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.
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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.
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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..
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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
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