AMERICAN VOLUNTEER JOHN D. BRATTON, Editor & Proprietor CARLISLE, PA.. AUGUST 17, ISGS, STANDING COMMITTEE MEETING. In compliance with the pa Vjlislicd coll, the Democratic Standing Committee of Cumber land county met at Siireiner’s hotel, in Car lisle, on Saturday, July -9. The following resolutions were adopted unanimously*. Resolved, That the members of the Demo cratic party throughout the county are re quested to meet at the usual places of hol ding their respective township, borough ami ward elections, on Saturday, Me 19 Ik day of August, anti then and there elect two dele gales, to assemble in County Convention, in Carlisle, on Monday, August 91, at KC. o'clock, A. >j., to form a County Ticket, and to attend to such other business of the pa r ty as may appear to them necessary and proper. Resolved, That the Delegate elections will bo held as follows—in the townships east of Carlisle between the hours of 5 and 7'o'clock ; in the townships west of Carlisle, and in North and South Middleton townships, be tween the hours of 3 and 5 o'clock ; in the different boroughs between tho hours of -I ami 7 o’clock, except in Shippenslmrg, which shall bo between the hours of 7 and S) o’clock, P. M. Resolved, That the above proceedings he published iu tho Democratic papers of the cjuiify JOHN B. BRATTON. Chairman Jacob Rhoads, ] c. ~. • r, . r \ bccrefartes. C. h. Maglal'ciilin, ] Retailers Please Notice.—Wm. Blur Sun*, Carlisle, offer qualities Coal Oil, Paper Bags ami Wrapping Papers at City' prices. Sava your freightin'];. DEMOCRATIC WARD 3IEETIMS. The Democrats of the KAST WARD Oar lisle, will meet at Hei pen's Hotel, on Fruhu/ Fv'U'.in;!, August IS, at 7-f. o'clock, to place in nomination Delegates to bo elected to the coining County Convention. The Democrats of the WKST WARD will meet at Tuudium's Hotel, at the same hour and fur tlia same purpose. Cl7* The Synol of the Evangelical Luther an Cliufch for Western Pennsylvania will bold its next annual meeting in Carlisle iu September. Peaches.— Our markets arc now well sup plied with this delicious fruit. The crop of tins year is exceedingly large and the Gneat that has been pioduccd for many years.— Peaches arc now selling in our markets at $1 50 and s‘J.bO the bushel. Seu.inu Liqimr to Minors. —There are I numerous beer shops in this borough patron-1 ized to a great extent by- minors, and it is not I an ui!C ! 'inmon tiling to see b<vs staggering! almg our streets under the influence of thel Teutonic beverage. i.)i<gusting spectacles of tins kind are witnessed daily. Saloon keep-} era have no right to?oll to persons under ago, I and those who do so subject themselves to a heavy penalty. So long, however,as licenses aic granted to any and every body who makes application, wo aui.-t expect the laws to bo ■violated. Sixcia-l Notice.— "NYo need money, ami ■would bo pleased to have cur subscribers pay up a little more rapidly. There is a consid erable amount upon our bonks which has been due for some time, and should have been settled long age. Those in arrears are requested to square up aa soon as possible. Re-opening op the Schools.—Our Coin nun Schools, alter a vocation, of six weeks, were again re opened yc.ftcrday morning, much to the some of the young lads and lasses, who have bcoi enjoying them selves JiugCly during the vacation. It is, however, a matter of great relief to parents of troublesome boys and girls, who, ever since the closing of the schools, havo spent much of their idle time on the streets. A pleasant school-room, with a kind teacher, is the best place for all youngsters. The Lady’s Friend. —“ Catching the But terfly” is the leading steel evgniving of the September number of this favorite periodical —and a very pretty picturc.it is. It will re mind many of the days of their childhood, when they roamed about catching butterflies —and some, peilmps, may think sadly that since -they havo grown to riper years, they have been engaged in nothing much mure important than trying to catch such other butterflies as wealth and pleasure and fame. The steel fashion-plate for this number is as handsome as usual, and the sporting dress in it something a little peculiar. Wo suppose it Is the way that the Empress Eugenio and her ladies dress when on their sporting ex cursious, “Looking for Father,” is a pretty wood engraving. Then wo have the engrav ings of a Lace Jacket, Mode of Dressing the Hair, a Bridal Coiffure, In-door Cap, &c., &o. The music is “President Johnson’s Grand March.” Among the literature of this num ber wo find Cherry Lawn, by Ilattio Ilay mond Love’s Idolatry, Paroled, Titian Vor celli, Looking Beyond, Mrs. Melendy’s Match, by Trances Lee; The Village Beauty and the City Belle, by Mrs. E. M. Russell ; The Sto ry of a Life, by Bella Z. Spencer ; The Mid summer Child, by Julia Gill ; Marriage by the Way, by Sophie May ; Told by the Sun, by Beatrice Colonua. Editorials, Fashions, Receipts, &c. Prico, $2.50 a year; 2 copies, $-1.00. To those desirous of making up clubs specimen numbers will bo scut for. 15 cents, Wheeler <0 Wilson’s celebrated hewing Machines arc furnished as premiums. Address Deacon & Petersen, 3R) Walnut street, Philadelphia, New -Dress. —The Philadelphia 'Sunday Mercury comes to us this week inn now sheet of clear typo from tlio foundry of Messrs Collins &' McClcostor. The Mercury j s a sound Democratic leader, and deserves well ef its friend*. POLITICAL PERFIDY. Loyal Thief Swindles his own Partisans — The Manner in which Office-holders were Taxed to make up a Corruption Fund—The Thieves of the Whole Country iccl'C Banded Together—Rich Developments . The following item of infoTmatitfri appear ed in Forney’s Press recently : A Swindler Arrested.—During tbo late Presidential canvass n man rained T. W. Fuller perpetrated a series of frauds by pre tending to bo an agent of the Republican Ex ecutive Committee, of which Senator Harlan was Chairman, and collecting money from various office-holder's throughout the country amounting in the aggregate to 545.000. He had previously provided'himself with several hundred blank receipts signed by Mr; Har lan, which ho had stolen. If better evidence is wanted of the corrupt swindling operations of tho Negro-equality party, wo advise those in quest of it to ingra tiate themselves into tho confidence of some of the members of tho above committee. Let the honest men of tho country reflect for a moment. $-15,000 procured from office-hold ers upon genuine receipts, signed by the Chairman of tho Republican Executive Com mittee, and surreptitiously appropriated by Mr. FuLUiR, was not missed by those loyal gentlemen' of the committee for months, so great was - tho total amount drawn from the minions of office-holders and government contractors and employees of tho United States, to carry on the campaign in tho North against the Democratic party. Thus by ac cident we come in possession of information, from-an authentic-source, which gums the people an imperfect idea of the riilllions of money placed at the disposal of unprincipled ‘demagogues for the express purpose of swind ling the people out of their votes, and by this ( nefarious vice, perpetuate tho power of a party which falters not at the extortion of tho < money, tho liberty or - tho life of the citizen 1 —and now they have the effrontery to hold up to to the gaze of the community they have , fobbed, (Ida isolate individual, Mr. Fuller, j and ask men to denounce him as a swindler. ' j Is the man who drew the money on tho re- j I ccipls more of a swindler than he who signed J j them ? What right had the Chairman of the I . Committee to extract money from office-hold- ' ers for corruption purposes. Never since tho ( institution of human government, was sucdi . corrupt prodigality brought into requisition by any party or power to stifle public expres sion, to crush truth, and suppress liberty of speech and the press. We should like some legal gentlemen of tho negro-suffrage persua sion to answer us the following questions: Ist. Can the Republican Committee recov er of Fuller, in a civil action the money he procured on their receipt ? If not, they must fail from want of interest, consideration, or on account of fraud—consequently it was the committee who swindled, since it was upon the credit of thou* names and no representa tion of Fuller’s that tho money was paid. 2d. If the Republican Committee could not recover in a civil action, could Fuller be convicted in a criminal prosecution for no\ applying the money voluntarily contributed for immoral, corrupt and unlawful objects to the base purposes for which it was donated? j 3d. Does not tho fa.ct of Fuller being ar -1 rested by a Colonel give tho military juris diction—if not, cannot tho President under ! tlic tear power appoint a commission‘to try Fuller—and would it not be best for the committee that Fuller bo tried bv court . * * 1 martial, in order that certain testimony, da- I maging to said committee, might be suppress ed, and further, to warrant, a conviction upon presumptions in case tho prosecution fail in evidence ? The sah3sss«*vUoxney will bo allowed thirty days, under thor&lft, to answer, and will also bo permitted to use epithets (such as cooper head, sympathizer and traitor.) instead of ar gument. Loyal patriotic zeal may bo substi tuted lor brains and common souse. Ho wi likewise be excused for arrogating to himse ami party all the patriotism of the country. The Farmer’s Promotion Book. —*’ A new and Scientific Manuring System for the cul tivatiun and increase of all kinds of Grains. Grass?s, and Fodder and Pasture, upot), all kinds of soil, proved by actual experiments and based on evident truths. Designed to improve Agriculture in all its branches.- Represented by upwards of one hundred and fifty engravings of the most valuable Grasses and Plants connected with the system. By Dr, C. G. Reinhold.” The circulation and sale of this valuable’ work was suspended for some time prior to the commencement of the War ; and the au thor having recently died in Williamsport, Pa., his eon is now arranging to dispose of the remainder of the books on hand at a re duced price, and to continue the publication thereof, if deemed practicable. A copy, with an Essay on the suipt'et by the’ author, can be examined at tins office. Farmers and all others interested in good Agricultural reading and Scientific practice, will bo greatly profited bv a perusal of this extraordinary work of rare merit, which has received the sanction of the most eminent agriculturists, as their letters and publica tions in possession of the family show. It was first first published in Pittsburg, whore a copyright was secured, and exten sively circulated in Western Pennsylvania and in the Western fjtatos, but no exertions have ever been made to introduce it in the Eastern and lower countiescf the State until t he present time. Copies will be sent, free of charge , to any known responsible address. On being re ceived, the price, §5, can bo remitted. Until agents are appointed for the several districts of Cumberland county, lo deliver the book personally, please address the sub subscriber, who will promptly forward all books ordered. W. Miles, * General AgtWilliamsport, Pa, Murderers Sentenced. —The attorneys for the three Ruperts, having withdrawn the motion fur a new trial, they were brought before court yesterday morning to be sentenc ed. Henry was sentenced 3 years, and Lew is 0 years to the penitentiary, Howard, who fired the shot that killed Vanasdlan, was sentenced to death. It is generally un derstood that the Governor has pardoned the culprits. ICT” The-shoddy party of Union county, through their return judges of their nomir.a ting election, have declared in favor of negro suffrage-, OPPOSED TO XEGRO SUFFRAGE. Gen. Cox, tho Republican candidate for Governor of Ohio, has at last been forced to define his position on tbo negro question.— Tho fire from the returned soldiers made it necessary that the General should change his base, and this ho docs in n tart letter to the committee of Republican electors who pro pounded certain questions to him and de manded an answer. After snubbing the committee for running in advance of-their party on tho negro ques tion, tho General takes ground against negro suffrage, and in favor of a separation of ihe white and black races on our own soil. Some of tho points made by Gen. Cox against,the radical theory are forcible. .In answer to the radical assertion—“ deliver the four mil lions of Treed people’ into tho hands of their former oppressors, now embittered by their defeat; and they will make their condition worse than before,” he says : I, starting from the same principles, and after four years of close and thoughtful ob servations of the races where they are, say I am unwillingly forced to the conviction that the effect of the war has not been simply to “ embitter” their relations, but to develop a rooted antagonism which makes their perma nent fusion in one political community an absolute impossibility. The sole difference between us then is in tho degree of hostility we find existing between the races, and its probable permanence. You assume that the oxtentiun of tho right of suffrage to tho blacks, leaving them intermixed with tho whites, will cure all the trouble. I believe that it would rather be like tho decisions in that outer darkness of which Miltpn. speaks, whore ** Chaos umpire sits, And by decision more embroils the fray.” Yet, as I believe, with you, that the right of life and liberty are inalienable, and more than admit the danger of leaving a laboring data at the entire meroy of those who for* merly owned them as slaves, you will'say I am bound to furnish somo solution of the problem which shall not deny the right or incur the peril. So I am, artd the only real solution which I can see is the peaceable scparation,of the races, lint, you will re ply, foreign' colonization will break down hopelessly under the very rastneas of the labor, even if it were not tyrannical enough to expel these unfortunate people from the land of their biith. I grant the full weight of the objection, and therefore say the solu tion is thus narrowed down to a peaceable separation of the races on the soil where they no.v are. As to the social difficulties which lie in the way of carrying out the programme of the radicals, Gen. Cox remarks: The antagonism of which I have spoken is net entirely one-sided. On the part of the former master, it takes the form of an indom itable pride, which utterly refuses .to enter tain the idea of political or social equality, mingled with a hatred in ton t-itied by the cir cumstances and results of the war. This feeling is not confined to the slave-owners alone, but the pour whites share it fully, and often show it more .passionately. On the part of the free Imen it is manifest ed in an utter distrust of the dominant race, an enmity which, although made by circum stances more passive and less openly mani fested, is as real and implacable as the other. They have the mutual attraction of race among themselves, and repulsion to the whites ns another people, developed to a de gree which surprised me. * * * The daily and hourly repetition of proofs of tliis fact, many of them too subtle for de scription, but mine the Joss convincing to the observer, has fully convinced mo that never between Norman, and Saxon, nor between Gaul and Frank, was thoie a more conscious hatred, or an antagonism more likely to prove inveterate, than between black and white on our Southern soil. The negroes will have no sense of security, nor faith in their funner masters. The effect of the war upon the opinion of the soldiers in regard to negro equality is thus stated by the General; I have watched with deep interest the edu cational effect of the war upon our own army, and 1 assure you that whilst our white sol diers have uniformly and quickly learned to appreciate the fact that the existence of our free government could only bo preserved by the destruction of the system of slavery and so became radically and thoroughly anti-sla very, the tendency for battling for the old flag was almost equally uniform in increas ing and deepening their pride of race.— The fact is one which cannot bo overlooked in any calculation involving their action up on the political problems before the country, and it is one in regard to which I think I cun hardly be mistaken. It is evident that negro-suffrage and negro- equality is distastful to the majority of the Republicans of Ohio. But the radicals threat en to nominate » separate State ticket if their views bo not adopted. Gen. Cox, however, repudiates their policy, and sets forth a plan of his own, which the Now York Tribune predict!} “ will be found impracticable.” Tribute of Rtsptci. At a mceling of the Good Templars, held in their Hall August 10, 1805, the following was unanimously adopted : Whereas, it lias pleased God In his Prov idence to call from time to eternity our be loved Sister Mrs. E. Murray, therefore • Resolved, That by this dispensation wo, as a Lodge, are admonished of shortness of life and the uncertainly of human expectations, and should feel our incn-lD'cd responsibility to work while the day lasts, remembering that the night cometh when no mao pen work. Resolved, That in our deceased sister we have lost from the field of temperance au earnest worker, who. by the purity and con sistency of her principles, was an ornament to our beloved -order. Resolved, "While feeling deeply our own loss we most earnestly sympathize with the bereaved companion aruT friends, and trust that the God of all comfort will give them of his infinite consolation. Resolved, That the Hall bo draped in mourning and the members wear the usual badge of mourning fur the period of twenty days. Resolved, That those proceedings bo pub lished in the town papers and a copy be fur nished the bereaved husband. E. D. Quiglev, | D. M. Haii.v, V Committee, E. 11. Weiblv. •] OCT” On Tuesday, at Rocky Neck, Connect icut, a gang of rowdies attacked the house of a negro named Davenport, who was married to a white woman, with the intention of whipping the negro and sending the white woman away or giving her some “ advice.” The mother of Davenport shot and killed one of the assailants, a returned soldier named Chard. The negro ft mily were arrested, but after an" investigation, were all discharged. ,317* A largo quantity of flux has been raised this year in Berks and adjoining counties. Every large farmer has his flax patch. This looks as if they intended to re turn fo the good old times of spinning wheels and hand looms. What will the pretty .country girls say to that? KENTUCKY ELECTION, What a Republican Journal Says of it —• The Militamj Dictation, It looks very much as if .the military au thorities in Kentucky, in tho couduCt of the recent election, had ‘“made tho coffee a little too strong” for their own friends. The 'Cin cinnati bovXmcrcial ot tho'Sth inst./rertiarks editorially : *' The indiscreet zeal of some of the friends of tho Constitutional Amendment and their efforts to use tho,miUtary power to intimidate their opponents, spoiled General Palmer has not, it wear©-correctly informed, obeyed tho injunction of the president to see that the laws were'executed. If ho had' re mained at his headquarters and attended to his business quietly, we Lave no doubt tho result of tho election would have been much more favorable.” Tho well known correspondent of the Com • mercial, “ Muck,” telegraphs from Lexington as follows: Lexington, Ky., Aug. 7, — , rj The most flagrant attempts were made hero this morning to carry tho election by aid of the m.litary power. I A list of pro scribed persona hud been made out by some self-constituted Committee ofthc Public Safe ty, and was placed in the haiids of a military offic2t. Every one whoso naine appeared in it was arrested if he appeared near the polls. There was no appeal from the list, and a wil lingness to take the test oath of Gov. Brain* lette did not save tho proscribed. Private malice, in many cases, was tbo only instiga tor of the proscription. ' The following telegraphic correspondence between the Sheriff of thin county and Gov. Bramlette shows the situation : Lexington, Aug. 7, 1865. To Gov. T. E. Bramhtte , Frankfort , Ay.: A*military force occupies both voting pla ces in this city, aud lave arrested three men, one for voting and twc for being in the Court House, intending to vote. Thereupon the of ficers of the election in one precinct declined to go on with the election under military dic tation. She Sheriff at one precinct was ar rested and taken to headquarters, while in discharge of bis duties. The citizens stand in front of the polls and indicate to the sol diers those who are not entitled to vote,-and all such so pointed out are not allowed to present themselves to the judges. What shall I do 7 (Signea) W. IV. Douden, Sheriff Fayette County. Frankfort, Aug. 7, 1865, To W. W. Bouden : The officers of elections should bo entirely free from any military dictation or menace. The military has no right to interfere unless when called upon tn support the authority and decision of the officers of election.. Any attempt to control the action of the officers of election by the military, is in violation of law and punishable by the laws of the State and by the act of Congress. With the arrest of individuals neither the officers of election nor myself have anything to dij. What the Constitution and laws of Ken tucky lay down as the rule for elections is the only rule to bo observed. If prevented from observing these rules I would not pro ceed with the election. It should be free and according to law, or not be at all. ♦ (Signed) ■ T. E Bramlette, Governor of Kentucky. The indiscreet zeal of the amendment par ty has alienated many of its best friends and inflicted a Waterloo defeat upon the cause of freedom in Kentucky, from which no speedy recovery may be expected. The conservative ticket has carried, everything in tins region, notwithstanding the polls in some of their strongest precincts were closed because the Judges refused to qualify under military dic tation. Shankley will boat Fry by nt least 3,000 majority. The conservatives will have a'largo majority in the next legislature. MACK. The Cincinnati Enquirer remarks as fol lows on the election opposite that city : “ The majorities returned for the Abolition candidates in the counties of Kenton and Campbell, opposite t) the city, were, to a great extent, the result of direct military in terference. Democraitg citizens wore arrest ed and sent to prison. A large number of old and prominent citizens and voters wore not allowed to approoch the polls. The tim id were frightened nnuy by threats. Voting was only done at greet personal risk and ha zard. aud through a cmlen of bayonets. • “ The instances of outrage and oppression —of violentdisfranclmemnnt—wo have heard are most sickening, and are calculated to awaken the most violent feelings of indigna lion. The elective franchise is ended—a bit ter mockery and fraid—as much contested by the bayonet as Lima Napoleon's election to the Empire of Frarce. *‘ A gentleman, res,ding in Covington, yes terday, assured us up>n offering his vote, it was challenged, when he made the affidavit, required in duo form. Upon this ho was re quired to put a five cent Stamp. It struck some as a novel expedient, the payment of the cents for the privilege of voting. It is quite in accordance, however, with the way tilings are done in Kentucky, where they have military ideas of a free election." It appears soldiers were stationed’ at the noils to arrest all suspected persons, and pre vent their taking the oath reqqired by the State laws, Robert 11. Ball, of Covington, a yoter in Kentucky for over forty'years, com municates his experience to the Enquirer, which wo quote as a sample ; Covington, Kv., Aug. 7, 1865. To ike Editors oj the Cincinnati Enquirer: I have been requested to give a statement of my attempt to vote this morning at City Half, in Covington (that being niv precinct). I went without anticipating any refusal, ha-, vipg been a voter for oyer forty years, about thirty-five of that in- Kentucky, in this (Ken ton) cOmßj* i have, always been a law-abi ding man, and am conscious of never having aided or abetted the Southern Confederacy in any way. X could see no reason loi‘ jxn ob jection to my voting. Asl proceeded toward the polls I was stopped by two soldiers, one on my right and the other on my left and an officer in my rear, when the soldier on my right told me that I couldn't vote here, and J ro.ust go away. I told him 1 would submit my #ote to the Judges and lot them decide on it. They said no, I couldn’t do it— they WERE THE JUDGES. I told them I knew of nothing I had done to prevent my voting, when one of them said my family had rejoiced at President Lincoln’s death. I told him it was not so, and I was willing to bo sworn and answer any questions on the sub ject. I wanted to go to the Judges and. let them swear and question me. The officer and soldier both told mo I could hot go to the Judges, and I must leave the ground. Ac cordingly I done so. I have been told of many cases of the same kind, which/you will hear about in due time. Yours, &c , i Robert T. 11. Ball. The Henderson (Ky.) Mias has been sup pressed by the officer commanding the feder al troops at that place. Ho also ordered the arrest, prior to the election, of Hiram McEl roy, the anti-Constitutional Amendment can-, didato for the Legislature in the adjoining county of Union. Mr. T. Glass, who was the. anti* Constitutional Amendment candidate for 'the Legislature in Henderson county, issued a card before the electiondeclining the canvass, because ho has, as ho says, “ been warned by ■ the military authorities that he would bo nr rested and imprisoned if ho persisted in his candidacy, and that he will not bo allowed, under any‘Circumstances, to finish the race.” tVe don't car© to burthen our columns with tho telegraphic reports of tho Kentucky elec tion. It's not worth while. AVe will an nounce the result when the military authori ties have fixed 'matters* to s'uit themselves. Hail! Columbia I A Council of Indian Ttides is to assem ble at Fort Gibson, in the Indian country west of Arkansas, early in September, at which tho future relations of the lied Mon of that region with our government will bo, determined. It is expected that this will bo the largest and most important Indian Coun cil ever held. Thirty tribes will be repre sented,.and the whole number will count up wards of seventy-five thousand strong. Among tho most important of tho Indian or ganizations to be IVfesent at that time are tho Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Seminolea, Camanchoa, Camanchoa of Prairies, Senecas, Shawnees, Pawpaws and Chorokees —nil of which are representative tribes of undisputed bravery and strength, and are each* implicated more or less in aiding in the late rebellion of the South. The representa tives of the government who will confer with them upon the forthcoming occasion, and dictate tho status they will bo called upon to assume towards tho United States,, are-Com missioner Cooley, of tho Indian Bureau ; Commissioner Edmonds, of tho Land Office ;• Superintendent Sells, of the Southern agen cy ; Colonel Parker, military secretary on General Grant’s staff; General Harney, Gen eral T. F. Herron and Cel. Bent. These gentlemen will start upon their mission about tho 20th pf August. Interview with President Johnson’s Brother. —The Cairo Democrat says : “Wo recently had quite an interesting in terview with the President’s brother, Mr. William P. Johnson, of Buzuria county, Tex as, who was bn his w&y homo from a visit to y his brother in Washington, and his two sons in Nashville, Mr, Johnson is over sixty years of age, and is a carpenter by trade.— Durirfg ttio war he remained quietly at his home with his wife, and a son, aged 15. Ilia sons, now at Nashville, have both been sol diers in the Federal service, and arc at pres-; ent filling positions which have been kindly furnished them by the President. Mr. John son represents the cotton crop in Texas as fine ; sugar an average crop, and corn fair, but not first rate. He says Che State has not suffered by the way, but that bo anticipates great trouble in the future. For the last two ; years labor in Texas has been plenty and .very cheap, from the fact that many of the planters of Mississippi, Kentucky, Missouri, Virginia, and other States, have sent in their slaves, offering their services for clothing, victuals, &c. Mr. Johnson thinks the negro population of Texas will be a great curse to the State. Many of them have already be come homesick and want to return to'their former homes. Others have become very in dolent. and lounge around, unwilling to work. Mr. Johnson says these negroes believe that freedom means idleness, and that they will be sent to school by the Government, and fi*. nally become preachers, lawyers, doctors, &c. Ho is oppose to giving them the ballot,” The Siamese Twins. —A Correspondent of the New York Herald writes from Fortress Monroe, under date of the sth inst.: “ Chang and Eng, the celebrated Siamese twins, came down to City Point from Rich mond, en route for the Northern cities for exhibition. It is five years since they were North. During the war they have remained at their home. Mount Airy, Surrey coun:y, North Carolina. Like most of Southern res idents during the war, they have suffered loss of property from the depredations of soldiers and Southern conscription, and have enteied on their present tour to recuperate their shuttered fortunes. They are now in their fifty fifth year, and in good health.— Increasing age has told on them somewhat, making more gray their hair, and adding to the wrinkles on their faces. From a conver sation with them I learn that each has nine children—one six sons and three daughters, and the other six daughters and three sons. All the children are perfectly formed. Each contributed a son to the rebel army ; one of them was wounded, and the other was taken prisoner. Both say they loved the old Stars and Stripes; but when their State seceded they considered it their duty to go with it.— They left to-night on the James T. Brady. Captain Landis, of the new Richmond and Baltimore lino.’’ Portrait of a Reverend Governor. —lt is an unprecedented thing almost, if not quite, for a clergyman to be made Governor of a State. Parson Brownldw, however, has been made Governor of Tennessee, and a cor respondent of the N. JT, Mercunj, who is per sonally acquainted with his Excellency, draws his pen and ink portrait thus: ** A flusty, sallow man—all gall and blus ter. lie is Scotch-Ifish by birth, and ashout ing Methodist preacher by profession ; fierce rather than strong, an uncomfortable friend and an.ugly enemy. Ilejs a tall and awk ward man, with large hands and shambling feet. Ilia provincialism is shocking and his coarseness repulsive. The most unchristian of preachers, ho makes it a cardinal sin to forgive an enemy. His personalities are dis gustingly original. Ho has some virtues— never drinks op smokes. His son, John, has the same style of temperament, but once killed a fellow collegian/’ LL. D. —Simon Cameron, the great "Win nebago Chief, has been dubbed a Doctor of Laics (/) by some one horse concern of a col iuge up the Susquehanna river. With as much propriety might’ the degree of D. D. been conferred upon him. Tho compliment or honor would have been about as apropos in tho one case as in tho other. Simon Cam eron an LL. D. Shades of Marshal and Taney, hide your diminished heads ! Verily, verily, tho. race of intellectual giants in tho legal profession must have perished forever, when such intellectual pigmies run away with tho honors. New Fashion. —About the latest touch in the fashion of bats—or flats—or straw-col ored dishes—on the heads of the ladies, is something in the shape of an immense pot lid, .with just enough cavity in the centre to admit of a very gmall bump of veneration.— Two holes arc punched through the brim, a broad ribbon is run over the top and through these holes, and the thing is complete. It is not quite as big as an umbrella, but it is of about the same shape, and is said to an swer the same purposes. The proprietors of these institutions will have to be provided with pretty strong rigging, or the wind may blow them into the nest township. DC/ 5 * The,Washington National Era, after a slumber of five years, is about to wake up to advocate negro suffrage. It might have •ontinned , to sleep. THE'ENEMIES OF PEACE.’ The war is over. The effort to establish a Southern Confederacy has failed. The peo ple of the South, with a unanimity that is niost creditable to tfleir chaVaCt6r, cxpVess themselves willing to return to their allegi ance to the Constitution. But, though men cry “ Peace 1” " Peace 1” there is no peace. In the South newspapers are suppressed for making the most trivial criticisms upon the conduct of federal officers ; Mayors of cities are removed for sending a vagrant negro the lock-up'; elections are declared null ana| void, because those elected to office once were' (though they ate not now) rebeh ; and, fi nally?tJDum nven Jiko Emerson Etheridge, of Tennessee, ate incarcerated in dungeons for the expression of their pclitical opinions. Qh, Freedom, thy lovely form has vanished from our midst I and * Reason, thou art fled to brutish boasts V Russian serfdom is the doom of men born the heirs of liberty, and the duggCrmuH car o'f a Worse than Austrian despotism, crushes out the life from the noble, the brave and good among the American people. The spirit of the time when John Adams' Alien and Sedition Laws were en acted, has returned, but more intense, im placable and savage limn when it fell iu bat tle with the immortal Jclfcrson, The party which is now in power is the same, that rose and fell with Johri Adam 1 ?. It was then the enemy of the public pence and of Republican liberty, as it is now the fomontor of discord and bitterness in the North, the ngitatorand reviver of the dying feuds between the. sec tions, and the tyrant that strikes down free dom of conscience and freedom of speech, the dearest fights inherent in man. Is this not true? Aye, it is the God’s truth. Who can deny it ? Who has the hardihood to say that the people are now free and restrained only by'laws of their own making? For four years wo hav’6 published tliis journal and maintained our political integrity, at the peril of life and property. Wp.have been threatened with mobs, at least a dozen times, for the expression of our opinions, and only last week the blood hounds were on our truck, trying to bay up a not for tlie destruc tion of our office. We tell the good people of Bedford county, that the enemies of peace arc the leading Abolitionists; that'they will not permit the people of the two parties to 4 live in harmony; and that if we'are ever again to come together as Christian neigh bors, the schemes and counsels of these foul hearted knaves must be scouted and rejefcted. Bedford Gazette* Confiscated.— A Now Orleans correspon dent says the property of John Slidell, com prising eight hundred and forty two lots and squares of ground, with stores, dwelling hou ses and a banking house, were sold for $lOO,- 410. Before the war it was estimated at $BOO,OOO. Confiscation at this rate is not likely to add much to the U. S. Treasury by way of reimbursement of the expenses of the war. Of course the purchaser of this mag uificent estate is a “ loyal thief” of the negro equality party ; and of course also it was un derstood previous to the sale that he was to got the property for a mere song. It- is not for the benefit of the Treasury, but for the benefit of a set of hungry rascals, that estates < are confiscated and sold. It is a conspiracy as wicked as the devil himself could have do vised. ' The Coal Trade. —The Pottsville Miner’s Joni'nal says that the demand for coal has in creased some, and prices-are firm at the old rates, but so far there has been no advance in the price of coal at the mines, nor is there likely to bo any advance before August or September. The editor, who is thoroughly booked up in the coni business, adds that prices will bo no lower this season, as coast wise freights arc advancing, and advises dealers and consumers abroad to laying in their eoaf, if they desire to save money. It will also prevent a groat rush in the fall of the year for coal, when the prices might bo run up to a high figure, which would be a heavy tax upon those who can only afford to purchase coal as they require it during the winter season. The Tomato as Food. —A good medical authority ascribes to the tomato the follow ing very important medical qualities: Ist. That the tomato is one' of the most powerful asperients of the liver and other organs; where calomel is indicated, it is one. of the most effective and the least hurtful medical agencies known to the profession. 2d. That a chemical extract will bo obtained from it that will supersede the use of calomel in the cure of disease. 3d. That he has successful* ly treated diarrhoea with this article alone. 4th. That when used as an article of diet it is almost sovereign for ‘dyspepsia and indi gestion. sth. That it should bo constantly used fur food. Either cooked or raw, or in the form of catsup, it is the most healthy ar ticle now in use. Rebel Soldiers Digging for Gold,—A Richmond paper says that rebel soldiers who returned too late from the war to put in crops, are busy washing gold for the branches and mines. There are two thousand miners at work getting gold in Goochland and Louisa counties.; t|ioy average.two pennyweights a day to each miner. They are also working in Ruckinham, Culpepper, Fluvanna and other counties. The gold mines have never been fully developed. The quartz veins are largo and very rich, and would pay well. But not a single quartz mill is working in the gold districts. A Word TO THE Wise. —Now is the timo to push true Democratic papers in every di rection, for it is only by sowing sound seed that wo can hopo for. a good harvest. Dem ocrats too often wait until just before elec tion before they begin to circulate their pa pers, and. that is generally too late . Aboli tion tares have sprung up and the good seed will not lake root. Header, if you have a Democratic neighbor, or ono who is a moder ate Republican, don't rost until you have in duced him to take a reliable Democratic newspaper. DC7* The Harrisburg Post-Office is kept in a tavern, and it requires several provost guards to preserve order and keep the pas sage open, A Postoffice and a rumshop con stitute an admirable combination for a plaoe like Harrisburg I Lincoln was assassinated in a theatre, but what if Bergnor should bo assassinated in a rum-hole I (£7* Gen. Custer, at Alexandria, La., has issued an order forbidding negroes to leave the plantations to live in idleness in the towns .—rExchanyc. Now, where is your negro freedom. In fact the colored population cannot be allowed perfect liberty. They are not fit for freedom. Yet, the negro-worshipping party, .wish to elevate them to- the position of yoters‘'and Idw-makera. MANAGEMENT OF BANKS. There is sound sense nnd good advice in the. Following remarks of the Philadelphia inquirer. As a general thing our banking institutions are very carelessly managed, the Directors, so-called, amounting to nothing.— Itis tiiAif that public attention l^' directed to tb’C evil complained of, and that measures be adopted for the protection of depositors ,and stockholders i : The revelations Which have been made in the Phoenix Bank embezzlement at New York, coupled with some that have lately been made in this city and elsewhere, ought to direct the allot tion of stockholders in banking institutions to the necessity of over hauling their own affairs, and ascertaining whether there are sufficient rules by cheek nnd balance, to protect them from the loss of their own money. Ilmv a paying teller, whtf is an instrument to disburse inanity placed in his hands, can manage to fraudulently dispose )f a single dollar, is a matter which no one who has a theory how banks ought to bo managed can account for. There must bo great negligence somewhere. A loose meth od of doing business, which opens the door to robbery, must prevail in the banks where suoh “ defalcations’' take place. The. pres ent system of electing officers and directors year after year, in blind confidence, under the assumption, that they perform their du ties faithfully, nnd without examining Wheth er they do or not, encourage the latter in be ing noglillont. They place extra confidence in their employees, and, instead of being strict with them and vigilant ovot their no counts, allow them to manage affairs in their own way. under the belief that everything tS right. Banks were at one time favorite in stitutions for iijyostinont, but it is manifest that when it becomes apparent that embez zlements to vast amounts may bo made in them and concealed for years, confidence- in' them will be so much lessened that bank stocks will come to be considered the most doubtful description of personal property. Important DanK Defalcation. $50,000 Absirdcied from the Phoenix Bank- Arrest of the l aying Teller. ‘[From the N. Y. Express of Friday.] Henry B. Jenkins, a genteelly dressed man, forty five years of age, for many years the paying teller of the Phoenix, Bank, was arrested thifi morning at half-past two o’clock by officer McCarty, of the Twenty-ninth pre cinct, on complaint of Mr. John Parker, tho Cashier of the Bunk, who charges him with being a defaulter in the sum of $50,000. Mr. Parker, in bis affidavit made before Justice Lcdwith, of the Jefferson Market Po lice Court, states that tho accused admitted his guilt, but offered no excuse. Jenkins was committed for an examination, which will take place this afternoon. New York. Aug. ll.—Additional develop' merits of the Phoenix Bank defalcation have transpired since the arrest of Jenkins. Jas* 11. Earle, book-keeper of the Bank, has been arrested as an accomplice, and confessed to having received $lOO,OOO from Jenkins, which he lost in stock operation-?. lie was taken to a station house last night and put in a cell. This morning it was found that he had cut an artery in Ins neck with a pen-knife nnd bled to death. Ho was a widower, thirty one years of ago, and lived in Newark, N. J. Genevtsvo Lyons, alias Genevieve Brower, a young woman, and one of her intimate freivdsy known as Charles Brower, alias Samuel Da vis, a butcher, were also arrested. It is said Jenkins became acquainted with Genevieve’ in a concert saloon, and was lavishing- largo amounts of money upon-her, enabling her* to live in magnificent stvlo. Earle, at the time of Ids arrest, Was not em ployed in the Bank. Ho occupied the posi tion of clerk with Smith, Martin & Co., ban kers, in Wall street. lie has not been em ployed at tho Phccnix Bank for some months/ The Cashier to-day believes the defalcation will amount to $275,000. The Bank has a surplus fund of $270,000, besides tho earn ings of the past six months, which, apart from the July dividends, are considerable. Swindlers. —The country is full of swind lers, and persons who ded with strangers must keep a sharp lookout, or they wilf be Mire to get their eye-teeth badly cut. Es pecially does this seonr to bo the case with boarding house proprietors and hotel keep' era. Unprincipled renegades, whoso proper place is the'penitentiary, some how or other manage to “board round” from place. ter place without paying for'it, while at the same time they Are getting a' good 1 many •* fa( takes” from the people at large.' * General Santa Anna, one of the most wonderful men developed by the revolutions in Mexico, is now dwelling upon one of the lofty peaks of the Island of St. Thomas, W. I. His establishment is that of a gentleman of ample fortune and refined taste—an ele gant villa with ample grounds and beautiful shrubbery. lie is now an old man, at least seventy years of age, but ho is represented to be in excellent health ; and though he has one artificial leg, walks without the aid of a cane, and with his tall form of six feat, as erect as over. The Washington correspondent of the Springfield Republican , while ho is satisfied that Mrs. Surratt “ was not guilty of tho" murder of Mr. Lincoln,” is delighted tfyat' sfit was /mug , because her death has made the Democratic leaders ** swearing road/*—JS&i This correapodent ia one of a numeroaa class of “ loyal" people, who, any time dar ing the past four years, would have been Ugliied at the hanging of oven half a dozen innocent persons, if necessary to carry an election in a doubtful county. JB&* Several officers attached to Massachu* setts regiments have brought their servants —freedmen—home with them from the field, and after arriving here have heartlessly de* sorted and left them to shift for themselves, without money dr friends. The names of several are known and have been reported fll the Adjutant General's office. —Boston Trap eler. All of these officers are rabid abolitionists, wo dare say ; and in this' treatment of their servants f they exemplify the true Abolition spirit. They give them “ freedom" mid thetf say to them “ root, hog, or die.", (£7 => The Mr. Pieid recently appointed Ab torney General of Louisiana, by the Prefli* dent, is the same individual ,w|?o assaulted lion. W. D, Kelly nt Willards hotel, winter, and caused a little “ blood-letting from the veins of that Hon. M. C. Call Y0 fl this booking your friends, Mr, President 7 Another “ Loyal Thief" in Tirotrni.E--' A letter dated Cincinnati, Aug. 14, says i-* " A quartermaster's clerki named Russell, was-arrested hero yesterday, charged with absconding with $20,000 in government whilst stationed at Louisville." O 3" A beautiful girl in iSliohTgan eloped with and married her father's negf°’ coachman. I£7‘' Market price of Gold, 142.
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