AMERICAN VOLUNTEER,
JOHN B. BRATTON) Editor & Proprietor.
OARLtSLE, PA., AUG.I2, 1858.
Democratic' State Nominations,
Supreme Judok,
Wjtf. A. PORTER, Of Philadelphia
Canal Commissioner,
WESTLEY FROST, of Fayette Co
Dcmoeralie Comity Ticket,
FOr Congress,
JOHN A. AHL, of Cumberland county.
[Subject to the decision af 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.
K?“ Wo call the attention of capitalists to the
advertisement of Lem’l. Todd, Esq., President
of the Carlisle Gas and Water Company, who
oßers for sale tho Bonds ol the Borough. To
those.who have money to invest this is a good
opportunity, as it will bo perfectly safe, and the
interest paid promptly when due.
Military Encampment.— Tho << Junior Ca
dets,” under the command of Capt. J. Duncan
Stevenson, were encamped in tho neighborhood
of “ Noble’s Ford,” on Friday and Saturday
lost. -Some of tho officers from tho Barracks
Were on tho ground, and expressed gratification
at the order and strict'military discipline which
appeared to prevail. Tho Company are indebt
ed to tho politeness of Col. Crittenden, for tho
uso of tho government tents, furnished them by
him for that occasion. . ,
Not Very Encouraging. —When Colonel
M’Cartney received tho nomination for Sheriff,
by one majorlfy, in tho mongrel Convention, on
Monday, one of his friends, with more zeal than
•discretion, moved that'the nomination' bo rati
fled by a unanimous vote of tho Convention.— j
Tho motion was responded to by the M’Der- j
hond and Snyder delegates by a very decided I
Axis and threatening, gestures. Such was their I
answer to the imprudent motion. I
Tub Pio-Nio parties of the Sunday School
Scholars, on Thursday of last week, passed oft
, id a highly creditable manner to all concerned.
Jnie scholars of the Presbyterian School met at
woods, and those of the Lutheran
school at Kicfter’s woods. The day was beau
tiful; arid the youngsters enjoyed themselves to
their heart’s content.
Another Pio Ntc-—The Sunday, School
scholars connected with the German Reform
Church of our borough, of which the Rev. Jlr.
KreMer is Pastor! intend to hold a Pic Nic oh
to morrow (Friday,) at Kiepfer’s Grove. We
hpve no doubt it will be well got up and well
attended:
, arc frequently asked why we do not
publish the death .of such d person, or the mar
riage of such a couple. " To this question we
can readily respond. We will cheerfully give
all marriage and, obituary notices 'an insertion
when tfiey arc promptly handed in by a respon
sible person, but we cannot find time to run I
around the country and gather up these items,
however interesting they may be to our read
ers. . •
Tearing down io re-build. — Our neigh
bor Imhoff, has commenced to tear down
the old-stone building in which he has kept his
'Grocery store, to erect on its site an elegant
three-story brick, with open iron front. This
will be quite an improvement on Hanover street,
which, by the way, has ..become, in the way of
'business, the street of Carlisle. His Grocery
store, in the mean time, will be kept in the
basement of his dwelling, next door. .
OCT" Wb notice a large number of strangers
at the hotels from the cities, wba .seem to-ad
mire the beauty and locality of our town. - There
'is no more delightful summer resort in this or
.any other .-State than Carlisle.
Agricultural Harvest Home. —Our agii
■cultural friends turned out in large numbers, on
Saturday last, to the Harvest Home Celebration
•of the Cumberland County Agricultural Socie
ty. A considerable number of young fanners
who are about organizing a Junior Society, also
participated in the celebration. A very excel
'lent cold dinner 'had been prepared, which af
forded a plentiful repast to some ■250. After
the cloth badbeen removed, Judge Watts, at
'the request those present, delivered a very in
teresting-and appropriate address, in which he
spoke of the farming interests in general, and
wound up by giving a history of the progress of
•the Tanners’ High School of Pennsylvania, and
'recommending it to the support of the County
Societies. ' After he bad finished, Mr. George
W.Subaffbr. offered a resolution, instructing
the Treasurer of the Cumberland County Agri
cultural Society to pay to the Farmer’s High
School of Pennsylvania $5OO, as a donation.
Mr. S. made a few remarks in support of his
resolution, when it was unanimously agreed to,
iind the meeting adjourned.
TaßOoaa Caop.—Until tbo recent rains, fears
Were entertained that this crop might bo short >
these (ears, however, have ail been put to flight
by the refreshing showers which have lately visi
ted ns. Sfany of the fanners in tbo vicinity of
Jlechanicabnry, the GaxtUt says, have the
greater part of f heir last crop yet on hand, hold
ing it bade fora higher price, but we presume
they will bow sett, at feast the more prnder-t
portion, of them, a» we may now expect a boua-:
tiful supply-' |
llßßast—(Omi 1 (Ha Ltfi.'f: —A rtislic conple
yesferday visited one of our MiitV'cdormcjxi.
publishments, and the country gentleman' pot*-
ctiasedaistink of sandy'wltiolidio (WibcTtiMy i
commenced' sating;- A tier if woe near ty -
jailed; Hcsudd’cnly exclaimtd to fii-rsweiftl.ysrf
—" I say,- why dbnibyou : boy a stick ? v i EV n #v
fulgood!”
Pgacmts.—This orotP iit our chuntj'i'ive'-atc'
satiafled front tho : oVidifrtoes that' lirfv'o'.'COrtfe l
under our eye, will’ bo a decided' (ailiirO. 'Plitr
trees, in this vicinity, present nearly a bamtrf
appearance, and the same report readies us
front nearly every section.
■ fiOßtf.-The York county papers apeak very
f«W»aWy of lb* com crop in that county, sta
-ilbg tbat It will bo an unusually heavy one,
WHISTLING TO KEEP THEIR COURAGE BP.
Our opponents—wo do wish they had a name,
so that wo couldjrefer to them more Intelligi
bly—have commenced to cackle like laying
hens, and talk flippantly about tho great num
ber of Congressmen they intend to elect, and
tho majority by which they expect to carry their
State ticket! This habit of boasting is nn old
trick of our opponents; but when the day of
battle arrives, tho ballot-box generally knocks
the noiso out of them and takes the starch ont
of their collars. Our opponents are iond of ma
king mountains out of moio-hills—large calcu
lations ont ofvory trifling aflairsi For instance,
in this Congressional district, there is a division
of sentiment with tho Democratic papers.on tho
subject of Congressman, and this fact induces
our opponents to cock their cars, look as wise'
ns owls, and vainly imagine that they will have
a chance to elect their candidate! Without
wishing to deprive them of their present antici
pations, truth compels us to. inform them that
In regard to'Congrcss they are “counting their
chickens before they are hatched.” There is
no bad feeling existing among the Democrats of
this District, and our word for it, the regular
Democratic nominee will be 'Cordially support
ed and triumphantly elected. Our opponents
may ns well, therefore, cease their boastings,
for they can neither deceive tho people nor ben
efit their sinking cause by”this weak stratagem.
In the mean time, wo would urge upon our
Democratic friends of tho different townships
and boroughs tho necessity of an early and thor
ough organization. By the Ist of September
our organization should bo complete, and wo'
should be ready to call the roll and number our
men. Wo can give our State and County tick
ets from 400 to COO majority in Cumberland,
provided every Democrat performs his duty.—
But, io do this will require active efforts and
zealous work. Let us vie with each other,
therefore, in the discharge of the duty before
us. Let all heart-burnings and bickerings—
if any exist—be cast to tho winds, for, by bar- j
boring them we are but assisting our opponents |
I and injuring ourselves. Men are nothing, but
principles are eternal, and ho must have a limi
ted idea of his duty as a Democrat, who will
not sacrifice his feelings for men in preference
to sacrificing the principles he professes to re
vere. Commerd us to the man who can give
up a friend for the sake of the principles he be
lieves in. It is an evidence of his integrity—
-1 and index to his character. with
grumblers and mischief-makers, and let us
unite, heart and hand, and give a long pull, a
a strong pull, and a pull altogether, for the tick
et, the whole ticket, and nothing but the ticket.
If we do this, honestly and fearlessly, the. twin
brothers. Sam and Sambo, will not be seen after
the second Tuesday, of October.
t . [I/" The American ot last week, in speaking
of the Democratic County Convention, says
that the ticket placed .in nomination is the weak
est that has been named for a number of years.
If our memory serves us, we believe onr neigh
bor made the same remark when he spoke of
the Democratic County ticket ttys timo last
year. But, the result proved jnst the reverse—
the people considered it quite a strong ticket,
and elected it, from top to botlun, by a decided
majority. - We therefore take it for granted
that the editor of the American is not much ol
a judge of then, nor is he a prophet or the son ,
of .a prophet. The fact is,'-the Democratic tick
ct ia one of the best and Strongest that could
have been nominated, 'The men composing it a
are well known for, integrity of character, ami ,
the breath of slander canliot rob (hem of it.:— (
That they will all bo triumphantly elected we (
I regard as certain/ Such a ticket cannot be de- (
Tented in old Mother Cumberland. Mark onr (
prediction.
Dv” The Democrats of this county haveonly
!o keep united, and; use a little' well-directed
zeal in behalf of the,.whole ticket, to secure a
glorious victory. The mongrel opposition tick
et appears to satisfy no one, and can and will
be defeated by at least' 500. majority, if our
friends do their duty. Fall into line. then.
Democrats, and give your undivided support to
the Democratic candidates. Let us have no
Scratching of the ticket this fall—no halting as
to our duty. ‘‘The ticket, the whole ticket,”
must be our watch-words..
Opposition Ticket. —The Opposition Con
vention met in-the Court-House, in' this place,
on Monday last,.and pla'ced in nomination the
following ticket—to be defeated in October
next:
Assembly-Sons H'Cubdt, Shipperisburg
Sheriff. — Robt.M'Caktney, Carlisle.
Commissioner. — Peter Moih.ee. of Monroe.
D. of Poor.— Geo. D. Gbaiguead, of South
Middleton.
Auditor. — Davidson Eckels, of Carlisle.
The Convention was dull and spiritless—a
sure indication of defeat. More anon.
Petsbytebian CnuEOn. —The new church
about being erected by the Presbyteiian denom
ination at Mecbanicsburg, is progressing rapid
ly, almost the entire foundation being already
laid. The length of this church is sixty-five
feet, and the breadth 44 feet, which will make
it when completed, the largest in the place.
Hade a Good Ron. —An lowa paper before
us contains tho proceedings of tho Democratic
State Convciiliop, held at lowa City, Juno 24.
Sir. J. W. Bobber (son of Sir. Aim. Hosier, ol
South Sliddletoq township, this county,) was a
candidate for tho responsible office of Treasurer
of State, for. which he received a very flattering
vote. On the fourth ballot he had 95 votes, and
his principal opponent 119. Notwithstanding
Sir. Bosler failed of a nomination, tho vote be
received is evidence of bis popularity. No
doubt be will heartily support tho ticket nomi
nated, and thus convince the people of lowa,
that be Is a Democrat from principle. I
[Ls~ We don’t know that we can advance the
interests of the Democratic party in this Con.
gressional district by a prolonged discussion
with the York Gazelle, .York Press, and Bloom
field Democrat in regard to the “rights” of the
three counties. We feel tbit in having advoca
ted the re-nomination of Dr. Ann, wo but dis
charged a plain duty that was due to the people
.. . , . _. iof oust esoszij. Am aa evidence that our course
Hon. Jonn A. Ann—The Ph ladelntia -Jr- .. ... , .. ~
.... ... , . „ • .awed ins ijpeoiuJi'.rj of the Democrats of
gur publishes the resolutions of the Dsmeeantre j- . - r a . . . ..
„ . _ .. CimuuaiSiaiS- are t±£ht to lie proceedings of our
County Convention of this coamy,aiifl.Biiiitu3ißr ,;-,. - - -, , .
.... .. ,:t<umtfj’ Cbiuii«ma'.m geniiintoied Ire D* last week)
them, mou heartur. In iretihrrr -.d -it "enuin- ... . - . , ' '
... - ' e —,;iM}'»ib«lUiita»iUl insssen stud tie Conferee* were
■ .r.iir.-l.'.r :!-- lot CuidHiuss dm IDr-Aon., iitf - , _ .
... . J wueanmmuth itnutniEtitfl for Dr- Ann. We are
,w iiwliown s , .... ,
, „ , . tiior-iilurs•.v.Jlixtig to jemiut tbs Conleree* from
-* - .life dill! .nidi enrtlaii enllfimmnoitt u! ilir, ,■ ‘ .. . ..... .
i. Adit -in V.-Jl i fieoorved j.y ,■tlr.ll, (sue iboMreynttm.ll il :,w «“«“*» »** "****. to P 3te - A pro
,;tiirfe.»t y,,, jiliniguti cinittevreio? earn «tm so good purpose,
-HM' wmtnie!. stilt .agree dr-.lbcrie- mil! enijjtnifiar bud ffeeScg. Our desire is
ifitr(|ea«tigi.iniil w>s<foaiia ao« this is the desire of
|*i CubgtMv.'’ i Ami (Hiwdir ib: Yurit ami Pare?. We might, if
[ . to Er ii; laratiijynponsome
I " h*/'.-WmWfr.W:• nV'.Mftffttirtj .(Alie; ailiitgniuim utf flue York Gazelle, bat, let
j>t-i^ , :!ky.i'flt!»jfd('»i<TV\WU,(fild i Wi'fi l .l ■ i.I/iWitewdtiirwimOHlßy'ire worth—we win per-
Ife'i i*lt | tlMa.‘dltiii' (li.isii i Jiry'liiiiopuiiaiii J ia the hope 1
P«W,. filWtft r 'yieS'i orVyimtiK>mP : 'tl(at,!|i!s.,lig ( . s «We nuij? he Lm x httiezcaa
f***.'' . .■, , . .. 'dlltMrf'lty' Wt .
j tl tlle; , BSist u„ ctv wad'?pen. SU*, and,
! Dhatti- m.’ A Co’Jviiir.—fir.'. A'ugnstlwft. ' w liu> milbn* harmony, conc«re !
ißiegfer. who was sent', tb Hie Smth BHsm> at', «* tUu= amuey nofliiug for
Auburn,. N. Y., lit Sfiry, Ws7von.a ; sentence olf
seven years, fur causing tlm deallr of A'dieliii' i SC?~ Eir ; <Sbvt- Bbrler waa announcedl among ■,
I Barr, by procuring abortion, died: in; that i'usire iiiepj»MUim!ac.viiu'for3.ai; Bedford Springs lout j
1 tutipn on lb* 4th inst. :
A REPLY TO A CALUMNIATOR.
A pJVsonal controversy with tho Herald af
fords us no pleasure. Wb have tho advantage
of our cotomporary, -and for that very reason
feel no desire to probe his already lacerated
feelings. Tho billingsgate slang applied to us
in its. issue of last week, is tho ebullition of a
restless mind and uneasy conscience, and excites
rather dur pity than contempt. To call names
is a thing any sneaking knave can do any day
and all day, if he'can find, a press debased
enough to give him room ; and wo sometimes
And thieves, vagabonds and public defaulters—
after they haVo escaped the penitentiary by a
flaw in tho law'—attempt to put on airs And to
assail those in whose shadow they dare notstand.
A proper respect for our readers would prompt
ns not to notice the ravings of a venal and cor
rupt sheet 5 but, as there are two distinct chaigcs
made against our official character, wo feel it
our duty to notice them, notwithstanding our
uftcrconteinpfboth for the author, and tho poor
“unfortunate” who stands sponsor for them.—
Wo quote from the Herald as follows:
“ When wo attempt to fleece tho Common-,
wealth by-a false bill of entries, and are caught
in the fact by an investigating committee of the
Legislature, or open a letter addressed, to ano
ther, and abstract from it a valuable enclosure,
with the intention of converting it to our own
use, Wo may well blush to notice tho lighter-of
fences of others.”
As wo never had any dealings with tho Com.
i monwealth, except in tho capacity of State
■ Printer, we presume our neighbor refers to the
1 exploded accusation that was made several
■ years ago, which accusation was, that ail State
Printers,- for tho ten years previous, had over
charged tho State for the work performed, by
giving'S’construction to the law foo favorable to
themselves. Wo were then young in years and
had just c'ommonced business, and notwitii.
standing the other gentlemen implicated (some
twelve or fifteen) laughed tho charge to scorn,
wo did not see (it to rest under even an implica
tion. Wo demanded an investigation of our
occourtt by- a Select Committee of the Senate.
Tho committee was appointed, and all tho men
composing it, savp one, wore our political oppo
nents. That committee took up onr account,
examined every item of it with flic closest scru
tiny, examined the law under which oiir bill had i
been made out, and then -unammously reported
that onr “account was correct, and made out in
strict accordance witlPlaw.” [See Senate Jour
nal, Session 1843.] Jtfter ibis wo were elected
Printer to the Senate. And this is what onr
unprincipled assailant calls onr “attempt to
fleece the Commonwealth !'’ Poor devil; fortu
nate would It have been for A£i bail, had Aw “at
tempt to. fleece the Commonwealth” resulted in
the same satisfactory manner.
The nest implication contained in the cxfraci
we have quoted above from the Herald , is that
we, faking advantage of our position as Post
master, “ opened a letter addressed to another,
and abstracted from it a valuable enclosure.”
If wo have been guilty ofsncb a crime, the edi
tor has only to report the fact to the P. O. De
partment, and our removal will follow inside of
forty-eight hours. We dare him to do if, or
stand convicted of falsehood. We know the
letter ho refers to, we suppose, and for his bene
fit we give him the following information rela
tive to it.—A mail contractor failed, and sold
onf bis contract to a sub-contractor. A con
tractor is paid by drafts from the Department
These drafts were of course drawn in favor of
the original contractor, and he gave ourDcpufj..
(then Col. Jlateer,) orders to lift them end
band them oyer to the sub contractor, (in ,£ay
for carrying the mall,) as fast as they arrived.—
Onr Deputy did .so, and every three months a
draft arrived, directed to the original contrac
tor, which was handed over or passed to the
credit of the sub-contractor. This lasted for
some two years, when the time of the contract
come to a close. The last' draft arrived, and
our Deputy, as usual, gave it to the sub-con
tractor, who left it in our hands for collection,.
Wo waited on the original contractorio get his
endorsement on.the back of the draft, bnt he
refused, and demanded the draft himself. As
his object was to deprive the sub-contractor of
the money due bim, we assumed the act of our
1 Deputy, and refused to deliver the draft to him,!
bnt returned it to the Department, with a letter
explaining the whole circumstance. We recei
ved an answer to our letter from the Post-master
General in a few days, in which ho approved our
own and onr Deputy’s action, “but,” added the
letter, “as the sub-contractor neglected to have
his name entered upon the books of the Depart
ment, the original contractor can demand the
draft.” Such is a history of the letter we open
ed containing “ a valuable enclosure?’ There
is scarcely a Postmaster in the State who has
not performed this very duty. We know a Post
raastor not a hundred miles from Catlislo, who,
in obedience to orders, opens, each quarter,
some half dozen of "these letters “addressed to
another,” and hands the drafts they contain to
subcontractors. 'We have had this duly impo
sed upon us frequently ever since wo have hold
the Post Oflico, and no doubt wo shall continue
to havo it to the end of our term. How wicked
and devilish, was it then, for the editor of the
. Herald to dare charge us with a crime, which,
if true, would remove us from office and send
us to prison forjho balance of bur life. Truly,
a man who can bo base enough to thus attempt
to impugn the character of a public officer, will
not hesitate to rob a Comity Treasury as often
as an opportunity is afforded him.
But, enough. We have nailed to (ho counter,
as base coin, the slanders of an ingrate, and oiir
object is accomplished.
Quitman and Frce-Masonry.
The Mobile Merry, in sketching the charac
ter and career of the Into General Quitman 1 , re
marks: . VThere is yet another thread running
through the life of the statesman and the sol
dier, Which binds him to many hearts all over
the world.' Quitman was an ardent, enthusias
tic Freemason, and it is stated that when he was
Governor of the city of Mexico, there was found
among tho archives in the National Palace a
copy of the proceedings of the Grand Lodge of
Mississippi during the first term of his Grand
Mastership. Some twenty-nine years ago, the
Grand Consistory of the 32d Degree of the Sub
lime and accepted Scotch Rite was organized in
the city of Notches, with himself ns presiding
officer, aud from that time ho was recognized
as the head of that branch of the Mason family
in the Southwest. Shortly after his return
from the Mexican War, he was elected a mem
ber of tho-Suprcme Council of Sovereign Grand
Inspectors General of the 33d Degree at Charles
ton, the highest Masonic dignity which can be
obtained. Probabfy there was only one Maso
nic degree which he never received,conscientious
scruples preventing him from entering the order
of the Knights Templars. '
Ha- Appropriate Reception.
On the 3d of July the Republicans of Ashta
bula, Lake and Geauga cos., Ohio, gave a pub
lic reception to Senator Wade and Joshua R.
Giddings. They formed a procession, which,
to use the language of the Ashtabula Sentinel,
the Republican organ, “was headed by twelve
beautiful negro girls, each bearing a banner re
presenting the twelve States .that are true to
freedom,” who, also, with their flags occupied
the stand. • Giddings and Wade, in their Con
grcssumalitction, made the interests of the ne
gro.paramount to those of the white people, and
it was proper that in the procession welcoming
them negroes 'should take the lead of the
whitecs. We do not consider, in fact, that Gid
dings and Wade are in any sense the represen
tatives of the white' people of Ohio, bnt solely
labor for the interests and carry but the views
of the colored population. By the by, their
flag should have been but eleven stare on it in
stead of twelve, that being the number of States
that voted for Fremont.
Loso Speeches.— Mr. ijeflerson said ho had
been in deliberate bodies with Gen. Washing
ton Dr. Franklin, and that he had never
heard either of them make a speech more than
fifteen minutes long, and then always directly
to the point. ’ He adds that there were no mcm
t hers who possessed more influence, or who'werc
[ listened to with more profound attention. Mr.
. Jcfferson himself, we believe, was never noted
for much "sneaking, although every sjiccch he
made told nThong {ho members. One secret of
Patrick Henry’s almost, superhuman eloquence
was that he never spoke unless ho had some
thing to say, and always stopped when ho had
gotten through, Mr. Madison and Chief justice
Marshall were famous for the' strength and com
pression of their speeches. In general it may
ho set down ns an incontestable fact, that when
a man makes;alpng speech, ho has not digested
his subject properly, either from indolence,
from want of time, or from lack of capacity.—
Compression requires study, and is the most,
difficult' of all' fhp ajts ;conhfe(;.ted \vith either
writing or sphsSmg.'-Mr. Webster, in bis fam
ous speech In Rubbcr ease, apologi
sed tp Ibespoi«d.#Dr,ifB:; length, on tbo plca-of
of want of time ld.condense his ideas.
Qs* - There is gtsali danger that the Western
country, where the life floods have occurred,
may become pestilential and unsafe to health
and life.. We%ce it noticed already that the re
gion recently submerged by the overflowing of
the rivers is now afflicted with miasma, caused
by the decaying matter left .upon the subsidence
"of tbo floods. Droves of hogs turned out upon
the reclaimed lands along the Illinois shore, are
dying off rapidly from ap ‘epidemic wbiclt has
suddenly broken out; tbo health.of the inhabi
tants is also'beglrining to suffer.
Sometbiso nrAjSAHE.— The Bedford Gazette
says that when political parties are compelled to
change theiPttaflies so frequently, have we not
a good.cause to suspect “something rotten” in
tiieir_“ Denmark!” The thief, the forger, the
murderer, as he flees from place to place to hide
himself from the outrage law, changes his name,
and endeavors to move unsuspected through the
world by the hundred aliases. So with
the Opposition. They are so fearful of being
detected in the hypocritical trickery, that they
assume a different title every year. Therefore
let men who respect themselves at once cut
loose from such' organization, and enlist under
the broad folds of that flag which, since the
days of Jefferson, has been inscribed with no
other name than. the. eternal and ineffaceable
watchword .Democracy!
DC7* The Liquor dealers of Philadelphia, du
ring the past season, have been doing a smash
ing business, in manufacturing old whiskey out
of the raw material, by means of drugs and
unwholesome compounds. We arc surprised at
the credulity and greenness of our hotel keepers
and others, who pay two and three prices for
these villanous mixtures. We would greatly
prefer drinking thirty cent whiskey, fresh and
warm from the still j than these compounds
which arc generally sold at $1 to §1,25 per gal
lon. The law has in
regard to lottery dealers. Yet, we doubt, if
the lottery dealers do half tho mischief-that is
done by dealers in bogus‘‘old whiskey.”
Hon. Charles It.-Buckalew sailed on
Thursday, with Ida family, for England, fo on.
ter upon his duties as Ministerfrom this Govern,
ment to that country. Ho is accompanied by
Mr. Charles A. Brockwov, a young gentleman
who has for some timo been connected with the
Attorney General’s officej
O'?” Wo have nows of rejoicing, from all
quarters, on account of tile success of the Sub.
Atlantia Telegraph experiment. By illumina-
lions, (Ire-works, firing ofjeannon, and the ring
ing ot boils, the people express their joy as the
news roach them. .
receipts Into the United States Trea
sury, for the quarter ending the 30th of Juno,
is over $23,000,000, including $0,850,000 (rom
the customs, and $12,629,000 from the sale o
treasury notes. The expenditures during the
quarter were $22,730, including nearly $4,000,-
000 for interest on Ibo public debt and the pay
ment of treasury notes.
It is worthy of remark (bat both the
Democratic and Opposition candidates for Su
preme Jodge in this State, Porter and Reed, are
from* Philadelphia, and the two candidates lor
■.Canal CotnrataKioner, Frost and Frazer, are
from PayeHe county. The two fatter gentle
men-live within eight miles of each other.
GREAT NEWS!
<Thc Atlantic Telegraph Cable Successfully
Wo received fin Friday last the gratifying and
—after the recent faiiure-*unoxpcctcd announce
ment of the arrival of tbo IT. S. steam frigate
Niagara at Trinity Bay, 'Newfoundland, on
Wednesday, with the end of the telegraph ca
ble on board, the feat of laying the whole cable
having been performed.
- The fleet sailed from Queenstown on the 17th
ult., r and met at their mid ocean rendezvous oh
the 29tb, when the cable was attached, and the ’
two vessels, with their consorts, started for
their destination—the Niagara for Trinity Bay,
and the Agamemnon for Valencia. The Niag
ara. made good time, reaching her destination in
six days. Mr. Field reports that throughout
the electrical signals between the paying-out
ships, were sent and received perfectly ; and
as the cable is landed and the proper instru
ments applied, we shall have the Agamemnon’s
report.
The first announcement of the success of the
Atlantic Telegraph enterprise, was received by
President Buchanan at Bedford Springs on
Thursday; in a dispatch from the Philadelphia
agency of the Associated Press. The following
dispatch from Cyrus W. Field, Esq , to the
President, was subsequently received:
Ox Board U. S. Steamship Niagara, ).
Trinity Bay, Aug. 6. )
To the President of the United States: .
Deah Sin:—Thp Atlantic Telegraph cable,
on board the U. S. frigate Niagara and 11. B. M.
steamer Agamemnon, was joined in mid-oceon
on Thursday, July 29th, and has been success
fully laid. As soon as the two ends are con
nected with the land lines. Queen Victoria will
send a message to you, and the cable will be
kept free until after your reply has been trans
mitted. , ,
With great respect, I remain your obedient
servant* Cyrus W. Field.
LEXIEB OP PRESIDENT RUCHANAN TO CYRUS W.
FIELD, ESQ. . '
Bedford Springs, August G.
, Cyrus W. Field, Esq, Trinity Bay, ,V. F.
My-Dear Sir: I congratulate you with all my
heart on the success of the great enterprise with
which your name is so honorably' connected.
Under the blessing of Divine Providence,! trust
it, may prove instrumental in promoting the
perpetual peace and friendship between the kin
dred nations. •
I have not yet received the Queen’s dispatch.
Yours, very respectfully, James Buchanan.
The hows of the successful laying of the tele
graph cable was received with great rejoicings
at Harrisburg, where all the bells of the . town
were rung, and fireworks and bon-fires lit up
the air at night; at Chicago, where a salute of
one hundred guns was fired; at Worcester,
Mass., where a similar Salute was fired on Fri
day. Salutes were also’ fired at New liaven,
Cotin., and Hamilton, C. W., and a display ol
fireworks at Chatham, Canada.
Mexteo.
have news from Tampico, Mexico, Ip the
19th ult. The government troops under Mira
mon, had triumphed oyer the insurrectionary
troopsat Queretaro, but was subsequently de
feated. Puebiita, a Constitutionalist, while, re
treating from Guanajuato, was attacked by Co
hos, a Zuloagista, from Ceiaya, his forces, rout-,
ed, and himself and many of them taken pris
oner^ and'’lie was afterwards : summarily
executed. Tlicrc had been jm outbreak in the
districts of Sierra and .Huasfitca in favor of- the
Constitutionalists, and General Moreno of Tam
ffico, bad left that city with 600 men to enden-:
vor to suppress it. Previous to starting he
issued a. proclamation to -the pronimciados,
offering them an amnesty on condition of stir
rendering their arms. The war steamer Guer
rero was at Tampico as a harbor defence. Gen.
Vidanrri intended to send from San Luis Potosi
2000 men against Guanajuato, anil 4000 more
were to leave San Luis on the 12th of July for
the capital. Gen. Caravajal was on the road
between Tampico and Tancasucque and Victo
ria, cutting off communication, with the inte
rior.
Freaks op Lightning.— A negro woman,
belonging to Luda Cothran, living some ten
miles southeast of Panola, Miss., was-struck’ by
lightning last week, while standing near a tree,
under which she had taken shelter during a
storm. The lightning struck the tree, and
passed down her body, opening all the seams
of her dress and twisting the skin of her body
once or twice around her. She died in a few
hours.
CT’The remark is threadbare lhat the Dem
ocratic party is in favor of extending negro sla
very, Men will still repeat jt knowing they are
guilty of unqalificd slander. The Democracy
have been in power almost from the foundation
of the Government, and every intelligent man
knows there would not be a single foot of free
territory in tho Union to-day but for the labors
of the Democratic parly. Democrats should
everywhere nail the obsolete charge of their en
emies, that they are in favor of extending sla
yofyjp.the counter.- .
Singular Death op a Fisherman. —The
Easlport (Me.,) Sentinel says that a few days
ago a boat was picked up oil West Qunddy,
without any one on board. Upon boarding the
boat it was found to be held by a fishing line;
which was hauled in, and upon one hook an
enormous halibut was fast, while the other hook
was stuck in the wrist of tho man. It was
supposed.that the fish had been brought to the
surface when the upper hook catching tho man’s
wrist had dragged him overboard, when the
heavy fish quickly drowned him.
OS'" Mr. Lincoln has accepted the offer of
Mr. Douglas for a joint discussion at one promi
nent point in each Congressional district of Illi
nois. Tbo first speech is to be made atOttowa,
August 21st, and tbo last at Alton, Oct. 15.-J
Tbo discussion is to be opened and closed by
each parly alternately.
Utah.— We have laternews from Utah. The
Territory was perfectly'tranqnil, and the Fede
ral officers wore in high favor with the Mormons.
None of the soldiers of General Johnston’s army
were allowed to enter Salt Lake City, and strict
orders had been issued prohibiting any interior
rcncu with the Mormons. The Peace Commis
sioners had left (or Washington.
!C7“ A duel look place in New Orleans on the
3d inst., between Major Henry and Joseph
Howell, in which the former received “satifac
tion” by being wounded severely. The cause
of the quarrel is not stated.
Kaxsas Laxos. —The President of the Uni
ted States has issned his proclamation ordering
the sale of ppblic lands at Lecbmpton, on the
Ist and 15th of November, and at Kickapoo on
the Ist and 191 b of November.
,For thb Volunteer,
THE NEXT CONGRESSMAN.
.1 opi sorrry.to see,{from tlio tenor of some of
the Democratic papers of this District,) that
there is a disposition to bo too much excited
Uppn this question. Lot us take a calm and
dispassionate view of the subject; and, if I err
in my judgment, I will at least have the satis
faction of knowing that the great majority of
this county share, and coincide with mo. in my
views, on this vexed question. . We all know,
that both York and Perry claim the next term.
Of their respective claims I shall say nothing;
my object being to do to our present
worthy member, Hon. John A. Ahl. AVo all
admit that his course in Congress has been all
we could desire; that he has been tried, and
passed through the ordeal unscathed, TJhe last
Congress was one in which one of the most mo
mentous questions that was ever presented to
the country by the Democratic party, was
warmly discussed. It is yet fresh in our
minds, how heretofore true Democrats .wavered
and deserted our great standard bearer, James
Buchanan, on that subject; and how. but for the
decision and flrrimcss of such unwavering, un
compromising democrats as Dr. Ahl, the coun
try and the great Democratic party, might have
been scattered to the winds. Now that this
vexed Lecompton question is settled, we all ad
mire the wisdom of Mr. Buchanan's policy, and
Dr. Aid’s decision and foresight, in supporting
measure. It has allayed sectional
feeling and strife, and shall we now desert the
supporters of that measure ? There were many
good Democrats, who were sincere in their op
position to the admission of Kansas, under the
Lecompton Constitution ; hut, what would the
people of this District have thought of Dr. Ahl,
had ho voted against the admission ? Perhaps
the Democrats of this district are not aware of
the eflbrts that are now making by (lie enemies
of the Administration, to make good their pre
diction and boast, that Dr. Ahl, and in fact no
Member of Congress who voted for tlio admiss
ion of Kansas under the Lecomploii Constitu-
tion, can be renominated. His rcnoihination
will bo simply an act of justice, due to him by
this District for his uncompromising support of
that measure, and .the Administration. Dr.
Ahl was Mr. Buchanan’s earliest friend, and I.
speak knowingly, when I say, that.in Mr. Bu
chanan’s darkest hour ho.looked to Dr. Ahl for
aid and counsil, and he looked not in vain:
Is it right then, that we should not nowcon
ceed the nomination to Dr. Alii ? He led onr
column to victory two years since, and. beat,
most shamefully, the then leader of the Black
Republican parly in this district. He has re
deemed the District from Know-Nothing supre
macy. This question of rotation l>y counties,
is essentially wrong. It is on that account that
the south'have the advantage of us in Congress.
They retain their members for many years,
without reference to rotation. I feel confident,
that the good sense of this District will prevail,
and concecd a renpininnlion to Dr. Ahl. The
piesent unanimous endorsement of his course,
and his re-nomulation in this county, speak vol
umes in his favor. We all well recollect how
York county arose in ‘arms, when Wo claimed
the nomination when Mr. Kurtz's first term cx
pircd.and how they beseiged our Convention
with committees, demanding it as a right to.
have him renominated. We yielded, and whv
should not. York and Perry yield now? It is a
time-honored custom of the Democratic party,
to give a second nomination to a Member of
Congress when,his course meets the approval of
the Party. Dr. Ahl's course has been thor
pughly democratic, and has never been question
ed. It is well known and universally admit
ted, that he has made the best niember this
District has. had for twenty'years. We’all
know and fee) that we are well represented.—
Dr. Ahl has'seoured more for this District than
all the members put thgetber for twenty years.
Thus far all the Members of the last Congress,
who voted for the Lccompton bill, in the dis
tricts where conventions have been held, have
4ieen re-nominated rim'd shall this district be the
exception . No—l feel that wo will do<,justice
10 the manly, straight; forward' course ■pf onr
present worthy-mnifbeivaiid send him back,
with at least as large a majority ns ho had be
l°re - LowhbExp.
For the Volunteer
i little Too lllucli Music.
Mr. Editor —The time was when music had
‘‘some.'charms,”'but.of late it has become an
annoyance. The "music by the Barracks Band
is appreciated by onr'fillizens'because it is good
and given at the proper time. Occasionally w.c
have a few tunes on the fife and drum which is
not out of place, for it livens np our spirits anti
wo think of the time when wo slung our knap
sack and shohlcred our musket and went to
tight the enemy. Whan people retire to bed at
night they do hot like to be disturbed, but of
late it has become fashionable for three or four
young nien to go round the town to serenande
their girls, and jusi about the lime you are get
ting to sleep they strike up with their Ipvo songs
ajnd set all the dogs in the neighborhood bark
itjg.and yelping. Good music is a nice thing,
but such as we have had of. late is a nuisance
and ought not to be tolerated. Just think,three
or four young nien with an Accordoan, bellow
ing under the windows, whose music is about us
good as two broken lead spoons in an earthen
crock. It would be well for these young men
if they were kept in the house at night, where
they might bo taught something to their advan
tage by. their parents, for sing they can’t. It
our efficient High Constable VWiuld lake a walk
through the town at night and stop'this annoy
ance, ho wmuld'receive the thanks of
Police in London.— A letter ’to the New
York Express, speaking of the London police,
says: “They are bold men, perfectly (earless,
most, of them of long.cxperience, and ready at
any moment .to grapple within rogue or ruffian.
I have seen them handle l.wo or three fellows
who were disposed to resist their authority in a
way which was a caution to peace disturbers.
They arc about everywhere, especially'active in
preserving order on the Sabbath ; and in walk
ing the streets of London, it is difficult to be
beyond the sight or call of a policeman. As
they are retained during good behavior, and are
not subject to political change, and do not feel
anxious about offending pot-house politicians,
or hesitate to refuse to fraternise wjlh drunken,
rowdies, they are doubly efficient, and are ever
prompt in the discharge of their duty. Their
uniform is neat, and every man scents to aver
age six feet.
Collapse op the Anti-Slavery Agita-
tion. Ihe detent of iilai r for Congress, in
Missouri, indicates a remarkable collapse in the
anti-slavery agitation. It is but the beginning
of the end. Kansas is done for; and the same
wholesome conservative general reaction which
caluminated in the election of 1852 is now be
ginning to work against the nigger agitators.
The Seward republican party are in shoal wa
ter, and the chances now are that before De
cember next they will bo hard aground. The
defeat of Blair in St. Louis shows that Kansas
shrieking has ceased to pay expenses. That
St. Louis election is One of the most significant
and important manifestations of a new political
revolution.
Tns War in Oregon.—From arrangements
made by the War Department for the Indian
war in Washington and Oregon Territory,there
will be within a short time twelve or fifteen
hundred efficient troops concentrated in the por
tion of the country occupied by the hostile
tribes.
Frdit Trees.—Never allow' grass to grow
around fruit trees. The soil should be kept
pulverized around the trunks for several years
after the, trees are planted. ■
The special Agent to Vancouver’s 7,/- j
• Next News from Frazer Ri vcr JiT d ~ne
to the Gold Diggings,'lf c. . -Routes
Washington, Aug, sth 1 R «
Mr. John Nugent, of San p ‘ - 858 ’
sailed in. the Panama-packet from N SCo, J tlll >
. yesterday, was instructed ns D q W o*o,k 0 * 0,k
Agent to Vancouver’s Island find its vie- - pl?cil1
inform our adventurers in the British Clnil >'> lo
ions, that they must abide by (he law P OS5e8 *-
country where they are, arid in a 'l ih - 0f 11,0
rights they will be protected bv ’ thn ir -i" st
Stales, lie is also, to confer with n °
Ins upon the subject of the manner ofm Doii 8'
ing peace among and, with the im l i,ir, r n’^ lnlElin '
to report to this Government on fi,
subject of lhe gold diggings, and OU p p‘L gCncnil '
with'the same. co,,| tncrco-,
The license exaction, which was so ..
our people, is disapproved of bv i?°.® to
government. ’ ■ Jno British
The next arrival from California will n.n
Stephens thinks, bring intelligence of it.
of the waters on Frazer’s and Thomnw^n? 11
ers, and of .the results of unobstructed Ju
workings on their banks and bars iwf
says we shrill not know till December -t, ~**
the gold excitement is to be maintains!
Therefore,' the parties which arc formin- j„
Atlantic and western towns, for
the “Dorado.” had better await the result 8 *
No difficulty is now apprehended as hUv, '
arise between our people and the Britlol. °
thoriljcs. We shall soon hear of the onmni*“*
lion of the new Colonial Governmciit. under b
Colonial Government Bill. It i s sunuLd »
some that Lord Bury will bo the (L™,
Gen Stephens of Washington
Gen. Lane, of Oregon, remain here, to p*!
upon the Executive the necessity of niakin„ r
feotual arrangements for the suppression of In
diun hostilities in those regions. Now is iU
time, they say, to,strike a bloiv that will her -
manently be felt by these Indians. ' 1
If gold be as.pltmiful as is imagined, then,
slrenuoiis eflort must be made by the Govern
ment to open and protect the .leading cmiern, t
route to the land of promise. '■“"Emit
Gen. Stevens says his route will bepreferred
because itistheshortest and most direct to Fra'
zer’s River. The route through Utah will
most convenient for a portion of the Middle
It will be better, he thinks, to open several
routes, because the crpwd will be so great Hat
the first emigrant trains on any one route nil)
consume the grass on their way, leaving nano
for those who are to follow. b
Tjic tribes, to bo dealt with are rich in cattle
and horses. - . They,, euro beef, and, through'
their commerce, iri cuttlei they obtain sugar, lea
and coffee, unwell as the best rides and o'lhtr
implements of war. Well fed and- well armed,
they are formidable enemies. It will be folly
to send a.small force of a few hundred regulars
against the Spokanes, flushed as they are with
their recent chase of Steptoe's command, and
the capture of his artillery. -
St. Louis, Aug. 9. Complete returns of
Leavenworth-county give a.majority if 1748
against tlio bill. . Partial returns from Shainiee,
Johnson and Franklin counties increase tficmn
jorily against the bill to 4704. Tlio total vote
of these counties as received is (1846. It is
thought the whole veto of the -Territoiy nil?
roach 13,000, ..mid the bpponentsol the bill
claim a majority of 9000. Topeka cast 246
votes against the bill, and 10 for it. Lccomp.
ton gave 122 against the. bill, ami 27 for it.—
Nothing has yet boon received from the South,
ern ithd Western counties.
St. Louis, Aug. 9.—Thu Administration can-
didate for Congress m the FourtlrDistrict hasn
majority in Buchanan and Platte counties of
1730 over Adams, Opposition. It is bedded
that Craig’s major ty in the District will exceed
3000. ■ . - ■ .■
■. ,_Tho ofßcml relfjrn.i Worn St. Loupu-CflUotT’'
give Barrett, Democrat, f„ r Congresa, losi p
Bhur, 0031,'nn’d'BrccIiinridgo, SGSB.VThc whole
Deniocraticficket is elected by from one lo
liundred ninj. In the Fifth District Woodson
is re-elected lo Congress by about 600 majority.
Anderson, in the Second District, will get up
wards of 4000 maj. Scatteringlelnras fronitlior
Seventh District indicate Nocll’s election over
Zoiglc by a large maj. In the Fourth District
Craig will be re-elected by about 3000 maj.
Milwaukee, Ang. s.—Great enthusiasm
was manifested here over the success of the At-
lantic .Telegraph. The 'Telegraph office, the
“Daily Wisconsin," imd many other buildings
were splendidly illuminated, fin works were let
off, the military paraded the streets, and salutes
were fired. ‘The event caused a great and un.-
parrallelcd scnsatioVi. ...
Ddbcque, A.ug. s.—The greatest joy is ex
pressed at : fhe success of the Atlantic Telegraph
cable. The Telegraph office, the Daily Mem,
and other buildings, arc illuminated in horn
cf the event. .
Louisville, Aug. s.— The news in relation
!o the Tclcgiaph cable was at first doubted, but
the despatch from Mr.. Field silenced the doubts,
and the whole public expressed their enthusi
asm. The Telegraph office was brilliantly il
luminated.
Boston, Aug 6,—A1l the city bells connec
ted w; th the Fire Alarm Tel.egraph were struck at
noon by the operator of Ihe Portland, Maine,
office of the American Telegraph Company, by
way of rejoicing over the Telegraph Cable En
ter prise. A hundred guns will be fired from
the Common to morrow, in honor of the treat.
Many Citizens.
Pitts Bums, Aug. o.—The telegraph office is
splendidly illuminated this evening, m honor of
the Atlantic Telegraph cable. An he mens*
crowd is assembled, and a band of music is in
attendance. '
■ Cleveland, Aug. C—A salute of one hum
dred guns was fired here this “evening, in hon
or of the success of the Atlantic Telegraph.
Detboit, Aug- 6.—A salute ot one hundred
gunslin honor of the success of the Atlantia
Telegraph enterprise was fired this evening.
Evansville, 0., Ang. 6.—The news of the
success of the Telegraph Cable yesterday, caus
ed general excitement and much rejoicing.—
Fifty guns were fired..
Bublington, N. Jr, Aug. G.—We do
make any demonstration about the success w
the Cable. The people of New Jersey arc too
full for utterance.
New Tong. Aug. 6.—The Telegraph offices,
'and particularly the American Telegraph office.
No. 21, Wall street, are brilliantly illuminate**
this evening, and decorated with the
French and American (lags. A litinare**
were fired in the Park by direction of w y
Tiemann.
Heavy Sheriff Sale.—On Thursday a! ►
says the Defender, the Sheriff of Montgomery
county sold at public sale, ht the Court on® »
property amounting to between tour an '
hundred thousand dollars, nearly all o i oc
ted in this borough. This is some indication
of the manner in which the recent financial cri
sis lias served our borough, and it is ce am
not a very pleasant one. In tho meant wo w
are waiting for tho heltot,timcs coming.
Ministers Abroad'. —Pennsylvania is P re
liberally represented abroad, ns will
the following list:—George M. Dallas, Min's
to London; William B. Reed, Minister to C 'n°>
Joseph R. Chandler, Minister to Naples; J««-
B. Clay, Minister to Lima ; Charles R. Bucka
low. Minister to Ecuador.
" O’One thousand boxes of peaches arrived
at New York, on Monday week, in the steam*
ship Columbia from Charleston;
XT By way of Chicago wo have news of ft
battle having been fought between the Sioux
and Ghippeway Indians. The fight took place
on the 14th of July, near Big Stone.Laka; elf-I”
[cn Ghippeways and twenty Sioux being, killed-.
Loiter from Washington”
The Kansas Electron.
Missouri Election.
The Telegraph Rejoicings.
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