AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
JOHN B.- BUTTON, Editor h Proprietor.
CARLISLE, PA., MARCH 1,1860.
Don’t Forget.-— On Thursday, the Bth of
March, John C. Dunlap, of Silver Spring
township, near New Kingston, will sell at
public sale, his entire stock of Horsds, Cows,
Young Cattle, Hpgs imd Farming implements.
Also, Household and Kitchen Furniture.
The Reading Contention. —ln our next
wo will publish the proceedings of the Read
ing Democratic State Convention. AVe sin
cerely hope that union and harmony may go
vern its deliberations, and that a candidate
may bo named for Governor who will bocor
dially supported by the entire party. This
will certainly be the case, for all the gentle
men spoken of for this position are unexcep
tionable in every respect. Let us all deter
mine, then, to go for the nominee of the Con
vention, and thus secure a brilliant triumph
in October.
BSy A Balloon passed over our 'lbifop on
Sunday last, between four and five o’clock in
the afternoon. AFhother it contained a tenant
or not could not bo ascertained. It was very
high, appeared about the size of a bushel, and
was going north-east.
Accident to Col. Noisi.e. — We regret to
learn that our townsman, Col. A Noble, met
with a severe accident on Saturdaj- last. The
Col. has, for some months, been afflicted with
an affection of the spine, which made it diffi
cult for him to walk much. On Saturday,
fooling unusually well, ho went to his stable
to attend to some business and sec after his
stock, but in doing so he fell to the ground,
arid fractured one leg badly. Physicians
wore at once sent for, who attended, to his
case proiriptly, and he is at present doing
well.
BSS“ Wo frequently receive communica
tions, long obituary notices, &c., through the
Post Office, which wc are requested to publish
"by a subscriber.” If they arc really sub
scribers who send us.theso articles, why not
givens their names? The fact is, they are
not subscribers, and they perpetrate a lie for
Hio purpose of deceiving us. Some months
: since since we. published a lengthy obituary
notice, in compliance with a very polite note
. from “ a subscriber.” By more accident we
afterwards found out who the gentleman was
who represented himself " a subscriber.” lie
was a member of the church) but had never
been a subscriber of ours in his life.. lie lied I
■ to us for, the purpose of having his badly
. written obituary notice appear in our paper.
It was inserted after wo had spent a half hour’
... in. correcting its bad spelling and worse gram
. . mar-inserted, at a cash expense to us of at
least §l. We have, therefore, adopted the
rule to insert nothing at the request of “ a
subscriber” in future, and no man who is 1
afraid to give us his name; can use our col- '
runns for any purpose.
Accident—Fire. —Wc take the following
iobiis from the Shippen*burg Nem of Satur-
day.
_ /ii.rtjiKNT.—On Friday evening last, David j
Kc.cßXudDE,.n son of'Mr.* 'Henry-Eckem-ode,
of Southampton township,-bad his arm broken
by being thrown from a sleigh. It appears
that ho was on hie way to singing school at
Cloversburg, in a sleigh driven by his brother,
which- was upset by running against a snow
drift, and in falling out be fell upon bis loft
arm, fracturing both bones—one of them in
two places. One of thorn was broken in such
a manner that its extremity protruded through
the akin. His injuries were skillfully attend
ed to by Dr. Rankin, under whose care he is
rapidly recovering. ■ ■ •
Fike.—VFo learn that the dwelling house of
■ Sir, . John Dupfee, in Dickinson township, was
entirely destroyed by firo, on Tuesday morn
ing last. How the fire originated, or the ex
tent of the loss wo have not yet been in
formed.
A Goon Article.— Wo moan the “Orien
tal Pumice-Stone Toilet Soap,” recently re?
coivod and for sale by our enterprising neigh
bor, Inhoff. This Soap is far superior to
any yet offered to the public. It is manufac
tured from the piifyst material by an entirely
now process, and being blended with finely
powdered Pumice-Stone, and a healing vege
table substance, it easily and thoroughly clean
ses the skin, leaving it soft and smooth.
. -For bathing purposes it is peculiarly adap
tedj ns it refreshes and Invigorates the skin,
removing all impurities from the pores, im
parting to. it a fine, healthy appearance, be
ing far preferable to brushes or hair gloves.
IT. S. Hotel, Puila. —During a repent visit
to Philadelphia, wo “put up” at the United
States llotoj, S. E, cor. 11th & Market sts.
- Messrs. 11, W, Kanaga and Wu. M’Vev, are
the proprietors, and our old friend Charley
Franciscos, superintends the extensive Res
taurant end,Bar. The house is an excellent
one, and the obliging landlords sparo no
pains to make their guests fool at home. Mr.
Kanaga is a native of our county, arid is par
ticularly attentive to Cumberland county peo
ple who stop with him. We advise our friends,
therefore, to try the United States Hotel when
they visit the city. Ouj word for it, they will
not regret having done so.
Congress,— The Black ..Republican mem-
Hors of Congress occupied two months of the
scssioniu electing a Speaker, and, from pres
ent appearances, the balance of the session
will ho consumed in an effort to elect a Printer
to the House. -This is the f ‘reform, " wo sup
pose, the Republicans talked so much about
previous to the last election.
■. Since tho above was in typo, wo learn by
Monday’s proceedings that Mr. Ford of Ohio,
bas boon elected Printer.
The Couinq Census.— According to the
best calculation, the eighth census of the Un;
fed States, to bo taken this year, will rcsul
about ns follows
Whites. . .
SJavog. . . .
Vroo h)avkg.
—- ( 32,500,000
Within tile memory of men now living, the
population of the United States was but three
millions.. They have seen it multiplied by
ton a einglo lifetime!
t&~ The Pennsylvania State Agricultural
Society lias a surplus Hind of $lO,OOO in ite
Treasury. ■
The State NOT a Unit (or Cameron.
Tho Republican papers in the interest of
Simon Cameron in this State, have been de
ceiving their readers for some months past,
by reiterating the falsehood that tho Repub
licans wore “ d unit for Cameron for Presi
dent.” This oft-repeated assertion was made
to deceive, for it was well known that the en
tire 'Republican party had not and could not
bo debauched by the Winnebago Chief and
his tools. Notwithstanding tho many sins the
Republicans are charged with, and the ac
knowledged levity- of that infamous party,
still some of tho men of that' faction are hon
est in their convictions, and therefore never
have and never can countenance tho preten
sions of Cameron —never can so far forget
themselves as to permit him to become the
candidate of their party for the exulted posi
tion of President of the United States.
At the late Republican State Convention,
much to tho disappointment of Cameron and
his paid pimps, some forty delegates appeared
against him! And not only were they against
him, but they fought him like bull-dogs, and
referred to his antecedents in bold and pun
gent language., Cameron and his friends had
determined that the delegates to the Chicago
Republican National Convention should be
appointed by tho State Convention, but this
’proposition was resisted by his enemies in so
fierce fi manner, that a compromise was final
ly gladly accepted by his supporters. The
Harrisburg Cameron's mouth-piece,
says the following was the compromise agreed
upon by the Cameron and anfi-CAMERON men
in Convention: ■ .
“ On tbe qqe'stion of tins election of delegates by
tbe Convention, it'waa agreed that tbo Convention
appoint four delegates from cacb Congressional dis
trict voting in favor of tbe plan, and that those al
ready elected in dissenting districts, aa well ns those
to be elected in such districts, should stand as elec
ted and ns they tnay bo elected by such dissenting
.districts.'/ ’ - -
It will thus bo’seen that by the terms of the
above compromise, a divided delegation will
be in attendance at Chicago, and that Came
ron will have to contend against vindictive
enemies from Pennsylvania. This will de
stroy his prospects—if ever he bad any —for a
nomination, and may be regarded ns equiva
lent to a defeat in his own State. Simon has
thus found his level at last, add 'has discover
| ed the important fact that it is a much more
difficult undertaking to bamboozle a whole
party than it is to corrupt and-buy up mem
bers of Assembly. He may accomplish his
purposes through the people’s representatives,
and may find members sordid enough to bar
ter their souls'for his gold, but,when becomes
before the people of his own party, he will
find, hundreds and thousands of men who Trill
never be seduced by his
of nerve, who will look .him in the faco-and
defy his malice, and spit upon his money.—
They will follow Kim to Chicago, whore they
will “oppose him to the bitter end," as a dele-
gate remarked in the Harrisburg Convention.
His. fate is scaled, and all the puffing his hire
lings can do will not avert the inevitable doom
that awaits him. And thus another traitor
will receive a just punishment.
Hot A VAia report .—The Harrisburg Tele
graph; organ,) contains a very
1 unfair report of the proceedings of the late
Republican State Convention. The speeches
delivered on the.: occasion by the friends of
Cameron, arc published in full, but those that
wore delivered against him are omitted, and
not oven referred to. Such trickery as this
will not answer the purpose intended.
The Nomination: of Curtin. — The nomina
tion of Andrew G. Curtin for Goyernor, by
the late Republican State Convention,-was ef
fected on second ballot. The voting was ns
follows: '
Ist UAL. . 2l> DAL,
A. 6. Curtin, 50 74
Thomas M. Howe, 13 10
John Covode, 22 27
Samuel Calvin, 5 1
Townsend Haines; 5 . 4
David Taggort, ,16 11
LeviKiine, 12 7
George W. Scranton, 4 0
. Recent examinations of the ruins of
the Pemberton Mills tend, it is Stated, to show
groat culpability in the construction of the
walls. The bricks in those parts of the mill
still standing, in the fourth and fifth stories,
have ,no mortar adhering to t)ioai, showing
that the mortar was deficient ’in limo. Tho
use of this sand mortar is said to be a great
cause of insecurity in modern buildings. In
tho Pemberton Mill also the binding is pro
nounced insufficient. Only every tenth brick
was a hinder, whereas every fourth brick
should have been. Moreover, what appeared
to ho binders in some places, whore only half
bricks. In a space three feet long, in tho
south end of the mill, none but half bricks
were used ; so that there wore in . that place
twenty tiers of bricks without an intervening
binder.
Small Pox.— -Is this a Fact? —A medical
goritleman writes to a New York paper that
from oil tho information ho can obtain from
medical men now having cases of Small Pox
under treatment, that there is no house-whore
gas is burned, of the ordinary consumption,
in which tho disease has yet found lodgment.
Tho gas is a powerful disinfectant, and hence
there is no contagion within the circle of its
influence; He says that a person burning gas
may coritract tho disease abroad and take it
homo with him, hut it will not bo communi
cated to ony other member of his family.
The Oil Region.— l The excitement in the
upper Allegheny region, says the Pittsburgh
Post, in regard to oil discoveries, still contin
ues. A sufficient quantity of actual facts have
been developed, to render it certain that the
mineral oil of this part of Pennsylvania, is
destined to become a groat source of wealth.
It is nqt probable that all the wild dreams of
speculators will be realized, but still it is evi
dent that a solid and permanent benefit will
result from the developement of the resources
of the oil region. Like the gold discoveries
of the now territories, the prospect which
these oil wells afford of quickly acquiring
wealth, will draw together largo numbers of
active, enterprising, energetic men, who will
bo of vast benefit,to the agricultural and oth
er interests of the country.
28,000,000
. -J,000,000
. . 400,000
UQyA mounted military company has re
cently boon formed ot Port Tobacco, Md,—
This company is said to be composed of some
of the wealthiest men in that part of the State,
the captain (Cox) being worth some $200,000,
and the orderly, sergeant between $300,000
and $lOO,OOO.
The Opposition Convention.
The Opposition State Convention termini*-
ted its labors, says the Harrisburg Union, by
designating Simon Cameron as the choice of
the People's party of Pennsylvania for 1 Presi
dent of the United States, and by nominating
Andrew G. Curtin as its candidate for Gover
nor. The Convention was characterized by
great disorder throughout, and at times pre
sented more the appearance of a.mass meet
ing or a mob than a grave and dignified repre
sentative body. This arose, in a great mea
sure, from the incongruous nature of the ma
terial collected together. Every shade, stripe
and hue of Opposition to the Democratic par
ty were met together, with no other bond of
sympathy than a common hatred of the prin
ciples of the groat national party, and h com
mon desire for the spoils of victory. There
were men who had been Whigs, men who had
been Know-Nothings/men who had voted for
Fillmore, men who had voted for Fremont, and
men who had been Democrats. There were
also men who hhd in turn espoused and aban
doned nearly every party, and were first
Whigs or Democrats, then Know-Nothings,
then Republicans, then Opposition, and finally
People's party. There were men who have
abused Cameron without stint and lauded him
without reason—men who in 1855 signed the
celebrated “Buzzard's Feast" protest, de
nouncing him as the worst and most corrupt
of mortals, unfitted for the United States Sen
ate, met in 1860 to present him with acclama
tions as the most worthy statesman, qualified
to adorn the Presidency. . It was, in truth, an
assemblage of men who had, in the course of
a few years, affirmed and denied almost every
political principle—a tiling of shreds and pat
ches—an incongruous jumble of political in
consistencies. This was the character of the
Convention which met. in, this place in the
pretended name of the people, to designate
candidates-for President arid Governor and to
purify the politics of the. State. ,
Ex-Gov. Pollock was very happily selected
to preside over this assemblage, ho being the
living representative of the dangerous and
ephemeral nature of what the Opposition dig
nify with the name of principle. Once elected
Governor, by an overwhelming majority, of tho
people misled by momentary excitement, his
administration proved a signal failure, and he
retired from office marked with popular disap-,
proval, after the most unsuccessful and odious
administration which the State ever witnessed.
On the present occasion he appeared again on
the surface to inaugurate another movement
more disgraceful and dangerous than the one
with which his name is unhappily associated;
. Tho person designated os the choice of this
Convention for President was assailed on tho
I floor of the Convention with the utmost power
[of intense hatred. If half that was said
against him’ by party friends is true, then his
party enemies have but to repeat their state
ments to show that tho Convention has pre
sented, as its candidate, one who ought not to '■
bo President of the United States, This war
upon the candidate of the majority "was so
fierce avid' determined, that they •were com-
pelled to abandon the original programme of
selecting.all the delegates to Chicago,, and to
accede to demands which must result in a di-
I vlded The .reßult 1 -will he,t6‘aQy
miteomo of Gen. Cameron’s most decided ene
mies from this State-into the Chicago Con
vention, and thus far. to damage his prospects.'
The plan of .a united delegation was not fully
carried.-
Andrew G. Curtin, {he candidate for Gover
nor, was Secretary of State under the Pollock
administration. Wc have ample time to ex
amine his claims hereafter. At present we
can only say that if the charges brought
against him by members of his own party, of
acts performed while in connection with that
administration, can he substantiated, ho is de
stined to suffer a defeat more overwhelming
than that once administered by tho people, to
his grandfather, Andrew Gregg, i
Removal of the Remains of General
Jaokson.— Mr. Trimble's bill providing for
tho .removal of the remains of Gon. Jaokson
and those of his wifo to Nashville, Tenri,, and
their interment in the Capitol Square, and for
tho erection'of a suitable monument over the
same to the memory of tho old hero, passed
tho Senate of Tennessee, on its third reading
by a unanimous vote. It was stated by Mr.
Trimble that the relative and immediate per
sonal friends of Gon. Jackson, so far as he had
been ablo to ascertain, cordially assented to
tho proposed removal, and a letter from Gen.
Daniel S. Donnelson, of Sumnor county, was
read to tho Senate, in which that gentleman
gave his cordial assent to tho proposition.—
The bill has yet to bo acted upon by, tho House
of Representatives. . . •
Troudle in toe Olu World.— Tho nows
from tho Old World is of tho most interesting
character. Tho signs of the times portend
changes in tho political-relations now existing
between the European States such as have not
boon seen for, more than n century. -From
present indications Italy is destined to become
free of tho shackles of dependence, as well
upon the Church as upon foreign powers.—
There is much to cause every true friend of
liberty to rejoice, and take courage; for, if the
signs of tho times do not cruelly deceive, Ita
ly is about to he restored to her ancient place
in tho family of nations. Hungary is once
more nerved with tho ambition to be again
borsolf instead of the dependent and slave, of
the House of Hapsburg, The day that dawns
upon tho freedom of Hungary will close over
the ruin of the empire of Francis Joseph and
hide shame of tho downfall of tho Romish
hierarchy. What Europe may become under
tho rule of enlightened Christianity will re
quire a pen Iguidcd by inspiration to record.
There is a coming glory for Europo—priest
ridden and King-ridden Europo—which may
eclipse every other star in the political firma
ment.
KT” Vico President Breckenridgo, who has
been represented .as bsing present to assist
Mr. Edmundson in his assault on Mr. Hick
man, and that, being armed, were prepared
to kill the latter if he resisted, has published
a letter m the National /iitelligenca*, in which
ho denies tho charges. He happened to bo
present accidentally, and witnessed tho scene
at some distance. He interfered only to stop
any further mischief. Ho performed what ho
considered a good-natured act, and has been
extensively abused for it. Mr. Breckenridgo
says, for reasons satisfactory to himself, ho
has never carried a weapon of any kind upon
his person,- r
From the TTa»iw.J(on 'National laldtignar.
Post Office ContribnUoas to to* Washington
National Monument.
■WisHiKQToy, Feb. i, i 860:
During the autumn of 1559 the Postmasters
throughout the. United States were requested
to put up boxes -within their respective offices,
in order to afford to citizens in every part of
the country the opportunity, at any time, to
make voluntary contributions for the comple
tion of the Washington National Monument. |
Tho following list exhibits the towns which
have been heard from and tho amouuts con
tributed up to tho present dale. .
The plan has been in operation about lour
months, and, returns have come in from 841
places. Tho aggregate amount received is
§2,240,31. :• Nearly. 28,000 places have not
been heard from at all. If tho Postmasters
of these would co-operate with the others, and
with as favorable an average result, the an
nual fund would be more than two hundred
and twenty-five thousand dollars. To keep
the work in fair progress forty-five thousand
dollars a year would suffice, which would re
require an average return of $1,50 a year, or
12J cents a month from each town.
Should any retans have been transmitted
not mentioned in this list, the Postmasters are
requested to, communicate the fact. A record
is kept at the Washington Post Office of all
letters that are received addressed to the En
gineer of the Monument, and the letters them
selves are placed on file in the office of the So
clcty.
The-Editors of newspapers throughout the
country are respectfully requested to publish
tho portion of the following list that refers to
their own State, Owing to the largo number
of the letters, this is the only method by which
their receipt can be acknowledged.
Post-Office Contributions to ike Washington
National Monument up to the Ist of February, 1
phnnsy:
James Creek, 25
Johnstown, 5 02
Kensington, I 00
Laughlinstowri, .15
Liverpool, 1 00
Lorotto, 11
■Luthersburg, 1 00
M’Connellsburg, 50
Mahanoy, 1 00
Moyer’s Town, 50
Millford, 1 00 :
Minersvillo, 1 04
Monongh’la city, 1 00
Monnt Joy,, 1 00
Mount Pleasant, 1 00
New Castlc, , . 3 00
New Tripoli, 150
Newville, 1 50
Norritonville, -60
North Washington, 35
Ogle, 1 00
Overton, 13
Pittsburg, 8 00
Pittston Perry, 200
Pottstown, 1 50
Reading, 9 25
Saint. Clair, 28
Swiokleyville, 40
Sharon, 25
Stoney Creek, 200
Stouchburg; 1 00
Tarentum, 98
Temperaneevlllc, 1 00
Tipton; 1- 00
Towanda, ■ 12
Troverton, , 2 10
Washington, 3 00
Wnymart, , 1 00,
Waynesborough, 1 25
Wcrnersville, 33
Weatohestcr, 1 45
West Newton, 33
Yohosany, . I 00
York, 2 30
Adams, . 2 03 j
Allentown, 1 45
Altoona,.. 3 11
Annvillq, 10
Apple Grove, 25
Arsenal, 1 18
Barren Hill, ' : 30
Blockley, 25
Bowman’s Creek, 20
Bradensville, . , 1 50
Bridesburg, - 176
Buchanan, \ 1 00
Callensburg, 2 00
Carlisle, 5 00
Catasangna, 1 00
Chambersburg, 331
Clark’s Green, .75
Clearfield, 2 00
Coal Bluff, 1 00
Codorus, 27
Columbia, 77
Conneautville, 50
Corhwinsville, 1.20
Dayidsville, I 00
Dryville, 1 00
Eaglgsmero, 1 00
Eagleville,. 10
Eakno, 1 00
Elizabethtown,. 215
East Freedom, 32
East 1 06
Exeter, .45
Falls of Sohuy ’kl/l 00
Fayottville, 26
Frankin Corners, 15
Gettysburg, . . . 1 00
Granite Hill, ’ 58
Greshville, 50
Half Moon, 25
■Haleysville, 50
Greensburg,46
Harrisburg, 6 73
Hollidaysburg,,- 2-, 60
Hoppenville, 20
Hyde Park, . ... 100 . ; ..., . : . -
. .In, compViancn with the risque** contained
in'tnc O.’bovc rtrlic\c, wo
publish the amount collected from Post-offices
in Pennsylvania in aid of the 'Washington
Nationnl Monument; It will be seen that S 5
has been collected at and sent from the Carlisle
Post-office. Considering our population, this
is the largest contribution that has been made
in the State. Good for Carlisle 1 Another
dollar will be forwarded shortly, which will
make $6 for Carlisle. The little red box id
still up in the office, and we appeal to bur citi
zens to drop in their dimes and half dimes as
! rapidly as possible. Lot all give something
in aid, of a Monument, to the Father of our
County, Let our little boys and girls con-
tribute a penny each, and thus assist in this
great and' glorious work. Lot us all, as. Car
lislors, strive to maintain tho cluiriictir our
- .ft**--
town now has in this work—that of-fyoing the
largest contributor in tho State, according to
her population. Como one, come all, and give
something, however trifling, in aid of the pa
triotic undertaking.
Dr. Evans, the American dentist at
Paris, formerly of Lancaster, has an income
of $60,000 a year. He is extremely popular
with tho crowned .heads of Europe, most of
whom have experienced, the benefits of his
skill.. He made a flying professional visit the
other day to Nice, at tho instance of the for
mer Empress of Eussia. On parting, she pre
sented him with a' diamond ring valued at
60,000 francs—about $12,000. A Paris
ter to the New York Fast, says the Doctor
and Mrs. Evans have received presents enough
from crowned heads in tho shape of brace
lets, watches, snuff-boxes, rings, and curious
articles in gold and precious stones, to make
him a millionaire,; if ho had their cost in mo
ney. The Doctor has also made himself very
useful to these;magnatos in private, unofficial'
diplomacy. ■
Kkow-Notiungism Revived. —Tho Phila
delphia Gazelle, the organ of tho Republican
wing of tho soaalled “People’s party,’’ states
that secret societies have recently been.formed
in that city, composed of men belonging to
the Opposition party only. It says; "those
clubs are Nativistio in their character, oath
bound and exclusive, precisely like the Know
Nothing concern which tho people settled so
effectually Those societies proscribe every
body except their own members, and seem to
have been organized for tho purpose of ena
bling a select few to control tho nominations
of that party. This is neither more nor less
than a revival of Know-Nothingism, with this
difference, that, instead of aiming to cheat the
Democrats, they are now striving to cheat
each other. As it is a family quarrel, we
have nothing to do but to stand back, and let
them fight it out in their own way.
Going to Law.— The Agriculturist contains
a very good and suggestive picture, entitled
"going to law/' from which quarrelsome peo
ple can derive a lesson. It represents a cow>
with the plaintiff pulling furiously at the
horns, and the defendant tugging just as hard
at the other extremity, whilst a sleek looking
lawyer seated on a pile of law hooks, is milk
ing the cow’s well-filled bag. That’s about
the fate of all who go to low. The parties to
the suit wrangle and light, and- the lawyers
got the cream.
O’" Speak little and well, and people will
take you for somebody.
if. Editor. —Your paper of last week con
tained an extract from a denominational pen
bdioal, which professed to give t'lo corarara
ttre increase of tlie two principal branches ot
the PrcsbTtcrian church in this .coun rv
is suited to moke the imnrossimi that the
branch called .the New School, is. in a \ery
decaying Condition. I remember, too, that
the same kind of statistics, P™bably .selected,
br the same person, have been published e\cry
year for some time past, if not ™ jour pa
per in other papers of this borough * Such
pofsevoranco and industry imply that some
one attaches an importance to such things ana
has some object in them. Why has ho wish
od to draw this contrast? Why not publish,
as usual, the statistics of a single denomina
tion or of all together ? Had ho kpokenof his
own church and of its prosperity, wo should
have only rejoiced with him. But what is
the spirit of this array of contrasts ? Can any
one mistake it? . We should not have noticed
it in a strongly partisan, paper, for every one
mates duo allowance for partiality in such
cases, hut where we see it year by year in our
county papers, which are expected to have no
sectarian bearing, it has a peculiar significance.
Even then, however, it is not until at least the
third year, that wo think it worth while to
correct it. ' ,
My own opinion is, that neither ot our de
nominations has increased as it ought to have
done, in due proportion to the increase of po
pulation, and to the facilities in our hands.—
Our statistics, therefore, ought rather to make
us ashamed, than to foster sclf-gratulatiOiis
and invidious comparisons. Until the last two
or three years especially we find only cause
for sorrow, ns wo observe infidelity and irre
ligion making much the most rapid advances.
But, if your correspondent would be rejoiced
to find his gloomy views of the Now School
Presbyterian church unfounded; as I hope he
would, let me assure him that it is not as dark
with us as he supposes. First, the original
number of its members,for two or three years
after tho division, was much less than he nnfl
gines, for many Presbyteries,which afterwards,
adhered to tho other side, wore then in a
doubtful position, and appear on the minutes
of both assemblies. To estimate our compa
rative increase it would-be fair to reckon with
each body at that time, only those which ac
tually adhered to it, when they sent up their
representatives to one of the General Assem
blies. Second, lie docs not refer to the, fact,
that since the original division, nearly the
whole southern portion of the New School
church have formed a separate organization,
and nearly all tho Congregational element,
which were.almost exclusively connected with
its churches, have withdrawn.. Lot his church
lose all its southern molnbers, ns it may some
day, and he will find that its increase and its
present members would be reduced quito p.no
balf. . The causes which led to these with
drawals need not now bo discussed, they are
simply mentioned as pertinent facts. Third;
he does not allude to the fact that, one, largo
body at the south, whoso position alone pre
vented its union with the New School, and a
largo portion of two branches of tho Socedors
whose affinities were of course with, the Old
School, have done much to augnient the num-.
hors of the opposite party. , '
I have ho taste for a controversy on a point
of so little importance in itself, and which can 1
attain importance only as it is falsely .viewed.
It is not pleasant however to have a wrong
impression produced, that our church is in an
unhealthy condition. As you have, I trust;
unintentionally, contributed to this, I hope
you will be willing to present a statement by
one who takes a more cheerful view of the
case. Were Ito obtain or-to put together
statistics of a recent date, covering tho last six
years,' some of which have been seasons of
unusual prosperity, a still more favorable ap
- count might ho rendered, hut as I araunwill
\lng to take tho heedful trouble, I wiU .Bond,
\ yon OTu'/tahon from plu', -Ki.-aLf/cllaf,
of 1853, drawn up probably by tho Stated'
Clerk of tho General Assembly. Tho follow
ing presents the actual and relative progress
of the. two bodies for tho last fifteen years:
“ Taking thus the actual numbers of the
Old School body as they are found Upon the
Minutes, which there is no reason to suppose
1 wore erroneous, the following table represents
tho-Increase of its several elements—avoidin' 1
fractions. .
.VANIA.,
Synods, 19 • 28 increase 47 per cl
Presbyteries, 107 ' 191 . " Si ■ “
Ministers, 1090 -2139 : “ :2C “
Oburcbes, 2343 . 5879 “ 23 “ '
Members, , 177,665 . 219,264 23 . "
Licentiates,. 212 ' 232 . u '0 i(
Candidates, 228 . 363 “ 59 “
' Taking the actual censusof the Now School
body of the same. year, as nearly as can he
done from the existing statistics, the following
table represents the increase of th 6 New SchotS
body during the same timc : —also avoiding
fractions;
Sjmods, 14 „ 23. increase 03 per ct.
Proabytorics, 71 .108 “ 56 **
Ministers, , .’917 1570 71' " ■
Churches, 1146 1626- “ 42
Members, 80,279 140,263 “ 74, '«
Licentiates/- 88 130 “ 47 «
To array an aggregate of figures, showing
a great disproportion between two bodies, is
not to show their relative growth. Tho Old
School body is larger than ours, and It has al
ways been so. It has also made very encour
aging progress during tho period of its sepa
rate existence. But in order to show that it
has outstripped the Constitutional body, in
tho-same space of’time, tho Presbyterian
should, in all fairness, state the relative, as
well as tho aggregate progress, of tin* two,—
These ore statistics which, as they toll a far
different story, aro carefully secluded from
sight.. Lot us take tho liberty of supplement
ing tho Presbyterian’s statistics by a few com
parisons of this sort: they may show that
though the Old School body is larger than
ours, it has heon far from maintaining its re
lative superiority. It is by no means so much
larger as it was at the time of tho division.
In every particular, the proportion of increase
has been greatly in favor of our Church. In
the number of Synods, (reckoning those which
actually adhered to it) tho Constitutional As
sembly has increased more than 63-per cent.;
while in tho same period, the Old School As
sembly has increased in this item, only 47 per
.cent. 1
In the number of Presbyteries, we have in
creased more than 56 per cent.; while the 0.
S. Assembly has increased but 34 per cent.
In the number of Ministers, wo have increa
sed since 1838, at a ratio of more than 71 per
cent.; while the O. S. hove increased only 26
per cent.
In the number of Churches, our ratio of in
crease has been a little loss than 42 per cent.-
while that of the other body has been less than
23 per cent.
In the number of Communicants, our in
crease has been, so far as the reports indicate
more than 74 per cent.; while thoirs has been
but 23 per cent.
In the number of Licentiates, our increase
has been 47 per cent, and theirs only 9 per
cent. This last item, ns also that of candi
dates for the ministry, are really too'imper
;ct m our minutes, to make any fair compa
rison possible. ' 1
But better than those invidious estimates
lotus turn to the aggregate strength, not of
one or the other, but of both branches, as they
are reported in the respective minutes. What
strength of numbers, scope of field, and accu
mulation of Seminaries, Missions, and other
means of doing good, should wo be able to re
joice in, if the division had never taken place
—or what is the next best thing, if these-two
bodies, so nearly alike in ecclesiastical struc
ture, doctrinal tenets and religious spirit, and
and partaking of the sap of the same glorious
old roots, could so far unite their influences
as to present morally, though not numerical
For the Volunteer.
Presbyterian Statistics.
OLD SCHOOL.
1838. 1853.,
NEW SCHOOL.
1838. 1853.
I ly, one front to the enemy. H ? r ° is
in which nil Presbyterians- imght truly re-
I joice—of tho progress of both branches toge
ther;
1837. - 1853. ' Increase,
Synods, ' r« ' 215 119
Presbyteries, 135 •
Ministers, 2,140 -?*??? iVin
2,805 4,208 . 1,810
Communicants,- 220,357 350,715 139,358
Foreign Missions, 282,000 -171,281 189,381
*Notr.— -Tho writer is mistaken ;_wo never pub
lished an article on this subject before Inst week, and
then we gave it to our readers merely as a matter
of nows, without a particle of fooling_on_tho sub
ject. As to the intimation that wo permit interest
ed persons to use our columns to misrepresent the.
Now School Presbyterian Church, it is without
foundation. Wc make our own selections, and per
mit no one to use these columns. — Eli. Voi.UNTKr.il.
the 23D IT WASHINGTON.
Inauguration of Clark Mills’ Statnc at
Washington. .
"Washington, Feb. 22, 1859.
Notwithstanding the inclemency of the
weather, -this morning the city was, rife i with
the busy Imm of life; and although the rain
commenced to pour down in most copious
quantities about 9 o’clock, a. m., it-was evi
dent that this circumstance would not prevent
the contemplated ceremonies of the inaugura
tion of the Equestrian ftatuc to the memory
of him who was “ peace, first m war,
and first in the, hearts of his countrymen.’
At every convenient spot where the national
ensign could be displayed, the beautiful Ame
rican flag was 'flung to the hreezo, from the
Capitol to Georgetown heights. , - _
Had the. weather proved more propituous,
the pageant in Washington city to-day would
have been such an one as has not occurred
here within the recollection of-the “oldest in
habitant;” as it was, it was truly magni
ficent. _ .
In consequence of ah accident on the rail
road between this place and Baltimore, by
which' the cars containing'the 7th regiment of
volunteers from Now York were delayed, that
splendid corpds did not arrive till a little be
fore 12, m. ■
The New York regiment .was received at
the depot on its arrival by the volunteer com
panies froni Washington city and Georgetown,
and escorted to the City Hall, where the mili
tary formed in line and marched at the ap
pointed hour, to the circle at tho end of the
avenue, and in sight of the city of George
town, whore tho Equestrian Statue of AVash
ington is placed, and where the appropriate
ceremonies took place.
Tho order of procession was qs follows:
■Tho military column of escort and other or
ganizations left the City Hall at 3 o’clock,
marching bj’Third street io Pennsylvaniaav
onue, thence by the avenue to the President’s
Mansion, there halting to receive the part of
the procession there assembled, and thence
proceeded to the Circle containing the Statue.
The procession moved in tho following order:
,1. Major General Thomas S. Jesup, of the
United States Army, Grand Muyslial and Coih
mander-in-Chiof of the Day.
2. The Surviving officers and Soldiers of
tho Revolution, in uniform.
3. . The Joint Committee of Arrangemen ts
of the Senate and House of Representatives of
tho United States.
4. The, Military Column of Escort, under
the direction of its commanding olfieur.
5. Clark Mills, the Artist of the Statue, the
lion. Mr. Bocook, the Orator of the Day, find
Dr. Blake, Commissioner of the Public Build
ings and Grounds., , .
0. The officiating Clergy of the District of
Columbia.
1 . The General Officers of the Armyvand the
Senior Officers of tbo Navy and'Marinc Corps,
in uniform; and tiro field, Staff, and Gdmpa
iny Officers of the Array and Marino Corps,
1 and other; Officers of the, Navy, in uniform -.
■ and Officers of .-tbit .Militia of the States and the
District, present, hi uniform; and all moun
ted, as an escort of honor to the President, of.
the United States.i : I
8. The Marshal of the United States for thb
District of Columbia.
0. The President of the United States. ■ j
10, The Heads of Departments.
: 11. The Siirgeant-at-Arins of the Senate of
the United States.
12. The Vico President and Senate of the
United States and its Secretary,. , ■
13. The Sergeaut-at-Arms of the House of
Representatives of the United States.
14. The Speaker, House of. Representatives,
and their. Clerk.
. 15. The United States Deputy Marshal for
the District of Columbia. .
16. The Supreme Court of the United States
and Clerk.
17. The Diplomatic Corps.
18. The Chief of Police, with two Assist
ants. "
19. The Mayor, Aldermen, and Councilmeh
of Washington.
20. The Mayor, Aldermen, and Councihnen
pf Georgetown.
21 A Deputy Marshal of the United States
for the District of Columbia.
22, The Judges and Clerks of the ,several
’Courts of the United States within the Dis
trict of Columbia. • -V
23. Tt\e Surviving Officers and Soldiers ,of
the war of 1812-’ 15, and cf the war with Mex
ico. ,
. 24. The Officers of the Executive, Legisla
tive, and Judicial Departments not Included
in the foregoing. ..
25. The Masonic and other, similar Associ
ations.,
2G. The Faculties and Students of Colleges
and Academics. “
27, The Trustees and Male Teachers and
Pupils of the Public Schools of the District of
Columbia.
28. Literary,‘Scientific, Benevolent or Char
itable Societies, Fire, .Hose, and other Compa
nies, Artisans, Trades and Unions.
* 29, Citizens and Strangers.
. Tho oration of the lion. Thomas S. Bocock,
is a production, worthy of the occasion, and of
the Patriot, Sago and Statesman it treated of.
The military display was one of the finest I
ever behold. The Now York regiment, with
itsi magnificent band, was an acquisition, on
this occasion, that did honor alike to the sol
dierly appearance of this splendid body of
men, numbering 650 rank and file, as also to
the event that called them hither. The New
York 7th regiment is not only an honor to
tho_ groat commercial emporium of this groat
nation, hut to the country at large.
President Buchanan’s Speech.
After tho Masonic ceremonies had been con
cluded, President Buchanan .was requested to
dedicate the statue. lie responded as fol-
lows
Fellow-citizens : I accept the auspscious
omen now presented to us in this calm sunset,
almost without a cloud. The early part of
the day was boisterous. Many accidents al
so occurred to delay the progress and the
completion of those ceremonies, but these un
fortunate occurrences have terminated as,.!
thank God, always has been the case in the
history of our country. If storms and tem
pests besot us in the morning, the end of the
day is still clear, bright and animating.,—
buah, I trust, will ever be the issue of the’
gloom and darkness that 'for a season appear
fo envelope us. ■ [Applause.]
The honorable and important duty that has
been assigned to me of dedicating this statue
of Washington, which is a.noblo production
ot native American genius—this welcome and
giatotul task I now proceed to perform.-
branding hero, on this beautiful and comman-1
ding position, surrounded by the Senators and
Representative of all the States of the Con
federacy, and by a vast assemblage of our fol
™ aDd >n full view of
the noble Potomac which Washington loved
°M° Bhorc , s of tho ano ‘ ont Com
monwealth whioh gave him birth, I now sol
omnly dedicate this statue to the
memory of the Father of ins Country.
plauso.J f
I perform tine not of pious devotion nor
the name of the people of the North or if
South, the Bast or the West, not in the
of those who dwell on the waters of thoT
Jantic, or of the far Pacific,-but in the ntm
of the whole American popple, united, one' ]
indivisablo, now and forever. [AnpI MlBe
cries of “Hurrah for old Buck.’-f Mai,
God of- dur fathers preserve the Constitutin'
and tho Union for ages yet to cornel }f«.
they stand like tho everlasting hills ajminJ
which the tonineatsft-om every quarter of (I!
hcavcnsshnllbontiu-Vain.—ln.awordmii*
they endure ns long ns tho name of Wnshir,;
ington shall bo honored and cherished anion
the children of men. [Renewed and proW
cd applause.] .: i
May Washington city, which he f oun(lc ,
continue throughout many generations, to hi
the' scat of Government of a great, powerful
prosperous, and united Confederacy. Shout!
it over become a ruin by a dissolution of a.
Union, it will not, like the ruins of Dalyi
amf Palmyra, be merely a! monument of a,
vanity of, human greatness; but it will w
the lesson to all the dwellers upon earth lh,i
our grand political experiment has failed J
that mams incapable,,of self-government!!
May such a direful disaster to the hnninatin
be averted, and in the language of Solomonu
tho dedication of tho Jewish Temple, “}y
the Lord our God bo with tra as he was uiijf:
our fathers. Let him not leave us or fomlj
us."; [Applause.] May this be the prai,|
of all present, and may each one return tof f
home in heart more ardently patriotic,
more determined-to do his whole diity to ftf
and his country, than when we assomllif
here to-day. , |
The distinguished speaker took , his tsj l
amid general and enthusiastic applause.'
From Washington.
Mexican Intelligence—Arizona—Teeaeng k
ceipfs.
Washington, Feb. 26.—Letters from Yen c
Cruz, dated tlie 10th ult., say that there is w f
roliablb information that Miramon had left b
the capital, but should his forces moveirilki', <J
direction they will ho attacked by tbc LiWi; «
aliats, under Degollado, who was on thccvfeM'
of leavingfor Puebla, . . Spa
Private letters fromiTulnc, Arizona, datciß
the dd ult,, state that ■ a report was ■
there that Gov. Peschiera had been hanged,!®#
Although not much confidence is placed in*|4ii
the report, the writer says that it was nofunffl
probable, as Sonora is fully ripe for anotWEl|
revolution. f pj|
Advices from the Rio Grande portion d'.'s/a
Arizona, state that the feeling of the pcoplehr - i
very general in favor of a Provisional Gown-; ’-A
meat tor Arizona in case Congress does ot At
organize the Territory, and that a Cumin
thin, tii bo held at Tucson, will bo called k m
tins purpose. It is not thought that Usd
district merely will meet the wants d lie' [fM'
Territory, arid that any, further conwim
with Mexico is.intolerable. ||pi
The expedition north of the Gila founj sgg
fine country, well watered, besides much
era! wealth. Quicksilver specimens
bvonglit in. The Apaches were badly Y
pod, by the ranging party* with considerableKfJ'?
loss. 1 , ■ • fa?
The receipts into tiio Treasury hist aefe
were nearly ; drafts paid, sBl3|
000; drafts issued, $4,879,000; rcdiiotib|
from the amount on hand at the previous rq
port about §3,39(1,000;. leaving subject t(
draft, §5,628,000.
From fhe Boston Evening. Traveler,• Feh. Hpa
Fashionable Ladtes Turning Mail Irthagg
A St. ; John’s correspondent furnishes
1 with the particulars of a remarkable and sifA
tomatio mail ■ robbery ■which has jest
, btought to light in that city.: :lt appears lh.,j
money lottora. hayo often JUsannoarcd of IsM
among others a letter mailed
• from St. John’s to Conception Bay. 1 TK||si
itor finding that the, Post Offioo.ontliJis
Would not properly investigate the mattciMf
I pealed to the Governor, who inimediatclipA
I dorod an inquiry; which has resulted
extraordinary dovoiopemonts. ,If seems 1$
i 1 SflC!l ’ (wife and dnugliteM
the Chief Clerk in the Post Office— tlio P®
p e ; le ™l beihg absent in England,W
Uuof Clerk hud charge' Of the office,) and®
servant .girls who . lived with them, mndM
practice of opening the letters and appro®
ting the contents. If . they found hills of®
change or foroigu notos, they destroyed
In one case a, widow woman named T(;M
mot with a serious loss. Some of her frieffl
in England sent her a £do Bank of Eii"
note. Sirs. Shea not being able to pnalM
burnt it. Numerous other cases have rci i.
light. The discoyery created great
aient, the parties implicated ’being rcl.vO '
some of the high government officials, -i !Sb
four females are imprisoned in the Ponil® ; ; ?S
ary awaiting their trial.
.-. Gold from Pike's Peek
S Atchison, ;K. T., Feb; 24th.—'Ihe
Peak Express and Skit LakeiftailwAvi4tl%f|[(l
evening, bringing four passengers and
in gold dust.
EeaVENWOKTH, K. T., Feb.
Pike’s Peak express arrived here this morE3. :
with .$2,500 in gold and the mails,
is meagre. ■ i&vv
Good prospects tmd :boeri obtained iiK*?,
mountains, between Denver City and
fj/s mines. Two cords of quartz,
with pyrites of iron, had yielded, .‘after tdgfjj
inc, seventeen hundred dollars in gold;
Trains laden with brcadeluffs and pw
had arrived from New Mexico. j
' A how and extremely rich gulch had»
discovered ten jnilos ten miles from Crept ■
mines, which, it is said exceeds any of lh «
diggings jn richness, '
The Methodist Conference.— The 0, , -•
session of the Philadelphia Conference of l
Methodist Church 'will bo held on the 21f (
March next, luPhiladelphia. , Theßov.®'j|
op Baker will preside, and wUI bess B '
the Roy. Bishop Scott. The election of
gates to the General Conference, whicW.;'l|
its meeting in the city of Buffaio iu M»ji ' j
will bo a matter of considerable exciWc.f:
There are measures in contemplation ty*,
ying great change in the Diactpl> ne
Church, such ns the introduction of iV -t
element into; the annual and GencroUV A
once, modifications of the Presiding $ j
office, and tho extension of the time of ll
torial service to the same. Church. , j i
, An overland route for
communication with America has
posed in France, making use of the D - v"
lines from London to Dresden, an<i(,,„j
thence entering the Russian empire, ,
sing through Moscow and Kosan, tlion, ■
ing tho Ural mountains to Yakoutsk; **■,. j
to the Behring Strait, crossing this <
ing through Russian America to Can^ 1 ..
the United States. , , LJ
Outrage in York County.—
evening last a week, several moij vvcrc
ing from a public sale near
York county, when one ,of them, ,4
name, for. some reason not yet loaracA|,,y
Mr. Keller through the arm near
der, inflicting an ugly wound. . Aft° r ; ;Vj
ging tho pistol, Schnell ran off into
cs, but.was sotjin overtaken, and ca P’*y 4
ter vainly attempting to shoot hi- 1
Sphncll is said to bo a bad fellow* j ■
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