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AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
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result in this county,
From returns received, we are satisfied the
Democratic State ticket will have a majority o(
some 250 in this county. Fisher's majority is
about tto same. We have lost,our Sheriff can
didate, and the vote between Hartnell, D., ami
M’Curdy/Opp., is close—the balance of the
Democratic County ticket is elected. Below
wo give The returns for Congress andShoriff
Stuart’s minority for Assembly will
or 600.
Juukin.
Carlisle District,
Newvillo,
Shippensburg,
Ucchauicaburg,
Silver Spring,
Hampden,
Eastpennsboro’
Lower Allen,
Upper Allen,
New Cumberland,
Hopewell,
Leesburg,
tVestpennsboro.’
Monroe,
Upper Dickinson;
Sheriff
Carlisle District,
Newville “ ft, 256
Silver Springy ' * 127
Meclmnicsburg, . \
Bridgeport,
Lower Allen,
Upper Allen,
Wcstpennsboro.’ "
Upper Dickinson, 10
Monroe,
OUR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
At the time of going to press we had no reli
able information from Perry county, and are,
therefore unable to even guess at the result.—
Junkiu will no doubt carry Peny, and if York
gives enough majority for Fisher to overbalance
Perry, he will be elected. ~
N. B.—Since the above was in type, w.o re
ceived the following dispatch from York.
York, Oct. 13 v
J: B. Bratton— Pishcr’s majority in this
comity can’t exceed 600. .
RESULT IN THE STATE.
iV’e have bad news from all parts of the State.
In Philadelphia air the Democratic candidates
tor Congress have been defeated, except, per
haps, Mr. Florence, in thp Ist District. Owen
Jones, (Dem.)'is defeated by Wood, Opp-, in
the Montgomery district. Hickman is elected
over Manly, Dem., in the Chester district'.—
Bucks and Lehigh has elected Roberts, Dem,
Jones, Dem., of Berks, it is supposed, is elect
ed.- Thud. Stevens, Opp.,is elected in Lancas
ter by a large majority. Kellinger, Opp., is
elected in the Dauphin district., Campbell,opp.
carries the Schuylkill dis., defeating Pewart.
Reilly, Dem., is defeated by M’Pherson, in the
Franklin district. Wo have also lost the Lu
zerne district.by a large majority, and have car
ried the Westmoreland. & Washington districts.
In Allegheny We are defeated, also in the Brad
ford District. .
In flt?e, we have elected, perhaps, some five
Congressmen in the State.
. 5C7* Many cases of Dystcnlery, in its, most
severe foim, have been cured by the adminis
tration of Du V all's Galvanic Oil. Cholera
Morbus and all diseases of the bowels are rolicv.
ed in a short time by a few drops of Galvanic
Oil.
General Scott has arrived at New York)
from' his sojourn at West Point, improved in
appearance and quite recovered from his recent
accident/ , ■
Beathof a'Ruffian, — A notorious individ
ual, Colon Lo Blew, who had long been the fer-'l
ror 61, St.'Landry and Calcasieu, Miss., was
killed recently at the latter place. As he was
approaching the hotel fourheavily loaded guns
Were discharged at him, lodging forty or fifty
buckshot in his body. Three young men were
arrested loathe deed, but subsequently released,
the deed having bqen done, by thf general sanc
tion of the community. Lo Blou, on one occa
eioffj forbid thoj Judge to hold court iu Caloa
sieu,.and actually by pointing a pistol at him,
made him leave tiro bench.
Pbeaks of IiiOHTNiNO. —A heavy thunder
storm visited ‘Zanesville, Ohio, the evening of
the 25th, during which Miss Mary lidson was
instantly killed by lightning. Strange to rec.
ord, a child which slid held in her arms was
nbtTiurt. A-Miss Dickson was stunned, but'
recovered from the shock.
W-CTEn in the Texan Desert.—The project
of obtaining water on Llano Estacado, by riioans
of Arlesian Wells, has proved a failure. The"
has boon used upl and Captain
Popio has abandoned his machinery and return
ed ’to his regular duty in (he army. Water was
reached, to be sure, in some of the borings;
but'it'was of very bad quality, and would no.
where rise nearer to. the surface than one hun
dred and eighty feet.
Good Will Hose Company.— There was a
Firemen's parade at Uafrisburg on Friday last,
to do honor to the new Citizen Engine Compa
ny of that place. The Good Will Hose Compa
ny of Carlisle, participated in the parade, and
were much pleased with their visit. The Har
risburg Union Urns speaks of them:
The Good Will Hose -Company of Carlisle
were nest, as visitors, entitled lo position.—
The members were dressed in white shirts with
black pants-and hats. They were proceeded
bj l a-beautiful banner of blue and gold on which
was-inscribed the words ‘‘Our name is our
rdettOl' r “Independent forever.” It was sur
mounted’with'‘aiT’elegant wreath of flowers.—
29 members turned out; The Hose Carriage
was decorated for the occasion; the hose cylin
dor having been covered with the American flag,
atid'the silver, brass and steel work burnished.
Hard Times—Mr. Buchanan.—The mon
grel Opposition are industriously at work try
ing to make the people-believo that the Presi
dent is the cause of these hard times. .
The times have been Worse in England,
Prance and Germany than here—the poor clas
ses have suffered more, and more business men
hiave been broken up. Did Mr. Buchanan
make the hard times there too? Democrats
will not be led away by such silly allegations.
Mr. Buclmnniu is just as much responsible
ftr-the prevalence of tlie yellow fever in Charles
ton and-' New Orleans, as he is for the hard
times. The swindling paper money, shaving
shops, who caused the whole of the monetary
revulsion, would be very glad _to shift the re
sponsibility from their own shoulders to those
otMr. Buchanan. Tt is “no go,” gentlemen.—•
The people are not so stupid os to swallow that.
The Washington Union of Wednesday last
contained thftJMlowinp item, of information rd
olive to-thc contract for the supply of pipes for
the Washington aqueduct,- about which the
Opposition have been endeavoring to nmnufac-'
turn political capital for some weeks past:
••Wo understand that the contract of Mr.
Lawrence Myers, of Philadelphia, for cast-iron
.pipes for the Washington aqueduct, was yes
terday forleited, on tho recommendation of the
engineer in. charge of the work, for the reason
that the contractor has not complied with its
provisions by delivering the thirty inch pipes
within the time specified—'viz; the first of Oc
tober.
"The contract was given to Mr. Myers,though
not the lowest bidder, because he offered to de
liver these pipes within the spccifled time. It
is clearly proper, thefeforn, that having failed
in this condition, tho contract should bo for
feited.
Fisher.
m
105
"Wo may also state that, as the pipes arc
required for the service of the aqueduct as soon
as possible, we presume they will be purchased
from our own makers, who may be able to de
liver them soonest; aAf thus, this matter,
which has been a sore trouble to some of our
friends in Pennsylvania, will, bo settled in a
manner satisfactory' to all parties except tho
defaulting contractor.”
It was never proved that tho contractor for
these pipes had engaged them from Scotland,
although this \vas what the Opposition prints
asserted. . But whether the fact icas so, or not,
is now of no consequence. The Scotch pipes
have not “come up to time,” and the contract
is again open to our own manufacturers. There
can be no doubt, now, that all the pipes needed
by -the Government, will be made and purchas
ed at home, if any of our iron manufacturers
really want a job.’ It is for them to say wheth
er they will secure the work or not. And they
will observc that price is not so much of an ob
ject with the Government as time. So that
they need not fear any underbidding from for
eign makers or iheir agents. Lot us see how
many of our Pennsylvania iron masters ®rrill
compete for this contract, and thus show that
they would rather work for the Government,
, than denounce it.
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Allison. M’Ccirtney,
242
The total imports of railroad iron from Great
Britain to the United States for the first seven
months of 1858, compared with those during a
like space-in 1856 and 1857, are as follows:
tion at all,and proves that the tariff has nothing
to do with the present hard limes. That our
manufacturersare suffering, we.do not doubt,
and no one regrets it more than we. But it is
from the depression in all sorts of business, and
and mor^,'. particularly in enterprises requiring
large investments of capital, like.railroads, and
not from foreign competition. There is no de
mand for iron at this time, and therefore if the
duty upon it were.entirely removed, the con
sumption would not be increased. Pennsylva
nia interests require n change in tmfpresent tar
iff, which was reduced by Blnck.Bepublioan
and Know Nothing votes. But such a change
will not, of itself, Restore good times.' That will
be the work of time, andpalience,and
and economy..
vJUI the Territories Free. • IV'"'
Tlio fact that slavery has no foothold in any
of the organized Territories of the United
States, is an unanswerable argument against the
Black Republican charge that the Democratic
party, when in power, favors the extension of
slavery.
The ‘‘Scolcli Pipe”. Contract Forfeited.
A Fact for Tariff Men.
1857.
1856.
81,005 tons; ' 105,613 tons. 5,536 tons
These figures do not exactly sustain the as
sertions of thehigh Protective Tariffites,.(hat
our iron manufacturers are suffering for want
of protection from ruinous foreign competition.
An importation of only five thousand tons of
railroad iron, in seven months, is no competi-
Kansas Is free.
Nebraska is free.
Utah is free.
Oregon is free.
Washington is free.
Dakotaii is free.
New Mexico is free.
The above comprise all our organized Terri
There is no intelligent man North oi
South who believes that a slave State will be
made but of any of those Territories, or out of
any unorganized territory not embraced within
the limits of the State of Texas. The Demo
cracy have bad possession of the Government
nearly all the time since Isoo, and if their poli
cy leads to the extension ol slavery into tree
territory, why is it that to-day ail of the latter
are fjoe, and that nobody expects to see slavery
established as an institution in any of them?—
The story about slavery extension is all bosh
and gammon 1 The Government at Washings
ton has no power to extend or contracts. The
■whole subject is left to.the people of the States
and Territories themselves, and they will do as
they please, without caring tor the clamor of
outsiders.
Bloody Affray.— The Courier;' of Louisville,.
Ky.; of the 21th ult., gives the particulars of a
shooting affair at that locality. On Saturday
afternoon, an affray occuryed in front of Wo.
Ciller’s cigar store, on Third street, which re
sulted in the death of D. L. Ward, at the hands
of R..K. Lindsay, Both printers. Lindsay was
passing down Third street, and was accosted by
Ward, Ward using very abusive epithets, call
ing him a " d—d rat;” and finally,striking him
in the face. Lindsay immediately drew a pistol
and fired, the ball entering the left breast. Ward
walked a few stops, onotred the Democrat office,
and died in less than half an hour.
Hiou Life.—A gentleman in New York in.
lormed the editor of the Fayetteville Observer
recently that ho had paid 51,500 for a pew. in
Dr. Alexander’s (Presbyterian) Church, and
that besides, it was subject to a ground rent o( $BO
a year. This wo consider, paying pretty ex
travagantly for the privilege of grace.
Short and Sweet.—About sis weeks ago.
Cavet of Old Washington Court
House, Alabama, was married to Miss Nixon,
and about lour weeks alter the publication ol
his marriage, appeared a reward of $460 for
his arrest for poisoning his wife.
Simultaneous Death of Brothers.—Tho
South Reading Gazelle, Massachusetts, of last
Saturday says
“ Died in South Reading, of typhod fever, on
last Sunday morning, Stephen Putney, aged
24 years. Qn Monday morning, Jonathan
Putney, brotfier of Stephen, aged 30 years.—
The' latter hadrbeen sick for several months,
and- his sulterings, a considerable portion of tho
time, were most severe. Tho disease of Ste.
phen might, perhaps, have been caused by at
tendance upon,- and extreme anxiety concern
ing his brother. They had always lived in the
family together, and when they know that they
must die soon, it was their expressed desire
that they might die together; and they died
together, and were buried together, and • now
rest side by side in the same grave!” .
The New-York Crystal Palace Destroyed by
' Fire!
bqi|d}ng qf globs
and iron, known as the Crystal Palace, located
on Sixth Avenue, between Fortieth and Forty
second streets, in the city of New-York, was
dcstroyedby fire oh Tuesday evening, October
5, and is now a heap of ruins. About 5 o’clock,
smoko was seen issuing from a large room in
tho north nave, and in front o( the entrance on
Forty-second street, and in Jess than half an,
hour thereafter the Palace was a total wreck,
and nothing now remains of this edifice but a
heap of unsightly ruins. Tho octagonal tur
rets at each corner still remaip standing, while
here and there on every side niay be seen slacks
of iron, the remains of staircases, and portions
of the frame-work composing the galleries.—
The groat Annual Fair of the American Insti
tute was being held in the building at the time’
and it is supposed that there were about two
thousand presons present when the alarm
was given. In the rush to get out, large
numbers of persons became separated from their
friends and families, and for a long time many
were running about in'deep distress, in the fear
that their companions had not been so fortunate
as to escape from the burning building. It has
been ascertained, however, that rio- lives were
lost. The Palace was filled with valuable
goods, models of inventions, choice manufac
tures, and, indeed, every possible symbol of the
industry and skill of the city and Stale ofNew-
York, all of which were completely destroyed.
They were the property of some -3,500 exhibi
tors. Frederick W. Gcissenhainer, Esq., the
Chairman of the Board of Managers of the
American Institute, estimates the. amount of
properly in tjje building destroyed at nearly
$500,00Q. It is stated that there is a policy of
insurance on the articles in the building in fa
vor of the bond-holders and city for $50,000.
The cause of the fire remains unknown, but
Mr. Qeissonhainer thinks it the - work of an in
cendiary. There was no fire used within two
hundred feet of the spot where the flames, were
first discovered.-; • .
The Crystal Palace was erected in 1853, by
an incorporated Company, for' the Exhibition of
the Industry of all Nations held in that year.—
Its original cost was about #750,000. Some
six months ago, it passed into the possession of
the City Authorities of New-York, and was by
them transferred to the American Institue.
1858,
A Precocious Forger and Mail Robber,
—A’ few days since, the Postmaster of New Or
leans, arrested Michael; Hertz, a lad of -16, in
the act of signing the receipt for a valuable let
ter, addressed to John McMurdo, of that city.
Several valuable letters have been mysteriously
taken from the Post Office since last May, and
the police have been on the watch for the ab
stractor lor some time. Receipts for most of
these have been given in this boy’s handwrit-
ing, and he has. even forged endorsements of
checks and drafts enclosed in these letters and
got theth cashed at the city banks.;; How the
bank officers could be-deoeived by bis bungling
forgeries is a. matter of wonder to everybody..
On breaking open the boy’s trunk at his fath
er’s house, a pocket book was found, containing
#165, and two notes for ®loiooo, drawn by a
merchant of Ccntrevil!e, ta., for acceptance on
a firm of New Orleans, due Ist March, 1859.
He was committed for trial.
Washington cbrrespondent of the
New York Times writes:—•' We had a little
uxcitemement the other day in an elopement
case. A young journeyman .printer in the
printing office of Thomas Buell & Blanchard,
ran oft with the daughter of our judgt? of. the
orphan’s court two or three days since. The
was poor but perfectly honest and re
spectable. The girl moved in the' higher cir
cles-of life—and was but; sixteen. ; The judge
and his son came to the printer’s working of
. fice-—-wuh,pistols and raw, hide say some—and
were very indignant, but upon learning that
the couple had. gone through the ceremonies
correctly—getting a license and.married accor
’ ding to law, they were pacified, and, both
; doubtles concluded to make the best of it."
ALLEGED FULFILMENT OF TWO DREAMS.—A
correspondent of the Missouri Republican re
lates a singular instance of the alleged fulfil
ment of dreams. A Mr. K——, of this city,
about a year since, had a dream that there was
a spring near Alton; or Altona, in .Illinois, that
would cure him of a painfdl disease with which'
he hadbecn afflicted lor five years. On the
morning after the dream Mr. K ’s wife told
him she was much-troubled at not recollecting
Something that she had dreamed would cure
him. Struck with this coincidence, ho wrote
to the postmaster of Alton, of which place ho
had not heard before, to make inquiries into
the matter, and the result was ho learned that
there was such a spring, on the farm of Major
Long, at a place once called Altonn, and Ibng
known forlhe virtues of its mineral waters. —.
Thither the invalid wont,.and by a judicious
use of the water, diet, and exercise, he improv
ed so rapidly in health" that in the course of five
weeks he could walk ten miles, and he was
speedily restored to a state of. robust health.
Earitv of a true Gentleman.— Perhaps a
gentleman is a rarer thing than some of us
think for. Which of us can point out many
such in his circle; men, whose aims are gener
ous, whose truth is constant, and not only con
stant in its kind, but elevated in its degree;
whose want of meanness makes them simple,
who can look the world honestly in the face
with an equal manly sympathy for the great
and the small ? We all know now a hundred
whose coals arc very well made, and a score
Who have excellent manners, and one or two
happy beings who are what they call in the in
ner circles, and have shot into the very centre
and bull's eye of fashion ; but of gentlemen
how many 1
iX?” Louis Napoleon has givcjn orders for tho
construction of a haval battering ram—a ship
proof against tlie onoray’s guns, and capable,
from its immense mass and great velocity, of
running against and sinking vessels selected for
destruction. Tho idea is from tho Emperor’s
own plans and will, U is expected, effect a com
plete revolution in naval tactics as understood
and practiced at present.
K7* Forty-nine of the Camels belonging to
tlie United States are now at Campo Verde, 00
miles from San Antonio. Only one of those
imported lias died, while ten have been added
by birth. Tlicso young American born camels
thrive wolf, and'promise to grow up equal in all
rospocfs'tb those imported.
IX7” Very polite—a man in Jersey Shore, the
other day, as lie passed a hen on"her neat was
heard to say, “Don’t rise, ma’am!”’
How a Lady Saved her liTe, -but Lost her
Jewelry and Passage. Money on the, Austria.
cinnati Gazette, arrive'dhomo yesterday from a
visit to Europe, where she Ims been spending
the past few months. A short time previous to
the sailing of the Austria, the lady sent the
amount necessary for . a cabin passage to New
York, 1 to the agent, at Hamburg, with instruc
tions to select her . a good stateroom'.. lie did
as directed with'the exception of giving her a
desirable location in the vessel, and on her arri
val at Hamburg, to sail with the steamer, she
found the vessel so crowded with passengers,
and, tlic room assigned to her so undesirable,
that she concluded to take passage in another
steamer. With this intention, she applied to
the agent for the return of her passage money,
but he declined to refund. “A bargain was a
bargain" with him, anl#iJ6lady was compelled
either to accept such quarters as hud been as
signed her, or to return by another, vessel and
lose her passage ticket-- She determined to
adopt the latter course, and at once secured a
Stale room in another.steamer.
After her arrangements had been made, and
before the Austria sailed, a Tec-ling took posses
sion of her mind, that the vessel in which she
had taken passage would«hit«t with some terri
ble accident, and that she herself would in all
probability be lost! So Well satisfied was she
that something would happen, just as people
frequently “borrow trouble,” without waiting
for it to come along naturally,, that she deter
mined to send her jewelry by the Austria. She
therefore stripped herself of everything valua
ble, watch and chain, pins, rings, brooches,&c.,
to a considerable amount, and packing, them
securely in a casket, committed them to the
care of the captain Of the Austria, taking the
precaution to inform hew friends of what she
had done, in order that they might recover the
property’ in case of her own groundless fears,in
regard to herself, should be realized.
H'he result is well known. The vessel in
which the lady took passage arrived safely at
its destination. That which she had been
prompted, to leave; even at considerable loss;
■With its load of human beings, met with.a fate
that appalled the stoutest hearts. It is need
less to add that the lady is contented. She lost
her passage money and jewelry, but saved her
A Quaker Wedding.
The Cincimiati Gazelle says there was
riage yesterday riiorhing at the Friends’ Meet
ing House, on Fifth street, near John, of two
members of tfie Society' of Friepds; The meet-
ing house was filled long before the hour for the
ceremony, by well-dressed; buttalkative ladies,
attracted by curiosity, anxious to see the unu
sual method of doing, a very common tiling.
These ladies,'however, did not preserve the de
corous silence which becomes any house conse
crated to the worship and especially a
house belonging to a religious denomination
with which, quiet is so essential a part of relig
ion as ii is with the Friends. Their hardly,
subdued whispers were heard like the peeping
of a brood of chickens just mi t of the shell, du
ring the whole ceremony, with the exception of
the prayer. The malesVfol vverij visitors were
more respectful. Therorß'e but few of the
Friends there in the dresspf the denomination,
and even those observed jpily, an approach to
uniformity.of cut anddSaJor. :
After.the groom and bride, accompanied fay
three groomsmen and bridesmaids,;had arrived
and taken their seats, there was a long silence.
At length an elderly Friend rose and deliver
ed an exortalion on the solemnity, of the, con
tract which the young couple were to make,and
the"necessity of reliance upon divine strength,
to fit them for thd duties' and trials of life.
Then there was another silence, which’was
broken by one of the Friends kneeling and 'ma-
king a devout and fervent prayer. During the
prayer, all but one who offered it stood—the
men, who, during the rest of the services wore
'their hats, uncovered,
After the prayer.thcfo was another interval of
silence. At length the young’ couple rose, and
the .man, taking-Ihe'woman’s hand, said in a
low voice; “In the presence of God, and this
assembly, I take thee to fab my . wife, promising
by God’s grace to be a loving and faithful, hus
band till death parts us. I 1
The bride, speaking much louder and more
distinctly than the groom, in the, same, words,
■qfUtqhs mutandis, took.him .to be her husband.
They then sig n ed. th ci r nam es to
which sets forth that the parlies haft declared
their purpose. of . marriage before n monthly
meeting of the Society of Friends, and had it
approved, and had further, in the presence of
this assembly,taken each other for husband and
wife. This certificate was then signed, by the
friends and relatives of the party, and'the cere
mony whs at an end.
The bride and bridesmaids were dressed in
plain but rich while dresses, and the groom and
groomsmen in black dress coats and pants and
.white vests. , •
Three Men Suffocated nr a Welt..—lnfor
mation was brought to tho city, says tho Chica
go Times, that three men had boon suffocated in
a well, by poi3onous.ga?,j<t Willow Spring Sta
tion, on tho Chicago and St._Louis Rail Road,
about ten miles from town. : Their names wedid
not learn. It appears that the well needed
cleaning, and one man was lot down In a bucket
by moans of a windlas for the purpose. Before
tho bucket reached tho bottom tho man fell out.
Supposing it to be the consequence of accident,
and that the man was hurt by tho fall, the buck
et was drawn up and a second man was letdown
to assist the first, .This man fell senseless out
of the bucket, as did the first. Tho people
above them concluded very rightly that tho well
was tilled with carbonic gas. In order to decide
the point, however, a third man got into tho
bucket and directed his comrades to lower him
slowly into tho well that ho could smell, and if
ho discovered there was foul air, ho would give
a signal and they could draw him up. Ho was
let down, but gave no signal, and on reaching
.the point where tho others had fallen out, ho
likewise fell from tho bucket to the.
Of course, all trhoo expired, and tho people not
knowing bow to expel tho gas, were unablo to
recover their bodies. • • •
Severe Courting.— -Last Saturday night a
week, a spruce young fellow from somewhere
about Quincy, I’a., wont to Port Providence to
pay ilia devoirs tojiis dulcinea. It appears in
their long and tedious courting they foil asleep.
Tlio mahogany table, on which the candle was
left burning, took tiro, and Was considerably in
jured before they awoken Young folks, take
advice, and do not prolong your sitting to on
unreasonable hour; Let your courtship bo
short and sweet.
From the New York Observer, t:
Tho President at nomd;. ' v ;
Lancaster, Pa;, Ssgt._22jJBsB. M
cating, as the papers tell tis, for a feW.days at
bis quiet-home near Lancaster, and wo must
need embrace the opportunity of paying him
our respects.' So on Monday morning two of
us walked out, about a nVilo from the city, to
bis residence. The house, which is a short
distance from the public highway, does not ex
pose itself to view until you approach very near.
A sloping lawn, enclosed by a pale fence, and
nearly coveted with forest trees, lies in front.—
The dwelling is of brick, two stories high, with
a colonnade portico, flanked'by a Wing on each
side, of the same height and materials. One of
these side buildings contains the Library, the
other is used for domestic purposes. Mr. Bu
chanan’s retinue at Wheatland consists of a
housekeeper,.a female servant, and a little boy ;
the latter came toThe-door, to answer our ball,
and in a moment, before we had time to enter,
the President himself came out, cordially gree
ting us, conducted us to the parlor. He at
once entered into a free conversation which he
commonest by asking as to the state of ichgion
in the several places of our residence.. Then
followed, a minute account of that peculiar in
clination ofhis head, which has often been no
ticed by those who, have attempted to. describe
him. The substance of the account is, that his
eyes are not mates, one being short, the other
long-sighted. This ho thinks was always the
condition of his eyes, and occasioned, early in
life, that lateral curvature of his hook, which is
a noticeable feature of his portly physique.
Nothing about this truly great man
wonderful than the ease and simplicity of his
manners in private life. He throws off all re
serve and makes his visitor feel quite at home
in his presence. While wo sat there, a rough,
laboring man walked in without a coat, and
saluted the President, “ Good morning, sir,”
and handed him some newspapers,. The ('rich
brogue,” betrayed the man’s nationality. Mr.
B. replied with a calm smile, you,"
look, the papers mid the man left.
A more pleasing instance of this freedom
from ostentation and pride, was his manner at
church on the proceeding Sabbath. He walked
from his residence, which must he. two miles,
as,the church is in the opposite suburb of Lan
caster, and came a litlle after the service began.
Hip feet were covered with dust, and the-pres
piration was standing on his forehead. No stir
wasjmade in the congregation, he quietly en
tered his own pew, and engaged in silent devo
tion. A psalm book was handed to him, and
Jie'at once participated in the song of praise.—
He seemed: greatly, interested in the sermon,
which was indeed , worthy the attention of kings
and all others in authority. It was based on
the'passage, “Almost thou persuadeat me to be
Christian,” and besides possessing extraordina
ry merit as a piece of composition, was deliver
ed with eloquence and power.
After church.the President walked devoutly,
and entirely unattended through the s treets of
Lancaster. What stranger looking upon that
solitary pedestrian, apparently oblivious of
self, and not expecting admiration, could have
imagined that he was the chief magistrate of
this mighty nation !.,
Whatever judgment is formed of Mr. Buchan
an’s public policy, or of his political opinions,
there can be no question as to his purity of
character, the” humility of his deportment, and
the sincerity, of his religious professions. Long
afid pleasantly will wo remember the 20th.day
of September, as theday.spent with the sage of
Wheatland, at his own home,
Statistics of Udd Fellowship.
The following statistics in relation to the In-,
dependent,Order of OddFelJows in the United
States have becij carefully revised from official
sources, and, showing ns they do the work of
the gi-eat fraternity for, the past year, will
doubtless command attention,'especially on “the
part of members . of! the order. The year is
from June. 1857, to June, 1858 : . .
: Number of Lodges, within the jurisdiction of
thfi Older,.which includes all the States and
Territorics'of the Union, the District of Colum
bia,,Nova Scotia, Canada West, Sandwich Is
lands, &c.. 3,390; number of inhabitants, 16,-
549; number of deaths, 1,739;; number of
members, 176,700 ; a sma'll,decrease from the
previous year.) 'Number of members relieved,
23,151; widowed; families relieved, 2.765:
amount paid for the relief of members, $294,-
992 91; amount paid (or the relief of families,
$66,614 55 ; amount paid for the education of
orphans, $44,287 06 ; amount paid for the bu
rial of dead. $67,364 70 ; amount of annual
receipts, $223,685 23. The sum total ,of ap.
prbprialions for members, widows and orphans
is $440,259 22. : Statistics of Encampments;
the highest branch of the order :—Number of
Encampments, 651; number of initiations, 2,-
775 ; number of deaths," 220 ; number of mem
bers,.23,3l9; number of .patriarchs relieved,
1,902; number of widows relieved, 93; am’t.
paid for the relief of patriarchs, $2B", 17l 10 ;
amount paid (or the rcliefVif widowed families,
$3,111 60 : amount paid fbr the burial of the
dead, $5,377 24 ; amount of annual receipts,
$110,156 54. Gross amount paid for the relief
of members, (including patriarchs,) widows,or
phans, education and funerals, the munificent
sum of $476,955 10,— Balt, American!
Novel Marriage Ceremony.— Tho New
York correspondent ,of Forney’s Press, in his
letter of ttio TUi-inst., gives the following par
ticulars of a marriage of deaf mutes: ‘
A very unusual marriage ceremony took
place on Tuesday morning last, whioh,-for its
novelty,, deserves a , passing note. It was the
uniting in wedlock’s band 'two deaf mules—
Mr. Trist, of Philadelphia, son of our special
commissioner to Mexico during tho war, and a
young lady of Boston. Both were mutes—deaf
and dumb from infancy'. • Tho service -of-the
Episcopal Church was read by Rev. Pierre P.
Irving, and translated into the symbolic lan
guage of the dumb by the-Rov. Mr. Gallaudet,
the bride and groom repeating and making the
responses rapidly, gracefully, and with perfect
accuracy. A spectator of the segue describes ]t
as follows:
The solemn vows being symholed before the
Throne of Grace, tho Lord’s prayer followed;
and who can describe the.mute eloquence of that
mute prayer so devolionally followed by tho
young couple ! When the nuptial benediction
was silently pronounced above the lowly bowed
heads of the kneeling pair, there was that which
spoke louder than words in tho graceful sign
language of the officiating minister. A fewlet
ters —a word or two —then the hands upraised
towards Heaven—to “God,” whofliad “ bound
together”—the tight clasped hands—the soul
speaking glance upward, away upward—again
a few words—the hands placed in blessing
upon thtj heads of the now “ man and wife”~a
solemn silence—and all was over. No one
moved for some moments ; we all felt we had
caught a . glimpse of the spirit land, and we
longed for one more glance intO'tliatsilent spir
it world. But the grobm; was leading his beau
tiful, graceful bride to the cjmrch doorp WC’
have her quiet happy smile put away in'our
memory .to gladden some dark hour. Ere wo
could utter a fervent “ God bless you,” they
had quietly passed away—alono-’with their
mute happiness.
A Bane op Qor.n.—There is a project on
foot, in New York, to establish a bullion bank,
which shall use nothing but ooin in its transac
tions. It meets with the cordial approval of
many prominent men, among whom are Martin
Van Buren, Eobert J. Walker, John A Dix,
and John J. Cisco. The capital is to bo one
million dollars, and the revenues are to bo de
rived from loaning this sum, and charging a
very smalt commission, from the two-hundredth
to the one-tenth, of one per cent, on thosujns
deposited with the bank, which will always be
payable in coin.-
Army Life in Utah.
Salt Lake Cut, , )
th-Aii Teiuhtort, Aug. 31. )
'““ijlßAß you fiSveTllTlloMwsmJm
this famous place ; a little army gossip, and a
little gossip about the saints ?
Col. Waite, who has been in command of the
Fifth Ecgiment, has just been relieved by the
arrival of another officer, and has gone to New
York Stale. Dr. Bailey went with him. The
Tenth Regiment and the Fifth wre encamped
near each other. They are having rather a
dull time, drilling their men, and wishing the
Mormons wcre--well, no matter where. Living
is very high and very poor withourUtaharmy,
at present. Butter 75 cents a pound, milk 30-
cents a quart, potatoes 40 cents a bushcl,onions
and beets 6 cents a piece—and very small wa
termelons at 75 cents apiece. So the military
are not to be envied. They are acting police
men just now. They were sent out to punish,
traitors, but they are receiving all the punish
ment themselves. •
On the 25th of August the two Judges ap
pointed by Mr. Buchanan left the Army camp
to go to the town of Fillmore. They called on
Gen. Johnston for an escort; he gave them two
companies of dragoons..
The army camp is about lo‘be moved.a few
miles, where preparations arc being
made for the winter. Huts are being buflt
there of clay in the shape of large sized bricks,
and dried in the sun (adobe.) Each officer is
to have a room 15 feet square, with walls 7 feet,
high, the earth for a floor, and perhaps heaven
for a ceiling, in part; at least, for though a.sort
of roof will bo made, it will be a holy one. The
Mormons are at work making the adobes ; at
least one hundred Mormons are now at work,
and they have contracted to make one million
and a half of them. After they are completed
the troops will move, and it will take the sol
diers a month to make their preparations for
winter.
This war is a capital thing for the Mormons,
they, sell their vegetables, &0., at their own
price, pretty generally, (though every day an
officer is detailed to attend to. the prices of
■things brought to the camp to sell,) then they
require Mormons’ prices for their labor; in
Short, i t is a fine thing for the Mormons to have
the troops out . here to cat all they, want to
sell. ,
As to Brigham; ho fares sumptuously every
fiay. 'His house is very fine ;it is said; to have
cost sijtty thousand dollars. On the cupola; is
a bee-hive,:beautifully carved in wood. In this
hoiise he attends to business, receives visiters,
and here resides Mrs. Brigham, No. 1. In the
house next to this all the other Mrs. Brighams
live—say, fifty or sixty, and over the portico of
this house is a large lion, carved' from stone. : —
The lion is finely done, and is in a recumbent
position. Around these two houses is an im
mense wall, built of stone, enclosing the entire
square, (about as large as one of your VV ashing
lon squares.) The gates are heavy and strong,
like the sally-port of a fort. Within this wall
are always forty or fifty arriicd.men. Brigham
is quite. a domestic than ; p'erhaps ho is a little
afraid to go at'largo, arid then he has, ho
doubt, a fine society at home. He must be,
literally; a lion at orie.of his wive’s soirees.
Salt-Lake city is beautifully laidout. and the
approach to it is very, fine. It is laid out in
large squares, and the;!streets are very wide :
and every house has an acre o( ground about
it, which is well cultivated.' The houses are
all builtt of, adobe. Every street has ; water
running through it, cool spring water, brought
from the mountains.
One of the officers met in Salt Lake City an
old acquaintance, tuimed Mormon.'. The Mor--
mon received the officer kindly, invited him th
his house, was anxious to ’ renew the; old act.
quaintance, arid-even bore kindly the officer's
laugh,at that pile of stones, as the officer called
the celebrated Echo canon defence of the Mor
mons, raised to prevent the approach of our
troops to the city. These defences could have
been easily taken, With'mi: .taoloss of a man. :
Visitor,
. The view of Lake Utah from Iho Army camp
is very fine ; but this is’ a. miserable country.,
worthless without immigration. In short, it is
only fit for Mormons. In.-,passing Brigham’s
establishment to day, from every window of
the house, witji the lion on it, a female.face
looked out. I longed to step in and .ask those
ladies what they thought of Utah ; but the arm
ed Dainties restrained my curiosity..
Yori’rs, .’ PBREOimfA'. .
Correspondence. o/ the Washington Star.
. [From the tiuiibujy'American:']
The Public Voflts,
Argument Before the Supreme Court- on .the
Constitutionality of the Safe of the Canals to
the Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company.
The question of the constitutionality of the
sale of the canals to the Sunbury and Erie Rail
road Company, came up before the Supreme
Court, holding its session at this place on Wed
nesday last; The Judges were all present,viz :
Chief Justice Lowfie and ''Justice Woodward,
Strong,; Thompson and Porter. The question
to: test the constitutionality of the sale was
brought before the court in the nature of a case
toenforce specific performances of contract.—
Mr. Coopoer had agreed to purchase 35100,000
worth of the bonds of the company, which he
refused to take until this question was decided.
Chas. Gibbons, Esq.,'St;,George Tucker Camp
bell, Esq., of Philadelphia, and Judge Knox,'
Attorney General of Pennsylvania, appeared for
the Sunbury and Erie Company. Judgoßlnok,
Attorney General of the United Slates, and W. |
It, Hirst, of Philadelphia, were the counsel op
posed to the .sale. The case was* opened by
Mr. Gibbons in a strong argument-justifying
the sale—contending that the price was fully
equal to the value of the public works in the
hands of the Stale, and that the proper time to
ob ject, if objection' could be made, had gone by.
, Mr. Gibbons was followed by Mr. McCalmont,
who appeared in behalf of Judge Black, who
could not leave Washington, mid asked permis
sion to read the written argument of the learned
Judge to the Court, which was granted.
The Judge’s argument was a spicy, well
written document, interspersed with sarcasms,
quotations and oddities, lacking somewhat in
dignity and also m respect to the coordinate
branches of the government—so much so that
Chief Justice Lowrie ,took occasion to say,
when Judge Knox replied, that he wpuld not
have permitted it to be read, had ho known its
contents. The Judge stated, among other
things, that many members of. the Legislature
were, no doubt, ignorant of the character of
the bill, others, he was constrained to say, were
dishonest.
Win. L. Hirst, Esq. , followed on the same
side. His speech was able and ingenious. The
point on.which he principally relied, was the
subscription"of $500,000 to the stock of the
Allegheny Valley road, which he contended was
a worthless corporation, and was a clog in the
sale of the works, lessening the prioo to that
amount.
Judge Knox concluded the argument on the
part of the commonwealth, contending for the
validity and constitutionality of the sale. His
argument was able and convincing. He met,
as he thought, most successfully, the points of
- objection raised by the opposite counsel. Mr-
Campbell took no part in the discussion. He
was suffering from an injury lo his eye, caused
by a spark Irom a locomotive., coming lo this
place. The case is held under advisement.
Oooii Rascality. —ln Cincinnati, a low days
since, two sharpers ■ accosted a countryman,
stopping at ono of tlio" hotels, and stating that
they wore detectives, declared that ho ; was bus.
pocted of dealing in counterfeit mond£. Tlio
ruralist assorted his entire innocence; but they
said that they would search him, and took him
into a private room, when they found $lOB in
good money. One went to consult a detective
concerning the bank notes, and remained away
so-long that his companion also departed in
search of the delayer. Of course, neither re
turned, and the rural and unsophisticated fol
low learned too late that Jio was victimised.'
Noble Senlimcrili
Tile Hori. Jefferson Davis w* present at (L
sponso to a call, and without preparation made
a speech which is'spoken of in terms of com
mendation by the papers in "that State Th«
following extract will show that it was a Dm'™
speech, in tho best sense df.the term: ° n
‘■From the different interests of the North
and the South; some pretend to see rensonVtil?
they should be divided. But he
tioularly for this,, they should and
united. . The North,'with its.leaping
mechanical genius, won d bo a •
section, and the South was a ° o f
“Behind this selfish in crest, which formed
a bond of union between the Slates, there was
the pride ol being an American citizen-thf
greatest country in lhe world, not reckoned ho
ns armies and navies, but by its resources tVm
genius of its people, and their will and power
to do what will become a free man. ••
whole is my oonnlry,”. said the speaker, “ and
I love it with all my heart.” (Tumultuousan.
plauso ) But, said he, if I had no love for any
Stale but my own, still I should he interested
in tho welfare and prosperity of Maine, for it
will act and react on Mississippi. The han'd of
nature set the seal of unity on . this country
our fathers saw it, and wisely embraced it. and
patriotism made them.,onc forever. New Eng-'
land was celebrated for its maltulhcturics, so
much so that ingenuity had become a Yankee
characteristic. The name Yankees is now a
synonym of enterprise and intelligence, which',
was once a term of repWtach; ; A'nct, saitf the’
speaker, you may well bo proud, that you are
Yankees—in the sohoolhouse, in the public as
sembly, in tho workshop, and on every sea.—'.
New England was celebrated for tho power of
mind over matter, which makes our people
great.” , •
On Monday evening last, t>y the Rev. Mr.
Lipdon, Mr. John R. Cocklev, toMiss Sarah
•A. Smith, both of Carlisle."
Bfolice.
,]YrOTICE is hereby given to all persons in
i v terested, that the account of D. W. M’Cul
lough, and T. C. Green, assignees of Thomas
C. Miller, has been filed in the Prothonolary’a
office, by tluTaccountants, and will bo presen
ted to the Court ot Comjnon Pleas of Cumber
land County, for confirmation and allowance,
on Wednesday, the 10th day of November, A:
D. 1858. ■ ■ .
P, QUIGLEY, Proth’y,.
October 14,1858—>8t . ■ '
JUST arrived another largo invoice of New
Goods) at Leidich 4 Sawyer’s new store,
East Main St., such as Silks, Meririoes, ail wool
Delaines, Cashmeres, Delaines, and iriany other
articiosito .which wo invitefho attention of con
sumers. . LEIDICH & SAWYER.
Carlisle, Oct. 14, 1858.
Real Estate at Public Sale.
THE subscriber will soil at Public sale, on
(lie premises, on Saturday, the SOtii day of
October, 1858. at 11 o’clock, A. M., the follow
ing described Real Estate, viz :
A tract of land, situate in Silver Spring town
ship, . Cumberland county, adjoining Kings
town, and within'three, or four hundred yards
of the. Cumberland Valley. Railroad, containing
18 acres, more or loss..
This improvements consist of a two story
iv__ri Frame woathcrboaided HOUSE, A
GOOD BARN, Carpenter Shop, and
■dim Brother out-buildings j all nearly new.
■ ggjji?.' There is a Well of good water at the
door. Also, an Apple Orchard and a variety
' of other fruit trees.
- About two-thirds. of tlie above land is cleared
and the balance is covered with excellent .lira,
her.-
Tbo above is a desirable property, and worth
tbq attention of those wishing to purchase a
comfortable residence.
-Terms of Salo.-ATen per cent, of the pur-,
clmso money to be paid on the day of sale, ono
half of the residue on the. first of April next,
when possession will be given, and the, balance
in.ono year thereafter without interest, to bo so.
cured by a lion on the property.
, .■ . JACOB KELLER,
Attorney for the parties in interest.
October 14, 1858.
Winlci; Fashions.
UMTS! HATS tUATSt ’.! »
CPHE undersigned would respectfully announce
| to the pnblio that , they will continue' the
HATTING BUSINESS at the old stand,(f (bo
late .Ifni. H. Trout, in West High .Street,
where .they hope- all the old customers, find
others will give them a call, as they led eontl.
mdeht of being able .to please, lacy
have now oh hand a. splendid assort,
mont of EATS. of nil descriptions,
from the common Wool to the finest Fur and
Silk Hats, and at prices that must suit every
one who has an eye to getting tho worth ol his
money. ..Their Silk, Moleskin and Beaver
Hats,'hire unsurpassed for lightness, durability
and finish, by those ol any other establishment
ip tho,county. '•' • ,
Hoys’ Tints pf every description constantly
on hand- Call and examine. .
■J. G. GALLIC & CO.
Carlisle, October 14, 1858.
Wortli Ilanovor Bt. Conleciioiicry
: ‘ CARLISLE, I>A.
IVkotesale Hates Reduced s2,oo per 10 lbs.
11HE attention of Country Merchants and 1110
'public generally is invited to alatgO assort
ment of CHOICE CANDIES, manufafctnred of
tlio beat materinl and warranted to contain pa
poison in tlieir colors, which will' he sold whole,
sale or retail at low rates, at the old stand of IV
MON TER, North Hanover St,, Carlisle, Pa., a
few doors north of tlio Carlisle Deposit Bank.
Just received a largc asaprtraent of Fresh
Fruits and Nuts, of the latest importations, pot),
slating pf
Oranges, - Lemons,
Raisins,. . Prunes,
FigSj ■ Dates,'’
Bannanas, Pina Apples,
Almonds, Filberts,- .
Cream Nuts, Cocoa Nuts,
all ot' which will ho sold at low rales. Also> jV
largo assortment of
TOYS AND FANCY GOODS,
of every variety. Also, all the best
Segars and Tobacco, of American and Uerra n
manufacture,„ ' liWn .
Tlio subscriber- returns thanks for tho 1
patronage bestowed on him by tho public,-
solicits a continuaneo of their jJqjj yjjj}'■>’
Carlisle, July 1, 1858 i ’
TEON RAILING I Iron Railing /or Como-
Jl tery enclosures, public and private B r .
and gardens, made to order at the Carlisle
dry, Qur stock of Railing, V erandah andhraea
ot patterns comprises a largo variety o* now
elegant designs which the public are IDVlt ® .
call and examine; Orders for casting an “ P
ting up Railing will be promptly exected at sa •
islaotory prices., • nm ,vW
CC?* An c'ntiroly now TEN HORSE SIEADi
ENGINE and BOILER now on hand,-warran
ted. to bo of the best make, and will bo sold a
a bargain for cash or oh short time. ■
P. GARDNER & CO..
' July 22, 1858.
YKENS’ VALLEY COAL.
200 tons BROKEN.
200 do I|4RGE EGG.
200 do SMALL EGG.
200 do STOVE.
500 (To NUT. '
Art now receiving from the Short ,
Coal Company, delivered in cars, and sent w
any part of Pennsylvania, or at retail. Pot s i
at the lowest market prieU, by - . , -. _ ,
JAS. M. WHEELER &C 0.,;
Successors to Jno. H. Brant, Harrisburg) Pa - i
August, fy 1858 —ly
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