AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
JOHN S. BRATTON, Editor & Proprietor.
CARLISLE, PA., JUNE 21,1860,
BEMOCBATIC SfATB NOMINATIONS.
For Governor,
HENRY D. FOSTER,
OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY
FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS,
electors at large.
Qbo. M. Keim, of Berks county.
Richard Vaux, of Philadelphia.
DISTRICT ELECTORS.
14. J. Rookhow.
15. Geo. D. Jackson.
16. J. A. Ahl.
17. J. B. Danner.
18. J. R. Crawford.
19. 11. N. Leo.
20. J. B. Howell.
21. N. P. Fo'ttorman.
22. Samuel Marshall
23. Win. Book.
24. B. D. Hamlin.
25- Gaylord Church.
T.Fred’k.A. Server.
2. Wm; C.PattersOn.
3. Jos. Crockett, Jr.
4.. J. .01 Brenner. .
5. Jv W. Jacoby.
6. Charles Kelly.
Y. 0.- P -James.
B'.-, David Sohall.
O.J. L. Lightncr. ,
TQ. S. S.-Barber.
11. TIH. Walker
-12.. S. S. Winchester.-
13.'Joseph Laubach-
TAB N4TION4E CONVENTION.-
’ The National Democratic Convention re-as
sembled at Baltimore on Monday.- In to-day’s
paper will be found an abstract of the first
day’s proceedings. At the time we went to
press (Wednesday noon,) the Convention had ;
taken no vote for a candidate, and the-impres
sion prevails that the Convention will bo in
session for several days.
•|E7» The Herald of lost week—immediately
under its editorial head—contained a life-like
likeness of its candidate for President* Mr.
Lincobn, it seonis, always carries his trunk
with him; and also wears boots.
.'!Gr*'The second annual exhibition of the
Cumberland Valley Institute, at Mechanics
burg, will bo held in the M. E. Church of that
place,.on the 28th inst. •
Pic Nic.—We are requested to announce
that the Annual Pic Nic, for the benefit of
the M. E. (ffiurch, will be held at the Meet
ing House Springs, on Saturday, the 30th
inst. Tickets 50'conts.
Firemen's Parade.—The Fourth will be
celebrated in- Mcchanicsburg by a Grand
Firemen’s Parade. Several companies from
Harrisburg, Carlisle, and other places,-will be
present.-
’ Parade on the Fourth. —Col. Penrose has
ordered, a parade of the First Regiment of
Cumberland Volunteers oirthe 4th of July,-in
this borough.
Accident. —A young man named James
Halbert, (an apprentice of Gardner & Co.)
met with a serious accident on Tuesday after
noon. He was at work in the Foundry, when
he was caught between -the gum belting and
the large wheel towhich it was attached.ln
a twinkling he was pressed to the wheel, .and 1
carried a full evolution, when bo fell to the
floor, insensible. We learn that ho is not
'■ fatally injured,-and it. is hoped, ho may,re*
.cover. i .
■Long'and Shout Days. —We have about
reached our longest term of daylight, which
•will, give about sixteen hours, of sunshine out
of the twenty-four. The following facts wo
olip from an exchange: “At Berlin and Lon
don the longest day has sixteen* and a-half
hours; at Stockholm the longest day has eight
and a-half hours; at Hamburg the longest,
day has seventeen hours, and the shortest 7.
Wheat, Bye, ;Oat and Grass Crops.— The
wheat,'rye, oat and,grass crops in this county
havo nover looked more promising at this sea
son of the year than they do now. The earth,
at whatever point one may direct his- atten
tion, appears to ho loaded with the goodness
of God, towards us, and the prospect of ah
abundant harvest is most cheering. Corn al
so looks well,hut it is yet too early topredict
what the result as to yield will be. The evi
dences all round us for an unusually large
harvest of the'substantialities of life, is cer
tainly at present very good.
Accidental Shooting. —A few days since,
while Mr. Wm. A. Harris was engaged in
loading a pistol, in the magnetic telegraph of
fice, at the west end of the Cumberland Val
ley Kailroad Bridge, the weapon prematurely
exploded, the ball passing into the palm of quo
of his hands and inflicting a severe wound.-
Dr. Kuthorferd, of Harrisburg, was tolograph
-cd for, who promptly responded to the sum
mons. The injured hand is slowly rocovor
iug. '■ , ' . - '
Hay, Making. —Many of our farmers arc now
engaged in cutting and making hay, and fora
day or two the weather has been highly favor
able, for that purpose. We are assured that
. the’-Kay crop, this seasonfwill bo the largest
gathered" in our county, for many years. Pas
:|jj->lutcs everywhere’ are unusually good, the
i|ij;/growth of the grass being exceedingly luxu
riant, even in public highways and commons.
Mad Doa Excitement. —For several days
great excitement has prevailed in New Cum
berland and vicinity, caused by the appear
ance of mad dogs. At that place and Now
Market a number of dogs and hgs, known to
have been bitten, wore killed, and a war of
extermination is waged against the whole ca
nine race. T\vo hogs, belonging to Col. Ja
cob Haldeman, were shot, and a horse, valued
at. §125, the property of a gentleman near
Faitvlow, was killed a few days ago, having
beenbittenby arabiddbgi. Eeoentlya young
man. named Mathews, at Goldsboroiigh, was
bitten, and is now under treatment of a Hy
drophobia physician at Lebanon.. It is feared
that a great many cattle have been bitten
along the route pursued by the rabid canines,
one of which was captured and killed in Per
ry county. Our information comes from, a ro-
Hablooitizen of Now Cumberland., There is
no tolling how soon tho lived of our citizens
may he endangered by the appearance of mad
dogs on the streets, and wo agaim oall jupon
the Borough authorities to adopt protective
measures at once, or tho public will hold them
criminally censurable.
[C/” Another mad dbg was killed on Mon
day on the west side- of the river somewhere
between the Bridge and Fairviow. It is fear
ed that some animals were bitten by the ra
bid canine in its progress.
Tbe Qdiet Day of the Season.—Our town, j
for the last week or more, has keen unusually
dull. Thursday of last'wcek appeared like a
well-observed Sabbath. Our own Citizens,
and the Democrats in particular, remained at
homo all day, and our country friends did the
same. About 1 o'clock, however, for the pur-
P f
pose of breaking of the day, the
members of our Brass Band posted themselves
in front of the Court-house, and discoursed two
ior three pieces of sweet music. Tho sun be
coming somewhat oppressive, the musicians
were invited into the Court-house by our kind
hearted County Commissioners. A dozen or
more school-hoys, and nine men (some say
ton,) followed the band. After playing one
or two tunes, our, excellent neighbor, IVn. H.
Miller, Esq., made one or two remarks, in
which wo suppose, (for wo did not hear him,)
ho'congratulated our musical friends, for their
kindness in attempting to “stir up” our citi
zens from their sleep. Our young friend, Mr.
J. W. BosLEß.of lowa (who happened to bo in
town on business,) also made a few remarks;
Wo don’t know what ho said, but presume ho
congratulated the Band. -Friend Newsham
then commenced to read sundry resolutions—
manufactured by himself, expressly for the
occasion. But, just at this time the town
clock struck 2, and the school-boys had to
scamper to their books, and this broke up the
little gathering; The members of tho Band
walked quietly .away, and all was again still.
Oh, but Thursday was a dull day in Carlisle I
Wo hope never to see its like again.
jg?“last week our county was flooded with,
hand-bills, filled with low obscenity, malice,
and ignorance. - The. bill purported to bo a
call for a Douglas Mass'Meeting, but it was
nothing more nor less than an attack upon
the National Administration and the editor of
this paper. , The writer of it is certainly a
Solomon, and his reference to the sacredscrip
turcs, is proof, that ho reads the Good-Book;
but, somehow or other, most students of theol
ogy have been under the impressiori' that it.
was Peter who denied his Master; the. disc
tinguishod author of this dignified hand-hill,-
however, corrects this erroneous impression,
add informs us that it was Judas who was
guilty of this naughty conduct 1 That’s a
.piece of information worth knowing, and we
are sure there is hut one man in our comity
who could have enlightened our people on this
subject! He is entitled to a leather medal,
in token of his Theological knowledge. But
yet it was cruel in the writer of the hand-hill
to murder the English language in the man
ner he did j hut this is his habit, for which, we
suppose, ho should not he held responsible.—
His Grammar, too, is somewhat defective, hut
ho will improve as'he grows older; and when
ho again puts his pen to paper he will no
doubt he able to, impart additional informa
tion on the subject of Theology. Long life
to him!
The Democrat soiled its columns by pub
lishing this wofully illiterate and blackguard
hand-bill. A few weeks ago our neighbor got
a friend of his to cull on the Post-Master Gen
eral, at Washington, arid solicit the adverti
sing of the Mail bettings, and to represent the
editor as “ a warm friend of the National Ad
ministration.” By thus representing himself
ho got the advertisement, for which he was
paid §lOO, Ho now .comes out. against the
administration—he has got all he can expect
—and can afford to slander those who befrien
ded him. How honorable I
Harrisburg and New York.— By reference
to our advertising columns, it will bo seen
that the Lebanon Valley Railroad has com
pleted arrangements by which the' oars of the
Company will hereafter run (twice a day) di
rect from Harrisburg to New York city and
back. This will afford an accommodation
long wanted, and we have hb doubt the en
terprise will bo well encouraged. Wo have
frequently traveled over the Lebanon Valley
Rpad, and’-' repeat what wo said on a former
occasion, that it is one of the best conducted
roads in the' country. Its superintendents
and agents are obliging and accommodating,
and the cars,are all of the first class.. We
clip the following notice of this well-conduct
ed road from a late number of the Harrisburg
Telegraph;
Increasing. —The passenger and freight
business of the Lebanon Valley Railroad,
which has become a connecting link between
New York and the groat West, is now very
heavy and' rapidly increasing. The through
freight trade on this route is an important
item, as well as the passenger travel, which
is not inconsiderable, All possible facilities
are now offered by the Company, such as safe*
and rapid conveyance, commodious oars, low
fares, &c., and these inducements are becom
ing known and appreciated by the public.—
The present policy of the Company, in en
couraging local trade, is a very liberal one,
and connot fail of adding largely to their bu
siness and profits, ns well ns developing more
rapidly the wealth and resources of the beau
tiful valley through which the road passes.
B®" A genuine Black Republican has re
cently put the theory of equality of races into
practice in the town of Madison, Ohio. The
individual, a full-blooded negro, as black as
the ace of spades, has eloped with a white
woman, the wife of one of the wealthiest far
mers in Lake county. The husband, a Re
publican of the ultra Lincoln dye, took the
African into his family on terms of perfect
equality, and the relationship has ended as
above..
Funeral op General Jessup,— The obse
quies of Brevet Major General Thomas S’.
Jessup, Quartermaster-General of tho United
States army, which took place at Washington
on tho 14th inst., was very imposing, all tho
highest officials of tho Government participa
ting in the ceremonies, as did also Lieut-Gen
oral Scott, who entered tho United States ser
vice on tho same day with the deceased.—
Gen. Wool, the third officer in rank in the
United States army, was in command of the
military division of the cortege.
The Keport of the Harper’s Ferry Com
mittee.—Senator Mason, bn Saturday, sub
mitted to tho committee the report upon the
Harper’s Ferry affair. It is a very elaborate
document, making over seventy pages of fools
cap. Judge Collamcr presented a minority
report, and they will both bo submitted to
morrow.;
BSyA miniature bureau of beautiful pol
ished wood, with six drawers, and a sot of five
boxes, richly lacquered and ornamented with
embossed flowers, leaves, butterflies and vari
ous insects, have been sent as a present to
Mayor Wood, of New York, by the Japanese
ambassadors.
Fdress of the “People’s" Slate Committee
The address issued by the “ People’s Slate
Committee of Pennsylvania,” says the Harris
burg Tatrioty is more remarkable from what it
does not, than from what it does say. The
mythical character of the “ People’s Party*
requires its Jnouth-pieoo to treat the issues of
the day with the utmost caution; hence the
empty and indoenito generalities of the ad
dress. It avoids all the soro spots with mas
terly caution. . While Abraham Lincoln is
highly commended for honesty and capacity,
and his “ well-earned national fame,” no allu
sion is made to the. Platform adopted by the
Chicago Convention. The omission is a stri
king one in those days, when Platforms are
all-important. In common with others, wo
are anxious to know whether the “ People’s
Party” of Pennsylvania approve of the four
teenth rosolutibn against the’doctrines of the
American parly,' but turn to. this address of
the State Committee of that party without ob
taining tho desired information. Was this
omission designed or accidental ? Wo arc
afraid that tho committco.aro neglecting their
duty, and that they have not rend Lincoln’s
letter of acceptance, approving of tho Platform
in nil its parts, or that other letter, written a
year ago, wherein ho opposed fusion upon any
other than the strictest Republican principles,
and distinctly declared that he would not low
er the Republican standard by a hair's breadth.
to accommodate or conciliate any faction.—
Did the committee road these letters ? or, after
reading them, did they conclude that they wore
too strong a dose for the weak constitution of
the “ People’s Party,” and, therefore, refrain
ed from any allusion to them.
We search in vain for any word throwing
light upon the present position of Andrew G.
Curtin upon this important question. We all
know that a few years ago ho was a bold and
uncompromising advocate of a change :in the
naturalization laws, and that his devotion to
Know Nothingismi almost made him United
States Senator. Docs he now trample upon
his former faith, and say, with the Chicago
Platform, “that;the Republican party is op
“ posed to any change in our naturalization
"laws?” /the address might have afforded
information of real value, by clearing up this
point, instead of tolling us with an empty
flourish that Mr.-Curtin “has advocated, in
“ every contest, with-all his matchless power,
“ the true principles of government, as declared
“by the Convention that'bas placed him before
the people.” We’know, without being told,
that he has advocated, with all his matchless
power,” the proscription of citizens of foreign
. birth, but are loft entirely in tlie dark as to
; whether that same “ matchless power” is to bo
, employed in advocacy of the fourteenth rosp
, lution of the Chicago Platform.
. The committee wore much too wise to at
> tempt wading in deep wafer, so the address is
principally devoted to the,.standard topics of
“free labor,” the. “ blight of slavery,” “pros
trate industry,” “ paralyzed bommeree,”
“bankrupt treasury," “corrupt administra-
tion,” &c., &0., all of which is repeated with
equal ease and about as much moaning as tho
vocabulary of “ Poor Poll.”
Flora Temple Beaten.— The second match
between the celebrated Flora Temple and the
renowned George Jt., Pateben,.came,pff on the
Union Course, Long Island/on the 12th ihst.
The match was made up for one- thousand
dollars a side, two mile heats,- to wagons.
Tho contest brought together an immense
concourse of spectators; .
Patchen won in two straight heats. Time
4:53J-r4;57i.
The friends of the mare were much disap
pointed, but it was very evident on the tirsl
heat that she could not win.-
Melancholy Death from Hydrophobia.—
A bright child of the Rev. Mr. Plumley, at
Motuohin, N. J., was bitten slightly by a dog.
The animal washot suspected of hydrophobia,
and no notice was taken of the trifling scratch.
On Sunday, June 3d, while Mr.Plilmloy was.
preaching in his pulpit, the child, which had
been left at home, was thrown into spasms by
the sight of water, and died ; the sad nows
reached the hither ere he had finished his ser-
mon.
Re-Instated. —Rev.-Mr. Shindel, State Sen
ator from the Lehigh District, who had been
suspended from the ministry for allowing him
self tp be elected to a political office, has been
united with the Lutheran Synod again, hav
ing Written a letter to the Synod expressing
his intention of retiring from political life at
"the end of his present political term.
Baltimore and Chambersbdbo. —The Vol
ley Spirit, published at Chamborsburg, is ur
gently advocating the extension of railroad fa
cilities between that place and Baltimore.—
The only thing necessary to bo done is to build
a road from Chamborsburg to Gettsburg, and
it proposes that ameeting be called and a del
egation selected to lay the whole matter before
the merchants of Baltimore.
Never Split a Rail.— An old citizen who
had traveled much in Illinois thirty years ago,
and was especially familiar with the district of
country where Abe Lincoln resided, says that
Abo never split a rail in his life. In those
days, he says, the people never thought of
such a thing as splitting rails. They wont
into the Swamps and out hoop polos and sap
lings for fences, and used them round, as na
ture made them.
Compliment from the British Govern
ment.—Another note has been received from
Lord John Bussell, complimentary to our Go
vernment for tho energetic manner in which
we are executing tho treaty concerning tho
suppression of the slave trade.
Singular Verdict. —Dutton, who swindled
tho Muscatine (Iowa) Bank, of which he was
cashier,' out of §30,000, has been acquitted by
a jury on the ground that he was demented
by tho habitual use of intoxicating drinks.
Mexico.— -Advices to tho Bth inst., state that
there was trouble in the Juarez Cabinet—that
the Minister of the Treasury had resigned.—
It was believed that if tho treaty was not ra
tified by the United States Senate, tho Consti
tutional government would bo broken up.
A Beauty Lincoln, the Bepublican
candidate for President—that is, if tho por
traits wo have seen of him are correct. Eve
ry family in tho land should secure one of his
likenesses. ■ As a means of frightening naugh
ty children, it would prove invaluable.
The Wheat harvest has commenced in Vir
ginia, in tho neighborhood of Lynchburg.
Atolitlon Poverty—A Suggestion.
No candidate over yet nominated,, says the
Pennsylvanian, for, the suffrages the Ame
rican people has been, so barren of ~ merit and
so poor of record as Abrah aji liNcois. .The
is no act of his life' of a public character, that
can be referred**) with even seeming credit.
His friends dab* that ho was the firm friend
of Henry Clay, and what is the fact ? When
Homy: Clay was a candidate for the Presi
dency, Abraham Lincoln, while professing an
intense admiration for the statesmen of Ken
tucky, caucused, bargained and voted ogams
his nomination;. in other words, slaughtered
him in cold blood. And again, it is claimed
for Mr. .Lincoln that ho has always been a
steadfast friend ofProtection.” Now, what
is the fact? Ho was in Congress for two
years, and; during-the interim, via neior
heard that'ho,originated a measure looking to
the establishment of that principle, nor do his
friends allege that ho over spoke, in a repre
sentative, capacity. On the subject. And the
same is true of this- Presidential candidate on
every other question save that of negro equal
ity. On this he always stood squarely in op
position to the rights of the South, and in an
tagonism to the Constitution of the country.
. Outside of his fidelity to the political infa
mies of Abolitionism, Mr. Lincoln's record is
as barren ns the Desert of Sahara; and tho
fact was strikingly'apparent at the Kopubli
can ratification meeting in New York, on
Thursday night, \On that occasion there wore
many banners- at)d a multiplicity of inscrip
tions ; but,; among them all, .there was noth
ing to call to mind any act of statesmanship
on his part which inured to national peace,
greatness or honor. “Tall Abo —give him
room to stretch“ Long, lank, lean Abe;”
“ AJI tho way from-Illinois;” “Long Abe ;”
and .“Honest Abe,” with a small sprinkling
of similar trash, constituted all the. “thunder”
of the occasion}
Wo certainly have no dosire to mix or med
dle with the.business of the Abolitionists;
but wo cannot help suggesting to them a thing
or two which, in this age of enlightenment,
may convince intelligent voters that Lincoln
ought to bo , mode. President. Hereafter,
when they display themselves lot them in
scribe on their banners one single measure
which their candidate originated or voted for
in Congress,i&which has conferred a single
blessing on the people of the United States.
This will give them a wide range, including
everything that Lincoln said and did during
ihis entire career in Congress, whether relating
|to the tariff, the public-finances, the war with
'Mexico, or any other matter of public policy.
This done, wo would suggest to them the pro
priety of adding a series of notes explanatory
|of the influences and reasons which induced
isuch'piihlic’abls of omission and commission.
It may, perhaps, be a difficult task, but it is
■one that wo commend to, them wi.h all our
heart. The emblems and, devices how in
Vogue, may be'alnUsiiig enough to those who
regard pur elections ahd institutions as faroi- .
cal ,affairs, but the effort to ride’Mr. Lincoln i
into the Presidential mansion on a rail, is a (
too jocose to bo relished' by the intelli
gent people of the United Stasis. And so the 1
llepublicanswill, ore many Jjtonths, discover. I
tVxSxko.V Pupmo'MoiiEy.—-The
’C&nsTfe'itfton oE tlno Sliit ult., calls
attention to the reckless manner in -which the
Republican House of Representatives is at
the present time squandering the public funds.
It appears-that among the mail routes restor
ed by the famous proviso adopted hy the
House of Representatives a few days' since,
was tint from Kansas to Stockton, in Califor
nia. for this, service the Post Office Depart
ment paid at the rate of eighty thousand. dol
lars per. annum. For the nine months that it
was in •• operation the returns showed that
there wore transported in this mail between
Kansas and Stockton hut lime letters and
twenty-six newspapers I The service was use
less, as it was extravagant, and was discontin
ued hy the Postmaster General. The House
has now ordered it to he restored, although
there are four .other routes, maintained at
vast cost, connecting the valley of the Missis
sippi rHtli tho:Pacifio, and although over 825
miles of thisirouto a mail is now Carried un
derl a pre-existing contract. Thus, the op
presseij.Tevenues of the -Departmhqt are .to he
made t 6 pay §BO,OOO for the carriage of three
letters (md twenty-six newspaperirdnring the
Onauih£ yearl Does the history of the most
corrupt}' times furnish a parallef to such a
guilty -jvasto of the public money ?
Atir’aßau and HANNiBAL.-r-What a pity
that the Republicans could not have found a
man fqt Tice President named Isaac; it would
bare giycn their ticket such a scriptural look 1
Or if tijoy had found a. Soipio for President,
then how classical I But now they have so
mixed Op sacred and profane that it will shock
the masses, who had hitherto been taught that
Bjack Republicanism was the simonpiiro, un
dulterated Scriptural stuff. The heathen part
of the ticket is the jbest.
J®* Massachusetts bids fair to rob Indiana
of its ancient fame as the refuge of unhappy
husbands, and wives. During the present sea
sioh of jhe Supreme, Court nt Salem, in the
fotfapr State, no less than seventeen couples
hate bosn divorced from the bonds of matri
moay. Several other suits are pending.
Toa New Orleans Courier, printed in the
French (md English languages, gives the fol
lowing under the head of “Congress,’’ in
Proiiph: “Neither branch had anything to do;
the donate did it and adjourned; the House
diseased with eloquence how to do it.”
Thu cattle disease, which has lately de
stroyel so much stock in Massachusetts and
the other Now England States, has.it is said,
made its appearance in Berks county, of this
State. '
certainU; the ages of girls, a largo majority of
them biing only sixteen. In one family .in
an castCto State, there were found to ho twelve
girls between ton and sixteen years of ago 1
A Bcpl Charles Byers, while carrying lo
custs in his hat, m Wetzel county, Va., re
cently, Was stung in the head, and died from
the effects of the injury.
New Haven has elected nil its city officers,
Demoorajs, by majorities varying from 660 to
785. Herman M. Welsh is cleptod Mayor.
The President has signed tho bill which in
creases tie pay of the officers of tho Navy,
about 25 per cent.
Snmnci’s Sensation Speech.
The picture of slavery'in the Southern
States, says the Journal of Commeje : m,
painted in the twelve column speech of cllM '-
Sumner. is ho more fair and impartm than a
yellow covered “sensation” novell which at
tempts to delineate the realities of life. _
mas and Cobb, who are masters of a certain
dramatic power of exaggeration, stand m the
same relation to true art, as represented by
tho cool and comprehensive wisdom of
speare,- ns do tho distorted
views of Sumner to tho wise sentiments of
American statesmen. ,
Sumner’s skill in giving a distorted sketch,
painted in colors morbidly fierce and hot, may
bo acceptable to vulgar and uneducated minds,
which fail to see the superficial and impractica
ble substance of his theories and the unreality
of his arguments, covered, like bogus com,
with bright gilt. But the faithful and dis
criminating patriot, who comprehends the
true principles of forbearance and compromise
upon'which this Government was established,
knows that Sumner’s picture of slavery in the
South is one-sided and false, and-is no more
true to life than ope of the exaggerated and
morbid extravagances with which tho fourth
rate novel writer corrupts and unsettles tho
minds of the credulous and ignorant.
According to Sumner, there is no humanity,
benevolence or charity in the South. We arc
told to look upon a race rendered barbaric
and corrupt by a deadly sin, and to. pursue
them with the ferocity and cruelty with which
we exterminate wild beasts. Wore Southern
slaveholders a company of pirates and canni
bals, given oyer to every species of crime and
enormity repugnant to human instinct and
human reason, Sumner’s attack upon thorn
could not have boon more fierce and bitter.
Most of his assertions are based, hot upon the
general average of facts, but upon stray and
occasional exceptions.
The malignity, unfairness and evident de
sirejmf personal vengeance which appear in
the speech and weaken the force of his state
ments in regard to slave labor at the South,
prove that in no high sense is Sumner a gen
uine or disinterested orator. And if neither
an orator nor a sincere artist who faithfully
re-produces, in language, actual and real pic
tures, much less is he, in any sense, a states
man. What will that" speech ever effect to
wards tho liberation and future happiness of
four millions of slaves? What influence will
it exert upon the. Senate? What practical
point and issue has it? Which of the per
plexing problems ponding before the nation,
does it solve or attempt to solve ? What in-
fluence will it have upon, the struggling an-
tagonisms which threaten the Union ? The
argument throughout is untimely, illogical
and impotent; fo rit is based upon the theory
of the abolition of slavery in the States by
Congress ; a subject over which Congress can
not exercise control.
OCT" The result of the census of 1860, which
was commenced nil over the country on the
Ist of Juno, has been variously estimated,
some people: calculating that it will show a :
population in the United States of thirty-live
millions, which is probably too large a figure.
1 The likolihood is that ■ the population of tho
1 country at the present tinio is about thirty
-1 niUUoiriß, whichj;wi\V B fcbw an of |
ten millions since 1850, ,or about thirty-seven
i pet cent. find that tbe average increase
each decade sihee the year 1800 was thirty
■ five per from thirty-three to
i thirty-seven per cent. The same ratio of jn
i crease for the last decade would therefore
- make tho population of the United States in
■ 1860 about thirty-three millions.
[D“Thc U. S. Agricultural Society has
nearly perfected arrangements for holding its
eighth annual exhibition at Cincinnati, in
September. The premium list will be larger
than at any similar exhibition in the, world.
Should the. plouro pneumonia render it unsafe
to congregate cattle, increased premiums will
be given for horses and implements. In or
der to thoroughly test the machines and im
plements, the exhibition will remain open for
ton days.
J3®“Tho Presidential election will take
place in all the States on the 6th of Novem
ber. Whole number of States 33; number of
votes 303. Vote of New York, 35; Pennsyl
vania, 27; Ohio,. 23; Virginia; 10; Massachu
settss and Indiana, 13 each; Kentucky (tnd
Tennessee, 12 each; Illinois, ll; Georgia and
North Carolina, 10 each; Alabama and Mis
souri, 9 each; Maine, Maryland and South
Carolina, 8 each; Mississippi and New Jer
sey, 7 each; Connecticut, Louisiana and Mich
igan, 6 each; Vermont, New Hampshire and
Wisconsin, 5 each; Arkansas, California, lo
wa, Minnesota, Rhode Island and Texas, 4
each; Delaware, Florida and Oregon, 3 each.
Total, 303. In case of an election by the house
of representatives, each State will have one
vote.
Hu jin uc. Won't Do.—Three years ago the
Republican party tried to force David Wilmot,.
a notorious renegade and free-trade Democrat,
upon the .people of Pennsylvania, for Gover
nor, but her yeomanry could not be seduced,
and he was .defeated by, an immense vote.—
Again, this year, the same game is attempted,
,to. force Hannibal Hamlin, also a renegade
Democrat, and a notorious free-trader, into the
Vice President’s Chair, so that by his casting
vote, if necessary, he can defeat tariff bills.—
Queer, isn’t it, whenever a free-trade Demo
crat-turns renegade ho is instantly rewarded.
Will the tariff men of this region shallow such
deception? Wo shall see.
Sepabttion of Sexes in Cuu.aou.—At tho
late session of the Methodist General Confer
ence, a clergyman presented a memorial from
the Brighton charge, requesting Conference to
restore the old rule to the discipline, saying,
“ Lot the men and women sit apart in Church .”
Verily the race of old fogies has not yet be
come extinct. The mover, while presenting
the-memorial, as in duty bound, disclaimed
any sympathy with its object, and said he did
not think it a sin for a man to sit with his fa
mily in tho house of God.
Ale “ Ham."—The Republican ticket is ex
ceedingly appropriate—true to its design,
Devoted to tho interest of Ham’s descendants,
it begins and ends with its index fingers poin
ting to the colored race j thus :—Abra7ia W and
Hamhn 1
B®* It is stated that $3,718,000 worth of
to “ v‘T “° W ia oourso erection
m Now York city.
Democratic National Convention.
, Baltimore, Juno 18.
The Democratic Natiopal Convention Mscnu
bled at the Front Street Theatre at IP o oTook
this morning, in pursuance of th ”® solut
adiournmont adopted at Charleston. • •
T nycloek tire President called the Con
vention to,order..! •n,„. n vnrbv
° f The’'™U was then called, and all the dole-
Eatca entitled to seats wore 'found to ber pres
et. except a portion of the delegations from
Pennsylvania, Connootieut and Delaware.
after an address to the Convene
tmn nresented the (not that new delegates
wori applytogforadmission. He hadnotun
dertakon to 3ceido on their claims, but had
lO Mr nowarl°of"i’onne 0 8Beo,moved to admit
all the'delegates of the Charleston Conven
er. Church asked that the molion might be
withdrawn, so that ho might bo enabled to of
fC1 ’Wie amendment was read for information,
and was te refer all the claims of now dole
.nites to the Committee on Credentials, With
instructions to report, as epoodily as possible
the names of those who nro ontitlcd to sphts,
but with the provision that all who aocopt
seats in the Convention are bound in honor to
abide by the action of the Convention and sup
port its nominees. ■■■-•>
[lmmense applause followed the reading . of
the amendment but was checked peremptorily
by the President.] : ■ , ■
After a long debate on points of order, _ the.
amendment of Mr. , Church was entertained
and the previous question demanded. _
Mr. Montgomery, of Pennsylvania, raised
the point of order that no division could be
called until the question, and a second to tne
previous question had been put;
The President so decided the point.
A long discussion ensued Oh points of or
der, when , . ,
' Mr. Saulsbury, of Delaware, moved to ad
journ until 4 o’clock The motion was nega
lived—-yeas 73], nays 1781. • .
On the vote being taken, a long" discussion
arose on the question between ,the_ Minnesota
delegates as, to the right of a substitute to cast
a vote. .
Mr. Howard, of Tennessee, on a question ot
privilege, desired to present to the Cha:r a
communication fronva State not repre
sonsed on the floor —-the State of Mississippi.
[Cries of no I no I not in order.
The President—The communication,can
only be received by unanimous consent.
Mr. Kavariaugh.—l object. .
The question was then put by States, on the
motion for the previous question, on the
amendment Of Mr. Church, of New York, to
the motion of Mr. Howard, of Tennessee.
_ Ponding the main question the Convention
adjourned until 5 o'clock this afternoon.
Avteunoon Sessios.— The Convention re
assembled at 5 J o’clock. A lengthy, debate in
regard to admitting the scceders from Charles
ton, occupied the time of the Convention up to
thc hdnr of adjournment. Nothing was done,
and to all appearance, the Convention will be
in session several days.
Arrest 6f.\y Am-eoed Murderer.— A man
named William Pontitns was arrested in Kit-
tanning, Pa., last week; charged with having
murdered Jiis wife. The defendant is a resi
dent of Wayne, township, and it is alleged
that, some Weeks since, ho took the, life of his
wife, that he might marry a girl in the house,
of whom he had become enamored. The to
dy of the deceased is said to have exhibited
unmistakable marks of violence after death.
Kiniah nYTjianTsisq.—George ,'W. Cook,
of Parkersburg; V a., while standing under a
tree was kilted by TJghtnihgf ' Th'ere was’ no
mark of tbo lightning’s track on his'body, but
b Jth on thekack arid front thereof was traced,
a fac simile of the tree tinder which the de-,
ceased was standing, the trlink commencing
near the neck, and the entire figure, bark,
twigs, and leaves, perfectly and plainly deli
neated, in a reversed position upon tho body.
Methodise and BivoncEs.—l’ho commit-’
toe on divorce'and re-marriage of the Metho
dist Conference at Buffalo, have reported'that
it is the sense of that Conference that the
marriage relation can only lie dissolved by a
violation of the Seventh Commandment, and
that a subsequent marriage of either party;
while both are living, is contrary to the tea
chings of the Holy Scriptures,
B®“' In Cincinnati/ Henry' Crawley, a tea
cher in the Mount AubUtn Female Seminary,
while escorting two ladle's home from.the ,op-
Crawas stabbed id thdljrcast by rowdies, cau
sing instant death.- Tiie murderers have 1 not
been arrested. V' >
11©“ The Boston board of trade have adop
ted strong resolutions against the 29th section
of the now tariff - bill, alleging that “ the fe
duction of tho time allowed in said section for
the withdrawal of merchandize froth‘the pub
lic stores to so short a period, virtually abol
ishes tho warehouse system.”
JO®"" George W. Scott, a wealthy and respec
ted citizen of Toledo, Ohio, drowned himself
oh the 30th ult., under an insane delusion that
ho should bo brought to poverty.. Ho has left
property to the amount of §60,000, and did not
owe a single dollar.
E 7” Grass butter, yellow as gold and sweet
as a nut, is plenty in, our market at 12 cents
a pound.' , Taking .into consideration the
quantity and quality pf our " coun
try cousins” can well afford to furnish it at
this price. ; ■, ■
Gen. W si. Walker, the “grey-eyed man of
destiny,” has, again gone to Central America,
accompanied by a few Infatuated persons,
calling themselves his officers, who believe in>
his military genius, and blindly follow him
in his adventures. -
Business on the Lebanon Valley Railroad
appears to be increasing. The passenger
trains arc generally well filled, and extra
freight trains ajo required to accommodate
tho extra freight business.
We see it stated that some of the doors
loading to tho Senate chamber of the. Capitol,
at Washington, cost twelve thousand dollars a
piece, enough to buy a good sized farm and
stock it well.
_ HE Cincinnatians have a passion for mar
riage on the street railroad cars. Three
couples have been married in those cars with
in a short time.
The Peach crop in Western New York is
represented to be more promising than for
several years past.
BST Sayers’ arm is said to be injured be
yond cure,, the tendons having been snapped
by Heenan’s terrible blows. ....
Prom every section of the country we
hoar that the crop prospects continue most
naltonng.and encouraging.
A BEPKOor prom the Antipodes,-,!}, «
lynesian, publishod ttt Honoluln,
its columns nn account of a tragedy not. *
since enacted in One of our SouthwtsuJ
Courts, and warns its readers against,ljJ 1
into similar barbarism. It
seriously upon the state, of society
vails in ,the United States, and rejoices i
fact that murder is of, comparatively ■
currenoo in Otthu. ■ This Voice from the v
pedes should not be disregarded,; Sonwjl
since'wo sent out missionaries to .Chrisi,
the Sandwich Islanders; if they, i n t un , y
it necessary to send emissaries to civilfo-l
it augers very little for the progressive (kl
of morals in this quarter of the globe. ] r I
not at all unlikely that the licit I
send to the Fecjee Islands will rebound. 4I
other cqntupy may see tattood
of the,evil of our vram
ging us to repentance. I
A)toTU£n: MmtßTßa ;in .TaoinnE ||9
Woman. —On the complaint pf B
Sollick, says the Syracme 'Jottrnal, S
ter of .the Sbbpnd Society of .Concord
•officer Tobin .yesterday arrested
insinsky, for an assault and battery
Sollick, ..The accused alleges that " j
ter had been , talking improperly
wife, and that being unable to boar |
quent repetition, ho determined tojv
him. On Wednesday evening Labinsis ,' j
mode attacks upon Sollick, at one timort, f $
pair of shears,- and subsequently with alj , : a
iron, but did the object of his cmaiij,.
harm. Both L. and his wife arc memkij. °
Solliok’s congregation. The offender p. g
bail for his appearance at the Sessions, a
Indignation Meeting at St. Lobia-M!
indignation meeting of the Democrats
Louis was held in that city a few nightulS
Several thousand wore in attendance, and
proceedings were quite spirited. Spedi||
were made strongly denouncing the actios |||
Congress in displacing Mr. Barrett, amlra||B
lotions of a, similar character were
terming it a tyrannical and unscrupnlomt
orciso of power in the majority, and scornlslj f
repelling the imputation that the eleetioci' q
carried by fraud, “Mr. Barrett was ren«B>. ; s
ted by acclamation. ■ (■ :&.
Shocking Tragedy in Texas.— The Iki'iji
kins Monitor has n lengthy account 6t lhc(,
ings'of the negroes-in Grayson county, Wtjjjj
Near Kentucky town a limn numed Kina(g|B|
■whipped his. negro boy. That same nigW||ii
negro, while nil else were asleep,
'entire family with an l axe; first his
then his mistress, then an orphan W(ml)p||j|
little babe, The negro confessed Ira
was tried and hung. Several whltcimw'«■(
implicated, but nothing definite kuoiai
few days after three more negroes
ns implicated in the murder.
lion - to Make TriE llaik Grow
our exchanges gives a.receipt for ni
hair grow, which may be interests
of our lady readers, but for the clßes!;th<
which we cannot vouch: “A yonftgl
friend of.ours was recommended by «e- ho:
to nse sago water. She was obliged
continue its dally use as it made her
thick. Pour boilingiwhtor on the sagcta^®
ewBB
a, stove, tbeo,
roots of the hair daily,, any
needed, an equal hilxture of
olive oil, with a little perfume, is
cioua.” .i; , ne<
The Beautiful.—'The, -works of mail
bj pleasant to the eye, and gratifying
selfesteembut. lifter all, so far as the
tiful is 'concerned, he is but a .poor
nature. He worbs, as.it tverc, by the
and compass, and his productions are
uniform, angular and ungraceful;
ture molds with a free and liberal hantpimj
all her lines are flowing and
beauty. Her rudest angles have abool i -pf|
something, of gracefulness that man
impart. There is an expression of lifcidiffi
her works that relieves them of the rigiii'tun]
man’s handiwork. While man is ra&hijiyd
and exact, nature is harmonious and jwSdSl
" • | T" . |,wrhi
19“ A machine for making bttltoo-]tli ,'d'f it
paid'to'be the idlest thing in the
vention. it will work, it is reported,lai -J-jIE
ton-holes in a minute. The next thing'-^9s
be a machine to sew on, buttons, then-i 99
rah for the bachelors.”
An insolvent debtor, vyljo had been»/
oned for debt ten years, was rec'4 -
charged from' confihement by ttiff"
Commissioner of Insolvency.' Tlio “■'■ men
nato had passed the ton years in the histc
prison, London,
■ Look out for Them. —Ooiintorfi
dollars, dated 1800, have made thi
ance. nnd life-well calculated to dei
who are not accustomed to handlii
They are a fac simile of the got
much lighter.- :
The Slaver Wandereh Forfeits!
Sprague, of the D. S. District Court
domned the schooner Wanderer nifo l
being pngaged in the slave trade.
fiS?*ilon. Jeremiah 8. Block,
General of the'United States, is spob*
. ii „<a using
connection with the vacancy upon ui"°> f rom ;
Bench caused by the death of Judg B^.
JB©“ Accounts from' Key West
tured Africans are dying so.fasti
than 700 or 800 -will be left to b(
of all the cargoes.:
The new expedition .to, *1
gions, under Dr. Hayes; will sail
weeks—the required sum of §2*
been raised.
JKaT'Tho cost, of‘the Now or
Park thus far has keen $7,900,000. Jjrsgijjj
of $2,500,000 be expended on »rtha&i
provements.i T.
BO?* A child, five
ling, on Saturday last a, week;ppgg
dried apples. ; fefimat
years U. Si Senator ftomlTtond?, 8
a re-election. ■' J|P||
ID" John Mitohelli the
been delivering lectures to crowd
Chicago, his theme being Europ o9 Migjr;
KT" What do you, think
the horse Potehen? Why, W« !S
souls, only §35,000. , "
ID" Alderman Jobu Binns
denco in Philadelphia, on SaturW ||p||
88th year of hip ago. ’
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