AMERICAN VOLUNTEER' JOHN B. BRATTOS, Editor & Proprietor - 'TwV'ii CARLISLE, PA., AUGUST 10, 1805 STANDING COMMITTEE MEETING. lu compliance with tho published cnll, the Democratic Standing Committee of Cumber land county met at Sureineß’s hotel, in Car lisle, on Saturday, July 29. The following resolutions were adopted unanimously: Resolved , That tho members of tho Demo cratic party throughout the county arc re- Rested to meet at the usual places of hol ding their respective township, borough and ward elections, on Saturday, tha 19 th day of 'August, and then and there elect two dele gates, to assemble in County Convention, in Carlisle, on Monday, August 21. at 10A o’clock, A. hi., to farm a County Ticket, and to attend to such other business of the pa-ty as may appear to them necessary and proper. dissolved, That the Delegate elections will bo hold as follows—in tho townships cast of Carlisle between the hours of 5 and 7 o’clock ; ’ in the townships wvst of Carlisle, and in >s’orth and Soutli• Middleton townships, be tween tho hours of 3 and 5 o clock ; in the different boroughs between tho hours of 4 and 7 o’clock, except in Shippensburg, which s ball be between the hours of 7 and 9 o’clock, T. hi. ' fiesohcd, That the above proceedings bo published iu tlio Democratic papers of the county JOHN B. BRATTON,/ Chairman 'J.'' C i" n vr lIOAI>S ' \ Secretaries, C. R. Maglaugulin, ) [r£7'“ Wm. Blair & Sun, Carlisle, Wholesale ami Iletail Groceries, Qilcensware, Cedar, Willow, Stone and Earthen Wares; Fish, Salt, Oils, Iron, Nails, Steel, Horse Shoos and Horse Nails. t Carlisle Deposit Bank. —Mr. J. P. Hass lek has been elected Cashier of this Banl?, in place of Mr. Beetem, deceased. -For many years Mr. 11. has acted as Assistant Cashier, and is regarded by all who know him as a most excellent and careful officer. The Bank / jj.; open for business, and no efforts v ill be spared to accommodate the people. Tenant Uol'ses.— lt is not a iXttle singular that so lew of our jjusiuoss men, who Imvo capital to invest, do not purchase town lots ami erect upon them cheap and comfortable tenant houses. As a .matter of speculation, it may not pay as high a rate of direct inter est as some other investments, but suppose it does not? It is fur more certain, and will pav better in the end. The erection and oc cupancy of tenements fosters the growth of the borough, increases its business, and con sequently enhances the value of real property. Instead of investing so-largely in coal lands, coal oil companies and fancy stocks, which mav iu the end dwindle into utter insignifi c mee and become utterly worthless, our ca pitalists would show more prudence and pub lic spirit by building up and beautifying the borough. Their property would always bo under their own eye and supervision, and ♦ hey would not be at the mercy of irresponsi ble or dishonest agents. Carlisle is gradually increasing in wealth, population and business, and what wo most lack is enterprise on the part of our jnonied men, and an additional number of comforta ble tenant houses.* Our school'and other fa cilities, our central position, the location of iho College and Barracks amongst us, have induced quite a number of families to settle hero, and more would come could suitable residences bo had. We know* that last Spring many people were deterred from coming here on account of the groat scarcity of houses.— “We have an idea that this plain statement contains some truths, and our capitalists would do well to act upon them. Ashland Cemetery*. —We are glad to learn that this enterprise is no longer an experi ment, but that it has become a “ fixed fact.” A few days ago we paid a brief visit to the spot, and found that already the'ground had I'-'cn accurately surveyed, and workmen hu engaged in leveling, running lines and lots, and very soon tho “Ashland Cemetery'* will be ranked among the iustitu lijus of tho borough. Mr. Ewing, under whosc Buporvision the work is being prosecu ted, is well known as a gentleman of fine l-.stc and great enterprise, and wo may soon cspCcb to see a place fur the- receptacle of the dead, which, for taste and beauty, will evince that tho living cherish the memory of those who have “ gone before,” and at the eorae time will bo an ornament to the bor ough.’ A Cemetery, such as the “ Ashland” is in tended to be, has long boon a desideratum to our citizens, as our public burial ground has long since been filled up, and it is a matter of much difficulty that surviving relatives can find the resting places of their departed friends. Indeed, on a recent occasion, one of our most eminent clergymen, in a sermon touching] somewhat upon borough affairs, re marked : “ Our cemetery, where a pure taste and tender feeling should most naturally ex press itself, I regret to say, still remains in vh-j confusion and contraction which has long mace us shrink from it as the last resting vkoo'of those \vo love.” The new Ccmtcry is beautifully situated in the eastern portion of the borough, and is of easy access either by Main or Pomfret streets. IVi! learn that the lots are meeting with a rapid sale, and those wishing to purchase c:\n view the plot by culling upon Mr. Ewino ut his furniture rooms. Change of Name. —The name of the “ Old Capitol Prison,” at Washington, where so many men have been imprisoned by order of ujo War Department, on the serious charge of “ disloyalty to the negro,” has been chan ged. Hereafter it will bo known as the *‘Str.nton House.” A very name. riot oceured between the whites and negroes at Aequia Creek on Tuesday.— The military interfered, killing- one negro and wounding several othersi DEMOCRATS, STAND FIRM! Democrats of Cumberland and of Pennsyl vania, stand firm ! —preserve yout organiza tion ; and above nil, oo to work in earnest. Bevond qucstioii, wo can carry the State this fall’by a decided majority, if all do their du ty. Possibly we may redeem the Legisla ture, notwithstanding tho infamous manner in which the Senatorial and Representative districts were apportioned and cut up by tho Jacobins in power. Tho people, thank for tune, arc past getting their eyes open. For nearly five kng years they have suffered un der Abolition negro-equality rule. They have had enough of it, and are determined to 'crush out tho unclean thin". They now see, if they never did before, that tho late terri ble war could have been avoided had tho ad vice of wise men instead of tho ravings of fa natical fools and remorseless thieves, been heeded. Now England ideas prevailed, and our country was deluged in blood and a debt saddled upon the country which will bo trans mitted to posterity for centuries to come.— The people, we say, see these things now, and they have determined to throttle tho men and the party who w T cre instrumental in bringing the country to its present pitia ble condition. Democrats and Conservatives! wo appeal to you to bestir yourselves at once. Let eve ry man who feels an interest in our onco great old Commonwealth—great until it felt the rude embrace of fanatical demagogues go to work, and by his influence and zeal, as sist to redeem and dialnthru 1 tho State. It cannot be that the people of Pennsylvania, after all they have scon and felt, will again permit the negro-equality party to triumph. If they do, then indeed arc they wedded to false gods, and are hopelessly blind. IV e wculd say then to all Democrats and frisrds of.a free white man’s government, be think ing and talking of your duties in the present crisis of affairs in our country’s history. Be vigilant and active with your neighbor, and post him up if necessary upon the groat is sues to bo passed upon by the people of Pennsylvania at the coming election. Rec ollect that the leaders of the Abolition negro equality party are unscrupulous, false .men. who, as heretofore, will stoop to the lowest tricks and party tactics, to retain (by a fraud ulent election if necessary,) their ill-admin istered power in the State. In addition to the ordinary issues upon questions-of State policy, lot it bo recollected that a new and astounding one has been forced upon the peo ple by tho. wire working loaders of the Jaco bin party ; and that Is tho social and politi cal equality of tho African negro with the whit.o citizen of our State, Lot it be recol lected that a Legislature is to bo elected in Pennsylvania this fall ; and that if the negro- equality party should succeed in carrying a majority of both branches, among the first acts of that body after being convened, will bo to propose amendments to the Constitution of the State, conforming the fundamental law of fair Pennsylvania to negro suffrage and the negro equality policy of the Ilepub Uean party. The enormous and heretofore unheard of taxation now fastened upon the people would be continued by this Republican party to |icep up their half military and half civil ad ministration of government, where, the same as during the last four years, the military under Republican reign, will bo superior to the civil power. These arc sume of the general issuo.s that will force themselves upon the consideration of the people during the ci ming coldest. It will behoove our people to be carefully think • ing of, and maturing at once, tho best plans, by which an irresponsible political party, which has been wallowing in the drunken ness of badly abused power for tho last four 3’ears, can most speedily and effectually be overthrown. A New Rebellion by the “Negro Rj:. publicans.” —Whoever reads tho speeches lately delivered by the loaders of tho New England Negro Republican party cannot fail to discover that they intend to create a new rebellion. Asserting that as slavery is abol ished. and the negro thereby a citizen, they o’aim that as a citizen by force of Abolition, hms entitled to vote. Thiels neither law nor logic. Nevertheless they claim his right to vote, and if lie is not allowed to vote in the late slave Stales the members of Congress who are elected from these States under the provisions of their Constitutions, will not be allowed to take their seats in tiie next Con gress. To deprive them of their right, must bo by unlawful means, since by law they are a-? much entitled to represent their districts as any member on tho floor. To defeat the right of representation by unlawful means, must be cither by fraud or force. If the lust, then it is only a now form of rebellion. We expect a “ buckshot war” on a larger scale than the Anti-Mgsons organized at Harris burg to defeat tho will of the people of Penn sylvania. Thus it over is with the'destruc tive fanatical Abolition party. Never satis fied with order or peace, attack is their life or ruin, and war iu.d death and tears their policy. Unless Stanton is removed, and Holt and Speed retired to some Dry Torlugns , an other conspiracy will be soon under way, which may only end in blood and contrnc's. This is tho new mission of the “ Negro Re publican” party. Health and Economy. —The high figures that rule for meat should induce general ab stinence on the part of our citizens, as a moans of hringing'down prices. Wa uro in the midst of tho season when an excessive use of animal food is moat pernicious. Dur ing such weather as we now Imve, l )u t very little, if any, meat is required, oven by per sons engaged in hard manual labor, and there are very few families who would not in every lespcctho hotter olf by curtailing their consumption of meat to tho extent of fully ono-lmlt, Live on vegetables until tho warm weather has passed, and tho effect will he a material saving of mnney, less liability to fa tal diseases, and perhaps a considerable do crease in butcher’s prices. Large numbers of negroes are dying in tho vicinity of Macon Oa. They are destitute of the necessaries of life. So much for tho blessings of emancipation. DC?” A negro presided over a Republican meeting at Oberlin, Ohio, on the 1G ult. THE RADICALS OF NEW ENGLAND. The Baltimore Daily Gazette says, the ru ling passion of Now England ii to meddle •with whatever is prohibited. If anything is protected by organic law ; if custom recogni zes its adoption, or propriety and a regard for good morals sanction it, so constituted is the Puritan mind, that the thing thus hedg ed about and defended becomes the-special object of dcnunciaton and attack. Pro-ominont above all others are the lead ers of the radical party in that section, botli clerical and lay. They are Iconoclasts of the worst kind. They have respect for noth ing that the world agrees to esteem ; they have b passion for everything that the world consents to condemn. • The Bible is to them a book of questionable authority, and the New Testament only to be accepted as true when read by the light of their glasses and interpretations. The divinity of the Sa viour many of them declare to be doubtful; some of them stoutly deny; whilst there arc others who hold him to have boon rather ; a good sort of a man, and . who have spoken of him in open convention, and without re buke, as “ Mr. Christ.” Of this faction Theodore Parker is the saint, Henry Ward Beecher the' living apos tle, and John Brown the martyr. From their pulpits, instead of the Gospel of Peace, they preach war and advocate persecution. Long before the Southern States seceded, Henry Ward Beecher, in his Church, lit Brooklyn, dwelt lovingly on the virtues .of Sharpe’s rifles, and took up collodions for their pur chase and distribution among tbe people of Kansas. Much more recently he has descan to I with equal boldness upon the natural mo bility.of the Southern negroes, whom ho sty led “ Kings and Princes” when compared with the “ white trash” to whom they had been subordinated. In other conventions of a similar stamp the cry has gone forth that the Southern plantations must be parcelled out among the blacks, and that brutish and ignorant, las civious and thievish, as Governor Coney— himself a radical —has pronounced them to be, they must bo elevated at once to the front rank of citizens of the Republic, and must be invested, to th.e exclusion of many thou sands of white men, with all the privileges of the franchise. With regard to property, these advanced radicals hold two distinct doctrines. One is, that at the S mth property is theft; the oth er,, that at the North property is religion.— The conclusion is obvious. Whatever the S have heretofore held, should bo wrested from them and converted to the uses of those who applauded the doings of Turch in and McNeil ; justified the atrocities ol Payne in Kentucky, and who venerate But- ler not more for the audacious insult that he offered to the women of New Orleans, than for the unscrupulous manner in which he gorged himself with tho plunder of the peo ple over whom ho was nppointnd to rule. Saturated to repletion with the intense and ineradicable self-conceit, tho*o men, whoso philosophy is of tho transcendental school and whose rule of action is “the higher law,” as interpreted by themselves, assume to control the destinies of the Republic and dare’to launch their anathemas against all who seek to oppose their sovereign will. What they would call treason from the lips of other men, is from theirs hut excess of loyalty, and their c mtempt for existing institutions hut an ar dentlovo for the perpetuation of the Union, the Constitution and tho flag. Yet, what care these men for the Union? Has not Wendell Phillips boldly avowed that for thir ty years he Strove to break it? What care they for tho Constitution ? Did not Garri son denounce it as a “compact with Death and a covenant with Hell ?” Are they not violating its most precious every day, even now? What care they for tho Fing? D.d not tho Tribune , in an infamous l.ric, hold it up to public contempt as a “ flaunting lie,” and demand that it shou be torn down from the mast-head of tho vos tbat boro it? And yet the loyalty of such hu?n as these must pass without question.— They may threaten to convert or flank, or, failing these, to crush President Johnson if ho does not shape his policy by their dicta tion ; they may sap and undermine and de stroy, one by one, every remaining bulwark of constitutional liberty ; they may set up tho negro on a pedestal to he worshipped, and degrade the white man to the condition of a suppliant at his feet; but as it is done in the name of a loyalty which is but the cloak for bigotry, and in support of a constitution whose original purposes they are insiduously engaged in perverting, it is tho duty of all meaner men, though of purer patriotism and of a truer politcal faith, to “ rise up and do them reverence” under pain of being denoun ced as Southern sympathizers, and therefore traitors at heart. The Atlantic Cable.—Tho laying of the Atlantic telegraph cable did not commence without evil omen. After the shore end of the cable was spliced on board of the Great Eastern and a portion of the wire was laid, electric communication failed. It was sup posed to bo in that pare of the wire which hud been payed out from tho great ship.— Luckily tho Caroline was on hand to under run the wire, and tho fault was discovered and mended. But this -was near the shore, and it dues not follow that if defects are again obseivcd that it will he possible to determine where they are. The Caroline cannot pur sue the Great Eastern aooross the Atlantic to underrun two thousand miles of wire and re pair defects. When the cable goes into tho deep sen, should there he faults in it there will ho no moans of determining where tho break exists. On the 25th of July tho Groat Eastern was three hundred miles from Val- entin. According to the rate of progress al ready made it will he hut a few days before thnj.vessel roaches Heart’s Content. ®SS“ Last winter the Legislature of Massa chusetta passed a law fining every landluid who refused to allow his colored hoarders to sit at tho table with his white guests the'sum ol fifty dollars. It is said that several no grues have been making small fortunes in Boston by taking advantage of this law; They put up-at cer'ain hotels, demand pla ces at the public table and when they are re fused they remind tho landlords of the pen alty and offer to compromise for five or ten dollars. Talk about black mail! This is the blackest kind of black mailing, by tho blacks. THE 03RUOTIS OF ST. DOMINGO. The accounts from Georgia and other parts of the South render the following extract from -Marshall's life of Washington partic ularly appropriate. Wo will add, that in this brief account of the horrors of St. Do mingo, it might have been proper to say that t hoso atrocities took place after the freedom of the blacks, and did not precede it. It was not tbo chained tiger struggling to break his chain,' ? but it was tbo display of bis ferocity after bo was liberated by the French Jacobin philanthropists: “ Early and bitter fruits rf that malignant philosophy which, disregarding the actual state of the world, and estimating at nothing the miseries of a vast portion ol the human race, can coolly and deliberately pursue, through cccais of blood, abstract systems for the attainment of some fancied, untried good, were gathered in the French West Indies.— Instead of |rocccding in the correction of any abuses nlfich might exist by those slow and cautious steps which gradually introduce reform wiihprt ruin, which may prepare and fit society for that bettor state of things de signed for it, and which, by not attempting impossibilities, may enlarge the circle of hap pincss, the revolutionists of Franco pursued the cruel nnl wicked project of spreading their doctriica of equality among persons, and between distinctions and prejudices which exist, to bo subdued only by the grave. The rage excited by the pursuit of this vis ionary and baneful theory, after many threat ening symptoms, burst forth on the 23d of August, 1791, with a fury alike destructive and general. In one night, a preconcerted insurrection of tbo blacks took place in the colony of St. D>mlngo,- and tlio white inhab itants of the country, while sleeping in their beds, were involved in one indiscriminate slaughter, from which neither ago nor sex could afford an exception. Only a few fe males, reserved for a fate more cruel than death were spared ; and not many were for tunate enough to escape into the fortified cit ies.”—Marshall's Lijc of Washington, vol. ii. The madness of the French Revolution in its worst periods never exceeded-the blind and infatuated Jacobinism prevailing among the abolitionists of the present day. We fear that nothing "bat some-great catastrophe will awaken them to common sense and real hu manity, The progress of fanaticism is ama zing. Wo meet every day with men who hold the wildest doctrines, which, if impart ed to them six months ago, they would have rejected with indignation. Whore is this to end ? It ii as certain ns the fixed decrees of the Almighty that the white man must be the ruler in this republic ; and in case of a bloody conflict, the inferior race must perish- Woo to those infatuated men who provoke the conflict! Col. McClure on Cameron. The following appeared in.n recent number of the Ghamborsburg Repository, Col. A, K. McClure’s paper: « “ General Cameron withdrew from the War Department, .because, like Blair, Chase, Smith an.i Usher, ho was polilely requested to do so. lie was appointed, with Bates, Chase and Seward, because ho had aspired to the Chicago nomination and was a competitor of Mr. Lincoln for that honor. So little did Mr., Lincoln know of public men who were promi nent merely aa politicians rather than as . atesmen , that he did not know, two months after his election, that Mr. Cam cron had been a Senator in Congress from 1840 to 18-13, when Mr. Lincoln was u Representative. lie know hut little of pub lic men. save those who won his heart or judgment by the eminence of their attain ments'in the national councils, lie was sel dom out of Illinois, and was without national fame until his memorable contest with Doug las in 1858. He appointed Mr. Cameron, therefore, because Pennsylvania had presen ted him for the Presidency, assuming that so great a State would award its highest honors to its most worthy citizen. The statement of the Chicago Republican , that Mr. Cameron voluntarily withdrew from the Cabinet be cause] ho could not consent to remain any longer with General McClellan at the head of the army, is purely gratuitous, and we ha zard a little in the assertion that he never made the statement or authorized its publica tion. That Gen. McClellan and Mr. Camer on differed at times about appointments wo do not doubt; hut his portfolio was not sur rendered for that reason. Ho withdrew sim ply because resistance to hu administration had culminated in so imperious a demand up on the President from Congress, the monied men of the cities, and the country generally, that it had to be obeyed. The leading New York financiers demanded his rem >val or shattered government credit as the penalty for denying it, and a Republican Congress became decided in its hostility to his continu ance in office—so much so that even after his retirement it formally censured him by reso lution for mal-administration ; and ho was ignorant of his own resignation until Secre tary Chase called upon him with a letter from Mr. Lincoln, in which he was informed that he was no longer Secretary of War, but Minister to Russia. 01 his successor lie. had no knowledge until the nomination of Mr. Stanton was sent to the Senate, together with his own as foreign Minister; and his letter of resignation; afterwards published, to which the letter of President Lincoln seemed to be a reply, was written some days after Mr. Lincoln’s letter had been delivered, and Mr Camenm had retired Irom the Cabinet. The •arrangement ofrthe correspondence was an alter thought, and one of Lincoln’s many -halms to the wounds he was so often com pelled reluctantly to inflict.” Preservation of Meats For Food.—A process fur preserving meats by infiltration is about to be tried hero, said to have been very successful in England and patented there. The animal ia killed by a blow on the head, the chest opened, incisions made in the heart on each side letting all the blood out. A pipe connected with a tank of brine is then introduced into one of the incisions in the heart, and in this way the brine fills all the circulatory vessels. 'AfcOr'thVsirprro-' ecrvativo fluid is inserted in the same way. It is said that an animal can be preserved in three quarters of an hour. If it can and is reliable, it will prove a very great improve meat and tend as an economizer in the sav ing which will follow. As the experiment is to bo tried by competent persons, wo shall probably soon learn what is in the proposed improvement. State_ Agricultural Society. Edgar Cowan, Esq., one of our Senators in Congress, will deliver the annual address befire the Pennsylvania Stito Agricultural Society, at Williamsport, in Friday, September 29. We are glad to hear that large preparation is making for the next exhibition of this useful society, and that up to this period of time its officers have assurance uf a greater dis play of animals and implements purely agri cultural in their character than any of them have ever known so long before the time of the exhibition. We are promised a full de scription of the fair grounds, hy a friend at Williamsport, which will show bow that en terprising community intend “to do things." SELECTING CANDIDATES. The New York Tribune , the other day, in commenting upon the late English elections, and contrasting their mode of selecting can didates with ours, is by no moans compli mentary to the generality of our public ser- ■vants. It says " Mon are continually sent to Congress or the Legislature on the strongth'of a " regu lar nomination,” who would not have the presumption to present themselves as inde pendent candidates, and could get no support if they did. And aide, good men are fre quently thrown out hy the “ regular nomina tion” of rivals who demand “ their turn,” or that of their country or township, and obtain it hy buying delegations or hy pledging their support next lime to aspirants ns unworthy as themselves. No Madison, Clay, or Web ster, could have,kept a scat in the House ten years under the system of “ regular nomina tions,!’' which have steadily degraded our standard bP'legislativo 'capacity ever since they were generally adopted.” As long ns the old Whig party, under the lead of Clay and Webstar, was able to con tend with the Democracy, the state of af fairs dowered by the Tribune was not known But when that proud old organization wont down, and Know-Nothingism reared up upon its ruins, then was inaugurated a system of corruption which has ever since been grow ing worse. High toned men like Clay and Webster have no chance of political prefer ment how with the party in power. For Webster, wo have in the Senate of the United States that fierce fanatic Wilson ; and from Michigan wo have the brawling swill-head Chandler, sent to fill the seat previously oc cupied by Gen. Cass. Know-Notbingism and Abolitionism have terribly corrupted the politics of the country. Hero in our State this is notorious. The leaders of the party in power are generally men who were mere ly tolerated by the old Whig and Democratic parties, during these parties’ contests fur power. Cameron for instance was always pelted by the Democracy, whenever he made his appearance among them, hut no sooner did he become an Abolitionist than he was nominated by that party in Pennsylvania as its erndidate for the Presidency. And ever since that period ho has been the loader of of Abolitionism in the State while at the same time wielding immense influence in ' Washington. This" was not the case when the Democratic party was in power, nor ! would it be if that party were in power now. Such characters as Cameron and his set of adventurers, if they would insist upon acting with us, would have to occupy subordinate positions, and not suddenly bound totbo head and front of our organization. Speculations iiv Breadlsuffs. Notwithstanding the fact that the late har vest has been an average one, the specula tors in breadstuff's are busy at their unholy if not unlawful work. Combinations have been formed, and the price of flour has went up, within a fortnight, of two dollars a bar rel. With the return of peace we thought that the mania for speculation would cease in a manner, hut it seems that the opposite is the case. The following from the N. Y. World embodies the facts in a few words.— We quote .it entire : Wo have seen spring up within the past fortnight a most sweeping speculation in breadstuff*, commencing at the West and fi nally extending to this market. In a few days wheat has advanced from twenty to fif ty cents per bushel; and in flour the aver age advance is a dollar a barrel. This spec ulation is based upon the asserted failure of the winter vheat crop in Ohio, Indiana and Maryland, with a considerable deficiency in other great wheat-growing States. We have no doubt there is much truth in these asser tions ; the crop is probably not more than two-thiids the average. But there are many which the speculators have lost sight of. ~ First among these are the heavy props of wheat in the more northern of the Southern States, and from which we may soon expect considerable supplies. We have no specific data on the subject, but there can scarcely bo a doubt that the vicld of grain in Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia will double the requirements for homo consumption ; the sur plus will seek this market, either in the grain or flour. Again, Canada is about harvesting one of the finest crops of wheat over raised in that province; the surplus will he precip itated upon this market. And again, the surplus of the crop of last year at the West, held back heretofore from distrust of the cur rency, and in expectation of higher prices, will* now ho crowded upon the market by a combination of circumstances. Then we come to the export question. Prices in tho European markets are still quite low ; they are a little higher than last year, when they were almost unprecedentedly low. Prices of flour and wheat in this market are consider ably above export figures, and stocks are rap idly accumulating.. There U no outlet for tho surplus except by export, and there is nothing in the state of the foreign markets, or in the prospects of the foreign crops, to warrant the anticipation of any considerable advance abroad. Withholding supnlies from this market will have little influence. Under any circumstances, therefore, tho present speculation in breadstuff’s must be looked ujon as extremely unfortunate. It threatens to precipitate great evils upon a creat variety of people. It can only end in panic and extremely low prices, involving our receivers in the embarrassments they riS countered in tho fall of 1800, and threaten ing the stability of tho Western banks. Letter from Gen. McClellan.— The 4th of July was celebrated by the Americans in ltaly, and among those invited to at tend the festival was Gen. McClellan. In re. sponse, be wrote a letter expressing bis great satisfaction at the successes of Generals Grant and Sherman, and the hopes that the Union, now that the war is over, will become more united and prosperous than before. lie fur ther adds: “ I most sincerely unite with you in the feelings of sorrow and indignation which have been so universally expressed' for the cowardly murder which deprived the country of its Chief Magietrete, ami in the desire to afford the most loyal support to his successor. I trust, too, that you will unite with'me in the hope that, since we have completely vin dicated our national strength and military honor by the entire defeat and ruin of our late enemies, nu.- people will pursue a mag nanimous ami-merciful course toward a fallen foe—one that will tend to soften the bitter feelings inevitably caused by a long and ear nest war, and to restore the confidence and kind feeling that should exist between those wlio owe allegiance to tiie same government and belong to the same people." To pe Discharged. —The notorious forger, Col. J. Buchanan Cross, whose exploit in lor gery, and his desperate efforts tn escape from the penitentiary by means of false- papers, caused Sn much excitement some years ago, will be discharged-next month, his term°of five years expiring on the IStli. lie has been employed in making cane-seat chairs since his confinement.- -Phila. Jnqitirer, FRAUDS IN THE WHISKEY TRADE, The tax on whiskey manufactured in the United States is per gallon, and would amount t0'9180,000,000 per annum, if paid on the quality made and consumed, but the government, it is" said, does not realize a tenth of tliis suihi and is' in fact receiving more revenue from the income tax on the profits of the sale of whiskey than from the direct tax on the article itself. The stock on hand is as large as it was in January last, the rate of consumption is not known to havo fallcn'ofF anything, and prices rule nt but a few eents'above the rate of government tax. It is alleged' that an enormous quantity of whiskey is smuggled from Canada, and that the excise system is very loosely man aged, both on the frontier and in connection with the distilleries. An article in the Chi cago Tribune says; “ Among the innumerable methods devised by dishonest men to cheat the Treasury, we have hoard of this one: A rents his distillery to B for a brief time. B fires up and runs it day and night on high winos. After ho has manufactured a thousand barrels, or some largo quantity, the owner of the distillery has a sudden attack of patriotism and rushes to a tax collector and ‘ informs’ on B, and makes the necessary proof of the intended! fraud ; the officer seizes the whole lot, has it condeamcd and sold, and pays over one-half of the proceeds to the informer, who in turn passes over twivthirda of his share to the les see, B, who lets the ease go against himself by default. The law gives half the money to the informer. The confederates realize one dollar between them, for what cost them hut forty cents to make; a clear profit by the transaction of sixty cents per gallon ; and the ! distillery nut confiscated because it is' the property of honest A. i Another method is that where the owner of the distillery, after making a sufficient quantity, gets a neighbor to complain of him and,the proceeds of the information money being divided, as previously agreed upon by the conspirators. A third, method, and it »s believed the most frequent one, is by collusion with the Inter nal Revenue Officers, by which false returns are allowed to be made, and certificates of inspection issued for more whiskey than is required to pay the excise. One of the recent whiskey frauds in lowa was of this charac ter. Two thousand barrels were manufac tured by n concern, and duly stamped and certified by the assesor and inspector, but only one thousand of the barrels had paid the tax. The other thousand was thrown on the mar ket and the nroccoda divided with the disho nest and perjured officials. A detective of the Treasury Department, who had not been bribed, discovered the fraud, and caused n seizure of the contraband liquor to he made. How shall these frauds be stopped? Wliat method can be devised to compel every gal lon to pay the tux? This is the most impor -1 tant revenue problem tin* t Can engage the at tention of the Commissioners, of Congress, of the Secretary of the Treasury and of the In ternal Revenue officers. If the excise can bo honestly collected, it is perfectly safe to cal culate on one hundred to one hundred and fifty millona of revenue frnn this one source. Whpn that is accomplished there will remain no longer anyquostion about the entire abili ty of the government tc pay the interest on the national debt and pay ull other Federal expenses.” Expenses at ttie White House. —The Ro Chester Democrat (Rep.) explains how the late President Lincoln was able to save $50,- 000 from his salary,• It says: “That vhe trouble with a new President of reasonably frugal habits is nob how to save his salary, but how to spend it. In the first place bo has no rent to pay. Congress fur nishes the White House from garret to cel lar, and provides all that is needed in kitch en and pantry, as well as in parlor. Helms no wages to ray. Congress pays liis servants from private Secretary to Loot black and scullion. * “ It ala provides him with fuel nnd lights and pays tlie expenses of his stables. It pro vides him with n garden and a corps of gar dener?, who ought to eec that he pays noth* ing lor vegetables, or fruits, or flowers. In short, of the ordinary expenses of housekeep ing, the only hills the President is cMled up on to pay are the butcher's and the wine merchant's. Even the latter has not fallen upon the recent occupants of the "\yhito House, whose cellars have been kept well stocked witli presents of wines and liquors. “ When these items are deducted, and when it is considered tint it is no etiquette in Washington to call upon the President for contributions to ordinary charities, it can be easily understood how Mr. Lincoln could lay one-half or more of his salary. And this economy will be more comprehensible if the fact be universally assorted and credited in Washington, that the expenses of the parties and State dinners occasionally given by tbo President were, at Mrs. Lincoln’s request, paid for out of Government funds. All this was different under former administrations." As the Democrat is sound in its Republi canism and supported'Mr. Lincoln andSuore over is owned by the ex-Postmaster of the last Congress but one, a strong Republican House too, wo shall believe the facts as they are stated. Financial Reports. —The N. Y. Journal of Commerce mentions various suggestions with regard to Secretary McCulloch meeting his obligations without pressure until meet iigof Congress. Among them one is, that he will change the maturing certificates into Treasury notes, ns far as the holders may de sire it, and thus avoid their redemption. An other plan proposes u large increase of the temporary loan. A later report is, that “ a tremendous effort will bo made next winter to add at least two hundred millions to the amount of currency authorized from the Na tional Ranks. The natural inflation, as it takes place, may aid a little in the negatin' l it'n-ot loans." And’still another statmmmt made by the Journal is, that “ an effort will bo made to obtain the fiat of Congress, de claring all the National Bank issues a legal tender to the same extent as the greenbacks, save in the matter of their own redemption." How many of these reports, may be true, can not bo definitely answered uciil the assem bling of Congress.. But that such an effort ras is indicated for obtaining authority to in crease the National Bank Circulation will bo made, there can hardly be a doubt. It will be urged that the country, the opening up of the South, &c., necessitates it. That will bo the plea. If it succeed, there can be no ma terial reduction of currency in. a very long time, even supposing the Government shall be able after awhile to draw in some of its legal tender. The prospect for liwer prices is thus not very good. Financial Definitions.— .Gold—A •‘Com .ditv.” Commodity—Anything without value; Debt—A hlctjsiug. * Currency Paper stained with corroded bronze—A nuisance. Luxuries-—Tea. sugar and coffee. Necessaries—Largo salaries, fast horses, OCC. Economy—Debasing the coinage; Bank Statement—A fraud. Poverty—National wealth. Demand—Specie. Supply-Paper. Producer—A hank note printer. Consumer—A Tax Commissioner. Contraction—Running into debt.- SAD TRAGEDY. A Man Kills Another in a Sired Fight On Tuesday morning last our usuall Vt ,„' ot town was thrown into a state of iiitcriJi' ‘ excitement by the shouting of Jacob Crliu J. by J. P. Heed, Jr., both of this place, \y'U will try to narrate the circumstances ua]:V-; which this unfortunate affray took pl IH . e 3$ accurately as wo can gather thorn from tbu-'X’S who were witnesses of the occurrence. gel Heed, a student of medicine in Plrilaik r? plria, atid a brother of J. P. Reed, Jv M been staying at bis father’s bouse for su)i t j| days oil a.viait. .Whilst Mongol war, sitting in front of bis father’s bouse, and when walking,with ladies on the »trc e i'.>| Crouse .would call him “ rebel,” “ traitor''® and,accost him in this wise, “ How arc Johnny?” “How are you, Rob?” i py l |{ | was borne silently by Mengol until last Sul;’s urday, when, sitting in front of his fullie ( office, Crouse, passing him, said, “ Bow «|?s you, Johnny ?" Mengel replied that bo wniiM cane him if he would continue to J. P. Rood, Jr., hearing the altercation If i tween his brother and Crouse, stepped t 5 - tween thorn and asked what was the matlsji- ■; Mengel replied, “ Tliis creature has iuarliff;:,’ me ognin.” J. P. asked Crouse, “ Did y uu i|. v The latter replied, “ Yes, I did 1" and car:.- A menacingly toward J. P., who struck liil;S and knocked him down. Grouse, being a pj , ; i erful man, raided, when he was again kno:i ed down by Reed.. At this juncture cy? peace officers interfered and the parties itr i|; separated. On Saturday night, as SdiJii W. Reed, a brother of Mengel arid J.• '4. Reed, Jr., was_going from his uncle Jati',; Reed’s house''towards his father’s, Crut ?;v, leaped upon, him, struck him to the grot ;' ; and was beating him terribly, when J. Reed, Jr., came to the rescue and knotl Crouse down several times. At this crisis a largo crowd had gate ?! in the street, and for a few minutes ifcK seemed to bo imminent danger of a ri»i ;;j Through the exertions, however, of thee 2 stables and Capt. Adams, of the 187th, oti A was restored. Thus matters stood mS| Tuesday morning, when J. P. Rood, Jacob Crouse met on the street. Cray l said something to Reed, and the latter t--| him he-wanted to have nothing more to S with him, at the same time turning to vK away. As Reed turned, Crouse struck t!S with a stme nearly felling him, and wtisif the act of striking him with another when Reed fired upon him, killing most instantly. This is a sad, sad affair, ,\vo hope may be the last of the kind ever be our painful duty to record. ). Reed gave himself up the authoritiesi™ was placed in the county prison. We tH our readers will not make up, or exprcsira opinion in regard to this case, in view of i| faot'that some of them may bo called tif|| upon it as jurors. Reserve your opinfeg until you hear the testimony in court. P. S.—An effort has been made bjljSl counsel for the prosecution, to prove a spiracy for the-killing of Crouse, which||j! utterly failed. No one was committed cept the three Reed boys. Tho phyurchM J. P. Reed, Jr., says he is hurt badly bjp? blow received from tho stone in Cm&s hands, and that if ho had been struck ajiV* inches higher he would have been kilkj- ; v Bedford Gazette. \ “Provost Marshal Shot.— * August I.—Jacob Crouse, late deputy L „ vost marshal of Redfoid county, wan*; 1 dead in the street to-day, by John P. Huh a lately returned Canadian refugee brother, Mongol Reed, who has been rebel army, who also engaged in tho nf, They have been arrested and lodged ni Great excitement prevails in conscqi & of the affair.” > The above is a telegram to tho Press. It is due to truth to say that P. Reed. Jr., was not a Canadian He went to Toronto to.study law, and f r'-, other purpose. When he went there lit so a free man. Neither theGovernmont nr w. private individual had made any claims':? him from which ho found it noce**iu>£ flee; and when drafted, long after keh a student at Toronto, ho put in a and received an honorable - dischivrptr j§! Capt. Eyster. His brother Mongol was tured at M’Connelsburg by tho rehckjp recaptured by the Union troops near G burg, a few days after. Neither of i were arrested, but placed themselves in hands of the Sheriff. This is the truth whole truth, ant) nothing but the tru: The Shoddy Aristocracy at Saruo , The shoddy aristocracy at Saratogi I great difficulty ‘.n wearing their unirnu vaneements. Some of them make mV dijnlous work of it—reminding belmll: Ifl premium cattle bedecked for agricu: fairs. One unfortunate dunce of oleaj development actually went through the tyrdom of dressing fifteen ..times befiafJ-J per on Tuesday. A young damsel at n ?v ,: ' in one of the big hotels yesterday n ft 1 the crowd by exclaiming, “ Lor ! mar dropped ray diamond .into the grow vigorous search for the lost jewel—a * ncfinr pin—was made'in the-kitchen r but unsuccessfully. It is only worth $ and “ papa" comes within Toodles’ defi ifija of a gentleman. He •* don't care a dar V There is a greater crowd at than ever before at this time in. the efi-Haa but leas of real refined gentility.— Journal . t * OT The P ostmast'er-Genoral is gre restoring the postal service all over the- On Monday morning, the mails left tbel ington -post-office to be conveyed <l - to Richmond and Petersburg tracts have just been made for servi railroad from New Orleans to Canton,. 1 and from Canton to Jackson, Tenn. 1 heaOß of Departments are engaged in l ring the civil machinery, in accordance the proclamations of the President ap ing Provisional Governors.- An exciting controversy is now pend Chicago relative to the final disposition; funds of the recent Sanitary Fair. .A' feeling exists in the community in f» the appropriation of all the money rai the Fair to the erection of a pormanc dior.’s Home, where all sick,’ erwise disabled veterans of the war, Western States may be properly takffcv of. Intense interest is oxc>ted through P* 1 ' dinna pending the decision of 'the Sufetl Court of that State on the validity legalizing the issuing of County bounties. At least ten millions are ed. It is mostly in the hands of Judges Cowan, Biddle and Btcknoll. Judges,, have granted injunctions ft ? al ||j| bonds: IHb OCT* A number of timorous Trcasiijj J| having the fear of the Women in fore their eyes, have instructed gers in the Department to say, home,” to every suspicious female an audience with them. pi* - “T flitfl KIT" Scott at gambled away $lO,OOO of Undo Sam sl gl and left. Ho was a “ loyal" hater *js| viler of “ Copperheads," we'll bet, O* At Grass Luke, Michigan, ot day, a returned soldier was poison p J woman. On Monday, at the same Fi citizen was murdered by a soldier. t tI
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