AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
B. BHATTON, Editor & Proprietor.
dTrLISLE, PA.’, ¥eß. 3, 1859. ,
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Meeting of (be Standing Committee.
At a meeting of the Democratic Standing
Committee of Cumberland county, held at
Burkholder’s hotel, on Saturday the 29th Jan
uary, the following proceedings were had:
Resolved. That the Democratic voters of the
several wards, boroughs, and townships, shall
meet at their respective places of holding town
ship and borough elections, on Saturday the
12th of February next, between the hours of 2'
and 5 o’clock in the afternoon, except the bor
ough of Carlisle, where they shall meet between
the hours of 3 and 6 o’clock, and elect two del
egates, who shall meet in the county convention
on Tuesday tbe 15th of February next, at 11
o’clock, A. M., to choose delegates to represent
the county in a Slate Convention to bo held the
4lh of March, to place in nomination candi
dates for Auditor General and Surveyor Qenc
_rak_.
Resolved, That IhisTComlhittee recmnmencl'
that the Convention, during their meeting, will
Bit with opea doors.,
JACOB WOLF, Ch'm.
A. LAifBEE.TON, Sec’l/. ’
Not Admissible.— The lengthy communica
tion ol “W. M/,” in reply to the short note
signed “J. 11. Schriver,” published in our last,
cannot appear, for two reasons—First, because
it abounds in personalities; second, because a
controversy is unnecessary. Mr. Schriver, as
one of the secretaries of the late meeting of the
County Teachers’ Institute, had a right to cor
rect the proceedings when lie found them erro
neously published, and for this purpose we gave
him the use of.our columns last week.
. Lectures. —By reference to our advertising
columns, it will be seen that the Committee for
the purpose have completed the arrangements
for having a course of lectures delivered in Em
ory Chapel, during the present and next riiontb.
The gentlemen selected ,as lecturers—Milburn,
McMichael, Forney, Dr. Elder, Tiffany,' and
Saxe—present an array of talent seldom en
gaged for a : course of sis lectures.
Superior Writing Paper. —We found upon
our table, a few days since, several samples of
the writing paper manufactured at the Mount
Holly Papy? Mills, in this county, and more
beautiful and elegant paper we have never seen.
It is equal in finish and whiteness to the finest
English paper, and is superior, in every respect,
we presume, to any made in this coiiufry. The
Mt. Holly Paper Co. is composed of four or
five experienced and ■ enterprising men, who
have procured the best and most extensive ma
chinery, to-make their\mills perfect in. every
respect. The demand for their paper will, of
course be very great.
The Receipts and Expenditures for this
county for thejyear 1858, arc published by the
Commissioners in 10-day’s' paper, to which we
invite attention.
. Election op Delegates:— The Standing
Committee, for this county met at Burkholder’s
hotel, in this place, on Saturday last, and fixed
upon Saturday, the 12th inst., as the day for
the election of Delegates to the County Conven
tion! ; ■■■'.■,■
Pußpio Sales.—Handbills, for the following
public sales have been : recently printed at this
office-; ■’
John - Goodyear, South Middleton township,
sale of horses, cows, young cattle, sheep, hogs
and larming implements, on the 12th ofFebru- i
ary. , ‘
Jesse Zeiglbb, North Middleton township, I
sale of horses, cows, colts, hogs, hay and far- (
ining implements, on the 15lh ot February. . <
I. C. Lindsey, Dickinson township, sale of 1
horses, cows and young cattle, shoals, sows, '
young pigs, gears, arid farming implements, on 1
the Isih of February. . !
Jacob Noggle, Dickinson township, sale of
horses, cotvs, young cattle, hogs, and farming
implements, on the 17th of February.
Daniel Wonderly, Dickinson township,
sale of horses, colts,.cows, young cattle, hogs
■and farri&ig implements on the 22nd of Febru
ary- /
.TueophilusO. Worn, Dickinson township,
sale of horses, cows and young catlle, shoats,
gears, harness and farming utensils, on the 23d
of'February..
Stephen B. Cook, South Middleton town
ship, sale of horses, colts, cows, young cattle,
hogs; household furniture and farming utensils,
on the 25th of February.
George W. o 'Donned, Monroe township,
sale of horscS, colts, milch cows rind young cat
tle, sheep, breeding sows and shoats, and far
ming implements, on the 261 h of February. .
John Stuart, jr., South Middleton township,
sale of horses, colts, cows and young cattle,
sheep, hogs, horse-gears and farming imple
ment,3T on the Ist of March.
Pfln.lP ThuMA, South Middleton township,
Sale of horses, colts, cows, young cattle, and
'farming implements, on tiic 2d of March,
J. G. Keenv, South Middleton township,
sale of horses, cows, sheep, young cattle, and
farriiing implements, on the 7th of Marcli.
Joseph Culver, North Middleton township
s&Jb of horses, cows, hogs, and farming imple
ments; on the X’dih of March. •
David G. Oyster, Eastpennsboro'’ township,
sale of horses, cohs, cows, and young cattle,
and an extensile variety of farming implements,
on-the 241 h of March.
Murder Trial. —The trial of Daniel and
David Funk, arraigned before the Court of
Franklin county, for the murder of John Os
born, resulted-in the conviction of the former of
murder in'the second degree, and 1 the acquittal
of the latter. Daniel Funk was sentenced to
undergo an imprisonment at solitary cOnQne
- metrl in the Eastern Penitentiary for a- term of
5 years and 6 months.
The Valley Spirit in. speaking of- the trial re
marks: “There is no excitement in relation to
these trials, or their results, in this community.
Every one appears-well satisfied with the man
ner in which they have’terminated.” ■
The Supposed Morder.— The body of the
German, supposed to have been murdered in
the- bridge on Thursday night- last, says the
Httrrisbhrg Telegraph, has not yet been recov
ered, although search was made on Saturday
and Monday. He was seen in several beer and
oyster shops on Thursday evening, in company
with some German friends. The affair remains
involved-in -mystery, but the settled conviction
stems’to be that he was murdered. It is said’
tiiat he had but three or five dollars in money
with him at the time.
(tv" Very pleasant—the weather.
Tho Democratic Party Summarily Disposed 01.
Our political opponents, says tho Patriot and
Union, have a method of reasoning, peculiarly
their own. This distinctive process is adapted'
to no other circumstances than those conjured
up by their happy imaginations, and would be
false logic with any other party. As an in
stance of this forcible brushing away of hard
facts to give room for the exercise ’of glowing
fancies, we observe a political writer of dis
tinction pursuing this line of argument; after
assuming that the Democratic party is divided
upon every great public question—the Tariff,
the Pacific Railroad; internal improvements,
tho Cuban question, and concerning Mexico and
Central America—ho. say's, with the utmost
complacency, “the Democracy arc disentegrat
ed, demoralized, and' destined to be defunct as a
political organization, if only common prudence
be practiced by their opponents.” We must
confess that we dislike this way of annihilating
the Democratic party at a blow : ibis malicious
Jto come up behind and attempt to strike us
down without fair notice, with the butt end of
such a logical bludgeon. Mark the consistency
of the argument 1 The premises are that there
is a difference of certain questions
among leading members'of the Democratic par
ty, and the conclusion, that", therefore,.another
party distracted with differences, much more
irreconcilable and much greater, must vanquish"
the Democratic party, because these differences
exist. Suppose we apply the. same rule to the
Opposition; they are for and against a Tariff;
for and against the Pacific Railroad ; for and
against Americanism ; for and against Aboli
, lionism ; utterly without cohesion or unity up
on any great question, and most particularly
warring upon the slavery question —therefore,
; this party must, fall an easy prey to the De
’ raooraoy. It is a poor rule that won’t work
i boih ways. 1 Our private impression is that the
• Democratic parly will last'at lca-t a few weeks
■ longer.
Country NEWSPAPERS.-r-One of our city
magazine writers-pays a high compliment to
the newspaper literature of our country, in say
ing that he “ has seen in little country news:
papers prose-articles.of genuins merit —articles
in which were displayed the highest order of
capacity ; and yet beyond the harrow circle of
a county, where,, perhaps! they were not and
could not be appreciated, were never read, of.
even beard of. We open cvcrj’week in our of
fice,'country papers, whose editorials would
adorn the great city jiapcrs and make their, rep
utation. But they pass away after being
glanced over, and are seen no norc. There is a
great amount of -talent in the country that
could be made the basis of splendid reputation!
But it wants a theatre for display. Like the
cold steal, it must be smitten to produce fire.--
It is modest; timid, and retiring, and lives in
oblivious shades, while contemporaneous aud
arrogant ignorance lakes the lead in all public
matters and gathers all the laurels to be won.
Look at the second and third classes of con
spicuous men among us. What they lack in
capacity they make up in an article commonly
called “ brass. ” They have stepped in whore
the highest, capacity fcard to tread. They
reap honors, emolument and wealth, while the
timid children cf genius, like the glow-Vcrm,
shine in obsdilriiy, and go wanting [nil their
■days. He wilWndcett be a benefactor who shall
teach true merit how to bo courageous.
.Troubles of the Industrious. —Not the
least of the trouDlos of.the busy; man is to pro- j
tect himself, as he sitteth in his home orgoeth ,
about .the . ways of tbo world, from the great
banditti of the idle. Does an idle man like (
conversation? he obtairis it,not from some man
.■ . i
equally yawning.and vacant with himself, but
from some active and well plenishcd mind, .
which cannot properly spare him a moment,
though be generally contrives to take an hour.
Say he dabbles in literature, and in attempts at
easy writing, makes, as usual, somewhat hard
reading—to whom docs lie apply to got his dic
tion trimmed, and his work heked into shape;
but to some poor, over-driven steer of the
press, whose every minute is required for his
ordinary and unavoidable labor, or who can on
ly spare for this superrogatory drudgery some
intervals of leisure which lie ought, rather to
spend in Healthy exercise, or that to him great
est of all luxuries, simple vacation of mind ?
The idle never think ol plundering the idle—
they arc a set of luxurious dogs, and regard no
booty as worth having unless it-bo a serious de-
privation to its'former owners, It is upon the
fully or over-occupied man that they like to
proy. Five minutes from such a person is a
greater acquisition than a whole day from one
who has only a little to do. .
Thrilling Scene in a Cuuboii.— At the
Madeline, in Paris, on Christmas Eve, the well
known Abhe Bautain preached in the evening,
and as lie is one of the most eloquent pulpit or
ators, as well its one- of the most learned theo
logians of France, a very largo congregation
assembled to hear him. Ascending the pulpit,
ho gave forth no text, but after a pause cried
in a sonorous voice, “ A Saviour is horn unto
us!” He then repealed the cry, and then said:
it Aly brethren, why do you not receive that
glad tidings with an Hallelujah.?” Thereupon
the whole congregation stood up and cried
“Hallelujah!” Alter which he proceeded to
deliver his sermon. v
A Very sad Sxokv —An English paper re
lates the death of a father from grief. It says :
“His hoy, aged 8 years, was accused, on a
charge of stealing a sovereign. Bail was refus
ed, and the lad was sent to prlron. The lath
er, on parting with bis- child, took the matter so
deeply to heart that ho went homo and never
again looked up. A deep-seated melancholy
took possession of him; ho was obliged to give
up work,.and, on the day his little boy was
tried, the father breathed his last. The surgeon
that attended him says that he died of a broken
heart. The boy was discharged.”
Human Hair. —The London market aiono
contains live tons of human hair. Blonde hair
is the most demanded. Most of this comes
Horn Germany, where it is gathered by a Dutch
Company. Fifteen years ago this was in the
greatest demand,and brought $2 an ounce.—
Black hair is now preferred. -It comes from
Franco, principally from Brittany and the
Southern Departments. The French hair bar.
vest amounts to nearly a hundred tons a year.
The price varying from 20 cents to a dollar per
head, according to weight and quaility. The
hair merchants attend fairs with a pack of rib.
bone, pins, and such-small articles,,which they
exchange for hair.
gy The citizens in the town of Bloomington,
Douglas county, IJI., have recently passed an
ordinance, entitling the women, to an equality
with the men ns voters.
agricultural Operations of tho Patent Office.
The Patent Office Report just issued, flips
uishes much useful information relative,'to..lie
operations of the Agricultural branch
Department of the Government. V& learn
from it that an agent has been enjoyed to
visit the Tea Districts of China, Icf the purpose
of collecting seeds and plants, tpbe introduced
into the United Stales. In/csligations into
the qualities of the cotton plant, and the soils
best adapted for its oullurg - arc being made by
-an able chemist, and alsp in reference to the
amount of alcohol and stbeharine water in the
Chinese sugar ca.no, am’ the nutritive proper
ties of the yam, ibe rotate, chufa, and Indian
corn. Considerableattcnlion has been devoted
to the native ginpcs for the manufacture of
wine.- Within /he United St Sites there are forty
well defined bytanical specimens, including up
wards of oni hundred varieties of grapes, half
of them susceptible of being converted into
wholesome wine. The cuttings of sugar cane
imported] from Demarara promise to largely
■compcns}te--for-t!i6-troi)ble„-Miire_Lhau_auc.
hundieijf bushels of sugar cane, from France
have b. cn distributed for cultivation, and soft!
cicnt.fetufns.have been made to prove that it
wiiybe valuable for feeding stock and other cco
nqtuical use. The cultivation of the Gbiqc.sc
yam has been a success; so also bald barley
.from Tuscany, and wheat from the Mediterra
nean. The Commissioner is of opinion that
| the success which has attended the experiments
of .disseminating new and useful seeds, and the
collodion and promulgation of fad* connected
with the history, progress, and economy of the
principal staples, fully warrant the expenditure
which has been made for those purposes. ' .
Common School Report. —The annual re
port of the Superintendent of the Common
Schools of Pennsylvania, 11. 0. Hickok, Esq.,
is an able and well written document, and con
tains much interesting and useful information,
together with many valuable statistics, showing
the success of the public system, and the im
provements which have been made during the
last few ycars in the mode and planner of in
struction, as well as the character and.qualifl:
cations-of the teachers.
From the arrival of, the sleam
er Tennessee at New Orleans we have dates
from the city of Mexico to the lOih inst., and
from Vera Cruz to the 24ih. -A rumor prevail
ed that an American vessel had threatened To
bombard Mazatlah, on account of the confisca
tion of the cargo of onje of our merchant ves
sels. It is also said that Mifamon will not ac
cept the Presidency, but will adhere to Zoloa
ga’s policy. It .was said that the French and
English fleets had threatened to bombard Vera
Cruz and Tampico, if certain conditions were
hot complied.with. A terrible explosion took
place in the Government palace, at Guadalajara
by the explosion of a powder magazine, and by
which between one and two hundred persons
were killed. The whole country is in its usual
unsettled state.
From California. —The mail steamship Ill
inois, from Aspinwall, with California advices
to the sth ult., arrived at -New York on the
28th ult. The Illinois brought 200 passengers
and SI ,200,000 in treasure. The markets at
San Francisco were very dull for Atlantic pro
duce. Goldtdust wa s/ coming-in infra liberal: "
ly. A fracas occurred at Aspinwall, oh the
9lh inst., between a parly of sailors, belonging,
to the United States frigate Roanoke and the
foreign Iresidents. .Not much damage was done.
The United States steam-frigate Merriman, and
sloop-of war Decatur, were at Rcalija on tire Ist
of January. The Decatur was preparing for a
cruise. The steamer Washington was announ
ced to sail from Aspinwall on the 20th, from
San Francisco, via the Cape. The Costa Rica
Congress was in extraordinary session on the
2d of December", and ratified the Belly treaty,
1 with slight modification.
A Bigamist Pardoned. —Nathaniel J. Bird, |
alias “ Dr. William J. Hunter',’’.who was com
viclcd at Camden, N. J-, in October, 1853, (the
Philadelphia: papers all print it erroneously
1858) of bigamy, arid sentenced to ten years’
imprisonment in the New-Jersey State Prison,
.was liberated a few days since, a pardon hav
ing been granted him. in November last.’ Bird
hud made himself notorious at the lime of his
arrest, for his numerous matrhnonal exploits.
It came out on his trial that ho had married
some twelve or fifteen wives in different parts of
the country within the space of a few.years.
Coolies.— A lamentable picture is drawn by
an exchange of the suffering of these poor crea
tures in Cuba. Uncared for, they herd togeth
er like wild beasts, and get rid of life by han
ging themselves, sometimes a dozen at a time.
Although they are physically far inferior to the
negro, the same tasks are imposed upon them,
and the work demanded is so severe as soon to
break them down, while if they survive. no
provision is made for their return to their na
tive land.
03?“ A sharp piece of swindling speculation in
New Jersey waste lands was developed in Now
York on Wednesday. The land Operators—
they give their names as John Caroy and Will
iam Robinson—had an elegant map prepared,
showing a populous country village in the cen,
tro of their property, and unsold lots and farms
awaiting disposal. The whole thing is said to
bo a gigantic fraud, and largo numbers are said
to have been duped into exchanging their spare
cash-for worthless, title deeds received at the
hands of the parties named. Thu accused were
locked up to await trial.
KF”Tlib Vicksburg Sun of the 4th instant in.
forms us that a runaway negro was caught al
Black Hawk, a few days ago, with the hand ol
a white man in his pocket. It is said the ne.
gro confessed that he had exhumed’ the body,
and cut the hand off the dead man’s arm, to acl
as a charm in keeping- the dogs from followin'
his track ; and on the strength of his confession
ho was hung. A white silk glove was on the
hand when it was found.
(jry Dr. Edward Hudson, Surgeon in the Na
vy, died in Brooklyn on Sunday last. He was
a native of Philadelphia, and contracted the
disease o( whicli he died during his attendance
on_tho Africans sent back to Liberia on the Ni
agara.
“Doeslicks," describing a N. Y. boaid
ing house says: you can always tell when they
get a new girl by the color of the hair in the
biscuit.
More Territorial Government —The
Pike’s Peak gold-mining region is about.to be
organized into a Territory, to bo called Jeffer-
Hdn;
- r—
/' . Ilentjjr Clay’s Resolution. I
In 1837, more than twenty years ago, Henry
Clay introduced into the United States Senate
the following resolution, which was warmly
supported aud voted for by such Democrats as'
Benton, Calhoun and "Wright:
“ Resolved, Thai any attempt of Congress to
abolish slaveiy in a Territory of the United
States in which it exists, would create serious
-alarm and just apprehension in the State sus
taining that domestic institution —would ho a
violation of good’faith towards the inhabitants
of any such Territory who shall have been per
mitted to enter with and hold slaves therein,
and because when any Such Territory shall be
admitted into theiUnihn ns a Stale, the people
THEREOF SUALL BE ENTITLED TO DECIDE THAT
QTHSTION EXCLUSIVELY FOR THEMSELVES.”
What docs this resolution contemplate ? It
docs not contemplate that a Territorial Legisla
ture may, directly nor indirectly, by “un
friendly legislation,” or otheswise, interfere
with slavery in 'any Territory ; but that only
when “such Territory shall be admitted into
I the Union as a State, the people thereof shall
be entitled to decide that question exclusively
for themselves.”. To tinker with the question
of slavery at any other time “ Would be a vio
lation of good fauir towards" out Southern
brethren. .
Here is another proof of the wisdom of f res
ident Buchanan,and of the extreme folly of the
Republicans andagseeding Democrats who re
sist the policy bfjfic President, .twenty years
ago, (before every;man who went to Congress,
claimed the rightjo be regarded a very great,
man,) the lending minds of the Democratic
Party, ns is the case now, were opposed to in
terfering with slavery in the Territories, and
that is the real position of the Democracy at
this day, according to the resolutions of the
Cincinnati Convention.
Re-Election >of Senator Benjamin.—Sen
ator Benjamin on the 24th ult.,- re elected
to the Senate of Jthe United Slates from the 4th
of March ijcxt, hv the Legislature of Louisiana.
The contest between Benjamin and Sandidge
was of the most exciting and desperate charac
ter. T
VAii’s Galvanic Oil.—Billibus
Cholic was cureo| in ten minutes —ask .P. A.
Brand, of Harrisburg, Pa. Piles of ten years
standing cured, one bottle, and many others
of the game character cured soundly by, the use
of this Oil., - r
Death’ of -a. Desperado.—The Crockett;
(Texas) Argus- says that, on h the. 2*ilh ult.,
Ralph Trotter, ah'Englishman, supposed Lo..be
deranged, armed himself with a rifle, and, para
ded the streets, apparently bent on mischief
lie soon caught sight of Mr. Humphrey Turn
er, a respectable citizen, arid raising his rifle,
and exclaiming, “Now, 3'oung man, I ve got
you !” insian;ly:.fircd, and missed;.him. Mr.
Turner thendrew a revolver, and shot Trotter
dead. • . . ' '
Shocking Stour.—The Calais (Me.) Adver
User of the 20lli ins:., says that some boys who
' had broken into a store.in Millbridge.and stol
en some articles of clothing therefrom, bad been
sent to St. Andrew's jail, and that one'lad;
named Dean, had . been frozen to dealJi in his
cell, oh the night of the 11th inst. His com
panions cried “filurder,” and, made every, kind
of noise, to attract the jailor’s attention,,bul
without success. It is horrible that a human
being should bq Jj&to perish in such a manner.
Cumotrs. ANitowoBMENT.—At the close of
the sitting of the jjjouse ol Representatives, at;
read the r “ I :am requested to
announce that Ee«Dr. McFarland tvill deliver
a lecture this evening in this hall, on the V, Ed
ucation of Idiots,”; jWfimtej-s of the Legislature
arc invited to attend !”
Suffering is Michigan.—The people of Gra
tiot county, Michigan, arc repraented as being
in a very destitute condition, arid an appeal has
been made to the Legislature for aid. There
are about 1000 families in the county, and of
these not more than one.quarter, it is believed,
have the means' of subsistence until the, next
harvest. An almost total failure of the crops
is assigned as the cause of the existing want.'
■in?* Mrs. Mary Allison died m Nottingham,
N. 11., in the one hundred,
ninth year of her ago, having been born in Lee,
N. 11., May 20, 1700. Her maiden name was
Mary Eislc. She has eight daughters living,
the youngest of whom is sixty years of age,
age, three of whom are over eighty, and The cl
dost will be,Bo in May., . , '
■ ‘ u/'~* VVe have been informed that the "Penn
sylvania Railroad Company refuse to pay the
tonnage tax, imposed by their charter, to the
Commonwealth;,and intend to contest its con
stitutionality in.thc.courts, as advised by their
counsel, Messrs. Ciiyler, -Meredith, and Crit
tenden, in an opinion recently published. The
amount due at the present time, for the last six
months, is over one hundred thousand dollars.
Homeopathy versus Allopathy.—An ex
traordinary trial has opened in the first civil
chamber in Parik. Twelve homeopathic doc
tors have commenced an action for fifty thou
sand francs damages from an allopathic medi
cal journal, for an attack upon their system of
medicine. It is the" virtues, of that system
which they desire, to establish, and not a pecu
niary claim, for they promise to give the money
to the poor. •;
Death Warrants.—Governor Packer, on
Thursday last, issued warrants to the Sheriff of
Allegheny county, for the executidh of David
S. Evans and Christian Jacoby, on Friday, the
20lh day of May next.,
Oy Johanna Murphy, one of the. servant
girls who was dangerously wounded at the lime
of the Gonldy tragedy, and who was supposed
to be in a. fair way of recovery, has had q re
lapse in consequence of the removal of several
loose pieces of her skull. She is-at present in a
very critical condition.'
Union op tub Dk-mocuacv. —-The two fac
tions of the Democratic.parly in Kings county,
N. ¥., mutually agreed, through their Commit
tecs on Wednesday night, to unite, and hereaf
ter work together in harmony.
Oy. It is estimated that after the apportion
ment of mcriibcrS Of the National llouseof Rep
resentatives, in 18G0, the New England States
will have 25 members, the Middle States 65 r , the
Southern States 76, arid, tho Western 76.
rho Indian Otiico is in receipt of des
patches from Minnesota, stating that hostilities
aro again threatened by tho Sioux and Yancton
Indiana. Prompt steps have beeri taken by
Commissioner Denver.to meet any emergency.
OF” A Florida paper saj-s that’ a’now parly is
being organized down in tho Florida swamps,
to bo styled “ The Sons ot tho Soil.” One of
its objects is said to be to proscribe citizens of
Northern-birth.
The Bights of Railroad Conductors to Eject
Passengers. .
In the Middlesex ebunty Court of Common
Pleas, in session at East Cambridge, Massa
chusetts, the following case has been tried,:
John O’Brien vs. Asa Hapgood and the Bos
ton and Worcester Railroad Corporation.
This was an action of tort, for ejecting the
plaintiff from the cars of the .defendant corpora
tion, of which the defendant Uapgood was the
conductor. .... . -
■ The plaintiff claimed that ho entered the cars
ns a passenger, and offered to pay his faro : that
it was refused, and the cars stopped for the
purpose of ejecting him ; that ho then offered
his fare again, which was again refused, and he
was removed from a car hear the forward part
of the train. The defendants claimed,.that he
distinctly refused to pay his fare until after the
train was stopped to eject him, and upon this,
point the evidence was conflicting, and the case
was argued at length to the jury, as well as on
the question whether the fare was properly de
manded, andUie ejection made at a reasonable
place. , . ._
ft appeared that after the plaintiff was ejee-
;ed he immediately ivent to the last car in the
train, jumped on with , the assistance of his
brother, and without the defendant’s permiss
ion, (he train being on the track, and not at
any station, or stopped for any other purpose
than to eject him as aforesaid; that the conduc
tor was immediately informed that he had done
so ; went at once to that car and again ejected
him, although his brother offered to pay his fare.
And the the defendants, not disputing that
such .offer was made, contended that under
those circumstances, the plaintiff was not enti
tied to a passage; that the business of the road
could not be carried on safely if passengers
were at liberty to conduct in this manner, and
yet retain the’right to be carried by the same
train after such refusal, and asked the Court to
rule that the, plaintiff was not emilled to a pas
sage by reason of such offer.
The court instructed the jury that if the
plaintiff refused to pay his fare when demand
ed in a fair, reasonable, and proper manner, the
defendants might eject him at a reasonable
place; that an offer of the fare after the cars
were stopped to eject him was too late: but as
to the second ejection instructed them for the
purposes of the case, stating that he considered
this a more difficult question,.as follows :
, That the agents of the corporation might
eject from the.cars a passenger, refusing to pay
his fare, and let him go upon the road; find
that they, might stay by and. keep him off, b«£
that when that act was once ended, a new slate
of things began, and that it was ended when
the agents of the corporation had Ceased all
acts to prevent hhn from coming on to the cars.
That if the cars were stationary for any reason
he might get on, and when on he must be car
ried. The question then arose, how long after
a passenger had committed an act for which he
was'jusiiafiably expelled could he get on ?
' This might be difficult as a question of fact,
but it was when the transaction of ejection Was
complete, and the parlies had separated. If
alter the agents of the corporation'had put him
off,, they did not continue their act, and he
jumped on to the same train immediately, after
he was rightfully there, and could not be ejec
ted if he then offered his fare; and directed the
jury to find whether either or both and. which
of the ejections was justifiable. Under these
rulings, the jury found that the first, ejection
was justifiable, but the second was not so, and
assessed the.plaintiff's damages for the second
ejection at SI 50. The defendant excepted to
these rulings, and lhe;case will go to the Su
preme Court for. revision and final determina
tion. ,
The Taiiifp Question. —The Washington
Star,, of Saturday, gives the following report
of a Senatorial caucus oh tins, at present, all
absorbing topic: ' :'
■ “The Democratic members of the Senate
held a caucus this. morning, on the subject of
the tariff.. ... ■
-. '-^cndlor r lTu'riTEr“;dKtfoduoecl a jtcsoluliou
declaring that it is inexpedient 1 to . change the
tariff at the present, session, and contended
that on'the revival of business the present
law would be ample to supply a sufficient reve
nue.- .
“Mr. Bigler oflered, as a substitute, a reso-
lulion declaring that as, the revenue is insuffi
cient, it is, thercfol-e, wise to increase the im
port duties.
“The amendment of Mr. Bigler was reject
ed, and that of Mr. Hunter adopted by' a large
majority. ' '■ ' ,
“Mr. Slidell regarded it the duty of Congress
todook rather to a reduction of expenses than
ah increase of revenue.”
Death of Wm. 11. Prescott, the Histori
an-—'Che Boston Post, of Saturday last, gives
the annexed particulars of the death of this
distinguished literary, gentleman-.; “Although
he has not been in the enjoypaent of his usual
degree of good health for the past six months, j
yet no serious apprehensions had been enter
tained by his friends. ■ About one year since,
we are informed,.he was attacked with a slight
apoplectic shock, from which he was unable
fully to recover up to the, time of his. death.
He passed the last season at his summer resi
dence in Peppered, and by careful treatment
was enabled, in a measure, to recover, aind de
vote a portion of his time to his literary pur
suits. Durihg the month of November he .re
turned to the city, and no visible -change took
place in his-condition during the intervening
time. Yesterday morning he arose, apparently
in his usual health and spirits, and nothing un
usual occurred until shortly after 12 o'clock,
when, with hardly a moment's warning, ho
was seized with a fit of apoplexy, which resul
ted in his death in about two hours. From the
time of the attack until his death he remained
entirely unconscious of everything passing
around him.”
0“ John Travis, the great pistol shot, pro
poses to shoot at a half dollar in the hand of a
boy who travels with him. ,
A Service of Plate to Mr. GibDiNas.-r-Tho
Republican Senators and Representatives of
Congress, it is stated, have opened a subscrip
tion paper, which was speedily filled up, for the
purpose of raising between five and six hundred
dollars to purchase a service of plate, to be pre
sented to tho Hon. Joshua R. Giddings, as a
testimonial of their appreciatioiTbriiis public
labors in tho councils of tho nation.
Heavy Verdict. —In tho case of Sarah E.
Shaw vs. tho Worcester Railroad Company,
which has been on trial for some days in Bos
ton, in tho Supremo Court, the jury rendered a
verdict for tho plaintiff of $23,000. This is the
lourth time this case has been tried, and the last
verdict rendered was for $lB,OOO. Tho hus
band of tho plaintiff was killed some years ago,
and sho was seriously injured by a train on tho
road coming in contact with tho carriage in
which they were both riding.
Col. Benton’s furnituro at Washington is
to bo sold at miction. His property is estlma
tod to bo insufficient t 6 priy iris debts'.
[jy Qen. Houston is now in his siSty-flfth
year! arid has signified his intention to retire
from public hfo on the sth of March nest.
02?” An exchange states that eight prisoners
escaped from the Columbus (Ohio) jail, six of
whom were white men, one a negro; and the
other a Dutchman.
The Pacific Railroad debate in the Sen
ate is running,into political and personal dispu
tation, much t 0 tho discouragement of any at
tempt to mature and pasri a practicable bill.
Robbery of the Adams Express
Acqusta, Geo. January 31.'
Adams’Express car was robbed on Friday
last of about somewhere tetwebn
Montgomery,.Ala., and Atlanta, Geo The
money was mostly in five and ten dollar notes
on the Georgia and South Carolina Batiks. A.
reward of $5,000 is offered for the recovery of
the money.
Important from Hnyti—Probable Abdication
of the Emperor—The Republicans.
Boston, January 81
An arrival from Joremie brings letters to the
12th inst. It is reported that the Emperor has
been compelled to return to Port au Prince with
tho remainder of his troops. , Ho will be forced
to abdicate. Tho Empress advised him to do
so and ho threatened to shoot hor, but was pre
vented by tho interference ol several of his
G-onorais.
A letter from Gonayrcs says that the Eepub
licans, if successful, will ro-opeir to commerce
tho puts which have boon closed for years; and
will'probably revoke the odious monopoly law.
Nfwspapeb Pubmsiuno.— The New York
Observer thus speaks of newspaper publishers:
“The remunui'atibn must be ample, or the
laborer is not free from care, and does not work
with enthusiasm. Every reader is responsible
for this mailer. If one subscriber neglects to
pay promptly, he contributes to dishearten tho
man who labors to make tho paper what the
renders wish it to be. If the editor knows that
he is not only to work for nothing and find him
self, but that he is also to find the. subscriber,
he may be excused for discouragement. Yet
there,are many who have so little reflection, so
little conscience, and so much mcannes. they
will take a newspaper for a whole year, and
sometimes more, and not pay a cent for it.
Sneering at Politics.— We heartily en
dorse the following sensible remarks by the
Charleston Advertiser:
Any man of, decent information who sneers
at politics, deserves to be excluded from the ben
efit of good government arid free institutions. —
Such kind of remarks are quite common among
those who repute themselves wiser, than their
neighbors, but some tolerably smart, as,well as
decently respectable men, have taken an inter
est in “ parly politics.”. To cast one’s influ
ence in favorable of honorable convictions is
the highest privilege which a free man can en
joy ; and he who,protends to sneer at those who
=exeroise that privilege but forges arrows that,
sooner or later will be returned and pierce the
offender with a more honest contempt.”
Skrmb.
.„—
On the 27th nit., by the Rev. A. 11. Krcmer,
Mr. Abbaji Bear, of Silver Spring township,
to Miss Mary Aruigast, of Monroe township.
On .the same day, by the same, Mr. Samubt.
of Washington, lowa, to Mrs. Gath
larine jEberly, of Sliepherdstown.
On the same day, by the same, Mr. Ruben
W. Mim.er, to Miss Mart Ann Moiiler, both
of Upper Allen township.
PERSONAE AMD RE,IE ESTATE
AT
PUBLIC SALE
For the following individuals, commencing on
February 12 Daniel Urichi.
do 15. Samuel Stine,
do 16 Geo. Ilelilebowcr.
do. 17 Jno. Ilarlin.
do 18 “ “
do 19 “ “ I
do ’22 Geo. Eichelbcrger. • .*
. do 23 Jacob Ensmingcr.
- do , ,24 Bcnj. Goodyear.
.do 25 Jacob D. Mohler. ,
do- ‘ 20..Cprirod Enimingef. , -
do/ 28 I-evi , ,
March 1 William Wilson. _
do 2 Levi Eberly., ’
do 3 Marlin Best,
do 4 Jos. Slrawsbaugh.
do 5 Rudolph Lichtcnbergcr.
do. 7 J. G. Keeny.
do 8 David Brandt,
do 9 James McClure,
do lb’Daniel’Wallers.' ■
do 11 Abraham Weber,
do 12 Christian Harman,
do ,14 Joseph Culver.
” do 15 Isaac Kauffman.
do 16 Harry Bare.; : "
do 17 Geo. - Allen.,
do 23 Sain’l Worst,
do 24 David Eyster.
do 26 Levi Snelj.
. do 29 Jno. Hcfflefingcr.
W. C. HOUSER, Auctioneer..
Wolicc.
A COURSE ol six Lectures will bo delivered,
.in Emory M. E. Church, during the months'
of February and March, in aid of the funds of
the Church. The Lecturers engaged are Rev.
Wm. H. Millmu,of N. Y.,Morton McMichacl
and J. \V. Fbrnoyi Esqrs., and Dr. Elder, of
Philadelphia. lluv. O. H. Tiffany, of Haiti,
more, and J. G. Saxo, Esq., of Vermont.
From tho distinguished reputation of these
gentlemen, tho public may roly upon a series
of entertainments richly worthy of attention.
Tickets.for the course, $l,OO. For a sipglo
Lecture. 25 cents—to be had at the stores of
Messrs. Piper, Loudon, and Haverstick, and at
tho door of the Church.' For particulars, see
handbills. '
C. COLLINS,
J. W. MARSHALL,
IV. C. WILSON.
Committee of Jlrraiigeminta.
Feb. 3,1859 —3 t
ASSIGNEE’S SALE OF
REAL ESTATE.
THE undersigned assignees of John Harlan,
will sell on
THURSDAY, FEB’Y, 17, 18.59, '
tho following valuable Real Estate, sithated in
Churchtown, Cumb. co., Pa.:
A LOT OF GROUND, containing 48 feet
front and 170 feet deep, more Or leas, on which
n is erected a TWO STORV FRAME
HOUSE,Brick Wash House,Stable,
• SSS l|*and other necessary out-buildings,
lijUllSit with a well ol excellent water on the
premises.
Sale to commence it 10 o’clock, A. M.
Also, at the same time and place, a Lot of
Ground, adjoining properties of Richard Ander
son on the NorOr, and George Wunderlich on
the West, having thereon erected a two story
Weathorboarded Log House, Frame Kitchen,
Stable, arid other necessary improvements—
There is also a well of good water, and a Cis
tern, on this property. Also, on
Friday, February 18,1859,
at 11 o’clock, two Lots of Ground, Nos. 1 & 2,
situated in Uogcstown, Cumberland county, Pa.
each containing 40 feet front and 150 feet in
depth, more or less. Lot No. 1 has erected on
it a two stpry Frame House, Kitchen, Shop,
Stable, and other necessary opt-buildihgs. This
properly offers rate Inducements to persons
wishing to engage in any mechanical business.
Also, on Saturday, February, 19, 1859, two
Lota ot Ground, Nos. 1 and 2, situated in Me
chaniosburg, Pa.,, on the corner of Allen and
Frederick Street, each containing 40 feet front
and 200 foot in depth. On Lot Nd. 1 there is
erected a two story Frame House and Kitchen,
Stable and other convenient and necessary build
ings. There is also a well of excellent water on
the promises.. No. 2 is a Building Lot, with a
small Frame Shop erected thereon. Sale to
comraono'e at o’clock.
These' are all' very desirable properties, and
offer great inducements to mechanics and others
desiring cheap and comfortable homos.
The conditions of these sales will be made
known on the days mentioned, by
ROBERT WILSON,
JACOB BOWMAN,
Assignees of ■ John' Harlan,
•. February 3,1859—8 t •
Kails, Kalis.
ONE thousand kegs beat qualify 0 f
Wo are prepared to sell naifa ot ih, ‘'
best qualify, and at the very lowest rtl ?
Persons in want of nails and bnildlnt n f„V w !-'
would do well to call before nuS. ter ' alj
where. . l aaln B else..
H*o'rth Hmurver street.^"
Feb. 8, 1858.'
Sotlcc.
mHE undersighed Auditor appoint,.,i ,
1 Court of Common Pleis 0 f Oiimh.-l b / 1,10
to distribute the assets in th o hantla ofth” n CO, >
Samuel Woodburn, Sequestrator of iu n° lo “-'
and Carlisle Turnpike Road Comnanv noVer
among tbo creditors, will meet for ollli
on Saturday, the 19th day of Pobrunrv P lq? 08 °
10 o’clock, A. M., at the Prothonoffi'v’sw’
in Carlisle. 3 oilico;
p. QaIGLEY a■
January 27, 1859-3 t ’ AUf,l <or.
SLATE noOFISg,
rpHE undersigned has a large stock nr n
I ing Slate on hand (rom John IW,
& Go’s. Shite Quarries, York 00., Pa nla ' 8
pared to put on roofs of the best material a 'l°i
on the most- reasonable terms. PUaso call s
examine and judge for yourselves. AUmt
warranted when done by our own slaters •
JACOB KIIEEM, Agent '
Carlisle, January 27, 1869-3 m 8 '
For Rent.
THE subscriber offers for rent, from the j«t
of April next, the large room on the second
story of his front house, and also the large room
on the third story. Also, two rooms on ||m
third story of the building Ironting. the Market
House, which are well calculated for Dagaiier
rian Rooms. All of these, rooms nro lighted
with gas and easy of access. For particulars
enquire of C. INUOFP.
Carlisle, January 27, 1859—3 t
Public Sale.
WILL ,bo sold at public sale, on Tuesday
March I, 1859, at the residence i’l
the subscriber, in South Middleton township
three miles south west of Carlisle, the following
described personal property, viz:
5 head’of draft horses,
(Two of them mares with I’oalj)
Two young, driving marei,l two-year old toll,.
5 milch Cows, a lot of young cattle,
1 Bull, a lot of Sheep,
Four. breeding Sows, 1 new broad-wlieeiej
Wagon, 1 narrow-wheeled Wagon, ! one liorss
Wagon, 1 wagon bed, 1 pair hay ladders,! new
Threshing Machine and horse-power, nfPlank'i
make, Windmill, Cutting box, Revolving flay
Rake, Plows, Harrows, Double Shovel Plows,
Cultivators,’Double & Single Trees, Horse
Goars,Fly.nets; &c. Allthelarniingimplemenls
are nearly now, having been but. recently pur.
chased.
Sale to commence at 10 o’clock, when terms
will .be made known.
JOHN STUART, Jn,
Jan. 27,-1859,
Public Sale.
WILL.be sold at public sale, on Tuesday,
February 15th, '1859, at the residence ol
the subscriber, in North Middleton township, 1
mile north of Hoover’s mill, the following per
sonal property, viz :
5 head of Working Horses,
(Including 2 Bi odd Marcs j)
Fine Stallion, .2 Colts, 2 years old, 5 Milch
Cows, 9 head of Young Cattle, a. lot of Bogs,
1 Grain Drill, Threshing Machine and Horae.
Power, 1 Grain Fan,
One bfoadwhoelcd four horse wagon, nearly
now j one 3 inch tire Farm Wagon and English
Bed, with bows and cover, 2 pair new- Hay-lad
ders, plows, harrows, horse-gears, bridles, col
lars, halters, set of single harness. (Timothy liny
by the ton,. Potatoes by the bushel.. Household
and Kitchen Furniture.
Sale to commence at 10 o’clock, A. M.,when
terms.will bo made knowh. ’ ’ '
January 20, I&sG — 4t
Harrisburg,-’ Carlisle, and Chamhers
bnrg Turnpike Road Company.
EXHIBIT of Tolls received, Repairs arid Ex
penses, on the Harrisburg, .Carlisle, and
Chambersburg Tiiriipike Road Company, from
Ist of January to 31st December, 1858, inchi.
siv.o, as follows, to wit:
. ’ DR
Amount of tolls received at gates, $3,105 20
Balance at settlement of 1857 paid
into court, Jan’y 1858,
Balance o( 1857 paid (o oredilors per
~ act of Assembly ol 1823, 28 & SO,' $359 61
Paid for repa.rs of road lor 1858, 1,421 fai
Paid Gale-keepers salary, MO 04
Paid Managers, on
Paid Secretary, , : f.
Paid Treasurer, -rS'
Paid Incidental expenses, *'
Paid postage, taxes and stationary, lu y
Balance paid into court to be applied
. under act ol Assembly aforesaid,
Copy.—Certified on oath to tho Judges of the
Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland county,
the 11th day of January,. A. D.,’1859.
SAML. IV. NEVIN, Tteas’r.
TAKE NOTICE
That the Court of Common Pleas of Cumber,
■liihd County, have appointed Tuesday, the ‘Si
day of March next, at the Court House, in Car
lisle, at 10 o’clock, A. M., lor hearing and de
termining tho claims of tho respective email.'!
against the Company,.agreeably to the ads a
Assembly made lor tho relief of said credit*!
on the first day of April, 1828, and the slip]*!
mcuts thereto, at the aforesaid time and placij
tho preferred (if any) and all other oreditrsul
requested to have their respective claims d«,.
'authenticated arid presented, and alsoto fur®"'
evidence at the same time, whether any cla® 1
have been'assigned, or are still held by tho ori
ginal owners; and also proof to establish m
consideration of their claims,'whether forworn
materials, #c.
.By the Collar-
January 27, 18d9. ' " ■
Lund Association. .•
rpHE Annual Meeting of the « Carlisle taa
I Association,” will ’be held in the p° ,
House, (Arbitration Chamber,) on Saturn;
Evening, February®!!!, at 7 o’clock.
AVM. BENTZ, Sect’?.
Carlisle, Jan. 20, -
• -■ . now ready . .
FOR the inspection of the public, in the s '
room formerly occupied by „ <
liams, two doors east of Rhoads’ War eh > ,
largo and cbmplete stock of GROCERY . ~s .
/ffffViisting of Sugars, Coffees, Teas, :
ißaHsca. Fish, Salt, Spices, China,
Queenswaro, Pickels, Preserves, FRESH.
FRUITS, Oils, &c., nil of which.are
well selected, and to be sold as loiV as .«
Goods can bo bought anywhere outside or
adelphia. . . „ mini
Butler, Eggs, Soap, Rags, Beeswax, ,
Fruit, sc., taken in exchange for Goons. \
I would respectfully invito all to give
call and examine for yourselves. jjjjjjTZ'-
Carlisle, Oct. 28,1858,
NAILS. 400 kegs Nails just
lor sale cheaper than ever. Country
ants can bo furnished with-Nails at f
turers prices, at the
Carlisle, January 20, 1859. . —'
Cranberries, cil ,
TtABLE Oil, (assortb'dj Raisins, Currant > h .-
1 ron, Ketchup, Pickles, Buckwheat, ahn^
of articles suitable for the season, J
at «Marion Hall” Grocery and Toaster ov
for sale by
> Novombcv-4, 1858.
JESSE ZEIGLER.
359,01
$3,401 87
$3,153 07
311 81
$3,404 «