AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
JOlfN B. BRATTON, Editor & Proprietor.
CARLISLE, PA., SEPT. 9, 1858.
Democratic State Nominations.
Supreme Judge,
WM. A. PORTER, Of Philadelphia.
Canal Commissioner,
WESTLEY PROST, of Fayette Co,
Democratic County Ticket.
Fob Congress,
JOHN 'A. AHL, of Cumberland county.
[Suiyec/ to the decision of the Conferees. ]
Assembly,
HUGH STUART, of South Middleton.
JOHN HARTZELL, of Perry county.
Sheriff,
ROBERT ALLISON, of Carlisle.
COMMISSIONER,
NATHANIEL H. EOKLES, of Hampden.
Director of the Poob,
ABRAHAM BOSLER, of South Middleton,
Auditob,
GEOROE SCOBT, of Carlisle.
DSf“ The editor of this’papcr is now absent,
and expects to be from home for the next two
weeks. In the moan time, wo hope the readers
of the Volunteer will excuse the lack of edito
rial matter, and overlook all defects.
Festival. —A Festival will be held in Educa
tion Hall, for the benefit of the Methodist Epis
copal Church, of Carlisle, commencing on
Wednesday evening, September 22d.
The ladies of said Church earnestly appeal to
» gotiei'ous public for assistance ip their ef-.
forts to raise funds to liquidate the debt incur
red by the recent repairs upon the Church
The festival will be continued throughout the
week.
Donations will be thankfully received,-and
may bo sent to Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Squiio, Mrs.
GorgaSjMrSi Jas.Tlofferor Miss HarrietFoulk.
A Goon Chance.—By reference to our adver
tising columns it will be seen that Mr. J, B.
Keller offers for sale his Hat, Cap and Shoe
Store. This is a line opportunity for those who
wish to go into business. .
The Recent. Rains.— The recent refreshing
showers we have had in this section of country
has caused the fall pasture to grow wonderfully,
and has also put the ground in fine order for
seeding.
O' - Amongst our Philadelphia advertise
ments will be found, a notice of the Saying
Fund of the National Safety Trust Company',
chartered by the Legislature of this State in
1841. This old and well established Institu
tion has always enjoyed a high reputation for
safety and is well known in this and adjoining
States.
O’” The Washington (Texas) Ranger learns
from'a'gentleman who had just returned from
a trip through Western Texas, that the citizens
in Goliad were hanging the horse thieves in that
county by the wholesale. He says that he saw
several hanging to trees, and that the citizens
and outlaws were lighting in the town of Go
liad, while he was passing through.
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D'ir’The Cleveland Ftaindeatcf'Oi t.i ie
gives a pitiable picture of largelnumbcrslr... la
boring men and their families in that city. It
says the monster - Destitution’’ is crouching
around (heir cheerless hearthstones, and the
still more terrible monster Starvation is knock
ing at their doors. At least, this is so with
some of the working men. These men are not
beggars, nor loafers, nor sots. Hundreds are
■ seeking work, blit cannot find any.
Deportment in a Railroad Car. —A trial
took place a month ago at Rouen, in France,
that affords a good precedent of judicialaction
the world over. Two, fellows, pretending to be
gentlemen, were pleased to talk indecently in a
railroad car, even after an angry remonstsanco
, of a worthy farmer,’who happened to be with
his daughter in an opposite scat. He denounc
ed them to the public prosecutor; they wore
tried by the Correctional Court; the sentence
passed on each was imprisonment for two
months and a fine of two hundred francs.
Tub Wealth op Cun. Cass. —The Wash
ington correspondent of the New York Times,
in noticing General Cass, says;—“His whole
life has been luck. When he left Detroit to
take the War Department he gave orders to his
agent to sell a large tract of land adjoining the
town. Hewasto.sell it for .830,000. After
some time the agent wrote he had been oflered
t 833,000. Gen. Cass instantly replied ; “Don’t
sell till further orders.” lie would have quick
ly taken his own fixed price, but, being offered
more, he must look further. The" property is
now covered by the best part of a flourishing
city, and is worth 83,000,000. Gen. Cass is a
millionaire;”
O” Lord Brougham, when he out the first
sod of the Eden Valley, R. R., says an English
paper, wont through his duties in an exceeding
ly workmanlike stylo. lie amused the sur
rounding multitude by the true navy manner
of handling his spade and wheelbarrow. He
throw the sod into the latter, wheeled it a short
distance, emptied it, and then turning his back
pulled the barrow to the starting point. Deaf
ening cheers applauded his lordship’s vigor.
d 7“ John 6. Bishop, said to be an able law
yer, committed land frauds in Chicago to the
amount of $lOO,OOO, and successfully eluded
capture since April last. A largo reward was
offered for his arrest, and he was taken on the
15th ult., while crossing an lowa prairie, on
foot, leading a horse upon which was strapped
a large handle containing his papers. His
heard and hair were very long, and had proba
bly been endeavoring to escape detection by
wandering upon the frontier. And he is likely
to wander again; for near Osage, while his
captors stopped at a tavern to light their su
gars of course, he-sprang from the wagon and
escaped.
0“A boy aged 11 years met death in a
most horrible manner, recently, in Illinois.—
Mr. Buruap bad been reaping with a machine,
and left the boy seated on the machine, in
charge of the team. While thus seated, he ob
served a snake close by, and called out to his
companion, (another boy,) at the same time
cracking bis wip. This started the horses, and
he was jerked off and thrown in front of the
sickle. Almost instantly the boy was com
pletely cut to pieces. ’ Both legs and one arm
wet* severed from the body, and the heart torn
OVlt,!
CONFEREE MEETING.
The Conferees representing the 16th Con
gressional District, composed of the counties of
Cumberland, Perry, and York, met at Bridge
port, in Cumberland county, on Wednesday,
Sept, ft, 1858. The following gentlemen ap
peared as Conferees: -
Cumberland—John B. Bratton, James Ches
nut, Wm. C. Houser.
Perry—H. D. Woodruff, John -C. Lindsey,
Cunis Showulter.
York—Peter Ford, H. G. Moser, Robert
Bartol
On motion, the Cdnfcrence came to order
by .calling It. G. Moser to the chair, and ap
pointing J. B. Bratton, Sect’y.
Nominations were (hen made of candidates
for Congress, as follows:—John A. Ahl, of
Cumberland, Chas. J. T. M’lntire, of Perry,
and Henry L. Fisher, of York.
The Coniorees then proceeded to vote, with
tho following result:
Messrs. Bratton, Chesnut and Houser—B, vo
ted for John A. Ahl.
Messrs.-Woodruff, Lindsey and Showalter—
3, voted lor C. J. T. M’lntire,
Messrs. Ford, Moser and Bartol—3, voted for
11. L. Fisher. ■ ■
Thirteen additional ballots were (hen had,
with the same result, and on motion, tho Con
ference adjourned, to meet again, tho next
morning at 10 o’clock.
Bridgeport, Sept. 2.
The Conference again met, pursuant to ad
journment. Six additional ballots were taken,
which resulted as on the previoua day—each
candidate receiving 3 votes.
Mr. Ford moved that tho Conference adjourn
sine die.
Mr. Bratton moved to amend;,by strJkingont
the words “ sino die,” and insert in their stead,
the words “ to moot again on, Thursday, the 9th
inst.” On tills the yeas and nays were called,
and tho amendment was voted, down, as fol
lows':
Teas —Messrs. Bratton, Chesnut, Houser, and
Moser—4.
Nays—Messrs. Woodruff, Lindsey, Showal
ter. Ford and Bartol—s.
Tho original resolution, to adjourn sine die,
was then voted on and hot agreed to—yeas 2,
nays 7.
Tho Conference, bn motion,, again proceeded
to ballot, which resulted the same.as before.—
Four additional ballots were had, making.in all
24, without any change in the result.
Mr. Ford moved that the Conference adjourn,
to meet again at the same place, on Monday,
September 6, at 10 o’clock. The motion was
agreed to—yeas 6, nays 3, and the Conference
accordingly adjourned, f
■
v BninCEi-pKT, Sept. 6.
The Conference re-assembled, in pursuance
of adjournment.
Ten additional ballots were had, without a
change of result.
Mr. Bartol, seconded by Mr. Ford, moved
that the Conference adjourn sine die. Not
agreed to—yeas 3. nays (5, ns follows:
Y.oas—Messrs. Ford, Moser, Bartol.
Nays—Messrs. Bratton, Chesnut, tlousor,
W oodiuff and Showalter.
Mr. Woodruff moved that the Conference
adjourn to meet again to-morrow morning, at 1\
o’clock.
Mr. Ford moved to amend by striking oul
“to-morrow morning at o’clock,” and insefl
words “sine die.” Not agreed to.
The oit a inal resolution was then agreed to.
Adjourned.
BainaEponT, Sept. 7;-
The Conference again met. Mr. Moser, of
York, not being present, S. N. Bailey was sub
stituted in his place, and Mr. Ford of York,was
called to the chair. Eight additional ballots
were, had, making forty-two in all, without a_:
change of voto. N
At this stage of the proceedings, the follow
ing letter was sent into the Conference :
The undersigned, nominees for Congress in
the 16th Congressional District, composed of
the respective counties of York', Cumberland
and Perry, on this, the fourth day of the ses
sions of the Conference, and after forty-two bal
lots, without a nomination, in view of the im
pending danger of an adjournment without ma
king a nomination, and of the election of a
BliVck Republican or Know-Nothing to Congress
from said district, do hereby, after duo and sol
emn deliberation, and at the request of all the
members of said conference, so far as we are
individually concerned, release the said coiiter
ees from the instructions' given them, and
this we do for the purpose of securing the'suc
cess of the democratic party in said district.
John A. Ant,
11. L. Fisnun,
Ciias. J. T. M’lntirz. ,
Bridgdepprt, Sept. ,7, 1868.
After the letter had been read and ordered
to bo placed on the minutes, on motion the
Conference again proceeded to ballot a 43d
time. No change.
•OCT” It is stated Jacob B!imt, thirty
six years of age, died in Manchester. Mass., on
Monday last, of voluntary starvation. Mr, B.
was paying attentions to a young lady of the
town some three years ago, but his proposal
for marriage was rejected. The disappointment
preyed upon his mind, and he soon afterwards
attempted to blow his brains out, but only suc
ceeded in destroying both eyes. He has conse
quently remained blind for three years. Dn
ring that time he once made an unsuccessful
attempt to starve himself hut without success.
The second time he was successful—meeting
his end as above stated. lie had. partaken' of
nothing for nine weeks but. coffee, sweetened
water, and morphine—finding his. chief suste
nance during that time from the fbt of his sys-
Distressing Accident.— Mr: J. Bisscl and
friend left Pittsburg, last Thursday morning,,
for a hunting excursion in- Butler co. While
breakfasting at an inn'on the road, their dogs
began- to fight, and Mr. Bissell endeavored to
separate them with the butt of his gun, when
the piece exploded, lodging both charges in the
arm and shoulder of the unfortunate man.
Medical aid was procured, but he bled to death
before night.
Suicide op a Boy.— A lad, named William
Rodgers, aged fifteen years, committed suicide
in Blackville, Green co., a few days ago by
hanging himself in a clearing near his father’s
house. The only cause assigned for the. rash
act, is the fact that the faiher had whipped him
a short time previously for raping a valuable
horse. 1
Rather Pisnr.—A family named Mackerel
have recently come into possession by chancery
in Great Britain, of an palate valued at $1 000.-
000 left by one Salmon, who died without an
heir. The Lord Chancellor decided that as
there were no more Salmons, the largest family
of Mackerels should inherit the fortune.
''The Leeompton BeMocrucy.”
■This slang term i£ applied by tho Black Rer
publican editors to the honest Democracy, just
as though our friends woulj feel grieved be
cause of the epithets the common enemy of our
principles and .our country may see proper to
heap upon us.
The ancestors of the present Black Republi
can parly, the old Federalists, applied the name
of “Democracy” to the friends of their country
by way of reproach and disgrace. The terms
’‘Democrat” and “Jacobin” were the most of
fensive epithets the Federalists of 1798 and 1800
could use in speaking of the friends of Thomas
Jefferson. But it only had the effect of popu
larizing tho word “Democrat,” and our party
have ever since adopted it as the proudest and
most endearing name that freemen could rally
under.
Some years ago the same Federal party ap
plied the term “Locofoco" to the Democracy,by
way of derision; but the name soon became so
popular that our friends appeared to like it
amazingly. And at the same time the Fede
ralists undertook lo steal the name of Democrat
and apply it to themselves. But they found
themselves in the position of the donkey that
enveloped itself in a lion’s skin —for in spile of
all its efforts, the big oars would protrude, and
its loud brayings would betray its paternity.
And now the terms “Slave Democracy” and
“Lccompton Democracy,” that arc so flippantly
applied by the disunionisls to our country’s
friends will not seriously grieve any one, for
they will not stick. . “Lccompton” was a mere
bubble of the day—it has passed away, and
will soon, be forgotten; .while the Democratic
party and its glorious principles.will remain as
firm and as true as the eternal hills.
“A SOFT ANSWER TDRNETII AWAY WRATH.”
The principle of tins proverb, says tho Bos
ton Herald , has entered into all languages and
has been incorporated into the homely proverbs
of all nations. In our phrase wo give it ex
pression. thus: —“You can catch more flies
with molasses than with vinegar.” If we
would imbibe the true spirit of the proverb.and
let it exert a governing influence upon our life
and conversation, the world would jog on far
more pleasantly than it does now ; harmony
would spring up where now 1 the discordant
voice of strife disturbs the air, and it would be
surprising to see how a multitude of our little
difficulties and atmoyance worild disappear tra
der its genial power, like clouds of vapor before
the rays of the advancing sun.
■ We do not understand that it is here Inculca
ted that wo should be submissive under injury,
or craven and crouching under insult. . Were
we to preach that doctrine we should well de
serve to be called upon to exemplify .it every
day in submitting to injuries and pocketing in
sults. Mankind have not reached that point
of perfection yet, where, if they are smitten on
one cheek, they will turn the othcralso. The.
text, as they understand it, is, “ If a man hits
you-on tho cheek( hit him bade again, and it
he steals your coat pitch , into hitn.” This,
may not be accordirig’M'tlie Scriptures, in its
true interpretation, but it is tho gospel accor
ding to human nature, arid that is the
ing law with its in our every day life, ‘
What we are exhorted to do in.the saying we
have quoted, is to be careful of giving offence
and as Careful not to take offence jKiUvoitseSff'
fering <&se. There is
among fhe young men especiiv (Sj Jott Broas ,
for offence when none is interiais Puff, Long, I
crevy word and construe it ; by a ifbrt'Hwr®"'
will make Ihemtwcr amenable io their wrath, if
it is not ptanibed and squared
their scrupulous and fastidious notions.' a]
provoking reply is made ;-it is met in the same
spirte-HheJjlqud waxes warm ; the wrath rises t
a general ouroi’ejjk of bad passions ensues, and
a storm of ill temper grows Out of nothing.—
Mott so constituted as to be continually making
their friends and companions offenders for ,a
word, are unhappy themselves, and spread un
happiness and mischief around them.
But they would be comparatively harmless,
if the objects of. their petulance and spleen, their
malice or folly, would but remember the
words of the Jewish lawgiver—“ A soft answer
turneth away, wrath.” Nothing like it has
ever been thought of to disarm wrath. The.
soft answer draws fire as Russia salve does the
pain from n burnt hand. Anger wills before it
like weeds under the full orbed sun. The mind
that cherishes wrath becomes confused under
the soft answer. It is not the way it has been
usually met. We are prepared for resistance,
but not for non-resistance, and like the fierce
flame that dies out when there is nothing to feed
it, anger is dissipated in astonishment and
shame. This rule is so well understood that
all phtlosorhy—which is reason and experience
—bows down before the wisdom- of the royal
sage who gave it. And readers -of fairy tales
will remember how judiciously it was applied
I by the fairy queen, who, when- a. Xanlippe
among women asked advice that should protect
her against the outbreaks of her husband, gave,
for a sure recipe, the instruction to hold water
in her mouth during the time of her husband's
reproaches. The far-seeing and sagacious fairy
knew it would riot be well to trust a woman
with the power of making any answer at alf,
aind so shut her mouth completely. The rule,
however, waselleotual in litis case, for it cured
the husband, although t-hq woman confessed
that when he was berating her with his tongue
it nearly choked her to keep her own, tongue
still.
If we can keep bitter words out of our
mouths, whether in the way of giving provoca
tion or answering provocation, it will be better
for us in every way. Wrath is a bad compan
ion to nourish in. our bosoms and gives the
worst of counsels. It cleaves to the bad side
of humannature and is continually urging us
on to bad' deeds. It prompts us when we
think we.are insulted to retort, “ you’re anoth
er.” It sits down by the fireside and pours
waters of irritation in the bosoms of husbands
and wives and parents and children. It emers
the sacred circle of friendship and scatters fire
brands. arrows, and death, and, senseless that
it is—it steps in between loving hearts and
works the death of love. Well and emphati
cally has it been written “ Better is a dinner
of herbs where love is than a stalled ox and ha
tred therewith.”
VD~ By a modern improvement, steam en
gines can be made to swallow their own smoke.
We wonder if this improvement, or some simi
lar one copld not be applied to the segar smok
e's in our streets, more especially on Young
America 1
Military Encampment at Williams
port commenced on Tuesday.
Depend upon Yourself!
the success of individuals in life, is, under
Pf&vidcnco, greatly owing to their learning
early to depend upon their, own resources..
Money, or the expectation of it by. inheritance,
has ruined more men than the want of it ever
.did. Teach the young men to r-ely upon their
own efforts, to be frugal and industrious, and
you have furnished them with a productive cap
ital which others cannot wrest from them, and
which they themselves will not be disposed to
alienate. This is peculiarly the case in this
country Where a man must be the artificer of
his own fortune, where the road to wealth and
honor is open to all, and where those who
would win must labor for the prize. Governor
Everett has well said that “the times, and uni
versal experience, abundantly admonish that
however the children of wealth ma} T indulge in
indolence and dissipation while their means last
—the great mass of Americans must and ought
to’depend upon their usefulness. Fortune is at
best precarious—patrimonial dependence is un
certain, and reliance upon the friendship or
charity of the world, or upon office, is frail and
debasing. Self-dependence is the only sure
stay. We are ever willing to help those who
help themselves. Productive labor is Uielcgit*
imatc source of wealth, individual or rational
and labor is profitable to the individual and to
the nation, in proportion to the measure of in
telligence and scientific knowledge which guides
arid directs its operations. Hence it is of pri
mary importance that our youth ihould be ef
fectually taught.to their minds
should be early imbued with that kind of
krlowledge, which will instruct them in the
principles of their business, render it honorable,
ahd make ibcmselvcs independent in their
minds and in fortune.
I Emigrant Travel. —The (ravel of emigrants
over the Pennsylvania Railroad, during the
month of August, Was about equal in numbers
as compared with August,. 1857. We learn
ihat 1403 emigrants passed over the Penna.
Railroad during the month of August,carrying
with them 70,150 pounds of baggage. Of the
whole number, 605 were from Nelv York,, and
894 went to points west.of. Pittsburg, the lar
gest number making Chicago their stopping
place. Since the Ist of January, 12.518 eriii
grant passengers have passed over this road,
and some idea may be formed of the character
of the passengers from the fact that they paid
for 317,780 pounds of extra baggage. 9026 of
the number went to the States west of Pitts
burg. :
(Cr 1 . The Boston Traveller slates that at the
freight yard.of the Lowell railroad in that city
is a travelling store, intended to be used on
lines of railroads. It is on car wheels, is 80 ft.
in length, and by an arrangement of cogs and
wheels can be.cxtended in ten minutes from the
width of an ordinary car to that of 18 or 20 ft.
It has cost between three and four thousand
dollars. 1 For a country store, or lines ol road
where there are nnsupplied villages, it will be
invaluable, as it might be used a week, in each
village, and so secure the trade of live or six
villages.. In fact there are many purposes for
which it might be used. When closed up it
gppears hot unlike a long railroad car, and in
this capacity it has been carried over one of the
tjjilroads at a very rapid rate.
is Scnurt.Ktt.i. .CousfT, Pa.—
. night last, Nicholas Powers, n
rOr 011 H l lbit;ii /ro ;ui, aUrni f) [c d
A a car from .Ashland, Pa., for the pur-
of descending the planes to his residence
Tat Gordon, and was shot by John Longbcrger,
j_who was employed as watchman by the Mine
pHITI Company. Powers died on Friday after
noon. Longberger was arrested.
A Depraved Taste.--—The wile of'a respec
table mechanic, near Elmira, N. Y., recently
conceived a passion for a big coarse negro, and
rap away with him, taking her two children.
The husband heard that they \vere at'Friend
ship, Allegheny county, and going there recov
ered the children, leaving,the wretched woman
to the enjoyment Of her new found bliss. *
11?” How many volumes might be written on
the power of trifles! A single atom, like a
cipher in arithmetic, may assume incalculable
importance irom its position. A spiderweb
saved Mahomet from his pursuers. The frailty
of Count Julian's daughter introduced ..the Sar
acens into Spain. 'Cromwell came near being
strangled in his cradle by a monkey. Henry
VIII was smitten with the beauty of a girl of
eighteen, and lo! the Eelormation.
tt?” There were two executions on Friday
last—a private one in Columbus, Ohio, oi a man
named Myers, and a public one at Wheeling,
Va-, of. a man named John Burns. Burns mur
dered a courtezan named Mary Ann Montony,
in a shocking manner,.and was hung on very
identical spot whore the foul deed was porpo'-
trated. Ho was stern, callous, and hard heart
ed, and expressed a great dislike to he looked
at. _ .
11?” The Providence Transcript says there
is a lady in that city so aristocratic that she re
fuses to take a newspaper because it is made of
rags. .
Shocking. — A' manufacturer of ciinolino ad
vertises the “Telegraph Skirt.” How danger,
ous they must bo, to ladies who nro afraid of
sparks!
; Life in Utah.—A correspondent of tlio St.
Louis Republican toll's tile following story con.
cerning the condition of the army in Utah t .
“ Last week the soldiers received their pay,
and since then a large number of them have
deserted, taking with them some line mules and
citizens’ clothing from ihe camp, without leave.
It is feared that those sent in search of them
will continue their march to California on their
own hook. Thu soldiers'do not like tills coun
try—Urey call it a God-forsaken place. One
day it is warm enough in camp to cook a nigger,
the next so dusty that they cannot see their
breakfast while eating it.”
O” Brigham Young is said to he worth $3,-
000 000 besides having control of all church
properly in Utah. The latter exceeds in value
all the res' of the. property in ihe territory, and
is exempted from taxation by the territorial
law. A correspondent of the N. Y. . Tribune
soy*, in writing from Sab Lake City.
“In my strolls I have been astonished at the
number ol deformed persons who are visible in
the streets. I have never walked half a mile
without meeting a hunchback or a oripplu. I
am informed by Mormons that the cause of Ihe
assemblage of such -people in tins territory is
the claim of the flrs{.presidency ot the church
to the possession of the power ol healing ail
diseases and curing all deformities by tho lay
ing on ol hands. On referring to the published
discourses of Young and Kimball, I find repea
ted instances in which they assert that It has
descended to them from the disciples of our
Savior, but I can hoar of no instance in which
they have attempted cures. Most of these de
formed unfortunates are Welsh and English,
whe have spent their all in journeying to Zion,”
[from the Pittsburg Morning Post.']
The Fate, of Gcnins.
A few years since, wo met the gifted, but
wayward, Sumner Lincoln Fairfield. The tin
fortVmalo and wretched child of "song was at
that time travelling to the South, with a view
to the improvement of hisftiealth. lie was ac
companied by his son, a remarkably bright and
beautiful youth of ten or twelve years ol age.
In a conversation \v.]i}i the poet, wo remarked
that the lad seemed to possess genius, and gave
promise of distinction and usefulness. With
a deep, heartfelt sigh, the unhappy father re
plied, “ I fear your words are 100 true. The
, boy has tine parts, but I would rather he were
on idiot than a genius. As an idiot, he would
bo obscure and comparatively happy : as a ge
nius, he would be envied, hated, eccentric, and
wretched. It is, to most parents, flattering to
bo told that their offspring is gifted, but I.
would rather see my poor boy in Ins grave than
know that he is the possessor of that fatal
thing called genius.” A few weeks after’, in
looking oyer a paper published in New Orleans,
we saw the announcement of the death of poor
Fairfield. The unfortunate and brilliant man
died in misery and want in the prime of life, and
was, we believe, buried at the expense of his
friend and' school-fellow, George D. Prentice,
Esq., of the’Louisville Journal. Fairfield was
a man of line education and splendid poetic en
dowments, but misfortune marked him for its
own, and now, far from his native hills, holies
in an obscure corner, with no hand to scatter
(lowers upon his grave, and no eye to drop a
precious tear to his memory.
Thus it is too often with men of genius.—
Proud, sensitive, and aspiring, they become
soured ftnd chagrined, avoid thejr fellows, and
frequently die in want and misery. It is said
that between his fortieth and sixtieth year, Sir
Walter Scott realized by the productions of his
pen at least half a million of money. Then fol
lowed a terrible reverse, and the panic of 1826
came, leaving the great' magician in debt to
I,llc amount of one hundred and thirty thou
sand pounds! The gentle and genial old man
labored hard to relieve himself from his embar
rassments. His productions yielded him du
ring six years some eighty thousand dollars a
[ year, but his.health failed, and at last he per
ished in a giant-like efiort to satisfy his credit
ors. . , -
John.Kctts.
“ Who sparkled, was exhaled, and went to
Heaven,” lived long enough to dazzle the wtjrld
with his genius, and then died from the directs
of poison, administered by a heartless viperish
reviewer.
The fate of Chatterton, the “ marvellous boy
who perished in his _ pride”—is alas too Well
known. Prodigally endowed, with wonderful
inyeniive povfers, a-daring fancy, and an intel
lect as brilliant as it was original apd.vigorous,
he experienced cruel neglect, suffered from hun
ger, and finally, iti a moment of despair, per
ished by his own hand. 'Thus passed away,
one whoso youthful productions have made his
Hume immortal, and whose more mature efforts
would doubtless have ranked him second, only
to him who “ first exhausted worlds, and then
invented new,”, His biographer tells us that
he was buried without ceremony, among pau
pers, in Shoe Lane: his identity could with
difficulty, be established when‘the fact was
known.
In his “ Lives of the Poets,” William How
ilt says : “By one of (hose acts which neither
science nor curiosity can excuse, the skullof
Pope is now in the private collection of a phre
nologist ! The manner ,in which it was obtain
ed is said to have been this; bh some occasion
of alteration in the fiUnrcln pr burial of some
one in the same spot, the Coffin, of Pope was
disinterred, and opened to see tliq slate of his
remains; that by a bribe to the sexton.of the
time, possession Of. the skull was obtained,for a
night, and another skull returned instead of it.
I have heard that fifty pounds were paid to
manage and carry through the transaction.—
Be that as it may, the skull of Pope-figures in
a private museum!”
There’s fame for yoii, aspiring,.verse-writing
sender... Think of it.* The skull of the author
fV’ the Essay on Criticism, arid the translator of
One Iliad.of Homer, is now in (he private col
lection of a prenologi.st. The skull of rhoconi-
P“nion of Bolingbrokc, Halifax, Addison, and’
Mary Montague, is in a private museum. The
palace where a god might dwell,” nay. did
dwell, is now the properly of a mountebank,
and vulgar eyes gaze at, and filthy hands toss
about, that which.wasonce thedoniecf ilimight,
the scat of learning, wit, and poetry. Verily
in this there is much to console the admirersof
the logical, polished, pungent, and poetic Pope.
The woes of genius meet us at every turn.—
Byron. Burns, Henmns, McLean. Poe, and oily
ers rise tip before us, and their faults, suffer
ings, and . misfortunes* claim and receive dnr
pity and our tears.
Rather than endure, what Chatterton and
Keats endured, suffer whatTlemans and Shelley
suffered, and die as Burns and Byron died,
would it not be better to watch flocks through
life and die as died the ,hind who thought the
world was bounded by his native hills ?
Execution in ,lowa.
' A correspondent Of the Cincinnati Commercial
gives, a horrible account of the execution of
William Hinkle, at Orleans, lowa, for the mur
der of his wife, from which we extract the 'fol
lowing.: • ''l
After the religious exercises were finished.and
the rending of a statement in which he asserted
his innocence, he walked forward and stood
•upon the trap door, manifesting no trepidation
or emotion—he appeared tranquil and resigned.
Iheropetvas fastened to the beam, a white
cloth was tied over his face—all is how ad just
ed, The sheriff bids him a final farewell.—,
1 hero is not a sound in the vast assemblage
Slowly the sheriff retired to the back end of
the platform. The prisoner stands without a
motion. The sheriff strikes the fatal blow
cuts the rope, the trap-door falls, but . alas for
thc-unfortunale-man: the rope breaks and lieis
precipitated forward upon his face. One terri
ble shriek of horror went up (rain the vast
crowd, many fainted, one of the guard fell in a
tainting fit from his horse. The unhappy man
lay for a few moments motionless and senseless
the b.ood streaming from his mouth and nos
trils. He then groaned and struggled, and was
soon restored lo consciousness.
Again he was carried upon the platform and
upon the trap door, supported, staggering and
bleeding,ia terrible sight. Again Ae fatal rope
was adjusted, when the sheriff asked him, “Do
you still adhere to yourstaiementof your’inno
cence f In a clear, audible voice, he answer
ed, “! do —the only words he spoke after his
fall. He was unable to stand this time noon
the trap door, and was supported. When "the
rope was cut thqdoor fell, and ho was suspen
ded between heaven and earth. The fall did
not break his neck, and after some twenty min
utes he was choked tj death.
Indians as a Matter of Fact— A man
who had been" West, and had been chased by an
Indian, writes:
•■Much has been said by poets and romantic
young Indies about the picturesque aspect and
the noble form o( an nrnamed, untamable war
rior of the prairie, and far be it to gainsay
ibem. An Indian is a noble spectacle—in a
picture, or at a sate distance— but when this
nob e spectac e, in company with a dozen other
•noble spectacles, are moving (heir moccasins in
your direction, nntl you have, to do some tall
walking in order to keep the capillary sub
sidy on the summit of your cranium, all his
nobility’ vanishes, and you see in him only a
painted, greasy nnscreaii), whorwil), ifyon give
hm. a clm.icc, lilt your hair with the same
Christian spirit, composed and most serene
wi h which he would ask another
•a little more of that baked dog.’ I used to
think like the pools : now the sigh) of an Indi
an gives me a cramp in the stomach.’’
OS’” The yellow fever has almost depopulated
Vicksburg, Miss. Everybody who could have
fled tho place affrighted, •
Great Conflagration at Staten Island;
The Yellow Fever Hospital Burned by a Mob —
The Health Officer’s House Burned down —
Destruction of the Quarantine Establishment.
While the people of New York were indul
ging in firework displays,'the Staten Islanders
had one of their own, at the public expense.—
The mob set fire to the Yellow Fever Hospital,
and burned it down, The Times gives the fol
lowing account of the matter.
“ The large hospital buildings, the wards—
range of low buildings used for yellow fever pa
tients—Dr. Thompson’s private residence, arc
all laid in ashes, About 9 o’clock, a large par
ly, disguised and the place on
two sides at the same lime—one squad forced
the gale, and the other sealed the wall on the
outside. The alarm was given by ringing the
bell, and by other means, but before any c-ffuc
live resistance could be offered, they had re
moved the patients out of the buildings, carry
ing them bodily upon their maitresses, and de
positing them upon the ground some one hun
dred yards from the wards. The remaining
mattresses were then piled up, and the torch ap
plied in the whole row simultaneously; and
being of light materials, they burned like a pile
of shavings. The incendiaries next proceeded
to the large building called the “Saint Nicho
las,” and set it on (Ire. Another party at the
same lime went to Dr. Thompson’s private,res-,
idcnce, where his family are residing. The in
mates, were hurried out, and in another moment
the house was in flames from floor to ceiling—,
The Small box Hospital, Situated on the hill,
next shared the same fete. A stevedore, who
made active efforts to stay the piogress of the
incendiaries, was shot through the head. At
last accounts, the Vandals were proceeding to
burn the doctor's offices, and the Putnam
House, the Inspeotors’s establishment. The
Harbor Police were sint to'town for assistance,
but they arrived at so late an hour and were
so much exhausted by the long pull, and find
ing, besides that no assistance could reach-the
place in season to save the buildings, determin
ed not to return until daylight.'
Burning Quarantine has for a long time been
denned a pardonable offence by Some Staten
Island men, who hold respectable positions in
society. Their deep-rooted.determination lobe
rid of what they consider their greatest curse,
being nurtured by long habit, and the failure
to receive punishment by the authorities for the
oflence of burning down, _ last year, the Se
guine’s Point ’
.Seventy-four -Cows Burnt Alive.
. In yesterday’s paper wc . announced the de
struction of Win. Hogan's dairy stables, near
Cincinnati. The stables arc located on the
Stale Fair Grounds, being the building, two
hundred and fifty'feet long by fifty wide. : Fire
was communicated to the structure, at about 10
o'clock, and in a short time it was entirely con
sumed, together, with, seventy-four cows, four
valuable horses, one mule, four or five - calves,
two goals, two new,milk wagons, some half
dozen sets, or more, of good harness, a dozen
or more milk cans, numerous buckets and pans
—in fact, all the utensils belonging-to the dairy
and everything used 1 in the stables—and oats,
corn and hay, which,cost Mr; Hogan $1,000;
The total loss is estimated by the : unfortunate
proprietor at between seven and' eight thousand
dollars. Ho informed us that he was com
pletely “cleanedout;!’ Two horses, two cows,
one mule, two goats and two calves only es
caped ; but they are so badly burned that it
Will, perhaps,’be humane to kill them.
iionaniM sPEOTAcuB in tub'stablest
Mr.Tlogan describcs lhe scene in (he stable
in the midst of, the conflagration ns '.most pit--
eously and indescribably harrowing. The live
stock -.were all tied in their stalls. The horses
and iriulcs were haltered in the usual manner,
and the cows were bonpd around their horns.—
When the flames first .commenced .their.rava
ges,'the poor animals snorted and bellowed-will)
hideous and frantic force. As the heat incroasi
ed, and the fierce lire began to lick and scorch
their quivering flesh,-their cries and groans and'
furious struggles became agonizing. Some
threw themselves headlong upon the floor, or
leaped upright at lull length with frenzied en
ergy, and vented their agony in fearful screams.
The horses broke from their halters and dashed
through the consuming blaze in . desperate dis
may. The tortured and suffocated cows tore
away (lieir horns and rushed through the, bla
zing piles, and encountered each other in de-.
structure collision., their flesh boiling and crack
ing in the heat with sickening effect upon the
senses of human beings who gazed horror strick
en upon that wretched scene of. suffering, with
out power to mitigate the agony of the tortur-'
ed brutes. The yells and despairing 'cries of
the different-classes of animals commingled in
,horrid concert, and broke through the roar of
flames and' crackling timbers upon t)ie still
night air, and was borne away in terrifying
echoes to the cars of persons two miles distant
from the dreadful scene.
Two or three horses and as-many cows plung
ed through the flames and burst in wild af
fright, through the sides of the' consuming
structure, and fell headlong, whining with mis
ery, upon the ground outside', sprang again to
their feel and sped with frenzied fury across the
Helds until they dropped lifeless from cxhaiis-’
lion. Some rolled upon the floor of ihe stable,
screaming with unmitigated pain, until sufio
oaied and destroyed by the fierce heat. Their
contortions, their awful wails of distress, infi.
nitely more piteous and harrowing than those
of human beings in the dire, extremity of tor
ture, are described by those who gazed spell
bound upon the terrible spectacle, as surpass--
ing the power of human imagination to con
ceive. Happily, the agony of the poor brutes
was not greatly prolonged. The limber coin
posing the stables burned like tinder, and the
bay and oats straw, some forty tons, blazed
and perished in fierce heat like lucifer matches.
But the flesh of the carcasses quivered and
blazed and all night long, and filled the
.atmosphere .with sickening effluvia. - :. -
Yesterday morning a large number of persons
visited the ruins, but they turned from the
speciacle with disgust. The' charred and
smouldering remains of the dead animals lay
in great heaps. Some were mnVy partially con
sumed ; ol some nothing but bones! horns and
hoofs remained. Some of the cows stood up
right at their stalls, their flesh barbaoued; oth
ers were without heads'; others without limbs :
in one instance four or five carcasses lay to
gether with their horns interlocked, forming a
circle. It, was a ghastly scene to contemplate.
Cincinnati Commercial, -
Dreadful Railroad Accident—One Person kill
ed and many Wounded.
■ PiTTFßimc. September 2.—A terrible disas
ter occurred last night at 8 o’clock, on the Alle
gheny Valley Railroad, near Ilultoit’s station.
12 miles above Pittsburg.
I he Kitianning train coming down, slopped'
at Tarcntnm, and hitched car containing
a large party who were returning from camp
meeting. When the train reached the point
mentioned, the Tarcntnm car was thrown Irom
the track by a broken cross bar connecting,
with the brakes. The car rolled down a steep
embankment and turned over twice. At ihp
first revolution, the roof was torn off, and the
passengers were scattered over the ground,
mangling the bodies of some terribly.
Miss Mary Anne, daughter of J. T, Kincaid,
of this city, was instantly killed.
A large number were more or less injured..
John Hockley-had bis skull fractured.
J. M. McClenfcary bad bis arms broken.
Among those slightly injured arc Mr. and
Mrs. Kincaid, Mrs. R. Donaldson, Mr. and
Mrs. John Cowell, Mr. and Mrs. John Slidell,
Mr. and Mrs. James Wright and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Loeman, Mr. and Mrs. Meyer, E.
Hazel ion. Dr. John Parchment, Mrs. Kauff
man, 11. Lynch, Mr. and Mrs. Maw.
The filled and wounded reside mostly in
Pitt* burg and vicinity. They were brought
here Inst, night. A coroner’s inquest was held
over Die body of Miss Kincaid, and a verdict
rendered exculpating (he company and their
employees from blaip^
Another Dreadful Balln^lSSc'
Albany, Sept. 2 A collision ( , ' -
Inst night on the Northern Railroad fllaw
senger car, 'containing' seventy nerved paB
- off the, track. One of the n" 8, W “ sf
was fatally injured, and ’five others J^n" B ' I *-
jured. ‘ uaal y inr
OUT- Old Noah telegraphed a few
the air by means of doves, and Jloses J T,
through a narrow sea on dry land, an(] “!"«>
mighty had a hand in them. But nl, ° '
Noah and Jloses have said, had they h
that when the World got older. Queen v" 10,11
and. President Buchanan would ( a ■ i- ' lc,or i»
three thousand miles asunder hi!.
channels of the ocean, 4wcnti'!/hii ,o lr 1 the’
fathoms deep. Yet. this has Vcn d/
we live in a fast age—\yhat next. nc ' “ Urt |j r
Blavktk
PJnr.ADELpniA, September IQ 1858'”'
Fi.our, AND ilpAl,.— The Flour market*t.'
quiet. 1 Sales of old stock U 5625 aS'iin‘
Iresh giound extra at $5 ass 75. Thetrarl •'
buying moderately, at from $5 50 up i 0 at «
aG 25 for common to extra brands p,
■lots range at from SO 50 to 7 50, with i 2
sales. Rye Flour is selling at §4 00 per bam
Corn meal is rather' more inquired for s,i
of Pennsylvania at $4. ’ oncs
Chain.— There is a fair amount of Wheat at
faring. Sales of prime to fair red atSIV '
1 30 pci- bushel, and $135 to $1 40 for wL.
Salesof Rye at 77c. for old and 70c. tor at
Pennsylvania. Corn is dull, at 90 cts, afloat
and 88 cents in store. ■ ■ Oais-Salcs at 50 cents
for old Pennsylvania, and prime" new Delaware
at 42 a 43 o. . .
Clovbuseed;—ls wanted at S 5 88 a COO per
bushel of 04 pounds. Last sale of new Tinio.
oi hy at $2 a $2 25 per bushel, and Flaxseed nt
$1 68 per bushel. , qw -
VVnisKBY is aqu’vc. Sales of barrels at 26 c.
hhds. at 25 cts., drudge at 24 cts.
Bliirwb.
On the 2d inst., at Raymond's Hotel, by (he
Rev. A. H Krenier,Mr. Benjamin Cociiexai’ii
to Miss Euza Fink, both of Ilogutslowin Ihfs
county.
On the same day, by the same, at Hannon's
hotel, Mr. Alfred Ricker, of Silver Spring
twp.', to Miss Isemia Hawker, of North Hid.
dleton, this co. , . ,
On the 31st -nit., by the Rev. C. P. Wing,
Napoleon- B. Moore, lb L. W. Wolf, hotli id
Mount Holly, Cumb. cb.
In Harrisburg, on Sunday lasl, hy the Her.
Mr. Lyndon, Mr. Andrew Jackscs Situs, to-
Miss Lvova A. Carson,,all of Carlisle. (Balt,
papers copy.>
With the above notice wo received n slice of
good cake,-which was soon devoured by mtr
imp and others,' for which we return thanks'to
(ho happy couple ipr their remembrance of the
.“poor printer,” anil hope they may livelong:
and happy togefheri . . . -
In this borough, on/lhe sth- inst., Mr.’Jon#
C. Fought, ip'.T.bo-49t(i'year„of hp age.
In South Middleton- hr fit, bri -the Slst-nlt.,
Virginia Bella, daughter of Jfohn and Mary
15. Duffey, aged about 10 months.
StM'jiy Slcor & KScifer;
GAME to the residence ofthe siibscrthor in
South Middlelon tp.. about l-£ miles.iast of
Carlisle, on thoTrindle Spring road,-on the Wit
dny of August last, a; while spottoa
Steer and a dark red Heifer, each nbonti
yearn old. , Thv nv,-n«
-ia requested to come. Jorwiwd, v>.--».vrv yt
pay charges. and ituko. them away, pfJaivsi}
thi.*v will bo disposed of as the law directs.
JOUNBAKjm..
SVptcmb’cv 9, 1858—8t* .
ScUool Taxes.
THE time 'for.payment-of School Taxes lias
boc‘ii extended, to Friday, flic imtnnl ,
Persons paying their taxes on or before that day
will-bo allowed a deduction of 5 per cent. By
order of llui Board of Directors!
J. W- J£BY, Treasurer.-
Carlisle, Sept. 0, 1858-r2f ; • -
Valuable Town Properly
forsake.'
ON SATURDAY, the 25th day of SEP.ffiJf-
BER,. 1868;,tho , uhdotsigned will st'/M
the Court House, in the borough of Carlisle, if-
H o'clock of . said day, flic Valuable property ■
•situated on tho south-western corner Main
street and Centre^square, in said borough. Wn
1 lot-Is about 60 feet in front on Main street,
■Jfrrydk runs back to- Church alley,* hndlias
reeled thereon a two-story STOKh
. ijiS iUDWELLING’-HOUSE, BRICK wA
OFFICE^
This property Is one of tho most desirable iff
■the town,.and is admirably situated for ft
class hotel, town hall, or other public building.
It..is a”prominent business stand, and suitable
for any important, branch of trade, being located
in the, heart oi tho town,.and- ou ouo oi l(w
principal business streets.
Terms made known oh day of sale. -
ELIZABETH GIVEN,
CAROLINE EGE,
Por herself , and as gnardiaii of Mrs
W. Pgc, under an order of Court*
' Carlisle, Sept. 9, 1858.
laist of letters.
Published in ihe‘ “Volunteer,” Jby auihorUp
LIST of Letters remaining in the Post Oflico
at Carlisle, fa., Sept. 1,1858. Persons'"-
qtiiring for Letters on this List will iileasc..
they, arc advertised. Ono cent due ou each
Ahleh Jutr %ers Alexander
Adams Margaret Mullin Sarah I*.
Anderson Mrs Mentzer Callianno
Auokertnan Henry MTcrs Jane
Brewer T W . McCullough Tjios
Burcolce M A -Manimnn Sam 1
Brown Kate P 2 Naylor Amanda
Bell Mary Jane Newlmvd Daniel
•Black M M OU Rebecca'
Blessing Jane Patton J U
Black A W -Rye David
Draught David Peck "in
Barton Edward Preisler u
Becker Jno , Bidt-otit J'W
Butler Simon Rapp U' 7 -
Butler MJ Russel L L
Christ Sebastian E°ss J» s J
Cook Mary Rifer bj?'
Culbertson WS • §°T C^nTacob
Darr Magdalena ® tc "i 1 Tj en i-y
Ege Michael T„o *
Ernst E Sharon Jno
K rJas; IhSS^ 1 .
SS&f '
Guy Jos . S; om . r Dmec
Hoover Philip Shade
Huber Christian Smith Hem y
Hultian J Smith E tza
Unffer Christian Snyder Jacob,
II gen fritz Wm Sugar! M m
Johnston Robert Spidlo Win
Cavanaugh Jus Smith.Catnnnn .•
Itylperer Jacob -Stump'h . I
King Thos W Taugu E W
Kolter Jacob Thomas Harriet
Lind M J Ulley Moses
Lowell Dr Waggoner Jett
Manager Mr Well Stephen
Meucer Ann 0 WistlerGeo
Mayberry Jos Williams L I 1
May ; berry Maria Ward Hammond;
Musscfinan Lucinda \Villiams W
Morrison Jno. AVilspn Jane
McDowell Jno. Williams Jane
JOHN B. BRATTON, P- «*
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