AMERICAN VOLUNTEER JBfIJI B. BhiTTON,, Editor ft Proprietor, Carlisle; pa., nov. 22, isbo. 'JBSF“ The editor was absent when this paper went to press, and had no opportunity of reading the proof-shoots of the original matter he prepared before ho loft. Should errors ap pear in any of the editorials, the render, wo Hope, will overlook them. Banks, Closed. —Wo have been authorised to state that the Carlisle Deposit Bank and the Cumberland Valley Bank, of this , place, will be closed 1 on Thanksgiving day. South Carolina Declaration op Indepen dence.—On our first page will be found the South. CaroHrfa' Declaration of Independence. Departure op D. S. Troops. —On Monday morning last, another detachment of U. S. sol diers left Carlisle Barracks for California. The Weather.—Wo had charming weath er the whole of last week,-giving us a taste of Indian, Summer, and drying off the roads so as to make travelling more pleasant. . Thanksgiving Day. —According to usage, Wo churches will be opened for religious ex ercises on Thanksgiving day r the 29th inst.— Rev. Mr. Dry will preach in the Second Pres byterian Church, and Rev. Mr. Chenowetu id the German Reformed Church, at the usu al bourof morning worship. Runaway and Smash Up.— On Friday mor ning last, a horse, belonging to James Moody, which was harnessed to a butcher wagon at the Market House, took fright, ond run down llanovor street, completely smashing the ve hicle, and injuring tho porch and tearing down some of the fence on the premises of William J. Shearer, Esq. Happily no fur ther injury was done. ’ Now: IS THE Time to Subscribe.— Now that the elections are fairly over—the battle lost and won—and people' generally betaking themselves with a new zest to their usual av ocations, we would remind them that now is a proper time to subscribe for their county pa per. - The long winter evenings are at hand, and .ss there will be plenty of time for read ing, at least every head of a. family should take a paper. During the coming winter, we intend to make the Volunteer Unusually inte resting. The next session of Congress bids fair to be a stormy one, and we will , endea vor to keep bur readers posted up in regard to its. proceedings. The doings, too, of the Leg islature at Harrisburg, shall also be attended to, and the current news of the week, both foreign and domestic, shall find a large space incur columns. .The literary and local departments of the Volunteer will be. well attended to; and we shall leave nothing undone to render our pa per a welcome visitor at every fire-side.— Therefore, friends send in your names as soon as possible. If Sir. Buchanan had been governed in his distribution of patronage by a sagacious poli cy, hejvould hot now be looking to. the close of his Presidential term with-mingled feelings of sorrow and self-reproach.— Forney’s Press. . : And, (the Press mighi have added,) had’ Mr. Buchanan put Fornet in his Cabinet, the said Fornet would not now be in the Re publican ranks. Mr. Buchanan’s adminis tration Will bear the test of scrutiny, and be referred to by honest men with respect, long after the unscrupulous assailants of the Presi dent have rotted and been forgotten. K7' We perceive that our sometime friend Bratton, postinaster at Carlisle, in this State, is encouraging competition among the Repub licans for the Post Office in that beautiful borough. Why should hot President Lincoln retain Mr. Bratton, inasmuch as ho has done his best to break up the Democratic party?— ' Forney’s Tress. The first sentence of the above—like nearly all assertions of the Press— is a fabrication. We have not “encouraged competition among the Republicans” who are applicants" for the post-office, nor do we intend to interfere in the free fight now waging among them. The second sentence we answer, by reminding Col; Forney that toe never received political favors from Black Republicans, and never expect to. If Mr. Lincoln thought as much of us ns the Republican members of Congress did of Forney when they elected him Clerk of the House, then we might expect to re tain our present official position, if we desired it. We will not admit that Forney “broke up the Democratic party," but it is notorious that he helped to sow the seeds of discord, and for his services he has been well reward ad by the Black Republicans. It is related in scripture that the devil; on one occasion at tempted to quote scripture, but this was blush ing modesty in comparison to Forney’s impu dence in attempting to preach Democracy. Both Democrats and Republicans understand the governing motives of the editor of that venal sheet, the Press. The former repudiate him and despise his teachings; the latter applaud him in their speeches, and reward him with a lucrative office. Both parties, we repeat, un derstand Forney. Bad Stats or Affairs. —'Within a few ditys hundreds of mechanics and laboring men have-been turned out of employment in New York and Philadelphia, in consequence of the derangement of business consequent upon the late election. Orders have been counterman ded, and prostration of business resulting from loss of consequence, seems to have changed the order of things, and men begin to look cau tiously ahead. A long dreary winter is ahead, and poverty and starvation will stare many a hard working man in the face. Even this scanty pittance is to he divided, apparently, mth a new and large influx of free negroes from the South. There is no election to he influenced hy this movement.. That is over; the die is cast •, and self-prcservationTooks to the-future. Men of | means will be shy of this investment, and those pressed will be-compelled to close, or buy means at ruinous usury.. We hope for better things. Our Republican-friends have •"i tile power to restore harmony—tore-establish confidence; will they do it? -Th« frew Administration.— The- struggle -for influence in Now York, with the next ad ministrtrtiefl,-'vttAL bo between Seward and’ Orheley. In Pemteylvania, Simon Cameron and Morton M’Miohiel are to bo chief cooks. In Massachusetts, George Ashmun will act as hjitler, with the rest of Wow England appen ded. ? WHO ABE TBE DISDNIOJIISTB ? W 0 repeat, hrho are the disunionists ?■ Who’ ;tho aggressors? Are they Northern op Sou thern men ? , The Constitution provides that a servant escaping from his master; shall bo delivered up by the authorities- of the State whore the servant is found. The fugitive Slave Act also protects the moptor, and mokes it a penal offence fob; any one to interfere with an officer who, in the discharge of his duty, is attempting to arrest a runaway slave. Such is the Constitution, such the law of Congress. Now, how many slaves escaping from their masters in the into the Northern States, are “delivered up?" Perhaps not one in a hundred. Why? Because a largo majority of the Northern States put the Constitution and law of Congress at defiance, and refuse to “deliver up" a runaway slave. Nay,.more, in quite a number of States they have local laws making it a crime, (punishable by fine and imprisonment,) for a State officer to obey the Constitution and the law, or to assist, di rectly or indirectly, in the arrest of an abscon ding slave. The local power of the Northern- States is used against the provisions of the Constitution, against the law of Congress, and against the rights of the master of the slave. -All are disregarded and put at defiance by a reckless Abolition majority. We venture the assertion that no man running as a Republi can candidate for Governor, can receive the vote of his party or be elected, if he announ ces, in advance, that he is in favor of enfor cing the provisions of the Fugitive Slave law. Let him denounce the Constitution, the law, and the South, and he is sure of receiving the hearty support of his party friends. To dis regard right, justice, and law, gives a Black Republican a sure passport in the Northern States. Even the judiciary in the North (we speak in a general sense,) has either been in timidated or corrupted, and in but few of the States can a man bo elected a Supremo Judge who will reifuso to perjure himself when a slave case is brought bofbrehim. He is com pelled, by Black Republican opinion—by those who elected him—to disregard and.put at de fiance both National and State authority. We had a lamantable exhibition in Ohio, recently, of party power over the Constitution and law. The Constitution of tho Buckeye State denies the right of suffrage to “colored menbut yet, previous to the recent elections in that State, a Supreme Judge (who was a candidate for re-election,) decided that mnlutlocs had, a right to vote, and they did vote; thus adding some eight or ten thousand to the Republican vote in Ohio! Then wo have- in the North, also, our. un-.. der-ground rail-roads, our Abolition Societies; our Emigrant Aid Societies,’ our ; Attorneys (who are paid by the. year for their services in aiding to cheat Southern slave-owners,) and hundreds of, other appliances, all aiming at the same object—the security of the abscond ing slave. The Constitution, (it is scarcely necessary for us to, say,) recognizes slaves “ as propertythe laws of Congress recognize ' slaves as property; and we, the people of the North, have no move right to steal this parti cularkind of property than we have to steal, the horses and cattle of our Southern breth ren. Not a bit. more right, we repeat. But yet, in the face of the Constitution, in the face of the law, and in the face of honesty, our peo ple do steal this, property to the amount of hundreds of thousands every year. The Re publicans say they do not and will not inter fere with slavery in the States where it ex ists, but it is notorious that they speak false ly, for they are constantly interfering,-and-bje this'interference the South has lost millions of dollars. The Constitution is a dead letter—it is mocked at by Northern Black Republicans, and a “ higher Jaw"'is preached up and prac ticed. ' The question then recurs, who ere the dis unionista?—the Northern. Abolitionist, (or Republican, if you please,) who disregards both Constitution and law, or the Southern man, who threatens, that if he cannot be pro tected in his rights under the Constitution, he will advocate secession ? Of the two which is the most rebellious? Every man of common honesty and common sense will answer, the former. The Northern Abolitionist or Repub lican, has already rebelled against the Consti tution and laws of his country—he is a trai tor to both. The South, feeling and knowing from actual experience that the majority in the North are hostile to Southern rights, very naturally ask the question-, “ why should wo (the Southern people,) longer submit to this ’ tyranny and wrong ? Why should we remain' in the Onion when its Constitution fails to give us protection ?” Let fair men look at this question in all its aspects, and wo think they will agree with us,, that our Southern brethren have just cause of complaint. The Black Republican papers, since the ■ election— Greely’s Tribune , Forney's Press; and Wentworth’s Democrat, acting ns load- “peace, peace,” and promise to pro tect the South in its Constitutional rights.— The Republicans are frightened at their-own victory, for they now feel that by adhering to - their professed principles they will sever the Union, and by disregarding those principles they- will divide and annihiliate their own party. Their present professions, however, we fear, are but a mockery, and are made with about the same motive that a particular kind of serpent exhibits tho brilliancy of its spots when it desires to enchant and charm its victim. They are not honest, and tho South knows this. Lincoln has declared that this country cannot and should not exist half free and half slave. lie has said, too, that he was “ as good an Abolitionist as any man;” and we have no doubt he was honest in these de-' clarations. As President, he will carry them out, if ho can, Greelt, Wentworth, Forney and other apoligists to the contrary notwith standing. Southern men are alarmed. It is natural they should be. They are arming to Acfond tho rights that the blood of their fath -1 era assisted to purchase. They cannot bo cen sured. If W o see aburglar enter our dwelling, wo w> order him off; if he persists in onter mg, wo wi 1 shoot him if-we can. This is tho position of the South. Southern men ha vo been robbed of their property bv the North, and have submitted to it thus far under pro tost. But now that this great wrong is to bo continued (upon a much larger scale, and re cognised and encouraged by tho head of the na tion-, is it to bo wondered at that tho South proud of its honor, its rights and its fame answers, haughtily, “ice will not submit?" — Let our readers (wo hope they are all men of reflection,) think of these things, and again ask the question, “who aye the disunionists? -~who tho aggressors?” But yet lot us all hope that the Abolitionists may relent and the Union bo, preserved. So mote it bo. modified Rejoicings. . The jubilant feelings usually attendant upon a political triumph, especially such as has lately been achieved by tho Republicans, ore ordinarily quite demonstrative and hilarous. A political party which has, at tho termina tion of a great struggle, succeeded in obtain ing power, can hardly be expected to restrain tho exultant voice of triumph, or to abstain from those outward demonstrations of joy which victory is calculated to inspire. Of this disposition to celebrate the success of a party which has by the tide of events come ,into the lino of promotion, wo have no reason to complain. It has" been the course of all political parties, in all countries, so far as wo know their history; and under ordinary cir. cumstances, wo see no reason why tho Repub lican party in the United .States should form an exception to this universal practice. Circumstances have, however, arisen, says the Journal of Commerce, which seem likely to deprive, and which, in fact, have deprived that party of half the joy which they fancied was in store for them. To say nothing of the meagre character of their victory, and the fact that the Union men have nearly as much reason to celebrate their triumph in electing a majority of tho House of Representatives, and thus securing a guarantee against Re publican aggression; to ignore altogether the mortifying defeats of Burlingame, Penning ton, and other representative men, upon whom their highest hopes were centred; overlooking all these drawbacks upon Republican rejoic ings, there is one powerful obstacle to the ex pressions of delight which would otherwise have made the cities and villages of the north vocal with tho notes of victory. With the exception of a-few impromptu demonstrations—hero and there a “blow out” on the spur of the moment—scarcely had the victorious party been enabled to indulge in any manifestations of joy, before the country was thrown into apprehension and alarm, in anticipation of tho effect -which the success of die Republicans is to have upon our institu- tions. ’ Sovereign States, upon the first an nouncement of the result,.took measures for severing their connection with the Confedera cy ; the finances of the country, were thrown into confusion’; stocks and other property de preciated in value, and a foelingof sorrow and sadness became visible, such as has never before pervaded the American least never since the achievement of pur inde pendence. All this is calculated to bring pain rather than rejoicing—to every community. To the credit of the Republicans generally, we must say .that they have respected the occasion, the circumstances, and the feelings of the country at large. Their joy has been turned into anx iety; their jubilations into solemn apprehen sions, and their anticipated celebrations, with noise and pomp and splendor, into the hushed voices of trouble aud alarm. Their only oele .bratibn hereabouts was attended by a catas trophe which was, ludicrous only because a good Providence prevented it from beingfatal, and now such a thing as a Republican’ dem onstration of joy, over their victory, is no where spoken of. Such is thebrief and sad record of the tri umph of a political party in a national elec tion. They have succeeded in electing their Presidential candidate, only to create the most serious apprehensions for the fate of the country. Their visions of power and official emolument vanish, ns it becomes fearfully ev ident that to enjoy them without the, dismem berment of the Confederacy involves‘an aban donment of the ultra dogmas of their party, and a surrender of their most cherished no tions of political faith. Theirs is a modified joy, which, when anatyzed, proves to lie but a single remove from actual grief. They are entitled to respect for thus regarding the mournful occasion. tCT” The Choctaw nation seem to be a mod el community. All lands, it is s,aid, are held in common, and each Indian, of those con nected with him by affinity or consanguinity, settles down, and no one is allowed to come nearer than a quarter of a mile to this enclos ure ; and that is his claim, and he is ' protect ed in his possession by the laws of the Na tion, as though it were his, in fee simple. Merchants, mechanics, professional men, ma-, chinists, &c., are allowed to live there by permit from the Council, but no one is al lowed to produce anything more than is nec essary for the use of himself and his family outside of his trade or profession. Not a drop of spirituous liquors is allowed to bo given away, or transported through the nation \ and all that is found by the officer is poured out; and if found in any wagon, water-craft, or on horseback, the whole establishment is confis cated to the use of the Nation. Brdtal MuanEß.—On Tuesday morning, Theodore Cdlyer, a farmer living at Now Lotts, Long Island, N. Y., was found mur dered in his barn.. It appear? ho was, the night previous, in a store, where he exhibited a sum of money, in. the presence of two stran gers, who subsequently followed him to his harn, near his dwelling, where they murdered him, and robbed him of from $125 to $200,. and his gold watch. The skull of deceased was literally split in two, and the brains scat tered over the floor. It is supposed that ho offered some resistance, as a straw cutter was found lying near at hand, covered with blood, and this could not have been the weapon used by the murderers, as the nature of the wounds show that they wore inflicted with an axe, or some other heavy, blunt instrument. The. police are on the tracks of the murderers. Newspapers. — A child beginning to read becomes delighted with newspapers because ho reads of names and things which are very familiar, and will make progress accordingly. A newspaper in one year is worth a quarter’s schooling to a child, and every 'father must consider that substantial information is con nected with this advancement. The mother of a family, having more immediate charge of a family, should herself bo instructed, A [mind occupied becomes fortified against the lills of life, and is braced for emergency. Children amused by reading or study, are of course considered more easily to manage, ow many thoughtless young men have spent have b'oon “h 01 * Wh ° ° U K ht to PROCEEDINGS IN COURT. The November term of bur Courts commenc ed on Monday of last week, Hon. James H. Graham President, and Hon. Michael Oooklin and Hon. Samuel Wherry,. Associates. Few suits in the Common Pleas were down for trial at the'first week, and the criminal calendar was lighter than usual. Apart from' the jurors, there was not a very largo attend ance from the country. Tho only case tried in the Common Pleas, was an action of ejectment, in which Wm. R, Stuart and others wore Plaintiffs, and John Anderson Defendant. This case had been tried before, against former owners of tho property, and a verdict given for tho Defen dant, which was afterwards affirmed by tho Supreme Court. This suit' was brought against the present owner, whb has also ob tained a verdict. Penrose & Sharpe for Plaintiffs, Watts & Parker for Defendant. 'QUARTER SESSIONS. Com. vs, John Armon, Arson,—This defen dant was indicted for setting fire hoad’s barn, and was tried at the Inst Court, but the jury foiled to. agree. On this trial ho was acquitted. , . Gillelan & Sharpe for. Com. Hunirich & Rhoads for Deft. ' . . Com, vs, Henry leas. ■& Bat tery with intent todkill.—Deft acquitted, on the payment of costs. Gillelan & Todd-for, Com. Penrose for Doft. Com. vs. Fred., Shrader, Larceny.—This defendant, we believe, is a resident of Harris burg, and was charged with stealing hams from persons in the lower end of this county. Shrader was convicted, and sentenced to the State Penitentiary for two years and six months. Gillolan & Smith for Com. Newsham for Deft. ■ . ’ ' ■’ Com. vs. Chas. Taylor, Assault and Battery. —Defendant plead guilty, and sentenced to pay $1 and costs.. Gillelen for Com. Penrose for Deft. Com. iw. Margaret Myers, Larceny.—De fendant convicted and sentenced to the county jail for sii months. Gillolen for Com. Rhoads for Doft. Com. vs. Margaret Crenny, Assault and bat tery.—This action gtow out of a family quar rel. Mrs. Crenny boarded her child with, a Mrs. Winchell, and under the impression that in her absence the child was 'not properly cared for, taade : art attack upon Mrs. Win chell. She was cofivioted of the offence, and sentenced to pay a fine of one dollar and the costs. ■' Gillelen fo'r Com. Newsham for Def. Coni. vs. Daniel Wincheli, Susan Winchell and Caroline Johnson, Assault and Battery. —ln this case, Daniel Winchell was convicted and sentenced to pay a fine of one dollar and costs.’ Susan. Winchell and Caroline Johnson were acquitted. . Gillelen & Newsham for Com. Sharpe for Doft. , ' Com. vs. Geo. Long and Henry Herring, Larceny.-—-Defendants were charged with stealing hams, tl|qjfcrpperty of John Eberlyi A no I, proa, was ’tSLj'rcd as to Herring, and Long waa ■;t;.- Gillelen Mid Hays for Deft. , Com. vs. John Gilmore, Larceny.-—Deft, was sentenced to imprisonment in tho county jail for five months. . Gillelen for Commonwealth. Penrose for Deft. ■ Com. vs. Foster Morrison, Assault and Bat tery.—This was a slight quarrel,between two boys, which should not have been brought into Court. Deft, was sentenced to pay fine of SI, and the costs. Gillelen "for Commonwealth. Sharpe for Deft. . Coni. as. Abram Stoner, Surety of the Peace, on oath of Andrew Kreitzcr, —Pro- ceedings dismissed, and prosecutor to pay the costs, Same vs. IVm. Oxcnford, Surety of'the Peace, on oath of Rebecca Kreitzcr.—Pro ceedings dismissed, and prosecutor to pay costs; On application, a rule was granted on Sny der Rupley, to show cause why his license should not be revoked. This rule was made returnable at the January sessions. HOADS. The following petitions were presented For a review of a public road, from a point on tho road leading'from Harrisburg to Ster rett’s Gap, to a public road near Geo. Wertz, in Hampden township. For a road from the Chambersburg turn pike, near tho lands of Wm. Addams, to a point on tho Mt. Rock road, near B. MoKeo han’s. ' j For a review for a road, from a point on the road leading to Rupp’s Mill, to tho road lead ing from Harrisburg to Sterrot’s Gap. For viewers to inspect tho bridge at Sam ple’s fording. The Court appointed George H, Bucher, John Phillips and Jacob C. Mil ler. Petition presented from'tho inhabitants of Dickinson township, to Change the place of holding the general election. Tho Court di rect that an electidn.be hold to determine the propriety of the change, according to tho not of Assembly. The Winter.—A cotemporary very sensi bly remarks, that, the next thing is always something else, and we trust that now that we liave done with the Presidential election, the minds of our people will be ready to receive some other impressions. The winter promis es to be a severe one, and this should remind all of the trials and privijations the poor will have to encounter,’and wo trust that stops may bo taken to meet their wants and relieve them. The curse of man is to “oearn his bread by the sweat of his face,” and how mel ancholy iS the sight of poor mortals humbly soliciting permission to toil, and yet unable to find workl Such,'kind reader, is the case in our own Borough, Those who have to an swer to God for such a state of things, by their grasping avarice, have a heavy bill to settle, and a little oh account by giving to the suffer ing, may have the effect to mitigate their judg ment in "the day to come. With plenty all around; an unprecedented harvest, peace reigning, throughout the land, capital, profita bly employed, no one should be allowed to hunger, or thirst; yet there is great fear that many will do both, this coming winter. A little wise forethought may prevent much of it; and all should; make up their minds to spare a little to those that hare none. For the Volunteer. TO TEE CITIZENS OF CARLISLE. At an early period in the history of our borough, on ordinance j was passed by the Council, composed of good men and true, in regard to “ performances, &0., prohibiting such “ within the bounds of the borough, without a written license trom the Burgesses, for such limited time os may be appointed by them and on payment of such sum ns.they may think proper, not exceeding twenty dollars for every such license.' This ordinance the Chief Burgess has endeavored faithfully to carry out, though in some in stances not without opposition and complaint, and occasionally interested persons have sought to evade it. During the present year he has boon, more than formerly, resisted in tho exe cution of the laws; so much so, that at last, the Council altered it and transferred the right of giving permits and collecting fees to, the Borough Treasurer. The original ordinance tho Burgess considered as wise in itself and salutary in its operations, and though the Council had a right to do with it as they plea sed, yet the change and transfer were made at a time and under such circumstances which ho could hot but regard ns. personally offensive, and ho declined to approve the now ordinance. Measures were then taken or adopted to “compel” the approval, and a writ of mandamus has'been served oh him. More recently the Council passed another ordinance “regulating the Market hours,” having them to commence at 9 o’clock in the morning during the winter season of each year; and though this arrangement would doubtless be a great convenience .to some folks, the Burgess has reason to believe that it would bo a groat inconvenience to many others, both in the town and country, and would operate so ns to injure the markets— hence he declined to approve it and another writ of mandamus has boon served on him. Though he feels gratefbl for that expression of the popular will which placed hurt in office, yet, rather than sign the Ordinances In ques tion, ho Is constrained to retire from the post ho has occupied, and in doing so disavows any thing like contempt of Court, I, therefore, hereby resign the office pf- Chief Burgess of the Borough of Carlisle, said resignation to take place or effect on Monday the 19tb of November, 1860. . • . JOS. 11. BLAIR. To the Citizens of Carlisle . , Owing to considerations rendering it incon venient for me any longer ,to discharge the duties of Assistant Burgess, I hereby tender you my resignation of the office, thanking you for the honor conferred in selecting mo to the position, to take effect the 19th of No vehiber, 1860, - , . I remain yours very fespotfully, JOHN B. ALEXANDER: Coercion. —Wo hear it, almost daily, boas- tingly asserted that the Southern secession movement would be crushed,out in. a short time by the strong military arm of the gov ernment. It is well to recollect that the, army and na vy of the United States are not composed alto ,gethar of Northern men. A large portion of the “best blood” of pur national military.do. fence is from tho South, and if is not unrea sonable to suppose that there would be “ trou ble in the wigwam” if they were pitted against home and its associations. There ,is at least a possibility that that “house would.be divi ded,” and that, 'crippled and disorganized, such dependence would have to fall upon new recruits from tho North. Wo are strongly inclined to the opinion that tho threats of coercion, so freely indulged in .by the Black Republicans, are calculated, to inorfcasqltho ’difficulty, and thdt the true poli cy is to prove friendship by. acts of kindness. If they are really friends of the Union, let them retrace their aggressive stops and prof fer tho hand of conciliation and It is their duty. ■ .. . . flgg“ “ Tho defeat of Anson Burlingame spoiled all our fun for Tuesday night. Tho grand results everywhere else throughout the country wore only partial compensation for this loss.” So writes one of the most virulent partisans' of Lincoln, to the New-York, Tribune. And so too would tho New-Jersey Republicans say of tho defeat of Pennington. It spoils all their fun. . \ But this is not all. Tho twenty-one oppo sition majority in the House of Representa tives is likely to spoil all their fun for two years to come.- The victory of the seotional ists is a barren one. There is no fun in it, except to those who anticipated a. share in the spoils of office; and how many of them will not be turned empty away ? Shorter. —The days are fast getting short, er; the sky is beginning to assume the lead en hue, and alltheihdications are that Thanks giving Day and Christmas are coming, As a consequence people who having anything to do, appear to be in more than usual hurry, for they know that night someth when no one can work—.except, always the printers; and they offer up devout prayers for the man who first instituted night work, The children are beginning to speculate upon probable new clothes, and spending money during the holi days, and althoiigh.the weather becomes cold er, hearts seem to grow warmer in antici pation of the good things the season has in store. Truly every season has its peculiar beauty, theman that cannot see and enjoy it, is riot fit to bo envied. The Census op the Northwest. —The cen-" sus returns are now so nearly completed that we can approximate closely to the population of the Northw'ost. It will stand about as fol lows : Ohio, . 2,500,000 Indiana, .1,400,000 Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, lowa, Minnesota, More than one-quarter of the population of the United States is now in the Northwest.— Its population is nearly equal to New York, Pennsylvania, and New England combined 1 Westward the star of empire takes its way.— Vermont, on the othpr hand, is increasing in population, - New Jersev Official.—A letter from Tren ton, dated Nov. 15, says the official vote of that State is now in. The following persons are chosen electors: William Cook, Dorn; Jo el Parker, Dem ; Theodore Runyon, Dem; Jo seph-0. Hornblower, Rep { .Charles B. Elmer, Rep; Edyvard W. Ivins, Rep; Isaac W. Scud dor, Rep. The three Douglas Democrats are elected by between 3,000 and 4,000 majority. The straight Douglas ticket carried just enough votes from Vroom, Wurts, Condit and Brower to defeat them. Brewer and Worts are defea ted by some 1,500, while the others lost it by from 100 to 300. ' Tho newly elected President certainly has a fearful prospect ahead. First of all he has to stand. the. swarming,' ravenous _ crowd of hungry office seekers, —all with claims as big asmiountaiqs in his favor. Ninety, nine out of every hundred must bo disappointed, and ns his party is made up of miscellaneous ele ments, with no common principle except de sire for spoils and hatred of the Democracy; he will find them differing widely upon political auestions, and the catastrophe which overtook io Whig party in 1841, will shatter tho Re publican party to pieces in 1861. Ho will find it impossible to reconcile free trade and high tariff men, the American element and the foreign one, tho old Whigs and the old Demo crats, tho 4bolition radicals and tho conserva tives, in tho formation of his administration policy. His party will go to pieces like a bar rel with tho hoops off. _ , Tho Cincinnati Enqitirer predicts that with in ninety days from tho time that Abraham .Lincoln is inaugurated tho Republican party will bo utterly ruined and destroyed,. His path is environed by so many difficulties that, even if ho had the ability of Jefferson and the energy of Jackson, hd would fail. But he is a weak and inexperienced men, and his ad ministration will bo doomed from the com mencement, If ho takes tho radical section of .the Republican party, headed by Seward, into his confidence, and pushes the South to extremities, the conservative wing of it will out loose and repudiate him. If, on tho other hand, he courts tho oonsesyatives, and pursues a moderate, conciliating policy towards tho slavcholding States, the radicals will make ■open war on the Administration. The Philosophy of Advertising. Jf nn individual were to commence store keeping, but neither put up a sign nor exhibit ed goods at the door or windows, he would bo set down by common consent ns a very fool ish fellow, “because,” it would bo said, “how can a merchant expect to,sell goods, when he doesn’t let people know 1 where ho is and what ho keeps? Is it not.made plain, therefore, by a parity of reason, that ho is the wisest who not only announces his stand and business to all passers-by, but also, con tinually, through the newspapers, to every man, woman and child, residing within a hun dred miles around. Further from Mexico.,—. Terrible. Slaught er. A private letter from the highest authori ty at Vera Cruz confirms the accounts wo have already-published of the massacre atGuadala jara. Among other things, it is said that a mine was sprung upon the liberals, in their assault upon the city, and five hundred of their number were instantly killed.So far, however, from arresting their progress, this only infuriated them the more, and forcing their way in by six different breaches at the same time, they bayoneted the enemy at their works; and slaughtered all who stood in their way. The execution of the opposing gener al, XI astillo and his officers, is doubtless to bo attributed to this infuriated spirit,—A', 0-. Picayune. ' • Practical Amalgamation in Ohio.— Miss Georgiotte Tucker, a highly accomplished white girl, a graduate of Oberlin College, Ohio, and a successful lecturer in literary subjects,: eloped, recently, from Toledo, in that State, with a colored barber, and wont to Detroit, Michigan, whore they wore mar ried, to the infinite disgust of the girl's fath er, who is said-to bo nearly crazy from this .reduction of principles to practice. A Kentucky Vendetta. —About a year ago, it will bo remembered, Mr. Talbot, a ho tel-keeper at Bardstown, Ky., was shot and killed by T. H. Slaughter, Slaughter was tried at the recent term of the Bullitt County Circuit Court, (having obtained a change of venue from Nelson county,) and admitted to bail, the jury failing to agree. On the 10th inst., a son of the .murdered man meeting Slaughter in the streets of Bardstown, shot ■him dead on the spot,- Important to Tanners. —An important discovery in regard to tho practical uses of Petroleum of Rock Oil, now found ip such quantities, has been made by Mr. John Lamb, a tanner, of Allegheny township, Venango county, in this State. He says that during and since last August he has been using tho oil of several wells in Venango county in his tannery, as a substitute for fish oil, and with most astonishing success, During last month ho prepared one hundred sides of upper leath er nnd'eigtiTddzen of calf skins with this oil. They have boon exhibited to practical leather dealers from Pittsburg and from Boston, and a quantity sent to the Eastern markets with entire satisfaction to dealers. It makes a cleaner and smoother finish than tho fish oil, fills np instead of opening tho pores of the leather, so as. to make it almost water-proof, and gives it the finish of the finest calf skin. It is also a superior article fop mixing black ning, having the quality of cutting the lamp black. Tho smell does not remain after the dressing process is completed upon tho leath er, Tho oil is also used in the crude state, costing one-t]iird tho price of fish oil. As this oil is now used also by tho painters in their business instead of linseed oil, the.de mand is likely in any event to be ample, . The Last. Whiff of Coal Oil. —The Har risburg Wide-Awakes—the heroes of oil-cloth and genis of tho lamp—made their grand finale splurge in tho capital city on Wednesday evening, tho 14th inst. The Harrisburg Un ion thus speaks of the parade: “There were less than a hundred on pa rade, which is strong evidence that they arc on the eve of being played out. They march ed up one street and down another, creating very little enthusiasm or excitement. The general'illumination called for was rather ri- 1,600,000 900.000 750.000 700.000 180,000 diculous in the abstract. Wq walked down to Jack's corner, and up to Gross’ Tavern. As far as the eye could carry there was but one illumination in Third street—the office of A. J. Jones—but one in Market street—the resi dence of George Borgner—but one in Walnut street—the residence of Theo. Penn. All of 8,030,000 these gentlemen are applicants for the Post Office, and no doubt expect to pay the expense out of the prospective profits of the office.— We did not learn whether any houses wore il luminated in Front or Second streets. A lit- tle before 9 o’clock wo took a walk toward the foot o£ Walnut street, where wo found the re sidences of three of our distinguished colored fellow-citizens brilliantly lit up, and about the same number of negroes had their domicils in a blaze of light in Filbert street. The side walks in the latter streets were lined with “Afrio’s dusky sons," and they fairly made the, welkin ring with cheers for Lincoln.— This we saw—this wo hoard—and there is abundant proof besides; but, we presume, as the campaign is ended, “ several Wide Awakes" w>B not attempt to deny what hun dreds saw and heard. . . A bacuelor editor who had a pretty sister, recently wrote to another bachelor equally fortunate, “please exchange." Lincoln’s Future. The Secession Move^ Senator Hammond's Msinnaiion . A Special Proclamation not o i, m - dia >'< the President. be ls mu Washington, Nov. 15.-_lt Beemn tor Hammond’s resignation is V" letter having been received hero dir' ~l 4t6 > i The collector at Bciiufort, S n , oially indicated his resignation 'hoin h “ s * ing, ho says, to servo under’a Administration. J!e public Jlt It has boon stated that tho scV . special address was under Executive of 1 erntion, but it now appears that tlm T* abandoned, in view of tho carlv ml k Congress, to whom, hj the Constilu'tton"®,J* President is required to “give 1,11 the state of tho Union.” b ormnll "Ocl VIRGINIA. Extra Session of the Legislature Call A Richmond, Va., Nov. 15.—Qov T *7 has called an extra session of the r of this State for the 7th of ’ take into consideration the nresenf „i : condition of public affairs, and del f* calmly and wisely what action is ne S!'' on the part of Virginia in this SOUTH CAROLINA. 1 Augusta, Ga., Nov. 15—Tho Charln Mercury says the Mayor has issued a ? mation prohibiting steerage landing at Charleston, unless the omS tho ships or steamers bringing them n! into bonds to maintain them if they encumbrances. 1 - ! Columbia, S. C., Nov. 15.—Last nightthere was a grand torchlight procession 0 f S “mutineers,” composed of the firemen. ' Ex-Speaker Orr made a speech eeponain, secession. e Congressman Keitt and others made simi. Inr, speeches, I ALABAMA. . Mobile Ala.,Nov. Ifij-The issue a coll for a State Convention on the CtV of December. He urges the people to prenm for secession; . r *■ v ' The Governor’s proclamation ■will he insiid on tlrt) 6th of December, the election of del* gates-to take place on the 24th proximo a»| the Convention to meet on theTth'of JauW: - GEORGIA. H : Millcdgeville, Ga„ Nov. 15.—The Icii men of all parties have been in confesj here, and have unanimously agreed to «h ‘ Convention to recommend resistance-4 time and mode of doing so to bo settled Hi Convention, ‘ A good feeling prevails. Senator Toombs made a powerful Scftssa speech on Wednesday night. Mr. Bnttwd Savannah, followed, urging the eatnbliibiral of a Southern Confederacy with sovereignty in the Federal power, all State lines to berf litorated Proceedings of the Georgia Legidalm. Mifledgeville, Ga„ Nov. ID.-Ju'tlic Senile, considerable discussion has resulted frteilh motion referring the million appropriation!® for arms and munitions to the Finance Con mittee. The bill provides that tlio.moMi thus appropriated shall bo subject to the coi trol of tho Qovernbr. Many Senators otyootod to the plneinflli sword and purse in the samo hands. The proposed roforenoe ftiiled. The coi sideration. of the bill wilT bo proceeded rill in regular order; and will bo paWil. A bill was introduced suspendin' the cl lection of debts till 1861, , A resolution was introduced giving yore to tho Governor, in case of ah attempt by 1 ’ Federal authority to coerce the secedingSli to employ the military forces of Gcnrgi resist such coercion, ’ The resolution pass. DEMONSTRATION AT CHARLES'. Charleston, S. The:ilc strations of welcome fast I bcrs of tlio Logislatufereturmng from Capitol, wore very enthusiastic. A large motto tree was planted.in front of ; the li tuto Hall, where the meeting wnsheliV facing the speakers stand was if large It parency, with the motto “well done good, faithful servants," , Mr, Macbeth, the Pn dent, made a fine speech. K. N. (Jordon, i addressed the delegates; and thereupon! Mr; Porter, the President of the Senate, i od forth prolonged applause, Several otl speakers made telling addresses, and I greatest enthusiasm prevailed. There u abundant displays of fire works, and m«( houses were illuminated. During the id cannons were fired, ns flags were raised wil Colonial and State mottos upon them. The excitement in this State as well u Georgia and Alabama, has sensibly diminuh cd within a day or two past; and.the corneal vative portion of the people (and monetfe. cially the conservative are aniim for a speedy end of the commotion that (A They contend that matters, have gone silt far enough, and that the best interests of ll State demand that good feeling towardi 1 North shall once more and speedily hi stored. With regard to many of the sit and reports sent from hero, at least are wholly destitute of foundation, ALABAMA. Mobile, Nov. 17. —The Register i for the secession of Alabama, and “ the largo sectional vote at the North am South proves that a common gorornmer impossible, AH efforts to save the Chiot bo fruitless, and this journal appeals to servative men to take the movement m own hands, as the only moans of avoidn worst consequences of an it)ovihiWa If' tion. GEORGIA. Augusta, Not. 17. —There is but litll position to the secession movement in State, but the people are unfavorable w cipitating matters. Augusta, Nov. 18,-—Tho general ik ion is that'Senator Toombs Has n( ( signed, but that he will resign on |M» March, unless Georgia BCCO “S a ;. Milledoevili.e, Not. 17. been quieted since Wednesday T'^ o ( Mr. Stevens made n great speech. strong conservative grounds, ana subsequently shows that hei P°«“ * 0 troubled waters, and that all P. o . l^*® t0 | v disposed to act coolly and consideta ' To-day the Convention bill pnssw ate ■Unanimously. The election o is to take place on the second January, and the Convention Wednesday following. The preamble of the Convention as follows ( i, n Whereas, the present crisis in t affairs, in the judgment °f. .“j sembly, demands resistance ; a a is the privilege, of a sovereign PP| mine the mode,.measure and time sistanoo j therefore, the Gen enacts that the Governor shall raation ordering an election on The first, second and third B ® o **® bill refer to to the time °» meeting of the. Convention, tn® , election, and the number of ddog each county is-entitled. The . provides that said Convention, , bled, may consider nil g rlBV .“, 0 j or. affecting the equality of ng pie of Georgia ns members States, and determine the moae, time for redress. ■ The fifth section provides tlio pay for the delegates, and tnai tion shall, by vote, fir..the pay . ficers, and any delegate or _ may appoint ,to any Convention, Embassy, and provide for all °* incurred by the Convention. The sixth section gives the v m IjSpl^E
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