fei TflE VOLI’N'TEKR. .John n» Pratton, B.litor and Proprietor. CAUUSLE, THUnSDAY, DEC. at, 1810.' AQSKGY. : aulhottehi! agent for pro* lattmonta. receiving Bubar.rtptloi>s nml making Oornur nfVh\M h .l P."} ur c,lr,Vul ’ intcnr ’ nt M% ° m <*. N. W. . Oo ™«*. or riilrd ana Clicamustreets, PliliadelpMa. OetAoomtio State Central Committee. • ,Tho' members of the Democratic Stale Committee. .arc rcqhested lb meet at Bueiu.er’s Hold. In Hurria. burg, on/Pucsday tlio 291 h January, 1850,nt 3 o’clock, •P. M. for the purpose pf fixing Iho tiino and place for the meeting of the next Democratic Stale Con. venlion. .. J. GLANCY Chairman, ' 6. Q. Westcott, Secretary. 1 CJ*Tbo committees of the 0. a Seriate -will bo .found on opr first page. . . Hon. D. Sturgeon, of the U, S. Senate, will accept t»dr thanks for hts atlenlioria. ; tibTfßteproN dUnts,—\Vo should like to oblige our pslpemed friend, «J. \V. B.” but with all our attempts to, 1 . 1 correct mistakes,” wo cannot make,'his lines irhynie.,; . Many of the 'words, too, we arc unable to , comprehend. • «Q » forgot to comply with bur rule, which rb >^l lr ®* ev ® r Jcorrespondent to give us liis name. llio communication cannot appear. New Year Address,— .Our carrier requests ns to state that he is preparing a choke. Address for cur patrons residing in town. Ha wilt wait up ph them bright and early on Now Year morn.~ Fill hla pockets with the "needful*” friends, and he will cram your ears with—compliments. “Votc Youasaur a Fortonb.”— Under this head will bo found in another column a most excellent article, from the " Journal of Commerce.'*. It is.a ■severe bat justly merited rebuke on the high tariff robbers-of industry, exposing their hidden designs in misleading (he simple minded laborer of (he commit* I nity into (ho support of their nefarious principles.— The sentiments of tho article referred to should bo ; Impressed upon .the mind of ovary laborer, and every , ■friend (o his country's future freedom and prosperity. THE NEW YEAR. *'A uaffy New Year'* to all our readers, male and female, married and single. Democrat and Whig. The commencement of the New Year is e turning over of awotber leaf in the life-book of all of us. Let it bo a lorn for the belter—the commencement of aorno reform, bo it great or small. Itislho lime to . make new acquaintances, and renew old ones—to •‘forgive and forget'* all old piques or misunderstand • ings between friends—a hew era of social enjoyment •nd worldly happiness. Common School Convention.— Tho Stale Com mon School Convention will meet in Harrisburg on (be third Wednesday In January next, and friends of education in the several counties in the Slate are invited to send delegates equal in num ber to their representatives in the State Legisla ture, The object of the convention is .to adopt such measures as may seem best calculated to promota the cause of general education through out the State.; ** . GLORIOUS NEWS—DEMOCRATIC SPEAK* Eli ELECTED. We are pleased to have If in our power to slate that.on Saturday lust on the sixty third ballot, How el Cobb, Democrat, of Georgia, was elected Speaker of tho House of Representatives. The. Democrats and-Whigs having agreed in caucus that a plurality vote' should Speaker,the ballutings wore re sumed, and resulted .as follows: Cobb,’ 102 Winthrop, IUO Wllmbl, 8 / Moroheadi 4 Scattering, 9 Mr* Cobb wai (hereupon declared elected, and was conducted to the chair by Mosers McDowell and Wwtiirop. Upon taking tbo chair, Mr. Cubb spoke a* follows: Gentlemen of the Houte of Repifscniatioee ll would be useless to disguise the fuel that 1 feel deep* ijr embarrassed in taking- this chair under the oir* comsUneos attending my election*. lam conscious - of the difficulties by.which this position is surround* ed al this lime. Thu peculiar organization of this body ia exhibited in onr proceedings slnoowo first met. ; The nature and character of the various im* portant and exciting questions of public policy which will engage our attention during tho present session of Congress, conspire to render the duties of (his of. flee peculiarly embarrassing, onerous and .rosponai* bis. I may be permitted, therefore, to ash, in ad* vanoe, your generous aid and support in the effort I shall.make, firmly, faithfully, and impartially,’to dis* charge Its duties. Tho country has been looking -with anxiety to our effort to effect' an organisation, end the people will continue to regard with interest every slop we take in our legislative course. Our duties will be laborious—our responsibility groat.- X«et us, (hen, in view oftheso considerations, invoke, in tho discharge of those duties, a patriotism as broad as the Union, and as comprehensive as the na* tore and character of her various Interests and in* ■tittiliqns. Guided by this spirit under tho blessings of Heaven, our action will result in the continued prosperity.of oor common country. Accept gentle* men,’ my grateful acknowledgements Jbr the*honor joq have conferred on me,ln electing me aa your preaiding officer during the preaunt Congress. Great applause followed tho above speech, when the House (al six o'clock) odjourned over till Mon dsy. Rrsickid. — James M. Power, Esq., the Fed eral Canal Commissioner of this State, who was recently appointed by General Taylor to the . Chargeahip to Naples, has resigned, and E. Joy Morris, Esq., has keen appointed in hia place.— Hla reason for resigning was (hat tho Senate might be eared the trouble of rejecting him. Mr. Cooper, Senator, from this State, is bitterly hos tile lb Power, and it ia said that had his name come before the Senate, his rejection was curtain bjr a unanimous rote. CJndor those circumstances Mr. Power thought it beet to save his credit, and resigned. Sensible man. Hurrah for harmor i ous Federalism. Jock* Minor Botts.— 'Thfo gentleman, to well known, in political circle*, says (ho N. O. Delta, is ■pending (he winter In thrrs city, enjoying our balmy climate, our fine races, and (he. smiles of par beauti ful women, to say nothing of (hose of a distinguished young slaMo the theatrical world. Judgt Lewis recently discharged Robert Wilsori, who has been confined' In the York county jail two y«a»» md a Half on an Imperfect indictment. Ceos Decidedly.— The Mercer Pu. Luminary, an abolition paper, very naively assess that, "Owing (o the/sellout oppo.hion of the Whig, and Domocrati Ibo .Froe Soil Member* have not been able to elect their Speaker I" 1 Extension or tiie Pehusvlvanu Railroad.— The Pennsylvania Railroad ie now extended to MoVoy. town; twelve miles wcel of Dewlstown, and wo pre* some that In a few day* the passenger oare will run through to that place. The Lowlstown Democrat of tho ldth Informe ue that the first locomotive ran over that part of Iho load on Friday last. Thie will be a saving of several hours moro In the travel from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia. Thi'Mcxioan Commission lirjimgiMslug'slowly it? |(9 business si Washington. EPFROBITERY op federalism. The Federal journals—those paragonsof decency and honesty—are pouring out a groat deal of indig. nation upon the head ofllic Uon. William J. Urnwn, member of Congrbssfrom'lndlana, because 6f;tho blunder hie Committed ip writing u letter lo;tho Free Sollors, ai iho limb ho was a candidate for llroSpauk •hlp of the House, We are free to admit that Mr. Brown acted imprudently in answering Mr. VVilmpi by letter. Ills anxiety tb.-oblain .the* votes of the tree Sellers led him into error; but it wu no thing more than an error; end whero. is the man who has not committed orrois? Mr. Brown, wo believe, is an honest, wall meaning man,’ and we doubt not would havo'tnado a dignified and impar* lial Speaker hud ho been elected. But. our object in commencing this article was not to vindicate Mr.. Brown, but merely to show that it docs not become the Federalists to talk about “ dis graceful frauds,” ** shameful plots,” and the like.—* 'lhey slioUldJiD mute, for of all tlio disgraceful frauds ever committed, the greotcat ofall was the grand ono consummated by (he Federalist in 1848, when they nominated Gen. Taylor fur the Presidency, and rep resented him as "a no parly man," and as ono who had no " friends to reward; nor, enemies to punish,’’, and /• . I . - 'V*fiimaTON t Dec. 21. . . 'Edward Joy Morris, of hasbeen dp polntod.Chafge to Naples, vioc-j&moaM. Power, re* signed.'. I. ~-.'. ■ - , ' S 1 . ■ j ' /* ■ -~ j O* The now* of the barbarous mdrdtit of young : Burimm, a month or so since, iti St. LOUII, by a cou ' plo drunken ; Frenchmen, lias rbaUhod-Frahcc. The j friends of tho young - blood* hays lent despatches to. Senators Benton, and Cass; and Mr. Winthrop, slating that they arc descendants bfa family of groat historic fume, distinguished for' tholr virtue*—that they aro 11 mild and inoffensive'in tliair manner*," and camoto the United Slates for information and. recreation,.with ample means' and credit, &c. Tho letters proceed in staling that their father destroyed hi* own life some two yean ago, and hence raise the irresistible inference that hereditary insanity must have vary suddenly broken'but in both brothers at the sumo lime, at St. Louis, when,they billed young Barnum. Tho authorities may ledrn from this what the character of the defence is which these French bloods, dcccndants of royal ancestry, intend to set up upon their, trial. , . fICT* Daniel Webster must bo lionised, any how.— Iln arrived in Now York city some three or four days' since, proceeded to the Astor Honscj was there when the Hungarians arrived, dined with them regularly for two or three days, and at last'the Whig papers report a speech given by tho godlike, In presence of tho exiles, some two or three days after their arrival at the same house, with himself. .This is an attempt to give notoriety to a mah, whom (he Whigs never intend to exalt, of the most ludicrous character. Sword to Col.-’ Siirtiaßß,—--On Wednesday tlio 119th inst.,.ot Hartford, Gov. Trboibell of Connect!- lout, presented a splendid sword ,to Col. Thomas 11. Syy/nore, which was voted him'by the Legislature ol that. State, in consideration oljhis valuable scrv.i-J joes !n the lute Mexican war. Itf the Governor's nd*l I dress ho stated (list a kinsman if Co I. Seymore, Col I Wm. Ledyord, was tho brave defender of Fort Or is-1 wold, in 1781 ; that SdyOiorc, and undo of Col. S.,.voluntoered in that perilous service, and lost a limb, and received nine wounds in tho defence of that fort; that another uncle, Capt./Thomas Y. Scjr ■ore, commanded a troop of’ hoNe in the campaign liat terminated, in the surrender of Burgpyne in 777, will) great credit to hiraseff, and as a mark of distinction ,waa entrusted with the safe conduct of Gen. B. from Albany through Hartford to Boston.— Tho laurels obtained by such' ancestry in the Rgjo* lution, now worthily rest upon thp brow of the patri otic Col. Seymour. . ’ * Tna Rev Humbug Exploded. —Lnlo -Now Or* leans papers announce llio explosion of (be Key con spiracy. The Grand Jury, of the U. S, District Court, of New Orleans, ignored.the bill of indict* mont oguinst the Spanish Minister, Carlos do Espa iin; and Rcy who has been since his return from Ha* vano, confined in the pailsli prison, until his test!* mony should be given, was ordered to bo discharged. This is what we expected and predicted would be tho end of a matter which made rlcrrible uproar in Ihe'nowspapcrs at the limp. Tie whole story ap. poured to bo.loo inconslatuht in itsolf to be believed, and Roy made so many different representations (hat h!s testimony, was entirely discredited. From all tho circumstances, wo ifiinkil not improbable that this story of an abduction was invented to aid the purposes of the. Round Islanders, who were pre paring an expedition at that time against Cuba, and .wished to unhsl the feelings bf *• eym. pathizers" against foreign ml involve the United States in the quarrel; prov ed a failure, and as a na|ur»|' ; fciiequcnce, the Rcy excitement speedily died awayi and llio indig. nation raised against Don Carlo! do Espana died with it. Mbssaob or tub Governor of Indiana.—The Indiana Legislature met on .Monday, (tie 3d ihst., at In'dianapolis. The Govorners tfioibago commences with an illusion to the general prosperity of the conn, try, and Uio pormauenoy of this condition of things is considered ns indespeneibiy connected -with the present revenue system, Hesnys: H The adoption of a low rote of tariff duties in 184G,ul home, and a corresponding relaxation ofthe stringent restrictions upon commerce abroad, hate not ortly had the effect to bring Into the U. 9. Tress, ur 7 * greater amount of revenue, but also to increase greatly the profit* of the agricultural, manufacturing and commercial classes of the community. Should this beneficent system, by which the millions ehga* ged in agriculture are enabled to procure a wider and more favorable market for the surplus products of their labor bo suffered to continue, U is confident ly believed that (ho permanent prosperity ofthe toil* of our population will be placed upon a durable basis.** The Governor also refers to tlio slavery question, and expresses on unwillingness to interfere with sla whore 'already established, but resists i(s intro dfuction into now territory. Ho suggests that thu people of tlio Slate . express themselves upon this subject by a joint resolution of the General Assem bly. Mn. Cobb.— Mr. Greeley, in a letter from Wash ington, pays the following Just tribute to the chartc. ter and qualifications of (hp present able Democratic Speaker: "And let me say hero that Mr. Howell Cobb.is.al so a man uf decided capacity, (act and energy.— Personally, I barely know him ; but in parlinmi Mla ry taclica ho husno superlur r and as presiding officer (in comiiiittfo uf the whole) ho ctor evinced courte sy with energy, decision with imuartlaUiy. Ilia pol itics, general and sectional, ate oft the stump 1 can. nut see the beauty of) but I know ofno nun lidding like opinions respecting slavery extension, the tariff, &.C., whom 1 wouid.soonor seo chosen, w Professor Wesster.— Hon. Franklin Dexter has ceased his visits upon Professor Webster. It is ru mored that the lion. Rufus Choate will bo employed as senior cmtnsel. Mrs. Webster, with three of her daughters, visited her husband a few days since, for the tirsl and only lime since his imprisonment. The scone was a most-interesting and affecting one.— Yesterday, Judge Fay, of Cambridge, visited the Professor, snd was fur some timo undor lock and key in private consultation with him. The Professor has been making arrangements to have thu series of lec tures continued at the College, which ha commenced before the unhappy circumstances, occurred which resulted in his imprisonment. Ills cell is on (he sains iloor with those prisoners who ire committed for offences of a similar character. Mo is lively and free to chat, and seems very much interested in tJic perusal pf bopks d«?volcd to (l{o scjcnco of which ho is Professor. Many individuals have been admiiteJ to see him and converse with him in private us well as public.— ttotion Dcoi 20. , Tits Boston papers slate (hut the Uial will not take pluon earlier than Moy next* Wo conceive this to bo u judicious decision? for by (hat time the excllo ment will have calmed, and the .question of guilt or innocence can bo muoh better discussed and deter mined. Duatii by Fisticuffs.—A feud has existed Tor flomo tituo, between two men named Win. Pollock and Thompson Landorbaoli, living in Carroll town* ship, Washington county, Pa., which no attempt at reconciliation could settle} : i pn Wednesday last they agreed to settle it by a .pitched butlloul fisticuffs,betwoen'thomseivei.' They accordingly adjourned to • Held,and on the.firet bloy, from Pollook/Lundorbach foll-fdoad. The blow Struck hiin just under (ha ear, mid broke his nook.— Pollack' immediately gave hlmsdlfUp to the author!* lies.' . Music has been Introduced as a branch of study in i the public schools of Vermont. A good idea. ‘ From the Journal ofCoinmerco. “ YbUUSEIiF A FORTUNE,” By. the annexed'butlino of the proceedings of a convention of inni-masters, at Pittsburg, Pa., it ttill'be:Been,that they have resolved that $lO a ton bn pig iron, $2O on bar, and in: the’Barrio pro portion for other qualities, are nescessary;“ to pro tect Ihe Amerioan market." Astheaverage price of pig iron iii England for. the six months ensu ing isl.bVptember last was less than $3O, It foI-J lows lhal a duty of more than por pent, on the foreign or dutiable value, is necessary “to protect, the. American market." in addition to this, about .15 per cent, must bo added for the va* riouschargesof importation; so that the actual pro* teclidn asked by iheso modest Pennsylvania iron men, is more than 60 per cent, bn the dutiable value.. In regard, to.a large part, of .the country, ourmanufacturerSienjoy a still further, protection, equal to. the expense of carrying imported iron from the sea board into the interior. This ex pense to Pittsburg Is estimated at $8 a ton, and for half the distance s•]. , If the iron-masters could have their way, they would vote themselves a protection, of one kind and-another, equal to 84 to 88 percent. . . It is estimated that, .700,00,0 tons of American iron are produced pertiiimtin. Onless'the iron masters design, that the proposed duties shall be prohibitory, the price of-.lhls whole mass of do mestic iron nyist be equal to the.dutiable value of the. foreign, (average say 830, a ton,) with 820 added for duty, and 15 for costs of importation; making an average of $65 per ton. Now let tis sea what Will bo'the'effuct upn|i consumers.— Twenty dollars a ton', iiiuitiplied by the number of tons of American, iron supposed :io be made, gives:a quotient of. This is the tiihute which the farmers and other onpaumers of iron are expected to pay annually. to the iron-ma • hers. The duly on the imported iron gocs to the treasury; but the corresponding tax, or enchance- ( menl of price oh tho domestic article, goes to the , iron-makers. • if any gontlemah undertakes to say that the i price of iron will not be enhanced lo any extent ■ equal to per cent, on tho dutiable value, we will not ffj» Jn - hairs nboui it, but will deduct Si,* 1000,000 on -account of such abatement. This I would leave $10,000,000 per annum, to be paid by consumers to the iron-makers; a sum which the latter no doubt deem entirely reasonable and proper. Out if tho consumers .think so, and net deservo to be made pack horses for ever jßLet it ever be remembered that one cll ixeit has no more right to protection than another; and that when protection is granted,to a particu lar class, not for the sake of revenue, but' lb en rich -then) ai'lhe expense of many, it is rank rob~ btry % and none (he less so because perpetrated by law.' No duty can be said to be laid lor revenue, which is in effect prohibitory, or which, it is known, will produce a loss revenue than a lower duty would. • Tho advantage of cheap iron to the country can scarcely be conceived.' Not only does-It enter largely into our -railroads, steamboats, ships, houses, telegraph lines, machinery, &n., but every farmer, every family in tho whole country, re quires more or loss of it continually. It is a necessary ef-Hfe, almost as much as bread or the i common air. Wo exempt tea and coffee, from du-. ty because they are in such general use, and have j become necessary to the comfort of the masses Out thby are scarcely Ices'necessary than iron, < and perhaps not mors generally uand. Give ue I cheap iron, and the country may bo expected to J prosper; hut burden it with (axea and you -make ' the,rich richer and th*.poor poorer. , • 1 It ta now evident that the Protectionism intend 1 to make a general onset upon the present Tariff at the. present Session of Congress. When the ( duties, are-enormously., high, they urge the tm- ' porlanco of stability ; but when a moderate tariff exists, it losses its charms, and they, clnmor for a change. We trust ihatyio change will be made, except, to adopt a sliding scale in the case of Iron, ngreeable to the plans which we presented the other day. Other things are well enough, and it is best to let well enough alone. : Successful Suroical Operation.— Adjutant General Irwin, of this State, who was wounded In one of his hands by . a ball during the. cam paign.against Mexico, had it extracted on 'Thurs day, by Or. ,H. T* Child and Prof, Mutlrr, of Phila., and Dr. Vonrolza, of LowUlown, Tlio ball had penetrated between, the bones of .tho hand, and was so firmly wedged that the operation was rendered both difficult, and. protracted, it was, however, successful, and we are gratified to state that the General's condition is greatly Im proved, and strong hopes ehtertained that he will experience very .little or no inconvenience from the painful infliction he. has been subjected to. Fikdiho PoiiLtrt.— Professor Gregory of Ab erdeen, {Scotland, in an spisile to one of his friends remarks on this subject as follows* ■ . "1 suppose you keep poultry. I mny: tell you that it.has been ascertained .that if you mix with their food a sufficient quantity .of egg shells or common chalk, which they will eat greedily, they will lay twice or. thrice as many eggs as before. A well fed fowl is disposed to lay a vast number of eggs, but cannot do so without thu materials for thu shells, however nourishing in other re spects may, bo her food. Indeed, a fowl fed on food and water, free from Carbonate of limb, and riot funding any in l|ia soil, or in the shape of ihortnr, which they often eat oil the walls, would lay np eggs at all wllli the best will in the world.*’ • , Mail, ftoDßKny.— Some lime between five and seven o’clock yesterdpy morning, says the Now York Tribune, the Now York mail bag, on board (he Hendrld Hudson, was cut open, by a young man, and the valuables abstracted front, several letters. There was found $l,OOO indrafts on his person. Ho has been arrested and taken to the Police office. • Burning or the Capitol In Alabama.— From the Montgomery Advertiser and Gazelle we lenrn that the Slats Oapitol in that city was consumed by Arc on thu Ulh instant, and nought .Is left of that once beautiful building but tho crumbling walls, livery possible provision was to bo im mediately made for the convenience of the Legis lature and tho Stale officers. 1 The. clerks of the two houses saved all their papers ( and tho ar chives of tho Slate, in the offices of tho Gover nor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, and Controller, were also all saved, -Most all tho furniture, and the larger portion of the different libraries, were likewise preserved from the flames, so that the great loss was tho building. Senate of Oiriu still remain, unorgsntz. ed, on occouhl- of tho contc.t in regard to Iho mem ber [ispi Hamilton county. “Vorily, lira limb i. nut of joint." ‘ . Arscst yoaMunnta.—Wo learn from tho Hagers.! town Uemld, that a man named Gettings, was ar rested on Wednesday hist, in tho vicinity of Hancock, and lodged in the jail of Washington county,charged | with the murder of George Johnson, formerly of. Easton, Pa. j Johnson was murdered on the 2d of Juno last, a short distance above Dam No. G, on tho Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, In , Washington county. When, found his head was literally mushed into pieces and j life totally extinct. The Grand Jury found u bill against uoltinga before Its dismissal. , E*nTiniu*Ke in K«ntuok».— The lUnder.cn Ken __ luc|i)«n of llio lit in.lenl, a.y'.! I Quito on e.cilcrnonl axiils in M.r.hell, Mich., op On Monday nlglil, ol about lulfna.l nine o'clock, cecounl of tha trial of n lawyer, fur er.on—.fiiinc hie "1 v «ry «en«lhly (ojt el lliie place, own hon.e, which it ..cm. by (bo evidence, wee i„; wlijoli, wan ofabout hull i minute** duration, accom. m . trmA ' ■ / . V ... waß m * panted by a heavy, rumbling- Bound. Houses wyro * U , or mo, ° liai l * ,oß »ta real value. Jwo other iliakeir-to their very, foundation, cuuilng window*, Indlclnirui*, ore hanging over h|m-*ono fur olterinrr apOona, and croohory to futilo 10 ui to ho hoard In * Jitftlieo.'i docket, and for porjunv Soma forty to any part of llio liouso. ; . . ( GOy witnesses orbiubpainacd. . PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. WAfniMaTOM,Dec,34, Scnate.—A message was received from the. House, dnnoucihg its organization, and Its action relative to the usual committee appointed Id wall upon the President,-, . Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, submitted thoVavual ref 1 solution for.'lhe appointment of a commiltfeo on ihb . parlof tho Senate, to act in conjunction.with a like , committed from,tho House, to Wait upon the- Presi dent,'and inform hnn'.of the organization of the two Houses, and their readiness to receive any commun ication ho miglit huvo to make. •• The Vice President then appointed Senators Da ’ vis, of Mississippi, and Greene, of Rhoad Island, said committee on tho -part of the Senate. Thereupon tho committee-proceeded at once (9 the discharge of its duly. Mr. Cass submitted a resolution instructing (ho Committee on Foreign Relations, to inquire into the expediency of suspending diplomatic relations with tho government of Austria; The resolution lies over under (ho rule.-- , Mr. Cassgavd notice dial ho would not call up tho resolution until after the hulydays. Mr. Poole gave nolico.of a bill, to provide for the organization of tho Territories ol California, New Mexico, and Deseret, their subsequent'erection into Slates, arid for other purposes. - "TJiia blll- provides for passing thooi several countries rapidly lhrbugh the forrnof Tcrrilorialguvernmehtsbolore admitting them ns Slates,. . , , *■ _ , Mr. Bradbury, (Dcm.) of Maine, submitted the following resolution, which lies over under tkp rule: 1 Resolved. Thai tho President of the United-Slates hc'requesled ( lo cause to bo laid before theScnulo all , the charges which have been preferred or.filcd in any , of the departments, against any individual who may have been removed from office since tho fourth day of ftlaroh last, with the specified lime of the cases, if any, in which the officers charged have had an j opportunity to bo. heard; and. a .statement of the number of removals made under each department. Mr. Davis, from'(ho committee appointed to wall upon tho President, reported that they had perform ed the.dnly assigned them, and that the President proposed to transmit his annual message to Congress immediately.. ; flliijor Bliss at this moment appeared In the aisle, and delivered to the Vico President the message and accompanying documents. After llio rending of tho Mossoge the Scliulc adjourned till-Thursday. House.—. The House met at 12 o'clock. Jour nal read by the Clerk. The members from the different States, and tho delegates from Territi-ries, were called-i'erio/tm,' and sworn at the L’ltfk’s desk, by tluWell Cobb, the Speaker. _ ... On motion of Mr. Thompson, Dim., of Missis sippl ■ Jicsohcd, That a message be sent to the Senate, informing them that the Hbuse was organized and ready la proceed to business, • On motion of Mr. Thompson, Dein., of Penn sylvania : Jiesu/vcJ,'l'hM a committee bo appointed, in conjunction with a similar committee appointed by the Senate, to wail on tho President, and in form hini that both Houses are organized find ready io receive any communication he may bu pleased to make. A message was recived from the Senate slating that lhal body had appointed a.committee to wait upon the President in conjunction with a similar conupitiee from the House. Mr. Thompson, (Dcin.) of Pennsylvania,from the Committee appointed'by the House, consisting bf himself, Mr. Vuiton nnd Mr. Holmes,'to act in con junction with a committee appointed by the Somite, reported (hut: they had discharged their duty, a rid that tho President would immediately send in his message. ’ At ten minutes before 3 o'clock the message bf the President was received by the hands of his privuto Secretary, Major Bliss The Clerk having finished tho readme oflho mes sage— ‘ Mr. Toombs, (Whig).of Georgia, moved (hat Tt be referred to tho Committee of the Whole on the Stale of the L'nionj and that fifteen thousand extra copies, with |llie accompanying documents, to printed for, the use oflhc House. Agreed to. Here tho Speaker laid before the-House a reporl from the Secretary of tho VV. M. Meredith. On motion pf M. Burl, of Booth Carolina, the House adjourned until Thursday, . Reception of tub Hungarians-— Affecting Speech* The Hungarian refugees have been welcomed to New York by the City Councils, in. a.series of ,well worded resolutions. They were also wailed on by a number of their own counlrymei,and in reply (p the address of welcome, Gov. Ujitusy said t It is indeed heart-rending to think of the fate of pur, country, to think of her ancient Constitution subverted, her villages sacked, Imr fields desolated, so many of her noblest defenders lying in graves marked only by the gallows on which each perished, or the rude pile of oarlh heaped by the hostile soldiers whose bullets hurried tolheir death, ilia even more heart-rending to think of the great nnd good Kossuth and his gallant companions languishing in a Turkish fortress, cut off nut alone from the world but from tho eountiy and the nation to whoso freedom and de velopment ho had given all liisgloriousenorgies.and from all action for those immortal principles of liber, ly and humanity of which ho is the inspired prophet and apostle 1 (Hero every eye was moistened and (ears trickled down many checks.) To the dead (hero arc the consolations that could not but follow lives of honor and devotion Co tho Lest good of their fellows ! to tho exiles thcfo arc tho excitements of now lands, of new circumstance, and of a new life to bo begun; but to those immured.in the walls of SliumU there is only the memory of misfortune and tho chafing of the soul within a engo from which I there scums to be no outlet. Uni let us not despair 1 even for them. Let us hope llt.il'lho fred nations of ■ | tho world will intercede in their behalf with such power that.their dungeon doom shall fly open, and they go forth onco more fictly among tho gushing I sympathies of men 1 ° Bui still lon ought wo to despair for IliO cause of Liberty,of'Naticnui Independence, of Hungary Tlio day of regeneration cannot bo distant, and lire fury of our conqueror, only.bnoten iu dawn. Hope which elwoy. remains with Truth end Justice re m.iino above all wjth her. Beside, the whole I'o’hrio of De.puli.rn in Europe now Blende on foundation, uf .and, worn ever innro aw.y by the rushing flood of Dqinocratiu ideas. And when it (ell., f. mush only king. and appres.ors, end from lu crumb Irng remain. Hi, liher.lnd ■,alien, will rl.e ynunr and vigorous for a how end happv oafoef. and llu * gory will nee with thorn. ’ lun Sentenced —Franklin Lewi., who waa convicted of murder nr lire second degree, .oine’ ten days ago, before Washington county court, haa been eeirlcnecd to twelve yoara and six montha confinement 'in tire penitentiary. Strung cffurla, however,are making to have him pardoned, on account of hie youth. Poiwtebkit QuAaTEaa —Tiro Philadelphia Brillo tin has. boon shown several counterfeit. American Quarter Dollars, so well oxeouled that orcry body should he on their guard against thorn. They arc all deled 1817, and me perfect imitations ofthe gen uino. Punishment ov MuriNExae.—Wo learn from tho: Not folk Herald, that lire sentence of lire Natal Court Martial, In regard to lire mutineers on hoard lire U. S. ship Germantown, was carried Into effect on Mon day at noon, on board the U. 8. ahip Ponn.ylranla- Tiro prisoners wore .sentenced Ip receive 50 lushes each, hut lire number waa reduced to 30, and then to ho discharged from the Naval scrrlco.' A Good Ide*.—A Legislative Agricultural .Club l»M boon formed by some 60 or 70 mombera of the Virginia legislature' for iho purpose of.improving tl»o momlion in agricultural knowledge during iho suasions oflbp Legislature. An Irishman >yritir)g from llio west, soys pork is so plenty thpi ** every ihlrcj man you moot is a hog.” ’ • . ; , jtaif tho Vol ii ulcer.'' , EDUCATION CONVENTION* 'Ala meeting of Delegates, Director®, Teachers ond; Friends Til* Edtwaiion, Convened ip the Court House, in Carlisle, on-Wednesday, the 19ih of Do. comber, JB49', pursuant to the imitation published in tbe/pnpors, Wm. H. Miller, Evq., was appointed chairman, and P. Quigly, Secretary. |1 The object of the roeoiing having been stated by ; 1 the 'dinar to choose Delegates to a Stale Convention , lu bo held in Harrisburg bn tho 16th of January next, and adbpt such measures o« may beat promote the oouip of Education, it wus, olr motion of James Hamilton, seconded by Rev. J. N. Hoffman, Retched,Thai wo approve of the holding o fa Slate Convention,'in the hope that.lt, will bring | u . ■ gether able and rnen. of practical informa tion, to recommend to the' ‘sttch' meas ures as will mature our general system of instruction and olso to stimulate tho friends qf.CoininoQSchoolß to greater efforts in their behalf. i- v» / On motion of the Uov.J, N..Hqffmanj... Retolced,Thil in view of ? ihe .obvious .defects ex' isling in our free school sySleip, it;ia rccomuiendcJ to hold on Annual County Convention of School DU rectors and friends of-Education; to bxbild great* interest in the cause and promote the gcndful syatona of Common Schools. . * On motion,' ■ - ■ • V > : . v • 1 ; •; Resolved, That the Rer. J. N. Hoffman, William. B, Mylloiuupd.James.Hamilton, to nominate to the mooting gentlemen M.D.olegatda to the State Convention. The CoVnraiitoe having retir ed; returned and reported as' 1 " 1 • .. . ‘ Delegatee. . • ,Ailei'nqtee.', Joaeph Mosscr, . . Tliom^Crairhcfld John. J. Hemphill,- -lt . J.R.lrvinq, 1 ~, Win. H. Wilier, Esq. r , James Hamilton, • Rev. J. N, Hoffman. Rov. Jumers /A..Pflvinnpy* Which report was accepted and pdoplcd by the mecll ing. • .. .f. • On motion, . - Resolved, Thallho Delegates to the StatoCoriveo lion be instructed to propose for the consideration of •aid Convention the.following objects. ... ..... Ist The publishing of u Common SchoolLibmy for tho school districts in this State. ; .* '2nd The establishment of a. record in l|ie ,Sc. crnlary's office at liurrisbut'giwhcre. tbuchcrswho wish employment mayireoord their nanus. and lilu their recommendations, and .whc;b'.'Directors? may obtain this, information on payment of a. small I'uo to the 1 clerk. v :•• ’. 3d To recommend to the Legishttorelhe most suit able ago at which scholars should be admitted Into tho schools.of this Slate,.having' regard to, their health and physical development, its also the mulitrU ty of (lie mind'to receive . 4th To rcoommejid whether Webster pffWitlkcr should bo the standard in Orthography In the schools of this State. On motion, Reached, That Rev. James Dovmney, fliomns H. Skilcs, Andrew. Blair, Professor Sudlcr and Jacob Slirorn, bo the Standing Conwuiltep of Cumberland County, and instructed Id.mnko all ihe'nccessary ar rnngemen.ls for the meeting, of,ilia, next Annual Convention, to be held im tho third Tuesday in April, On motion of Mr Morscr, " , Rtaohed t That the .Delegates from tins Cnhvcn lion bo instructed to advocate ihUic,Slate.Convention a recommendation lb llie Lrgislulurb.'to amenditho Schbnl law with inference to (lie examination of the Teachers, so. that in future the Court of Quarter Sessions should appoint three competent individuals to examine all Teachers who may present themselves for that purpose; and no Teachers to bo'employed who have not certificates from some ono Board of County examiners Within three year's! Resolved, That these proceedings bo published jr> the different papers of this Borough. And tho Con vention, on motion, adjourned, WM. 11. MILLER,TmWehf. P. Qoiglt, Secretary. ■ . “Miss, will you take niy arm?” “ La, yes, and yon loo.” " Uan f l but the arm, Miss," hastily replied the old bachelor. “ • 1 * “ Thon," mid .Mil., "I csn’l luko il, a, motto is to go tlio i o/iuh hog or none.” / W/IRUIED. On Tlmrs.lny ilif. soil. jnSt., hj lhe fav. Wing. Mr. Dstid lUi.ston, to Miss KM*./ If' VyASHMooD, both of Dickinsonitowtishfp. /. ■ ■ HIKIK ' .... , tln Davenporl, lowa, en the 3tUh oft.. Rtfas Elizabeth Ciiippb*, daughter of Silimud' Guy, formerly of-Cumberland eo., in Uw Sldih jeas of her age, ■ FOR 18$0. APPEALS rpilE Commissioners oF X. fixed upon tho follow! holding the Appcnls bn the the junta 1850-1-2, fcp.t botoughs in said county, t< liorv'g 7'ounttkip* * Cunibcrbiiidt sounly, Imvo ring limits uW placet, fur io Assessment for the WiYceaf townships and to wit s , Newvlllo, NtMvlun, Milllin,. Prfliiktnnl, Hopewell. Slilpimiiebiirp no. Bliip(ior)f>l>nrfr Tp. Southampton. . WnMpnr. ueborough Monr »o, Silver Spring, Pn*tponn»hnh)tit'li Nflv Cimihcrlniid, mbJ.n’l ®lli Jbii'y ‘iDth'Jan'j SPth'Jan'y ftflth inn’y illil Jan’y HIM Jnn’y iM Puh'y i Pnh'f Jill Poh’y •'ifli Pci’liy' frill fVh’y dill Prlry 7th Pch’y f*‘lh Pfh'y 'Hli Pfh’y llih Pch’y l‘2Ui Pi-h’y Uth Fob’} 1-Jih Kfb-y Iflih Fcb’y 8. RnpJty’t^Kewvlllc. • - D» ’ t, ilo . ■ t ’ m Mowiyit,. K« w Imrp. U /'ic’a, Bhippetirbutf. , Do . . , rfo “ Bo do Ji Ifoovet V, Mount Jlnclt. J. Paul’s. Churchlow n. g-Hopiionoun. a. umintnger’t, Ilridci-norl. Du 1 do J - Knowr’*. Sporting Hill. J. Rlnck>, Mcfhnnjcibnrp. D. ShenlTcr. Shi'phurditoHii, i’. llofnnnn'a, Stone Tavern. Commitaioner'a Office,far liile- Do < do !>- Z Do do - IftmiHlrn, ■ Mfclmniciburgi ' Allen, nickitifloni North Mhhltnlon, Houlh Middleton, Counly Rates—Dollar rate, 2J mills, blata Kolia—Dollar rate, 3 mills, ~V'°;T n b ? ra " d ? b r'. , lio. respective Assouan, at lI'O times and places determined upon for holding Appeals for their rcspecll.p'low,,,l.l,; or borett*h, .t oliieli lime Hie Assessors will return lbs names of two respectable cilucns of, bis borouih, or township for the appointment of a collector., * By order of the CouuntaaloDors. •, - Attest! \Y: RILEY, Clk. v oni ra. Ofljoo, Carlisle, Dee. 37,18)19—4t Property In Klnualawit, for Kent. rnilE two story Brick Dwelling House and Storo L Room, situate on Main street, in 'Hie villtge of Klttgstown, is offered for rent. Possession given on the Ist of’April. Bor tonUs, 4to„ enquire of. ,■ .. . • ' ’’ HENRY W. IRVIN. :■ December »!, 1849-4 t» i ~ “ ,i• ~ ', ■ iFor. itcnt. : .'■’ i j. fPIJE Iwa story ploslerctl house, cßasled ,in East ot Vw.! •"<) "I presentoceupicd by Sheriff Huffer,’ is. offered for rent. 'l'here. is every convenience atlsclicd to litis house to make it e dc ”T residence, haring a good garden, fruit trees, elalble, &e, Possession given on tho’ Ist of April. For terras apply to JOHN GOODYEAR. December 97, 1849. CALIFORNIA may bo tlio pluco lo get Gold, but if you wont 1,6 buy CHEAP LUMBER, and a gqod deal bi.il, for a little money, call at the old established Lumber Yard of H. Cburoh & Co.’, ; at the west end of the HarrisU’g.Bridge, Cumberland side. ■ . j ■ "\TTHPRE you ctn buy cheaper and better Eum- V V bet than «f any other Yard on tho Stbqiicban na river. 1 * Dry common boards at $ll, $lB .Bpards of superior quality at $9 10. Shingles beet.quality nt SU, Do' second quality at $lO. ' • * Do Jlbinlock at $7 60. , * ■ Popular Plank, Scantling, and hnlflnch Boards, Yellow Pino Flooring Boards, ft Siding and, Fence Board, Ash Plank and Bonnie, Panhol and Isfcom* m °n I . i ! ,mbor ■» Ht and ? inches- thick—dry. Having also a steam Saw mill in operation, wo aro prepared to saw bills to order at short notice, either oak or white plrib. Joico; Scantling, and Flank, el* ways on hand; 1/. j The subscribers hope by’slrlct attention to busi ness; and a detorminotionof soiling lbwc«\thnn-aby 9lhbr Yard at the river, that tho public generally will call aqd ppo thbirstook lioforbpurdboshtg'Olsewliero,- ! HENRY OUURCII & Po r Bridgeport, Dec; 27, 1840 ' Plntha if A ere A tli.