AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
JIM B. BMTTONi Editor k Proprietor.
CARLISLE, PA., NOV. 8,1860.
TDB ELECTION.
Wednesday morning, Nov. 7. ,
OuR County.—Lincoln carries Cumberland
eeanty by some 400 majority.
Thb State. —The majority for Lincoln in
this State is so overwhelming, that little ef
fort has been made to obtain full returns.—
By telegraph we have heard as follows:
Westmoreland gives Lincoln '2OO maj'.
Cambria,,..- " “ . 100 .
Chester, " , - 3,000 “
York, “ “ 100 “
Lancaster, . « " 7,200 “
: Berks, “ “ ' 50 “
Schuylkill, “ “ 1,000-"
Bedford, . “ “ 100 “
■ Allegheny, v“. « 10,000 “
Brie, : “ “ 5,000 ••
Dauphin, “ 1,700 “
Lycoming, ” " 1,000 “
Huntingdon, “ “ 1,500 “
: Franklin, " “ 1,100 “
’Philadelphia, " 10,000 “
Lincoln’s majority in the State will bo 60,-
000 or 70,000.
Other States.— New York bos gone for
Lincoln by some 50,000 majority. He also
carries every other free State in the Union,
and is therefore elected President of the Uni
ted States., His majority in Ohio is about
10,000 ; Indiana, 25,090; Now-Jersey, 1,000;
Rhode Island, 5,000, &o.
Virginia has gone for. Bell, and it is sup
posed he also carries' Maryland. Breckin
ridge carries North Carolina, and most of the
other Southern States. Douglas has not car
ried a single State.
Prominent Republicans Defeated for
Congress. —Pennington,* the present Repub
lican-Speaker of the House, is defeated for
Congress in New Jersey, by-Perry, the Union
candidate. Burlingame is'also defeated in
the 4th District of Massachusetts, by a Bell
; Everett man.
' Mgr Attention is directed to the card of Dr.
A. W. Nichols, successor of Br. Herman, in
another column.
■ , tT. S. Troops foe Texas. —On Monday last
another large detachment of troops left the
Carlisle Garrison, bound for Texas. They
are nearly all young, stalwart men, and will
make the Indians howl if they get a. chance
at them.
• Lecture.— -Geo. B. Prentice Esq., -of
.Louisville, Ky., will deliver a lecture in
Bheem’s Hall on Saturday, the 17th inst. We
have hot heard the subject, but the lecture,
•f course, will be an able one. ”
Post Office Changes.—Jacob’Trego has
been appointed, Post Master at Mount Rock,
Cumberland county, vice George Miller, re
signed ;.ahd Emanuel Holler Post Master at
Boiling Spring, Cumberland county, vice John
A. Kauffman, removed. ... .
N ight School. —By ah advertisement in to
day’s : Volunteer, it will be seen that Mr. B.
Eckels proposes opening a Night School, .in
this borough, to commence on Monday
November 12. Those who cannot availithem
’ selves of the benefits of our Common Schools
should at once enrol themselves as members of
■ Mr. B’s. class, as the advantage will be incal
culable. Mr. Eckels, is a ripe scholar,, has
bad a large experience as an instructor of
youth, and is withal a gentleman of winning
manners and good moral character,. : See his
advertisement. •
' Daylight Market. —We understand that
an effort is to he made at the next meeting of
, our Town Council, to pass an Ordinance re
quiring onr Borough, market to be held in the
day-time during the winter months. We ad
vocated this movement ten years ago, and wo
hope our citizens may now be gratified in
their wishes., It is an intolerable annoyance
to hecompelled to leave your bed at 3 or 4 o’-
clockiu the,morning, during the dreary months
of sjinter,' to attend market. Give us day-light
market, by all means. Our citizens are al
most unanimous in favor of the proposed
change,'and our country friends who supply
the market, are favorable to it. We will have
better markets, and can do our marketing
with some degree of pleasure in the day-time.
We,hope, then, that the proposed change will
be made at once.
' Moke New Goons.—Mr. A. W. Bentz, at
bis extensive Commercial Emporium, South
‘jßahoyer, street, has just received from the
.Eastern cities a large and choice assortment
ofi seasonable Dry Goods, &c. His stock,
which has been selected with great care, com
prises Plain and Fancy Silks, Delaines, Bera
ges,-Ginghams, Chintzes, Lace and Silk Man
tillas, Foil de Chovres, Valencias, Poplans,
Lawns, Plaids, Shawls, suitable for Ladies’
Wear. In addition, he has the best of Cloths,
■ Cassuneres, Sattinetts, ■ Tweeds, Cottonades
and Vestings, .from which gentlemen can make
"their own-.selection. Also, Carpets and Oil
Cloths, all of. which will be disposed of at rea
sonable prices.
. Ladies and others who desire to purchase
may bo ‘ assured that at Bentzs’ Commercial
Emporium they will be waited upon by gen
tlemanly and obliging clerks, who will leave
nothing undone to render general satisfaction.
Improved Burglar Alaru.-|— A new inven
tion, called the " Improved sß ( iir|lar Alarm,”
was shown us a few days since, hy Wn. L, Hal
les, of this place, which *is atten
tion. It consists of a dock, and lamp so con
nected by acord with the doors and windows,
that the opening of either of these will light
the lamp and cause the clock to ring an alarm
on its bell. It is a very ingenious little af
fair, and can be seen in operation at Mr. Hal
ler’s residence. Mr. H. has purchased the
right to sell in this State, and will shortly be
prepared to supply those who desire this use
ful invention.
Col. Curtin’s Inauguration.-— lt is con
templated to have a grand Wide-Awake pa
j-ito at the Capitol of the State on tho occa
.Col. Curtin’s inauguration, as Gover
nor, to be. participated in by all the cubs in
the^State.- Carlisle American.
The inauguration is “ to ho participated' ini
ty«ll the cabs in the State,” eh ? And these
“Cubfe,” no doubt, will nearly all ho in a slate
rf fatafchment, and will yelp vociferously for
« suck at the “ public teat.” But, Col. Cub
tin is good at killing dogs, and no doubt he
will bs equally export in despatching cubs.
Byerly, Convicted of Forgery.
William Byerly, the Return Judge of the
Fourth Ward of Philadelphia,"at the October
election, has been tried and found guilty of
substituting a false iind forged paper for the
true return of the votes for member of Con
gress in that Ward, by which William E.
Lehman, Esq., the rightfully elected candi
date in the First Congressional District, was
defrauded of his certificate. Byqrly is now in
prison, awaiting sentence. The punishment
for the offence of which ho stands convicted, is
,«n imprisonment not to exceed three years, a
fine not to exceed 51,000, and deprivation of
citizenship.
, The Pennsylvanian, in commenting upon
this trial, remarks: “Itis a humiliating re
flection that a man thought worthy of holding
so responsible a trust ns that'of Judge of the
Election, should prove faithless to the duty,
and attempt to defraud the people out of tho
sacred right of franchise, • And it is scarcely
loss humiliating to a community, where edu
cation is so highly esteemed and so generally
diffused, to know that tho strongest plea for
the innocence of the accused was that he was
unable to write. Is it not time that some
more useful qualifications shall be required in
an Election Judge than unscrupulous cunning,
and brutal violence I” -
And now that the conviction of Byerly has
proved that tho returns by which the first an
nounced result was changed so as to make out
an apparent majority for Mr. Butler, were a
fraud and forgery, the question arises, wheth
er Mr, Butler will retain a certificate obtained
by such* means—proved by the solemn finding
of a jury to have been wrongfully issued—and
whether he will have the hardihood* to claim
a seat, and take part in the Organization* of
Congress, under circumstances so dishonora
ble and dishonest? If there is-a'particle of
honesty and self-respect in his character, he
will spurn a certificate stamped with fraud and
infamy, - and yield the seat at once to Mr. Leh
man, the rightfully elected member, without
compelling him to wait the tedious process of
a contested election case.
The Harrisburg Patriot truly says, had the
parties been reversed in . this case, what a
howl of virtuous indignation, at Democratic
corruption would go up from the. Republican
press of Philadelphia I. But, now they, are as
mute as mice. None of them (the Inquirer
alone excepted—and perhaps we- do wrong to
call it a .Republican paper,) have counselled
Mr, Butler to do what common honesty dic
tates should be done.without prompting, viz:
renounce his * ill-gotten. gains—give up the
fruit of forgery—refuse to take the reward of
felony. . We shall see whether he has the
courage to be honest, and not to appear in
Congress with a certificate procured by fraud,
while professing great solitude to reform the
abuses and “ corruptions” of government;—
Where is John Covode 1
The Maintenance or Wolf.— Some three
months since,-Mr. George Bergner, one of the.
Dauphin County Prison Inspectors, petitioned
the Court of this county to award a rule.on the
Commissioners of Cumberland county, to show
cause why Martin Wolf, .now- confined in the
jail of this county, should; not.be transferred
to the county of, Cumberland, or maintained
here at the expense-ofdhat county, Wolf hav
thorung-vJßivestigatiott .of the case, and exam
ination ofaffidavits taken before a. magistrate
at Carlisle, Judge Pearson has made the fol
lowing decree as regards the expenses incurr
ed in maintaining Wolf in this county :
“ It is therefore adjudged and decreed that
the Directors of the’Poor of Cumberland coun-
tv shall re-imburse the county of Dauphin for
all lawful expenses heretofore incurred in the
trial and detention of said Martin Wolf in the
prison, of Dauphin county aforesaid ; and for
all the costs and expenses which shall hereaf
ter be incurred by Dauphin county in the de-
tention and safe'keeping of said Martin Wolf,
until he shall be discharged by due course of
law. The costs of trial, and all arrears of ex
penses of maintenance, to be paid forthwith,
and the expense of further maintenance to be
paid monthly.” —Harrisburg Telegraph.
We take the above from the Harrisburg
Telegraph. Woli;, the prisoner spoken of,
formerly lived in this county, and is supposed
to be insane. Some months since, he was ar
raigned before the court of Dauphin county
on the charge of arson, and, notwithstanding
his guilt was clearly established, he was ac
quitted on the plea of insanity; but yet the
court ordered him to be confined in the Dau
phin county prison. Why ? Because he was
considered a dangerous man, and the people
of Dauphin county were in dread of him.—
And are we; the people of Cumberland coun
ty, to be taxed for his keeping? Nay, more,
must we pay the expenses of a trial where the
prisoner was acquitted of the offence charged
against him? We don’t pretend to know
much about law, but really common sense
will pronounce judge Pearson’s decree erro
neous. Our people might say to Dauphin
county, “ release Wolf and let him go.”—
But Dauphin county would answer, “ no, we
will not release him ; we are afraid of him.”
well, if you are afraid of him, keep him
in confinement, but don’t ask us to pay for
your fears. We will not do it.
Death from Poisoning. —We learn from the
York (Pa.,) Press, that on Thursday night, the
11th ult., a sudden and melancholy death oc
curred in New Cumberland. The case was
that of Robert Emerick, four years old, a son
of George L. Emerick. The hoy went to bed
in the evening enjoying perfect health, hut
about midnight was taken with very peculiar
symptoms, when a physician was immediate
ly sent for, hut convulsions had set in before
his arrival. Notwithstanding every exertion
was made by the attending physician to afford
relief, the convulsions continued for four
hours, when death closed the lamentable
scene. To ascertain satisfactorily the cause of
his death, a post-mortem examination was
made by Drs. G. R. Hursh, and E. W. Coo
ver, when small particles of night shade, a
very poisonous vegetable plant, were discov
ered in his stomach. The boy no-doubt ate
of this noxious plant, mistaking it for mal
lows, which is frequently eaten by children.
As this poisonous weed grows abundantly
about the premises of many persons, no time
should bo lost to destroy it, lest similar fatal
consequences might ensue.
Garrison Sees the End. —The Abolitionist 1
Garrison has sent a letter congratulating the 1
Anti-Slavery Society on -the auspicious signs 1
Of tho times, and closing with these words of I
encouragement i “But all this is tho sign that 1
the end is rapidly approaching. Peaceably, 1
or by a bloody prdiSSgfrrthe oppressed will!
1 eventually obtain ■thoir'.’®oodpia» and nothing
can prevent it,”'
Tho chances and changes of political" and
legallife'«ro ; admirably illustrated at this
time in tho Supremo Court—Gen. Foster and
Gen.- Stokes, recently side by side, are (ib
many important causes from Westmoreland*
county) arrayed' against each other. The
fierce contests contrast strangely with their
late .political efforts side by side, find Show
that a lawyer may be at the same timO (imper
sonal friend and a forensic enemy. ’. Oh Tues
day especially, in tho groat railroad OA.se of
Frazier, thes'e giants of the bar dealt blows
which, to a layman, seemed deadly, and yet
loft tho court-room arm-in-arm. —Pittsburg
Dispatch.
In this case, as in many others, Henry D.
Foster was engaged against tho Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, and yet the Swiss soldier
of the Telegraph, of Harrisburg, assorted before
the election that Mr. Foster was the solicitor
of the Company. He knew ho lied when he
penned the article—he knows it now, and yet
ho has not enough manliness in him to take it
back.
Billiards.— JJlfs game is a very fashion
able one at tins time; and even in Carlisle
the balls are knocked around with ain- indust
ry and skill that shows considerable iriusclc.
As some of our readers may, not understand
the game, we give Doesticks’ description of
it;—
“I need hardly toll you that the game of
billiards consists in punching ivory ..balls
about ph a big table, covered with green cloth,
that looks like half an acre of meadow-land,
with an India rubber fence round it; that the
balls are punched with a long wooden ram
rods, with wax on the end to save the wood,
and leather put on to save tho wax, and chalk
put on to keep tho leather from wearing out.
You take your ramrod and rub some chalk on
tho little end ; then you lean over the table;
then you squint; and you lift up your leg ;
then you fiddle a little on your left hand with
your ramrod; then you punch your ball; if
your ball runs against the other man’s ball,
you’ve done a big thing and you poke up a
lot of buttons that are strungon a wire. This
is all there is of the game of billiards. Any
body can punch billiards; I can, and may be
you could.”
Baked Quinces. —A friend tells us that a
new sensation is in store for those who have
never eaten quinces baked like apples, and
eaten with and cream. His plan is to
take fair, ripe quinces, bake them rather
quicker than apples, cut them open and re
move the core which will coriie out, if the fruit
is properly cooked, li£e a nut froin the shell.
Sprinkle on white sugar, and eat them before
they are quite cooled, adding milk of cream.’
Our informant says the fruit cooked and ea
ten in this manner has a delicious flavor which
would scarcely be imagined.
Winter Season.— The winter season is
now approaching, when warm' rooms, warm
beds, .and warm clothing will be called for.
Cold noses, fingers and toes will soon become
quite a common complaint, and means must
be sought to guard against such inconveni
ence. Comforters, gloves, furs and other con--
trivances will be brought into fequisition,
whilo the hands of many a stout fellow will
find comfortable .quarters in his breeches
pockets. Meanwhile it is to be greatly feared
that colds, catarrhs, and'humberless. ills will
be induced by neglecting to. have the feet
properly cared for. Stout .boots and shoes;
gum and other overshoes, cork, soles, and oili
er inventions for keeping the feet warm and
“dry, are'offered for sale at various places.
Winter.— Wrathful winter is hastening
upon us, withering the foliage of the trees os
he nears us. His hoary head and chattering
teeth will soon be seen and heard. Though
he may silence the warbling of the birds, and
drive the sun dimly through his dark, thick
clouds of snow and sleet, yet will he do much
good in purging earth of many gross exhala
tions. But while be mantles the conquered
and decayed year in a winding sheet of pur
est white, he will spread a dismal gloom over
the hearthstones of the poor and destitute,
whose misery will be multiplied by the cold
he brings. There is a sterner, drearier win
ter before us all—a winter which, unless wo
guard against the. venal promptings of the
heart, will bring'us forth no spring or autumn
of delight—no golden summer of fruitage.
[C7* A correspondent of the Baltimore Sun
writes from Washington; “ Mrs. John C. Cal
houn, relict of the distinguished Senator from
South Carolina, has been for some time on a
visit to her daughter, Mrs. Clemson, near
Bladonsburg. ■ She leaves to-morrow for , her
Southern home. Mrs. Calhoun is now' 68
years of age, with an eye scarcely dimmed by
age, cheerful in conversation, and refers with
pleasure to. her many valued associations du
ring former residences in Washington and
Georgetown. The lady of the departed states
man does not choose to trouble herself with
politics, and within the past few weeks she
has wrought, and exhibits to her friends, a
large and splendid curtain of crotchet work,
done with her own hands, and “without the
aid of glasses,” adiling that ‘ this was but the
first.of ten which she had undertaken.’ ”
Covode in a Tight Place.—At a recent
meeting in Covode’s Congressional district,
Pennsylvania, it having been charged that he
had written letters.to secure a re-nomination
for Congress, Mr. Covode raised his right
hand, and called on his Maker to witness that
ho had never asked any one, or given
money to any one, to secure his nomination
to Congress. When he had concluded, A. J.-
Elliott, Esq., Sheriff of Armstrong co., rose,
declared the statement false, and produced a
letter sent him by Covode, asking him to aid
in securing his nomination,'and covering a
free railroad pass to the Chicago Convention I
This is the Covode who has made himself so
notorious by his Committee in Washington,
in his attempts to injure the character of
honest men for political purposes.
Blacks and Mulattoes. —According to tho
census of 1850, 2,957,057 of the slaves of tho
United Staes were black, or of uninixcd Afri
can descent, and 246,656 were mulattoes.—
Tho mulattoes are more than half the num
ber of the free blacks, whilst the slave mulat
toes are only about one-twelfth of the slave
blacks. Whilst nearly half of the colored in
tho non-slaveholding States are mulattoes, on
ly about one-ninth in tho slavcholding States
are mulattoes. In Ohio and tho Territories
there are more mulattoes than blacks.
The American Agriculturist, for Novem
ber, has arrived, and we may say, without ex-
I agorating tho truth, that it is an improvement
1 upon all former numbers of that Justly celo
-1 bratod and standard agricultural publication.
1 Address Orange Judd, A..,Jd.i,Nevr‘ "Souk,
| Price only $1 pot annum,.
Mexico.— Details of the latest Mexican
nows have been received by the steamship
Tennessee, which arrived at Now Orleans on
the 25th nit. As usual the civil war was
progressing with no inoto definite results than
those generally attending Mexican affairs.
Quadalnjara r ;one of the most important cities
of McXico.had been taken bythe liberal for
ces, commanded by. Gen. Ortega, after* seigo,
during whioh the inbahittttts suffered severe
ly from famine. The wipturo of Guadalajara
is-considered as fatal lo tho Church party.
General Degollado’had'written to Mr. Math
ew, the British minister, accepting the pro
posals, of Lord John Bussell for a peace. The
object of the' British minister’s, proposals was
to; avoid,, if;,possible, of tho
cities of Mexico and Guadalajara —a contin
gency that appears very imminent. Presi
dent Jauroz hod the jniattcr under his consid
eration.
Infamous Fraud ox Females —A Despi
cable Scoundrel',- —A day or two since a New
York . sharper landed in Philadelphia, and
hired a room at 213 Union street. Ho then
advertised in the Ledger for young ladies to
learn a business which would pay from seven
to ten dollars per week. Quite a number of
females answered the advertisement, and were
told that they must pay $lO each. This all
except ten or twelve of them declined. The
latter paid over the, ftlnds and were told to
call next day. They did so, and found the
sharper had vanished during the; night.
A “Strong-Minded” Woman. —Mrs. D.
Lydia Sayer Hasbreuck, of Orange county,
If; Y., who insists that a-woman should not
ho taxed unless she is allowed to vote, has
thought to shame the eollector out of his de
mand by offering work, out h'er road tax.
The dootress, having somewhat passed the
bloom of youth, made no impression upon the
official, and therefore, instead-of paying un
der protest, as some of her sisters do, she
went upon the road and drove a cart.
Singular Explosion. —ln the family
school of David Parke, Esq., of Parkosburg,
Chester county. Pa., taught by Miss Alice E.
Hotclikin, an ink bottle, pint size, about two
thirds full, was placed for safe keeping in the
oven of a ten plate stove. A few days ago, a
fire was lighted in the stove, the teacher hav
ing forgotten the bottle was there. The con
sequence was a rousing explosion, so violent'
as to break-the stove in several pieces, and.
throw the fire upon the floor, at the same time
scattering the ink over the walls and ceiling
so profusely as to leave scarcely a square foot
that was.not.moroorless'spotted. Theieaeh
er and scholars .escaped unhurt, but had their
faces blackened with ink. ■
A Sensation Story Spoiled. —The terri
ble disclosures of Mr. Lackey to the Wash
ington correspondent of the New York Titties,
respecting the' intention of members of the
Cabinet to begid ?he work of secession on the
morning of the 7th‘of November, turns out to
be a hoaxj dr a 'premeditated falsehood. No
responsible .person about the Treasury De
partmerit knows-Mr. Lackey, or communica
ted any such information as is ; given. ' on the
authority- of his-name.','. ‘1 ‘
PopyuATin* ■njrfmd:—lt appears from the
new census tKatiSVe State of Ohio has now a
population of 2jyd,982, which is an increase
of 303,714 since 1850. This is better than
the first reports had led us to expect, though
hot up to the expectations subsequently form
ed by the people of Ohio. Their State seems
to have lost much of its progressive spirit.
Havn’t got ant.—On the occasion of the
Prince’s visit to; Cambridge, a' collation was
provided at Harvard Hall. The Prince beck
oned to a waiter »nd requested him to get a
glass of wine.—The waiter promptly replied
they havnft got any. President Felton here
remarked to the Prince, in his bland manner,
that it was not in accordance with usage On
such occasions to.provide wine.—‘Then,’ said
the Prince, turning to the waiter,‘get mo a
glass of beer.’ For the second time ho was
obliged to reply ‘havn’t got any.’—-Cam
bridge Chronicle.
jjgg- The brothers Brooks, balloonists, the
elder of whom preceded and pioneered Profs.
La Mountain and Wise, and editor Hyde, up
on the occasion of thoir perilous trip from St.
Louis to the Atlantic, in June, 1859, recently
wrote a letter to Garibaldi, proffering their
service for the purpose of rcconnoitoring the
positions of the Neapolitans. They received,
per steamer Asia, on the 28th ult., an auto
graph letter from Garibaldi, accepting their
services, and will leave early in this month for
Italy. . ■ ' -
Race Between Flora Temple and Geo. M.
l alchen. —A rado between the celebrated hor
ses George M. Patohon and Flora Temple,
over the white spring Trotting Park, Geneva,
N. Y., last Saturday, resulted as follows:
The first heat Flora Temple won in 2,32,
Patchon loading to the three-quarter polo
four lengths in advance, and Patchon throwing
a shoe in the first quarter. Patohon won the
second heat in 2,28; Flora the third heat in
2,29. Patchen distanced Flora in the fourth
heat.- Very heavy track.
A Double Suot, —A young man named
Reisinger, one day last week, shot a black
snake and a hen hawk, a short distance from
Wrightsviilc, at a single discharge of his gun.
The hawk had swooped down and fastened its
talons into his snakeshlp, hut was quickly
made a prisoner in the coils of the snake,
when a novel battle commenced for the mas
tery, which, however, was speedily termina
ted by Mr. R. killing the twain.
Cranberry Culture. —About 150 acres
have been planted in Burlington county, N. J.,
with cranberries this season. A patch of 10
acres, planted by a Mr. Allen, has yielded
150 bus. per acre, which ho delivers to pur
chasers for $4 per bushel. The expense of
planting them was 25 per acre, and the cost
of gathering from 50 to 60 cents per bushel.
This latter operation was mostly done by wo
men and children. . . i
The WEATUKtu-r— Tbq weather just how, is
as fickle asTAl&SsJn'jhor iearly toons. ; It is
liltq there when you put
your hand, bif Iv- vit iffdike a regular out and
out O^ -llAiig constant never.”
PoisoNhh diNDY.—The othef day a little
hoy in Easton cat candy that had been color
ed'with poisonous stuff, and became so sick
in consequence, that his life was endangered.
•Let the juvenile candy-eaters take warning. •
Bevolntion iff Mexico.
ATROCITIES OF THE GOVERNMENT—MIRAItbN
ORDERS A MAX TO HE FLOGGED TO DEATH.
[Correspondence of tho New York Herald.] ,
Mexico, October, 13,1860.
Tho heart sickens, and I know not mwhat
language to depict tho varioas deeds of aaric
ncss that are daily being perpetrated by the
Church faction in . Mexico. The murders _ot
Taoubaya, where 120 sick and wounded, in
cluding six medical mon, three of whom wore
Americans, wore deliberately massacred in
cold Wood; tho tortures applied by Cobos ot
Oajaca, of such a character as to have even
■brought -clown upon that officer tho censure of
this Democratic Government; the incendia
ries of Boblos; the cold-blooded murders com
mitted by tho President’s brother; tho atro
cious outrages. committed by the President
himself; tho confinement of Mr. Lando in tho
foul atmosphere of a dungeon, which all but
suffocated him; tlio atrocities committed by
Losada—one of their trusted chiefs—too hor
rible to relate; the murder of twelve unfortu
nate Constitutionalists whilst asleep, by that
Spanish miscreant- Agreda,” and various oth
er enormities-too numerous to mention and too
revolting to describe, are all matters of rec
ord, amf it now unfortunately fails to my lot
to chronicle another fiendish act which Ims
just been perpetrated within tho precincts of
tho capital itself. A few days back a histori
cal play was put on the stage, at which Mira
mon and his family wore present. In this
play an appeal was made to a monarch by his
subjects to grant them tho blessings of peace.
The occasion seemed favorable, and one of the
audience rose, and appealing to tho President
depicted in heart-rending tones the miseries
of the Mexican people, bogging of him also to
confer upon his country that boon so earnest
ly demanded of the monarch in tho piece.—
Will it be believed that this unfortunate sup
plicant was dragged to prison by order of Mi
ramon by the head of tho police, and Was sen
tenced to receive five hundred lashes at day
break the following morning? When three
hundred and fifty had been administered Mi
ramon was informed that tho man was dying.
“ Let the remainder,” he said, “ bo given on
tho dead body; my order must be carried out.’
But are such deeds to be wondered at when
Lngardo.'pnly tho other day, ran through the
body of an unfortunate soldier, guard at one
of the Gareta’s, for not having opposed the
passage of four hundred deserters, well armed,
and accompanied by two pieces of cannon ?
That such deeds, perpetrated in tho cause of
religion and order, should have at length
aroused the indignation of tho British Gov
ernment, is hot to be wondered at; and Mr.
Mathew, who, as you are aware, some time
since suspended all diplomatic relations with
the faction at present ruling in the city of
Mexico,' has received orders to demand-his
passports. The reasons for this-order, ns de
tailed in the despatch, are the constant impo
sition of forced loans, the various outrages com
mitted on British subjects, tho utter disregard
of treaties and international law, and tho per
petration of horrors upon the persons of their
own people, which render it impossible for any
nation having a due regard to its own charac
ter and dignity longer to hold diplomatic in
tercourse with a party who have forfeited all
claim to be ranked amongst tho civilized com
munities of the world.
October 16.—1 t has just come to my knowl
edge that a poor unfortunate woman, whoso
husband had been taken as a soldier ,by the
press gang, was seized whilst endeavoring to
facilitate his escape from theqiiarfcl in which
he was confined, and was' ordered to receive
three hundred lashes. Although enceinie,
these three hundred lashes word administered.
She died under the torture, giving birth to a
still-born child. , The man received the same
number of lashes, but survived. A full ac
count of this will bo furnished in my next.—
I simply give you the facts ns they have been
related to me by the most-undeniable authori
ty.
The lastncws from Guadalajara was up to
the 9th." Castillo had then been drl+en with
in his last line of defences. ’ Marques left this
city with 4,000 men for his relief on the 11th,
but it is to be hoped that the city will fall be
fore ho can reach his destination.
To Prevent Skippers in. Hams.— ln a
communication to the Cotton Planier, Mr. W.
McWillie says:—“There is, according to my
experience, nothing easier than 'to avoid the
skipper, ant) all worms and bogs that usually
infest and often destroy so much bacon. It is
simply to keep your smoke house dark, and
the motlrthat deposits the egg will never en
tOr it. For the past twenty-live years I have
attended to this, and never had my bacon
troubled 'with any insect. I have now hang
ing in roy sinoke-houso, one, two and three
years.old, and the oldest are as free from in
sects as when first hung up. lam not aware
of other causes for the exemption of my bacon
from insects, but simply from the fact that
my smoke-house is always kept dark. Before
adopting this plan, I had tried many experi
ments, but always either without success or
with injury to the flavor of my bacon. I
smoke with green hickory; this is important,
as the flavor of bacon is often utterly destroy
ed by smoking tt with improper Svood."
EnecATioN in New • York Cm’.—Now
York City is 'munificent in regard to educa
tion. The estimated cost of the public school
system of that city as just submitted, shows a
total of $1,300,000, which is $175,000 in ex
cess of the estimate of last year. Of this to
tal the salary of teachers and janitors amounts
to §72,000, and books to 95,000. The Com
mittee on studies inado some novel recommen
dations in reference to primary and grammar
schools, yet it is to bo presumed not without
due consideration. Their report provides
that hereafter no lessons shall ho given to the
children in the primary department to bo
studied at homo; that the primary depart
ment shall be given in the class room, and no
books whatovo - given to the children, In the
grammar schools the teachers are required to
occupy two hours iri each day in preparing
the scholars for the lessons to bo recited on
the subsequent day, and no teacher to be per
mitted to give out lessons that will take more
than one hour to study.
: Failures in Baltimore.— -Great excitement
prevails in Baltimore over the suspension of
Josiah Leo & Co.’s hanking house. The firm
consists of Govcr & Brothers’, who succeeded
Leo, Carter & Dalrymplo, and have been do
ing business under the name of Josiah Leo &
Co. The house is one of the oldest and best
known in Baltimore, having been in operation
for more than forty years. The failure was
caused by the recent depression in stocks.—
The stock and banking,house of Appleton &
Co., according to current rumor, has also sus
pended from a similar cause. The failure of
Josiah Led & Co., is said to bo a bad one—
the liabilities are at least $500,000. The as
sets are placed in the hands of trustees.
The Death of Gen. Clark. —Bypvet Briga
dier Gen. Clark, Commander of the Depart
ment of California, who died in San Francisco
on the 17th ult., of chronic-diarrhoea, has
served in the U. S. Army since 1812, was
through thp 'war in Mexico, and was promoted
to the distinguished position occupied at the
time of his death for meritorious conduct at
thq scige'of Vera Cruz,
Curious Story of a< Pirate.
Tho Govornftr of Bourbon was very c i renin
snoot in his conduct -towards .the pirates. It
so happened that tho Viebroyof Goa come to
anchor in the road of St. Denis, and was mvi
tod: to dinnor by the Governor; but lie had no
Boonoif landed than a piratical vCSsel ofw
guns moored ilongsido hie ship; and took pos
session of it. The captain then enmo on shore,
invited' himself to dine with tho Governor,
placed himself at table between him and tho
Viceroy, and informed the latter that he was
a prisoner. When the wine and good cheer
had put the pirate, in good humor, M.iDcsfor
guos, tho- Governor, asked how much ho would
accept as tho Viceroy's, ransom. “I must
,hovO a thousand piasters," Was tho pirates
answer, “ Come," said M. Dosforgues, “that
is too- little for a bravo man, like you and a
man of rank like him; ask more or set him at
liberty.", “Bah 1” said the generous corsair,
“why waste words on such a trifle? he is
free." The Viceroy hastened on board his
vessel, glad, no doubt, to from the so
ciety of a Governor who was so little select in
the choice'of his society.’ The corsair, coun
ting no doubt on'the gratitude of' the Gover
nor, at whose suggestion he had done such a
generous action, and trusting that colonial
charity would draw the mantle of oblivion
over the past, ventured to settle in tho island.
He soon found that a pirate backed by a ves
sel of 50 guns was treated with a considera
tion quite different from that accorded to. a
pirate retired from tho business, isolated, and
alone. A member of the colonial council,
possessing a retentive memory and an avari
cious eye, denounced.tho ex-pirate, not so much
from a desire to satisfy public justice ns to ob
tain possession of his wealth. Ho was con
demned to death, but like many other free
handed “minions of the moon,” he evidently
had the sympathy of the public along with
him. His denouncer soon mot with an un
timely end, which popular opinion
as a just retribution on account of his having
assumed tho odious office of public accuser.—
From See, F, Benton’s Six Months in Sen
nion.
The Old Puritan Sabbath. —ln old times
in New England, the Sabbath commenced on
Saturday at sunset. The congregation was
usually called together by the blowing, of a
horn, few churches being rich enough to have
aboil. Services usually began at 0 o’clock,
and occupied six or eight hours with one hour
for dinner, which was always a cold collation,
no cooking being allowed. The sexton for-
eScorted the minister to the church,'
which had only benches for seats allotted ac
cording to age and rank, with great punctilio,
A stove and fire in any weather were long un
known, and were considered highly improper
when first proposed and long after. . The
Psalms were dictated line by lino for singing,-
usually by a deacon. The “long prayer”
was often, an hour or more in length and the
sermon two hours. After service the congro- 1
gatlon kept their seats until the minister had
passed out. Collections were made, not by
passing a plate,-but by the congregation de
positing their Offerings at the “ deacon’s seat.”
Travelling on w- §Uuday, or any kind of. labor
was strictly punished by fine or imprisonment.
. Happy Women.— Hear the Lancaster Ex
press : A happy woman ! is not she the .very
sparkle and sunshine of lifO'T A woman who
is happy because she can’t help it—whose
smile even the coldest sprinkle of misfortune
cannotdampcn. Men make a terrible mistake
when they marry for beauty, for talent, or for
style; the sweetest wives are those who pos
sess, the magic secret of being contented un
der-.anycircumstances. . High or.poor, high
or low, it makes no difference; the bright lit
tle fountain of joy bubbles up "just as musical
ly in their hearts. Do they live in a log cab
in? the fire-light that leaps up on its bumble
hearth becomes brighter than the gilded chan-,
delicrs.in an Aladdin palace. Was over the
stream of life so dark'and unpropitious that
the sunshine of a happy face falling across its
turpid tide, would not awaken an answering
gleam? Why, these joyous tempered people
don’t know half the good they do.
Pennsylvania Iron in 'the West.— The
Mt. Carmel (111.) Jieyisler says that Pennsyl
vania iron is to be used on the Illinois-South
ern Railroad. It says that a' contract for
thirty-five miles of iron baa been consumma
ted between the Messrs. Stantons, and the
firm of Wood, Morrell & Co., of Philadelphia.
This week wo have the farther gratifying in
telligence that two hundercd tons of the rails,
weighing forty-three pounds to the yard, were
shipped at Wood, Morrell & Co’s Works, at
Johnstown,, Pa., oh the 2d and 3d insts.,'for
Vincennes. According to the terras of the
contract, tho iron will be. .shipped from time
to time, during tho months of October, No
vember and December, until the thirty-five
miles are, complete, when a now contract may
be entered into, contingent, however, upon a
suitable subscription upon the part of coun
ties south of Wabash.'
C 7" Tho Potato crop of lowa, for the pre
sent year, is reported to bo truly astonishing.
The yield in some instances comes up to 400
and 500 bushels to tho acre, and the general
average is not much less than 200, The qual
ity of tho potatoes is bettor than usual, and
far exceeds tho best raised in any country we
have ever visited. It is not uncommon to find
them weighing a pound each, and some that
we have seen weighed throe, four, and even
five pounds. Not a sign of rot or imperfoc-
tion has been discovered. So plenty and cheap
are they that for the past week many loads
have sold at ten cents per bushel. No danger
of starving in lowa at these figures.'.
E7* Thirty-seven is a perilous age for art
ists and poets; it was fatal to Raphael, Mo
zart, Burns, and Byron, Ten years later, or
forty-seven, has been equally remarked as a
critical period in a soldier’s and a
life. It marked the turning point in the car
reer of Dr. Arnold, Disraeli, Lord Palmerston,
and Wellington, was the age at which Napp
leon was banished to St. Helena, and very
nearly which was fatal to Pitt, Spenser, Ad
dison, Goldsmith, and Hood; an Illustration
of the incompatibility of intensive and exten
sive life.
Emigration to Havti. —The New Orleans
Pieayun e states that the emigration of free
colored people from Louisiana to Hayti, since
the establishment of President Geffrard’s go
vernment, has assumed such an importance
that a steamer has boon placed for the first
time in the line between New Orleans an’d
Hayti. She sailed for Hay tion Torts on .the
first of, November, and will continue making
regular trips until, as contemplated, she will
bo bought by the Haytien Government.
O’ A traveller tells us that he knows a
feller down South who was so fond of a young
woman that he has rubbed his dose off kiss->
ing her shadow Pd the' wall,.
Tho Dgly Family.
In one of the lower .‘districts of tho P ,
to State, there once lived a family ™ e h
persons, who wWe-.kpown far and ,OTc o
“ugly family j" Otar of them, j a w,
‘f unspeakably hard favored” that w
■.fell as if he fjad bitten a green^S lloll *
-look at him, and whenever hi WalkiS'"!, 10 '
streets the dogs slunk their tails and , 11
off too frightened to bark. , sn °aked
. The fame of tho family spread tw, ...
country, and at lost reached the oars ofW 111
gian, who for along time had hold unh!° N
ted possession of the celebrated
This individual, at length determined a 1
a visit to the ugly family, and endeavor t* 7
nose, of the aforesaid' knife. So one Zm *
ho crossed the Savannah, and about .2
saw a wagon ahead, and.*ode ud in •
the whereabouts of the family. - i in^Ulr °'
“Hollo stranger!” said he to’a hmn
lag by the side of the Wagon. n
“itello,.yourself I” oxokimed the warm,
turning around and disclosing a countm . I ''
so tremendously plain that tie cSfc
most dropped from his horse;. b **
“ I say, ■ ■ said the Georgian-, -recoverin'
The Wagoner shook his head and
a ghastly smile” that made him look Gk 4 ii,
nightmare personified,- ■ 1 ■
“I’ll bet you ten dollars that you atsil.
ugliest man, m the State,” said tho (W
gian. w
“ Done,” said the Wagoner, “come here
going to the back of the wagon’ d
“ Wake U P. Jake, and put your head «i
here/' ..
The Georgian burning with curiosity | can ,
ed forward as the cover was slowly raised un
Suddenly his eyes fell upon a physiognomr
so awfully, boundlessly, overpowenVlyup],
that it seemed to bo formed out of the donuj
double extract of delirium- tremens.
The horse started bkek in fright, ttn d threw
the rider over his head, but the latter W
scarcely touched the ground before he vs
mounted again. Throwing down thetcniM
lars and his penknife without saying a woti
ho “strucka bee-line”forthoSavannah,loot
ing alternately over each snouldor as lono- u
tho Wagoner remained in sight. „ “
O” One Philander Pierce, a colored ns';
flont of Georgia, lived unhappily with li
wife, and she came alone to Chicago,
she has received several sharp letters ;j: ;
him. On Tuesday afternoon the cleiiV'i
the- Post Office at the city homed wore thiop;'
into consternation by a scries of ngonilil
screams, evidently coming from a wonim-.
Hastening to the spot whence the noise pi
oeedod, they found Sirs. Pierce speCcUa
with terror, but able to point slgnlflctjnlljlj
a green adder thou crossing the floored
seeking the air of perfect freedom. Somi!
the men fled, but enough peomined fitm (o
capture the serpent, whiejr was taken .to the
City Marshal’s office. There cxplaaal'w
ensued.. It seems that the woman had found
a thin pasteboard box and a letter at the
office, and. had hastened to open the fumer,
not doubting that it was a gauge of ro turning
affection. . She was surprised to hear fern
within it a slight hiss,' and was 'quite trans
fixed with horror when, from the unemcrei
prison shot, the ugly green head of the mat
Just then she dropped the box and tho screi
came irt. The letter accompanying this
fernal machine, was hideously sarcastic,
not otherwise entertaining.
Another Koval Marriage. —The Loi
Court Journal, which ought to ho ah nut
ty on such n subject, hns.nii.uounccd tlr
ing (..Imlliol of nor ■"“•TO
tor, the Princess Alice,' to Prince ’
Hesse' Darmstadt, a nephew o'f the reigni
Grand Duke: iThis union' is only to he not(
in a political sense, inasmuch as it will cornel
still more strongly the close alliance , alreat
existing between the royal families of Gn
Britain and Prussia, the bridegroom elect
ing, through his mother, cousingerman to It)
King and to the Prince Regent of the latter
Kingdom. Hesse Darmstadt is by no mens
the smallest of the many Gorman piincipd
ties., Its.area is 3,700 square miles; theft
pul at ion, eight years since, numbered SSI,®!
the army upwards of 10,000 men; the tiirf
cities are Darmstadt and Mayonce; the W
rivers are the Khino and the Neckar.
personal qualifications of , this-young wf
belong to the realm of gossip, which«
not desire to aid in extending beyond the
onuous limits that it has recently attaint
But we may add that if in years—23 anh
—.the pair will bo fairly mated, so is also
match (i suitable one in any other respect
Wo should scarcely o»re to see the fnrlm
of a daughter of England linked .with it
of Absolutism. Hesse Darmstadt is a wasl
tutional monarchy.
IXcmßim.E SvicipE.—A Man At'W's Ki
SKIP to of the most horrlbl
sos.of suicide ever heard of in the calendi
self-destruction, says the Guelph ( C. If.)
vertiser, was enacted in East Fiaml*> r
the 27th ult., when James Black, inn-ki
of Now Berwick, burned himself .to df
sitting on n pile of burning- sticks I Tkj
of tho Cfiso are, as follows
a tavern for some twenty years jd P° sll
about, a year ago, in ono of his fitsi;
“ blues,” he boat his wife till her Ido™
spairod of, but, through; great, care, she
ered. Ho rented, the tavern and
Mount Forest and started
butcher, which did not prosper w
i few m on ths ago, he removed to J n ’ .
(line of the Buffalo and Huron B»'W'
his family are at present. He cn “
the 20th ult., and at first app olirc “ . ‘
settled,, and told some of his
that this would.ho the last time
they had better shake ■ hand* ,
passed bn till Saturday morning-J .
noticed-going into a field vfhW.J
1 w6ro burning brush, and sat dow
ning pile till all his clothes were
him.' The hoys gave the »mrm
Mr. Robert karsholl’s sons came
od him off, but he still' P e "‘ „d.
They tried to take him off *o (
but he threatened them, . '
sistanod tbMr. Jjartin.who W -
got him off, but he still
saying that was his doom. ® ■
tirely feasted, not a partic e
maining on him. ,Ho bore 1 .
signs,.-jof torture, until taken W
where ho . was attended ,
medical aid was of no aval , ! “ th ca »i
for' about eight hours when doa
jjgg-The wife of one of the wottl *
chant princes of New Fork wore a
groat Academy of Music Ball, “
oes of which alone cost a , s 8
each. The laoe used upon Jt a rl
two hundred qnd jifiy dollars u
£'t*