AMERICAN- VOLUNTEER JOHN B. BRATTON, Mtor & Proprietor CARLISLE, PA., NOV. 5, 1857. Goun Husking.—Our farmers arc now busy in busking and housing, their corn, crop in this County is the. largest, perhaps, ever gathered, and the corn'is of> superior quality. Tnn Fire Plugs.—We hope the Town Coun cil, at, their hext meeting, will take into consid eration the importance of packing the fireplugs with straw. This should be attended to in, time, to prevent the possibility of freezing; as we may- have a cold snap before the Council moot, again. .. : O' Quit Merchants have all supplied them selves with their fall, and winter goods, which they, are prepared to dispose of .at terms to suit the times... I.ook.ovor our advertising columns, and you will find out at once -where to- secure bargains. Gift Enterprise.-— There is qnifo ivnvgo in our commercial ■ cities for Gift ■ Persons buying goods are favored with a gift j how it.is managed wo- cannot'say. G- G. Evans No. 4Si) Cliosnut street,- I’hila., advertises one of them in another column, and we have soon purchases of books made at this store, when the.'purchaser gift not only Iqj dollars’ worth of hooks, but a handsome .present besides. How Mr. Evans can afford it is thVqueslion;' Tiie.Post-M asters op Bradford County. —The Republican papers of this Stale, previous to the election,-published.the following,item of tieies, and assured their readers that it contain tdnotlijrig but the truth : 1 - “ The majority for Mr. Wii.mot in Bradford county, can, be easily estimated,' There are Id Post-Masters in Bradford. Put them down for Packer, and the rest of the voters of the coun ty, (some 8,000,)' for . Wiwtoij and you have the. result.”- By reference to the official returns, it will be seon that Gen. Packer received 2,082 voles in the benighted county of Bradford; The “14 -Post-Masters ” of that county must.have been very active on the day of the election, and they certainly deserve a re-appointment. ■ . . A Trotting-Mat'cii came off" at Harrisburg on Thursday ,of last week. The prize of. a sil ver goblet was put up, for a trot in harness, mile heats, best two in three. N. K. Shoema ker, of Philadelphia, entered his bay horse ‘• Billy Penn,”,and Maj. Geo. M. Lauimyi, of Reading, entered a bay marc. “ Billy Penn” won, having distanced the mare, the mile being run .in 2m, 45a. Asa number ,pf Carlislers were present)’at-the race, it maybe interesting to them to know the sentiments of the press of Uhat place in regard to it and.them. . Wecopy from the m of Friday : Harrisburg was full of fancy gentlemen yes terday, ivho came for the purpose of seeing the great horse race. A more villainous set of scoundrels wo have never'seed. The Park was a perfect menagerie, composed of pick-pockets, thimble-ringers, watch-stulfers, rum-sellers, shinners. Mexican heroes, counter-jumpers, ju veniles, vie'., &c. The whole affair wound up by the fancy having a little “open and shut” at one of the taverns in Market street. SPEAKER OF. THE SENATE. Wo notice that the question, “who shall be Speaker of the State Senate,” is already being asked :by a number of our Democratic cotempo rarics; • Several names have, .been suggested, and among others that of the able and accom plished Senator from “old Democratic York,” YYjr.uA.ir 11. Welsh.. Should he be selected for this important position, we venture the predic tion that the duties of thejiost will be disch&rg cd in a dignified and inipartial manner. He is agentlemah of education and judgment, and, having served two-sessions in that body, has a knowledge of the rules of the Senate and there-" sponsibilty resting upon the Speaker. Of am iable and courteous disposition, and possessing an active and business mind, wo know no one in that body better calculated for )ls presiding officer nor one more deserving than Mr.,IN Ei.srr. ] , NVe hope to see him selected. , \Vliy Has tlie Specie Gone Abroad! Since June, 185-1. the export of specie from ' the United States lias been'upwards of three hundred and sixty five millions -of dollars, (.305-373.980,) commencing in that fiscal year with "eight millions, and ending in the 1 fiscal year 1856-7 with sixty-nine millions,of dollars. The import of specie into'the country at difier ent times, within the same period, was ninety two millions, (302,050,903.) so that. our net export of specie, since June, 1851. when our present crop ol paper credits had just begun to grow, has been two hundred and,-fifty-three, millions of dollars, ($253,317,010.) Why has this specie gone" abroad ? _ That is the great question, for the present crisis—the question of.questions.— Exchange. . This specie has gone abroad, because, like ot}icr articles, it ,goes where it is most wanted, and where people are’willing- to pay the highest price for it. Specie, in the commerce of the. .world, is like goods p*iit up under the aution ccr’s hammer —it goes to the highest and best ■ bidder. Whcn any nation really wants it, and is’able and willing to pay well for it; it is just as certain to gef-spccic as it is to got grain, or dry goods, iron, or any manufactured article. Tariffs have a great dial less to do with its ex portations from, or its importation into, a epuntry, than, many wiseacres would have the people believe. During the Vast year the tarifi of 1812 was in operation, the export of specie from the United Stales was considerably greater than the import of it. . And the first year the Tariff of 1846 was in operation, thc|(npprt of specie into the country was greater than it had over been before. The prolific production of gold in California: rendered it plenty "in this country, and led us to attach less value to it than other nations did. It therefore went abroad. The late panic, however, created an active demand for it, here;. and, notwithstand- jug the present tariffis corisiderably lower than that of 1840, the export of specie immediately stopped, and every foreign steamer that arrives brings, specie into this country. The tide turn ed the moment the demand became greater here than, abroad. . O” Mr. Ten Broeck, lias, had better luck with Prioress, having won the handicap race at .Newmarket, Oct. 13. Stakes §lO,OOO,- Since this he has,won another race with his horse Bello, at Newiharkot. The Tide Turning. —The emigration from the Old World, which has so long poured into this country, is. now partially turned the other way, The packet ships from New-Yprlc aro taking back hundreds of the natives of England and Ireland, who prefer to live at home, rather than experience the hard limes which now pre vail in our country. • ‘ ' INDIAN SUMMER. This glad season of the year is akin to that quiet ripeness of age which sits bareheaded and bald in the door of the cottage toward the close of a calm summct»’s day. This hill of the year, between the golden harvest and the' stor my .winter, gives man time to gather tip the laterfruits, and to house, in everything which approaching winter can harm ; the squirrel, top, earnest and happy m his labor, is. Collec ting his store of nuts which (ho frost have opened for his acceptance, and.'which'are to cheer him in his hollow tree when the earth is deeply covered with slipw, and the bleak blasts of the north howl fiercely around 'his hnbitn”- tion. . • - ■ Tliis,sonsqn sees the last lingering Red-breast quit his summer homo for" the sunny South ; the woodchuck and the bear, fattened by the luxuries of thesumracr and autumn, are abroad making their last visits to the outer world be fore retiring to hybernale though the winter. This was the season for the Indian woman to gather in her ripened corn, nuts, and forest fruits; while,her stoical lord was chasing the buffalo and the, deer, from which to procure a .winter's stock of meat, to he dried under the roof of their rude lodge. All animated nature comes forth to close tip. the work of the year; or to enjoy the golden rays of the genial sun ; seeming to cling to this soft arid silent season in anticipation of the stern and remorseless winter. ; , This season was one of the mingled joy and sadness to us in our youth,; corn-huskingsand apple-’ bees,” new cider and chestnut gather ing, were among its joys; while the remem brance of the long and dreary winter of our mouriinin homo.'cast over our mind of dread and sadness. . , In Pennsylvania, the summer, dies'as in a ■ blaze of. glory. Its mountains, crowned with oak, birch, and maple forests, changed by the frosts to ve'rmillion and golden-yellow, glow in the sunlight with a grandeur and beauty Which are unsurpassed. But this hectic flush is a monition that death has begun his work, and as the leaves silently quit their stems and fall with graceful waves -and circles to the. earth, arid Ihe fulling acorn, or .the squirrel chatter ing tq his mate, alone disturb tho stillness of the fprcsf,' we feel that summer is ended.. Her winding, sheet, unlike our drapery of death, glows with . thte. ardent .lines ot hope, giving promise of returning spring, the symbol of im mortality. Let. ns. as faithfully as nature, fulfil all our duties on earth, so that, like her, we may sink cheerfully to a calm repose, with the joyous assurance that immortal springtime awaits us. Tho Origin, of Thanksgiving Pny. When New England Was first planted, the. settlers met with hiany difficulties and hard ships, as is necessarily the ease, when a civiliz cd people attempt to establish themselves in a wilderness country. Being piously' disposed, they sought relief.from Heaven, by laying their wants and distresses before the Lord in frequent set days of lasting and prayer. Constant medi tation, and discourses on the subject of (heir difficulties, kept their minds gloomy and dis contented, and, like the children of Israel, there were many disposed to return to the land which persecution had determined'them to aban don. At length, when it was proposed in the as sembly to proclaim another fast, a .farmer, of plain sense, rose and remarked, that the'incon vcniencies they had, suffered, and concerning which’ they had so often wearied Heaven"with their complaints, were not so great ,as might have been expected, and were diminishing eve ry day as the colony strengthened; , that the earth began to reward, their labors, and to' fur nish liberally for their sustenance';' that tile seas and-rivers were full offish, the air sweet; the cli mate wholesome; above all,-they were in the fuH enjoyment of liberty, civil and religious, lie, therefore, thought that reflecting and conver,- sing.on these subjects would.be more comforta ble, as tending’to make them more contented with their situation ; and that it .would be more becoming the gratitude they owed to the Di vine being, if, instead of a fast, they should pro claim a thanksgiving. Ills advice-was taken; and, from that day to this, they have in every year observed circumstances of public happi ness sufficient to furnish employ met for a thanksgiving day. ■. . The Son of Pkesident Taylor. —Richard Taylor, Esq,, only. son.of the late- President Taylpr, ia'thp‘Democratic candidate for the Se nate ol Louisiana in the St: Charles District. . This, wo believe, completes the list of. the sons of our distinguished patriots and states men who are now acting with tlie Democratic parly. Fletcher Webster,..(lie son of Daniel- Webster,- lias-acted >lllll.lllO Democrats for sev eral years, James . Clay, the son of Henry Clay, is the member of Congress elect from the Ashland District,'Kentucky.— The sons of Ex-Presidents Tyler, and. Van En ron continue to adhere to the Democratic-faith.- J. Scot Harrison,-the son of Ex-President Har rison, is not'd Democrat, but lie is bitterly op posed to the Black Republicans and all their political ideas. There is a good deal ot signifi cance jn these facts. Legislative Vaganov. —Notwithstanding the Pennsylvania Legislature has only been elected a few weeks, a vacancy has already oc curred in the House of Representatives, by the death of Mo J. B. Packhouse, one of tlie Alle gheny members, a Republican. A new elec tion cannot be held until after the House shall have met and organized, when the Speaker must issue a writ for the purpose. That document must be delivered to the Sherill of the county at least fifteen days before the time appointed for the special election. • Military Convention.—A Convention of the Major Generals of the several Divisions! and Brigadier Generals of the several Brigades of the Uniformed Volunteers of Pennsylvania, wdl be held in Harrisburg on Monday, the oth day of November, “ for the' purpose of devising some plan whereby the General Assembly of the Commonwealth may bo induced to organize its forces on a sound and salutary basis, and the ancient pride of Pennsylvania—her citizen soldiery' —be restored to its former proud posi tion.” ; ’ ■ : 1 • Relief Meeting in Heading, Pa.—On Thurs day evening, there was a largo meeting of the citizens oTPeading,' Pa., in the Court House of that city, “to devise means to, collect funds and the necessaries of life, for tho relief of (lie dost tiluto poor during the coming winter.” The Mayor of tho city presided, ahd resolutions in accordance with tho call were unanimously adopted. ' . News Prom Utah. From private correspondence, under:dhto of October 18ih, we learn that'Captain Van Vliet, of the United Slates army, liad arrived at the canlp, near, Fort Leavenworth, cn route for Washington; bearing important despatches from Brigham Young. The Captain states that Brigham took spec ial pains to impress him favorably with llic ap pearance , and ■ comfortable condiuon of his branch, and also gave him to understand, that Colonel Johnson’s command would not be per mitted to ruin the holy city on its arrival.' At the ajiovo date Governor Walker was in Le compton, and General Harney in St. Louis. The weather was very cold—the entire regi ments were in tents—and it is feared that those who have been for years on the Rio Grande, and in Florida, will suffer extremely unless furnish cd with hetterquarters tliis'winter. As many as one-half of thc command were not in good health. latest from Europe, Tho steamship Persia arrived at Now York oh Wednesday, from Liverpool the 17th, with throe days’ later news from Europe, and $200,- 000 in specie. There has been a decrease in bullion in the Bank of England of £553,000. Another triumph for the American horse is.ari ■nouncedjMr. Ten Brock’s Babylon having taken a purse irt Newmarket. This will he gratifying news to the sporting men on this side of tho At-' iaritio..'The pressure at the Bank of England, . for discounts, continued very heavy, hut never theless tho tone of the stock and money market, is more favorable than at the departure of the Baltic. The Bank -is paying dividends to tho extent.of £0,000,000. Several additional fail ures are announced, hutnoncol vrt-y great mag nitude. The funds continued very sensitive. Consols have fluctuated oonsido'ra.bly, hut on Fridjiy (hero was an upward tendency of prices. Baring’s. London Circular says that the demand for money continues active at 7 per cent.. Con sols closed firm at. London on Friday. . There is a great anxiety for further advices, from tho United Slates. The Indian mails havh reached London." The details of the news add - nothing very interesting to Iho telegraphic dispatches. The accounts concur in pronouncing the jri'os peots of Iho Europeans more cheering. Tho letters confidentially give the opinion that tho ■next mail will bring (q England the nows of the f'allol Delhi. The mutineers are represented as nearly exhausted and fast leaving the city. The Russian naval expedition for Chinn has left Cj-onstadt. Consols for-money are quoted at BS£ a 88J. A circular inis been' issued from iho Colonial office,, addressed.to the Governors Of the various British Colonies, bidering' them to look for the defences- of the Provinces, and not to neglect a reasonable amount of warlike prep arations, It isreported that- tho cholera hasnp pcaredin the village of Stratford, near London. The Paris correspondent of the London Tim(s says; President Buclfanan lias addressed to all tho American Ministers at foreign Courls a con fidential circular, declaring that the principles of the International law regarding Nonlrals.slitill he respected by the American Government. —- That any expeditions from the United States against countries witli'whom they,arc at peace, ' shall ho prevented by’all legal measures.. The Land >n Netcs l;as a dispatch from. Madrid an- . nounciiig the end of tho Ministerial crisis, Gen. Armero liaving boen called upon to form a now ■Ministry. D3 r *Tliq anniversary of fhd landing ol Wil. liam Penn was appropriately celebrated by the. natives of Pennsylvania,- residing hi Chicago,- on tlie 2411 i nit., at the Tremont House, by a grand festival and ball. One table, at the bead of the large dining room, was.occupied by the presiding Dfllcer of.- tho occasion, James .11.. Rees, Esq., and the invited guests, among whom', were Hon. Slcphew A. Douglas, and hidy, Dr. Egan, Col. Carpenter, Rev. Mr. Clarkson, and Mr. John Brougham. Two. other long tables were occupied by Pennsylvanians and tbdir la T dies, numbering” in all some two hundred dr more. ’ . • . The Vintage in MisSouei. —ln the German colony of Hermann, in Missouri, the vintage has been in progress for some week's and is nearly over. The yic'ld'is Unprecedentedly large—dho yinters are reaping a larger crop than they had provided for, and in consequence there is a scarcity of barrels-and collar roonf: The St. Louis Weslliche Post says the grapes are unu sually large and juicy,-and if ordinary care is taken in .the vintage, the yield of wind will be bettor as well as larger than'over before, as they must contain a greater per centagedf sugar than has been the case-in any year since 1848. -The wine tips year grown in Hermann and vicinity will amount to about 10^,00'(/.gallons.. 05=* fanklin Holden, a good-looking merch ant otfijB.cn Ynn, a's been-sentenced at Albany, N. Y., to ve years in the State pri op, tor for gery. The Argus says, that ust «s the court was about to adjourn for the t,e in, Holden made his appearance and peremptorily demanded trial, assuming tile air of an injured individual. But that he came forward in a-mannor so bold,'lns' trial would not have taken place, and it is more than probabjo'tliat he would have escaped prose cution-forever on this charge' 1 . But ho insisted on being tried—be would not allow'so base a charge to overshadow bis “ iair fame”, any lon ger. He was gratified l —found guilty—and was sentenced to the State prison tor five years! A Thief with a Religious Turn of Mind. —A Telegraphic dispatch from Chicago an nounces that James O. Brayman,.an editor of tlie Chicago Democrat, was, on the 29th ult., sentenced to 4 years’ hard labor in the.peniten tiary, for stealing letters from the Post-office in that city. The Chicago Democrat, in men tioning the case, says he was'naturally of a religious turn of mind, and passed most of his leisure in rending religious papers, and writing therefor. Ilis habits were abstemious and frugal. lie had a Salary not only ample for his'wants, UHt thorii ttiuir ite“ uaeu. no"mts been honest and honorable in every relation of life, and yet ho.has broken open letters and ta ken tho money' therefrom. Tho Buffalo Adver tiser thinks his stealing propiensitics are to be attributed to insanity'.or monomania. He ex hibited a great deal of method/in his madness, for he always, took tlio letters that had the.'most mouey-in them. , * Death of a, Revolutionary' Soldir.—Ja -1 cob.prinkhousc, formerly of Potistoiyn, died in Philadelphia, on Friday, last. Ho was a Solaier of the Revolution, and perhaps the last living witness of the execution of Major Andre. He Was formerly RostvMaster of the borough of Potlstown, filled for several years the dutics'of Justice of the Peace, and represented Montgom ery county in the Legislature. He was 97 years and 4 months old.. His remains were in terred at Pottstown, on Sunday last. , . The Land Speculations, , .An article in the Chicago Tribune informs its that shoals of pcopie.from New England and the Middle Slates are travelling:.westward -to look after the farm lands and building lots, in which they invested so much money last Spring and Summer, at n time of great inflation, Or upon the security of which they lent money to western men, The Tribune adds that these in vestments are hopeless, and will be so for years to come, jiut this probably depends upon whether the holders of such lands juid lots con tinue to expect good prices. we' quote from says that the amount of land now for sale is immense, in fact out of all proportion to the demand at present, or. any prospective demand for the next ten years. As for the building lots, nine-tenths of then) might as well be sacrificed at once by their owners, for any price they.will bring. From the tone of the western papers it is"quite clear that none of the land now held by speculators will bo saleable for a,long time to come, unless thrown into the market for whatever it will bring. The'euli granls and settlers will bo attracted to the re gions which (ho appetites of speculators had swallowed up. But if riot, then the next tide of emigration will pass over them entirely;■ and they.will be forgotten. . tho Oyster trade of Baltimore. The oyster trade is quite a feature in the bu siness of the. Monumental city, and furnishes employment for a large number, of people. The luscious bivalves are grown in the Chesapeake Bay a"nd its tributary rivers,,and upwards of six hundred Water craft, of, various descrip tions, as we learn from the Baltimore Sun, arc engaged during the busy season in transferring them from their pcac’cful. beds.to the Baltimore market. Those from Cherry Stone and York rivers are rated the best, in point of size and.fla yor, and are generally disposed of to hotel and restaurant.keepers. The packing.and pickling houses which, prepare them for other markets, absorb the great bulk, however, each consum ing in its.daily operations about one thousand bushels of the fish.' ■ Sixteen hundred men are employed in mana ging the \Vater craft which ply between the oys ter grounds and the city.; and it is supposed that-there is an equal number engaged in catch ing the oysters, besides four thousand employ edgin' “sucking,” and five hundred in pitching and preparing thorn for transportation to the South and West. There are also two hundred ■tinners employed in manufacturing the packa ges, and the work of fifty more men is requir ed to convert the shells into lime —which de partment annually produces ab'oijl SOO.OOO bushels.- "'"Altogether .nine thousand persons de rive employment from the trade, receiving an nually nearly a million of dollars. Last sea son, 1,750,000 bushels of oysters were dispatch ed from Baltimore. The prices .-by the cargo this season arc. twenty-five to forty .cents per bushel. The MoiiiroNs Xnd.tiie U, S. Troops.—Ac cording to the. reports of Mormon seceders ar rived in. Nebraska territory, a large force of Mormon niilitia were prepared to go over from Salt Lake, under Brigham Young,'to intercept and prevent'-the.XL S. troops'lrom entering the city of thqiSaintS. • The feeling of the Mormon IcadoraTs ho doubt-hostile to any' author ity bht theiroibnifi Utah, Imt (hat they will venture to attack the 17. S. troops wo do not credit, Wlu-n (hoy do it will not take long to determine which party will ho “wiped ont.” ; KTTTn 1837, when (ho business world was convulsed to its centre) under (tie ellbcts of a monetary crisis, this country imported from abroad, during the year over eight million dol. tors’ worth of bruadstnlft. In 1857, when wo are experiencing symptoms of a similar vevuU sion, we have a surplus of uiiwards of thirty millions value of breadstuffs lor export. The difference is decidedly encouraging. JEniTcns Eiecter.- A number of tlio editori al fraternity of Pennsylvania have been chosen for various positions of trust and responsibility.' G. Nelson Smith, b( the Johnstown' Echo, ik re elected to the Legislature from Cambria, as is also John Hodgson of the Jeffersonian, from Chester cp. | J. Uerron Foster, of the Pittsburg Dispatch, and Col. A. K. McChiro of theGham bersburg, Transcript,, the latter beating bur friend Satnson, of the Fulton Democrat,‘abo'ut 100. votes. E. J. Keenan, of the Gfcensburgh Democrat is elected'Register and "Recorder of Westmoreland County, and'Col. T, B, Searight of the Gcnitis of Liberty, Frothonotary of Fay ette county. , . ■ Death op, Gen. Valentine Best.— Gen. Valentine Best, who has long been well known in the political a (lairs' of - Pennsylvania as an active Democrat, died on Wednesday night at his residence in Danville. Gen. Best was for 25 years editor- of the Danville lusdligcnccr. was a member of the Senate in 1848, ’49 and 50, and was Speaker of that body iii the year 1850, He was in the 5,7 th year of his age... Meeting Of Manufacturers in Georgia.—A meeting of manufacturers was holdon at Atalan ta, Ga., last week. Resolutions were adopted, condemning the law of Georgia which prohibits factories from running at night, and requires them to work their operatives fourteen hours in the summer and .eight in the winter, and ap pointing a'cpmmitto to memorialize the Legis lature for its repeal, and' requesting the foctor ies of the South, in consideration of the inade quate prices of cotton goods, and the unbert •ainty of thd future demand, to : run not than half time at - . Poisonous Shaving Soap. —A Scotch pa per has the following statement.;—“On thelthh August, Rev. John Lockhart, ofKilmaurs, died suddenly at his mansion. It appears that lie had cut his face while shaving, and that some the soap, passed through his-whole body, from the effects of which he di ed.” . Fishermen in Luck. —A letter from New. buryport, Mass., Mtfted 26th ult., says that the fishermen of the lower part of that city are reaping a rich harvest from theshoals of mack erel and pollock, that have appeared near the bar. Good fares were taken every day, and employment thus given to hundreds, who would otherwise be idle. - ■ ' Kansas.—Hon. Fred. Stanton-.-Sccrelary of Slate of Kansas, has arrived in Washington.— The news he brings from Kansas is favorable to order and the success of the national Democra cy of that Territory. The Constitution, whin framed, will be submitted for the ratification of tho-pcoplp. When admitted, Kansas will come into .the Union its a free State. Wo do not know of any admonition better for our renders at the present 'time, than the subjoined: ( “ Advertise.— Dull , times are perhaps the very best for advertisers. What little trade is going on they get, and whilst others are grum bling, they pay tlfcir way; and with-tlio news ; paper ns a life prcservro, swim on the top ol the water,'while others are sinking all -around.— Advertise liberally, and you will hardly smell the hard times." , . Every word of this is true, and-it will.be worth money to any business man whq will act upon it. .Reduce your prices to suit the times.' Small profits and quick satis are much the beat just now. It will be of no advantage to‘stick to the rates asked in prosperous days, and thus fail to sell.. RetrenchmentJalAhc 1 or der now. Therefore, advertise your goods lib erally, and let the public know where cheap ar ticles can be had. Advertise, and let people see that your head is still above water, and that you go on selling on advantageous' terms. There are plenty of cash buyers who make their appearance about these times, eager to pick up bargains. Quick Administration of Justice,— One of the quickest proceedings in the administration of justice has just taken place over in Michigan. 0n Monday, Oct. 13th, Williun Crosier and William Cronufn, hands bn board a wood bpat, belonging to Chicago, called the Charles' Sum ner, wont on shore, at Muskegong. for. milk.— While there they hoard of a dance to come ptf at. night, and after night (hey look a row-boat liud wont ashore again. They, attended the dance, and Crozier accidentally broke it window, glass. William Y'oung,and John Powers pro cured guns, loaded them with buck-shot-jind swore they .would shoot Crosior. lie ran away and they pursued him, but just as Crosior was getting into the boat Powers shot him j he foil into the water, was picked up by Ids, cpmpan.- idn, but (fiod-almost i.umicdjatoly. Young and Powers .were arrested that night; : oh Tuesday they wore lodged in jail; on Thursday they were, indicted ; on Friday they were arraigned, tried and convicted of murder; on Monday they .wore sentenced to solitary imprisonment tjor file, and on Tuesday night, exactly one week from the time of the mufdei;, they were lodged in the 'penitentiary. Do tiiet Believe Iv ?—The negro advocates who are willing to see twenty millions of while people engage in a ffatracidal war, in order that thrfe millions of degraded negroes may domi neer over the superior race, arc constantly harp ing upon the equality of the negi o with ourcelves. Do they believe what they say ? Suppose we lake them - at- their word and speak of their champions ns follows : Pompcy Greeley, Cu’ffcy .Seward, Quashy Sumner. Cccsar. -Phillips, Rev. Gumbo Parker, Pete Gidflings, and so on to the end of The chapter, would they not accuse ns of rudeness, discourtesy, with a want of good breeding ? Why should they feel nggrivaletl or insulted, to have negro appellations applied to lhem, if a negro is as good as a White man, 'or rather his superior ? A Trouble,some Gas Leak.— While boring an artesian well in the basement of a paper mill near Watertown, New York, and when a, depth of sixty feet had been reached, the drill working badly, a light was 1 brought to discover th'e cthisc, when an inflammable gas issued from the bole, arid,.igniting, shot up a flame which reached the floor overhead.', T.wo streams of water, were turned on,from hydrants.-bm could not check the flames' until the whole force of a flume was let ihto-the buildmgjand saved it;— The gas, -however, kept burning until a pl-g made by winding a blanket around a handspike was thrust into the hole. . .. Works bp Art. —The Norfolk Argus learns that Alexander Quit, the artist, has completed the facial-portion of the stature of Jellorson, ordered by that. Stale. It. only now remains to adopt a . becoming costume to complete ’ the stature, which will be ready for shipment next year. He is also superivuending the work on the stature of Clay, grdered -by the ladies of Virginia, to ..be executed by Hart, wdio-is de tained in London. Sluggishness OF Trade.— Thmshipments ol grain front'Chicago this year are 6,000,(1.00 ol bushels less than lit this season last'year.' The receipts are pretty ample now, but not more so than last year. The same falling dll' is noted at ttll the lake ports. 'The-Cincinnati Price Cur rent says the receipts at that city aro not half what they, ought to be, and the boats at ourown landing which lately arrived from .below are pre paring to lay up, it being impossible to get good cargoes below, even af the imvcst possible rates of freight. [C7* The will of M s. Lucy Fine, of Louis ville, who liberated all her slaves, nine in num ber, was registered on Monday. She gave to each of them $lOO in cash, and made them equal heirs to her .real estate in Jefferson street, at thp death of an aged.brother. The slaves are to bc_sent to Ohio; “ Smalt- Notes. —A large meeting of the citi zens iof Harrisburg was held on the 24th. ult.,. to request the Town Council- to issue sin all notes for the convenience ol business men in making change. Judge Dock presided, and'a committed was appointed to confer With the 'town council. The asylum for the insane is located a short distance from the Borough, and will.be (juite convenient. Female Domestics in the West.— The Cin cinnati (Ohio) Gazette ol the 29th nit. says that, at Covington, Ky., “a great number of (a. milios are turning off their servants, and, as a consequence, not a few females, at present, find themselves without places. We hoar of a good many wending their way to the country, and ap. plying for places at the roadside.” -i..,. her nearly seven and a half millions of dollars have arrived' in this country, a large portion of which entered into the specie resources of the banks and,the community. More, is coming. Let tberirCo a demand' for it, and it will come without fail. - , ’ “Woman—The morning star of infancy ; the day-star of manhood ; the evening star of old age.”— Ex. We presume this settles.an important astro nomical question, and determines that this. bright luminary is not fixed stars. Washington, November 2.—Gov. Walker, of Kansas, a few days ago, addressed a letter to the President, asking for leave of absence for a month. The President has granted his request. and ho was to leave on the first of November for Washington, lie will not bo removed, nei ther will ho resign, . ‘ Good Advice. —During the-..month of Qeio ■nos. HOWELL COBB. The Georgia Telegraph has the following ear nest, hearty notice of the distinguished Secre tary of the Treasury: ‘‘Howell Cobh, Secretary of the Treasury, has proved hiniseinujly equal to tho present emergency, and tho ability and skill which ho has displayed in tho disbursements of the gov ernment funds during tho present crisis have elicited the highest praise from not ciniy the democratic but the opposition prlffts. IVo could till our columns with extracts from the loading contract dal journals of the country commenting on his course in the tlio most complimentary tenqs; but itis useless for us to publish, for tho information of Georgians, flattering notices of Howell Cobb. Ho was born in Georgia, reared in Georgia, and, as long ns ho holds tt place in tlio councils of tho nation, Georgia will rest sat isfied that ‘all is well witli tho republic.’ ” Is That Thunder? The Petersburg (Virginia) Democrat gives, the following history of banking abominations in strong language and, in few words. . The Democrat is one of the few papers- called by that name that is so in fact as well as profess ion. It is one of the best conducted papers we receive. Blessings o/ jßimfa--They foster and extend ihe credit system by which honest men arc con stantly ruined and rogues constantly enriched. They lax the labor of the producer for the support of the idleness of the non-producer, •They drive forty millions of coin from this country every year, and substitute for it irre deemable paper, . They lock tip in bank-vaults as much more that should be in the pockets of the people who have labored for it. They give-employment to thousands'of non producers who continually abstract from the deposited, wealth'of the country without re turning anything to it. They induce periodical panics, by wliicli all industry is checked. They have ruined.a thousand firms,.within the liist three months, withiil the limits of the alone. . . They have thrown a half million of people, within the last three months, either totally-or partially out of employment. ‘ ■ ■■ . They are at this moment levying in thxs city of Petersburg! a, tax of thirteen per cent/ upon the labor of the mechanic and tradesman, in the shape of a premium on money—the only;hottest money —a tar ill which the strongest government would not dare to levy upon its subjects. They refuse to meet their obligations when ever it is convenient, and defy the law.. They enhance prices by making what they call money, cheap.' ‘ Such-arc a few of the benefits-resnliing fron that legalized iniquity known as batiks of cir eolation. ■ " ■ ■ James F. Polk on Bank Suspensions. , Tltc followiiig is an extract from the message of Governor James K. Polk to the Legislature of Tennessee in 1839. After having shown the causes of the financial troubles at that lime to have resulted from an inflated paper currency, .starling first with the banks of the Eastern cit ies,' lie says: . Upon the receipt of the information that some of the banks at the East in little more titan a, year froin their.last-resumption had again suspended specie payments, the question imme diately arose in the public mind, what had pro duced the suspension, and what would be the course, proper to die pursued by the. banks of Tennessee V As far ns we arc informed, the suspension at 'the East is represented lo have arisen ‘not out of a. lack of power to conlinnespecie pnymen.s, hut of self-preservation, under the form of keep ing the specie Ifom being drained opt of the .country;’ Without the means of knowing how the fact may