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I. 111114.1TLIt, EDITon PROPRIETiIit.
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GUTTILgUtIiG,PAI
MONDAY MORNING .11*G. 17,
VnUerratir ;:"..tatt (iikrt
For A wittor 0,,,,,,r1,
Fri! ARp9()N 1.. W 11,1(; LIT. of Phil
• Fur r I;rx. r,11," #
JOHN RCIWE, of ( u .ut y.
of3ipitq
State Senator,
fiENRY MYERS, of Tyrone
(lhatojoa to 114 i deci.wo of the Diatrkt Coufereare )
A fienititi,
FREDERICK D1F.111., of Franklin
r•mtmlipiiilar,
LIVES IL MAI:SHALL. of /flu iltonh3n
Ihreeb,r nl li.e Pirt;,
J OSRtlit .1. Kt;ilN,
A)IOS LEFEVER, of rnion
, ruttairi TrremsriT,
WATIMIGHT ZIEGLER, of Gettp3burr
Diqr,el.llb•rhey,
C. NEELY, of lAttt;iburg.
:Farrryor,
JUIIN 11, KEhiturr, StraLaq
News, etc.
By the arrival (if the Nova Scotia at Farther
Poiat, We bate four (120' Liter news from F:u
iepe. The need is not very important. Eng
land Insists On the disarmament of the recent
ibelligentit I:divers es a conlition of her taking
lithe Cdngrf . .s. " '
• From Ka.nsas feira that a t igil.ince com
mittee had been org.tnized fur the purposC of
tYpelling the hich infest that
'Territory. Already one of them hail I ecn
ed idle! hanged.
Mrs. Amelia Jenks, Edict 'of the late Phineas
Jenks, orNewtoivn. lucks county, and the only
daughter Of the late :lon. Simon tiny4et:, for
rinerly Governor of Pennsylvania, died in Eas
ton, on Saturday afternoon week, the oth last
' A fresh impetus will be given to the Pike's
Peak gold les er by the Ma s of fresh diggings
which are said to have been discovered, caus
ing great excitement among the miner { .
• Charlts'ilickpis tir tisit this'coontry 4nr
ing the ent i tling, Antithin, and give thi'reutling's
from his own worts that h.4Ve been so success
ful In England.
' A desperate fight CAIRO off Several weeks
since in Oregon, between it noted trapper nam
ed Agroeftu. and an Indian' "brave." They
tutAtt with knives, and Were both te'rribly'but
up. 'The trapper at last greppled with and
threw hii ant6g6nisl, end' theW Cut his throat
from ear to ear.
A' country editor having received two gold
dollars in advance for his paPer, sap he still
Allows' his children to .play with tither chil
4ren: as usual. lie al.;o ealka on (he groung
Its venal; ;
It is slated that the wife of the Hon. Panic)
R. Sickles, Wit' the other mentO:eis of the
Wean family, are ahont to take up their
hence in Italy, and in the event of lir. S. losing ;
* his seat in L'ongresY, he will Immediately join
'
0 A correll.poede9t, noticing the couris)ting ac
counts given 'of the faationaitlu 'at '
ItaratOmeit.cf"elsewhere;' stiegesis that some
Of 'Nein are of better pedigree than their
owners.'
The Northern Central Railroad Company
have completed their telegraph line front Suu
bury to York, Pa.
Ten thousand revolving rifles are now man
ufacturing, at Col. Colt's armory, iu Connectl
eut, for' the British government.
Otho Ifa.riin, of Blair county, Pa., has been
actiteiteital td jail fur •a rear and a half for‘pui
• • •• , I r
Booing horses.
At a great union prayer meeting recently
heti in the open air at Itelfast,trelancl, in c'on
-ireetion with' the religious reci‘al in that coun
try, it' estinithed that ' there Acre furie '
thorsituA persons in attendance.
As the: melon season is now in full blast, one I
of the neatest modes of serf ing up a fine, fresh
iwaiPerine•lon Is as follows : Plug a bole in the
so - that some of its watery contents may
Etta Out then pour into it some fine port wine
oe sonde claret ; place it on ice for'tive; hours,
ao that the' wine' rnily . not escape therefretu.
Next Art 11'4 and 'devour it. ' '
A man' hauled Dr. Thomas T. Ellis was er
rested in New York. on Saturday, charged with '
swindled several merchants of that city
Out of large amounts of money: - var) lag froth
tioloo to $l,OOO. Among his' victith's ass a
widow flamed Rotie'rtS.; to w hum thew ily doe
torlifqiiicAl'himielf, and whom lie succeeded
hi s swiedllng outsof a thousand dollars.
We have important intelligence from Hayti.
The feature of the nee s is the propoSed change
of the presidency into a dictatorship. The
thaintiers had appointed a committee, alto
'waited on President Geifrard. and proposed to
him to as9ume the office'and title of Dictator o f
narti, Arguing that by the absolute authority
thus accruing to him be could proceed better
in his great work of the social reorgauization
of Ike country. President Getfra:rcl had'decrith:
ed thelontor. • •
• A free negro of Frederick, Md., found himself
some 'distance from home without money or
ifisposilloin - to try lit fegs. lie contrited tv
* mike igainclf siespected of heirig a.'iunnikay,
bras arreitO, and•tat.eri hethe on the r imrs by
his esitieg?, and then'coolli walked toff, 'amid
the laughter of the crowd, who informed the
* raptor be had been "sold."
• A sister of Robert Fulton, the inventor of
- navigation by steam, is said to be in the poor
house 414'2100rue county, lad.
q.• P. R. James', the novelist, is about to
leave Venice, is said, anillOcate in lliginfis:
• Aar. W. Taylor, of New York, has been chos
en pastor of the Presbyterian church in York,
Itelasylvania. • "
' In Chester county, Pa., the apple crop, it is
maid, will be larger thin it fiaa Wel for several
yearn.
"That's the rock on which are split;' said
Charlie to hls Wire whkulthe asked hint to rock
Ike cradle.
Now York, August 9.—The trot this after
noon Se Um Coutse, between Flor.t
Temple and Prtotem, for one thousiind dollssrs
chide, nieulted in the triumph or Flora. Flora
*oak time' straight' heats- Tine- - -2.23}, 2.22
114 US/. hi the last heat she beat Prineess
Most !arty 'welt. •
• PrtliaaelphLs,'August 9.—A small boat con
tain*" six personsi tract '?tin aowsily a steam:
iteshogwaselso Poplar street this afterwloa, and
elat aftibit eirgwere dreliraed. The others were
11ite,,,M41 Injured. • . .
- -
figripailliefsinosed eburish in Penske
_ ins destroys& by ire roetbe
disoldlist. - e.bice Will WWI
Cl=
The Democratic Ticket.
Are place at our tnast-head. today, with
feeliags of pleasure and Pride, the Ticket
nominate 4 by the Demoeratic County &in
vention, bn Mmiday laet. It is composted
throughout—from top to bottom--of **gins.'
Men and frue,"—met, 'of ste-ling . cheracter
and undoubted qualliciti.ins, who will'pa%/1
through the ordeal of public scrutiny un
'scathed.
Ilytar J. )Irra4, p,.q , of Tryme, whn re
coked the nomination ttir the State Senate.
(subjeet to the decisitn of the District COll
- j bj stivitimation, ir. possetis....t) (se fine
attainments, in justly itopt*F.tr with all who
know him— is . n.t honea f t ax ?arc!. and nn Ar
working •peMorra:. TLa interests of
thp district taf i e in I,ig Le/ling. and
wc earrn;+tly Imre. that Frankhn and fulLar
trill eloierfolly coin I :J o t., make him
the standard bolp.cr Burin;; the approaching
catupaign. Jlu wiold (mind tlfroyglioist
hearing, himself gallantly. with his (ace id
ways to the foe. Adams would do more than
ber abate towards his triumphant election. '
For the Legislature, Capt. Farorafcx
litxut., of Franklin, is the nominee. In this
c hoice, also, the-COnvention was hignally for
tunate. He is one or our most imellihent far
mers, of Found lodgment and unblemished
integrity, ahil no' other citizen of the county
enjoys Itii-gF o r' sll'are of public coofofc'eov.
lie i•jtisi the man fir Ore p4st, an 4 140 Thu
ballot boxes will decide on the seei;nd'Pues•
Jay of October next. The "electioneering
fund" of r his opponent will not avail agninat
Mr. Diehl.
JAurs 11. Af
is the choice f;;r`Connaissi .... ei. The entire
county might he Scan nett over, and otie pfs
sesaing in a more eminent degree the qualifi
cations requisite Tot the riost . could snot he
found. Honest and coMpetent, and' bearing
to a considerahle extent the btirthMs of taxa
tion, it careful and roonomical disbursetnent of
the enutitY fund* array confidently be expected
at his bands. The tax-payers will fiat L id to
secitro his sarvices.
Voir . DireCiAir of ilto Poor, that universally
esteemed citizen of lio.uliug, Col. Joszert J.
Nuns, is the nOminee. Ranking among the
very lest Coir.miltsionOrs The cour.if tan ever
had, correct and conscientious in everything
he hndertakes, his admirable fitness fur the
place he is now selected for will not be
doubted. Ile, too, will be flatteringly appre
,
eiated at the pulls. '
Aztoi Levers*, Esq., - of Union, the choice
of the Convention fur Auditor, is likewipm
highly qualified, and will make a fir,t rate
officer. ''The people trill express their brefer
ince for him in unmistakable terms.
The Convention favored Mr. IV.treeicar
Ztzoixa, of Gettyl.burg, with the nomination
for the County Treasurership. Possessed of
excellent business capacities, Irreproach
able integrity, and an accommodating diepo•
sition, he will conduct the affairs of the office
creditably to himself' end to the satisfaction
of the iublic. pis opponent will find the
race an up•ltill arrangement—end if the Pr.
is not cotopletely.,tfistanced we shall be /ouch
mistaken. • . 14
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' C. NEsi.r. F.aq., the candidate for Dis
trict .itturney. has oiery acquirement neees-
Karp to au effteient riischarge' of the duties of
lb° pear', aril tf Ocelot); which we will not
rettnit ourself to doubt, the prediction may
be relied uPon that the State's mil the pen
pled iutereNts Will be in Crust-worthy and
able keeping.
'For pounty Surveyor, Mr. Jon G. BRlCK
sanorr, of Stratan, wit , ' selected. Few better
understand the profession of surveying, and
equally few would better acquit themselves,
in tho office, than lie. The voters will see to
it Ehat he is successful, with the balance of
the ticket.'
Such are the nomineea presented to Iho
people of the county by the Democratic run
vention. They are individually unexception
able, int) make up what we may well term a
"strong team"—inrincible. They'are all true
friends of the GOOD GLD cars, and deserve
the support of defy ore who dcaires the ca
rious offices proporly administered. The
03nvention was composed of intelligent and
upright gentlemen, and re shall sparo no
honorable effort to secure at the bal)ot bo;es
a triumphant emh:rsement of tbo work they
so well and so harmonimi%ily perft;rmed:
1.
Our Candidates.
Amid all the'stortis that hate swept with
fury against the Dentoeratio paity, you will
dntl R GSON L. u ic 7l r i duns Rows,
.
our candidates for Auditor general !sail Bur:
toyer GeneAl, the same uneempi:oraising
foes to monopolies, the stune;steaffy suliPort
ere of all 'Measures calculated io benefit the
laborer, the mechanic, and the fanner, Gpa
the same stern Democrats throughout. These
are rcoords w rrthy of men —these are sheets
that will bear the inspection of all who !me
the rights of mankind—this is alone a suffi
cient reason why the people have taken up
their cause, and deerminal to elect them.—
To be sure, here and there, °teethe Slate,
may be f o etid some men, whose monied influ
ence is brought to bear against them-wand
'wby B r ecauPe t in the defence of Democratic
principles, and its the enemies of mitopulit4,
thcy bald, in times past, tread upon and
crushed some grand swindling affair that
would hare made millionaires of a few at the
4pense of the mechanic and farmer.
Friends of freedom, friends of equal rights,
yeln whOse hatids are held the Laflidee, and
in whOse hearts beats"trie hire c:f country, look
with pride to your stand.thl hearers, look with
determined scorn upon the Men who would
tempt you t r forget the glorious past of our
party, and go ye among sour neighbori awl
tell them what friends they hare in Wmuur
and Rows, the firm and unflinching vino
crats, true and pure. .
Penult:ruts r let' nu (ricks of the Opposition
betray you ink; the ruin') of your enemies,
and keep your fiitite well pieked for a desper
ate fight. lloiet the banner of WRIGHT and
flows, the people's frietls.—C/iufon...Deuto
Ifiqf true' that Turn Pepper was kicked
out of the lower regions for his awful
the 'Star writers are likely to hare no place
to go to wlien' the) , coma iv !! 'off this
mortal coil." They are perfezt avleis in the
trade; and manialiCture talseTtoo&l with such
apparent uiqur 4s to create the impression
that they really sicPpesi somebody is lieliev i lig
them. -All the filth they may hurl at the
Dounocrtitic Ticket from this Foal the election,
Till do no Latin' to any uric of the 'popular
goittlentea upon their eourietuay hare
ti 4 • efict of inducing inquiry 'on the 7 , art of
Opposition'iotere as to the Mule and nominee
of the salting up of their own Ticket, ‘nd turn
many of them' from its support in ilisgust.—:.
Such a eututequence would' nut be unnatural.
, .
Mir Next electitistolAs Ith.
Good News.
From all quarters of the °aunty. we have
the cheering intelligence that
and
l?eraocratie
ticket meet,' with the hearty and unqualified
a4;nvel our pa'rty friend.. of the!
Opposition even acknualedie th it it is
every- reppeet imes..eptionable and troi-thy
of public supp ,, rt. The gentlemen emni.opin tt
the ticket are nut only •'the right melt fur:
the right pi:tem" but t;ley are properly die
tribute,' mei the' county—n' particular in
which, at much as any other. that of the 1 1
Know Nothing. and Black Republican 011111. j
Atkin hr.a been inezcusably
crats, Pr'ep.;re for the yr:;rk ! 'four principles
are right—Four ticket is strung! ltemea t . ,
I.er, that a till tow is a gluriuu,i Iletuocrath;
;
no=
IlkeThe snanngrers aro i n a f i g ht pu ce ,
They know that many of their oat Larry 111}.
jest to, and protest aqsit..t, the manner in . 1
which . their ticket wail put together, none dth
er than !I).t .e ull.) were at the very head of
the Know Notliffig Order here, with a few in I
the country. hating II:x.1 a übrd to pay in its
owlet-Dila. In addition, they /now that Mr.
Derboraw came short of what was exth-cted
of him, last winter, in the in re.
gent to the "cxtru paY " And oth e r I 4444
—hey LHow that Mr. !lesser's n ;initiation
wan made ouly to gratify a professional 0'1:v
-114114er—they know tliat I:upp. 11-ine
! locnnei and others ti ire unrip,lsteously thrust
aside to make room f,r Dr. Falinestock, aim
ply because he was one of the kinder a and
norpinyerf of tin Enoi Kothin g Cosines in
its earliest nut . darktagt '.hares—these.
and (Alter equally damaging thing., they
Lunar—and fearing that they imnnot he kept
from the knowledge 'of the public, they
ttreeorely tried in spirit. Tine, they attempt
to boast a little—but it is like the juvenile '
Who whistles by a grave-yard to keep up his
courage. If they were not scared, the Star
would toot be as desperate as it hi. Their
•
pulse may always 1.0 felt through its column.,
Reaction.
The Chambersburg &!,2irit Pays :—ln cull
ing the ele,nint extracts to I biter up the tli-
Ltpitlatetl Me(lurit, the 7rata.cript lists .rver ,
)Ookcl the following froM the Blair Cloudy
Whig—n Republican pnper of high standing
in its party. Look out, flayowed. or McClure
gill sue you surc=he ji grr o tt on suing just
•
about this time :
CU. 314.C7nre.—,An attempt im being; made
to crest° ayanpathy foe Col. AlXlitra.ofCliam
tersburg, in conseli ICIICC ..r a puhlieati.in
made through the ra.ifry We don't
know that he in any better or more huliemt
than politicimis generally, although wo hare
made favorafile publication+ for hint. fa our
judgment .lie is growin,.: too fast for his
bretther, which in tint.% will wear out, and
the w. n too, if ho don't act more honestly.
)e-The New Haven Regider, in alluding
to the new-born zeal of the opposition in be
half of our haturalized citizens abroad, re
,larks that "it is easier for them to ettm:dain
of the way foreign nations treat our naturali
zed citizens than to show-them the smalle‘t
courtesy here at home. It is an easy matterG,r
them to deplore the risks w Kelt Mt...nil the
tratelm Hi Europe of natutalizoil citizens oddly
Vnittxl States ; but hate they forgolton the
bloody scones enacted in Ilaltiavore, Louis
ville, Now Orleans, and elseu here, wt our vicot
soil—where these same foreign-bortr voters,
fur whom they now express M, snatch affoction,
were butchered in cold blt.i d l.y the scow,
and shut down like dos, (or daritt3 to tote the
Democratic ticket!"
Their Aim is Civil War.
James Rot!path, the butoriuuo correepond
ent of the N. Y. 7 ribitn:, has written a Issas
in which tho following :Omission occurs. We
alit all who united with him in the Kansas
crusade to mil it, auill.car in mind that this
same Ilcdpoth is bno of the np4s4les bf the
Pluck• Republican party. Ile says :
" I believed that n wvtr between the
NOrth and the South weuld ultimate it' insnr
rc lien. that the Kansas fivaibleut would
inykably eseate a military 'lay' the see
ttfam; [fence I left the South rani went t.
Killirant, and emdearnrrd icromally and wills
wry peN la prcripilple a retoltdit,a."
This bold atuwal, taken in conjunction with
the hope expressed by the great Republican
loader, (lidding*, that the tidy would come
"when the torch of the incendiary would
light up the South," leaved nu doubt n o on
the mind as to the principal aim of the Mack
Republican party. It is " Oka War" and
Pissmiad.
say-Tlio harmony which clittraeteriscil the
proceedings of the . pimlocretic County Con-1
vention was a chilling damper—a regular
shower-bath—upon the j( n ow Nothing man
agers who manage the Stir and all other Op
position effit'iri. They fondly hoped some
thing would occur to Li ighten the desperate'
chances of their ticket—something that would
at least for the- moluefti, dissipate their fears
in regard to it. But all ip Nobody
Would quarrel--Lnubudy *'could' even beenuie
excited. The jentlettien composing the Con
vention came together as pc:um:rats who have
the good of the cause &lathe county at heart,
and who, after t:Yree. interchange of senti
ment, one Kith the ~the:, nngniiimed, in bar
iiteny and good kitbag. and upon their o
judgments, the not-to-bo.beaten tick. given
at the head of those columns. There was no
oontfort for dark banterniNin in 'the delibera
tions of Monday last, and there will be little
Mare on the 11th of October.'
li=:7lMl
I*r The Oppositiun L'e.ottorisal eunfarence
will meet et Chambershurg on the 22d inst.
McClure is sure to be the hoinineo--in pur
suanceof a bargain wade be:woen "high uni
traaing partie s " a si•ar ago. 'McClure gave
Frankliu to 31el'her.-on, end now Alel'bersun
is to give Adams to 51.-elure !
I=l3
Lfypocriey.—:•Thi fibtOrious F. P. Blair, of
liisouri„ . (says the thicagii has lately
delivered bitarlfut i a speech at St. Joseph's,
which is chitracttiriied by the Republican
press genaiallyViis a Repub speet.h. Ile
Is said to have Come out stiung fur free soil,
and in favor of 'intrudueing Republican priu
eiples intu slave States.' We have nut beard
Oat be has emancipated his own slaves ; nor
is it rx:poiled that lie refuses teaceePt the wa
gei of his eighteen ur twenfy stout hard-Wurk
'o.l
Skir:The Dcsaoerat raises the name
of %Louis C. I3itect:tBailties as its first choice
fur the Presidency in 1860. 1 his is the third
ur fourth piper in Pennsylvania which Mei
already anhouncad a preference foi the dis
tingiiiihed Vice President. •-
• •
Mir Steps are iu plitgress fur the *Organiza
tion of a lien I conics:my "in tandem, with
capital £!.IO,UUU sterling. to be dented in the
purchase And settle/m.Ba of lands in Illinois.
The Prairie Land and Emigration fAinipany
state' tina a conditional purchase hag been
made of 550,0tAi acre* of ft:militia hied. front
the Binds etut'r.d Railroad - Cumfinny. ' •
pRocEEDINGS OF THE
Democratic 'County Convention.
In purnnanee of the call of the Democratic.
Centn ty C.tin m it/ x, kalega tes els osen in
g l e nereeal Ointrjets of (ire equnty on Sttur :
flay, the lith, nnttembled in the • ArLitration .
Room of the near Court !fount, in Gettysburg,,
on Monday, the Nth inst.. for the purpose of
nominating a Ticket, and trawl:Kling such
other hunine.it an might IM deemed necessary.
The Contention, at 11 o'clock, 4. 31., organ
fllowt• :
I's raid. nt. JACOB MINK.
Pier JON f! J.atvs, JA110614 N.
Pittrvrcur, Usuitim and Jasult
SePrefaries s JohN A. WICRWA4 and EDWAID
3111NTIICX.
The following pclegates composed the Con
rention :
Zichirinh Myers, Wm. J. Mnrtin
rtinowel.sml, Jaya) Cull:, (;(4). Iluohtuan.
Franklin, Jacob )lark. }. C:11111:4 NV ill.
Menalien, Wm. G% erdeer, i'BotOn Si. Swope.'
lintler, John le:ielioltz. 11u., Rani ioperver.
Huntington, Jonas 4014,14, 3oitta IViormau.
Lationore, Philip A. .11)er+, J. 11illiams.
Reading. Cbarle4 Kuhn, Thomas I/irks.
Tyrone, James N. Pittenlurf, Geo. Ileckley.
Strahan,E.N. Moritz, Theo. Tauntinhatigh.
(Ilford. Joseph J. smiq,, 4. Kuhl?:
Itcru irk bor. ' S.onuel gichoh.
Berwick tp., John !tiller, Henry Ilittinger.
Couowago, John Bushey, Sr., Chas. Shilling.
Slonntpleasnat, Joseph Oily, Baniel
Inion, Short', Alll4ls Lefever.
Germany, Jacob Klubk.John DuitAss.
llonnijoy, Henry Ilemler, W. A. lleary.
Free tom, Michael MeFablen,JoshuaT. Brown.
Ilamiltuuban t ltuburt Watson, Charles $l,
Liberty, Edward lAle!Wire, James Carrel.
'rho o.unty o,,tattitittt it f..r 'the liwaling
year was then nprwinted.
Gettysburg, Henry J. Stable, (Chairmen,) ,
Ww..J. Alartiu.
Climberlnnil, George !twit:flan,
Frankli it, IVei•ley J. Litt, '
Mcnallen, Win. tit prtletlT,
Butler, John Eieltoltz;
Iluatington, Daniel Stnbcflrer,
Joel Grist,
Ilenry A. Picking,
Tyrone, demi s S. l'ittvittisrf.
Strabnn, Edward Moritz,
Oxford, Joseph J. Smith;
llintiltun, George Baker, Bsq ,
tent irk tor.. Samuel w.dr,
11:!rwiek tp., Johnller.
Conowapi. Dr. Charlet , ilinloingti,
"'llion, Awns Lefever,
Germany. Wm. Dotter:l,
Ilenry
Freed A liralta I►ris',
Ilamiltinilotn,de4me T..ppor.
Li'ocrty, Eat.% ard %Intl; e „
A efflud.ttee to draft residution4l was then.
nn tauthott, ariptdateti by Vie Chair. 1 . 4.1-
I.strm :John ltu«liey, Sr.. Joseph J. Smith,
IVm. Overacer, Jacob dark and Am.'s Le
fever.
Adj.barned unt".l 1 n'Onet. P. M.
'floq Convention re-rinNeaolilpjl at the np
p.inte.4 boor. an I proeuiNle.l to 'leo
lion oC tt Ticket to ho suppurted nt the Octu
her election.
The following letter fromllr. Srr,ll was
here read:
firatfenr.-14 th‘c Ow...triton my name
has Imam ipot t al, of iu emaieetion with the
iiiii ii io n tio n of senator, I
y will eon
sidcr this at the pre.ent time
for any office appertaining to the ta.tittiy.
Itat hi ser% kW", be lietseleti a a a candi
date by the Voilvesiii.in :it any future time. I
V% ill einle.ivar to pr..ye inyt.elf a defelleter of
the faith ol the priiivipliN of the nart3 witlr
which 1 have been :begot-sated If.: many a ye..r.
Truly, yotarQ, &e.„
NV tr. C. STEN.
Ircvar 11. - r.aq, of 'fyrnc, mitt then
nu mot fir State Sonatiir by act:lutist' .
Fr:Lintitich: !tutu,, it Franklin, was .nutn
hatted for .IFactnlily l.r neclaluathin.
JAIL"' 11. 11.t1:.-11% Li., of Ilamiltmihnn, wits
I rt
chosen for C trintisrioner on tho first ballot.
then the non ;nation was made unsetim.tus.
JosFrii J. vu v, of Headin g , vme chosen
for DirN•tor of the 1'...r on ti) firm, ballot—
made mini' i wow
.1.1103 I.EreXI g, of Coilm, u.so noquieutte4
for Autlitur, uu the seetuul ballot—wa4le
tiontlinsouq.
W trurttcuT ZIECI.ER, of Gettysburg, watt
nominate,' fur County Creasurty2 uct first
unacc:mous.
J. C. NEEL'S. of Gettyptbary, , , wits climen
by acclamation fur Digtriet .rosy ; and
JOUN C. Ilatmatinorr. f Stratum, by ac
clamantion for County Surveyor.
lion. J. 11. DaNst.it elected Delegate
to the State Contention, and llouctsiv,
Juz.4F.l'U LILLY' and NICHOLAS lIELTACII. Sena
torial ConfereeA.
l ou p e li ate ly previous to making the norni
natiJn for Di,triet Attorney, the following
letter from Wu. MLCLLAN , KN., was read :
DuCEILISO CLIP 811111%04,
Aug. 2.185' .
To the Prtaideul of the Dein r -
Clwrnatiou—Destr Sir:-1
ited repeatedly by w
my /UMW being u •
ufhoe of DiAtr .
the C .nr.
until =
k.
1k Cutinly 1 I le" The Hat of premiums and regale
ing been " H a' i Hens of the Pennsylvania State Agricultural
_immix to cOnsout 41j
as t h e ejte didi tte f ur sh Society f ir I:. ninth annual exhibition. has
. Attorney, I itieire to info, jubt beets lammed . The celebration will be
t
Sou thr..ugi, y ou , th a t f or reason% held at Poe elton, in West Philadelphia, from
A tarieimit fur nipelf. (atiil which, I 1 the 07 t h to t h e 30 t h of September next. Th i
.rW, Irtnild be to your Ludy, if I should '-
Jere detail them,) 1 tuitini.t yield it, and to programme is an excellent one. Many lat.
request that toy Lame shall out be broughtprut entelits have been introduced, and great
in nomination.
I facilities tire affurdod to exhibitors.
IStat bein. e ., on the ticket, I can set more
freely fur ite election and the t•uocems of the
party, in the County sad State, et the Octo
ber election.
With my best wishes, I am very respect
fungi your uLulient servant,
McCLEAs.
'The committee on resolutions reported the
following, which were adopted without a di*.
Sell till' i ; Vole*
Bei.°lred, That wo hare unshaken confi
dence in !fie correctness of Democratic princi
ples, time and experienced haring proved
their justice and patriotism..
!trayleed, That our inistilitr t r proserip,
tire Know Nuthingisin and disuniuu Mack
Republicanism is uneutnprotnising, -
11esoltvd, That we will spare nu honoruble
effort to secure the triumphant election "iir
the excellent ticket this day tiontinatesi.
Rut°lcell, That the proceedings of this Con
rentiuti be published in The C'outpikr.
The Convention the% adjourned in tarnao
ny and tl.o best of feeling. "
ser The Nor nuulagers are at their old
game. Doubting ‘rliq.her the riiisaocrat
ic tickes o caq Le injured by any abuse they
fluty heap upon it, they are, for the sake of
baring something to say, diteeting a few
shot at the eJitot of the compiler. ' We bi t re
no special objection to their course, hut shall
expect to he allowed to reciprocate st some
convenient - titne. Those of the taaaagera
who 4u tho writing fur the Slur sh'aU hare
.•
each a full sitare.'•
Mr. D I ANCAILD has purchased of Mr.
1 101 1Nremes Psehusse !leery, .. the I Wx. 'Wponasi, forslUO cash, a small house
nephew add late private secietarjortbil Prose: aid lot near the eorner of Washington and
dist , eras married 4 X I Tuesday. at Aututpulia, striate, thus enabling him to Ore Inure
to Miss Niaulsuri, a daughter or Cut. Melba- ~ tt (wet to the large building he is grout erect
.
sun; of that place. ' leg there.
lacpcga.l, 411.12M1rsEs.
Wanbimetal' Illstbsimall
At the last session of Cosgrove a *charter
was granted fur an aaeoeiation *) sesame and
complete the eunet . inetion of the monument
to Washing,tsm, at the National Capital, and
it bas been organised with President Buehan
an at its head. Lieut. Ives, of the Topographi
cal Engineer po'rps, is the Engineer chosen
by the sociity to superiuten4 the work, and
lie has already rigged up the building appar
stus again. The business of collecting mei•
! ney, will, therefore, be resumed, and the first
effort proposed is to raise contributions from
the people by placing buxem in each Poet
Office for the reception cf funds. 4s there
rife thirty jhousmul VOrnt Offkvs in the Union,
1 a few ceista it nimith from each would spfficc
i to raise the shaft to its intended height in n
few years. The project has beer. approved
by Gm Monument Society, and endorsed by
the Postmaster General. So our citizens, de
simile of aiding in the work, may do so by
leaving their contributions at the Post Office.
Ezrrr■lN Troia..
By a noti.:e lu another ,xduritri it will be
seen that the liettyeburg Railroad Company
intend issuing round trip tickets to the Shrews
bury Camp Meeting, which commences on
Friday next. On Sunday, the 21st, en extra
train will be run through to the CampOronnd,
returning the same evening. See the adveT
tisentent fur particulars.
Nr Yr Atamileuly,
We are pleased to learn that the citizens of
Littlehtown and vicinity are making pi effort
to erect an Academy Buildiog t with a view
to establishing a permanent, School in that
town. The subscriptions thus far have been
liberal, and enough of money raised to ensure
success. Mr. F. B. ♦•oar, of Penn. College,
tins consented to take charge of the School,
which fur the time being will be held in a
private rown. i ghe school will be opened to
day.
roblic Ni Wool of the Boreogh.
.
On Satisr.lisy evening week, the Directors§
of the Public School of this borough tondo the
appoisitniersts;
Loth K. Ilnitglicr,
ICobert A..1,J ale, Vice Principal.
Miss MA:still:ln, Ist Assistant.
Miss Whiteside, 21 do.
Miss 310.`ordr; 3.1 d'o.
i/ ss Thson e son, .1111 do.
Miss Nb ci I.q Primary Te4chpr.
1!1ss P.swers. 2 , 1 J.
lair The next 'session will commence or; the
14t of ti p'ent'ser.
/yearn Wirseit.
Our friend dims Kura, of "-Selinsgrove
Nurt.er . ," near Arendtsville, this county,
favored us on Friday last with a variety of
rgsceedii.gly fine fruit, fur which be has our
rate:ill thank . Ile gathered this season 78
pears f.:411 a three year stock. dwarf, reveral
of which we had the plcstsure of " putting
away." The Orh ens Sugar Plums and German
I Prittles innisig the h 4 were also superior.—
:
Front the . tri:,l. Ao have had of his fruit, we
e 2 t buf r41,1y recommend Mr. li,itue's
' Nursery .
, till'irrullair Mr Docureertio fn
The Codipiiit will be furnished for the
at 1 WENTY-FIVE CENTS, poi , f
;ist n,e The county canvass promb.es to
Itc a 9 inicrestin;Lone, and we trait that httn
idreds who do ticl take a County Paper will
thetoseltes of this advantage to g(%
':The timepiler et an unprocedentedly low
'price. Tor Know Nothing Black ltcpubli
!can leaders and manaAers will, no doubt, re
'sort to their wood game 4 of falsehood and do
'ceptia:i in order to carry their point, but we
expect to be after them, with "a sharp stick,"
nod to be able to expose their attempted
S;heats. Circulate The Cmopiler.
tt3". Was. S. Consxs, Esq., formerly of
Phis place, died at the rmitlence of his broth
er-ia law, De. Fisher, at York, of pulmonary
rainksouption, on Saturday craning ncek,
agel about Cad pairs. Ile was waren-NI/1y
eatelonn.l hero. Ilia remains were taken to
iacwriiie on Monday for interment.
Ikath a Cleivyntau.-I.ler. Thomas
Pee. a Nlethodist Minister, attached to the
Multimore Conference, died suddenly on Mon
day in the curs, whilst he was on his way
from Warrenton to Alexandria, intending to
go a. Ilahim ire. Ili. remains were taken
laick to W.nrent.n.
ykr.t young lady by the mane of ELtzt-
LTtt 1 as frightfully burned with
f 1 fluid hoopla the ettabitl hotel, in Llano% er,
toil Saturday 0113111114 week. She filled the
l am p and lailod to Neeure the top properly.—
She was afterwards aiming the Jump in a
careless wanner, and spilled sonata the fluid
Wi her el..thitig. to Which the flume commu
nitnatel and bunted her in a shocking mar.bor.
tilt,s may recover.
say-We understaz4 that PruE. Haim' is
making arrangemeuts to get up a grand mu
tieul festival at Ltanotor, similar to the unu
had hero a few weeks ago. It will probably
t.►ko place about the middle of September,
lerThe attention of Teachers an 4 Direc
tor* in the Ouunty is directed to the notice in
smuttier column by the County Superinten
dent of Common Schools of his appointments
over therunty for the examination of Teach
er/.
' likirThe Cungreption of the German Re
formed theroh, in this place, recently decided
to rent the pews, and ire understand that all
have been rentarbutfiie or six.
par Tho citizen's Band of this place at
feudal thO Sabbath School Pio kio near pen
dotard!. on Saturday, and discoursed some
of their bast pieces: Ererybody was delight
e4 with the music, spd tho Arrangements
11 ry
generally.
ter•ln consequence of the largo accossions
to our list of subscribers alter the 'Aoutsido" of
our last paper bad boon ‘.'workeil off," a nun.-
her wero` served Willi bat a hall sheet of tha t
issue. We will endeavor to prevent a us.)
sbor. alkiwanaelOriafter. Let the names of
taw subscribess` pour in. There is mum
foe all.
Western REaryland Railroad.
Opening to Owing's Mills.—The formal t
opening of i the finished part of the IVestern
Maryland Railroad, being (rum tee Relay,
House, on the Northern Central, to Owing's
Dille, took place on Thursday Inst. The oc
cation woe one of unalloyed pleasure to all
who participated. About one hundred and
fifty invited guests left the Relay in a train
of four cars at 11, A. M., and were whirled
a;ong at a fine rate of speed to Green Spring
and the Mills, a distance of ten miles. 4
speech of warm welcome was made on behnlf
of the gentlemanly builders, Messrs. fawtx
TAYLOR, and the direvtory, by Jolts E. SMITH,
Esq., of Westmitisier. At three o'clock din
ner was announced, and a capital collation it
was. Everything the season could aff o rd was
screed in Share's best style, and enjoyed in a
twoulr whisilt lie could not wider:thin I other
wise than us complimentary to his inviting
place. Upon the rem avail of the cloth, toasts
and speeches became the order, and wit and
sentiment abounded. Cul. Hugh Gelston pre
sided, and toasts were respond:al to by John
K Smith, Esq., of Wmtminster, John Smith.
Esq , of Wakefield, Coleman Yellott, 11. 11.
Richardson, E. Whitely and W. Taylor,
Esqs., of Ifaltimure, and 4. Wills and F.. X:-
Pherson, Esqs., of Gettysburg. Messrs. Irwin
Taylor have earned additional credit by the
work thus tar done, and wo are sure they will
persevere to the end. Fur di* generous
liberality at the "opening," they deserved,
and wore accorded, the thanks of all present.
ImolaHallant.
Iler. T. P. Ikelive was, yesterday tawning„
installed as Pastor of the Gettysburg, Charge
of the German Reformed Church. Tim, in
stallation took place in the Chute!' of that
denomination in this borough, and as at
tended by a yory large audience, who mani
fested. much I:dere-it in the solemn exorcism
Rev. Mr. Maur., of Y‘irk, and l' t ev. Mr.
KMIEC of were present tui the oc
pillion, the former delivering the sermon and
the charge to the pastor, and the latter tire
charge to the pe'ple.
A parThe Sabbath tzchool connected with the
patliuqo Church in this place will spend Wet'.
tiowdav next at Spangler's Spring, and a pleas
ant time is antic pitted.
nearbTllo honorary degree of l). I). has 'leen
conferral upon Prof. J %cons, of place,
by Wateuhelg and JeCer4on Collega4.
EZ - We used to hear a great deal in the
Republic: t papers about ",.lavers being forced
upon Kan- as," and the ilepotlilLtan orators
wont to groan nu er it until they were
red in the face. Well, ;he Constitutianol Con
vention of lianmet has just adjourned, end we
learn that the section prohibiting alavery or
itivuluntary seri Rode wmo adopted by a tote
of fisty-ei. t lit to ono. Fury-eight to one !
What more effectual commentary could there
lie upon the misrepreaentatieus of Republi
canism that this fact, 'fluty raise I the cry.
(retnaek : the Eric Observer.) that Slaiery watt
to be force.' arm Kansas, awl upon that they
ride iota power in most of the northe-n
States. Here we the result. Of all
the delegate., t•leete.l to the e.et,ti t eti etta t col t -
Vetiti.lll hilt otle can be found t o tote fir tan .
king Kansas a sline State. n it this better
—lntl we put the (intuition to these rya tck
Republican. tlwin , el‘cs—is not this bett e r
than it would have been for Congress to base
prohibite I it by special enactut tut, as t'Acy
wine atboesting
Pig or Pup.
A gentleman in Kentucky, who been
driven ditrint by his leittlere tenon one politi ca l
pell 4, 11,1141[11er, 11:1.m tit lan deterlll it d 111 break
lo,oe from their i.litu:klcs. iiilVlll;4 been mow
a Ink and then an Ame..iritn, be retto.ed
to go into the Illaek Republican coalition—
itrwtt ay the Oppoqition..
De writes to the I,iiiisrille Democrat—
•• Messrs. ....Ikons, I nut tiro* of this thing
of heilirT, eliangel et; frettoutitlt front a pig to
44, pt.ppc , awl ply 19 pig uglt it. lam nut
permitt runi.toi Lon enough in either
state it. kLMV W!)1C11 ut Wu cugU.ti MS IS flit,
timq t.i my nature, pig or pup.—
um tire.i f theot etatioss, ecerlusting pro
nuticiaittento?— nese pro 4 t-reto-rita-ground
and lofty tinliblnig,% and it Lek sainercats, &c.
In a t Mogiiiito I with toe
LLADEIi., of toe tattogretl unlit cat-
!Eli
`•There mny he a lew who are trilling to
Le transli•rred lr.nui mill party to iineLher like
a piece of merehniiilote ; hut I du hope there
ate very few of tort stump."
Th , Chu,: 1 . // Ketstrirky.—We hn re already
netted the fact th tt Thouute 11. Clay, et sou of
the late Ilan. Henry Clay, lead been elected
to the Kentucky Legislature let the late elec
tion. It appears that a relative, Brektus J.
Clay, a sues of ‘l,.l.sius M. Clay, w as less for
tunate, having been defeated fur the State
Semite by a dear votes, after a most etching
canvass. Brutus, son of Cassius, was the
candidate of the opposition, and by his defeat
the Democrats gained a senator in a district
where they hare nut elected ono fur stt.iny
r
A Free Negro Aakigg to be Maar a Stare
A petition has been filed its the CI-Tk's olbre
of the eiruttit Court ur this comity by a litr,rl)
11111111.%1 Braxton. a free uu4st, praying, that
!he &hurt will eossi.eut to los being t slave of
Mr. S.tniunl llouse, ul this county. Braxton
was matinmittol by the last wal and testa
inept of Elijah Ureenwell, deed, of this coun
ty. art; haring enjoyed, fa- seteral years,
rentisylrawa freesluni, Lass become disgusted
nod returnr„ asking to be made a, stscse—cs
,which blessing, of course, will be granted
hitu.—Rouguey ( Va.) Inieltlyencer.
Expensire Clam.—At the late
at Brpin's Urove, w here the Centerville Sun
day Sztioul were holding their pie nic,yester-,
day afternoon, Mr. Denison, who was super- 1
intending the uperatiun, dripped his g' 1d
Jaunting watch intu the pit with the claws.—
Some ut the party atlvis-4 taking up the whole
tanicern, and getting the watch out. Mr.
I)enisun advised letting the whole concern
alone, and leave the watch to bake. The
ournitany uttered nu resistance to this, know
ing that they could afford it if lie could, and
the watch was aecurdiugly cooked until the
clams opened their faces. At the end of for
ty minutes the watch was taken out with a
stairel full of cleart, so hut that it bad towel
for wine minutes before it could be opened.
It had Out stopped doing its duty through the
entire heat, and le as good a watch to-day
'• as anybody's got." Put it down as a hard
'lntl.—Norwich (Conn.) Bulletin.
La/..s of Blood.—Dr. Dick estimates the'
number of those who have perished directly
ur indirectly by war 1.1,000,000,000. Elihu
purritt, the learned bLukswith, has taken
the estimates of Dr. Dick, and estimating the
average quantity of blood in a CULIIIkIUEI sited
persou, states that the blood in the reins of
those fourteen thousand millions, would fill
a circular lake of more than seventeen miles
iu cirimintereuce, and ten feet deep, in 'Midi
all the navies in the world might tloat. '
flarTbere are two eventful periods in the
life of a woman : ono, when she woudertrwho
she shall have—&the other, when she wonders
who will•ksve her. , .
Sir Th o lier. Levi Bull, D. D., die 4 at his
reoulenoo in Chester county, Pa, tat Titesdii.
*0"-I'rutiperity is a stronger trial than M.
Tevitny. •
- . •-: ' 9 4 . : 5' 01r#4110111011611161i
FRIEND Stamen...As this Dinanarnlthlt.
.. ,lrCiu
ter. of our county hare an ekezetlint notes
nominates' for their suppmrt, and as tWy aft
exercise the privilege, alike with an UWIP
fellow-citizens without distinction. of OW
voluntary suffrage, which is accorded hog./
them by the Constitution and laws of their
country, / desire to call their ntfentipti to din
importance of the discharge of their duty as
freemen and voters, at the present tint°, fur
the further success of the principles of the(
Democratic party, which all tueu should feel
an interest in, on accoun. of the growth of
out institutions and the prosperity of one
common country. Negligence and inadrer
taney by the constituents iif any government
have been the cause of decline and subversion,
and this is ono reason why I Wish to call the
attention of the voters to the relation itri?ielt
they bear as god citizens to the eorerniacet
of their country, and the oliiiption tit einito
corn ...I-4 u.r in tile day of election, set :inert
for their speei.:l pririlege, and assert their
rights through the ballot box, for the choieo
of the can li I itet ma le by the QJinocratio
party for their suppiirt. Ilse strength aril
beauty of our iitqltutions rest upon the es
preesion of the popular will, and any neglect ,
to give utterance to it :It the ballot trIX. ITLY
I ! weaken, perli.ips, iliistriiy, them. Fellow vo
i lets, till elections are itort.litatlt. The one
now at hand i+ especially Flll, tail every citi
zen shied 1 retle,o upon the * 1....104 involved ,
and duly consider the duty which he Owes to
his own best interests and to his country, li t , -
' fore he ventures to neglect the exercise of thii
elective franchise. The candidates noluine
ted fur your support upon the State as \veil
as the ,County . Ticket, are all men of strict
! integ,rit3', and identified with the prineinks
of the Democratic party, and therefore should
reeeivc the support of every Democratic cuter.
Co vote is as obligatory upon the good Marl
as the performance of any duty, and he that
is neglectful ermines short of the trust which
111i:4.EL:hers committed to his guardianship,
If one man may neglect this duty, till haio
Ithe right to do so, and the wily and scheming
would goon direct the destinies of and isu'ivert
I this great republic. The principles of the
1 Dein .erittie party are the only permanent
principles associated with the history of our
ihrinua CCiintry and this forcibly illustrate,
the imperative ditty, the i4olenni oldi 4 • l tio,,,
by winch every Democratic voter in time
State hi - bound to exiircio his high and re r
sioniailge right of suffrage at every election:
Therefore, fellow voters, let these principles
be incorporated with your political mural-,
to be borne with you and impel netiiin in
your walks and labors of every day, until
their vital strength mind itillitence shall make
each regard his right as n viler, not in the
light of a privilege. t i at ueed'or neglected et
pleasure, but as a sacred, responsible, impec
tire Mitigation, enjoined by the love we Lear
to, and the interest we have in, the liiiii o r
:mil welfare of the great cumin in wcalth to
which we i,"l mg, CASIII7O \I:N.
1 A uAlist, 180.
Stato Election 3.
The Kentucky election has resulted mr;Kil
gloriouuly for the Dvinitcrn, y, in spite ol ihn
re. kiess and emprineiplrd ollorts of the Onpo
; ..
sumo on the slaverydin ,,,, tion. The ate ii
Ontnnenttic en the r.pular vote for 0 .vurn ..t.
I and loieutennnt-thoenter, by a majority of
'lid, itirlre thwmtiol, and the Domocrntii lin% e
hoth branches of did Ift•gi.lll uro. whivb till
prohnhly lead to the election of di. Rail:lilt
and acenntplislted Dreckittridzo to tho U. :4.
. Sesiate, in place of Crittenden. The G. 64-
ville Coirk.r abut claillpt oig!tt of the ten Vow
gressmen di Demourati; and that journal,
mon ittneing; Clio •ze, tend roan It. .97.1 ski of it —.
As an overwhelming verdict or 0.0 people.
1111*(4s - or of Baclut mit's Almin.stratint4., au.l
nguirnst the unholy sillinnen lie. wean Dlatot
Itepu'lliertniint ttn•l Know NothittAt.m. All
i honor to tho isteorriptilde Democrats tuol
Ohl Line Whi4,l for the gloriou+ Itthievemoilt„
Awl let the 'hi,, big., giuo agoio imilosioce to t i,)
end , r ,
MO Lilo u tter acniltilation of duo Cpposi
. titm '."
The in ijnrity for .11-Orme B. M sore, Dem..-
cent. tur Governer of 11.L$11 i 4 e.ii.l W
P.' to 25,0 i X). (I).m ) •i1.41. , ri•
tv for C.m;4ress:in the :11.1bile 14401.4. Is L-
I 500 to 1,704/. Entire CongresAional t1,4•;4;k
-thus (.ere.t member-) Delmwratie, LegisLottri.‘
• ditto, I !MIA ututulietem.ly.
Teettessee, (.rerner Harris has boort"
; re elected by rt majority of het W Pen 1,/.1 011 :114
eight thousand, :tad the Legislature is lkee,,,
• merle. -
The W:oillington Conttitution Rays: Al
rvtaraN hale wit yet linen rim:eh -
ed front the State,. ia eivethwt4 11, 1 ‘ 0 ,
h• e n held , Irvin^ th 4r.N..k. 4a:li•io it
known to ja.tiry the coari•teat Ili.ttr Otis
IVlwlt 14 Deameratie file in.
esitissi.takai t le awt pin-oar:00z •lo•rrtlri„n.—
In (7.111Are....0.1t0l Iti4trii.t4 whorl. za
ialtuenee. antd I I.rojudieep. ;wet ail.
pinion atemlicro. hay, 1.14. n retttrii.4l 0 till Om.
placro4 ~f the worthy and ‘tilued aloallwrs
the Ocai wratic ;arty : but the
the Ittnoleratit eawliiLter ft.s tl .vera..r
are age majoritiiqi of tea thote,and, snot IL..
elv,t-arms, t I'm in hothi isrundo..4
04 the , State Legkilature4, runt a taaj.irity
the C.,egre e eimett, pr,ive IrPyolid eat it that tho
&ate* are 0,40(16,01y I)..trioeratie, aa,l
lac eolifidently lelie.t en in every ca , ,e whew
miaow, polities are e.owerned.
Chapter of Fatal loexdohts..
On Iradoc , 4l:ty laxt n 14/11 of Ar. Leonard
N.ive, n4(.1 about 12 yeArs. yr:l4
wilik bathing in tly: d.tin at Nickle's Mill, in
Cuthert,c3 k 's It or, in tlii4 emitity,
Mr. l'holles .111i.-oo,ssf this td,Wic t met with
r sudsiest lie:t It, on WeddirJolo t y last, by
thrown from a Ina's). %Le. was eitgagesl isi
driving a team of mutes heloaging to Mr. Jta•
cob !leper, when the accident of:44l,restsl which
d-prived him of life almost instwitly.
leaves a wife and several children, 1,0 tuentrit
lib! Tho deceased was a munthoz of the
"Chamberslirg I. sage," I. 0. F. ll l it
r.cral was . attendod, smmi Th r$ 4 1111) . Last, by Oe
members of the order and u largo number t.,(
citizens generally..
Capt. Junes . .\l..d.`trtney.nf Carlisle, while
returning fret/100 Firemen's Parade at Ship.
pensburg, un Ott Thursday eviming Lost, was
killed it tate:npting to got on the cars while
in motion, on the Cumberland Valley
road, at Nessville. The accident was causal!
by Mr. 111teartney's own imprudence.
A young man named Wm. Dittinger, an
apprentice to Mr. David Croft, blnckstnith, of
this place, was found dead, and his bosly
shockingly untnglod, on tho CumbOrland
Itailroad, slew iniles front town, on Fri
day morning last. Ile haul attended the fire
men's Parade at Ship_pensburg, and on tF
turning home, on the 1 o'clock cars, Iva ho
hat. lie left the train at Stkaland W seoitylv
fur his bat. The train passts.l on without him,
and the next morning his Isaly was disputer
, ed on the track by tho freight trait! going
east and brought back to town., l`he inquest
held on the I, , dy, decided that Ws death May
occasioned by the 11 o'clock train of WI! Pitteib
; ing over hint while either sitting or lying 01
i the track. The management of the road is
fully ozoneratetl from all blanto.—Cliambers
burg Valley Spiril of Wednesday.
A Quack Dune For.. ~ 1 quack, in a canton
of Switzerland, ilATing told a girl that her
" specula" were owing to her haring . been
bewitched by the wife of a tradesnotcsn the
neighborhood, was condemned by the Court
before whom the mutter was hrtAgnt to dam
ages and imprisonment for his irapideut
calumny, and X.2ls fine, with costa fur ii& c i
practice. Another quack bad a v
broughtagarust himof two years' ito priaotnen t,
and coats. fur falae . preteuceit and swindling.
—Erato Medico! Situwc.
afirti. few daysav, says the Dural° Com
niercial;one of our quent. city divines per
pettated a boa mot in his sermon, whiob not
a few took—anions them a prominent railroad
man. lie was preaching upon repentance.
and," WA' he, when the tears of repent-
Knee are Sowing; substantial proofs of a regen
erated Die are ezpeoted. Osly the tears of
a deep pastiteisee can wash away the sins of
ofv ; for, telt•you, the heavy &ark hotel go
by eatcr.1 I
lAugeet•Ceurt eommencerto4iy.