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JOHN B. BHATTOS, Editor is Proprietor
CARLISLE, PA., SEPT. 2, ISSa
Democratic State Nomination's,
Supreme Judoe,
WM. A. PORTER, Of Philadelphia
Canal Commissioner,! ■*
WESTLEY FROST, of Fayette Co.
Democratic County Ticket.
For Congress;
JOUN A. AHL, of Cumberland county.
[Subject to ike decision af the Conferees.
Assembly,
HUGH STUART, of South Middleton.
JOHN HARTZELL, of Perry county.
Sheriff,
ROBERT ALLISON, of Carlisle.
Commissioner,
NATHANIEL U. ECKLES, of Hampden,
Director op tub Poor,
ABRAHAM BOSLER, of South Middleton,
Auditor,
GEORGE SCOBY, oi Carlisle.
Kf Wa have been requested to state by the
Register of this county, that all persons having
accounts to settle in the next Orphans’ Court,
must band theni in on dr before tho lOth insti
Confession 1 op Perrier, the Murderer
Pebbier, the murderer of M’Namaba, ainco his
conrioliop of manslaughter hitho jury that fried
him, has made a full oonfesSfcn. The verdict
of the jury disappointed most of our citizens,
but yet as all the evidence produced on the part
of the Commonwealth .was circumstantial, the
jury no doubt felt it impossible, under the oath
, they had taken, to find him guilty of murder,
however just such a verdict would have been.
The jury, wo feel satisfied, discharged their
duty conscientiously, and, notwithstanding our
belief that the prisoner deserved the severest
penalty ot the law, wo feel no.-disposition .to
And fault with the sworn gentlemen who com.
posed the jury. .
Perrier's confession amounts to this On
the evening of the 8d of Juno last, ho was in
town, in company with several other troops of
the Garrison. Ho had been drinking freely all
evening and , for several days before. He had
been engaged in a tight the Monday night pre
vious, with Devlin, a fellow-soldier, and been
roughly handled. Ho felt for revenge, and pur
chased a dirk-knife with which ho intended to
kill Devlin, or whoever should atta'ck him
Ha mot Devlin in town on the evening of the
murder, and drank with him several times, but
appeared, afraid to attack him, for Devlin sits
-pected him, and kept a sharp eye upon him.
They separated about lIJ o’clock, and Perkieb
proceeded in the direction of the Garrison, mad
with himself that ho had not accomplished the
object of his Visit to town. On his way to the
Garrison; ho was overtaken by M’Namara, who
had.alsd been in town drinking, but was never
theless sober, and boro the character of a good
natured and inoffensive man. A couple of oth
er troops joined them'about this time, and the
four proceeded on their way to tlio Garrison-
After they had passed Bedford afreet, a dispute
arose between M’Mamara and Perrier, when
the former struck the latter. Perrier imme
diately took hisknlfe from his pocket, and, (to
. "So his own language,) “ get to work on his as-
He-saya he has uo recollection of the
■ 'fiumber of cuts he gave him, but'the last cut
was the fatal one, the blade of. the dirk having
penetrated the heart,-causing death in a fewi
. seconds. M’Mamara Cried “murder” when he I
nas first struck by the knife,and (ho tiro sol
diers who had been in company with tlio dispu
tants, took to their heels. PimitiEn lost his cap
during the scuffle, and returned, after' ho bad
left, to search for it. Ho could not find it, and
having examined his victim to see that he was
dead, he proceeded to the Garrison and imme.
finitely, went to his quarters. He was arrested
soon after, and has been in jail ever since. This
is about his statement, and no doubt it contains
some (ruth and some lies.
Perrier is a Frenchman, aged about 30, and
is a well-built man, and no doubt a great scoun
drel. His sentence is sis years to the Peniten-
tiary.
Congressional Conference.—'The Con
■ gressional Conferees .representing the Demc
, cratic party,of this Congressional District, met
at Bridgeport yesterday (Wednesday.) At
the time of going to press we.had no news from
there.
TVild Pigeons.— A few flocks of wild pig
eons have already arrived in portions of our
county. They are making their trip to the
South in advance of their usual time, this year.'
which, it is said, is an indication of an early
winter.
Potato Crop.—Owing to the long contin
ued drought, the potato crop in this section of
country will be light, and the potatoes of poor
quality. The late rains have hot benefitted
this “poor man’s crop” to any great as
the plants were nearly dead before the rain set
In.
The editor of the American thinks that
we consider ourself “the big dog in the editori
al corps.” Don’t be alarmed, neighbor—we
make no such pretensions. On the contrary,
we will admit, if it beany gratification to the
editor of the American, that he is the bigesl
dog in all Carlisle—of his breed, however, we j
say nothing. / -
pi'?’ ° u ‘', ril 3|St, C - w - CXaniOMufEsq., of
Philadelphia, oWEpJjj jfelecto<J to deliver (ho
Annuaf Address General Belles Lot
trea and Union Socis4*- 0 f Dickinson College.
Mr. CaamiOAN is of ability and edu
cation, a flnlsWil, otajo rj an d we ean promi( l
onr readers a rich intellectual treat should they
attend on the day of the next Annual Address.
Religious NonOE._The Methodist Episcopal
Church of Carlisle, which has been undergoing
repairs for some weeks past, will be re opened
for Divne Service, on Sabbath, September 12
Bov. H. L. Dashiell, of Baltimore City, will
preach at 10J o’clock. A. M. ; c. P. VTing D.
D,, of flio First Presbyterian church, ot Car-
Bslo, at 8 o’clock. P. 31.; and at 7\ o’clock, P.
M., Rev. B. B. Hamlin, of Baltimore city.
Old Cav.von—ln the State arsenal, Harris
burg, are two cannon presented by Lafayette to
this nation, during the Revolutionary war.—
They were brought over the Atlantic by him,
from Prance, on his arrival in this country, to
take part in our great struggle for Independ
ence. ■ ’
C 7“ The Opposition are amusing themselves
with passing Turin resolutions while they .sup
port irec-trade candidates. Nothing like two
string* to a bow. . •
Habd Yarn.—the Telegraph pretends to have
been told by a gentleman that he has contracted
to ship his entire crop of peaches to Carlisle at
the rate otflve dollars per bushel! Most people
will think that rather a hard yarn. We have no
doubt it is but another of the " fancy sketches”
which tho editor is so famous for Harrisburo
Herald. 6
•We " rather guess” the above is no "yarn.”
I Peaches have sold readily in our market at the
rate of S 5 per bushel, and wo have no doubt
they will continue to command that price
Honour people can afford if, we know not, nor
is it our business. Certain it is wo cannot
[Editors must do without peaches the present
year. "
Abodt Newspaper— lt IB computed (hat
ere are nearly four thousand newspapers pub
ished in the United States, which circulate an
nually over 200.000.000 ! Nearly 30.000.000
dollars are expended in their publication.— Ex.
Think of that ! Thirty millions of dollars
spent every year by newspaper publishers.
Why not sot up a clamor for ‘•protection," as
the iron masters do? The. Printing business
[ gives more employment to men and capital than
the iron business, and we are entitled to “pro
tection”—from dishonest subscribers. We go
for a tariff that will benefit printers 30 per cent.
Who’s in for that ?
Judge Wilkins.—We clip the following
from the Pittsburg Despatch of the 25th: “We
regret to learn that the Hon. Win. Wilkins was
attacked by paralysis of the tongue and left
arm, at his residence, in Peebles township, on
Monday evening. ’ His friends were much alarm
ed as to his condition. His illness is attributed
to the painful excitement under , which he la
bored at the recent political convemion.”
H. D. Cjumdehs
Egypt I saw Cleopatra’s needle,”
said a young lady to her friends; on her return
from her school in England to her homo in In.
dia, « but I thought very little of it, I assure
you, after having seen the sewing machines in
London.”
FIRE!—EXPLOSION OP ETHEREAL OIL.
: , Shook!ng Accident— Fatai, . Result.—
out 8 o clock, on Saturday ovenin d last, our
' ,“ ltizcn ® were again alarmed by t|e cry of
“fire!" The earnest manner in whi the cry
was given, convinced all that it was no false
alarm, and our firemen and citizens hastened
to render assistance. It was soon discovered
. that a fire was raging in the cellar of Wm. L.
IlAU.cn's Grocery store, at the west-end of
, High street, and was caused by the explosion
of a can of ethereal pib ■ It appears that Mr.
Haller had sent his store-boy, (a lad named
John Reed, aged about 12 years, a nephew of
Mr. II..) to the cellar to draw a quart of ethere
al oil, fora customer. The boy picked up a
lighted candle, and proceeded to the cellar, and
three or four other little boys accompanied him.
Not more than two minutes had elapsed when
the explosion look place. The report was equal
to a discharge of cannon, and shook the build
ing in every part. In an instant the entire eel.
lar was one sheet of flame, and, the front cellar
door being open, the street was lit up for nearly
a square. A thrill of horror was experienced
hy those present when. tliey were informed
that the boys were still in the cellar. It was
soon ascertained, however, that all the Tboys
had escaped without much injury; except young
Reed. ,He was still in the flames,.and his
body, could be seen by those outside ! By this
time two of the fire companies had arrived, and
two streams of water were poured into the cel
lar. The fire was subdued in a couple of min
utes, and the bleeding and roasted body of the
sufferer draged from the cellar and taken, to the
storojroom. The boy appeared quite dead for
some time; but soon revived, somewhat, and
moaned and worked his limbs. Several medical
gentlemen having arrived, the boy's injuries
were examined, when it was ascertained that
his ease was hopeless. His head was fractured
almost from - ear to car, and his whole body
bruised and burned; he had also inhaled the
flame and. hot atmosphere. Ho lingered in
great agony for some three hoars, when death
put an end to his sufferings. Poor boy! he
was a smart intelligent lad, and his sad-and
melancholy fate has a. gloom over all who
knew him
' The accident, we learn, happened in this
way Reed had placed his lighted candle sev
eral feetfrom the oil can, on the cellar floor,
and was in-the act of drawing the.oil, when one
of his companions who hpd followed him, aoci
dentally struck his foot against'the candle, and
threw it against the running ethereal. The ex
plosion followed in an instant.
_ OUT* In fighting tooofocoism, we are some
times obliged to change our mode of attack—
American. ■ ‘
Our neighbor has stumbled upon the truth
for once. He changes his principles and “mode
of attack” about twice a year! The few re
maining so called Americans in this county
dare not open their lips in defence of the dog
mas they contended for a few months ago.—
They are certainly accommodating in their disc
position, to the extremest point of courtesy.—
It appears that their political principles panake
so largely of the quality of India rubber, that
icy can stretch or contract-, to suit, circum
stances, The declaration has been made that
they were ready to unite with any political
party, in order to defeat the Democracy. No
matter, it seems, whether the party with which
they arc ready to fuse has- a single ■ principle
in common with them or not —no: matter how
[antagonistic their .views, how dissimilar their ;
opinions—they are ready to unite with, thcni,-/
“without a why or wherefore,” so .that the/
Democratic party can be defeated by the unnat- (
Ural amalgamation. I
Who bids for the vote of the mercenaries ?
Who. claims the aid of a party openly avowing
their total lack of every honorable motive which
ought to characterize political bodies? No
wonder is it that candid and intelligent then es- '
chew party politics, when we hare such bare
faced avowals made in open daylight..
H7"A majority of the members of the Inst
Legislature, having voted themselves $2OO ex
tra pay oyer and above, their regular salary, the
Republicans of this county, in their late con
vention, denounced the act as “ a Democratic
swindle,” and our neighbor of tho American
thinks the convention performed a smart thing
by passing the absurd resolution. "Demo
cratic swindle,” indeed—that is, it a few Dem
ocrats and. off the Republicans voted for the
plunder resolution, the responsibility for the
swindle rests solely upon the Democratic party,
[ because a majority bl the Legislature was Dem
ocratic ! Such is Republican reasoning gener
ally, when it comes to bo analyzed. We de
nounced tho "extra pay” resolution when it
was adopted ; but, let those who supported it
(Col. McClure, of Franklin, and tho other Re
publican members) boar the responsibility.
The Present Tariff—\Vlto Made It ?
In tho American of last weok-we fled tho fol
. lowing extraordinaij-denial and assertions :
' y. .“ lmt p®? er (* he Volunteer) assorts that we
(the Republicans and Americans) had'the power
1 C ,°"?r cs3 ‘f 0 years ago, and gravely asks
i what did wo do with the tariff? We answer
that wo had not tho power in Congress two years
ago—both tho Senate and tho President'wore
against ns,—consequently wo could do nothing
, n‘* ‘ i° !? ri 9> , or an y ot,lor measure, that would
pi oruoto tho interests of tho country.”
Everybody knows that iq the thirty-fourth
Congress tho Opposition were very largely in
tho ascendancy, and had things generally their
own way. It is also notorious that a number of
northern manufacturers, among whom iwas the
great firm of Lawrence, Stone & Co., raised
over $75,009, and sent an agent to Washington
to boro especially for a reduction of Hie tariff.
Other borers also went on, most conspicuous
among whom was Horace Greciy, [no w so loud I
in advocating a tariff,] and Thurlow' Weed, of
the Albany Journal, the great chief of the On
position in Now York. Tho bill reducing the
tariff rates was presented in the House of Rep
resentatives by Hon. Lewis D. Campbell, of
Ohio, (lie acknowledged Black Republican loader
of that body,who advocated its passage through
out. Henry Winter Davi|, of Maryland, the
Know-Nothing leader, also sustained it, and tho
final vote shows that it received a pretty gen
eral support from the Opposition, excepting the
Pennsylvania delegation, sohio.of whom voted
in tho negative. Two of them, however, Mr.
Grow, of Bradford, and the Rev. John J. Pearce,
dodged tho vote entirely. Tlio Democratic dele
gation was divided, some voting for, and others
against the measure. In the Senate the bill was
reported by William H. Seward, of New York;
but on the final vote his name is found against
it. His colleague, however. Senator Fish, as
well as Sumner and Wilson, of Massachusetts,
and nearly every other Opposition Senator, vo
ted for the bill. Tlio Pennsylvania Senators,
Messrs., Bigler and Brodhead, both spoke against
it, and both voted against it j— (see Appendix
for 1856-’57, page 358.) In the face of all
these facts, is it hot a piece -of effrontery, not
to say impudence, almost without a parallel, to i
fry to saddle the passage of the present, tariff(
Upon the Dcniocratic parly I
As to the charge, that the American
Republican party supported last fall, an “open
and avowed free tradesman'for Governor,” it is
simply untrue—nor can the Volunteer man ad
duce the shadow Of proof to support it. Ifo
made a lame effort last fall, but all the proof he
ever brought forward was his own unsupported
assertions. . These were reiterated through the
whole campaign, and doubtlesss had all the ef
fect desired, upon his stupid. votaries.—Ameri
can. • •
During the Gubernatorial campaign last fall,
we charged David Wilmoi with being a “free
trade man,” and w e,proved it, by publishing
the free-trade speech he had, delivered in Con
gress, and also by quoting from the columns of
-Whig papers. We think the American is abou t
the only paper in the State that has been reck :
less fenou'gh to gainsay the [charge we profered
against Mr. Wilmoi. Several opposition pa
pers atleiiipted to answer us last fall, and, wiih
the exception of the American , they admitted
that Mr. Wilmqi had favored a free trade
policy, blit that he had, all of a sudden, been
convinced of his error, and become ah advocate
ofa high protective tariff! The 'American,
| however, took ground, in the face of truth and
evdence, that Mr. Wilmot'had never 1 been a
free-trade man, and ou'rgeighbor sticks'to this
position yet! It worth while to bandy
vrords with one who; without attempting to
prove his assertions, contents himself wi(h°re
plying ‘'untrue, ” to /acts, that lie cannot and
will nottlare deny, by argument. We repeat, )'
Mr. Wilmot, when in Congress, was an open !
and avowed free-trader, and every Whig paper
in the State called him, in derision, “free-trade
Dave Wilmot,” and .some of .them recommen-
ded that he should be banished.from the State,
and others of them were for 1 lynching him.
Notwithstanding his assertions last fall,.we be:,
lieve he is still a free-trade man. and John M.
tysAD—whose name is at the head of the Ameri
can as its candidate for Judge—is “another of
the same sort.”
3d Congressional District, Fiiila. Hon.
James Landy has been re-nominated for Con.
gross by ; the Democrats of the Third District,
Philadelphia. The nomination was., due him,'
for ho stood ti ne (o his principles when others
faltered, during the late session of Congress.—
We hope to see him elected by an increased
majority.
The names of a number, of gentlemen were
placed in general nomination before the Conven
tion, and among others our Triend, Ciias. W.
Carrioan, Eqs. Mr. C. however, peremptorii}'
declined. Below we publish his letter to the
Convention, for ..it contains sentiments worthy
bis head and heart, and they meet our own
views exactly. If ail Democrats were governed
by the same lolty sentiments, wo should have
less trouble in our nominating conventions ■
But, to his letter.
™ n • Phila., Aug. 21at, 1858.
I q the President and Gentlemen of the Congres
sional Convention of the Third District ;
I am deeply sensible of the honor conferred
in connecting my.name with-the represen fat i&n
of the Third District in the Congress of the Uni
ted States. Upon mature consideration, I most
respectfully decline the honor intended.
.'lp those friends, who, with a partiality far
above my merits, have clung to me, and persist
mgfy. urged my nomination, as well as the Con
vention that entertains it, it is due I should
state the reasons that induce my deolpnsioni
Firtl It is a custom, never in my recollec
tion departed from, to nominate for a second
term faithful Congressional Representatives.
The present Honorable incumbent has been emi.
nently faithful, and X can allow no selfish con
siderations to imperil his success.
Second —l regard party discipline as essential
to success, and while no . one in our party will
allow a greater freedom of individual opinion,
yet with Jefferson and Burr, I believe that we
should “ yield implicit obedience to the will of
the majority.” Without such “ implicit obedi
ence,” there could have been, and can be, no
Democratic party—no triumph of Democratic
measures. The present Honorable incumbent,
in the last session of Congress, voted with the
vast majority of his Democratic colleagues,
thereby maintaining party discipline, and I can
not consent, that the uso of my name should di
rectly or indirectly result in the nomination of
any one who holds individual opinion as para
mount to party fealty.
Those are the controlling reasons (hat induce
me to withdraw my name from the list of nomi
nees, and as my time and energies were freely
given to the triumphant election of Mr. Bucha
nan. so will I rejoice in the nomination, and aid
in the election of one who has never faltered in
his duty to the Administration and our party
Very respectfully, your obt. servl.-
CHAS. W. CAItRIGAN
[CF- Robert Dale, Owen, the American Minis
ter at Naples, writes a letter to the N. T. Free
man’s Journal, denying its report that he had
become a Catholic. Without belonging to any
religious bqdy, he- holds to the Unitarian doc
trine, and says ho is writing a work which,
though not on the subject of religion, will sat
isfy his readers what his religions views are.
Cases .of ilitr, August Term, 1858.
Com, ys. 'Henry Baker, four cases of. Forgery.
Trno Bill. "feontlnued at Defendant’s request
until November Terra.
Com. vs. Wostley Klinefelter. Fornication
and Bastardy. Trite Bill. 'Not arrested.
Com. vs. Joscpheßroniii Larceny. Found
guilty, and sentenced to 6 months imprisonment
in County Jail; $1 tine and costs. ;
Com, vs. I. L. IVingard. ■ Assault and Bat
tery. Bill ignored.
Com. vs. James Ott. Seduction, Fornication
and Bastardy., True bill.
Com. vp. M. lieidig. Seduction, Fornication
and Bastardy.-. True bill.
Com, vs. Tfm, Albert. Rape. Bill ignored.
Coni. vs. Theodore Tester. - Having burgla
rious tools in bis possession with intent to com
mit a burglary. Not guilty and discharged.
Com. vs. Sumf. Jlabar. Larceny. True bill.
Corn. vs. John Mike). Larceny. True bi
Com. vs. Sophia Burden. Exposing her per
son. True Intt.
Com. vs. Adolphus Berman. Fornication and
Bastardy. True bill. ■'
Com. vs. Robert Speak. Larceny. Bill ig-
tiorcd.
Cora. and Jacob Helm.—
Xiifiloct. True bilk ,
Com. va. David Sp'ousler, Passing Counter
feit Mohoy.. -Bill ignored.
Com. vs. John Schmero. ' Larceny. Not
guilty, nnd de^t^dischaiged.
Com. vs, Albert framed Fornication and
Bastardy. Bill ignored. -
Com, vs. Matilda IV oil.- Assault and Battery.
Bill ignored.
Com.,-vs. ThoodorerLobach. Fornication and
Bastardy. - Bill ignored.
Com. va. Wm, Fcsslcr.’ - Assault and Battery.
Bill ignored. - „
Com. vs. Ireirbep .Thompson.. Assault and
Battery. Bill ignored.
Com.:vs. Wm. Leopold and Michael Lambert.
Neglect of Duty. Bit! ignored, and John Shqr
rlcir, the prosecutor, pay the costs. .
, Com. vs. John Fagan. Fornication and Bas
tardy, Trim bill. -
. Com. vs. Simon.SeiL Larceny, Bill ignored.
Com. va. Mary Simson.- Balcony. Ignored.
Com, vs. Joshua Atherton. Fornication and
Bastardy. Ignored and Mary.Fryj tboprosecu,
tor, pay the costa.'
Com. va. Hannah May.' Loudness.- Ignored.
Com. va. Christian Sharper.' Surety of the
Peace. - Held in the suni of $2OO with one sure
ly to keep the peace Tor one year.
Com. va. Henry Dick, John Huskey, John
Grouce and John Reif. Surety,of the Peace.
Alter hearing the parlies the Court sentenced
.John Reif to pay tbe-sosls and enter into "re
cognizances. John Reif and Henry Reif are
held in $2OO each to keep the peace for 1 year.
Cbm. vs. Michael Greigor. Surely of the
Peace. Becognizancopf John Wort’forfeited.
Com. vs. Mary Hardy, Surety of the Peace.
Held in the sum of $2OO "to keep Iho peace for
the term of one year
Com. vs.. Martin Hr TVolf. Surely of the
Peace. Recognizance ofifm. Bell, the prose
cutor, forfeited.
Com. vs. Francis Perrier. Murder. True
bill. Pound guilty of voluntary manslaughter.
Sentenced to six years in (he Eastern Peuiten
tiary, $X fine and costs^jjrosecution.
lL?*" LordCampbellisabout to introduce into
the British Parliament a hilt dispensingwith the
. practice of requiring a unanimous verdictfrom
’ a jury. IBs dues JmWjruXioau thomajority prin
ciple, but ho wishee iogw,rid of the practice of
tampering w ith a Jury by placing one nian upon I
it to hold oat ogainstaii the others. Ho desires /
(hat if after certaindeliberation by the jury, they I
nil agreed except one oT two, tiiq rcrdict of
those who.had agreed should be considered as
good as the verdict of tlio whole twelve, subject ,
however, to be, renewed, and if necessary, sot i
aside. This would tend completely to break up ,
the practice of packing Juries; dr increase the ,
risks, by making it necessary to bribe more
than quo of the jurors. ‘ |
The lato liu.ll storm in -Minnesota was of
a moat destructive diameter. In Frcebourn
county, it raged as a tornado, tearing down'
fences, flattening corn fluids, demolishing gar
dens, and doing much other damage. In fair
field. Geneva, Clark’s Grove, etc., the storni
was characterized by severe hail, which' cut in
pieces whole fields of grain, and completely do.
strnyed numberless gardens- Some of the hail
stones were of the size of hen’s eggs. . in the
neighborhood of Fairabalilf, chickens, pigs and
sheep were killed outright, and cattle and horses '
who could not get under shelter, were almost
crazy with the tierce pelting of the storm.
Keep Tbna Powdeh Drt.”—The Hewhury.
port (Mass.) Herald says: It is rather a remark
able circumstance that the powder which was
Used in Sandwich in tiring off the cannon to
celebrate the connection by a cable of England
to the United Stales is thesame which was pur
chased in the war of ISI2 to fight onr thenEng
4ish enemy. It has been kept in a tight cask in
Iho old magazine, situated in the old cemetery,
since that time.
Mr. WEBSTEit Coojfrr- The Hew
York Tribune says a groat friend of the late Mr.’
Webster-has said that he never thought the
statesman and orator so admirable as when, tin
der a summer sunset, a parly of them rowed
home to Marshfield from a fishing and crowded
excursion, and Mr. Wdhstor, jolliest among the
jolly, with his great, hearty voice, made the
shores resound to thp singing of “ Zip Coon.”
With what a Titantic comicality that negro sing
camo from his lips, and how they roared with
laughter, the performer, perhaps, enjoying it the
most of them all.
Philadelphia Nominations.—The follow,
ing are the. Democratic hominations for Con.
gress:
First District—Thomas B. Florence.
Second “ "—George H. Martin.
Third “ —James Landy.
Fourth “ —Henry M. Phillips.
Eat on a Telegraph Wire—Qui to a crowd
was attracted to Main street* between Third
and Fourth streets,'Cincinnati, on Wednesday
to witness the antics of a rat which had by
some means or other got on one of the telegraph
wires, and was making his way along the line.
He would occasionally stop and look very shily
at the crowd below him, and hurry on the next
cross piece and again contemplate the upturned
faces which were watching bis movements.
fCT* The Petersburg. Va., Express states
that the farmers of Clover Hill, Va., deplore
sadly the lack of rain in that section, where not
a shojver of two minutes’ duration has fallen
for ninety days. Within a riadjus of fire miles
of Clover Hill, every com field is completely
burnt up, many having been scorched by the
raging Son of June, when scarcely of one-third
rn!? r t . h '.i. Tosoi ? c tcn or tw 'Hve farmers in the
Iwm» cro P has consequently proved a dead
6 MISTAKES BF POLITICIANS.
. The desire of honorable distinction, says the
Washington Union, is deeply planted in.tho hu
man heart; and when secured by worthy moans
wo cannot say it is not commendable. It is un
doubtedly the parent of many useful acts, if not
the main-spring of mnidy and patriotic exer
tion. This motive pervades all classes, and has
been manifested in-all ages and in every coun
try. The means of acquiring distinction de
termines the qualities of the heart of him who
seeks It, and it is seldom that those are long
concealed. Tlio motive of action are usually
clearly seen by calm and close observers; and
especially in the political world. Mon socking
distinction-often forget, however, that others
can penetrate their motives through ail the dis
guises wifii which they attempt to conceal them.
Politicians often desire (hat the country shall
credit to their patriotism what should bo charged
to their ambition. They do not seem to realize
the fact that the public will keep their account
correctly, however erroneously they may state
if.
When a political man seeks to secure to him
self special distinction, not shared by his parly,
the.motive becomes ns apparent ns (ho-sun-in a
Clear sky at noon j ho covets a tamo which the
principles of his party will not.confer. ITo in
effect says : lam -wiser and better, than.my
party, and desire the world to know it.” In
stead of going with his friends upon the com
mon road,.and sharing with them the labors and
honors oftheir common position, he mounts an
elevation by the way, and calls upon them to
look at their,superior, and then suggests they
bad bettor follow h|m. ,Ambition, arid not
merit, has been committing these mistakes in
all past time, and seems destined to continue
to do so. - ,
In some high positions, temporary distinction
ins boon acquired by these means, but no man
ias been made President of <£ho United States
by rosorting' to them. Not a man has secured
that high station by assuming a special perfec
tion which was not common to his political
[ party ; and no one lias been elevated to it except
by the united energies of his party acting upon
ground common to all its members. It is the
party, anil not'tho ambitious aspirant,-who select
their common principles, and, if ejected, to
carry their views practically into effect.
The Democratic party has elected eight Presi
dents, (Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson,
Van Burcn, Polk, Pierce, and Buchanan,) not
one of whom sought to stand upon special’
ground, or to occupy a position above tliat com
mon to his associates. They were elected be
cause they harmonized with the whole Denio 7
cratic party in its principles and .acts, and pos-
Sessod.snporior qualifications for executing their
wishes in administering (he Government.. They
had, in all positions held by them, performed
every duty' assigned them: in the best possible
manner, thereby acquiring an enviable lame
which no seeker after special distinction ever
obtained. It was their devotion to file princi
ples approved by the whole party, and not an
attempt to establish a superiority over a portion 1
of it, that secured them the higli positions decu
pied by them. They wore laborers in the parly,
and tho faithfulness with which they performed
their duties pointed them out as atandard-beaf
ers, and . worthy of the highest honors their
countrymen could confer. They did not call
upon their brethren to accept them as loaders
and guides, but were and were called
for by tho masses. No man of either patty who
has sought the Presidency by tip.
as superior to his feftpws has been, or ever will
be, elected President. Tho experiment,has been
often fried and always failed,
Those in Congress, or elsewhere who start
movements to attract attention ,to themselves
for the Presidency, forgot that the public will
see through all disguises they may.contrive, and
detect tho object, and will charge it to their
selfish motives rather than credit it to pairiotlc
ones. Most men who engage in them, instead
of malting political lose what they, hai
previously acquired. Some sink into obscurity,
while others, stung by disappointment,- seek to
destroy the party which refused to follow them
and in the end form a portion of the' common,
enemy.; This has occurred from the,days of
Benedict Arnold, aiid will continue to occur
while selfish ambition exists., ' Although it may
not always be the jntention, in taking the first
step, to Join the eneiiiy, the second ono usually
takes them there. ■ ‘ .
If there are Democrats seeking .special dis
tinction upon grounds .not occupied .by thc :
great body of their party, we invito them-'to
pause and reflect, before making a mistake
which has ruined fen where all the exertions' of
tlie common.enemy prostrated one, during the
last sixty years. If the .heart is right they will
avoid tlie first as Well as the second step in the
road which lias ever proved fatal. Reflection'
will teach them Hint the place of safety and suc
cess is among those friends who cherish'the
same principles and are devoted, .heart and
soul, to the maintenance of the same measures.
Cot. J. F. Cautkk.— We were exceedingly
gratified to learn that during a recent visit of
Col. J. F. Carter, to his former home in .Wil
liamsport, in this State, he was honored with a
public reception by the Woodward Guards oi
that flourishing town. The occasion was em
braced by erotvds of the citizens of WiliiamsT
port, to pay their respects to ono who has heen
so long identified with tlie rising fame and pros
perity of that town. Col; Carter was formally
introduced to his old friends and fellow citizens
by Major Hepburn M’Cl lire; and responded in a’
feeling speech tor the unexpected honor con"
terrod upon him. The demonstration was a
very enthusiastic one, and will no doubt prove
highly gratifying to (lie Colonel’s numerous
trionds in Washington and this State.
Monument to General Quitman —lt i s
proposed to erect a monument in Mississippi to
the memory of John Anthony Quitman, the il
lustrious hero, statesman, and patriot. The
necessary funds are to be raised by subsorip
tions deposited at the plols at the day of Elec
tion in October next, when a successor- is to bo
chosen to fill his vacant scat in Congress.
We have no doubt that General Quitman’s
old friends and constituents will respond liber
ally and nobly to the call, and that a menu
ment worthy of his distinguished services and
exalted fame will soon be erected.
fourteen locomotives which blew
their whistles at Syracuse, in honor of the Ca
ble. so astonished a horse, three or four miles
oil, that he fell on his knees, and there remain
ed till the whistles stopped, notwithstanding
every effort to get him up. •
| The Kansas Election.—The Board of
Commissioners, constituted by the
English Bill,” have issued a proclamation de
claring the proposition rejected by -nine thou
sand live hundred and twelve majority. The
whole vote was thirteen thousand and thirty
eight. No fraudulent votes were received, but
a few precincts were rejected on account of in
formalities..
Military Encampment.
.The site for '‘Camp Susquehanna,’? says the
Lycoming Gazette, comprising about one hun
dred and thirty acres, has been located on the
farm of Hon. Robert C. Grier, about a mile
west of Williamsport, The ground selected is
accessible by the general highway to Jersey
Shore and by railroad. ,
The Committee of arrangements have secured
cars to run from Williamsport to the ground
during the time of the encampment, by which
passengers can be taken there or back ,in two
minutes; There will be a commissary's tent
for the accommodation of soldiers arid people
generally, which will be under the immediate
direction of the Commissary General, J Hyman
Fulmer. It will embrace, a post-office, where
letters directed to soldiers and persons attend
ing the encampment can be got and also mailed
as in a regular post office, a victualling depart
ment,-barber shop, cts., els. The location is a
beautiful one, and systematically laid out and
arranged by competent engineers.
Gov, Wise on Horse Racing-,
Gov. Wise, of -Virginia, regretfully declines
to attend the great horse show at Springfield,
Mass. In his letter ho says: “It has been
said that nothing else than horsc-raeing.'-wJH
improve and keep up the. breed of fine blbodet
stock. lam not willing to believe any silcl
thing. Improved agriculture and the wealth it
produces will, in my opinion, do far more for
the horse than over the turf did. Race-tracks,
with a fashion for the sport of racing among
leading proprietors of a people, will impoverish
them and dwindle the horse to a pony. The
flmj blood ought to. bo kept pure, in order that
it may bo crossed,on the large Conestoga mare,
until the cross attains three-quarters of the
blooded slock, is superior, I think, to the Cleve
land bays of England. A venerated friend;
Alexander Reid; Esq., now no more, of Wash
ington county, Pa., introduced that. class, and
I commend if to every- mail who knows how to
make “a spire of grass to grow where one never
grow before. 1 ’
Phesidknt Pibuoe.— The .“Canada” mails
bring tidings that Ex-President Pierce was, on
the Bth inst., with Mrs. Pierce, at Hotel Byron
in Switzerland, preparing to leave for Northern
Italy. All along the route, from Lisburn to
Marseilles, he had been the recipient of distin
guished consideration from public felcers and
private oilmens. At Gibraltar, the senior offi
cer in command of the British naval forces at
that point extended marked courtesies, “and
urged the ex-President ami Mrs. Pierce' to lake
passage'fur Tangier® in one of her Majesty’s
public armed vessels. AtMarseilles thei'rench
authorities, headed by the prefect and the mil
itary commander, were especially attentive and
zealous in acts of hospitality. The heahh of
Mrs. Pierce, we are sorry to perceive, does not
appear to have been substantially improved.
of the Baltimore Amer
ican writes fr«m Bedford, Pa., where the Presi
dent tva| “rusticating This morning, at
5 o’clock, I started up the mountain, thinking
I was the first one Out; but, when near the
top, I met the President coming down—he evi
dently having been the first one of all the visi
tors abroad. S learn that it was his practice
while here tojtake an early strijlU dririWing free
ly of the waters beforebreakfast. Oncoming
down I.passed him sitting on a bench, reading
a newspaper.
L’C/” An Ohio editor recently .attempted to
describe the powerful effects of warm weather,
and here is one instance:—“ A small negro boy
injudiciously leaned up against the sunny aide
of the house yesterday fell asleep. In a
few minutes he began to soften, and in three
■pinners of an hour he run all .over the yard.—
His mother dipped him up in a wash tub.”
Mut* 'but: Eloquent.— The Pennsylvania
Inquirer says that the grey’massive walls of the
new banking house of the late Bank of, Penn
sylvania, still stand idly upon the great .thor
oughfare, an impressive and mournful wfirning
io the business and financial world, bustling
droiiim arid-pushing past its closed, doors and
barricaded windows. “
Brigham Young's .Damages. —Brigham
Young is disposed to make a good thing out of
the Mormon war. Though it has cost spine
millions of dollars to bring that respectable
prophet to a sense of the duly he owes the gov
ernment he lives under, he has the impudence
to present a bill against tlie War Department,
of 5,20.000 for;.the .use of the “church pasture”
for ihe army horses., , . ,
SrEAtliß, Ok it's Sentiments On the 12th
ult., a grand barbecue was given at Crayton
ville, S. C., in honor of the Hon. Jas. L. Orr,
Speaker of the House of Repreauntaiives. In
the course of his speech on the occasion, he
took bold and decided ground against the pro
position,to ro-opoh the slave trade, as against
the interests as well as the policy of the South,
-and commented upon’ the fully of the hrteSlTuth
ern Commercial Convention in
agitato, the subject. Ho also, alluded to-the
■ponding contest in Illinois and declared that he
would infinitely prefer to see Douglas a Senator
rather -than Lincoln, and closed with a feeling
of exultation in favor of the preservation of the
Union, •.
Getting m* a Panic. —A low days'since, some
person at the, Red Sulphur SpiTngs, Va„
sed liiniself by slipping notes under the doors of
visiters, stating that the typhoid fever bad «bro.
ben out” there. The trick caused a stampede
among tho more nervous, and a genera) circnla
tmn of tho report that typhoid fever existed at
that watering place. From two hundred visit
ors the number was reduced to forty. A letter
from there says, however, that the panic fever
is over, and about eighty o( tho visitors have re
turned.
Republicans and Free Tbade.— -The Repub-
licans are trying to catch votes by prolessing to
favor a protective Tariff. How consistent"they
are! In Massachusetts, they elected two Free
Trade U. S. Senators in place of Tariff men—
one in Now Fork—ond or two in lowa—one in
Illinois—one in Wisconsin—ono or two in Ohio
—yet they favor protection! In this State last
fall, they ran Wilmot, a Froo Trade man, for
Governor. Now they have John M. Read, a
froo trade man, at tbo-bcad of their ticket, and
yet they protend to bo lor protection! In
1846 John M. Road, and other leading Free
Trade men of Philadelphia, wrote a letter to
Goo. M. Dallas congratulating him for having :
voted for tho Tariff of ’iti I Great friends of
protection, surely I ,
Thaddeus Stevens— This gentleman has
been placed in nomination (or Congress, by tho
Opposition party, in tho Lancaster District. ’
; The loot of a llorscT^^
It is a marvel of mechanical ingcnuilv ,
nomcra human inventive faculi'v }
r.avo devised. Often has the l mm ‘ T" “W
taken to illustrate the Divine w- lmnd l,c cn
whoever may examine his horse’!, r’' b " 1
flml it,scarcoly loss curious. Tim n'’ ""I
parts are somewhat complicated v i 0,1 ils
sign is simplo and obvious. The’ I " l . cir (le
■as it appears to the careless oy c loof ' s nof .
lump of insensible hone, 'fastened to T‘° So,ili
a joint. 'lt is made of a series of «• 8
or leaves of horn, about five hundr I ■ h} ’ ns >
ber, ’nicely fitted to each'other, an i ,D
lining to tiro foot itself. Then there' »
more layers belonging to what is c ,|M Mn,a W
tin-bone, and fitted into this, <f, ° cof '
clastic. Take a quire of paper and*i ! ' ll
.loaves, one by one, into thoseof anoinT' I ''' 0
and yon will got some idea of (ho arn„„ ’ J
of these several layers. - Wow, the ,voi eh f .
horse rests on ns many elastic Springs a,! °
are layers in his fore feet, about four tl, ou ' '
and all this is contrived hot only for (he
conveyance of the,horse’s owmhody butoiv
man bodies, and whatever burden mavhn , i
upon him. ' . ' . 111,1
Simple Cm-foiv DYsix TE ur.~o„ c otl |,
diseases usually epidemic at this, season of,
dy,sen,cry. The folio,vin- J
.• re,l ‘ etl - V ’ Said t 0 ha ™ bc ™ applied in
instances will, uniform,success even in the “
. a * #rlnin S stages; of the complaint, has hJ,
handed to us with the request to insert it i, "
columns: -‘Take Indian, corn, roasted J
ground m, the manner of coffee, or coarse meal
browned, and boil in a sufficient quantity of.
water to produce-.# strong liquid like coffee and
I drink a tcacupful. warm, two-or three 'times a
day., One day’s practice, it.is said, will, ordi
narily effect a cure. ”
n TIIE Sabbath,ik Loxiiox.-The Anioricb
Presbyterian'contains it letter from London
; winch closes, with tho following notice of the
good order that pervades London on Sunday:-,
“The Sabbath is observed better in London I
regret.to.say, than in Philadelphia.orN, York
Netespapers are not cried, and scarcely any
thing else is cried or sold in the streets here on
Sunday. There are railroad and steamboat
excursions; it is true, and many shops'are open
m the morning, but closed at noon, and a band
plays at Regent's Park in the evening. Butnd
military companies parade the streets, and triib
their mimic in full blast, pass the dpmdits, in
defiance of decency and order. The police are
about everywhere, enforcing most stringent
laws, and, especially protecting religious wor
ship from disturbance. Vehicles pass churches
on the .walk, and a movement of a, policeman V
hand,reminds.every driver of his duty. This
is London, not Philadelphia.”'
A Can Full of Ciuzr People,— Tho Spring
field (Mass.,) Republican says that a train of
cars passed through that place On Tuesday
last with fifty four lunatics on board. They
were the patients at the . Worchester hospital,
who were being transferred to that at North
ampton. They were all the crazy folks in
Western Massachusetts. .
We don’t believe it.
Consolidation op Demochatic Papum.—
The Harrisburg Patriot and ’ Union, and the
Harrisburg Keystont, iiivo been unil.ert, And
will hereafter be published. by Messyai Barrett
(fc Co., (R. J. Haldeman, Esq., editor,) und)T
the tiile o{ Patriot and Union. The proprie
tors have also purchased the Hnrris6uj£ A?,,
Herald, and will commence a daily paper o»
the first of September, at which time lha Her.
aid . will be discontinued. - The arrangement
will doubtless be a more desirable oho in every
possible respect. We wish the enterprising
proprietors the highest success.
DC7“ The batteries to be used impending mes
sages over the Atlantic Cable; are of Wheat
stonb s patent, and of such exceeding power
that they will kvop the 1980 miles of wire con*
timially charged with electricity. They are
immense combinations of airier and platina, ar
ranged in the manner of layers of natural SUen*
nse. Notwithstanding the immense power that
is required of- them, such perfection has bcca
re;
ached in the construction. of telegraphic im*
chintry, that these batteries ,Trill ho constantly
operated at a coat of not 1 mere than a shilling
an. hour. -
Cut Down m i Cuambkiimaid.—A man
nho had registered his name as “B. Cassidy
Michigan, attempted, to commit suicide at tb&
Su Nicholas Hotel, in Pittsburg. Ho \v.u\\)i'Ln
Biopping at the-hotel for some days, and. erino
•d such.singularity of conduct that he attracted
the attention rtf the servants”and gijcsts of the
hoiisp. Ue was frequently heard to pray ear
nestly, and seemed as if some great afflictions
were crushing him. ' Yesterday.. one of the
chambermaids observing that" his room had
been closed for some time and having occasion
to enter it, she threw the door open, and found
the misguided man suspended from the bed
stead with a rope, nnd'life almost extinct.—
Vfhh great presence of mind she cut him down,
and he soon revived, and appears now quite re
covered-
il in-: Bust .Scuoi.au,—ln every school tin’ra
is ope ty(jo,is called the best scholar. ' TeachC^T - *
and pupils have no difficulty in deciding who is
entitled to.this honorable distinction: and when
we once heard the pupils of ir school exclaim,as
a bright-eyed boy entered the room, “Here
comes Frank ; ho is the best boy in the school,
wo thought, what a good introduction to anew
teacher! Think of it, boys. “The best boy
in school!” Who would not bo proud of such,
a title? It is worth more than a million of.
dollars.. But, perhaps, some scholars will say,
“we can’t all bo tho best.” This is true, but
yon have a right to try;- and the one who wi 1
tfy the hardest will succeed, for there.is pow f
in that little word try. If you cannot he the
best, be careful nud not bo tho worst. Every
school has one boy who is worse than any other,
scholar. We pity him ; we pity his parents,
his brothers. and sisters. What a disgraceful
title—,“The worst.boy in school!” He will, no
doubt, become one of .the worst men in the com
munity. Let every boy who reads this, re
solve lo bo “the best boy in school.”
Rapid Growth— A repent visitor to the Cool
region gives the following description of Ash-,
land, Schuylkill county“lt was started in,
1854 with a fe\y- houses, and since then there,
have been erected 700 houses, with three ihou-.
sand inhabitants; seven coal, mines have gone,
operation, with the Nlinp Hill railroad running
through and around it, interesting the adjoining
lands. They mined in and around this tovyn
in the year 1857, 336,000-tbns of coal, and arfl
still increasing as new mines are being oppaetj.”