AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
JOHN B. BMTTON, Editor & Proprietor.
CARLISLE, EASIER. 23,1860,
BSSf The editor was absent when to-day’s
paper was put to press. Our readers, there
fore, will please excuse all errors as well as
the lack of editorial matter,
Our Senator and,members of the rfouse
of-Representatives will accept our thanks for
sending us documents.
Postponed.— The lecture by Dr. S. Puffer,
is postponed until Thursday evening next, the
Ist of March.
• Distressing Accident.— A friend residing
in Nowville, sends us the particulars of a dis
tressing accident which occurred in Mifflin
township, on Monday last a week. As some
persons were engaged in thrashing grain at
the barn of Mr. David Storrott, a young man,
named Miller, became entangled in the ma
chinery of the horse power, by which one of
lii's legs was horribly crushed, tearing it oil
above the knee. Dr. Stewart, of Sluppens
' burg, was called in, and amputated the limb.
' Our informant says that the patient is doing
as well as ean bo expected under the oireum
stances, and' hopes are entertained of his re
• eovery, ■ ' '
■The Graduates of our Office. —"Wo have
Boon lit the printing business for twenty years,
during which time sixteen young men have
learned the business with us.- Of course we
feel a. lively interest for those who served
their time with us, and graduated under our
Instruction, With otic or two.exceptions, our
boys” (some of them nearly as old as our
self,) have, turned out well, and several of
them are men of mark. Ilaving been mem
bers of our own family, and somewhat idcntl
.. fied with us in the “ upsand downs” of busi
ness, wo naturally feel for their welfare and
success. But one of the number is dead,
(GeOroe Kerr, of California,) who, at the
tinm of his death, wasji distinguished, editor,
. .and Printer to the State; The remaining fif
' teen are in business, ns follows-—Editors and
proprietors of newspapers, G; .journeyman
V printers, 2; reporter for the press, 1; clergy
man,!; clerk,!; lawyers, 2 ; day laborer,' 1.
Eight of them are married, and seven are sin
- glo. -We have reason to fool proud of opr
“ graduates,” and embrace the 1 present oppor
iunity of Wishing .them success in their sover
al callings. . .
Y. M.-C. A. Lectures— The. third lecture
of the course now being delivered for the be
nefit of. the Young Mch’s Christian Associa
- tioh, .will bo delivered on this ( iliursday)
Evening, in the First ■ Presbyterian Church,
by Eev. Mr. Marks, of. Pittsburg. Subject,
“ Scenes in Northern Palestine.” The. Lec
ture will commence at 7) o’clock precisely.—■
Tickets 15. cents each, may bo, had at the
storcs-of Messrs. 1 Saxton, London; Halbert,
and J.-U. Steel,‘and at the door of the Church.
• o"'W'(r attended tho performance of the
Carlisle Corps .Bramatique-on last Thursday
evening-, and -were very agreeably surprised
. at the 1 admirable manner in which the Corps |
acquitted themselves. Tho bills announced
Mrs.. Lovell’s beautiful translation of “Ingo
mar/’'together with tho Farce of “Slasher and
■ Crasher,” and a Pas Soul Comique; by Prof.
• S.S.. Balk. The-parts of Ingomar and Parr
■ thonia. the-hero and heroine of the piece, ,iri
the hands of Sir. Balk, woro.artis
• ticaily. rendered, and drew many well merited 1
■ ; rounds of applause. Polydcr/by Mr. Turner;
the Timaroh, by. Mr. Scott; Master, by Mr.
French; were all well played- But all “play
] ! od well their parts,” and we' do not wish to
’ particularize.- Tho piece had evidently been
well studied and carefully rehearsed; and was
beautifully and correctly dressed, and put
. upon the stage in a manner highly creditable
to the. Corps. Tho 'Pas Soul Comique was
, executed in tho most skillful stylo by Piof. S.
S. Balk; and the Faroe was played with a
degree of eclat that would have pleased, its
gifted author, John Maddisqn Morton, Esq.—-
Wo trust the pieces will bo repeated at an
early date.
SENATOR DOUGLAS’ GREAT SPEECH.
On-our first-page will'bo found the master
ly and unanswerable speech of Judge Doug
las, “on the invasion of States,” delivered in
the United, States Senate, bn the- 23d ult.—
iThe Black Republican journals of this and
..other Northern States;.-have'denounced, the
distinguished author of this' speech in coarse
billingsgate language,-because' of the senti
ments it contains. The best answer wo can.
-make to those foul attacks, is tho publication
of tho speech itself. In our. judgment, it is
powerful in reasoning,-and must carry convic
tion' to every unprejudiced mind. We only
ask its careful perusal by all into whoso hands
bur paper may fall; and if they' arc not then
convinced that Senator Douglas is correct in
his conclusions, wo shall bo very much disap
pointed. Rea’d the speech, them one and all!
*■
Painful Accident-.— The following account
' of ir painful accident, weclip- from- the Ship
, ponsburg Acies of week before last.. “On
* Monday last a week, Mr. Alox. Clippingor, of
Southampton township, had his leg broken by
a kick from a horse. , While following the
remains of Robert Honthorn to the grave, the
funeral procession was by some means cheek
ed in front,, which brought the rear carriages
and horses close 1 together, when a young beast
ridden by Mr. David Tritt r becoming restive,
reared, and kicking, struck Mr.. Clippingor
upon the leg, fracturing both bones a little be
low the knee. He was taken homo in a car
riage, when the limb was skillfully sot by
Drs. Stewart and Howland, under whose care,
.we are informed, he is getting along as well
as the-caso will permit.”
Watcid Him.—A. young man of about twen
ty-one 1 years of age;, is traveling through eas
tern Pennsylvania;, rejn'csonting' himself as
agent of the American Tract Society. Eecent
developomonta prove that ho is an impostor.
We call attention to the matter now,, iw view
of the scamp's probably visiting our county.
Mojie Snow.—There was another heavy
fall of snow on Saturday last, improving ,tho
sleighing, and causing the hearts of the livery
men to rejoice. The streets are alive with
sleighs, causing the air to resound with the
pleasant music of the constantly jingling bolls.
Now is the time for “fun and frolic,” and our
young folks seem determined to enjoy it.
UNION and harmony a duty.
The enemies of the Democratic party who
are building their hopes for the futur.o upon
the supposed difficulties in our ranks, are
doomed to a bitter disappointment. Every
day brings evidence, says an exchange, that
the Democracy are determined not to lot tri
vial differences of opinion upon abstract ques
tions stand in the way of a complete and cor
dial union of 1860. We meet Democrats from
all quarters of the State,.and find that they,
are all of one mind. Thopast .will be wiped out.
: Tho future demands all our energies and ex
ertion! Democrats, no matt ;r what peculiar
opinions they may Hold concerning territorial
abstractions, all agree that without union it
is useless to enter upon the Presidential strug
gle, and that union must and will bo had.
There is a common enemy to overthrow. Tho
! common abhorrence for the extreme and dan
dangerous abolitionism with which tho Ko
publican party is now infecting tho atmo
sphere of tho North, has wiped out trivial
distinctness among tho members of the Dem
ocratic party, and consolidated them ns one
man, to stay the further advance of an insidi
ous and reckless fanaticism; -
This is no time to bicker about trifles. The
irrepressible conflict is upon us. The Demo
cratic party is tho only party opposed to the
abolltionizod republicans. Every man must
take his stand with party or against it. The
heat of the contest will molt out all interme
diate degrees. The Presidential struggle of
1800 wifi witness tho Democratic party upon
a platform of equal rights to all the States of
the Union under tho guarantees of the Consti
tution, and determined antagonism to north
ern and southern sectionalism. It will also
witness the Republican party upon a platform
of sectional opposition to slavery and aggres
sion upon theinstitutioneof the South, wielding
to this destructive purpose all tho accumulated
fanaticism of years. Thb irrepressible conflict
speech of Seward, and the Helper pamphlet,
advising the North to attack slavery in tlio
States, which is recommended by Republican
■leaders, and circulated under tho frank of
Republican Congressmen, give a now impulse
and direction to the party which has hereto
fore professed moderation.
The Democratic party has a solemn duty to
perform in this crisis. It must renew’its
strength! forgot.its divisions, and go forth in
its might to battle with the giant wrong. . The
cause is a noble one, and should strengthen
each arm and inspire every patriotic heart.
Ours is the sacred cause of the Constitution
and the Union, now assailed and imperiled,
In this emergency, the first duty of every
Democrat and Union man. is to perfect, an
organization which shall bo able to cope suc
cessfully with the abolitionized Republicans.
■lt-is ; gratifying to sec the deep, hold this feel
ing lias taken upon the' Democracy of Penn
sylvania, and how completely old hostilities
are disappearing in-tho presence of tho great
need. Like soldiers who before, a conflict con
tended concerning the most effective weapons
of assault, they stand shoulder to shoulder
as soon as the 1 smoke of battle begins to gath
er, thick around-them. Lot union, harmony, I
a bold front, a vigorous battle; and a glorious
victory bo our watch-words 1
SUtlcing lo their Principles.
, ' Sixty-eight black republican members of
Congress, including their candidate for Spea
ker, together with Senator Seivard and all,
their organs, halve endorsed the following sen
timent of the Helper book:
“ ire believe that thieves arc, as a r/enem
rule, less amenable to moral law than slavehol
ders J’
The party which has thtis endorsed this
sentiment, have illustrated their preference
for thieves,, robbers and forgers, by appointing
them to office, and sustaining and defending
them. In-. Massachusetts they'elected John
E. Frye to the Senate, who forged notes to
the amount of $12,000 ; they elected I. 1'- She-
pard, to the House, who, robbed a Savings
Bank to the amount of $40,000 or $50,000;.
they appointed Burnham .Liquor Agent, who
defrauded the public to an indefinite amount
by “extending” his liquors. In Maine they
appointed the Ecv. Peck to the office of State
Treasurer, and ho has, thereby robbed the
State and individuals to the amount of about
$lOO,OOO. In Michigan they appointed a
State Treasurer who has “appropriated”
$llO,OOO of-the people’s money. In , other
States whore they have power,- they have
grossly squandered tho public money and al
lowed theft and robbery in every indirect
form. And finally, their whole party has en-
dorsed Helper’s book; and they are circula
ting it all over the Northern States and ta
ken Helper to their bosoms and. confidence,
while he is known to have stolen ?300 from
his employer. Who wonders that after so do
ing they regard thieves ns “ loss amenable to
moral law” than honest men ?
Deaths-im Harrisburg. —Tho Harrisburg
papers record the deaths of Jacob A. 3pofford,
an old and popular printer; of Wm. P. Bea
ty, for many-years connected with the Lancas
ter Railroad; and of David. Chandler, a well
known citizen. ,
Republican BAi-noTiNo;—The New York
Courier and\ Enquirer has pronounced for
Win. If. Seward,-and declares that,, should
either Bell, Crittenden or Bates “ask to be
come the standard-bearer, in the name of the
Republican party, it must respectfully decline
the honor intended to bo conferred upon it,
and holts in advance!”
Senatorial Conference. —IVc are, reques
ted to publish that the' Senatorial Conferees,
composed of the counties of .Cumberland, Per
ry, Juniata and Mifflin, will assemble in New
port, Perry county, on Friday, the 24tli inst
Got what he deserved; —On last Monday
week, n dry goods clerk of Rochester, N. Y.,
who had grossly insulted a young lady of that
city, a few days before, was unmercifully flog
ged -with a heavy riding whip, in the hands
of a cousin of, the lady. The whipping took
-place in the street, and was witnessed by
numbers of people, who expressed no sympa
thy with the sufferer.
A violinist by the name of Price, who
at the Cirque was accustomed to play the vio-
lin while standing on a ladder placed perpen
dicularly on a platform, and which ho at the
same time made to move about, has just mot
with a fatal accident in. one of the cities in
the centre-of France; By a false movement
ho fell from the ladder and was killed, on the
spot. ,
COMING EVENTS IN ITlllY,
Dark clouds wo rapidly gathering on the
political horizon of Italy, and thd apprehen
sion which is folt in certain; quarters of ano
ther discharge of electricity, next sppmg,
seems not to bo without foundation That
the Italian question could he sett!*!>on the
basis of the Villa Franca treaty, with or with
out the aid of a European Congress, we hate
never believed. Wo have-always regarded
that treaty as forming a phnsls only m the
development of the programme of N aPot.kos
111 and events, and the signs of the times,
seems to bear us out. Even the na™w
sifiiitod British journals bogm to feel that the
existing state of things in Italy cannot last
much longer. Satisfied that a conflict of Sonic
kind is preparing, they as well ns the British
Ministry, the latter fully convinced that it is
not in their power to prevent it, Or oven to
change its course, have raised the cry of "non
interference,” to'whioh Napoleon', who knows
how to cajole the English, says “Amen, and
while ho gains their confidence and their mer
cenary admiration, by his so-called free-trade
concessions, which will supply his naval de
l pots with British coni, and his Arsenals with
balls and shells of British iron, he quietly
re-inforces his armies in Lombardy and Borne.
Non-intorfcrencOj with 80,000 French troops
in Italy! How Napoleon, understands his
promise pf non-interference, wo shall see,—
He is the man of surprises, and his anxiety to
conciliate the English people and dispel their
fears, at the same time that his relations with
Russia continue most intimate, and those with
Austria arc assuming a threatening aspect,
should bo ground of caution and distrust.—
Austria, at least, seems fully aware of her
dan "-or, and while asserting that reductions
Of the army in Italy are taking place, she fol
lows the example of Franco, and constantly
sends reinforcements into her Southern pro-
vincos.
Napoleon’s original programme, Italy
free to the Adriatic," was abandoned only for
reasons ef expediency, and the re-instalment
into office of Count CavoUß, the Italian re
presentative of that programme, which could
not have taken place without the consent of
the French Emperor, is not without its deep
significance. The Austrian Court evidently
sees in it a menace, and we consequently hoar
.that “ M. de Moustieb, the French Ambassa
dor, is- treated with extreme coolness by the
Austrian aristocracy and bureaucracy.,
It will be remembered that the arrangement
regarding the cession by Sardinia of Nice and
Savoy to France, as a,recompense for the an
nexation of Lombardy find Venice to Sardi
nia, was attributed ‘to Count Cavouk, find
■when now with the Count’s return to power,
the French .papers again discuss this . subject,
it is not without purpose. ’ Nor is it difficult
, to explain why, at this juncture, Venice shows
all of a sudden suoh.unmistakeablo symptoms
of rebellion, and why Hungary is animated
by a similar spirit. The most rigorous mea
sures, we are informed, had been adopted both
in Venice and Hungary by the Austrian go
vernment to suppress . revolutionary demon-
Birations. ...
About ,80 persons ■were. arrested at Yonice
.for taking the lead in, such demonstrations,
1 and sent to the Island of , St. .Giorgio "Mag
\ glare. It is also Said that the Italian prison
l ers will ho removed to one of the fortresses in
. the interior of the empire. Hungary, hum
bled and crest-fallen after" the' .revolution, be
gins to show a determined fropt. A deputa
tion of Magyars had presented themselves
before the Minister President, boldly demand
ing the settlement of certain questions “ in a
way which'was in accordance with their his
torical rights.” ' . ■.■ -
There can ho no doubt that the Yonetians
and Magyars are encouraged in their opposi
tion to the Austrians, by the attitude of the
Tuilerics, as well as direct inspirations from
that quarter. In a second Italian war they
would bo needed. A simultaneous insurrec
tion in both countries would prostrate the
rickety Austrian rule; and the game would he
lan easy one. . The point of attack, this time,
would not bo tho, “ quadrangle,” but Venice.
A revolution in I cnico would aroxisc the na
tional feeling, and troops from every Italian
State would hasten to the scene of battle, and
then Prance would Como to the rescue, under
the pretext of restoring order and saving Eu
rope from a general conflagration, or under
.some other specious pretest, but tho result
would be tho consummation of the policy—
‘ Italy free to the Adriatic.”
Elouement. —The lowa Visitor learns the
facts of an elopement, from which it appears
that a young man and lady arrived at the
lowa House on Saturday week, whore they
passed ns man and wife until Monday. On
that day tho father of the girl made his ap
pearance, and, after some solicitation,-persua
ded the erring daughter to return to her home,
sonic eight miles from Des Moines. The
young man also took tho backward track, but
in charge of an officer. lib had been a suitor
for her hand, but, not proving acceptable to
tho parents, with tho assistance of a doctor,
had administered a drug to her, under tho in
fluence of which she consonted-tb elope with
him, assuming tho character of wife. Tho
girl was only fourteen years of age.
Economy of DvTn6Strcgoi.es.— lvv'mg
used to toll a story illustrative of the Yankee
talent at “ making things pay.” A man who
sent turkeys to market also swept chimneys
for a living—tying a cord around the nook of
the'bird so as not to choke- it too suddenly,
and then drawing it up and down tho-chinmcy
so that the flutter of the expiring; struggle
might do the sweeping. The papers tell us
also that there is a grocer in Pennsylvania
who is said to he so mean that he was seen to
catch , a fly off his counter, hold him up by his
hind legs, and look into the crocks of his feet,
to see if, ho hadn’t been stealing some of his
'sugar.
(CTThe receipts into the United States
Treasury for the quarter ending with Decem
ber, wore, from customs, nearly $10,000,000;
Treasury Notes, under the act of December,
1857, $4,000,000. The aggregate being, with
receipts from other sources, $15,500,000. The
expenditures for the same period wore over
$10,000,000,
Requisition upon Canada ron a Fugitive,
—A requisition has hcon made by this Oov
erment upon that of Canada, under the Ash
burton treaty, for the rendition of a fugitive
from justice by the name of Ritchie, who es
caped recently from St. Lawrence county,
Now York..
Tilt Hermitage-
Wo made a pilgrimage to this ’' all . o '!,°,
spot a few evenings since, says the Nashville
Banner,' and spent’ah hour or so rambling
through the gravelled waits and flowery
nucs in the vicinity of the tomb of the immor
tai liero,- Jackson. We' could hut think of the
heglVot that'has boon so long manifested by
trtir people in the improvement and fitting up
of tilßse grounds, now the property of the
State, and of the preservation from the hanrt
of the dcsolator of a spot,so dear to the heart
of every Tennessean. The grounds should be
properly laid out and decorated with shrub
bery, and a kcepot appointed to receive y.s.L
ers, and guard and protect the monument and
the floral adornments which .surround it front
the rude hand of desecration. Undoubtedly,
the hermitage in one of the chief objects, ol
interest to tho travellerTi’isitor to our city.
: It is a delightful drive of twelve miles from
the city, over the Lebanon turnpike. Wo ap
proach the spot with the reverence due to tho
immortal dead.
Tlie farm, grounds, and all, are in a per
fect state of preservation. In tho garden the
old hero reposes. Beneath a modest temple,
all that is mortal of the great Jackson lies bu
ried. There, beside tho wife he cherished
jvith more than manly affcction-r-bocause,
whereas ho was all sternness and iron will
elsewhere, he was but yielding fondness to lus
Kacliel—ho is buried.
Wo could but Stand mute observers ot the
scones and places where the hero of New Or
leans had walked and talked. A flower we
plucked, the fragrance of which wilt survive
even partyism.
The Jlormitago estate is now owned by the
State of Tennessee, and it is proposed to es
tablish an agricultural college there, A bet
ter tribute could not be paid to tho chieftain
of New Orleans. , From tho farms and firc
sidcs of Tennessee and Kentucky ho drew the
riflemen who shot down Packonham at Now
Orleans. . . _
AVo notice that a resolution offered by. Mr.
Stohes, of Wilson, has been adopted by our
Stale Senate, appointing ,thc. Committed of
Ways and Means to inquire into and examine
the matter in relation to the Hermitage, and
report to the Legislature. AVo are truly glad
to learn that this resolution has boon adopted
in the Senate, and trust it may meet with a
similar favor in the lower House. AT? sin
cerely trust, also, that some plan may be de
vised for the rejuvenation and fitting up of
these grounds, and we shall await the report
of the Committee with no small degree of in
terest.
Late and Euuoi’ean News.-
Wo "have intelligence from-Europe by the
steamer Bohemian, which reached Portland
bu Tuesday forenoon* to the 2d instant. The
Now York packetship Endymion was
ed by fire in the Jlorscy'on the 31st ultimo.
There were twdnty-fivo second-cabin passen
gers, who -with; the crew and the. luggage of
the passengers, were saved. Some of the
cargo, which, was large and valuable, would
be saved jn a damaged state. The London
Times says that proposals have been -made to
, the -Culled stadia relative to tbo Saw Juan
\ affair, which vAutd prove satisfactory ° ° *
\ countries. TWTto'&'.Vmvers "has been sup
pressed; cause of which was
the publication pf-thp Pope’s.-letter, giving the
motives for his refusal to accept the advice of
the Emperor to give up the , Romagna. The
paper is to ho continued in Brussels. Other
journals have been'warned. A popular dc
monstrationhad occurred at Chambcry against
the annexation of.'Sitvoy to. France. The
French protectionists were making strenuous,
efforts againstthoproposed commercial treaty.
It now appears that the ancient rule in Cen
tral Italy cannot bo restored, and that the
Congress is postponed indefinitely. Owing to
ho continuance of agitation and demonstra
tions of discontent; it was considered likely
hat as stale' of siege would be declared in
-Hungary. .Another engagoriiont between the
Spaniards and' Moors is reported, in which
the latter were, repulsed with immense losses,
Bold Operation— On Thursday afternoon
of last week, two men, disguised in female ap
parel, entered the house of Mr. Bell, of Pitts
burg, seized his wife, hound her hands, and
foot, closed her mouth with a wax plaster, and
then proceeded to rob the house, expecting to
‘ get possession of §3,ooo,.which Mr. Bell had
collected that day for a specific purpose. In
this they were disappointed, however, but ob
tained a small amount of money and some jew
elry. The approach of Mr. 801 l wassignallod
by a confederate outside, and the rascals ef
fected their escape, Mrs, 8011, unable to
speak or move, remained where the scoundrels
loft her, until released by her husband.
Jgg"lt is a curious fact, not generally
known, that Now Jersey has a fugitive slave
law of her own, enacted in 1793, and ro-onao
tod with modifications in 1830 and 1840. Tho
slaveholder or his agent can apply to a Com
mon Pleas Judge, and tho arrest will bo made
by the Sheriff, and the’ question of property
decided by three jmjgcs. This law is in ac
cordance with that interpretation of tho feder
al constitution which makes the restoration of
fugitive slaves tho duty of the States. ..Now
Jersey has also a law authorizing a slavehol
der to take his slaves through the State, and
to make a temporary residence with them.
A letter from New York says—“ The
great Cuban sailed with his now wife, of the
“Diamond "Wedding” fame, on Saturday a
week for Cuba. The party had trunks, box
es, bales and bundles sufficient for a General
commanding an army of occupation. Jnst be
fore ho started Sig. Oviedo wont into Benin's
and took up a note of $5OOO, which ho gave at
the time- of the wedding for a few little trink
ets purchased for Miss Bartlett. The Cuban
paid it with all the- coolness that other men
would have paid- $5.”
Tub Younu Idea out "West. — A school tea
cher in Union, county, Indiana, was ducked,
on the 3d of last month,- because ho didn’t
treat during the holidays. His pupils insist
ed that he should treat or take a ducking.—
Ho refused, and they took him to a stream
near by, cut a whole in the ice, and put him
in and pulled him out about a dozen times.—
The teacher had them fined, and it cost each
one of the young gentlemen $5-.
JQy The clergy live by our sins, the doctor
by our diseases, and the lawyers by our fol
lies. "What do printers live on—coho answers
—what I
A Boy Convicted of Murder.
Tho trial of Benjamin Boyburn for the
sixteen years old, ana mo
of the case
the 25th of October last, in
part of Chester county the little
tion disappeared after being seen ■
ity of tlio field in which Benjamin Boy
was ploughing; and the next day a tia.l ot
Wood and displaced leaves, aWpodyetonoo
ten pounds weight, and tho plaeo of an appa
rent struggle were discovered in ll>' n “E'
of the woods adjoining the field in winch Bey
burn had been working ; the
mill pond in which; at a distance of.forty feet
from the shore, the body was discovered in the
water, which was at that place, some four feet
deep. When the body was drawn upon the,
bank, finger marks Were found upon the
throat, the head gashed and- bruised in many
places, and the body generally bearing marks
° f On Benjamin was found blood, his shirt and
bis pantaloons being marked with its traces
Yet, according to the testimony, he had done
a full day’s work at ploughing, hodgone.tea
religious meeting in the evening of the day of
the murder, and acted throughout in wonder
ful consistency with his protestations; of inno
cence. Mo accounted for the blood by saying
his nose had bled, a matter not difficult of be
lief, as he was ploughing hind both stony am
stumpy, and where the handle of his plough
might at any moment have occasioned bleed
ing at the nose. ;
The boy is manifestly not very bright, ns
when returning from the court to the jail, an
after the painful and exciting scones of the
delivery of the verdict, ho asked with trans
parent simplicity of the officer "whether bo
thought the jury would convict him.’
‘Eevbukn Sentenced.— Benjamin Eeyburn,
the lad who was convicted at West Chester
on the 11th, of murder in the second degree
was sentenced on Monday , following, to 11
years and 6 months’ imprisonment to the eas
tern' Penitentiary.
A Gallant Act— Mujisbeks CaptiAed in
the Golf.—Oh tlie 2d irist., the Commander
of the U. S. revenue cutter,' "Lewis Cass,”
cruising in the Gulf of Mexico, espied the
American ship “Isabella,” bound to New Or
leans from Boston, displaying the signal of
distress —her colors nt half-mast, tlnd ‘Union’
down. He ordered Lieut. Thomas D. Bister,
with a full boat’s crew, : armed, to. board her,
and see what was the matter. The orders
were forthwith executed, , and it was discover
ed that both officers and the crowpf the “Isa
bella” were in a. state of mutiny. : The gal
lant young: Lieutenant, with a promptness
and courage that did him infinite credit, im
mediately. had the first and second officers put
in irons, and restored subordination among
the crew by warning them that bo, would
shoot down tbe first.man who Refused to go
to work; Lieut. Lister and his boat’s crow
remained on the “Isabella” ail night, and
next morning reported to his commanding of
ficer, Capt. Brushwood, vvho ordered him to f
take charge of tho vessel, with the two priso
ners, and take her into the port of New Or
leans. ■ He arrived there, with his charge, on
the evening of the Bth, and delivered up the
mutineers to the United States Marshal. He
had further orders to remain on board the
‘‘lsabella” until tho trial of the prisoners,
which was to have taken place on tho I3th,
Tho “Isabella” is h fino vessel of 1700 tons,
commanded by Capt. A. M. Bunt.
Natural Compass. —lt is a well-known
fact that in tho vast prairies of Texas a little
plant is always to be found which, under all
circumstances of climate, change of weather,
rain, frost, or sunshine, 'invariably turns its
leaves rtnd flowers to the North. If a solitary
traveller were making, his way across those
trackless wilds, without a star to guide him
or compass to direct him, ho finds an uner
ring monitor in an humble plant, and ho fol
lows its guidance, certain- that it will not mis
lead him.
Camels— Benjamin M, Woolsey, of Selma
Alabama, writes to the Savannah Republican
an account of his experience with the camel.
Ho thinks that open paved streets, ns in Now
York or Now.Orlcans, they Would last longer
and do better 'than the mule, and would not
ho subject to broken knees and diseases of tho
foot; and that tho curvature of the spine, tho
superior weight and. strength of the camel,
eminently fit him for tho car and dray.. He
can carry on his back as much' as- can be
paokod in a two horse wagon/ ,
jjgy" Thoßov. George Chandler, who died
a day or two ago, was the oldest preacher in
Philadelphia, having been called to tho pas
torship of,the Pirst Presbyterian Church in
tho year 1815, but commenced preaching there
in November, 1814. During his long minis
try, he added over thirteen hundred members
to his church, baptized many thousands of
persons, married! 3100 couples, and since 1820
has attended five thousand funerals. Mr.
Chandler was a man very widely known and
much respected.
Money Recovered from a Human Stomach.
—The Nashville (Tenn.) Union of the Bth,
says *—At the residence of W. P. Reaves, in
Shelby county, on Friday night, the 3d inst.,
Mr. R. J. Fullerton was robbed of $l2O in
bank bills—one of the denomination of $lOO
and two $lO. A man named A. J. Philips
was accused of the robbery, and upon being
arrested, was seen to swallow the bills. Dr.
Pryor was at oncq called in and administered
ipecacuanha, whereupon the bills were spee
dily brought to light. Philips was commit
ted to the Raleigh jail to answer the charge of
stealing.
077’ Mr. John S". Jackson,, proprietor of the
Philadelphia Sunday Transcript, who was
some time ago convicted of libelling Dr. Smith,
was sentenced on Monday week to pay a fine
of $lOO and undergo an imprisonment of four
mouths.
BSy The longest railway lino in England is
the London and Northwestern, 910 miles; the
Northeastern is 746. Eight railroads have
their termination in London, and their gross
receipts are close upon $1,000,000 per week.
The total railroad receipts in Great Britain
are $2,500,000 per week. The total invest
ments in these roads are $1,953,413,757.
The Post-Office Bill a l aWi
ITS PROVISIONS. ;'
« v i k .The President na-
Post-office WU| ** isrt lore "
f °As a am:ndod previous to its
proprintos $4,296,000 f °* |^ tha ox
ciency in thorovonuosanddoraymg
ponses of the department for tlio y tho
with Juno Inst, and toward *ho supgor
ssssarsstVSrssW
XTof tho'^Mto/ln'whic^tho
on all sums foun , torost t 0 be paid only
carrying the mail, tl . ; n full for nil
%^S&S&.***'**
i December. .
Tim Oi.d-Sciiooi. AND Ne.'-Scuoo,,
tew iNS.-A writer in the Philadelphia J h.s-1
hnterian, makes the following statement o
known as the OUI-Sohool nnd Non-. School
Presbyterians. The Writer says he has based
his statements npon ehureh statistics, winch
8^S S t^»ye^ri
stood Thus upon the Minutes of then- respec
tive Assemblies
mUehooU , Kctc-Srlmnl
Ministers, . W3B ]2 S O
Communicants, 128,043 . 100,850 _
July Jea?s b T‘lB^c f °lini^rtnblo 0 .s >
ilius
Old-school. Kcic-ScUnh
_ r . . . 9f,7S 1558
Ministers, . ■ 1543
Churches, „- n enn 107989
Communicants, 2,9,600.
EXCESS IN' FAVOUR OF THE OLD-SCHOOL IN 1888.
Ministers, ’ ggg
Churches,; 0 _ A'-
Communicants, • • '*‘ f * . „
EXCESS IN FAVOUR OF T„E OLD-SCHOOL IN 1809.
Ministers, .^7,
Churches, 111 cn
■ Communicants,
CLEAR GAIN OF THE OLD-SCHOOL OVER THE NF.IV
SCHOOL IN TWENTY YEARS. • .
Ministers,
Churches,
Communicants,
jgy The civil Tribunal of Lyons Ims just
nivon a decision in a case of promise of mar
riage. Last March a M. Joachim and Milo.
Marie, in presence of their relatives and
friends, signed a contract of marriaga before;
a notary, and four days after, the bans were |
published in the usual Way. M. Joachim,!
made .his intended various presents, such as ,
jewelry,- a gold watch, shawls and, drosses,
and took.an apartment at 2,0l)0f. a year, Bu
on .the very eve of the'day fixed for the . wed-,
ding, .Milo, sent to inform M. .Joachim that
I she bad changed her iuind' and declined to .I
\ marry him. ■AM attempts to induce her to
\ change her mind proving fruitless. M. Joa
chim sued thelady for tlic'amount of expenses,
incurred, and for 2,OWL it's an indemnity for
'his loss in hiring an apartment Which ho no
ilonger required/ The'.tribunal'.condemned
the 0 lady to pay all the expenses find the
;amount expended hy M.- Joachim in presents,
hut rejected the demand for 2,000 f/ indemnity,
'and directed the parties to .pay their oWn
costs. ■
Jgy The Rochester Union of the 13 th in*
, slant, in noticing the arrest of Mr. Haunej,
the gift-book denier, arraigns him a? “the
confederate of a swindler who'took ?50* from
a poor iffivu in New York upon promise to give
a situation as clerk in a hook store,” in the
.city of Rochester.. ‘The poor man/ says the
Union, ‘sold 6a< his little business in New
York n't if sacrifice, resigned the' sitnatipn he
had, and moved Itcfe witjj his family just as
the winter was setting in. t?hon lie arrived
he found that there was no such book-dealer
in the city ns had employed him; in fact, ho
was swindled but of his $3O, and'suffered
largely beside/ Tim man who perpetrated
the fradd ga-ito this- A. Rannoy as a refer
ence, and R’anney told the victim that his om
pfoyw was all that ho represented himself to
ho. It whs one of the most heartless and cru
el swindles that we even heard of. It was ef
fected through Rannoy; and it is a subject for
- rejoicing that he has been arrested and stands
a chance of getting his deserts.’
Love of Country among toe Chinese. —Sir
i John Bowring, Into British Governor of Hong
■Song; hears strong-testimony to the love of
: country manifested hytho Chinese., On a re
cent occasion he said he helievcththat no Chi
naman ever left his.native land hut with a de
termined purpose to retnm to it; in most ca
ses only his body returned to he buried
amongst those of his forefathers, lie had
soon whole ship cargoes of corpses and coffins;
those yvhO tenanted the coffins having lived
and died with the belief that they would en
joy greater repose if their remains Were
brought back to the land of their hearths and
homes of former days.
The Contested Seats in the House. —The
Committee of the House of Representatives on
Elections will take up the contested scat of
Mr. Sickles first. The case turns uppn a point
of law as to tho oompotenoy of tho House to
take up and decide a contested seat where tho
legal notification of intention to consent was
not given by the contestant. ’
School Superintendents.-; —On the first
Monday in May next, a triennial Convention
of Directors of tho several Counties will meet
at their respective county seats to elect Coun
ty School Superintendents for a term of three
years. .
B@y*Tho Virginia,Democratic State Con
vention passed resolutions on Friday last, fa
vorable to Governor Wise for tho Presidency,
and pledged itself to support any national
ticket that maybe nominated according to tho
usages of the party.
. The Toronto Globe has a long article
expressing groat satisfaction in anticipation of
tho visit of tho Prince of Wales to Canada
next summer. Tho heir apparent, though a
mere youth, will undoubtedly create a groat
sensation both in Canada and the United
'States, provided ho “ behaves himself.?’
t from the. Petersburg Express \
Tlie Atrocious illnrdw of Dr. Croxlon by it, titk
T Female Slaves—His Wnrderers ConW, J||
Crime—Full Particulars. i|
On Tuesday, the citizens of Tappahancoti ll
wore shocked by the intelligence that n aJJ ||
horrible murder had boon commuted within, M
few miles of this town.
The details are sickening and dreadful, p, $
Wm. S. Croxton, an ngßrt and well known,* f|f
izon of this county, On Monday morning i a ,,t ■
was soon by his son and overseer, a tvo
well at his own house, about four miles
this place. Itis son wont off to school, „ J; :
his overseer to attend to sqme farm duty, boiU 1
intending to return at night, Dr. Croxton, t„,:
ncaro women nnd n email negro girl being ft,
onfv persons left on tho place.
At nigbt tho young man returned from
school at the usual hour, ftnd Was told by the
servants that his father had gone away...
Shortly after tho overseer also returned, tint
after waiting till bedtime, the old man beij.
still absent, they Wore naturally alarmed f„
his safety, but knew not Where to look ft,
him. The two negro women were again ft
but they persisted in dcclanni S
that their master had gone out through ft,,
cate on horseback, since which time theyhij;
seen nothing of him. While they were f (S i
talking, one of the neighbors came to ft,;
house, bringing Dr. Oroxton’s horse, haviej i
found him in a straw stack at a considers!;,i
distance from tho place; the saddle nklft ;
were cut in several places, and there vroi«
other evidences to lead to the .suspicion (ft ■
there had been foul play. _, - §
'.Nothing further was elicited that mgbt,l P
the following morning several members iF
semhlodl end, together with the overseer, w
to the stable and tracked tho horse in a w'J
trary direction to that which the worn and,if
ho had taken, and this circumstance, togclW •
with tho conftision manifested by the licgrw,
directed suspicion to them.
The little girl, whom wo have above refs
rod to, stated that she had hot scon her ns
tor since Monday niot'lllrig, but that there m
it groat lire in the kitchen all day. Tlic iila
was thus suggested to those present that ft
negro women had murdered the old man ni
burned his holly, Search was accordingly
made, and among the ashes in .tho lyo
there wore, found pieces of human hones,f»i
jack knlft, spectacles,- buttaiis, &o;, proviniiM
that Dr. CroXton had 1 riieta horrible fate. . .j^K
The negroes, now terrified : :to the'
degree, confessed that they had eommiMMi
the murder arid consumed: the body,
were accordingly taken before ,Justice DolttasS
who issued a warrant for, their committal t ||
remains of the deceased wore collects,
and ri jury*'cmpanriolled—the verdict benign
accordarico with the above facts, ; .-e
Winter in California* A ■Sacrflinjflto,,
letter writer describes the winter in Cjfca
thus- “Lillies are in hloom, togothcrmttc {&#
chrysantheum, the geranium, and «*««>{‘M
ing plant, which adorn the. porches. lta|;||
and there, too,-you will see; the white
vicing with the lilly, and the.red
the presence of the hardier flower under d. .;.
cool moisture of the nights. ,The huds oflfe
passion flowers are swelling, and the gn&fc
pointed heads of the hyacinth and crocus,
the dafodils have broken the ground.
891
291
114,418
jjgy- 'The Cincinnati papers say thatim*
ti-slavery clergyman of that city
wrote a letter to , Gor, Wise, soon after fc||
conviction of John Drown, begging thcp-|
1 logb of tpking Pfown's place on the fcUtjg
He sot forth that Brown was a hero, awlb ; v
life should bo spared for future brave
If that cduld.be done, ho (the minister) yv,-,
‘ready to sacrifice himself, and. would J&Vt
*■ die the .ignominious, death. T)ic
r Governor -Wise was to the effcei
> out of hie power to sftVff Wo life
BroWh, but if the minister was very araip||
to he hanged, and would come to Tits£,;|J
the Governor would try to hat'dhim na-i)mitv,s
. ddted I ..... , ~ l&f
Give Youn DuOs Water.—A freeze up
always dangerous on account of dogs. Til
can get hp drink, and, become'mad. EvM|
person owning a dog, should lie careful|||S
supply the animal with water daily, ns
best preventative against hydrophobia. hj|j|
quent cases of this terrible discaso occuti :’ig;
severe winter, weather, simply becaiiso |
poor dogs fitid it inipossiblp do supply
selves with water. Ice and snow oniyjwft.'prW
rate the thirst—-they must, have water, ,-IJ
IT* The Maryland Legislature, \iyn(ar/r l i;|
a unanimous vote has withdrawn tkamt
appropriation of $5OOO heretofore paid by thti
State to the Colonization Society.
ism has caused this reaction against the 1- Y'V:
negroes.
\CT lion. A. IL Reeder has written
in which ho expresses the wml' that ?:..0
publican party will not nominate him fori*
vernor, ife loves that party—he admiren
its fnnaticiei'rf and folly, but ho is not v®
to becontW a martyr for it at present. ;
Bills for tlid'following public sales of
scs,-Colts, Cows, Young Cattle; Sheep,ljlj :
and farthing Implcinehfeiliavo' lifeon
at this office, vizi;- , ‘--j !
: ■ Sale of Henry Snyder, below the Poor H*
on Wednesday, Feb. 29th. . • ~j
Sale'of Sampcl Snyder,.in FrankfonVW
ship, on Monday, Rob. 2Tth'.- 'j'
Sale of Alexander Buttorf, f! miles no y -
Middlesex, on Friday, March 2d. . ■ j
Sale of Edwin S. Sykes, Semite
Storrett’s Gap, on Saturday, March A
Sale of George W. Ringwalt, on the b ..1
Road, 5 miles east of Carlisle, on on (
March 3d. ■ ~ ’ i
Sale of Andrew. Seavors, on the roadlb,, . (
to Hays’ mill, on Thursday, March
Sale of T. C. Miller, in Dickinson
on Friday, March 2d. . .JR*
On tho 16th inst., by the Rov.J?* <.>>{
Mr. Jacob Steigleman, to Miss hm
gins, both of-Carlisle. , /w - i
On the 26th ult., by tho same, M r -
Zelqler, of Perry county, to M*bs t
Hughes, of Franklin county. , u 1 *
On the 9th inst., by tho Rev .■»• ip,’-;
mor, Mr. George M. Finkendinder. '*•_
ford township, to Miss Catii aicine 1 1e
oer, of Dickinson township. s
I
, j.’O
On tho 15th irist., Alice Al; 2
of Samuel and Hannah Caldwell? ag ',
3 months and 27 days.
Near Shophordstown, this 1 00., C
A. AVblty, wife of Jacob Cbover, J r *»
aged 37 years and 17 days.- . ;
Dearoetmothor, tli'ou linst loft u?;
Hero tliy loss wo deeply *■ :
But 'lis Q-od whehath boroit u >
He com oil- our sorrows ncai.
PUBLIC SALES,
DUfc
But again wo liopb to moot theii fj
Whoa tho days of lifo have “. iW-'
And with joy in llenvon to gr c
AVhoro no farowoll teat n* lo '
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