,uv;: BY I'OMB. BRATTON. VOL. 3G. THE AMERICAN VOLUNTEER, (s published every Thursday, at Carlisle. Poi,, by JOliN lh BuATTON, upon the. following conditions, which will be rigidly niJliu‘od to: terms or suoscnirttoM For onoyeariln advance, $2 00 For six months, in advance, . 1 00 No subscription taken for a less term than six months and do discontinuance permitted nntiiall arrearages sropahl, ' Twenty‘five per certl. mldlllonnlon the price will'bo required of all those who do not pay in advance. ‘ ' RATES or ADVBRTISIRO. n»ft sniinfft. ffieiiißortinn. • .* • One rnuare. twaWbcitiong, » One wjfPh, 1 00 Every subsequent Insertion," pet square,- • . . <*r, A liberal ilUcniftt will lie mmln to those who advertise by ibo year, or for thllboT six months. Omoß.—Thodfflccof the American ihnser. ond story of James H. Orabnm’s new slnnn hull. lu(r, In Bnntt, Hannvnr street, a few doors south of the Court House, where those having business are I nvltrd locally THE VOLUNTEER. OARX,ISX.B, THURSDAY, APRII. 11, ISSOi John H. Brntton, Kilitoe ond Proprietor, For Ilia Volunteer. THE COMMON SCHOOL. SYSTEM.—NO 3. Menus of Improvement* Tho second point to be considered la liio materi als tn bonded on.- These nro first, the parents ; se cond, the teachers j third,the. children. If the first, the parents, cno bo reached and properly influen ced, the difficulties in regard to tho second, the teachers, yvill soon ho obviated, and the third, tho children, who are to bo acted upon ultimately, will present but little difficulty.- But until parents fully understand In whnt nn education, proper,"indcedjn* xiisponsnblnHo (he greatest success,-usefulness, and happiness in a free country and on enlightened age, consists; and until they feel and acknowledge the duty and necessity, to provide such un education for their children, ail plans for improvement, however tyell devised, will be but very partially successful.—. This is.nn.nevv vicjtf of tho subjert. Our State Sii pcrinlcr.defU in his report for 18-18, after enumera ting various defects, says, V theso may be obviated, but the want offuods arid the apathy of th* people ■ strike at the very root of the syale(n,” This (hen, the apathy of the people ; being (ho great obstacle, < for the want of funds is merely an incident at symp tom of the other,) liow can it be removed? Wean ewer, in the same way that other obstacles.of a sim ilar kind arc removed. Ilow*aro the people infinen. ■ced on the subject of religion? Tho visible rrjonns nro (lie preaching of tho gosplc, Jlto dissemination .of tho Bible and religious information by tracts end newspapers, «nd by the frequent conversations of neighbors. Let but thoso who have charge of the spiritual interests of the people—the clergy—lend a hand to this work. They can, and wo think ought . to do tun-h in nruusjng the people un ltd" subject.—- Willi sulliciehi.mfrn-ns at hand,or within reach, (heir oppdrlunitics fihih public and private are and, if embraced, much good will result. Our county newspapers .can and ought to he made tho vehicles of information on this subject. Tbctf .columns are hi ways free far original or selected articles, and Un friends of education should scatter Information to every firoshlo by this means, fn a very short time. If thin were done, tlie“ Eiluoulinmil department*' .would be greeted with «« hearty a welcome us the a* Congressional proceedings." The educated , icrol thy, and can and aught to do much In their own immediato neighborhoods. It may cost them lime., ami for a while it he outlay of some mo ncy; but'neither can ho employed to better purpose or In any way which will yicld-a greater, speedier, or more pcrmnncnl.rcwiirct. Will it not ho u source of happiness tn them ' and their children to live in tho midst, and mingle with nit educated, refined and Intelligent cummunily 7 Wilt tiny not have that greatest of all earthly towards—the consciousness that (hey are bcmifit.iug thcir race (- (o <tho extent o> (buir ability 7. This 1 cai<rs« will .cvcnJuaLly cost nothing; bat on the Contrary, M will double., both our population and (ho v4uo of property in •IcM.tJmn twenty years, and, make our county,which wants but'pnpul.-lion, the gulden of the State. The people of New'England have long acted upon . ,tho policy here advocated. With a slc-fll soil,.which yields hut n scanty return, cy.cn with the most dill gont coliiv.itldii. hcr poputotion would ago have the more prolific portion* nf our country, had :4l not b-cn lor ihc ample provision mode for oduca- , (ion. Hut for this New England today would bo a waste, and hut for ilho want of this, Cumberland county to day would team with weal Hi, and pnpula 'iion grcj-U-r Ui in any portion of New England. ’■ ,Tho people of Philadelphia county ocl.opon.lhr ' aamo (loliry. AI ’in curly .(lay of the .common {School system, they oUlulticd a-ulhortly by n special ucl ot 4he Legislature loilcvy u lux to keep their schools in operation during (ho year, and the conse quence has been that their schools have become (bo most efficient In (bo country .or the .world. .Since •llion llio population nnd value of properly In the comity have doubled; and much of (hie increase is attributable to (ho schools. Persona .in nil (lie aur rounding counliea, and in other Stoics seeilhe-supe* rior eduoalional advantages afforded, and hence are led In make the counly (heir residence to secure them for their children. That the above ia (ho (rue pulley for us to pursue, would bo sufficiently plain, even if we bad nut these examples .In .refer to.. Foi what is it that constitutes thodiflurcnco between the savage and the most civilized 7 between the rude huts, poverty, nakedness, and misery of (be one, nnd tho splendid mansions, wealth,,comfort®, refinement, end happiness of the other 7 Education. Whai constitutes tho difference between men in the same community nnd in the class of society 7 Education, to a far greater, extent than is commonly supposed ; no( mere hook but education in its proper sente—the development of tho j>oiotrt of t)ie individ ual, as the etymology .of tho wordjmplles,,(Educate, from o,oul and duco, to lead,) All the acquiallions of man, all the wealth of every kind {n the,world is tho result of exertion directed by mind; and as man is nalural'y the most imbecile and ignorant of all beings (not being endowed with Instinct,) all is the result el education. • Willi regard to .teacher* i as.a county, we have none. A. teacher cannot live amongst ua. for the simple reason that th* avenge tinpa of school Is less than elx months in the year,and fronihen the teeth' •r rscclrea bul very low.wagc».f The avenge for .the (eat year was $1.7 89 per m&nlh. Let but cur schools be kept open the wMe-.year, and teachers be paid remunerating , wages, and the complaints about soareily and inoompotepey will soon cease.— hundreds in other employments, fitted .by .nature, will bo> found to enter (his profession, and In a short I time, they will acquire, the necessary fioofc learning to become efficient teachers. Under the present stale { . of tho system in bur county, the vorf fact of a man’s being engaged in teaching is almost prima facie ov- ( Idence of his unfitness; because almost any other j employment offers to the possessor of tho requisite 1 qualifications a greater reward for his services,. On ( the subject of such low salaries, our State Siiperin- j tondenl holds tho following language : “A system ] for the support of education, which relies caprices! so inadequate to the object, is not only defective, but | •annot continue, unless a change is effected in this important particular. While the spinning-jenny,} , tho workshop, and the mines, yield competence to. the laborer—while the 101 l house, the, water station, and the lock furnishes a more profitable reward, it.} cannot be expected that teachers,capable to the task,' will bo found willing to undertake, for such dispro- . pnrlionale recompcnßc, the difficult task of the edu cation of youth.” Every thing cannot bo accom plished in a matter of this kind by magic or irritnc*| diatcly ;it must bp the work of time.. But wo can , lay immediately a broad and deep ’.foundation, upon which, in a few years may bo raised d superslruo-' lure. Complete, useful, and beautiful in all Us parts, l which wd will look upon with prido. nud pleasure— which will prove n blessing to our latest posterity; and for which they will call us blessed, > In view of tho ** County educational Convention " to assemble in Carlisle on tho third Tuesday of the present .month, we shall indicate, in our next, tome of the means by which an~ immediate improvement 1 may bo made In our schools. V 5o 19.6 cite Hi. SPRING. nv. w. it. ntmLEioit, Tbs south wind so tong (Sleeping to ether climes, on sonny sea* ; Or dallying pally M-ithlhn orange trees, In the hrjeht land of snog.. Wakes unto us amt laughingly sweeps by, Like a glad spirit »f thosky. • The laborer at his toll Teels on JUs chvnk its dewy kiss, nnd lifts Ills open brow to catch its fragrant gifts— . The aromatic sell • ft'-rne from ilia hhissniuing gardens of the .South— Whilu its faint sweetness lingers around his mouth. The hunting buds look up. To erect ilia sunlight, while It lingers yet On tlu warm liill-sldo,—aid the violet Opens Its azure cun . Meekly, nnd countless wild flowers wake tn fling - Thujr earliest incense un the gates of spring. . ■ The reptile, that ha,tli tain Torpid so long Within his wintry tomb, - I’iuicus tho mould, ascending from its gloom . Up to tho light again— * And Iho little snakn crawls fdith from caverns chill, - To bask ns erst upon the sunny hill.- Continnal songs arise From universal Nature-birds and stream*' Mingle thrlr voices, nmt the glad earth seems ' " -.A second I’aradiss 1 'c . ' ,-V Tnrlee blessed spring I—thou heiirAst gift* divine I Sunshine, nmt sung, and ftagranco-alt are Kilns. - Nor iirln earjli Mono— Thou ti.tist a tdessjog »V»r 4h« human heart. ' Halm for its wounds and hralins for its smart, Telling of Winter down. And bringing hope upon thy rainbow wing, Typn of Kicrunl Life—thrice blessed Spring I S&taccnjijtcom Prom the Louisville Literary Messenger. TUB FOREST MURDER. A TALK OF INDIANA. The jncldrals which I am about to relate, are not drawn from immng.ination but fujcU They form ah act of the never ending drama of human villainy. “This, indeed, Je u wild night/' said Charles (Jrny to his wife, tia they sh< before the blnzfng .hearUi nf on Jrulisn lug cabin, whilst the winds wuUcd urouad the roof and went sounding .through the forest. •oVViidrr than ever I know,** observed (da wife,. VCimrles, how ithunkCul wo should be to our Maker (IcU ho him given us this worm fire and close cabin to protect us from the rode element's." • •• Th’iinkJoj,” and Charles'Gray assumed a scrow)’, which of itself spoke the demon in his henrt *' Thankful, wife you rnnek me. . What is (his cabin to the luxurious comfort oflho (own folks whom we used to see in Nutfr York, rolling through (he streets in their cushioned carriages, or reclining on silk tmfiis and.laughing at the beggars that claimed (heir charity. Tlnmktiil J" Mary did n^l-icpiy. Bho feared him when In these moods, was 100 judicious to irritate him even by \\;ords, (bough breathed from n seraph’s lute, or syltubdled by angel's lips to one whoso soul hud become absorbed in tbo unhallowed love of wua.llk Charles Gray was a native of Now York, and had bei-n Jell a handsome fortune—lull prompted by avarice, arid too impatient to continue in..tho safe business which ho beg in, Joined others of on equal ly rapacious-disposition in speculation,. Which at first proved promising, but entirely failed, and loft many nn a,flout dreamer a ruined man. .Cbnj-les In thifl'mn.l affair had embarked his alt. He was left without house nr friends, for friends tire often boond with golden .chains alone. lie determined, with his wife, to emigrate to Indiana, fur whoso.fertile soil, broad streams, genial climate, and noble forests so much was said. With u bitter spirit lib hade farewell to his homo, and with a spta.ll amount of money., raised by l|io sale ofhis wile's Jewels sought (ho almost untrodden wilds of tlic west. With o small amount ofcaslt, ho purchased a few acres of ground on (bo Ohio river,,witc.ro the beautiful (ow.w of <3 in now standing. For a short period lie labored assiduous ly nt his small farm, and cheered by the smiles of a lovely snd devoted wife, seemed to forget his mlsfor tunes. A short time before our narrative opened, Charles visited I : —,as a hand on a flat boat, tho only species of water craft then u-ed In convey gauds and producs down tho river. WhHst ho was (hero ho met sevens] of-those who bad fallen in the aamo speculation, which had ruined himself. But whilst ho hod remained pour, they hnd by some means revived (heir fortunes and settled an lltcGhiq, where they were carrying on a brisk business.— Charles returned homo an altered man. For whole days he would sit idle and discontented. His sleep was disturbed by dreams of gold; in vain did the beautifUl nnd unoomplalnlrig wlfo.en<lbavop lo fright en the fiend (Vom Ills bosom. It was like one soll- Ury star trying to dissipate (ho darkness of the storm tossed ooesn. Wilder yot rolled Ibe storm through the crook ing woods, and Charles was still brooding over im aginary wrongs, when a ‘•hallo," was heard out side tho liltlo enclosure which surrounded the osb- Mary sprang (o the door and after acrotlnlxlng the traveller, for such the intruder was, by the light of a bark torch which she held over her heed, Invi ted him Into her rustic homo. # In a moment a gentleman of rather slight stature, bearing a portmanteau in hia hand, entered and gave the u|iial salutation.' Mary called for her huaband to attend 4ha traveller, but neither by word or gesture did ho exhibit signs of having hoard her, until, (ho stranger's portmanteau touched Ihb floor, •poke to hie sordid soul of gold. The demon was nrouwd, buUie wore a smiling face* ‘OUR COUNTRY —MAY IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT—-BUT RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY. 1 * CARLISLE, PA-, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1850. j 11 Welcome, stranger, welcome, M exclaimed Gray in so hurried and strange a manner that tho slran ger started back a few paces in surprise, but quick* |y recovering himself, exchanged salutations and seated himself pa a rude chair, already placed for his convenience before the fire. . . ; . I -Conversation soon commenced, nor was it inter* rupted until the night had for advanced towards the ■ dawn. • George Somers was also; he said,a n “l iv ® of New York, and from the neighborhood in which Charles Gray had lived. Ho Informed. Gray that ho sold his property at the oust' and ’emigrated to **.El Dorado, 1 * to speculate in lands, having with him a largo amount of money for that purpose. At lust they all retired la rest.-. The traveller to sleep—-Gray to brood over .the wealth of his guest. What fearlut thoughts passed through the bruin ol the wretch, that night. ; How often did his eye wander to the hunting knlfbv Once-he was about leaving the bed, when-a slight motion of his wilo Jn her slumber deterred him,from his ‘murderona intent. .Who but the pencil "of the demon could, paint the fears —the hopes—tho dark resolves of the wretched Gray, while the wearied guest slept but a few paces from him, in that peace which virluo and weariness-alone can give. ' - The morning came and glowing from his ocean Couch, nroso tho sun, gilding the distant bluffs and Surrounding' forests wjth colors drawn ujono from ( lho pallet.of heaven. ; His booms shown down upon tho .collage yet unstained with human blood, and aroused the sleepers. Did the evil spirit slum* ber in Gray's bosom T Tho simple breakfast was soon oyer, and Sumers asked Gray Inset him on tho nearest way to M- With the blandricss worthy the days when ho stood a respectable merchant behind acily dusk, he in*jj formed Somers that ho would accompany him a|| part of his journey, and under-protuncc of killing some game, shouldered hU rifle and led tho way.— For some limo they walked together, whilst renew* ing boyhood remembrances—remembrlhcos which called to mind many a spot hallowed by childhood sports and parental affection. They had thus proceeded about thrco t miles, and arrived among those .beautiful bluffs oh the Ohio, since celebrated by u deed which has given a name to a small crystal stream which dashed over a pro* cipido some bundled feel Jeep. . A bird swept over their heads, and wheeling on its light wing lighted on t bough of a majestic ouk. Gray asked the traveller to move on whilo ho attempted to bring down his game. Somers complied, and unsuspccl* Ing left Gray behind. A sharp rifld crack ran through tho woods and a shriek mingled with .its echoes. The host'wasa . murderer for money. Blood ..may be shed for re venge, nod our sympathies may lie excited for (ho assassin. Out who can find a chord in his liourt froth which pity may draw a -nolo of feeling for him, who with blood stained fingers holds the glit tering, coin before his eyes? Gray soon disposed .of the body by hurling it over iho'prccipieo. As U went lumbering through the scrubbed and jagged rocks that lined (he chasm ho perhaps fell remorse, but it was only for a moment Willi eager hands ho' opened tho portmanteau, and rolling out tho ahlning.coin upon the'loaves, for some minutes he gloated over his wealth; for the country wad-almost, uninhabited, and his demon spirit could rejoice over Us riches undisturbed. On returning home,' ho deposited his ill gotten gold in tho chest. His wife hoard (ho.ringing of tho coin and her quick mind (old her that Charles Gray, heir husband, ho to whom her heart had con. filled, vn •‘murderer, cThis wretch heeded her not, but gloomily seated himself before tho fire. From'the floor on which she had fallen, Mary rose on altered woman. Tho rose fled from liflr chock and a grave in the forest marked by n eingle stone, tells you where ties tho broken hearted wife.' Pence to her memory ! S • Charles Gray became n rich man. ffls lands, broad and fertile, boro luxuriant harvests. A lull mansion rose smong those old woods to shelter the murderer’s lie-id. Strange to saj*, ho-lived unsjs* « peeled. fro one.eared (br-the emigrant inlho coun. try fiom which ho oamc. Years rolled away. Villages arose on tho ruins of that mighty forest. The steamer with its per. 'pslual thunder an.d lightning ascended |ho.Olilo, lovely residences like gems, summoned tip by (he enchanter’s wand from (ha earth's bosom studded the banks of'tho silver liver. ' The suspicious mind of Gray, fur tho wicked ore always suspicious, ren dered him (fearful of discovery, as emigrants were crowding (he State and entered the lands in tho most-frequented spots. Tho bones of Somers were still exposed; if they were foun.d by any one rambling through the btofls, tho dark affair’ might be in.vesllg.atcd snd ho meet with just deserts.: Sal* lying-forth one evening, .ho soughttho wild precipice and descended on ropes to where his victim laid. Tho moon burned In tho midnight with tho lustre which sho only wears on a* winter night when (ho snow reflects its brightness, and-earth seemed to wcor (ho pearly robes of-angels, ,Ond by one (he stars had ‘appeared, through the arch above, nnd around the (ill's that awepMho river, for'nature is rtlll lovely, though for a few moments her beautiful form may bsnr (he record of crime placed there by man.- Aynung gentleman named Wilson, who was returning from a visit to his "lady love," passed by (ho precipice, nnd observing the ropes attached to n tree which stood by his path endeavored to trace the spot where they ended. After a’narrow search lie found them hanging against tho rock (hat formed (ho basis of a chasm round which the waters swept their crystal current In a few moments the young mnn perceived the form of one.whom ho Immediately recognized.. as Gray, from his (Ml muscular figure. Ho waj&cath ering up some while substance in a bag. AtopM he seemed In have completed his tusk, and throwing ihn bag over his shoulder, attached -tho strings In his neck end body, nmt enmmenued (ho ascent. By grasping tho rocks with his hands whenever they afforded sufficient protruding durTnoo—and planting his foot firmly In (ho fissures, Gray had succeeded in climbing half way up the chasm, when stopping to rest, the sholvy rock crumbled undnr his Joel. The murderer made a violent struggle to sustain his po sllion, bpl losing Ids balance ho plunged into the g-uir. One wild shriek (old that (ho .wretch had gone to judgment. “Retribution" had ponied.forth from (he throno ofGod, and the spirit of Gray stood before its Maker. ~, TAKING THIS CENSUS. , "Mndnm, will you pleaseinfnnn mo.of (bo num« bc.r -oT litiiabi(un(s in thU liouso?" ••Sir S' 1 . “The population !!) this trunnion.” " Well, there l« eight In the room over bond,” , " (low many ? eight} ere they nil adullt ?” '• No; they aro ulj Smiths, except two hoarder*.” "Smith*] black or yvhlto smiths, madam f” '•l’d have you know 1 donl livo In a home with nigger*.” " I didn’t allude to color—l meant their calling.” "O, that’* It, la U. VVeJI, If you had been hero laat night, you’d have found out, for they wae.calUng the watch ai loud aa they could aoream.” "Madam, I merely wish to know how many peo-' pis you have In ths houao, and what they do fot* * living.” “Yet, yea, now 1 understand. Well, let mo ace, there’ll the two Mullinses—that’s one.” • "That makes two, madam.” Well, Ifybu kqow Ueal.oount’om yourself” •• It is my buaineaa to Inquire, madam.” " Well, you’d belter attend to It, then, and don’t bother me.” "Madam, T am out with the census,’end—” “ Well, you act apt of your aenaet, I should think, to come Into my house aaking such questions.” . "It ia In ffboordanee with on act of Congreae, madam.” ~ "Well, you tell. Mr. Congreye, or. whatever hie name la, that Ho acta very foollah, "ending you round axing aich ahaller tllly question*.” , The.mnn left. , , MU. MEEK'I REPORT Relative to the obtervnnce of the Sabbath, made to the House of Repreeentatives, , The committee to whom was referred the bill from tho Senate, exempting tho Seventh Day Baptists from the operation of the. Sabbath laws of this Com monwealth have Instructed their clmirmah to make the following report; Tho memorialists ask that a law may bo enacted to exempt them from the provisions of ilia, first sec tion of an act, entitled ,l An Act for the prevention of vice and Immorality,” &c., passed 22d April, 1794, which section provides that “ If *py person shall, do or perfom ony worldly employment nr business what soever, on tho Lord’s Day, commonly called Sunday, works of necessity and charily only excepted," &c., “every such person so offending,-shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay four dollars,” &o. t &o. -In accordance with the prayer nf.yonr petitioners, Iho Senate has passed ft bill, entitled »• A supplement! to nn Act, 1 ’- &c., which provides that nothin" con* ialnetl in the first section of the act to which it is a] supplement, sn (hr as the same relates la.the ' perfor* monco- of worldly employment or business on tho Lord's Day; commonly called Suhdoy, shall bo con* slruedto extend to any person or persons w ho consci. cntiously observe the Seventh day of the week as the Subbutfi, and are guilty of no disturbance of the religious n&flhip of others, &c. This brought before as, your commiltoo lhink, ftf\fl3ffe mature reflection, should not fectlve jhep'jjHcorfcnco of tho House. Tha mjpjdfMlists set forth, that they regard the scTcnlh uy of the week ns tho divinely appointed cannot conscientiously regard as the Sabbuth, too first (lay of the week. They ask or Ulier claims exemption from the operation of tho llityo now in force, os a right secured to them by tho geput constitutional provision of this republic, securing to nil its citizens liberty of conscience. To this appeal no true republican can be incensl blc. We hold liberty of conscience to bo’ one of our most valuable rights. Nor can we conceive of any tiling more impolitic than for a government,to array itself against the consciences of the governed, But it occurs to the committee, dial the p)ca of liberty ; of conscience may bo urged for the cnacimonl or repeal of laws inseparably connected with the public welfare; ; We ask whether the very nature of gov ernments docs not require, Unit.in srttno contingen cies. this liberty should bo subject to restrictions 7 Under (hu most liberal forma of government, it must bo the condition of iorii:—oflcn of.a largo mi nority—to submit to laws to which they are sincere ly and . strongly opposed, and which they could not conscientiously enact and support if they wore in power. Out if no law can be enacted and enforced against: which a minority may conscientiously pro test, (hero can bo no government. Ono class may object to one law, anil another class to nnnthar law, until all groat public interests are abandoned to utter insecurity. We admit, that eases may happen in which tho law objected to is not In bo regarded as conflicting merely with tho settled convictions,of the objectors, as to what is must conducive to tho,wo fire o( tho community, considered in u moral, or a pecuniary point of view ; but ns direct yeontraveninga clunrty revealed j )uiv of God, and placing thorn under tho necessity of practically determining whether they will obey God, in violation laws nf man, or ain violation of'lhe law of God. donee rises, whether oases magnet occur in rest ofihu whole commodity, absolute elation upon certain interests in despite srj’jiptcs.of a par!.. la* r fTeco««sry to clabornto this point further, than to say; that a very respectable and useful portion of (ho American community arc so apposed to war, under any conditions,.that they can. mil, without a violation of their consciences, carry arms, or voluntarily hear any of (ho burdens of war. To either of these acts (hey prefer fines or imprison’ meat, or any penally which government may. Im pose. The law relieves I hem, with some other clas ses of citizens not entertaining the same scruples from the necessity ol carrying arms, but still re an I res them, against their consciences. In attribute j&tirhicli has been, not inappropriately denominat ed" Me sinews 0/ «ior." There areiioino in our own country, who buliovo that our* i* not a Christian government, because it makes no public provision 'li r tho maintenance .of religion. They hole that religion should bo nut on ly protected, but supported by the Stale, and because our government Is delinquent 10 this respect, their consciences will nut even allow them to vote at our elections, or in any implied sanction to our national Constitution/ To such consciences, it must bo admitted, our law givers cun afford no relief. The carols one in which (ho jiiitics must inevitably en- dure the inconvenience of having formed Oonscici (ious convictions which conflict with the conscience of the mass and tho fundamental principles of our social organization. Tho consciences of some American citizens have compelled (hem (0 go within tho bounds of (ha slave holdmg'Sinlcs, for the purpose of inducing .and,aid* ing lheVscii|.e of slaves from their owners. But wo. thinlc (hat the success of an opplicatiMi on their part for exemption from tho legal penalties incurred by conforming (heir condect to their consciences in this respect, would bo more than doubtful. The con sciences of others require them lo interfere with (tie execution of existing law respecting tho recovery of fugitive slaves. Any one acquainted with (ho ItMn ry of this country, cannot bo unapprized of the fuel, that to conform entirely tho laws of (ho land to too consciences of all Its subjects ui (ho present time would require tho dissolution of the union of these Slates, Should tho gold mines, or placers of California, attract to (hat country a party of Pugana from At-ia, whotfo system of religion requires Uni offering ol hu man beings in sicrilice, is it conceivable (hat an Amnr.lc.in legislator or jurist would so construe the declarations, that'* a I men have a natural and In defeasible right (0 worship Almighty God according to the.’dictate*.of Aboir consciences,” end “ that no lonian authority can ip any ease whatever control or interfere with (he right* of conscience'" ns to make thorn extend their protection lo the hurried riles of lliit bloody superstition 7 The intention of these illustrations .Is not (0 oJlach odium to (lio.inomorl'iliMa, by placing ilioin la com* purlaon with hfifclhona nr tjioso whom,they may dorm lunatics, but merely to show that llioro may bo-la* stances (bo most lihcml and equitable jfovenmfiua nmust of necessity comb into con diet with (lie religious oonvlolloos.of aomo ofll* ob*. . jrflla. . Whether (ho losrneJ jurists who constitute (he highest judicial lrlbiiu.il oftlio Commonwealth, and who are stigmatised in pamphlets circulated through (ho House l>y tlio memorialist*, us ".religious sea* Jota,” erred, when (o' the regret of the memorialists, they decided (hot the uol of 1704, cornea within the spirit df meaning of. the foregoing constitutional provisions, will depend upon whether the rights and privileges of the community at large would or would not, bv a contrary decision, bo sacrificed for the ben* efil of a few. Con.lho bill dovised by tho memorialists and pars* ed by liie Senate, become a law with safely to the rights a#d interests of (he public T. Will not the in .jury done to the msny bo Incalculably greater than tho benefit resulting to the few ? • The enforcement of the observance of the Sab* bath bo tsfnr abdim nre from secular employ menu Is concerned, hy civil statue js'nol the result of bigotry or superatllioo, bpt.results from a profound oonvio* lion of its Importance to (ho public welfare. The Sabbath is believed to bo qf immense .value os an , noonalon of real Oom bodily rind mental toll, and aa furnishing opportunity for religious reading—for private, and for social and public worship, and for (he training of, children. It la (he only opportunity which many laboring men have of being with their families and Instructing, and otherwise influencing those for whoso character and conduct the Provl* dance of Ood and (he law of the land hold them re* aponejble. It Is the lime set apart specially for the | cultivation of the moral dispositions—the heart of the community, whieh is believed to bo not less im* portent than the cultivation of Its intellect. ■ To sccur6 these advantages somo ono day must bo agreed upon bjP’ tho whole .community. It is not mcnl that tho selection of the day Is left to human expediency, but as.different opinions ore entertained respecting tho day. divinely consecrated, this qiles* J lion must be settled for practical purposes. -The . multiplication of weekly Sabbaths, it (s believed, would to a great extent, |f not wholly, defeat (hp.dcs < sign of tho institution. The mcmorULlivls claim (hat tho Seventh day of j the week is tho day indicated by divino authority, f It is nqt- necessary to discuss here the grounds ol | this belief. Wo presume that the arguments which they Imvo presented to the legislature upon tho I point In their tracts and pamphlets, are mil design- I ed to make converts, but ‘merely in show that this t peculiarity of their faith, is not to bo attributed to capriciousncss or obstinacy, nr incnmgable igno- rotico, but can be recommended by at least plausible reasoning, li is sufficient for us tlint tho first day of tho week is generally believed to bu tho true Sabbath, ft is the Subbath of the United Slulei of America. « It is the Sabbath of i The pursuance of secular business on tho Lord's , - Day* i> believed by.the committee to inflict gre'ulso . cial injustice. - Supposed it bo done by farmers or others, of tins pureuaslnn, the effect may bo that I they will gain real or apparent advantages in tho < j market,' and others will bo compelled, i-r will think i themselves compelled, tn pursue l lie same course in j order to successful competition. .The injury will bo • greatly augmented, when the principal in business has many hands in his employ. They are denied ’ | Iho periodical rest to which they arc entitled } or if for tlio cnnvenicnce of business another day is sub ’ sliluted for tho Lord’s Day, it cannot supply the re ligious privileges culled for by their moral and splr* ilual wants. Tn secure these privileges, as well as to preservo untainted their consciences, American citizens have been obliged, under circumstances of groat hardship, to (urn away from employments, for which they were especially filled by their talents and education. It is believed that tho Sabbath desecra tion, which is allowed by tho laws of this Slate, reg ulating her public works, compels thousands of Iter host men to relinquish their hjrlh right or tho em ployment upon which they depend for subsistence. . Henco the necessity of civil legislation respecting the Sabbath. Jt is necessary to protect tho cummu* nily, tho laboring portion especially. In tiia posses sion and enjoyment of invaluable rights and privi leges, civil and religious, which have dcccnded to them from iho Author of their being, and also from the founders of the Republic and of tho. Common wealth, Tho memorialists object (hat (he laws of which they complain are unconstitutional, because of the nature ol un ecclesiastical law, os they assume to decide what arc divino laws, and to enforce them ns such. Tho committee Imvo no hesitancy in conceding nr affirming that it is not tho province of (ho Legisla- ture to ascertain what are tho laws of God, or to re enact and enforce them by civil penalties-when as certained by others. Nor .is this even chargeable upon those by whom the obnoxious Sabbath laws were ordained. Tho true ground of civil legislation is tho agreement or disagreement of measures with the order and interests of society. That legislation proceeding upon this ground should result in a cun. cidcncc between divino and human l ays i* neither s'lrango nor alarming. .It is inevitable. Nor cm it be supposed ihul Christian law giver* will bo wholly nninflijoiiccJ by llio consideration that the model of action upon which they ore required Indeliberate, arc enjoined or prohibited by (ho Col it is bno'thing tomoho a pio-cslstcntdlvlno law (lie ground of civil legislation, and mother thing to maltc 1 the Tact that Gad lias ordiinfd nr prohibited an net, I the sources of our convictions in reference In its so cl-*I tendencies. And If to prohibit nets which the divine law has prohibited, bo necessarily to puss ec clesiastical laws and consequently lo violate llte Constitution of the Slate and ot the United States, then constitutions are violated by the laws prohibit ing murder, theft, and polygamy. Tho memorialists do not appear to tho committee to bo cnlirely.consistonl with themselves. They ob- ject to Sabbath laws ns unconstitutional, because example* of legislating upon religions subjects, nnd because they, determine '• when a mnn shall work and whch ho shall rent," nnd yet they profess to ap prove of "a simple enactment prohibiijng-nll unno : ccssury labor on Sunday, except in the case of (hose who keep (ho seventh day 0* tho Sabbath {" so dial Ihcy hava no .objection* (0 ccclesiastic.il laws,pro viding cliil their preference* arc''consulted by said laws. . Tho author* of our Sabbath law* nro not charge able with .having determined.that llto first day ot the week is the Sabbath, and thus setllcd by Irgisln live authority a theological question. This point was settled anterior to any legislation upon tbo sub Ject. They merely ordained that the people should bo protected in tho enjoyment of lho'pr[vilegn* with which the Sabhitli is fraught, assuming the (lirolng. ion) question to bo settled by tho only competent au thority—the religion* convictions of tho people. Tha oornm.illco would respectfully suggest (hut the rccognilion of soma day as (ho Sabh itli by tho pub lic audio hies Is n( absolute necessity, us otherwise tho public conscience might bo broken down, nnd millions of American citizens.virtually deprived of the rights'of'suffrage, by the appointment of’public elections to bo held in Sabbath time. Nor cun the public recognition of.ljia first, day of the week as (ho Subbath hu regarded ns a serturian measure, in nsmuoh as there nro few articles of belief mure Catholic among American Christian*.and citizen* generally, limit that by which this day is consecra ted. Tlio committee sympathize with (lie memoMuliaU in Ihelr.dUficultlea, and Would gladly concur in Mine feasible plan of relief*, hut they are not convinced of the expediency of lliu bill fitlurcci for I heir con currcuco.. ,It appears to involve the principle -llmt Snhbuth days miy bo multiplied hi (lie eye of Ihr law, nnd lhnl each ami all of them may La legally i •object to such violation .a* frualrnlo their designs. | It appear* to us to bo a virtual nullification of our I Sabbath lowa. Wo Tear that In pissing It through sympathy with the few, we should bo doing Injustice lo lho multitude. nesjdcs, the law, proposed to bo superceded doe* no violence lo the. conscience* of the momorlalfsH. .It does pot require (hem to 1 desecrate their Sabbath, but merely to pay respect to (he opnicli'iicca nod rlgMa of the great body of Arne* rioun citizen*. Nor can wo overlook the fiicl that wq are naked (n protect (hem from (he penal ennan* quenoes of violating a law by making thorn except lion* to it* nbligoliona. Your committor, therefore report (ho bill refcired (u thorn, with a'negntlvo recommendation We do not bihnff to onr patrons, Our paper is wholly our own. Whoever may like it may (aka it ] * Who don’t can just Id it elnno* A proposition has been made in (ho legislature of Now York, to make habitual drunkenness a ground of divorce. . • ■ He who swallowe up the substance of the poor, will, in (he end, find that U contains a bone which will ohoke him, Mrs. Farnham write* humo (hat in. California •women aro more in requisition than gold or any* hlng else.” po you Hear that, girls. "There la a great demand,” save a Yankee pedlar, ‘•fur e species of plaster which will enable gentlemen to stick to their business.” Mrs. Carson, of Dallas, Ala,, haa gone deranged at the double loss of her husband and eon, by tho burning of the steamer-St. John. . There oro four things which il looks very awk ward for a women to do, vlx s To whistle, to throw •tones d i cow, smoko a cigar, or to climb a garden Tehee., AT $2 00 PEB ANWDfiI. Omelette#. • Mrs. Howard, who some months since killed the paramour of her husband, Capt. Howard' at Cincinnati, haa been appointed guardian of he? children, who by the'death of their father harp been left some 310,000 worth of property* Capt, Tin ward .was, nfter the unfortunate, affair, al Cin cinnati, killed in an affray nl St. Mm. Howard has ret*overd entirely her reasojii, and made personal application |o the court to ho appointed the guardian. She intends taking up her residence with her relatives in Canada# ... George Lansdown, who killed Capt. lloward# whoso wife killed his mistress in Cincinnati,, has been tried and convicted of murder at St* Louis; Dancing parlies in the morning have been troduced among the fashionables in New Yorjf city* ■ ;. ' A dutchman thus describes tho. New Yorkers :> ‘♦Fine people,** says he, “ doy go,about drv streets nil "do day, sheeting (cheating) each other,. and dey call dnt business I’ 1 Besides Jenny Lind, a laroo importation of artistlo talent may be expected in the not only from Khgland, hut from’tho Continent! It la said*. Thalherg is expected, St. Leon, the violin ist and dancer, and his wife Fanny Cerilo. ;. ■,. Tim question whether Sunday travel shill or shall not ho permitted over lint, -Pennsylvania, railroad, is now being submitted to tho test oftlm ballot of the Stockholders, Tho results© far, shows a majority of nearly three to one in favor; of Sunday travel. Mow short the years nro when wo ore getting . old! Till we nro out of- our teens, Time cot oi*ly ‘‘hides his scythe among the (lowers,” but I actually seems to bo mow.lng by tho day. No. , sooner, however, do wo. turn tho corner of thirty, . than ho is after us with a swarth that cuts into • our years, as If they were made up of weeds or . wet paper. . Significant.— -Referring to n small meeting held at some town lit the State of. Kentucky, for tho purpose of sending delegates to the Nashville Convention, tho Louisville Journal significantly says; , , - . “Any Individual who, shall go Into that body, assuming to he a representative of the State of Kentucky* had better not come back within her limits. 1 * ’ The Wlnnob.igoos in Wisconsin have become so troublesome to tho settlers, that Gov. Dewey has written to tho President for n regiment of dragoons, and another of Infantry, for the protect lion of (he frontier. Com. Stockton is out In tho Philadelphia pa pers, in a very long letter, addressed to the Hon. Daniel Webster, upon the slave question in.gen eral and the Senator’s Isjte speech upon the suh jecct in particular. The Commodore ,thinks non? intervention and no »• Proviso** the best way of treating the difficulty; ■ Of till .the melancholy sights, a bachelor** home is the most so, A house without a women, Is like a world without a sky; or a sky without n star—dark, desolate and dreary. With (ho ex* ceptionof the |.*dy>4vho * milked-the cow, with the crumpled-borns,~.we..kaowj)f p.oihiqg more forlorn and nu/uncholy. ' Tim Philadelphia hoard of health is making preparations in anticipation ~of the coming of the cholera, All right. “An ounce of proven tiori is wonh a pound of euro,**. Tint Pennsylvania’ Railroad.— The heavy work on (ho western division nf ihn Pennsylvania', railroad, between Pittsburg and Johnstown, is to he Ift on the 58th of April. It embraces many excavations and embankments, besides throw tun* mds, ond n number of culvrria and bridges. A Youko Morjißn—;Mr, Waller Colton saw at Rio. a woman only twelve years old, who had ' .tvvo'oliildren. -She was timniud ut the aye often lD a man of aixty.Hve. . A pilto weighing 93| pounds has been caught' jruho Sciota river.. If you wish to live well and happy, go tobed early, rise early, eat .little, drink less, and; last though not least, read tho Volunteer ‘ •: • .Fatal Accident.—On tho fliMnsl, n child aged 3 years, living with Erastua Niles, six inilea, from .Wellshorongh, Pa., Tell into a vessel; c/ boiling water, occasioning his death in V few hours. ’ * ’ It will not do to hoo a great field for n littla rnp, or to mow twenty acres for five loads of bay* inrlch the land, mul it will pay yon for it. Ret* •r farm tlKrly acres .-well than Ally acres by ulves.- . S.MunnMtfo HiAMoNns.—Upon opening a tils* pleleus looking foreign letter which was recently, ‘ put into thy New York Post. Office, it was found : in contain diamonds to tho amount of about 8000, ; The evident intention was to smuggU, and tho Admirnlliy Court «’f New York, therefore, de clared the diamonds to be forfeited. A gentleman wos married in New York, on Thursday, who glories in the turns of •* Tangelr One fortunate tlrng Cor that gentle* man is, that when his wife flies into a passion, . she will have sufficient lime to cool while pro nouncing his name. .... Four,children tvero burnt io death In French , J I Creek, N. J., on the J7t|j tilt., while asleen In a ‘ house,that, was tfrod, ills thought, by un idloiio • girl. . v Mr. Daniel, Prince, affeil 67 yearn, a wealthy and reapeciahia citizen tif Concert!, committed aitlciilo last Saturday evoninjf, hy cutting Mi J* n great ecnrd'y of mulns in ’ , Jib West, Ttie 'California overland expedition carried them nearly nil oIT., The silk culture In till* country !• rapidly tending*. Silk gnndii, of beautiful color* and,.,\ exrellenldrxture, are made at Wheeling. " The Daptlats contemplate the eatabUahpient a’college In Wisconsin. ’ : / '■ r."' t* CI Poo calls a beautiful., woman-M £ perpetual hymn to the Deity.”. ; -■ u Poor (Ho MaH.”-*-Tlio Dnsion Mail statn». :I (hat Mr* Wilby, .who was formerly a vyvnhhy merchant of that eity,.and who died latelyjn the alrnß-houee, Ini JJew York, and. was builfd in \\ Potter'* field, has several daughters in Breton, 1 “Who tea the .wives of men who control th* [heaviest operations” In State street. 1 , A story la told in a .Western paper In regard tor. 1 the pretenieeason of lent. A rather, dimple. Epis* ccpniinn noticed, during theaeaaon of lent, lhaj. the church bell was rung every-day \ -not nn’de’iy * standing it, he turned oneUlny Ho n hroilierlrriha church, and naked him whnl iheir.bell was ting* (ng for.so often. Why/ 1 said his friend^/*!»-. ! is lent; 1 - With charming slmnllqliy he ., "Lent* who lina borrowedii?” i ■ ■ i » ,i -n How to. make a. Oannow.—-Tho fcdlowlngjfc an IrUhman'a'description how to inskef “Taka, a long hole, and pouf braaa or Ironi- , MG'.- 44.
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