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AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
JOHN B, BhATTQNj Editor ,& Proprietor .
CARLISLE, PA., SEPT. 22, 1859.
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
RICHARDSON L, WRIGHT,
Of Philadelphia*
FOB SURVEYOR GENERAL,
JOHN ROWE,
Of Franklin County.
County Ticket.
’’for Senator■
E. D. CRAWFORD, of Juniata Co.
Assembly,
JOHN B. CHURCH, of Cumb. Co.
JOHN POWER, of Perry Co.
Treasurer,
ABRAHAM KILLIAN, of Newvillei
' Commissioner.
JAMES 11. WAGGONER, of Carlisle.
District Attorney.
J. W. D. GILLELEN, of Carlisle.
Director of Door.
WILLIAM QRACEY, of Ncwtoa.
Auditor.
JOHN W. COCKLIN, of U. Allen.
County Surveyor. ,
ABRAHAM LAMBERTON, of N. Middleton.
Coronet'.
DAVID SMITH, Of Carlisle.
Get Assessed. —Look at the Assessor’s list,
and if your name is not upon it, get assessed
immediately. Friday, the 30lh inst., Is the
last day, being ten days before the election.
Fire.— We regret to hay that the incendiaries
are still at their devilish work in our .town.—
On Saturday morning, last, between, two and
three o’clock, the’large frame carpenter shop
in Chapel Alley, owned and occupied by Mr.
Henry Myers, was fired by some scoundrel
Or scoundrels, and'totally destroyed, together
with all Mr. Mtebs’ tools, seven sets of tools
belonging to his journeymen, and also a large
quantity oif lumber and ready-made work. It
was raining at the time the fire’broke out, or a
great amount of other property might have
been destroyed. Our energetic firemen were
promptly upon the ground, and, as usual, work
ed manfully to save the adjoining properties.—
Mr. Myers offers a reward of SlOO for the ap
prehension and conviction of the incendiaries.
Union Fire Company Fair. —By reference
to their card in another column, it will be seen
that the members of the Union Fire Company
have concluded to hold a Fair in Rheem’s Hall,
commencing on the 11th of October, and to con
tinue for four days, the proceeds to bo applied
to the-payment of the debt ontheir new Engine
house. We hope to see the Fair liberally pa
tronized by all our citizens.
Miss Riohinqs’s Concert.—' That celebra
ted and accomplished singer, Miss BwniNGS,
will give a concert at Rueem’s Hall, on the eve
ning of October 4. We are pleased to be able
to state that Miss R. has entirely recovered
ftova her recent illness, and sings with her usu
al sweetness and spirit. She is accompanied
by her father, Mr. Peter Richings, and by
Prof. Jarvis, the popular pianist from Phila
delphia.
J&Soa king Rain.—lt commenced to rain in
this vicinity early on Friday morning last, and
continued moderately all day and night. On
Saturday the rain descended in torrents, giving
our streets the appearance of running rivers.—
Sunday morning, however, was ushered in with
bright sun shine, and a warm atmosphere.—
We notice by our exchanges that the rain was
general all over the country, east, west,.north,
and south, and in some places it was accompa
nied by terrific wind.
. York;- County- Fair .—We acknowledge the
receipt of a‘complimentary ticket of admission
to the Annual Exhibition of the York County
Agricultural Society, to be held at York, on the
4th, sth, 6th and 7th days of October. The
Society, we are pleased to learn, is in a very
flourishing condition.
THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
Democrats, it is for you to say whether this
ticket shall Bo elected or defeated. That the
opposition are determined to inake a strong ef
fort to elect their ticket is evident. They will
nse every means in their power to accomplish
their purposes. They hope, by circulating all
sorts of stories, to excite Democrats to vote
against some of our candidates. Democrats,
will you not disappoint the expectations of your
political enemies ? We feel confident you will.
Stick to the' Democratic ticket, then —vote the
ticket, and the whole ticket. This is tho only
safe course. Suppose you did prefer other men
to those nominated for tho different offices, what
can you gain by making opposition now ? By
opposing the ticket you assist the Black Repub
licans to gain a victory—and can this afford
any gratification to a true Democrat 1 There
is nothing we dislike so much as to hear a De
mocrat, after a ticket has been nominated,
threaten to “bolt" from its support. Before
the nominations have been made every one has
a right to urge the claims of his friends, but af
ter a ticket has been selected, it is incumbent
upon every Democrat to forget all personal con
siderations, and yield a willing support to the
wishes of the majority. Then be up and doing,
Democrats—frown upon the efforts making by
the opposition to seduce you from duty. Stick
to the ticket, we repeat; and-thns sustain-your
characterfor Democracy.
tCT* - We wish our Democratic friends to bear
in-mind'that the Republicans 'are very confi
dently boasting that they will carry their
Gounty ticket this' fall—especially do they ap
pear sanguine of electing three of their candi
dates. And to effect this end they are directing
all their energies, and using every means, fair
as well as foul: Now, we have nothing to say
against the Opposition candidates, except that
they are Republicans, who are bitterly hostile
to the Democratic party, and Occupying this
position, they have no right to expect Demo
crats to vote for them. The Democratic tick
et, from top to bottom, is composed of capable
and deserving men—men whoso qualifications,
are admitted, and whose characters arer beyond
-reproach. Let us then, one and' all, yield a
hearty support to the whole ticket. This is
the duty of the party, and, by discharging this
duty fully and energetically, to the very letter,
■we-may, calculate with certainly, upon victory.
“PRINCIPLES, NUT MEN,”
This sentiment, worthy of all -ootamendatien,
and desenring of everlasting remembrance,
should bo “the beginning and end” of sound
: Democratic action. In the early struggles of
r our party, it was the prop of its organization—
inspired it with an energy and a vitality it
could derive from no other source, and crowned
it wiili triumph and our country with unequal
led blessings. Of late years, there has been a
growing tendency to put up meii’in the place of
principles— to trample down all organization,
and erect in its place a standard of raan-wor
ship, as demoralizing to Democratic sentiment
as it is ruinous to Democratic success. We
honor and encourage the attachments men form
to each Other, within.the body of our organiza
tion, and in conformily with its principles, but
we deprecate and denounce that feeling which
would cause professing Democrats to follow a
wherever his vagaries and their
personal attachment to him, might lead. Such
a course is certain ruin to those who rebel, and
to the party, if it permits it. If a Democrat
differs from the vast majority of his party, upon
any subordinate or even cardinal principle, that,
in itself, is no cause for insubordination. He
may retain liis opinion, and still keep within
our organization—aye, by his warm and earnest
support of the body of our faith, he may con
tribute greatly to its triumph; -but when he
sacrifices all else to his isolated opinion on a
single point, and with insufferable arrogance
calls on the great majority to fall down and
worship him and his idolized notion, or he will
pull down the pillars.of our temple, then a point
is reached when the man should be rebuked, to
save the principle. When this extremity is
reached in a man's defection, the law of self
preservation becomes doubly' natural, and the
process of eradication commences. When the
keenness of the knife Is felt at the scat of the
disease , the disorganizer, aided by the combined
opposition to the Democratic party, yell out
most vociferously, “proscription, proscription.”
Proscription, indeed 1 Would the board of
health of any of our largo cities be cried down
because they removed from the heart of a
healthy population, by force of law, a mass of
vegetable refuse, which was disseminating in?
fection and death ? Should a healthy, Ijfe-giv
ing political organization, whose principles and
existence are the prop of the republic, aye, its
very life, bo less exacting with a man whose
teachings are at utter variance with its long
and openly avowed opinions, sacredly cherished
and earnestly maintained by ninety-nipe hum
dreths of its members? Should it not rather
say to such an one—“get you gone, and carry
your vagaries with you—we want no treason in
our ranks—we would rather lop off a right hand
or pluck - out a right eye, than our whole body
should become diseased.” Men may change,
but principles are eternal.
Out of (his foolish and suicidal effort to make
a party with many and sound principles, suc
cumb to a man with one idea and that hetero
dox, has grown the dishonorable practice of re
fusing support to a regularly nominated ticket,
made hy a regularly called, elected and organ
ized Convention ; and this too, when they indi
rectly, by voting for the members that composed
the Convention, or directly as Delegates in the
Convention, assisted in framing the ticket. -For
either of-those,, vetor or delegate, to refuse his
support to a ticket made by his instramentajity,
upon any other ground save the integrity of the
nominee, is downright political and moral dis
honesty. Wo speak plainly and mean what we
say j wo know the great mass of the party in
this county, and wq can say with equal confi
dence, the democracy of the nation will endorse
what wo say— it is downright dishonesty and un
pardonable rebellion. No man or men, after
taking part in our deliberations, ayo, after tra
velling the county or country, and thrusting
tho claims of their particular friends in the very
nostrils of the voters, have tho right to plot the
defeat oi-a candidate, for whose place on the
ticket their friend was an aspirant. Such petty
and miserable piques are unworthy of any man
claiming to be a Democrat. Because their
choice was defeated fairly, and in open Conven
tion, should not cause disaffection—on the con
trary, they should “ pull off their coats and roll
up their sleeves” and go to work right manlully
for the successful nominee. ’ln doing this, they
would evince their gratitude to tho Convention
for entertaining the name of their friend and
their loyalty to our organization. We hare
nothing but pity and scorn for those men who
would check the onward march of our party,
because their self-interest and self-importance
was not consulted in the nomination of their
own particular friend.
If wo are compelled tospeak thus plainly of
men who defy and would defeat the very organ
ization that made them whaMhoy are—who owe
all they possess of worldly goods or political
status, to tho fostering caro of tho Democratic
party—who like a thankless child, now that they
are full, “ cram and blaspheme their feeder,”
what shall wo say of that other class of tho dis
affected, who submit their namesfor nomination,
and because tho Convention (as their base con
duct subsequently proves,) acted wisely in re
fusing- them tho confidence of-tho nomination,
wheel on ,their heels and refuse support to the
action of tho very Convention before whom they
were humble suppliants. Such men should bo
pilloried for life, that tho world might see who
are they who bring disgrace on politics. They
compose tho traders in the spoils, who arc novel
satisfied unless tho'bargain is all on their side.
It is time the party everywhere, branded those
men as the mere camp-followers of our orgaui.
zation.
If the triumph of principle is our object, then
it can only bo achieved by persistently clinging
to party organization, and leaving disaffected
mon and their potty griefs to the charming com
panionship of (heir “ own kidney.” *We earn
estly urge a faithful support of our principles—
our party organization and tho whole ticket.—
This done, it will eventuate in a victory that
will prove a stunning blow to those misguided
tow who prefer men to principles.
, Proclivities- op the Delegates. —Of the
delegates to the Charleston Convention, chosen
at Syracuse, 26 aro supposed to bp for Dickin
son, 21 for Douglas, 8 for Seymour, 9 for Guth
rie, 4 for Wise, T for Hunter, 1 for Cobb, 1 for
-Holt, 2 for Buchaman; and 1 for Orr.
Fluid Lamp Explosions;—Wo can hardly
pick up an exchange paper any more without
seeing an account of a fluid Tamp explosion pub-
lished in their columns. Persons who-arecom
pclled to use these “infernal machines,’’should
exercise considerable caution.
CC7* In California the papers intimate that
the yield of-gold continues to be as great as
ever, and hew discoveries of gold placers are of
daily occurrence. By tho way of variety they
have ju»t “scared up.” a tin minp.
IJiJMIN’S LECTURES.
■PARK ir
On last Thursday and Friday evenfngs we
had tho ploa'suro of hearing tho two opening
Lectures delivered.in Rheom’s new Hall, by
Pauk BENiiknu, Esq., of Now York. Tbd
large and intelligent audience assembled on tbo
first was. sufficient evidence that tho
fame of the Lecturer had preceded hiin. It was
equally evident, from a similar attendance, (in
spite of tho r.'dn on Friday night,) that a per
sonal hearing only served to confirm the good
report.
After ft handsome compliment to the enter
prise and public spirit of the proprietor of the
new Hall, and the payment of his respects to ft
certain Now York editor,'for ft late notice of
himself, Mr. Benjamin commenced the dolivoiy
of hisflrst lecture—a.Focmon “The Press.” It
opened with some brilliant dashes at the weak
points of tho Weeklies; went on to supply the
Pictorials with A fresh stock of cuts; advanced
to a consideration of the somewhat doubtful
dignity of tho Dailies; and concluded with a
series of Editorial Likenesses, in which the
verbal portrait-painting was done with such skill
as to need no formal labeling, for the identifica
tion of tho originals. During tire presentation
of this group, it seemed to ns, that in one in.
stance the artist had adopted a novel instrument
for the production of his msthotic effects, tho.
colors appearing to have been laid, on with the
raw hide rather than with tho pencil. It would
bo foreign to the purpose of this brief notice,
to inquire by what law of association, metaphy
sical, or ((perhaps) simply historical, this de
parture from tho ordinary implements and de
vices of art, may have been suggested.
- Tho second lecture, was upon “ Marriage;” a
subject as popular in its theoretic consideration
as'it is in its practical consequences! and unlike
any other, doing double duty, not only by de
lighting audiences, but also by furnishing audi
ences to bo delightedi It was an entertaining
compound of sound doctrine, impracticable ad
vice, consolation to those already in “holy
bonds,” and considerable stimulus to those who
had not yet entered into the same. At tho end
of this lecture, which was in prose, wo were
unexpectedly treated to the reading, by request,
of an amusing poem, entitled, we believe, “The
History of Jacob Jones; or, Impossible to Fail.”
Its recitation was frequently interrupted by out
bursts of laughter and applause. It was alight
and agreeable afterpiece, happily relieving the
mind from the excitement and strain attendant
upon tho prolonged contemplation of the pro
ceeding knotty and hazardous topic.
Mr. Benjamin’s delivery is. distinct; varied,
and animated. Ho. sustains the matter of his
lectures by an appropriate manner. Ho fdliy
understands and uses the legitimate artifices, as
well as the profonnder rules and .principles of
his profession. After carrying us along for
some time, from point, to point, in tho modern,
mental great coach of tho lecture room, smooth
ly, easily, rapidly, by a strict logical gradation,
there is a. sudden change of highway, and our
I ribs aro wholesomely shaken and jolted for a
few minutes, over the abrupt transition of anec
dote and witticism. In this manner ho fixes and
holds the attention of his audience from start-,
ing point to depot. It is easy- to she thaldre'
possesses the elements of tho. populSrity which
ho has so .distinctly achieved. Wo have no
doubt that all who heard him on Thursday and
Friday last, went away entertained and interest.
„ed, and that not a few would bo happy to hear
him again at no distant date.
The notice of these lectures would be incom
plete without'stating that they were enlivened
by the music of tho Carlisle Brass Band. And ,
in conclusion, it may not bo out of place to say
a word or two about tiio now Hal). .Wo repeat
the good opinion which wo have formerly ex
pressed. It is a valuable addjtion to fho im
provements and conveniences of our borough.
The citizens of Carlisle have long felt tho want
of a Public Hall for lectures and popular enter
tainments. Rueem’s Hall meets this want by
all the desirable conditions of central situation,
easy access, and neat and comfortable internal
arrangements. Wo would suggest, however,
that tho drop-curtain bo thickened in some way,
unless it is intended that each entertainment
shall bo preceded by a little amusing pantomime,
not precisely laid down in the programme. It
is our cordial wish .that the new Hall may prove,
in every respect, as great a success to the pro
prietor, as it is a convenience and ornament to
our town.
A, NOBLE SENTIMENT.
“Lex us cling tothe Constitution as the
Mariner clings to-the last plank when the,
Night and Tempest close around him.” A
noble thought, and npbly expressed by a great
statesman, now deceased, but the sentiment
should bo deeply engraven on the heart of eve
ry patriot throughout the broad extent of tho
Republic. The Constitution 'ol our common
country is tho mighty yEgis behind which wo all
take shelter, and to Whose protection wo are in
debted tor tho blessings, civil religious and po
liticalj wo enjoy. Let this shield be removed
from us—let it bo battered and broken by the’
missiles of taction and tanalacism—and whore,
then would bo our glorious Union ? The Re
public would bo scattered to tho four winds of
IloaVen, and wo would soon become a laughing
stock and a derision amongst the nations of the
earth. No—no. Let us cherish the Constitu
tion as tho anchor of all our earthly hopes, and
teach our children to' revere it,' Let us frown
down tho first attempt to weaken its obligations,
or to disregard the Injunctions it imposes. It
was tho work of our Revolutionary fathers —
formed by their wisdom under the guidance of
Heaven—and should be kept sacred as a cher
ished memento to their priceless toils and un
sullied patriotism. Let us cling to it as the
hope of the world, the beacon light to guide all
nations in tho pathway of true freedom and na.
lional liberty. Let us cling to it lor the regard
we have for the memory of our fathers] let us
cling to it for our own protection and tho inte
rests of our children; let us cling to it as a price
less boon ft-om high Heaven, and hand it down]
unbroken and unsullied, from generation to gen
eration, until the last day of earth shall have
come and time itself be swallowed up in a nev
er-ending eternity.
fty Notwithstanding.thc storm on Saturday,
the Webster statue was.inaugurated at Boston
on that day. Addresses appropiipato to the
occasion wero made by Governor Banks, Mayor
Lincoln, and Professor Felton. Hon. Edward
Everett delivered the oration, which is said to'
have been a masterly effort.
Discharged prom the Hanoverian Arm?.
—The State Department at Washington has
information from Mr. Wright, American Min
ister at Berlin, that Christian Ernst, an Amer
ican naturalised citizen, who had been com
pelled by force to enter the Hanoverian army,
has, upon the remonstrance of our Government,
been discharged from tho service.
0“ There are only 207 revolutionary sol
diers that receive pensions, left in the land.
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MEETING OP THE STANDING I ,COMMITTEE.
Pursuant to notice, tho-Deptsfcratio Standing
Committee “of' Cumberland at the
hotel of Mr. Raymond, in Carlisle, M the 16th
inst. On, motion of Dr. 0. 11, Bohne, the Com
mittee was permanently organized by the ap
pointment of E. COENMAN as Chairman, ond
J. 0. Saxton as Secretary. Oh motion it was
Resolved, That Oommilteps of Vigilance, con
sisting of two members for each ward and bor
ough and three for each township, bo appointed,
whose duty it shall bo to effect a thorough or
ganization of-the'party-in their respective dis
tricts ; to sco that all Democrats are assessed in
duo time, and to make the necessary amrjj|te
ments for .bringing voters to the polls on the
day of election. , . f
Resolved, That the following named gentlej
men are hereby appointed to servo on said com®
mittccs:
Carlisle, E. W.-—Alex. F. Meek, Sam'l. N. Em-
inger.
Carlisle, W. W.—Joseph 0. Thompson, Thos.
P. Iladkott.
Dickinson—J. L. Henry, Joseph Qalbrcath,
■Jacob Redseoker. ,
East Pcnnsborough—Benjamin Clay, John
Wolf, David Deitz.
Frankford—Copt. John Wallace, J. Nickey,
John Orris. V : . .
Hampden—Samuel Shcafer, John Ercitzer,
John Zeanier. . ~
Hopewell—Gen. D. Wherry, J. 0;-Elliott, Da
vid Hoover. V-
Lower Allen— D. E. Noell, John B.: Drawbaogb,
John G. Heck. . .. v
Mifflin —Rob’t.- ; Middlc(on, Samuel ,J.' .Christ
lieb, James M. Dunlap. ■
Monroe—D. H. Voglesongi JohffljPaul, Henry
Earns. v
Mechaniosburg—Thos. Eerr, James Green.
Newton—J. D. MoEee, 0. Mellinger, Copt.
Woodburn. ' , : ■ ‘ >
Nowville— Thomas Stoughj J. M. Woodburn,
Jr.
North Middleton—Peres Howard, W. E; Won.
derlich, John Elliott.
Now Cumberland—J. G. Ketterman, John G.
Miller.
Silver Spring—Jacob Shell, George Brenizer,
’• jr., Joseph Eichelberger. .
South Middleton—Snider Kuplcy, George Otto,
Harman Bosler.
Shippensburg borough—WA Griffin,' Wm.
Willis.
Shippensburg township—David Shoap, G.; W.
Reynolds, James Blair. ■
Southampton—John Noaker, Robert McCune,
jr., Levi W.. Maxwell.
Upper Allen—E. W. Ross, Samuel Floyd, Hen
ry Kiutz.
West Pennsborough—Jacob Rhoads, Samuel
Bixler, David S. Ker,
Resolved, .That tho Chairman be authorized
to convene'the Standing Committee at such
times os the interests of the party may require.
Resolved, That these proceedings be publish
ed in the Democratic papers of the county.
. E. COKNMAN, Chairman.
J. 0. Saxton, Sec’y. •
Front the Reading Gazelle.
THE TfiCTD COMING OUT.
Mr. B. Kush Petrikeri, one of the Opposition
candidates for the State Legislature in Lyco
ming and Clinton counties, haying quarreled
with some ot his late political associates, is ma
king some revelations of the manner in which
the State was swindled- out of her Canals by
the Sunburyand ErieKailroad speculators,'that
have taken these gentlemen all aback. Mr;
Petriken was one pf the active managers in pro
curing the passage of the Sunbary and Brie
bill through the Legislature, and was, conse
quently, cognisant’ of all the plots, bargains,
wire-pullings and arrangements by which that
scheme was accomplished. Whether moved by
the pricirings of a troubled conscience, or aotu.
ated by the less pure,; but more powerfulmo
live of revenge at being deprived of his prom ;
ised share of. the spoils, ha has turned around
and become voliiolary “State’s evidence’
against bis formerpßsociates. Ho has publish
ed a statement! revealing the dishonest' transac
tions connected with, the sale and re-sale of the
'Canals; and proujises.further, that if elected,
he will institute sueh inquiries as will establish
the fact of the most astounding frauds in that
affair.
• . Among other charges, he says it can be made
manifest, by proof, that the Canals were sold
for $2,000,000 less than they could have been
sold for, the kind ot payment being re
ceived—that in each sale the Directors and Offi
cers of the Railroad were parties purchasing—
that all the sales were made in the short period
of one month from the time tbecanals were con
veyed to the railroad, in a secret manner, with
out notice of when they would bo sold, or the
kind of payment that . Would be received; and
that notwithstanding this secret manner of
sale, much larger sums were bid by other par
ties, before the present possessors had consum-’
mated their pretended title under the law.
On investigatiohihesays it can be proved that
the West Branch and Susquehanna Canal was
sold for $500,000, in promises payable twenty
years hence; but before'tho sale was consum
mated under the law, $750,000 were offered for
that part between Northumberland and Dun
can’s Island, (about one-half) —and such wit
nesses as Judge Jordan and wm. I. Grcenough,
Esq., of Sunbury, will prove it. Mr. Petrikon
says the North Branch Canal was sold for $l,-
500,000 in promises payable in future, and that
before the sale was consummated an offer was
made by other parties of $2,000,000. The
Delaware Division, a Canal which under State
management cleared six percent, per annum on
the sum of $4,000,000, was sold for $1,775,-
000575,000 in hand, $lOO,OOO in the stock
of the Company, created, $400,000 in monthly
instalments of $40,000, apd $1,200,000 in pro
mises to pay twenty years off. Before this sale
was made, other parties offered $2,000,000, and
no doubt if the world had known the terms of
payment, s3,ooo,ooo'could have been had. In-,
qiiiry may prove, says Mr. Petriken, that two
or throe persona in his,own district own more
than one-half of this stock, for which they paid
nothing but the guilt of the wrong lo the peo
ple, and on which they realize at least $30,000
per annum 1
We have never doubted that the time would
come, sooner or later, when the secret history
of the passage of the Sunbury, and Erie bill
would be made public, and we are,not likely to
bo disappointed. The parties to that fraud are
already quarreling over, the spoils, and in their
eagerness to criminate one another, are making
disclosures that will open the eyes of the people
to the disreputable means by which the Com
monwealth was plundered. Mr. Petriken’s con
nection with this affair is not calculated to in
spire confidence in' the sincerity of his motives;
but with that the public have nothing to do,
and if he ean and will expose the fraud by which
a few men have been enriched at the expense of
the State, he should ,by all means bo sent to
Harrisburg.
Bribery.—The Opposition candidates for the
Legislature in Berks county, publicly offer
$2OO each to the voters of that county if they
will elect them. Never in the history of poli
tics have we seen anything so barefaced. They
propose to pay the tboney in this way: Failing
to have the compensation of members reducec
to $5OO, they will pay $2OO apieco'into the
County Treasury. Perhaps the people of Berks
county will not choose to be bribed for $OOO in
the aggregate, which would amount to exactly
3i cents a voter, there being about 16,000 vo
ters in Berks county, Messrs, Hottenstein,
Elopp and Holloway must have rather a poor
opinion of the value of votes in Berks county.
■ Lebanon Advertiser.
CT' The Jews in America number some ; two
hundred and fifty thousand, who still adhere to
the faith of Abraham. They have forty thou
sand in jfrewfTork alone. jwo Senators and
four Congressmen nro-of tho Jewish' faith. : The
Christian Jews do hot dumber more thaw tbrcb
or four hundred, of whom one hundred ore stu
dying for the ministry, >
of Buclmnun Endorses his Ad-
ministration.-
Tli6 lalo Democratic Convention of, Lancaster
county,.the homo of Buchanad, most cordially
endorsed his Administration. ,T*o him it must
be a pleasing reflection that thta Machinations
and abuse of his enemies have failed to sever
the sterling Democracy of his own county from
his standard.. They have re tS'A; in mischief
and grown hoarse with boastfr^' that their dis
organizing schemes had destroyed the confi
dence of'the party in the President and his
Cabinet. Their inventions have proved flat anil.
and their curses arc fast coming
|iomo to roost. County after county in the
™blo Keystone State are enrolling themselves
l&iavor of the prescient policy of her “favorite
son.*’ The time is not far distant when the
people of ■ the whole Union will acknowledge
that the national honor ha/been degraded and
outraged by the most contemptible and reckless
assaults upon'the person of the highest officer
of the nation, and this, too, aside from all ob
ject of public good. Personal, selfish and re
vengeful in their assumed causes for attack, bis
enemies have sought to coerce the nation to
their aid, forgetful and wholly regardless that
ho was the chosen representative and custodian,
before the world, of of this people.
Could he : have served them and preserved the
honor of the nation is the question which is now
being answered. ’ -
The Hahkisiuiiig Homicibe.—The l Harris
burg Patriot says’; “We learn from a gentle
man, who arrived here the other night from
Ohambcrsburg, that a man by the name of
George Cook, a drover", has been missing from
that place since last April a year. Cook start
ed away with', a drove of cattle, which he sold"
somewhere in the neighborhood of Harrisburg.
Part of the drove belonged to a gentleman of
Ohambcrsburg. The money for that portion
was duly forwarded to the owner, and since
that lime Cook has not been heard of. It was
at first supposed that he had gone to Califor
nia, but as nothing has been heard of him in
that quarter, and tho “mysterious murder” in
this place having attracted the attention of "the
people of Chambersburg, tho friends of the
missing man are desirous of making further in
quiries into the affair.”
DCT” It has been already announced that the
Masonic fraternity intend to erect a monument
to that distinguished member of their order, the
late Dr. Elisha Kent Kane. The Now York
committee have reported on tho subject, and
their report, having been adopted, has been
distributed among the four hundred and fifty
lodges in that jurisdiction. It is recommended
by tho committee that each of these lodges con
tribute the sum of five dollars ; and it Is confi
dently believed that all will give so small asum
towards an enterprise so deserving. This spec
ial aid Is solicited in tho report, and, with the
aid that will likely follow from other jurisdic
tions, the Kano Monument Association hope to
raise the sum of. $5,000 required to complete
the modest monument proposed by them in
honor of the late illustrious navigator, and in
honor, too, of . the bond of brotherhood that
prompts this ac t of affectionate remembrance.
Riot at Manoiiesteii, N. H.—At the fire
men's muster, held at Manchester, ,Ni H., on
Thursday last, a serious riot occurred between
the firemen and gamblers, Several buildings:
were partially demolished, and other property,
destroyed. The gamblers used their pistols,
but were finally driven off. Two houses bn
Elm street] occupied by them, were gutted.
The mob next attacked the American House,
and Museum building, breaking the windows.
The riot had its origin in a number of the
firemen being cheated of their money by the
gamblers, in the houses first attacked. The
mob were in the act of attacking other houses,
not. occupied by the gamblers, when a speech
from a fireman, in which he represented that
they were destroying the property of those who
were entirely guiltless of any offence, caused
them to desist. Several persons were injured
during the riot, but none fatally. Seventy five
fire companies, accompanied by thirty bands of
music, wero.in the city at theitime..
12 op Dan Rfon’s nohs|S^^i|JjHißb.—A
letter dated Easton, The
staling attached to the
ojtflht fire this morning. The stojhleroett oc
cupied by the horses attached- to Dan Rice’s
circus, and twelve of them were smothered.—
.Those lost, however, were mostly team horses,
and his loss will not exceed $5,000. The fire
originated through the carelessness of a driver,
who let a fluid lamp fall, causing it to burst
and scatter the flames among the combustible
contents of the stables. The damage to the
hotel was trifling.
The Value or a Lottery Prize.—A New
Orleans letter in the Charleston, S. 0., Courier,
relates an incident which illustrates in a strik
ing manner the evil that , may be produced by
one lottery ticket.’ A young man of good fam
ily in. New Orleans, who is’passionately fond of
gambling, wa’s playing cards with considerable
ill-luck, and as a last throw, having lost all his
money, staked a lottery ticket. He lost. After
the game was over, the winner having no faith
in lotteries, proposed to throw dice for it, at
twenty-five cents a chance. A bystander, “a
poor fellow who never owned a hundred dollars
in his life,” accepted the offer and won the tick
et. A few days afterwards the Havana steam
er arrived, and lo 1 the ticket had drawn $25,-
000. The original owner, who had thus thrown
away a fortune, on.hearing the news, was tak
en with an attack of brain fever, and is even
now in a sad condition ; it is feared he will re
main an idiott The lucky drawer of the prize
immediately invested a round sum in ah assort
ment of flashy jewelry and garments, and has
been leading ever since a life of continued revel
ry ; he has become a fast man, and is following
fast the road to ruin. The disbeliever in lotter
ies cannot forgive himself, and whenever he
meets a friend, stops him and tells him the Sto
ry. It has become such a mania with him that
his friends avoid him and turn the corner as
soon as they sjj him coming. He has had sev
eral quarrels at the gaming table, where the
sight of the cards inevitably brings'the oft-told
tale to his lips. - This one prize in a lottery has
made one man an idiot, started another on the
road to ruin, and crazed a third. A terrible
price for one prize, certainly.
. BC7“ Ice was formed at Somerset, Pa., one
night last week, and the clothes hung out to
dry were frozen quite stiff. The frost was very
heavy, and did much damage. ' '
Such occurrences as the above, we presume,
accounts for the inhabitants of that region be
ing.callod the “frosty, sons of thunder." ■
.For President.
The Cliambersburg Valley Spirit * in,ft Very
spirited article, recommends the Hon. JnnEitiAn
S. Black, for nomination at Charleston. We
give a most cordial endorsement to the encomi
ums which the Editor of that able journal pas
ses upon the services, of
the Attorney-General- He hits himself
well in the various high offices to which ho has
been called by the people of his native State
and by the Chief Magistrate of the Union. The
Valley Spirit anticipates the objection that ho
is from the sanie Statc with the present incum
bent of the Chair Presidential in the following
manner:
“It may be objected that the present inoum-.
bent of the Executive chair of the Nation is a
Pennsylvanian, and that his successor ought to
come from another State. There is no real
force in the objealioU'. The best available man
ought to be taken, taken, no matter where he
comes from. In the early days of the Repub
lic, which so many people delight to call its
“best days,” it was the vian rather than his lo
cation that was looked to. Virginia furnished
the President for six terms in succession—six
teen years longer than Pennsylvania Will have
him if she is allowed the successor to Mr. Buch
anan.. We have, therefore, abundant precedent
for claiming the honors of the Chief Magistracy
for another Pennsylvanian at the close of Mr.
Buchanan’s term."
Asa Pennsylvanian, we lake a just and en
during pride in judge Black, and would be
untrue to ourselves, did we not wish him further
advancement.
Large Yield.—The editor of the York coun
ty Star says: “We planted in our garden, the
past season, three large, sized potatoes, of the
California mercers, from which we’ raised and
took up a yield Of about 150 good sized pota
toes, measuring nearly a bushel.
Philadelphia, September 22» 1859.
Flour and Meal.—There is little action in
the Flour market, but supplies, come forward
slowly, and prices remain without change.—
Sales of extra at $4 50 a 6 00, extra family at
SO 50, and $5 a 5 26 per barrel for fresh
ground superfine. There is very little ship:
ping demand. Eye Flour is steady at $375,
and Pennsylvania Corn Meal at $3 624 per
barrel, but there is no demand for either.
Grain'.—The demand for wheat is limited
but prices are steadily maintained. Sates of
about 3,500 bushels at $1 15 a 1 20 per bushel
for common and prime red, $1 20 a $1 28 for
fair and primo'white. Sales of Delaware Eye
at 70 dents for new Southern,and 75 a 80 cents
for Pennsylvania.. Corn—Yellow is in de
mand. Sales of $6,000 bushels prime at 82
cents, afloat. Oats—Sales of new Delaware at
34 a 35 cents per bushel.
Whisky is very scarce and holders are now
demanding a further advance. Sales of Drudge
at 20 cents ; holders now ask 27 cents for
Pennsylvania, and 28 cents for Ohio. Hhds.
are quoted at 27 cents.
Seeds.— In Cloverseed nothing doing. New
Timothy comes forward-slowly and readily
commands $2 76 a 3 per bushel. Flaxseed is
worth $1,60 a 1.76,
CAELISLE MAEKET.-Sept. 22. ’
Corrected weekly by Woodward $ Schmidt,
Flour Superfine.’ per bbl., $4,75
do. Extra, do. 5.00
do. Family, do, 5,37
Eye / do. . 3.25
White Wheat, pqr bushel, ' 120
Etiu . , do. , do. . 1,10
Eye • do. . . ■ ■ 75
Cork do. , 70
Oats- do. '< ■ 30
Cj.OVEIISHErt do.
TIMOinYSEED do,
SI’KINR Baulet . dp.
Fall Baiiley do.
•V. ■ Mimlrb.
On the 15ih inst.yby the Rev. A 11. Kremer.
Mr. John H. Konkbl, to Miss Ellen E.
Wolf,, both of South Middleton township.
On tho. 15th inst., by the Rev. A. L.Reeser,
MivAli'red A. Bonn, to Miss Mabv J." Lovne,
all of Silver Spring township. •
Dub. ,
In Silver Spring township, bn the 16th inst.,
Mr. John Herman, aged 63 years, 3 months
and 27 days. ■ ■
Mr. Herman having accidentally tramped on
a nail, lockjaw ensued, from the effects of which
he died in a short time. He was universally
respected by all, and his death caused a deep
gloom of sorrow throughout the neighborhood
in which he lived.
$lOO REWARD.
I WILL pay the above reward to any one Who
will give information that will lead to the ap
prehension and conviction of the scoundrel or
scoundrels who llred my carpenter shop on the
morning of the 17th inst,
HENRY MYERS.
September 22,1850 —8t
$2O REWARD.
STOLEN on Thursday night, September 15,
1859, out ortho pasture Held on the farm of'
L Robert 0. Sterrott, a low heavy set,
Horse, well formed,. with'white
LA /a face, left front foot and thigh, hind foot
white, and the inside of loft hind foot white,
about two inches from the tail on the right side
there is a white spot about the sizoof a hickory
nut, and' also a mark on left front log of a cut
between the knee and pasture joints. I will
give $26 to any person who gives mo informa
tion where I can get my horse. Address the
subscriber at Carlisle, Pa.
• DANIEL DAR
South Middleton tp.. Sept. 22,1859—8t*
S. V. RVRf,
Attorney at law. ouice in Rhoom’s
Hull, rear of tho Court House, Carlisle.
September 22, 1859—1 y
CONCERT!
MISS C.RIOHINGS respectfully announces
to tho citizens of Carlisle and its adjacent
towns, that she will give one Concert at Ruebm’s
Hall, Tuesday, October ilh, 1859. Mias Rich,
ings has been pronounced by the press and the
public, to he one of the first artists of the day.
She will bo assisted by her father, Mr. Peter
Richings, and. Prof. Cbas. Jarvis, tho very po
pular Pianist from Philadelphia,
Miss C. Richings, in addition to gems of Ita
lian, French, Scotch and Irish composers, will
sing the celebrated French hymn, La Marseil
laise, Angels Ever Bright and Fair, and the pa
triotic anthem. The. Star Spangled and
recite Longfellow's Wooing and Wedding Feast
from Hiawatha. ’ ,
September 22, IBfi9-i-2f
Notice.
LETTERS of Administration oh the estate of
John Herman, dec’d., late of Silver Spring
township, Cumb. co., have been issued by the
Register Of said County to tho subscribers, tho
first maiding in Silver Spring twp., the others
In Monroe twp. All persons indebted to the
said, estate are requested to make immediate
payment, and those having claims will present
tlierp lor settlement lo
ELIZABETH HERMAN.?!
MEN A.SSEH HERMAN^: VAdm’ts.
„ GEO. T. B. HERMAN; V
. September 22, 1859—:6t*'
at Elieem’slSr
Company, rosneetr n ' -
JL houhottsfo the citizens of ibar§jlbf*
persons visiting ttio same during the nr ?J!S a 'i
tlon” and “County Fair,” that they , v in'l E,e ':
Fair for tho saloof tfsefnl and fancy arliM* 14 V
Bheom’s Ball, commencing on the no, , C 3 'I
tobof, and closing on tho 15th. Tlio
to he applied to tho payment of tho Hi.
their Engine House. Tho “Union” tab or '
opportunity of fhankingtho ladies forth.!? llliE
tributions, and tho “ Friends of the Fir COn
for their patronage* at their first Pair
years since. tfio
Articles intended for tho Fait shonH * .
to Rheemfs Ball on tho morning of the IfniT 11 *
.Single tickets 10-eonts. Packages
six tickets 50 cts. To be had of tho CommiH” B
or at the. doort
S. Abrims, D. B. Keeney, Luther Lino -m.
Common, J; H. Ilhocm, IV. H. Barlines 0
Masonheimer, Goo. Shoafier, n. l{i ni .|,.l, ?•.
T. Kuhns, T. D. Mahon, Chairnlau. r 1
• September 22, 1859—1 t
lEcgistor’s Notice.
NOTICE is herdby given, to all persons
forested, that the following accounts Li'
been filed in tbia office by the acconnlahtstlinr
in named, for examination, and Will bo
od to tho Orphans’ Court of Cumberland cni.
tjs for confirmation and nllowance.on
the With day of October, Jl. D. 1859, viz 9,
1. The first and final account of Dr. Orinsl
S. Mahon, administrator of tho estato’ol Davu
Mahon, lato of tho- borough of Shippcaahnr*
dec’d. °>
2. First and final account of John Q. k 0 (, t ,
man, administratorwiththo will annexed ol M t »'
Martha Shehton, lato of tha borough of X’,,’
Cumberland, dec’d. ; °
B. ‘The account of jobn Brougher, Guardian
of Henry, Ann Amelia, Theodore, Fillmore
and Washington, minor children of George w'
Singizer, lato of Monroo township, deCM.” '
4. First and final account of Jolmßobb ad
ministrator of Miss Ann Mangle, lute of the ho
rough of Mechanicsburg, deo’d. '
5. First and final account of Levi Brandl,n4.
ministrator of John C. Klino, late of Dickiiisoh
township, doc’d,
6. Tho account of Dr. Alexander Stewart
ekecutpr ol'thp hist will and testament of John
Criswell, late of the Borough ol Shrpponshhrs
dec’d. . 8 ’
7. The account of E. Cornman, administrator
of William; Mearshey, lato bf the Borough of
Carlisle, doc’d.
8. First and final account of Charles Shrclh.
or, administrator of George Goodman, late of-
Silver Spring township, dec’d.
9. The account of John Waggoner, Guardian
of Anna Lehn, a minor child of.Fetor helm. dc.
Ceased, late of Cumberland county.
10. Second and final account of Janies g.
Colwell, administrator of John Irwin, late of the
borough of Carlisle, dec’d. ’
. 11. First and final account of George Brimlle
and Henry Webbort, eJcecntors.of George \V O b.:
bort, lato of tho township of South Middleton
dec’d. ’
■ 12. The account of Jobn'B. Parker, adminis
trator of Mrs. Ann Power, late of the Borough
of Carlisle, dec’d.
13. The first and Anal account of Joseph Jlor
rett, administrated of Jacob Morrott,, late of
Monfoo township, dec’d..
SAMUEL N.EMItfGEE, Seghlcr.
Register’s Office, Carlisle, I
Sept. 17, 1850. f
Land at Public Stile.
THE undersigned, Attorney-in-fact for John
ston Martin, of Monroe .totfnsliip, Cumber
land county, will sell at public sale, on the pro*
mises, on Friday, the Sltb day of October next,
at 10 o’clock,-A. M., 58 Acres am 1,19 perches
of
LIMESTONE LAND
of the best quality, being a part of the farmed
which Mr. Martin now resides. It is on the
road that leads from Clmrchtown to Mechnn
: icsb.urg, it is all cleared and in a high slate ol
cultivation, oXCept about 10 acres, which is cov
ered with thriving timber, sufficient for building
and fencing the farm; Title-Indisputable.
Persons desiring further information will coil
Upon Mr. Martin, residing on the premises, or
on' the subscriber, residing in the Borough of
CaHiS, °- JOSEPH. CULVEU. ’
. Sept. 22, 1859-fa ' ■ '
6,00
2.25
50
60
Valuable Real Estate at
PRIVATE SALE.
rriHE subscriber wishes to dispose of his vain.
J[ able real estate, viz i •
No. 1. —A first-class limestone farm, situate
in Dickinson township, Cumberland county,
about hall a mile oast of Centreville, containing
193 A CUES more or loss, all of which are
cleared and in ahigh state of cultivation, except
■lO acres, which is well co.vorod with thriving
timber. The improvements are a good BRICK
n_n HOUSE,NEW BANK BARN, corn
cribs, Wagon shed, &c. A largo
■ »ii Banuniher of locust trees are growing
Jglj|i3|on the property, and a never-failing
stream of water runs through a portion oflln)
farm. : Therqjs o very fine Apple Orchard oil
the premises, and a variety of other fruit decs,
and a good spring of pure Water near to Hid
dwelling. The property is in excellent condi
tion, having been carefully farmed, and is well ■
worthy the attention of Capitalists.
No. 2.—A valuable tract of 200 acres of wind
is called PINE LAND, also situated in Dietin'
son township, about tluee miles West of No. 1,
and a few hundred yards south of the Walnut
Bottom Road . About IdO adlos of this tract I)
Udder cultivation, the balance is limber taw.—
The improvements are a log House, Jog ton
and other out-buildings, a well of good wni“
convenient lo the dwelling, an Apple etchant
and other fruit trees, &c. ,
For particulars please call on or write to tin
undersigned, residing at Centreville, Cundict
land county. • ABM, KURIO.
September 22,1859—6t* ,
•Lancaster Intelligencer insert one month, one
send bill to advertiser.
A History of all Religions.
CONTAINING a statement of the origin, do
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