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GIfATIAM. Associate Judges—Lion. John Rupp, Samuel Wood burn. • District Attorney—John M. Shearer. Prothonotary—Georgo Zinn. Iterorder. &e.—Sainuel Martin. Register—Alfred 1.. Sponsler. SherilT—Joseph Melermond; Deputy, James 'Weidner. County Tronsurer—N. W. Woods. • Coroner---.1 , 5 , ;p 1 1 C. Thompson. County Cominissioners—.Johnllol,h, James Krthstrong, georae. M. Graham. Clerk to Commissioners, William RI ley. Directors of the Poor—George Sheaffer,'George - Brim John C. Drown. Superintendent of Poor Hotise— Joseph huhaeli. BOROUGH OFFICERS. • Chia Burgess--Col. ARMBTRON(I NODLE. Assistant Burgess—Charles Ogllbv. Town Conziell—John B. l'ail:er,(l . 'resident) E. Beatty, Henry Myers, I. S. Egbert, David Rhoads, Christbun In- Loa. John IA utshall, Peter Monyer, (leo. 7. Bretz. Clerk to Council—James 1l ullin. Oonstableg—Joseph Stewart, High Constable; Itolrt 14eCartney, \Vara Constable. CHURCHES. First Presbyterian Church, northwest angle of Centre Square.' Rev. CoNwAv P. WtsO, Pastor.—SVVICC3 every Sunday morning at 11. o'clock, A. 31., and 7 o'cloCk, P. M. Second Presbyterian Church, corner of South Hanover and Pomfret streets. No pastor at present, but pulpit 13 lied by Presbyterial appointments. Sery ices commence pt 11 o'clock, A. M., and 7 o'clock, P. M. St. Johns Church, (Prot. Episcopal) northeast angle of Centro Square. Rev. JACOB B. Moms, Rector. Services at 11 .o'clock, A.M., and 3 o'clock, P. M. English Lutheran Church, Iledfopd between Main and Louthor streets. Rev. JAeou Foy, Pastor. Services tlt 11 o'clock, A. M., and 7 o'clock, P. M. German Rawlins] Church, Louthor, between Hanover and Pitt streets. Itov. A. 11. linEmsa, Pastor. Services at 103 t,'cloelt. A. M. Methodist E. Church, (first Charge) corner of 'Main and Pitt streets. Iter: S. L.M. CoNsgu, Pastor. Services at 11 o'clock; A. M., and 7, 1 11 o'clock, I'. M. ' Methodist E. Church, (second Charge) Rev. J. M. JONFA, Pastor. Services in College Chapel, at 11 o'clock. A.. M., and 5 o'clock, P. M. Roman Catholic Church, Pomfret. near East street.— Services by Rev. Mr. DoNanoo,•every second Sunday. A German Lutheran Church is in course of erection on the corner of Pomfret'and Bedford streets. The con gregation, which has yet 'no stated Pastor, hold their services In Ediication Hall. , tr.trWhen changes in the above arenceessary the pro per puysons are requested to notify us. DICKINSON COLLEGE• Rev. Charles callins, President and PriffessCir of Moral Science. Roy. Herman M. Johnson, Professoy,..,of Philosophy guid English Literature. James W. Marshall, Professor of Ancient Languages. Rev. Otis 11. Tiffany, Professor of .51ailieniatics. William M. Wiison, Lecturer on Natural `Science and Curator of the Museum. Alexander Schein, Professor of Hebrew and Modern Languages. Benjamin Athogast, Tutor in Languages. Samuel D. Hillman, Principal of the UrammarVzol. Wllltem A. 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POSTAGE.—Postage on all letters of priodialf ounce weight or uncial\ 3 cents pre-paid„or 6 cents Mi. pelCuxcepetirealifornia and Oregon, which are 6 cents pre-paid, or 10 cents unpaid.) NF.WSPAPERB.—POStftge on the !WALD—within the vutity, me. Within the State 13 cents per year.-'lO y part of the United States, 26 rents. Postage on all transient papers under '3 ounces in weight, 1 cent propaid or 2 tents .unpaid. ' CARLISLE HERALD BOOK 'iSc JOB .PRINTING OFFICE, IN TUE REAR OF TIIE COURT MUSE. Er.ery ,issoription of Itoolc ftrl Job Printing Oxecuted Oil WO 11 , 14.1)1111(.1ou reastmoblo terms. • ....t ..... .• •; 4 . e N C 00, .. , 1: 4 1 ... -1„ • • , . , :.,.,•'• •14 N" IPf .', S ; 4 • 1 .2. ~ . t, Z., e,-...... .....:1 • .. "4:. i: . - 1 t k - ' .1° . ..,.. l'• li. r .... : i ;" "- . VOL. LV. CUMBERLAND COUNTY ELECTION - Official Returns, 1854. Governor and Supreme Judge. - r o o t e P 7 East Ward, 199 166 .56 170 137 West Ward, 257 138 50 148 191 North Mid., 140 229 67 232 G 7 South Mid., 198 186 32 28 , 1 165 W. Pennsboro, 113 40 14 43 97 Lower Dickinson, 51 73 • 21 74 29 Lower Frankford, 41 57 7 57, 34 Carlisle District 1002 BS9 248 908 720 Upper Allen, 'l4O 66 48 67 92 Lower Allen, 128 70 53 73 74 lip;er Dielcinson 196 - 156 41 162 119 E. Penilsboro, 189 54 :40 ' 53 150 Hampden, 101 82 '5O B5 49 Hopewell, 108 93 45 10;i 52 Leesburg, 97 94 .42 96 , 18 Mechanicsburg) 130 82 23 85 102 Alonroe, - 181 118 99._ 119 83 Newville, 442 429 168 ,431 280 New Cumberland, - 51 6 4 7 45 Silver Spring, 88 260, 56 257 3-1 -.-. SI - 1 - ippen - S;Va - rg, 301 - 182 - 151 - 203 140 315 \ 7 25✓31 1068 2651.201 S Majority for Pollock, 576 Majority for Judge Black over Baird, i;;;Al Canal Commissioner and Congress. 0 . 0 0 r E. Ward, Carlisle, 58 807 205 160 W. Ward, " 65 327 262 . 130 North Middleton, 70 296 139 227 South Middleton, 84 850 236 149 West Penusboro, ' 15, 137 122 30 Lower Dickinson, 24 102 64, 63 Lower Fraukford, 7 91 41 53 Carlisle District, 273 16 . 10 1072 812 Upper Allen, Lower Allen, Upper Dickinson, "40 812 28f; 65 E Pennsboro, 41 203 198 45 Ilainpaen, 51 133 107 74 Hopewell, : 48 153 138 61 Leesburg, • 39 154 108 82 Mechanicsburg, 59 , 151 130 83 Monroe, 87 214 184 'll6 Newville, - 119 708 466 406 New Cumberland, Silver ,Spring, Shippeneburg, 1115 463(1-3431 2 . 305 Mott's majority, 3421-,. , Todd's majority, 1120 Assembly. o rico a • z„ 03 51) M -- • tZ/ • • F.. m nc. E. Ward, Carlisle, , 1 167 165 194 201 W. Ward, " 240 246 169 147 North Middleton, 130 131. 235 237 South Middleton, 193 137-492 197 West Pennsbofq, 110 111 42 4 38 Lower Dickinson, 56 51 70 69 Lower Frankford, . 39 36 69 69 Carlisle District, Upper Allen, Lower Allen; Upper Dickinson, 211 192 1,51 139 East Pennsboro, 118 196 66 96 Hampden, Hopewell, Leesburg, • Mechanicsburg, Monroe, New Cumberland, Silver Spring. Shippensburg, 8047 3041 2710 2622 Donaldson's majority over Moser, 337 aver Chesnut, 410 • Prothonotary and Clerk of Courted to ;4 to 0 • IA v. 0 CD .4 CD - • E. Wnrd, Carlisle, W. Ward, " -- N. Middleton, S. Middleton, W. Pennsboro Li Dickipson,. Frankford, Carlisle District, 723 1153 623 1296 Upper Allen, 9. 194 58 181 Lower Allen, 120. 81 105 96 Upper Dickinson, ~ 142 209 236 226 E. Pennsboro, 66 180 54 190 Hampden, 92 02 89 96 Leesburg, . 91 100 .88 108 Hopewell, '97 102 160 47 Mechanicsburg, . 56 166 122 0— Monroe, ,, ~ O5 207 119 183 Newville, 414. 466 288 679 New Cumberland, 85 22 89 17 Silver Spring, . 88 260, 91 257 Shipponsburg, 308 187 't'2BB 210 )---- . , 2325 8417 2289 ,34'J5 ! No6s Mnjority, 1092---prevg'l msj. 1258 a paint fur 11)t WEDNESDAY., OCTOBER 18, 1854. - PA M • ~. 13. Weril, Cdllislo , . 201 160 168 105 W. Ward, 286 1.08 246 152 N Middleton, 127 238 126 • 239 S. Middleton, 188 193 183 202 W. Pennsbdfo, 96 52 98 50 L. Diekinson 65 60 49 77 Frankford 18 80 88 59 Carlisle District, 981. 8ctl• 908 974 Upper Allen, ' i 1 146 429 - —7.9 Lower Allen, ) 102 Iq9 l, 1 1 25 76 Dickinson, -' 152 197 "•159 188 E. l'ennsboro, 57 187 188 ri6 Hampden, . . )92 92 95 -89 Hopewell, 68 132 91 108 Leesburg; 84 • 107 90 1111) 98 165 141 67 96 169 142 .58 6 50 61 (1 65 293 '3l ""2.12 158 836 317 i7B 935, . 927 953 951 129 125 82 80 118 124 85 70 91 106 03 78 99 'lO3 104 81 98 88 94 100 115 126• 88 87 183 181 119 121 463 446 419 412 47 48 8 9 89 93 269 261 281 286 199 191 145 215 81 277 200 194 107 279 121 242 08268 161 323 150' 234 30 113 111 41 96 80 88 AN 11 86 38 69 Register and Commissioner. , d Alec.haniesburg, . 121 92 I'2l 01 Monroe, 107 197 182 118 Newville, 1:11 7.16 317 507 N. Cumberland, :10. 17 ' 40 10 Silver Spring, ' 109 225 .. fol 201 Shippensburg, 2392 3331 2831 2g54 • Lytle's m njprijy, - 9:19 ---"- 6 ratut 111 ' S . 111 Ili u ri ty, Auditors. .0, • • wi • - E. Ward, Carlisle, 153 191 ' 211 180 W. Ward, " • 227 256 168 136 N. Middleton, 123 .128 246 241 S. Middleton, 169 189 216 195 Pennsboro, :1,9' 41 110 107, L.Dickinson, 46 46 80 80 Frank' ford, Carlisle District,, Upper Allen, Lower Allen, 125 Dickinson, l'ennsboro, O5 Hampden, i 94 Hopewell, 102 Leesburg, 80 Nleclinnicsburg, 122 Nlontee, 183 Newville, 332 N Cumberland, 39 Silver Spring, BB Shippeusburg, 150 Steinman's majority, Itingwalt's majority, Director of Poor and Prohibition E. Ward, Carlisle, 14G 217 IV. Ward, " 221 174 N. Middleton, 118 245 S. Middleton, 177 ::06 W. Pcunsboro, 4 . 311 110 L. Dickinson, 46 ' 80 Frankton!, 11 88 CarliAle District, 758 1115 Upper Allen, 77 Lower Allen, • • 125 76 Dickinson, .. 146 207 E. Pennsboro,. 187 , 68 Hampden, 94 90 00 111 Leesburg, 92 ]O2 Mechanicsburg, 127 84 Monroe, 182 120 Newville, 328 528 N. Cumberland, • 41 15 Silver Spring, • • 108 218 Shippensburg, 281 214 Clendenin's majority; - Majority againsfl.iqiier Lew, ger The names, of•the candidates are in small caps—of the Dethocrats in Ro man letter. WILMOT'S DISTILICT.—The 14th Congress 0-et:of—Pen nsylvan ia Lformerl; - presented by the Hon. David Wilmot, author of the anti-slavery proviso, : has given 2600 majority for Pollock, whig, for. (lovelier, Ilrad ford county givinff ° 1000, Susquehanna 800, and Tioga 800.---. The same district gave to President Pierce, two years ago, 2465 major ity. .0. A. Grow., Independent democrat, is elected to Congress. 11IF: POTATO CROP.—The potato crop has been gathered in throughout Montgomery and Bucks counties. Pa, and it is said there has been a full average one, notwithstanding the recent severe drought. The corn is also a much better crop than was anticipated it would ben month ago. .. A great excitement is caused amopg the church people of England by the seces sion from the. church of the gifted and dis tinguished Archdeacos Wilberforce, on the ground that his conscience would no longer allow him to admit the supremacy of the Queen'as the head of the Church, , ..,4,i., . , 1 . .. \S" ' . . . , . . . l' . ' it' e . ,'• gitsi• .e k. 't;,. ..: .L. , ' e . We gave, in a telegraphic despatch in our last. paper, some details of the loss of Cie Steamship Arctic; on her passage from Li.' a.- pootto'New York. The catastrophe is t. tlv a terrible one, and has given a painful Ai !2'; to the public mind throught the Union. ''he city papers have since given thriller dot I of the sad catastrophe, which are bow( lel too lengthy for our columns. Mr. Geu. Burns, of Philadelphia, a passcpger by I le Arctic, gives a detailed account of the wi 4 4: as also does the second mate Mr. Doriat "At,•the time of the collision the Arctic 40 miles fr'in Cape Race, and a dense prevailed. The Aroic, after the acrid d. made a circuit around the other vessel, wl I •li aaeared to he frightfully damaged, and' 1 is preparing to lower her boats to take otr passengem of whom two hundred could be seen on the hurricane deck, when it was s 258 233 297 191 11. 11 677 Si 862 11181032 129 79 - 79 126 76 75 115 211 207 187 189 L 6 95 90 89 87 97 111 91 106 101 122 91 _9l ]B3 119 119 331 -517 515 39 17' 17 88 260 260 283 831 212 2420 2765.3391 2964 8S I 196 o {l4 .1 pc% ue c . ) c - D 0 o o a , cm . F 17. 206 147 271 119 77 235 123 239 71 84 30 89 16,,, 79 800 1042 08 121 85 93 122 218 1114.125 `5B 121 82 111 73 106 100 96 72 212 34 , 5 500 437 18 72 263 293 184 2686 8036 2326 3210 849 884 LOSS OF THE. AncTIE - covered that thp. Arctic her:;elr was m water fast. The pumps were set at work, without enginps Mopped, and water put Out the fires. The boats were 1 ered, one being immediately swamped in sequence of the rush of passengers. other five gut off, anl were forming n) whenft he rush neon the work befirre it complete, tiNtroved it. • Meantime the Ar sunk with the largAt'portion of her pas gers on hiaanl. Two of the boats rein shore near Cape [lace; a third was picked by the barque Huron. The propeller v. tvhich the Arctic Caine its colission, prove have been the French screw steamer, Vc which has arrived at St. Johns,.Newfot hittl, with her foremast and bows shatte r She lost thirteen of herpassenger's — in' collision, and had on. board.,thirtv-one of Arctic's crew, whorift;fffFlClO.4 up. TI of the Arctic's boats have not been ha from. Vessels sent in search of them h returned unsuccessful, Of the one hundred and eight persons t, far known to be Hayed, we can only cc nineteen passengers, and of these not one ly. In contrast with the rush made to boats be the crew, stands the conduct of passengers. Mr. llorain, the third in tells us that he never saw men more co. courageous than these Salve passengers ; .he adds that their quiet resignation anti plicit confidence in the Captain and tat of the, ship were such as it is impossible ssrpasS. Mr.' Burns also says in his stt: molt, that after the collision, and up to last moment,', the majority of the passeng were working at the pumps, firing sigi guns, and lauziehing spars, etc., to furl; raft by direction of the captain, while crew took advantage of the opportunity n seize the boats and escape, leaving the fain without experienced hands, and the sengers to take care-of themselves. It sho be remembered that there were boats enot on board to save all, with proper exert' and the use of a rail, which tlic sailors al knew how to construct Later!—Einfety ofCaplain Luce. There was a thrill of joy—a gloaming o sunshine through the storm cloud—on urday, when it was announced that Cap' l it Luce 110 escaped from the horrid fate of steamer Artie. We give the lull partieult rs or his miraculous deliverance, as transmit t Q• from himself: .Never in the annals of n 1 v ine disnster has there been such a preseri a tiou, and Proyidence — has stweikliiin for •i''te wise purpose el, putting theoidy vefita tle sehl of condemnation upon, the.."414 - Starderof the Antic," which will aflOrd e As every (ye who knew Captain Luce nntwipated, he, I ;;e a true sailor, stuck to his vessel to the hi a, and, when she Made her:,tinal plunge do.; 1, to the fathomless depths of the ocean, he )' is engulphed.with the whole of the wretched si r vivors.. Clasping his poor boy in his he was borne down by the foaming watt in the terrible chasm which a sinking sli•p always maki.?s,but rising again to the sulfa' wit i - lifs — premons burden, andlooking aroitif for sonic mekns of safety, he experienced Ite. agony' of seeing him struck dead at his sii, by, a large dieting portion of the wh house! Upon that frail resting place he t mained days and nights, saw his comp I l ions sink exhausted into the ocean, and t fered the most terrible privations of lain and thirst. Twice help seemed at hand ,it, they could not succeed in attracting the t tention of the passing vessels, until at lenpli they were espiocHiy a Quebec, boUnd yes I d and rescued. Hundreds were lost by al t terrible calamity and many a home Intl e desolate, but what must be "the feelings of the craven crew who took the boats in self h fear and left women and children to perisi Thank God their names.do not konnd Am ican; and ninny .of them are known to 1 e Foreigners. The firemen, engineers, so men, stokers and servants have cover d. aelves with eternal ignominy—beta far liVftell that they had becu co . yoj.ed by tl e greedy ocean \ VII ye, than with such infiitp),— /).illa,;e'l>hia Arrival from Europe—Whig and Amer ican Vic tortes—E xploslons , --151urders— Safety Of Captain Luce, &c. .^ T.I.WIttADAY, October 12. The steam:46p -Europa has aryiyed at Hal ifax with atfiAes from Liverpool to the 30th ult. *From the Crimea the news ,is that the allied fortes had intended to attack on the Dith an entrenched camp of ten thousand dans posted in the direction or slowSto_ I but dotting the night 01 the rub the Itasiiaas fell back towards the town. Ti‘elve thodsand Tartars had offered their services to the allies as volunteers and had been ac cepted. It was reported that the attack on Sebastopol had been fixed for the 25 of Sep. tember. The Turks mere making prepara tions to beseige Ismail.. In the - Baltic tiie . bombardment of Revel had been or lered.— In the While Sea the British fleet hail burned the thriving town Of Kola. It was confi dently stated at the Paris Booe that on the 19th the allied frees and the Russians met in the Crimea and a battle ensued, resulting in the retreat of the Russians, with much loss. Schamyl, the Circassian chief, has ef fected at junction of his army with that of his hentenant. The Madrid correspondent of the . London times asserts that_ the Spanish authorities hold the proof of Mr. Soule's complication with: the insurrectionary at tempts, this information being derived from a negro servant of Soule's. There ise-taid to be great discontent in Russia, insomuch as to threaten a revolution. From China the intelligence is that the„ surrender id Canton is daily expected. 'lll6- sad catastrophe to. the steal:wt. Artie proves too trite, i ad the details will be found in another part i;1" S i tar • paper. .Pennsylvania has cho,en a Whig Governor, a Democratic Canal Conimis,ioner and ,Supremo Judge. A large nntiority of the Congrestional delegation is \V lug, and of the few Denmerhts elected, several are anti Nebraaa. A Whi , e majority is believed to be elected to.the State LegiNlattire, eure,l a Whig L'S. Senator. In (thin and Indiana-the rtnt-i-ati-i4:militveovnbitrations-havt— swept all beforelihem, awl it is thougl+tlmt the Know Nothing tiek_ut for State ()dicers is elected itt Indiana. In lialtinfl;re the Knots Nothing 'candidate for :this or has tilt; Ina .lori.fy, and the saute party has carried a large maim-4 or the City councils. NO. '7. Another man has died from the wounds be received in the recent riots New Orleans, making in all- eight victims. A lire at New Bedford, Mass., on Wednesday night, de stroyed property to the amount of $.10,000, including six dwelling houses and the , stock of au extensive lumber yard Of IL A. Kemp too. The town of JacksoWPort, Arkansas. was entirely destroyed by tire lately. The Ohio Election has resulted in an overwhelm ing anti-Nebraska — victory. Of' the iv'uol.e twenty:one members of Congress' chosen, eighteen are anti Nebraska. i ( - ! , 1. rie Lie SATURDAY, October •14. A ferry skiff= was upset in the Hudson 64r at Troy, yesterday morning, and eleven per sons drowned: They were chiefly workmen in a chair factory. The Ohio Election has proved an astounding defeat of the Demo cratic party. Sixty counties heard from give the Independent. American and Anti-Nebras ka ticket 65,000 tintjority, and the majority in the State wUft t is said, reach 90.000. A hisk ey StilLixploded at Williamshurgh, yesterday, baying, the engineer in the ruins and killing himjatally wionding a nother man, and, badly injnring another.— One of the passangers whirl perished in ,the Arctic, a Freneheler,is supposed to have 8 had with hint diamonds and jewelry of the v a lue of $1.50,1)Mv: One hundred and eight een thousroal - Germans have arrived at N. York, ti-out foreign ports, during the first, eight months of the present year. Two more murders have been committed in New York city, both on Thursday night. In one case a brakeman on one of the Harlem Railroad furs was attacked on the rear platform of a ar by a ruffian, who struck him a violent blow on•the•head'with his fiS . t, knocking him down heavily on the pavement, so that he died of the injury. 'lite murderer ran oil and escaped. He is supposed to be a person whom the brakeman had, on :previous oe •easion, driven from the platfi)int{ In the other case, a, man named John iGilforye, while going home. through!. Ninth astinne, , kcal-shot bramunknoWn Uerthah; who stole \- -nip behind wounding him in the back, and:escapetl. . • MONDAY, October 16. the cow - nail - der of the ill fitted steampskip Arctic, has arrived safe at Quebec, and furnished an account of the wreck: Wappears that , after the steamer ---staik - he'rose-to-the-sarlirceFaudAindintrtia steamer's paddle-box near biui he got upon it himself; but his son was htruck 'on the head by the box anekilled. - He remained 'upon this remnant •of the wreck for nearly two days, when he was rescued by•the bartlue Calabria, iu which he, arrived at Quebec, with some of the passengers and crew of the Aretic: A singular death-occurred in Phila delphia on-Saturday. A man named James Pollock was bittekin the neck by a horse, his windpipe being,sei-ered, so that he died Soon after. The-Hon. Jacob Collamer, Post- master General ditring, the Taylor' adminis tration, has been elected U. S'. Senator front - Vermont. for the long term,, and Lawrence Brainard, Free Soil, for the short term.— The annual message of the Governor, which has just been sent into the Vermont Legis . lature, takes a strong stand in favor of the prohibitory liquor law. Au enormous bed, of gypsum, seven hundred feet thick, and many miles in extent, and of the, purest quality, ha . B been dkeor6Ted at the head wa ;tets of the Waehita,Mra:an; and lied river.i. SUMMARY OP'NEWS FRIDAY, October 13 El
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