1 AMERICAN .VOLUNTEER, JOHN B. BRATTON, Editor & Tfaptiiitcf. OABiISLETPA., NOV. 3, 1859. Akotheh Fibb., —On Saturday last about 4 o'clock, a dense smoke eras seen to issue from the large frame building in Dickinson alley, and which had been occupied by Mr. JoHN,N,ATCtiEH as a carpenter shop; and, notwithstanding the early arrival of bur firemen upon the ground, the building was soon enveloped in flames. It was immediately drenched with water, and the building saved from total destruction, but it was so much injured as to render it use.esa. jools to a considerable amount were destroyed, together with a number of new farming imple ments, belonging to Andrew J. Huts. The fire, it is believed, originated from sparks from a wood stove, during the absence of the work- men. Cobh Hoskiho. —Our farmers arc busy bus. king their born, of which a majority ot them have good crops, notwithstanding the frost last spring. Fat pork ought to be plenty and cheap this fall. Soob Kraut.—Now is the time to make this delectable food', and cabbage is in great de niand. Largo quantities are daily disposed of by our farmers and hucksters. The crop being large, and the suppjy exceeding the demand, families can supply themselves with “Sour Kraut” at moderate prices. Hottow E vK.—Monday evening last was Hol low Eve, or Hollowecn. With the history of tho origin of this day we are not sufficiently fa mlliarto enable ustorepeat it here, or we would cheerfully do so, in- the hope that some, at least, of our readers might bo gratified-thereby., We know, however; that it is one of tlie oaily es fablished fasts of the primitive Christians, 6b served in commemoration of the date of mar fyrdbm of Wolfgang, a Christian preacher, who for hiq Master’s sake suffered death in tho flesh, but in what century we are now.unablo to state. It was long kept with great veneration as one of the fasts of the church, and is still regarded with much interest on account of tho singular ceremonies which custom has assigned exclu sively to that occasion. Tire Supposed Insurgent in our Jail. The man under arrest, and confined in our pri son, on suspicion of being concerned in the Har per’s Ferry insurrection, was brought before Judge Graham, on a writ of habeas corpus on the 26th ult. Judge Watts presented a war rant 1 front’ the Governor of Pennsylvania, upon a requisition of the Governor of Virginia, for the delivery of a fugitive from justice, named Alfred' Hazlett. There was no positive evi dence to identify the prisoner as the person named in the requisition, but it was proved that . the pistols in his possession when' arrested were of the same manufacture ns those used by the insurgents, tlnd that his dress and appearance corresponded with the description given by a person who had seen Hazlett at Harper's Ferry. . The Judge appointed a further hearing of the ease for the Saturday following, and issued sub pocnas for the attendance of witnesses from Vir ginia and elsewhere. The prisonerwas then to . manded to the custody of the Sheriff Saturday, Oct. 29. —The prisoner was again brought before Judge Graham. Messrs. Miller, Sharp, and Shearer appeared for the prisoner, and claimed his discharge on the ground that his name was not Albert Hazlett, but was Wm. Harrison. Several witnesses, resident at Harr per’s Ferry, were examined, and testified posi tively that the prisoner at the bar was one of the persons who invaded Harper’s Ferry ; that they had conversed with him there, and that they recognized him. Otic of the witnesses, Mr. Copeland, said that he had seen the flash of his rifle when in the act of shooting at a citizen.— No one of the witnesses knew the name of the man, nor did they ever see him before they saw Km in the.strcet of Harper’s Ferry. F. Walla-, Esq., counsel for the Stale of Vir ginia-, took the ground that if a crime had been commuted, of which there wa? clear proof, and that the prisoner was a particepscriminis, the judge, as a committing magistrate under the constitution of the State, should take care that/ be would not escape punishment. That he was a particeps criminis was dearly proven by three witnesses,- that he was-pursued, and’ when' ta ken, be was armed-with-weapons-identical with those found in the hands of the invaders. The counsel therefore asked his honor to recommit the prisoner to await the requisition of the Gov ernor of Virginia, by the name which he had. assumed/ The court took this ground, and - said “ we are clearly of the opinion that the requisition presented to us is legally and-formally right; but there is no evidence that we have any man in our custody named Albert Hazlett, whom we can deliver on this requisition ; but we arc sat isfied a monstrous crime has been*committcd That prisoner was there and participated in it, is clearly testified to by three witnesses, and we will therefore recommit him to await the requisition of the Governor of Virginia.” . The prisoner, Harrison, alios Hazlett, was again re manded to prison, to await another requisition from the Governor of Virginia. Potato Rot. — We hear of serious damage to the potato crop from rot, in various places in this and the adjoining counties-.- The yield, 1 however, is a very large,;6he,-and the quality excellent. Large quantities are coming, into market, from apprehension of further loss, and prices are very moderate. Wild Books.—Wild ducks in unusual num bers, have recently made their appearance in the waters of the Susquehanna,- and sportsmen are having.a-good time of it in shooting them. \SZs~ Capt. Cook, the Harper’s Ferry insur rectionist, was arrested on the 25th nit., at Mont Alto, Franklin county, fourteen miles from Chambcrsburg. lie was well armed,.and made a desperate resistence. He was taken to Virginia, on the 271 h, on the requisition of Governor Wise, by officers from Virginia, ac companied-by the parties that arrested' him. Three Sharpe’s rifles and a small lot of ammu nition were found in the woods near Chambers burg, by some boys who were hunting rabbits. One of the rifles has C. P. Tidd’s name on the mounting. The others arc both marked C. B. They were no doubt placed under the bushes by the men left by Cook on the mountain. The Washington pistol has not been recovered, and nothing has been seen of the men. . Acquittal op Walker Filibusters. —The Walker filibusters,lately tried at New Orleans, have all been acqu tied. TENDERLY SENSITIVE. , Tbs Black Kcpublicans of this State protend to repudiate tbs doings of the insurgents at Harper’s Ferry, and would make the people be lieve that Bbown is a deranged man, and that the Republican party should not bo held re sponsible for his acts I Horw like our oppo nents I No wonder they are so tenderly sensitive Just now 1 A party that changes its name every year, and professes one thing (o-day and another to morrow, aro too cowardly to stand up and sustain manfully those who have tho nervo to put into practice tho principles,they (the lead ers) advocate. Brown was not afraid to carry out the doctrines preached by Republican ora tors and editors, and it was pusillanimous -in them not to fly to his Standard when ho struck tho first blow at Harper’s Ferry. Had ho sue.' ceedcd in his designs—hadhc cut the throat of every slaveholder in Virginia, and freed every slave—would tho Republicans dated to have condemned him ? No, indeed! ft is only be. cause old Bbown and bis deluded followers fail ed In their undertaking that tbe Republicans now speak of him as a « crazy man.” Bbown and those who acted with him aro to be pitied—pitied because they were the dupes of an unprincipled and treacherous party—a party that preaches up sedition and treason, but has not the courage to sustain those who put their preaching into practice. We say it boldly that the Republicans, as a party, are responsible for the murders and treason at Harper’s Ferry; and, say what’thoy please, they cannot shirk tho re sponsibility of those horrid transactions. This deplorable outbreak and treason was just as surely tho logical sequence of tho teachings and intiauiafory bitterness of anti-Slayery agitators, as were the riots and church-burnings in Phila delphia, in 1814, the immediate and inevitable result of the fierce and sanguinary harangues made against Catholics and foreigners by Lewis C. Loiin, Charles Naylor and'Peter Skonn Smith, anterior to that memorable event. As long as denunciations of our Southern bretheren, and anathemas of the “slave power” were restricted to a few crazy fanatics like Wm. Lloyd- Garrison, Charles Burleigh, Henry C. Wright, Luoretia Mott and Abbey Kelley, who professed to putdown the “peculiar institution” by moral suasion, the agitation was compara. lively harmless, and a; (it subject for laughter and ridicule; but when it assumed a thorough political character, and dangerous and-ambitious men made it their Shibboleth to partisan con, tests, and advertised their claims to fill the high places of tho nation by a direct war upon tbe rights of sovereign States, the question assum ed a different and more formidable phase, well calculated to make conservative and Union loving men pause and tremble for. the conse quences. When loyal and intrepid men in the North, who wore disposed to stand by the righls of the South, and to secure to the people of that section all their constitutional guarantees, were arraigned as “ doe faces,” and stricken down by an abolitlonized and demoralized pub lic sentiment, and whert—the President of tho United States, true to his oath of office, was derided and spit upon and calumniated for en. dbavOringto execute the laws without-prejudice ,to any part cf tho confederacy,—it was easy to see where ft would all end. ■, Below, wo subjoiri a few bt the sayings of the lights'of s the many-hued Republi can Party, omitting those of tho crazy men and Women-'who-are-rnnlfied AboUtltm-. ists—the Garrisons, the. Douglasses', and the Abbey Kelleys. Read the record: Gen. James Watson Webb—a Republican leader, said, in the Philadelphia Convention : “It we (meaning tho Abolitionists) fail there, (at the ballot box) what then 7 We will drive it (slavery) back sword in hand, and so help me God! believing that to bo right, I am with them.” A ■ Horace Greeley,-a Republican : . “ I have no doubt-but the free and slave States ought to be separated! Tho Union is not worth supporting in connection with tho South.” Josiah Quincy—Republican, of-Boston -. “ The obligation incumbent on the free States to deliver up fugitive slaves is that burden, and it must be obliterated from the G institution at every hazard.” Mr. Banks, present Republican Governor' of Massachusetts: “ I am not one of those men who cry for life perpetuation of tho Union, though 1 am will ing, in a certain state of circumstances, to let it slide.” ' -■ Mr. Burlingame—A Republican Congress- man When we shall have elected a President, as we will, who will not be the President of a par ty,-nor-of a section, but the Tribune of a pen. pie, and after we have exterminated a few more miserable doughfaces from the North; then, if the Slave Senate will not give way, we will grind it between tho upper and nether millstones of our power.’’ - ‘ ■ Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois—a leading Re publican of the West;: .“I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and hall free. Ido not expect the house to fall, but 1 do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or tho other. Either the opponents of .slavery will arrest tlje further spread of if, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that tho cours'o of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push forward till it shall be come alike lawful in all the States—old as Well as new, North as well as South.” Senator Wilson, Republican, of Massachu- setts : “ Lot ns remember that more than three mil lion of bondmen, groaning under nameless woes, demand that we shall ccaso to reprove each other, and that we labor for their deliverance. “ I toll you hero to-night, that tho agitation of this question of human slavery will continue while the foot of a slave presses the soil of the American republic. ’ ■ ‘ “Wo shall -change tho Supremo Court of the United-States, and place men in that Court who believe with its pure and immaculate Chief Jus tice, John Jay, that our prayers will bo impious to Heaven, while we sustain and support human slavery.” Benjamin F. Wade, U. S. Senator from Ohio, Republican leader; “There is really no union now between (he North and the South, and ho believed that no two nations upon the earth entertained feelings of more bitter rancor towards each other than these two nations of the Republic. Tho only salvation of the Union, therefore, was tcS bo found in divesting it entirely of nil taint of Sla. very.” Senator Sumner, November,‘lBss : “Not that I lovo the U nion less, but freedom more, do X now, in pleading this great cause, insist that freedom, at all hazards, shall be pre served, God forbid that for the sake of the Union.” John P. Hale, a Delegate to the Republican ■Convention, Juno 17th, 1856 : 5 “ Congratulated the Convention upon tlfe spirit of unanimity with which it had done its work. I‘believo this is not so much a Conven tion to change the administration of the Uovernr ment,as to say whether there shall bo any govern ment to bo administered. * * * Some men pretend to bo astonished at the events which are occurring around ns j but I am not more; surprised than I'shall be at this autumn to see the fruits following thd buds and blossoms.” Dennison, Governor elect of Ohio, said the following on the canvass; . “If-I am elected Governor of Ohio—and T 1 expect to be—X will nutlet any slaves be M turned to Kentucky or any other slave State; and if X cannot prevent it In any other way;' as . Commander in chief of the military of.the Slate, Twill employ the bayonet—so help me God I” Henry Wdtd Bocther, iti ci lecture on tlie.«ub. jeot of disunion, deTHefed Itf Notv York, Janu ary 16th, 1855, said; <« Two groat powers that, will nof live tCgoth cr, are in our midst, and tugging at each othCrif throats. They will search each other out; though you separate them a hundred times; and if by an insane blindness you shall contrive to put off the issue, and send this unsettled dispute down to your children, it will go down gather ing volume and strength at every step, to waste and desolate their heritage. Let it he settled now. Clear tbo place. Bring intho champions. Let them put their lances in rest fertile charge. Sound the lrumpet, and <fod save the right 1” Rev. Andrew. F.JRoss, of Now Hampshire, at a meeting Of the American Ami-Slavery Socie ty, New York, May 18th, 1857 : “ It would hot have been no more wrong for George tho Third to put chains on George Washington, than it was for George Washington to put. chains on the limbs of his slaves. • *. *.* • • • Where Slavery and Freedom are put in tho one nation there must le a fight—there must bo ah explosion, just as if tiro and powder wore brought together. There never was ah- hour when this blasphemous and infamous government should bo made, and now the hour was to be prayed for when that disgrace to humanity should be dashed to pieces for ever.” TRIAL OF BROWN, THE INSURGENT, The Grand Jury of the Circuit Court at Charlestown, Virginia, reported a true bill against Brown and his confederates on Vf’cdncs dny, and the trial of Brown was commenced on Thursday of last week. A letter was read to the Court, by Mr. Bolts, one of the prisoner’s counsel, containing a statement to the effect that insanity is hereditary in Brown’s family. This Brown corroborated in part, but desired his counsel not to put in any plea of insanity, adding “that if he had been at all insane, he is totally unconscious.of it ’!" Brown requested a short delay, in order that his counsel from the North might defend him. He thought he could have a fairer trial, if defended by his own coun sel. Mr. Hunter, for the Commonwealth, did not sea the necessity for delay. lie remarked to the Court that the prosecution were able to prove that Brown had made frequent acknowl edgements of everything charged against him, and had even gloried in his course. The coun sel for the prisoner argued strongly for delay, but the Court, deeming the causes insufficient, refused to grant, it. Tho indictment, contain ing the three counts —insurrection', treason and murder —was read, the prisoner being allowfed to recline in hid cot,-ad he wad tco* weak, to’ stand, Mr. Harding opened* for the prosecu tion, detailing the events connected with the outbreak, and read .the laW of ti'easoh, Which provides that levying war against the State is punishable With death. He urged the jury not to allow their prejudices against abolitionism to influence their minds in the trial, but to act fairly and impartially. Mr. Green, for the de fence, followed. The Brows Trial— Arrival of Cook-Ex citement —Implication of Fred. Douglas, tfc. Charlestown, Va., Oct. 28. Cook was brought here at one o'clock this, morning. He says that if Brown had taken his advice in relation to mounting the men, a force of.one thousand strong could not have ta ken them. He'saya that bruit. Dougin;', acted, the coward, as he promised to be there in per son. There id great rejoicing here at the ar-. rest of Cook. Geu..U. Hoyt Esq., of Boston, arrived here this morning, to act as counsel for Brown. He is quite a young man. Proceedings op the Court.— The Court met at IP o'clock. Brown was ted over from the jail Walking very feebly, and laid down on the cot. Senator Mason entered the Court with •'Mr. Hoyt, the counsel from Boston. Senator Mason remarked that tho testimony given by Col. Washington and- Conductor Phelps Was very correct. The Jhry was then ctt'led’, and Mr. Bbtts'ftn nounced the arrival of Mr. Hoyt. who had come to assist the counsel for-Brown. Charlestown, Oct. 26. Court met at ten o’clock ibis morning. Tho Judge announced that he had received a note from the counsel of the prisoner, requesting n dtlay of a few minutes, to enable him to have a Brief interview with the prisoner; He would accordingly wait a'short time. Soon-after Browh-.WaS' Brought in; and took his usual recumbent positibrilnbed;. Samuel Ohillort; of'Washingtori'city, appear ed as additional comtsei for the prisoners, and was qualified. Henry Griswbldl of Cleveland, Ohio, was also qualified-as counsel fbr tbe pris oners. Mr. Chilton made an explanatory stirtetfienit. Ho was unexpectedly called upon yesterday to aid in this defence. Ho came with the expec tation of merely assisting the gentlemen Who were conducting the defence, but upon reach ing here, he found that they’had withdrawn from tho case. He then determined to do his best, not feeling nt liberty to refuse. Under the circumstances, however, it would be impos sible for him to discharge the full duty of coun sel, not having had time to read the indictment or examine the evidence already given. He made no motion, but he would advise a delay of a lew hours, in order that himself and his brother counsel could make some preparation. Tlic Court decided that tho trial must go on; no more delay could be granted. The trial then proceeded. Mr. Hoyt, for the prisoner, objected to receiving as evidence the letter of Gcrrett Smilh, heretofore published ; also the autobiography of Brown, written by himself. Both were withdrawn. Several wit nesses were then examined by Mr. Hoyt, and cross questioned by the prisoner while lying on his bed, wrapped up in a blanket. The testi mony was mainly relative to Brown's kind treatment of his prisoners! At 1 o’clock a recess was taken for dinner. afternoon session. Several witnesses for the prisoner were exam ined, all proving that Brotjp had treated his prisoners with humanity, and frequently ex pressed’his regret that bloodshed’ should have been caused by him in self defence. The defence closed their testimony about 4 o'clock, and the Staltttdesired to give the case to the jurv without argument. Capt. Brown insisted that his counsel should argue the case. After the opening speechj for the State, the court adjourned till Monday morning, when the counsel for the prisoner will proceed! Charleston, Va;, Oct. 31! The Court met at nine o’clock this morning. The prisoner was brought in, and the trial pro ceeded without delay. Brown looks better than heretofore, and bis health is evidently impro' ving. He laid on the bed as usual. The Court house and itsapproachcs were densely crowded,' - Mr" Griswold opened for the defence, taking up the several'charges of the indictment, and replying to the points made ih the opening ar gument of the prosecution. He alluded to the peculiar circumstances surrounding the present case, and hoped the jury would give it calm and dispassionate attention, divesting, as far as possible, their minds from alt prejudice, and dis regarding outside influences. Let the prisoner have and impartial trial under the laws of Vir ginia, and let him bo acquitted or convicted ac cording to those laws, and ■ the evidence given in the case. ' With regard to the charge of treason brought against the prisoner, Mr- Griswold argued that Brown could not bo, guilty of treason, as ho was not a citizen of this Common wealth, and none but a citizen of the Commonwealth could commit treason. Never having sworn allegi ance to Virginia,'becduld notbe a rebcl against her authority. He was also ohsrgcd with levy ing war against the State, but the evidence giv en did not suppdi4tthq charge.- There was a great difference, between levying war and resis ting authority by men whet are.congregated to getborto perpetrate .crime,end havetheir rules and regulations. , When 'they assailed they ■defend their- lives to the utmost, sacrificing their own and intending to sacrifice the lives of oth ers ; but that is resisting, not levying war. He would not shrink from the admission, and the prisoner had openly admitted it, that those men come for the purpose of running away slaves. That was a crime under the laws of Virginia, for which the prisoner was amenable to punishment to the extentjaf? those laws. In carrying out that purposolle tcmporarily took possession of (he arsenal, at Harper's Ferry. Mr. ■O. entered upon on elaborate defence, the report of which came top late for insertion. CONVICTION OF BBOWN! fioilly of Treason, Conspiracy and Warder. CnATU-ESTOWN, Oct.-31, The court inet at 9 o'clock this morning.— The prisoner was brought in and the trial pro ceeded without delay. Brown looks better than heretofore, and his health is evidently impro ving. He laid on the Usd as usual. - After a lengthy argument by the attorneys for the de fence, which was replied to by Mr. Hunter, for the State, the Judge changed the Jury, and sub milted the case to their judgment. Tim Verdict.— Guilty of “Treason, Conspi racy, and Murder.” A recess for half an hour was'taken, when the jury came in with their verdict. Intense excitement prevailed in the court-room. Brown sat up in hid bed while the verdict was render ed. The jury find him guilty of treason, advi sing and conspiring,with slates and others to rebel, and for murder in the first degree. Brown lay down quickly. He said nothing, and there was no demonstration of any kind. Brown was remanded to jail. ' THE TRIAL OF COI’PEE. Mr. Harding announced that he was ready to proceed with the trial of Coppee, who wa£ brought in. the ceremony of passing between a file of armed men being dispensed with. Coppee . sat between his counsel, Griswold and Hoyt. He seemed calm ahd composed. The Confession of Copelnnd, Cleveland, Oct. 31, 1859. Copeland’S confession to the O. S. Marshal Johnson, of Ohio, is published this morning.— Copeland says he was furnished with money to go to Virginia by the Jjvo Messrs. Plumb, of Oberlin. Mrs. Sturdivant, of this city, knew of the plans, and she supposed her husband did also, The latter denies any previous know ledge of the affair. / C. H. Lanstraw, colored, is also implicated. Thf Shobtiitl of-air. McPliail—His Condition •-'-Political Excitement., ■ f Baltimore, Oct. 31. Acting Mayor- McPhail, who was shot yes terday afternoon at the police telegraph’ office, by W. C. : Hanna, reporter of the Sun, is very seriously injured. It is feared his femotai ar tery is wounded; lie is somewhat easier this morning. Heeshonorates Hanna from all di rect blame. It appears that Hanna and opera, tor Ilarcourt had some words: The former drew a pistol and Ilarcourt grasped it, and in the struggle it exploded, .with the result as sta ted.- ' , Mr. McPhail says that the pistol was in the hands of Ilarcourt when the shot was fired. The newly elected Council have been called tor gether to. choose a,President, who will become -Scj?ing-il«3^ir''db’«|jW“thDind' G POsitionjof Swan. Tlia Coatcil meet this afternoon. Po litical excitement* in waxing warm about the Slate eiectipn, which is to bo held on' Wednes day, “In Memory op Washington.”—Our citi zens, when Visiting the Post Dfflco, should not neglect to drop their dimes'.and quarters into the box put up jor, the reception of contribur tions in aid of the completion of the Washington Monument. DUmdcratio National Convention.—The Chairman of the National Democratic, Commit tee, has issiled’a call for a meeting of the Com mittee to be heldiin Washington, on the 7th of Dteemticr next, to dtsignate the time for hold ing the" next Nhtiotial Con*nliori; The Cin cinnati Convention of I&SC.-selec'ted'Charleston as the place at which the next National Oon‘ vention should be held, but it was left to the National Committee, consisting of one repre sentativ’e from each Stale, to fix the lime. It is believed that in the early parfof May will be named. ; Bradford County.—We are glad to observe that awholesoiqe reaction is taking placeiri the political seritime'nt of this .once slrbng Black Republican district. -The people it are repudiating Wiiinot, and his pernicious teach ings; In 1855; Bradford county gave" 4655 majority for Prertbhk.tfver Buchanan; blit in 1859 the Opposition can muster only 2104 ma jority on their State ticket, and Thomas Sinead, one of their candidates for' the. legislature, is only elected byllo3 over George SleVcnS, Deni. This is truly aif encouraging sign, and leads to the belief that the time is not far distant when Bradford wilt again,take her place in the col umn of staunch Democratic counties. Three PERsbiis Killed in a Duel in Co ra, Dir One major of the rural mili tia, sixty-five gears'old. near Havanna, Cuba, recently fought; a duel with swords, and killed his adversary, a young man. The second then look up the quprrel, and ho too was killed by. a thrust of the ipnjor’s sword; a cousin of the principal next stepped forward, and was also killed; lastly,)a friend of all the others felt bound to avenge their deaths, but, upon receiv ing a rather severe wound, declared himself sat isfied. The victorious duelist, in full uniform, went to Havanna and presented himself to the Captain General, who, without depriving him of his sword, pointed out a room for him to oc cupy, and placed a “ guard 61 honor” at the door. It is believed that Re will be acquitted by the military court before which ho is to be triedi ■; Mobdbr OB'an American Consol.—A let ter dated New Orleans, Oot. 29, says—The pri vate letters reoeived by the Picayune from Mex ico confirm the cool blooded murder of Mr. Chase, the American Consul, by General Mar que* Distribution op Animals and Fishes.— As on land, in tropical temperature, the animal creation is much more numerous than in colder regions, so, too, as the naturalist proceeds from south to north in the European seas, be finds a vast diminution in the number of general and species of marine animals. Thus the number of species of fishes in the Mediterranean seas is 444; in the British sea, 216 ; in the Scandina vian sea, 170; and the species of marine mollus cs in the same three marine provinces; are re spectively 600, 400 and 300,’ £SSSS NEXT PBESIDENT-«0BN. LSNB» In mppy sections ofo T country the question of the next Presidency is being warmly discuss ed." Gun. Joseph Lane, “the Marion of the Mexican war,” and at present one of tho U. S. Senators from Oregon, appears to have a strong hold upon the affections of the people at largo, and his claims and his fitness are strongly urged by tf groat number of influential newspapers. Gen. Laps is still in tho prime of life, and beyond question, should ho be the nominee of tho Charleston Convention, will bo elected by a ma jority equal to that received by Gen. Pierce.— Tho following articles w<> clip from a couple of our exchanges: From the Memphis (Team) Jvalanchc. BEN. LINE, UP OREGON. ■Our suggestion of Gen, Joseph Lane as the next Democratic fiandidptOj i'or (lie. Presidency, seems to have taken the country by storm.— North; South, East and West, it is responded to in a degree of enthusiastic approbation that wo have never known equalled. Scarcclyaday pusses that we do not receive some fresh evi dence of tho old hero’s popularity i and not a mail comes that does not tell us ot some now advocate (or his selection to tho Democratic lea dership in-1800.,. From the Democratic Mirror—Leesburg, Vo, Wo publish below from the Jvalanche, Mem phis, Tennessee, one of tho ablest Democratic papers in tho South, a strong editorial in advo. cacy of Gen. Joseph Lane, of Oregon, as tho Democratic candidate-for tho Presidency, in whose views we fully concur. General Lano is not only a most available candidate, but a sound and able statesman, admirably quaiiifled to dls. charge tho responsible duties of President of the United Slates. With a clear heady a aolind judgment, an honest heart, firm, fearless, and (rank, true to his country, his principles, and his friends, ho resembles in all his characteris tics, that old horo and statesman, Andrew Jack son, more than any man living; raised from the mass of the people, all his sympathies are with them, and theirs with him. Remarkable for his practicable common sense, no man understands human nature belter, or can more readily dis. corn the character of man. A inenjber of the Legislature ol Indiana, for more than twenty years, either in the House or in the Senate — Governor of the Territory of Oregon, or her representative in Congress, for tho last ten years, he has acquired a largo legislative and executive experience in’ public affairs; While Governor of Oregon, he displayed great energy and ’rare administrative ability, as ’the Lcgisla. tiiro of that Territory testified, in a series of complimentary .resolutions, which tVefo endors ed by a mass meeting of the people without dis tinction of ‘party, when assembled to take leave of him, upon the eve of his departure for Wash ington, as their representative in Congress.— Sound, conservative and national in his politics, well acquainted'with the public men of the day. if elected President of the United States,' he would call around, him'a wise and' nlyl’o Cabinet, and give the country a most successful, adminis tration. , Gon’l Lane’s availability is beyond the ques tion ot a doubt. There are more trails in his character and incidents in His, life to stir Un popular heart, than in that of any other man.- now prominent before the public. Modest and unpretending, cordial, social and frank in his, manners, he makes friends of all who form his acquaintance. The humane and genoronsqual ities of heart, with the gallantry and general ship he'displayed in the Mexican war, made him thojdol of the Army, whose brave soldiers and officers, now scattered all over ttic Union, are eager to elevate him to the highest pinnacle of honor., , . Tri'early life, Gon’l Lane was a'flat , boatman on (ho Mississippi River, and is known through all tho States, which that noble river washes, ba the hardy sons of toil, who lovo him, us every oho (toes, who knows him, ami can appreciate a brave, warm litai ted, and horifest patriot. If he bo. the standard bearer of the Democra cy in 1860, he. wlio never lost ™ battle or suffer ed.a defeat, Will near mat id : jts glorious memories clusferlnra&iround it, to a certain and brilliant victory. gf ' ■ "* If President of the UhitcdStatfs - , fhe.hlslbry of his past life, will bo a guarantee,that he will honestly, faithfully, and efficiently administer the Government- In tho discharge of,its re sponsible duties, he will know, aslie has hereto fore known, always. no North, no South, no East, no TVost,nothing bn this whole The. Occasion and the Man.—No one in casting,his eye over this wide spread Republic, jit the present time, can failgo perceive that our beloved country is again; in imminent peril.— There are strong and powerful elements at work which arc portentious of evil to the. safety of the country and perpetuity of the Union. The en emies of the Republic are, again attempting to uproot the pillars of a natjph hallowed by the blood of our fathers, and endeared to ns by tbe memory of the great and good inch who framed it ; and- by the innumerable and. inestimable blessings which it has conferred upon us as a people. t Heretofore the Democratic parly has been’able to stay be hand of fanamcism. and lo preserve the Republic. It is the only Organiza tion that has the power and the will to do jus tice to all scVftionsi But our Northern allies have, by desertihn'ahd defeat, grown smaller by degrees, until We Have b’ut a few left to defend our constitutional- rights. One thing is very certain, and that is, the ignominions.dcfiat and dissolution of the National Democracy in 1800, unless the party presents a candidate fdr the Presidency competent in himself to re-unite all factions and fragments of the party. 'Mr. Polk did this good service in ; 1844.. Mr. Pierce did the sim'e thing in 1852, and the great, inquiry now’ is, who Will,.be the man for the, crisis in 1860? Who will he thenian tolendour.'fbrces i b a gloriousviotory I Who has thetalen'ls, the experience, the-popular traits, and,.above all, the courage and popularity to lead the hosts of - Democracy to triumph ? Thenaraethat springs > spontaneously to .the lips of every true Demo, , crat. unbiassed by cliques and faclions.' is that of GENERAL JOSEPH LANE, of Oregon.— Look at his history from the time of his first appearance, an unfriended stranger in a then far. Western land, and',point to. one act in his career of which Kispnrty and, his country may not be proud. Qcri. Joseph Lane is to-day the embodiment; of the great characteristics of our people—epergy, enterprise arid perseverance.— He possesses Ihd iron will of Jackson and the ability and judgment necessary to make a use ful and popular President. He is peculiarly the type and representative of the Grea’t West, whose claims should be considered by the Convention. In reference to the past political record of Gen. Lane, it appears without stain or marked by a single act that would not riieet with the approbation and cordial and hearty endorsement of the Democracy in every section of the Union He is distrustful to no portion of his party, but popular with all. He can be endorsed and sus- tained at. the South, while his record will not of fend the North because he is a National Demo crat, who loves the Constitution more than sec tions. The nomination of Gen. Lane would create ah enthusiasm among the masses in ail sections of the country. Indiana. Illinois and many of the Western Stales would vote for him in a’blazeof excitement. He is papular with the true and tried Democracy every where throughout the Union, and'arbOndhis name the Democratic legions would’stand a wall of ada mant, and if elected—of which, if nominated, there is no earthly doubt—against his firm pur pose’tHb Surges of’Abolitionism would break on ly to 1 rebound with" redoubled force upon them selves. ... Gen- tone Has long been a favorite of ours for the Presidency, and, months ago, wfc took the. ground that if the Charleston Convention’ went North for a candidate, he was the best and most available man that could be selected. Every day’s observation has tended to strengthen os in this opinion, and wo are now satisfied that of nil the prominent Democratic statesmen at the North, Gen’. Lane is the one for the occa sion. With him ns our candidate in 1860, we can bid. defiance to all and every opposition which may be arrayed against us, and once more drive back the waves of treason and fanat acism that are threatening to engulph the Con stitution, the Union, and the South. Gen. Joseph Lane. Black Republican Ingratitude. An exchange .paper truthfully remarks When old Brown'killed, five men at Potlawatto mle, in Kansas; when ho took H. Clay Fate and twenty-one of his party prisoners; when ho defeated the Missourians at Ossawattomie; when he killed half a dozen men in a running fight near Lawrence; in short, while he wss tho load er and successful operator of the free State forces in Kansas,his name was heralded through out the Black Republican prints ns a groat man and a hero. There was then no human being like Capt. John Brown, el Kansas. But now, ns the tide of loitune has turned, and Captain Brown has been overpowered and captured, his former friends and admirers have‘deserted him ns rats desert a sinking ship. 'They call him old, and foolhardy, and crazy, , and mad. lie is no longer a hero. Is not this base ipgratl tude7 , ■ , Wno was the Aggressor i—Nearly ail the Black 'Republican journals state that old Ossa wattomie Brown was actuated in his movements in -Kansas by Uje spirit of revenge, caused -by the killing of one of ids sons by the border ruffians. Tile Chicago Tribune, which is good authority, In a history which it gives of did Brown, says that the Kansas troubles did not commence in the' section of Territory where Brown lived, and that tlie earlier skirmishes dc-I ▼eloped'fighting qualities in Brown him immediate protainenfee among the free State military leaders. It was this prominence and the notoriety which Brown acquired in the “ Wakerusa war” that brought down upon him lie revenge of tile bonier ruffians. They deso itcd his farm and bloke lip his family, and in he onslaught killed one of his sens. The Slate Election. The official vote of Pennsylvania at tho'lato election shows the following result s •AUDITOR GENERAL. . Thomas E. Cochran, Opp., 181,835 Richardson L. Wright, Deni.,. 164,641 Cochran’s majority, SURVEYOR GENERAL. William H. Keim, Opp.,' John Kowe, Dem., ICeim’s majoHly, 18.312 Tho total vote of tho State in/58 was 869,246 Total vote in 1859, 840,379 Decrease Tho majority for John M.Read, (Repul).) for Judge of Supremo Court was 26,986.0ver. Wm. A. Porter, (Demj. Cochran's majority over Wright for Auditor, General ia now 17,291, showing au Opposition loss of 9,5/6 in one year. ■ Considering fife pTbStfatlng defeat of 1858, tho diilicullies in the Cray of Democratic sue. cess at this time, arid the general impression that wo had no chance 01. carrying our State ticket, this result is quite encouraging. It points to certain victory at the next election, when the Democratic party will not he apathe tic, indifferent, or divided upon minor issues.— The (all of 1858 may be regarded as thu period when tho Democratic parly of this Slate reached the deepest point of Since that time a gradual reaction has taken place; the first traits of which arc observable iri the gain of nearly fen thousand voles this year. This re action will go forward With accelerated rapid!, ty, until the balance of the popular vote.is again on the side of the Democratic party. Indeed, when tho issue is once clearly made between Democracy and Black Republicanism, we have no fear of Pennsylvania. That such must he the fisae Before Idng. nil sighs distinctly indi cate; and it' needs not the gift of.prophecy to predict that Hid popular majority of this State will be oVorwhelmTngly I ttgairist Seward Eepnb licanislri, With , its" “ irWprosmbio conflict,” as has just been practically illustrated in tho Har per’s Ferry inatir'rfectidri. : The Caupornia Election.—For Governor, Latham (Regular Democrat,) has 01.453 votes: Currey (Anti Lccompton,.) 31,3(32; fflanford Rep.) 1039! giving Lathama majority of 26, 014-over the-united vote d! both his opponents. For . Congress, 'Burch (Regular Dem.) has 58,457; arid Scott .{Regular Dem.) 57.107 : while McKibben.(Anti-Lccbniplon) has 43,480, and Baker (Rep.j 41,458. On the question of a .Convention to revise the Constitution of the' Slate, 42,822 votes were yea, arid 9,900, were nay : but the proposition is lost, because the statute required a majority of all the votes cast, and the total number was about 105,000. DZ7” A Trial of a Rifled Six-pounder, says the N. Y. Sun, was made on Monday of last week, at Flushing. L; 1., before several military offl cers of-the Mexican “Constitutional” Govern ment. The Bring was extraordinary, and rivals that of the tiiost complex French and English pieces. The gun is a common bronze cannon, five feet long; weighing 589 potlndS, and is ri fled with eight grooves- ThV target, five by seven feet, a mile ,distance, received six out of the eight shots after the gun was brought to bear upon it, five of which were with in twenty inches of the bull’s eye. This success is attributed to a new construction of projectile, invented by the late Andrew Hotchkiss, of Con necticut, and said, to have been rccenty much improved; After the target practice, the muz zle of. the gun was elevated and shots thrown to distances variously estimated between three and four miles. The project ties, are oblong','-.tycigh ing nine and three-quarter pounds eachi'and were fired on the long range with 14 ounces of Duporil’s powder. O’ The Boston Evening Transcript says that more than two-thirds of the suicides in-the cities of the United States, the past summer, were occasioned by delirium tremens. A large proportion of these suicides have occurred among the foreign population, according to the Transcript, and the names of GenrianS predom inate. Topers—“ read, mark, learn," and be. ware! Two Bright Spots !—There are two town ships in'York county which did nobly at the last election. Look at the returns: Wright. ' Cochran. 311 3 151 O Codorus Manheim 0“ Another installment of 810,000 has been paid to Mr. Washington, within a few days past, toward the,purchase of Mount Vernon. (CiT Reports from Pike's Peak give encodra. ging accounts of the present yield o( gold. At Mountain City, a'disease has made its appear ance, which some attribute to bad whisky. O” A bar of gold, in the possession of cer tain parties in New York, weighs about one hundred and sixty pounds, is eight hundred and sixty-fire line, twelve inches long, five in ches wide, and three and a half inches thick, and‘is valued at $41,219,04. Notwithstanding the long.continued efio,. of temperance spoieties to prevent th B W 8 ardent spirits ns a beverage, few can to the fact that their labors have met with h partial success. A very largo quantity of?. 1 quor is still consumed, and much of wh t • sold os “liquor" is so vilhanoua a com pw ,~,'! dangerous drugs that it exerts a terrib'c' JJI in many eases a fatal .influence upon the p lunate beings who habitually drink it. Wil" there is much diversity of opinion in regard , the propriety of preventing the sale of J 0 liquor, there can bo no question of the evils of the use of the spurious druggy tens of the products of the viniago and'o' distillery. It must be confessed, however tbit it is difficult, if not impossible, to prevent tL sale of th'esß.poigonous,fluids. .Tlicte is al existing in our Commonwealth prohibiting, der heavy penalties, the sale of poisoned or adulturatcd liquors, hut it is rarely or ever en forced, and it is daily violated with impuni,' in every quarter of the State. y A case recently tried in ‘he Court of Common P cas of Lancaster county, however, which wo find reported in the Lancaster Express. i n( Ji. ■cates that a method of legal procedure exists jvhiph, if generally resorted to, may do much .to break up the whole system of manufacturing drugged liquors. The plaintiffs, who were c». tensive liquor dealers, sued the defendant, who is a hotel keeper in' Lancaster, for the recovery ‘ of a claim of forty six dollars, for a barrel of ‘ o'd ryo whiskey.” The defence was, i| ml theliquor did not correspond with the sample by wh'ch ii was sold, and in fact that it con tained corrosive or poisonous substances. T|| o latter point appears to have been established by chemical tests, Co which the liquor was Subject, td in the presence of the court and jury, hv the counsel for the defendant, George VV. McElroy Esq. His speech on the occasion produced a powerful impression Uphif the jury. After al hiding at leng'h to the manner in Wh'ch drug, ged liquors WEre ttinmifacuired, and draivin" t terrible piolnre of the victims of mania a poiu produced.by U, he concluded his speech asfjh lows: 17,291 , ■ 182,282. 193,970 “Gentlemen of the Juryßy your i'mlic'l this day you will decide an important muter. The country is now Hooded with pbiSomdor adulterated liquors. They Have found tWj way into every State, city, town, and Vtdijj* in the country. From every part of our (ait land the cry has gone forth that the scourge at intemperance is on tfie increase. Our prison statistics exhibit the melnnchrily truth llitl men, wi liotit regard 16 Ift’iir families oi 5 thilf former standing itV Society, tire dragged willful their walls under the maddening iniltience of these terrible agents. Our grave yards hpra their sodded bosoms to receive their annual tribute.of the yotirig. lltu old. and the middle, aged who have been smitten by this blighting curse. On cVely hand may be Sten the rngsoi poverty, and at eVtry Corner may he heard Ilia wails and whispers of despair. The steel of the assassin is, swe'lirig lliti long CHlaltt|'tic til murder, and in many a qliiet hritite tiiay be heard and witnessed the ravings of the wretched victim, hopelessly and incurab’y insane, or mortally and fatally Wounded unto death, bV the use of these adulterated poisons. Their , sale has become universal. Regaldletis of iht law. men, for filthy lucre, will, engage in it, Your -vet diet to day will Cstnb'ish'lhe fact, that (f they null, contrary to Itfw, liianufnctiire and sell them, they .Cannot. 'orttripcl others to pur chase. It n il) also go far to expose the tnwh.j which they are practicing in the coininimyf. And while it may aid in lifting from-society s' burden which is crushing it .to the ennh. it trill much such men ns the pluinliifs to 6c iuthestiit ; - their,dealings with their follows, and when they sell to them old rye - whiskey at. a stipulated price, to furnish thei.n the genuine article, and not attempt to impose upon them that which is not fit, to be thrown to the dogs.'’ •The iferdicl of thh jury was in favor of tho defendant, allowing the plniiitili nothing for his whisky.- ■ i 1 ,807 Firemen's" Was a' grand Firemen's Parade at Harrisburg, on Tuesdny.- Stveral crack companies' frdin Philadelphia were in the procession. •Boobs Qbap.ters. : -A large quantity of lo gos quarter dollars are in circulation among as. They are well diode, and calculated to deceive) “ Strike while the iron is hot” is an excel l ' lent iriotto; but a still more striking one for a man is this“ Make the iroft hdt by striking. Fatai; Railuoad Accident’.—An Iristftrirfi nnmed.Miles', who has been ■ employed by tni Pennsylvania Railroad Company, at Altoona for a number of years; -was run over and killed by the yard locomotive at that plate, on Friday last. Withdrawn.— Wo loam tlini Col. McClui? has withdrawn his shit instituted against ll>S publishers of the Valley Spirit, at -Chambers* burg. Sensible. 05“ Senator Broderick's term in the If. S. Senate, would'not have exjiiied (had ho li*° until 1803. tE?“Captain Cook was'secorid’iricdmtrinn'dot ;he rioters at Harper’s Ferry. Anotiieu Explosion at Dupont's Powdbb. Mills.—On Friday, Oct. 21, an explosion look place at Dupont’s mills, killing seven mea. -. The Use op Leaves.—The falling I eaTCS the sidewalks and road sides should not , wasted, but transferred to the gardens for MT ering the strawberry beds, piled up for cow post, or used for bedding for horses, catu'i 0 , other animals. When they fall so as to cone the trees from whmh they come, let ihcra rimoin and return -to the roots the lile they drew 1 part from thence. , Indian Battle.—New Orleans. Oct. 24, 1859.—Galveston advices of the 20th state that tho yelllow fever had not oba e ' The Dallas Herald publishes a rumor tna jor Van Dorn had attacked tho Indians on on cha river, and that in the fight ho lost 0t J men, while one hundred of the Indians vtc killed. O’The Lafayette Courier reports of a boy named Willowbee, living near Lin e who was bitten by a rattlesnake on the lo° Friday afternoon. The symptoms at n 'B . were not thought unfavorable, but he was * in his bed next ihornjng. His body was B P°_ ted, as those usually are who die of rattlesna biles. • - The Underground Railroad.'— risburg Telegraph of Monday says: , rc j We learn that a small company of c “°.. men passed thioughbere a few nighlsag , underground railroad, en uoute for Cana • It is supposed they came from Maryland. , party arrived here' in the evening, rema ..(p few hours, wtfre supplied with provision ■ , money,, and departed the same n, 6"C . ;/ “undergound railroad" is doing a brisk ness about this time. ’ - JdnUpniteil Liquors,
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