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C.A.ILLISLE, PA.
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 81. 1855
TH: LARGEST AND CHEAPEST NEWSPAPER
40 11101121,ANU COUNTY
Terms —Two Dollars a year, or One Dollar and
Fifty Cents. if !mid punctually in Advance
$1 75 if paid wit,iu the peat.
THANKSGIVING DAY.
Pennylvania i —ln the home end by the
nutlior4 oftbA,Comtnonwealth of Pennsylva
nia. JAAns PoLLoctc, Governor of said Coin.
moutrealth.
A PROCLAMATION.
Flow CITIZENS I—A public recognition of
the existence of God,. as the Creator of all
things end the Giver of 'every good and per
oect gift,' with an humble acknowled...cment
cif our constant dependence upon the provi
fence of Him, 'who rules in the army of Hea
ven and among the children of men,: is alike
the duty and the privilege of a free and Chris
tian.people. .
'He has crowned the past year with his
goodness and caused our paths to drop with
fatness.' lie has blessed our country with
peace. The union of the States 2 —our free in
stitutions—our civil and religious privileges—
right of conscience and treedom of -worship.
have been continued and preserved. The
great interests of education, morality and re
ligion have been encouraged and promoted—
science and art advanced—industry rewarded
—and the moral and physical condition of the
people improved.
The goodness of Cod has signally blessed
our Commonwealth. War with its desolations
—famine and pestilence with their horrors,
have not been permitted to come near us ;
and whi!st the, ravages of disease and death
have afflicted the citizens of other Stoles, we
have enjoyed the blessings of health and un
usual prosperity. The seasons, in their an•
nun! round, have come and gone,—'seed tint(
and harvest' have not failed,—smiling plentu
cheers the husbiindman ; and, surrounded bt
the abundant fruits of autumn, he rejoices it
the rich rewards of his toil. 'The pastures
are clothed with flocks—the valleys also are
covered-over with corn—they shout for joy—
they also sing.' Acknowledging with gratefu'
hearts these manifold blessings of a beneficent
Providence, we should 'offer unto God thanks
giving, and pay our vows unto the Most
High.'
Under this solemn conviction of the impor.
tance and propriety of this duty, and in con
formity with the wishes of many gdod citizens.
I, JAMES POLLOCK, Governor of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, do hereby appoint
Thursday, the 22d day of November next, a,
day of general Thanksgiving and Praise
throughout this state; and earnestly implore
the people that, setting aside all worldly pur
suits on that day, they unite in offering thanks
to Almighty God for his past goodness and
mercy, and beseech him fur a continuance of
his blessing s.
Given under my bond and the Great Seal of
the Shute at Harrisburg, this 22d day of Oc
tober, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and fifty five, and of the Com
monwealth the eightieth.
By the Governor.
A. G. CURTIN, See. of the Commonwealth.
THE LONE STAR.
The Editor of the Chambersburg Whig,
who has been closely examining the elect
ion returns of the various counties of the
State, informs us that Cumberland coun
ty is the only, single, sole, solitary dis
trict in the whole Commonwealth, in
which an old line, unadulterated "Vir
g•in Whig" has been elected ! Col.
Wm. M. Henderson, the Whig candidate
for Commissioner of Cumberland county,
it seems has won this signal distinction.
It is true, Col. H. was not elected by the
Whigs exclusively, for our democratic
friends who were this fall taken with a
sudden liking for the Whigs, such as
they have not shown in previous contests,
very kindly lent some "aid and comfort"
in the election of Col. Henderson. He
is an old fashioned, veteran Whig, an es
timable gentleman and practical business
man. As a .Commissioner he will exer
cise a vigilant care over the interests o
the county.
gm. AN ENGLISHMAN representini ;
himself to be Sir Walter Percy Beau ,
mont, and claiming connection with many
of the nobility of England, has been hon.
oriag eharnbersburg with his noble pros
ems° for the last three or four months.
,Ele succeeded in swindling several per
1-Ons, and induced a merchant to nevem
pany him to New York, where he was t
reogive £lO,OOO from Lady Percy. 1.
is needless to say that when he arrive
tbere ho slipped off, and has not sine
been heard of. '
THE LIQUOR LAW
The Lveaster Express is of opinion
that the re\training liquor law passed by
the last Legislature will not be repealed.
'A h 3 house may pass a repeal bill, but
the Express says it cannot pass the Sen
ate. The vote in the Senate on the pas
sage of the law was 15 yeas to 14 nays.
Of the new Senators elected this fall,
but one, Mr. Wilkins is known to be op
posed to the law. while four of the new
Senators are said to be committed to its
support. The Express counts upon 17
votes against repeal in a full Senate and
is therefore very confident that no bill
repealing the law can pass that body, but
it may be mistaken. Will Mr. Wherry,
Senator from this district, stand by the
law ? He voted for it, but the last demo
cratic convention of Cumberland county
passed a resolution instructing their can
didates for Assembly, in the event of their
election, to vote for the repeal of the
law. Whether he will act in obedience
to such instructions remains to be seen.
By the time' the Legislature meets the
law will have been in operation in many
counties three months., If he is satisfied
that its effects are beneficial he may vote
against its repeal. Time will tell.
01110 ELEC4TION.
Full returns of the Ohio election give
the following result of the vote for Gov
ernor:—Chase, Republican, 146,106;
Democrat, 130,887; Trimble,
American, 24,287. Chase's plurality
over Medill 15.21 g. iie majority for
the rest of the Republican State ticket is
between 34,000 and 35,000. The ag
gregate vote east was 302,405, Medill's
Vote this year is 16,546 less than was cast
for him in the year 1853 for the same
office (chile the aggregate vote cast is
18,590 greater.
MAssActiusorTs —1 very exciti n g
electoral canvass is now proceeding in
the old Bay State. Apparently the. im
mense American party, which swept the
State like a whirlwind last fall, is 'now
completely broken up. Upon its ruins
has arisen a powerful organization, boar
ing the name of the Republican party,
headed by Senators Sumner and Wilson,
Ex-Governor Boatmen, and some influen
tial Whigs. In this is, of course, com
prehended all the old Free Soil party,
which formerly numbered about 32,000
votes, hod a goodly number of Whigs.
Tho nomination of Julius. Rockwell, an
old Whig member of Congress, as the Re
publican candidate for Governor, and the
earliest support given to the party by the
Boston Atlas, seem to show that the
Whigs have joined the movement in con
siderable numbers. A strong effort has
been made to re-organize the old Whig
party of the
.State, and in this movement
Rufus Choate, Robert C. Winthrop. and
other old Whig leaders, have joined.
Mr. Winthrop'sveeession is of much im
portance, as,he has been a powerful man
with the Whigs of the. State. Whether
he still retains his influence, can hardly
be guessed in the present confused condi.
tion of politics. A separate candidate
for Governor has been nominated, and a
rather conservative platform adopted by
the Whigs; but this will not be as to
help them in Massachusetts, Under pres
ent circumstances, as the State is tho
roughly anti-slavery. A large portion of
the American party still maintain a dis
tinct organization, and, being dissatisfied
with the course of the 'Republican party,
they have re-nominated Governor Gar
diner.
OPEN ORGANIZATION..--The Pitts
burg Times urges the open organization
of the American party. The Times
says, " in the beginning secresy was pro
bably necessary and unquestionably po
litic, as in no other way could so large
a party haire. been so rapidly built up;
but the necessity for attachment to these
forms has passed, and we arc glad to see
steps talcen — for.. their abolition. , , Their
existence has been a source of great dis
comfort to many members of the party,
who only submitted to' them because of
the good the party promised to accom
plish.
guliltieS -t.'s)trotibili
OUR NEXT LIWISZATIIRE.
The Ohambersburg 11 , 144 points out
some features of the new Legislature., of
Pennsylvania as worthy of notice. There
is not a single old Senator , re-elected--a
result that has rarely before occurred.
Another remarkable fact iy that the whole
eastern and southern part of the State
has not chosen one anti-Pierce_Senator,
while the north, heretofore reliably Demo
cratic, has displaced two Pierce men, and
sent Republicans in their steal In the
Ilouse the same singular change is pre
sented. Of the eastern counties,' where
the old Whig strength used' to be, but
two counties have elected a solid anti-
Pierce phis and Lebanon—
ams, Lancaster, CheA-
While
,ter anO. teeAledly Whig count
ies, and - all the doubtful. counties, have
gone either partially or entirely Demo
cratic. In the interior and north, the
Democratic ranks are terribly riddled.
In Perry, Centre, Armstrong, Juniata,
Tioga, Bradford,, Susquehanna,
Jefferson, Mercer, Venango, and Potter,
formerly good for an aggregate ,Qemocrat-'
is majority of 5000, I . )emocratic tickets
are defeated, and nearly 4000 majority'
given to NtenoLsoN.
THE CRISIS AT RAND
A London correspondent of the Na
tional Intelli , eneer states that, the ex
pectation is general in England and Eu
rope that there will be a g,rand blow up in
the next Congress, a dissolution of the
Union in two years, and that England
will take the South Under her protection.
You must always no away froin home to
hear news about home
Onto.—The recent election in Ohio
settled one thing which was not at first
apparent. It scen►s that the Legislature
in Ohio holds only biennial sessions, and
the last session was held in the winter of
1853-4. It was very largely Democratic.
At the last election a new Legislature
was chosen, and the majority is over
whelmingly Republican. It meet. in the
approaching winter of 1855-6. Senator
H'ade's term as the representative of Ohio
in the United States Senate expires on
the 4th of March, 1857, and thus it will
devolve upon the Legislature just chosen
to elect his successor.
NEw Von ti POLITICS.—The New York
State central committee of the opponents
of the prohibitory liquor law, appointed
by the State Convention of the 19th, has
issued an address, calling upon all their•
friends and the liquor dealers throughout
the Commonwealth, to vote the Soft Shell
Democratic ticket for State officers. If
this recommendation is acted upon it will,
probably decide the contest in favor of
the democrats—that is if the liquor in
terest proves itself as powerful in New
York as recently in Pennsylvania.
A Divisiorr OF TEXA:-A writer
front western Texas says the German,
French, Swiss, Hungarian, and other
European settlers in northwestern Texas
are to a man in favor of forming a new
State out of the western portion of that
State, and to a man they are oppoSed to
slavery. Free Soiligm at that cud of the
Union would change some people's ideas
of the necessity and policy of annexing
more Mexiean territory.
DIA N KSOIVI NG ,DA .—Tho Gover=
flora of Pennsylvania and Ohio have des
ignated the 22. d, and the Governors of
MassaehUsetts and , New York the 29th of
November,, as
,thanksgiving day in their,
respective States. Maryland and Virgin
ia will be a week in advance of them, as
they will observe the I.sth- of November.:
North Carolina had her thanksgiving on .
Thursday last:
EXPENSIVE AMUSEMENT.- An arti;
ele in the Dublin University Magazine
states that the present war with Russia
costs England and 'her allies a guar ter
of a million sterling per day !
Ite - The Know Nothing Stste Con
vention of Nortl Carolina have formerly
resolved to abandon all sooresy whateverr
IPA a SitiOliird VVILL7AIIISON.
Tim Passmore Williamsonvase wasagain
before the U. S. District Court in Phila
delphia, on Friday last, on a motion
made by his Counsel to file a petition in
relation to his case. An able argument
was made by the Hon. W. M Meredith,
and on Monday, as we learn by the city
papers, Judge Kano made an order in
the case of Williamson, refusing the leave
asked for by counsel, because he is still
in contempt, and by the petition he seeks
to present does not purge himself. Td
the end, however, that he may purge
himself, the Judge also ordered that
whenever Williamson shall declare, un
der oath or affirmation, that he is willing
to answer melt. interrOgatOr;eB as may be
addressed to him by the COurt touching
matters heretofore inquired into by the
Habeas Corpus, that the Marsahl shall
bring him before the Judge in Court or
Chambers, to abide the further action of
the Court.
This seems to open a door for the set
tlement of the difficulty of which we
think Mr. Williamson should at once
avail himself It will probab,y allow, of
a fuller and clearer statement of his course
than that wade - 1n his first return to the
writ, and lead to his release from con
finement, while hew will be sustained and
his own character for integrity and vera
city be in no degree compromised.
SiwErtE '---The Easton Argus, a
staunch Democratic paper, which sup
ported Hunter and the whole tichct,,'says,
" we notice that an effort is made in cer
tain quarters to construe the late 'Dem
ocratic triumph iii Pennsylvania into an
endoreement of the present National
A dmipi:itration. It must require a pe
ml.iar pair of spectacles to see any such
meaning in the result, and we pronounce
it pure unadulterated nonsense. In this
seciion of the State, where the largest
majorities Nero given' for the Democratic
candidates, no one thought of 3.k. Pierce
or his administration,, and no one cared
the snap of a finger about either. The
victory might with as much reason be
claimed as an endorcement of the course
of Louis Napoleon,"
- FOREIGN I3rmiquATloN.-4-During the
week past, 6555 foreign immigrants ar
rived at the port of New York, on board
vessels from British and German ports,
bringing with them in cash money to the
a nouns of 8245,075, or an average of
thirty-eight dollars for every man, woman
and child. The real amount of cash
means is thought to be much larger, as it
is said to be a well aeertained fact that
the German immigrants do not report all
they bring with them.
IleZ" . It is rumored in political circles
at Washington*, that the President and
Gov. Wise of Virginia, are 'at logger
heads, arising from Wise's opposition to
the pr .tensions of. Pierce for a second .
term.
DAM Y'S GENUINE VAIN EXTRACTOR yin
sul.tinu tl xtiu and lull:toutlion from the severest burns
or scalds, to , 46 to o n ly minutes—and that it
will heal the wounds without a sear; and effectually
cure Never .tiores—Piles—Salt Illieutn—lntlatninatory
and Inflamed Eyee—Cuts--Wcunds
—Brulses 7 -old arid Inveterate bores—Scald Ilt
Corns and * linttlinis—Erysitielna—Sprainie—: welling.—
Felons—Chilblains—Bites of l nseete—Swelled and Iwo
ken Breast—Sore Nipples—Bruptlous—anti all other
inflammatory and cutaneous diseases, where the parts
athnted can lie reached.
. . .
Don't be incredulous about the many diseases named
to cured by only ono thing—but reflect that the (ow,
but positive properties which the Dailey salve alone
containa, and as heretofore enumerated—one to four—
eau reach not only the aforii-uteutioned diseases, but
many more nut enumerated.
Query.—Do not regular bred physiciansprescribe cal*
nod inwardly sor scores of different diseases!
Each box of (icsiviss.liatix's PAIR EXTRACT*n ban up
on it a Steel Plate Engraved Lithe' with the signatures
of C. V. CIACKENirIit 4.. CO., proprietors. and HENRY
bALLEV, manufacturer. Ali - others aro counterfeit.
1'0(.0 26 coots per box.
All orderel should be addressed to C. V. Clickener.: &
&0., al llarclay street, New
r1.,.F0r sale by all Druggists throughout the 'United
States.
. Dr. , liMAC Tuoktisou's much celebrated tYE
WATER. "Its merits stand unrivalled." This old,
tried and Invaltythie remedy for all diseases of the oyes,
after hating stood the tester over Fifty Years, and *be
demand for it Is still increasing, is now, and has been
for the past two years, offeredihr sale in an entire new
dress. Each bottle will have a Stool Plate'Engraved
Envelope. with a portrait of the 'inventor, Dr. Isaac
Thompsoni Now London Conn., and a fao simile Of his
signature, together whin a file simile ol the signature of
the present pr..prieter, John 1,. Thompson, No Idl and
163 Elver Street, Troy, New York, and none other can
be genuine 1
The proprietor has been compelled to make MIS
change in the style of the wrapper!owing to the largo
quantity of counterfeit which for the, past few years has
144q444 paimed'upon the community, and espetiallynt the
west.
Purchasers are particularly requested to buy none
but the above described, and es the red table berctofbre
used has been called wetly lbund in that foul the
proprietor does not 11041tata to pronounce couuto , selt.
For WO by all the respectable druggists In thelln!tod
States and Canada.
(Town ant) Cottitto 31Tatters.
HOUSE AND' BARN • BURNED.—We
learn that imleptructive fire occurred in-Dickin
son township, on Sunday morning last, by
which the dwelling house of Jacob Lippard : ten
ant on tee farm of George Spangle; deceased,
together with his barn, crops and part of his
stock wde burned to the ground. The fire
originated' from a stcve-pipe in the house, and
an excel dingly \high wind prorailin . g,, the fire
rapidly spread over the house and soon corn
inunicated to the barn, which was but a little
distance from the house. The whole of the
last crop was stored in the barn and is conse
quently totally lost. So rapidly did the fire
spread that but little of tho household furni
ture could be removed. The exact amount of
loss we hose not heard, but it must be heavy..
We have not learned whether there was any
insurance or not.
THE AORICULTITHAL
learn that the. receipts of the Agricultural
Fair amounted to about snoo. This with
the fund previously on hand from annual sub
scriptions of members, &c. will enable the
society to pay off nt least three fourths of the
expenses incurred in the purchase of ground,
erection of buildings and other lusters.. The
permanence and prosperity of the society may
therfore be regarded as n fixed fact.
PLANT TREES !—Now is the time, 10-
marks, a contemporary, to plant Trees, and
every owner of a fnern or lot should take ad
vantage of it. Trees planted in the Fall aro
said io thrive better thou those planted in the
Spring—they become firmly rooted in the
ground dining the winter, and lose no (line,
as it were, by transplanting. Especial atten
tion sh lul l be paid by farmers to the selection
of the choicest kind of fruit- Good fruit is as
cheap to raise as bail, and always commands
the highest price in market. Attention +honk'
also he paid tc, the planting of shade and or
namental trees, both in' town end country --
There are quite too many houses in Cumberland
barren 1 till ornament of this kind. A bowie
embowered amid vines and shrubbery, and
surrounded by trees, is at all times a beauti
ful sight, and proclaims in language more
eloquent than words, that it is the abode of
taste, intelligence and thrift.
Direct , rs of public schools should make it
a point to see (brit where trees are wanting
around School Houses they are at once set
out. The scholars will cheerfully attend to
this duty if encouraged or requested by tbs
proper authorities.' Vines and shrubbery
should also be planted, and the school house
made as attractive us possible. It requires
little labor to do all this, and when once done
every stranger who pisses will carry with
him a good report of the neighborhood whet()
these pleasing attractions are presented.
Roos.—The Emperor of France hos mode
strong remonstrations et Rome advising the
Pope to secularism the administration, and to
accept the code Napoleon, which for about ton
years has already been at a former time the
law of the country, and therefore is no novel
ty in Italy, The Pope declined to nccept the
advice, and Napoleotis answer to Pio IX, on
the refusal is said to have been couched in
rather strong and ominous langung,e.
[Lotter from Hon. J. Minor Botta, of Virginia.]
litcualosv, July eth, MM.—Mem-a, lI'N. S. ItxEtte &
co,, EN7B,—ConSiderntiollA of duty to the afflicted alone
prompt trio to scud you this voluntary testluninlal to
the great value of .C/thißles FYANInII Bliartat;' for 04
altuoNt Incurable disease. FCROFTI.A.
Without being disposed or deeming it necessary to go
Into the particulars of the case, I can say that the as
tonishing results that have been produced by the use
of that medicine On a niember of my own family. and
under my own obaerration and superintendence, after
the skill of the best physicians had been exhausted and
all the usual Joniedies bad fulled, fully justify me in re
commending its use to all who may be suffering from
that dreadful malady,
do not mean to say that It Is adapted to all conqi
totions. ()r that it will afford tho Santo roller in all
easese; for, of course. I can know nothing about that—
hut front what I hare seen of the effects. I would hot
hesitate to use it. In any and every case of - ts7crofula,
persona for whtim I fit an interest, or over whom I
could exercise influence or control.
Respectfully yours,
JNO. M. BOTTS.
July 35,'55
lloolland's German Bitters, prepared and sold by rr.
Jackson, at the German 'Medical Store, 120 Arch street,
Philadelphia, daily Increase in their well deserved cele
brity, for the cure of all diseases arising from derange
ment of the liver. Mlles° Bitters have, indeed. proved
a blessing to the afflicted, who show their gratitude by
the most Bettering testimonials, This medicine hap
established for itself a name that competitors, however
wily their schemes, or seductive their protnisos, cannel
reach. It gained the public confidence by thelunnem.
benefits that have been derived from it, and will eve
maintain its position. , See advertisement. '
WM. 11. C4RRYL,
IMPORTER AND JOEBER,
WIIOLES4LE D E ALER
IN °
CURTAIN MATERIALS,
FURNITURE COVERINGS, &a., &0., &o•,
WITIT ECRU'S' ASSolurnoN OF TRIMMINGS TO SISTOG ! ,
NEW MASONIC TEMPLE,
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Slitarriages.•
On the 25th inst., by the Itov..lacob Fry, iIIr.OEORG
B. BNITIt, to Mtn MARGARET NELL, both of Carlin)
On the 27th ult., by tho Rev. •A. 11. Kremer, N •
JOBEDII EQIUMIART, to Minh SARAN ELLEN WAi,.
GONER, both of Fnmhford twp., thle county.
()tithe 25th ult ., by the acme, F,! ' DANIEL PARLF
toMP4 ARABELLA W1RE11413,b0121 orDlet Intim 'mi.
tuts county. t