THE VOLUNTEER.
John B* Bratton) ISdltor and Proprietor*
CARI.ISI.K,TntoRSDAY, : ->AN>Y v .i;,lBoo."'
,Demooratto Committee*
m omhtn* e ofUio Coihmittoo
BW roquoßtbd to meet at&UEtiLßn'a iri Hurria
burg, onTuctdaylhc al3/>’i;lock,
;P, M. for the. purpoao .of fixing (tie time and place'
for the 1 meeting of the next Dcmocrallo Stale Con.
vehllbrt.'; V. J. GLANCY-JONES, Chairman,'
G. O&PffcftcofaV Pctefcliuy,.
Ajtpolntniati by the County Commissioner**
v ": The Con\roia*ipqerB of this county, on the Ist
madeHlie followlng appointments, viz:
* ! Oi>!hl9BioT»erB’'Attorney—jas.^Hv-Grahanirßsq.
*Wr^Mi!.fr i i.s.‘fc'Cl?ik-r-VVil]iam -RileyV'.'Eeq.
-bPhysiplan.lQ vV A
Keeperof PubUo BuilJings—Mattin Cornman.
.xjso.y %I'V jt-'T'!!:-* 1 .. 1 • _
apology fonany. dorccts in IhUwcek’ir paper*
Cumberland Counts.—rl’ha re
l Urn-. fqr. ; lB49,:BhowB 7,ss4';lnxabloa in Cumber
of' CaVllalo cohtßins'.OCti taxabics. ’
! ' Sodden DsATn?.— -vSergi. King and Sergt. Queen,
■both) ato bflhoU.S. Army, dled buddenly in the.
name hdoso i ptiiis plac 00 h New Year 1 * morning,
an ihQurj. intervening between their
■.* --v. • ■';V‘
.*‘ Daniel Sturgeon', pf tho U. S. Senate,
_Vy ill p|cas.e accept our thanks, for .sending us a bound
pilacQ-'Rcport, for 1848. Wo arc
alfo!.£Ddcr><obligalion» to our faithful: member "of
-Obngroes; Hon« JbmcsXv McLanahan, for faVorlng
%'« :^Uh J early copies of the Message.
; WbeklvLectures.— Last week we entirely
bMiitid,' (hj-Bonpo carelessness or other,) to notice
ttie'firsC'or'a bourse ofLectbrcS-lHat. have been
commenced In our .town, or tho purpose of dri
vjpg some of tho monotony of the dull win
ter-evenings.- Professor Allen, President elect
tfGlnfrd Collegej delivered the first in the course,
bn Clitisiirias evening.. It was an able production,
and was listened, to 3ith great attention by every
onb present;. Professor Allen has.since left our
tbwnandtaken up his residence in Philadelphia,
in bltn hha lost one of its best
menibers<and-finest ornaments.
r dne /object of lheso Lectures is to provide a
fond;forUh<rpoor of bur-town', who at iho present,
fetana ib great neod of assislanco.’ Tho admission
kti ft J 1 ‘ ■ ,• , ■ •: r ' | i ■ , . - ~
Teo ia eraall—being oniy,l2i cents for.gently- 1
nothing .for ladies—thatshould the en
terprise fail, U <will .be a'fouT disgrace oh every in
diVidual of «ur nemmnnify.v When the object is
js ocom mendablp, and the mcahs taken to aoco’
''■ - Jom ‘
plish.it so instruclije anu entertaining, if oorpeo
jJledonolaitend, we should never hereafterepeak
of'sympathy for'distress, or love for knowledge,
I The Second Lecture' will He delivered . this
(ThurBday) evening, m Kdacation flail by. the
Rev.Rlr.Wirto. Let all attend !.
j ,V; ‘THE LBOlSrj ITORE.: ',
Legiilature or ilils Slalo assembled on ,
Tuesday first day of January.: The Dem- ,
ocrats, being .in‘the majority, will he held respon- ,
eibleVlo a 'eonaiderabio ' degree, for the ads <
passed.- Ilislo -behoped, therefore, that our
friends will act together as a baud of brothers,
havlng. lbe welfare of thciriconstituents andihe
Interestof ihe State at heart.' Many important
taaUera will come before the Legislature, The
apportionment, of llip Stale for the election of Sen
ators and Representatives, is a subject of deep
importance to,the people.’ As we hare remarked
bit a former occasion, wo desire to see a fair, and
ywa/ Apporiionment/Dill passed.,, The Democrats
of this Slate are in’a. majority ol from fifteen to
eighteen thousand, and can always have a con
trolling power tn the Legislature if the Sen
atorial and Representative, districts aro honestly
and,,fairly, carved out. . Give.the Democrats,an
open’field and fair fight, and,they are sure to tri-
infold Pennsylvania. ;
' " Another ,subject to c'omo before the Legislature,
xequijtog; much care, will be the renewal, of .old,
and lhe granting of new. bank charters. • We
hope; for the’Konor of the Democratic party,'that
in all cases tha individual liability clause will be
' inhaled .upon. The people of this Stale, wo have
, reason to- belipvo, are nearly unanimous in desi
rlngtp seo bank stockholders held responsible for
their debts likb other men. Wo liopo, therefore,
thal no bank charter will be granted without this
wholesome provision being incorporated, in,the
charter, ■ - j ••
' In nil matters of a political nature ihc Demo*
crats should stand or fall together. ‘With both
the National aijd State administrations against us,
it should bo the duty- of the Democrats ■ in. tho
Legislature to cultivate harmony and good foci*
Ing, and thus 1 be prepared to meet, successfully,
the s wily schemes ufFederaVtsm.
•' LETTEII J’ROM TUB KDITOR.
IUftnUDURa, Jan’y. 2,1850,
Yesterday,‘(Tuctdoy,} being tho lime appointed,
under iho Constitution, for tho meeting of tho Gone,
nl Assembly of this Commonwealth, Ibe IXuuso.ol
Representatives convened at Hi o’clock. John 8.
M'CAUiby, Democrat, of Clarion county,was elected
Speaker. In taking tho Chair tho Speaker elect nd.
{pressed tho House in a short and sensible speech,
and,/concluded by returning thanks, for the honor
centered upon him.. Mr. M’C. is a young man, but
yeli possessed uf fine abilities, and doubtless will
make pli able end presiding oflkor.
- The Senate met in (lid afVornoon at 3 o’clock. On
iSe.’elgblfi ballot Valentine Best, of Columbia coon,
ly/was elected Speaker. By receiving the entire
Whig support, and voting for hima<l/ t liia election,
was .effected.; J. Porter DRAtfLEV, of Crawford co H
was tbo regular causes nominee of the Democrats,
■bat the tropchory of Best defeated him.' Valentine
Pest Is, In politics, what some term a "Bank Demo*
erijUV ,In v my opinion he is Ijltlo bettor titan a full*
blooded .Federalist* He was .elected ae a.Democrat,
and has turned traitor to hie friends. More concern,
ing lhU recreant hereaAer.' ’
./The Democratic Members of the House assembled
Iml evening, and made tho follwlng nomh
nalleDs—Clerk, William J«ck tl ur
BergeanViUAimi, -John Piatt, of Lycoming, Door
Keeper, Isaac Deck, of York. '
■Tftia apHtliof'l Menage will bo delivered lo doy.
Uxpuhoj w.—VVo are pleased to loam from
the. Washington .papers that the llo n . J XMRB
of ilija Slats, representative i n Con*
greM from Uie district, will shortly move hlal
highly popular rcsolutiont-expunging the false nc-1
eusatfon upon ihe off Congress, Vn regard]
to thfl o;jg,ln and objeut of the this was with Mex
lco, affixed Vy the Whigs to certain reaDl’ulmna of
tbanks' oflhrodijip General' Taylor nearly two
years ego.. Ret the brand of infamy be stamped
upon all dudft calumnies upon the fair fame of the
odurilry. . . / /■
03-Thfl coil olCbngjoii W.lillo in BMilon li nboul
*3OOO per day. / '
TUB PUfiSlOfiNTtS MESSAGE.
Lost week we furnished our readers with Gen.
-TAtLoaV first Message to Congress, in on extra
yriiich, for the purpose of giving it u|[.lhe earliest dale,
considerable expense, iHo,rio*of,tho
hood and forwarded to.;u? with thecal
Arrivals of ihb documenl,;vAt llio ; 8omw time: wo
promised to give ourvlowtf iif It this’ week, as there
was not a moment forlcoiniricnt theii * _ !'
Wo- havo. giren'tbe Metsngo and coroful
perusal. To show that wo are not disposed to find
fault merely for fault 1 * sake, we differ from many of
our partisan* ;< in regard to (ho stylo of the massage.
Wo think that if is generally, simple and gracolul*
although evidently not all written by, the same pen;
but liio cxceilcnco of the stylo exposes the miserable
deformity of Us doctrines. Federal measures should
always bo dresßed'lip WIIIT pompjiitd parade, so as
to deceive the oyo, : .wiih ibo’splendor of the garment,;
and keep it from examining 100 curiously into what
is concealed beneath. '
•.'"•Tile style, however, of thin'document IsallUhal
recommends it. In tubtttonce' it. »* probably the
weakest that has ever emanated from a place*so
high.' It teems- With ull'lho exploded and corrupt
doctrines of lho r Federal parly, but; recommends
.without argument, i\hd often - merely and equivocally
hints the President's Withes in regard to those that
haVo ldn§ bcenobnoxious'lu ilicwhblo notion', and
have hud the seal of condemnation,slumped upon
every effort to glvo them the character of laws. , }
lu the first lenlcnco of tho lliird.-paragraph a dc-
liglilful little hull occurs thul is worthy of an Irish
ntan and ■ excessively patriotic in sentiment. Our
good President .informs ns that “wo aro at peace with
all the world', arid sock to maintain our, cherished
f relations of amity with the rest of mankind ‘ If wo
■ know certainly that the .moon and stars wero inhab
ited, wo might suppose lliai:our “second Washing
ton” bad been entering into olllahccs offensive and
defensive, will), distant people. ~ No doubt “relations
of amity".with thorn would bo very beneficial to our
country in u commercial point of view.
The President'commencesthebusiness part of the
Message with a congratulation on our friendly rela
tions with Great Britain , and .particularly on the
“happy termination” of ItSs own end Mr. Clayton’s .
silly dispute with, tho French Minister* by which
they were near involving us in war,' on a point of
politeness and etiquette. •
l ' On the subject of tho groat question which has
been for two years past agitating the country---(he
Wilmol Proviso—ho. is, entirely non-committal. A
homeopathic doso Is however.Vdminrslercd to the
Northerners to keep them in good humor. He throws
I out a bait for popularity in speaking of tho African
slavo trade as being “a barbarous trafficwhicli,
however, no one cilhor In tho Southern dr Northern
Slates.will dispute. "Every where this trade Is ab
horred, and the’ people ale arVxlpus lo scc it prohibited
in every possible wby; so that in .{his ho. means; to
ploaso the North willmul offending.the South. Rut
the Wilmol Proviso—which, our Federal noiglibbrof
the Herald represented as being one of the measures
nioet cherished by Gen. Taylor—he Ihlnks ought to
bo passed by, and lot tho new Stales themselves set-
tle the : question'. This, wo think, is tho most sensi
ble Suggestion in Urb tvholc'MCssagej'bul It is a sad
disappointment (b .those Free'Sol fori, who were, so
silly.as to believe. Ural. Gen. Taylor would ever be
the advocate of. their principles; and it exposes .the
deception-, that was practised by. tho Federal.papers
ofourSlato. • • f
Dut tiro most eccentric policy a!nd spirit.of philan
thropy is displayed in regard to (he ship canal across
the Stale of Nicaragua. .Mr. Iliso had negotiated a
treaty with this Government, which secured to .tho
United Stales the exc/iitioe right to charter a com
pany (o construct a water communication from the
mouth of tiro San Juan do Nicaragua to Reallfb, on
(he Pacific! This gave to us tho coMrocl and profits
ofthe contemplated improvement, Bril, for the pur
pose uf preventing 11 any power, from, monopolizing
llioso advantages,” the President has directed a ne
gotiation to waive .all those, privileges so that all
Governments may be placed on an - equal fooling
with ns. This Is,certainly the most incomprehensi
ble specimen of patriotism‘that wo have ever mot
with- iAVo supposed thnl llio duty of our rulers was
to lake cure of our, own advantages—to make our
nation as great.and wealthy.,os honorable moans
would permit. Rut so universal is Gen.- Taylor’s
lave for mankind, and so tender his concern fur the
welfare oCother nations, that he,has taken charge of
all; and his'negotiations are to be for the -benefit of
the whole' werld, If we* are not greatly mistaken,
(Ilia is nn ilem that will'hochVrgecl.to hisoccounl.
without a credit, in hjs next tcUlcihcnt with thopco-
On the subject of (he Isri/T ho comes up to (ho
ultra Federal policy, and rccommcndsspeclfic duties
and protection for protection sake, IfWoarolabo
guided by experience, It.will bo hard to show (ho
necessity ./hr any revision. The cry of “ruin,”
Vruin, 1 ' which uur.opponents.so long rung in.thorns
oftho pcopld, has been silenced by the excellent ope*
ration njiid beneficial results of the tori/T of Jo46.—>
Our Treasury, which U was said would be bankrupt!
has been.more liberally and munificently,supplied
limn under the .tariff of 10-T.3. \Vhul object is to die
accomplished then by a change we cannot see, unless
it la to benefit monopolists and princely manufacturers
I at tho expense oftho laboring and ogrieuUurol popu-
I laiion. . But wo do not apprehend much danger (Vom
.Ithis source, ns lung us wo have a Democratic House
I and Senate to watch escribe gtntfal welfare. .
Tho'question of the continuance of the S»&-7Vea*
iunj system,ho respectfully submits “to Iho'wisdom'
ofCongrcis," 'l'hla is altogolhor non-committal,and
if it wore not that ho uses the term “-RiU-TVcoiury,”
instead of Independent Treasury, wo could not
perceive even (ho Inclination of his footings, But ho
remarks, *'</ continued, Important modifications ap
pear Indirponaoblo." Tho' first inference is, that if,
in.the wisdom of Congress, it should be deemed not
proper to "confirms" it, a United States Bank might
bo a very good substitute, The second inference is,
that "if continued," he essential features oughl lo bo
destroyed, its benefit* dispensed with, removed from
under the control of government, and placed in such
a position Hint speculators, as formerly, could have
the use of the funds;
Thd Veto power is never fo bo used, except in Iho
esses contemplated by the father? of the Republic ;
that is, only wlioro il is "hi prevent hatly and incon-
iiUerate orunesnsfifuftormi legislation." This is al
most enough to make one laugh, In the first place
K h easting a very unbecoming reflection on hie pro
docessors,. and secondly entering into pretended re*
Blricilons Ihol |»uvo no hophds, 'Whenever ho secs
occasion to use the veto power, ho can no doubt very
easily and plausibly show that It was te avoid some
one of the evils enumerated.
This winds up tho serious part of tho Message.—
But like the performance in a theatre,- U concludes
IvritU a farce Hist is certainly much mord laughable
and ridiculous than those generally octedl Asa
final, ho enters upon the task of proving that iio is
to bo the “second Georgo Washinglum” In several
pluoos in-the Message he suggest* to-iho reader, a
comparison between himself and ihs, ‘» Father of his
Country." We like a lofty ambition, but wo think
this is ralbor too much like shoolingaiUio t un. B u i
; if tho pooplo don’t get slbk of this fun, we aro con
tent' that the oldiQenera) shall amuse them until they,
oco satisfied. * '
STATE! BOHOOI«:CONVBNTION.
\£c last week published.. thb’: proceedings of an
“ Education .Convention ” for this 1 county., By e
reference'u/that report it will bo seen that fbur of
opr' - been Reeled ’.delegates to attend
iho StulCjConycntion to bo held al‘Harrisburg on the
IjStii of January j and we presume they will general
ly; bo present on that occasion.-' Wo see also that
they have bean charged with the duly of*‘proposing
lo lhe sald obftvenlion” a number of objects which
may well domand.the attention of any body of men
assembled to,recommend measures, for carrying mil
the designs of our Common School system.
'Without.republishing ,those /“.objects,”, or even
suggssling any of our own, wo venture to throw out
a. few hints upon the Bnbjeot j of.-I*onnsylyama.fj-oo;
schools;' VCo UaVo ever been* tho’staunchTrterid of
popular education.-i-We-havo favored its gcneraldif
fusion by selected, original, and-i communicated srii
clos fromyoarlb year ; 'and we nro iden
tified with the movement of .progress,.wo cannot
ofiooso any other qourse. j But we believethere arc
some things Jhal ought to.bo aaidon thoeyilom as
it is now mnnagep, and ,wq moan to say them in, lill
good faith.and.with qll Kindness.
First, whilo .wd are free to admit that much. hoe
been done to'encourage the frlbndb’of education, (op
frequently.the course Ims'becn for,from .satisfactory.
In mtiny, il.is supposed that, the : pew
system is working admirably,’ it irtuhetanltally the
bid system, item'of general tMxation.‘—
Teachers are lauded for' skill in',an art which they
never possessed tho opportunity, io acquire. They
toach precisely astheir fathers 'taught before thorn,
and seem' to- cafe just ns little obotii ever advanc.
ing a single slcp.in llicir.prbfesfllbn. And why should
they oaro 7 They “know roodln’, writln', and
Velhmcllc," and “that bein’ all they ore 1 required lo
tench" why should.they aim to do more 7 The pob
aoßalun of higher aUulnmonlß would bring with it
no compensation lo Justify tho outlay of expenditure,
end aa Jong aa (lieir employers are satisfied why need
lliey perform work'of supererogation 7 •• This la very
ahallbw reasoning, but It la juat thu reasoning that
men whoso hdp.ee aro not fostered'will bp likely lo
asc. Indeed we have known instances in which a
highly .competent instructor, secured' almost prnvi
dontlully to a school, has beW'vlcwcd With distrust
by all the other Bchbbls ; of the diairict;. and wo lo
his popularity If he dared, to insinuate the alightoal
opposition to the prevailing fashion of doing things.
Again, the wholo machinery of carrying on the
schools it badly managed. Mon are chosen, for di
rectors, who have no czpcrioncoln. the business. At
.tho end. of a year'they are superseded by others
whose experience is'less limn their own, and whose
inclination to serve in still loss. Tii the name of com
rhon sense, we would ask—how can those men bo
frequently brought, together at some central point pi
the dielncl—loss their time—concert measures' for
securing the best 'results in tho schools—purchase
books.and . pamphlets, containing information as to
ihcir dulies—examine, and decide, upon tho merits
oflext books—inform Ihernselvcawell upon the qunl.
ifioations of the teachers—visit ,the schools thermal
res, and observe the style of discipline and. intlruo
lion jand all this, with-much more, es things.are
conducted at present? Tho filet is it-cannot bo
done, and we aro really surprised that , there Is as
much soul in the schools as there Is. They subsist
not so much by moans of, in spile of the system.
. It wlll be asked ithen—would we pul the system
down 7 would we substitute another in Its place ?
would we even rv/brm it t We answer no: let.ua
fairly and fully tarry the aytlem out ua it woe origi
nally, designed, Lcl us invoke tho best talent of tho
country to the business of leaching by affording such
remuneration as will’imko the profession respectable
and profitable. ‘ls an Instructor the only man who
may not improve his Condition, and by prudence and
economy at last reach & competency in his old age 7
Must he be doomed to a perpetual itinerancy, going
home with tire scholars at night, and having no re
spite from the company of parents? Must he for.
evor chunye his ' lodgings every twenty four hours,
and submit lb the eternal familiarity of the dear
children, who under the parents noses, may insult
him and lake reprisals in their turn for the. tickling
ho has given them during the day 7 Wo humbly
trust not. But let us go still further.' Let us have
1 tome arrangement hy which teaeher* will be'qualified
for their business, The lawyer, tho physician, the
clergyman has each a proscribed eonreo of prepare*
lion* Men aervo an. apprenticeship to. almost every
species of craft.and trade except school keeping;
ond this, forsooth, they must learn by instinct or by
imitation of bad models! in'other words, a’ profes*
lion, confessedly oho of the most important is left en
tirely to fortune! Then toe should have cheerful com•
fotlahle school Houses, '. In pissing through many; a
township in Pennsylvania the traveller meets bway
in (ho deep woods a low, dingy, contracted cabin, anc
when upon inquiring what it mean*, tonic "native” in
(ho simplicity of his heart replies—" it’s our Schobl
House.” Tho building and tho locution are birds of
a feather—tho antldiluvlan structure docs well in its
modesty to seek a retired spot. And (ho inside—
bulhere jvo pause* Wo cannot dasoribo tho backless
benches, (he glorious.rnud Wells unburdened with a
map or picture, ihd'tliroo windows with nmo lights
each, (ho black uneven floor, the &o. &c. Wo hope
they may. soon bo known only in fiction* - Give us
School houses, worthy the, nntne, IJIO resources and
iho future renown of a free people.
Wo might goon to speak ofscboollibraries, cPitome
uniformity of teal hooka, of a judicious method of ex
lamintng lonelier*, of proper Inducements to directors
and many more like thing! •, bui wa tnuil not spin
nut il\ia ntllclo too Ipngi Beaidts, we trust, the Cun'
vcntlon will give these and kindred subjects a carcAti 1
investigation. All we want la to bo shown a mure
excellent way. Ae Pennsylvanians wo have too
much self respect to tsrry long in the wake of our
neighbors; and all IhCI Is necessary^to raise our
System to perfection Is to follow freely and earnestly
the light which experienced and judlcioss men eon
bring to bear upon Iho subject.
Il is simply duo to ooreolres to disclaim fn the Tal
lest manner, any persona) allusions ia whul we have
said. Belter results than wo have described have
been frequently secured } and in our own town crpo
cialiy.thd free school system has been carried out
with great success.
“lIW TiiKin. ows Troubles."—Tho Philadelphia
Daily Neia, (Fed.) lua been frequently made hop*
py In witnessing the harrassmonls Inflicted upon the
Democracy of Ihla Stale, by the guerilla bands who
hang-upon Ihbir.aklrls. By (ho following from a
late number of that paper, il looms that |(s Federal
friends are expossd.tb some of llio same pleasant ex
periences: ‘ . ■
. Unuukitionki* KnaVert.—Wo observe that Col.
O,'C. Nave, of jlomlrics county, la., who was a vol
unteer candidate for Congress, ugalnsl E. W. M'Gau
gJioy, has published a card,, in which ho formally
declares o separation from the Whig parly, and says
that.ho is M.henceforth a Ddmocraty dyed in the
wouh” lluppy riddance,-say wo.- • ;»
Gofrtt)ufei);—Tho flouring mills of Alr. Jolin filer*
roll', near tpwlslown,,Pa. f ,waro consumed by tire po
Sunday night,'together wilhfrom 500 loa 1000 busli*
oisdfgruh).' Loss 830,000. Wb understand that'
Mr. Stirrer,‘the day before the fire, had his mill in
sured in tho Cumberland Valley Insurance company
of this county, for $5,000. Ilia mill wosalsolnibr
ed‘for 85,(i00 in a Philadelphia company* His Ibssi
(therefore, wmbb about 810,0001
WLIFORNIA. DEMOCRATIC I
By .tho arrival of the Empire City at New York,
on Christmas day, from Cllngrcs; tvq have dales from
San Franciscu to lho 15ih ull., fourteen days later
than previous advices. Tho news she brings.is of a
highly interesting character. - ; : : f'
' .The eloction has terminated in favor of ,lbe demo*,
crats, who have succeeded in electing' tholr candi*;
dale, Peter' H.. Burnett, foP,GoTernbr!.ovor.;Caplain;
Joun A. Sutter, tho Whig candidqlp; ;From Uib
returns received! ihoro is. litllo doubt of the'success
of tho entire democratic ticket, and of course a ma
jority in both branches of the Legislature ; which
secure* gn ; addition of.twomorq Democratic mom*
bers of tho U. S. Senate. , »...
, total number of .votes east in San Francisco
was about 3,300.' ? all] tho were
independent
adopted unanimpus vole. {
The probabilities Rodman M. Price and
Geo. W*. Wright, democrats! are elected to Cqngress,
and that Col. Fremont, and will
bb elected U. S. Senators. { 1. ~ .
Tho empire City brought,.,22J passengers .and
aboutjiatf a million in.gojd dust. ■ 2
Foars.woro entertained of a famine in the interior
of California, the rainy season having sot in,' making
the roids.lo (ho lmpassible ' Provi
sions wore very high inSan Francisco. ;.;Pqrk was
selling pi 965, and flbur at $4O per.barrel. / •■.. i- V
Colpncl Collibi, the recently ’appointed Collector
of San Francisco, had entered,upon ll^o, duties of his
office. i . 1 , V
Speculation was as ripe as.over si San Francisco,
and buildings.going, up bt a marvollous rate.! Car
pcntcrs’ wogcs fIG a day., t -.
Tho mining season,was-over, and the miners were
returhing lo SanFroncisco in large.numbers. • The
yield this season is estimated at from eight Id four
teen millions.. Tho health of San Francisco and tho
interior towns was . not good—dystmlry and fevers
prevailing to a considerable extent, ,
Rkport.op the Secretary otr .the Treasury:.
—The Report of the. Hon.. Wm. M. Meredith,
Secretary 1 of the Treasury, U very long—loo long
for us to publish. It ie, in the language of the
Harrisburg Keystone', strongly infavor of in
creased and specific duties' for protection. The
old argument of-encouraging home industry by
taxing .the people on every: thing they eat, drink
and, wear, is .remoulded, and .reproduced,,lq-a
new dress; bul certainly not more attractive, or
impressive. Mr. Meredith is a man of talents,
a good lawyer, and a gentlemen; but the parly to
which he is attached necessarily, represses his ge
nius, and prevents ilfrora expanding with.'the.
progress find' improvements of-the ago. - Were
he ..attached .to the .Democratic parfy, and 'thor
oughly inibued with, the truth'.of Us great princi
; ple3, he would not waste his strength in ihe'vnln
» effort to sustain a theory which, both argument
i and experience, have demonstrated to be’ efrone
• OUB.
SuarENsioN or Diplomatic' with
Austria I .—Gen. Cass has; bee# the firsi'Mo move in
the Senate pf tho United Slatca the suspension of all
diplomatic intercourse with ,Austria. ' The proposi
tion submitted by Cen.’Cass in relation (o-lliis mat
ter is in lhe : form of a Resolution #f Instruction -to
the Committee pu Foreign Relations. It is: in the
following words:. .
Resolved, That the Committee-on Foreign Rela
tions bo instructed to inquro into the expediency of
suspending diplomatic relations-wilh Austria.
. No government more deserves the execrations and
abhorrence of the whole; Christian world than Aus
tria, red with tho blood of many of tho best and bra
vest of the land. Tho heart sickens.ot tho rccilui
of its bloody barbarities, and it is duo - lo the cause
of humanity, os well as of freedom, that such deles
liable crimes should not go unrebiiked by at least
one government in the world,and that the mosl'puw
crful of Republics. While we welcome lliosu whom
Austria has persecuted as friends and brothers, let
us not, by any del of ours,-appear to.sanction hur
abetninablo crimes. Sp says the Philadelphia. Led
ger*.
Slavery the Territories.—Tho delegates to
iho Convention that formed the California Constitu
tion in their address Is the people submitting to thorn
the results of the labors of. the Contention, sayj ,
, ‘‘ln unanimously resolving to exclude slavery from
the Stole of California, the great (nincip)a. h?p been
maintained, that to Iho people of each State. andTer
rllory, alone* belong (he right to cstitblish ouch mu
nicipal regolulions, slid to decide such questions-as
affect their own peace, prospbrhy and happiness."
That great 11 principle "is the- one laid down and
'maintained by Gen. Cass in (ho Nicholson letlcr, o«d
still maintained by that ablo statesman's is slipvvh
by the following paragraph, from llio Prairie (111.)
Democrat , referring to a recent interview with Gen.
.Cuss',
11 Wo had U from (ho lips of Gen. Cass himself,
but a few months ago, that lip should 11 certainly
vote for (he admission of California as a Slate, with
a Constitution prohibiting slavery," ns ho considered
that the only legitimate way to soldo tlio question in
the Territories. We understand .this tp ho General
Cass* poiiiiun, without any' hearsay or. conjecture
about it.’
•♦Mr, Cosois a minority Speaker:" 1
Carlit'.f Herald.
■, And, our neighbor might have added, Gen. Tat
-14*.15,e minority President.
An OmciAi* Dulu—-Tho President's Message
says j ■ ,»i ' .i.
“ We ar© at poaeo with nil the ioorldf and seek to
maintain our cherished relations of amity with the
reel uf mankind” t ■ ■.K
This , last reference, Iho- Phlla, licdger thinks,
tnustbo intended fur die •* buUldorß." Pethtips, how
ever, die President had reference to the Inhabitants
of the moon. . ,
CorJmtßFEiTa.—pur Stoto appears (o be flooded
with counterfeit money of 01l descriptions. Wo
think wo dro safe In Baying llialof llic Braall notcß
of oltysr Slates now in circulation, one.eighth of
them, ore counterfeits. . Notes of nearly every Stale
in the Union oro in circulation In this State. We
hopa the Legislature may adopt lomo mode that will
prevent the, circulation of (iicao rage in Pennsyl
vania,
' The CiresTKti Cou.NTr DANk.~Thp Village Rec
ord slates that'on amicable action has been entered
In tho Cuurl.:of Common Pleas of Chester county,
between the Dank of Chester county and the brokorb
of Philadelphia, who sued it for refusing to'rcdcem
certain amounts of Its old issues, Whoipby (lie rights
duties and liabilities ofthe respective parties will be
ascertained without unnecessary delay. - 1 r •'
Fir* and Calamity,— A fire In Washington, D.
C., 6n Christmas morning, destroyed a frame house
together with Us innialesj a man and li|s
three children.., : ,
I Mormon- Holidays.—' The Frontier, (Iowa), Guar*
diun announces that tho Morliion holidays -would
conuncnco on the SOlh instant, and publishes ,a se.
rios of regulations issued by, tho Council, sotting
forth . who may, and.who., may pot, -Join lit the sol-.
piun church dance, Thir seems a novel procedure
In tho Mormon community, arid. It will bo‘lnterest*
ing to hava a full description of it. ‘ 1
“» ht'tlf.', Ir L, -I . {>;■ ; 1 r-
: Tito freo Stales in tho lower house of Congress)
have 137 votes'j. thb slayo l Kt6tes, oh< ■ ■ 1 > ■
OpprcMiou of the Hnuscarlan , »
The following curious memotials of the tyranny
Ulfey have escaped,' wore by iho Hungari
ans. They aro laws to regulate affairs in Iho
Thoy'.arcsij'inhmnbor, oi^aro.
'kHiiqUovva’i r ~’ j. \; *j : \>v • iX , \
ist No Hungarian shall wear his hair Idngcr.lhar^
one Inch in length.:• * ‘ * r .vi
2d No one shall wear any ejavat nr othes articles
of clothing of a red color, or with rod in H. f r,
3d No.Hungariuri ,shall wear his shirt collar dour
bled down a I'Amertiaine. , v v . ,7
4lh No Hungarian shall wear a beard on Ins dim
or whisker* on “.is checks,
Slh No ono shall wear n broad hut band on Ills
hat. but only a very narrow hat band. '
6lh No one shall wear d feather in lits i cop. ■
Such are Iho regulations. For Iho first offcnce.lho
penally is flogging} for thn second, death. CB ®
are curious regululhms, and-fully show, the nature of
the governmcntjwhich now hh* *l® fool.uppn-prpstO l^ o
Hungary. If any one is cdnoaiKo . llie ," l i Wo
,pf iho who liaspassed, AV® t*
name is—Hsyndu. m
Ths Goiib Dollars.— What, hastoome of Uu»
gold dollars % We have not' seen qne of* them for
three'mqnths. The 'Wasljingfon says'thai
there has been, more .than, a million of ths g
dollars icoinod and l isSued’up loiilhis‘datd. It
urges'that this coinage ’should be'inorehsed jo .dl
least five millions.' .Mbro tlian that, will ba re
quiredrto make ihe gold doliars ; circiilato iamong
Me people f unless, 'indeed;; aonie godd fortune
should intervene, to drive. : the out of
oirculaUtjn.
■ .Death.oYau, Editor.—The* Columbus. (Gp.) En
quirer of the dlli lnst;, corricslo us dressed in mourn,
nig for-the death, of Geo. W. Hardwitk, one of llio
editors of that paper.
Byroats said to have remarked that‘‘the greatest
trial to a tho ungraceful pel of
of eating eggs.", Somo Fapkoo remarks that the
pool could never have seen a lady hanging on by .the
teeth to a blaring-hot corn cob.:> ... . ,
Worse' off than the House .up
Tiie Senator^,of Ohio .have hold- twodiundr'ed ond
eleven ballot 11 ngs for-a presiding without
being able to make a choice. They arc divided—lB
to 18. r :
■ Death of the State Rrporteß.—R.M* Burr, Esq.,
Stole Reporter, died suddenly in Reading, on .Wed
nesday last, Mr. Barr was\appointed by Governor
Shnnk, and discharged (ho duties of 1)1* offices .with
fidelity, and satisfaction to the legal profession. Ills
term would lidvo.cxpircd in January next.
. Death or Mr. Knoop.—Wo regret to learn that
Gcorgo W. Knoop, (ho celebrated viplonpcllistv died
at his resilience in, Pliiludvtplila, bn Tuesday lasl.rj-
Tho loss of Mr. Knoop lo the musical circles,,and
a host of personal'friends, wiihbe irreparable, v
Melancholy 1 Bereavement.—The Philu. ■ North
/lnien’cbn, of Saturday, says—Wo* regret lo learn
that tho Hon. Joel Jones, mayor of this bily, met
with., a melancholy bcrcavemonti yesterday, in the
loaa of an only, daughter, an interesting child about
six years old. The circumstances attending the
death . of (ho little girl, were of a Very distressing
nature. . Oh Monday lust, she swallowed n piece of
ivory, about the size of a small button, wliich'lodged
in her throat, and the.injury she, thereby sustained,
resulted fatally, in spito of the most eminent surgi
cal and medical skill.
• Affecting Incident.—The Boston ■ Herald men
tions the occurrence of a. singular Incident* sumo
days ngo, in the City Lunatic Asylum, .‘ flbmq years
since a woman came to,this ’country, from Ireland,
and was recently followed by her daughter. Doth
were seized wlt/i insanity, and withorit knowledge of
each olhcr’a fate, came to the Asylum for treatment.
Being accidentally; placed near.each other, (hey mot
in the hall,and their clouded reason waSslifilelenily
strong and clear to permit them to rocogiiifcb each
other. Tho meeting, tinder the circumitpnccs, was.
oftho most affecting character,and naturally awoke
strong interest in those who witnessed lt» - - -
TetKfltui'H ’Timooart ti!b Scientific
American la authorized to Malctiml ah*.extensive
guila pc'rcHa manufacturer of Now Vorli,stands rea
dy .to lay. down# and guaranty, its integrity for .-ten
years, a lino across the At)antio)of perfectly insulated
wires covered with GntU Pcrctfe;Tor a sum.not to
exceed three.lidllisns of dollars, to be completed jn
twenty months from date of contract. This grand
scheme wilt receive (he attention of Congress at on
early day. . 110 is also ready to lay down o : pimildr
lino pntho underground plan, from the Rlissusippl
Is the Pacific, to bo completed within threo years
from the dale of contjact.
. A Triumph ok SunoEßt.-—Surgery as a science, of ’
Into years, says tho Public Ledger, has been exteruiing
its operations into now field#, and notes, Kepi*/nnd
lower jaws nro supplied from puHlons of thu' face
and head will) as much fucillly as tho' broken note
of a statue cap bo restored Will) ft lilllq ; chiy. The
N, V. Journal,of Commerce records n singular ease
of ft munwho presented himself to Professor Parker
of the Crosby Street. Medical School. Ile wus' suf- ■
fering from a cunccroos affection of the Jower jaw,
both of-which wero extensively diseased. Jl was
decided thatlhey must bo removed, or dcoth'would
soon follow. Tho; man consented, and w.us put’hd*
der the influence of chloroform. I'Jol oiily lho llp,
but most of tho lower jaw WaS cut away, leaving a
, hideous opening, directly into.tho throat. ,To close 1
i up this aperture, and enable the man to retain food
Idiißcoliohs were'carried on hearty to the dot ftnd
downward, until e flaps* I ,large enough to bring ihero
round beneath the upper jaw* and ucarly.closa up the
opening, wore secured. Thoi wound has since heal*
od. Tho man's lower Jaw is gono.and his mouth',
now Is merely an opening under tho upper jaw, cn.
abloa him to uho simple food ; but ho line no power
of.inasticalion; Distinct ertlculallon is destroyed,
and 4 yolho contrives.to make himself understood by
a guttural sort of language. This is the 6IH operation
1 which lias been performed upon this man, oml yet
another will probably bo necessary. Indications of
the disease begin again to manifest themselves, and so
tenaciously is life coveted, that ho is oven anxious 1
ho t to have other portions of his face and jdW,!
removed, if tho dlsoiso can bo eradicated./ "
' Fast . Travelling.— Tho’ express, with' lit?
President's Message, reached Albany In'di hours
and 40 minutes from New York—distance ID2A
miles—-rato'or running aiiljour .l K *
President Taylor and Slavery
rlsburg Kcytjom, In-speaking of Gen,./Taylor 1 *
IMeesngo,says: ;■ ■; . i. ,;r.
Oii the quostrch of slavery In thdjtorrliorlßB, lh‘6
President |s for-hon-inlbrvcntlon,, nnd jbltibgmo
people settle thb nuoalion for lliornaolvcß. This
is tho ground wliioli Gen. CosaboldlY aiuToptnjy
assumed bcfqrQ ihp olcclion. wliild Taylor
remained mum,pbrmiuinghls frjohds.inyho north
to represent him ps.opposqd to iipoxlonsion, while
in the «ou|ht ho loft his friends to represent him
as in fnvor of It*,or to infer his opinions fromhla
locality and the fuel that ho wns a slaveholder
.himself. i This; kind of double deal ing,-wo trust,
Will never prevail again*' On tho tariff andOnlovnal
improvements, It is Wltl£ but and out. "
i.lliß',estimated .that .10,000 slaves have i died l , ofi
cholera in tho Southern cities.- - • > h-i -* 1 : ; |
CANAIi COMMISSIOriEn.
WoJmvo been a friend to publish the
following conimunioallyhi which wo do whh grout
pleasures. ; We havd kUofrhnr. Ouca from our our.
Heel recollection. Ho i'r a mp.l worlhy man in ov
ery iro.pbci; and wflald mako a moat efficient mem.
ber'.of ibft'Canul JJoar.d..
j OtrES, ESQ. '
Mr. Editor recent -number ■ of tho * Juniata
Register’* introduces' the'name .of this gentleman’
in connection with llioofHco of Cano! Commissioner.
It may, perhups, bo an early, period to suggest tho
numos o/ candidates, though 1 see other journals of
Pennsylvania bringing forivurd'their friends of both
parties with tho ft/ptff[Oon£asfc]pf; Ihfh mer
its and claims; Presuming, therefore, that it is m
accordance with tho'cusioinary usages of political
organizations to commence early »«forth
their candidates before tho public; I'oannol refrain
from joining- heartily the Mr,
Olcs. r | , r T i I jv r r '| rin-l/ / t’J 1 1 fs s
• - il.liavo the pleasure ofthnowing.hfaßWbJl, uHddah
.speakjofjhim intelligibly.f‘tiparly.life,hp (
thrown upon hla ovvnjesaurpeswilji toe,rough world
before him. No “ royal road ” either to loaHiiogiop
slation throw open its) gates amHnvited him to an
oaky,-indolent pursuit.
ebbs was. ever I®, bp
himaclf.and by,lumssir.- Bul;.l)iii('pcbspepyhouirh
Tur from alluring, did noi dauni ! bim; <;
good constitution, a'sooltd ■morul nnitiVo. a'pbW’erful
will, and indomilablp-pcrp;ovcrancp r ho baffled fear
lessly every, difficulty which,met him and triumph
ed over all obstacles. . By trade a carpenter ho «och
rebelled the head of his profeastorii jind alaTgeriata
ber of .court, housbadnd ji.dayy tho
confidence of the public in. hiaskillundinlegriiy.-j
These facts pro Ml urged for any object they are not
competent lb accomplish,’and .I ljavo no'-, wish..liut
they shpuld-be, cohsidercdviira'light in .which they
aro not intended to be viewed;*they slirlply Iftdlcald
iho industry and fidelity -of lhe~man concerning
whom they are related.: i* ’ v
Though never a solicitor of governtnent patronage,
Mr. Oles has frequently been engaged upon the pub.
lie works; and 1 his ebVcrvalion-and experience in
this department hero been eminently calculated to
give him a practical-familiarity with tho complicated
duties incident to tho office of canal commissioner;
and tho Ural instance Is ycl td bo pdynriccd in which
ho ever fulled.in rendering,llje irip’sl. dpthplclo satif.
faction. 1 have bp hesitation..in.prcdicilnf that if
ho is elected, he will make One oftho most-energetic
and efficient officers that department hasknownstnee
its organization. , ... } ’ 4 “
Fur several years Mr. Olcs has boon’ living upon
his beautiful farm In Juniata,county,’'.enjoying tho
well earned reward ol his innnly e.xorttpns. Bland,
affable and upright In his inicrcourse with men, ho
possesses the respect of a Urge circle of friends, and
no inconsiderable portion of his lime is devoted to
reading and conversation.,/Soi fur, ks ho is known
(and his acquaintance is by no ,‘incarisi limited} no
miin stands'lilghcr in public estimation ; and in tho
event of- his‘ nomination by parly,
his election is beyond thb possibility of a doubt.
Cj* A bill has been introduced ill' the legislature of
Soutli CurolinA, inipo«ing ; a ( fipo ; of l god twelve
months imprisonment tipoH'aJij? postmaster who shall
Knowingly deliver ip unyj person any.* written or
printed poptr'dr^lci^Cj cnl
dilated to dislurb lho’peace bftho people-ih relation
to the slave population thereof.! /i'lh’s 4 pf.ppnreo, will
amount to noUilngVobthe poslhlu>l(cr .lifts no discre
tion in the mutter* . ji,
AJ<NtxATjf>N jx Canada.— Ths Canadian dovern
m.eht Is ul length' taking engnibantfe. of the advo
cates of nnneialion, To have signed the dftnbiatldn
ad(|ross r or th'advocate tho proposition, |s political
treas'ori, panisliubloby >cmovq'lTrom-office Irt all ra
ses where officcs.aru held by i(herabtla l ai|itf. i
her .of functionaries 1 < have.' been,(removed ’fafVthis
cause.
CttV o* MahV ClloKtilßfii—Tiro plnfclniiilU CMs-
Han Herald states'that Indianapolis; ihp : cbJrllalt of
Indians, has a population of C;750 whlil? dliiirchcif
I>Bo9. c|mrch members, and 1 j5OO member's ;or ; ,tlio
Sabbath Schools.. - .. .■
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