THE VOLUNTEm John ll* BdUar. anil Proprietor* CARLISLE, THmiSD.VY, DECn»U. 30* 184*. AGENCY. Kf»V. H. PALMER, Em; is «»ar nuibnriaedjVifeni for ;ngy c iriitsVlverlissnienw. r(!coivin«, •».» jit ions, - *mitl making collection*-Tor- tlio -American t'o/uHtecr^n t liisolilcc, N.W.- corner of Tnlnl and Cbosuut Hlri'cts, Pliiludolpliia. . meeting of tlie pemocrntic Stand •lug Committee. The members of tho Democratic Standing Com mittee,nfOnmberl;«nd county, will meet at the public houte of David Martin, in the Borough of Carlisle, on MONDAY, the lOift day of JANUARY, 1848, ut 1 oV-liiuk in the,afternoon; for the purposeol’ urn king arrangements' for appointing aclcgnletf 16 the* Democratic Stale Convention, to. be held til Harris burg,on the, : 4th of March next, to nnni'mato.u candi date for lhe office oJ'C.intil Couimissiuncr, anil elect Delegates to the Dehiocratie National A full attendance of the Committee is earnestly de sired. . Three of thk Committee. -Tho following gentlemen compose •* ii1 private entry in all the Status and Territories of (ho Union, may bo expected to take the place of money to ft very great extent. 7,317 Moxi can bounty land warrants, for ICO acres ouch, have been issued, and 1,130 for 40 acres—in all 1,215,840 acres, of which, only 3,520 acres have been located, A land warrant is worth only $125 at Washington, hut us good us 8200 in specie to the western buyer. They are not good fur preemption rights payments. . Hon, Samuki. Hubbard Dead.— Tho linn. Samuel Hubbard, Judge of the Supremo Court of Massuchu. setts, died at Boston on tho 3‘UlHnst. The Naval and Military Gazette (British) soys that the .government intends to raise and train a national constitutional .force of 400,000 men for tho defence of the country. A general war would seem to be anticipated in Europe ori the death of Louis Phillippe,; ; . Sliiflda, dpc'utiing ol’Gcn. Bcotf, at Agua la, fvmarhL-il, “ that llmugh lio onload ilia army pro. jailiccd against Son. Broil, ha onmOdorod liiut, after ■,l, oxporiunco under liia command, aa Imviiig ng ajng aupgrior in tho ijualitiaa.ofa groat commander, 11 > WnAv YORK POLITICS. ’ [the most rabid Abolitionist can desire, Eillicr tho The' Democracy of the groat Slite of Now York power exists, or it docs nql. If iCdbos, how long will np|)Qiu in.any thing but a harmonious position. Onr tho South’ have any. gUnrahlec that the line of 36 dn reucjc’rs. will remember that a Demoerallc'Slalo Con* grecs, ?3Q mhiates north latitude, fixed in the Missouri vcntlon assembled'at placed a-lickeb’ Compromise, will not bo supplanted by another, more : before ,tho people; prior Urtho-Usl election,'which consonant-to tho’diVclcfibe of some Congress which gave ; groat*cftcncc-ib ia ’pbrtion of the-Democratic ‘may usa’embloOiri;fnture,*whb may sayThaf slavery parly in that- Slutei .It was alleged by those /shall not bo. tolerated north of 30 degrees, north hill were dissatisfied, thatihoro weredofegatbs’foisted on • lode, In the territory which-they may admit into tho, thcr cohvenlioii fraudulently, and that they did not: Union, orudquiro ; by conquest, or as givo a fair expression to tho sentiments'of their Dc- Tho truth i»,thitf power was never delegated by the mocratic The portion of the party Stales or the people to the Federal Government. .Flic known as tho “Conservatives” or “Old Hunkers” institution of slavery is entirely a matter of local had the .ascendency, in the Syracruse* Convention, concernment, Virginia, or South Carolina may abo|. and liicy mado their nominations.entirely from the ish slavery if they choose,. Massachusetts or Penn- Conservative portion of,the party, and promulgated sylvunin may establish slavery in their borders if sentiments in thoif address apd resolutions, to which they sob proper to do so. How idle, then to be wiisl* the “ Barnburners”could not subscribe; -.Tho ques- |ng words,, or-fighting windmills, about a, mutter linn of slavery; was the ostensible bone of contention, which in the end cunicsiili in nothing. If the pro but we are inclined, to- believe-there were other and viao‘ nien carry'thdir point,' they gain, nothing,and deep seated causes of diSscniion independent of that if the Missouri Coinprbrnisblncn gain their’s, they vexed subject. At.'aireyenU so much dissatisfied ore no belter off than t|io friends of tlio proviso. .The were the. Barnburners, who had been looked upon as people of the acquired territory will, decide that mat l the espcciuUlricnda of that groat statesman, the luto ter for themselves at last. ;Why not. then diop this Silas Weight, that they culled .another-Convention f irc brand, throw awty Jhia-*a'pplo of discord, which to meet at Herkimer on the 2Glh October last. This best will turn -to ashes pn‘ the lips of those who at- Convention assembled, and wasallondod by many of tempt to oat it 7 Let. U 8; t inslst on indemnity being the most prominent men in the Stale of New York, given by Mexico, but say, nothing whatever on the and among' them, John Van Burcn, Esq., late Altor- subject of slavery. ,TJiis. is the true, grouiuf— it is ney General of the Slate and son of-Ex*Presidonl the only e»mt\tvliomt ground which.can be occupied. Van,Bnron, and Churchill C. Cunibreling, long a dis. This was Jefferson’s position. He was opposed to tinguishcd'nicinber of CongrcssfromNew York City.. the Missouri Compromise,ibul acquiesced in it after They resolved thal-lhc Democracy of the Stale should Ji was made, lor tho sake of peace. Thai compro act as if no nominations had been rtnade, and that mlso was the result of forced circumstances, and was the proceedings of the Syracruae.Convention ought no t sallsliictory to thoso.w)io loved tlic constitution not to have any binding force upon the Democratic as its framers made it. '.lt poured oil oh the troubled party, und proclaimed u tenacious adherence to whul water's for a time, but it \yas‘. not a final adjustment is commonly called tho Wilmqt proviso. ■ of the vexed difficulty as passing events now prove. These unfortunate dissections resulted, as coulffhe Mr. Clay was then the great pacificator, as he was easily foretold, in the success of tho Federal joftcrWurds o'n tho. ctmyworflfre of the laritf question, an immense majorily, ranging from thirty to forty the: results were hot propitious in cither case.— thousand votes, wlicn ih Hie spring immediately pro- Mr. Clay is a dangerous'.leader, and for a stroke of cccding, the Democracy liiid elected their candidates popularity, he would compnmise the constitution it* | for judges by a ligijority of froili twelve to.fifteen rcIL That nobio instrument may be tto/o/rrf, but if thousand. Another cause of difference between the cannot be compromised. The constitution itself was different sections of the party, and which bus display* the compromise, but after it was formed, cd itself since the election referred to, was.lhe futl that the Syracrnso Convention hud recommended llie selection of the delegates to ihe-DemocralicNiltional Convention by districts, which the Herkimer Con vention opposed, and resolved was not in accordance with the usages of the party of that Stale— Ihil the Syracruse Convention was -not'delrgutcd to make any such decision, but were sent there for oilier purposes. The Herkimer men contended, that the representa tion in u National Convention is a State representa tion, and should bo made by general ticket, that it was possible that by the district system a delegation might be selected which would misrepresent the par. ty in the Slate, and that the thirty four Congressional Districts in the Slate might send to the National Convention thirty four delegates, not one of whom would vole in accordance with the wishes of a majo rity of the party in the entire State. There is some force in this, us inaelccling delegates to a nominat ing Convention, wc may judge that it would be pro per to be guided by the same rules ns regulate the voting of the States after l|io election lias passed.— Wc don’t vote by Congressional Districts for Frcsi denlial Electors. Each State at large gives its vole, and the majority of the whole State, determines the result. The Democratic members of the Legislature have heretofore always exorcised the power of calling Slate Conventions, and fixed the time and place, of Iheii meeting. It seems that they have recently exercised this power, and ciillcd.a Convention to meet at Utica, on the Ifith of February next, for the purpose of set tling the question as to which .of the two plans of electing delegates to the National Convention shall be adopted, and to elect the delegatus should the plan of State representation bo adhered to. To this the Committee appointed by the Herkimer Convcnllwi, “to carry into effect the common purposes amh'ob jecls of that Convention” have given their assent, »nd invite their Democratic brethren of the various Assembly districts ol the Stale to send delegates to that Convention. The Conservatives, however, do not assent (a this proposition, and have issued a call for a State Convention to be held at Albany, on the 2611 i January next, for the purpose of carrying out more fully the recommendation of tho late Democra tic Stale Convention, held at Syracruse, in relation to the uppointuien.t.of delegates, to the Nulipnal Con vention,” fitc. Thus stand the two branches of tho Damocralio , Lcl "» ' lmV • . ever apparently, portentous, Is-exclusively to bo con party In the Empire Stale,nnd unless these dissensions tro }| Ui i by U,o American people. They have entered bo houlcd, the next Democratic candidate for the into, tho. national compact, and will maintain its Presidency may be defeated. Tho powerful Slate of obligations, In tho strictness of the letter nnd fulness M v , . ...» s’ of tho spirit! They have long IoU, nnd well know, New York, exercises a vast control in general elec- n((l u,,, benefit., hot the positive iielilieal nJ lions, giving thirty sixclccloral voles, winch if turned c ,. BM *,ty 0 f tho Union. against tho Democracy makes a difference of seven* There arc some questions of public and social order ly-lwo. which tho Irumur* of tho constitution and the people Now, u .trike, u j„rily li.,a a'right under the provision, present dificienco is ostensibly on the subject of sla- of the constitution, to IcgUl.ile upon, that is a mutter very—the ono-party contending that all territory to which the American people have agreed to apply hereafter acquired must bo free territory, nnd the l | ,c principle and bcar.the| coiißenuenccs of eonsolida. , ... at i* r.l •• T lion: wimt has been withheld fiotn the uction of a oilier insisting on llio hno of the Missouri Coinpro. colionu | majority. Unit 1* beyond ila reach miso on that subject. The provtso mcn say that fo- reserved either lb the rc*peeUv«.Slales or, the people, reign territory acquired by our government is not Sir, id my mind,the wjmlu character of the cnnsli*! independent of tho power that acquired it, and that lul * on must bo chunycd,before you cun discern in it | therefore Cringres? may o«y lb.il it .ball be free— 0 ouu.ii.uuicalinn, expre.a or led, of a power to *. \ „ Congress to mould, modify, change, establish or pro* Tho Missouri Compromise advocates allege that the hihh, actually or prospeclively,the domestic relations South are deprived of.their just rights, unless o por> of any portion of the American people.,' Such u lion of the territory bo set uport for tho establishment power rests with the poopilo themselves alone j It ii of slavery therein. Bolh positions we believe.to bo hiallciMblc right o! sell government. . ~ . , I cannot yield my‘assent to the broad nrclcns on ootenublc. tf wo pay. a strict regard to 11.0 F cdoral ....Lor to dispose of apd make all r.rer&i Constitution and the just rights of the people of the rultt n*.d regulnlwot rn/ieciing t/it tft ritoiy % Of’njfcr ’ several Stales or Territories now acquired, or here* properly , belonging to the United States”—« poWpr ‘ alter to bo acquired. Tho Congress of the United ky the Constitution to Congress—involves iiny ■ Slate., under the Cun.tllullmi, we believe, have no “■•‘ | ior | iy whatever to deprive the people ofterrilerios ■ , . - .. , . of every nglil, nod .object tliooi almiilutvly to tint power whatever over the subject. It they acquire will of the majority ofllml body, ThisconHlilutinnal . territory, as they ore likely to do, as indemnity for clause bears solely upon rnnPKarv, upon naked 1 uid i. the outrages committed against us.by.Mexico, and ike territory bo tonnulcd by men, and especially if as the necessary result of the just war wo arc now !| ,0 ?° nien have already their civil jiislilutioiiH and * ... .. . .. . . . , . their domestic relations, and still more strongly, if j waging with that nation, they are utterly powerless that territory has come to us,covered with establish. . 1° say whether it shall bo free .or whether it shall hb ed societies, by conquest nr purchase, I cannot, for | slave territory. Congress ought not lo.be required an. instant, Indulge' the extravagant construction of ■ or expected to do a vain or useless tiling, The *ki« article which would empower Congress to exlln* I ■» delusively a mutter of dome wftlHllwLal enmoouS wlmt U'(doTajll! lie policy, which bulongs.lo each Stale, by virtue of At that rale, we mlglil,one of those days,bo shucked its sovereignly, which it . never surrendered to the by an act ofCongress formally rsrAOi.isiiiNa slavery Federal Government. It is expressly declared in the ? 1 ,c,, wko disclaimed and excluded if; for Constitution of ihe Uiiitcd State. tho power, not delegated to the United Stales by tho Conslllu- and i.mm.v/.f.. lion, nor prohibited by it to tho Stales, are reserved lint, sir, in an address on such occasionn-os the to the Slates respectively, or to the people,”—Article present. 1 should trespass nupurdoimbly wore I to 10. Amendments. Con. U. S. Congress, then un* (,ntur moro ,nlril,,p| y *»ito constitutional view- con* dcr tiic Constitution, iiu. mo power to declare wboro l ""! w '"T “‘.'fT 1 !* 1 . 1 ' . \ , „ . w wuerw, tit tionn I mid transcendental manner In which ills slavery shall exist, or whore it shall nol exist, In the, treated to Ilio north and oast | and l know tho heart, acquisition of any territory by the Union. If it had j sickening solicitude and the impetuous vivacity with such power, it can abolish slavery now in the several , w klch the very mention is met by our southern 5 ...0.,0v.,0r0,baUn.ti.«.i„«1..0,0 r a,0d,o r 0...b„.,, {St-^p slavery where it is not, . And if (ho view taken by fearlessly stand by the constitution, In its puro pur* the adherents of (ho Missouri Co(npromiso bo tho poser nhd fumlaiiientn) spirit, nnd ,iho gloomy cloud, (rue one, it proves too much for their purposes uhcl ' vhcnco been predicted, will gradually places a.wGopaii in tl.o Inuid. of tlio proviso men, °» ml.t louebcd bji Urn morning »uo. which may eventually strike down their domestic I 'rciunißi.K Acoident.*-*»Wo learn from, tho Louis* insllluiionst nnd prostrate their ,cherished, interests, villo Courier, that a largo brick house .at Warsaw, If tho Federal Government con say thnt.to'spellio Ify*, was undermined by the . late Iroshet, and fell line slavery miry be tolerated, and (6 such a lino no down bn Frld-i}’ night, with ,a tremendous crush,'.bit* slavery ahull exist, ii is surrendering, the subject to. rying, In tho ruins a. Mr, John Olid two > tho discretion of Congress, nnd is conceding.all (hot children of Mr. Ilardssty. . every jut or tillle.of lhal_gre*l work must be permit* led to stand* until tbo people in their wisdom see proper to amend it,. In bur humble opinion bn honorable senator from New jfork, Mr. Dicktnsori, .jibs offered resolutions in 10 Senate of the United States,'which cut in twain this "Gordian Knot,*'us‘ BffcctUiUy as did Alexan der's sword, in the fulfillment of the ancient oracle— and as that exploit gave Alexander an easy conquest of Asia, so may the adoption of these resolutions smooth all difficulties in the acquisition of territory from Mexico. 'They are os follows: That true policyrequircs the government of the United Slates- to strengthen Hs political .and commercial relations upon' this continent by the an nexation of such contiguous territory as may conduce to that end and can be justly.obtained ; and that nei ther in such acquisition uorin the territorial organi zation thereof can tiny conditions be constitutionally imposed or institutions be,flrovided fur or established inconsistent with the right of (ho people (hereof to. form a free sovereign the powers and prl* vileges of the original members of the confederacy. Jtesotced % That in organizing, a territorial govern ment for territory belonging to the United States, the principles df self-government upon whiqh our federa tive system rests Will* bo best promoted—-the. true spirit mid meaning of-thc Constitution be observed, id the confederacy strengthened by leaving all questions concerning the domtfellc policy therein to the Legislatures chosen by the people thereof. Wo, cannot close this article, without remarking that there is but one distinguished- Democrat, named in connexion with the Presidency, who has assumed this constitutional ground— Vice president DulUsi In Pittsburg anrl also in his speech ut Hollidaysburg>lio defined his position openly and boldly on this intricate subject. We have already.published his Pittsburg speech, and wo give an extract from that delivered at ilollidaysburg, re lating to this great constitutional question, Mr. Dallas after treating at some length on the Mexican war, spoke as follows, and we wish every freeman in the land would.pondcr well his weighty .words. “ It is said, sir, that this yet unfinished is not Uhj- only speck upon our national-horizon— that our domestic tranquility is shadowed by a dark', and threatening cloud, rapidly rising uml spreading; and (hat the boll is forgings if nut launching, which, aimed tit tho-domeslic institutions and equal rights of our southern ulster Slates, must penetrate the. mere p trchincnl of our constitution and shako the confed* jeracy into fragments. : A low. words, sir, upon this 1 important topic, and 1 have dune. - DEATH OF SENATOR FAinPIBLtJi Wo regret to announce llio death of the Hon. John Fairfield, U. S, Senator' for, Maine, who died sudden ly in/Washington - city" on 'Friday 1 ' evening lust. Mr Fairfield- was formany years in public life—holding the highest offices.-in the.gift of the citizens, of his native,Stale —and was no less admired for his. tal ents than esteemed,for fhis virtues. ,Tho; following, purilcnlurs of the illness which terminated in Mr. F’s death, ore furnished by a correspondent of the N.Y. Heralds, ’ ■ A'year ago holiod a surgical operation made up on his leg, which relieved him, without pausing, any immediate inconvcnlncco. On Friday morning, hav ing the. advantage of llio-ndjoummcnlmyer' to Mon day,Tor repose, ho seized tho occasion again. io call in his physician to repeal ,lho incision, from which he had received such benefit'in the .first experiment. The operation was accordingly made by Dr. Magru der, ihe physieian in tlio first instance. During the day, Dr. May was culled in, but In,-the moan liino a powerful solution had been applied to the wound, the necessity of the case 'douhilcss-suggeslmg some such stimulus to the nervous system in a ■ direct applica tion to the scat of llio disease. But the Symptoms rapidly became more alarming, and although'every thing that the best medical skill and experience re commended was promptly supplied, thepitlicnl's suf ferings continued to Increase till about 7 o'clock the same evening, when, in great ngonjt, ho expired. m Mr. Fairfield, wd should suppose, was about fifty Vonrs ofngo. 'lie,was small in slaluro and.ofa dol icatc frame, much weakened for a long lime pn&L from the disease which UasThus suddenly terminated Ills life. But ho. seldom complained—was seldom absent from his post in tiny weather."- (£j»Hnn. Dixon H.,Lewib has been elected. United Slates Senator from Alabama. After fourteen bal- Idlings on the lllh, without a choice, the convention, of tire.two Houses of the ■ Legislature , adjourned ‘to lhol3th, when the ballolings were resumed; and on the 19lh the name of\V. R. King was. withdrawn, ami tho volo stood fur D. H. Lewis 82, Judge Hop kins-46.' Serious Affair at Yale College.—A . serious affair occurred at New Haven, Dee. 24th, bnlween two tutors and two students, resulting in the slabbing of one of the. tutors, with a swnrd.cuno. The slab, IxoWevcr, is noUikely to prove fatal. . .The other was knocked down with a bar of iron. This ease, it is feared, will prove fatal. The -names of the tutors are Emerson and Goodrich, the latter a eon of Prof. Goodrich/of Yalo. College. The. names of (lie students arc Tower, of Philadelphia, and Ewen, of Tennessee. The eludehts were arrested and held to bull in $4OOO each. They found .bail, and were dis charged. Tho affair produced groat excitement.— Goodrich is not expected to survive. Murder.— Tho Harrisburg'Union, of Wednesday of last week says; Two.men, named Thos. Mitchell and Anthony M'Dermoll, had a dispute with u fellow laborcr,by the name of Patrick M’Quude, high words ensued, when tho two seized and hurled him into the Juniata river,and ho was drowned. Tho perpe trators of this high-handed outrage are how confined in tho Dauphin county Jail, awaiting their trial. Daring Robbery in Piiila. —On Thursday after noon, Dr. Wm. H. Darlington, President of the Chester County Bank, at West Chester, was robbed, of fifty-one thousand uno hundred dollars, in notes of that bunk, contained In a small valise, at the rail road depot, in Broad street, near Race, Philadelphia. Tins amount was received by him in. the course of the rcgnhr exchanges made weekly with the banks in that city, and with which ho; had lust loft the Bank.of Pennsylvania, in Second street. From this banking'house ho passed directly to the depot, entered ono of the cars a short time in advance uf the hour fixed for the departure of thelruin to .West Chester, having the valise to that moment in his hand. After entering the car, hia attention was for n moment withdrawn from.his charge, and du ring that interval tlio valise Was .taken, mid mediate efforts to discover (he perpetrator'of the theft proved unavailing. An individual who was about leaving for New York in the pilot Upe, was subsequently arrested on suspicion, and committed for further hearing. SpEiuEnsinP oF tub Hotfss.— ' The following lUt of nil the Speakers elect of tho United Slates House of Representatives, am) the terms of their service will .be found of interest. 1789 to 1791; Frederick A, Muhlenberg, Penn. 1791 to 1793, John Trumbull, Oonn. 1793 to 1795, Frederick AMuhlenhurg, Penn. . 1795 to 1799, Jonathan Duyton, N.;j. 17UU to 1801, Theodore Scdwick, Moss. .1801 to 1807, Nathaniel Macon, N. C. * . 18U7 to 1811,.Joseph 11 Vaniuin, Maas. % 18U to 1814, Henry Clay, Ky... 1814 to 1815, Lanyduh Choves, S. C. 1815 to. 1820, Henry Ulay,,Ky. ; 1820 to 1821, John W. Taylor, N. Y.. 1821 to 1823, Philip P, Harbour, Vo, " 1823 to 1825, Henry Clay, Ky. :, ‘ 1825 to 1827, John W. Taylor, N. Y. 1827 to 1834, Andrew Stevenson, Vo. 1834 to 1835, John Hell, Tenn. ,1835 to 1839, James K. Polk, Tenn. 1838 to 1841, Robert M.T. Hunter, Va. 1811 to 1843, John White, Ky. 1813 to 1815, John W. Jones, Va. 1815 lb 1847, John W. Davis, Indiana. 1847 jo -, Robert C» Winlhrop, Mass. Prom this it will be found, that the Stales have enjoyed tho Speakership os follows; Pennsylvania, 1 Speaker, 4 years, Connecticut, 1 ' 44 2 /“ New Jersey, I • 44 4 14 Massachusetts, 3 44 8 44 .North Carolina', T 44 0 11 Kentucky, 2 44 , 12’ South Carolina, 1 44 1 '• Now York, I 44 3 44 Virginia," • 4 44 13 « 2 44 G 44 Indiana, . 1 44 2 14 PUBLIC LANDS* Tho quantity of public lands advertised forsalo in 'the months of January and February next, in the aggregate, exceeds five and three quarter millions of acres, distributed from Green Day in Wisconsin, to Bisque Buy in Florida—(bus running from 46 dog. to SC deg. ol'nurUvJaliludc, and embracing every va riety of climate, soil, and produclion, found within the United States. . Acres. In Wisconsin ihcrc nro 660,478 InlowQ 1,857.063 In Missouri, 663,018 In Arkansas, •1,338,189 In liOuirtiuha, 267,137 In , # 3,2.820 In Florida, . *454,607 In Indiana, 721,720 Total, The sales in lawn and Missouri ore to commence at tho different litnd offices on tho I7lh and,2J.sl,of January, .• In Indiana they oro to commence on tho Ist, 6th, muJ lOlh May—unJ In all tho other States on 7th, 14th, 2lst*atid‘2€th February. ~ , , (EFBomo .personal friends of Capt. Stockton, in Philudelphio, liuvti tendered lilm a public dinner. q3* Col. Wii.uau Bjoleii declines being a candh dale lor Stale Treasurer. '« WAftNiNO TO SAnbATirtonEAKKiiß.—Wo learn from the Norwhloh Reporter, that Gordon Sheffield was drowned near Sumlngton borough, last Sabbath, while oh a gunning excursion* Women in the Arm*.— Official documents stale (hat Ihero arc at least 2300; women attached to the American army," cooking, washing, and Wnding to the sick.- •• Arrival ot tho llil>ornia< The long'looked lor steamship Hibernia arrived ut Boston on Saturday morning last, after the unusually long passage of twenty-one days. She brings_lwo weeks Idler - .intelligence, .which is of a highly inter mating and important character..' There, has been a decline Jn cotton and breadstuffs, but it is geUorn.lly - bblieVed lliut tho decline cannot be permanent.',-;Tho following are tho last quotations of .the Liverpool Corn Market:' ■*;"!. .■ ; . •' - ".Novi 18 • *• pcc. r 4l -- Amorican Wheat,' 7» 4d aBaOd . . (is 0 a - 8s 4 American Flour, 28s 0 q 30 0 23s 0 n 2;)s 0 Indian Meal,, 13s G a’l6 6 Ids' 0 a 13s G Indian Corn,- 35s 0 u 99 0 32s o.u'36s 0 Tlie reduction in tho rale of discounts by the Bank of Englund—rlho great increase of bullion in her vaults—-and the resumption of business by - the Royal Bank of Liverpool, afford satisfactory evidence, (hat traders about returning to-its accustomed nhd j that llio gr.bat. niuhbtary ‘storm has 'at Icnglh subsided'. Tho. hews from the ; continent is of a cheering character. The civil Avar in Switzerland has terminated, and the cunlinucd progress of politi cal reform in the. Papal States is not 'likely to inter rupt the pence of Europe, . •* " .’ Bill von Tits IxcnKAiiE optiikMilitautFotick, —The following is a copy of ilio lnll introduced in the Senate, On VVedricadayj by General-Cu es, Chair man tif tho Military Committee, to raiso ion addi tional regiments of Infantry. This will bringup tho war question before tlidSeiuld and lead to.a long de bate, . In.the Senate of the United-. Shie. December 22j 1647, Mr. Cass, .fioiii,the Committee on Millitary Affairs, reported-the.following bill, which was read and passed to a flcbond'reading." . A Bill to raise, for a limited time, nn additional military force.— 13q it enacted 1 by the Senate and House of Representatives of tho United States of America, in. Cyn'gress assembled, That in addition to the prosenlmiliinry uhtaldishnici.tof the United .States there shall bo'rinsed arid.organized, tinder the dime-, tion of the President,, for-nijd during the Avar, with Mexico, ten regiments of infantry^each to be com posed of (ho sumo number and rank of.commUsioiied and 'noil-commissioned officers,, musicians, and pri vates, as are. provided fora regiment of infantry lor llio,\yar, under existing laws, and wl.o shal) receive the same) pay, rations, bounties and - allowances, ac cording to their respective grades, npd bo. subject to the Same regulations pod to tho rules and articles :of war. Provided, That nil (lie commissioned officers authorized by this, act shall bo appointed by the Pres* idont, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. See. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall he appointed ono surgeon and two assistant surgeons to each regiment, authorized by tho foregoing sec tion, each of whom, previous to such appointment, shnll ho examined and approved in tho manner pre scribed by tho first clause'uftho first section of on net to increase and regulate the pay of the surgeons nrld assistant surgeons of the army, approved June thirti eth, eighteen hundred and thirty-four. Pennsylvanians in Mexico. —Wo have received a copy of tho paper published by Mr. Tobey in the ci ly of Mexico, called the “North American*’.. - From it we extract the following deserved compliment to our Stale volunteers i The Pennsylvanians. —Wo have heretofore re frained from speaking of these men, because coming from their State, and almost belonging to them, wo have fell some delicacy in applauding our oiyn house hold. But they deserve notice and must have it.— During the first bottles in the valley they were kept ulSan Augustine, and had no opportunity of gelling a fight, but al ClnipUltcpco and the Gareth of.Bolin they had n hand and played it too,to the discomfit nre of that bravo’ old triimp Terms. The lists of killed .wounded show the' hot work they had to do, and ns wo were personally a witness, wo cun vouch tor the glorious way.they did it. The Old Keystone has u right to bo proud of her sons—inbulli-Rogimonls. Though nothing official has enmo to us from Puebla, wo learn that the six companies of the Ist, under Lt. Col. Black did gal land service during the' scigo at that city. All tho 'Kcysloncboys want is a chance, let them have that and they will at all limes 'show themselves worthy descendants of the old Pennsylvania Lina. Lewistown Bank.— The Lowistown Gazette of Saturday last says : “Nothing hasyot been elicited to warrant us in riving any opinion hs lO llio value of Lowistown Bank Notes, but from appearances :lhcy will not .bo worth much. In Philadelphia they are freely offer ed til from GO to 70 per cent, discount. Wo liuvo heard it slatcd'that many of tho judgments held by the Bunk have been assigned, to a firm in Philadcl pltiu-which has directed them to lie collected forth-* with, and it is also said that most of tho business paper has.bcen transferred to. others year became security, for some loan. Subscqueirtly the tin assignment nf its effects to Francis M’Clurc, S. S. Woods, (dircctofs),and the Cashier pf the Bank of. Pennsylvania. These reports we be lieve 1 to bo correct. It is now feared, and not with* out reoson that tho “ crisis” has yet to como, as these transfers will prevent the payment of debts duo tbo bunk in its own notes. Tho matter will howcv or bo judicially tested. DESTINY op the union* Thu following is a highly eloquent passage from Mr. Waijcer’s able report, being tho 'concluding paragraph: 44 A liberal commercial policy Is essential to the fulfilment of (his groat destiny of Now York and of the Union ; but, above and.beyond ail, the Union itself,the free-trade Union, its perpetuity undonward progress in area, wealth and population,are nCccssn. ry to tho accomplishment 'of theso grand results.— Upon this point, sectional fanatics, few io number at home,and despotsabrpaa concurring with them may hope or menace; but (ho American,Union is a moral and physical, u political and commercial necessity, and never can or will ho dissolved.. As well might wo attempt to decompose the groat element of nature which hold together tho planets, sons, nod systems of tho universe,us hope to severe tho links ofmlghly lakes and rivers, of over-extending, telegraphs, rail roads and rdnals„of free trade, of intercourse, nl interest, of love, and affection, of tho glories of the past, the present aiid the future, which must forever bind,together. Iho/AifiOrioan Union. Indeed,-when we look upon the American revolution, the framing of our constitution, tho'addition ofLouisbmn, Florida, Tcx.us ami Oregon—onr over-extendingarea, products and population—our triumphs in war and peace—wo must ho blind to the past, and close our eyes upon the fulfilling realities of the’ future, if wo cannot per ceive and gratefully acknowledge that a higher than any earthly power still guards and directs our ties, tiny, impels us onward, ami has selected, our’great and hoppy country as a model and ultimata centre of attraction for nil tho nations of Ilia world.” Sunday Amusements, lu Now Orleans* Wo have boraro us a copy of the N. O. Picayune of Sunday, tho slh inst. , In turning to tho advert!* sing columns, wo find Iho following notice, in addi* tion to three notices of theatrical entertainments, to lake place (hutevening; , Uull Fight. THIS DAY, Sunday, December slli, 1847, on Washington square, Third Tho proprietor lospeclfutl.v hugs 10 inform the public that a splendid UULL FIGHT will lake place ns above. Four of the fiercest and largest AUiiknpas Bulls, will bu brought into tho Ring, two of which will bu slain by the Maindures, and tliu other two Teased by the Bandorllloros and Capomlores, . /Vires oj Admiaaion, —ln the Shade, 75 cts. in the Sun* 50 cts. Children, half price. Doers open at half.piml 2 o’clock, P. M, precisely. 63' Tickets can bo had at Ilia tallowing places >— Eagle Calico House, earner of the Public Square and St. Atm st; Garcia’s Star Coffee House, St. Philip st. and at B. Ougntto’s Coffee House, corner of Elysiun Fields and Old Levee sis, 1 (O* Police Officers will bo In attendance'to nr,event disorder, or any thing being thrown in the Circle. FRANCISCO LOPEZ, Manager. 5,700,185 , Comment bn tho above is almost unnecessary, If the municipal authorities aid and countenance such revolting exhibitions on (ho Sabbath day, what ban wb cxpcpl of (ho private citizen 7 CCr*.Tlio Legislature of (his Stulo meets ' on. Tuotp day nexl.•’ ' (CfCounlry editors pppcnr to have quhj^ s time among their subscribers ™"*l Quincy (III.) Wbrgsays:'; '■ ■ ' b , ors * ’ll.; Wd have had nhiuwhcvcrytlrinfr nro Ihisyoar.in tho vogotableline—Urge Am,l-1"?H Potatoes,’oars dl Corn,‘&c.—and lust ! v . v ,c| iii ,(iyn whopping big Onions presented i 0 „ »‘W Bartlett Asher, who. cultivate. n farm ncnri", ■ 1 Mr, 1 1*" iw® Onlnns weighed within on ouiu. 0 ""Ati, hnll oriwoppunds—arid wore largcenoua m "'" l <• n yanlteo a oyorr-wnicr-cvcti if he I,uni , 0 “»li .Weiilliorsfield, Connecticut, where thov , ■ oln «1( kind utfnnl in aliundiuce, * ra 'acd CierunE CP Cnnrutn.La Chiefs. A idler ■ Ledger from Jaiapa, under dale of lire gu,”, ln 1,11 Wo had two dr three-interesting incidekt' nr the way of capturing Guerrilla officer. J 0 .nolo, and are dn the look out for others ti ,w * nnrs are Lieut. Col. Angel Santa 7 ri » Nnrn.es, Lieut. Pope Santa Anna, and Lieut a Iho two Santa. Annas nre Hie nuinml '• nc^. PloUtifr; wh®, 1 nin We?’ f ll,l a .host of. siiel,‘relations in the crlunnl' h » prisoners, are decent looking fellows h,,r ij, 1111 desperate in their liahils. , N'uincs is a eoi.ll„ f* l scamp, |f. report .docs, him justice, and ~|M t head of a parly oLGuorrillas who entered till S bora of ,Capt. O'Donnell, of the qnartennash. .‘T parlment, and other officers leftdangers,l*.k here when Major,Lolly's train nassed ll aa 'r'" k them, a though scarcely able to write t 0 ae’klli'’f" 1 themselves prisoners of war and give their parofe ' PRESIDEXOy. ’ Wo observe a long list of papers, going n,.' , if 9 having expressed preference for n favor ha r i'' Presidency. This is well.. Generally till •1 of newspapers may bo regarded as the wish,,, . monls of the people on matters, political • " n, f maps. For instance, the Easton Argus beads ,r with Hint sterling demooratio joiifnal, tho I . Intelligencer.- * Now, that paper is of sufficient,..'!? log to occupy that position j but the nronriotv r I us see. A county meeting gives good evident, .1 the sentiments of the popple a county mcctin.r" been held in Lancaster, and, wo believe j-i/ 111I 11 appointed,&c.. Now. if the Intelligencer and ! ’.i“ dplcg.ilos.ngroc, llio.pjoprely of leading of win, ,1.! journal cannot be doubled if otherwise, and it delegates cast their influence contrary to the ... 1 sioli of Inc paper, it would give an appearance aIA caption . somewhere. Wo suggest whether i, not be prudent to think of those things IVturi ’ ter Jrjj'nrsa nian, " ll W» S i.isoro» I,.,v K _Wo find tl,„ f o tlo win . m llio IWon Pom.wluoli. wG prcsumo.i.Tr™ Sinrks, bsq., 11.0 nullior of Uio AuloWomboli. “f Gen.-Washington : * * ' CI Mr. Post—l wish loonier a protestafeninal a Mon m the papers; headed " Washington in L..vi>'» /, makes him. sit hp all Might' with a young )jdy refosed his pciilinn, nnd.mnnyycors aftcrwnrdire venged-himscli’by refusing hers for llic pardon of Andre. ' SPARKS Tor Iho Amcrlcun Volunteer. Mr. Oration— As your corrcspomlcnl oflasl week " Justice" seems to treat the expressions of public opinion us exhibited in the list 1 furnished you ifi» week previous with contempt, perhaps a few more ,qf the, "same sort,” on tho principle of rimiiihus, may uflect n cure in his somewhat distem, pored imagination. Vou Will confer a fuvor,there fore, by inserting tho following demonstrations in favor of llio nontinatiim ofllon. James Bucuamx. . Tho' Democrats of. Union county have appointed their dulegajcs to the 4th of March Convention;and unanimously instructed them to support tho nomini, lion of Mr. Duciu-nan. ... . Tho "Organizer,” n leading and influentialDtfm. ocrnlic paper of Mississippi, takes strong ground in favor of Mr- Buchanan for President, and Gcncnl Quitman for Vico President. ... The Raleigh Standard* the organ of the Democracr o( .North Carolina, published at the sent nrgove'rnmcot of that Slate, is out in favoV of James Buclmnan. The Pittsburg Post contains strong articles in fs. vor of Mr. Buchanan. . Tho Butler county. Democracy hnvc appoiiitedlao strong.Duchunun men ns delegates to ibcSlalc Con* vcnlimi. Tho Keystone, New Berlin,'!™* Imislcd the Ito* chanaft flag to itamnst head. Thu Green county .Democrat»«? paper lakes decided ground in favor of Mr. Buchanan. The great war meeting held at the Chinese Mas urn,.in Philadelphia, qn lho evening of the. 18th ini.’ nt' which the lion. John T. Smith presided, and it Which ft is estimated there were 10,000 persons, wii mainly, composed of the friends of Mr. BacliinW) one ortho resolutions unanimously adopted,dcsipule that distinguished statesman as peculiarly the “ft. vorllo’ son” of Pennsylvania, which sentiment wn enthusiastically cheered by the immense mullilui* present. '• . The. Kentucky 41 fr T * has broken ground for Mf« Buchanan, and urges his claims upon the nalioui the "greatest.statesman of.tho age.” . Thc.Missouri " Torch 1 ’ is also util for Mr.Bwbi* nan in a well written article. . Tho Winchester Virginian avows its preferwu for "Mr.. Buchanan.. Also lho“Flag' , of , 9o, published at WnrrcnlooVi. , The Democratic Arch, published inVcnangoco, lias placed l(lo name ofJumcs Dnuhannn aliUimit head, in accordance with the resolution unaiiimouljf adopted at their recent county meeting. •’ The Democrats of Warren county, at their u«tv\ meeting, passed a resolution unanimously iecn(mutn< ding James Buchanan us the next Democratic mil* da*q for .President. The Pennsylvaniitn v (ho leading Democratic paptf of the Stnto is strongly in favor of Mr. Buchanan. • The'Harrisburg Union, the central Slate orgaSi lakes decided ground in favor of James IJticlian.ui— so also the Goi man .paper published at Harrisburg. Tho Dowling Green (Kentucky,) Argiit*,hna railed Mj*. Buchanan’s name to its mast head. . I might go on, Mr. Editor, to extend this list toi groat length, but ns I do not wish to lrc«pafil«i much upon your good nature, I will slop for the pre« (sent. ; In the mcanlimc \ will hive another dose» ho same kind prepared for “Justice” whrncicM may ho thought necessary. As, In addition to 10 stock on hand, there. Is scarcely a day 1“ wlml new evidences of Mr. Buchanan’* p»p u ’ jr ‘J arc manifesting, themselves, not only In (,lir State, but all over tho Union. VOX POl’Ud. For Uio American Volunteer. Mr. /Jrol/on—lf the Editor of tho “ VnUfySpmt, or, more properly, the writer (who i.s believed to t side in GnWr‘»k,)of tho lulsr, scurrilous und viudica• attack -in his last paper, upon tho Hon. James a ciunaNi expects by such a course Ip nt ' vni ?Ji* , prospects of his favorite candidate for thcl' rP9 ‘ c , • * either In this comity or elsdwherc, ho will ri,l, ‘ * self cgrcglously mistaken. Tho Dcmocr.i Cumberland county know .that groat stjilciW'* jw well, and have 100 exulted an opinion of Ins m I B , and sound republican principles, to have their donee shaken in him by the publication of o ac mouthed and malignant slanders upon hisclia, Such a vile attack, if it had comolroino press, would have excited no surprise, become is its vocation { but coming, as it does, Irani n P P purporting to ho Democratic, must hove ex astonishment in friend and foe. And 1 n' n vcr J jh that Mr. Dallas.himself, if ho sees the PJP"'.;,' disapprove of such a course. Ho may well cxc —“save mo from my friends/' Ifnucli bo tU«» ilgnily to Ills' groat rival,with whom ho is on p sonn 1 terms of friendship. Tho ft-lohds of Mr. Buchanan would «of»» *" F f suo such a course towards Mr. Dai.ias. bo theso distinguished men nro jewels,^of who Keystone Stale may well bo proud. Todelrnc tho ohnrnctor of either is but playing into the of tho Fedora) parly ;■ and tho nowspnpor'llial had belter at onco appear In Us true co ; orB ’ hing up tho WAtip flag to its mast-head. A I enemy is alwoys loss to bo droadedllmn n For tlm American Volunteer. , { Jiff. Bral/nn—'Tlio fallowriiff arc nliumi Hi*' to bo corrected by (ho Burgess and 1 own Co they having full power by law t 1. Baiying wood on (he pavement. 2. Piling wood on the pavement. 3. Blobbing up (ho pavement with ?l° r 0 ft 4. Keeping wood, dirt, &b. in tho streets and ai*/ 5. Filthy, slate of (ho gnttora. G. Wheelbarrows running oh the Pf‘ v ®™ cl \, , js nff i, 7. Streets crowded with.rubbish of old bui . 8. (luwkcrs and Gregory keepers knylng h ~0 market morning,.moro butler and poultry t fuw nlfovvß them... . mid' 9. Boys on«I young men runiung all ar ß ■ pighi; disturbing tho citizens, cursing, »' fighting, &o. florn er< 10. Tqung men and boys standing J l -! l ® of (ho elro'et, Insulting persons passing *7 vulgar romarks, &q., especially to *'^RANK