MEIUOAN VOLUNTEER
JOII.V B. BiIATTOX, Editor & Proprietor
CARLISLE, PA,, OCT. 12. 1805,
, STRUCK OlL.—Fifty Barrels best refined
Oml Oil, the first full oar load brought over
the Cumberland Valley Railroad, received by
Wm. Blair & Son, Carlisle, nnd offered by
them with a house full of Groceries nnd
Quoensware, Cedar and A\ illow Ware, whole
sale and retail, cheap for cash., Wht-lcsalo
and Retail purchasers will please call nnd
examine their A;olt of goods. t
(£7“ Peter F. Eoe. Esq., offers for sale
two desirable residences in the Borough of
Carlisle. Also, one first-rate hotel property
at Boiling Springs, For particulars inquire
of the editor of tho Volunteer. Ot*
The Election.— Tho election in our town,
with the exception of a few free fights, caused
by “ tanglefoot.” passed off quietly. Men
went to the polls, voted and then went to
lien men.around the polls challenging men’s
votes who were citizens of our town when
they woro swaddling clothes. The day was
bright and clear and the weather warm and
pleasant.
Large Apple. —Mr. Pepper, of South
Middleton, laid on our table on Tuesday, a
good sound apple that weighed iiecnly three
ounces. If any of our country friends can
beat this let them roll ’em in.
Dedication or Ashland "Cemetery.—Ac
cording to previous arrangements the grounds
of this now cemetery were dedicated for the
future resting place of the silent dead, on
Sunday afternoon last. All the ministers of
this borough were present, and a large crowd
witnessed the interesting, ceremonies.
Our County Fair opened yesterday
morning, and-was visited during the day by
a largo crowd of people. Wo learn that the
display is quite, largo, and that the Fair will
be a grand success. I'o day (Thursday,) will
bo the grand rush, ns has generally been the
case at former Fairs. Roll in, friends, but
keep your bands on your pocket-books.
,Tiie Falling Leaves. — A sweet singer of
merry Old Englnd once white, " Leaves have
their time to fall” —and that melancholy time
is hero, and as tlio wind whistles without,
and we see the leaves sailing along like lit
tle vessels on the wide ocean, a pensivenesa
falls upon us—so much like the failing away
of semo dear heart, affectionate and beloved,
passing away to the silent land. But ought
wo not look up to their mighty monuments
instead of becoming sadnoaod at their decay ?
Behold how fair, how far prolonged in arch
and aisle, tho avenues of the valleys, the
fringes of the hills ! So stately ! eo eternal!
Uiojiiy of man, the comfort of all living cvqA-
luTesTtho glory“of the earth, they nro but
monuments of those poor loaves which flit
faintly past us to dio. Let thorn not pass,
however, without our understanding their
last counsel and example ; that we also, car©
less of monument by the grave, may build it
in'the world's monument, by whiefi men may
be taught to remember, not when and where
wo died, but when and how wo lived. So
much for the lesion of the leaves.
Can .a Mother Forget? —Can a mother
forget? Not a morning, noon, or night, but
fho looks into the corner of the kitchen where
you read Robinson thinks of you
as yet a boy. Mothers rarely beoomo con
scious that their children are grown out of
their childhood. They think of thorn, advise
them, write to .thorn, as though not full four
teen years of age. They cannot forgot the
child. Three times a day she thinks who
are absent from the table, and hopes that
next year, at farthest, she may just “ have
her own family there,” and if you are there,
look out for the fat limb of a fried chicken,
and coffee-whioh nobody buteverybody's own
mother can make. Rid Hannah forget Sam
uel ? A short sentence, full of household
history, and running over with genuine mo
ther love, is telling beautiful: “ Moreover,'
his mother made him a littlo ooat, and bru’t
it to him from year to year, when she came
up with her husband to sacrifice.”
A mother mourning at her first-born’s
grave, or closing the eye uf child alter child,
displays-a grief whoso Very sacrodness u sub
lime. But bitter, heavier than the death
stroke is the desperation of a son who rushes
over a crushed heart, into vices* which he
would hide from oven the abandoned and
vile. * . •
Napoleon was one s»kod by a lady what-
Trance needed for the education of youlli;
and the short profound reply was, “Mothers.”
CsEFtn, Recipes.— -We copy the following
useful recipes and hints from the last num
ber of that excellent journal, the AgriniUu
rist.; ' ■ '
Omelet. —Take four cep's, one tablo-apoon
fuil of Hour, one cup of milk, and a little salt.
Boat the a bites' of t.ho eggs separately ami
add lb tlie.abb.vo, (which should he well stir
red together,-) just before cooking. Butter a
spider well, and « hen hot pour in the omelet.
Cook very slowly on the top of the stove and
keep the vessel covered.
Beet Hash. —Take cold boiled heats and
potatoes, equal parts of each in summer and
early autumn ;' in winter, one third hoots and
two-thirds potatoes; hash them, and fry or
stew in milk and butter,.with. salt and pep,
per to suit the tastoi Heat slowly and thor-’
oughiy; if scorched it is spoiled. This is a
nice preparation for a breakfast dish."
Bruit Stains. —lt does'not appear to be
generally known that the stains of strawber
ries, and of most other fruits, as well as cof
fee stains, may bp readily removed from ta
ble linen and other white fabrics by uouring
boiling water upon them before washing.
DCT'An up country exchange says “that a
negro baby was horn in that section the oth
er tiny, with the exact impression of a two
cent U. o. revenue stump on hit forehead." The
mother must been chased by a govern
ment tax-bolld^H,,
VICTORY!
OLD CUMDLKLAND ALL EIGHT I
Average Majority for the Democratic
County Ticket Some 550.
“ Wo have met the enemy and they are
ours.”/ The election in this county passed off
quietly, the vote being small in most of the
townships. Our reckless nud shftmoless.op
pooents were unusually active during the last
two or three weeks, and resorted to tho most
desperate expedients, in the hope of being
able to defeat a portion of the Democratic
ticket. -The people-have-answcrcd, their slan
ders, and refused to be corrupted by their
green-backs, and old Cumberland once more
speaks out emphatically in behalf of tho Con
sbtution and a white man’s government.
At tlfo time of going to press, we had suf.
fioient returns in to enable us to make o tol
erable‘estimate of the vote of the county.
The majority for tho Democratic State and
County tickets, will reach, wo think, some
550 or GOO.' Below wo give all. tho returns
we could get up to tho hour of going to
press :
Duvis. Jlarlranft
E. Ward, Carlisle, 129
W. Ward, “ 91
S. Middleton,
N. Middleton,
L. Dickinson,
L. Frankford,
Newvillo District,
Shippensburg Die.
Mechanicsburg,
.Monroe,
Upper Allen,
Lower Allen,
Hampden, 16
Silver Spring, 184
Penn, ' 36
Upper Dickinson, 29
THE STATE,
But few returns in. In Philadelphia the
Democrats gained some 0,000 since last year.
In Allegheny we gain about 1.500 or 2,000.
These are the only gains we hoar of. The
Jacobins are already shouting over their vic
tory, and claim that they have carried the
State by 15,000.
THE OOMECTIi []F ELECTION,
THE NIGGER IN THE DARK !
Hartford, Oct. 2.—This city has given
G 54 majority against (ho amendment giving
the right ot suffrage to negroes. Greenwich
gives a like majority ot 286 ! 'ftnd a Democrat
ic majority for the town ticket. Norwalk al
so gives 125 majority ag dust the amendment.
Hartford, Oct. 2—Sufficient returns have
benn received to show the majority against
the constitutional amendment to be several
thousand.
SECOND DISPATCH,
Returns from 33 towns give 2,800 majority
against tho amendment, which is probably
defeated by from 3,000 to 6,000 majority. I
lIxRTVOitD, 0,111., o,;t. 3-Evcry county in II e
Stale votes against the constitutional amend
ment providing for negro, suffrage, except
Windham county, which gives about 050
majority in tbo affirmative ; Hartford county
givos 170 against tbe, amendment ; New Ha
ven county 2,000 ; New London county 000;
I'ai r field county about 1,500; Tolland enmi
ty 400 ; Limlificld county about 600; Mid
dlesex county about GOO. Tbo majority in
tbo State will not bo leas than 6,000 votes.
The—Nex-t—Go n g RB*sr-“ s The—Ghrcago—
phOdc.an publishes a list of the names-of the
members of the next Congress. The Senaio
is represented by 38‘ Republicans and. II
Democrats, with. one seat vacant In lowa.
Four Southern Siutesdiavo elected Union sen
ators, but whether they will bo received or
not is a question yet to be determined. In
the House there exist throe vacancies in the
delegations of loyal States, one caused by the
appointment of Mr. Gooch, of Massachusetts,
to the office of surveyor of the port of Bos
ton, one by the appointment of Mr. Webster,
of Maryland, as collector of Baltimore, and
one by the fact that the result of the election
in Nevada has not'been hoard of; % but all
these vacancies will soon be filled by loyal
men of a so called.radical complexion, most
probably. According to the party division
that existed during'die war, the House now
stands one hundred and forty Republicans to
forty-one Democrats; but on.the groat ques
tion ot at once admitting the representatives
of the Southern States, or keeping thorn, or
most of them, lor a longer period in proba
tion, it is not probable that the same propor
tions will be preserved. From the present
indications all the rebel States, except, per-,
haps, Texas, will have gone through the
forms of reconstructing their constituti ins
and electing members of hath Houses ol Con
gress bolnrd the second Monday of December,
when ■ the session opens. Should all the
States now without representatives, whose
sfnatora and Representatives are yet to bo
elected, druse Democrats opposed to univer
sal suffrage, as it is to be expelled they will
do, and should thQy all be admitted, the Sen
ate will then contain forty-seven Republicans
andiwonty-Bev,eu Democrats, and the House
"t 11 'jrrosontatives would contain one hun
dred and filty Republicans to ninety-two
Democrats;— Ledger.
OCT* The 17-ih Illinois regiment, at Law
rence. Kansas, positively refused on Monday
last to obey an order to cross the plains, and
manifested'quite a disposition to fight it out
on that line. Troops were sent fur to Leav
enworth, and ,up»n their arrival, by some,
stratagem, the camp of the mutineers was
surrounded, and they were taken in. The
greater portion of them subsequently agreed
to obey orders, but about 40, obstinate still,
refused to, and 'were marched to the guard
house.
Rather Severe. —A few Sundays since,
.vhpn the weather was oppressively ■ hot, an
eminent divine (not living a thousand miles
-from Petersburg) at the commencement of
his discourse requested the Sexton to open
the door, in-order to let them have the bene
fit of the breeze. During liiij sermon ho was
very much annoyed by strangers dropping
in ar.d invariably closing the door after them*.
At last, liis patience being exhausted, lie
called out to a luckless offender , “My friend,
I verily believe if I wore preaching in a bot
tle you would put the cork in.” The gent’s
feelings mav be belter imagined' than de-.
scribed.— Petersburg Index.
■ A Shoddv Gum Spiked.— The South Car
olina Convention has effectually demolished
one of the Abolition arguments against Pres
ident Johnson’s plnn of immediate restore- -
tinn of the Union. The Convention refused,
by a largo majority, to make the whole pop.
illation—while and black—the basis of rep
resentation. It wits thus determined that
ONI.V THE WHITE POPULATION SHOULD CONSTI-
TUTE THE BASIS OF lUPREIENTATION,
Jt@” Market price of Gold, 146, “
OCTOBER.
“ Bntfarmor,look,wborofull-carod sheaves of rye
Grow heavy on the tilib, that soil select w
For apples; thonce thy industry shall gain
Ten-fold reward ; thy garners, thenco with storo
Surcharged, shall burst; thyprcsswithpurostjuico
Shull flow, which, in revolving years, may try
Thy feeble feet, and bind thy flattering tongue,
Wbo’or expects bis laboring trhos should bond
With fruitage, and a kindly harvest yield,
Bo this his first concern : to find a tract
Impervious to tbo winds, begirt with hills,
That intercept tho Hyperborean blasts
Tempestuous, and cold Burns' nipping force.
Noxious to feeble buds."— Philip’s “ Cider. 1
Brown October is hero with its bursting
burns and full granaries; its falling leaves
and fruitV The season admonishes ua to plant
fruit trees, as well as to gather in the fruit
harvest. Why is it, that so farmers’
families are content to go without fruit, in a
land whose soil and climate are so congenial
to fruit that tho hurablest-offorts at horticul
ture are rewarded with success ? Intelligent
prumulogists, who have seen tho fruit shows
of Europe, tell us that they do not excel our
own, notwithstanding their larger experience
and skill. The apple grows almost every
where in our broad land, and most of the large
fruits have quite as wide a range of soil and
climate, though they are much less abundant.
Apples have been mnst'common, probably be
cause they were the most common fruit of
the father land, and were planted by the first
settlers of the country. They were found to
flourish much better here than there, and
rnan ni'h'inataU « -
on American soil, were improvements upon
any thing ever seen in England... Ju.a virgin,
anil, the tree would grow anywhere with lux
uriance, and only needed to have a clear field.
to yield abundant fruit. -The pear was rath
er an aristocratic tree, and needed much
more careful culture in England than the ap
ple-tree. Hero the standards flourish quite
as well as the apple-tree, and seem to have
fewer enemies, and to be quite as productive.
Yet tho market has never been adequately
supplied, and tbo finer varieties of pears
bring two and three times as much as the
best varieties of apples. A pear orchard of
any considerable extent is still a novelty oven
in the oldest parts of tho country. Apple or
chards,'though common, are still far below
the wants of tho country.- Hundreds of farms
w.hcre tho apple is as hardy as the forest oak,
are still without a good orchard. It is some*
what amusing to hear tho reasons assigned
by thriving farmers for the great mistake in
their husbandry, of not planting an orchard?
It is never admitted that they do not love
fruit. There ia baldly a man or woman in a
thousand Hut is not foijd of every variety of
fruit. Every boy sighs for his neighbor's ap
ples and pear trees, and not only breaks the
tenth, but (ho eight commandment, in the
eagerness of his desire. Watermelon patches
are powerful plunder on moonlight nights.—
With many- the reason of this failure ia their
unsettled condition. They do not own the
soil they cultivate, or they are expecting soon
to sell out and emigrate. Tho planting of an
orchard ia regarded as a work for another
generation.
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Others do not believe that the raising of
fruit pays as well as other departments of
husbandry. In the first place, one has to
wait several years before ho can expect any
returns whatever,'Tor his labor. In raising
corn and potatoes there,is something to sell
evfcry Full. Frn i t lias many enemies not only
in the shape of insects hutr of- bipeds, who
seriously interfere with the profits of the or
chard. Some are remote from a pood mnr
ket, and though the depot is within an hour’s
ride of the farm, they have never thought of
railroad conveyance to a market. Others ad
mit the advantage of planting an orchard,
and have always been intending to do it, but
they have had so much, work upon their
hands that they have never'quite got ready.
Money is scarce, and the nurserymen wants
cash. - These objections, however unsubstan
tial, arc real to many farmers, and possibly
to some of our renders.
A homo surrounded with well grown fruit
trees and vines adopted to the soil and cli
mate, is one of the most beautiful objects wo
meet with at this season of tbo year. Every
one admires the dwelling, however bumble,
that looks'out upon the street, through sha
ded walks, through fruitful gardens and or
chards. What can be finer than a well grown
pear tree, hung with its yellow fruit, an ap
ple, whose boughs are herding to the ground
with their ruddy burden, or a vide loaded
with its purple clusters. These are cheap and
substantial ornaments, that any man may
plant arqjjnd his home. The green upon his
window, and the paint on the dwelling will
require frequent expensive renewal; everv
returning Spring will bring out the living
ornaments in new dress without money and
without price.
.There is no greater misconception than the
popular notion that fruit growing does not
pay as well as other branches of husbandry.
It requires some capital, some skill and pa
tience to wait for returns. But capital and
skill invested here are certain to have their
reward. It is no uncommon return for an
acre in apple trees to yield a hundred dollars,
while under favorable circumstances and high
cultivation, the yield is two or three times
greater.' Faimors wlio have gone most large
ly into fruit culture, are generally the best
eatiijfiod with it. It furnishes something to
solj from August until March. The early ap
ples have to be marketed in their season; but
tbo Winter varieties can yvait for good prices
from throe to eix months without damage to
their quality. Pears, though moro perisha
ble than apples, and requiring more, skill in
their handling mid ripening, ftreonough high
er in price to make them profitable.
Not the least advantage of an abundant
supply of fruits in the famify, is their influ
ence upon health. At this.seaspn of the year
they are a great safeguard against fevers and
diseases of the bowels, and wei’o they freely
eaten in all our families, the siek list would
bo greatly diminished. ’ The craving of chil
dren for fruit, almost universal', is not so
much an evidence of total depravity, as the
working of instinct, seeking what it dees not
find in bread and meat.
Then as wo nave referred to the children,
and mean to say a good word for them, there
is no tie to bind them to the old homestead,
outside of the warm currents of domestic
love, like the fruit yard and orchard. Who
does not recall among the happy memories
of his childhood, if ho were ao highly favored
the old trees whose shade was his ground
and whoso fruits were his daily t idbd, the
garden walks lined with berries, and the
vines upon the arbor and housoside that grow
purple in the October sun.
How Milton Spenc tue Day. —At his
meals bo never took much wine, or any other
fermented liquor. Although not fastidious
injys food, yet his taste seems to have been
delicate and refined, like his other senses,
and ho had u preference for such viands as
were of agreeable flavor. In his early years
ho used to sit up late at his studies, hut in
his later years lie retired,every night at nine
-o'clock and lay till four. in..bummcr and five
in winter. If not then disposed to rise, he
had sbmeoneto sit at his bedside aad read
to him. ' wiftn ho rose he had a chapter of
the Hebrew Bible read for hinj, and then af
ter breakfast studied till twelve. Ho then
dined, took some exercise for hour, gener
ally in a chair in which ho to swing
himself, and afterwards played on the organ
or bass viol, and either snug himself, or re*
quested his wife to.sing, wh« f as ho said, had
a good voice but no oar. ID then resumed
his studios until six, from which hour till
eight he conyersed with all who came to visit
him. He finally took a light supper, smoked
a pipe of tobaccoand drpnk a glass of water,
and afterwards rftired to rest.
Like many othoi poets, Milton found the
stillness,’warmth and recumbency of bed fa
vAt-ckUo bo corapovsition ; and his wife said,
before rising of a morning, ho often dictated
to-her twenty or thirty verses. A favorite
position of his, vhen dictating his verses,.we
are told, was. tint of sitting with .one of hie
legs over an nipa chair, ilia wife related
that he usi to compose chiefly in winter.
Apprenticeship System. —The subject of
regulating the laws of apprenticeship, says
the Baltimore Sun , of the 28th inat., is being
considered by the New York Convention of
Trades Societies now in session at Albnn v#
This is on* of the most important matters
that could occupy -the attention of such a bn
dy, and might be made to result far more
beneficially to mechanics and the people gen
erally than wrangling over questions of
strikes and other mailers which the laws of
demand and supply will settle. Owing to
the faulty system of apprenticeship in this
country, it is well nigh a general complaint
that the number of good workmen in nearly
ovorj branch of industry Is growing less ev
ery year. It is too often the case that young
lads go to an establishment for a year or so.
and having acquired merely the rudiments
of a trade or employment, losivo for another
city and sot up for journeymen, or, what is
quite as bad, arbitrarily leave their unlearn
ed trades half a dozen times before arriving
at respectable proficiency or a proper age,
and turn out incompetent, of course, at last.
This is not only detrimental to themselves,
but to the community, and discredits
the trades fer unskillfulncss. The rem
edy* for this great evil is in the legal ea
tablishmontof a liberal system of apprentice
ship, and wo are glad to see at least some
signs of steps joeing taken in the right quar
ter to bring about reform.
Divorce Case. —A divorce case, which
opens rioh and with the promise of many in
teresting developments, was -commenced in
'tllo"Conneotiout Supremo Court, anYew~Ldn~
don, on Tuesday of last week. The parties
to the suit, Mr. and Mrs. Harris, are among
the most wealthy and fashionable residents
of Now London, and have figured in the best
society there. The husband made bis for
tune by the manufacture and sale of the
quack medicine known as “ Perry Davis’
Painkiller.” He has been Mayor of New
London,.and was last year in the Connecti
cut Senate. Among others connected with
the case are Samuel Thompson, formerly
President of the First National Bank of New
York city;,Allen P. Miner, of New York,
,nnd Major William Williams, of the regular
army. The lady is charged with having
boon improperly intimate with the latter two.
The evidence given thus far relates to the
imprudent conduct of the lady, but does not
actually criminate her.
Horrible Affair in A a Cnußcn —Death of
Nine Persons.— The Rome, Ga., Courier of
the 7th pays :
On Sunday, August 27th, two citizens of
Pickens county, named Gravelly and Nally,
went to church during the hour of preaching
and called for two men who were in the
church, against whom they hail an old grudge.
The men refusing to come out, Gravelly and
Nally went in. drew their pistols and com
menced shouting. They shot several times
and killed one man and mortally wounded a
lady, before the desperadoes could -ho forced
to desist. On--Wednesday following, Lieut.
Harper, of company 0, of the 29th Indiana,
with three men and three citizens of Carters
ville, went to Pickens county for the purpose
of arresting Gravelly and Nally, They found
Gravelly, Ids throe sons and Nally all in Nal
ly’s house, thoroughly armed dud prepared
to resist an arrest. Messrs. Smith and Col
lins, ns they were citizens, wont to entreat
them to surrender'. As they approached the
door both wore shot. It was about 8 o’clock
at night. A general fight ensued, lasting
nearly half an hour. Twoof the desperadoes
being then ilead, and a third one mortally
wounded, the other two rushed' out of the
hoqse and attempted to escape by-running.
One was killed, anil- the other, saying he
would surrender, attempted to shoot one of
the soldiers, and was himself despatched with
a bayonet.
OUT” The New York Times, praising Secre
tary Stanton for his modesty, says ;
.. " Undoubtedly there is-somo natural lack
in the Secretary of the elements which easily
kindle popular enthusiasm."
1 his reminds us of a story told by one of
ony good Democratic friends of his purchase
of a load of hay., lie had engaged of a neigh
bor, who possessed a high reputation for ho
nesty, a load of hay at the highest price, and
■to bo of the best quality. When it was
brought to the purchaser, ha thrust his hand
into the hay, and upon examination found it
palpably rank in smell. Upon presenting of
it to the seller, with the remark that it was
musty, the latter, after deliberately smelling
it, replied, "Oh I no, it is not musty, but 1
must confess that there is a little lack of
sweetness.—Prooidenct Post.
CT" From New OHeans the news comes
that Assistant Superintendent Oalabnn, of
the Ereodmon’a Bureau, at Shreveport against
whom there aro serious charges, hak been
suspended, by order of General Canby. Au
thorized delegates of the Democratic parly
loft New Orleans for Washington- on Satur
day.
“ ACCIDENTS.”
Three thousand one hundred and eigty-one
persona lost their lives, and nine hundred
and thirty-five other persons suffered bodily
injuries by accidents, upon American rail
roads or steamboats, or by explosions of pow
der magazines or the fall of buildings, in
America, during the period between the close
of the war for the Union and the 31st ultimo
—just live months. These figures, supposing
the whole year to present a similar record,
would give a total of seven thousand six hutt
dred and thirty-two deaths, and two thousand
two hundred and forty four persona wounded
within the apace of twelve months.
If we would arrive with any certainly at
the number, not of the accidents of the above
classes, accounts of which Appeared in print,
but of all that have occurred during this five
months, the aggregate would bo still more
’startling: —But"tlmt
The first effort of railroad officials is general
ly, to conceal disasters, and next to be little
what they cannot ignore. The public must
be content, therefore, with such information
as it can obtain, and draw the clearest con
clusions deductible from the evidence before
It ia to aid in drawing these conclusions
that we have prepared the statement to which
attention ia called. One of the commonest
attribines of our nature, and perhaps in a
peculiarly high degree of American natures,
is to forgot soon a time of danger or a period
of discomfort. An accident occurs on a rail
wav line, or a steamboat, which is.of a very
fatal character, and we remember it perhaps
until the coroner’s jury has gone through its
farce of investigation and has .settled upon its
harmless verdict, but no longer. As for the
hundred of minor casualties, who reads of
them or cares about them, unless they are
shown forth in their horrible aggregate of
suffering and death. Then, and not till then,
wo begin to perceive that we have travelled
for months with a terrible average of risk; to
ourselves, and. we become indignant and
alarmed and inquire what ia to bo done ?
Our. own opinion is that nothing short of
the Vigorous action of public prosecutor j will
meet the ovU. But what a disgrace is it
that no punishment, oven under thb present
system, is ever meted out to public murder
ers, for those who control these death-dealing
agencies, but do nob prevent their horrible
slaughters, are no belter than murderers. —
Nay, wo cannot see in what respect a care
less captain, or a reekless railroad employee
who neglects the supervision ho is employed
to use, is morally the superior of the wretch
who slay a his single victim for a little mouey
or to gratify revenge.
Not in thus speaking are we using lan-
guago one whit too strong to meet the case
in point. In New York State alone there
were 285 persons killed and 181 injured on
■railways during IBG-1. Compare this with
the 20 deaths from the same cause in Eng
land during the name period, is there uut a
sound conclusion attainable?
The whole subject ol criminal neglect on
steamboats and railways is one requiring in
stant consideration. And we trust that what
we print will act as an incentive towards its
being brought about.— N. Y Times.
The Death of Yancey. —Win L. Yancey
came to his end by violence. It was toward
the close .of the second session of the first
Confederate Congress that ha broke from the
counsels and influence of Mr. Davis, and'be
came, with Mr. Henry S. Foote, a loader of
the‘ opposition. Mr. Ben. Hill, a Senator
from Georgia, had likewise changed hi 3 front
a'nd was remarkable fir the earnestness, per
sonal interest and persistency with rv-hich he
sustained the measures of an administration
to which his allegiance had been given but
late in the day. Mr. Yancey, it will be re
membered, hud returned from an unsuccess
* fu 1 mission to Europe, and was representing
Alabama in the Confederate Senate. The
question of a navy was under discussion in
secret session. The debate, ranged beyond
the parliamentary limits, and Messrs. Yan
cey and ll>ll became animated over the ab
stract doctrines ot State rights and the divin
-Ujr. wiiruH-niCssca.-and—fi
nally the lie was given by Mr. Hill. Mr.
Yancey leaned forward, and as lie aimed a
blow at his adversary, was caught in the
arms of the latter, and thrown violently back
over a desk. Mr. Hill is a man of wonder
ful muscular development. Mr. Yancey was
never very heavy, though lithe and active.—
In the fall, his spine was setiously injured,
and when the bystanders rushed upon the 1 *
two and dragged the one from the other, the
great fire eater lay unconscious upon the
floor, with a little trickle of blond oozing from
his lips. 1 He was carried to his hotel; a vote
of pocresy was passed and the encounter
hushed up. No one" in Richmond except
that body of men know of the circumstance
for six months after. Meanwhile the victim
did not recover. He drooped from day to
day. Ho became listless,' hopeless ana va
cant. Ho was transferred to his own home,
where his convulsions ceased a few weeks
before hi? death, which was tranquil and
calm. —Nashville Banner,
An Eloping Couple Pursued SEVEN'Tnnu
sand Miles.— Captain Stanshury, late of the
St. Louis police force, returned on Tuesday
evening, having caught, in the city of Que
bec, a runaway girl; who eloped with a man
from her mother in Cincinnati some two
months since. The girl was safely returned
to her mother by the Captain, who was am
ply rewarded for his trouble. The Captain
informs us that he has'traveled over seven
thousand miles of rail and water travel more
than was necessary, owing to the Riot that
the elopement was prematurely rmhlished in
the St. Louis papers. The young lady got
wind that the Captain was in -pursuit while
she was in Buffalo, and - then commenced a
race unparalleled in police annals. The
Captain chased her all over the New Eng
land States, when he found that the fair fu
gitive had taken the'Canada route. She was
then followed to B-mnshire Falls, in Canada
West; thence to Toronto, Bytown, Trios
Rivers and Montreal. The Captain got off
the scent of the fugitives On the Grand liver
owing to the (act that they left thd main
lines of travel anil took, to a raft, descending
the river two hundred and fifty miles. At
Montreal, the girl's paramour getting tired
out, tins latter was left behind,-when the girl
steamed down to Quebec, where sho was
caught by her persevering pursuer. The
girl -who, according to the Captain’s state
ment, “ is the prettiest he ever laid eves on’’
—delivered herself up gracefully and was re
turned to Cincinnati, to sin no more it is to
be hoped. This was her second elopement,
she having tried the experiment once before,
and was captured at the Planter’s House, in
this city, in company with a gambler, by the
same officer who re-captured her the second
time.— St. Louis Democrat, Sept. 21.
A gentleman largely connected with
the oil speculation, and connected with a do
sen or more oil companies, rolled up a for
tune, it is said, of half a million in a few
months. Ho made a splendid speculation in
the purchase of a splendid building down
town, for winch he was offered fifty thousand
dollars above what he gave for it the day af
ter he bought it. Ho held on to his oil stoSks
until ho lost all he made and failed. His
building was sold for eighty thousand dollars
leas than ho gavs for it, and be is a bankrupt
a specimen of the sudden rise and sudden
fall of men and fortunes in this city
A
DC7” Colonel McLean, the Democratic can
didate, has boon ro-olootod Congressional
delegate from Montana Territory. His ma
jority it estimated at 1000.
LETTER FROM PONTIAC, MICIUGA*.
m£».at B my 0! diapoMl?'and| o^.
”X"l «»p.™ Oil" • b ' W J—P"«“
of the town of Pontiac. . j
This town, or city, (as c y°o , ! bin K‘" J! 1 ®
shape of a town is called in the West,) is sit
dated in the midst of a fine level country
It ia on the Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad,
about 2G mUesJrom the former place. The
town is well watered by Cl inton K>v«r. which
is decidedly the- most crooked stream I have
ever seen, as it flows nearly all around the
town and twice through it. In the lower part
of its course it is obstructed b V 1
give the water quite a stngnan and unheal
thy appearance. X am told that attempts
are being made on the part of soma of the
citizons-to have_theßo danid renioved on fhe,
ground of damage to the public health.
This is a very brisk and lively pin® 6 - To
a stranger entering the city in the middle of
the day, the principal business street crowd
ed witij vehicles of every descnotion, would
remind him of Broadway, Now York, It
presents a much mnre lively appearance
through every day of tho week, except Sun
day, than Carlisle or Harrisburg do on mar
ket days. There ia more business done boro
in the way of buying and selling, than in
ninny of our large ciiies. Detroit presents
quite a dull and sleepy appearance m com
parison. .
Although the amount of business is so groat
the city has not increased,as rapidly as ma
ny leas active towns. Its proximity to De
troit will prevent its ever becoming very
largo. I tb nk, however, the groat oho ado to
its "rapid growth is lound in tho fact, that a
large part of the produce from the surroun
ding country, which should build up the city,
is carried off by the agents of firms,
with which this State ia overran. Provis
ions of nearly every kind command a higher
price hero then in iho city of Detroit, and
thus persons seeking homes are obliged to go
whore the price of living is not so great.
There are sis cburches'hore, therPresbyte
rian. tho Oongregatinnaliat, the Methodist,
the Episcopal, the Baptist and the Universal
ist. The Episcopalian lias a beautiful organ,
cne of the finest .in tho West, It cost $3,500.
Judging from tho number of churches, one
would suppose that the standard of morality
was very high, but passing down the street
ho will find that impression diminish very
rapidly as he counts the grog-shops and “ sa
loons,” each of which is but the face of a
gambling hell. 41 Tho chief end of man is to
make money,” Vluia reads tho Western oat
echisit). Make money, no matter how, seems
i to be the motto, and it is practiced so euo
i cossfully that one cannot take, up a newspa
i per without having his eye arrested by un
i account of some now swindling operation,
. oon'mionce scheme, or daring burglary.
I dm told that there ia here, not one of
those disgraceful dens which infest the rotir
i cd streets of our eastern cities and are a re
. proaeh to many an otherwise bolter place.—
t It i» well for the town, that it ia free from
} ihof-e nurseries of crime. Long may it re
-1 main so.
The public schools of this city are far ahead
of most of those in the older States, and the
citizens are justly proud of them. The High
School especially, under the charge of an
experienced Principal and able assistants, is
a model of its kind. It is supplied with a par
lor organ, a set of philosophical apparatus,
and a very good library. It is will attended,
not only by the sons and daughters of the
citizens, hut by many students from abroad.
Pontiac has about 4.500 inhabitants and is
s'rongly democratic. It lies within the Dis
trict so long and ably represented in the Na
tional Congress by Hun. Augustus Baldwin,
The “ Pontiac Jacksonian” is the organ of
the party here. It is an excellent paper and
well edited. More*anun.
Pinal Report of llio Carlisle Soldier’s Aid
Society.
Tiio_.miiH.ry iurramat.ion.oL_tlio.war-for- the-
Uuion has called for the disbanding of those
various Associations, throughout our land,
whose object it as"to aid the Government
and to sustain and cheer the gallant soldiers
ol the nation, in their arduous military ser
vice or ip their sickness and sufferiug, by the
volantary contribution of all that heart or
baud could bestow upon tnem. In common
with many larger and more important Socie
ties and with some smaller onea, the Soldier's
Aid Society of Carlisle presents to its mem
bers and to the public generally its final re
port of the collections and distribution made
during the two years of its organized exist
ence.
Much had been done here in the same
cause before our association was formed ;
much has been done since through other agen
cies. Our simple duty is to account for that
which was entrusted to our care. . We feel
that wo are only rendering juat tribute to the
untiring energy and’zeal of a few, who have
solicited, combined and wisely used the offer
ings which else , had been - scanty, diffused
and comparatively valueless. By God’s bless
ing they have done a good work. That no
more has been accomplished in a cause which
plainly demanded more, is nut wholly the
lault of tlie Soldiers’ Aid Society.
Report of the Stewardess of “ Carlisle Sol
diers’ Aid Society” from 2lst Sept., 1863, to
Aug. 28th, 1865.' vizr
Contributions from the Society'to different
Hospitals, Sooietiea, &c.:
Box No. 1. sent Sept. 21.1863, to the
Soldiers’,Postiv«l; held at Gettye
bui-g on'22d‘Sept-, 1863; valued at §2O 00
Sent on 23d and 30th Sept., 1863,
sundries to' sick' ahdwbuitded at
Carlisle B.irraoka, value
No. 2, sent Got. 1; 1863, to Women’s
branch of'tlio San it. I'Y Commission
valued at . 221 60
Oct. 12, 1863, laundries to sick and
wounded at Carlisle Barracks, vul
*,edat . 5 00
INnv. 18, aundnos to sick soldies, val
uod ut e 00
Due. 18 1863, to soldiers families, 20 00
January 6, 1864, box No. 3, sent to
Christian Commission/ 350 00
March 18th and 23d sundries to hos
pital at Carlisle Barracks, valued
tit 15 00
April 19, Donations to Baltimore,
Md., Fair, valued at 14 Q 0
April 23d, to soldiers in need, 3 00
May 20th, Box No. 4, to Women’s
branch of Sanitary Commission,
valued at V. 118 65
June 6tli, Cninstinn Cotnmissiun, by
W. Shearer, valued at 54 50’
June sth, collections made by the So
ciety for the great Sanitary Fair
held at Philadelphia, valued at 887 05
June 18th, box No 6, to soldiers’
Home Phila’ valued at 410 on
Deo 21< box No. 7, Ladies Aid So
ciety York, Pa., valued at 110 00
April 5. '65. to Women's branch San
. itary Commission valued at ■ 240 00
April 6. Barrels No. 9 and 10 valued
at . 60 00
April 6. Barrels 11 and 12, to York
Pa., Hospital, valued at ’ 50 00
Total 2591 60
Submitted respectfully
■p tr n 'M: E. Edy, Stewardess,
Kov. J. J. Cleuc, President.
The purchasing Committee respectfully re
po, t the following sums expended in the pur
chase of material that was manufactured in
to useful clothing or comforts for the Sol
diers hy the industry of the Ladies.
Amounts previously reported at quar
terly and annual meetings from
Augußt, 1863 to January, 1854, 5 271 16
Expended in February,
" March and April
September,
November,
December,
<<
Total,
Mrs.,o. SV. Sheapeu,
Mrs. J. P. llabsi.er,
Iq behalf of the relief Commit!
port that (iuring the inolemem wim
or of 186 S ami 1854, they gatht
cheerful contributions, clothing am
the relief of suffering w.omen anil
whoso husbands or fathers were
our defence. In all their suhseqm
priations of money they carefully
ted the wants of all applicants (or
while they do not claim entire .
fro m~mistakes," they" hTtve'nhundahi
the destitution of many Soldiers’ family
ring periods of the war. The board eil l
ed a watchful care over these disburse®.!
and occasional reports which obtainedci)
laiion, nlledging needless expense, nia],':
all more .anxious to do wisely. The four
ing sums were paid to more then
forent persons, on more than two Ijj!?
and fifty different occasions. No rotpl
the visits paid or calls attended to, hiuji’
kept, hut those who have any oxparieaaV
such duties must he well aware from|d
facts that the Relief Committee bavc#il (L l
hut faithfully borne a large part of theh''
and done a largo part of the good work si;
Soldiers’ Aid Society. The npproprigi
were as follows:
fnjTanuary, 1804,
February “
Marbb’chd April,
May,-
June. July and'A'ugast,
S’eptc’mbfer,
Outnber,
November,’
11 December,
“ March, 1865,
" April,
“ May,
“Juno,’July, August,
Jjl
Mra.Gt. W Sheafei,
Mrs. J. P. Hassles, j
Mrs. BiXi.Eit, 1
Mrs. Ann Rust. !
Relief Gamming
The Report of Mrs. Ann Alexander,TV
as audited by Messrs. J. W. Bby andCi
cart presents the
sum total of Receipts as
“ " disbursements,
Total,
Balance on hand,
• Ai^’N
This sum ia left in the bands of theß y
Committee to bo distributed during thet!
inji winter months to tho needy iamilit’
soldiers who;'-alone have been tbo f *0
of these d mationa. k-v-te
Without attempting any more
ollection of the various efforts and
the associati »n. the B mrd of Directs. '
conclusion simply return thoir hearty
to all those persons who have honoredi 7
wit*> confidence and support and ospe
to those who as Collectors or Committee
various important occasions have pen 1 ‘'Hw
their invaluable assistance. Let us t
God that the war is happily over; ani ‘
us ever be ready to' show care for the*
and t needy, a'« wo may have opportunity f *
Respectfully submitted,
Rev. J J. Clero, President,
Mrs. E. C. Johnson, Secretary ;
Mrs A m Alexander, Treasurer , . ;
Mrs, M. El Eby, Stewardess] |
Mr. A. Cathcart,
Mr, J. W. Eby.
Rev. S Philips,.
Mr. E. A. Brady,
Mr. 11. S. Ritter^
Mr. Wm. Blair,
Mr. J. B Parker,
Mra. G. W. Shoftffoi*,
—JlT377fr _ Pr~llTraslorp
Mrs. Juba Bixler,
Mrs. J. W. Puttou,
Mrs. J. Rhcom,
Mrs. A. C. Imw,
Wolverine,
FROM THE OIL REGIOI
ROBBERY AND' gakrohnq prßvale ,
Vigilance Committees IMng For®
A DESTRUCTIVE CON FLAGEATIt!
Piteous, Pa., Cot. o.—Highway robbr; 1
in this region are becoming of. almost di, ,
occurrence. The scene'of operations itfj-fVtfjl
the roads leading to Titusville or Staff, i
and the’ parties are so numerous and both! oV'Jll
it is not safe to, travel these roads alone, b . ■ : ■.
terday Mr. Bothford, of' Jamestown,
York, while on his way to Shneffer, win®. •
laid and nibbed of $l5OO and a gold w.ili. ;; V;jX
Lie was left for dead; but is still ajive, fc X :
not expected' to recover. r\' , v r j
Garroting is of almost nightly oocurrc V;. J
here, making it unsafe to be out. Those:
ing business here are now organizing viwij
selves into a' vigilance committee for
own protection, and if nny ot the parte*
caught lynch law will take course an I .' io
mercy be shown. ,
Pithous, Oct, 9, P. If.—Mr. Botkfc.
who was'waylaid and robbed on Satiirda;,
still alive, and some hopes are ): ■'
tained for hia reoovery !
DESTRUCTIVE EISEi
Pithoi.e, Pa., Oct. 3.—The 1 most
ivo conflagration that ever took place i n y,;Vi,,d
oil regiooB ( occurred thisunorning, ab'Hil,' ]
o’clock, which terminated Wy.V ' .t
out lose of life. nr' -f ■.
Tlio tanka of the largest flowing ::
Pitliole Crook, known as the grant \Vell.t ; ; -1
tnining four thousand barrels of oil, tookhV ,
sproading'dbsfruction in all directions. -y£:
teen derricks .and. engine-houses on the.', .--tf
lowing leases were destroyed:—Nos. 1 ! - v '’ ~
18. 19. 20, 21. 22 and 23 on H'oldem
and leases Noa. 2, 4 and 5 on Morey I
covering a surface of five acres. j t
All of the oil boh nged to the'
the land interest and the United Stats)> !
troleum Company of New York, The lid'
buildings,and property belonging to-thef ;'J
nera of the working-interest in the well Vicinal
insured for $29,000 in the Associated Corf.viM
ny of Now York. |
Pituole, Pa., Oct. 9; P. Mi—Tha
the Grunt Well was extinguished about
Tho well was not injured. The loss
exceed sloo,ooo'.
10 00
fo Clean Gloves.— Lay them on a'
board and first rub the surface gently
clean sponge and sbihe oampheno, or
lure of camphene and alcohol.
each glove into a cup containing the
phene, lift it out, squeeze it in the hand
again rub it gently with the spongy, to laß
out all the wrinkles. After this gftthtf il|9
the cuff in the hand, and blow into ic
out the fingers, when it maybe huDR u P, gl
a thread to diy. This operation should i&|S
be conducted near to a fire, owing to th e
fl'immnblo nature of the camphene
The recipes given in all the printed
have consulted for cleaning gloves a ro D
barous. -
ITT" The New York Herald’s
respondent gives a good account of the
ing in the late rebel capital with re ®
President Johnson’s reconstruction P°
but states that neeroes in that Beetle*
not yet dispossessed of. the idea that free
means idleness, and continue to fiiT« ••
trouble to th« authorities. ' [ f
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