AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
JOHN B. BRATTON, Editor A Proprietor.
carlisleTpa., io, ism.
Democratic State iSJomihatioiis,
VOll AUDITOR GENERAL,
RICHARDSON t. ¥10691*,
Of Philadelphia
?OR‘ GENERAL,
JOIN BOWK,
X)f Franklin County.
: Saloon Ascension.—On Monday nest, tho
4lh of July, Mr. John A. LroitT, a talented and
uocessfui mroneaul, will make an ascension
from this plate. Air. Light comas Well recom
mended, and those Who come to Witness 'the ka
hili not be disappointed.
- tKBListB Deposit Bank.—We ate reques
ted td give notice that this institution will be
■closed on the 4th of Auly.
bavo beeti toq'ncs'ted to state that
the Cumberland Valley Bank, in this place,
will be closed on Monday the 4th of July.
' Fob Salk —A scholarship in Dickinson Col
lege. It will bo disposed of at a bargain. In
tjuire of the editor of this paper.
tgp-Persofaa desirous of .preserving their
fruit, &c., will find an assortment of Glass Jars,
air-tight and. other toakes, by callfrig ‘at the
cheap Grocery Store of J-. W-. Eev, W-ast Main
Street. .....
• iSiiiOADE Inspector.—We announced in our
last that Mr. J. B. M'Gartnev. of Carlisle,
pad been elected Brigade Inspector ol this Di-.
Vision. It appears this was an error. The
pill returns elect Gcouos W. .Crop by a small
majority,And the Adjutant General has com
missioned him accordingly.
DefcsCt.— the “ iVafii-c/l a paperfobsome
&sb published in Newville. Ibis county, and
devoted to the cause of straight-out American,
ism, has given up the ghost. The editor, aMr
Herron, disgusted with the transfer of Sam to
Sambo,'has cut loose from the party, and now
contemplates the establishment in Newville of
a'Democfalic'JburnaV
CißtistE GaS a’n’d Water CoafAsy— a Ru
mor We hear it very generally rumored over
town that the late Treasurer, Secretary, collec.
for of tents, Superintendent, and' Regulator of
the Carlisle Gas atid'Wafer Company, ia a de
faulter’in the suin’ of $5,000 or. If this
rimior is correct, it ia the duty of the Directors
to* make a statement to Mho stock-holders; if
fhTse, it is due to Mr. Irish that they Contradict
the rmnor. One or the other they should’ do,
in justice to the late Treasurer grid' our' citizens
who are stockholders and consumers of gas-and
Water. Let us have, the facts.-
Saie of Keal Estate.— We, learn Ihat' -oUr
ftiend, Col. A. Noble, has sold his large and
Highly improved farm, situated on tho Conodo
guioot creek, known as tho ‘- Ringwalt Farm, 31
containing 800 acres, to Mr.. Jacob Grove, of
Westpennaboro’ township,. for S7S per acre,
i 523,500.) -- n."’,.
, JtEonANtOsßtmC.— Onr young sister town in
. the lofrer eptf; Mechauiosburg, evinces nfnre pa
triotism and enterprise than many older, and
“more populous places. We see it stated that
there will ho a spirited celebration in that thri
ving borough ou- the fourth, to be participated
111’ by the military, fire companies, various asso
ciations; and' the citizens generally. We are
pleased to note this fact, ft shows that in old
itother Cumberland the spirit' of patriotism is
riot altogether extinct. We hope the people of
Sfoohanlcsburg will have a pleasant’titao whilst
celebrating our natal day.
Oce CAttasLE Banks.— As will be seen by
tbeir cards,in to-day's paper, both our Carlisle
Banks trill be making application to the next
Legislature dor the privilege of increasing their
slock,and issuing notes. That Carlisle should
Lave a bank of issue, is universally admitted,
and we hope, therefore, that one of our banks
at least may be granted . the privileges asked
fdr. ■ ■
. Deceased.— Henry W. Peterson, brother in
Jaw of the late'lion. John M. Clayton, died in
Canadl West, cU the 12th inst., in the 65th
yean of his 'age;' tlr. Peterson was formerly cd-.
itbr of the “ Christian a religidus pa
per. published in Wilmington, Del;, several
years ago;—Bn/timhre Sufi. ’
The deceased resided in Carlisle many years
ago! and conducted a German paper here; The
announcement of his death will be sad news to
a number' of old 1 ’citizens, whb Were well ac
quainted'with and' highly PStectncd him’.; He
felt a great interest in Carlisle and its prosperi
ty; £nd remained strongly attached to his old
friends and associates. The name of Peterson
fS familial 1 as a household word to the'renders of
the VotuhUef, frequent contributions of his. in
prose and poetry, having appeared in our opi
ums. He has long been a resident' of Canada
IVest, and at the time of hifTHeath filled the’im
portant office of Recorder in his adopted coun
try. Requiseai in pace.
Cowr.—The corn crop is progressing finely
in this conntyi The yield of grain, if the re
nlsinddr oF' the scaspn should prove favorable,
Will be very good. Our farmers are in high
spirits, and well they may be.
' The Cheery Chop There is a profusion
of cherries everywhere throughout the county
this season. So far does the yield exceed the
demand that farmers will not take the trouble
to pick them, and hundreds of bushels, it is
said, will-be permitted to rot upon the trees.
The Congest Oat op the Veae—Tuesday
oflast weekwas the longest day of the year,
according to the Almanac, though there was
hardly any perceptible difference between that
day and those that follow during the next two
weeks.
Ode Duel Season. —This is now upon us in
full- force and will continue until after harvest
time. Our heavy business men seem to ho res
ting on their'oars, antf- doing their utmost to
keep cool.
Those whom we notice busy ar6 the dealers
Sri agricultural implements. Reapers, mowers,
threshing machines and other splendidly useful
inventions- in labor-saving machinery may bo
eeeh beldg shippod off to the country in every
direction.
fir 'Loot'. —A poor fellow who has driven
stage in Montgomery co., for a living, has fal
len heir, by the death of a grandfather in,the
Tndtea, to a huge fortune. ■
OUR COMMON SCHOOLS.
Another School year is abotrt Closing.' A
year of unremitting and noble toil on the part
nf our worthy teachers, and ’off commendable
application on that of their scholars. ‘•Exami
nation" is at hand—a time desired, yet dreaded
by the little boys and girls, who, dressed in
thdir newest, clothes, are so nimbly tripping
our streets: their little hands filled With flow
ers to decorate their school rooms, and their
little faces beaming With a joy that blends with
the hope and fear With Which they have for a
long time been looking forward to this the goal
of their ambition. They are now tasting the
more agreeable part of that stimulating excite
ment which alternately warms the hearts and
racks the brains of their eider's. It is the same
in kind; it diflers in intensity, dnd-is unalloyed
with the painful anxieties nf rtlaturcr years.
These examinations have always keen regard
ed with interest by .the majority of dnr citizens,
they look -Upon the schools As second only to
the domestic fireside Itself, in their influence
upon tho future Welfare of their children. As
-qualifying GtCtriTor association with others,
they tefe perhaps superior. In schools taught
as Ours are, trot only are their intellectual pow
ers developed, but the selfish-principles of theft
natures are subjected to a discipline cqsa’lty
conducive—equally necessary to their happi
ness. Self-esteem and love of approbation,
those mainsprings of action in the young as well
as in the old, are confined within their legiti
mate spheres. The pride and independence of
Integrity is fostered. The spirit of emulation
1 is encouraged, but at the same time it is restrain
ed from degenerating into envy, a passion.
Which perhaps exerts a more baneful influence
upon after life, when matured or even unre
strained in youth, than any other. It is per
haps more fertile of social evil than any other.
It is a wide-spreading' fountain of mental and
moral poison. ?t contracts tire intellect, dead
ens the sensibilities and infuses inquietude and
unrest throughout .the soul, It is the source of
dbplicUy, Of detraction , oif calumny, and of all
theft kindred Vices. .
- We have certainly reason to fiong'ratu ! itcogr
fellow citizens upon the eminent success which
has attended our system of Borough Schools.
■Under, the guidance of directors who have been
untiring in their devotion to this payless and
sometimes thankless cause.our Common Schools
have steadily advanced. Obstacles have been
thrown iir their way from time to time, by those
unfriendly to so popular a Inode of education ;
but those obstacles have been successively sur
mounted, and to day the Common Schools of
Carlisle occupy a high place amongst the best
in the country. We are hut expressing the
judgment of intelligent. strangers, in saying
that they are superior to those of any town of
the same size in the State, and have nothing to
lose by a'comparisdn with those of the larger
cities.
The Crops;— The accounts from ail parts of
the country visited ty-the late frost, report-tho
injnry tri thn ci'ofcs to bo iafltiWcly less Minn was
.at first' apprehended*. The Cleveland Herald
states that Mr, J. H. Klippalt, Secretary of the
Statu Board of Agriculture, has been over the
most of the wheat belt of the State of Ohio,
through Guernsey, Licking, Knox, Fairtjuld,
’Delaware, Richland, Crawford, aud Ashland
counties. lie has examined wheat fields, per
sonally, wherever he has been, conversed with
farmers, nmftp ; the subject his EtJdy.flind 'CTjn--
CludesfßaUhero ivill be three-fourths what (hero
would have been harvested fcsde’r any circum
stances.
- Scatter the Lime. —Lime may he Used-in
several ways, very advantageously just now.—
Scatter it around your cess 'pools and kitchen
drains, and over the floor of your cellar where
vegetables have- been stored. Tt is a powerful
disinfector to prevent unpleasant and nnwhole
sotno odots. Use It liberally, also, as a white
washi
Laligs SaLE of' Durham CA'ftLE.—We.no
tice by the York.papets that John Evans, Esq.,
of the borough of York, Will ofier at public sale
on Tuesday, July 10,h, otVthe grounds of the
York County Agricultural Society-, his fine
stock Of Durham cattle, Consisting of oVct fifty
head of Cows, Heifers and young Bulls. This
stock is of the best in the Country; .
Pure Liquors.— Good Liquor is o good
thing, and when you can get jt in its purity, is
a grealful and invigorating beverage. We are
assured by those who know that Messrs. Lynch
and IVealand keep constantly on hand superi
or articles of foreign and domestic liquors,
Wines of the best quality. Brandies. Gin, and
Whiskey. Farmers and others wishing a sup
ply, Can be accommodated on reasonable terms.
HOT Weather.—The heated term would seem
tof' be fairly inaugurated. The .weather to-day
was' decidedly warta. The sun biased away
fiercely, and those whoso occupations called
them out of doors, found tho atmosphere. op :
preasive and exhausting;
Change op Names. —According to the pro
visions of an act of the last Legislature of this
State, persons who may desire to have their
names changed, oah do so' by' applyirlg to the
Court of Comtaon Pleas;
This law. We presume, is" inlended'hnly for,
the benefit of 'the masculine gender. In the
change of names, the feminines would greatly
prefer the seivices of the parson to those 5f the
Judge. They would rather walk with Sir Priest
than with Sir Judge."
ZZ7‘ The national Democracy is the only or
ganization. which, in this country, has stood
fast and firm. It stands now where it always
stood! Bulleted and besieged, still it is as stea
dy as the rock of the ocean that stems a thou
sand wild waves on the shore. Abound its or
ganization will cluster again in 1860, as they
did in 1856, the conservative influences of. pub
lic opinion—making their voice'known as the
decision of the American people.
Trice Mdle Killed.—One of those diminu
tive trick mules, belonging to Lent’s Circus,
and which created so much merriment among
the spectators here a short time since, died on
Monday, the 13th inst., at M’Kcesport. It is
said he died from becoming overheated by the
long march from Greenslmrg; but it is the
general opinion that he was struck on the head
by his keeper, and was almost instantly killed.
OS' - In-Fayette county,-there are twelve din
tilleries. Since the late frost, the owners have
been warned by anonymous letters to diacon.
tinuo their business, and leave ibe grain to be
consumed by the people, on penalty of having
thcirbuJMlngs burned. Twoliko establishments
In the comity having lately been destroyed un.
Ider similar threats; it is supposed the- warning
1 will be heeded, >
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY COMPARED "WITH
THE “OPPOSITION.”
A BlaCk 'Republican' paper before ns makes
this remafk— ■ .
» Wo mist finite all the 'Elements opposed to
locolbcoism, even if we hAVb to yield our own
private. Opinions, so that \Vo make surd work,
and triumph tti 1860.'’
Wow, why;shonld fho Democracy be defeated
in 1860 ? Aspirants for place, and corrupt de
magogues may desire such n calamity (o our
country! but what would' the people at large
gain by the deieat of tho Democratic party/
What benefits are to accrue to the nttfion at
large by the elevation of a sectional man—a
Black Republican—to the-Prosidency } Let the
history ol onr country answer the
This country, with all its greatness and power,
has been made Sy the Democratic party. The en
emies of Democracy have-been in power but a
few years, at various times, since the Govern
ffiCfi't was Organized, and those few yeats were
used against the interests of the country, and
against its honor. .To use the expressive iatr
gfiffge'rff the Pittsburg Post, the Democratic
•party -is Co existent with the foundation of our
republican institutions, and three quarters of
the'centu'ty lias so entwined it In the Institu
tions o’fo'ur 'country, that its existence is fixed
.arid'irrevokabie so Torigns Cur government ex
ists. It has been 'opposed by Various'panies
in their turn, some of which tmVebad tempora
ry triumphs, but they Ultimately fell tffidCr tke
conquering march of the invincible Democracy-
The wars ofz fauaticism have beaten against,
and have sometimes almost, seemed to enguipb
it, but animated by the central people of jus
tice to-ail classes and conditions of men, it has
ever risen in majesty above the raging billows.
’ It has been opposed by the eloquence of Clay
and Webster, and others of fess note, but it has
withstood the assaults of all, and the very last
act of these great statesmen Was to confess their
error and commend the Democracy. We may
occasionally be outnumbered for -a time, but
triumph will soon follow. We have shaped
the institutions of our country from its founda
tion, aijjJ point With pride’to our handiwork,
and it is the destiny of the patty to guard, pro
tect and uphold the nation until the last line of
liberty has been written upon the record of
time.
The fofto’fting gives a historical Viefr of the
opposing parties of this country, from the earli
est period to the present time. The Opposition
to the Democracy, since the organization of the
Government, have passed the following laws:
The “ Alien Law,” in 1798, giving the Pres
ident (John Adams) tho power to order from
lire Country any unnaturalized foreigner he
might deem a suppicious person.
The “Sedition Law, 1 ' passed in 1798. by
which any person who wrote or published any
thing against the President or any ol the Mem
bers of Congress, was liah'e to be heavily, fined
a,nd imprisoned, on convictiou in the United
States Courts.
An act passed in 1798. extending the term
of natural illation of foreigners from five to four
teen years, ..
They passed the General Bankrupt Law in
1841, which enabled such persons who dscired
to do so. to repudiate their o'd debts.
They favored 1 the high tariff of 1812; taxed
the farmers, mechanics, and laboring-men, and
those engaged m commerce, heavily, for the ben
efit of a,few manufacturers in New England.
These are all the important laws the Opposi
tion ever passed. Every one of them was re
pealed in less than four years after its passage.
The Opposition, to the Democracy was never
continued by the people,more than one
-’uituu—■T'ltey.jitma'jikoleiijUl -fuKI-iPfeaidepts,;
'viz: '• „ ■’ ’
. John Adims, in 1796.
John Q. Adams, ill 1824; ‘
William 11. Harrison, in 1-840-
Zachary Taylor, in 1848.
The following. Presidents were elected by the
Democracy against the ofiorts of the opposi
tion :
Thomas Jefferson, in 1800.
James Madison, 1808.
James Monroe, 1816. -
. Andrew Jackson, in,1828. - ,
Marlin Van Buren. in 1836.
James K. Polk, in 1844.
Franklin Pierce, In 1852.
‘ James Buchanan, in 1850.
At the end of Mr; Buchanan's term in 1861,
the Democracy will have had. the Presidency
forty-eight years to the Opposition’s sixteen.—
;T\le Democrats have had a majority in Congress
at least fifty-four years to the Opposition’s ten
years.
The Opposition have opposed vainly and in
eflectively the following Democratic measures:
The purchase of the Louisiana territory in
1802. '
they Opposed tho war with England in 1812.
They were willing the British should Search
our vessels upon the high seas, and take from
them, by folde, American seamen.
They- opposed the purchase of Florida in
1810. , / .
They, opposed the pntting down of that dan
gerous and corrupt institution to the libertiea of
our country, a mammoth National Bank.
They opposed the adoption of the Indepen
dent Treasury law of 1841. - '
They opposed the annexation of Texas in
1844 and '45.
They opposed the Mexican war in 1846, and
sided, with the enemies of their country through
out that struggle.
They opposed the purchase of California,
New Mexico and Utah, declaring that those
countries were not worth anything and that wo
had territory enough. ■
They opposed the purchase of Arizona’ in
1854.
They nete'r Admitted n Slate. They never
organized a Territory. They were always
against their country in time of war. ’
Soch are tho main exploits'of the Opposition
to the Democracy. ,
A DtsnbtfESi GuiNt)' Master.— Mr. Geotgo
Tony, of Leeds, England, Who, in 1839, be
came Grand Master of the Odd fellows and
Treasurer for any lodges in the Leedsi District,
and Chairman arid Treasurer of the Widows
and Orphans, hair absconded lately, having be
come a defaulter' to the extent'of from twenty
to twonty-Bvo thousand dollars. Mr. Terry was
not an extravagant man, anff'pbssessod a flour
ishing business, so that the discovery is a'taat.
ter of great surprise. Some years since he was
hold in such high esteem that his portrait was
engraved at the expense of 1 the Order, and how
many of those engravings are distributed to the
police as a guide to his apprehension.
An Aj-padf-UiATB Name;—A company of
Volunteer soldiers, composed of negroes, is be
ing organized in Harrisburg. The name of the
Company is to bo “Cameron Guards, No. 2,”
in honor of Gen, CAUEaOK-, As the Genefal is
now a Black Republican, and a candidate for
President, the name of the company is quite
appropriate.
Xjaoeu Beer Adulterations.— Hunt’s Mer
chants’ Magazine enumerates no less than thirty
eight substances which are employed to give
potency, flavor, consistence, and other desira
ble qualities to this delectable form of grog.—
Among them are chalk, marble,dust, opium,
tobacco, henbane, oil of vltrol, copperas, alum,
strychnine, aud other deadly drugs.
, .Jtetrfrom. Europe—Another Battle!.
!Phe Anglo-Saxon, at Quebec, last Saturday,
brought to. news of a great ’battle hetweeh fbe
Austrians and tho French and Sardinians.
- .Thtf took place at Magenta, some twelve
tnilea irtfm Milan, and it is stated that three
' hundred thousand’ men Were engaged in the
conflict. The French Nmperor partially com:
■madded. -Napoleon claims a decisive victory,
and says they took 7,000 Austrians prisoners,
while 12,000 mote were placed hors do combat .
He also states the French loss to bo 0,000, while
other teporls reprecnt it at between 9,000 and
, i£,ooo men. Tho French General Espinasse
and it was reported that Marshal
pahfobcVt Was- -mortally Wounded, hut-later ad
vices do not Confirm this report. Five French
Marshalstand GCOeVals add dine Austrian aupe
, rlor oflicors were wounded. Milan was evacu
ated! by the Austrians, and sts inhabitants bud
dcTClaVed in tkvOi of tlfeKlhgof Sardinia-. On
tho reception of the news of the victory iti Pa
ils tho city was illuminated. The Queen de
livered her opening speech to the British Patlia’-
, meat on the 7th, She proclaims strict and ihi
• partiaf neutrality id the pending war. Tho ih
: telHgCttCC from the seat of war had had a favor,
kblo effect oh public securities. Consols ih
London 1 advanced half a Cent, ahd in Paris the
lands tfro active at higher priCes>
By the arrival of the Kangaroo ahd tho Per*
bitf, v ’oh; fcrtesdky* we are put in possession of
frO'm Europe to the 11th inst. Tho news
ike Wat, is of the first importance. The
Austrians, After then*'signal defeatat Magenta,
evacuated 1 Milaft, Which the Allies at once en
tered, amid the rejoicing of’the inhabitants* Who
offered fho government to lhe King of Sardinia.
The Austrians had also eVucUALod Pavia and
were* retreating, closely pursued by the enemy,
to the line of tho Adda, where another great
imminent. Garibaldi had occupied
Bergamo* thus bringing himself within a few
mUbiHOf the main body army. Another
engagement had liken the’Austrians, un
der ,-Geb. Beriedek, having been driven, froni
theit entrenchments at Marignano by a French
fotoo ,under : G.eu* ■ Paraguay d’Udliers. The
FromElT Joss m : this aSUii- 5s tepresehted by the
Sardinian- bulletins as inconsiderable and the
Austrian as VorylaVgu. ThoDhchessof Parma
has again quitted the Duchy, and the King of
Sardinia has been requested to assume the Go
vernment. Francis Joseph had issued a -pro
tkitotion to the Tyrol. Movements were mak
ing, a66b¥ditig to reports, b revolutionize Hun-
■ ' - ■ - ■ *
There were rumors that Prussia was about to
make common cause with Austria, and arrange
- - a
meats ;/qr the transportation of troops were
making; but Prussian journals denied that any
changb-'of policy was intended. The Foreign
Minister of Saxony had-declared-in the Chamber
'of Deputies in favor of war against Louis Napo
leon, littd the Deputies had by a majority eX
pressed the same View.
In the British House oif Cora Mons, the Aftlend
taent Address to .the Throne, expressing
Want, of .confidence in tho Ministry, was carried
by a majority Of thirteen. It was expected that
Lord would tender bis resignation, and
that Would ho palled to form
the hew 1 Ministry
Tim Geeatest Bathe op the Age!—lf the
French bulletins are true, and the number of
troops engaged correctly furnished, Magenta
was'onp of the most bloody battles iu the annals
of modern warfare, and interior only to that of
Waterloo.- At.Austerlitz therawere only aouid
■£o,OD(|fifesFh oftn?aed-tb- mi' A-ristn6-Russlan
army of 75,000, of. which 10,000 Were left on
the field.... Magenta was fought by 100,000
EVeuchagainst ioo,ooo Austrians, of whom the
fortuct riroreported to have lost from ,3000 to
9000 and the latter 12,000, besides 7000 made
prisoners. At the battle of Friedland, (1807) in
ancient,Prussia, the Russians arid Prussians
Were defeated, with the loss of 17,000 men and
80 cannon, by the French under Bonaparte.—
At the battle of Marengo, (1800) in Italy, Bo
napartejdefoated the Austrians, who lost 1700
killed spd prisoners. The French adalowled
ged'tholoss of 000 killed and wounded.
FlSisiGndttrKa Weather. —We ate blessed,
just now,’ n’ith fine growing weather—neither
too warpi, too cool, too wet nor 100 dry. What
ever is in tlie gfDUriJ, and Capable of growing is
coming'forward rapidly; And we hear that
where the frosted corn and potatoes have star
ted intoia new growth they are fast overtaking
the point they had gained before the frost. In
many, leases it was necessary to replant; and the
weaihet, happily, is Well-suited to promote the
quick and- healthy 'germination of the seed. So
that, if we have a continuance of favorable
Wcalherthroughout the summer, we may rea
sonably look for good corn abd potato crops
even In bases where late re-planting was ren
dered necessary. • There Will bean abundant
yield of grain, fruit, and - Vegetables. A nation
Of such (grumblers and croakers as the Ameri
cans the late frost affliction proved- them
selves tb' be, does-not deserve so signal an inter
position of a kind Providence : but if Heaven
were to |erve all grumblers- according to their
merits, they would have a sorry time of it, in
deed. '
The Grops m Northern Pennsylvania.
—The editor of the Germantown Telegraph
says; “The crops in Northern Pennsylvania,
sofar as We could observe in a trip, to Monroe
county,>jast week, were promising in the high
est degree. We certainly did not seo during
the whole trip a single poor field of wheat, rye,
corn; oats, or potatoes. The grass was a (air
average crop ; the apple orchards looked encou
raging, and we were informed that the prospect
of appletf was better than for several years past.
Indeed, the wheat, rye and oals Could not be
finer. The corn, though, rather short. looked
healthy, and was all there. The frost : has not
apparently done the least damage ; and with
respect to the frost on the fourth, about Which
speculators in breadstufis barp so much, we
doubt it It will eventually cause more than a
slight injury, in certain localities, and not at
all affect the general crop of the country.
HoW io Do it.—lf y<ju want to keep yout bo
rough from thriving, turn a Cold shoulder to
every .mechanic or beginner'in business, look
upon every nee comer with a jealous scowl.—
Discourage all you can; if that don’tdo,descry
bis Woik,'and rather go abroad for ware o( this
kind than' to give him your money.
K 7“ ®lie gold excitement has received a fresh
impetus, given to it. by recent accounts from
Pike’s Peak, It is said that immense quanti
ties of thti precious ore have been discovered on
the north fork of Vasqucz creek, and that mi
ners were making from $l5O to $5OO per day.
' Habits. —Habits are as easily caught, ns
“yaller birds.” Let a circus arrive in town,
and in less than a week half the boys in town
will be throwing summersets, and breaking
their nocks over'an empty mackcral barrel.
Tho Unnatural Parent,
The Black Republican party, says the Doylea
town Standard, since the adoption of the two
years proscription .act in Massachusetts, remind
us in their treatment ot their own enactment of
ii ydinig girl, who having made h misstep, bo.
'comes a mother without being itufde a wile.—
She fellurftlly regards the result oftiortiriminal
ity Kr the light of a disgrace, and sometimes
endeavors to relieve herself of the responsibility
and shame ,by dropping the' miserable infant at
tile door of another; thus transferring the care
of maternity from her,own shoulders to those
of another. The Black Repliblfeatis have been*
flirting with the Know Nothings, and the tebult
of the connection has been the birth oi tho il
liberal ahd proscriptive act against foreign born
citizens. It proves, however, that the olfspridg
is undeniably a clog upon the parent,.ahet she at,
once drops it, and assorts that it Is no child of
hers. Wliat are tho facts ? The following ex
tract sets tho matter at rest,'and shows beyond
all doubt that whoever may be the putative fa
llrov, the Black Republicans are unquestionably
responsible for tho birth and existence of this
teost illiberal and odious offspring of fanaticism
add religious bigotry—tit Child of such progeni
'tof s
ci Tho (Legislature ’which Vedofttfnen'ded this
amendment to the 'people of that State, 'consist
ed as follows ; Senate —Republicans, 3Gj Demp.
crata 8; Americans, 0. House—Republicans,
197; Democrats, 29 1 Americans, 10, It was
carried by dr-two thirds vote in each House —all
ihe.Dem'ocrats voting against it . And when it
crime before tiro people rt WaS 'voted for by the
great mass of the Republicans, and by them,
made a part of tire Constitution' of Massachu
setts!”
What is Black Republicanism ?—Those who
may . desire an answer to tho above interrogatory
are referred to Massachusetts,' tire blackest of
the Black Republican States—tho State which
in 183 b gave Ftemont nearly double as many
votes as Buchanau and Fillmore, together, fir
Massicliusefts a negro slave wire escapes from
the South is permitted to vote alter one year’s
residence; but t viliite man. Who comes from
Europe or Canada, is not allowed to Vote Until
two years after ho Iras become legally, by natu
ralization-, a Citizen of the United States.
. IfOs. Lewis Oi Levin.—insanity is confined
lo no race or class of men. Iloni Lewis. 0.
Levin, formerly a member of Congress from
Philadelphia county, it is said, has' been at
tacked by this terrible disease. Tho Washing
ton^States, of a recent date, says:—We learn
that this gentleman, so well known to the po
litical world, is now in the ihsAne asylum at
Philadelphia, and it is feared he is now a con
•firmed lunatic. He had been on a visit, to his.
brother at Columbia, S. 0., where his lunacy
became apparent! In the care of two friends
he was taken to Richmond, Va., on his Way to
Philadelphia,, without seHdus, difficulty. In
the cars at Richmond he became very danger
ous and unmanageable. After a hard struggle,
and with the aid of others, his friends'managed
to"secure him, and placed him in the mail car,
and so conveyed him to Philadelphia, where he
is now undergoing treatment in the asylum,
The Gaudneb, FaAtm.—T he telegraph nn
ivo'll need a da)’ or two since that the Govern
ment had recovered $!80,<100 of the total amount
lost by the Gardner fraud. It \Vill be lemefh
bered that a Dr. Gardner, some years after the
late war with Mexico, made a fictitious claim for
about $200,000 on the Mexican indemnity fund,
which claim> bolstered by legat and fraudulent'
(vouchers,- was- HnUlly
paid over by the Government.: Gardner was
subsequently tried ahd convicted at Washington
for the fraud, and committed suicide in prison,
leaving $130,000 of ibo money on’deposit with
the New York Life and Trust Company., The
public administrator of New York took out let
ters of administration- (ipon the estate, but the
Government intervened and enjoined the depo
sit. After years of litigation, the principal of
this sum has been awarded to the Government,
and the; accumulation of interest, about $40,000,
lb the estate. The former has been paid over
to the sUb-treasury at Now York.
ExTRAOBbiNAtiv Birth. -Tito Johnstown Echo
notices the birth of a child in that borotigh en
tirely destitute of oven the semblance of an
eye, and having an additional too on each foot,
and an additional finger on each hand, brother.
roopoClS the child Is perfectly formed, ahd is
stttd to bo ih a thriving condition. .
Almost a Centenarian. —The SnitbUry Ga
zette notices the death, in the lower end of
Northumberland CoUnty, ol Widow Gertrude
Bethel, ill her Sfith- year. ' She was one of the
earliest settlers'in the Mahonoy region, abd it is
stated left the very respectable but almost in
credibly largo number of six hundred and four
descendants. .
-A ButL : D6a Attacking an Elei>ha*it. — How
he came bbt. — The Petersburg (Vu.'f iSxpress
saj-s:—An amusing incident occurred! while
Van Arabttrg’s menagerie was crossing.tbe Apo
hmttox, a short distance above the Pocahontas
bridge, strikingly illustrative of the fact that the
bull dug is the blast courageous of all animals,
and will attack arty Cfoattire, regardless of size.
As the elephant entering; the water, with his
Usual slow, and cautious. Step, some individual
in (he crowd, prompted by a spirit of mischief,
hied on a large bull-dog to attack the huge ani
mal. The dog kstabtly obeyed, and, plunging
into the water, seized hold of ohe of tlio hind
legs of the elephant, on which the' latter only
switched him with his tail, as he would brush
off a fly j but not ridding himself of his assailant
by sucit gentle means, and feeling sharp teeth
at work upon bis log, ho suddenly throw his
snout around, and seizing the dog, held him
under the water until ho was nearly drowned,
theb, raising him high In the air throw him at
least a hundred feet out tlito the stream. Full)!,
satisfied with the punishment ho had received,
the dog made his way to the shore, and- boat a
hasty retreat.
\£y- A bit of gossip is in circulation, sugges
ted by the recent marriage of Mrs. Gen. Eaton,
widow of the Secretary of War under .General
Jacksonls Administration.. Old Hickory was
unable to get the ladies of the. other Secretaries
to visit Mrs. E., of whom scandal had whispered
hard things. This provoked the gallant Presi
dent, and he Warmly espoused her cause, keep
ing her at his side at an evening reception, that
he might "present” her to the Upper Ten. A
woman’s quarrel ensued, which absolutely broke
up the Cabinet. Mrs. Eatoit was married re
cently, at the ripe age of CO, to one Signor An
tonio Euckignanl. an Italian dancing-master of
22.
O” An old lady down east being at, a loss
for a pincushion, made one of an onion. On
the following morning she found that all the
needles had tears in their eyes.
Tub Franklin County Agricultural Fair will
commence at Ohambersburg, on the third Tues
day in October.
Judge Douglas and the Presidency.
Washington, Jane 23.
, the friends of lodge Doughts here are id pos
session Of the following letter, explaining his
position on the subject of the Presidency, mid
of which they have permitted a copy to be taken
for publication:— . .. «
June 22d, 1859.
My Dear Sir :—I have received yoOT letter,
inquiring whether my friends are at. libeHy to
present my manic to the Charleston Convention
for the Presidential .nomination, .Before this ;
question can be finally. detcvriiiried, it ’will be
necessary to. tfridhrstaiid' distinctly -uport* what
issues the canvnss is to be conducted. If, as I
have full faith they will, the Democratic party
shall determine in the Presidential election of
1800 to adhere to the coiripromlsb principles
embodied in the coriiproniiso measures of 1850,.
and ratified by the people in the Presidential
'electtOn of 4.852, arid re-affirmed in the Kansas
Nebraska Act of 1844, and incorporated imp
the Cincinnati platfortn in 1850 ; as expounded
by Mr. Buchanan in Itiß letteV accepting the
nomination, and approved by .life pOOpte iri his
election ; in that event, my friends-Will be at
liberty to present my nariie to the convention, if
they see proper to do so. If, on the contrary;
it shall become the policy of the Democratic
party, which I cannot anticipate, to repudiate
these, their time honored principles, oil which
we have achieved so many patriotic triumphs,
and in ligu'of. them the Convention shall inter
polate into the creed of the party such new is
sues as the revival of' the African slave-trade,
or a Congressional slave code tbr the territories,
or the 'doctrine that the'Constitution of the Uni
ted States either establishes or prohibit!? slavery
in the Territories, beyond the power of tile peo
ple legally to control it, as other property, ibis
due to candor to say that in Erich an eVcnt I;
'could not accept the nomination, if tendered- to
We.
■ frilstin'g tbit this answer will'he deemed
sufficiently explicit, I am, very respectfully,
your friend. Signed, S. A. Douglas-.
J. S. Dour, Esq., Dubuque. lowa. . .
V;:e Pennsylvania Iron Interest .—The
Pittsburg Port says it is gratifying to heal' that
Ike iron mahufacluribg e&tablisbbieh'ts ill-.byet
tile S.ath aVe going Mo fall 'Cpefti'tkm with an
encouraging prospe'cl uf increasing business and
profits near at hand. In Allegheny county new
branches of the business are being prosecuted
With much success. The recovery from the
bboslration of 1857, caused by unwise expan
sion of credit in banking, railroad, real estate,
and -other, speculative operations, has been
speedy and complete. In Blair, Lehigh, and
other regions of the State, the furnaces are go
ing into operation with every prospect, ofsuc
cess and- profit.
j’hS'lty LtNb Concert. —Jenny Lind Vcdfertt
ly gave a charity 'oon'cerl in Lpndffri, Which was
not advertized and only the aristoora'oy Were
admitted by special invitation, 'i'llo receipts
$6,000. She was in full- health, arid sang with
ill her vigor.
Tub feiDS.— lt lias become apparent to 6ve
ry observer, that insectivorous birds have great
ly multiplied within the last two years. Farmers
and correspondents in various parts of the east
ern counties of our State unite in this fact.—
Certainly we never had so many inouhilhthedi
ale vicinity. . We have nb (doubt that it ismain
!y'owing to, the.judicions law . passsd by the
Legislature for their protection. We hope the
law will be enforced in every instance of its Vio
lation-. ' .
Deatii of Heniiv buEiifcEa, ISsji. —fills feed,
tleman, an old resident of Harrisburg, and,'Veb
known throughout the "Commonwealth, died at
Ills residence, in that borough, bri • Wo»ihfi» <,a 3 r
feifebm a,, ' ’ uV6f omtilM year,
of hls.ago, and-■
The deceased was formerly ah active and influ
ential Democratic politician, filled the office of
Clerk of the State Senate forsevoral years. .Hi
Was an honestaiid'upTiglit man,universally es
teemed in the community in Which he liVed, and
his loss will bo deeply felt by his taudiyand the
Citizdhs of Harrisburg generally, .
Gen. Suit;Lbs, of Minnesota, is Very proud
of his new home, and this is why; we quote
his own words: “I made my pre-emption,.as
you all know, on' the Faribault prairie. I paid
for it with my own warrant —the warrant whi6h
f received - for my service in Mexico —the only
bounty which t ever received fiotli the govern
ment Of the United States, tor those services,
and I will venture to say that I a in. the first
General in the United States . Army who ever
made his own preemption with his own War
rant. Now, this, I think, is a home to be proud
of—a home - which t hold-to be sacred, because
I purchased it with my blood.”
Miniature Procession. —The local of the
Warren Ledgir has seen- a baby* procession,
which ho thus describes; Either by design-or
otherwise, some six or eight baby wagons-, each
cohtaining.a precious- burden, and drawn by a
young Miss of eight of ten years, formed a line
and .a couple of dramnief boys with toy drums
had iakbh thCir places at the head of the pro
cession, and were beating away with as much
pride ns though they Were “big folks.”
President Buchanan.— The President,-it IS
stated, will make his annual visit to his usual
summer retreat, tho Bedford Springs, about the
middle of. July, whore ho will abide for about
two weeks. In n few days he will go to tile Sol
dier’s Home to escape the heat of IVashington,
uhtll October-. ' ' 1
Didn't Credit.— An editor in the Northern
part of the State; recently took a contemporary
to task for copying choice scraps from his edi;
torial columns and not giving credit, for them.
The Contemporary replied by skying that he
“did not do a credit business!”
Thrashing his own Oats.*—A man named
Oates, was up recently for beating his wife and
children. On being sentenced to imprisonment,
ilia brute remarked that it; was very hard a
man was not allowed to thrash his own pats.
Pity somebody did-not thrash him.
OTT* The government of Sardinia has'de
clined the oiler of the services of surgeons from
the United States.
07?” A military encampment is to be held
near Pittsburg next month, commencing oil tho
blh. A large attendance was anticipated.
07?* Every heart has its secret sorrow, which
the world 1 knows not; and oftimes -we call a
man-cold when he is only sad.; i
Hojt. Eoßuitfr J. W,u.kmi~—Within a few
days we have observed that several paperp have
alluded to the reconciliation which has recently
taken place between the President and the Hop.
Robert J. Walker, and have sought by ihuendo
to make it appear' that the renewal Of friendly
intercourse between these gentlemen was the
result of certain conditions and concessions.—
We know that such an inference is utterly un
true : oiVd that while the President is deeply
gratified that amicable relations with his valued
friend' and former colleague are restored, no
terms were.made and no political Concessions
of any kind were proposed or agreed to either
by Mr; Walker or himself. — Constitution ••
Still Later,
British' Ministry Resiened~P„i 1
™er-Russel Secretary of
. Death of Metternich— Late
Breadstuff’s still on the duli ne>
~ -Tho steams Kip Bremerpls^^t. 2 '’;
nmg.froni Bremen, with LiverS M
Wednesday, the 15th irist ' P °°
The British Ministry has resigned m
quence of the want of confidence rli S
the House of Commons. re s°lut lOa a
, Lord; Pal merstein is the new P,„ ■ .
Upjohn RvM.I , 'J"5g
Pavia, Lodi, Bologna-, and
del and fortifications at Braoeiws
b'own up. , Wr v fid)
The death of Metternich is announce '
Liverpool, Juno 13—Sales cn ,i„ ;
six thousand bales ; market closed
steady ; prices slightly favoring buyer, ' bt
Breadslufls dull ; sales utiimn6rtn,u'
tions nominal; leather favorS fo^l’
It seems the Cabinet assembled on tv 'j l4
and determined to place their rcsimnH™ •- 1 ’
hands of the Queen,-which was done anli"t!
formal announcement was inndebv L in?
by al a banquet of the Merchant Tailors'P '
pany, at which several ministers were
Lord Granville,.,after
Queen, waited on Lord JPalmeiaton wU - ■
sen ted to -VWtiVe his 'claims, and so?e
Granville. ... “W enUt
In an interview with. Lord Jnlm ft «
Granville found liiib 'disposed to-insist
ditions which make a union with ,
impossible. The Queen sent for PalL t 0"
who had an hour’s interview.'and strain!™-
sought one with. Russell. who agictd to, !
under him, but not under any other p Clton " l
, Hie London 2 lines says Russ-ll is ~, ,
friend of Italy; Both hi and PataS
Austria to-admit her defeat—her asctrtiiU
infirmity;'And-.the disadvantages of tteni,?
tiori South of tiie Alps. Both are of tipLf
ion that she would cocfiult her own
by, relinquishing a territory which costsiqS
army arid still greater odium); ■ •’ 1
It is rumored that Najiolebri is uWrit tob
(urn to France. Messier is to be
in-chief.
The Austrians- left their provisions, itam
nition. nnd camwn bi-hind, in the cl'iltiladouf I
Piacenza, J
'.Garibaldi hid 4 dccupied' tiergArtn), andftpuJ
cd 1500 Austrians, who were marching a»aM
him fiomßruzcia. °
Russia has. con'olu'ded n financial Sortvtlilia
with the Rothschilds. No details.
The Fi’eifuh pusSt'd the riVeb Adtin withoui
striking a blow; ■ . . ,
Wheal had -declined- three. shillings m Lo®
don.
. The Austrians-had* evacuated all tin Stale
of the Chorch, including Ferrara.'-
The Austrian correspondence says. Hie.Ads
trians at Malegnano yielded only to adtciilull;
superior force, and retired, uiipursued, in ptrCtl
order; ;
The Emperor, of Austria, it is said, is unfit
command in person, acting bn the defelitrie.
The Austrian loss- at. Palestra,.official,wii
15 officers and 513: men- killed ; I general,3l
officers and 87*8 men wounded, and 6 officen
and 1174 men missing.
The French'Seel in the Adriatic-had receive!
powerful' reinforcements,. and ,s lt was repUrteS
would be landing troops soon between Venice
'and Trieste.
The Ausiniari headquarters would profaKf
be at Mantua.
. Fearful Tragedy in Kervtuclcy.
A Physician accused of Fofgefy—Attenlpli It
' Poison the. Prosecuting Attorney, and no!
succeeding, Iciil's himself.
- The Henderson (Ky-,) Commercial of hi
week, briefly stated-, (hat Dr, A. J. Morris
had been arrested for an attempt at poisonin
th’o presenting.“attorney, fcufeaiA.ih 1
I rid. AW find fn-tlio- -Evarisfilie ftt«l./(tt*
nal of Tuesday, morning, of. last tviiolr, to
talled account of the circumstances which id
to the attempted crime aud the suicide of lit
disappointed murderer :
■Dr. Jifbrrisoil, tttiO hhd been Ibr hiiirictn
years a, highly respectable and successful phy
sician in. the city of Henderson, removed f:■■
there last autbVnii -to Springfield-. (Uiiiols. Ii
the adjustment of his professional acdouMs he
took notes from numerous persons : amongo*
.ers, one iiotn a .man for two. dollars, which,
when presented spine months after for payment,
had grown to one for Iweiily-two dollars 1“
maker preferred the Charge bf forgery, and tbi
doctor Was arrested and held to bail ill thesiic
of $3OO for his appearance at the feeent leu
of the court. The charge, though snpponc
by the testimony of S Credible pehaoir, w
scarcely credible in the community. The d»
tor, in his long residence, had won the eslcra,
respect and confidence, we understand, of th
whole community. He was. a skillful pop:
clan, honorable and prompt in his dealings, m
an intelligent and intellectual gentleman'
Moreover,, he had been eminently
and had accumulated a fortune of 340,000,w
was therefore'above suspicion. ..
In compliance With the conditions ol m
bond, last week he appeared fit court fort#
He took lodgings in the same hotel yi»“'
Arnold, the - prosecuting attorney/ ™
tuorning ho <irtllcd" one of the
his room, and gave him what appeared a ??
piece of molasses candy, and loltl tow
it into Arnolds cop of coflee as hb.ndnUe
him at the table. Tin! 1 rihgropfDfess«i an s
sent Id the request’, but went do Arnol I
told him what had occurred and S av . e
substanco. The doctor was ■ inmiedt“ J
pected of a foul design'tipbu thc hie ol
seOulillg attorney, and measures were . .a >'=
detect hitii.' The negro was'instructcd 1
a part. He went back to Morrison ate 1
fast with word that Arnold had
and taken tea,after the lotion Was thr °' T , t! .
the oottfce., A second drug was given
gro to pat into a glass of milk : this .
pretended to do, and Arnold wassoon
ported to be sick. During the day.
ho appeared to have recovered, ann , , | ts
was led to suppose the drug hud fai
Cft The Doctor then left ttendehsott, canie
lllls City. and purchased two large do j
rosiSc! sublimate of a druggist, an
im|p'(atjiatply to Henderson. Hiw 8 ~j,
seitce,San aperture had been n>#de- 6
partition of his room from Bn a J , °, o pji
through which all his movements j. Q lTer o
could be seen and heard' by wl ’ nc [f'“, t, e went
to watch him. On, reaching ,nd
to his room and again calling t '*? b », e bad
giving him two doses of the po nim ho l7 ’ m
brought from Evansville. ihstrlic jntcrV it« p
to administer them to Arnold. 1 a l.
with the negro Was seen by P^ r f° , Jj iale ly K?
joining room,. The Doctor was 01 ,FW
rested, examined, and commute o J chanj* l s■.
day night. , During the night he t>att s w
so in his personal appearance as f (- our t£cn
recognised by bis.-aconaiottfi cadaweron* 1
years’ standing. ' tic had gro an d ho ffJi ; ,
his features/haggard'.and sunk • [nent -•
in o most violent stale of nervo . • - ve „ him,
He asked for morphine, vvhichjvasg. fur ,
and on night ho 86 w#s gits* ifs
nished With a bottle of hqnor- fouinl i &
him. On Sunday inornmg ,i, e bottlß
corpse in liis-cell. He *iad c(|) p lc g W
and with the pieces of' glass h ... there, y
open an artery in his neck. ,
severed one in his leg, and b' , . 0 f the “J 1 ' I,?
On Monday morning, the rem« thc i r way |
happy man passed through . (j e id. A s I?,. i.
his bereaved family «» fnS B tr «in. W» *L I' ,
corpse passed up on the mo 8 t])at |,e « I;
and daughter, warned by * ele^f^ rr ible cols'" S
in troub'e. bur ignorant ol tn j.j ender son;
ty, passed him on their way t . re ndioß. •-
They did not probably learn , their f«®‘
bereavement till they reached , !,.
I home. '■ L>
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