AMERICANVOLOSTEER. JM« k Propritßr. CARLISLE, PA., AUG. 23, 1860. :for president, ; STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, Or Illikois. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON, OrGroßoi*. BEIOCEiTIC STATE NOMINATIONS. For Governor, HENRY p. : FOSTER, OT WESTMORELAND COUNTY. COUNTY TICKET. Assembly, WILLIAM J. SHEARER, of Carlisle. Prothonotanj, BENJAMIN DUKE, of Shippensburg. Clerk (f the Courts, JOHN FLOYD, of Upper Allen. Register, JOSEPH C. THOMPSON, of Carlisle. Director of the Poor, GEORGE SHE AFER, of Hampden., . Auditor, ELIAS, B. BTSTER, of Dickinson, FOB PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS, ELECTORS AT LARGE. Geo. M. Keiu, of Berks county. Richard Vacs, of Philadelphia. DISTRICT ELECTORS. 14. J. Reckhow. 15. Geo. D. Jackson. 16. J. A. Ahl. 17. J. B. Danner. 18. J. R. Crawford. 19. H. N. Lee. 20. J. B. Howell. 21. N. P. Fetterman. 22. Samuel Marshall 23. Wm. Book. . 24. B. D. Hamlin. 25. Gaylord Church. I, Fred’k. A. Server. 2. IVm. C. Patterson. 8. Jos. Crockett, Jr. 4. J. G. Brenper. 6. J, W. Jacoby. 6. Charles Kelly. 7.0. P. James. 8. David Schall. 9. J. L. Lightner. 10. S. S. Barber. 11. T. H. Walker. 12. S. S. Winchester. 12. Joseph Laubach, Besolulion. Adopted by tho. State Exeentive Committee, August. 9,1850. Jlesolved, That the; Democratic Electoral Ticket be headed with the name of Stephen A. Douglas or John C. Breckinridge as an , elector at large, and in the event of the suc cess of s'aid ticket, if the greater number of votes shall have been cast fot Stephen A. Douglas, then the vote of the electoral college of the State shall be cast for Stephen A. Douglas and Herschel V. Johnson, for Presi dent and Vico President; but if for John C. Breckinridge, then for John C. Breckinridge and Joseph Lane, for the same offices. . If the vote of Pennsylvania cannot elect the candi dates for whom a, majority of the votes are cast, and it can elect any man running for -the office of President of the United States claiming to be a Democrat, then the vote of the electoral. college shall be cast for that candidate. If it will not elect either of the Democrats for whom it "is coat, or any of the Democrats Who . were, voted for in the States, then the votes shall be oast for the candidate who has the majority of the votes of the State; and that the-Chairman of this Committee be instructed ,to obtain from the gentlemen oh the Democratic Electoral Ticket,of the State their several and distinct pledges of, acquies cence-in the foregoing resolution; and fd re port the' notion in the promises ct tho.next meeting of the Committee, to be held oh. the - I — dayof— Democratic Pole^Raisiirg. qlff lAlflfll ' The Democrats of Hamp and the surrounding townships, are requested to meet at the house of George Seirer, in said township, on Saturday afternoon, August 25. g; y, Buby. find H. Newsham, Esqrs., of and R.M. Haldeman and C. ®. Hineline, Esqrs., of Harrisburg, will address 'the meeting., A Camp. Meeting, by the United Brethren, •will be held nt the old place, two miles above Centreville, near the Walnut Bottom Hoad, commencing on the 4th day of September. ■ Jewelry. —-A large and . splendid assort ment of Jewelry is now bring sold by Gould ■k Son, at the auction- room; next door to Han non’s hotel. . . - ; ■ Thie Melon Trade.— Watermelons are be coming plentiful in our market, though the prices keep a little “steep,” They.are an excellent dinner desert, especially when pre pared according to the latest mode, which is as follows: A half hour previous to using, : n pjug should bo cut in the melon and about a pint of sweet wine poured in, when it should bb plugged up and put on ice in cold water. Prepared in this way they’are said to be ele gant, : . . Bdnawav. —On' Saturday morning last, as Charles B. Penrose, accompanied by a lady, was driving a pair of grey mares attached to a buggy, the coupling tongue of the vehicle broke, at the corner of Hanover and' Porafret streets, and the. occupants were thrown, vio lently to the ground. The horses stood quite jstill for a minute or so, but feeling the fore wheels strike their heels, they made off at full speed. - After’ running a couple of squares, they came in contact with a large tree, when one of the mares fell, which brought theother to a halt. One' mare is badly hurt, her fore Shoulder having been dislocated; the other re ceived one or two flesh wounds. : Beyond this no damage was done;. Fire.—About 1 o’clock on Monday morn ing, a fire broke out in the large stable attachr ed ! to Soaker's tavern, corner of Hanover and South streets,. The alarm bells were sonnded, and' our gallant firemen, always prompt to re epondf woro soon on the ground with their ma chines. The firemen and citizens did all men could do, but the conflagration had gained such headway that.it was found impossible to save 1 the stable;.and attention was directed to ad- 1 joining buildings. The flames from the stable : communicated'to one of Jbn» Goran al’b car penter shops, which was also almost totally de stroyed. ’ Other buildings were in imminent danger,.but were saved after the moat strenu ous efforts of the firemen. A fine horse; bo longing.to Mr. Noaker, perished in the flames of-the stable; also some five or six tons of hay, a quantity of oats, straw and cornfodder, and a oouple of vehicles, harness, ' &c., were con sumed. Mr, GnisuAids loss is also consider able—a quantity of mode-up’ work, such as doors, gutters,Ac., having been destroyed.— Wo believe both stable and shop were insured. It is-generally supposed that this fire, like all others w? have hod of, late, was the woi k oft ho incendiary. THE DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET. In our last we spoke of the Democratic Conn- Ay Ticket as. an excellent one, and composed of deserving men, with but one exception.' William J. Shearer, the candidate of this county for Assembly, is a young man of ster ling integrity, with every noble property of head and heart. In the event of his election —which we regard os certain—ho will, we feel satisfied, watch with care and assiduity, the interests of his constituents. He is o gentle man of fine abilities, a lawyer by profession, and who is as conversant with the wishes of the people of this Representative District, as any man in it. Having received the nomina tion fairly and honorably, he should, and no donbt will, receive the hearty support of all loyal Democrats in the District . j Benjamin Duke, of Shippensbiirg. is the 1 candidate for Prothonotary, and we feel confi- dent that all who are acquainted with Mr. Duke will agree with us that a better selection could not have been made. He is, in every respect, well qualified, and will make a prompt, correct and obliging officer. He is a fine scholar, good scribe, and possesses an amiable disposition; He, too; received his no mination fairly, and will be cordially support ted and triumphantly elected. John Flovd, of Upper Allen, received the nobaination for the office of Recorder. Mr. F. for many years, followed school-teaching for a living, and was considered one of the best tea chers in his section of country. He is an ac complished accountant, and a poor, honest, up right man. He is lame of one hand, and this should secure him the sympathy of his fellow citizens. Ho will prove an attentive and obli ging officer. Joseph C. Thompson, of Carlisle, was. unani mously nominated for Register, a compliment not often bestowed upon a candidate. Mr. T. is a printer by trade, having entered this oft fice in 1836, and continued to work in it ever since. During the fifteen years the Vol unteer has been in our hands, Mr. Thompson has been our foreman, and now appears a counterpart of the establishment. We speak from actual knowledge, when we .pronounce him a man of strict honesty and excellent ca pacity. Like most of his colleagues oh the ticket, he is poor, with a large family depen-. dent upon him for support. • Here in Carlisle, where he was born and raised, he is univer sally respected, and will receive a very large Republican vote in addition to the vote of'his own party. His election is ns certain to take place as that the election will occur, and we fell safe in predicting that he will make as good an officer as ever filled that position. George Sheafer, of Hampden, was nomi" noted for Director of. the Poor, and Elias B. Eyster, of Dickinson,- was nominated by ac clamation, for Auditor. Both these gentle men are well known to our people, arid both ore. men of integrity and capacity, and of of course will bo elected/ Such, Democrats of,Cumberland, is the tick et. It should and will bo triumphantly elec ted. Republican Ticket.—The Republicans of this county met in Convention, in the Court- House, on Monday, arid placed in nomination the following County Ticket: V i Assembly —¥m. B. Irwin. . Prothonotary—Jonathan E. Ferreo. I Clerk of ihe Courts —-S. S. Sollenberger. Register —E. A. Brndy. Co. Commissioner^ Capt. Geo. Miller. J). of Poor —JohrfrMillor. / Auditor —John S.' Dunlap. This ticket is, so far as -we are acquainted with it, composed' of respectable men, but combines no strength whatever, Asa whole, it cannot be compared with the Democratic ticket, and we now predict that, with theox ception of the Candidate for County Commis sioner, every man on it will be badly defeated. Mr.TaviNß, previous to receiving the nomi nation, was required to appear before the Convention, and pledge himself that, in the event of his election, he would, as a member of the House, vote against the repeal of the I tonnage tax. This is a mere ruse, by which our wily opponents hope to gull and deceive the people. It is a well known fact that the repeal of the tonnage tax. is a favorite hobby of the Republicans, and if ever an act of As sembly is passed exempting the Pennsylvania Railroad from taxation, it will be the Repub licans that will do it. i Their present affected ’opposition to this»measure in this county is intended as a ■“■blind," but, We think, they, will deceive no one. But, more anon. OCT” We learn from the last Shippensburg News, that George Whither of that place, while engaged in burning lime for Mr. C. Mellinger, at Stoughstown, mot with a horri ble death by lying on the top of the burning kiln, on Tuesday of last week. It is sup posed that, while intoxicated, ho became cold, and laid down on the partially heated stones, to warm himself. Falling asleep, he was suffocated by the gas, and when the coal near |the top took fire, his body was very much burned. During the day he had requested Mr. Mellinger to give him liquor, but was refused oh account of his known intemperate habits, but after his discovery bn Wednesday morn-ng, a' keg was found near the kiln, con taining whisky, which ho had got some one to procure for him- Fearful News from Texas.— The Aboli tionists have already commenced the “irrepres sible conflict.’’—Wo publish important news from Texas to-day. The abolition excitement there appears to bo on the, increase. A young man has been hung for giving strych nine to the. slaves to put into the wells. An other man, a preacher,, was similarly treated for being an active abolitionist. Two others were hung for exciting the slaves to an in surrection. These events were in different parts of the State;, Frequent incendiary and poisoning attempts are reported. “Old Anti-masonic TuaC.”— The Black Republicans of Lancaster county hove re nominated Tuaddeos Stevens for Congress.' Upon the second ballot, John A. Iloistand and William Hamilton wore nominated for the State Sonata. Seward on the Stdup.— Mr. Seward,- a few days since, delivered a sot speech in Now England in favor of. Lincoln and the “ irre pressible conflict.” He.stated that Mr. Lin coln held the same views in regard to slavery and the “ irrepressible conflict” that he (Sew ard) did. .Hence he would support him.— The speech was a bold one; and has fright- . ®*e Republicans of Fayette county, ened the. Republicans almost out of their Ohio, re-nominated Tom Corwin for Congress, ■wto- It is too candid- . ' , Iby C«uHy'Ooiiyon<ton; CODJiTf- COMMISSIONER MEGJW. This gentleman, at present one of the Coun ty Commissioners, was re-nominated, in a sur reptitious manner, for the same office by the liito Democratic County Convention. This is the first 'time since Cumberland fans been a county that a County Commissioner has sought or desired a re-nomination. - it is a new thing ‘ —a breaking up of a well-established rule.— It is undeniable, however, that any County Commissioner, (no matter What kind of man ho is, or how incompetent,] can secure a re nomination just as often ns ho pleases. The patronage in the bands of the Commissioners is immense, and if they are corrupt enough and venal enough, to use this patronage for the purpose of securing are-nomination orfor any other pbject, they can dp‘so successfully.' The re-nomination of Macaw, in opposition to the expressed wishes of nineteen-twentieths of the party in the county, is a fearful evidence of this fact. The Commissioners notonlyhave an active shrewd Tax-Collector in every town ship and borough, who is almost constantly “ bobbing around” in discharge of his various duties, but they have a much larger patronage to dispense in the wayof contracts, purchases, 4c. We repeat, then, that any Commission er can- secure a re-nomination if he pleases to use the power in bis hands for this end. Mr. MeGaw has used this power, and has succee ded in having himself foisted upon, a ticket otherwise, unexceptionable... ' Was Mr. Meg aw solicited by disinterested Democrats to be a candidate for re-nOmina tion ? No I—a thousand voices ’will answer no 1 But, knowing that, by the power of his patronage, he could succeed in his and miserably selfish designs, he insisted upon forcing himself upon the ticket, in the face of the protest of nearly every man who .spoke to him on the subject. -The very men whom l ; ted for Megaw in Convention, know and.felt that they were committing ah outrage uphn their constituents; and nearly every man of them, his own. son, a Delegate from Hampden included, beseeched Megaw (before the as sembling Of the Convention,) not to ask a re nomination, reminding him of his unpopular ity, and that it would not do to nominate him: and at the same time refuse a’ ro-nomination to the balance of the old county officers, all of whom are good men. . They told him of the overwhelming opposition that was to him in; every township, borough and ward, in .the county, and that nothing.could save him, from a disastrous and humiliating defeat. But, all these arguments availed nothing; he insisted upon the nomination, boasted of the power he possessed,.and- thus .compelled the very'men to vote for him who deprecated the act, and regarded it tantamount to defeat. Was there over such an outrage committed in a County Convention? . Will the honest Democrats of,, Cumberland submit to this daring, and high handed attempt to put'them at defiance?— Never—never! We will not support this fraudulent nomi-!. nation—we will not countenance this.outrage, nor shall the name of Meoaw. ever appear at the head of ouv columns. Even had he been our ’ most devoted. friend, wp could not. and would not countenance his impudent preten tions. But, ho is not bur friend, and never was.- Without one particle of cause, he has been maligning us with his malignant and pestilential tongue. 1 , ever since ho has been a County Commissioner. In 1857 we supported Meoaw 'with all bur might, and assisted to give him ; the handsome, majority he received. He was a stranger to us and we to him; all wo knew about him was the fact that he, the year previous, refused, to support Mr. Buchan an after Mereceived the nomination for the Pre sidency. But this did not prevent us going for him after he was nominated.. Immediate ly on his arrival here—nearly three years ago —to assume the duties of his office, some per son or persons, knowing his violent and dog matical naturerhiased him upon us/ nnd from , that day to this he has used his influence, per , sonal and official, to injure-us in our business. His menials and understrappers have disoon , tinuod their subscriptions to our paper, and ; have tried their best to influence others to do . the same; no avowed friend of ours can beap . pointed'a Tax Collector or-receive a cent’s L . worth of patronage from the Commissioners. . He has attacked us behind our back and in a 1 clandestine manner—has written libellous let i tors against us—has attempted, by letter, to - defeat candidates for office in other counties , merely because they happened to bo related to us. Ho has anathematized us orf a thou- I sand occasions, and wished us all sorts of bad . luck, now and hereafter, a dozen times d day. ■ And why has Mr. Meoaw thus persecuted and • maligned us?. We are sure wo know not.— ; But one thing wo do know, that no man with • a -heart in his bosom, will find fault with us , for refusing our support to ; this reoklesd.mnn. , We shall, in company with nine but of-jvory i ten Democrats in Cumberland county, oppose ■ him from this day to the day of his defeat '; 1 and we now predict, and we desire out predic--. I tion to be marked, thdtho wilhfeeeivo the most 1 terrible “ lampooning” any man has received < in this county for the lost twenty years. The ’ majority against him will, we have reason to • believe, be over 1000. Mark that, too. 1 It is the positive duty of every Democrat, who has the future welfare of the party at heart, to 0! nsh this fraudulent nominationbe neath his feet. Let this be done—let this in famous,bargain anp sale transaction be scorn ed, spit upon, and repudiated by ten or fifteen hundred, and wo will not be troubled again in the same way by any County Commission er. It will serve as' a rebuke and at the same time , a lesson for the. hereafter. Never in our editorial experience have wo felt better satisfied , that we spoke for the majority of our party than we do now, when wo announce ourself opposed to the election of Mr. Meoaw. The old Volunteer will not shrink from its im perative duty-will not foil to defend the pu rity of its party, Speak out for the majority, and assist to put down a most outrageous and villainous wrong,. .. - Caution. —lt may .not be amiss'to. remind fruit thieves and. garden rangers that by an act passed .by the last Legislature, they are subject to a -fine not exceeding §5O, and im prisonment in 'the county jail not oi'ceedihg sixty days. ‘ Some of the loafing rascals who ■have been in the habit'of stripping fruit trees, | grape vinos, &: will now pay dearly for their indulgence when caught. NSW Ioll|. We are notwithout thooppononts of Lincoln andltepublicanism willyotprosent a solid front boforetho Presidential election, and wrest that Statefromtho common enemy. The Douglas State-Convention, which held its session oh Thursday last, passed resolutions inviting the co-operation of all conservative men, and for this purpose empowered the State Committee to, 1311 any vacancies that may oc cur in the electoral tiokot, . and to take mea sures, if proper and necessary, “ to give uni “ted expression and effect to the national “ conservative sentiment of the State.” ■ A combination .with the'Union party was effect ed onthosppV by pliicinjfa number of their men among the; list of .electors. It is evident that the pb'irtrof filliJig Vaenhoied'ih the elec toralticket wh? conferred upon the State Committee with; the view of perfecting an ar rangement with the friends of Breckinridge ;‘ which wo trust- that' the latter will lose no time in accomplishing.; This would certainly prevent' Lincoln from'carrying the State of New York.. The Journal of Commerce, the leading Breckinridge paper in that State, and the Albany Atlas and Argue the leading Douglas paper, have both, since the com mencement, of .this fight, counselled union and co-operation. IVc take the following article from the Express: K - NEW yORE ALL-RIGHT, A ONION, AGREED TO AT ST- EACUSE. The result. of tlio .Conyention at Syracuse; yesterday, cannot but ho in the highest degree gratifying to the friends of the Union; the op-' ponenta of Sectionalism, and all who' desire to stamp,, deep and brood, the brand of popular reprobation upon . the . pestilent doctrines of the higher Jaw, and an. irrepressible conflict between the free and slave States of this Con federacy., An electoral ticket has been formed, composed of well-known citizens, men of ster ling patriotism; integrity, and worth;; and to -that ticket there is no reason to doubt the con servative, Union-loving people of the Empire State will accord an undivided and enthusias tic support. The result, in that event, cannot be con-, sidered a matter of conjecture. . If it does not give the final death-blow to sectionalism, in New York, it will; at least compel the Sum ners, the Sewards, the Dovejoys, the Helpers, and the Giddingses, to , take back seats, for another four years, and place in the White House, on the fourth day of March next, a statesman and, patriot, who knows “no Norik, no. South, no- East, no West, nothing but his Country I” ' Wo have not a doubt that there are thousands of /honest, sober-minded; con servative Republicans who, affrighted now at. the reiterated ullraisnis.of Mr. Seward .and’ his friends, will help us.to ring the. Bell; and ns for the Democrats, there, being but really one'great question now at issue, in. this cam paign, the question, namely, of Union;;orDis union, |for after all, that is the point,) there is; nothing to keep them, back from.coming over, en masse, in support of the. Union, the Constitution, and thopnforcemeut of the laws. Daylight is .breaking ! and with a grand com bination of the Rational elements, not for men,, but for principles, in New York, lot our' friends in,other States rely upon it, that. Din oolnism here is doomed to defeat. That/,con viction should quicken their patriotism,'and' stimulate, them to renewed energy, so that when. November: comes,' it can be. said, with as.much-, truth as oyer, “as goes New York; so goes the-UiHon.’t '1 STniioHT-ouT Dop-dpis;Ticii^'l-^fh,elDQU glas Goromitteo inot at 'Har risburg on passed resolu tions ’ ropudhiti|gj^M^wjinpipmi B e.: proposed by the regular 'Democrafec, State Committee 'at its meeting at the 9th instant, and appointing a Committee of seven'.to se lect candidates for Eleeto/rsto he placed upon a straight-out Douglas Electoral Ticket// JThe name of-Gen. George ;M. Kelm, one of the Electors.at : Darge; on. the regular Eleotoral Ticket of the Rending Convention, was strick en off by the Committee then, in session, and Hen. John Cessna, substituted: 1 A dispatch states that Mr.' Sessnb! declines, and; favors union bn the basils of the compromise adopted at Cresson, and, that: Mr'.' It. J. Haldoman willtako-hisplaco Wo expected as much of Mr. Cessna, for there is no better - mart and Democrat in the State than .he is—none in whom we .have more implicit confidence. Haldeman, the disorganizcr, is the very man to 'grace the; head of a spurious*. solf-bonstituted electoral ticket., .A, few months!, since he road Judge Douglas and all his.’supporters out', of the Democratic' party ;• now he calls himself n “ straight-out Douglas mari;” and under this disguise expects to bo able to carry the State for the “rail-splitter.” The people under stand him. '.li ..... i.ir I.V. , ■ Foster aiid Victory. ■‘ There appears'to be,,no discord among.the Democrats of the State'(whether Breckinridge or Douglas men) on the subject of Governor. The voice qf all is for Foster, and if they oil .work for him earnestly and in good faith'the second Tuesday of October will brown their efforts with victory , There is no reason why any. Democrat should not vote for Foster ; and considerations .of . patriotism will, we trust, induce many .who .are not. identified ■With party, to give him their support. Let us all;'then, go in for Foster and Victors. Out for Douglas.;— The Cumberland (Md.) Alleganian, the old, organ of the Democracy, of Allegheny county, Md., hoists the name of Douglas and Johnson. . ' The Frederick Vnidn, the organ of the Frederick county Democracy, has done the same. The Baltimore Dispatch is an able Douglas paper. From what we can learn by our exchanges, Douglas is gain ing fasten Maryland. K7* “ The Democratic Test." is the ?itle of a pew paper started at New Bloomfield, Perry county, by J. B. Cooper. It sustains the reg ular nominations mode at Beading, has at its head Foster and the electoral ticket, and. is ably conducted, XT’ The town of Salisbury, in Somerset county, Md., was destroyed by fire, on Wed nesday the Bth inst, About forty dwellings and stores were, burnt', The town is repre sented as nearly.a mass of ruins. ■ XT’ John Coyodo Jms’qgain been nominated for Congress, Mr. Covodo retired, but his party could not'unite on a candidate, and he was again'compelled to , run. .■ ' BSy The Washington Star of Friday says' "The President of the United States, accom panied by his niece, Miss Lane, leaves the city this afternoon, in the 3- 20 train, ifbr a brief sojoilrn at Bedford Springs,' , ■' Jo6f“ In the second District of, Pennsylva nia, Henry ,M. Fuller'has been nominated for Congress, by the Constitutional Union men. Fttrolenm or Bock Oil. The discoveries which have for'some time caused so much, excitement in Western Penn sylvania, wore the subject of an interesting paper, read before the American Scientific Convention at Newport on 'Friday last,by Prof. Newberry. The oil is found very abun dantly in Pennsylvania, and is also met with in Western Virginia and Ohio, Canada and other places. The wells yield, by pumping, from ten to twenty-five barrels per day of the. Crude oil. The yield of the refined article of the Pennsylvania oil ib about tis per cent, of the whole. . Prof. N. states that,he recently saw a .well which gave ten barrobf a day of pure 611, without any foreign admixture, and it was barreled and sent to market ns itcatao from the ground. The owner was not satis fied; and deepened his well, and in eighteen hours 150 barrels were collected’ from it—but this proved to be very impure. The prude oil burns dimly; and is a very good lubricator, and when refined, has less smoko and less odor than any, other oil, and is not explosive, while its illuminating power is equal to the best coal oil, and can be furnished cheaper than any other. In Illinois, the. oils occur in a limestone,- and the loss by distillation is about one-half. These oils everywhere occur for the most part: about one geological level. The Portage sandstone, which is a porous, rock, is the one most frequently penetrated with the hope of getting oil; but this rock only ,serves as a reservoir for it as it is forced up from below. The chemists must announce the Theory-of its formation, but it seemsTp have been- distilled from the carbonaceous deposit below, and it may. be the product of, animal .as well as vegetable remains. ( In some cases the natural specimens are as translucent, as olive or castor oil, and it is. found to burn better, and to be generally su perior to common oil. Date from Europe. —By the arrival of .the Persia at New York on the 19th, and the Galway steamer Parana at St. Johns, N. F,, we are in possession of late, and interesting European and Asiatic intelligence: The most important points of the politicalnews received are that 1500, pf Garibaldi’s men . had landed in Calabria,the southern part oi the kingdom of Naples ; that one thousand volunteers had' left Turin for Sicily, and that two Neapolitan regiments had mutinied; that. Garibaldi had entered Messina amid great enthusiasm,' and that the four thousand Neapolitans .who guard •the citadel would not fire upon the city unless attacked. The massacre of the, Christians at Damascus had ceased; the Kurds and Bedou ins had retired into the interior of the coun try, but the Christians still sought conceal ment. . An intervention in Syria, of limited duration, had been determined ‘on by -the great Powers, and the French troops on the point of embarkation: would leave without waiting for the contingents of the other Pow ers, unless information should bo received rendering their departure unnecessary. At Shangliad there was much alarm, owing to the near approach of the rebels; trade was, Stwpopded, -aud the banks closed. .In Mel- M&h'e.thm commercial depression still pre vailed,' the crops-were .promising, and.itho; ■shipments of gold sihoc the last, mail steamer’' amounted to 130,009 ounces./ , . • 'Kemarkadle' Attack dy,'Bees.—At An trim; says the Detroit T/-ti«ne,-.a singular, oc currence took place a few days ago. A swarm, offices, belonging to a Mr. Becker, came out of the hive in a. great fury, and attacked a man by the name'of Mungar. who was cross-! ing the field at the time some .30 or. 40 rods qff. He undertook to flee to the woods,’ but the bees were before and behind him so thick that hie found it impossible to run. He then commenced a.fight with hat in hand, but he was very -ebon overpowered, and fell down with faintness, and would soon have died, had not‘a son of Mr, Decker—who was at this time' appfoaohing~fr6nr another direction—' rushed to .the rescue, when the stingers'left Mungar an.d commenced an attack upon young Decker, who fled with all the speed to a shed or granery,,in which was a favorite shepherd dog chained;' The boos immediately left the young man, and attack the poor dog with such a fury as to deprive him of life before ho could.be lot loose. It is said the dog actu ally killed more than a quart of bees in his vigorous defence. Mr. Munger and Mr. Docker were in a dangerous state for some hours, but are npw recovering. Bought her Husband.— A neat and charm ing maiden in Indiana, the fortunate possess or of a considerable property, became engaged for marriage to a green, unattractive clumsy boy of eighteen years. The day for the wed ding was fixed, andthe course pf rustic love was running smoothly enough, One day the groom-expectant appeared before his mistress with wrinkled brow, quivering chin, eyes filled with tears. “My father says I shan’t marry unless I first pay him for my time.” ‘ This was all ho said. The woman at once sent him’ to the sharp parent with instructions to-learn the lowest rate of exchange at which.the time could be changed into money. “ I will sell you’?—said the father—“for §2OO, and not a cent less.” ! “ And I will buy you,” returned the damsel, when the offer was communicated to her. She paid the money, married the property, .and has since so assiduously culti vated it,, that a great improvement, personally, morally, and intellectually, has taken place. ■ A MysTE.nipns Box,—The Treasurer of Am herst College, says the Springfield Republican, has lately received from Mr. Daniel Soars, of Boston,'a heretofore liberal benefactor of the college, a small and carefully-sealed box, with the instruction that it is not to bo opened for one hundred years, on pain of a forfeiture of the gift which it contains. Speculation is at fault as to the contents, and the reasons for the accompanying, condition. The shrewdest guess is that the box holds deeds of real es tate ihißo'ston, how under, lease for one hun dred years, but then to bo transferred to the college.! But let us be patient till 1960, on(} then wo shall all know. C7* A very heavy storin' of rain, thunder, and lightning, visited Philadelphia on: Mon day of last week, which poured , down great quantities of water. Considerable' damage Was done in various parts of the'city. At Fourth and Christian streets the largo Christ ian’ street culvert broke, and carried , away the whole intersection of the. street. Sev eral persons'were struck by lightning, and the loss of life and property was very consider able.- What . Will the Sonlb Dot ; Tho Pittsburg JWj of a Into date', thus speaks of the relative; stronglhof Douglas aup Breckinridge inthoSouthom States: ,' J It was the cry 'of the 1 opponents of Mr. Douglas a fewWcoks'Wgo, that Mr.-Brookin ridgo was sure, to carry every Southern State. Since then, elections havoboonhold in Ken tucky and Missouri, two of the Southern States. In one,' tho Bell and Everett ticket has largely succeeded, and in ~tho other, the friends of Mr. Douglas have swept the State by a triumphant majority, while the Breckin ridge ticket .was oven beaten by tho Republi cans. These facts prove that in tho Southern States tho true-hearted Democracy are deter mined to stand by the regular nominations of their party. To those who have favored dis organization of tho party, the elections in Kentucky and Missouri are subjects worthy of • grave consideration.. ■ ■ Everywhere the Douglas prospects are most cheering. , In Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio, is an ardent desire to have a united electoral ticket. Although the Douglas and*Breckinridge .men have been, “distinct as the billows,’’ they will be ‘.‘one as the sea,’’ against tho Republicans of Pennsylvania. Our example will bo fol lowed in other States. Wo have not a, parti cle of doubt that Stephen A. Douglas will bo the next President of tho United States. lid will sweep the North as General, Pierce did, ■in 1852, and ho will carry every Southern State] except three or four, where Bell and Everett may beat him. It’s folly, worse than folly, to talk of Breck inridge carrying a single Southern State. The people of the South have too strong an attachment for Mr. Douglas, aside from their deep respect for parly usages, and party nom inations to permit them to be diverted from their plain duty now. Recent demonstrations in the South leave no room for doubt that the contest there will bo between Douglas and Bell. In Pennsylvania, New York,.Ohio, India na, Illinois, Minnesota, and other States, the, prestige of regular, nomination is adding to the great personal strength ,of ■ Mri Douglas. Tho Opposition are terrified gt the way things are working. They depended hreatly upon a division in Pennsylvania! That hope has vanished. The Democracy see that their hope of success lies only with the regular nominees of the party, and around them they will rally to beat the Opposition., TheExciteuent in Texas—Tue Cause.— The papers from Texas continue-to bring im accounts of the developments, that are daily brought to light in the course of the investiga-: tions that are being made in order to sift to the bottom and ascertain the causes, that have led to the numerous recent fifes throughout the country. There seems to be ho doubt that Ab olition emissaries are the instigators and ne groes the instruments. The Galveston AWs, of the 28th of July* furnishes further partied-; lars, as follows We learn from .a gentleman, a resident of Ellis county, who left Waxahatchie on Mon day last, and arrived this morning, some fur ther details of the results of the discovery of the diabolical abolition plot, that was to sweep over Northern Texas,; with the incendiary's torch and murderer’s weapon. . In Dallas and Ellis counties, committees, composed of the.coblest, steadiest, and raost re spectable citizens were appointed, and were at work all last week investigating tho whole af fair. No one but those immediately, interes ted'knows who. compose the committees, nor •where or when they meet, or what they are doing. Their chief object is to ascertain what W’hites are .at the bottom of the plot. Nodiie else interferes in the invostigation.., In Ellis,, the county, court has organized, patrols oh an ' extensive and xvell managed pystem. ' V/' ; The. negroes’ apart and mt; gi’eat ' distdnCos-— rOoncur . in the '. leading ■ points, aud.all nver white'ineii originated the plot mid directed their movements.' -'They their liberty and their masters’.goods, etc., and to lead them to Kan tms; -tlie negroes were told also that the next. President Would be a northern man,who would ' free them all,' • The nogroesoonoerned in Ellis'county were principally of mature age, and were allowed by their.owners a good deal of liberty.; The young ones wore not allowed to participate in the plot; and many wore not trusted with the secret at all. Their idea was to burn all the stores where arms and ammnnition was kept; and on election day—the :6th August, .when the citizens were away from their -farms: and houses—tho negroes were to rise, seize on all arms, and headed by their white leaders, to, attack the houses hero and thcro r murder-de fenceless women, hum and destroy, and final ly, it is presumed,march off in a body toward ■ Kansas. .. AVaxahatchie was to liayo been set fire to on .the Bth—tiio same day Dallas and so many otter places Were fired; but an accidental fire in the town that day aroused the citizens, and the. negro appointed to the deed became alarm ed, and left. He was to have returned and ret peated the attempt last Sunday, had not the plot boon discovered, ' C7* State Elections ore yet to be held be fore the Presidential election in' November, as follows: .' ' :: , 1 ", In A r ermont, ohiTuesday, Sept. 4. In California, on AVcdnesday, Sept. 5. . In Maine, on Monday, Sept. 10. In Georgia, on Monday, Oct. 1. In Mississippi, on Monday, Oct. 1, In Florida, on Monday, Oct. 1. i In South Carolina, on Monday, Oct. 8. In Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, Oct. 9, In Ohio, on Tuesday, Oct. 9, In Indiana, on Tuesday, Oct. 9. In Minnesota, on Tuesday, Oct. 9. InTowa, on Tuesday, Oct. 9. . • Presidential Election in. all the States, on Tuesday, Nov. 6. ■ * ,: ; ConnECT Speaking.— advise all young people to acquire, in early life, the habit of using good language, both, in speaking and; writing, and to abandon as early as possible any use of slang'.words and phrases? The longer they live, the more difficult the acqui sition of good language will be ; and if the golden age of youth, the proper season for the acquisition of language, be . passed in its abuse, the unfortunate victim of neglected education is very probably-doomed to talk slang for life. Money is not necessary to procure education. Every man has it in his power. ! He has merely to use the language which ho roads, instead of the slang which ho hears; to form his taste from the best speakers and poets of the country ; to trea sure up choice phrases in his memory, and habituate himself to their use. JJ@" While a log was being out in a saw mill, at or near Houston, Mich., the saw carao in contact with some hard substance, which, upon examination, proved to bo an old fash-, ioned French hatchet, which was found em bedded in the heart of.the log; and judging' from the numbOr of rings outside of the hatch et, it is concluded to have booh placed in the tree near a century ago. : E7* Mrs. Susan’Decatur, the venerable relict of the late Commodore Stephen Deca tur, died in Washington on,the 21st ult., in the 84th yoarof her age. BSf* The Union ladies of the interior of Ken : tuokfy are having 801 l and Everett printed on their bonnet strings, " - Ampng the noticoablo aiTivnla in New V l by the Adriatic, ia that of Lady Franklin : in company with her nice, Miss CravomO ’l° is understood that lady Franklin wifi .« sdmo.WecksinNew York os tho guest of M • Grinnell, the miiniflcant patron of the exno v’ tibn sent, under command, of Dr. Kano • Search of the party of Sir John Franklin, 'tp splendid results of this'expedition are know to the civilized world; and thohames of Prini’ lin and Kane will go down to posterity occnn ing the highest position on tho list of tho intrepid navigators who have sought to wrou from the arms of nature itself tho ice-hen., 5 } secrets of the Polar Circle. - . , Franklin, is well known, perished nmid'M, 'inhospitable regions he was endeavoring to ploro. and Kano died soon after- his return from tho expedition which has tendered Ma nama immortal, from a disease tho seeds hf which wore'sown by the exposure, and aufferi ing he was compelled to undergo in his efforts to release his party fniiri their dangerous sitipn.,. The name of Sir John Franklin hiu become historical as Well by reason of his J? vices in the'eausd" of science nVby his melan choly death ; and his wife, extensively known' by her unremitting efforts to satisfactorily as. certain thO fate of the . expedition of which her illustrious husband was the'licnd. wj do not doubt that in the tour sho contomplntci through the United States she will ho the re cipient of that ‘ respectful : attention duo m faithful and estimable a woman.—Fenimka man. ■ . • . . . Judge DpnglMand the Snprenje Conrt. Since Benjamin, of Louisiana,' charged Douglas with repudiating the. decision?of % Supremo Court, the story has been taken up and repeated by the Secession politicians in all parts of the land, and.yot there is not one word of truth in tho charge. In his great speech in the Senate, not more than two months ago, and in reply!!® which Benjamia spoke, and made this gross charge ab sence of Judge Douglas, the latter used tho following language: "WE ARB TOLD THAT THE COURT HAS ALREADY DECIDED THAT ODES! TION. IF SO, THERE IS AN END T 6 •’THE CONTROVERSY. YOU AGREED TO ABIDE BY IT; I DID. IF ITHASDE CIDED IT. LET THE DECISION GO INTO EFFECT; THERE IS AN END OF IT WHAT ARE WE QUARRELING ABOUT? 1 Does this sound like repudiating tho deci sion, of the Supremo Court ? It appears tolc: anything else than that. It is 'true;' Judge Dougins docs not heliove tho question was dc- B sided by the Court Which the Secessionist and Republicans assert was decided, and the fact that Judge Taney is for Douglas for President is the best evidence that "Judge Douglas’ opinion is right. Action of the State Committee.—Jo spea king of the .late action of the Sti io Committee'at Crcsagn, the Cn oral says So far as we,have been able action of'tin; Committee will be i every Democrat in the State, urn cnt circumstances. :It, is to bo ( such protended,Democrats as.Foi pose it, for this'action: of the - properly carried put, ns wo'belh will secure the State for the Dei ot. Each wing of the, party can favorite candidate all He wishes, many votes .ns possible for him, assurance that lie is not aiding i ,6f the Republican candidate, this action will allay all bitterni among Democrats. . - JS@“ A Me teo ricS ton e, ivoighi hundred pouijdf-.ruccntly foll or i to fall, near Jai ... A rumbling noise was heard by many persons , at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and one lady saw eSmething descending rapidly into. a field.— Near the place indicated by her this;stone was found. Having been examined hy a geolo gist, he reported that it resembled limestone; that it was circular in form, three feet four in ches in circumference,; and eighteen inches thick. 1 - ■ V Suicide.—J. Suminerflold • Slaughter, a young man of brilliant attainments; and for several years connected with the press of Ala bama and Georgia, committed suicide in At lanta on the 9th. Ho was the recipient of the celebrated “ scarlet" letter of Hon'. AVm. I. A' alley, of which there is much? said at the present time. The F owler Defalc ation .—George Li and Guatavus Conover got hn injunction fn Judge Betts, restraining the United. Stat from levying upon their property to satisl the $75,000 sureties which they. cntorecT ini for Isaac V. Fowler; They have, however gone through the formality of giving $200,0P bonds to bide the result of the trial. ' (£7=* Tho Luzerne Union, published at tl home of Col. 11. B. Wright, the President tho 2Gth of July Convention, accedes to tl Crosson compromise: The papers that.hoi out against it are few indeed. The straigl out movement has been whittled down to i most nothing. ’ Democrats are not so oasil transferred to the Republiqansids ccrtaihrf sons imagined, . : ‘ “I appear upon the ’ground 1 hero ' at tl time oidg for the purpose of seeing you enabling yow to see me V’—Lincoln’s Sjpn field Speech. : If half the stories about Lincoln’s uglypli* are true, his auditors had decidedly ' of the bargain, and wore ■well repaid cling any required distance to see thofte^ O’ A now paper, styled the Blair CoiitlJ .Union, advocating the election .of Bell® Everett, has been , started .in'Altoona. first number is creditable to its publißhore. Jsgj“ Mayor Henry, of Philadelphia, ken ground for Bell , and Everett. Thisl created a sensation among the tmoolm^ 1 ■that city; ,'' ' • ‘ . Ohio Dillon Slate Convention. , CmwjcpTnEj' Aug. 171-— I The Bell and * erett State Convention mot yesterday, 01 nominated a full electoral ticket, and ca® dates for Attorney General and mompor the Board of Public Works. No nominal was made for Supreme Judge.. Resolutions word adopted strongly conflf ing the conduct of thoJJepublioam P ar jj&Slp iktH’eir efforts tanulmy th‘e laws tr |iie>6upremo Court; fhm repudiation of Judge Swan for sustainini fugitive-slave' Jaw, and their renianoratu Judge Bfihkbrhoff merit the rebuke ot law-abiding people, and'that every eons tivo Bnion. man’should, so vote as to se the defeat of. Judge Brihkerhoff. ~, Speeches 1 w6ro mode' by. Col.. vanv| Hon. . li. D- Campbell, and Gem Coombs, of Kentucky.’ The Texas Kletilon.; ' GaLVI^TOKi : Returns from the State indioate.tho el of Geo. M. Floiieney, Breokinriogc De® . for Attyrntiy General by av'large major l V
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