| r ’ r *-jjfiti rA weiF^w^iU^Ui^aWtoif AMMWINVOLUWEEK 'ort)i, Bi MfflON. Editor & Piopiktot. IcHLT^rpA^WNiri-Tm''”'’ Domocratro State Nominations. FOR AUDITOR QENfeRAi,, RICHARDSON L WHISHT, Of Philadelphia’. FOR SURVEYOR GEnERAR, JOHN ROWE, Of Franklin Counly- HAtlStobm. —We kirn that some parts of Ortr county suflercd considerably on Friday last front Wind mid hail. Hail fell at places to tlio depth cl an inch and more, doing considerable damage to the growing crops. Trees Blows' Down.—During tbe tetri fie storm of rain and wind whrch pissed 'over our town Cn Friday kst, * number of . young and beautiful shade trees were Uprooted or broken. .We were kwiottg the sufferers; one of our trees on the SwaHi-East corner cl onr property yielded to the Storm, and broke in the middle. Removing a Jaw Bone.—We take pleasure' tb notice another, successful operation by Dr. J. J. Zitzer, resident physician of this place, on Franklin SuADE.son of Mr. James Shade, of this county. Tho boy suffered some trine {lorn a diseased jaw bone, which at last become almost intolerable to tho poor lad. In order to relieve tho patient of his sufferings, Dr. Zitzer, Week before last, removed tho affected part of the bone, being one half of the lower jaw. The operation was skillfully performed, and the, boy id doing well. “ All Opposed to the Administration.'' — Curing the latter part of last week, flaming, hand-bills were put up all over town, inviting “ all those opposed to the National Administra tion 4 ’ to" assemble on Saturday evening, those Of thb Ehst Ward at tteiser’s hotel, and those of the West at Hannon’s, to elect four Delegates to represent the Republican-American-Know- Nothing-People’s party in the County Conven tion: The evening arrived, and the meetings assembled —two persons attended the meeting in the East Ward,, and three attended the meet ing in the West Ward. Truly those “ opposed to .the National Administration” in Carlisle don’t amount to much. A beautiful people’s party) indeed! Opposition Convention.— The Opposition County Convention, lor the,selection of a Dclep„ gate to the- State Convention, met in the Court f/ousc, in this place on Tuesday. L. Todd, Esq., whs appointed delegate. DVcendiauibs in. Limbo.— The barn of Mr. Stephen Coouban, of Shippensburg. was tired bjr incendiaries on the night of the 22d inst., and'enlircly destroyed. Subsequently two men, ®Bth residents of Shippensburg, were arrested on suspicion, and are now in our jail, to await their trial at August court. If guilty, we hope they may be convicted and severely punished. Jewelry.— A needless outlay ought always tfl be avoided, but in the practice of economy one thingmustbe kept,in view, viz: nevee buy a worthless article because it is cheap. Buy only what is needed and that of a good quality. ABy.who are buying watches, clocks or jewel "ry, should be sure afld call on Mr. Thomas Cokltn, West Main street, before purchasing elsewhere. Mr. Cont.yn has on band at pres ent somc of the finest American watches ever iritrdduCSd into this borough, which are.sold at extremely low prices. Give him a call. The Country.-—The appearance of the coun try, in- this neighborhood, never presented a more beautiful or promising appearance. The recent, rains have had a most beneficial effect upon the crops, and we have the most cheering indications of a bountiful harvest. Trial of Mowers.— The undersigned pro pose having a public trial of Manny’s Combined R'iaper and. Mower with Wood’s Improvement, iti clover, at Kingston, on Thursday.the 9lh, and at Carlisle on Saturday, the 11th day of June, at 10 o'clock. The public and all com peting machines are respectfully invited to he niesent. J. Armstrong, Ag't at Carlisle, Wm. J. Cameron, Ag't at Mechanicsburg. DC7” The last number of the Lancasterjinlcl- Ufaencer says: “We notice that several Demo •cfalio I 'papers in the interior of the State have spoken favorably of thcllpn. James MacManus, of Centre county, as the next Democratic can didate for Governor: Their choice could not hive fallen on an abler manor' sounder Demo crat; Straight American Convention. —A State Cbnvehtion of Straight Americans, composed offifteen gentlemen claiming to represent (he counties of Philadelphia, Westmoreland, Arm strong, Washington, Green; Cranford, Fayette, Allegheny, and Dauphin, metjn the Hall of the House ol Representatives, at'Harrisburg, bn TAesdoiyweek, and appointed' Mr. J. J. Her. ron, of Cumberland county, as President, and T. E. Wilson, of Allegheny, as Secretary. After an interchange of opinion, a preamble, dtfciarlng.it inexpedient under the present cir cumstances to bike" any definite action in regard to the approaching State election, and the fol- Idwing resolution, were adopted % Resolved, That wo still adhere with abiding faith, to (he principles ol the American party, as enacted ‘in the platform adopted at the Amcri. caw’SWtd Convention in the city of Lancaster irt JuAejTBs7; and that we pledge to each other onr united efforts in promulgating and sustain. -. trig those principles. - The Chairman was authorized to appoint a State Central Commute; whereupon, the Con vention adjourhed sine die. I£/* The Williamsport Gazelle, Gov. Pack, er's home organ, last week raised the names ol Wright and Rowe to its mast head. 0-7" It is estimated that there are now en route for Europe not less than eight and a half millions of dollars in specie, nearly all of which ’has gone (o pay for the silks, satins, furbelows, laces, and other extravagances of vvoroco. (£y*The complimentary ball given to Lord Kapler in Washington, just previous to his de parture, 0061-812,345. The receipts were only *11,323. CnotriKe Hens; —The New York Observer calls Lucretin Mott, Susan B. Anthony, and the Women »Eights lemalca generally, “crowing liwu. FRIGHTENED AT TIIEIB OWN ACT. It is foally amusing to read the papers of llw mongrel opposition at this time, and note the manner in wbidh 'they are attemgfring to shirk the responsibility they assumed in having advo. led and adopted the Amendment to tho ■Consti tution of Massachusetts, requiring two year’s residence after naturalization before voting.— Tho Amendment is as infamous as it is unjust, and is a virtual abrogation of the Federal Con stitution, which guarantccs.to every naturalized citizen the right to vote and take part in the'af fairs of Government. When the Republicans of Massachusetts proposed tills change in their State Constitution, they supposed it would prove h popular measure, and give great satisfaction to tho few .rafting faiow-E othtngs scattered over onr country. Tttcy therefore, « went in?’ for it, and adopted it.by.rf largo majority-tlm negroes voting tor ft cn'masse, as well as their friends. tho Blktk Republicans. Great was their re-. joining when they discovered that tho infamous Amendment had been adopted, by which thou sands of their naturalized fellow-citizens were declared disfranchised for two years. They never appear to have considered-that the thou sands of foreigners thus' 'disfranchised were neatly to a man UopabWcarnsj ft mover struck thwii that iu adopting an Amendment to their Constitution to please a few Know-Nothings and greasy negroes, they were offering an insult to thousands and tens bl thousands ol' influen tial (JenuanSjWlro had always voted the Repub lican ticket. No, they never thought of these things, tt was onl, had been adopted, and Jtassaohn- setts had roso in a rage and tho men w ad its adop tion, that tho Kepul red they-had made a mistake. T- _ jdod in plea, sing the straggling Know-Nothings, but they at tho same time roused a German opposition that they fear and dread—a German opposition that has heretofore acted with them, and assisted, very materially, in gaining their victories. . . And no.w, that tho Republicans of Massachu setts are convinced that in adopting tho “ two years Amendment,” they committed a grave cr roi-T—an error that threatens to endanger their organization—what do they do ? Why,'they shed crocodile tears, and protend to disapprove it, and some of tho more reckless o I them are attempting to make if appear that the Democrats of that State assistediri having tho Amendment carried at the polls! Wilso.v and Basics,- tlie roeognihed Republican loaders ia that State, are otit in letters, in which they profess .to re gret the adoption of the Amendment; and near ly every Opposition cur, mongrel, puppy, whelp and hound, join in the yelp, and profess sorrow lor the act, and ask the Gormans to believe that the few thousands of Democrats in Massachu. setts—a hopeless minority—were instrumental in fastening Ihia disfranchising clause upon the Constitution of that State! Oh, the miserable cowards! Wo can'admire, if not. approve, the acts of a bold man—ono'who takes position, and is prepared to stand by if—one who, has the nerve to assume the responsibility of his acts. But the men who advocate and adopt a policy, and having succeeded, find that they committed an error, then to " back down’' and attempt to shirk their own act, and to identify its opponents" with it—such men are cowards and knaves, for whom no one can have the least respect. They’ are dangerous men in a community, and mean and contemptible as they are dangerous. ■ . Uad this Amendment to the Constitution of Massachusetts boon carried four or flyo’ years ago —the time when that despicable and God-dofying party, the Know-Nothings Wore triumphant in nearly every State in tliu Union —would theyV/tcii have attempted an. apology for having defended it ?; would they then have asked (heir and Wilson's and Bun usgajie’s, and other Republican demagogues to write letters apologizing for the act, and at tempt to saddle their sins upon others 1 No f They would at that time (foui orflvo years ago,) have gloried in the act —would.-have regarded it (not honestly, of coiirse,) a “ groat victory over the Loco-focoa and the Pope of Romo !” Then Know-Nothihgisra was in the ascendant; now Black Republicanism has blotted out the night-owl faction] and has the sway—the inside track. ■ It is a falsehood—a low premeditated false hood—that the Democrats of Massachusetts as- sisted to adopt the “ two years Amendment.” This is the very thing that Democrats always contended against—the proscription of natu ralized foreigners. This was our argument when intolerent Know-Nothingism was victorious all over th® country. During the contest in Massa chusetts—when tlie Amendment was pending before the people—every Democratic paper and every Democratic speaker upon the stump, do. bounced the proposition, and urged opposition to its adoption. But the Opposition press, and Opposition speakers without exception, advoca. ted it, and deemed it necessary in order to please the Know-Nothings and the niggers!— Where was Gov. Banks then I — where was So nator Wilson f— whore the catamountain, Bur lingame? Did they .oppose the Amendment then, when they could have defeated it by tens of thousands? No, no—they then considered that its adoption would bo a sagacious stroke of policy, and it was alter they had succeeded that they discovered their mistake—that they found out that they had offended ten Republican Gor. mans for every one negio and Know-Nothing that they had pleased. The act is theirs, and they shall boar the responsibility they assbmed in having defended and adopted it. Fun tor Sportsmen. —The Madison (Wis.) Journal states that wild pigeons are exceeding ly abundant in that region. They are soiling for thirty cents per dozen in the street, and are plump and fat. The editor says' a Mr. E. J. Harman, near the city, killed,twenty-five at a single shot! This is lino fun for sportsmen. If we were Iheie, or the pigeons wore here, wo don’t know but wo would bo induced to take a hand at it. The Locusts. —Mr. 11. D. Whitooinb, chief engineer of the Central Railroad, informs us that the western slope of the Blue Ridgo is now cov ered with millions of locusts. They appeared first near the top of the mountain, about two weeks ago, and seem to bo moving in a westerly direction. It will bo recollected that Dr. Smith, of Baltimore, predicted the appearance of those insects in the Valley during this month. O 3 The Block Republican party is.nothing but the Know Nothing organization under a new name. The leaders of the Know Nothing party during its brief career, are now the roost, prominent Black Republican leaders, and if successful they wor.ld at once revive and endea vor to carry out in the administration of the government the. bigoted and anti republican doctrines of tTio midnight fraternity. Hence forth it will be only necessary to refer to Mass achusetts in order to prove that Know Nothing ism and B)ack Republicanism travel hand in lhand. , Tho various branches of the Opposition, says iva-exchange, have displayed Sotouch unanitrti ty in attacking the measures of Wio Democratic party, thtft they liavo mistaken tVeso manifesta tions, for a real agreement.fo principle, and a disposition to unite upon a common platform.— Nothing could bo wider from the actual truth. The least mention 6f plans of union show tho width of tho chasm between the Opposition ele ments. Already side is mameuvring- to gain an advantage over the other, and attention is-oarnestly turned to the future, which has any thing but a promising aspect. There ate doubtless differences of opiufon in tho Democratic party, and 'these differences have always, to a curiam extent, existed; but they are really trifling when contrasted with tho radical disagreement between the various parts and particles out of which the Opposition is compounded. For Jho past year it has been the favorite amusement of our political enemies to sneer at and exaggerate the dissensions in the Democra tic party, which circumstances made peculiarly prominent. At tho same time the fatal antago nisms of the Opposition worn smothered, and the leaders united in an unscrupulous warfare against the common enemy. But this could not last forever, and as the time approached when each side would be compelled to take tire Held and display its colors, they began to measure their allies with the eyes of suspicion. Already tho sound of preparation for the cam paign of 18G0 is heard in iho ranks of the enemy. Tho work of common platform already appears almost hopeless. The conservative element of the Opposition, anxious to avoid’another sectional contest under the load of Seward, are talking about ignoring tho slavery question. They .are tired of the ag itation, tho country is sick of it, and their friends in the South demand ns an essential requisite to their co-operation,, that this annoying contro versy shall be forgotten. . This division is in fa vor of a National Convention, and tho nomina tion of a National candidate who will unite the universal Opposition, South iis well as North, Upon a protective Tariff, Anti-Administration candidate. They are quietly at work to secure control of tho State Convention, which" meets at Harrisburg, on tho Bth of Jlino j have address ed circulars to leading men. throughout the Sftfte, •’imploring their assistance, andrccomnicn ding that do legates lip elected-to the Convention ■who,taro i&vorablo to calling a National Opposi tion' Convimtionto nominate John Bell, or some other man of that stripe, for the Presidency,. On the other hand, the Seward Republicans are quietly laughing at this movement, winch they are prepared to strangle whenever ft suits their convenience, hut which they can afford to permit to run its brief career without serious alarm, or tho (rouble of precipitating a breach with its conductors. When Mr. Seward took his departure for Europe, amid the acclamations and tears of his admirers, ho did not leave a doubtful field. Ho is too good a general to abandon the. battle at the most critical moment. He saw that the victory was won, and that dis tance would lend enchantment to the view of his followers. The squadrons on tho field were sufficient to put down disaffection without call ing in the reserve, and absence involved hd loss of power or position, It is already evident that the conservatives will be .compelled to blow to tho Sewardforces with any little concessions they may be disposed to grant, or find quarters elsewhere than-In the 1 Opposition party. Anti-Slavory is its life and soul, and (lie abandonment of this would he the signal for disbanding. .Thotv/jolo-Northern strength of tho organization would fall to pieces. There,is ho other common bond of union he- ice the -put- tween Americans opposed to foreigners; foreign ers opposed to the proscriptive doctrines of Americans j high tariff men; men opposed to protection, and the various elements from which the Republican party it ,compounded. , An Example 'Worthy'op Imitation.— The Quincy Herald says that the German Republi cans of Massachusetts have issued an address to the people of the United States, commenting upon the recent action of the Black Republican Legislature of that State, which put an amend ment into the constitution, depriving them Of the right to vote, until they have been there seven years, in which (hey say: “ We citizens of German descent, will have nothing more to dp with the Republican party —we will never more lend our help to elevate a party to power which tramples us under foot.” That’s the way to talk it. The Black Eepub. lioans have attempted to crush out the Gormans in Massachusetts, and they will' attempt the same thing hero if you give them the power.— The Germans of Massachusetts, have acted wisely in leaving them, and the German voters of tins State should profit by tnoir example. IV hat Kossuth is Doing.— A Turin loiter states that Kossuth is secretly at work in Sar dinia, holding communication by means of em issaries with the Hungarian portion of the Aus trian army—one-third of the whole, and the very troops which formerly defeated the Austri ans under his authority. Already there is di : vision and dissension between the Austrian and Hungarian commanders, and that is another reason which accounts for, the tardy movement of the Austrian troops. The same writer has discovered a secret which lies at the bottpm of the policy of England. She would have gladly co-operated with Louis Napoleon anti Count Cavour, had they been willing to share with her the spoils of victory. What, she coveted and demanded as her portion was Sicily,—the gem of the Mediterranean. But the offer was rejected. Counterfeiter Arrested The, Philadel. phia police, on Thursday last, arrested a farmer by the name of Taylor, residing near Long-a- Coming, Camden county, Now Jersey, about. 15 miles from Philadelphia, in whoso house all the plates, presses,.and implements, for an exten sive business, was found. Taylor was at work at the business at the time of bis arrest, and in. ono of the rooms of his house tho floor was coTorcd'witU''now bills, Just printed, in process oi-drying, Ovpr $20,000 counterfeit stuff, principally upon the “ State Bank” and tho it Farmer’s and Mechanic’s Bank,” ol Camden, was seized by tho officer. Taylor was taken to Camden and examined before James M, Cassi day, XI. S. Commissioner, who committed him to prison. Left tub Night Owls.—The Hon. George Eustis, of New Orleans, who recently married Miss Oorcoran, of Washington, declines to be a candidate for re-election to Congress, and an nounces his determination to act hereafter with the Democracy. Mr. Euslia has just .finished two terms of Congressional service, for which he was indebted to tho Know Nothings. ICT* The Democratic State Convention of Lousiana has nominated 1 Thomas Moore for .Governor. Oil and Water, The South against Extremists. ’The Republicans insist upon it, that llio Dei Mtocraoy of ihc South are favorable to the re opening of the slavo'trado, and that a plank lo that effect'wilLbc inserted in the Democratic platform.. -The Spirit with which the resolu tions of the Vicsburg Convention have been re ceived by tho Souih, shows this allegation to be entirely unfounded. j - . The foliowingis.rm' extract from an address issued by lion. John II- Regan, Representative in Congress from the first district of Texas,, to his constituents prior to the Convention which was to pass upon the rpieslion of his rc-nomina lion. As the Convention has been held, and Mr. Regan was unanimously nominated by it, it is fair to presume that these views arc those of ids constituents., and especia'ly those of his fellow Democrats at the South : ‘/ Our southern agitators arc alike sectional ana revolutionary,,'and are now beginning in their meetings and papers anil speeches to show the same disregard for the constitution and tows and the same,disposition to violate the rights of Olivers. * BotlUc'aim rights superior to the constitution and laws of the. land, and both claim the right to invade oilier people and de spoil them of tbeir prdpertyal whatever expense of human life and human suffering. I denounce and defy them butlf, : and appeal lo the people to arrest the lawless fearcor of each of them, and restore our country to; its former security. “ We expect.nprthern and northwestern De mocrats Ul resist northern sectionalism at what ever cost to themselves. They respond like pure patriots to our expectation, and often fight the most hopeless battles for the constitution, and the Union. We admire tin ir self-sacrificing pvtriotism, and gtWyin their illustraiion'of the pure principles of’.Democracy, and in that su b'imfc grandeur of faithful integrity and moral courage Which enables them to fight a hopeless baUle braVcly.'arid/meet defeat and proscription without a mufinut', for the sake of maintaining such a government and such institutions as ours. And now that, the sectional storm lowers here, now that sectionalism Vtfpiires ils victims here, who wilt go with me to the sacrificial altar if need be? " Who will provewith me that Demo crats in the South arc ready to make the sacri fices .which we expect Democrats in the North to make ? I know not what others may do, I speak only for thyself: Twill maintain the con stitution andTaws of my country." CoTOtv AOR'ioqtniuxi. Fairs.— The Dauphin County Agricultural Fair, is-to bo held at Hat. risburg on.the 20th, 2lst and 22d of September noxf. The .Annual-Fftir 4 -ol the Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Institute of Northampton county, will be held at Easton, on the 20lh, 21st, 22nd and'23d of next September. The Northampton County Agricultural Society will hold its Sov enth Annual Faff at Nazareth, on the -Ith, sth, Cth and 7tli of October next. The Montgomery County - Agricultural Society have fixed upon- Tuesday, Wednesday, nml Thursday, the 4lh, sth and Gtli, of October next, as the time Tor holding their next Annual Exhibition. The Lelijgh.-County Agricultural Society Will hold its’ Eighth Annual fair on the 27th, 28th, 29lhand 30th days of-September second An nual' Fair of (ho Carbon County Agricultural Society will ho hold at Weisaport, on the 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th of October next. 1 The Eighth Annual JSxhihition of tiro Berks County Agricultural and Horticultural Society, will be held'at Reading, bn the 21st,-22d and 28d of September. Tbe.Lehanon.Cbuuty Agricultural Fair will ho held; oh the 28th, 29tU and flOt-li of September. , W “Not GuiLtyThe trial of Captain Town send, the mast&qf-thq slave brig Echo, or Put liam, wiiiyii wja captured by LieiHonnnt yloffat off the coast btOuba,;.frith some three hundred Africans onhohrd, look place at Key West on tbelftlb ult. .{Allihe facts, respecting the eop ture were clearjy proved, but the evidence pre sented as to tltc ofrnership of the vessel was de clared to be and without argument of counsel, or summing mp, the judge directed the jury to fimj the prisoner not guilty, on the ground that there was no proof, that the brig was owried.in whoje gFan part, by a citizen of the United Stales'; was material to be proved in order to maintain the indictment. From California.—The steamship Norlh crn Light, which left.-.jisp.inwalLon the 20th ult., arrived af New York oh Saturday evening with 728 passengers, who sailed from San .Francisco on the Sierra Nevada. Allans on the Isthmus were unusually lively, owing to the ■very large nunibef, of passengers going to and fro on the railroad, lion. S. \V, Jones, our Minister to New Grenada, left Aspinwall on the 20lh, on board the frigate Roanoke, for Carlha gena. . ' i Infanticide in Gubensbuhg.—The body of a male infant, well developed, was found in a cess-poll at Grpensburg, one night recently. A woman pained Rebecca Urinker has been lodged in jail on suspicion of being the murderer. . Mijudkiious Affbav. —Woman quarrel topk place, on Wednesday, the 18th ult., at Summit Hill,'Carbon county, Pa., be tween a Mrs. Campbell, arid a man named Cap hill, in the coypse of which. Cahill struck the woman on tha hoad. with an iron bar, killing her instantly. ! Cahill was arrested and lodged in Mauch Chunk jail. Exciting Trotting Race.—An exciting trotting race came ofl on the Union Course, y. 1., on the 18ilt'rill,, between two double teams. The contestants were "Ethan Allen” and mate, against “Lanoct”arid his mate, best three in' live to wagoips, for $lO,OOO. The, race was won by Ethan Allen, the first nplc being made in two minutes twenty*four. and,n half secoads, which is the fastest trotting for double teams on record. , * jy* The Democratic Slate Convention of Ohio mot in Cijumbus on Thursday, and made the following ilomir.otipns: - For Governor—K. P- Ranney, by acoloma tloFor Supreme judge— XI- 0. Whitman. - v For Auditor—G. Volney Dorsey. For Secretary of Slate—Wm. Bushnoll. For Treasurer—Jacob Reinhardt. For Lieut. Governor—W. 11. Saflord. For Board of Public Works—James Tomlin son. ... For School Commissioner—Ohearles N. Al den. ■ SKiNjjiNfc.—Eels hayo been skinned since Noah came out of the- ark ; and printers have been cheated oiit of their justt dues ever since the Orientals printed with blocks of wood; yet neither do the eels got used to being skinned, nortlio printers to being fleeced. This argues great obstinacy on the part of eels and printers. Piioobessiko.—We learn from the Harris burg Tehgrapli that the work on the two new Presbyterian'churches of that borough is pro-, greasing rapidly, and the boildiifga are' begin ning to loom up in magnificent proportion. The New Sobbol edifice is of brick, the Old School of stone, and the style of architecture entirely different. ‘ - . Tlib Virginia Election! The Virginia election came oil’ on Thursday last; tmd resulted in the election of-the Hon- John Letcher; the Democratic candidate for Governor, by a majority of some 2,000 or -3, 1 000 votes. The Democratic candidate for Lieut. Governor is also elected by a somewhat larger majority— twelve of the thirteen members of Congress, and a largo majority in both branch es of the Legislature. The result on the/Rabernalorial question is somewhat closer Utflui usual in that State, but it is mainly owing tv a violent opposition made by Governor Wise and a portion of the Democracy to. Mr. Letcher's nomination. Had everything passed off smoothly before and at the Slate Con vention, Letcher’s majority would not have been less titan 10,000. • . . Tint PfcESßYtmiutt GkneuaL Assemblies— Old School.— The General Assembly of the •Presbyterian Church of the ‘United States, Old School, met at Indianapolis bn Thursday, the 19th ult. In the absence of Dr. Sbott, of Cali fornia, the last Moderator, Dr. Rice, of Chicago, by appointment, presided, and delivered the opening Commissioners were present from every part of the country. There Were al so some Missionaries from Asia and Africa pre sent. The Rev. Dr. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, was elected Moderator by acclamation. Th u Rev. Mr. Mann, of N. Y., was elected tempora ry clerk. New School.— The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, New School, commenced its session at Wilmington, Del., on the same ay. One hundred and seyenty-five Commission ers were In attendance. The Rev. Dr. Thompson, of Buffalo, delivered the opening sermon on the office and work of a Bishop. The Rev. Dr Patterson, of Chicago, was elected Moderator, and Revs. C. P. Bush, of 111., and H. B. Niles, of N. Y., temporary clerks. Pittsburg witis se lected as the next place of meeting. Tub Voi-untbeu Military in Enoland. England has at last yielded to the force of cir cumstances, and is now encouraging the forma-’ lion of .volunteer rifle companies, as a means of defence. The example of Iho'Uniled States in this mitter. and the sudden raising of an.army, lo light the Mexicans, out of the volunteer mil! tary organization of this country, have not been' wilhout their cfiect in that country. Some old fear, perhaps, of. trained troops not in the ser vice of the Government, may have kept her. from adopting this measure before, but now the Gov ernment sties that the best defender of her soil is militia who voluntarily, submit lo military training, perfect themselves in discipline, prnc tice with the rifle till they becorae.g'ood marks men, arid who also .individually hear the expen ses of this-training. With this volunteer spirit properly stimulated in so brave a nation, Eng land will soon have a fighting force which she can always rely upon in an emergency, either for defence or invasion, and have no necessity for employing foreign .auxiliaries to fight her battles. The Times recommends that the at tention, of the new companies shall be turned chiefly to rifle practice, so as lo become sure marksmen, as the chief value of a soldier is in; his sure aim; the field movements aridevolu libns can be learned with very little training af-. forwards. It says; Hitherto the great characteristic.of all militav ry forcE^at3waH«mao; Ibo: use.of , has faeen-waste df powder. In old times we know that : English archers would shoot so wholly together” that no body of men could, or did stand before their shafts ; but with the musket it was computed, on reasonable grounds, that 249 shots out of 250 might as well never have been fired. When it is recol lected further that troops rarely crossed bayo nets, and that such execution as was done was done mostly by musket balls. It will soon bo seen how many soldiers stood use'essly in rank lo swell the mortality of the fortress or the hos pital. It is hardly possible lo calculate fhe ef fect of a force in which every musket would tell; and tell it should, if our our volunteers do their duty. Nothing ought lu live within range of their pieces. It is beyond all doubt that rifles can be made which, with proper handling, will deal certain death 500 yards or more. It,is equally beyond question, that we, as a people, are naturally apt in such exerci ses, and that We are better qualified to attain something like universal proficiency in them than almost any other notion. Here, then, are first rate weapons and first rate bands. . We hope the next few months will see the two put together, and then we may snap our fingers at invasion. Smoking A Cadse op Insanity— The terrible ravages which tobacco is making on fho minds arid bodies of the young scoriae to be attracting the attention of medical men in various parts of the world. In a pamphlet just Issued by Br. Seymour, of London, oh Private Lunatic Asy lums, and the causes,ot insanity of, late years, the Boctor denounces with emphasis as one of the producing causes'the practice of immoder ate smoking indulged in by boys and young men at the universities, and “ larger schools, now called colleges.V The Boctor’s remarks are as applicable to the youths of this country as those of Europe.' Ko one conversant with disease can donbt that excessive smoking, especially in the case.of young people, roust be highly injurious to both mind and body. Its ellcot is to depress the circulation—the heart becomes weak, irreg ular in its action, and tho pulse ia soatcely to be felt. The victim becoines irresolute and ner vous ; bis appetite fails, and his mind fills with imaginary evils. This may continue for years, but at length the smoker dies, often suddenly ; then examination has shown that the muscular structure of the heart is imperfect in its action ; the left side is thin, and in some oases, in which sudderi death has occurred, there has been found little more than a strip of muscular fibre left on that side. The question of restraining.boys from smoking is rather a difficult one to deal with, but the grave interests at stake seem to demand that some action should be taken in the premises. O' A terrible tornado occurred a short dis tance from Springfield, Illinois, on Friday. Houses and barns arb reported to have been blown to pieces, and it is said that sixteen per sons were killed. Breach op Phomise.— Out in Ohio, the oth er day. Miss Gross recovered $1,500 from her lover, Snook, the son of a substantial former, for neglecting to marry her after many years “sparking.” It is said that both Miss Gross and Mr. Snook are well satisfied with the result. [C7" A destructive and fatal tornado visited lowa city on Tuesday last. Houses, barns and every thing moveable were swept off. The track of the whirlwind was in a southerly direction, and it exlcnded-for ten or twelve miles before its force was spent. As. far as heard from, four persons wore killed and. twelve bkdly in jured. i “ ‘ 1 Late from Europe; The steamer .“New York” arrived at Now York oil Sunday,' frith three days later news froth Europe. Her news ntnohhts to very little. There has not yet been any battle betiveen the Miles and the Austrians. Napoleon is at Ales sandria., Prussia is taking stops to preserve “the baK&ce of Europe,” which means to back up Austria. The pew loan required hy Aus tria is for s7s,ooo.ooo—terms 5 per cent, inte rest for every $7O lent. There arc some move ments iii Hungary. Napoleon is said to have written a very reassuring letter to Queen Vic-, toria. Meanwhile England is preparing for war —if it must be so. Breadstuffs "without change. • O ZT At a meeting of the Caulisi.e Light An- TiLi.Eiiv AssoCiA'rroN, hold in the Arbitration Chamber on Saturday evening, the 28lh of May, 1850, Captain \Vm. M. Porter ivais called to the chair, and Lieut..E. Cornwall Was appointed Secretary. ■ ■ • • ■ The chairman stated the object of the meeting to be the making of preparations for lhe,cielebra lion of the cDming 4th of July. ■ ' ' ' On motion, it was resolved that the citizens of the town be-and arc hereby invited dp;'unite with us In the proposed celebration. - 3 On molhion, tire meeting until this nighui week, , Ou motion, it was declared that these procee dings bo published in all the papers of the town, add that the Citizens be invited to meet with WM. M. PORTER, Prcs'i. E, Cornman, Sec'y. The Lakb of, Calves. —lt is probable that many of our readers who have not dived into the profundities of Etymology, may not bp aware that the name “ Italy” is derived iroffl the same foot as the Latin “ vitulus” (9 calf.) Strange as it may appear, (hat Italy, so full of heroic, classic and artistic associations—so intimately interwoven with poetry, music and boautyj.'tn'obably has its name from its pasture lands, which afforded provendef.for Juveniles of tho bovine family'. In tho same way Boeotia, in ancient Greece, was named from tho oxen which flourished and fattened upon its fertile soil. What we have Gained in Time. —Tho mag. netic telegraph is a great institution, and tho fact is most strikingly manifested by comparing the time in different eras necessary tp spread intelligence. During the war in the. Evanish peninsula, it took'weeks and months for intelli gence from the seat of War lb reach EnglahS and Franco. The buttle of Baylpn had been fought, and an army annihilated in the heart of Spain; one month before anything was known, of the fact in Madrid, and two months before it was known in London. In the present Italian cam paign, the check the Austrians received at Fras sinetto, on the 3d of May, was published in (ho London papers of the 6th, and in all tho cities of the United States on the I9th inst. It takes considerably less time now to spread the intelli gence of important events entirely over two continents, than if did, half a.cehtuvy ago, for intelligence to travel IVora one boundary to the other of .the smallest European State. Fi.otra and Ghain.— The rccetft effort fo run up flour and graipl'to art enormous pried, in consequence. of the war in Europe, has alrea dy failed.' There is no demand for export, be cause tt is more plenty in Europe, and the pri ces pnver than in lilts countrj-.'. nnd. iustejid lof exporting, wd ehnnwport it at a profit.!' The prices are already receding in the New York and .Philadelphia markets, and holders are anx ious to sell at reduced rates. Dkeabful Homicide.— Stephen Petty killed his molhor-in-liiiv,](Ji'3. Mary Aikens, a defence less old lady aged some eighty years, in the eastern part of Cherokee count}, Ala., on the loth ult. He stabbed her with a pocket knife in some live or six places, killing her almost in : stantly. Ko cause is assigned for the diaboli cal deed. Petty has been a preacher, and here tofore regarded as a peaceable and Orderly man. A Shot in the Flock.— -We wonder if the following Paixhan shot, front the “ Notes from the Plyiiftfutlt Pulpit,” by Henry Ward Beech er, hits anybody in all this region round about 1 Wo hope not, Mr. Beecher said : There is sitting before me in this congrega tion now two hundred men, Who stuff their Sundays full of what they call religion, and then go out on Mondays to catch their brother by. the throat, saying: “Pay me that thou owest; it’s Monday now, and you needn’t think that because wo sat crying together yesterday, over bur Savior’s sufferings- and love, that I am go. ing to let yon off from lbat debt, if it does ruin you to pay it now.” _ . - Hos. James B. Clay.— The old-line Whigs of Shelby county, Ky., recently addressed nlet ter to the Hon. James B. Olay, asking his opin ion touching the future political movements of the country, to Which he replied at length With the ability which always characterizes his pro. ductions. . We have only room for the closing paragraph of his letter, which will be read with interest, especially by all who belonged to the old Whig party, and who have refused to iden tify themselves with Black Republican Know- Nothingism: ‘.‘ln conclusion, gentlemen, I will say that I have no reason <0 doubt the correctness of the positions which! assumed three- years ago. I believed then that the only great political con test in the country was between the Black Re publican party and the Democratic party—that the slake played (or was the Union itself. I believe that next year, under whatever name the opponents of the Democrats may bo arrayed we shall have the same battle over .again— Whilst I cannot expect every measure of the Democratic Administration to accord precisely with my judgment, any. more than could the measures ol any other party be expected to ac cord fully with the opinions of-.each individual member of it; and whilst, in the selection of men, I shall feel myscjf free to or not to vote, according to my own choice, tt is my in tention by every honorable means in my power to sustain and support, the .Democratic party, as the only political organization which has thi will, and the power to preserve the Union from dissolution.’' Havtien Costume. —James Redpath writes to the New York Tribune of bis observations during a sojourn in Hayti: , “After descending from the mountains, we passed two or three collections of huts. Atone of them—four leagues from Connives—we saw, an interesting farai)/ group. There was an old man, a young map, and two young women— the men with their feet and the women with their breasts uncovered; three almost naked children—one a girl, fat and whining; one a boy, dirty and merry ; both utterly naked, but both under two years of age: and a boy. eleven years old. with the moat unique of light, sum mer dresses. Ho wore a chequered handker chief on his head, and an old broken ease knife suspended from his neck by a piece of twine. That was all. Cool, wasn’t it? and cheap?” 0“ Hon. Eli S. Shorter, member of Con gross from Alabama, positively declines to Seryo his constituents any, longer.- Horrible Suicide. The Harrisburg Telegraph furnishes tu Jv lowing details "of'a most shocking n w #ir happened at Middletown, fanuphin 'count* ™ Tuesday last. Our contemporary soys •.» dletown was the sdcuo of a most dislrcssinc t ” gedy yesterday afternoon, (Tuesday, 24th, iJ OK W. Barr, .Coroner, received a dispdtf < go down speedily, and .obeyed tl' la SbnmJ We are indebted to him for the following ' rate particulars Of, the tragedy. A man bv u' , name of Aananins Nicholas’, has Tor ISdttft ft? been in tbe.cmploy of Mr. Edward Fisher V*' the farm bordering on the Swatara creek joining Middletown. Nicholas, his wife'J' two children resided in- a small toll house t tlie bridge, a few rods from Mr. Fisher’s rel dencc. At- noon Mr. Fisher went to u le s(ii m' to call Nicholas to dinner. As Mr. Fi's), c turned to go toward the hbuse, NicholasstnrleJ after him with a large slick, which hehnd bcerf . using in mixing feed' for' the torses, strike him several severe blows over the head, makin' horrible gashes. Mr. F. retreated; followed bt Nicholas, who, however, did not at that again attack.lmn ; but while he wnsin astoOn ing posture, washing the blood oil' hj 3 Nicholas raised the dub to deal him another deadly blow. Mrs. Fisher, who had been con fitted to her bed for some time, by severe indij. position, was alarmed by the children esc’,aim', ittg. “Arinanias is killing papa,!” She spraii.' out of bed, rushed to the window and exclaim* cd, “Annanias!” when he immediately dropped iiis weapon and ran down to his* own housn ' Went into, his room, to the table drawer, started out again up the tow-path to the Union, ca M |- a few hundred yards, then returned and mat down the Swatara creek to Fisher’s Woods about half a mile below Middletown. Screnl persons were Ashing, and others working in Hi corn-field near by, who ,say-he. walked afoul five minutes in thp woods, then Went dmvnliilj the creek until nothing but his head was tI , posed, then came.up out of the creek and ly un the shore a few moments, when He pliingn 1 a butcher knife into his abdomen to the depi Of about three or four inches, and then crawled into the creek again and drowned. Them be ing two boats ad; hand, |iis, body was got oat in a few minutes, by Messrs. Brandt and Strouse, but life was extinct. The most extra, ordinary, part,of this affair’is that Air. Fisher and Nicholas never had any unkind words Op to the time of the time of the dreadful occur rence. Nicholas was a sober,; industrious, hard-working man, very hard of .hearing, and very irritable, always imagining that persons Were talking about hiin. lie appeared perfectly sane when Mr. Fisher called him to dinner.’ It is said, however, that he has heexi subject to. His of insanhy. Some years ago, during the Millcrite excitement, he was in. good circuit stances, but he gave his property nil away, bp came insane, end was confined in the poor house for a short time, but; finally recoverul, and nothing unusual in his conduct was obacmil tip to this time. Mr. Fisher had his.tai' dressed by Dr. Wieslling. The wounds Jtt not considered dangerous. SuioiDit of A Little Gini — The Greenfield Gazette gives tho following account oi a touch ing case of suicide by a little girl eight years old, daughter of Warren Leonard, at DeerfiolJ, on the 80th of April 1 “ Abonf 4 o’clock lb the afternoon hc|-mfl(il» dr hud occasion -to-con-ont Iwr Vw wtanffittp tiilsdemeanof, when,she became very each Ar ched and shut herself in a room, where stew nmined about an hour, when her mother cM tier to the kitchen. Her little brother, aged sii and one-half years, then requested her to go out to play w ith him. Shu then left tlie lionsc with him saying, she would go to the rivet and drown hcrscll, apd. started across the . meadows upon a run, her little .brother following. When they Came to tho i-ivef, she said to him if liewouw take. her . clothes, back to .the house, slio would take them off. lie tried to pl'oVciit lief, but she said she should he happy 1 alter (die should ho in tile water,, and- look off her bonnet, when tier brother caiight hold ol her dross to prevent tat going in. She broke from him, and walked into the water where,, it was low at tho shore. H* watched her .until she reached a sufficient depll for tho current, to. carry her out of .his sight wlien he ran homo and gave the alarm. It ii the opinion of belli parents that she was insane She had been an easy child to govern before, ■and the. correction at this time was t nly donolr talking. No other method wasiiscd. The boat of the child w;as not recovered until tho nal day, although immediate efforts were made li find it.” . Tub Sin op Dancing.— The Rev. James 1. Corning, the Presbyterian minister to Buffalo, whose lectures on “the Christian Latpof amusi roent” have occasioned some comments, is in favor of dancing', .at least as it is practised'®! the Highlands of Scotland and the of Switzerland, and in the rural districts Germany.” He objects strongly to fiwfiiona.H? suppers and parties, and would seem to spr > in tho following passage, not without persona observation i , l ‘•Why. I have set beside a professing CmJ tiari woman in one of the beautiful parlors fashionable inetropolitoh avenue, whose J e " I neck, and ears, and finders, and dazzling cade, as ranch’, ns said to the assembled BP; •none of your dresses cost as rouch as and then I have Seen her go into the PP room and eat enough to make asw gripes of conscience, and then pome o , and panting for breath, fnnde marvelou J gioua by sandwiches and 'champagne, an . up the farce with d pious discourse on A of dancing. Now,'l think, that if J transported a portion 61 her confcic her slippers to her stomqch, though » . ■have an inch or two less of philactery. would have been compensated by severs tionnl yards of Christian consistency, K7* Stewart, palace,, hag purchased Powers M»t 'jbe Greek Slave, and set it up in bis. store- N. Y. Times says : ~„fa 9l iio»‘ “The Greek slave is so eminently uni ablo-looliing a young lady in her pr® rrfitb if loilct.it can be called, for theniaki the wearer toiled not, neither did sh P o 5 ill she. may affect our fastidious da ,g „ii; tipsy Helots used to affect the buo 'f, crintt* and seeing to what they might, wi g l{ „. line, be reduced,'the fair visitors oi * g ,1® art’s may readily rush upon P. se i ve s t* more magnificent, and expand t ( dimensions still more stupendous. C - Col. Samuel 0. S ta, " b ““^'?J t «enS ter. Pa., has been appointed Surve) of Utah. - E'otflS Doarmet, a « a local freight train, was killed ne Saturday, the 21st ult. , ..3KarHA. ~o!Tthe 26th tilt., by the Ber. j Sjuiob* A. Jacobs, to Miss E-ab. ijSB. botb Ot North. Middleton fo W* On tho same day, by the aam Eson, to Mias' Maut C. Cooveb, roe township. " T , M. ToJ"® On tho 28th ult., by the Kev- J- y lLt , Mr. E; D. Quiclbx to Miss Jane a Of Carlisle. ■
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