fr^dr**-*'**—ii itesr-iir'u IMERICaS VOLUiNTKKII. II I.' 1J4??0N, Editor & Proprietor. CARLISLE, PA., NOV. 10, 1864. THE RESULT IN THIS COB^TV. The election passed off quietly in this eonnty, and the Tote -was largo in all the dis tricts. Below wo give the result ns far as as certained at the time we put our paper to press. The majority fur the Domoorntio El ectors we estimate at about 780 or 800.— Considering the super-human efforts made by our opponents, this is a proud and trium phant majority—the largest the county has given l for many years. It is evidence of tho, sterling integrity of our people—evidence that they are not to be intimidated by the threats ol a Vico President or “ eilver-toned orator,” or corrupted by the green-backs issued by the Government. We have increased our majority, oyer the October election in nearly every district. Democrats of Cumberland, you performed your whole duty on .Tuesday, and, let tho result in the State be what it may, wo can point to the majority in this -eonnty-with a feeling ,of satisfaction. and prido. M'Chilian. Lincoln. 141 115 90 - 29 46 210 266 52 30 ■ 24 80 44 42 41 Carlisle, East Ward, North Middleton, South Middleton,,. Lower Dickinson, Frankford, Silver Spring, Newville dis., Middlesex, Shippenshurg dis, Hampden, Penn, Jacksonville, Nowburg dis. Upper Dickinson, Leesburg, Carlisle, West Ward, Mechanicaburg, ■Plainfield, Lower Allen, Monroe, Upper Allen, New Cumberland, East Pennsborough, THE STATE. We have no reliable news from the coun ties. Philadelphia, it is reported, has increas ed the Abolition majority several thousand. The indications are that Lincoln has carried the Stale by a large majority, and is doubt less elected. ICTQod willing, the Rev. Wm. C. BenkeT, will preach at St. John’s Seminary Rooms, at Boiling' Springs, on next Sabbath after noon,'at 2 o’clock. Subject;—“King Solo mon's Temple ; its construction, furniture, oonseerationjand typofication.” All are re spectfully invited to attend. Heavy Storm in Pennsylvania. —Last Friday a heavy storm passed over Mahonoy, city, in Schuykill county, Pa., causing con siderable damage. Two new churches in process of erection, one Catholic and the oth er Methodist, were blown down. Is.' ice. Law Points. —The Governor and Council of Massachusetts have asked the opin ion of the Supreme Court of that State re specting tho legality of the conviction of Greene, tho Malden .murderer, now under sentence of death. Tho legal points raised *nro, first, as to the authority of a single judge to sentence for murder ; and, second, as to the effect of a plea of ‘.‘ guilty of murder in the first degree, ” it being urged that this plea does not remove the necessity of having a jury pass on the question of degree, under the present statute of Massachusetts, before sentence of death can bo pronounced. Nicely Caught ! —An Abolition paper, out West, tho other day, contained an edito rial pitching into a resolution passed at a ‘Democratic meeting. It turned out that the resolutions was drawn by Thomas Jefferson I This shows what chance 1 Jefferson would have if he were alive. Why, the very men. who now talk of devotion to the Declaration of In dependence, would, without doubt, send its author to Fort La Fayette. ItlT* The Cabinet Organ of Mason & Ham lin has, for so small an instrument, wonder ful volume aud power, and a variety of ex pression that is by a costly pipe organ, while its purity and sweotnesa'of tone are truly charming. It i« most admir ably calculated to meet the wants of families and small churches. It can.be transported with safety, takes up no more room than a melodeon, does not soon get out of order, and makes an elegant article of furniture for the parlori Wo are but doing a favor to our readers by calling their attention to tho Cab inet Organ. < Married-on Horseback. —A wedding took place at Sherwood, 111., recently, the contract ing parties being Mr. Josiah IV. Crandall and Mies Helen Si. Hurst. The ceremony was performed in front of the officiating cler gymans residence, the bridal party being on horseback, and the bride and her three brides maids, (Miss Fanny C Hurst, Julia Shellen burg and Miss Mary M Thurber.) dressed and mounted en cavalier. The novelty of the ceremony attracted a large company of the neighbors. • Tairrisa Quail. —Sportsmen object that catching quail in traps is not legitimate sport, and claim that one-trapper will depopulate a section’ of country more thoroughly than a dozen gunner. The law for their protection is to allow for their increase, but in trapping all the parent birds the object is defeated.— A trapper in a few months could thoroughly depopulate a district of this fine bird, while a hundred sportsmen could not succeed in do ing the same thing. A wagon loaded with traps passed up the ♦alley on Friday, to make a business of catching quails for market, and .it may he safely assumed that from wherever they are located sportsmen may emigrate.— JSfopa Reporter. jMtrTbe General Government has given notice that all the hogs in Kentucky are re spired for the army. 'r '3J~a?'. Y~e:i'...•••~-.: ~ral+e -.i'ee'iv~w Pennsylvania Plcction-"18G4.. TME 'VOTE -FOB CONGRESS— -OFFICIAL. 2d ward 3d do 4th do s,th do 6th do 11th do t)am. mnjorifj', 2167. Second -District. Reilly, D. f O'Nefill, It.. 1071 79H & . 1355 2161 US'S 1557 l n !)2 1532 1110 2324 1183 ’ 1832 Rep. nmj. 4,169. Ist vrard do do do do do 10th ■26th 2th ward ■l3th 16th 17th 18th 19th Rep. maj. 1105. FortHh Disix'icl. 'Korthrop, D. llclley, R 1335 , 2201 2225 8152 •2401 3103 1339 1609 1801 2250 14th ward 15th do 20th ■ do 21st" do 24th do 22d ward 23d do 25th do Bucks county, Dem. maj. 38. Sixth District. Montgomery, Lehigh, Dem. maj. 8,430. 30 est. 1241 Chester, 114 104 .79 .14 13 22 Delaware, Rep. maj. 3,299, 40 esl Berks, Dem. maj. 0,340. Lancaster, Rep. maj. 4,037 Schuylkill, Lebanon Dem. maj. 1034. Northampton Carbon, Pike, IV ay no, Mouroo, Moses. Deni. niaj. 6,704. Luzerne, Susquehanna, Dem. maj. 3241, Bradford, Wyoming, Sullivan, Montour, Columbia, Hep. maj.i2o3. Fourteenth District. Wilier, IX 3203 3494 1198 1198 1517 Northumberland, Dauphin, Union, Snyder, ' Juniata, Hop. maj. 03, York, Cumberland, Perry, D'em. mnj. 3,437 Adam's, Franklin, Bedford, Fulton, Somerset, Dem. maj. 660, Cambria, Blair, Huntingdon, Mifflin, Centre, Lycoming, Clinton, Patter, Tioga, Erie, \V nrren, M'Kean, Forest, (report’,) Elk, Jefferson,- Clearfield, Cameron, Crawford, Mercer, Venango, Clarion, First District Philadelphia.' Randnll, D. TJutlcr, R 2120 2231 1445 1176 1878 913 1397 7100 1234 1000 1480 907 9564 7387 Third Didticl. Buckwftltor, D. Myers,R 1257 ' 13*2 1353 ' 2033 1016 1636 2058 1161 1218 2304 2325 2449 9839 10,944 9,191 12,470 .3,219, Fifth District. Jloaa, D. Thnycr, R 1031 2087 1353 1774 1218 ■ «06 6938 5945 10,650 10,012 Boyer. B, 7455 5269 12,724 Seventh District, Bentley. B. 6377 2377 Eighth District. Aaconn, t). 11,917 Kinih District. North. D 7168 Tenth District, Stnmac, E, 8522 2447 10,969 Eleventh District JoliDßon, D. 5G39 1920 894 2-147 2040 12,946 Twelfth D isiricl. Dennison, D. 7802 2514 10,370 Thirteenth District. Piolelt, D. 2305' 1240 320 , 1274 2824 8262 10,607 a Fifteenth District.- GloseLronner, U*. 7250 3051 1083 12884 Sixteenth District. Cuffroth, D, 26-14 3320 2410. 803 1'559 10736- Seventeenth District Johnston, D. 2034 2209 2022 • 1406 8271 Dem. moj. 300. Eighteenth District "Wright, I>i 3067 3663 1911 1419 10055 Bern', maj. 53, Nineteenth District Bigler', B, 3043- 1261 572 644 1565 2478 189 9765 Kep. maj. 1217. Twentieth District. C«rbotl, D, 309& 2663’ 2367- 8726 Rep. maj. 789, »«£'■*»« ’ g* * • * _ «vt r . 'Woslmoraland, Indiana, Fayotto, Dcm. mnj. '673. ... U.~i/'SCCond Disincl, Hopkins, D, MporlmnS,'R. ATlcßlieny, (pari) 0017 10,537 Rep. maj. 3,620. i Twenty-third District. Hoontz, D. 2720 / 26 U , 2654 Allegheny, Hutlor, Armstrong, ■Rep. nmj. 2/770. Twenty-fourth District. LaiOiir, I). Lmfrenmvß 20!) 1 —1257 11 SO 2702 1000 2045 4141 4328 Greene,. Lawrence, Beaver, Washington, ‘Rep. maj. 1044. 9018 109G2 The foregoing table will bo found strictly correct, embracing aa it does the official vote of sixty-ono counties, and the official majori- 'tics in the remaining five counties, namely ; Delaware, ’Sullivan, Potter, Mercer, and For est. The sum totals of the vote cast and with the majorities of these five counties add ed are as follow Total, Democratic, Total, Shoddy, Democratic majority, The whole vote in the five counties, from which we have only official majorities, was, in 1803, 15,5G4-r4ess the scyeral majorities, milled 'in-thfhnho\ ; o totals. In case they cast as heavy a voto this year as las riot likely,) then tho grand total voto would stand Democratic, fcihoddy, _ . Five counties—less maj., Total homo vote, Add to this—rather over than' under esti mated—the soldier vote of say, 23,000, and the full poll oP Pennsylvania only , roaches 503,000, against 523,077 last year—a frilling off of 20,0(30 I ‘ Bullock, 11. -'6074 3220 0294 ’ liillc Gills, I cannot well imagine a homo more incom plete than that one where there are no little girl to stand in the void of the domestic circle which boys can never fill, and draw all hearts within the magic ring by the nameless charm of her presence. There is something about little girls which is especially .lovable ; gven their willful, naughty ways seem utterly void of evil when they arc so soon followed by the sweet penitence that overflown in such gra cious showers. Your hoys ard great noble fellows, generous, loving, and full of good impulse, hut they are noisy and demonstra- Brooma!!-, R ■ 7420 12,38 8070 llicrler. 11. 5577 Stevens, 11. 11,205 tive, arid dearly as you love them', you are glad their place is out of doors ; hut Jennie with her light step is always hcsjde you ; she brings the slippers, for papa, and with her pretty dimpled fingers unfolds the pttper Fisher, 11, 0772 8163 9935 for him to read; she puts on a thimble no bigger than n fairy’s, and with some very mysterious combination of “ doll rags,” fills up a small rocker by mamma, with it won derful assumption of womanly dignity. And who shall tell how the little thread of speech that flows with such sweet, silvery lightness from those innocent lips, twines itself around Selfridce, 11. 2740 1414 150 1404 408 6242 tha mother’s heart, never to’ rust, not even when the dear little lace is hid among the diiis'ea, as so many.mothers knotk. But Jennie grows to bo'a woman, and there Kctchnm, 6817 3318 is a long and shining truck from the half-latch ed door of childhood, till the girl blooms into the mature woman. There are the brothers who always lower their voices when they talk to their sister, and toll cf the sports in which she takes almost as much interest an they do; while in turn she instructs them in all the little minor details of home life, of which 9145 jlcrcur, 11, ■ 5312 1042. 821 1449 they would grow up ignorant if not for her. And what a shield she is upon- the dawning manhood wherein so many temptations lie.- Always her sweet presence to guard and in-' spire them, a chock upon profanity, a living sermon on Immorality. How fragrant the cup of tea she hands them at- the. evening, meal, how cheery her voice as she relates the little incidents of the dajfiS No silly talk of incipient beaux, or' love ot young men met on the promenade'. A girl like that has no empty space in her head for suoii thoughts to run riot in', and you don’t find her spend- 8525 Sillier, U 2336 4181 ICSS 1363 1159 10,672 ing the c-fcning in the dim parlor with a questionable young man for her company. When her lover comes, ho must say what ho has to Say in the family sitting-room with father and mother ; or If he Is ashamed to, there is no room for him there. Jennie’s young heart has not been filled by the per nicious nonsense which resul’a in so many o'nlulppy marria'ges or hasty, divonlcs. Beat girl, she thinks all the time of what a good home she has, what dear brothers, and on bended knees craves the blessing of Heaven to rest on them', but She does not know bow far, very far, .for time and eternity, her own ■ pure example goes, how it will radiate as a -blessing info other homo where a sister’s mqmoi’y will be tlio consecrated ground of Salley, V 438» 8103 1904 Konntz, It 2233 8260 1740 513 ' 2330 10076 Barker, ll 1491 2539 2534 1407 the paeE. . . - "7 Cherish theh the little girls, dimpled dar lings Who tear their aprons, and cut the ta ble-cloths, and eat the sugar, end are' them selves the sugar and salt oflifol Let them dress and undress their doll babies to their heart’s content, and don’t tell them Tom" Thumb and lied Riding Hood are fiction, but leave till they find it out, which they will all too soon. Answenlill the funny questions they ask, and don’t make fun of their baby theology, and when you must whip them-, do it so that if you should re member it, it would not bo with tears, for a great many little girls lose their hold sudden ly before the door from‘ which they have just escaped is shut, and find their Wiiy back - to' the angels. So bo gentle with the darlings, and see what tf track of sunshine will follow in the wake of the little bobbing heads that, daily and a great many hard problems to solve. 7971 Wilson, R. 2147 2736 1241 319 3559 10002 Schofield, R. 5447 1900 587 207 1363 1216 262 10982 Terrible Raii.road Catastrophe.—A’ passenger and a cattle train cams in collis ion on the Lafayette and Indianapolis Rail road, silt miles south of the first named place,- on Monday evening, and thirty person* wero killed and between-twenty'and thirty wound led, A majority of the sufferers were soldiers. Among the killed was Rev. B. F. ATinans, of the Sanitary Commission. Culver, II 4842 387 3838 1397 9464 Tacnty-'fitral 'Dish id, tawflon, 3). 5180 3703 1712 3310 3533 2730 10425 ATniirifnu, it 7985 10701 2?»2 412 £31!593 it, (whiclris 331.412 231.808 15,804 480,174 The Cavalry llonc. . The cavalry horse is quite asfamiliarVvlth the long lists of .varying trumpet signals as th'o rider himself'; lie stops instantly when the signal for haltWg is sounded ; passes from h Sviilk to a trot, tram a trdt to a gallop, with out requiring any reminder from the spur or rein. If his rider fall in battle, or lose his stirups, ho stops in a ‘moment, waiting for him; ifho remain lying on the ground, ho stoops his head, smells at him, and when lie ascertains that there is no hope of his re mounting, makes his way baok to his troop, wedges himsblf in Ids place inthe'ranks. and shaves afterwards jn tho movements of tho rest. Musio has an amazing , influence over him. If an air ho suddenly struck up, you will Sec Hie worn out and mortally tirod horse raise his sick hoad, prick tip his oars, beootrio animated and movb briskly forward to tho front. 9752 0516 2-53 2502 During a halt Or Whom quartered for the night, the cavalry division stretched out on tho ground, lies sleeping confusedly togeth er, a jumbling mass, which it would ho im possible to disentangle; moo and horso-ns pillow, or falling himself beside it to shield himself from tho cold, tho faithful creature seldom changing the position it has once ta ken. If it did so it was with tho greatest precaution ; first it moves its head and legs, endeavoring gontly to freo itself, then it rai: sea or turns itself very slowly and Carefully, so ns iiot to trample upon or disturb those who surround it. 1 f tho halt takes place when tho ground is wet or frozen, the ridor will gladly fore©’ his horse to ono sido after it has lain down awhile, which by that time is warm if not dry. Tlio most affectionate rolationahip exists between man and horse, which is the Result of their living'togethcr. The animal scorns to understand everything connected with his rider ; he knows his master’s step, his pecu liar ways.; knows how to seek him out from among' others ; as a faithful disinterested companion and friend to him, arid has this advantage over many othfcf good comrades — that he does not grow weary of suffering for him. Tub Words we Use. —Be simple, unaffec ted, bo honest in your speaking and writing. Never use a long w ord whore a short one will do. Call a spado, not a well known oblong instrument of manual industry; let homo bo a homo not residence ; a place a place, not a Incalitj, and so of the rest. Where a short word will do, you always lose by using a long one. You lose in clearness, you lose in horn est oppression of your moaning; mnd, in the estimation ef all men who are competent to judge, you lose in reputation for ability. The only true way to shine, even'in this false word, is to bo modest and unassuming. Falsehood may bo a very thick crust, but in the course of time truth will find a place to break through. . Elegance of language may net be in the power of all of us, but aimplici-, ty and straightforwardness ore. Write much as you would speak ; speak ns you think. If witli your inferiors, speak rro courser than'usual; if your superiors, speak no finer. But whit you say, and, within the rules of prudence, say what you are. Avoid all oddity of expression. No one over was a gainer by singularity of words,'or in pronun ciation. ' The truly wise man will so apeak that no one will observe hovv ho speaks. . A mail' may show great knowledge of Chemistry by currying about bladders of strang gases to. breathe, but lie will enjoy.better health, arid find nli'ro .time for business, who lives on lifts common' hrr. When I hear a pe'rson#use a queer expression, or pronounce a name in reading differently from his neighbor, the habit always goes down, minus sigh, before it stands on the side of deficit, not of credit. Avoid, likewise, all slang words. There is no greater nuisance in society than a talker of slang. ■ It is only fit (When innocent which it seldom" is) fur raw school boys and one term freshmen to asloriish their sisters with. Talk as sensible men -talk, use the easiest words in tboir commonest meaning. Lettho cruse conveyed, not the vehicle in which It i» conveyed, be your subject of attention. To Keep Tima on ‘Wheels.—A practical ir.dii says on this subject: “I ironed a wag on ifomc years ago for my own use, nnd be fore putting on the tires I filled the fellies with linseed oil; nnd the tires have worn out and were never loose. I ironed a buggy fur my own use seven yours' ugo, and the tires are as tight ribw as when they were puff on. My method'tif filling the fellies with oil is as fol lows;' T use a lung cast-iron oil heater, made for die purpose j. the oil is brought to a boil-. 1 ing heat, tile wheel' is placed on a stick, so as to hang intilo oil each felly an hour for a common sired felly. The timber should be dry, ns wet timber Will not take oil. Caro should bo taken tliat the oil be not made hot ter than boiling boat,, in order; that the tim ber bo not burnt.. Timber filled with oil is not susceptible to water, and the timber is much more durable. X was amused some years ago when’l* told a blacksmith how to keep tires "tight on wheels, by telling me it was a profitable business to tighten tires, and the wagon-maker will say it is profitable to make and repair wheels ; but what will tliC fanner, who supports the wheelwright and smith, say?” , . Occupation of Ouildrdn. —The habits of children prove that occupation is a necessity with him; They love to be busy, even about nothing, still more to be usefully employed. With some children i't ia tx Strongly developed necessity, and if not turned to good account, will bo productive ot positive evil, thus veri fying the old adage, that “ Idleness is the toother of mischief.” Children should bo on couragcd, or if inherently disinclined to it, be disinclined into performing for themselves every Utile office relative to the toilet which they arc capable of performing! They should also kcßp’thbir own- clothes ahd other pos sessions in lieuft order, and fetch for' them selves whatever they want, in short, they 1 should learn to be as independent of others ns possible, fitting them alike to make a good use of prosperity, ntid.to meet with fortitude any reverse of fortune that may befall them. I‘ know of no rank, however exalted, in which such a system would not prove beneficial. A Kew Device for Greenbacks. —The next issue of greenbacks ought to be embel lished with a picture of Old Abe holding Un cle Shin’s nose on r.-grindetonei About Great Min and Boyi. Among tho mountains of California stand somo'bf the most wonderful trees over discov ered.. They tower Up more than three hun dred feet, or tailor than the highest steeple in this country. .Tlidro they stood hundreds of years before civilized men Over saw them. But they wore just ns grand while alone in tho solitude of tho unbroken wilderness, when only visited by the winds, the wild beasts, and birds, and the equally wild Indians, as they are now, when travelers flock to admire thoir stateliness. So all truly great man possess the same nobleness of nature befovp, that they do after tho world lias discovered, acknowledged, and applauded it. i?hose who long for opportunities of becoming groat for got that tho greatness is' in the man, not in the opportunity. Tho opportunity only gives occasion for greatness to exhibit itself, Washington possessed the same high qnall- ties when ho told the truth and loved his mother, as when bo headed tho American armies, and presided over tho councils of the nations. A man maybe great, though cir cumstances confine him to a narrow sphere, just ns a ray of light is as pure, as cheerful, and as much the child of tho sun when shin ning in a rudo hovel,ms when sinning from the mirrors ot a palace. . Goodness, courage, devotion, manliness, patience, prcsovcrance, reverence, and love, will make a boy great, though lib live'on the most secluded farm in the back-woods. Thoi-0 are'thousands of such buys—many of thorn will road these words for their encouragement. The day may come when their noble qualities will he wanted in the public service, and all men shall see and acknowledge their worth. Buf if not, they are -still rich in enduring -wealth—and let them remember also that life only begins in in this world. The -Crops tor tAe Year 1864.— Th0 fi nal report (September and October) of the crops for the present year Ims just been made by the Agricultural Department at Washing tott. The returns are now full, and what was hitherto but detiriin,t6s assume the character of ascertained quantities. TlO wheat crop amounts to 160,695,823 bushels. It tabes about five bushels of wheat to make a bar rel of flour, which would make the produc- tion equal to thirty-throe millions and a half barrels, or more than one and i half barrels to ever 'J one of the population of twenty mil lions whose industry produced it. The pro duction of wheat is ouly about nine millions less than in 1863, which was considered an excellent crop. The rye production was 19, 872,957 bushels, or leas than one million short of the production of the previous year. Bar ley, 10,716,328, about the same decrease ns rye in the year’s production! Oats 176,690,- 664 bushels, an increase of six millions over the previous year. 'Hay 18,116,751 tons, dr nit n million and a half tons loss than in 18G3. Corn 530,581,403 bushels, or about seventy-eight millions increase over tlieyear preceding. Buckwheat 18,700.540 bushels; an increase of nearly three millions'. Potatoes 96,200,838, a decrease of 4,090,000. Taking the yearly production, therefore, the balance is in favor of 1864, and the quality is much bettor. If the currency and taxes did not af 7 feet prices, all the loading n'rticlos.of provi sions which form thC support of life would be less in price. The sorghum, another valuable crop, shows a largo increase. In the produc tion of animal food there is, Inwover, a mat erial falling off in nearly all the States.— The production of flaxseed shows a very large increase, Now Jersey and Pcnsylvnuiu taking tho load in this increase in the first amount- infe ;to over, fourteen per cent, and in Ponn sylvfiuia four per cent. I’en of the loyal State's produce cotton. The falling 'off in to bacco it set down at sixty-seven millions fcf pounds', balancing all the increase and do orcase of vegetable and animal production, and there is shown to ho abundance ol food for the copulation', The surprising pari of it is that the production should, bo so large with so many men engaged in war, and sd much destruction of amnfal life for war pur- poses. The use of machinery in farming has made up for the .nbsentio of hands.' Hereaf ter when peace ia re-alablishod,' its good of ects will bo felt in highly Increased crops. A Scool For. Women. —The city of Pitts hu'fg is moving to establish a School of De sign in that city, and, from' the interest il has created, with every indication of success. The subscriptions to it nro very fair, the want of such nn institution being clearly acknowl edged more sensibly now by tho great de mand for female labor to fill tho hiatus made by tho absence of tens of thousands of our men doing battlo, and tho uneducated efforts, struggles to livepon the part of mothers, ■wives rtnd sisters who are compelled to resort to all sorts of menial employments to enable them to support tho helpless dependants up on them, while husbands, fathers and broth ers are dolending tho nation from threatened rum, AdviCE’to Young Wives. -—If anything oc curs in your domestic concerns to vox or rufffe your temper, do not anfioy your guests by'relating your grievances ; it is unkind to Them and"tends to mnr their pleasure, with- out being of advantage to yourself. Some people possess the enviable talent of render ing every one happy with whom they come in contaot; they are endowed, also, with con siderable discernment of character, and know how to call forth the peculiar talents and perfections of others, while they encourage the timid and gently repress the encroaching. Such, however, may not be your privilege; but an earnest wish to promote the happiness of your guests is within your power, and can not fail to shed a halo of cheerfulness around you. . - ICFiThe Detroit Free Press Touches for the truthfulness of the following sketch of Mary Ann Pittman, the witness for the Govern ment in Judge Advocate Holt’s great Wes tern conspiracy i , “Stary Ann Pittman, the’' Southern lady” referred,to in judge Holt’s infamous report, is'a mulatto girl, and was taken from a plan tation about ten miles from Port Pillow.— She drinks, chews tobacco,' smokes dresses, in men’s clothing when necessary, and ted,to all the.vjoea of a woman who is a reg ular camp-follower.-. She is shrewd, un sorupuloua and vicious-to-the -last degree— will not hesitate at anything for pay.' All this must have been known to Mr. Stanton and judge Holt, and yet they have ,lho Im pudence and. daring to, issiio such a report I against a million of loyal lforthern men oh 1 the testimony ofsuoh ah abandoned witness. In the Name and by the Authority of the Cbm . monweMhof rennsylvaniii; A. G. Coltik, OoverAof of the said Commonwealth. A PROCLAMATION. WnißEi's, It U. the honored custom of Pennsylvania to sot apart, on the recommen dation of tho Executive, a day for returning thanks to tho Giver of all Good, the Shepherd and Bishop of our Souls; - . Now, therefore, I, Andrew Q. Curtin, Gov ornor as aforesaid, do recommend that the people throughout the Common wealth observe Thursday, the twenty fourth day of Novem ber instant, as a day of Thanksgiving to* Al mighty God, for tho gathered fruits of t.ho earth; for tho continuance of health ; forth#/ prosperity of industry; for tho preservation of good order and tranquility throuhoufc our borders; for tho victories which ho has vouch safed to us over arnjed traitors, and for the manifold blessings hr Inch ho has heaped up on us, unworthy. . And that they do, Moreover,dnimmy be seech Him to renew and increase his morci-1 fui faVor toward us during tho year to comp, so that rdhclliun being'ovef throSvn, peace may ho restored to oUr distracted country.’and in every State, with grateful and loving accord, , the incense of Praise and Thanksgiving may ho offered by nil the people unto Ilia Holy Name. Given under my hand and the groat , seal of the State, at Harrisburg, this sec ond daj of November, in the year of our Lord ono thousand eight hundred and six ty-four* and of the Commonwealth tin eighty-ninth. • By tho Governor. Eu Suren, , 'Secretary of tho Commonwealth VIOLENT ABD DESTRUCTIVE EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO. .vices from Mexico give tl>o following ac count of the recent earthquake: On the morning of the 3d Oct., all the coun try within a radius of several leagues from the peak of Orizaba was shaken hy a very violent earthquake, which considerably dam aged, many towns. Puebla and Orizaba ap pear to have suffered most, not only in buil dings destroyed, but in killed and wounded of their population. A letter from the! former place, dated the day of the 'catastrophe, says that seventeen French sqltiiors and twenty nine citizens wore known to liave been among the victims, a complete list of whom had not then been made, T'ho Eoo do Vera Crus, of the 13th. given the following particulars: “At five minutes to two o’clock on the morning of the 3d, one of the most violent; and alarming earthquakes wiis felt in Oriza ba, causing the.death of severs) persons and considerably injuring many house's uhd 'edifi ces. It has also caused sad ravages in sortie : towns of 'the diytriotr According to dispatoh -es, which those latter have sent to the Supe rior I'refeoturc, the accidents which have no-, ourred are the following ; In Acullzingo the church hits suffered milch and threatens to fall; also the hotel and tsq dwellings in the town. In the village of Nozalos the dome of tliechurch has fallen, destroying, in its fall the sacristy, priest’s dwelling and school house. In Iluilnapan the roof of the churuh fell; as well ns the walls of the court-house; those of the school-house being much injured. In Tcriango tliechurch tower wad completely destroyed. The same happened to the church' Of La Peria, flic walls of the building as well as those of the town ball being cracked in all directions." , From Orizaba, the city engineer, Mr. Hill; reports as follows; To-day (October 3.) at five minutes to two o’clock, A. M. an exceedingly strong earth quake was felt, which lasted very little more 'or lose than two.irtioutcs. At first the move- AJr mot commenced with violent trembling, fol lowed by oscillatory vibrations, shaking eve ry thing, but particularly tho rogfa of tho houses, with wonderful force-. These osoi na tions wore sometimes from I'lorth to South, ami as often from caet to west. .While the earthquake lasted a deep and prolonged sub terranean noise was heard, which appeared to take an easterly course, proceeding proba bly from the volcano,o.C.Citalopet, {otherwise. Called' the Peak of Orizaba,) distant in an air lino about six leagues to.jlia Northwest of the town, and some nincheros who live at 1 lie foot of the volcano say they heard a noise like the report of a cannon issue from the cra ter about an hour before the trembling cmn menccd. The terrible effects ol\the earth- quake in this city are of considerable mag nitude, since nearly all the houses, although for the most part of only one story, are crack; ed in all directions, and many completely bulged out.- The higher houses Jiare suffer ed much nVoro im proportion, hs may bp sup posed, and several churches arO threatening ruin, The' upper part of the tower of. the ; pariah cnul*ch,, recently. constructed; canie down, and judging from tjio position of the rubbish, it is noticed that the brown of .1110 tower fell during tho tremulus motion, wh.ilo tho other parts fell during tho oscillations, having been thrown in every direction to.a distance of. thirty yards from the vortical, but falling more particularly in direction froni north to south, and.from east to west. Tho report from Aculizingo days that for eight minutes preceding the earthquake the atmosphere was filled .with a continuous de tonation; then four slight oscillations from south to north were perceived, followed by a calm of three or four-minutes’duration, at the end of whicli time ertnm strong and rapid tremblings, at tho rate of two or three a sec ond, lasting two minutes and a hhlf, termina ting in a violent oscillation from oast to west. The clqctric current in the telegraphic line from Mexico city to Vera Cruz was not per ceptible till seven minutes after the earth quake, and required four minutes more before the operators could communicate. Yet the casualties were remarkably, few in that place ; one person only—i child—being killed, and two women and tbrep mon wounded, tbs shock was fell at Yera Crus.and Mexico city yery distinctly fur.about forty-five seconds, but no damage whatever was done. Tho time of its j appearance in the latter city is said to have been ten minutes before two. These min ute details 1 transcribe for tho benefit of the learned. (£7“ The Reported Seizure of the steamship Roanoke by Kobe! pirates, under Lieut. Brains, is confirmed. The Roanoke left Havana cn the 29th of last month for New York, and about ton o’clock on that night, tho Rebels, by a sudden movement, succeeded in securing all the officers, After seeing the ppssengers and crew on board another vessel for Bermuda, tho pirates burned tho Roanoke. Her freight was of ho great value; but she had on board between fifty and sixty thou sand dollars, which.her.captors secured. 1C?* 1 The man who wrote the four simple lines, beginning with “ Now I lay me down to sleep,” seemed to do a very little IhjUig- lie wrote four lines fijr liis little child. Ill* name has not dome down to us; but lid has done, mare for the good of his race than if he had commanded the yiotoriorili nrtny at Waterloo. Tho little fires which the (good man kindled hero and there on the shores of time never go odt, but over and anon they flame up and throw light en the pilgrim’s path'. There is hardly anything so fearful to my mind, rench ,ing down the coming age as writing itself I'for evil upon' thef winds of unborn'genera: dons'. ■Never Too bid lo Learn, Socrates at an extreme ago, learned to rh, on musical instruments. 1 Cato, at eighty yeare.of age, thought won #r to learn the Greek language. e Plutarch, when between seventy add el h ty, commenced the study of Latin, SU Bueoaooio was thirty-Oro years of ago *], he commenced hie studies in pulito literatur"* yet he became one of,the three great of the Tuscan dialect, Dante and p e[r or «* boing tho other two. cb Sir Henry Spolman neglected the science, in his youth, but commenced tho study f them when howaii between fifty and ei i° years of ago. After this time ho besamo I most learned antiquarian and lawyer * Colbert, tho famous French mihiali, sixty years of og» returned to his Latin >nj law studies. Ludovico, at tho great ago of ono hundred and fifteen, wrote the memoirs of 10. . , 1113 otth tun os. A singular.exertion, noticed by V»K taire, who was himself ono of tho ninit ri. markable instances of tho progressing 0 f in new studies. ° Ogihy, tho translator of Hum or and Yiml was unacquainted with Latin and Groat till ho was past tho age of fifty. Franklin did not fully commence his phil osophical pursuits till hs had reached his fiftieth year. Accorso, n great lawyer, being asked why io began the study of, law an hue, answered hat indeed lie b»£hVi it too late, hut ho could' hcrefore inuator it tho sooner. DrytUn, in his sixty-eighth year, cummin, cod tho translation of tho Iliad; and liii most pleasing p reductions were written in Ins old age, The Uustulnisi op Birds,—At the New York Farmers Club mooting, Mr. IluVnmn read, a communication from the Rer, Mr. Weaver, saying that his trees hod been umi. sUally free from cauder worms, and ho attri buted it t'o ’tho presence of largo numbers of reed bird’s-. -Dr. Trimble :—Mr. TroaidolU.l must say n word for tho reed bird. AVero it not fur tho birds wo coil I’d. not live ; insects would destroy the whole of our grains and fruits, One of tho most valuable of all is the reed bird. AVFien I see btinehes of these brought into our, markets in tho fall, I am pained mid grieved. 11 does not'cut-the curliei) Imlit gats tho canker worm ijnd.it pats your span worm that goth on the trees in this city, .foist spring I was standing with a friend by Madison Square when ho called my attend™ to tho great numbers o.frecd birds in tho trees. We watched them, and they continued to come till there were 300 or 400 of them iu the square. They wore feeding on ths-spai worm, and it wne ourimis to watch their modi of feeding. They-could not rest.on ihe sha der ends of thjj* bronchos where the worm! were, and they would flutter off in the ait and approach tho worm till they could catch him with their beak.' Tho worms seemed Id have, an instinct that’ thoir enemies were af ter them ; they felt a jarring of the limln, and they'began to-lot tlieuisclvos down hy thoir webs in hundreds, 'the reed birds are not fly catchers .like the king bird and the swallow, and they could not catch the wnrinj ■while suspended .thus in the air. . Tbe maid. is marked witll yellow on tho tips of its wing’, audit lias a or’ost on its head vvliiob item i-aiso, at pleasure. Mr. President —I hue devoted all of my leisure this summer to dp. seeting and examining tho crops of-tlicsc n sectiverous birds, ami I hove on doubt that if a knowledge of.thoir usefulness cnibl h spread throughout tho community, it weald result not only in laws for thoir protection, but in a pnblio sentiment al.-in wlm-.li weak enforce these laws. The most valuable that wo have in tho Baltimore Oriole. H eats the cureulio, the great destroyer of »m ■ fruit. -■ Foiioor thb Trick. —’A -hoy, the other (bj borrowed a stick of candy from a comrade to show him that ho could pull it c-ut of his c.y. lie swallowed it; and then twisted himself m various wi'ys to extract it; but at length in formed his companion ho hud forgotten tint part of the trick. ..That is wlirVa tho mutter at Washington, Lincoln told the people would put.tho war through In thirty *hj* with seventy-five thousand men, but aft fra . few contortions be “forgot the-trick., 8 Mid them if they' would give him«piecee paper and a pen fie wotifd errancipaViall negroes in a day. lie tried it but thb triok.” , Chase said ho would good money out of paper as out of g 11 ho “forgot the trick." Ifulleck arfd Staat°a promised,M’Clellan more men on the lu nula, but they .“forgot the . trick." publican 6ongrbss declared ■ they b^ ,fIUD out a way to, maintain the Monroe Dodn i but they “forgot the trick." Tho Kep'd) lCl party proclaimed that if ebrtain men were lected.it would avoid a draft. They ■ lected, but not till they “forget the tr 1 So it goes, and so it will go if Lincoln ,BC cd again oh the war-peace plfttform “forget the trick.*’ . Trin Painful ane Lumcnony A gentleman residing nut mii n y *“ .j iIOQ . Oamhridgeport, who visited tho » ff ife, taiua last summrr; accompanied at tb,6 ■- —Hotel, and *V attack ol there, hud a sudden and r* oolid; An application of n\«» ; j )0 c on* commended to relievo his on going seated .to have it tried. H ,B 1 ’ aß ( a rJ,bul ’down to thb kitchen; fpWd b® , m \ lik nothing suitable to spread it Ppar pocket handkerchief was takei . pose. In a moment she vrajJJJ that will and—applied the plaster. *l® had tf# 1 ? help you, I know/' said she. 1 * ly fihished the sentence h° we ’.qyimttl* poor man turned over and roa j, cr h®* d—l are you' about It bu( a band’s voice 1 , iTor lamp. J R . n i» tho* ffr ?V feeble light; and she hud £° ■ r j m room ? She found her own P nn tocif 50 ®' out delay, and related the un° li«rrj r stance to her husband, n . c^*% orC bicf! ? that her name,Was on the In d m 0 sick .man was completely " v , laughter, Ilia colic dianpp o rollia *m lnb as it came. 'lt was agreed * cft llcil ij in those parts. -The ftn jm'l h' l8 * the*affair explained, and tho The £ e . left on the earliest express tleihan who’was bo uncermo . ton ) t lifl*P. (and wbV£ well known..in^J olie bt k served the tiandkarcjiiof' ® s not to return it ? — Boston . . b®* A Youth .°fnbW-**P e'd. at severe! housesinJPo f o r- ' ,O ". fore last, with !!",ereby I' o . saw or some other l lttle J“” n i, n d tli‘• earn ten dont. ; ..one gen le»>«» Rn „„x#« eeity to inquire b c T j tv , wl>»" t earn .ten cents on Sunil* .„ Ce.T? ,cr, l, replied that he lived wanted; to .pay his fare o irn ten Tho advice that ho should grovel*. walking homo mot him p tt ;(li tl and be ficna.J m,. bad learned ■onbctbintf
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