AMERICAN Y OU'NTEER.
JOHN B. BRATTON, Editor & Proprietor .
CARLISLE, PA., NOV. 11, 1858. ■
We are. requested to state that our two
.banking institutions— the Carlisle' Deposit
Bank, and the Cumberland Valley Bank—will
be closed on Thanksgiving Day, (Thursday, the
18ihinst.) Thosehaying business to transact
will not forget this.' ,
■Dedication.— The now Methodist Chinch,
corner of West and Pomlrot streets, in this bor
ough, will bo dedicated to the service of Al
mighty God on Sunday next. The Rev. Dr.
MoOmstoou of New York, will preach at 101,
o’clock, A. M.; the Rev. H. B. Ridowat of
Baltimore,'at 3 o’clock, P; M., and the Rev.
Dr. Rilev of Pittsburg, in the evening.
Mr. Editor —Will yon please inform mo
through Iho medium of your paper, why it is
that the patrol who are summoned to keep peace
in the streets and arrest all disorderly charac
ters, are themselves the very first to disturb the
peace, by intcrlering with’peaceful and quiet
persons who are (fn their way. homo ? They are
the first to raise a disturbance instead of quell
ing one. ' Justice;
Remabks.— Wo know nothing concerning the
conduct of those'-who have been detailed to
servo as a patrol. If men who servo in this ca
pacity So far forget themselves as to disturb the
quiet of the town or.offer insult to well-dispo
sed citizens, they should bo informed on and
exposed. A patrol should bo composed of men
who have the welfare of our citizens and the
peace ol the town at heart.
C?* The present, of all seasons of tho year,
Is thotimo when people should make thorough
examinations of their stove pipes, chimneys and
flues, to guard against accidents by fire, Stove
pipes that have been standing in disuse during
the summer,.months, should ho carefully exam
ined, as it is frequently tho case, in some, unoc
cupied room, or in a garret, an elbow may ho
knocked put ot place, or a joint worked loose;
abrick may have, been knocked out ot a stove
pipe hole in the garret, or there may-bo 'a crack
5n the ohimndy itself, through which sparks may
fltid ogress. Look to it in time, ns by exorcis
ing a little caution now, thousands of dollars
wdrih of property may be saved.
•- Loxo Evenings.— The summer work is done;
the harvest has been gathered; the busy days of.
toil are to bo succeeded by the season which a
beneficent creator seem to have designed for the
roinvigoration of the prolific earth, and the men
tal improvement ot his creatures. From the
autumnal tp the vernal equinox, the long even
ings suggest and afford tho proper opportunity
for rest, recreation and instruction. And the
family newspaper, tho school, teacher, and, the
■ popular .lecturer'are, perhaps, equally import
ant In subserving these varied purposes. The
newspaper will keep the reader in practical re
lations with the progress of the world, aud the
doings of ids follow-beings around him, the
school-teacher will make him better acquainted
with the books of the present and the lore of
the past ; while the lecturer will introduce him
Id: the more ; intricate problems of art ahd sci
. otjcb, and the more lamiliar details of the ad.
vanning' philosophies, in their, numerous appli
cations to the varied purposes of human life.
: BoTs iN the Streets.— The revelries of our
.town boys through our streets at night are be
ginning to be regarded as a nuisance by the
greater portion of our community, and merit
the speedy attention of our public officers.—'
Not only do they block up the pavement, but
frequently annoy passers by with their course
vulgarities. So it is at many of the corners of
our main'thoroughfares. Night running is ru
inous to the'morals of the. boVs-in all instances.
They acquire, under cover of night, an unheal
thy.state of mind, bad, vulgar and profane lan
guage. obscene, practices,,criminal sentiments,
and a lawless and riotous bearing. Indeed, it
is in the street,.after nightfall, the hoys princi
pally acquire the education of the bad, and ca
pacity for becoming rowdy, dissolute men.—
"We hope our public officers will give them their
attention, and receive that co-oporalion from pa
rents and guardians in tllte respect, which the
-merits of the case deserve.
A Woed to Apprentices. —A journal devot
’’ e d to the interests o( labor, addresses the fol-.
lowing advice to apprentices : “In what way
do you spend your leisure evenings 7 ■ In idlo
. neis—in frivolous amusements—or in the com
pany of those who will corrupt your morals 7
Remember, if you would prepare yourself for
future usefulness, you must devote early spare
moments to study. First be industrious in your
several, employments during the hours ot busi
ness j never-complain that it is your lot to woilc; I
count it an honor; go about it with cheerfulness .
and alacrity; it will become a habit, and by be-1
coming so, .will bo a pleasure and delight.—
Make it your business’ tp,promote theinterest of
your employer; by taking care of his, you will
learn to take.care of your-own.
Tub Nedeo Vote in New Yore.— ln Now
York, owing to the ascendency pf the Aboli
tion-Republican party in that State, negroes are
allowed to vote. The negro population is sufli
cientlv numerous to bold the balance of power
and the politicians Vie with each other in bid.
ding- for .their votes. At the election which
came off on Tuesday week, there were four
candidates for Governor; Smith, Abolitionist
and Temperance ; Morgan, Black Republican;
.Burrows, American; and Parker, Democrat.—
It is said that the negro vote was cast almost
exclusively for Morgan, the Black Republican
candidate. From this it would seem that the
negroes prefer the Black Republicans even to
' the radical Abolitionists.
[jy* Tho Democratic majority in the city of
IT&t Tork is, in round numbers, about 19,000.
Tile rest of the State, however, played tho very
deuce with the Democratic party. Tho Repub.
Ucan majority in tho State will bo some 15,000
over the Democratic candidate for Governor.
The SuNmmv and Euie Railroad Case I
Wo learn from the Pittsburg Post, that the
Supreme Court have filed an opinion in favor of
the plaintiff in the case of the Sunbury and
Erie Railroad Company va. Cooper, deciding
that tho act of Assembly for the sale of the
canals is- constitutional, and that a decree will
be entered accordingly at the next Nisi Prius
Court, subject to an appeal to tho Court in'
Banc.-
O* William Sander, who murdered Peter
Shork at Hamplonburg, N.Y., in August last,
in a fit of jealousy, has been sentenced to be
bung at Goshen, on Friday, Dec. 3.
fc/“ThePresident baa commuted the sen*
tenca of death against Charles Barret for the
murder of Reeve Lewis, into imprisonment for
lira in the penitentiary of Washington.
The recent elections have decided the com
■plexion Cff the next House of Congress, says
the Reading Gazette. The opponents of the,
! Democratic party will have a majority of some
twenty votes, as near as can be ascertained at
i present. The, defection upon the Kansas ques
tion, the scarcity of work and money, prostfa- 1
tion of business, and general “ hard times”
for all which the party now in power has been, j
most unjustly, held responsible—and' various I
causes of a local nature, have conspired to bring !
about this result, which every good Democrat i
and lover olios country must deeply implore.—
But, although it is far from agreeable to con
template. in this transfer of power in the popu
lar branch of Congress, an apparent condemna
tion by Uievpcople of the present Democratic
Administration, just as its policy is about to be
fairly developed, a reference to the past will
show that there is nothing in this circumstance,
to discourage us for the future. The State elec
tions of 1854, two years after the national can
vass which made Franklin Pierce President, re
sulted more disastrously than those of the pres
ent year. The Thirty-Fourth Congress was or
ganized —but a hard time it had before H did
organize—with a combined Opposition majori
ty of eig/ify against the Democratic party in the
House of Representatives. This was a mudh
1 worse condition of aflairs than we now find.
1 But the healthy reaction of popular sentiment —
which had been, for the time, misled by the
violence of sectional feeling; growing out of'the
passage of the Kansas Nebraska Act, and the
politico-religious crusade of Know-Nothingism
—came sooner than the most sanguine ■ Demo
crats dared to hope, and much sooner than the
least confident of their opponents deemed possi
ble. In 1856, two short years .after, this revo
lution, the National Democracy triumphed in
the election of James Buchanan, and carried a
sufficient number in the sev
eral States to give them a majority of kbchUj in
the House when the Thirty-Fifth Congress as
sembled. It is true, we! have again lost what
we achieved so gloriously, in .1856 ; but if wo
may judge of the future by the past—and there
is no safer standard—our defeat is but tempo
rary, and the prccusbr pf a .triumphant restora
tion to popular favor in 1860. , Notwithstand
ing the reverses which now stare us in the face,
the Democratic party is better organized and
possessed of a larger share of recuperative ener
gy than it was after the blow it received in
1854, and the Opposition are not a bit better,
if as well, prepared to take advantage of their
success, than they were at that time. The de
feat of the Democracy is the only bond of union
among them. That they have accomplished,
and therefore they wilt soon as they have re.
pcaledly done under similar
separate into their original discordant elements,
and contend among themselves for supremacy
over each other. And besides, it is no desira
ble thing for any party—even the most com
pactly united and harmonious—iii times of gen
eral business prostration like these, to shoulder
the responsibility of administering the revenues
of the Government, as the Opposition inevita
bly must, when the new Congress assembles.—
For our part, we are by no means dissatisfied
that they have undertaken Co. relieve the Demo
cratie party of this heavy burden ; although we
are confident that the present Administration is
equal to-the'-task, aVd tbat-fits policy, bad the
people suffered it to be tried, would have been
vindicated by lime and experience. But a
change lias been decreed, a lid we shall soon see
whether, they who were so ready to charge in
capacity,extravagance, and a disregard of the
public welfare upon the parly in power, and to
volunteer to set all things to rights, are any
belter housekeepers than those they have dis
placed. If it should happen that their practice I
come3uplolheirprofession.it wiil.be for the!
first time in the history of the opponents of the 1
Democratic party ; who, under whatever name |
they have occasionally crept into power, have i
invariably proved themselves totally unfilled
for the responsibilities that were cast upon
them., - .
For the Volunteer.
Wc are mot alone in the opinion that the pres
ent success of the Opposition will by no means
innure to their advantage in the future. Men,
of experience and foresight, among their own
number, who have seen too" much of. the muta
tions of modern politics to bo carried away by
a passing triumph, achieved upon issues essen
tially transient, lake the same view of the mat
ter, and loolc forward to 1800 in no . sanguine
mood. For example,, the Washington corres
pondent of the North American, a political wri
ter of extensive information, and ordinarily ac
curate judgment, expresses his apprehensions
I for the future of his party, in the following de
sponding strain, which, considering that he
wrote in the midst pf the rejoicings of his co-la
borers. over the “ glorious news” from New
York, Mas; achusetls, New Jersey, and else
where, is significant, to say the least:
' >• Whether this result will be an advantage]
or not, in a party sense, to those whose horizon
is circumscribed by that narrow measurement,
remains to be decided by the future. My own
impression is that it will not be. With a Dem
ocratic President in the While House, and a
large Democratic preponderance in the Senate,
no policy that the House may originate, can be
carried out without their assent and co opera
tion. This is one point. Another, and more
important consideration, is the division of re
sponsibility before the country, when the Pres
idential canvass shall begin. •
“ We have already seen that the popular
branch of the last Congress was charged with
the onus of all the appropriations then made.
# ■ * * *■ And it is ycry certain now, even
if there should bo an opposition majority, that
no such dogmas ns have recently been asserted
by' Mr. Seward, can command/or will deserve
to command, a united vote. Whenever he and
his peculiar followers attempt to impose that
sort of test, they will be left in ns beggarly a
minority as their-worthy co-laborers in the
i south, who audaciously advocate disunion as a
universal panacea for all real or imaginary
1 grievances.”
This is the opinion of one whose opportuni
ties of reading the political horizon make, him
an Oracle worth listening to. If he sees little
or no encouragement for the future, in the re
cent successes of his party, how much less
I should Democrats find in them anything to be
disheartened about 1 We have only to keep
up our courage, maintain our organization in
tact, stand by our principles even more closely 1
than ever, and' trust to the returning good sense
and sound judgment of the people. None but]
an united and a national party can ever suc
cessfully administer the government of the Uni
ted States ; and that party is rkt the combina
tiqpof heterogeneous and discordant factions
which has just secured a majority in the House
of Congress.
j£y=- (3ov. J. W. Denver, of Kansas, lias
reached Wasliinglon.
President Buchanan, Fillibusters.
When the redoubtable “ man of destiny,”
Walker, was last lugged out of Nicaragua by
the head and shoulders, Captain per
forming that national police duty in the most
prompt and determined manner, it was scarcely
to be expected that the hero of so many defeats
would have the audacity „to make, the third , at
tempt to invade Nicaragua. Wc had set, down
the recent manifesto of Walker, announcing his
departure for that country as a “ peaceful emi
grant,” to the bravado, which is so conspicuous
in his public efforts, and not to any serious in
tention of inveighling American youths into en
terprises which must end with putting their
hocks in the halter.' It appears, however, that
our government is satisfied .that the. announce
ment springs from another Concocted movement
against Nicaragua, and President Buchanan lias
thought it necessary to give timely warning of
the illegality of such an enterprise, and to in
struct the public.authorities to use vigilance in
preventing it from leaving the United States.—
Wo hope, for the character of our government,
that the public officers will have a better sense
of their duty than they have yet evinced in re-1
lation to Hllibuster expeditions, and not only
break up the expedition but seize the fillibus
tcra themselves in the act of transgressing
against the laws. If President-Fillmoro had al
lowed who were taken at Cuba
to bo shot, without his interfcrece,from human
ity, to save their, lives, wo should never have
hoard of a second (filibuster expedition. Pres
ident Fillmore's interference, then, and Prosi
dent Pierce’s interference’ since, to save Wal
ker from the punishment he deserved when lie
invaded Sonora and Nicaragua, no doubt have
served as a stimulus to other-attempts upon the
national integrity and, independence of- the
Southern Republics. Walker calculates upon
the impunity which has hitherto attended his
i froobooting designs to escape again if ho gets
into difficulty. But if he bo caught in the at
tempt tocarry out his illegal purpose, he should
be taken to some part of the country where fill
ibn storing is-regarded as a crime, and see
whether he can bo convicted for his offences.—
If ho falls into any other hands while engaged
in his piratical foray, lie should he left to thoii
tender mercies to be dealt with' as he deserves,
without any interference from the government
whose allegiance ho has voluntarily thrown off',
and whose laws ho has so frequently violated.
The Depression of Business.
The Board of Trade of Philadelphia, have ad
dressed circulars to all the prominent manufac*
Hirers and business men of the State, for the
purpose of obtaining the most exlcnsive'and ac
curate information possible, with regard to the
present condition.of the induslnal.nnd manufac
turing interests of Pennsylvania ; as well as. to
elicit their opinion upon the causes which-haye
produced tfns 'deprcssion arid the proper remedy
therefor. They say :
“ We would be glad to learn to such extent
ns you may bo willing tcTcomhiunicate for so
desirable an end, the general condition within
the last fifteen, years, of manufacturing orjn
dustrial interests with which you are most fa
miliar ; the period of their highest prosperity,
and the progress and extent of its decline ; to
gether with your view of the immediate causes
of such depression, if any exist, and your opin
ion of the proper measures to be taken for the
restoration of their former prosperity arid vigor.
)•• Wo shall be glad,also to receive uuy.collat
eral information bearing on this subject, within
the r.an#e nfjyeiir (ihe.,reALiein..-,iieru y.i|>ooml!e
in regard to the necessary participation of the
agricultural.interests yf your neighborhood, in
this depression of the industrial and producing
communities.” •
The inquiries are important ones, as out of
the various answers returned,, probably Some
practical suggestions may be made which may
help the ,industrial interest of the State. The
principal cause of the depression of business is
I the undue expansion of credit, and unless there ]
is some check put to This, recurrence of panic
1 and depression will happen regularly with The
1 oyer expansion.
Rule in Baltimore.: —The
recent disorders in' Baltimore furnisli a terrible
picture of the state ot society in that city.—
1 Some lime since Police Officer Benton was kill-
ed by some of the rowdies who infest that city,
Last week Henry Gambrill was convicted 01
this murder. Shortly alter his conviction the
telegraph informed us that an attempt was made
to rescue him, and an attack upon the jail was,
threatened, so that:U had to be carefully guard
ed. Meanwhile, George W. Kigdon,ono of the
most faithful and exemplary officers of the po-
Jice, whoso testimony had formed an important
portion of the evidence upon which Gambrill
was convicted, was shot and instantly killed
while, quietly standing in his own house. A man
named Peter Carre was seen running from the
neighborhood ol Higdon's house immediately
after the murder. lie was pursued by a police
man, and on tbo way running pistol shots were
exchanged between the pursuer and the pur
sued. When ho was finally captured ho con
fessed that ho was standing by Marion Crop
when the latter sbot Higdon. , There was a
strong disposition to lynch Carre when ho was
first captured, but the officers succeded in lock
ing him up before this project was fully arrang.
od. If wo are to judge from the violence which
prevails at Baltimore on election days and such
terrible.occurrences as wo have briefly narrated
above, rowdyism is rampant and supreme, and
a reign of terror of the worst description is es
:abiished in that unfortunate city.
Tub American Agriculturalist.— This
valuable journal is once inoro in our possession.
If grows in interest to the farmer and mechan
ic. Much attenlion is being paid to this peri
odical to make it one of the most useful in the
ranks of agricultural journals. Its pages are
illuatrabAb-with engravings of an agricultural
character—and the subjects written upon are of
that nature which cannot fair to, instruct the
most practical tiller of the soil. The gardener,
the builder, the stock raiser, and the out-door
worker in general, can find valuable informa
tion in the pages of this journal.. As it is de
signed to improve all classes engaged in the
culture of the soil, it cannot fail to he apprecia
ted in the rural homes of our happy country.—
A work like this will find its way into the most
benighted regions, and greatly enlighten the in
habitants of that wild wilderness, and Animate
them with energy and zeal so as to han out a
comfortable existence among the sturdy oaks.
The work is published by Orange Judd, New
York, at $l,OO per annum, in advance.
Tns Wheat Midqe. —Geo. S. Woodhull, 01
Fenton, Mich., asserts that tho midge does nol
leave tho wheat until'it is thrashed, and then 1
goes to tho chaff and' straw, and probably lies
dormant till Spring, when it hatches into a fly
and deposits its eggs. Ho thinks thistrouble
some post might bo destroyed- by burning tho
straw and chaff of nflboted wheat for a few years.
A Hundred Years Ago.
proach of the one hundredth anniversary of Old
Fort Du Qiicsno, says: “ One hundred years
ago there was not a single white man an Ohio,
Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois Territories.-
Then, what is hour the most flourishing part o
America, was as little known as the country
round the mountains of the moon. It was not
until 17G9, that the ■Hunter of Kentucky,, the
gallant and adventurous Boone, left his homem
North Carolina,To become the first settler n
Kentucky. The first pioneers in Ohio'did not
settle until twenty years after this tune. A
hundred'years age Canada belonged to France,
and the whole population of the United States
did not exceed a million and a half of people, A
hundred years ago the great Frederick of Prus
sia was performing those great exploits which
have made him immortal in military annals, an
i with his little monarchy was sustaining a sing c
handed conteslwilh Russia, Austria and France
i —the three great powers of Europe, combine .
i A hundred years ago Napoleon was not born,
and Washingtoiuwas a young and modest \ n
ginia Colonel, and the great events in the histo
ry of two worlds, in which these great but dis
similar men' look leading parts, were then
scarcely foreshadowed. A hundred years ago
the United States were the most loyal part of
the British Empire, and on the political horizon
no speck indicated the struggle which, within a
score ot years thwtafior, established the greatest
republic of the world. A hundred years ago
there wore but four newspapers in America -
slcam engines had not been imagined, and rai •
roads and telegraphs hail not entered the remo-.
test conception of man. UTicn we come to look
back at it through, the vista of history, we find
that to the century which litis passed has been
allotted more important events in their bearing
upon the happiness of the world than almost
any other which has elapsed since the creation.
Late News j'kom Eguopb — By the arrival
of the steamship America from Liverpool, we
have three daytaler news from Europe- A
few intelligible words have been received at Va
lentia, over the Atlantic cable, and the selling
price of the shafts immediately advanced from
£350 to £4OO. French and Portuguese
question is as yet unsettled, though a favorable
solution was expected,' notwithstanding that
two French vessels of war, in qddition to the
two previously stationed there, had arrived at
the Tagus. Thereare vague rumors mentioned
that the Englislvchannel fleet had been ordered
to the Tagiis. the London Times of the ‘2olh
ult., contains a severe attack upon the Ameri
can policy in China, (md the course of Minister
Reed., charges our = Philadelphia diplomat
with making a bad Bargain for his own coun
fry, and endeavoring. to- prevent the English
Ambassador from making a better one for Great
Britain; and also accuses him of being a tool of
Russia throughout the whole period of the ne
gotiation, The Atlantic Company
had notified their employees at Volentia, that,
unless some fav(trable turn occurred in reference
to the.cable,niieirTservices would' be dispensed
with on the 30th. of November. The London
money continued very easy, two per
cent, being the maximum rate of discount.—;
Consols are quoted at 984 a for money, and
98 for ln the Liverpool market cotton
closed quiet, quotations being barely
maintained; was a slight decline in all
descriptions, of goods at Manchester.
Sei-eue Pjiougiit— lUin Pbayed Fob.—The
Norfolk (Va.,) Day Book says that the drought
in that section'of the. Slate is so great that the
citizens of Suffolk.-arc forced to send three miles
to the Canal for water to drink ; an event that
was -never before known by the oldest inhabi-.
tant of that town.. 'Whilst this is the case in
Suffolk; Norfolk is debarred such an opportu
nity for obtaining supplies of water. Nearly
ali the cisterns have been exhausted, and rich
I and poor arc now beginning lo suffer for want
of this great lift-giving element. An alarm o f
lire is now looked upon by the thoughtful as a
terrible thing, for if a conflagration should
break out two or three hundred yards from the
river, it must result in immense destruction.- -
ias been suggested that the Clergy of the va-
rious denominations should oiler up the prayers
of the people to Almighty God for relief in fresh
and abundant showers of.water to slake their
thirst. ' . ~■,
Tub Gbeat Russian Railhoad.— Much has
been said in tliii papers recently about the al
leged swindling oi the'Russian Government, by
American Engineers in the construction of a
Railway. This railway is described in one of
the letters of. Bayard/ Taylor. Ho says that it
|s aafttbyght as a,sunbeam, and that the Empe
ror Nicholas had it built upon the shortest pos.
sible distance between the two cities, by carry-
ing it four hundred versts through swamps,
where an artificial foundation of piles -was ne
cessary. Mr. Taylor considers it the finest rail,
way in the world, and adds ;
There are thirty-throe stations between Mos
cow and St. Petersburg. At the most of thost
the station houses and palaces', ail built exactly
alike, are on a scale 'of magnificence which ,
scorns expense. . A great deal ol needless lux
ury has been wasted' upon them. The bridges,
also, are model* of solidity and durability.—
Ever5 r thing is -on the grandest scale, and the j
punctuality and exactness of the running ar
ran;ements are worthy of all praise. But at
what a cost has ail this been accomplished.—
This road, 400 miles in length, over.a level coun
try, with very few cuts, embankments and
bridges, except between Moscow and Tyer, about,
one-fourth of the distance, has been built at an
expense ol 120,000,000 of rubles, ($90,000,000)
or $225,000 per mile. When one takes into
consideration the cheapness of labor in Russia,
the sum becomes still more enormous.
A Singular Surgical Operation. A man
named Berry, residing in Petersburg, was su •
fering intense paib from a felon on bis hnnd.-
On the 7th ult., he seated himself by the track
of the Petersburg Railroad, and when the train
appicached, coolly laid ins hand on the rad,
the cars passing over and severing it from the
wrist. The consequence was that hti had to
undergo a second operation by tho surgeon.
Hon. J. Glancy Jones has resigned his
seat in Congress, to enter upon the official du
ties of the high .position to which he has been
appointed by the President. His letter ef re
signation to the. Governor is dated the Ist in
stant. ■
SuiOJDE.-James Hope, of Upper St. Clair,
Allegheny co., Pa., having been convicted and
fined ®5OO and costs in a slander suit, hung
himself to a tree-neap his residence, on on ay
morning, He was near fifty years of- ago, and
tho lather of twelve children.
A Picture Well Drawn.
...-.An-nfiil-iaJn .theJSew Orleans Oo.urler on the
,< atump tail press” contains ancJ
applicable truths. It is a patent tjict that thus
preis has suffered Severely from association with
ignorant who, are bettor
litted for miy othet occupation than that of con
ducting public Journals. This class is admira
bly sketched in the subjoined extract from tho
article alluded to :
■‘tflio stump-tail press is an institution in this
country. It is in tho hands of men whoso ava
rice is bouhllless' but whoso knowledge is limit
ed, whoso caprices take tho place of prudence
and judgment, who know no other stimulus to
industry than gold and who recognize no other
token of success. Its lending object is to get
its issues sold, to accomplish which it knows no
tricks too low to employ. Excitement and agi
tation are its moat and drink. Its writers are
scnSutionistswho measure the value of their out
pourings by the quantity rather than the quali
ty. It eschews consistoncy'as a relic of the old
logy ago and finds it easy to ride on either or
both sides of any question. It is ready at any
hour to bolster up any swindle for a largo pot
centago of the profits, and is always prepared to
laud folly or whitewash rascality ‘lor a consid
eration,’ It is eloquent in its praise of all oth
er, shams, chiefly delighting in puffs of quacks’
wares and praises of showmen, actors, circus
riders and wandering lecturers. Presents ol
cheap books will buy its flattering notices of the
most vapid trash. Journals of the ‘swill-milk
and stump tail’ order are continually boasting
of their circulation and trying to Swindle their
honest neighbors out of the patronage which is
their just due. They will often go so far as to
publish advertisements at half price, relying
upon future extortions to make tip their losses.
They never dream that the public are not inter
ested in their private and personal piques, en.
initios and partialities: honed they will continue
a contest with cotera'poraries for weeks togeth
er. . Tho indecent personalities which men of
brains and breeding shun supply to ngitationists
their chief ammunition for their piratical way.
faro upon all that is sound, manly, and honora
ble. Strangers to tho instincts of true courtesy
and ignoring the proprieties of civilized life,
they make their journals tho vehicles of low
abuse.’’
Hoors Under the Ban. —The resolutions of
the Miami Conference of the Church of the
United Brethren, declaring the wearing,of Cri
noline incompatible with a true Christian’s pro
fession, seem to be rigidly enforced by the an.
thofitiea of that denomination. At a camp
meeting of'the United Brethren church recently
held near West Baltimore, Montgomery county;
Ohio, Bishop Bussell forbade any one with hoops
on to partake of. the sacrament; affirming that
they would not be welcome to the table of the
Lord.
Russian Emancipation. —The Gzar Alexander
has recently, given proof ol his determination to
carry out his plans for the emancipation of- the
serfs. In different parts of the empire, the no
hies and proprietors have shown' the utmost re
luctance in seconding the Emperor’s views, and
the Emperor has taken occasion to rebuke their
conduct and to signify to them that he will not
he thwarted in his aims. Various Russian Em-,
porors have desired to abolish serldom, but they
shrank from encountering the formidable oppo
sition of the nobles.' .Nicholas, the present
Emperor’s father, made a movement, in the
earlier part of his reign, to emancipate the serfs,
but ho found the accomplishment of the task
inconsistent with: the realization of his ambi
tious schemes. Alexander, however, finds him
self in a position to devote his attention to raoa
i'sureS of internal reform, and he prosecutes
the work with an energy winch it was supposed,
before he ascended the throne, ho did not pos
sess. As illustrating the state of things which
tj lo Emperor has undertaken to porrect, an En
glish paperstatos :
“aMoscow is a very wealthy commercial city,
the seat of groat manufacturing as well as trad
ing.industry. iTow the bulk of the rich, beard
ed merchants are serfs having no legal property
in their wealth, or at least, no absolute liberty
aa to its disposal; and in Spite ol that wealth,
or at least no absolute libeity as toils disposal;
and in spite of their wealth, their social status is !
infinitely below that ol the most unmitigated
scoundrel and bankrupt who wears ni civil uni
lionn. To enfranchise these men will bo to-re
verse the positions- The ichinovnik or employe.,
with a lower salary than a merchant’s clerk, will
at once sink to his,proper level; for he is often
more ignorant, generally more dishonest, than
the thriving shop keeper whom ho now looks
down;upon and bullies.” .
The minds ol the serfs have been, thoroughly
aroused on the subject of emancipation, and in
their determination to bo freemen, the emperor
finds the strongest support for his just and en
lightened policy. '
A Hint to the Ladies.— lt is-very, rarely, in
deed, that a confirmed flirt gets married. Nine
ty-nine out of every hundred old mai's may at-
tribute tlioir'ancient loveliness to juyonilo levi
fy. It is very certain that few men make a se
lection from ball rooms or any other place of
gaiety, and-as few are influenced by what may
ho called-showing off in the streets, or other al
lurements of dross ; our opinion is, ninety-nine
thundreths of all the' Unory which women deco
rate and load their persons with go for nothing,
so far as husband catching is concerned. Where
and how, then, do men, find their wives? In
the quiet homes of their parents and guardians,
at .the fireside, whore the domestic graces and
feelings aro alone demonstrated. These are
charms which surely attract the high as well as
the bumble. Against these all the finery and
airs"in the world sink into insignificancy;' “
The funeral of police officer Rigdon,
murdered on Friday night, in Baltimore, took
place on Sunday afternoon, and was attended by
an immense concourse. The mayor, and a large
I body of police, with a large number of citizens,
took part in the funeral. The streets were
densely crowded, hut no disturbance occurred.
The murderers have been indicted and will bo
brought to trial during the present week.
Cotton and Sugar Crops. —The Point Coupee
(La.,) Democrat, says :—“ Our planters are still
being favored with lino weather. Most of the
cotton crop is now safe. Nearly all our sugar
planters are now rolling; and, from information
obtained from the best sources, wo learn that so
far tho yield of tho cane is good. Tho cane- is
generally lino, and ns trio season advances will
of course yield.”
Q2P” A terrible catastrophe happened in the
New York harbor on Saturday. Tho propeller
Petrol, built for n pleasure yacht, but lately em
ployed as a tug on tho North river, when off the
foot of Jny street suddenly burst her boiler.—
There were on board at tho time four persons,
one of whom escaped with only a severe wound
in tho head, but the others were killed instan
taneously.
The New York Tragedy.—The Gouldy
family, an account of the murderous attack
upon whom wo published last week, were still
living at the last accounts, with some prospect
of their ultimate recovery. Their restoration
would-seem to bo next thing to miraculous.
[Er*«Wife,” said a man, looking for his
boot-jack, “ I have places where I- keep my
things and you onghr- to know it.” “ Yes,”
said she, «1 ought to know where you- keep
-your late hours—but I don’t.”
Tlie Noyemtier Elections. -
The same influences that operated against the
of "Kn^ylrattinrin'October; were
brought to bear, With similar effect, in most, of
the StAlcs in Wldfth elections wete held last
week. , ■_
New York has gbfae largely Republican. The
SeWarditcs have elected their Governor, and
other State officers, a majority in both branch
es of the Legislature, and some twenty-five of
the thirty-three members of Congress, being a
gain of four on the present Congressional dele
gation.. ” ' ■ ■ ‘ -
Massachusetts, as usual, is Republican all
through, although by a reduced majority on the
popular vote. .1
In New Jersey, the Republicans have
a majority of the Legislature, and three of the
five members of CongteSS. 1
' Wisconsin has also gone for the Republicans
by about the same majority as last year, but
the Democrats have gained one member of Con-1
Michigan has elected a Republican Governor;
a majority of the Legislature, and (wo of the
three members of Congress are of the same
stripe—a gain of one, we believe, to iheDemo
crats. . •
Illinois, a State that never wavers in the
good cause, has been carried by tbo friends el
Judge DougTas. They will have a majority of
live in each branch of the Legislature thus se
curing his return to the 11., S. Senate, over
Lincoln, his Black Republican opponent. Iho
Congressional delegation will stand five Demo
crats, all friends of Douglas, to four Repubh
cans, being the saijie as in fhepresent Congress.
In little Delaware the Democrats have elec
ted their Governor, member of Congress, and
a majority of the Legislature,
The Democracy, therefore have been been
defeated in Now York, New Jersey, Massachu
setts, Wisconsin and Michigan ; and are victori
ous in Illinois and Delaware.
The Next Congress.
The Washington States of Saturday contains
the following speculations on the political com- I
plex on of the next Congress: .
■ •; The next Congress will be Democratic to ]
a certainty. Our readers may rely on this as a
fixed fact. . . . .
■.« In the elections which have already taken
place for members of Congreas the position of
parlies stands: Democrats 49, Republicans
States yet to elect are Alabama, Con
necticut, California. Georgia, Kentucky, Loui
siana, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi. New
Hampshire. North Carolina, Rhode Island
Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, which elect Bb
members. In the present House they stand as
follows
bcm. Rep: Amor.
07 7 12
Add already elected . 49 'lO2 _
“ In tlio States yet to elect the Republicans
niav gain two members in Connecticut, and the
Democrats will, in all probability, gam six
members from the South Americans in Ken
tucky, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, and.
Maryland. Such a result will .make the next
Congress stand: Democrats 120, Republicans
111, South Americans 6. which will give ihe
Democrats a majority of three, over all : and,if
the fourth district in Michigan has. gone Demo
cratic,;as reported, the Democratic strength in
the House will bo 121, and a majority over all
of five.”
llloclung Death—S Man Smothered in a
Chimney. - ,
On Monday evening last, the neighborhood
of Fourth and Shippen street. Philadelphia,,was
thrown into a state of great excitement, by the
news that a man was lodged in the chimney flue
of a house in Shippen Street, below Fourth, oc
cupied by Jane Bell. From all the facts to be
gleaned by us it appears that Richard Dillon, a
young man of about twenty-two years of age,
has, for a long lime, been keeping company
with a female named -Lizzie Hackcrt, who resi
ded at the above house. Latterly', some es
trangement between the parlies took place, and
Dillon- was deserted for another man. Ihis
caused;him to entertain hitter feeling toward her
but no violence was apprehended from him un
til Monday, when, after indulging pretty freely
in liquor, he entered the house about >7. o’clock,
and inquired for his former companion. He was
informed by the inmates that she was out—
which was the truth. Not believing this, he
became excited, and made his way to the third
story room, which is appropriatcd.to the use, of.
Miss Hackert. Finding the door locked, and
receiving no.answer to his repeated demands for
admission, he clambered up the ladder leading
to the loft, and from thence to the roof; He
then managed to work his body into the flue of
the chimney, evidently with the intention of
thus: effecting an entrance into the third story
room. But, as might be .expected in a small
three-story house, the flue was too contracted
to allow of a free passage, and ho soon became
fast. His cries soon attracted the attention of
the inmates, as well ns of passers by, and every
means were then used to extricate the unfortu
nate man from his disagreeable position. Ropes
were lowered from the lop, but his body being
ip such posture, he was unable to take advan
tage of the assistance tjihs at hand. Finally a
hole was cut in the wall of the stairway, and
Dillon was dragged out in .an insensible condi
tion. Every exertion was made to resuscitate
him, but to n d purpose, and after drawing one
or two breaths, he expired. A young man,
who was in the company of the deceased during
the afternoon, stated that he then made threats
to settle his difficulties with Miss Hackcrt, and
purchased a black-jack, but whether to use on
the girl in question ho did not say. The de
ceased was a plasterer by trade, but of late has
been engaged in peddling oysters. He resided
with his mother,-in Carpenter street below
Fifth.
[Cy’’ Utah correspondence slates that the
leading men sanguinely expect the admission of
the territory in;o the Union as a State during
the next session of Congress for 1858-59. They
claim a population of 100,000, and that the
United Slates has no right to withhold a State
government.
O* The statement of the Philadelphia banks
for the week just ended shows a sound -condi
tion. There is an increase of $238,417 in loans,
$219,461 in and $149,654 in deposits,
and a decrease of $86,504 in circulation. The
aggregate of loans and specie are both higher
than at any preceding period this year.
[£7= Thanksgiving day will be observed this
year as follows;— By Maine, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts,' Rhode Island; Connecticut.
Mississippi, Maryland, Michigan, and Illinois,
on the 25th of November, and by New York,
1 New Jersey and Pennsylvania; on the 18th. •
The llog Trade at Cincinnati.
The CinciluVtiti LricoCurrcnt of Wednesday;
Imslthe.foVlQmßEjlLrp!^
“Bather a brisk business Has been done in
hogs during the past* week, and about 12.000
head have been sold for future delivery, embra
cing this and next month,,at $5,62 a 5,75, and
at the close there was a brisk' demand, and all
offered were taken at the .latter price, with more
disposition to contract for, December ihan No*
vcrtiber delivery, at the quotation. • We cannot
say that life market has been, strong, however
as large offerings and a desire to sell, on the'
part of holders, would have caused buyers' to
withdraw, aa wasihfe Oast about the middle of
the week, when there were more sellers than
Imye'ro at $5.62. There are jtbout 2000 head
in the pens, and 240 head ,wtr6 cut by one
house, Friday, hut the weather is too wafiii anrf
unsettled to slaughter with safety; but all the
houses are ready.andnre waiting for the weathcr :
to settle down to a Safe temperature. There is
quite a large number bf hogs now in the vicinity
of the city, so that operations will open gener
ally within the coming ten days, in all pvbbst
bility. ■ ;
The feeling as regards the future is in favor
bf comparatively high prices, and the impression'
is pretty generally entertained that, owing to'
the abundance of money, a speculative feeling
will keep prices up to a high average, notwith
standing there should be an increase in the'
number packed, theft! is also quite a large
number of short crop men, chioffy, however, in
Kentucky. We understand that the Louis-'
ville packers are, with few exceptions, “short'
croppers;” and are straining every point 16 se
cure as large a number of hogs as possible.
In the meantime, the farmers.have discovered
that it will pay well to feed their corn, or cvcri,
their wheal to swine, and are doing so. exteri'-
sivelv, in order to meet the demand. Our let*
lets from Tennessee represent the ■finest’ hogSf
and the ‘finest’ corn in that Stale known for
many years..
Harbisdcbo Bank Statement.— On the. 2d
instant, the Harrisburg Bank—one of the sound
est institutions in the State—made the iollowing
statement of its assets and liabilities:
Assess.
Loans and Discounts,
Stock of-the Commonwealth,
Specie,. -
United States Treasury notes,.
Due by other banks, $148,768 82
Notes ot other banks, 18,265
167,018 'SZ
Stocks, (at present market value,) 31,000
Bonds, “ “ “ .
Real Estate, . \ . 11 » 60P
Liabilities.
Circulation,
Deposits,
Due to other banksj
WhaX shall-be done.with Mexico?— The
Ntw Orleans Delta, in the course of a sensible
article on Mexican affairs, says:
•• What shall we do with Mexico ? Shallwe
stand by arid see one of the fairest regions in jhe
World wrenched from civilization and devoted
to waste arid savagery ■? Shall we. see wealth
bv the hundred'million doily sacrificed to glut
■military brigands ? Shall we see league after,
leatiguo of cultivated ground, once rivalling the
garden of Khubla Khan in beauty and luxuri
ance, abandoned’,and fruitless? And shall we
see American citizens daily plundered and in
sulted, and often worse abused, in that coun
try, by every pelting.pelty officer, -who may
choose to exalt or enrich himself by abusing
the privileges pi national weakness 1
“ These, and similar, considerations, are be
ginning to aflect public opinion, not more in
this country than in Europe, Indeed, the Lon
don Times has already said that we of the Uni
ted S’ atc-8 ought instantly to put a gtop. to ,({|B
stale of things described : anifsome of life tnoA
conservative journals in .this country do not
hesitate to recommend an protccto
inte over Mexico—some Suggesting one mode
and some another, but all agreeing m the con
viction that something ,must be done.
The Ai.libone Case.— Tn the Philadelphia
Court of Quarter Sessions,, on Monday, the cose
of Allibonc and Newhall (Pennsylvania Bank)
came up for trial. District Attorney Longhead
furnished the defence with a bill of particulars
ordered by the Court, but it was so long that
the defence asked a postponement of the tnalin
order to examine it, and be prepared. Judge
Thompson therefore poslponcd the trial of the
case until Monday four weeks hence.
0= Mrs. Mary Thompson, mother of Hw-,
James Thompson, of the Supremo C°«rt,
at Middlesex, Butler county, on the •
aged 88. Her family settled in Butler county
in 1798. ‘
Gov. Packer has issued his P™ o '"®,
lion announcing the election of John M.
as Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylva*
for fifteen years from the first Monday of ue
cember next. .
O” The Union Bank, of Philadelphia; has
been fully organised; by the election of James
Dunlap, Esq., as Presiflent; JohnM.
Esq.. Vico President, and. James Lesley, bsq-.
Cashier.- ,
jy= post Master General Brown, it is stated,
has matured a plan, to be recommended to
Congress, by which money orders may he trans
mitted from place to place through the post of
flee Such an arrangement .would he of
greatest possible benefit to the business of It*
country. .
Dismissed.- Lieut. Payne, a Tonnesse i
the United States Marino Corps, rt ? ent -* .
by Court Martial, at Norfolk, Vn., or »
tag to shoot himself, b “ n^"“ ro m !llo’sor•
the Department has dismisso
vice. .
Boons Gold DowABS.-Lo°i ou‘ for »
gotten up gold dollar, of 0 orew 0 f
the result of. the labors of an mg■ Noth
rascally counterfeiters in Massachu t^
ing but strong acid will B ' lOW
IC7* In Wisconsin, it is s "?P° sca *’Egress-
Larrabce, Dem.. has been c ec entir( , aolega-'
This is a Democratic gam, as . , r 8
don of the State in the present Congress
Republican.
.OP- The Louisville J° urn “' “^as > be |
crop has never been so largo alfttc3 that'
present crop promises to o. cstinifl
there are fields in the blue grass
ted at 176 bushels to the acre, while flew‘ *
raising 76 to 80 bushels are quite com
— ZT~ ’ n f
05- Stephen S. Bemak, Esq.*, ‘ Ptc! iM
phla, has boon appointed, by the
Consul at Trieste, this is a good soled
The Tonnage Tax.—An exchange
fcrring to the incoming"Legislature,* w •
questions of importance which' are >
come before it. refers to the
peal the tax on tonnage passing over . ,jj
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, » f 0(
that schemes arc already being conco
and against that measure. ,
General Wm. Walker, the
ibustor, arrived at Washington on Sator *3
$525f.389 74'
. 50,506
.107,418 13
20,000
$918,931 19
$870,060
181,425 67
41,640 47
$693,126 14