L. 'issettilonenealnlithedi i Ills skilful, energetic, and inde d Pen - , eil .IfILLIMI AL PORTIOL. , • cot coulee, in that offs --was walk ...._ known. his letter to unseili, coy"- tbs . Elo e .pri.s. e a ni t : ttY sg, i ,r 7 e o u r ell ni r o r e eit ` w th lio k ne ece ir posed of a majority of own ; parity, proposed for public offive. Judge Pole i in which he r efu 3 ed to into • • * eft their ii ,„ (l (Wart, vies 4er spent a coneiderable portion of his , rize:lnt,i,crlsttiiyn a- em e pendin read and Any F' ... J " y men hills % di% town. ()n his appointment 'to the Supreme Bench we published a of all parties. When Judge Knox resigned from the 0604 iltetch of him, which was co o"! Bench of the Supreme Court, Governor by sofa() of our exchanges. We add u few mom. facts, well known to his P:.eker, in accordance with the wishes frit:ode here, w of the party throughout. the State, tip - In° others, which may prove interest- ' pointed Mr. Porter to his present posi tl Lion ; and the Convention which assetn- Pennsylvania, in Ire H 1.1, o was born in ITuntingiton counts-, :Ind is row $ bled atilarrishll rg• .... onthe 4th of3.l:.irci last, confirme7l ties- selection Tir s in - af-' k lib Out. thirty-seven years of nee. lie is , most unabimous vote. '' the son' of the lion. David R. Portcr, wham name has loi ' Such has been his political and pro- . nor people , His mother was the ilaugle ' been familiar to fessional course. Ilis life has not, how- tap t,f Mr Sfelie, nem, who emigrated r vor, bean wholly ,levoted to prole...ion - fres Scotland ilniing the Loa centhry , ~, al oc ill" culiiin as. At cull, ge he exhibited , feribe purpo*P- of etigniring in inrinufse- I ' iar '' ' ,. "., Y " 1 "' 1114 "dre 4,4l "/Se• I rot e our literary societies, in 18.43, was i seiag ering i i ro ri n li in o l n V fm cs ic tet sci l.;e: r i i i i i i , s s -I , y , a ite rii i a l .07 highlyinstruct ive. We remember sit address butore the Law Academy of, the other, ,J uil ve Porter has a good right', Philadelphia, of which he was one of, to the title of Scotch Irish, so nincli astoristsi in his mi.: of . Judge Gibson., the provosts, but the subject has escap-! ied 0 " . His most successful publication • His early life was passed in II n litine is his work on the character of Judge ' ADO, but we have no information i e . Gibson, who, it seems from the preface,l • than it. lie came to Euvton more , showed hint much kindness in early life.l twenty years ago, and spent sev- I Ills ,vane was extensively noticed by oral years a 6 the colleaa in this town. ' the reviewers throughout the country Ms teachers speak of nun as a boy of t l 1 quick and active mind : a persevering nod had a rapid sale. Ile has been engaged in other labors' sitstlleat end exceedingly truthful and peculiar for a lawyer. He ' honorable in his thoughts and feclinscs.i sfnuewhat ' was for several years one of the mana- Eltirinehis tootiage coneso ho maintained ! :gere of the A merieen Sunday School a pisitton at the head of his elate. He and Union and it member of the eommittee - showed a talent for debate, saciei ic, of publication. In this capacity he so-! 41 . ..... tad ono of the lift sore . Whi - e — calege <t, severs! occasions. Ile tested, supervised or assisted in the l i publication ct some of the important peculate art, also in moral and in treatisesublished by that institution, ••'4600W1 phifosophy. In the ancient distill. I which have exerted so much influence Ilatignages he was particularly on the minds of the young, throughout gashed, so much so that on graduating I the country. vered an original speech in Greek • eind Latin. I In private life the diameter ofJudgo Porter is without blot. In his 10-14384, Air. Porter commenced the 1 deport seedy of iii.vv in the office or boo. J. M.. meat and disposition ho is frank nod 'new, yarn tins turned out more law- !cordial. In private charity ho is liber pm man seine of our bars contain.— fal to a (twit. As an advocate ho was • Ofterist years were hero devoted to the exceedingly clear and forcible. The book% are full of his arguments. Of his f 'telly .of law. During thin time he be- I came a general favorite of onr citizens, fidelity to clients, the citizens of this eounty:,of whose' business in Pliiittileb and they will vote for him with a anon had the almost exclusive charge, ,taitty which few public inn could coin- P hil% he ' Plied. _ require nothing to be said; and besides Id 1842 he was appointed by Atter_ a safe adviser, they haie always found ney Gen. Johnson, District Attorney him a courteous and hospitable gentle for P Man. Asa Judge, we are told he leanshiladelphia, which brought him in ' • contact with some of the ablest mem- much towards the common law, and Sims of that bar. We have always nn that his views are very conservative. derstood that he discharged the duties In religion he is a Presbyterian. In of the office with ability. The Sheriff politics he wa s when ho was here , and always has been, a Democrat. As a' Al Mandell:ibis having died, a violent Judge he may, and probably does sap- contest fbr the remainder of the term pose it improper to take any part in ensued. Unable to please either fac t Lion, Judge Porter's father, then Gov- the political - questions now under dis cushion, but those who know him best . *Mar, appointed hint to the office.— -This was an uncomfortable position, are sure that he will be found at all times -for the uproar on all sides was great.— on the side of right. Residue the political discontents, pro- -- eeedings were commenced to test his eligibility, on the ground of age. But the character of the office was soon changed. Order was brought out of - confusion and illegal fees abolished.— Money was promptly paid over and the business was conducted with an exactness and precision which are said to be memorable to this day. The no tableeriots of that period commenced about this time. One of the most ex citing occurred in Kensington. Depart ing front the custom ()fills predecessors, Rheriff Porter placed himself at the head of a posse of several hundred eiti s genic and against all remonstrance pro ceeded to the scene of disturbance.- 110 newspaper accounts are still in our „minds, At the first, discharge of fire ems the posse left the Sheriff with but a handful of supporters. The testimo- P a ft erwards given in court, brought Ike subsequent facts prominently to view. One of the witnesses testified that after a long search he found the Sheriff in the midst of the fight, stir _ rounded by several hundred of tbe riot ers,. and - severely- injured. On being Ord torctire• he replied, not until the , riot is quelled. In the presence of the - witnesses he was again knocked down MEM and very much trampled. The result was a long illness. We have,frequent ly beard Mr. Porter say, that on re covering from his illness a new world locoed to open upon him, tor all oppo-i titles to his administration as Sheriff) was gone. .The frowns with which he us formerly met were changed for PorliflotAl l Stions. Those whom his ami able temper and integrity had failed to I !phew.* we won by his disposition to do his duty. - ,t the close of his term as Sheriff, thw members of the bar, without dis deletion of party, presented to him an address which was re-published in this parr, at that time. Among other things, they say, "we cheerfully bear II - Sur testimony to the faithfulness and purity with wlijeh yoct have discharged your responsible trusts, to the decorous , !stunner in v. Lich the affairs of your of -1 , fieehavebeen managed, and the prompt-1 nue and correctness with which all its , business has been conducted." On turning to the list of signatures, we see 1 the names of.ileredith, Randall, Ingra- 'iMut ifyllorj:, Dallas, Gilpin, Brown, Price, Rood, 'f3-son, Campbell, Tilgham, Wharton, Cad walail fir, Ingersoll, Scott, Nabbed, Perkins, Bayard, and several hundred equally distinguished and of all political opinions. Tie retiring from the Sheriff's offie:.‘ )Ir: fprter resumed the practical of the law in Philadelphia, and continued it With sniaocesibr-fiftoen or sixteen years, and until his appointment to the Bunch. His success, which was almost unprece. 'dented, might have been expected from - his ability, industry, and legal kuow ledge. In 1849 the Trustees of the late Bank 'et the United States selected him as their esitinsel. Some of his opponents, .ire Iwo, abuse hint as the Solicitor of the Hank. This was not so. Re was counsel of the Trustees, who were. hos lila totheformer managers of the Bank, :laid were enL,faged in suits against many or - them. This apimintment, which %Vaught him hi conduct with lawyers in *silkily every county in the t7nlted "tate" and many of the cities of Europe, liksi to his practice. Several hundred • • • .0 dollars were thus collected, % • 1$ the end the notes and deposits • 'Bank were paid in full, principal and interest, (a result at first wholly • . ee _. v e thd,) and the remainder of the eep dtstribntad among the other nix * as -MK when the Anateei of Phil*. tad been greatly - induced, and a effort to overthiow the domt• 4- - i l . ; r w belected as the Demo- YFI - T - . ' , date for etty Aotiei t tor, „Ind 1: Wais elected 'by Itiargo 414- j•:;:y . Letter from President Buchanan. 'The following letter from the Presi dent:was read at the Democratic cele bration in Independence Square, Phila delphia, on Monday : .• Wassisicrroir, July 3, 1858. Gentlemen : I have received your very kink invitation to be present at the meeting of my fellow-citizens in In dependence square, to celebrate the air preaching anniversary of oar natioiffil independence. Would that it were in my power to accept the invitation.— This, however, is impossible. May we ever continue to celebrate, with ardent enthusiasm, throughout the length and breadth of the land, each successive re: tui'n of the day which gave us birth as a nation. Whilst we do this, and thus keep alive, from generation to genera tion, the memory of the common suffer ings and the oommon . dangers which our fathers encountered in achieving our independenee, the Constitution and the Union wi!l be preserved. I congratulate you, With all my heart, upon the present hopeful prospects of our country. I humbly trnst that a kind Providence has dispelled the angry clouds which but recently seem ed to impend over it, and that wo have nearly reached the end of those violent and exasperated sectional controversies which have threatened the Union. When we contrast the present eon d;tion of our country with what it would have been at this moment had Congress adjourned without enacting any law to mitigate., tho sectional strife which had been raging for years-be tween the States of the Confederacy, we have every mason to be thankful to the Supremo Ruler of nations, who has ever interfered at the hour of our great est need to shield us from danger. From your triend, very, resp' fully, JAMES BCCILOiA:i. Terrible .4(-ebleht—Four llen and Tco Boys Dashe4 to Pieces.—On Tuesday last, four men and two boys ascended the shaft at the Thowastown colliery in a car resting on a cage. When with. in a few inches of the top a pin on which the cage rests when it reaches the top was pulled out too Aoon, and the car was not on a level with the platform sufficiently to permit it to be rolled off the cage. In this position two of the wheels of the car were roll ed off the cage. but it, was found Im possible to get the other wheels off. A signal was then given to the engineer, who could not see the position of the case, to hoist it a little. Unfortunately it was hoisted too high; the car tilted, was freed entirely from the cage, and the next instant, with its freight of pre emus lives, consisting of four men and two boys, was dashed down the , shaft, a perpendicular depth of two hundred fit i 4 forty feet. The remains of the unfortunate men and boys were, after the occurrence, removed to the surface in a shockingly mutilated condition.—. Two of the men killed, named Sullivan and Kenwich, leave families. The other two, one of whom was named Brennan, were . unmarried.—Pottsville Jouraai. Terrible Arrident from a Aforring Ma eldine.—A_young man named Healy. re siding in Faleington, Becks county, Pa , was almost imm i ediatoly killed a.day or two since by a mowing machine, which be was operating. It appears that something had got wrong with the IfLiVell, in attempting to fix which Mr. 'leaky 6w3t, down in front of them. The machine in gear at the time, and WNW: occurred which started the horseep and the unfortunate man was literully cut to pieces in an instant.— B4ltlf Of has legs were cut. off strove the kiwas. !6b - When a daughter remarks, "'No tier, I would aothire }pip, for I can most you. t0..d0 all the, work in the ititt4tear get it &mutt stake will make tTnixi wife. • " ti " aht gompiLer. 41. lituhlf, lltilifor a 4 Preprietes. - _ GYTTYSB G, PA. Mond/4y Morning, July 12, 1858 DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET JCDrit Or SLPREIIE COURT, WILLIAM A. P011.T1:11. of Philadelphia CAY LL WESTLEY FIIOST, of Fayette county DEMIOCRATIE COUNTW COMMITTEE. The monabers of the Dimocratie Standing Committee of Adam] county are requested to meet at the Louse of H. D. Wattles, in Gettys burg, on StTeioaY, THI 24'11 OF JCL , / INST., at one o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of fixing the time for holding the Delegate Elec tions, and also fur holding the County Conven tion. A full attendance is desired. H. J. SIMILE, Chairman. SerThe following named peractillikompose the Committee: Gettysburg—lf. J. Stable, Solomon Powers. Berwick twp.—George Flickinger. Otfurd—lienry J. Kuhn. Liberty—Joseph P. klcDtvit. Stroben—Philip Donohoe. Gertuany•LJoseph A. Shorb. Mountpleasant--Perer O'Neil. Freedom—John It. Harrigan. Union—Daniel Whettler, Menallen--Sanattel A. Swope. Berwick bor.—Frederick Wolf. llountjoy—Henry Header. Conow ego—John Bushey, Sr. Tyrone—Ceti. F. Eckenrode. Cumberland—lsaac 4leardortf. Hamiltonban—Thomas A. Marshall. I.atienore—Jacob H oecht. Franklin--Jacob Mark. Butler—John Boyer, Sr. Huntington—Thomas N. Dicks. Bending—Henry A. Picking. • Hamilton-410one King. July 12, ltlfid. riir•The Democracy of Philadelphia celebrated our National Anniversary, all usual, in Independence Sqaare. • It was a Frnnd demonstration, where the fires of patriotism burned brightly.— The al tendance was very large, and the utmost harmony and good feeling pre vailed. ion. Thomns B. Florence pre sided, and Charles Ingersoll, Esq., de livered an eloquent oration. Tho reso lutions adopted are of the true stamp, .warmly ondOrsing the Administration of James Buchanan.' Cosgressmax.—Tho Bedford Gazette says that although the Conferees ap pointed at the late County Convention in Bedford are uninstructed, the under standing . %17118 that they would support iron. Wttsox REILLY, shonid the Con ferees from Franklin bo favorablo to his ro-nomination. ikii-Th3 Democratic Coni-ention of Fulton county, to nominate a Tiekot nod appoint Conferees, will be held on tho last day of this month. tiffirSenator Bigler was recently ton dere4 public dinner by tho leading I: o ;meeralsofllhiladelphin,which ho was compelled to decline. lion. J. Glancy Jones has been honored with the Loader of a similareompliment. riiirOpposition Conventions, in a num ber of the counties of this State, have expressed a preference for that prince of political jugglers, Simon Cameron, for the nest Presidency. He would be " just the man " to loud the "speckled party." • leig-The now name which the Penn sylvanian suggests for the mongrel Op position—" the Mulatto Party"—is so pointed that it promises to be Viler:Lily received as their title. Many of their presses (the Star among them) do not seem to ihney it, but they cannot deny its entire applicability—composed as their party is of "Blaek spirits and white— Blue spirits and grey." • air- The President has again taken up his residence at. the "Old Soldiers' Home," some four miles out of the City of Washington. Ile attends at the White House each morning for the transaction of business, and returns to his country residence in the afternoon or evening. His health is good. ler Th a Permsylvar.ia State Agricul tural Society will hold its annual exhi bition at Pittsburg, on the 28th of Sep tember, continuing until October lsti inclusive. Good Arrangement.—We understand the Philadelphia Banks, and others ad jacent, have entered into an arrange ment, for receiving all the notes of the Banks of Pennwlvania, cast of the Alle gheny mountains—on deposit and in payment of debts—on and after She 18th of Septembtr next. Ravages of the flog CAolera.—A totter `from Gibson county, Ind.,says that not only are the hogs dying from cholera. but it, has made its appoarance amosg horses and cattle, among which it is very fatal. ifirDon'tfbrget to remember nor re member to for.-get to buy your goods from those who can afford to advertise, if you want cheap goods. JA lady vibo • obstinately persists Wearing hoops ought,..not, to complain of being ridiculed. . If she will make a barrel of herself ehe •ma»t oxpoot to be treabietas s "butt. • The Truth Will Come Otrt. Speaking of the tariffact of 1857, the passage of which according Black Re publican Know Nothing journals is the cause of all the pecuniary embarrass ment now, existing in the country, the . Lani•aster Examiner (opposition) says : "1 t is proper to observe, however,that this nalification of the tariff could have h bate limited influence upon the industriar interests of the country. ' In seine respects it was favorable—putting as it did a number of articles used in msnuftteturing-andflot produred in this country, such as drugs and dyes, on the free lilt. In others it was unfavorable. Taken as a whole, the effect can scarce ly be appreciable either way." 'Upon this the Ate/bye/leer, of that city, very pointedly remarks :—Now, if the Examiner be correct in the above extract from its article, and we havo no doubt of it, how ridiculous and absurd is the attempt of any portion of the Black Republican Know Nothing press to charge the financial crisis and de pression of business to "the tariff." All admit that under the Democratic tariff of 1846, during the period of eleven years in which it remained undisturbed, the - whole country, in every department of business, prospored s bcyoud all for mer example : of course, then, that ta riff could not be the cause of our pre sent difficulties. Neither is tho tariff of 1857 chargeable with it, according to the Examiner, a paper which ought to he good authority in such tnatters. The truth of the matter is : The tariff hobby has already been ridden to death several times in Pennsylvania, and it is only because the opposition to the De mocracy have not a solitary plank left In their platform, that they take hold, like drowning men catching at str aws, . of this effete and rickety relic by gone years, in the faint hope that "something may turn up" to their ad vantage from the agitation of this oft exploded humbug. Found Out! From a secret Circular, which by somo accident has come to light, it is discovered that the " People's Party" movement originated ivith a few loading Know Nothings at,. Washington, just before the adjournment of gongress— the party having in view the nomination of -John C. Crittenden, of Kentucky, for the Presidency in 1869. In some quarters—in Lancaster and Chester counties, for instance—lending Black Republicans "smell a rat," and are sitting their faces against the turn things are taking. How the movement will be received among the opposition is this county is not for us to predict; but it is oasy to seo that the wires aro already in the hands of the more inti mate followers of tho grout dark lan ternite "Sam." Crossing Their Legs. There is said to be a man nut west who has moved so often that whenever his chickens see a covered wagon stop before the door, they all march out in the road, lie down on their backs be hind the Wagon and cross their legs ready to be tied. Our political oppo nents remind us very strongly Macao chickens. Their loaders never let them stay long in ono place. En a few brief years they have been "moved" through Whig gory, Know Nothingism, Black Repub licanism, and the Lord knows what else, and just now they are " waiting for the wagon " of the " People's Party."— When it comes along, they will march out, turn over on thoir backs, cross their legs, and lot their loaders tie them and throw them in, to be driven off and dumped out God knows where. —Valley Spirit. ..... The Vote of the States. The admission of Minnesota into the Union has increased the nuna l ber of electoral votes which are cast by all the States from no to 3UO. Before the election of 1860 comes on it is probable that this number wsll be increased by 3 from Oregon and 3 from Kansas.— Detroit F•ee Press. . ter The electoral, vote in 1856 con sisted of 296 votes—Minnesota will in crease the number to 300, and Kansas and Oregon would make it 306—requi ring 154 for a choice for President. Of these 306 there would be 120 from the sl.sveholding States, and 186 from the non - slaveholdino. States. In the Charleston Convention, under the two third rule, it will require 204 votes to make a nomination. Something Worth Remembering The Boston Post, in alluding to the false reports which the telegraph has circulated relative to the hostile designs of the Mormons, even in the face of offi cial advices that the Utah rebellion has been completely crushed, says with much force and truth, that "it will do no harm for patriotic citizens, especially Democrats, on reading telegrams ad verse to the Administration, to bear in mind that the helm of our national af fairs is not directed by one who never held a 661 offwe in his life, but by a President who has had the thorough training of a statesman; and that ho is surrounded by an able, sagacious, and honest cabinet, experienced in all de partments of the public service. For tunate is it for the country that each characters have to deal with questions like those connected with Utah, Great Britain 'and Central America." Shoecrott, of W hite Pigeon, the great potato man of itiehigan, bas ted 1,200 acres of potatoes fur this ear's crop. tilirMr. Young, civil engineer, who drove tho first rivet in the sweeter Le viathan, is now in Port:end, Ho. ,The masterly Speech of Hon. Jon x Lerch a. of Va., published in our last, is producingthe happiest effect all over the country—opening the eyes of the:people to the true state of the ex ipenditures of the ,Government—and, at the same time, exposing the Lase and unfair means Which the Opposition are using to affect injuriously the cha:•acter ,of (lie:l:ugh-toned and economical Ad ministration of James Buchanan. So convincing is the Speech that few of the Opposition journal's have dared ; to say a word in reply to it; and wher3 they have undertaken the task, it has r'proven a very " hard road to travel."— Read the following article: Prom the Waahlegtoe rob°. 4, The Opposition Charges of Ertrava- fiance: The opposition members of Congress departed from the metropolis at the end. of the past session in the perfect - conviction that the appropriations . W high had been voted were extraordi ' nearly large. M r.Critten den ,we believe, in one of his harangues before the audi ences that saluted him on his way home wafd, stated the amount of them at i the high figure of ono hundred millions of dollars. Other speakers at different ' points of the country made the same supposition ; and the whole tone and lan' oof their harangues shelved th extravagance of the adminia , tra ns to ho the great grievance against AV the eloquence of the op position was to.le levelled in the con te4 at hand. Seeing this foregone determination to assail the administration and Democrat ic party for expenditures ordered to be made by Congress, voted for, too, by a majority of opposition men in Congress, we made haste to procure a statement of the exact amount of the appropria flop; of the session, as nearly as it, could bo ascertained on allowing a lib eral estimate of that class of appropria tions which, front their nt tare, aro in definite. This statement disclosed that the- amount of regular appropriations of the last session, made in pursuance of the demands. of the departments, was about 653 4 000,000; and that this class of appropriations ' augmented by 'those which Congress had seen fit of its own !notion to make fur ordinary per i poses, made up a grand total for the ' year of but about ! $63,000,000. The publicatioin of these figures has acted very much like a shower bath up on ill() buoyant expectations of the op ; position in regard to Executive expen ditures. Tho lachzymoie and ex ,,posplatory appeals they had begun to adtfress to the people in deprecation of the sad extravagance of their rulers, anti in behalf of the necessity of reform, have been sudden'y silenced. We hear, t indeed, faint ant: : oce.asional allusions to lextravagance • hut wd find none at tempting, after `the example of Mr. Crittenden or Mr. Sherman, to exagger -1 ate the amount of it to anything like a hundred millions of dollars. We "ought to ,make exception from this remark, howiover, of the Washing. ton correspondent of the Philadelphia North American—a very intelligent writer ordinarilyi, but not a very happy ono on the particular sulject we have now in hand. Fie has diseoveied an ingenious mode. nothvithstanding the low aggregate of appropriations that we have mentioned, of smelling the prospective expenditures of the fiscal year just entered upon to a high figure: "An EX PARTE statement is going the rounds of the press, Uken from the Cajon here, which computes the appropriations for the ensuing fiscal year at $68,000,000, in round numberq. An the impression! is sought to be conveyed that these figures reiiresent the whole intended expenditure, as they have been used to coun teract other sad more damaging estimated made by opposition members in Congress." Aftor impeaching the authenticity of our statement, which we procured froln the Treitaary Department, and which' is certainly moro reliahte than ant unofficial contradictions of it can bc, the writer goes en to say : ". The ‘llniop' and Mr. Letcher confined their vision exclusively to , the appropriations author ized by law in computing the expenditures for the next year. By turning to the report atilt! Secretary of the Treasury, it will be found that a balance of there appropriations for the cur rant fiscal year, which may be applied to the next, beginning on the let of Jury, dilate in the imposing form of $14,582,554 35, which must be added as a part of the available means to the regular appropriation% thus *taking an aggregate of 584,586,588 35 for the coming year, on the basis of the statement made by Mr. Letcher, and adopted by the This is a very ingenious way of mag nifying sixty-eight, into eighty-five mil lions of dollars; but it is sufficient to reply to it, that the administration are quite as apt to have an unexpended balance of sixteen millions of appropria tions standing over at the end of the new fiscal year as they had at the end of the old ; and the mere suggestion of the fact of the present outstanding barance, suggests also the probability of as large a balance for the coming year. Nay, who knows that there may not! bo oven a greater unexpended balance than sixteen millions at the end of 1858-9? We allude to the subject, however, chiefly for the purpose of making this remark : The Black Republican House of ,Representatives of tho ses-iion of 1856-7 made appropriations for the iSseal year 1857—st, amounting., as this 1 correspondent of the Philadelphia paper nforms us, to more than sixteen mil lions of dollars over and above' what the present administration have been ( willing to expend. Certainly that can ! not be a very extravagant administra tion, in the estimate of tho Black Re publican party, which expends sixteen millions of dollars less in a year than the same party authorized it to do. Thus the opposition are completely I stopped in their outcry against the extravagance of the administration.— When they charge that it has been guilty of extravagance in the past year, we reply that its expenditures have I been sixteen millions less than they Ithemselves authorized. When they charge that its expenditures in the com ing year will be eighty, ninety, or a holudred millions of dollars, wo reply that its expenditures may not reach the amount of the appropriation* by some sixteen millions, and that the ap propriations themselves are but NS,- ' 000,000. . Effect of Cutting Corns.—Mr. Edwin T. Mott, a prominent citiznn of Phila delphia, died on Wednesday week, of byossification of tho-beart--soperindnood liel t atifig a corn on his - toe, in the month orDeoember last. iobm &: eotmili itfAiNi Irb• !Wm,le of July. Appropriate sermons werg preached in several of our Churches on Sunday, the 4th, the anniversary of the Nation's birth. On Monday morning, at an early hour, the church bells were rung, the Blues cannon was fired, and martial music paraded the streets, At 6 o'clock the Blues turned out in full force, and made an unusually fine smarms. - The , Band•weerxletront, and discoursed oaoelfrefit , music—in cluding our national airs, of course.— Preparations to spend the day in the country were then to. be seen on all sides, and by 9 o'clock the town wore a decidedly dull aspect: Business in every department was suspended. In the evening, the Blues and Band parad ed together, which with the returning parties, gave the streets again a lively appearance. Rockets were discharged after dark. The Bachelor's Club of Hanover spent the day at New Chester, in this county, and were entertained in fine style at Major Sanders's hotel. From tho amount of tho excursiorf which we find in tho Hanover Spectator, the party must have had a " high old time." Adams Api■ I.etaill OM The Treasurer of our county, lion. J. B. DANNER, on Tuesday last, paid into the Treasury, at Harrisburg, the maim quota of State Tax diie by the ea t nty for the .year 1858. For a num ber of years this county has boon the first to pay—and so again in this in stance, Mr. Danner having been ahead of all other Treasurers. Other counties may throw this in the shade in many respects, but in paying the State's detnands, Adams stands " A No. 1," and will not bo forced out of her position at the head of the column. Fire is lisaspiem. We regret to learn that the dwelling, neat- new, of Mr. LEWIS CIIONISTER, in Hampton, was destroyed by fire on the morning of the 27th nit., with all his household furniture, the family bare ly escaping in their night clothing.— The firo is supposed to have originated through tho plaiting of hot ashes in a barrel, in a shed adjoining the house, the day previous. No insurance. The loss falls heavily upon Mr. C., who has a largo family dependant upon him for support. 11lore Bespers. Mr. SAMUELLIERBST informs ns that ho has thus far during the Acuson dis posed of thirty-two of MANNY'S REAPERS AND MOWER'S, and . that he will, to-mor row, receive another lot, to supply fur ther orders. Those in want of Ma chines had better not delay. To Prevent Nor-Stroke. " A few green leaves worn inside of the crown of the hat, it it said, or a wet handkerchief, will secure one against ull danger from sun-siroko." We have heard of instances from sun stroke occurring in harvest fields, and now that that season has again ari iced, the above information may ppeve in valuable to our farmer friends, and, if adopted, may save a great deal of suf fering from the excessive heat, and may be, life itself.. Merulag Walk's. Nothing can be more pleasant or healthy than a walk these.fine, bracing mornings. To the ladies, such a walk is worth more than all the cosraeties in tho world. Belladonna cannot add a more brilliant flash to the eye, carmine a' ruddier glow to the chocks, or even dancing—an amusement some of the sex will indulge in—more gracefulness to the step. Try it, ladies, the first bright, clear morning. iiirAttention is dirocted to the card of Mr. W. R. LINN, in another column. The instruments which he sells are highly recommended, whilst his prices are among the most accommodating. Wo hope to notice numerous sales by him in this place and county. Send for a circular. ler Rev. Mr. Mcawsz will preac in the United Presbyterian Church, (Associate Reformod,) on Sabbath next, the 18th inst., at half past ton o'clock. DarWe learn that Capt. C. IL Burn- LEE has tendered to the Brigadier Gen eral his resignation u Captain of tho Independent Blues. ItkirOur friend GEORGE F. ECKEYSODE, at llcidlersburg, sends us a very tall stalk of Clover, grown upon the farm of his brother, JOHN ECKENRODE, in Tyrone township,—said stalk measur ing four feet and eleven inches: Boat it who can ! Capt. PIIIiIP J. GaArr, of Straban, has sent in a stalk of Timothy measur ing six feet! We take this to be very tall also. . IlerSheads 1k Itnehler's Fiat Iron Heaters aro "all the rage," and of course are selling rapidly. Nothing could be more economical orconvenient. Mir Th e iron track of our Railroad was laid across the Con° wago last week. ISTMarried, in Gibson county, Tenn. on the 10th ult., Mr. Dennis Thompson, aged 93, to Miss Sarah F. Koonce, aged 13 years. . 1161F•They are eating ripe peaches at Memphis at $3 per bushel. J& Dyspepsia is one of the prevail ing diseases of this country. This is owing both to climate influence, and the habit of eating ou? meals too rapid ly. In spite of these adverse circum stances, this.disease•raphilY tiiiPaPP"" by the SIM of the Ozygepated.Birces* Asseibil The Anneal Plithlbition pf th•Splipol at Conowago Chapel took pines in Lb* afternoon of the 4th inst., and attract ed a very numerous audience. The exercises were conducted under a spa cious canvass, upon the beautiful grounds in front of the Chapel, and con sisted of-Ist, Musical Introduction 2d, Drama—The Two Brothers to the Trial ; Bd, Comedy—Triumvirate of "Don Quixote, Sancho Panza, and Mr. .A.rgio, intermixed .1)711.4 XliSic l 4--tial, Distribution of Premiums' ) sth, Vale dictory : Musical Conclusion. Tlia.por pits acquitted themselves very hand somely, and much to the satisfaction of the spectators. The School is under the control of tho Rev. Messrs. Esnims and Ds .Nactute., and is justly regarde d i as ono of the best condreted and most successful in stitutions of learning in the State. It will not retrograde under their of supervision. Star The Annual Exhibitioihof St. Jo seph's Academy, at MoSherrystown, in charge of tho Sisters of the, Sacred Heart, occurred on Wednesday last.— The number of spectators present on the occasion was largo, and all appeamd highly pleased with the performances of the aocomplished young !Lidice who participated in the exercises. The pro gramme included a Distribution of Pre miums, after which the exhibition c.loa dd. Wo condense the programme : Pianos.--Misses A. Gormley, Annie McCann, Maggie Dillon, Kato Reily, Mary Hookos, Mary Durnoy, Josephine Hombuch, Mary Rooney, Mary L. Snoeringer, Mary Harley, Mary Hook. cy, Ellen Ritchie and Clarinda Myers. Vocal.—Misses Mary Durney, Aimio Gormley, Mary Harley, E. Ritchie, A. McCann, M. Power, J. Ryan and J. Hombach. The Valedictory was delivered by Miss M. Dillon. The Farewell. Song was sung by the young !adios of the Academy. The Academy kolds a high rank among female educational institutions, —a position it doubtless fully deserves, and which it gives pleasure to notice. What One great Mind can Accomplish! The "great ones" of, the earth have been justly designated as such for hav ing achieved ends and objects unattain=- ed by their fellow men. If we trace the rise and progress of them, we shall sec, that not only has their success been owing to a now idea or original sugges tion, but in a far greater measure to tho systematic mode of carrying out the projects, and bringing them to a suc cessful issue. In no instance has this been more truly exemplified than iu the career and lightning-speed progrois to fame of TUOMAS Hottowav, and the proportionate universal dissemination of his Pills and Ointment as specifics for nearly every disease of the human frame. Wo have been fortunate enough to learn from his own lips the modes operandi of this wonder-working sys tem, which evinces it s . superiority not only in having reached the anne of per fection. butin keepingafioat this iniglity organization, a "harp of a thousand strings" to keep in tune! - Let the reader conceive to himself the possibility of creating and continuing in working ordera business from whose focus two articles, with the simple cog nomen of Holloway's Pills and _Rollo ! way's Ointment, are kept perpetually ' in the hand and within the reach of one in every hundred of a community, and ;that community contained in no less limits g than the circle of the earth'sbroad surf Now this is not only uccom plishod, but done with ease .and har i coon s withal : these almost übiquitous remedies, culled originally (as we aro assured) from the vegetable productions of that soil which gave us birth, are moreover so compounded, from careful study and research, as to act with divers tendencies, but wonderful unity of ef fect; the individual properties of Iloilo , way's medicines become passive or ae tire, to suit the exigencies of the case, the Pills containing omit tonic, as well as detergent qualities, develop° the one or the other, as the symptoms of the patient's case may demand, the Oint ment being an "expellant" as well as a healing application, takes a similar mode of attaining the desired end, thus mutually assisting nature to Cast off the common enemy, and snb s luing the temporal reign of tell disease. Much more could be said on this point than can well conic within the scope of th is short article, which we have thought it our duty to devote to a caseinl glance at a great undertaking, that may have escaped the observation, and conse quently the duo appreciation of a great portion of our readers; a system con ceived as it was, and carried out as it by a master mind : We will atisome future time render some farther inter westing particulars with regard to this peerless and unprecedented enter , prise l—Milicankie News. /® - The Philadelphia Press, and oth er papers of the same stamp, are claim ing the re-nomination of the Hon. Wm. MoNroomEav, in the Washington dis-S trict, as an anti-Administration and anti-Lecompton triumph. Mr. Mont gomery himself, however, sets the mat ter in another light, and he ought to know. Ho considers the Kansas ques tion settled, and as will be perceived by an extract from a letter to one of his 1 constituents, previous to the primary election, asked his re-nomination as "an old-fashioned Democrat." . Hero is what ho says - on the subject : " I have invariably in all parts of the district, said to the people distil was not a , Lecompton' candidate, nor an ‘anti-Lecompton' candidate; big, simply an old-fashioned Democrathraihdidate, subject to the customs and usages, of the party. Wo had some differences of opinion amongst us on the ism= question, but now that; the controversy is terminated by a bill whiob,if it is not all we could ask, yet. a. compprroomise which we, as good &hien*, &lat hing carry oat,-the coarse ofiras dom demand ofenrery DouU - ert his wtapfs*bleae. the party.'" ' • . • ~•
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