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