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LANCASTER, PA., AUGUST 9, 1859
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DEMOCRATIC STATE NOMINATIONS,
AUDITOR GENERAL:
RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, PhUada.
SURVEYORGENERAL:
JOHN ROWS, Franklin.
COUNTY COMMITTEE MEETING.
The Democratic County Committee of Lancaster County
will meet at the public house of Emanuel Shober, in the
City of Lancaster, on WEDNESDAY, the 24th day of AU
GUST, at 11 o’clock, A. M. Every member is requested to
attend, as business of importance will be transacted.
11. B. BWARR,
Lancaster, August 2, 1859. Chairman.
The following named gentlemen constitute the Com
mittee:
Adamstown—E. Redcay, Jr. |B. E. W.—Geo. M. Kline.
Bart—Amos Rockey. [B. W. W.—Jacob F. Kantz.
Brecknock—R. E. Bhober. < Lancaster twp.—B. Huber.
Carnarvon—Jacob Yohn. Lampeter E.—J. L. Llghtnor.
Clay—John Elser, Esq. Lampeter W.—Sam’l Long.
ColeraJn—A. Whiteside. Leacock —John L. Ligbtner.
Columbia, N. W.—T. Welsh. Leacock U.—Dr. A. 8. Barn.
“ 8. W.—F. 11. Ebur. Little Britain—M. Reynolds.
Cocalico E.—Cyrus Ream. Manheim twp. —B. Eby.
Cocalico W.—J. Keinhold. 'Manheim Bor.—J. E. Cross.
Conestoga—Sam’l 8. Welsh.iManor—George G. Brush.
Conoy—Emanuel Nagle. Martic—Wm. N. Gibson.
Donegal K.—P. J. Albright. 'Marietta—Charles Kelly.
Donegal W.—Henry Funk. ;Mt. Joy twp.—J. Nichols.
Drnmore—John McSparrau Mt. Joy 8.-J. H. Brenneman.
Earl—Dr. Samuel lUngwalt Paradise—Dr. J. J. Strawn.
Earl East—Geo. Ducbman. il’enu—ll. K. Hull.
Earl Weßt—Jacob Busser, jr. Pequea—Christian B. Erb.
Ephrata—P. M.Heitler. (Providence —Dr. J. K. Rnub.
Elizabeth—John Elser, jr. ißapbo—ll. B. Becker
Elizabethtown—J. A. Gross. Strasburg B.—W. T. McPhail.
Eden—Henty H. Breneman. Strasburg twp.—F. Clark.
Fniton—Samuel Wicks. Salisbury—T. W. Henderson.
Hempfield E.—Dr. S. Parker.iSadsbury—A. Townsend.
Hempfield W.—J. M. Weller. Warwick —T. Lichtenthaler.
City,N.W.W.-Col.J. Rankin. Washington—J. E. Charles.
N. E. W.—H. B. Swarr.
LIST OF PREMIUMS.
On our first page will be found a list of the
Premiums which will be awarded at the
ensuing Lancaster County Fair, in September.
From the preparations already being made,
and the laudable spirit of competition mani
fested by our people, we have no doubt this
will be one of the largest and most interesting
exhibitions of the kind ever held in the State.
THE AUGUST ELECTIONS.
Elections were' held on Monday the Ist
in9t., in Kentucky, Alabama and Texas for
Governor, Congress and Legislature, and in
Missouri for local officers and to fill vacancies
in the Legislature. On Thursday Tennessee
voted for Governor, Congress, and Legislature,
and North Carolina for Congress. The
returns are not all received, and therefore we
are still without the particulars. It is believ
ed, however, that the result has been a Demo
cratic triumph in each and all of the above
mentioned States. In Kentucky we shall
have the Governor by 8 to 10,000 majority,
7 or 8 of the 10 members of Congress, and a
majority in both branches of the Legislature.
In Alabama, the Governor, all the members
of Congress, and a large majority in the
Legislature. The same in Texas. Tennessee
is doubtless all right, too, but to what extent
we cannot yet tell The same remark is
applicable to North Carolina. In Missouri
we have only the returns from St. Louis City
and County. The Democrats have elected
one member of the Legislature by 1500 major
ity, ana the Clerk of the Criminal Court by
2000 majority. The Republicans carry the
balance of the ticket.
THE LATE RICHARD RUSH.
Richard Rush was born in Philadelphia,
August, 1780. He. was a son of the famous
Dr. Benjamin Rush, who was one of the
signers of the Declaration of Independence.
He graduated at Princeton in 1707, and after
wards studied law in Philadelphia, where,
in 1811, he was appointed by Governor
Snyder, Attorney General of this State. Soon
afterwards he was appointed Comptroller of
the United States Treasury, and in 1814
Attorney General of the United States. When
Mr. Monroe entered the Presidency he called
Mr. Rush to perform the duties of Secretary on
of State during the absence of Hon. John
Quincy Adams. When Mr. Adams returned,
in 1817, Mr. Rush was appointed Minister to
England, which office he held for seven years,
and many years afterwards he published a
very interesting narrative, describing his
“Residence at the Court of St. James. ’’ lie
negotiated the important treaty of 1818,
which settled the then existing disputes in
regard to the fisheries and part of our north
western boundary. Ilis negotiations also led
to President Monroe’s > enunciation of the
famous Monroe Doctrine, against European
interference on this Continent. In 1825
President Adams recalled Mr. Rush from
England, and appointed him Secretary of the
Treasury, which office- he held during the
whole of Mr. Adam’s term. In the year 1836
he was sent by President Jackson as.a special
agent of the government to receive the Smith
sonian bequest, which mission be successfully
fulfilled and returned in 1838 with the entire
sum. In 1847 he was appointed by President
Polk, Minister to France, where he remained,
through the disturbed time of the revolution,
till the year 1849. Since then he has been
living in the retirement that is most agreeable
to the close of a well spent life, at his resi
dence in Philadelphia. He has occasionally
appeared before the public, through the
journals and at town meetings, when any
important question has arisen. He has also
attended the regular meetings of the Smithso
nian Institute, of which he has been one of
the Regents ever since its organization.
THE PRESIDENT’S LETTER.
It is to be hoped, says the Baltimore Su?i,
that the President’s own letter to Mr. MeCand
less will satisfy the most incredulous of his
determination to retire from public affairs at
the close of his present term. So long as he
is considered as a candidate for re-election the
motives of his measures will be subjected to
misconception and misrepresentation. His
positive annunciation at this time of a deter
mination to retire at the end of his term will
greatly increase the confidence of the country
in the wisdom of his measures. His influence
with the next Congress will be much promoted
by it. At the same time, it will enable him
to aot with the more decision and vigor in the
course of proceedings which he may deem
advisable for the public interest.
Another marked effect of Mr. Buchanan’s
declination is the liberty it gives to some
politicians to avow their individual preferences
for a candidate to succeed him. While Mr.
B. was supposed to be in the field, few of the
friendß of any member of hiß Cabinet for the
succession would avow their preferences.
Now it will be otherwise. The claims and
prospeots ot many eminent men, some of them
in the Cabinet, others in Congress, and others
in private life, will be freely discußßed.
I@* We direct attention to the advertise*
ment in another column of the “ Young
Ladies’ Aoademy of the Visitation,” at Fred
erick, Md. This is considered one of the
very beßt sohools in the country, and conse
quently it is in a highly-flourishing condition.
IST The Mayor, Counoils and other digni
taries of Cincinnati were on a visit last week
to Philadelphia. They were the guests of the
City Counoils, and met with a very handsome
reoeption.
OPINIONS ABROAD.
In England, there is but one opinion express
ed with regard to the terms of peace agreed
upon between the two Emperors during their
interview at Villa Franca. Tories, Conserva
tives, Liberals, Radicals, all unite in denounc
ing the compact as hollow, worthless, aod
impracticable. The London Times takes
credit to itself for its early skepticism, and
now cries out exultingly—“ We told you so.”
Even the principal parties to the war, it adds,
now find it necessary “to apologize to the
“ world for the conditions of the Peace,” and
it derives some satisfaction from the fact that
an “ irresistible power' should feel some
“ homage due to outraged faith.” But “ what
“right,” says The Times, “have the three
“ Powers assembled at Zurich to dispose of the
“ people of Rome, Naples, Parma, Tuscany
“and Modena? Will Naples submit, and if
“not, who shall force her? Is Rome so
“ readily cowed ? Louis Napoleon is a strong
“ man against some people, but he has shown
“ himself to be a coward in the face of Rome 1
“ As to Austria, she has still one chance left.
“ If she, is sincere in her promise to introduce
“ into her public laws and administration
“ reforms conformable to the spirit of the
“ time, she has awakened to the new condi*
“ tions under which every Government must,
“in this age, hold its power; but if these are
“ mere words without intention, then there is
“something prophetic in her anticipation
“ that ‘ new struggles may ensue,’ and events
“will, in all probability, justify the first
“ impression created by the publioatiop of the
treaty —that it was made with the intention
“ that it should be broke.” In the judgment
of The Economist , “ Italy has gained nothing.
“The French Emperor has abandoned all his
“ high pretensions and violated all his gener
“ ous promises, and returns to Paris nominally
“ a oonqueror, but, in reality, a defeated and
“dishonored man.” The Saturday Review
asks “where is the glorious liberty which
“Napoleon 111 promised to the Italians?”
and thus replies to its own question : “ Gone
“like the mirage of the desert, when the
“ traveller draws near; gone like the promises
“of a dream broken at morning time, and
“in her stead is left Liberty indeed, but
“ Liberty as she is in the delightful purlieus
“ of the Tuilleries—Liberty as she looks at
“ Naples and Bologna—the goddess of French
“freedom, admired of prefects, adored of
“ pamphleteers.” The Observer regards the
arrangement as “so utterly unjust and incon*
“ sistent that it can never last.” It doubts
whether it can ever be started in working
order: : points to the fact that “Naples is
“ insurrectionary,” and that “ the Pope
demands. “ more troopsthat the people of
Tuscany, Parma and Modena have voluntarily
annexed themselves to Piedmont, and the
question is then asked “ whether Austrian
“ Archdukes are to be forced upon the revolt
“ed Duchies by French and Austrian
“ soldiers ?” “ The so called settlement,” says
The Observer, “ has settled nothing, and Italy
“ is left, by this incomplete and unsatisfactory
“arrangement, more unsettled and dangerous
“ than ever it was before.” The Examiner
characterises the peace as “ whimsical,” and
the treaty as “ most extraordinary—a peace
“that will neither please Italy nor satisfy
“ France.” The Daily Xews denounces
Napoleon 111 as a trickster, and the treaty of
Villa Franca as a coup dc theater. All the
j minor journals in England take up the same
j cry, and all coincide iu the opinion that the
war, which has been closed so suddenly in
Italy, is destined to break out afresh at no
distant day, in some other quarter. Such,
too, is the avowed conviction of Lord Derby*
who calls upon the Government which has
I superseded him to spare no efforts to strength
j en the land and naval defences of England,
jin anticipation of the coming storm. We
are told that the same feeling of doubt, gloom,
| and uncertainty, prevails elsewhere. From
I Vienna, the correspondent of the London
j Times writes that “the nation, and, more
| “particularly, the military part of it, is
“extremely disappointed with the results of
; “ the Villa Franca Conference.” From
j Berlin, the Times' writes: “I
["“remarked, in a former letter, that it was
>“felt here that there might be a peace more
“mischievous than even a general war. This
“ apprehension is already becoming general,
“ and on grounds which seem only too reason
“able.” From Paris, we learn that “it is
“ now admitted, on all hands, that never have
“ gigantic preparations produced such paltry
“ effects.” Le Siecle declares that “if the
“ minutest Austrian influence is suffered to
“abide in Italy, all that has been done will
“ have to be done over again in the course of
“ a few years.” La Patrie expresses, in a
few brief sentences, its hopes and its fears.—
From Turin it is reported that portraits of
the French Emperor have been removed from
the shop windows. In the opinion of the
Milanese, “the sacrifice of Venice is as likely
“ to damage the popularity of the Third, as
“it proved injurious to the reputation of the
“First Napoleon.” The people of Tuscany
have officially declared that they will maintain
the independence they have acquired, aDd a
Commission has been appointed to proceed to
Paris to protest against the return of the
Grand Duke. Of Garibaldi a doubt is
expressed as to whether he will obey any
instructions to disband his gallant little army,
or, if he does so in obedience to superior
orders, it is said to be still questionable
whether he will not seize the first opportunity
of summoning to his standard his old com
panions in arras, and inaugurating an inde
pendent movement. Kossuth has retired into
Switzerland ; but of Klapka, and his legion of
five thousand Hungarians, we as yet have no
accounts. Such is a “ bird’s eye view ” of
the present condition of affairs growing out
of the peace of Villa Franca, and the prospect
is by no means a satisfactory one, so far as
the permanent pacification of Italy is con
cerned. What changes may be brought about
by the result of the Conference at Zurich, or
how far the adjustment, at that Conference,
of the details of the general agreement made
at Villa Franca, may tend to modify and con
ciliate public opinion cannot, of course, at
this time be determined. It is, however, not
the least remarkable circumstance connected
with the course of the French Emperor, with
respect to Italy, that those who most bitterly
opposed his going to war with Austria, and
who loijdly asserted that he was actuated by
ambitious motives, now denounce him for his
moderation. Admitting, as they do, that
Napoleon 111 commenced the war in direct
opposition to the general sentiment of Europe, !
it is the least that could be expected of him :
that he would conclude a peace whenever he j
thought proper to do so, and the interests of j
France demanded it. Whether that peace j
will prove of any lasting benefit to the j
Italian States, or will lead to new and more j
seriouß complications, we Bhall, in all proba- I
bility, soon know.—Baltimore Exchange. |
PROM WASHINGTON.
Washington, August 3. —Private des
patches announce the serious illness of
Senator Jefferson Davis of Mississippi.
The Secretary of the Treasury has left
Washington on a brief visit to his home in
Georgia.
The receipts into the Treasury for the last
three quarters of the fiscal year, ending the
Ist of July, from the customs, lands and
miscellaneous sources, amounted to $38,580,-
800, or $BO,OOO more than Secretary Cobb’s
estimates.
LETTER FROM SENATOR BIGLER.
We commend the following able letter, says
the Clearfield Republican , addressed by our
distinguished townsman. Senator Bigler, to
the Tammany Society of New York, in reply
to an invitation to join them in celebrating
theB3d Anniversary of American Indpendence,
to every man who admires a caudid, honest
expression of political sentiment. We shall
make no attempt to comment on its positions,
nor shall we stop to express our commenda
tion of the principles it avows* believing that
the spirit of purej>atriotism which it breathes,
and the sound nationality of its views will
recommend it more strongly to the reader,
than anything we could say in its behalf:
Clearfield, Pa., )
Friday; July 1, 1859. j
Gentlemen: I regret exceedingly^that I
l am Dot to have the pleasure of joining the
“ Tammany Society ” in celebrating the
coming anniversary of our National Indepen
dence, in compliance with the flattering
invitation with which you have honored me.
Previous engagements, aside from the great
intervening distance, will deprive me of that
gratification. Every heart should respond to
the patriotic sentiment of your circular that
the “ sublime remembrance ” of that glorious
event deserves to be celebrated “ by an exhibi
tion of the warmest testimonials of gratitude
to the memory of those who made it immur
tal;” and I trust, if not all a majority of the
American people are prepared to unite in any
proper effort, “ to draw closer the patriotic
bonds ol Democratic brotherhood,” and by
securing the union of the national Democracy,
contribute toward the perpetuity of the union
of the States, and the stability and vigor, of
those wise and just institutions under which
we have become, with unparalleled rapidity,
not only a numerous, happy and prosperous
people, but one of the first political Powers
of the earth. The vexed ciuestion of slavery,
so long the dread of the friends of the Union,
may, I hope, be safely regarded as adjusted
to the satiffaotion of all, save only a few
extremists, North and .’ v outh, who are now
attempting to renew the agitation on the idea
uf an “irrepressible conflict” between the
institutions of the Northern and Southern
States on the one hand, and the revival of
the slave trade on the other; issues which
however seriously pressed, can only result in
fruitless agitation. As to this idea of a
conflict Detween the local institutions of the
several States, to eventuate in their perfect
uniformity—that is, that the States must all
become free or all slave, it is, in my estima
tiuu, a weak and absurd theory, enunciated
for factious and selfish purposes and cannot
stand the test of public judgment for a
single day. The attempt to revive the African
Slave trade will be no less futile. I do not
believe the proposition will ever command
one third the votes in Congress.
Then, as to the question in the Territories,
the policy having been settled by various acts
of Congress, and made part of the Democratic
creed, to which I doubt ’not that party will
adhere with unyielding fidelity, that the
people, clothed with whatever authority it
may be competent for Congress, under the
Constitution, to confer upon them, and not
Congress, shall legislate for the Territories, in
order chat they may do what they please as
to slavery, and other matters of domestic con
cern, through the agency of their local
legislatures, ‘ subject only to the Constitution
of the United States,” accompanied with a
pledge for their admission into the Union, on
terms of perfect equality with the original
States, with or without slavery, as they may
determine when they form a constitution and
a State Government. And the Supreme
Court having defined the meaning of the
Constitution to be, that a Territory deriving
all its law making powers from Congress, is a
dependency and not a sovereignty; that Con
gress not being possessed nf the authority to
exclude slavery or slave property from the
Territories, cannot confer that authority upon
a Territorial Legislature: and further that
slaves are property; that the Territories
belong to the States in common : that the
citizens of each and all the States have an
equal right to the occupancy of such common
domain; there to possess, use, and enjoy
property of every description, including that
of slaves ; there would seem to be little room
for further controversy, either in Congress or
in the States. As for a code of Congressional
laws for the benefit of one species of property
in the Territories not necessary for the rest,
I am emphatically opposed to any such
measure; and think the proposition as impol
itic as the effort, for it will prove vain and
fruitless. For what end, then shall Congress
legislate? Whose rights have been violated
iu any of the present Territories? Or where
in have the people or the Legislature of any
Territory attempted to nullify the Constitution
as expounded by the Supreme Court, or in
any other way transcended their legitimate
authority? I have heard of no buch case.—
Even. Kansas, factious and insubordinate as
the spirit in that Territory at times has
seemed to be, has done none of these things.
Then are we to legislate on some speculative
theory, in anticipation of wrongs which may
never occur? But, even if these wrongs had
already been committed, the proper remedy
is with the Judiciary, and not with Congress.
Whoever imagined himself aggrieved in the
use of slave or other property, in a Territory,
should seek redress through the Courts, and
not through Congress ; and further, should it
at any time be alleged that the Legislature
of a Territory has transcended its authority,
to the detriment of private right, it will be
fur the Judiciary, and not for Congress, to
ascertain that fact; and by its decrees vindi
cate the injured party. It is for Congress to
give existence to the law making power of a
Territory, but it is the province of the Judici
ary to determine the extent of that power and
restrain its abuse. Indeed, in the cases of
Kansas and Nebraska, because of difference
of opinion about the extent of the power
possessed by Congress, this question was
expressly referred to the Courts, should the
occasion arise for its decision. The authority
of the local Legislature over the concerns of
a Territory, Under the policy in view, is
restrained only by the Constitution, and that
instrument will restrain Congress to an equal
extent. It is not pretended that Congress is
possessed of authority to creats rights for
slave property in the Territories, and it need
not be claimed that Congress should attempt
to define what those rights now are; because,
as I have already intimated, that is clearly
the province of the Judiciary. There is
therefore, nothing—absolutely nothing for
Congress to do on the subject. It has been
referred to the people and the Courts, and
there it should be permitted to rest; unless,
indeed, some overt act of rebellion to the laws,
as in the case of Utah, should demand the
attention of Congress, or the Executive De
partment of the Government. I say, therefore,
let this dangerous subject rest on the laws as
they are, and let the constitutional law, as
expounded by the Judiciary, and as it may
hereafter be defined, in any or all cases that
may arise, be observed and executed in letter
and spirit; and above all, let individual
citizens be sustained in their legal rights,
and in the enjoyment of liberty and property
in the territories. To this end, and to this
extent, it may become right and necessary
for Congress or the Executive to interfere. —
As for the paradoxical idea of the existence
of a legal right in the many, in a territory,
to destroy the constitutional rights of a few,
it is a species of “higher lawism,” which is
not likely to be seriously maintained in any
quarter, or ever to require the attention of
Congress. With the highest regard, I remain,
gentlemen, your obedient servant.
WM. BIGLER.
To Hon. John Kelley and others, Sachems
THEIR AIM IS CIVIL WAR.
James REDPATH.the notorious correspondent
of the N. Y. Tribune, has written a book in
which the following admissiop occurs. We
ask all who united with him in the Kansas
crusade to read it, apd bear in mind that this
same Redpath is one of the apostles of the
Black Republican party. lie says :
“ I believed that a civil war between the
North and the South would ultimate in insur
rection, and that the Kansas troubles would
probably create a military conflict o f the sec
tions. Hence I left the South and went to
Kansas, and endeavored personally and with
my pen to precipitate a revolution.”
This bold avowal, taken in conjunction with
the hope expressed by the great Republican
leader, Giddings, that the day would come
“ when the torch of the inoendiary would
light up the South,” leaves no doubt upon the
mind as to the principal aim of the Black
Republican party. It is “ Civil War ” and
Disunion.
CITY AND COUNTY AFFAIRS
Fawkes’ Steam Plow— Fawkes’ Steam
Plow, decidedly one of thn greatest invention* of the age,
vu exhibited in this city, on thejground* of the Agricul
tural aod Mechanical Society. College Avenue, on Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday of last week. We paid a visit to
the machine on Thursday afternoon, and fotmd,. notwith
standing the intense heat and dost, a large crowd of per
sons present, mostly farmers, or those engaged in agricul
tural pursuits. We also noticed oo the ground a number
of prominent citizens, among others, Rt Rev. Bishop
Bowman, Rev. Wm H. Elliott, Prof. Thomas C. Porter.
Hon. A. L. Hires, Dr. John L. Atlxe. Br , and Dr. Patrick
Cassidt. They, as in fact all the rest, took a deep Interest
in the working of the machine, and followed the “horse
and plow,” as the farrows were most beautifully turned
up. with the delight of old and experienced farmer*. At 4
o’clock, a short but very appropriate address was made by
Judge Hates, in which he paid a deservedly high compli
ment to Mr. Fawkes’ great ingenuity. The plows were
then detached In less time than it takes a persou to turn
around, and the members of the Pres*, together with a
good many others, were invited aboard the engine to take
a ride. Availing ourself of the kind invitation, we took a
seat on the “Lancaster,” and with Mr. F. as engineer, and
amid the cheers of the enthusiastic x crewd. were taken
around the track, which Is fnlly half a mile in length, in
less than three minntes.
On Friday a large number of people visited the Steam
Plow, and all were delighted.
On Saturday a great crowd was present all day. Iu the
morning, a splendid wreath, the gift and handiwork of
Mrs. Samuel Cormeny, was presented to Mr. Fawkes. A
neat presentation speech was made by Miss Henrietta
Crawford. The gift was received, on behalf of Mr. F., by
Geo. F. Breneman, Eeq. A photograph of the Steam Plow
was taken, and at the request of Mr. F. quite a number of
gentlemen took positions on the engine to be photographed
along with it. AmoDg the handsome faces to be observed
on the picture, a copy of which baogs in Sprenger k Weet
haeffer’s window, 44 North Queen street, are those of
Messrs. J. J. Springer, U. S. Consul at Dresden, and J. M.
Willis Geibt, of The Express. At the close of the exhibi
tion in the afternoon, Mr. Geiet, in behalf of Mr. Fawkes,
made a few impromptu but very appropriate remarks,
thanking the citizens of the city and county for their
large attendance, and the deep interest they manifested in
the success of the Steam Plow. Mr. U. also gave an exceed
ingly interesting sketch of the early portion of Mr. F.’s
life, and the difficulties be had to surmount in his present
great achievement.
The machine was shipped ou yesterday morning to Free
port, Illinois, where the State Fair commences on the 6th
of September, at which place and time it will “enter the
ring” for the prize of $6,500 offered for a successful Steam
Plow and Farm Engine. We predict that Mr. F. will leave
far in the distance all competitors, and consequently cariy
off triumphantly the prize. This, indeed, will be another
bright jewel in the crown oftheconnty which has given
birth (o a Fulton.
Left for Utah. —Our old and’ esteemed
Democratic friend, Col. Samuel C. Stamdacgii, Surveyor
General for Utah Territory, in company with his Chief
Clerk. Charles K. Wentz, Esq., and Deputy Surveyors
Barrett and Miller, left on Wednesday afternoon last for
the scene of their labors in Mormondom They expect to
reach Leavenworth to-day, and on to-morrow will start
across the Plains (1200 miles) in company with a small
detachment of U. S. soldiers, who will form an escort. They
expect to be from fifty to sixty days on the land route.
No man is more generally esteemed in this community
than Col. S., and Mr. Wentz has al6o troops of friends.—
This was evidenced at the Railroad Depot at the time of
their departure, by the crowds who gathered around to
bid them good bye. They both left with the best wishes
of hundreds for their health, future prosperity, aud safe
return, and we saw the tear start from many an eye as
they stepped into the car.
We have the promise of a regular correspondence from
Col. Stamijaugh, and hope to furnish the readers of The
Intelligencer with some interesting letters from his pen
in the course of a few months.
The Pic Nic Season. — The Pic Nie season
has been with us in real earnest for the last three or four
weeks —any number of parties, public and private, enjoy
ing themselves nearly every day in that time in the delights
pertaining to such gatherings. We attended a Pic Nic.
given byseveral ladies and geutlemeu of the beautiful and
enterpri/.ing borough of Mount. Joy, on Tuesday last, at
Myers' Landing, a short distance from the village. Our
company from this city consisted of brothers Wtlie of the
Inquirer, Andv Thomas, business editor of the Church
Advocate, and two other young gentlemen whose excessive
modesty (?) will not permit their names to appear. The
gathering was truly a delightful one. and the heavy
thuuder storm which came up in the afternoon in no wise
abated the pleasures of the day. A large barn offered its
kind and protecting shelter, which was most gratefully
accepted. The ladies (aud Mount Joy can certainly boast
of its beauty and intelligence) did all in their power to
make our visit agreeable. The gentlemen did the same.
The violin, in the hands of Major Frank Stauffer, editor
•’of the Herald, and Mr. Koi.r, never produced sweeter
sounds, aud the party enjoyed themselves very pleasantly
for a soHSon in the “ misty mazes of the dance.” This was
our first visit to Mount Joy, and our pleasure was of such
a nature that at some future time we may repeat it. Our
due Frank S. for his many courtesies.
The American Pic Nic.—The American Pic Nic comes
off, at Rocky Spring, on Thursday next. We have already
alluded in commendatory terms of the efforts ot the mana
gers, and will merely remark that those of our city readers
iu the habit of attending such gatherings should not fail
to be present.
Sunday School Pic Nics —The SabbaUi School of St.
John’s Lutheran Church. West Orange street, will hold a
Pic Nic to-day. We have not learned at what place.
The Duke Street M. E. Sabbath School hold their annual
Pic Nic to-morrow at Landis’ Woods, on the Philadelphia
“Our Little Pic Nic.”—Several of our friends in the
southern part of the county have issued cards of invitation
for a Pic Nic. under the above title, to l>e given at Wicks’
Mill,one-half mile below Fairfield. From a knowledge o 1
the managers, we are satisfied that it will be a fina affair,
and that it will not be by any means a “ little ” gathering,
but will be largely attended by the youth and beauty of
that particular section of the Old Guard.
Serious Affair.—A German, whose name
we have not learned, in the employ of Mr. Christian
Lintner. of Lancaster twp., was shot on Sunday morning
last under the following circumstances ; Two young men,
supposed to be from this city, were stealing fruit in Mr.
L.’s orchard, and the man seeing them went to the place
and endeavored to prevent their depredations. They
became very impudent, and he ordered them to leav ft
One of them pulled a pistol from hia pocket and fired *at
the man, the ball passing in at the side of the Dose and
lodging in the cheek. The wound is a very painful one
and the man is in a somewhat precarious '-ondition. It is
to be hoped that the scoundrels who committed this deed
will be promptly brought to justice.
X. B. One of them has since been arrested.
Fire.— The barn and ice house of Mr.
LuMp, on the old Wabank road, about two miles south-west
of this city, was destroyed by fire on Saturday night last-
The fire made a very brilliant light, causing the fire bells
to ring, and bringing out nearly the whole Fire Depart*
ment. The fire is supposed to have been an incendiary’s
work. Mr. L.’s loss is about $4OO, hut he is insured for
half the amount.
Death of Key. Dr. Bull.—Rev. Levi
Bull, D. D., died at his residence near Loag’s Corner, in
Chester county, on Tuesday morning last. If we are not
mistaken, Dr. Bull was the oldest presbyter of the Episco
pal Churcli in Pennsylvania. lie had entered his 79th
year, aDd must have beon in the church for more than
half a century. For many years, too, his position in the
diocese was a very prominent one. lie was a leading man
in tho low church party, and was urged by them for Bishop,
once or twice, when tho office was vacant. Hisability, his
zeal and his piety all secured for him many friends: while
the courage and pertinacity with which be maintained his
views of church doctrine and government commanded the
confidence and respect of his partizans, who rallied around
him as their leader. Unhappily, his clear, vigorous intel
lect became disordered a few years ago, and though there
were frequent long periods in which there were no signs
of derangement, yet all felt that his career as a minister
was virtually ended. His last public ministerial act was
to assist at the ordination of his grand son, Mr. Thomas
G. Clemaon, at Claymont, Delaware, about four weeks
since. Ills tall, commanding person and his venerable
features will be remembered by thousands, who have
heard him in the pulpit, or soon him at the meetings of
the Annual Convention. lie has been rector ofSt. Mary’s,
St. Andrew’s and St. Mark’s churches in Chester county,
St. Thomas’s, Berks countyj and Bangor Church, at Church,
town, in this county, all of which, we believe, were orga.
nized and built up by his exertions. He was also Deputy
to the General Convention from this diocese for many
years. He had a large family of children, most of whom,
however, he survived.
Rifles. —At a meeting of the
Jackson Rifles, held at their armory on the 2d Inst., Henry
Nagle was unanimously elected 2d 2d Lieutenant in place
of Samuel H. Reynolds, resigned. Lieut. N. was promoted
from the ranks, but he is fully capable in every respect
for his new position. John Springer was elected oth Ser
geant and Quartermaster, in place of Henry Reed, resigned.
The officers of the company are now as follows: Captain,
Henry A. Hambright; Ist Lieutenant, Benj. F. Cox; 2d
Lieutenant, John Reese; 2d 2d Lieutenant, Henry Nagle ;
Ist Sergeant, William A. Lewars; 2d do., William 11.
Gable; 3d do., Charles Wilson; 4th do n Wm. J. Garvin;
sth do., John Springer; Ist Corporal, John Rote; 2d do.,
James Benson; 3d do., Henry Dooas; 4th do., Thomas
Langen; Surgeon, Dr. A. J. Carpenter.
The company expect to receive their arms in the course
of a week or two, and then they will best-equipped and
most efficient rifle corps in the State.
School Directors.— At the regular stated
meeting of the City School Board, held on Thursday even
ing last, in the Athenaoum Rooms, City Hall, the
following gentlemen were elected to fill vacancies in the
body : John J. Cochran, vice Theo. Fenn, resigned . Wm
A. Atlee, vice Dr. F. A. Muhlenberg, resigned; Dr. J. Lev
ergood, vice A. 11. Ilood, resigned; JamesM.Hopkins, vice
E. C. Darlington, resigned; A. W. Russel, vice John Ham
ilton, resigned; Horace Ratbvon, vice R.F. Ranch, who is
at present an ex-officio member of the Board, being Presi
dent of Common Council.
Bridge Contract. —The contract for build
ing a new bridge, over the Conestoga, in Caernarvon town
ship, has been awarded by the County Commissioners to
Levi Fink, of Lancaster, for $1219. There were fifteen bids,
ranging from that sum up to $3500.
Narrative of Prof. John Wl»e’« 331st
.Erial Voyage
Mad* from St. Loin * Mo., July With, 1859, accompanied by
hu *on. Charles R. Wise.
Wh BturUrd frjim Washington Square at 11 a. tn.. the
place being grants us b\ Mayor Fidey. who also furnished
us a gentlemanly police force to assist to preserve order'
and decorum daring the preparations for the voyage.—
There was daring the morning a drizzling symptom of
rain, and had the experiment not lw-en purely a scientific
one, we should have postponed it on account of the
weather.
As we ascended, fit. Louis presented a bold and h&n dsome
curve into the river front, with its broad and busy levee,
and its hundreds of steamboats moored iu escbelon along
the shore. The city has a characteristic commercial aspect.
The various finished and unfinished public buildings, with
a rather dingy hue, gives it the appearance of *n old city,
notwithstanding I saw it thirty year*- ago with only six
thousand inhabitants, while it numbers now not less than
one hundred and sixty thousand
The Mississippi, under th* ;ittuosphere of the-Jay, io-ked
like a muddy frog-pond after a heavy shower, and the
steamers plying on its mud-saturatrd bosom seemed to
travel about as fast as a Wa’er spaniel in the same element,
aod showed no larger than a common »yawl, though some
of them were belching up volumes upon volumes of the
blackest smoke I ever saw, and creating at the same time
a resounding clangor with their bells. Bells always sound
full and strong to the ears of the a*ronant: even cow bells
have a loud sonorous clang when beard high above them.
The city is composed of five distinct clusters of bouses,
giving the appearance of five consolidated villages into one
municipality.
After we bad crossed the river in a curved direction,
starting towards the northwest, then north, and then
northeast as we rose higher, we passed over the lagoons
along the Illinois shore. These marshes send up their
miasmetic effluvia three thousand feet high. The highlands
to the west of St. Lonis swelled up in healthy contrast to
the narrow flats below. Bellefontame Cemetery would
have been taken fur a gentleman s park, 9tndded with
exquisitely white statuary, and serpentine gravel walks,
had 1 nr>t be*u acquainted with its particular locality, five
miles north of the city. The h'u i "toot'’ of the locomotive
turned tur heads to the south, where we saw a train of
cars "snakimr’’alomr through the prairie grass like a huge
serpent with a black upturned head, making headway for
East St. Louis. This inland depot is the very picture of a
"death pot" of pestilential morass, and it makes one wonder
how su h a miserable looking place could be the terminus
of so great a thoroughfare as the railroads that t-averse
the States a thousand miles from east to west. True it was,
the nature of the day made gloom itselflook more gloomy.
Having now scanned the city and its environs, we took
a look over the great prairies that unfolded themselves to
the east. Like a vast ocean, with hero aod there an island
full of trese, does this prairie country look from above.—
My son remarked that the people along there must have
mighty big farms, considering the distances the houses
wero apart. The impression that this vast domain made
upon me at the time was that bountiful nature was extend
ing an invitation to the double condensed inhabitants of
the crowded cities of the world to come and partake df its
stores. It is a rofnge and a paradise for all who wish to
be supplied with food and comforts.
Haviog now reached an altitude in which we sailed due
east, we saw with compass and chart before us, that Lafay
ette could not be reached by that current. Our next voy
age being posted to take p'ace from that city, we had
determined, befoie starting, to make a point to it as near
as we couid. We lowered again, but w- plainly saw that
the southeast wind bob.w, which drove us a little to the
northwest at starling. Jiad now supplied the atmosphere
with moisture enough to make ft growing rain cloud.—
Slowly, but interestingly, the vapor assumed a milky hue.
Presently it assumed the appearance of a lasii-ular cloud,
then it spread out an bulged down in the middle, and soon
it had the appearance of a great udder, with the water
oozing through it. but more copiously at and round about
its protuberant centre. It was an interesting phenomenon,
and it seemed as though nature was unbosoming her
mamma' to give the thirsty earth some sustenance. 1 have
noticed these udders and water spouts before, and thus I
watched this hub more minutely. About this rain meteor
there was a layer of diffuse striated clouds, with faint sun
shine penetrating and warming the balloon, and causing
her to raise from expansion of the gas, and this took us
up until the barometer fell to 23, and we were sailing east
south-east. This was the highest poiut we attained, and
the thermometer fell to 53, having stood at *2 when we
started. Here we uncorked a bottle of water and it smoked
profusely.
Finding now that it was impossible to sail, in the direc
tion of Lafayette, unless we sailed in the rain, we tried it
for the third time, but we found two serious objections—
first, it would always saturate the net work with so much
weight of water as to require a dexterous use of the sand
shovel; in the next, the water would follow the surface of
the balloon, and runuing down its nsck would send a
current on our heads ami shoulders. This ,made it too
disagreeable to remain in and under the rain, could we
have sufficiently countervailed the depressing effects of
the balloon by the weight of water thus encountered by
the large quantity ot ballast w c had aboard.
Here I would remark that, iu order to sail balloons in
rain, another concomitant to its paraphernalia becomes
necessary. It must be provided with a light water shed
ding coveriug over its upper hemisphere, Such a covering,
coming down a foot or two below its equator, would make
the whole area within its circumference dry, and .thus pro
vide a dry place for the passengers, as well as it would
avoid the expenditure of ballast occasioned otherwise by
the absorption of rain io the net work.
As we sailed in the lower current, ami within five hun
dred feet of the earth, w« held distinct conversation with
the people below, who seemed to enjoy it very much.—
Some asked where we were going; others where we come
from, bow we felt, who we wero. and how we liked to ride
so high, and nearly all of them finished by wishing us a
safe voyage and "good luck to you,” while many cried out
" come down, come down." and finally, when they found
we went on the even tenor of our way. with a wave of our
flag, as we glided on. they would give us a parting salute
by a swing r>t their hats aod ’kerchiefs and a hearty hur
rah.
Having sailed under and to the north of the rain by the
lower current, tfitid wishing to intercept the Terre Haute
Railroad, we landed on Ridge Prairie at one o’clock and
twenty minutes, about tbirry miles northeast of St. Louis,
having given up the idea of gaining Lafayette in the rain.
I now find that this rain reached Lafayette about dusk on
Saturday evening, showing that the current would have
taken us to or near that point had we remained in it.
We thought of tying up for a few hours wheu we landed,
to see if the rain would not pass over, and then renew our
voyage, as we had still 150 pounds of ballast, but in land
ing we learned another necessity to the perfection of sys
tematic ballooning, to wit : Letter coming to machinery.—
The common balloou hooks or grapnels won’t do for the
prairie country.. Our grapnel caught hold of the prairie
sod fora moment, aod in tearing up it brought wjth it a
clump of prairie grass, which muffled it so completely that
it did not catch firmly after that, aud we encountered a
drag of half a mile, trying to bring the "Jupiter" to,
without exhausting her of gas. but we finally had to suc
cumb to the breeze, and exhaust her power through a capa
cious valve, and thus bring tb<} voyage to a close.
While we were trailing along ground, we were devising
means to avoid a recurrence of the trouble. It can be done
by fixing four or six claws to the bottom edge of the luaket
In addition to this, we plaiuly saw and felt that if w*e bad
a good hickory peg. mounted with an iron socket point, and
a hole through the bottom of the car, we could with "ne
blow of a clever sized hammer have pinned it fast. As we
were on an experimental trip we noted all tlie.se thiDgs,
hoping that others who follow this business will also sot
about doing something towards bringing it into common
use, as it is too grand a system of useful means to be un
developed to the human family at large.
From tbo barometrical observations, which are stated
mainly below, I am convinced that the trade winds, with
their return currents, will serve us to establish a system
of aerial travel that the world is hardly prepared to believe
in yet. The many mi-hnps and occasional accidents in
balloon experiments must be received as unavoidable in
cidents to the business. Balloons, as generally made and
equipped, are no better adapted and fitted to the great end
of.'erial navigation, than are tho Chinese junks to success
ful ocean crossing.
Clock Thermometer. Barometer. Direction.
Start 11 A. M. 82 29.3 N. N. W.
11.15 “ 75 28 N. N. E.
11.30 “ 7L 27.4 N. N.E.
11.45 “ 70 27.3 N. K. Rain.
12 M. 07 26.3 N. E. Rain.
12.15 P.M. 58 24 K.
12.30 " 53 21.2 E. S. E.
12.45 “ 70 27 ■ N. N. E. Rain,
1 75 - 2S N. by E.
In concluding this report, I would return my thanks in
the name of science and progress to the friends of this ex
periment, and particularly to the firm of Ilelfenstein, Gore
& Co., which house aloue contributed $lOO towards the
expense of it.
Lafavette, Ind., August 1, 1559.
“The Old Doctor” Again in Trouble. —
The Harrisburg Telegraph of Tuesday last, under the head
of “A Venerable Scoundrel,'* gives the following account
of the operations of one who figured prominently in this
city a couple of years since :
“A man giving his name as Joseph Thomas, whose head
is whitened with the frosts of seventy winters, was
arrested yesterday near New Cumberland, at the house of
Mr. Samuel Powell, charged with having obtained a horse
and buggy under false pretences, with the design of steal
ing the same. It appears that he weut to a livery stable
in Frederick city, Maryland, on Thursday last, and hired
the horse and buggy, for the purpose of going a distance
of thirteen miles to bring his children to that city, intend
ing to return on that or the next day. Not returning at
the time specified, suspicion was aroused, and the man
pursued and overtaken at the time and place above namod.
He was arrested and brought to our prison for safe keeping,
from whence he will be taken to Frederick city. We learn
that the venerable sinner “stole the livery of heaven to
serve the devil in,'* having parsed himself off at various
places as a Minister of the Gospel. Geuteelly clad, vener
able in appearance, courteous in manners, and plausible
in speech, he is well calculated to deceive. From a descrip
tion of the man, given in the handbill offering a reward
for him, it is stated that he sometimes passes under the
name - of J. Thompson, but his real name is supposed to be
Dr. Bond, an intelligent man and formerly a preacher, who
has stolen more buggies in bis time than any other man
in the United States. It is also said that he was recently
confined in the Lancaster prison for horse stealing.”
Our readers will, of course, recognize in this description
no less a personage than “ Dr. Eli Boivr.n," convicted and
sentenced for stealing a horse from Mr. Shober, and for
which ho served out his term in the County Prison. It
will be seen that “the old preacher” can’t keep out of
trouble, and that though he changes his name he still has
tho same story about his children, Ac.
Cancer Cured.— Mr. John Stager, an aged
gentleman, residing in New Holland, has had for the last
twenty years a cancer on his face, near the temporal bone,
and for the last few years he has been suffering severely
from pain and the caucer has been greatly enlarging.—
After many attempts to cure it, he finally applied to Dr.
J. J. Strawn, of Paradise, who in due time effected a cure.
Nearly a year has elapsed since the cure, and there is no
doubt that it is permanent. We are informed that Dr. S.
has been quite successful in the cure of caucer, our iuform*
ant instancing quite a number of interesting cases which
have come under his observation, where the ■'lire was
perfect.
Running a Passenger Train off the
Track—Arrest of the Parties.— Joseph Lytle alias Joe
Sands, was arrested on Tuesday, in Baltimore, by Kirk
Few and a police officer, just as ho was about leaving a
canal boat on which he was employed, on tho charge of
placing obstructions on tho Harrisburg and Lancaster
Railroad, at Marietta, on the 7th of December last, by
which a train of cars was run off, doing considerable dam
age. The accused, in connection with Gray. Cochran and
John Walters, wore on a spree at Marietta, and, after
drinking to intoxication, they went into a tavern situated
along the railroad and demanded liquor; but seeing that
they had already imbibed too much, tho landlord refused
to sell them any, whereupon they left, threatening that
they would “run a locomotive iuto bis house.” They made
an attempt to execute the threat by placing obstructions
on the track, but, fortunately, the locomotive took an op
posite direction, running towards the river. After tho cars
were thus thrown off the track, the efficient Superintendent
of the Railroad, Kirk Few, Esq., at once went to work to
discover the miscreants, and offered a reward of $5OO for
their arrest; but it seems that notwithstanding the large
reward, tho work of detecting the scoundrels was still left
to Mr. Few, who, with his well-known energy, persevered
until he succeeded in arresting two of the suspected indi
viduals, and lodged them in the Lancaster County Prison,
Cochran was arrested last week, and the third of the party.
Lytle, was finally arrested on Tuesday, on a caual boat at
Baltimore, and brought to this city yesterday. The accused
are now in prison awaiting trial. No punishment can be
too severe for such scoundrels, and it is to be hoped that
full justice will be done them. — Thursday's Express.
Our County Finances.— On Wednesday last
Daniel Herr, Esq., the County Treasurer, paid into the
State Treasury the full amount of State Tax for Lancaster
County, amounting to $97,560.00. This intelligence will
prove very grutifying to every citizen of the county, lor it
is not eTery one that cancel their liabilities in such a
prompt manner.
Toothache. —This disease can be cured by
Dr. Keyser’s Toothache Remedy, prepared by him in Pitta
burg, Pa., which is-pnt in bottles and sold at 25 cents each.
It is an excellent medicine, when dilated, for spongy and
tender gums, and is worth ten times its price to all who
need ti. Sold here by C. A. Heinltsh.
Fatal Accident. — On Monday afternoon
x lad aged about seven years, son of Mr. Henry Kurtz,
tanner, of this plaes, met with an accident which resulted
in bl« death. It appears he was out on the land fanned
by Mr. Stephen Gririuger, in Bapho Township, helping to
haul nod unload manure. While thus engaged he had tbc
misfortune to fell under the wagon, while it was yet loaded,
the front whewf passing over his abdomen. He rose to his
feet and walked about a little, but lying down again, died
in a short time. He was an intelligent, prepossessing boy,'
aud much sympathy is felt for the family in their sudden
bereavement —Mount Jay Herald.
Fatal Accidbnt; — Od Monday evening,
Ist inst.’, an accident resulting in the death of Henry
StAmbaugb happened «t the quarry of Mr. Andrew Gohn,
near the Shawnee Furnaces. After a heavy blast the
unfortunate man was engaged in pryiug the overhanging
stone, lossened In large masses. Several heavy fragments
fell unexpectedly crushing the workmao, mashing one of
his legs and terribly tearing his abdomen. Dr. Bruner was
sent for, bnt the wounded man was past relief. When
first crashed by the stones the sufferer’s cries of agony
were fearful. He was extricated with some difficulty and
lived but about twenty minutes. Stambaugb was from
the neighborhood of Lemon Place: he leaves a family of
children. —Columbia Spy.
List of Jurors tu serve in the Court of
Common Pleas commencing Monday, August 22d :
Benjamin Buckwalter, Bast Lampeter Isaac Busbong,
Upper Leacock; George W. Bare. Leacock; Michael Clepper,
Columbia; Jacob Diehm, Warwick; A. Scott Ewing, Drn
more; John E. Girvin, Slrasburg bor; William Gibson, jr.,
Little Britain; Samuel Graff. Mount Joy twp.; Daniel Herr,
Columbia; Edward nouse. Washington: Christian nershey,
Paradise; Daniel Herr. Strasburg twp.: Joseph Leman,
Eden; |Georgo Moak, Marita Emanuel Mohler, Ephrata;
George S. Mann, Manor; John Miller, East Donegal; Alex
ander McCloy, Strasburg bor.; George Marks, Upper Lea
cock; Philip Oldweiler. Conoy: Samuel Rutt. West Donegal;
Thomas Redman, Providence: Washington Righter, Colum
bia; Henry Pinkerion. City; Audrew Sbenk, Lancaster twp.;
Isaac W. Swalle.v. W*-st Earl: Christian Sbowalter, Earl;
Jacob B. Shuman, Manor; Barr Spangler. Marietta: John
Stauffer, East Donegal; John M. Sumtny, Peun: Conrad
Silvius. City; Abraham Shenk, Manheiin twp., John S.
Weaver, East Earl; Heury M. White. City.
List op Jurors to serve in the Court of Common Pleas,
commencing Monday. August 29th:
Thomas Buck. Elizabethtown; Peter Brubaker, Rapbo;
Jonas Brubaker. Elizabeth; John Bowman. Straaburg twp.; \
Daniel Brandt, Kaplm; Benjamin Brackbili. jr., Paradise;
Joseph Bomberger, Rapho; Thomas C. Collins, Odorain;
William Clark, Strasburg bor; Alexander Danner, City;
Henry Dickinson, Salisbury; George Dehaten. East Earl;
Martin Erwin, Columbia; Peter Elsey, Clay; Peter Good,
Brecknock; John B Gi>h, Elizabethtown; Beujamiu Graff,
East Lampeter; Valentine Greiner, East Donegal; Benja
min Herr. Columbia; George Kemper. Earl: Christian Ke
neagv. Paradise: Isaac Landis. Mauhulm twp.; Tobias Mil
ler, City; Watsoull. Miller, City: James McCaa, Carnarvon;
Samuel Patterson. Marietta: Richard J. Rutter, Leacock;
George Rutt, East Earl; Jacob Sourbeer, Conestoga; Cooper
Stubbs, Fulton; John Seldomridge, Leacock: Joseph C.
Snyder, City; Frederick Sheetz, East liemptield; William
Wright, City; Day Wood, Fulton; Michael Withers, City.
Shocking Accident.— We have to record
the death of Captain James B. McCartney of
Carlisle. He was attending the Firemen’s
Parade yesterday at Shippensburg, and w.is
on his way home in the six o’clock train from
that place, when a most terrible and fatal j
accident befel him. He had got out of the |
car at Newville, and was about re entering it
while it was in motion, from the passenger
platform at that place, when he slipped and
fell under the car, and in some way became
fastened in the truck. lie was dragged by
the cars a considerable distance. When the
train stopped he was found to be horribly
mangled and beyond the reach of medical
aid. lie was conveyed to his home in Carlisle,
where he lived until 10 o’clock last night,
when his sufferings ended in death. —Cham
bersbury Times of Triday.
Another.— The freight train from this
place, at four o’clock and forty five minutes,
this morning returned bringing the body of a
man found dead upon the track about one
and a half miles this side of Scotland. The
body was most shockingly mangled, and
appeared to have been run over by the cars.
It seems the name of the deceased was Wm.
Ruttinger, was a blacksmith and was in the
employ of Mr. David Croft, of this place.
He had went to Shippensburg with the Hope
Fire Company and was about returning with
them. When near Scotland his hat blew off
and he was in the act of jumping after it,
when he was held back by some of the mem
bers of the company. When the train
stopped at {{Scotland he got off the cars and
started after his hat. This was the last seen
of him. It is supposed that ho was either
lying or sitting on the track when the eleven
o’clock train came along last night, and that
it passed over him. He was badly cut about
the head, and one of his legs was almost
severed below the knee. The body presented
a ghastly, sickening sight, and we would
think the poor fellow’s agonies were of short
duration.— lb.
Fire near Reading. —The large barn on
the Berks County Poor Farm was burned on
Wednesday night. The barn was built of
brick, 105 feet long by 50 feet in depth, and
was complete in all its arrangements. With
the structure were consumed 1 bull, 2 calves,
G 4 head of sheep, (which had been placed in
the barn to save them from the depredations
of numerous dogs that have lately annoyed
them,) between 500 and 700 bushels of wheat,
about 300 bushels of oats, 100 tons of hay, 1
threshing machine, 2 wind mills with horse
power, 1 hand corn sheller and 1 with horse
power, 3 or 4 cattle yokes, and a large assort
ment of forks, rakes, shovels and other imple
ments. A large haystack in the rear of the
barn, and a straw stack in front, 200 posts
and 200 rails, were also consumed. The
sparks set fire to the carpenter shop some
distance from the conflagration, and also to
the principal building occupied by the family
of the Superintendent, and a large number of
paupers, but by great exertion the flames
were subdued. Loss $B,OOO or $lO,OOO. —
Reading Times.
THE KANSAS CONVENTION.
Leavenworth, July 29.— The Constitutional
Convention has nearly completed its labors
and will probably adjourn to-morrow.
The Constitution is radically anti slavery,
but it differs from the Leavenworth instrument
inasmuch as it does not extend the rights of
suffrage to negroes. Accordingto its provis
ions, the Legislature will consist of seventy
two representatives and twenty one senators.
The business of the Convention has been
disposed of with tolerable expedition ; the
questions of the apportionment of the State
and the location of the temporary capital,
being the only measures that offered serious
obstacles. Topeka was selected as the
temporary capital, the town of Lawrence
being a competitor. The efforts of the parti
zans of both places revealed considerable
corruption, both inside and outside of tho
Convention, and one or more members are
implicated in charges of bribery. The
indications are that the ratification of the
Constitution will be vigorously opposed by
the Democracy, as all the strong measures
advocated by the latter, including the annexa
tion of the Platte district, the exclusion of
free negroes, the prohibition of bank issues,
and the preservation of the present western
boundary, which embraces the gold regions,
have been defeated.
JOHN WISE
ROWDYISM IN BALTIMORE
Baltimore, August 2.— The Ward primary
elections of the American party are being held
to night in this city. There has been a great
deal of rowdyism at the polls, and the boxes
in the 20th Ward have been smashed. It is
reported that two have been shot in the Sixth
Ward. The struggle is between the rowdy
and the respectable portion of the party, in
selecting delegates to the Nominating Con
vention. The indications are that the rowdies
will be successful. Pistols were freely used
in some localities. A man named Sullivan
-was arrested in the Sixth Ward, while in the
act of firing off a large horse pistol loaded
with slugs. Thomas Rowe was .phot in the
knee and William Thompson in the leg. One
of them is considered mortally wounded.
There are rumors of other riotous proceedings.
A Slave Hung by a Mob in Texas.— The
Independent Monitor states that the citizens
of Tarrant, Hopkins county, broke down the
jail door of that place, on the 27th ult., and
tpok out of jail a negro man belonging to Mr.
Wiley S. Ferret, of Tarrant, conveyed him to
the suburbs of the town, and hung him. The
Monitor 6ays: The negro had made an attack
on Saturday night before upon Mrs. Morel),
with a view of violating her person. When
foiled in his hellish purpose by her stern and
resolute resistance, he had recourse to chok
ing and beating her, and finally left her, as
he thought, a lifeless corpse on the ground.
The negro was arrested, and was recognized
by the lady when brought into her presence.
He confessed his guilt before he was hung.
It is thought the lady will recover. The
officers did their duty, but to no effect.
ANOTHER RAILROAD ACCIDENT
A terrible accident occurred on the night
of the 2d inst., on the Northern Railroad, near
Scbagticoke, N. Y. It occurred in passing a
bridge spanning the Tomhannock oreek. The
passenger cars were precipitated into the water
below from a height of 20 to 25 feet; the
water was about eight feet deep. Some 13
persons were killed, and over twenty wounded,
some of whom will scarcely recover. The
accident was owing to the deficiency of the
bridge, which gave way the moment the train
struck it. The locomotive got across, however,
but the tender, baggage and passenger cars
all went down.
THE PARAGUAY EXPEDITION.
Letter from an “Old Salt,” No. 13.
U. 8. Steaxee “Mmooiat,” )
River. Tiorz, Proviso* or Buenos Atkes, >
June 17th, 1859. )
Friends Sandeeson: During the lart ten day*, thank
fortune, events have transpired tending, in eome degree,
to relieve the monotony of our living at. this place—the
fact is, we found something to do. The Brig Dolphin hav
ing sent a portion of her crew ashore, as usual, ou liberty,
at Buenos, three of them went so “far over the* bay ” as
to get beyond soundings and lose their reckoning, and
when they awoke next day fbund themselves “ hard and
fast" on board a Government Steamer, bound up the
river; and to add to their comfort, had the satisfaction of
hearing that they were regularly shipped for the cruise, on
board the Buenos Ayrean Steamer “Pampero that they
must consider themselves as belonging to the crew, and
would be requested to do their duty as such. This, you
may well believe, did uot please their palates, much less
cool the coppers of our three Yankee Jacks, and one of
them, an old Quartermaster, who had seen upwards of
twenty years service under the American Flag, managed,
somehow or other, to have a note forwarded to Captain
SteedmaQ, the Senior Officer in command on this station*
stating that they had been conveyed on board the “ Pam
pero", without their knowledge or consent, and that they
were detained and made to do duty against their will.—
A demand was immediately made for the return of the
men to the vessel to which they properly belonged, and
which it was expected would be promptly complied with—
but such was not the case—the Buenos Ayreana seemed
loth to part with the men—and instead of doing that
which has always been the rule among civilised powers,
with deserters from one vessel to another, disputed our
right to the men. alleging that while on liberty they had
/airly enlisted for the Buenos Ayrean Navy (?) (two keels
and no bottom) and therefore they had the best right to
them: however, they would lay the matter before his
“ Excellenza" the Governor, and we would 'have to wait
f»r his decision. This, however, did not suit the officer in
command of our Sqaadron,—the two Brigs laying off
Buenos Ayres were got ready, and orders immediately
sent to have the Metacomet in readiness to come to Buenos
Ayres, take tho Brigs in tow, and proceed up the river to
where the "Pampero” was laying, and take the men out of
her at all hazards, peaceably if wo could, forcibly If we
must. For tktiß purpose the Dolphin, Perry and Metacomet
were beiug put in regular fighting trim, and everything
prepared for a start at a moment’s notice, when the Buenos
Ayroans, thinking, no doubt, that discretion was the better
part ofTalor, belayed all by delivering up the men.
This little flare up, however, seems to bavethad the effect
of waking up Gen. Urqniza and causing him to “hurry up
the cakes," as I understand be has at length crossed the
river with his forces, preparatory to hla march down to
the city, and the armies of tho two opposing factions were
expected tn have met before this—butprocra.ifmafum seems
to be the order of the day in this country, and months
may yet intervene before they come together, and, even
then, it will most likely prove a bloodless engagement, for,
as far as I can learn, a great majority of the people are in
favor of Urquiza, and anxious that the Province of Buenos
Ayres should become united to the Argentine Confederacy,
of which Urquiza is President; and I should not be the
least surprised to find, when the two armies do meet/the
“Blues” (tlie favorite color of the Government party)
marching over en masse and joining the "Reds" (Urquiza’s
color) Doubtless, Urquiza knows what ho is about, for
in delaying to (.ommonce hostilities by making an attack
on the city, with a force under his command sufficiently
strong to bear down ail opposition, he is but waiting for
the fruit to become sufficiently ripe to fall Into his hands
of its own accord, instead of knocking It down while yet
green. A city surrendered, and consequently uninjured
In its resources, is far nioro preferable to him thau a city
captured and sacked, with its edifices battered down, its
inhabitants plundered, and its exchequer empty. His emis
saries are busy at work, not only in the province, bat In
the city itself, and gold here is able to accomplish more
than worth or valor. So much for Republics on this side
of the Equator,—having no common cause to bind them
together, they are continually at variance, and constantly
.waging war, the one against the other, or, what is far
worse, having civil war among themselves, at the instiga
tion of some one of the many ambitious aspirants for power
—wasting, in bloody struggles and endless' broils, the
physical energies of the country, which, if properly em
ployed in cultivating the land, would cause this country,
susceptible as it is of improvement, to become ono of the
finest in the world, instead of being, as it now is, a barren
and desolate waste. Let those fanatical leaders and politi
cal demagogues at home, who it appears would soonor
“rule in hell than serve in heaven,” puuse in their unholy
work, and let their deluded followers but look upon the
frightful picture, almost daily presented to their view by
these self-styled Republics of Mexico aod South America,
and reflect, before it 1b too late, as to what eud their blind
adherence to Black Republicanism is driving them—that
dire calamity, a dissolution of our glorious Union, attended,
as it inevitably would be, the same as here, with anarchy,
bloodshed and desolation.
A few dav4 ago I had the pleasure of receiving an "Intel
ligencer," ft being the first and only one that has as yet
come toftiand, and contained No. 6, of what yon are pleased
to hail as “Letters from an Old Salt." The subject allnded
to in that letter is but one of tho many beauties of Aboli
tionism —I will give you another: While strolling through
the streets of Bridgetown, Barbsdoes, I happened to meet
with a while policeman, (a rara avis, by the bye, in those
latitudes). Affecting the Johnny Green, I asked him what
the single white stripe of worsted work on each sleeve of
his uniform meant? He enlightened my ignorance by
saying that he was a Corporal. “And what,” asked I, “do
those two stripes mean?" pointing at the same time to a
big buck negro strutting by, with cane in hand, and
whom the White Corporal salated by teaching his cap.—
“That,” replied he, “is our Sergeant.” “And you are
under him then, and bound to obey bis orders?” Cer
tainly, sir,” was the reply, in a tone which told how keenly
he felt the degradation. Another beautiful result, thought
I, of the glorious effects of Emancipation among Her Gra
cious Majesty’s subjects.
Among other news from home, I was moch gratified to
learn that you [the Senior, of course, Is meant] had been
elected Mayor, —three cheers for thaL It proves that the
Democrats, in the good old City of Lancaster, are not all
dead yet, although old Tbad’s tape worm did lay a couple
low just before I left Lancaster.
I was also much pleased with the proceedings of the
Democratic State Convention, a report of which, together
with the resolutions adopted, I read in the Pennsylvanian.
In the refusal to sanction the coarse pursued by Governor
Packer that body has firmly held on to the sheet anchor
of Democracy—“ Principles not Men.” This is the only
and right course to ensure success, and so long as the party
act faithfully up to that motto there is no danger of the
good old ship parting her cables and being driven on,A lee
shore. I also see that an attempt has been made to call a
Bogus Convention; by some of the names appended to the
call, I should call it anything but a Democratic gather
ing. Truly, John W. Forney has managed to get into
d d bad company, and will find, to his sorrow, that he
has been stoering a wrong course to carry his friend,
Stephen A. Douglas, into the White House.
Monday, June 20th.—We are about making a move out
of this, and I am heartily glad of it. A pilot came on board
of us last night for the purpose of taking our vessel down
to Buenos Ayres, where we shall take ou board Captain
Steedmau, of the Dolphin, and then proceed to Parana,
some two hundred and seventy miles farther up the river.
So I shall have a look at the defences Lopez had erected
at the “Tres bochas” to stop us from going up to Ascuncion,
and battering down his forts on the way. By the bye, a
report has been current here that President Lopez has
“slipped his cable" and “gone to Davy Jones’ Locker.”
Whether this is true or not I cannot at present say, but
shall be able to tell when I return.
Owiog to the prevalence of a north-easterly wind, which
has tbo effect of blowing nearly all the water out of the
river, I doubt very much whether we shall be able to start
for Buenos Ayres for a day or two. To get over the bars,
at the mouth of the Lujan, we shall require high tides
which we shall not have as long as this wind continues.
JacK.
LETTER PROM HENRY A. WISE
New York., August 4.
The New York Herald of this morning
publishes a letter, represented to be written
by Gov. Wise to a distinguished friend of his
in this State, in which he says;
“ I have apprehended all along that the
Tammsiny Regency would carry a united
delegation from New York to Charleston. For
whom? Douglas, I know, is confident; but
you may rely on it, that Mr. Buchanan is
himself a candidate for renomination, and all
his patrunage and power will be used to
disappoint Douglas and all other aspirants.
Our only chance is to organize by districts,
and either whip the.enemy or send the dele
gates. If that is done or not done, we must
still rely on a united South. A united South
will depend on a united Virginia, and I pledge
you that she at least, shall be a unit. Virginia
a unit, and persistent and firm on a sound
platform of protection to all persons, of
popular versus squatter sovereignty, she must
rally to her support all the South. The South
cannot adopt Mr. Douglas' platform; it is a
short cut to all the ends of Black Republican
ism. He then will kick up his heels. If he
does or does not, he can’t be nominated. The
main argument against his nomination is that
he can’t be elected if nominated. If he runs
an independent candidate, and Seward runs,
and I am nominated at Charleston, I can beat
them both ; or if squatter sovereignty is a
plank of the platform at Charleston, and
Douglas is nominated, the South will run an
independent candidate on protection princi
ples, and run the election into the House ;
where then would Mr. Douglas be? The low
est candidate on the list. If 1 have the popular
strength, you suppose, it will itself fix the
nomination. Get that, and lam confident of
success.”
The letter is said to have created a tremen
dous sensation at Albany.
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in another column. Our old friend, A. M.
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