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AJS. RHEEM, • ••
Editors Scrropr s
T A. DUNBAR, j
CARLISLE; PA.
„FRIDAY MORNING AUGUST, 6, 4869
Sitepubliean State Ticket. ,
FOR GOVERN Olti
Gem JOHN W. GEARY.
JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT, •
Hon. ,H. W. WILLIAMS...
COUNTY CONVENTION I
Delegate: Bleetiote
At a meeting of the Republican
Standing Committee, held' in Carlisle,
on Saturday, July 31st, it woe ordered
theta
County Convention,
be held-in Rheem's Hnll, Carlisle, on
4 , Monday, August 23d, 1869, .
at 11 o'clock, A. M., to nominate can
didates ae follows :
One person for Member of ASSerribly.
One person for County Treasurer.
One person for Prothonotary.
One person for Clerk of Courts.
One person for Register.
One person for Commissioner. • •
One - person - for - DireCtor of tho Poor.
One person for Auditor.
To be voted for of the ensuing Gen
eral Election.
DELEGATE BLECTIONS
in the several Vgds, , Boroughs and
Townships will be . lAd at the usual
places and' at the usual hours, on
Saturday, August 2lit, 1869.
It is'the earnest wish of the Com
mittee that there be a,full Convention
of Republican Delegates, fresh from
the people, that a Ticket may be plac
ed in nomination which will command
the earnest and united support of the
Republican Party of Cumberland coun
ty, and enforce the respect of our op
ponent& By order of the Committee
• A. K. RHEEM, Chairman.
RATIFICATION
REPUBLICAN MEETING !
AT MECHANICSBURG,
On To-Morrow (Saturday) Evening
A Republican Mass Meeting will be
held in Franklin Hall, Mechanicsburg,
To-Morrow Evening, August 7th, for
the purpose of forming a
Geary and Williams Club.
for the , present campaign
Gen. R. M. HENDERSON and W. F.
SADLIIR, Esq., of Carlisle, will certain
ly be present and address the meeting.
A glorious, time is anticipated.
liar The advertisement of the Pacific
',Railway Loan, and - an article headed,
"A. Steil to the Pacific," will appear in
our next number.
Trtß_Pemocracy are wasting their
strength in vain. A forty million horse
power can't drag the dead weight of
Packer successfully through the cam
paign. Nothing can save him. _,
ri"The Bourbons of the nineteenth
century— the Democratic party. They
learn nothing. Why didn't the Dem
ocratic Convention of Pennsylvania put
into their 'platform ; a few, resolutions
against the United States Bank, or the
tariff, or the abolition of slavery, or
against the war, or any other antedi
luvian proposition
[The Democrats depend for vic
tory upon
. Pag.lter's money.' He will
no doubt si - ) 4freely ; but a quarter
of a millici,ctiiid all the Whisky and
lager that can be purchased thrown in
gratis, won't win this 'time. As some
one has. observed, sense and 'not cents
will carry the election this year, and
We have a monopoly of sense in .our
candidate. '
To•sionnow (Satuaday,) we shall
probably see one of the bitterest 'fights
ever indulged in by the " fierce -Die
mocracy"—that is, if the day is not too
dark to prevent ne from seeing the
wool fly. The great number of candi
dates, all of whom have their friends,
'the rich spoils to be secured, and the
question as to whether the new systeni,
shall live or die, will—ado intensity to
the fight and' bitterness to the contes ;
tants. , Well, well—while our uppo
nents are engaged in their Kilkenny
cat fight," the Republicans, can look
6n and enjoy the sport..
Tbe Democracy are rent,terribly
by the three cornered fight now. ih
Progress in their camp.. Tho'rag, tag
bobtails, knoWn-as—the Mcilivllin
nrov)d4tnd e.oulpriein'g ninety per cent.
of the party, pull. one way in support
of the
,present,jeominatithas. The city
railway ring, nine percent. more, have
their own private hiterestiii t 9 promote,
while the remaining one per cent. Dem
ocrats froth prineiple,, are indignant at
the 'outrages lately committed in the
Democratic name. Aioth . er meeting
of the City Conventionis demanded,
Kid will probably beheld, to whitewash
1 n difficulties it possible.
• DEMOCRATIC IMPRACTICABILITY,--
That the Democratic party would be
utterly incapable of conducting the
affairs of this country, under the pol
icy It advocates, a fact or two will ,es
lablish. The
.party denounce internal_
' taxation, and, therefore,• it would de
rive nci revenue from that source ; it
advocate's free trade, and would, there
fore,,derivo no income for , the govern
ment from . duties on 'importations,
How, then, hilt to got money to Carry
on the government '1 Thin position of
the, party sheivs,ihe absurdity: of
• pretensions. • Really the party has.no
principles and no . policy, and,ii ark
ing,alient with the 4cipe` of ger,
:ging.eft.edi; end that Pinnder• Nyhih 04,
oaltieun_eeld was,the'
art ,
.WITCI
Circulate the Documents,
Take the "Herald;" and Organize
for-the Campaign. •
Once more has a great political cam;
paign opened in our - grand old.,Oom
nmnwealth,_Once imore arertheloyal
Men of the State called upon to_prgan
ize for the victory of Right, Justice,
and Humanity. The principles at
stake are identified with those for which
the great Union war was waged,,and
no one who loves his, country can afford
to leave unoxerted a single effort which
might iii - any *ay contribute.' to secure
a grand RepUblipan-trintliph in 'Octo
ler next..l,,,And the great work be
fore us, there is no other agency that
can be turned to so good an account IA
the circulation of sound Republican
journals. Well knowing that there
are man,ixtc - TPO — In - the county - who — do
not fed themselves able to subscribe,
we _lave. determined to fulnish_the
HERALD from this to the close of the
campaign at the low rate of fifty cents,
feeling assured that while we shall
realize no pecuniary benefit thereby,
that we, nevertheless, in this way place
it within the means of every patriot in
the'county to secure, our paper. Our
circulation has largely increas 3d of
late, and, although our paper already
goes in numbers into every township
in the county, still we know that there
are numbers of good Republiicaa who
ought to be added to our already swel
ling list of subscribers ; and we sin
cerely hope that our friends will use
their utmost endeavors in assisting us
to secure the names of their friends and
neighbors.
The campaign before us will be a
comparatively brief one, and it becomes
us'iu this -county to make unusual ef
forts. The Democrats have placed in
nomination for the position of Gover
nor a Money-King, who has already
promised to contribute liberally the
Money witkw_hich they hope to buy
his and, their way to victory. This
rannot nnamust not be permitted. Let
Republican journals and documents be
scattered far and wide throughout our
county, let a thorough organization of
the party be effected at once, let meet
ings be held in every school district,
at which the issued of the campaign
may be thoroughly discussed; in short;
let the people themselveB take bold of
the matter, and we can rest assured
that here in Cumberland county the
"Ynany in a very .few short years will be
able to accomplish what the few have
thus far failed to do, viz : our deliver
ance from the corrupt and infamous
Copperhead rule, that has for the past
461...,yenrs proven itself a burden grieV 7
one to bear.- 2.,*
Let is, then, work, having tliii t it i nly
purpose in view. Ler GEARY, WIL
LIAMS, and Victory be our watchword,
and the, day of our political disen
thrallment will be found near at band.
DRMOCRATIC pOlitiel_B4 do not ap
prove of the Registry law. Republi
cans do approve of the Registry law.
The Registry law makes no exceptions.
Democrats and Republicans are regis
tered ander its requirements alike, and
as it works for one party. so it works
for the other. Justice,- fairness, and
equality are aimed at. One lawful
vote for each legal voter, is to be se
cured by its provisions. Do the Dem
ocracy want more? Registry law
,rules oat•coffee- pots, coffee-colored nat
uralization papers. It rules out all
non-residents and repeaters in Phila.
delphia, or in. any part of the State.
It provides but one' ote for all, making
all men ,equal in this respect. The
custom of men voting Roder various
assumed names in the cities, as often
as politicians may require, is checked
by the new law. The Registry law
compels men to vote honestly.• Do
Democrats lose by honest voting, and
therefore dislike the provisions of the
Registry law? If so, it is time we have
a Registry law, to compel them to vote
fairly and honestly, for justice 4-
manila it. All good, honest citizens,
of all parties ; must favor 'such
Sc let all hold their peace and See the
law faithfully - and honestly executed,.
and voters should see to it that their
names are registered at once, least they
might lose their vote at the coming_
election.
Tux ,point for which Mr, Secretary
Boutivell.is heading, and ,which he is,
nearing, is the funding of iho public
debt' at a lower rate of interest. From
abroad we hear that our credit, good as
it was before, is strengthening under
the,demonstrated results of the policy
which hai 'ruled since Gen. Grant's
inauguration. The country is progres
sing in thrift.. Never before were we
BO energetic and bold in building new
. and important railroads; labor is fairly
employed i - atiii - most"deseriptioheof je
gitimate business. are receiving, good
returns on the capital , employed. We
are reducing the debt at a'remarkable
rate; fee rapidly, perhaps, at the . pres
ent rate of interest, exeept' as a step
preliminary to the funding -process
But perhaps the cause that is conducing
to debt reduction and credit strength
ening, is the fact that thelstealiugof
the revenues has been so nearly stop
ped, and economy. and honesty, , in dis
bursing 'thetuL mtr. fully observed. It
is well enough to keep these things in
mind. They pretty effectually answer
the critics of General Granti . who have
only to complain that they or some of
their family are not in office. '
['The Republican State Central
CoMmittee - .tnet in Philadelphia, - on
Wednesday morning of last week, Hon
John . Cloirode, Chairman of the Com•
mittee, presiding. An übuSually`large
number - of in'ernbers . Were present, and
the utmost harmony prevailed.:
QUiy;Esq,-. 1 , pater Oe'Beiver - Ecid,-
ica?„and, , geot'ge HiiMeralei*era
elected Seorotorieo of the' Committee %
and' Gee. H.K. , Dinglmin,Tostmaster
of.Philatleaphia; Tie'asurer: ':Tha rep-
F . l:l3OOt,i,tcroftiom the different , Coimties
c.64!0°499 is
'lrictpry in October.: •
EM
.Gov. Gearg'B,
The New Y,ork Evening Past, in an
article on' Pennsylvania:politics; 'pajl
the following tribute to the merits of ,
.Gov:Geary : :•. -
• " John 'W. Geary, the Republican
candidate,. and the. present Governor,
is a gentleman of the highest integrity
and of acknowledged abilities, A great
part of his life haa been spent in 'the
public service, and he has made, no for
tune, and has no claim to an election
except upon his character and talents.
For Many, years a trusted friend of
Polk and Buchanan, chosen by the lat
ter when President as the_hest man in
his party to administer - the affairs of,
Kansas - with-justice towards all parties,
and so to save his waning popularity
in the Northern States, Mr. Geary left
the Democrats with reluctance, and
only when he found that nothing but
injustice on his part could satisfy them.
- Never-were freemen more directly ask—
ed to choose between money and merit'
than in this contest; and it is fair to
say that something more than the Gov
ernor's chair is at stake in it—the good
fame of Pennsylvania, and OM cbarac
ter of her voters for independence and
purity."
All this is true. The more GoVernor
Geary's career is scrutinized the more
it redounds to his credit. He has al
ways been .honest, fearless and inde-
pendent. Neither Polk nor Buchanan,
could use him, or jnduce him to swerve
from what he belieied to be right. He
was one of the first leading Democrats
in the country to take an open and de
termined stand against fdavei, and'it
was through him, mainly, that Kansas
way freed frdm the curse. He came
over to the Republican ranks from a
conviction of duty, and at the sacri
fice, as was . thenSuppoeed, of all hopes
of further political advitiicement. W hen
the war broke ant, he was one ofthe
first to offer his services, and hiskon
duct hurls k the war was throughout
bra;'/e, honorable and eminently; patri-'
otic. - He never shirked danger or duty,
'aid no man in the service gained his
laurels by harder work. Next to Gen.
Meade he occupied the foreinost posi
tion of any PennaYlvardan in the army.
His entire military career was one of
honor, and he. passed through the war
without a single act discreditable--to
his reputation as a soldier or a man.
Ae Governor of Penrisylvania,•Gen.
Geary has preserved his high repute•
tion as a soldier and civiliYn. No one'
has ever accused him of any dishonest,
or dishonorable act: As is well said by
the .NEw 'Stork Evening Pose, - though
most of his life has been spent in
,the
public service, with-abundant oppor
tunities to make monry_ and accumu
late -wealth, he has made no fortune,
and is to-day no better, off in a pecu
niary point of view than ho was 'years
ago. He could not afford, like his com
petitor, to buy up delegates—nor can
he afford, as - the canvass proceeds, to
buy up votes.' But the people'of Penn
sylvania, feeling and knowing that they
have an honest man-in-the Governor's
chair; will rally enthusiastically to his
support without money and without
price. They will re-elect him by an
old fashioned majority, 'because they :
know him to be a true and loyal man,
and a faithful public servant. '
P➢NNSYLVANIA GOVERNORS.—The
office of Governor of Pennsylvania has
existed for eighty years, and has been
He'd by sixteen gentlemen. It is a
noticeable fact that every one of the
otTeupante - of our Executive chair has
been a , native born Pennsylvanian :
Mifflin was born in Philadelphia, Mc-
Kean in Chester county, Snyder in
Lancaster, Findley in Franklin, .Hes
ter, Shulze and Rituer in Berke, Wolf
in Northampton, Porter and Shunk in
Montgomery, Jogneon and Geary in
Westmoreland, Bigler in Cumberland,
Pollock in Northumberland, and Wm.
F. Packer and Curtin in Centre. Tin
der the Constitution of - the IL States,
every office, not oven excepting that of
Chief Justice, is open to any citizen,
native or naturalized, except that of
President ; but, the people of the Key
stone State have:node an unbroken cus
tom, without any constitutio:aal check
being put upon them—the custom of
having a Pennaybraninia,, only, to pre
nide over Pennsylvania. Shall the t rule
of our - forefathers, preserved by them
for ,eighty, years, be broken to-day by,
us, and we now .commence to import
our Governors from Conne'eticut 7
IN fMmer times we heard a good
deal about the " bloated bondholders,"
e
but.with Twenty Million Packer for
their candidate, it is preeumed that the
Democracy will not (say muek on that
subject. Either Pack‘r is an immense
holder of Government bonds, or;:be
longing to the Seymour class; who
never took a bond because by So .doing
they would support the Government,
'has his money well invested in some
thiiig-eliiillitit:Pake
the fact is, the party is clearly , entitled
to all the good it will do thda: Until
further advised, we shall treat the
Democratic candidate as the most bloat
ed of'the entire tribe of bloated bond
holders within the limits of our broad
Oonnionwealth, and intent, on getting
his coin for both pincipal and interest.
'• - - .
CONBISTEIVOY.:—‘IIe. Volunteer of
this week, in its 'locals,' returns thanks
to the negro band for a serenade, and
praises the young men comprising the
band as exhibiting "considerable musi
cal talent," being " respectable look
ing,"-ancl 1' well behaved"; while on,
another page it devotes a whole cot
umn of editorial to a most ungenerous
assault upon the -Whole negro rain.
Consistency I verily, art the& a jewel
unappreciated by Democratic editors.,
' 177'W0 Would call 'the Attention of
our readers to an article from the Phil
adelphia Press, which will be fon6dia
another Colnmn•At' our present issue,
tinder the title of," dome Pawn." lt
in a r'very able: manner : Wow that,
while the prices of ell other necessary
Pro3iiiona Inti , e tread, fallen ,ainee
186' that tte`'iniddlii-inti4 by contbi
,nation,,ara ite,eplag them:Ap to the old
area' ,
.., • •
Our Candidate for Supreme
judge.. `.
Hon.IVRY W. WELLI4I4e, the
RepnbiNis'crinaidate for Judge
Supreme Oourt, - js a native of Corinec-'
tient, an/ is about forty-seven years,
of ag t -
He was educated at Yale College;
which, when he had - achieved (Beane
thin in the legal profession, conferred.
upon hini the degree of " Doctor of
Luria." After leaving College, 'he re
moved to Pittsburgh, Pa; where. he ,
beoame a studerit'of law in the, office
of the late Chief-JUstice_Lowrie. He
Was admitted to the bar . in 1843, and
became the partner of Judge Lowrie.
The latter was subsequently appointed
a Judge' of the District Co'urt of Alle
gheny empty by the Governer, and in
1851 was elected Chief Justice of the
State. At the same : time his forrUer
pupil was elected to fill the position
formerly occupied by him.
In 1861 Judge Williams was elect.
ed an Associate Law Judge of ' the
,District Court of Allegheny county,
without any 'organized opposition.—
Previous to going upon the Bench, he
achieved an excellent reputation as a
practitioner, and since his elevation to
judicial positions he has more than
maintained it. In June, 1867, he eras
nominated by the: Republican State
Convention at Williamsport for Asso
ciate Judge of the Supreme Court, and
the fitness of the nomination was every
where recognized. He was defeated,
however, by Judge Sharswood, in the
following October. In the latter part
of 1868, Judge Strong, haVing resign
ed his poSition on the bench of the
Supremo Court, Judge Williams was .
appointed _to fill the vacancy until
January 1, 1870.
Aa laWyer Judge -Williams is me
thodical and accurate ; as a Judge,
fearless and upright, Possessing the
happy faculty of discerning at,onee the
justice of a cause, notwithstanding the,
difficulties and quibbles by -Which it
may be obscured, Since he has been
&Cale bench of-the Supreme Court he
has fully proved his eminent fitness for
the position, and in nominating him
the Convention has given the Repub
lican party a candidate 'that is in every
way worthy of its support.
Although Judge, W illiams is modest
and retiring in disposition, he is ex
tremely sociable in his relations with
the members of the bar; and he enjoys
a rare popularity, - where he is, known,
with people of all classes and all shaiiel
of political complexion. He is still in
the prime -n4'-life, is blessed with good
health, and is capable of sustaining the
severest mental labor for many yettic
to c. me.
The Eclipse.
The eclipse of to-morrow, which will
be total throughout a belt about . 140
miles "wide, stretching across the conti
nent through central lowa, and south
ern-Illinois, will amount in this vicinity
to about eleVen digits or ,twelftbs. - It
will commence about 5 o'clock, P. M ,
and end about 7 o'clock. A very sen
sible diminution of light will occur, and
change, of tint of sky and different ob.
jects.
It is; however, in the region of to
tality that this phenomenon will assume
that impressive, and evert at this day,
almost startling character, that has
made, almost every total eclipse a mat
ter of dread from the remotest antiqui
ty. The period of a total eclipse, sim-,
ultaneous with some other important
event, has served in many cases to fix
an historic data with mathematical ac r ,
curacy; for astronomers can calculate
backward to an :eclipseas well as for
ward. In days_when they were inex
plicable, they exerted political-. influ
ence not far below that' of " the Devil,
the Turk, and the Comet."
The blades and Lydians, after 'six
years of war, deeisted from fighting,
and became desirous for peace, after
they became enveloped in darkness at
an ,unusual hour of the day, by reason
of a total eclipse. . •
The date' of this event, long in dis-
pute, was finally settled by the fact
that a total eclipse was demonstrated
to,have been due in that region of the
world Asia Minor—on the 30th of
September, 610 years ,before Christ.
We find total eclipses recorded during
the march of Xerxes, the first year of
the 'Peloponnesian War,. and preceding
the death of the Roman Emperor, Dom
itian. Another in Scotland christened
the hour of its occurrence, the "black
It was only at and after the eclipse
of 1706, that anything -like, scientific
accuracy - and fulness wein - connected
with such events : Since then, when
o'certrring...in. civilized portions of the
globe, they hive been occasions of deep
scientific interest, and Governmente
have sent expeditions_ to Uninhabited .
regions to observe them. Though they
are not so-important in a-purely astro
nomical point of view now as formerly,
they have acquired unusual interest
from the prospect they hold out of fel.
ler acquaintance with the nature of the
Sun. -
be total eclipse of 1806 wasob
aiSrved at 'hinderbook, ,Now York, by
Spanish astronomer. •'• - -
That of Novenaber, 1634, at Mil
ledgeville, Georgia, by the French as
ionomer, 'Nicolett. '
The most generally observed was
that of 1842, visible in
.portions. of It
aly, France, Germany, and, Russia.
The leading scientific men of the day,
including Arago, Baily, 'Airy,
Tittrow ant Struve, repaired "to stn•
dons on the track of the, Moon's.. sha
dow. The-following account given by
Arago will suffice to show the effect of
inch a nhenomon, even upon observers
aconstoined to . calculate and :foretell
1, At Perpignan, persons who were
seriously unwell alone
doors. Aa soow - is the d began to
break,,the pipulition rty
eobered , the 'ter
races and battlements of the town, 'as
well as all thelittle iroblenees' in the
neighborhood.' The hout,of the doni
ineneentent. of . the eclipse drew nigh.
More than twenty thousand. iparions,
with , smoked in their hande,
were examining,..rne radiant globe; pro
jected upon an attire sky. Although
armidwith our powerful telescope, we
had hardly begun-to aisceni the small
iintoh on the western limb' of the . sun,
itheri:tin immense exclamation, farmed
by the blending together' of twenty
I thousand different_voicemnononimed.to
us that we had-anticipated-by only-a
few seconds '
the observation made by
the unaided eye by twenty thousand
astronemers,egiappedfoi:- the occalips,
whose- first essay this was: During
the interval that elapsed,.between this
moment and .the almost total disai
pear/a:ce of the sari,- we' remarked noth
ing worthy,of- relation, in the counte
nances 'of BO inin-Y-sfeettitire.—Dtit
when the snn,_' reduced to a vety nar
row filament, began to throw upon the
horizon only a very - feeble light, S. sort
of uneasiness seized 'Upon all ; every
person felt a-desire to communicate his
impressions to those around him--
Renee arose , a deep Murmur; resemb
ling that senfforth by the distant ocean
after a -- tempest. ..The hum of voices_
increased in intensity as the'solar cres
cent grew more slender-; at length the
crescent - disappeared, darkness sud
denly succeeded light, and an-absolute
silence markedthis . phase of the eclipse,
with as great precision as did the pen
dulum of our astronomical clock. The
phenomenon in its magnificence had
triumphed over the petnlence of youth.
over the levity 'Which certain persons
assume as a sign of superiority, over
the noisy indifference of which soldiers
usually-make profession. A profound
stillness also, reigned in -the air ; the
birds had ceased to sing.
" After an interval of solemn expec
tation, which lasted about two min
-
lime, transports of joy, shouts of en
thusiastic applause saluted with the
same accord, the same spontaneous feel=
ing, the first re-appearance of the rays
of the sun. To a condition of ;mien--
oholy produced by sentiments of an
indefinable 'nature, there suceseded 'a
lively aid intelligible .. feeling of satis
faction, which no one sought to escape.
from or moderate the impulse's of." "
The same • observer states -- that
" horses and other animals employed
in labor, hilted all at once when the
eclipse, became total, lay down, and
absolutely refused to move, in spite of
whip or spur." Bats, thinking that
night was come, left their retreats, and
fowls went to roost. At Venice, swal
lows were caught in the streets, the
. terror with which they' were seized
having taken from ther' the power of
flight.. Plants thatmlose at night clos
ed during the total obscnration. The
great feature of the eclipse is the corona
that surround the dead, black moon.
As soon as the last.portion of the sun's
face is obscured, it flashes out with
silvery whiteness on -every side; re
sembling. the halo surrounding the
heads of sai is. The brilliancy and,
unusual character of this phenomenon
has done much to cause inaccuracy of
Observation by diSturbing the presence
of mind of the oldest astronomers. It
has been described, and drawn, and en
graved, but with little practical re
■ults. .It has been for the past twenty
years at least the feature of interest;
it was believed to contain weighty
scientific secrets, but hard to get out.
-But--the last -few -years bave,,it-may
almost be said, extracted almost all
the informailon it contains. Instead
of a human eye at the end of the tel
escope, the sensitive film of the pho
tographer is • placed, which sees eve,
ry thing, and makes no mistakes.. In
1860. the first successful photographs
of the corona were obtained with its
immense prominences of red flame, so
- well described -before, and such ob
jects of curiosity.
Last year at Aden and Gunto6r, by
the aid , of the spectroscope, our knowl
edge was adVfinced a step further, and
we find these horns of light to be im
mense tongues of flame, of' burning, gas
that shoot beyond the surface of the
sun, some of them, from 20,000 to
90,000 ; miles. Such has been the pro
press in studying these solar features,
only revealed at„times of total eclipse,
in the past year, that it may be pcissi
ble to study them by means of recent
appliances, at.all times, and total ,eclip
ses, whilst they will always retain their
peculiar interest and be events °reef
ontifie value, will be robbed of much
of their scientific prominence. The
eclipse of this year, occurring as it
deed in a populous, civilized country,
If the weather' is favorable, may afford
us scientific iiiformation of inestimable
value, especially since it will be the
best observed eclipse, net only in char
acter of the instruments but in i numbers
of observing siriLons. The Govern
ment, Colleges,-ana private individuals
have dotted . the belt of country in
which it is total, with' stations for ob.
servations, and for a few hours, espe
cially a fewminutes, in these fow'hours
eager eyes will be turned toward the
spot_where the vanishing orb of day
may be, twisted by every instrument
that hubian- intellect has, been able to
devise, to penetrate the great mystery,
Telescopes; Spectrottoopee, Thermos
copes, Polgriecopes, Chronometers,'
Chronographs, - Cameras,..- With- their
quiCk triggers, to permit an exposure
of the photographic plate to the scene'
for the fiftieth part of a second," &c.,
all will be in requisititin. The only
shadow that now flits into the field of
this big
,shadow is that of terrestial
clouds. Lit ue hope for- the cause 'of
science, which for years to, Come will
not have a similarcipportunity, that the
hour May be cloudless: .
lir thetiemocracihad 'really intend
ed,to reakeuts•square fight upori" quea,
Hens of political principal,. eays the
Pittsburgh
.Gazette, 'they. never would
bave undertaken the'canvass upon the
budget. 'of contradictory, , demagogue-
Was, whioh is labelled as the Harrie r
burg platform. No I. that is not the
gain° I They intend to buy their way
thOugh this year, with' the lavhfit
penditure of .theie nominee's surplus
cash, and, the character-of
.their.plat
form was really a secondary Consider
ation. If, .wisoney makes the mitre,
go," the Randall and McMullin Crowd
very naturally Conclude that_ the' mare
may as, well carry as heaVy s load of
bopperheadisin, and free trade ,as she
can stagger under. 80-they 'have,
piled it' ,question on ' T,questionis, if the
honest and hard-working DentOratid
farmers and rieelianica oftheCommon-'
wealth can be Sold in this way and
'like !timbale the'slaughter,'would
shillings 'Plebe, 'Oder a fair
of the purchase Manny', rieontfile thorn
to ' thitehimeless 'corr utitione Any mork
than: te, this impudent' bilVival tAii'
dead hem of,l diustionis FAO
COME DOWN.
It is about time, thit middlemen
letrge their hold and Come down
to their pria. The first produCera have
' already green.,. up' their prices . l:of war
time, butt e , ffects of the.fall is:not yet
felt Iv the consumers and ass 'emiscouel • )
the country has not felt the benefit of
_s dp
all no.
This is an unnaturald unhealthy con
dition of affhlrs ' and the longer it contin
ues the worse it is for ui. High prices aro
not to be too much dreaded , in themselves
`When' everythihg advances abreast; and
the man who pays high for what he cen
times can also sell high what he prodif- -
core, whether, that . production be groin, or
manufhottires or labor.'• •
When pricss have come honestly doWn,
-but-through • the . artificial , structure of
society that decline inures only to the
advantage, of a small class of non-produ
cers—the middlemen—itis dangerous and
improper. Mhos precisely our condition.
Within-two years the.priem of the staples.
which sustain life and cover tbo ordinary
table have fallen heavily and permanently
but the people have not yetlelt the benefit
of it. General boarding is yet as high—
the bakers loaves aro yet as small as they
were in 11167: - Parties keSping their own
houses eyen, cannot reap the benefits of
the apppoach to old tune prices; as long as
they must depend. on the - butcher and ba
ker and small retail grocerer.
To illustrate' more clearly . the great
wrong which the community is suffering
at the lands of the ,middlemen—the men
or women who handle or prepare what is
consumed—we append a table prepared
with great caro and at the cost,of great la
bor, showing the difference between.the
prices of food in 1867 and 1869. ,
We select food as the centre from which
all nrices must regulate themselves, being
iMifitthe Ultimate' and - abitrac measure
of value.-
We
take the market reports rom the
WEAKLY Fakes for thesothe 'week in as h.
year. These tables are more satisfactory'
than those of a daily journal, as they cov
er the ground - for a whole week, and are
not liable to tho casual fluctuations which
might unduly influence theprices o(
gle - day-We selec - t forfeetly fucturillously
for this year the report from the last num
ber published fol• the weekending Sa`mr
day July, 31. F0r.1867 wo take the cquiv
ilent number, for,tho week ending An
glia 3.
It is proper to preface this schedule with
the information that during the week in
1867 gold:isquoted at 140101401 ; during
the weak of this'year it has ranged from
133} to 1377.
Tho markets quoted-in every instance
are tabse of Philadelphia. The telegraph
ic reports of the markets of other places,
with which we cannot burden this article,
however, bear out the seine general rela
tions. Let the exhibit of ,the mute and.
unfailing testimony of the markets be stu
died :
.
1880
Monnalr. July 20-P.M.
BEEP CATTLE. Mar
ket dulVat a concession
In favor of Buyers of
!,4c,and In a few Instances
of fully le V lb on choice
grades, having no percep
tible effect towards Im
proving the general tenof
of the nta lief 'I he offer
ings to-Any were consid•
urably below the general
average In point of qual
ity, veld h. together.• ith
the inclenilint condition
of the weather, may be
attributedt the extreme
which has pro.
vol ed. We note Onion of
common at 13a14c; 'rime
at 14e15 1 4, and clime&
at 'Vane.:
MONDAY. July 20-. P. M.
OUP CATTLE Ttecipts,
'2,000 hood. The trade it,
this description of stock
to-day was tar from satin
factory, but,uotwithetond•
log the largo •offeringe
holdoro manifold no dispo
sition to_ become free col-,
lon,, and we con lotto our
quotations of Mot woek.
TIE: 9%c Jot choice. the
supply of which was vary
small; for fair to
good; 7aoc for prime; and
ib gr.), for common.
FLOUR -AND- WEAL
—Dulness has been the
prevailing feature.of the
Flour market during the
odd week, and quota•
Mom, excepting for the
b• tter.gred s of epilog
wheat, have peon tannin ,
al The rec,lpts have
been remarkably small,
and_the_aLcks, particu
larly f desirable quali
ties, have become re
cloned to a very low figure
Tho promise of an abund•
.t yield of wheat of
superior quality gives
ensue uco of a lower
tango of pi, ea as tNe
Beacon advauces There
has been no demand for
Ihlpment, and the home
consumer, have optuat
bd on a very meagre
cale, only - purchasimr
enough to supply their
most' uoversbous wants ;
Wes of 2,500 Morels,
chilly Northwest ,:ex
tra fmilly, at $10012,75,
the latter rate for choice.
including Penna. lvania
and Ohio do do. at sloa
12; fancy brand. at $133
15,50; extras at $8,6039,
26, and superfine n. sBa
8,25. Rye Flour.—There
has been some inquiry,
Ibut the market Is no•rly
bare of the article; small
sales at $4,76a0. Po
ewes hay been reported
In Corialleal.
PUMP. AND MEAT...—
Vie Flotir market boa boon
dull, there being no de-
Mond except from the lo
cal trado, who purchase
only' enough to supply
the r immediate wants
Chaise spring wheat r lour
Is very scarce, and com
mands full prices atin!er
wheat do. is In good sup
ply, but there has been
little demand.'Now wheat
Flour has made its appear-
IMO. and the samplesaro of
a very snperior quality ,
The sAce foot up 7,500 bblel
including superfine at sOa
fi 515; oat ma lap 5005 871.51
lowa, W. 1,0115111 and Olin
nesota extra family at $ a
7 60; fancy brands at sBu
12; Pennsylvania 'do
'do at 10,7; Ohio and In
diana-`do. do. at $0 Ifsall,
and fancy brands at .800
10 50, according to quality.
nye Flour may be quoted
at $a ley,a6 '25 IA
'GRAIN.—The demand
has somewhat Improved.
end there was more firm
ness at the close; tales of
27.000 bush. e includin
10.000 bushels old Pennsyl
vania and Western do at
$1 40aL 65; 15,000 bushels
new De'aware, Jersey and.
Maryland do at $ I toot 5d,1
and 1,000 bushels amber Lit
$1 67a1 6i—the latter rate
for snperar Michigan. Rye
has d. coned 10c 11 bushel;
sale of 3,000 bushels Wes
tern. and Pennsylvania,
chiefly at 51 25. Corn Ins
been (ably active but
prices have ruled irregu
larly. soles of 5e,000 bush
els, closing at $1 16al 17
for yellow, and $11421 10
for Western tolled Oats
have been quiet at the la , 0
decline; sales of 10,000
bushels, closing at 70a77c
• for Western, 05a75e fat
routhern and Pennsylva
nia; 1,800 huslnds nets Del.
aware sold at tore Nottf.
log doing In Barley or
Melt.
AIN —ln Wheat
there hail been a moiler.
ate bust', not ' and prices
have ruled Irregularly.
resulting- in a decline of
fully 401,40 c per bushel.
'Thu stock of old is near
ly, if no' (mite exhaust
ed, hence the transit.
None have boon-ozelu
sleety confined to now.
The demand hoe been
entirely front the millers
who have been pu duel
ing more freely. In Cal
ifornia- wheat the heel
:hos has been limbed;
Fates of 26,600 bushels
new red at $2,2032.78,
eloslegat $2,10 for coin
moo and $2,3032,35 for
iood and prime, includ
ng 2,000 bushels Cali
fornia at 3 05, and 4 00
lambda Kenlncky white
at $2,74. Eye -The stocks
aro light; sales of 1,60„
hu hele W astern n
Pe.g.pivania at sl.6fia
1,60 Corn-The receipts
have bean small, and the
demand fair, at an ad
ranee of 3ae per lee-hel;
tales of 40,00 bushels,
including yellow, a t
NTAVggnotl:.
12a1,14, and Western
mixed at 1,08a1,14, clot
leg at 1,111a1,12 Oats.
-The offerings have boon
small. and-prices aro un
settled; sale of- 26,000
bushels •Westerni a n d
Pennsylvania at . 87a116c,
el sing dt 20a93c; about
2,000 bushels new sold
at 82a85c. No trsusan:'
tiuns have boon re
ported in either Barley
or Malt.
POTATOES—Auguet,
1867, wore quoted at 2,
35476 per barrel.
' POTATOES.—Tho. offer.
logo are largo, but there le
not much demand; Sales
of peach blows at 40a60e ;
mutat°. at 80a40c; Jack
eon Whit. at 40a460, and
Prince Alberts at 85.0 c
_per bushel.• Southern Po.
tatoce range' from SI,LO to
VA per barrel.
SPIRITS—Noting do.,
log in either Bram* , or
Gin, N. E. Rum cello to a
moderate extent at 1111,60;
%% LW.) le dull. Ilre quote
tax.paid at $1,06e1,1.0 per
B PIR IT B—Priam of
Brandy and Bin are un
changoo, but tr ado' la
vary dull. N B • Rum
movos slowly at
Whisky—Thorn is
nothing worthy of note
doing Common hue
born offered a0251010c
par gal. in bond.
r110.411..—Th0 market
bonbon dull, end prices
of rennin, grades have
declined. A e par lu. Bales
of 1,20 U tile. at 11%a
leo for Cabal layoldy i e
for Porto Rice, and. ilk
centrifugal.
SUGAR hie been len an
live, but prices aro ateady,
owing in a measure (0 the
advance sales - of
700 litide;Ouba. at 119 a
'l2 l / 0 for fair and ,good re
fining and, grocery grades :
.20"libdt Pingo - RICO at 12%
1 a a l t 3 f lp ,a a . nd'aonio Havana
RI6II, Bo to 0 11 ,4 e, accord
ing to , quality and condi.
tion.
Itta-slic to 12W, ac
cording - tos. quality-and'
c,,ndition.. '
ingl'En.—Pricoe no.
main witamit change,
and the transaction, havo
been small; 1,900 bake
Legurtyra and 4,600 base
Rio have arrived Ante
our last;' mho of s 00
bogs at 17%.18c,
Leguaym. and gia
240, currency, for Rio.
U I T—Buppliee of
Oraugmand herniass
havo come forward slow
,ly and the ealoe have
'confined to emelt lots at
Hap for.the furmer from
ssecond hands, repacked; •
and 18010 for the latter.
Raisins „have' not bo s on
Much Inquired snob.. r •
COFFEE —Thoro le Tory
Ilttlo hero In Met Londe,
gales of 100 bags - 1110 of
1247, 1 4 c ; gold: 400 bogs
Jamaica at 15a1510, gold p 1
and 080 bags Lagusyra nt
17•1134 e. gold.
Iftl3l.T.Oratoree eta
Lemons ere ho small sup- ,
ply we quote the former
at $1109,90, and the letter
at
0, 59 ,2 600 0 per b ox ~ noi and held
`'The fresh huh aroU'of the country. this
year iagenorolie and good beyond. rebol.;,
lection. • • , ~• , • • .
Pork,live or as hnms, sides, bacon and
ahoulders—in dearer now than. two years
ago, but thin, is the only hen of much ac
count .the table 'Hoe which Olittica a-
•grungt the long list above. '.•
iseof and bread, moot and grain, aro the'
ataples of the American table.. .:Those tiro
artielerare now almost half the price they,
wore tiro' years ago, yOt how Many of those'
who oat haVo reaped the advantage which
wan trtily theirs. WbooVer deprives thorn
of the bonellt of the decline depriveotbem
of their rights—takes , the bread literally'
from their mouths; ~ • . . .
Prides should come down graddally and,
evenly and,thoy - will do so unlinii • artifliv ,
daily obstrudtOds, andlevery obstrac-
Howie a wrong'to every one4n
' The lithosort,geta o no,beir t h e
glop for pis Wheat ; that ho did, throe 'yeavi
ago, 'but must pay nearlit the Sarno.' for
what-ho huys: ' Whyt manse' 'this pro
&tars of *hat be buys stlltpay eh ''much
for thelubratd—what• they live on--.fut el
'no they, Ai& in 1867. . -•.•
- i it is , superfluous to iqguci On thismitter
estate, bread and' nseei noun,
domo down, end eversibing shonlit•I011ow'
in their train, On time rest evelthing,
•
The fielding up of special Flees anyrion
ger iq fictitious irregular, anCagainstlba r
natural order, of business, and; le a *Fong
on the general public. .4.
'
'Without — Iltarbunraenfitherefore - we
leave this !ter study.; - - There-is }t ot
roan in !' dVania lt.does not concern.
—Press.
o A
PHILADELPHIA.
WerriblrFire,United States Bon
ded Warehouse in Flames—Two
Persons Supposed to be Burned
to Death.' .
PnxxAnELraie','••Adg.'¢: Bevan
P,IM. an immense has been raging in
the United States bonded 'warehouse, on
the Lombard street wharf. The building
ecuitairia thirty thousand barrel.' Of whis
key, which will- be deaf:toyed. The lose
u.ay reach two and a half millions of dol
lars. The fire originated by the explosien
of a boiler. It is thought the engineer and
watchman have perished in the guinea.
Further prrtioulara later.
P. IC—The fire le spreading fright
fully.
Miscellaneous pems,
Tato, a bull-fighter of Madrid, is worth
$600,000. . .
A man in London follows the occupa
tion of "professional introducer."
A Religious enthusiast in France, ra
cently crucified himself in his garret.
, The New York Timei ep,eaks, of Frank
Blair as a tight mania a tight place.,:
-Funch-thinks that-tcroundllning-table
is the boat Publishers eirculer"
A. street ear 'conductor says-that just
seven ladies out of a hundred say" Thank
yOu,".when gentlemen resign their seats
to them. •
A young gentleman of Loganiipurt,
has sued barber foi spoiling, his mous-
Via iii - ifying - to - nolot—iti-and- has'lind
his damages at $6O.
.Farms an Californie; which Uncle Sam
could not sell a few years ago at a dollar
and a qua, ter an acre in greebacloi are
now selling at from three to ten dollars in
gold.
In China in some instances old people
buy coin* long before they need them ;
and filial sons present parents coffins .
goinst the day of their. departure.
In vieviof the torrid weather the pas
tors of the Lexington, Ky., churches hare
adopted a short- sermon system; and finds
that it works the charm. The hearers aro
delighted.
A . lads , in 'lowa sot in her garden as a
support for pea vines a large number of
green willow polies. The result was that
the poles took met' and grow. She has
now a fine willow grove.
MN
The •Emperor Alexander has removed
the restrictions against emigration from
the Russian empire. Many inhabitailth of
Poland and the other western provinces
of Thissianre preparing to emigrate to the
United State
Miss Boric, daughter of the ex-Secretary
of the tutyy, lately rescued a young Bald-,
morian from dyoWning who had gone be—
yond his depth w O ie bathing at Uapo May
The young lady is said to bio an expert
SW/ITlrner.
A German couple was married by a jus
tice in Dubuque, lowa., on the morning
of the 14th, the woman went to the squires
in the afternoon fou a divorce. She had
discovered that her spouse owned a wife
and four children living near Dubuque.
Senator Sprague's aphoritnythat
."noth
ing is more cowardly ttfanra million dol
lars—unless it be two millions,'' was prob.,
ably inspired, says the Boston. Transcript
by .the old conundrum,
"What 'makes,
more noise than a pig under a- fence 1" 2
pigs.
_ During the second quarter of the pres
ent year, the city of Paris hue consumed
605'horses or about-276,000. pounds.of net
horse flesh for the three months. A few
mules and donkeys aro included, in the
puantity; but the exact number is not ape.
cifled.
A 50,000,000 mortgage was recently-an.
tared in the itecorders office at Brie, Pa.,
It reprosenfs the largest sum recorded in
thpre. Tho mortgage is that of the Phil
adelphia and Erie Rsilroad, in trust; to
Wister - Morris and Joseph Bacon of Phil
adelphia.
Sown and dponntg Patter.
SMALL CHANGE can be had at the
Post Office.
SERENADE.—We are indebted to
Capt. Pon for the compliment Of a
serenade from the Carlisle Barracks Band.
TRA.NRS.—ROBERT MOCARTNBT,
Sr., has the editorial thanks for some
beautiful and luselouaspecimens of grafted
Apples and Pears fronvhWga,Non.
—o—
Coal declined one dollar in price' on
Saturday, in New York, copsequenee of
the report Of the resumption of work by
the Pennsylvania coareompany.
LOBT.—On Monday afternoon last
between four and five o'clock, between
Mechanicsburg and Carlisle on the Trin
dle Spring Road ft "S itch" of hair of a
dark brown color. A reward of appro
priate value will bo paid to any; person,
who may find It and leave it at this otEcia
LOOK OUT FOR, THE ECLIPSE.— , -
AcCordi4g to tho calculations b e y Piof.
HILLMAN, of Dickinson Collegoi the
Eclipse of to-morrow will commence pre
cisely at 4 o'clock 5b minutes and, 84Poc
onds. P. X". the middle of it will bat 6
o'clock, 55 minutes and 81 seconds P. M.
and will bo tstal at 0 o'clock 51 minutes
and seconds P. M. Almost eleiou
twelfths of the entire gist of • the slubwill
be obscured by the moon l s shallow.
ROBBERIN—On Wednesday night,
of last week, the house of-Mr . . BENJAMIN
Taxpr,.in Dickinson township, ii`b"Olfeirve
miles west of Carlisle, was entered by
some person or persons as yet unknown,
and robbed of a considerablainount of
ye:66109i: consisting of money,. clothing
and other property. The house was corn ! .
plotely ransacked by . the thieves, end none
of the fareity, was awakened by, their °per*
ations, which' begets e ' strong suspicton
that they were put under the inilitemid'of
au anesthetic. ,
ROBBERY :IN TM?, tioltouoll,'—ird.'
Thursday nig ht of lastWeek t , the Store of
JOBEPU
,Yaxoutt.,,corner of Hanover .
.and North streets, in . this - boroughwas
I
forcibly entered, an d a small amount of
money, principally in pennies, togethOr
With a onion' quantity of .eliewing iobAeco,
And cigars, taken therefrom. Tholldeveo
•eirected.an.entraneo by forcing the look .'of
the back door.. What', hie singular
.`thepblfpolicerobeiy ,
the, next .morning. It is. evidor:t
that there, are many robbers And
ors prowling about and
,heutoilcoo;000 ,
should look 'Well thtdr .
' l ,l9itsOd to ,learn from the New. York 12 , 4 4 ! :
tuna , that our friend and, neighbOr; ) Wit.
Irsionspr, Esq.i . the junior OftilOyolun
'iesi.i i'eoeiVed Ai Ihe,ltaOda:prite AlM:nut
of his Alma.'Atat . er, , Lafayette. College,
Barton,, Pa., the handsome complimedVet ,
being 0110 ,Bitn
lions. This is a compliment well desir+eid;
.and reflects credit on the 'discrimination
DE:D'AirEt.—Dr., ADE* MoNEDE,I,
hat departed for Hagerstown, Rd., tore.
, 91ein'tf 3 P:.ditraat the iltashingtortllonid,
The Doctor has mot witli unbounded eue;.; .
ease at the.!'llonta Holum.", Ile has pleased
islidlidie taken his acid() 01 ti tittment: r
• ,
. NORTH §TREItT
extension of North Street at its Eastern end
is.being rapidly pushed forward. -.A;
atantial bridge haS been erected serest the
Letort Spring,.while the 'necessary cutting
and filling between East street and, the'
.poor House road is-more than ball done.'
The propriety of opening this street is ful
ly proven by:the fact that even in itsipres-,
-ent unfinished; condition, it has IsiicoMe;
quite ir-thoroughfore and movements leek
ing to its'improVement by the building of,
houses already on foot. , •
'While on tblii - Subjett We - must again
-ask whrit is that the work of extending
College Street has been-so long at a eland
still.' A. good beginning was made , more
then, six months ago, and a considerable
,outlay.Or Borough funds made -at this
point. ,We heartijy endorsed the project
then and do'ao now, but if work is to
stop at the'present luncture, the expense
incurred , is money Worse than _.throwi
away. Why is it, - kf6ars Councilmen, that
you are so dilatory in this important,
matter 1—
GRAND TODRNAMRNW—OR Tuesday
morning the 3rd, a Proceision.of colored
Nike marched through our streets, ;headed
by- a, colored Brass Band, and folloeed
hy about tvieitty, horsemen 'in fancy cos
tumes; on their'way to Grahain's •Woods,
about a mile west of town. Having some
spire time on his hands our reporter be
took himself to the wends soon alai din
'nor bent-nn- witnevato-the.
novel and exciting scene. On arriving at
the ground he found several hundred per
sons both white and black, on the ground
before him, end found Wry: Assxxs
who was Chief Maiatia general Di
rector of the affair, engaged in delivering
an address; which being concluded, the
'.lsottemaribtatiOned - themsolvee about .two
hundred yards from where the frathe-work
Was erected,. Which consisted of two up
right pieces of wood, connected , by a.bori
zonbd bar, from which was suspended a
ring by a mece of wire. After tousle from
the band, the sport commenced in real ear
nest.. At the call of the Chief Marshal a
horseman would dash forward ate dead
rod m and with a spear attempt to hook the
ring.
Bach rider was a Knight for the 'time,
and among the. names we heard were,—
Knight of the Bvening Star— of the Key
Hole—Swift ..Lightning—Tide Water—
Artillery &0., The ninth rider*
horse, ( Knight of'the Reindeer,) refused
to pass-through the frame-workt and run
among the crowd causing considerable ex
citement to those near; and-slightly juju•
ring a colored - lady by tramping upon her
The prizes for. which they contended,
were the honors of being victor, and also
crowning the Queen and Maids of Honor.
The Knight who first succeeded in unhook
log the ring,threOsuccesiive Braes having
the privilege of crowning the Queen, whilO
those who wore next to him in dexterity
crowned the Maids of Honor. "
.The crown
leg of the" Que - en and Maids of Honor,
took phi(%) in the evening at Rheem's Hall
before a large audience. The honor of
crow* e u eon,
_was
_woh,. hy, RR.
_C..
Minims, who crowned Miss MARY. Pi
.IrADICIL. The other successful Knights
wore Messrs Moses Watsoff,"Vinceht Smith
Samuel Hamilton, and Berry Norris,--,
• ho orownea Misses Sarah Pafader, &an
cy Taylor, ',Fundy Levi, and _Bella Morris
Maids of Honor. Every thing pa , ,sed•off
in a quiet and orderly manner.
Wednesday morning Nin49 the plea
su re of sharing with ourDenmeratie neigh
bors' of the-Volneleer,•a.seron adty tendered
us by the-HaFrisburg - Cornot 'lllant3, core
posed of abput twenty gentlemanly4ooking
young colored musicians, dressed in a ve
ry neat and tasty,unaprec„ The editors of
the Volunteer were especially 'delighted,
and we learned with regret that the senior
editor was just Setting ready to deliver a
speech, when the ears whistled and off the
band had to go. We also learn that at: the
same time the junior was busily engaged
preparing a joke, which, owing, to .the
same, cause, romaine untracked.
CONTRACTS AWARDED.—Tke con- .
tractS for furnishing the State with leper
Tor the ensuing year were this week
awarded as follows , - Fer furnishing bill
paper to Charles H: Mullin, at 31 cents
per pound.; book pit ter Mais'i;s' gull in
PlFket.st.2Bl. cents' per pound. Wo
are glad to learn of the success of these
gentlemen in securing the contracts; and
weCongratulate the State Government on'
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having secured itseupply of paper fror a the standard of excellence,
these justly calebrated•manufacturars.
ll'lLToN's LlVEStit.—One err fling PN t . I
Forgery on The Is a lona Bank
last week, we had the pleasure of •• of Shippensburg.-Ne have just learned
a drive the following particulars of a forgery
behind aspen of beautiful du o s , l' ee prop- lately committed on the Ist Nationarßank
arty of our friend Mr. dyne. W. HILTON. of this place.' The particulars are as,,tol
a law isum seek- lows: '
The team .w everything
or could dearb—spirited bats ) And, speedy
The Cashier of .this Bank, Mr. J. Ila.
and tractable, while the ,
built of the lightest nutte
IV lgon, though Geesaman, received on Juno 24th, a letter
tai ' was sub," from Dubuque, lowa, signed by E. F.
stauttat and aPlafartable- 7r Alia turn-out, us M o e l l in lor da s tri ta p t' n e - I, t
b f h h i t t d ' ge y e o n u i n n,Tur m er b
y ue° timed i.
we afterwards ascAn'tsim .3d by investiga- ,ant and lay sick in his house, and that
tion is' but Ifair swop , of HILTON's en- , mong his papers was. found a letter of
radii on the let, National Bank of Ship-,
tirestoek. , The treble' ,es aro all, new: and
built after the meat ir , ociern and fashions.- onsburg for the sum of s6ooo—also that
he young man , Campbell claimed to be
ble models while the horses alt:hough brother of dm C shier of said-Bank.
young and stylish ore all well-brokem and This - letter was intended to secure the
docile. •It you 'W' i s 4 an :, esta b l i s h, „ m y, ignature of the Cashier, and in' the end
combining all thesii' requisites, by all 7nasswesractZeOloutit!or
'as
Mr. G eesaman did
means go tO". Flrt7.•oit'e, corner of Pitt Seberal other letters followed - up -the
street and Church Alley,, •, ' 'hove until finally a letter, dated JulYi 3 ,
--,o—" , , rem the Mount "i"errion National Bank
'RUNAWAY.— .0a Tuesday afte rnc.on 4 Heaton arrived informing the Bank in
his place that a young man named L. B.
last as Mr. Joireph Gutshall was driving
down Chute's, Allis t rows had eucceeded in having a Draft
y, alimat in idway for $l5OO cashed at this National Security
between West and Pitt Strrets, his horse tank cif Boston and was now awaiting
become ymmanageable ari,d start; don a payment—the
Bili Dra e ft was r on t il be fa ls v t o N r ti o t f t
full it'll. When he reaolvad Hilton'ir Liv- I town payablo P i r i l t tt i lfifiional Park' Bank cry Stable the wagOn 8 truck • the corner 'of Now York rind signed J.. D Geesaman,
and overturned, the hor'ses breaking o tithe cashier Ist National Bank of Shippensburg
shafts and ~tearing d , own the Alley! , A V m ar a d re'J. r
on a es i ' tter G w ltr r M i 7 d o f s r f,
buggy standing in the alley by Wet. tea infTrming Mr. Geesaman that a man
stable vtMs struck Ir l the shafts and throCivn named 411. Brown, had just been arrest
over- -'The Homo ran onto the Martait Oil . forNittempt to bare a second draft of
$l5OO cashed, and also stating that blank
House pavement whore he was `caug.kt
drafts,. checks and letterlmads, and a regu
larFortunatolyMir •, Qutshall although throw In
Draft Ilbo,k, oath° First National Bank
under the,wag•oe•wipin It wits overturneq. of Shippensbnig,linkbenn found upon his
was pot eerie ,usly. injured, , , i person. . .
'. • '''- --o— • ' ' 1 ' Other letters which wear° not at *
NEw- (Maio.— a ar under 1 obh— to publisli_ ,at present, have arrive,'
gatlons te,
, Prof. Tuoiaaa H tri,,lmder Of\ nll taken together, go to show-
the; Carr isle Barracks Band for t Pieces villainous attempt has been made by
, and his accomplices to play a deep
of hearitiful, Music. The Brat
s •eiiiial • 'BrOwn is noir under arrest at Loston,•
"Gar'ilsle liaritickei Parade:March," Breit- ind Will he held utitil Mr. Climeaman ar
, . , i .rives in that ,elty--ho is a oung( Man 5
CM. , d to Gen. Jen. P. Dern, rat Oinur ., feet 10 jeerer'. tall— ; •has sandy ' hair and.
Too;milant.. The piece is a measured rilare!l **resigns anent 160 pounds-L.wheri:itrrested ,
v'iritten in:ono and . two sharns, and has tie wore ,a light; grey mixed suit; a soft
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considerable merit aa a 'Musical casiposi-black felt hat,
a heavy gold, watch and
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tion. ,Tho second lei called “Silver Spring \
Brown is supposed to have been in Ship-
Polka," and is dedicated to Miaa ll 4 o air• 1 \ ionlibing, , :on ZOadaymight, July 19th,
Cuising of Harrisburg, Thials a lipight, a cid,put, w r ist the Sherman House—he reg
ly Polka full of:expression. and deserves a Ai Latedbla,ilaind,at thet tionefis'J. MTH',
fißestoti, aid iirenveringthe above denrip
' ' ' f theso . p '
Wido eirculatiOn. . Both o , . Imes are
tii nn.exaotly,•appoared to have no pardon
vritten for ihe Planryarid liidilisluid by i, •r, t hesis •-while, here.—Shipperura
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Wm. .S.Noona, of Harrisburg: • , , sip & I. •Y ~t--, i ,
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91knep' tiptry 'oda` titithfUlV sayarof:,lotat.
papera;' that thhy enehance the zvato.o.ofi
property. •Thoy benefit ArilOtilarly 'gory -
th
. oaots androat osti;tto ortpars,Abricli the in ,
amount yeaily . they pay for thoir'sutork, i s[j
Thom is'oot ‘ tong,that srould ~ a 19,4•19:,
more harm,tliala t. 43 kixtthout nowpapor.
Ttits every sonaiblo man kootvek . ..A itldttt'
'iEtPhi,lll. l o;' , is*nite:til* , lii2; l 4 . 4,#:PhOtt, 4'
,ibinietbitt:the pobtisiMi"O ' raiaPer•ittilig.R‘ ,
:teker.Y.0 4 0:14 1 40.0 0 44,.!*". ) '41 5 ::° .1 4 2 t :i ? !
9rnVaYet.;
gocia4ertefilag..patronsgeo.44kieoPect.M
, bhillet, , add you will then Ihaiejust such a\
paper as you wish.. •• . ' •
ANNIVEiIiAItY di ,tI,4 A —h7 1>
ATION.
On Tuesday list the . colored people of Oar-,
lisle and ' he contignoustOwni, eel/Wilted
the emancipation Of thiislaies oftheßouth
ern' States,-by a . procession through our
Streets 'aid a tournament at' * Graham's
Orove..._ The procession_ was beaded by a
colored brass band from Harrisburg, and
"Was,sfpiite a creditable display while the
toMnammit passed off' wittfgreat eclat.
,aUDDEN PEATfl.—Lrho A_Virppens
bury News Says: Wo regret to amiounce
tbd tholder r iand - unaiiiialtd - demise of the
wife :of row ,reapected,' towitsman„ Dr.
John Stumbaugh,.on Thursday mooning
froni apoplexy.' 'We baie been informed
that Mrs; Stumbauch for laitMrsil daYs past
bad been consplaining, but no anxiety - Was
felt by..the family until Thnrsday morn.'
ing. She, was a viomaa of a kind and bii
neyolent dispostilon, highly , respected,
and a consistent membor of , the Luthera
Church.
ORDINATION.—The Tresbytery of
Carlisle will bold a special Meeting at the'
Middle Springs Presbyterian Church, on
Wednesday, Aug. 11th, for the purpose
of ordaining J. A. Kam, Esq., as an evan
gelist. 'We !nein ' is the intention of
'of Mr. Kelso Au start for India: as a mis
sionary, a shorttime after his ordination.
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'RENOVATION:— , Pr. DASHIBLL, the
efficient President of Dickinson College, is
danying_himself_a vacation -this—year-and
remaining at'his fistfor.the.Veiy laudable
purpose of superintending the work of
thoroughly repairing and renovating the
College buildings. From long neglect the
boildinge had'fallen'inte a Esite, state of de
crepitude and uncleanhess.' But all this
itC.rapidly undergoing a healthful meta-.
morphssis,through_the Dr's. vigorous man
agement A small army of carpenters.
plasterers, whitewasher:sand house cleaners
have taken the old halls by storm; and
will not evacuate until houses and grounds:
are Lin apple-pie •order for the September
session. Too much credit cannot be award
.ld -to Dr. DAIHIELI, for his practical ap-' -
plicatiun of the good old apothegm "clean
liness is next to Godliness." There' to be
no stumbling . blocks or halting places / AL
.the march of intellect in the .halls of 'old
Dickinson henceforward. _ '
MORE Oers.—Jacob Shoop, near
Churchtown, maised a bead of oa to that,
on counting, proved to contain 3(',6 grains.
TALLEST °AV:l.—Mr.David • Williams,
.of Newton township, living o n the place
known as " Stony Lonesorne," and which
has herotofcre been consider ed rather in
ferior soil, brings us a stalk, o f oat s w hi c h
bents all. I t measures six. test seven inches
in length.—Ncuir(lte Star-.
VVO bars beaten this all hollow—see
HERALD of last wee',;. (Ed.]
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A State Cr.myention of Cou .ty Su-.
perintendent s was in.session at Harrisburg
for - siniera) — da'jfa last week. Representa
tives fror.o most of the counties were pres
ent. .'ho object was to compare views in
ragir,•dto the administration of the school
rive, and to endenior to establish .unifor
ratty in the system of institetion through
the State. Formal addresses were made
by State Superintendent Wickersham and.
Gov, Geary.' Many suggestions of benefi—
cial changes in the school laws were made,
during the meeting. A resolution asking
tor.the repeal of the law exempting mort
gages and judgments from school taxes was
adopted. At ,the close of the Convention
Mr.. Wickersham made another address,
wLich he promised all the aid in tag
"power to the County'Simerintendents. He
had prepared a draft of a new law, w hich
will be submitted to the next Legis/ isture.
A propot school system for this St' Ate was
ono that would gather into the schr ,o 1 room
children of all classes, colors ar ,d condi
tions. This was the wily just , b as i s of .
public i3ueatinti. Academies, l ugh schools.
'and colleges should be cash* shed and sus
tained by tho State, with Is cilities free to
all. We -must look, atnaT;e and beyond
reading, writing, arithrne'tic, grammar and
=EI
geography in 04 cor.nm.on school system,
and 'next te inter Om idea of progress in
t h is reSPP",et will -be pressed to an issue.
This is rm new project in tho mind of Mr.
Wick's ,rsbron, but has been the object of
88 1 4 r. alone for years.. His attire and
rest:A m; disposition qualifies him highly as
odueatiorial leader s and it. will not bo
r i Mr want of efflrt on his pnit if our public
schools,do not riso higher arid.highor in
.i Tr de e 441.:• tb.4t they° ,le• ,a large
ttn, mit, of counterfeit money le eirciila
tell t o , cif ,denominations large .and email,
nii el:amnia soekiiftillOte to tinpose upon
tie, - , nest experienced: • : The
.beat : judges of,
ion ey 4re,ofterk.tho. victims, and we ad
leo; tql'hilekrieds men 'to talc° . every precau
-s'd I Igninst Itivitiettie'ritilir filthy lucre
lye Walion•thOm. , . : ...? •,,f . ,,, ~',4
, ; "'Oh .TL '. .. l' .! "..
I '` N O P"Milit.rtz-l'het rfelleifips Infan
-1.4'0111010e Ve Wan .isidered to.roport to ,
. ..acelf***ol: l / 4 ",11e1e Berr4eka.o relieve.
,e averalionliert ~,eow' on, xlntrAt Olt Peat:
~Pla.inlil gf ileramet• lideAnelas. '3l. B. .
qi...14 1 494.5X.6,4 1 ±QA Iti, •,sla#::' eneond,
tileuterreet,:,4 , *Aria,;3l,LzOtr,;„...Becond
Id o ut. Crutitz.ars,X4l4:2lll*-/rOlantry. ha ;liiiiiia.caiiioiid"'iciY: conduct, recruits ben
clexUale Berre,eke to the BrialniMosst... •
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