AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
JOHN B. BRATTON* Eilitor k Proprietor
CARLISLE, PA., SEPT.' 1, 1869.
Democratic State Nominations.
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
BICHARDSON L. WRIGHT,
Of Philadelphia
fOR SURVEYOR GENERAL.
JOHN ROWE,
Of Franklin County-
Comity Ticket.
For Senator-
J 5. D. CRAWFORD, of Juniata Co.
1 Assembly,
JOHN B. CHURCH, of Comb: Co.
JOHN POWER, pf Puny Co.
Treasurer,
ABRAHAM KILLIAN, of Ncwville.
Commissioner.
JAMES H. WAGGONER, of Carlisle.
District Attorney,
J. W. 1). GILLELEN, of Curlis'e.
Director of Poor.
WILLIAM GRACEY, of Newton.
Auditor.
JOHN W! COGKLIN, of U. Allen,
. ''County Surveyor. ■
ABRAHAM LAMBTSRTON, of N. Middleton
■ Coroner.
'DAVID SMITH, of Carlisle.
Fatal Accident.— On Tuesday last a,young
■ man named -.Henry Nichols, son of Caspßr
Nichols, was killed by the cars 1 near Shire
manstown, this county. The deceaseed was
deaf and dumb, about. 19 years of age, and a
tailor by trade. He was Standing close to the
track of the road when the cars approached
him, and wits struck on the'temple by the se
cond car, causing .a frightful fracture of the
skull, which caused death in a short time.
Attempted to Cut ms Throat. —On Satur
day last, a citizen of this town named Daniel
GRUVEtt. attempted to cut his throat by draw
ing a .razor across his thrapple. He inflicted
a severe wound,, and bled profusely, but .fortu
nately his injury did not finish the job he inten-,
ded. Soon after the attempt, he was discovered
by one of our police officers, who- took him in
charge and conveyed him to prison, where the
physician administered the relief necessary to
His case. He is now doing well. Domestic dif
ficulties, the prisoner says, is the reason for the'
rash act.
OS’*Sands, Nathans & Co., whose advertise
ment appears in another column, are the most
extensive Circus proprietors and managers in
the world. Their. reputation extends not only
through every part .of this Continent, but all
through England and Europe. Their establish
ment is the most complete in all its parts that
ever traveled, and includes the two wonderful
'performing elephants, Plzarro and’ Cortez, a
splendid Troupe ol Performers, a trained Zeh-1
ra, (the -only one in the .world,)’a score of Shet
land Ponies, the great melodic monster, the
Steain Calliope, equal to a thousand brass bands,
and,'a host .'of other attractions which wo cannot
speak of' in-detail; Hoad their announcement.
Aurora Borealis A.most beautiful auro
ra-borealis'was. visible op Sunday night for
several hours. The Whole heavens, were bril- |
liantly illuminated with a corniscating light ■
of many colors, crimson and purple prcdomina'- '
ting. Streams of light ascended from all points \
of the horizon; and met at the zenith in the .
form of a canopy, where they assumed the
most fantastic shapes. ’ A more beaulilul sight
could not be imagined. This mysterious light
lias- ever puzzled natural philosophers; wlio t
have advanced- the most contradictory explana-1
lions for the phenomena. Some have ascribed 1
them to the refraction of the'sun’s rays from
Arctic, icebergs ; others have believed that the
refraction is from Northern 1 ice or snow, and
the tremulous motion to be caused by.the per
petual vibrations of the earth’s' atmosphere ;
but the magnetic telegraph has solved- the pro
, Wem. On Sunday evening, when the sky was
clear, the stars shining and the wind still, the
only unusual appearance being the reddening
of the Northern and Eastern heavens, one of
the operators in the Harrisburg office chanced
to touch the wire and was thrown, by the vio
lence of a shock which he received, across
the room. At the same time the Superinten
dent of the Canadian lines of telegraph informs
.us that the line between Quebec and Father
Point was in perfect working order. Yet it
was proved impossible to dispatch the foreign
news across the wires. The Aurora Borealis
had so charged the air with electricity as to
partially destroy, the insulation. The phenom
ena of-the Northern lights may therefore be as
cribed to electricity, and a long disputed ques
tion of science is definitely, explained - .
, Distressing Accident. —We learn from the
Mechanicsburg Gazette, that a fatal accident
occurred near that place on the 20lh ult., by
which a young man named Henry Musselman,
aged about twenty-two years, residing on the
Cumberland Valley Railroad, near the village
of Kingston, lost his life. Mr. M. was thrown
from a colt, which he was riding, and his foot
becoming fast in the stirrup, ho was dragged
thus by the animal a distance of a mile, break
ing She of his legs, and otherwise so seriously
injuring and mutilating his head and body as
to cause death in about an hour thereafter.
The deceased, at the time of the accident, was
on his wtfy to visit a lady to whom he was to
have been married in tire course of nfew weeks.
Distrebskio Case.— Week before Inst, a lilllo
girl aged ten, was'placed in the New York Slate
Lunatic Asylum. The child was-a very intelli
gent one, and its close application to its study
threw it into (Us and resulted in destroying the
mind.— Exchange.
The health, if not the reason, of thousands of
children is annually destroyed in our country
from excessive application. Parents and toach
-1 ers are equally criminal in ■ forcing; when they
should repress, the too early developed passion
for study. It la, 100, a question o( serious mo
ment,, whether the confinement of very young
children, for six or eight hours a day. in over
heated and illy-ventilated school-rooms, is not n
fruitful source of medial and physical evil. As
it is belter to prevent crime than .to punish it,
so is it easier to preserve health' than to regain
iti
XT' Flowers lling their wealth upon the va
cant air, and rich men often fling theirs upon
thn vacant heir-.
OUR CANDIDATE FOR SENATOR.
The Conferees representing . this Senatorial
District, assembled itt Newport, Perry county,
on Thursday’, August the 25th. At the time
of willing this, wo had received no official ac
count of the doings of the Conference. If the
proceedings reach us in time we shall publish
them to day. We learn, however, that on Sat
urday, on the* 87th ballot. Dr, E. D. Craw
ford, of Juniata county', received seven,votes,
(which Was a majority,) and was declared the
nominee. He received fiom Juniata 3 votes,
from Perry 3 votes, and'from Cumberland 1
vote, (Judge Woodburn.) Two of the Confer
ees from this county,, Messrs. Ripi'uy and Burt
nett, had Withdrawn from the Conference be
fore the final vole was taken. The Mifflin
county'Conferees supported their own candi
date, Mr. Parker, to the last.
Dr. Crawford, of Juniata, is therefore the
nominee of the Democratic party for Senator in
this District, and we place his name at the head
of our columns accordingly. Whilst we should
have to have had the claims of our
own county respected and recognized, we yet
feel gratified that the Conferees have furnished
us a candidate worthy of our support and con
fidence—a candidate whose intelligence and
probity of character will command the; respect
and confidence of all. As we said in our last,
we have known Dr. Crawford since a child—
he is, we think, about our own ago, and we
were school-boys together. He is a gentleman
of acknowledged intelligence, and a Democrat
in whom all may rely. That he will receive
the entire Democratic vote in this county, and
bo triumphantly elected, there can be no doubt
whatever. And that he will represent this-
District in the Senate in a manner creditable
alike to himself and his constituents, is equally
certain. We therefore bespeak for Doctor
Crawford, our candidate for the Senate, the
zealous support of the Democrats ofold Mother
Cumberland. If our full vote is out, and har
mony exists in our ranks, his majority' in this
county must he 400 or 500. •’
N. B.—After the above was in. type, we re
ceived the following meager account of the mee
ting of the Senatorial Conferees, from a gentle
man who was not a Conferee. Why it is that
the Secretary of the meeting has refused or ne
glected to furnish us tvhh a full account, is
perhaps best known to himself: ,
SENATORIAL CONFERENCE.
Pursuant to notice, Hie Senatorial Conferees of
this district assembled at the house of Jacob
Smith, in Newport, Perry county, oh Thurs
day, the 2flih of August, 1859. and organized
by.electing Dr. Cras. Bower, of Mifflin coun
ty, Chairman, and C. J. T. M'lntuie, of Perry
county. Secretary.
The several counties-were represented as fol
lows : :
Mifflin —James Turner, Henry P, Taylor,
Dr. Charles Bower.
J amain—3. P. Wharton, Joseph Watts, J.
D. Howell. ■ ■
Perry— Dr. B. P. Hooke, C. J. T. M'lntire.
W. L.. Beale.
Cumberland— James Bortnett, and J: T. Rip-
Hon. Sah'l. Woodburn, the. third Conferee
from Cumberland being absent, on motion. Lb
vi Stuoiim was elected a temporary substitute.
On the 87ih ballot. Judge Wooduubn hav
ing appeared in person, Dr. E. D. Crawford
was-nominated, andt on motion, th 6 nomina
tion was made unanimous.
The following resolutions wcro'then adopted
Resolved, That this Conference unanimously
declare Df. E. D. Ckawfoud, of Juniata coun-
ty, to be the Democratic candidate for Senator ;
we know him to be a gentleman in all respects
worthy of our confidence—a Democrat of' the
strictest sect, and one against whose personal
and political character no one can utter a single
word.
Resolved, That we will give Dr. E. D. CitAW
fqhd our undivided support, and mutually
pledge ourselves to use all/honorable dibits to
promote his election.
ITT- The weather on Tuesday was decidedly
pleasant—more like a day of "Indian summer,”
than of The hottest month in the year. The
sunshine was none too hot, nor was the shade
any too cool, but a genial temperaiurc prevail
ed throughout the day.
lion. John W. Davis, of Indiana, for
merly Speaker of the United 'States House of
Representatives, is dead.
Mr. Davis was a native of Cumberland coun
ty, Pa., studied medicine, and emigrated to In
diana. He served n the State Legislature, and
was several times elected to Congress. He was
subsequently appointed Minister to China, and
afterwards Governor of Oregon Territory.
Bound Over.— The Harrisburg Union ol
Saturday contains the following paragraph :
Assault and Battery.— A man named
Henry Peters, of Carlisle, the proprietor of a
market car, was arrested yesterday for commit
ting an assault and battery upon another indi
vidual, and bound over by Squire Snyder for
his appearance at the next court. The nflair
occurred in the no ghborhpod of the . depot.
Peters entered secur ty, and went on his way
rejoicing.
Suppression of tub Slave Trade. —The
Government at Washington are adopting more
strenuous for preventing the African
slave-trade. The African squadron has bceli
augmented, and furnished with vessels of light
draught to pursue the slave vessels into the riv
ers and shallow waters. The home squadron
has also reorganized fur the same purpose.
Well Done. —A litile daughter of Lieut.
Beale, only nine years old, collected in the bor
ough of Chester, Delaware, county, Pa., 887 75
for the Mount Vernon Fund. -Well done for
the little lady —she has evidently the energy
and indomitable pcrseverence of her excellent
father.
XT" Baltimore papers, are earnestly calling
upon the judiciary to enforce the penalties in
curred by criminal offenders in that city. It
would seem that rowdyism has at length reach
ed its climax, and is no longer endurable. The
American says-. “The September term of the
Criminal Court will soon commence, aind to
the public most we look for the decision ol the
question whether that Conn is to be made the
shield instead-of the avenger of crime." With
out doubt much of the lawlessness which char
aetcrizes-the-oity of Baltimore, is attributable
to the inefficient action-of-the local courts.
■ XT” “He who dbes-not lake care of his own
household is worse than-an infidel,” boastingly
exclaimed a questionable moralist. “And he
who merely takes care of his own household i
as bad.” was the instant rejoinder.- Merely
taking care of one's own household is scarcely
( a step, in morality, and-none in religion.-
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
The following cases were tried at (be August
Term of the Court Of Quarter Sessions for Cum
berland county s
Com. vs. Joseph Guyer.—Adultery. Parties
colored. The case was submitted to,the jury
without argument. Verdict “not guilty,” and
County pay costs. Penrose for Deft. Shearer
for Commonwealth.
Com. vs. William Noble.—Assault and Bat
tery upon George Welsh. “Guilty'.” Sentence
suspended. 1 ■
Com. vs. Robert M’Furlanc.—Arson. The
binning of a barn in Shippunsburg. Verdict,
“ not guilty.” Shearer, M’Clure at.d Cain, for
Com’th. Todd lor Deft.
Com. va. Joshua Atherton.—Arson and Mali
cious Mischief. The burning, of a stack of
Oornfodder was hold not to be arson. Convict;
ed of the burning and sunt to jail for 6 months!
Shearer for Com’lth. Todd for Deft.
Com. vs. Fredk. ICalst and John Fisher. —
Larceny of a watch frpm Mr. Harman. Fisher
“guilty” and sentenced to the Penitentiary tor
one year. Kalst discharged.
Com. vs. Frederick Sanno.—Assault and Bat
tery upon an officer. Sent to Jail lor 80 days.
Com. vs. Jacob Bucher.—Swearing, &c. Juke
had been in jail a considerable length of time
prior to the Gout; was fined six cents and costs.
Com. vs. Caroline Warden, Barb. Fennel and
Isabella Clark.-—Riot, Affray and Swearing.—
Guilty as to tbe Affray and Swearing. Warden
sent to jail for five days) and the other two lor
thirty days.
Com. vs. Eliza Bell.—Larceny upon three
indictments. Plead “ guilty” and sentenced
upon one to jail for thirty days. Sentence sus
pended as to Hie other two.
Com. vs. Samuel Ashford.—Assault and Bat
tery upon the oath ol his wife. Sentenced for
ten days.
Com. va. Geotgo Fisher.—Furnishing Liquor
to habitual drunkards. The defendant, a mi
nor, w'as sent fo jail‘for ten days.
Com. vs. Adaline M’Manus and Jane M’Man
us;—Murder, concealing death of Bastard child,
fee. The following composed the jury : Danl.
Gaswint, David Koutz, John Lulz, Sami. Snoko,
Daniel Comfort, Henry B. Hoch, James Beaty,
Jno. Clendenin, Peter Drawbaiigb, Mich. Longs
dorf, John Eichelberger, Henry S. Ritter. The
case was opened for the Commonwealth by Dis
trict Attorney Shearer. "
Dr. Sharpe, sworn ;—Adeline M’Manus called
upon mo two or three times, and not knowing
what was the matter I gave her tonic medicines;
tlie last time I fold her that in young females
diseases were obscure and that X-had often been
deceived, and that to know I must make an ex.
aminatioh; I did examine, and discovered that
she was witli child; I told her such was the case
and could not give her medicine; X'copld not be
mistaken as far as ray knowledge goes; I felt all
the suchors of the hoad'that can bo felt before
delivery; X'could not tell how long it was before
deliver};, but not long; I know nothing about
her delivery; it was some time in the spring; ,1
thought it was near at han'di
Cross-examined. —She ■ cunio to my bouse by
Kailroad; she was Walking when she came to
my office; X cannot fix the month; I-think that I
have a distinct idea that it happened this year;
I think this summer that she culled at my house;
never saw her before she called at my office.
Dr. Charles Zitzer, sraorn.—l was called to
see Adeline M’Manus; she was sitting on a set
teo or lounge; slid had pains; X told her to go to
bed, that X must examino her; I found the
of the child in the pelvis; I found the moving of
the feetis; I then told Adeline “yotfll soon get
a baby;-’* then she said “Dr. .don’t tell it to my
mother;”.then I. ashed her who was the father
of the child; she told me he was out west; the
old lady clime up and she asked me if I could
not stop the pains; she went down and came up
in a lew minutes, then I told her it was nothing
but a child, and that in 15 or 20 minutes it
would be over; she said “Dr. if it is that; you
may go, we don’t need you.” Then the mother
cursed me, and I went off.
Cross-examined. —I am not a native of .this
country; from Baden; was,l7s years old when I
came to this country, in-1850; T was a cabinet
maker for 5 or 0 mouths; the first year I came
! 1 worked at cabinet making; I studiedanedicino
with my brother Jacob; 1 am no graduate, but
will be as soon as I can speak the language bet
ter; I must speak ijnglish, befoj'o I cap-graduate;
I did not say anything to the’ old woman when ■
she cursed me; X'.weht away; X made.the oxami- i
nation with .my hand; I examined her every- i
where; I am satisfied that she .was .with child; i
the child tyas living when I examined; I'felt the ■
pulsation of the child and'the moving of the ,
limbs; it .must have been the beating of the
pulse'or something else; .‘I did no.t try with the
ear; that was all the examination T- made; ■ be
tween land'2 o’clock; I ettnnot say for sure; I
had not been drinking that day; X was not under
the' influence of liquoif when ■ there; I’ had not
touched a drop that day;"ahe was in the labor
pains when 1 wont; I saw nothing but the pains; 1
the water broke on'her when she went to bed;
I about'Ono minute before I discovered the' head I
of live child; it was the 11th of May; the old man
came tor me; I was not there over 10 minutes;
■ I have been practicing nearly eight years.
Margaret Albert, stun. —I was sent for and
went to the house of Mrs. M’Manus; aaTcamo
there the daughter,-Adeline, was placed On a
bucket; the mother said “now is the time the
lump is to pass from her that. Dr. Sharpe said
would come.”.-' She fell in severe pains and 1
held around her body; tbenas-I held her she,
put her hand down into the bucket and squeezed
something severely, it fell into the water in'the
bucket; the mother said ,“hold on until you got
those lumps all from you.” Then' the pain left
her and she felt easy; then she talked of going
asleep and tier mother said “Adalino, now you
know what it is to bo a married woman, it is the
same labor.” Adalino said “if that was so she
did not want to bo married.” Then she wanted
to sleep there; I caught her by the arm and
wanted (o help her to bud; then the mother took
hold of mo and said “don’t you hear, she wants
to go to sleep here, come let us go down.”-i-
When I left she said “don’t tell what happened
here.” That is all I know;, I did not see what
was in the bucket; the mother came up to my
house afterwards and told mo- that there was
nothing in the bucket but a few lumps, about as
large as the ends of her fingers. She asked mo
whether X could take on oath that there was no
child there; I told her that I could not; then she
went home; that was after that she spoke about
the lumps; something fell into the bucket and
splashed; I hud her around the body when I
heard it. '
Cross-examined. —I was standing with my arms
around her waist; I felt the moving downwards
and heard the noise in the water; the cloths on
the bed wore turned down; ! saw no coloring on
the bed; the skirt was lying on the bed; I did
not touch the bed, nothing said about it; the old
lady told mo to come back, when I loft; Adalino
did not ask me to come back; I \yas to go back
after supper; McManus’ boy came alter me; I
would not know the bucket; it was covered oyer
with cloths; (a bucket offered and about the
size); I smoked with the old lady a little; she
asked mo back; she did not put mo out of the
house; the Sunday after I saw her in church; I
know them about a year; she had poor health
ever since I know her; it was- between'3 and 4
o’clock when I came home; I' noticed it was 4
o'clock: I did not see Adaline walking about;
some cloths were under the bucket and around
it; the bucket was all covered up.
Jacob Maloy, sworn. —l fetched Adalino the
17th orlSth of May toßeemcr’s; it was on Mon
day; she had a‘basket with her; it was a round
basket, pretty good size; it was tied with strings;
the lid over it; Adalino put it into the wagon;
the lid would move up n little by the jarring of
the wagon; Adalino would shut it down; she said
the crock is high now; I said yes it is; crossed
on the bridge; X could sec the creek; Adaline
lifted the basket out of the wagon and carried it
into the house of Reomer’a; that was all I saw
of the basket until I took her homo; there were
some little things in the basket whomshe .went
home; the basket was not tied on the return
home. ’ -
Cross-examined. —l don’t know that the bas
ket was tied ; I know that it was not: I cannot
say what color the strings had ; I did not look
exactly at the strings: one was while and the
other looked to be an old piece of cloth : If I
am not mistaken, it was brown ; I could not
see the knots': I noticed enough to swear to it;
I did not go into Reemer’s,,fight away : basket
like the one offered in. court; T can say those
are not the strings : Adeline remained a week at
Reemer’s : she had no other baggage : no other
clothes: she was to sew; there was nothing
over'the basket; she jumped out of the wagon;
I waa at the males head; she took the basket
Mrs. sworn.— She came to our
house on Monday morning : and had a basket
with her; she said she would take her basket
up stairs, that she had some things which she
wanted to lake out; she put the bosket in my
cloth-press under my dresses, under the shelf;
she come down and I got her work which she
was to go at; I went up stairs and smelt the
smell as soon' as I went into the entry down
stairs; I went into, the room where I told her
to lake her basket, nnd the smol) was so bad, T,
bunted for it; I opened the clothes press door
and found it came from that basket; I pulled
the basket «ri<l thought I, would open it; I
pushed it .back and did not open it; I came
down stairs and she asked me if I smelt that
smell that was up stairs, I told her I did, and
.that I wondered.what it was: she told me that
If was some stuff she had got from the Doctor,
to rub her side, that she had a pain in the side.
So in the evening after Iter work, she said
she must go over to Mr. Mentzer’s, that she
must not go out in the damp ; after she was
gone I thought 1 would go up and look at her
basket, there was nothing but an old dress nnd
a night cap ; I had to hoist the windows and
open the doors to leave the smell out of the
house; after she came back from Mentzer’s, she
told me that she had none of the stuff along.
that it had.been spilt in the basket and raised
this smell; the basket was open in the evening
after she went away ; it was in the house until
bed time, the smell; the basket whs changed
under the shelf; in the evening, I was up twice
before dinner,; the basket was then tied ; there
was some weight in the basket in the morning ;
I did not lift it. ,k
I was in the kitchen when she came; she
came into the Kitchen ; I asked her whether she
had brought any needles with her, she said no ;
she stood oil the time she was in the kitchen,
she let the, basket down in the setting room
down stairs, she put the basket in our sleeping
room; I had ftlhiretl girl men work
ing there; I have a family of four children, my
oldest is eight years; the children occupied our
room ; it was just dusk when she went to
Mentzer'a; the"men were at the barn; there.was
a man at this side of the barn ; he was morticing
posts; she was perhaps an half hour away ; my
hugband was about home; my house is a short
quarter of a mile from the creek ; Adalaino put
on the dress that was in the bosket afterwards ;
I smelt the odor on the dress afterwards; she
had no other clothing. ‘
There is a .public road from our. house to
Mentzer’s, Win. Mentzer’s live on the other side
of the bridge, Pldinfied is two and a half miles
from our house.
■Adaline was hot' well the week she was at
our house, she complained of 0 pain in her side ;
I saw her bolding and looking at her brcasls,
as if they pained her; ft was about the middle
of' the month, 10th or 17th; she was sent for
to my house; she knew that she would be sent
for; I Sent Maloy (or her to come; she could
not come unjtifihe next week ; Monday about
9. days before she came; she was sitting on the
chair in the rooiriwhcn.T her feejp be|
breasts; she examined her breasts there; she
hjad opened her clothes.; Isaw no blister on her
breast; it was a basket like this one i-rny clothes
were hanging in the press with the basket; my,
husbands and children’s clothes were in the
press. • ■
Mrs. Mentzer - sworn . Adaline M’Manus
came to house on.' Monday evening; was there
about a quarter! of an hour; when she Went
away. I wcntwvilh her through the bridge,, I
thought she was afraid; she had no business at.
my bouse ; she was never at my house before.
I have known her for five or six years, but
was not much acquainted with her to speak to
her; I was at their house once before this visit ;
last summer; it was just about dark when she
came to our house: there is a smith's shop close
to our house, my husband is a blacksmith ; the
shop is on the other side of the road ; my hus
band was not working when she came. .
. Thomas (Jreason, sworn: —Sometime previous
to the prosecution, I-was requested by the sec
ond daughter to go up and see Adaline as. she
was distressed jji to pdiat had bjen said
■about theni, Aclalmrnppearcd to be distressed ;
she complained of the people much in speaking
evil of them, &c ■; I told them that they should
not think so hard of the people, that the persons
who said harm;were willing to be qualified of it.
arid that the Aeople believed it; I advised them
if it was not true to prove it to the people; the
old lady reflected upon some of the people who
first reported. Mrs. Albert for instance; she
said who would believe .Mrs. Albert I I said
that .Mrs. Albert was believed among the peo
ple she lived with, the M’Kcehan's; I said the
people would; believe it unless proved not so ;
Adeline spokd. of. the people, slandering her 1
about the Child (bund in the creek. I asked '
her what they said, and she said the people
said that she hftd taken the child to thc meeting
house springs, I asked her whether she had
went from . Heemer’s down to the creek, that
evening;'she said she had went Id John Menlz
er’s, I said I heard so; There were other com
plaints, I said’ I would not advise a' prosecu
tion, but that I did not know how they would
get the people to, believe otherwise unless’ they
did not prosecute.. T stated that I sympathised
with them'., T said Adeline the people don’t
reflect upon yoh -as much as upon your mother
from what they have heard: The old lady
seemed considerably agitated and efleoied. I told
them that I did not think the I 'people disposed
to prosecute them. But still tjrey- Wer’e in dan
ger, some one might do it. Her sister Agnes
asked them if, lien father was present when Dr.
Zitzer was there. They said he was there, Ad
eline was crying while I was there, the old la
dy was aßected considerably from my remarks.
Cross-examined. —lt was-a conversation gene
rally about the child; Dr. Zitzer told me first
and Mrs. Albert next, and Mrs. DavidsonfMr.
Smith and McNulty; I dont know that cither I
or them introduced the subject; I am not the
prosecutor; I dont know who is; the younger
daughter came for me; I dont know why I was
sent for; I was asked why I went to McManus’ i
I-told them Adeline was in distress about the
reports; I did not know by whom I was sub
poened; I did not say that my evidence would
bo favorable. ’
Mitchell McClellan, Coroner, sworn There
was a child found at the creek and I received
notice; I saw a child lying on a rock at the edge
of the water; I.held an inquest; hqd the jury
there; it was the 19th day of Mayi rbclievc; Mr.
Charles Moure" gave mo the information; the
child was in a cloth; the child was not so very
small; I dont think it was so very old; (the Co
roner describes the manner of the.wrapping); I
saw no stitches about if; there were no Physi
cians there. (Inquisition offered in evidence.
Offer withdrawn);. It was a male child; it was
a developed child from my knowledge; I judge
so from its general appearance; it liad'hair, fin
ger nails; I could hot say how long it had boon in
the water; a week or perhaps longer; I cannot
judge of the distance from the bridge; it was
above the Meeting House Springs; it was one
or two feot from the water.
Cross-examined. —lt is about two miles from
Carlisle to the Meeting House Springs; tho child
was considerably decayed; had red hair; the
nave-string appeared as if torn; we buried the
child in a box; probably the box was two feet
long; I think tho child was ns long as the box,
Charles Moore, sworn.—l found the child just
above the Meeting House Springs; ZOO yards ojr
so; it was in the water; In the creek; about two
miles below tho biidgo.at Hays’; I would not bo
certain as to tho distance; I dent recollect the
day; it was 1U May; Ijwas fishing; I saw it lay in
the water; it.was lodged against a rock; it was
pined up ip a piece of muslin; I thought the
child must Uo'tSvo months old from its appear,
anoe.
Commonwealth hero rested and the witnesses
for the defense were called, viz:
Thomas Stevenson, sworn. —1 am acquainted
with Adalinp McManus: the mother-informed ■
me that in consequence of Adaline going to the
railroad to see the disaster, she had taken cold:
that as a result from January until the 27th of
March, she had been suffering with a suppres
sion of her courses : the mother requested me
to take charge of the case and treat it, though
! am not a physician ; I consented to do so : I
prescribed for her several times, and her moth
er told me that Adeline's health was restored;
1 was called' again the 20th of September to
sco Adeline: I saw her this timcrhysolf; Ada
line again informed mo that she was suffering
with a suppression ; her health was bad, and I
found very little could be dope for her; I direc
ted ns to her diet, &o.; she was suffering froth
a white discharge ; I directed her to use a warm
bath :to sit over it: this ended my connection
with the fanny; as detailed to mo free health
was bad. \ ' r
Dr. Harman, sworn—f have been ft physician
for 2A years; I have had some experience ns nn
Obstetrician; I know of no certain icst of prcg :
nancy '; it is often ibe case that physicians are
mistaken: I have had several whom I thought
were pregnant, but they never came to maturi
ty ; one case in particular in this-borough,
where it was nothing but a tumor; sho.had the
appearance of a woman at full time ; the pul
sations itnd motion of the child—this is ascer
tained by osculation, growth of the womb, &o;
the discharge of these tumors would bring on
labor pains,
. Dr. Zeiglcr,'sworn.— lam a practising phy
sician, 14 years ; I have had some cases in ob
stetrics ; I. have had my share: the only relia
ble test of the presence of child is theoscu'ating
the body ; as to other tests wc may bo mistak
en ; I have met with n number of cases in this
town where I was mistaken. •
' Dr. Kiefier, sworn. —It would be very diffi
cult and almost impossible for a woman to he
confined on that bucket; she might in a half
sitting and standing positidn ; a woman could
not reach down and grab the child; I am a
graduate in medicine ; I have had 300 or 400
cases under me.
• Irvin McManus, sworn.—l am the father-of
Adaline McManus; I was at home on the 11th
of May, when my daughter was sick ; I was in
the woods at work ; it was near two o'clock
when I came homo, as near asT can recollect;
Adaline was sick, and I was told to go for Dr.
Chas. Zilzcr ; I went, and found him silting in
his office; he went with me to the house;. I-
I was at home all afternoon : I saw the bucket
upstairs. iMy wife carried the contents to the
manure pile; t saw her .empty it; I did not
see the contents ; Adaline had .no child that
afternoon, not a living one, at any rate ; con'd
not without my knowing. She had none that
I know of; 1 donlt think that a, child could
have been about my house from Monday until
Wednesday without my knowing it.; Charles
Zilzer did not appear to me to be os he ought
to be; I cannot say that he was drunk. He
was stupid like; I thought he was in liquor;
Adaline has been sickly for nearly two years;
she has been so ever, since the rail road acci
dent; it was a woman’s complaint; she was
sometimes-steamed over that bucket; my
daughter was up the next day sewing; she
was about every day. That is the basket she*
carried with her when she went out sewing*;
my daughter was up to see Dr. Sharpe some
time in April; it was some time before this
day alluded to; I was not at home when she
went to Reenters.
•I saw the bucket hp stairs after Ziyicrshd
Albert were theref it was’in the afternoon;
(jftldjk /iidaline wasathen in
bed; tne bucket was standing, on* the floor; it
was afjerwardsja’hen my wife took the bucket
to theraanurc pile; I saw thcfbucket distinct
ly. I could not see the contents ; I know she
was sitting on the bucket; I did not look at
the bucket ; she Was ns well ns usual the next
day ; she Was able to go to church on Sunday;
she, looked ns.usual; I have seen my daughter
dressed and undressed.
. Mary McKiver. sworm— Preside in Newvil'c;
I saw Adaline McManus arid sisier in Newville,
on or about, the 18th of March ; she was visit
ing; we had a conversation about her health ;
she said She was going to Dr. Sharpe; she had
no shawl around her and t had no idea of any
thing wrong; she complained of a suppression.
Cross Exam.— -She was there about a week ;
I remember of healing of her being there again
early in May; Wo are entire strangers.
Mrs. Severs, sworn. —I live at Hays’ bridge;
Adaline McManus was at our house the,4th of
April; she eyas three weeks there ; she brought
a basket with her/that is the basket; . she carric
to our house to sew; I saw her tftesSed and Un
dressed ). r lhat wa 6 the first time! saw her*; she
showed no symptomsof being-in a family way;
she said she was not well; her appearance was
as usual; she came from home, walked ;it is
Similes; she walked: home; it was the Ist. of
May when sho called again ; John Beid’.cr was’
sick ; ho rubbed a medicine on his side; he
used it while Adaline was there. ,
' Cross-Examined. —l think I could have seen
if she was in the family way it I had looked ;
she was there three weeks.
• Samuel Reamer, sworn.—My wife was exn
chined; Adeline came to my house about the
middle of May ; I saw her go down to Moinz
•cv’s; it was about dusk ; she passed close to
i mti; I was on one side of the fence' and she on
the other ; I could see her distinctly ; I noticed
nothing out of the way.
Cross-Examined.—l did not sec that she was
carrying anything or not.
, Mrs. Bocher. sworn.—.! live in Perry co.; in
March last, I lived at Dr. Zitzer’s, in Carlisle;
.Adaline McManus was there; she was sewing,
between three and four weeks; we slept togeth
er ;, site told' me she was in good health, and
wanted to go home for srweek ; it was her par
ticular week ; her shape wrts not altered.
John Armould, sworn. —I reside 1 in' Plain-
field ; t know Adaline when I see her; I saw
her on Friday following the occurrence in Plain
field ; she was at my house and got the use of
a pair of butter scales ; she was very delicate
always ; she looked very sick that day ; I saw
her gt Ohurph on Sunday following.
Marion McManus, sworn.—l am a brother of
Adaline; I was at home once every week or
two ; I saw Adaline dressed and undressed, and
saw nothing out of the way.
Cross-Examined. —She bad been under 1 the
treatment of Dr. Sharpe!
Mrs. Philip Zeigler, sworn.—l live at Hays’
mill. I know Adaline McMamis. She was at
our house last winter about Christmas; she
said she was not well, and looked- sickly ; she
was there two weeks; I observed nothing.wrong;
she had her clothes in a basket similar to the
one in court.
Philip Zeigler, sworn.—l think it is about
three milcs-fronr Hays’ bridge to the Meeting
House Springs; there are fish dams ; the dams
are broken.
Miss Watson, sworn,—l live in Plainfield ; I
knew Adaline McManus since she was a grown
girl; I saw 1 Adaline the next day to the occur
rence; I heard that she-was poorly; I found
her on a chair sewing ; she looked poorly ; she
was down stairs; I saw her the next day ; she
was at our house; it is a good ways from rny
house to hers ; she was out after butter scales;
I did not see her on Sunday; I observed noth
ing unusual; she wore hoops.
■ Agnes McManus, sworn.—She has been in
bad health for about two years, ever since the
accident on the Wail road, she vfts out at the
rail road, she took cold and lost her monthly
courses; she • suffered considerably, mother
bathed her over the bucket. I was" living at
Pauls, and was sent for when sister was sick,
I saw the bucket and several lumps of clotted
blood, it was thrown on the manure pile, about
a quart of water and the lump of blood. I re
mained’at home until the next evening, I slept
with her that night, nothing unusual, she was
about the next day; dressed, ate her breakfast,
' and went to sewing. Saw her the next Sab
bath, she was going to Reamer’s the next day,
she carried her clothes in a basket, I put the
strings on to keep the lid on, I saw the basket
packed to toko it to Reamer’s—-one dress, one
basque, pair of shoes, sack, two aprons, stock
ings. night, dress—she had some medicine for
rubbing her side, it Was offensive, she said she
got it from Bcidler’s, she took the medicine
with her in the basket, X slept with my sister
,( or months, noticed nothing wrong, the bed
was all right, there .was. no appearance about
Ithe bed as if anything had taken place, it smelt
like something dead, I saw nothing of, a child
about the house, it could hot have been there.
Cross-Examined. —l was not at home when
she was on the bucket, I got home about five
o’clock, sister went to church. ! was not there
when she returned from Reamer’s.
Thomas Grcason, re-called.—l eaw Dr. Zit-
zcr after he came from McManus’, ho was not
in liquor.
Hepburn & Penrose for. the defendant. Miller
and Shearer closed the case. Jury retired at
half-past Qo’o'ock; returned at 11, with a ver
dict of “not guilty-” <
Ctß. IKmstdn’s Political Position.
' General Houston, of Texas/ in his great
speech of the,campaign, made at Nacogdoches,
in that Slate, on the 20th of July,last,'said i ■
You larruppcd me most unmercifully, but
yet I felt that the pledges made to you during
the canvas's of 1857 wore none the less faithful-,
ly to be fulfilled. Texas had endorsed Mr. Bu
chanan by the largest majority ih proportion lo
her vote of any State in the Union. I told you
I would support his Administration- I dl’d so.
He had .not, received my, vole, but it was not
because I did not have oonflicnce in liis ability
and patriotism. I voted against his platform.
■ . * * * # » * * *)
Had the tone of the Administration been such
that I could have obeyed your instructions, as
expressed by your vote for. Mr. Buchanan, with
out compromising my principles, I should have
resigned. Mr. Buchanan’s election gratified
me. The result showed that he imbed the
strength that defeated the Black Republicans,
and that Was the great cud which I wished at
tained.
I am now denounced for supporting an Ad
ministration which the Democratic party placed
in power, which the people of Texas helped lo
create by a majority Of eighteen thousand. Ad
mit that as a whole, I sustained the Administra
tion. Is it not an evidence of my Democracy—
ol my regard for the will of the people ? What
if Mr. Buchanan aid say, as is charged : ‘ Gen.
Houston, you have given my Adminstratinn as
cordial a support its any Democrat in Congress,
and Ipm .thankful, for it.” Is.it a sin for a De
mocratic President to appreciate the support of
man, even though his name be Sam Houston I.
It is rather amusing to see the Republicans
rejoicing over the election of a Governor who
claims lo be .specially-the' friend of President
Buchanan's Administration'! ,
Street Fight Between Physicians.
\ ; New Orleans, August 20.
Doctors Pester ami Choppin, physicians of
the Charily Hospital, have entertained for some
time past an animosity, towards inch other,
arising from professional jealousy. They met
on one of the public streets yesterday, and an
altercation ensued, when Dr. Foster drew a re
volver and. fired at Dr. Choppin. Two of the
balls look effect in the body of the latter, caus-.
if&wjßnuds of a dangeroiis character.
More Lawlessness and Outrage in Bal
timore. —The city of Baltimore is gaining an
infamous reputation for Hie utter impolericy of
its municipal government to suppress the deeds
of violence, bloodshed i£nd*murder, which have
become of almost daily occurkencc within its
imits.
A- dreadful scries of outrages were perpetra
ted on Saturday night a week, on board of the
steamer Express, which left the city on that
evening with a large company' for the Camp
Meeting on the Choptank River. After the
boat bad got-some distance from the city, a
party, of rowdies, rallying under , the cry tf
“Enholts," “R,inters,” and “Rip Raps,” made
an indiscriminate.assault upon the while aid
colored pnsscngeis, knocking them down lu
every direction. Many of them were horribly
beaten, and several stabbed. Many of the
white men were robbed of their money and
watches, the assailanls.blowing out the lights
to prevent their being recognized. One colored
man was stabbed, ar.d his wife outraged in his
presence. On Sunday morning, the boat stop
ped at where the Sheri li of Dor-
Chester county arrested four of the ringleaders
and committed them 1 to jail. It is reported
that one colored man has died of his wounds.
Again, on Monday afternoon, at. the “Amer
ican 1 ’ ia ithe Third Ward,
there was much rioting. Several persons were
seriously injured, but riflne killed;
. lirit.
In tliis Borough, on Wednesday (ho 241 h nit.,
at the residence bl his son, Mr. George Weise,
Sr., in'tiie CCth year b( his'agc.
Jtlarluts.
Fiui.adblphia, September 1,1859. ’
ll I ' L I’ UII AND Meat..— There is little action in
the * lour market, but supplies come forward
slowly, and prices remain' without change.—
Sales of extra at S 5 50 a 5'75, extra family, at
$6 50, and $5 a 5 25 per barrel, for iresh
ground superfine. There is very little ship
ping demand. Rye Flour is steady at $3 75,
and Pennsylvania Corn Meal at $3 624 per
barrel, but there is no demand for either.
Chain - , —The demand for wheat is limited
But prices are steadily maintained. Sales of
about 3,500 bushels at $1 15 a 1 20 per bhshel
for common and red, SI 25 a $1 30 for
fair and prime white.. Sales of Delaware Rye
at 70' cents for new Southern, and 76 a 80 cents
for Pennsylvania. Corn—Yellow is in de
mands Sales of $5 000 bushels prime at 82
cents, afloat. Oats—Sales of new Delaware at
34 a 33 cents per bushel.
Whisky is very scarce and holders are now
demanding a further advance. Sales ol Drudge
at 26 cents ; holders nbw ask 27 cents for
Pennsylvania, and 28 cents for Ohio. Hilda,
are quoted at 27 cents.
Seeds; —ln Oloverseed nothing doing. New
Timothy comes forward slowly- and - readily
commands.s>2 75 a 3 per b.ushel.'' Flaxseed is
scarce.
CARLISLE MARKET -Aug. 31..
Corrected weekly by Woodward Schmidt.
Fi.oun Superfine, per bbl., • §5,00
do. Extra, do. 5,25
do. Family, do. 0,00
Rye- do. 3,75
White Wheat, per bushel, 1.20
Red do. do. 1 10
Rye do. 70
Cobh do. ’ 70
Own do., . ,28
Clovebseed , dot:.-' 5,00
TIMOTHVSEED do. 2*oo
Spuing BABLny.ii; idq. •50
Fall Bauley' do. 50
JOHN EARI.V, - J. n. NONEUAKEH.
T7IORWARDING & COMMISSION HOUSE,
1 PIiOIJR & FEED,
COAL, PLASTER If SALT,
The subscribers having taken the warehouse,
cars and fixtures of William B, Murray’s well
known establishment, on West High Street, op
posite Dickinson College, would inform the'
public, that they have entered into a general
Forwarding and Commission business.
The highest market price will be paid for
Flour, Grain and Produce of all kinds.
They are. also preparedto freight produce and
stock to Philadelphia and Baltimore, at the
lowest rates, with saloty and despatch.
Plaster dm! Salt kept constantly on hand, and
Flour and Peed at wholesale or retail.
Coal of all kinds, embracing
LYKEN’S VALLEY,
LUKE FIDDLER,
SUNBURY WHITE ASH,
r . . , LOCUST GAP,
Umeburner’s and Blade smith's Coal, constant,
ly for sale. Kept tinder cover, and delivered
dry to any part of tiie town.
EARLY & NONEMAKER.
Carlisle, Sept. 1,1069.-
military Notice.
THE uniformed companies attached (L „
first Brigade, 16th Division, P.y. TO jii o *’ 10
at their respective Armories, on Saturday .Vl
17 th of September, betwotm tho hours of a- ,
clock, A. M.., and 7,P. M./to elect,lL°,
person for the offico of Brigade Inspector
tho vacancy occasioned by tho death of’ Mn-
James B. McCartney. Tho commanding offlp JOt
of said companies will superintend said eloo.lt
and make out a list of the votes polled for enl’
candidate, and forward tho samo to the o '
manding General, withjn five days after
election shpll have becn-hold, BUc ‘ l
- J. Id. ALLEN, Brig. Gen
Comd’g. Ist Brig. 15th Div. p v
Tups. J. Kehr, Aidrde-Cump. ’’
SepleUtccf 1, 1859—81
, Military Notice.
OAKUStE, August 29, 1859, ,
Head Quarters, Ist Brig. l6lh Oiv.p, y f
Onosii No. 2. ’ »
To Captain W'oodlmrn, of tho Adatnnntiim
Guards, Captain R. McCartney, of the Cnrlt.t
Light Infantry, Lieut. C. Kuhn, Commanding
Sumner Rifles, Capt.'G. W. Crop, 0 f (ho q.,.*
tondon Bifles; Capt. Hull.nl the Quitman Guardi"
Capt. J. Bowman,;ot the National Blues' Cmt
James Ewing, ol the Walnut Bottom lufanlm
and Capt. J. j). Stevenson, of the Junior Cadets
will-make out complete lists of all the Arms
and Public Properly, which may ho in posses*
sion of said companies, and forward the same to
the Commanding General, before the 15(h 0l
September, as" tho officers commanding said
companies wifi be required to .execute hands
before the Ist day of October, for the safe keen’
ing of all the Arms and Public Property in thm>
possession.
. J. M. ALLEN, Brig. Gen,
Comd’g. Ist Brig. 16th Div. P. y
Titos. J; ItEnii.' Aid-de-Camp.
September 1,1859—8 t s
Colored Camp iUccilifg.
"PIIERE willbo a Union Cuinp Meeting ol p, 9
1 colored people of Shipponsburg and Car
lisle, at the. Grove, one milesouth of the Stone
Tavern, on .the Walnut Bottom Kimd, on lands
of Wm. A. Coffey, commencing on the' 16th of
September, and to continue one week. ho
under the direction of Rev. J.' Gassannwny
Members of. all denominations.are c'ordiqllv in.
vited to attend. Hucksters prohibited.'
September 1, 1859—:3t*
I. NATHANS' '& CO’S
ND
sa;
OIOANTIO COMBINATION
CIRCU S.
1 Comprising the most 'talented
performers, .the most mngnillccut
stud of horses, and the must won
derful performing elephants in the
world—forming the most splnn.
did combination of attraction ev.
er;offered,by,any traveling com.
paiiy in America.
Prominent alining the nnprece,
dented attractions of this nniqiio
exhibition,.are* the truly wonder
ful trained elephants PJZAKIIO
mid CORTEZ, jately purchased
from the celebrated. Jardin dis
Plants; Paris,. by Richard Sands,
Esq., and imported expressly lot
this exhibition by Sands, Nat liana
& Co.
These wonderful onimals excel
in their intelligence, docility,and
traetiihility, all other trained ani
mals that have ever been cxbibl.
teiUiimd accomplish feats never
lie Info attempted 'by any iniifvM'.'
Hals of the brute creation.! \Tidjr -
donee, ascend inclined yVincs,
stand on their heads, play upon
musical instruments, and perform
a world of-extraordinary feats at'
the word of command, ina.nron-
Iner which must ho seen to be re
alized.
Besides these remarkable oni
male, two other COLOSSAL EL.
ijwN EPJIANTS are attached to the
■ exhibition,and a stud of twelve
SHETLAND PONIES.
Among the ; celebrated eqnoa-,
frian performers, gymnasts, and athletes, will
bo found Eaton Stone, Mme. Virginia, J- J. Na
thans, Master Charley, Charley Sherwood, Den
zor Brothers* Philo Nathans, Milo. Ida, Joseph
Hasiott, W. Ashton, Jesse Sands, Geo. Samis,
Ben Huntington, Tony Pastor, the clown, and
Sain Lathrop, the gontleitlan clown, and a ad
merons troupe of vuulters, tumblers, acrobats,
gymnasts, equilibrists, jugglers, comic singers,
1 In addition to these multifarious attractions,
: the exhibition will be, - accompanied by tho re
nowned .
STEAM CALLIOPE,
the most wonderful and magnificent musical in
strnment over constructed. This gorgeous ms-,
.lodic monster will' precede tho cavalcade on its
entrance into the town, diawn by A TEAS OF
ELEPHANTS, and perform a series of tbs' ll . oB *
popular operatic airs, and will also‘ p\&s
every exhibition, when all will have an aptpf
. (unity of examining its wonderful mechanism.
OTTO. HORNE’S NEW. YORK. CORNET
BAND, composed of picked solo porforroors,
will perform all the newest and most fashiona
ble selections ofinusio during the exhibition,
when (he calliope is not used'.
Will.perform In’ CARLISLE, Tuesday, Sep
tember 6tli. Admission 25 cents. Doors open
at 2 and 7 P. M. :
. September 1, 1850.
Small Farm at Private. Sale.
SITUATE : on tile Meeting House Springs;
Road—miles North West of Carlisle, in
North Middleton Township, Cumberland Conn-'
ty, containing
33 AORteSr
neat 'moasu.ro, of Lime' Stone Land in n good
state of cultivation. Tho improvements conwa
■ n—J»- of a NEW TWO STORY BRICK
HOUSE, Framo Barn, Wash Homo
■ ■■■ fflUancl other conVonient out-building
a well of excellent water at tlio
door. ... . _
This property is within Raffia mile of the L° '
od'ogufpet creek, and wouldbo a desirable loca
tion (or a mechanic. .
If not sold by the first of October next, it
oh that day bo offered at Public Sale on the pro
mises. Persons wishing to examine tip P ro r‘
orty, will call on the subscriber, who'TffcsidCS o
the same, „
. ’ JOSIAH N. ALLEN
. Sept. 1, 1859.
Auditor’s . Siotice.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the underaigh"
ed has been appointed by the Orphans
Court of Cumberland county, os' Auditor to dis
tribute the balance remaining in the bonds o
Alfred Si Sener, Executor of lilngdelona M■
ker, late of the Borough of Carlisle, deo’d., •
and among those entitled thereto, under thevm
of said decedent;, that ho will attend to the du
ties of his appointment at bis office, in the fic"
rongh aforesaid, oh Tuesday, the ilh day of ue*
tober, 1859, at.or before which time all those IB
tore.sted therein will present their claims to
WM. D. HALBERT, Auditor.
August 25, 1859—8 t
11 6 hi he’s P»(«nt Anlinal Ti-ssp’.
THE subscriber has been appointed ogcu .
for Cumberland county, lor the sale
Reuthe’s patent animal trap, for catching r o*.
es, Minks, Wolves, Bears, &o. Call and se
them at the cheap Hardware store of • ■
HENRY-SAXTON-’
March 17,1859.
GAS Lighters and Wax-.'Tapers can be haA
at Philip Arnold’s. ■
January 6, 1859. .