AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. JOHN B. BMTTON, Editor & Proprietor. CARUSLE7PA-, JULY 15, 1858. Democratic State Nominations. Supreme -Jddge, , WM. A. PORTER, Of Philadelphia Canal Commissioner, WESTLEY FROST, of Fayclte Co Standing Committee Meeting. The members of the Standing Committee of tbo Democratic party, of Cumberland county, are requested to meet at Burkholder's Hotel, in Carlisle, at 1 o’clock, P. M., on Saturday, the nth of July, 1858 Three of the Commute. Tbo following named gentlemen compose, the Committee: Lower Allen, Israel Boyer, Wm. Stephen; U. Allen, TV. L. Cooklin, B. Titzel; Carlisle,-11. W., Henry Saxton, James Armstrong; TV. IV., TVm. Zottlo,R. Spottswood; Dickinson, B. Pef for, Jcsso'Knrtz; Eastpennaborough, Chas. F. TVilbur; jr., Dr. J. Bowman ; Frankfort, James TVallacb, John Mounts; Hopewell, Adam Ebor liHg, J, C. Elliott; Hampden, N.Ecklos, David Hume; Moclianicsburg, TV. Ecklos.E. Lamont, Monroe, Wm. Sensoman, Peter Baker; Mifflin; Wm, Patton, Moses Conner; Newton, Samuel Cope, P. G. M’Coy; Npwyillo, Jobnßrickcr, J'. K. Rlink; Now Cumberland, G. R. Hursb, A. Foemati; N, Mlddlctqn,- Peter Brindlo, TVm. F. Swigert; S. Middleton, Geo. Otto, G- B. Hosier; Southampton, TVm. Coffey, T. H. Brit ton; Shipponsbnrg 8., B. Duke, L. K. Dona vin; Sliippensburg T., T. B. Blair,’J. P. Ntfv inSHver'.Spring, Samuel Hast, John Clendenin : .Westpennsborough, D. S. ICcr, Abm. Myers. our subscribers who may be troubled with too much money, can find an excellent place to put it by inquiring at this office. "What we want in CxaLtsLE. —Wo want a lafgo.flrstclass hotel, and also a Public Hall.— It la absolutely necessary that wo have these conveniences. Is it possible that there is not enterprise sufficient in our town to start those enterprises 1 Let our mechanics take hold and put them through. The, Grain ' Crop.— ln three dr tour days more, should tho weather prove favorable, tho grain crop in Cumberland counfy.will have boon securely gathered. Wo learn that (Ud cfbp is a* full average one, and in quality equal to that of any previous years. Tbo hay crop has all been boused in. fine condition. More Hew Goods.—As will 'be seen by their advertisement, tho ebterprising firm of Leidicii & Sawyer have recently received another sup ply of now goods, suitablCpto tho season. Give them a call. ' . Troops for TJtau,—A detachment of one bnndre.d'and sixty soldiers loft Carlisle Garrison on tho 7th instant, destined for Utah. They wont by way of the Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad. ' Cumberland Valley Institute. —This insti tution, situated at the West end of Mechanics bnrg, and. which has hot been occupied for some months, has recently passed into tho hands ol Messrs. Llppinoott, Mdllin, ; and Reese, who intend to conduct it as a ; malo school. We Wish the enterprise success. , . tCyTho Monument Commissioners met at Harrisburg, on (be lirst instant, to; select d plan for the proposed monument to bo erected on the Capitol grounds to the memory of tbo soldiers of tho. Mexican mar, from th'o drawings opened and exhibited on that day pursuant ,to tbo notice giren by Gen. Geary, SedVelary of tho Board. The design adopted was by Henry E. Wrigley, o/Philadelphia, which will cost, it is estimated, .about $30,000. As tho appropriation for the , purpose is only $O,OOO, it is not probable that any further steps will be taken in tho matter until the legislature makes the requisite provi sion of moans to complete it. [C7* Fifty-four years ago yesterday, says one of our exchanges, on the 11th of July, 1804,the duel was fought between Aaron Burr and Alex. Hamilton, at Hoboken, near New York city, which resulted in the death of the latter. Mr. H. fell mortally wounded at tho first Are, on the sarao.spot where a short time previous his eldest son had been killed in a duel. He linger ed until, the afternoon of the following day, when ho expired/ Independence Day. —Thfl Birthday of Inde pendonop appears. to havo boon - celebrated in all parts of our country, this year; with unusual eclal. In nearly every section, patriotic dem onstrations were witnessed, and cither on Sat urday or Monday, the day was appropriated to festivities proper to. tho occasion.. The Minis ters in all, or nearly ail tho churches, preached sermons ot a National character; • Death raoii Lioutnino,— Aa the United Presbyterian congregation was worshiping last Sunday in tho church at Freeport, Armstrong chanty. Pa., tho edifice was struct: by light ning, which wont down tho chimney, a portion going into tho ground, and the rest among the congregation. Mrs,. Ramaloy was instantly Hilled; Israel, George and'Jane Watson wore severely injured, and Mr.. Robert. Morris, dan gerously, ■ Mount Veenon Association. —'Mia. Susan Li Pellet, Secretary of the Mount Vernon La dles’ Association, Ims made a report of the the condition of (ho Association’s affairs. From this wo learn that the sum stipulated to be paid to. Mr. John A. Washington, for Mount Vomon, in April last, was $200,000, of which $lB,OOO was paid in cash. Of the remainder, the first instalment, $57,000 is due on the Ist .of Janu ary, 1859, and the balance in three annual in stalments. In the event of the failure to.pay the $57,000 in January next, the $lB,OOO al ready gald.is forfeited. The sums now on hand .Iff tho Association’s treasury, contributed by private persons and public bodies, and gathered from the lectures of Mr. Everett, are sufficient to moet the January payment; but the means /necessary to.meet the interest on the notes, and the three subsequent payments, are yet to be raised. Bbtteb. Late than Never.— A Kansas cor respondent of the St. Louis Democrat says that “affairs in ' Kansas arc becoming quiet,” and naon of - both parties are beginning to see that the supremacy of the law is better than 'every roan .being his own avenger. Tins is the best news we- have,had.from Kansas territory 'for a long time. woman in Lancaster recently got a 'German, named Locblin, to marry her by giving jjJm s7s. Ever since the tiiarriage the afiection ’.ato co’nplO have been on a drunken spree, which resulted, on Thursday night, in the, husband throwing bis wife out ol a window. She is very/ badly hnrt. f . IC7” It is reported that Hon. Robert Dale Owen, one of. the great teachers- of infidelity, baa been converted. OUR NEXT CONGRESSMAN. TVe have frequently, of late, been asked, the question whether Dr. Ahl. 'Uio present member of Congress'from this dill Hot, will bo iv candi date for re From all we can learn in i reference to this question, wo may remark that I ■Dr. Ann is a candidate, provided a majority of the Democrats of the district desire him to be. i If nominated, he will use every honorable effort lo ho elected; but, should another he chosen as the standard-bearer of the party. Dr. Ann will be found, as heretofore, in favor of the ticket, andwill do battle for it with a hearty good, will. Such, wo behove, is his position. Without any dcsiio to prejudge this question, or to forestall public opinion, wo must admit, and we feel satisfied our readers w'dl admit, that Dr. Ann has made a most valuable and trust worthy Member of Congress, .and, by his course, secured the entire confidence of his par ty in this district. For a first term, bis career was alike creditable to hitnself and his constit uents. A man of indubitable energy and per severance, bo worked diligently for his district, . and for the first time in twenty years, secured a number Of responsible places for , hard-work ing Democrats. lie. made himself fell at Washington,' and was determined that' this ; District should bo no longer neglected. We ■ repeat, therefore, that Dr. Ant made a most ' invaluable member of Congress, and we sub . mil the qucstion yyliethcr it would not be tvise - policy for the pcople.nf this district to “ hold ' fast that which is good ?” The administration of President Buchanan had no more zealous friend'ih the House than Dr. Ann. From first to last he voted to sus tain tho President, and no man of the Pennsyl vania delegation had the confidence of Mr. Bu chanan. toi a greater degree than pur own rep resentative. He was a working member—one who never tired so long as his district or his constituents required his services; and, not withstanding he is a strict party. man,*he was ns.prompt to serve an opposition man as any one of his own political faith. We have heard a number of our political opponents speak of Dr. Am. in the highest terms, for the prompt man ner ivi which ho had attended to their requests. ■AyepyOsentalivo of Ibis-character is entitled to the respect and confidence of tho people he rep resents. So far as York county'is concerned, wq be lieve she makes no claim to tho candidate, nor indeed has she any claim. Perry , county, on the other hand, may possibly assert the fight to. name tho man. A number of gentlemen in that county—all good men and true—have been named for the position, either of whom wecould work for and tote for-most cheerfully. It would bo an act of liberality, however, in Per ry, as. well as an act of simple justice to a faithful Representative, lo concede Dr. 'Aril, a re-nomination. True,- our friends in that coun ty may say that Cumberland has furnished the candidate twice since the formation of the dis trict. That is so, but wo submit whether the defeat of- M Bonham should be counted against usl Perry county contributed her share and more than her share, to that result, and assisted materially to- foist upon the dis trict an opposition Congressman. We think then, that that election should not, and cannot In justice, be taken in the county It was no election at all—it was no expression of the peo-. pie—for the men who voted for Mr. Todd were sworn men, and were compelled to vote for him. They were not,-at that time, free to exorcise their own. judgment, but were subjected lo the .commands of Know Nothing lodges. We would consider it hard, indeed, if. Mr. Todd’s term in Congress is to be charged to the Democ racy of CfewjDeriand. We hope our friends in “daughter Perry” will think of these things, and act accordingly. .’ But, in the namo'of the Democracy of Cum berland, we counsel union and harmony. Bet our friends express their preferences fearlessly before the nomination, but after the candidate has been named, let all yield him a willing support. We have reason to believe that all thpsc whose names will fco presented in connec tion with this most important office, will be found unobjectionable on the score of moribund qualifications, and therefore entitled to and worthy of the suffrage of every Democrat in the district. Then, let us resolve to mainlain the vantage ground we occupy—let us not yield an inch to the common enemy—but stand firmly together, contend harmoniously together, and victory will perch upon our banner on the sec-, ond Tuesday of October. So mote it be; Tub Tariff.— Some of the opposition papers arc trying.very.hard, to again make political cap. ital out of (ho tariff question, but take good oaro not to tell their.readers that wo are indebt ed to the late Know-Nothing and Black Kcpub lican Congress for thb present low duties, of Which they complain; Why did. they not let the Democratic tariff of 1846 alone 1. It afford ed ample and. adequate protection, and our trade, manufactures and commerce flourished under it for ton years. Tho opposition aro cliargoable for that'which they try to saddlij on. tho Democracy—(hey made tho present tariff, and ii there is any thing wrong about it, let the people understand to whom doing tho injury belongs.. As long as the Democratic tariff of 1846 waa_iri existence, ail was-well. Let (ho people take warning from tho past, and beware of tho promises tho mongrels-may, make on this subject now. Rights op the Post-Office Department. —Some lime ago, when Me. Xiemann, of New York, with commendable zeal, commenced his war upon lottery, gift, and other pernicious es i tablishmehts, with which that city swarms, and succeeded in closing many of them, the Posl Master General directed (he city postmaster to forward to the dead letter office, at Washing ton, all letters which should hereafter come to his office dddressed to such firms or establish ments. A few days since, one of the parties for whom a large amount of letters are thus de ! tained, conceiving that the Department was transcending its legitimate authority, in issuing such orders,'applied Tor ah injunction to one ol the city magistrates, which was granted.— Thus wo may expect that shortly the question about “post-office rights,” about “'which, we confess, there is too much vagueness a!nd uncer-1 tainty, will be finally settled. ' | JJ3?"Gen. Denver was in St. Louis on thcTth, on his way to Washington. He has. probably reached .there by this time. Ho will he absent from Kansas only for a short time. 027= A slight shock of an earthquake was felt, on Tuesday night, in Connecticut, that land of steady habits, much to the tremorous surprise of the quiet dwellers in the region of Waterbury. Porter, the Sunday School Defaulter. His Confessions —Iloio his Crime Commenced. Porter, the Sunday School defaulter, bos made a full confession. lie has, it seems, been stealing the funds of tho American Sunday School Union for nineteen years! This is the best evidence in the world that tho Society has careless agents at its head. How comes it ! that this long-faced rascal could, for nineteen years, steal tho funds of the Society without the knowledge of tho other officers I If they arc not equally culpable, they are at .least censura ble fur gross carelessness. The money of this Society is c’ollccled, in small sums, from tho churches and Sunday Schools of tho Uoitcd Stales. Is it not too bad that its officers should permit its treasury to be robbed for nineteen successive years by a man “who stood very high in the Church ?" We have often thought that the money collected for the “spread of the Gospel”—the American Sunday ’School Union. Homo and Foreign Missions, Colinazalion Soci ety. &c., is not accounted for in-tire careful and satisfactory manner it should be; and wo fear, (if tho truth could bo got. at.) that there are oth er rascals who stand “very high in the church”, who, like Pouter, have been appropriating the i funds belonging lo the treasuries of tlreso.be • nevolent objects to their own pockets. Porter : is not the only rogue who Ims invested in the ■ “mulberry and silk worm speculation.” The > confession of this defaulter, has. wo regret to I say, injured tho Sunday School Union to a very great extent. The people have lost confidence in its officers, and arc beginning to think that its largo treasury is not safe in their hands that tho money is not appropriated or accounted for ns it should'be. But, to the confessions! the thief, Porter : A correspondent of the Boston Journal says: “ Mr. Fred W. Porter, the defaulting agent of tho American Sunday School .Union, whose fall made such a sensation a short time since, has at length made a full and complete confess ion of the great wrong ho has done. Ho stood very high in the Society and in the Church, and he was almost the last man who would have been suspected to bo guilty of so foul a deed.— In a letter recently laid before the Boat d of the Sunday School Union, he has made a complete confession. lie began his wrong doing nineteen years ago! The plan was the same that he pursued to the. last. His temptation began with the mulberry and silk-worm, speculation, nineteen years ago, and under the garb df re ligion he has for that long time carried on his dishonest plans. lie allows that at the start he knew it was wrong; but he hoped ,to beable to meet thp notes as they matured. Butashe was unable to do so; he was complied to renew bis notes and pay a heavy bonus. Thus, for nineteen years, he has been treading the thotny 1 path of sin, praised, for virtues that lie knew he did not possess, and taking' of the sacrament, I which, according to his own professed, faith, was adding damnation to himself, with each unworthy .reception,' lie defrauded the society out of oyer SBU,OOO ; but the Philadelphia bro-' ker who aided him to the dishonest gain, promptly paid all the notes that his name was on, and the loss was lessened nearly $40,000. Mr. Porter confesses that in tho nineteen years of fraud he has used the name of the society to the largo amount of $OOO,OOO, by renewals and reissues. No wonder he is a sick man—one whom, if tho law does not roach, the grave will Soon cover- Nineteen years of fraud and crime, and- perpetrated in the name of religion—with despair looking him in the face —exposure wait ing for him at the corners of each street—with remorse gnawing at his heart—and the- worm that dies not hastening to his repast! Mr. Por iter’s confession will soon bo made publio.” ' • -I—- -y ■ ■- — ; ■ UALTiMonß^—lt is melancholy to think, says tho Washington .'{/mbit, when. nearly all our ci ties were jubilant with homage, praise, and glad ness fpr the return of ariothoranniversary ofour national independence, all marked: by the good order and patriotism that should ever honor tho day and . tho occasion,' that. Baltimore stands alone as an exception. She could not let that glorious, day pass off with her share of peace and order and honor. Murder demanded, its victims, and the (lend spirit that lurks in her midst obeyed the call, and 'file tragic onslaught oi organized ruffians accomplished, their work of death within the retired grove where tho “ Sabbath school attached to tho Brbadway Bap tist Church” had assembled for innocent recre ation. Tho murder of a defenceless lad in the midst of that festive little circle stimulated the demoniac spirit of this ruffian band for" more blood, and they sought it on another field, and added more victims to the list of murder. When tho hallowed.day of tho nation and sanctity of tho Sabbath school, and tho claims of innocent ] childhood, and tho office of pious teachers and pious parents plead in vain for the ruffian to slay his band, and the obligalions of law and the po .naltica of 1(8 Violation and its ministers are ail put at defiance, it shows (bat (hero is “ some thing rotten in tho State of Denmark.” Can and will Baltimore live under tho rule of (ho mob ? or will sbo maintain the supremacy of her laws, protect the peace and safety of society, enforce a healthful moral regeneration, and re deem her honor from tho guilty stain of blood 1 Sho must make her election lo iguominiously surrender to the bruto force of lawless ruffians. Or to maintain (ho supremacy of law and of every right (hat dignifies,and liohors an enlight. ened anffChnstiah community. In all kindness, wo say.to onr sister city sho should not liosilato to do what is expected of her by those who know her history, for gallantry and honor. BC7” In tho year 185 G, the Paris, tribunals pronounced one.thousand two hundred and forty-two sentences of matrimonial separations. And there were four thousand two hundred and fifty oases decided in which neither party should inlci fere with the other's property. [C? - It is said that ivy will not cling to a poisonous- tree or other substance. What a pity that the tendrils of woman’s heart have not the same salutary instinct! O"’ Fanny Fern boldly confesses that in tlio recent rainy spell, which made walking in skins impracticable, she donned a full suit of the male Fern’s habiliments, and thus equipped, took a long evening walk, to her eminent comfort and delectation. Her IfUsdinnd, indeed, accompan ied her, but whether in her cast oil integuments the record sailh not. ' CE7” Tlioro is an old lady now living in the town o/ Blooming Grove, Orange county. Now Yorkj by the name of Diana Brooks. Sho is one hundred and fourteen years old, and jet is intelligent and active, and walks half-a-milo to church every Sabbath. She was thirty.two years old when the Declaration of Independence was made. Wo believe that Mrsi Brooks is the oldest person now living indhe Hutted States, latest accounts from Camp Scott state that provisions wore plenty. Active.pre parations were on foot for tiro march on Salt Lake. [£7*ln Philadelphia, early last Friday morn ing, a young man named Charles Bray was shot dead by William 11. Smith/ a recruiting sergeant. Smith was drunk. English Domestic High life. Tho following , picture of.domestic life among the English nobility is giv.cn by an officer’of tho United States steam frigate Merrimao. It is contained in a letter written at Southampton, October,Bth, and appeared jh tho ’Wilmington, (North Carolina) Journafc—V/'o have been vis ited a great deal here; especially by navy men, and have created something of an excitement in the naval world,-judging by tho-pieocs in the papers. Much attention'has been paid, us ashore, too, especially by too families—oho that of an old Bast India General, tho other that of Lord IlardwicUS General Frazer has passed most of- his life in India, but now lives in ease and comfort on tho Southampton water. At a dinner at his house wo had an opportunity to see how ’ tho piristoCracy hero live. Lord Ilardwicke and family,nnd several other guests, were there to meet us, and everything was in good stylo. One turbaned Indian, with several other servants, waited at table. Tho plate was suberb, and tho dinner most recherche. We sat down „to the table at. half-past seven. — These are always epaulette nnd sword occa sions: -2 •?•••- j. Lord Hardwlbtie’s falpily consists of his coun tess, his eldest son (ahbut eighteen or .twenty, and Lpjrdßoystono, bycourtcsy,) three of. the finest looking daughters you ever saw.nnd.sey. oral young sons. The daughters—Lady Eliza beth, Lady Mary, and Lady Agnita—are sur passingly beautiful; such developement, such rosy cheeks, laughing eyes, jinafTeoting nian ners. you rarely They take a 'great deal of ouldooreiferciso, and name abroad tho Merrimack in n heavy rain; with • Irish thicker soled shoes thap you or lever wore, and cloaks arid dresses almost impervious to.wet. They steer their lather’s yacht, walk no one knows how many miles, nnd don’t care a cent about rain, besides doing a host of other things that would shock our ladies to death; and yet in tho parlor are the most elegant looking wo men in their satin shoes and diamonds 1 ever ■saw. The countcss, in Tret' coronet of jewels, is nn elegant lady, and foote like a fit mother for three such women. His lordship has given us three or four dinners. He lives hero merely through the yachting season, and leavcs on Fri day for his country seat at Cambridge, where ho spends his winter, as do all English gentle men of means, hunting, etc., and when Parlia ment is in session, ho lives in London in his own house. After dinner the-ladies sing and play for us, and the other night they got up a game of blind-man’s buff, in which the ladies said, we had the advantage, inasmuch as their “petti coats” russeled solhcy were easily caught.— They call things by their names here. In the course of the game Lord Hardwioke himself was blindfolded, and Lying to catch some one he fell over his daughter’s lap on' the floor, when two or three of the girls caught him by the legs and dragged, his lordship, roaring with laughter, as,we aft. I were, on his back into the middle of tho floor. Yet they are perfectly re-, spoctful, but appear on an equality with each other. In.faot, the’English are a great peopl e/l Two clubs here have offered us free use of their rooms. , Itcras tft California Sews. ■ The agSdcuHuiw'pi'bspccta of. California have never boon hi-ighfyr than at present; and' thongli in some of' Email extent, local causes have injured the grain, a full harvest will gene rally bo gSthcrcd. ■ The. tiro, in Nevada on the 2Sth of May,.de stroyed nearly all tho business part of tho city. The' loss, was over estimated at first j it is ascer tained to amount to $125,000. Tho tiro, origi nated in (lie house of a Chinese prostitute Since tho fire tho Chinese have been prohibited from living within city limits. , On tho I2lh oft May, seven' Mexican bandits visited tho ranch’of Messrs. Baratier and Borel,. in tho Tulare valley, massacred the. prbpietors and two hired men, robbed-tho place of $2,700 in gold, carried elf Mrs. Baratier, and escaped to:the mountains. One of tho bandits visited San Luis afterwards, was recognized, arrested and hanged. Joe Williamson negro, was lynched at Stock ton, on the 25th of May; ho had seduced the wife of his employer—a fact offered in evidence by the birth of wshady looking <tbabio,” ; Five miners were drowned in n tunnel, in Table Mountain, Tuolumne county, on the 22d of May. Thoy'were excavating, struck n stream of, water, and were under the flood before they could cscapeT"" l , • On 111? 25th of .May sixty men, disguised and armed, proceeded to La Grange, Stanislaus county, broke open the jail, took out one An derson imprisoned for murder, hung him to a tree, and departed. . San Andreas, a thriving mining town in Cala veras county, was burned tip on the 2d of Juno. P. P. Hull, a member of the press, and once husband of Lola'Monies, is dead. The old Adeiphi Theatre, in San Francisco, was burned on the 2d of Juno.. Mows, hardly creditable, has been received from Carson Valley, to the effect that 1,500 Mormon farnfftafe are on their way thither, and that Jirighnm.'Voting has (led for parts unknown. Some Chinese merchants in San Francisco I have received an invoice of silkworm eggs from China; They ifttend'Cb attempt the roaring of silk worms in the Stale. ‘ KF* iVhijt a volume of thought there is in the following iteni'ihich is going the rounds ! “ A Yodno Suicide.— A little B! rl > years old, attempted to commit suicide at Bos ton, the other day* She had been severely pun iahed several ,lliues by her teacher, and tearing further chastisement, she drank a teacup fullPl burning fluid, hut an emetic saved her liter She gave her I'affs'ohs for the act that the girl pick ed upon heri ,7 that she was called “ stupid, and hor teacher liad punished her, and she was tired of life.”- ; The world will never know how many people havo boon made stupid hy the simple cry of “ dance,” which has boon hurled at them. The lute Gov. Slavey was a “ stupid” boy until he got a teacher who had souse enough to treat him intelligently and frankly, instead of “larruping” the futnro statesman for every lanlt. A Team'or Pros. —Governor Gumming tosti. fios to having observed a wagon, on tho road frornSalt Lake city to Provo, which was drawn by pigs harnessed to„tho tongue hy an ingenious combination of straps and cords. In it was seated a fat man, who excited his team oven into a trot, hy the aid of a black snake whip. (XT 7- The La Crosse Railroad Company have given notice to . tho rascally Governor, members of the Wisconsin Legislature, and others who received the plunder bonds of the old company, that they must return tho bonds, of legal meas ures will bo taken. Over $BOO,OOO it will bo remembered, were expended imlhese bribes. Pnrclmsc of flic Delaware Division. From tho money article of the Philadelphia .Ledger of Monday, wo quote the-following in reference to the recent sale of tho Delaware Die vision to a company of ton or twelve 'capitalists, one of-whom is our townsman, Hon. Samuel Hepburn. It will be seen IbatTlio purchasers have already been offered 82-0, 000 for their bargain, which off’er was promptly refused. Wc 'congratulate Judge Hepbuhn upon his good fortune; during these “pinching times” it re quires considerable ingenuity to enable a man to pick up a fortune, such, as this purchase has undoubtedly secured to him. But to the arti cle from the Ledger: Some little feeling was manifested on Satur day when a report obtained circulation that the Sudbury and Brio Railroad Company, to whom the Legislature, at its late session had conveyed all tho Slate Canals, had resold tho Delaware division to a company of ten or twelve of our leading capitalists, namely', A. S. &Gi Roberts, A. 6. Fell, E. W. Clarke & Co., Wm. Long- Strcth,Messrs. Doric, C. 11. Fisher, J. V. William son, Judge Hepburn, Ephraim Marsh, of N. Jer sey, and some others. Included in the list, wc are told, there are . five Presidents of Banks-, Railroads and Canals. The persons named are of unquestioned means, and Wholly' unexcep tionable as purchasers on the score of ability and probity of character. The price stipulated to be paid is one million seven hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars! payable as fol lows : ...... , Mortgage Bonds, at 0 per cf., 51,200,000 Preferred 8 per ot., stock, 100,000 Ten monthly payments of .sso,- • 000, secured by collateral, 400,000 Cash on execution of the papers, 75,000 This bargain, on Saturday, afternoon, was approved by, tho Governor, and is of course complete. The cash payment of $75,000 was made, and the purchasers organized into a com pany, under the Delaware .Division of tho Pennsylvania Gtpial Company,,and elect ed Jay Cook, Esq., President. Although it was known that the Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company was in the market with this work, the announcement on Saturday that it had been sold to the parties named, created surprise, be cause all eyes'were turned to the Lehigh Navi gation Company as the probable purchaser, the Division being a connecting link with their works and tide water on the Delaware. It was and is considered more valuable to them than to any other parties. The capital of the Le high Navigation Company being large, and more in favor than that of almost any other in and about this city, the disappointment was widely extended and keenly felt. We do not know, however, if the Lehigh Navigation, Com pany should feet that they have lost a desirable bargain,that they have anybody but themselves to blame. We are assured that the Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company desired them to be come tho purchasers, and solicited them to make an offer by a given day, as other parties were negotiating with them and wished to conclude a contract. The Lehigh Navigation Company declining the offer made them, and a disposition of the Division being necessary on the.part'of the Sunbury and Erie Company, a sale has been made as above slated. Since the. fact, be came known, parties on behalf, of the Lehigh Navigation ..Company, we, are informed, have offered two millions of. dollars —an excess of $225,000 of the price (o ho paid by the associa lion of gentlemen.named. JfaJotisy arid Dlunltr in Virginia. The Petersburg, Vn., Express ol a late date says:—“A most deliberate case of homicide oc curred near Nottoway Court House- on Satur day morning, about eight o’clock. A- gentle man who arrived hero by Saturday : evening’s south-side, train, furnishes us. with this particu lars. The parlies to the affair were John Far ley, a wheelwright by trade, a respected citizen and a member of the Methodist Church, and Samuel G. Morgan, a resident in tlio vicinity. A personal animosity had existed between them for about six months, growing out of a suspb cion on the, part of Morgan that Parley had been on improper terms of intimacy with his wife, which, is said, was wholly unfounded ; but such, was the belief of Morgan that his suspic ions were true, that he made repeated avowals that he would take his life. On various occa i sions he had-repaired, armed with pistols, to Parley’s shop, before which he would stand and abuse him'with the most violent and indecent language, and exert, every means in his power to provoke him into a fight, all of which Farley, bore-wilhout an oiler of resentment. Morgan, however, continued to make threats; and in such a manner as to leave no doubt on Farley’s mind that he intended to kill him at all hazards. He at length procured a double-bar reled gun, and kept it by him at his shop, in expectation of an assault. In the meanwhile Morgan separated from his wife. Four months now elapsed, during which the threats were continued at intervals. On Satur day morning Farley was in his shop as usual, and on stepping casually to the door, was un expectedly met by Morgan, who immediately thrust his hand into his bosom, where ho had concealed a five shooter, and a single barrelled rifle pistol, and drawing the former Out aimed it at his breast, Farley quickly ran back into the shop, seized his gun, and levelling it at Morgan’s breast, fired; the contents entering ■near the centre of the breast, and piercing the heart, and as he fell, Farley fired the second barrel, the contents of which entered the head, about the ear, killing him instantly. . Farley then proceeded before Richard J. Irby. Esq. a magistrate for the county, related the circumstances, and'submitted himself to custo dy,when a jury of inquest was cmpamielled, the case thoroughly examined, and the prisoner discharged, it being the opinion of the jury that tlieact wascommitted in self-defence,with which the general opinion agrees. The New Militia Law.—The Ohambers burg Valley Spirit is of our way of thinking, when it expresses tho apprehension that “ the Legislature committed a serious error in pass ing the new militia law. We havo looked over the Law with some care, &nd if it docs not run away with more of the people’s money than they are willing to spend fpr such a purpose,we shall be most agreeably surprised. It might do well cuough to spend a half million dollars a year for military purposes, il our treasury was running over and wo had no public debt; but it will keep tho financial officers of tho State very busy to raise means to defray the ordinary expencos, and this extraordinary demand may operate most disastrously. Wo are afraid the Legislature did not count tho cost before passing the bill.. We ought to pay off our debt before we indulge in the luxury of a splendid and ex pensive military system.” IC7” Mrs. Mary Qwin, the mother of Senator Qwin, of California, died in Mississippi, a few days since, at the age af 87. , IC7” The steamship Pulton has arrived at St. Johus with four days later intelligoocc.firom Eupope. The advices from India bring us fur ther pews of tbc success of tho British troops.. Acquittal of Jim Ltine. The trial of ■ this- notorious personage, by hi'ce examining magistrates, at Lawrence, Kansas,-has been brought to a close, resulting, in his acquittal. The Leavenworth Ledger, of the 2d, says of the matter: ■ ■ ; «“Tho Court were unanimous in their opinion, and wb feel fully justified in saying that the ev idence adduced for and against the prisoner warranted them in arriving at the conclusion, they did.” • , The Leavenworth Herald holds to a different opinion, as do others. -It thus speaks of the case-: “Wo had calculated on the event,- knowing that his position would protect liim. Any one perusing the evidence in the case cannot fail to see that Lane was guilty of murder, and yet ho is allowed to go free.' Had he been some poor individual of less aspiring pretentions, it is doubtful whether ho would have escaped the vengeance of Judge Lynch, but being the great Jim Lanc.the punishment which he well merits, is warded oft. Wchad an idea that Lane would never be punished, but wo were not prepared for this summary manner of his discharge.” A correspondent.of the Ledger, writing from Lawrence, Where the trial was held, says: “The decision, though generally expected, is pot universally approved. Col. S. W. Hldridgc denounces ft bitterly- He told Justice Ladd, jflst,after the decision, that if bo (Eldridge) was ever brought before this, and convicted of any crime, he would shoot him as true aS .?. .0* - .. There is nothing in this decision to proven - the grand jury indicting. Lane if |o' disposed. By express statutory provision, the evidence together with the decision, must be submitted to them by the clerk of the District Court.” Here is “Free -State” Kansas justice for you, with a vengeance.. An abominable wretch,who has lived in open violence of every virtuous principle and-manly trait for years, commits a cold-blooded murder, shoots down a neighbor who was unarmed, and is discharged from cus tody after going through with a silly farce of an examination. If ever a depraved scoundrel deserved hanging, Jim. Lane -did. Instead of that he will probably be sent by the model Re publicans to the U. S. Senate. $1,175,000 Fifty persons killed by an Earthquake—The British and French Ministers Jldcise the Payment of the Forced Loan—Protest of the Jlmcricun Minister—Generals Vidaneri and , Garza Marching upon the Capital—From Yu catan. New OjilEans, July 9.—The barque Brill iant, from Yera. Oruz, has arrived, bringing files of the papers of that city to the 20th ulti mo. , , Business was prostrate. The vomito prevailed among- the soldiery, nut the health Of the citizens wash) good condition'. An earthquake occurred on the Bth, killing I fifty persons. : Advices from the city of .Mexico stateThht the British and. French Ministers advise the pay ment of the forced loan. The protest of .the American Minister, (Mr. Forsyth) opposes the payment of the loan, and demands his passports. Ileis awaiting instruc- tions. Generals Vidaurri and Gazra were marching upon the capital.. Gen. Echeagaray hud retreated to Julapa. Gen. Osollos having ordered the San Luis Potosi sales to be closed', he has been recalled by Zuloaga. The contribution -will be strin gently enforced. , The dates from Yucatan are to the 30th.. The Government has imposed a duty of 50 cents on the barrel upon foreign' and,,homo flour, from the list of August.; - An earthquake had’been felt atMintttidari. , ’ lleaw Loss.—The Washington correspon dent of the Philadelphia Press, says it is ru mored there that Ex-Governor Porter will be the loser of a number of, thousands of dollars, havirigJlßeoTneisecurity on a contract to. deliver-' jmfilo the army, which-the contractor failed to' makegood'. . O’ A niah,.named Gentian went iiUO' lhq water tohalhe, on Sunday, at Boston, and ndf being a good swimmer, was drowned ; where upon a coroner’s jui’y.usat” upon his body,and returned tor their verdict, “tholt he came to his death by having, in violation of the city ordi nance, gone into the water about 2i o’clock, on the afternoon of Srindky, the 27th, &o.” .y~ Monby Found in a' Tube:— The Norris town Register mentions that a story is afloat in the lower end of that county, to the effect that some $2,000 in silver coin had been found in a hollow tree which , was cut down, near Schultzvilloa short time since. Theoocurrcnco is said to have.taken place on the farm of a Mr. Stauffer, who had sold the tree to another- per son. , Wine Cheapen than . Water.—A Paris Correspondent, tinder date of June2sth, writes : “ Complaints are 1 made fronr every part' of France that the w.ells- and springs are drying up, and it is said that wine will be cheaper than water this year.. The wine crop, it is said, promises to bd the largest ever seen ; old wine casks cannot be had now for love Or money, and the potters are busy making huge jars like oil jars of the Arabian Nights ifor the supera-' bmidant grapem” O’* A man who was recently sent up to Sing Sing for ten years, for burglary, hearing-that his portrait and life were to appear in one of the papers of New York, ordered"Hve hundred ex tra copies, which- ho circulated among his friends. • . O’ MV. Durke, of Conneaut, Pa., lost a val uable mare, a few days since, in a singular manner.' She was addicted to kicking, and while indulging in that spirited exercise, she broke her own neok!—the spine becoming dis jointed, near the ndddle, from sheer violence of her exertions. , Death Warrants—Gov. Packer, on the Btb inst., issued the death warrants of the fol lowing persons: John Lutz, Allegheny county, to to bo exe cuted October Ist, 1858 ; William Jobn.Clarko, Montour county, to bo executed Septemper 24. 1858. Mary Twiggs, Montour county, to be execu ted Octobor 22. 1858. DC?” On Tuesday last there was no less than twenty-eight deaths from sunstroke, in New York city. Giupb Vines. —The grape vines about town, so far as we can learn, bid fair to yield abun dantly this year. The clusters of fruit on the vines are very heavy. tty* A very serious fire has occurred in Polts ville. Property to the amount of $20,000 was destroyed. PCs’ The city , marshall of Lexington-was murdered by a man whom-he was attempting to arrest, when the mob seized the murderer and lynched him on the spot. CCy The crops ol Lancaster county) Pa., il ls thought, will turn out’ more than , an average yield. taler from Mexico, From Ihe Lcavcmeorlh{Kansas) Ledger.' The Acquittal of Gen. Lane. ’ La whence, Friday, j u j y j • . TJ IO argument in the examination of General' James 11. Lano blosod'j-esterday bveninir nmf tiio case was then submitted to tho magistrate They adjourned the court until 10 o’clock A ’ M., yesterday; when (hey would announce their' decision. At tho designated hour it was ( n ar r vored that tho magistrates had not agreed ai<t a further postponement occurred. At no' 0 there was still no decision. Two o’clock cam and there was still none. Tho minor sm-eni that tho magistrates wore nimble to agree- iw no two of them coincided in opinion, anil (h rumor wps generally credited; but at half four o’clock It was announced that (hoy had last agreed, and were about to render a decision A crowd straightway gathered at ,tho m-mi.' (rate’s office, lilling.it to repletion, andleavin scores outside, anxious, but unable, t 0 g a j„ '/> mission; The prisoner, General Lane, alien,) ed by oho of his counsel, was oh hand ti, followed ’ ... " ca - The Decision op the Oouut—To (hi 3 c n-„ , In making out a case against the dofondant •» was necessary, first, to prove that a murd«4'., boon committed; and, secondly, by General Lano. 'Tho prosecution had failed to establish the first. The court word 'unanimously of tho opinion that no murder had boon committed • and, as tho Territory having (ailed to establish tliis primary fact, tho pnly charge contained In tho affidavit, tho defendant; General Lane w-is accordingly discharged, ’ Tin’s announcement caused loud arid general stamping of feet among tho. crowd,-and other demonstrations of approval, which lasted until checked by (lie court. General Lano rose and Said that ho felt if ai;d ha;d?s>Wl?Ajt » tight to himself nnti u' for "his appearance at; tho U. Sw.pHtficXvpiirt-'^ ;i '' in flip event Of an indiotniopt by’-tjilgra'iVd■ jury?-;;-h to.answer any cUarg^conhoctod cido that might bo preferred against him.- Their ■honors were-frec-State men, and this fact, how ever unjustly, would bo alleged (o have influ enced his acquittal; Ho desired to ho tried by a pro-slavery judge and a pro-slavery jury; and ho, therefore, hoped the court would accept his recognizance. The court declined acceding to, his request' owing to a doubt as to their power so to do nf’ tor their decision. Gen. Lane thpn retired, and was warmly re ceivod by his friends outside. ‘ Tito decision,, though generally expected, is not universally approved. Col. S. IT. Eldridgo denounces it bitterly. Ilo'told Justice Ladd, just after tlio decision, that if be (Elrtiidgd) was over brought' before bin), and convicted of any crime, lie would shoot himas.thio as tale. . There is nothing in this decision to prevent the grand jury iAdi'cting Lane, it so disposed— By express statuary provision, t|io, evidence, to. goflier with the decision, must bo submitted fn them by the clerk of the District Court. ' Thd examination having been so full, and withal so fair;, i t is very doubtful whether the grand jury Will ever cntiSo another proceeding, on the same charge, to bo instituted. The Peace foK- WfboWEiis.—lt is well known that the facilities for obtaining, divorces in Indiana, are very great, they being granted there almost for the mere asking. In' conse quence, here is a : great influx into that State, of parties upon' whom, from any cause,-the matri monial noose sits irksomely.- .' The result of this state of things is' thus de scribed’ by a writer from the regions ofTlodsior* dom: .. . Indiana, is literally swarming with' gi'dsa widows. Every hotel or tavern has or has had one or more of t hose bewitching vixens domicil- - cd'with them for ten days, which makes them, citizens and residents, of the State of Indiana, and with' a little hard swearing, native too. At the expiration of ton days a suit is commenced against sonic'vile husband,- and', as' a'mallcr of course, a divorce is granted, if for no other oausp than incompatibility, of.tcmper. Here' are congregated: from'all (htuSlatcs fii the Un ion (except. Illinois, who is.a competitor for thia: molilablb lawyer trade,)- all the diconsolalo fgrass widows-- A- case hL heard ,of in..Peru,’ where' the widotv' of. a milliqiiKtrtt.badt-iacaoff from Brazil, remained hero ten days, got her ,divorce, with s>loo,oooof aliinoriy, and Would' bavojiad inore, but oldCroocsns had'no moreiir •tfib Uhiled'States that was comeatablc. Gen. Cass.: —Tho Washington .correspondent: of. the North American, pays tho following well' .deserved and'graceful tribute- to the 1111181110113’ .Statesman who is now at tho head of the Stale', Ucpgijment. Speaking of tho probable satis-' factory Solution of the right of search question, ho says:- ; “Nor shodld the ofccasion bo allbwed fo jmssr whatever difference of political opinion may ex-- ist, without a just and- becoming tribute to tho able, resolute, and patriotic course of General Cass. If there be one question m’oro than bio-. titer, to which'ho has especially contributed the efforts, the zeal, the' investigation, add. the un-, swerving purpose, of the last twenty-live J’.ears of his public career, seconded by all .the; inllu ,enco of his commanding character at homo and it has been clearlythis right of search. Indeed it has conic to be considered ih Somo degrees as his peculiar province or speciality. And when 1 his instructions to Mr. Dallas come to bo scanned by tho impartial Judgment of men disembarrassed by alp party lies’, it will bo seen how-much the’ country (s indebted to hith for tho settlement which at once relieves our diplo matic relations of their most voxafiCtts and threatening aspect. It.is gra(ifyiitg-,to -me, as 1 political opporitmt, fo have.(ho(Opportunityof expressing these sentiments. ■ • * *' * • . This is a groat triumph in every sense, atitl noil;-, ing but the most narrow and bigoted partisan-, sbip cah-deny those who have achieved it Ilio high credit which they are entitled' to Clainffroiu a generous public.” ■' Nervobs.—The New York ZVi&ftiie'is getting awfully frightened at- an imaginary prospect of war. It is willing to compromise in any way, before an enemy appears. Bather-than Joint Bull or Jean Grapeaud should flrd a shot -into, New York, they may take the Tribune, press, typos and scissors, so they; do but leave tli? Greeley with a whole-skin. Irr order to deter tho Government froth undertaking any warlike enterprise, Horace, enters a solemn protest, in due form, as follows:' •'Wo protest also against all diplomatic coup’, and entuijgjing alliances-' against nil' pretences to rights in CentrhPAmerica or elsewhere off out own soil which we, do not freely concede to every power on earth—tho weakest and ns well ns the strongest and nearest— bullying rind menacing of foroigti States. o■ part of our Government —against all."[* la not waged in absolute ami niidcnciiiio , dof'eneq. Wo oppose wav and all that to war, not as Calamity, but as Crime, w e 6 victories gained in an unjust or utmoceaaa J aS'raoro deplorable than defeats, w e 8 our into war on Aexico m more Utsasl its corruption.-, of our people's mora > „ ssc3 Atheistic, notions’.which its factitious tended to diffuse, in itstrlumphsol rap J unrighteousness, than would have lm° w of defeats which would have brought u‘ cans to "Washington aiid tho Mexican bo back to tho Sabino.” . r to 1 It is to bo hoped that there may bo no w j frighten tho Tribune ; that is, a war with s too ing irons. ( ■The Tribune loves a newspaper war a o wool. ttJ* It is rumored that Qov.Denver, of 1 sas, intends resigning his office after the a* tion in Augnst.- K 7" Mrs. Elizabeth Parker, died on (he 2- ult., in Durham, Me., at the advanced age 115 years. Up to the ago of 110, she use work daily in her-garden. . ttZ?* Deaths in Philadelphia last week 28- an increase of <9B, over the previous week* DU?” Mr.- diaries Dickens jins settled £6OO * (year, on his wife; from whom ha Has separai ,
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