lOAK VOLUNTEER. ;D EVERY THURSDAY MORNING BY loUn B. Bratton, TERMS.. 'ion. —Ono Dollar and Fifty, Cents, mce; Two Dollars it paid within the 'wo Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not the year. These terms will bo rig id to. in every instance. No sub iscontinued until.ail arrearages are at the option oftlie Editor. .semCnts —Accompanied by theoAsn, ■.deeding ono square, will bo inserted i for One Dollar, and twenty-five cents Iditional insertion. Those of a great in proportion. 'ntino —Such ns Hand-bills, Posting dilots, Blanks, Labels, &c., Bto., exo accuracy and at the shortest notice. ADDRESS State Central Committee. Citizens of ■Pennsylvania : , happy to address you at a moment tmistakablc manifestations of returning le and courage on the part of the De* are beginning to exhibit themselves in cers of the Commonwealth. You have seen with what unanimity the State ion,which assembled at Harrisburg on i of March last, passed resolutions affirm* principles and policy to which we hold pledged before the country, and how, punced by acclamation, in favor of our »nt~and uncxcepdonab!e~candidates.— an occasional exception, in the nature of nicable protestor suggestion, the procee i of the Convention have been in the high »gree satisfactory to the entire 'Democratic - of the. State. Since its adjournment has been an almost perfect restoration of il good feelings among Democrats, where dad been ini- some instances temporarily in* ipted. Unfortunate and unmeaning dis lons have entirely disappeared. In earnest is. the State Central -Committee, although losed' of forty one' members, representing f district in the Slate, and some of whom will doubtless recognize in them long and iful conneclion with the Democratic organ ion, havo 4 been found a unit in the resolute iose to sustain that organization at all haz against, open or secret hostilit}'. The Uy meetings, wherever they haye spoken, i shown themselves fully conscious of their ipnsibilities. by forming local tickets of the unexceptionabledescription, and by other exhibiting an earnest, and, we trust,invinci •decerrnination to crown the canvass with the »cess that can hardly fail to attend their zeal r and efficient exertions. We are glad to itaftj also, that the Democratic press have one accord, til unfriendly and ■unprofitable discussions on irrelevant topics and 'Settled issacs, and are properly directing their and powerful energies against the enemy. For every professing Demo fe. values,consistency and principle, the HVwtfi of duty is now broad, plain and inviting. m%?No one can be so ignorant as to pretend to mis* ■and the present relations of parties in ,te; the importance ot the contest, both Itatc and National aspects, upon which 5 now fairly entered, and the precise im the issues that have been formed ip this The line which divides * \ iontending parties, whether drawn on of .the State, or that of the Union, is * ~ltoo'dec[} and striking to escape the eye of any >l;»Onevwho may.notjsvitfully choose io be blind.—- ’ ' On one side of this line stand the Democracy of Pennsylvania, harmonious in our.deliberations, fearless in thi} exposition of our views, with platform and ticket challenging honest criu* while' on the opposite side j'ou perceive, Black Republicans and Know 'i-Nbihtngs—composing the Opposition,. euch # avovV its ultimate d&igtwK’dr Hs pfCB- ,characteristics t each emascula -its original distinguishing quality, each rijdSslaring Itself opposed to the'other on certain points, yet .conspiring togpiher to secure replace and spoils, by deliberately ignoring all ifioUpd.principles of Government, and all enhgb . : tnspiraiions of true American statesman- , ;Ffihip. ; * . . . i, -We do not approach youv fellow citizens, in ?;I ilhe-name of.a,“ People’s Psirly.” concocted on tyeslerday, composed of the shreds and patches , cf' ill opinions, and intended to serve, not the masses who may be deceived by its empty pro l jmises, bn; the politicians, who have invented it <- for their profligate purposes. We speak in mo same, language used by the founders of our Rl?’ £v S ,rioiis parly silty years ago. No candid man I .will deny that, from the ot Hr. 1 , Jeflerson to the present date, the Democratic ft - party has been the.real representative party ol ' Ihe genius, character, honor and interests ofour frwnistiluuons. It has been so recognised by the’people of the United Slates, who have so '’’ constantly imposed upon it the duties and ur- , dens of government. It has happily c.imated ' 'the- leading truths of the Constitution, embod , -jed them in simple, though imperishable forinu - las of doctrine, and applied them firmly and cf i ficicntlv in.practical administration. uiuiMt i has become the actual refix of all the great con ■ii . stitutidiial principles at the basis of our repub i: . licin system. Its ancient creed is unchanged. ;• ama remains substantially at this day what it hi&xVer bben. More than half a century ago* S%, this hour, one of its articles watched with faittifulyigilancc. over ihe rights of the States r adtfTlhd. union of the Siates: another insisted on civil and religious freedom for I ■ and sects, discriminating for none and , • whether Catholic or Protestant, - Jew pr Gentile, but permitting “ every man to worship Ood after his own huart;” a third in* yoked, as it now invokes, in the shape of gen* crons laws, a liberal hospitality towards the op* 'pressed of all lands, as well for reasons of sound b ’ -policy as from motives of humanity and a love liberty: a fourth demanded, as it now re territorial expansion to meet all the ex- whether military or commercial for PMffcCCuriiy. defence, or national aggrandizement out of the natural, inevitable and benev progress of American civilization, and it has happened* lhat'every foot of Tern* to the Union has been acquired by party; in a fifth artie'e of our Brfc*./f ait & I.was and is presented the noble Jefiersopi. conception of universal suflroge with univer* education : in u sixth was and is proclaimed S:. principle of equal rights, before the 11/' s ■•'iaws.'of all citizens, rich or poor—native or iftitiuralizcd; in a seventh was and is announced lfAt ; ilift ; dactnne of a strict construction of the nec- powers of government, as being alone with sound political morals, and in Itethe unwise relaxation of which debt, extrava- tyranny and corruption would-soon find into the very citadel of the Const.lu to betray and destroy it. Under this head K'Ce labors of the Democracy have been invalua ’We have opposed National Banks, de ®? Wlrovcd them and established the Independent We have steadily and successfully (V resisted the imposition on the people of heavy federal taxes by excessive duties on imports, ondhavc the concurrence of a large majority of the country in- the rule that taxes , shall be’iimitcd to the demands of revenue alone, with incidental protection, by judicious discriin v inations to Home Industry. Wehavcsedulous )y and effectually guarded the Public Treasury from heavy charges for internal improvements In cases admitted to be not general or National, ‘ but special and local in their character. And jj ' tfo have steadily refused our assent to, and re- Bty;.- sialyl ntariy cunningly devised schemes for ip squandering millions of the public money, and W: tenScCi millions of acres of the public domain, * pti objixns whose usefulness and legality have • questionable. ukj,.: might extend the enunciation of onrprin /cirdea, concerning which there has been no ige of sentiment whatever in the Democratic Ijr since its earliest records were made, but ihink we have already said enough to con a every intelligent citizen desirous to know impartial truth, that we now speak as one he constituted organs of a great and glori party, not of an ephemeral faction, or. com. IMTfdtt BY JOHN B. BRATTON, TOL. 46. bination of factions —that wo represent on this occasion a party as venerable for its age as it is useful and honorable, in view of the extraordi- nary services it has so long, so honestly, and so ably performed. Can it not be asserted as an unquestionable fact, that no party ever yet ex isted in any country on the face of the earth that can justly claim to have rendered the same amount of valuable services to that country, which the Democratic party has rendered to ours? On any issue therefore, involving hon orable historical antecedents, or a consideration of general merits in the pastorpresent, We, shall appeal with confidence to'the voters of Penn sylvania. As regards the personal character and qualr fications of our nominees for Auditor General and Surveyor General of the Commonwealth, Messrs. R L. Wright and John Rowe, we ear nestly desire to call the attention of our fellow citizens to their unblemished private reputation, to the ample experience they have acquired in the service of the Stale in various responsible offices, and to the admitted integrity and effio-. ienoy. marking their entire and official lives, as offering the strongest guarantee of their fitness, in all'respects, for the positions to which they now aspire. But there is one question comparatively new to the country, in the form in which it is pre sented, that has occasioned some diversity of sentiment among us, and which has not been settled authoritatively as-some Democrats con tend by the highest Councils of the party. We refer to what is commonly known as the Terri torial question. The most ingenious and la bored efforts have been made to confuse the public mind on this subject, but when rescued from the incomprehensible jargon of the dema gogues. it merely raises an enquiry which should be calmly and candidly met, as to the nature .and extent of the Legislative power possessed by the inhabitats of a Territory of the Uniled States, in the political relations of such ry to .the Government and States of the Union. We do not propose to discuss this question at any considerable length, or to say much more than briefly to. express our views regarding it. We presume that every true Democrat will yield hi? ready adhesion to the principle of Popular Sovereignty, when rightly interpreted and" ap phed. But real Popular Sovereignty, is not a spurious political idea, indefinite, vagrant and accidental. It is then, properly defined, noth ing more nor less than the right Of self govern ment pervading bur entire system, but expressly limited in its action by the Constitution and die laws. It cannot exist legitimately outside of these. Otherwise, instead of being, aS it is un der our Government, the touchstone of order, justice and peace, it would become the source of multiplied disorders and. constant anarOhy.— Thus defined and limited, Popular Sovereignly is equally incompatible with the edicts of a ty rant. We cannot, therefore, subscribe to the illegilimateassumptions of Sqttdf/er Sovereignty. We are clearly of opinion that a Territory, of I thb Unitcdßtales can in no respect whatever,j he regarded as either, a Foreign or Sovereign •State. Nor can it tmjqy, by possibility, any political capacity independent of, or,inconsistent with-, the government of the Union established by the States, by . whose,, agency they, the Stales, through an expenditure of their treas ure, and it may be, their blood, have acquired the very Territory in question, as so much pub lic domain or ‘ common properly . ’ Where, let us ask, resides the right of eminent domain over a'Territory of the Uniled Stales; is it not admitted by ali to be with the Federal Govern ment ?, Where shall wo look for the right and power io ascertain and fix ail Territorial boun daries ? Is it not to the Federal Government 1 Where shall we seek the right and power and duty to dispose of all lands embraced in the Territory ? The answer is, in the Federal Gov ernment. Where in the government of a Ter ritory is lodged the Executive authority ? It is lodged in the hands of a Federal Governor.- Where is the judicial power of a Territorial Government ? In the keeping of a Federal Ju diciary. Where is the Legislative power ? Every one knows it did not exist, and that it could not legally exist, until'called into being by the Federal Congress, in the organic act of Territorial Government. . In all these demon strations of power, and there can he none oth ers outsidcofthemih a Territorial Government, we behold the direct, positive and tangible evi dences of the presence of the sovereignty of the Government of the United States, excluding the pretentions of Squatter or Territorial legislative sovereignly, of. Popular Sovereignty wlifn used as a convertible term with these, as being.alike untenable in fact, and preposterous in logic. But it must bo borne in mind that the Feder al Government cannot act in' a Territory as a despot, or arbitrary ruler ; and here is the'dif jerence between our doctrine and that of the Wilmol provisoites. It must govern in a Ter ritory in the sense of the Constitution, from which it derives its life and its every function, and it is bound to respect, with strict imparti ality, the rights and interests of all parties con cerned,, these parties being the Stales and the pcop e of the States respectively. Now the Government of a Territory is not natural and indefensible, but derivative from the Congress; otherwise, the few thousand inhabitants of a Territory, after its acquisition by purchase, or as indemnity for war expenses perhaps, would have the right to set themselves up as a foreign State, if they so liked, and to deny the jut is l diction of the United States. But Congress, when establishing a Government in a Territory, cannot impart to it authority to do, by feeble Territorial enactments, what Congress itself cannot undertake to perform under the Consti tution, and can never venture to undertake, ex cept in flagrant usurpation of powers not dele gated. but reserved to the States. We are opposed, however, to the introduction of any provision particularly protecting slave, or any other kind of property, into an act or ganizing a Territorial Government. But if a Territory attempt nullification, or rebellion, in the shape of resistance to acts of Congress, or to judicial decisions in their proper logical and legal consequences, or to any other legitimate acts done in and by virtue of tin- constitutional authority of the Uniled States over the same, then the Federal Government should at once interpose and put it down, not so much for the sake of slave, or any other kind of property, or. even of the personal rights of citizen? that may be thereby invaded, though constituting a s'ttf licienl reason for the movement, as looking to the necessity of its own preservation. But be fore the happening of any such act of nullifica tion or rebellion, and at the time of organizing a Territorial Government, the presumptions are all in favor of a legal and •peaceful course of ■ political conduct on the part of the inhabitants ■ of a Territory ; whereas the doctrine of Con gressional intervention would assume the re verse. In fine, we arc disposed to maintain on this question.- and at all times, the fundamental i principle of the equality of the States. We are distinctly opposed to any compulsory relin quishment, in the name of squatter sovereignty, of the rights of the State of Pennsylvania, os ; one of the.snvereign proprietors of all the public , domain or Territofiai property of the United States, and we still occupy, without any change of opinion, the ground held by the' following i resolution of the Cincinnati Convention of 1856, ■to wit: - • - , “Resolved,, That we recognize the right of the people of all the Territories, including Kan sas and Nebraska, acting through the legally and fairly expressed will of a majority of actu-' al residents, and whenever the number of their inhabitants justifies it, to form a constitution with or without domestic s ! avery, and be ad mitted into IheUnionon terms of perfect equal ity with the other Stales.” This resolution! distinctly represents the marked diflercnce between the revolutionary efforts of the first squatters in a new Territory to abolish negro slavery or to prevent the, in troduction of slave property into the Territory, by the incompetent agency ,of a Territorial Legislature, and the constitutional and quiet exercise of the rights pL Sovereignty, byjhc 'people of a Territory in the formation of a State Constitution with or without domestic Slavery, ns they may determine. In the meantime, the citizens of each and every Slate, being in all respects equal with each olhyr under the Con stitution. Hike llieir various kinds of property with'them into the Territory, and while in a Territorial condition they aud their property are all equally protected by the Constitution of the United Slates and the Drcd Scott decision. We thus stand on the sure foundation of the Constitution and the Law, which sternly and justly deny the arbitrary power of one set of settlers to confiscate the property of another set. We thus'avoid. 100, those contests between set tlers; by which the pfeople are kept in a con stant state of commotion and turbulence, with murder, rapine, burnings, and all kinds of vio lent acts, throughout their entire Territorial existence, and to the prejudice of their best in terest, and the peace imd harmony of tlie States of.lhc Union. - A little more than two years ago Pennsylva nia had the proud satisfaction to witness the elevation of her most distinguished Statesman to the Presideccy. This illustrious citizen, her choice and that of the country for the Ursl of- , (ice of the Republic, was elected after a doubt ful and dangerous contest, as the candidate of the National Democracy of the Union, over the nominee of a sectional movement suddenly springing, into its calamitous existence on a single fanatical idea; avowedly confined in its operations to one moiety of the Confederacy, and in its reckless disregard of the Constitution seeming to indicate, as its proximate design, the total ruin of the country. , Having sustain ed himself, during the period which has elapsed since he entered-on the duties of life Presidency, against the most extraordinary opposition that any chief Magistrate ever yet cncbuntpred and survived,The administration of James Buchan an stands now above the impotent reach of its enemies, strongly entrenched in the confidence and respect of the conservalivo masscs-of the nation. Inducted into his great office as the chosen representative of law, of union, and of the true principles of,.the Government, he has,; in his^ official conduct, fully justified the confi dent expectation of a large majority of those whose votes were given for him.. The foreign policy of the Administration has rtot been merely satisfactory ; H has bcen so eminently successful that H is agreed, ahhost by Common consent, the country never tilled a position so enviable in the estimation of foreign States. Although opposed most earnestly and indefati gably throughout; and in many instances, meanly, treacherously and vindictively by his opponents, he has consummated measures in the direction pf the diplomacy of the Govern ment that stamp his administration with the seal of imperishable honor. The Paraguay ex pedition, notwithstanding its failure was so confidently predicted by the clamorous organs of the opposition, was attended, nevertheless, with'the fullest success. The treaty with Jap ap, opening hew ports to our present and future trade with that - crowded empire; the treaty with China, by whose careful provisiuns, be sides covering the entire ground of commercial advantages, the light of christianity„for the first time, is permitted freely! to shine among the heathen millions of the Chinese world ; the consummate skill and judgment with which, in the face of never ceasing difficulties and surpri sing complications, the Central American ques tions have been managed, now just on the eve, apparently, of producing their well nigh inval uable fruits ; and, abovcall, the final sell lenient of the Right of Search question with Great Britain, clearly on American principles; all make up a chapter of history which, if itshould contain an account of nothing else of note, would secure for President Buchanan's Administra tion a prominent and glorious place in our an nals. When we turn to Mr. Buchanan’s domestic Administration, so far from its affording reason able cause of. complaint, it deserves the hearti est commendation of every, citizen who scorns the.petty, personal, paltry politics of'the hour, who admires the conceptions and practice of real statesmanship, and-who detests the miser ab'c evasions and dishonest expedients of office seeking politicians; While the President .may have offended, in some instances, the morbid sentiments of particular’localities, we aver that no one who speaks seriously and truthfully, can point his finger to a single case in which he has not endeavored, according to his best convic tions, to vindicate the laws he was sworn to, maintain and to execute. ■ Nor can his bill cr est opponent honestly accuse him of having sought personal popularity at the expense of the Constitution ; or that ho has at any lime deserted his rigid official obligations, by coinci ding with the prejudices, or peculiar, interests of any section, or State, North, South, East or West. Wc speak somewhat warmly, fellow citizens, because we have been and are conscientiously indignant at the course of misrepresentation and vituberation adopted by the Opposition, ns the electioneering trick of a party, against a great and venerable man. the purity of whose private life, or public conduct, cannot really be questioned by any honorable grounds. Besides, wc wish to declare that, if to their discredit,' others may forget it, wc always remember that James Buchanan is a Pennsylvania born and bred; that his fame as a statesman, while serving with the highest reputation in the most responsible trusts under the Government, is in separably a part of our Stale Gloryand that by force of his virtues and splendid abilities, he is the first and only, Pennsylvanian lo wborn the nation lias accorded the Chief Magistracy of the Union. When he assumed office it is well known to us. and to all, that two important Territories of the United Stales were in a condition 1 of re volt and civil war. We deed not point out the fact that both of these Territories are nowa't peace with themselves and obedient to the Gov ernment. It is in every one’s recollection,.too. how angry and perilous was the excitement prevailing both North and South on the subject of negro slavery—an excitement constantly fan ned into a flame by “Kansas shrieking” inven tions, and other sensation appliances of the same sort, until patriotic men began to fear the worst, and to turn pale with apprehension. It is due to the President to say that he has re strained the wild and vicious spirit of faction with a strong hand—moderate in its grasp, though strong —until, at last, the whole Judic iary of the land, Federaland State,—at Wash ington, in Ohio, in Georgia, in South Carolina and elsewhere, may be seen coming to the res cue of the Government, while in the august presence of. the Courts,.the storm of political “OUR COUNTRY —iJIAT IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT —BUT BIGHT OB WRONG, OUB COUNTRY. CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY. violence begins everywhere lo master nfcwason, and the victorious' presence Of the law begins to conquer the hydraof license and disunion'. In lhoyear’lBs7, a commercial aiiil;|miitloial revulsion,' overwhelming as it \vnS':>Sildden, swept over the country, threatening tjOt- only private, but public solvency. No one WjU think, of seeking to hold the President in re sponsible for this exiensiveami disaslWroeon vulsiou of business and credit. - But werbelieve that we have n right to insist that dlrproper acknowledgments should be made for tfte saga city, produce and tact charcclerizing ilie pro ceedings of the Administration,, by tfieans of which the Government was taken ihfWiigh an unexpected crisis or piofoniul crnbarr-'tsincnt, without any depreciation of its’, credit, and without any addition lo ihe taxes,or perilianeht increase of the public debt. We might say" much more. arid equally to the purpose, in defence of the President-and his Administration from the scurrilous gossip and slanderous attacks of those who degrade them-, selves and the press, by resorting to. such con temptible devices, so certain to be' exposed— but we forbear, leaving the whole subject to the sober investigation and judgment of tbh people. We had intended calling your attention, fel low-citizens,,to other topics; to oiler sptnesug gestions in'reply to the misreprcscutatirpls made by the Opposition of Gen. Gass’s recent letter to Mr.. Uofcr, and 10 refer to and to denounce, in appropriate language, the. presept . amend ment of the Gonstitution of Massachusetts ef fected by the voters of the Opposition there, being at once as it is, a deadly 'iasult-to ever}- naturalized citizen in the'United S;atcs. and an excessive demonstration in . favor' of thfc pet Black Republican doctrine of negro cquUlitij. or rather'shall we say of negro, superiority. But we feel that we have already sotbicntly peon pied your attention, arid we will, reserve what we have further to say for another occasion. Robert Tyler*. . Chairman, in hehalf of the Committee, JonjfG. Freeze, .V ' John HoriGSON, . Jacob Turkht. f J N. P. Fetterman, J V' From the New York Tribune, July 5. The Great Balloon Voyage. From St. Lodis to New jit I<iOHTI.*KN Thrilling Adventures-—1 plunge'into tyke On tario—Cesccatinto a Tree—A huge limb car.’ ried away—Collapse in another tree—An Aero naut’s Narrative. ~ Although it was intended to have started on this voyage on the 23;i of J uno, wo worn delay ed in our prepaiatfonsuntii iha Ist of July. By 0 o'clock; P. M. t the air-ship. Atlantic was duly inflated, and while we were putting her in trim with ballast and provisions, Mr. Brooks, lessee of the St. Louis Mnsoom,, unteerbd to escort us oyer,the 1 hi his balloon Csomot,' gut.ready and upon a signal agreed upon ascended the' ground. At 7.20 P. M'.- thef Atlantic wstHread.v to sail. Messrs..lot Mountain and Gager, think ing some diflioulty might arfsp at thoistart if they should attach (ho fun wheels to the shafts and wheol-geai/ng; determined to ouiit that untjl we should he fairly under way noxt'.mdrning.— Having had much experience in hard winds, and the perils of landing a balloon under them, we. had constructed at St. Louis, a good wicker work car, (which, with a good and strong con. -centric hoop, are life preservers in these perils,) which.was suspended between the heat and bal loon, and about eight (cet above (ho former and within six feet of the hoop, so thqt the neck ol the balloon hung in the basket-car whenever the balloon-was fully distended. The boat contain ed GOO pounds of ballast,, one bucket of water, one bucket of lemonade, with an abundance of bread, wino, poultry, and sandw-ichop,-beside delicacies too numerous to enmnorato.'fftrnish od by kind friends. Mr. La Mountain took command of Iho boat and ballast, and took his place on onoond; Mr. Gager took: the other end, and took charge of the charts and compass; Mr. Hyde, local editor of tho St.- Louis Ac/iaWi can, took tils seat in the middle, with, note book and pencil as historian, Although,Mr, .Hyde was not in the original programme, wo uiiani mously agreed to let, him aocoriipany us, provi ded it would not interfere,with onr*nltimatd de sign i and it was arranged under any cir. enmstances'; when the baliopp should Jail,, the boat and its occupants should be disposed of. and myself or Mr. La Mountain’ shouldprocoed with the voyage alone. The basket contained 350 pounds ot ballast, a barometer, wet and dry bulb, thermometer, be sides a quantity of wines and provisions ; and I took my place in the basket and charge of the valve rope, and, as director of. Iho general plan of the voyage, by Iho unanimous consent of the party engaged in tills long devised enterprise,— 1 must say hero that Mr. La Mountain took in Charge a part of the programme, Hint none but a cool head and a most aocomplishCd.-icronant could bo trusted wit!: i and especially the night sailing. At 7.20 p. m., weeotjg.il from the Washington Square ol St. LouisySnd ouroonrso at starting was north of east. When.wo got up and-over the Mississippi and wclk under Way* wo saw Mr. Brooks land in a clear place, about aun- At 8.30 p. m. tho shades of Iho evening shut from our view the noble city of St. Louis and tho Father of Waters, though it continued light until after 9. Mr. LaMmmtain having suffered from sickness on Thursday,’and being too un well to work hard under a burning sun at the inflation, left much bard labor for mo at that work. I submitted tho whole thing to bis charge tor tho night, with Iho understanding to have , mo waked whenever lie wanted the valvd worked . and ho took-i.t with alacrity.; Before I went tg sloop we had mounted to a height ,nt which the 1 balloon had become completely distended, ft nd f where no found Iho current due east. v Hcro it 1 became chilly, and Hr. La Mountain, ns well as ’. all of us, suffered from tho change of. air, and with ail the clothing wo could’.put on us-it was ’ still uncomfortable, though (lid thermometer stood at 42, and tho barometer at 23, and, this was tho lowest-of .both instruments during tho whole .voyage, except the crossing ot Lake On taM°r.'ta Mountain proposed to take tho Iqwer current as long as it wpuld take us but a few noints north of cast, and I told him to do as ho deemed best,- and report his reckoning in tho morning. After bidding the party in the boat a good night and God speed I coiled myself up in blankets, and laid down as best.l could, and in a few moments was sound asleep and knew of nothing but repose until 11.30 p. m. v At this time Mr.-La Mountain again mounted; for tho upper current 5 being desirous of making a little more easting, ho hailed mo to open .the valve, as the balloon had - become so tense, atm the gas was rushing from iho neck with a noise,, but finding no answer from .mo, he suspected that I was being smothered in the gas, and ho admonished Mr. Gager to mount to my car by a rope provided for that purpose, rind Mr-Gager found me breathing spasmodically, but a good shaking and the removal of the neck of the bal loon from my face, with plenty of pure cold air around mo soon.brought mo back to a knowledge of what was going on, and Itreßolvcdtosleepno more during tho night. At midnight I felt quite well, with an invigo rated spirit of observation anil interest in our experiment. Tho whole dome of heaven was lit up with a mellow phosphorescent light, the stars shone with a crystalino brilliancy j and the .mUky-way lookod’Ukb an ilfuminatcd- stratum- -JULT 14, 1859. JtIOURSi I /A^ a r A' A ; .P A' Jv & ii 7 #' of cumulus clouds. Whenever wo crossed ,wa. ter the heaven-lit dome was as visible below by reflection as above- So remarkable was Ibis phosphorescent light of the atmosphere that the balloon looked translucent, and looked like light shining through oiled pnppr. Wo. could also tell prairie from forest, and by keeping the eye for a moment downward we could see the roads, fences, fields, and even houses, finite dis tinctly at any elevation not over a mile, and tiven at the greatest elevation wo could discern prairie from woodland, and from water. Whenever wo halloed it was followed by a distinct echo, and even this served as a diller ential index to height. We always found a re sponse in numerous bow-wow-wows, and these, too, were always indicative oi_.the fullness ami sparseness of the habitations below, as wo could hear them for many miles around us. Mr. La. Mountain remarked that nobody lived in that country but dogs, or else the people barked like dogs, lie having got a little out of humor, be cause nobody would tell him in what State wo w6re,sailing,.and ho gave up the inquiry, with the remark that ib must he pv’er, sdmb other country than'America, as wo had been - moving along at a rapid pace'. . .. At 3 A. M*.; Saturday, wc .came to a general conclusion that we were somewhere over the State of Indiana orOhiQ-..-.At 4 A..-^*>"’ c P ed a city, butcould not make at out. but uto A. M, wc discovered Lake Erie ahead pf us, and then concluded tiiat the city we Idft a little south of our track must havo heen Fort Wayne. At 6 A- M., wo'passed Toledo, and about an hour, afterward we lowered on the margin of the lake l a little north of Sandusky., Aftetafcw moments | consultation, and a review of our ballast, we de termined to risk the length of Laky Eric, and to test the notion* that balloons cannot bo kept up long over water, because of sonie peculiar affin ity of the two—a notion that riever had any be lief with me. Justaswo met’gcd upon the lake, a little steam screw that \yas propelling up the river or bay headed for our track, arid some one aboard of her very quaintly cried aloud to us: “That is the Lake ahead of you.” Mr. La Mountain cried back, “ Is it Luke Erie t” and the answer was*“ Yea, it is, and you had better look out.” Our good friend, the propeller, Hading that wc discarded lib* kindness;rounded offagain,sounded nsagood byewith,lns steam whistle, and wont his way up t)\o river. ' Here wo mounted-up. until, the balloon got full,.ami the bdrometcr fell to 23, in order to make along near tire southern shore ol the lake; but at’ Mr. La Mountain’s suggestion, that we could make the city of Buffalo by sailing hut a few hundred feet above the surface ol the water, I opened the valve until we gradually sank to within 500 feet of the water, Here we found a gentle breeze of about a speed of a mile per, inlnufp, nnd'wo’ resolved to float on it until wc should heave in sight of Buffalo, and then rise arid sail over it. ‘ This was a moat interesting part of our voyage. Wo overtook seven steam boats, passed salutations, and would soon leave them flitting on the horizon in our rear. - One of these lonely travellers remarked, as wo passed him, “ Vqu arc going.it like thun der.” At *10.20 A.’Mi w.e were, skirting along the Canada shqrp, and passed near the mouth of the Welland Canal, and soon began, p>. mount. foi; ; .we, circled np.yilo Wbetwoon . BullVlo ;and Niagara Falls, crossing Grand Is land, leaving Buffalo to.the right and Lockport to ilie left of us in our onward course. Finding ourselves in the Stale of New York, but too far north; to. make the city of New York, it was agreed that wo would make a landing near Ro chester, detach the boat, leave out. Mr., Gager and Mr. Hyde, and Mr. La Mountain and my self pursue the voyage to a point ut Boston or Portland. Accordingly we descended gradual ly, hut before wo got within a thousand feet of the earth* wo found a most terrific gale sweep ing along below. The woods roared like a host of Niagaras, the surface of the earth was filled with clouds of dust, and, I told my friends cer tain destruction.awaited us if we should touch the earth in that tornado. The huge “Atlantic” was making a terrific sweep earthward; already were wc near the tops of the trees of a tall for est, and I cried out, somewhat excitedly, “ For God’S sake, heave overboard anything you can lay your bands on, La Mountain;” and in a,no iher moment lie responded, “ All right,” stand ing on ,tho side of tho boat, with a shaft and wheels intended for the working of the fan wheels, and ready to heave it over should it be come necessary. Mr. Hyde looked up to my car and very sol-, ernnly said. “This is an exciting time. Profes sor. What shall we do ?'* “Trust to Provi dence and all our energies,** said I. We were fast running on to Lake Ontario, and O! how terribly it was foaming and howling. I said ; “La Mountain, I have 150 pounds of ballast in my car yet, and a heavy valico, an Express bag, (scut to the United Status Express Compa ny’s Office, in Broadway, New York,) and a lot of provisions.** “Well, if that wont do.T will cut up the boat for ballast, arid we can keep above water until we reach the opposite shore,** which was near a hundred miles off in the direction we were then going. Here I handed my ballast down to La. Mou ntain, ns wc were rapidly mounting, above the terrific gale, believing that by that course we should at least get out, of its main track. Everything now indicated that we should perish in the water or op the land : and our on ly salvation was to keep afloat until we got out of the gale, if we could. I said “ You must a'l get into.the basket, if you want to be savqd. should wc ever reach the land. And I truly tell yob that the perils of the land are even more terrible than (hose of the water, with our ma chines, and it would be easier to meet death by drowning than to have our bodies mangled by dashing against rockff and. trees.** By this time, Mr. Gager and Mr. Hyde had clambered into the basket with me. Mr. Hyde said, very coolly, “ I am prepared to die, but I would rather die on land than in the water.’* I said. “ What do you say, Mr. Gager ?” He replied, “ 1 would rather meet it on land: but do as you think best.” Mr. La Mountain was busily engaged in collecting what he could for ballast. Everything was now valuable to us that had weight. Our carpet-bags, our instruments, the express bog, and our provisions were all ready to go, and go they did, one after another, until we were reduced to the express-bag—that went overboard last. We now described the shore, some forty miles ahead, peering between a sombre bank of clouds and the water horizon, but wc were swooping at a fearful rate upon the turbulent water, and. in another moment, crash went the boat upon the water sideways, staving in two of the planks, and giving our w|tole craft two fearful jerks by two succeeding waves. La Mountain stuck to the boat like a hero, but he lost his hat and got a dash of the waves, but soon recovered and threw over the express bag, and the lost remaining ballast, and cricd out, “ Be easy, gentlemen, I’ll have her afloat once more.” In another moment we were up a few hundred feel again, and the steam propeller Young America was tacking w across our track. I now proposed to swamp ihe-boat am} the balloon in the lake, and trust to being picked up by the Yeung America, but the desire was that wo should make the shore and try the land, and as wc crossed the bow of the steamer they gave ua a hearty hurrah. La Mountain had now cut out of the boat all lie could, and wo were wiihin fifteen miles of the shore, the gale still raging below. La Mountain might have remained in the boat be’ow, and jumped out at the first touching-lho earth; and I see no impropriety in that, as then wc might have had another' hour AT §2,00 PER ANNUM. or two id wait the hilling of the gale : but he said he would share our late, and he also cham bered .into the basket, just as we were reaching the land. ' ■ I saw by the swaying to and fro of the lofty trees into which we must inevitably dash, that our worst perils,were,at hand, but I still had a blind hope that we would be .saved. 1 ordered two men upon the valve rope, and we struck within a hundred yards of the water, among some scattered trees, our hook, which was of an inch and a quarter iron.' breaking like a pipe stem at the iirst catch of it in a tree, and we were hurling through the tree lop at a fear ,ful rale. After dashing along this way for nearly .a .mile, .crashing _attd breaking down, trees, we were deshed most fearfully into the boughs of a toll elm. so that the basket swung under and-up through the crotch of the limb, and while the boat had caught in, some of the other branches, and this brought us to a little. 1 but in another moment tho puffed ‘up her huge proportions, and at one swoop, away went the limb, basket, and boat into the air a hundred feot,- and 1 was afraid sqiuo of the crew were impaled upon the scrags. . Tliis limb, about eight inches thick at the butt, and lull ot branches, not weighing less than six or eight hundred pounds, proved too much for the “At lantic, 1 * and it brought her suddenly down upon the top ol a very tall tree, and collapsed her.— . It.was a fearful plunge, but it lett usdangling between heaven and earth, in the most sorrow ful-looking plight ol machinery that can bo tm. ognied.- . ■ .... .None ol us wore sofidtisly injutcd, the many cords, the strong hoof) made ol wood and iron, and the close wicker work basket saving us from barm, ns .long, ns (lie machinery btmg to gather, and that could not have lasted two min. dies longer. . i~ ~ ~, ■Wo canto to the land, or rather treo, of Mr. T. 0. Whitney, town of Henderson, Jefferson county, New York. * ' Wo will soon have the“ Atlantic’ 1 rebuilt, for what, X hope, may jifovo a more successful de monstration of wbttt we proposed todoon this interesting occasion. -John Wise*- . Staxwix ILith, Albany, July 8, 1850. ORDER’AMONG FARMERS. In all classes of mankind it is easy to obsen'o two- extremes} and wo almost invariably see tliat bv far the larger portion are on one side or the other of the “golden mean.** More espe cially, however, is this noticeable, at least so far as order is concerned, adiong professional farmers. Start not, render, at the. wordprofa awnal, &b used in this connection, for though wo intended thereby to ignore the existence of those genteel amateurs (in kid gloves and patent leather boots, immaculate shirt-bosoms and broadcloth pants, turned up just enough tftshoW the holy horror with which .their wearers recoil from anything like..working contact wilh' the generous “ mother, 1 n from whom they derive subsistence tbfough (he hard labor of their fel lows—God forgive, their laziness) who usually, sport.some Other litjc, such as. “ retired , .Whatever yon please, and Wear “ fa^uCv’ > .aB n „Bort dc though we jntcndcofo pass these unnoticed, (which, you sec; Wc Mve not done,) yet, wo by no means thought of ad dressing only those who have received an edu cation thoroughly fitting thorn for the. noble calling of a ■•tiller of tho ground.” By pro fessional fanners wo moan lire great mass of toil ing human (and woman) ity, who <*.—:—scatter the seed Tor tho harvest That yields to the nations their bread)”, and butter, and beef, and pork, and potatoes! We have said that tho most of us aro on one extreme or the other.; and from whom but far mers would' the confession como with a good grace, that tlio disorderly extreme is tho mid, and all other cases the exception 7 To be sure there is.such a thing as becoming “more nice than wise,” Oven among farmers, and we will confess to having seen, in the course of our lives, one or two (not more) specimens of Jhis sort; but wo are strong in the belief that 'words ot advice would bo thrown away upon them— old maidism can’t bo cured —and theretore we would turn to those who are .as far, or farther, from the right track, in an opposite direction. Poor Richard says, “ Industry is tho mother of Good Luck,” and wo take the liberty of ad ding, Order U the father! [lt is but fair,to pro sumo that tho “ laws of pareritago” are so well understood, now a days, no one will bo shocked at our having merely mentioned tho “male pro genitor” of the little fellow, who is,generally supposed to.have his ‘.‘dish’always right side up when it rains porridge!” ** John,” said a woman of forty, aa sho came to tho kitchen door to empty some dish-water, just where it would bo “tracked” in by tho.first person who should pass Into the house, “John,” she repeated in n louder tone, to a hoy of twelve, “go to weeding that onion-bed. this mi nuted* “Yes, mother, but—” “ I.don’t want to hear another word from you till noon, so just do as I bid you, or you’ll catch it now, Hell yon I” with increased emphasis. Tho boy dropped his hammer, “pitched the piece of board, - which Ire hart held Under his arm, “ ond over end!’ towards the pile from whe’nco he had takvn it, and walked doggedly to tho garden, which was some distance back of the house. Hero was industry cj^tatbly; but tho consequence was, (I’m no you see,) tho pigs camo out of their sty and rou"nd into the front yard where they nearly demolish ed several ornamental mounds containing,, a number of varieties of very pretty, though com mon,,flowers, of whieft Mrs.’Wo’rko was very fond,.before she heard the peculiar “ wugh” of the six juvenile porkers. When at lust sho did hoar it, sho rushed from the house: screaming “ Wheo I whee! and S’boy!” at the top of hef, voice! \ , John was too busy weeding onions to bear, or at least to hood bis outcry. lie only whispered “S’k’m” to Dash, who was just then picking up his shaggy cars and kept closely at his wi rk t while the dog started olfat full speed to tho assistance (7) of the nearly distracted Mrs. Worke. Nor till both.dog and pigs bad run over and trampled upon every piece of the washing she Karf “ done ortt” that morning, did the lardy John make bis appearance, call olf tho dog,* and coax tho pigs back to their nest. “Guess she’ll let me fix the pig-pen, how,” said John, as.he went alter the hammer and piece of board he had been compelled to drop so nnccieinonihusly an hour and a half One ol Aunt Patience’s stories, reader, and wo leave you to moralise* at your own conve nience: “An old toper remarked that there’was only a slight shade of difference between order and drunkenness. Being asked to explain him self, ho said the former was “ the eternal fitness of things,” fhgjatter was “the infernal tightness of things.” Whether his was a sound conclu sion or not, wenre bound to believe that “tight ness” is, at least In one sense, a constituent part of good order 5 and, from a nine years re sidence in Illinois, wo are prepared to express it as our candid opinion, that more damage is done to fanning implements of all kinds by ex posure to the weather, thansby natural wearand tear while they ore in use. If this is not iriio, will some brother farmer or farmers correct ns 7 And if it Is true, will not onr brothers and sis tors in the profession,-both East and 'Vest,' ® c ® to it that they mend matters as fust ns. posable 7 Especially do the litcacnt “ hard call upon all to take euro of thofr implements ns well as anything else. “ Let all tilings bo done decently and in order.” To be proud'o one’s bearing is the great eal of ignorance. (Fronnhc Springfield {Mass.) Republican.) The Swing hs n Coro of ’Cohsnraptldflv I wish to say a few words to “whom it may concern, I, ‘on the use of the swing-r-ontf of the gymnastic exercises —as a preventive, and pure of pulmonary disease. I mban the, suspending of the body by tho hands by nicans.pf a strong rope or chain fastened to a beam at. one end; and at the other a slick three feet long. convo nient to grasp with tho hands’. The'rope should he fastened to the centre of 'the slick, ‘ which Should hang six or eight inches above the betid. Let a person gtasp this stick, with the hands two or three feet apart, and swing very moderately at first—perhaps only bear tht freight, if very weak—and gradually in;.'- crease) as the muscles gam strength from tho. exercise, until it tilay.be freely used from three. . to five times daily. The Connexion of the arms with the body (with the exception of the cala-, vide with tho sternum or breast bone) being a muscular nttochthbnt of thb 1 ribs, the effect of . this exercise is to elevate the ribs and enlarge the chest;, and, as nature allows no, vacuum; (ho lungs expand to fill life cavity, increasing the volume of air—-the natural purifier; of the blood—and preventing congestion or thedeposit of tuberculous matter. I have prescribed the above for all cases of hemorrhogc of .the lungs and threatened consumption " for ihirty-livp years, and liaVo been able to increase the mea sure of the chest from t\W to four inches within a few months, and always With good Hut especially ns a preventive I would rccom- ' mend this cSercise., Let thbse who love life cultivatb a well fbrmcd. capacious chest. The student, the merchant, the sedentary, am! I ant morally certain, jf this were to be practised by. the rising generation, in a dress allbivjng a Irel and full devol.opemcnt of the body, thousands , Would be saved front the ravages ofxhat appro• hniiill medicorulli, consumption. - . Lawson Long, M. D. , Holyoke, June 8,1850.' NO. 5. Silnilury Precautions. . In the bight of summer all persons are es pecially called upon to. look around tlleirdwell iings and consider whether thorn is not somci, tiling unfriendly to health that might and ought to ire removed without dtriny. Constant atten tion is requisite that nothing ofiensivo .be suf fered to remain within doors. Liquor in winch vegetables have been h o ijed, Soap-suds, dirty fttUei' of every, kibd slibh(d ho immediately ■fin-own away; also cabbage stocksf potato-peel ings, and olfal of every bind.. Tire liquor in which greens have been boiled,df. suffered to remain even a few minifies, my thrown down a sfcbiiery draiii, emits a iriest unpleasant and un wholesome smell, which frorvadcs .the whole, 'house.' Many very cleanly people are not at tentive In.this particular. ■ Among other things that require attention, fallen leaves shonld'bp frequently swept up and properly disposed of. In-doors every room should lie swept and dual led daily, care being taken not merely to make a decent sinlace blit thoroughly to cleanse tin der tlio beds, drawers, tables, and other, lurnf-., turd, mid to clean out ail closets and lumber, holes. ■ 1 ■ - SXuriATH Daniel Webster: “I once defended a man, charged with lira awful crime of murder. At the conclusion.q( the tri al, I asked him what could induce Jimi to stain his" habits in (ho ,blood of a hitman being. Turn ing Iris bloodshot eyes full .upon me, be replied'* in a voice, of despair, * Mr. Webster, in rny youth I spent the ltoly Sabbath, in evil amuse*, ihonts, instead of frpqucnfing tire house of phiyt o t anti piaiso.’ Cbitld wo go back to tiro ear ly years of all burdened criminals, I believe, firm* ly believe, that their first departure from, the path of morality, was when they abandoned tho Sabbath School, and their subsequent crimes might, tints ire traced bad; to the neglect of youthful religious instruction.* , “Many years ago I. Spent a Sabbath yfith Tlifitnas Jefferson, at iris residence in Virginia,- It was in tbe month of June, and the, weather was delightful. . X, remarked, ‘How irow very sweetly Bounds that Sahhath liL'll!”—• That distinguished ■ statesmiin * for , a -moment seemed lost in thought, and then replied ■ ‘lTes, my dear Webster, yes, it melts tho heart, calms our prssions, and makes us boys agiiitf.’ ” . ' ( What’s in a Name ?—Tlie.fo'lowing “good one” is going iho rounds of our Democratic ex- changes “ What party do you belong to now, Bill T** saitj Joe. the other day. # i »• I belong.’*,answered Bill, “ to tho.fcnovjr no-Anioricnn-no lhe-the—hanged cf I Mint for got, Joe. What sort of vnrrnml was it you. kGlebed t’other night stenliri’ your chickens? 1 ?; “ It was an oppossum." . “Tha’s it Joe, that’s it. Op-op-what dla you say it was, Joe?” .♦* Oppossum.” . “ Welt, I belong to the bppOS-* V Opposition,” said Joe.l » V “1 Unow’d it was sumlhm’or other., Wy party changes so often, hang me ef l ean .kgppi* "P-” ‘ fcy lie who has lost shame may bury his’ heart. OCT* discretion in speech is more Ilian elo quence. Ky-Be quick in’receiving, and bold and de termined in executing. The worst, featurepn-a man’s faco is his 1 noser-whfcn suets’ in other people’s business. [£7- Do good i 9 him who docs you evil, and 1 , by'this means you will gain the victory over him. ■ DCT - The .greatest advantage, that a man can 1 procure fot his children is to have them Well educated. ■ [£7" If j-our wife runs away, don’t you run 1 after her, for if yon do, there will be twd fools' in the chase. O ZT A irian can gel along without advertis ing; so can a wagon wheel \vi houl greasing, but it goes awful-hard. , , poor should get learning in order to become rich; .and 1 the rich shbuld’ acquire it fop their ornament. ‘ ” DC7" A man should nccommodiiie himself io i the weakness of his inferiors, in order .to drive from them the services lie requires. (C 7" It is best to deceive no brie ; lor he that,; like Mahowet.'fiegins by deceiving others,.will end' like liim, by deceiving himself. . r ICT* Says a country girl, describing her coun try homo, •• We raise our own fruit and vegeta'-’ bles, make our own pork ahdloy our own eggs.' (CT’hfii who cannot feel friendship is qlikd incapable of love. Let a woman beware of the man who owns that he loves no otic blit himself. ’ | '{jf- An avaricious man runtf s'raight in'o po-' verty. He leads a line of poverty here below ; ■ but he must give the account of a rich man |n> the day of jltdgriieni. ’ _■ editor of a Minnesota paper says, that he can generally manage, by hook or by, c r ook, to gel tip a pretiy good paper.; IK does It principally by book; - . 1 •' J 05=-It is a Chinese maxim,'that fort every man who does not work, and every woman who’ is idle, somebody must sutler cold or All loafers please notice. J 7 One of our hackney coachmen seeing ■ ari‘ Undertaker carrying a coilin' oh bis shoulder,, called otu to a brother whip— ‘ 1 say; Jin4'V I here's your new boxteoal going home.’ E. L. Golev & Co, DoiYestjc ECohomy.—. Safd Simpson,to his wile ono day, I‘Wo’vo nothing loft to eat: If things go, on in this queer way, . Wo sha’n’t make 40/A cuds nice/.” i . I 1 . •’ :, - i . Tile danio replied in words discreet, “We’fo.npt so badly fed If ’.ve we can pi ahe biit one end meat," ’ And make tho other bread!” ■ ICy” Imitation is the sinccrest flattery. : ; 03P Do not trifle with’ your own character. '
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