Akt Samilltr,
ig. J. IlliobJe. lettioor arid Proprietor.
#ETTISBUR (I, PA
itouillay Morning, Dgc. 8, 1859.
shit-ehut.
apirit is stated th.st Senor Tuseara, thp
Spoofs%) 'flirter to this government, hat ;104-
ped ftperetary Cass that his go; erutneot has
No other detrigos on Metieu 1.1,1 an the pro
teeth:oft of her citizens residing titers., and the
toforerosent of her claims fur itiderunity. Her
object is *flexed to be i 1/111.ar to that of Englaud
and France.
At Wheeling hogs are gelling at $4 50 gnos
pad 115 75 net.
The "Franklin Ledger," published atGreen
castle, has passed Into the hands of B. B.
119umare, gsq., who is now editor and sole pro
prietor, Yr. McCrory withdrawing. Success I
The officers of .otne of the churches in Mil
waukee hare notified the yruprietors of the
- •
eh..
the the use of stmogen • irious houses
sat worship. This is IA CXC.:/10121.1110VeMectt.
The Senate of Mississippi has passed a bill
prohibiting, otter the Ist of January next,
the circulation in the State of all bank notes
l ug lb* denomination 01 - s2u and under.
4. bill kits passed site House of li.epreaenta
tire, of Georuin, by it vote of 6ftyrsix to fifty.
two, prohil?iting the ioßrinarriage of first
cousins, cruder a severe penalty, and cutting 0C
the inheritance of issue.
The Jackson (Miss.) Eagle says that several
years ago, a veritable Egyptian sliver coin,
worth about thlrty cents of oar currency, was,
in digging a well near Tullahoma, in that
State, found embedded in the earth about
thirty feet tinder ground.
If a wan were to set oat calling everything
by Ats right name, be would be knocked down
be/grebe got to the corner of the street.
*cep out 9f lead company, for the chance is,
when Ijie devil #res Ado a Peck he will kit
somebody.
- They say it is becoming the custom "out
'West" for newly married people to send to
or wspaporpublishers, dung with their marriage
notice, the amount of a year's subscription.—
This is a sensible custom, and one we hope, ere
long, to see adopted iu this community. Next
to a good wife Or husband, the greatest earth
ly bingeing Is a good family -newspapei; there
fore, all ye that calculate on committing
bear in mind that we will be happy to
Bear from you in the *. new style."
In some parts of Yertnont sleighing is capi
tal. At Northfield there is a foot of snow.
Hugh Boy le, but 1), years of age, was commit
ted its Boston on Wednesday., f9r being a com
mon drunkard.
cart load of watermelons was in market
at (.4looinns, qa., nil the 23d nit., and the first
glad oldie season Wan served up at Augusta,
Oa., on Friday week.
The Albany Statesman, alluding to a candi
date for office, who was defeated in that city,
Faye be had such an itching for otlice that his
friend:4 eancluded to scratch him !
The Eleastp of he, by a role Cr 26
to 22, gaped a res9tutico dectafipg We °lee;
tion of Meters. Bright and Fitith to the L. S.
Senate illegal, unconstitutional and void. As
the Senate of the Felted States has declared
the election of the same gentlemen both legal
and constitutional, the action of the Indiana
Senate will not be likely to disturb their
equanimity.
An acccnnplistisd young lady from Albe
marle, Virginia, was baptised in tke ricer Jor
dan, by I4r. James T. Barclay, miesioaary in
Jerusalem.
if rich, it is easy to conceal our wealth ;
if, poor,. it Is by no means easy tq egnceal our
pos - eyty. It is less difficult tq bide a thousand
guineas than one holi in your coat.
We learn that large works are now in pro
cess of erection at Cumberland, Md., fur the
purpose of making Kerosene oil out of the
Cumberland coal.
Punctuality begets con4dence, sad is the path
to lioaor and respect.
Wby!a a muff like a foot? Because it holds
a lady's hand without squeezing it.
George IWynkoop, Etq., has rcsigqed his po
sition as Deputy U. S. Marshal of ths Eastern
pistrict of Pennsylvanist--atitization which he
has filled for the past six years. lle goes as
l'hlef Deputy of the Receiver of Public Moneys,
to Kansas.
The Fxrptlahs, at their feast{, to preyettt,
excesses, set a skeleton before tbsir guests,
with this alcttn, "Remember, ye must shortly
be such." A practical Admonition, truly.
It is recorded of an eminent naturalist, that
be once chased a butterfly nine miles before he
could catch IL The chase for butterflies
still continues, and some people expend all
their lives in the pursuit.
The Boston people propose to flood a portinu
of the Common with watyr this winter in order
to make a public skating ground. The City
Fathers hate the project cruder consideration.
fir. Charles Cist estimates the population of
Cincinnati at nearly 250,000.
Hiram Powers, the distinguished American
sculptor, has received from Ilesi7rs. Peabody
and Everett government order for a statue of
Dr. Franklin and Thomas Jefferson at $lO,OOO
each.
An intuit:seat), worked by a lady in 1760, is
po exhibitiqa at 1.50 SI- Louis Fair.
A most fiendish case of poisoning was per
petrated at Milton county Conrt house, ths., a
kw days ago. 411 in at.teadasee at the hotel,
and all who drank at the hopci Tell, were
taken riolantly ill duties the night. At the
time our isfarmant, Col. Simmons, left, none
had died. The etact nature of the poison, or
tue fiendish perpetrator of it, had not been dis
covered. lti 'Texts were similar to that of
proton oil.
her The euxxmdsesh ion of Cho 3.414
CollgraSS opor,us to-day-, and closes Au
-the 4th of*sreli next. Sho4ld there be
p quorum 1 eocb 4onse this Morning,
lbw Manse qt psesident .13ocuaNas
probably be immediately sent in.
We expect to pti t the anxiously-await
ed document in The Compiler on 4iday.
, , &save of Georiia has refus-i ifirllon. James arena, Dimmer*,
wieno Cala b.061a4 (la) avil w' tat 0 refs* clause of Co? State con- )las bowl chosen Vflited Buttes S°nztLir
says that,l.ho 44 Uity 8 3 0,," at tits* ietitatiou, is - blel4'proltibita the African bf I,bi3 Ctirolisa 14444:aura.
place, Issis etsmoil jis *Ars, AS that t Ware trade- I
)111130. 7 4 , Asmalligls i liltr e l t ri air Tim Arkansas ... niers:do has t'erPre • b - tti4a
iriar Hon. J. Crittenden, of ICy,
mmal.rou as ppost
assignee., _ 1 14 .. 4 0° 411 aq" 11 : 41joIst cosollasso viskiugyo 14tr gCI 11.8 aa °
900 or
.9110111011. aldiols**, Pacitks Nit tile' caltdillat° for ta41 * 1614 "7' I "
PI Nat siiio644 Pc4fic • 0;401'. • - papiii* •
" breaker* ilacda
lie Tote of 185&
1111044, - Alcint rotors °fib. follow.
ing States, with th.ir riff* 1856, pre
punt the subjoirvcl resin( :
ikon. Opp.' Dew. opp.
IBinoii 12.910 /04, 4 )49
Indiana 10:r.409 tol.sillt ithecto J z c.Tci
16i0 It;" tiOd 1Tu,t174 215 e,
New York 230,':C0 315.110 8 4,) u
Pcuub)l),An,J J 71,0ti4 ttni.ll9 710,71 ti
!CI.; 5.11 4'21.4 .10 1. I tir,4 I.:
71 , d 2e: b21,,g0
I_N
CUOj
The vole for Slate Treasurer is the
one counted at the ;event election in
Illinois, and the aggregate cute of both
;he !)emperatic• candidates ts set. down.
The ran►e is done with the Opposition
vote (for Fremont and Fillmore) .
1858, it: all of the above mentions'
States.
Prom n glance at the figures it will
be seen that the whole vote of 1858 is
Tess by 293,099 than the rote at the
Presidential election of it 4 sc. it will
also be seen that whilst the Democratic
vote has only been reduced 23.197, the:
Opposition veto has Fallon off 20 0 .90'2;
and the Opposition majority is but lit
tle more than one-third what it was in
1646.
__From _Abies4_. I !RwiTi
pppareat, mr.. - thwvgrelit, free
States of the North and West, the De
mocracy are steadily gaining npon the
Opposition, and that theirsmited vote
may be safely counted upon as certain
for the Democratic candidate for the
Presidency in 1860, whoever ho mat
be, and whether ho halls from the South
or the Ninth.
"A Reconstruction of Political Par-
ties."
This, from timelmine4aorial, has been '
the cry of all disappointed politicians
and of all discarded parties. Four
years ago there was any number of dis
appointed, ambitioua r mercenary mon
of the two old parties, who insisted that
an absolute necessity existed, in conse
quence of the corruption which had
crept into thikpolitical organizations of
the times, for the formation of a now
party,—it. was to correct all abases and
rival in purity the early days of the Ile
public. It was first denominated the
underground party, then the dart lant
era, or Know ;lathing party, and fi
nally the intensified American party.—
Well, it lasted in seine of th‘ States for
ono year, in seine for two years; but
has everywhere been repudiated by
the American people ; and now we hoar
Ule same reformers of fo7r years ago, I
who have no fixed principles, and no
ambition higher than the loaves and ,
fishes of office, urging the necessity for
another " reconstruction of parties."—
The leaders of the lath . reconstruction
see no hope for future promotion if they !!,
hold on to a name which has become
odious,and to principles which have done I
only mischief;,. and,tberefore desire
anether " reco*struction," with the hope
that they may secure some profitnble
employment in the new establishment.
Honest men should not permit them- ,
selves to be twice deceived by denra,- I
gogues within five years. There is no
necessity for a " reconetenctlon of par
ties." There is one party, at least, that I
will not be reconstructed. It is as old j
and as stable as the foundations of the
government, and will last as long as the
constitution and the Union are perpet
uated—it is the patriotic, conservative,
Democratic party—under whose flag
all honest and trio men who desire to ,
perpetuate the Union of the Stafes will
soon enlist gad aid ie staying the pro- I
grass of fanatical Abolitionism, which
threatens to take possession of the ropy-
citadel of Constitutional liberty. Thoso '
who desire a reconstruction of parties
are goyerncd by selfish and not, by. pa- I
triotie metives.—Prederic4 Citi en.
birThe Star managers, after weeks
of twiating and squirming, find them
selyes st last compelled to make some
!Art of show towards "facing the mu
sic" in regard to the Bcndersvillo effi
gy-burning outrage. Whilst careful
not to deny our repeated charges, they,
in Friday's issue, ask "the proof." If
proof were really needed to substantiate
our allegations, we could adduce any
quantity of most reliable testimony,—
testimony which the Star, with all its
effrontery, would not undertake to gaii.-
say,—including oven the admission of
the shameful act by a leading Know
Nothing of that township. But the
course of the ..S7ar itself—its tell-tale
" backing and filling "—its persistent
refusal to deny the charge—is alone
"proof" sufficient to convince any rea
sonable man of the entire truth of all
we have staid on the subject. Why
prove that which the Star does not and
dare not deny ?
The Prcsideht's ..11e,ssage.—This doetr
mont, it is stated, is to be sont to Cali
fornia by express, cia the overland
route. Tho contrac6,r3 itavo al
ren4y aunt a tues4aorigor to WILIShingtOD
1 , 0 Obtain advance copies, aid purpose;
"s putting it throp,gh " in Ow shortenti
time over yet. made to the Pacific from
tho Atlantic aptes.
sir 174.:11;ourAcy of u nsa* are or.
W413)44111, Will/ favorable proapeepi,—;
Agitation barisw centAetl, the " Feoo
State " party it about dying out.
The
,Prektdeat's Lotto.
t The following truly patriotic and c,/-1
oweint fettbr wall sent by Prosichiitti
' Evelbtx.t3 to ih DAselno Cvlei4-1
tton ut
liVA::fitsioros. 22d Nocemher, 1R:143.
! o,:ntleinrn • haveluol th e hotior to
?we've your invitation he present.
on the 2Ltli instant. at the Contemn
A nnivorsary of the capture of Fort, Du
quesne ; !Mt I regent that the pressure
of public.. affairs at a period so near the
in t .oting of congress, renders it impo.-
silde. that I should enjoy this privilege.
Every patriot must rejoice whilst re
fleeting upon the unparalleled progress
of our country within the last cent er y.
What was, at itS commencement, an
obscure Fort, far ieyond the western
trustier of civilization, has note hecome
the centre of a populous commercial and
manufacturing city, sending its produe
: tions to taro and prosperous sovereign
Statio still further west, whose territo
ries were then a vast, unexplored and
silent wilderness.
;74 J.. 3
From the stand point at %-liich we
; have arrived, the anxious 12atriot, can
, not fail, whilst reviewing he past, to
• cast a glance into the future, awl to
.peculate upon what may be the comE
, Lion of our country when your posterity
si s al; assemble to celebrate the second
' Centennial Anniversary of the rapture
of Fort Duquesne. shalt our whole
country then compose one united nation,
1-.....r•rateer e lioNseulladisstsSlsiii, shim
any . mho? whh ere existed F--
4 Or will the confederacy have been rent
' asunder and divided into groups of hos
tile and jealous States ? Or may it not
I be possilto that 'ere the next, celobra
tion alt the fragments, exhausted by
! intermediate conflicts with each other,
may have re-united and sought, refuge
under the shelter of one grout and over
shadowing Despotism ?
These questions will, I fionly believe
tinder thu Providence of Goa, be virtu.
ally decided by the present, generation.
We have reached a crisis when upon
their netiuri.depends the preAereatien of
the Union, in the letter and spirit of
the Constitution; and this oaco gone,
all is lost.
I regret to say that the present
omens are fir from propitious. •In the
last age of the Republic, it was consider
ed almost treasonable to_pronouce the
word Disunion. Times - have since sad
l3 changed, and now Disunion is freely
prescribed as the remedy fur (vanes-
tout evils, real or imaginary, which, if
left to themselves, would speedily van
ish away in the progress of events.
Our revolutionary fathers have pas
sed away, and the generation next af
ter them, who were inspired by the r
personal counsel and example, have
nearly all disappeared. The present
generation, deprived of these lightg,
must, v ',other they will or not, decide
the future of their posterity. Let them
cherish the Union in their hearts; let
them resist every measure which may
tend to relax or dissolve its bonds; let
the citizens of different States cultivate
feelings of kindness and forbearance
towards each other; and let all resolve
to transmit it to their decendants rn
the form and spirit they hare inherited
it from their forefathers and all will
then be well for our country future
times.
I shall assume the privilege of advan
cing years in referring to another
growing and dinigerems evil. In the
last age, althongh oar rafts, !life our.
selves, were divided into rlitical pier
tics which often had severe conflicts
with each otbor, yet we never beard,
until within a recent period, of the em
ployment of money to carry elections.
Slumld this practice increase nntil the
voters and their ReTwesentatives in the
State and Nationat Legislatures
become infected, the fountain of free
Government will then be poisoned a its
source, and we r must end, as history
proves, in a military despotism.
Democratic Republic, all agree, cannot
long survive unless sustained by public
virtue. When this is corrupted and the
people become venal, there is a canker
at the root of the tree of Liberty which
must cause it to wither and to die.
Praying Almighty God, thQt your re
mote posterity may contu►uo, century
atter oentory for ages yet to come, to
celebrate the anniversary of the capture
of Fort Duquesne in peace and prosper
ity, under the bawler of the eoustitu
tam and t h e Union, I .rommn,
Very respectfully-, your friend,
JAMES BUCIIANAN.
To , Russell Errett, J. heron Foster,
James P. Barr, Charles Al:Knight, J.
G. Backofen, William M. ThArlington
and T. I. Bighorn, Esquires, Com
mittee of Invetation.
s -Gen. Wm. iI. Kelm, the Opposi-
tion candidate, has boon elected to Con
gress from Herb; county, for Mr.
Jones's unexpired term, loading Joel
B. wanner about 450 votes. This re
suit has been brought about by a com
bination of an'the Know .Nothing,sashi
Black Republicans and a legion of
dimppo:nteti office-seekers and their
friends. Mr. K. had also the tulvasitage
of extraordinary personal popularity.
A number of yearaago..he ran for the
samo office as the Whig ilindiLlate, and
left, lion. J. Glancy Jones but, a few
hundred majority.
The Opposition in Berks will not burn
Mr. Wanner in effigy—although he is
guilty of being a defeated Democrat.—
, They are willing to leave rt:l such choice
1, work to the mongrels of these parts.
" Not only in Illinois; bat in all the
Stated where the mutest ignorance
prevails, there the Democratic majoii
i ties are iltet largest."
i Dim-Such is tho complimentary " ver
dict" of the Gettysburg ,Star and Ban
ner. Know :Nothing county-oftice-seek
ers had better interfere quickly, or tho
recklosS indiscretion of the magagers
will utterly destroy their chances of
humbugging .I)eqweratic voters about
cioetion t4a2as ileawkitqi• 9AlfirY
ought not. turn up theirrultactiolys LiCieeS
1 3.1 other people op tinguardedly.
a :rte 'Wnady Wombling
i t,
We find Lb* l'u : tic in 3,4•6 last
Alaiss .Sfistuitel-:
A 61 / 4 '` 0 4 1. likti.-- litsvtitprk 7',. i
bane prniewin pia 4iii4portigiTvg with
naUoual nfttnisati wregllloull, and
le4,ting the Insesem a .IL„p;irti; eltooba
their own candidates fur l/re.iikat, so
that there may be Lo more 5m...i1l men,
such a, the I'ollts awl Pier( cs,foisted into .
tl,e White House. tOull electoral hotly
is to be pledzed to efitilt the veto of the
State for that Inc.llllber of their party
who receives most popular votes. This
would be an exeellempides, it' t,fr. poli
ticians 'rook! only Ici t ,it be carried out.
The York Pri.s, in torn men ling upon
the Tribune's "good idea," speaks to
the purpose—thest ,
The Black Republican party is plain
ly showing signs dripenkfiess both in
"the bae4" and "thckitieo," in spite of
W.ll. Seward's protinoast on the floor
of the United States Senate last winter,
at the time of the pesitugu of the ”Eng
hsh Bill," that "weed the met with our
:est defeat," and 014 overweening
jcon
fidence its {cutlers a d presses have ex.
hibited and the brag ng they have done,
since the elections. whey are evidently
afraid to go fairly flAd squarely before
the American people in the next Presi
dential election. Althongh they did
whip us here in Pen rania and in a
good *any other , /era States this
tall,.an ' ado utit ;
were going to "w 'pi!, tatty °taint;
their coarage, like BobAcres' is fast
" oosing out of their; finger ends," and
if it does not atop soon they will not
have enough left to swetr they
Even
the recollection of the mar approach
they made to electing the French ad
venturer, one John Charles Fremont.
Esq.. is not sufficient to keep up their
courage." We % T ana not be a bit war
prised to hear of Massa Greeley's re
sorting to a "lee& Dutch courage," for
the natural article as far as he is con
cerned and his Jfaster V. 11. Seward,
the author of the " Blooly _Manifesto,"
is at present at a fear/ell/ low ebb, us is
evidenced by the very ngenious mode
they have bit upon for k• whipping the
devil around the stump," or ofdodging
an open, fair and sqttare appeal to the
people and the States in tie next Presi
dential election. Their st un t is certain
ly, as wo have just said, an ingenious
one, only we are afraid it will nut work
just so well as might be expected.
The scheme is after this %rise., In the
place of holding a National roe von Lion.
and nominating' a single Presidential
candidate, he proposes that each Suite
should put its own candidate at the
head et its own Electoral ticket, and
that within the Republic:Ai party, the
candidate who has the largest %umber
of Electoral votes shall hate the votes
of the other States that hat. voted for
Republican candidates fur the Presiden
cy. Say for. instance that Seward,
Banks and Cameron are the miLlidates,
and W. 11. Seward receive the highest
number of votes, Bunks the next high
est and Cameron the vote of Vennsyl
vania, the Electoral veto of this State
which the people intended to east
for Cameron would have to 138 tiron in
favor of W. 11. Fiewaril, if eventWoue
man in the State hod . voted forh7fft for
the Presidency, by a private arrange
ment among a few political giro -pul
lers.
This scheme for eltootintz the people
and the States ont of the right of elect
ing thew Pre4ident, wrecconceieed for
the spixinl benegt of IV, 11. Seward,
by Mr:leer; reeley,as fie has become con
vinced that Seward con nvvor receive a
majority of the Electoral voius of °von
the non-slaveholding States. Bid. in
our opinion there is , an insurmounta
ble difficulty in the way—that of it
being
unconstitutiona he people of
the different States Montt have the
right to say for whom the Electond
vote shall be east. It 3s, thCrallrO, a
clear violation of the pmstitution of
the United States, for the Electors to
vote for a man who las not received a
plurality of the popular Vote of the
State. But as we !UM no room to ex
amine the question farther at this
time, wo propose doi)l6 , on) at au early
date.
sarThe Spnngfield 'Repo blioan says,
" 11. Seward )4et`IIIS to be the
man for the Republicaos to rally under
in 1860. lie seems the only man who
rightly appreciates the nat are of the con
test which is going on. A victory won
by him, would mean something." It
Roull " mean" that people of the Free
States were ready to commence "prac
tical operations" fors brig4Ung up of
the Union.---•whieli is tLo real - ff natur e
of the content" war,vd by tbd opposi
tion—bat which cannot smveed.
11167 - W ouidul the Abolition and
Snow Nothing presses, and expectants,
like to ace a division lathe Democratic
party ? It would be so agreeable to
eh 'in, and ao convenient in 1860. No
doubt of it; but. they osn't be accom
modated: The Democrittiir party can
settle all their family iiiilbrences,
out the aid of the oppo6ition; and who
ever lives to 19.61, will see the nominee
of the Ch*leston national convention
elected by a handsome majority. So tho
opposition may as well "bare their
breath to cool their soup."
A Good Change.—'fho Southern pa
pers commend the marked change of
the gubernatorial n - ossages presented
this year to the legislatures of the South
ern States. They are business-like pa
pers,trea ting strictly of Stateafrairs, and
avoidingall long-winded essays upon fed
eral questions and general politics. There
are no extreme opinions upon the slav
ery question, and sectional aniino"sities
and sectional fanaticism give place to
moderate, temperate and dignified
counsels.
ifilerhe Philadelphians bar° at last
sueftueited in obtaining are • of
an ordinanco for the rontovs t►he
nincli talked-of inarkut sheds Ja •et
otreot, which Juice long bpop.oopslerpd
a nuisance and an eye•aore to the city.
Monster Pel.—Mr. Yoil lharston
caught an eel one day last weak, in $
tibh pot, in Allegheny nmtnty, that
wvighed wen pounds:
over
wee per
haps tho Wiest poll over eliptezed
conety t , , _
- Tottn) & tot* a r
LOCAL NEWS TO THE LirtsT 7ENT.
The Railroad.
The track is tow n lei hun
dred feet of the Turn-Table—the bad
weather of the pact week preventin:;
the progress otherivi4e antic•;rated. It
is expected that by to-morrow, or next
day, the Locomotive may enter the En
gine House; and ti few days more will
serve to bring the track as fur as the
Freight Depot, when w ill pro
bably be commenced. But fur the ex
ceedingly unfavorable state of the
weather, we should now have . the pleas
ure of chronicling the completion . of the
track as far as Carlisle street. A little
patience, dear pabiio.
The brick-layers are busy upon the
Passenger Station, and, making fair
progress. This building promises to be
very attractive—an ornament io the
town and an honor to , the Railroad
Company.
Moro Bales.
ALIXO.NDER liosEn luT pur
chased a half lot of ground from l lfon.
S. R RUSULL, i 313 York Atroet-i-prico
Cul& -41011hL-lete..iiistses4 h2tetaibn to
erect a handsonlo prirato rebiden4c up
on it next spring.
Mr. AsatinAli Scow !has sold his
property in Ciughtown, tig Maj. !,tcon
MARK, for $1,,. Mr. SCOTT hail pur
chased the property- of ifiev. Mr.,
Lim, in Gettysburg, oppoSite the Englo
Hotel, on the. eci i rrier of liarntieriiburg
and WashingLonistreets, t 4) which ho in
tends removing in the spring, witJ the
view of engaging in the morcantilC busi
noes.
Maj. Jones Sciorr has I) . ureba.se'd the
building immediately in t+►e rear Of his
residence on Chambersbdrg street, for
merly used for' a brewery, froni the
heirs of Wu. I.ltCAmr, fur 8500. It is
the Major's intention to fix it upl and
use it for a Warehouse fer the recep
tion of grain and produce,
Thuitoral.
The Rev. BAsit. SIIMRIi has bectryle
the Pastor of the Catholic Church in
this place, and has his home with our
neighbor Jacob Norbeek.l Vit believe
it is contemplated to have services hero
three Sabbaths in each' month-•—the
balance of his time to be ;given to 0,,
Churches at Fairfield aid ►n ►' the
Mountain."
Mr. Shorb is a nntivo o r this rointy;
(son of t.ho Into John Short), Eq., of
Union township,) and is noch estevined
by all enjoying bis acquaintance.
Suicide; by Shooting.
On Thursday evening week, a young
man named SAMILIEL GEIF.IAIIN,:coni-
mated suicide, at his reSidence, 'Dear 1
Abbottstown, in this comity, by shout-'
1
ing himself with heavily charged :shot
gun. Tho parti ulars of the rash act,
as the Hanover Atpertator has been:ena-
bled to gather them, aro as follows : '
Tho unfortunate deceased had been for
some time afflicted with, nervotot de
pression or. melancholy, and late it, the
afternoon of thel day abofre named he
retired to his romn. A bout, dusk a noise,
4
from his apartm nt, alarnied rho libuhe
keeper, who an nioned aptsistence and
/went to ascertain the Canso. Vpon
forcing the doori a dreadful spectacle
was presented. !Geisclman was tying
upon the floor 4olternig in his blood,
and life **rely extinct. Near thb Lo
dylay the instruniont of hiii des, ruction,
and on the bed Was a tare quantity of
blood. An exaMination of the room
and the position pf its contents ditclos
od the manner in ;which tie deplorable
act had been coakmitted. i It waLi evi
dent that he had seated himself upon
the Side of the bid, and having d4awn
the riunmeri placed the but of the gun
against a trunk or chest with the tnuz
ale to one of his cars, the rammer being
I used for touching the trigger. *!The
charge passed entirely through; his
head and lodged in the ceiling above.—
Death was instantaneous ofeouhse. 'The
deceased was highly respected by his
neighbors, and the funeral' on Saturday
was probably the largeet that ever took
place in that vicinit.t. The remains
wore interred in thp Lutheran burial
ground at Abbottstown, Rev. .ffeetirs.
Gerhart and Iloftlicins officiating upon
the occasion. The &waited was 33
years of age, and t anmarried. _
Sad Death.
A little daughter of -Mr. JOSEPH
Caorr, residing at tho Limo Kilo of
Mr. Michael Slagle, in Oxford township,
fell into the kiln, one day week before
last, and was so dreadful y burned as
to cause her death, a few days after.—
Her ago was only about four years,
Distressing Accident.
We learn that a little daughter of
Mr. JOHN LAWRENCE, reSidiPg iu Mount
pleasant township, met with a painful
accident a few days since while playing
near a threshing machine. It appears
that the little girl and another child
were following the horses working the
machine, when her clothing became en•
tangled in the gearing, which dragged
her in and Imerated her floeh in a terri
ble manna the horses could be
stopped. 14 terribly bruised and
cut, we are pleased to learn that no
bones were brokcu,neithec are her injur
ies so serious as to excite apprehension
M to her ultimate recovery.—lianover
Spectator.
WT.& 74r5. Ittku, melding below Al).
bottatown midist stepping across a
plank in ibiWoillkr, weelF befoae
rill ind book! key 1%.
We are
tyres will bit
der tho tuft
Christian At
open on th
in the St.
BA VG mut
Pridny eve
ting in the
They w•ilI bo
each a coil
I)elwfit of tbo
thorized to state ti4ei no Lecture will
be postponed on account of the weather,
or for like cause.
Tho Lectu tirAtr Ortiettrect fro
Rev. Dr. Bautil . Conversejbev.
Mr. Drier, Ord ifellidereen,
IL G. harper, Es%., Pit 11. L. gtu3ver,
D. Wills, H.,WOWii. R. Keiser, Dr.
H. S. lluber, Prof. 31. Jacobs, 1)r. Chas.
Llorner, th, 1). 31cCon,'
aught', Esq., nod . J. IL Werner.
It is expected 14i, Lectures will be
delivered in tl. • of names given !
above. •i Whin Welded
There will Rue nientivir o rpi o ng The Pennsy/conArn of: receet4lo,o
preached !`*fore t h e . „- w d eob ea . t h e contained a r Ary article on thqpiott-
last Sabbath eve. '• Deciiiiber, BC6 °I the doleat:of Abe
January, Febru March. The 1 1 eratie Arty ire this *State. It e ;
first pctU baby ;' • . I wkrt lo44 '
the 26th inst., the Prosbyteriao (which no interposition Of the Ciovero,
Church. On those occasions it is ox-
pected that the -other churches of the
town will be closed.
• Musical Convention. the following extract from the Pala, —
Wo understand that a number of La-
sylvvaian's article
dies connected with different Churches " Yoko for evidence, the vote in tho
counties of Allegheny, ilenvOr, Brad,
in this place arc abort getting up a ford, Butler, Erie, Elk,. liidiansi, Joliet
" Musical Convention "—after the fash- son, Lawrence, Me.liean Mercer, Pot
ion of those had in the larger towns 4 tor, Susquehanna; Tiogn, Penang ek„
around us during the last few yea Warren, Washington, Wyoming and
•, in all twenty, being those in
The project ha.l, we are glad to biM l : v re irj n°
•h the question of slavery has uni
formed, already met with sufficient en- i formly wielded the grenOest influence,
couragemont to warrant the employ- and it appears that the majority against
ment of an millet professor in Now Mr. Frost, the Demociatie nominee
York, who will have the aid of several for Canal Commissioner} and an oput
al
n
assistants. Thy Convention willan d avowed Lecompton luau, was b ut
1,_,818 eontin- 18,818 votes, whilst the - game coontiels;
no a week, the programme to consist of in 1830, east a majority! of 20,378 a
lectures, practising, and concerts. To , ; , ,, ainst Mr. Buchanan for President,
become a member, a contribution ofone being a Democratic yaini in the Free
dollar will be required. , Soil counties of the State, ,sores 1836, of
10,060 !
The idea is a good one, and will "Then turn to the manufacturing
douhtless result in the development of , and mining districts, composed of the
mu , ical talent in our community whit!' counties of Carbon, Cohtre, Chester,
, Clarion, linntingilon, Blair, Lehigh,
might otherwise have remained dor
' Schuylkill, Luzerne, Montgomery, Phil
mont. The ihstrnetion and Pleasure adelphia, Monroe, Burks„ Dauphin and
whieil the Convention promises aro eel.- Armstrong, fillet:hill all;Jand it is soon
that in these Mr. Front was beaten by
6,300 votes, whilst in tho 'Same counties
in 1856 Mr. Buchanan hail 23,001 ma
jority, being a change 01129,1116 votes!
By deducting from this rigiropte the
total majority against Mri 1 rest in this
State, 25,284, it wilt appear that the
entire change since 1850 ,wus produced
in these fifteen counties."
tainly.to ho had at a cheap enough rate
Young Men's Christian Association.
The first Amnial meeting of this As
sociation was held on Saturday evening
week, for the election of &Beers, receiv
ing Reports, &c. The following gen
tlemen were elected, to servo the ensu
ing year:
i'reetideiit.—R. G. 31'ereary, E.:11., of
Preibyterian Church.
Viee Preai , lentx.—Rey. J. R Keiser,
st. James' (bareis (1 4 utitettlnI) J. L.
Sehick,getliodist qiiseopal; Dr.Charlcs
Ilcrner, Presbyterian; R. A. Lyttie,
(:erroun Reformed; 1). A. Buehler,
Christ elinreli, (Littherati.)
Recording Secretary.—Wm. B. Meals,
St. James' church, (Lutheran.) -
Correspandihy Seeretary.-31. S. Con-
VerW, Presbyterian.
Librarian.—J. C. Thompson, Metho
dist Episcopal.
Treasurer.—J. L. Schick, Methodist
Episcopal.
The Annual Report of the President
of the Association was ordered to be
published in the papers of the Borough,
and will be fbund in our next.
lEir The County Stiperintendent of
Common Schools has handed us the fol
lowing decision of the State Superiti
tondent, to which the attention of the
School Directors in the several districts
of the county is directed :
"The four months' certificates for the
current school year will be so worded,
as to require the President. of the Board
to testify that the schools have been
kept open fouriuonths; that no teacher
has been employed without a valid cer
tificate from the County Superintend
ent; that a uniform series of text books
has been selected and decided upon, ac
cording to the 25th section of the gen
eral school law, (page 15 and that ev
ery school in the district has been vis
ted once each mouth, by at. least ono
Director. It is respectfully suggested
to Presidents, to see that those require
ments of the law i,re complied with, in
order that the prescribed affidavit may
be safely made."
StiirOn account of the death of 31r-
HABPSIVB mother-in-law, Mrs. Suit.-
MAN, at his residence, yesterday, the
Sentinel will not be issued until tomor
row evening.
Deer.
Wo are told that Deer are quite plenty
in the South Mountain, and that a num
ber have already been shot. Oh, for
" a day's shooting" amongilito " haul
mats."
*Jr Mr. JAOOB STOCK, of this place,
shot, on Thursday last, a large Owl,
nearly white, from the top of a chim
ney on Washington street. It mea
sured 5 feet 8 incites from tip to tip.
101 - 41 r. &must MARTIN, of Liberty
township, slaughtered, a few days ago,
two bogs, twoyears old,whiett weighed
just one tholugusdimusda!
!BPI udge MINIVAN, long a reside*
of Carlisle, and occasionally in t4tentl
aneo at the Courts in this place, lulls re
moved to Philadelphia, and permanent
ly located, to continue tho practice of
the law.
ipar-Gin. Biwa, of /Wag*, bas WINO
his.prochunation for a spoeisi 410elion
on tea 4th of= ti. 4 th ictioo-
cy in lianie
1 • . ;. ' s
Arittli *4.-
toot the spurious 44 to _
~.A i .,
I(ng of the Pre4/tun't4 4 , me-ri, 1 Mir
genuine t h e rreli4ontijtamso kaplito4
..1 . (x.. Culbertson, In- the . sporiodolt, hi
spelled Culbuctson,JUlte X'lllll4
ll VIII
i tlio eornors %ism iiiels Hiss
in the counterfeit, witielthe
.lifile
there arc two llacs.e,t t :
front the centre. 1 1 10044,41.04-vetcp
of clotectin,g, them, NW's?* sehies er 94
. ,
an... oye bo leapt to the :spel lin g • ~..
rry stdont's name.
meat could avort,). had mom infiverne3
in bringing about, this tll4:tsters that' ARA .
the other CAU9O6 COmbiliqd. glaiSP
I ittir'Sonattor I)ouglas and hie frionda
have been rejoicing over' their victory
in Illinois. Lr a sptech that he mado
on that ocension.-iio speaks or this tti
iimpli of his friends as a ilitniptil3lAbe
National Deinoerany--of " tlse Union !
constitutional mon over fitnaticism and
disunion." Illinois, he s:tys, tho only
Stale which stands true to Dentoorntio
principles and I)entocratui (beg:intuition,
land the only one which, when the dark
"cloud" of fanaticism role over the
1 old, turned back thu "title," and kept
'-the flag of the constitution :cud th e U
nion floating. lie is not 'for harYttig:
. nil angry feeling and cos 'Mating tiro
party, ' ro as to show an irreststible
frynt, to the common einiuty. The. RO•
publican papers severely, criticise Mr.
(Douglas' speech, and think it looks a*
it' he wore desirous of !xotting back into
the regular tanks.—Ledger.
Bier The Pittsborg Chropide s that
Colonel Samuel W. Mat 4c, ono of the
supreme judges of Nebraska, was dan
gerously wounded with a gun in the
hands of a friend, a few days sing,. It
appears that, aceompain ed by another
gentleman, ho was out hunting on the
prairie, and, passing into a clump of
bushes with a view of driving some
prairie hen's from their ctiver, his com
rade, who did not observe his presence,
discharged his gun twice- in succession,
the first load—a heavy charge of buck.
shot—taking effect in the head, and the
second in the arm, inflicting, two severe,
though, we are happy to state, not dan
gerous wounds. At last accounts, tho
Colonel was rapidly recovering, and his
speedy return to convalescence was
confidcbtly looked for.
A Singular Arcidcnt.—Mr. Loonsird
Middlekauff, near Hagerstown, one
; night last week lost a tine Bub and Om
by a somewhat singular aceideat..---
They had eaten a hole into a beak or
straw, and lay down to rest in it. Sri=
ring the night a rain fell whinh Ginned
1 the bank to cave in upon them, and the
straw being wet and heavy, they mould
Lnat. __extricate thOltWelveel find were
smothered.
Good Mooting.—On Friday morning
last, says the Beading Times, Mr: J. S.
Bickley, of 6th street, below Washing
ton, made some shooting which has
never been equalled in this State. Mr.
V. Lowe hold an apple 1.1 inches in di
ameter, between two fingers at .arm's
length, and Mr. Bickley with a deli
pistol at a distance of thirty-turd
ksocked the apple out of its p05it.10 1 0.4 4,
Both parties must have been etidillinsti
with great courage, the oue to fittilati
the other to be fired at.
Visit of Orlicials from Japan..,lll
stated that tho Presidont has re.lllllll ,
information from Japan that atillkets- ;
basay from that eonntrY will att
appoarance ih Waehington tot m ati.
in May or Juno next. They
brought to Panama in $a • • •
steam frigate, and thonee proosedct*
New York. .It will be marked by Iftssii.'
did presents to the govetunient
the Japanese -Emperor.,
Besides the new Terrfto ' •
ida
r;21 7 organized, it is sUppo",
.„
three more .are Majowur w
mission from Congress, viz: - - -
Dacotah, and Superior, on - Gatos**
met a "
A nice little family wia 4l 4iThacla.
ha,. one of these daye,t
Tizmilogiving 41aaer . tiOst,..
, -1.
4f the more the menier,ll if
behave&make% ma0.,00,=.
trisable:ia-gie likm y. ;1 ~ .