AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. JOHN B. BRATTON. Editor k Proprietor. CARLISLE, PA., NOV. SO, 1859, q jy* Tie weather for the two weeks baa been pxtremely mild and pleasant. OoMOBKsa. —The .National Legislature will as temble at Washington on Monday next, the sth instant. Wo shall endeavor to keep our readers apprised of their doings. - Bill Found. —ln the U. S. District Court lust week, a bill was found against Kekpauveh, late Postmaster. at Centrovillo, in this county, for alleged offences against the Post Office laws. Ijy Thanksoivino Day was weir observed in Out borough. Divine services were held in our churches, the banks and public offices wore closed, the post and magnetic telegraph offices observed Sunday hours, and business of all kinds generally suspended. The sun shone bright, and the atmosphere was delightful and pleasant. In the afternoon the pepplo generally settled their thanksgiving dinners by promena ding our public streets, which presented quitcn gay and animated appearance in consequence. Wo have beard of no fights or accidents on that day, and every otic seemed to be duly sober and in a good humor. Hubdke Case—Verdict not Guiltt.— Our readers will recollect that a short time ago, a negro woman, who was confined in tho jail ot this connty, made oath that a murder had been committed in Harrisburg, a year or two ago, by William Knox, and that the victim was buried In the garden belonging to the house in which Knox resided. The case was tried at Harris burg last week, and no now feature developed on the trial. After the examination of tho ne- gfo woman the Commonwealth rested. Robnt „tihg evidence was introduced, denying every particle oflho colored girl’s singular statement. The case was submitted without argument, and the jury after a brief charge by the. Court, re. . turned a verdict of not guilty without leaving the box. ». CleanlTp.—Many of the streets and alleys of our town being in rather a filthy, and, dirty condition just now, we would advise our Borough Officers to have them cleaned up before the freezing weather sets in.. There are a great deal of building material, dirt, stones; brick-bats; &c., permitted to lay in the streets for months after the building is completed, much to the an noyance of the travelling community. Mot withstanding the Ordinance prohibiting the throwing of coal ashes, dirt, &c., in our.streets, wo see it froely'ihdulged in in many >parts of the town. The lectures of Pakk Benjamin deliver ed in Rheem’s Hall, on Wednesday and Thurs day.evening’s last, were well attended by large and intelligent audiences. The lectures wore delivered in a clear and expressive tone and elicited commendation from those who were so .fortunate as to hear them. Brigade PABAbr,.—A Brigade Parade under the command ol Brig, Gen. J. Allen, took place in Carlisle, on Saturday last. The parade, was composed of the Stunner Rifles, Capt. Kuhn; junior Cadets, Capt. Stevenson; National Blues of Mechanicsburg, Lieut. E. Zug. They looked remarkably well, and performed variows military evolutions with great accuracy.. In the after noon theißrigado was reviewed by Maj. Gen. il. M. Biddle and Staff. During the day an election for Colonel, Lieu tenant Colonel and Major, took place at the Court House. Wa. M. Penrose was elected Colonel, Wu. Suriver Lieutenant Colonel, and John Messinoee. Major. • . “ The National Democrat.”— We received the first number of a Democratic paper, healing the above titles published and edited by James G. Oliver, at Greenfield, Mo. Mr. Oliver served his apprenticeship in this office, and we would be glad to hear of his success in business. His paperl though small in size, may prove a great benefit to the Democratic pally in Mis souri. , ' Thieves About. —Though we have not hoard of any robberies, thefts, or depredations, re. contly, in onr midst, yet cur exchanges from different parts are filled with such notices ns “ another robbery,” “hold theft,” ” bold op eration,” &e., &c., and it may not bo amiss to -warn onr readers, and recommend a careful clo sing of doors. At this season of the yearj our towns are generally Ihrongod with wandering specimens of humanity, asking alms, who, in a majority of cases, have ho object in view further than to acquaint themselves with your premi ses; thus enabling them (ho bettor to carry out tholrinefarious designs. Departure or -Gov. Pouter.—Gov. Porter, who was elected Vico President of one of the Texas railroads, toll Harrisburg last week for Austin, Texas, in which place tie expects to re main until the latter part ol February or March next, when he will return to Harrisburg. ■ Coin Weather.—From the fact that an en ormous drove of gray squirrels, numbering hun dreds of thousands, suddenly made their ap pearance on the Merrimac, the St. Louis papers predict that the coming winter will bo a very cold one. Old settlers affirm that in 183 i and ’52, immense droves of squirrels made their appearance, followed by severe weather. ■ ny It is said that John T. Brown, Democrat, elected to the. House of Representatives from the Tjt'th Congressional district of Kentucky, will not take his seat at the opening ofCongross, ho being under tho constitutional age. The second section of article Ist oftho Constitution declares that “No person shall bo a Represen tatlvo who shall not have attained the ago of 25 years.” Mr. Brown Ijqlis a few months of the required ago. The Next Congress. —There are nine mem bers of the next Congress whose seats are con tested. Of 237 members elected, 115 were members of the last Congress. The member who has been consecutively elected for the lon gest period of any one in the Congress is W. E. W. Cobb, of Alabama. There" is only one Smith in Congress; four Davises, three Wash- Burns, all brothers, and quite a number of in stances of tho same name being bald by two different members. A Fair True. —Tho Charlestown, (Va.) JDemocrat wishes the' fact to go forth to the North that Brown and his confederates were tried by juries principally composed of non slaveholders ; and that they have, therefore, had all the advantages in this, ns well as in all other respects, which could have been accorded them under any circumstances. D3TA secret organization has boon discov ered in Kentucky, having for its object a slave insurrection.. TDE NEW CONGRESS. The first session of the Thirty-Sixth Con gress will .commence on Monday next. The peculiar condition of the politics of the coun try, says the Reading Gazette, has given rise to’ much speculation's to the organization of the new Congress, and as the time for the meeting approaches, an extraordinary- degree of interest is being manifested in the event. The Senate, being a permanent body, over which the Vice President presides, by virtue of ins office, is already organized, and therefore its political composition will have nothing to do with that formality. The Senale is now com posed of 66 members, but- there are three va cancies—one each in Minnesota, Oregon and Texas—so that the actual number of Senators, at the opening of the session, will bo 63. Of these, 37. (including Judge Haun, the newly appointed Senator from California.) are Demo crats. 24 Republicans, and 2 Americans; lenv ing the Democrats in a clear majority of 11 over the combined Opposition. The Senate, therefore, will exercise a controlling conserva tive influence, on the side of Democratic princi ples, and in support of jthe Administration, over the Legislation of the next Congress. The chief interest is centered in the House of Representatives, where parties are so divided as to render the organization a matter of-uncer tainty, which the shrewdest political calculator can - do no more than speculate upon. The House is composed of 237 members, a majority of whom—ll9—is necessary to effect an organ ization, unless a resort should be ; had to the plurality rule, as was the case in 1855. Rut this wifi'only be after all other efforts to organ ize shall have failed. The New York Tribune an ultra Republican print,; but generally accu rate in its political figure?, if not in its state ment of facts and opinions—classifies the mem bers as follows: Repnblioans, Administration Democrat*, Ami-Lccpmpton Democrats, South Americans, Total, Majority, In this classification, the , Tribune includes among the Republicans several members who were elected by the so-called “People’s Party ” in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and perhaps one or two other States. Practically the classifi cation is correct, for although One or more of them—Mr. E. Joy Morris,'.of Philadelphia, for example—may absent themselves from the Re publican caucus, it may be set down for cer tain tljat tliey will act and vote with the Re publicans, both in the organization, and in all other cases upon which ah issue is Joined with the Democrats. The Republicans, although in a plurality of 20, have not votes enough to elect the Speaker, Clsk, &c., without assis- tance from without. Tliey. must obtain six votes, cither from the Anti-Lecompton Demo crats or South Americans, to give them the majority. Can they get them ? Upon the an swer to this question, depends the political complexion of the House. What prospect have they of forming q combination with the Anti- Lccomptonites ? Such a thing has been rumor ed and talked about, with the object of making Col. Forney Clerk, but live never placed much .confidence in it, and we now hear that all hope of cltecting an arrangement of this kind has been abandoned. The 8 Democrats who.have taken a stand against the .Administration, un der the name of Anti-Lecompton men, arc the I professed friends of Mr. Douglas. Now, Mr. Douglas counsels and urges adherence •to the regular parly organization. If, therefore, they are really desirous to further bis interest with the Charleston Convention, they have no alter native but to unite with the majority of the Democratic members, both in caucus and in tho House. The probability now, is strong that they will do so. In that event, tho bal ance of power will be held by the South Amer icans, and it will rest with them to say what complexion the House will assume, at its organ ization. The only material . question upon which the party that these members represent, is in antagonism to the Democratic party, is that relating to the political rights and privi leges of adopted citizens. On this question, the Democratic parly has Jong since taken the stand that its liberal principles, and the spirit | of our free institutions, demanded. 01 course, the Democrats in Congress can make no con cession of principle, affecting this question, for the sake of securing any temporary advantage" such as the control of the organization of the House would give them. But, the South Amer icans, in common with the pemocracy, profess to cherish a national sentiment, and to be ut terly hostile to the spirit of extreme sectional ism, which declares itsel/-. enlisted in on irre pressible conflict against the constitutional rights and domestic institutions of the South, and has rccently'devcloped itself more formid ably than ever in the mqfderous and insurrec tionary movement at Harper’s Ferry. The se rious question, then, comes up to these twenty three South Americans, will they join hands with a . parly, the direct tendency of whose ■ teachings, and we may now say, acts,. is to un dermine the rights of the States, and to over throw the Federal Constitution ? Will they, or any of them prove so traitorous to theirown vital interests, so regardless of the safety of the Union, as to (orm a combination with a party, whose influence is of so pestilential a cast that the whole Southern press, both Opposition and Democratic, as with one voice, declare that its triumph would be the death-knell of the Union? Their position, in view of the organization of Congress, is one of fearful responsibility, and as they lend the weight of their influence, so will the sincerity or hollowness of their profes sions of nationality, and love for the Union, be put to the test. But, whatever complexion the organization of the House may take, wo shall have the proud gratification of knowing that the Democratic members constitute a phalanx strong in ability and character, and strong in the nationality of their party. They represent a constituency and a party that in the North or South, or East or West, to use the words of. Or Richmond journal, “are root and branch opposed to the | threatening and insulting Northern sectional organization, and will not support its candi dates or co-operate with it in any manner or to any extent whatever.” If this party has been beaten, they have been beaten wh'le upholding the Constitution of their country; and what ever may bo the result of the struggle for the organization, they will look with confidence to their representatives to act with Argus eyes on their opponents; and be the champions of those constitutional rights which successive Demo cratic administrations thus far have trium phantly maintained. Late European Newi. By the steamer Canada, wo have Liverpool dates to the Gth nit., being three days later than those by tho Hungarian. Tho Hon. Ohas. Sum ner and Gen. Van Rensselaer and lady are pas. aengers. -It is asserted that England will Join the European. Congress, and also that France and England were completely agreed anabasis for tho settlement of tho Italian question. . Fur ther details of the recent great galo ohitho English coast are given. Tho trip of tho Groat Eastern from Holyhead to Southampton was re garded as much more satisfactory than either of the other experimental trips. Tho organization of the French army for China is considered ns being definitely settled, and preparations for Its embarkation have commenced. The cholera had broken out among flic French troops des tined to Invade Morocco, and fifty per day died of It. A vague report is circulated that Gari baldi, at his interview with (be King of Sardi nia, declared that Italy had been betrayed, and that he would head a revolution. T|io King protested against such a course. Tho statement is reiterated that tho Pope will grant tho sug gested reforms after tho insurgents of the Ro magna return to their homes. Gen. O’Donnell has been appointed Commandor-in-Chief of tho army o( Spain. The Result op Jealousy. — A few evenings since, says the Albany Standard, a man named Phillips, on returning to his residence, saw, through the window of his house, a man in the embrace of his wite, fondly caressing and kiss ing her. Ho looked, and looked again, to make sure that what lie saw was no delusion, but real ity. Still did his wife and the man continue .their expressions of dolight and gratification to wards each other. The brain ot Phillips bo. came madened at tho sight. He rushed to the woodshed, and arming himself with an axe sal lied into tho room whore tho pair were. With out stopping to look, think or speak, he made an onslaught on both. As ho raised the axe it struck tho stove-pipe, which fell upon a cradle in which was an infant that narrowly escaped death. Wife and man were each knocked down. 113 93 8 23 Mr. Phillips revenged himself, .especially on the man, whom he knocked and kicked about .unmercifully. The poor woman undertook, to save the man. This step exasperated Phillips* who turned upon her, and did that which lie never had occasion to do § before—abuse and maltreat her. While he was doing this, the young stranger saw the door open, picked him self up and made off, and that is the last that lias been seen of him. After going on terribly for some five or ten minutes, Phillips sat down and wept like, a child. His wife still lay, on tho floor in a helpless condition. He raised her up, and endeavored to soothe her pains. As soon as she had recovered she informed him that the young mnn.be had so attacked and abused w - as his long absent son, who had ; just returned from California, whore ho had been since 1848. . Tho wife was so badly injured by tho assault of her husband flint she fell info, a delirious state, and her friends have been obli. god to send her to the Asylum* as she was fast becoming insane. 237 119 The Purchase or Mount Vernon.— An item from an eastern paper has found its way into some of the .Philadelphia journals, setting forth that In consequence of flic failure of Jit. John A. Washington, tho proprietor of Mount Ver-. non, the purchase money already paid for tho estate was likoly to be lost j as Mr. TV., being involved, could not give a-title. Such is by.ho nutans the case. Tho contract, and alt tp'o ar rangements between the' ladies of the Mount Vernon Association .and Mr. Washington, are such that .neither his failure or any judgments against him that may result therefrom, can in any way, affect the title to tho Mount Vernon estate. We are glad to learn, moreover, that very nearly a sufficient amount to complete tho purchase has been realized; but it is intended to make the fund sufficient to put the whole es tate in repair, and for this purpose, the Lady Managers of.tho Association are actively prose cuting their collections, preferring to perfect the whole plan by their own efforts, rather than ,to ask, as they well might do, the aid of Con. gross. • The Law op Libel— The publishers of (he 1 Pittsburg Dispatch' and of (ho Post, have been indicted in Allegheny for a libel, in publishing (ho opening speech of a counsel in (ho Orphans’ Court, in a case relative to (ho administration of anosialo, in which some very severe remarks, reflecting upon the character of one of the par ties, were made. The defendants pleaded their rights, as publishers, to publish the proceedings in the public courts, and claimed that (hey had done so fairly. The charge of .the judge was strongly against the defence. The jury, how ever, returned a verdict of not guilty. Antecedents.— Stevens, (ho accomplice of old Brown, like his leader, is not without bis antecedents. The records of the War Depart ment show (hat he was in the regular army in Mexico, and while there, he and several others mutinied against their captain, for which he was sentenced to bo shot, but was pardoned by Pre sident Folk j that ho was afterwards sent in the regular army to Kansas, at the time ot the trou bles ho deserted the service and joined the marauding jfarty of John Brown.— Like his leader he was severely wounded at Harper’s . Ferry, but like him, survives to end his life on the gallows. The Washington Monument. —The Managers of tho National Washington Monument have adopted a resolution to appeal to tho patriotism of the State Governments to aid them in their noble efforts to roar a grand monument to the name and fame of Washington at tho scat of government; and view have already addressed a letter to tho Governors ol several States, requesting them to lay their application before the respective Legislatures now in ses sion or soon to assemble. ’ Keep Tour Seats. —Of the twelve passengers who were killed by tho late accident to an ex cursion train in Wisconsin, seven are known to have been out of their scats! and it is supposed that the other live were also not in their proper places. It is thought that if all hod remained In their scats, not a passenger would have been killed. A Teaoedy in the PntriT.— The Rev. Mr. Waddell, of Girvan, Scotland, recently read flora his own pulpit a poetical tragedy, of which ho is the author, entitled “King Saul,” illustra ting tho power of madness, superstition, and jealousy combined. It is a.five-act tragedy, ad hering throughout to tho narrative as it appears in Holy Writ. Important pbom Pbance.— Tho moat im portant item of foreign intelligence is to tho ef fect that the Empress Eugenio and the ladies of her Court have definitely abandoned crinoline; they have also substituted short drosses for trail ing ones. This little paragraph will produce a great flutter!ng,arnong the crinoline.. iggeKf \m Y a Another We see in Fern on’s Railroad Journal, that the'State should release the Sun bury end Erie Railroad Company, for o, number of years, from the payment of the interest on the purchase money for the canals sold to that company, and thefauggeslion has teen copied, into Forpey’s Press, with apparent approval. In plain English, this may be regarded oft the Brst step in robbing the Stale of the proceeds of the canals, sold at a price notoriously less than their real value, and if successful,,it will in lime be followed by others designed for that purpose. Arc the people—the lax payers of the State—• prepared for it; and are they willing that this scheme of the plunderers shall be successful ? If not, lot them at once speak out in a voice ‘that wilt not be misunderstood, and give their representatives in the. Legislature distinctly to understand that no such dishonest project can bavc.lheir approbation. What is this proposition ? 11 is to release the Sunbury and Erie Company from payment into the State Treasury, of one hundred and seventy five thousand dollars, annually, and consequent' ly to withhold thisrsum from the annual liqui dation of the State debt: it is. virtually, to give to this corporation, annually, $175,000 of the people’s, money, for. this interest truly belongs to the tax payers of the Slate, being the pro ceeds of public works which had been construc ted by their moncy, and. prior to their sale, were yielding a nett revenue considerably grea ter than this interest.'; ' And on what ground ia this plunder of the Slate asked lotto done' ? On the ground that the Sunbury and . Erie Company, although fa voted, in the Sale of the canals, 10 the extent of millions, still finds itself embarrassed, and. without aid, will. Have great difficulty in slock ing and operating their road so far, as finished ! If this plea is good for that company, the same pica or one'cqually a* good, might be advanced by many , other Railroad Companies in the Stale, who arc in : embarrassed circumstances, and whose stockholders are quite as deserving of State favor; BS;the, Sunbury and Eric horde of speculators. And suppose one or more of these embarrassed or failing companies were to apply to the Legislature for relief—for a dona- to enable them do finish their road—to stock it—or to pay the interests on their bonds they succeed? Most assuredly not; it would find favor in no quarter. And yet this movement of the Sunbury and Erie, is of this unreasonable and unjust character, and at least two presses are found bold enough to en courage it. We may refer again to this plunder project. Our object, at present, is simply to apprise the people of this last scheme of speculators and stockjobbers to rob the State at the expense of her lax paying citizens. ■West Chester Jeffersonian. The Progress op the Telegraph.—Cali fornia papers antiohnce that in March next San Francisco will' be within ten days' telegraphic communication with the Atlantic Slates, This will lake place by the simultaneous completion at that time of the telegraphic lines between Si. Louis and Fort Smith, on the Atlantic side, and San Francisco ahthLos Angelos on the Pacific side, thus cutting off three and a half days on each side, and. with the mail facilities reducing the communication between the Atlan tic and Pacific cities to about ten days. . It will not be long, therefore, before the telegraphic wires will close the intervening.gap, and make the communication, between the East and the West instantaneous. This, for the interests of the United States; is more important than even the-success of telegraphic communication with Europe. , “ 1 Disability of Witnesses.— The Jlassachu netts. Senate lias adoptcdanamemiment to its lawSj ivlllctlTeif.Qvca the disability to receive tlio testimony of atheists in its Courts of law.— The aniehSmont prpyides, that, " ovary person not a beliciret in an.r religion, shall be required to testify, trulybinderpains and penalties of per jury.” . To this.rin amendment ivas adopted as follows:. “And the. evidence of such person’s disbelief in the existence of God may bo recciv. ed to.affect (heir credibility as witnesses.” The latter clause of the amendment was adopted by a vote of 10 to 7. , The vote upon the amend ment as amended was 28 to IS, and it was adop ted by tho casting vote of the President. “ Roughs” EMpioTED at English Elections —lt appears, according to devclopemcnls in re gard to the recent Parliamentary election in England, (hat .New York and Baltimore are not alon.e in the employment of “ roughs” as a por- ion offhe election machinery. It was testified to before a committee that the number, of '< roughs” employed by the Conservatives during the Wakefield (England) election commenced with eighteen and ended with six hundred.— The Liberals, it is stated, engaged more men— throe to one.. Each, side set forth that "they hired the men to protect their friends, but it is also stated that the house ol every Conserva tive was marked with a cross, and, of course, scenes of violence followed.' In this borough a shoemaker and his son were offered $BOO for their votes. ■ Anecdote or Gbn.Bcott.— The Home Jbur nal.publishos the following anecdote of General Scott:—ln the hcat.-ol one of the most desper ate battles in Mexico", the General saw a critical point where an advantage was likely to bo lost except by a prompt, though rather dangerous movement. He galloped up to one of tho offi cers of a volunteer corps, and gave the order.— The roan was willing enough, but, while gathor ing up his reins, he remarked in the most savory drawl, of Yankee dialect“ Well, it docj aeem to me ’{fiat I could-have done it better a little while ago!” << Sir,” thundered out the Gener al, the words are does and have. You’ve only twenty minutes tp live, and for God’s sakedont die with such horrible pronunciation in your mouth!” and waving his hand to the astonished captain, with imperative repetition of his order by gesture, the splendid horseman galloped off to follow up his victory in another crisis of the battle. : Contents'of the Dead Letter Office are advertised to bo sold, the department being unable to find their owners. They consist of coats, hats, socks, drawers, gloves, scarfs, sus penders, patent inhaling tube, gold pons, pen. oils, and all kinds of small jewelry Imaginable, underslcevos, tans, handkerchiefs, box of dis secting instruments, pocket bibles, children’s dresses, lace collars, books, buttons, cloth, pur ses, slippers, chcmles, bed-quilts, boots, shirts, gads for game fowls, cornfield hoe, black silk basque, hoods, shawls, gaiters, cigar case, snuff box, spectacles, false teeth, night-caps, brogans, aprons, pantalettes, ear-trumpet, shoulder bra cop, silk flag, razors, one hundred catechisms, watch crystals, nipple-glasses, demi-veils, cdg. ing, and a thousand other things, such as are usually embraced in a pawnbrokers’ sale of un. redeemed pledges. A Large Negro Stampede.— The Chicago 3 ournal says, that pn Thursday evening, the 17th ult., the Underground Railroad arrived there with thirty passengers;, flvo from the vicinity of Richmond, Va., twelve from Kentucky, and thirteen from Missouri. They are now all safe, in Canada. The thirteen from Missouri were sold to go down the river the very day they started. A stalwart six footer and a Sharpe’s rifle were the only guides,' inder Project, An Immediate Attack Apprehended—A Strong Military Force in Motion— looo Soldiers at Charlestown—The Ohio Line Ouarded. Baltimoiiß, Not. 27.—A steamer arrived from Norfolk with two companies of military, numbering 170 men. They will proceed to Charlestown hy a special train to-night. Two companies of one hundred men, left Charlestown to-day, for Wheeling, to guard the. Ohio line. , - , ' ' , The Virginia "Cadets and over 100 volun teers, numbering in all over 200^ men, wont up in a special train this afternoon. These reinforcements will make the force at Ohailestown over 1000. They are quartered in the Court House and churches: Every car that passes through is searched for armed men at all the stopping places in Vir ginia. . 1 ' What new information has been received has not transpired. There seems, however, to-be a determination to.keep'up the panic. The mtln tary movement, it Js said, grows out of a con fident belief that an attack will be made to highl it is said that Governor Wise and Mr. Hun ter profess to have received information that an attack will be made to-night., Companies from all parts of the Slate have tendered their services to tho Governor; also, four companies from Georgia , and one from North Carolina. The services "of the latter have been declined. The citizens of Rockingham county have ten dered a hundred mounted men, to proceed to any point the Governor may require them. The Richmond Despatch urges the people of Virginia to stay away from the execution. It says that visitors from other Slates, if they are permitted to be present at nil, will be assigned a position where thyr can do no mischief. * Washington, Nov. 27. —Additional milita ry from Virginia passed through this city to day, on the way to Charlestown. Mdbdeb in ScnuvLKiLi. CouNTr.—On Sun day night, the 13th inst., Jacob Ilerlzcl was shot and instantly killed, in Wayne township, Schuylkill county, by Francis Deibcrt.' Both were mere youths, the former 21, and the lat-, ter 17 years old. A difficulty.-occurred be tween them some weeks since, at a husking party, when blows were exchanged. The fatal termination was witnessed by quite a number of persons, who interfered too late to prevent the result. Deibert went home and the same night surrendered himself to Squire Springer, by whom he was committed to prison to an swer at Court. DC7*. Mr. E. G. Eastman, senior editor of. the Nashville Union and American, died at Nash ville, on Wednesday week. The Union has thus lost two of ..its editors, both men of emi nent ability,“within a week, Mr., Poindexter having been killed bn Friday last, by Allen A. Hall, editor of the Nashville News, in a street encounter. Mr. Eastman was formerly connec ted with the press ol New England, and for a period, we believe, also with the Washington Union, lie was a forcibleand vigorous writer, and universally esteemed, Funny End to an Elopement.— Miss Hughes, of Albany, eloped with a German book-keeper.- Her father pursued and overtook them at the railway station. He seized his daughter rudely, and was seized himself by the hook-keeper, who ‘‘punched” him severely. .Seeing her.'father, sa'dly. worsted and bloody, Miss Hughes, like a good girl, took his part, placed her arms about his neck, Paying, “Poor father, forgive.me!" She turned upon her lover and abused him. for beating her father, and then unhesitatingly proceeded, home with her parent. ■ timore, 812 arrests were made during the month of October, as follows:—Assault and battery, 08; assault with intent to kill, 8; assault on officers, 5;. assault on wives, 12 1 arson, 1; abusing, 18; abusing parents; 1 ; abusingfam- iiies, 5 : breach of ordinance, 63 ; breach of peace, 210; destroying property, 10; desecra tion of the Sabbath, 1; disturbing public wor ship, 1; fast driving, 1; fraud, 2; false pre tences, 3; lighting ip .the street, 32; gambling on the Sabbath, 2; interfering with officers, 12; intoxication; 289; larceny, ,10; murder, 2; rioting, 3 ; rape, 1: shooting, at persons, 10: threatening to kill, 5; vagrancy, 1. Such a list needs no comment.- ■ Mount Vesuvius.—Vesuvius is still in a state of eruption, the lava having now reached a point three miles from the crater. The pres ent mouth was opened eighteen months ago, by a violent earthquake, the cinders from which were carried as far as Constantinople— another proof of the great eastern current'. The • lava now issues from the base of the cone, pas ses down the val ley below Piano delle Gene’tre, and falls into the great ravine known, as the Sasse-Grande, 250 feet deep by 1000 broad, which is now completely filled. Below this if cuts across the carriage road in three places, destroys about twenty houses and some olive groves and vineyards, and is now near the cem etery of Portici, whose inhabitants are full of apprehens’on. It is estimated that twenty millions cubic yards of lava have issued from the crater during this eruption. The tempera ture of the lava i,s two thousand degrees Fah renheit. The guides have provided themselves with moulds in which they cast medallion heads of the King and Queen of Naples, Louis Napoleon, Queen Victoria. Victor Emanuel, Czar Alexander, and even Mazzini, Murat, and Garibaldi. OCT” The Rochester Union says that Sir Grantley Berkley, the English nobleman who had been on a hnnling excursion to the Far West, and of whom we have seen something in the papers, went eastward on Saturday ; and adds: “He put on a number of airs to which our people were strangers, but we do not hear that he met with any unkind treatment.” K7* Prof. Lowe, who proposes to gq to Eu rope in his now Air Ship, was formerly a mag ician. Some few years since he exhibited his wife out West as a curiosity—her head display ing on either side of the parting two different colors of hair; a work of art probably, and not one of nature. There is magic in hair-dye. Should Prof. Lowe succeed in his aerial under taking. however, lie will not be looked upon as a humbug, but as a hero. Low Lands. —Florida and Louisiana havo a leas elevation above the sea (ban any off ho oth er States of the Union. A considerable portion of Louisiana is less than 100 foot above tide-wa ter, and no part of the State has an elevation of moro than SOO feet above the sea. C?" The Massachusetts House of Representa tives has abolished the provision of law author izing flogging in the State prison. Mr. Good win, of Lowell, who is chairman of the board of inspectors of the prison, stated that not a blow .bad.beon inflicted there for nearly three years. The Excitement In 'Virginia Condoned. A'Fearful Calender of Crime. —In Bal- LOSS OF THE INDIAN. THE SHIP AkD CARGO A TOTAL LOSS, Halifax, via Saokvillb, Nov 26. The war steamer Gladiator has returned to Halifax with the remainder of the survivors of the Indian. . ~ The ship has totally broken to pieces, and only a small portion of the stern is visible. Very little of her cargo has drifted ashore, and it is so damaged ns to he worth'ess. Complaints are made of the-jobbery and plunder of the passengers by the natives, and a legal inquiry will be made. The mails have been saved, and forwarded via Windsor, in care of the purser. She had eight cabin and thirty steerage fiassengers. The latter are mostly Germans and Hunga rians. , The crew numbered seventy seven men. The cargo consisted of two hundred tons of bale goods, one hundred tons of iron, and the balance coal. The ship ran on the ledge while on a speed of eight knots an hour. The weather at the time, was hazy but not thick. The captain was deceived by the soundings, and supposed be was oil Cape Sable. When the vessel struck she tore oil her bottom, and filled almost instantly. The engineers opened the valves of the boilers, thus preventing the explosion. Boats numbers one, two, and three were got out and lowered, when a sudden crash took place, and the vessel parted amidships. The steerage passengers now made a rush for the boais, and sunk numbers one and two, drown ing the engineers, several of the crew and pas sengers. and two women and children. Boat No. 4, under command of Mr. Smith, the second officer, was blown off thirty miles. Boats Nos. 5,6, and 7 were sunk or damaged. Mr. Tabbelts, the fourth officer's boat, reach cd the shore. .Mr. Biggans. of the third officer's boat, broke adrift leaky, and it was supposed was lost on the shore. A boat, with three ladies, accompanied by their husbands, brat about nine hours in a cold sleet and n high sea, but landed safely. The forward part of the ship disappeared • at daylight. ’ The plate, stores; and everything of that Ttihdi have been lost or stolen. .- Twenty-seven, persons arc dead. None of their bodies have been-recovercd. • Windsor, N. S , Nov. 26;—The cabin pas sengers of the wrecked steamer were all saved. Their names are—llonl Mr. Potsford, Mrt and Mrs. Meldrum, Mr. and Mrs. Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. Street, and Mr. Elliott—B. Boston, Nov. 20.—A boat containing five of the crew of the wrecked steamer Indian was picked up at sea, and the' seamen have been brought to this port. A EKVor.cTioNAttr Hero One Hundred and Three Years Odd —A correspondent Of the Portland Advertiser, writing from the town of Sanford, York county, says he well knows Ralph Farnham, of Acton, who is named on, the list of Revolutionary soldiers as still living in Maine—but that his age. instead of being ninety-four years, as stated; is actually one hundred and three. He says that he was born July 17. 1750, in Lebanon. York county. Me., where he lived with his, father, laboring upon the farm, Until ho reached the age of nineteen, when, in 1775 the news of the landing of the British troops in Boston, and of their inarch to Concord, arrived at Lebanon. Young Farri ham, full of the love of liberty, having a mortal hatred of oppression of every kind, told his fa ther'that if he would spare'him and the old fowling piece, he would that week go to Boston and fight for his country. The old man wept at the thought of parting with so brave ti son, but his Zeal for liberty and. Ins love for his: r country',triumphed over his parental affections, and tho next,morning be granted his son’s re-' quest with a father's blessing, and the prayers of his mother for his safe return. The stripling went forth to fight the battles of freedom. Ar riving at Cambridge, he joined the army, and was' at the battle of Bunker Hill. The Late Elections.—The Democrats have carried California by such a majority as to make sure of it for the Democratic candidate in 1860- In New York, the Democrats have elected half their ticket, under circumstances which show a majority against Seward-Republican ism, sufficient to defeat its pretensions in 1860. These two Stales, with the Southern vote, are more than sufficient to give the next Presiden tial election to the Democrats. Maryland (which went for Fillmore in 1856) has elected a Democratic Legislature, which will put an end 'to the reign of rowdyism in Baltimore, and restore the State to the Demo crats inlB6o. In Wisconsin the Republicans have lost 7,000 in six months, and Randall is re-elected by less than 1,000 majority. Practical Working op the Maine Law.— Sick folks am the only ones, allowed to drink spirituous liquors in Massachusetts, the “Maine Law” forbidding the use of such beverages, ex cepting as medicine. The last- year that Mr. Mansfield was the Liquor Agent of the Old Bay State, he sold spirits to the amount of $lOB,- 76043. Mr. Shanghai Burnham, his succes sor. has lhe / present year sold “ fire water” to the amount of $125,000. lie bought cheap distillery slops, which be would drug so ns to give them the appearance of brandy worth from six to eight dollars, and then sell them at that rate. The difference was pocketed by the dis honest Liquor Agent. Violent Death in Chester Countt, Pa.— The body of an unknown man, believed to be an Irish laborer, was found last Thursday morn ing, in a meadow, on the cast bank of the Brandywine, in East Cain township, Chester county, Pa. A contused wound on the skull and several other injuries and cuts, indicated death by violence. Ho might, however, have fallen down a rocky precipice close by, which would account for the condition of the body. Rati'ieu Romantic.— A butclicrin an English provincial town, was recently married in church; and, alter the knot was tied, the bridal parly proceeded to an inn (o refresh, themselves.— While drinking and carousing, an old sweet heart of tho bride dropped in, and while the party were in « high jinks” he put hfs arm a round her neck and gave her a kiss. This en raged the bridegroom, and a fight took place.— Xs tho rivals were sparring on tho floor, tho wife jumped up, and placing herself between them, took olTher ring and flung it at the bride groom, and shortly afterwards made off with her former lover. Tho bridegroom sobbed and wept bitterly at his loss. OCT" A now Counterfeit $lO note on the Stroudsburg Bank, of Stroudsburg, Pa., has appeared, which Imlay & Bickncll describe as follows Vignette—a Farm Scene, a man and three horses drinking at a well, goats and sheep, trees and houses in the distance; Xin upper left corner ; 10 in upper right corner! sailor in lower right, and farmer in lower left corners; has a pink tint; well done; are circulating free ly. Look out for then).” laler From California.""^ ’ St. LoOis. Nov. 20.—TheO.».i' , ‘ rived fast night, with San Frahc wn ? ail »r -the 4th instant. cisco d«t ca Business was dull and prices unM.. money was in demand. It was „,. n B"i. bm the steamer of the sth would not S' eteil lll *t very heavy shipments. •’ carr yaß,y The rainy season had fairlv -m* California. . • ' rly cotn n>Mced i n Upwards of-three thousand ni« o^ arrived at San Francisco from Pnnnm" 8 *” ’""I North during the three days prior mV*? 1 lh » turn of the mail. J ™ . 10 ‘he depa r . The construction of the telegraph r - interior was progressing rapidly, r, !° Hit eration 165 miles east of San Frn„„;aSmoP would reach Yisula, 250 miles bv it ECo ,' B,lll January. , ' ' Ule «t of There are more improvements g o i nc Cn . San Francisco than at any period since. Sfi!," The city is generally more prosperous L B5l any time since the revulsion of 1855 11' ,l the month of October, $1,3-18.000VE""* gold was deposited in the mint tor - f nmong which was a considerable Fraser river dust. The total shipment 0 r u during October was $3,620,000. C °‘ Judge Terry has been indicted and „i . under bail in $lO,OOO to answer lorkillin e 1 ator Broderick in a duel, I,n g Sen „ Pt ' VnS at San Francisco tl lal P K. Garrison had sold to Com. VanderWh i entire interest in the mail steamers on th d cific side, which is regarded as an indiL-‘ ' that the present competition would « ? for a long time. ontinuj The public administrator is Dressing. ■ the Probate Court to give hi.S the lo?, ' the estate of the late .Mr. Rroderick Ip ° plication is rcsisied by Miss Lucy Brown’T claiins the estate as the cousin of ihe'dmL.y The case of the Mercede Mining rw Sed ' vs. J. C. Fremont, was under argument • the Supreme Court. The points at i ssile the highest importance ns legal questions Z, pendent of Ihe immense pecuniary interest," ' volved, and The case will dpubtless he cnrri!a, & the U. S. Supreme Court, ™ ■ The accounts from the Washo Vall ev and silver mines continue to be variable ,11 new discoveries are constantly being tnade Another large amount of dirt had reached s'" ' Francisco., which, on being assayed, vitlrfHiil from $2OOO to $60.00 per ton. yielte \|| The Comstock vein is regarded as the silver 4 mine in the-world. The Grand Jury of Carson Valley had blitted a report to Judge Cradlebaugh. Araono The sojccls treated in it were the outrages nnnu tho immigrants committed by -the Mormons and the impossibilility of the latter lirina j„ harmony with American citizens. The report also calls for remedial legislation on the piH o f Congress. ■ Prom Texas. - New Orleans, Nov. 23.—The Legisbluioot Texas has authorized the Governor to call out aU the troops necessary for tho protection of tho frontier* The Governor has appointed Captain Ford commander of the troops. Captain Ford started lor the Eio Grande on the 18th. V The Legislature has also ordered the Iroopi to arrest Gorlinas’ band. The reports from Brownsville had created in. tense excitement throughout Texas. Tljo small town of Gonzales had raised 200 men in two days,V .? ■; ' Gorlinas hadTeinrncd Mr. Campbell, Depul; Sheriff, to Brownsville unharmed—against the wishes of his men. General Houston recommends the Legislator!! to authorize a regiment of mounted men to pro tect the frontier from the depredations of la. dians.. THE. LATEST-r-BROWNSVILLE STILL CLOSELY BI- SIEGED. • New Orleans, Nov. 25.—The latest advicei Trom Brownsville, to tho 191 b ult., say Ihelown wjis still closely besieged. An expedition was preparing to march (yoor/ Cortinas. • < , ‘Painful Ocguruenob.—Miss Anna KkW. son, who resided in Twelfth street, below Chest nut , Philadelphia, died on Wednesday after noon, of last .week, from the effect of morphine, administered in mistake for quinine. The de ceased was suffering with chills, and the atten ding physician ordered a dose .of quinine, but unfortunately morphine was obtained in its stead, and the lady died in a few hours after taking it. The prescription was put up at a drug store where a mistake of somewhat simi lar character occurred n year or two since.— The clerk was so distressed at bis fatal blunder, that he threatened to commit suicide. s- ~ ' The Late Postmaster at Philadelphia.— A special dispatch from Washington, to Ibi New York Tribune, says that Mr. Wejtcolt, late Postmaster at Philadelphia, left office air ing a balance of $19,000, which be agreed tppiy on ihclSthinst., but did not. He claims to offset of about $5 000 or $6,000. A suit is in tended, under the Sub Treasury,act. lE7* Mi s. Watson has sent to the Alabama Slate Pair, to bo held at Montgomery this neck, eight camels of her importation. The/ <titt bt put to work, to show planters and others tl> elr capabilities, and this exhibition alow vi\\\ he worth.a visit to Montgomery., Thequeslionof the adaptability of camels to the agricultural work of the South is an important one. Our planters should embrace the opportunity to form their own judgments. O* General Thomas Thumb, who, although barely knee-high to a grasshopper, roadcalarjo fortune for P. T. Barnum. and a snug one f° r himself, is reported to be about to unite himself in wedlock with a lady of youth and beauty."" The authorities differ about her height, and it is variously staled as three feet six, and six feet three. DC?" There appears to be no chance for the respite or pardon of Brown. .A writ of error has been denied by the Supreme Court of AP peals at Richiqond, on the ground that I * judgment of the Circuit Court is right. 1* 15 expected that the execution Will take pl» ce CB the day fixed, the 2d of Pecember. O’A Miss Thompson, in Tennessee, lia | re " cemly recovered $15,000 in a suit for hrt* c “ ® promise against a man named Patterson. 1 case excited great interest, as the most ctnin counsel in the State were engaged upon it. * verdict is the heaviest ever rendered in acafi* the kind in Tennessee. . O’ Hon. Charles Sumner arrived home nf tho steamer Canada, at Boston, on Monday <>' last week. The Now York Tribune says lb** “Hishealth he considers as, completely rC’j 1 * lablished. Ho feels in full- possession of •“* natural physical vigor,” and expects to rcsu® # bis'seat in the U. S. Senate at the opening 0 the coming session. ’ ' ' 0“ Wo have news from, the Plains of • death of Kit Carson, the celebrated explorer*" the companion of Fremont . The Sioux Indian were threatening the whites, and fear’s are * B tertained of depredations from them. OS’" Tho Republicans continue to . “mad Brown,” crazy Brown,” and the " adjectives. The moment a bold man attemp to' practice the «irrepressible conflict” doc trine, all his theoretical brethren e*h; crazy I iSSab;,;
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