AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
JOHN B..BKATTON, Editor & Proprietor.
CARLISLE, PA., SEPT. 23. 1858.
Democratic State Nominations.
Supreme Judge,
WM. A. PORTER, Of Philadelphia
Canal Commissioner,
;WESTLEY FROST, of Fayette Co,
Bcmocratic County Ticket.
For Congress,
.TORN A. AHL, of Cumberland county.
Assembly,
HUGH STUART, of South Middleton.
JOHN HARTZELL, of Perry county.
Sheriff,
ROBERT ALLISON, of Carlisle.
■ Commissioner,
NATHANIEL H. ECKLES, of Hampden.
Director of the. Poor,
ABRAHAM BOSLER, of South'Middleton.
Auditor,
GEORGE SCOBT, of Carlisle.
Meeting op the Conferees. —The Demo
cratic Conferees representing this district, will
meet again, on Friday, to make one more effort
to nominate a candidate for Congress, and end
the unpleasant difficulties that now exist. . We
sincerely hope the effort may be successful, for
it is high time our candidate was named, and
the party organized for the contest.
Large Tomato. — Our iriond, Air. Geo Ade W.
Rlnowalt, of Monroe iownshipjHaid upon onr
table last week, one of tho largest, smothest ami
nicest Tomatoes we have overseen. It weighed
one pound and twelve ounces r If any .of onr ag
ricultural friends can beat this wo would like to
see them do if, but our opinion is that it can’t
ho beat.
■Painful Accident. — A painful, and we fear
fatal accident, occulted at the hotel of Mr. Ray
mond, in this place, on Saturday evening lust,
about 8 o’clock. Jane Stoneb, of Perry coun
ty, a girl in the employ of Mr. R.,was engaged
; in ironing some clothes, and while getting a hot
Iron out of the range in the kitchen, her dollies
caught Bro, and finding it impossible to extin
guish tffiTtirc, she ran into the Bar-room, where
her ciotheswere torn offherby some gentlemen
who happened to be there. Miss Stoner is
very badly burnt, and at tins time is in a dan
gerous situation. She is well cared for, and
every effort is making tp save her life. Several
61 those who assisted in tearing her clothes off
got their hands badly burnt, so much so as to
render thorn incapable of performing any labor
for some time.
The last number of the West Chester Jeffer
sonian comes to us in an enlarged and’irhprovcd
form.,. It is now the handsomest newspaper
published in Chester county, and is conducted
with ability and spirit.
Democrats, Organize!
Democrats, the lime for action has come!—
The enemy is again before you, daring you to
the'combat. Arouse, therefore; gird on your
armor ; buckle on, the sword of Democracy-, and
be ready once more to fly to the rescue on the
twelfth of October next. We must be active,
We must be vigilant, if we would conquer.—
The victory will be ours only if we light our
foe manfully and determinedly.
■ The present campaign is one of groat impor
tance. The result of the coming election in
this State, may determine what party shall
choose the next President.' The Congressmen,
elected this Fall, will hold their offices unti
1861,' and if the election of President should be
thrown into the National House of Representa
tives, as it will be if the Opposition succeed in
getting a majority in that body, those Congress
men will assist in choosing the President,- and
there is a possibility even that the member
from this district may have the casting vote!
How. important, then, that weshould.organize !
, How important that we should leave no honor
able means untried to swell the ranks of the
Pemopracy 1 How important that every Dcm
,- ocratio vote should be polled on Election day!
Go to work, therefore! Let no Democrat stand
idle.! “ Eternal vigilance is the price of Liber
ty 1"
Tlie Comet.
The comet of 1858 is now visible to the na
ked eye. It is only about a hundred and for
ty millions of miles distant, is very rapidly ap ■
preaching the earth, and already shows through
a common opera-glass a well, defined tail. We
are-told that during the first week in October,
the comet will bit of the most striking bright
ness, possibly the largest of the century, and at
that time will be seen near Aroturus, perhaps
star,in splendor. , .It is
now visible for"ibout an hour after sunset and
an hour before sunrise, in a line with the two
stars called the Pointers, and forming nearly a
right angle between these and Aroturus. It is
best seen at four o’clock in the morning. Dr.
Gould suggested in the last number of his Jour
nat that, from the similarity of the elements, )t
was-possible that this comet was identical with
the first comet of 1827,' arid also that 0f'176-1.
Tim fact seems,, from the recent observations, I
almost certain, affording a- reasonable presump. I
tion that it is a periodic comet, whose period is
about thirty-one years. 1
' State Agiucc/ltciiae Faih.— The annual
exhibition, of the Pennsylvania State Agricultu
ral Society, will commence in Pittsburg, on
Tuesday, the 28th and continue four
days. Extensive arrangements have been made
for-the Exhibition,.and the attendance promis
es to be large. Hon. Stephen A, Douglas will
deliver the address. Mr. Thomas A. Scott,
.General Superintendent of the Pennsylvania
SStilToad, has issued notice that excursion tick
ets to and from the Fair, will be issued from all
.stations on the Pennsylvania Railroad to- Pitts
fcd;r E> good.on.regular trains, to and from their
regular stopping places, front September 27th,
to October 2d, inclusive.
K 7” The Democratic party, as is wellknown,
has never yet committed itself to the doctrine
of Free Trade and it is at this day farther from
doing so than ever, for the reason that its Free
Trade men, such as DAVID . WILMOT and
JOHN H. READ, have deserted its standard,
and gone office-hunting in the ranks of the-Op
position.
Death Off Dbbd Scott.— Dred Scott, the
negro whose name obtained such political hotb
riety by his connection with the Supreme Court
decision, died ’in St. Louis on Friday night
last--'
The State Contest.
We can carry this State in the coming con
test by a decided majority, says on exchange,"
if Democrats will agree to cense snarling over
unimportant issues, and join hands for a- bold,
vigorous and industrious campaign. Where
this has been done, where the party is now mo
ving forward in solid columns to the attack,
the enemy is retreating in dismay. In the
Tenth Legion, that dd homestead of Democrat
ic principles and men,'it is highly probe hie
that the Opposition will not even present a tick
et antagonism to that of the Democracy, while
in other parts of the State the majorities polled
for the Slate and local tickets will be without a
parallel. And so it is in all. those localities
where Democrats have not lent a willing car to
the voice of the tcippter, where they have stood
resolutely by the organization of the party
both in national and Stale point of view, and
are now compact and undivided awaiting the
moment for decided action. The bond of un
ion and harmony between Democrats in this
State, is that which has alw.aj’S united them, a
common faith, common purposes, and common
hopes. .No man or set of men in this Slate 1 or
Nation have a right to set up their private, in
dividual opinions, ns the party idol to which nil
must bow. Such a course would only be pro
ductive of mischief and defeat. But when the
party has spoken through the recognised chan
nels, then the will of the majority must be re
spected and obeyed, or instead of a well disci
plined army, irrcsistnble in its power and pro
gress, we become a mere mob, dangerous only
to ourselves. As in the Government' the few
must.aoknowlcdge the authority of-the many,
act with them, and thus secure efficiency to the
whole, so in party matters the minority must
yield to the majority, accept their action ns fi
nal and binding, and by co operation and assis
tance make the whole Democratic organization
vital with the energies of aroused, harmonious
and determined men.
Shall this be done ? . It must be if- he would
wtn the batlle this Fall, and thus pave the way
for a certain victory in 1860. The opposition
know the value of the pool for which they arc
playing. , It is more, infinitely , more than the
election of a Justice of the Supreme Court of
ihe Stale. The battle is not to be fought over
the Canal Commissioner. This is well knoVn.
and-hehce the fusion, of the opposition elements
in all sections of the Commonwealth, hence the
eager with'which all indications of victory are
hailed by the allied forces. They are playing
to win. To them principles are nothing^—they
follow only in the line which promises success.
But siich is not the basis on .which.the Demo
cratic parly rests its hopes, for success. The
platform of the party-must be certain and well
defined. There must be no : equivocation as to
the principles.we are to carry on our banners.
A bold campaign is the way to meet the crisis.
No dodging (lie responsibilities either inside or
outside of party organization! The.time for
argument has passed, that for action has arriv
ed, and it is the duty of all good Democrats to
prepare in earnest for the labor ahead.
Revision of .the. Tariff.
The revision of the present tariff is a matter
which the.people may most safely trust to the
present administration. No statesman in the
nation has a more thorough knowledge-of the
great vital interests of the country than James
Buchanan. In his'largo experience of the his
tory and workings of all sorts of tariff* and his
most competent judgment of what each State
heeds for its prosperity, and his patriotic de
sire to see every State prosperous whore it can
he done, without injustice to her sister States,
the people of Pennsylvania,have every confi
dence. In. his next annual niessage they look
for him to indicate to Congress the defects in
working of the present tariff and to point out
where and how it may be made to produce more
revenue to the public treasury, and at the same
time build up and strengthen the domestic in
terests of the States. The Democracy are not
willing to trust this matter in the hands of
-their opponents, who always do things by ex
tremes. It is of too much importance to be
entrusted to other than friendly hands'. Tim
iron.jnen of Pennsylvania areslready prepared
with carefully detailed statements in regard to
their interests in the Stale, and the Secretary of
the Treasury, who is emphatically a working
man, is fully posted with facts and figures to
show where and how, in remodeling the present
tariff, it may be improved, and when it is done
as it will be next winter, the country may ex
pect one of the best tariff systems which it has
ever had.
CONFEREE MEETING. \
BuiDCEroMvSept. 18.
The Conferees representing (lie IGlh Congros.
sional District, rc-assemblcd in compliance wiih
the resolution of (ho lust meeting, Mr. Lind,
sey in the chair, and Mr. Bratton-Secretary.—
On calling the roll no conferees answered Irom
York county. On motion of Mr. Houser, the
conference adjourned, to meet again to-morrow
morning at 8 o’clock.
BnincEronr, Sept. 17.
The Conferees met pursuant to adjournment',
I Mr, Lindsey in the'chair, Mr. Grove was sub
| s’ituted in place ofMrChesnut and’Messrs", Small
| and Kecclt appeared as substitutes for Messrs,
Moser and Barlol, Sixteen additional ballots
were then had, making 125 in all, without a
change of result. At this stage of proceedings
the Fork Conferees left the conference.
On motion, »
Resolved, The the conferees representing the
IGth Congressional District, finding it impossi
ble, under-thoir instructions, to .nominate a can
didate for Congress, recommend that the late
Democratic County Conventions of the three
counties composing tho District, rc-assemblo,
on Thmsday, the 23 d install, at 11 o’clock P.
M., to take action, and give such instructions
ns may relieve the Conferees and harmonize the
Party. ,
Itesdved, That this Conference now adjourn,
to meet again at this place,-On Friday tho 24lfr
instant, at 11 o’clock, A. M.
Jons C. Lindsey, Prcs’t.
John R. Bratton, See’j.
• llabmony among the Opposition. The
Republicans and Know Nothings of New York,
after a very labored effort, failed to agree upon
a Union ticket. The Republicans nominated
for Governor E. D. Morgan, and the Know
Nothings, Lorenzo Burrows, each with a full
ticket. That “People” are not for “Union.”
O” The Democratic Conferees of tho 11th
Congressional District, composed of Hie coun
ties of Schuylkill and Northumberland, met at
Pottsville last week, and nominated the Hon.
William L. Dewart, of Northumberland, for
re-election’to Congress.
TBB BEPDBLIC4N PARTY.
... The Doyiostown I}cm?crat has a correct Idea
of the fanatical combination which has, until
lately, styled itself the Republican party. That
paper says, that this party, at least in that quar
ter, of the world,'seems to .he undergoing one
of those transformations that periodically over
take moat political organizations, and.which, in
numerous instances, has marked the history of
the Opposition. Republicanism, which had its
birth in the throes of- agony that marked the
dissolution of Know-Nothingisra, in its turn, is
about departing from among us, leaving behind
only its name, and a record of unsuccessful of
fortslo achieve victory oVer the Democratic
party. In its stead,a now organization is com
ing into being, under the clap-trap cognomen of
the •‘People’s Parly,’'which would seem to
imply that (lie Republican party was not of the
people and for them. Wo are enrions to know
why flic Opposition have assumed a new name,
and why desert the old ono under which they
have fought, and, we niny say, oftentimes been
defeated, the past four- years ? There must - be
some reason tor this. Tho old name must have
become odious to the people, else there would
seem no necessity to take a hew one at'this
time. IVlion an individual now and then chan
go/his name, and becomes John Smith to-day,
anj Sarafiel Jones to-morrow, wo take it tor
granted ho has some evil' design in view, and
has done so to practice deception upon some
body; nhd. why should we not view a political
party with tho same suspicion as an individual,
under like circumstances? In onr opinion, this
change of name has been made with tho hope
of leading off some Democrats from onr ranks,
thinking to deccive them into the belief that the
new party they are asked to join is not tho iden
tical Opposition that has been warring against
ns from the formation of-the Government;—
With many there is a charm about anew name,
and, olton limes, good and reliable men are led
off from their political faith from this cause.—
As such may be, the case in this , instance, we
would caution the democrats of this State against
giving mi}- countenance to this new People’s
party, for the reason ttiat it is the Republican
party, in Hie guise of a now organization and
name, in order to secure their sympathy an 1
support. Have nothing to do with it; and bo
careful to inform your, neighbor of tho insidious
moans the enemy is taking- to, defeat us the
coming tall! Beware of the Wolf in sheep’s
-Clotljing.
phe Opposition, nt this tipio, is making loud
outcry in favor of tho people of Kansas being
allowed to.settle their own affairs iii their own
way ; .and in some parts of the country they
have even gone so far as to advocate, in resolu
tions, the'doctrine of popular sovereignty.—
This, with the party leaders, is a mere sham,
but so thin that any one, with the least penetra
tion, can see through it. "Wo have always
looked upon the opposition of the Republican
lead end in Congress, tp the Lecomptpn Consti
tution, with suspicion and distrust, for wo have
never believed them sincere in their course.—
They occupied tills measure because.the admin
istrationadvocated it; whereas, the Democrats
who were arrayed against it, took this side bo;
cause it was at variance with the established
principles of our party, and, therefore, could
not receive their sanction. The Republicans
are willing to advocate Popular Sovereignty
whenever they can make capital ou{ of it, but
they are not committed to it as a matter of pol
icy or question of right.. They will favor .'the
people of a new Territory fashioning and regula
ting their own institutions upon admission into
the Union as a State, whenever they are likely
to decide against domestic slavery but it a nia.
jority of the people are in iavor of making a
slave Stale, then the}’ advocate Congressional
interference, and want the Federal Government
to proscribe the institution. Their opposition'
to the Lecompton policy was at variance with
their antecedents-; and to have been true to
themselves and ilieir creed, they should have ad
vocated the very measure they opposed. AVc
believe that the people of a Territory have the
same right to establish slavery that they have
to prohibit it, and the doctrine of popular sor-'
creignlj, as laid down in-the Cincinnati plat,
form, gives the people perfect freedom on this
subject. If they have the right to decide
against, they have the right to decide for; and
those who deny the pcojde of a Territory both
those rights, are hostile to the doctrine.
' The proclaimed doctrine of the Republican,
’ alias People’s party, is hostility, to (ho admis
sion of any more slave States into the Union,
which recognizes the institution af slavery, and
for many years they have fought in and out of
Congress, to have this made the policy of the
country.. They are as much wedded to this
principle to-day, as when they ran Mr. Fremont
in 1856, and quite as ready to force it upon the
people of tile Territories as they were in the
days oi the Wilmot Proviso. With these ante
cedents; and their well-known sentiments, how
the Republicans can pretend to favor popular
sovereignty, is more than wo aro able to. deter,
mine., ■
The Dutt on Iron. —Fifty-one Republicans
in the House of Represcnlal ives which elected
Banks Speaker, being a f majority of the Repub
licans in the House, voted in 1857 to reduce,
the duty on iron from thirty to twenty-four
per cent 1 The ’same party which reduced the
duty is now making great professions of its
devotion to the ironlinterests, and its desire to
see it protected in the iron “districts” of Penn
sylvania and Ohio 1 What would they .give
if they could blot Ottt the above facts from their
record %
Free Tickets.— the Pitlsburgpapers
alluding to the action of the recent Railroad
Convention in Philadelphia, says that it “gives
ns great pleasure to announce that after next
week, free passes upon railroads will be among
the things that were. By the recent Conven
tion of railroad officers at
been agreed to out oil ALL free pgs-sA without
distinction. Editors, Lcp’fnklors, Judges,
County Commissioners and all sorts of “ dead
heads," will hav° ‘0 pay cask or stay at home,
after next treek.”
The Taiiipf op ’57. —Tho Republicans in
Ohio have re-nominated Hon. Lewis D. Camp
bell. the author of the bill to reduce tho Tarifl
of 1857, and by whose exertions mainly tho re
duction was cfleoted, yet these worthies are
just now crying out for •protection ! This nom
ination fully exposes their hypocricy.
A Whoi.e Town Refobmbd. —The town of
Troy, Mo., had been long noted for its aboun
ding wickedness and drunkenness. Gambling,
lighting, and Sabbath breaking, had held un
disputed sway, until the first Sunday in last
May, when a protracted meeting was commenc
ed in a Presbyterian church, which resulted in
the hopeful conversion of nearly seventy per
sons, including some of the most hardened
characters in the place-
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE.
Keep it before the people that the Black Re-_
publicans opposed the Missouri Compromise
line, on the ground that it favored slavery; and
that since 1854, the abolishing of the said Com
promise has been equally as vituperously oppos
ed by them, for-the same reason.' In 1848
they voted against adopting and extending it,
as,a final settlement of the slavery question in
the Territories; and in 1854, when that line
was superseded, and the principles of popular
sovereignty adopted, by the Democrats, they
called it sacrilege. ' .
Keep it before the people, that they cry out
that the question of Constitutionality, shall, be
submitted to the Supreme Court; and when
decided by that Court, they say the decision is
wrong, heap unmeasured abuse on the Court
and want to throw it bach . again into Con
gress.
Keep it before the people, that in their Fre
mont platform, they claimed for Congress the
right to control lhe question of slavery in Kan
sas ; and now shriek loudly that some of the
inhabitants have not enjoyed , the right they
desired in that platform to delcgaCe to Con
gress.
Keep.it before the people, that in 1854 they
denounced iKe “Democratic party” for adopt
ing the principles of the Kansas law, and now
they assail the party more than ( cvcr, if possi
ble, for carrying out these same principles.
Keep it before the people, that they attempt
ed to force Kansas into the Union in the pro
ceedings of a inass meeting held at Topeka in
1855, said proceedings being in utter defiahee
of law, and afterwards rami loudly and.shed
oceans of crocodile tears about the informalities
and lack of legal authority in the. Lecomptou
Convention; they banished free negroes frfltn
the Territory and tolerated slavery, by the To
peka Convention, and abused the Lccomptonitcs
for following their example.
Keep it before the people, that in June,
1857, they were in vited to make Kansas a free
or slave State, and they would not not; they
put no tickets in the field, but allowed the
pro-slaveiy men to bo elected without opposi
tion, because, as they said, the laws vicrc bogus,
and the Registry Act had never been lately ad
ministered.
Keep if before the people, that in the follow
ing September, (1857) there was another elec
tion, not about slavery, but for a Delegate to
Congress, and for focal officers, under the same
laws,' “bogus” too, as they' in June before
called them; then they rushed&o the polls, and
sent “ Parrott ” to Congress, and elected all the
officers and secured the emoluments ; the ques-
tion not being ns to- slavery, they voted under
the laws they in June before repudiated as bo-
S' ,s -
~ Keep it before the people, that on 21st De
cember, 1857, the vote was to bo taken, as to
whether “Kansas” should bo a free or slave
State, and again ihey remained, at home and
allowed slavery to triumph at this election ;
and when slavery was the question they -would i
I not- vole. j ■
i Keep it before the people, that on the 4lh of
: January, 1858,; (BRcen days afterwards,) there
was anbf/ter.election, arid that election was for
officers, and not' upon slavery ; then again they
rushed to the polls and carried ail the officers
provided . for iii th a Lecompton Constitution",
Which they had before repudiated as “bogus.”
Wiieri slqi/erp. Was the question they cried out
"bogus laws\" apd would not vote ;, but when
offices and emoluments were to he 'secured, the
laws were legitimate enough for them, and they
voted. Is, there'.anything plainer, than that
they cared nothing about slavery.
Keep it before the people, that the Free'Siatc
Representatives in Congress last session, alter
they had for months denounced the Lecompton
Constitution os a swindle, and the very embod
iment of corruption, voted to make *Kansas a
Stale under it. They declared nine tenths of
the people were against slavery, and then voted
to admit her as a slave State. Under the “Crit
tenden amendment,” they attempted to author
ize the, people of Kansas to make a Constitution
and Stale Government, adopt it. and put it in
to the Union, without ever bringing ,it before
Congress,
Keep it before thepeople, that they proposed,
under -the “ Crittenden amendment,” to give
the people certain sections of land, and then
when the Democrats did precisely the same
thing under the ‘‘English bill," they call it
bribery. ■ . -
Keep it before the people, that they were
clamorous against accepting the Leoompton
Constitution without the consent of the people ;
and when the Democrats presented the “ Eng
lish bill,” providing for that assent, they call
voted agahist it. -
Interesting Foreign News. —Thesteamer
Persia arrived at New York on Thursday eve
ning, with three days’ later news from Europe.
She brings the details of. the . American treaty
with China. The treaty is to be ratified within
a year. It provides for a direct correspondence
between the American Minister and the govern
ment at Pekin. It stipulates for the good offi
ces of the United States in case of any difficul-
ties, occurring between China and the other
powers, and declares that American shipping
shall never pay higher duties than the most fa
vored nations. The double tonagetax is abol
ished. It is reported that Captain Preedy, of
the Agamemnon, and Mr, Bright, the engineer,
of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, will bo
knighted. The Emperor, of Russia has eman
cipated the two hundred thousand serfs belong
ing to th«-fntt«np|fclMiipinnMiT. - A.powder niaga
zu»t containing two hundred ftMuSgpd pounds
of powder, exploded at
pian sea, destroying half the town, and ktlfiflg l '
half of the inhabitants. Letters from Vienna
say that advices from Constantinople inspire
fears for, the safety of the Christians. The ex
istence of a conspiracy to dethrone the Sultan
is confirmed. Cotton has declined one-eighth
of a penny.
A Biuital Deed.— A few night since, there
was a quarrel between Daniel Devine anti his
wife, at their residence, in St. Louis, Mo. The
wife was in bed with her little daughter, about
5 years old, when Devine put out the light, and
went to the bed, whore, mistaking the little
girl for her mother, be stooped down and delib
eralcly bit the child’s nose off. Ho was arres
ted on the charge of mayhem, and if convicted,
the penalty is at least ten years in the peniten
tiary.
lE7" A' municipal election in Leavenworth,
Kansas, has resulted in the choice of a free
Slate Democrat ns Mayor, over two Republican
candidates, .
The Captured Slaves,
\ few weeks ago, a D. S. Man of War cap
tured a Slave vessel on the ocean, laden, with. a
cargo of scvcrnl hundrcd The prize
and its contents were sent to Charleston, South
Carolina, and the U. S. Steam Ship Niagara is
now being fitted up to take the Negroes back
to' their native land. They.seem to belong to
several different tribes, speaking several differ
ent idioms, and state that they were captured
by other Negroes in domestic wars and sold to
slave dealers for one dollar per head. .This
circumstance sufficiently shows the condition,
and the humanity of those miserable creatures
where they are left to self government.
If there was any truth in. the Abolition state
ments about the disposition of the Democratic
party or the southern people in reference to Ne
groes, these creatures would never see Africa
again, nor would they have received humane
treatment after capture. But the utmost care
and kindness have been shown them, they have
been well clothed and are well fed, and will be
returned to their homes, (if these can be found.)
and at all events to their country, by a Demo
cratic President, from the Slave port of Charles
ton, and witUj'he'full approbation and assist
ance of the and people of that much
abused State.
We think, perhaps, the law of. Congress au
thorizing their return docs not make the best
disposition of them. It is, doubtful whether
their own tribes or their own country can be
found, and whether so or not, they may be cap
tured again the very day of their landing and
sold. Why not send them to Massachusetts, to
be cared for by their loving brethren ?
Latest From California and the Paci
fic. —By the arrival of the Star of the West,we
have the California mails of August 20, two
weeks laicr than, our previous dates. .The
steamer brings 51,700,,000 in gold. The Frar
zer river news is a. little more encouraging.
But the arrival of disappointed diggers in San
Francisco by every'steamer is so large, and
their reports so gloomy, that we, may consider
the excitement fairly over. California mines
in the meantime are again lookingup after their
sudden depression from the flight of the miners
northward, and business generally thioughout
the Slate appears to bo prosperous. The latest
reports .from the milling region announce great
distress among the emigrants. The scarcity of
food almost amounted to a famine. Little
gold was found, on account of the height of the
water, and the Indians were a constant-annoy
ance.to the miners; No doubt, however
felt as to the richness of the Frazer river mines)
and a new attack of the gold fever was antici
pated. . ’ ■
Prospect of a Virginian Vendetta,— The
examination of Henry W. Bow'yer, charged
with killing James McDowell, in Fincastlc,
Virginia, for the alleged seduction of his daugh
ter,- terminated on Thursday last, the eighth
day of the examination, by the acquittal of the
prisoner by the Justices. It is said that two
sons of,Mr. McDowell, have threatened to.
avenge the death of their father, in the. event of.
Bowycr’s acquittal.
Down on Texas Cattle.— The citizens of
Vernon county, Missouri, have resolved in a
public meeting, that they, will notpermit entitle
from Texas to, be driven through their county.
They their resolutions that South
ern cattle communicate to those of Missouri’a
.disease known as Spanish or Texas fever, which
is very malignant, and has caused the death
■great numbers of : native cattle in Vernon coun ;
Trie Chances of Digging for Gold' in
to Mr. Yale,- chief trader
at Fort Langley, Fraser river is frozen tight
enough lor skating upon it from the latter part
of December till the last of March. The water
falls in September, and does not rise again un
til May, and ! then keeps high till September
again. If this statement be true, whatever
gold there may be in Fraser river it is,likely to
remain there, for the working season, under
the most favorable circumstances, cannot be
over two or three months in the year.
IC7” Intelligence from Arizona says that law
less violence prevails there generally. A new
military post will be established on the San Pe
dro; to keep the Indians in check. The agents
of the California Overland Mail Company were,
at the last accounts, busily establishing sta
tions west of the Rio Grande, and making ar
rangements for the regular mail service.
Philadelphia Cattle Market. —The arri
val of beeves for the last week have been very
largoj amounting to over two thousand head.
The want of pasture in all the cattle growing
districts has had a tendency to fill the market
with an unusual supply—consequently the price
has been reduced lb a very low figure, compar
ed with the sales for several years past., - This'
state of things causes a great deal of grumbling
amonglthiLdrovers, most of them alleging that
their losses are very, heavy. One drover states
that he lost $7OO on the sale of eighty head of
cattle, as he realized only $74 per hundred lbs.
on the best beeves in the drove. The sates show
it still further decline— large numbers of cattle
having been,sold as low as $6 per 100 lbs.,and
none were disposed of at a greater price than
$B. The sheep market was quite lively and all
offered (6500) were sold at from $2 to $4 each,
according to quality. There is- no change in
the cow market, 250 head having been sold at
former prices.
' [Cr - The Washington Union says; “Not long
since the Commissioner of Pensions, having dis
covered that an attempt was made, to obtain
bounty land warrants through his office by
haeans of false and forged papers by some per-
at Chattanooga, Tcnn., dispatched
a special awnt.to that place with a view to as
certain who tHaiwpusdef was and bring, him to
justice. It was soon ascertained, that he was
J. W. White, a prominent lawyer, of Chatta
nooga, and a popular Know Nothing member of
the State Legislature.
[E7" A duel was fought on the 17th instant,
near Richmond, Va.,,between 0. Jennings
Wise, editor of the Richmond Enquirer, and
Sherrard Clemens, during which the latter was
wounded in the thigh. The cause of the diffi
culty is said to be somqstrictures in the Enqui
rer on Mr. Clemens. .
Utah. —Wo have advices from Utah to the
21,st of August. The Mormons were returning
from the South, but there appears much ill feel
ing among them. One company of troops had
left Fort Bfidger for Oregon, and other compa
nies were returning to the States to bo mustered
out of service. • 1
The last of the Serainoles.
Tho Washington Star publishes a letter from'
Florido,*whioh wo copy below. If tells of the
voluntary surrender of a portion of the remnant
of the troublesome Florida Indians,who would
not “come in” and go West with Billy Bowlegs
and the Seininoles accompanying him. His re
moval broke the spirit of the tribe, and so weak
ened it as that it can hardly hereafter cause
any trouble. The voluntary surrender of this
small party is but a precursor of
must do ; as. starvation is thcifonTyalternalivc,
now that the emigration of Bowlegs has ren
dered them powerless for further mischief:
Fort Myers, Fra., Aug. 28.'
I write to you to nay that "five Indians came
in here at 2 P. M., to day, bearing a flag of
truce, which was left by an United States offi
cer some five miles out, a few days since. Our
interview with them was very friendly, but for
want of an interpreter, we could gain but little
information.from them, other than that they
had been Billy Bowlegs’ men, came from far
south, were tired and hungry, and sore-footed;-
that there wcre.no dceiyh the woods, and they
wanted to know of Billy and his whereabouts,
&c. We gave them plenty to eat and to carry
oil, clothing them with such as we had. Their
situation and. appearance indicated extretne
suffering, for they were quite naked and half
starved.
It is contemplated to start an express by
watiir, to-morrow morning, to Tampa, with
letters directed to Captain Kilbnrn or the com
manding officer, asking for an interpreter, and
such food and clothing as they may need, as
bur settlers are illy able to allord much assis
tance, for we are all poor ; at the same lime
advising any officer there to comeat once down,
when I have no doubt that a definite arrange
ment can be made with them, having in view
their future emigration. T asked an old Indian
(the oldest one) where his squaw was; He
mournfully replied, “all gone," pointing west.
This party of Indians were known at -Billy’s
Boat Party there are thirteen and a boy—
the boy came in to day. They are the only ef
ficient men in the nation, and if they can be
induced to go west, (and I have no doubt of
that if,) the whole tyorkis done.
Gloomy Prospects in Utah.
The Salt Lake correspondent of The St. Lou
is Republican, -whose lastTetter, was dated oh
the 13 th of August, reports, every thing in the
Territory quiet and peaceable, but gives a gloo
my account of the domestic condition of the peo
ple., We give brief extracts:—
• _ The Mormons have tried for the last five
years to raise and store a surplus of grain, that
they might have enough to sustain themselves
during a scarcity, but have failed in conse
quence of the destruction of their crops by
crickets, hail' drought and grasshoppers. It
is reported that nearly one-third of the wheat
crop this season is smut, and the bishops (who
arc fathers in temporal things to the people,)
are recommending the greatest care in harvest
ing and tlib most strict economy in using grain,
else the people will not hav§. bread enough to
eat.before anothct; harvest.
It is estimated: tWt Be over forty
thousand head of stijiqk brouglit'inlo the valley
this season, and very great fears are entertained
that they cainnot be wintered here if the seasdh
turns out severe. Tli.ere is-not the least doubt
but thousands of them will perish before spring,
as the best valleys for-Wiriterihg arc already ta
ken up, 'and there is not hay in the Territory
to feed one thousand head. Some of the mer
chants are fully aware of this, and have for
warded to California over one thousand head,
such as they thought could travel.:
Utah Affairs,
The accounts from Utah vary with the
source from which they are, derived. The ar
my were eager for a brush wiih the Mormons
after the difficulties encountered in reaching,
them. They were disappointed when the inter
vention of the Peace Commissioners rendered,
hostilities unnecessary, and viewed the treaty
wilh the Mormons as illusory—made to be bro
ken at the first favorable opportunity- Hence
it isThat a despatch from Leavenworth inform
ing us of the arrival of certain army officers,
states that the general impression among them
is that further, trouble may be expected with
the Mormons, arid that the difficulty has only
been postponed, not settled. Another account
is of entirely different tenor and confliolSv.wilh
the foregoing. The person in charge of the
last mail from Salt Lake, states, that Brigham
Young is losing his power and influence,- and
that he keeps himself secluded, living in con
stant fear and danger of the vengeance of his
own People. If this statement is true, the
change in the feeling of the people must have
been brought about by intcrcouse with .the
United States authorities, and is therefore fa
vorable to the government and adverse to the
idea of renewed hostili ties.
No doubt that the downfall of the Prophet
would be the end of difficulties. lie is not on
ly dangerousas an artful and designing traitor,
but as the object of the superstitious veneration
of the people. As long as, ho continues to be
the Prophet and Priest, trusted and revered as
standing between God and people, and the in
strument of revelation, his political inlluence
will remainfunlodolied. The breaking up must
first be in spiritual things. After his domina
tion as a Prophet is overthrown, his sway as a
ruler will cease, but as long as his power to do
evil conlinvcs. nothing but the presence of an
armed force can insure the security of the gov
ernment. .. ■
' fly Louis Napoleon’s boy has been named
corporal in the regiment of guards, to which he
belongs, and which he was lately fusileer. The
promotion was made by the Colonel, and took
place the day he was two years and a-half old.
The “Little Corporal 1 ’- marched-around the
palace of St. Cloud on that day, in his new
uniform..
A Capacious Pocket hook.-—The following
verdict was rendered by a coroner’s jury, and
is now on file in the Clerk’s office, in one of the
counties of lowa :—“We find the deceased came
to. his death by a visitation of God, and not by
the hands of violence. We find upon the body a
pocket-book, containing $2, a check on Fletch
er's Bank for $250, and two horses, a wagon,
and some baiter, eggs and feathers.
SwistMiKO TOB Si. Lawrence.— . One day,
last week, a Mr. Woodroofe, of the 39. h regi
ment, stationed at Quebec, pcrlormcd the feat
of swimming across the St. Lawrence in twenty
five and a-half minutes. Considering the power
of the tide and the stream,,this feat may claim
to be placed side by side with the 'similar,
achievement of Lord Byron across the waters
of the Hellespont,
O” Mr. and Mrs. Brewer, of Wayne coun
ty, (Ky.) have twenty-two children. Theirs is
probably the most extensive Brewery in the
West.
lE7* Twenty-five of the negroes captured on
board the slave vessel Echo have died since their
arrival in Charleston, and also two of the crew/
(£7- The Boston A Has says that a daughter
of the iate Professor Webster was married on
the 24th ult., to pr. Thomas J. Lathrop, of
Teuton, (Mass.)
Resignation op Governor Denver. —It
is. understood at Washington that General Den
ver has resigned the Governorship of Kansas, to
take efleot in the course of a few weeks. It is.
probable that he will resume his former posi
tion as Commissteuer of Indian Adairs.
311.art0.
On the 16th inst.. by the Rev T
Wji.ltam lU. Dower; ( 0 MisaV^ T nS, . I,r -
Kiehi., both of Frank ford township A T Ass
In Newville, on the 20lh inst K.tv'rr
daughter of the Rev. J. and ,S if T ,r,L r
2 years, 4 months, and 5 days. ■ L,vans ’ a ged
-Agricultural Exhibiiiori •
THE DAUPHIN COUNTY a.,- ,
ciely announce that they havn C " S °-
their arrangements for the annual i.*uT, p,elcd
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday S?" on
and 24tb of this month, at tho pirk’ p 2 *’ 2B4
above Harrisburg: rk G 'innd«,
■ On Wednesday tho Judges will meet at 3„>
■a m', n , '• aflotnoon ; The various committees
will till their own vacancies. m< - 08 '
On Thursday, Sept. 23,' an address will bode,
hveret) by Col. Stchard J. Hatdcman, of Harris
bmgj at 2,, o clock in the afternoon.
On 1 ridny,- Sept . 241 h, thd«*reminms will hn
announced A-1 o’clock, and an address deliver
cd by the Hon. Horace Grpcfy,. of New York
at 3 ojclook in the altctfhoon,' f
po^ds.S^lmI &arriSb,Vrg ’ ' laS bOW
September 23, A lBsB^^ ILTON ’ PrcB,t ‘
Town Property at Private Sale..
SITUATE on BedfoTd street near South in.
the Borough of Carlisle. The Lot contains
32 feet in front and 00 feet in depth, upon which
jmml ia erected a Double two story STONE
Hoiiso, with other convenient ont-build-
JO— ings, sufficient for the accommodation of'
two families.
The owner being particularly desirous of sell
ing, a great bargain may bo had and term's nmdo
easy. For further particulars enquire of
A. L. SPONSLEU,
Seal Estate Jgi. & Scrivimr
Carlisle, Sept. 23,1858—Gt
Notice.
LETTERS of Administration on , the estate
of Andrew J. Sharp, late of the Borough
of Ncwvillo, dec’d., have been issued to the
subscriber, residing in Uewton township.. All
persons having claims against said estate will
present' them, and those indebted will make
immediate payment to
ROBERT M. HATS, Mm’r.
Sept. 23, 1858—Ct*
Notice.
LETTERS of administration with the will
annexed on the estate ol Mary :M. Hand
shoe, late of Lower Allen township, dec’d., have
been issued by the Register of Cumberland co.,
to The subscriber living in Ehstpennsboro’ tp.
All persons indebted to said estate will make
immediate payment, and those haying claims
wall present them for settlement to
DAVID HAUDSHOE, Admr.
September 23, 1858—Gt*
lliolicC,
THE. proceedings in partition in (ho estate of
George Sour, late of Dickinson .township,
deceased. , y
■The petition of Michael Sours, fo the Orphans’
Court of, Cumberland comity, respectfully re
presents that George Sonr, late of Dickinson
township, county aforesaid, died intestate leav- ■
ing no Wife, but seven, .children'surviving him,
to wit: Michael Sour your petitioner, Samuel
Soni-, John Sour, Elizabeth married to Joseph
Swigcrt, Rebecca married- to .Joseph Williams,
Hannah married to Jacob Lei b,‘Ann Catharine
married .to Isaac Jameson. -The said parlies
being the heirs and legal representatives of
Georgo.Sour, dec’d., will therefore take notice
that by virtue of a writ of partition and rnliin-.
tion, Issued out of the Oiphans’ Court of Cum.
borland county, and'to mo directed, I wilt hold
an inquest to divide, part or value, the real es
tate -of' said deceased, bn ’the premises, oh Sa
turday,, the IGth day of October, ISOS,
o’clock M.., when and whore yon nlay attend \C
you think proper. •
.. .JACOB BOWMAN, Sheriff.
Sheriffs Office, Carlisle, »
September 23, 1858—3fy
Register’s Notice.
NOTICE is hereby given, to all persons in
terested, that the following accounts hare
been tiled in this office by the accountants there
in named, for examination,’ and will he present
ed to the.Orphans’ Court'of Cumberland conn
-ty, for confirmation and allowance, on Tuesday,
the 19th day of October, ./?- D. 1858, viz :
1. The account of William Eckels, adminis
trafor ol (lie estate of Hannah Eckels, late of
Silver Spring township, dec’d. ,
2. The account of Jacob Landis, adminislrn
for of the estate of Polly Landis, late 01 Upper
Alien township* dec’d.
3. The first and final account of John Shock,
administrator of-tbo .estate of'William K. Ste
venson, late of Lower Allen township, dec’d.
i. The second account of Hugh Craig. exec
utor of the last will and testament of Edward
Burd, late of the Borough of Shippensbnrg, de
ceased. , ,
5,. The account of David Coble, Guardian of
the person and estate of Rebecca E. Coble,
(now Mrs. Rebecca B. Harris,) who was a mi
nor child of Daniel Coble, late of Silver Spring
township, dee’d. ■ 1 . . _
G,- The first and final account of John B-
Sharpey executor of tho last will and testament
of Rev. Alexander Sharpe, late of tho town
ship of Newton. ■ :
7. Tbo account of. John‘Wupgouer, adminis
trator of the estate of, Susan Zigfer, late nt the
Borough of NewviJle, dec’d.
8. The acconnt of Michael Cockiin, Estf.,
administrator of the estate of Thomas ;Gold,
late of Upper Allen township, doc’d.
9. Tile acconnt ot Samuel Heberfig, execu
tor of thq last.wilt and testament of Henry. Gil
bert, late of Hopowelf township, dec’d,
10. The account of John Fosnangbt, admin
istrator ol Daniel Kindig, late of Newton town
ship, dcc’-d--
SAMUEL N. EMINGER, Register.
Register’s Office, Carlisle, > •
September 21, 1858. }
fall and Winter Cloaks.
THE subscribers will exhibit on Monday, and
during the week, elegant CLOAKS, in
Castor, Beaver, "Velvet, &c., to winch they in
vito the attention of Ladies ! nnd strangers.
J. W. PROCTOE & CO.,
Paris Mantilla Emporium,
708 Chesnut St., rbim-
September 23, 1858-4 t
J. W. SCOTT,
(Late of the firm of mnchesler i Scott
Gentlemenfs Furnishing Store & Shirt
Manufactory.
Nearly opposite the Girard Bouse, Phifa,
JW. SOOTT would respectfully call the 01.
. tontion. of his former patrons and frimas
to his now Store, and is prepared to ' °™”
for STIIKTS at short notice. A perfect lit B »r
untied. Country trade supplied with fine omr
and Collars.
September 28, 1858—ly
Plilla. College of Medicine.
214 South Fifth St., below Walnut .
THE Twenty-third session of this Institutto
wilt open on Monday, October lid*, I®. oB,
Tho following are some of Us advantages:
It is tho only Institution in tho city whit
furnishoa its students with Hospital Tickets as
material for dissection without charge. *
classes are examined daily by the professor *
who take a personal interest intheadvan(jo mC
and welfare of every student. >
A limited number of young men of restrict
means will bo received as bonoflpinrios; W s
but $2(l for a full course of Tickets. In
cases, the sons of physicians and of olergym
have preference. An anncuncomont contain b
every Information will ho sent IVoo, on appl*C ,"
tion to B. HOWARD RAND, M- D-.
Bean of the Faculty*
rhila.j Sept.
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