AMEMOAN VOLUNTEER.
JMS S. BHSTTON, Editor & Proprietor.
CARLISLE, PA,, MARCH 14, 186 L
BOROUGH- TOET.
the following tiottet has been placed in
nomination by the Democratic party and
friends of uneconomical administrotion of the
affairs of our Borough. It is composed of
good,and reliable men, and should receive the
support of the entire party, as well as citizens
generally. We have ho doubt that every man
on the ticket, if elected, will do his whole du
ty, without fear, favor or affection:
. Chief 'Burgesb —Andrew Kerr.
AssistaniliiirgcsS —Adam Sensema'n.
Assessor —-George •Beotcm-.
Assistant Assessors —Peter Snahr, John
Mcll. _ .
Auditor— Charles Maglaugblin.
West Ward.
Tnicn Council—r Samuel Ensmingor, Wm,
A. Miles, Lewis E.Line, Dr. J. C. Neff.
Inspector —Robert Spottswood.
Ja ge— Mitchol M’Clelland.
School Director —C. P. Ilumcrich.-
East Ward.-
' Town Councillor. J. Irwin, John Gutshall
Dr. W. W. Dale;-Hagan Carney, William M,
Penrose.
Judge —Tobins Miller.-
Inspector— Joseph Stuart.-
Constable— Andrew Martin.
Resigned.—Rev.- Mr. Kremer, pastor ol
the Gorman Refornl'Cburoh of this place, has
resigned bis charge, to accept a call extended
, him by a' congregation hi Lancaster city.—
Mr, K. will entry 1 With him the good wishes
of our citizens, for few if any enjoyed their
confidence to a greater degree. Ho has. la
bored hard in his calling, and was much be
loved by his congregation. Ilia successor has
not yet been selected.
Spring Signs.— Several flocks of wild geese
htrvo recently passed over town northward,
which, according to . a universajpnotion, is a
certain sign of tbe near approach of Spring.
Robins, blue birds, arid other merry forest
songsters have also made their appearance,
nnd treat ns to charming mUsio these bright
'mornings, Having thus" early “ seceded”
from the sunny South,' we hope the sweet
warblers will not be compelled to rcturnthere
again this season.
Fatal Rail-Road Accident.— A deaf man,
named Josiah Jones, residing about a mile
and a-half west of Mechanicsburg, was in
stantly killed by being run over by the morn
ing passenger train of cars on the Cumberland
Valley Rail-Road on Monday. He was but a
short distance from his residence, and was
walking on the track when the accident hap
pened. As soon as seen by the engineer, he
sounded the whistle, and the engine was im
mediately reversed, and every effort made to
stop the cars, but without avail. • The man
being very deaf, ho did not hear the warning,
and the train passed over him, : mangling his
body in a shocking manner. His skull was
fractured, his logs broken, and his whole body.
lacerated and bruised. • Ho died in- two or
throe minutes. ■ An • inquest .was held- upon
the body, arid a verdict; rendered in accord
arice with the facts. The engineer and con
ductor of the train were relieved from all
blame. The accident was unavoidable, and
the man’s deafness was the cause of it. The
deceased was a good arid exemplary citizen,'
and leaves a wife and several Children to
mourn his sad fate. .
An Aurora Borealis. —This beautiful phe
nomenon was seen in perfection on Saturday
night, between nine arid ten o’clock, the rap
idly forming columns presenting a brilliant
scarlet appearance towards the zenith.
Tree Planting.' —The season .of the year
is now approaching when those, in town and
who wish to set out shade or fruit
■trees should mate arrangements to have it
attended to. , There is .no more economical
way. of beautifying, one’s promises—and we
may also say of adding value to them—than
by planting trees -that afford shade or yield
line fruit. How much the value of a farm is
'increased, to say nothing of the comfort, hy
this means, Compare the farm-house that
aits embosomed in. refreshing shade and fra
grant shrubbery, with the one that stands
bare and exposed to the full glare of the noon
day sun. Wo. need not tell our readers that
everybody prefers the former to the latter..
And then how necessary to have a fe'W shade
trees scattered about the pasture fields, be
neath which the lowing herd ean recline when
the sun is too warm for them to crop the her
bage. - Cattle thus protected are kept in bet
ter condition than those which are constantly
exposed to the heat of the day. Who does
not want a fine orchard on his farm, or K>few
choice fruit trees around his dwelling?' In
the old world much greater attention is paid
to tree-planting than here. In some countries
of Europe, the authorities of the towns , cause,
beautiful trees to be planted along both sides
of the public highway, and a traveller may.
journey for miles beneath the most delicious
shade. Then again almost every town has
its shady square, and each city its extensive
parks. How good an example for the people
of this country to follow.
St. PaTßice-'s Day.— The recurrence of St.
Patrick’s Pay; as every son of Erin well
knows, takes the place on the 17th inst. We
hear of no preparations for the celebration of
the- dfiv? here, and presume it will pass by
unobserved ■ and'imhonored byour lrish citi
jiens. In the principal cities the sons of tho
Emerald Isle will commemorate the occasion
with the usual pomp and circumstance.
Township Elections.—The township elcc
tions witt take place throughout tho county
ou Etiday.the 15th inst.
Justices of tu-e VUace and Aldep.mex.—
In view of to take place nest Fri
day, wo direct attention to the following sec
tion of an act of the Legislature- passed two
years ago:
Section 1. That every person hereafter
elected to the office of Justice of the Peace or
Alderman, shall, within thirty‘days-after the
election, if bo intends to accept said office,
give notice thereof in writing, to the Prothon
otary of the Common Pleas of tho proper 1
county, who shall immediately inform tho
Secretary of tho Commonwealth of said ac
ceptance j-.aad no commission shall issue un
til the Secretary of the Commonwealth has re
ceived the notice aforesaid.
(£7* Hafts are’ beginning to pass down the
''^tisqjdehnnna.
TflE PROTEST AGAINST CIIAS'E.
Before President Lincoln had announced
his Cabinet officers, those pure patriots, the
Republican members of the Pennsylvania
Legislature, got up-and signed a remonstrance
against the appointment of Salmon P. Chase
ns Secretary of the Treasury. The Harris
burg correspondent of Forney’s Press, in his
letter doted March referred to this, pro
test:
, “ A paper is in circulation here r nudhas been
signed by nearly all the members of the Leg
islature, protesting against the appointment of
Salmon P. Chase, of Ohio, as Secretary of the
Treasury, under President Lincoln. They do
not depreciate his ability or patriotism, but
put it nptm-tlie ground of his nnti-tnriff views,
which they declare are inimical to the inter
ests of Pennsylvania. The truth is the peo
ple of this State, as well as her Legislative
Representatives, almost unanimously, desire
to see General Cameron in Lincohi’s Cabinot,
and in the position of Secretary Of the Treas
ury.”
It will be seen that the Republican mem
bers of our very virtuous Legislature based
their opposition to Chase “ upon the ground
of his anti-tariff views,” which they declare
“arc inimical ti the interests ofPeimylvun'a.”
Ilia rank abolitionism and uncompromiso hos
[ tility to every proposition favoring a setfe'e
mont of our national difficulties, whs not ob
jected to, but “ his anti-tariff views” could not
be tolerated. But,-as the sequel has proved,
President Lincoln paid no attention to the re
monstrance of the Republican law-makers of
Pennsylvania- lie had inside up his mind
that a man holding •• anti-tariff views,” should
occupy the position of Secretary of the Treas
ury, and Unit a tariff-man’ should-noi. Lin
coln had, before lie loft home, tendered this
iplaCe (Secretary of the Treasury,) to Gen.
Cameron; of this State'. As soon, however,
as the President discovered that the General
was a strong protectionist, who favored the
coal, iron and steel interests of Pennsylvania,
ho invoked the appointment, and gave Gen.
Cameron the choice'of accepting theAVar De
partment or nothing. .
It is undeniable; that Lincoln is, in prin
ciple’,-opposed to'a: high protective tariff; ho
is strongly, inclined to free-trade principle?,
and hence it was that he determined to have
a Secretary of the Treasury who agreed and
sympathized with him on this subject. The
appointment.of Chase, therefore, who had al
ways been a consistent and strenuous free
trade man, as well as a good Abolitionist, was
determined-on. For no other reason under
the sun, except his protection principles, was
Gen. Cameron refused the keys of the Treas
ury after the position had been tendered him.
The Republican papers of this State were'
well aware that the free-trade, element in the
Republican party (Greely of the Tribune ,
being the head,) bitterly’opppsed Cameron’s
appointment to the Treasury. The free-trade
mon eaid they had no objections to him going
into the Cabinet, but Secretary of the Treas
ury he should not be —that position they-de-"
manded for Chase, a man with “anti-tariff
views." Tie Lancaster Examiner, the organ
of the Republicans Of Lancaster county, in'its 1
issue some three weeks ago, contained a lend- ;
er on the:subject of the appointment of- Gen':
Cameron to the position' of Secretary of the
Treasury. ’lt cOmmeuded’LiNCOLN for selfac
ting him, but at the same time admitted tbte
the General was opposed because of bis tariff
views. From the Examiner’s article wo take
the following extract:
“First, he (Cameron,) is opposed because
he is known as an uncompromising tariff
man ; and second, the opposition—with a few
exceptions—comes from the ffeo-soil anti-tar
iff element of, the Republican party.”
This was’the .whole,truth in a .nut shall.
Gen. Cameron teas opposed, by the “freo-soil
anti-tariff .element of the Republican party.”
And this freo-soil element has triumphed—
Cameron was ousted from the position after
lie had been appointed to it, and the free-tra
der, Chase, selected in his stead. Tlio.tariff
men of this State remonstrated, through their
representatives at Harrisburg, but all wool 1
not do— Cameron’s tariff views proved fatal to
his aspirations;
What a commentary is this upon the pro
fessions of the Republicans of this State?—
Even with the difficulties that" existed in the
Democratic ranks last fall, Pennsylvania.could
pot have-been Carried for. Lincoln, had not
his friends made a hobby of the tariff. They
appealed to the people to vote for the “mil.
splitter,'” assuring them that he was favorable
to a. tariff such as Pennsylvania wanted.—
Every intelligent man who know Lincoln,
was well aware' that these representations
were false—got up'for the' Pennsylvania mar
ket—a chpat, a deception. CameroN himself
circulated this tariff thunder, when he knew
that Lincoln had never been a tariff-man in
his life. Pennsylvania whs ridt ah Abolition
State, but was,.and .is, and will continu'd”to bf,-
a tariff . State. Pew will sympathize, with
Cameron now, at his sad disappointment.-—‘
He had sot his heart upon the Treasury—•
had, indeed, been appointed to it—and was
pushed out by the influence of “ the free-soil
anti-tariff element of the Republican party.”
Served him right—be know he was uttering
what was not true, when ha, last fall, repre
sented Lincoln the friend of Pennsylvania in
terests, and we are not sorry the President
has punished him for falsifying.
“ All wno are opposed to tub repeal of
the Tonnage Tat, will vote for Curtin,
Irvin, and Lowtder.” — Carlisle American
the weeh before the last election.
Lateß.— Oh Monday last Gov. Curtin
signed the bill for the repeal of tho tonnage
tax on the Pennsylvania rail-road, also the
bill forgiving tho Sunbury and Erie rail-road
the three millions five hundred thousand dol
lars it owed the State. Mr. Lowtiier voted
for both bills.
. Tue Vote. —Of the eighteen Senators who
voted for tho repeal of the Tonnage Tax paid
by the Pennsylvania Bail-Road, 16 were Re
publicans, and 2 were Democrats. Was not
this robbery of the State a Republican meas
ure?
The American • Agriculturalist for
Marcu —Mr. Judd, the indefatigable propri
etor and editor of tide celebrated Agricultu
ral Journal, has given its readers a rich num
ber for March. The farm, garden, orchard,
and lawn, besides a thousand other objects
wo treated upon—Terms, $ I'per annum. It
ought to be rend by every, tiller of tho soil,
whether in the capacity of n farmer, garden
er, or fruit grower. Address, Cringe Judd,
41 Park Row, N, Y.
TUE CABINET.
The following named persons conatiiute the
Cabiiffit of President Lincoln : /'
, Secretary of State—William 11. Seward, of
Now York. ... „ , ~
Secretary of the Treasury—Salmon P.
Chaso, of Ohio. - ,
Secretary of War—‘Simon Cameron, of
'Pennsylvania. ~
Secretary of the -Navy—Gideon Welles, of
Connecticut. . ... _ _ . ’
Secretary of the Interior—Culcu B. Smiths
of Indiana.
Attorney Ooqcral—Edward Bates, of Mis-
souri.
Postmaster General—Montgomery Blair, of
Maryland.
Taken ns a whole, the Cabinet is a weak
ouoi With the exception of Seward, thorp is
not a statesman in it. The Abolition element
largely predominates, and, ns the President
himself is a kind of John Brown man in pol
itics, we will have, for the first, time in Amer
ca, an Abolition administrations
Sir. Chase, the Secretary of tbs- Treasury,
was born in New Hampshire, and is about
fifty-three years rsf age. lie has been regar
ded a “ smart lawyer/' but never a statesman.
In politics he is a violent Abolitionist and
free-trader. Ho belongs to the Greelv school,
and it was Greedy's influence that secured
him his appointment.
Wo need'scarcely tell our readers who.Gcn.
Cameron is, for he is generally known to the
people of this State. His age is about sixty,
and it Was only after be turned traitor to tiio
Democratic party (some years since,) that be
became prominent in politics. So long as ho
belonged to the Democratic party, be was a
more ward politician—cunning, unscrupulous,
and indefatigable. Ho is a man of great en
ergy of character, hospitable, clever, and rich-
lie “sliaks to- his friends," provided those
friends arewilling to do anything and every
thing he demands. In point of capacity, ho
ranks as a third-rate man,' and if he can dis
charge the duties of Secretary of War, our
idea of those duties have been erroneous.—.
Wo hope-, however, he may bo able to sur
mount all difficulties.
. Gideon Welles, .Secretary of the Navy, is
another back-slider, who bus fallen from grace.
Ho was Postmaster at. Hartford, under Mr.
Van Boren, and also hold office under the
Pol’k administration. Finally, he turned Ah.
olitlonist, and was kicked out of the Democrat-
ic party. . Mr. W. possesses good talonts, was
a Democratic editor for many years; and is,
wo believe, like Gen. Cameron, a printer by
profession. lie has no greatness about him.
and it appears to.bo the prevailing opinion that
he is but,of his elomeut-iu the’Navy Depart
ment.
Caleb B.' Smith, of Indiana, is the Secre-
tary of .the Interior, and is aGREELViXE in po
litical sentiment. Ho has boon in Congress,
several sessions, and always regarded a man
of respectable abilities. ■
Edward Bates, of Missouri, is the Attorney
General. He is nearly seventy years of age.
He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and has
been a. judge of the Land Court of St. Louis
county,; Mo, He is a man of respectable
ability, but a little too old to he efficient. Ho
t comes from-a-slaye'-Stato', hut, has no sympa
thy with his people! .
Montgomery . Blair, of Md.,, is the I’ost
■Maatar-Ooutwab.-'.-'llo iu u. ..VMivANCTS l‘i
Blair, the editor'of the Globe newspaper un
der the Jackson and Van BußEN.admimstra-
ions. He is a gentleman of some ability.—
He graduated at We.it Point, went to the State
o{ Missouri, practiced law in St. Louis, ivas
made judge, and was appointed by President
Pierce solicitor of claims, from which place
ho was removed hy President Bucuanan.—
Judge Blair is now in the prime of life, and
a warm Republican, Ho is a son-in-law of
tho late lion. Levi Woodbury, of Now Hamp
shire, and brother of Frank P. Blair, Jr;,
Congressman oleet from the St. Louis dis
trict;
HOW DOES IT IUPPES?
, How duos it happen that two-thirds of the
newspapers of this State are so quiet and ap
parently indifferent, in. regard to tho two re*
oent robberies of tho State, legalised by tho
Legislature—the repeal of the Tonnage Tax,
and the giving to tho Snnbury arid Erie Rail-
Road ?3,500,000 ? A number of papers, we
notice, don’t even condescend to'inform their
readers that these bills have passed; and otto
ors again merely announce the fact without,a
word of comment! When we take into con
sideration the.; magnitude of these robberies,
and the immense injury, (amounting, to mil
lions of dollars,) tho State has sustained, it is
'astonishing to see the public press so indiffer
ent, Certainly there is a cause for this appa
rent indifference, and that cause should bo ex
posed by an investigation. If the present
Legislature is too corrupt—and certainly
it is—to investigate the matter, tho next
Assembly may possibly contain .integrity
enough to do so. The people want to know
why those members who had pledged them*
solves to yote against the repeal of the Tonnage
Tax, happened to vote for it. They want to
know something about the weighty arguments
that induced them to violate their pledges and
betray their constituents. And they want So
know too why certain editors who have al
ways heretofore opposed the contemplated
robbery, arc now quiet after the robbery has
been consummated. The matter must bo sif
ted.
BST Mr. AVilliam Colder, an old, respecta
ble and wealthy citizen of Harrisburg, died
recently at his residence, in that place. Oli
ver Bellman, another wealthy citizen of the
same city, died a few days previous.
Suicide ok the Murderer— John Cath
cart, who was to have been hung in Clear
field, Pa., on the 12th of Aprilj for the Mur
der of his wife iu last July, defeated tho ends
of justice, recently by hanging hinjsolf in
jail.
Texas and Secession.—lt is reported that''
the people of Texas have ratified the Seces.
sion ordinance by an immense majority, and
it is evident that sho has determined?for tho
present to unite her destiny, for weal or'woo,
with tho other Gulf States.
ss7* The rush for Office at AVashington is
perfectly terrific.- Every train adds a 1 full
thousand to tho army of hungry patriots.
BQy* The Inauguration Ball in honor of Old
Abe coat about $17,000.
B6?* Your grape vines, if not (rimmed al
ready, should he attended to immediately.
JI.HES fIUCUiNAR,
-vEx- President Buchanan, is nd# bnjofyihg
peaceful retirement at “Wheatland. 1 * He
has reached a ripe old a go, and of eerdrsfc his
political aspirations are at an find. . lie is tho
representative of a former generation, arid
has heed ih public life longer than any Amer
ican how living,. In many respects, Mr. Bu
cfiANAN is an extraordinary man. Notwith
standing his age, lie still 'stands and walks
erect, enjoys excellent health, ami is ns buoy
ant as a man of forty. Pond of society, ho
entertains and makes happy all into whoso
society ho is thrown. By many of his viru
lent enemies ho is stigmatized as a “cold man,”
but the very men who thus speak of, him now,.
not many years since represented him >bne ; of
the most kind-hearted of our statesmen. Pos
sibly ho may not be ns urbane at all times as
some others, but yet Mr; Buchanan, is by no
moans a “cold man,” and few indeed have
been move liberal in assisting the, poor and
needy- ' Ho- is never appealed to in vain, by
the deserving-indigent. .
In regard to. the late and present ad
ministrations, we copy the following remarks
from a late number of the Pennsylvanian;
Monday witnessed the retirement from pow
er of a statesman, whoso talents and energies
have tor forty years been dedicated to the
public service. Beginning his brilliant politi
cal career in our State Legislature, ho passed
through all the progressive stages of official
ftdvohoement, exhibiting great abilities and'
nltraoting remarkable- popularity, until nt
length, when prepared by matured ability
and ripe experience for the highest honors of
the Republic, he was I‘ewarded by an admiring
and confiding nation with the highest elective
station that a human being can reach—the
Presidency of the United States. We leave
to others the pleasing office of the panegyrist,
and to his ungrateful enemies the, to them
welcome, office of censor. Like -all public
mc'n who have flourished in times of party
excitement, President Buchanan will be.dealt
with by both. To the historian, we, for the
present, leave his public life, only remarking
that the phrenzy of a distempered period can
not long deprive Mr. Buchanan of that hon
ored place in history which ho .has won, not
by an accident, nor by unworthy chicanery,
nor yet by a sudden popular caprice, but by
a long life of devotion to the public service.
It was his misfortune to be called, to. the
Presidency at that melancholy period in our
history, when able but unscrupulous lenders
had by nionns of persistent effort.and adroit
management succeeded in uniting in one, or
ganization and under one banner all the fac
tions and isms iu our,,country. Their very
defeat in 185 G was a victory, for it surprised
them ns it appalled all other parties, with a
manifestation of Strength, wbioh had all the
j preztiye andsfho moral olfoot of a triumph. It
■ assured them of the victory in the contest of
j 1800- -.To. the- achievement of t Fiat victory
they directed all their energies and 1 arts. One
| of their moans to compass that ond was .by
every form of attack, political and personal,
•by misrepresentation and oaluniny, by insid
iously fomenting jealousies between Democra
tic loaders, and by debauching, demoralizing
and seducing ambitious men and rapacious
factions, the remnants of Wfiiggorv and Know
Ahdhingism—to break down Mr. Buchanan’s
Administration at the start. The fall of that
Administration would be the fall of Democra
cy and the 1 rise of Black Republicanism.
With what success their arts and labors were
crowned, is witnessed by a dissevered coun
try, paralyzed commerce, prosirdtod energy,
suffering labor, and general’ bankrup.tiiy and
run'.' ■. ,
. Monday , witnessed tho ncccsaiori' of .the
Presidency of a man who never earned cleva
i l.y»- rr-^y—o ' " w^V*r|
ohscuve.-rude, ignorant, vulgar and boorish'
—a man who, in every: sense, is the grotesque
spawn of a grotesque and unclean monster;
This man, who is,' without doubt, the fit type
and representative of- t the. banded tactions,
that gave him a minority election, has, before
his inauguration, filled the nation with mor
tification nndahame. After making speeches
that would bring discredit to a circus clown,
ho fled like an escaped Moyamoqsing convict
in the night, in disguise, and by the under
ground railroad to Metropolis,
where he was joyfully welcomed by his Pre
mier. lie stole into the Capitol, whero on
Mohday ho was inaugurated. It was meet
that ignominy should precede' elevation, and
if we mistake not the signs of the times, the
Republicans will find that Mr. Lincoln’s ele
vation to power will be the harbinger of their
own elevation to the scaffold,
On Monday, at 12 o’clock, in front of the
Capitol, amid tho huzzas of nn army of hun
gry office-seekers, and under tho protection of
Federal troops, Mr. Lincoln took upon him
self tho solemn oaths of office, oaths which lie
and his party maintain are notincompatible
with a denial of equality to fifteen States of
this Union, and oaths which-warrant him in
prosecuting against them a bloody war.
From tho scone of his inauguration, Mr.
Lincoln proceeded to the White House, wjjero
for four years Black Republicanism will hold
its frantic orgies. If ho carries out the prin
ciples of his party—if ho complies with the
demand that party made upon Mr. Buchanan,
then One of the, first acts of his administration
will ho to order reinforcements to Fort Sura
tor, to blockade tho Southern ports, and to
arrest and prosecute for treason such Minis- 1
ter as shall lie accredited to his Government
by the Southern Confederacy. We shall then
have in reality what has been so long talked
about,' the inauguration of a civil war.
The onlv hope of tho American people is in
a merciful Providence,, for they cannot trust
to' the wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, or to the
virtue of his party. ,
Change or Cloth i no- A Caution.-A modr
oal journal gives some timely advice ’ which
we commend to all our readers: ‘’Don't he
in haste to put off wooden garments in spring.
Many a■‘hjjd cold/ (whoever saw a good one?)
rheumatism, lumbago, and other aches and
pains, are lurking on the first sunshiny days,
ready to peijnee upon,the incautious victims
who have laid aside their defensive armor of
flannel. Any sudden changes in the system
are attended with more or loss of danger, but
the body can accomodate itself to almost any
condition, provided it be assumed gradually.
The use of flannel guards against sudden
change of temperature, .In a warm day,
when perspiration flows freely, if it bo al
lowed to pass off rapidly, the quick evapora
tion carries with itmuoh heat from the body,
and a chill maybe produced, followed by the
derangement of some function, ns cold in the
head, or uuaturai discharge' from the bowels.
Flannel contains much air in its meshes, and
is therefore a slow conductor of cold or heat.
Evaporation proceeds; from it more slowly
than from cotton or linen, henoo its excellence
as a fabric for clothing. Many pprsons wear
it next to the-skin the year round, and find it
a shield against prevalent complaints in sum
mer. No general, rule can bo given as to
this; it must depend upon the constitution
and employment of the individual. In nil
cases, however, flannel should not be laid
aside until the weather is settled permanent
ly warm—in this latitude usually after the
first of June, The change should bo made
in the morning, never in the after part of the
day, when tho energies are partly abated,
and the air is usually growing cooler. Many
a consumption has been contracted by undress
ing for an evening party.
MR, BUCHANAN AJ HOME.
Efllhosiitstlc Reception in Lancaster,
, Ex-President Boon anas: amyed in Lsttcnd
tor on Wednesday the Gtb . instv,nbout half
past 2 o'clock, under the escort of the Balti-.
tiinora City-Guards, >vho ftccoi tpanicd him
from Baltimore, and the York Ri lea and May •
town Infantry, who joined the party on tho
route, together with largo committees of the
citizens of Baltimore and the several towns
throilgh which the train passed. Mr. Buch
anan’s niece, Miss'Harriot Lane, and his
old and faithful housekeeper, Miss Hetty
Parker, returned with him. IXis reception
1 (Was a Warm and handsome tribute of tho per
sonal friendship and esteem of his old asaooi-
and neighbors. A largo concourse of
of his fellowioitizens had assembled at the
place where the train halted, to welcome,him
homo, and its arrival was greeted with, the
.loud cheers of .tho multitude, .with'A national
.striate of thirty-four guns, and the ringing
of the bells of the city. ' A civil and milita
ry procession was then formed, several
squares in length, and escorted the Ex-Presi
dent, seated in an open barouche drawn by
four white horses, to. Centro square, where
Wm, P. Preston, Esq., on behalf of the Balti
more . City Guards, handed. Mr. Buchanan
over to the city, of Lancaster, represented by
Mayor Sanderson, who welcomed him in tho
following address:
Mr; Buchanan —’Honored Sir lt is my
pleasure to have boon deputed by the citizens
of Lancaster, irrespective of party, to extend
to you a cordial welcome back to your own
homo and fireside, . and those social enjoy
ments and courtesies from your old neighbors
and friends from, which you have in a groat
measure,boon debarred, for tho lastfouryears,
owing to tho pressing public duties which nec
essarily engaged your,attention,
you, sir - , have long boon in the service of
your country, in various public, capacities;
and now, after having received from the peo
ple of the United States the highest honors
I m the republic, yon gracefully retire from the
perplexities and responsibilities of official sta*
tion, and return to spend the evening of your
protracted' and eventful life in the place made
; snored to you by the recollections of half a
century. After having served yoUr country
faithfully and well, at homo and abroad, you
at Jength- seok tho repose of your beloved
Wheatland, .without a solitary aspiration for
the future, except an ardor desire for tho wel
fare and happiness of your countrymen and
the perpetuity'of our republican institutions.
Your administration of tho general govern
ment, sir, will bo marked in,the history of
tho nation as tho most eventful one Since the
inauguration of the Father of his country.
Prom your accession to the Presidency, until
the close of your term you had difficulties to
encounter which wore not experienced by any
of your distinguished predecessors in the high
office, and your retire from tho chair of state
at a,perilous time, when, through the machi
nations' of foreign and, domestic foes, com
menced years ago, the nation is convulsed
from its. centre to. its circumference—when
seven of our. sister States, are in open rebel
lion against the authority of general govern
ment, and when tho dangers of oiyil war and
bloodshed are fearfully imminent,- That sueh
a sad condition of things is, deprecated by
you, ns it is by every truo hearted patriot in
the land, cannot bo doubted. Wo know that
you anticipated and faithfully warned your
follow citizens, time and again, of the danger
that at the present moment menace the coun
try ; how that tho troubles you predicted
with true statesmanlike sagacity, as the result
are upon us in.all their, horrbrs and intensity,
short of the shedding of fraternal blood, which
has so far been happily averted by your
calmness and prudence, Lam sure that ho
language I can employ will he Bufflo'ent to ex
press the deep feeling of grief which-must
pervade your bosom nt the discordant an'ddis
served condition of .the country.-,
Your fellow citizens of, Lancaster county,
sir, have differed in opinion ns tp fho propri
ety or policy of some of the measures of
your administration. 'This, of course, whs to
have bpen expected, as no previous.adminis
tratiqn had beon exempt from passing through
the same ordeal ; hut nil are willing to admit
that your intentions were pure—that you
were honest and patriotic in what you did
—and that theiyolfaro, the glory and perpeL
uity of tho Union were near and dear to your
heart all the time. Believing this, sir, thour
sands of your old neighbors ond acquaintan
ces have assembled here to-day for the pur
pose of bidding you welcome ;_ftt the same
time trusting that, in.your retirement, you
may long Hvo to enjoy the confidence and os«
teem of those to whonvyou are endeared byn
thousand recollections, not only from yon
eminent public services in the councils of tho
nation, hut also from your private benefact
ions' in this community.
It only remains for me, sir, on behalf of the
people of Lancaster country, to hid you a
hearty welcome to your old home. I perform
tho. task with pleasure, and extend to you tho
hand of friendship and fraternal, greeting
(here tho Mayor took hold of Mr. Buchanan’s
hand), invoking upon you Heaven’s choicest
.blessings in time and eternity.
Mr. Buchanan replied substantially as
follows, with much fooling:
My Old Friends and Fellow Citizens ;—l
have not words sufficient to express tho great
ful feelings! entertain for this manifestation
of you friendship and respect. I am here,'
an old man—grown old, I may say, in the
service of my country, [applause,] and have
come back again to enjoy tho pleasures of my
old home. [Applause.] Besides ray public
service as President of tho United States; I.
have, as you are ail well award, spent years
of my life in foreign countries, but never yet
have I lost sightofold Lancastor. [applause.]
She has always presented herself to my
mind’s view, as the spot whore I would wish
to live and die and he buried! [Applause.]
When yet a young man, in far remote Russia,
my Heart was still with your fathers—my
friends and neighbors in good old Lancaster.
[Applause.] And although I liavo always
been true to you, I have not been half so true
to von os you have boon to me. [Prolonged
Applause.]- It was hero that your fathers
took mo up, fostered,and encouraged me,
and honored indeed ora I to receive from their
posterity so kind and generous a reception.
Hero am I determined to spend tho rest of
my days—[npplause]--.to dwell amongst you
ns a good and quiet citizen—afaithtul friend,
an adviser to those who need advice, and a
benefactor of tho widows and fatherless.
[Loud applause.]
I do not intend referring to the pnllfgal
affairs Of our country. My public acts hovo
been committed to the pages of history and
time nlono can decide whether they have beep
right or wrong; if, however, any of these
have been displeasing to the residents of Lan
caster, I respectfully ask your pardon. In
1809, now more 1 than 50 J’ears ago, I muide
this city my homo, and, as I remarked to the
President [Mr. Lincoln,] upon leaving Wash
ington—" If; in going into tho White House,
you are as happy as I fool in leaving it and
returning to Wheatland, then, sir, I Bunk
you are tho happiest man in the \rorld.
God grant that the Union and the Constitu
tion may he preserved, and that the troubles
which now surround us may pass away as the
early dew before the rising sun. [Applause.J
I again thank you for this manifestation ot
your regard and will close by repeating the
sentiment dear to ray heart. _ God grant that
tho Constitution and tho IJnion may be per-,
petual, and continue a shield of protection to.
ourselves and our children forever.
Immense cheering followed the close of
this brief address.
The proccasion was then re-formed, and
conducted Mr;. Buchanan tor- Whoatlatid,
whore, upon alighting from his Carriage, he
made a brief address of thanks ti the Milita
ry Companies and citizens who hid constitu
ted his escort,., Mr. Preston, of Baltimore,
replied with much eloquence, when, after
hearty cheers, tho battalion marched through'
tho tho Hall, hid tho Es-President farewell,
and returned to the city.
Confession of n Itlurdcrer-dn. Innocent Man
Hung.
On Monday night last, a negro, named Goo,
Orem, died at his homo on’Onion, between
Pennsylvania avenue and lloss street. Previ
ous to his death ho-made a confession apknowl
odgirig that he was a murderer, and stated
that an innocent man suffered death 'for his
crime. He confessed that lie murdered the
negro that the negro Gyphua, who
was hung, as the guilty, party , : wos entirely in
nocent of the crime. Orem was attacked with
sickneBs : Bomo fqw weeks since, and continued
to grow t worse until Monday night, when it
became evident that ho must die. -
During his illness he appeared much dis
turbed in mind,-and when he found that he
would .surely.die,„he-called some friends near
him, and made his confession, .At the time
the murder took place Orem was engaged in |
spiling oysters through the city,.and iingwas
in his employ; The day previous Orem had
a quarrel with King, and the former then de
termined to take the letter's life. Orem Was.
also engaged in butchering, and was in the
habit ot carrying his butcher knife in a pock
et, in the back part of his pantaloons. On the
night of the murder he placed his’knife in
this pocket and started for the house in Wag
on alley where the tragedy was enacted.
When the difficulty commenced, Orem seized
the first opportunity to plunge the butcher
knife into the heart of King, killing him in
stantly. Ho then made-his escape. The'ne
ts I*o 1 * 0 Cyphiis was arrested; on the charge of
committing the murder. From the moment
of his arrest to the minute previous his ex
ecution,. he denied his guilt. The evidence
on the, trial was that of negroes only. * Ono*of
the witnesses, known as “Topay,” who 1 saw
the murder committed, stated that Oyphus
was not the man "who did it, Thesanic state
ment which she gave before the jury she made,
on. the night of the murder to several persons
who conversed .with her. She described the ;
murderer as a black maii, boayily built, •
All the, Other.test!mouy; bmvovor, pointodto
Cypbus.ag the perpetrator of the murder,
f i.he girl Topsy was, weak-mimled, and by
sonic considered insane. Her recollection of
events proved bad, and r the only thing she'
could remember and state with distinctness,,
was the act of stabbing, ■ Her testimony was
cast aside as unworthy of belief,. .She was a
prostitute, and, was in company'with a negro
on her;wajr to King's house. .The negro Cy
pluisdenied beinginjtho vicinity when themur
der was ommitted, and,a few’minutes before
ho ascended the scuffbid ( rotnarkod to wri
ter of this article that he was'innocent of the
charge, aad a, fow 3’ears would prove hia inno
cence; His statement has proved to be .true,
and there is now no doubt that he suffered
death for a crime which he never committed.
- Orem, ti e murderer, died on Jtfonday night,
: and the body has been huried. Previous to
liis death he stilted that' he had been 'much
since ho committed the deed. Ho
was unable to sloop, and it wa^.only when ho
was wearied out with toil, and in some instan
ces after several nights of restless wakfahieas,'
that lie was enabled to sloop. Even then, he
asserted, ho was afflicted with’horrible dreams,,
in which the tragedy would bcre-enactofh and
he would suffer the pains of.’death for the
Crimoi Iffio image of his murdered victim fol
lowed him wherever he went/day and night,
Qd his doutii. — Baltimore Exchange..
The Dutch Element.
Place none but Ameiucans on gl’,ako t<>
Niuin-,” —Former Motto of the Know-Foih
inff Organs. ■" '
“ Occaißtfnal" tho correspondent for'Eor
nev’s-JVetfs, tit Washington oily, speaks na
follows of t|ip rush fur office by the base for-’
eigners, (Qernijvns,)'who sold themselves to
the Black Republicans iu the Ipst campaign :
“The'German Republican plepippt, which
is represented here by almost all tho men of
note, >!} Wfljkiug very hard to be rewarded for
its. devotion to principles. Against the ap
pointment of pari Sehurz a .vigorous opposi
tion is made on the part of the native element,
coming mostly from Massachusetts, foreign
ministers pi-palso against him on account of
his complicity ip political difficulties after the
Revolution of l§4ft, J think, however, that
ho \yi)l receive the appointment, though even
some of his own copntrymon, who also want
foreign missions, pud vvho know flipt Hr.
Lincoln will send only one German to Europe,
are secretly working against him, Gustavos
Roomer, Democratic ex-Lieutenant Governor
of Illinois, -who wanted tho mission to Swit
zerland, in f 853, and not .succeeding, went
over to the Republican Piimp before his terra
as Lieutenant-Governor had expired, is again
doomed to disappointment. Ho was an applL
cant for the Berlin tnisskm, hut alter tiilit,
honor s, Mr.-Judd, of tho same State, has got
it already.. Lieutenant Governor Rusch, of
lowa, was an applicant for tho Governorship
of Nebraska, but he gives it up now.; Colonel
Scholte, oi lowa, a Hollander, until two years
ago a Democrat, wants to go to Holland, but
his expectations will hardly he realized. Mr.
Ilassrureck, of. Cincinnati, is an applicant
fur the mission to Switzerland, There are many
other Teutonic gentlemen who ape out for ap
pointments, Consulships, &o. M)VBaerustein,
of tho St, Louis 4nzci(/cr, is spoken of as col
lector of St. Louis, and will most.likely suc
ceed, as I fun. J'ranlf Blgir is in his favor.
Dr. IViss desires to occupy the same position
at Baltimore. In fact, there is hardly onO
Obripan who lias done any considerable ser
vice in the Republican cause, who- dpes not
want something in the way, of official favors.
The only difficulty is that there are not offices
enough, and, therefore, many wjllnecessarily
•bo ijoom.ed to.disappointment, ,
Consolatory— Mr. Lincoln holds the fol
rwirtg language in his Inaugural (
“ While the people retain their virtne and
vigilance, no administration, by any extreme
of wickedness or folly, can very seriously in
jure the Government in the short space of four
years.’-’ , 1 ■ , ■ 1
Consoling, truly 1 “ Honest Old Abo? 1 ad-'
visos tho dear people not to bo afraid, for “no
Administration (no, pot even his own,) can
sorioqsly injure the Government in tha short
space of four years!’’ The boot is on the
other leg ppw. When Buchanan was in of
fice, Abraham and his compoprs were inces
santly engaged in calling upon the people for
God’s sake to “ come up to thjs polls and re
bubuke the rotten and corrupt administration
of .James Buchanan,’’ which was driving the
country to ruin and destruction. How flatly
this honest Republican gives the lie to all the
Anti-Administration electioneering schemes,
upon which he himself was elevated to office!
A " Young Abe.’’ —A foundling, a few days
old, was deserted the other day, in the cars of
the Pennsylvania Railroad;, by a woman yvho
got in at" Huntingdon. The youngster was
named “ Abraham Lincoln," by the conduc
tor, and it was taken in charge by a lady re
siding in /Schuylkill county.
.Tern
Proclamation ofGcivpi'uor Houston
sfiW^TCfeA
The complete returns of the nicotian »!.:
the secession ordinance a majority of osAla
votOß in the 3.1,(100 votes that'S
authorizing th^cleotion^Tdelcgates^d
Also, an ordinance deolarimr.
shi"od y th ° E ' <X,Cnil Govorn “^ f t'ehSll nXht
It is SBid'that Governor Houston .Will ilHitfiS''
•. The. Convention is engaged in. the discus
sion of an ordinance defining treastn
MoCullddli has sent a-detachment v>
the upper forts., fi u ®r(t
minister to Sardinia.
Wasuinqto.v, March 8.. ’
There is quite a contest going on hetweori
Mr. Carl SohUrsrand Mr. Anson Burlingame
in regard to the Mission to Sardinia, which
was raised to the dignity and emoluments of
a full mission through the persistent efforts of
Mr. Burlingame, the salary.being ?7,500.-»,
The position was till recently filled by if r .
John M. Daniel, of Virginia. Mr.-Schulz is
endeavoring to porsnde'Mr. Burlingame to.
take the mission to Spain, and let him go' to
Sardinia, where his republican ideas and as
sociations will he more agreeable. The Span?
ish mission is worth §12,000-a year,
Fort Sumpter,
Reported intention of the Government to Order
its Evacuation.'
’ . . . '.AVasuinq'tou, March 10.
It is currently reported this evening, that
the Government is about to order the cvacua.
tiou of i'urt Sumpter.
From Washington.
AVasiu.ncitoN, March. 11.
An official dispatch was received from slont«
ginnery, this morning, instructing Oomniis-.
sionors Crawford and Forsyth to enter at once
| upon the business of negotiation withoutwai-.
ting for their colleague, Mr, Homan, ,
The Cumberland and -Pocahontas bare, ae-.
cording to official advices, loft VovaCnw, lor
Norfolk. The Pocahontas is on the way to
: New,York; The Macedonian, is the only vos*'
sol left nt Vera Crua,.
The Criminal Court today discharged IVfn,
11. Hussoli, wbu wtV indicted in connection
with the abstraction of the Indian Trust bonds,
and decided that' his judicial course was in ac-.
oordahee with the law of- 1857, which oXemptq
witnesses before investigating committees friary
trial, llussoll having appeared as such before
that of the House recently, on the subject of
those, bonds. Ex-Secretary Floyd to-day gave
§lO,OOO security for his appearance (vt court.
An official letter from Major Anderson, re
ceived on Saturday, says he had only fifteen
days subsistence and wooden hand. Thequos
tion Inis thoi-efore arisen with the administra
tion whether reinforcements shall bo attempt
ed, or the fort abandoned, The latter course,
it is thought,, will bo adopted, from inevitable
necessity, by the advice of Lieut. Gen. Scotty
There is, however, a oou.fiict of opinion among
the Kopublicdns on this question and no con
clusions have boon arrived at in the. Cabinet
council.
A Peculiar Marriage. —The marriage re
lation is very often now-a-days spoken of with
ivnturs .
ally supposed to exist bmwccn
boon united in the qf niatriinony, ,
• much ridiculed: A marriage, lioo-ovor, foul, i
1 place- in Hartford, Oonn„ jv short time ago, ‘
Against -which all ridicule falls harmless, for
the married couple will beTikcly to live ip
peifco fqr a while, Tholmppy man is h Ger,
man, who cannot- speak an English word,
The blushing hride is an Irish girl to whom
the German tongue is Creek.
1 Judge Yondebsmitii Dat»doned.—lhpnoV
B. Vondersmith, of Lancaster, pbo was com
yicted of forging land warrants extensively,
and senteng d to an imprisonment of twenty
years, and a fine of twenty fhopsniul dollars,
lias had h' s imprisooiliont pgnpni&ted tothroa
years, by President TjudmoaU; lie had sorv,
od nineteen months of. his time. lie will,
therefore, ho at liberty in May, 1862.
TPE New TiaiFF.— ltis sta?
ted that a heavy advance has taken place at
Now Tfork ip the price of brandies, wines, ,
gjnß and othar liquors, in .consequence of tho
anticipated passage of tho new. tariff, which
enhances the duty. Tho stock on hand is uni
usually light. New, vintage Cognac cannot bo
purchased lower than $2,90 apds3,2sper gab
lou,
Modest Applicant.— Carl Schnrz, tfioper-'
ipatotic orator, is an applicant for the mission'
to Sardinia. His modest appreciation of his
own' fitness is best illustrated in a dispatch
he sent to the Governor of Wisconsin to°np 3
point Commissioners to the J’epcp Convention,
which is in the fpllowipg language: “ Send'
Commissioners; ipo one of them, to
our side," Js it not very nearly tirao that
American citizens were' appointed' to repro-r
sent American citizens abroad ?’
Ten Thousand pee Annum.—
by the recent action of the Legislature in ref,
orence to the Tonnage Tax question, the New
York and Erie Railroad Gonvhany.it lB
stood, will apply to be rolOpsed. rom *' lo txn ".
nual payment of $lO,OOO to Jh? Slot* of Penn
sylvania for the privilege Of passing throng .
its territory. This corporation-bps been sff
applicant for some favor annually, for inany
■years past; ' ' . . -
Monroe, which is intodljed.tp do
fcnd Jforfolkr Virginia, is .th»
country, i'j-’ho walls ate tnord than a m.to , ni
very thick and high, surrounded by a
moat which is from SO to Ibo feet wide, with
8 feet of water, drawbridges and outer batter
ies, ■ It mounts some 800 heavy guns, has.
mortars for throwing shells, furnaces for hcat
ingballs, &o. The walls enclose some twen
ty-five' acres. In the centre is the parade
ground, and all around are the quarters oftha
troops.
Reported Hanging of al£ a'NsasOutiaw.
The Marshall (Saline' county) Democrat,
learns that Dr. Hudson G. Stewart, who was
tried by a court of inquiry in Johnson county
for the murder of Milos-Carey, not long since,
and acquitted of the charge, was seen, a few
days after his release, hanging dead to a r
near Rose Hill, Cass county. The same pap
er learns-also, from good authority, that
Stewart was no less a personage than
notorious Dr, Jonnison, the Kansas ou a ,
who figured in the Miaaouti border ra
November.'