27, 1857.
Democratic State Ticket.
Fob Gottbrob,
WILLIAM F. PACKER,
€f Lycoming Cbxmty,
For Gasai, Oohmibbiorbb,
NIMROD STRICKLAND,
Of Chttitr County.
Fob Sotbbbib Judges,
WILLIAM STRONG,
Of Berks County,
JAMES THOMPSON,
Of Erie County.
Assembly,
HUGH STUART, of South Middleton.
Proihoifbtary ,
PHILIP QUIGLET, of Carlisle.
Clerk of Court*,
DANIEL S. CROFT, of Southampton.
Register,
SAMUEL N. EMINGER, of Mechanlcaburg.
Treasurer,
MOSES BRIGKER, of Monroo.
Commiutoner,
SAMUEL UEGAW, of Mifflin.
Director of Poor,
JOHN TRIMBLE, of Silver Spring.
Auditor,
BENJAMIN DUKE, of Sbippenabnrg,
IC?" Court commenced on Monday last, in
this place, bis Honor, Judge Graham, presi
ding. ___
Error Corrected. —William Willis was
one of the Delegates from Shippcnsbnrg borough
to the late Democratic County Convention,
(tbo proceedings of which we published in our
last,) and not Wm. Wise, as was erroneously
printed. These errors will happen occasional
ly ifi the hurry ot preparing tho paper for
press, much as we labor to prevent them.
CiBCUfl and Übnioerib. —The Circus and
Menagerie of G. F. Bailet A Co., successors
(o June & Tubnbb, will bo in town to-morrow,
(Friday,) and will favor tbe citizens of Carlisle
and vicinity with two entertainments, after
noon and evening. Wo. have no doubt this
popular company will meet with much success
in our borough, and draw quite a large assem
blage of people from different parts of tbe
county.
Ooa Watbeibo Places.— The recent cool
mornings and evenings has caused our city
friends who have been sojournlftg at the vari
ous watering places in this county, to think of
business and of homo, and a number of them
have already taken their departure. Tbe water
ing season, therefore, will soon bo at an end,
and quiet and repose will bo observed whore so
recently all was life, bustle and pleasure. Bur
ing the present season, our fashionable places
of resort, tbo Carlisle Sulphur Springs, Paper
town, and tbe White Sulphur Springs, have all
been well patronized, and, wo are glad to loam,
have rendered universal satisfaction to tbe hun
dreds of vititors.
Banvxsx Home Dikmeb.—A largo number of
tho members oi the Cumberland County Agricul
tural Society held theta annual Harvest Homo
meeting, at the Fair Ground, near (bis borough,
on Saturday afternoon. Other engagements
prevented our attendance, but wo learn from
several who were present that our agricultural
friends bad a good time of it. After partaking
of an excellent cold dinner, Judge Watts was
called upon, and entertained tho company with a
highly Interesting speech, in which bo referred
to tho prosperity of the Cumberland County Ag
ricultural Society, the importance of educating
boys In tho science o( farming, the groat yield
of the present season, etc..
Tbcafr annual meetings of farmers at* caten
ated to domnebgood. They bccomaacqoolnl
cd with oacbolbor’s views, and all are benefited
by comparing opinions. Uavlngspeota portion
o€ oat life on iba farm eursclf, we bare always
foH a deep Interest In agriculture, and It gives
ns pleasure to see the formers of our county
meet together around tbo festive board. It docs
one's heart good to see the honest, hard-work
ing husbandman, with his plain exterior, with
the stamp of his heart upon his very garments,
with no guile on bis lip, no falsehood in his
smite, after having for weeks looked dally and
hourly upon the bandy-legged, puffed-up aristo
crats of dandyism. JVhon wo see the healthy,
hearty, happy yeomanry of the country, and
contrast their mode of living with that of the
pent-up town, wo cannot resist the exclamation t
“Ilow blest tbo Farmer’s simple life,
Uow pure the Joy it yields,
far from the town’s tempestuous strife,
Free mid the scented fields I”
Tub IFAOiBnoRST Meeting.— On Monday
evening last, a gentleman named Burns, who
bails wo believe, from Philadelphia, made a
speech in tho court-house, in this place, in be-
Half of Know-Nothingism. and in advocacy of
Mr. UAZLBmmsT, tho Know-Nothing candi
date for Governor* He commenced his address
by apologising. for tUo absence of Mr. Hazlb
durst, who ho said wos-pvcvcntcd being pres
ent, according to appointment, on account of
sickness, lie then proceed txl'to speak, at some
length, in support of tho “principlto- of tho
American party,” and of tho flattering pros
pects of the Know-Nothing candidate for Gov
ernor. He said —and with truth—that Wil
mot stood, no chance of an election, and he ad
viseduho Republicans to take him of! the course
and'save his- credit. lie remarked that Mr.
IXazledubst and bis friends were compelled to
take tho slump because of the treachery of
most of the American newspapers, and the ef
forts of tho Republicans- to- misrepresent the
views of tho American candidate. Ho rsJWrod
to Wilmot’s freo-trade proclivities, to- his cna
zy opinions in reference to slavery, Ac. The
speech was a lame one, and tho audience small.
Uk»OBtiUA« Coontt Ticket. —After oonsld*
erablo pow-wowlng, manoouvoring, &0., (ho
Republicans of (his county placed* la nomlns.
(lon (bo following ticket. Tho convention was
composed of thirly-slx delegates, four town-
t
dtiemb/t/r-Ilobt. M;.Henderson, of Carlisle.
Profhonolaryr~Btc]\hen Keepers, of Carlisle.
Clerk of Court*— Sam’i: Myers, of Wcslpons
boro*.
Heghter —John S. Uoatctfor, of Mechanics
burg.
Treasurer—James Loudon, of Carlisle.
Comminiener—Thos. A. M’Klnnoy, of Now-
Title.
Director ttf Poor—Jacob Mumroa, of BlWcr
Spring.
jiuUlor~ Wm. M’Cluro, of Bblppenaburg.
THE NOMINATIONS.
There ncycr was, a ticket yet fanned, wo sup*
pose, that plwfccti everybody. A great number '
of candidates were before the late County Con* 1
vention—all of them good and worthy men— J
and of course several were disappointed.—
Two or three of the nominations were effected j
by a very close vote, but yet wo feci satisfied
everything was fairly done, for the delegates
composing the Convention were men of cfaarac*
ter, who would sesrn a resort to stratagem.— .
Such being tho case, we appeal to Democrats in |
all sections of (he county, to give their cordial ,
support to the ticket. To use the language of
another, an old personal friend of ours, in limes
of yore, was fond of impressing upon his ac
quaintances the incontrovertible, fact that iftwo
men rode one horse, one of them must ride be*
hind ! We take this occasion to impress this
philosophic saying upon all candidates.
Believing tho nominations to have been fair*
ly made, and the respective candidates' well
qualified to fill the Offices for which they are in
nomination, we bold it to bo the duty of every
man who desires the success of Democratic
principles to yield tho ticket a hearty and ac
tive support The respective candidates are all
sq well known to the voters of the county, that
we do not deem it necessary to speak of the
personal qualifications and merits of each at
this time, but cuntent ourselves with endorsing
the ticket as one worthy the best efforts of tbe
party, and in point of capacity and respecta
bility being equal to any that could bare been
nominated. It will receive, as ft should, the
commendation and united support of the whole
. party.
HUGH STDABT
Is (he Democratic nominee for Assembly, and a
better man or one more worthy lbs support of
the people, could not have been selected. lie
is a gentleman ol superior qualifications, ener
getic, public spirited, and deservedly popular.
A Democrat from principle, he has at all times
and on all occasions devoted his lime and his
means to secure the success of the Democratic
party, its men, and its measures. Notwith
standing he is a hard-working and industrious
farmer, he has devoted much time to the acqui
sition of knowledge, and few men are belter
booked up on public affairs than Mr. Stuart.
Indeed, bo is regarded by all who know him,
as one of the most useful and intelligent men lo
our county, and who has always sustained an
unsullied reputation. We congratulate (he
people of our county, then, upon having such a
candidate before them as Heron Stoabt. Should
ho be elected—and he undoubtedly will be—be
will represent the people of Cumberland and
Perry, with credit to himself and to them.—
We bespeake for him the cordial support of all
who bare the interests of our people at heart
lie will never abuse the trust confided to his
keeping.
TUB DUTY BEFORE US,
Now that the Delegates acting for the Don*
ocratic parly, in Convention assembled, have
selected a ticket for our support, it is important
that an early organization of our forces be had,
with a view to the success of our candidates
and our principles. The ticket before us is un*
exceptionable in every respect, and composed of
men whose characters, moral and political, will
bear the closest scrutiny. They are all good,
honest, trustworthy men, and are well calcula
ted for a faithful discharge of the duties of the,
several offices for which they have been, named. I
It is the duty then, of every true Democrat, and
every man'opposed to (ho pernicious doctrines
of the Black Republicans, to put his shoulder
to the wheel and assist to push on the column.
Organize, then, Democrats of Cumberland,
and prepare for the fight before you. In a few 1
weeks more you will be called upon to act, and
it is for you to aay whether Democracy or Black
Republicanism shall triumph. Our victory
I will be an easy as it will be complete if every
1 man performa bis duty by exerting himself iu
behalf of the ticket. But, if we fold our arms
and remain passive, the result of the election
may prove disastrous to our candidates and o«tv
principles. We must not count 100 much upon |
the weakness of our opponents or the unpopu* J
1 larity of (heir cause. A good general always '
goes into battle fully prepared, whether he con-1
' aiders his enemy strong or weak. We must
not, therefore, if we desire a victory, bo idle,
but all should go to work with the same zeal
‘ and energy that actuated the Dcroocratsln thi»
I county lost fall. A full vote insures iho victo
ry, should always bo borne in mind.
Tub Balloon Ascension that didn’t comb
opp. —Thursday last was the day advertised for
Mr. John Wise, tho American ASronaut, to
make a grand Balloon Asccnsionfrom Carlisle.
The day arrived, of course, rod hundreds of
people flocked to town from all pacts of- the
county. Mr. Wisa, with his balloon, was on
the ground at the time appointed, and after
some delay (on account of a want ofl money to
pay for the gas,) everything was got lo rcadl*
ness for tho inflating process. Gas was intro
duced into tbs balloon by moans of-an iron pipe
leading from the main pipe hr Hknover street,
and st first everything appeared to work well.
But, after an eflort of some three or four hours,
it was found (hat the balloon would not fill.—
At last, about 4 o’clock, Mr. W. announced
that it would bo impossible to prepare the bal
loon for an osccnsion that evening, but that he
hoped to be able lo go up next morning at 10
o’clock. This announcement of course disper
sed the crowd, many of them In a very bad hu
mor. In a-short Urns after the people had left.
Mr. Wisß discovered that his balloon was In a
leaky condition, and that the gas was escaping
through holes. lie therefore bundled it up/
and started for his hotel, and next morning
took tho cars for his home. Wo Have heard a
considerable amount of abuse hcaped-opon-Mr.
Wise for his failure in making the ascension,
but wo are not sure that he merits all the oen
sure. The whole thing was badly managed,
and the result wss what a number of our cill
sens predicted. Mr. Wiai has made a great
many ascensions* and always successfully, and
his own character, if nothing else, would pre
vent him disapptinllng the people if ho could
avoid it. But, if our Gaa Company bad not
the capacity to furnish him the gas be required,
end our police officers could not prevent the
inilocent boys of our town from running their
fingers through (lie balloon, Mr. Wish cannot
bo bltmod’for not making tho ascension. His
reputation was'at slake more than any-othcr
man’s, and he frit tho disappointment more
than any other, but yet he could not perform
miracles and work impossibilities.
07* Hogs ore said to bo dylug of “bog cbol
ra’» Id Carroll county, Ud.
A BAD PREDICAMENT.
Tbo American has got itself Into a very ridic
ulous predicament. A few weeks since, tho ed
itor dared ns to prove that David Wilmot bod
over advocated free-trade doctrines. Knowing
Mr, Wilmot much longer than the editor of. the
American has known him, and being perfectly
familiar with the views ho hold and the speeches
bo bad made in support of fioe-trado, wo went
to work and produced the proof, by publishing
tho speech bo delivered In Congress, July 1,
184 ft. In Ibis speeth, tes our readers remem
ber, ho took strong ground against a protective
tariff, denounced It os “ unjust and oppressive,”
and declared himself ready to sacrifice hfa polit
ical hopes rather than yield to tbe demands of
those who clamored for protection! “ I believe
if (a protective tariff) unjust and oppressive, and
«m opp<ntd f in principle, to off partial legisla
ton/' exclaimed Wilmot In that speech. In
deed, the speech was one of tbe best Mr. Win.
mot ever made, and in every sentence and every
syllable of It, he denounced those who were
seeking protection by legislation, and announ.
ced himself their enemy, and «opposed to all
, legislation" on the subject of the tariff. So
pleased were tbo advocates of free-trade with
, the sentiments advanced by Mr. Wituor, (bat
Immediately on taking bis seat, after he had
finished his speech, he was taken by tho band
! and warmly congratulated by M’Duffoo, Taney,
’ Rbott, and other Southern free-traders. Every
» man who boa road tho speech, (it will bo found
} In our paper of the 18tb Inst.) will readily admit
* that a more able vindication of tbo principles of
i free trade, or a more withering denunciation uf
i the protective policy, has seldom appeared on
i (be subject. In addition to this speech, we
published extracts taken from tbo Whig papers
printed at (he time tho speech was made, to show
what'opinion fAeyhad oflt at tho time. Indeed,
k tho proof wo adduced In support of our allega
f (lon that Ur. Wilmot had advocated free-trade
> principles, was conclusive, positive, and anon
• swcrablo. Every fair Opposition man In oar
. county, if ho has capacity to comprehend tbo
i English language, will admit (his.
i Tbo American—drove ,to (ho wall by us—how
, does it attempt to save Itself from the awkward
. predicament in which it Is placed I Docs (ho
} editor, like a man, acknowledge his error, or
does he even now admit that wo did not misrep
resent Hr. Wilmot on tbe subject of tho tariff?
Not a bit of it. Just bear tho editor In answer
to ns. Ho says—'«Wo repudiate what (bo Whig
papers hare said on (ho subjectl” Tho moonjng
of this is that all tho Whig presses of 1646 lied
when they represented Whmot as a free-trader,
and that onr neighbor Is now telling tho (ruth
In denying tho charge I Again, (bo American
says, in speaking of Wilxot’b free-trade speech
—“ Ton might Jost as consistently hare quoted
« SniDAD’s Yotaom” or tho history of “Coer
Rodih.” This Is paying a rather poor compli
ment to Ur. Wiutor’s abilities, and goes toshow
the recklessness of those who are determined
not to bo convinced* -Tho whole argument of
the Jmtrican In reply to ns may bo summed up
In a fow words—tho editor assumes that all (bo
Whig papers of 1846 lied, and (hat Mr. Wu
mot’s speech on the subject of tho tariff bad no
meaning io it, and amounted to nothing} Wo
havo placed onr neighbor in (his humiliating
position, and there we leave him—an object of
pity.
IIU now certain that the Democrats will
havo a good working majority in both bouses of
'Congress, over all opposition. What a result,
Compared with the predictions of Kansas
scrccchers, Ac., a year ago! Then they were
jpteeof the NallonalJ3*cowtiro and (be House
Of Representatives. There was a Jitflo doubt
about tho Senate, but the more sanguine expec
ted to have (hat body also, by election or defec
tion. Instead of this, even Kentucky is going to
send a Democrat to tho United States Senate—
a phenomenon that has not occurred before for
many years. Tennessee will send two Demo
cratic Senators: and, in short, every branch of
the government is out and out Democratic.—
Fanaticism baa been signally rebuked. Hur
rah for the Untaw! ©olhebaais of the Constitu
tion— the only basis upon which It can be main
tained, now or hereafter.
Let n Slide.— Rev. William Beecher, in a
speech at North Brookfield, oiv the 4tfa, la said
lo hove made use of tho following expression :
‘•God help tho Union to slido lo perdition.”
While se many of his self-styled ministers
are-giving it a lift that way, says the Boston
Post, we don’t see much inconsistency hr the
request. It would not be orthodox- lo reply
that only the devil haa-an interest in the peop
ling of perdition; and* that his calling on God'
for helh shows (hsi cotmimale impudbnee has
not ecasod-to bethelcast of Satanic* virtues.—
Seriously, the rcTerend'genllfctnanta invocation
or imprecation rather, is what would be-docmed'
in a*liyman-litlTo short of blasphemy.
Tho • Democrats Polked their opponents
in *44, and although they wore Tailored in ’46,
they Pierced them In *62, Ducked them In *oQj
and intond'pacAring (lie trunks of the opposition
candidates for Governor, fora tripup Salt Rlv
ci\ 00-tho second Tuesday at October next.
(£7“ In Scotland where tho evidence In arcrlra
inal case is insufficient to convict a defendant,
and'tficre is still r bcUcf'thct its maybe guilty,
tho verdict rctumod'is one of “not proven,” in*
stead of “not guilty,” as in this country. We
think the idea Is a good'one. If undoubted ev
idence is afterwards produced to fksten guilt on
the criminal, he can be trieda second time and
convicted. In (bis country a person can never
be tried a second time, no matter how much
proof comes to light after tho trial is ended.
|£7 Isaac Hath-hurst, Esq., (ho Straight-
Out American candidate for Governor has com
menced stomping the State. Why docs not
Mr. Wilmot challenge him to a publio discusa
ion oftho relative merits of Black Republican*
ism and Kijow-Nolbinglsm ? It would bo a
decidedly rich affair, and*w*haveno doubt their
hearers would'enjoy It amazingly.
A> FretfD in Human Shav a.—• A cbildtof Wm.
IT. Miller, of Richmond! Ta., waaroccntry kill
ed by a (in Crum a balcony. K week after,
Mrs. Miller was-horrified to overhear a conver
sation between the cook and'lheimrae. iß’which
the latter boasted of having purposely thrown
the poor child from the balcony.
Foousif Waokb—Man Bhownkd. —On
Sunday last, two men named Paul Madison
and Morgan Lake, made a bet of ten cents upon
swimming across the Hudson, at Poughkeep
sie, If. Y. Tlioy had started to swim and bad
reached (be middle of the river, when Madison
sunk and'was drowned before assistance could
bo rcndercdl
{XT* A new straight-out American paper has
been started In (bo city of Lancaster, Pit.
; » AGITATE, AGITATE!”
A Black .Republican paper, printed in Mr.
Wilmot’s district,‘aqd now before us, contains
ft lengthy editorial under the above caption.—
It is an appropriate biding, for the only hope
our opponents can .have is in agitation—the
keeping of the public mind in a false state of
excitement, instead of letting it relapse into a
natural repose after the turmoil of a presidential
election. For agitating they have but one
means, one resort*—the Konsas question. If
they let that question bo settled, there is an
end of them and of-their hopes as a party»and
hence, as all know,'they would not let it beset;,
tied at the lost Confess. It was in their pow
er lo‘ abrogate all the acts of what they stigma
tize as the fcogus legislature, and yet they
would noli They denounced them as villanous
and oppressive, and yet they left them unre
pealed. They raved of “ Weeding Kansas :*
why did they hot 'slop the blood ? It suited
them fetter to keep it streaming. To gam
their ends, they weald sluice every vein in the
Territory. Peace,they caimot allow the coun
try to have. Ko doves arc they to bring olive
branches ; they ore vultures, that have no hope
of gorging themselves if there is not to bo a
carnage. A settlement of the Kansas troubles
would bo ruin to them ; they aro resolved it
shall not bo brought about. Gov. Walker
roust be foiled in his .pacific aims, and alt his
efforts shall effect nothing.
To have Kansas at onco admitted as a free
State is the" thing of a|l things which least suits
these artificers of mischief. On the contrary.
they arc bent on having her come in as a slave
Stole; for that, and that alone, will enable
them to stave oil all pacification and continue
to agitate the North. To accomplish this end
there is only one sure means—and that is to
force the convcnlioa-to bo a pro-slavery one, so
that it shall be compelled to enact a pro-slavery
constitution. In a \rord, they arc’ placing for
what is called, at ohicss, & stale-mate, where
one wins the game by seeming to lost it.
Republican PaitbleisDesi.
Blair county furnishes a very striking evi
dcnceof the nature of the union between the
Republicans and Americans in this State. Af
ter the usual fashion, a Union Convention was
called in that county, for the nomination of
county, officers. The straight-out Americans
entered into the contest,carried LhcConvcaiion,
and nominated a majority of their candidates.
Now mark the treatment these candidates re
ceive at the bands of the Republican portion of
the coalition. The Blair County Whig re
ceives them with manifest disgust, and says—
“ The proceedings of what was called a Un
ion Convention to place in nomination a County
Ticket, will bo found in our paper to-day.—
The candidates are of unexceptionable charac
ter, personally. As 4o their political position,
we know of but one or two of them who have
given their unqualified assent to the support of
Judge Wilmot. These gentlemen wo will sup
port ardently, and unless the others avow their
intention, without equivocation, of doing'the
same thing, they cannot rcceivo any aid from
the Blair County Whig. This ground wo lake
because we believe it is right that no man
should be supported who is hi favor of Baxto
burst & Co.”
If this exhibition Of Republican spleen don’t
open the eyes of the Americans who are dispos
ed to regard the Republicans os honorable and
honest io forming an alliance with them, ft is
because they are wilfully blind. The Republi
cans never d'd, and d£nT now. regard their union
with Aroertcftnfam.W.an alliance upon equal
terms, bqt merely mVgradual absorption, I
Tarn lliera Call
Tho Dolaworo Comity Republican is determin
ed to purge the abolition party of that county,
of all taint of Americanism. Speaking of tho
lato letter of Judge Wllmot to tho know-noth
ings, the editor saysj
••Thecandidates of tho Republican party, wo
think, mako a great mistake in answering every
ono who may chooso'.to address thorn, on poli
tical questions, dorlijgthe election canvass.—-
We would point thorn to tho platform of princi
ples laid down by thi State Convention, for an
expose of our political views, and if that did not
suit thorn, wo should bo content that they look
olsewhoro for a candidate worthy of their sup
port.”
Andyot forsooth, when that party has select
ed ‘a candidate worthy of their support,' In tho
person of Hr. Uazlcljurst, that paper affects to
donoaoeo blra in unmeasured terms, and his
supporters as aiders jto the democratic cause,
and'would fain-drlvo'them into tho support of
abolitionism, under (he ban of proscription. It
is possible (hat soma fbw may bond tho knee,
' and crlngo to tho Republican, as do tho editors
of tho lato American organ of this place, but
wo dbubt very much, Us further success*
Tnc tucKi Leo/l Fee.—A gcnllbman of
Cincinnati states tliit Nicholas Longworth.who
was in Ms native Slpto a shoemaker, practised
Ikw on bis removal to that city during the
years between 1804 and 1820. He once re-
CBlvod>as a-legal fee for defending a horse-thief,
two second-hand copper stilts. The gentleman
who had them in possession refused to give
tncnrop.but propped' to Mr. Longworth to
give filra-sf Tot of 33 acres on Western Row, so
called, in lira' of* llfcm—a 1 proposal which the
Iktter, whose ssngufne opinions of tho-value of
such property were ahead'of bis time, gladly
accepted'. The transaction formed tho basis of
an immense fortune, the naked' ground 1 bring
now worth over twd million* of dollars
Mona Deaths from Poisonous Whiskey.
—Tho Lebanon (Ohio) Star records the death of
four men, from drinking whiskey with strych
nine in it. It also plates that lens of thousands
of fish, in the streajn below the distillery, have
died.
0 T" The ‘Pennsylvanian’ Is now edited by 8.
D. Anderson. TTla name appeared at tbo head
on Monday morning, with his salutatory. Ills
address bespeaks a-vigorons writer. Wo give
him srcordtal welcome, and'wish him success.
of JddoxM’Oaimort.—Wo loam from
(ho Venango Spitiaior that tho Hon. Alkxan
dsk M’Qalmokt dl<jd at his residence In Frank
lin,on tho 10th lnst t> In tho72d year of lils age.
He was one of tho early settlors of Venango co.,
and extensively known as a lawyer anff politici
an tlnoughout tho tjtato.
Alleged Man* Konoßß Arrested.—-On
Saturday, a man, named Williamson, who was
mail carrier between Butler, Freeport and
Qrccnsburg, Pa-, Wail arrested in Pittsburg,
charged with robbing (lie mail’, on or about the
Bth Inst. Ho was examined, and committed
for a further bearing.
ID* Governor Pollock has appointed Darius
Bullock, of Bradford county, President Judge
of tho Bradford District, in place of Hon. D,
Wilmot, resigned.
Particulars of tbs Death of General Bash,
Tbo Nacogdoches (Texas) Chronicle, of the
80 ult. contains some farther particulars of Iho
death of General Rusk, of Texas. It says .•
General Rnsk has, ovor slnco tho'dcath of Ids
lady, suffered under a mental depression which,
at times, boro him down beneath its weight.—
Ho has, to a groat extent, secluded himself from
society, and lately that-despondency has been
moro marked and apparent to thoao familiar
with him. . A severe Illness, from which, he was
last recovering, had prostrated him for weeks,
and ho was suffering greatly Irom a rising on
the back ofblsnfeck.
On yesterday evening about two o’clock, his
family hearing the report of a gun and tho fall
ol a body, ran to tho spot, and found him lying
dead upon tho ground, behind tho gallery pt (ho
back of tho house, with a rlflo under him. A
coroner’s jury was summoned, from whose ver
dict wo extract tho following :
“Tho cause of his death was a gunshot (rifle)
wound in tho fore part of tho head, inflicted
from a rifle-gun hold in his own hands and dis
charged by himself.”
No farther cldo can bo given to this mystery.
No papers or writings of the same day have been
found, except a letter addressed to a gentleman
in Now Orleans, ordering a. tombstone for his
wife, with this inscription :
“Blessed are the pare in heart, for they shall
boo God.”
An inventory of all his property was found
In a portfolio, and tho value of the same divided
by the number of his children. Ho was buried
(his evening with Masonic honors.
Tbo Washington correspondent of tho Balti
more Sun thus writes in regard to to the matter.
Ho says:
Those who were favored with the confidence
of the lamented Rusk, and who frequently con
versed with him in hours of calm deliberation,
entertain aij opinion that the afflictive death of
his wife about two years since had the effect to
overwhelm him to such an extent as to unsettle
his mind. Whenever ho would refer to his lost
loved one, deep gloom would almost invariably
shadow his countenance, and a sigh would in
voluntarily upheave his manly bosom.
Mrs. Rusk was a woman of more than ordina
ry qualities. In early life she nnlrod her for*
tunes to the man of her choice, and her devo
tion and wise counsels had, in numerous Instan
ces, strengthened his heart. On their removal
to the newly settled Texas, amidst (ho perils In
cident to such a country, ns well as in frequent
lights defending themselves and their house
hold fVom the attacks of the Indians, Mrs. Rusk,
with fortitude and heroism, was never known
to bo absent from tbo side of her husband, ever
cheering him by her presence and counsel.
A Load Call for Girls.
Some of (he miserable, unmaled—miserable
because unmated —bachelors out West are get
ting desperate. Their cry for relief is znelan
chollcally distressing. Who will volunteer to
relieve them from the horrors of single blessed
ness ? Wo are of opinion that, if married very
soun, they could bo worked into pretty good
husbands. But delays arc dangerous. The
editor of the Sioux (Iowa) Eagle thus im
plores :
“We will promise husbands to five hundred
women during the next rear, if they will only
come forward and say they Want them, ttc
think the population of our totrn averages
about five males to each female, and by the
last census it appears that there ffre 34,000
more males than fct/iafes in fowa. Take pity,
ladles, and come to our relief.”
Don’t be prudish, girls. If you want hus
bands, eay so, and let your actions correspond
with your words. This talking “offish” when
everybody knows you mean on 1 , Is all nonsense.
Bachelors are proverbially shy. They always
fed sort of sheepish, because they expect that
everybody will suspect that they have tried to
get married and couldcn’t; and the older they
grow the more timid they become on this very
Recount, Go to them, good, sensible Yankpo
I girls, lake them gently by the hand, encourage
I their laadiblp' desires, and lead them Into 1 tlio
(silken bonds of fnatrimoniol felicity. Wemean,
you do the courting. J
Cn ambers bobg, Grebnoastlb and Hagers
town Railroad.—The price paid by Mestfrs.
Dull, Jonosnnd Worrall, of Harrisburg, fotlho
Chamberaburg, Grcencaalle and Hagerstown
Railroad at the public Bale last week, was $6,.
000, but at tho same time they entered into
bond* in the sum of $OO,OOO to complete and
equip tho road within seventeen months ol the
dale of purchase. It is understood to be the
intention of tho purchasers to put down a heavy
T rail, and place the whole road in complete re
. pair. The same parlies have also made arrange*
, monla for the purchase end completion of that
t portion of the road from tho Maryland lino to
i Hagerstown. This will form a highly impor-
tanl link in our system of railways.
Fink of 22 miles from Hagerstown will connect
it with the Winchester and Potomac road. w!:i!o
from Hagerstown west, by a branch of 25 miles
In 1 length, it win connect with the Baltimore
and Ohio road, and by another branch of 22
.miles, with the WinchestcramV Potomac road,
running through 1 the rallcy of Virginia, and
dbcp into the Slate of Tennessee, where it con
nects in all directions through the whole South*
An country. East froin Chomborsburg, it will
connect with’the Cumberland'Valley to Harris*-
burg; where it crosses (he North 1 Central and
Pennsylvania roads, and will unite with the t#cb*
anon Valley to Reading, with the Reading and
Lehigh at that point, and with other connec
tions at Ailcntown direct to New York.
D7“Tho Providenct Journal , Aug. 10th, aaya
that the number of cotton looms that have been
slopped In Now England in consequence of the
high price ol cotton and tho low price of goods,
is about six- thousand, and orders have been
given to atop as many more as last as tho yarn
runs np.
Railroad Suicide.— Tho Coroner’s Jury in
the ease of tho young lady whoso frightful sui
cide by throwing borsolfin front of a train of
cars on tho Germantown railroad hato rendered
the following verdict.
“Suicide, by throwing herself before strain
of cars, near tho Tioga street station, on tho
Germantown Railroad, on thomornlirg of Tues
day, tho 18th day .of August, 1857.”
Sincotho rendition of this verdict 1 , tho young
woman has boon Identified as Grace Ann Milter,
who resided with her parents at Washington
lane and tho township lino In Germantown.
Sho had been on a visit to her friends it tlio city
for serera! weeks. Before leaving, IV was ob
served' that sbo acted strangely, though'there
was no reason to apprehend any violence to her
self. Sho loft her homo between two and four
o’clock on Tuesday morning without (ho know
ledge of tier friends. Hiss Millor'was about 22
years of ago, and was of respectable parentage.
OP* A wax flguroofMrs. Cunningham Is about
to Ims placed in tho AmorlconMnseunv, Now York.
Brass would’bo a much more appropriate mate
rial (ban wax.
ID* Enviable Predicament—to dream you
arc taking a view from Washington monument,
and in tho morning wako up, and discover
yourself sitting on tho bedpost, taking a bird's
eye view of the dimensions of your bed.
'^T !
Editorial Contention.
A Convention of Editors was held in Danville
on the sth inst., for the purpose of devising
and, if posable, carrying put some reforms in
the publication of newspapers in this Stale.—
There were some twenty or more editors pres*
ent, principally publishers of papers in tho
northern and north-western’countries. Levi
L. Tate, of the Bloornsburg Democrat, presi
ded, and four Vice Presidents and two Secreta
ries were appointed.
Several letters were read from absent editors,
excusing themselves for non-attendance, and ex
pressing their readiness to aid in carrying out
any reforms proposed.
Amongst a series of resolutions adopted were
the following :
Resolved, That wo organize the KEYSTONE'
EDITORIAL UNION, which shall meet Annu
ally at such time and place as this Convention
may decide.
Resolved, That we earnestly recommend all
publishers of newspapersin the State, that from
and after the Ist day of January next, they
send no paver out oil; credit.
Resolved, That members of this association
wiffaiave no dealings with any advertising
agent who will not promptly settle in full his
accounts at the end of every quarter, for all ad
vertisements sent within that lime, and that
any advertising agent failing to comply with
these terms shall be published as being no lon
ger our agent.
Resolved, That wedeem it impracticable for
editors in different localities, distant from each
other, to form a uniform scale of prices, and
that we, therefore, recommend that it bo made
a matter of local arrangement amongst editors,
governing themselves according to circumstan
ces, and in no ease deviating Ironwlhc terms of
advertising as set forth in their respective jour
nals.
Resolved, That believing mutual confidence
and co-operation necessary to secure any prac
tical benefit to the editorial profession, we
pledge ourselves to use our best efforts, both
individually and collectively, to cultivate that
spirit.
Resolecd, That the publication of personal!-
lies reffeciing upon iho private character of a
brother editor or any oilier individual, is derog
atory to the editorial profession, and should not
be countenanced.
JJcsofvcd, That it is a violation of (hat cour
tesy which should ever characterize the edito
rial fraternity, to employ apprentices who have
not served their full term with their employer,
unless by mutual ogreoment, and pledge our
selves to discourage its continuance.
Resolved, That we will not take apprentices
hereafter for a shorter period than four years.
Resolved, That we pledge ourselves to ex
clude all advertising matter of an Indelicate na
ture.
Resolved, That nil general laws passed by
the Legislature, should, in the opinion of the
Convention, be published and laid before the
people os fully as possible. Immediately after
Iho close of the sessions during which they
were enacted, and that the cheapest and only
successful mode of accomplishing this would be
by the passage of on act providing for the pub
lication of oil such laws in every newspaper
published in the State, at a Cost of oflC bflif the
regular rates of advertising.
The reforms proposed in these resolutions arc
eminently Judicious, and if joined in by aH the
publishers in the State, and carried out In good
faith, would do much towards elevating the ed
itorial profession, and rendering the business of
newspaper publishing less precariousand per
plexing. A good beginning has been made in
a right direction ; but to make the matter gen
erally effective, the movemenfi must bo Jotned-in
by the press throughout the State. Another
Convention, we presume, would bo more gen
erally attended.
Thp Convention adjourned to meet in Potts
villo, on the Ist Tuesday of May, 1858.
Sfafe SSrieallaral Society.
Tills Society will hold its seventh annual ex-
liibition in Philadelphia, on the 20th and 30th
of September, and Ist and 2d ofOclobcr. The
following is the classification of premiums:
Class No. 1. Cattle, the highest premium $l5,
and sso.the highest for working oxen.
No; 1; Horses and Males, the highest premi
um $2O, except for trotters, which is $25.
No. 3, Sheep, Swine and Poultry, the highest
$B.
No. 4, Plows and Plowing Matches, $5 for
the best plow, and $lO for the best plowman.
No. 5, Dairy, Sugar and Honey, highest $5.
No. 0, Flour. Corn Meal, etc.', highest $5.
No. 7. Domestic and Household Manufac
tures. $lO.
No. 8. Carriages, Cabinet ware, eta, highest
$5, and diploma.
No. 0, Agricultural productions, best fire
acres of com and wheat $2O ; other premiums
from 15 to 2.
No. 10. Fruit and Flowers, the highest $6.
N. 11, Stoves, Silver ware, etc., highest pro
uiium $3.
No. 12. Paeon and Miscellaneous articles, the
hightst’SlO. There is also a premium of $2O
for tiro best farm building.
A smal
Nbwville Fair.—As other engagements
prevented odr attendance at the late Ncwville
Fair, we cannot speak of it from personal
knowledge. The following account of it wo
take from the Shippensburg News:
The fourth annual Fair of the Dig Spring
Literary Tnslilste canto off last week in good
style. Thearticlcs on exhibition; wo think,
far surpassed those of fortner years,and instead
of pnbtio interest decreasing in thcur, it was
very evident tliat it greatly incrcos< k d.—
More Visiters attended tfle Fair than orr any
previous year. So densely was tile Hall crowd
ed that at times it was impossible to get through
it; at least It so happened with us, preventing
our securing a list of the principal articles on
exhibition, which we had purposed doing be
fore entering. The only place wo had an op.
ponunity for inspection, was tho former’s de
partment. Griffin & Haynes, of Harris
burg, and Jas. Armstrong, of Carlisle, hadqullo
a largo collection of fanning implements on
hand, consisting of reaping, mowing and thresh
ing machines, horse powers, straw cutters,
plows, harrows, &0., all of which reflected great
credit upon the exhibitors.
On Fridoy evening, after the Fair had closed,
tho drawing of the Joint Stock Association of
the Institute took place, hut up to .the present
lime, wo have not heard the names of the fortu
nate ones. More anon.
Tub Potato hot Exaggerated. —The Lan
caster (Pa.) Times had an article, a day or two
shico, speaking of the great injuries inflicted by
the potato rot. On Saturday, it corrected the
former announcement by slating that the dis*
ease has appeared but in a few places, and in
such a mild form as to causo’ho apprehensions
whatever of material Injury to the crop, which
is expected' to be unnsaally largo and of a supe
rior quality.
Tna Sugar Chop. —A loiter in the Now Or*
leaflets.) Picayune, from the Parish of Pla
quemines, dated 51st ult., says: Never have
the prospects of (he sugar crop been more oheer*
ing. The rise, although a little backward,will
yield a rich harvest to our industrious form
era.
An Avazanohk op Cohn —Tho Buffalo Com
mercial of Wednesday says j
•*A perfect avalanche of corn may soon be
expected. By reference to our marine column
It will bo seen that 020,000 bushels are now on
tlio way from Chicago—-the largest amount ever
known at any onotlmoforthlsport.”
WJlmors Challenge,
Great fault Is'fonnd with Mr. Packer by Ifo,
opposition, for taking tho advice of the State
Committee before deciding upon Mr: Wilmot’a
proposition. Are they'sbure that Mr. Wilrnot
did not consult his fricuds before he challenged
Mr. Packer? It was given out months oeo
that the Republican candidate intended tochaf.
Icngelho Democratic candidate to fetump tbb
State. 1 Dow did tho Republican politicise*
know this ?' Evidently. Mr. Wilmot coissiilttff
them. Did he therefore put himself In (h&
bands of “ keepers,” as the opposition paperd
say Gen. Packer-has. done? Those who cx
cuso Mr. Wilmot for consulting his friends be
fore sending the. challenge, should find rib fdfjft
with Gen. Packer for consulting bis before de
termining whether to accept or decline it The
only difference between the two candidates on
this point is that Mr/Wilrnot conceals from the*
public the fact that'he has - advised with his
fncnds,whilst Gen. Packer openly avows lhathe
has consulted our State Committee. Gen. Pack
er has not gone “behind ’ the fetish.” An open
honest, candid man," be has nothing to conceaf
from the people. Declining Mr. Wilmot’spropo.
sition, frankly informs the public he declines it
by the advice of hia friends composing the De
mocratic State Committee. Mr. Wilmot se
cretly consults his friends and acts upon their
advice, and then openly claims to have shaped
his own course; ilo nnd his friends think iff
make capital by this ridiculous show of fad#.*
pcndcnce.
In the South, where rival candidates are iff
thehabit,of speaking, from tho same platform
to the same meeting, personal renconicre are of
frequent occurrence. In tho heat of debate,
when, tho blood is up, the disputants very of
ten come to blows. Their friends also become
excited, and the result is sometimes a “free
fight” with knives, pistols and other murder
ous weapons. Not duel lollowsi
resulting in death or the uiaimingofonc or both
the' parties.. To introduce that system hero
would have the effect to stir up bad blood, to
induce disorder, to encourage riotous conduct,
and to make our political campaigns, already
too exciting and too boisterous, so violent that
good men would recoil from them with horror.
Tho system can hardly bp said to work even
tolerably well at the South, where they are ac
customed to it. Here, where it would be a no
vclty and a new-excitement,* it would only Cause
tho tire of politics to burn more fiercely. The
moral and religious portion of the people, kt
least, will thank Gen. Packer for refusing to
accede to Mr. Wilmpt’s proposition. —Volley
■Spiiit.
Who Shall take their Place*t
The men of our Augustan age hive nearly
passed away. Clay, Webster, Calhoun, tW- •'
ton, have gone. Of their coteinporancs, Mr.
Buchanan aud Gen. Cass are the only remain
ing distinguished representatives. . It has doubt
less often occurred to'our readers to Inquire for
the growing men of the present-r-lhosc who
shall, in coming times, till tlio vacancies which
time is constantly making. At Urat live re
sponse will not be encouraging; but we most
not forget (hat every crisis produces, if it docs
not create, its special hero. -The men of our
genet alion arc too apt to believe that their pos
terity have degenerated ; too eager to tltviti
all their own great ones into gods; and it is a
habit common to old age to depredate hrs ju
niors. Looking over the vast expanse of out
beloved Union, wo can see hundicds of iftfen At
to grapple with Lite future and its responsibili
ties. To name them would bo invidious. They
arc not all politicians, nor office-seekers, and
many have not yet begun to aspire to represen
tative positions. But tliey will be ready when
wanted. While this is so, however, a.very
important duty devolves upon the teachers of
the rising generation. Our youth should be
educated for their country. The paths ol dis
tinction arc opened to them on all sides—radi
ating to cvcfy part of the compass, and offering
a fair Held-to every variety of inclination. Our
public scltoots- invite them to enter. A thou
sand new avocations—mechanical, scientific,
professional—arc spread out before them from
which to choose. Let *• Young America** am.
to It before it is too late. The great lights we
still follow, even when they am fading at the.'
portals Of thc'grave, did- not fsttf ttittrwrly as-'
p&rations with such rich repeals of lore, and
qpoh inspiring hopes of tminenencc, as are now
freely offered to their countrymen and their df-.
sccndants.— Philadelphia Press .
[From the Boston Journal, J
From Selmslopol—Eaising tho Sunken Flcefe
We have been favored with the perusal of a
letter from one of our fellow-cilizcus. who u
engaged in raising the Russian fleet at Sebasto
pol. Messrs. Guwen A Copeland arrived at thJfl
place early.in June, and found tho expedition
despatched from Boston was ahead ,of them,
and had been interceding with’the Governor for
croployrr.cnt. Tho Governor informed thrStJ
persons that the whole contract was in the hand#*
of Col. Qowcn and his company, ami hecou/ddo'
no.hmg for them, and as Messrs. Gowcu&Co.
did not wish for their services, their expedition W
Sebastopol came tv a sudden termination:—'
There axe some Turkish ships sunk in the Bos
phorus, however, and it may be that the Sub
marine Company will get leave to try their
skill upon them, We hope they may, and that
success wHI crown their enterprise. The writer
says:
We arc gelling dn herd foster’ than T
cd wo should, as we hove every difficulty 1°
counlcr. Tho bark Susan Jane arrived here ill
forty-five days from Philad«lphia,.»no qufc*w*-
passage on record! dim, howeVerj has onl/ *
portion of tho machinery, so that wo ctn no *
commence on the heavy work—raising.th*
hulls—for some time yet, but theft is an abun*
dance of work to be dbrtt*. We are rto# engar
ed in taking out guns, rthd 1 dlcarifijjf thfl suit*
of their chains and prepfflWdry to W
ling them, and we cannot haVe 'BffttVr propel
ty. We have had one gang at wortcftulr day tr
bdt only partially equipped, and 1 AaVd laisw
one long sixty-four pounder, four
one anchor and chain, and* to'dl/
ahull get up about $2OOO worth of prottfrt/; - '
tfhc work \ViIV ho finished ccrtgirily, in (**
yearn. The elitfaale of Sebastopol is the fiord
m the world; the brrit in tbo jhiddle of lb*
day is intense, though not ro oppressive its to*
weather at homo; about 3 M., the sea
fiprings up and it cools off finely. We hav*d**
lightful nights for rest and sleep ; thealrispy*
feoily dry. and coughs and colds ait cotiity
unknown.”
Tea Cent* a day-.-Not
Among the many false accusations brought
against President Buchanan, in the late strug*
gle for the Presidency, none was more industry
nusly circulated, and more prominently embla
zoned on the banners of our political enemy*
than the one charging him with being w *•*
of the reduction of laborer’s wages, tu"l(mo«w»
a day," c ‘
. Mr. Buchanan*was elected six, monthsSB®>
notwitlislanding this- very grave and sen
charge; has entered upon the duties of ms
flee ; published his InanguraP Address to
world, ‘'and the test of mankind," but hasp
cr yet, in all that fame, uttered a single sy**£
bio in favor of the reduction of laborer 6 W *E.
If any man was gulled into opposition ol .•
Buchanan by that silly charge, it is high *
to ask himself whether ho has not been dece
cd ; and when ho ascertains the fact, d c l c [*v
to withhold his confidence from those Wb
vilely deceived him. —Maryland Uaion.-
North ern Central Hauroad. —There 1 * #
to bo alreorty a groat amount of travel °v .
section of this road, recently finished from ,
rlshurg to Port Trovorlon. Tho IJ n " r ,
Jitruld' says flint from the manner In whic
otlbns have commenced on Ihlaroad it pro
to Uocomoono of tho most prolltablo m *
sylvanla.
(C7"Tho slave who was shot
a few weeks ago, by the United Slat? B ®
who were trying to capture him, has sm
of Iris wounds. Tho officer whom ho b
has recovered.
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