<»WW*dee6.’i*#»»f *»w« AMERICAN VOID? ions I. Bum. Editor t n CARLISLE, BA., MARCH 31, 1859, Democratic State Nominations, - FOR AUDITOR GENERAL, RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Of Philadelphia FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL, JOHN ROWE, Of Franklin County, - SafeoP Household and Kitchen Furni tiire, at the' Market House, «n Thursday, Ihe 31st of- March, liy Wm. Gould & Son, Auc tioneers. Tlioso in want of,. Household Goods would do well to attend. ■ Jibe.—A small frame building, directly in the rear of the court-house, the property of Mr. Jacob Rueeu, and occupied as a shoe shop by Ur. Michael Judy, was discovered to be on Ore, on Thursday night last, about half past 10 o’clock. It had been Bred by an incendiary.— The building was not much injured, but Mr. Jc nr’a loss in tools and leather was considerable.: * Another Fire. —A little before 8 o’clock on | Friday evening last, our citizens were again | alarmed by the cry of “ fire,” when it was as certained, that the large frame building in the rear of Locust alley, the property of Mr. John" Natcbek, and occupied by Mr. George Smith as a carpenter-shop,.was in flyhes. The bail* ding was old and, dry, and burned rapidly.— Our firemen were soon upon the ground, how ever, and by active and persevering eflorts, con fined the flames to the one building, which was entirely destroyed. This fire, like. all others we have had of late, was the work of an incen diary. Mr. Smith's loss, in tools, lumber, and made-up work,is some §l2OO, on which he has an insurance of §BOO, in the Lycoming County Mutual Insurance Company. IkcENDiAHiBS.-Thalourtop'n is infested with those monsters in human form; incendiaries, we have of lite had fearful evidence,. Within the three months wo have had some six or eight fires, and every one has been by the hand ; of the incendiary. It is time our citizensshould adopt measures, for their protection; and'we would suggest that a town; mceling be called at once, .that we-may compare opinions and sug gest, measures* for our future safety. Somc tKing-must he,done, and that soon, or.our town may be destroyed by fire if we procrastinate or hesitate to remedy the evil that now threatens ns. Let our Chief Burgess, then, as the prin ciple officer of the town, call a meeting of citi zens to assist him to. protect our lives and our property. Of all thfc scoundrels on the face of the earth, the incendiary is the worst and most cowardly, and if’our citizens can succeed in capturing one of these devils-incarnale, he should be tied to a stake and roasted ! in the fire of his own making. The villian who can be guilty of so hcnious at crime is unfit to live an hour, and should bet made an example of, if detected; ■ Let all. good citizens then make a- strong' eflort to ar rest the fearful calamity that appears to be threatening our town, and;we may possibly be able to accomplish an object so important to bur safety and peace of mind. Must be Popular. —At tlio late township election for local officers, in Bratton township, .Mifflin.county, onr cousins were in luck.- Ri cheson Bratton was elected Constable ;.Wm. F. Bratton, Inspector; Richard-Bratton, School Director j anddiarles Bratton, Assessor; " They ar« all Democrats; ngr-TnE Wheat Crop in this county pre sents a very'favorable appearance. It is now pfetty certainly ascertained that, unless some thingunforseen should come upon the growing crop, we will have abundance of wheat the co ming harvest. The-prospect for the future, we aie gWd to -note, looks -brighter than it has for three or four years past; and wo believe the “■good time coming” is beginning to dawn. CONCERT' BY- T!IB “ BLACK* SWAN.”—MiSS GiitißKPlELirj the “Elicit Swan,” will give a Concert in Education HSU, this evening, Thurs day, March 31: also one on Friday evening. She will be assisted by Messrs. Bernard and Waiter on the Piano and Violin, both of whdln. are celebrated- as superior performers. The “Black Swan” has a wide-spread reputation as a vocalist, and has met with great-success in all parts of the country. Wo doubt not she will draw a full house. See advertise’.'..cut ip another column. Commenced. —We-notice that the garden ma king business is pretty extensively engaged in just at the present time. Digging garden’is said to be an infallible cure to persons who are af. ■ r ' dieted with laziness. We have a little digging on band, and if any persons feel disposed to “ pitch in,” and test the truth of tho above ns sertieh; they pan be accommodated by report ing themselves at this ’ office the first pleasant afternoon. Grapes, Strawberries ax» Blackberries. —Every man who has a portion of ground at tached to-his homealcadj'no matter’how small, should I now> provide himself, according to his means, with a. supply of grapevines, strawber ries and blackberriess, if he would enjoy these fruits in their proper season. There is now no apology for any one who ■ is- desirous of 'having thfcse-lusaries to be without them; The LEOisnATDRE. —The House ot Represen tatives have concurred in tho resolution adopted by the Senate, and the Legislature will therefore adjourn on the 14th ol April. Cuttings.— The present is perhaps the best time, to propagates cuttings from green-house ..plants. Verbenas, petunias, heliotropes, gera niums, fusebias, hydrangea, dielylras, &c., &c. They should be set in the smallest pots, whence they can be bedded out in line condition as soon as the weather will permit. All the fine varie ties of shrubs, including the whole family of spireas, can be multiplied to any extent by cut tings stuck in garden soil, in open culture, in the latter part of March and April. Most of them grow freely and with very little trouble.— They should be mulched, occasionally watered, and the earth pressed about them. A" Coioago Jury. —lt is stated that the fa ther of young Burch, acquitted of murder in Chicago, a day or two since, gave the jury' who cleared hint'a champagne supper on tbeevening after the verdict was rendered. Eleven of the jprors attended, one only having the decency to stay away. ir ” LET US REASON TOGETHER.” Our political opponents (wo have no name by which to designate them, for they are afraid to assume a name,) are again elated at the idea that tbo Democrats are divided in sentiment, and that this difference of opinion will secure a second defeat to our party In October; We confess out prospects at present are not as pro pitious As wo could desire, but yet we have con fidence in the Democratic masses—cofidence, in the honesty and patriotism of the people. Let iis reason together, then, Democrats of Penn sylvania, and reconcile past difficulties,, and unite for the sake of our cause and our country. The principles of our party are the same they ever were, and the unimportant questions about expediency and men , shouki give way to the more important duties we owe to the cause of the people. Let us.then look above and beyond these lit. tie family quarrels in the party; let them pass into oblivion and forgetfulness, and never allow subjects in which there is no principle whatever involved for a moment to distract the general harmony. Lay aside those most dangerous sen timents which too often seize upon and direct the action of the politician—inordinate ambi tion and selfishness—think and act alone for the good of the Democracy, which in effect is the only way to best serve our country. When wp can each and all bring ourselves to such course of training, laying every personal aspiration i;pon the altar of patriotism, and seek alone the general good, then wo shall not ohly triumph, but must remain invulnerable as an or ganization. Each individual Democrat should act as though personally responsible for the success or ; defeat of our party; and then we can defy the intrigues of false friends arid the machinations i ° y, ,of our enemies. Let the Democracy go to work at dhccj and in earnest. The result will be a glorious victory, State and National, over our opponents. None know the truth of this bet ter .than the opposition, and the harmony pf onr party is just what they fear. A thorough and harmonious organization ns victory. Shall we refuse to secure it at so cheap a cost? tor. oprii Lecture ox a Remedial Agexct for eve ry kind.of Disease.— As will be seen by the following correspondence, Dr. J. Rutherford Worsteh, of Washington city, is now in our town, and has consented to deliver a lecture in Education Hall, on'Xuesday evening next, when he will explain his mode of treating patients by the Electrical and Insulating process, lately in troduced by him, with great success, in many' parts of the country. The Doctor has shown us a great many certificates from Members of Congress, members of the Cabinet, and others, in regard to the beneficial eflects produced by the application of the electro magnetic insula tors. We hope, therefore, our citizens will not neglect to go and hear him on this subject on Tuesday evening. ; Carlisle. March 29th, 1859. Dr. J. Rutherford Wou§ter: ■ . , „ Dear Sir The undersigned,' believing' that the public would be.benefilted by a mare inti mate knowledge of the application of Electricity, as a remedicat agent in the cure of diseases, re quest that you will deliver a lecture on that subject, to the citizens of Carlisle, at such lime ias may best suit your convenience. Respectfully, . ‘ . [Signed hj 25 Citizens.] j Carlisle, March 29,1859. , Gextlemen’:' Younnoteof this date, inviting me to deliver a lecture to the citizens of Car lisle on the application of Electricity to the healing art, has been received. In reply, I beg leave to state, that it will af ford me pleasure to comply with your request on Tuesday evening the sth of April. Respectfully Yours, J. Rutherford Worster. Gardening.— lt is to’be hoped that those of our readers blessedwith ten feel square of space attached to their respective residences, suitable for gardening, have already made preparations for improving the opportunity to raise some thing in the way of fruits, vegetables or (lowers, in it. We firmly believe, in the huraanizing reflning-infiuence of a gardeti connected with the household premises ns well as in the.health giving influence of a few moments’ labor in a garden each day, to the male or female of se dentary habits. On a piece of ground thirty by one hundred feet, vegetables amply sufficient for the table of a family of eight or ten persons may easily be raised by heavy fertilization (which will cost literally nothing in a place like Carlisle) and due attention to rearing a succes sion of crops. Street sweepings make'capital “mould’,” and every nook of a street contains usually what is termed “filth” sufficient to pay him who will gather it. ten fold for the labor of so doing in potatoes, cabbage, grapes, spinnach, radishes, asparagus, peas; melons, fruits, &c., if properly applied. The measure of the capabili ty of a garden to produce is simply that of the intelligent care and attention bestowed upon it, and nothing is easier to be learned than how to manage a - garden successfully. Fortunately the booksellers sell cheap? but intelligent work’s on gardening, from almost any one of which a man of common sense, who has never before stuck a spade into the soil, may very soon learn how to improve the advantages in that way surrounding him. A Nice Question Decided. —Under an act of Assembly, says- the Pittsburg Chronicle, loco motives are compelled to whistle before coming to the crossings of llio-public roads. If they do not, the company is liable to a penally. But if the locomotives whistle and’thereby frighten a team of horses, and serious damage bo done —which is not nnfrequently the case—who then is to pay? . This question was decided in Nor ristown? last week, in the case of Stephen D. Kerkner vs. The Philadelphia and Norristown Railroad Company. This suit was brought to recover damages for injnries done to a horse of plaintiff’s in consequence of blowing the whis tle, thereby frightening the horse, so that he ran back, caught bis foot in the switcb r and sprained’his leg, so that he was rendered.unfit for use for a long lime after. The defence was, that the companjMvas not responsible for the accident. Verdict in favor of-defendants. . Singular Cause of Death. —Aboufa week since, Ellen Vaughan, a domestic, at a hotcl ip Troy, N. Y., had her ears perforated for car. rings in the usual mannor, but on the following day the ears commenced to swell, then thehead, and tho swelling and inflammation increased un til she became blind and deaf, and, finally, ery sipelas sot in, undfcrwhioh she suffered terribly for three days, wbon death put an end to her torture. 0“ It is stated by a- correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial that the supposed mur derer of the teller of the bank at Jackson, Ten nessee, was arrested lately o:v thc cars between Memphis,and Columbus. < The Two Tempehamests.— People can he re duced to two classes—the rut rose and misan thropic, and those who aro ail sunshine and happiness ; those that seem born to laugti alike at happiness and misery, who go through the world as if Sent upon an agreeable errand; and those, on the other hand, who always look and speak as if they had conceived some dislike to the world in their infancy, and were bound to carry their resentment with them to the grave. Wo meet with some one of each of those classes every day. One we greet n,s wp do the warm sun shine of heaven, for wo experience in ins so "Ciety the highest happiness that life can afford ; the other .Inspires us with gloom and ennui, for misanthropy is the worst of iiil moral epidemics. Shake off those averted looks and cold glances,, man, and put on a smiling face, and not act. as though you saw an enemy in everybody who crosses your path. Instead of regretting what you have, go on yonr way rejoicing. The man to walk with in the pilgrimage of life is the one whose soul rises above petty annoyances and ills—who, amidst tile present darkness, can al ways see a bright and glorious future beyond. There are some men who never speak but to report some ache or pain, of to recount some sorrow. They go forth in search of sympathy, but never think of imparting it. They arc ever croaking about the wretchedness of life, and yet do nothing tp diminish it; they seem dissatisfied with everything, and pleased only with disoon, tent. Whatever may be yonr condition inward ly or outwardly, man, try to wear a cheerful face. You may be poor and obliged to work day by day, but remember the world is a place of toil. Millions who have toiled before you | ate now at rest in the kingdom. Aro you abu sed f Sowms (lie most perfect man the wprtd ever saw. Abuse will not injure a sterling char acter. Harsh words rebound to the speaker’s own heart. It you complain at every mishap, every slander, every dog at your heels, you wilt pass a life of misery. Cheer up, then, man, for the sunlight always shines down upon ns all.— The beautiful objects wifli which God hasevery ) where studded the earth speak to us of happi ’ ness. Learn a lesson from cheerful I face. We learn something about people’s, tem peraments in our reportorial travels. Hollyhocks asd Wallflowers.— The holly hock is a splendid flowering plimt, and may be said to.exceed all others of the biennial class in | tallness. With good soil, shelter, and proper exposure, U will attain a height of twelve or fourteen feet, and.generally reaches seven or eight. It is a substantial herbaceous plant, with a'thick stem, along which, fo the top, are the broad, showy blossoms; and from this attractive appearance; the hollyhock, though much neg lected since the introduction Of the dahlia so extensively, is very suitable to oruanient the fronts of cottages, edgings to shrubberies, or the centre of clumps in lawns, The colors are very various, as pink, dark purple, yellow, &c., the double sorts being the richest and most es teemed. Tlie flowers being largo and (he stem erect, the plants have a very good effect when grown in,rows at the back, of a border, or when one or two are planted along with round headed plants—for exilmple, with the French honey suckle, the annual chrysanthemums, or any of the sweet peas, if trained.to form a bush. The seeds ol the holly liock may he planted in Match; iri April, when the plants come up, they should bo thinned out, and then allowed to remain till September, when they, should he transplanted to the place where they are to . flower. The yoiiljg hollyhocks should bh'’planted In their dual place singly, if the plants he very strong, and three together if they are weak. Of the well known and flagrant Avail flower there are several sorts, those flowers which are dark and most massive being most highly es teemed. Every garden should have (wo or three wallflowers, ns their perfume is yeiy pleasing, and their cultivation no way troublesome, To insure a succession of the best breed of tills Hewer—iand the method applies to the double flowering, which yields no seed, and cannot otherwise he preserved—about the beginning ol July pinch off the desired number of slips, or young shoots, of flvb or’six inches in length, taken only from the finest stocks; crop the leaves, and strip the vest ol the stem bare; then put the slips thus prepared into a bed newly dugj and,shaded by trees or a wall. Sprinkle them with water, and shade any part to which the sun has access. In this way a, profusion q( one of the sweetest flowers, and the best of its kind, may ho had from year to year. . Spare tub Birds.— A writer, over the .signs, ture of “Lover of Nature,” says that wore far mers aware of the vast injury which the de struction ol insectivorous birds are to them, hot another day would pass before an attempt would .bo made to avert this evil. There is tho sap sucker, that indispensable agent in the rearing of fruit trees, is a conspicuous mark for the roaming, loafing gunner j and the red-breast, a bird that will descend through all future ages as the friend of man, ahd ttigt is so'tecautifully con nected with bur nursery,tides; the blue.jay, the oriole or hanging-bird, the sparrow, and in short all that come within their reach are shot down without mercy. There is a law, passed by our Legislature but a year or two ago, to prevent this'dcstruction of birds, and what is tho use of having-laws and lawmakers if they are not en forced? If this bird law were carried out to its fullest extent ■ by, every farmer, the birds' would increase, and’ necessarily as they increased the insects that destroy-1 hoc."Dps-would decrease; and’as ft natural consequence there being a less number ol insects to depredate upon the grain, larger and better crops would be the result. Tub Elections.- —Elections for members of Congress will take 1 place early in tho ensuing month, in Rhode Island and Connecticut! In Virginia, on the fourth Thursday In May! in Alabama, Kentucky and Texas, on the first Monday in August; in Tennosso, on the first Thursday in August; in V North Carolina, on the second Thursday in August; in Georgia and Mississippi, on the first Monday in October; in Minnesota, on tho second Tuesday in October; and in Maryland, on the second of November. Dishonest Bank Watchman.'— George Fel ger, a watchman of the Middletown (Pa.) Bank, was detected last weeti in tho robbery of the Bank,‘at various times w/fhin a year past, oi sums of money amounting to some $l5OO or $2OOO. Upon surrendering his property, which is sufficient to securodhc Bank against loss, he was suffered to go free, and immediately left tho town. Bo had hemtoforo borne an honest char actor, and enjoy'd the unlimited confidence of the'oificera of tie Bank. PiiEsnYTraiAN General. Assembly.—The General Jssemfcly (O. S:) of' the Presbyterian Church of the United Stales convenes at Indi. nnapofs on the 19th ol May next. A very largf attendance is anticipated; i&~ Monday, tho 10lh ; of April, has boon igrced'on lor tho trial of Mr. Sickles, a true bill haring been returned against him. For the Volunteer FORTY YEARS AGO. AN. OLD POEM A LITTLE ALTERED—BV H. W. P. TO M. 11. ■ Ah I forty years ago, my friend, A gay and careless youth was I, Nor thought my pleasures ne'er would end, Or sorrow cause my heart Iv sigh.- /'Wii h-yoiuh, and strength, and hope elate, Life's then green path I proudly trod, Unconscious, that the hand of fate Above me; held its threal’ning rod. And even seven years ago. An arigel form stood by my side. Whose gentle voice in accents 10w,.- With words.of love to mine replied. Now. in a lonely Churchyard grave. She , whom I lov'd, at rest is laid ; Where, in the breeze, the wild How Vs. wave And elm trees cast their solemn shade. Ah ! forty years ago, thoearlh Like fairy-land, seemed to my view ; All pure and'harmless was .its'mirth ; All men sincere — all women true — That vision fomul 1 a great cheat —! . Why woke T to the painful truth ? Stripped of illusion, at my feet Now lies the fairy-world of youth ! Ah', never mure will Hope's bright Star, Willi .light from flcav’n illume my breast; Past pjeasures mock me from afar — Sad menvVics Causc my heart unrest. The Stars seem not to shine as bright; The Meadow Fiow'rs so sweet to blow— Earth’s scenes to yield the saimrdelight As they did, forty years ago ! As in Arabia's desert, wild. We, now and then, among the rude Meet, here and there, a lovely child. Mixed with the world's great multitude: So, here and there—as up and down We wander o’er life's lulls and vales— We. now and then, "midst many a frown, See a sweetlfice, and hear dear tabs. And thus, whilst lately wapd’ring round, ’Mongst scenes and friends I once did know, Seven dear and worthy Friends I found — • I knew them/orft/ i/ears ugo.' And two at Harrisburg reside; And one at Philadelphia: And one in Easton's. lovely va’e. And one unpleasant Ephrata. The other two, I understand. Still linger undid Cninherlaiid : These two dear friends their time beguile In Kingston^’etc. and at Carlisle ; And ,as we cannot often meet, : ’Tis lbns Ldistant dear ones greet. . And now farewell—adieu, dear Seven ;, May we all meet again, in Heaven. Canada If’csf.-March, 1859. For the Volunteer. LAXD SALE AT SUPERIOR CITY. Mr, Bratton —Vou may confer s favor upon any of your agricultural readers, thinking of removing west, by directing their.attention to the U. S. puhlic.iand sale, the 2d of May next, at Superior City, Lake Superior. These lands can he purchased at $1 23 per ' acre—among them are some of the choicest pine, mineral and agricultural lands in the.world. They are as near New York, Thiladelphia or Europe by un interrupted steam boat navigation its (hose along the Illinois Central rail-road, which have been Belling at Irom $lO to $2O per acre. . The wheat, tobacco, corn, potatpes, &0., Sec., tf Superior, took a special diploma at the United States Agricultural exhibition. Itcosts more to raise grain.in Illinois and Kansas, than it dpos at Superior Citf; in Illinois, from the high price of land and transportation, and in Kansas, from the rate of alone to market, while the Superior farmer ships his grain by water direct .from Superior, to Now York, for about forty cents per bushel, and pay s but $1 25 por acre for btsyU|id, anti coir-’ false 40 bushels of wheat per aerpy Tho’tteamer “ North Star” sails from Cjeavulpnd, Ohio, direct to Superior, April 15th and 27th;nl 8 o'clock, P. M. Cabin tine, $22; steerage, $lB. Steamers will leave Gleavelaud for Superior twice a week during the season. /• The If. S. himlialcs on the 2d of May, will afford a rare, opportunity for those wishing to make paying investments in western'lands. Farmers wishing to emigrate to Superior can proceed; with . thpir families, teams, .wagons, household furnitmje and farming implements, to Cleaveland, Ohio, and thence by steam boat with their teams; wagons, furniture, &c., reach Superior in four days at less than one half the expense required to go lb lowa or Kansas. Persons wishing, to emigrate,' or obtain more definite information as to soil, climate, or agri cultural advantages of the Superior country, can obtain the same by addressingj. S. llitchio, No. 714, Pine street, Philadelphia. Bmp Killers, lipox Out The first .section of the. Act of April 21, 1858, reads as follows; “ Thaffrom and alter the passage of (Ids Act, It shall not be lawful for any person within this Commonwealth to' 1 shoot, kill, or in any way trap or’destroy any Blue-bird, Swallow, Martin, or other insectivcpous bird, at any season of the year, under penalty of two dollars.”—Pamphlet Laws, 1858, page 271. It will bo well for those vagabonds who have nothing else to do but to alien t our sweet sing ing birds, to lake notice of this good law. Cuba. —The Courier ties is the existence of a secret The Capture oj Elats Unis annoupd uion,. which at this mo- til blistering organ! expedilipn on a very large ment is preparing ii •hich is the capture of Cu- scale, the object of says. it has been acciden s posititle, as to what it a's mtmunilion have been pro men are ready to depart i different. parts of the of embarkation have been rtts oh the Island of Cuba re for the filibusters a facil larters of the enterprise is ba. Of this fact,) "tally informed, but; sorts. Arms and] vided for, and the simultaneously fr« Union. The points fixed, and secret a; are engaged to prqii access. The bead'] lew York are the Chiefs of in New York. In, the Expedition, anJ lhe,funds that have been procured; and frbijl New'York they issuclhoijr The principal materials. however;' are stored in Southern cities. Tt is assured that the realization of this project is imminent, and it is expected by the next steamer from Havana, the final instructions will be received, whereupon the signal will be given for depar ture. An Opposition Conclave in Baltimore.—< The Washington Slates is informed* of a recent caucus in Baltimore, of distinguished represen latircs of the several wings of the Opposition, with the view of effecting a complete coalition for the canvass of 1800. The conclavo was held at the residence of a member of the Mary land judiciary, and there were present Mr. Seward. Mr. and cerlain other per sonages in the interest of the american-Whig faction. We arc not'apprized of the results of the consultation. It is sufficient for the Demo cracy lo be informed of this movement to com bine the forces of the Opposition ; and they will at once appreciate the importance of up on and harmony in their own ranks. O’ Elopements seem to, be the order of the day. There appeas to be any quantity of wo men ready and willing to elope with anybody who_ will pay their, fare on the railroad, and Hotel bills. The ftiost sensible conclusion a man could come to in • such a case*, would be •‘ Let’em went.” TROUBLE AT THE AUBURN STATE PRISON. tuber prisoners shot—two died OP THEIR A letter from there dated the 10th, published in the Austin papers, gives the following par ticulars of Iho recent outbreak inthoNow JTork State prison: ■■ <• One of tho convicts employed in the homo shop being unruly, the head keeper, Mr. Aus tin, ordered him to be taken to tho dungeon.— The shop-keeper, Mr. Hubbard, proceeded to execute the order, and while in the'act of un locking the cell door, the prisoner broke away from him and ran back to tho shop, calling upon, the other convicts lor assistance. The head keeper then attempted to secure him, when tho convict struck him with a bar of iron, and drew; a weapon—around tile sharpened to a point— which the keeperswrestert from him. All the convicts in tlie,shop then made a rush and commenced throwing hammers, planes, &c., at the officers. Tho agent then ordered tho guard to tiro upon them, and two of Iho con victs were mortally wounded, and one slightly. They were then marched to their cells at the point of the bayonet. The Warden, in communicating tho unfortu nate circumstance, says : “We had either to give up all control of them,and permit themto have their own way, or to resisistthem by force. We chose the latter.” The Albany Jlltas and Jlrgns of Tuesday, speaking of the affair, remarks: The insurrection, which was put down by the sacrifice of two of the prisoners and the wound ing of a third, has a history antecedent to the day of its outbreak. The Keening Journal tells a port of it: ■ The hamo shop, where tho difficulty occurred, is the principal scene of whatever outbreaks happen in the prison. About seventy convicts are employed there, mostly athletic men, from their employment, and finding ready weapons in Ihoir Immnmra, flics and other tools, and the iron bars and wooden blocks which they use. Several times they have attacked the officers, and once Or twice rose and rushed Upon them en masse. The late Warden, Col. Lewis, was twice assuited in the hame shop by convicts, once struck with u hammer and once stabbed with a knife. The riot which led to the show ering of Moore, and the prowes displayed by Dix. occurred in the hame shop. The negro Moore, imprisoned on his second conviction for rape, and who drew a,knife at his keeper, was showered. The punishment did not exceed the ordinary measure; but the con vict, an. anthlelio and violent man, struggled witli such passionate fury as to wrench his arms from the stocks and expired, more, we believe, from the effects of his own rage, than from those of the, punishment he endured. It was an accident ; it was a misfortune.— Then there was an outcry on the part of the po litical press. Capital was to bo made out ol it; for some of the officers were Democrats. Great sympathy was expressed for-, the convict, and the officers in charge were loudly denounced, and some Of them dismissed. The murmur of public "opinion reached the inside of the walk, encouraged the inmatestbdemandmprclicense, to exorcise morn and to defy their keepers, and the Jesuit is that Mr. Kirkpatrick has had to or der them to he shot down, and two lives, per haps a third, are exacted as the penalty, of the insurrection. . This, too, is a misfortune—a sad. necessity, and we are quite sure Mn Kirkpatrick feels it to do one. But we have as little doubt he did his'duly as wo have that the necessity that call ed for such summary measures was created by the false sympathy of which wo have spoken.— Mr. Kirkpatrick is a political opponent, but we do not blame him. We commend him lor his course. , ■ . O’" James Stephens, tried in New York for the awful crime of poisoning bis wife, has been found guilty, , Tiie facts of the case were pub lished some time ago, and are, no doubt, famil ial" to our readers. There, was some hard swea ring on both sides, and great interest was ma nifested in the trial, as the prisoner’s character was regarded as good before he was charged, with the murder. ■ If there is one crime above' anoihdYtbatrdeserv.es the severest penalty of the law, wife-murder is that crime;, Mr.-Ash inoot], the counsel for Stephens, intends to move for n new trial.. The general belief is that the vcrvict is a just one. On the trial it was prov ed that Mrs. Stephens, who died ob the 27th of September, 1857, after a sickness of a week’s duration, died under suspicious circumstances noted at the time; that the husband was in the liabit of administering,her medicines; that just before the wife tvas taken sick; he on two occa- 1 sions purchased arsenic, for which ho had no particular need; that he had a motive in get ting ridjof his wife, in that he was tired of her, being older Than himself, and cherished hopes of n second marriage; and that after the body was disinterred and subjected to a very' thor ough chemical examination, it contained deci ded traces of arsenic ; all which circumstances, put together, tend to but one conclusion. ’ S, A Sabre Sickles Case.— Recently, ncai Leesburg, Va., a slave named Sam, belonging to W. U- Gray, deliberately shot and killed Bill, a slave of J. D. Wildman. It appears, from a letter in the Washington Shir, that Bill formerly paid his attentions to a colored woman who, a few] months ago, married Sam. The latter, after his marriage, warned Bill to keep out of her company. On Sunday, however. Bill, in passing Sam's house, was invited in by his wife. Sam, soon after entered, and a fight immediately ensued; which resulted in the jea lous husband seizing a gun and putting the whole charge through the body of Bill, killing him almost instantly. Delicate Appetites.— The daily allowance to the maids of honor attached to the British Comt during the reign of Henry VIII., was a gallon of ale for breakfast and a chine of beef j a piece of beet and a gallon of beer for dinner. In the afternoon a gallon of ale, and a maniple' of broad; and for supper a mess of porridge, a piece of mutton, and a gallon of ale; after sup. per half a gallon of wine, and' broad. If the Court beauties at that time needed three or four gallons ol ale, daily, Falslaff’s craving for sack, an earlier period, need not be wondered at. . Murderous Outrage at Baltimore.—A lamplighter, by the name of Richardson, while extinguishing a lamp In the western part of the city, on Tuesday, of last week, was shot in the back and mortally wounded. 'Thomas A. Ken .nard, a young rowdy, has been arrested on sus picion of being the perpetrator. The wounded man is reported as having since died. BT7’ It is a. singular fact that' the watch which was carried by Mr. Thurston, the unfor tunate balloonist, when he fell from- the balloon near Adrian, Michigan, on the 16th of Septem ber. was not broken by the fall of. more than half a mile lo the earth. Both the crystal and the works were uninjured. It continued to go until it run down —twenty-four hours after. Novel Insurance Company. —The citizens of York county have established a Company which insures horses from being stolen*. The capital of the Company is $300,000, and for a fixed premium they agree lo pay to parties "who insure with them the full value of their horse's, should they lie stolen, or recover the same. The Wash’. Union publishes a speech de livered by President Buchanan, in the Na tional House of Representatives in 1824, in fa vor of* erecting a National Washington Monu ment. WOUNDS, TEE DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION. Voice of the Democratic Press. We continue to give extracts from the true Democratic journals of the Slate, in support of the action of the recent Democratic Slate Con vention : BERKS AND LEBANON. ’ The Heading Gazette, with which the Leban on Advertiser fully concurs on this subject, days: The Convention, as will be , seen, repudiated the State Administration, by the decisive vote of 84 to 37. Wo would have been better pleas ed had no such vole been taken. For the sake of conciliation and peace, we would have preferred to sec the question of, endorsing Gov ernor Packer waived for the present, so that he might have had an opportunity, if so disposed, to retrace his steps, and repair the damage his factious course has inflicted upon the organisa tion of the Democratic parly iu Pennsylvania. But as the test was presented by one of his own friends, in the face of an unmistakable senti ment against him, it had to be met boldly, and in such a way as to involve no compromise of principle, or of fealty to party discipline and parly usages. The Governor has only himself to blame fur the senlcnceof condemnation Which has been passed upon him. His own acts have provoked it. Nominated and elected by the votes of an united Democracy, they had a right to expect of him a faithful adhesion to the par- and an ardent direction of the influence of his administration toward maintaining unity of feeling and harmony of action among its mem bers. But he chose to make a troublesome na tional question—with which, as a State Execu tive, he had no concern—the pretext for array ing himself against the great majority of his political friends, and for encouraging the disor ganization and division m our ranks which have conspired to bring about our.recent defeats.- At the last general election, in particular, the Governor's appointments, with but two or three honorable exceptions. Were foiled arrayed in open hostility to the regular nominees of the party, and* in many instances, in union with the Opposition which defeated them. If these acts Were not advised and sanctioned by the Executive, they.at least were quietly acquiesced in by him, and it is an cslabiislud rule of eth ics, that when,a mart permits to be- done what he has the power to prevent, he is justly char-, geable with its results. If the existence of the Democratic party is to be preserved, it must purge itself of all the factious and turbulent el ements which have beep too long suffered to distract its councils and impair the unity in which alone its strength consists. Belter to■ meet defeat boldly, with its organization intact, than tp purchase a questionable ascendency by yielding to. those who have shown, by their pre vious acts, that they are ready to betray the party into the bands of the enemy whenever their own selfish interests happen to be thwar ted. This emphatic rebukewill not be relished by Governor Packer and his adhe rents. But the honest and true Democracy of the Commonwealth, in. whom, after all. is our only reliable, hope of future success, will ap prove it.” . ■ ’ CAMBIUA. TheEbensburg Democrat and Sentinel, spea king in the nahiaof the. Mountain Democracy, thus endorses the doings of the Convention : “ The resolutions thus adopted hy the Cnn ventidn, will, we" think, give universal sat islac lion to the party. Their language is at once firm, independent and temperate, and nothing is said calculated to offend sincere members of the parly. All the political' issues of the day are met ‘oijjhe square,’ and the National Ad ministration sustained in unqualified terms.— The confidence which the Democracy of Penn sylvania reposed in James Buchanan, when the} - cast their rotes for him for President in 1856, remains undiminished, and it was right that their delegates sbouljl say so. The resolu tions sustaining his administration were adop ted.unanimously by the Convention. It is cer tainly to be regretted that the few friends of Governor Packer in the Convention endeavored to obtain the passage of a resolution endorsing his administration. They certainly knew, or ought to have known, that a number of the measures advocated by him were, odious to a large majority of. the Democracy of the State, and that his officious intermeddling in national affairs ha 4 placed him in a ridiculous position before the entire nation. If his friends had ac ted prudently, he would have been spared the mortification of a rebuke .from the assembled delegates of the party which elevated him to office." , The Johnstown Mountain Echo, edited by G. Nelson ; Smith, Esq., Speaker of the House during the session of 1857,'sends forth no doubtful or uncertain sound : “ Tho State policy of Governor Packer met with littlo laror in the Convention, as a resolu tion offered by Mr. Lnmbcrton endorsing 'lns dolicy was ignored by a decided majority ; its friends standing as 37 to 84. , “ We have long heard the policy of Governor Packer denounced. The course pursued by- Judge Knox last fall, was universally condemn ed, and Governor Packer severely censured for permitting one of his cabinet to persist in such an unwise and ruinous course. “ We have many warm feelings for Governor Packer, and regret much that be should have given any cause to bring about tbe unpleasant position in which he is now placed., believing that, he was misled by false advisers. The course of Judge Knox was regarded by the masses of the party as rank disorganization, which we felt convinced they would not wink at when the lime arrived to administer a re buke. The result of the Convention ; is' what wc have long fearfed'and anticipated.' However much we desired conciliation—however much wc hopcd'for harmonious action in our ranks— still we cannot question the justice of-the action of’ the Convention., I could not do otherwise than condemn those who have used their offi cial position forselfish purposes, and acted with tho common enemy by giving them aid and comlort. ■ - It is true, we wished for such concilatory measures as would secure the most efficient strength and harmonious action of the parly: but an overwhelming majority of the Conven tion, honestly considering that harmony could not. nor should not,be purchased at so dear a price, and at. so great a sacrifice ns winking at gross disorganization, we cannot but acquiesce in their will, and do not pretend to deny the justice of their verdict. As Wo have long bat. lied in the Democratic ranks, and never yet for sook the party-in its darkest hours, we cannot now hesitate to take n bold and fearless stand in meeting the difficulties which appear to sur round the Democracy of this State.” JtJXIATA. The Miffiintown Register expresses itself very plainly and much to Jlio point: “ Knowing that a largo intelligent portion of the Democracy of this county were adverse to ihe present State Administration, we have re cently had but little to say concerning it, cith er pro or con. VVecamo to the conclusion to await the convening of the Democratic State Convention, when the charges of apostacy pre ferred against the Governor and his unfortunate administration, would be fully, fairly and im partially canvassed, and abide the decision.— We were present during the entire deliberations of the Convention, and can safely say that Gov ernor Packer’s administration had but very few friends in that Convention, and that the Gover nor has lost the confidence and friendship of the Democratic parly. The causes which pro duced this result, when attributed to his ahti- Lecompton views, is an unmitigated falsehood. Read the proceedings of the Convention, arid you cannot find one word which would warrant such a conclusion. Consult the majority of his appointments, some of his official acts, the com pany that ho is found in, and the character of the men who delight to tio him honor, and you have the cause. They are'such distinguished political traitors as Attorncy-Genejal Knox, Hineline, and John W, Forncy^T^ very breath is pollution to the cause S craoy. These, sirs, are some- Wfi 5 JHI. —of his daily advisors and comp nn i ®' Bht w the Democratic party , reasonably " : wholesome admqnitions from anclT >«r ccsl The answer is an empfe them go their own way, and the n° ! & party, when relieved of their present? o - 0 ''''* dead weight, will, like a young trcc lt" 4 lll!i t ed of its dead and fruitless-branches ~.J loPP newed strength by being freed from which before hindered its growth. * <h»t “The platform laid down by the On and upon which the candidates w t, “ nVf[ % float at our mast head, have staked th ■ “"“u published elsewhere in our columns'll? 1 crats of Juniata, what say you toil? meet your approbation ? Remember n, •'* has come for action. There is ppw nn t ° ! any doubtfui or middle course to be Mt, The Democracy of the State, thronrtK agents, settled that matter fairlv and a 1 The Democracy are determined, thatt* 1 ' future, her public shall they prcaclt.’or abide the responsibility v I delegates from this comity, Mess™ tu lot ' S. Doty nt(d John S. Miller, helped m r'"“ 1 that platform, and they also voted aeaiJn'll' resolution endorsing Gov. Packer’s Slate According to our way of thinking ,h,.' ? •' just what they should have done, under cellar circumstances, and we anticipate iu the Democracy of this county and of iL. will say amen to il. The Convention spok,™ plainly and decidedly, so that the DemocrZ all over the Union may know that tire party is I ennsylvama holds no sympathy with political disorganizes. Such a cour c. and no oil,;, would have established desirable and pern™® union in the party.” r 1 TtOGA. The ATellshoro’ Democrat, the organ 0 f th. Democrats of Tioga, who first made Jonx c; Knox a public man, by electing liimtoji Legislature, is not at all equivocal in the a . pression of its views; We give place to a condensed report of'it ■ proceedings of the State Convention, htlil „ R Harrisburg, on the 16th inst. We have uni, B lime nor room, this week, to enlarge upondj H merits of the candidates, whose names ivepln, I at our mast head, nor to speak at length o(tl| H tone of the resolutions.. We cannot, ItoivtiiiH pass over One feature of the proceedings witheeßH comment—that In relation to Gov. l ) Mki*|i VVc desire to speak of il. partly for cxplniniSH the circumstances, partly 10 express regret ibilli the Governor’s friends persisted in forcing |in||| name before the Convention, and partly ioll give a full and hearty endorsement of theaciimß of the majority. It will be remembered tbai, m in an article published previous to the Conven- || tion, we advised conciliation. - It was known if to us, as it was undoubtedly known to all Dt-m- I ocrats, that Gov. Packer s /Course bad arousal I strong feeling in the Democratic ranks; aadvrt I feared that : feeling would find expression in I resolutions denouncing bis policy and repmfia- | ting bis administration. That the Governor | had committed many gross blunders, we felt to | be true ; that he had forfeited al claim upon | the party that had taken him from obscurity, | and lifted bun, step by step, until he occupied 3 the proud position of Chief Magistrate of out | noble old Commonwealth, was a fact beyond | dispute;. and yet, as a mailer of policy, we | preferred to submit silently to his misdeals, ! rather than denounce him before the world is | , unfair, if. not dishonest, in the. discharged i Executive functions. Wc.'will-not here repent Si tliu cliarges against him, nor will we name the f particular acts which have made his adminis- % trillion a stench in the nostrils of Democrats: ■ it is sufficient to.say that he has betrayed his j friends, and given place and power to the cne- I; inies of the parly that made him what he is. | The action Of the Convention proves that the I majority of its members entertained the same desire for conciliation that we have expressed. B Indeed, it was a great step towards cppalU- 1 tion, on the part of thc -majoTuj, Vo pjssmJ Jj resolution toucbingiheGovcriior'scondiichand - M it should have bceh'gratcfully met by him Wii his friends, There were men who badlabundw K secure his election to the office he now dtsboa- | ors, and whose feelings had been' outraged ty I bis course; but, instead of denouncing him, I they charitably threw the mantle of silence over I his many sins. Endorse his policy they could I hot, without establishing a ‘precedent behind , which any political apostate might shield him self from the just condemnation of his constitu ents, and without saying, in effect, to cesjf official, that to enhance his own he might sacri fice the public interest with impunity. WesajV again, silence or dehnmoialion were iliconly alternatives, and the Convention chose the ta mer. But the Governor’s friends were not con tent, and Mr. Eamberlon. who came warm from the council of ihc Exccntivcanll nis Attor ney General, J. C. Knox, introduced't)ie rcso- Union which provoked the discussion upon the Governor’s merits, and which, when pressed to a vole, was lost by 84-to 37. It was a power ful and unmistakable utterance of Democratic sentiment, worth a hundred victories in, a cam paign like this. Ills said to the world, lie Democracy of Pennsylvania willvot endorse an ■ unfaithful public servant, and. whether suffer ing defeat or enjoying success, it will'maintain Its purity, and wash its hands of even the - slightest taint of complicity in stheifics of cor ruption. ’ , I We say that wc regret the - ' introduction if | Mr. Lamberlon's resolution, and’ wc lefth I Democrats in this section of the State, will g® - .-. J| erally agree with us ; but as the question' ms 1 raised, we rejoice that it was decided-with lint I promptness that ever characterizes the actiou' m of the Democratic party. The Convention did w not denounce—they merely refused to approve m of the Governor’s policy, and left 'the fact to || his consideration, and as a warning-to puli' l |i servauts'in‘all tiraC to o'Ome,* flint the Dtmoc™- 'ey of Pennsylvania vfill p'rcservfe its' integrity g and nationality, regardless of thg.eflortsauil nctions'Of those who asSUnVe to represent the. ® sentiments' of the State'. Indeed, after lb® j| Governor's friends unwisely offered mid slue- ■ boruly urged the resolution to a vote, it wm ■ impossible for the majority, to do less than vole K il down; for had they, permitted it to pass they, would havfe been false' to the sentimeat k that pervades the Democratic party, | Stabbing Affray in Boston, Mass.,-® 11 Sunday evening, a desperate affray loot P-’f in the club room of the “ Tiger Associates. w Boston, Mass., during which five young w lll were dangerously stabbed. The police arltS ted one roan, and as the "ringleaders or e known, it is supposed the rest will be taken ok o. ''• JlunnKiiKii Convicted. —On the 20tli of ly. 1853, Stephen 11. Houser, in a di«putcover a game of cards, at S:. Louis, Mo., sla ffm. D. Parris, who died instantly- ” 01lS then fled to Texas, where he remained sow years, when, supposing his crime was or ß° ten, ho returned, was arrested, tried, an c victed, last week, of murder in the first egr TEscoubaoemest. —We clip the one pfour exchanges, and most beat lily rec mend it to the consideration of teachers. * a poor boy is lost to himself and to I o' because he did not receive encourage men > . he needed it. The want of this has ma e poor scholars and worthless citizens t an moat of men have dreamed of. There is a word—the word ot words To which a charm is lent That keeps tho universe alive, s 1 That-word BKcdimAOEMENTi ’Tis like a mainspring to the world,. That with a sovereign swnr cour ae, Whene’er tho half would ceaso its Impels it oh its way*. DC?" The largest Comb Factory n « at Aberdeen, Scotland, w ** er , j annual 1 /'' combs of horn and shell are produced an^
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