i BT JOHN B.BRATTON. VOL. 36. Tavern license. NOTICE ia hereby given that I intend to apply at the next term of the Court of Quarter Sessions ofCumberland county, for a license to keep a tavern or public house' in the house I how occupy as such in the East Ward, in the Borough of Carlisle. 6 WM.MOUDY. February 31,1850—31 • We the undersigned citizens of the East W%rd of the Borough of Carlisle, in the county of Cumber land, de certify .that we ore well acquainted with the above named. William Moudyi that ho is of good re pule for honesty and temperance, and la well provi ded with house room and conveniences for the ac commodation of strangers and travellers, and that Ouch lan or tavern is necessary to accommodate the public and entertain strangers and travellers. John Gillen, Edward Shower, Jno. Agnew, Wm. Line, Wm. Park, Pater Guishall, Charles FUager, ' William Breeze, John Underwood, Adam Warehuin, Wm. Alexander, R. M’Corlney, Edw. Armor, J.Rehmr, George A. Lcidig, ; George Z. Benlz, Win. Dents, John Gutshall. . Tavern License. NOTffcE is hereby given Ihnt 1 intend to apply at the neat term of the court of Quarter Sessions of Cumberland county, for a license to keep a tavern or public house in the house at presentoecupied as such by A. Wareham, In the East Ward, in tho Borough of Carlisle. WM. STROIIM. February 21,1850—3i* - We (ho undersigned citizens of the Gnst Word, of -the Borough ofCurllbfe, in the county ofCumborlond, do certify that we are well acquainted with the above named Wm. Strohin, that he is of good repute for honesty and temperance, and is well provided with house room and conveniences for the accommodation of strangers and travellers, and that such Inn or Tavern is necessary to accommodate the public and entertain strangers and travellers. Patrick Davidson, Geo. W. Shcafcr* Wm. Msudy, • William Spahr,' Adam Warcham, E. Curnman, Edward Shower, Chas. Mnglauchlin, Wm. Line, James Noble, William Breozo, John. Underwood, Wm. Alexander, George M*Feely. Tavern License. NOTICES is hereby given dial 1 intend to apply at tho next term ortho court of Quarter Sessions of Cumbcrtiind county, fur a license to keep a tavern or public house in the house I now occnpy as such, in the borough of Newvllle. February 31,1850—31* Wo the undersigned citizens of Ncwville, In llio county of Cumbetland, do certify that wo are well acquainted with the above named Elies Delhi, that hoes of good rvputo for honesty and temperance, and is wutl provided with homo room and conveniences for. the accommodation of strangers and travellers, and that such inn or tavern is necessary to abbdm* modate tho public and entertain strangers and lra» vellcrs. ! SaUiuel Alii,. John Brickeri Alexander Fatlour, John klnstey, George Hower, Jamison Hannon, Jes.'M'D«rmond, Wm.Klink, Chnatisn Buwormastor,James M. Thompson, Jacob Zeigier, . JohnWynkoop. Tavern License. 'VTOTICE Is hereby given Itiji't I intend to apply at J_N the next term of the court of Quarter Sessions ofCumbcrl md county, for u license to keeps tavern or public house in tho Itouso 1 now occupy as such in Dickinson tp. JOHN MOCKER. February 21,1850 —3t* We the undersigned citizens of Dickinson town* ship, in the county of Cumberland, do ceKlty (hat we are well acquainted with tho above named John Hooker, tliuC he Is of good repute fur honesty and temperance, and is well provided with house room and conveniences for the accommodation tif strangers and travellers, and that such inn or tavern is neces sary to accommodate tho public and entertain stran gers and travellers. Simpson Kissinyer, Robert Eckels, Christian Wahrly, Elias B. Eyslcr, John Cliisnell, Samuel Huston, William M’Klnstry, John Snyder, Jacob Hemminger, George Barnhart, John Mtthaflje, James Weakley, John CUudv, Julm Kissinger, Abraham Kurts, John Spence. A. G. Miller, Tavern License, NOTICE is hereby given that 1 intend to apply at the next term of the court of Quarter Sessions of Cumberland county, for a license to keep a tavern or Eublio. house in tho house 1 now occupy oa auoh, in dnkinaun township. ELIAS B. EYSTER, February 31,1850—3 l» We the undersigned citizens of the township of Diokinson, in the county of Cumberland, do certify (hot we aro well acquainted with tho above named Ellas 0. Eyattr, that ho !i of good repute for honesty and temperance, and is well.provided with house room and conveniences for the accommodation of strangers and travellers, and that such inn or tavern la necessary to accommodate the pubiioand entertain strangers and travellers. Fftnois H. Fulton, James A Henry, . John Hutchison, Abraham Kurtz, James Moore, . A G Miller, Isaac Peohsrt, Robert Eckels, John Mellinger, Samuel Huston, Jacob Soever, * John Mocker, Daniel Nagley, John MehafQu. John Kyle, Tavern License; NOTICE is hereby given that I Intend to apply at the next term or the court of Quarter Sessions of Cumberland county, for a license to keep a la. yero or publio house in the house 1 now occupy as ■ueb. In the Borough of Meohanlcsbnrg. JOHN HOOVER. Feb’y 20, 1850—31 We the undersigned citizens of ihe Borough of Meehanloshurg, in the county of Cumberland, do oertify that we are well acquainted with theabove ■ named John Hoover, that he is of good repute for honesty and temperance* and is well provided with Chouse room and conveniences for the acoommoda : Bon of strangers and travellers, and that such inn ; ar tavern is necessary to accommodate the public and entertain strangers and travellers* P H Lenhsrt, George Hanok,jr Joseph Milteison, W C Houser, John Kosor, O Slarner, Adam Hauck, Jacob Miller, Peter Hull, Bph*m Zug, Simon Arnold, Isaac Baker, George AlUck, Samuel Zacharies, Philip Uhler, Henry Cams. Veneers* ' ! A PRIME lot of Mahogany Veneers, jest received by the subscriber. Also a lot of Morocco and Juicing Skins, all to be sold cheap by ' HENRY SAXTON* February li, 1860 Bargains t THE subsetibers respectfully inform the public Shat they are determined to close out the remaining etock of Winter goods, without regard to cost. Per eons wishing to purchase cheap, goods will save 20 per cent by calling at the cheap store of February 7, i860.' ARNOLD dc LEVI. THE AMERICAN VOLUNTEER, rigidly adhered to:. Poroneyesr, in advance, 92 00 For six months,'in advance, } w . ‘ No subscription taken for a less term than six months and uo discontinuance permitted until all arrearages are paid. Twenty-five per cenl. additional on thn price of subscription will be required ofail those who do not pay in advauce. One square, one insertion, . 9#o One square,.two insertions, ..... .’. . ■7*'», One square, three insertions. . . . . 100 Every subsequent insertion, per square, - - 85 - A liberal discount wilt be made to those who advertise by the year, or for three or six months..- " Omc«.~Tho office of the dmertcati Vvluntter in\r\ theific ond story of James H. Graham's hew stone huilding, In South Hqnovor street, a few doors south of the Court House, where those having business are invited to call. From the,Literary Messenger. I STOOD BESIDE! A LITTLE ORATE! ELIAS DEIHL. l*m very bashful—yes, 1 am— Twoulrf save m* lets,of trouble, ' Togolo bed a single tmin; And vake up as a double. It is the duly of mothers to sustain the reverses of fortune. Frequent and sudden as they have been IH our own coliniry, it is important that young females shoultPpossess seme employment, by which they might obtain a livelihood in case they should be reduced to the necessity of sup portiig themselves. When families are unex pectedly reduced from ttflluencq to poverty, how pitifully contemptible-ll is lo sbe'ihe mother de sponding or helpless, and permitting her daugh ters to embarrass those whom it is their duty to assist and cheer. i* 1 have lust my whole fortune, 11 said a mer chant as he returned one evening lb‘K(s home; “we can no.longer kebj) our carriage, We most leave this largo house. The children cun.no longer go to expensive schools. Yesterday 1 was a rich man; to-day there is nothing 1 can call my own. 1 * “Dear husband, 11 said the wife, ‘“’Wo are still rich in each other and oUr vhildteh. Money may pass away, but Ood has given ua a better treasure in those active hands and loving hearts. 11 “Dear father, 11 said the children, “do not look so sober. We frill Helti you to tfet a living," “ What can you do, poor thingsV* said he; “Yon shall see! you shall see! 11 aswered sev eral voices. “It is a pity if we have beun lo school for nothing. How can tho fulher of eight children be poor, We will work and make you rich again." “] shall help," said the younger girl, hardly four years old. “ I wilt not have any now things bought, and 1 shall sell my groat doll. 11 Tho heart of the husband and father, which had sunk withering in his bosom like a stone, was lifted tip. The sweet enthusiasm of the scene cheered him, and his nightly prater was like a song of praise, . They left their stately house. The servants were dismissed. Pictures and plate, rich carpets and furniture were sold, and ehe.who had been the mistress of the mansion, shed no tears; “Pay every debt,” said she, “ let no one suffer through üb, and we may be happy.” He rented a neat cottage, ana a small piece of ground, a few miles from the oily. With Ihe aid of hla sons he cultivated vegetables for the mar ket. He viewed with delight and astonishment the economy of his wife, nurtured as she had been in wealth, and the efficiency, which his daughters soon acquired under her training. . The eldest one instruoted in the household, and also assisted the younger children—besides, (hey executed various works, which they had learned as accomplishments, but.which thsy found could be disposed of to advantage. “They embroidered with taste some of ths ornamental parts of female apparel, which were readily sold to a merchant in the city. They cultivated flowers, sent boquets to market in the carl that conveyed (be vegetables s they plaited straw, they painted maps, they executed plain needle work. Every one was at her post, busy and cheerful. The little cottage was like a bee-hive. “ I never enjoyed such health before,” said the father. ♦* And 1 was never ao happy before,” said the mother. . We never knew how many things we eoold do, when we lived in the .great house,” said the children, “and we love each other a great deal better here. Vou call us your little bees.” “ Yes,” replied the father, »♦ and you make just suoh honey as the heart likes to feed on.” Economy as well as industry was atriolly.ob served; nothing was wasted* Nothing unneces sary wee purchased. The eldest daughter be came assistant teacher in ft (distinguished female seminary, and the second took her place as in structress to the fktrilly.’ TERMS or SDBSCRtrriOM Wdtiitnl. i stood beside a little grove. And saw a sister Keep; Th« smiling one her father gave He there had laid to sleep. -It was her first, her only child; Her bosom’s fledging dove. And lull in desolation w lid The hopes of wedded love.' Y«l why bewail the early deSd With hearts to comfort closed T Of such the blessed Bavlout said Ills kingdom is composed. The grave is but a " gate of flowers *' - Through which the infant train . That Joaus nlncks from earthly tloweta Their native homo regain. Tho child that grows to manhood hero May lose the way to hlise, While those who leave u’tr elouda appear The path can never miss. Then sister, from'the darksome tomb ' t*lfi up your tearful eyes, ’ And hopes that scatter all the gloom Like daHy orbs shall ilsu. sa>iiVe;l>B Visit. I vanls to marry—yes 1 dues— -1 vants a little vifei - To eoiiibjny *«ir, to vash my neck, Ami be my all—my life. Yen Adam lived in Taradise, Me did’nt live content, 1 Till from hlssidu a rib vos look, And into voman bent. - Just think how Adam must have stared, Ven first he got avakn, And found himself a.marrkdmKn; . Vilhuul e'ou v'cdden cake.. t vlsh that I could do the same— Just go to sleep some night, And-vaHe up in the mornlti* vith ' A vlfii to bless Hi? sight, jTßfactumuom THB FATHER, IST MRS. LYOU H. SIGOURNEY. - *OUR COUNTRY —MAY IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT —BUT RloilT oh-WRONG, OVR COUNTR-if” CARLISLE, TA-, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1850. The dwelling, which had always been kept neat, they weft; soon abU to beautify. Its con; struction waa.lmpfoved, and the VlHes.end flow*- ering trees were replanted around It. * The mer chant was happier under his woodbine covered porch in h summer’s evening, than he had been in his showy dressing room. “We. are now thtlyingand prosperous,” said he, “shall we return to the bltyl” 11 “ Oh, no,” was the unanimous reply. “ Let us remain where we have found health and contentment,” said the wife. “Father,” said the youngest; ‘Jail we chil dren hope you are not going to be rich again; for then” she.added, *‘we little ones were shut up in the nursery* and did not see much of you or raotheh Nb“w we all live together, and sister; who loves us, teaches us, and wo learn to be In dustrious and useful. Wo were none of iis happy when we were rich and did not work. So, father, please hbl bb a rich man any more.” Til. Spoiled Child. A certain lady had a child, which she navdr allowed to be contradicted for fear it would make him sick. Relatives, friends, and even her -hus band, told her she would spoil.her phild, but ull was of no avail. Oae day she heard hipn scream ing with great anger in the garden. At'tho mo ment she ran and ascertained (he cause to be, that the servant had refused lb give him something that he'Wanted. , i • k ‘Vou impertinent creature, 1 * said 4 the mother to the servant, “not to give.the child what be wants.** . ' . . “By ifblhr-said* ths girl, “he may cry until the (horning, and he’ll not get it.” Enraged beyond bounds, the lady rih. for her husband to chastise the saucy servant. The hus band, who was as weak as his wife, cried out to the servant—; “ yoll lnsoleht creature, ha,ve yob the Impu dence to disobey.youi mistress 1” • “It is true, sir, 1 did not obey her; the child has been.crying for the moon which he.sees te* fleeted in the fountain; I could not glvb ll to hliri. though commanded by the mistress—perhaps she can do it.** . » . • A general laugh followed, ihi Which the lady, despite her . It was a good lesson, and had its effect. ■ - Moral Gteauiugli* la moral feeling there is presentment of eternity. 1 know nothing moru sublime and profound than the snying in the New Testament; "Our life is hid in Christ with God.! 1 , It It belter to accomplish perfectly a small amount ol work, than to half do ten limes as much.' Keep him at least three paces distant who hales music and the laugh of a child. Heat greatness is'not the praise of men; it is what Ilia in spile of them. Never make money at tho oxpenso ofyotir repu tation. A Hindoo law says: "Strike not, even with a blossom, a .wife, though stio bo guilty of a thousand faults.** Let reason go before every enterprise, and counsil before eVery action. Ho that arms his intent with virtue is invinci ble. .v. ... •- , In sickness there isno band'like women’s hand —no heart like woman** heart—no eye so untiring, no hope to fervent. ' Bubo all your notions upon a principle of right; preserve your integrity of character, and in doing this hcVcr reckon the cost. Several kegs of powder in the cellar of a hot|se dt Hollidaysburg, recently exploded, tearing the. build* ing to atoms and killing. Mrs. Adams. Her bus* band wafi also badly Injured, and has sinoo bccbme deranged. • The Assembly, of the,Maryland Legislature ha&o pasS.eU a hill calling a Slate Convention to reform the Constitution of the State. A- beggar was captured in lire streets of Paris who had in his possession properly to the amount of £15,000. Ho was a Hungarian! Standing UPbfima RfoftTs.—£ome forty years ago, when a man's respectability depended much on Ins taking a newspaper, a certain shrewd old fallow wee one morning enjoying'the luxury of perusing his paper (although he labored under the great disadvantage of noljtnowing a single letter of till} alphabet*) whetf a more knowing neighbor of his happened to come in—perhaps to borrow his papor—obioiving to him that he hod his paper wrong end up. The old gentleman, drawing him* seif up ip all of offended dignity, ex claimed: **-I would have you know, sir, that if I take a paper and pay for il, 1 have a right to read it which end up 1 pleasei" A‘n oil dealer sold some wlflter oil that was war ranted to dtaitd the sevureat cold. Last week it froze iliff. The purchaser went to the vender with loud complaints. ‘‘l (old yoli-It would stand (ho coldest weather," said he, “1 dicing JelJ. you il would run. You see Hint it stands perfectly alill, and you can’t make it budge." iiovc tisociururt.—“Bob, vvhorb is the slate of matrimony 7" ‘‘lt Isono of Iho UnlltdSUlcp. It is bounded by tagging ami kissing oh one side, and cradles and babies on'the other. Its chief productions are pop* nlulion, broomstick* and staying out o* nights. It was discovered by Adam and Eve while Irving Jo find a northwest passage out of Paradise. 'The cli mate la rather sultry, till you pass the, .tropics of houao keeping) when equally ribathcr cdmmbnly.iels in with suifioienl power to keep all hands as ooblab cucumbers. For the principal roads loading to lljjs interesting state consult the first pair bf blue syss you run against 1" Judge .««-«*; of Wisconsin, though nn mcorrlgl ble ola bachelor, Is a grealndinirer ol'llio ladies,and few men "ere more polite or attentive, to them, but M baby talk 11 ie hie abhoranco. . It ja said of him that travelling one day. In wagon ho overtook a Woman and baby. •• Madam," eaid he, “ that child muel be a burden to you. If you promise npt to talk nomoHio (o ft you may ride in my Wagon.** This the lady promised t but soon forgetting the eerbples of her companion, ahe commenced with, " Bess its title heart! So it should go ridy pidy in de coaohee poachee I'* “ What J" thundered tbs exasperated Judge, "get out of my wagon I" A Duohman married a Yankee wife, who turned out to be an intolerable vixen. One day, when Irrl. tatod beyond all endurance by liar tongue, the poor fellow ‘began to rat) a little to turn. He tried, in deed, to oall the woman by that very offensive bnl expreealve epithet which aignlflee the female of the oanino speeiee, but choked at the thought of nelng «o unbecoming a phrase to t lady, he gave vent to blswrath.ln an Ingenious olroumlooutlon, by ewoer tng that she was M le toi/* qf « tam tog V Ciminm Aotoowoio.—An oilrolomr foretold tho doth of i lady whom Louio XI. pooolonolply lo«d, Bite did, in hot, die; ond Ih. Kin* imagined that thoprediollon of tho oetrologer woo the pome or 11. Ho oonl for tho men, Intending lo hero him thrown through tho window, ee a punTohinonl. "Toll ran, thou who protending to bol lo demand learned o mon, whot thy fato will ho 1' . . B f Tho ioolhoayor. who ouopoclpd tho ntr Idee of tho Prlnoo, end know 1110 foible, replied l Sire, I foroieo that I oholl die Throe doye boforo your M 'i'hV y King hollered hint, ond woo careful of the lire. |A Woro.h lulled hr a Tiger. We takq the following account of tho death of a. “ Lion Queen,”'at Chatham, England, from a London papefr'or tjie 20ih ult; On Saturday ejeningj tin inquest WaS held at the Golden Lionlrm, Chatham, before J. Hlnde, Esq., coroner for Weal Kent, touching the death of Ellen Bright, a. young girl, pged seventeen yealsjwho was filled on ‘ the previous evening by a tiger, in the.establishment of Mr. George Wombwell, which had arrived in that town for exhibition on the preceding day. The deceased, who was denominated the “ Lion Queen, 11 was going through the; usual evolutions with a lion and tiger at the UmS she met with her melancholy death* >,*’ s *. Stephen Klngvlfie first witness examined, said he had been in ti&employ of Mr. Wombwell as keeper for the I&fthix years. Tho deceased was a niece of Mr. VVpfnbweU’s, and daughter of John Bright, a bugle player in the band. It was the business of the deceased to go.into the dens arid perform with the beasts, which she had been in the habit of doing:eeverd) titties daily fur some time past. On. Friday evening, shortly after nine o’clock, shd went into the den in which the lion and tiger were kept, for the purpose of per forming as usual; the tricks played by he.? being principallyl'tvilhjUi? former anlhriaL /She had only been in two .’Sr thfee minutes, but had gone through tho raainpart of the performance, except ing that of making the lion sit down In aper? tiofllar paitof thacagej Wberi the tiger being In her way, the deceased struck it slightly with a small whip carried in her hand. The beast growled as if In anger and crouching close to the bottom of the den, stretched out its paw as if at her leg or causing the deceased to sideways against the cage, the animal at the same rhoment springing si her, and seizing her furious ly by the neck,'lnserting the teeth of tho upper jaw In libr Ohin,\eod in closing his mouth, inflict ing frightful injury in the throat by his fangs.— He then appealed to change his position, malting a second grip across the,tnroat.of his victim. A keeper who wasilahding ow tho slefi of the den, armed with).a immediately rushed to her assistance, but (he animal did not loose its hold until.struck ove£ the nose violently with an iron bar, and held (hfeanitha)' (Hbhnfortu nate female waff/rjfftoved from the cage bleeding Brordsely, and li|ejqll but extinct. She w»S taken Into one of rthbfe she was immedi ately, attended ' two medical gentlemen who happened to be present at the time of the occur rence. >•;> TUB TWO SKXES. When Adim turned from Ee aeon by seine person who translated it,and behold! it proved to be a will leaving to the family an immenee estate. Dr. Denormtfrtme left three sons, perhaps other children. Two of hie sons went to. Kentucky about 1818, where one of (hem died ; (ho other two, it Is believed, are still liviiisf. • “Is them, fullers alive oow?" said an nrohin lo "What tailors do you moan, my dear?" “ Why, Paul, end Luke, Deuteronomy, and them." Fashion,", snys Hazlill, •• is gentility running away from vulgarity, and afraid of being overtaken by il. Il is a sign the two things are nut far as* sunder." Tub Wonders or Naturz.— There is a tree called (ho kfunchanoe], in the West Indies; its appearance is very attractive, and iho wood of It peculiarly beau* llful; it boars a kind of apple resembling a golden pippin. This fruit looks very tempting and amelia very fragrant, but to eat of il is instant death, and -its sop or juice an poisonous (hat if a few drops of il fall on the jskln, it .raises Misters, and occasions groat pain. The Indiana dlp'thei( arrows In thisfuloe to poison their anomies when they wound thorn. Pro vidence has eo appointed 11, Hist one of those is nov* or found, but near It grows a while woql), or fig trees, the juioe'ofeUhe^,of which, if applied, in time, is a remedy for iho disease produced hy the Man* chancel. , A Hooiior was oaltod upon (he stand away oul west, to testify agalnst.lho character ofanother Hoo> sier. It was sis follows i > ■ *} How long have you known Bill Buswhaclt t". 11 Ever since ho waa born." " What ie his general character ?" •• Loiter A, No. I.—'’Bove par a Vpry great way." /•Would you believe him on oath. 7" “ Yea slr-ce, on or otf'Or nny other way." . * « What, in your opinion, are his rfualifteallbne to good character V* *" MB© (• (he best shot on the prairies or In the woods, he can shave an eye winker off a wolf as fur ae a shooting iron will carry a ball; he can drink a qoatt of grog any day; and chaws tobaoker like a hoes." » >.-? • The following cure fur the gout is taken from an old work i v, Ist; The patient must pick a handkerchief from the pookel or a maid of fifty years, who never had a wish to change her condition! . 3nd. He most wash it well in an honest miller’s pond. '■ ’■*•••• • 3d. He mast dry it on a parsoo’e hedge who wee never envelone. ’>* <• 4(hr Ha must send It to a doctor's shop that never killed a patient. sth. He mast mark U with a lawyer's ink who never cheated a client. 6(h. Apply it to the part affected, and a cure will speedily follow. ' 4 "I hope you will be able to support me," eaid a young lady while walking out ono evening with her intended, during a somewhat slippery elate of the sidewalk. "Why yes,"saldlhkiomewhnt hesitating ■wain, "with a little assistance from your father."— There wee tome confusion, end a profound alienee. mivt&ijFimt ©ottfltwa. I REMARKS OF HON. JAMES X. Mir» that samo voice is heard Arrfci invoking the spirit of discord to preside over your councils, until lie baa sumo assurance for southern rights on the subject of slavery, proclaiming- divinion / and wil ling to dedicate himself, body andaoul,{Bllna9CQin plislimeht of this high and noble purpose. Do South* ern Federalists forget Truman Smith's Southern life of. Don. *J'ttylor ? Do southern orators forgot their oolemn pledges to a. confiding constituency ? Do . they forgot that the redeemer of the South from i northern thraldom was eieulod, has taken on oath to . appfibrl tho Constitution, and oven now sits at the . oilier end of tho avenue, installed President of the . United States; daily receiving aid and comfort from , that American f'aUyraml , the furseeing prime mid* I . filer Clayton*? Or haye their forventhopes "in this the. whiter of their discontent ” for political sulva , tion from that quarter, fallen at last Into sullen dos ; P*M .. . • ' ’ ' Mr. Chah-man, it is not my design to enter into so elaborate argument upon the various thrilling and Important questions involved in tho present momen* lous iaano bolo’rfr* the country ; it is simply (» stole here what 1 bolievb to be Hip sentiments of a vast ninjority of the people of Pennsylvania. Sir, this wor of the polillool elements may rage| the lompeal of civil discord may howl oyound and within the Capitol; but there Ts.no*datigcl ’of (ha destruction of the republic. Tho msrnoiubio declaration that j ••the Union must and shall bu preserved," is as < true now as when it was uttered by the Illustrious < Jackson. ’ . 1 The "Old Kbyslone" pf the federal arch is In • the right place, and the founoalfqns of that arch are [laid firm and derm in the hearts of the people. The . geographical position of Pennsylvanian—the moral : integrity and proverbial patriotism other citixens, give her sn influence between opposing southern and 1 nothern extremities that always haaand always most ! ba felt In promoting the general welfare. She la emphatically the conservative State of thoUnloruw 1 Receiving fewer benefits from; and conferring more on the Confederacy than any other State, her self* sacrificing motto has ever been, " Union for the sake of the Union." If she regards the Wiimol proviso as one of the political humbugs of the day,she looks uhon southern nullification as another mors detests* bis.oner .-If she considers nothern fanateism as a chimera, she rugards southern fury as another and a greater one. 12x(remea are always dangerous; oudl if ever the North aha South meet, It must be alone where thereto safety—in llib moderation and pntrl iotism of a middle course. It need hot bo concealed; and lloannot.ba denied that in Pennsylvania we, with a unanimity unequalled on any other subject' regard slavery ss a national curse and a national disgrace. Indeed, sir, this is the' noble and Irlum* phanl sentiment of the age in which we lire* We AT $416 PERANNUM- sympathize in it with all our souls ; and in doing «o» wo but keep lime in'the 'progressiva march'df thq mihd, pressing onward and upWard.lolhu allaWiribnl of the.political and religious freedom of .every son- . Jof Adam; But wo remember tho Constitution of ous- ■ Country, and wo would not forfeit oor faith to- thd. i Union by altering or erasing one jot or tittle of. lhat sacred compact. >Wo would, leave the questioner slavery where tho Constitution left it—with ihopeo -1 pto of tho Stales in which it exist*.' This was the »o -j lomn decision of the Congress of the United Stale# as early as Ih# yean 1.790, when • the Society for, the; Abolition of Slavery in Pennsylvania petitioned fot action on tho subject. It was their resolved “ that Congress have no authority to'lnterfere In Ureemati oipatiorf df slaves, or.HvittylhejlrejUtneijlof them.io dny of the Stales —if rematning with the sovoral., Slates alone to provide any regulations inCreln which humanity and true policy may require.'' r; f As to tho absolute and unqualified right of Con gress to legislate on the subject of slavery in 4b#. Territories, we. have’not the lightest doubt. Tho. rlglrt is §|ven in the clear terms of the Constitution itself—so amply and ao'often ' interpreted‘ and cons' firmed.by.a scries of legislative precedents,that ilia a matter of astonishment that any jurist could oye¥. hcsilalo on the subject, or that a Virginia ah-, athacttonist could have raised.a quibble. Built doca not necessarily follow thati because wt P°^ e# *jJ".?. right, wo ought thereforo to exercise it. Vve maf possess a right, and it may be' inexpedient, Sary—nay, ovbn unjust—to exorcise it. lysay the, Joust of it, it is not now necessary or 'expedient, un der existing circumsla noos, to exercise our eonetilu* Itlonal right, and legislate on the subject 01-lfiVerjr i/i the territory now belonging ,, tops ideations; With us the preservation of the i Union is a paramount consideration.. We cling to- I U as the shout anchor of all our hopes. \V» ♦chkhfto 1 U as tho ark of tho covenant of our. onco, and withered be the hand that sacrilegiously’ touches it. This groat confederation of sister Stala#' cannot perish; It must not bo. ’ Having many.mom-. bers, the Republic has but one body. Thi« nation, has biit one heart, and every pulsation of that hearty heals high and.ationg for the Union.."'Blitcool,cun-* rilng, deliberate calculations have.beenuhido in.ibis Capitol, as well as elsewhere,* of thn value.of this. Union. I will not stop' to point out the miserable* fallacy of such calculations. My feelings revolt at the mournful task. ' ‘ v Judos Iscariot sold his Lord and Master/oij' lhWy pieces of silver. Consetonbe- stung, ho flung' book’ at Iho ftal of (hose who h"d bribed him the glitter*’; ing treasure,and hanged himself. His blouled ami* disembowelled body fell a disgusting spectacle to the earth, and hjs guilty spirit went hissing to hell.— That Amolflean cilitod whp could betray his country - and butter away the UnlohTor tfrsrb pbcunlary Bon* - , sidpratiohs deserves no belter fate. But, sir, I say again, this Union is safe. If that. President of tbo Uoilcd/Slulc* and Congress assem*'- blcd cannot preserve it, twenty, millions of freamoa’ can amt will; and wo ba unto him who, either' . .North or South, raises (ho traitor cry of disunion.— An invisible but an electric chain of national sym*, psthy binds the pooplo of this country indissolubly together In ono common bond of brotherhood. - IHir their pride and their glory to b 6 one. ..What, sir, dissolve ’this Union .'—a Union - cemented by thV highest and holiest associations of (he pssl, the proud; triumphs of the present, and (he glorious prospects', of the lutUro I Never I .'Dissolve this Union 1. Odd of my country, forbid it 1 1 Tiik Cabinet. —A rumor prevails that there Is somof disagreement among the members of the Cabinet and that ono or rnoru will shortly retire. A Dill has been reported in Congress proposing* to clmngt* the valuation of“ ftps ” lo 5 cents) end ‘•levies” to 10 cents. Horrible Murder or a Wife and Ciiild.~-'' A correspondent of. the Eddy ville Telegraph, wil-‘ ting from Marlon. Crittenden county, Ky„ give* an nbcblmt of twtf'nofdble murders committed.in itial vU'ini'y,on thoSOth nil.,by a fiend Inhuman; form, on his wife and child.. She bad been con*- fined but a few days, when he dragged her from' her beil nhtl stamped her to death. The Infant? he starved lo dcHth, nol allowing It to be hurstd; by Its mother or ouj-'ono else from the time'll* was born. The writer says those facts were elic« itod before the Coronej’s Inquest. The monstey made his escape. He was pursued Vo'aCvood-’ yard on (he Ohio river, where he in safety took n ; bout up the river. . " 1 wish you would not smoke cigars,' I ' said'* 1 plump. Iltllo black eyed girl lo bar lover. «Whynpt I smoke as well as your chimney V* “Beorftisa eMm* 1 noys don’t smoko when thay are In good prdsr.” He. has quit smoking. ; I “ Pn, whol ptfOtdliatlon ?" •• It \» the art of puitirtg Hi* ilopa.” . «. Then 1 wish you would go down In the cellar* onH punctuate the aplgot of tlio cider barrel, as the, older i« running all oyer (he floor.” Tho word "lady" )• of Sixon origin, and ia com*' pounded of fao/and dian, lady being (lie result pfthe iwn, Lfa/dian, or, as corrupted lady, literal!* ran-'' dared, meuna fiider of tho poor; '* llowWany of those who assume the tills In those days ore worthy of Ut St. Louit R*p- ■ ■; . tH , , Somebody haa well aald, “The rich depend on the. laboring poor for lhair work: on frh'e for their amusement; on the learned poor, for Intimation? and on the pious poor for sanctification.** Were it not Tor the poor; how miserably poor wonld the rleh' be; yet with all their dependence on those who work!’ for, amuse, and Instruct them, they afloat an “Ifide* pendenca** that is troly ludlorooa. U I bluih at i(ie thought,** asid e ilegro prtachar, the other day during a harangue. *1 Yea,** auld bliv oC-tha aut|len?e* ** 1 mo there U a great deal of col or in your face.** .. . , A Western girl, after giving hef lovdr r a hearty s ■much, exclaimed, “Dog my out U you han’t been taken a little rye, old hoaa.’* - . , , We yesterday heard of n young man who pom monced 11m aludy of botany, and pnrHUbd il wtlh nmoh enihußiaaimimtil he olaooverfed that floweja . had pistils, when-he abandoned It (didi«guat,iifj* being altogether InnoWpalibla with hit non*rei)»t ant and peace principle*.