ASMCAN VOLUNTEER
Jlnil B. BRATTON. Editor k Proprietor
CARLISLE, PA., NOV. 29, 18G0.
■ It 7“ Our absence from homo to'the day of
going to press, has prevented us giving much
attention to the editorial columns of to-day’s
paper.
Tee Continentals. —The highly success
ful quartette of-Vocalists, who for the last ton
yen li have been giving -concerts throughout
the country under the name of the Conti non
nls, will give one of their entertainments at
Rhsemk Hall, on Monday evening, December
3. These’celebrated warblers have always
'hesn favorites of the lovers of music in Car
lisle, and were highly successful in all their
; visit!) bare. We have no doubt they will
again receive a hearty welcome. They will
sing in* N.ewsdlle on Tuesday evening, and
; in Meohanksburg on Wednesday evening.
Thanksgiving Dav. —To-day is the day
that has been selected in Pennsylvania and in
many of the States of our Union, as a day of
Thanksgiving—a day to thank the Giver of
all good for .the many blessings vouchsafed to
us es a people. It is meet and right that
snolnaday should bo observed by us. As a
nation-we have been-blessed and prosperous
in a trorideffnFnianner. Oftr granaries have
been well-filled during the passing year; pea-'
tileoco has, not invaded our land; peace has
been our constant guest; ‘ and though at the
present time we behold an extraordinary ex
citement in the Southern portion of our coun
try, involving, perhaps, our existence as the
’most freer happy and prosperous nation the
San of Heaven has ever■ shone on, yet wo
trust that soon the fears aroused will bo allay
ed in accordance with the demands of wis
dom, and of patriotism. For all these bless
ings lot us on this day worship and fall down
before- the. Lord our Maker with psalms and
prayers of thanksgiving, arid" While thankful
for mercies past, pray divine protection for
our country for the future, that we may long
be a happy, united, free, and Christian peo
ple. •
A ,Gooi> Suggestion.—While the people of
this highly-favored and prosperous Common
wealth are about to celebrate our annual
.Thanksgiving, a cry of distress comes to us
from the far off plains of Kansas—our western
6 olony—where thousands are in a famishing
condition, and must,starve unless speedy re
lief reaches them. In view of this fact a con
temporary suggests that it would be an not of
real charity for the churches of our State to
take'up collections on Thanksgiving day for
the relief of the sufferers. Gov. Dennison, of
Ohio, has issued a proclamation invoking the
Churches of that State to take up contribu
tions towards that end on the 29th, (to-day,)
and no doubt Governors of. other States will
follow. Wo trust Pennsylvania will also do
her duty in this matter. In the midst of our
thanksgivings for the rich blessings we enjoy,
let us remember the famine-stricken sufferers
of Kansas, and respond promp.ly and liberal--
ly to their.appeals for relief.
, Tub Pulpit and the Crisis.—Wo see an
nouncements, says the Ledger, in the North
ern and Southern papers, that clergymen will
address their congregations on the crisis. If
the clergymen who usually mingle politics
with religion will only tell the country how it
is to get out of its present difficulty, they will
then undo a groat deal of the mischief they
have caused, and which has brought tho.ooun
try to the verge of revolution by their politi
al harrangues. ,J!f the three thousand minis
ters who addressed Mr. Buchanan on the
wrongs of Kansas were ns good Christians
and patriots as they were politicians, they
would bo preaching the duty of each State
minding its own business, and rendering full
justice to its neighbors.
•C7* The Harrisburg Daily Union in speak
ing of the fruits of the Republican Triumph,
says:—“ Yesterday the Harrisburg Bank sus
pended—as a measure of self-defence, of course
—and before this reaches our readers, nearly
all of the banks in the Union will also have
suspended. This, then, is the beginning of
the glorious times promised us as soon as
honest Old Abe was elected!
Can’t the coal oil men turn out and celer
brato.this third triumph with a parade and
grand illumination ? Como, turn out, Wide
Awakes—public confidence is destroyed—
everything looks dark and gloomy. Perhaps
a coal oil illumination in honor of the victory
would make things look a little more cheer
ful."
The Legislature op 1801.—The approach
ing session of the State Legislature, will bo
one of more than ordinary interest.
The session will commence on the first
Tuesday (the Ist) of January.
. The election of a United States Senator, to
succeed Qov. Bigler, will take place on the
second; Tuesday of January.
On the third Monday of January, a State
Treasurer will' be chosen.
Oh - tho third Tuesday of January, the
Governor elect, CoL Curtin, will be inaugur
ated., '
Another Contested Seat.— Hon. 11. C.
Longnoekcr, lato candidate for Congress in
tho Backs and Lehigh District,, has notified
Hon., Thomas B. Cooper of his intention to
contestbliis seat in tho next Congress. The
grounds £6r. such a proceeding aro an alleged
illegality of the North Whitehall election, in
Lehigh county,.tho contestant setting forth
that.the polls had been kept open after tho
time petsoribod by law. The Allentown
Democrat says tho allegation is all bosh.
Resources or South- Caroi.ina The Che
raw (S. C.) Gazette says that tho real and
pergonal estate, capital employed in ronnufao-1
turing," banking, railroads, &c„ amount to \
$342,526,378. Annual productions,including!
cotton, rise, corn, wheat, oats, naval stores, |
Ac., come to $52,725,382. With such resour
ces, the Gazette thinks the. State can easily
support either a separate or Southern confed
erate existence.' .
tCT" 1 Rudolph Kuhn, editor of the Lanoas
er Democrat, (German) has plead guilty to a
libel, and been fined $25 and coats for charg
ing Mr, Frank, a brewer of Lancaster,. with
being the-." sublimated'essence of all -thati-is
vile in Christendom, and hatoful in Gerasim
Kmrw-Nothingism."
THE DDTT OP DEMOCRATS.
Before the Presidential election, says the
Democratic Union, the Democratic party
warned the people that the' success of the'
Republican party upon its sectional basis
would be disastrous to'the material interests
of the country,-and dangerous to the' stabili
ty of the Union, warning Voice was
unheeded by those who wore either so intent
upon securing the spoils of office that they
would not stop to think, or who regarded the
threatening aspect of the South as part of a
game to frighten them from acting out their
honest convictions. Since all the evils fore
shadowed by the Democratic press is upon us
-—commercial prostration and imminent dan
ger of secession and civil war, there is not a
Democrat in the country who dops not feel
satisfied to be ranked .with that Qouragcoua
minority who resisted the election of Lincoln.
Defeated though we are, we would rather at
this moment belong*to the Democratic party,
and have the satisfaction of knowing that the
’responsibility for the present troubles cannot
be placed to our account, than to belong to the
victorious Republican party and boar a share
of its fearful load of responsibility; for it has
plunged the countfy.into difficulties, not un
wittingly, but in spite of solemn and repeated
warnings that the success of a purely section
al party must necessarily produce counteract
ing sectional agitation, and a consequent
strain upon the bond of union.
When a party is defeated in a just cause it
is not crushed and annihilated. The Demo
cratic party must,- in time, emerge from the
clouds and darkness that have enveloped it
for a season. The moment that the people
learn the; truth'that thedefeat of the Demo
cratic party is productive of trouble and dis
aster to the country,'in all its interests, that
moment they will learn- to repent that they
ever listened to the clamor of the Republicans
and contributed to the success of that party.
This important lesson is already being taught
in a way that cannot be misunderstood. The
election of a Republican President has im
paired confidence, alienated the South from
the North, unsettled commercial relations, de
prived Northern manufacturers of their South
ern customers, and thrown thousands of men,
dependent upon thes i estah ishments for sup
port, out of employment at the beginning of
winter. . This is not the entertainment to
which ' the Republicans invited the people ns
the fruit of their success. Instead of abun
dant employment and high wages, and a glo
riously time generally, which was promised
to follow close upon the triumph of the party
of Freedom,’ we have alarming civil commo
tions, stagnation in business of all kinds, and
the prospect ahead of deeper distress. And
this, .00, at a time when everything material
contributes to make a prosperous and active
season. The existing difficulties are not duo
to short crops, or Qvor-tradihg, or to any of
the ordinary causes of commercial distress,
but solely and exclusively to the irritations
created by. the sweeping success of the sec
tional Republican party.
If‘the present difficulty should be happily
quieted—which God grant—it is apparent
that the domination of the Republican party
must be of short continuance. One term of
Republican rule will .satisfy the people, and
the Union will noverfagain be subjected to
another ■ such trial, jl’ho country will be
ready, after the expiration of Lincoln’s term
of office, to reinstate thq Democratic party in
power/ provided that-,parly behaves with pru-
and uses the’proper means to regain
popular favor.
Some of these means wo have already indi
cated, and wo would not have Democrats to
lose sight of them; for we cannot begin to re
pair the damage done to the Democratic party
at too early a day. The most important, of
these agencies is the press. ' Attend to the
circulation of sound Democratic , newspapers,
in order to counteract the. influence of the
Republican papers that arc spread over the
whole land. This should be attended to qui
etly and industriously, without delay, as the
surest means of building up the influence of
the party.
; It is also necessary that the Democratic
party should place itself in a position to take
advantage of the mistakes and blunders of
the Republicans. By, this we mean that we
must cease quarreling among ourselvos.'if we
expect to make any impression upon the ene
my. There will be some uneasy agitators in
our ranks constantly raking up the ashes of
old controversies, and if wo heed them the
party will bo kept constantly in hot water.—
We should regard the late bittcu-fight .con-.
corning Presidential candidates as fought out,
exhausted, terminated; and every man as an
enemy who thrusts it upon’ us for mischievous
and factious purposes. Let the dead bury
their.dead. Wo can’t dragoon each other into
endorsing one side or the other, but wo can
agree to forget controversy, and make common
cause .against tho Republicans, and so place
the party in a.position to take advantage of
the mistakes and malefactions of the common
enemy. Wo must hold them up to tho strict
performance of the many obligations they as
sumed during the campaign, and show tho
people how they wore cheated into tho. sup-
port of a party whoso only influence is evil
and if this is properly accomplished, as there
are sure to bo proper opportunities, public
confidence must necessarily be withdrawn
from tho Republican party and given once
more to tho Democratic party.
Who wile be Speaker? —There is much
speculation among the Republican politicians
in regard to the Speakership of tho next
House of Representatives. Tho following
gentlemen aro prominent candidates:
John J. Patterson, of Juniata.
■ Gideon J. Ball, of Erie.
Elisha W. Davis, of Venango.
Isaac G. Gordon, of Jefferson.
Isaa'c A. Sheppard, of Philadelphia.
Jacob E. Ridgway, of “
Dr. J. H. Seltzer, of “
Resignation op Chief Justice Taney.—
TelegrajdVio dispatches of Monday announced
1 ® r ® 9l Gnation of Chief Justice Taney. It
u ovo vn upon President Buchanan to ap
point & successor.
Maßriaoe and Death. —Mr. James MoGul- ’
loch, a merchant of Petersburg, Va., was mar
ried last Thursday, tho 22d inst., to Mrs. 1
Workman,-of tho same place. They started 1
for Richmond,, and put up at, the. Spotswoqd]
House, whdfe, ns they-sat down to supper, the
bridegroom fell over in a swoon, and died in
a few minutes. Cause—heart disease.
Who ate to Blame ?
How ready are those who have brought evil
upon themselves or a community, to charge
the cause of that evil upon others, rather than
to lay it at their own doors, whore it rightful
ly belongs. This is very fully illnstrotedby
.the Republicans at the present time, who are
; endeavoring to throw all the responsibility of
tho sad and alarming state'of things- at the
South, upon those conservative papers which
have, in season and out of season, endeavored
to counteract tho baneful influence of the
John Browniam, inflammatory speecVcs and
unjust legislation of the Republican party,
and which have, by earnest appeals to the pa
triotism of the people, striven to prevent the
result which is causing so, much anxiety in
every part of tho land. Thus they endeavor
to skulk behind the charge of soditiQn against
those whose only crime is tho love of their
whole “ country, however hounded.” ■ Was
there ever anything more mean and cowardly
thanthia?- Did it ever occur to them that tho
tree is judged by its fruits ? If the Ropubli
cans, in their legislation, pass laws which
violate a solemn' compact—nullify a law- of
Congress— place. State Governments, in anta
gonism to the Federal Government^trample
I under foot rights guaranteed by. our fathers,'
making it a penal offence for.a-oitizen to as
sist in enforcing or seeking redress under a
United States law—if such is the product of.
Republicanism in those State Government
which have been under their control, what, is
it not a natural question to ask; will be the.
fruit produced when they have the wider field
of -the National Government to operate in ?-—'
Is it riot natural that Southerners should be
excited, with such precedents before them—
though there is nothing to fear from the Re
publicans for two years to corao, at least—ai
their President will go„ into power with the
wholesoirie and Providential check of a majo
rity of Union men in Congress. If tho Re
publicans wish to escape from the charge of
sectionalism, lot them air once repeal their
“Persorial Liberty” hills; let them retrace
their steps .of nullification, and place the
States ' under their-control in harmony with
the. Constitution of t.He United States, and do
equal justice to the South as well as the North.
Let them do this, and we shall.have an earn
est of that good will and good feeling which
they are now so ready to profess, but of which
they have as yet given no evidence. Let the
Republicans first remove the beam that is in
their own eye, that they may see more clearly
the mote that is in their brother’s eye. So
says the Reading Gazette.
Suspension of Specie Payments by the
Philadelphia Ranks.—The Banks of Phila
delphia on Thursday last, says the Ledger,
resolved to suspend specie payments. The
political troubles of the country have precipi
tated this measure upon them and other banks
of the Union, at a time when the prospectsof
the country otherwise were favorable. The
sectional issues which have been raised have
destroyed-confidence between the North and
South, suspended, trade, produced monetary
embarrassment, followed how by suspension
of the banks. It is the first time in the his
tory of our country that the choice of a
President has produced consequences .so wide
spread and serious, It needs all. tho
denoo, good sense and wise management of
the country, to arrest the mischief, where it
The suspension, though it has come sudden
ly upon the community, seems to bo general
ly regarded as necessary in the present con
dition of affairs. How long it will depend
probably upon the action of tho Legislature,
which meets in January next. Between now
anil then the members will bo better advised
of the course of action necessary to pursue,
for the movements, politically, which have
caused the suspension, will then bo better
developed. In 1857, when the last suspen.
slon occurred, the Legislature assembled im
mediately in extra session and legalized that
act :of the banks for six months. But the
same necessity for an immediate asembling
of the Legielature does not now exist. No
body seems disposed to press-the banks at
this time, and all appear to acquisco in the
suspension as an unavoidable measure, which
a favorable turn in the political aspect of aff
airs may render of only short duration.
A Virginia Personal Liberty Law.—lt is
a little remarkable that Virginia lias a perso
nal liberty law. It enacts that any person,
conceiving himself to bo unlawfully detained
as a slave, is authorized to sue for his free
dom. . Such person, during tho pendency of
tho suit, must bo kept in custody at the ex
pense of the person claiming to‘be the owner.
Or tho claimant may take tho custody of such
person on giving bonds, in a penalty double
the value of tho petitioner, ($1,000) by tho
fugitive slave law, to have him forthcoming
on tho trial. Counsel is assigned tho peti-
ioner by the State to prosecute his 'suit, and
,he is allowed, free of cost, all heedful process,
services of officers, and attendance of witness
es. The suit has precedence of all other cases
on tho docket of tho Court, all formalities of
pleading arc waived, and tho question of free
dom or slavery is to be tried by a jury. If
lie petitioner obtains a verdict in his favor,
io is to be declared free, and the claimant is
nuloted in damages and costs.
Kansas. —Tho telegraph announces a reign
of terror in Kansas. Montgomery and his
band bad commenced operations in Kansas
by “ hanging and killing their opponents."
Montgomery, who is engaged in this work of
“hanging and killing," has a force of five
hundred men, and contemplates, thedospatch
says, a war on tho bordering States of Ar
kansas and Missouri. Orders will bo imme-
diately dispatched, ordering the United States
troops in Kansas •to such points ns may bo
necessary for the protection of the land officers
in the performance of their duty, ns well ns
of tho public property menaced. _
A Thick Skin.— During an exhibition Of
Dim Rice’s Circus, at Memphis, Tenn., on the
10th mat,, it was proposed to show that the
hide of the rhinoceros was bail-proof. Capt.
Travis, the celebrated pistol shot, then fired a
bullet at tho animal, which fell flattened to
the floor, not breaking tho skin, nor even cau
sing tho animal to wince.
Socieiv ib even more essential to our Intel
, loot than to our humanity. Our affections do
(not rust so quietly as pur minds. It is easier
ltor Pe is e aW nt °i BuM ? e them - tho lat
tforge\fu&a le .r^., to bn bc « uiled iDt °
Important Land. Salt in Michigan.
Tho Detroit Free Press states that an im
portant suit, involving the title to a largo
amount,of property, is to come before tho Uni
ted States-District Court in Detroit, at .the
.next term. ' The cose arises from one of. the
old French grants, upon which Congress has
made an appropriation, and includes the ces
sion of between fifty and a hundred thousand
acres of land lying on tho Michigan side of
tho Saut St. Mario, a tract which contains the
Saut canal, the village of St. Marie, the Shut
railroad, and numerous improvements in the
way of farming, building, &o. The tract ex
tends’ sixteenmiles on the Saut river, and the
same distance westwards ... Tho. grant was
made during the-reign of Louis XIV, when
the country : ,wfts, in the possession of .the
French, in favor of tho Chevalier do Repepti
groy. The descendants of this nobleman
have laid claim to the, property, and, after
long-bqntihued-efipFts, have succeeded in in
ducing Congress to.reeogniro their right bya
special act, which: authorizes the appointment
of a commission to arbitrate on the value of
tho entire tract, including improvements, the
aggregate-ralue decreed by-theee commission
ers to be awarded to the grantees in Govern
ment lands elsewlioce located. The value of
j the traot is something fabulous, as the public
works and prlvate iWptDTcmontshavo enhan
ced it immensely. It is the design of Gov
ernment'to-interfere with-none of the rights
of property in. the
district, but to quietly assess the-presont val
ue, and remunerate the grantees by the ap
propriation of unencumbered lands. This ar
rangement was effected by compromise. The
case is to be brought Before the fbiitod.Statos
Court for a confirmation of the title deeds,
and other . necessary legal formula. Tho
grantee, Monsieur Favargey, a French gen
tleman,.resident at Gnudaloupe, West Indies,
is at present in the city, superintending the
case. Senator. Benjaiuin, of Louisiana, is his
counsel, and will arrive from Now Orleans
during the present mouth to take charge of
tho suit. .
Growing Wealth or tee Sooth.—As the
official returns of the population and wealth
of the different parishes of Loiisiana have
been made public, it has been a matter of
pride to note the flourishing condition in which
they present this State. No single county of
any older State, with all the aids of commerce
and a highly improved system of agriculture,
has presented so cheering an evidenee.of pub-
lie prosperity, or more reliable means for fu
ture progress. .
The casual returns of the census this year,
from other slave States furnishes the same
cheering facts. By reference to the returns
for. 1856, ’57, ’sB,,and'’s9, from the State of
Texas, the growth in wealth presented by that
frontier State i«; truly surprising. The value
of lands in one year. 1856, without the stitriu
lus of completed railroads, increased $6,694,-
288. The total amount of land in private
Hands showed more than a thousand acres for
every white male citizen assessed with a poll
tax. The number of slaves was increased in
in the year 1856 by’an additional number of
12,404. In 1857 atm ’5B the was a
still larger numbqiAjwhile lands roso'neorly
to double thcirisi>i%Eddoa 1854. Under the
influence of railroaihmnd other favorable cir
cunigtanoei. The ’Aduetion of the ;Stn{o
was' last year pot down at $30,000,000, and
its exports'-at 320,000,000. What rion-slave
hnlding State, compared with its population
of white persons,-has produced a sum which
would divide among'the whites so largo an
amount to each individual, taking simply the
exports ns tho basis bf division, as the State of
Texas ?
Similar results are now furnished from all
of tho South-western slave States. Their po
sition is certainly extremely favorable. They
all exhibit an extraordinary prosperity, arid
we may with some confidence conclude that
tho figures given show a law governing tho
increase in wealth and all the essentials of
healthful progress that applies to every com
munity where slavery is an element of the
social organization. '
A Novel Case at Law.—Mr. Church, of
Montvillc, Conn., owned a hen. Tho hen took
a notiori to set. Mr. Church, encouraged her
in it to the extent of giving her sixteen eggs'
to comirieneo on. With commendable indus-
try, tho hen , went to Work ‘''setting.” For
one week she devoted herself to it without in
terruption. At the end of the week, Mr.
Tinker’s turkey came along that way, and
crowding the hen off Jier nest, took the busi-
ness of. incubation;-under her own wings;
Being more " on her muscle” than the hen,
she maintained her position until n brood of
chickens stopped out of tho shell and peeped.
Tho turkey then took the chickens in tow,
and returned to her own and Mr. Tinker’s
residence. Mr. Church brought (in action of
trover for tho chickens, claiming them on tho
ground that his hOn laid tho eggs and did tho
best part of the setting. Tho case was tried
on Saturday, and judgment was given for
plaintiff tore cover eight cents apiece for tho
chickens.
C7* Rebecca Garhmn, widow of Jacob Gar
man, of Lebanon county, obtained a verdict
of $254 35 in the Lebanon County Court last
week, against Jacob Fink', an innkeeper of
Annville, for selling liquor to hor husband,, a
man of intemperate habits, by which he be
came so much intoxicated as to fall from his
wagon, and lose his life. The suit was brought
under the 3d section of the act of Bth May,
1854, which provides “ that any person fur
nishing intoxicating drinks to any other per
son in violation of this, or any other existing
law, shall be hold civilly responsible for any
injury to person or property in consequence
of such furnishing, and any one aggrieved
may recover full damages against such person
so furnishing, by action on the case,” &e. The
trial created, considerable interest, and was
ably conducted by the counsel on both sides.
Desecrating .the Pulpit.— The Boston
(Mass.) Transcript, alluding to Berkshire
county, in that'State, says:—“They have a
new way of advertising newspaper writers in
Berkshire, which Bonner should not be slow
to adopt. A clergyman in the south part of
this county lately announced from his pulpit
that the local paper , of thq.succeeding week
would .contain a poem, and such of his congre
gation as missed reading it would lose a val
uable literary treat. .. The production was by
the minister’s wife,' and of course was gener
ally perused.” '
The Oil Interests.
Franklin, Venango county, is now the groat
disturbing centre, at, present, of the oil inte
rest, says the Pittsburg Post, Here you find
representatives of the groat cities of the East*
and South, operating in the fluid, speculating
in lands, leasing' sites, selling engines, con
tracting for barrels, and driving trade gener
ally, with great tact and enterprise. Pitts
burg and vicinity is well represented, and has
much capital invested, not only in lauds and
wells, but in trade, which is giving to this
beautiful town quite a home air. There is
but ono. topic forced upon your ears, from
morning till night, by everyone from the rus
ty looking drivers of ox-teams to the New York
millionaire—oil 1 oil 11 oil! 11—and wo do con
fess, that for the productiveness of the oleagi
neous, not one-half has been written. In the
town of Franklin, we believe there are more
derricks than chimneys; and, ns you wander
among them, you hear the word passed of
somebody who has struck oil—ton or twenty
barrel-well. The traveler, to got fairly.into
the oil region, must go up Oil Creek and its
tributaries. Hero the fever rages in all its
violence, and the puffing of engines and the
constant flow of'.'oil forces upon him the con-
■notion that no exaggerated reports are pub
lished of the quantities daily brought to the
surface, and disposed of in market.. The vol
ley of Oil Greek, embracing Corns Planter
Run; is a very rich section, Tho Keystone
Company are operating here with decided
success. We believe there are a few shares
Of this stock left, which will doubtless go off
like hot cakes. The Two Milo Run Region is
also developing richly. Tho M’Calmont, tho
Smith well, the. Eureka, and several Now
York and Ohio Companies, are in high spirits,
and most of them pumping vigorously.—
PronoK Creek is also lined with derricks and
successful wellsi which arc entirely too nu
merous to mention by name. Downtho Alle
gheny from Franklin, for ton miles, the eye is
bewildered by a forest Of derricks, many of
which indicate the locality of paying wells.—
| A few miles above tho mouth of Oil Creek, is
the M’Clintock farm, on which a town, with
a large hotel, has sprung up, and the click of
tools, in hundreds of wells, can bo hoard at
any hour. ' The Clapp farm is now being leas
ed out in Oil siteS, at a large bonus, and a
share of tho oil, making fortunes for the fa
vored owners. On Upper Oil Creek, in the
vicinity of Titusville, the fever rages quite as
violently. The recent startling discoveries
there, have given a new impetus to the busi
ness, and there is now an increasing demand
for oil sites. On French Creek, just above
Franklin, a large barrel factory, capable of
turning put five hundred barrels daily, is in :
progress, and will-be in operation by the first ;
of January; New veins of oil are being struck
every day, and tho excitement is consequent
ly increasing. By the end of the year; it is
estimated that not less than , one thousand -j
wells will bo in successful operation in this
section. Fears are entertained that tho sup
ply will soon exceed tho demand, but wo see !
no reason for such apprehensions, as all the ;
heavy dealers in oil are far behind their or
ders, and there is every prospect of an advance
in the price.
The oil discoveries have already done much
for this heretofore barren and neglected re
gion, and'the visitor of twenty years ago would
be overwhelmed’with astonishment at tire vi
tality so apparent now. Indeed the value of j
lands hero has increased from thousands to
millions, and tho wealth which will-flow into
our commonwealth from these wells, (which
are yet in their infancy,) is incalculable.
Odd Fel rows nip.— The Right ■ Worthy
Grand lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows, which hold its Annual 'Communication
at Nashville, Tennessee, was placed in pos
session of a considerable number of interesting
facts. The officers of the Grand Lodge are as
follows: Most Worthy Grand.,Sire, it. B.
Boyston, of Winsboro’, South Carolina; Right
Worthy Deputy Grand Sire, Milton Mcmdon,'
of Crawfordsville, Indiana; Right Worthy
Grand Secretary, Janies L. Ridgely, of Balt!
more; Right Worthy Grand Treasurer, Josh
u:
la Vansant, of Baltimore; Right' Worthy
Grand Chaplain, Rev. E. M. P. Wells; of Bos
ton, Massachusetts; Right Worthy Grand
Marshal, E. D. Farnsworth, of Nashville,
Tennessee; Right Worthy Grand Guardian,
Solomon H. Lewyt, of Baltimore; and Right
Worthy Grand Messenger, John F. Chamber
lain, of Baltimore. The statistics of the
Grand Lodge exhibit a very satisfactory state
of affairs. The revenue of the Grand Lodge
during the year makes an aggregate of 814,-
562 63, besides which there was due on the
same day, and payable during the' session,
83,89249, making an aggregate revenue of
818,475 12. The receipts estimated for the
year wore 820,500. The report states that the
deficit has arisen principally in the item of
diplomas, the sales of which did not reach the
estimate by one-half. The following statis
tics will prove interesting to tho members of
the Order: Number of Lodges 3,548, number
of initiations 408,680, present number of mem-,
bors 173,818. The number of members re
lieved since tho organization has been 314,-
726, and tho number of widowed families re
lieved 35,350. Tho number of deaths within
tho last year was 24,211. The amount paid
for relief since the organization 87,203,347 87,
amount paid for the education of orphans
8165,803 37, and tho amount paid for burying
tho dead §1,208,39495. The aggregate
amount of relief since tho organization has
been 88,478,528 41, and tho aggregate amount
of revenue 819,345,841 92. The amount paid
for relief is entirely exclusive of special appli
cations for assistance from widows and non
affiliated brethren, and of contributions made
outside of the Order by Lodges during tho
prevalence of epidemic diseases, which have
j been very considerable.
BSy* “ Egypt," as the lower part of Illinois
has long been politically termed, has turned
up nearly as usual in the late election, not
withstanding that State has gone for Lincoln
so largely. Ton.counties of Egypt gave Doug
las 12,218, Lincoln 1,530, Breckinridge 972,
Bell 822. This is about one-half the region.
The' remaining half, however, is even more
decidedly Democratic, for it has given Doug
las 18,000 majority.
Two Lawyers Killed. —Henry R. Riddick
and Adrian Snider, both lawyers, of Coffoo
villo, Miss., had a street fight, a few days ago,
when Riddick was instantly killed. A broth
er of the deceased thereupon seized a. pistol
,and shot.Snlder dead..
Sank Suspensions.
Pittsburg, Nov. 23—The Banks of this
city, with tho exception of tho old bank of
Pittsburg, suspended.specie payments today.
The Bank of Pittsburg pays specie on all its
liabilities as it did during! tho suspension of
1857. "
Pottstowk, Pa., Nov. 23—Tho bank of
Pottstown has suspended specie payments.
Its notes will bo redeemed in Philadelphia as
heretofore.
Trenton, N. J., Nov. 23—A1l tho_ Banks
in West Jersey have suspended specie pay
ments to day,
Both tho banks of Trenton have suspended
specie payments. They will pay out only
small amounts to business men in the city.
Charleston Nov. 23—Tlie farmer’s exchange
Bank suspended yesterday.
Raleigh N. (7., Nov. 23—The suspension of
the North Carolina Banks was legalized by
the Legislature to day. The ■ other proceed
ings wore without special interest. .
later fromtalifornla by Posy Express.
Election Returns—Lincoln Still Ahead.
St. Josephs, Nov. 23— The California, ad
vices to Nov 10th, by pony express, were, by
some mistake, brought pnst Fort Kearney,
and arrived here this evening. ,
. Tho steamer Sonora sailed on tho 10th for
Panama, carrying 304 passengers and $970,-
000 in the treasure, $820,000 being for New-
York. '
It is believed that the total vote of the
State will not be very far from 115,000 votes.
The returns already received include 105,868,
of which Lincoln received 35,036; Douglas,
33,836; Brookonridgo, 29,429; Bell, 6,942
Lincoln’s majority over Douglas .is . 1150.
Those returns wore all received by telegraph
in more than one hundred messages, and
mistakes have probably occurred, and the
official returns may be required to determine
certainly whether Lincoln or Dougins has car
ried tho Stato> Douglas will probably gain.
Tennessee Banks Suspended.— A despatch
from Louisville, dated Nov. 26, says that the
Nashville, Planters’, Union and State Bants
of Tennessee have suspended, at the request
of the comrimnitv.
•Banks Discredited.— The brokers of Phila
delphia refuse to take the notes of the Bank
of Commerce at Erie, and the Pittston Bank,
which have been considered father “ shaky”
for some time past. All the other Pennsyl
vania Banks appear to bo in good credit, not
withstanding the suspension that a.political
crisis'has forced upon them.
JSSyllon, C. L. Vallandingham, of Ohio,
publishes lu the Cincinnati Enquirer of the
10th inst., a very able letter, in which he takes
strong grounds in favor of the right of a Stole
to secede. lie says that he will never vote for
an appropriation to force a State to remain in
the Union against her.will; and concludes by
hopiug “ if Abraham Lincoln will not remem
ber secession of the Ten Tribes, that he will
remember the secession of the Thirteen Colp-
ics.”
Growth oe Indiana and Wisconsin. —The
census of Indiana, just l completed, shows a
good increase of population ;since 1850. The.
present population is 1,347,000. In 1850 it
was 990,258., Increase 356,742 or about 36
per cent. Thcoonsusof Wisconsin, just com
pleted, shows a most gratifying increase in
the population of that industrious, prosperous,
and wealth producing State. Her total pop
ulation now i 5777,777, in round numbers, and
numbers which are remarkable for being all
sevens. , In 1850 her population was 305,391;
in 1855, 552,109 —increase in these/five years,
246,718. Increase in the five years from 1855
I to 1860, 225,602. Increase in the ten years
from 1850 to 1860/472,380. .
Methodists Turning to Episcopalianisu.
—On the 29th ultimo the Independent Meth
odist Society Sohon Chapel, in Louisville,
Kentucky, came in a body into the Episcopal'
Church; transferring to that church all the
property previously hold by the congregation.
That property consists of a very Handsome
church building, capable of holding four' or
five-hundred persons, with .school rooms, situ
ated in the heart of the city, and worth not
loss, than $24,000. . The members associated
themselves as a parish of the Protestant Epis
copal Church, under the name of Calvary
Church. ; To enable the now parish to start
free of, embarrassment the Episcopalians of
Louisville stopped forward, and in two days
raised $8,500, the balance.of debt remaining.
The New York Churchman comments upon
the event as a hopeful indication.
Military in Charleston. — A letter from
Charleston, says: Men of all classes and con
ditions belong tb the"nrilititry hero; gentle
men in the ranks rib privatoswero pointed out
to mo as the owners of hundreds of negroes,
with lands to correspond, whose commissioned
officers wore m'eh'who earned their daily bread
by the sweat of their brow. Hero was a fine
military display in the United States, with a
total absence of the glorious national banner.
True, the companies all carried the stripes on
their flags, blit the’stars were wanting, and in
their place was the Palmetto.
Italy United.— ltaly, which lost her inde
pendence when she lost her unify, has, lifter
long years of separation into States hostile to
each other, again achieved her redemption,
and is now once more a united government
under Victor Emmanuel. The only provinces
not included are those hold by the Pope and
Vonotia. The united government is now com
posed of Sardinia, Lombardy, Naples, Sicily,
Nusoany, Nordcna and Parma, having about
100,000 square miles and 20,000,000 of inha
bitants. For a long course of years Italy has
been the prey of every nation, but now united
will bo one of the great powers of Europe,
able to defend her rights, and powerful enough
to bo Consulted in Hie Congress of European
nations, called to settle questions of interna
tional policy, or those which concern the
peace of Europe. Her history contains a les
son which oughtmot to bo lost upon the States
composing the American Union, and her ex
ample in seeking union amid revolution and
bloodshed, for her redemption and security,
proves how intolerable must have been the'
evils of political division. Hereafter Italy
will bo governed by Victor Emmanuel, under
acqnstihitional monarchy, and the expectation
is general that the remaining provinces—the
States of the Church and Venstia, will sooner
cr later be relieved of their present enthral
ment. At present Garibaldi seems to have
retired from the work of redemption, but its
ultimate completion appears an assured fact.
Apples Coming East.— The Syracuse {N.
Y.) Journal says that, at one time, on the 20th
inst„ there wore in view from the weigh lock
in that city, no loss than thirteen canal boats
loaded with .apples, in barrels, destined/for the
Eastern market,-
The Presidential Bltjo tlo „
OFFICIAL RESULT UP .THE ELECTION
SVLVANIA. '
. Counties. , Lin'ln. Fus’n.
Adams, 2,724 2,644
■ Allegheny, 10,725 6,725
Armstrong,, 3,355 2,108
Beaver, 2,824 1621
Bedford, 2,605 2,224
Berks, 6,709 8,846
Blair, • 3,050 1,275
Bradford, 7i091 2,188
Bucks, 6,443 6,174
Butler, 3,640 2,332
Cambria, ' 2,277, 1,643
Carbon, .1,758 1,301
Centre, - .3,021 2,423
Chester, 7,771" 5,008:
Clarion, 1,829 2;078
Clearfield, .1,702 1,836
Clinton, , ; 1,736. 1,244
Columbia, : 2,873 2,360
Crawford, 5,779 2,961
Cumberland, 3,593 3,183
Dauphin, 4,531 2,392
Delaware, , 3,181 1,500
Elk, 407 523
Brio, 6,160 2,531
Fayette, 3,454 3,308
Franklin, 4,151 2,515
Fulton, 788 911
Forest, ' 107 47
Greene, 1,614 2.665
Huntingdon, . 3,089 1,622
Indiana, 3,910 1,347
Jefferson, 1,704 1,134
Juniata, 1,494 1,147
Lancaster, 13,352 5,135
Lawrence, . 2,937 788
Lebanon, 3,868 1,917
Lehigh, . 4,170 4,094
Luzerne, 7,300 6,803
Lycoming, 3,494 2,402
M’Koan, 1,077 591
Mercer, 3,855 . 2,546 2
Mifflin, • , 1,701 1,189 gg
Monroe, 844 1,262 291
Montgomery, 5,826 5,590 509
Montour, . 1,043 786 3H
Northampton. 3,839 4,597 11 j v
Nprthumberl’d, 2,422 2,306 ,97
Perry, 2,371 1,743 g >
Philadelphia, 39,223 21,019 9 274 7 r
Pike, 381 831 ’ ’
Potter,, 1,545 , 521
Schuylkill, 7,568 ,4;968 422 1;
Somerset, 3,218 .1,175 M l
Snyder, 1,678 910 60 /
Sullivan, 429 497 ;
Susquehanna, 4,470 2,548 2
Tioga,. 0 4,754 1,277 11
Union, ; 1,824 812 28
Venango, 2,080 1,932 G
Warren, 2,284 1,087 '4 . .
Washington, 4,724 3,975 8 i
Wayne, 2,857 2,018
Westmoreland, 4,887_ 4,790 13 1
Wyoming, 1,280 1,237 3
York, . , 5,128 ,5,497 502. 5i
Total, 268,030 178,871 10,677 12,609
Lincoln over Fusion ticket, 81,15)
Lincoln over all, 59,613
Total vote of the . State, 476,387.
Forgery and Suicide at St. Pah.; Jlisi
—A prominent real estate broker of St. Pat
Minnesota, named Gray, committed mind
on Saturday week, under peculiar citmt
stances. He bod lately become pccunim
ombarrassed, and having borrowed until It
could do So no longer, ho obtained teretil
blank county bonds and filled them up,-
These forged bonds ho offered ns 'Security toi
gentleman who was about to lend him momj,
The forgery was discovered, and an officer'
appointed to watch Mr, Gray until a warn
could bo.procured. When the officer wont
Gray’s house, the latter. entered an ir
room on-protonco. of wnah/syjy
through the back door, he rah to the bill
I'. The officer pursued, but before be could
overtake him, Mr. Gray had passed under
the railing of the bridge, and suspended him
self over the water. As, the officer approach
ed, he loosed his grasp and fell one hundn
feet into the fiver. His body has not Icon
found. Ho was a native of Cape Cod, Mncsa
chusetts. ’
Air and Watjsr.— Set a pitcher of mid
in a room, and in a few hours if will lumii
sorbed nearly till the respired and pcrspW
gases in the room, the air of which will bin
become purer, but the water- utterly filthy.-
Tho colder the water is, the greater ito capa
city to contain these gases. At ordinary
temperatures,, a pint of water will contain a
pint of carbonic acid gas, and several pintit/
ammonia. This capacity is nearly double!
by reducing tho water to tho tcniperatnrirf
that, of ice/ .Hence wafer, kept in therm 1
awhile, is nlwayß:ilnfit fdt usd. - Fortlicsia
reason t&b water in a pump stock' should ah. I
ways-fife pumped blit in the mhrhing befw I
any is used.• Impure is rribrdinjnnVw
■than impure air.' . . v
Desserts.— The lady who has charge of®
Housekeeper's Department of the fferrtnntotw
! Telegraph, says of desserts, that these are •'
agents which cause a vast amount of hunn
suffering, inasmuch as’ they tempt the a]
'tit© and bribe nature'to' transgression,"wh
j never fails of being' phhishifd sooner.or Ist
All eat as much as they want of tho.ordir
di
minor before the dedsert comes in, and m
out the dessert, would feel a 1 comfortable <f
hilaration for the feinitindot of* the day.
the tempter comes in; the satiated paW*
tickled, is whipped up; the man stuffs oM 1
for the remainder of the day is “ort
gorged anaconda than anything else-'®
that ho rises from the table with dolfc»**'
strives against coughing lost homig^l o
•his dinner, and then sits down to doM**
whole afternoon under the oppress!*®
once of an inglorious surfeit. "A I nr B B ,
tion would bo made to the comfort an * .
of any family which should disoaiA 9
catalogue-of piesi pastries,' and p>i“ ID P
desserts, and take in their stead one»
oranges or apples, or a dish of fresh r '* l8 jjo ,
ries in their natural state; or if onto
or unattainable, nh agreeable, neat, an
ful substitute may bo found in a ll min
a bit of oroara-oandy, or o piece of P ur
pie sugar.
A Child’s Death-bid. —Marion n
little boy four years old, was so badly •<*
in Philadelphia on Saturday last, by
head first into a largo kettle of boiling
that ho lived btit a fovy hours. He
parativoly easy after his Wounds were
and during the last hour of bis ®
ho lay in bod, sang the hymns taug ~e jot
in the infant school—the last being t
ful one commencing with the words,
a Father in the Promised Land.
A Large Family.— Mrs. Mary Haling
died recently, in Wythe county, Va., *
years of ago, had been married 67 y*“ r ’ j,
12ohiIdron,62grandchildren, 124grc® I
children, end 3 great great grandchu r
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