AMERICAN VOLUNTEER JOHN B. BRATTON, Edilor b Proprietor. CARLISLE, PA., SEP. 17, 1857. Democratic Stale Ticket. Tor Governor, WILLIAM F. PACKER, Of Lycoming County. For Canal Commissioner, NIMROD STRICKLAND, Of Chester County. For Supreme Judges, WILLIAM STRONG, Of Berk» County, JAMES THOMPSON, Of Erie County. Democratic County Ticket, Assembly, HUGH STUART, of South Middleton. CHARLES C. BRANDT, ol Perry county, Prothonalary, PHILIP QUIGLEY, of Carlisle. Clerk of Courts, DANIEL S. CROFT, of Southampton. Register, SAMUEL N. EMINGER, of Mechanicsburg, Treasurer, MOSES BRICKER, of Monroe, Commissioner, SAMUEL MEGAW, of Mifflin. Director of Poor, JOHN TRIMBLE, of Silver Spring. Auditor, BENJAMIN DUKE, of Shlppenabtirg. Tna Dbodoiit. —It is now nearly three weeks since we had rain. It is too dry for seeding— the fall pasture that promised so fair, is parch ed and nearly destroyed—and the public roads are knee deep with dust, the whole country shows the cflects of the dry weather. A good soaking rain would be most acceptable. Dickinson College.—The regular scholas tic year of this institution commenced on Thurs day of last week. We notice quite a number of new students in attendance, an evidence that the College commences its present session under very favorable auspices. Onr merchants are making preparations for a fall stock of goods. From all appearances wo are led to behove that an unusual amount of business will bo done in the mercantile de partment. False Alarms. —False alarms of Hrc appear to be a favorite amusement of late with some men or boys in our town. Measures should be adopted by the Borough authorities to abate the nuisance. At this season ofthoyear, when there is considerable sickness in town, iU is an outrage to disturb the pence by running engines through the streets, and kicking up a general noise and confusion, merely as a matter of amusement. There is no fun in this, and the man, or boy, or fool, who is guilty of starting a false alarm of fire, should be found in board at the county prison for at least a month. Fobbing of a Wiluot Clud. —Last week largo and glaring handbills were extensively circulated through our borough, calling on the Americana, Republicans, &c., to meet at Dan nou’s Hotel, on Saturday evening, for the pur. pose -of forming a IVituor Club. Well, the evening camo, and (lie time tor calling the meet ing to order came too, but (ho Americans, Re publicans, &c., were no nhere to bo found.— Seven persons composed the entire meeting, four of whom seemed to have the whole burthen of the parly on their shoulders. After consult. Ing a little while together, it was agreed to or ganise the meeting and adjourn to some other time, when it would be more convenient for the party to assemble. Some of the loaders of that party, no doubt, anticipated a good opportunity to show their devotion to the Wilmot *nd wo aro sorry that they lacked so much of a full house. Wo do think that the opposition aro treating their loaders rather bad in not turn ing ont to their meetings, n hen they aro so oom cstly requested to do so. It looks os though they had no belief in their lenders, or, that the party (as one of them said on that evening) car not bo rallied. A Speech from Jo Barkmi. —Gen. Jo. Bar ker, Ex-Mayor of Pittsburg, held forth In ft speech o 1 over two hours in length, in Jroot ot our Comt house, on Monday evening. His speech consisted in attacking Catholicism, the Priests, the Pope, and (he devil, with a slight sprinkling of a defence of Know-Nothingism. 11b admitted, however, (hat the “ Americans” had committed a number ol serious errors, and lienee it was (bat the people were down upon Sam ami his followers. The greatest mistake that party made, ho suid, was in waging war agpinsl all torelgnors. lib was opposed t« this, for ho considered every good foreigner a good citizen, and entitled to all the rights and immunities of a native born. Ho was opposed alone to the Catholics, not because most oi them were foreigners, but because lie considered their religion hostile 1o the spirit of our republican institutions, kc. The speaker did not toll us who ho isln favor of for Govern or, but, from the tenor of ids remarks, wejndge ho Is a Uaelkhdrst man. With the exception of one light, and a fid so alarm of lire, the meet ing was n peaceable one. Tn» Mbuouim, or tiik forty Clergyman —ln ihc President's mosicrly reply to the forty clergyman;—published by us lasi week—he says their memorial .was placed in his hands by Hor atio King, Rsq., First Assistant Post-Master - Ocncral. Without any additional explanation, it might appear to some that Mr. Kino sym pathized with the petitioners in the views they expressed, and that he woe aware of the char acter of the letter ho conveycd’lo the President. Such was not the ease. The Washington Un ion contains the following explanation In refer’ coco to Mr. K'u. agency m the matter, which comports entirely with the uniform propriety which.marks the conduct of that gentleman, of, ilcialty as-wcll as personally. Tho Union says . Hon. Jaucs Nii.l.—We noticevrilh pleasure. *'Wo hove been requested' by Mr. Horatio that tho Democratic Convention of Franklin King to soy (hut ho was-nof only totally igno- county performed' a noble act, by nomination rant, but lie bad not tbc sllßblcst suspicion of- Jud N|M _ |or AMCmbly- T | lo Judgo has tho character of tho communication frtn> I ro- . . J , , , i a MMir.9Hllnuin< and pibefeto the PKwHM; that copted the nomination, and we sincerely hope ii canto Whim tlrrobgtilbo moil.from a person the good sense of tho people of that county will unknowns Wm. obcdrtptfrtied by a respectful j IH ] u< . 0 them to elect him by a decided majority, note requesting* him to see it safely delivered to j U{ jg 0 Nn.r. is one of tho able men of our Stale, togrtlior wbb said nolo! vote.secretary, slating in a note also to tho )of grsi experience in public affairs. Such men rotary, that ho was Ignorant of tho contents of deeded in the Legislature, and wo aro glad the package.” ; u, a j Hj 0 pcopM of tho different counties lu,NK3a ov COl-. Bbnton.—Col. toa ,aro beginning' to think and act in tho matter, regret to learn, la dangeronoly 111, at Washing*' 'Y° repeat, we shall' rejoice to chronicle tho ton. ' * ■ (election Of Judge Nil.l. TUB TONNAGE TAN. That an effort ifill be made by the Republi can members of the next Legislature .to repeal the tonnage tax, due from the Pennsylvania Rail-Road, and thus deprive the Common wealth of revenue amounting to nearly o quar ter or a million of. DOLLARS annually, is universally believed. The leading Republicans of the State appear completely wedded to the Pennsylvania Rail-Road Company; they are. indeed, owned, body and breeches, by that mam moth corporation. The act of the last Legisla ture exempting this corporation from taxation, ond thus robbing the people of three or four thousand dollars annually, was one of the most stupendous acts of corruption and villainy ever enacted by a body of men calling itself a Leg islature. And yet every Black Republican in both Houses voted fur this measure, and sanc tioned this great wrong 1 Indeed, it was the principal measure advocated and passed by that party, and their Governor, Jambs Pollock, signed the bill, notwithstanding it was clearly and unquestionably unconstitutional, ond was so pronounced by the Supreme Court, i Why is it, wo ask, that our opponents appear bo anxious to favor the Pennsylvonia Rail Road Company ? Why should they desire to-despoil the Slate Treasury of millionsof dollars ? Why should not the rich capitalists who own this money-making corporation bo required to pay Slate tax, like othrr men? These questions may well be asked by the people, but it is only the initiated—those who arc in the secrets of the Black Republican party—who can answer them from their own knowledge. It is but reasonable to infer, however, that the leading men of the opposition arc personally interested in this question, and arc .partners with the Rail-Road in the attempt making to rob the State of its just revenue. If the Republicans can save the Rail-Road from the payment of an annual lax of a quarter of a million, the Company may well afford to remunerate its friends, by paying them half that amount for their services. That this is the understanding that exists between the Rail Road and the lea ding Republicans, we have not a doubt. The bill of the last session, providing for the sale of the Stale improvements, contained ft pro vision freeing the Pennsylvania Rail-Road from the payment of taxes forever, provided that Company purchased the works ottered for sale ! This tax was worth more to the Slate than alt the improvements she owned. Thus, the works were to be given away, at a nominal price, and the Rail-Road was to be paid a large sum (in the way of taxes refunded,) for taking the works off our hands ! We repeal, a .bolder piece of villainy never was enacted by a Legislature.— Fortunately for the people of the Stale, the Su preme Court knocked this bargain and sale in the head, by deciding that the Company could not be exempted from the payment of tax for the support of the government. Three days after this decision was made, the Rail-Road Company paid into the State Treasury $146,• 000 of lax due the Commonwealth, and which, but for the decision of the Court, would have been lost forever ! No wonder that every Black Republican paper irr the State sent up a howl against the Canal Board and the Supreme Court. The decision spoiled their calculations, and the money that was to bar* been used in the present campaign, in purchasing presses and editors, and defraying the expenses of Wil mot canvassers and speakers, is now safe in the vaults of the people's treasury. No wonder, wo say, that our opplßhcnls fell chagrined and disappointed. Wcnsk the people lo look at this question' now , and particularly would we impress upon them the importance of electing Democrats to- the Legislature. This is one of the issues now | pending, and which is lo Ik decided on the sec ond Tuesday of October. The Democratic par ty is pledged to oppose all attempts that arc mado to release tho Pennsylvania Rail-Road from tho payment of Stale tax tour opponents, on the other hand, arc as determined that the | Rail-Road shall not pay tax. Let the people think of the matter before they vote at the election, and then act as their judgment dic tates. O* The Amencan denies that either of the gentlemen running for office on the Republican County ticket voted for Mr. Buchanan last fall. No ! Then you. sir, editor of the Amer trait, slandered them, for you have sa'd that they so voted. Don't be '• scared,” neighbor, by being (old that you first made this accusa tion. Now, for the proof.—bast fall, after the returns of the election had been counted, and it was ascertained that Mr. Buchanan had car* tied this county by 400 majority, the Ameri can, in attempting to account for the result, told its readers that the old line Whigs had supported. Mr. Blcuana.s to a man, and hence bus large majority in the county ! A couple of weeks since, this same InUh-lelling /fmrpictm, in an article eulogistic of the opposition County Ticket, informed us that a portion of ssid-tiok ct was composed of old-lino Whigs—the same men who had supported Mr. Buchanan last fall, if the American spoke Iho truth at the tunc it accounted for Mr. Buchanan's largo majority. We arc warranted in asking, lliero foic, at what lime it was the American misrep* resented the course of the old-line Whigs—last fall, when it accused* thorn with having, voted’ with the Democrats, or at this time when it says they voted against us? We ask our neighbor to reconcile his two positive assevera tions. lie shall not sing in our cars the plaintive melody ” Kaly-dici, and Kaly-didn 1 /," without an explanation of his meaning. As to us denying our first allegation, wc shall do no such thing. Wc still believe that at least two ol the candidates on the opposition ticket did support Mr. Buchanan, and wo honor them for that act. The American stumbled upon the truth Vast foil when it ac . cused them for thus voting, and its attempt to i deny it at this late date, goes to prove that , those who are given to prevarication should possess good'memories. CONSISTENCY OF OUR OPPONENTS, Our political opponents—wo cannot call them by a party name, for they change that os often os their principles—have been consistent In one thing, nt.least—abuse of certain men of the Democratic party,. Without going beyond our own, State, wo might point to the abuse they heaped upon David Wilmot,during the whole time ho acted with the Democratic party. Mr. Wilmot, no ono will dispute, is a roan of ability, a good debater, and always a radical in his political views. • From the lime Mr. Wil mot commenced his political life to the day of his apostacy, ho was one of the best abused men in the State. Then the opposition consis ted of Whigs and Anti-Masons, and the papers of the two factions vied with each other in heap ing anathemas upon “free-trade Wilmot,” os they were wont to call him. So fierce were they in their denunciation, and so hear tily did they hate him, that they even went so far as to recommend that ho should bo banish ed from the State! He was considered by them —if we can believe their papers of the date wo speak —a monster in human shape—a devil unchained, politically and morally corrupt— This was but few years ago. Now we find these same men supporting David Wilmot for Governor of Pennsylvania! Another man the opposition were in the hah it of abusing without stint or mercy, was Si mon Cameron. If we had space to spare, wo might publish a number of choice articles from the Harrisburg Telegraph, of a few years back, to show the opinion our opponents entertained of this political financier and mountebank.— According to their own testimony, he was the worst and most corrupt man that ever lived, and no difference when or whore anything like corruption took place, Simon Cameron it was who had concocted it. They accused him of tampering with members of iho Legislature, with bribing delegates composing State Conven tions, with purchasing jobs for himself and friends from the Canal Board, and many other iniquities, “too numerous to mention.” Well, Cameron was ejected from the Democratic par ty, because it was very generally believed he was too tricky to remain in it without injury to our cause. And what did the opposition do ? Why, they turned round, wiped out, as with a wet sponge, all they had ever said against him, and elected Cameron to the United States Sen ate ! We might go on and mention scores of oth ers who have been subjected to the abuse of the opposition, and who arc now the lenders and idols of that wretchedly debased and inconsist ent party. The two instances we have point ed out, however, will suffice to show that no difference how corrupt and dishonest a Demo crat may bo in the opinion of our opponents, he is worthy to receive the honors and the leader ship of the present Black Republican parly. — Toocorrupteven toremainaprivate in the Dem ocrats ranks, he is nevertheless a perfect god when he joins his fortunes to Republicanism.— They not only receive him with open arms, but they appoint him their commandcr-in-chicf, and heap their honors upon him ! Comment is un necessary. , [T7* Tho American still insists that Mr. Croft, tho Democratic nominee for Clerk of the Cuurts, docs not possess the nccessory qualifications to .discharge the duties of tho office-! Wo pronounced this a'misrepresenta tion when it was first mado, and shall continue to do so os often os it is repeated. We venture to say there is not a man on (ho Republican ticket who writes a better hand or is os good a Clcfk as Mr. Croft. Few men in the county qualified tor discharging the duties -of the Clerk’s office than he is, and what could have induced our neighbor to single him out for such a charge, is a mystery wc can't un derstand. It is notoriously false, and is laugh ed at by all who know Mr. Croft. In point of ability the Democratic ticket, from lop to bot -1 tom, is superior to tho Republican ticket of our 1 opponents. Ov" Our neighbor of the Volunteer must think wc are easily scared. Did lie think ,ibat hereafter wc wonTd submit to his inspec tion what wc wrote before publishing it. so that nothing might gel into our paper that would shock his .tenstfu’c car I— American. If the editor has concluded to submit bis editorials to nur inspection before he publishes them, wc feci satisfied bis readers will thank him for it. for we will make a much better pa per for them than they now receive. Wcfenr, however, that by (he time wo finish pruning his articles —adding to and striking out —he will not know his own bantlings. Instead of abounding in inconsistencies and falsehoods, (as is now the case,) they shall speak the truth, and defy contradiction. Hon. Thomas S. Bei.i..—The Democrats of Chester County have nominated Judge Bbu. as their candidate for the State Senate. The Phil adelphia PYcss, in speaking of the nomination, says—The ■ nominations of Hon. Thomas S. Beu. (br Senator in Chester and Delaware dis trict, and of Hon. James Nii.l for the Assem bly in Franklin county, are among the good signs of the limes. Such men arc on honor to a parly, and we doubt not that they will go to Harrisburg resolved to do their duty to the State at all hazards. JakrsVekcu, Esq., on the Stump !—Wo nolico that this gentleman, though a candidate for the Supremo Bench, docs not hesitate to participate In the proceedings of the Wihndt meetings in Western counties. The Washing ton Reporter stales that ho was to have follow ed Wihnot in speaking at that plooc, but was prevented by an-engagement in Coutt; and we notice by tho publlahcd-proccedlnga in I'ay cite county, that Mr. Vecch was an active par ticipator in it. We had entertained- a belter opinion of him than to suppose that lie would thus degrade himself and dishonor the high po sition he occupies before the public. It is bad enough for parlies to nominate candidates for Judicial stations on partisan grounds, but ten fold worse for such candidates so far forgetting their own dignity as (o take part in the can vass. tCrllon. Wm. P. Solicit, of Bcdfc Speaker of tho llouso of Ruprosoi 1808, hns boon nomlnatod for tho St by tbo Democrats of tho Bedford, I] and Somerset Wslricl. FXyiMKua' Ilian School.—Tho ai lion for llircc Directors of Iho Furr School of tho State of Pcnnsylvanu at tho farm in Centre county, on 1 of last \?cck. Tho following persont elected : Frederick Watts, of On lion. Jiuncs Miles, of Eric, and Jos) ofDtlMvarc. •JgJt • 11 Union” Disunion. .■' v THo’ ,, Ufrion n 'cflorlB ofour opponents arc meeting with disoalorin all quarters,. Thedis nfieclion is 1 spreading throughout the entire Slate. But fesv of these attempts at harmonic zing political antagonisms for the object of pub lic plunder, will meet with any success. This faot at tfio same time presents rather a queer feature-in opposition consistency. The dissent sion upon the ‘‘Union” State ticket, though quite extensive Is hot so general ns in these lo cal attcmpls.' While the opposition cannot en dure one another at home, they can make a show of gulping down their disgust where the State is concerned. One of the latest 'of the local conflicts occurs in Huntingdon County. The Huntington Jour nal rcfusfcs'to support the county ticket lately nominated by the so-called union convention, and substitutes Levi Evans for the Legislature, in room of Col. S. S. Wharton, the regular nom inee, and, James McElroy for Prothonolary in place of James E. Glasgow, on the same ticket, with Col'. Wharton. The Journal thinks that the Americans were not disposed to play fair, and did hot give the Republicans a big enough ** gobble.” The. Blair County f Vliift, in pursu ance of its own policy proclaims this “consis tent nnd-rjg/jf.” These unhappy “Union” men arc having a most difficult lime of it, and after a few more failures of this description will be inclined to agree with ns that they belter give the matter up as a very “bad job." Negro Suffrages in New York—A Singnlnr Mistake, Among the foolish things clone by the Repub lican Legislature of New York last Winter, was the passage of a joint resolution, sul nit ting to the people an amendment of the & lie Constitution, so as to dispense with the freehold qualification and the three years' residence now required of colored voters. It is necessary to the validity of all amcndtmonls to the Consti tution. that the joint resolution proposing them shall be published for three months previous to the election. But by some blunder which a large portion of the press charge ns intentional, the publication has been delayed until it is 100 late, and by that means the Republican party escape the odium of submitting to the people what could-not fail to be a most unpopular measure. "Whether this failure to print is the result of a trick, as many people shrewdly sus pect, the Republicans, being ashamed of their injudicious measure, or of an actual oversight, it is generally conceded that Governor King is free from alt blame in the matter. The Albany Evening Journal says : WE CONFESS on the pari of REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS TO AN UNCONSCIOUS NEG. LECT OP DUTY, through which Joint Rcsoln (ions adopted})}/ the Legislature, HAVE BEEN LOST! The Statesman is unwilling to be satisfied with this excusn. It says : But who so weak or forgiving ns to suppose that the Regency were “unconscious” of what they were doipg when they strangled iho'Reso lutions providing for the purification of the Ballot Box and wider suffrage ? They as well knew what they were nl>out as when in the Legislature they defeated every attempt to pass a Registry Law and the Personal Liberty Bill. IT WAS A DELIBERATES, PREMEDITA TED ACT, pifpeirated os necessary to the nc- the purposes of the Weed Re gency! • ..... . Mafic tfSttnf toneurrent Resolution having a Job in it/aiind t/sjeay to the proper place and became operative, but these two which related to a pure and extended suffrage were smothered ! Was it accident ?<• Did (in's arise from “nn un- 1 conscious of duly ?” Who believes it ? I I)iFKKnB!«r [W-vra op Doing tub Sa«b Thing ! —ln,'lowa the Republicans vole down directly the (johslituiional amendment enfran chising negroes, In New York they strangle the proposition In Iho Executive Chamber.- The one was: comparatively manly ; the other, incomparably hypocritical and cowardly.— Guilty ns tbcfic pretended champions of freedom are, of acls which should consign the party to oblivion, the leaders sock to divert attention from them by crying out rebellion in iCanys. and tilling the land with excitement over a purely fictitious state of things in that Tcrrlio ry. But the delusion in broken, and the ver [ diet of the people is about to be rendered i against (he guilty parties. CC7" The Philadelphia S'onh Jlnwriccn of Fri day contains the following—Another political parly held its city convention yesterday,- The straight republicans are now in the Hold with their commute of supermtondencc, nominating conventions, etc.. Mins making die fourth party. On the one hand we have the Democratic army, perfect In its (bill ns it always is, and in posess ion of 0*1! the ©Hires, national and municipal, while on the other shin wo have three fragmen tary bodicsi—straight American, straight repub lican, and American republican, meeting and resolving, and working away as though each were sore of success some day or other. K 7" Col. Samuel D. Patterson, a veteran of the press, has taken charge of the editorial de partment of the Norristown Register. and this week the paper appears with a new heading, new types, and other important improvements. A Cambi. Load.— Tho Government camels now at work In Texas, carry GOO pounds of corn at a load, and travel thretf and a-hnlf miles an hour without difficulty. Their great value is noi so much on account of greater stcnglh than the horse, but on account of their ability to make the jorhaita del nuterto , across some of the desert plains of Western Texas. IX7" Ills understood that tho new connUtu lion of lowa has been adopted by the people, but that the separate clause, admitting negroes to Tree suffrage in common with tho whites, has been 1 voted down by a very largo majori ty. Invitation to tub President and Tide President.— I The Chamber of Commerce of Si. Louis has extended on Invitation to the Pre sident and Vice President of the United Slates to bo present on tlw occnhlon of the Agrlcullu al Fail that place, and has appointed a extend to them the hospitalities iw I’itonuoß. —Tho Buffalo Com i “In eplto of tlio scnrclly of money wrncss with which produce cornea iavo received within the lust f( rt* 1,000 hands of flout 1 , half a million icat, and nearly tho sumo amount of week wo flontoll'by canal alone over ids of grain $ aside from (ho grain r, and’other rolling freight sent ly Reasonable Men, Deflect I A feW years ago, says the Clinton Demoevait the opposition to the Democratic party profess ed to believe that the welfare of the Nation de pended on a Protective Tariff. Now they have ns their candidate for Governor an advocate of Free Trade, who was In Congress and voted against their protective tariff Later, they professed that the Catholics and Foreigners threatened rnln to the country, and made it their sole principle of politics that these classes should be prohibited from holding office and voting. So essential did they regard this profession, that they organized “Connells” and placed their members under the obligation of an oath to vote against all Catholic and torolgn born citizens. Now they openly repudiate the latter halt of this profession (hoping by this subterfuge to get the votes of foreign born citi zens) —abandon their councils, their oaths, and their party name—and tell ns that the fato of the nation now depends on making war on the Southern States f Once the tariff was every- thing—then Catholics and Foreigners wire eve rything—now Negroes are everything f All this shows the opposition to be a party of humbugs, ready to make any profession to suit the times, and sincere in nothing. Will sober minded people act with such a patty 7 Why not join the old Democracy, who never change; who have made this nation what It is, who have governed it with a degree of success which com mands the admiration of the world—the party of the people, the Constitution, and of the whole Nation-—who would have white men to govern us—who would have the people of every State to live as brethren, in religious harmony and brotherly love —the only party that has the nerve to fight fanaticism in every form and on all oc casions, which never stoops to compromise with error for the sake of success —the great party of Jefferson and Jackson, of Snyder and Sbunk, which proclaims equality of rights and privile ges to all white men, and maintains the right of white men to govern themselves every where and on all occasions! The Tonnage Till, XVc might occupy a column of our paper with resolutions adopted by recent democratic Coun ty Meetings and Conventions, ngninsltlio repeal of wliat is called the “tonnage lax," but deem it unnecessary to do so. The fact farm ers, mechanics and tax payors generally, of the State, are almost universally opposed to repeal; and it is right that they should be, because to repeal that tax, would only benefit corporations whoso Stock and Bonds aro held In largo amounts by British capitalists, and nt the same time add to (ho burdens of (he tax paying mass of our cil- From the numerous resolutions which have come under our notice, we give the followingas specimens of Democratic sentiment on this sub ject- The Lancaster County Democracy thus ex press themselves: Resolved That, we nro in favor of Mm early payment of the State debt and a reduction of the present burthensome (axes, nml consequent- j Jy wo are opposed to flic repeal of (he lonngo j tax,and any appropriation ot (lie commonwealth’s money 01 credit to any corporation or railroad enterprise. The Democrats of Perry County unanimous ly— Rewired, That the Representative! candidates (his day nominated bo requested to give to the democratic standing committee of this county, for publication, a pledge In writing that they will not, it elected, either directly.or indirectly vote or use their Influence toyeloas? any corpo ration from,ony fftarafton M subject to, either on its capital or business', nor support to aid in the passage of any Law giving to a corporation any exemption from taxation or liability which is notposcsscd by every clli een of (iiis commonwealth. Tub Bohdeii Ruffians And Bostonians.— Since tho “pacification” of Kansas, (ho “Bor der Ruffians” and Iho Bostonians, between whom there .used to exist such a mortal antagonism, bavo become the fastest friends tn the world.— They have conceived, mutually, tho warmest affection for each other, and, burying tho toma bawk-of past quarrels, are cultivating that affec tion with tho most dilllgcnt pafns. Tho “Border Ruffians have the finest, fattest lands in Iho world, but no railroads, while tho Bostonians 1 have money to bnlln'rKllroads with, and arc will- ing to Invest it wherever ills likely to prove profitable. This state ot things is tho basis of tho new friendship between lhDolo full, while our imports of Sugar and Molasses will be very light. The prospect for Indian Corn—our.grcal Na tional staple from Maine to Texas—remains to be considered. Next to Grass, if not even be fore it. this is our most important product, largely supplying food for man and beast, and forming in the Shape of Beef. Pork and Wins key, ihe basis of a considerable export. In tins section, Corh is quite luxuriant, but late, and in danger of destruction by an early frost TTo need a full fortnight of mainly dry. bright weather, lo carry the Corn Beyond the reach of danger. A frost now Would destroy half the crop. The earth is saturated with water ; the days but moderately warm, though clear and bright, with cool, breezy nights. Few factions ( have been deluged by rains throngbout Spring [ and Summer as ibis lias ; but cron where Juno and July were remarkably hot and dry. there have generally been heavy rains in August, which tend to postpone the ripening of-the crop. A smart frost any time this month would do great damage. Should this peril lie Provi dentially averted, we may rejoice over one of the amplest harvests that ever blessed the Country. A Domestic Tragedy.— A noted house of ill repute, In Market street, below Thirteenth, Phil adelphia, was searched on Saturday, by (bo po lice; and from it Elisabeth Tay lor, the wife of Mr. Robert Taylor, sftlng busi ness }n Seventh street, beloW Ghosimt, by a war rant granted by Alderman Ernie, upon complaint of llio husband. Mrs. T. is a woman of picpo- sosslng appearance, nncl by no means Inelegant manners. Site was taken from (bo -above place at about six o’clock In thosTqomlOg) and com mitted to prison in default or*'bail. Site was subsequently released. On Sunday ovedingtho unhappy woman went on board tho ferry-boat Mary, plying to Camden, and, when midway across tho river, plunged overboard. With groat difficulty she was rescued, and taken In j charge by somo persons residing across tho rlv- sr. Tho parties formerly lived In Camden ; and it Is stated that somo lima since, In tho absence nf her husband, tho woman causedtho furniture to be removed to Philadelphia and sold at auc tion, and that she appropriated tho proceeds to her own purposes. ITow tub Law is V indicatkd in England. —A ship lately Failed 1 from England with a re markable freight. It was a convict-ship. It boro as condenud prisoners, Sir John Dean Paul and his two partners, BoicsondSlfaham • Rcdpnlh, n wholesale forger ; Robson, the CV33. lal Palace swindler ; and Seward, a barrister, who, after a successful career of fraud, that had lasted for more than twenty years, had been finally delected'. These men were all well educated, hod enjoyW good social positions, and were opparcnily above the reach of suspic ion. "The impulation-of a petty falsehood; or a mean shnfflle," to quote the words of a Lon don newspaper, "would-have filled them with indignation; and yet, at this moment, they wear tho convict'd dress, and herd with the com mon mob of vulgar criminals, the touch of whoso passing garments would once have been held a foul pollution." Mas. CuNNiNajiAM.—The grand Jury of (lie city ami county of New Vork have found a true bill against Mrs. Cunningham, charging her with fraudulently producing a false heir to tho Durdull estate. The indictment contains sev eral counts, and Is drawn altogether according to the law in such cases made and provided Mrs. C. had previously boon admitted to bail on the charge involved in the indictment. It is stated that now (he Indictment baa been found (lie District Attorney could again demand bail, but be bad announced that rather than incur the charge of persecuting a woman, and oven such as Mrs. C., ho would decline availing him* Bolf of that prlvilcdgoj while he would agree bolt r j J udgo Peabody (hat tho fact of on indict ment having been found was an additional icns on fur him to retuso surotlos that wow excep tionable. Tho matter coming up subsequently in tho Court of Sessions, Mr. Hall objected to one of tho sureties, Mr. Wilt, because ho was a material witness in tho charge against Mrs. 0., but tho Judge allowed him to remain. Tho trial will take place in the court of Oyer andTortnl ner, a motion to (hat effect having boon granted, at the Instance of Mis. fl.’scounsel; It remains to.bo soon, honcop what will bo done with the defendant In the promises. Bo fur as wo are concerned, wp arc willing aho should have tho benefit ot all tho charity she demands, and wo leave her hence toa Jury ofher country. GiiAssiioiTjtna in Mahyland—Grasshop pcrs wo Bold lo bo so very plentiful In Cecil county, Jld. t that In some places Iho seed clo ver, through whole Helds, and In many gardens the lops of heels and other vegetables, aro en tirely eaten up. Republicanism but pother. Name for Atoll. ' tionlsfa. Gcrtain.professing American journals hcrca bouts, in tjnrpay of Black. Republicanism, strive hard to satisfy the public that Black R C I publican is not AbdUtionisra ; but the National Era, the long established and fully recognized organ of the Abolitionists, confirms the charge that Republicanism and Abolitionism are iden. tical in practice. It has been Hie practice even for the modern Republicans to deny this, but here we have tho charge direct from one of their own organs. Rcad.it carefully “We do not intend these facßfrslmll be lost sight of. The early nbQlilionists so far ns our influence can go, shall not bediscrcditcd through ignorance and prejudice. There arc Republl. cans, so called, who would separate their move ments entirely from that which.those much abused men originated. They cannot do it; the movements arc one; the early Abolitionists were only tho pioneers.” From the Rochester Union o/Sepi. % Startling Dcvelopemcnls, One of our hitherto esteemed and influential citizens was this day arrested upon a charge of a dreadful—a diabolical crime; and from what we gather from official and authentic sources we believe the testimony is very strong if not conclusive as to the guilt of the accused. The person to whom we allude is John R. Robertson, cashier of the Eagle Bank. He was l arrested by Chief Police Oviatt, on a warrant issued by Po ice Justice Cardwell, on plication of District Attorney Huson. The’ warrant charges Mr. Robertson with attempt ing to produce tho death of his wife by admin istering certain medicines, drugs, or compounds procured by him for that purpose. Some few days since Mr. Robertson applied to Ur. Joseph fhegler, his family physician, to administer to Mrs. Robertson some medicine winch would tend to hasten her death by in creasing the liability to certain diseases with winch she was atlhcled. We understand that the diseases to which she was deemed liablcand strongly predisposed, are apoplexy and disease of the heart. Hence medicines which would increase the circulation, it is supposed would produce one or the other of those diseases. Dr. Biegler was surprised that such a propo sition had been made to him and at once con sulted certain citizens whom he regarded as fnendly to him. and they went to the District Attorney. I’nder tho directions of that officer, steps were taken to confirm tho statement of Dr. H-, and the District Attorney states that they were fully confirmed in every particular. •Dr. B. Rave Mr. Robertson certain compounds, from time (o lime, which he, Robertson, sup posed well designed lo produce the effect, and it is believed that these compounds were ad ministered. The arrest was made while Mr. R. was at his place behind the counter of the Eagle Bank, and must Imre overwhelmed him, whether guilty or innocent. Mr. Robertson is a gen tleman who has stood high in this city, where he has resided a dozen years or more. ’ He was for some years receiver for the Central Rail* road Company nt the Rochester Station ; sub sequently he was engaged at tho Rochester Savings Bank, and for the Inst two years has been Cashier of tho Engle Bank. He is a gen tleman of wealth wo believe, and up to this time his character has l>ccn f cir. Mrs. Robertson is a lady of excellent stand ing. and esteemed highly we beUevo, by her acquaintances. Prom the Pocket! cr American Sept- The Robertson A/foir —Fnrllier Pnrllcnlnft. As might have been expected, the excitement cnusid by the announcement uf the arrest of John B Robertson yesterday, was most intense and widc-sprendv No ciiclimslanco that has occurred here for many years has caused any thing like the commotion raised’by this most unfortunate and deplorable ofluiri , Of course public scntimertt is divided and did opinions expressed ore almost as numerous and varied as the number of those who utter therth Some do rot h&iuto io avow the belief that the charge against Mr. Robemon baa its origin' in a deep laid conspiracy against him, the mo tive for which is found in certain tmnsodlion* some time past, with which Mr. RobcrisOtrhatf no ostensible connection. It must be a sourse of gratification to' Mr. Robertson, whether he is guilty or innocent, that immediately on tho promulgation of thlr horrible charge, friends almost numberless. And Comprising among them men of tho very high* eat character and standing, socially and finan cially. flocked about, him to oiler advice, aid and sympathy in the'ealamity which hos over' taken him. It is stated that when the alleged suggestion* was made by Mr. Robertson to Dr. J. Beiglcr, that the Doctor communicated with the Dis* trict Attorney, by whoso advice the plan was laid to entrap Mr. Robertson. Why did not the District Attorney ro to Mr. Robertson and inform him of the charge and enjoin him to desist from his purpose ! 16 was unnecessary to bring about this great pul*' he scandal, and to ruin the character of a mart v °l m " Bto °d always as fair ond honorable as - Mr. Robertson. - 1 his much may bo said, even supposing Mr. Robertson guilty t but the public voice is yet m his favor, and it will require overwhelming proof of the most positive nature, to destroy the confidence of this community lk Robertson. . » The parlies immediately Interested in it, liiff, wife and her brothers, one of whom was to' the city yesterday, scout tho whole affair osa’ conspiracy. It must hare been highly drnma k ‘ lie when Mr- K., attended' by the Chid of the' Police, entered the presence of biff wife and to k formed her that this wri» the Chief, rind’that h */ [Mr. Robertson] wan under arrest for a con' Rpiracy to tokclicr life. No wonder She laughed tho assert tort ’ c * r ® * age, of a respectable family, and a metnbe his Church. Ik* had persuaded her to his house, (in the abscitce of his wife) wdur m pretence or desiring her to' assist several « young ladies of his congregation Irt the books of his library. Whcnshctnlcrcd w. library, she was Htuprificd to find herself a * hut was prevailed upon to remain, and uu& ; her Blay there, tho libidinous scoundrel fiu ded in accomplishing the poor girl’s nun* Great excitement watt aroused among® , people of Burlington, when the pci*p«t rnt . . the outrage bccamo known, nn^,^ ic ,f hypocrite was obliged to flee for life. Mo • cteded' in getting oil. Had ho been tak * high ran the public indignation, ho would, probably have been lynched. [O" Extract of a letter, dated Angus ' 1857, from an intelligent gentleman in XJla l Ills correspondent in Washington. . “ Polygamy Ih its most detestable practiced in a few cases of which I ' , ® vc * u u r In one ease a man was ‘scaled’ to both ft w woman and her daughter: id nnqtl^icr* . half-sister. The vice la becoming genera » on . somuoh that a man is questioned in Ins rc ‘ p who refuses to practise it. And' all this mwe of our hohj religion-”