ifeIEERTCAtt VOLUNTEER.
UN B, BRATTON, Editor b Proprietor,
CARLISLE, *PA., DEC.S,IBG4.
I DiStresbTng and Fatal Accident. —On
Tuesday afternoon, about two o’clock, a little
' son of Professor Johnson, of Dickinson Col
lege, named Charles, aged about 12 years,
was instantly killed on tbo sidling road lead
ing to Armstrong i&Tloffer’s coal yard, at
‘the west end of Main street, in this place.—r
It appears that after the cars belonging to
the above firm had boon detached from, the
• locomotive, they -were being hauled to the
coal yard over tho iidling, when young John
son jumped onllnvrear car to ‘.‘have a ride,”
-as'he said. A sliding door stood open, and
•the decoased put his head out of the aperture
to speak to an acquaintance. As the train
passed into the coal yard a loaning post
struck the sliding door, pushing it back with
groat violence. Young J. still had his head
out, and in an instant it was almost severed
from the body. Of course death was instan
taneous. Most sincerely do we ’-sympathize
with the afilioted parents of-the unfortunate
lad. - ,
Wo have maflo it a rulo’for many years to
speak frequently, through those columns, $f
tho risk boys run in jumping upon and hang
ing about this oars. Lot this sad accident
serve ns-another warning to them.
.'Sad Accident AT 'Laurel Force.—ATo
learn that a man named Petbe ■ Mar-ana, a
workman in the Pine Grove Forgo, met with
a sad and .painful accident on Monday, the
28th ult.,-and which resulted in his deat|i, —
Mi’drs was employed as tender in the forge,
and on tho dayi( above mentioned, he was
walking across a board which was lying near
the’large wheel .used tho.ham
mer, when, suddenly, his foot slipped and ho
was precipitated upon . the. wheel, which
whirled him around several, times, breaking
his neck and arm, and causing instant death.
The. deceased was about 58' years of age; a
sober and industrious man, and leaves a large
family—who were dependent upon his labor
for support—to mourn his untimely death.—
We sincerely condole.with tho heart-stricken
wife, who has lost a loving husband; and tho
orphan children, who have been, deprived of
a kind father, and hope that they may never
suffer for the necessaries of life.
. Fair I Fair!— The “ Little Workers” of
Carlisle will hold o Fair in the Union Engine
Ilouse, on West Louther street, beginning
on next Friday evening, Deo. 9th. The pro
ceeds will be deeotedio the relief of {he needy
at Chambersburg. Excellent music has boon
secured for the occasion.
Doors open at 6J o’clock. Admission 10
cents; Children half price. Tickets can be
had at the door. The patronage of the pub
lic is respectfully solicited.
Morse Thhltes—Arrests.—A few weeks
ago hand-bills were received by the police
•officers of this place, giving a description of
certain horses that had been stolen from
’ Green township, Franklin county. Constable
Martin, therefore, assisted by Ex-Sheriff
M’CiRrNEr, kept a’ sharp look-out for the
thieves and -stolen animals. On Thursday,
last they arrested on suspicion, near Boiling
Springs, a man calling himself Jacob Gar
ner,' who had in his possession a horse an-,
swering the desoription of one naraed'in the
hand-bill. ’.Their suspiciona.proved correct.'.
Garner was the identical thief,they had been
in search of; and the horse was one of a lot
stolon in, Franklin county. Garner- wcs
brought to town and lodged in prison. .
• Owing to .the evasive manner in which
Garner hnswered certain questions put to
Kim, the officers wore led to suspect that his.
partner or acobm(dice' was secreted in the
mountain, and the day following they prece
ded in the -direction of Mount Holly, keeping
an eyo'on .avery man and horse they met,—
Finally they dame, across a nian riding a
mare answering the description of ono they
-were in search of. proved to bo’,ono of
the stolen animals. Tho rider had bought
ter of a fellow named D.oWnouEß alias,
'Snosttnß. A search waS at once made for
the thief, but it proved unsuccessful at that
time. He was traced, boweyer.' and on Sun
day night another hunt for 'him was .made,
When he was found in -a bouse in Hickory
•Gap, in tho South Mountain.-' 'W'lfcn'tho offi
cers approached tho house, he attempted to
escape by a gable, window, but a "cocked pis
tol brought him to a- realization of his posi
tion, and he was secured, brought to.toWn,
and placed'in prison. Ho is, it is supposed,,
a deserter from the army.
No doubt these two man belong to a regu
lar organization of horse thieves'who are
prowling about on tho ‘border of our State.
The South mountain is their favorite resopt,
•lifter they havo ' stolen horses. It affords
them a good hiding place, and they secrete
themselves in'its gorges for weeks together,
and in the mean time rob farmers of eatables
for man and horse. It would bo well, wo
think, if tho farmers who reside in the vicin
ity of Mo.unt Holly, and who have been so
much annoyed by these horse, thieves, were
to employ our .police officers to give the moun
tain a searoh every couple weeks. Our word
for it, Martin and M’OarTney are the very
men who can track a horsq thief, and catch
him too. They havo been very successful in
ridding the country of those villains. For
their own protection, then, our farmers, anij
all others owning horses, should form socie
ties and keep officers' in their employ for the
-purpose of' detecting and arresting horse
thieves.
I®* General Cadwalader has " suoooeded
General Couch in command of the Depart
ment of the Susquehannah, Pennsylvania.—-
His headquarters ar* at Ohnrabersburg.—-
Enchange, i
We hope the change may be for the bettor,
for really Gen. Couch was • poor excuse for
ibe position. ■ '
MEETING OF’CONCBESS.
Oongress re assembled at Washington on
•Monday. What hope-for the country, if any,:
is to bo expected from that body of men, we
know not. During the whole of the last sea-;
sion the controlling majority showed an otter:
inability to appreciate their duties, and an
ignorance of the condition and wants of the
nation, which made them a target for con- 1
detonation even from many of the most rad
ical papers of their own party. TlVo negro
seemed all the time to bo the principal ob
ject of their attention, and had thoyall boon
smoked Yankees” they could 'not have
been more devoted to the mtorost uf the Af
rican race. Had any stranger stopped into
either of the halls, and, without seeing tbo
faces of tbo members, hoard tbo debates, the
motions that were made, and the bills that
wore disoussod from day to day and eventu
ally piissod, ho would have inevitably come
to’tho conolusion, that the men there assem
bled wore negroes deliberating with regard
to the interests and the fate of their race in
this country. Some “ Copperhead” member
might occasionally hare been heard inter
rupting the harmonious monotony of tbo-ne
gropholists, bnt these breaks in tho’gohoral
thread of the discourse only occurred at com
paratively. remote intervals. The radicals,
both in the Senate andllouse, had things all
their own way'. They did little of good, but
much of evil. We fear nothing better is to
bo jeipeoted from them during the present
■session. They have the destinies of the nn-
don in their hands. They are overwheiming-
ly in tho .majority. _ There is and can ho no
check upon them. WnrniDgsfall unheeded
upon their rears. Theywofueo to take coun
sel. They will do its they please, and; here-
tofore it has pleased them to do only evil.
Upon their heads he tho rcsponsibilty, solo
and entire. A day of fookonihg, will surely
come, bht wo fear it may not come until too
late.' It is a very sad thing t-o see. gueh a set
of men intrusted with tKo’bost interests of a
great nation in so momentous a crisis of its
history,
The "country looked anxiously forward to
tho assembling of Congress. There have been
rumors of pence. These have Wen eagerly
listened to, Tho whole nation desires peace,
tho people are praying for peace—all of them
except ths war clergy", tho contractors, tho
shoddyites, and tho oxtremest of the- fanat
ics. There are rumors that Mr. Lincoln will
suggest some plan , for peace, or make somo
tangible offer to the South 'in his annual
message. -Wo fear much little
from that source. Ho has let one great op
portunity for good after .another pass away
unimproved. Wa have no -evidence to load
us to believe him witer-to day Ilian bo has
shown 'himself in the , past. We shall ho'
most agreeably disappointed if-he'exhibits
the sagacity and .statesmanship which is need
ed in his position at this Into hour! After
four years of buffoonery and folly, thg, nation
would be justly surprised if ho should sudden
ly display fitness for tho high offico’whieh he
holds.’- It would be quite too great a change.
Still, there have been miracles, Lot us hope,
then, that tho age for them has not entirely
passed away. If Mr. Lincoln 'should hap
pily 'display the qualities needed, even in
this late hour, no one will commend him more
heartily thereof than shall-we. If Congress
should comb to the conclusion that the whole
interests of this’nation are-not bound up in
the negro, if they shall bo inclined to legislate
even a little for tho welfare of tho whole
race, we shall ho«thankful even for small fa
vors, and shall give them due credit. So says
the Lancaster InUlligeneer.
By the way, don’t they {the Democracy.)
ever imagine that we are about tired whip-'
ping the Democracy. They amount to so lit
tle politically that it is scarcely worth while
giving them much attention. Do give tis'
next time a fight,worth naming or elao give
us a now party that can make something of a
show.— Herald. ; . ■
, Why, neighbor, you forget that you .live
in old Mother Cumberland ; you forgot 'that
Gen. Cameron pronounces the Abolitionists
of .this county “ pigmies,” who have not sense
enough to conduct a political campaign ; von
forgot that the majority-for. M’Glellan in
j t n Cumberland was tho largest ever cast for
a Domocratio candidate for President. You
to talk about wanting ” a figh t worth naming,”
indeed! Whei-o Would “ old Abe”, be had
all. Abolitionists made; the .same fight you
mad? ? Ho would not have curried a county
in tho Union. Again, is the Herald qwaro
that M’Clellan and; .Pendleton .received!
more votes* at the late Presidential election
than were ever given, at any previous elec
tion-, to any. President and Uico President el-.
ected ? Is it aware that a. change
votes In the States giving Lincoln tho small,
est majorities, would elect Gen. M’Clellan ?
Let the Herald look at tho returns end it will
boo that Lincoln, notwithstanding tho num
ber of States ho, carried (by fraud,) is duly
elected by n trifling majority.. We havo no
doubt whatever, 'that b.-id none but legal
votesUoen counted, Gen. M’Clellan would
bo the President-elect. -He received a major
ity of the legal votes and a majority of States,
but was swindled out of both-by as desperate
a sot of scoundrels as the sun ever shone up
on. Wo did makea fight worth naming,”
and wo know and feel , that .our party'is
in the majority.
Sworn In. —jWe neglected to mention in
our lost that John Jacobs, Esq., this Sheriff
elect of this county, had taken the.oath of of
fice and entered upon his duties. Mr. Ja
cobs is a gentleman of excellent capacity—
kind, obliging and firm—and will, we predict,
make an efficient officer.
The retiring Sheriff,:J. T. Ripper, Esq.,
carries'with him the respect and confidenooof
all who transacted official business with him
during his term of office. Without any desire
to reflect upon his predecessors, (all of whom,
we believe, were good officers,) we think we
but express the general opinion when we fiay
that never, in the history of this county, were
the duties of the office eo faithfully, promptly
and 'fearlessly performed as during the lost
three years.
86?" The Canadian Government has rs
fused the application of the St. Albans raid
ers for permission te send a special messen
ger to Richmond to obtain evidence to bo
used in their defense.
_ The Message will be pub
lished iu ear next.
President’s Letter to a Wibow—'Mrs.
Bixuy, the recipient of the following letter
from President 'Lincoln, is a poor widow liv
ing in the Eleventh ' ward of Boston. Her
sixth son who 'wns severely wounded in a re
cent battle, is now lying in the Roadvillo Hos
pital:
Eiecctive Mansion, 1
’Washington, Nov. 21, 1804. J
Dear Madam: I have been shown - on the
file pof the War Department a stal.eincnt of
'the Adjutant General of Massachusetts, that
you nro the mother of five sons who have died
■gloriously on tbo field of battle.
I feel how weak and fruitless must ho nny :
Word of mine which should attempt to he-;
guile you from the grief of a loss so ovorwhol-i
ming; hut. I cannot refrain from tendering
to you the consolation that may’bo found in
tbo thanks of tbo Republic Wliioh tlidy died
to save.
I pray that our Heavenly -Father may as
suage the anguish of your bereavements, and
leave only tbo cherished memory of the loved
and lost, ami the solemn pride that must be
yours, to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon
the altar of freedom.
Yours,>vory sincerely and respectfully.
A. Lincoln,
To Mrs. Bixby, Boston, Mass.
Mrs. Bixdy, no doubt, would have felt much
moro obliged to the President bad he enclos
ed in bis letter a thousand dollar green-bank..
The " poor widow” whose five sons were torn
from her by Lincoln’s remorseless draft, to
die “gloriously on the field of battle,”ex
pected support and icomfort from those sem
in her declining years. They were taken
from her, and she is.left destitute and heart
broken; But, the President CLnocdos her by
writing her a letter, in which lie reminds
her that her sons “ died gloriously.” Had be,
out of his nraplo rooane-(Mr. Lincoln -is said
to bo worth two millions of (lollar.-, and ail
his relatives have become rich on .the war,)
had he, wo . repeat, onoieccd in his letter a
substantial gift instead oF ’nypooritical words,
the ‘'poor widow” ceuld have appreciated
his act. ”ut Ills letter of condolanco brought
no comfort to her. Being .reminded that her
five nobio boys “ died, gloriously,” afford her
shivering limbs and empty stomach no relief
—n6 comfort. . . .’
In this connection we might ask Mr. Lin
coln why, it is that he don’t furnish a son to
“die -gloriouly on ths field of battlef” Ho
hos two- strapping sons, and if ho considers
it such a luxury to have them “die glorious
ly," like tho five sons of ilia “ poor widow,"
why is it that they r.ro at homo attending to
contracts, and.living on the fat of the land t
■Ah, Mr. Lincoln, it is easy to talk about those
■who “ dio gloriously,” hat our word for it no
relation of yours will ever' diijoy this hlori
bus privilege.
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•Gnuro Philadelphia.—Daring ft
abort cojourn in Philadelphia, recently, .wc
put up at this celebrated ar.d unsurpassed
bote!. On c former townsman, Lip. Harry
Sanasa, te sofa proprietor, and 10 aided in,
bis responsible duties by a nuriibcr of efficient
acd gentlemanly .(assistants., The "Girard”
is now considered one of tho bast regulated
hotels in our country, and enjoys a patronage,
second to none. Its various departments are
conducted in a quiet, systematic manna?, and
everything in and about tho establishment'
has the constant attention of tho vigilant pro
prieter. lie and his assistants nri assiduous
in their efforts to anticipate tho war.to of
guests, thus making all feel comfortable and
at homo, Recently Mr. Kaxaga was offered
$130,000 for his lease and tho fixtures of the
house, which offer bo rofeecd. This fact
is evidence of the prosperous condition of tho
“ Girard House,” and goes to show what a
man of energy and enterprise can do in the
way of building up -a hotel. Mr. K. has an
enviable reputation ns a landlord, and a more
hospitable, kind and-obliging manisnot to
be found in the “-city of brotherly love.”
. Again With Us . ‘Pie Lillie People and
the “ Continentals." — SlLixqer’s. & Foote’s
Combination Company at Hhecm’s Hull, this
(Thursday) craning, December 0, remaining
tho rest of.the week. We aro much pleased
,to chronicle another visit of this popular ex
hibition, and we know'our readers will wol
ftbtno the coming of a chaste, rational amuse
ment ; it is so seldom that anything good in
.tho way of amusement comes to Carlisle, and
the reputation of this Troupe is so well estab
lished, that we predict crowded’houses dur
ing their limited stay.
M’Clellan After the Election. —The.
Philadelphia Ledger, a respectable Adminis
tration journal, now says of Gen. M’Clel
lan : All Ids speeches, his tellers, and fits'
actions, show' that tho Union is tho. first ob
ject m bis record 1”
It further assorts that the President “ cer
tainly does not doubt (he General’s' integrity.
or patriotism, nolwislstanUing the unworthy
and undeserved calumnies Which hayo been
heaped upon him in a political canvass, where
license usually taken tho place of truth ?”.
Again the Ledger says : ” The lute elections
prove that in the largest Stales 'of the Union
a public sentiment nearly equal in strength
and number to that whicli supported.tho ad
ministration, confides in Gen. M’Clellan !”
Homicide in .Lebanon Countv.— An un
fortunate occurrence took place at the Union
Water Works, in North AnEiivillo township;
Lebanon county,,on Friday last. \A soldier
named .Wm, Wetzel, late of the S3d Penn
sylvania Regiment, deliberately ohot a man
named Jacob Pefiloy, killing him on the'epot.
There had been trouble between the two of
long standing, of a domestic nature. After
the tragedy Wetzel, escaped, and up to Wed
nesday last, had not been arrested. Roth
men have wives and several children. Wet
zel’s regular occupation is boating, and Pof
floy, who had also been in tiio military ser
vice as a drafted man, was lately working in
the Water Works. Wetzel charged Pcffloy
with criminal intercourse with his wife, the
■fruit of which is a child, now over two years
old. He wanted Peffley to take the child
and provide for it; upon refusing which, he
shot him, p
D-/“ At the late Presidential election, in
one of the wards in Cincinnati, one ballot
was found, a straight Republican ticket, with
“God forgive me for this sin I” written on
the back of it. There will be hundreds of
Republicans offering this prayer soon.
The wife of George 11. Pendleton is
the daughter of’th# author of thej“ Star Span
gled Banner.”
MORE LOYAL THIEVES.
The real "Copporlicacla” have at last been
discovered. And thcj are not Democrats ei
ther, bat intensely Ibyal, vigorous war pro
secuting, and. radical anti-slavery Republi
cans, who ha4e been making what President
Lincoln classically calls “ a lug thing!’ out
of stealing copper from the Philadelphia Na
vy Yard. . The Lancaster Intelligencer thus
pointedly refers to the fraud, and its diseov
cry: ' [
Copperheads.— Several eminent and dis
tinguished members (f the Republican party,
ofii’hilnddlphia, have been arrested, in that
city for stealing .copper-at ( the Philadelphia
Nary Yard.' One ofthom was appointed to
watch the others. There plan was to cart
the metal out of the.yard, and ship it to New
York. Their peculations aroimmonao. They
wore exposed by a carter, to whom they re
fused to pay his .demands for hauling. Those
very thieves, who are now in the homb-prootn
of Fort.rXifilin, at thc.lnte election, stigma
tized ail Democrats as traitors and copper
heads. Thus it goes, another page added to
the largo volume of frauds committed under
the garb of patriotism. Who is the next cus
tomer?
The full particulars of HI tin Republican
Copperhead enterprise will pot bn likely to
be made public. As Secretary Slifor snya of
the homo veto of Pennsylvania, “ the facts
can never bo known nor officiijlly announced.’’
Lincoln a Minority President.—Gen.
Butler,in his famous apocoh delivered recently
in New York, claims that though Mr. Lin
coln by virtue of his 3rst election was a mi
noiity President, ho has now been re-elected
by a clear majority of American citizens—so
that lie is, and hereafter will bo a majority
President.
Ifc. is, however, an undoubted fact that
soventy-fivo'fhoGdlind more votes for M'Olbl*
lan, properly dietribured, would have defeat
ed Lincoln: If ho is a majority President, it
ia only by excluding the Southern Stateo
from all participation in the election. To
makoit appear that Mr. Lincoln is a majori
ty President the. Abolitionists have clcnHy to
recognize the Independence of the Uoutbern
Staten. If these State* are in the Union, and
thoii; citizens are citizens of the United States,
Mr. Lincoln falls immeasurably short of be
ing elected by a clear majority of the whole,
nation.*
Lot the Republicans choose their position.
Either the Southern State? ane in the Union
or they are out of it. If they arc out of the
Fnion they are dearly independent, arid we
are waging a cruel and uncalled for war up
on a foreign nation! If they are in the Union,
then Ur. Likcot.n :s rtill a mvicrJii/ Presi
dent I
Tits D*MocaATic Vote or th r. United
States. l —The following laUe shows very
nearly the pemocratic vote cast at the late
Presidential olectios:
New England,
New York. . >lO.OOO
-New-Jersey, I 05 ; 000
Pennsylvania, 270,000
Delaware, B,COO .
Maryland, ' 30,000
Ohio, 205,000’
Indiana, 135,000
Illinois, , 105,C00
Michigan, 75,000
Wisconsin, 75,000
lowa, ‘ 55,000 .
riinncnsota, 20,000
Missouri, 30.000
.Kansas, < 10,000
•"Kentucky,-. . -50,000 *
California, • 50,000
Oregon, • 8,000
Nevada, - 3,00.0
'f Total,
The Democratic vote for ll’Clellon is just
about equal to that c.ir.t for Lincoln four
years ago. Although defeated, tko .Demo
cratic organisation in rn immonGO power in
this'country—scarcely inferior to its rival.-
Indeed, if wo deduct frauds and rascalities
from Linooln’svote,, wo ahull find that there
are more Demoorftts than IVepublioano in the
United States.
JSSy'Tho Ex-Secretory of the Treasury,
Salmon’ P. Chase, it is said, has invested
£200,000 in English funds.- That is one mil
lion of dollars. To got thin amount of Eng
lish funds must have taken between two arid
three millions of dollars in-greenbacks. It
niust-'hayo tftkea .the.government printing
machine fifteen, mia.iilpa to print this amount
and the paper probably cost ten dollars.—
;Cheap as dirt, . ■
O” George D. Prentice, of. the Louisville
Journal, has procured p pass for Richmond,
from President Lincoln, and starts for the
rebel capital, ‘The ’object of his visit is to in
tercede with Jeff. Davis for the pardon of
his son, who is in Hood’s army, and under
sentence of death for murder.- Young Pren
tice alleges that ho acted in self-defence, and
was shot at twice before he defended himself
by killing his assailant. I
TT" Frederick Lofler, who served his full
term of three years as a Volunteer in the
104th Pennsylvania Regiment, and received
an honorable discharge, afterwards sought
and obtained employment ns,art ambulance
driver at the Chestnut Hill Hospital. .He
was not suffered to remain long in this hum
ble hut honest occupation. Ho committed
the unpardonable sin {in the estimation of
his superiors), of voting for his old Comman
der —General jVl’Clellan. and waa unooremo--
niausly dismissed 1 Ho ambu
lance drivers are being discharged who voted
for M’Clellan.
Unequal Representation.— The official
vote cast in Chester county at tho Presiden
tial election on the Bth ult., was 13,904. —
The official vote cast in Montgomery county,
at the same election, was 14,280. Chester
county is allowed three Representatives in
the State Legislature, and Montgomery two.
1 his shows the unfairness of the Apportion
ment Law, and the injustice done to Mont
gomery county by the Abolition Legislature,
of last winter. No.-wonder the opposition
have again carried a majority of the Legisla
ture, -i.
£6y It has been announced by the Admin
istration papers that “ Major General Banks
will resume the positidfi to which his able
policy has rendered him indispensable, at the
head of the Department of the Gulf, (includ
ing Louisina and Mississippi,) superseding
General Oanby.” We wonder whether he
contemplates another expedition up the Red
River.
FRIGHTFUL' TRAGEDY IN THE TOMBS,
Two Prisoners Killed and One Wounded —
The Perpetrator Suffering from Delirium
TrcJnens. •
[From tbo N;Y. Commercial Advertiser, Deo. 2.] ,
This morning, about 4 o’clock, a terrible
tragedy took place in the Gil-yPripon, result
ing in tbo death of two men, named William
Kcnncuy and James McDonnell, and the fa-*
tal injury of another man, .whose name is
supposed' to bo William George. The pnr
•flcnlarfl of the affair seem to.be ab mt as fol
lows :—John Donovan, a.man about twenty
■eight years of ago. having'becn committed for
infinity by Justice Dodge, was transferred
from the Jefferson Market Prison to tbo
Tombs.
Ou Thursday’ afternoon Dr. Simmons, the
Assistant Surgeon to the Oit*•' Prison,.exam
ined Donovan, and found that ho was evi
dently suffering lr*u;i the effects of excessive
drink. Donovan, however, was very quiet,
ami apnmflatly perfectly harmless, Dono
van.,was then looked up in what, in the pris
on, iig known as " Biiiiinur’H ITulV’ a long
•room on the ground door, on Franklhvstreot.
In this room, nfc the time, were about a do
•sen “ ten days' " prisoners, who have been
committed for intoxication. Nothing unusual
occurred in thin department of the prison un
til d o’clock in, the morning, at which'time
the night watchman, Mr. Mark Finley, who
was then in the boys* prison, fronting on
Centro street, heard the cry “f .murder.. He
ran around to Bummer’s Hall, and there
found Donovan with a heavy iron bar, about
throe feet in length, in.his hand, making an
indiscriminate aasault on his «jllow-prison
ers. two of whom were then lying insensible
on the. floor of the prison. . ■
Mr, Finley being unable to quiet the luna
tic and take the weapon from him, ran to the
oiy.ih I'reelr.ct Station House and aGted Cap*'
tain ..'l'urdan for assistance. ‘ Officers. Orahc.,
(.h.rh-y, Birr e.nd others were immediately
do.Hf'iiiobed - to t*m'bioo Jy accnci They found
Donovan' still engaged in banting his com-'
pamooVwifh the iron bar, and tbo'bnly way
to disarm him seemed to .be by th’o uso of the
pistol.
Accordingly, Officer Ornrio Avow Mr revol
ver and .lived three or four phots at Donovan,
but at each discharge ho managed to escape
the bullet intended for him. One of the bulls;
however, lodged in -tbo .right chouldor pf*
George Henry Hill, another of the prisoners,
wounding * him very severely. At tbit time
Donovan, becoming alarmed for his orra safe
ty, attempted to* ascend a flight of stairs in
the east ehd of the room, whereupon tiu, oMr
cpra, with drawn clubs, rushed' ••poh him,
and by a few well directed blows, which took
effect on Vi 3 head, disarmed and reduced him
to submission.
The scene which then presented itself lo
the officers and those r.ronnd thorn, was tru
ly awful. On the door before them Jp.y the
mangled and bruised forms of Kennedy and
NcDonnol, with t!*eir skulls crushed in, and
life e.itiao:-. Also on the fioor was tho i.ian,
.•William George, who had rccoiwd several
blows on the head from the Iron bar, which
had fractured his skull,'and be was appar
ently in a dying condition. . ,
After securing donovln To that ho could do
no further harm, Dr. Simmons was culled to
attend George : and'Urn-niainlXilh v,-ho had
been accidentally shut' by oliic'orCrano. in
telligence of. the horrible aifiir was. immedi
ately communicated-to the warden, Mr. Sut
ton, at Ms.residence, who forthwith repaired
to the Tombs, and took such steps ns tnecgse
-domandefl.C--
Word was sent’ to the Coniuiisoioncrs of
Charities and Correction, wlio left thdr beds
and were speedily ah the tragic scone. ‘Prom
the information received from- prisoners in
the room at the time, ifc would seem that'
.Donovan chuck both Kennedy rind LlcDor>.
noil while they v. cfj lying down, probably
asleep. George was also assaulted while
•-'own, D ith the deceased parties wore tweoty
oiglit years of age, and natives of Ireland.
Kennedy lived at Do. 28 Darter street,-and
McDonnell,-It is said, lived in Harlem,-
Tho residence of George is unknown, but
ho is believed to be ah Englirdimon, and a
boufc twenty-four years of age. The porpe*
fcrufor of this horrible deed is twenty-eight
years of ago and a nativt of Ireland. His
residence is No. 153 West T.wonty-ciglith
street, where ho has a u.other and sister
living. Donovan has been uearlytwo years
in the military service, and was attached to
the Ninety-ninth Regiment (N:iv»l Brigade).
Coroner Ifaumanu was notified to hold,an in
r.ueat on the bodies M the murdered men.
’250,000
1,800,000
■liow IT IS Done. —The Junia'a True, Vem
onrut says: We publish this week a lotter
from Company ’.j, 202 d ?a. Vol. It,will be
seen by it time- there -wore Go votes cast for
President and that 30 did really vote for f-I’-
Clellan, 35 of whom eariio out under -their
' own signature and state that they arc willing
to he qualifie.l'that they voted the M’Clellan
and Pendleton Elcetorinl ticket. This would
give Lincoln 20 votes in the company, and
make a majority of 13 for M’Clellan. How,
by the vote returned from this company'to
the Prothonntary’s office, it appears that only
58 votes were polled, Lincoln receiving 34
and M’'Olollau 24—tnaking-a majority of 10
for Lincoln, How is this? We-declare we
need some liglft on the matter. That, there
was cheating in army vote, we sincere
ly believed, but wo never imagined for
a moment that it would bo carried on to such
an extent ns this. The election is a perfect
farce. And the Administration has not been
indorsed by the honest vote of the people.
The above adds hut another item to a long
account of crime perpetrated by Abolitionism
to secure its retention of po-,var. We could
fill our columns with similar details of the
monstrous frauds upon the people by which
Lincoln has secured a second term in the
presidential chair—but to what end ? The
swindle has been successful ; and the Amer
ican people, heretofore jealous of their rights,
and religiously opposed to every form'of tyr
anny, now, seem disposed to adopt the advice'
given by a Jewish poet to his brothorn of the
ancient faith of Israel:
“Bear— Confide-bo patient .ever I”
PEFAMiNaTitE President.— Wm. J. Prec
harger was arrested yesterdav afternoon.
Charged with cursing President Lincoln.
[Jiuitimore Sun oj Sulnnlay.]
The above we print us a characteristic item
in the historical record now being made up
in this Inst half of tho nineteenth century,
and in “the great modern republic,” the
United States of America 1 Tho render will
please not commit the error—natural enough,
we admit—of supposing that the little “local
item” nbova occurred in tho dominions of
some autocratic tyrant, or far away back in
the dark ages. The arrest “Jor cursing Pres
ident Lincoln” was made on Friday, Decem
ber 2d, 1804, in this our own “happy land.”
“God bless Abraham Lincoln I”— Age.
Another Cabinet Ch ange.— lion. Edward
Bates, Attorney General of the United States,
under President Lincoln, has resigned his
position, to taka effect from January Ist,
1805. His advanced age, and physical ina
bility to discharge the arduous of the office,
are given as the reasons for the resignation.
Hon. Joseph Holt, of Kentucky, has been
tendered the appointment, but declines it.
” !E7" Tho “ loyal” Provost Marshal of the
Dayton District has come to grief, and has
been arrested, charged with doing a big busi
ness in the bounty operations. .
THE WAS.
There is no longer any doubt that General
Sherman’s Column is marching on Savannah’.
On November-24th,' the advance .wnsht'Mil
len, one hundred miles northwest of Siivnn-i
nah. The Confederates wore in’ front tffJiim'
retarding his Inarch, but not able topheck it.l
By November 30, Sherman had. marched
sixty miles and was forty miles northwest of;
Savannah. The Confederates were still in'
front of him interfering with his progress.—'
On December 2d, last Friday, his cavalry ad '
vance was six miles from Savannah. The
main body had not yst come up, and the at
tack on Savannah could not have been begun
until-three or four Jays afterwards. In all
their marches Forrest 'and Wheeler, with
largo bodies of cavalry, harra<sed (lie Feder
al flanks nnd roar. Every Ktragler Was
picked up and many of the foraging parties
were captured. Seven hundred Federal
prisoners had been brought into Augusta
ahmu. These molestations necessarily re
tarded Sheridan's march,' nnd ho, lias not
been ahlo to move faster than ton miles a
day. At Savmim h the 'Confederates wore
.preparing for him. For a week before last
Friday groat numbers of troops passed south
over the railroad from Charleston, being sent
from Augusta. General fl irdeo reached Sa
vannah an November 23 I, and General Itean
regaVii Op the 27th. By the time Sherman
began his attack, the garrison Was very
strong."
.Sherman has marched ell lire way oh the
"weet aide of the Savannah sliver. This stream
is deep and wide, nnd'thetido ebbs and floWs.
No'attempt to orots over, as it Fort Koval
was to I o tbs en'd of the march, is reported.
In a abort time wo should hour definitely
from Genera! C'dicnnan. ,
Gen. I’oa■:i-e, liof.iro leaving for flic
I Atlantic cmi-.t, riniio n report of the Feilcriil
j Bviicuatinii nf Dfisi.hir J.y Tlmma* upon his
retreat to .im-hvllla. bofnrr leaving, tln:
Foil oral tronp.-'burned tli-ir Mlurr-lmasi’s. fill
od with p.'nvisior.s; Fiiie,;i. pontoon hoots,
were captured .by.tbe flunreueritos. .
There ia rio change in the, aituntion nt
Nashville. ton'll end T!;o;.;nfl iitiil confront
each'ether in the outakirts of the city. Cum
in unioation with Oliattiiirmig:-. ic.etill broken.
All 13 quiet nt T’otorubnrg, ami we hear
nothing ol the Dutch Gap Canvl.—Age, Dec.
Gf/i,.XSGi. • ■
Richmond to ns Dtutroved. —A coiroE
pov-dent of the Now York Tribune, with the’
ArV.iy. of tlio .Tnmoa, under dado of the 20th,
i.’iitoa [hug: “A nioreir.cnt ia now in prog
resa in this nnr.y, which, when fully oor.lplot
od, will * ~2stroy Jlitdr.nnrd. .It only awaits
the rnnctiiih of the Ocnoral-iniChiif, wlio will
bo here to-riorrow, boforo active .oporailons
rro commence.!. It in not generally known,
even anion" well informer! military men, that
tlio holeagurnil capital of lobolli/m is within
gunshot range of our batteries ; but such is
nevortlielass'tlieifact. Fun:: arc now on tkoir
.wnyhera that will throwslirllb ir.to l'.iehmond
from our batteries in front oftbo Ilightrenfh
Corps, a (listalien,of seven milcc. With these,
ge.nn in position; and the projectiles prepared
which it ic intended to-nue with thorn, oar
gunners or.n destroy Riokmoml in forty eight"
hours. f’Tlio ball or shell now in who would
not, of courao, answer the purpose, although
that would doubtless.accomplish the object'
in course of lime. A particular kind of shell
has been [prepared, and in tins really consists
tlio main feature ol’thi proposed plan. Willi
such guns and shells‘in our possession, it
would be folly,.nay more, it would bo madness
akin to ein, not to use them. - Tile plan has
already met the approval of tko'Oeneral com
manding this department, and it only awaits
flip E’.nctian and approval of General Grant
previous to adoption.. If adopted it will bo
at ones, carried pi. t.- Do not! b surprised ti-Jhear
of the total destruction of iliohmond before
Christmas.” '
“ Gloii,us news,”, tha f . .Richmond is to
fall before Christmas 1 Well, wo shall see
what wo shall see, V'o 'fear,.however, that
the above prediction will turn out like- Sew
ard’s “sixty days” uteries-—false.
i'h* Abulitibqists. have as vot made
very Jittlo prngreso in thair attempt to con
vinco tho public that the late diabolical at
tempt to burn the city of Nan- York-wM the
work of “Northern sympathisers with tho
rebellion.” On tho contrary, tho suspicion
is gaining ground that this awful crime ira?
committed by Abolitionists. Tho fact that
tho Abolitionists of. New England, and of
Northern New York and’ Ohio, cmitributoil
their money to fit out old John Brown’s mur
derous expedition against Harper’s Ferry;
that they lamented its failure and bewailed
tho death cf its leader, is proof enough ol the
length to which they will go for tho gratifi
cation of tho foil spirit of malignity that has
burnt tho very core of their hearts to black
ness.’ Despite tho blandishments of power—
despite tho immense patronage of tho most
oorruptAdministrution in the world—despite
tho presence of. the headsmen Butler, New.
York city remained true to that Constitution
which Abolitionism has denounced.as a “cov
enant with hell.” Who can doubt that it was
to punish hor for the grand blow she struck
against tho destructive principle? of Aboli
tionism, that tho attempt was made to kindle
within her limits a tako of fire second only
in magnitude to that through which John
Brown is marching at tho head of his gang?
—Lanvayter Intelligencer. e
Fight as You A r ors.—The supporters of
Lincoln have voted for a'“vigorous prosecu
tion of the war,” and to continue it until tho
Wst man and tho last dollar’have been used
up, if slavery is not sooner abolished. They
contend that tho verdict of the election is
just that. Now, having thus voted in favor
of continued war, common honesty requires
that they join in it personally. .It is tho part
of a sneak and a coward to vote for a war
for others to fight who do not desire to do so.
It is tho part of a sneak and a coward to re
fuse to do what you yote to make others do
and every ablebodiod Loyal Leaguer should
bo shamed into enlisting at once. The wo
men and children should point their fingers
at them and ory shame and pall them cowards,
until they are forced either to shoulder the
musket or to case talking and voting favor
of continued war.
Another Draft.— Prov. Gen, Fry has is
sued instructions to hia subordinates to have
the enrollment lists revised and perfected.
This looks like something we are already
quite familiar with—yclept “the draft." We
and no doubt others—had been relying unon
the repeated assertions of “Brother Berg
ner’s” organ that thoro would be “no draff.’
If that voracious sheet should prove to have
falsified forju.t onflo, we shall have to pin
our faith to soms other Oracle.— Patriot and
Union.
Little Mat.—General Sickles opposedtho
election of General McClellan, but ho could
not blacken hia heart and fork his tongue to
disparage a brave soldier, as did nhd do yet
a Jot. of office-holding scribblers who have
dever even' smelt the battle afar off— except
by proxy:
“I believe that in his capacity as a soldier
and officer ho discharged his duty, and I am
ashamed when I read in the partisan journals
of the day, and sometimes near from the lips
of men, upon hia personal oour
ago. Those, I know, are undeserved. I have
seen him under fire, aid I know that a braver
soldier never bos drawn a sword in this jyar.”
M " llDrof
Thirteen. Thousand Umnn V • '
' T '\ cn V al if a Darin,, EfTorTZ *
They are Surroundcdaud oJ,. n Rw, 'Pc~.
fFre m «R i e,, m „ mlEnqt , i
On Thursday last a serious JB '
made Iry the Federal i,rism.» t,em Pt Wn,
■Salidbui'y. N. C., to make their s ° o,lfinc( l nt
Was rapidly and offahfhally S'' Which
.cxphnso-Pf oonsidorahle Vm!l nt ‘ho
appears that a plot had j )OPn K f ° b '’>od, Jt
the prisoners—of whom there'aCuVr n d
ry some thirteen thousand—to Sttll "hu-
Mitonor guard of the onehmpmonVT’ Wcr '>"*
through the line of the pa?„potVn on . l ' r,, ' ,lt
after securing all the arm, P - r ti ard ' »"d,
march through Westeru Nortl, ci n p UlJ ' ">
lonnenpco and makegood their „ ln “ iD, o
th ° /Y* l °./' their pro,, ram TT-. to
coaled. Iho interior guard were . '
powered, and two of'the unfori ’" n tl " r '
were killed wl.ijn resistiriir' The?^' rn "'
lacked the parapet guard, who fo,!, ?!!" f
against Hho terrible.odds until p| 7
been fully .communicated fe thet•" rm W
two pieces of artillery were thrown in?''' 11111
turn hearing upomtbo eiHlnmpmtnt
the parapet guard wore .killed it, of
lint defence. In good ititriV thh f
opene.l, and after a few.rahng di
grape and c,muter, the insurrection! i 0 /
out for mercy, and declared thn " icd '
make no further efforts to get aw„v V°“ IJ
time they wore completely surrom,,i„|- n^'s
artillery and infanlry, is w ' n" k
that they ceased their demonstration 1 |
1.. r mercy* In ten minutes more tl.« 1
comp would have been one scene nfsl*'? 0
or. As it was about for/,, were dci’idZf 1 '
targe number wannded. Tims a ter! r r ?
attempt to escape from Confoderntn ,1."’”
has ended. It will, prove, no S f
t. prisoners in .the 50,u1,: Bu.fd,V h 'T?
ness. and. it may he added, tlio cniidew ‘
of the officers commanding the .on-ris.ih I '
punishment mflictod upon these mise 'i j
captives would have been far mori, seriouT f ’
indeed, it had not amounted to dthlhin
of the entire body, f ‘ > - “on
The Sun at the North Pole To «»„
son standing at the north pole the sun «T
pears to sweep horizontally around tlio Z
every twenty four hours,' will,out any pieceJ
tible variation during its cironit i„ ] ta l
lance from the horizon, On the2kt,,f r. *■
it is 23 dog. 28 min. above the liorijJ,j U
little more than one fourth of tho diatanei to'
the zenith the highest point that if e !ef
reaches. From this latitude it slowly dp’
sounds, its track being represented hya m |-
ralor screw with a very fine thread and'
in the course of three inomlis it minus in
way down tho horizon, which it renclm™
the 23d of September. On this day it
y sweeps around the sky, with its f„ co yj
hidden below tiro icy sea. It still cu„ti m , e ,
.to-doociuK, fynd after it entirely disiippcar
odyit is still so nour tho horizon that it cm*
ries a around tlio heavens in
its daily circ’uu.. .As the ston sinks lower this
twilight gradually grows fainter till it fades
away. o,u the 20th of December, the aim is
wJ? d0g.28 min. below tho.horizon, and this
in the. midnight of tho dnrk winter of tho pule.
From this date the sun begins to ascend, ami
after a time Mu, return is heralded bv a faint
dawn ’ whidl/circles slowly around the Urb
i'.ou, completing Us circuit every twenty-fruit
hours. This dawn grows gradually brighter,
and on tlio 25th of March the-peaks of ico
are gilded with the first level rays of the six
months’ day. The bringer of ’this long day
continues to wind his spiral way upward, till
its highest place on the'3lst(i
June and his annual course is completed.
Soldier’s Voting Frauds.— The officers in
canvassing tho votes for members of Pongro s
in‘the Bth Now York district, “strucka
mine” of Republican fraud. There worn
four candidates, viz: Thomas J. Barr and
James Brooks, Democrats, and Provost Mar*
Bhal B. F. Maniorre and Wm. FI. Dndgo, 2te
pabliran*. Tho soldiers’ votes collected in
the army of live Pdtomao wore for Provost,
Marshal Manierro. Two or three days bo
fore the election, Maniorre declined in favof
of Dodge, tlio canvass' shows that
the soldier’s ballots jvere changed from Man
ierro to Dodge. Tho number thus changed
were from 800 to 1000—tho votes wore fraud
ulently opened, and turned over to Dodge !>y
parties hrNew York I
This, is the business- tho agents of the Aih
ministration were engaged in, while they wore
arresting .’Democrats, and delaying Dcinuwnt;
ic soldiers’ votes in the.mails 1 One thonanod
ballots were opened rind changed’in (media
triet 1 Here is a field for Lincoln’s detectives
and court-martials that is worth exploring.
Tho .New York Henthl says that
some persons, who were in straightened cin
oumstanees before, they got their lingers into
matters “ Soldier’s Iw”
now keep their, earriagesmnd live iq styled
It is also said llfut- siunC of. the! philanltnV
pio managers, l''alr9, .tlio Gr.rb’
tian Commission and other-. Charitable, enter:
prieos developed by the war, are “ making a
good thing” out of tbejr devoted -labors.. It
is believed that tho larger proportion of, Hie
money collected to'aid these, objects is absor
bed in “ expenses.” : V
O* Gon. J. H. Ward of Now York, ho*
been dismissed from tho Veteran Corps, be*
pause of his active support of General M’Cloi*
lari. He served with groat distinction until
disabled by wounds, end was then transfer
red to the Invalid Corps. Ilia abrupt dis*
missal is a significant commentary upon bin*
coin arid Seward’s talk about another “ ore
of good feeling.” '
3SH* The business man who puts his sign
in tlie newspaper does a. muoh wiser tlvgij
than a man who fastens it over h ; sstore; and
who would tbiuk of neglecting that? Where
one person reads a sign in tho street, lb' B
thousand-road it in tlio newspapers.
matter how well a business man is known*
ho can always pick up new customers if b®
will take the-pains to advertise ; for by nag'
locting ths means of securing trade he lose*
the best of hie profits. •
fi@“ An association of government clerks
has boon formed at Washington to urge #n '
increase of salaries'. They want more p»P f
from the public Treasury.
ID* The Democrats told the people that
there would be another draft after the elco'
tion. It was pronounced by the Abolionists
an electioneering scheme—a “ coppnhea
lie." Now the 1 truth is seen and Jell.
(C 7” The Petroleum produced in
vania was sold at the wells for $56,000,
during the last twelve months, and the,
and coal of Pennsylvania only produced J •
000,000.'
By It took about $lO,OOO worth
and cigars to “ run" the Louisiana y,,
tion which recently “ reconstructed
State.
Oy A new corps of veterans 18
organized under the command of »*“•
cook.