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AMERICAN VOLUNTEER'
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Jpns B. sJtiT.Tfli\, Editor & Proprietor .
' OARLIVAPRIL*2I 1850. ~
Dejilpdratic State Nominations,
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL,-
RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT,
Of Philadelphia,
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL,
JOHN ROWE,
Of Franklin County.
FnOST. —The severe frosts we have had of
fate, has, it is feared, injured the fruit to a con
siderable extent —particularly the cherries and
peaches. The apples, it is believed, are not in •
jured as yet. •
To those in Want.— lf any of our readers
are in want of Clothing, wo would refer them to
Jiv.- HiBRNT Miii.un, on Main street, opposite
the-Methodist Church, who has on hand some
of the finest and best Cloths, Cassiraors, Vest
ings, See., we have ever seen. Every thing usu
ally kept in a Clothinj'and Furnishing Store can
bb found there, and at prices that cannot fail to
give'satisfaction. Besides, too, you will find
a large assortment of Goods suitable for boys;
cheap, fashionable and good. Goods made up
tb ; order in the best possible manner; See his
advertisement.
At a stated meeting of the. Good Will
fire Company, on Thursday evening, 14th inst.,
the following officers were elected for the ensu-
ing year
' President— H. A. Sturgeon.
Vice President— Geo. Wise, jr.
Secretary—3 . B. .McCartney.
Treasurer — J. W. Onmn-.
'Directors —Ist. .1. W. Camay; 2d,-A. K.
Sheaffeu ; 3d, Cua’s God da no ; 4th, Wh. U.
Mason; sth, W>f. Spottswooii.
Chief'Engineer — Goo. K. Foote.
Jlss’t Engineer —J. Henningek. •
liivestigating Committee —A. K. SUEAFFEn,
W. Cameron, J. B. McCartney. .
Trustees —ll. A. Sturgeon, Gko. Wise, jr.,
w; Cameuon,' U. F. Knigut. J. U. Wunder
lich;
Had Dogs.- -Harrisburg anti Dauphjn coun
ty are again in a slate of alarm because of the
great number of mad dogs running at large.—
A young man in Harrisburg was bit by one of
these rabid animals, some three weeks since,
and died of hydrophobianine days after.: No
doubt our own town will suffer from mad dogs
before long. We warned our Town Council
some time since to guard against the threaten
ed'ealamity, by passing an Ordinance prohibi
ting dogsrunning at large.' No attention, how
ever, was paid to our advice: on the contrary,
the Ordinance.taxing dogs for borough purpo-’
ses, was repealed, as if to give additional cm
couragement to every one to keep two or three
' 1 '
!l!y" The State Legislature adjOuracd siae die
on Thursday, of last week, at noon, aftera ses
sion of onehundfed-nnd ohe days. Previous to
the adjournment, Hon. Jacob Turney, (Demo-,
orat,) of Westmoreland, was elected Speaker of
the Senate, during the recess. The session has
been uninteresting to a , remarkable degree.—
Not a single measurc of public importance was
enacted ( and the proceedings generally weie of
a-common-place character. Private bills mb
nopolized three-fourths of thblime j- chief among
which;: were life Philadelphia-Passenger Nail
way bills; and-if current reports speak trulv,
the - corrupt influence of the lobby had a great
deal (o-dowith (heir passage; Thii lend prom
ises of reform which Were madchy the Opposi
tion, when it was ascertained that they would
have control of the Tlouse'by a large majority,
and particularly their positive pledges that the
law-of 1858, increasing tho salaries of the mem-,
bors,-should 1 be repealed, are left- unfulfilled. .
On Monday'last the personal properly of
Ex-Gov. Pobtee of Harrisburg, was sold by the
Sheriff of Dauphin county. Among the articles
sold" were cars; iron ore, 'furnace tools, old iron,
coal, horses, carts, His real estate will ho
sold on the 20th inst.
The Ibis and Lily.— Of the iris there are
Various sorts; some low arid others tall, but all
of. them beautiful from the .'delicacy of their
color. The Persian iris is low, with delicate
blue and violet blossoms; the Calcedonian is
taller, and distinguished by,the great size and
magnificence of its flower, which is purple blue
striped'with white; the English is of siillgrea
ter height, and has flowers, double the size of
the former. None requites much sun. The
lily is a plant equally tall with the larger iris,
and.there are many species with different colors
—white,: orange and carmine; the orange,'
speckled with-dark spots, is the most common,
and will grow arid' bloom with little sun, or
under the shade. of trees. The effect of the
orange blossom is pleasing among green.plants
which require to be set off by a contrast.
Gbowing Vegetation.— Every variety of
.vegetation is growing beautifully. The grass
is-springing up with amazing rapidity. The
tree-buds-arc bursting into leaf, and already
begin to wear an appearance of verdure,'alike
indicative ol ah early spring, and pleasing to
tbocye. The usual spring vegetables, onions,
salad, &c., nco becoming quite plenty in our
market, and may now be had at a - reasonable
price. The young wheat, too, looks remarka
bly well, and is fast covering the ground, es
pecially in the warmer locations, where "it pro
nhses a bountiful crop, Jn short, everything in
the vegetable world seems to thrive under'the
influence of the showers and sunshine of the
last few days; and witli a little less of the for
■ mer, and more of the latter, an unusually “ ear
ly, seasou" might he expected.
O'Tho first Agricultural Society formed in
this country was the “ Philadelphia Society for
Promoting Agriculture,” established in 1795,
The first cattle show held in this country, was
held in Pittsfield, Mass., in October, 1810, and
from this era sprang the system of Agricultu
raLSooieties and Shows, as they exist at pres
ent, in most parts of the United States.
[£7" The.renegades from the Democratic par
ty now resemble those who deserted General
Jackson’s administration during the U. Si Bank
controversy.. -They only defeated themselves,
not the party; and .the traitors of the present
day will.bo. the victims, not those they have
1011.
O* A German sailor, named- Frederick Sc
hema, committed suicide in New. York, yester
day, by shooting himself through fire heart, bo
oauae.a young girl, with whom he was in. love,
treateddum with coldness.
THE DISfIRGANIZER’S “STATE CONVENTION,”
Tho long talked-of bogus “ Democratic Slate
Convention” assembled at Harrisburg on Wed
nesday of last week. It tfas made up'of office
holders under the State administration, disap
pointed office-seekers, defeated candidates for
Congress, and grumblers of all'shades and opin
ions., It \Vas a meeting of “sore-heads,” and
spavined politicians. . After tho strenuous ef
forts that had been made to got up this Conven.
lion, wo had reason to believe that a respectable
number at least would be in attendance. The
different raikroads (being tinder the control of
men of the Opposition,) reduced the tare to
half-price to all who desired to attend; and the
strongest appeals were made to those who had
the least Cause—real or imaginary— to feel cool
toward tho National administration. Hut all
Would not do—Democrats would not attend
this meeting of corrupt'disorganizes, and the
Convention was a failuie—a contemptible fizzle,
numbering about 100 all fold! Alexander M’-
Kinney, of Westmoreland, was the President of
the motley assemblage; and Hickman, of Ches
ter, Fornev, o( Philadelphia, and Attorney-
General Knox, were tho principal speakers.—
Two or throe others of tho small fry also ‘‘.told
their experience.” Col. Fornev 0 waschairman
of tho committee on resolutions. Tho resolu
tions are quite lengthy, or we might be templed
to publish them, for Hie edification of the curi
ous. They denounce. President Buchanan: and
laud Gov. Packer— repudiate tho regular De
mocratic State Ticket—praise Judge Douglas
—advocate “ popular sovereignty," &o. The
slavery question is the theme the resolutions
and the spcJchcs dwell upon—and why ? Sim
ply because these disprganizefs and demagogues
are welb aware that the agitation of this ques
tion is necessary to their political existence.—
We never yet knew a man to forsake the Dem
ocratic party, who did not immediately thercaf-
I ter turn up the, dirty whiles of his eyes, and
wonder why if was that he had never before
felt so warm an interest in his “ colored breth
ren?” :Oh, the hypocritswe venture to say
there were not ten men in that Convention,
who, if they lived in Georgia, would not buy
and sell slaves, provided they could make monev
by the operation. And this remark will apply
with equal force to nine-tenths of those who call
themselves Republicans, and .effect so much
love for Sambo. Their preaching is nothing
but deception, and.their profession of principles
a lie. All they expect, and all they pray, for,
is to gain power, and when they gain it, to
abuse it.' They hope, by keeping up a .false
clamor about slavery, to attract the attention
of the people from their sinister designs, and
thus accomplish their base purpose. .
This bogus'Convention, as,we have said,was
a failure. ■ .It,Was not respectable, even in num
bers. Not more than half the counties in the
State were represented at itll, and all who did
attend were self constituted, and had no ait
thority to speak for any other 'than themselves-
Cumberland county, we are glad to notice, not
withstanding our close proximity to the capi
tot,' had no obd there'to misrepresent her senti
ments—another evidence that the democracy
of Cumberland continue loyal to the creed and
the principles of.Democraoy, and true to the dis
tihguished old chief who so faithfully and fear
lessly administers, the affairs of this nation.—
Let other counties do,as they may, old Mother
Cumberland will remain true to the adminis
tralion of. Mr. BucnANAN, and true In the prin,
ciplcs he has so long and so ably advocated and
defended. Selfish demagogues may rant, and ,
howl, and lie, but they will find their efforts J
of no avail in honest old Cumberland.
Previous to the assembling of this bogus Con
vention, we confess we had some fears that,our
State ticket might be-defeated; From the loud
boastings of the two or three so-called Democra
tic presses in the State, we were led to believe
that a number of good men and‘loyal Democrats'
bad been deceived, and were ready and willing
to give “ aid and comfort” to our enemies.—.
But now we are convinced all is right, and we
feel satisfied that if the true Democrats ,0f the
Stale but do their duly, we shall achieve a, glo
riaus victory in October, The loud’boasting
of the disorganizes previous to the assembling
of their bogus convention, was a mere soundin'-
of gongs by, a very .few persons ; they were, like
the boy in the woods, “ whistling to keep tlieTr
courage up.” Their failure to procure' even a
respectable attendance, is proof that the Demo
crats of. Pvnnsy 1 van ia arc dbtekmixed .to elect
THEIR TICKET THIS PALL,
DID.\’T PrISS.
Wo,are pleased to learn that (he Stale Legist
latiiro adjourned without passing tho freo Bank
ing law, Ala time like (his, when the quantity
of gold arid sliver in-the country'is so groat as
to threaten a reduction of its nominal value—
when wenro just fairly recovering from a finan
cial crash, caused to a great extent, by an infla
ted currency, it would bo Ihehoight of folly to
create.more hanks ot .any kind or t.o "increase
the.banking capital.. Wo have loo" many hanks
now.. Instead of increasing the capita), it were
bettor if some of the banks last "chartered had
been loft unchartorod. Under any circumstan
ces, tho so-called freo "banking system is the
very last system wo hopo over to see adopted in
Pennsylvania, 'i ho sentiments repeatedly ex
pressed Gov. Shunk, in his annual, messages,
were sound and orthodox, and establish t-d cor
rect public sentiment on the banking question
throughout tho Stale. Wo would be bettor otf
how, if we had followed Ills advico. He was
in favor of having no more banks than tho ne
cessities of the Stato actually demanded, and
them to bo carefnlly managed and proper safe
guards established, to protect the people -from
loss.. A freo hanking law would (ill tho Com,-,
monwealth with a hatch of Irresponsible shaving
shops, that would prey upon the necessities and
industry of tho people/ Wo want none such,
and sincerely hope no such system will over ho
introduced into Pennsylvania.
A Markov.’ Escape. —The loss of two or
three thousand of the Republican majority in
the New Hampshire negro party, docs not seem
to penetrate the breasts of their letter-writers
with emotions of the keenest joy. The Boston
correspondent of the Springfield Republican
says:
“Tile Republicans are rejoicing over New
Hampshire; but isn’t Ike escape a Utile narrow,
and (he margin unplcasimthj close, and the mai
jonty, disagreeably diminished V
O” Judge Read, of the Pennsylvania Su
premo Court, has decided that “ an orphan is a
fatherless child. ’’ This is in opposition to u the
Directors of the Girard College, who had refus
ed admission into their institution of a boy
whose mother was living."
Of?” Tho Agricultural State Fair wilt probably
be held in Philadelphia. Acconsiderable amount
has been subscribed by the hotel keepers and
others, towards defraying expenses.
THE-FQBNEY CONVENTION.
The Convention of disaffected Democrats who
cling to', the falling house of Packer, Forney,
Knox, Lamunh & Co., says the Reading Gazette,
mot at Harrisburg, on the 13th ihst., according
to appointment. In'point of numbers, it was a
decided failure. Tho Patriot v.nd Union tolls ns
that perhaps three hundred persons wore pre
sent, of whom at' least two hundred wore idle
spectators. Its proceedings, too, for aught of
attention they command, may he set down ns
the vain and impotent conclusions of the disap.
pointed office seekers, in whose discomfiture,
and unworthy thirst for revenge upon tho party
which has ignored their mercenary and ambi
tions claims to rule, the public have little inte
rest and no sympathy.
The Convention was temporarily organized
by the appointmoptoPDr, George McCook, of
Allegheny, as Chairman. On motion of Mr.
Sallade, of Berks, a committee of one from each
Senatorial district was appointed to nominate
permanent officers. During their absence, tho
Hori. John Hickman, of Chofetor county, made
a speech, endorsing thd policy of Governor
Packer' daring ids official career. lie spoke at
some lengtli on tho subject of slavery, and re
asserted the doctrine of William 11. Seward, in
regard, to the eternal antagonism existing be
tween slavery and freedom.. Ho then took .up
national affairs, and denounced the administra
tion of President Buchanan as weak, incompe
tbntnnd corrupt. The speech was quitelengthy,
and in the violence of its abuse of the President
and the Democratic party generally, could hard,
ly have been exceeded by tho most bitter and
uncompromising enemy of the party.
The committee on permanent officers, report
ed Alexander M’Kinney, of Westmoreland, as
President, will] sortie thirty Vico Presidents and
twenty. Secretaries., Mr. McKinney, on taking
the chair, made a very short speech, in which
he took occasion to say he “ felt flattered in
beirig tho President of a meeting of such res
bets.” .. .
. CoK.John W. Forney, the master-spirit of
the whole affair, made tho motion for the ap
pointment of a committee on resolutions, and
of course was placed at its head as chairman.
The convention adjourned until 2 o’clock, P.
M., when Cof. Forney reported an address and
resolutions, which Were adopted. They de
nounce President Buchanan and tho National
Administration, with file; most Forneyish (we
mean malignant) virulence; laud Governor
Packer as one of tho purest Governors Penn
sylvania has ever had ; eulogize Senator Doug
las as “(he heroic statesman,” and repudiate
the platform arid candidates of the Democratic
Convention of tho 16th of March.;
Tho resolutions windytip with the following
one, which may bo regarded as a declaration
tliat the malcontents have finally separated from
tile body of the Democratic parly,, and intend
.either ..-to set up for themselves, or unite with
the Opposition, as'they.did last October, just as
circumstances or. policy may suggest.: , ■
Itesolvcii, That we recpriiluend the .appoint
ment by (lie President : of this Convention, of a'
~P,eiri,o, , crAUc;S,tate..Cammi,tte.a,„toi,co'nsist,oCjBfty-.
six members; and that the question of nomina
ting a Democratic State ticket, and. the. call of
another Democratic State Convention at the
earliest possible day, bo referred to that Com
mittee; and that, a meeting of said Central Com
mittee may be called by the chairman,' or any
five members thereof. , .
After tho adoption of the resolutions the con
vention was addressed by John W. Forney, of
Philadelphia, Attorney General Knox, T. j.
Campbell, of Huntingdon; W. W. Reading, of
Fayeltn, L, 11, panlwell; of Arnistrong/C. S
'Wingfield, of Allegheny, and Messrs. Northrop,
Npbingor, and Lehman, of Philadelphia. At 6
o’clock, P. M., the motley gathering adjourned
sine die. Its proceedings will soon pass into
forgetfulness, of be remembered only to plague
tiio inventors- The DemocVaticparty has survi
ved more formidable secessions than this, and its
every successive, triumph has been greater than
tho one that preceded it. So it will be again.
Its vitality remains, although its power, for the
time, may bo curbed.' It may bo compelled.to'
suffer from .'distractions-and defeat, but while
popular institutions survive on earth,' it cannot
be destroyed.
Speaker of the Senate.
The election of the lion. Jacob Turney, of
Westmoreland; Speaker of the Slate, during
the recess, is a mark of just respect and confi
dence from the Democrats of that body to a
worthy man, an able, efficient and honest leg
islator, and,a Democrat who docs not permit a
difference of opinion in local and mere tempora
ry issucs'to cstrange.him from the organization
of the party. The Harrisburg Patriot, notic
mg his election, well and truly says: “It is
worlhyof remark that Mr. Turney is a most
loyal and ,incorruptible Democrat. At its- lakt
session, when every Democratic Senator was in
favor of sustaining tho Kansas'policy of the
President, Mr. Turney differed, and expressed
that difference with a boldness that marked his
candot; and sincerity. But for this reason, he
did not feel called upon to desert the Democra
tic organization, and no Democrat ever lifted
up his hand, to drive him out. Ills case is a
-noble refutation of the wholesale and unrelen
ting proscription which has been falsely charged
"upon the Democratic party by those who have
stolen away from and deserted it. Mr. Turney
remained in the party, a firm and loyal Demo
crat; and he has now. been elevated by that
party td tho position he is set well fitted to
grace and adorn;”
Next ' Govunuoa.—Tho York Gazelle has
named Senator Shindlo, of Lehigh county, as
a proper man to bo tho Democratic nominee for
Governor in 1800. A Western journal suggests
General Foster, of Westmoreland. While we
regard tho agitation of this question at this
time as premature, we may bo permitted to say
that both of these gentlemen are of unquestion
ed ability .and high personal character, and ei
ther of them -at the head of tho regularly nomi
nated Democratic State ticket would bo a can
didate worthy of the suffrages of ihe people of
Pennsylvania. .
Young Murderers Sentenced. —Three
young boys were recently sent to the Slate Pe
nitentiary of Missouri, for life, for the murder
of a person named Hugh Downey. Two were
originally convicted of murder in the first, and
the third of the same crime in ihe second degree,
The two were sentenced to he hung, but tho
Governor, on account of their extreme youth,
commuted'the sentence to imprisonment for
life,.and the Judge sent the third therefor the
same time. It is truly horrible to reflect that
for a long lifetime these young lives must reach
maturity, and mayhap old age, in tho cells of a
prison, never again to look upon tho green fields
or minglS in the business of life with their fel
lows. Such a prospect as this would scenj
enough to make one wish for death ns a delivc
rauc'j from bondage.
THE SICKLES TRIAL.
The trial of Daniel E. Sickles for'tho murder
of Philip Barton Key, commenced at Washing
ton oh Monday, the 4th inst., and is still pen
ding. The reports, as published in the daily
papers, are entirely too lengthy for us to copy,
and they are not of a character to admit of con
densation. We do not regret this, however,
and our readers lose nothing by the omission of
the intelligence; for there has been absolutely
nothing developed upon the trial, thus far, be
yond, what was made public,, iir full detail, at
the tune the tragedy occurred. The fact of the
killing of Key by Sickles, has been proven by
the prosecution, and with this they appear to‘
hnve reslcd their, case. The defence have pro
ved, by circumstantial evidence, the only kind
that is available in coses Of this class—the cri
minal intimacy that existed between Mrs.
Sickles and Key ; and their efforts appear to be
directed now to the single point of proving that
the discovery of his wife's infidelity, involving
as it did his dishonor, bad excited Sir. Sickles
into a frenzy', and so overwhelmed him with
shame and distress ns to produce a, temporary
insanity, which rendered him morally unao:
countable for 4he acts committed duiing the
time he aflcolcd. Whether it is that
his counsel have taken this course, under an
apprehension that the jury may hot consider
the provocation sufficient, to acquit him of the
murder, we arc unable to say ; although it
would appear so.
The saddest'and most revolting circumstance
connected with this 'nlfogeiher disgraceful affair,
is the production of the confession of Mrs, Sick
les, with a view (o its being used in evidence
for the defence. Although the (Jourt very pro
perly excluded it, upon an established rule of
lawj that husband and wife cannot be witnesses
for or against each other, it has gained publici
ty, and has appeared in several of the daily pa
pers, along with the reports of the trial, How
any editor, pretending to decency in the conduct
of his paper, could admit shell a disgusting re
cital of illicit amours into bis columns, we are
at a loss tb lmnginc. Not one of the papers
that published it, would dare to print the con-
fessions of a courtezan ; and yet the most un-
disguised narrative of the secret indulgences of
the brothel, could scarcely exceed this confes
sion, in its indecent details, It appears to us
that Mr. Sickle S's own feelings, already har-
rowed up almost beyond endurance, by the
overwhelming discovery of his wife’s disgrace,
would have shrunk fronra knowledge of the,
salacious particulars of her criminal conduct;
and she, poor, lost woman, if - her almost daily.
indulgence in sinful pleasure, had not entirely
deadened in her bosom that innate sense-of
modesty Which only leaves the sex when they
sink to the lowest depths of abandonment,
would, it might be supposed, have ■induced her
to prefer'death rather lhan-suffer the lewd par
ticulate'of. her shame to-be wrung from her
lips. The hitherto incredible fact, that a hus
band could demand, or a wife pen a confession
such as this, is a sad commentary upon the low
state of morals in our so-called fashionable so
ciety.. ! . . ’
We believe and hope that Mr- Sickles will be
acquitted. Not because we consider him guiltf
less; or that the wrong ho suffered, was, under
all the circumstances of his case, a sufficient
justification of the crftne by Which ho. sought
to avenge U. f^ut^our. existing laws qfjford ho
adequate punishment for the offence which Key
committed ; and the well being of society dc
■mands that. the. sanctity of the marriage rela
tion should bo"viqdicated, even by suqh despe-,
rate means, if nb others, will be effectual. And
besides, the crafty seducer and heartless liber
tine, paid no more than the just penally for his
crime, although the Swift vengeance of a lawless
hand was its executioner.
A Boy Burglar.—A bright.boy, 14 years
of age, named. Joseph G. McNereny.was.arres
ted in Now York on Saturday, and committed
to prison.ona charge of having broken open,
and robbed the safe of his employers, Messrs.
Bond & Butterworth, President and Cashier of<
the Allentown Railroad Company. The safe
contained over one "hundred thousand dollars’
worth of securities in bonds, checks, drafts, a
large amount of specie, and five hundred dol
lars’ worth of jewelry. After his arrest he ac
knowlcdged bis guilt, and told where he Had
hid some of the property and buried the re
mainder.- It was all recovered with the excep-
tion of the jewelry, which he declared ‘ he had
not seen. This jewelry had formerly; belonged
to Mrs. Butterworlh, who died a few years ago.
and was scaled up in a, morocco, package. ' A
valuable diamond ring and-ear-rings were
among the contents of the package. . The boy
is the only support of a poor blind father, and
says another boy incited him to the crime.
, An Unworthy Hero. — lt appears that Dan
Webster, the alleged. fugitive slave, who was
carried about Philadelphia like a conquering
hero, by the negroes and abolitionists of that
staid city, after his discharge from custody, is
no better than he sh'puld be—m short, a very
unworthy object of the sympathy of moral and
law-loving people! white or colored. The Norik
American, lets us into a little secret connected
with Dan’s domestic life, which wonderfully
detracts from thejomance with which his over
zealous friends surrounded him :
“A fact has transpired in relation to Daniel
which, if before made public, would have some
what lessened the sympathy- felt for him. It is
that, when he absconded or escaped from Vir
ginia, he left behind Mm a wife to whom he
was married by a minister of the Gospel. As
ho was married to another female in Harris
burg; it follows that Daniel was guilty of biga
my.' Had he* been remanded by the Commis
sioner, Mr. Brewster’s intention was to have
given, towards purchasing his freedom, tjie fee
received from the clamants, and a hundred dol
lars in addition. We understand that one of
the colored witnesses has since acknowledged
that he knew, at the time he swore to the con
trary, .that Daniel was an escaped slave, and
that the District Attorney is now considering
whether or not,to cause his arrest on a charge
of perjury.”
{O’ A lady in Pensacola, madly and devo
tcdly in love with a Mr. Mayer, of that place,
tried to shoot his wife, of whom she was jeal
ous. She fired a pistol at her, but fortunately
missed her. She then drew a knife, and, before
assistance could arrive, inflicted, a slight wound
upon Mrs. M. She was put into the. insane
hospital by her papa, to avoid a prosecution.
Cheap Gas. —ln-lhc city of Dublin, Ireland,
a now gas .company supplies good coal gas at
80 cents peV 1000 cubic feet, and no rent pharg
cd for meters. This is certainly very cheap
gas in such a city, when it is considered that
all the coal used is imported'from England.
f ßeported for the Volunteer .]
Oourt Proceedings,
Com. vs. James Morrisey—Murder. The
deft, was convicted of the manslaughter of
Patrick Quin, on the Barracks grounds, in Jan
uary last. Morrisey was sent to the peniten ■,
liary for the period of two years—Leo and Du
mrich tor prisoner.
Com. vs. Wilson Cormicle—-Arson.' The
deft, was convicted of burning a barn in Sbip
pensburg, and was sentenced to the House of
Refuge for the years of his minority The de
fendant was upon his father’s admission, twelve
years of age. ,
Com. vs. Timothy Donavun, James M'Man
us, Patrick Riulden—Arson. The prisoners
were presented to the Grand Jury for burning
the RflOr House barn. The bill was ignored.
Com. us. John Evans, and Tifnothy Rurder--
Robbcrry and Larceny. The defendants plead
guilty-to the charge of robbing a fellow sol
dier, and were sentenced to the' Eastern Peni
tentiary for the period of one year each.
Com. to. Searight Connard—Arson.' The
deft, was convicted of burning the barn of the
Messrs. Aid’s, in Ncwvillel lie was sentenced
to the Eastern Penitentiary- for two years.
Cora, M. Mary Gouoher—Larceny. Mary
plead guilty to stealing a few dollars, and some
jewelry, from one named Lovy Klinepeter. She
was sent to jail for one month.
Coin. vs. Samuel Washington, colored—Ob
taining money by false pretences. Plead guil-
ty, and sent to jail for the period of one year.
Com. vs. Porter Buchanan, Sam’l Bixlcr, and
Henry Stoner—Assault and Battery. Porter
Buchanan was the only defendant in-C(nut, the
other two having .escaped arrest. Porter was
found guilty of an assault, and sentenced to the
jail for two weeks, fine of 0 cents and pay costs.
Com. vs. Rufus Williams,' -Many Marshall,
Nancy Marshall, colored—Keeping a disorderly
House. A’non pros as to the women, and Ru
fnspload guilty and sentenced to.tliejail as a
worthless, good-for-nothing fellow, tor the pe
riod of 1 year. '. „
Com. vs, Daniel Fennel, ool’d, —Larceny and
Forgery. Daniel was. convicted of stealing a
quantity of cloverseed from Mr. Rudy, and sel
ling it in Rudy’s nanie, receiving a check pay
able to .Mr. Rudy' or order, forging Rudy’s
name, and receiving the money at bank j for
which he was sent to the Penitentiary for three
years. , , • .
Com. vs. Francis Hall—Larceny. The del’t.
plead guilty to the charge of- stealing a few
school.books from tho Cave School House’. He
was sent to jail for thirty days; ■
Com. as. Daniel Lee, colored—-Larceny of a
watch. Plead guilty, and was sentenced ter tho
county jail for 1 month.
Coni. as. Howard Rupert, Sam’l Canry—As
sault and Balterry, with intent to Thejury
in the case of Rupert were discharged, not .be
ing able to agree. As to Coury a non pros was
entered. ■" , , •
Com. as. Matilda Bush—Assault and Battery.
Not'guilty, but pay the costs of prosecution, for
which she was committed.
The Grand Jury, in discharge of then- duty,
laving visited and examined the jail, aitd while
hey saw ranch that Was worthy of commenda-
tion in cleanliness, good order, and apparent
good management everywhere observable, yet
one thing was noticed, viz -. cell No. 1J would
require immediate attention to provont tho wa
ter from coming through tho wall; damaging the
plaster and the floor, J.
The Bogus Convention Ahtady llrpnilintcd.
Robert 11. Kerr, Esq., of .Allegheny county,
who was a participant in the late bogus Con
vention, at Harrisburg, has written a letter to
Hi S 'Patriot and Union , denouncing, the course
pursued by the leaders of .that disorganizing
movement. From facts slated by Mr. Kerr,'
and others, which have come to our knowledge,
we arc convinced that the sole object of those
who originated and cob trolled'this Convention,
was the disorganization and destruction of the
Dpmocratic party. The'people will soon learn
this, and then the day of reckoning will come
for the traitors. Annexed is Mr. Kerr’s letier:
Gentlemen —The published proceedings in
your.paper does me injustice. The temporary
GfiaiiraaTi I consider -honest enough to select of
ficcrsjibut, in no instance, or in no way, have I
evertacted or sanclioncd’opposilion to the regu
larly- nominated candidates. I regard it the
duty of;all Democrats to support the nominees
of the March Convention. • •
I was willing that Governor Packer’s admin
istration Should be fully endorsed. But farther
than that I could not act with the destructive
spirits who met to spit out their venom on the
President,
The address and resolutions are of;such a
nature that I could not sanction them.; Had
the President—Mr. McKinney—not ruled me
out of order, at the' bidding of Mr. Forney, I
would have shown that their aitrt was the de
struction of the. party; MenAvlio' are drifting
into the vortex of our enemies cannot leach me
lessons. There was nothing left for me to do
but vote against their proceedings and withdraw
my name from their Convention. • ■ • ■
. Democrats, who have not been disappointed,
will act with their' usual integrity by sustain
ing the ticket of the regular Convention^
I will here remark that t am under no per
sonal obligations to President Buchanan or Gov
ernor'Packer. I have sustained them' because
the Democracy placed them in power —disre
garding petty malice from interested sources.
' Truly, &c., , ;R. H. Kerr.
State House, April 14ih.-
Sad Death by Hydrophobia.— A‘ lad nam
ed Weaver, died a few days ago. at Harrisburg,
of that horrible malady, hydrophobia. Ho was
bitten about nine weeks ago, by a dog belong
ing to Mr. Kembell, and since that time had
been under the treatment of a Lebanon physi
cian, who is said to have cured several cases. —
In this instance, however, his medicine was of
no avail. The poor lad was in spasms for for
ty-eight hours, and then died a terrible death.
'Death op a King. —The news brought from
the Old World by the Canada, announces the
death of his Majesty the King of Dahomey.—
He was remarkable as having beep a, ferocious
brute, if an expression so strong may be applied
to a personage so exalted, and fof having main
tained a body-guard of female warriors—a troop
of Amazonian Ebony. And when he died, the
Kingdom of Dahomey showed the sincerity of
its affliction by sacrificing, with the moat un
niggardiy sacrifice, eight hundred niggers to
his honored manes.
DCT’lthe divorced wife of Thomas Washing
ton Smith, who played such a prominent part
in the tragedy which resulted in the shooting of
Richard Carter, by Smith,, was married about
three months since, to the editor of a Susque
hanna county paper. ■
O" A few days ago, a man by the name of
Roblias, indicted for bigamy, was tried at Rah
eigh, N. C., and convicted. On the following
day he was branded with the letter,;B oh the
right cheek, in.open court —the brand leaving a
mark that he will carry to-his grave.-
Acceptance of Mr. Wright.
Annexed Is the loiter of tho Committee np
pointed to inform Mr. Wright of his 'nomina
fion,,nUd his reply thoretb : .
HABnisDtmo, 'March 17lh, 1859.
Richardson 'L. WlubnT — Dear Sir The
State Convention, which met at Harrisburg on
tho ;10th instant, unanimously nominated you
as- tho candidate of tho Democratic parly, for
the office of Auditor General of this Common
wealth.
Wo have booh entrusted by tho Convention
to communicate this intelligence to yog, and
with pleasure do wo discharge thcdutV impo
sed upon us, and request youf acceptance of
(lie nomination.
Very respectfully, yqnr follow citizens,
J.--' R. A. Lamiierton,
R. Bruce Pktbiken,
William H. Welsh.
Senate Chamber, March 29, 1859.
■ Gentlemen: Yours of the ITth inst;, inform
ing mo of tho unanimous nomination for the
office of Auditor. General, by the Democratic
State Convention, has been received. For this
mark, of esteem and favor, which I cheerfully
accept, I return, through you, to the members
of tho Convention, individually and collective-,
ly, my sincere thanks. To receive the nomina
tion for the important office of Auditor Gene
ral of this groat Commonwealth from the Repre
sentatives of the Democratic party, is an honor
which will be.chorished in grateful remembrance
until tho pulsations of my heart shall cease for
over. j
In suhiliiUihg my name to fhoir consideration
as a candidate for that position, I could only
present ns a pledge for the future, my previous
personal deportment as a man, and the record
of my votes and acts on the journals of tho Se
nate and House of Representatives. In that
deportment, and those votes and acts, it has
hejpi my constaat aim to apply practically the
principles and sentiments of the Democratic
parly, as received from the Fathers.of .the Re
public.
In the event of my'election to the office of
Auditor General I will endeavor fearlessly and
faithfully to discharge the duties pertaining
thereto, wilh strict {nipafiialiiy and to tho best'
of my abilities.
As tho Keystone of the Federal Arch, Penn
sylvania occupies a proud position among her
sister States. She is noted for fire wisdom and
moderation of her councils, her love of civil
and religious liberty, and her firm adherence to
tho Union and the Constitution.- Her people
■are honest in their purposes, orderly, tempos
rate, industrious, and thrifty in their habits.—
Seven years experience in her councils confirm
me in the opinion that her Interests me most
secure.in Democratic hands. It rests with you,
and those you represent, to say whether those
interests shall bo guarded or not, .
In conclusion permit me to express, the hope
that peace and ,concord, union and harmony,
may reign in the councils of our political or
ganization; and that directed'by “the wisdom
which cometli down'from ahoye,” the free in
stitufions established by the wise and penevo
lont founder of mir Commonwealth, may remain
unimpaired to bless our posterity in all time to
come. . Renewing my thanks to the Convention
tor the distingnishedihonor conferred,
, I remain, truly, your friend, •
RiCUAnnsoN -L'. Wanner.
R. A. Dumbarton,' R. B.Petriken and ifm.
11. Welsh, Esqrs., Committee, &c.
. O” The municipal election in Philadelphia,
will take place on Tuesday, (heSdfof May. A
City Commissioner, City Treasurer, twelve Se
lect Cbuncilmen for two years' and one for one
year, eighty nine Common Councilmen, togeth
er with Aldermen, School Directors, Assessors,
Constables, Judges and Inspectors; are to be
elected. Nominations have already been made
by the Democratic and Opposition parties, and
the contest promises Ip bo an exciting' ontv--l3r.
James McClintock is the. Democraticyrimlidate
for City Treasurer, and Henry S; Bprie. 'Eaip,
iHe Democratic candidate for City Commission
er. ■. ■
' Connecticut Election. —The Connecticut
election was extremely close, the Republicans
only succeeded by the smallest majorities. In
the First Congressional District their candidate,
Mr. Lpomis, had only 65 majority. - In the.Se
cond.District, Mr. Woodruff received but 330.
Iri the Third District, their nominee had 700,
and in (lie Fourth, 200 majority. Their aggre
gate majority in the State is but 1.200, on a
poll of over 80,000 votes. This, close voting
shows that the political status oir Connecticut is.
very,far from being reliably Republicans
The Bangor Whig, contains the confes
sion of Jlarshall Potter, who murdered bis aged
mother and two brothers, and a boy, his nephew,
jm Wednesday night, last week, at Lee, Maine,
and then set tiro to the house. It is one of
those horrible crimes which; from time to t'mo,
occur in our Mew Bngland towns, surpassing in
atrocity' anything, wo ever find in the cities
among the worst portions of their heterogene
ous population." The villain is n graduate of
the State prison, and has long been an object
of general aversion and distrust. His object
in committing these terrible murders was to gra
tify a-slight quarrel with his mother, eighty
years old, who llireafened to deny him further
admission' to the.house, in consequence of bis
bad conduct/and also to got possession of $2OO
Which his brothers had by them, and $lOO which
his mother received a tow days previous, her
pension as the widow of a Revolutionary sol
dier. Tho examination of the mutilated and
chared bodies confirms the-account.of the man
ner in which the murder was effected, even that
of the boy, whose jaw and face is horribly
crushed. The murderer is forty three years of
age. He shows no particular sign of feeling,'
but seems rather indifferent than otherwise.
O” The Wheeling, (Va.,) Intelligencer, of
April 13th, gives the, following particulars of
a desperate fight in a railroad car,•which, but
for the respectability of the source from whence
it comes, we would suspect to bo another Ar
rowsmith story.: “We learn from, the passen
gers who arrived yesterday morning from the
Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad, that a des
perate, and bloody recontre .took, place on the
night train, a short distance above Wollsvillc,
in which qne tnan was shot in the leg and ano
ther beaten SO badly that he had to be carried
out and medical aid called. It seems that
Captain Moore, of this city, was occupying a
seat by himself, when a farmer, living in the
vicinity of Sloan’s station, came up, and either
trod upon or kicked his leg, probably uninten
tionally. Mr. Moore raised up and made some
offensive remark, to which the other replied in
the same torid; A cross-firing of words contin
ued, until the farmer, in answer to some epi
thet, struck Mr. Moore, when the latter drew a
pistol and fired twice at his assailant, lodging
two balls in' his thigh. At this phirtt one or
two of the passengers, including the man that
was shot, pitched into Moore, and beat him
most unmercifully, mutilating his face and per
son without stint. Tho excitement on the train
was most intense during tho fight, and the oc
currence was mud) regretted by, the con
ductor in charge, as well as tho officers of the
railroad company, who know the affair to have,
been as rare as it was unavoidable."
o* THe officers of the State Senate, at the
close of its session.prcscnled Gen. Wm. H. Mil
ler, the Clerk of that body, with a handsome
cane, as a mpmento-of tlieir friendship for him,
personally, and appreciation of bis official servi
ces.
CT* A trotting match has been closed for
$lO,OOO a side, between Nicholas I, owned by
Mr. Hunter, of New York, and Tar River,
owned by Mr. Hare, of Virginia, to takc__piace
on the Fashion course* L. 1., during the spring
meeting.
~ Important Foreign •
The nows received fVom-Enrnn, '
instant, by the City of u I', 10
proposed Congress' of the ’ groat Pm hot «ui
meet at Baden bn (ho Ist prox nfo 'p 8 ls W
will he represented by Lord Main,' , En B |: >»J
Lord Cowley j franco by M. Wiilowr'i^" 7 “"A
Drouyn do PHuyi ; Russia by Prince a / "" d «•
Cortschakofl' III.; Austria hv luX! tndcf
Schaucnstein j and Prussia' by IWv‘ B „ Uo1 '
lemitz. The Italian States, it is s'b
to ho hoard, but not to vote. AustH P rt " l > ” r o
iier warlike' preparations, either hnn? n,in ' ,! ‘s
anticipates tile failure of.’fho Congress' 50 *•
cause she thinks a bold .front moil c„ ’ l l,c '
to her own success in tlio negotiant"*' l
England ho most, interesting Intel “ 1 h
that Mr. Gladstone has declared aani???
John Russell’s proposal to tm‘n Li-d tv*V
of office and to take his ph,fie. ■
tho second rending of tho Reformhill « n
take place on Thursday,.March 31 h-l ' vna lo
.will accordingly bo reported to us I.vo 811,1
steamer In Lond6n the prevailing expele* l
seems to he that, in case of .his del™? r n
Derby will resign; bnt, at this distance' th„ l 'i° ni
tion of a new House of Commons ’!? e,cc
probable. The Marquis of Waterford" '"T
made himself notorious some yeiirs aeo
this country and in Englandfo Wfcv??
was, kihed while, hue,inf^t
03-A Black Republican print, in h oUein .
the appointment of ■ Hon. Joseph Holt, of K 8
tacky, ns Postmaster General, says ; ’ ™'.
“ lie is represented ns being aii cxeclW~
for the position, but he is from the So.ith » n
“From the South?” And so were Wnsliing
ton, Jellerson, Madison,. Jackson, Clay p,
houn, Bentoh, and a host-bf other cn,i„ c
statesmen, whoso'lofty intellects, unspotted re
putation, and pure patriotism, illumine the pa M .
of our national history with'the'brightest L
most glorious colors; Since when has the South
become noxious ground, to taint the clinraetcr
of her sons ? It was not so, in days gone k
before negro-worship became exclusive philm,'
thropy, and the cant of .fanatics and dcmhio.
gnes the test of American Republicanism. Out
upon this narrow, Seltlsh sectionalism; God’s
providence assigns to than liis birthplace; and
so that iio lives, and moves, and acts as a man
in tho sphere allotted to him, what light hate
we, or any of ns, to make.that accident a gron-J
of objection to him ? The Union'is not yetdis
solved, and until it shall be, Worth and South
are in tegral parts' of a common doullll j l ,
Clothing;— This desirable and in fact
sary article, cap be had. at; Striker's cheap
■Clothing store, as they have, just received a
splendid slock of Spring and Summer Clothing,,
made up in the best and most fashionable style,
which they will sell at such' priced as to suit
every body. It will be lo the advantage of
every person to go there before making purclm
ses. See advertisement in another column:
•JSormii. : V
On fife l4lh inst., by Rev. J. Ryans;Mr. Jho,
Cohns, to Miss Maot UttEH, daughter of John
Waggoner, Esq., all of Newvilie.
For a cheap and pleasing pic*
(tire go. to Mrs. Reynolds’, second
door west of Dr, Zitzer’s
Notice.
THE books ahd accounts of Dr. ,T. K. Smith
liavo been left -With the undersigned Itif
immediate settlement. All persons indebted
are requested to call as soon as possible, and
they will save costs. All hills not paid by the
12th of-May will he put in suit.
April 21, 1859_3t ,- - DAVID SMITH. ;
NEW STYLESoF
SPRWG AND -StlM'MEri-GOODS,
JUST opened.iit MULLLN’S on Main street,
a choice selection of fashionable Goods, ex
pressly for gentlemen’s wear, consisting of Very
superior
Side Band Cassimeres,
Black, and white Mixtures, Brown and ffhilo
•Fluids,- Fancy Stripes and Mixtures, Solid plain
colors, ■ "
Hoy’s Styles for Coats and Pauls,
Gcnls Spring and Summer Coatings, Marseilles
and Silk VESTINGS, Fancy Cloths of every
description, fine Black Cloths, best black Doe
skins, medium quality black Cassimores.
• ’ 11. MULI-IN.
(Su.rccs.wr to T. H. Sidles.)
Carlisle, April 21, 1859.
Something New !
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT AND
' ~.. SPED STORE.
MB. STRICICLER & BROTHER, have
*jnst opened, in the room formerly occu
pied by Shryock, Taylor & Smith, Zng’s new
building, Main St., two doors east of the' mar
ket hotfSe, a large assortment of-Agricultural
Implements and fertilisers,' winch they are pre
pared fo soli on the most leasonakle tetliis.
The stock embraces :
Plows , Cultivators, Harrows; Umj, .Sirare mi
Corn Fodder■ Cutters, Reapers, mowers,-
Drills , Cradles, Scythes. Corn Shelters,
Forks, Shovels. Hoes, Rakes, Prun
ing Knives, Whetstones for,Mow
ers, and every other article neces- .
sort) for farm use,'
They : alsO intend keeping in addition, a Kill
assortment of. Cedar and Willow'Ware, inchid,
ing "Spain’s Patent Churn, Brooms, Brushes,
Butter-worbefsi Batter forma, prints, Ladles,
Butter Tuts; Bowls, &d. . , , '
Also, Fruif, Gfarden and Flower Seddsj Sew
Potatoes of the best varieties. - They are W;
stantly making additions to their stock, and#
use: every exertion to supply the wants ol l»*
agricultural community. ■
They have also the agency for Evans $ net
son’s Salamander Safes.
Orders loft at the store for fruit and oma
mental Trees, Flowers and fertilizers, will
attended to promptly.
April 21, 1859—1 y
Foreign and Domestic Liquors.
LYNCH & WEALAND, successors loLyach
& Detwilor, respectfully announce
public, that, they continue to keep constant y
on hand, and for sale, n largo and very supetto
assortment of •' ~ '
Foreign and Domestic Liquors,
at the old stand, South Hanover street, thre
doors south of Inhoff’s Gfl’Ocery store,.ana, r
recfly opposite the Volunteer printing ollico.'
BRANDIES, ;
All of choice Brands. . .
WINES, •>
Sherry, Port, Maderia,. Lisbon, Claret,
Native, Hock, Jobannisborg and
derhoimor.
CHAMPAGNE) ,
Heidsick &. Co., Goisler & Co., and
imperial.
GINS,
Bohlen, Lion, and Anchor. ,
WHISKEY, •
. Superior Old Moqongahola, Clioio
Old Family Nectar, .Wheat, Scotch,
and Irish. -
SCOTCH ' ALE, Muir & Son’s ' SparkhnE
Edinburgh, Allaopp’s East India 1, ul °. I
Tonnet’s Brown Stout. Also, a.
Monongahela Rectified Whiskey, I’ARAL.u *
BRAND, for sale low. .arTL
Dealors and others desiring a FORK
OLE, will find it as represented, as their wu :
attention will bo given to a proper and .
selection of their STOCK, which canno
passed, and hopes to have the patronag
public
LTNCII & ITEALAND',
April 21, 1859—Gm