AMERICAN VOLUNTEER,
«M B. BMTTM, Bdllo, fc Piapilttor ,
OARLTtiLK, PA., OCT. 22, 1857.
Tnu Faibj—Tho Fall of the Cumberland Co.
. Agricultural Society doled on Saturday tail.
Part of tho time tlio woathor was unfavorable,
which operated agalnßllho exhibition and d|.
tnlolahcd tho receipts of the Society. Tho tan*
cy article! on exhibition, although not a! numer
ous at last year, word of Biiporlor quality, ond
tho horses, cattle, swine, &c. gave evidence that
our farmers oro beginning to pay more atten
tion to the raising of good stock. The Fair was
well attended, and the whole thing ’pawed oil
without accident and to tho credit oi oil con
tented.
BEBOCBJTIC MJBORITIES IS OUR COUNTV.
Ihe following «ro tho mnjoriiics for the Dem
©erotic candidates in this county :
Packer's majority'over Wilmot, 612 j Sirick-
Uod over Milliard. 673; Strong and Thorop
•on over Veech and Lewis, 677; Stuart over
Henderson, 434. over Kennedy, 657; Brandi
over Henderson, 294. over Kennedy,sl7; Quig
ley over Keepers. 829 : Croft over Myers, 644;
Erolnger over Hostetler, 458: Brickcrover Lou
den, 429; Megaw over McKinney, 714; Trim
ble over Mumma, 536; Duke over McClure,
505.
Well done, old Mother Cumberland ! AH
b6nor and praise to her invincible Democratic
sons! We feel proud of our county—proud of
people—proud of the party to which we be
long.' Our opponents cannot have the lame ex*
cosetooffer that thoy were not united, forthere
was a perfect union of the Republicans and
Know-Nothings ngninsfi the Democratic parly.
They made the issue themselves, too, by again
dragging the slavery question into the contest,
and making it the hobby before 'he people.—
Notwithstanding the verdict of the freemen ot
Pennsylvania last fall on this question, our op
ponents are so completely wedded to abolition
doctrines, that the}* could not refrain from
again taking the field in defence of their cher
ished principle. They have again been defeat
ed, and their great champion has received a
rebuke such as no man ever receivedin Penn
sylvania. Twice, therefore, have the people
passed judgment upon this Issue, and wo hope
our opponents arc now satisfied- Few counties
in the Stale are entitled to more credit than old
Mother Cumberland. Our majority, 012, is t>
proud one. and worthy of our people and our
county. Lot our Democratic friends of the dif
ferent townships remain united, and let hnrmo
ny prevail iu all our councils, and we wilt soon
be able to give 1000 majority against our op
ponents. no difference what name they may
hereafter fight under, or what principles they
may advocate.
OrnciALVoTC roa Mkmbebs.— The following
la the official vote in this district for members
of Assembly :
Cumberland, Perry.
Hugh Stuart, 8098 1948
Charles C- Brandi, 2068 1087
R, M. Henderson, 2064 1720
Jeaso Kennedy, 2441 1758
By the above it will bo seen that Stuart's ma
jority in the district over Henderson, is 056,
over Kennedy 852; Brandt’s majority over Hen
derson, -'>os, over Kennedy, 701. That will do
The “ Belie/ Bill."
Wo publish, on our first page, the bill for
the relief of the Hanks, as passed and signed I
by the Governor. The measure manifestly, In
fixing the date of a resumption of specie pay
ments as early as April, not only contemplates
farther action by the next Legislature, but
what is now & universally conceded necessity
—a complete and thorough revision of the
whole system. Nor is this feeling confined to
the general public. Business men, whose in
terests have been sacrificed or jeoparded by
the severe Bank contraction, arc eat neatly de
sirous of guarding against a recurrence of like
disaster: while many Bank offi
cers rcad-ly admit the manifested and glaring
defects of tbo system under which they arc op
erating.
Pbovoxino. —R. J. Haldeman. the Demo
cratic candidate for the Stale Senate in the
Dauphin and Lebanon District, is defeated by
his Republican opponent, John B. Rimma
#OßD, by a dozen voles! Dauphin-old Fed
eral, itolNMasonio, Know-Nothing. Abolilion-
Iscd Dauphin, with its usual eight or ten hun
dred 4 opposition majority—gave a majority to
Hxldbman of 688! Little benighted Lebanon,
however—a county in which- tbs Common
school* have not yet had' much offl'Cl— gives
Rctheufobd a majority of 700, which defeats
HaLDBMAN by 12 votes ! Had Uauiruan had
m few more working hours, ho would have been
elected. As it is, ho has made the greatest run
of any man in the State, and'has redeemed a
county heretofore considered impregnable. Ail
honor to old Dauphin—a county that has so
long been ruled by designing demagogues, who,
to accomplish their own sinister purposes, arc
at all times-ready to profess anything and eve
rything, and to resort to the lowest and- basest
means to secure office and power. The recent
result in that county is evidence that the people
of Dauphin have at length had their eyes open
ed, and will no longer obey the behests of un
principled. leaders.
Till AMEKEMBNTS. —Tho proposed Amend-
StCDtfl to our Slate Constitution, submitted to
the people nt the late election, have been adopt
ed by a very large majority. There were four
Amendments to bo voted upon. One limits the
Slate in the amount of debt it may contract to
3760,000, except to repel invasion oi*'to repress
domestic insurrection, ond also prohibits the
lending of the credit of (he Commonwealth to
any individual or corporation, and the Com
monwealth from becoming a joint owner or
Stockholder in any association or corpoiation.
The second amendment deprives the Lrgislar
(are of the power to divide counties without
(be assent of the voters of such counties. The
(bird provides for t|ie apportionment of repre
sentatives throughout the State, and-tho divis
jODiOf thoclty, of Philadelphia into-senatorial
and representative districts; and the fourth
gives power to the Legislature to alter, revoke,
or annul any charter of Jucorporntjon whenever
It is-deemigl injurious to tho citizens.
Election or llon. John K. Findlay.— The
majority for tho Hon. John K. Findlay, Demo
crat.of Pbilada., for President Judge of (ho
Judicial Dlitrlcl composed of the counties of
Woithamptop, Lehigh, Monroe ond Pike, Is from
1600 to 1700 over U. D. Maxwell, tho present
incumbent.
ATTEMPTIM TO mow FOR their defeat.
Now that tho election ia over, and General
PAOXen la,triumphantly elected Governor of our
noble the opposition Joorn
als arc atready to account for their
humiliating defeat. One gives this reason, an
other give* that, but no two of them agree as
to the real cause. Wo propose to relieve them
of their difficulties, by pointing out to them
Spine of the errors they committed in (ho present
os well ns in former campaigns. Wo hope the
suggestions we throw out. mny enlighten and
improve them, morally and politically.
First, then, tho opposition, or more properly
speaking, the Republican anil American parly,
for the last quarter of a century, has been con
sistent in nothing except Its inconsistency. —
Our opponents formerly held to certain dogmas
for several years together, and fought a number
of battles by adhering to professed but ill-de
fined principles. Not so recently, however
For years past they have not only changed their
name every year, but also professed to a change
of sentiment in regard to public questions.—
When Joseph Ritneii was elected Governor
(in 1835, we believe.) the opposition called
themselves the Anti-Masonic party. They
were not Whigs or Abolitionists then, nor did
they care a fig for the tariff; their whole stock
in trade consisted in denouncing and opposing
the Masonic Fraternity, and all other secret as
sociations. They professed to hate a man who
belonged to a secret society worse than they did.
tho Prince of Darkness. Their papers pub
lished most awful lies during the Anti-Masonic
excitement, and the ignorant portion of the peo
ple were made believe that their liberties os well
as their lives were in danger. They rode into
power upon this hobby, ond Toad. Stevens
was the high-pricsl of the State Administration,
and the acknowledged leader of the new party.
We need not now refer to the corruptions and
imbecility cf that administration, for the people
are familiar with the outrages that were com
mitted by it during the three years onr State
was cursed and disgraced by its existence.—
At the first opportunity it was swept out of
power by an indignant people, notwithstanding
they had been threatened with •' buck-shot and
ball,” if they attempted to carry out the sen
tence pronounced'at (be ballot-box.
The opposition being out of power, the know
ing ones engaged their spare lime in concocting
plans to regain what they had lost. Most of
them favored the plan to go back to old princi
ples, an<l again assume the name of Whi£, and
give up the Anti-Masonic humbug. But this
proposition was opposed by the old leaders of
the Antr-BSasonic party, and a split was likely
to be the consequence. They were then in
about the same position they are now —two
parties iu one. But. they were anxious to head
off the democracy, and ready then, as they arc
now, to do.anything, fair or foul, to accomplish
•their sinister designs. They therefore agreed 1
to unite their factions, and to nominate candi
dates from both, and call their ticket the “Un
ion State Ticket." In counties where the An-
ti Masonic feeling prevailed, as to Adams, Dau
phin. Ac., their candidates for the County offi
ces were nominated as Anti-Masons: in coon*
tics where the Whigs were in the majority,
they were supported ns Whigs. They eared
nothing for principles, for they had none, but
each man was governed according to the feeling
of his locality. But, they were ogaiu defeated
in the State, as well as in most of the counties.
Gov. PoriTEii was rc-clcclcd by a large majori
ty, and this sealed (he fate of the Anli-Alasaid*
pari/. Stnco tDen we hare beard nothing of
the Anti-Masons.
The opposition, having been defeated as Anti-
Masons, and as Anti-Masonic-Whigs, they
concluded to again assume (heir old name oft
“ Whig/’ Under the name of Whig, they ad
vocated a high tariff, a distribution of the |
proceeds from the sales of tho public lands, a 1
United States Bank, and a paper currency
Clay and Weostp.k were the recognized lead
ers of the Whig party, and then it was that
the Democracy had to grapple with a foe nei
ther conicmptiblc in numbers nor deficient in
greatness. But. alas and alack ! evil councils
again prevailed, and-(ho great Whig party
“went out.” The old Anti-Masons, those men
who a few years before bod turned pale at the
mere mention of a secret association, yielded
their prejudices, and formed themselves into o
sworn secret party, with Ned Buntlinb at
(heir head, and Ned Darned them “ Know-
Nothings." This miserable, corrupt, and cow
ardly party plotted in tho dark, and the only
principle they professed—-if principle ft can be
called—was opposition to foreigners and the
Catholic religion. But, notwithstanding the
great success of this party the first year of its
existence, it soon broke down with tho weight
of its own corruption. 7n nearly every county
this faction of fag-ends ha<bfr paper to advocate
its absurd-and wicked' doctrines, but tho more
papers they started the worse the Know-Noth
ings fared. Two years, and this infamous par
ty gave up the ghost—like its predecessor, the
Whig party, the Know-Nothing party was also
dead. Tho Abolitionists (lien formed themselves
into a parjy. and either' bought or compelled
the Know-Nothings to Join (hem. Our. Food
bought up (be Know-Nothing papers, at about
8500 each, and thus tho Know-Nothings were
betrayed and sold by their own porly editors!
Sambo took tho place of Sam, and tho two-last
campaigns have boon fought under his auspices,
lie has been defeated in both, and we judge the
Republicans, as Republicans, have fought their
la«t battle io this State.
Thus, it will bo seen, our opponents are
"everything by tarns, and nothing long.”—
One year they oppose the Democracy by pro
fessing to bo hostile to secret* associations.—
Again, they join a secret association themselves,
and swear to oppose alt men who db not belong
to their order. Again, they oppose us because
we cannot agree with them that a high protec
tive tariff is necessary for the country, and
then, to show their hypocrisy, they support an
avowed Free-trade man for Governor—the same
man they denounced, a few years since, as a
"British IVco-trado tory!” Ohr opponents
have been consistent in nothing—(hey are not
two years tho same thing—(hey are (we meat!
the leaders,) dishonest and- unprinciplfcd, and 1
oppear to consider the people fools. Hence
their defeats. They may rely upon- it they
never can prevail against tho Democratic party
—the party of tho people, tho party that has
made our country what it is. Democracy has
conquered, atjtl wilt conquer, for all time to
come. a r
C - Some of tho Now York hotels have re
i ducod their prices from sg,6o per day to 62.
THE jmiom AD.IIINISTBITIOS.-
Tho result of tho election in (his Stale must
bo higjily gratifying (o President BuenAMAM,
and the able men who compose his Cabinet—
Had a majority oi tho people of Pennsylvania
cast their votes for tho Agitator, Wilmot; it
would hove been regarded by our opponents a*
a rebuke to the administration, and particular
ly to tho policy it has pursued in regard to
Kansas. It would have served os another oc
casion for abandoned and prolligptc presses to
open their flood gates, ond to deal in anathemas
against the venerable President and Ills consti
tutional advisers. President Bucuanan, tre
jfciioir, felt a deep interest in our late Sloto con
test ; and we repeat, tho result must bo highly
gratifying to him. Tl Is the first expression of
the people of his native State since he assumed
the responsible duties of the trust confided to
his hands. Tho expression is emphatic—the
people havF proclaimed, in tones of thunder,
that the Administration is right and the Black
Republicans wrong. The Kansas policy of the
Administration is endorsed by the people of
Pennsylvania by the unprecedented majority of
45,000. Will our opponents now do justice to
the adminissration ?—will they, now that the
people have endorsed Its policy, acknowledge
that they were not giving expression to the
voice of the people when they assailed it ond
misrepresented its motives ? Wo shoU 6CC.
Wnr Don’t tub Basks But Specie ? —The
Banks hove, for several years past, been divi
ding enormous profits amongst their stockhold
ers, in the shape of dividends. They have been
growing rich at the expense of their customers
and others. Why don’t they now show a wil
lingness to do something for the people in re
turn, by taking a portion of these profits and
buying specie with It so as to be able to ac
commodate the people with change? There is
plenty of gold and silver in the country, but it
commands a premium. Individuals have to go
into the market and buy it—and why should’nt
the Banks do (he same? Let them suspend
their dividends for six months, and appropriate
their surplus fund to the purchase of specie,
and they can at once relieve the community.—
It is not fair that the people should be at the
whole loss, in consequence of the suspension of
the Banka. The Banks and those who have
been dividing the immense profits of these In
stitutions for the last ten years or more, should
bo willing to bear a part of Che loss. An in
vestment of a few thousand dollars in this way
(which would bo a small matter to a Bank)
would enable Hie institution to furnish the
community with the so much needed change.
The Revulsion anotiikGovbbnubnt.'—The
U. S. Government in taking measures to ascer
tain the cficct of the revulsion upon the foreign
commerce of the country, and upon the con
sumption of imported goods. With this end
h> view, the Collectors of the Customs have
been instructed to get the opinions of intelli
gent merchants upon the probable amount of
importations for the next twelve or eighteen
months; the probable change in the price of
the more important articles of import: and also
the probable amount of goods now in warehouse
that will be withdrawn for consumption during
the residue of the current fiscal year, with any
other information that may bear upon the sub
ject. The Secretary of the Treasury wishes
this information in order (o aid him in the prep
aration of the usual estimates to Congress.
Death of a Duelist.—Kentucky papersan
yvars the publisher of a newspaper in Frank
fort, and public printer of the State, and c6n
nectcd with'lbo most stirring political events of
the Stale In former days, lie on.ee fought a
bloody and fatal duel, and was himself a crip
ple for life from it. This duel took place five
and thirty years ago. It grew out of a militia 1
training. Holeman. who was commander of a
company, was followed, while on duty, by a
favorite dog. A subordinate officer, who was
oOcndod by the dog’s antics, drew his sword
and cut the innocent animal in twain. Holeman
, remarked that whoever would perpetrate such
i an act was a coward and a scoundrel. A dial
- lenge to mortal combat was the consequence.—
It was accepted, and the parlies met near the
Stale House at Frankfort, Kentucky, and fought
desperately for two hours and upwards: the
antagonist of Holeman was killed, and the lat
ter escaped with desperate wounds. Among
those who witnessed the duel were Henry Clay.
John 0. Crittenden, and Jesse Blcdosc —the
latter then one of the most brilliant and distin
guished orators of Kentucky- Holeman was
arraigned, charged with the crime of wilful
murder, and. after a long and exciting trial,
was acquitted. Mr. Clay and Mr. Crittenden
espoused Uu cause of Holeman.
Cukster Couktt.—We are glad to sec that
our friend Hodgson, of the Jeffersonian, and the
whole Democratic ticket elected in Chester
county. Col. 11. will make a capital member of
the IjCgislainro.
The Trenton American says that some
of the mechanics and. worklngmctvof that place
arc contemplating holding a meeting to enter
into combination to purchasn flour by the quan-
at cheaper rales, and further says that
tills has been done already by the workmen in
the locomotive works in’that city.
Heavy'Failuiib.— I Tho greotest failure that
has yet happened, is that of Mr. David Wil
mot. which look placoon Tuesday oflast week.
Ills deficiency is supposed ,lo bo some 45,000,
while the assets are very small.
Out op Employment.— ; Tho manufacturing
establishments in New York appear to have re
duced tho numbers of their operatives much
more than in Philadelphia. Tho Times gives a
liH of about forty different establishments from
winch the number of persons who have been
discharged for want of employment is 11,000-
Other establishments aro -on half wages and
some on half lime.
A GBNHnAi.tiuBPBNsioH.—AH the 62 banka
of the city of New York have suspended specie
payments. This occurred on Wednesday last,
and was followed next day by the Boston and
Albany franks, and the New England institu
tions without an exception. Tho suspension is
now general north and.east of Pennsylvania.
A Conrsß with a Lips PiiKssnvEa oh.—
On Saturday about noon, the Star of the West
passed the dead body of a man floating upon
tho surface supported- by a- life-preserver. It
was off tho capo of Virginia, and’ the sea was
rough at tho time. It was supposed to bo one
of tho passengers of tho Central America.
OUR GLORIOUS VICTORY!
The Nafuninl Administration
Endorsed.
ElcellOT of Ifom William F, Porker and the
Whole Dcraotrollc Ticket,
PENNSYLVANIA RE AFFIRMS HER
DECISION OF 1850.
01d*0umtierland on the Side of
Reason and Right.
THE LEGISLATURE LARGELY DEM-
OCIUTIC.
DI.AOK 11EPUBLICANISH AND KNOW-NOTUINO-
IBM OVERTHROWN
TUB OLD KBVSTONd TRCE TO lIBRSEI.K— I TRUR
‘ TO TUB CONSTITUTION AND TUR ITNION —
TRUE TO UCR IUPERISnADLK RENOWN
—TROB TO* THE' PRINCIPLES OF
SELF-GOVERNMENT AND TUB
RIGHTS OP TRE STATES.
' In our next we tope to be able to give the
official vole of the* entire Slate. Suffice it to
say at this time, thjit the Democracy of Penn
sylvania have achieved one of the most glorious
triumphs that has {raced the Keystone S:nlc
for many years, general Packer’s majority,-
it is believed, is son;o
45,000!!
The whole- Democratic State Ticket is elected
by from 30,000 to 40.000 majority, nnd we
have both brandies of the Legislature I The
Democracy never before gave the State a more
complete sweeping than they did on the 13th
instant. Every comer was penetrated, nnd our
zebra opponents were pul to flight in nearly all
their strong holds. Once more has Pennsylva
nia voted nay on scttinnnl agitation and disun
ion : once more hasahe placed the seal of con
demnation upon Pluck Republicanism and
night-owl Know-Njtlnngism, Lei the shout
go up—“ Well (lont, Primst/lranm, God bless
TAB RLEtTlim.
California.—Tf|e mnjoiily for Gov. Weller
is about 11,000 ovc/ belli his competitors of the
Black Republican olid Know-Nothing stripo.—
This Is truly a granting result, and ono that
our Democratic friends of the golden State may
justly bo proud of.
Mississippi.—Tho *leclion in Mississippi has
resulted, as was cipcclod, in (ho complete
triumph of the Denhcrotic party all over tho
State.
Onto.—Tho clcct|in is running very close.—
Tho Democratic ga'ns have been tremendous,
and it is thought wefiavo elected our candidate
for Governor, and aiujority ol the Legislature.
Tho Republicans figure up a majority for Gov.
Ghaso of 1024, wblb the Democrats claim 800
mnlorily for tbeir candidate.
lowa. —Tho return so far as received, would
seem to Indicate (hit tho Democracy hare also
carried this Shale. l -
Daltihobe.*— As jsual the Plug Uglics have
carried the munlclml election, electing their
candidates In nil tho waids but the eighth. In
several of (ho wardl the Democrats were driven
from the polls from voting.
Minnesota.— Tbo,'; election In Minnesota has
gone ; ~
Edncqllon of Cirli,
The suljjocl of jihyslcnl education isbcginlng
to attract attention. The following remarks
are from tho Busted Courier, written by ibo ed
itor after having attended a school festival at
FanouU Hall : \
“But there was one thing wo noticed which 1
did throw n Utile shadow over our thoughts.— 1
Wo stood on the pltitlorm, very near the boys I
and girls, ns they passed hy to receive a hoquet
at the hands of the Mayor. We could not help 1
observing that not j»no girl in ten had the air
and look of good health. There wore very many
lovely countenance!) —lowly with an expression
of Intellect und goodness—hut they were like
fair flowers restlng.upon n fragile stock. Nar
row chests, round shoulders, meagre forms, pal
lid-chocks, wore far too common. There wA
a general want irv tlivir movements of the buoy*
rtnoy and pivacity hi youth nnd childhood. The
heat of (he day and the nervous exhaustion of
tlio occasi'ui were lo bo thkcji into tlio account
and duo allowance should' Uo made for them.
But this was not sho first time (lint wo wore
forced to (ho conaluirion Mint hero In Boston, in
the ed’ucnlhin'of girl*, the body It lamentably
neglected. And it is ••very great' ond serious
neglect, the consequences bP which will not
etid with (ho sufTtiibrs (homtolvcih Of what tiao is
it to learn all of thinperduringthn first six
teen years of life, find stutf (he brain’ with, all
kinds of knowledge, if tbo price bo a Ibeblb or
diseased body f A finely endowed mind that*
up in a sickly body it like a bright light in. a
broken lantern, liable to be blown out by a pufl>
of wind or extinguished by a dash oi rain.
[C7* "It is n>y honest opinion," says Mr.
Blobbs. *• that oqt of one hundred young ladies
who dress well otherwise, but whose shoes arc
generally found badly filling and down at the
heel, and whoscj stockings arc wrinkled and
twisted about the leg, not one out of that num
ber will make mat housekeepers. Innate lore
of neatness will hot permit a lady to overlook
propriety in masters of this kind, though gen
erally on account of sweeping drosses, unno
tlccd- " I have! seen,*’ says Mr. Blobbs. “an
elegant bonnet, shawl, and dress to match, pa
rading Brodway. and' the lady wave her para
sol. to an omnibus, ond upon placing her fool
upon the step, sir,” poid Blobbs, gravely, •• 1
Teamed more of (ior true character, by the sight
of that shoo and-Blocking t than a year's visi*
ting would have given juo ; (hat Indy lost caste
by that miserable old shoo and* twisted, care
lessly worn stocking.” Blobbs is n philoso
pher.
Adams County.— Our frlond Stable, of the
Gettysburg Compiler, Binds us good iiqws.—•
Tlio entire Dcmocmtlc ticket, from lop to bot
tom, is elected. Packer's- minority Is 8601—
Tlio Democrats candidate for the Legislature,
Will, has cleaned out die great Mussulman l
(D* President Buchanan has directed one of
the now SloopsVof War, ordered by Congress,
to be built at iho Philadelphia Navy Yard-
This will dflbyd- employment during the fall
and winter to hundreds of’ mechanics.
ItT* THo bill passed by the Slato Legislature
last winter, authorizing. the extension of tbo
Easton Bank charter and on increase of 5200,-
000 to thclr capilal. ulilcli the Governor did
not qlgn, became a Ihw on Friday lost without
Ins signature, ho having failed to return it
within three days after the assembling of the
Legislature In the recent special session.
" RMW-MTIIIM VICTOnV WO ItlimDEß.
Baltimore Id (he only oily or town In Itio Unt
ied Stales, wo believe. Hint linn not crushed out
Know-Nolhlnglam. Hintlll-folcd city Instill
under the control of llio sworn minions of Nan
Dukti.iKß. Know Nothlnglsm continues to
nourish In poor degraded Baltimore, end every
election, whether for municipal or Slnlo offi
cer), Is made n holiday for Infamous rowdies to
gratify their thirst for blood. Murder nnd
Know-Nothing victories nrc synonymous—the
one cannot occur without being attended by
the other. The people of Baltimore are com
plclcly at the nlcrcy of the Know-N,idling row
dies of the city, nnd few decent men attempt to
vote at the elections-.
An election—or, rather we might call it, a
gathering together of murderers, rowdies and
thieves—look place in that city on Wednesday
of last week, for municipal officers. Four men
were murdered, 70 wounded, and the Know-
Nothings of course had things their own way.
Baltimore is earning a reputation for outrages
nnd violence which will not bo expunged for
generations. The Ballimore Snn has the fol
lowing remarks in relation to the subject;
Tub Election Yesterday. —By counesy
we use the term “election,” but we suppose
the record of American suflrago in the whole,
history of our country contains nothing so hu
miliating as the transactions which look place
yesterday under the nominal pretence ef an
“election.” To call thothing a “farce 1 ’ is to
sport with the most vicious and demoralized po
litical condition of this community. Moreover,
disorder, not, and bloodshed have again dis
graced the name of our city, and we stand in
the record of yesterday’s hideous proceedings a
blot upon the escutcheon of popular liberty—a
very mockery of political independence.
It is unnecessary to refer to any particular
facts, or to tell the story of the day- It is rcla
led with emphasis In the returns of the polls of
the several wards, which sufficiently Indicate
that many thousands of the people have been
virtually disfranchised, and that no election
has taken place A certain number of men
will be returned ns elected members of ihcflrst
branch of the city council, and ns such will
take their seats, but under circumstances which
few will be deposited to vaunt or even contem
plate.
In presenting the returns we make no com
parison with former elections. The thing is
100 ludicrous. Ii is enough to say that in Bal
timore which gave ft vote last year for Presi
dent of 20.771, yesterday only 14,007 were
cast, of which the Amcricun candidates receiv
ed 11,877, nnd the Democratic 2.798.
The result consists of 19 Americans and 1
Democrat ns the membership of the first branch
of thcCiiy Council. Last year the same branch
of the Council stood —Americans 13. Demo
crats 7. The second branch, which holds over,
consists of five members of each party-
A Stock doI Depressed.
Amid oil the fears of capitalists, remarks on
exchange, tho fall of brokers, (ho di-cliqe of
Stale Securities and the general depression of
stocks, there is one stock the panic cannot
shake. Uncle Sam's securities arc as good to*
day as they were a month ago. Ills financial
agent, the Secretary of the Treasury, offers to
purchase in the six per cent, stocks of the Uni*
led Stales at 116—or at sixteen per cent, pi-e*
mium—and (o bring holder* to his terms, ho
threatens that bo will pay only fourteen per
cent, premium after the Ist of November. No
one is afraid of Uncle Sant breaking down
suspending specie payment, while he keeps his
own cash in Ills big Sub-Treasury 1 ’ chests.
A crisis tike the present, proves the wisdom
and Security of the Sub-Treasury system. If
the banks were now in debt to the Government
for some eight or ten millions of dollars, placed
on deposit, United S.otes securities would not
■.*-*■ ** «rK g h.-. fl!i«w. would, in all probabili
ty, bo a fjrond burst up,
get gloriously swindled. —South Side'Demo*
trot.
[C7" The New* York Evenuig Post relates the
(allowing singular case o( the vicissitudes of
fortune: A few months since, the jinrtnttf of n I
commercial house in lliia city was taken to a
llunatic asylum, utterly deranged, as was said,
by his unparalleled prosperity in business.—•
During the year previous his firm had cleared
,300.000. lie died in the asylum, and his
own estate wna valued at 82,500,000, all invest
ed in the concern of which he was a patlncr.
The firm itself failed the other day, and is now
said to be utterly insolvent. One item of the
assets of the deceased's estate was a thousand
shares of the Illinois Central Railroad stock,
which was selling at (ho time of his decease at
$l-10 a share, and which was worth, after pay
ing up {ho instalments. 8800,000. The same
property soljl a few days-’sincc, at public sale,
at 860.000. All this occurred within eighteen
months—the prosperity, the insanity, the de
i cease, and the insolvency.
Fili.ioustbiush to 08 Stopped.- Orders
have been given, the Washington correspondent
( of the Baltimore Sun says, for fitting out,with
dbspalch.lhc swiftest war steamer of the nary,
for the purpose of intercepting or preventing
the new expedition of General Walker for Con
tral America. These order* probably, result
from the report that Generals Walker and
Ilcnningscn had arranged an expedition which
was to depart either from New Orleans or some
other Southern port. The Government, it is
believed, acted on information received in re
response to the circular issused from the De
partment of State about a month ago, addres
sed lo the United States District Attorneys,
Marshals, Ac., required them to exercise duo
vigilance for the detection and prevention of
any expeditions for Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Ac
Suicide op a Young Ladt.— A young lady
named Catharine Chancey, residing at No. 3
De Devotee street, Brooklyn, committed suicide
on Monday, by cutting her throat with a ra
zor. Sh* was a seamstress, and ascertaining
, (hat the linn she worked for could give her no
more employment, went home, and going to
her room.committed the deed. The landlady,
having missed her at the dinner table, went to
see the cause and found her in a dying condi
tion. A physician was called in, but the ar.
tcry having been severed, she soon after explr
cd. She wo»about twenty-five years of age,
unmarried, and Is respectably connected in
Drooklvn.
05* Tho New Orleans Picayune, of the Oth,
aoya » Tbe Hav. Mr. Savlllo, a Catholic prloat,
who resided at Point-a-la-llncho, was, as wo
learn from several sources, murdered at a hto
hour on Saturday night, In his own residence.
Tho parlies who killed him were disguised, and
inflicted no less than sixteen wounds, almost
any single one of which was sufficient to have
occasioned death. Wo havo hoard a variety of
rumors-as to the cause of this tragic (Heed, but
at present forbear to glvo thorn currency, Tho
parties who committed tho net aro said to bo
pretty well known.
tong Credit*.
Tlio evils of long credits—evils nliko to Iray
cm mid sellers—nro liras forcibly portrayed by
lira Uoslon I’ost. Credits, long or abort, lead
Inmost Instances lo extravagances, and tinny
bo safely regarded as (lie one great, prolific
source of bankruptcy:
••No nllernlion of « simple custom would
work more beneficially lo all parties, and more
especially to ibis community, Ibnn would lira
shortening of credits. These now range to
southern and' western buyers right, ten, amt
iwclvo months I- and often with renewals at
this; and lira cficct of this is to uso up and
lock up a vast amount of capital, fncre al
ways have been limes, anti there always will be,
when some arc disposed to give credit too free
ly: and perhaps at all limes enough stand ready
to take all thecrcdlt they congct. Thislssurc
to run into nsky and unhealthy business even
in smooth seasons; but when commercial re
vulsion encounters the vast volume of credit
thus unwisely rolled up, when confidence is
broken, when exchanges arc.interrupted, the
siruggU- of the creditor house—solvent though
it may be—becomes tremendous. It has not
only lo take care of Us own notes, but has to
meet the discounted paper falling dne from dis
tant debtors: and this will soon exhaust a
heavy capital. .
This is precisely the ease with many houses
of our city; and this mokes the long crcd.t
custom work with oppressive and even ruinous
severity. The whole evil is felt now; if not
more keenly, yet to a greater esTtent than it ev
er has been felt before in conscqnenceof the ex
tent to which Boston has become a creditor city.
Hence more than ever it has become on
to alter this custom. Years ago the evil'was
just os apparent os if is now;and well intended
efforts were made to remedy it. But little ef
fectual was done; and to day the evil is as
great os ever. t d
Ix*t onr manufacturers and influential mer
chants but insist on adhering lo custom once
so common ns almost lo be a law, of six months 1
credit, and the work can be done. It will be a
reform Wholly in the right direction ; injuring
no one and be sure lo benefit oil. Now is the
lime lo think of this. It is no Utopian scheme,
but one practical.’ 1
The State Funds.
In reply In a resolution adopted by tlio Sen-
ate, on the Btb Instant, Mr. Magraw, tbo Stale
Treasurer, has furnished the following state
ment, showing the amount of funds now on
hand, and how secured and disposed of:
Amount deposited with hanks, sa
ving institutions, \c.,
Bank notes,
Checks—J. M. Baum, collector of
lolls—deposited In bank Oct. 7, 17700 18
Rebel Notes, 22,fi!2 00
Coin, 817 80
Depreciated bank notes, 1,070 00
Payments onncconnt o( uppropria
tlone iniule to public oflicers,&c. t
for which receipts are bold, to
bu hereafter settled in general
account,
Coupons,
Pinmcnt made since I*l instant,
Anollirr Girl Bnlnnl by a Clergyman.
As faithful chroniclers of passing events, it
hoa been our most painful duty durinjjihc past
few months lo record the delinquency of many,
aye, very many, of those who wear the livery
of heaven only to further the ends of Satan
Hero is the last ease, taken from the Troy
Times.
We regret to learn that Tlcv. Reuben Grog.:
former pastor of ihu North Troy M. E Church,
has been arrested, charged with ihc seduction
of a young lady at his new station in Washing
ton county.
The seduction was accomplished while the
wife of Mr. Gregg was on a Visit to her friends,
when he had engaged the services of the young
Indy ns housekeeper. She is but seventeen
years of ngc. and had always borne a highly rc?-
pcdinblo name. Mr. Gregg was arrested while
y. p — I,:l l,
He gave bonds for itte support of on expected
heir, amt for In's appearance to stand Inal on
the charge of seduc inn. He has been dismiss
ed from the church of which he was pastor and
will probably be expelled from the ministry oi
Iho next meeting of the Troy Conference.
Akoi,o»Saxon Fkuocitt. When fairly
aroused there In perhaps no race more ferocious
and unsparing than your Anglo-Saxon ; your
genuine, unmixed John Bull. Rend this speci
men of the punishment proposed by die Ijondon
.Speefn/or for die rels.l chief of India, Nena
Suliib, when they cm eh him :
Uo should be caged 1 in the Tower as the real-
Bengal tiger, wi h some cl the four-footed ti
gers— his hrcthein— In cages alongside of him,
for comparison. We db not’ revenge oursdviß'
on wild ln-asls ; wo kill them out of the way or
keep them ns specimens", and vre cannot allord
to waste the opportunity fur the punishment of
a human tiger ns a warning, a punishment that
distance from the scene of his own atrocities 1
will magnify manifold as a deterring influence.
'He is a gentleman, a high caste, ever suscepti
ble of mortification by the process of deehidti
tion from lhe condition of humanity to that of
brutality; devoid of moral feeling, probably n
moral idiot, and'ouly sensitive in pridt or’rani
ty. The spectacle of his Hopeless- captivity
would Co more to deterthan would tllo hailging
of a hundred thousand of his follows. Mere
death would be no punishment to ibis human
brute, would have no eill-ct on the future.
Tkrdiole ArntAV —Two Men Killed.—A
bloody and doapuratu affray occurred on board
tho steamer Gazette, near our city, yesterday
(Wednesday) Evening. Tho boat, landing hero
on her way to Paducah in tho evening, throe
persons who reside In Caledonia, two of thorn
nftued Hudson, and tho other named, (if wearo
correctly Informed,) Abram Glomson,ln com'
pnny with Mr. Gilbert Boron, of our city, took
passage for Caledonia. At tho supper foblo on
board the boat, Mr. Boren called upon Iho cook,
hoboing the waiter, for asimon; another called
Tor a glass of water, &o M when the cook, becom
ing oxaspomted, refused to pay any attention tc.
their requests. At this the passengers named
became highly Incensed—one of them flinging
a saucer with much violence at tho head of (ho
cook, tho same taking effect, but doing no par
ticular Injury. The boat now became tho scene
of tho wildest confusion.. Tho cook grasped a
knife and used it with a most fearful effect, cut
-ting In the most frightful manner one of the Mr.
Hudsons and Mr. Clemson, or belli the Mr. Hud
sons, wo cannot ascertain which, and inflicting
upon tho head of Mr. Boren a wound from which
ho died In a few hours afterward. The knife
was finally taken forcibly frpra Iho Infuriated
mm by ono of the parties engaged, who, in
turn, plunged it Into him tip to tho hilt- 'With
tho knllo remaining In his body, ho plunged
overboard,and nevorroso fo lhosurfaCo. Thus
ended tho awfnl tragedy. Mr. Boron, at tho
lime of his death, was a councilman of our cllv.
In what partlcular.nmnndr ho was connected wills'
tho affray wo cannot learn wllh certainty.
Mound City Emporium, tiih.
(£7* A lad/ in Kansas writes to tho Boston
Traveller: •* Tho third linger of my right Hand,
was bitten by a rattlesnake two weeks' ago to
day. As you perceive, it has not proved fatal,
thanks to a pint and a half of raw whiskey,
salt and egg poultices, besides tho charming
and doctoring of ** Big Medicine," tho Kansas
Indian Ksculapius. who stayed with mo night
and day through tho worst of it. soothing ino
with his wild and pleasing Indian lullabies,
and keeping off the Hies with his maglo wand—
a wild goose’s wing. Docs it not seem roman
tic to bo tended like a baby by a great six-foot
Indian, beads, car-rings, amulets, and all?
Out I am over the worst now. though I have a
bad finger, rendering my right twin almost iltic-
gilt Mr, Wllinol,
Mr. Wilmot, the candidate for Governor of
the Republicans, departs (ho scene of his fm*
troubles with lillloofdlgnily. *Wo odmonlNh
cd him of his fate in advance, in the very klnl
dost spirit. Wo foretold his foto. Wo lm*
plorcd him to dcslstfrom Ids labors. But her
refused our counsel, ami lolho is almost m
badly worsted ns if he had started out to ra*
for the fewest voles. There is a moral in tj,u
catastrophe. Mr. Wilmot was the author (mu
lativcor rial) of the Proviso that bears hi#
name, lie has been a sort of trumpet of sedi
tlon ever since 1840, passing through various
phases of politics from that lime, and cliauj.j n «
ids coat and his'name almost ns of.cn os‘the
dtr In the circus who starts out, like Mr.
a very fat man, and ends h very, lean one In
deed. The only element to which he has birr
true In all this experience has been Abolition,
ism. But this was proved lo bo the saddest of
all Ids speculations—it has weighed him down
from the first, until it has sunk him. political,
ly, deeper than plummet ever sounded. The
place where he descended will be avoided by tlf
aspiring politicians hereafter! os the fatal cur
rent is shunned by the cautious mariner. His
overthrow ends the race of mere demagogues orf
the slavery question in lids quarter. It Bi o ng«
the career of fanaticism in Pennsylvania, <
complctcs'ond closes {?), by such a - popular de*
crco as this nniton,has. never yet seen, the ca
reer of a tnnn, who. to gratify Ids own purpo*
scs, tins for ten years disturbed and divided &#
happy a people as the sun, in all fits courge,
has ever Rhone upon. There are larger lesson#
taught than this, but rarely one SO
Philadelphia "Press,”
TUG CAPITOL OF TUB MIXED STATES!
‘ At o moment when the proportions of this 1
great edifice are being rapidly extended, the
Post comes over ns tilled with memories. Jn<
,lhe hall of the llousc shortly, to be dwtcn«|
great events have transpired, great actors bate
appeared- Who thatnow.looksdownfromihc
echoing gallery, and upon the vacant seats.will
fail to recall young Clay,’lhc gallant “Hairy
with his beaver up,” when, in the prime of
health aad manly beauty, lie witched the world
wi.h noble deeds, rousing the country for the
war, and cmnmonding the love and admiration
of his followers; and who will not summon
back to his men'nl vision Webster, LowndefJ
Macon, Pickering. Pinkney, John Randolph,
and nil ilujt procession of men who live in the
brain and inspire the heart of n grateful pos er*
ity ! Korean that other figure—standing aU
most In the front of the scene—fail to rivet the
gnr.e. os it has animated the pencil of Art, and
the pen of History—the form of the ansirre,
simple hearted, philosophic, yet patriotic John
C. Calhoun! The eagerness and the boldness
of this great man in early youth, as ono of the
lenders of the war measures against Great Bri
tain. and the eloquence and power lie then dis
played, were a tilting basis for ilie majestic
sanß.m as
ai,o«s w
monument that he erected for himself in after
years —a monument that will endure through
ages of time.
Equally interesting rcmlninccrTCCs arc awak
ened by a visit to the Senate hall, also soon to
he abandoned We recall Benton. Buchanan.
Cass, Van Buren. Wright, Clayton. Woodbury.
Linn. Preston. Poindexter,Mol)uflle,southard.
and their compeers, and the first appearance in
public-life of that man before Whose iron will
and noble heart despotism-yielded‘its terrors,
and the people gave up their alkciipns-“Andrew
Jackson, of Tennessee. '
And every stone In the ofd-OapilorrcChllsthe
name of ihc Father of the Country, who found
ed not only that great edifice but IrflJ deep the
pillars of (he Republic. Ills image muhipliid
in marble adorns the public grounds, and
speaks from undying canvass; but his name
will endure forever.
an.j.n 41
0,276 no
08,109 28
$685,264 0:
Every day the name of Jcfierson-ls breathed
in accents of praise by his grateful countrymen,
or shqtaled fur h front ihu lips of the orator, as
their watchword, to his followers.
Here, too. we. recall the precepts of James
Madison, the compeer nndcollingue of the sago
of Monltcello.
Here, also, we ore reminded of the calm y*-
(Holism of that model Jqinca Mom
roc. .
Of all theSt? r'ceollccion*,-borr few of (hose
wlip. while living, n'nnlidri debgbtcd to honor;
■ari&eft to us! All-gone. bitt'BuClmnan, Cass.
AwTnhre.’
Tiic rest have d«'pftr.ed to that belter borne—to
that God whom they best served while sening
their country.
And what of the future ? Who sball-Jttkc
the places of these lamented pntno's 7 Who
shall be the giants in the massive and extended
balls of Ihe new Capi ol I What voice will ring
nut from that forum to electrify and rouse »ho
land In the hour of a nation’s utmost peril
Who will be the Jackson, the Clay, the Web
ster. the Calhoun, the Randolph, ihe Lowndts
of the* coming strife? Also, who will be iho
Washington? Who the Jellet&oir? ’ Who the
Homillon? ' .-<*
Let ns hope for the best.! .'Trusting in God;
resting upon His arm; following Hto counsels;
obeying Ills decrees; add rnllyirtg round our
constitution, every new danger will doubtless
call-forth new heroes and new’ leaclvrt'7‘^ rfV '
Some or Tim Beauties op Backing -The
following’nwclatioiuf arc furbished by ft corns
pohdeni of ihe Si. Louis ttepuUkati: : ■
\ Tn conclusion, 1 will dcplcP.fun'.yoiJ <d Illi
nois bank, A frame bouse, a counter so high
that you can barely lay your wrisja.on the
sharp edges of if, audsonarrow xh*\ W one
than elm approach at a time. The specie icWp-.
hangs high up. like thelawtsof Nero. bill, d o *
like them, covered nilh cobwebs: Tour check
Is cancelled in deadly silerieft. You hear some
fumbling behind'* giecn frcrtcm A v pockogcflf
shlnplaslcrs. as thick as a biiUV.librn, and
twenty* five cents in silver, is b'ahdcd joj lw
your inconsiderable check. The bundle i*
tightly laced, the notes arc ihsidc, so that, ivith
the other inconvcnienclls, you canherijly count
them. You open the bundle ana .sift the tin
kams, almon trees, and Wisconsins. and you
are peremptorily told—• No use in assorting'
that is all you can get.” Yotiftty, 'please, dan.
return me my check.’ Answer: ‘Your check
is already cancelled.* This is the return m«de
you by the best or them for gold advanced on
grain. Had the grain gone down, you would
have had it,* but, having gone up, they remit*
yon such Bbinplastcrs for your advances i»
gold, or stand suit.
Honest Mun U'on’t Suspend the r.»T*r* 1
or TiiKin Diviits ir thkv Can Iliar ir.—
New York Juumat of Commerce makes tho
lowing remark# pertinent to the lime* »'
“ When the strongest house#'flod ~,o,“ s c .
ombarr.w#od, and many who have inilntamc
high clmracter mo ohllgod to suspend. l,luro
danger that some yield to the prevail^ mg l'
Idomlo who might have stood by making 8 r
er ollorls. Nothing but (ho sternest need# y
can Justify a suspension where there are s
cient’asset# .to meet- every liability* **
man should look his position fully b> " l 0
| If ho is Insolvent, if Ida liabilities
than, or equal to, Ida asset#, and Id# allair
growing worse, 410 should atop ot.oncoj (
raako an equal division of Ida property. *> .
ho t# solvent, If hi# balance f# lurgel)’ 0
right side, and’tho nllcniato,oi;
longer a question of Anal payment, but o\ s
present pecuniary sacrifice, ho should 8° i(|
any cost short of risking Id# means
full;A man of largo properly has no rig jn .
shut down’upon hi# creditors because *
npl pay without making heavy sacrifice -
I# bound to pay at all hazard# as long as
leave enough to pay In full. . instead p ,
wb reinrmbor that during a nov-oro P l ’ eB aU j.
some former years, several wealthy hon. . p j
ponded, with a largo surplus,of nswp» * u p
themselves a fortune alter they bad,wo f
thelraffalr# at tholr leisuro, while sonio
houses, who would have kept, on bid J#
unexpected phstaclo, wore swept away 11 _ oU gli
rise again. As long as any map h* l *' ' aC h
property,to pay his debts, Jio should I f #u .| o n
when it Is duo, and not yield 10-tbo *’ n8 |on
which whispers that by a temporary
ho can ait on his haunches until tho sto I j oJI
by, and thou recover bis position with •
, to lila'estate** 1