HERALD AND' EXPOSITOR,
PA:
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1858
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CHE LARGEST AIM CHEAPEST NEWSPAPER
IN CU . BF:IMAM) COUNTY !
Terms—Two Dollars:a year, or - One Dollar and
.hyty Cents, if paid punctually in Advance.
$1,76 (f paid within the year.
gemocratic Whig Nominations
atipnEmn JUDGE,
THOMAS A. BUDD, of Philadelphia
CANAL OODIMI6S1ONEIt•
1110S8 POWNALL, of Lancaster County
AITDITOR wrstAL,
ALEXANDER K. McCLURE, of Franklin Co
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CHRISTIAN - MYERS. of Clarion County
IMMO COUNTY TICKET
Assembly,
ALEXANDER CATIICART, of Lowey Allen
PHILIP KOONS, of Shipponsburg tp.
Commissioner,
JOHN - D. GORGAS, of Carliglo.
Treasurer,
^ JOHN D. RHOADS, of Cellist°.
Director of the Poor,
HENRY SHEAFFER, of Dickinson.
Auditor,
OWEN JAMES, of Now Cumberland
Deputy Surveyor,
JAMES B. LECKEY, of Frankford.
District Attorney, ,•
WM. M. PErOSE, of Carlisle.
J'Tho New Yo 4 Tribune has at length
out itself adrift from the Whig party. It do_
°tarps that, in the coming State election, it
shall run up no party banner with the party
ticket, at , the head- of its c olnmns.
The Farm Journal for September is "
good number. It contains numerous original
artialas from practical mon—tho Tory kind,of
reading 'calculated for a journal devoted to
Aigrioulture. Published by mossrs. BOWEN,
& CO., West Chester, at $l,OO per
annum.
POLITICS AND TEMPERANCE IN GEORGIA.
amrlos J. Jenkins, the Union party candidate,
and Herschel V. Johnson, the democratic can
didate for Governor of 'Georgia, lave issued a
joint card to the Pablio," in which they de
cline to express any line of executive polio.) , in
connection with the temperance question.
PERAVA. AGRICULTURAL PAIR
Grounds for this exhibition have boon neloot
ed about midway between the 'center of the
city of Pittsburg and euburban village of Law
'renceville. The area is twenty acres, all of
which is now enclosed by a board fence eight
feet high. A speaker's utand,a ticket office,
and suitable shelter for articles intended for
'exhibition, are in course of erection. Among
~ the latter is a building for manufactured goods,
125 feet long by 48 feet wide, The edifice in
tended for the ticket office, police station, etc.,
is to be ninety-in feet long by twenty-fourfeet
wide. There will be twenty-eight sheep pens
and twentyfive pens for swine, besides three
hundred and ten stalls for cattle, very comfor
tably arranged. Two refreshment halls, each
96 feet long by 24 feet wide, will bo erected,
one at each gateway. There will also be a
vast chicken coop, 200 feet long, 'besides elev
en tents, 'varying in size from 100 feet by 80
to 12 foot by 17 oath, the largest of which is
intended for the exhibition of flowers, plants, -
fruits, etc. A race course eighteen hundred
feet-in circumference has been fitted up for
the display of the qualities of the steeds en
exhibition. This forms a spacious drive around
the entire grounds. From these details it will
be seen that the Pittsburg State Fair will be
an event of no ordinary magnitude. Last fall
the State Fair, at Harrisburg was tremendoils
ly crowded, and' rem the remarkabledegree of
interest manifested in it all over the State, we
antcipate for the approachinglair at Pittsburg
a still greater success. It will undoubtedly
bo a very decided benefit to Western Pennsyl
vania, exhibiting, as it will, in one concentra
ted view, a picture of its industry, agricultti
ral, manufacturing, and mechanical, and pla
cing these in competition with the products of
the more cultivated and better developed eaSt.
People of all classes in the western section of
the State will throng to it, mid there they will
have an opportunity of inspecting and appre
ciating the improvements of, science, and the
benefit of study and experiment. ffhe days
of the fair, the 20th and 21st of the present
month, will, no doubt, witness the influx of
mini thousands into Pittsburg to see and par
ticipate in the-spectacle and its incidents
VERMONT ELECTION.
The State eleolion in Vermont took place
on Tuesday of last week. Tho temporanoo
question operated largely to brook up party
linos, and hoe probably prevented the usual
Whig viotory in the State. The latest returns
are given in the following dospatch :
MONTPELIER, Vt., Sept. 12.—Returns have
boon received from 230 towns; which are all
but 10. The Whigs havo 88 and the Demo
crats and Froo Soilors 123 in the Doues. The
Senate fs probably Whig by one or two ma
jority. •
Mane Election.
The election in Maine took place on Monday'
last. But few returns aro as yet in, enough
however to slow that no Governor Lae been
oleoted by the people. There is supposed to
bo an inoreased majority in the Legislature
for the prohibitory law.
SELLING LIQUOR ON SUNRAY ILLE - OA.
Judge Woodward doliverod the (minion of the
Supremo Court, on Tuesday, at Pittsburg, In
the case of Omit vs. the Commonwealth. ThO
plaintiff in error had hein fined four dollars
under the act of 1794, for selling liquor on
`Sunday, and appealed. The Supremo Cour;
affirmed the judgment below, dooldiag that
the sale of liquor on Sunday was not a work
of charity or necessity. This law ought to
be enforced overywhero, instead. of being,"al
loWed'to remain a dead statute.
DZATIC Or EX-GOVERNOR POINDEXTER.::-.4104.,
George Poindexter, formerly 'United States
Senator from Mississippi, died at Jackson, in
that State, on the sth inst. Ma was tbo first
delegate to Congress from 'Mississippi, and on
her admission Into thO Union was immediately
ehoson U. S. Senator, which position ho told
,
for a great number , of years.• lle was likowiso
at one timo Governor of the State. In early
life ho was a supporter Saokson, :but
in later ,years ho boaaiacr an ievOtOrnte:oppo-
Went of, dui Cid Tier°, withdrew froM tyi dem-,
ooratio ranks, and joined the whip.
,f The Table nook, at
,Nlagars, is now
all gone, the piece• which fell on Friday iniing
tho last aft, It is not euppoaod that any ono
vies buried benoath'tho fallen intim,
SALE. OVTIIIC PUBLIC) WORKS
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Tho following noble vindication of , Whig
•policy-and principles, . and 'strong'argument in
favor of tho ealo of the. Biota Worke r is from
the ,conolusion of an able address by. FLOM Al
exander McClure, 'at Ituntingdon on the 26th
ult.,
the official statement, taken from the
Annual :Reports of tho - Auditor General, we
see that during the laift five ,yeare, - our public
improvements have yielded the Commonwealth
an negregato of only .$926,000, or.but $165,-
000 per annum; which would not pay the in
terest on $3,500,000 of our State debt nt 5 per
cent. It is true that during the years '6l and
'62 a little over a million was appropriated to
the No . rth Branch - Canal, which if deducted
from the expenses, would leave $600,000 of
revenue instead of - 000,000 of excess of ex
. penditures; but a singular feature in the
statement of expenditures presents.everything
in confusion, and renders it imposSible to do
exact justice to the subject. Since the cost of
maintaining the public works has been increas
ed so, alarmingly, certain expenditures aro
withhold from the public each year, and
crowded into subsequent statements in the
most vague and unsatisfactory manner.
Take, for instance, the year 1850. which
appears, according to the Auditor General's
Report, ns yielding $200,000 for the public
works above expenses; but in thelleport for
'5l, we find over $900,000 in The statement of
expenses fur that year, as baying been paid
for debts ' prior to December, 1850. So a true
'statement for-'5O would have shown that the
expenses for that year were $700,000 more
than the revenue. Turn again to the 'report of
'62, and we find $070,000 paid for sundry
expenses incurred prior to 1860 and 1861.'
This swells the expenses for 1850. to $2,400,-
000, when we had but $1,700,000 of revenue,
and when the Auditor General 'was made to
report a nett revenue of $200,000; and for
the year 1851 it makes an actual outlay of
$;1,970,000, exclusive 'of the $900,000 sad
dled on it for the previous year. And what
of 1862
Who can tell whether a million will cover
the expenses reserved for some future state- '
ment ? or who con say that there are not sev
eral millions of floating debts yet unknown to
our official records, which has been contracted
for our public works? The managers of our
improvements ,were afraid te let the cost for
the year '5O come before the public in one
year, or even two years, for we find in the
statements for'both '5l and '52 sundry expen
ses paid for that year. And may there not be
nnsotled accounts still back for '5l ?—at least
what assurance have we that all the.expenses
for To. and '52 have been paid ? But to take
the very best face tine matter can present, we
can arrive at no other conclusion than that
independent of all extraordinary npproprin. ,
tions for prosecuting new works, our public:,
improvements are sinking the Commonwealth
every year deeper and deeper in debt.
Notwithgtanding the mystery iu which the
report's are purposely involved, this fact is
apparent, and admits of no denial, but they
can, and douhtlefts do withhold.ftem_the.public
the exact amount of debt they annually throw
upon the State. In the brief space of five
years we 800 the cost of maintaining our pub..
lio works swelled from $700,000 to over $2,-
000,000,. and if this species of Democratic pro,
gression is to be continued for five years more,
it will require the sale of the works, And ex
hanfrt all the proceeds, to pay The debt incurr
ed in merely keeping them up.'
Mr. McClure is the Whig candidate for Au -
alter General, and it would be well for Tax
payers if he were elected.
TUE PUBLIC "WORKS
The i'itteburg Gazette pithily remarks
"The Publio Works are yearly adding to the
debt of tho State, instead of helping to pay
it off, and if things go on long nt the present
rate the State will lie owampcd. The North
Branch is - yearly eating - up from half a million
to a million of dollars, and the Portage Road,
which costs more than it earns to run it, is
absorbing hundreds of thousands more. PO-
litical cormorants are groWing fat on the, pipit.-
Inv 'afforsed 'these works, but the people
are fleeced to give them the opportunity. Thb
first letting of the contracts on the now Por
tage rood were awarded to political favorites
at a cost of $150,000 above what they could
bare been contracted for, and this is but the
beginning. So long as the State is the pay•
muster the State will be plucked. Our only
safety and holib' of escape is in getting rid of
the public works altogether. They will not
sell for what they cost, nor relieve ns%f more
than a moiety oT our indebtedness; but their
sale will save us from further indebtedness,
and from all the corruption and disgrace now
attached to their management."
Taxpayers of Cumberland) Vote for KOONS
and CATHCART and tho sale of the Public
Works.
IMPORTANT DECISION
The
_Supreme 'Court of Pennsylvania - , at
Pittsburg, on Tuesday last, decided in favor
of the constitutionality of municipal subscrip
tions to railroads and other public works, and
has thus affirmed the validity of the subscrip
tion by the city of Philadelphia to the Hemp
field and Water Gap Railroad Companies; by
tho city of Reading and the borough of Leba
non to the Lebanon Valley Railroad, and by
the borough of West Cheater to the West
Chester and Philadelphia Railroad. Each
Judge road a separate opinion,-and it is said
that five such able opinions have rarely, if
over,
proceeded from any legal tribunal.—
Chlof' Justice Black occupied ono hour and a.
quarter in reading his opinion in favor of the
constitutionality of the sots of Assembly Ittu
thorizing corporate subscriptions. Jusfleo
Lewis oocupiod more than an hour in reading
his opinion in the opposite view.
Justice Lowrio next followed, with a shorter
opinion, coinciding with tho views of Judge
Lewis Justice Woodward next followed,
agreeing with, in substance, the views of Chief
Justice Blade. Thus far, the four Judges
stood equally divided, when Justico Knox, the
now Judge, concluded-by' reading his opinion
.in a brief .lotillucid manner, and decided the
case by concurring with Judges Black and
Woodward,
This decision, which grow out of an applica
tion for injunctions against the lletnpfield and
Delaware Water G ap rayroads, has beettlowited
or with deep anxiety, as the Connelsville and
several other railroad companies were equally
interested. The decision seems to have given
great satisfaction, for had the injunotions been
granted the consequences, it is alleged, would
have been disastrous to oities and towns whore
there was not a largo ooncentrationof capi
tal.
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Ip~ The Locofeeo County Convention, in
Philadelphia, broke up in a row on Wodnes
.dayafternoon. 'lt seems that resolutions were
introduced opprovii{g of the State and Nation
al Administration, denouncing the chartering'
of Banks, approving. of consolidation, &e.—
The President declared upon taking a vote
that she resolutions wore oarriedogninst which
Col. Small and hie folieivers protested, but the
President had n duty to perform, and that was
-to giro tfittor, Campbell & Company, a safe
deliverance; and so ho pertirmoiously adher
ed to his decision, and amitht the greatest
poesible noise and confusion deolarod'tho Con 7
vontloutljourtm4 Ifcreupon, 43 out of the
71 delegates' Of tVe Convention remained in
their seats, and eointneneett business de novo
by. calling Colonel Small to prosido,.and oon..
tinning, Joseph. Burr as Secretary. All the
resolntiorufwere then again declared to 'ho'bo- .
fore the Convention, when a motion' wattinade
that they had laid-upon the 'table, Whielfprei
railed, and then this comma edition; or contitt
Inapt' of the Cohvention t adjourned.:l '
L4IIIE DODGE
The Ahditor General Of Pennsylvania being
at present engaged in attending upon a sick
son, ono Of his clerks, says the North Ameri—
can, has published a letter in regard Co the
charge, lately made . against Mr. Banks in nu•
morons quarters, of being a party to tho're
cent detention of wages on the Portage Rail;;
road, which caused the strike of the opera
tives. Ho shine the responsibilities upon the
shoulders of the Superintendent ctho road.
Yeti the Can'al Commissioners, after their
sham investigation of the subject, exonerated
the Supei:intendont from blame. It is,not de
nied that the outrages upon tho workman wore
perpetrated, although it would seem- that no
one is respobsible for them
The Canal Commissioners pretend that they
did not know anything of the proceedings, and
with some show of surprise, go through the
form of an inquiry, which results in white
washing the Superintendent. The Auditor
General avers t h at he hod nothing to do with
the matter, as he does not audit the bills until
after they are paid at the treasury; and, to
cap the climax, the State Treasurer exculpates
himself by imputing the fault to the Legisla
ture, for not having made sufficient appropri
ations. Truly hero is an upright party of
officials. The workmen on'tho road are dc•
privet/ of their pay for months together, until
some of them are driven by desperation to sell
their claims to speculators. The Superinten
dentywhoso immediate business it is to knew
every thing that is going on on the road,
knows nothing of this. The workmen cannot
obtain their money from the treasury, but
speculators do, after making a shave on their
claims. The State Treasurer pays whatever
the Superintendent demands, without hesita
tion, and the Auditor General approves the
Superintendent's accounts without noticing
these transactions. And yet, if their own
words may be taken, noun of these persons are
to blame, and none of them- are aware of the
matter until the workmen tome to a strike, and
refusing to work any longer without pay, form
in procession and march to Hollidaysburg.- -
With such officers as we have at the head of
our State, administrative departments, there is
nothing to - prevent the recurrence of these
things. It is high time to oust them.
A Ilmto AZil) MARTYIL—Tho Now Haven
Journal gives the following, which is cou).
mended to tho attention of boys ne a noble
example:
]fund Iverson, a Norwegian borten years
-of ego, and a member of the Evangelical Lu
theran . Church, of Chicago, on the Ilth of
August, 1853, preferred to die rather than to
steal. Ile was in anomp,any of larger boys,
who endeavored to force the
,little follow to go
into the garden of Mr. Elston to steal fruit
for them, and on his refuSing to do so, ducked
him in the river, till, becoming frightened,
they ran off, and in spite of his earnest sup
plications, Ipft him to his fate. He was
drowned ! 'Hero is the true spirit of a martyr
displayed. What a lesson to the busy world
does this boylgivel What parent would not,
be proud to have such a son.! His martyrdomi
deserves .to be recorded for tho benefit of than
future as well as the present generation.. Ws
are informed that the citizens of •Chicago aro
about to erect a monument to his memory.
Who will sing the praises of this hero and
martyr 1 Ile has not slain his thousands—he
has not shed the, blood of others—he has given
up his own life a sacrifice to truth 1
TIM PATN AMORAL SIR CmORGE COMMURN.
—The London Times devotes two columns to
the 'genealogy, the exploits and public honors
of this hero. It recounts, with much boast
ing, the marauding in the Chesapeake Bay,
and glorifies Sir George Cockburn for his
share in the destruction of between X 2,000,000
and £3,000,000 of public property at Washt
ington, which it calls a "splendid achievement."
For this, more than all his other -exploits, Ad.'
miral Cockburn was loaded with 'honor's by Gis
sovereign and by successive parliaments ; rind
for this, More than for anything else, he will
be honored with a place among the great in
Westminister Abbey. On this nide of the
Atlantic, however, he has long since secured
nn immortality of infamy for his vandal deeds
at Washington, and for the craltiee perpetra
ted by him along the Chesapeake, during the
war of 1812.
FOREIGN NEws:—The steamship. Asia
, ar
rived at Now York on Thursday night, bring
ing news to tho 27th ult.
The Turkish difficulties appear to be settled,
although the Porto is understood to insist
upon the Czar evacuating the Danubian Prin
cipalities, before he will send an ambassador
to St. Petersburg.
On the 24th, Mr. Ingersoll presented to the
Queen his letters of recall, and Mr. Buchanan
was presented by the Earl of Clarendon. Tho
ceremony took place upon the Isla of Wight,
whore the Queen was temporarily sojourn.
ing.
WITAT Rum Wm. Do 1.--A man wee arrested
in Wilmington, Del., a few days ago, for steal
ing $55. Ho was once a man of some wealth,
an esteemed citizen, a member of the council,
and ono of tile most popular men in the city.
Ho Lai 0.. rico end nine interesting children.
But the demon of intemperance took hold of
him—ho opont his money--hie wife died as it
id said heart-broken—his eldest daughter, a
boantifaVand amiable girl, boon followed her
mother to the grave, and 110 himself, still in the
prime of life, is now a confirmed drunkard.
A MII/ACtE or FAT.—A young man in Sa
vannah; whom the physicians eall a , 4 miracle
of nature," died last week of a rapid accumu
lation of fat. Ho weighed, at the time of his
death, six hundred and forty-three pounds.—
fle had been gaining rut ot the a-ate of two
pounds per day for some
s treaks before his
death, weighing five hundred and sixty-five
pounds when he commenced.
. THE FEVEIt AT NEV.' TELEAI7B.—The Now
Orleans Della, of the 81ett inst., says it bilk°
general opinion of medical gentlemen and of
others who tiro familiar with tho nature and
history of tbe , disense, that the yellow fever
will linger there as long as it has subjects,
until frost.
ups .llon. R...T.„ , .IVALK.En has reiigned the
mission to China. Ono onus° of Its resigns,
tion is said to be his ill health—another the
delay of the government in fitting out a. vessel
for him. Report says that thomission will be
tendered to General CAss,.thoughr thei r Wash
ington Star denies it.
. AN EF , OPEIII.I3NT : —Miss Mary Roach, be Mis
sissippi; an intimating young miss with three
hundred thousand charms in her own right,
escaped last Sunday, from a convent at MOT°.
town, D. C.,•to which she hod been sent for
oducation, - and on Wednesday was married at
thcliatienal Hotel, Washington, to Mr. 'l3. N.
Jordan, propriefdr of Jordan's Springs, near
Winchester, yirginia
12b,,„,J0hn . Neal and Neal Dow, of 'Maine,
,aro .having a very tart. controversy, thrdugh
the' State of 'Maine" newspapers, growing
out of the enactment of the Maine Liquor
Ltiti, nhich John Neal is opposed.
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'CONVENTIONS IN NEW YORK
No less than three national eonirentions met
in 'Now York on Tuesday. • The ".Wcman's
.Rights" Reformers met at the Broadway
Tabernacle, where Lucy` Stone, Rev. Miss
Brown, and other strong-minded woman hold
forth against." oppressions of, all sorts," but
particularly the oppression of the ruthless
lords oforerition. The audience, it is said,.
was composed generally of " weali-minded "
whites and blacks. .At the night session,
while Mrs. Rose was speaking, a terrible' tu
mult ensued in consequence of a number •of
• rowdies hissing; 'hallooing, groaning, &e.—
Mrs. Rose, hinvever, concluded her• speech,
and was followed by Miss Lucy Stone,•when
the tumult became so great that the President
(Mrs. Lucretia Mott) adjourned the meeting
till next morning. On Wednesday among the
speakers in defence of the rights of women
were Lucretia Mott, Matilda E. Gage, Erina
Nichols, editor of the Windham County Dem
ocrat, Harriet K. Hunt, and C. C. Burleigh.
The latter was loudly hissed, whereupon lie
remarked that ho was afraid there were some
persons there who were carrying women's
rights too far, as they allowed no one but a
woman to speak without being hissed and in
sulted. During the evening session, after
several additional speeches, the uproar became
terrific; shouting, screaming, laughing, stamp
ing, cries of " Burleigb," "Root," "Truth,"
"Shut up," Greely," "Go to bed," pre
vented anything being heard or done in order,
and the Convention broke up, or adjourned
sine die, amid the wildest uproar,
The National Reform Convention, intended
to bring about a fusion of wonman's• right, free
soil, and tho Maine law, into ono solid party,
met at Central Hall. It was rather a small
affair.
The World's Temperance Convention, (con
sisting exclusively of male delegates,) met at
the Metropolitan Hall. The attendance was .
very full, nearly all sections of the Union
were represented: There wore also some gen
tlemen present claiminfito repiesest Europe.
Neal Dow, father of the " Maine late," was
ohotien President.' At the outset of the pro
ceedings, a great commotion was created by
the introduction of a resolution• admitting
women ,and colored people to participate in
the deliberations of the convention ; but, after
much confusion, it was voted down, and the
convention continued its sessions more har
moniously.
UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO CAPTUME A Fu-
GITIVII SLAVE.—On Saturday week, Marshal
Wynkoop, of Philadelphia, accompanied by
four assistants, made a descent on the dining
'room of the Phrenis Hotel, at Wilkesbarre,
Pa., and arrested ono of the colored men em
ployed there, by the name of Bitt, on the
charge of being n fugitive slave from the
South. The Marshal suceteded in getting the
handcuffs on one of Bitt's wrists, but before
he-could secure the other, Bitt freed himself
by a sudden effort, seized up a carving knife
from the table, made a lunge with it at the
nearest assistant ; used the looso.handcuff over
the heads of one or two others, and dashed
out into the street. Marshal Wynkoop and
his mon followed him, giving three ' , or four
shots without effect. Bitt plunged into the
Susquehanna, but being 'unable to swim, waded
out nearly up to his neck, where ho remained
an hour, at the end of which time, it is said,
theofficers disappeared, and Bitt came ashore
and made tracks, probably -for Canada. One
account says ho was fired at while in the wa
ter, and so badly wounded that the officers
beOame frightentd and left him. The oonduct
of the officers is severely censured by the
citizens of Wilkesbarro, as it is alleged they,
being five in number, could easily have cap
tured the fugitive withourusing fire arms.
FLARE UP AT A WATERING PLACE.-A letter
in the Now York Times, from Newport, R. 1.,
states that a gentleman well known. in Wall
street, and who has figured somewhat conspic
uously in the fashionable 'world, has boon in•
fiicting personal ohastismont upon his wife, at
ono of tho hotels in Newport; and that her
outcries brought Mr. Isaac Hone, of Now York,
to her aolistanee. The courts have placed her,
with her three children,- under the protection
of. a.clorgyman—in Newport,-aud- the case is
hereafter to bo tried in criminal domplaint.—
The offender's wife is tffeditirghter of Dudley
Soldol], Esq.
rtta..Tho Maine Liquor Law, the' Boston
Transcript says, is openly violated at home`in
Maine, The editor of the Transcript testifies
ns to a feet ho has seen, that •bore is an open
and undisguised sale of liquors at the hotels
in that State. This does not agree with the
statements usually made respecting the obser
vance of the law in Maine. The repented sei
zures of liquors proves that the law is_ en
forced in some places.
11,.T._James T. Brady, formerly Mayor of
Now York, and an influential Democratic len
der, has resigned his post of President of the
Young Men's Democratic Union Club, ire that
city, nod in hip letter of resignation gives, as
his, reason, that he is not willing to support
the National and State administrations. This
is one of (Innumerous indications of open war
among do ,Democracy of the Bmpirn State.
C 03113TARY DESTRUOTION.—A Professor Jew
ett tells n Fayetteville, N. C., paper that the
cothot which has just visited us has only gone
on a brief detour, from which it will return
before the 18th of this month, and strike tbo
earthl To give force to his assortion,lo adds
that he has made comets his study for / the
last 84 years.
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RAILWAY AT VIII WEST.-It is reported that
English capitalists have refused to take into
consideration any new project for railways in
this countryi or purchase the bonds or any
now company. It is likewisS said that New
York capitalists have lik3wiso made the same
resolution with reference to Western plans.=
They think-that there arfi as many roads cross
ing the Western States, and in the Courso of
construction, as curb() made profitable.
. 4 , RIOT IN LANCABTEIC COUNTY.—A oonsidern-
Ale riot occurred at:tho first look above Mari
'etta, Pa., on Monday, betweeti too hands on
• five or six boats •collectod there. Ono man
was badly Beaton and thrOvvn into' the canal,
and has not since been heard of. Two of the
allegod rioters, Jacob Bolling and Robert Mi
nor, warn taken to prison on Tuesday, AVith
their faaes badly bruised.
, M. The U. S. Grand Lodge of the I. 0. of
0. F. (numbering. nonrly 100 meroborp,)_was
in sossion last Week at Philndolphia, visited
Indepondonoo Hell on Tuesday by invitktion,
whore they wore handsomelY received by Ma
yor Gilpin and other functionarice.
1T . &„ Tho Hon. George Poindexter, who
died on Monday lest at his'residenco in Jack
son, Miss., was formerly a man of mark and
th . stinetion in the political world. Ho was ono
of the first representatives in the U. S. Senato
fioni Mississippi, of which Stott; ho was . also
at one tines governor. He began his national
career as an adherent of General Jackson, but
subsequently bemire() n. Whig.
(gown nub Puritti 31initirri
Lutheran Clinrelli
.Rev. GnonaE PARSON, of tytuney is expecte(
to preach in tho Evangelical Luthergii
on next .Sabbath morning at 11 o'clocit 4 and
in , the evening ut 7 o'clock.
Senatorlel Conference.
We are requested to, state that the Whig
SeiMterial Conferees will meet at Sterrett's
Gap, on Friday next, at 12 o'clock, 11.
Carlini° DepOsit Bank
JOIIN Zoo, of $ Middleton, was this morn
ing elected a Director of this Bank in place of
Ch ARLES OUILBY, resigned, and RICHAUD PAR
tern elected President of the Board of Direc
tors, in place of Mr. Ogilby, resigned.
Selling Out at Coot!
We nr.eyequested to elate that the oxteneive
stock of Dry Oocde in the stolf-CrtAitims
°amity of this borough, will be sold al Cost.
The store is now open and will continue open
for that purpose. Purchasers will find rare
inducements.
Solo of Borough Property
The large dwelling Louse and store room on
North Hanover street, now occupied by Mr.
ARNOLD, was sold at public sale on Saturday
last for $5,360. Mr. Arnold was the pur
chaser. The recent stiles of town property
show a gratifying enhancement of the value
of real estate in the borough.
=I
We understand an order was received from
the War Department a few days since, direct
ing that the U. S. Garrison in this borough
shall be changed from a Dragoon to no Infan
try post. The distance of tho post from the
frontiers, where Dragoons are most needed, is
the „ground' assigned for the change. We are
not informed when the new ordor will be car
ried into effect.
Mammoth PCINCh
Our market is abundantly supplied with
peaches this season, many of them of a very
fine quality. The laEgest and fittest specimen
that has come under our notice, however, was
ono presented to us a few days since by Mr.
JAcon MummA, of the vi inity of Mechanics.
burg: It
. measured eleven inches in circum
ference and weighed twelve nod three quarter
ounces. It was a free-stone of most luscious
flavor. Buds or grafts from thut tree would
be worth having. •
RAIL ROAD ➢IFFTING
Agreeably to notice given, an adjourned
meeting of the Commissioners and friends of
the York and Greencastle Rail Road, was held
at the house.of Snyder Rupley, in South Mid
dleton township, on Saturday the 10th of Sep
tember inst. In the absence of the Secretary,
Dr. SHEARER, MOSES MORRET was on motion
appointed Secretary pro tern.
On motion, J. ELLIS BONHAM, 'Esq., •ad
dressed the meeting, after which the following
resolutions were read and adopted:
Whereas, A great south western railroad is
about being constructed, extending from Now
York and Philadelphia to Tonnekm, the ehar-
tern for t►w different sections -of Which have
been obtiiined from the several States through
Which it is to pass,
And whams, A charter was obtained at the
last session of the Pennsylvania Legislature
for a railroad connecting with Columbia, in
Lancaster county, by the way of York and
Diltsburg, in York county, through the county
of Cumberland to Greencastle in Franklin
county,
And whereas, We doom the construction of
said road of vital importance to the section of
the State through which it passes, and to the
public at large, by affording increased facili
ties for the trade, transportation and travel
between the cities on the Atlantic and the
great west end north west, Therefore
Resolved, That a' Committee of, six frotu
each of the counties of York Cumberland, and
Franklin be appointed by this meeting to so
licit and receive subscriptions for the purpose
of defraying the expenses of surveying and
making a suitable draft of said railroad.
Resolved, That the rants over which said
railroad can be made is the most practicable
one, and of die easiest grade of any oilier
route between the Susquehanna and the Poto
mac rivers.
Resolved, That we would respectfully invite
the citizens of .the several counties to co-ope
rate in the construction of the contemplated
road, awl have no doubt that the stock neces
sary for its construction will bo readily sub-'
scribed and the capital easily obtained.
Resolved, That an adjourned meeting to
promote the objects heretofore stated bo held
at' the Stone Tavern, (Rodlecker's.) on the
Walnut Bottom road, on Saturday the let day
of October next, at one o'clock, P. M., and
that the committees appointed at this meeting
be requested to report at said adjourned meet
ing.
Resolved, That the proceedifigs of this meet
ing be published in the several papers in the
three counties.
In accordance with the foregoing resolution
to - appoint committees in each county, the fol
lowing gentlemen wore appointed,:
Cumberland county—Dr. John A. Ahl, Wm.
M. Watts, William B. Mullin, Moses Morrott,
Michael Shock, Stewart McGowan.
York county—Henry Sidle, G. L. Shearer,
John Wells, Wm. S. Pickings, Joseph Kral',
George P. Carle.
Franklin county—G. W. 7.eigler,,G. M. Da
vidson, Thomas McCauley, Wm. Grubb, Jas.
Ilollar, J. Rowe.
WM. - 11 MULLIN, President.
Moans Atomism., Secretary pro tem.
REVOLUTION IN Int:LAND A plan has been
formed in London, and put in execution, for
sending one htffidrilff ministers to Ireland, to
preach 'among the papists. This number from
different Protestant denominations in England
and Scotland, volunteered to leave their re
spective charges at home, and go forth to spend
the allotted time of tho mission in. Ireland.
They met in Dublin, where they were divided
into•ten divisions, cash division 'having four
districts assigned to it. Tho ministers engaged
in ono district during the first week, wore to
pass into another the second, and so on. In
some places they halm met with much oppo
sition. At Limerick, they wero„attackod by a
mob of ton thousand men, inflamed with say
ago ferocity, and it was with a groat effort
that they ware rescued without injury. Io
other places, their success has been wonder
ful. The Dublin .nation, a • Roman Catholic
paper, says:
"There eon•no longer be any ques'ion that
the systematized proselytism bas, met 'with
immense success in Connaught and Kerry.. It
is true that the, altars of the Catholic Church
have been deserted by thousands, borti and
baptised in the ancient faith.,of Iruland. The
west of Ireland is deserting the ancient fold."
ritto New York, Courier and Enquirer is very
much alarmed at,tho failure of the Wheat crop
on the other side of tho',,wator. It supposes
the deficiency in England alone will be eight
toeumdilions of qUarters, or ono hundred nud
fifty millions of bushels. ' Tho Courier also
thinks France will need over a million and a
half of quarters ; and boeides there is not half
a crop expected in Italy.. Spain . and Sweden
likowisS . mime in with a 'poor crop, and the
latter country is ;now largely importitig froth
the Baltic. 'Notwithstanding the s stato of the
drops in Europe, we think we aro not of the
opinioh that the deficiency is anything like so
groat as ouch a statement as this would indi
cate. •.;
ANOTHER RICHMOND IN
Barks county Locofoco Coniention, .gttvo no
instructions, but. passed re resolution as fol
lows: • •
Resolved, That the Democracy of Berke
county regard with pride and Pleasure the
past career of their distinguished felloiv citi
zen, the Hob. Wm. Strong; that' they believe
that his'greht abilities, strict integrity, anti
devotion to the principles of the Democratio
party, render him eminently fit to occupy the
Gubernatorial Chair of, the Commonwealth,
and that they confidently look forward.to his
elevation to that distinguished station at no
distant day.
. .
. "" OAER THREE lIIINIGIED PILGRIMS DROWNED.
-TllO English papers contain 'nn necount'of
the lossof an Indian ship on the 21st or 22d
of June last, near the-mouth-of—Bombay
llar
ber. When the ivessol struck the rocks the
boats were got out, but so great was the rush
that the boats were upset, an I about .sixty
were swept overboard and drowned. When
the masts fell, a large number were crushed to
death. Over three hundred personsinst their
lives by this disaster. They were mostly pil
rettitning,from Arabia.
ctubu,crtievinciitil
Prohibition Mass Meeting,
A Mass Meeting of the citizens of Cumber
land county, favorable to a Prohibitory Liquor
Law, will be held in Carlisle, on SATURDAY,
October let, to which all ore invited to attend.
Eminent Speakers from abroad will be here.
11. J. IIII'ECK,
Sept. 14.—0 t. Clan
.Corn. Arran,q't
Xridependent Voters
Fortow Cmzum . :—Whereas the question
has been brought to the issue of Temperance
and Anti - Temperance by the candidates for
the Legislature now in thd field, three being
prohibitory and but one (Mr. McKee,) anti
prohibitory, and there being no choice for the
people, I therefore through the solicitation of
my friends offer myself to your consideraticn
an Anti-prohibitory candidate, pM.lging
myself to be faithful to your trust anti to dis
charge my duties to the utmost of toy ability.
Very Respectfully,
. . IL IL GROVE.
ShopherdstKvn, Sept. 9, 1853.
This Evening.
SZG. VET,O VITZ &.$ SON'S
GREATSALEofMARDLESTATUARy
VASE*„ TABLES, &c
'TILT, take place THIS EVSNING at MA-
Vl , MON HALL. The - assortment will
ernsist in part of
One Italian marble figure, Divine Love, by the
well known Sig. Franceschi of Pleicnce.
One ditto, Innocence, by Bloomer, of Car
men.
One alabaster marble Mosaic ,Table, formed
of every variety of alabaster stone.
Ono group of Maternal Love by Sig, Cherici,
of Florence.
Carved - Alabaster Figures— the birth of Venus,
one Neried,
Cnnova's Dancing Graces.
Also, finely carved Bardiglio's Grecian Vases
for Mantles.
Roman Card Receivers,
.Medicis Vases with basso relieves,
Etrurian tiros for lights, after the ancient cus
tom,
Fruit-holders of elaborate workmanship,
Temples for center tables,
Mem Vases, Tazzas, Marble Fruit, t
Doves on Pedestal,
Mosaic Wateh-cases, Phper Weights,
Piano Forte and Mantle Candlesticks,
Fret-work Urns, Stone baskets,
Can- - ,va's Lions,
The ahoy° assortment will be found upon
examination to contain all that is requisite for
completing the refined appearance of halls,
parlors and drawing rooms. The attention of
the ladies and gentlemen of Carlisle is respect.
fully solicited, to the assortment
WM. GOULD, *.
A uclionecr.
AN AMENIS 3IIENT,
To an Ordinanee relating to the Markets, passed
in the third day of June, A. D. 1852.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted and ordained by the
Town Council of the Borough of Carlisle, and
it is hereby enacted and ordained by the at -
thority of the same, that the third section of
an ordinance of said Borough . , relating to the
Markets, passed on the third day of June, A.
1)., 1852, be so amended, that no huckster or
retailer of provisions, fruits, vegetables,- hey,
oats, corn, nuts, and ro on, shall be permitted
to purchase of the persons attending the mar
ket for the into of the same, such articles, or
any of them, nt any other limo nt the market
house, except at the rtgnlar market lionrs,
under the penalty of **.v2 50 for the first offence
and $5 00 for the'vecond offence, to be col
lected as like penalties are now recoverable
under the charter, by-laws, and ordinances of
said Bohugh.
Sec. 2. That the fourth section of said or
dinance shall be so amended, as that no huck
ster or retailer• shall purchase during the
market hours More than six bushels of corn,
six bushels of oats, and six bushels of Itye,
on any one market (ht . )+, under the penalty of
$5, to be recovered as like penalties under the
Charter, by-laws and ordinances of said Bor
ough as aforesaid.
See 8. That the butchers and retailers of
meat, who have the inner stalls and area of
the market house, shall have the privilege,
during the Warm sensdWeix: - from the first
day of April to the first day of October, on
reg - ttlar market days, to sell their meal before
the regular market 'hours,, and be ,subject in
all other respects to the ordinance +relating to
the markets, enacted on the,third day. of June,
A. D., 1852.
Enacted at tbe Council Chamber, Sudember
1, 1853.
J. E. BONHANI, President
JOSEPH 11. IrLAIR, Chief Burgess.
GEo. S SEAIUGvr, Cleric
ORPZIAN!S COURT SALE.
..
On TUESDAY, (he 4th of Oc'fiber, 1853;
N pursuance of an order of, the Orphan's
Court of Cumberland county, will be sold
at public sale the 'following property, late
tho estate of Robert' McElwain. of Alifilin
township, in said county, deceased, via: A
Valuable Farm, situated in said township, one
Mile North of Eolcnrd's Mill and five miles
Northwest of Nowville,
CONTAININQ 200 ACRES, -
more or lest: of good Slate Lelid, about 50
acres of which is thriving wood-land and OM
remainder in an excellent state of cultivation.
There is a running treain through thm,place
by which it is well watered, Also a young
Orchard of choice fruit, and is well of good
;K ;, water. This improvements are a
Two Story Dwelling House, dou
?tl.Atk . bI o Log Corn and other out build-
Digs. Persons wishing to exam
ine the place are requested •to call on Daniel
McCoy, residing on the place.
Terms.—Five per cent of th4purchnso mon
ey to bo paid on confirmation of the sale, one
half tho balance on tho Ist of. April; 1854,
when possession will be given ' and the balance
in three equal annual payments without inter
est, to bo secured by judgments. Salo to
commence nt 10 o'colcic A. M., on said clay
when attendance will be given by
ANDREW McEOVAIN,_
JAMES S. Mord:WAIN,
Administrators.
aue7.3lti
NOTICE.
ALL persons indebted to the subscriber aro
hereby notified to come forward and set
tle off their aceountslas no longer indulgence
can be given, and if not settled before the let
day of October, 1853, they will be placed in
the bands of a Justice for collection.
ang3l. JAMES GALLAIIEit, Agent.
Emote of Mrs. Anti Low; deceased.
ATOTIcE is hereby given that. letters of
-LA administration on the estate of Mrs. Ann
Low;. deq'd. Into of Upper Allen Township,
'hare been issued to the s ubscriber residing in
the same township, to, - whom all persons in-'
debted will make payrnt, and those flaring
claims will present them properly authentica
ted for settlement.
,Ang3lGt. GEO...CITAPIU.AN, Admr. .
Woodward 6' Schtnidtl,.
PRODUCE DEALERS, COMMISSION &
• FORWARDING MERCHANT*, , •
novl2 ' CARLISLE, "
BALTIMORE.
The Baltiinora Sun, in its rovio4i s, of the mar
ket for the. 'week ending, Friday the oth of
September, says:
•
Business during,the present week line been
unusually active,.in- - ahnost every, department
-of trade. The recent advices from Europe by
the steamship America, which were published
on Monday last, showing a decided advance in
liceadstuffs, gave great firmness and activity
to breadstuffs, cawing an advance of 50e
'bl. in Flour, and G to 8 cents `ll bushel hr
Wheat. At this advance 'sales, were mode to
quite a-large extent, and mostly for shipment
to Europe. Muoh of the grain, bought was
also for foreign markets. •
BAtrrmotti, Alotilmr, September 12
FLOUR.—The supply of Sour on hand is
small, having been materially reduced by re
cent largo sales. Not much done to-day;
dealers disposed to ,bold of for farther nova
from Europa We note sales of NCO bla. of
Howard street brands, for futurib delivery, et
Sc 9il bl. Nothing doing inneity ; gen
erally held at ttiG bl. Bye Flour is
$331.
CORN MEAL iS $3 60 `icl Ul. -
GRAIN.—The Grain market is firm, and
prices on the advance. About 16,000 bushels
Wheat offered, and mostly sold nt 123e127e.
for red,_, 1 33@)137e for good to prime white,
and very choice white for family Flour, at
1306140 . Ttlitufhel. Inferior lots selling at
3to JO cents below the abOve figures. About
14,000 bushels of Corn offered, and mostly
sold at 71 gi2c for white, and 73c II bushel
for yellow, in advance. Maryland and Vir
ginia Rya 74676 cents. Sales of Pennsylvania
Rye at 93c ¶1 bushel. Sales of Maryland and
Virginia Oats at 38e40c for good to prime;
inferior Oats 30®30c %1 bushel,
SEEDS are unchanged, and saldFemall.
PIIILVELPHIA DIARRET.
MONfiAY EVENIZ;G, September J 2
-•
FLOUR is scarce and wanted for export,
btit at a price beldiv the views of holders, who
are,generitily firm in their views. Sales to
the extent of abmt 3,500 bls are reported, in
cluding 300 bls fair mixed brands at :$0 12i ;
300 bls., a straight brand, at .$6 . 181; 1,300
bls selected and better brands at $ll 25, and
about 1000 bls. old stock, part at $0 Gl bl.,
and part on terms not public. For homy use
the demand continues moderate, .and prices
the same. Rye Flour is, ery scared.
CORN MEAL remains about stationary,
with a further sale of 400 bls. Penn'a Meal lb .
notice at $3 25 1,1 hl.
GRAlN.—There is more Wheat offering to
day, and buyers are holding off for lower
prices. The only sales made public are sumo
small lots, in all 384000 bushels, at 128 cents
for fair Southern reds, and 132 c for while, of
prime quality; holders generally were asking
more, Rya,continues scarce and in demand, _
and a small lot .of Ponn'a brought 85 coats,. •
which is en advance. Corn is in request and
ikarce, with further sales of 485000 bushels
reported-at The for iPenn'a and Southern yel
low. Oats in steady demand, and 2(700.0
.bushels good' Southern brought 40841 cents.
DIED
On Monday morning tho 12th inst., of con.
sumption,t MSS EMMA GRAY, daughter'of Mr.
John. Gray, of this borough, aged about 21
years.
On Monday morning the sth inst., at the
residence of his father, RICHARD O'BRIEN
HOLMES, eldest son of Jonathan and Eliza
Holmes, in the 80th yolle of his ago.
"Conviction strong did — Edina along,
Oh, how these thoughts did pierco
Thou filled with woe the tears did flow,
My head was like a fountain.
Then Jesus same, oh; Wass his name,
And filled my soul with heaven, ^
Thep, brethren dear, don't this appear
Thvt Jesus Christ hath found mO V
New '2ouxrtisrinent.6.
AN , ELECTION for Officers and Managers
of the Cumberland Valley Rail Road Company
will be held at the Company's office, in Chem
bersburg, on MONDAY the 3d day of October,
between the hours of 10 A. M. and 4 P. M.
E. N. EIEDLE, Sec'y.
Sept. 14,-3t
First arrival of Fall Dry Gotids,
AI the Neu; and Cheap Stare
"Weise Campbell
W 0 U I. D rosrcctfully announce to their
friends and the public that they hove
just received from New York and Philadelphia
a large and handsome assortment of
FALL AND WINTER GOADS
Their goods have all been selected with -urest
care from the best New York and Philadelphia
houses, and 'cannot fail to suit purchasers both
in quality and price. sepll
' HENRY J. WOLF,
ATTOleJrlar Eau;
Office, No. 2, !lectern's Row.
ALLprofessional business strictly attended
to. The German language spoken as read
ily, as the English, [Sep 14. 1853
PUBLIC SALE.
O Y vitlue ofm peiVer of Attorney^ from all
the heirs at law of Andrew Quigley, dee,
I will expose to public sale on the promises,
Ott SATURDAY the Bth day of October,
at 11 o'clock, A. M., all that Plantation, or
Tract of Land situate in North 'Middleton twp,
on the public road from Waggoner's road to
the Sulphur Springs,containing 78 Acres more
or less, about 8 acres of which is Woodland and
the residue cleared and under good fence. The
improvements aro a two story LOG-HOULE,
double Log Barn, Spring House k 0. „.,1
and other outbuildings, with a - ., 2 , 7 ,11 : 11 4
spring 'of Sulphur .Water and a . 0 .111 ,
running . strenm through the place
with five acres of good meadow,
A1504..a tract of Mountain Land Situate near
the big bend of the road over the meuntain at
Wagoner's cap, containing. about 18 Acres
more or less, well timbered. The 411e.tander
road bounds thin tract on the smith.
The whole will be sold together or sepernte
ly, as 'will best suit the purchaser, and upon
easy terms. PERES W. QUIGLEY,
i=sepl , ltS . Att'y for all the heirs,
ASSIGNEE'S SALE.
A DESIRABLE LOCATION FOR A PHYSICIAN.
WILL be sold at public sale, on FRIDAY
the 7th of Octobed, 1853, on the prcmi
hos, in the :own of Centreville, Climb, co, the
property of R. C. Hoover, a
• LOT OF.:GROUND,
marked No. 2 in tile general plot of said town,
fronting on Main street 60 feet by 147 ft. deep,
whereon is erected a two story BRICK t
HO USE. with a . , brick shop attached, t. iii
.suitable for a Physician or a Mechanic, 11,0
a well of excellent water, mar the door, with a I!ir
pump, nn excellent stable, corn crib, nog pen,
carriage house, &c. Also a lot of choice fruit
trees on the premises. ' Any physician wishing
to change his location will do well in attending
the sale, as tho property' is situated in a weal- •
thy section of the county, and a• very desirable
lodation. •
Fifty dollars to be paid immediately when the •
property is sold, one half the baladro on the tit '
April 1854', when a deed will be' made to the
purchaser, and the balance on the Ist of April
1855; payments to be secured by judgmqnt,
mortgage or surety. The property play be of- •
!bred first for cash, to ho paid on the lift of A
pril 1854. In chither,:caso fifty dollars must be
paid on the saleL •
Persona wishing to view the property can do
se bycalling on Dr. Woods, who resides on the
premises, or on J. Buld, Esq., near the same.
Sale to uommome at 1 o'cloclt, P. M. of said '
day. when attendance will be given by
JOHN P. RHOADS,'
Assignee of Dr. R, C. Hoover, and residing at
Newburg. (sepl4ts
F.A.101. MILLINERY GOODS.
• • JOHN STONE & SONS,
No. 41; South Second stral, Philadelphia.
RE now opening for the Fall & Tratio a Well
'selected assorfinunt of
'SILKS, • RIBBONS,
FEATHERS, FLOWERS,
AND MILLINERY GOODS IN GENERAL.
Confining themsolvei exclusively le' this
branch of the,trade, and Importing the targer
Part of their otfiek, enables them to otkr on its
sortment unsurpassed in extent andiemrielY•
which wit! be sell.on the most favorable ferule.
I.v September 11, 1553—0te , ,
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