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AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
MAN B. BK4TTON, Mltor & Proprietor
~ CARLISLE PA-, MAY M,, 1859. C ~
Democratic Stall
FOR auditor general,
RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT,
Of Philadelphia
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL,
JOHN ROWE,
Of Franklin Cotinly.
i A Small Fire.— Tlio alarm of firo on Monday
forenoon was occasioned by some of the mate*
-rial in Mr. Geo. Kellek’s hat shop, at the rear
of hia-dwelliag, taking fire, which caused con-
Tsidorable smoko. The diffcrenf'Firo Companies
’•Were out,’ but their services were not required:
The Trees.— We are glad to notice that our
efficient High Constable is determined, so far
as in his power, to protect the young and beau
tiful,trees of our town from being barked and
otherwise injured by horses. The borough and
many of our citizens have been at considerable
trouble and expense in planting trees, and they
should bo protected at all hazards. When wo
sen a man hitch to a young tree or the box which
is intended to protect it, we feel like cutting his
Ikttsc loose and administering a kick to its own
cr. There is a Borough Ordinance imposing a
fine of ss—it should bo sso—for every offence
of this kind, and we hope our Borough officers
will make a few examples of the fools who vio
lated!.
Isjuued.— : Wc regret to learn that Mr. David
ED. Voolesono met with a'seVero accident at his
niilf, 1 in-'Mohroo township, on Friday.last, which,
at the time if"happened, was considered a per-'
nninent Injiiryl • Ode of liis hands was engaged
iff 1 drawings lltm a wagon to tho third‘stbry of
' tho mill, bags bf wheat, when ene of- the bags
slipped from the rbpe, and fell upon Mr. V.,
who had been standing on the ground beneath.
He was crushed to the’earth, amTwns taken up
nr* an’ insensible condition,’ an'd medical ..aid
summoned. In a few hours consciousness re
- turned, and it was soon discovered that'his in
juries were not serious. Ho was very much
bruised and shocked, but no bones broken.—
We learn that ho expects to be about again in a
few days. • ■
A Warning.—Now that the warm weather
is-coming on, persons Should be careful and not
use too much cold water when heated. An ex
change paper tells us of,a woman who had been
washing on Thursday last, when, feeling un
comfortably warm, she immersed her head sev
eral times in ,a pail of cold water. She was im
mediately taken ill and died of congestion of the
brain—the effect of the sudden application of
edd water to the head.
(ET’The country never appeared more beau
rifh'l than at this time. The Belds are green
and bespangled with flowers—the trees are-in
blossom and tho air js sweetly scented. The
cropsv J alsa,'arc-most-promising. , There has no
blight or fly. or nuWa% ; nlade- its appearance
1 tfcfe year, and thtpwheat so far
advanced, as tohe fieyojid thoreach of materi
ritinjjiry froiß lhese\causesif'-'
A. Chance for Some of ooa Nice Youno
Men We find tho following in tho advertising
columns of a Brookviliri. paper. Those who
have found thq business to which the advertise
ment refers, unprofitable in Carlisle, on account
of-’tßo number engaged-in it, might do well by
migrating to Brookville:
■Wanted.— Some fifty dr. sixty young “ men”
tb stand in the vestibules and oulside of the dif
ferent churches in Brookville, to gape at the
Iddies as they are passing out of church. Per.
sons wishing such light employment will present
themselves every Sunday evening at 1 the differ
ent church doors. . , ■
N. B.—Those having any brains need not ap
ply.as they are not wanted. A Citizen.
Lick Yoijr Own Letters. —Tho Post Office
Department has decided that it is not the duty
of Postmasters to put postage stamps on pre
p»i® letters; therefore letter-writers will take
notice that they must lick their own letters.
The State Senate. —The terms-of eleven
Senators expired with the last session—Messrs.
. Wight and Ramlall, of Philadelphia, Mr. Fet
ter, of Perry and Cumberland ; Mr. Brewer, of
Franklin and'Adams; Mr. Steele, of Luzerne:
and Mr. Cresswell, of Blair; Democrats 0: and
Messrs. Gazzam, of Allegheny: Colley, of In
diana ; Mycr, of Bradford : Scofield, of Warren ;
andi Harris,- of Bhtler ? Republicans, five., —
Those holding over are-equalty divided, eleven
Democrats and eleven Republicans.
SterußN of Minister RPed.-— The lion.
William B. Reed, late Minister to China, ar
rived in Philadelphia on Wednesday,, of/lasl
week, in company with a committee of citizens
bighorn‘he was received on his arrival at Jer
sey CW. An invitation to a public dinner-has
been-tendered-to-himv
. is said that the Government is serious
ly 1 prosecuting the enterprise of introducing, in
to the the culture of-’the tea
plant; A’shipds now on her voyage from Can
ton to with 60,000 plants, selected
with gerat care, by a special agent of the Patent
Office. , -
ItT' Tbo May" number of the American Agri
culturalist, published by Orange Judd, New
York, has been received. It gives its usual va
rrely‘Of useful information in every department
of Agriculture and Horticulture.
Habd to Plrasb.— The Black Republicans
of the North are continually prating about the
pro-slavery tendencies-of 'President Buchanan's
Adrtiinistration. and 'accusinghim-of adhering
to the peculiar interesta-of the South-. The
“Opposition” in Virginia.- (we are at ty ioss-fbr
a namely which •to ■ designate them,) 6n> the
other hand charge him with 1 bfeihg fdlse to- the
Southern States, and the Richmond Whig, as
serts emphatically “that all Democratic Presi
ded ta-have been traitors to the South.” There
isia-widt difference of opinion here, and it would
bei a.difficult matter to please men who see
things in such contrasting lights.
No Morns Coai. AflEjiciEg.— The Secretary of
(bo-Navy, In accordance with the law passed at
the recent session of Congress, has abolished the
Coal Agencies. -These positions were amongst
the mosttucrativc.under the Government. Coal
is to be purchased. licrpaftcr.as other materials
for the-Navy.
£7” Several Indies have requested us to com ■
■stand'' the storekeepers to remove the boxes in
ftoiit of their stores, as ladies hooped cannot
ppaa without going out into the street, or run
’.te.risk,ottearing their dr&sea.
The people of tho ancient Commonwealth ol
Massachusetts, remarks tho Reading Gazelle —,
upon whose soil the first battle for American
freedom was fought—tiro descendants oi the
Pilgrim Fathers, "..foreigners who, not many
generations ago, sought and found a homo’ upon
tho Stern and rock-bound coast of Now Eng.
land, where-they might enjoy the civil-and roli
gious liberty which had been denied them at
homo—have 1 jnst.porpetratcd an act, of political
oppression and.intolerance which will affix an
indelible stain upon their character. . They have,
by a majority ef over six thousand, ratified the
action of two preceding sessions of their State
Legislature, amending the Constitution so ns io
disfranchise all persona of foreign birth in that
State for two years altet the period of their na
turalization under the laws of the United States.
So that, although five years’ residence is suffi
cient to entitle an alien to. become a citizen of
tho United States, ho must undergo a probation
of two years more, before he shall be consider
ed fit for admission to the rights’of a citizen of
Massachusetts. ’V ,
Nomlnatiqiia.;
Thorp was, so far as we caft ’understand, no
special occasion forlhis proscriptive amendment.
It originated several years ago, when tho spirit
of Know-Nothingism was at. its height, and
prompted those who suffered themselves to bo
carried away by its influence, to all sorts of ex
treme measures against persons of foreign birth,
and it might have been reasonably supposed
that, at this time, when the country has, in a
great measure, recovered (rom the bigotr, and
fanaticism of tho brief hour of Nnow-Nothing
supremacy, a measure'such as this, would be
quietly abandoned. But not so. Asiffoshbw
to the world that the unjustifiable.and almost
unnatural enmity against foreigners still lives in
the-Republican part} - of Massachusetts, this
amendment is carried, and tho Republican
presses and orators are rejoicing oVer their so
cailed victory will, exceeding great joy. What
they have gained by it, were hard to 1011. If,
-as the adoption of this amendment implies, they
distrust the adopted citizen, and do. not* con
sider him a safe person to,enjoy tho right of vo
ting, why not go the whole figure, and disfran
chise him absolutely, without limit as to lime 7
There’ would be something of consistency in
this, (or if the five years’residence required
by the laws of the U nitetl Slates, is not sufficient
to qualify him for ,citizenship, two years more
-•will'ka9f£gly.,mond- the matter. But they dare
not go to such an extreme, in the (ace of. tho
present prevalent public opinion. So, merely
to propitiatefthc Know-Nothing clement,which
they hope to use in the next Presidential con
test, they resorted to this paltry mode of, humi
liating and degrading the foreigner. To exclude
him for life from all participation in the politi
cal affairs of the State, would have been going,
too far. To load him with a temporary disabili
ty, which would make him feel his inferiority, ,
as compared with themselves, was.going justfar
enough for their purpose. • ,
The adoption of this.amendment proves what ,
the Democratic party have always maintained,
(hat their Black Republican opponents seek to
elevate the black at the expense, of the white
man. Massachusetts can make a hero of a fu
gitive slave, defy tho Southerner who claims tils
rendition under the,laws of the United States,
and freely admit'the. negro to the enjoyment of
io social;ahd political privileges of her own ci-
tizons ;• while at tho samq thim gho degrades the,
white:jman.ot fMeiga > biftl^^ndro ; 3,tho fact thaj;
ho and her people fiiive iricpmpipn ancestry, and
tells him to.stat)^.iiBiS#i"6|Mtf% K
when ho 'comosi invested with,
ship by tho authority oftlie General Government,
to claim-a citizen’s rights in Massachusetts. —
Can political- charlatanry go further 7 Wo hope
tout the adopted dtizdn 'who "Imvo been led
astray by tho prbfessod devotion to “ freedom”
of tho Black Republicans, will now seo their
error, and repudiate an'alliftnco with the party,
that sees in the negrO a .worthier c'aridldilto for
tho franehisesof an American citizcn'Hicr."the
white man of.forcign birth.
A'Goon Time Coming. —The recent-' advicot
from Europe seem to establish the fact that wal
ls inevitable. Messrs, Dallas and Maron, Ame
rican Ministers at London and Paris, write to
the State Department, that wario'unavoidiblo.
Before its termination, the whole of the conti
nental.powers will be involved in it. Such a
war, whatever .may be its effect upon the differ
ent nations of Europe, can not fail of being be
neficial to this country. It null create a foreign
demand for grain, which will at once advance
the price. The Hew York Tribune says ;
We say to our farmers—plant and.sow freely,
persistently; for grain and moat are likely to be
in demand next fall. The war which now
threatens is unlikely to be a shoit and can not
be a little one. It is likely to array a million
men in arms against each other, subtracting
many times that number from productive indus
try to employ them in casting cannon, making
powder, charging shells, Ikc., &c. All these
must eat, and battle fields are not well adapted
to the growth of food. Weshall be disappoint
ed if Europe dbes not afftird us a large market
for breadstufli- before the end- of the current
year. .
05” An endowment ol $lOO,OOO is being made
up by the Lutherans for the Pennsylvania Col
lege at Gettysburg. The York Advocate says
that Charles A. Morris, Esq., of that borough,
has given $lOOO to the fund* and “ with the lib
erality and wealth in the Lutheran' Church, We
presume the sura will'he speedily rafted) and
•the institution- will’ bo- put upon a permanent
basis.” . ‘ .
New York,ltalians. —The war news from
Europe causes the greatest excitement among
the European exiles in New York, especially the
Italians, who believe (rather credulous, per
haps.) that the day of regeneration is at last
about dawn upon their unhappy couutry. —
Since the first heraldings of the- approaching
conflict, in January last, numbers of Italians
I have been preparing to give up their business
and leave for their old homes. Many of them
have already &one, and many more will un
doubtedly go, to take a himd'in settling the an
cient grudge which their nation owes Austria.
lE/” At Queen Victoria’s first drawing-room
of the season, Mrs. Dallas wore a train -of-Napo
leon blue Terry velvet, lined with gladqfmd
trimmed'with blonde skirt and'tunic of white
glace, trimmed with blonde {tmV ribbon.—
Headdress, feathers and' blonde lappets ; orna
ments, diamonds.
(£7= A correspondent writing from Leaven
worlh, KanSns, abbreviates the name of that
town, llworth.” , , ,
CTJ- A national convention of Firemen is pro
posed fo be held in iPittsburg on the 4th of Ju
ly next. . ;
oy Tho next State Agricultural Fair u ill be
held at Philadelphia-
Paltry Proscription.
Hon. Linn Boyd, of Kentucky, who has
been ill in Philadelphia for several months; is
said to bo slowly recovering.
The European War.
The Baltimore 'Commenting on the
lato news from Europe, says the truth is, that
« tho war now begun is no sudden outbreak upon
a now cause—no violent, unexpected quarrel
and fight to do away with somo new outrage at
tempted lo be perpetrated. It is tho regular
consequence, and steadily-advancing consuraa
lion, hitherto delayed only, of that state of
things which prevailed in. Europe eleven years
ago, and whoso necessary end was postponed to
secure Louis Napoleon on the throne, and to
delay for a time in England tho spread bf ideas
’(and, their reduction to practice) entirely too
republican to please her governing classes.—
Thrico before, in tho .history of forty years l
havo tho elevation of the masses, and the cause
of human advancement been betrayed by the
English government. Tho heart of Egnland lias
almost always been true and right. Tho En
glish people have poured evil their blood and
treasure without stint in the cause,.which when
tho red tape gentlemen came to ‘dravf'lho pa.
pors,’ has regularly been ousted of its rights in
favoref traditions and divine right, and the ‘pre
scriptive precedence’ of the Order to which tho
diplomatists have belonged. The treaties of
’l5, which ‘ in tho name of the Most Holy and
undivided Trinity’ blasphemously consigned
popular right and tho elevation oi tho people;
who pay taxes, and earn by their sweat the pur
ple and line linen that decks the inviolable per
sons of Kings, to tlie pleasure and good will op
princes for its continuance and existence. The
deas which made a first part of the world’s be
lief in these Western forests, under Washington
and Lafayette; which afterwards brought Louis
XVI. to the scaffold, and run into mad and
drunken excesses, until the Consulate and Em
.piro of tho .first Napoleon, were pul down, it
was hoped, at Vienna, and finally chained and
secured at Laybach and Verona; while their at
tempted resurrection in Naples by the Carbona
ri, and in Spain by tho Constitutionalist party,
injjlSfiS, was, it was fondly believed, prevented
by Austrian bayonets in the one case, and by
tho French army of tho Pyrenees in the other.
Kings learned only seven years afterwards, by
tho flight of Charles X., who did‘ not wish to
follow the charrette of his brother,’ that a new
generation had learned the old lesson; and
when his successor gave himself up to the piling
up of wealth—left (ho duties of the kingly office
to become a watchmaker for his sons and daugh:
ters, and .a speculator on tho Stock Exchange,
with tho private advantages of the Government
telegraphs in his favor—then he, too, found it
most advisable to cross the Channel as M.
Smith, hnd reflect, in,a third and final exile, on
the tact (bat -tho tiers etat has in this age como
to be of some account. Louis Napoleon finds
his strength and security in making himself the
impersonation and crowned representative of
the French people. Je suis parvenu, he says—
Emperor of the French, riot by the grace of
God, but by the expression of the national willl
If Austria had ten times her number of armed
men, and a thousand times multiplied, into safe
ty and solvency, her rotten and discredited fi
nances, she could only (or a short season dam*
up an obstruction to the course of that resistless
current which has been quietly sweeping on even
in her own dominions j and which will perform
its office, part of it now, in this war, in favor 6
Liberty and human progress, even under tho
lead, and to, the glory of a French despot.”
The Times.— Wherever wo cast our eyes, we
:aro, greeted tk the,gladdening .signsqip,returning
jproSpcrity. Ifhe folloWirig’tto'mr'flia ■'Loharion
(Jbun.er sliovi% (hat the « good tjmp’’l has come
to xhat borough: « Hard times, wo believe, fire
no riioro in Lebanon, Everywhere wo seearonnd
us indications of improvement. Building ran.
torials are scattered throughout the borough;
the anvil rings its clear tones again upon the
morning air; the mallet and chisel of tho stone
cutter again produce their customary sounds;,
the carpenter’s saw sings its chawing song, tho
piano glides smoothly ovefjtbe seasoned pine,
the hammer and hatchet ring on the nail head
Upon many a building; the quarryman’s blast
detonates in quarry and in. cellar, and tho light
dispensing gas-fitter flits to, and fro with long
'augur and lamp, like the ancient philosopher,
as if he too wore < noblest work of
God.’ These avo tilings gratifying to every
man; and there is no music so ineffably delight
ful as the melody of industry’s hive, for thereon
depends the liilppfncss.of-the noblest class of
our people—the mechanics.”
Political. —The Chicago Herald, the leading
an ti-Douglas paper of the Slate of Illinois, dev
clarcs that if Mr. Douglas is nominated for Pre
sident at Charleston, it (the Herald) will sup
port him with ail its might. It adds that “no
true Democrat will bolt the nominations, who
ever is nominated.” On theother hand, the
Springfield (III.) Register, the central Douglas
organ, pledges itself to support the nominee of
the Charleston convention,.whoevep he may be.
It will go, it'slates, fbr Preaidepf Buchanan, if
he is r.e-nominaied at Charleston-upOn the old
Democratic platform of non-intervention.
■ !XP~ On Monday, the 9th inst., tho people of
Massachusetts voted an amendment to thoir
State Constitution which prohibits naturalized
citizens from exercising their rights for two full
years after tho period of naturalization. This
is another evldfctfco of the proscriptive and illib
eral tendencies of tho Black Republicans.- They
clamor loudly for tho rights of the negroes, but
deny even justice to tho white men who floo to
our country from the tyranny of Europe.
Exeoution or a Wife MnubßEEa. —Charles
J. Rose was executed'at Salem, Otegon, bn the
2d inst., for'tho murder of hjs wife in February
last. The performanco-was witnossed by about
fifteen hundred people, among whom were two
hundred women and children. The prisoner
walked up to the fatal drop with firmness, and
addressed bis audience in a clear, unfaltering
speech, confessing his guilt.
A Bloody RetiudctioN. —R.B; Jordan',' some'
time since, seduced the’ daughter of a widow, at
San Andreas; Texas; and, although frequently
warned by members of the community in which
he lived,' refused positively to marry the girl,
with whom, however, he continued to live.—
About'a month ago; a' prosecution was com
menced against him',' aft'd'ho was again earnest
ly requested to marry his victim, but again ex.
pressed his determination to live as ho' choso.
On the ITth ult., ho left home,'and'sbon’alter,
the reports of severalguns were hoard, and his
body was found riddled witli over twenty balls.
O’ .General and Mrs. Pierce are in Rome.—
The health of the latter is improved, though
stilltbeble. They remained'in Rome until'the'
middle of April. .
DC?” Edward Hi Benedict stabbedhis wife at
Detroit, on Monday, the 9lh inst., in'a fit ol
jealousy, killing her almost instantly. He af
terwards attempted to hang himself.
iy A military companyjjjs about being or
ganized in Harrisburg. 'j
Filibustering Expeditions.
Tho hiatory of the.variohs filibustering expe
ditions tyhich hav&; at various times, departed
from the United Stages, is not very encouraging
to those who. hive a taste for this sort of adven
tiire. Not one Of these lawless enterprises has
succeeded. All haveended disastrously to those
concerned. The first Cuban expcdit'io’n under
Lopez, was fatal to leaders and followers, the
sword or the garrote terminating -the career of
the “ patriots,” Walker’s first, second'and
third efforts to carry a new civilization- into the
heart of Nicaragua, arid to win for himself a
crown, endid-in no better fortune to his follow
ers, although the head criinirial escaped the
doom which Ho took every pains to deserve.—i
These repeated reverses have had the effect of
dampening the spirit of filibustCTism.awd to im
press the restless population of the country with
gloomy ideas of the prospects,of such underta
kings. Walker, still roams the country, medi
tating some new design; but he has lost the
prestige' which once attached to his name, and
the confidence of his financial backers. The re
cent intelligence of the disastrous failure of an
expedition directed against Cuba, by a handful
of adventurers, is not calculated to raise the fil
ibustering-spirit. Like other expeditions of tho
same character, it seemed to have no definite
purpose, and depended upon some desperate
chance for success.
These records .will serve'lo warn all but the
most thoughtless and reckless portion of the
populalkmof this country, of the insanity of
engaging in piratical invasions of neighboring
territory. Unfortunately we have in this coun
try, a floating population, ready to be led into
any adventure promising excitement and plea
surc—a class, which, in despotic governments,
is kept down by authority, or killed in periodi
cal' wars. Among thousands of men allured
from better motives,'.many of this dangerous
class have rushed to Pike’s Peak, in search of.
gold, and if none is to' be found, they constitute
the proper, material for a lawless foray upon
Chihuahua and Sonora. It is rumored that
such an expedition is on foot, and that Pike’s
Peak is the nucleus of the enterprise, and that a
complete organisation of the invading forces is
to be perfected there. As it seems to be pretty
well established that the gold mines are , fabu
lous.in their extent, it would not be surprising
if such an attempt was made. Proper steps
should be taken to guard against it; audio re
press a spirit which is disgraceful to our coun
try, and degrading to it in the eyes of the civil
ized world. ,
DemooiiaTio National Executive Commit
tee.—Judge Smalley, of Vermont, Chairman,
arid lion. Clement L. A r allandigham, of Ohio,
Secrelary of the Democratic National Executive
Committee, have, by virtue of the power given
to them in the premises, concluded to call a
meeting of the Committee about the 7th of De
cember next, formal notice of which will be
published iu October. This Committee will fix
the time for the assembling of the Democratic
National Convention, at Charleston, which will
probably be toward the close of April or early
in May; 1860-
The members of the Executive Committee are
the same,ns thbse appointed by the Cincinnati
Coaventfon.-Attmember for each State; It.will
•be recommclided to the Democracy pf■llie States'
mettfbSl i, "
■■ It riiajr,bp -mcriUoncdi; that the meeting of
Messrs. Smalley arid Vallandigham in Washing
ton, which took place on .Wednesday last, was
accidental, apd they agreed after a brief perso
nal interview, bn : what they had purposed to ef
fect by correspondence.
. ‘This is the first official movement on behalf
■of the Executive Committee since the adjourn
ment of the Cincinnati Convention.
Pneut California:—By the arrival of the
steamship Star of the West at New York, from
Aspinwall, we have late news from the Pacific.
The S:a{ of the West brought §4,480,115 in
treasure; and’the mails'which left San Francis
co on the 20th ult. The news from'California
is interesting, but unimportant. Gen. Walker
was at San Francisco, but nothing was positive
ly known as ,to his future movements/ The
heavy Stocks ■of merchandise oh hand caused
continued dullness in all branches of business.
The California Legislature adjourned on the
19th ult., after a three months session, produce
live of little general interest. All the.prominent
politicians were at Sacramento, concerting mea
sures with reference to the coming election, at
which a Governor and members of Congress are
to be chosen.
That Ciiai.i.bngb.— We met a gentleman
from Carlisle yesterday afternoon Who informed
us that the trout fishers of Carlisle were wil-
ling to accept the challenge recently thrown out
by its, and meet the fishermen of Harrisburg
for a trial of piscatorial skill. The challenge
was made by us without consultation with the
fishermen of our town,'but we have no doubt
they are ready and willing to act upon it, and
show the Carlisle boys how to fish in scientific
stylo for the speckled beauties.
p Harrisburg Telegraph.
. If the trout fishers of Harrisburg are realy
in earnest, and desire a trial of piscatorial skill
with Carlisle fishermen, why don’t they say so
at once, and stop talking about it. W e n °w
challenge them to the contest. . Our boys say
they have a “ pile” to bet on the result.
IC7‘ An Irish gentleman, remarkable for his
devotion to the fair sex, once remarked, “ Nev
er be critical bn the ladies. Take it for gran
ted that they are all handsome and good. A
true gentleman will never look on the faults of a
pretty woman without shutting his eyef.”
IC7 4 Thomas Hi Holt has been nominated by
acclamation as the candidate for Congress by,
the Seventh District Democracy of Kentucky.
Hr. Holt, on’-acoepting the nomination, main
tained'the right of the South to take her pro
perty to the Territories, under the Drod Scott
decision, but declared against the interference
of Congress either to establish, prohibit or pro
teot slavery.
[£7’ The present season appears to bo an un
fortunate one for Western steamboats. Yester
day the steamers Monongahela and'Hdinburg,
while mopred on the Illinois shore, opposite St.
Louis, were burnt to the water’s edge. The
loss amounted'to $38,000,' on which there is an
insurance of $20,000 ip Pittsburg' offices.,—
There 1 was no freight on ■either boat.
A New York correspondent of the
Charleston Mercury attributes the remarkable
fact that the New York Tribune always pauses
in the spring, time' in its tirades against the
South, to the prevalence at that, time in the city
of the Southern trade with ilsmillions of- dol
lars..
[From'the Harrisburg Union', of HthmsU]
Two Destructive Conflagrations—Burning of
tho Born and out-llouses'of tbe State Lu-
natic asylum, &e.
• • On Thursday night, about 11 o’clock, an
alarm of fire was raised, and in the north-eas
tern pndt-of tho town a tremendous light was
seen, wHfch look the firemen in that direction,
and WhVch proved to be thejiarn and out-houses
of the farm of the State Lunatic Asylum. The
Citizen, Hope, Friendship and Mount Vernon
companies proceeded to the scene, and, upoq
their arrival, the burn and ont-houses were al
ready in ruins. Tho Citizen, with their suc
tion engfn'e, took a position on the banks of the
Paxton Creek, and forced two powerful streams
upon the dwelling ho'uSe of the farm, Which
was already oh lire, and at the same lime fur
nished the Hope engine a stream, which was
also directed to the house, and it was saved
from destruction. In live barvi were a number
of cattle, of which, three horses are known to
have perished. Some escaped and others are
mivsing, it not being known whether or not
they perished in the flames. AH the grain,
horse and cattle feed in the barn was destroyed,
together with small pigs, chickens and fowls,
and in fact all the farming utensils, and every
thing attached to the barn was lost. ; \
. Tho dwelling house and barns ol Mr. Wag
ner, near by, were saved by the exertions of
our firemen. The loss, tbe amount of,-.ithich
we could not learn,Will fall principuljy'upon
the State of Pennsylvania, it being the owner
of the property and stock. The farmer, who
resides in the dwelling which was saved, loses
considerable personal properly, as what was
hoi burnt was considerably damaged by wa
ter.
FIREMAN RON OVER —FATAL RESULT.
While the Citizen engine was going to the
fire, on tire bill descending from the second
canal bridge, Samuel J. Miller, a member of
the Citizen, tripped and fell, and was run over
by tire engine. The wheels passed over'his
stomach, add injured him 10 such an extent
that he died yesterday, morning about ten
o’clock. The allair was purely hccidenial, as
the engine Was goiilg very fast at the time, and
young Miller tripped over a stone, Snd was un
able to get out of tho way in time.
ARREST OP THE SUPPOSED INCENDIARY.
A man by the name of Martin Henry Wolf
was arrested,and,committed to jail, on suspi
cion of being' the incendiary who hi ed the boil
dings at the Asylum and the Poor House. Ibis
Martin Wolf was originally' from Carlisle; was
sent to the State Lunatic-Asylum some time
since, by the authorities of Cumberland county.
After remaining several months in that inslitu-.
tion, he was discharged and sent back to Cum
berland county ; Dr. Curwin giving him a cer-,
tilicate in which he stated that the patient was
not altogether cured, but (it to be about. This
didjjnot suit Wolfj who again visited the Asy
lum? where he had some difficulty with,the
Doctor, and broke up many articles of furni
ture in the.parlor. For this offence he was ar
rested and put to jail; His trial took place on
the 18lh of January, when the jury rendered a
verdict —“That they’ find the defendant was in
sane at the time of committing the offence
charged in the.indictmcnt, and acquit him on
the grounds of such insanity.” He remained
-in prison until Thursday,, when the Court is
sued the following order:—“And pow to wit:
May 12,1859. It-is ordered by the court,
that the Defendant above named, Marlin Wolf,
be sent to the Poor House of Dauphin county
for raairitenance arid safe keeping ; and the Di
rectors of the Poor are hereby required to re
ceive and take charge of the said Martin Wolf,
until he shall be restored to his right mind, or
until further order shall be made in the premi
ses by the court.”
Ou Thursday morning Messrs. Freiiner and
Snyder, two of the Prison Inspectors, conveyed
Wolf to the. Poor House, much ngairist 1 his
Wishes.-' After getting him to the place, and
placing hitri m'charge of the keeper, Wolf-asked
ses.' .In the afternoon-he .was seen prowling
-about, out'.street’s,'and it is said he was seen
going towards Hie Asylum early in the evening.
Wplf had. been frequently heard to make threats
against the. institution and, its officers, and
when it was learned that he was out of-jail,
suspicion immediately rested upon him ns the
inceridiary. On Friday morning ho was seen'
loitering about the depot, and,as none of, the
officers, were present he was taken in charge by
Mr. Johii Fleck, who conveyed him to the of-.
Uqe of Justice Bender. When in Uie office, his
statements;as to his whereabouts on the night
previous, were of such a contradictory nature,,
that every person present was satisfied, that he
was the man. Under the c'rcurnstances, Jus-
lice Deader,committed him to jail- to await his
trial at the next court of Quarter Sessions.
There can be no doubt of Wolf being the incen
diary. His words, his actions and appearance,
prove that hcjlircd the buildings at the Asylurh,
and there is Hardly a doubt but that he also set
fire to the barn at the Poor House.
DUUNINO OF Tim : BA-lITT OP TUB COD MTV POOH
" -itousts.
Yesterday morning, about three o’clock, ano
ther alarm of fire was given, Which pi'bved to
be ihe'barn.altachcd to the county Poor House
of Dauphin county, which/ wad' more destruc
tive than the previous fire at the. Asylum.
This, like the other, was the work of an incen
diary. The barn, at the time of the fire, con
tained all the valuable stock of the Poor House
farm, ; of which was burnt seven horses, four
mules, fobrtcen cows, all the sheep except otic,’
and a valuable bull, which drew several premi
ums at the recent State and county fairs.
Upon the tax payers of the county the loss will
fall, the exact amount of which wis.cannot tell,
but it will not fall far short of five or six thou
sand dollars. There.was a report In town yes-
terday morning that four persons perished in
the flames, but upon inquiry we found it to be
incorrect. Our firemen, who had just returned
from the Asylum fire, were out, but did not
get to the fire. The same person undoubtedly
set both:places on fire.
Chackee Pie. —Wo observe the following re
cipe for making cracker pie, going the round/
of the papers. It is said the flavor of the pie
resembles that of the apple, and during the
scarcity of that fruit, if a substitute can be
found, we know it will be acceptable Wfhouse
wives: , . ’
For two pies, take three sofitwCrackers, pour
over them five gills of boiling water, add two
cups of sugar, a tea-spoon even full of tartaric
acid, one table spoonful of essence lemon, to fla
vor, bake with two crusts, and eat while warm.
Give it a trial, ladies.
DCr" A desperate fight is now in progress at
Hartford, between the Eev. Dr. Bushnoll, who,
on account of ill health, has resigned his pasto
rate and his parishouers. They insist upon his
doing nothing and feoiving the usual salary,
while he is determined not to submit to any
such arrangement; hence the quarrel.
027* The State Teachers’ Association will
meet at West Chester, on Tuesday, the 2nd ol
August next.
O' Rowdyism is again manifesting itself in
Baltimore, notwithstanding the late dreadful
example made of* a- few- oPHs desperadoes. On
Saturday night,' two rival gangs, called “clubs,”
had a fight, in which four were.wounded by
pistol shots.
D jT On Saturday, some boys who were Hath-,
ing hi, the Delaware, near theNayy Yard-; Phil
adelphia, found'a bag of doubloons, of _a very
old date, to the value ol four hundred dollars. ■,
027" By the arrival of the Santa Fe mail at
St. Louis we.havo accounts' from Pike’s Peak
by no means, encouraging to those contempla
ting emigrating thither. , ...
[From the Baltimore Patriot, of May 13. f;
' Destructive Fire in Baltimore.
Engine House anil Machine Shops of the Phi
ladelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore B.ail
roai[ Destroyed,
This morning-, between one and two o’clock,
one of the mast 'destructive fires that has taken
place in our city'for some time, occurred in the
building used by the Philadelphia. Wilmington,
and Baltimore Railroad Company, located on
Canton avenue, and occupied by them, for the
storage of their locomotives and the manufactu
ring of their .machinery. From what wo can
learn in reference to this conflagration, it ap
pears that the locomotive .“Magnolio,” which
had arrived between 12 and 1 o'clock, with a
Freight train, had drawn the same to the Pratt
street bridge, as is the usual, custom every
morning, and after having given. the train, in
charge of one of the engineers of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, returned to the building at
a few minutes past one o’clock, and the engi
neer having completed his work, left the place
for his homo, presuming ilhat everything was
perfectly safe.
About twenty minutes to two o’clock Mr.
Wm. Doto, who is employed in this building in
the capacity of a private watchman, was about
to kindle his fire in the stationary engine, when
he discovered- that the building Was Full of
Smoke, and fearing that all was not safe, com
menced searching the same,; .when he discover,
cd flames bursting through the roof, directly
over where the engine ‘-Magnolia” had,been,
deposited.
The alarm was promptly sounded by this
faithful guardian,-which was followed :by a
general springing of rattles and. ringing of
bells in vaiious parts of our city, which was
answered in a few minutes by the arrival of the
entire fire department, through whose untiring
exertions,a large portion of lire machine shop,
together with costly machinery, was saved.
The as the engine house, proved
a total loss, in whichwere included five loco,
motives, viz : “Magno'ia,” ••Cincinnati," -Bal
timore,” ‘‘Maryland,’’ and "Virginia,” togeih
er with a quantity of materials deposited there
in.
Through thp exertions of Policemen Burgess,
Palmer, Scott, and J. Scotts, of ihe Eastern
station, together with Officer Witts and others
of the Central station, including several of our
firemen, the valuable passenger engine, “Gun
powder” was-saved froth the flames, by being
run from the building. Owing to the intensity
o( the heat, those who wyre present, including
several of the employeesfof this company, made
an effort to save tlierest, hut were driven away,
.not being able to obtain an entrance on account
of the heat and rapid sprcacTof the fire. The
building was put up some four years ago, in
the most substantia! manner, and at a heavy
cost. The entire loss will not fall ujuch short
of §70,000. There will be no interruption,
however, to the regular trains going out,as the
company is well supplied with engines, and no
pains will be spared on their part to rebuild in
as.short time as possible.
, The building, together with the machinery
and loeomotiyes, are insured in the Baltimore
and Firemen’s Insurance Companies for $30,-
000, as follows; SIO.OOO in each Company on
the locomotives, arid the balance ($10,000) on
the building, turn-table, and machinery.
American Officers!* the European Watt,
—The .Paris, correspondent of the New York
Times writes:—Gapt. Jerome Bonaparte, who
lately returned to Franco /tom a visit to Iris pa.
rents at Baltimore, has been placed in the most
dangerous service in the army. He will com
mand in the Chasseurs d’Afriquo, a body of
light cavalry, every man of which is mounted
on an Arab stallion of great speed and endurance.
This body is divided up arid thrown forward in
advance of tho.army.in scouting parties,; and is.
employed in.
this. icqmphriyv ftoril
bly land at Genoa, on Sardjaian terjilplry,. which
is,to bo, on account of its proximity toiToiilbn
and Marseilles,'the,future base ol operations of
the French army.
I'have'bocn told'thaf Major Kearney, of New
York, has entered the staff of one of the French
generals of division, as a volunteer. Mnj. Kear
ney, it will bo-recollected,’distinguished himself
in. the Mexican war, in which he commanded -ri
: volunteer eaVairy.eompany, raised and equipped
entirely at his own expense, ■
' BlT"’Paul Morphy„lhe American chess cham
pion, was received iwith great eclat in London
on his’ way home. He gained his most marked
triumph there by bcating;cight of the best ploy*
ers in’England.
CT” - Poisoning seems 'to have become one ;of
the “ institutions” of the age. Some twenty
oases have been reported by the'press, in diffe
rent parts of the country; within a month.
03 F 'John Heart, Esq.,editor of the’Charles
ton Mercury , has burn appointed superintendent
of PuMM Printing, nee, George W. BoSvmas,
resigned. ’ ■
B3?"An inspne prisoner, bad hia reason cotn*.
pletely restored through fright (tt the burning
of a jail iii Ohio in which he was confined. 1
ffho- population of the United States in
creases ouo million a year,, or two thousand
every day.
BCT* A ’ number of ripe watermelons were
shipped from Charleston last week to' New
Ybrk.
BC7" A showman out west is exhibiting wax
figures of the actors in the Sickles tragedy.—
AJ, jjoston a play has been produced represen
ting the incidents. 1 '
(C 7” In the conception of Mahomet’s paradise,
there is no distinction between a perfect woman
and ati angel.-— Laconics.
There is no distinction on earth, cither. •
(E7* Rev. George Lane, one of the oldest cler
gymen in the Methodist Episcopal church, died
at Wilkcsbarre, on Friday. ■. ‘
(£7* The hog cholera has broken out again in
Gibson county, Ind., and greater fatality is ap
prehended frorn it as the weather grows warm-
IC7* Adaughter ofThos. H. Clay, and.grand
daughter of Henry Clay, was married, a few
days since, to Wm. C. P. Breckinridge,, sop of
the Rev. R. J. Breckinridge. :
Vehy TbtcniNo;—ln a graveyard in New J ei>
eey, there'is a tombstone on which is inscribed
the, following simple, yet touching epitaph; “He
wai a good egg.”
Expensive, Expansive, Expressive.— The
following, no doubt, will show; a good reason
to our readers, why there are so many bache
lors throughout the country:
“ I do hot blame rt bachelor,
' If ho.lcads a single life: .
The way the girls are now brought up,
Ilo.van’t support a wife.”
(£7- James Buchanan Ilenry, Esq., nephew
to President Buchanan, and until recently his
private secretary, was, on Monday of last week,
admitted as a member of the bar in New York
city. : ■' ■. '
BIT* A-building for tho education of horse
doctors is going up in the city of New York, at
p cost of $40,000.
UfE FROM EUMPeT^^
. THE WAR ACTUALLY COMMENT
England Atid Prussia .t ,
Protracted War lnevitable~/ r ZiJ ar A
Going up—Dcfct of the
■utmans, §c.
By tlie aVfiVal of the #-•-
New York, on Monday
ter intelligence from Europe.has bcriw
1 he. war plot thickens. Actual host tin
commenced.- The Austrians have
territories of Sardinia, driving the lk >
latter before them. Meanwhile, thTmJ! lk i
France have hurried to the prolmbn 3
a»y- A protracted war is inevitable " p V*'
and Prussia are preparing for u p. "»N,
never been so profoundly ap-iintrrt Ji^ 0 hIJ
downfall of the first Napoleon. Thew'VV
the English elections had been favorable' 1 ? 1 J
Derby Ministry. Breadstuff* and !» •°. tk
have advanced in price, while cotton
dined, dt
Pike’s Pea*, Emigrants RsttmNtxo D 1
titlte.— A correspondent of the St. Lo U | B p'' E
uubllcan, writing under date of Atchison MB I
Tth.sayst ' l|
“The Salt Lake mail has just arrived I
the courtesy of Mr. Tracy, the agent I
Uookaday Mail Line. I have jnat peril 1 * K
letter from one of their agents at CottonwU i
-Springs. It, gives a doleful and most disW i
ictiing account of the Pjko’s Peak erniei-int ' B
Large-numbers of disappointed gold LZ ll
were already wending their way back to il p
pale of civilization. But this is not the J.,1 1
feature of the business. They come back i. B
many of them went, without any means of li, E
ing, on the way. Destitute of provisionsl
means of conveyance, disappointed and mw 1
disheartened, with broken hopes and blasted 1
fortunes, toil won't, foot worn, and heart weary’ ft
those wretched adventurers come shoeslm, i
across the plains. id,sqnads of dozens or sem B
begging at ihe.stalious for food to eat and» 1
temporary shelter from the driving storm, ftt I
well-known- generosity of the Contbettirsoi I
this line will doubtless save many.a poorfelloj I
from perishing by famine, but what can Hit, I
do to supply the wants of a starving multitude! I
A’though these men have acted with greatiV I
discretion and improvidence, in their prcmatttrf I
and ill-starred journey to the land of golf I
promise, yet they are fellow Citifeens, antlit fl
hand of a just and generous governraeiilslmA -■
be stretched but to give them aid in their el- ■
tremity."’ ■
®:rt.
'On the Ist inst., at the residence,of her fath
er, Misd Euza Jane IlpmiEs, daughter of JonF
limn and Elizabeth M. Holmes.'
•On the Bth in'. Ball (more, WlUUll
Miu.Ktt, formerly of this place in the B2d year
of-his ago.
3&rrifJi.
On the 12th inst., by the Rev. Jacob Fry,C.
P. iluMaicn, Esq., of Carlisle, to’Miss Amaubi
K; Zkiolkk, of North Middleton township.
On the 12rh inst,, by the Rev. Mr." Proctor,
Mr. E. Gray OAui-MAN.-of Baltimore ,to Mia
Sue V.,. only daughter of Capt. Tilghaiu
Gore, of Loudon county, Ya.
Apprentice Wanted
10 learn the Boot and .shoe making busfnen,
A boy of good habits, about 17 years of ago,
will ho’tukcn on favorable terms.
J. WHISTLER,.
May 19; 1859.
fllolice.
T ETTERS;-! testanientary;, with Me willin'
lateof bay® ww
issusSd By tllb Register ‘of said: count J l , Idit
subscribers residing in Carislo. 1 All person*
debted to siiid estate are requested to i»ake\ffi.
mediate payment, and those .having claims vim
present them to
MARY SAWYER,
W. C. SAWYER, Ex’rs.
May 19, 1859-Ct
-vstiill be Open on satUkday, a
VV complete assortment ol Sommer goorai
selected with groat care to meet the wants oil »
season and tiade, embracing all kinds of goeoj.
Dress goods in all their varieties, Lace and S«*
Mantillas, Sun Umbrellas, Parasols, 1«*
Milts, Hooped Skirts, Men’s and Boy’r wear.-
In fact everything suited for the demands of.lM
buying community. Please call and see fot
yourselves.at Leidich's and Sawyer's now ptpccj
East Ifain street.
GOOD THINGS.
THE subscriber has received a fresh arrival
o( the following:
Fresh Tomatoes lu.cans,
, « Peaches “ .
« Salmon ‘Vjj
tt Lobsters. y ~ ~ , „
Pickled Lobsters, Sardines, Gella tie,, Sap
Sago Cheese, Virgin Oil of Aix, for the table,
Olive-do., stuflod.
Tomato Katsnp,
Walnut “ '
M ushroon “ , ■
Worcestershire SatiCe, • , , ■
Plckels, Baisips, Dates, Figif, NqctanaM,
Oranges, Lemons, &c. ’ *
Fine Hams, Dried Beef, ,V.
Groceries, Fine'Liquors, Fish, and all »■!?
lowest , WAI. B*" 1
Carlisle, May 19, 1659. .
SPRING GOODS.
HANTCH’S, . ■ ’
■West Mauv St.». • " ■ M
Opposite Carlul •
A largo and fine assortment,
■ CLOTHS. ' -f W;,i
CASSIMERES. • ,
VESTINGS; &c-..
• GENTS P.UJfNlSinM}i'
The above Goods, made, to bt;der,proinp )
tho best manner. \ wnm '
Ready-made Clothing, of ouy.manufiQli'r ■
Give us a call.' N/lIAW
April 28, 1859. 1 " /
Who can Sell >■
AMELODJ3ON cheaper than .1 of
paying $5 per month, yon can go,
the best melodeons in the country, COII .
ing’s furniture rooms, whore, there_wn‘ rt .
stantly kept on band llm largoa t and u
moot of MUSICAL INSTKUMEUTb
brought to Carlisle. nr A NO, cal'
If you wish to see a good j„ c sa of
examine mine. For purity of tone, P e( , ua l
finish, fine touch, and low price, non ®" jc ,i in
them’ As lam determined to
struments to the people of Cumbe land cos
cheaper than any other person, call ,
ine mine before purchasing claeivher . . (jn
03- All instruments warranted ana a r
repair.
jobn ri. me e S c ,
. -West Might street, Carlu
May 6,1859—6 m
Carlisle DcposltßtM'K-
THISBank hasthis daydcclared a , M ,
of sper cent, out of the■ profitsfor - in
six months, which will be P a,< J ®Y , on demand
holders or their legal representatives on u
being made for the same. , . Ji
By order of tho*6ard
May 5,1850— 8t
T>ELLS! BELLS !rT^^|^ 1 e o slbr6
D makes, ft* sale dhfiap, at tHohafaware
of John P. Lyno & Son.
May 10,1859. ' '
ICenllie’s Patofit
THE subscriber liaS'bebn app° sa i o of
for Cumberland oonnty, lo .• p o x->
Ecnlho’s patent animal l ril Pj f r> a ]j and sc®'
os. Minks, Wolves, Bears, tee.
them at the, cheap SAXTON-
March 17,1859;