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
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