AMERICAN TOLONTEER.
JOHN B. BMTTON, Editor & Proprietor.
'gaRLTSLE. PA., FEB, 10, 1859,
v jilting of the 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:
Resvlved. 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 5 o’clock, and elect two del
egates-, who shall meet in the county convemion
on Tuesday the 15lh of February next, at 11
o’clock, A. M., tfl choose delegates ( to represent
the county-in a State Convention to bo held the
4th of March, to place in nomination candi
dates-Ibr Auditor General and Surveyor Geno
: Rtsolved, That this Committee recommend
that the Convention, during their meeting, will
sit with open- doors
JACOB 'WOLF, 6ft’m
A. Lamberton, Sec’y.
DEMOCRATIC MEETINGS.
Democrats of the East Ward. Carlisle,
will 'meet at Noaker's tavern, on Friday eve
ning; ;at early candle light, to make arrange
ments for the election of Delegates to the County
Convention. '
The Democrats'of the West Ward will meet
at Burkholder’s at the same hour and for the
same purpose. .
"Election of Delegates—CduNx-it'-CoN-
Vkntion-.— -Our Democratic friends in the dif
ferent boroughs and townships, will bear .in
iiiiitd that Saturday next is the day fixed upon
for the election of delegates to the County Con
vention. The Convention will assemble in this
pfaceou Tuesday next, to choose Delegates to
represent tbis-coilnty in the.4th of March State
Convention.
Exits at the Poor House —Heavy Loss to
THE- County.— The large barn belonging to the
Poor Souse property—one mile east of Carlisle
—was totally destroyed by fire on .Saturday
night; tost,, together With the live stock,
grain; farming implements, &c., belonging to
the county. The following is a list of the pro
perty destroyed, and the estimated value put
upon it by the Directors of the Poor:
8 head of horses, at $l6O, $1280,00
12 “ fat cattle, at $5O, 600.00
5 “ stock'do., at $2O, 100,00
■8 sheep, at $4; 32.00
12 setts of gears,- ,125.00
1 wagon. : _ . 75.00
Horse'power and threshing machine, 125.00
6 shovel plows, at $5, . 30,00
125-bushels of wheat, at $1.25, 156,25-
300 “ • corn, at $0,06, 108.00
1 pelf of hay ladders, .12.00
Barn furniture, . 200,00
60 tons of bay, at $lO, 500,00
Straw, . 150,00
2 oxen, at sso,' • ; ‘ .100,00.
Loss of barn, wagon-shed, horse power
shed-, - 1800,00
■ $5433,25
Besides other articles of which nO account
was taken. No insurance.
It is generally believed 1 that the Are was the
work of three paupers at the Poor House, who
bad been heard 1 to-threateri that they would fire
the bam whcn a fhvorabld opportunity offered;
"These three reprobates werearrested and 1 brought
before Justice Smith on Monday morning, who
committed theft), to prison, to await their trial
at the next term of. out court. They are all
Irishmen, named Timothy D'oneVan, James
McManus, and Pat Rudden. Should they
bo found guilty, we hope they may be punished'
to the full extent of the law.
More Liqlrr !—The light from,the*gas lamps
ItrthoM'arket House on market mornings Is ra
ther poor, and sometimes we havS- no light at
all. The Borough having gone to the expense
of putting up the lamps for the accommodation
, of those who, attend market, they ought to he
kept in order, and we hope our Borough officers
Whose duty it is to attend to matters of this
kind wiil see that hereafter they are made to
born bright.
The M’Cobmiok Reaper.— The patent for the
exclusive.manufacture of the McCormick Reap
er, expired on the Ist instant.' An extension of
the patent was refused by the appropriate com
mittee, and consequently it is now within the
reach of mechanics generally to make and im
prove that excellent harvesting implement to
any extent. We have no doubt that some of
the enterprising machinists in this county will
enterintb the manufacture with excellent profit,
and perhaps add improvements which will reor
der it still more valuable. .
Cecil-res. —We are sorry that the sudden
illness of Rev. O’. Hi Tiffany, prevented his
Xiectore, as announccd ! on-Tuesday evening last.
We trust, however, that he will bo able to give
It in a subsequent part of the course. Ih con
sequence of this derangement of the plan of the
Committee, the first Lecture will be given by
Morton M'Miciiabl, Esq., of Philadelphia, on
Tuesday, evening next. From his fine reputa
tion as a- speaker, and lecturer, we doubt not
that our community will give him a cordial
welcome.
.Mayor- op Lancaster City. —lt will be
gratifying to the numerous friends of Qborob
Sanderson, Esq., our predecessor,in the Vol
unteer, and at present the editor of the Lancas :
ter Intelligencer, to learn that he has been elec
ted Mayor of Lancaster city. The election
tbok place on Tuesday of last week, when Mr.
S> was elected by a majority of 13 over Thos.
H. Burrows, the present Mayor.* Wo predict
that the Captain will make an able, efficient
and popular officer., , r '7
Air Pont:.—Our member of Congress, Hon.
John A. A at, passed' through Carlisle, in the
morning train of cars on Monday, having been
called home home on account of the serious ill
ness of one of his children: How long ‘ho will
remain at home is of course uncertain.
O” Wo are indebted to President Buchanan,
and to Mr. King, First Assistant P. M. General,
for valuable documents; also to Senator Bigler,
and'Tftm. John A. AM, for similar favors.—
Messrs. Fetter; Brower, Welsh, Stuart and
M’Curdy, of the State legislature, will accept
our thanks for their kind attentions.
[C7* The jury in the case of Duvall, who
Silled Mr. Fischer, a German tavern-keeper,
some months since, in Baltimore, rendered a
verdict of murder in the first degree.
O’-Uon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia,
has*written a letter to his constituents, posi
tively declining to be a candidate for re-election,
THE CAUSES UR CRIME.
That crime is rapidly on the increase in our
country, .must he evident to the most casual
observer. A writer on the subject, in one of
our best conducted Magazines, says “the mur
ders committed during the last, four years .ex
ceed in number those committed during any
seven previous years!” If this assertion be
true, the increase of crime isjndccd alarming.
The writer we have quoted above, acUnowlcdges
that lie is unable to account for this state of
affairs, but supposes it owing “to the improper
training of our young men,” sc. No doubt
this is one of tho causes, but there is another
and a principal cause,that certain whining
hypocrites who “wear the livery of heaven to
serve the devil in," would fatn hide from the
people. In accounting for tho increase of crime,
they purposely omit this one prominent cause,
because many of the men who are now shocked
at the prevailing wickedness, contributed them
selves—we hope not intentionally—to bring
about this very state of affairs. Without minc
ing words, we boldly assert that the late Know'
Nothing party —composed as it was, of all sorts
of bad men, including a large” sprinkling of
political preachers—gave more encouragement
to crime than all other causes in our country
combined. Wherever this devilish, lying, hypo
critical* cut-throat party' had a.foot-hold, loose
morality was a natural consequence. Here in
our little town of Carlisle, this desperate faction
j flourished for a short time, and left its mark as
| plain as the trail of the serpent. '
But, it was in our large cities that the demor-
alizing influence of Know Nolhirigism was felt
in "all its rigour, This party has been crushed
out everywhere, we believe, except m Baltimore
and St. Louis—and look at those unfortunate
cities! Both in the keeping of the rabble, and
both weltering in blood! No man is safe hn
hour in those ill-fated cities, for the.knife,-the
pistol and the bludgeon, arc in the hands of
desperate men, whose office it is 'to use them.
Two of these ruffians— Chop and Corrik —have
recently been convicted of the murder of officer
Rigdon, in Baltimore. A more cold-blooded
and atrocious murder was never commuted even
in Baltimore. We. were forcibly reminded of
the wickedness of Know-Notliingism when we,
a few days since, rend ihe feeling remarks of the
Judge previous to passing, sentence of death
upon the prisoner Crop. The Judge reminded
the culprit l hat he was a hardened wretch—
that he had committed a murder that sent a
chill to every riian’s heart—that he had perpe-
trated this crime in cool, blood and without
provocation, &c. His honor said, in substance,
that it was difficult to imagine how any man in
the hearing of the gospel and of the leaching of
divines, could become so hardened, callous and
wicked. Ah; perhaps the learned Judge did
not know all. Some of the very'‘divines” (po
litical preachers) to whom he refertd, are the
very men who should be held responsible for
much of • Ihe crime committed in Baltimore!
No doubt Crop could have told the Court that
he had met many of these “divines” in the
Know Nothing lodge-rooms—the veriest hells of
Baltimore .city. They were there, for what ?
To assist to carry out the objects of that despe
rate faction—a faction sustained for a time by
deception, fraud, falsehood, perjury and infidel
ity. Is jt any wonder that the reckless
young men of our cities became more bold, pad
hardened ? They had the ftympatby and-ooun
tenarioaof hypocritical-“divines" in their dar-
ing deeds of crime; If a forelgneror aCatholic
received a bullet in his body or a fractured head,
because he attempted to vote at the general
election, the 'Know Nothing hells sent up a
shou t iff exultation of the “bold deed.”
The cause of the increase of crime, then, in
our large cities, can he traced to the organiza
lioivof that God-defying Know Nothing parly.
and scores of so-called “divines" were ring
loaders in-that desperately wicked faction, and
should he regarded with suspicion- in future.
They—the false shepherds—are guilty , guilty
guilty!
Lot it be remembered, then, by all well-dis
posed people, that preaching and politics are
antipodes, and that the man who will occupy a
pulpit one day and the.political club-room the
next, is a hypocrite,‘and unworthy of confi
dence.
The Know Nothings are still in existence.
They dare not —except in Baltimore and St.
Louis—meet m their lodge-rooms. They dare
not openly advocate the pernicious principles
that held them together for a short time. No,
they dare not —but yet most of them" entertain
the same treasonable sentiments, and are the
same implacable enemies of the Democratic
parly. Let usitot forget their past mis-doings.
and keep an eye on all evil-disposed men—in
cluding political preachers—in the future.
Gab Meters. — A bill has been introduced in
to the New York legislature for the protection
of gas consumers. It provides that the Super
visors shall appoint, in each town or city where
gas Is manufactured, an Inspector with as many
duputies as may. be necessary, whose duty it
shall be to examine, adjust and seal all meters,
inspect the qualify of gas produced and. keep a
daily record of the quality subject to the exam-:
ination of the public. The certificate of tho
Inspector shall bo conclusive evidence of the
quality of tho gas at all times. Gar Companies
are prohibited from making any charge for the
use of meters, from demanding payment in ndi.
vancc for gas consumed, and from making
charges for “ service pips,” which they must
supply. If desired, at their own cost; and pro
hibited, also from refusing to furnish gas to any
occupant of premises on account of any arrears
(or gas consumed due froth any former occupant
of such premises. Any gas company making
any charge for more gas than the metre exhib
its as consumed, shall forfeit the whole amount
.demanded, and all companies are liable, to a
penalty of $lOO for each violation of the provi
sions of this act, in addition to other penalties
provided.
This we consider a wholesome law and one of
a similar character might be passed by our Lo.
gislature with great propriety. In these hard
times it is no easy matter for a man to pay his
own debts, and it is expecting rather 100 much,
when you corapellilm to pay another man’s gas
bill.
Singdi.au Death'.— lsaac Crow, aged 16,
while playing shinacy in Port Carbon, Pa.,
struck the ball with such force that he dropped
dead. It is supposed that he sustained some
fatal injury from over-exertion.
Resignation op Judge Irwin.—!fhe repor
ted resignation of Judge Irwin, of the U.ifj.
District Court of Western Pennsylvania, is con
firmed.- Judge Irwin lias-held- tlie-ofiioe-for
quite a number of years, having been appointed
by Ocn. Jackson
rcnnsylvnuiu to BO the Battle-Croundi
Tlio Opposition Party assert that Pennsylva
nia au(l New Jersey are to decide the next Pre
sidential contest, says the Philadelphia Jlrgua.
We gladly accept the issue they have tendered.
With unfaltering confidence Wo take up the gngo
they have thrown at our feet. With our whole
heart wo say amen to tho proposition they have
made. Wo ato quite ready to meet them on
their own terms.
We regard Pennsylvania ns one of the most
sale, sound and reliable Stales in this whole
confederacy, so far ns tho Democratic party is
concerned. Wo are ready to hazard what little
reputation we may happen to possess for politi
cal sagacity upon tho result of the next election
for President in this State. We have no more
doubt that Pennsylvania give an overwhelm
ing Democratic majority at the next national
struggle, than wo have that there will bo a sun
rise to-morrow morning.
The result of the recent election in this proud
old Commonwealth, is ,no indication of what
will take place in 1860. We were defeated last
fall by the lukewarmness and indifference of
piir Democratic friends, and not by the increa-
of the Opposition vote. The dis
graceful treachery of some who had been trust
ed, 'honored and confided in, tho ignoble.warfare
•which’they waged against ohr noble and patri.
otic President, tho bitter personal malignity
manifested towards those who had been consti-'
dated the banner-bearers of the Democratic
party, soured and disgusted thousands of'hon
est voters, who reluctantly determined to stay'
at. home on the day of election. This resolu
tion they kept, and the election went against us
by default. It was the « stay-away” vote that
defeated us, and not tho strength of tho Oppo
sition party.
: Such adverse circumstances can never occur
again—at least not for the next quarter of a
century. The petty divisions and temporary
alienations which occurred in our party; are al
ready nearly healed and will speedily bo forgot
ten. The base, the selfish, the.designing, the
corrupt, the floating scum of the party-will, Set
tle down with the factions which make up tho
Opposition, organization. - We shall bo relieved
cf their contaminating influence. Tho incubus
is already thrown olf, and wo arc happily relie
ved of the paralyzing burdens which have so
long obstructed pur progress. The vacancies
occasioned by the desertion from our ranks of
tho unprincipled , renegades who have gone out
from among ns, are already more than filled by
tho honest riien who have left their old associates
in mortification and disgust. While the Re
publican factions are on the eva of dismember
ment, the old Democratic organization ,is grow
ing stronger and more firmly united every day.
If an election were to take place in this place
to-morrow, we could beat our political oppo
nents by ten thousand, majority. In 1860 wo
will treble that amount. We gladly accept the
offer to make-Pennsylvania-the-umpire that,
shall decide the next Presidential contest. Set
this State down as certain for at least thirty
thousand Deriiocratio majority for (ho nominee
of tho Charleston Convention.
Hon. Samuel W. Black.. —The appointment
of this gentleman as Governor of the Territory
of Nebraska, by President Buchanan, will ho
gratifying intelligence to the Democratic Party
of Pennsylvania. Mr. Black is well known in
this State, as one of the most eloquent champ
ions of Democracy. In many holly contested
campaigns. he ( ”had been . the o/ tho
danse of equal.', laws, and'equal fights,,his
burning words have moved many hearts for the
contest, and inspired ihera to victory. We re
'gret to part with him. but, at the same time,
we are gratified to see talents and; worth like
his rewarded.
Important Action on the Tariff Ques
tion. —A dispatch from Washington informs
us that the Democratic delegation had a mee-
ting on Saturday,evening, in which they adop
ted a resolution opposing a permanent national
debt, and another endorsing' the President’s
1 recommendations in relcrencc to a modification
Of the existing tariff. This action will be hail
ed with delight by the people of Pennsylvania,
showing, as it does, that our Representatives
arc true to the great interests of their constilu-,
cuts, and will not suhlhit to dictation from any
quarter.
, tCT" Brownlow, in the prospeoteus Of bis
paper, the Knoxville Whig, thud declares his
Intentions; “ Being in our own office building.
With a Press, Type, and other Fixtures, under
our sole control; and being a free white man of
lawful age, we shall come as nigh saying, wri
ting and publishing just what suits us, as men
usually do in this life ! And neither the poten
cy of Railroad and Bank Unions, joined to Mi
ning Companies and Political Organizations, or
any other device of the Devil, this side of stop
ping our wind-pipe, shall deter us from expo
sing corruption, unmasking villainy, and lash
ing rascals. 1 -’
In an - Uproar. —The Philadelphia Alms
•House, under the reign of the,Abolition Mayor.,
appears to be in a complete uproar, just now!
not the inmates, but the directors —the offl
cials. Plunder and robbery, and maladminis
tration have festered to the very core, and the
result is mutual bickerings, quarrels and expo
sure.
The Washington Union says that the
fashionable season in that cit) r is now at the
zenith, and'not a night has passed during the
week now drawing to a close, that theft! has
not been one—sometimes three or four—large
dancing parties. , There have also been many
dinner parties and receptions! besides the
•• hops" at the hotels.
O” A Mr. Timberman, of Cincinnati. Ohio,
having lost some money, went to a fortune tel
ler to Team who took it. Acting upon the ad
vice of this imposter, he accused a respectable
citizen with his wife and her sister, of having
taken the money, and they have instituted pro
ceedings against him for slander, laying their
damages at 550.000. -
Death and-Life.—Within afewdaysalady
residing near Perkiomcn Bridge', Montgomery
county. Pa., lost two children"by the measles.
But on the evening'of lire funeral the lady bore
twins 1
■ This is almost as singular as the following
case in which a lady died the same day she was
married
MARRIED.—In Prattsvillc, N. Y., on the
10th inst., by P. K. Salisbury, Esq., John Bi
vens. of Middletown, Delaware coumy, N. Y,,
to Miss M. A. Turk, of Prallsville, Green co.,
n. y;
DIED.—In Prallsville, on the 10th inst.. ol
of the 'lungsrMrsv Mi
A. Bivens, wife of John Btvcos, in the 29th yr.
of her age,
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Land for the, landless.
On the first instant, tho House of Represen
tatives adopted, by a vote of 120 to 70, a
Homestead Blil. This.is a measure of so much
importance that we publish tho bill entire, that
our readers may fully understand its provis
ions. It will bo Seen that it gives, free of cost,
to every head of a family, to every citizen who
has arrived at the age of twenty-one years, and
to every foreigner who has landed upon our
shores and declared liis intention of becoming a
citizen,'bnb-qunrtcr'ficotion or one hundred and
I sixty acres of vacant and unappropriated pub
lic lands, and that all lands thus acquired
“ shall in no event become liable to the satisfac
tion of any debt or debts contracted prior to the
issuing the patent thereof.” If this bill should
be favorably acted upon"by the Senate, (which
is somewhat doubtful, however,.) every citizen
will have ah opportunity of improving his for
tunes; and providing a comfortable home for
his family, if he has but means. enough to re
move to thoso, localities where the public lands
have not 1 been-appropriated, and is industrious
enough to make li fair struggle for a livelihood,
The bill; is as follows: .
A bill (o secure homesteads to actual settlers oh
'the public domain.
Be it enacted hythe Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United Slates of America tn
Congress assembled. That any person who is
the head of a,’family, or who has arrived at the
age of twenty-one years, and is a citizen of the
United Slates' or who shall have filed his in
tention to .become such, ns required by the
naturalization laws of the United States, shall,
from and after the panasge of this act, be enti
tled to cuter,yVrc of cost, one quarter- section of
vacant and unappropriated public lands which
may. at’the time the application is made, be
subject to privtile entry at 31 25 per acre, or a
quantity equal llicreto, to be located in a body,
in conformity with the legal subdivisions of the
public lands, and after the same shall have been
surveyed. . ". ..
Sec. .2 Anil-he it further enacted, That the
person applying: fbr the benefit of thisapt'shall,
upon application; to the register of the land of
fline; in wl.ich h.ebr she is about to make such
entry, make affidavit before the said register,
that He or she is the head of a family, or is 21
years or there of age. and that such application
is made for bis or her exclusive rise mid benefit,
and thqse specially mentioned in this, act and
not either ditcotly or indirectly for the use or
benefit of any qtlipi person or persons whomso
ever ; and upon 'making the affidavit as above
required, and filing the affidavit with the regia
ter, he or she; shall thereupon be permitted to
enter the land already specified:
Pf.ovided.'howeier,‘That po .certificate shall be
given or patent issued therefor until the expira
tion of five years from the date of such entry
and if. at.thefXpira[|on of such time, or at any
time thereafter, the person making such entry,
or. if ho be dead; his ■widow, of her
death, his heir’s Or devisee, 'or in base of ii wid
ow, making.; sucht eptrv. her heirs or devisee,
in case of hoi- death,' filial!.’ prove- by-two credi
ble witnesses; that-he, she, or . they, have con
tinued to reside upon and cultivate such land,
and still:’ reside upon the same, and ■ have not,
alienated’the same, or any part thereof, then iii
such case, he. she, or they, if at that time a
citizen Of the United Stales, shall, on payment
of ten dollars; be entitled to a patent, afi in Oth
er cases provided for bylaw: And provided,
further. In case of the death of both father and
mother, leaving an infant child or children, tin
der: twenty one years of age. the right apd ihe
fee shall) tin re 10 the benefit of said infant child
or Children, and the executor administrator, or
guardian'may, at, any time within two years af
ter the :dealh of.,the surviving parent, and in
accordance, with the laws of .the State in which
such children for the lime being have their
dojnfcih.sell sola-land, for ■ (he benefit of said
infants, but jjoytno other pnrpnsßVTinirtfte’por.'
chaser shall acquire the .absolute title by the
purchase, and he entitled to a patent from -the
United States. . . . ,
Seo. 3. And be it further enacted. That the
register of the lend office shall note n'l such ap
plications : on the tract-books and plats of his
office; and keep, a register of all such entries,
and make return thereof, to the General Land
Office, together with the proof upbn which they
have been foupded . ■ .
, : Seo. 4 And be it further enacted. That all
lands acquired under the provisions of this act
shall in no event become liable to the satisfac
lion of any debt or debts contracted prior to
the issuing the patent therefor.
Seo. 5. Arid be it further enacted. That if,
at any time after filing the affidavit, ns required
in the second neclion of this not, and before the
expiration of the. five years aforesaid, it shall bo
proven, after doe notice to the settler, to the
satisfaction of the register of the land office,
that the person having, filed such affidavit shall
have actually changed his or her residence', or
abandoned the said entry for more than six
months at any time, then, and in that event,
the land so entered shall revert back to the Gov
ernment, and be disposed of as other public
lands are non!, by. law, subject to an appbal to
the General Land Office.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted. That no
individual shall he permitted (o make morethan
one entry under the provisions of this act; and
that the Commissioner of the General Land
Office is hereby required to prepare and issue
such rules and .regulations; consistent with this
not, as shall bq, necessary and proper to carry
its provisions into effect: and that the registers
and receivers of the several land offices shall be
entitled to receive the same compensation for
any lands entered under the provisions of this
act that they are now entitled to receive when
the same quantity of land is entered with mon
ey. one : half to bo paid by the person making
the application, at. the time of so doing, and the
other half on the issue of the certificate, by the
person to whom it may be issued: Provided.
That nothing in this act shall be so construed
as to impair or interfere in any manner, what
ever, wiih existing preemption rights. .
Tt was passed by a vote of 120 to 70, but one
member from Pennsylvania, Mr. Leidy, having
voted against it.
Farmers’ Hioh School op Pennsylvania
Tho following circular has been issued by the
President of tho iibove institution :
“ •f ho officers of many County Agricultural
Societies have omitted to nominate candidates
for admission to this School) whilst many others
desire to name'a greater number than their ra
tio of representation entitles them to. Our
charter enjoins, upon us tho,observance of this
principle, and we desire to comply with it if the
recommendations bo made to us. If the officers
of County Societies do not make nominations
on or before tho 10th of February, when the
School will bo open for instruction—wo will ad
mit the surplus of other counties or those who
are recommended to us b}- individuals, if such
possess the necessary qualifications. In the
mean time individual applications will bo re
ceived. Applicants must be 16 years of age,
and qualified by n knowledge of rending, writ.
Ing and arithmetic, grammar, and geography,
to a degree, sufficient to qualify a boy to com.
monco a collegiate education of tho highest
grade.”
Right and Puopeb. —Mayor Keim, of
ing has issued orders to the police of that city
to visit the eating and drinking saloons, and
whenever minora are found loafing in them after
9 o’clock in the evening, to arrest them arid 1 the
proprietors. This is a.good move. Boyshnve
no business at such places at late hours of night.
Bear Hunting in Northern Michigan.—
J. T. Stone nnd. Charles Buckman, living at
Bridge creek., Michigan, have, in three months,
trapped nnd killed thirty two heaps, devoting
only one day in'fonr to himtm
O” Justice M'Leak, of the TJ, S. Supreme
Court, is quite ill.
Rev. Dr. Christie, says the Detroit Free
Press, hged,7s years—a minister of tho reform
ed’Covenanters’church in Novy York, was de
posed from the ministry a few weeks ago, for
having committed adultery with the widow of the
Rev. Dr. Rooney. Christie’s wile has tor a long
time been bed-ridden ;■ and in one of his letters
to, Mrs. Rooney, used as evidence, against him;
he said that she was getting better, but that it
was not liis fault.
The United BretheruSociety at Marion, Linn
county .lowa, have suspended Rev. Win. D. Til
bury from the ministerial office for misconduct,
such as theft of from one of his own par
ishioners —buying lumber and refusing to pay
for it—selling two or three dollars’worth of
stockings and mittens, the manufacture of a
poor widow woman, and defrauding her out of
the money, &0.. 1
The Second Assnoiale Reformed Presbytery
of Illinois a few days ago deposed from the
ministry the Rev. Sam. Glover, pastor of the
the United Presbyterian Church, of Peoria. —
He was found guilty of a breach of the seventh
commandment; also, ( of “long-continued hypp:
criiy,’’ aish, ofbreach of a ‘marriage promise,’
also, of “using unlawful means to hinder wit
nesses before the church court and in addi
tion he was adjudged guilty of “contumacy and
contempt of court.”
The Indianapolis Journal learns that charges
have been preferred by three clergymen of the
Methodist Episcopal Church against the Rev.
Win. Daily, of that Chord, and President of
the Indiana State University, for three alleged
offenses: Ist, drunkenness; 2d, lewdness; and
3d, offering money to witnesses of his miscon
duct to secure silence..
Dr; Christie was:one of the signers of the
clerical protest against the passage of the Ne
braska bill; • and the presumption is strong,
though we have hot seen the fact mentioned,
'that the other three worthies wefe Black Repub
lican political preachers, for it is a matter of
record, that the transgressing clergyman, al
most without exception, belongs to that class.
Events would seem to show that ministers who
defile their pulpits by promulgating abolition
ism therefrom, are extremely' liable to commit
other offences.
\Ve clip .from the money article of a late
number of the Philadelphia Press, the following
cheering comments upon the prospect of “bet
ter times.”. We-fondly ;trust that the ‘-good
time coming" may speedily arrive:
“Business is not only reviving among us, but
the prospects abroad are reported by good au
thority as very cheering. The commercial
classes in England have . re-established confi
dence and trust in themselves and each other.
The manufaotoriesare in operation everywhere,
labor meets ready employment in the agricul
tural districts, and food, generally, is cheap'.
It is asserted that; in any ordinary times, under
such a state of things as prevail there, money
would soon bo in demand at high rales of
usance, but the extraordinary caution of the
moneyed men has brought home such an im
mense amount of money, that the current rate
of discount out of .the Bank of England is one
and a-half to two per cent, per annum, while
the batik fate of two and a half is expected to
continue unchanged for a considerable time."
Valentine Day, the period for sending love
laden ‘‘pictures,” draws nigh. St. Valen
tine’s Day, February 14th, is an did institution,;
not-to bc-gtroninp - r ' 7
“For.on that day, when Cupid kept his cirttr.fi
As ho is won’t, at each St. Valentine, ■ - :
Unto the which.all lovers do resort ...
That of their love’s success they there, may
make report.”
Public 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, bogs
and farming implements, on the 12th of Febru-
Jesse Zeigler, North Middleton township,
sale of horses, cows, colts, hogs, hay and far
ming implements, bn the'lSth.of February.
I. C. Lindsey, Dickinson township, sale of
•horses, cows and. young cattle, shoals, sows,
young pigs, gears, and farming implements, bn
the 15th of February.
Jacob Noggle, Dickinson township, sale of
horses, cows, young cattle, hogs, and farming
implements, bn the 17lh of FeJjniaryt
Jacob Beidlbr, on the State road leading to
Newville. sale of horses, cows, 1 colt, 2 bulls,
young cattle, and a variety of farming imple
ments, on the 21stof 1 February.
Jesßß Kurtz, one Half-mile Oast of Centre
ville, sale Of horses, colts, herd cattle, hogs,
sheep, and a variety of farming implements, on
the 21st of February.
Daniel Wonderlt, Dickinson' township,
sale of' horses, colts, coWs, young, cattle, hogs
and farming implements on the 22nd of Febru
ary. ■ "
TnuopniLoa G. Wolf, Dickinson township,
sale of horses, co.ws and young catlle, shoats,
gears, harness and farming utensils, on the 23d
of February. 1,
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'Dqnnbl, Monroe township,
sale of horses, colts, milch cows and 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
ments, on the Ist of March.
Philip Thuma, South Middleton township,
sale of horses, colts, cows, young cattle, and
farming implements, on the 2d of March.
John Elliott, West Pennsborough town
ship, sale of'ffiprses, 1 colt, miloh cows, young
cattle, hogs and shoats, and a variety of far
ming implements, on the 3d of March.
John Miller, New Kingston, sale of horses,
colls, cows, young cattle, one bull, and a vari
ety of farming implements, on the 3d of March.
J. G. Keent. South Middletotl township,
sale of horses, cows, sheep, young cattle, and
farming implements, on the 7th of March. - t
John & George Trimble, Silver Spring
township, sale of horses, colts, Milch cows,
young cattle, hogs, and a large variety of far
ming implements, on the Bth of March.
Joseph Culver, North Middicton township
sale of horses, cows, hogs, and farming imple
ments, on the 14lh of March.
DaViR G. Oyster, Easlpennsboro’ township,
sale of horses, colts, Cows, and young catlle,
and an extensile variety of farming implements,
on the 241 h of March.
head-
0
OC/” The Resolution ’in Hayti progresses.
The fimperor has been defeated.
Clerical Transgressors.
3£orm&.
tn Dickinson township, oh the 8d instant; by
tho Rov. W.W. Bells, Mr. 'Joseph Hemminoeb
to Miss Cabbie C. Hbsro&V
Suit.
In Hopewell township, on the 27th.of Decem
ber, 1858, Mrs. Charlotte Yoteb, wife of the
late. John Yoter, in the 74th year of her age.
[Gettysburg papers please copy.]
Agrlo ii 11 ural Social y meeting.
THIS Society had its stated monthly meeting
in tho Arbitration Chamber, on Tuesday, the
Ist of February, 1859, Ifm. R. Line in the
chair. .
Tho Committee appointed at the last mooting
to audit the account of the Treasurer* for the
past year, made a detailed report oi the same,
by which it appeared that the ■ whole amount of
receipts from all sources during tho year was
$3022,12, and the whole amount of expendi
tures including building improvements, aud ap
propriation to Farmer’s High School, of $5OO,
was $2287,404, leaving a balance now in the
Treasury of $784,71. The Society then enter
ed upon tho discussion of the subject proposed
at the last meeting “manure and their uses,”
iriwliiclf m:i u y o f the re emb c r s fully expressed
their views and experience.
F. Watts, Esq., tho President of tho Fafm.
or’s High School, was,present, and gave an in
teresting account of tho operations of that
school, and the organization of its faculty,
whereupon, on motion of Geo. W. Sheuffer,
tho following resolution was passed : • ,
Resolved, That tho Farmer’s High School of
Pennsylvania, is destined to afford groat and last
ing benefits to tho Agricultural community,
and that it bo recommended to [ho citizens of
Cumberland county, to subscribe liberally to
its establishment j and that each Vice President
of this Society be requested to procure volun
tary subscription thereto. ,
The Society then fixed tjie subject for dis
cussion ,at tho next monthjy meeting; f‘ls it
profitable to faiso stock in our valley; and if
so, ivhat stock is most profitable,’’when the
Society ndjohfned to Tuesday the Ist day of
March, at 10 o’clock, A. M.
D. S, CROFT, Seci’y.
Visitors Report.
In the Court of Quarter Sessions of Cumberland
. County, 22d January, 1859. _
Report of Visitors of the Pool' House for tire
year 1858. The undersigned .Committee ap
pointed by, the Court to visit, .examine into, and
report upon the fnanagoraont' and present con -
djtlon of the Poor House of this county, bog
leave to state that in the discharge oftho duties,
assigned them, they have visited the Institution
at different limes during.the year. There were
in the Poor House on the Ist day of January,
1858,. 112, of which ;20 were colored. There
has been admitted since then 207, of which 21
were colored, and. 4’ born in the house. Making
the whole numbbr provided for during the year
310, of which 12 died, 7 bound out, and 162
discharged, leaving the number in the Ilon.se
on the first day of January, 1859, 189, of which
,31. were colored, out-door paupers 25; The
whole number chargeable at the end of the year
is 163. In addition to the above, 1582 transient
paupers have been admitted on short' periods,
and their wants supplied. Wo are happy to
state that we were ninch pleased at every visit
we made to the Poor House, as we (mind every
thing in good order, all the apartments clean
and neatly arranged, and nil-possible care was
taken to promote fbe:health and comfort of the
paupers. Their clothing, diet, and medical at
tendance are all good, proper, and creditable to
the Institution. Labor is provided for those
who are able to work. The children, the sick,
aged and infirm, receive proper care and atten
tion' Upon the whole, your Committee are per
fectly satisfied .that the Institution has been well
and faithfully managed during .the - , year just;
closed, yet your Committeemanf.ot close with
out; approving off.and recommending to your
Honors the opinion expressed by the Committee
Oft-dsao, respecting to bo erected
separate Ironi the main building which would
materiully enhance the value of the Institution.
Respectfullv, &o. :
. , H. L. BURKHOLDER, 1
JOSEPH CULVER, J- Visitors.
A. J, HARMAN, \
Now to wit: 22d January, 1859.. Report read
and ordered to bo published. By itho Court.
D. S. CttoFT, Clk.
POTATOES FOR SEED
AND FAMILY USE.;
The best and most prolific ever offered in the Phil
adelphia or New York Markets
I AM. now prepared to fill orders for all kinds
of Potatoes selected and, put up expressly
for reed or family use, of tiro following vario
tiosa
Peach Blows, good; Blue Mercers, good;
White Mercers,,Black .Mercers, good; Wood
Seedlings, Prince, Alberts, Late Pink Eyes,
Early Mountain Junes, good; Early Djckman,
pretty good; Early Buck Eyes, pretty good ;‘
Early Pink Eyes, Carters, good ; ( Bough and
Ready, Fox Eyes, good; and arc raised in New
York and New Jersey, and are Warranted Pare,.
The Peach Blows Potatoes yield from 200 to
350 bushels to the Acre, to bo planted leet
apart, two cuts to a hill, one eye to each crit,
and vines will grow six feet long. When boiled
the water must he poured off before done or
they will slack the same as lime. Steamed or
Roasted is the best way. The Black Mercer
yields about the same as Peach Blows, and
planted about the same as ordinary Potatoes.—
And the Early varieties as. ordinary Pofaloes
are planted. ..The Early Mountain Juno are the
first in New York Market., For .sale ,by
... ~. H, fIARKNESS.
Opposite the Post Office, Carlisle, Pa.
Feb. 10, 1859—3 m
List of Letters.
Published in the “Volunteer," by authority.
LIST of Letters remaining in the Post Office
at Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 1, 1859. Persons in
quiring for Letters on this List will please say
they are advertised. * One cent duo on each let
ter.
Bender Jacob 2 McCimc Win 2
Bird Barbara Mrs Mellinger Levi
Braum Tho’s Motts Jno
Brown E P '■ May Hannah Mrs
Barnett Jno Matchett Lucy V
Orull Martha Miss Molfit Catharine E
Caroihers A E MoNarnie J H Mrs
Cook Mary Miss Myers A
Coover Detrick Noflsinger Fred’k
Oornman Sarah J Miss O’Conner Jno
Ooncry Leah Miss . Oroha Jas
Coughlan Thomas Phillips C Miss
Otiapell.BrhceiM’lntirePorter Hadassah Mrs
Clark Cha’s Ricklusen Jno
Conelly Mr . Reed Annie R Miss
Crall Mary Mrs Rinehart Geo P
Dunlap Jno Rinehart Sam’l Q
Daver Jas Snyder J
Danner Samuel Stoufer Geo W
Ebersole Elizabeth MissSheaffcr Win B
Emmger Ann Shugarl Win
Fry Maria Miss Smith Mary
Friend Chit’s Speck Harriet
Finamorc Dr. Simpson Peter
Fearard Ann Mrs Saunders Wm Mrs
Finch Tho’s Smith Alfred B
Fellats Sarah Miss Sheldon H
GarberlFeter 2 Stoer Jos
Green Cha’s Thompson J T
Gregor Maggie Miss Tinasez Alexander
Giles A, M Trego Wm '
Green Elizabeth Van Volzah T II Dr
Guy E Volkert Henry
Hesson Aaron Wclsoh Louis J
Haitield Nancy Mrs William? Jas E :
Horn 0 H Walker Nancy Miss
llgenfritz Wra , Weise Q
Jacobs Geo Waggoner Sarah B
Kicßer Henry Webb Jno
Kennedy Josiah 2 Wise Susan Miss
Longsdorf H A Wiles Jacob
Merrow Artmus Waggoner RAD Mrs
Middleton Wm-Q Williams Jno —>■
Willoughby J'D 2
JOHN B. BHATTON,. I*. M.
American Lift liisiiraniriaT
Trust Company. a ««
Capital S/pet,; $500,000
COMPANY’S Building, Walnut’ <s. „
porncr .of Fourth, Philadelphia S r’ i , S, tE
suranco at the usual mutual rates- n, . , In-
Stock Ratos, at 20 per cent, less, ’or i ol #
Abstinence Rates, tho lowest in Iho » a ,V 0,ll l
A. WHILLDIN p' ‘r/
J. O. Sims, Sect’y. ■ ’ P «»*A
' WM. H. WETZEL, Agent for Carll.L .
vicinity. “arlislo and
February 10, 1859—ly*
41 . *
A COURSE of six Lettures will be d o u
in Emoyy M. E- fchuroh,djarl nfrih« ored
of February and March, in aid of
the Church, The Loctiirfirs cnmei-a lun " 5 of
Win. H. Milhun, of N. Y.,MotUV, r ° Eo >-.
and J. W. Forney, Esqrs., and b vu llol
Philadelphia. Rev. O. H. • Tiffany mu’ ot
mope, and J. G. Saxo, Esq., of Vermont
From the distinguished reputation otlh
gentlemen, the public may roly upon a aeri4°
of entertainments richly worthy of attention
Tickets for the course, $l,OO. Fora
Lecture, 25 cents—to be had at the store, nr
Messrs. Piper; Loudon, and Haverstick nmi",
ImndhilU ° f Cl?UrCh ’ F ° r
C. COLLINS,
J. W. MARSHALL,
•- : - . .. W. C-wilson.-
• Committee of *tirrangemen&
Feb. 3,1850—3 t b Cm ‘
ASSIGNEE’S SALE OF
KEAI ESTATE...
THE undersigned assignees of John liorian
will sell on ’
THURSDAY, FEB’Y. 17, 1859,
tho following valuable Real Estaie, situated in'
Chiirchtown, Cumb. co.. Pa.:
A LOT OF GROUND, containing 4K fee)
front and 170 feet deep, more of less, oi.whic'fl
a is erected a TWO STORi’ FRAMi;
HOUSE, Brick Wash House,Stable'
•■•• iharid other necessary out-buildingi'
ilißjJiSMLiyith a well ol excellent water on He
premises
Sale to commence at 10 o’clock, A. M,
Also, at the same time and place, a Lot of
Ground, adjoining properties of Richard Ander
son on the North, and George Wunderlichol
(he West, having thereon erected a two story
Weathorboarded Log House, Frame Kitchen,
Stable, and other necessary i,mprovomenls.-
Thero is also a-well of good witter, and a Cit
tern, on this property; Also, on
2'Vidni/, February !#, 1859,
at 11 o’clock, two Lots of Ground; NflS. 1 & 2,
situated in Hogostown, Cumberland bounty,Pa.
each containing 40 feet froht and 150 feet in.
depth, more Or less. Lot No. 1 has erected on
it a two story Frame House, Kitchen; Shop,
Stable, and other necessary out-buildings. This
property offers rare inducements to persons
wishing to. engage in any mechanical business.
Also, on Saturday, February, 19, 1859, two
Lots of Ground, Nos. 1 apd 2, situated in Me
chanicsburg, Pa., on the corner of Allen and
Frederick Street; each containing 40 feet front,
and 200 foo tin depth. On Lot No." 1 there is
erected h two story Frame House and Kitchen,
Stable and other convenient and necessary build
ings. There is also a well of excellent waforon
the promises. No. 2 is a Building Lot, with a
small Frame Shop erected •.thereon. Sale to
commence at 12 o’clock.
These are all very desirable properties, and
offer great inducements to mechanics and others
desiring cheap and comfortable homes.
The conditions of these sales will be made,
known on the days mentioned, bv
ROBERT WILSON,
JACOB BOWMAN,
Assignees'of John Harlan,
February 8, 1859—31
rnHE unSersigned Auditor appointed by the
-JL' Court of Common Pleas ol Cumberland m.,
to-distributo the aoSots in the hands of
Samuel Wood burn, Sequestrator of thellanovcr
and Carlisle Turnpike Road Company; to an!
among,the.,crcditorS,,will meet for Ihat purporo
bn Saturday, the 19th day of February, 1869 f at
lO o’clbck, A. M., at the Prothonotary’s office,
in,Carlisle.
P. QUIGLEY, Auditor,
January 27, 1859—3 t
sLate noonJh’G,
CpHE undersigned has a large stock of Roof
-1 ing Slate on, hand ironi John Humphrey’s
& Co’s. Slate Quarries, York co.. Pa , and pre
pared to put on roofs of the best materials and
on the most reasonable terms. Please call and
examine and judge for yourselves. All work
warranted when dqne by. our own slaters. ■
: JACOB KHEEM, Agent.
: Carlisle, January 27, 1859—3 m.
THE subscriber offers for rent, from, the let
of April next, tile largo room on the second
story of his front bouse, and also the large room
on the third story. Also, two rooms on the
third story of the building fronting the Market
House, which arc well calculated for Dagauer
fian Rooms. All of. these rooms are lighted
with gas and easy of access, Jor particulars
enquire of G. INHOFI.
Carlisle, January 27, 1,859 —8t ,
Public Sale.
WILL be sold at public sale, on Tuesday,
March 1, 1859, at the residence ot
the subscriber,in South. Middleton tqjsnsldp,
three miles south west of Carlisle, the following
described personal properly, viz :
5 head of draft horses,
(Two of them mares with foal;)
Two young driving mares, T two-year old coif,
5 milch Cows, a lot of young cuttle,
1 Bull, a Col of Sheep,
Four breeding Sows, 1 now broad.wKecW
Wagon f 1 narrow-iVheeled Wagon, 1 one Ijbi*.
Wagbit, 1 wagort bed, 1 pair hay ladders, 1 n 1
Threshing Machine atid horse-power, of Plant 1
make,' Windmill, Cutting box, Revolving fin)
Rake, Plows; Harrows, Double Shovel IMdivt
Cultivators, Double ic Single Trees, Hon 1
Goars,Fly nets, &c. AUtliefarniingimplemcn! 1
are nearly tied, bating fatten but’ redently'.piit'
chased.
Sale to cbrinherice at 10 o’clock, whentemn
will bo made known. „
JOHN STUART, Ja-
Jan. 27, 1859,
Public Sale.
WILL bo sold at public sale, on Tuesday,
February 15th, 1859, at the residence o
the subscriber, in North Middleton township, *
mile north of Hoover’s mill, the follmving, P er ’
sonal property, viz :,
5 head of Working Horses,
(Including 2 Bidod Mares 5) -
1 Fine Stallion, 2 Colts, 2 years old, 6 $ c
Cows, 9 head of Young Cattle, a lot of
1 Grain Brill, Threshing Machine and B yr
Power, 1 Grain Fan,
Ono broadwheoied I'onr horse Wagon,
now; one 8 inch tiro Farm Wagon and EnB ,
Bed, tvifh bows and cover, 2 pair now Ilay ‘%
dors, plows, harrows, horse-gears, bridles, c
lars, halters, set of single harness, Timothy'A’
by the ton, Potatoes by the bushel. Housca
and Kitchen Furniture. . - el t
Sale to commence at 10 o’clock, A;.,Mo"
terms will bo made known. ... .
. JESSE ZEIGLBih-
wow ready
EOK the inspection of the pufilic, in the
room’formerly occupied by d°‘ in .„' „ s
iinma, two doors east of Rhoads’ ~o ’ h.
largo and complete slock of GHOOEKU 1 .j,
SSAsiating of Sugars, Coffees, I’ o ® 8 ’. an d
ggMsea, Fish, Salt, Spices, China, Glass u
Qneenswaro, Picltcls, Preserves, FKES . i„d
FRUITS, Oils, &0., ail of which aro „“°iiar
well selected, and to ho sold ns low nfPbll-
Goods can bo bought' anywhere oillsla
adelpbia. . •
Butter, Eg g*, Soap, Bag'*, Bmm
Fruit, sc., taken in exchange for Gem
I would respectfully invito all to g*
|cairand"oxami J rtO'fovyourselve^^^™^2v
Carlisle, Oct. 28,1868.
Woticc,
Wotlcc.
For Rent.