AMERICAS YOLUSTEER. |,JOIIN B, BHATTON, Mtoi ft Proprietor. ©ARLISLE, PA.; JULY 5. 1860 i FOR PRESIDENT, STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS,' Of Illinois. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, HERSCHEL Y. JOHNSON, Of Georgia. DEJIfICRiTIG STATE NOMINATIONS. P*r Governor, HENRY D. FOSTER, OP WESTMORELAND COUNTY. FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS, ELECTORS AT LARGE. Geo. M. Keib, of Rerka county- Richard A t aci, of Philadelphia. DISTRICT L-Fred’k. A. Server. 2. Wm. C. Patterson. 3. Jos. Crockett, Jr. 4. J. G. Brenner. 5. W. Jacoby. J. Charles Kelly. 7. O. P. James. 8. David Sohall. 9. J. L. Lightncr. TO. S. S. Barber. . IT. T. H. Walker. 12. S. S. Winchostor. 13. Joseph Laubach. fe Coming Grain Harvest.—Tho wheat crop is now'maturing most gloriously, and in many parts of to' country harvest is now in progress.-, After a careful perusal of our ex change papers from every portion of our great, Confederacy, we are of the decided opinion that the forthcoming harvest will be one of the most abundant over yet gathered and garner ed, taking the entire country over. .jjgyTho Democrat denies, -with affected in dignation, that ite’puhlisher- got a friend to eaU nn the Post-Master-General, to -solicit the advertising of the Mail for that pa per, hnt admits that tho job was got ilirottgh ■ fkeinfiuence of a friend,: That’s jnstwhatwe said. - And that friend represented the Dem ocratic* warm supporter of the administra- That Me- know. As onr neighbor de nies having “ requested” this friend-to inter cede'for him, wcfccl no disposition to discre dit his denial. This friend may, pdssibly, have ' acted' on-,his “own. hook” in the matter.— But yet,-this denial looks “fishy”-’ when we take into eonsideration the fact that it was not till after the'advertisement had boon secured, that the Democrat broke--ground against the ■ administration. ‘ ' ’ The Democrat asks us to inform it ■who the roiui is who, secured it .this patronage. If wo fe'tt dißpdscd to give his namowo could' do so, hut as he is a.gentletnan, who acted from the best of- motives, we do not feel dike * exposing him without his authority, for we are satisfied he would not thank us for our officiousneas.— The agsmhedinnbqenco of the Democrcil is all. hoah—tho editor knows icho got the-job for him, ahd/iozd it was got. f ’ - t : , The low hlackguardiam bf tlio Demoef'at.yrp pass over for the present, as unworthy our at tention. ’ When more at leisure, if tho pub lisher and-his scribblers are anxious for a first-class notice” at pur hands, we shall gratify them to their hearts content, Rost assured of that. ;. ©©“.President Buchanan has signed the bill for the.cstablishraent of a Public Printing office, to be conducted by the Superintendent of the Public Printing, under the direction of the Printing committee. Mr. Hart, the pres ent Superintendent, has been removed, from that office, and Mr. Glossbronnor, of York, Pa., formerly Sergeant-at-Arms of tho House, has been appointed... ggy- ThVlnauranoo Commissioner of Massa chusetts states-thni •.the-mortuary experience of fourteen companies, which had reported to the State for the past year, representing ahout fifty thousand years of life, proved.that life in this country at ages between thirty-one and fifty-five, was not subject to as higharato of mortality as similar returns proved it to ho in Great Britain and Germany. JKSS"'Ih reply to inquiries addressed to the Philadelphia mint, a statement has been re ceived at that establishment since July last, amount in value-to-not less than six hundred thousand’■dollfi.rs.. Tins .would probably ave rage six dbllars to every-emigrant in the dig gings, and indicates a.better yield ■ than ■ the' mines have had credit for; • Cause and Effect. —The effects of the Si cilian insurrection are beginning to tell in the market. Brimstone, sumac, oranges, and le mons, and other Sicilian and Neapolitan pro ducts have risen from five to twenty per cent, since the first news of the landing of Garibal di. There is as yet no prospect of a turn in tho-market in favor of buyers. American Mechanics in Cuba. —A letter from Matanzas, Cuba, says:—“For the sec tion of railroad, now grading, from Cifuentos to Calabazal, on the Sagua railroad, tho Am qrican cqntractors, Messrs, Norris & Souther, are : getting out'from Boston, Mass., a new steam digger, which is to supercede hand la bor, entirely, in clearing away tho earth. Wealth of the United States. —The ag gregate wealth of the United States 'amounts §42,000,000,000, and the population is 24,- 000,000 souls. The wealth,' divided by the population, gives.to each person §5OO, young and old, and, coupling five pcrsons- to each"fa mily, it would give the handsome ■ little- for tune of §2,500 to every family of. thor Repub lic. j6®“Xho Newark (N. j.) Advertise)': saya that itTcwloading Democrats of thai State have hold a conference and agreed to run a union ticket in the coming Presidential election, to bo. composed of equal numbers of Breckin ridge.and Douglas men—with the understan ding that the wholO' electoral vote of the State shall be cast for. tho. one having the largos number of votes An Aged Coupee.— There is a married cou ple in England whoso united ages amount to JBB years—Evan Jones, aged 90, and Lattice Jones, aged 92. They have been 72 years mar ried, and have been members of the Welch Oalvanistic Church 66 years. 1 EiniBITIOS OF TBB HIGH SCHOOLS. Oh Friday evening last, wo again had an ou'tpquring of citizens of tMs place at Educa, tion Hall, 1 to witness'no loss a eight than the Annual Exhibition of the High- Schools of Carlisle. But, ns might be expeotodione-Mlf of the persons had to turn away ting even a look inside, so great was the crowd and so small the audience chamber. We wore there at an early hour and got a position on the floor by main force. The arrangements of the stage and programme were complete,, and soon began to bo realized the most san guine expectations of the friends of the om won School System. The Exercises, con sisting of a Salutatory Composition, Compo sitions, Declamations, Dialogues, and a Va lodiotory Composition, interspersed -with In strumental and Vocal music,, wore most cre ditably gone through with. The young ladies all read their Compositions with happy effect, and the young gentlemen every of them de claimed as the gayest of young orators. The music was sweet and pleasing. Wo have not the time or space to go into full criticism on the performances by piece meal—suffice it that the performers acquitted themselves to the full satisfaction of the audi ence. We here print the names of the Grad uating Class, each of whom received a Diplo ma. Martha J. Steele, Mary Landis, Eliza beth J. Parkinson, Mary A. Bender, Eliza M. Miles, Virginia Faust,, Cornelia Sinead, Annie E. Thompson, Catharine H. Line, Catharine E. Finn, Jane A. Ewing, William S. Eoney, John E. M’Maih, John A. Duncan, John Cam-' man, Andrew J. Wetzel. ELECTORS. 14. j. Rockhow. 15. Geo. D. Jackson, 16. J. A. AM. 17. J. B. Danner. 18. J. R. Crawford. 19. 11. N. Lee. 20. J. B. Hovrell. . 21. N. P. Fottcrman. 22. Samuel Marshall. 23. Wm. Book. 24. B. D. Hamlin. 25. Gaylord Church. Prof. W. B.'Linn, deserves high praise for the skill and taste displayed in the selecting of and arranging the music, and to his per formance much of the entertainment was duo. Under his pupilage and care some .of the young ladies were caused to win the highest enconiums of the evening. Wo cannot close this article without saying that tho .Board of Directors are certainly enti tled to the thanks of our citizens for the into- rest they have taken in our School?.. Under their care and management our Schools have a reputation far above any others in'the State., Our Teachers scorn to be fully qualified for their respectative'situations,-and for-the last year or’two have hestowed-an unusual ambunt of labor in* ondcaVorlng'to bring thoir’schools th perfection. •. .. Wo hopo the' Mroclors', -in future, ■ for the satisfaction and'convenience’of our citizens, will procure" a larger Hall,, Education' Hall being entirely too small. We hope too, that 1 the idea of excluding the male portion of our community untilfdl the ladies are seated, will be abandoned. Wo think that the parents of children ought to bo admitted whenever they present themselves at the door, and not'made to stand back with the noisy and yelping boys and run their chance of getting into the Hall. Heads of families arc as capable of judging in matters of this kind as are the half-grown girls who have the preference of the seats, but who.arc drawn there only through curiosity andi not"account of- the' interest they fool in, he schools or the “ enormous taxes” they pay. The Comet;— The Cambridge,’astronomers 1’ say that the comet’s future course through the I evening sky will he Tory much the some as that of the celebrated comet of Donati... The new visitor is somewhat remarkable for its near approachto the sun, when in perihelion, on the 15th inst, being less than twenty-seven millions of miles. As the elements have no resemblance’to those of-airy recorded comet, it may be concluded that it has never before been observed. The comet is now north of Ursa Major.' As seen through tho telescope, though quickly enveloped in its mantle of mist, its nucleus is so dense as to bear the highest power of the telescope most satisfac torily. . Death of G. P. James, the Novelist. —The foreign news, by the Europe announces' the death of Mr. G. P. B. James, the celebra ted novelist. It is not stated whore the event took place, but it was probably at Venice, where ho was filling a consular situation. which ho was transferred hy the British gov ernment from his consulate in this country at Norfolk, Virginia. Mr. James was born in London in 1801, and at-an early age exhibited an. aptness for literary composition, winch subsequently rendered him so distinguished. He was a gentleman of winning manners, good conversational powers and unfailing courtesy;- , During his residence in this-couu try ho commended-himself to the regard and esteem'of all with whom he came in contact, and there are very many social circles where, in spite of the fact that ho came here a stran ger and remained but a few years; hie death 'will bo mourned as that of a personal-friend. Tribute to a Noble Woman — -Miss Med kirk, a teacher in the Fourteenth District School at Cincinnati, who, during the memo rable tornado in that city on the 21st of May, at'the peril of her own life; nobly-preserved the lives of the pupils under her charge, by rosolutnly standing at the door, although pain fully wounded, and preventing their egress, was on Saturday last, presented by a number of citizens with a gold watch, valued at $173, and suitably inscribed. She was also granted the freedom of the street railroads of the city, and about twenty of the railroads running out of or having connection with the city, so that she can enjoy the benefit of the travel when she is sufficiently recovered from.her injuries to leave tho house. jgy At Sunderland, in the north of Eng land, a novel tide guago has boon erected, by means of which the state of the tide in the harbor is at any time easily ascertainable.— A well, carefully boxed in, and of exactly si: milar depth to the water on the bar, is made below the house containing the apparatus. — Within this well is an interior pipe or trunk, and, rising and falling with the tide, works aflbat suspended by a copper wire cord, which is connected with a diol which is moved on its axis, showing at any time the exact state of the tide, by giving the number of foot of wo tor on the bar. At night the figures are ligh ted up. ■ Sale of a Railroad. —The franchise of the York and Cumberland (Pa.) Railroad Com pany, and the right in equity to redeem the same, wore sold at auction on Thursday week, on an execution obtained against the Company by John B. Carroll. Chas. P. Clapp was th 0 purchaser for $7076 89—the amount of the execution. Extensive Land OpeiaUons—Charge of Larceny Some years agp, says the Harrisburg Union, a-surveyor named John C. Hoylnmn, came to this city for the purpose of making * map- of Lycoming county; To enable Jum to do this, the Surveyor General, who, wo believe, at the time was J. Porter Brawley, Esq;, gave him access to the office, and permission to the books and papers. After the map of Ly coming county was finished Mr..Hoylman made maps of several other counties, taking an office in Dock’s building, Third street, and employing no less than three clerks to trans act his business, while he himself devoted his time and attention chiefly to the Land, Office. Publishing maps, of course, is not a very, lu crative business, and yet, in a few yours, Mr. Hetman suddenly burst upon the world as a wealthy man, arid oh immense speculator and dealer in real estate; and the, owner of Vast bodies Of real estate in tho interior. . On the 25th ult., Franklin'G. Felton, a law yer of Philadelphia, appeared before Aider man Kline, and made; oath against John C. Heylman for feloniously abstracting fromthe Land Office certain letters written by the late John Nicholson to Owen Talon, John H. ,Caze nove, Nephew & Co., Daniel Bayard, Joseph Barnes, Benj. Parsons, Colburn Barrel! and Henry Servant, and certain books, deeds and warrants. Alderman Kline issued a wrirrant, and on Saturday Heylman had a hiring be fore Alderman Beitler, in Philadelphia, when he gave bail in the sum of $1,500 to answer tho charge at the next Court of Quarter Ses sions in this county. ~It is alleged that Heyl man admitted to. one of the witnesses that Be I had feloniously and surreptitiously abstracted ] many valuable . documents from the Land Office at Harrisburg, and also that ho confess ed that he had n deed in his possession, which he had fraudulently taken from the same, and for which ho could get the sum of eighty thou sand dollars at any time he was disposed to sell it. It is alleged that the; trial will bring out some very startling disclosures, proving complicity on tho part ,of a number of promi nent politicians in a series of gigantic land speculations by which all have feathered their 1 nests most elegantly. On the other hand, the 1 friends of Heylirian maintain that there has been nothing dishonest in Mr. Heyhnan’s operations, and' that he" merely availed him- I splf of.information ho, accidentally discovered' in the Ittnd'officelto 1 take up'certain vacant lands, and to purchase the interest of • certain heirs in portions of tho Nicholson lands., . If this is so, ho certainly evinced a great deal of shrewdness; but as the case is to undergo le gal investigation of such a character as must bring all the . foots to light, we refrain from any speculations.’ Felton was formerly Heylnmn’s attorney, and our readers may remember that not long ago a difficulty occurred between them, whim, the former prosecuted the latter for employing ono Marmaduko Hill, to recover by theft cer tain papers in Felton's possession. Our im pressioriis at present that the- trial will open a peculiarly rich vein of some kind. The Cattle Disease.— The cattle disease, pleuto-pneumohia, which has proved so fatal to cattle in Massachusetts, has made' its ap* pearimee in several of the counties on the Hudson river. i At Vails Gate; in'Qrango co., no less than twelve head of battle have died from the : disease; and Mr. Jacob Strauss, of Southeast, Putnam county, has lost seven cows within the last few days. In Now Jer sey, the. Agricultural Society of that State has just issued a report, in which they assert that tlio distemper, has its origin in the distillery stable's of Now York, and the idea is strength ened by certain cases.'that; have' pocuSred in the latter county.' . About’ two'years'since, Mr. Alanson Agor, of the town of Carmel, Ibst live cows by introducing into his' herd ah ani mal which, had been brought from New York; where she had been 1 confined for a long time in an underground stable; and Mr. Joshua Barnum, within that time, lost fifteen head of ,cattle in a short time after Wfnihg them out {o pasture, from a two months’ cdhflneiherit in’ I the pot stables under his barn. ,0 I ■ Execution at Somerset. —On Friday week Henry Pritts was hung at Somerset, Pa., for tho murder-of EliWeimer. Pritts was sixty three years of age, and having had criminal intercourse with the wife of Weiraor, ho de coyed him to tho woods, under pretence of Hunting, and deliberately shot him in tho back. . These circumstances were strong against him, and, after his conviction, he confessed his crime, alleging that the murder was instigated by Mrs. Weimer. This was the second execution in Soriiorset county —a Frenchman having been hung there in 1807. A Model Grandmother.— One,of the cen sus marshals in Franklin county, Tenn., made 'the acquaintance of a lady seventy-five years old, who built three hundred yards of good rock fence within the last year with her own hands; and, what ip more, she gathered and carried in her arms all thomaterials of which tho fenoe'is made. This throws Abe Lincoln, the great rail splitter, far into tho shade. Large Rewards. —Messrs; M. A. Dolvach and Chas. S. Henry, camping out, recently, near Austin, Texas, were brutally murdered. Tho friends of the deceased have offered $3OOO for tho detection of the murderers; Governor Houston offers $lOOO, and tho citiaons of Hous ton have pledged $2500 more, making $6500 in all. JgyTwo policemen of Houston, Texas, wore recently fined §l()0 each, because they could not distinguish, in the night, a white man from a negro. Tho circumstances as de tailed by a local paper, aro tho following:—. Tho officers were watching for slaves, or col ored people of any sort, who might be out af ter hours. They saw a man in tho distance, and called aloud to him. He happened to be a stranger to tho customs of tho country, and supposed they had' designs on his personal property; whereupon ho ran, was pursued by tho policemen, and beaten severely.. Robber Sentenced. —Maroney, the former agent of Adams’ Express, has plead guilty of the robbery of fifty thousand dollars, and was sentenced to ten years imprisonmont'in the Penitentiary. The money was recovered last August, by Pinkerton’s Detective Agency of Chicago, being found buried in an obscure place, near Philadelphia. Ills wife, and oth er parties, are implicated in the robbery, and will doubtless bo brought to justice. O'Gentlemen who smoke allege that i makes them calm and complacent. They tel ns that the more they fume the less they frcl From Mexico. The U. Si 'stcani sloop of war, Pocahontas, Capt. Iloizzard, arrived at New Orleans on the 22d ult., from Vera Cruz direct. , The PocahodtisleftVera Chi* on the eve ning of thfc 16th; and'made the passage upm the very quick time of four days an sis ! '°T ho Pocahontas brings up important official despatches for the Department at Washing ton, from our legation to Mexico; w mm wt ho transmitted at the earliest possible mo ittont. They principally concern the late im portant events-in that country the eea o the Conatitufionalista at Guadalajara,, andtho troubles in thdJ«um cabinet— all of ivhich has been laid befctaput readers. . ■ OfgeneraVnowstho Pocahontas tangs but little of' interest- -Miramon was still in .the vicinity of Guadalajara, and had appointed Gen. Castillo to the command of the troops in that city, .Goncml Well was still: suffering seyproly his wound. Of Praga; an ow ho was getting iteng, we hear nothing. ® see it that Miramon desired to put him to death, but was dissuaded by Ty o n' ‘ i'''' j’ • The; tibcral ,'tlintiy, after its repulse from Guadalajara, ; concentrated at Santa nna Acatlan, whither: Miramon pursued them.' It was expected that another engagement would be fought in that, vicinity. The new Spanish Minister, Pacheco, rvas the object of the most Battering attentions at the capital. ' The'Secrotary of the Treasury, Munoz Ledo, gate him a grand dinner on the 7th, at vvliich Ihe entire'service was in gold. Prom’ Guanajuato it is stated thatltelegado had forwarded'another large conducta of spe cie to the northern ports. , The Pocahontas does not bring up the reg ular Mexioan-mailSj but only a,despatch-bag for ..the department at Washington. The mails had previously been put on board theiSohooner Emily Koith, Captain Lockwood, which sailed from Vera Cruz on the morning of the 16th. ■ Destructive-Fire. —On Wednesday morn ing of. last week, about three o’clock, at liar risburg, a lire broke out in the livery stable ol Mr. F. K. Stfartz, located at the corner of Strawborryand Daspbcrry alleys, and nearly everything about the stable being, of a com bustible nature, it was reduced to a pile ,of ruins in an incredibleshort time;' Thofiremen. wore on"tife'ground early, and saved the sur rounding buildings, but-the stable and its con* ■ tents went before any well-directed eifort could' possibly bo made to save them. A house in Strawberry .alleys adjoining the Stable, owned by Wm. K.. Terbeke and tenanted by Daniel j Yoder, was' also partially destroyed. The Franklin House, adjoining the stable-in Rasp berry alloy, was also considerably damaged, both by fire and water, and a woodon addition toil was destroyed/ There were eleven hor-; sos, four carriages, a quantity of harness and other fixtures belonging to thebusiness, in the ptdbfwat the . time. Nine of :the horses were, roasted to of them'tho property of- Mr. Swartz 1 ? one the property of Mr. Kin tor, and the other the property of Mr. kY af ford. ‘family.) horse, which no ntouey could have purchased'! from Mr; of the camaggi were.de- ] strpyod,' qqthem’ entirely' new, valued at s'4oo, the properly of Mr; Swartz? and the oth-, er, the* .property of Mr,- "IYafford. The total, loss of MfeSwrtrt?: cannot be much short of $2,000. No insurance. The building, as well as the 1 Franklin House, belong to Philp Doughtory, Esq., and were not insured; nei ther was there any insurance on the property of Mr. Yerbeke, whose loss foots up to about slooo.' The fire was the work of an incendi ary, ' Married Life Abroad.— According to the New York Times, conjugal manners must bo in a pleasingly primitive state, in Havana. 'As a lady of eminent respectability was cir culating through the streets of that Cuban city, a man rushed up and dismantled bet per son bf watch ateV'diamond jewelry, crying in afrd''rej)#6!lbhftil tones: “Hero you are, decked'ouf in all tho jcwelry I' have’ worked so hard to give you ; paying’visits,'l suppose' to*your lovers; but givCinC the "jewelry and go your way; I will have nothtng-fliOre to do with you.” Several'young men stood near, and viewed the transaction complacently.—* On being reproached by the lady for permit ting her to be robbed in her presence, they replied that from his language and manner they thought the man to bo her husband. Marital mattors in Havana must be in a-de plorable condition, indeed, to have warranted such a supposition. Missionaries from our “first society,” with a few hand-books of eti quette, might work a delightful change in Cuban society. , i fiSTTVo lately heard n story told of a mon ey-lender living in the southern part of this country, who had, acquired the reputation of being as parsimonious and envious as he was rich. . Having occasion to visit a man to whom ho had frequently lent money with-usury, {and who had,-by industry and punctuality, acquired a competence,) he was most cordial ly received by bis former customer, who took him into his well kept garden. Passing through a walk lined on either side with beau tiful flowers, the money-lender made no re mark until ho came to a patch of potatoes, when he exclaimed: “My friend, you’ll have a nice'crop'of potatoes." “Yes,” was the reply; “that's just like you. When gentlemen and ladies pass through my garden, they all admire my flowers, but when I bring in hog, all-he can see is potatoes I” ' • Two Houses Killed by IrcifTNiNo. —Mr. Thomas Martin, of Now Garden township, Chester county, had two young horses killed by lightning, on Saturday the 16th ult. A heavy rain storm was prevailing at tho time, and they liad‘taken shelter under a largo but tonwood tree.- The lightning struck the tree, and killed one of thof horses instantly. Tho other one, a fine animal, three years old', limp ed off about fifty yards and then fell dead. It is a romarknblo fact that a pairof oxen were killed, some years ago, by lightning, under the same tree. At. another time a steer was kill ed. Tho tree, although it has thus been struck by lightning three times, has never boon se riously injured. .. Bov. N, K. George, find tho horse upon which he was .riding, at Franconia, N. H., were killed bylightning on tho 21st ult. Ab'asibn and Counterfeiting of Colne. Tho report of Professors Rogers and Vothgo concerning the experiments at tho mint at Philadelphia, to test Dr. Barclays nroventing loss upon coins, by abrasion apd counterfeiting, , embraces very mtowjtog facts. Dr- Barclay’s positions are as follows. V That coins of,tho United States sustam a easily subjecting the p Br a at> £°hat every method of counterfeiting, at *• * «» .b». 9 n year! and those of larger' denomination lose more than those smaller, by reason of greater SSS of surface. The loss m this way annually upon English com is as 1 to 420, iinnn Amcricjui com (is , P Fourteen : metiiods of counterfeiting coins are reported upon at length under' general head- gilding, coining alloys; counter feiting with alloy % chemical process; aUer iha and gilding sdver com; facing fraud, sawing and inserting fraud; drilling a pluggmg fraud; galvanic,plaster, sueating and chemical reduction; . . , The 1 annual by this counterfeiting is stated at one per cent on silver, and two per cent on goJdOTes. throughout endorses Dr. Bar clay’s methods, and states that it is altogether within the reach of thepresentadvanced skill ' in workmanship and perfection in mechanism, to combine in our coinage all improvements which ho'would employ. This position Is sustained by testimony of .very many experi enced citizens. ■ It is recommended to the government to embody in practical form tlie several protective devices suggested by Ur. Barclay, for all denominations of gold'and sil ver coins. Tho.cost to tho government (some where from §30,000 to §50,000) would ho in significant, compared! with tho vast pecuniary and moral heneEts that would accrue to the country. _ llehoic Action or a Newsboy.— Oil Tues day, as the Ocean Queen, on an excursion from Brooklyn to Bayside,was ncuving the latter place, a lad; one of the deckhands, was in the act of throwing a line ashore, when ho unfortunately fell overboard. There was no attempt made to rescue him; ho had sank, twice; and was going down the third time, when, as his fate seemed inevitable; ho was saved by a news-boy named Denis Galvin [one of the inmates of the Newsboy’s Dodging House) who happened to be on board-' plying his vocation when. the accident occurred. Without any thought of his own danger, ho threw offhis coat andslibea, and nobiyjump ed into the water, and was successful in saving the-drowning boy, Who is dieonly support of a widowed mother. The passengers, in admi ration of the heroism of his preserver, made up a collection for. him of five dollars and twenty cents. ' ‘ VuAYF.n.— -The following we clip from a re- i ligious paper. It ia headed *» Hints ohera,” bpt we'considor it to bo “ hints to ail, who pray in. public.’’ -. Some persons—both lay nttd clerical—while praying, remind one of a school boy trying to hit a certain mark. The manner in which some men pray is an in sult to the majesty of lleaven.. The paper re ferred to saysi' ’ . •{Avoid long prayers except it bo, in the closet'. Some men seem to forget themselves, and S until a congregation is absolutely'wea- ’ 1 -At the close of the sorvjce, especially, should the -prayer bo, brief. The length of a prayer is by no means the- measure either of its earnestness dr its comprehensiveness. AI-’ ways nsd simple language in prayer. The best rhetoric is a plain, fervent utterance.— Prentences ore all out of place here-. Finefig ures of speech are not allowable. It is not to the congregation that a man prays, bat to God. Bo direct in your public prayers, that is, keep in mind the act itself, and the pro found reverence that belongs to it. Man)’ prayers are elaborate dissertations upon the condition of the people—the character of the , circumstances —or they are exhortations, hot- ter suited to the body of a discourse. Such things are irrelevant. . They belong not to prayer. Prayer is a direct address to the ma jesty of Heaven; Keep this thought before you.when you pray, and it will go for toward correcting ipdocorona familiarity and a prolix wandering from the object of petition. Moke is CtlSTiMi, Asiekica. —The New OrleansJYcgyane, of the 10th ult„ says: By way of Vora : ’Crmi we have advices from Chiapas, the extreme Southern States of Mexico, to the effect that another filibuster ex pedition for.its invasion was organizing in the neighboring Republic of Guatemala. It is charged that it has the personal encourage ment and support of Presidcnt'Carreras, whose ultimate object is the permanent occupation of the State and its annexation to Guatemala. Profane Swearing.— lt is not generally known that the Revised Penal Code, passed last winter, make all persons who speak loose ly or profanely of God, Christ, the Holy Spir it, or the Bible, liable to an indictment for blasphemy, the penalty for which is a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprison ment not exceeding three months, or both, at the discretion of the, court. Persons in tho habit of swearing had better bo careful, as no officer who regards his oath of office can avoid returning to Court all persons who are guilty of the offences above specified. ■ BQy In Japan, boys become men at about fifteen years of ago. They then receive a now; name and have their heads shaved.' For eve ry advance in rank, tho name is changed for a how one. This change of name is carried to such an extent, that no subordinate is allowed to retain the name of his chief, and when any individual fa appointed to a high station, eve-: ry one under him who chances to.be his name sake must immediately change his name. PktiN’SITiVANTA’ SeCEMNG DELEGATES. —The following are the names of the delegates to the Democratic National Convention at Baltimore, who seceded from the regular convention and joined hands with the “ secessionists” at tho Maryland Institute:—W. H. Reilly, Y. L. Bradford, George McHenry, E. C. Evans, G, It. Martin, 11. A. Guernsey, 11. Lauer, 11. H. Dent, A. J. Glossbrehnor, Arnold Plummer, H. B. Swarr, David Fisher. Seducer Sentenced. —Herman Michels, re cently couvifited of seduction, in the criminal court of Pittsburg, Pa., was, on Saturday, sen tenced to one year’s imprisonment in the pen itentiary. the crops. From all sections of tho country cheering intelligonoo.of the extent and of tho crops for the present year. ; • ■ AnoNSAS-Tho Arkansas .jonrnals^Baj *teSasrWt&&4 Fn cattlecommissioners of ing or bnnging into tho jj* r un( j or po ' n . and six. months’ ore safferinggreatly,from drouth, Fi.orioa.v— The Son; Augustine., Express^ Ba /‘o„r farmers tell; us thef h«J better nrosnccts for a fine harvest proMi.Ueason, if they could only two more fains. Corn is twisting a little, b the cotton crop is ttniiyured, ' Jowa.—Frequent-showers and warmwcntiir er are pushing on vegetation most rapidly in lowm It is now estimated that lowa will yield more wheat this year than in any one tbr the last four., Corn and other spring gram crops will ho abundant. . - Kentucky.—Fully twenty-five more acres have been planted in • tobacco, iu Kentucky, this year than at any othei pven oub season. ■ . Louisian A."Tlid Notf' Orleans Bulletin, speaking of tho appearance of tho crops in Louisiana anti five Southwest generally, says i, “The droutli has been very generally broken ore the cotton-, or ciinq received any. injury worth mentioning.. And oven in tpose ,sec tions of Alabama, Georgia, Texas, Mississippi and 6uf own State, where the drouth still pro vails, tho crons are.still, within the reach ,01 resuscitation. The only crop that has rcceiv-, cd any serious Injury is; cane, undue some sections ’it has been well nigh nearly de stroyed,” ~ ' —— . Da. Brent writes to the Natchitoches Union as to his experiences In vine growing in Lou isiana, lie says i , , , “1 commenced establishing a vineyard at Natchitoches in 1850, and have yearly aug mented it until 18C0, At present it contains over twenty thousand, vines, and about twen ty-five thousand in nurseries, which Will servo, to augment it hereafter. I have not the least doubt as to the possibility of growing the vkis tinifera in Louisiana, and especially at Natchitoches, and I am persuaded that, with I the advantageous climatical conditions .we. have, its fruits, when well matin-edi.-vriUmakc a generous wine, that’ can he- presented for competition, ‘and he,able to dispute-the papn 'vyith the best French wines.” : ,'i - Mississippi. —The Grenada Jhiral Gentle ( man says: ' '“The few oats sown.in tins part of the conn try are good, and have no .appearance of rust.- The wheat has headed out well, but it is gen erally too'thin .to-make even a half crop. Corn is- doing well, but there lias been too. much fain for cotton ; if it continues it will '■un to weed too much.”' . i. i Journals from other' portions of the State, sayjthat Mississippi had never better pros pects for a fine evop of, cotton and cbm than' .now-' • ' Michigan.--— -The KnTamuzoo' Tchrp-apJi’ | says; •, ’ " ... ; : “An intelligent and observing, versiug with- uti tins' morning, thinks"*lhal. harvest Vs already'uponus v that gvaSa.ianov,- ready for cutting; and that r^-wheat will bo' bnfiimently advanced by * fho.; last of the' ; month for harvesting. The hay crop proiniV es an immense and unparalleled yield. Corn is growing so rapidly that one can see it un wind its fructifying folds. The crop will'bo large one, notwithstanding in some places the ravages of the grub.” ’ ; Misaoum—The com crops look well, and tho fears of a drouth are being dissipated. Wheat promises a large yield. The weather has been very favorable to tho grape crop, and there is no indication of rot in the nu merous largo vintages in this immediate vi cinity, The vintage of the Boonvillo IVinc Company lopks remarkably .fine, and with no bak luck, in rot or mildew, it ,is estimated that it will yield six thousand gallons of Haas’ Catawba. Minnesota. —Crops nte.reprcsentcdas look ing splendidly in every part of Minnesota. Rye is very forward, and in fine condition. Thq crop of winter wheat will be much better than was expected. Spring wheat will pro duce a great yield. Potatoes are looking up vigorously. Corn is coming on vapidly, apd the crop will be very largo. TW ost crop is said to ,be equally promising. ; Maine. —The cditor.of the Skowliegan Cla rion thinks the hay crop in that vicinity, though it looks (dim enough, is excellent in comparison to what it is in the vicinity of Portland. . New Yoikk.—The Buffalo Advertiser says i the crops of all kinds of fruit, including poach ; cs, will be very largo in New York. Ohio. —The Ohio Journals say that the bar | ley crop is more than an average one j the oat icrop will be very fair; flax will bo"short but mooli better Ilian last year. There will be an abundance of bay and clover forurore than homo consumption, but hot a full crop. Po tatoes promise a large amount for exporta tion, and every species of roots, as well as cabbage, onions, and beets in like proportion. Sodiji Cakousa.— -The Charleston Mercury says that jho rice is in excellent condition, and every prospect fine. Should tho same fortune that has attended: the efop thus far continue to tho end of the season, tho biggest crop ever made will ho the result. The first peaches of the season were receiv ed at Charleston on Monday, 11th ult., from a garden near,Aiken. Tennessee. —The journals of that State say that, contrary to general expectation, the,ce real or small grain crops in middle and upper Georgia and East Tennessee have all turned out well except tho oats. Wheat is yielding a plentiful golden harvest. • Corn is also pro mising, and fruit of all kinds will bo abun dant. Tho oats are a gencral faihiro. Texas. —Many of the Texas; papers speak of tho prevalence of an uncommon season of dry weather. The crop of. wheat in' 801 l co. is so largo it cannot all ho saved. Cultivating Hors. —ThoLonclon Star says on this subject: A valuable discovery in the cultivation of bops has just been communicated to the Aca demic. Like most agricultural improve ments, it has been the result of observations made by a laboring peasant. The ndyahta gos of this mode of culture are numerous. It consists of making the plant run in a horizon tal direction, instead of a horizontal direction; This is managed by ri : simple, low trails. In the first place, it enables the grower to inves tigate the plant while growing, nntbejeanso it from the numerous insects which injure it to such 1 a vast extent;'then it is protected from the sun, which always destroys the upper shoots; it obviates the greater destruction of hops in stormy weather, when the Winds lay' lo>v whole hop grounds, from the height of the polos; and most of all, it enables the gath ering of the cones to take place without up rooting the plant; beside permitting the selec tion of the ripest ones at first, and preventing the great loss which arises from the necessity of tearing down the whole plant to get at the ripest blossoms. JJQy* Why was Adam the best runner that ever lived? Because he was the first in dho human race.. , , Late from California, Springfield, Mbl, June 30.—Tho o»,t, Mail, with San Francisco papers and lS|| of tho Sthinst., and telegraphic advices Jill 9th, reached here-yesterday. . M , :NothSng definite hue boon accompli.), Jli with regard to ro-openmjtho P ony Ej “S Thcfo has been no. pPbjJghting t c 3|| (Job Hayes’ party affitngjmdianß, “pi : A despatch comm ai J| ing the tbroes- m CarsOnTnl oy ,states that M hostile Indians have probably all fled Will tho reach’of. tho troops. , vl| The contributions at San Francisco plios to 001. Hayes’ troops amount to Tho full list of persons killed by tho ana in Corson Yalloy, includes the eighty. • • . 'The Pony. Express,- Which Jcft Carson t.iH ley on the 25th inst.y had rOtbrnsdl-. , H Judge Terry, who is tinder indictment J| killing. Senator Broderick, has, applied change of venue, on tho grouod tlmt he ca , J|| stand h fair trial in San Francisco. • B The Into, Senator, Mr; Huun, died n® 6th inst.,’ of congestive chills, the cired/|fi disease contwteled'oh tho. voyagb Imm,fcM Washington. Four ships, have arrived China with ISOO pndsengofs. -M| Important mineral, disooverics, arc tewf in Kiamuth county. \,y: Oregon.—TheeleqtipnTefui fisfrcmhih' 0 mnty ■ give Shiel. (Beta,) for ™ rotes, find, Logan, (llep.j 403. TVt-,. ’ Democratic Legislative tibket is chosen I county*- . •. ■’ :■ r '-a -' •-• • j . In’Jogoplnno county, Sbiel had 298,i!.. : Logon 137. Logan’s Ratn.ijt Joseph®, is 168 ovor last year, when he was defeat, 1 only 16. Tho returns from the Stale indits the possibility of tho selection of'.o ItjJ turd tiiafemay elect two Republican U4fc liters. - , . ‘ '■ Arrival o|i|hej6reaf Eastern, fey The Great Eastern has arrived; at clock yesterday, morning she'came to antfe| 'off the light-ship at- Sandy diodk, ; after a#® '.n".o of eleven days,, and within half anlpl Itho nows waS flashed all oyer the Union, fern (best performance Was .333 nautical 24 1 inurs, and had she been rnu at-full t[&s aiiil by the most direct route; hor assert that she would have- made, the pass® inside of-nine days. The cautiousness® ' Cant*. Vine Hall, however; led! him to deviM : occasionally to the southward of the 'tfej ■ course, and much time was lost in verify! W and correcting the.compasses, between wljo owing, to the local attraction, therewas a considerable difference,. ■ *■. < She came into port muph lighter tsfloij swill usually sail, in 'order tocross the bar;i 4 this fact: is countervailed by the foulnafe her bottom,, which very ranch retarded,wgj speed. UmjnSatiotiably, she is in manyigM speeds of it perfect model. Her prow ptf||S the water without a ripple, and she IeMH 'cleaner dim any ship'wo eyci' saw; ®ijW stiff and. staunch—bo ranch so, that her engines, wheels and paddles impart scsttSM |a perceptible vibration : to her frame, mm moves through the waterwith 'thcfewt.wHß : conceivable -for so, vast, a'luffi. .-HiVieii ■scon from the front, she looks ungainly; and in her upper works njipfe* ■like a crippled ship. "The letter fact ti&M hubly duo to the absence of mnin-tap*g|| yards. Only' three-of her masts', 1 are ijaw ' The first look at her disappoints oiiH| when she passes objects by which herts|K may be measured, then'ime tooms npJs|| her gigantic proportions. Iler arrival^;' 'day was the signal for a 'reception v., V, CQnsidoring that it was really almost dm . y ous in its inception, was very refflarkwW ideed, . In an hour or two tho Whole covered with Water craft, loaded dqirnj||| ’thousands, of-passengers whose cnftreKp ■was truly alertnc. ’The passage of t“||| Whip to this city was a grand ovation. vM rthc ease With (fimi oil. round 'glided np to her wharf, was truly marvelous. She wilinipp bn exhibition «t the- foot of for the next six Weeks for the benefitfe:' stockholders;— N; Ti tribune, 29///. ~ . . Tire Indian DifFlcuLiiKS is CstimiK.-y '—A correspondent of the Marysville (fe| \ Xatumal Ikmoiirat says i I About eleven years- have law hw»S blessed California, and during that life| have seen several, Indian, difficulties, with profound shame and disfjust ttotfe forced to acknowledge that in without an exception, the white man vi|S| 'aggressor. In the memorable year the north fork'of the American river, I®| -•‘piker” deliberately shoot; astjaawdcaii|Sj was jutting ow the brink of the river P l ®;* peaceable, . Upon being asked for his |fe for committing such a. tragedy,, his iKj was that ho was not. going back to ol'lfe soufi without killing; bis Indian. _ ThBE , an» at that time- were perfectly friend/flB, [. us; hut that Samis evening two men .with arrows I—one 1 —one 6f wh ould i e evening four, were sHljflr [I wonhVtw|||j mark that wo had hotwiSg but tents at that time, and it being our custom lolA-jj !a. fire by ’oar csrop-doqr,thcy could sec us by the light of the fire, whotoaj ■ | impossible for us to see them out in llit»; J The consequence Was that every ma ” J ; river became involvbct in a four tMW, ';s In the spring of’el I saw. old Bill)- 1 . , shoot three peaceable,,friendly IndWi'. g of whom occupied a prominent positi(*|,v is tribe,) of the Coloma tribe, in the ft.fth Coloma. Ho pretended to have an it,, * spite against oW “Pete”—the proms dian—but all iu town knew that the i ject was.to get op a war so that ho e a job.; The plan worked admirably; was declared that same day, and Coi-i was the principal spirit in that 1 war,” for which service ho brougW mouse demand against the State ol nia, the major part pf which wns > I This is,.l am aware, a grave .chMSj addition to- being sin eye-witness ol t heroin; stated, I can furnish any tp ; proof in substantiation of them. G about is a case in point, which strikes us t *M bly: , , H A Now York justice of the P, cl ! c j as warrant for tho arrest of an • woman who had struck her faitnl 1 ' a loaded cane, on the ground.tin attempts to break ; a Kiri’s heal right to break his heaa. :; Thom's our sentiments to a d ( Spunky, he’s got no frier hold 1 your capatola. Rumored Confession of Mrs- A Now York correspondent of * Courier, says: “ There is a rumor to tlio e® CunninighttiDr, has gone made 'a strange' received by the last steamer. gjj ham was represented as being,, ,j bed, and of course, admitted something of themurdorJitjt'j^ »3?“ A man named 1 Richland, Holmes County, Mi B3 '' with Hqiior.r on the 12th inst., a» ’ gun, threatened to kill bis wh° one .of his, sons procured a 6 un father,: killing him instantly^. Japanese embassy” York about the Ist of Julyi loss heartily; rejoiced at 08C “^ t sight, seeing and attentions kavo been afflicted since tli<> ir country, . ■«
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