AMERICAN TOLDHTEER . JOHN B. BRiITTON, Editor & Proprietor. CARLISLE, PA., JULY 21. 1859. Democratic State Nominations, FOR AUDITOR GENERAL, RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Of Philadelphia, FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL, JOHN 'ROWE, Of Franklin County. RELEGATE ELECTION. Agreeably to notice the Democratic Standing Committee of Cumberland county met at the hotel of O. Martin, in Carlisle, on the 16tb inst., when the following proceedings were had: Resolved. That the Democratic voters of the several wards, boroughs and townships, are hereby jeguested to meet at their usual places, of bolding borough or township elections, on Saturday, the 6th of August next, for the pur pose of electing two delegates from each ward, borough or township, to meet in County Con vention, in Carlisle, on Monday the Bth day of August next; for the purpose of placing in nom ination candidates to be supported at the ensu ing election. Said election; will be held in the borough of Carlisle and Mechanicsburg. between the hours of 3 and 7 o’clock, p. m. ; in the bor oughs of Shippcnshurg and Nowville. between the hours of 7 and 9 o’clock, and in all the oili er districts between the hours of 3 and'C o’clock. Resolved, That-it be hereby recommended to the Convention to adjourn at or before half past 12 o’clock, to enable the delegates to return home the same day. , , Resolved, That the Convention bv requested to transact the business with open doors dud to rote lor candidates viva voce. JACOB WOLF. Chairman, Ab’m. Lamberton, Sec’y. Apoi.ogetical.—lVc 3] a VO not felt in the mood lor writing much since our last, and if our rea ders find our paper dess interesting than usual-, they must attribute it to- the boat. Who the mischief can collect his thoughts siloh weather as this? The dog-days are upon Us, and the Ibrvidheat ofa July suri, shining with uncloud ed' splendor, and pouring its rays niercilessly upon all sublunary things; has drunk up the moisture of the earth, and is trying not the souls perhaps, but the bodies of all that live, and breathe, and have their being beneath its influ. ence. With the thermometer at about one hun. dried degrees fahrenheit in the shade; and with flesh frying, pores flooded With perspiration and brains-parched* by .the-heat, common mortals' cannot bo expected to exercise a.very great de T gree of energy or activity.. Cozoeed Cam? Meetino, —The colored peo. pie of the Talley will hold a camp-meeting at Sbipponsburg, commencing on (he 24th of Au gust, and to continue over two Sabbaths. ft?” Subscription papers uVo being circulated IriNewvillo for the. purpose of raising funds to purchase a now lire engine. ft-?” A number of,recipes, valuable to house keepers-, with be found om the first page of this momihg’s paper, to which the attention of our lady readers is directed. ft?” All our fire companies have boen-invited to join in the Firemen’s parade, at Shippcns burg, on the 4th of August. Post-Office Affairs.—James C’endenin has been appointed Post-Master at Carlisle ■Springs, this county/ vice 11. C.'Chandler, re signed ; and Jacob Redseckcr Post-Master at .Dickinson, vice John Auld, deceased. Released from Prison.—Emanuel Mr- ZRS. who lias been confined- in our prison for several weeks on the charge of kidnapping, was released on bail a few days since. Ho will be tried at.the August court,, arid if found guilty. We hope to see him severely punished. The Health ov ourßokougu,— The health cl Carlisle, at this season of the year, was never "better than now, even when the thermometer is ranging Irom ninety to one hundred degrees.— T "We hear of but few cases of sickness, except such as cholera morbus or summer complaint, and, these are generally caused by the too grpat indulgence in eating unripe fruitand vegetables; aside from these our town is unusually healthy, and the doctors have a chance to enjoy them selves the same as other people. , Eire.— On Tuesday, between 10 and 11 o’clock, our citizens were again startled by the cry of “ fire,” and upon gaining the street, wo discovered, a dense smoke ascending from the alley called, we believe, “College,” between Ibuther and North streets. The fire originated in- the barn belonging to .Mrs. Euzammr Ebotr, in which Moj. John M’Cautnet and Mr. M. Leidio, had recently stowed away Iheircrop—l29'dozens of wheat.. The flames soon 'communicated to another baru, sheds, stables, Ac.-, belonging to Mr. Peter Spaiir, and to two other-small, stables. All these buil dings, with their contents, .were destroyed. JV required the most active efforts of our firemen to provent the flames from.communicuting with the othir-numerous stablits and frame buildings in the neighborhood, but they finally succeeded, and thus prevented what threatened to be a most disastrous conflagration. It is supposed -the first barn was tired by some little boys who were playing in the building with matches in tbeir possession. Hijoa Stebbbtt Ramset.— Our former townsman an(L esteemed friend, Maj. Sterkett Ramset, Purser in the U. S. Navy, arrived in Carlisle a few days since. Most heartily was he welcomed by his many enthusiastic friends, all of whom were rejoiced to see him, and once more grasp his-hand. Perhaps no man in the State has warmer' friends or more of them than Purser Ramset. Here in Carlisle, the home of his boy-hood, ho is respected and ! beloved' by alt, old and young. The Major enjoys his usu al good health, except that he is afflicted with very weak eyes, which makes it necessary for him to. wear glasses constantly. lie has, with in the last two or three years, been at times un der tha adyicoof Dr. Panoost, of-Philadelphia, and his sight at present is much better than formerly, and we trust may. yet be entirely re stored. It is bis intention, we believe, to re main .in . Pennsylvania during., the, summer, a portion of which lime lie will&pendln Carlisle ; after-which he will return, we- presume, to his Station-at Warrrington, Florida. Let him be where he may, the good' wishes of. the peopla of Carlisle will be with him. • Postmaster is Tboudle.— Postmaster Glass, of. New has been attested on a charge of passing counterfeit money.. Mr. Cauiugan’s Oration. —The oration de livered by Charles’ W. Oarrigan, E<q.; of Philadelphia, before the Belles Lettrcs and Union Philosophical Societies of Dichinspn Col lege, on the morning of.,the 13th inst., afforded a rich intellectual treat to those who beard it. It was indeed a. very beautiful and well-deliv ered address, and was well received by the in telligent assemblage present. The eloquent speaker condemned many of the follies indulged in by the present generation, and advised a re turn to the habits and manners of our forefath ers, when a man’s word was as good as his bond, and rascality wis visited with-the seve rest penalties. Our ancestors, he contended, were men of sterling integrity and patriotism— men attached to their country because of their Tore of freedom—men whoso hearts were in their hands and their hands open. In,those days no man dared to act the knave or rascal— no public officer. National. State, County or Borough, dared to be,a defaulter. Now, how different! Now we see the cheat, the swindler, the defaulter and the libertine not only tolera ted, but actually, encouraged and recngnizcljin jJ?e community of their crimes! Some of them, too, move in our bastard “ host society”—a so ciety made up too often oflow men and senseless women—a “society” not based upon .inicgritjL and worth, ait was required by onr grandfathers. Mr. C. was justly severe upon these departures from the path of rectitude, and we feel satisfied his remarks met a hearty response in every honest breast present. lie occupied an hour and a-half in delivering his speech, and was enthusiasti cally greeted when he concluded. Sir. 0. is a fine declaimcr—strong in voice, plain in arlicu-. lalion, and graceful in his gestures. He has troops of’ warm and devoted friends here, in Carlisle, and they were all gratified at the man ner he acquitted himself on' this occasion. Dickinson College- Commencement.— With the exception of Mr. Caiirigan’s speech. We attended none of t)ie : exercises of commence ment week. A young friend who 1 hettfd the speeches of the gradual mg'cl ass as well as those connected with the two'societies, has furnished us a criticism, which we w.ould publish.if we considered the subject worthy of two columns of our paper. We cannot spare so much space, however, to a review of the boys silly little speeches.. Our friend may bo right when he says that “ Dickinson College is rapidly on the Wane,” and that “ the speeches of the gradua ting class were far interior to those delivered by the boys of our Common Schools, at their com mencement," but that is nothing to us or our readers, nbrcan.we afford our space to cstab'ish. this fact. Our Common Schools of Carlisle, our friend must remember, are the best in the Slate, and if they do turn out “ better scholars than Dickinson College"—of which we have no doubt—so much the better for our children. Sale of Valuaule Real Estate —We in vite the attention of capitalists to the sale, ad verlised in another by the Assignees of Peter F. Ecb, of the valuable property known as the “ Carlisle Iron Works Estate,” containing 9000 acres of land, and having upon it a forge, furnace, grist mill, saw mill,’ black •smith shop, coal houses, carpenter shop, nu merous tenant houses, water power, &c. Be yond question, this is One of the best proper-, ties-ever offered for sale in our State, and should arrest the attention of capitalists who wish to malic a safe and profitablfe investment. Some 400 or 500' acres of this valuable estate is un der cultivation, and the land is equal to any in our rich valley. Again wo say, this sale is worthy the attention of capitalists. Dull Times. always brings : drill times, but duller times than we have had for thc‘last two or three weeks have seldom been noticed.. Business seems- to be at a perfect stand'still. Goods and sellers are as plenty as blackberries ; but buyers and money are either among the things that were, or arc holding back to make a grand rush. We hope tp-lmye an improvement on this stale of things of a re ally tangible and ! substantial sort, after the harvest lias been gathered. Tub Heat. —The weather for the last two weeks has been insufferably oppressive. On several days the thermometer readied an alti tude seldom experienced in Carlisle. On Wed nesday of last week particularly, at several points in Town it went up to one hundred and one degrees in the shade. Thisls almost suffi ciciit heat for the broiling of beef steak. In a number of-instances workmen exposed to, the fierceness of the sun’s rays were obliged to,sus pend work. New Hose Carriage.— The Cumberland Fire Company of this place recently purchased in Philadelphia, a most beautiful Hose Carriage, which arrived here, in charge of a committee, on Saturday. The Carriage is one of the best in use, with silver mountings, and finished in the highest style of art. The reception of the Caniagewas made the occasion for a parade, by all our fire Companies, who traversed the streets for several hours, dressed up in their Firemen’s uniform, presenting a very imposing appearance A Tier the parade, the Cumberland Company exercised their engine in front of the court-house, much to the gratification of nil present. A side .stream was thrown ten or fif teen feet over the-court-house steeple. The Fire-Department of Carlisle is now equal to that of an} r town in the Slate, all four Companies having recently procured new Carriages and new hose. If they will continue to work to gether harmoniously, and keep down petty jeal ousies, our citizens will feel that their money has been spent for a good purpose. Culpaulb Carelessness.—We notice in some persons a culpably careless practice, in hitching horses to young shade trees, which many of our citizens have liberally placed along the sidewalks. These acts of carelessness, or we may say outrages, are committed generally by the farmers who visit our town on market mornings, and- on other days-of the week, to make their purchases. To save a little expense, they hitch their animals to the trees, and allow litem to stand there for hours at a time, while they travel about town, attending to their bus iness. . Tito horses become impatient, restless and hungry, and consequently chew the trees, destroy the boxes,"or ruin the bricks in the gut ters along the streets, just because the owners ol the said horses are too stingy to spend n shil ling to put them up in a stable. These farmers complain bitterly if any of onr citizens should visit their farms and tramp down their growing crops, or injure their trees ; but think nothing of bitching a pair of dancing horses in front of a man ! s bouse, to destroy his gutters, break his awning posts or tree boxes, and skin his trees- THE “OPPOSITION.” What name, style, or titlo the opponents of the Democratic parly will assume in the next .national campaign, says the Washington Consti tution, lime only can determine. The Demo cratic party is a fixed fact in the past , and pre sent history, of the Republic. It is founded ■upon immutable principles, coeval and interwo ven with the organization of the institutions of the country. Its doctrines are embodied in the Declaration ol Independence and the Constitu tion of the United States. , Upon a basis so so lid and impfcgnable the waves of opposition beat in vain. Whether in muhicipal, Stale, or federal elections, the issues presented and sup ported by the Democracy tire essentially the same. Hence the unity of this great party, which is, as it always has been, and will con tinue fo bo, the exponent and support of the invaluable political inheritance handed down to ns by bur forefathers, and which it is the impe rative duty of every man enjoying its blessings fo cherish, protect, and preserve. In merited triumph, or in temporary defeat, the Democratic party remains true to its faith; and confident of its recuperative powers, and final victory. Whilst the belief in the capabili ty of man for self-governmen endures, so long will the Democratic sentiment be the predomi mating—influences in . the -United States. —To doubt it is to distrust, the intelligence of the people. . All men know that in practice, as well as in theory, the pbject and aim of the Democratic pirty is to benefit the « many, sfc not the “few.” -It is the stern foe of “ special privileges,”, no matter what specious guises they ptay bo pre ■ scuted in. Under its workings and benignant guidance, the growth of,the country and the ex. pansion of liberal ideas and sound conservative principles of government have been unexam pled. What do (lie Opposition,, or the various fac lions that compose if at the present day, present to the people as reasons for changing a system which has been so fully tried, and worked so well! They have no platform of principles upon which they can by any possibility unite j and it may be said in truth that they have no principles in common at all.. In fact, their ac tion is, the effect of playing their part on the po litical chess' board contrary to ail pririciple and against nil.the rules of right reason. The doc trines of . Republicanism, of Abolition ism, of Know-Nbthingism, are discordant with each others and have nothing in common, ex cept in, the indisputable fact that they are each and all in plain violation of the provisionsiof ttie Constilnlion-of the United States, and ut terly subversive of its vitality. The endorse ment of the heresies of any one of these fac tions by the people through the ballot-box would be at once the annulment of that glorious in strument—the sheet-anchor of the Federal Go vernment—and. the death-knell of constitutional liberty and union. Happily, however, in the present enlightened state of (he world, such a result is little, to be apprehended. The emigrant fiom fho Old World who finds here a homo free from the troubles and vexa tions which exacting, governments there subject him to, is not likely to’give his role fo.Know. Nothingisin, which, if established, would create a despotism in this land as bad if not worse than any now existing in Europe. Neither will any conservative white man, of native bi - foreign birth, vote to establish the Black Republican fanatical doclrine of elevating the political status o I l)ie black over that of the white, ho matter what place might have been the natural-domicil of the latter. The extraordinary somersault of some of tile loading Know r Nothings, lately ex hibited’in their pretended indignation about the possibility of the infringeriient.of the rights of naturalized American citizen* should they vol untarily return to the land of their nativity, is sq shallow as to Be . seen through by the most obtuse mind, and is simply ridiculous. It is certainly a fair inference, that those who have formed secret political associations, and com. bined together, under the solemnity of the most disgusting oaths, to do all in their power to de. privo the naturalized .citizens, and even their children, of the rights guarantied to them under the Constitution whilst residing here, would, had they the control pt the National Adminis tration, give little, if any, attention to their rights elsewhere. , , That the Opposition calculate largely upon (he influence of their arts and deceptions in se curing a portion of tho naturalized voters as supporters in the next campaign, is very evident. But they miscalculate the intelligence of those of our citizens, ns they do and always have mis judged tlie political knowledge of the masses ; and they will find that (he result of the canvass will disclose—jvliat all observing men know— that the principles of (ho Democratic party arc daily taking deeper and deeper riot in the po pular heart of both native and adopted citizens. As to the latter, so long as the outrages perpe. (rated by or in tho name of Natives and Know. Nothings in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washing, ton, Louisville, and New Orleans are remem bered. every reflecting mind among them must he convinced that the true ark of personal and political rights exists in tho continued supre macy. of the Democratic parly, and in it alone. , There is another class of men in the Opposi tion known as “ hollers” from thg Democratic party. They an?; however, destitute of any pre tensions to principles Of any kind. Disappoint ed in (heir aspirations for power and place, and finding that their merits and abililics were not appreciated as highly as they themselves valued them, they exhaust tbeir spleen In vain efforts to overthrow the parly it was their boast to be connected with. Like, the renegade, who. it is said, is worse than ten Turks, these unfortunate men have placed themselves in a position where they can do no benefit to themselves, and no harm to (lie great parly which onco may have fostered them. Be Cautious. —The warm weather suggests caution in the use of fruits and vegetation. Unripe fruits and green vegetables, both lack ing the quality of freshness, are likely to he fdund’in the markets. They are a common cause of summer disease, and too great care cannot be exercised in regard to them. A Gnomons Harvest. —The Lonoaslcr pa pers are expressing great joy at the glorious crops that have just been gathered in that county. The harvest is said to be the greatest ever secured there. The Union estimates that the wheat crop has yielded not less than four millions of bushels —an enormous yield, truly. In onr own county, the same abundance has crowned the farmers’ labors. The wheat crop has all been safely gathered, and is an untisu a'ly large and good one. The oats are now be. ing cut, and the corn, although still backward, is growing finely, and promises a crop equally abundant wilh the other grains. ■ Heavy Investment. —The capital invested In the beer breweries of St. Louis, Mo., is said to nearly reach $20,000,0001 Beware,of the Enemy's Tricks! 1 * -Tho Democracy have never gone into a politi cal contest with her foes, without some Arnold lifco treachery of hor friends, and the insidious cljrorts of the Opposition being skillfully put fetth to break our organization, and ruin us as a jThepnst history of our country is proof sutß- of this, and every Democrat of tho nnwa vtWifg-stamp can bear testimony to the fact.— And;now, of all the foes whom we have mot in denrUy conflict, nope will compare with this Abolition-Republican gang, either in falsehood, or the skillful use of that falsehood. Perhaps to show oiir friends more clearly the aim of tho Opposition, we might refer to the tactics in war. It is Ivell known that if one of two contending armies can divide tho other, that army will bo able to win an easy victory. This was the grand Iriokfof Napoleon 1., with his impetuous sol diery;. Knowing that Pennsylvania is the most important State in the National election of 1860, 1 these enemies continually harp np'bn the dead issues,in hopes that Democrats may fall into the pit they have prepared lor them, and this proud old State belong to the Abolition list of Now England. New York promises to right herself, and show a clear victory, this tall, in preparation for the Presidential election—and wo do, hope that tho old Democracy of Pennsyl- Vania will feel fhatlhcy too have a work toper form, the credit of the parly to sustain. Lotus lay aside all tho different little variances that distract us, and present an open, full, firm, com pact phalanx to the cowardly villains who would destroy our party if possible. Hard to Please. It is,impossiblo, says the Harrisburg Patriot for the present Administration to do anything pleasing to the Opposition grumblers. Having made up their minds to be in a bad humor, they remain in a perpelufll-and painful state of irrita tion. Their indignation at the fearful extrava gance of the Administration is not exhausted, before they discern that this same Administra tion Wfcnlirciy.too economical. The last Con gress having, adjourned, without making the usual postal appropriations, through the factious exertions of Mr. Grow and his Republican con federates in the House of Representatives, the Postmaster General has been compelled to cur tail the expenses of the Department, and in do. ing so many of the country mail routes have been discontinued, and others cut down to half service. No sooner is this announced than it is the signal for a combined assault upon the Administration lor its niggardly economy— Now retrenchment would be a very easy matter if it cost nothing, but in a Government, as well as in a private I’lousehold, some comfort or lux ury must be sacrificed if the means are not forth-coming to support it. It may be very in convenient to do so, but the Work must be ac complished or a debt incurred. Tt is one thing to talk of. retrenchment, and another tiling to foci its effects. If the Post Office Department I had ample funds it would bo an easy matter to keep up all tbe existing routes, but as it has not, some must bo cut off. The Postmaster General has determined upon reducing the ex penses of the Department, and has adopted the only course' by which it can bo accomplished.— The Opposition have demanded economy, and how that tbcy.bave.it—and most rigidly applied —they are the first to exclaim against it, so in vetorate is the spirit of Opposition Tub WAn ahO Russia. —Who has gained most by the Italian war, thus far 7 The French have drlvehlfhe Austrians bach, but they have beaten them only at a very heavy loss of men, and those, be it remembered, of the very floiver ol tlioir army. Tho elite of the Austrian troops* it is understood, are the reserve, which has not yet taken part. Mr. Raymond, in ilia letters to the New York Times, shows that the Zouaves are terribly cut up and decimated. To us at looks ns if Russia was tho only power that had been benefiftcd, thus far. She is avenging her self on Austria for her inaction during the Cri mean war, by holding Germany in .check. She is punishing France, by luring Napoleon into a war which-has already cost him many thousands of his best soldiers. She is humilitating Eng land, by appearing to awe her into neutrality.— Herself exhausted by the Crimean war, she is successfully striving to weaken every other pow er, in order that-hereafter, When she has re cruited her own resources, she may step in, as autocrat and mediator, to dictate the terms of arrangement. Kossuth m Italy. —Since the arrival of Kos suth in Italy- he has been hailed by the people with enthusiastic acclamations wherever he'has appeared. Tho first Hungarian brigade has al ready been organized in Sardinia, and another is now being organized. Ah eloquent address has.been issued lo .the Hungarian soldiers by Klapka and Porczel, inviting them all to join the Allied army. It says that “ the Italian cause is identically united with the Hungarian cause.— If tho Austrian Government falls in.ltaly, we. shall expel them also from Hungary; and we shall be free as wore our fathers.” From pre sent appearances, there is very little dcubt of the destruction of tho dominion of Austria in Italy. But if, when that is accomplished, Aus tria would ho willing to make a liberal treaty, forever resigning herltalian dominions,we doubt whether Napoleon would insist upon also wrest ing Hungary from her grasp. If, however, Ve netia should fall,into the hands of the Allies, as Lombardy has already fallen, and Austria, with characteristic stubbornness, should insist upon prolonging the war, we should not be much as tonished If Hungary would receive his assistance in gaining her liberties. However desperate any movement for Hungary may appear at this moment, there is a contingency in which it might bo successful, and Kossuth is but doing .Ills. duty to Ills country in connecting himself with those whoso position offers a hope, slight though it is, for the de)iveranco 1 of bis native land. Dreadful Murder in Baltimore, Md.—Ear ly on Tuesday evening, of last week, as Mr. ifin. W. Taylor was passing along Henrietta strjeet, near Light street, Baltimore, Md., ho was stopped by some men who had just got out of a buggy, opposite a tavern, and asked to treat, which he declined. Ho was instantly knocked down, and one of the party put a pis tol to his head and tired, the ball entering his brain and causing death in a few minutes.— Thomas Eaton, one of the party, was arrested, and the police were after the others. Lynch Law in lowa —Doctor Ellis, who was driven away from Greene county, lowa, by the Regulators, some time since, returned,, a few days ago, on a visit to bis son in-law. The Regulators, hearing of his return, assembled in largo numbers, seized him, and, tying him.to a tree, administered to him one hundred lashes. •True. —Plumer, the murderer and mutineer, convicted at Boston, Mass., and whoso.sentonce has been commuted by the President of the United States, was baptized last week. The Boston Post thinks it a pity the ceremony was not performed i«/one the mutiny. Death of Rnfns Choate. The Hon. Rufus Choate, of Massachusetts, died at Halifax, early on the 13lh inst., of an attack of heart disease. The Intelligence has caused a deep feeling of regret throughout the Union. Mr. Choate was New England’s grea- test lawyer, and perhaps, her greatest orator. He was born at Essex, a small town in Essex county. Mass., October 1. 1799 ; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1819; and was admitted to the Bar in 1824. His professional rise was remarkably rapid, for at the outset he possessed a large share of the legal ability for, which he afterwards became eminently distinnnished.— Prctious to 1832, he had screed ns a member in each branch of the Massachusetts Legislature, and in that year he was elected to Congress, where ho, served one term, and declined a re election.. He removed to Boston in 1834, for the purpose of enlarging his practice as a law yer, and during the succeeding eight years, de voted himself assiduously to his profession, winning many remarkable triumphs, and an ex tended reputation. In February, 1841, he was eleclcd„to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Web ster, as United Stales Senator, and he remained in the Senate till March, 1845. During his Senatorial career, he delivered several very able spccchcsrwhiclraUractediniichattention. Bur he gladly returned to the practice of his pro fession, and since 1845 has held no important office. During the last ten years his addresses on pub : ic questions and on public occasions have, perhaps, commanded more general atten tion than those of any other citizen of the Re; pulio. Mr. Choate was always politically as sociated with organizations hostile to the Dem ocratic party, until 1856. when he joined the great body of conservative men of the Union in advocacy of National principles. His great speech in that year in support of-Mr. Buchanan exercised a powerful influence upon the canvass, and' was one of the most effective political ad dresses ever dcliverd. As a lawyer he was pre eminent, excelling in all the duties of his pro fession, and being alike superior in his method of examining witnesses, his discussion of law questions, his addresses to jurors, and judges, and in the general management of the cases en trusted to him. Hi! habitually enlisted a<l his energies whenever he assumed the position of counsel, without reference to the importance of the issue involved, and by his industry, unwea- , ried application, and extraordinory talents, ac quired a greater renown as an advocate than any lawyer, now living, in America. Mr. Choate sailed a. month since for Europe, to regain his health, but did not proceed fur ther than Halifax, where he remained quite feeb'e, blit not so prostrate, as to alarm his , friends, until Tuesday evening, about 6 o’clock, , when he was seized with an attack of the dis ease to which he was subject, which terminated | his existence in,a few hours., , , DC?” The new Kansas Constitutional Conven tion is now in session at .Wyandotte, Kansas.— The Constitution of Ohio has been adopted as the basis of the Constitution it proposes to frame. Mrs. C. J. H. Nichols, of Women’s Rights Agitation notoriety, is industriously laboring to prevent the Convention from making any pb litical distinction on account oi sex, in the new organic law of the Slate. The following clas ; sißcation has been, made of the members; Re publican members, 34 ; Democratic 17 : Inde pendent 1. The officers, - all Republican.— There are in the Convention 18 farmers, 20 at iorneys at law, 9 merchants, 3 manufacturers, 3 physicians; land agents, mechanics, editors, journalists, clergymen, 1 each. 40 married. 18 single, and three widowers. Natives of Ohio. 14 ; Pennsylvania, 9 : Indiana 6 ; Massa chusetts, 6 : Kentucky-, 4 ; Vermont, 4;- New York, 4; Maine, 3 : New Hampshire, 3 ; Vir, ginia, 1; England, 2; Scotland, Ireland, and Germany, 1 each. C 7" A correspondent of the New York Post, writing from Sumner, Kansas, in regard to the Pike’s Peak Gold Mines, says: “Tho recent reports from the gold region have somewhat quickened tho business pulse of tho Territory, and a scanty emigration is once.more creeping westward from tho river frontier. - Reliable ad vices indicate the presence of gold in paying de posits along the gulches and creeks of the hith er slope of the Rocky Mountains; but the peo ple have not yet recovered from the shock con sequent to the disasters of April and May, and nothing but the arrival of large remittances from the mines will restore ptiblic confidence. “ Up to tho present lime, reports of specula tors to the contrary notwithstanding, no dust has been received except occasional ounces (or exhibition in brokers’ windows. lam in receipt of private intelligence of the latest dates from .Denver City, confirming the statements of Gree ley, in his letter to the Rocky Mountain News, in regard to tho largo wages made in a fow in stances during the preceding month. No new discoveries had been made, the emigration was slight, provisions scarce and high, and confi-' dence rather declining. . “ It is certain that the geology of tho region furnishes ,an argument hostile to its mineral richness. Its prevalent structure is limestone, the latest formation, and parent of the baser metals. Pike’s Peak is a mass of gypsum, and tho mountain ridges are but sparsely veined with that primitive quartz which is tho mother of gold and gems.” Right Good. —Bennett, of the York Herald, boasts greatly of bringing out Presidential can didates Speakingof bringing out George Law iji 1856, it says, “ we trotted out George Law. rubbed him down, currycombed him, brought out hid best points, got him into condition, and then trotted him back again into the stall, not baoking'htm finally for the Presidential face” To this the New York Mercury pungently adds : “ There is in the above confession a sin gle omission, which we beg leave to correct.— Bennett did more to his nag " than rub him down, currcovmb him, and trot him back again. He bled him profusely!” Bennett is rather distinguished as a phlcbotamist. Horrible Murder. —On Friday of last week, a man named Stocker was killed at Ceres, Mc- Kean county, by an Irishman name James Dunn. Three men found Stocker lying across a ditch, with his head literally mashed to a jel ly, and his brains scattered around on the ground 1 . Two heavy clubs were'found near him. both covered with blood and hair. The murderer was arrested. KillbD'ON the Railroad. —The Night Ex press Train, coming South, on the Northern Central Road, on Monday night of last week, ran over a man, name unknown, about seven miles below Sunbury. Both his legs and his right arm wore cut oft and bis face much bruis ed, Ue.died in a few minutes. LITE FROM EUROPE. LOSSES BT THE GREAT BATTLE OT SOLFBBING. By the steamer ifitna, at New York, we have received European advices to the second inst. There had bccti fi'o riiore fighting, and the al lies continued their movements across the Min cio unmolested. The. Emperor Napoleon ,had changed his headquarters from Volta, to Valle gio. The Sardinians had completcdlhe invest ment of Peschiera from the Lago de Garda to the Mincio. The Emperor-of Austria was ex pected to remain in Italy. The loss of the French in the battle of Solfcrino is slated at from 16,000 to 18,000 inch. „ Napoleon had an epaulette shot away. The. Austrian loss was 20,000 killed, wounded and missing. The French General Dieu is among those reported dead. The Austrians had t-even or eight gene rals, and very many superior officers wounded. General Grcschkc was killed. . Some of the French infantry regiments were nearly cut to pieces. The Piedmontese suffered so severely as to bo incapable.of forming in the line of bat tle. The Vienna correspondent of the London I'imes, writing on the 28th, says, that some days must elapse before complete returns of the losses of the Austrians cou'd be received. The same writer says that the Italian regiments in the Austrian army havo become very difficult to manage. The men desert by' scores and fif ties. In the neighborhood of Trieste a whole battalion had raised the cry in favor of Victor Emanuel.:, A vessel on the coast, under the American flag, had been detected in the net of receiving the deserters on board, after dark. The people of Milan have, made threatening manifestations against the Jesuits, whom pub lic rumor accuses of • keeping up. a secret cor respondence with Austria. The municipal bo dy of Vienna have oflefed to maintain peace and order, in case it was necessary to dispatch tlic garrison at Vienna to the seat of war. Enor mous masses of French soldiers are marching into Piedmont, via NiOe. and Mount Cenis. Napoleon was in perfect health, and the sani tary condition of his arniy was excellent. His headquarters were at Vullegio, where Prince Napoleon was expected to arrive on the 30th ult. It is reported that, at Solferino, nearly every officer and man of the artillery attached to the Imperial Guard was put hors du com bat. Thoi Paris Monileur makes the Fiench loss in killed and wounded at the battle of Solferino 12,195. The Vienna correspondent makes the Austrian loss 1900 killed and 8100 wounded ; total 10.000 as far as ascertained. This Would seem to show, the heaviest loss on the French side. The battle seems to have been a brilliant manoeuvre of the Austrians to separate the French from the Sardinian forces, by 'getting between them.and taking 'the French - by sur prise. . , . The English Ministry has pronounced for a stiict neutrality. Mr. Cobden bud declined a seat in the new Cabinet. The Battle, of Solferino. The fVeser, which arrived at New York at an etrly hour on Saturday morning, brought the French official account of the battle of Solferino, and also a number of descriptions of it by newspaper correspondents, one of which was sent to the London' Times from the Austri an camp. It appears that the French army, when it neared the Mifibio., to guard against sur prise, habitually arrayed itself in the proper or der for comnicnoing-a battle, and, was thus con stantly prepared for any attack that might be made upon it, On the night of the23dult;, the French assert that they had no expeclation of a battle the next day. but on account of the extreme heat, the army was ordered to continue its march at 2 o’clock on the following morning. They were somewhat surprised when the report of cannon was heard on the plain at 5 o'clock on the morning of the 24th, but mere speedily prepared for the terrible struggle thus com menctd.and, Notwithstanding the strong posi tion of the Austrians and their superior num bers. were enabled to drive them from the field —a result owing to the superiority of the French troops, and of the French rifled cannon; and to the fact that the Austrian line was too much extended, and by being thus weakened in ihe centre was unable to resist the ferocious attack ihere made upon it. The Sardinians appear to have suffered terri bly during , the battle. The official report, which eslimales the French loss in killed and wounded at 12,000. states that of the Sardini ans (whose army formed but'a smalt portion of the allied forces.) as follows : ‘•The losses of the Sardinian army were un fortunately very considerable, and do not amount to less than 49 officers killed, and 167 wounded, 642 sub officers aiid privates killed. 3,409 younded and 1.258 so’diers missing, ina king a total uf 5 525 absent at roll-call.. Five p eces of cannon remained in the hands of the King's army as trophies of this sanguinary rim lory which it had gained over on enemy supe rior in number, and whose force'appeared to have been not less than 12 brigades.” The victory was as complete as could have been desired, The Austrians, who bad brave ly advanced to the attack in the morning, con sidered on y in the afternoon how they might best effect their rcireat. A terrific storm, which for a time enveloped the whole field in darkness, aided to cover their flight. Napo i.eon was not only enabled, on the night of the 24th, to occupy the room in which Puanois Joseph had slept the night before, hut he found a dinner prepared for his predecessor, which serjed for his own repast. The account of the correspondent of the 7’imcs from the Austrian camp attributes the result of the battle of Solferino to the fact that Napoleon Was apprized m advance of the inten tions and movements of the Austrian army. He says: “How was it that the French were ready at 6 o’clock to make a .combined attack against the Austrians, who, on their part, had butjiist taken up positions on the previous evening? An easy answer can bo given to that question. No sooner was' the Austrian battalion out of Vallegio on the 23d than a balloon was observed to rise tn the air from the vicinity of Monzam bano—a signal, no. doubt; for the French in Casliglione. I have a full conviction that the Emperor of the French ]:ncw. on the evening of the 23d, the exact position of every Austrian corps ';, that ho made his preparations accor dingly ; and* that, on the other hand, the Em peror of Austria was utterly unable to ascertain what was* the number or distribution of the for ces of tlie Allies. This, it ntaa be said , is. the result which must lie anticipated in every mili tary movement on Italian soil;” While the Austrians expected* to surprise the Allies, and, with their superior loico to demol ish their army at leisure, the latter were not only prepared to repulse their adversaries, but to make a terrific attack jjpon them before all tlieir corps, were (airly broueht Francis Joseph had-designed to -. 0 ,,' 1 assault at 9 o’clock on theniom; but at 6 o’clock on the same moS' had commenced on onset upon his they were unable to resist, and J?!? -ng strength as the day procccd ' Ct tously drove his legions from the Sj A Desperado LtHOHED i» if- May .last, Jasper a sliot James Oldham, at Milledgo,n|„ Ky., and immediately fled , corner of Marion county, where. undisturbed, although a reward of jin, fered lor his capture. ii«y lllg “ merous depredations in that nelghtT went to Bradfordsyilte, on the 4th U open day, deliberately took a gold Wa . gentleman. A number of persons h ' upon him, and succeeded in arrestim king him to jail in Stanford, the C«n m , On the 9th, an excited mob broke in t „ and took out the prisoner and ] mn „ tree, where his corpse was found hr is itics the next morning. . 1 """‘%| A CcsTOJiEii rno» Ptks>s . I man, twenty five years old, ell, Mass., and who said he hart Lf. Hi to at Boston, on Tuesday evening oi | ast I lodgings. He started for the land l gold with $OOO in his pockets, „„d , el ?| poor that ho last night begged for a c JI bread. Ho was fed and lodged,and na, ,..,1 Lowell. He don’t think a great deal or fal Peak, except that it is a cruel doceptioa, '1 C 7” A young man by the name of W|||J Hall, the son of Felix Hall, of Carrollton (I committed suicide on the 25th of last ttionlu shooting himself through the heart wiihi J When found, there was a piece of writngj ed to his vest, stating thin he had seen. J deal of trouble for thq last six months; and J determined to put an end to his existence.' 1 Beneficial Effects op the FuosT.--A l i servant farmer in this county, says the Pm county Democrat, informs us that since dnh, frosts, instead of the myriads of gr.sslioppt usually abounding at this season of the m scarcely one of the “ vermints" is to be ki on his or any of his neighbors’ farnis. Ueik stales that the catterpillars have been miti destroyed—the nests having generally lemj black.. An examination of some of them bi convinced him that these enemies of the W trees were frozen by the late frost. ' Escape of an Alleged Mubdekeh.-A/ii days since, as the Deputy Sheriff of Frincis Ann county, Va., -was removing Wallet I Land, who is charged with, an -.atrocious mu. dor, from the jail of that county to that of Ho. folk, the prisoner, -although heavily bond, threw himself from the carriage, and escapei into the woods. The Deputy Sheriff purud, but was unable to overtake him. Tomato Catsup.— The Columbus (Goo.)Su gives the following, as tho best receipt for Bi king tomato catsup: To a half bushel of skill ed tomatoes, add one quart, of good timpi; one pound of salt j quarter of a pound of liM pepper; two ounces of A/ncsn cayenne; for of a pound of allspice; one ounce ol'alon three boxes of ntustaid V twenty doves of gar- lic; six good onions; twoyoundßptVKeww Si gar, and one handful cff peach leaves. M this mass for throe hours, constantly it/m>/.f to keep it from burning. When cool, tah it through a fine seivc, or. a coarse cloth, aniVA tlo it for future use. It will improve by ip, and create and give zest to appetite, almoil un der the « ribs of death.” ■ O” Mrs. Partington says, that just Won the war with England V circutnslnaces ml seen around the moon nightly : shoaling still perambulated the earth, the desk ,of the.son was covered with black,spots of ink. and • inets swept the horizon with their- opcric tail*- Everybody said it proflignted war, and nun enough'it did come. Its costiveness was 111 throughout the land, but the bravery of On Jackson expatiated the American citizens, d foreign dominoes soon became a byword.” Hi dear old, lady lift us. leaning on Ik's 1 arrn.H visit Havbiistickl’s drug store, and hixdriiH op a glass of the delicious ice cold soda w«l« that flows from his beautiful silver fonnuin- Thc old lady knows where to get good thing*. An old bachelor says that mnrriijt rl! instituted for no other purpose than to/*w®f men sleeping diagonally in bed. Judge Appointed. —Governor P»A« appointed Hon. James Gamble, former me® r of Congress from the Centre district, pr®? l 'JS judge, in place of . Hon. James Burnsitfci * ceased.. -ITT* N. H. Johnson, Postmaster at Mi' Falls,’ New York,, and editor of the iw» Courier, died suddenly on the 12th iast- It7-A jUng man nanled. Warren, of Hjt ford. Conn., a few days ago murdered »» ■ of the youthful age of eighteen Y eßr *' ° tn| . purpose, pf marrying the daughter o ployer. Warren has been arrested, an probably expiate his dreadful sin upon I e s fold. Melancholy Accident.— Mr. Toang, M sipec.N. H,, while sailing on a pond on » inat., was drowned, together with throo children. K7T The Baltimore Clipper of T h « rsda J^J the Monumental Company’s Engine • sold to a Fire Company in Obambersburg, for $lOOO. o-Rufus Rood, of New H “ „«t committed suicide on the 4tli by ° his. brains with a gun, while his wi sent at a picnic, leaving him at wor 8 o* Statistics show that over sixty (fli were committed in New York for I 0 ding July 1. Gone to Europe;—Hon. Owen member of Congress from Monlgome _ -y o rt accompanied by his lady .'.sailed from last Wednesday, in the steamer Persi ffiarrieb! ' On Thursday last, by the Ncwville, Cumberland c " un r£‘ WaNNH* ”* Esq., of Harrisburg, and Miss __ Covr.n. of Dnub ing *?"P ~~***^ litfi. f. "in Dioj^soiTtownship; U last, Jonii Aum, E«1», 8 .®* v‘ ' K BSSS^. •d. Coni''" is.W
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