manifest, therefore, that (he law in many, Indeed in ( Could not have bepn executed for want of officer! hour at-hand*'• It thus became absolutely . necessary for Congress to provide United States of.' fiCon to take (ho (dace of liio Smto magistrates who hud been superseded* tfiUiouu'lhU u coifsUluliuhut. , right'could, have oxlsled.wuh no adequate means of cnforclng It., The. fugitive sluvobitlwas passed, cliicfly to remedy this defect, and 16 substitute such officers-Instead of the Stale magistrates whtisopow-' c'ft bad beep.nullified under the decision of the Su«- ■■ •, ,ll is worllfy, femark, that several of our Northern Legislatures, availing themselves of tho decision of . Hie Supremo Court* and under the-deep excitement produced'by tlio agitation ,of the VVihnol Proviso* •, passod;-ia«s;unposing_ obstacles to tho execution of the-plovisibns of the Constitution for the restoration wHujillve slaTcsi, I'am-sorry, very serrjvlo sloto thal'Punasylvimia is among this number. By our . Act of 3<T March, 1847 j even tho uso of our public i JjljiJs dflnicd for tho.safe custodyof the.-fugitive : • ijd the jailer who shall bflond against this provision, I U deprived 6f-his office,-and is punishable with a 'JioaVyfliie and tv disqualification ever again to hold * ft similar office 1 • Tho (wo . principal objections urged against the i JbghlVe slavo ldw are, that it will promote kidnap. i 'P*ug; and that it does not provide a trial by jury for 1 ftiie.fUgilive io Ike Slate to which he has escaped. •?’h > o very .same reasons may bo urged, with equal force, against the act of 171)3; and yet it existed for iinpt? than half a century without encountering any [tucli. objections. ~ In regard to kidnapping l-«lho fcors of the oglu. ,(nra aro altogether groundless.'. Tho law requires that the fugitive shall be taken before tho judge or commissioner. Tho master must there prove,'to the .'satisfaction of the magistrate the identity of the ! fugltiye, that hb la the master’s property, and has “•soaped from his service. Now, I ask. would a kid. r ««pper ever undertake such a task? Would lie sub. ora witnesses to commit perjury, and exposo himself ilo detection before tho judgb or'commisHioncr, and .Ift, presence of argus eyes of a nocuslavoholdtng , ,ebqimunity, whoso feelings are always in favor of tho . jiUvel, .No, never. The kidnapper seizes his victim ’ In the silence of the night, or in a remote and obscure ®nd hurries him away. Ito docs ndl expose him to the public gaze, He will never bring the un roHunate.objcct ofliis rapacity before a commissioner df e judge; Indeed, I havo no rccoilcction.of having heard or road of a case, in [which a free man was 'kidnapped under tho forms of law,.during (he whole period ol more than half a century, since tho act of 1793 wss passed. ;.Bul it is objeolud to the law, that tho fugitive is not allotted a trial by jury hi (he State to which lie has escaped* So it has always, been under tho pro* sent.aot of 1793, and so it is under tho present law; Afugilivo from labor is placed upon tho very same fooling,under tho Constitution, with a fugitivo from . justice. Docs a man charged with the commission 6fa.crimo.ia Maryland fly into Pennsylvania, ho is delivered up upon proper evidence, to tho authorities qftho State from which ho fled, there to stand his • trial. ' lie has no right to demand a trial by jury in •Tonnsylvania, Nay, more; under our extradition treaties with foreign powers, docs a man charged with a crime committed in England or France, fly ' to the United Stales, ho is delivered up to the autho rities of-the country fromwhich ho fled, without a (rial by jury in this country. Precisely the same is Mb case in regard to a, fugitivo from labor. Upon Satisfactory proof, ho is delivered up without a trial . by jury. In the Constitution ho is placed upon the . very same fooling with fugitives from Justice from other Slates { and by treaty, ha is placed upon the ' yery saroo fooling with fugitives from justice from foreign countries.. Surely tho fugitive slave is not entitled to superior privileges over lha freo white - man; - Whoa be returns to tho Slate from which lip faurisaeapod, he is there entitled to a trial Ijfejury. for (Ire purpose of deciding whether ho is a (Tee tiiaa 1 believe every slave State has made provisionally law Air such a trial without expense, upon (lie poli. (ion of the slave; and we have heard it announced ; «pon (he highest authority in tho Senate of the Uni, ted Slates, that such trials are always conducted in 'mercy, and with a rigid regard to the rights of tho •Tavp,. (< Why should an Act of Congress cast such a re. flection upon tho judicial tribunals of a sister Slate ka to say they shall not bo trusted with tho trial of (he question whether an individual is entitled to his ’ freedom under tho laws of tho State from which he baa fled 7 , '- But to allow the fugitive slave a trial by jury in (bbStale whore he-Is found, would, in .man/ instan ces; completely nullify (he provisions of the Cunsli tfhlQlioq.. There are many, I (ear very many, in (he States who place their conscience above . (be Constitution of (heir country, and who would, as . jurors,rescue a fugitive slave from servitude against testimony, thinking, at the same time, they were doing God’s service. . Tho excited condition ofpublie . fooling in many portions of tho North, would did qualify honcstand respectable men from acting ns Impartial jurors on such a question. Besides, the delay, the trouble, the expenses of a. Jury, trial at such a distance from Jjgmcrwould, in most cases, f resent the master frompursulfig his fugitivo slave, le would know that should ho fail to obtain liver diet, this would be his ruin. Ho would then be per. •seated with actions of slander, offatse imprisonment, and every kind of prosecution which ingenuity could devise. . 1 Tliodefonl of ill o Wilmol Proviso,ohd Ilia passage Of tlio Fugitive Slave I,aw, oto all that lliu Sulilli ■ obtained by the Compromitc. They asked for tha Missouri Compromise, winch it is known lliat for one I was always willing lo concede, believing Ibis would be Ike moat jusl, cquilable end satisfactory arringoroealof the Territorial Question between tlio ■■ North and tho South. But that has passed away. California haa been admitted aa a State into tha Union, with a positive prohibition of slavery in her constitution, end Whether the Mexican lew abolish, ing slavery bo in force or not in the remainder of our territorial acquisitions, dees any man believe that slavery will ever prevail among tiro Mormons irt i . Utah, or among tha Inhabitants of the snowvclad bills , and mountain valleys of Now Mexico? . Besides, the | fmvc trade has been abolished in the District of Co. , Inmbla, Whet then of the Compromise practically , remains for the South bat this Fugitive Slave I,aw, *•««?. 10 terry out a clear constitutional provision 7 . It Wiho only compensation which they have reeoiv. | : cd for vr.hat they boUova to'ho tho groat injustice they have susUincd. Will they, than, patiently sub- ! m? 2V° S'! "peeled, essentially modified, or nullified 7 Bolorci its passage, tho Conatltution had become, in, regard ta . fugliivo alivca, nfmoit a dead ‘ • notoriona fuel,that all along tho bor. dor. Which aepar.lcs the free from the slave Stoles, every facility was oHjrdcd for the escape of slavci from thoir masters. If they eoold pass .tho lino, their aifoly was almost Certain. They wore scarce!* ever, In tho language of tho Conatltution, "delivered op, on the claim of tho parly to whom such labor or service may bo duo." fit many instance*, (ho master or his agent who pursued diem, was Insulted, assaulted, beaten and Imprisoned; and few man could bo found bold enough to Incur the hazard of such a dangerous undertaking. Jn (hti manner the Southern people.were annually deprived of Ihcir properly, guaranteed Ip them by the Conatltution, lo lha amount ofliundrodi of then •and* of dblfars. Tho Conitilulion was nullified, and’this law was passed for the proloclion of Ibolr Conslilulional ri£h(e. Will they lamely surrender it f Let the voice which speaks in tones of thunder from the united South answer this question. They will ,t last, I (rest and believe, submit la all the provisions of tits compromise, provided Ilia fugliivo slave law bo faithfully executed by the North j but they wllpgo no farther,. All the resolutions oven ol tho Union meetings in the South speak this lan guage, Future aggressions must cease, or Iho Union will'bo In Imminent danger. __Bol ua then rssolve lo pul down agitation of (ho north on the sieve question, by tho force of onllght. 23* P“* l 'J ll opinion, ond' faithfully exooula tho pro. V*™?, " fugitive slave law. Should this bo teriiartlai *T a4 ’ ~ extinguish Ihoso geograph. Iroublea,'end will restore Iho natural “"r •monolpstlon which has, In aavcral StateshMn'. 1 * ruled by Iho violence of tho abolitionist* '* ” ' The Union cannot long endure If n bo Bound lo gather only by paper bands.. II can ba firmly eo'. mooted alone by the sfiocllons of the people of Iho different Stales for each other. Would lo (leaven that tha spirit, of mutual forbearance and brotherly loro which .presided al Ha birth, could anco more bo restored‘lo bless Iho land! Upon opening a volume, a Aw daya since, my eyes caught a resolution of a eonvonlion of the counties of Maryland, assembled otAnnapolis.inJuno, 1771, in oousoquonco of Iho passage try (he British Parliament of Iho Boston Boil BfllrWhlob provided for cpeuing.it subscription ” in the several counties of tho Province, lor an im mediate collection fur tho relief of (ho distressed inhabitants-of Boston, now cruelly deprived of tho moans of procuring subsistence fur themselves and families by the operation of said act for blocking up their hafbor.” ■ .Would that tho spirit of fraternal affection which dictated this noble resolution, and which actuated all tile conduct of our revolutionary fathers; might roturn fo bless and reanimate U»o bo soma oftheir ilcsccndcntst [This ttonid render our Union indissoluble. li would bo tho living soul in fusing itself info the Cur.atilutian and inspiring it 'with irresistible energy. ■ . ' ' . ' I urn nut ono of those who can never consent to calculate the value of tho Union, its benefits and its bicssingrare inestimable. God forbid that fanaticism should ever apply a torch to the grandest and most glorious temple which has ever been erected to poIU •tioal freedom on tho face of (ho-earth! - Whilst the friends of human liberty throughout tho world'would forever deplore tho irreparable loss of our example to the nations, ibis [catastrophe would, be the> prolific source of evils.to the Slates—North, South, East and West—from the’ enumeration of’which, my mind recoils with horror. ~ Would any or all tho injuries which the South bate sbflWd, from.the agitation'of the North, and from tho Compromise, justify a resort to tho loot dread extremity of dissolving tho Union 7 T believe not; and after the sober second thought, the patriotic peo* plo of the South, wilt, 1 hayo no doubt, by a large majority, arrive at. the same conclusion. For sash causes, they' will never forfeit oil tho innumerable blessings of the Union, and subject tho country end the lovers of freedom throughout the eWorld, to the most astounding political calamity which has ever befallen the human race. It is not every U U not eVe/y grief, nus wrong which cart justify, or even palliate, such a fearful alternative. In this ago, and In'this country, there U an incessant flux and reflux of public opinion. Subjects which-but a few years ago l excited the public mind to madness, have passed attuy,-and are almost forgotten. - To employ tho eloquent language of Mr. Burke, they ore “Volcunocs burntoUt;—and on the lava and ashes and squalid scoria, of old eruptions grow tho peaceful olive, the cheering vine and (be sustaining corn." . ' - ", The agitation at (ho North on tho subjcbl df do. 1 mestlo slavery In the South, like every ihinjphuman, will have its day. Wo have already reached, and, 1 trust, passed the dangerous crisis. Should this prove to be the case, the tempest Whichhas been raging, will purify the political atmosphere, and impart new and j healthful life and vigor to the body politic.. But if, in the midst of such a temporary exeito*. ment, the Union should bo dissolved, tho-mlsohiof 1 will then be irreparable. ” Nations unborn;akd ages 1 yet behind” will curse the roshness of thedded.— Should ” tho silver cord bo loosed, and the-gbldcn bowl ho broken at the fountain, H . liUm&h power will never bo able to ,Unite the scattered fragments. If tiio Almighty Ruler of the Universe bus, in His Providence, destined the dissolution oflhe Union,as a punishment for tho sins, of the Nation, I hope, bo. fore that day, 1 may be gathered to my fathers, and never witness the sad catastrophe. Yours, very respectfully, James buchaNan. To Messrs, Jdsiah Randall, Isaac Iluzclhurst, John S. Riddle, John .W«. Forney, C.J. Ingcrsoll, end Robert M. Lee. CALIFORNIA—A GLOOMY ACCOUNT* ' The passengers on tho steamer Alabama , who ar* rived el Now Orleans on tho 28lh, from California, have published a statement oflhe condition of things In that country, with a view, as they say, of correct, ing the falsa and exaggerated reports sent to this part of tho country respecting the success of the miners. They say (hey had-never witnessed such scenes of suffering nswcro'prcsenlcd by the mining, districts.- Twenty thousand miners have becii cn gaged all (he summer, in the Southern mine*) in darning and turning tho rivers Stanislas, Tpwalama, .Mercedes, and other streams, tho beds of which bavo all proved barren of tho precious dust. They hare exhausted all (heir means in this unprofitable labor, and are deeply in debt to the merchants. Tho rain ing season, which commences in November, will force them back, penniless and destitute to the towns, whore they must bo fed and supported during winter, or sent back'to tho Stales, either of which appears almost impossible. The grcal objccl of a California emigrant is no longer to make a fortune, but to save money enough to pay his passage back to the Slates. This Is sometimes tho labor of mouths. But here is their own statement j The bankers, merchants, and traders, wfioso’btljf. nesa transactions extend throughout iho entire length and breadth of tho gold region, assist, in no small degree, in misleading the public in-regard lo tho fluttering prospect* ol* Ihoso engaged in They hard induced thousands and lens of thousands loecck fortunes in California at greatsacrlficcs,who never would have tried tho great experiment if they had been informed of the real condition and pros pects of those engaged in working the mines* Wo -bcliovo that thousands have been tnducecf.-lo emigrate to California, during tho past year, on ac count oflho exaggerated report mado by tho Uov. ermnent agent, Mr. King, and by the statements mode by (ho delegates in Congress, in relation to the gold-bearing quart*. They slated that quail* rock existed lo on unlimited extent, ond worth from ono lo three dollars per pound. These statements coming lo tho miners through the newspapers pub- Halted abroad, struck (hem with profound astonish ment* Now, there is not ono miner in five hundred who tins found in all liis researches a pound dfquarl* rock worth fifty cents per pound, and tho undersign, od, who have becn.deoply Interested in tho matter, having earned machinery lo the mines at groal ex pense, to work tlio quartz, know (hat none can be found there worth tho present price for labor to work i(. | It Imi been estimated (lint about tfrro ffurfdfod thousand Americans were in California at tho com-* mcnccmenl of tho present year, , Tbo emigration this year is pul down at sixty thousand across tho (ilams, ten thousand over land, through Texas and Mexico, and fifty thousand across tno Isthmus— malting two hundred and twenty thousand. Sup/ posing twenty thousand have returned homo daring the present year, (and this is sard to be a liberal cal culation,) two hundred thousand Americana remain 1 in tho country. If asked what rs tho condition and prospects of this largo number of American chitons, we would say "most deplorable." The forty or fifty thousand who have been engaged hi darning ana 1 turning rivers during the summer have 1 boon almost onWoraony disappointed. Having lost the labor of three summers, and thtf means limy had previously procured, thousands of Oiorrt afo reduced ttf Want and Involved in debt for Subsistence, &<y, : Those who wore engaged in the dry diggings, do. 1 pots, have alio* been unsuccessful dutViig the past season. It was the general opinion of tho mi. nets last mentioned, thol not more than eighty or ( ninety in every hundred had realized money enough . to enable them to return to llioir families ; and that not more than one m twenty has rcollztd a dollar' clear of expenses during the season. All hopes of making fortunes in California are lost sight of in ninety-nine eases ont of a hundred, and the almost universal feeling hi to gel horaev And It Is truly ’hoart>rcnding to witness tho general despondency which exists among tho miners, and to see stout hearted and brave mon shod tears si their hopeless condition* Wo hove deemed It our du(y~*a duty wo felt duo to tho American people—liius honestly to present for their consideration (ho foregoing facts,; leaving nil to act according to tbelr own judgments in the metier, , Steamboat Dlsastero-Se-veral Lf-res £tfMf Pimounoii. Dco. aO.—Tho flue of tho steamboat Fashion, No. T t collapsed (fill afternoon, at 3 o'clock,- on tho Mononguiicln river,-a short dlalnnco above (own, causing the ihfclant death of several of the crow and paesongora, and seriously, if not mortally, residing others. 1 havejuat returned from thcaoeno or diaailor, and loomed ilia following particulars of (lio killed and scalded. Among (ho killed were Joa. Carroll and A. LiUlo, passengers; haso Peebles, as sistant engineer, ion of the Captain, ai)ri Jpmoa Lon derbaok, fireman. Those aided are, WTCJaikill, first engineer; A. Piobfin, assistant engineer, eon oftlio Captain; JcaaoQilliand,pneiengur;'John Pettigrew, dock hand; Findley Gould, deck li&nd, and'ono Cabin passenger. The boat la ahnoala lotaPwreok. Tho forward part of tiro oabln ond atopa wore blown over board, and Ilia after part of the boat iharod about the •ainofalo. The persons klllod’wcra blown overboard,' ii a 'ft bod i« B ,IMO not yolbccn recovered.- When asi« V« ► ded woro about bolng convoyed to tho oity to receive medical treatment. . . SptoiAi, Election, —.Governor Johnston has U sued his proclamation appointing Tuesday, Dee. 31st, for on.election to bo hold in tho lllh Con gressional District of this State, vacant by the death of-lldn, Chester Bullsr, THE VOLUNTEER. JahuU. Bratton, Editor and Proprietor. CARLISLE, THURSDAY, DEC, SO, 1850. ■ qO*Wo trust our readers will noi forgot to.atlcnd the, Exhibition, this Svening, in Education-Hall, prepared for them by iho Tutor and Pupil* of (ho Male High School. The young gentlemen, w.o learn> have been very busily engaged' for a week pest, in decorating £nd beautifying Iho, IlaU. Thcir exer tions to; odd ttT (ho intellectual ploasures’of iho sea* son, certainly entitle thorn to a fyll. audience. Tub Weather.—We had a very pretty sample of a young enow; storm on Sunday lash It dommtnced about 19 o'clock, M.» and continued for an hour, to the evening it rained smartly, and by Monday morn*' Ing the snow had entirely disappeared. Monday was a regular, old-fashioned winter'day, U being Intensely cold,.and al right the wind.blew d perfect hurricane.' On Tuesday, the day woe clear end bright, and the atmosphere Pool and bracing. This W .pretty much of a variety of weather for part of one-week* , ' \ Stftkiriok Bfcdkfcs.-»-Ucadcf, If yoii are at a loss to know whore to obtain a tip lop sogar, just call at the Grocery Store of our friend Ear, and try somo.of his/ We have puffed several of them, and feel warranted' in pronouncing them very superior. Mb. Buchanan's Great Litter.—To Iho exclusion 1 of much other matter, wo this week publish Mr* Bo* | CUanan** patriotic and truly American letter to the : groat Union meeting which recently in » Philadelphia. That our readers will peruse this lot* 1 ter with /oe/lngs of lively Interest, vre havo every | reason to'believe, ll is certainly « noble production, and does honor to the head and heart, of its illustrious adlhor. In the language of thai. r ablo Democratic paper, the Pittsburg Post, “Mr. Buchanan has taken a stolcsmah'liko view of (he sltyfcry tplestloni and has chosen the Constitution of bis country for hi* guide. With factioniats and fanatics,, it matters not where they'have been found, or . under what name (hey. may have strilcd, Air. Buchanan /has never had any fellowship. Despising treason, havo no love Tor traitors,** . r. : Dcatu or k Returned Cauvurnun.—Wo omitted to announce, last • week,.the sadden death, in Philu. delphia, of Mr. Jacos lluuer, who. recently arrived in New York from Califorftia in the Crescent City. Mr. Humer was a native pflhis county,and loft Car lisle in May last fbr* El Dorado, liehad reached Philadelphia on his way home to rejoin his family and friends, when ho was overtaken'by disease, and died on Saturday the 14th lost. Hiarremains were conveyed to this county for interment. Mr. HUttm was in his 34th year, and was universally esteemed an honest man and good'eitizen.. .He-has left a wife and family to mourn their sudden bereavement* Conorkss.— lt is generally understood that there will bo no agitation of . the slavery question in Congress during the present session* Petitions may be presented for the repeal of the fugitive slave, law, but we have reason to believe, that such petitions will be quietly, disposed of, without any effort to procure legislation .btrtho subject.—- Members seem to bo well aware that, in touching that law, they would tread upon dangerous ground. Whilst.it is respected tbg Union may be preserved—but. repeal it, ar|jl dissolution would be the immediate result. A Soldier's Funeral. On Friday morning last, at •boot*'!*' o'clock, Iho i solemn and mournful sounds oPraulUfibosic caDgh* 1 our oar, and on looking from our * beheld one or those beautiful and ~*>a Military Funeral. The ofa detachment ofUnitcd States Rifle men, who, with measured prccl nian, wofo following to (he,grave ; lho rojnains of one of their lalo companions, a private soldier named Case,- who had died (he day previous at (ho Carlisle Barracks. They convoyed iho corpse to our public burial ground, and ttioro deposited it, with oil (ho honors and solemnities usually attendant upon the burial ofono who has faithfully served his country in “the tented Held.'* An impressive discourse^ was delivered at (ho grave to (ho assembled soldiers and citizens, by (ho Rev. John N. Hof/maw, Pastor of tho Lutheran church of this borough. . There was something striking and impressive In this funeral; Tho coffin enveldpecl In the folds of our notional flag; Iho steed of tho deceased/oaparisdrfod in sable weeds* following the hoarse} tho military port and subdued air of tho men/ ad (hoy kept step to tho mourn Ihl funeral dirge played by the fulfßrass Band stationed at the Barracks, evinced' an appro* priatencss which wo wore pleased so see* • Colonel Cooke and (ho ether’ commissioned officers 'were in thp procession, and showed their respect and esteem for the memory of a departed, by fof. lowing to his fast homo Ilia remains of one of the humMesl of their companions^ Aft EfeelHnl BnggMtlori^ A frbpd of ours lias suggested (o' us the pfop/lely and importance,of out citizens npw JFHr« Compand or at baft or new feature In' the Ftro Da. parlment of tho borotrgbv ititf ptepottlihm Ts/an<f wo think it an oxeollont as well as ah original one, that a company bo formed, comprising prudonl and trust, worthy cfli£ens r whcr should, during a lltno of fire, have under Ha ezeius Wo control Hie removal and die posat of all furniture, &0., which it may bo necessary to remove from a burning building. This company to have a separate and distinct organization, with power fo‘ enforce its roles and regulations.. Ho says that thh arrangement would effect a twovfoM pat-- poto. h would enable tho firemen to retaltf their positions at their Engines, where their sorties* are mainly required In endeavoring to stay tho progress of tho flames, instead of being they new ore, to assist toaftondhig to every llilbgp and'll would also ensure tho furnituro falling into tho bands of careful and Judicious men, who would be responsible foe Ht proiQn/alion and sa/e return, < Indeed, we think inch * company, organ, lied, weald be of immense edVcntfagir tb ItuJ clliicne of the borough,- Wo noticbd', al Iharcoent (ire, much valuable furniture defaced and injured through sheer end wsnlancarcloasncßS. IVwdilhcluu cfhVic rtf'/’ro prrly Company in (he borough, composed df vigilant and substantial oiltzona, auch (binga woujd not be permitted (a occur.' Will (he cilixem of (lip borough' take our friend'a proposition- ihto Consideration’! A lollor from Washington saja-u'Dle 1 different committees are actively engaged, nlfd' It Is su|i« posed will bo ready to report by the flint of Jamb ary. The Obmraltle oit Ways and Moana|will, it is said, veporl, shortly, adtferbo to nhy alteration- In the tariff. There is every reason to believ'd that (lie Bounty Land Law will bo amends!) so as to approach os nearly ns can be to thh Mexican Bounty Land bestowing whajdver ad vantage the law cOnibrs, on iho soldier or hie heirs" at onett, . ' ‘ i Tns SnonrasT Dav.— Friday last" waif the shortest day of (hV year; It being nine houfß arid thrde minutis from rite to set ofaun; The Reform Convention of Maryland, hat passed resolutions in favor of the Compromise (Matures of Cong/sis.' - THE QUESTION OF V. 8. SENATOR. . Weare paineU .lo j tho city of‘Philaidelphia, expressing itself with more Intemperance and ill-directed zeal on this Bubjeci lhan bodes good to the Democratic party. ! We Should endeavor lo avoid all false issues, and eaclievv alt attempts to make partialities for, or hostility to, particular men supply the plaice of our devotion to the principles of the democratic creed. We should;be .anxious to select the man. for Sena tor, who would be most likely to subserve the in terests of tho democratic party, represent the views of the mass of the people with ability and fideli .ty, and do honor to the Stale that choose him, without' reference being had to his* friendship for this or that candidate for the Presidency. That is a subject which' will dome up at the proper time, and should not be prematurely agitated, when by so doing, it may divide our party into factions, distract our councils, and make us adherents of men instead of measures. For our own part we are free to,say,that we have our preference for .G. Sk. Senator, yet we Ute certainly ignorant as to the views of our favorite as to who should, or who should not, be. the Democratic Candidate for Prß 4 stßeht. Wd' .have our preference .for that office alBo,.but We certainly would not let it interfere With' pur unbiased Judgment as to thequalifica* \ldhs and peculiar lltness bfa person to be select ed for irnpprtant.dutiesinanothersphereof official life. To adopt any'othorr^l^than.this, would be to introduces test which could lead, to nothing but political intolerbbCo of the worst description, and destroy all freedom of opinion.*.-All men are not so constituted as to think alike oh all subjects* and if we are to oppose every man. who doea not come up,to our own excellence of rioWs on eVefy 'subject, political organization Wolild be dead find buried. Wo might as well ask a man whether he was a Presbyterian or a Methodist, and make his religious views a political test, as to Oppose an individual because ho giteS his preference ; one or other of many distinguished men of the same party for an important office. To do so would be travelling out of the record and lead to confusion Worse confounded. Let not brethren be warring about non-essentials, when there ale So many vi tal principles to be. sustained in the support of a Democratic republican government. If all the prominent Candidates for the Presidency Weta to die to*day, (which God forbid!) we haVe no fears for the stability of .the government and the onward march of Democracy to still fresher and prouder triumphs. We are too apt to place 100 groat re liance on great men, who, when we come to scan them,are but mortals as’ourselvGB,and but atoms among the millions like unto them, if not exactly like them, which surround them. Tho sun will shine, the rains will fall, tho dews of heaven will be distilled, the seasons wilt have their accustom ed rounds, the earth will revolveon its axis, If one and another of the brilliant lights of this mundane sphere, (speaking after the mdhtibr of mortals) goes out forever. Theprominenlcandidatefor the Presidency to-day, may .be hooted at to-morrow* We are uncertain of our tiews for a day oh such a subject, where all things change, and no man is infallible. How foolish (hen, to make this or! that predilection for a prominent man for the Pre-I sidency a test of political faith, where the rival I candidates profess the truths of the same immor tal creed—wheraalkare tho disciples of Jefferson and Jackson. , - ■ That tho colemptftJlfy referred to mattes this a political test is manifest f(om Us own cflumns.— Veslordiiy It favored this man for U; S; Senator. To-day ills opposed lo him, because, as it suspects, its then fav'orite is iuppoUd to be friendly to an in dividual whom that paper cannot support as a candidate for the .Presidency!" When the Somer set is so short, some better reason ehodld be given for the eminent danger of breaking one's back.— Moreover where there is a change of views, less hostility should be manifested towards afecenl favorite....... The duty of tho Demorirutio parly, oswoed® oeive, is manifest—and that Is (o do (me,(hihg at a time. In electing a Senator let us hot suppose wo are selecting That great prerogative is exercised by the people inaparticularway,nnd their suffrages will eventually decide all matters pertaining thereto In a manner satisfactory to (hemsolVes. We say this much from the best of motives, rfnd with no disposition lo interfere with the feelings or opinions of those yvbo ero responsi ble to tho ph&fta, like ourselves, but this much wo doomed it our duty to say In tho promises. with‘Austria* The letters of Washington correspondents, by last night's Southern mail, state that tho Austrian Charge, Mr- McCurdy, successor to Col. Webb, -is there, but has not obtained his orders yet. Mr. ’Huisera&nn/the Charge from Austria, it is also said, acts as if there Was mischief brewing. In dependently of these inlimaifonri, we have simitar hints from Other (fuarterff* Humor says (here is a'Jfqrs up between tho American Secretary of State aiul Mr. Hulseroann; that the latter has been demeaning himself dis courteously, in consequence of the.klnd treatment wo bfovdgtven the Hungarian refugees, officially and unofficially; that, therefore,-Mr. McCurdy will not be instructed to go out of the country un* til Mr. Hoisemann renders something of srra’polV ogy fof har'd ffhd harah .Words p and* than those -are tho causes of tho delay* . Mr.. Csss Indirectly alluded' fo this difficulty iq some remarks made on Wednesday, in tho Senate, and congratulated hliirffclf iW tho Government was doing what' hb‘ wibbetf to do by resolution— that Is, ceasing to have diplomatic interebur'ao 1 with Austria. Itt a day 6f ,two we shall probably have more hiformalton on the matter* PennsvlVani'a Railroad —Wo dde A' elated - in the Harrisburg Union, that oxoirraloit tickets will be issued' from' all the intermediate stations be tween that' place ahd - PbllatfelpHla, for - half the usual rates of fair, from the jfttb of December to the 2d of January. "Father,■dhfyoucVor haVoanolhor Wirtl hesftlcff mother I*’" "No, my boy ;■ wiiat possessed you to ask' such a question I 1 ’ "'Because I saw In the old (family Dibit) wbbrb you' married Anny Domt ny, in I83!>; ahd (Half isn't raothdrVfUr Her name was Sally Smith,’’’ ft Is said that, in 1853, when the next Presiden tial term begins, Mr. Olay will bo seventy-six, Daniel-Webster seventy-one, Mn Benton seventy one, and' Gbneral'W. Sbott eixty-nihe'. Mr! Jot, Buohannan, being a bachelor, it is'not' thought dellrinle to allude to his'years. CAiitrcßNu' Gorin.—Tlio total amount of gold cleared at'San Francisco from Nov. 12,1619, to to September 30,1850, yni5917,823,8W, Amount cleared in October 1850, $5,991,491. The trial of , Hen'.. Lopez anil oili'oro engaged In the Cuban Expedition has commenced In the Olr* cnlt Coort. 1 - ;' ■ V • THE COMPROMISE* We ore happy to observe the tamper of Con gress on the great-measures of Compromise pass ed at its recent session, and,that.no factious dia* has as yet.heen manifested I to.disturb the existingorder of things. This much was to be reasonably expected, unless-designing',men were determined to set at naught the wholesopie mani festations of public opinion in reference to me series of measures passed for! the; pacification of Urn country, and at defiance the sentiments of the! own immediate constituents. It sometimes hap pens that on matters of trivial legislation—if such a term can bo applied to legislation at all—that no particular surprise is expressed if the most factious opposition is made thereto f and for pur poses of faction alone. But when questions arise Which involve the stability of the Government Itself, and jeopardise the glorious" privileges and Institutions of out common country, When the press has teemed With the danger, the wisest heads foiled for k, lhd lime, to discover the remedy, and the stoutest hearts almost fainted by the way side, then an expression, of public opinion in the form of Jegat ’ enactments . carries with it a weight and power, that the most hardened and abandoned are afraid to oppose, and from the eimctity of which they shrink to come Incooflict. VVe would not envy the man who could now get up on the door of Congfess and deliberately'urge a repeal' of the.measures passed attlie last ses sion*. Such a thing was threatened, but it re quires more courage, than that possessed by Thad dkds SraVtns to attempt it. The present is the calm after a great storm, fend we. are too much re joiced direr obr safety, from fedent dangers, to. in voke the spirit of discord afresh. No man. we venture to say, will dare do so during the present session of Congress. The right of-public opin* ion would grind to atoms the man who makes the ill-omened effort, ‘ We haVe had lo admire tlto gentle ftoings of the opposition.now to the fugitive slave law when bompared with the storm of which first met its .enactment. *fbe wise cool heads foresaw the result, and prepared, like men to up hold the Constitution Of thelP Country. ClamoP has almost ceased, if we except here. Uhd there the discordant Volde of flfltrta aVovVfed abolitionist, who scorns alike the government and the religion of his- fathers. The days of the Abhy.Kellys* and Mrs. PolSotW are numbered. nBDBLLIOJT IN SOUTH CUndIiTXA. . Tho Legirilatufs of this State, says (he Dalti -1 more Clipper , seems lo be resolved to disturb the 1 Harmony of the country. The Senate this passed a bill to call a State Convenlioh In December i next—both houses have made ah appropriation of I SaOQ.OOO for militdfjr pllfposeft* rind a p|dpbaitlon • launder consideration lo tho members of ■ Congfes? lo variate their seats and return home. » And yet with all this bravado and parade of re i hellion they will ,pause before they commit the > State In an act of treason. Let the. members of t Congress’ be .retailed* and what then I Why, i national legislation Will proceed-without them, i and South Carolina will be bound lo obey the laws which may be passed I What will be,done with the appropriation of $300,0001 Will forts be creeled and malitia mustered 1., Those things may be done, and still the decisive blow be with held. But; perhaps, it may be attempted to seize, on some of the forts in the occupancy of the Uni-, tod Stoles trooper Wo doubt whether the aulhor • iiies of South Carolina will have the hardihood to irtakblSudlt ah attempt f but if they Should, they will find ibtftjlfey have afouffed (he lion/rind ma} look out fardfcnflfequencCS. in ,such an event they will discover (hat they have engaged in no child's play, for obedience to the laws of the Union will be enforcedpbe the consequences what (hey mav. The nation is disgusted with South Carolina bins., ter, and'dcsircs. to have H anded, ’the Stale ap. pears id bo governed by a set of hol*brainfed poli ticians, who'socm resolved (o rush upon their [ruin. They are short-sighted if,they calculate that their conduct will bo approved by the other Southern (hat (heir lead in! rebellion will be .followed by the South, : What are tho peculiar grievances, of South Carolina (hat she should assume to sever the Union 1 There is no •wrong which she has suffered, which is hot com mon to the whole South. Nay, Maryland alone has ten times as much cause to complain as ; that Slate—and yet her people are quiet and. deter mined to adhere to the Union. Her sons ore as sensitive to. wrong, as brave, and as quick to strike in a'just cauSQ as those of South Carolina i but they are hot as restless and turbulent in disposi tion, nor so willing to “launch into n sea of trouble * and endure the ruin which must attend the experiment. With the exception of South Carolina, the hole of (ho Southern States appear to bo disposed to acquiesce in the settlement made 1 at the rkst’ session, ofCongress—nor will they ' consent to bo drawn into rebellion against their i government,* 16 gratify the folly or ambition of the Holspura of that Slate. In. a contest between 1 South Carolina and the general government, the • South will not move & finger in support of tho for- i merit ' Bocahsd some rasoaf of a married man succeed* ed in obtaining'the affections of Miss Fanny .Vital* laOk, the actress, arid* then left her, she has taken to herd drink, the N. 4. papers say.' A shocking 'Way, lTßnhy, to dsdape an Injury. thb Wheeling Argus raises the name of Gen. Lewis'Case* id ft* mast head as the Democratic candidate for President in 1653. This is taking time by (ho* forelock. A Gxntlz Hint.—" If I am not homo ffom the patty to night al ID o’clock," said a husband' to his bettor and blggor Italfy " don’t' Wait (far mo."' 11 That 1 won’t,” replied the lady significant ly. “ 1 won’t wait but I’ll comb for you.” The gentleman' returned at 10 o’clock' precise Cafe ahS Dasizb.— The lianoßdtdr'Gazelle of lapt week relates an incident, which la worthy the attention of parents, in the following paragraph i “ A gentleman of (ilia oily informs us that, on relnming hbntd a dfay or two since, he discovered a large hotist! CM engaged in sticking thebrealli of his infant, abbot litre months old. The mother had gnno ihlolho yard, leaving (he child lying asleep in (ho cradle, and, but far Ilia opportune ar rival of the father, the cat would certainly have destroyed the child's life. When discovered; the mouth of tiro cal was In close contact witli that of the infant, and the oovulsive breathing of the child told plaiply how nearly tho cul Imd'ocdbni plislted Iter purpose. Tills was flic thirdTrine site attempted it. We have frequently HcanTrl asser ted that cate often caused the death of Infanta in (lie manner above described, but were led to be lieve it an “old women's tale.” Our informant, howover, assures us that ho had every opportunity of ascertaining fully that the convulsive breathing of the child was produced by tire sucking of its breath by lira oat. We leave it for those who un jHststittd'fauob matters to decider At a plane palled Villein Creek, abou, h,i, ‘ between'Salt Lake'and;.the junction ofth.fi *) dnd California roads, wewero ilia unwilii rPi<lfl riasaea to an Jndiahmaaaacro. On n,. “** previous, we had.troused the creak and«„' !, 'S nboulamile and-ahalf beyond. Near th“W ootne-Snake Indiana, thirteen in all h«it ""I lb?ir wigwams.',Before dark I had md,,?* 1 * bat in rain, to,trade with the chief for a o, k|| “bo a wap ” wait the word, though all some one of the parly, kept exhibilini. u,„ 11 qualities and speed of the dilTetenl animal, i? young squaws excelled their lotda i n i lo ,' m ship or horsewomaship. One young creature assumed overv auii.j the bast-pircua rider. - She would-pi c g ' Bi, t whip from ground under full speed j eliZi poney in hie road career aa if he had been ,/ 1 wheel him at full speed by an inclination J body-throw, the lasso .successfully at ' object sho. pleased, She rode like tho menJlS "An nnlolnpo, ‘ . In the •mpandeil pepulia or in lioliiooii . .Ward icsMtberiuny light,",- ■- ~ [ She was,an Indian beauty, too ( and of a poqpotte.il) the bargain. Sho would artbi/ own,and horee’e peck,at any praise beatowed' either, her beauty, or, horsemanship, end yfe l roost heartily at our attempts do moke ssJi'fNu understood; ,She;waa all life and buoyancij!! ' alas I sho waa a cold corpse ore the niorni;// shonaupon iho'valloy.in which she had b«n I active, and iiappy. i . . ' , \ dost as the day was breaking wo heard Ihi J induawnr-whoop, and) immediately f o ||„„,j . ; iherperaok of a rißei ■We roused' our slumbers and hastened lowarda ,h 0 action. A horrid eight mot our view -Ti,f , the dead forms of Ihoss spho had lived b'l od the evening before j nearly all had , wo bullets lit their bodies. Odr heroine of the previous had nbt .eSßaped, She iky ouleid.i wigwam;, a'bleeding corpse. No respect g been paid to her jet black lochs j the ecikt* ' knife, had.,passed,round , them i and titer ' dohbllßßS grace ihe.tjirdlo of sortie grace) tM Twelve Snakes lay dead upon .the ground, gi/jp'-V ’■ Whom had been' ScMnod, two old Indian! aajS boy having escaped tbo knifo j ,ono anna* bat Jt*.,-f, caped by flight. The perpetrators of this honkfe’*'' ' scene wero-abodt'fifiy Utah' Indisnsi whomnt saw nuar the bdmp of ah emigrating party, i|»Bg a mile from the scene of. action. With bohiP end disgust Wo turned! from the'eight, and in sued out way,—Cor. SI. /.suit jnlclligcmti p" d , I, ' Beware of CTil'Speftkingi wllftl if a pertop, Who inthe main lioa led i (0 j 1 life, should, yet contrary to' the. general tenor *, . be guilty of idma unaccountable tvfcdkncn! Wb'* ■Uould we learn from'this T Not certainly somsw,; materials fur idle conversation, in winch; wlwut. expense of Words thord may bo, there is niieriw. HI ntrof thought* No> it ought lo teach u> low IhiHgfol- Moth Uscful 'and nublo-aa lesson ofdil ' dqnco of ourselves, watchfulness and ehcumipeuu* Icat wei wNo lhlnk wo stand, should also f*Jt. ft miscarriage Of d good roan; which give oh lll.fuiMt pleasure to littlo minds, suggests to every great v. t(ib most melancholy ideas ol the weaknessof bomU;. haliirq in general, but po spiteful or venomous nfl* ' u lions against in. particular. ftrJta exulting over h|s/ullqii Nvphh; lie flows h/srfownU • ' . with a goncfdiis pity, dnd, Warned by it; works nl' £A his ownsalvatibn with l‘dar and trembling* ’ g As when thd youligi tho blobmlog, and the vigor, •jJ/Ji out, who bid fnir'to length bfdayk, yet ' are Out off by some, hidden disease, should l«4t» !< > J' make us temperate' and cainloi/s Id plescneto ctf**. health oftho body/so when tho good and virtuouif * from whoso former aMlonSrti might eXpccl sn uo.; 5 interrupted colirsoof piety; are n , eicarc( u 5 ’ , | ly ftmW how; In nfty. nolorhms or flagrant ifloalil ! pul ai upon ear 'gUard/ and mu'ho ui Uke silt? ) doe precaution to'preserve tho'health of This is tlie uso wo are to make of those pitiable itdhebs- They are nb subjects for wunlon mcrriincu,f-: pleasantry* and willy spleen; No{ Uiey->resubjteiif '‘2%. fof a sbrloud consideration on our own Irdilly. ThcjL|‘ ,y tedchus hot to bo loofongntno, or over-sccuro. Toll raci 0 iny conscience 1 Irafo 1 done, or I ever do any thing liko Ihfc! 'Would t» God would (ala slid commund oftenor with oursulies: »'pk&| should then •oJ'do»WuiW,t«Mf/Wb^'touri<hc*,*d^ l K i uncharitably abotll CfthcY d. ’ E&K'Oolifrft Stttftsfitti*--We gather front & ftlk County Advotfaftf the following eummarjrf ti( the census reldfnS fbr (hat county, It is ibl ga’lar’that tlift elk bar and deer were not cnuraenl fed.' '/Vie Advocate also, mentions having sctJ numerous hungry looking,, hunters from Y«m Slate who liad.hot .tasted fresh meat since ibtj were In last winter. Great county that. Returns, of the census for this county is as ftij lows, for lkoyenrJBsoi. . I Houses, including afianlieaand oilier dom* c clfs bTo (op'grouml nature,. . *\ Iooi\ School houses. defllnuto of stove*, awl tc (fairing (lie 6liil(irei/n bo stuck • jn tho windows* ‘ .. in lavor.of the Fugitive Slave Law, Number liable’under h, - ' ! In favor bf the Woman's Rights Convention, both sexes,- 9 Number of males in favor of it, , W Believers In.the Rochester Knocking*, 00 Number of souls, (not heard from.) Persons of ; holh soxos, (weJJURfI*) about 350 f Number.wliohavenoVpard fur ilio Advocate, about IWf Tho'Marshail vlsiled'seveftl houses where tli#jf hbd bad no baby the past yoai r .'. . tfhV Boiilh Cerbllint LegliUtnri* CdtUMUIV S*. C., Doc. so.t—A, bill provitlrnf for the calling of h Convention, and also for ih election of mvhibtf# ip e Southern latter to Qssemblo in Montgomery, Ala,,,in ry, 185‘i, had passdd toVlhVrd rending m »f House, by 101 yeah to 16 hay*.- Tl« to the Convention'are lobe chdsrn In rewaiij next, and to the Southern Congfostf inlOc o&e The Senate have agreed to thb same otjh *, three dissenting'votes, , A grand aaldto at the request of the Governor, both at and , Charleston, immediately on. rcceiyinU ® news of the decisive action ,of both House*. \: J SECOND DESPATCH,' . The Senate have elected R» W, Barnwell,!* P. Richardson, W. Hampton, and Lanfl*; Cheeves, as deputies to the Southern Cooprrutf; Montgomery. , Musical Enthusiasm in New VonK.—Psrodi 'IWs great vocalist, Is creating almost as 'ttibffreal furore In New York as did Jenny U»- iQh Saturday night her - concert was attended bj over 4\ 009 persons, who crowded Triplet Hall'*® ; ics utmost capacity. The door? were opened d ffj o’dlocltj'bdl long before that hour the Ycstiholi was thronged by those anxious to gala**a Vance, ana during the progress of the conceit w enthusiasm was of the most unbounded chant ter. PHILADELPHIA MARKET. ' Monday, ■ Tho F|our market contHtfitts’dull, and tl»« transactions reported srestnalllots for oily cuniu V tion at 94,75 and 94.87'for>oliui6e lute,and eilia r » 95 a 95,50. . 1 Rve Flour JsateadyatfS.SO, < , .1 » Corn Mkai. it hold firmly.’ Sfsles at W*7s pj r *,B| CJftAiN.-rThcro la s good demand for wM>" "J , F, for alilpmcnj,’ Sale* of 3000 boshcls prime "wn>M vonla WhU& a't $1,11) a 91,13 per builiol, lo fWJ. at tho latter' rate, including 1500 buiholi ofdln'7 and prime Rod at 91 end 91,05. A email sale of Pennsylvania Ryo at 71 ' Corn Is In steady demand, and 4000 kuahah Ycllqw,aold alsB cents, aflo.l{ Includingaomofl* r at a lower rate’. * . , . m .] at Oats alb ih liomnml, t Sales of 2000 busbolap . . Pennsylvania pt 43 cents por buahol. ivy Whiskey'.—Small sales of barrels nt 27 coni*- Hbgshoads liojd at 26 cents, but silos hare bow at jg jo Cattle Market.—BeefcoUlo rnnfo(Vomc-. • 90,50 per 100 lbs. for ordlnory and prime Cows and calves—sales of dry cows si "'-A j 'tjiJ , sprirtgers 912 Id 925} and milch cows at • 3 en,iy each, flogs ore In fair rcquosrsf,9^ »£?•,./$ ■" 100 Ibl, Sheep and lambs range froHi ‘ ■ accbrding.lofiuolltyA,' ■' Wi ’iir I , or
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