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AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
JOHN-B. BRATTON, Editor & Proprietor.
CARLISLE, PA., DEO. 15. 1859,
Standing Committee Meeting.
• Tho members of the Democratic Standing
Committee of Cumberland county, are reques
ted to meet at Hisa-’s Hotel, in Carlisle, on
Saturday, the Zitfi day of December, 1859, at
1 o'clock, P. M., for tho purpose of fixing the
time for the election of Delegates and tho
holding of-a County Convention to appoint
Delegates to tho next Democratic State Con
vention. ■ .
E. CORNMAN, Chairman..
Tho following named gentlemen compose
the Committee: .
- Carlisle, E. W., E. Comman, E. D. Quig
ley*; West Ward, Robert Allison, Joseph C.
Halbert, Dickinson, William Coffee, Jesse
Kurtz; Bastpennsborough, W. M. Gardner,
David Deitz; Frank ford, J. Sanderson, John
Mouutz; Hampden, Jacob Bretz, Geo. Sher
ban; Ilopowdll, C. Stricklor, John Hefflefing
er; Lower Allen, Martin Best, John Heck;
Mifflin, William Henry, P. J. Grim; Monroe,
Tv A. Sibbott, G, W. Pressel; Mcchaniosburc,
0. H. Bohne, L.- D’. Kee&r, Nowville, D. S.
Dunlap,- J. M. Woodburn, jr,; New Cumber
land,- Francis Nelson, Wm. T. Sousselr, North
Middleton, William Honwood, P. W. Quigley;
Newton, John Westheffor, Sami. Cope; South
Middleton, Thomas Bradley, John M. Good;
Silver Spring, Peter Snyder, J. 0. Saxton;
Shippeusburg 80., G. W. Taylor, J. F. Stine
man; Shippeusburg Tp., Thomas Blair, Adam
Duke; Southampton, David Wheeler, James
Carothers; Upper Allen, A. B. Secriat, Lewis
Kiritz; Westpennabbrough, Robt. K. Burn's,
Samuel Blxler. ,
No SpeakerYet. —The House of Represen
tatives ia .still unorganized. The members
.“continue to vote for Speaker daily, without ef
'.fecting an election. Thus it is when the Op
position are in the majority—they generally
expend one or two hundred thousand dollars
in organizing; the House. IVould wo not have
a' beautiful time of it if this pa,rty of fag-ends
should elect the nest President ?
®3y- Tub. Carlisle Corps Dramatic, made
their debut on last Saturday evening, and.
wore greeted with an overflowing housp. We
were unablo to attend, but learn that the en
tire performance was rendered with it degree
of ability far surpassing the anticipations .of
the audience. After the holidays we are to
have weekly performances, and wo heartily
wish success to the corps.
Narrow Escape. —On last Saturday even
ing as Mr. Frederick Rider and his wife,
who were riding in a Carriage, attempted to
cross the Railroad track at the past end of the
town, the Carriage was struck by the down
train, of cars and broken to pieces. Thohorso
had one of his legs out off and was afterwards
shot. Mr.-and Mrs. Rider escaped'without
any seriqus injury, save a few scratches and
bruises. . .....
Cumberland Fair. —The Fair of the Cum
berland Fire Company is now in full blast,
and it is expected that our citizens will pa
tronize the Company liberally. ■; The “ Cum
berland” has been, and still is, a good “insti
tutipn,” and well worthy of support from our
citizens.- The proceeds of the Fair is to be
applied towards the .building of an Engine
house, which is very much needed by the
(jompauy-,, ;
The Contested Election Case.— On Mon
day last, Messrs. Quigley, Croft and A. A.
Line, who had been appointed by the Court
commissioners to investigate’the right of Mr.
Gokg'as to hold the office of County Commis
sioner, made report, to Judge Graham.- The
report’is quite lengthy:, but its statements
may be embraced in a few words.■■ The com
missioners, in compliance with their instruc
tons, .made a full and careful count of the
ballot-boxes of Monroe, Shippenal-ui 0 80.,
East Pehnsborpugh, Silver Spring, Mifflin,
North Middleton and Lower Dickinson. In
the Monroe box an error of 5 votes was dis
covered in favor of Waggoner. The vote as
returned by the commissioners stood— a Gorgas
172, Waggoner 108; The Re turn J udges, the
Friday after the election, it will be remem
bered, returned 177 votes for Sir. Gorgas in
the Monroe’ box. The error, however, was
committed by the ,clerks of the election of that
- township.-- In several of. the.either,.boxes.that
were counted, a number of imperfect tickets
were discovered, which the commissioners re
ported to the Court, for-its action. For in
stance, tickets were voted for J.. D. Gorgas,
John I>; Gorges, John Gorgns, &o. Others
again were voted for Janies 11. AVaggener, J.
H. AA r agnor, J. Waggoner, &c. Again, tick
ets found wore written imperfectly with a pen
oil, &c. Tho commissioners merely reported
the facta to the Court for its’action and final
decision. Judge Graham intimated that hi
would carefully examine- the report, and, if
possible, give his opinion on tho same on
Tuesday of next week. ' -
■ i)ountiNG Gap Springs. —Tho patrons of
this celebrated summer resort will be pleased
to learn that tho Messrs. Am/s of Newvillc,
have purchased ap interest of oho half of the
property. They are men of* capital and en
terprise, and will, we doubt not; xise every ef
fort .to make the Springs worthy of increased
patronage., The last Ncwvillo Star contains
,-4ho following remarks on. the subject:
“ Wo learn that the Messrs. Ahl, of this
glace, have purchased one-half of Doubling
ap White Sulphur Springs, and that great
improvements are to bo made at tljat famous
summer resort. Quito a number of new build
ings will bo erected, and every arrangement
that can add to the beauty ol the place and
the comfort of visitors. Messrs. Aid intend
Securing the services of a well-known eastern
gentleman who will take charge ot the Springs.
We predict a great addition to the extensive
patronage heretofore bestowed on the estab
. lishmcnt."
Turkies. —A few Turkeys will be taken ai
this office in exchange for subscription.—
Bring them along. ■
ggy Housekeepers should lose no time«dn
securing their gas meters and hydrants.
Onio,-rEvory one of the twenty-one dis
tricts of Ohio have been carried nearly unan
imously by the friends of Judge Douglas, in
the, election of Delegates to the Charleston
Convention. The little giant is stropg ln the
Buckey State.
Jgy The grandson of Tedumseh is now liv
ing in Natchez, Miss. Ho is a well educated
■and accomplished gentleman, and a physician
by profession. He has travelled extensively
in Europe,
Oorernor Wise’s Message,
Pennsylvania has not been of the number
of those who, directly or indirectly, have sym
pathized with old Jphn Brown’s insurrection
ary attack 1 upon the peaceful village of Har
per’s Ferry, Virginia.' -Not only so, but we
may refer with pleasure and with pride to
the conduct of our citizens and of our State
authorities, in reference to this matter. Of
those who sought rfilhgo in this State, not
ohe, that we. know of, lias escaped. They
were sought out and delivered Up to-Governor
Wise, when ho could not ahd cannot oven
now identify them.- Up to. and beyond the
demands of the' Constitution, has, Virginia
been aided in the rendition of these fugitives
from justice. These men were not so much
citizens of olir State as of Virginia mid of
other States, nor were their plans laid or
their conspiracy hatched among us; but in
Kansas, or Ohio, New York, or Canada, and
most of all in Virginia, where their leader
had domiciled himself. We make this state
ment with no disposition to screen offenders
against law and order, or our State or any of
its citizens from all constitutional obligations.
But it was on the soil of Virginia itself that
this treason was being matured and carried
on for a year or more, and not our soil, a tithe
part as much as that of Maryland and Virgin
ia. If the Virginians could not find it out,
how could others? ■ ‘
In view, of all this, tho complaints so freely
made by Gov. Wise against the other States
are unjust, and will prove quite , injurious, so
far, at least, as Pennsylvania is concerned.
“We must rely upon ourselves, and light for
peace,” says Governor Wise. “We must or
ganize and arm. Wo must demand of each
State what position she means to maintain in
future, with respect to slavery and provisional
constitutions, the laws of the United States,
and the provisions of State laws for its pro
tection in our federal relations, and be gov
erned according to the manner in which the
demand is answered." “We are in arms.”
Against whom ? we would ask. If against
persons domiciled in Virginia, well and good.
But if, by force of arms, to make’demands of
other peaceful States, like out own, it is a
violation of the Constitution, to begin with,
that matter being all handed over to the Uni
ted States authorities, and it is most unwise
to begin with a threat and violation of the
Constitution in demanding of other States a
more full observance of that constitution.. In
fact, Gov.'Wfeods a very.rash man, better
fitted for dPnoraor chieftain than the. Gover
nor of a brave State, that .stood foremost in
the Revolutionary War, and has, thus .far,
done so in all national measures. Had he
hung Brown up at once, by military law,
none would have blamed him. But his mili-
tary movements have had too much fuss. As
to organized conspiracies against Virginia,
wo repeat it, so far as this State is concerned,.
they are all hoaxes on Governor Wise’s cred
ulity. . Very wrong and mischievous hoaxes,
we admit, and, if there is any law against
them, let the authors be punished. The au
thor of one, at least, of these missives, has
written a letter to the paper published in the
village from which it came r confessing that it
was done by way of burlesque, audio try hew
far Governor Wise ciould be imposed upon.
■t was without any responsible name. Yet
this absurd and mischievous joko was pub
lished gravely in the Richmond Enquirer,
with the assurance that it and, all 'the others
were accompanied by names of the highest
respectability, '.' , ‘ '
Pennsylvania is a peaceful and Gonstitu
tion-loving State. But if the Governor of
Virginia wishes to do mischief, and to promote
danger to all the national relations of the
States, how could he conceive of a more likely
way to accomplish such an object, than to
proclaim his State in arms, to demand of
Pennsylvania whether she means bona Jide to
adhere.to the Constitution? Might she nbt
reply 15y asking''the same question, and re
questing Governor "Wise to disband his troops,
in that case, before asking any more ques
tions ? It is deeply to he regretted that out
of the lawless and treasonable acts of a fetv in
dividuals there has arisen, in many sections
of the North, and in many parts of the South,
a feeling most dangerous to the continued un
ion of the States.. It must be by a move strict
■ observance of..the. Constitution on aU sides
that this alone can be done. It must be by
not indirectly countenancing treason in the
manner in which it has been in so many
quarters, by making a hero of Brown, or ap
plauding a course of conduct which would
destroy any government—a course which
nothing could justify, but one certain to give
, birth to the worst crimes. On tho other hand,
the course of Governor Wise will do much
1 harm. So says the Public Ledger.
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BS?* The Daily Patriot and Union, the of
ficial organ of the Democratic party in Penn
sylvania, is one of tho best daily papers pub
lished, containing all the latest foreign and
domestic news, as well as a choice variety of
miscellaneous matter. It will contain, during
the session of the Legislature, full and au
thentic reports of tho proceedings of that bo
dy, Tho paper is edited with marked ability,
and characterized by a high moral and con
servative political tone. Vhe Weekly Patriot
and Union, a large eight page paper, is also a
valuable' paper. The-daily is furnished to
subscribers at $4, and the weekly at $2 per
year.. Address 0. Barrett & Co., Harris
burg, Ptt.
The Pennsylvania Daily Telegraph.—
This paper is the official organ of the Opposi
tion party in this State; It is a neatly prin
ted paper, edited with ability, and as a news
■paper, will vie with the best. During the
meeting of the Legislature-, it.will contain all
the proceedings of that body. While we can
not advise our Democratic brethren to sub
scribe for it in preference to their- own party
paper, we commend it to the Opposition of
■.Cumberland county, for with it they will mot
only have a good newspaper, but also a fi'rin
advocate and faithful exponent of their politi
cal predilections. The Daily is furnished at
S 4 per year, or $1 during the session of the
Legislature; the Weekly at $2 per year. Ad
dress Geo. Bergnor & Co., Harrisburg.
To be Hung, —The negro Hulsingor, con
victed of the murder of his wife in Harris
burg, will, be- eaceuted on-Friday, the 23d
inst. Ho is said to be as much inclined to
receive the visits of the ministers of religion,
I as ho was formerly opposed to them..
The Policy of Napoleon.
Tho Florence correspondence of the London
Times, discussing tho affairs of Italy,'express
es tho following opinion as to the Italian tfar
and tho Napoleonic policy: “Tho whole sohe'ifte
of tho liberation of Italy ends in an almost
complete subjection of this country to Franco.
Tho Emperor, resting on the CEnotrian and
tho Iberian peninsula, already finds himself
master of those Qroco-Latin races at whoso
head ho fancies he can dictate laws to tho
world; but their mere subjugation is not the
final aim of his ambition. They must be
armed and disciplined; they must bo deluded,
bewildered, fauaticisod, galvanised into an
excitement that may resemble life. Spain is
already fighting the . battles of Franco in Af
rica. Italy fought Franco’s battles in Lom
bardy. When once they have put on a sword
these two Latin sisters will powerfully help
their older in a struggle for empire against
her Teutonic rivals.” It took tho British
journals a long time to perceive tho real aim
and comprehend tho scope of tho policy of Na
poleon.
The Union Meeting—Manifestation of
Pontic Sentiment. —Tho mooting last night,
at Jayne’s Hall, says tho Philadelphia Ledger,
is another evidence of the power and deter
mination of tho people when once aroused to
action by events which comes home to their
feelings and their interests. It was an im
mense gathering of the wealth, the influence,
tho patriotism of ‘ Philadelphia—a general
outpouring of the merchant, the manufactur
er, the mechanic and the intelligent'opera
tives, all of whom go to make up the real
strength of society, and whoso opinions con
stitute the public sentiments which controls
all tlie movements of that society, and are tho
foundations of public order and public law.—
But one sentiment pervaded that immense
throng of citizens; and that sentiment was
the integrity, of the Union and tho faithful
performance of all the obligations assumed
under the Constitution, and which are neces
sary to preserve it. The resolutions are mo
derate in their tone, firm in their expressions
of fidelity to obligations, deprecatory of acts
and sentiments which carry alarm into neigh
boring communities, and approbatory of the
public measures taken by Virginia to punish
the lawless invaders of her territory. The
speeches arc in the same ’ excellent spirit, ac
knowledging the. Rights of the several States,
and the duty of each to respect those rights,
and to avoid , any acts which tend to impair
the sense of security which every State should
feel in the Union. The warm responses which
were given to these expressions, of opinion,
showed that, it was no manufactured sonti-.
niont, but the real feeling of an intelligent,
patriotic and moral people, who feel how much
they are indebted for their prosperity to that
national Union and national Government.
A Bear Garden.— -A member of Congress
has expressed fears, that the House of Repre
sentatives may become “ a bear garden,” be
cause the people applaud in the galleries.- It
is probable, however, that the spectators of
the performances of that dignified body will
behave quite as well,as their servants in the
parquet. It will be an 'easy matter to keep
order up stairs; if those below will hot' make
bears of themselves.-....
Marriage op Cousins.—Gov. Magoffin,- of
Kentucky,'recommends theLogislaturo of that
State to prohibit by law, under severe penal
ties,the marriage of cousins. He says that
the imbeciles, insane, deaf mutes, and'blind,
in the different asylums of that State, who
are the offspring of cousins, is from sixteen to
twenty per cent, of the ,wholo' number; and
he claims that it is the right and duty of the |
State to protect h'erself against the evil and
expense, by forbidding such unions, which.
Nature plainly forbids by the natural penalty
she uniformly inflicts.
A New Half Dollar. —A new half dollar
has been got up at the United States Mint in
Philadelphia, to bo submitted to the govern
ment for its approval. The new coin, although
of tho'samo diameter as that now in circula
tion, is much thicker at the rim in consequence
of the deeper sinking of the die, and hence
much more endurable. On one side is the
medium portrait of Washington, with tho
head wreathed with laurel;' the'Word Liberty
upon a scroll over the bust; at the'bottom the
date 1859; and around the Whole the 1 words
United States of America, in plain well adap
ted raised letters. Qn tho reverse side, • a
wreath, of grain envelopes tho word Half Dol
lar, In the .same letters.
Persimmons.— This fruit is brought to our
town: in considerable quantities by country
lads. What it can bo intended for by nature,
we are, like Willis, a little embarrassed to
understand—possibly to close the gatp after
enough has entered—for, of all tho contractile
agents, this one seems to us the most puckory
and vmroalizing. The mouth and lips are
drawn so obstinately together by eating a per
simmon, that it would bo difficult to follow it,
oven with a “ drink,” Many persons, how
ever, are fond of persimmons, and all such can
procure supplies of them very cheap in our
market.-
Bgy Christmas is near at band, and 1859
will soon go down beneath the waves of time
to make room l for 1860. With tho thoughts
of the Holidays of course come thoughts of
tho good things they bring—of the many pre
sents, and handsome gifts, -the delicacies for
tho tickling of the palate, etc., and in this
item to awaken those who deal in Christmas
and New Year presents —so femind thorn that
they will soon have to prepare themselves for
the Holidays.
Death of the Last Survivor of the Wyo
ming Massacre. —Asa A. Gore, Esq., of Pres
ton, Conn., died in that town, on tho Ist in
stant, at the age of oighty-one years and five
months. Ho was the last survivor of the
Wyoming massacre, having boon carried
away, when a child, in his mother’s arms.—
His father and all his relations but his moth
er-were killed..
Kentucky SENATouixt Nomination. —Tho
Democratic ■ members of tho- .Legislature of
Kentucky, oA the Bth instant, by a unani
mous vote nominated tho lion. John 0. Brcok
ridgo for-thp United-States Senate.
jjigg" Why are young ladies at tho breaking
up of a party like arrows? Because they
can’t go off without a beau; and arc ’ in a qui
ver till Ibe} get one.
tetter lrom:|ior. Wise "to Mn. Brown.
, . Richmond, Va. Nov. 26,1859.
To Mrs. Mary A. Brown now in Philadelphia.
. Madam'i Yours of the 21st instant, address
ed to rite' from Philadelphia, camp to my hand
this morning; . Relieve mo,; madam, that I
sadly thank you for your trtist in triyfcelinga
as a man. Your. situation touches thbso fool
ing!? deeply. Sympathizing os IdqwilhVour
affliction, you shall have the exertion ot my
authority and personal influence to assist you
in gathering up the bones of yout sons, and
your husband in Virginia, for accent and ten
der interment among their kindred.
l am happy, madam, that you seem to have
the wisdom and virtue to appreciate my posi
tion of duty. Would to God, that public con
siderations could avert his doom, for the Om
niscient knows that I take not the slightest
pleasure in tho execution of any whom the
laws condemn. May Ho have meroy on the
erring and afflicted.
Enclosed is an order to Major General Win.
B; Taliaferro,' in command at Charlestown,
Va., to deliver to your order the mortal re
mains of your husband when all shall bo over,
to be delivered ho. your agent nt Harper’s Fer
ry, itnd if you httend tho reception in person,
to guard you saor,edly in your solemn mis
sion. V - „v :
With tendernessfand truth, I am, very re
spectfully, your humblo servant.
Henry A. Wise.
Got. Win to Gen. Taliaferro.
.Richmond, Nov. 26, 1859,
To Major GerUsral William B. Taliaferro, in
command at Charlestown- Sir; When John
Brown is executed on Friday, tho 2d proxi
mo, you will place'Kis mortal remains under
strict guard, and protect them from all muti
lation. Place them in a plain, decent coflin,
and have them taken to Harper’s Perry, there
to await the orders and agent of Mrs. Mary
A. Brown, who has a duplicate of this order.
You will also allow tho bodies of her sons,
who fell at Harper's Ferry, to bo disinterred,
and taken by her or her agent, or order.
Respectfully, yburs. Henry A. Wise.
Union Mass Meeting at Piiieadellilia. —
A grand Unibn/Mass Meeting of citizens, ir
respective of party, was. held on Wednesday
night in Jayne’s Hall, Philadelphia,—the ob
ject being to reaffirm allegiance to the Union
and Constitution, 6 and to condemn all fanati
cisms. Hon. Joseph B. Ingorsbll presided.
A series of resolutions reported by Hon. Wm.
B. Reed, wore”adopted, expressing earnest
sympathy with their fellow citizens of Vir
ginia, declaring that no laws were more obli
gatory on the citizens of the Republic than
those prescribing the duty of .restoring fugi
tives fi'oni’ labor,-disavowing anjt wish or right
to intorfero with the domestic institutions of
the sister. States, and reprobating in the
strongest terms all attempts to excite servile
insurrection; or to arouse those who are law
fully held in servitude, to violence or blood
shed. Also approving of the recent adminis
tration of justice in Virginia, and the energy
and.fidelity of Governbr dnd ‘ the con
duct of the Governor of Pennsylvania in
promptly surrendering the fugitives from jus
tice; Finally they assure their brethren of
the South that there exists among the people
of Pennsylvania a determimod spirit to assert
and maintain the Constitution, and the rights
of States under it, and asking in return their
confidence, and that’ dignified moderation
which confidence and patriotic sympathy in
spire. The meeting was eloquently address
ed by Messrs, joa! Edward King,.
Josiah Randall, Isaac Ilazlehurst, Robert Ty
ler, B. II.; Brewster, Eli K.. Price, Charles
Ingcrsoll, James Page, Richard Vaux, Bonjt
Gerhard, and others.
Make them Work.— ln most of the western
'towns, persons sent to prison ns vagrants are
made to work, and the proceeds derived from
their labor are found to be not only sufficient
for their maintenance, but afford a handsome
addition to the revenue of the counties. Why
jshould not tho regiment of vagrants who have
so long basked in the sunshine of our munici
pal indulgence, be made to work also? Put
them to cleaning the streets, or some other
manual labor, and'the ditys’of vagrant felicity
will soon bo over.
Burial of John Brown. —The remains of
.John Brown were finally interred on Thurs
day,' at North Elba, New York. After the
face was exposed to view some time in front
of his’late residence, the coffin was borne by
six neighbors to the foot of a rook, where he
had directed it to be buried, and then deposi
ted in the earth. Before leaving the house,
his favorite, hymn,- “ Blow ,ye the trumpet.—
blow,” &c., and an impressive prayer was of
fered'by'the Rev. Mr. Young, of Burlington,
Vt., who, with Mr. Bigelow and two others of
that city; had ridden all night to be present.
Remarks vfeie 'their m'dde 'by 1 J, • MeKim,' of
Philadelphia; and Wendell Phillips, of Bos
ton. At the grave Mr. Young- qtfoted Paul’s
words, “I have fought the ’good fight,” &c.,
and pronounced a benediction, ■ .
A Split in the Church “By-Law i!stab-'
lished.” —Late English papers speak of an
important ecclesiastical movement about to
.take place in the established church—a se
cession of some pixty clergymen, who have al
ready taken the preliminary steps, and pro
pose to'form what is called the Free. Church
of England. This movement will place the
secessionists on precisely the same ground oc
cupied by the Protestant Episcopal Church in
this country. The decoders are said to com
prise men of learning, much influence, and
fervent piety, and they all leave the establish
ment on conscientious ground—opposition to
a union of Ohnrch and State, and Puseyism
in : tho Church being the principally assigned
reason.
To the Afflicted—Matrimonial.—Kan
sas has become a formidable rival to Indiana,
as the “ land of refuge” to the unhappy mated.
The divorce law is" a wide open goteto single
blessedness, and one judge has recently gran
ted twenty-five petitions at one sitting. It
requires only twenty days’ residence;- A’ gen
tleman livingin Michigan-was recently as
tonished'to learn thait his wife, while visiting
a friend in Kansas,„had obtained a divorce,
and was passing herself off as a blooming
“Miss’ , of sweet sixteen. Cold feet are 'suf
ficient ground for’a divorce:
figy” (Jhristmas and’Now Years willoccnr
on Sunday this season. The festivities inci
dent to the holidays will probably take place
on the day following.
jjgy A widow in Roslin, Canada,vsixty-two
years of ago, died of voluntary starvation on
the 27th of September. She lived thirty days
without food under a superstitious belief that
God required Her to do so ip order that she
might be saved.
A Letter to Brown.
A few days before Cnpt. Brown was execu
ted, the following letter reached Charlestown
by moil, and was duly read to Brown by, the
jailor. The letter is said to bo authentic be
yond question, as the main facts mentioned
are notorious:
To John Brown, commander’ of the army at
Harper’s Ferry, 'Charlestown, Jefferson
county, Var, Caro of Jailor, Charlestown,
ChaManoga, Tennessee, Nov, 20, 1859,
John Brown—Sir: Though vengeance is
not mine, I-confess that I do ftiSl gratified to
hear that you wore, stopped iii your fiendish
career nt Harper’s Ferry with the loss of your
two sons. You can-now appreciate my dis
tress in Kansas, when you then and there en
tered my house nt midnight, and arrested my
husband and two boys, and took them out ot
the yard and shot them dead in my hearing.
You can’t say you done it to free our slaves,;
we had none and never expected to have any,
but has only mode mo a poor disconsolate
widow, with children. While I feel for your
folly I do. hope you will meet your just re
ward. How it pained, my heart to hear the
dying groans of my husband and children. —
If tins scrawl gives you any consolation yon
are welcome to it.
MAHALA DOYLE.
N. B.—My son, John Doyle, whoso life I
begged of you, is now grown up, and is desi
rous to bo at Charlestown on the day of your
execution, and would certainly bn there if his
means would permit, that he might adjust tho
rope around your neck, if Gov. Wise, would
permit. M. D,
England and France. —‘Franco invites
England to a mutual disarmament, but Eng
land knows too much of the history, of tho
French Emperor, to have any confidence in
his professions of a desire for peace; so she
goes on arming, and encouraging her yoemen
to make soldiers of themselves, learn how to
shoot, and be ready for Louis Napoleon When
ever he may attempt to bring his Zouaves
over. It is thought that the arsenal nt Wool
wioh is not in a sufficiently safe place, and it
is-deomed prudent to build another.
It is very certain that John Bull does riot
fool quite easy when ho thinks of the vast
military force which his old enemy has at
command, and of the case with which steam
vessels can pass from Franco to England in a
night.
It is quite uncertain whether Louis Napo
leon really contemplates a descent upon Eng
land or not, but the very fear of it is a cause
of great expense to that country, to say noth
ing of the injury to digestion caused by re
flecting upon the attractions which London
would have, if its plunder were offered to the
French troops.
A man named Alfonso Clark was re
cently tarred and feathered in the town of
Gorham, Ontario county,' Noty York, by sev
eral residents of that place. The Ontario
Repository gives the following as the cause of
the outrage: “This summary method of deal
ing with Cliirk is understood to bo a punish
ment inflicted upon him for some improper
and imriioritf conduct of which, it is said, ho
has been guilty.- Among other things, it is
said of him’that abput a-year ago, ho married
a girl of the neighborhood, and soon after de
serted her, leaving her in miserable circum
stances; afld that more'recently he has in
duced a young girl, about sixteen years of
ago, ofßushvilfb; to hvb'with him as his wb[e,
and that the girl's, friends have punished him
by lynching, for his orirriinttl transactions.’’
New-York City Election.— The municipal
election in New York last Tuesday a week, re
sulted in the triumph of the Mozart Hall wing
of the Democracy, over the Tammany Hall, or
“ Soft’-’ organization, between whom the con
test mainly lay. Hon. Fernando Wood, the
Mozart Hall nominee, is elected Mayor, by a
plurality of 3,282, over W. F. Havcmcyer, the
Tammany candidate. The official vote was as
follows:
For Fernando Wood,
For Wm. F.Jlavemeyer,
Wood over Havemeyer, 3,282
For George Opdyko, (Rep.,) 21,773
Havemeyer over Opdykc,
Greene C. Bronson, the Mozart Hall candi
date for Corporation Counsel, is elected by 6,-
’096 Wor Tilden, the'Tammany candidate, and
James Lynch, (Mozart Bern,) and W. C.
Hinokney, (Repxtb‘.) are elected Governors of
the Alms House. The election was conduc
ted in comparative quiet and good order.
For Breckinridge;— The Independent Re
publican, the German- organ of the Democra
cy of Lehigh County, has hoisted the name of
John C. Breckinridge, as its choice for the
Democratic nomination for President in
Our gallant Vice President seems quite a fa
vorite in Pennsylvania. A number of Demo
cratic papers have expressed a preference for.
himj-aiid the people generally, look upon him
as a probable Presidential candidate, with feel
ings of more than ordinary satisfaction.
BSy The hands employed on the Franklin
Railroad have ceased working thereupon, on
account of the dohtractor 'reduoirig-their wa
ges from $1 to 90 cents per day. He contends
that the days are too short at this season of
the year to justify-him in paying the same
wages he did when the days were longer.—
The hands demand their old wages, nud re
fuse to go to work until they-receive it.
Masonic. —At a mooting of Cumberland
Valley Lodge, No. 315, A; Y. M., on Thurs
day evening last, the Bth inst., the following
named officers were elected for the ensuing
year:
lion. Henry Ruby, IV. M.
John Wunderlich, S. W.
Jacob Heck, J. W.
Edward AV. Curridon, Secretary.
John P. Blair, Treasurer.
J5Qy"Mr. Harding, proprietor of the Penn
sylvania Inquirer, has been obliged to make
an assignment for the benefit of his creditors.
It is'said that the newspaper is very profita
ble,'but that outside speculations involved him
in embarrassments.
For tjib Ladies. —The last steamer from
Europe brought the pleasing intelligence that
the reign of hoops and crinoline was at an
end. AVe presume wo shall soon be able to
declare, in the words of the’poet 1 Campbell,
slightly varied, however, that
“Hoops for a season bade the World farewell,
And fashion shrieked ns Crinoline fell."
Will be Handed. —The Legislature'’ of
Virginia have resolved unanimously not to
interfere with the sentence of Cook and the
other Harper’s Ferry prisoners. They will
therefore bo hanged on Friday next, the six
teenth.
Death of Mayor iffood’i Wife.
New York, Ded. 9.
Mrs. Wood, wife of Fernando Wood, the
Mayor elect, died in this city this morning.
Death of Theodore Sedgwick.
Stockdridge, Mass., Deo. 9.
Theodore Sedgwick, the U. S. District At
torney'for the Southern District of New York,
died here last night.
The President’s Message,
Washington, Deo. 9.
Nothing has transpired hero in relation to
the President’s Message. It will probably
not be sent to the Senate before next Week.
The DostoA Seduction Suit. ,
Boston, Dec. 9.
The jury in the cose of Cochran vs: Perry,
for the seduction of the former's wife, has
awarded him $3,000 damages. Mr. Cochran
has transferred the amount to the homo for
the fallen. - ■ . 1 ■
Georgia Democratic Contention.
MILLF.DGEVII.LE, G.V., Dec. 10.
Tito Democratic State Convention now in
session here, has adopted a resolution rocom
raending-tho claims of Hon. Howell Cobb for
tho Presidency. A number of the members
of tho convention have withdrawn, Urging that
the convention is irregular and unorganized.
Misplaced Confidence. —A gentleman
whom tho A r ci o Orleans Bee describes as of
high standing in that city, recently, had a
young man introduced to him by (i friend, in
whom he became se much interested that he
engaged him as a book-keeper. The clerk
became exceeedingly interested in his em
ployer's wife, and tho intimacy finally ripen
ed into an elopement, which the guilty pair
achieved on the 26th nit. The astonished
merchant had been unable, at the last ac
counts, to obtain any trace of the fugitives.
No Pardon for Cook. — A late number of
tho Richmond Enquirer, edited by the son of
Gov.: Wise, uses the following significant lan
guage, in relation to Cook, one of tho con
demned conspirators, now under sentence of
death at Charlestown:
* * Those who understand the character
of Henry A. Wise know that if he believed
Cook deserved pardon it would be extended
to him, though opposed- to every paper in the
broad limits of our country; but the pardon
of Cook is out of the question-— he in Inc most
guilty of all the Charlestown prisoners. So
far from his being tho dupe of Old Brown,
Qssawattomie is the victim of John 13. Cook.
Sad Death of a Bride. —The New York
Courier records the death, from burns, of the
wife of Limit. Godfrey WelUel, of West Point.
She was married on the 3d of November.
On the morning of the 22d, being alone at the
time, and feeling faint and dir.Ay, she rose to
go. to her bed-room. Loaning a moment
against the mantel, her clothes caught fire,
and before her shrieks were hoard find assis
tance rendered, the flames, had reduced her
clothes to cinders, and so terribly burned her
person that she died on the 24th; The ap
palling event has called forth an unusual cxt
prossion of sorrow at West Point.
Mount Vernon. : —The Boston Transcript
assures the public that tho patriotic ladies of
tho Mount Vernon Association “read their
title clear” to the Washington estate. They
have, says that journal, acted from the begin
ning of their enterprise under the direction of
eminent gentlemen of tho legal profession,
and there Will be no difficulty whatever about
the title'.- It adds that “ John A. Washington
has performed one generous act, in present
ing to tkb Meant Vernon Fund the sum oT
5T,228 25,' being' the proceeds of the Mount
Vernon steamboat trips for the past year.”
C@f“ The Hartford Press, of December 7,
says that Ilanmer & Fol-hca’ powddr works,
in Scotland, Bast Hartford, blew up on the
day previous, with an explosion - ' tSSI shook'
every building in Hartford. Many persons
ran out of their houses, thinking the buildings
were coming down over their heads.' John
McGfaw and Samuel Smith .were killed.*—
They wore at work in the bttilditig pressing
the explosive material into cake, preparatory
to “ graining” it. McGraw’s body was found'
about a third of a mile from' the scene of tl\o
catastrophe, with his clothes stripped from it,
arid one hand gone and one leg'broken.
30,125
26,843
5,070
AS?” John B. Gough is working wonders
for the temperance cause fn Ireland. Large
audiences flock to hear him' everywhere, and
in Belfast alone, the whisky metropolis of the
North, two thousand persons have signed the
total abstinence pledge.
Js®- The Hon. Thomas Corwin, twcnty-riine :
years ago Monday, took his seat in the House
of Representatives as a member from the same
district now represented by him, There is
not a member of the House with him who
was there when ho first took his scat. In less
than a generation, there has been an entire
change, with a single exception.
Bey. Stephens, John Brown’s abettor, in a
letter to a friend, thus defines his religious
creed “ I am’ a firm believer in the teach*
ings of, Theodore Parker, of Boston, and also
in the spiritual theory of a life hereafter.—
Spiritualism is a groat thing to sustain mo in
this hour, for how good is it to think that if I
die I shall meet with near and dear friends
who have gone before, and there to go on pro
gressing forever.” • Wo have corrected his
orthography, which is extremely bad, show
ing him to bo a most illiterate man.
Weather Sign.— The little snow birds
have already inadc their appearance in con
siderable numbers. This is considered by
some of the weater-wiso as a certain indica
tion of severe cold weather.
' B@“ It is said that the entire Republican
State ticket in Kansas has been elected by
about 3,000 majority. The Democratic can
didate for Congress, Mr. Haldeman, is ahead
of the remainder of the Democratic ticket.
Tin Charleston Convention. —The Na
tional Democratic Executive Committee mot
at Washington on the 7th inst., and fixed
Monday, the 23d of April, as the time for the
mooting of the Charleston Convention,
Shocking' Murder. —On the 25tli' ult,-,
Erank Wright, who resided at Woodsvillo, N,
If;, being maddened with' rum, attacked his
sister with a largii knife, and cut her severe
ly, when sh 6 escaped to the house of a neigh
bor. On returning with help, it was found
that he had murdered his wife, cut her body
open, and taken out her heart. He was ar
rested and sent to jail.
JBST There is a man in Hatiibrdrv^ 5
never hoard of John Brown Itv M
of that city says: .
A friend informs us that ho was in .
sation with a gentleman at his c 2 aT «-
noss, on tho all-absorbing tonicF )UBi '
when' an elderly man wearing B t n p n th ? da )'.
standing by interrupted thcmVith “Jps
say . there had been an execution ulv? 1
•‘Yes, sir, yesterday.” “Whore did itl
“In Charlestown." “Who was it?” t ,® c . cur !”
named John Brown-hungfor an insurrtv “
ary attempt to free noirroeq af Aa * ctlon *
I 1 ’ mid ,h. d*'
ssTr”. • ~ w!Sa
8®" In November, 1860, Erostus Salisbury
was married at Liverpool, Ohio, t 0 fl,
Pritchard. The parties lived happily to'! 8 .
er about a year and a-half, when tho Imsband
went to California,'Where he wont to work'
tho mines. His wife r'dmnined at homo and
waited anxiously for his return/ but he cam
not, and after rumors reached her of his i„i°
dclity, she procured a divorce from him ’
the ground of wilful neglect. This waanJlS
a year since. A short time afterward he
late husband returned, and declared that th
story of his infidelity was untrue,'when asc *
ond courtship was commenced, resulting i n '
ro-inai‘riago on Thanksgiving day, at thermo,
place where the nuptial bond was first fi t d
nine years before.
The Presii Ent’s Message.— With regard to
the■ President’s Message, it is stated that but
one proof has been drawn from tho types, and
that was in the custody of the President 'hi m :
self.', Another reporter states that if th a
House ho not organised by Tuesday, the Jfo,.-
sage will ho scut in without further delay
Jftarmt
On the let inst., by the Rev. Win. Korn
Mr. CURTIS Ivost, -to Miss Margaretta A
Armstrong, nil of New Kingston. 1
On the Bth inSt., by the Rev. J. Ulrich, Mr.'
George OTIaJU. to Miss Anna Christum.
Jacobs, both of North Middleton toWnsliin
On the Bth inst,, by the Rev. A. If Kris
mer, Mr. WiLUAh VOLnossEß.nf West Pehnsi
borough twp., to. Mlss .ELi2Aur.Tii Moi'.vra of
Frankfort township, , ’ .
On the same day, by the same, Mr. Zaciia.
kias-Newcomer, to Miss Mailf Lanuis, Ixitii
of Mechanicsburg, . 1
On the Tlth inst,, by tlic RcV. ,T. Evant,
Mr. John LatcHEr, to Miss Mart Gaemhie,
both of this county.
On the Bth inst., by tho same, Mr. Clinic
tian Salsdurg, of Mintin' township, to'.Ufa
Sarah Jane M/CalID, of Frankford township.
On the same day, by the same, Mr. Sascei,
D. Blqser, to Miss Marv Baughman, both of.
Frankford township. ,
On the same day, by the same, Mr. Abut
Fisiirurn, of Dickinson township, to Miss
Kate E. llkffeluower, of West- Ponnsho>
rough-township?
®ieb.' ,
In this borough, on tlicGth inst.; Mrs. Mint
Clark, aged .70 yrs.
Near Nowville, on the 2d inst., Mrs.—'
wife of Mr. Jonathan Snyder, aged 54 year*.
In Ncwvillo, on tho Bth inst., Mrs; Magda
lene R. wife of Mr. Samuel Bear, Aged 41
years, 5. months and 13 days.
Solicc I<» IhosC lndi'blcil.
ALL persons knowing themaelyos‘lnOeorest~
to.tho undersigned, are■ notified Abut I t-xpct\
them to,settle their several accounts beforo the Ist
of next mouth, (Jam a y,) as longer indulgence cac-,
not and will not bo granted;
C. INHOTT, ,
Cnrlislo, Doc. 15, 1850—3 -
Notice.
r pilß undersigned have been appointed Asr
I ' aignecs tor the benefit of creditors, hy Joseph
Uitner, Jr., under deed .of voluntary assignment, Ju
ly rendered in the proper office for the County of
Cumbt rlaud. Those indebted to the said Itilncr,
will make payment, nnd those having claims nil
present them to Jacob Rhfem, Carlisle, Pa.
JACOB RIIEEM,
Win. M. PENROSE,
JUonpap.
■ Carlisle, Dec. 15, 1859—3t*,
' Noiko. ~
IVTOTICI'j is hereby given, that the follow*'
1 1 jng named persons have filed with the ends
.signed’, their petition for License under the Ad
Assembly of,"lst Mareb, 1850, and the aupph'menli
therefo, which petition' will bo presented to In
Court of Quarter Sessions of Cumberland County,
oil Monday, the Dtb day of January, ISCO.
HOTELS.
East IVar'd Borough of Carlisle,
; W. W. Kline,
John Ilotfinnn,
Weal Ward « “ David 11. Gill/’ •
Pbilif) Augiihibriigii,
Dickinson Township,' Jacob_ ftedicckor* - ■
1 Wosl’Pcnnsborongb,- Lewis Ailuv.
Carlisle West Ward, - "Williaui hcaVi,
Mechamcshurg Boro' J. A. *
Kerr.
Shipponsbn'l'g Bofo' . Philip Deitricb.
D. S. CKOFT/ Clerk.
Carlisle, Doc. 12, 1859.
Proclamation*
WHEREAS the lion. JaotS H,; <^*"l
President Judge, of tb6 several Co
Common Pleas of the cohntica Of Cuinborlana» .■
ry, and Juniata* and Justices Of - .
of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail DP.. f c j
said counties, and Samuel Wopdburn andl A .
Cocklin, Judges of the Courts of Oyer an ,j
her and General Sail Dolivoryfor of
capital and other offenders, in tho c , .-.J
Cumberland, by their receipts to me diwct » .
the lith day of August, 1850, . ordered tw
Court of Oyer and Terimner add 9 c^5 B i!r ftn riiiTof
livery to be holden at Carlisle/’on the ZdM
January,. 1060, (being the oth day,) at lOodocm
tho forenoon, to continue two weeks. - Tt ,..s ces
NOTICE is hereby given tothoCorop » . 0 f
of tho Peace, and Constables of iho paid
Cumberland, that they aro by tho said pr P per .
mandod to be then -and there in thoir P r r c j.
sons, with their rolls, records, and iuqmsr
animations, and'all other rtmombranopSi oDO#
things which to their offices appertain to
and all those that nro bound by recogni or then
prosecute against tho prisoners that ur , *hcrol°
shall be in tho Jail of said county, nro to
prosecute them as shall bo just. _ CJl , r ; ff,-
ROBERT M’CARTNEY, Sktr'S
Carlisle, Deo. 22, 1859. ■ —'
CARRIAGES FOR SAE* 3 -
THE subscriber has now on lumd
sivo assortment of now and sccona-ua e j-
RIAGES which ho will sell cheap for casu,
change for good horses. # ...
Persons in want 6f such articles w»
call at the Livery Stable, corner of A^
street and Dickinson Alley. AN.
ADAM SBNSKMAW
. Horses and Carriages ns usual at »'
Carlisle, Doe. 22, 1869—4 t.
“Portable Chis ugUt.” . fJ
THE undersigned aro now prepare fix ,
nish “Loveless' Portable Gas
tureft at prices ranging from $5 t° u i lt 0 n ofi*
has the'todvantago ovo#. other artificial g c ost
count of its safety, brilliancy and «co»o»y»
of a/uH about ope P or ~ sno
Orders from 8 . onDl ads
full ehtiafaction
to obuachcß and schools.'. • , tp , llr l o ted to *’
All orders will receive & CO.
.KaT', Garti> l ‘> P^ b 4
\ Wc would refer to, the following gontlem
have had the light in use. , « ‘
W. TV. Walts, Esq. H : A. Sturgeon, »
DJI. D. Mahon. 3<a-
Wm. JCorr, Esq. , Col. J. M
.-• OurllshvDeo. 15, 1860—3 m-
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