hMEKICAfi VOLUNTEER.
JOHN B. BRATTON Editor & Proprietor
CARLISLE, PA m NOV. 10, ISGS. S
"Wu. Blair & Son, Carlisle, have best
quality Cranberries, Atmorc's Mince Moat,
Citron and pure Spices, which they offer
cheap for cash. Also, a large assortment of
prime Candies for wholesaling and retailing.
Down to the Work !—J. W. Smiley’s
Fall and Winter stock of Clothing, for men
and boys, is now large and complete. If you
want good and well-made Clothing, give him
a call, as his garments are ciit by and made
up under the supervision of T. S. Reigiiter,
one of our most fashionable and experienced
tailors.
Ho has a largo stock of prime Cloths, Cas-
Bimers, Satinets, Vestings, Jeans, &c. t to soli
by the yard, or make up to order on the most
reasonable terms. If you want a fine and
fashionable suit go to Smiley’s.
For good and servipeablo Winter Boots and
Shoes, for men, boys, women and children,
at reasonable prices, go to Smiley's. He will
let no man undersell him. 3t
The Latent Discovery. —The latest dis
covery which has been made, is a now plan
et, which adds a„ new feature to many dis
coveries already made, but while astrono
mers are observing everything appertaining
to their interest, the ladies of Carlisle and
vicinity say that they have discovered the
Latest Star, and are not to be outdone by
anybody. They have visited and are visit
ing daily the Star Store of Mr. M. Mayer,
in North Hanover otreet, formerly occupied
and known as Mr. Miller’s bakery, Ouo door
North of Dr. Dale's, Carlisle, where they con
stantly find the best and cheapest assortment
of MILLINARY GOODS, such ns Bonnets,
in straw’, silk and velvet, richly trimmed.—
Ladies and Missis Hats, in straw, felt, silk
and velvet, trimmed with bird’s feathers, &0.,
&e. A large assortment of Cloaks, such as
the Chesterfield Coats, Louse Sacks, Circu
lars, Short or Walking Sacks, Shawls, Knit
ted and Woolen Goods, Embroideries, Trim-
mings, &c., &c.
By strict attention to his business, and by
constantly receiving fresh supplies from Now
York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, Mr. May
er offers rare inducements, and respectfully
requests the ladies of Carlisle and vicinity to
give him a call. tf.
The Great Family Skiving Machine.—
Wheeler & Wilson's lock-stitch Sewing Mil
chinos are the cheapest and best in use.—
Over 200,000 of these machines have been
sold. All Machines .sold kept in order free
oT ' *id l'"'' 1 to bo all
. oliarge, and thej arc
represented. Cull and examine, at the Kail
road Office, Carlisle.
Toe Howe Sewing Machines. These
Machines are acknowledged by all to be tho
best fur Boot and Shoe work, Tailoring, Car
riage trimming and Harness makers, of any
in use. Agency, at Rail-Road Office, Car
lisle.
Hotel Property 1 fur Sale. —Attention is
directed to tbo advertisement of Mr. L>uis
Zitzer, offering for sale his desirable hotel
property in Plainfield. This is considered
one of the best country hotel properties in
the county. It is in first-rate condition, •with
a fine run of custom. Any one wishing to
embark in the hotel business, will do well to
look at this property.
See to tiie Plugs.— Council should see
that all the fire plugs are put in proper re
pair for the cold season. Last winter much
difficulty was experienced in getting water,
causing great annoyance to the fire depart
ment, and loss of property. It is a matter of
great importance that the plugs be thorough
ly repaired, and prompt action should be ta
ken in tho premises.
Swiss Bell Pincers. — Our citizens will
be pleased to learn that the celebrated Peak
Family of Swiss Bell Ringers will give a
grand concert in Rhecm’s Hall, on Monday
evening next. It is unnecessary to say any
more than merely to announce their coming
to Carlisle, when they can be heard to be ap
preciated.
Fire. Last Friday afternoon, about two
o clock, a fire broke out in a frame stable in
Mulberry Alley, belonging to Mr. Jacob Se
ker, sr. M hen dueovered tiio alarm was
given, and our firemen and citizens general
ly. were promptly on tho ground, and all
went to work in earnest to subdue the fiery
clement. The firemen succeeded in confin
ing the flames to the building m which they
originated, which, together with its contents
of hay and fodder, was entirely destro3 T ed.
At the time of the fire ahigh wind prevailed,
and it was feared that -the entire block of
frame buildings surrounding the fire would be
destroyed; but, thanks to the exertions of
our noble firemen, this destruction was pre
vented. A spark from the burning stable
not fire to the ronf of the Post Office building,
but a few drops of water soon extinguished it.
It is not known how tho fire originated, but
the supposition is that it was tho work of a
rascally incendiary.
Tearing Down Handhili.s. —Some persona
make a praotico, out of sheer wanlonness, to
tear down, posters and handbills, to the seri
ous injury of those who put them up. Let
it bo remembered that the lawp.rovidcs a se
vere penalty for such conduct, and it should
bo enforced against all persons offending in
this particular.
IfS” Show us a newspaper, says the Bos
ton Transoripl, whose columns are at all
times crowded with now advertisements, and
we will show you a community alive with
business enterprise. The nge it a moving
one. A man who stands still in these latter
days will in a short time find himself behind
bis competitors. • -
A grand recaption of tho colored soldiers
of Pennsylvania “ come off" at Harrisburg,
on Tuesday. It was tho grandest thing of
tho kind over extended, to Pennsylvania
troops. Neither trouble or expense was con
sidered. Shoddyites in ard about Harris
burg—those ’‘loyal” fellows who have made
money at tho rate of ono or two hundred
.thousand dollars a year ever since ISO I
I contributed most liberally. They resolved
! to give to “ tho coming man” a reception cal
culated to make white soldiers feel little. —
Those swarthy sons of Ham, who according
to Stevens, Phillies and Beecher, “ bore
off the palm in the rebellion," wore tho hon
ored guests of Pennsylvania. All right I
The committee of arrangements consisting
entirely of “ American citizens of African
scent ” published tho following
“ Call I—Colored men of Pennsylvania !
crowd Harrisbnrg and give jour brothers in
blue a thrilling welcome. Como up from cities
a id towns, from hilh ides and dales,from moun
tain fastnesses and'valley retreats, out of re
spect to tho memory of our lamented dead,
and in recognition of tho servisos of the he
roic living, in such swelling columns as will
kindle a blaze of enthusiasm in tho old Capi
tol.
“ Free Dinner!—A free dinner will be
prepared, to which all are invited, without
respect to color”
Think of that! A free dinner was given,
to which even white men were invited ! All
were invited (black and white) to tho same
table. Truly wo are a progressive people.
An oration was delivered by " Professor
Howard, colored • orator." Tho religious
services were conducted by the Rev. John
Walker Jackson, of Harrisburg, white man.
Rev. Stephen Miller, colored man, of Phil
adelphia, presided on tho occasion. Simon
Cameron, white man, reviewed the troops.—
Wm. Neshit, colored man, of Pittsburg, was in
command of the Colored Loyal Leagues, and
Captain Stevens, white man, commanded
tho troops. Several other white men were
honored with subordinate positions.
It will thus bo seen that the positions of
honor were very equally distributed between
the blacks and whites. Glorious equality!
Who will say hereafter that a white man, if
he behaves himself, is net as good as a no-
S« ?
Arrest of the Murderer of 11. B. Grove.
—On Tuesday of lust week, a young man,
named John Clare, was arrested in Wash
ington City, by a Baltimore detective, as tho
murderer of H. B. Grove, of Baltimore, and
son of our townsman 11. 11. Grove, the
particulars of whose foul murder are yet
fresh in the memory of our people. The
watch and breast-pin of the deceased wore
found on tho person of young Clare, and
also a revolver intended for six shots, but
which only contained fire loads at tho time
of his arrest, one loud having been discharg
ed, It is reported that the missing “ nega
live” was also found in his poscssion, Last
Thursday, Dr. Stevenson, of Baltimore, ar
rived lu town, and had the body of young
Grove exhumed, when ho extracted the
bullet from his head, which the doctor took
with him to Baltimore for examination.
-Thtrt v orrespondotrt-af^lnr"Plilhvd'elplTia“/rr"
qnircr, in referring to the murder of young
Grove, in his letter of the 12th inst., says :
Concurring circumstantial evidence is now
so strong that no doubt exists of young Clare
having been the murderer of Grove, who was
killed some two weeks ago. Tho dead body
was exhumed yesterday from its grave, in
Carlisle, Pa., and tho bullet extracted, which
corresponds precisely to other halls in tho
pistol found on Clare’s person. Mr. Gold
smith, of Washington, bus fully recognized
(he prisoner as the individual who pawned*
the deceased’s watch with him after the
murder. Ocher circumstances tending to
criminate are equally striking. It was a
bold, dastardly and most atrocious murder.
New Brass Band. —We are glad to learn
that a number of our young men are about
to organize a new brass baud. A meeting of
those interested in the enterprise was hold
one evening last week, when a tempoary or
ganization was effected, and tho necessary
arrangements made for pushing the matter
to completion; It is also tho intention of the
young men to call upon our citizens, at an
early day, nnd solicit money from them,
which is to bo used in purchasing the neces
sary instruments for the band. Wo hope
ourcitizens will givo liberally. Nearly eve
ry town in the State boasts of a good brass
band, but Carlisle is yet deficient of such an
Institution. This deficiency should no lon
ger exist. Wc have young men in our town
who possess good musical talents, and if they
are only encouraged by our citizens, we, too,
can boast o( a,good brass band. Go ahead,
boys, lot us have the music.
We wore furnished with a list of the mem
bers, which we append :
Wm. 11. Widnor, Charles Cornman, 11. M.
Ritter, Charles Halbert, Win. 11. Harkness.
J. D. McCartney, Charles darkness, Robert
McCartney, Jr., Wm. B. Crouse, Wm. 11.
Bretz, John Schuchman, Wm. T. B. Dixon,
John Fuller, Charles Harris, John Bender
Ambrose D. Boyle, Thomas Flint.
The following are the officers:
President, —Wm. M. Ugilby.
ITce President. —Wm. T. B. Dixon.
Secretary. --Wm. 11. darkness.
Treasurer. —A. L. Sponsion,
Com. of Acc’s.—Wm. Halbert, 11. M. Rit
ter and Wm. B. Crouse.
Grand F.uit,—The congregation of St.
Patrick's Church, of this towu, purpose hold
ing a grand Fair in llheem’s Hall, commenc
ing on the 25th of November, to continue one
week. The object of the Fair is to raise
funds to purchase fin organ for the Church.
This congregation hud the misfortune, about
four years ago, to lose their place of worship
by fire, but which, has since boon rebuilt.
The rebuilding of the Church has taxed heav
ily upon this denomination, which is very
small and financially weak, and they now
ask, through this Fair, the aid of our citi
zens to replace the organ lately destroyed by
fire. 1\ e trust that the liberality of our citi
zens will generously bo bestowed, and our
Catholic friends encouraged logo ou with the
good work- they hayo already begun.- See
advertisement in another column.
O” Capt. Henderson, Pfoyost Marshal
of this district, was mustered out of service
on Friday, the 10th inst.
A meeting of the Democratic State
Committee will be hold at the Buohlor House,
Harrisburg, on Tuesday, the 21st day of No
vember.
A FREE DINNER TO All!
WAR BETWEEN UHL I AND SPAIN.
There ia another war in South America.—
Tho forcible proceedings of Spain in an effort
to compel ‘satisfaction in a controversy with
Chili has induced the President of Chili to
declare war. Tho coast of that country had
previously been declared under blockade by
a squadron of four ships under a Spanish Ad
miral. Tho difficulty had its, origin in tho
seizure of the Chincha Islands by Spain from
Peru, in which Chili of course sympathized
with her sister republic, and refused to sell
coal to the Spanish squadron. This and oth
er complications led to demands on tho part
of Spain, which where enforced by tho/Span
ish Admiral in a very offensive manner, end
ing with the blockade already referred,to. —
Tho resistance made by the Chilian people,-
and particularly tho declaration of war
against Spain, had united all the conflicting
factions of tiro country, and the utmost har
mony and enthusiasm prevailed. Considera
ble anxiety existed among tho foreign merch
ants in Valparaiso concerning the safety of
their interests and property, and a meeting
of the foreign diplomatic functionaries had
been hold to remonstrate against the summa
ry proceedings of the Spanish Admiral. Mr.
Nelson, tho American Minister there, who is
at the head of the diplomatic body, had writ
ten the Admiral anote, stating his objections,
and protesting against tho attempt to block
ade live hundred miles of coast with but four
vessels of war. This was tho condition pf af
fairs on the 29th of September, the date of
the last advices, war having been declared op
.the 25th. These continued aggressions upon
Republican States of the American continent,
by European monarchies, cannot fail to ex
cite strong feeling on the part of the govern
ment and people of the United States.
Marketing.- Housekeepers are grumbling,
with good cause, on account of the enormous
prices they arc compelled to pay for every
thing eatable. Notwithstanding the harvests
have been abundant, tho price of labor ma
terially reduced, gold $1.45, and no scarcity
of table stuffs, yet we are compelled to pay as
much for all kinds of provisions, as when
gold was at 2.20, and an enormous army in
tho field to consume the supply. A poor ed
itor, with a large family, lias given vent to his
sorrows in the following strain :
Air—“ Who will care for Mother now?
Soc tho kino so slook and hairy,
Calmly chewing at their cud*;
Pasture green around thorn growing,
And gad-llios buzzing in tho wood.
Tell them that youM know their answer,
Aa you question every row—
Muley, tell me, tell mo truly.
Who can pay for butter now ?” **
Chores.—Around tho markets X am marching,
Asking who will tell mo how,
In tho name of all that’s fearful,
Who can pay for butter now !
Tho farmers tell us, to our sorrow,
That tho cows are ver3' imv this year,
But who from this can comfort borrow,
While butter’s so extrom dy dear,
♦should you offer them but forty,
They’d kick up a precious row,
Bo I insist on loudly bawling—
AVbo can pay for butter now.
Chores.—Around tho markets I am marching,
Ashing who will tell mu bow,
In the name of all that’s dreadful,
W e-v-un-pn-y-for-bu Uer-nowd
November.— With the beginning of this
month wc begin to foci that sumo icy nngcr
is tapping at our doors. Our farmers have
their work nearly closed up, and nil hands
begin to think of snow-equal Is, Holidays
and those fierce mornings when gray old
winter breathes his frozen breath full in vmr
face. The war is over, thank O.ui ! and Hol
idays'and winter festivities may again bo
enjoyed—by those who have the tin. If you
are done with the Revenue collector and all
tho other collectors, then thank Heaven
again, and keep on being thankful—giving
your Turkey double rations from now to
Thanksgiving day,
When getting up iu tho morning, 3-011 onn repeat
from Jay Cooko as yon begin dressing,
“That a groat national Joht is a great national
blessing.”
Advertise in the Volunteer —The ad
vantages of advertising in a popular and
widely circulated newspaper, are apparent
in tho success which has attended tho busi
ness men in this borough nnd elsewhere
who have had their advertisement in the col
umns of tho 1 olunteer. Many persons who
have bat recently established themselves in
business, are now driving a handsome and
profitable trade simply because they have
had their advertisements inserted in our pa
per, and the attention of the people drawn to
their occupation through our special and lo
cal columns. Our largo and rapidly increas
ing circulation presents inducements to ad
vertisers which' no other paper docs in the
county. The Volunteer is road by more men
of both parties than any other printed here,
and there is not a nook, corner or township
iu the county where it is not distributed and
cordially welcomed by scores of intelligent
readers. Business men, consult your inter
ests, and send in your advertisements to the
Volunteer.
Day of Thanksgiving. —Gov. Curtin lies
appointed tho first Thursday in December
(die day appointed by tho President,) ns a
day of public Thanksgiving in Pennsylvania.
It is not necessary to urge upon the people
its faithful observance, for every one will re
spond to tho appointment of tho Governor in
tho proclamation. We have great reason to
be thankful that peace has again dawned un
un tho country, that the clouds of war have
passed away and tho inhuman strife of bro
therhood has ceased, and that nations,as well
as individuals, depend for .their support up
on the Almighty arm, and where that is
withhold, their existence is suppended upon
a very frail and brittle tenure., Let us, there
fore, thank God for tho past, and supplicate
in sincerity His aid in tho future, and all
will bo well with us.'
A Cold Winter Coming. —Farmers and
other wise people in the rural districts, pre
dict an early winter, n long one and a strong
one. One of the signs is that birds early
took their flight soutlnvard, and another that'
the husk of the growing corn was very thick
and covered the oars to the very ends, a nev
er-failing proof (hat overcoats and luel will
be in great demand.
J3@?“ Dr, E.TV. Kouerts, an eminent phy
sician of Harrisburg, died at hia residence on
Friday last. Hie ago was 58 years.
JOHN VAN BUREN ON STANTON.
"Wo have more rumors from AVasington,
regarding changes in the Cabinet, says iho
Pittsburg Post, and it would bo a most ex
traordinary circumstance if the Presi
dent could much Idngor associate with
B >mo* of his ministers and especially with
Mr. Stanton. AVo know that Stanton is the
favorite of the Radicals, because-that origi
nal secessionist and miserable renegade,
the moat willing to do their bidding. In their
estimation ho stands a head and shoulders
above his fellows, aud they look upon him as
tie embodiment of their brutal programme.
With them this monster of cruelty and fanat
icism looms up in stupendous grandeur, not
only "grand, g!6omy and peculiar,” but
“ As acme tall cliff that lifts Us awful form
Up from the vale and midway leaves the storm
Through round ils skies the rolling clouds are
spread,
Eternal sunshine settles on ils head."
Put the President can have hone of this
admiration fur the Secretary of War, for the
reason that he was an original secessionist,
and avowed it during the last days of Mr.
Buchanan’s administration. It is well known
that Mr. Buchanan was in doubts as to his
constitutional power to coerce the Southern
States; Mr. Stanton agreed with him and
stayed in the Cabinet until the expiration of
the Administration. Put more than this, Mr.
Salabuvy, from Delaware, in tho Unite 1
; States Senate, ch irgod Mr, Stnnton with hav
ing been plotting /with the loading rebels,
and offered to prove i.t, if the Senate would
grant him a committee and send for persons
and papers. But at that time Stanton had
much services to the. Abolitiopists,
and manifesting every disposition tube their
■tool ,5n the future, that the Senate refused to
have his case investigated, and so permitted
him to retain Ids place in Lincoln's Cabinet.
But now that the rebellion is over and South
ern men restored to their former positions in
the Union, it is probable that those with
whom he was conspiring, will not permit him
to repose in quiet much longer, but will ex
pose him to the world in the character of a
cruel persecutor of the very Southern men
whom he advised lu go into rebellion against
the government.
This complicity of Stanton with treason
has never been denied dy him, and John A r an
B ircn, in a speech on the 4th inst., in Brook
lyn, reiterated the charge. It is impossible,
therefore, for Air. Johnson to keep him much
longer in his cabinet.
Mr. Seward, soinG time since, having in a
public address, complimented Stanton very
iiip;li!y, calling him “divine,” was replied to
by Sir. A an Dnrcn, in'course of wbiob reply
he adverted as follows to the subject to which
we have been alluding—the early connection
of Stanton with those who were the original
plotters against the Union. Said Mr. Van
boron :
hvnv. taking this unrjnalilicd indorse
ment of Mr. Stanton while in the administra
tion of Mr. Buchanan, let us look fur a few
moments at the conceded facts that occurred.
While Mr. Stanton was in the cabinet of Mr.
Buchanan, Albert T. Brown was a Senator
Irnm the State of Mississippi, and a colleague
ol Jell. Davis. Thu Union was dissolved by
the retirement nf the Senators of the States
-thniwlrmi—rltJlTirini ll ed to secede. Mr, Urnw ll
preceded Jell’. Davis in his resignation. Now,
1 charge that Alherl-T. Drown mot Mr. Stan
ton at tile door of the Senate, and that Mr.
Stanton told him that lie bad done right, ap
proved of his net. mid said that it was theuii
ly way to bring the N inborn people to their
senses, and to restore peace to the country.
Mr. Drown lias stated tllia fact in his place
in the. Confederate States at Richmond. Ho
is personally known to mo ps a man of un
doubted veracity, and lie is known personally
to the President of the United States ns one
whoso word could never ho questioned. And
what is much mure material, he is so well
known to Mr. Stanton himself that the Sec
retary of War would never undertake to de
ny ins statement. While ho was an enemy
«t till) country, ami could not get to'Wash
ington, possibly such a denial might bo made ;
but re w that, lie lias an opportunity to return
tliere wlien ho plea-os,' 1 know Mr. Brcwn
and Mr. Stanton well enough to ho assured
that no cuntradietinn would be vouchsafed,
tins was while Governor Seward was silting
up with Inin by day and watching witli him
by night (laughter) and when ho never
hud an aspiration that was not divine.
(Laughter.) During the period that elaoscd
alter the conclusion of Mr. Buchanan’s' ad
ministration, until January, 1862, nearly
the;entire year, there was no more epen, de
cided .secessionist, no man more unqualified
ly opposed to the exercise of force to keep
the Souther, l States in the Union than Ed
win M. Stanton —the divine Stanton himself.
A voice, “ Iraitor.’’) During ail that time
be was w,itched ami guarded by Governor
benard, iis ho Stales in his-speech tnat was
said to bo delivered in Auburn, and his
course was patriotic.” Mr. Stanton, subsc
quout to teat time was called to the ADmin
1. ti nam Of Mr. Lincoln. Ho was called.
,“"’ Q n ' n , son to believe, at the suggestion
at itr.Seward, whose instrument he lias been
b-nui the tune ho entered the Cabinet to the
present ineuieiit.”
Indian Knuini!.—The present is without
duuht the most delightful season of the year.
IVe cannot agree with the poet that it is made
up of sal nod melancholy days. It prefig
ures death in its |brmvn and yellow leaves,
and the general blight of vegetation, hut the
bright sun and blue sky above us illumine
the soul with the hope of immortality, and
the heavens present a marked and pleasing
contrast which directs our thoughts upwards
to a more enduring inheritance “ beyond this
vale of tears," It is a season for reflection
and meditation, and none but the unbeliever
can grow sad and melancholy under their in
lluouco. The more we reflect upon the fu
ture end the nearer wo are brought by the
examples of decay and death around us, to
the contemplation of the end of our own he
ing, tho more fiymly nre we impressed with
that abiding faith and dependence upon tho
Creator, which, instead offilling us with sad
ness, enlivens ns with, joy and hope for tho
future beyond the grave. Our physical ener
gies must fail end yield to the wear of time
and circumstances, hut the soul is immortal
and has its anchoring place around the throne
of God. The Indian Summmor upon earth
is tho symbol of the commencement of the
eternal summer of tho soul, vyhon it will
slmko off the decaying emblems of mortality
and mount up to its appropriate sphere,
where all is'calm and sunshine, and whore
tho shadows of death cannot come.
KT" Gen. Huy Stone, Into commander of
the ‘‘ lliicktails,” was defeated, in the Wsir
ron and Venango Legislative district, at the
lade election, by 300 majority. The Repub
lican party voted against him, •• Soldier s’
friends I” oh ?
Work for the Slate Committee.
It is evident that the Democratic party was
beaten af the recent election in this State be
cause it was not properly organized. An en
ergetic campaign, conducted with all the spir
it for which the Democracy have always been
distinguished, might have supplied the lack
nf organization and have given us the victory.
That, together with a proper organization,
would havo rendered our success sure beyond
a peradventuro. The campaign of next fall
will bo a most important one. AVo must
elect a Democratic Governor and secure as
many Congressmen-as-we possibly can... The.
campaign will be a vigorous one, and every
inch of ground will be hotly contested This
will bring.put a large vote. Bub what wo
want, and whufc we must have, is such per
fect organization of the Democratic party ns
will ensure the polling of its entire vote. Il
we can insure the doing of that, we shall tri
umph.
Can that be accomplished ? AA r e aro'oun
vinced that it can. Our present system of
organizadon is exceedingly loose and imper
fect ; so much so as scarcely to bo worthy of
the name. It leaves all the work of the par
tv to bo done by such men as are willing to
do it voluntarily, imposing no specific duties
on any one, except it bo the members of dif
ferent County Committees. These local or
ganizations have been ‘inefficient in the past
for many reasons. They have had no speci
fied and well defined duties to perform, and
have been loft to what work was s6c before
them in an indefinite and inefficient manner,
because they wore unguided and unassisted
in their efforts. Zeal, without properly reg
ulated method, will necessarily expend its
energies without producing proportionate re
sults.
Wc need and must have such an organiza
tion of the Democratic party ns will give to
its movements all the steadiness and precis
ion of a well drilled army. This can be at
tained without a resort to the objectionable
plan of organizing secret political associa
tions. All the movements of tbitf great party
will, we hope, continue to be as open and un
disguised in the future as they have been in
the past. But, it must, and, unless wo are
mistaken, it will avail,itself of the interval'
beiween this time and the opening of the
next campaign to perfect an organization
which shall bo Vastly more efficient than the
present loose system. It must not bo left to
waste one-half of its great energies in the com
ing campaign for Governor and Congressmen
for the want of proper organization and in
telligent guidance. •>
This work must not he left to the more
voluntary efforts of individual members ul
the party, as has been the cnsd.in the past
A system of organization nuietbo perfected by
the Central Conunhtce; and steps tak
en to put it in operation throughout the State
at the earliest possible period. It can bo
done, and we oxpoct to see the good work be
gun at the meeting of the Committee on the
21st inst. II it is not called together for
somo such purpose, wo can see no,use in its
assembling at the present time. A thorough
compact organization of the party is what is
needed. This is the work for the Committee.
Let it see that it is well djne, and done as
quickly as possible.— Lancaster lulelliycn
cer.
The Career or Wirze.— f l ho following
brief sketch of the career of Henry Wirze,
who suffered the penalty of death for the
murder of Union prisoners at Andersonville,
may be interestiug to the public. It wa? re
ceived from his own lips by a gentleman
who visited him, and, in point of accuracy,
is perfect:
“ I was born in Zurich, Switzerland ; came
to the United State, in 1849, at which time I
'wamvrnvbhrio spealrTbigHsh-; —I~tried"tn-ab—
tain a position as assistant to somo physician,
but failed. Landed in Now York city ; af
terwards went to Connecticut, from which
State I went to Xjawrenco. Mass., whom f
was engaged in a shawl factory. After re
maining there for several yearn, went to
Kentucky, where I married; I afterward
wont to Philadelphia, and thence to a planta
tion to Louisiana, where I was employed as
a physician. I remained there until the
breaking out of the war, when I enlisted in
an independent company as a private ; was
afterward made clerk of the liichmoml-pris
ons ; I was soon after made Captain and As
sistant Adjt. Gen. on Gen. Winder's staff;
was wounded at Fair Oaks (the wound from
which he now suffers;) was then made Pro
vost Marshal of Manchester, Va. ; was then
sent on an inspecting tour of the prisons in
the South.
“ In 18G3 I wont to Europe for the benefit
of my health, where I remained throe or
four months ; on my return I was put in
charge of Andersonville. Ga., until the Con
federacy bursted up. I admit that prisoners
were brutally treated, but deny that 1 am the
guilty party ; I have pever shot a man in mv
life.”
New York and New Jersey.— These States
have followed the example of Pennsylva
nia and Ohio. At tho elections held last
Tuesday, the Republicans carried both by
decisive majorities. This result was what
we feared, but contrary to what wo hoped
for.
According to the Express, a Democratic
journal, tho Republican majority in New
York, on the State ticket, is estimated at 24,-
720, and the Republicans have 25 of the 32
Senators, and 86 memborn of Assembly to 41
Democrats. The Democratic majority in the
city of Now York is 24,714.
In New Jersey, Ward, the Republican can
didate, is elected Governor by 3,185 majoi
ity. The Legislature stands ns follows:
Senate— lo Democrats and 11 Republicans.
Mouse— 24 Democrats and 30 Republicans.
Printrro and Doctors.— lt is a notorious
fact that doctors’ bills and newspaper bills
arc the last accounts in the sum of every
man’s indebtedness which he thinks of pav
ing. Whotevor may ho his ability to pay, no
difference if his pockets bo .filled with green
hacks, bo thinks some indefinite time will do
to settle the aforesaid accounts. People some
how have a traditionary notion that the prac
tice of a Physician and tho publishing of a
newspaper are mere amateur profetfslpjjg, fol
lowed for amusement's sake and for the cost
of which little or nothing is expended. Yet
there are not in the whole round of business,
as far ns wo know, more expensive and ardu
ois employments than that of publishing a
newspaper and healing tho sick.
The World.— ln another column will bo
f mnd tho prospectus of tho Now York World
which we republish with our now advertise
ments, in couaeipienoe cl having made an er
ror in the terms. Wo have made the proper
correction, and those intending to subscribe
for this staunch old Democratic sheet should
examine the prospectus carefully before do
ing so.
Discharge of Nf.gro Troops.— Con. Can
hy, at !low Orleans, has received orders from
Washington to muster out of the service ns
many nogro troops as can he snared. To pre
vent insubordination among them he has or
dered that they be not allowed to purchase
their weapons.
[For the Volunteer.
ASIATIC CHOLERA.
The advent of that dread scourge, Asiatic
Cholera, on this continent, is announced. —
The ship “Atlanta.” now at New York
Quarantine, had aboard, on her passage hith
er from Havre, sixty eases, of which sixteen
died, and since her detention twelve other
cases have occurred,
- The coming of the,pestilence was anticipa
ted, it seems, by the board of Quarantine
Commissioners; but neither, they nor the
people expected it ho soon, and there is now
much' excitement and consternation in the
Metropolitan City.
This,time it began its westward march in
the interior of Asia, among the returnin'"
pilirrims from the shrine at Mecca.
It has fearfully ravage;! the populous Cit
ies in the Levant, and in Italy and Spain,
and it has already reached France and Eng
land.
Its sum and steady movement hitherward
from the East, has been duly chronicled, and
it is interesting to observe its subjection, al
ways, to the great law of Periodicity.
"Wo. have now, in our turn, to “ look it in
the face,” to see it before ns, n« it stands
threateningly at the very portal of our coun
try.
Wo now have opportunity to test and ap
preciate sthe niagniindo and importance of
of the institution of Quarantine, as involving
a direct beating upon the health and lives of
our fellow-citizens. It is to be regretted that,
the machinery of our Quarantine has never
been sufficiently comprehensive to meet an
emergency such as now taxes it. and'ordina
rily it has been quite rusty, from irregular
practical working, and the inexcusable indif
ference of our legislators to the subject.
Tiio all important subject of public and
external hygiene, in ito legitimate and’ effi
cient application, has been too much restrain
ed by the ignorance and prejudices of indi
viduals.
The all absorbing question of the moment
is, how can we, as a'people, protect ourselves
from the Cholera, which so seriously mena
ces us ?
The only answer in, that everything de
pends upon the completeness of Quarantine
measures, and upon the zeal and efficiency of
its officers.
.Detention and most thorough purification of
ships and cargoes', including luggage and clo
thing. And issolation of the sick and of the
well,-the, one for treatment, the other in pro
bation, during the period in which the germs
of the infection may lie dormant in the ays
tain.
They will doubtless encircle the Quaran
tine limits with a sanitary cordori, and all
communication with the city interdicted, un
der severe penalty.
In infected districts the Zymotic or Chol
eraic principle, incubating in the bodies of
those, who. not yet seized with an attack, yet
from mortal fear of it, fled in a thousand di
rections open to them, sufficiently explains
its rapid and desolating progress'ih* the sev
eral countries of Europe.
■ It is believed, with the strictest care and
surveillance, even in our present state of
danger, that wo may escape its visitation.
But should the issolation nut be perfect,
and the scourge over-lean the restraints of
Quarantine, and enter New York, then no
human agency will be enabled to stay or re
tard its extension through the country.
The panic-stricken multitude, in their wild
flight for safety from an infected city, would
carry with tbom the infection, and spread it
everywhere, .
An infected man, if ho have communica
tion. will propagate it, proportionally, no less
limn an infected ship.
Our Quarantine Conventions have declared
Cholera non-contagious, per sc , and many
eminent and experienced mcdio.il Savans so
• TCgard-i t~.
But the history of the present epidemic es
pecially, has developed certain irrefutable
facts, which stand in direct conflict with their
theory, uu.l they nnioroo the conviction that
a grave mistake has been committed in the
acceptance of the opiuiuil that the disease is
mm-contagious.
// is eminently contagions. It has ahumi
fintly proven itsedfso. It would scarcely bo
reasonable to denominate malignant Cholera
‘‘the most fatal disease known in the annals
of medicine," if it lacked the essential finality
of contagion.
“ Cholera patients will imparl Cholera.”—
The i/ will inevitably convey it.
Transmission is one of its most distinguish
able traits. It Inis besidea.tlie properties of
power and increase, which are variable, how
ever, from circumstances and situation.
Its intensity and force are particularly
marked wherever there id destitution? foul
air and over-crowding of inhabitants, in ns
much, as it is through these agencies that it
operates and diffuses itself.
The materies mdrbi, or septic agent, which
constitute the Chdorine, may (as the leaven
in meal,) increase uppn itself, and thus he
disseminated through an entire community,
in which primarily, were none of the ele
ments of its production. And in this way
have a few infected and suffering emigrants,
nr crows, conveyed the epidemic' into a per
fectly healthy and salubrious city. Their
bodies, assn many foci cf infection, have, as
it were, radiated the contagion from the very
point of their landing.
This fact was clearly illustrated last sum
mer at Constantinople, to which the disease
was imported through the crews of vessels,
direct fr an Alexandria, whore thp Cholera
was then raging, Human intercourse, there
fore, propagates it, and does so bv contagion'.
Cholerine enters the blood through the
skin nod lungs.
ihe contagion is developed and acts proxi
matoly, not so much from contact as it does
from the excretions cutaneous exuvia, and
especially the dejections.
It is for this reason that so much circum
sjipction is needed-on the part of nurses, at
tendants and families.
The poor are infinitely more liable to it
than the rich.
Ihe sacrifices and misery which poverty-in-,
facts, create an extreme susceptibility to epi
demical seizure, ' , '
If the cities and towns in the interior- can
not guard agiiinst Cholera visitation, they
ran, at least, curtail its mortality by timely
and judicious y measures, which,
in times like these, are truly paramount to
all other considerations.
If earnestly carried out, they ,wculd cer
tainly have effect of diminishing its in-
ussauging its malignancy, and ren
dering it somewhat amendable to proper me
dical treatment.
JVlmt ia to bo done hi this view ? The in
dispensable sanitary arrangements, simple
enough, me made up of action and co-opera
tion, and should be mutually suggestive be
tween the citizens and the municipal authori
ties, who leprosent them,
’la the latter is especially committed the
responsible duty, which they dare not put
oil, oi cleanmng streets, lanes, alleys, public
sewers, arums mid runs; of draining stag
nant pools on vacant lots, and filling up the
same ; of liming (with nnslaeked lime,) filthy
alleys, sewers, drains and gutters ; and of a
rigid and uncompromising enforcement of all
the haultb ordinances against people, who
ure dilatory and indifferent.
The accumulation of filth, animal and ve
getable, on private property, (in city or town)
and its decomposition in yards, cellars
ilrains, cess-pools, &c., contaminate the natu-'
ml purity of the atmosphere, are prolific of
disease and detrimental to public health
■ It has been truthfully said that fever
makes itself at home” wherever ignorance,
indolence or_ avarice permits such vile nub
nances to exist. All such places should ho
at once cleansed and limed, as before men
tioned. It would bo also proper to pull up
and remove weeds and rotten vinos in yards
and Jots. Houses should bo frequently
cleaned and ventilated from n,„
otllar. Every man, with a fnmnJ'
vigilantly inspoet hia own premise,
an eye also to that of his neml,i "
trebly obligated to himself, to his f„ W '-
to society, to perform his whole i
not escaped notice that all 0P „ '•
tends to putrofanation and decay
ly than ever before observed.
Late scientific investigation has ,1,,
an ahnurnml and strangely altered
of the atmosphere, associated witl, 0
times. These phenomena should
us of the imperative necessity 0 f n
demising and purification.
Finally—individuals would do well
in mind that there are certain ...
which render them liable to (JlmvJ
“ Unwholesome food, such as s ‘, ai
bsh, shell hah, had vegetables, de,-. u .,> *
and impure water,” must, bo carcliillj'f
. 'intemperance, wine bibbllng, damnj
tinted air, long abstinence from | lmi | , f viA .■>§
and insufficient sleep, are decidedly
live. Tbo inordinate nan of tubner, „ ',
bo inappropriately appended to thUk '
Take no purynlice medicines. a,id n 'v ‘"xb
arrest any tendency to looseness of U,. i .
by rest in led and appropria's >-■
rcjMc/i ouyht to he on hand. Anythin t
will induce debility nr Weakness, win”*' 1
fully predispose the body tn an attack 1 “
medicine, whicli can be furnisliei I V.S’jS
regular pbysieian, is quite simple, in, I
swor the purpose, and 1 repeat every |. ’* 'S'
should bavo it in readiness, Itis a r ” -K'O
treatment, that is contemplated, and ip Tislfp
go no further than a state of pe.-fwt * •
rcciimbantly, and instant control nftliA
rhuai, which is generally the first ( ;j,T : "'y : V
dims to I jo enabled at tionie to m.uiti," ■' vjl
its earliest symptoms, will allow liljt'*' : 'h
medical attendance, and it will save ft
sands of people, who would otherwise ffitajjlLM
in' the two consecutive stages of the
Tl.e utmost simplicity, regohirityaad
ation in all things pertaining to the
of life. should be scrupulously
Tbo mind shouid be tranquil and freel-h: AWliy
themotions of fear, anyiety or c&pjfe!'
wbiob are weakening and would
compromise safety.
Tlie unrcnaoaalilo promptings of tlitiJV-irMiJJ
nation would disturb a healthy bal«meilhtSoSl
brain and nervous system, are
injurious, and must be firmly resisted. V
In the conduct of business, and in Hip
ereiso of humanity and charity, ought ig
olieited more than usual calmness Liid'l'
tit H ilc. 'j
A doe inspect for the principles here> !
serited, will tend to give a full
health, and, thus greatly aiding
her constant efforts to resist or cure i
will thereby happily secure to onranlrev
greatest possible immunity from Chcli-af
J. C. KlNlCLli, M,lj.'di|ji|jjj
[ ■ .t Pr' A
Conspiracy Against SouTHEitN
Hon. Montgomery Blair, late
General, in a speech delivered by lihi
days since, in Buffalo, alluded to the
Of the Badicals to give over the Sj«lC
States to the control of the negroes j
Blair is pretty good authority upon
jeot bo discusses ; we, tliorofore,
to show what the intention of the
is. lie said I -
“ Tliftrc arc a" class of men'who prop J-.
fake advantage of the condition of the 4fosSt
and tn substitute the dominion of the- e-i;'
for that of the Hipster.' This- is iw-ehitf
It is a well digested pint... Sunnier i.rV'fg
pigmy. He. ia a wonderful mho. and r.V '
darfully dangerous nuin. Thud. Suveif'
another able and daugernus m.m. At• ItPypy
loader.of .the Ivepnhlicans in the If inxi ■
stands with his-\v.l. i ’i.r.. ,,y..hirrpyii'jntr ■
the support of his revolutionary nc li a inti-! Vi-KSn
these men assume the negro to Wuwi|'
loyal man, in the face of the fact that if jfifp
tnirds of the white men of the South hfikt-te-W
heart in the rebellion.-" (’’■?'
The Philadelphia ledyer, of tlio 1- i-d^o
ihot.. -
says
A'mbng tlio newly elected
.Congress Irmn the State of Louisiana
venerable Jacob Darker, A (1 es pa toll
Now Orleans informs us that lie rPi'fV -
more than twice as many votes as all thre; ,
his competitors combined. This is n str/
testimony of the high respect in which 1:1
hold in the city, of which ho lias been uf
rninont business man fir so many years, i
barker is nearly eighty-seven years of g
but he is still in possession of full hodilvt' 4
mental vigor. lie remained in Now Orb;; v
during the rebellion, hut never gave up v'
sturdy independence of character which'!'. ' AL-.fVi
polled him during the war of 1812 tariskt;
pulsion from the Society of Friends hy \i
ing money to the United States to
the wav. Old as Mr. Barker is, and poult- '«
the sacrifice must bo to a man who ciir&’;,v vV-V
on so large a banking business as ho du«fe.V; ‘‘"’s
go to Congress, be has expressed his deie.vv ;^§ v *
nation to accept the position. lie is -
crat and will represent the city of Neff
leans. . . (
‘ . ,
A Ci.erkV Mistake.—An Ohio exohd /.-ijt,
relates the following funny mistake of tu'i '
in a dry goods store : I. fi®)
■ In a certain store, not over a tlioiW; '
miles from hero, the clerk, after. relurf'|
from supper, commenced putting lh:n|st : -/A*» r sf|
their places fur the night, when ho
what he supposed was the show
a, frame dressed in woman’s clothes, anJ|{ Vi*]
ring very much the appearance of fe«A\’"
in the bae-li, took her very gently aroundh;
waist, calling her his old woman, with alp \
other remarks not commonly made hyjs ,; j- '•■■■
men in the presence of ladies, when to initf,'. s ,t d
tonishment tlie supposed piece of wirc-«n'
turned round anti slapped him in the facef^.. ■
the gross insult he" had perpetrated, V
clerk, innocent as he was, could do noils- , ./ .’v,
more than apologize,for his mistake.
Stealing Down South. -t-The La jffS 1
Democrat has an article showing up a' “
al” thief, who stole a printing eatabhuhaif.! 'vjp!
at Columbia, Tennessee, during the war.if
removed it to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, "'lf' '.V2f
he is now publishing an Abolition paper,
mg the stolen material for-that purpntij. 'h'jil
There is said to be ri prospect of bringingv‘||i
“ loyal” oonftsoationist to grief, on accoty'S'S
of this printing office theft.' There was 4
amount of stealing done in the South
name of “loyalty," by “loyal" camp
era during tho war, who might very propt [ vj»a||
bo lot kid after now. Prin lingo Ticca pidlp-Vf-Jli
and private libraries, pianos, housel-'y h|||
g mds, la lies’ dresses, &c., &c., were anr'i yli|
tho spoils sent north by. these “ sboddirs|
and distributed among their friends.
close of the war put a stop to this thing, » ! i, ;fe||
tho “ loyal" oonliscationists have
great sorrow over since. ISatH
Goon News — Huzza n—A gentleman
Reading informs ns that the price of
tho Schuylkill regions had fallen ?2 p erlot V-al|
The contractors were willing to make co3 j -vl||
tracts to furnish coal at §2 below the br fiBDD WVa||
prices. Pork has also conic down. We
seen good pork sell in the Easton market
week at 15 cents per pound. That, ought
bring,lard down. Cotton goods bare also l, '‘
ken a .downward tendency. Wo hopo_ oJ*>v
will continue to. tend downward until ‘*ll
grasping, greedy, avaricious' yankeos, t
have been growing fafc and purse-proud
the wants of the people for the last four
will suffer —some auy how. They can
to lose for a year or two to co'mo. —
Argus. '
JUS?” General Kilpatrick, of Now Jerttfip
has boon appointed U. S. minister to ChU l, t