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Mt. DUFFIEhIrS A.D.IIRESS
Some three months ago, we announced tint
arrangements were making to publish the
historical Address," delivered by the . Rev.
Dr. Derinti.n, of Detroit,. at the celebration
et the Centennial Anniversary of the First
Presbyterian Chant of Carlisle, in July last.
The Address has %ivy been placed in our hands
fee that purpose, an we contemplate issuing ,
it about the Ant of February next, provided'
• sufficient number of copies will, be subscribed
for, in advatice, to *arrant the , expense.
,It
will be printed in pamphlet form, on good pa
per, with new typo, and will contain about 65
pages, including a valuable appendix, together
with the proceedings of the Centennial Cele
bration—and will be furnished to subscribers
at 25 'cents per copy.-
The reputation whio Dr. DUFFIELD enjoys
as a vivid writer,.hid:sslAtlon to this Church,
. for many-years, as its Posio7,7he circumstan
ces which called forth the Address, and its
value at a historical sketCh of the early settle
ment of the "Churches of the Valley," 'gives
peculiar interest to this publication, and as the
edition will be limited to the number of copies
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' Address
. WM.. M. PORTER,
Heie(ld Office, Ccirysle, Pa
December 28, 1857
N. B. Orders may glee , be left at the stores
of 10. 4 0gilby, J. D. Halbert and S' Elliott, or
at the Bookstores of .J. Loudon, A. M. Piper,
and Shryook. Taylor & Smith.
HOLIDAY .GIFTS
Notwithstanding the tightnesS of• The times,
our Grocery, Fancy and Confectionery etoree
'seem deterniined to preal the season as far as
possible. J.: D. HAM:MUT advertises a new
assortment of„Fruite, Groceries and Fancy
Goode. Hie Custorners"wili, find him at the
aid stand, oti the'corner of the squall.. • Ilia
stela &aware a very,attraoilve appearance,
ind he has made every arrangement to•secum
modate a rush of business. ••
EDT at the Marion Ila Grocery, has' alas
added to his already leige stock; and lout
shown his penal good. taste.in his•selection of
fancy articles.
11 1
FRANK PORTE; 'opposite it 13 Depot, has iti4
esised a nice lot of Toys and Confectionery, to
tioltle. the' fancy as well as the palates of the
. growth" he has, as usual, ice-creams, oysters,
sad eiery variety of, plain and fancy cakes.
CONLYN, opposite Nation Halt and Naniamt,
opposite the Herald office,. hare the finest and
inoit valuable assortment Of watobesijiwelry,
(and tansy goods ever iipencil in Carlisle. They
_have rings and.tireestpins fronveia,cento up to
• wery steep priCii,,and''an 'abutidancto,of Ins
___goiCand eilver.Wararketi;*4o; yr fO7
hag to sell on tiritsc-tiut thiy'don't want them
to so on tick.
LOUDON. Btlifitileit;TATLOltkEhitrti, PRET'.
wad HArEAßTlTie:have.All;acided to their
gift,boolts. and !_ere PrePO:dti , to furnish a
variety of " offitlige"'t•S' those lsito - niaY wish
'fos =he holiday presents.
toNanEsszoriAL
.
-Sinoe the meeting r'Of Conroe, very little
bueineee of a public nature ties been traintot 7
od, Iloth Ilotnceebave been,eniaged • iatbe
e lection of officers and irintere, fipd the
*tied, of the : Standing Cononitteeti. After
- .
the holidays , when the members wilDhnve got
.unto-working-t -we may -exPeot-Dieli times
in Congress. PUblic:attention is , now drawn
to the course of Sonatoe l Donglass, who Joins ,
issue with' the President on'. that part of his
,
message which relnies to the .- Lecompton Con
. ;titution, On the 9th inst:, Mr. Douglas de
-livered a - very able speechto which he,assailed
• the aotiovar 'the Kansas Consatutionni con
_ vention;deolartng_that.,untisr. people.
were-not-free - tri-regrilate - their domestic insti ,-
tutions. Senator. Bigler •attemlited to reply;
-- enitsitil!ini - niiitolijellowed - between'tholvd -
Senatots,' in which Mr. Bigler was worsted.—
A Washington 'paper says that. when Bigler
rose to reply to the "Little Giant," thp ban
least was nstif the lights in the chandelier had
been suddenly extingaiehed , and a tallow
-dle-brought in to-supply Replace/
On..the Istof Docembek, SeereterY•Stnnion,
neWrig-Threernor of Kansas, leaned his precla- '
motion, convening the new Legislatitre•oit the
27th. As soon as thisfact become known to.
the President; he retrieved Mr-Stanton, and
. appointed Gen. Denvers, and the Senate, after'
an. animated debate, confirmed the nomination
by a vote of twenty-nine to nineteen. •
--- Much — dissatisfictien — existst - on - nceount - a . .
the partial manner in which the dominant par=
ty in the Senato.haveconstruolnd the Standing
Committees. No Senator from the New Fook
gland States,. New York; Pennsylvanisior Ohio
has n Chairmanship on any of thticommittees,
-while Virginin; Florida , . Arkanansi lowa and'
South Caroliiiahave two each . . Orthe twenty =
two Chairmanships, sixteca are from Slave
•toololing States, and ten of the lending North
ern States, so for as they may' be represented
by Committees, have no place in the transac
tion of business in the Senate ; and yet this
is the action Of a party that cries out against
sectionalism.
Mr. Minter, of the Senate, and J. Glancy
Jones, of the house, have each introduced a
hill authorizing the.iesue of Treasury note's,- to
meet Gm - wants of
.the Government. The bill
provides-for—the-is - Suing of 'twenty
dollars. , - • •
On the 18th inst., Mr. Douglass introdUced
a bill to authorize the people of Kansas to form
a Constitution. and Stnto Government_ prepar
atory to their adtnission into the Union on no
.equal footing with the original States; and on
the same day, Mr: Banks, of Masii., introduc
ed a bill of similar import• in the House of
Representatives. The hill introduced by Mr.
Douglasi, in the Senate, provides 'for a Board
of five persons; n * Ppointed, by the President,
and ,ciinfitimed by the Senate, to make tin enu 7
mention of . * inhnbitante o'f ICansas, and
fair 4portionmait of the tnemberp of the cell
vention to term the , new constitution. • The
election to be,beld_ otevrday to 'bedesignifed
by- tha - BonedTly - lte - nfir_le tri — than nine y, 'nor
morn than one hundred and twenty'days after
the passage 'of the not. The Board ie to be
entrusted with the appointment of judges, and
the selection of places of voting; theelective
franchise to bp confincd to every free white
tottle-eitiien-of-thei-United-States'avertwentp
6neyesrs of age, who may be 'tt bonaide
habitant of the territory 'en the 21st of Decetn-.
ber, and wile shall have sesided three months
prior to said election in the county in which
lie offers to. vote. This convention to assemble
ia not lees than -thirtynei more than - sixty
days aftev,l4, : olection of delegntes: _ _TheLeon
stitution to beiffibtnitted to the legal voters
MEE
for_their free ficcePtance or rejection, and un
less adopted by a - majority of all the legal votes
cast, shall' be null 11/111-VOld. , The -bill also s.!=
cures the personal rind political rights of the
pc, pie, including those ` of speech and the
- Press.
On Saturday, the•Sennte pissed the hill no
thorizing the issue of twenty millions Of dol,
inrs in Treasury notes, by a vote of 81 to 18.
I,ts operation is limited to ono year, end notes
of a less denomination than one hundred dol
lars ire prohibited. Mr. Crittenden introduc
od a resolution requiring an increase in the
tariff duties on inverts.,
- NEU'S OF 'I 4 IIE 'WEEK.
A brutal. murder woe committed in Lafleur
ter county last week, near the 'village of Pe
tersburg. The persons killed were Mrs. Gnr
ber, wife of Conrad Garber,.eupervisor and
!ter. collector of Manhiem townellip, nod a
Mrs. Refire, an elderly lady and 'relative of
the Garber&
The women were alone in the house. A
neighbor who had occasion to go there, found
the two svon*n lying on the floor, both dead,
coverwritith blood, and their heads so beaten,
that it Ives hard' to distinguish them.
The alarm was conimunioated to the Police
of Lancaster, and the same day they nrree'ed
two colored men, who had been seen prOwling
around that neighborhood. The'two men ar
rested are residents of Lancaster, their names
are, Richardson n a nd Alexander An
derson, and have long been knownas thieves.
There was oonsiderahle blood on their clMh
ing, and
. the evidence against' Clem leave, no
doubt of their' guilt..l,
Fown PROCEEIHNO.—Many of our exchanges
are complaining of poultry thieves.. It Wan
evidence Mat .folks are preparing for Christ
mas.
AATIIER SUSPENSION:—The Treasury Da
p:figment :at.Washington auspentled payment
on Wednesday last ; unpaid bills to the amount
of half a million of dollars was laid over.
.This hard money administration have applied
to Qongress for a law to permit them to issue .
twenty millions of dollars in Treasury notes. •
General Walker; the rillibuster, - lins beeri
.permitted to land at Greytaln, with aboug
'ono hundred and eighty Men; be occupied
two days in landing• men,•provisions and mu
nitions of war right under the gune.of the (.1-
B. sloop of war, Saratoga, withoyt on effort
being made to prevent it.
The Legislatures of Georgia, South Caroli
naand Alabama have lagalizeil. the blink sue
.pviaione.
The Mobile Register reportatin inundation
.z—the Warrior River being 65 feet ahove•low
water-mark. Between four and five thousand
bodes of ootton have been lost; with 1000
busitrls of corn, and great numbers of cattle.'
A Nionrargua meeting was , held at Mobile
'on the 14th inst. 'Gov., Winston presided and
—Bidge.---.Menkr-C.-Inudondutlga'—flopkins-and
others delivered addresses. Resolutions were
- adopted favorable to the eapeditlon'of General
,
• .
• The South Carolina Legislattne bee indefi
nitely postpdaid the resolutions in reference
to Kan4ns. •• •. • • • •
The Indian war biol, assumed d serious an ,
pectin Florida: .The ,troops have been able,.
by forced Marches, to Come up with Billy Beer.
legs',Setninoleti, •nnd several' smart engage
mentk have taken place.' In one or these con
•••• Cow
fliots Captain Paitill was .killed and mineral
soldiers were badly ropilcifd.: Attempts aro
heinclande M o bring an a decisive, action. ;
• The 4.Panf (rtlins:) , 4,tes to the,lfitli lost
bare; been reoelved.i . --The sleotioisiativass had
heen Itmas thought the' De.
moritio , "eandidatc - .for Sib.
.y,;Woold .herediliote,(l. , Theta!fawn°
leotion of United Stiteti'fieliatsr• •
=EI
GOY. WALKER.
Itobert - J. Walkeit has resigned his office as
Gloieriipr of iansas: Ito statee that lie has
fieen..mOstXelOOtitntly - breed to this conelu.
sion after an anxious and careful considera
tion of his:duty to the countri, the President
a"ti',d himself.. „
-Mr—Walker; after ; Mating,:tir : be-neeepted
the appointment on the express condition that
he should advocate the'submissioe of the COM
stitulion to a vote of the people for ratification
rePotion elaye;-•
'.These viewn were clearly underetoad by
the Preeidentand all hie C ibinet.. They were
distinctlyiet: forth in my letter of noceptanoe
'of this office of the•2oth of March last.•and
reiterated - in:Tylnattoral toitiress_otttur2lth
May follows: -
"Indeeii - I•onnuat - doubt - thet - tfitr':conren , ,,
.tion, afterhaving.frnmed a'State 'constitution,
will submit - it for ratification or rejection' by a
majority of the than actual:Lona:fide resident
settlers.of Kansas. ••
With . these viewu well known to. the Pre
sident and Cabinet, and approved by them, I
accepted the appointment of GovernOr of Kan
ens... My instructions from the President,
thiou'xh - the - Seerdiaty of State, under of
anti) of 'March last, sustain - . the reialar Legis,
, lature of the Territory' in 'assembling acnnved
i,ention to form a constitution,' nud they express.
the opinion of the' President that 'when ouch
' constitution shall- be auhmittid to the people of
the' Territory, , they.muet lie protected in the tier
cisc of their flour of voting FOR or AGAINST that
instrument, and the fair, expression of the popu
lar will mast not be interrupted by fraud or Ma- .
tenet.' ' •
I repent;
not unlees the convention subtnit the consti
tution to . the vote of ell the 'actuni resident
settlers of kensne;i tnii. the election be fairly
endjitstly conducted, the constitution will-be,
end ought to be, rejected.
. .
The,lettei. is too long for our oplumns,n,
we have only space for the concluding part of
the letter of resignation :
" No. one can more deeply regretAhan.my
self this necessity, but it arises from no change
of opinion on my part. On the contrary, I
should most,olieerfully . have returned to Kan
1311e'lp carry opt my'original instructions, and
thus preserve the peace of the Territory. and
'finally settle the Kansns question by redeem
ing toy pledges to; the people. .It is not my
'intention to disentiictit - fhid time . ; the 'peculiar:
circumstances and unexpected events, which
have modified the opinions of the President,
upon a point so vital as the submissiomof..thi3
constitution for ratification or rejection by the
vote of the people—much less do I desire' any
controversy with the President nn this subject,
yet, however widely my views may differ from
those entertained - by him 'on this question—
views which louse held al my life, and which,
as involving fundamental principles of publle
libetiy and of the constitution, are un'obange
ableyet, as regards all those great democra
tic measureewbieh.l trust, wi11964144We the
policy of his administration in other repects,
it will give the pleasure, as a' private
to yield my cordial support:.
" I have said that the'slavery question as a
practicsl issue Led disappenred 'from Nanette
long heroic; my arrival :there,ind the question
of self-government hail been substituted in its
place: - On some future occasion, I Shall dissi
pate the delusion which. bits' prevailed upon
this subject, and show that after thred'years' ,
experiment, when -I arrived in Kansas; there
were lees..thari three hundred slaves, there,
and the:ii - n ber_constantl ditutnielting.tiltt,
as proved by the official - records of Congreee,
published end authenticated by those dintin- -
guisheil and southern statestnen, John C. Cal
houn aril Jefferson - Davis; the winter climate,
oven of Eastern Kansas, is colder than that of
New linglend, mid that the pro-olnvery terri
torial.conVention.nf Konsas,-consolidated-with
..the_pra-slavery_territorial-legislaturo,-onLthe.-
4th of January, 1857, nearly nye months be
fore my...arrival there, did distinctly abandon
the slavery Kine, because, its set forth by eine
of their number, .. the pro-slavery party was
in a stela' end admitted minority,' .•and the
3
co-opeeatio of the free State democratsWifil
invited, as the only hope of .suocess, not to
make Jinn 6 as a sleveState;Arlijish was conced
ed ;o bezimpossible. hut to mike it n rennet.
vntive democratic free State.
~E ven .ite into as the Bil of July, 1867,
when the democratic territorial 'convention tia,
seinhled at tecompten, in Consequence of the
-kiwi of elinutte and - the wellknown will of the
.people, none contended that slavery could be
established there. Nor was it until my south
ern opponents interfered-in the affairs of Ken
ass, and by denunciation, menace and other
wise, Hided at a critical period by several Fe
deral office-holders of Kansas, including the
nurveyOr-general, (the president of the con
vention,) with his immense patronage, em
bracing ninny hundred employees, intervened,
and, as I believe, without the knowledge, or
approbation of the President of. the United
States, produced the extraordinary paper call
ed the Lecompton constitution. Yet this ant
of intervention by 'federal officers to defeat the
will of the People seems to be sustained by my
opponents, - whilst — my intervention, as it
called, in obedience to nay,tiuty and oath of
office to support the federal constitution and
to take care that our organic law should be
fairly executed. by endeavoring to secure to
the people of ( Kansas their rights under that
net, is eenounced.and calumniated
"It is still more extraordinary..,that the hy
pothetical remarks made by me, as regards
climate, in- its connection with its ~influence'upon tliequestion of slavery in Kansas, after
that issue had been abandoned there—wliich
views were consolidating the union between.
conservative, free- State and pro-slavery de
mocrats, so as to prevent the' confiscation of
the small number of slaves then held in Kan
sae—have been
.dgnounced by many distin-,
•guished 'southern Senators, who, whoivothe
Kansas and Nebraska bill wee pending in Con
gress, and whin such remarks from'them,-if
ever, might affect southern emigration, were
then loudest in proclaiming that, because of
its climate, Kansas could never become a slave
State. Indeed, it seems that all ,persons in
and out of lioness, whether in 'public or in
private life, may Publish what opinions they
please in regfird to these questions, escpptthe
goiernor of that Territory, who Ilse so little
power arld no liatronagEc
.And now be pleased to express to the
President my deep regret 'so regards ourun
fortunate difference of opinion in relation to
the LecionnteitiMinetitution,and to Fay to him,
that as infallibility does not belong to Man,
however exalted in IntelligenCe,.purity; of in
tention; or position, yet. if lie has committed
any errors in tido respect, may they be over
ruled by a superintending'Providence for the
perpetuation of. the Union, and:the ntivanee ,
meet alhe honor and interest of quir beloved
country. , .
"In now dissolving' my official connection
with your department, I beg leave to tender to
you my thanks for your coltiltant courtesy end
kindness.
Most respectfully, iour .. ofitaiont serespt,
• It. T. WALKER.
'COLWM.: TURNBULL, of the'corps of topo..
graphical engineers; who died suddenly at
IVilmingtonill. C:. on Wednesday, was ohief
of his corps under General Scott in Mexico in
1848, and was twice brevetted for gallant and
meritorious conduct, first in the battles of Con
trerns and Churuhueco, find 'secondly in the
battle nt Chnpultepeo.. Col. T. was a gradu
ate of West Point, and at the timg of his de.,.
cease bad been in the military. servioe forty
years.
—Col. Turnbull, waa a relative of Bishop
Coskry and in early life, a resident of Car—
lisle.
THE NEWSPAPER.— Every family
ehotild-take-at-le . set-one -newepoper r -say , a4t
h
Sunbury' Gazette.—W er would by no,mesins
sinuato thatthey slioulti,not. take more. than
one,: for, we believe the more. the -better ; but,
one •at least they should take,. and • that tine
.should bee County paper:
.•A City paper of
course is desiroblsee a luxury, bui•your,Coun-•
y paper hi it necessity. — The priee - ,nf the 'Car-
iale.herald,ie sl,so—payablOn advance! ,•
• -
AFB Tit New Yogic. .I.4noett,, the •groat
Futully:Petior, : hae 7 now-aktAined tho ,extraor•
(finery cireulation of Three Itutidreq and Thirty '
Thousan4,Copirs. The Prosilectue orrticLED.,•
cfnit,,which 'contains all ntooseary Information
in regard to it, will•bo found in our , advertio.:,
log column,. • , • •-•- •
TR ank.touttni 3Ratters.
Meteorological Register for the Week
' Ending December 2lat, 1857.
1867. I ThorMo- I
Rain. I . 'Remarks.
meter:*
Tuesday: 10 000 ,
Wedneaday, 8B 00' -- •
Thursday: 42 00 1.10. Rain:
Friday. 49 00
-- • • j
Saturday. ,38 00 . -
.•
Suoday.,: l-- i - 31 00
29-00-- -,50,
Weekly_ 88 00 11:00
Mean.
* The degree ilftientin the above register
is the daily avernge of three observations.
CItIttSTMAS, - -111ERRY. CIIRISTALAS - r- -
Friday next, the 25th inst., will be Christmas,
dear, delightful Christmas; and we hasteM to
offer the congratulations of the season to our
numerous friends and readers, hop ing they may
live to Wbfitome. mLy a happy return'of the
tilirth-diy of 'frit who proclaimed Peace on
earth and good will towards men ;"„Ihnt they-
May be blessed iii their basket and in limir- .
s ore, `and that durinifiVe — icary - Kg - amage
their lot-May . lm oast, in pleasant places.
CIIRISTMAS Whitt.pleneing, and nt tTe mime
time whet sad, eikanointions" the name conjures
up!_ To the pleaennt nntieipatiohs Of 'youth,
Utiage iiiilrglit but visions of a plentiful sup
ply of sweet-meats, mjecc-piee, plumb-pud
ding, flit turkeys; and other rare "gift?" fur
nished- mysterionsly by thaCinvisjble deity,
Santa Claus. ' It. is . a,season, ton, vibich' al
lone them a short respite from the- irksome
restraints of the close and perit-up sohool
room, and, rejoicingvin the " largest-liberty,"
with them,-all goes "merry as a marriage bell."
__To.Ahose 'of mature years, however,,nbese
°leeks are, silyered o'er with age." 'it recil's
the,hnlycon days whin they were young, and,.
- ,Witlf:.hearte - elated with joy spa hope, They
looked upon this bleak world es some enclian-•
ted,• fairy land,. /wherein only .pleasure, ease,' ,
and happiness had - their abblii4 place, and
where sin and sorrow, toil and trouble, penury
',and' wretchedness, remorse and misery, never,
entered. ,- .But, to them, these fund nnticipaH
lions never have been realized, anal thekyous
hopes of youth have long since been crushed
and . broken by the relentleis hand' of Time
They have experienced the nothingnese of this
worlds pomps and pleasures, its. honors and
Its .perishable greatness, as well as.the unsat
isfying nature of
r ite enjoyments. When they
look back into the long vista'or the allitost . for- * J ;
gotten past, memory brings to view therimages
of many dear, departed friends, who have long
since left thisi_for-another-awl-a-betterworld-i
yiremery, Arai, will sometimes bring to the
almost indistinetTeaturee.of many of our de-1
parted school-mates, who . Itappily„,lefr thiai
world of sin and Woe; when they and we were
young, and ere cars and disappointment had
broken - their-spirits or corroded their hearts. I
'Even — ie our own imnimpate frmily cirolea,
many a chair is vacant, and the form of many
a lovest,and:clierishnLone-!S Such
reflections and reme i tabraoces, however, ten"),
-to subdue our pleasurable anticipations when '
we hap tbe advent ofanotherChriitmas; -and,
as we would not throw a dark shadow over the
present bright Itopis and expectations of youth,
:wirartliiiiTuatife season draw asite o itlie.vell
which bides from tlieir,•eiew the stern r'earties, - -
of the tuture,.wyr_will_close_these_desultory _
reMarki by again-wishing-rill- our readers, old . -
and young, gay and grave, a Metter Cifnisr
ttps and a Ilmery NEW rEAII.
GOOD WILL Ilos COMPANY.—ItFiII
be seen by a curd in another coluinn, that the
members of the Good Will Hose Company pro-,
pole holding a Griant HOLIDAY Fain. in Edu
cation Hall, Commencing on Thursday the 2.lth
inst., and closing on New Year's evening. The
object in bolding this Fait. is to raise funds for
the purpose of purchasing ad Engine. The
1 p of Carlisle and vicinity are respectfully
i4litted . contributedi. the Fair each fancy
or other articles as their taste or.ingennity.
may prompt them to manufaCture or purchase..
The." Good Will" is composed of active and
energetic yOung men, and in times past they
have done good seraketin protecting the pro
.perty of our aiaat With a good Engine, in,
connection with their Hose, they would be still
more efficient, and in case of fire, the merM
hers of the Company would rush with alacrity .
to its suppression, and to the preservation .of
life and property. The " Good Will" richly
'deserves, and we hope on the Occasion of the
proposed Holiday Fair, will receive a generous
and rousing benefit. •
GIy.E TIFF DEVILIIIS DUE."—•The
4 rPrinter Bop," formiiVg psit and. parcel of
the ieverkl offices i■ town, Presented a peti
tion to' the literspraying , (although not
generally.blat.with early, piety) fore week'•
holiday, between Ctiriatinas and New Year,
alleging first, that ouch recreation was eceen
•tial for the benefit'of their health and second
ly, that it n'asyearianted 4..oustarn.
The t Mora, after s matifro deliberation, have
.deoided.to grant the prayer of the petition-re,
for'the reason first stated, under protest how
ever; that the same shall not be held as a pre
cedent for futuri, years, end recommend to
the b'hoys, that during the holidays afore
said, they will slick close to the rule of moral-
icy, refrain•fromfillina theiirlases with Inger
beer or bad whiskey, and nest nso shooting-I/las
to." firoliway the old year."
• In consequenso of the tibove arrangement,
no paper will be leaned in Carlisle during •the
next week.'
SELECT S CHOOL
The following Jo the return of Select Sobol
are for the.quartor enOing Deo, Ist.
School No. 11, Jae.v M. Caufmnn, Jas. A
Laudon, Jas. F. .Brndy. Abra
la& B. Redseoker, Jas. M.' Coufman,
School No. ' . 12, Laura Alexarider, 111ary
Flank, Carolina Gardner. In Mingo. Laura
Alexander; Margaret Black. • • -
School No. 18, Sarah. Q. Fooht, ViTginla
E. Turner, Sarah• E. Thompson t In Music,
Mar 4 0, Mo'Cartney, Anna M. Brady.
5ch001N0...14, Wm. Myers, A. Kennedy
Long, Sam'l F,..cooklin. In Music", Gao. 0.
Wert; C. D. Law,s, • .••
School N0.,15, Anna Focht, Fanny Gould,
Mary, Thompson., In Mush) - Fanny Goulds
Mary ThOmpenn, Fanny Ritter.'
popool No. 16, Wm. I% Law,,,Chas.-111. Leeds.
Wm.' W..Allisan. In Music,: Wm. F. Law;
Cline: D.. llalbert,,Jas. N. McClellan. •
Sohool No, la,AnMe I;3llo,Annio Shapley,
Ernincannil,son— In Mini°, bertrudO -Reed,
Blarin Robinson: . '. • -
— .School No. 17, Smith MoDonald, h. N
Siaaffer t _dohnllogler. : Irr.Munio, %%,j Mon
- , -
yer, Chaw,..A. Woodward. . ' •
'D - ..ItKELS, P.S. S
Lecture; Before the Chien Fire Co
The eooond loottre•of,. 114 •,course, lfor the
tient& 9? the Union. Fire Company, was deity
orodis.in the • Court Muse, , on kid Thursday
ovenlng, by Georgo o. , Setn . Edit., to, , we are
Somellml - twiny, n very small audience,. The
' subject Manion by the lecturer was " A'merican
- Eiiia7bitory;" in wilfull - We traced the history
of America, from -I ) bedbieosery of, Columbus,
to the close of the `revolution Dividing the
- progrosno? the country, into a series of die- -
tinot '•oheptero," or epochs, he nitrated in
glowing, language, the Natalie Incidents peen-
line to each and illustrated the many themes
for en . Eido....ingxestad-hy—the—solf-inoriffett%
- spirit of the
. esily pioneero, 'and-
.11113
schievernaide of the nittioti of the Revolu-
Snow-and-Riin-i--- to .
n. • "
tt...x....
-The euhject Was well-chosen; nd clothed in
.eauticullnnguage. It was lie ened to,. With
marked attention by:the andienc , ho testi
fied their approbation, by several r0un.....
thkef
applause. The ()illy objection that could be
urge) again:4llh. C; in waft that 'hie style wag.
miller declamatory for a lecture. '
' We regretted to see Ruch a slim attendance,
'although it may be accounted for, in part, by
the fact that other rue; Vngs occurred on 'the
same evening"; still, wo think, the members
of the Company at Isitst,'oare it to themselves,
to give ft general attendance it their - own lec-:
tures. They-can tuirdly expect the public, to
take - nnjotereatTin — theeelbingsi-unlese-they- 1
lend the way °
TitIBUTF, OF RESPECT..
At meetling - of the Unkin
Society •of Dickinson College, the following
preamble - and ° resolutions were - unoniniously
adopted: •
WIIEREAS, It has pleased Almip,lity Hod, in
the administration of his divine providence,
to take from us our beloved brother, the Hon.
ALEXANDER, NESBIT, it 'becomes our duty
to pny o r biat tribute of respect . Therefore,
Re4Overl, That we deeply deplore the lose o
our honored brother, and, extend to his.reln
rives and' triende the ey.topathy_otour ussocia
• .
' Raolved, That nur flnll he drapedin mourn
ing, that each member weer the usual
badge of mourning foi the epace of thirty days.
•
Resolved, That we acknowledge humanity to
have lust ti friend, justice a itiroitg advocate,
And nur country an ornament:
Resolved, That we hare lost it pure-hearted
Fellow-Union, a. re+pected' member, and our
College a noble son
_ Resolved, That we extend, to the citizens of
Baltimore county.,,and to all Who anew bjm,
our warmest sympathies.
Riso/vcd. That n copy' of these resolutions
be. sent to his family an n'testittionial of our
sympathy.
Pesolved, That these resolutions he publish
ed in the Baltimore Weekly, rind Baltimore
Daily Sun, nod in the Carlisle Herald. •
- . ••.- 'J. IL BECKWITO,
, J. L. SHIPLEY, '1
Committee
F
- • C. . THOMAS, ' - •
U. P. lIALL. •
Deo. 18, 1867. i
-TBIBUTV, OFt-IiESPECT:-
At n special meeting of the .Good Will Rona
Company, held at their Hull on Sunday pee.
20th, 1807, ilia following preamble :and, -Reso
lutions were adopted
Whereas we nave learned wit c h regeet-of the
-- demMtref - ourinteleltotclittintief,lTc. — John.
S.-Keeney,'and• while we bqw with 'humble .
- sub - Mission to the decrees of an all wise Piny.
itienee, still we deeply deplore. ltnd
desire -to mingle our sympathies with those of
his family andfrlende.hiLrefore Ue . it
.I?esolperl, -That in the death of-oar late • as
sociate and fellow, member, J tho 8. Keeney,
this Company•has lost a worthy and active
Mambo, one who was indentified with us from
our 1114 organization, and ono devotedly, at
tached to . its interest and rrosperity. Kind.
and devolod as a-friend:-
Resolved, That we pay our lastAribute of
reqpect to the memory of 'onr departed broth
er by attending his remains to•their final roe-'
fing end that the Hall of our Company
be placed in mourning for the Ppne of thirty
days. and that to copy of the above, prenmlo
and resolutions be tiansmitted thn family
of our deceased brother, and that they be
published in the pn . pers of our Borough.
'Robt. H. Spottowood,} •
Wm. Zottlo, Committee
A: K. Shenffer,
GONE TOMS REWARD.—•TIICte Ore many in
_this-community who will lOarnwith nowr dine=
ry regret, flint the beloved end venerable eler
gyionn, the Rev. JOO ,. !".1 VEST, of the Baltimore
M . E. Conference,- has nt lost gone to hie re
word, in thtit home to which, for more than
half a century, he pointed out the wai to oth
ers:
The decensed many yenre ago, stood in the
relation of Pastor, to the•congregation in this
place, enjoying their love and confidence, as a
truly .. evangelicalminister of the• church and
an estimable and highly valu'ed friend. Ills
loss.wilL be severely felt, not only by the
church of whlch he wns so pure rs teacher, but
by a large circle of devoted friends, through
out the bounds of the Baltimore Codfirenoe,
to whom he had endenred himself by his de
portment as a christian and his virtues as a
man. Ilis co•laborers may feel the witlurraw.
al of ~hie animating. counsel, but we trust,
that like Elisha of old, he tins left a mantle
beltind him, that will infuse into them, the
same faithfulness and zeal, which for so many
~years, masked his chniacter and 'conduct in
'the church.. •'
.4 , the perfoet men, and behold theup 7
right; fur the eud of that man is peace."
ANNivEnsidey,--:-The Sabbath School
connected with the first Lutheran Church will
celebrate their anniversary on the'evening of
Christmits-day. The exercises will Consist of
dialogues, addresses:. singing; &0., ko:, on
, which occasion an admission foe of 12f cents
will be charged, which will be applied to
ligni
dating the debt incurred in replenishing the,
Library: ,
Itev.` A. C. Wedehind hns' cbusented to 'be
present on the occasion en.l address tbs.
school.
The babbath School of the . G-or. Ref.
Cituireb will bold its regular Annivereary in
the church, on next New Yea 's . night. • •
The exercises will consist of singing by the
choir and children, the reading of the' Super
'intendants report and, several addresses.
A collection ,will be talten to enlarge the
library of the sohool. • . .
Services to commence nt half prost 6 o.3lciolt,
the public are respectfully invited to attend.
16ye-The—Carltile—DepesieF 2 Bael—and—db
Cumberland ralpy Bonk, will bt th ,be elosed
on Christmas . and New year'e day.,
Personn whiihave business about, that time
with' either of these Institutions, will please
tnltenotioe and "govern themselves according
ly," . We presume that the storsv , anCpinees
of business will be gene r ally closed, as usual, .
on Christmas.
SNOW !—On „Monday laat,, we had a
small touph'of wintor, ht. the thapit.Of tt, 4 Tery
pretty little wt. The.wentliew lemon,
mild, howeWor, arid the white dropery WE, foot
6 dienPpearing. Thus far, with tit r e pwooptihn of
day inl , lOveittber, whiter
tae geia a mild 60 open One.
' • Boa literciffitwg.—,-.The present season may,
very appropriately the putcher's
Ifarvest.!! Ever,Yhodyi butehers,larmers, and
citizens, who ha4e. fat pricers . osi - hand, are
making ready for 'the sacrifice, and already a
large nwmber of Superior swine have been
slaughtered.: When a-majority otouipsople,
in town and botititty, have *their meat.barrele
tilled to repletion.' wethink the. market price
of pork must speedily come down. • - •
'On Saturday_ last, Mr. J., EN:seism of this
borough. -slaughtered a-hog, -twenty months
old, which vielglied four Itundred and /arty one
pounds. ' 'This was about the largest and finest
porkor that ban been elaughtered in this viol
nity-during-ibb-presentwerionr. ----7---
Our_._ 3n ilLl 7 .ii ilc .
TOE Now YOEK MOSICAL PEVIEW is pub
lished every other Saturday, by Mason Broth
ers. New York, and , presents a rich amount
and variety of musiii . al . molter. Dr. LOWELL
MASON, WM B Brtainturtr, Okortnn F. Boor,
and other of the most ~eminent musicians of
the country are among its 'regular contrihu
tore,eaoh number containing more or lees from
the pen.ofone or nll of them. A very useful
and instructive feature' of TnE Itmview is its
Anowera to Correspondente." All questions
on musical suhjectsoin toils theory Or prac
jicetnre carefully atinworedi often at length.
Oleview_nlso_colleoti;:m_n — sTortli:nerrs_from;
all sources, and keeps, its readers, *ell . .posted;
up as to whafis.dningin'tho
Bich number also includes several pages of
now an-1 popularMusio. In thisAppirtment,
it is antio . unced in Cie presept number, will
be- presonte I hereafter trio - grut' ?rem the
modern operas performed in Now York. Terms
of the Review : One ropy per annum, • sl ; five
copies, $1; eight copies, $6; ten copies, $7;
:tWonty copies, $l2. ' '
• 801711ERN LITERARY 111E.si:N OEn Po.Docern
bur is on. our table, replete with (*age -era
:nice. Tide periodical, hen always been .4 _fa
vorite . with all lovers of refined literature.
Some•yeare ago, it circulated quite. freely in
this section, but lately nor,theyn • publications
have crowded it out. There'la no renean 'why
tide familia - be no. It hoe not' deteriorated,.
but, on the contrary, improved * with. age. It
is an exponent tif Smithern views--and no one
but a bigot—would neglect to inform nivel(
of both sides of a question.
, To be' bad at Pipets._ •
Tat: NEW . YORK JOURNAI;, closed' its envier
with- ilia December number. IL hie been
merged into Mrs. Stepheks' New Monthly.
which will be greatly enlarged and improved
•commencinif the- January number..
Subscribers to the•N. Y Journal whose year
!Mid not . yet, expired, will he furnished with
Mrs: Stephens New. Monthly. ' . •
_ HAnry,ttlorJannary_is unusually attractive.
The first articla - -14. plewild; the Home, of N.
Willis, with twenty. six illustrations 7 -hy T.
A. Richards;" was read with-geest interest by
us. "A Winter in the South" is continued,
with twenty illustrations chapters 6th, 6th,
i'tb,•& Bth. of Hie - Virginians by Theckery is
- giveni - nlacr.Chas:ltendes - " Jacic.of all Trades"
is continued, ;'The Hearn - of thcAriffith's,"
by•Mrs..Gaskill is aaliarming - story—Harper,
lika wins improves with age.' The . Editors
Department mrusttal le r :freighted with good
things. For sole at Piper's.
tcs„ When Dtt - VAH.'s GALVANIC OIL; was
first introduced into the market, it never was
thought of being opplisti, by the proprietor,
to-lung- Diseases, but.itsbeing applicable to
almost' every. other disease; the. tainted _have
used this preparation in Consumption, and,
although it heti never cured a purely codsump
tive.pritieliryei" 'rims - saved runny who have
been prone to the disease froWt on early grave.
Ser)"• A Medicine, scientifically compounded,
which performer all it prottihion, and is rec
comendod by persons of the highe- t respecta
bility, deserves our.confidence. Such a med
icine in the Oxy:lenated Bitters. Sure cure for
Dyspepsia._
•
• INIV.WORATE THE LIVER:--i— is
most undoubted fact that Int. SANFORD'S INVIOORATOX,
or Liver Remedy Is one of the greatest discoveries made
in medicine the past century. It ham boon a study of
the Dr. during twenty yearn' practice to find what par-,
tinder organ, when diseased, relived the greatest num
ber of ills or pains, and his conclusion is, that the liver
is the greatia:t regulator of the system anti the most li
able to disease, n bile if kept free from inseam:lls a pro.
restive of Dyspepsia, ,Tatlndlee, general debility. ke.,
while last but far foss leant we mention ronsmnption;
for-our experience is that more rases of consumption
ooccur from diseased liver than from all othereauses put
together. •
Taking this to be a correct hypothesis, we have but
to find n remedy with which to correct the liver, and
we have a cure of nearly all the diseases we are subject
to by simply using a preventive. That the I nvignrator
Is anvil a rem edy:is beyond doubt to all who try . It, for
Its virtues nra such that for all rumplaluta arising front
liver derangements, it Is an unfailing restudy while as
n faintly medicine, for all disc-Nes td-the stomach ur
'bowels, which are caused In a greater or less degree by
liver detungement, Its is, the safest, surest and most
efil.cluus remedy know n.—Princeton Press.
'DR. SA NFORD'f3 .lAlVilIi INVIGORATOR.
—lt has become an established fact that Inn, 4 ;1?lEoltIVe
INVWORATOR xlll run Liver Complaint, :Jaundice and
genorid &Oily. —Many people, - per..onally known to
us. wi, no word cannot be doubted, have• given their
certificates to prove this, and with /Inch a iIItUIS Of •CIVI
dunce who ens doubt. . .
It le truly the friend, nod will give relief
when all other comedic/. till, and in iumie Instnuees
thatJuire come'under our obeervetlon It reined the
mown,, of snatching Ito victim frtnn the grave." Ale
wish ell our condors who need medicine would try one bottle, - forit - wlll suroly - give 'relief:Taut AtignicAg.
Wood's Hair
.Restorative...We have
never known may other ntedicluo win no largo a share
of public confidence In so short a tithe no this has done.
It has not helm more than a year since we first hoard of
It, and It nog stands at the head_of all remedies of the
him!. ' We beet, never usedNany of it ourselves, having
had 'no occasion, as our ' , crown of glory" not only as
yet retains Its original color, but gets mum so—but
some of our friends have, and we hese never known it
fall of restoqg the hair to Ito Airighint color. We ad
vise such ro becoming prem gray, aturely to give the
I' Rostorntl "a ti kb—Chester (Illinois) Herald.
iarriagrs.
On the 10th inst., at Avondale, near Philadelphia,
by tho Rev. Dr. lionrdinan, 'IIIOIIAS . M. BIDDLE, Esq.
of Carlisle, to MARGARET E., daughter of Dr. h w.
A. Irvine. of Wnreen county, Penna. ,
, •
On the lOth loot, In Oroonvillage, by Rey. 'WesleY,
Howe, 4r. atoituE W. FOOLESONOKR, of Franklin
punty...to Miss CATIIARINE BLACK, of Shippops:.
burg, Clikuberiand county,
On.tho Mil of Nov., by the Rev. I. N. Bays, Mr:
ERASTBS WitiNN EY, to Miss MARY A. STOUFFER, ,
all of Soilthompton township, Ciunbetland
„ .
On the 22d Inst., at Heiser's Hotel, by Rev. d: 0. Bu
cher, Mr. HENRY W. lIIESSEL, of Carmil township,
York co., lo Miss. ANNA E. dauihter of Mr. Samuel
Plank, of
_Monroe tap., Cumberland county, P.a..,
. ~ .
. . ,
eal hs. „
.:
•
On the 18th Inet., In Ude borough, .701 IN EL•BEENT,
:ed 27 years nad j months. - / •-' '
. •
Although his eirkneas was lono and painful he bore
It with Inoekness, ever looking . .to God tor his support..
lle , Was a kind and dutiful son, an affectionate brother,
a warm &hind and above all a -devoted clarietlan: , The
Lord gave and the Lord bath taken away,. Illooted be
the namo•of the Lord:- '•
• ' " " • ••
In this borough, of Consumption, onitundat • eyening
Mat, Alta REBECCA. BAILEY, mite of Mr. Daniel Bai
ley. and datmhter "of the late Valentino Egolff, aged
'about 46 years. , • _ . "
In thin htmiugh, on Thureday morning last, Mrs. SU
SANNAH 111011T3IAN, Mkt of the 1,119 Jobu.Wlght•
mut, aged 88 yearn and 2111.1141 m
1.-__ldEhlsAPOßkth, on Saturday,the 12th Inst
I MARY W. Outli,ll, of aged about
' 62 years. '. . '
• . On Thursday evening. last, 811ss MARY ELLEN
AI LEY, ngod yoars.
the Bth-I nst.: near Elblerensburg. Ara. ANN PRA:
ERE, wttB of, Mr. Andrew- Fluor, In. tho 88th • year or I
beragot.--
..•
• ' Irk LoCkpqrt, 'Westmoreland couney, Pent Et" on tlio
tat lust., JONATUAN PEAL, I. sq.;(ormorlytt resident.
a.td for ninny-years Postmaster or 13141,ousLurg, egad.
about 60 poop!.
hortesSendenre of the "herald".
AT SSA, ON noAnto oSise. OF Vie WEST," t '
December let, 1857. / DsAR •
llnnex,o;-•1 bad not intended writing
to you until my arrival nt San Francisco, but
tiiinking,.,Oiyexperience on bontd this veesel
mayrbeif service to nny'of your renders who
may be contemplating a, qiplo Crglifornia, - .L
'Pinned to give them the benefit of it; • • -
We sailed from New York on November:2o.
for ASpinwell via Havana, einq ••
ceeded Jar, on' our journey before it beceme
evident that we were destined to have a long
,end uncomfortable voyage. The Steamer 41
Blow, and entirely- too small 'to accommodate
I.IM-large-tiumiiit-of--pinseengers-shtrlrarms—
. board.- Seven daye.were ocoupirid in reaching
liavano; n, trip which is generally run in four
and - five - days. -- We - remtned•iii,port but n few •
hours, and. resumed our way after having to
ken on board the New Orleans passengere.—;
Theso, added to the number - we had on board
on !eying New York, mad e n total of seven
hundred and eighty-four peredns, crowded on
ton ehip of only eiev'enhundred tone. In case •
.of accident, the only menus, of escape for this ••I
larie number of people, consists of four life-t
baits, none of which. will hold more than twen
ty-five persons. True, each' berth is prOvided
with a bag of cork, which Might probably float .
S oat,' but would not in any case kSep a human
being alum the surface. .
The ship sails under a certificate orinspea
tion, dated Septerriber 18557:and!expired
A
.ugust.2.lth, 1850, more than a yiiWleguotnd
yet no other'inspection of the vessel has ever
been "held. jt iti,moreover, rather singular
that the signatures of the inspectors attached
to the certificate should all display a remar
kable sambas's! of pfnmanghip...„ln n word,
we are at iteti in a vetted whose. owners are
afraid to kithmit to the inspection required by
law. Moro'than this, according to thd-certi
ficate, she la.only allowed to carry seven hun
dred and fifty patisengers: We, therefore,
have on board thirty-four more than even this
dubious document shows her able to accorn ,
modate, or rather to'hold,"or she cam:it-pro
perly actibromodate•fitore than one-third '.that
nember. •
. A wordin regard'to her'acctimmodations,-,-
The prat cabin passengers are 'crammed into
four by nix state-rooms, each containing three
berths, while those in the second cabin, vium-.
bering one hundred and seventy-nine parsons,
are crowded into a. room fifty feet long and
thirty feet wide, and 'entirely devoid of any .
meane of ventilation eicept which
amounts to just nothing at _all. The steerage
I know nothing about, as cabin paspengare are
not. allowedforward, but f.do.kuow that within
its • ruirrew limits ataKA - wdell four hundred.
and eight Y-four human beings. '
Respecting the table, I will but say that the
fare is mean, dirty, and limited.
On Saturday last,-wh!le we were at dinner,
the etartlin cry Of ".fire".issued from the ee
pond cabin. The Captain, who satat the head'
of the table, ran below and found a:gime - Sty
oGbedding'' in flames: The fire was:•extin- -
geished with touch difficulty.- It originated.
from the upsetting of * a fluid lamp, which had
been smuggled on beard by a female,passen-'
ger, Ifad net this aecid&et been nipped in the:
start, it would have resulted -in a disaster
more destructive - ftrlire - Than the nppa tog oss
of the Ceural•Ameriea. -
Thesates of passage for the prevent trip are,
first - crthin,.s3oo; second do., $2261 steerage,
$l4O. These terms arc lifirensonably high,
which is to be attributed to the withdrawal of
the Nicnragua :line, by which' this, the . mail
line, is left to enjoy no undisputed monopoly,
of which 'they take every advantage. Thiel
state of affairs will not long exist.- A gentle
man is on board en route for San FrntioistM,
having with him the plan fur nMeiv line of
mtiitnificent steninivrt - each LeaseLtoheLfise
thousand tone bllrthen, and capable of no-
Commodating one thousand passengers tom
fortably, and in no instance are the rates of
passage to be higher than $lOO for first cabin,
passengers. The line is tole built by a joint
st'dek company, atuf o willprohnhly be in op
eration within one year. Besides this, it is
thought that the Nicaragua_ line willVeititnp .
in a few weeks.
Mr. Butterfield, who obtained the contract
for the transportation of semi-weekly mails be
tween St. Louis and San Francisco; is on board
, witb : ft,corps, , proceeding to California for the
iinepest of choosing the route. This line will
commence in about two months.
This has been a day of sorrow and mourning
on board the steamer, in consequence of the
death of three of'our passengers; it is inserted
by yellow fever.. Several ethers are sick.—
Each of those deceased were committed to the
sea within an hour after their death. The.
eltly is now in fine condition for spread of die
m-IRV:Oi pestilence.
Wu - ill reach Aspinwall to-morrow, perhaps
in time to commence at ono,' our transit over
the Isthmus. Our steamer 'on the Pacifio Bill
be the Oolden,Age.
In conclusion, allow me to advise travelers
to Oa liforula to give a wide berth to the stea
mer " Star of the We'st," and the niggardly
'company by which she is chartered - and gov
erned. , •
I will write you again from Snn Francinoo
Your?,
,COUSIN JOE.
QUESTIONS FOR DArtssrs.- 7 0ne of the best
.citizens in our midst, and one who has always
taken u deep-interest in . - the- Coluse of--educas 7 _
tion, bands us the following questions, pro- •
posed to be addressed by parents to their
children. in the evening, after they return
from school. They are very appropriate, and
we take a pleatiure in publishing . them : 7 -
" Were you in' solioll in good - time yester
day? Does the teacher: insist on punctuality \,
on the part of the pupils , and does he observe
it himself? Can you tell us something you
have learned to•day? Do you taketn interrst
in all your studies ? Da you work as hard at
school as you would wish a hired band 'to Work '
at 14e? Had.thn tehoher to reprOve you to
day on account of bad conduct" , Did you in.
tet,ticinally offend any of your school mates to- •
day ? Are your recdtationa'always. respecta
ble? Ilow do you rank in your:classes? Are •
you among the first; or are you the drones or
your wlasses ? -De..you go asleep in school ?
Does the teacher ever go asleep in school 7.
Do yonloVe good order ? What is good order?
Does the teacher manifest an interest in your;
studies alai - welfare? Ifad rill a visit froi;-: ,- -
Ally of the Directors O parents -to-day t ‘.Tlde . ' - 'l2.
week ? • Last week 7 Last month
Innearly every' school there. are- two ,
-claaseeronein-iavor-of-good-orderrand-order,--
or:opposed to it. To which of these- classed •
do you belong? Ito merchant would 'cairn)
into school to pick out one to Sesist him In hie •
store, would lie chose one that never look& on'
,hie books except when the teacher was look
ing Pt him, or one who le, honest enough to
' 'study without beingwatched ? One who does
not Teoi io well, or one who. does? One who .
observes gcod-order,..:or—ene--who-=doed--not-t t
Why should a mechanlo, farmer or boneekeep
er make the some choice? Why ? :„Knowing,
as you do. that gond conduct ,and 'dilligenae
I
,on your partplease, your teacher, yotir
p'irente, and' rthdre 'all. your heayenly Father, • ,
are-you now determined to c keep. your 'eon - -
icitce,void of offence - toward God•and man?, -