1 AMERICAN VOLUNTEER, JOHN B. BkATTON, Editor.& Proprietor., CARLISLE, PA., MAY 24,1860. .DEMOCRATIC' SMB NOMINATIONS. For Governor, HENRY D. FOSTER, OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY. ■ for presidential electors, electors at large. Geo. M. Keim, of Berks county. Richard Vacs, of Philadelphia. district electors. t. Frcd’k. A. Server. 2. Win. C. Patterson. 3. Jos. Crockett) Jr. 4. J. GV Brenner. 5. J. W. Jacoby, ii, Charles Kelly ?, 0. P. James.- 8. David Schalh 9. J. L. Lightner;- 10. S. S. Barber. 11. T. Hi WaKiir.- 12. S. S. Winchester. 13. Joseph Laubach. Read it !—Wo refer to the letter of the Hod , A. H. Stephens/ of Georgia, to be found on our first page. This talented, bold, and in trepid statesman, as will be seen by his letter, has come out flat-footed- against the course of thoAisorganizing eecodert. Read the letter; every one. Resigned.—Rev. C.- Collins, President of Dickinson College, has resigned his position, to assume the Prcsideney-of a Female College, near Memphis, Totn. Wo have not heard of his probable successor in Dickinson College. Fire.'—The largo bam belonging to the Heirs of Thomas Craighead/deo’d., in' South Middleton-township, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday, night last. Eight fihe horses perish ed in the fliuhes/and a quantity of grain, hay, Bt.-aw, farming implements, &c., was also con sumed. It is believed the barn was set pu fire. Division op Dickinson Township.— ln eomplianccnrith an order of Court, the voters , of Dickinson township held an election (at the Stone Tavern,) on Saturday last, to decide for or against a division of the'Township. The contest between.the friends and’ opponents of division was quite lively, and votes were cast. ■ When the ballots were cotinted, it was found that the friends of the division hud car ried their object by' 64 majority. So old Dickinson is divided into two townships,. to bo called Upper' and Lower Dickinson. Corner Stone.—The Corner Stong of the new Mi E. Church; at Mount Holly Sprihgs, will be laid (Divine Providence permitting,), on Saturday 'the 2d day of Juno next, with Masonic ceremonies. The Rev, John A. Gere, P. E. of , Carlisle District, Rev. C. Collins, D. D, President of Dickinson College, Rev. H. M. Johnson, D. D., Prpf.. Boswell, Rev. C. P. Wing, D. D., Pastorof terian Church, and Rev. Chenowjth, Roy. A. B. Gibson, Pastors e h£-' x r - m — ' *r , ■,-.v—*——- InvHga; ana expected to attend. . The citizens of Carlisle and vicinity are respectfully invi ted to attend. Services to commence nt half past one o’clock, P. M. -• .. A Parade.—Wo had quite a handsome mil itary parade in this place on Saturday. The companies pwoschtiwero/.the Big Spring Ada mantine- Shards, or fihir company of troops, commanded by Capt. Woodbhrn • the Sumner TKfles, Capt/Ktran ; Carlisle Infantry, t)apt. R. M’Cautnev, and'the Junior Cadets, Capt. Parker. The companies all looked 'well) and attracted, considerable attention. Tib Baker Family,—lt will bo gratifying M the 1 lovorSof good music to learn that the Original Baker vocalists will soon bo in Car lisle, whorofthoy intend giving one or mote concerts. • have'acquired >a- high reputation, as vocalists; and'-we - hope'' when they arrive in our borough,-thcy may bo en couraged by largo audiences of our music ap preciating citizens, , r The, New Court House at Harrisburg, The County Commissioners of Dauphin Coun ty, on Friday last, allotted the contract for the Buildinguf the now Court .House to Messrs. Holman ■& Wilt; of Harrisburg, for the sum of $57,012 07- Jonfr B. Turner, of Carlisle, wnstho lowest bidder, and the Commissioners of Dauphin 'should'explain how it happens, that after they stated in their: advertisement that the lowest bidder shoiild receive tho con tract, they refused to award it to him. Distressing Accident.- —A most distressing accident occurred in Meohaniosburg on tho 21st inst., resulting fatally to an interesting daughter of Mr. 'E. Zug, of that place. It ap pears that while tho female portion of the household were engaged in some domestic du ty, the child, unporooived, wont up stairs, and By moans of U chair, succeeded in . getting a lamp and matches which were on a bureau,— She, Ut the lamp, and it is supposed that in getting off tho chair, tho flame of the lamp communicated .to tho 'curtains of a bonnet which sho.had on, said from that "to tho other portions of her clothing.. Tho first intimation of her whereabouts -wns-givon by her cries, when upon going to Hbr-sh’o was found all ablaze.. Mrs. Z. enveloped her in the folds of her dross and speedily extinguished tho flames, though not without burning her hands consid erably . The child lingered until tho evening .following, when death putan end to her.suf fCrihgs'.. ■ Got mis Deserts.— On Tuesday morning, two strange negroes arrived in PaportOwn, -f undhrtho influence of “tangle-foot,” and ex pressed themselves exceedingly anxious for a fight. - Finally; they entered a now building, oh which workmen, wore engaged, apd, with out the least, provocation, aiado an attack, up on two men. One of this- megroos, however, was knocked down, (when he was in the act ofthrowing a largo stone at one of the whites,) and afterwards was severely punished. The other descendant of Ham made tracks, and thus saved his bacon. Served them right, , Races.— Two days horse-racing will fake place at the course, (Moore's Lane,) in. South Middleton township, near Papertown, on the i 7,fh and Bth of ./uno. Several fast nags have I beep entered, and a lively time may bo ox-1 ppcfod.. ] The tariff resolution, adopted by the Repub lican Convention, at Chicago, seems to bo ra ther difficult of construction. The Republi can newspapers, which have Whig antece dents, rejoice over it; tmd vague .and indefi nite as it is, insist hpon interpreting it to mean protection. But, on the other hand, the Now York Evening Post, a prominent and leading Republican organ, devoted to free trade principles, construes {he resolution to mean a “reciprocal free trade,” and threat ens to finish the Republican President when he shall have been elected, if he docs not act mxm.that construction. It says: “The con struction we have placed upon this resolution wc shall hold to firmly. If the Republican party should elect its candidate, he must act on that construction, or he will soon find him self encountered by an opposition ■ by which he will be overwhelmed.” > 14. J. Kcckhow. 15. Geo. D. Jackson. 16. J. A- Ah I. 17. J. B. Danner. 18. J. R. Crawford. 19. 11. N. Lee. 20. J. B. Howell. 21. N. P. Fcttorman. 22. Samuel. Marshall. 23. Vm. Book. 24. B. D. Hamlin. 25. Gaylord Chvirch. Thus, the dance begins with a doublc-shuf fle on an important question. The- design is to throw dust in the eyes of protectionists nnd free traders, alike. Appointment op Collectors. —A few. days since the County Commissioners of this county, appointed the following persons tas-collcctors for tho present year: Carlisle—N. W. Woods. Dickinson—Bobt. Eckels. East Pennsborongh—John Bruce. Frankford—Jacob Niokey. Hampden—Levi Walter. Hopewell—M. Morrett. Lower Allen—Peter M. Rowe. As far as we are acquainted with the above named gentlemen, they are, with few excep tions, unobjectionable, and deserving Demo-, orats. The Carlisle appointment, it is scarce ly necessary for us to say, is highly objection able and insulting to' nearly every Democrat in our Borough. What induced the Commis sioners to make this appointment, is a myste ry to all; but they are in the habit of doing li great many queer things, which none but a very few of thb initiated can understand. Taking the Census.—“ Preparations to lake the Senses of the United States!” ex claimed Mrs. Partington, “What mil yet be come of our inhcriticked liberalities ? If o.ur extinguished men, who are the public male factors of the country, will desist in their course, and by their influence or by repulsion take away the'senses of the impenitent voters, then ado to the rice communities which our noble pergrinatora conjured by their blood and pleasures.” Having exhausted herself by this long and oarnoet sentence, she was only able to add; “Others may do as «u;y confer, but Us for aw; I will never engender my seiioaa to any one.’ ('Then, adjusting her spectacles, she .was.RcarAto say softly as to htrfsolf‘Alt they take away the 1 thjnkiP makes very Jit tie, diffidcnceliiw ninny chil dren, anchcnttle, net cetera, they have in their .profession.” Serious Accident, at Harrisburg.— On. Friday evening last, tho Republicans of Har risburg held a meeting to ratify tho Chicago nominations, and during tho firing of a cannon on Capitol Hill, the piece (a four-pounder,) through some unknown cause, was premature ly discharged, which resulted in blowing away ithe right hand and otherwise seriously inju ring the body of Mr’. Michael Maguire, one of the men engaged fh firing the same. The ramrod was shivered, and pieces of it were thrown outside of tho enclosure into Walnut street. Another young' man, named Gams, who was in tho act of carrying a cartridge, was slightly burned about tho face and neck by the discharge. Mr. Henry Beoker, an ex perienced cannoneer, was holding the 'vent at ,iho time of tho explosion, andhad'iiis thumb very seriously burned. Mr. Maguire was ta ken to tho Dauphin County House, where his arm was 1 amputated, a short distance' below, tho elbow, by. Drs. Seiler and Rutherford; after which ho was carried on a. settee to his boarding house, The accident occurred after the third or fourth round, and caused a sus pension of the salutes. 1 The two Elections of President nv the House.— Whoa Jefferson was elected by the House them wore sixteen States, and nine were necessary for a choice. On thirty-five ballots they stood each time: Jefferson, eight; Burr, six; tied two. On tho tKirty-sixth bal lot Jefferson had ten States; Burr, four; blank, two. In 1824, John Quincy Adams was chosen President by the House of Repre sentatives. There were then twenty-four States. Mr. Adams received in tho House tho votes of thirteen; General Jackson, seven; Mr. Crawford four. Pay of Deputy Marshals.— The pay As sistant Marshals are to receive for taking tho census, is two cents per head, for tho popular, tion reported; the same for each death; fifteen cents for each industrial establishment, and ton cents for each farm of which they report tho statistics. They also receive a travel foe necessary to the discharge of their duties. Dog Nuisance.— A correspondent of the Pittsburg Dispatch complains bitterly of the worthless curs which infest*the streets of that city.. Wo have'great reason to complain of the same-dcsoription'of nuisance here. Night is nmdo hideous by the- yelpings and bowlings of “ mongrel, puppy; whelp and hound, and our of low degree,"' SSyTlm Nigger Question wont down, but keo P® P°PP* n S up on all occasions both South ana Worth. There is now wide-spread agita tion and groat excitement over it. Hatrisburg Telegraph. Yes— the “nigger question" kept a “pop ping up" at Chicago lately, but next fall the people will pop it down most effectually Mark it. ' ' | Mb. IWleb in South Auebica.—H is now | believed that Mr. Powler, the New York de faulting postmaster, has loft for South Amer lica, whore he expects to retrieve his ruined [ fortunes, and pay his debts through the aid of his friends, who continue to show the ut most devotion to-him. The Tariff Bnolotion. Mifflin—lVra, Patton. Monroe—G. W. Pressel. Meohanicsburg—Jos. Totten.: Middlesex —C. Hartman. North Mjddleton—W. F. Sweiger. Newton—S. Cope. • Newville—J. M. Woodburn, Jr. New Cumberland:—George Tackier. Silver Eichelberger. South Middleton—J. H. Hosier. Southampton—6. W. Coffee. Shippcnsburg Borough—J. T. Blppcy, Shippensburg Township—=D.Linc. Upper Allen—L; Kinch. West Pennsborough-—S. Bixler. The Defeat of Seward. Tlmrlow cditor;of the Albany Eve ning Journal, and spcfcial friend of Mr. Sew ard, thus writes from Chicago: Misrepresentation has achieved its work.— The timid and credulous have succumbed to threats, and. perversions. To please a few thousand men of equivocal principle and fal tering faith, millions of royal bearfsbave been saddened. The recognized' standard-bearer of the Republican party has been sacrificed upon the altar of fancied availability. The sacrifice was alike cruel and unneces sary. No man in the Republican parly ' has greater strength than-William H. Seward.— bio man deserves more at the hands of that party, or possesses greater fitness for the high j office for which its national tribunal has de clared him unworthy. His platform is that of the Republican party, and was before it.— He, more than any other man, initiated the principles which called it into being, and which gave, and which still gives it all its vi tality. No other man’s history so distinctly embodies the grand idea which brought toge ther >:those who originally entered into the Republican organization; and the world’s verdict whs that good faith, common honesty and the future history and well being of the Republican party demanded his nomination as its standard-bearer in the pending canvass. But this verdict has. been reversed. The inflexible virtues, the ■ unswerving integrity, the heroic courage, the profound sagacity and the exalted statesmanship which endeared liijn to the people, constituted “the stumbling i block and rock of offence” to the Convention, iHe was deemed too pure, too consistent, too heroic, too wise, and too thoroughly and too conspicuously imbued with the principles of Republicanism, to succeed. Men, no single pulsation of whose hearts ever beat responsive to the principles of the Republican party, must be conciliated; and to do so, William H. Seward must be sacri ficed; Localities where Republicanism never had vitality enough to breathe, wore coveted, and to encourage the effort to a'chievo what is Unattainable, William H. Seward was sacri ficed, States, whose representatives have never yet inhaled sufficient of the free spirit of Republicanism to assume its name demand ed the immolation, and they were,gratified. Love of consistency, admiration for a long life of devotion to freedom, and a heroic pur pose to stand or fall by the -noblest embodi ment of undiluted and undefiled principle, all had to succumb to fancied' expediency and bitter bate. The result is less a defeat of William 11. Seward than a triumph of his personal cne-. mica. The sentiment which culminated in his rejection was chiefly manufactured by those whose dislike of the man was infinitely in advance of their love for his principles.— For years he has been their Mordecai at the king's gate; and by feeding, the doubts of some, by exciting the apprehensions of others,, and by the industrious utterance of misrepre sentations to all, they have, like their ancient prototype, seemingly attained the end they have so ardently coveted, and secured the dis comfiture of those who have, for long years, looked and hoped for the coming day when William H. Steward should attain the exalted position for which no man living is so worthy. I know very well that many of those by whoso hands this immolation was actually consum mated, did not share in this spirit of envy and hate, but.onough did to tuvntho scale, and I I have no. wish to withhold from them this ac knowledgement of thoir right to the commen dations which they Will covet from those who are in sympathy with them Union and Compromise.—Such should he the watch words of the delegates of the De mocratic party, who are to meet in Baltimore, on the 18th of June. Really Democrats have, nothing about which a quarrel should he ‘made; The scccssionjit Charleston was-pro duced not Dy'ahy actual disagreomestAf sen timent between Northern and. Southern De mocrats, hut by the scheming and personal influence of the hair-brained fanatic—-Yancy —who hover ought to, have received' a seat in a Democratic convention. There is nothing to prevont.n cordial union of onr entire party, upon a satisfactory platform. It is only about questions of mere abstraction and theory that any difference has been made. Lot those ho all cast aside, and let a platform of those liv ing, practical principles, upon which wo are fortunately agreed, he made, and upon this our party can go into the Presidential con test, under almost any candidate that may ho nominated, with fair hopes of victory. • . The Dejiocratic.National Convention. Ail our exchanges North and South evince a deep interest in tho action of tho adjourned Convention to moot in this city next month, says the Baltimore Republican, Upon its harmony and satisfactory nomination depends the success of the party and the peace of tho Union.■■ This is felt everywhere, and there fore tho anxiety manifested upon the subject. Every true patriot 1 mast, under such circum stances, fool tho necessity of throwing aside all personal preferences andi all technical ob jections or abstractions, and in a spirit of con ciliation and compromise, mooting upon a common platform on which the whole conser vative national party can stand. There are two sectional candidates already in tho field, nominated by different sections of tho coun try. Lot us have a man nominated by the whole country, and in whom the whole coun try can have confidence, and we shall go into tho contest with an assuranco of victory. • Wo do not want any mofo sectional candi dates nor does tho' country want any more. We want a national man—a man known to tho nation, and whose record is clean a friend of tho Constitution and of all tho rights guaranteed by that instrument. If tho Con vention gives to us such a man, ns this, the glorious old Democratic banner, which has so often floated in triumph amid tho storms and tempests of tho past, will again lead ua to glory and triumph. DCT™ Lincoln also opposed the Mexican war, and declared it unconstitutional and w rong, and voted against the hill granting 100 acres of land to tho volunteers.'’ Lincoln’s Congressional career was an in glorious one throughout; and consigned him to political oblivion for years. He is a man known more by his defeats than his successes; and his career in this respect is to be comple t'd by a crowning defeat in IBCO. The Revenue of Japan.— During nn in £orview'with the Japanese, the subject of the revenue of Japan was introduced. In answer i to a question from Commander Dahlgren, tho j Ambassadors stated, after some consultation, that it amounted to about $500,000,000, prin cipally derived from tax upon agricultural produce, rice being tho staple crop. Of this 30 per cent, is the revenue of the general gov ernment, and'7o per cent, that of tho rulers of the several States, each of which has Its distinct though tributary and subordinate government. It seems almost impossiblethat tins estimate can have boon' correctly made, ( according to our currency. The total is prob ably exaggerated. It would require a tax of' ,mor(!' than $lO a head, or about $5O a family The "People’s Parly” Abandoned. , | The nomination of Abraham tincoin, nii out-aud-out irrcprcsdble conflict roan, by the Kcpublican Convention, applies a torero test to that deceptive humbug, the “People s Party” of Pennsylvania. The .question is now presented to those Americans who have acted with the organization with the under standing that it was a fair compromise be tween Republicans and Americans; whether they will consent to be transferred to the sup port of an avowfcd Abolitionist, The Repub licans of this State think that they have play ed a very shrewd game, and that the Amcri- j cans are” caught so completely in their toils that they cannot extricate themselves. It is curious to observe the gradual process by which the American party of 185 v and 1855 lias been transformed info the. Republican party of. 18(50. In those years the American idea was the prominent principle incorporated into tho Platform of the Opposition of Penn sylvania. In 1856 tho .Republicans and Americans were separated to somaextontby differeufacandiilatcs for President.; In 1857 a combination was. formed between the two par ties under the name of .-Imcrtran-RcpabUcan or Opposition, and this title was generally adopted throughout the State in county Con ventions. During 1858 and 1859 the alliance was continued under the newly injected name of the “People’s Party.” The Relegates to Chicago were elected by a Convention called by this “People’s Party”—hut instead of ful filling the trust committed to.'then by labor ing for the nomination of a moderate candi date for President, they descried after the first ballot, and assisted in the nomination of Abraham Lincoln, one of the mpi* violent and extreme Republicans of tho West.! This is not all-rthoy helped to pass a resolnaon distinct ly repudiating the principles of t|o American party, with which they professed to be asso ciated—in the following words: j Fourteenth, That the National Republican party is opposed to any change it jour Natu ralization laws, or any. State hspslatioh by which ;the rights to citizenship hitherto ac corded to immigrants from foreijii lands shall be abridged or impaired, and infaror of giv ing a full and efficient protcctibnto the rights of all classes of citizens, whcfmprnative or naturalized, at home and abroad! The very men who represented nia in the Convention, and as* this resolution, contended, not fw that the salvation of the county upon changing the naturalization non- they wheel square around an own principles, at the bidding df lican party. It is a striking ili the tergiversations, faithlessness and unprincipled character of Op iticians. -' .The course of these delegates Bjnst tcrmi minate the alliance between the Aiiericans and Republicans maintained under me name of “People’s Party,” if there is appark of manhood or principle remaining.rn.Bio Amer icans. ; They were not only soblnt Chicago, but insulted into the bargainand if they can stand that, they will submit to a y indignity. ]) n. Union. A Difficult Question Ans,i\ ! |iieh.— “ Can any reader tell why, when Evt : *as manufac tured from one of Adam's ritsj a hired girl wasn't made at the same time t-ijvait on her 1” ■ * Exchange. The Harrisburg Union ansVcfs the. above difficult question thus: We can, easy 1 * Because Arum never came whining to Eve with a ragged nocking to be darned,.a collar-string to be fpwed on, or a glove to bo mended “ right awiif; quick now 1" because he never read the newspaper until the sun got down behind the jalni-treos, and then stretched himself, yawnug out, “Ain’t 3er most ready,-my dehr?’ti. Not ho. He-j - the fire and hung over twheaskettlo him-1 self, we’ll venture, tipii pwllC'V tbn radishes, \ and pealed the I '^Tr' : and t«l the chickens, and Idoaed after thepigs himself. He never bronghr iome’hdlf-a-dez-- on friends to dinner, when JKve hadn’t nnv fresh pomegranates and the riimgo season wa r s over! lie never stayed out until eleven o’clock to a “ town meeting,” hurrahing for the out and-out candidate, and thcn-jtcblded hecau.se poor deav-Eyo was sitting m and cryin<r in side the gales. To he surdjhc acted rather cowardly about apple gathering time, but then that don’t depreciate his gefbral hoipfulnees about the garden 1 He novcr.played billiards, nor drove fast horses, nor t ; \okod Eve with cigar smoke. Ho never loafdl around corner groceries while solitary Eve was rocking little Cain’s; cradle at homo. Injshoit be didn’t think she was.cspeoially created for the pur pose of waiting on-him, and wasn’t under the impression that it disgraced a man to lighten his wife’s cares a little. ■}" That’s the reason that Erl did not need a hired girl, add we wish it was the reason none of the fair descendants did 1 JB@" lion. Edward M’Phojson, from the Ad ams and Franklin district, (jPa.,) has been ap pointed the Pennsylvania ihombor of the Re publican National Commtiti/e. Harrisburg Telegraph. ' ell, and who, pray. haji been appointed the Pennsylvania memberlof the “ People’s Party” National Committee? Great Mortality in Tjxas.— The Texas correspondent of the Moblife (Ala.,) Mercury , says: “ Never, in the absence of an epidemic, has so much fatal disease been known as now.' Different types of fever, pneumonia, typhoid, congestive chills, and .othej diseases incident to our climate, aw doing wbrk of de struction in almost every section of our State, and especially in the Southerp, and southeas ern sections.” t The Atlantic Caule.— The Boston Tran script learns from interested in the enterprise, that some fifty miles of the At lantic cablehave been taken up, from a point extending seaward from the shores of Trinity Bay, and that fractures were found in the ca ble just whore they had been indicated by the instrument on shore. Tho intcntion is to un derrun a similar length of the wire on the European side, and it is thought by the san guine promoters of ocean telegraphing, that then the Atlantic cable will bo made to work. K - A Massachusetts Yankee named Ward recently ran away from his wife with a French girl. ' Since his departure the wife has recei ved an epistle sent to him by the'French girl before their departure. It reads thus :—I re ceived your longed for letter, and would ra ther have it than a five dollar hill, how i have longed for the time to come when i can s.t in your lap and hug and kiss you as much as i please and bury my face in your wins kers. Another Victim.— The Pittsburg (P a ) Gazette states that Charles Higby, late post master at New Brighton, Beaver county p a has becomo crazy, from the effects of Spiritu alism. He embraced the delusion some years ago, and became gradually more infatuated until a few days back, when his mind gave I way, and his friends have been compelled to send him to the asylum. '. I Sodden Death or a Delegate.—Dr. F W Lord, who was a delegate to the Chicago Con vention, reached New York on Thursday, on route for his homo on Long Island, and died suddenly in the harbor, on board of the stea mer Massachusetts, of apoplexy. Pennsylvania Delegation at Chicago. Will our neighbor of the Telegraph, who ; claims that the Pennsylvania delegation “ clic , fated" the nomination of Lincoln, put the mi lowing largo quantity of strong tobacco in his pino and smoko it. - . The Philadelphia Evening Jburiiai-r-and wo , bolicvp it accords strictly with the reported proceedings—says: , ‘‘Wodonotknow whether we will bo par doned, if wo say that ever since the Chicago Convention, wo'havc been fuoro and more in clined to believe the People’s party is simply a poor relativnof the Republican party—anx ious to get from it a sort of Lenten fair in the shape of ‘loves and fishes.' The honest men dicant wO can respect and pit v, but when kicks arc given in the place of aims, wo natu rally look for some snow of resentment.—- What then must we say of those lyho tamely suhmited to such remarks as these? Mr. I ai mer; of Maryland, ‘claimed to he as good a Re publican as any of the People’s party of Penn sylvania. lie had avowed himslf a Republi can, while the People’s party wore still afraid to declare themselves thorough Republicans. (Immense applause,’ which we cordially en dorse.) ‘Ho repelled the accusation that Ma ryland was the tool of any Northern State.— They were unpurehased and nnpurcbasable, and they told Ecunsylranid to put that in its pip? and smoke if, , (Immcnsoohccrs/towhich we would add a tiger. After Mr. Wiimot, who, though not a Re publican, was dictating to a Republican Con vention, had cti leavored to ward off these home thrusts, a gentleman from Texas came out still more explicitly. ‘lie regretted that the motion should come from a gentleman from Pennsylvania—a State that was afraid even now to declare herself as a pure Rcp.ublican organization, and did not dare to stand upon pure Republican principles alone. (Cheers and hisses from Pennsylvania.) Such action teas contemptible and dastardly.” ’ Why, bless your soul, neighbor, you "know" that the People’s party was a mere beggar at Chicago—siz/11-Tcrf to sit in Convention, but without influence. So much was it despised by the pure breed of Republicans therb, that it was refused a mcmliej on the National Ex ecutive Committee. Such.a party, so poor, so openly dishonored, may beg, but.it dare not raise its head to “ dictate.” IPennsylva nia to pass p years ago; r depended I laws—and !i deny their the Repuh istration of Frightened at a Name.’ At their ratification mootin';, on Friday night, the Republicans of this place earned a banner on .which tho names, of Lincoln and Hamlin wore displayed as tho “ People's nom inees.” The name of Republican was careful ly avoided. Why are tho Opposition ashamed of their true name? Was not the Convention at Chicago a 'Republican Convention, and was not Lincoln nominated as the Republican can didate? It is impossible for the Republicans of Harrisburg to deny this—and yet they dodge behind an alias —a worn out political decep tion. The same dilemma annoys tho Opposi tion of Philadelphia, but they adopted a diffe rent mode of extrication. Their ratification mooting whs first called in the name of the “ People’s Party,” bat the absurdity of this struck them, so the next day the call appear ed in the .North American for a meetingto ra tify the nomination of the “ National Conven tion at Chicago.” This was hardly mending the-matter, since Judge Jcssnp induced the Convention to strike the word National mi t of their appellation as a palpable misnomer.-—’ [ Tho absurdity of calling tho party anything else but Republican is so palpable, that in tho attempt to avoid it, many ludicrous blunders ; must necessarily occur. Why not show a lit tle honest courage at once by manfully taking 1 the name of Republican;— Harrisburg Union. 1 insmeent osition pol Great Destruction' from Rain and llaii. Storms— On Monday and Tuesday last, the , upper portion of Greene county suffered tcr ritdv nf . Vueie-v raid and hall-. storms,'wmttwd^dvo-Voi. toms overflown—orchards, particularly the poach, injured by the hail knocking off the just formed fruit—-windows broken, and the wheat and rye fields to some extent injured. The great .damage, however, was the washing off the soil from the hillsides. Sgmd of the farmers- speak of this loss boingmuch greater to them than that by the Jimc frost last year. The one was but a temporary drawback—the other an.almost irreparable injury. There were two storms—one .on Monday, and the other on Tuesday—though the latter was the most severe. A great number of the farmers in. the injured district are compcltod to again harrow their corn-fields, furrow and plant again. The Influence oV Fence Rails. —The ComtHuiion says—'-‘At the late Republican State Convention in Illinois, there was a very excellent piece of demagoguery acted in be half of the Hon. Abo Lincoln. Alot offence rails were actually brought in the Convention Hall, and that body wore told that the Hon. Abe Lincoln" aforesaid, with the aid of one John Shanks, thirty years before, had split those rails. 'Whereupon Mr. Lincoln gave the Convention a history of the rails, and of bis own exploit in making the rails; and it is accordingly now understood that Mr. L. re ceived the Chicago nomination as the fence rail candidate for the Presidency. There has been one thing, however, overlooked, in this view of the case. Does not tho fence-rail bus iness bring up Mr. John Shanks as a candi date also ? Ought he not to have the same credit as Mr. Lincoln has ? Wo think so. Moths.— lt is very common for housekeep ers in the spring and through tho summer to lay their blankets and other woollen goods out whore they may receive the hot sun and air, thinking, by so doing, to prevent moths from breeding in them, which is a common and very groat mistake. The loss such things are disturbed and exposed, the hotter it is for tbeni.' It is believed, by intelligent persons, there is a small insect flying round that de posits there its eggs in such articles when out in the air, and consequently, after being laid by a while, bring forth moth. The best plan' that I can recommend to preserve blankets is, in the Spring, after you have quit using.and given them a good washing to fold them up m sheets, or some other cotton article that is convenient, and lay them by in drawers, or if yon have none to spare for that purpose a mcoly prepared store-box will do, and leave them there during the summer, with an occa sional looking, at. I have also kept blankets thqt have not . been in use for three years’ safely hanging in a gnrreton a polo made fast to the rafters and covered carefully over with old quilts; whilst others that wore moved about from place to place, and exposed to tho sun and air. were eaten with the moths. But t v whl «! 8t a - nd BafcBt P ,ftn ia to pack them hywh^ether oi s nodanger of insects getting Pierce and lady aro in " York, . Tho ex-Prosident has changed >b appearance a good deal-by letting his ar grow, and a very grisly crop it is. Mr Pierce smiles a little more than ho was in thn House sn Hling when a tenant of the While From the Harrisburg Slate Sentinel. Judge Beifsnydet’s Course nt Charleston., The following letter from lion. John Beif snyder, one of tho Delegates from this Dis trict to tho Charleston Democratic National Convention,'was addressed to J. A. Maoee, Esq., editor of tho Perry County Democrat; Liverpool,'Perry County, ) May 21, 1860. ) Friend Maoee:—l feel it my duty to make known'to you tho course I pursued as one of tho Delegates from this District. As I had no instructions, I considered myself free to vote ns I thought best on the nomination of a candidate for President and on all other ques tions to be decided by the Convention. I went to Charleston to do tho best I could to promote tho interests of the Democratic party, and, if possible, assist in nominating a candidate who would receive its united sup port. I loft homo determined to hear and see all I conld before .committing myself to. liny candidate, and arrived at Charleston' free to act as I deemed best for the party. I must say that when I arrived there I was consider ably,surprised to learn tho strength of Mr. Douglas. I was aware all tho time that ho had a. great many warm friends, but I had ho idea that they wore so numerous or that such a powerful influence would bl exerted in -his behalf. It was nothing but Dougins from all parts of the country. It is true ho had his opponents—those who would rather see any' other person nominated than him—because they knew that he would ho elected if nomi nated. Then, having a knowledge of the al most nnanimoiis feeling in his favor, I felt myself bound to vote for the man whom the people wanted nominated, and, therefore, gave him my first and last vote, and am very sorry that lie was not nominated. But I lira in hopes that he will be nominated on tho 13th Juno at Baltimore without much trouble. If I am alive and well, I will bo there, and as sure you that I will do,the best I can to pro cure.his nomination. lie is, in hay opinion, , the most availahloninn in the United States, \ and for the’success of the party, especially in Pennsylvania, ho should receive thcnoim natioii. - \ My colleague, Mr. GußsiutESNEit, differed with me, consequently Judge Douglas, recei ved but half a vote from this District—the other half being cast against him. There wore 9J votes, or 19 Douglas delegates, in the Pennsylvania delegation. ’ '.. . If either of the other candidates could have obtained the minority of all the delegates (in and out of the Convention) as Dougins did, and my vote could have nominated, it would have been given that candidate. But I con sidered it very unfair, after he had received a majority of the whole convention, that ho should be treated as he was. I was also very sorry to see tho course pursued by some of our delegation. I thought they Acted.very uncharitably towards Mr'. Douglas, when they knew he was by far the strongest-man, and, if united on, ’the.success of the Democratic party vvould surely follow his nomination. I have now given yon the course I pursued while at Charleston and the' motives Which governed my action. 1 trust that I have fair ly represented the District. If I have not, rind my votes do not moot the approbation of tlie Democracy, they will do mo tho kindness to instruct me differently. Truly yours. JOHN JiLTFSj'vTDKII. ,J. A. M.ioEEpDsq. . . . San Heiui.t of Ixs.VN-m-.—On the steamer B. L.Hodge, from Shreveport to Now Orleans on the 18th inst., a. small broken back man,’ calling himself B. L. Heath, who had regis tered himself on deck; hut procured himself to be transferred to the cabin, doubtless, while laboring under a fit of temporary insanity, suddenly, made an assault upon F. G. Jerm- Igau, who,,with twu.br others, was sit ting, up after the rest of The passengers had V CXII etl, --.I ml ,w o\i IA 1. i• v l('S tw; .1 „,1 j„ ing him with a bowic knife, catching him, around tho neck and. attempting; to cut Jim throat, but Jevnigan caught the knife with) one hand and Heath’s arm with the.other.—• As it was Jernigan received a severe wound across tho throat; - At this moment .the boat having 'struck the hank, the passengers were aroused, and Chns, M; Port, of Springfield, Tennessee, coming out of his state-room, was immediately stabbed by Heath, and expired. 11. J. Lyle, of Nash ville, opened his state-room door, and, looking out, wasstabbod by Heath, dying-almost , in stantly. The Captain being called, succeeded in securing the knife from the murderer, and it was with groat difficulty he could prevent summary vengeance from being visited upon. Heath is about twenty-eight years of age, is very much deformed, and hails from Weston, Lewis county, Va. He justifies the deed by alleging that the parties were seeking his life, although they had never mot before. The murderer was taken to Now Orleans, where he was delivered to the proper authorities. The Editorial Excursion-.— The editor of tho Wheeling InteUig ncer, iti speaking of the ■gathering there on the evening of tho 3d, of Editorial, to take, the excursion train on the morning of the 4th, over tho Baltimore and Ohio railroad, says:—There are editors pres ent, it seems to us, from all parts of the fcaith, and mo cannot observe that, latitude make)' difference in thp appenoance or, disposition of tho animal, Theroarc about two hundred in the city altogether, about one-fourth of whom are married, though all are old and ugly enough, heaven knows, to bo enjoying that fe licious condition. About one-half of the num j or seem be of the “heavy” order, while the balance are subs, reporters, &c., who seem bent oh baying all the fun that’s to bo got out of the excursion. The appearance of the, ex cursion party explodes tho popular notion re-, spoofing the universal poverty of editors.- They have as good clothes ns people in gene ral- ami look as if they had been weil fed and well groomed. , Warning to Young Lames who Read No vels and Write Poetry .—The Henderson (Ky.) Reporter says;—'Wo understand that a young lady of Uniontown, n few days since, committed suicide under rather romantic cir cumstances. Miss Catharine, Adums-for that was her name—formed an attachment for a young gentleman, which was not apprecia ted or reciprocated. She procured a gun, and p aced the muzzle against her head And pull od tho trigger with her too, blowihg out her. brains and killing herself instantly. This un fortunate affair was tho result bf novel read-1 jng. Iho young lady yvas accomplished, and has written several pretty litoroiy pieces. ' , ' WaT" Counterfeit gold dollars : have become very plentiful within the last few months, an so well executed, ns to deceive one-half of those into whoso hands they , fall. Thov should ho examined, closely. They are ol boths-es-the **«»d l M y t dies y On tho small coin, the diminutive word '‘Liberty'’ on the cap, is omitted. On the large, coin, this word is not upon the genuine. Wo have found all to bo of light weight, and will not bear close examination. ■ MOVE! Exchange of Ratifications. : , . Washington, May 22, 1860 At 12 M. to-day, the ratification of tho iron ties of poiieo, aimty and commerce took nt tho State Department. Tho Envoy, nccon? ponied by Captain Dupont and a suite ofabout twenty of tho under officers, two of whom car ried tho treaty box, went to tho State Denart mont. General Cass received them with hi usualoourtcsy. After they had oil got ini! the Secretary’s room, two of them retired and opening the crate in which the treaty box wm' carried, took out a'wohdcn box' covered wiffi' red leather. Bcmoving the cover,, the box Wa ‘ then opened and a beautiful lafcqaercd box containing the important documents was re moved; this was taken.into the Sccrotsrt'j room and opened. Tho two treaties Wore then token out, and after being signed—they we*, both in Triplicate, English, Dutch amlJnna. nesb-rone was, placed in a neatly. Varnished hex, ornamented with silver,', and locked, and was handed to tho Japanese, who placed’ it i tt tho same box which hold the other and re turned it to the crate. The other .was placed in tho box brought"by the Japanese, which was a boautiful.spochnon. of lacquer work or namented with plain silver rings, : through which a heavy crimson silk cord, with,tassels ■was fastened. "t-ft - • ’ The workmanship was most superb, uny part of tho box forming, a perfect mirror.’ •, After the treaties wbro exchanged, Ociienif C.vss said that it.was a great pleasure 'io i:cx change the ratification's of these treaties be tween His Majesty, the Tycoon of-Japan and i the President of the United Sthtoh, and hoped ; that it would draw close the bonds, and, per petuate the tics of trinity and peace/liptweea the two Governments,,. The Envoy expressed great pleasure at re cciving the ratification, and expressed liij warm thanks for the courtesy extended to him by Gen. C.iss, and hoped the' peace and friend ship between the twg Governments would bo everlasting. . • ... lion. Joit.v P. Kexxedv, Secretary pf the Navy at the time.- Perry’s Expedition was fit ted out, was introduced to them. Goh. C.vss then shook hands with them ns hoy rose to leave, - Tho treaty is written on fine vellum pamr beautifully studded, with gold leaf, and is man ufactured Only for the use of. Princes and State papers. : , Tho whole ceremony was very, interestin'', and lasted nearly one hour. ° Now that all tho official business is settled; they arc frbo to go and come as they please. They have accepted an invitation to dine with the President on Friday. O’ At a special meeting of tlie Tenches ■ f the 1s; M. E. Sunday School of Carlisle, the following report of Ihoir committee’ ires aloptod: ' ‘ ; Onr fellow teacher, S.nJvEr, It. Deeses sleeps iu_ death. .Ills heart, which beat in unison with, ours, is motionless. His,voice, -which was wont to mingle iu our songs of praise and in our supplications, is piicnt- Biit wo sorrow not as (hose who have for the Saviour, whoih he, chose, for Ills por tion ih youth, sustained hint in death. As a memorial of his worth, we offer the IS following resolutions; m'-i licsohal, That we, his fellow: teachers, havera beard with sorrow of. (ho early departure offi our beloved friend, Samuel •B.'DEjiiiEß.v B Jicsolced, J hat we, fender.to his hcroavcdßE friends our sympathies and prayers. To nl-|| loviato their sorrows we .■would' point tlicmhipj his consistent life, and active effoifs to di)p good, as the best tokens ■ that his - heart was fiv* right witii God. Hid i- csl> { That these"resolutions he pab-fe lishod m the several newspapers of Carlisle,lp and. that a copy ho sent to the friends of thoßl uCCJCtISOtU tin i \ Contji Ms m a— J' -: 1 m V ** mos.fc IlmfJllp-’/fttiiwSg B ■ misrepresentation shdAld Lo corrM' |jv teJ. .French journals, have; stated that tji the Prince Imperial-, son of Nftjiolcun IU., r* a\ lio is a corporal among the . njaiis t c iron}* in the ih'stregimpntof the Grenadiers of tliolf Guard, having showu great, infpcrtincucD toB hia the Empress, has been: degraded || from his rank of corporal, in presence of a I body ofsoldiors, Bo it remembered that the I boy is four years old. The Paris Conutthdm- 1 ncl has the following: , , f ~! should not have said a word of iliij ruhculows fable if the,provincial journals lid not repeated the talepandif it did not denote nncler a frivolous aspect a sentiment of hostll uy, tending to imply that the Prince Imperi al, notwithstanding his fender years,, has i character of so obstinate a nature that, in or uer to correct himprccoureeinust W had for, extreme measures. This absurd story is wll tar from the truth, that wo have been tempted to mention a number of .traits ivU show as good a heart and such kind fccllrgi K in the Prince, were it not that wo feared t*?iS JPK reproaehed with -flatter/ m<\ e^ggen-^ So the Empire is tranquil again, n Jo@“ The monster gun recently finished «l'r Pittsburg, under the superintendence tain-T. J. Rodman, is, 15 feet 10 ineli»“B , <! length; its length of boro is 13 feet and its exact weight 49,099 pounds. IfuWWf carry a shell of 350 pounds, and a solid of 425 pounds weight. The eallibreofnr is 15 inches in’diameter, and it is csti that it will carry a*3so pound shell bet four and five miles.. The gun is nanir “Floyd” after-, the Secretary of -War, i now on its’way to Fort Monroo, where be tested by a board of army officers. US?" A short time ago a, married Is l South Memphis, Tenn., returning home a party late one nigixt, observed a burgh her, bed-i'oom, and procuring a revolver sv . the drawer of : a'bureau, firtd at him: \ j ball ; missed the rogue, bat' passed in cbfort proximity to 'the head of her husband, dseht was lying asleep on the bed under tlio isSj enco of chloroform administered to him thief. SB More Railroads.— Tho work of bmW* 1 railroad from Chambereburg to Gettysbur agisted by our. Franklin; and Adams coa neighbors. ,A- eurvey haß boon complete^ l the route found'of easy grade aiid very! 1 ticable. It intersects Vf orw ; nciilos from .Gettysburg—leaving only 20 of hew road do construct. - , | —i . I , iW$ (C7 > Senator Hamlin, of Maine, the WjJ ,ican nominee fpp Vjto President, is,® trade man.' and'yotod 'for'the'tariff of and in favor of tlio repeal of the tariff of 1* which gave high protection to the iro a,ll J||| eat of Pennsylvania. How will the yanio .Republicans like this? pi Cf’ Tho life and confessions of imcokjjaij Hamlin, recently elevated .t Chictig o ' boon announced, forthcoming from press.'. . *■ ; Andrew Jackson Donnelsoflt * eseco, the American candidate for Vi ce ' idont in 1856, was n delegate to the st i tnt, ip u u I Uni on , | M -4] :ese, 'nit I ■ -fe Ip is
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