AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
JOBS B. BRATTON. Editor & Proprietor.
CARLISLE, PA., MARCH 15,1860,
DEMOCRATIC STATE KOMINATIOSS.
For Governor,
HENRY D. FOSTER.
OF WESTMORELAND counts.
FOB PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS,
electors at labor.
Geo. M. Keim, of Berks county.
Bicbard Vabs, of Philadelphia.
DISTRICT ELECTORS.
14. J. Kcckhow.
15. Qeo.D. Jackson,
l(i. J.,A. Ahl. ■
IT. J. B'. Banner.
18. J. K. Crawford.
10. 11. N. Lee.
20. J. B. Howell.
21. N. P. Fcltonnnn.
22. SamaobMarslittll
23. Win, Book.
24. B. D. Hamlin.
25. Gaylord Church.
1. Fred’k. A. Server.
2. Wm- C. Patterson,
3. Jos. Crockett, Jr.
4. J. G. Brenner.
5. 3. W.'Jacoby.
6. Cfiorlcs Kelly.
7.O>P. James.
8. David-Scholl.
9; J.-Li Lightnor.
10. S, S. Barber.
11. T. H. Walker.
12. S. S. Winchester.
13. Joseph Daubach.^
jßgy-Wo are indebted to Messrs, Breckin
ridge, Douglas, Lane, and PovreU, of the ,U.
S Senate, and to Messrs. Montgomery and
Florence; of the House, at Washington, for
their-kindness,-in sending us Congressional
documents.: Wo are also under obligations to
Messrs.- Crawford and Power, of tho State
Legislature; for favors received.
-, “Presbyterian* Statistics.” We pub
lish, on our first page, another article on this
snbjoet, which is in answer to a communica
tion wo inserted two weeks since on the same
subject, . As both sides of this question have
now had a heaving, through our columns, Ve
hope the controversy is ended.
Spring , Elections.— The Spring elections
for Justices, Constables, Supervisors, School
Directors, Judges and Inspectors of elections,
will take place on Friday next, through
put the townships and boroughs of this coun
ty. Democrats,'areyou ready?
Letter FROM Brazil.— On ■ our first page
.will .be,found a very interesting letter .from
Brazil, addressed to th.e editor of. this paper.
It is the production of pur .esteemed young
friend’- and, former ' townsman, W. Mitson
Roberts,* Jr., who, with his father, is-now en
gaged-in railroad contracts in that country.
Thut Beading Room.—Do the young men
of our town know, that a'reading-room, filled
with* fresh and numerous papers and periodi
cals, isopen every evening, in Marion Hall,
for their benefit ? From.the number who con
gregate nightly about our street corners, we
.should judge they did not.'..Yet such is the
Case. I’he Young Men’s Christian Associa
tion has, rented that hall> and have it heated
and lighted up every evening, from 6 to 10
o'clock! * They have there not only the. papers ‘'
of the .different religious denominations, hut ;
also the -principal dailies from Now York,
Philadelphia, and Baltimore, together with
any number of weeklies. This is free to all
who may'see fit to come, and is not intended
,for the;exclusive use of,the Association. —
Come, young man, who say you have no place
where to spend your evenings—stop up and
boo how delightful an evening you can spend
there. It will do your body good by keeping,
you* from vices that ruin, health; it will di
your mind storing it with useful in
formation, and so far as your morals aro con
cerned, it will not hurt them very much.—
Stop-up. . *-' .
Uev. Mn. Coluer's Lecture. —This gentle
man delivered the fourth lecture of the course,
now being given by the Young Men's Chris
jftian Association, on- Friday -evening last,' ii-
Chapel. Mr! C. was formorlyV mis
'"'pionary to China, and- selected the Manners
and Customs of that country as the theme bl
bis lecture. Wo have not ,to give a
, detailed account of his remarks, and can only-
state that the largo audience assembled, to
hear him,-appeared highly gratified, and gave
the closest attention until the lecturer had fin
ished. : lie exhibited to tho audience during
the course of tho iccture, a number of interes
ting curiosities, such as several -idols,- sorue
pieces of coin,-one of; thoir.shocs which had
been worn bn a veritable Chinese foot, &0..
4c. In speaking of the' unnatural custom
amongst the women, of cramping am} maim
ing their, feet that they may bo delicate and
small, ho justly observed “ it was nearly as
barbarous as the custom of some females in
other lands, of cramping-up and,compressing
into an unnatural shape, not tho extremities
of their bodies, but, tho very part that lies nea
rest tho vitals.” Ho did not know which he
would prefer, a woman of no feet, or a woman
of no waist! Tho .strangeness,of their lan
guage, and the variety of meanings that be
long to tho same words, which vary only in
accent, was also illustrated by , several very-
amusing occurrences,
We promise Mr. Colder a good audience
whenever ha shall again lecture in our town.
- BOROUGH TICKET.
The following ticket has been placed in nom
ination by the Democratic party, and friends
of an economical administration of the affairs
of our Borough. It is composed of good and
reliable men, and should receive the support
of the entire party, as well as citizens gener
ally. Wo have no, doubt that every man on
the ticket, if elected, will do his whole duty,
without fear, favor of affection:
Chief Burgess. —Joseph 11. Blair.
Assistant Burgess —Christian Kuhn..
Assessor—Peter Outshall,
Auditor —James Masonhoimor.
West Ward.
Town Council —J. W, Patton, William D.
Miles,'- John 'Campbell, William M’MUlen.
Inspector —Wm M’Phcrson.
Judge— John Moll.
School Director —James Hamilton.
East Ward.
Town Council —Jacob Goodyear, John Out
shall. Andrew Monesmith, 11.. S. Ritter..
Justice —Abraham Dohnff.'
Judge —Joseph JN T cely.
• Inspector —James Underwood..
School Director —Henry Saxton..
Constable —Andrew Martin.
j@r Hon. James A. Pearce has boon re
elected V. S., .Senator by the legislature of
Maryland.. Mr. Pearce was an old-line Whig I
a few years age, but acts now with the Demo-1
crafic party.. - ' , '
OUB BOROUGH ELECTION.
On the coming Friday the people of this
borough, and particularly the tax-payors, have
a duty to perform'. Seven years ago Carlisle
was out of debt, or very nearly so. ' Since that
time the, affairs of the borough have boon
managed by our political opponents—-two
years under the Know-Nothing rule, and the
last five under Republican rule. How stands
out town now—what-is her indebtedness?
Answer, some FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS! Oar taxes too, of course, are
enormous, and will soon bp oppressive to an
intolerable degree. This state of things has
boon brought about by the mismanagement of
our borough authorities. Will our citizens
. permit this mismanageriient, recklessness and
extravagance to go on ? Wo think not. Our
town, too, of late years, has become, (under
our had police regulations,) a perfect sink of
iniquity. It is filled with incendiaries, thieves
and vagabonds, who commit their depreda
tions with impunity. Can our people tolerate
■ this state of things longer? We ask the ques
tion in all seriousness, because, ns a citizen of
Carlisle and a tax-payer, we of course feel a
lively interest in the. welfare of the town.
. We hope, then, that oar good citizens of all
parties, will come up to the work on Fridav,
and vote for a change of Borough rulers. Wo
do not appeal to them as partisans, hut as
tax-payers, who have the good of tho borough
at heart. The gentlemen who compose the
Democratic tickets of tho two’wards are all
tax-payors, and are determined, in the event
of their election, to reduce tho expenses of tho
borough, and relieve our pfeopU, as far as pos
sible, w of tho burthens that now oppress them.
. The Borough of Carlisle owns some 530,000
of the-stockof the. Carlisle Gas and Water
Company, Tho Managers or Directors of tho
Company, in direct violation of law, have re
fused, for the' last two or throe years, to pub-
lish or make known the condition of the Com
pany. Thc-.Town Council elects throe of the
nine Directors. Why is it, then, that these,
throe guardians for the Borough stock, also
remain, quiet, and refuse to let, our people
know something about the management of
these works ? It is rumored that defalcations
ah the part of one of the officers havo been
discovered—-that thousands of dollars . have
stolon. ■ Why is it that tlie Directors refuse to
report to the stockholders a true statement of
the Company’s condition? The law requires
them to make an annual statement,, and they
are liablotoju-osecution for not performing
this'duty, hut yet they disregard their, duty
as well as the law. Why? Aye,-that’s the
question. Why should the. three Managers
for the borough’s $30,000-remain mum, and
refuse to give ns an insight into the condition
af .thd Company ?. We forgot now who the
Managers for the borough* are-in the Gas and
Water. Company,-but this wc do'know, that,
they have, hot, for the two or three last years,
published a statement of the condition of the
Company, as the law requires them to do. If
the same policy is to rule our borough—the,
same men continue to govern our municipal
affairs, of course no change for the better can
bo looked for.. Let bur people, then, we re
peat, elect new men as Borough officers, and
wo can then have a reasonable hope that our
interests .will be hotter managed. 1
Tcsciaonx Female Institute.—Wo call
tho attention of parents and guardians to tho,
advertisement of this Instltatiori'Tii to-day's
paper, 1 The location la a very superior one,
In the heart of Tuscarora Valley, well kliovfn
for its beauty, fertility and health, and settled
by a moral and intelligent community. ' The
buildings wore erected for the purpose, with
ail modern improvements and comforts, and
.ho grounds handsomely improved. The Prin
cipal, Mr. Agnow, has had twenty years’ px
-pcrionco teaching a first class Female School
in 'Philadelphia, and enjoys tho very highest
• reputation as a scholar, Christian and a gon
leman, and will bo certain to render satisfac
tion to all. who will commit to bis charge tholr
laughters and wards,- Under , his manage-,
ment the Institute will rank among the first
in tho State. '
Visit Yocit Schools. —Tho desire to be no
ticed, to bo thought of some importance, to bo
coaxed tpid petted, if you pleaso, is certainly
a natural ingredient of the juvenile.mind. A
manly' independence comes of maturor years,
and is born of reason and judgment. "While
it may bp desirable to cultivate tho latter, the
former cannot be overlooked, and should not
bo neglected. • How- often wo see children
stimulated to groat exertion by a kind. look
and an encouraging word. Parents, would
scarcely think of sending their children away
alone to accomplish an important work ; and
yet they, do just that, when they send, them
to tho school room and bestow no further
thought upon their education from the begin
ning to tho end of tho term. Your children
need your occasional presence at the school
room, to notice, praise, and encourage them.
And even teachers are not without this child
ish feeling; they, too, need encouragement,
and desire appreciation. If, then, you desire
to make your schools all you could wish, visit
them often, aud pupils and teachers will he
all, the bettor for it.
A Change for tub Better. —Congress hns
elected a Chaplain, and hereafter the session
will open with prayer. Wo trust the Chap
lain is an out-spokon one— such an one as will
toll tho chiefs of the sinners what they are
coming to, so that they may mend, their ways.
Wo Would suggest that ho deliver a lecture ou
“ honesty” to the members about three times
a week.
The Methodist'Astro at Conference.—
Tho Philadelphia Annual Conference of tho
Methodist Episcopal Church, will meet in the
city of Philadelphia, on Wednesday, tho 21st
of March. Tho Bov. Bishop Baker will pre
side, assisted by tho Rev. Bishop Scott. The
election of Delegates to tho General Confer
ence, which will hold its next meeting in tho
city of Buffalo, in May, will bo a matter of
considerable interest. There are measures in
contemplation involving great changes in the
Discipline of tho Church, such ns tho intro
duction of lay representation into tho Annual
and General Conferences, modifications of tho
Presiding Eider’s office, jind tho extension of
tho time of ministerial service in tho Church.
j TUe Republican National Convention.—
I The Republican National Committee has
j changed tho day for tho meeting of tho Na
tional Convention at Chicago, to the lOtb of
May.
TUB SKIES ABE DBICUT!
Never were the prospects of the Democratic
party of Pennsylvania brighter than at this
time. The nomination of Gen. Foster for
Governor, is hailed with rapturous joy from
the Delaware to the Monongnhela. It has ef
fected a complete unite of the party, and this
secures us the victory, for the Democracy nev
er can ho defeated when they present a united
front to the enemy. Wo have been frequent
ly defeated, owing to dissensions and bicker
ings in our own ranks. e Uopo tho defeats
we have mot with may teach us wisdom in
future, and prevent a repetition of such non
sense. An array, before going into hatjlo,
must bo.well organized and well equipped, to
gain a victory. So is it with parties. The
Democratic party is always in the,majority in
this State, but yet wo have frittered away our
strength, by permitting dissensions and heart
burnings to distract our counsels; and at this
time we have to acknowledge the humiliating
fact that all the members of Congress from
this State, except throe, are Black Republi
cans ! But, our dissensions nvo ended—wo
are again united, and on the 2d Tuesday of
October nest our mongrel opponents will find
that they have a untied Democracy to contend
with. Such being the case, a Democratic vic
tory is placed beyond a doubt, and thp old
Keystone will again assume the proud posi
tion she occupied,in days of.yoro. ■
Gon. Foster occupies' a proud position be
fore the people—he did not solicit the nomi
nation,.did not want it, but it was conferred
upon him by the uuamimous vote of .the Dele
gates of the people. The office sought'the
man, not the man the office. How different
is it with Curtin, the Black Republican can
didate. His nomination was dictated by-Ca
meron-I—it is Cameron's nomination, and
should ho be elected, ho will .bo a mere too!
in tlio hands of the KiekapoO Chief, and will
not dare to disobey his masters, decrees. lie
is ownodi body and brooches, by Cameron,
and the man who is thus bound hand and
foot, is not fit to bo Governor of this, great
State. Gen. Cameron, never favored o man
in his life,without an object.in view. Ho is
a trading' politician, and is at all -times ready
to join any party or faction, , if he is first con
vinced it will pay. Utterly unprincipled and
sordid himself, he favors those who are equal
ly reckless in political morality. Curtin-, wo
repeat, is his tool, and in the qvont of his ele
vation to the Gubernatorial chair—a calamity
not at all probable—ho will use his office to
accomplish objects at once dishonest and .cor
rupt. .
Lot the,people then ponder over these facts,
and they -will agree that it is the duty pf us
all, as tax-payers, to rally to tho support of
old Westmoreland's cherished soil, Henry D.
Foster; the man who received the unanimous
nomination of his' party : without asking for it,
and without the aid of intriguing politicians.
The Dejiopjiatic Candidate. —Tho nomina
tion of Mr.'Foster is received everywhere with
enthusiasm, Tho PittSburgOpposition papers
speak of Hr. Poster, ns the very best arid
strongest man. tho Democrats could have
found, to.be thoir standard beaver in tho ap
proaching campaign. lie seems to enjoy a
considerable share of popularity among all
patties, in' the .Western part of tho .State,
where he is best known, which is soriiothing
unusual, for enrididafes are generally the most
popular where they .are. the least known, ■
Col. Curtin.—lt is announced with great
pomp by tho Abolition press, that Col, Curtin
is'a granS-son of Andrew Gregg, who was at
one time the, opposition nominee for Gover
nor. Just so,.and Andrew . Gregg was defea
ted. Mr. Curtin is also a nephew of General
Janies Irwin, who was also a candidate for
Gubernatorial honors, and .defeated. Col.
Curtin’s pedigree dbos not look well for suc
cess. Ho will “ tread in the footsteps of his
predecessors.”
llelperisji.— I Tho Abolition, party are in
dustriously circulating the Helper Book in
different parts of Chester county. Wo under
stand from reliable persons, that it is a spurious
edition, issued from the Tribune office, New
York,—with tho more objectionable portions
of tho genuine edition erased, together with
the recommendation of Seward and the differ
ent Black Republican Congressmen.
"t!S?'Tlie nomination of HENRY D. POS
TER, was a spontaneous tribute of his follow
citizens, to his sterling worth as a man and his
unimpeachable character as a Democrat. It
was unsought by him, and, therefore, his nom
ination is an instance of the office seeking the
man, and not the man the office. IlOw proud
should Democrats fed that so noblo a man is
their standard-bearer,
■ Railboad Accident. —A most melancholy
accident occurred at Ashland station; about
fifteen miles from Baltimore, on the Northern
Central Railway, last Friday eveningi It ap
pears that the gravel or ballast train had
hacked-into a sidling, at tho aliovo point, and
one of tho hrakonien, named Sohnm, from
York, Pa., was in tho act of putting down one
of the brakes, when by some moans he lost
his footing, and was precipitated upon the
track, the wheels passing over both his legs
near the'knee, crushing and' mangling them
in such a manner as to render amputation
necessary. He was taken into a house near
by, where he received medical attention, and
was somewhat improved in tho evening. '
That's the Peak !—lf you wnnillb keep
your town from thriving, turn a cold shoulder
to every young mechanic or young beginner
in business; —look up to every newcomer with
a jealous scowl; discourage him all you can•
if that won’t, do, decry his work, or rather go
abroad for wares of his kind, than to .give him
your money. Last, though not least, refuse
to take your home paper.
’Winter Grain-, —Wo loam that the-fields
of wheat and rye sown in this county are now
looking remarkably well for the season. The
wheat seems well roofed, and but a little dis
turbed by the notion of the frost. The recent
pleasant weather has sot it to growing, and if
there should bo no unfavorable turn it will
soon establish itself boyotfd danger of injury.
[The prospect of another good crop of wheat is
very encouraging to tho farmers of this coun
ty, as at present-prices it pays quite as well
as any other grain.
is said that Senator Mason has doff
ed Ids homespun suit, and arrayood himself
in fine broad-cloth.
For Governor—HENßY B. FOSTER;
For President—Jlic Nominee ol the Charleston
Convention! whoever he may ho;
Tho above is tho rallying cry of thb Domo
craoy in all parts of tbo State. , Lecompton
and nnti-Lecompton inen arc no longer known
as such, but all are united ns a baud of broth
ers around tho ancient banner of tho party ns
in the days of Jackson and Polk. At Rending
there wore thousands who had widely differed
in opinion while .Looomptonism, w,qa, ji living
issue, and yet, in view of the fearful 1 crisis
brought, upon the' country by tho mad spirit
of Abolitionism, a spirit of harmony and con
cession, with a view to consolidate tho entire
Democratic; forces of tho State; exorcised a
mostsalutnryand controlling influence. TVhen
Jlav'ji D. .Poster .was nominated, the anti-Le
compton nnd fcccompfon Democrats, from the
East and tho West, tho Northern and Central
districts of the State, all cordially and zeal
ously accepted tho nomination as tho best that
could have been made, and joined in one gen
eral roßolvofor “Foster and the nomine'e of (tie
Charhoton Convention, whoever he may he."
So was it, also, at the grand ratification meet
ing in Philadelphia, oh Monday evening last.
It was one of thb largest gatherings. of the
Democracy that had boon convened in' the
city for many years, bringing into harmony of
expression and action all the elements there
that had, been distracted tind rendered discor
dant by the Lecompton question; and promi
nent bn the banners and transparencies pres
ent, was tho motto— “Governor —Henry D.
Foster ; President—The nominee of the Char
leston Convention, whoever he may he.”.
■ The enthusiasm with which the action ,of
the Reading Convention has boon received by
all Democrats throughout tho State, regardless
of past differences of opinion about.Lccomptbn
and Gov. Packer, lias had a manifestly dam
aging and discouraging influence upon the
Black Republicans. They had flattered them
selves that there could ho no cordial and ef
fective union of tho Democracy; that those
who had boon Lecompton and anti-Locompton,
Packer and anti-Packer, Douglas and anti-
Douglas, would not harmonize in support of
the same candidates. They now 'see, howev
er, that Montgomery, Burr, McKinney, Bare,
Hugos, Hiester, Vaux and Dougherty, promi
nent anti-Locoinptbn and Douglas Democrats,
are one with Dawson, Plumcr, Bigler, Wright,
Piolott, Baker and Randall, prominent Lo
compton, National Democrats, in support of,
“Foster aridjhc Charleston nominee, whoever he
may be," and 'this sight confounds and alarms
them, for it is an unmistakable indication of a
DomocratieJtriumph in October and November
next.,. So says tho West Chester Jeffersonian.
Protection—Free Trade. —The Abolition
ists hero about pretend to be in favor of Pro
tection to American Industry, and cry lustily
against the Democrats for hbing freortraders.
Let,us gee. The A T ew York Evening Poisf,
edited by Brynrit, is the leading Bleak Repub
lican organ of ;Now York. That paper'takes
strong ariddotormined free trade ground. Tho
Post'will not permit protection to be one of
the .Republican planks. It declares'that Abo-
litionism ;is the only plank. IVe quote tho
following sentiment;
“The question! of slavery is altogether tool
groat and -momentous to bo thus prostituted to 1
tho BolfishdShemcspf speculating capitalists,
and venal .politicians, and narrow T minded bi
gots. If .those , who now manage tho affairs of
tho Ropiibf&an party contemplate any such
manoeuvre, wo warn them in time that they
had bettor let-it alone. They have, not so
great a surplus of votes that they can, afford
to drive off the friends of free trade from their
ranks. Arid if they do commit this-blunder,
we toll them that the year 18G0 is the last in
which the present political party will figure
in a Presidential election. ,
Insanity,— -We have derived considerable
interest’from an examination of the annual
report of the trustees, and superintendent of
tho. State Lunatic Hospital of Pennsylvania,
which last week found its way to our table.
Contrary to tho generally conceived idea that
tho “-mental occupations" are most conductive
to'insnnity, wo find in a list of 705 : inmates of
that institution, embracing every avocation
of human industry, that tho farmers make
much tho heaviest proportion, and the labor
ers next, There are 225 farmers, 180 labor
ers, to 25 merchants, and those of other trades
and pursuits, ranging from Ito 15. In. tho
list we find but 3 printers—a class of men
who undergo more “ brain wear,” we suppose,
than pny other. . In a list of 487 females, too,
wo'find that next to housewives, the daugh
ters of fanners form much the largest propor
tion. Is out-door work conductive to insani
ty? If not, why ,is tho 'preponderance'so
largely against the agricultural and laboring
classes ? Wo ask tho question for the reflec
tion of tho public, and if any of our intelligent
readers can furnish a satisfactory answer, our
columns arc open to them.
A Child Tried for Murder.— John P.
Famous, a boy only 8 year? of age, was tried
last week at'Norristown, for tho murder of
Mary Elizabeth- Eagans, 12 years of age, by
shooting her with, a gun, at Bridgeport, on
the sth of October last. Before the evidence
was closed' tho District Attorney abandoned
tho case, and the jury returned a Verdict of
hot guilty. ...
Another Terrible Shipwreck—Over One
Hundred Lives Lost. —By the steamer Nova
Seotian, from Liverpool, on the 22d ult., we
learn that the Ship Liiyp, from Havre for New
Orleans, has boon wrecked on the French
coast, near Cherbourg, and proved a total
loss. She had 88 passengers, two of whom
only wore saved, and their names are not giv
en. Tho loss of passengers and crew is said
to bo 105 lives.
Poisoned by Strychnine Whiskey Nico
las Spencer and his wife, both colored, were
poisoned in Steubenville, Ohio, last Saturday,
by drinking strychnine whisky—the husband
dying within half an hour after taking the
fatal doso, and tho wife suffering so much at
the time tho letter was written to tho Pitts
burg Chronicle; foot her death was momenta
rily expected. Tho.parlies, it seems, procur
ed a bottlo of whisky at a tovorn in town,
which, it is said, was heavily charged with
strychnine. Both partook of it, and both be
came alarmingly ill immediately with tho
above result.
Fire at Cabuondalb, Pa.— The City Hail
and Court House, and tho Jail attached, wore,
on Tuesday morning of Inst week, sot oil fire
by a prisoner named Higgins, and entirely
destroyed, Higgins perished in the flames,
Speaking ont in Meeting,
Since tho result of tho Opposition Conven
tion proceedings ab Harrisburg has become
known, the Peopld’s party of Pennsylvania is
not tho People’s, party so much ns it was.
That is to coy, some of tbo people, and a largo
number too, art' very far from being satisfied
with thb way things have bcett done. Tho
Pittsburg Journal, a prominent Republican
print, for instance, growls like a hear with a
sore head. Speaking of tho action of the Har
risburg Convention, the editor says:
“Political success—to our sbamo bo it said—
breeds political corruption.. No sooner is
there a door open to pqsitibn, power or emol
ument, than a whole herd of political yerniiu
rush in, to flic utter exclusion of honesty, de
cency and good mnnnprs, Ono dqvil niay bo
dislodged, but seven others enter in and dwell
there, and the last state of thb paflyt is worse
than the first. To’such n state has the Peo
ple’s party of Pennsylvania degenerated, when
tho dictum of one man can wrest the 'repre
sentative rights of ton thousand from their le
gitimate use to his own advancement. Wo
feel willing, in some cases, to tolerate errors
of mind or of heart; but when ns in this case,
one man’s political ambition presumes to dic
tate to us tho policy wo must advocate, wo
shall and at our discretion shall exor
cise, tho right to rebel."
Berks County. —Tho gallant Democracy of
Old Berks hold a ratification meeting in the
Court House, at Reading, on Thursday eve
ning of last weak, which was pvosided over by
that veteran Democrat, Qen. 000. M. IColm,
It was addressed by Judge Shannon, of Pitts
burg, Geo. Sanderson, Esq., of Lancaster,
Isaac Ilugus, Esq., of Somerset, Samuel Tate,
Esq., of Bedford, and tho Hon. Richard Yaux
of Philadelphia. -Wo have never witnessed a
more enthusiastic assembly. The soul-stir
ring eloquence of Judge Shannon brought
fears to tiie eyes of the old veterans composing
tho mooting. Berks county will' give her old
fashioned diajority for General Foster in Oc
tober,
, Js@“ The lion. Henry D. Foster, democrat
ic nominee for Governor, resides at Groons
hurg, Westmoreland county, where ho is per
sonally very popular. His unexpected nomi
nation created much enthusiasm in tho town,
many houses were illuminated, bonfires kirn
klod, and a ratification meeting held, at which
~Mr. Foster appeared and accepted the nomi
nation. ,
“Xlnmickv. Friday.” —Friday is fho.un
lucky day, par excellence, according to the
opinion of the millions. As an example,
however, of how such stupid prejudices.-may
be upset, wo will quote a few instances of
“Friday work.” On Friday, August 21,
1492, Columbus sailed for the new worldon
Friday, October 12, 1492, he first discovered
land; on Friday, September 7,1565, Melendez
founded St. Augustine, the oldest town in the
United States; on Friday, November 10,1620,
the compact on board of tho Mayflowerwas
/signed; on Friday, December 22, 1620, the
[Pilgrims landed on, the Plymouth rock; on
Friday; February 22, 1/32, George Washing
ton was born ; on'Friday, October 19, 1781,
Cornwallis surrendered. ...
Walnuts as a.Medicine. —Everybody eats
walnuts; everybody knows how'to make a
| picket of walnuts. Now, the fact is, walnuts,.
I when properly prepared, are an .excellent
medicine, and alternative, and this is the way
to prepare them. Got tho green walnuts fit
for pickling, put them in a stone jar filled up
with moist sugar, jn the proportion of half a
pound, ton score of walnuts; place tho jar in
a saucepan of boiling water for about, three
hours, taking care the .water does not got in, :
arid keep it simmering during tho operation.
The sngar when dissolved should cover (ho
walnuts, if it does not, add more,, cover thoni
close and in , six months they will be fit for
use; the older they are the,better they arc.—
One walnut is a dose for a child six years.old
as a purgative; and it bos thus groat advan
tage over drugs, that while it is an excellent 1
medicine, it is at the same time very pleasant
to the palate, and will bo esteemed by young
folks as a groat treat.. Who can say.as much
of salts, jalap, and other doctor’s stuff which
it may - reader needless 7
Don’t do it, Girls. —There is a practice
quite, prevalent among young ladies pf the
present day, which we arc old-fashioned
enough to consider very improper. We al
lude to their giving daguerreotypes of them
selves to young men who are merely acquaint
ances. Wc consider it indelicate high
est degree. Wo are astonished that any
young girl should hold herself so cheap 1 as
this. With an accepted lover it is of course
all right. Even in this case the likeness,
should be returned, if tho engagement should
by any misunderstanding cease. If this little
paragraph should meet tho eyo of any young
girl about to give her daguerreotype to a gen
tleman acquaintance, let her know that the
remarks made by young men when together,
concerning what is perhaps on her part but a
piece of ignorance or imprudence, would, if
she heard thorn, cause her cheeks to crimson
with shame and angor.
Sold!— On,o of out New York daily,ex
changes which has acquired a reputation for
correctness not wholly undeserved, was rm
oontly handsomely sold, done bv;own and- me
taphysically turned over, 1 by some wag of a
paragraphist, In its “personal” column, the
other day, appeared the following:
“Horrible Circumstance,— Timothy Hay
was literally eaten up by a horse in Sullivan,
last week. Tho horse was a vicious ono, and
young Hay, having occasion to go before him
m tho stable, was seized, and before assist
ance could reach him was almost totally de
voured.”
Now we can assure our city cotomporary
that Timothy Hay, and more especially Young
Timothy Hay, when it goes before a horso, or
is put before him, is invariably oaten 1 It may
bo “horrible" but it is nevertheless a fact!
Suffocated. —John Lore, having dropped
Ins hat into a-well, in Mount Vernon, Ohio,
last Mondaw wook, descended by the rope to
recover it, but was overcome by tho noxious
gas and foil to the bottom. A neighbor then
descended, to try to rescue Mr. Loro, but was
drawn up senseless, and was resuscitated with
much difficulty." Mr. Loro’s body was, after
some time, drawn up,, but life had departed.
Fatal Accident— Mr. Wm. Ronnbr was
so terribly injured, last Friday, at Altoona,
Pa., by tho fall of a car truck which ho was
engaged in hoisting, in one of tho shops of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, that ho
died the following day.
» Botificntlon Heeling in Philadelphia.
Tho Democrats of Philadelphia, Boon after
the nomination of Gen. 11. I). Foster, by tho
Beading Convention,held tv very largo and
enthusiastic Batiflcation Meeting, at tho Na
tional Ifall, in that city. A number of elo
quent speakers wore present, who addressed!
the meeting;, our friend, A. L. Snowden, (for
merly of this County,) being one of them, Mr.
Snowden saidi
Mr. President and Pel!me- Citizens ;—Never
did I arise to address a Democratic assembly
with feelings of such heart-felt joy, as I this
moment experience in appearing before yon j
in response to the kind invitation of your
Committee. I congratulate you, mjrfollow- j
citizens of Philadelphia, in common with the
Democracy of tho whole Commonwealth, Upon
the happy, glorious results that have followed
the action of tho Bonding Convention.—
[Cheers.] For tho last two years the Demo
cratic party of tho Keystone State have been
rent asunder by internal feuds and individual
jealousies, winch, Hko twin vultures, June
preyed upon its .vitals,paralyzing its energies
and leaving it prostrate beneath the insulting
trend of that mongrel party r which alone hnds
victory wiien we arc divided. [Applause.]
Many of our wisest and heat men doubted the
ability of the Bonding Convention to bring;
ponce and harmony into the discordant-ele
ments of our party. Darkness and gloom
seemed to hang like a mighty cloud over our
future ; but with that prudence niul wisdom
which has ever characterized the Democratic
party in times of great peril, the Convention
assembled —scorning to have but one object in
view—tho union and harmony of our party.
They forgot past differences, they sacrificed
individual preferences, they rejected every
thing that was calculated to bring discord and
dissatisfaction into the Convention. They
felt tho'great responsibility resting upon them,
and manfully, manfully, did they immolate
everything that was likely to jeopardize tho
great,hopes that were centered upon their de
liberations. They wore not willing that Le
■compton or Anti-Leoompton, or any other
dead issue, should longer keep asunder broth
ers in a common cause,, but .they wore deter
mined that'the dead past, with all its unplea
sant memories and fearful lessons, should bury
its dead; .and'as for them,.they would strike
hands as brethren too long separated, and,
shoulder to shoulder, inarch forward in tho
groat battle for the Constitution and the Un
ion. [Prolonged Applause.] And most nobly
did they succeed in bringing peace and har
mony into the ranks of our party.
Never in the memory of any Pennsylvanian
has there been a Convention,"within the limits ’
of the Commonwealth, whoso acts- have mot
so universal a response from the Democracy
of the whole State. From Lake Eric - to the ,
Delaware—from New York to Maryland, the
voice of a united and harmonious Democracy
has gone up in shouts of exultation,, the sure
precursor of victory. .[Cheers.] Placing in
nomination n statesman of intellect and expe
rience—a Democrat ever earnest, devoted and
unyielding—a citizen against whom reproach 1
has never dared to lift its voice—wo have in
Ilonry D. Foster a candidate who deserves,
and will command tho respect of every good
citizen, and whoso election to the Guherriato-'
rial chair is a foregone conclusion. [Applause.]
But certain as wo mnj' feel that victory will
rest upon our banners, it is. nevertheless our
bounden duty to go into this struggle with
heart and hand, determined that nothing shall
I be left.undone to insure, a viptmy.no complete
and overwhelming that it- shall" bury Aholi
l.tionism, Black sectional
ism so deep that the light 'orffjio bright hea
vens shall never ogaiii.rosf.upori their treason
able flag. [Cheers.] To. accomplish an end so;
desirable to the peace and happiness of this
groat country, we must imitate the example
of the Beading Convention. Past differences
must ho forgotten—wd must ho united,.thor
oughly and completely united. 1 An.-honcst
'difference of opinion docs \iho\y exist ..among
many of you-npon minor questions or’-upon
abstract principles, hut they liiust aU bo , laid
upon the altar of our party-, for. tho good ,of i
our common country. I have my .own views)
upon questions that have; and that, are agita
ting the minds of th&.loading men of our par
ty —honestly differing with some and agreeing
with others, hut in tho coining contcstl shall
knownothing save tho Democratic party and
its success, because I know upon Its triumph
Jiang interests tho most stupendous that have
over entered into a like contest in the hihtory
of this country, [Prolonged applause.] Tiiitf
is no struggle in which’ questions of oxpedion- ,
oy alone arc involved. Other contests we.
have had upon such questions. The country
has passed through a contest in which the
‘constitutionality and advantages of a United
States Bank was the issue.. They have had
contests upon protective and revenue .tariffs—
upon internal improvements— u’ptm the dis
tributionof the’proceeds of the public lands,
—and upon other questions of expediency,
uponwhich the people of all the States were
divided in judgment. But the issue before us
now is far different.- A powerful political
party in seventeen sovereign States are united
upon principles antagonistic to the spirit of
tho. Constitution—at open war with the sol
emn compact upon which the Union is based,
and that find no response in the remaining
sister States'of the Republic. [Cheers.] It.is
a geographical’ and sectional party—against
which tho great and good Father of his coun
try warned lis in his last sacred legacy. The
contest of.XSGO is therefore not one of expedi
ency, but a contest in which the equal rights
of citizens under tho Constitution and‘the
equal rights of alTthp States in tho Confede
racy are involved.’"[Applause,]
A contest upon the decision of which rests
(m , my judgment) the durability andperpitu
ily of tho American Union, [Cheers.] No
wonder, therefore, that I am in earnest, and
that you. are in earnest. No wonder that so
many thousands have come up,hero-to-night
to buckle on tho armor and prepare fur the
defence of those sacred rights, purchased by
the common treasure, suffering and blood of
our fathers. There was no North nor no
booth when those rights wore procured. As
brethren in a common cause they united; side
by side they labored in a Continental Con
gress—side by side they fought upon the bat
tle-fields of the Revolution, and tho dews that
aro descending this night are gently falling
upon their commingling dust. Well may
the groat champion of tho great Repub
lican party issue a now manifesto, and endea
vor to cover under his beautiful and classical
sentences tho dreadful and fallacious doctrine
of tho “irrepressible conflict.’' Well may ho
use nil the powers of his great intellect and
the grace of his rhetoric in endeavoring to
call back tho horror-stricken masses of con
servative citizens, whom ho before had so
completely deluded. [Applause.] Tho effort
is a vain one. They have seen his doptrines
put to a practical test, they- have seen tlio wa
ters of the ShanandooJi grow rod with inno
cent blood. They ask no more, they want no
more. [Cheers.] It is in vain for tho Bepub
iican leaders to say they are innocent of this
great crime against file peace and happiness
of the Union. The blood spilled at Harper's
berry is tho “natural result of anti-slavory
teachings.” It is the logical sequence of tho
infamous doctrine proclaimed boldly at Ro
chester, that “there is ah irrepressible con
flict between tho free labor and' slave labor
States of this Union.” And although 1 do
not declare that the Republican leaders have
all the courage of old John Brown, of Ossa
watomio, yet I do declare that they have been
the trumpeters in this unholy crusade upon
the institutions of the South, [Laughter and
applause.] Against such men atfd such prin
ciples it is our duty, as good citizens, to wage
an eternal warfare. As for mo, I will “never
lay down my arms—never! never! never!”
[X rolongod applause.] Never will I support a
party whoso shout,.when triumph rests upon'
banners, can find no coho from the tomb
at Mount Vernon,, Never will I support a
party which can rally Ao followers around tb,
spot where Andrew Jaoksoh sleeps. fChecrs 1
Never will J sustain a party which canno!
number defenders for its principles 'in n„
State whore Sumpter and Pinckney and J|J
ion fought so gloriously for the liberties of mJ
country. [Applause.] There is somethin’;
Wrong—something dangerous in tho tenets cf
any puffy—under whatever name it bo, t)J
cannot find supporters to its principles in over.
State ill. the Union. But, my follow-oitlzeiij
I have dotained you too long, yot I cannoi
close Without n brief allusion to some remark
that have been made in reference to tl lc
Charleston Convention. I, for one, nm w ip
ling to accept tho action of that Convention
I fully believe it will bo actuated by tho same
spirit that controlled our State Convention
and that tho results Will bo as happy.
plause.] Next to the principles of our part,
I hold sacred the integrity of its organization’
Without organization, no mattes how just nm)
right your principles are, you will fail of sac
cess. I have'ever maintained tho organhj.
tion of my party, whether I agreed with tk
views of the majority or not. In 1858,1 d o no
all in my power to sustain the organization in
Pennsylvania, and I declared then , upon t| l( j
stmuji; nu'd I reiterate it hero to-night, tlm
had I been in Illinois, instead of Femisyir,.
nin, all my feeble’ efforts would have boon di
rected to sectire the return of Stephen i
Douglas to tho Senate- of tho United Statci '■
[Tremendous Applause.] _ _ 1
But we have no disorganization now.-
dor the, Sttmo flag, a united and harmonica |
Dpaioorapy gather; under tho same hann 8 |
will we light in. tho coming struggle; for Si |
sanio groafc.prmeiplos will wo contend, li, 1
songs, amid tho darkest hour of the
shall ho of tho “Union and the Constitution."
And tho same groat victory will ho one fei:
all; and when it comes, our shout upon tin!
battlement shall he, “tho Constitution and the;-.-
Union are preserved. ” '[Prolonged applause.);
; The Harper’s Ferry Insurgents.
Ohio Refuses io Surrender Jiroicn and Mem
am : —Pardon Refused io"Stevens; and Ihi
hit. , , ,
' Cleveland, Ohio, Friday, March 9. ,
Gov. Letcher, of Virginia, has made a it-,
quisition on Governor, Dennison, of tins .State,
for the arrest 'of Owen-, Drown’ and , Francis
Merriam, two of,the Harper’s Ferry-.insur-®
gents, who are now or have been in
la County. Indictments wme found
them in Jefferson County,'Virginia, UniW|9-;
States Marshal Johnson, on the sth mat., dc|;;-«i
livered the paper to Gov. Dennison.Awho, ini®
letter dated the Bth iuBt v - doblincs
warrants,' mid. states that his reasons for tiu;l ; ■ v
conclusion have been communicated to Got A
Letcher. ' t'A
Richmond, Vn.,' Friday; March 9,
• .The" Committee of the Virginia LegsglatosAA
on Courts and Justices, have reported it ina-jw
podient to take any action in, regard to.tluffi
commutation of sentence of ropriovo of oMer
Stephens or llazlett, the doomed Iliirpet’sliir. p|
ry conspirators. . t||'
They Don’t' Like it.—' The Easton A-fwp;;
says truly .that the proceedings of the dleai&ftlA
Convention are not altogether agreeable to life,
Blitck Republican papers. The nonnnnlHK,;
of so high-toned and -eminent a
Gen. Foster, lias taken them by surprise,
.disturbs their tempera. ■ They are ns crossS
so many sore headed hears, and declare Him
the Convention acted very badly in not non'H
Dating either' Mr. IVitte or. Mr. Fry. jliS||
none of their- business, wo imagine, how Ibfvl
Democratic party, fixes up its little family ss;v
fairs; wild they have no right to grumble. IVjVy
nominated our best man, and we intend
‘ . ; " ■ - . ' ’ •
elect him too, . The Democratic party is od«S> !
more united. . Locomptbn and nnti-Locoinpti^-
are. dead and buried,-,and bcueefortli we Lirc-iV;,'
rhappy family. So stand frbm lindori &
■ , -BfP Fuel Saidng Societies are begiiminj®
(ho. talked of in our large cities. T)ierc]ii|||
boon. duo. in operation iii Philadelphia ®
thirty years.- A writer speaks thus of B>Ss
Amoiig the long .cstabished benevolences®
Philadelphia, w. the -Fuel Savings Soc:ra.w
lormed for the sole purposo,of receiving lumi
poor folks their dimes and half dimes, will
they have them to spare, to bo laid oiit in nM
chasing fuel at wholosalo, rates, which ifc®
receive during the winter. . A.ecnta diiybuffJl
one ton of .coal ; .8 cents for iff weeks eutiM
the depcsilof to half a ton, and, 12 cents' lofsl
whole ton... - These able Io buy their owe !::i ■
are not allowed as depositors, nor will # n T #fs
posit larger than 50 cents be received nt'inCS
tune, nor more thin .§2 in any moalli, ideji
more than the preo of three.tins in puos&hfl;
sou. It is for the poor exclusively, and 22
of them nsed it last year, depositing {ilia
and drawing 323 tons of prime coal. 'The' A
families cftiio depositors'numbered 122 mm,
240 women, and 460 children, .Of flaw 51,
wore washerwomen, 42 sewing woaiou, wifli
females in various other positions.
.Jewish Women in Mokocco.— The Jlor
dar Jewesses are not very strict to their fait'
They will marry any well-to-do Christie'
gentleman who would make the offer scrioir, |
ly. They are,singularly lovely in face, thoml. |
wo stout in form. Both in Tangiers and St -y,
gadar I was fortunate enough to her acqiniit
od with families who boast of 4berßJo.st.pcrf* "'A
and classic types of Jewish female lovelinu-
Alas that these beauties should bo bnly.cluie ■
ing animals, their minds and affections
left uncultivated, or converted into cavciiA;
unclean and tormenting passions. Their .
esses, in general, until they become, ett
mously stoat and weighed down with obcsi? ,
arc. of extreme beauty. Most of them W
fair complexions; their rose and jasmint*
ces, their pure wax like delicate features, t. i >
their exceedingly expressive and! bewitch
eyes, would fascinate' the.most fastidious -
European connoisseurs of female beauty.
But these Tsraelitish ladies, recalling'
fair imago of Rachel in the patriarchal 1» ,
of Holy Writ and worthy to serve ns mtd, ;
for a Grecian sculptor, aro.trcatod with s»JI ,"
disdain by the churlish Moors, and someth '_A
are obliged toewalk barefoot and prost.
before their ugly-negress conpubinw. 4
male infants of Jews arc .engaging and f
looking when young; but, as they gw” 1 ,
they bboomo ordinary; and Jews of a ck 1
ago are decidedly and most disgustingly c , ~,'
In former days Jewesses, as well as
wei-go,bilged to takeoff the slippers or V
in passing a mosque. But the predoccsS l ,f?|
the present Emperor, a rigid Mussukj'A;
considered it a great scandal that these) A
enormous inffdols should disturb the tlevetf
of the faithful by showing their well e”
turned ankles,, so the order was rccimtel *
the spirits of the Mussolmanslcft in pet*
Richardson’s Morocco;
S&fThe city of Portland, Maine, ha*"
tributod seven cents to the Washington ?'■
umont since the collecting boxes wore p*
in the post office of that town.
305“ Hon. Cassius M. Olay, in a com” 1 *
cation to the Country Gentlemen, states ft
for many years, ho has grazed a thous\
cattle a 'year. ■ ■ t
A Bio Eagle Captubed. —A corrospw ■ -
writing to us from Herndon, Northunihn
county, on Saturday, says: '
“ A largo Bald Eaglo, measuring ' <
on foot across thawings, was caught y c *'y
fit this place, Trovorton Junction, hy »■ j’
ly Bowetsook, Esq., telegraph operator. j<y
eagles wore fighting on the ground, J,|t
Mr. Bowersook ran up to them and ii jJ!
’oho. A hard struggle ensued, but the .
was njado a prisoner and secured •»**
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