‘ MERICiN yoluhteer:
JOBS B.JBU4TTON, Editor & Proprietor,
■ CARLISLE, PA.. NOV, 26, 1857.
, C?* The Secretary of tho Treasury lias ap
pointed Mr. J. F. Maguire, formerly of Cum
berland county, to a first class clerkship ($1200)
in the office of the JThird Auditor. Mr. Ma
guire is at present a citizen of New Windsor,,
Carrol oofihty, Md., and is a gentleman of line
abilities and thorough education. :
Maiicious Mischief, —We learn that on'last
Thursday night, the public school house, near
Hosier's Mill, in South Middleton township, was
broken into, the stove thrown into the. road,
tho benches broken, obscene language written
upon tho teacher’s desk, and other wanton de
predations committed. So much was tho school
room injured arid thrown into confusion, that
the teacher was compelled todiamiss the school
on Friday and Saturday,. This is a most con,
tomptibleand malicious species of mischief, and
the School Directors of that district should at
once offer a suitable reward for the discovery
and apprehension of the stupid and heartless
miscreants.
' The Price of Beef ash Pork. —The price of
beef and pork in our market is at the present
time unconscionably’high, in fact onl of all
proportion, to tho price ofUiocf cattle and hogs.
« TVo see it stated that tho butchers of Pittsburg
and Allegheny cities are now selling their choic
e-Wcuts ol beef at ton cents per pound, and other
qualities arc proportionality low. Here, wo are
compelled to pay ten and twelve and a half cents
; per pound for very indifferent cuts. If tho
■butchers have not been making money for the
last year, we know not who have. If they would
reduce the price somewhat, their sales would
bo much larger, and their profits would ho in a
. corresponding ratio.
Arrival of Recruits.— On Monday last a
detachment of between fifty and sixty rccruits-ar
rived at Carlisle Barracks. These men were
enlisted in the Eastern cities, where (bo hard
ness of the times and want of employment com
poiyuindreds of young men to don tbouniforra
of Urmle Sam; They will bo drilled at this post
for a short time; ann.tbcn fake their departure
for.tho far West, probably to aid in chastising
Brigham Young and his myrmidons. There are
nowbotween.three.and four hundred men at the
Barracks, the greater portion of whom ar? al
ready qualified for'active service.
Lecture on Japan;
ll H. Dotv, Esq., who has-, (nice Visited
Japan, and resided, (with his family,) many
months in that Empire, will deliver a hec
tare. in the Court House, for the benefit of the
Union Fire Company, oh Thursday evening , No
vember 26, 1857, on Japan, its Climate, Gov
ernment, People, their Character, Customs,Re
ligion, Temples, Idols, Priests, Mechanic Arts,
Agriculture, and Agricultural Products, Com
merce and Commercial Resources, Policy of the
Government, many interresting Narratives of
their peculiar customs before and after Marriage,
burning arid burying their Dead, Monuments
and their inscriptions, besides much oilier in
formation not met with in books. Doorsop.cn
at 6| o’clock; Lecture to commence at 7.—,
Admission Gents.
Soon TO BE IN OPERATION.—W<j learn tboA
the Forgo for the manufacture of scrap'if on,
recently erected near the eastern terminus of
High street, will be put in operation in a week
or two. This new establishment; will'give per
manent employment to "a largo number o
workmen, and add much to the industry and
prosperity of the borough. To its enterprising
proprietors, Messrs. Jacob Goodyear &Co.;
wo wish an abundant success; - and we feel as
sured that.their energy and perseverance will
meet with a handsome - pccuriiary reward. In
addition to.lhc Forge Just mentioned, we have
in the borough two iron foundries, both of
which we believe are cfoing a very: safe and
good business. A few' more such establish-,
ments in our midst, and Carlisle would be what
it ought to be, and which nature 'lntended it.
should be, a successful manufacturing town.
The Haed Times.— Everybody admits, nay
feels, that the times just now arc unusually
hard*; ibat.money is-scarce, and that Bank ac
commodations cannot bo had. There is f how-
ever,, a great diversity of opinion among men as
to what produced (he present untoward slate of
things,' some attributing it to this and others to
that. Thinking men, in every community, and
they are invariably, right, maintain that we
have all been living too fast; that the banks
have "ttcen issuing more paper than the law or
their capital, warranted ; that our people have
■ speculated too deeply in western lands and in
bogus railroad and other fancy stocks, and that
'■ we have imported more than what the wants
or interests of the country demanded. ' Added
to these, we might add, the insane extrava-.
gancc and the silly love of display which has
■ for some years existed-’among all classes, both
in town- and country, but more particularly in
the large cities. People who lived in palatial
residences, and who lived upon, the fat of the
Jand, without a thought of the morrow, and
without contributing anything to the general
wealth, are now paralyzed that this revulsion
lias taken place—that this sadden calamity has
come upon’them. Yes,, the rich of yesterday
are the poor of to-day, and without the ability
or the energy to help themselves, they will nqw‘
bo compelled to dispense with their gilded char
iets, their gaudy liveries, and a thcir aristocratic
airs; and walk the thoroughfares as honcstcr
■and worthier, people have been in the habit of
doing. But “it is-an ill wind that blows no
body good,” and the present rcvulson, together
with our excessive importations, Infs had the
effect of reducing at least one-third, the price
of dry goods, as well as of every description of
goods, and those having a little of the ready
money can now procure, for cash, unparalleled
bargains at the cheap stores of Mr. Ogilby,
Messrs. Bentz imd Brother, P. Arnold, N. W.
Woods, and J. A. llumrich, Jr.
Editor's Convention. —The Pittsburg edi
tors propose a Convention of the Democratic
editors of the State to bo held at Harrisburg
about the day of-Gov. Packer's inauguration.—
We hope there will be a full- turn out of Demo
cratic editors.
[£7* Du Vall’s Galvanic Oil will remove
all pain from Burns and Scalds, in from IB (6
20 minutes, by making a free application to the
parts effected. Painful Sores and Swellings
wilt be relieved in a short time by the oso of
this Oil; : ■ —
IC7" T welve hundred and ten persons were
committed to the Philadelphia county prison
during the month of October.
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Stern winter is rapidly approaching, nny, is
already licro : and the probability is that it will
be a long and severe one, In every part of
our,vast country, there are' thousands of men
and women out of employment, many of them
in destitute circumstances, and all of them bi\t
illy prepared to meet the inclemency of the sea
son. What with Bank suspensions, the bank
ruptcy of merchants and business men. the
stoppage of manufacturing establishments, and
the proverbial improvidence of poor human na-
turc, many of those who but a year ago lived
in comparative comfort, not' to say afllucHce,'
are noiv licduced to the utmost extremity. Al
ready are pur poor houses nightly filled with
wandering wayfarers,' some striving to reach
j the far .West, there to obtain if possible a home?
and others again seeking employment.which,
at this season of the year, and more particular
ly .now, is so difficult to be obtained. If this
state of things exists at the present lime, what
will it not bo when the earth shall be covered
with a deep’drapery of snow, our rivers and
brooks ice bound, and when ibe shrill and
piercing blasts of relentless winter penetrate
every crevice, rendering the laborer almost in
capable of performing any jobs which chance
or ohapity might extend to him ? Truly, the
prospect is a cheerless and a gloomy one.
Now, then, is the time for the humane and
charitable to exert themselves and prove the
sincerity ot their philanthrophy, not by words,
but.deeds, in endeavoring to mitigate the suf
ferings of the pooii and destitute. , It is “more
blessed to give than to receive,” and a small
pittance from the abundance of their store
would not impoverish them, and would make
the heart of the widow- and- the orphan, of the
homeless.and the houseless, sing for joy.
There are many gentlemen of means in this
community, who would willingly contribute
liberally to the necessities of the destitute, if
they had leisure to seek thej^ out and become
acquainted with their condition. But, over
whelmed as they arc business, and per
haps thinking it an irksome duty, they neglect
it altogether, and thus the deserving poor are
left to suffer in silence and obscurity. ,To ob
viatqthis difficulty, we would respectfully sug
gest that Benevolent Societies be 'formed in at
least all the populous towns in the county ;
committees appointed whose business it shall
be to procure work'for those who are able to
labor,'and to solicit aid from the humane to be
disjmxseij among the sick, the aged, and those
who arc not able to help themselves. We be
lieve that such ah. arrangemcment, judiciously
carried out, would do much to ameliorate the
condition of the poor during the coming winter.
What town or borough will bo the first to act
in this matter? ■
While upon this subject, we desire to say a
wrird or turn in relation to the “Carlisle Fenirile
Beneficial Society.” In years gone by, this
Society was the instrument of doing much
good in this community, and did a great deal
in alleviating the miseries of the industrious
poor. Its.charity was bestowed .upon worthy
and deserving objects, and many weary hearts
yet beat in tharikfulness to the noble and Chris
tian ladies Who. were members of that philan
thropic and truly humane Society. Docs it
yet exist, - arid is it, still exerting itself oil be
half of the poor I We'hope so. None are so
well calculated to administer charity as the
•ladies. They do it in a quiet and unobtrusive
manner, and in such a way as not to shock Ihe
sensibilities op delicacy of .those to whom they
extend relief. If the Society to which we have
alluded yet exists, we advise gentlemen who
arc disposed to contribute to the relief of the
indigent, to make its lady members the almo
ners of their bounty.. If they do so, they may
rest assured that it will be judiciously appro
priated, and worthy and deserving objects
made the recipients of their charity; ,
0“ The editor ot the Herald flounders like
i a fish in the meshes in his attempt .(for it is a
mere attempt, and h sorry one at that,) to sus-1
lain the allegations he made a few weeks since,
viz—that “if there are evils in the banking sys?-
tern,, thoy are chargeable to the Democratic
party;” for, “every bank in Pennsylvania, with
feic exceptions, have, been ushered into exis
tence under successive Democratic administra
tions,” &c. Thia-foolish and false assertion we
felt it our-duty to-nail to - .th'e cojinlcrv and in
doing so, we reminded our neighborlhat over
one-sixth of all the banking capital of the State
had been creatcdsince Gov. Pollock came into’
office, and : that the-Uitner and Johnson admin
istrations-wero, if anything, still-more reckless
in favoring the passage of bank bills through
the Legislature. The Herald dared hot; for it
could not deny this, but the erudite editor
made an awkward attempt to dodge the issue
ho had hirhself invited; and- in his reply to us,
'instead of defending his first assertion, viz—
“that every bank in our State, with/ete: ex
ceptions, had been ushered* into existence un
der Democratic administrations,” ho caved in.
.shifted position, and took ground thaj. the De
mocracy were responsible for the evils coni:
plained of, because they generally “had one or
both branches of the Legislature.”. His first
assertion was- that all the banks in the State
with few exceptions, had' been chartered by
“Democratic administrations,” and - when we
proved this a deliberate falsehood, he dropp
ed the allegation, and'attempted to hold our
parly responsible, because one or both Houses
of .the Assembly contained, generally, a ma
jority o(""Democrats. In no event,-and in no
contingency, were the oppsiotion responsi
blc 1 This was a miserable dodge, and we ex
posed it. and pointed out of our
neighbor's last position by reminding him
that the party to which the Governor belongs,
is, and in justice ought to be, responsible
for all acts, (or laws.) passed by the Legisla
ture. The Herald would ridicule this as
sertion, but in doing so, the editor exhibits his
own weakness. “What a wise and logical con
clusion !" exclaims our very, logical neighbor.
If wo understand his argument, he maintains
that the Legislature, and not the Governor, is
responsible for the laws passed. Why, our
neighbor ought to’khow, and we think ho cer
tainly does know, that the Governor says yea
or nay to every act of the Legislature—that
the action of the Legislature amounts to noth
ing before it receives the sanction of the Gover
nor. True, the Legislature, by a two-thirds
vote, can pass a bill into a law. over the Gover
nor’s veto,, but there is.uot one,bill in a hun-
I dred passed in this way. The Governor, then,.
■andwterparty'tmwhich'hc'belongsTTirrTcspoiw:
s.ible for the laws or acts passed by the' Legis
lature) for the Governor can prevent their be
coming laws by his veto. Thisjvas the pbsi
tion- : lhe : jHe raid—itself - took--at-dl rat,-when - it
spoke of “Democratic administrations’* being
responsible'; but, bring driven to the wall, the
editor turns round and attempts to ridicule his
own allegation! lie has placed himself in a hu
miliating position, indeed,-and has no one to
blame for it but him Self. Wo have proved his
first allegation false, and have therefor? ac
complished all we desired.
Montour Works. —The Montonr -American
says, we observe they arc nailing hp ? the doors,
windows, gales, &c., of these Works, thus giv
ng ns (ho indications of a stand still. With
this movement, the last hope of their starting
this.season, has,died away in the minds of the
people. Mot the workmen alone feel the disas
trous consequences of their stoppage, but \vo all
have a pmclicnldenionstnition of (heir import
ance,!? the prosperity of Danville.
Whilst so many ol the iron works in this and.
the adjoining States have ceased operations and
their workmen been discharged; wo have not
heard of a single one in this county being closed.
The Carlisle Iron Works, at Spring Forgo, un
der the’prudent and judicious management of
the proprietor, Peter F. Eoe, Esq., is yet in
successful operation, no hands have been dis
charged for want of employment; and the Works
will not be stopped on account of.hard times.
Mr. Eoe manufacturers an excellent quality of
iron, Sic., which he disposes of at moderate
prices, and has always in bis employ a largo
number of workmen. By prudence, jndustry
and economy, he is enabled to keep ins works
going and to realize a handsome profit, without
depending upon the assistance ot a. high protect
ive tariff, that nntirfuated and deceptive system,
which has been the rock upon which so many
of our iron masteis have split.
, O’ The Lancaster Examiner of the 18:h
instant, has the following local item. Of late,
desertions from the Carlisle Barracks have been
frequent, and we doubt.not the two deserters
just apprehended will he made an example of:
Arrested.— Two enlisted soldiers who de
serted from the Carlisle Barracks, were arrest
ed in this city on'Friday last, by an officer from
that station and officer Baker. They were pro
perly secured and took their departure amid
the jeers and torrents of a large crowd that had
collected at the depot to sc? the heroes on their'
winding way. -If. they prove to be no better
men in VVar than they are in Peace, we think
Uncle Sam has a hard bargain in (hem.
Colored Soldiers in Boston.— A military or
ganization composed of colored residents of
Boston, commanded by Louis Gaul, and enti.
tied tile “Liberty Guard,” made their first pub
lic appearance on Monday-week, with twenty
nine muskets and a cornet band. Their appear
ance is said to have given great dissatisfaction
to the people of-Bostdn, a‘large crowd hissing,
hooting, ami. yelling at them as they passed
through tile streets; At soriie pbiritslhey wero.
so closely-pressed that the police were compell
ed to interfere. The parade wound up in a
general row, iri which several of the “ colored
soldiers” came off second best. The lieutenant
of the company, named Williams, was severely
hurt by a missile thrown at his head.
By the above it would appear that the sym;
pathyof the Yankees for the “poor negro” is
till theoretical, having no solid foundation.—
Their opposition to Slavery is induced by their
intense hostility to the Soufh and its, interests,
as well as to the perpetuity of the Union. While
they despise, starve and maltreat their own free
negroes, they will squander largo sums of mo
ney to enable a misguided slave to desert his
comfortable homo in the South (or a precarious
livelihood in their inhospitable climate. But,
wo think, abolitionism - has had its day, arid soon
It will only bu ic-mtimbered ns “among tho things
which once were,” *
Tub Tahht and the . Currency - ;—lt is
generally supposed that the import Ipade of the
country can be regulated by a tariff'alono : -
This idea is fallacious. In order that a law of
the kind inay be ..effectual in its operation,
whether for purposes of revenue or protection,
on both Jogefher, it is indispensable that the
tariff rind the, currency should be so adjusted as
to act harmoniously. An examination of the
statistics of our finance and commerce for a
long series of years past will show, that a con
traction of paper circulation has limited im -
portations tinder a low tariff, while on tho oth
er hand, an.,expansion of that kind of money
had increased our imports in spite of a high
tariff. The manner in which this effect is pro
duced, is sufficiently obvious. In the first
place, an inflated currency, caused by excess
ive bank issues, causes, simultaneously with a
facility of consumption, tin advance of prices.
.This fact naturally.occasions an influx of for
eign goods. The supply is stimulated by de
mand, while the repressive of a custom tax is
counterbalanced by the more than equivalent
appreciation in the market value of the import
ed merchandise. - '
Excitement among tub Shoemakers op
Lynx.— A meeting of the citizens of'tynn was
held on Monday evening, at Lyceum Hall, to
“devise measures to meet a hard winter and 1
ffiard times.” There were about 1.700 persons
present. A debate took place upon a series of
resolutions which were presented! containing
severe denunciation of the action of the shoe
'manufacturers in sending their shoes into the
country to be made. The meeting whs a very
excited one,.and some.of the speakers were ex
ceedingly harsh iti their. denunciations of the
manufacturers. One young man recommended
stationing a force at different points to seize all
shoes destined for out of town-workmen.
Grain in Illinois.—--A .western paper says
that in Chanqmign county, Illinois, and at
West Urbana, wheat.is only worth, according;
to weight and quality, from 40 to 50 cents a
bushel, and the farmers will not market it, but
hold it back for higher prices. The same pa
per says the corn yield of Illinois is without
parallel for quantity—one of the exceptional
crops which are said to Come once in five years.
A Champaign fanner says it will not command
above 12. 15. or 18 cents a bushel, and most
of it will be used as feed for stock. It is added
that not half so many acres have been sown to
wheat this fall, ns were sown last fall, and no
farmer will duplicate in 1858 the corn planting
of 1857:
The next Legislature of this State will
be strongly'urged to prohibit the circulation of
bank notes of a less denomination than ten,
dollars. Some very, prominent gentlemen are
in favor of carrying up tho limit to $25, so that
paper as a currency shall.not interfere with the
free circulation of the highest denomination of
coin. There, is much reason in favor of $25
notes ns the lowest denomination of bank bills.
O” Money matters are gradually becoming
easier both in' New York and Philadelphia;—
The prices of speculative and other stocks are
slowly advancing. **
liy The total receipts at ihe port of Phila
delphia, since January Ist, have been $16,704,-
559. •
GOV~WiHLER-ae JUDGE CATO.- ; -
It,will be remembered .that this Judicial
functionary, on' the .petition of the candidates
for the Kansas Legislature, in the district copa
posed of Douglas nnd-Johnson counties, who
were refused certificates of election, granted an
order on Gov. Walker find Secretary Stanton to
show cause why a mandamus should not issue
.in consequence of their refusal 1 to grant certifi
cates to the petitioners. . A reply was made to
this order by Walkcr aiuVStantqn, showing va
rious’ technical-reasons why a mandamus should
not issue; and contending that the Court had
no jurisdiction in the matter, and no power , to'
order such a writ. The close of .This reply ex
poses so forcibly and yet so mildly the absurd
ity of the conduct, into which the Judge Ifad
been betrayed, and the dangerouscqnscquehces
likely to result from jus unwarrantable inter
ference in a matter bpyond his judicial cogniz
ance, that we cannot refrain from giving it.:
The undersighed beg leave further to slate,
that if the said Judge'shouldcommand them to
issue certificates of.cleclion as aforesaid, and
should deem it Lis duty to subject them to im
prisonment for,disobeying his order, ns they
would be compelled to do so'-.by their convic
tion of Us usurpation and utter nullity, and be
cause the certificates‘before the' dale of. said
rule or order had already been issued toother
persons, such is their desire to maintain the.
pence of this Territory that they will submit
individually to such imprisonment; and if any
tumult should be apprehended by said Judge,
in consequence of the monstrous frauds which
have-been perpetrated upon the clcciiyo fran
chise in the reepnt election, the Governor will
direct the- regular troops of the United States,
now here and subject to, his order, to act as
posse comUutus in hid of the sheriff or marshal
who may be directed by said Judge to execute
said mandate of imprisonment.
This is certainly very neat and pi by. It is
not likely that Judge Cato will soon forget it;
This reply gives a fitting answer to the cow
ardly intimation thrown out by some of the
low opposition press, to the effect that this, or
der of Judge Cato was a preconcerted matter'
•between him and Gov. Walker, and that the
latter would at onco.yield to the demand of the
Judge; It is not to be wondered at, that the
infamous misconduct of the different political
parties of Kansas is persisted in. when there
can be found, in the responsible position of di
rectors of thepublic press of the country, men,
whose political honesty is q,t so low a mark that
they can invent such charges ns the above.
Such then can readily approve iitid applaud the
infamies practiced by the 'particular party,
ariose interests they espouse, and dins inspire
renewed and more objectionable instances of po
litical villaUy. Vte cannot hope for a speedy
cessation of such practices in Kansas, so long
as they find echos and applause throughout
the country.
Hon, John 11. Reagan.— This gentleman,
(says tlie Cincinnati Enquirer.) who whs recent
ly elected a Representative to Congress' Irom
Texas, went to .that Stale eighteen years ago a
poor, friendless; stranger; wearing' buckskin
breechesandnhickory’shirt. He educated him-,
seif, laboring Saturdays, at night, and the hours
usually devoted to rest were usually spent in
toil for his .schooling and Ihe purchase of hooks.
Ite split rails, drove oxen, toiled in furm'Di-lds,
. surveyed in a wild, unsettled country until he
became inured to hardships; strict integrity
and honesty marked his course and met its re.
Vvatd.- He gradually rose from one position to
another, was adipJttcd'to tho’ bar; was, elected
from his county as the ablest man to represent
it in.the Legislature; was. subsequently made
jndgo of a superior court, towhich position he
was elected foril.Sccond term;, and now ho has
been elected by .the- people of Eastern. Texas
representative to the Congress of the United
States.
a very evident, but/gradual return
of confidence in financial circles; tho rates of in
terest have fnlleUjCq.nsidernbly, and strictly first
class securities afp sought lor at legal rates, of
interest; the, iovior grades of paper, however,
aro still somewhat dilficult to negoclhto. The
exchanges are also rapidly improving, and pro
duce is coining forward, though not so plenti
fully as could he dcsirpd; Ibis staled that the
farmers in some sections are holding their enor
mous products for higher prices ; they are not
■willing to as the merchants have done in selling
their goods at.current prides to pay their debts,
and the embarassjuonls arising from their delin
quency, are. still felt. It is to be hoped that"
their short sighted policy will bo changed in
time to save themselves from loss; an'i their
produce from depreciating in quality n« well ag
value. . ,
Mother Shot uy her Son.— The Grand liap
ids (M ich.) Ei\quirer relates the particulars of-a
shocking affair, which occurred at a place calk'd
Midpoint, last week. The son of Mr. Pago was
practising with liis rifle on the door of the privy
in the yard, lie looked iitlhu privy to see that
no one was there, and. then entered the house
fq load his rifle, after marking the door of the
privy, with a view to shoot at the mark. After
loading, he came out of the house and fired.' He'
heard the cry, ‘.Qb, James I” and running up
to the building, was just in. time to see his
mother breathe her Ins( I ..‘She had entered the
building while ho was loading his rifle in the
hoiise. ,
Sell Tour Pioduoe.— One of our exchanges
gives the very sensible advice to.the farmers to
send their grain toifho market as early ns possi
ble, and to pay off their debts to shop keepers,
as there is no probability of higher prices being
realized by delay. ( It says that the majority ol
country traders who fail are ruinqd by credits to
farmers, who withhold their crops, month aftci
month, with the hope of paying a dollar with
fifty cents’ worth of produce. The tanners of
Now Jersey lost three millions o( dollars in 1855
by. ko. [ling their corn untfi the country was
blockaded up with snow. Such delay will prove
exceedingly hazardous this year. Our farmers
should take the hint.
O” The acting Governor of New Mexico'has
transmitted to tho War Department his letter
to Col; Bonneville, complimenting him, in the
highest terms of commendation, for his suc
cessful expedition, into the Gila country, to
chastise the Indians of. that region. It was
the first time since the United States acquired
the Territory that they were made to feel tiio
crushing power of our military force. The re
sult is. that the Indians have sued for pence,
and expressed' themselves anxious to live on
friendly terms with the people of the United
States.
Trial of A Bank Officer. —Tho. Quarter
Sessions Court of Lancaster county was occu
pied for several flays of last weolt in tho trial of
8.-O. Bachman, Into President o( tho Lancaster
Banlryfgr Embezzlement. —OtrSalurday-morn-
ing tho jury after being out all night, appeared
In their seats, «nd. presented a verdict of ‘.not
guilty.?’ Of Course !.,■'•■
-MosUirrfioilaaLEut,Qpiiiia.a,n.d.JiiiiiaaJim'&.'.
by tlio'"Atlantic.”
Yesterday evening, the United States-Mail
steamer Mlantic ,■ which left Liverpool oh the
iilh inst.,avrived ,nt New**York. The intelli
gence is a fortnight Jalcr, horn India, and four
days’ latdr from Europe.
The capture of D.ufhi is confirmed. The King
of Delhi had’' surrendered. His two sons had
been shot. .General Nicholson had died of his
wounds received in'the nssiiult. Lucklow had
been relieved by General Havelock; biit Gene
ral Neil had been killed.
Th*e Bank of England had advanced the rate
lor discount to len per cent, which had- the of*
feet of stopping the drain of gold from her
vaults. .The funds' find declined on the'an
nouncement, but had rallied and closed, on the
tiny the, Atlantic sailed, at 89’J to 90.' There
was a report that the Bank of France had /ailed.
But this was discredited, and was supposed to
have arisen from her having raised her rales of
discount. The Western Bank of Scotland' had
stopped payment-liabilities $30,000,000. This
bank had 100 branches in various parts of Scot
land, where, as well as at Glasgow, (headquar
ters of the bank.) great inconvenience is caused.
Eventually, all its liabilities will be paid. Tills
failure had caused a run upon other banks. The
City Bank of Glasgow is stated to have stopped
payment'also—but we suspect flint (his isathis
take in the telegram, arid that the Western Bank
was meant, “
_ Dennistoun & Co. had suspended payment—
on the ground bfdisappointmont in remittances
from the United States. The liabilities’are
$10,000,000. This was a very rich Glasgow
house, with branches at London, Liverpool, N.
York, New'Orleans, and Australia. - Babcock
& Co., of Glasgow and Ne.v York, had
51.600,000 • also, Broadway & Babcock;, in the
East India trade, for .$1,000.000 v Bennock.
Twentvman, & Rico, of London, a great silk
house connected, with Manchester, and New.
York, have also failed forsl,soo,oo(L In short,'
commercial huoses, hitherto strong, were failing
in all directions. The. Government, though
strongly urged, positively refused, to interfere,,
by .order in council, to permit-tho Bank ofEng
land to ease the money market, by violation of
its charter.
Cotton, produce, breadstuff's, and provisions
were all greatly,depressed.. . .
Late News from' Euronc.
The steamship City of; Washington arrived at
Efew York on Monday Item Liverpool, bringing
European news to the 4thv> The'attempted
launch of the steamer Groat Eastern commenc-.
ed at noon on the 3d inst., and had moved sev
eral feet, when an accident occurred.to (lie ma
chinery, preventing further operations. The
mismanagement of-the drums caused serious
injury to several workman, one of whom died.
The London Times hays that operations cannot
be'resumed until December. In the meantime
the vessel is in danger of settling. The London
money market wtjsr unfavorably affected by .the
Ningra’s advices; Money was active, but the
Dank continued to lose gold, giving rise to ap
prehensions' that the Bank rate of 'discount,
would be advanced to 9 per ct. Gen. Cavaig
n'ac’s funeral in Paris was a most imposing spec
tacle. Fifteen thousand followed the hearse,
and there were large detachments of troopsfol
limed the procession, also many Republican
leaders. It passed.otf quietly. There was no.
address at. the tomb. The Belgium Ministry,
though having resigned; retain thoirpoafs at the
meeting of the Chambers. The Swedish diet
hadwejected the religions liberty bill, aftersev
roi'iil days’ energetic debate. A tax upon news
(papers, both local and foreign, had been impos
ed ill Austria, ft is stated, on the best author
ity,. as s questionable, whether Great Britain
guarantees in the,agreement made at the con
vention of European powers, to protect Austria
in her ,Italian possessions, in case of an out
break. Submarine ‘ telegraph ' communication,
between Sardinia and Austria had been’estab
lished. , '
Late Cauforxia News steamship St.
Louis arrived, at New York on Monday morning
with the California maili to'the 20(h and $l,-
170.000 in gold. Two severe shocks of earth
quake were felt at San Francisco on the even
ing of. tlie Iplh nit. The Indians attacked the
settlements of Honey. Lake Valley, driving out
the inhabitants apd carrying ofi' all the stock
and provisions. An express had. arrived at So.
cramehto, asking aid to -pursue the marauders.
P. A. Burnett Tins been, appointed Supreme
Justice of California, in place of Judge Murray,
deceased. Business at. San Francisco .was un
usually dull lor all kinds of produce. Money
was in easy demand. The receipts of gold’ dust
are, quite satisfactory. Tho St. Lodia brings
homo Commodore Mervino, bite of tho 17. S.
ship Independence, with a portion of her offi
cers and crow.
, BC7“ Gen. Hamilton, who was drowned liv
the late steamboat'collision in the Golf of .Mex
ico, was the famous Sooth Carolina nnllifier.—
Mhen the tnriffof 1828 was passed, he resign
ed his scat in Congress, and went' home to re--
sist its. execution by force. lie was elected-
Governor, and recommended the nullification
act, tinder which he.subsequently—llaytie be
ing Governor— was madc-tbe General; of the
State troqps lie imported, at his own ex
pense. some sugar, refusing to pay, the duties,
in order to bring on a contest, which was sub.
scqucntly avoided by the Tariff Compromise
not. lie was about 05 years old.
03?” Godfrey, the comrade of the late Dr.‘
Kane, who had been comniited to prison in Phil
adelphia, on tho charge' of having throe wives
at one time, is still unable to procure bail to tho
amount 01 $O,OOO, demanded by the continu
ing magistrate. Ono of tho wives, and then not
first married—is most assiduous in her attentions
to him, and visits him in prison ns often as tho
regulations permit. From this it seems that
he improved on his drat choice. It will bo re
membered that Dr. Kane, in his hook, men
tions Godfrey as being especially desirous of
marrying a Kamsckatka woman, while the ship
was ice-bound, and tho voyagers in winter
quarters. Godfrey’s weakness lor social life is
not likoly to bring him much comfort.
lt said that a certain fashionable lady in
Philadelphia, the wife of a prominent merchant,
had 24 silk dresses in the hands of her mantua
makers the day her husband tailed.
DaT” Tho Philadelphia S«n, the --organ of
Black Republican in the Quaker city, has ceased
to exist.. It has for a long period, over since
Col. Wallace left tho concern, shed but a very
sorry light, and its total eclipse was not unex
pected. Jtequiacat in pace.
03"-Ex-President and Mrs. Pierce wCro in
Boston this week, en route for Norfolk, Va., to
-embark-tor-Madoira on board the United States
steam frigate Powhatan, which President Bucli
anan’has lor that purpose so courteously placed
at the disposal of his predecessor iu ollicc.
: .-TJi.c„Daltim.ojo._Fm!ls._:„.,
--The mutter of the recent election frauds an
violence at Baltimore, appealing So nearly Ip
the security of the elective rights of the people,
will bo brought'to. the'notice of Congrcsstby
H. P. Brooks, Esq;, the Democratic competitor
of Mr. Davis, the member elect from the fourth
Congressional District of Maryland, composed
of part of the cityof Baltimore,. The Wash
ington Union says that his letter " discloses a
slate of affairs in his.-district of so fearful a
character as to fully warrant, we think, Con
gresssional intervention.”
Mr. Drboks says ho is not entitled to the scat,
but lha- Congress should declare it vacant and
render a new election necessary, when the
rights of the citizens may be better secured. —
In his address to his constituents he says
My interest in it is no more than that of ev
ery individual citizen. lam satisfied that Con
gress has not the power to disposcss tny oppo
nent of his seat and confer it on'me. nor would
I accept if they had, but I believe they have the
power to declare that a conspiracy existed to
stifle the real voice of the people by fraud, force,
and intimidation, and in accordaacc with that
declaration to vacate the scat. In my judg
ment, I.have ample evidence to warrant the ex
ercise of this power.
Thousands of disfranchised citizens desire to
lay.’their grievances before, some tribunal that
will'rebuke the lawlessness by-law, and vindi
cate the right of all classes of the people to. a
voice in their government. The trust reposed
in me by their confidence demands that I
should give them a hearing.before the people of
the United S ales, in Congress'assembled'hi
this "extraordinary mode, inasmuch as they
have been denied a participation in that high
council in the'manner contemplated by our
form of government and otir laws. .
Ilurtf lo Account For. .
The opposition papers find it exceedingly diffi
cult, says the Albany Argus) to.account lor Uie
uniform success of the Democratic party.., For
instance, when we point to oiirclectiun in Penn
sylvania, they say,:
- Oh, the Quakers did not vote.
But we have'carried New Jersey, Quakers
and all ?”'
, “ Oh, that is owing to (he railroad !”
. “ But look at New'York ?” ■
“ Oh, that is owing to the Canal !”
“■ But we have carried rilnints
. “.Ob, that is owing to the Germans I”
“ Blit we have carried Indiana 7”
<• Oh, that is owing to the Methodists !”
“ But Louisiana is with us also V 9
“•Oh,‘ that Is owing to the Qatholics h” • • -
“ Now York City is overwhelmingly with us?”
“•Oh, that is owing to (he llish !” •
. “ But Minnesota, where there are few Irish,
Germans, Catholics, no canals and lew railroads.
Jlow does it become Democratic ?”
“ Oh, that is owing to the Federal govern
ment !”
And. Connecticut V 9
“ Oh, (hat is owing to the Yankees I”
“ And California ?” ’ ‘
“ Oh, that is a new Slate.! J
“ And Virginia V 9
. “ Oh, that is ah oM State !”
“•Look at the South, which Is composed of
an Anglo-Saxon population—a face unmixed*
ami .where iiiteVnal improvements and, eternal
salvation do not enter intd politics*?”
“ Oil, that \v owing to Slavery !” ■
'“ But tlie North is organizing equally with
the’South in support of Mr. Buchanan?”
“ Oh. that is owing to emigration !” ■
“ But New Mexico is Democratic where the
peopic camo over shortly after Columbusj aud
which wms settled belore Capo Cod. ?V
“ Oh, that is oNvingdo—Heaven knows what!”
■ Finally, the. opposition run out of apologies,
excuses and explanations, as the Democratic,
victories pouf in, each one requiring a different
theory, . ’
Starved to Death.* —Among'the deaths in
the city of Providence, It. 1., last , week >yas
i hat of a female in ihe .dih 'Ward, about- forty
years ofage, whose pliysician’s ceriifica:cslates,
that the cause of her death was “want of nput
ishment.” .What n record- for a City where the
friends of foreign missions were so sumptuous
ly eatcrUiined a few weeks ago.
1x7 s " Many of the Republicans in this State
favored the sale of the Public Works knowing
Unit such sale would he injurious tothe interests
of tlip people; lut they imagined that they
•were favoring a measure that would destroy the
Democratic, party. Wo think that tfcey should
now be satisfied that the democracy is not de
pendant for success upon a few paltry canal ap
pointments.' ** 1 1
A correspondent of the Pennsjdvarna
Inquirer, urges lho re-organization of the Whig
parly,as “the only: means of uniting.the optio
ailion to the so-cailwl Democracy.” The Na
tiojiul Intelligencer is agitating the same ques
tion. ami the other day it had a two-column
editorial article in favor of-a United States
Bank. These are signs indicating that the Re
publican party has fmignt its last battle—that
when next ihc Democracy are called .o Ihc field,
it will be to,oppose some 01 her organization.
■ PunsSrrtE is run House Market.s-Tlic New
York T' - ibnno Kfutea r t|mt. the derangement'in
the money market has had : a-mosl disastrous ef
fect upon the market Cor horses.. Horses which
cost.their owners .fi/oO were sold lately for $175
in that citjn Another horse, which a year ago
had a standing oiler of.slsUo, was sold forSSOO;
and a handsome bay, for which $6OO was paid
last summer, and not considered'dear at that,,
brought $135 a few days ago. „ * ■
Mahriaoes Affected ur the Times The
records ol the city Register of Boston, Mass,,
begin fo show the effects of hard times, in the
decrease (if applications fet certificates of inten
tions of marriage. In the month of October
last, the deficiency, ns compared with the same
month in 1850, was between (Illy and sixty,.and.
during the ten months of 1857 the decrease, as
compared with 1856, is between one hundred
and fifty and.two hundred.
CumosiTv.—A red frog Ims been shown to
the. North Bridgwater Gazette, found 22 feel
below the surface.of the ground, by a man dig
ging a well in that town. Ho jumped as soon
as set free.
[tv 3 Tt has been found- by actual experiment
that both sugar cane and cotton can be success-,
fully cultivated in California. ' The agricultural
■esourccs of that country arc to its gold mines.
The Capitol at Washington originally
JOstriSStOQOiOuO, and, it is said, the improve
iis now in projgress will cost $7,000,000
men)
mop
There are in .New York a % great. many
people-who ‘-don’t sleep in houses.” A night
or two since the,Station house reports showed
the names of 400 lodgers.
O'Samuel D. 'Ross, who has teen found
guiliy of the charge of robbing the mailson the
cars between Montreal and Toronto, has been
sentenced to imprisonment for life. '
n^T"Franklin is reported to hive said time is
money. Don’t believe any such stuff. We see
mts of young men laughing on the corners dai
ly, tvlio evidently have plenty ol time; but if
you were to search their pockets with a micros
cope you couldn’t Arid “ nary nickel.”
;. Correspondence of the Vohinlicr.
Letter from Washington.;
Washington, Nov. 23,185 T.
Dear Bkatton— Once more our city is be:
ginning to wear a,busy, lively appearance, after
having long suffered the monotony of the "dulf
season.” The sessions of Congress are the liftf
of business here, and upon the departure of th o
members and the crowds of persons drawn to.
gether'by. their official presence, relaxation en
sues which disappears not until the revival of
activity upon the reassembling of that. august
body. .•
. The sixth of December is fast nppr„achi n g
and speculation is rife as to what will he done
—and that there is much that should'be done
every casual observer of matters and things is
folly aware’. The financial difficulties, which
have so prostrated the business of the country “
will receive considerable attention at the hands
of Congress, and will doubtless bo a lending
feature in the Pi eaid-.ntV Message. . Mr. fi u .
chanan’s views are generally well understood"
his position on the bank question having bc c „
clearly defined in his great- bank speech, made
while lie was in ihe U. S. Senate.’
The Kansas question will bo revived, and
the “freedom shriekers” will again 'throw' the
country into convulsions with their demoniacal
yells for “ bleeding Kansas.” The struggle
will be a. fierce one, and the safety of the Union
will be once more jeopardized by the northern
fanatics and .'southern exlremiss, but we have
the gratifying assurance tlmt lherc will "be a
sufficient force of the truly patriotic stamp ( 0
place some restraint upon these disiininnisljr
and fire-eaters. It is generally enneedtd that
the Territory will eventually be admitted as a
free. Slate, but. it will not be yielded up without
a severe struggle
The Message will, it is expected, conlnfn'
some recommendations in regard to Utah, The
Mormons, it seems, are going to give ns more'
trouble than was at first anticipated,'. Oorern 1 -
or Young’s proclamation ahtl the reported con
dition of Colonel Johnson's command lias taken 1
us -by surprise and aroused the administration
to more vigorous measures. Of a population
of sixty thousand, at. least eight thousand arc
well disciplined soldiers, and Ihi so, with Ihe ex
tensive ".Indian.'alliances', which' the .cunning
.Mormon Govertioi; has secured; w ill be difficult
td roilte, surrounded as they are. by ha itral "
fortifications. Tire U. S. troops will be ordered
into winter quarters on the frontier, and will
keep a vigilant watch over the operations of the
enemy, and in. Ihe spring they will be increased
by strong reinforcements, when'will be com
menced the. melancholy- horrors of. a civil watfi
It is estimated 'by some of the far-seeing that
tins,-war will, most the country four hundred
millions dollars before it-Is ended—ns much ns ....
the insurrection in India will , cost England—
This is, perhaps, an over estimate, hut cost
what it may the rebellion must be quelled, and
ihgsnpremaoy of the law shstnintd. ■
Walker, the -fillibusler. -has escaped from
New Orleans, with some three hundred-of hid
deluded followers. *No blame ran be attached
to tlie administration for the unlawful departure
of these hair-brained adventurers, for every con?
cetvable precaution'was taken by-it to prevent
these foolish men from running into open viola-,
tton of the. neutrality Jaws at the risk of their
own destruction.':. • Walker and his crew, if
they arc not overtaken by the Fulton or Sard
toga, now cruising along our. soil them shores
at the instance of Ibis government, will hot
'venture far.into Nicaragua before they'"cncoun
ter the old fashioned hardships and misfortunes
which characterized similar former cxpcvliliOng.
Tim time of Congress will be occupied at the
.beginning of .its session-in investigating'the
claims of tlie different aspirant's for the contest?
cd scats. In tlie Senate Mr. Bright's sent will
he.again-contested, and the probability is that,
both claimants will be thrown out and sent back
to (lie Legislature, wheiWMr. Bright will un
doubtedly be re-elected. - In the. House Valan-
dingham, from Ohio, will doubtless aifccegsfnlly
contest the sent.of Lewis D. Campbell, who was
a leading Black Republican member of the last-
Congress. Messrs. Harris nn,d Davis, from
Maryland, will lie likely Jo be refused their scats,
as they were elected dmiag jhc prevalence of 1
mob law in tlie city of Baltimore, when pencel
able citizens ventured upon.lhe streets only at
the hazard of their lives, and nearly every man
denied the right.to exercise tlie elective fran- ’
chise who w-onld not agreeafily answer the inter
■ rogatories of;that lawless hanclof.rtiifians known
as Jtp' 1 ■ Flag Ugiy-*s,” who were severely ban-.
d,l<m inthia city on (he eventful first of June.—
The.jlistice of. sii'ch a coarse, to say nothing of
-the montl influence of defeating tlm schemes,of
rowdyism, will he approved and appreciated by ~
every -law-abiding citizen whose niitid can lo
freed fora moment from the trammels of,party
prejudice. ■
■ As usual, a large number of individmils, whoso
patriotism will allow them to serve tlieii- coun
try (or a liberal compensation, are already on
the spot, ready and-willing to occnpv the vari
ous positions'which will, be at the disposal of
Oongress. Mr. Orr, of South. Carolina, appears
(lie most prominent candidate (or the'Speaker's
Oban*, (hough other men of worth and ability
will bo presented for that position; His merits,
are too well .known-to need any comment; Mr.
Allen, of Illinois, is spoken of for Clerk of.tho
House, Ho Was a conspicuous Democrat in tlio
last Congress, and would doubtless fill tire posi
tinn with, ability and dignity. Mr. Robinson,
li ,mri n lf ’ t ', n .? X ' nu ' nibel ', ' vi| l "Iso bo a ciindt
h nl. . * Office.. As to the candidnfes
„ |,rt ™n, |lCr 'I”' 1 - Pos,m aster o( the House,
thui name is legion.” They are both efigiu
ble sitnnti'ms and worth contending for. '
elulmna Mny hns gone from our midst affcF ‘
baying Given two concerts, which were complete
triumphs and quite encouraging to this JonnV
Lmd of the' Western hemisphere. Sthikoscbife*,.
Co., with Frezzoloni and Thalhcrg, attached,. -
have also favorod us,.which,'with two lectures."
on Mprmonism by an ex-elder. havcconstituted
tho principal amusements of the week.
. Riots and homicides occasionally startle us:
hero, arf Washington is determined riot.to be be
hind her sister cities in any respect. While
Baltimore has the Plugs’* to terrifv her. wo
have tho “States Hose” boys, and the “Rip.
Raptf.” . A riot occurs .nearly every night, ancf
sometimes during tho -day. Last week a man'
had his ehra cut off and his money taken from".
him early in tho evening. A colored man waff
stopped just outside tho city, -while on liis way -
from market, and compelled to deliver'up the
proceeds of his marketing by three unknown
ruffians. Young Lanalmn, who was L ahot by
Birch, a member of tho “ States Hose,” on
Monday last, sflll Ires, in a precarious condition,
at the Infirmary. Birch fa under arrest. A riof
took place on English Hill nf-tho cast end of
tho. city, on Saturday afternoon. Several shots'
worefired, hut no one. seriously injured. The
police captured one or two of tho ringleaders,
Our.police force,is soon to ho increased when
wo may, hope for better order.
Tours truly.
There exists among women a secret fie,
ike that among priests of the same faith. They
late each other, yet protect each other’s inter-
K?” Sterne .used fo any “ The most fash
ionable way of using books, is to serve them ds
most people do lords—learn their titles, and)
then brag of their acquaintance 1”
3ffiarte.
Philadelphia, Nov. 24.
Ftoun and Meal—The Atlantic’s advices is
unfavorable for breadstuffs. Sales to retailers,,
for fresh grouqti at,ss 25 a $54 per bbl., and
fancy brands, from' 1 $6 up to -,57. Rye Flour
is held at $4 J per bbl. ■ ■ ■ .
Okain—The receipts of Wheat continue
large, with a slightly decreased demand for it.
Southern/Ted is held at $1 15 asl 25 per’bu.j
$1 28 asl 32-for "good white; only a few
samples were sold. Rye sells at 75 cents. —■
Corn is dull; with sales of yellow at 78 a 80ots..
Delaware Oats are in fair supply at 32 and Pa.
at 33 a 34c. per bushel.' '
Cloveiisbed—The demand’ has fallen on,
with sales at $5 a 5 25 per 64 lbs. Timothy is
bringing but’s2 per bu. Of Flaxseed’ - he may,;:
ktt is hare and it is wanted, at T4oo. par bu: ■
Whiskey is unsealed, with sales of Pcnnsyl
vania at 2.2 a 23c in bbls, 21c. in hKds., and.
21c. m drudges. 1
Mao,