'SI* TOE VOLUNTEER. John B. BrKttouivlklU«r ohd-Prbpt-lotor. C ARXIStE, TUVRSDAT, JAN>Y. Ivy VBBO. AGENCY. ■ S&-V' W. PAIiMQR, E«q.,t«ouT .authorized agent fnr tiro* curlag adveriiauioents, receiving subscriptions ami making collections for tbs American Volunteer, at trisuflfea, N.W, «ornerof TWril aad Ckeenat atroets, riilladelphU. Democratic State Central Commuted The members ofthe Democratic State Committee ere requested to meet at BoEiir«ERV Hotel, In Harris* burg, on Tuesday the 39 th January, 1850, ut 3 o’clock, P. M. fortho purpose of fixing the timo and place for the meeting of the next Democratic StatoCon vention. v J. GLANCY JONES, Chainnafs G» G, Wkstoott, Secretary. ' ' • page will .bo fbfmdlho proceed* ings of-the Editorial’ Convention winch assembled -at Harrisburg’on'lho Ist inst. 'Also, an abstract ol the Report of the Board of Canal Commissioners, together with other interesting reading mailer. O* Messrs. Church and Scobllcr, of the House, add Mr. Marlin, Transcribing Clerk in Iho Sonalo, will accept oar tlianks for sending us copies of the Report of the Board of. Canal Commissioners. ■ The State liCcisLATunE.-—Bul llUlo business of any importance has as yet been transacted by our State Legislature. A groal number of bills, howev cycr, havo been reported, which cro long will bo act ed upon. The present appears to bo a working Leg islature, and wo may hope that the necessary legis lation will be speedily gone through with, and that an early adjournmenlwill follow. Fourth Lectors, -/The fourth lecture of liio course will be. delivered by bur townsman, the Rev; J. V, E. Thorn, dl Education-Hall, this (Thursday) evening. Subject—*♦ Tho Eyo and tho Ear—The Tongbe and the Thumb.” Mr. Thorn, as our chi* ' zens are aware, is a gentleman well qualified to do Justice to almost any, subject, and we hope to sco o full audience this evening; Strangers and others who may wish to spend an evening in a profitable way, ' should attend the lecture. The object of these lec- 1 tores is a benevolent one—that of raising funds fur I (ho relief of the poor of our town. Wo hope, there* 1 fore, as wo said before, to see thorn oncourogod. Tho 1 subject to be discussed by Mr. Thorn is a novel one, end no doubt will prove as entertaining as it is no* Ttl. Liberality.—* The prisoners confined in our County Jail, in a letter to us, request that we re* turn their sincere thanks to the Kev. J. V. E. Thorne, for the sumptuous dinner furnished (hem on Christmas day, and also for his liberality in presenting the prisoners with .copies of the New Testament. Also to J. 13. Parker, Esq.,''for fur nishing them a New Year dinner. They also re* quest us to stale that they are kindly, treated by * our gentlemanly Sheriff and his amiable lady, to whom, they say, they are indebted for many com* forts., ■ Fjnb SL'GioitiNd.—For the lust Ibw days wo have lied delightful sleighing 1 , and our friends appear to bo enjoying themselves finely. Thu snow is about eight or ten inches in depth, and if i|io weather continues cold—and wo hope it may—the sleighing will con tinue for. some time., .~:lCfuuk ov.ths House, at Washington.—' The long , cpnlfSst for Clerk of Jho . House of Representatives 1 lerminated on Friday., On (he last ballot {beingllic 20th) .Mr. Campbell, tho Federal candidate, was elected over John W. Forney, the Democratic nomi nee. The vole stood, Campbell 119,’Forney 96, scattering 15. Campbell's election woe effected through the treachery of eight Southern Democrats, vis: Messrs. Colcock, Ewing, Hubbard, McQueen, Wbodward, Orr, Venable, and Wallace. Wo regret the defeat of Foincy. Ho was the nominee of the party, and should have been elected. He has been sacrificed'by Southern Democrats, for no other rea* son than because ho is a Northern man. Mr. Forney, as editor of the Pennsylvanian, has on all occasions defended the Southern men in their wild ideas con cerning the extension of slavery—but all this did nc! avail him in tho hour of need. Eight Southern Democrats voted.for his Federal.opponent, and elec ted him. It Is lime tbo North should assert her independence and retaliate on the South. Mu. Fobncv, in a Card, published in the Pew jy/camon, returns his thanks to those Democrats of the House who voted for him during the differ ent ballolings. We take from it the following extract; It dow not become mo, to comment, in this place, upon the course which led a few Southern Democrats to vole for a Southern Whig; thus separating themselves from the mass of their po litical brethren from the Sooth, and magnanimous ly deciding in favor of those who voted for a Ver mont abolitionist, rather than a Union Democrat; nor is it necessary that I should point an indig- , nanl Democracy to the manner In which men like David Wilmot and PiiEsroN -Kino, sent to Con- ' gross by 'Democratic votes, IraVo, for seven fong 1 weeks, distinguished themselves by pfomotrn" u disorganization of Congress, leading to - pendilure of largo sums of public money, and by constant and Industrious efforts to break down the I Democratic parly Itself. Their conduct has ; bcot\' watched 100 Intensely from the fust day of the session, by the Democrats of the whole Union, not to have awakened a feeling of wide and irre pressible indignation. Bfuo Hods, or York Codnvv.— Wilftam W. Wolf, Eiq„ of Wrightsvillo, in (his county, slaughtered a Hog on the 27th ult., which weighed, when dressed, .557 pounds—live weight Cd 6 pounds. A pretty fair ■ample—who can beat it 7—York Republican. Here's one to beat it.— Dr. Jacob liny, of this .'borough, had a. Hog slaughtered on tho 3d instant, which weighed, when dreseed, SCG pounde! and we (list it was nut more then about nineteen Months old.— York Oaxette, . '♦Who-,can beat It?” asks the York Republican.— W* eihowor old Mother Cumberland cun beat it, easy. A fetV doyssipoo Mr. Dillpw, residing near CurlUlo, killed a liof, wliloiVwelglicd,clean meat, G 33 pounds. We hope oiir York friend* wi(( hold Ihoir tongues hereafter about their frag effort!* .Probable.—A despatch from- W’oaWnylon to llie Vo«f York Bxpreaa says, Mi*. Bqulci*, Who has .figured in the Nicaragua qucatlorf, and Mr. Chat* field, who ia no Icaa conspicuous, flro to bo roi .Bailed by, their respective governments, These Iwbxealou* official* out of llio way, tho diliiculiy between lbs two government* may be morp caeily ■ adjusted. . ' P*REKAti Case.—' The Grand jury, which met -in Boston bn Monday, was to Investigate the Park* man murder. In eaee they find a bill against Web. aler U Will bb. forwarded to thu Supremo Court, whore lio. will bo arranged, and then a lime for trial will be I Aligned. A daring attempt wbb made to obtain the • evidence given before the Coroner's Jury in the Park* roan oaae. Suppoalng that the evidence Whs in pos. •Ipn of tho Coroner, hi* oflloe. wo* entered und hi* deck- and »afo forced , open. A list oPtho. witnesses in Ibe ouaowa* carried ofl, but ihe'dboumcnl' want* cd wa« not,there. Eclipse or the Sun.— There will not bo a total *el2p*e of. tire inn In any part’of America until (ho 7th of August, 1869—20 year*.., . .’ (&Th9 Central Railroad car* now run to M'Vey. (own, twelve miles above Lowislown. POLITICAL CAMP FOIiLOWEUS. ; The Wilkcsbarre Farmer and journal-r-ono of the' most reliable Democratic papers in the Slate —lakes the right view concerning thojreachery.of MriVV lsntine Best, the Judas 'lscariot. : who transferred, himself by aid of. bis own volo.nnd that-of IhoTcde* ralists, to lire Speaker’s chair of the Senate. Thai paper soysrr V' > , *‘Tl»e ruuli «of Mr. Best; Is the fault of the school to which ho belongs, and oflho people .in upholding tho delinquencies of that school.'’ There is much truth in.the above remark. it is a Well known fact that in nearly ovory county of our Slatolhero exists a band of political traders,who hang to tho skirts of the Democratic parly for ll»e purpose of accomplishing their own selfish purposes. Many of lire leaders of this infernal fuclion, arc men of wealth | and power, who are consluntly at work in pushing j forward, to places of power and trust, the satellites of (heir own faith,' They profess great reverence ; for the principles of .Democracy, when begging, fur office, but.no sooner are they in a position by - which, to try their fidelity, than the clovonfool of Federal ism is plainly 'made visible. As members of Assem bly, they are always in market,'ready and willing to aid thoso who pay first. They.arc willing instru ments’ in Hid hands of. corrupt men, to aid in any political villainy, provided by so doing, they can secure power, place, arid money for themselves.— These men may be termed camp followers in tho ranks of tho Democracy of Pennsylvania—men who fight for pay, and who have no principle beyond that which regulates (he receipts of .their pockets, and who, like Hessian troops, are always in market, open’ to the highest bidder. We are not surprised at- the treachery of Valentine Best—he has done nothing more than any one.uflho faction to which ho belongs i would do under similar circumstances—he Is but J obeying the commands of. (hose wiio are identified J with him. Ills amusing to notice-(ho 0/ywrent .in- 1 dignalion expressed against JVIr. Best' by moo who belong to tho same school of politicians with himself* They pursue this course for tlio purpose of blinding the people; but give these same men power and op* porluniiy—give them but a chance to accept a bribe —and they will forget their former, professions, and like Valentino Best, they will sacrifice Democratic 1 principles upon tho alter of mammon. They join in 1 the cry against Best, because they well know that to 1 defend him openly they could not so well hereafter impose upon the Democratic party. But, it Isa fact that many uf the men who now denounce tho trcach* crousSpcakcr, have themselves been guilty, on former occasions, of political troachsry equally culpable.— Wc might name 'certain editors in this Stale, who are now denouncing Best—but who secretly chuckle because of his aposlacy—and who on more than one occasion heretofore, have not only countenanced dis organization and troachory in the Democratic party, but rejoiced at (ho same, and defended the ring-load ers engaged in it. -These editors belong to the same school of politicians to which Mr, Best belongs, . Tliey affect to denounce Best, but they tljeinselvos arc equally guilty of political offences, for they, have as sisted to defend and sustain worse acts of treachery than that committed by their friend, Valentino Best* But, wo have extended this article to a greater length than we intended. Wo will only say in con* elusion to our Democratic friends of this State, that if they wish to pat down political traitors and dis countenance disorganization, they must not place reliance on the honied words and interested promises of men who gamble in politics for their own oggran* dizemont.- TI|B Democratic parly most gcl rld of the'camp fajjjowors who cling like-leeched toils skirts. Treachery th a member of Assembly, Of In any other,officer, should forever damn him with his parly.. Let those who wish to dig their own political 1 graves, by acts of treachery to their party, do so, but never give them an opportunity of repeating tho of fence. SMALL NOTES OF OTHER STATES. We hope something will he done by our Slate Legislature to banish tho depreciated small note currency of other Stales with which the people oi Pennsylvania are now annoyed. It is estimated that eomo three or four millions of dollars of these notes aro in circulation in this State—a grant portion of which are counterfeits, and but few If any of them at par value. In order to correct this evil.stringent measures should ,bd adopted. Let a law be passed imposing 0 penally of ten or twenty dollars on any person tendering or receiving such paper money, one half of the tine to enure to (ho county in which tho offence is committed, and the other half (0 tho informer. Tho circulation of these small notes of other States has a tendency to drive out of circula tion the notes of solvent Pennsylvania banks. Tills Js known and felt by every business man, and we assure our law-makers at Harrisburg that.they will he rendering (ho State Vfoffic *ori’ice ,r if (hey can adopt a plan to gel rid of this nuisance^ xbW I'AI'EHS* jACitaori CTkhocrat. —Wo liaro receded seVcrnf numbers of a new Democratic paper beoring (lie < above title* It is published in Bedford, by Messrs, I Sandotn and Carpenter, onij, if wo may judge from i its editorials end general Appearance, it promises to 1 be an able auxiliary m the glorious came of demoo* | racy. Sueccsrto It. The Mining Reoute*:, is (tie tUfo of a new Dem ocratic paper published at PotUvlUo,tho firstnum her of which is before' us. It is a largo, able and’ beautiful paper, and *w edited by C. M. Hall and U.| L. Vllol, Esqrs. We wish ha able editors a good ro* ward fur their labors. , St. Mary’s Rewbi.icah. —We havo received' the Ihst number of a well conducted Democratic paper beating the above title.' It is published at St. Mary's, Dlk county, by C. Buck Poller, Esq. We wish il abundant success,- Toll Ifovtaß Burnt'.— I Yho Harrisburg tJwion of yesterday says—About six o’clock on Saturday mor* iiing lust (he toll house ot* tho West end of llio liar* riiburg Bridge, was discovered to be on fire In tho Qtlic, and before the onglncs from town could reach It tho greater part of (ho wood work was destroyed. Tho House belonged to 1 the Harrisburg Bridge com* puny. Mr. Lambo the collector, Ibil considerable In furniture, bedding, clothing, &o. lUouoiNa tiir Expenses or Collecting the Cui tomb.—The Secretary of (ho Treasury ha* issued a circular, containing instruction* to (he Collcdtora.and other officers of tho ouiloma, and for llio purpose of reducing the expenses of collecting the revenue.— 7'ho crows of the revenue culler* are to be dlaoharg. od, end (ho vessel* laid up. The expense of~ weigh ing, gaugidg ui 1 measuring merchandise a* per tariff aol of 3UIU of July, IWfei is‘lo bo borne by (ho own. era, agents or oonalgnoe. The oxponab .attending (ho appraliement of merchandise, auch os labor, oar* lego, storage, &.0., must bo paid by Ibe importers, I and will be charged on (he goods* and collected be fore delivery. A Northwest Passage.— Tho British frigate Api* phatrite, sloop of whr* Hecate, and (ho Roynl Thame* yulch, club adir. Nun*/ Dawson, 4; guns, ul MuaaU lan, awWcd on the 1(1 th iiul; from llio Northern 1 Oocan; They have discovered aN. W, paaaago in lot. 73, and about 30J, and gone one degree und a half furthur North (hnn any vessel has. previously been. Have discovered a new Continent, but on do. count of ice, could not approach nearer than fifteen inilos to land." Did not find Sir John Franklin, and' on account of ice was ibroed to leave. ,- t Th.e Late Oovornbr^hnhki The Editor ofthe Nomß.iowii Walchitia‘n, rc'ccnriy visited the ploce 'of burial of the lamented Snimfe, lo tho old grave yard at Iho Truppe, in'Monlgomery. counly; and there, ho Buys, ,beneath an humble mound/ unadorned, without obelisk, tomb, or slab, With nothing to murk tho spot, save a lonely flower (hat faithful-hand had planted, sleeps in death the remains of Pennsylvania’s'ditto Execu tive. . In the sumo article, ho urges the completion of the proposed monument Ip tho lute making 1 uac of the following forcible appeal« Surely it cannot be, that, with, the Democracy of Pennsylvania, all regard for the services of its late chief, has been buried .with, his, ashes—that the thousands who' were tho adniircrs of his political consistency, tils unsullied integrity, and exalted pa triotism, and whomever hailed his presence with sincere delight, dr else deceit that counterfeited joy —surely It cannpl bo with these, now when tho .day has arrived to testify' their regard, riot with the sleek language of tho lips, but tho pure offering of (ho heart, that they hide their hoads lb absence, or else, with bold effrontery,, irreverently. answer—it is too late! Assuredly, the deceased deserves a better fate.— Among tho glittering throng of names that sparkle on the page of Pennsylvania’s history, none shines with a purer radiance than tlmtof Francis R.Shunk. His life, was tho typo of. bis country's history—nur luiO'd at the cold breast of poverty—with an educa tion of an inferior order—with no bright hope to lure him on—ho was yet gifted with those weapons that battle down alt opposition, and win their way lo victory—indomitable energy and indefatigable Industry— ‘-Qualities that surest lift tho climber to the lop, Ami help to keep him tliefe." ! lie arose steadily and surely, not like some of-thls day, who rise to .power and patronage over heads of loftier intellects limn .their own ; but by the force of un unassuming and substantial merit,..widening his influence, and Increasing ills friends, until the voice of (ho people'lifted him to'the Execulivo Chair of I the Stole. And, seated in the Gubernatorial Chair, ho wielded the power delegated to him In’such aj manner as has shed a halo of brightness around hi*' administration, A PIIISONfiIR ELECTED MAYOR OF FITTSBUItG I It appears that tho Whigs of Pittsburg, have dee* ted.a man for Mayor who is.distinguished for nfiy thing else than respectability or prudence., lie was in prison ul the lime, Tor spine violation of the com* mon decencies of life, was pardoned, by Governor Johnston the day before the election, and then elected Mayor. The Poll says* The vote polled in the city, was Very largo for a municipal election. It will bo seen that Mr. Guthrie received 1684 voles in the nlno wards, which U about the usual Democratic strength*. Barker’s friends rallied in the.morning, and made extraordinary ef forts throughout the whole diy for tho “martyr."— Towards noon, the Whigs, finding that there was no prospect of electing McCulchcon, generally abandon ed their man, and turned in for Baxkcr. The elec tion of the latter was the result. Although a largo portion of our citizens appear to think that the election of Barker will give a license to'rowdyism, violence and Indecency, yet. wo hope such will hot bo.tho case. There Is a moral feeling dwelling In the hearts of a majority of our citizens, which will prevent anything like violence or anarchy from toking place. But if our woral fears arc real ized, llio responsibility must rest with tho Whigs who abandoned their own Candidate and voted for Barker* v : * . Tho pardon of Barker by Onv. Johnston on Mom day, (Ae dtty befdrt tht blttlion, and tho eager haste with which the fact was communicaM by telegraph} Would seem to'leave tho conclusion that there was some secret Understanding between tho Whigs and the Darker men» : ' " t Wo present'below (ho ’ Vole Incafc'h Word, which wo presume wilP with the official returns: 1 , ’* n - f tVurds, OaiArlc. McCutcheon. - Barkeri 1.l Word, 103 . IDs) 274 . 2d id. ' 173 120 176 3d do 371 107 378 4th do 150 . 208 . 158 ■Slit: do 315 77 857 6lh do 205 125 129 . Till do 70 66 65 Bih do . 80 #5 lift . Dili da 48 44 83 1581 1)71 1787 The Commercial Journal, a respectable Whig* pa per, thus writes of tho new Mayor: It (here is any relish of salvation in the fellow, ho hos now a chance to triumph over us, by proving himself adequate to the duties of the office, and dis closing traits of character, which heretofore have not marked and prudence. Wo are entirely disposed to give Joo a chance* although we cannot hu( deplore his election. Tub Mails.—Tub Mails.—Neter before in (ho memory of man says the Baltimore Argus, was there such'confusion and neglect in the mail department. Wo had a dozen of letters lost, mislaid, or detained for days, within the last week or two, between hero and Washington* and so it is in. every direction.— Our exchanges roach Os at uncertain intervals, ond wo cannot count,on anything with certainty* except that this administration 1 Will eonltnfte’lo MiWci 1 , stf long as it continues la exist. Mr. Collamcr’s now assistants may possess '’integrity,” but many of.them arc woftflly deficient in n csphCify” to. discharge the duties assigned them. Whoso duty is it to apply the corrective? I/et thorn go to work,-for it Is tf idly needed/ Tftie rtinio Li'NDi.—-Front tho Report pf ifw Cum mtaloncr of tho Genera) Land Office,U appears that during the past jear upwards of 4)9 million acres of land were advertised .for sale, aqd more than six umi la half inillruns are prepared for markct design of justifying to his constituents the part lie saw fit lo act in regard to the Spqarkership in Congress'/ for which the reader, will iernember he was a very prominent-candidate* Mf. Brown ssys:' ■ 11 1 declared to the Free-Soil men, that if elected I would appoint committees on the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and oh Territories, com posed of able, and impartial members from both the North and the SoulhV.Whd would act fairly and riot stifle the public voice, by refusing to re port upon the important questions of slavery that might bo presented. This declaration, made in good faith and all candor, has been denounced by Southern men as treachery of the blackest charac- Frdm this charge I appeal to ray ‘constituents* and to the freemen of the Northern Slates. Ought 1 lo have acted otherwise? . I had rather been de feated with the vole 1 redeived, than to have been elected under a pledge, to pack the committees for the benefit of the slave-holding interest of the SoQihj -Hut the time has come when the North will no longer, bow the neck to the slaveocracy of the South. 1 am done. She cannot be satisfied with a moderate conservative support, but you must become the defender, of het institutions. . If you doubt or falter, you are denounced as a traitor, and With a lordly arrogance you are told that they, will dissolve the Union. .Their course of conduct has fully determined me never again lo be a candidate for Congress, ,My conscience tells, n.e I have done right, and I khow.a generous and confiding constituency will sustain my.course. Tho delegates, lo the Convention that framed, ’ tho California Constitution, in their address to the people submitting to them the result of the labors of (he Convention, Say i ... ■ “In unanimously resolving Ip exclude slavery from the State of Californio, the great principle [has been maintained, that to the people of each State and Territory, alono belongs thoright' to es tablish such municipal regulations, and to decide such questione rs affect their own peace, prosper ity aud happiness, , '■ Tte Lords of tH6 Loom. —lt would scorn from the following paragraph' from tho London Punch, that tho protectionists of England sfe in-about as embar rassed a condition as those of the United States : The protectionists complain bf their poverty, and -yet they afo Icablihg all over tlio land., They oat, drink, and aro not merry. Their meetings arc graced ’ with “ every delicacy, of the season," and, notwithstanding, their talk is starvation. Wo can not understand it; for one thing is perfectly clear (hat in tho midst of nil their starvation, r they ato ne ver in want of a dinner,.or at a hiss for a guinea to gel It. Larqk GoLb Bdngor Whig Stales that a man named Carmichael, baa retlirnbd trom California, where hehas been for more, than a year past) and that he posesses certificates of hav ing deposited at thb in i ill bVer ilvo hundred pounds of gold dust! It js a stNduLAlt proofbf whig inconsistency, that, while tho whig party wnscryingodl rtlbsl Inordinate ly last, full fur “Protection to American Industry," tho-President was orderlng*from England a lol.oi British goods for the White'. IIousu! broaching lb Uno thing, and practice is distinctly another.' Per haps General Taylor has nol yet Studied the primer of Whlgi&in all through* Monilon Coin.— 'Mie Mpnnohd of the Great Salt Lake Sfllliohmnt have, it appears, sot up a mint of their own, and are issuing coin after their own peculiar ideas. The editor of tho San Fran cisco paper has bc&orbb pofisod&ed of a Specimen, and describes it in the following manner: Of nil the fanciful fprms into which our golden wealth is wrought, this sainted shnpo excels in singularity. Its weight is about 15 dwts, Troy; Us chrfent wrifth, among (lie Mormons, ifi £0 dol lars. Its circumferenceits that of a Spanish half doubloon. One side boars the inscription *• Holi ness to the Lord,’* With the All-Scolng Bye sur mounted by the prophet’s cap; on the reverse ap pear the initials,'oi.lo p, 0., the grasp of fel lowship, with the date (IfMl)) and value of the piece. It is clumsy, and in execution without merit. - ; Terrible Tragedy- in Nitw Jersey—Murker or a HusdXnd and Wife!—Wo learn from IhoPaltcf-i son (N. J ) Guardian, extra, that that community has been (brown into great excitement in consequence of llio mbriW, 6fi Monday; night, of two persons, rcsi ding three miles from I’ultuMon; The victims arc John SftVnn Winkle and his wife, on dged couple, and lung residents of the country. The atrocious deed was accomplished, as there appears nb di/tfbly by one John Johnson; a laboring farmer, The Gdoif, dian say*; ~ The murderer, soma two or three years since work* cd for his Victim ad a IWinCi 1 , rfnd at tho time was employed by sumo of his neighbors in the sotfiC Ca pacity. Jt would seem ibul Johnston effected on entrance into the house through on upper, window, by means of a ladder,and docending to the bed io6m of lus victim below, accomplishing his murderous purpose by first attaching tho vyifo who slept in front, thin' fhe hudbiilid, iihd again the rtlfc. Tho second attack appear* to liufo immediately deprived tho Wife of life; (ho hdsband is still living, hut his death is momentarily expected by tho atlcn* ding physicians, such is the extent of his wounds.— The chief instrument used appears to have been a knife, though the husband beats the nra'rks of a hat chet. Emcli received several stabs in different parts lof the body,- including (hfc-abdomen, and (he eight which thu bodies presented when discovered was a most harrowing one, the bowels of (ho husband os* pccUlly protruding and lying by hit side, Tho floor and bed were sttluralod with blood,-at may be I supposed from (he nature a'nd number ol tho wounds. A boy only slept Vn tbo some dwelling.,, Aroused by tho noiao in Ihu room be law, arid, ascertaining on dcccnding and softly opening the door, llio butchery going on tfilhln, ho silently, led the house and alarm ed iho,neighbors, but the bjoody murderer made his escape before they arrived. The fresh snow, howcv or, enabled his pursuers to track him, whosoonsuc ceeded in finding and arresting him. 110 had in his possession soma of (lie clothes of Mr. V, W., and boro about him unmistakable marks of guilt. He is now in our juil. His object was doubtless money, (which however, ho sclms not to have obtained,) as Mr. V. W., is I known t*» possess great wealth, probably amounting lo slQo,ouo, though a plain unostentatious farmer. U is gratifying that the inhuman wiotch has been j arrested, but the punishment which le sure to await j him cannot alone for the deed itself. It cannot re store the harmless wife lo life, nor save the husband from a speedy death. It is proper to say, that John son has borne a good character when sober, but wheh'dtimk, ho is little bolter than a madman, I as we are informed by those who have long known .him. Governor or Ohio.— Ucurrn Wood, Esq., war nominated by Die recent Stale Convention at Die Democratic candidate Tor Governor'of Ohio. ‘ The vote in Convention stood, Wood IC4, Mcdill 113, Lbwo 90J- The Democrats' are sanguine of sue* cpie. ' Uniutot Family'.— The three sitters, residing in; Harrisburg, who were seduced by oi»e l)t. Mills, and for which ho is now incarcerated lathe Stale PriteiViiovo oooh become the mother of a Oho boy... | . Sir; Brown at Home*' ©jiTtetlra. - Tub UwoN.—Tho following lines by Longfellow, fromhia fbrthcoming. volhmc of pomes, aro'quile op-. rdpos at this time s ‘ ‘ ■' Thou, loo,' sail on,-,0 ship of Slate! I Sail on, O, Union,'strong and groat I Humanity with all its fears, f With all-the hbpos’of future y*ars, ' ‘• le hanging breathless on Ihy lalo • ’ : 1 We know what master laid thy keel, What workmen wrought thy ribs of, steel. Who made each mast, each sail, each .rope, . What anvils rang, what hammers boat. In what forge and what a heal Were shaped the anchors of thy hope ! Fear not each sudden sound and shook, ’Tis but tho wave and not tho rock I ’Tis but the flopping of the sail, _ , And not a font made'by tbo galo I In spile of rack ■ In spite’of false lights bn the shore, Sail on, nor fear to breast tho sea J Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thoo : Our hearts, our hopes, our.prayers, our tears, Aro all with theo—arc dll with thee I Tub Kentucky Convention.— The changes in the Constitution of Kentucky, liy the Convention which has just adjourned, and which are to bo submitted to tho people, are as follow:—The biennial sessions of tho Legislature, limited lo sixty days; expressly prohibiting tho Legislature from contracting ony debt, save for tho expenses of the government, with, out (he assent of the people; tho appointment of tho judges by vote of tho people, and appellate judge for eight years, and a circuit judge for six years; the clerks of the eeveral courts, sheriffs, justices of tho peace, and constables, and ill other county officers, and officers of the militia, are also to be;elected by tho people r Iho diffusion of knowledge has been so ; cured by the dedication of tho school fund to prima ry schools | (he relation between master and slave remains as, it was under the old, constitution; no slave shall be emancipated but upon condition that such emancipated slave shall ho sent out of the Slate. The Convention Is to reassemble on tho first Mon day in Juno next to proclaim the new. Constitution, provided it shall receive tfau approval of tho peo ple. ... Col. J. S. Du Sobtk has bebamb tho editor of (he New York Globe t and wilt bo assisted in his labors by W.CiToboy, Esq., a lajcntcd and.graceful writer. Wo With the Col. and bis associate every success-In their new field of labor; A New Pen.—Some bho in Rochester has inven ted a pen which can hold ink enough to write over twenty foUrpagds of foolabop! If hp wdUld Invent one that would hold ideas enough id cdVct os many pages he would confer a favor.. Canada to be abAndOned dt Great Britain.—' The London (billed Service Gazette hah foaSons fbr “boldly announcing that the tjueslidn of aßahddning Canada, as a British Coldby, has been thb itloslab. Sorbing topic, (with''the Cabinet,) and frb learn, from authority, In which wo are apt to pi&co firm reliance, that .It has been all but determined to give vp Canada a$ a dependency 6/ ihk PHllSh t/rdibH** . From CauvoßMa. —The news frbm California, re ccived in New York, on the 251 h, from Chaglcl, was rfeCclVcd in New Orleans on tho 20th, by tho. brig Major fcasllabdj which.brought 88 passengers and 950,000 In gold dust. .. RnJAitMAbLK Escape.— A 4’eAtfef olfivcd dlDosldn last. tVcekwllha yelfoW girl, a.sluvej Belonging Jo Wilmington, N, C., who.'had been secreted on board by the niato. llio Vestal fasd ifoon iearfcllctl aetbral limes to find lioL The authorities at Wilmington smoked the vessel aetcral time*} aflcr loiidly announ cing (hat (Hoy would smother her ifshedidfiolehow liorself. It wal all iinsiicccssful. She remained se cure in her hiding place* During (he Voyage the girl was fed ill tho watdlietf withoUl (lie knowledge of tho musler. . Personal LiAdtLlTf.— Stockholders b’l* all the banks in. New York are now Individually responsible lo the iiriourit of their respective • Abates, In oddi lion to tho shares themselves; for all dcbt4ai/d lUbil ilics conlracled by them. In base of thb insolvency of any bank, holders arej by (lie CohStUdtion, entitled to preference in payment overall other cred itors. Cooler* iaoNo tub Indians.—' The cholera has been very fatal among the Indians in Northern Wis consin, lately. About sixty of the Monomonics have died since Oct. 15. It has been aggravated by their imprudence and intemperate habits. The papers are filled with pretty written notices of the close of tho old year, and of the advent of the new. We.clip the following sensible paragraph from tho remarks of ono fc’dhor to his readers: ; “ Wo leave lo yWnr own reflections;the, review of (ho past year, with its mercies ; tho anticipMion of tho coming year with all its contingencies. Lot the one challenge your trust—tho other your gratitude. Meahwliflo remember that tho new year may be yoflr loot. Improve it, that it may at all events be your Dost year;” . Tho talented editress of the Yazoo City (Miss.) Whig, thus apologise* for issuing only a half shoo!: “ It still Continues lo rain, snow, and freeze, and hail, and drizzle, and evety thing else. The wood won't bdrh, tho sloVo woi/l throw out heal, the printers won't work in the cold, (ho type won't sot themed vOs—and so wo are out with a half paper. Hope for better luck fieXt(imo.’V, Licenses to sell Intoxicating drinks are granted In bat four towns In R. Island, this year, vUs Smithfiold, Foster, West Greenwich and Cranston. . They say an Oyster sis feel in Icngih haa been U ken at Nohonl, Who swallows that? .> Gold is not the only largo product of California* One of tho natives Is noted as tho father of thirty a)z children, twenty of whom were tho -product of his first marriage, ond sixteen of his last. M>. Hurt well (he government translator, has a family of twen ty ono children. Senor Ambrsgo, who lias boon married twelve years, already counts as many heirs. Several other couple (n Bun FranoUaq have from twelve lo eighteen. "Mysterious disappearances 1 * are becoming ve ry common nowa-doye. Almost every paper we open contains an account of one of these strange ad. Ventures. •?' AitELopBMtNT in Contemplation.— The Rachce* ter, (New York.) American ie responsible for the fob lowing i - Courting Scent.— Mies Canada—Please , sir, wili> you marry me 7- Uncle Sam—l cannot diagulee my affection for so amiable and beautiful a young lady, but your papa must be consulted and I must procure hU • consent. Miss 6.—9 never mind* I will ask him myiotf, and'if ho refuses, wo*U gel up.an elopement, California GoLti.— The quantity of gold bullion imported from CalifornU into Now Votk, during the year 1849, is estimated, byr a crortaspondcnl of the Journal of Commerce at nearly eoven mitiibnp and a half—nearly four millions by the ileamer* and stole* •hips, and the rest'by passengers.; This Is a pretty fair item, but far short of some of tho estimates made by enthusiastic letter writers at the . commencement of the gold fbver. The amount which has gone to England is probably not much less than the eum above named* Education or lifiuTa.— In tile message of .the go vernor of Now Yo>k, there it q recommendation, to the legislature to provide an asylhin and school for idiots, on. such a scale and'tormi of endowment'as tbeir wisdom shall deem beat* CONGREBS—9LAVEHY, Much dobiite liai place in Cg^g rep(g and- particularly in tho- all-absorbing ' question of slavery; In the Senate, on the iblh inai Iho Vico Presldenl Btated tho business before ij,q Senate!to bp the.motion lo.prinl tho following r€Bo . Iptiona’of ilia legislature of Vermont, presented by the Senator from, that State, [Mr. Uritau sj /' Resolved, by'ths Senate and Haute of Represent lives, That slavery-ir a crinie,against humanity, and a sore evil in the body politic, that was excused by tho fiamers of the federal constitution os a erimo entailed upon the country by their predecessors, and tolerated solely os a thing pf ineiofahtorqecessiiy. Resolved, That the eo callcd tho constitution** restrained tlio federal government from interference with slavery only in. the States in which it then existed, and from interference'with the slave trade only for a.lhniled lime, which has long, sine* expired} and that the powers conferred upon Congress by the constitution to .suppress' the slave trade to regulate commence bblween the Slates, to gbvern’tho Territories, and ‘lo' admil, new States—powers con ferred with an express intention “to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic Iran quilily, provide for the common defence} promote the general welfare,.and secure the blessings of libertv to.oursclves and. our posterity"—moy all rightfully bo used so as to prevent the extension o£sluvery into territory now free, and to abolish slavery un d (ho slave trade wherever cither exists under the jurisdic tion of Congress. • Retolvedi That.our senators ond representatives In Congress be requested to resist by ail und every constitutional,means the extension dlsl.ivcry in any 1 manner, whother by the annexation to slavcholdinir Te». of terrilor, now free, or by il.o uc'mi,,,',,,, llio Union of territory orcudy ocqnirtd.or wind, maybe horonfter ocquucj), wilhoul on o.prc. pro hibitlon of slavery, either In the cn.lUulion ofcacli new State asking admission.or in the act of Congress providing fur such admission. ; >, . Resolted % further % . That our senators and represen. tutives in Congress bo requested to support every just and prudent measure for the exclusion of slavery from the District of Columbia; for tho entire siipnre*'!; slon of the sluvo trade on the high sootfand wherever else Congress has jurisdiction; and generally to re lievo tho federal government from allresponsibility for the; existence, maintenance, or tolerance of slav ery, or the traffic in slaves. , , * further, Thalour, senators in,Congress? be instructed, and onr representatives requested, to usa their exertions Tor the speedy organization oV a lorrilorlu) government for New Mexico and Califor nia, with a provision forever excluding involuntary servitude, except for crime, therefrom. ■ 3 Resolved, Thai the governor bo requested to furnish a copy of the foregoing resolutions to each nf our senators and representatives in Congress, and to the governor of each Stale in the Union. Approved November IS, 1849. A fierce debutn followed. Mr. Chase, in on able speech, defended the resolutions, and demanded that they might bo printed. Fiom his speech, wo toko the following extract: .For my own port, (said Mr. Chase,) I may be per mitted to say, that in political'sentiment I accord fully with. that, parly which is known as the free domucraey.of the United States— aparty which ia sometimes denominated sectional, but which 1 trust will nql remain' forever scdlional, and which had, during thd last canvass, if f niny be permitted lo ol lude to it, not merely friends in the non slaveholding States, but friends in most of the slaveholding Slate* also. 1 will add-further, that It is known to be my position i that I stand ready and willing to co-operd(o with that parly whenever it takes snoh grunnd upon* the subject of slavery ss accords with llio principles of the ordinance of (787* • Mr. Butler followed Mr. Chase. He did not oppose the printing, but dcnbbhccd the resolutions and ilioeu who advocated them in auverc terms. In speakiog of slavery ho sold I You cannot.give them (the blacks,] the rights of freemen* The frco'Slatfes have refused it. 1 speak of Pennsylvania, particularly? I do not know, how f.r the remark will apply to the other Stales. You give tholli bill (ho mime of frcedpHi, Hul nano of iu fruits. Thb Condition of the flhivo could not be bettered.'— But iho gentleman had denied that the |>oe Stales tiro by Clubs and associations making efforts tantticl the condition of the sidle nnd his master, (low t/o so many printed pariiphlCld /bid (heir way in the slave Stales? ‘.How halb Ihedb incendiiry publica tions found (heir way inlh Soull’i UiMlnu? Bundles of them have been found in our post offices, directed. One individual has been,indicted j but I forbear al. lading to his case, us 1 would ntfl fcohlrol the admin istration ufjualicc. Mr. David followed in debate. In speaking of ilia position of the South, i • Wo of the South stand now# os wo have nlwaji stood, upon tlio dtifenvivo. •We raised not.lin'd qua* tion { hut when ruiacd, it is our dot/ to defend out selves. For one, sir, my purposes uretckeepdowii this species of exclUmcnt# both' here and at home, i know the temper of those Whom 1 represent, nnrilhey require no promptings to resist degression or insult. 1 know thcll; determination. . It j# well snd deeply taken, end will bo. shown when the crisis comes.— They make no threats nguinat any one, and least of all agolnbt the Utilon, for which thry hnvo mode such heavy and continued sucrilices. They know their rights, while they fed their wrongs, and tiny will maintain them and the Union; but the Union wilhoilt the constitutor) they hold .to be a curse. With the constitution, they will never abandon it.— We, sir, aro parties to this {Union only under thfr eonslUuli'fi, and there Is no power known In llu world (hut could dictate to my little Stale a Union In which her rights were continually disrespected and trampled upon. Tho present generation, sis, will maintain the character their fathers won. They well know how to sustain (he institutions which they inherited, even by civil war, if that he provoked.— They will march up id this issue, ond meet it fatt to face. Mr. Phelps took the floor next, lie vlndteattdlke resolutions passed by tho Legislature of his Btntr, and promised to review'the whole question in a sub sequent speech. Thus wo may expect that until this vexed question of slavery is settled, scarcely any kind of business will be transacted id Congress. /Tho* whole South is a powder ntagaiinp, and (ho least spark thrown into it is sure to produce an explosion., Thu question of slavery overrides, "cveryi other 'consideration, ami consequently will interfere with the lallon on ovtry other subject. A sorry'stale of af fairs. . • Tin fluvniiy Ci UE>T .oN in Kentucky,-CW,.« t v» 4Un( | wn « * n hto late Message, talks upon this sub jeel like on honest inananda. patriot. lie scorns the Idea that any reo) American con odvoeats o dissolution of the Union. While>Mympalhi«s, u wb earnestly do, with both the North snd South. tu> deprecates the doctrine of disunion os calculated to loadto : (be most fbarfb) calamities; and he.almost uses our .language, when he says that there will be found in Congress, on the exciting subject which bis given rise to the lata agitation and alarm, a uittfar bearance and a teles fotupte, that will secure us from dinger t and that the very men who, ia the heat and contention of debate, have spoken most badly tbs language of defiance and menace to the Union, will not be hindmost InaalUng-iaorlAebafar its prcitr* Wtibn.- "DnixUANii'Coiftii**."—''rtio Na.hvillj, dinner, the leading whig proia' of Tennooaoo, emorting Under ddlb'al, nakai' "Who believe. l|ie reported • poach ofGoncrelTi;- lor about Iho •Natural.Bridge’having boon oracled ainoe he loft Virginia? dr IhOolorv In the Union, did in a apeeoh by him to the jourtg’hrt/l.e'or th'oienii' narjr at Ml. Juy in which fio ‘thanked them for l(" larttd uisjbrlly lie had received In that quarter, and had no dbubl tholr Auahondt' had contributed to the relull V • The pApera whifch gave circulation toeucb otorleo mual grohlty rblv upon the gullibility of their readers." We do hut remonrtbor to have soon these an'6c'Jofc* in suOli a brief and conrlmfaht’ tariff os that vyhicli’* the. general’s Touncnto’ Wind givoa thoih 1 circulation. Poat'OFJrto'*.*—We linrh tlintn now fat Olßbo has- beeri rttwbljslied al’ Xiuilojreburg* county. ThU il dirtfolty on tho Une of lU OonlMl railroad and frill ho a ctmrbnibnco to lfid neighbor-' hood. 1