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 <bo. it is,for a suspension of pay
ment by die banks, but'an absolute inability to
meet their responsibilities promptly. : .
And whatever may have been the cause of
the suspension of payments.by the banks of the
East, it cati.furnish no'sufficient ground for the
suspension'of payment by our banks, so.lorig
as they,have an ability to pay. Like individ
ual debtors, they should meet their liabilities
honestly and promptly ah long as they are able
to pay. What is the effect if.a. contrary course
be adopted V . A few of the hanks at the East
suspend, And represent to the public that llfey
ate still solvent, and do. so. not from necessity,
but to retain.their specie ; and following their
example, the' banks in the interior, Which are
also represented to be solvent, suspend also,
not because they are under the necessity to .do
so. but simply because the eastern batiks have
suspended ; so that the suspension of the banks
in it single oily which may have indulged in
excessive issues of bank paper and bank cred
os, and thus sihuulaled and .promoted .over-ac
tion in trade, or which : mny have ulterior ob
jects itr view, is made'.to operate as a suspension
of payments by all the hanks of the country.
Surely, if (he batik'suspends in Philadelphia, it
is no reason fpr-mtr banks to follo'w the example,
unless they are compelled by their Condition to
do so.-;-'
The apprehension of t'.e drain.of their specie
can he no sufficient reason, for one of the ■con
ditions of their corporate privilegis is, thai
tiny shajl keep themselves at ail-times in a con
dition to meet their liabilities. • When a sus
pension. of specie payments'iakes place by banks,,
their circulation ’immediately depreciates in val
ue, and the loss' falls not on the banks, but on
the people. - The labor of the country bears the
loss, whilst, the banks, during a period: of sus
pension, are often doing their most profitable
business.!’ ■
Tlie Negro Vole of Ohio.-
The Negro vote of Ohio is variously estima
ted at from one thousand two, hundred to one
thousand five hundred. In this county they
range from one hundred and fifty 10-tivo hun
dred and fifty. Over a hundred voted.ih Oher
lin, whose names are -regularly registered and
challenged by the Democrats. In lake Geauga,
and Ashtabula, all vote without a why or
wherefore. It is safe to put donn the negro
vote in the Reserve at from five hundred to
eight hundred. But comparatively few of our
black population inhabit the Reserve. The
great body of them live in the southern part of
the State, in the counties of Ross, Iligliland,
Galia, Brown, Franklin and, Hamilton. How
many arc allowed to vote in these regions re
mains to he known. There are between fif
teen and twenty thousand free blacks in the
Slate, all anxious to vote, and shall vole. It is
safe to say that, take the Statu through, onem
ten do vole. The proportion is much greater
in Republican counties, and .the question- is,
what shall be done with this vote? Tliey are
cast in violation of law. The Democratic par
ly oppose their going into the ballot-box.—
They, of. course, will favor their coming oiit. —
Cleveland Plaihdcaler.
Vote on the Amendments.— Tlid rote entire
four Amendments to the State Constitution, at
tlio recent election, was as follows :
I, "2. , 3. , ,4.
Jfor 122,658' 117j143 114.G0G ' 118,005
Against 12,053. 21,412 20,895 14,382
Mnj’y. for 110,005 95,74,1 94,271 104,277
[CV A new mode of stealing hogs, is now in.
fashion in the neighborhood of Taunton, Mass.
Chloroform .is administered, when they aye re
moved from their pen without a equal.
KZ7” A number of citizens of Ilollidaysburg;
Pa., clubbed together and bought their winter’s
supply of Hour at §5,72 and §0,26 per barrel.
BIT* The son of Henr
Sjjunii-oLMiasissip?
pi, ran offtwowceks ogo with hia fathor'a sec*
ouil wife. The “son of a gun" has- not been
heard of since.
[From the Richmond Whig,' Oct. 30fA.]
Dreadful Homicide in Biciimo'mf, Va.
Aft appalling crime was committed yesterday
afternoon, about 4 o'clock, at the^airGrounds
‘and following close, upon an accident by which
a negro man was hastened into eternity , dif
fused a profound gloom throughout the multi,
tilde, sadly marring the pleasures of all pres
ent. The particulars of the dreadful event, as
communicated to us, were briefly these; Ninv.-
rod 13. Dickinson, commission merchant ofthisf
oily, formerly a tobacconist, went into the tent
or “refreshment saloon, ” where John 0. Haley
was employed as a caterer and superintendent
of the snack department. ,It appears llintlla
ley was indebted to Dickinson lor some articles
which he had purchased from him, and the two
entered into a sharp conversation relative to this
debt.. They were standing at the time near the
head of the dining-table. The altercajion was
very brief, and terminated, it is said, by Dick
inson applying a harsh epithet to Ifal’eyV which •
resented with a blow. Dickinson immediately
seized a carving-knife from the table and plungf
ed it into Haley’s breast. He proclaimed that
he had committed the awful- deed, and was
regdy to surrengcr himself, but all present
were overwhelmed with consternation, and D.
retired unmolested, with some of his friends, to ■
the outside of the enclosure, where he got into
ti. hack and rode off, avowing his willingness,
we understand, to surrender himself to the'
tlioritics.
Daley, after receiving, the, fatal stab, walked s
to the-lower end of the “saloon,” where one of
the barkeepers came to his aid, and assisted!
him to a recumbent position. A country phy--
sician present examined the wound,, and disi
covered immediately that the unfortunate mam
was beyond the pale of human skill. Jlegaspi.-
ed but a few breaths, and then expired. The'
blade of the knife entered the aorta, and must
have penetrated a depth of several inches, judg
ing from tjio marks of blood upon the sides of
die blade. , .
■ Tlte deceased was well knop-n to the commit:
nity as a restaurateur, and (or several years
was a member of the night watch. lie leaves a.
wife and five or six small children to mourn his
sad fate.
After the above was in type, we learned that
ilr Dickinson surrendered himself to Officer
Johnson, and.was committed to jail.by Alder?
man'Burton.
Secret Political Societies.— From what .we
have seen in tw,o or throe of ottr Phihidelphia
exchanges, we have been led to believe that ,ti
e.ot stderable number of Irish naturalized .citi
zens, patterning .after the ‘bad example of the
Know-Kotliing party, have formed a secret po«,
litical organization. .That this' organization
would throw its strength and iiitliicitce in favor
of.file Democratic party, we do hot doubt,' but
m-verlheless-wo hold.it, to bo the duty of the
Democratic party throughout the length and
breadth of the State to speak put against it.—
Our pat ty needs no such aid. II has conquered
Kiipw-Notiiingism and its off-shoot Black lio
ptthlicai itin, and it can-conquer,'-in the open
■field and in broad daylight, any. organization
that nnty be formed.to oppose it.
We are surprised that any set of men profess
ing attachment to Democratic principles should
'll ivq connected themselves, at this day, with a
secret political society. It is trub.thnt Pur na
turalized citizens Itaye had a very had example
set them in this respect bjr a large body of “our
.native citizens; bill thoDemocraticparly having
come forward and- successfully vindicated their
'r|ghl.s,-they Pwe'it to that party not to encum
ber, it .with ally secret organization. -Tito De-‘
mOcracy will stand no such attachment.. They
will preserve their consistency, and will Oppose
any secret political organization, whether it bo
i’or or against thorn,-the same .hold and deter
mined front that, they opposed Know-Nothing?
ism.— Valley Spirit.
Tub Pmr.AUE'i.i'iiiA Banks.— Tlte money ar
ticle of the Philadelphia Press of Monday, thus
speaks of tlte Banks of that city-: ' -
'■We learn that the Philadelphia Batik has de
oidc d'to accept the.provisions of tließelief law,
and the-other Banks, within a week, will .near
ly all fellow the example. Our business men
speak hopefully of the heavy November pay
ments being made without any further serious
failures. ..This is tint: dam on which so much
stiess lias been laid by those who vaticinate
evilas tl(e obstacle which could not possibly be'-
sunnounted: and which has prevented ninny,,
who otherwise felt safe and . able, from, ventu
ring to employ the means in their hands-fer-
rite benefit of men in business; The, 4th' of No
vember safely passed, we shall breathe freely,
and deeply, and trade will once again cont
inence to move.
Gov. Ligion’s Proclamation Witiidliawn
.—Baltimore,' November. I. —Gov. Ligion has
finally consented 10 withdraw his proclamation
culling out the military and placing the city
under martial law.. Negotiations have been go- .
ing on all day between the committees of ciltV
zens representing the Governor and Afayor
which germinated this evening in.the announce*
inent made by them jointly, that they were ait
thori/cd to state that the Governor; being satis
fied that arrangements had already been made
by the Mayor for preserving fhe peace, and se
cming an uninterrupted exercise of the right of
sufjrage; the military forces will therefore' not
be. made use of. The day passed without dis
turbance, though the streets in the vicinity o f
the Mayor’s office and Barniini’s Hotel have
been crowded all the afternoon by thousands
awaiting the result Of the negotiations, '
It is due to Gov; Legion to say .that fhe’ap.-.,
plication for the contingent use Of the Federal’
forces at-the Baltimore election, was made by a
committee from that city. His name was not
mentioned in- tlie dispatch- to- the Associated
Press.
The Reverses.—lt is safti to- say that just
about: this time there are as many mortified!
spirits in certain portions of New York as would
expiate half the sin of Wall street, if there mor-
tification could db it. A fashionable’gentle- .
man,'well known, in monied circles,jvas seen,
on a late evening not long since, in the deepest
agitation, conversing with an acquaintance of
his,-whoso rank in'life would have forbidden
.the confidential tone and'-'manner which the *
aristocrat now assumed, sixty days ago. But
these monied tornadoes are great levelers ;* the
rich man ivas then the patron, as he supposed
the superior.- now he was, ns far as this'world's :
•goods go, greatly the inferior, and in-a state of
niind more miserable than, his humble frknd
ever had been.. A 'beautiful house, splendidly
furnished, in the fifth attenuc, had that day
goneintoihe hands of the sheriff; his first instal
ment on the purchase of a year since of IjfTOOO
down, was lost to him ; and his thirty thou
sand dollar mansion and all it contained were
taken on the mortgages. “The worst of it all
is,’, said the gentleman, “my wife is entirely
ignorant of the state of my aflairs, and To-night
it is necessary to make them known to her, and
I have not the courage to do it. She does not
know that the house and all-it contains aro
gone, and to impart the information to her costs
nte the , greatest effort I ever made. lam so
Vriiaevablc*!-can- hardly go fiuiiic. 1 ’ - Thusu'ty\o , “
men parted ; he whose pride had fallen, to go
to a fashion-loving wife, in whow he evidently
would find no' sympathiser, and make the
dreaded disclosure, and the other to wonder
at the mutation of fortune which brought-the
wealthy miii below.-that of the individual he
had in days past, superciliously patronized.—
Verily, ••riches taketh unto itself*wings and
flieth." ‘-Let him who thinketh he standeth
take heed lest he fall;” These lessons have
been practically learned within the past three.
months.— N. Y. Day Book. • ' ‘f
Seven Peiisqns DuowNEn.— A despatch <
from Montreal. Canada, states that a canoe,
containing 12 persons, was capsizeiTiri the St.-
Lawrence,, above that city, on the-evening of
the 25'h ult., and seven of the number were
drowned. ■ ‘
The Siamese Twins are nqw exhibiting
themselves again. They are now forty-seven
years of age, have each a wife and seven child*
ren, two of the latter accompanying them-