AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
JOHN B. BRATTON, Editor & Proprietor.
CARLISLE, PA., JUNE Iff, 1859,
~" Democratic State Nominations,
. FOR AUPITOR GENERAL,
’ RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT,
Of Philadelphia
POR SURVEYOR GENERAL,
JOHN ROWE,
Of firdkleHn County*
SehboJT to YobSo Men.—A discourse will
tie preached’before the Young Men’s Christian
Association of this place,’ on Sunday evening
next; in the First Lutheran Church, by Rev. C.
P. Wing, D. D. Young men are especially in
vited-to bo present.
UlriE Fourth of July.— The anniversary ol
. our national independence—the “Glorious 4th’
is rapidly approaching, and almost every town
fh the State the people are making arrange
ments to celebrate the event.
f piiCK Itejis. —There appears 10 be but little
work for the police of our borough at present.
For the past few days-thihgs have been umishal
ly quiet; and with the exception of ail occasion
al arrest for drunkenness, oar officers are quiet
ly resting on their oars'. ‘ Wo "hope the same
qniet may continue. The fact of it is, it is get
ting too warm to think of anything but lying
,still in-some cosy shade;
The Continentals. —Wo perceive that this
band of concerltzors havens tailed out on their
summer tour. They delighted the citizens of
Zaston recently, and we shall soon have an op
portunity, no doubt, ot listening to their sweet
ttotes in Carlisle. We ate rather .dull just now,
ifl that line, and the troupe would be heartily
greeted by hosts of old as well as now friends.
CniSffE of dwNKßs.—Thomas Jl. Biddle,
3&q.’, sold’his -1 dwelling, a few days since, to
Miss Bhza Stahl, for ijSOOO. This property is
beautifully located in’South Hanover street,
nearly opposite our office.
The “Ege Corner, ” on High street,-opposite
Glass’ (late Burkholder’s) hotel was sold lately’
Ky its owner, Mr. Jacob Ehcern, the first. 33
the confer) to the editor offhis pa
per, and the remaining 127 feet to A. Lr Spons
or, Esq. • '
’ The Wilson property,, at the east end of. High
street) measuring 00 feet’ in front, and 240 in
depth, was sold'on Saturday at public-sale.
Purchaser, Jacob Rhcem.
’ Thk Late Fkosts ixtiiis NEiGiriioTinoni),
Ws.have carefully enquiredabout the late frosts
irt the surrounding country districts, and are
glad'to team that the damage done is, in the
aggregate; greatly overrated, especially in re
gard to grain and corn. No doubt exists that
■ jfl many spots the efieots have been .disastrous
t<f individuals, and while alt will regret individ
ual'dosses,-yet they cannot but ,feel, relieved to
tnow that the effect's have not been general, to
sncbah extent as to produce less than a good
average’'crop/ In fact," notwithstanding lbs
. frost and its severity irt many localities, princi
pally low grounds, there is-no doubt that we
kIuII have over ap ,average crop of wheat.- -The
’.cunl and potatoes are. reviving, and will yet
bring good-orops in most of the frosted districts.
Our.country exchanges, we are glad to see ,
mostly give-calm views of the matter, though
still they will naturally, on the first alarm, be
ifloilrted'to give the wprst side of the picture.—
The crop of 1859. unless some, future disaster
should occur; will be at least an average crop,
if not a good deal more. When the panic of ihe
frost is over, there is no doubt that we Shall
hear different accounts than those now pouring
in; from various quarters..
A 1 new mm
. With the present number of our paper we
.commence a new volume. Fourteen years have
elapsed since our purchase of the Volunteer.—
Forty-five years ago it was first given to the
world by its venerable founder, James Under-,
wood, Esq. We therefore embrace the present
opportunity of returning pur sincere thanks to
bur large list of patrons, for the substantial
support they have extended us..
• When, fourteen years since, we purchased
this paper, we came here a stranger to the peo
ple of Cumberland county. It wasnol without
some •misgivings, we are free to say, that we
assumed'the control ol the Volunteer —a paper
thit hed become identified with the Democracy
of. Cumberland county, and, from its age and
character,' commanded ■ the respect and confi
dence of all. Bht then we fell that we were
among friends, who; with willing hearts, are
eyef ready, with a generous pride, to rally round ’
standard" sheet of Democracy, This feeling
gave us confidence, and'wc are proud,'to say
now? at the-end of fourteen years, that our'eon
-fidence was not.misplaced. Oiir most sanguine
expectations have been realized—and- the rapid
increase of patronage has been such as to war
rant ns in the belief that the manner in which
the Volunteer has been conducted- by us, has
met, and still meets, the decided approbation of
the Democracy of Old Cumberland—the confi*
dence of whom, hereafter as heretofore, if shall
everife-onr greatest pride and ambition to re
tainMchowing-, as we do. and ns all past expe
rience has shown, that the people, of. whom the
Democracy is composed, never can go wrong.
A\ith these brief remarks we return our sin
cere thunks to the public’ and the Democratic
party, for the very liberal support which has
thns -fa'f Wen extended to-us, and assure our
friends that we shall endeavor to make the Vcl.
unteer mpfe interesting than it has ever yet
been ; and by increased assiduity, we hope to
render it such a vehicle of intelligence, as will
give-satisfaction to all who may favor it with
their patronage;
Tlakd at' Work,— Our agricultural friends
,i» this county are now hard at work in cutting
and gathering their hay and barley. They have
a biavjr job'before them, (hr the crops of the
entire valley present a most encouraging ap
pearance. . The yield, it is estimated by many,
wilfbe nearly than last year,
and'of 'the very, beat quality. If (he prices of
grain'continue anything near what they now
are, our farmers will make their "eternal for
tunes” from the produce of this year; Well,
although it's a little hard on us town folks to
pay §7,50 for a barrel of hour, still we like to
seethe honest tiller of the ground receive a good
recompense for his labor, for when he prospers
money becomes plenty.and all kinds of busings
takos.a start for the-belter. i
iThe Candidates of the Opposition.
The Philadelphia Jlrgm says (he Republicans
of Pennsylvania, under the alias of the “ Peo
ple’s party,” hold <i State'Convention at Harris,
burg, on the Blh, and nominated Thomas SE.
Cochrane, of Tork,’ for Auditor General, Qen.
Wm. H. Kelm, of Reading, for Surveyor Gene
ral, and adopted a series of resolutions. The
candidates chosen 1 are well known to .the people
of the Slate, and in duo 'time wo shall pay our
respects to them in a proper manner. At pre
sent it is only necessary to say that Thomas E.
Cochrane was tlio fusion candidate for Canal
Commissioner in 1856, and was defeated by a
very handsome majoßly by Mr. Goo. Scott, the-
Democratic nominee. Ho has passed through
as many changes as a butterfly, and. has' enter,
ged at length a fill! winged .office seeker, ready
to fake -a nomination from any parly and to
stand upon any platform, Mr. Cochrane Was
the President of the last Whig Slate ConVen.
tion that over assembled ,in Pennsylvania, that
at Harrisburg In the early pari ,bf 1855, and
when lie sat above the lingering remnants of
that once proud organization, ho bad no love
for the up-springing fungus of Know-Nothing
ism. Tho year following lie became the candi
date of that party, as well as ol the Republi
cans, for an important office, and after his igno.
minions defeat, rotiredinloau editorial sanctum
.Where bo brooded over bis woes and Vented bis
sploon at-the Democracy. - Now ho is again
upon the surface as a nominee of the “People’s
party,” and will be thankful for the votes of all
tho odds and ends composing that bermaphio
dltic political organization. Mr. Cochrane may
well be described as a-politician who is “every
thing by turns and nothing long.”
General Koim isbottor known'as a summer
warrior than as a'politician. Ho is a courteous
and pleasant gentleman, but hlghoito his victo
ries have been achieved'amid the pomp and cir
cumstance of militia musters, with the star
spangled banner proudly floating over the ‘tinsel
and feathers which gave glory to the scene. Wo
are unable to class him exactly, but believe he,
tod, was once a Whig, , then a , Know-Nothing,
next a Republican, and now a “ People’s” man.
These two men form the ticket of the Opposi.
tion party,and Caleb Quotum himself could not
present .more requisites for the positions they
occupy.
In another part of this paper wo print ,the.re
solutions of the Convention. Their principal
merit consists in their non-committal charac
ter.. The. substance they possess is opposition
to the President,Tiis Administration, and to the
Democratic, party, and this is surrounded by a
Stereotyped border composed of protective hum
bug and Abolition cant. - There is nothing hon
est or manly about them, but on the contrary
they are as miserable a set of’wishy-washy, non
sense as ever were presented to a sensible peo
ple. The bait hdM out to the Americans is as
cooly impudent as the Republicans could well
make it. There is no endorsement, of the great
principles once proclaimed by the disciples of
“Sam,” but tbe tub thrown lb that whale isj
simjdy labelled “no importation of foreign
criminals.” Even the Abolitionists of Ohio ■'
were more liberal to their Know-Nothing brefh
. J ren than were the Republicans of P«nnig-JvMjsa %
But perhaps the. iuaiicdesi cnl of era was ad-
I minisleted by ibe.COtiTialifmJo'Seuator'Ciame
ron. That gmiflumaa ibas travel Jed all over, the
■ SUI* 3 t«s Si»bai»d hard at ten minute speeches;
has dined jmfl wined every member of the Le.
gislature, every editor and every whipper-in
belonging to the Opposition party j has even
treated the very delegates composing this Con
vention to, a strawberry festival at “ tocbicl;”
but alter all he was turned away with an empty']
compliment to his Senatorial services. . His as.
piratfons for the Presidency were passed coldiy
by, and the great IVir.r.ebago will have the mor
tification of meeting Seward, bis ally, oa tbe
latter’s return from Europe, without being able
to tender him the twenty-seven electoral rotes
of Pennsylvania as the first instalment toward
the purchase of tbe Secretaryship of the Trea.
snry. Poor Simon!
The. proceedings of this Republican Conven.
lion will furnish us with texts for . future com.
ment. At present we are satisfied with a mere
cartoon of its course—the picture will be finish-
ed and colored hereafter.
; The Cextrai, Ease Faiu.t.k -The faifore
of the Central Bank of Ptnnsvlvania at flolii
daysburg. will take no one by surprise. lig
existence has been brief and precarious and we
much fear its sudden collapse will involve the
citizens of the interior counties in no inconsider
able loss, though being owned to a large extent
in New' York, the tn'k of its notes Lave proba
"7 b ‘ : f n P ,I( - m circulation in remote'sections.—
Xhe Centra) Bank,.it will be recollected, bad
considerable difficulty in getting into operation,
in consequence of the exposure attending the
McKean, Sharnokin and one or two otb.er “ wild
cal” concerns ;. hut it was finally put into :the
hands of Ifollidaysburg people, though con
irolled from abroad, and about a year since, be
gan operations.- It has always, however, been
a pickly concern, and though held at home to
be sound, it has never commanded confidence
abroad. The immediate occasion for its col
lapse was a draft of only $3OOO or $4OOO from'
Drexcl & Co., of this city. Giber parties here,
we understand, hold a considerable amount of
their notes. ■ The managers, though closing
their doors on Friday last,-have as yet made no
statement of their cSHdiiion.
Philadelphia Argus.
This is the, bank,-our readers'will recollect,
that we cautioned them against in our paper a
few weeks ago. At that time the paper of this
bogus concern was being circulated here quite
extensively. Oiir timely caution; we doubt
not, has been the means of saving thousands of
dollars to our people; Its paper went out of
circulation hereabout as fdstas-it had been pul
in, and we think there is very little of ititvour
county now.
DZ7” “ We would suggest, to the Volunteer the
propriety of a calm retrospection of the elections
which have been held for the last twelve months
—including nigger breeding Virginia,”
One of the greatest “ nigger breeders” in Vir
ginia is Goggin, the defeated Know-Nothing
candidate for Governor. The Democratic can
didate, Letcher, who has been elected by 6000
majority, never owned a slave in his life, and
says he never will own one. It well becomes
tne American, therefore, to sneer at the Old Do
minion ns “ nigger-breeding Virginia.” Tour
party men are the “ nigger-breeders.” not only
m Virginia, bat in all Southern States. Here
in the North, however, the pour followers of ab
olitionism—the despised Know-Nothings-are
required by their new masters to discard Sam
and embrace. Sambo. Truly, the Know-Noth
ings of the North have hard task-masters.
I Wish It - Were So Here Every dog in
Massachusetts, who would have the right to live,
I must bo registered, numbered, and licensed by
the town dork, and every dog must wear a col
lar with his owner’s’name and his otvn number
registered on it.
•ITT" Empty headed people are generally, hap
py; cork always floats.
Among the resolutions adopted by the Re
publican Convention at HarrihhUrg, .was the
following t
x *3. That wo hold. the cncobVagcment and'
protection of home production and American
industry to be'one of the.lirst duties of our go
vernment ; and. tile failure to ‘obtain such on*
courageraent and protection from the lost Con
gress, notwithstanding the professions of the
President, convince ns that the laboring masses
of the, froo-States will look in vain for a tarifl*
for the protection of the laborer while the nd
ministration of the government is in tlio hands
of the party now In power; and that wo believe
tb£,'aa valornm. system wholly inadequate to the
.protection wo demand, and in lion of it..wo' arc
in favor of spocillo duties upon iron, coal, salt,
and all such other products wholly the growth
and manufacture of the tinitvd States.”
.What effect this profession of faith will have
ipon the people of Pennsylvania, time must de-
termine. That it isamerc,profession—destitute
ot every shadow of sincerity—is transparent,
When the course of the Republican party on the
Tariff question for the past low-years,is consid
ered. That party has actually been the oppo-
Bent of protection for borne industry; and ntttiis
very day in the New England and the North
Western, States, where its principal strength
lies, it is avowedly and persistently opposed to
an increase of duties on imports further than is
absolutely necessary to raise revenue for the
economical administration of
No longer-ago than tbo-past Spring the leading
organ of Republicanism In ll(Sfr6ls declared that
the cant about.prptectionTiy the members of
that party in' Pennsylvania, might dp Very well
for election purposes at homo, but Could never
be incorporated in the Republican platform.
' But there is another fact bearing Upon this
subject yet (tosh in the minds of tho peopjei—
In 18S6 the Republicans and Americans'con-,
trolled the National IloUso ot Representatives,
and their Committee of Ways and Means, of
tvhich Lewis D. Campbell, of Ohio, Was (ho
chairman, reported a bill reducing the duties
upon iron, coal, wool and other articles of homo
production, and this bill was passed .by. Repub
lican votes. Such was the actual course pur
sued by tho Opposition party when they wore
in power, and yet they have the effrontery to
proclaim themselves the peculiar Iriehds of pro
tection. .
The position of the Democratic party of Pchn
.. sj’lvanla oh the tariff question is well riuder
-1 stood. President Buchanan clearly defined it
. in his message of last December, and Hon. IVm.
i Montgomery elaborated it la-big eloquent speech
i delivered in the House of. Representatives dn
i ring tbe last session'. Every Democralicnmom.
. her of Congress from this Statdllaborcd. itrdp
. ously to carry out the snggcstiohij-andrrecom
■ .mentations of the President, but they were
.unsuccessful, chiefly becanse of the opposition
offered them by the Republicans o( New Eng
land and the North West.. The substitution of
specific for ad valorum duties was strongly urged
|by tbe President and bis friends. In the face
I of all those facts, the Opposition party claims to
,'be. the exclusive friend of protection, and de
| dares that to it alone carr.tbo 'laboring and pro
ducing classes look for fostering care and liberal
encouragement. Such encouragement as vul
tures give fodambs 1 Truly, the leaders of Hie
Republican party in Pennsylvania have a poor'
opinion of the intelligence of the people.
A Common ObcnniiKscE.— The Erie Obstruct
notices a case of thoughtless meanness, the
counterpart,of which we frequently find in opr
own newspaper experience. It jays, afew day*
ago, one of onr business.men called opoa ns to
notice in our local column, gratis for r-oth
\ fog,” at course, a metier connected with a
| church in which he is deeply interested, V,'e j
. politely informed bits that sre would do to with i
I pleasure. After he had left «*, and although
an editor’s charity cover* a rnnititude of sins,
we could cot but recoiled two facts—drat, that
Ibis same gentleman does not take ours, norany
other paper .published in the city j and secondly,'
that when he wauls any job-work done, lie either
goes to another city for It, or employs an itine
rant card-printer, who hat no interest In. the
city. Now’ the query is, if everybody else did
the same, would there bo a paper hero to notice
“free gratis for nothing,” either church mat
ters, city matters, or any other matters of inte
rest which it is absolutely necessary tbe public
should know 7
BC/*A correspondent, writing from Munich,
Bavaria, states that the Government of Bavaria,
though professing neutrality, had ordered all
the great lines of railway in the kingdom to be
placed at the use of llie Austrian officers for the
purpose of conveying an army of forty-five thou
sand men to thcscenoof conflict. The advance
guard of this force has reached the city, and
both officers and men were received with the
greatest enthusfaspi—-the ladies throwing them
boqncts and the men.crying vivas for Francis
Joseph. General Clam-Gallas, Austrian com
mander in the Tyrol, had sent his stud of war
chargers, consisting of twenty pure blooded,
Arabians to Munich. Bavaria excuses herself
for this course by asserting that the Austrian
army of Bohemia forms part of the force of the
German Confederation.
tr?". The largest mirror ever imported into
this country lias just been received (rom Parts,
for the Fifth Avenue Hotel now in process of
completion. Its dimensions are ,06 by 188
inches, and its cost, exclusive of frame, about
$1,500. No ship was large enough to admit U
between decks, and so it was brought as part of
a deck.load. This glass is to bo placed in the
dining room, opposite the entrance from the
main corridor, where it can bo displayed to the
best advantage. The contract for looking glass
plates for tins largo hotel amounts to about
816,000, the cost of silvering and frames will
increase the amount to near $30,000.
Foreigners whp are acting with the Re
publican party, can see what is thought o( them
by the loaders of that party, by reading the fol
lowing from the Cleveland Herald, the leading
Republican paper of the Western Reserve ;
<< Wo unhesitatingly aVcr that seven-tenths of
the foreigners of our land; are not as intelligent
as the full-blooded Africans of .oUr State—we
will not include part bloods.”
American.
[XT' A heated schism has taken place in the
Opposition ranks of Ohio. There was anything
but harmony in thoir recent State Convent ion,
and since then a mooting of a portion of that
party in Cincinnati adopted resolutions repudi
ating the Convention and its nominees! This is
“goring the other ox!” Fun ahead!
Some author says that-at'twenty-five
men marry for love—at thirty-five for beauty
and convenience—and at fifty for money. This
is well illustrated by the confession of an honest
old Dutch tavern-keeper in the lower part of
this State. “Yell, you scc.”said he, “the first
time I married for love—dat vns goot; den I
marries for beauty—dat vas goot, too, about as
goot ns de first; dis time I married for money
—and dis is better as both.”
Tlie Opposition, and the Tariff.
Tlio Crops-—lCffects of jhe Frost.
tn the midst of the general feeling of satisfatf
i tion induced by the unusually promising ap»
pearance of the eropsVtltfoughout the United
r States, and the prospect for a large foreign de
mand for grain, at "high prices, om account of
the war in Italy and the disturbed condition of
■ Europe, the blooding fields Were suddenly at
tacked by one of the most severe and destructive
• frosts ever known at this season. Its cfl'eois ap
pear to have been felt in Canada, in all the Nor
thern, and fn some of the Soutncrn States. I'he
fruit crops have, in many localities, been entire
ly destroyed, as well us the stalks of many gar
den Vegetables, of potatoes, ami of .corn. In
some cases the leaves and the bark of oak trees
have been lurried as black as if they had been
burned. But, judging from many newspaper
extracts which we have noticed, we do nol
think that any'very serious injury has been
done to the wheat crop. Most of' our exchan
ges declare that, if injured at all, the damage
is not serious. Others argue that the frost has
done enough good, by destroying the weevil and
fly; to compensate for all the harm it has done
to the wheat'plants. And a correspondent of
the New. York Tribune declarcsfhat an old far
tue'r of Caledonia, New-Yurk, says “that tilt
recent frost has not.injured the Wheat, and ho
docs not believe that a May or June frost can
injure that plant, lie .states that in 181 G there
Was a fate spring frost in Ills scCtioli, by Which
the stalks of. Wheat Wtro actua'ly frozen, and
the yield (Vom the same fluids was forty, bus!
els to theacre Of prime Genesee.”
111 the counties surrdtinding Philadelphia, lit
tle or no damage appears to .have been done to
wheat, although in many Instances, corn, pola"
toes, and fruit were somewhat injured, In.Lan
•caster and Chester counties, the wheat drop
gives indications of a bcaulifni yield. In Dau
phin and neighboring counties it is expected
the wheat crop Will exceed the aVorligc yield,
notwithstanding the frost. In Greene, layette,
Mercer, and in the counties surrounding Pitts
burg, it is supposed the wheat crop.is slightly,
but hot seriously, injured. In Erie county-it
is said ,to have been injured to a great extent,
Und.it is also fbared lhat it lias been much da
maged.in Lawrence and Lycoming Counties.
In New Jersey, it is said, the crops have gen.
orally escaped unscathed. From New York
the reports are conflicting,, but it seems certain
that the appearance of the wheat crop-has been
much injured, and many fiar that it will not
recover. Numerous letters from Ohio slate
that the coni is nearly.ail killed, but hopes are
expressed that the wheat is not sei iouiflv dam
aged. In Michigan, it is thought, the crop has
not suffered hcaviiv.
In Indiana, it is said, the wheat crop.will not
be very great, but better tlian last year. In
Illinois anil'Kentucky some damage lias been
done to tho'wheat, but it is not considered very
.serious. *Tn Savannah, Georgia, new wheat,
raised this season, were exhibited on the 10th
.May.
, Hopes are entertained that even where the
cbrii has been 1 cut down, it will, if not injured
100 badly, come up again, and, judging from
the numerous accounts before us in-regard to
the wheat crop, in vetr of, the- extraordinary
yuld anticipated in many quarters which have.
totally escapee} injury:, and. the few cases men-
tioned where it is at otfcertain that the wheal
; has beta'tJaKwyeiJ,,, there appears to be-no
caoae fcrsewteiVfjn in regard to. that ’great
staple, and a yield fulSy up' to. if not beyond,
the average crop may be confidently nntieijia
!td., ’ . ;
O* The Forest Divorce case c;yzic tip again
on Saturday before. Justice Woodruff, of the
Superior Court, New York, on a motion lor the
appointment of 'a Commissioner, to go to Cali
fornia and procure the testimony of witnesses
as to the character and course of life pursued
by Mrs. Forest or Sinclair, during her late re
sidence in that Stale. The application is made,
of course,, by Mr. Forest, who expects to prove
misconduct on the part of the defendant’ suffi
cienl to defeat her.claim to alimony, under the
divorce granted her some years since. Counsel
tvere heard on,the petition, but no decision wps
made. "
A Fiiog in the Stomach Thbee Years,-
A.son of Mr. Charles Davis, residing in Gould’s
Court, leading to Montgomery, near Light at.,
says the Baltimore Sun’.of .Friday'last, has
caused the family great uneasiness for three
years past in consequence of his being subject
at times, for hours 'together, to spasms and
terrible.(its. "Physicians were consulted, but
all their investigations failed to reveal the cause
that produced the malady. Yesterday after
noon, ahout three o'clock, when entering the
house, the lad was seized with the symptoms of
his malady, and in a fit of retching, threw up
upon the floor a live frog, about two inches in
length. The frog hopped gaily about the floor
untilsecured by the family. Instant relief was
expericpioid by the lad.. His name is William
Davis, and he is about ten years of age. He
has no recollection of the lime the frog was ta
ken into his stomach, but his father thinks it
was svyallowed with his drink about three years
ago, when he was afflicted with fits.
The American llohoesik Englanb.— We find
■in Bell’s Life some inlornuilion touching (lie re
cent performances of “Prioress” on (lie Eng-
Msli turf. Her race ior the Queen’s plate, which
she won, was one of her best performances.—
The distinco, something over three miles and a
half, just suited her, and such an example as
she made of her opponents, “ Foiestar” and
“ Target,” has seldom been witnessed on the
turf. The first she ran to a “stand still,” and
the other she kept fully a quarter ol a mile in
the rear. After the race, the mare was “put
by” for the Goodwood Cup,” so wo will not
hear from her again till' that event comes off.
Bell’s Life speaks quite favorable of bet run.
ning, and thinks there aro many more such vic
tories awaiting her. Mr. Ton Brook is getting
along “ swimmingly” this year, and if ho but
follows up his successes lie must make a hand
some thing ol it before the season closes. lie
has secured another victory with “Olympias,”
and week before last he was to have taken part
in two races wit.h “Boll” and his $2,500 year,
ling, “ The first was a good favor,
ito when the steaiherieft, and it improbable that
the next mail may bring us irftblligoncethatonr
countryman has secured another triumph*. The
other is half bfothor to the celebrated “ Satin,
terer,” and if there bo any truth in the old say
ing,« Blood will toll,” he will certainly give a
good account of himself.
OCT” Hon. Chi’s. Sumner was in Turin in the
latter part of May. It is stated that he seemed
to be in excellent health.-
Military Election.
An election was held on Monday last'fit the
armories of tho several volunteer companies in
tho'codnty, for Brigadier General, Brigade In
spector, arid company officers. In this place
the contest Was quite animated) arid some four
hundred voles wore polled, but Whether all the
votes cast Were legal is not for us to say. The
candidates for Brigadier General were Col. Wm.
Wherry and Mnj. James M. Allen, and for
Brigade Inspector, Capt. Jacob Bowman, Capt.
Jas. A. M’Cartnoy. and Capt. Geo. W. Crop.
The following is the result of the Voting as re
ported ; ,
BniGirilEll GENERAL.
• . , Wherry.. Allen.
,Big Spring A Guards, ’ ,48 10
Surantr Rifles, , 0 ISO
Quitman G’ds, (Churchtown.) 12 24
National Blues,(Mcchanicsb’g,) 1 49
Junior Cadets, 0 35
Crittenden Rifles, 0 108
hniOADE inspector.
Bowman. M'Carlncij. Cro\
B. S. A. Guards, 41 17 0
Sumner Rifles, 0 IGO 0
Quitman Guards, ,25 . 0 0
National Blues-, 5l o 0
Junior Cadets, D 19 16
Crittenden Bides, 0 . 0 168
117 196 184
We Understand that the election will be con
tested, on the ground that a large number of il
legal votes were cast, as is alleged.- It is
charged that Captain McCartney’s company,
(Sumner Rifles,) enrolled .a'nurnber of names,
'merely for the purposd of voting at tho election,
and that all such votes' were illegal. How this,
may be we wili not undertake to determine, we
merely state the ground upon which it is said
tho election will be contested., The vote cast
by the '-Crittenden -Rifles,” and the mode of
conducting tho election, we take it, was more a
matter of sport than anything else.
Democrat of last tl'ecL
05*" A-new wonder has boon discovered in
Wow York, in thejporson of a man named Karl
.Saul,..who it is asserted, has four eyes Ho lias
(me pair in the usual place* and anotlier in iho
buck of his, head. A correspondent of. the
Evening Post, who enjoys the acquaintance, of
the individual, says that.“ both sets of eyes are
perfect, and ho sees backwards and fonvarda at
the same time, with equal-ease, comprehending,
hi a ghiiieo every thing withlh the range of ids
vision either way. The objects which he sim-
ultaneously beholds, he will describe with won
derful accuracy. Indeed, lie is remarkable for
Ids 'descrTi'ilive~j)o\vors. Mr. Saul is a man of
oxlrqnio diffidence, and the peculiarity of his
visual construction ba's been carefidiy conceal
ed, and lias heretofore been .kupiVn’only to some
ot Ids most intimate friends. Theiback of the
head is quite flat ; but Ite has long hair, which
eliectually conceals the' large eyes, which are
generally protected by a bandage.” " As if the
above,.is. not wonderful enough, the correspond
ent ol the Post makes Iho following wonderful
statement: “He is highly intelligent, and so
cial in his habits, and owns considerableproper
ty,.which he has accumulated by honest indus
try.” . ■
..OC7* General Dodge, late Minister to Spain
who is now in Washington, is not very san
guine as to the acquisition of Cuba by our gov
ernment. Ha bad an interview with the Presi
dent on Saturday. The General speaks highly
of thiTSpariish people and of the Queen Mother,
lie also expresses the opinion that the new Min
ister from this country will be quite popular, ir
Madrid. ■
. Ip” Mr. Wise, tile aeronaut, has corap’eted
his airangements for a balloon Journey from
St, Louis to the Atlantic seaboard, ills bal
loon, the “Nineteenth Century,’' is 68 feet in
diameter, and contains 60,000 feet of gas. Mr.
Wise undertakes tbisjourney chiefly as an ex
periment with which to satisfy himself of the
practicability of his scheme of- leronauliog
across the Atlantic.
A Dilemma fob Modest Beaux. —A con
temporary relates the adventure of two young
gems, who started in a buggy to visit tw;o
charming young ladies, a few miles from town ;
it seems that.the young ladies referred to, were
that evening expecting the arrival of a married
sister, who was to .bring a young infant with
iter, and as the two gentlemen reached the
house, about dark, the ladies seeing the buggy
and two persons.in.it, supposed it of course to
be the married sister, and both rushed out to
the wagon, the foremost, one screaming at the
top of her voice, “Give mo the baby, give me
the baby.” It is almost needless to say that
the modest young men, not understanding the
true slate of affairs, wheeled their horse and
struck for home in a hurry.
“What is Home without a Moinen.”—
The Daily News says that While this pathetic
ballad was sung at. the academy of music on
Saturday afternoon, a gentleman dressed in
deep monrning. accompanied by his two little
children, was observed to leave bis place in the
parqueite circle. He retired to' the vestibule
and presently the loud sobbings could be heard
within the auditorium, The scene was indeed
affecting.' There were many, no doubt, in that
vast audience, who could appreciate in sadness
the condition of a homo without a mother.
Here and there, all over the audience, ladies
and gentlemen were affected unto tears, as the
music-of the song fell upon their ears, were
brought up, in all the freshness of memory, the
departure of some kind parent to that long
home, to which we are all progressing. 1 '
Sobelt Exeucisbd.— The entire city of Phil
adelphia—that is the whole population, inclu
ding members of the press—is'at work with all
its inventive genius, trying to get a name fora
new hotel located on Chcsnut street. The pre
vailing idea seems to be that unless properly
named tbe enterprise will prove a failure. What
a piece of nonsense.
K7* Parson Brownlow, of tho Knoxville
expected Goggin to be elected Governor
of Virginia, and, in aifticipaiion of tho result,
“spread himself” as follows: :
“The excitement increases in Virginia daily,
and the cause of Goggin gains ground in every
part of the State. Wc really begin to count
upon liis election. A more gallant, patriotic,
and mei iiorious-.man than be never ran for office
in tlie Od 1 Dominion. If he shall bo success*
ful, we must pull up trees, tear down houses,
march in procession in Knoxville, and get on a
genetal bust!’’
Brownlow can save bis linen now, and per
rail Knoxville to remain in peace.
The Riflemen of the Tvuol, —Many of the
letters from the seat of war in Italy, note the
skill of the Tyrolese riflemen in the .Austrian
army. They annoy the French exceedingly,
and pick elf men at an almost incredible dis
tance, whoie they were considered safe from
the reach of even the longest range of small
arms at the present day.
Retrenchment in the Fost-Offico Department.
The statement that the postal revenues, arc
defrauded a million'of dollars arinUftlty by
forged or false stamps, is entirely unfounded.
The,story originated in New Yorker Washing
ton, and was no doubt designed to discredit the
management of the Post Office Department.
Mr. lloi.t perseveres in the ! good work of cur
tailing the expenses of the Department, and his
rigid economy, while it provokes the sneers of
those who, are determined not to recognize his
merit, extorts Commendation from the most
able minds among the Opposition. JL’lte cor
respondent of the Norik American, in referring
to the subject soys:
In this connection, it is Only p'roper to say
that the efforts of Mr. Holt in lopping of . the
excrescences which had spread over the postal
sefViCe, in reducing useless and extravagant
expenditures t in resolving something like or
derout of chaos, ahd in removing supernumera
ry officers, are entitled to public recognition
and cicdit.. Ho entered upon his thankless
task, giving at once earnpat of a purpose to in
trodu'ce practical and thorough reforms, which
have been since illustrated in a most beneficial
and satisfactory manner. It certainly does hot
become those who have heretofore complained Of
the wastefulness in this department to sheer or
carp at efforts which alre intended to' introduce
a necessary and. whplsome retrenchment. On
the contrary, such praiseworthy endeavors
should be generously seconded, not only from a
sense of justice, but as means of effecting im
portant results, at which the upright men of
all parlies aim. What encouragement has a
public officer to address his abilities and apply
laborious investigationdo so large and 'ramified
a subject as the errors or abuses which have
insidiously crept.into the postal service, unless
sustained by the community for whoso benefit
they are mainly directed ? The principles an
nounced itrMr. Holt’s" letter to the President,
in Mr. Westcott’s case, are such as must attract
the respect of the country, and help to. restore
to the Department the confidence tVhiob has
been heretofore-sacrificed by its conversion into
a mere machine for promoting political objects
or personal ambition. The" whole country is
interested in rin Upright and efficient adminis-
Iration.of the Post Office, aud nolhing but big
oted partisanship, would consent to withhold a
full aitd becoming admission of such services,
no matter.‘by whom rendered. That small and
narrow spirit lias heretofore found no toleration
in this correspondence, nOr is likely to do so
the future.
51 445
The Republican Gonvcntio»--*lts Nominees
‘ami its Platform.
The Harrisburg Sentinel, the organ 'of th c
State administration at the seat of Government,
thus speaks of the field at that
place, by our political adversaries, on Wednes
day of last .Week ;
“ The opposition State Convention, composed
of Know-Nothings, flepublicaths, and the Lord
only knows what other factions and fragments
of factions, assembled in the Hall-of the House
of Representatives, in this place, on Wednesday
last, at ten o'clock a. in.
The Convention was full, and was as motly
an assemblage as ever.congregated here or else
where.- The diliercnt factions eyed each other
with.jenlousy, and it was evident to all that the
attraction oi cohesion was weak, and that, but
for the brilliant prospect of enjoying the spoils
of ollioe, the different parts would have separa
ted. and.the Convention dissolved, in-harmoni
ousl}’,, in less .than an lionr. A, party so per
fectly Mosaic, composed of so many varieties
and colors, cannot, possibly, bo' long-lived. It
can have no fixed principles and no fixed name.
It is a spoils party merely—nothing else.' It
may hang together during'the present cam
paign, but it not can act harmoniously during
the campaign of 1860. It must, of necessity,
always be a sectional, party—it never can be
national; and what may btf its name ami its
principlesv-or whether it will liars a naiiie.and
principles next year, or (ire years hence, no
man gifted with leas than prophetic vision can
foresee. ;
- The resolutions adopted are as mined as was
the Convention itself, and were evidently design
ed as a catch platform—a sort of a floating raff,
upon which' those struggling in the waters of
uncertainly might find u-fuge. Many of them
we con cordially subscribe to—others we hear
tily condemn; but our astonishment is great
that a party aiming to be dominant shouldJiave
failed to incorporate in its creed a doctrine ad
vocated and insisted on by all its orators and
presses—the doctrine of Congressional 'lnter
vention,- It showed a degree of cowardice which
we did, not look for, and is calculated to impress
the public mind with a belief that there was no
sincerity in atiy of the professions made.—
Frankness is the best'weapon of a party desi
rous of success; and the only one to be'relied
on. But the Convention lias determined the
course of the party, and upon its acts the Op
position must stand or fall.’' "
Employ routi own Mechanics. —The fol
lowing sensible article upon the .above subject,
we clip from an exchange paper. There is no
doubt that there is an obligation resting upon
the people of , every community to employ their
own mechanics ; 'but at the .game lime, there is
a corresponding: obligation resting upon the
mechanics to do-their work in'such a manner
as to merit support:
‘•We have frequently spoken on 1 this subject
and would impress the matter upon our readers
by repeating our views. If the citizens of any
town do- not encourage their own mechanics,
that tqwh will not bo prosperous. Every arti
cle that is manufactured at homo should be pur
chased there and not abroad. If you .send to
other towns for your ' shoes, your hats, your
clothes, your furniture, &c., when you can' get
these articles just as good at yotir own door,
you are lending a hand-’ to a system of trade,
which, if carried out-, will prostrate your own
merchants, your own school-houses and church
es, and destroy even yourself. Whenever you
purchase an article abroad, which you can have
made at home just as well, you db a great
wrong, to your own town. .You take the money
Which you pay-for that article from your own'
mechanics, and give it to the support of me
chantcs residing elsewhere. You contribute to
the prosperity of strangers, that which you're
fuse to contribute to the prosperity bribe town
in which you live. I'ou may think you arc
putting a penny in your own pocket, but in
fact you are taking several out of your neigh
bor’s pockets, and in the endoutof yourowu.”
Cheeking News.— »lon, J> the intelligent
■Washington correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun, (neutral,) in hi» letter of Wednesday week,
says:
The Democratic party of the Empire State
will be united at the next Presidential election.
There is iro doubt of this, and thej' will present
no candidate ol tlieir own, the names of Air.
Dickinson and Air. Seymour being used only to
designate divisions in the parly that may bo al
ready considered as past.
Tliu Republican paity of New York is pre
eminently-the Seward party. It will have no
future existence except as the party of William
H. Seward; 0( this you may he well assured.
Air. Seward will betfie nominee of the Repub-
lican party tor the next Presidency. If the
Seward organization ot New Tork he defeated
in this, no Republican nominee can obtain tho
vole of the Republicans of New York, and tho
Democratic nominee will carry that Statu.
U.. S. Anm- Officers to Visit tub Seat op
VV aii in' Europe lf'asfiirigton, June 10.—In
addition to the twelve army- officers whose
names have been heretofore published, Colonel
Cooko, of the Dragoons, and Col. Thayer, of
the Corps of Engineers, have obtained.pifmis
sion from the War Department to go beyond
tho United States. They will visit Europe to
observe tho military operations going in at the
seat of war.
[From ihs Jasper ( Iowa ) Free P r '">i
A Woman Rescued froiri the lilorinonJ
between Sntnts and Pike’s Peokt"'
A company of returning
passed through hero last-Sundut H
their proteolum a youug lady wuHJ
taken.from a Mormon train, h few
of Newton, a short time previouT n lcs *V
that, on last Sunday morning, as "W
Peak boys were crossing Skunk L '
passed a (ram of Mormons, who! ■
engaged-men:, women and child™
vonng to extricate a number
that rare Sleek fast in the mud uT-HiJ
ping for a moment to Witness the . c %
the Saints, they accidentally oVcrlien^'*'- 1,3 «
gii'l, of. about It), exclaim ‘d -■. ayo "»
drowned in lhatslough '” Their i„S 1
once awakened, and they interrogated
why she made such a foolish wish c, r,i k
that she was tired of life; that she v , 'W
from .lowa City for Salt Lake, wil .t
who is a Mormon Elder; that i
compelled,to walk all the wav iL. k?
that when she expressed a wish mi ir ’U(
’train and return to the city thm/i ®
stopped her mouth. • She was infold
pcakers that if she-desired to return i 7 , lll!
city she shahid go back will! them i!° ! ,<
she replied that she desired vci-v I™ 4
lur "- ’f ho Mormons, nhriiberfng so ,‘ V*
men, gathered around, armed.withgi,L t ! fl f
pistols, &c., &0., and decla.ed that JtS
not go back.' u 11111 shouli
The Peak boys, nothing daunlol . ,
themselves will, guns and ?
nounccd_their determination to take it. “i 1,
all hazards, and proceed to cany
tenuous.. For a time the light seemed 1 I" -
ble, but finally Mormon co u rage gave vvlvo
the boys succeeded in placing the E i r i y '- 1
under their oWrt pfotcction.. She then inf„»'i
them that the saints had' a trunk and S
baggage-belonging to her, which they nt „
proceeded to obtain. The followers of r?
ham boldly announced their intention to 2
before they would pormfolhe things lobe It
from incir wagons. • - 4Q
A show of guiisnnd rcVolttcrs, hottest mi
ed their ardor; and Mormon Murage ooziiw
at their fingers’ ends ’While the boys nrocjj
to transfer the hagfeage tb their own
the saints looking on and uttering terrible™
prqoations against the perpetrators of the b
rid outrage, as they termed it. After obte
•mg all they sought, the rescuers drove aw j
With .the young lady in their possession, lean j
the Mormons to console thtitnadVea''as.besltfil
could in their loss. .
The Pika’s Wakens who Wcfe engagedimi
rescue, who numbered only about 28 men m
from Indiana. Illinois and lowa city.,
Punishment of Crime in Ndrtli Carolina.
' A correspondent of the New Haven Ih‘gi S | (r
gives us some insight into the manner in whiih
criminals anti delinquents ;prc:j)unifllied in \h
“ Old North State.” ilo. whites:
. The administration bf j.usticu in North Cafol
rta is much Jess mild than in many of hcrsislu
-States. Having no “State Prison,” the o!4
punishments ol the English' common kiraif
still indicted; such as branding, whipping, chop
ping the euhs,-&e.- . ,
.’ On ii beautiful May morning, I strolled into
the temple where the goddess of the sword and
scales, and the bandaged eyes, is supposed' td
preside. .In one of-the passages I encountered
the High Sheriff of the county, carrying a tiak*
or’s furnace in one- and what* seemed to
ine.a sodderihgironin the otber.. 6u inquiring
whose “gudu wife's” pang bewaagoingtomend,
Ire informed me .that lid was about to-brand a
man who had just been convicted of bigaiuy.-
A curiosity which !.was ashamed of, but could
not resist* Jed me into the court-room. I found
it crowded.
lira few minutes the .Tintgc entefed, and ta*
king his .seat upon the Bench, with bis hai on
id udges hoi'e sit covered—ordered ihu -.Crier to
open the Coitrt. -: -That important functionary
then.stepped to, an open Wfudinr, put oatiif
bead, and cried “O yes” throe times, and ta
“ Honorable, the-Superior Court,” was opened
in due loviji. Theprisoncv Nvwt VhetvVxtofcbl w
by the Sheriff iuid ah ussistanl-Msberenuor/'/y
counsel moved for a new trial, oti p >
that lie had Pol been able to ; procuwilifl
ance ot. all his witnesses* Bis Honor
if lie coulcj give thoTequisitc security. Onk*
ing answered in the negative, “ then,” said 1m
Iloii6r,‘ “lot tlm Sentence qf the Court be ox*
quted forthdvllb.” , The Sheriff arid hi* deputy
then blindfolded the prisoner, tied his humlsr
and bound his bead firmly, to the.bar.
Taking from the furnacej,
tlie Sheriff applied it red*hot;tO the cheek ol tin
bigamist, burning a plain letter B, an inch anil
a half.long, and.nearly half an inch deep. -Tto
prisoner was then remanded 10 jail, where to*
head and hands w.ere iiitrbdueed in thc
arid “ forfy stripes, sate one,” was applied to
his bare back, alter which he was discharged. .
Every jail in N. C. is provided with a whip
ping post, stacks and pillory. Murder, rape,
arson, burglary,'and all the higher crimes a/iJ
misdemeanors are punished with death; man.
slaughter by branding the letter M in the rlgbl
hand.. Tlie.couvictls. hand is bound to the bar,
and tlto branding-iron hold upon the palm until
he cab say “ find savq the State” throe linics.
Theft and minor offences by whipping, standing
in the pillory, or sitting in the stocks.
A MAitniAGß at Washington.— Wc hear
that on Tuesday the Rev. Mr. Rogers. (31. E,)
the pastor of Rylami Chapel, united in theho’jf
bonds of wedlock, Sr. Antonio Ruokignaniain
Mrs. Margaret L. Ealtjn. ' The announn;*f® 1
of the marriage of tliia lady will cre.aie *
stir in the world of fashion'the .country over!
for no-other in the federal metropolis lias been
better known since the accession of Gen.'W 1 *
son to (lid Presidency, to distinguished soj o ”’
nfirp-'here and their families. She will be recol
lected. by those who frequented Washington du
ring'■• the seasons” in the course of die Pr* s ''
deucy of General Jackson, as the brilliant ink
of his Secretory of War, Gep. John II- n a * on
(to whom, she—then the widow of tiie la!e l or
sef Timbcrlutie—-was united, if wc fcmcinWr
correctly, in 1823 or 1830.).in whose beW'
the “old man of iron will" separated frmn b
jjrst cabinet, on the occasion of social diuicu;
tics in their families. The happy bridcgro°
is nri accomplished Italian professor.ef 1
lerpsichorcan art, as ardent and brilliant as m
countrymen usually are pt his age—pel hjP s *'
—yet hardly more sprightly than his biioc.U"
der.l ho genial influence of some sixty sunnM ll
suns in this delightful climate;— Slur.
A Decision.— Aswb hear frequently thc'l ll6 *'
tion involved in lids decision discussed
those who purchase tickets for railroad (rate,
we append tile following :
A case of some interest to railroad hJ Tl U'(iy
as settling down a principle, ha? been ■
decided. James H. Ilotbhkin, of P"® 1 "®
Steuben county, bought a-ticket on ID
Railroad at New York for Rochester.
marked “good lor six days only. a ■
expiration of “ six days” Air- H.
ticket between Bath and Rocliesl r - u 8
relused, and ho was ejected from the ■
commenced a suit, which wa * reaen [JL fiourtr
(ore referees designated hydbf Sup
and they awarded the piainlifl sloo £
Attempt to Alurdeh.— Suicide. 0i
17th ult., Laurence Bauman, a y°“ n E ffjS
being jealous of Miss Bauius, ol nl> hcrC .
enamoured, seized her by the Ihr°» . a i 3
sidenccof P. T. Kraft, in Eawardsvffic. l.nn
mid attempted to strangle her. “»» b [)i[n ,
thought, accomplished his purpose, h . se
self dead with a pistol. The girl, a.thougu
riously injured, will recover.
' ,T _-SoW e
Tin; Miu Business of Keu 10BK-
idea may be formed of tho extent ,o' „; n Neff
business, by the quantity which arr-. tffo
York daily through one elianrieU onS
hundred and forty single and double J> |( , ir
cross the'Jersey City Ferry every n'_ by
supply of milk, which “naves principally
the New York and Erie road. ,■" h® ®...
crago eighteen cans of forty ( l uar Th flight
king a total of 176 800 quarts.
upon milk 01. the New York ami Erie -
amounts to about SlOOO jwr day*
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