AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. JOHtiB. BUATTON, Editor fc Proprietor. CARLISLE,, PA., NOV- 12, 1857. Oy On Monday last; Mr. Samuel Meoaw, re cently elected County Commissioner, took the oath of office, and entered upon the discharge of his duties. The. .Board now consists of Btessrs. Henderson, Ker, and Megaw. Casual Death.—A man named Geo. Hoe- FELTER, from the vicinity of Mount Rock, this county, came to his death on Tuesday night of last week, by being thrown from' his wagon, while returning home from Ccntreville. He was under (he influence of liquor at the time, it is said. Coroner McClellan held an inquest upon the body on Thursday, and the jury found as above. >- ’ ‘A SnAXtow“DonoE.” —The Carlisle Herald makes a sorry attempt to sustain its former as sertion, viz—that “ file evils of the bankingsys tom are chargeable to the. Democratic party.” The editor says that for the last twenty-five years the Democrats have either had the Gov-- ernor or one or both branches of the Legisla ture, and therefore the Democratic party is re sponsible for the-evils complained of! Sage conclusion, that—very 1 Our opponents may have the Governor, the Senate, and within one dr two of the House of Representatives, hut yet the Democrats must lie held responsihle'for all legislation! If this is Iho wny tbc edjtor ar- rives at conclusions, wo arc not -so ranch sur prised nt his former reckless assertions. . We .suppose, of, course, on the same grounds", ho holds the Democratic party responsible for the •acts ol Gov. Pollock's administration! The • people, however, take a different view of the . responsibility of parties; the party to the ,■ . Governor belongs is always hold responsible for * all acts of Assembly, and wo did not for a mo ment suppose pur neighbor so tc verdant’’as not • to know ibis, ... . Death op John. Irwin,.Esq.—With sorrow and regret, we announce the death of our rc , apected townsman and friend, JoiiN’litwiN, , Esq. He di,cd at llarrisburg, very suddenly, on Thursday night last, after an illness of about twenty-four hours. For the last thir teen years, Mr. ItiwtN had been a clerk in the .Auditor General’s office, the duties of Which he ' fulfilled to the entire satisfaction of his employ er. Hfi was well known to nearly every man in.oiir county, having for many years, (previous to> bis going to Harrisburg,) acted as Clerk to the County Commissioners. Tie was a true friend, kind husband, and indulgent' father, and was much respected and esteemed by his numerous acquaintances. Little did we think when hq called to see us on Monday week .that he was paying us his farewell visit! little did wo imagine that in less than one week his body would be resting in the silent grave! The remains of Mr. Irwin were brought to ' Carlisle on Friday, and consigned to the tomb on Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. His Mason: io and OJd Fellovv bcelhcnt. as well as a very largo concourse of our citizens attended thefu-1 neral. Mr. J. leaves a wife and several children to mourn his death, and Ip them this affliction’ is indeed irreparable. They arc. heart-stricken and bereaved, .and this' dispensation).ot Divine Providence, falls upon Them with crushing force. But vet. it must atioid them some consolation ' to know that.lhe deceased met his end with composure, and'that Ins pathway to the grave was brightened by the immortal hopes which spring frofn tlie Christian faith. rXlt in Beef. —Tcstei-day, (bo cattle market in Philadelphia fell ono dollar on (bo hundred weight below (ho prio6 o( last week. The mar ket is very dull, apdtho supply largely'oxcecd-- ; ing, the demand. There is a prospect, before the winter is over, of Iwof being down, to a fair average price; It has been up, for the last few years to an inordinate figure, but not propor tionately greater (hah every other kind of food. A Fortunate, State,— The Little Hock (Ar kansas) Democrat says that the Treasury of Ar - kansas is overflowing with gold and silver. Tire various funds are' enumerated that have their hundreds of thousands of the hard. The treas ury has no bank-notes; nothing but specie in Arkansas; except a small old bank debt,, (foes not owe a cent, and has in her strong box more gold and .silver.than will keep the government for two s'cars without any further, taxation-. . . There are no banks in Arkansas,'.and the tax es &»oc paid in gold and silver, and the State pays out nothing but that kind of currency. The New Kiple Musket.— The Ordnance Department has reported a sufficient number of the new model rifle musket (calibre five eighth of an inch) now on hand to arm five re giments, and that the armories will manufac ture enough for at least one regiment per month. - An Honest Convict.— Several years.ago, a German was convicted in the Louisville, Ken tucky, Criminal Court, of horse stealing, and sentenced tq-the-Eenitenliary= for-four years.— Bcceptly, his Term having expired, he entered the office bf the gentleman who" unsuccessfully defended him on his trial, and paid him his fee of £25, ' Lynching in Texas. —At Waxahatchio/on the 28th ult., Rev, Thomas Donegan was sen tenced, by a mob court and jury, to receive 500 lashes, and they were inflicted in the public sqpare. He was accused with tampering.with daves, and -instigating them to rob their mas term Cheap-Living. —ln Paris a man may dine for twopence.. Iti tho neighborhood of the Marche des Innoccnls there is a certain enter prising Madame Robert, who daily feeds' some -.liX — thcnsand-'-wsrlimcni !n~thc .operr'‘irfi*,~-;i~ct- sheltered from the weather. Her daily bill of faro is cabbage soup, a slice of bouilli (beef,) a piece of bread; end a glass of wine. Gold and Eggs.—A young man from Lex ington, on Wednesday last, presented sBGo.of the notes'of . the Farmers’- Bunk,, at the branch at Georgetown, Ky., for redemption. Tbegold was promptly handed-to- him, but as he left the bank he was saluted with a shower- of - eggs from a mob of mqn and boys. *• . The Treaty with Peiic.—T’ho. President has proclaimed the binding force of the treaty betweeh the United States and Peru, concluded on the basis that “ Free ships riiako free goods, 'and the property of neutrals oil board enemy’s, vessels is not subject to detention or confisca tion, unless the same be contraband of war.” ®ho contracting parlies cpgogo to apply these. Principles tp the commerce and navigation of alt such powers and States as shall consent to adopt them as permanent and immutable. LOCO-FOCO FRAUDS." Tlic Harrisburg Te/cgrrp/i of last week con tained an editorial 1 under the above caption, which, for down-right impudence, exceeds any thing we hhvc rend for some time. We extract from the Telegraph the following : “•It-is really extraordinary to see the outra geous-frauds which arc-resorted to -by the-Lo co-loco parly to carry elections. Look at Kan sas— look at Minnesota —look jt Ohio—look at, Pennsylvania—look everywhere over the coun try, nnd wlmt do you sco.but ope glaring fraud after another, perpetrated; by the Locofoco pny ty, absolutely rendering the elective franchise a' perfect-farce.” . 1 It is positively refreshing to hear American Republican editors denounce election frauds.— These men appear to consider every Democrat ic victory a “fraud.'' “Look at Kansas, look at Minnesota, look at Ohio, look at Pennsylva nia,” they exclaim. Well, look at them, and what do you sec but d condemnation of Black Republican and KnowrNolliing principles ? We suppose our opponents consider it an “out rageous fraud” for men to vote the Democratic ticket. Such “frauds” however, have been practiced from the organization of the Govern, ment to the present date, and we doubt not will continue to be practiced for -all lime to come. With the exception of Kansas, no fraud ulent voting haslbcen resorted to. by Demo ciatspbut the Republicans and Know-Nothings have been guilty of. this very oflohee in nil sec tions of country. They hold power how in more than one State and in several large cities through the. agencies of brute violence and fraud. Let the Telegraph,- if it desires to con- I detiin fraud and violence, look at Maryland— a State disfranchised, and in the keeping oflatv ■less vagabonds belonging to the Know-Nothing organization. No Democrat can voc in Balti more except at imminent risk of his Iffe, for the polls arc in posscssioh of the Plug Uglics, who are armed to the teeth, and are ready to shoot down any man who dares to vote the Demo cratic ticket. Look , at Louisville and New Orleans, also, two large cities in the keeping of . Know-Nothing villains, nnd who Consider it .a part oT their duty to stab and shoot at every man who opposes their blood-thirsty organiza ■ lion. Those cities, like Baltimore," are in the uhdispu ted,possession of the rabble, for the Democrats havehad.convinciiig evidence that to oppose, them,is" to invite death. And yet the Telegraph and'papers of like kidney, have "no fiiulkto find with the doings of the “Plug Ug lies” of Baltimore, or- Ihij butcheries of the “Blood Tubs” of Louisville nnd New Orleans.. On the contrary, the bloody achievements of these-abandoned, scoundrels are shouted over -as great “ AmSricanjnctorics. ” The Democratic patty is now and always was’favorable to the sanctityjof the ballot box.- and no matter who attempls fradulent voting, they will receive no' countenance 'from intelli gent Democrats. Gov. Walker, in throwing out the fradulent votes in the districts of Ox ford and McGee, in Kansas, was but carrying out Ins'principles and discharging his duty.— What man of the Black Republican party, or ; who'belonging to the Plug Ugty, Know-Nolh- : ing faction, would, at the expense, of his own i party, discharge a duty.like that discharged by. ' Gov. Walker 1 We conclude this -hasty article, thefcfotc, by , advising the Harrisburg Telegraph to look at the doings of.its own party if it wishes to con demn rowdyism and villainy at the polls. Let the editors of the'opposition join.us in,our cf-’ forts to preserve the purity of the ballot box, and to ferret out those who dare'to usurp the rights of the people. Let the voice of the ma jority be heard without molestation, and let us preserve this boon to our children, and hand it down to them as an inheritance better and brighter than the Golden apples of the Ucspc rides. , K7”Sincc 1849 wc.havc exported specie and bullion to the amount pf $819,708,929, and im ported the. same to the amount ot $47,076,218, makinga difference, against us bi $272,682,732 in gold.. This is the effect of Locofooo Free -Trade,— Chambersburg, .Repository. There is.phllosopby for you—Black as Re publicanism can make it. We have been print ing rags by the- ton weight, and because specie will no more stay " where worthless strips of brown paper are used- as a currency than light can exist in darkness, wo arc gravely told-, that Free Trade sends the gold and silver abroad. If wo would.use it at home, it.would stay at home. Establish a specie currency in the United Stales, and Old-England would no longer bo able to send uncounted-million's worth of useless gew gaws to this-country in exchange for real mon ey. It would afford a salutary check at once-to our national extravagance and folly, which has already produced so great an amount of misery, wretchedness, and.crime. If would check' lids almost universal spirit of ganibling and specula ting—money that is worth something, costs something, and every idle loafer in a broadcloth coat would not obtain it merely by writing-his name on a slip of paper. So says the Phil.Ar rus. ' -. Quick Work. --At a late fire in Cincinnati, Ohio, an individual who happened to be at the •door of the steam fire engine house, thus de scribes the effect: "The firemen,- who were silling near thfi stove, sprang instantly to (heir differcift posts. One applied a lighted nnalch to the prepared fuel underneath the boiler, an other lit the lamps, others got the excited and impatient-horses rehdv, who started from their stalls at the first peai of the bell; and in pre cisely one minute and twenty-six seconds the steam fire engine started from the house into the street.” Canal Appointments. —The Board of Ca nal Commissioners will hold a session on the 17th inst., for the purpose.of making appoint ments, i n ‘be-pubilC-WOrks.. .... _ .Gov-. Walker not to be Removed. —Tho Albany Argus of thp'Sd inst., publishes tho-fol. lowing despatch from tho President to tho Hon- Daniel E. sickles.,’ It is a flat and official con tradiction to tho story of Walker’s removal : Washington, Nov. 2; 1857. To tho Hon. D. E, Sickles:—There is not a word of t'ruth in tho removal of Walker and Stanton. James'Bucuanan. ’The VEnplOT.'—Every fnerabor of the last Legislature—save two or three—who voted for tho solo of tho main lino, have boenolectcd to stay at lidino.- ’ , BC7” “Mr. Banks"—says tho Boston Trans script, “is the twenty-first person elected ns Governor of this Commonwealth, and the sec ond that has in early life worked at a trade:— The governors, for more than two generations, were members of the mercantile, legal or medi cal pi-ofessjons. Mr. Briggs was a dmttcr, and Mr.'Banks-a machipcst. A HARD CIIBREXCV. Nicholas Biddle was generally considered a good Bonk man, nnd his opinions upon subjee ta connected with banting, and the currency, should be—if thosebfany oneare— considered or thodox by lho warmest friends of the existing hanking system. Wc therefore invite theirht tcriiioh to the following views of the great lead er, of the once powerful Bank party, upon a point thaly hits precisely the present condition of tilings. In the year 1832, Mr. Biddle was called before a committee of the House of Kep rcsentnlivcs, at Washington,with reference to the question of the increase of the paper circulation of the Bank of the U. S., and the means of per mancntlyregulalinglhcgenernl paper circulation so as to prevent injurious efteot upon the trade and currency of the country. “ What is want ed,’’said Mr. Biddle, “is this: First, to.widen the basis of the metallic.circulation by abolish-, ing the use of small notes so as to allow coin to take the place of them, as.it inevitably would; and, second, to annex to the non-payment of specie by the Bnnks so heavy a penally—say an interest of twelve per cent., as in the Bank of the United States; or twenty-four percent., as in some of the New England Banks; or a forfeiture of the charter, as-in some of the Jer sey Banks —as would deprive the Banks of all temptation to incur the risk of insolvency.”— Here is an open and distinct recognition nnd endorsement of the great fundamental doctrine for: which the Democratic party has always; contended, and now contends, with reference to existing financial troubles. There is too much paper—top little coin. The expansion of .the former forces prices above their natural level, nhd at the suine tjmo- banishes from circulation coin, which is’the only real basis of prosperity, either national or personal. The remedy for ,this cyil of the currency consists in widening “the basis of the metallic circulation,” as.rccommen-' ded by Mr.' Biddle, . and imposing upon' the Banks such "restrictions, hot only with refer ence to the denomination of their notes, but also in the matter of non-payment of specie, aA will make a suspension equivalent to : immediate li quidation. The coin movement is the only One .that pronfiscs " practical fruits, and it can bo inaugurated in such a manncr.as to avoid all unnecessary alarm in business circles. Let all: Bank notes under ten dollars be abolished with in the next year; and n year or two afterward, ,let the lowest denomination of notes be Ihiiuep 1 to twenty dollars. This will widen the specie basis suflficiciqntly (i to secure the great massdjf the people for all time to conic against aiiy in convenience or loss from expansions nnd con tractions of paper money, and the suspension and failure of Banks. ■ • . •. " Princely Fare, Them has recently been an undorsfanding'had among tho principal Railroad Companies of tile United Slates, the result of which is, that (lie rales of faro and of freight transportation are to bo increased, and tile wngesof employees and running speed reduced. If these several rail roads belonged to the State, it would be a mat ter of common complaint,with everyone; not so, belonging to companies. We have no right, in the estimation of some, to trouble ourselves about private property, of corporations. If tlieirofficers commit fraud or overbearing, it is their business".. This may be to a certain extent; but, as these corporations receive their special authority from the people, they are amenable to them if they abuse it. They may; be dojng so flow. There is. not a prominent-/railroad' com-" paiiy in the United States whose "chief- officers do not receive exorbitant salaries. The Presi dent of the Now “Fork and Erie Railroad gets a salary of §25,000 a year, and’tills may possibly bo a correct standard of all, the Others. The people, the employees, and the; transporters, •have a right in the face of this; to complain bl the contemplated charges. They have a legiti mate.right 10 bo jealous of a system that will make .millionaires of ono class and worse Ilian paupers of another. When special laws are thus openly perverted to drain: from tlio earn ings ol the tanner, the transporter, and the la. borer, to fill the coffers of a few-, it is time fir a ebango. ■ President Buchanan and the “Plug Ug lies.”—TluS Washington correspondent of the Richmond “South,” speaking of President Bu chanan, says; “A delegation was some time ago introduced, to the President, and proceed ing in the'usual style of complimentary impor tunity to entreat the liohor of Ids presence at an agricultural fair'in tile-neighboring good city of Baltimore-, ono ,of the delegation insisted that tho President owed a visit to Baltimore, ‘where ■ho might see some of the solid men of the coun try.’. ‘Well, gentlemen,’ said Mr, Buchanan, speaking in his characteristic manner, slowly and with amiable seriousness,'<! doiit know.— I can’t'say whether- I* will bn able to go to Baltimore. But jf Ido concludo to go, as you wish, canyon promise toproleci me from the Plug Uglier'?’ Tho effect of (Jjp speech, uttered with a quaint, emphatic amiable seriousness, which It is impossible to describe in "Wbrds to those who have ndVor witnessed Mr. Buchanan’s manner, was irresistible, and the visitors, all, into laughter.” • Emigrants SouTtiwAnp.—A paragraph in llie Charleston (S. 0.) .Evening Nfcws of the 24th nit., mentions the arrival at that port of one hundred and nine steerage passengers from New York, in the steamship Columbia. Some of these were obliged to seek lodgings in the po lice stations at night, and oh being questioned by the Mayor in the morning, replied that they had gone thither in search of employment, and being destitute of means; were driven to the charity of the city for a night’s lodging'. The News, in speaking of the matter, says : ‘‘This is, perhaps, the advance guard of the thousands that have been thrown out of business'at the North, and who will bo driven South in search ■- - —— of employment. Wc may expect large roin forcomcnts of this class of our population by every steamer, as well ns by other modes of conveyance.” Lynch Law in England.— A flno, buxom looking girl of 26. Was married at St. George’s Church, Manchester, England, recently, to a cripple, aged- 28, -who, propels himself along the pavement with his bands, bis legs and body be ing carried by a stage on four wheels. As soon ns the marriage ceremony was performed, and the parties had left the church in a cab, a mob of several hundred people ■ followed 'who .dragged out the bride and lier maid, who were very roughly handled. , ■ , To de Disdanded. —It seems to bo almost uni- Voisaliy conceded that the Republican party.js to bo disbanded.' So wise, so just, so impartial is tho administration'ol Buchanan, that people generally, concede that tlioro ougbt to : bo no op position to it. • • ■ i The Mormons. The Philadelphia BulleiinoX Wednesday-last, h| speaking of thp Mormons, snya it is hardly fahvto trust to the vogue reports brought by ca sual strollers or stragglers from Mormondom,’ and too many of our most recent sources of 'in formation from that quarter have been ot that character. From thej)eaert A r eies .itself, an en tirely official source, wp gather that, the utmost, exasperation against the United Statcsugovern ment was prevailing in the idpd of the . Saints two months ago, and-all information brought to-,,, gether gives one point with the utmost clearness —that the MornJons rtil! not exist as a commu nity having anything fn common with any other government or body of men.. They will bo as isolatcd : ‘as Chinese or nothing. ‘They will flee if it must be, or tight if it must bo, but they will not bo meddled with or influenced. With such Oriental ideas combined with Oriental institu tions, they have, during many years of exclu siveness, acquired all the vanity.and sensitive ness which naturally.result from seclusion and a continual consciousness of themselves alone. Wo have, no doubt that the majority of them arb quite willing to be martyred, and have very little doubt that a-commnnity which has made such strong military preparations will fight des perately. In Short, trouble, of a very serious nature is rapidly brewing .in Utah, and unless the United States troops finding themselves too weak, should await further reiutorccmcnts, there can ho no doubt that in a few months (lie nows from the Mormons’will be the great absorbing topic of the day. . ' * ■ Kansas ■ and- the . Political Sentiments of its Citizens. Tlio. Kansas correspondent of Ciifcinnatf r/mej,.jn a voednt letter, myites the following remarks respecting the foul political sentiments of the citizens of that territory; They but cor roborate what was said some , months ago by a distinguished Southerner/"'ho traveled through the Territory, and who in a letter to the Charles ton Mercury , said that land,, speculation would make Kansas :a free Slate : -“I desiro-to correct an imprcssion-wliich pre vaiis in the States, that the ‘Republicans’ have carried Kansas.” . • ' ' ■' “There is'no such party here and never has been I ■’ T.wodhirds of the votes given .for tlio Free-State' ticket in tiic-rcccnf election were ,polled by men who were bitterly opposed, both to the principles and the policy of theTlepnbli cail party. 1 am.happy to say that there ..is, at' this mpment, a largomini her of real Simon-Pure ■Americans in Kansas Territory; arid 1 hate yet .to find one single. American, whether from 1 lie North or the South, .who did not, in the recent election, ‘go his whole length’—to rise n popu liu^plir.i.se—for the entire'l'ree-State Ticket. A. 'large’ number of‘.dyed-in-wool Democrats’ also gave'their votes mid-energies for the success of the Free-State Ticket. Those facts are 'incon trovertible.' Tjie question now arises: Why did men oi such widely different political senti ments act together upon this occasion ?. The reason is obvious:. These men have their all invested in Kansas, and depended, to a great degree,,for success upon the inmiigrntion next spring. The first liiwof human nature is self interest. Every National man in Kansas, know perfectlywell thljt il-tlie.Dcmocratic ticket suc ceeded at tliis pe'riod of our history, it w’dnld bo heralded ,throughout tlio length and breadth of (lie land as a pro-slavery victory, and that such an ihiprcssioi(,c6uld hot bo easily eradicated, and that it would almost entirely check immigra tion. Whereas, on the oilier hand, ifllio Free- State Ticket w;as victorious—as it.tfmainiy is— 7, the immigration )into Kansas next spring, from •tlio States, would'be immense— indeed wrthoula. single parallel in the hi'itdty of the settlement of new countries! .These truths are verified by the immense increase in immigration since the elec tion. Every.boijl'up the river was crowded to. its utmost capacity with persons and families in tending to settle |n Kansas.- The hotels in this. ■City- arc. Ifto'^lli^rajifmod,J*. • ;. - ' -r. , P Increase oi' or Salaries. —Tlio Penna. It-K. Co; have reduced the sala riesof employoekto the extent'of 10, 15 and 20 per cent, and have increased the passenger rates of fare oue-half cent per mile." Tliis corporat ion appears determined not to suffer nuichlrom the hard times. While a praiseworthy disposi tion-is manifested by generous individuals in different parts oi'the country to decrease rents; and the cost of the necessaries and convenien ces' of life, this giant, well-to-do ,Company self ishly attempts to.continuo its fat dividends liy increasing the, cost of travel and transportation, and paying at thd' same (into less for- services rendered .them.,-Verily corporations no souls. If such proceedings were rendered nec essary to prevent the company from becoming swamped,-it,would bo pa'rdo,nable, but .when, ns is stated, it is. done merely to secure a continu ed heavy income over expenses, it is, certainly repriliensiblo, ; ' • IMPORTANT IpECISIOM ok THE SUPREME Court. —Tn the case of the Commonwealth vs. McAllister and Hess, recently carried-' to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on u.writ of er ror to the Court, of Common Pleas ofLancasler county, it was .decided that -'When an admin istrator, or trustee deposits trust funds in his. own name in a Bank or Savings Institution ■Miich fails, the loss shall full upon himand not upon the cestui pte-trust.”■ The Court.held that “The liability of an. ad ministrator or, trustee for funds lost by the fail ure of the hank'or institulion'in which they have been deposited doc's not depend upon■ the'good faith, prudence or judgment with which he may. have acted—nor xipon the faetjhat he lias, de posited his own funds in the same place. lie is personally responsible for the loss, of the money deposited in his name, because he did not make the deposit as administrator or trustee. ” ‘ , ' Tire opinion of the Court was delivered by Justice Armstrong, and is a lucid and convin, cing argument in support of the principle here established. The Bank op Pennsylvania.—The Prcsi dent,and Directors of the Philadelphia Bank have certified to the Governor their apprehen sion and belief, that the Bank of Pennsylvania is in an unsafe condition, and made application under the riiceiic Act'Of 'Asstrirbiyrfui' 't~h(r-»p- pointment of Commissioners to investigate the condition of,the said Bank. The Daily News says that undtjr the construction given to the Act of Assembly by the State Department,'there can be no further steps' taken in the matter un til the Bank of Pennsylvania shall have accep ted the new-law. and if the stockholders of that institution should decline to do so, tligre will be no appointment of Commissioners. A.r'iunui.tjNT Scheme; —Tlie Cincinnati pa pers expose a swindling scheme got up in that place on pretence of being a'benevolent opera tion under the title of tho Western Emigrant Aid Association. The plan of the parties is to obtain the names and addresses of persons in different parts of tho country, to whom they forward handsomely; engraved tickets in a pro tended lottery, the procccds-ofwhich are prom ised.to be devoted, to aiding poor men of fami lies to emigrate to the West., 1 ’ The (iFafii Crops of 'California'.^ jfb item containcd.in the last batch of news from the Pacific, is more remarkable than that which announces that the graim crops of the present year in California, will largely exceed the demand of that State for consumption. .This is a desideratum which the citizens of the Golden State lldvo locked forward to as above nil things to bo first attained. They have been,bent'on raising their own breadslufls, and \Vcro deter mined tostop the importation of thcscjitid : all other cofeals. At last they hayc accomplished the object. Thus one-groat leak in their ship is stopped. No nioro gold will’.lie sent away to pa}’ for Wheat, hurley, oats, ,ryO',§tc. Flour will no, longer- range at such fabulous prices as it was wont to do. But the Californians have it. in view not only to raise enough grain to sup ply the homo market, hut to .furnish a surplus for exportation. From the statistics officially returned by the. county assessors, the San Fran cisco Herald considers it quite certain tliat Cali fornia must before long become a large exporter In order to ascertain to what extent of grain. this is likely to go, it is necessary to revert to the 'Capabilities of the State ns an agricultural producer. Taking the item of barley alone, it appears that this season the crop in the two coilnties of Alameda and San Joaquin* is no less than -2,010,076 bushclSj or nearly equal to half the yield of the State in 1850, and exceed ing the barlej* crop of any State in the Union except New York in 1850. The Herald makes a remark which will, probably, surprise some of our readers. It is to the .effect that the agricul tural resources of California are greater than those of any other State in the Union. Hither, to, people have been accustomed only to regard that region as rich in mineral resources, yield, ing abundance of sold, quicksilver, coal,.etc. — The representations of the first American emi grants did the State groat ihjiislice. Its long droughts wero exaggerated, until \ye believed the soil incapable of regular culture. But the truth is now ascertained that it'is'a soil Os won drous in an'agricultural point of view as in any thing else- Nor must its production of grain be guagod by the present yield, for the farmers, deceived by tlio’ case with which they raised their first- crops, have been'very negligent this year, as will be seen by the following extract -frbmllie San Francisco lierdtd ; . '“From conversations which we have, .held' with persons,who have devoted a large share ol their attention toAgriculture, we arc persuaded that the decrease in some counties is not to bo. attributed stj much to .drought or any, atmos-’ pfieric' cause, blit rather to tlio fact that, in consequence ofa belief in the wonderful fertili ty ol the soil, the ground had been hut imper fectly, ploughed .previous to the sowing of the grain. In - sbtho instances only a few indie's of the so'ij had boon turned up, and as several crops had ;heon previously raised in*thu same Way, the surface had become worn out, and incapable Of yielding anything like a proliiablc return. It is 0 fact which cannot ho controverted, Ihut wher cvcr -subsoil plows*—plows with a shear lur B o enough to turn tip the soil Irom a considerable depth—have been used, rich crops have been harvested.” - > • • . ; Up to.the year. 185-1 California had.tp import breadstuff's and other grain j'.bnt in that year the crops first began to approach a sufficiency for the home consumption, and this has boon iu ci casing yearly, until there is now talk of there being a surplus for export. A Romantic Beauty,—The Cincinnati Ga,- zotte relates that a few days since a white-haired old man was standing in one of the market places of that city, recounting the-incidents which had happened to-him during a checkered existence. It soeins that about thirty year's ago- ho deserted, in a cowardly mood, bis wife and three children,Jiving in Lancaster, PnV, be cause ho had no means of supporting them; and took to .the. sou, visited various parts of the world—Europe, fhe lloJy Land, South America; (where lie remained several years,) .California, and lastly China,.but in all.hjs wanderings, pov erty adhered to him, like the shirt of Ncssns, and a few months ago he .returned toNuw York, infirm, needy and almost worn out. Ho com menced a searoh.torliis wife and children among his old friends at Lancaster, but the deserted wife and one of her children.had lain years in the grave, and the old man again set forth a wanderer and a stranger in the land. Chance directed his footsteps to Cincinnati, and while •ho was relating his -adventures tp a'group of lis teners, as above mentioned, a young cabinet maker paused to listen ns lip was on his way to. dinner, and questioning the old man, discover ed that lie was his father 1,. The son was young when his parent lelthomo,but had heard enough, of his history to know that, the wanderev befoie him was his father. Hotooktho old than warm ly by the. arid, carried him to his boardinghouse, and will, smooth his footpath to the grave with filial kindness. ■ .UtECTiOH-iN Dunum'.—A, municipal election in Detroit on Tuesday week, resulted in the suc cess; of the Democratic candidate for Mayor, and thb choice of a Democratic majority in the Board of Aldermen.' Louisiana Election.-tIo Louisiana the De mocratic State ticket lias triumphed. The new Legislature is also Democratic, while the Demo crats have chosen throe members of Congress, and the Americans one. Maryland Election.— The election in.Mary laud on IVednesday week, resulted, as might have, boon expected, in the succbss of the bo. gtis American or Know-Nothing party. The city of Baltimore gives if majority of 9,0.17 for Hicks, the K. N. candidate for Governor. As usual, there was a great dual of rioting at the polls; and several men were, shot, notwithstand ing the alleged, efficient precautionary police ar rangements of. Mayor Swann. . o Or FI Cl At Vote of Ohio. —Tho full official vote for Governor of Ohio, fools up as follows : Gov. Chase, (Rep.) 160,568 Henry. B. Payne, (Dem.) 150,065 Peter Van Trump, (Amtj,) ' 10.227 Tho above shows that Gov, Chase has been re-elected by a plurality of 1503. All tho amendments proposed to the State Constitution have been adopted by enormous majorities. They provide for single legislative districts, annual sessions of tho Legislature, the equalization of bank and individual taxation, general acts of incorporation, etc; CE?* The Shipping interests of Boston are very .much depressed. There are two hundred and fifty vessels now in that port idle. The low prices of cotton operate to limit'greatly tho ship ment .of that article; the small quantities of breadstufls on the Atlantic seaboard chock near ly* all European freights; tho troubles in India and the great stock in Boston of all India goods Operate raosUinfavorably against any now enter prises in that quarter; and there are no charters offered, save to a few ports, such as London and Liverpool, to carry to those markets goods that cannot bo, sold hero at any price. The Relief Law.—The Banks of Pennsyl vania, with few exceptions so far ns we have heard, have accepted Ihe of.theß elief law.- r ~ Jkoifc • K 7" 1 A Sebastopol correspondent of the. Bo ston Courier says that the former inhabitants of that ruined city arc constantly returning in transports and steamers, and that already the place has a population oT upwards of thousand. Before the siege the population was 00,000. ■ * *■' 077“ The Pacific Sentinel says that an Indian named Pedro died lit Santa Cruz, bn the 7th of September, aged 130 years. . 077“ The Western Exchange Bank of Nebras ka had a circulation of $139,000 at the time of its suspension, none of which is likely to be re deemed. 077“ “ Times arc improving,- and men arc getting on their legs again," said a New Yoik gentleman to histfiend. " How so ?" .“Why; those who used to ride down in their carriages now walk." 077= Mrs. Anne Benderhacfel was burned to death by a enmphene lamp in Chicago, on Sun day. ■• 077“ John Riley was killed in an affray with Amos Smith, in Charleston, S. C., on Satur day. 077“ There was icc on ponds in the 1 vicinity of Athens, Ga., oh the 21st ult. 077“ Hon. G. ,A. Simmons, ex-member of Congress, died oh Wednesday last, at ICecnse villc, N. Y. ' DC?” Hop. J. F. Farnsworth, member of Congress elect from. Chicago, is sinking fast, and no hope is now entertained of his recov ery- :ffZr Several distinguished American officers are now at Washington, it is said, endeavoring to get-inlo the British.service in India, , CC7“ Mr. E. R. Merry, a well known cnizcit of Fairfax comity, Virginia,' was among the lost passengers of the steamer Central Amer ica. ■ ■ Dy The amount of-specie in the United Sta ffs is estimated, at-about $300,000,000 equal to $l2 in coin for every man, woman and child in the country. DC? - Among the Mormons, boys of ten and, twelve ycars'of age, are enrolled;in military bands, called the “ Hope of Israel.” ■ fly The mercy of' man is to be just; the .justice of woman to bo merciful. ' ■ OT7" A Kansas palter asserts that a Free State will soon be formed .out of Northern Texas.. ITT” The. Saint Louis Herald says: “ The streets are full of idle men, mechanics, cleiks, and laborers, who have been thrown put of employment in consequence of the recent trou bles inthe money, market. ... DC?” Thirty-one Irishmen left Hartford, Con necticut, one daylast week,'on their return to ’lreland to live, thinking their chances better in. the old country. . . Dy There were fifty-five fires in Philadel phia during the monjjis of July', August and September. Loss $71,715, Insurance $89,- 425.. . .. - Dy The estate of the late Ex-Gov. Sprague, of Rhode Island, amounted-to over six millions of dollars, •. • As the Storm -which bruises the flower nourishes the tree, so absence, which starves a weak affection, strengthens a strong one. (£7=- There arc 30,000 operatives and working men. of various kinds, without employment, in the city and vicinity of Philadelphia, O'- Since the -financial pressure commented the notes of no less than 93 banks in the Uni ted States have been discredited. : o=.'The lowa City Republican states;.that farmers are offering wheat.in' that city for fo-.ty cents.ft bushel, and cannot find purchasers. , (£7" The contractors oh the Lock Haveh and Tyrone Railroad have suspended operations for the present, and discharged their work men.. . Somcbf the Western papers have placed their money columns ni mourning, by invert ing the column “rules,” and .pulling an obitu ary head at -the top, - • . [£7= Married,, in Litchfield, Ky., on the'l2th ult., by Judge Yal. Yates, John Robert Wells to Miss Emeline Jegnes, of Grayson. The bride is 23 years bid j 36 inches highland weighs 30 pounds. The bridegroom is S feet high.wcighs iGfi pounds, and is 35 years of age. - The pa rents of the bride arc wealthy. O* A Newsboy who took a 10 dollar piece from a man, by mistake, for a cent, and persist ted in keeping it,'was turned out of the News hoys’ Lodging House, on Saturday night, in New York, lifter, being compelled to give up the money. ° Q3= Ladies, prepare for. an extreme change in your habits, for, a Paris correspondent of the Ni. Y. Cotiricr says the ladies are coming- out without hoops, .bustle, • wadding, or anything else. ' - "y -1 We have heard a woman .of tho’world say; “The stale of. widowhood-is inconven ient ; -for one must assume all the modesty of a young girl, wilhoufbcing able to feign her ig norance.” ... OCT” A monster Indian passed through'Chat* tanooga, Tennessee, a few days ago, bh.his way to Atlantic, Georgia, for exhibition there. He is said to be seven feet nine inches in height, and to weigh 460 pounds, although only 18 years qld, O” tike the generality of kings and conquer ers, Frederick the Great had a most philosophic indifference lo death—in others. In one of his battles a battalion of veterans having taken to wheels, he galloped after them, bawling out,, “Why do you run away, you old black guards ? Do you want to live forever?” Ij.hnjr-... . Melancholy Occurrence.—On Friday last, , Win. Cooper was, accidentally shot dead, near Levfistown, Pcnn’a., while out gunning with his father. The father had fifed at a phesant, and a single grain of shot, glancing, had enter .ed-tho young man’s eye, penetrating his brain, and causing instant death. ■ • ■ English Civilization.— Late English pa pers mention that a wife was recently soltf by her husband; at Worcester, for a shilling am! a quart of ale'. • , Punishment for Desertion.— The Norfolk (Va.) Day Book states that a United Stales sol dier is to bo branded in the hand with the.letter “D,” to have his head shaved, and to be drummed out froin Fort Monroe, to thotune of the “Rogue’s March,” on-the 10th instant, for desertion. -r —-- OfficialDcspatclicsfronplHnli.—- Wasiiinoton, Nov. 7—Tho.'iYar- Department lias just received despatches confirmatory of lfi o previous reports that the Morirfcna arc bent on reaislanco to the United States troops. ;Tbo appointments of tl|o army and lliq general pro paraiions arc such that no fears arc entertained as to the leault. ,Tho Administration has received no patlicu-' larly important despatches relative to the events in Coptral America, arid the Costa Rican move, monts. Wo matter what-oilier Govcrnihenls may do witli regard to these affairs, ours will pursuit an inefopendenf American policy, with, orit any entangling alliances. The Valnq, of Indian Corn. Por the following interesting information irf regard to this little understood kind of food, wo are indebted to Hunt's M erchants’’ Muga-- zine “By those who do not know, or who are- too scientific to profit by the experience of nations of men and herds of (at cattle, Indian corn, rice buckwheat, &c., arc only considered‘‘good Tod’ der,’ Liebig states that if we wore to go naked as the Indians, or if we were subject to the same' degree of cold ns the Sanioides, we should- be able to consume the bait of a calf anda dozen' candles at a single meal! Pairing excessive fa-' ligno in low temperature, Wheat flour fails (o' sustain the sysleiri. Tbis is owing to a defle-' ieticy in the elements necessary to supply attfr mal beat, and the strong desire lor oleaginous; substances, under these circumstances, has led? to the beliefthat animal food is necessary for' bnnian support. But late scientific experiments,' and a better acquaintance with the habits of the - North American Indiana, have shown that a’ vegetable oil ansWM's the aanio purpose atf qrti'-' mal food j that one pound of'pal'clietf Indian 1 corn, or an equ'al'quantity of coi'n-meal,'ihado 1 into bread, is more than equivalent to two’ pounds of tat meat., - “Muni Irom Indian corn Contains more than’ four times as much oleaginous matter as wheat, lion vi more starch, and consequently capable of producing uiore sugar, and though loss gluteny in other important' compounds it contains neat ly as much nifrqgenous material. Thu combi alion of aliiiientary compounds iii Indian corn, renders italonc the'mixed diet, capable of sus taining man under the most extraordinary cir cumstances. ]n it, there is a natural coaleif eenco of elementary principles which 6'pnstlfilto' the liasis of organic life, that '.exists in no other vegetable production.' In ultiuiato.composUion, in nutritions-properties,' in digestibility, and in its adaptation to the varied necessities of animal life in different climates of the earth; corn meal js capable of siqijilyiifg more of the hbsointa .wants of the adult linman system than any other' '.single''substance in nature.” . ', Late Ni!wg‘>nbM Cai.ifoxinia. — Tlie Qtinkcf City, from Havana tm-thb 20fh, arrived at New Ycu-k (in Monday night, witli.?lte;ooo in specie. She also brought Senator Broderick and Col. Fremont, who had reached Ilatnria by the Star oftlio west, from Akpinwall, which Was te leave. (or N. Y. on Friday last!" . " The Star of; the West strived at N. Y- on Wednesday, ilhd brought 81,000,000 in gold lot N. T. and 5500,000-for England. ' The news of the panic.in the Eastern and Middle States had' not.caused much surprise in. California, . The general news' from Calilpriiia 1 (Ides'n’df possess much interest. GovcrhOV Weller IJad' a Democratic majority, ol at least’ il’iCOO oyer all .tile-other candidates,' The. Legislature, was highly Democratic also,’ the' Sbn.ite' consisting ol twenty-five Democrats and'tivh Republicans; the Assembly ol filly-four'.Doiiidcnlts and six teen Republicans.. The vole on the State debt showed'it majority of 30,000 iri favor til its.liny mCnt..'.,' There had been, several encounters with tho Indians. The Mormons in Carson Valley were, under Brigham Yotingts orders, to,leave on the 24th of October, and return to Utah. Heissaid to have directed them to form a military organ* izalioh. .The'impression at California was, that nheii driven to extremity, tlie Mormons won 1(1 quit, y tali,'and locate themselves in the Ru’ss iaii-Aiuericun Territory. ", Distinction or is a most radical cnpi‘ prevadtng society atahe pMjf sent in regard to plain, honest, hardy industry. A greater,hr more foolish-mistake never associ ated itself with the popular prejudices, that' it 1 is the nature of, liis avocation that gives char acter and dignity to the man. Forour part tie*' simuid be sadly puzzled-to discover thcdisiinc tion between any two of the occupations which'' employ the industry of man,, that .would.raise the operative in the one case, above .the other..—“ One occupation is precisely as creditable iti it self, and aS commendable to its industrious pur suer, as another, provided it be hpnorable, ahd,‘ in-perfect-harmony, with tlio laws of God and man. It is the man that; ennoble.-) the occttpq-, lion, not. lhe occupation that dignifies the man. It is well that we are not all tilted by habit, education.and taste, for. the same avocation.— f However, these natural divisions, are by no 1 -means distinctions. It is the diversity of taste, together with good- and' wholesome laws and regulations,'that harmonize this vast workshop, the world- ’Withoui this ,dlversily. nil would lie riot and confusion, ami physical power alone would reap the benefit of Tabor., As it is, the weak and strong have each their several and appropriate allotments. . - PixAxciAL Matters at .Washington.—* The Washington correspondent' of the Pbila; Press, tinder dale of October u 2B, wrilea’t; . " Tito Collector of Ncw'York, anfi plh«S-s t fe-h. pable of giving reliable information, statp I lint it is their opinion the receipts at New iVrkffolU' customs wit) run in three or four weeks hence to the rate of §lOO,OOO a day, and that the ccipts at other ports will increase in proportion, In litis event, then, - there Will exist no necessity fur tlie Government to negotiate a' loan,for to issue treasury notes; the rcven’ire—ffotH cus toms will he ample for the economical naminis (.ration of The government. "Nor will there ex ist any ground for refusing to carry on works i, for which appropriations have been already made, if any such design was over contempla ted bysthc.Administration.”" , Horrors or War. —X, British' clergyman, in’ a recent discourse, menilpned, as illustrations of the extent of the bereavements caused by the Indian mutiny, that a geiitleniari of bis acquaint'' mice bad lost twenty (wo relatives in India witlm in six weeks; and that, out ot thirteen of ahind" ly party,'which met last year at St. Andrew's,' only one is now living—twelve having gone out to India and fallen victims to the mnliny. ' ■ . Expected, Failure. —The' ‘Albany Ai'gits'j says: “The traffic in free negroes, ns a political l commodity-must soon cense. We expect to an-' nomice among the bankruptcies in November,- the following-: ‘Grooly & Co., dealers in bu-' man wool—suspended, owing to the short cropl and tho.fdct that the clip now on band has no’ sale.’ ” ■ . The Negro Vote in Ohio.— The Cleveland* Plaiiidealer slates the negro vote, cast in the recent election in Ohio, to bo estimated from 1 1200 to 1500. That, wo believe, is also j«t about Chase’s majority, so that lie may be said 1 to bo elected by negroes. ’ ! .CS'T- The crop ofehosnuts must bo air impor’-' taut one ia Pennsylvania this, fall, as wo see (He price per quart, at a very low figure,' in many of our exchanges. ’l3’ "There are one hundred and seventeen SheP i(l'Sales advertised in the last Luzerne Union'- The X’ittsburg Post strongly retfoihnicWif Alfred B. WcCalmont, Esq.,as .a suitable P erso ,", to occupy the position of Attorney. General ■ Goverqor Packer’s cabinet - ‘ Death op Crawford, tub Sculptor.—fh.' English papers received by the last Liverp ool . steamer announce the not unexpected deatn l Mr. Crawford, the celebtated American scul pt o • (lo died, after a protracted and excruciating J painful illness, in London; on Ihc lOth'oltin > in the 1-ltli ycar-of-his ago- ’ ’
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