THE VOLUNTEER. Bettor and Proprietor! C AttLISLBi JAN. il ifliii •- • AGENCy.V ' ■i- KPV.O. PALHKtt, Giq.it out Authorised Affcntforpro ■ •Jnag-AdvartUeinQQta.receiving subscriptions and making Salltctlons for the JtmtHean Fa/untoar.at hi office, N. W. eirnqf DfTnlrd and Ohoflmitstroots, Philadelphia. : Carrier, Gouasa, desires us to return his '' ibanks to the subscribers of (ho Voluntttr residing in liberal manner in which (hoy received blnrwUb HUN6W Year’* Address. ** Tb* Oitasc* Citt, 1 ’ ,is (ho liiloof a largo and well-printed family journal, just commenced in sditodrby lhat able and accomplish ert writer, George LirrAßD,.Eiq. Any oho.who hat read his vivid «^^-Tsr.Uio^noypluUbn, l ’ and other works, need noi-lo bo.iold that tho ‘'Quaker ®dtled with marked ability. As d Ht ■ will rank with thb first desoryet, as wo. trust, it may .receive, a ■liberal, support, ; Publi»hod ’by Jo*. Sevcrns &. Co., »l-$3 peranoom. . • ::'SLttQitiNii>~-Wo Have glorious slcighingjust now had belter, end those who can afibrd-it, and •fclso many who cannot, are making good use of tho •now. Well, wc like to seo others enjoy tho season, ifwa cannot. So ”go it while you!re *young It ~aU ‘■of ydlil ‘ . \tr"' ■ ,Vi Vi«T.-rThoHarrisburg “ Friendship Hom ,Company," paid , oar town a visit on New -Yerafr day, They were received by the Carlisle Firo Company, and after parading throngh fome.of our principal streets were escorted to Orth’s bolel, Where a dinner had boon prepared for them.— jTn.o Company appeared in Fireman’s uniform—red bine pants, and tarpawlihg hats, and presented quite an imposing appearance. The mem -bars are all worthy and respectable young men, and dor citizens were highly pleased with their fine ap-1 peorance and good behaviour. for their homes' in the noon train of with the good wishes of the .-The. Mails. —Tho late snow has had the effect of greatly retarding tho malls, and wo are consequently deprived of. late papers and late news.', The last pa pers wo received from the city arc last. ' Dat Goods amd Groceries.— Wo ‘to the advertisement of Mr. Robert to dispose or his entire stock of gfiSrbeeries, dtc., at public auction, on Monday, the Inst. New Coins.— ln tho U.S. House of Representatives, tho 18th, on motion of Mr. Gregory, the Committee on Ways and Means were instructed to consider the propriety of reporting a bill for reducing the size, of (ho one cent coin,.and to' authorise (he coinage of a. three cent piece, both to bo composed of oopper and some other precious metal. lik of Gem Cass.—Tbeßoftimers Argus says that a young member or the Baltimore Bdr is prepa ring for the Press; a highly useful and valuable work, •milled “The Life,'Speeches and Public Services of Gen, Lewis Cass. 1 * It will contain a large amount of information connected with the earlier career of that distinguished statesman, with many valuable lollersand memoranda,never before published. The author, through the kind assistance of several of Gen. Cass’s old personal and political' friends, has been enabled to gather such material as will form a hand* some volume, and add to our fund of political infor mation* . ..A Gift /or Mr. Mouse.—A gold brooch, slnded with diamonds—a present, from the Suitsh.nf to Mr. Morse, in honor of the electric telegraph, was entered, a day or two ago, at the Boston Custom house. . The duties amounted $l2O. Q3*lt la understood now, upon tho most reliable authority, that should Mr. Clay’s health be good, the Legislature of Kentucky will certainly elect him to the United States Senate, to lake hit seat alter the 4lh of March , nest. . . ArroiimiKKT vr tu* Canal Commissioners.— John Mitchell, a former Canal Commissioner, has been appointed Supervisor of the Western Division of the Pennsylvania pans), vice Alexander Power. Tu* Guard Collme.— The Philadelphia Councils have appropriated $45,000 for the maintenance of the Girard College for Orphans, for'the year 1849; arid also to create two prefects, at salaries ofs4oo a year, to have charge of the boys, In place ofthreo of I the governesses now employed. Job B. Tyson, Esq. delivered a discourse, on tho opening of the institu tion, on the first of January. . Xh® Boston Post soys Chat two young Penn sylvanians, now in Boston, have invented a locomo tive by which a vehicle is propelled at the*rote of 990 or 300 miles per hour, lee and snow are no Impediment to it* operation.. The Post says it Is precluded from revooling the method, but half ondor ms it,saying the inventors arc cot visionaries, but the authors of «l least one tfery useful invention I (O’.The PottsvUle Miner's Journal, a violent Fed. eral print, takes ground In allowing the Banks to Issue small notes, In place of the relief bills. 1« iWU the M better currency” promised by the,Feds. CoMMiTTKEOE Southerm Memiciu.— A telegraphic dispatch to the Philadelphia American gives tho fui lowing as the convince of one member from each slave holding State, selected in accordance with a .resolution of the meeting of the southern Members, end which is tn report hereafter j ' Messrs. Stephens, of Georgia ; Clayton of Dela ware; Chapman of Maryland; Dayly, of Virginia ; : Venable, of North Carolina ; Calhoun of South Car ollnt; King, of Alabama; Foote, of Mississippi; ‘Downs of Louisiana; Morehead, of Kentucky ; Gon 'trr. of Tennessee; Atchison, of Missouri; Borland, orArkanns; Cabell, of Florida; Rusk, of Texas. Truman Smith* Thle man, wye the Penntyhauian, n. member of tt)e House of Representatives, the chiefof the decep; lion which placed General Tuylor before the country *■ friendly to the Wllmot Proviso, did not vole ofy Ooti'i resolution Instructing (he House Committee a bill abolishing tho slave (rode In jllie Dli* ■&Ul.of Columbia. Dr. Frio., of Ohio, did we'll to ° Ul ' ** 01 ••homed lo vote, ond the 10 r ' ru, ° iotling him veto, >ner ' il7 n‘ >»•» «pe.ed. The d,y of retrlbu ,tlo» for .11 the.. trlok.t.„ I. „ lre l 0 o ' rao _, nJ come toon. ... “F*vor*d L.nam re “ Ul "J the. faot California I. the “ favored land,” and m.ny ofthem »r« now WHlirjg to letve Tether .ml mother, wife end p*- children, end friend, and relation.; and go thenoe to make their fortune.. Only a few daye ago they .wore , *w l,r, * lor J wae a barren waeto, not worth a dollatl Such iewhlggery! , (CyThe Kentuoky paper, are beginning to di.quia '!)>« aubjeot of .mancipation, which, they .ay will (btm a topic before the coming Conetilu llon.l Contention. . (ETThe almighty dollar often work. wonder, upon thofcellnga oriiumonlty, . At Cincinnati, a Tow daye ago, Ilia brother of a man who wee drowned, aal upon the inquoal. I FADERAIi SIBANNBSSi Honorable men, in tho prosecution oftheir designs, 3 scorn to descend to the mean and petty artifices .• made use of by those who knew no standard of honor, and worship at no ’shrine whore truth and justice - shed their hallowed bepms. 'A good cause heeds no , such aids. Rather than it. should, triumph .through [ deception and: fraud,it wpuld cover iu head with the tnahtlo of eternal right and justice, and, receive, ( unscathed, tho fiercest fires of an unholy alliance.— Conscious of tho rcotUudo of its principles, it would j laugh . their puny efforts to scorn. Not.so with a desperate cause—it requires, in its triumph, tho uss desperate means. No shatter what may appear necessary to secure' its eucccsej Uio means arc ul i hand... Is character to be traduced, and a fair fame to become (ho wanton plaything of savage mcni tho i agents, are''at hand—a host of libellers and slandc ! rersfon whoso perjured front is stumped ihe .appro. ■ ballon of demons;-,come. forward, and with an eager* , ness characteristic ofjbclr black commission;'make .haste to perform the work. Is truth to bo suppressed and error promulgated, the engines of deceit, dissim ulutidn and wicked artifice commence, their opera* (tons. Honor is than on unmeaning |s ovcrlcapoid by hypocritical professions and false intentions—Truth' Is sacrificed upon the craven hearted altar ofauperlalivo meanness—and Humanity shudders altho wlckednoss'and crime which is odiido to fitful her character and falsify her name. • Such , was the course.of. conduct adopted' by the Federal party during tho late canvass, which resulted ’ in the election of Gen. Taylor. ■ They professed all . things, and-yet declared they had no. principles!— 1 Formerly our opponents advopated certain principles^ 1 but in the late contest they spoke of Gen'. Taylor as 1 a 11 ho party man ** and as one who held to no par* ■ liculur political creed. : Tho name of “ Whig,” was ' dropped, and 11 Whig principles” repudiated. In the I South Gen. Taylor was supported because of him being on extensive slave-holder, and in favor.of sla very being introduced into the now territory. In the Nprth, his friends told us that ho was opposed to slavery, and favorable to the, principles of tho so called' Wilmol Proviso. Thus tho slave-holders and cotton planters of the South united with.tho Aboli tionists and Quakers of tho North, ini carrying out . tho fraud. By sucti base practices,and by professing all things to all men, tho late Whig parly succeeded in electing their ”no parly” candidate!. Like a banditti of midnight robbtirs*.their design was plun. dor, and already are thcyftguarrcling like famished wolves, and disputing over tho loaves, and fishes.— Gov. Johnston is denounced.in the fiercest manner 'by4<MPi&li9n r of the Federal press, because of the manner in which he has distributed his patronage— and after the 4lh of March Gen. Taylor will come in i for a full share of abujc from greedy office-seekers. A single object is apparent.in every movement ofthe ■ late Whig party—and that is office— office — optics! ' To secure this they are prepared tcTaclopt any course . that hypocritical cunning or open knavery may sug- 1 gest—they are willing to abandon all (heir professed * ••Whig principles” and to ' repudiate the-name of' J ♦•VVhig” forever I They will do anything—profess anything—swallow anything, If by so doing they can accomplish their object, and obtain office ! MEETING OF LEGISLATUItBi The only hews wc hove from Harrisbnrg it con tained in the following letter, from our member, Mr. Laubkrton: . House or Representatives, I Harrisburg, Jan’ry. 2,1849. - j Dear Sir—The House wos called to order this day at 12 o’clock; andprocccded to the election «f Speaker. I give you the result below—we had three ballots.. ' Ist ba). 2d bal, 3d ba). WillUm F. Packer, . 49 49 49 Henry S. Evan*, . AA. 46 —’46-*:— Samuel Fegely, 1 1 j Thomas C. Steel, 1 . 11 Thomas J. Herring, 4 9 2 Alonzo Robb, , X X x The Native Americans voted for Thomae J, Her* ring. , Thu House then adjourned (without making a choice) until tomorrow morning at 11 o’clock. Yours respectfully, ABM, I.AMBERTON, Mr. John B. Biuttom. PUBLIC PLUNDER LEGALIZED. Il was ahown, a few daya ago, lays the Public Ledger, to What extent, annually, the public troaaury ■offered under the law by overcharging the mileage of membere, (862,105.) Since that an eipoeilion haa been made by tome of the member*, of the manner 1 in which the government la piundefed, under the pretence of furniehing book* to the member*. About ten year* ago the practice waa commenced ofdiatri. buliiig among the member* of the Senate end Houao coally work* upon politic*, finance*, and other aub jecta, more or leva appertaining to the acience of go vornment, all paid for out of the public tVoaaury. By a reaoimion paaacd near the winding up of the last aeaaion, the clerk waa directed to furniah each mcm. | ber who had nnl aerved before, with book* catimatcd to coal ail hundred and twenty-two dollar*, and to each member who had not nerved, aa many of llioeo hooka aa lie had not been previoorly aupplied with. But il waa provided in the revolution apokon of, Hint nono of there book* ahould be printed at the puhlie expenae, or to be porehaaed, if they ahould not bo found to bo on hand, aa alleged la be. The clerk act | about complying with the reaoimion, and ho found that the government did not poaaeaa tho book*, and that ho couUmot obtain them without buyln|pthem of the document monger* along ■ the Avenue, lie reported the fact* to the llouao,and they being roler. red tn the committee on printing, that 'committee mado a report, ending .with a rbaotulion that the clerk bo anlharited ap'd directed' to purehaae the book*, and Ur get theinby, any mean* and at any coal. A lireiy. rli r cu*siurr dt once *Mpng up on it. Mr. Wentworth. Mr.Cookd, Mr. MeLono, and other*, allowed, in tiro moat- clear and convincing manner, that member* frequently never received there booki; Hint (hough important and valuable to (he political aludent knd ontlquarlan, they were mere pondroua lumber to tho maaa of men who aerved llieir country la tho 'hall* of leglalation, and that they aold their right to bookacllera in.Waahington for lean than two hundred dollar*, end tlmge aame bookacllera and do. eument dealer* look the receipt* for (ho book* to the clerk’of (ho Home, who paid to the bearer* of the jlime aeven or eight hundred dollar*, wllhoulao much ■aa n volume of the bonk* being aeon or known in the courae of (he tranaaction. What ia thia but awind- Ing (he government. Prince Louis Napoleon.—M. GaJHiardet, la(o editor of the Now York Courier dee Elate Unit, now in Parle, give* tlie following account of Prince Louie Napoleon In one of hie lalo lellere to that paper: “All who have any knowledge of Louis Napoleon have alio much affection for him. There la no man 5* luril \ly of belter dispositions, mere faithful in friendship, more forgetful of injuries. There are Tew iqucßllona agitated in public assemblies or In tho prose which ho has not sUentlvoly studied. Let our most ! uol l, •• M. Franco!. Ar.go, b« ukwl U.t wmk y M»Hui° r i I' HUtoryof Arllllorv." hi. hri '“l, r P 'V n 11,0 lu . n « of Horn, r«d"? h ~o,l; i ,hero >■ •" "■» .h. omd.und omc&Lt 0 «i;; Clergymen In Botlon ere oread,ln. the gold forer. Re,. Mr. FrolhingUm lMk lh * -John xxll., 25 } “Then eh.U „* 0 Uy nploM “ duel, end (ho gold of Ophlr aa the .lone, of the brooke)" and the Rer. Dr. Putman the loat (Vom Pro verb,, “ How,much hotter le It to got wledom than gold 1" ' - &VOTHHB (i OBBOLEX£I IDEA.” Thoediloroflho Botton'Atlat, tho leading Whig P,?P? r * n . ( MdMaphußctlt, writes from Washington, «» follows: - 11 TJitre are na men here, of any parly, who with to re-enact ihttar\ff of *42, There-ere many objec tionable fcalurcsin it which ought to be, and will be avoided in any.bill .which may be reported, Tt has been madoewgreat bugbear in .tho 1 soutli Vand west, and as u whole, is unpopular. There is no denying this,** ••• • f v • To this extract wo invito the attenllon bflho cditor oftho Herald, who soomi to cherish a peculiar affeo* tion. for the do/lincl Tariff of 1849. A brother whig, who is on tho spot and speaks do dares that ** there it no menhere , of any party, who with to re-en'iu tht tariff of 1849." What, not Jab. Pollock; who' pledged himself that tho new tariff would‘yield "no ' revenue 7' Not Jahm Blanchard, wh.o predicted that it would inevitably lead to the repudiation of our State bebt? Nut “Tariff Andy*’ Stewart, who made it -ns clear as a problem in Euclid that It would produce an arnty of beggars extending ■ from Main - lo'Texaa ? - Not' tho Cotton Lords of New England, who declared that they must ,in a. common ruin 1. : None so poor as todo tho defunct statue reverence? Alas, poor Yorick! ’ SLEIGHING- Now that Wo have plenty- of snow, and consequent ly excellent sleighing, our young friends ore enjoy, ing- themselves ta tttolr hearts content in skipping over the while and slippery carpel that enshrouds the earth,. To those who have ah ear, as well as a voice for music, wo would recommend as appropriate the following ballad BI.XSIGIIING SONG. - Aiß—‘‘JiaAn love U roam." Haw swift we go • Thru* Ibo sparkling snow, 'ln the moonbwnn’s silver glance. . . Anil ourglad song swells, .. , While IbeJinglingboJls . - > Keep time with our prou.l Heeds’prance 1 ■ And the’hollow glen, Behds back again, Our laugh and glad battoo: 1 While Hie diamond >pray . Fllea every way, , And the moonlight flashes through. Tis cold to night. But these eyes to bright, A glow on the young heart shed. ’ And these lips that move ’ To the tones of love, With the smiles ol beauty spread; .Then onward speed, While the snorting steed Shakes the spangles from his mane, We’ll Join in the flight . Of the elves of night. And love and delight shall reign 4 . HEAR THE GROANS 2 The Delaware Republican, one of the most rabid Whig papers in the State, tints spooks of Go?. John ston’s lute appointments: .* . 11 Governor Johnston’s appointments ore the subject 44 ofmticA diawtUfaction id a LA RGB MAJORITY “of his supporters, not only in-this county bat else “where. The complaint is (hut a great portion of “ his favors have been bestowed upon men whose “moral character, and whose standing liYlhe ranks “of the party that elevated.him to power, aro not “such os should commend them to his special re* “ gard-," ‘-• * ■ 'A Glorious Pill I Prentice, the editor of the Louisville Journal, and recognized as the mouth-piece of Whiggery through out the Union, gives his coon friends a much harder dig than ever they got from the Democrats, in the following paragraph: “We do most sincerely wish that there wero no qffice tether* in the. Whig pnty, and we hope and be lieve that a course will be adopted calculated lo re. form them. s As a class, they are the moil WORTH* LESS part of the community and they should ueoer* stand that the mere fact of their applying for office will bo taken ns prime facie evidence ol thefr’ EN TIRE UN WORTHLESS. —Louisville Why you rascal! Wfrtrl, TVrHTnwUyUy the face that we hive seekers’’ In Pcnnsyl.onia, how dare them the “ most worthless part of the community V f Why, it may be the cause of inducing some of them Ip 44 lake to drink and then what will become of you, Mr. Prentice? Wo can't stand lo see the coons heap such unmitigated abuse upon one another, and ipe won't! Yet, from wlial the Delaware Republican (another Whig pnpcr)soys about the moralcharacier of Gov. Johnston's appointments, it may bb all (rue enough (hat it is the “most worthless part.of the community" that is trying to obtain the offices lor the next four years. This is truly a consoling rc flection for the people!— Bedford Gazette, ? ENGLISH WHIGOERT. ' .. The last steamer brings us the rejoicings of the English tory press over the defeat oflho Democratic parly in this country, at the Wnlectlon., John Bull is so ploascd, lhal ho cavorts over his little Island, tossing his bosd/bhd bellowing for joy 1 Jlcar him, through the European Times: '• "The inteiligoncu brought by the Europe,of the certainty of the election of Gen. Taylor to the Prcsi* dcncy oflho United States, has diffused unspeakable satisfaction throughout Great Britain, and will be received with equal pleasure by the people of our dis* (ant dependencies,” Let ” our distant dependencies” hurra! : Wosup. pose (ho Times considers Taylor's election us a nail iii' the coffin of political progress—but it may be mistaken uAcratl, Here is anotbr cheer,'from (lie London Times: “ Gen. Goes, it must not bo disguised, would have been a serious infliction, and we nro thankful to be spared him. He is a frantic envier and hater ofour institutions, empire, and rice; with sufficient ambi. lion to Inspire dangerous designs, ond sufficient rash nest to lead h\m to the attempt.” ■ How nieo the minions and toadies of royoiity do feel over tho event! ,Wo hope to live long enough to echo across 11.0 water, the chorus pf liberty, sung by the persecuted patriots of Ireland and the chartists ofEngland, in the streets and palaces of London; 1 When John's hoso shall be brought to the bull-ring, - and his sconce cracked by a blow between the horns, which shall embody (be strength ofovery. free thought in Christendom, and the crushing justice which is • duo its centuries of villainy and despotism,. • JVeio liaptn RegitUr. WxAt.mhasa precarious oxlstenoe'in California. Tho discovery of liio gold mine* has enriched every body, and lie wha.wni wealthy before, now finds his properly of no uso. An officer of the navy, In a letter published In the Norfolk Beacon, ■talc* that ho had, prcvloui in (he discovery of gold, purchased twenty leagues of land, ono hundred houae lota, end twelve houace in Califor nia; but that to hie utter astonishment, in a few abort week* his immense property was not worth a cent. Though rich in ono sense, he says ho is miserably poor, aa his houses nearly all stand empty, and are the source of no income. Thu cause of tfijs is, that the whole population have gone to the gold.mines. The Now York Herald, a neutral Independent paper, but leaning towards Taylorism, uses! the following language white noticing the President’# meisigoi Every sensible man must admit that, as a whole, the presidency of Mr. Polk will stand out in bold relief, as ono of tho most brilliant ond successful that ever dawned on this republic.; Ho has been assisted by an able cabinet; for we will venture to, say that Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Walker, and oven Mr. Morey, are three aa able men as any that could occupy tho positions which they have held daring the last four years. The benefits of the Moiiosn war, fhe great aequisition of territory, the splendid discoveries In Californio, the moral effect of our victories on the f üblio mind of Europe and the world, will ho more usting than those of any administration from the lime ofWoahlngton. It ia mean, sneaking, and contemptible ,and dls* creditable, and unpatriotic, and un-American, and .everything that la vile and degrading, for any portion lor the Whig press to heap slander on Mr. Polk, on Lu« CV ? ?u 1 * retirement, or to,deny him the posses. I VmuUH u^ue,llonaWo merits to which he is 1 “ ln ,h ” m "na,omont of hi. tdminiilr.llon. FINANCES OF FB!(NSTLTANIA. Below will bo found the onnual statement of the Receipts and Expenditures at the State Treasury fur the fiscal year ending November 30,1846, as prepfir od.'br the Report of the Auditor General. Consider tng the very heavy expenditures thrown 1 into, this year's account from the canal broach of last season, this is a better exhibit than we had any reason to hope for. Our public improvements have held their own, better during the present season than the im provements of Now York or any other Stole, showing that they are growing in the estimation of the com mercial public. AU that is wanting is economy and care in tho admlnisiraiion'oftho government lore-. Here the Old Keystone from all her embarrassments. SUMMARY STATEMENT Of the R*ceipls and Expendiluree of the Slate Tre asury, from the Ist’ day of December , 1847, to the ~ 30|A day of November, 1848,5o(A days inclutive. RECEIPTS^ : 1. Land., • ■ ' 821,454 91 2. Auction commissions, 22,500 00 .3. Auction duties, ' - , 56;153 Sl» 4. Tax on bank dividends, .116,048 55 5. Tax on corporation slock*, 140,359 89 ,6. Tax on real and personal citato, 1,350,129 49 7. Tavern licenses, 33.306 61 8. Retailers’ license*, 131,165 30 . 9. PedlorsMioc'nsea,. 9,184 85 10. Broker** license*, 2,566 00 M. Theatre, cirbus And menagerie. v ' ' licenses, • .. .. , ‘ 557-60 12. Pamphlet lawn, ' . . , 305 54 13. Militia fine*, , 17,161 73 14. Tax on writs, wills, deeds, &‘c. . 30,682 95 15. Tax op: certain office*, *19,394 26 16. Collateral inheritance tar, < 55.359 01 17. Canal and railroad loll*, 1 .1,550,555 03 16, Canal One*, sales of old . mate* . rials, dec., . 19. Tax on enrollment oflaws, 90.. Tax on loans, 21. Loans, 22. Dividends on turnpike stock, 23. Accrued interest, ' 24. Refunded cash, 125. ,Eflolieal*,.. 26. Fees of the public offices, 27. Miscellaneous, " 83,831,776 22 Balance in the Treasury on the .Ist December 1847, 680,890 65 KXrENDtTURES. 1. Public improvements, 1996,592 70 9. Expenses pf government, 230,550 78 3. Militia expenses,- 36,724 32 4. Pensions and gratuities, 22,705 21 5. Charitable Institutions, 27,000 00 6. Common schools, 176,590 62 7. Loans, 148,378 15 8. Interest on,loans, 2,005,740 70 9. Guaranty of interest, 32,500 00 10. Domestic creditors, 13.246 42 11. Concellcd relief notes, 139,000 00 12. Damages bn the public Works, ; 26,453 .10 13. Special commissioners, 303 61 14. Revenue commissioners, 2,253 02 15. Slate library, * 2,044 15 16. Public buildings and grounds, 3,054 43 17. Eastern reservoir of the Penn sylvania canal, 2,978 71 18. Out-lel lock at Wells* Falls, 1,600 00 19. Weigh lock at Beach Haven, 6,958 37 20. Penitentiaries, ' ,7,247 00 21. House of Refuge, ' 4,000 00 22. Conveying fugitives, , .763 97 23. Nicholson lands, 190 20 24. Escheats, : 771 43 25. Philadelphia riots, * 39 00 26. State Magazine, 1,000. 00 27. Abatement of Slate tax, . 41,522 11 28. Miscellaneous, 5,168 60 Balance in the Treasury on tha 30lh November, 1848, THIS FIRST SNOW STORM. BY ms SARGENT. As for the first wild flower, In the early time of Spring—• As for the Summer shower, When earth is languishing— As for the rainbow’s blending—* As for the day star's glow— . I have watched for the duoending , Of the Winter’s virgin Snow 1 It comes! on pinions airy Tho gcnllo flakes alight, Like the torn plumed of a fairy, Or the fruit tree blossoms white, With undulating motion They float and kisslha ground, And melt Into the ocean Without a breathing sound. Why watch I thus tho falling Of tho first December snow 7 Because its mystiocalling. . Is the volco.of long ago! Because it over blondctlr With tba memories of (ho boy— Each flake os It decondotb, Enshrouds * perished joy I Riot «t a Funeral* The Honeidslo Democrat gives a long account of a riot at that place, about a weok pgo. A Protestant yodng man married a wife whoso parents weroCath* oiics. Tho wife dying,a dispute arose as towhether •iioshould be buiicd in prolostanl or catholic ground. The husband insisted that 'she should bo buried where ho oould rest by her aide at hia death; .The parents expressed their fixed determination to have her interred in Catholic ground.. Each party sought legal advice, which rcsullwMn tho decision that the husband had the right to direct where hie wife should be buried. Matters were then compromised so that the Catholic service was allowed to be performed over the body at the house, and she was to be buried in Protestant ground. But on the day of (ho funeral, just os tho body was placed in the hoarse, (ho father onmo forward and loudly claimed that the body should goto Calhollo ground. Thereupon, a fearful riot i onsned, in which a largo number of people participa. ted, and the coffin was tossed about carelessly. The i Sheriff finally quelled (ho outbreak, ond tho interment 1 look place In Protestant ground. Bourses in 1849.—1 n the year 1849 there will be four eclip«es-*two of tho sun and two of tho moon* Ono of tho lunar eclipses will be visible In the United Slates. The hist eclipse will bo of the sun, on the 93d of February, and will bo visible in the.western portion of Asia, and the Northwestern portion of N, America. Tho second, of tho moon, on the Blh of March, and.wllf bo visible throughout the U. Stales, The third will be a total eclipse of the suq, on the 17(h of August; and the fourth, of (ho moon, oh tho 3d of September—both Invisible in (he United States. Sktkrk but just Scntknob.— The Poughkeepsie Journal, of Saturday, says, a man named Charles Smith was found guilty, si the recent Oyer and Terminer In that village, uf goughing out the eye of another man, with whom he was lighting, and Judge Baroulb sentenced.him to twenty-one yeors imprison, moot in the State Prison. The laws of this State in reference to maiming are very severe, and w.e think veiy justly so. It is ono of the most heqlous crimes of which man cm bo guilty. . Mr. Walkb.— The New York Globe, in speaking ofthii officer,says? Mr. Walker Is undoubtedly the ablest roan of a)l who have filled the station now occupied by him.— Ho is tho boldest, reasonor in (ho cause of tree com* merce that has ever occupied a seat in tho Cabinet. 1 From, the Germantown Telegraph Hydrbphobla*N»Correotlon« . A statement having found its way into tho news-: papers, that a son of Judge Lonqbtreth, of Montgo mery county, had been bitten by his own dog,.while in rabid state, wo. deem'tl proper to say.that it u incorrect, but a fine,boy in his employment, named John Dager, is the real sufferer. The.lad.wus tuna sing himself with the dog—a‘young bull terrier— when ho was severely bitten by him onih'e arm.*— This was at once followed up by his biting alsb a cow and u horse. The dog. then left homb’and.bit a number of dogs in ihe neighborhood, most of which were killed. One, however, was chained up and has since gone mad. He also we learn, attacked u man, but who successfully defended himself against his' dangerous assailant. Tho dog subsequently returned home, and was shot during a violent paroxysm of the disease. He was not known to have been bitten. * In the case of the boy, remedies wore applied under the direction of Dr. George Fry, residing near Skip psokvillo, Montgomery counly, who has the reputa tion of having,arrested tho progress of this terrible disorder in several-eases, and is thought to possess a specific for his cure. About six weeks have now elapsed since tho lad was bitten, and no alarming symptoms having yet appeared, it is sincerely to bo hbpcd'lhal all danger is past. 1 With respect to the cow and, horse, we are inform edrfhat they wero each.successfully treated in the following manner:—To a pound of elecampane was added two quarts of milk, which'were boiled doWn to 1 one quart, making a .single dose, and .administered three successive mornings. These methods' of treatment, we learn, ha ve been attended with more .reported success than we are willing to make pubjic, lost in a matter of satnuch consequence, delusive ,hopes may ,be excited, and mischief, rather thuq benefit, result .therefrom. Nei ther, perhaps, has sufficient limp, elapsed to test the remedy in reference to the boy;;' Bill in a disorder so common amTso fatal, where.the regular faculty are confessedly at' fault, wo are' led to grope about with what light be derived from tho experience bf others. 1,121 58 1.965 00 113.431 S 3 140.000 00 1,950 00 Execution or WitxUu Dandriooe Eprr-s.— ' The execution ofEppcs, the murderer of Franois Adolphus Muit, look place at Dinwiddle; Va M on ’ Friday, the 22d ult., ot 1} o'clock'.. Tho-Petoreburg Republican, in speaking of the-prisoner, says that ho mounted the cart prepared for the occasio'n, and in a clear, audible voice, indicating no signs of emotion, made the lolluvvitig remarks: . \ . “Gentlemen:—lt was not my object to have nny thing to say on the present occasion, but, as it may do good, 1 - have .determined, lo say- somethings I have been charged with the murder of. ia-hog drover; 1 have been charged with the murder of my/brother in-law; I hovebecn charged with the murder bfhny son; and I havo.becn charged with the murder.of niy own servant; but, gentlomcp. all these charges are false—all false’. W.ould to Gpd.l could say ns much of that other charge.. But of that I tun guilty, I. murdered Francis Adolphus Muir. . I murdered him. Mo fell by my'hand, I have regretted that not ever since it wns committed; it has been before my eyes ever since.- I.have the gratification to slate that I believe ho.is. in heaven, and I tru.»( I may meet him there. In his dying moments, lie said he hoped to meet me there. I hope I shall meet him there, and I believe I will meet Mm there, for I trust in God’s promises. s 2.808 17 14,538 05 905 99 1,644 24 1,526 69 84,512,667 07 44 Gentlemen: —l have scon better days, and many of ynu know it. But when the temper is aroused we know nut whal wc may do. I hope that my file 4 may bo a warning for you to shun my example, I looVe this world at poaco with all mankind. I feel that I sm at peace with my God.' I trust to meet you oil in heaven.*' While the preliminaries were arranging, the criminal displayed the same fortitude that he hid shown throughout the trial, and at the proniinciulion of the sentence.' While the bandage was being tied ovefc bis he muttered, “ Ashes to ashes, dust to dust," and he died without scarcely a straggle. After the expiration of an hour, the body was cut down, when the neck was found to have been broken. The body wit laid in a coffin, furnished by (he rela tives of the deceased, and on (he next day removed to the residence of his brother, in Nottoway county. 83,935,376 68 Q3* Mr. Clay's health is almost entirely restored, and ho was to leave Lexington on thoSOlh ult. with the intention of spending tho winter in N. Orleans., The sodtlon appearance of (ho Cholera-there, howev or, may probably prevent his visit. 577,290 39 84,512,667. 07 ; Miss Mart Ann Law recovered the sum of 8600 by a suit in Juniata county sgoinst Mr. Thomas Lnughlin, for a broach of promise. She had previ ously been awarded 8625 by arbitrators.* OCT*The California Gold epidemic haa l cxleridud lo Canada, and expeditions aro fitting but from Mon treal. 4 Mas. HxnrY Davis, at Valley Furnace, Schuylkill county, cut her throat with a razor on the 29th hist. She has been in a stale of medal derangement foi some limo. : ’ Law in Massachusetts. — A man .in Bunion who killed ills' wife by kicking her down stairs, bus been sentenced to too months* imprisonment; another who broke into a shop, has been sentenced for nine years. Tho standard of value of life In Massachusetts must be deplorably low, ; Good. —The Now Oilcans Della is entitled to flic credit of the following espitaj hit i “Tho result of the Ulo Presidential election shows a lio between Gon. Taylor and Gon. Cuss—in the vote of (he States—each having carried 15. There is also a lio between Gorritt Smith and Van Burcn, neither of them having received an electoral vote.” A correspondent of tho.l/oton Times names Col. H. C. Ever as s suitable candidate for Cumil Com missioner, A Svvono has boon presented to Cassius M Clay, by. the citizens of Fayette end Madison counties, Ky, for his conduct in tlio Mexican war* 1 Girls limn twelve hun dred girls have deserted the Lowell factories since the late reduction of wages. Tnc Mileage or Congress.— The iVrw York Tri bune of Friday, has an able and Interesting , article, showing the excess of mileage, charged by members of the last session of Congress, which presents these results t—The number of extra miles charged by members of the House of Representatives was 59,. 030; and by Senators, 18,603.; making a grand to* tsl of miles over .charged in going to and Train Washington, of .77,633 ! The extra mileage of the House wav $47,223 80! and of tlio Senate $14,881 40) making a total for a single session of $63,105,30! Bodies in Tint Canal,— On drawing off.the water of the Canal at Rochester, three bodies were found. Ono was Richard Grogan, who had been mining since the 4lh of November. Tho others from ap. pcaranco, wore Gorman emigrants. A Vjctran Niwsnru.- Tho Reading Ad/>r,.(he faithful organ of the Democracy of eld D<rhs, has oommenerd its 53d year. During Ibis long service, it has never changed its name; jts'prinoiploi, rior lls terms, and has never rolled a'slriglljpuljlieiitionday. This is an example otfi jpUfjr*, wl)lqiiVfcw newspapers can boast. •, \ "/ For the Volunteer. PullUo Se]kools**Seeondar|r. Department. . Nom«f pf tile throe best Scholars reported for Deo. comber 1848, from tho following sellouts t* No. ll—Samuel Patton, James Osborne, Charles Hepburn. •* ‘ Rinehart,. Mary Philips, Ann Rhoom. ... “ 13—Loulsia Mebk, Margaret Murray, Mary Felkor. •* 1 *. •< 14—Miller. SUymen, Danialor Hall, William Diddle. Blau Scitbou—»o» JenuißT, 1849. • No. 15—Mary F. Steel, Mary F. Lolcly, Maty J. Lambcitoi). • “ 10—William Hepburn, Jamoe Somerrllle, Joe, Stayirian. JAS. HAMILTON, QdoV. CirlUle, Janury 3,1640.. 7 AttRIVAIi OP The STEAMSHIP EUROPA. Two, Weeks Later. FLIGHT OF'THE POPE FROM ITALY, liftuU Napoleou Elected President of p rW( EMPEROR, OF AUSTRIA ABDICATED, New Yobk, December 3g, The ateamabip Europe arrived.here nt'fij o'clock Oiie afternoon. The intelligence received by her' highly important. FRANCE, Paris, Thursday, 10 P. this date tran. quality continues., Louis Napoleon has been elected President. The election returns show a majority favor of Prince Louis similar ifrproporlion'to thoi* already announced. Prineo Louis proposes to rail* General Cavaignac to therankof MarshalofFrance A great number of members of tho Assembly hays to-day loft their cards ot the Hotel of Prince Louii Tho 1 proclamation of the President will probably be :imu)e about the ‘2olh instant. A well known Paris paper says: So.far as wo can judge from the incomplete returns that arrive to us froth the Depart, ffleftts, tlib suffrages iwCre divided in the followittfi proportions: • Louis Napoleon, 66;per cent,; Cavaignac, 21 per cent.; Le dru Roll[ft, 6 per cenl.;Raspail, 4 per cent* Lamartine,'3 per cent. It is calculated that the Commissioners who have been appointed to exnmint the votes, will. havo f conoluded; their labors on Mon. day next, and that the National Assembly will ca Wednesday proclaim,the President of the Republic; we shall then,.it is hoped, feel really .assured ofa pe! tied of tranquility and repose* . POSTSCRI FT—FRANCE, The latest news from France confirms Louis N«. poleon’s increasing popularity and Covaignao’s down, full. 1 he,returns from.tho provinces are even rnon< decisive, as ,wo anticipated, than the suffrages of (he Parisians.' In Purls, the obsolute majority of (ht Prince over, nil his competitors was nearly $O,OOO, and In the Banlicne submbs he hud a majority of 50,233, and an absolute majority of 10,411 voles out of the 36.000 votes polled for all the candidates, At Bordeaux, 10,000 voted for Prince Louis, whilst only 6,000 voted for Gen. Cavaignac. Judging from all the reports which hove reached as, tho Prince will have an immense: majority. The Cavaignac volti have mostly been procured by government Influence. of the new ministry uro circulated some of which place Marshal Oudinol amen? tl.s rmmstbfs. , . ® ,fl PRUSSIA, There were olsrming riots at Memo! on the 4ih instant; The town was completely in-the hinds of, the populace for .four or fisc’ hours, during-which lime great'excesses were committed. In-Prussia a mighty change has come oxer both the people and the Court. The king'hus promulgi led a constitution of the most liberal character, cm. bracing el) the guarantees for religious liberty. The king has issued a decree dissolving tho Assembly, but the Chambers are convoked to meet in Berlin oa tho 26th ofFcbruary. RUSSIA. Tbbarjny of the Emperor now amounts to 500,. QOO men on the frontier, and makes it evident (hut he.ls watching the progress of events in Europe— The army is kept in a high slate ready to act whenever an emergency occurs. Such a force cannot fail to have iU influence in restoring the Pope to his throne* r SPAIN. ;■ We have continued reports of the guerilla warfare carried on by Cabrera, without any apparent result*. He seems to hover about tho towns in tho Nurth-csit provinces, barrassing the 'inhabitants by forced hn. posts Ur plunders, and the Queen's troops seem quite powerless to pula slop to such a mischievous state of things. On the 2d Inst., Cabrera was at Cabell*, a small town between Genoa and Barcelona, st tho head of 800 men. PORTUGAL. This country whiuh, during so many years, wsi the scene of strife, whilst all Europe was tranquil, is now perfectly quiet whilst the continent has been convulsed from.one end.to the other. . Further intelligence liom the Cope of Good Hopo confirms the news of the termination of the wor, and of the complete dispersion of the insurgent Boors. NAPLES. The King Has prorogued the Chambers lo the lit February. Me had remonstrated against Tuscsny lending a minister to filcily, and great coolness existed belwceu England and Naples on this ac count. AUSTRIA The'mllitary executions fur political offences still continue. An cx-Lieutenant of the Austrian army, named Lcsctyniski, has seen sentenced by n court martial lo twenty years imprisonment in a forlren for having taken pm tin the Into insurrection. An. other individual, named Urban, has hlbo been con demned to twelve years hard work in chains, for a similar alienee. It has been remarked that the young Emperor always appears in public in military uni form, end also when he gives audiences to depula* lions. The Cholera Is raging fearfully at Freiburg. The Emperor, by. a decree dated the 2d of Decern* ber, hm abdicated the throne In favor of his nrpliev, the lather of Francis Joseph, now the new Emperor, having joined in the act of renunciation. The new Ministry, by their President in a speech, declared their course of policy. The oddress oftho Emperor contoins pledges to maintain the liberty of the em pire. ' There is but slender accounts from Hungary sod the seat of wor. A battle Is said to have liken plica at Preahurg. IRELAND. Profound tranquility continues. TheevSeliuni, vol untary und involuntary, togclbcrwilh the past, emi gration continue*'upon nn extensive scale. Duffy is now the only remaining prisoner In New* gate. , His ttial commenced on Thursday. The agitation in favor of restoring the Irish Par liament makes no progress. ITALY. The revolution in the city of Romehaslermlnnlcd in the flight of the Pope from his dominions, and lbs head nf the Roman Catholic Church, one of the moat popular and patriotic princes that ever ascended tho Papal throne Is now an exile and,a Wanderer. After tho scene described in our lail.th'e Popo remained a prisoner In his pnluba In the Quinna), protected from persons I danger by tho direct Intervention of M. Do H-iremirt. the French Ambassador. The Pone in fleeing from Romo, look refuge at Nnplo* and was under the protection of the King. Romo continues tranquil, Tho Pope refused lo go to Franco. * lie has signed • protest declaring all his late acts null and void. Sldly°ln°..fcly R ° mo “** ond<!r,lol » 1 mclitd The Cholera* 1 hi* alarming diacaae haa brnke out in N. Orleans ami, at tho hiat accounla, from 70 to 100 caaea hail occurred, and aerera) deallia bod taken ploco~aever al merchant. among Ilia number. There .la grail alarm there. Several deallia have alao occurred oa board boala in thu river. Taro boal, touched at Cia olnnall on Sunday night, having cholera caiea on .board. There nro still come oases at New York, but it does not appear to spread. y"~' ' dijed. „I" lhi * borougli, on Monday laat, Mr. Miurnon tlprrsa, aged about .53 year*. /In lhi.i borough, on the 23d nil., nilor n lingering illness, Mrs. Mary Ann Nkuon, wife of Mr. Uuvld Nelson* aged about 45 yours. NOTICE, ■ ; Commissioners of Cumberland county* X deem it proper to inform'the public that lb®. B, ?.Vt meetln 8 a of tho ’Boiml of Comrriisfionrr® will bo hold on the second and fourth Monday# each montli r ot which .tlmta any persons having bußinesa with said Board, WUHneeithem at thfii ofneo in Carlisle, By order of the Commission* era; Attest: WM. XU LEY, C'lk.. January 4, IglQ.—Cm . Fan RENT*. ONE amongst the best stands In tho Borough;.* large and commodious house, having thirteen apartments and a cellar under the whole, neor lb® Centre Square, situate on High street, nearly ep* poslte Ooetom’s hotel, and at present occupied hy Mr. Carmony. as a ttoro, For terms apply i° : ISAAC TODD*. Cnrliala, January 4,1940^3t
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