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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 <vho “loathed proscription.” Ofall frauds, we say.
this capped fho climax.
Gen. Taylor himself was not only guilty of fraud
but of downright falsehood. After his nomination
by (he Federalists, ho concsponded with men of all
parlies and of all factions, and in his letters he pro.
lasted in the most positive and solemn manner, that
in case ho was elected ho would bo the “ people’s
President,” and act entirely independent of pafty.—
Lei us refer, as a proof of what we say, to one of his
letters.
On tho 22J of April, 1648, a letter dated at Daton
Rouge, Louisiana, addressed, to Capt, J.S. Allison,
and signed " Z. Taylor,** appeared, in which we find
tho following paragraph;
"First. 1 reiterate what I havo said : If (/looted
I WOULD NOT BE THE PRESIDENT OP A PARTY. /would
endcatpr to act iNOErsNDENT nr fartv domination.—
/should feel hound to administer the government UN
TRAMMELLED. ST PARTY SCHEME*."'
Now wo ask, whut was Geo. Taylor's object in
writing this letter and causing it to bo published ?
Why did he giro (his pledge, that ho would not bu a
President, nod that ho would administer tho.
government'independent of party, and "untrammel
led by party schemes ?” Ills object was deception.
Ho wrote this letter fur tho purpose of deceiving De
mocrats into lira support. His course since he has
occupied the Presidential chair Is proof, strong as
hHly wril,lhat his professions and pledges wore made
to deceive tho people, for it is notorious that ho has
shamefully violated every one he over made. In
stead of being tho President oftlic people, as he pro
fessed, he is a mere cats pawln the hands of politi
cal gamblers. Instead of administering (ho Gov~
ernment untrammelled by parly schemes, lie has su r <
forod his cabinet officers to officiate for him, and it
is a well known fuel that those men are not only
adepts in "party schemes," but .equally expert in con
booting, party corruption. Instead of adhering to
his promise to proscribe) no. man because of his po
lilioal predilections, bo has shown a tiger like feroc
ity in hunting out every Democrat who held a petty
office, (hat ho might hurl him froth his post. Old
men who had served their country in tho war ol
1812, as well as those who served under him in Mex
ico, have to a man been removed trom. office by the
corrupt dynasty in power. Such has been the course
of Gen. Taylor—the man, who,, previous to his elec*
lion, was all-things to all men, and who has since
swallowed with a gulp his own words.
And yet.tho Federalists—those honest, pure, and
spotless fellows, who did not hesitate to endorse and
reaffirm.all the (fledges made by Gen. Taylor—these
arc tho men who (urn up their eyes in holy horror
because Mr. Drown, tho Democratic candidate for
Speaker, thought proper to write a letter to Mr.
Wilmof, in which ho promised, in. ease of his elec-
lion, to appoint certain. cmumiUoei iq aooordanco
with the wishea of Mr. Wilmol and hip friends. For
this henioqs offence Mr. Drown ia denounced in the
coarse and uncouth language of* the lackeys who
cluster around tho present infamous dynasty at
Washington. They should bo the last lb spenk of
tho stratagem of others, for they, aro tho very men
who havo been guilty of deception, fraud, falsehood,-
and corruption. By fraud they succeeded to power,
and.by fraud they hope to retain it. -But their doom
is at hand; the people have sworn in thoir wrath to
bo avenged. Gen. Taylor at (he end of bis term will
retire, disgraced and (Tespisod by those who were his
former defenders. lie succeeded in accomplishing
his base ends, and crept into power by making pro*
fcssions which he has dinregorded. Falsehood tri
umphed over truth, for a time, but the triumph
short duration. A tie, well told, may stagger through
u brief existence, as a blackguard edges Ills way, by
dint of bullying, through a crowd, but. tho truth,
however abused for a time, will triumph and live
forever. • : • • *
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
Knowing tho anxiety of pur renders to receive .
the first annua) Message of President Taylor, we
have, al considerable expense, issued it in on Ex- 1
tra, which wo send out with our paper of to- 1
day. y I
We have not yet had tltno to give this docu
ment a careful rending, and therefore fuel unpre- 1
pared to say much in regard to It. In our next ,
iwo ahail give our views concerning it; In tho
mean time wo subjoin the following remarks of
the Penntylvaman. That paper, of yesterday, in
speaking of tho Message, says :
The Message is n tamo paper—allying clear of
all the agitating questions of tho day, making no
decided recommendation upon any mooted point
—save that of the tariff—upon which its tone is
unmistakeablc. (/on. Tavlor submits to Con
, gross tho Independent Treasury, which strangely
enough, he misnames the **.Sub-treasury," while
he is particularly, critical in quoting the titles of
all other existing laws alluded, to by him. Tho
“proviso” dispute is despatched in n sentence—
river and harbor improvements, and an increase
of the onnv, are favorably alluded to. Tho sug
gestions relating to arranging tho rank in the ar
my and forming retiring lists for both army and
navy, will meet with general approval; white
that of a further reduction of postage is so deci
dedly the opinion of tho mass, that its warm ap
proval is not to bo wondered nl,. The Veto pow
er. If we understand dm Message, is to ho exer
cised, and the integrity of (he Union preserved, at
all hazards.
A carefulpt-rusal of tills state, paper, Is convin
clngevldonootlini the President loves ‘Mho smoarh
waters of precedent,”and Is determined that iho
blunders of his cabinet shall not rufllo Ids temper,
or disturb his Intercourse with the law making
power, If heoan avoid it. As ample leisure has
been afforded for correction, It is hut Justice to
state, that tamo ns the Message is, It is well and
smoothly written, bearing strong evidence that
it has been critically, carefully, and frequently re
vised.
Dn. Watts Improved,—The Boston Poll supposes
lh»l the diiunlonUlu of the present tiny might road
Ihtlf ilc.Uny l n tho fi,* of lU r;Cord convonllon.
, “ Ir ' Tomb., of Goorjin, who I. rondy to
dl.Bulva Iho Un on, should, lay, i| lo VliUatlelplita!
Bun,b. .dmonl.hcd hy Iho h,mn,.ll e hu, modified,
of Ilia Rev< Doctor Watts, D. D.. ,
' ■ "Ujfb from llio TnoiiiUi, a doleful ■nuhdr •
: ' Mh»uear otiomUtiocry} ,B[ »unar
Vo imtitic men como view Die around
Wliofc Af inu»| •lioMly liy,"
. Appointment b^tl&q^cesldeut*
■ >/• . 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.