= iMEEI 0 AN t OLONTEEE. JOHN B, BIUTTON, Editor.& Proprlctof. r CARLISLE, PA.", AUG. 5, "" Democratic State Nominations. Supreme Judge, WM. A. PORTER, Of Philadelphia, Canal Commissioner, WESTLEY FROST, of Fayelto Co, Democratic County Ticket., • • For Congress, JOHN A. AHL, of Cumberland county. [Subject to the decision of the Conferees.] Assembly, HUGH STUART, of South Middleton, Sheriff, ROBERT ALLISON, of Carlisle, ' Commissioner, NATHANIEL H. ECKLES, of Hampden ■ Director op the. Poor, ABRAHAM BOSLER, of South Middleton; Auditor, GEORGE SCOBY, ot Carlisle. KJ” Tho foregoing ticket has boon put in nom ination by tho Democratic County Conven tion, Avbicb, assembled in Carlisle on tho 2d instant. The gentlemen named thereon arc so well known to tho people hi Cumberland coun ty, that wo scarcely deem it necessary to say a iingle word in their behalf, assured as we thaK when the proper time arrives the democra cy will be prepared to give their hearty and uni ted suppott-to the ticket which has been pre sented to them. Yet, notwithstanding the al most certain success that awaits us, it is the du - ty of every Democrat, in ovory-lownship of tlie county, to be watchful and vigilant, in order to gnafd'ogtrihst (Ho premeditated and insiduous '.tricks of an unprincipled opposition. Let every niari bo dt his post—let all unite,ias sentinels upon the watch-tower of freedom, determined ■ to protoct-fo the last the privileges wp now en joy—and’lot no one relax his exertions, with the , belief that'aH is secure,.until the victory be . WL ’ , Democrats of old Cumberland)-you'have a - glorious causo to contend for—thcciuiso of Lib . ; erty, the. cause of Justice, and the cause of Truth., The crisis .which is approaching is an ■ important one, and involves every principle Which you-and your fathers have contended for since the days of the revolution. It is a crisis, which will prove your attachment to the princi ples of democracy. Fellow-citizens of Cumber ■ land! what then is your duty as democrats, de siring to.aijj -in porpotuating.tho glorious prin ciples for which you have so long contended ? The answer is plain. It is nothing-more nor less than to preserve, eternal vigilance in all your actions—to march boldly forward to the contest,. ryjjth an : eye single to the welfare of your State .and the Democratic party—to sacri fice every private prejudice,- if any exist, and to , lend your exertions to secure the success of |. the regularly nominated ticket.' Kemembfcr, Democrats of Cumberiand, thatin addition to,the county ticket now before you, a . Supreme Judge and Canal Commissioner are to he elected this fall. Throughout the whole State, in dll directions, the busy note.of prepa tiog is heard, and from every quarter the most cheering.intelligence of the prospects of the de mocratic candidates, is received. On the one hand, the ncoms, actuated I)}- the righteousness of . their cause, are moving quietly yof steadily forward, .with a determination which ensures a J glorious and certain victory; while on the oth er is to bo soon (he molly cohorts of Abolition. ' arrayed in all the gaudy trappings of aris tocratic wealth. Political honesty with them is a byeTwbrif-Truth'is unknown —and Principle they have none. They arc rushing blindly for ward in search of power, with a spirit of des peration almost demoniacal. ; Democrats of Cumberland! such is the foe ■with which you have now to contend. The task of - disappointing and defeating them is an ea sy one, if every man will do his duty. Let ns not bo behind out brethren in other counties, in endeavoring to accomplish this end, and thus show that the Democrats of Cumberland are still true to their.pvinciplos. SAnnATii4scrrooi. Ceiedhation-s.— The Sun day School scholars connected with the 2d Pres byterian church of our borough, will hold a Pic Nic.at Bosier’s woods,, about a mile and a-half from town, to-day (Thursday.), The Sunday School of. the English Lutheran church also Intends to hold their annual party at Eieffor’s.jvoods on the same day. TVe hope the youngsters may have a good time of it, HonnmnE Death.— Wo learn from the Me chanicsburg;Garc«c, that on Friday last, while the wife of,Mr. 'John Shunk, of ‘lloguestown, in this county, was engaged in washing, their little daughter, a child of about throe years of oge went to the fire-place and commenced fan ning the fire, when the flames communicated with her dress, and before assistance could reach her,- she was dreadfully burned from head to foot. Medical.assistanco was summoned imme. diatcly, and every meansapplied to aleviato the pain of. thdiitflo sufferer j but in about three hours from the time of fhe accident, site was re lieved from-her pain, and her spirit took its flight to Him who said « suffer little children to come uulo me.” ■Flies.—The large number.of flies prevalent this season is a subject of-remark among nearly all housekeepers. Some complain of being al most tormented to death with these annoying insects,' and that .they cannot devise any .means to get rid of them. New Depot.— The Northern Central Rail road Company intend building a largo and con venient passenger and freight depot at Bridge port, in this county. The work will be under the immediate supervision of Major Dickinson, the able Chief Engineer of the road, and it is his design to eomihenee its building in as soon a period as possible. The New Game Law.— One of the most im portant laws passed by the iatoLogislature, was one in regard to game, which wo have several times alluded to. It forbids the kiliingof allin sectiverous birds • makes it unlawful to kill pboasanls unfil after (he first of September,— Rabbits and partridges must not bo killed be tween the first of January and the first of Octo ber. Tho penalty for. a violation of the law is five dqllurs, and a like penalty can be inflicted upon the possession of.thogame bo-' ing sufficient to convict the party, Tl)o law is founded upoij correct principles, and its obser vance is calculated to inure to tho benefit of the armor. They should all obey it to the letter. JJ~ Gov. Brown, ]?. M. General, will dpllv f the annual address at the Tennessee State this j'car. DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION. Pursuant to tho, resolution of tho Standing Committec,tno Delegates from the several wardsf boroughs and townships, of Cumberland county, assembled in tho Court Ilottso, on Monday,-tho 2d ol August, for the purpose of placing in nom-- {nation a ticket for the support of the Demo cratic party. John Waggoner, was appointed chairman,'and Wm. C. Houser, E. Stii.es Eob, and Wm. Willis, Secretaries. Tho following gentlemen presented their credentials and took seats in tho Convention, viz -. Carlisle, E. W. —Peter Gutshall, Joseph Neely. Carlisle , W. W.—William McPherson, Ed ward S-Ege. Dickinson.- Stewart. —II. W. McCullough, Samuel East Pennsbqrough —Geo. W. Pealcr, David Deilz. Frqnkford.— James M. Wallace, John Thom- Hampdcn.— Samuel Mcgaw, jr., John Kreilz- Hopcwell. —Robert;Elliott, John Stevick. Lower Allen.- -John G. Heck, John Young. Mechanistburg. —William C. Houser, Qco. W. Miller. Monroe. —John Paul, Michael L. Hoover. Mifflin. —James, M. Dunlap, William Iloon. Ncwville. —John Waggoner, John M. Wood burn, jr. Newton —Elias Diehl, Dewal Pislee. North Middleton. —John Elliott, Levi Zeig ler. New Cumberland. —John B. Church, J. G. Kctterman. SilverlSpring. —Jacob Shell, Samuel Sense roan. Softth Middleton. —Snyder Rupley, John, M. Good. Southampton. —Francis W. ■ Soaright, Levi Strolun. , Shippenshurg boro’. —Sam’l W. Nevin, Will iam Willis. ■ Shippenshur'g hep. —Not represented. . Upper Allen.— Allen Floyd, Alex Wentz. West Pennsborough. —Jacob Rhoads, Abra;- ham Myers. . On motion HUGH STUART ivas nominated for Assembly, by acclamation. The Convention then proceeded to the nomi nation of a candidate for Shcrirt, as follows: _ i II nt IV Robert Allison, 14.. 14 18 ,26 Abraham Killian, 11 . 18 17 15 Jos. C. Thompson, 10 If 7 1 Win. F. Swiger, . -3 withdrawn. Robert Eckels, ' 2 2 Jesse Zeiglqr, 2 ■ ROBERT,ALLISON, of Carlisle, having re ceived a majority of the votes, on iho fourth ballot, was declared the nominee.for SheritK ■ Tho balloting for Commissioner was nsxt had with the following result Nathan 3 !. H. Ecklcs, Christian Gleim, Joseph freeman, John W. Cocklin, William McKinsey, NATHANIEL 11. EOKLES, of Hampden having received a.majority of votes -was de clared nominated for Commissioner. For Director of thO'Pdor, Ahrnham Hosier, had William Mooro, ABRAHAM BFSLER, of South Middleton, having received a majority of votea was declared' the candidate tor Director of the Poor. , GEORGE SCOBr, of Carlisle, was nomina ted for Auditor, by acclamation.. The'following named gentlemen were appoin ted a StandinAcommitteo for the year Jacob Wolf, Geo. S.tSmith, W. W..Carlislo; John Cramer, Jos'. Studrt,E. W. Carlisle,- Wm. Johns,.Matthew Galbreath; Dickinson : David Deitz, Wm. F. Marlin, East Penbsborough;— George Gillespie, Jacob Nickoy, Frankford;— Christian Deitz, John Kreilzor, Hampden; Rob ert Elliott, John Stevick, Hopewell j JlDraw baugh, JacobH. Heck, Lower Allen j 16. W. Miller, Jas. A. Green, MechanicsbnrgjiDavid Voglcsong, Henry Cams, MonfAc ; Leytin Or ris, John Ziegler, Mifflin; J.. J. Crawford, Da-, vid Williams, Newville ; Alex. S. Woortburn, Jas. Sharp, Newton; Abr. Lambcrton, Peres Howard, North Middleton; Wm. Wetzel, Sam. uel Trout, Now Cummberland; Gob. Hoover,' Isaac Brenizer, Silver Spring; Snider Rupley, PeterF.Ege, South Middleton; W- S. Max: well,'lsaac Willla,'Southampton; Jacob Heck, Abr. Hosteller, Sbippohsburg. borough; T.'P. Blair, P. Mellingor, Sliippensburg tpwnsliip;— Geo. H. Miller, Sam’l. Floyd, Upper Allen; Sam’l. Bister, Jas. Huston, West Ponnsboro’. On motion of E. S. Ege, John B. Church, Samuel W. Noviu, Abraham Myers, and Jacob Sholl,were appointed a committee to draft res olutions, who, after a short absence,‘reported through their chairman (lie following, which were adopted by acclamation : Resolved, That wo reiterate our firm adherence” to the great principles founded and established by Tho. Jefferson, and that wo will, by all fair and honorable means, hand down to posterity the bright legacy of freedom bequeathed us bv our fathers, untarnished in honor, undiminished in value, and undimmod in splendor. - Resolved , That our confidence in tho wisdom, integrity and patriotism of « Pennsylvania’s fa vorite son,” President Buchanan, . continues •firm and unshaken. Wo hail with pride and gratification, the noble and dignified bearing of tho first son of Pennsylvania who has tilled the Presidential chair, and most emphatically and without reserve, endorse the public acts of his administration, Resolved, That wo are proud and gratified to witness in tho policy ol tho Government a de termination to vindicate, tho honor qf the na tional flag, and to resist tho impertinent as.- suniption of tho right of search, at one time so imperiously demanded by England. Resolved, That what is known ns tho English Compromise Bill, adopted by Congress and signed by President Blichanan, was intended and has had the effect to put at rest the Kansas subject. Tho question being now dead and bu ried, and the people of that territory left free to adopt a Constitution for themselves, wo hope no power on earth will bo able to raise it from its grave. ‘ Resolved, That wo congratulate tho people upon the settlement, without blood, of the Utah difficulties. The infatuated and misguid o‘d people under the lead of Brigham Young, have been taught to know that the Go vernment is strong enough to put down rebel lion, no difference when or whore it may break out. j Resolved, That in (ho administration of Gov. ■ Packer wo have abiding confidence, believing, as.wo do, that the affairs of State will bo con ducted with a view to (he welfare and happiness of the people of Pennsylvania. Resolved , That William A.. Porter and Wesley Frost, our candidates for Supremo Judge and Canal Commissioner, are gentlemen eminently qualified, and shall receive our cordial support. I Resolved , That the course pursued by Sena tor Bigler in the U.S. Senate, meets our hearty I approbation, and we rejoice that Pennsylvania has one faithful and abfoDemocfat to represent I her In that body Resolved, That tho public acts .of ITon. John A. AM, our faithful member of Congress, Jijiyo boon (n strict accordance ivilli Democraiic principle; wo therefore approve and endorse (bom, and instruct the Conferees this day ap pointed, to vote for and use all honorable means to seenro big ro-nomination. It has been an established rule in-this county, as well as-in Porry and York, to tender the member of Con gress a second, nomination, when his public course has been approved of. Wu insist that this yule of tho party bo adhered to now. Resolved, That wo cordially approve of tho course of bur State Senator, Gen. Fetter, and our immediate Representative in the Legisla ture, Hugh Stuart, Esq. Particularly do wo commend them for having voted against the in iquitous proposition to bestow our public im provements to a bankrupt Company. This was a question to try men’s integrity, and wo rc joico that Cumberland conn!v find no hand in fobbing tho people of their public works. - liesqtvcdy That {ho- ticket \vo .have ’’this day nominated is composed of good and true Dem ocrats, and shall receive our cordial and zeal ous support. , - “ Resolved, That Joim B, Bratton, James Ches tnut, and Wm. C. 1 Houser, ho appointed Con gressional Conferees, to meet tho Conferees of Perry and York counties, at Bridgeport, in this county, at such-timo as may he agreed upon by tho three counties. Resolved, That the proceedings of this moei ing ho signed by the oilicers and published. [Sinned by the officers, j Indiana. —The wheat crop will be fully an average one. Oats rather a failure. Corn pro mising. ; Grass abundant. , Ohio.— Tho. wheat crop will full but little below an avqyage in quantity and quality.— Oats and barley will fall off considerably.;— Corn will yield an average, should the season prove favorable. Georgia.— Corn and potatoes promise an immense yield. So also throughout the south west. Cotton crop is also fine. Alabama. —The prospects indicate as fine a cotton and corn crop as any ever made in the Stale. . , • Arkansas. —For corn, tobacco, wheat aiid oats tho pruspccts arc tolerably good. Texas.— -Wheat good. Corn more than'an average. Cotton a largo crop. New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Pennslvania, all promise a full aver age crop of wheat. Grassan immense yield, and potatoes and corn very pomising. Wisconsin.— Tho wheat crop'will fall below an average, so also in many portions of Virgin ia and (Maryland. The sugar and cotton crop in the South promises a largo yield. Extravagance of the Administration'.— Tho.Baltimorc Republican says that any charge of prodigality or extravagance against that part of the Government is notoriously unjust, and it requires a vast amount of impudence or igno rance to utter such a charge., ■ Drowning men will catoli at straws, and the desperate and sinking leaders and hangers-on of Know.-Noth ingism and- Black Republicanism are silly enough to think they can humbug the people by this cuckoo cry. It won’t do. The people are 100 well informed to be be cheated by such idle clamor. .The. records of .Congress are ac cessible to all, and they will show that these very clamors about extravagance are the guilty parties—that.the-Abolition and Know Nothing members of Congress voted for the extravagant expenditures and doubled their oten 'pay and perquisites, and thus impoverished the treasu- . ry, which they now,.desire to charge upon, the Administration. We arc,glad that this cry has been started, for, the records will prove that the Administration is free from blame, and that the charge rests exclusively against the legisla tive branch of the Government. • , '26 votes. 6 “ 5 « 3 “. '2 “ 27 votes. 13 « ■ Tub Death Warrants of the Daxviei.e Pill, sox fils —The Danville Intelligencer oi the 15th tilt., says: On Thursday, of last week, Gov. Packer issued death warrants for the fol lowing persons: John Lutz, of Allegheny coun ty, to be executed on the first of October next : Williaitii Jbhn Clark, of. Montour county, to be .excoutod-on the Uventy-fonrlhday bf Septem ber; and Mary Twiggs, of Montour county, to be executed on the-twenty-second day. ofOo lober. Sheriff Toting, of Danville, received the last two on the following evening. Saturday afternoon; between the hours of one and two o’clock,, after Mi sf Twiggs' and -’Mr.' Clark had eaten a-hcarly dinner, the. sherilt,' accompanied by Mrs. Young and Edward Baldy, Esq., pro ceeded to the cells of the condemned for the pur pose of reading the warrants to them. Clark’s was read first, Ho listened to its awful con tents with the same iron nerve and stone stoi .cism that has supported him since the hour of his arrest.- No quiver of body or emotion of mind could be discerned by those present. .Af ter the sheriff finished reading it, Clark asked for a pipe and sonic tobacco. The warrant au thorizing the execution of Mrs. Twiggs was. then read to her. She heard it with unmista kable anguish, and sobbed like a chihj., Late News puo’.it Cali fount a akd Oukgo.v —The steamer Moses Taylor, from Aspinwall, arrived at New York on Tuesday morning. ith San Francisco dates to the sth inst. Her treasure list reaches the amount of $1,200,000. The Frazer river gold excitement continued un abated.. .The reports from tho mines exhibit such a wealth of the prcciqus metal that we are disposed to set many of them down as fabulous. One man writes that the yield of his first day’s labor was over seven hundred dollars. All the (owns on the road to the mines are crowded with gold-seekers. The Indians had commenc ed molesting (he emigrants. Six men had been killed, during a single assault, by the red men. The hostile Indians were conccntrating_ in the neighborhood ofTictoria. The Supreme Court of California had decided that the SuncCay law was unconstitutional, and all prosecutions', un der it had been abandoned. The effect of the news from Frazer river upon business at San Francisco had been to make all branches of trade and industry lively. The news from Oregon is very important.— The Tnd ans were.collecting-in large numbers, and there was much alarm throughout life set- tlcmeuts. Tho Commander of the Pacific di vision of our army was very active, but he was without troops or equipments (or. the war. The State election ip Oregon has resulted in the triumph of the whole Democratic ticket. The Atlantic Telegraph.— lf the Atlantic telegraph fleet started from Queenstown on the 17lh hist., the ships would, probably, all reach (mid-ocean in ten days, or by the27th, and bo ready to renew the attempt to lay the telegraph I cable. If all goes .well (his lime, wo should hear<qf the arrival of the Niagara ,at Trinity Bay in the course of next week, * ' Bank of OiiAJiiiEHsmjßG.— Peterson’s De tector,says : “Beware of a now and. dangerous counterfeit tflt) bill that has just .been put in circulation. It is an imitation of the genuine, and is exceedingly well .done. Better refuse any new looking note of this denomination, as 't is difficult to distinguish between the genuine and counterfeit. tLf Dr. 1 Bornhcisel.lho Mormon delegate from Utah, in Congress, passed through Harrisburg on the Pennsylvania Railroad, in the early part of last week. The Dr. is:uow on a visit to his mother, near Sandy Hill, in county. The Bernheisel's are numbered among the most respectable families of that county. Harvest Prospects. Tlio Ujiion of the,Opposilion. ' . Prom present indications, it would seem,says' the Somerset Democrat, tliat the'opposition to thcDemocracyfn this State are not so likely to] combine all the elements of their strength in the ensuing campaign. In many quarters, the greatest'disattcction crfsis, at all -nnlikeljiiHi&t-theirattempted combination will prove an utter failure, followed up by a defeat ns inglorious as their proposed “union” is un principled. In Allegheny county the spirit of opposition discord is Spreading rapidly, and promises at this early day the very best result to the De-’ mooracy. CduhlTcST in our own Congressional district, a like insub-, ordination exists ih the ranks of the enemy, which'promises us good results. So is it in other sections, and so will it continue to be un til the great battle is fought in October. Prom the incipiency of this opposilion movement,have wo believed it would prove a miserable abortion, and every subsequent day’s observation has but tended to confirm us in this'belief.■ It is not the thing for the limes,, arid cannot, bo suc cessfully carried out. ; The Democracy of the old Keystone is invincible when united, and united it will bo when it again measures swords with the common enemy. No disagreement - upon a single question of governmental policy i will make the heterodox doctrines of our inon- ' grel enemies orthodox with Democrats. They will not turn their backs upon one another, be cause of a difference of opinion on a question now sot-lied, and thus give “aid and comfort,” to their, worst ted.' No, indeed. They will •not be seduced from-their fidelity to the party which has built up, protected, defended, and gloriously preserved! du'r Union—but they, will be found marching onward, united and firm and shoulder to shoulder, for the Constitution and the Union, in the, great battle that will shortly come oil between them and an ever un principled and an ever unscrupulous opposition, Let the war-whdßp be sounded. We do not fear the result. Troops for Oregon, The largest detachment of Army, recruits whichhave left the Atlantic seaboard for the Pacific for several years, departed from New lorlc on July 21, on-board , the steamship St Poms, for Aspinwall, under the command o Captain A.’J. Smith, of the Ist Dragoons.— They are dispatched to relieve Fort Walla Wal la with special reference to the assistance of (10l Stcptoo. There were: From Carlisle Barrack From Governor’s Island .Fioin Newport Barrack,- Ky' Grom Fort-Monroe, Ya From Albany Total 417 0( these-1 here are of the. mounted, service’, 193 Leaving for general-service men ’ 224 The names of the officers in charge of this de tachment arc as follows; ;• . Captain Andfpiv J. Smith, Ist dragoons, commanding.. Assistan t surgeon Thomas A. McParlin; as sistant surgeon, ,J-. 11. Beman ; .Surgeon 0. McCormick, Medical Department.. Brevet Major James H, Oarleton, captain Ist drpgonns, .-.1-apl. Henry D. Waller, 4ih infantry. . f’Oapt. Edmund Underwood, 4th jnfantry. Capt. Thomas-Q: Engliijh, 9thlnfantry. Jst /jt/: 4th ihfanfry. Ist Lt. infantry, • Ist Lt. Kobcrf J?y£fnson, Ist dragoons. « /x ’, Ist Lt. J\ T . JJ. lst efrngoorifs. Ist Lt.rß. 11. Itogcrs, '3d (Jnigroony. Ist fChas.Tf^iVbeds, Vl h dragoons. 1- : Ist Lt. Romcyn B. Ayres, 3d artillery. 2d Lt. Robert HJ Anderson,- 9th artillery., 2d Lt-. Paul J--Qnattjebaum, 9th artillery, 2d Lt, Edward 11. Conner, 4lh infantry. 2d Lt. Marcus A. Reno, Ist dragoons. Dr. HcCormid and family (not.on duty) also accompanied the detachment. Their destina- tion, is Vancouver, W.-.T, These troops go out provided, with 600 of Sharpe’s carbines, and a large quantity of prepared ammunition. The adoption of this arm for the present- service is due,to the influence of Brevet Major Thornton, «;Jio \vas sent to the far West to inspect the titfitps, some lime since, and who inspected the Ist-dragoons in the department of New Mexico, and saw the necessity jiff the adoption of some improved arm for the mounted service. , DD” The Prince of Wales has but seven ladies to choose a wife from, unless he marry some body much older than himself, or greatly infe rior in rank. These “seven” are Protestant and royal—they', are princesses of Prussia, Hesse Darmstadt, Holstein, Wurtemburg, Den mark, Saxo Altenburg and Oldenburg. We hope the prince will Wait till, he is king and then marry some beautiful English ladydhat he loves. ID* The oldest incumbent of . any post-office in the United Stales is Gen, Joseph Locke, post mailer m Bloomfield, Me. He has . filled the office for forty-flveconsecutivo years, and tliougli seventy-four years, ortige; is in full possession of all his faculties,’mental and physical, and, from present appearances, bids fair to servo Ifnch Sam for many years.in as faithful a man. nor as he has done.for nearly half a century. ■ State Debt.— The interest on the State debt, due on the Ist of Auguft, was paid at the Farmers' and Mechanics’ -Bank, Philadelphia. This is (lie first lithe that the interest has been paid at this Bank. money has been depos ited there by the State Treasurer for (lie pur pose, in compliance with an act of the last Leg islature. 1 •' Watermelons.—This luscious fruit has be come a prominent article on the stands of. our fruit dealers, but commands rather “fanciful" prices to . suit the pockets of...most'persons. However, the tempting appearance the “Jersey eggs" present, may induce many people to for get the hard times. V T “ e New Hotel, '—Tho fiew hotel to bo erec ted at the corner of ninth and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia, is being pushed rapidly forward to completion. It will bo six stories high j the first story of iron, and the others of brick trim med with .sand stone, and will contain 370 rooms. It wil| far surpass the Girard House in size and beauty, and will be one of the finest hotels iu the country. ■ . ! Mils* Cunningham and Eokex. Maiuued. —, The N. Y. Sunday Atlas says ihnt the famous (or infamous) John J. Eckel has. married the. Mrs. Cunningham, and that they are now liv ing together, as of old, in New-Yprk Oily. IC/” Senator Houglas announces in the Chica go limes fourteen speeches in different parts of his State lor the month of August. . AVUUIII IS THE ITOLMS PARTY. Whenever the opppncnts”br the Democratic party find thcmselves'aefeated and thoroughly disorganized, they allect great disgust for all flarfy organizations—denounce-them as corrupt in their composition, and dangerous in their tendency—and declare their determination to appeal henceforth to the people at large, irre spective of party, in support of the principles they profess to hold. But this dodge has rare ly, if ever, availed them much ; for the people, in spite of the loud professions of love that are made to them, and the smooth words of llattery ■that are poured into their ears, have a distrust of,'such exceedingly broad liberality, and won’t take' the bait. Besides, these short-sighted pol- iticians, while denouncing in words all parlies, 'are'lhemselves in practice the most bigoted and violent partisans. They won’t vote for a Dem ocrat, because—well, if you push them to the wall for a reason, the only one they can give you is— “because he’s a Democrat. Hence, they must Have candidates of their own with whom lo go before the people. Principles are a secondary,matter with them, and whenever they find it possible to gel along without a plat form, they don’t trouble themselves about con structing one. Thus they set about nomina ting their candidates, an(l by that very act, al though proclaiming themselves independent of party, commit the contradiction of. resolving themselves into a party organization. ° This transparent humbug is now being at tempted in Pennsylvania, for about the twen tieth lime. Our pretended despisers of party who, be it understood, arc merely so, with re spect to the Democratic party—niet' at Harris burg, a few weeks ago, in the. name of the peo plc, and nominated candidates for Supreme Judge and Canal Commissioner. .Thus -provi ded with standard-bearers, and organized for the campaign, they have entered the field as “the People’s Party." This is a. high-sounding title ; but our opponents have always been more famous for, their.reliance upon names than upon things. They don’t agree with the poet, that there's.nothing in a name. But, let ns inquire, what claim have they to be called “the People’s Party?” Have their nominees any extraordi nary fncrit, that entitles them to support in preference-to' the Democratic candidates. By no means. . That is not even pretended of them. Well, then; is there anything in the principles they have proclaimed, which appeals specially to'the favor of • the people ? If so, let them point it out. Wo confess, tec can’t find it.- On.lhe contrary, we consider this platform /he most vague and meaningless thing that has ever heed promulgated hy any political body. ,11 is not Whig, for in place of the'old Whig doctrine of “protection for protection’s sake,’’ it substi-. , lutes the 'Democratic principle of a revenue tar iff, with discriminating'duties in favor of home industry. It is not “Republican,”,for. it com pletely ignores the doctrine of “no more Slave Slates,” which the Ereinon’t shriekers for free dom proclaimed so loudly in the Campaign of 185 G. ! It is not even KnowrNothing, for the spurious “American” idea of a denial of the rights of-eitizenship to foreigners and Catholics,, has.becn diluted td a mere protest against the ''“introduction pf foreign criminals.” In short, 150 154 this mongrel platform is only explicit in one tiling, and that is, in its denunciation of the National Administration. Why,, then, are the people called upon to vote with this party ? , Eor the sole and simple rea son that it is opposed to the Democrats. Any body, but a Democrat, and any parly but Ihe Democratic party, is the only fixed principle of action by which the getters up of this sham People’s Convention are actuated., But their solmme will fail, as many similar ones have failed. In the forcible and truthful language of,; tho Valkyr Spirit, “ ‘The People’s Parly’ does not succeed because there is no room for. it. The ground is and long has been occupied. The true People’s Party was formed-fifty years ago. Thomas Jefferson was its head, and un der his lead andjguidance it crushed out the ar rogant assumptions of aristocratic politicians of the John Adams school. At a later period, led on by the heroic Jack soli*: it saved the liber ties of the People, (hen boldly-assailed by the •merchant princes,” and corrupt, politicians, backed by the moneyed power of (no country. The same People’s Parly now surrounds and Supports Janies Buchanan, and will carry him in.triumph over the obstructions an unsenipu lous, unpatriotic and unprincipled opposition may place in his path. Noltow party need ap ical to the People' for support?for -it is well mown throughout all the land that the good old Democratic Party is the Party of tub People.” —Reading Gazette. A StiowEit of Flies.—A recent number of the St. Louis DejnocrM says : . ‘•On the down trip of the steamer Editor, in the Illinois, the other night, at o o’clock, a shiawr or or’stream of the Mormon or shad fly poured -upon her decks Iq the depth of six inches, -and it was a very difficult matter to shovel them overboard. They were so numerous as to put out the watchman’s light, and envelope every thing,in midnight darkness; The trees along the shore look as if borne down by these short lived insects. -The visitation is said to prognos ticate a sickly season.” O* Hydrant water should not bo imbibed from the Spout, as, something more than the aqueous liquid may find its way down one’s throat, A gentleman exhibited' to us the other day a miniature-fish which had been discharged from the hydrant on his premises. It-was pre served in a small vial, filled with- alcohol, and seemed to be about an inch and a quarter ,in length. Beware of small cels and little fish when you drink from the hydrant. -V : DD* The Buffalo papers are somewhat exer cised about the report of the commissioners, concerning the bogus banks in Pennsylvania, .which were controlled by Buffalo'speculators.— The Corn ier says of one of the names mention ed that no person Lamed Ganson, now residing in Buffalo, is, or ever has .been, concerned in these bogus bank operations, and that the statement implicating them was received with general astonishment in that community. 110 FOB Fuazeu Riveu-—The Press states that a largo number of young men in. Philadel piiia have resolved to try their fortunes in the new gold region. Several parties have already been organized and will take their departure at the earliest opportunity. MiuTAuflkw.-r-Adjutant General Wilson, has isssued a circular to the military of the Com monwcalth, in which he explains the effects of the military law, and refutes Hie idea exprorsed by many newspapers, that the vtjjuntecr sys tem will involve the Stale in debt. 0= A runaway slave was discovered in the attic ol a Methodist church at Washington, D. 0.,- on a recent ;Sunday morning. Hi had lived there four or -five 'moptbs', unauspected, had used up the communion wine, and picked up his food by nightly, stories into the neighbor ing pantries,' VCT Moses M. Fuller, head waiter at the American Hotel, Hartford, Cons., has been ar rested for stealing a package of $4 -700 frpm the office of iho hotel on tho 14th. nit., and nearly pll tho jßloncy recovered.' The fellow- felt too rich to continue to work, left , his ; employment, and was caught on a steamboat,'with the mon ey hidden in his bat box:., , ' . . : Dpx”Two inen in West Haven, Conn., have raised this season 7,000 quarts of strawberries upon an acre and a quarter of ground. [ From the Cincinnati Gazette, of July 2G.] Central Harrison’s Old Los Cabin liurmul— Marrow Escape of Co). Taylor’s Family. ' The “Gid Log Cabin,” so famous in political history, has gone at last! It was the residence of Central Harrison at North Bend, abbut fif teen miles below the oity, when he was nomina ted for President, and was made famous by a thousand songs in the campaign pflB4o. Min iature iiSnations were erected in every corner of the land, and praises of “The Rough Log Cabin, That tells of olden time,” were upon every tongue; and probably had quite as much influence in theelection as’ any other subject that was canvassed. But its “latch string!’ has disappeared at last! Wo have no minute details of .the conflagra: tiOn, butlearn from passengers who arrived by the Ohio and Mississippi, Railroad, yesterday morning, between one and two'o’clock, that as the train arrived at North Bend, the old log cabin was enveloped in flames, and that its de struction was complete. It was occupied by- Colonel Wm. 11. 11. Taylor (who married a daughter of General Harrison) and family, arid we learn that such, was. the rapid progress of the lire, and so liite its discovery, that the mem bers.of the household,.barely escaped in their night clothes! Of course nothing was saved in the way of furniture or documents, and the probability is that many valuable papers, left by President Harrison, together with articles cherished as relics of the Old Hero, and of the early history of the West, have been destroyed, with the building. The only portrait of Mrs. Harrison in existence (painted: by Beard) and two or three of the General,-, taken iri different periods of his life, are also probably destroyed. ■ Mrs. Harrison, the, widow of President Har rison, fortunately was not in the'dwelling ; the venerable lady at prdserit being .at the residence of Hon. J. Scott Harrison, a son of Gen. H., a few miles beyond-the old homestead.- Forth Bend.is.not only famous as the unpre tending residence of President -Harrison, but occupies no mean position,in Western History. It was the first .landing place of John Clevcs Symmes, the original patentee of rill the.land between the two Mianns, and was at .one time; regarded as the .rival of Cincinnati, or “Fort Washington.” ' ' . ; At North Bend, Judge Symmes projected the great.“ Miami City,” and went so far as to map out streets,.lawns, public, squares, and all the arrangements for a city Of.the,first magnitude; but a'fortunate incident turned the tide in favor of the presenfsight of our flourishing metropo" lis, and.“ North Bend”'has ever since remained h beautiful rural retreat from the dust, impu ties, and busy throng of the city Dangerous Sport on the Plains. A correspondent of the St. Louis'Democrat followin’g the United States •army,' three hun : dred and thirty miles from Leavenworth, writes as follows :• i . Wolves were frcqhenllysccn during the day, and just as wti cable on the camping ground a large one was started. Gen. Harney’d greyt hound caught sight of him, pursued him, over took him, and—never touched a hair." Whether he was afraid ol the wolf, I am unable to savi This chase was, hardly over, when a herd (seven or eight) of buffaloes was discovered about two miles oil. . ■- Captain Plcasonton, General”-Harney’sj aid, set out in pursuit, by himself,armed,only.with a Colt's pistol, and had.a dangerous adventure. His purpose-was to run ihc game toward the camp. He succeeded in driving them in the direction intended,-when a body of teamsters, desirous .of witnessing, the sport, came in sight. The buffaloes took fright, and made for the hijls. The hunter pursued them,-but he fdde.a horse which had never before seen a buffalo,and which was hard to manage beside.' The-hun ter singled, out a . bull, arid shot, him T-wAie; wounding him cacti lime.’ By this time he was. quite close to him, on the verge of ono'of those clayey precipices with which the place abounds. I The hunted animal suddenly stopped, stretch ing, out his forelegs, and wheeling upon them as oh a pivot, thus bringing himself face to face with his pursuers. The horse was linmanagea'. ble, and rushed on the bull, who set his horns to 'meet the onset. The collision was fearful. Pleasanton, con scious of his situation, had disengaged his feet from tho slirrups, and just ns the shock took place, or perhaps a moment sooner, sprang up on.iho back of the bull, from which he rolled: down the precipice. The horse'having been gorged in the breast and belly,' died instantly" The bull next charged- on the dismounted rider, but .two more bullets from the revolver persiia* ded him to alter his course. Captain Pleas anton, I am rejoiced, suflered. no personal in jury. 110 look lh® affair coolly.unbuckled the girths of his slaughtered steed, slung the saddle -and accoutrements across.his shoulders, and carried them into camp. ;No torreador or matador in the bpnnish circus could have a more formida ble antagonist dr a narrower escape. The grand sport of buffalo hunting is now fairly initialed.' Captain Hancock, with the guide, chased ano ther herd for miles. The captain succeeded in lodging a bullel'fronrfhe Burnside rifle in one of them, and the guide: hit another, but it was so late that they had to turn from the pursuit, before runningjthem down. . (H 7“ One of,the surest tests of a counterfeit note is the signatuie of.tho president and cash ier, which, if even a bold character, still has a tremulous appearance. Counterfeiters seldom copy a, signature without some imperfection that, can'bo detected by careful examination.—Pctcr sons’Dcdeclor. The above may answer rail enough where persons are acquainted wiih&dsignaturo of the president, but for common use the “rule” is as bogus as a bad note. What do nine-tenths of the people know about the signatures of bank presidents in Ohio or" Virginia, or Carolina or California? The safest ‘‘rule” is—don’t take a bank note unless you know it’s “good.” DV' Ex-Goy. Geary has not, as many sup pose, deserted the Democratic party. Jlbis.a member ol the Democratic Executive Commit tee of. AVestinoroK'nd c.ounly, and was recently appointed one of the conferees to nominate a Democratic Legislative ticket in the Westmore land and Armstrong district. lE?* On the 15th ult., tlio Democratic Confer- eca of Wbsfmoroland, Indiana , and Armstrong counties mot at Groonsburg, and unanimously nominated Gon. 11. D. Foster as Iho Democratic candidate for Congress in that District. The people will ratify that nomination this fall by a handsome majority. 1 K?” Ex-l’residcnt.Tyler is in, Norfolk, Va. Ex-President Van Buren remains at his home in Kindorbook; Ex-President Fillmore is at Ni agara Falls, and Ex-President Pierce, is in Eu rope,. ... TiiE Weatiieu in Eouoi’e.— A letter from Paris, of July 10, says thatthey were then ex periencing wot, cold weather that would do' no discredit to the month of March, in place of the blazing sun of a few weeks previous. ' C 7” The Kansas' Monday last tljd people of Kahsnsgayo their decjsiociup on the adoption or rejection of thc.Lecompton Constitution, ns submitted to their vote under the recent not of Congress. ~ • • FnANKLitr CoufjTr.—'The Opposition. Coun ty Convention assembled last Monday and inated the Hon. David F. Robinson for Con gress, and Col. A. K. McClure for Assembly. [Gorrespondpna qf the Pliiladalpk^T^ : CTlie Frond, Fashions.’ . " tjl •Paiiis, Wy. B, 'lBsB. —Silk miislin i.' ite matqrinrsjor full-dress during hH» “ fav °f they liaVo generally a, white tronmi blue, lilac, or green stripes. I'Jio Xim 11 ] 1 pitllt , and the- lower bno is fashioned wtl “"S (lourictf, tho upper one with a ruclm ' i 11 deep The corsage is low, over it is worn , * ieil k. toinetto iiohn trimmed with point An ' and sleevos to match. Double bare" 0 barego,-0111011 or silk muslins, and mi, Englisll materials, are fashioned with doni.in flounces. Tho lattorslylo.is thoifiost • n^or Drab, which has boon now so long j i "’foghc, replaced ~by White covered with ni» (o ’ ,s ‘ brown, green, lilac,'or'violet.- Chiti wns °f are generally in stripes, varying ,j n „rf" . never Very wide.' Tho China nuifc - 11,1 b !>i ■ times made with (hreo skirts, each ■ a rucho a la vieille, the upper, skirt is corsage high, and the sleeves vorvwH„ . ’ rovers. Over this robe a black lace Imr !ii'' lt . ll the appropriate drapery. A white chin banl', 1 ornamented .witluriioss roses,' having thr, ’ lined with delicate pink' silk, completes thlst " ‘'For half-dross tho tissuespoi, dc them hair) then taffeta silks,-linen, nankeen, o.ma„ 8 -worked with small - patterns in cblor™l H 8 .organdi, nro the materials adapted to tho ‘ mer temperature. This last mentioned &(,„• • always striped lengthwise, pink, blue or lilw find accompanied by a shawl of the same male I ini, but vyitlf Cross stripes or a small sprig mi tern, forms -a fresh and .becoming attire for . young lady. Tho corsage is. low, and around the waist is worn a ribbon sash with‘long ends The neck is con coated by a Irabit slrirt, with large ruches having several rows of (loss s’ilkai the edge. The-under sleeves match tho hath shirt. Many of bur elegantes have adopted low bodies, cut square across the front and tho back such as were worn many years ago. . This cop , sage is ornamented with four broad velvet stripes on the back, the trout, and the shoulders ■ At the . edge of these velvets there is cither a" narrow lace or a hand of f ullo or muslin, which is drawn by a velvet or ribbon, or else a plnilcd or pulled chemisette'is', worn under the body with,.ribbons run in tho -'pullings. Walking dresses in tlio country aro now often worn with ft double skirt, raisccbup.liigh at each side by a largo bow of ribbon. "When accompanied hya wide brimmed straw hat, trimmed wilh a long leather, and n flounce laCo around the edge of flic brim, it forms a, very pretty and picture™,,,, sylvan costume. VT.a have seen for cool wcalli. or a gray poplin made in this stylo, and looped up with bows of black ribbon.- . ; For the country, tho seaside, and the wnlw. mg places, lho broad brimmed hat is-nniroml .ly iiflopled. The most elegant style is of ftV white straw, trimmed- with black lace a nrofi, sion of flowers, generally Held Hovers, and lone grass and flowing ribbons. For plainer attire and more simple tastes, the brown straw is nre .furred, decorated with black luce,black velvet' or brown ribbons. Tbe.cy-os and tho tow V it«- ipn qf the face and neck nre protected by this coiffure, which.also ■ precludes the necessity o( carrying a parasol.. , Tlic President at Bedford Springy. Bedpojid SrhiNGS. July 29.—The President, accompanied by. JMiss Lane, Miss Bright (ilm. .daughter oft be Hon. Jesse D. Bright] Sir .Win. Gore Ouscley; Lady Ouseley and daughter.and R. M. Jlagrnw, of Baltimore, arrived here last night at IX o’clock, via , Cumberland. The President is In excellent health, and apparently not fatigued. ; The parly will remain, it is sup posed, twoor three weeks. The Most. Valeadle Salesman.—A sensi ble cotemporary says, that for a man in bus!- nees to advertise, is like having n salesman with a thousand voices speaking politely of his wares to lens of thousands,of people, perhaps at the same moment,-never offending, never obtrusive, never tired. How inuah would such n sake man bo worth? Let every tradesman .consider this* aiid then resolve, the question how much I year-he can afford to spend in advertising. DZ7” A camion.made at Alger's foundry, the Boston Bee-stales; had been fired fittcem hun dred times at the rate of one hundred and twen ty discharges per day, without bursting, anti ■ was to be fired till it did burst. It was of six ty-five hundred pounds weight; consumed (en pounds of powder at each "discharge, mid fifteen lou’sand pounds had already' been consumed; A Youthful , Blackleg.— The Hartford (Conn, .JiTimes says that achild was born in that city last month whoso right leg, from about , two inches below the hip joint, downwardi, in cluding the foot; is enUrely black. Piety and Profits. —A.gcritlemnn who-cnv-; ploys a great number of hands in a maniifaclory |n the west of England, in order to encourage his work people-in n dim attendance at church 1 on a late fast dtiy, told them that if they went ltd', church they would receive their, wages for' that day in'the same manner as- if they Wl - at work. Upon which a deputation was 1 appointed to acquaint tbe (employer that if he' would; pay them for over hours They would ah lend likewise the Methodist chapel in the etc- O Zr" York County Fair.— The Animal Ex- hibition of the York Comity Agricultuual Soci ety will be held on its own Grounds, at York, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Satur day, the Oth, 7th; Bth and 9th, days of Octo ber next. '■ .' More Rain.—We have had several refresh- ing showers during the present-week, and a (Inc prospect of several more. The corn at present promises a bountiful yield. O”. The, whole number of deaths in BosfOtb from tlie Ist of January to the Ist Of Jnly.lBsB, was 4,764; of these 919 were bf oqnsuipptiwb' 1 On the morning of the3olli u/h> Euza®btii; only chilft of vl “, “^Jv- Anna 11. Sianley; aged six mouths on , 3 ■? three . ' , " • •. 130. Marital, PIUIuVDEI.PniA, AWg- BJ' 8 J '^ Bj |‘ n< Flour and Meal.— Sales Jit?4 25 for 8 • dird brands. $4,75 wss'for extra. It) -0 **. quiet at S 3 37 pur barrel. Corn weal more quired format $3 75 per barrel. ■•• ••, Grain.— Wheat, is, offering >o Innttcd O ino ply. Sales of fair and good. Bed pt .98 a® . for old. New,Red at;sl 15 a 1,20. new wW° ®1 30 to 1 35. Bye,is now- selling at 1 8 ' Corn |s steady. ! Sales of Penna. YelloW,at •> and white at’Bso. Outs at 42 cts, forPeuun arid.prime new Delaware at. 37,cts, ,; i >i , CLoymiSEEi).—ls wanted at 'ss 50 a.op per bush., of Q 4 lbs. Nothing doing in l' a , thy pnd Flaxseed; . Xhe Jattor is in demano slo2.per bush, : VVnisKiiv—Sales of,bbls. at2s cents. U |ms * sell at sauio; prices and,drudge at 24 eta- WotiC<3. >J A rncoting of ; .the Carlisle Land Associatio .will (jo; ljulil in the urhUriition chamber, " the Saturday evening, at 7.4 o clock, A general attendance ot‘ the mcnie o ‘a requested.*, • *, • ’ ‘ ! By orderof the President WM. BENT 2, Scc’y. August 6, 1858—It ~, -'1
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