THE VOLUNTEER.
John Oi Bratton* Editor and Proprietor*
THURSDAY, FEB* 13,1881.
. An Apprentice to the Printing Business,
WILL bo taken at this office, if application bo
immediately made. A boy from the country,
about J 5 or 16 years of ago, will bo preferred. Ho
mast be of good moral character, and possessed of a
thorough English education.
(£y*’Wo' return our thanks to Mr. McLanaiian, of
the ttdaee oflUpibeentrillvdil at Washington; and to
Mr. Bailt, of the Senate, and Messrs. ScouELEn and
Bonham, -of the House, at Harrisburg, for important
public documents.
(pr'By-ati.'aflvCrtisbmont in' another column, it will
keeh that the Alleghaniant > the sweetest vocalists
?<ofthb age; will given Concert in, Education Hall, on
* Tuesday evening noxti .These singers arb celebrated
the Country, and theitf Concert here should
|>b«\vvoU attended. • ; ’ . '
Valkntink'b Day.— To-morrow will bo St,Val.
• ,'unUao’s Day,and this festival of love will doubtless
/bopclebTaiod In a becoming manner. Some of our
ItnorohanU and booksellers have furnished themselves
.With* Valentino missives, sentimental and comic. Wo
'hope none of a vulgar or objectionable character will
? be - circulated/ It is a poor arid miserable Joke lb tax
friend, or even ah enemy, with the penny postage
jjfor such paltry abortions.. They should bo ranked
//smopg (be by-gones. It is an-evidence of an evil
mind, of cowardice, to send ah objectionable mis*
_■ give to an enepjy, and ho who would send, one to a
-f iend is unworthy (ho boon of true friendship.
* • Mntw.*—\Vhy do not our farmed* more generally
try mule* for farm work? In many countries they
' arc'extensively used. They are much more hardy
: v ibari horses, more cheaply -.kept, subject to fewer
1 diseases fend accidents, and are generally found, we
believe, to do more service, both on the farm and In
ihauling ioadslo market. Wo have seen them, after
tlhitfy years service on a plantation, seemingly in as
'good condition as ever. Is it not'an object lo try
•.them?', ’ . ~
Til* Taairr.—ln the Senate of this Slate, on Fri
’day last,the Tariff question was up for consideration,
’ which elicited considerable dqhalo. Eventually, the
resolutions offered'by Mr. Walker were carried, by
j a vote of 18 yeaa lo 14 nays. Mr. Bail* voM in the
negative.
' In the House, on the same day, alter the transac*
, j\qn of the morning business, the resolutions relative
. lo tho Tariff came up in order, when Mr.BqNUAM
''.'addressed the House for nearly an hour. After he
•had finished,' Mr. Brower look the floor in opposi
'lion to tho doctrines advanced by Mr. Bonham.
Me. Bonham’* Speech. —The speech of Mr. Bon*
bam, concluded on yeslorday,eays the Harrisburg
Union 6 f Saturday laet, In defence of the Tariff of
1846,‘was one of the most able and eloquent that we
havejislenod.to In oar Legislative Halls during the
present session. It has established for him a high
reputation as a debater, and will give him that pre
eminence in the Democratic ranks (o which hie ' tab
• enlt entitle him. Although we do not concur with
. him in all the views that he advanced, wo are free
io admit, that bis argument was entitled to great
wtfgttt. • . •
fipfECMc Judges.— The Pittsburg Pott contains an
‘article of copsiderable length* recommending Judge
as a candidate fur the Supreme
hcnoliH Judge L. is a man of enlarged-legal and
Hteifcry acquirements, and baa always sustained an
BDinlliod private character. Snob a man wpulcUhe
ti' credit ip tho.Sopreme bench.
or Senator Cass,— Thia distinguished
statesman and pure Democrat, has been, re-elected
to tho Unilld States Senate, from Michigan,Tor six
jean from the. 4lh of March next. This is.a-wcll
deaerved comfflimenl to tho wisdom and statesman
•hip of this veteran Democrat. The Democracy of
the whole nation will rojoicb to hear of his rc-clec
lion.
• &*moorat]c Victory. —The Democrats of Lancas
ter city elected their whole municipal ticket on Tuea
day week by an average majority o! over 500! .
Wmd State Convention.-* Tho Whig Slate
Central Committee have appointed Tuesday,-June
04lh, for the meeting of the State Convention, to
be held in Lancaster city, for the purpose of nom
inating candidates for Governor, Canal Commis
sioner and Judges of the Supreme Court*
Resignation or tub Governor or Mississippi.
letter dated Jackson, Miss., Feb. 7, says—
John A. Quitman,Governor of this Slate, resigned
Ms Office oh Monday and started for New Orleans
on Tuesday, tq answer tochargespreferred against
biro by the Federal Government, at the instance
of the United. Stales Court of the Eastern District
of Louisiana, relative to his connection with, the
Cuban Expedition*
The Hon, Mr. Gwinne, President of the Senate
Of this State,’was inducted into office as Governor
•f the State, On Wednesday, the 6th Inst.
Ahothci Railroad Contemplated. —The citizens!,
of Adams county ate using every exertion to raise a I
sufficient sum for the purpose of constructing a roll-!
load from the town ofGettysburg to York, which,if!
“done, will give them a direct communication, by roil-l
. Voad, with Baltimore' city. It Is a good move, and'
If successful, will pul entirely a new face upon the
fcoiitftry in that section of our State.
'v'ComrrsmrrTxN Cent Pieces.—A vest number
'often'cent counterfeited Coins have, wo arc told, been
Issued from a secret mint in Connecticut. They
bear the dales, respectively, of 1847 and 1848; ore
well executed, and are passed without any difficulty.
The principal future proving their spurious
ter le the absence of the circlet of elan around the
' iflgOM of Liberty, which the genuine ten cent pieces
Tiieeo'begue coins have been tailed, andfound
to be a roliloro of roetali oaally fusible, with a plot
.lbgofillver; ■ ■ 1
Newlloixino Miu.in Potmville. —Welearn from
thoPotlsvillo Mining Register, that a new rolling
mlll ia to be built in Poltsvlllo, during the prevent
year, by Moure. Herrie & Burniih, two ihllfol and
~Enterpiieing mechanics of Boston, Male. They havo
tpurchased suilioicnt ground on tlio northern limits
ofthe borough, at wliat is called Fishbach', in'closo
.proximity to the Mt. Carbon railway and Contro
'turnpike,on which they purpose erecting oxtonaivo
ywotke. They will manufacture all kinds of mot.
tbantable iron, for blacksmith and machine ahop
.purposes, email T tails, and all kinda of rails for
Dines. These gentlemen, could ban selected no
toller piaco Ilian PolUtlllo for llio Invealmont of
VtMf capital, with greater certainly of a good homo
market for the product# of their Indiiotry at good re.
Btrhoratlng pricel, Mcisn. J. Wren &.Bralhera,
goodand induetrioua mdchenloe of dial borough,
. haf eoontraolod for the iapplying of all llio maohl
‘ oeryfortho mill. The whole oftho work will bo
put voder contract Immediately, end puehed to early
boeaplelloo. _
(o»JFmo* f*eelllng ip Philadelphia at 14 SO for
' atandardhrande.
THE WHIG LEADERS AND THE TARIFF*
The Whig leaders la this Slate appear determined
to keep up a discussion on the Subject of the Tariff
—they still pedfess to tfdhero'lo Ihocondcmnfed end
exploded principlo'orprofe&ton /or jjrotec/fott. For
our part, we .Comfbss wo are almost lircd oflhis tariff
discussion, btfl lf the Whigs arc determined to make
this question \helr hobby in the political contest next
•fall; the, Democracy will meet them, and again make
the tariff tho Issue before the people. It was made
the issue last fall in the.eleclion ofCongressmen, and
. the tenlt re known.
That tho-leading Whigs do not desire a settlement
of'this question, Is. quite evident. Their course in
aureate Legislature is proof that they sli)l cling to
ilho forlorn hops of making political capital by keep*
ing the question-open. Their course is not fair—it
is not manly—it Is hypocritical and dishonest. Ever
since the passage pf.lhe Tariff of 1846, Whig lead
ers and iron-masters havobfeen clamorous for more
protection, for Iron. They insisted Aral TiimTT fer
cent, duty upon iron was-iipl a sijHicicnl protection.
Many oflho Democratic members of Congress from
this State, wishing s to pal a stop to those 1 clamors,
expressed a willingness to favor by
increasing (He duly upon'that aflilce, and. thus.put
the question to'rest forever. . With a knowledge of
this state affecting in Congress, a series of rcsolu
lions wore offered in orir Slate- Senate, some short
lime since, by Mr.-Muhlonborgj.of Berks, which da*
dared in favor oflhb principles of the tariff of 1846,
but recommended an Increase in the duly upon iron.
These resolutions were Uttered in a spirit of genoro. I
1 sity, and wore supported by the Democratic Sena*
tors, not because they believed, that, iron required
more protection, but because they were anxious to
settle the question, and. lake.it. ont of the. hands.of
politicians. Bui how did the Whigs of the Senate
meet this - too' generous offer ? - Every man 'of them
toied'againtt ihe resolutions I Now, wo ask, is this
not evidence that the Whigs do not desire a settle
ment offho tariff question? The Whigs of the Son.
'ale well know thaUlie resolutions of Mr, Muhlenberg
granted a sufficient increase, of duty upon iron to
satisfy reasonable men—(hoy know that it was a
bitter pill to the Democratic Senators who voted for
the resolutions, to do so—and they knew, ton, that
this increase of duty was all they could gel, and
more than they should receive—and.yet with this
knowledge, they all' voted Against the .resolutions!
Not satisfied, with voting the resolutions down, they,
as if to.insult the democracy, adopted a string of
instructing resolutions, condemning the ad valorept
system, and advocating a return to. specific duties—
lin other words, abolishing the tariff of 1846, and re
commending'ft.lariff upon the same principles as that
of 1842 I '-The Whig Senators knew very well that
their resolutions could not pass the House of ftepre
sentalives, which is Democratic by a large majority,
but this did not deter (hem—they effected all they
could expect, viz:—to keep the tariff question still
before llio people, to make a political hobby of.
The Whigs have been offered an increase of duty
upon iron by the Democrats, and. thoy.Oiave
the offer, and in (urn ask (he. Democrats to make an
uncondilionol surrender of their principles in relation
to the tariff question. This is a piece .of presumption
which will not bo .tolerated by Democrats, and ap.
pears like impudence when we consider thehelp-
Icssncss of the Whigs as a parly. That parly has i
no power, and never will have, to do anything for I
(he iron interest* Their Mustering, therefore, can bo I
of no avail; and for thitn to demand of the Democrats i
an unconditional surrender of their principles, oun i
be compared to the boldness of « puny thiid demand-
Ing'llio surrender of the flteng tpsp. Tbdy have no
power (o'•amend thir tariff* ..THe matter real* frith’
the Democratic parly/- ;. v , y v..*'
Unjlor theio cirenmalaftces, thbi'ofofe, e hope our
friend* in (ho Stale LegiM'afiire'will stand dp holdly
' for the present tariff, as It l*r We hove always con
demned, the practice of psasiog resolutions Instruct
ing our motpbera of Congressmen this apd that sub
jocl, because we believe our Congressmen understand
their duties quite as well, if not bettor, than' our
members of the Stale Legislature can toll them. But
if the Whigs in our Legislature are determined to
occupy tlicir time in discussing and proposing reso
lutions, wo hopo the Democrats will remain 6rm, and
vote for ho resolutions except such as recognise and
approve of the tariff of 1846. . Lct.no more offers bo
made to the Whigsi The more that is offered (hem,
the more they want—they will be satisfied with noth-j
ing that is honest and fair. They appear anxious to
keep the tariff subject still open. They have courted
the issue, and upon then* heads rests tho.responsi
bility. We are not afraid Ip again meet them on this
issue. The Democrats of Pennsylvania are in favor
of sustaining (ho present tariff as the permanent
policy, and they will stick to this position, “ regard
less of denunciation from any quarter. 1 '
MR* BONHAM’S REPORT.
The report of Mr. Bonham, of tins county, on the
subject of tho Tariff, made in the House of.Reprc.
sontatives, on the 3d instant, is a most triumphant
vindication of bra views on this question/ It is such
a document as to command the admiration of men of
ult partici. Tlio facia and argumonls'producod, are
unanswerable, and the Whig speaker* of the House |
wore wise when (hey made no attempt to defend ,
ihcir own position. In. our next ,wo shall publish ,
this report, in full, when wo shall speak of its merits
merest length. In the meantime, we give the fob,
lowing extract from the Harrisburg Ktytlont, In
speaking of the Ilcport, that able paper says t
The able and excellent report of Messrs. Doniuu
; and Baumtx, on pur first page, we commend to pub.
I lie attention. It I* the first oandlddmd fearless ox.
1 position of the Injustice of the so.oalled protective sys.
i tem that has been made In the Legislature of Penn* 1
sylvanla. There has been on Impression abroad,
created by the interested, that the great agricultural
and mechanical Interests of Pennsylvania, wore so
thoroughly Imbued with the fulhcloa thnl support
tho doctrine of protection, thnt they could not be
convinced of it# oppressive effects ir.proclice, and were
contented to consider it ns n necessary part.of our.
publio measures (o which it wm not only (heir duty,
to accommodate themselves, but from which they
derived greet advantages, . Under this mistaken op«
prehension of popular intelligence in aur State,* polU
llolans have thought it . necessary to make aonees-1
•ions on this subject which they knew (o bo highly |
prejudicial to tho best interest! of the Slate and na
tion. . We hope they will span be convinced lhal lhey
have underestimated the character of the masses In
Pennsylvania, upon whom tho diffusion of know*
ledge, the improvements in education, and tho grad,
unl descent and expansion of those maxims ofindl*
viduol or political wisdom that are successively os,
Inblishod by reflection and experience, have wrought
their wonted effect. General taxation to support
partial interests is no iongsr desired, and tho whole
system,of governmental interference with the opera*
Uon »f business Is utterly repudiated.
This able report will no doubt bo widely circula
ted, and its arguments, fortified ns they ore by facts
and figures, will spread alill broader tho light oflrulh f
and disabuse still mora the publio mind of the spe
cious sophisms which hove heretofore induced the
consumers to submit to.onerous taxation and to re*
, sign the great foreign morkots.for agricultural pro*
[ duels, for the benefit of manufacturing capitalists.
No Elictiou or U. S. Scnator in Ohio— A dee.
patch from Colmnbua, dated February 4, eaye—"Ae
waa predicted, botirbranohea of the Convention have
adjourned aina dta without being able Iq elect a U.
Statea Senator."'
rtHNavLYAHUNa at TKc Win,-Of the prcaent
population of Slophonaon county, lillnola, 3360 were
horn in Penneylvantal 3806 In Jlllnoli) and 1465 In '
Now York. ; ' .•' 1
BONHAM ON THB TAfllPF.^
Unde* this caption, Iho HeWiM of Jail week ex
presses iho belief that the people of Cumberland
coonly wjll ' not sustain fifr. Bonham -ia Me “ultra**
codree oh tliVeobjeot of the tariff. *6ar neighbor |e
mistaken; Mr.Jtonham*s vlews.cn this subject were
well known previous to his never con
cealed brk sentiments. During the campaign last
fyH he ditfoussed the subject of the tariff in all parts
of Ihia'counly, and he advanced, precisely,'the,same
views then that he maintains novr. Mr. M’Lanahan,
the Democratic cartdidate for*. Congress,' in ell his
speeches in the district, advanced similar arguments
to those of Mr. Bonham, on ibis ! Mb|ect,' ; 'lndeed it
was made the only issue before <the-people, in the
election of-. Congressman. . Mr. ond Mb
fridndp took .bold ground ift favor ofthc lariffof 1646.
Mr. ißard andhis friends, on the other hand, took
ground for the tariff of'lB42,’or for .one based upon
the-same principles. This was the'-issue, and the
result was that Mr. M 4 tanahan wasreflected by an
increased majority.
The Herald should know:from past experience
that the people of this cotmty arc satisfied willy the
tariff as it is. It is Wo late in the'day|toattempi’ltf
get-up a panic on that question, and if our neighbor
is wise he will not attempt it. Mr. Bonham is able
lo ‘jofeud his course before his constituents, i£„lhal
course requires, defence. Ho is '•U»o.very’m*ih to
knock the noise out of any IwgMproleoliopist in Gum*
berland county. In; his legislative capacity ho has
pursued the proper;-coarse on thli subject—the coarse
which every jrub Democrat, not only in Cumberland
county, but in tho Slate, Will subscribe to, 'The Dc.
. mocrals of Pennsylvania have taken .their stand in
1 favor of the principles of tho tariff of -184 G, and
• nothing will swerve them Tfomthelr position, "•
THE* WHIGS CONDBlira THB' TAftipP OF
isui
The .Whig leaders are so Inconsistent-on the
subject of. the tariff, thaflt- would, ■*'*puzzle a
Philadelphia lawyer” to'define their position.
Ever sinoe.the adoption of-tho present tariff, they
have been clamorous for its repeal, and for'the re*
sloration of the taiiff. of 1842. r But their profes
sions, U appears, were alt gammon, and wwe used
only to gull the people. * VVheri they are brought
to the sticking point, they are forced
by their own votes, the very tariff thojr-professed
so much allnchnienl for. Lei honest Whigs who
have been deluded by their party le§d<3ra, hole
.tins faoti -Jn the Slate Senate, oh Friday last,
during'tha progress of the discussion bit the sub
ject of the tariff instructing resolutions,
Hugus r in‘order to test the love of the. Whigs foi
a high protective Tariff, offered a resolution in
structing our representatives at Washington to
vote for the repeat of the Tariff, of 1840, and con*
I aequenlly revive that of’42. The UlOrnph was
! moat complete. Nopa single (nan of them (save
.ionas Brooke, of Chesteri) voted Tor* the resolu
, lion, and they stood before thebrowdslhal filled
| the chamber convicted out;of their bwji'niouths of
i inconsistency and a total disbeJief in lhje tjQClrine?
i they solemnly profess to reverence I So Quichfor
» Whig professions! ' ;
lUilroAd Iron.— The WnsMhgton Rifjoie says
that American Iron is cheaper, because mprp durable
than English, iron. The Reading RarlroadCompmy
have kept an account of the west andteaffiand the
cost of their rails, since the‘commencomeilt Of their
travel, from which they make the
tions, which fully, sustains4he-ftbov£ poriticAO The
English rail has.sixty pouudatotba ySrdJmidrgives
nlnoly-four lons to tbe mile, and cosU x atQJdfly dal
lore, Ihfee thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars.
The American roil has fifty pounds to the i-ard, and
seventy-eight lons to the mile, at forty-eight 1 dollars
a tun, coals three thousand seven hundred and forty
four dollars. Its cost is less, and it is mors durable.
Even at a price of eight dollars a ton more than the
English iron, which more than pays.lbe I . duly, we
cun manufacture a better article at a cheaper rale.
Why then do wo Import so much iron? .^hen. will
(hose who call so loudly for protection, verify their
precepts by purchasing home manufactures, and
thus affording the most practical protection (hat
trade can require. * ■ ’ i
Tun SosguEiiANwin Uank SwiNDLt.-—The Har
risburg correspondent of the Lancaster Intelligen
cer,'in speaking of the Report of Messrs. Bucks
lew and Wright, commissioners appointed to in
vebtigato the affairs of the Bank of Sueqoehannah
County, says—" Tito report is rich in develope
rnents, which will cause the Bank-loving people
to open their eyes somewhat, A more outrageous
swindle was never perpetrated. When Iho Bank
failed, it had just thirty-seven and a half cents in
specie in its vaults and one sorry looklngjloe dollar
note. You should publish this report, i-in’order
that the people may see how easily rascality of
the grossest character may . be perpetrated with
impunity by any Banks if the officers atja. so .dis
posed.’* ; ' J
Opening .or the York and Susqueiuhna Kail*
R OAD.—The first regular passenger trphi passed
over this road on Monday tfetk, The paly'more
Sun, of the 3d Inst., says— *" For the prlsent, we,
learn, the passenger, trains will leavejYork for
Harrisburg at 15 minutes past 6 and Hr minutes
past U o'clock, A. M.»>nd,returning, leave • Har
risburg at 8 o'clock,,A.,M., and- 3 o’clock, P. M.
The fare has boon fixed at the low rate of 75
cents (Including bridge tolls) between york and
Harrisburg; and we loam from Mr. o,\ VV, Ful
ton, the superintendent,.that he Is sanguine of l
effecting and arrangement for through tickets be- 1
tween Baltimore and reason
able charge of $3 GO for the whole distance, (134
miles*) Between Baltimore and Hanlihyrg the
fare will be 83 26. We also learn ihst'lhepros
peels for a large freight business ard vejy flatter
ing; the wareliouses along the line of the Cum
berland Valley are crowded wijh .produce waiting
on outlet to our city. An acoommodajlon train
was run over the road on Tuesday last, py an en
gine arid cars of the Baltimore and Susquehanna
I railroad, which consisted of 39 cars, of which
185 bbls. of flour, 173 bbla. of whiekey, ( J4 bbla,
olovdr seed and 7 market card, loaifotTwllh pro
duce,. came through (o Baltimore, consigned to
i Messrs. Wl;lteford, Michael, Herr and others. 0
tori _
. Toleration in Turret,— A lellcr from Mt*. Dwight,
dated Constantinople, December last, ssys, through
the exertions of Sir Stratford Gunning, tho British
Minister at Constantinople, a firman had just been
received by the Protestants of Turkey from the Bub
lime Porto, incorporating t|jom as a distinct Chris
tian community. By this firman, all the, civil and
religious rights of the Protestants. are scoured to
thomj they are distinctly declared to have the privi
lege of building churches, holding burying grounds,
dec* &0., which belong to other and older religious
communities. A Turkish Pasha has been appointed
to attend to their offalrs, and they are authorised to
appoint an agent from among themselves, as their
organ of eommunieatlon with the Government, and
a oonnoil to debi'do on the civil affairs of' the com
munity. Thu*, perfect, toleration and complete pro
-1 lection are at; length scoured to then Interesting
) people, the Armenians*
CIiIPPINGS OP TUa WEEK.
Defaulting; Dank Teller.—lt has been, dis
covered that the paying teller of the bank of Lou
isiana).is.a defaulter to the amount, 0f,580,000.
ite is missing) and' ik.supposed lo hiaye committed
suicide* The bank offers a reward of $5OO for
his apprehension.
Slaves.—The present number of.'slaves in the
Union amounisid neatly three millions. In 1840
the number was less than two millions and a
half.
The steamboat John Adams, frpm New Orleans
boupd for Cincinnati!) was sunk on the 30th ult.,
near Greenville., In five rarnuleß after she struck
thre dabid farted from thaholl and;broke in two.
Over one hundred lives , were lost, inrluding-all
the deok bands and the firemen hul two.. All the
cabin paasengers.usoa ped*
(tjvA. Locomotive Is being built In Now York
for the Erie railroad, iho fuel of which is to be
alcohol. .We ’liusl,' for the safety of life and
limbs, the motive power will be less zle-zaggiah
than is usually produced in twodeggnVbcomo-
lives by this ingredient.
03* Herr Rynlrigdr; the Celebrated wire perfor
mer, In attempting to walk from the tower of the
capitol al Daton.Rougo, Louisiana, on/Wednes
day, fell and was killed.
(C/* Col. William Bigler will not have less than
100 of'the 133 votes which will- compose the
Reading Gubernatorial Convention, and we should
not.be surprised if he had 1261 >
ffj* Tho friends of Gen'. Winfield Scott for the
Presidency, are to hold a msss meeting In Read'
lirg on.the22d insl,. ■ : »
Op*The population of NeW-York efry proper Is
515,391, and thenuraber ofdwenirige 37,730.
of the papers are complimenting the
manner in \yhioh the State Printing Is executed.
They are easily pleased.
M’He. Lind gave her first concert in New'Or
leans oh the lOlh Inst,
Hon. William. Strong, of Pennsylvania, has
been suddenly suinmotied home'from Washing*
tofi,inconsequence of the death.of a member of
his family. . ’ ' '
; Foreign Convicts.—’ Theship Albeit, Captain
Raichcl, recently arrived at Now York-: from Bre
men, brought out six-German convicts from tin
prison at Celle,'who were liberated,on condition
of embarking for America. The police have ar
rested one of them.
Gen. Hinton.— I This, distinguished individual
who has been confided in the Columbus, Ohio,
jail for some time past, was on Saturday let to
bail in the sum of $15,000, his.aoabeing one of
his* sureties.. lie is the alleged.great mail rob
bdr. . .
. A member of.lbe Wisconsin Senate, In a speech
laudatory of Senator < Walker, of that State, say*
he is the smartest man in the country, except
three, Denton, Dix, and another whose pamo In
don’t recollect.
In Crawford county, Pa., (luting (he single yeai
past there were thirty (wins born 1 So reports thr
Marshall.. That is the great buckwheat caht.
country 100. Singular coincidence. '
When Lieut. O’Brien was blown up in thf
Edgar, and thrown, on board;..!!)*, AdniicaU-.a)l
black and Vet/ he sald to the commander,' wUU
f>leaBaniry,;»*'l hops, cir, you;wHt-excuse my dir
iy appealancV; for 1 left 1 the ship in' so great a
mrry that I had not time to change my dross.”
Gen. Harrison’s Cabinet.— All the members
of Gen. Harrison’s .Cabinet ore said to be in
Washington at the present lime, In an excellent
stale of preservation.
We learn that the small pox is quite prevalent
in Baltimore oily*
A great emigration of Mormons from England
to the United Slates is now taking, place. Late
advices from Sweden also show that the Mormon
Church ia.making progress there. %
The Pittsburg papers slate that a wire suspen
sion bridge is to,be erected over the Ohio river at
that city in place of the wooden bridge destroyed.
The Chester, Count?. Murder—Conviction
op Piiaroah.— George Pharoah, tried at West
Chester last week, for shooting Miss Sharpless f
the teacher, has been convicted of murder in the
yirs/ degree. Bharoah is a nephew of Jabez Boyd,
who was convicted and hung’for the murder of
Wesley Patton in Chester county some five or six
years ago.
A revival is now going on in the Bethel Church
at Harrisburgi and immersions take place in the
Susquehanna every Sunday.
Snow Storm in California. —A letter; from
Yuba City, Dee. 18th, says the enow at the head
Waters of Feather River was from’ 13 to. 14 feet
deep, and nineteen men froze to death in one
night,
Mount Vernon, the residence of George Wash
ington, wasiso named after the English Admiral
Vernon, or Brave officer, who first' brought Wash
ington to the notice of the English .Cabinet, and
whibit led to his getting hie first commission.
Which Is the purest of all the affections! Self
love...
Opening the State Canals.— 'The Cahal
Commissioners have passed.an order for opening
the canals of. the Stale on the Iftth February.
Hon.D, W. Crownlngshieid, of Salem, Mass.,
Es-Seorelary of the Navy, under Madison, fell
dead In a store In Boston. The cause was disease
of the heart. He was nearly eighty years old.
Thfl’exionsive foundry of Messrs. Knapp & Co.,
at Pittsburg,iook fire on Wednesday,evening, and
was entirely destroyed. The loss la $20,000-
parl of which Is Insured.
The House of Representatives of the United
States were very warmly engaged last week in
the discussion of a proposition to* establish a
Branch, Mlpl,at New York and one at San Fran
cisco. They, however, got tho go-by on Wednes
day by a decided vote.' The result has pleased
the Philadelphians very much. '
There have been twelve ballots for U. S. Sena
tor, in tho Legislature of Massachusetts, without
success.
Geh. Sam. Houston, Senator from Texas, wl
be at Harrisburg on the 32d Inal,
Marrying an Aont'b Husband.—A bill re
pealing so much oflhe lltli section of chapter
108 of the code, a* prohibits a woman marrying
her aunt's husband, has passed the Virginia House
of Delegates*
Tin Wat or the Transgressor,— Geo. W. Niles
and Nathaniel W. Robeys, two black sheep bclorfg- 1
ing to the New York Bar, word, on motion of the'
District Attorney, stricken from the rolls. No one
appeared in their behalf, ;_TMr dismissal woi'a just
retribution for their infamous conduct.
FKEE tIAWKING. : .'
There - seckis to besbmewhat of sn excitement just
now inttye. public mind on iho subject of free.bank,
mg, a project very earnestly recommended by GoVer'-
nor Johnston In his 'annual hicssage to'the LeglsldV
tare at the opening .of th'c present We airb
opposed, in 1010,.10 this wholesale system-of menu*
faolurlng ihinplaslors. We jo’ok as baft
another Whig sclietno lo inflale lho paper Currency
for the purposeof .speculation, 16 drive out of dreu
lation gold and silver, and lo'brlng about in a few
years, another crash which must be attended with
suffering'and distress similar to what was experienced
a few years ago. The following article, from the
Harrisburg Keystone, contains sound sentiments on
the subject, and wo -recommend it to the attention of
our readers!
Free Banking.— The system slate
stock .whjLch-wus established In New York, since tho
lust monetary crisis, and'has had naught but’fair
weather to test its merit, to the surprise of all> reflec
ting men, has.many friends In. the present legislature.
Of all-'the rotten schomosniovcnled by ingenious
financiers for-cheating the people with a baseless ptu
por-currancy,. this may ba'fcot down as speclousand
■unsound, , A simple statement of the plan is enough
to‘show Us unsafely, fil ls to bank upon dur debts,
and of course, the more we owe-the more-banking
capital we. have.l: * When .the crash* conics, as Corne
it will, periodically, under ell papor.systems, 1 the specie
will have* been, driven* out of the:country by paper
money, tho banks canriol redccm their notes; the note
holder knocks at the-State Treasury which is as clear
ofspodess the banks; notes, slock and all arocqunl*
ly worthless,andtlio noteholder has no other coiisa*
lation than In the probable future ability oflhe Stale
to phy after the collapse has drawn back oiir sharo
of .specie to the country, and tho debtor portion of
the community has been ruined. .Who ban'doubt
this wfio remembers when . Pennsylvania slocks
would not sell for;3o per cent; and when tho General
Government sent anegont to-Earopo-iN vain to effect
a loan? •• - •’ ■
The banker, under this system, drnwk from the
people.inieicat on file Capital and Interest on the notes
ho owes and puts In circulation. This will’yield
hiin ten of twelve per cent, whilst under oar uauary
and lax laws th* citizen who louns iiis real money is
allowed to receive but about five p£r cent. la this
just?, Is it wise legislation to discriminate thus la
favor of the manufacturer of paper money 7
- Gold is coming from California in such abundance
as to disturb its relative value .with silver, la this a
lime for inflating! tire currency with paper Issue*—
for creating now banks—for sending forth a currcn.
cy that costs nothing and has no intrinsic value, and
con have ho other effect but to banish gold from olr.
culation and to unseulo still more its relation to
silver?
Where capital can be used profitably there it will
go. No law cup create capital, nor is It possible to
.m.ako something out of nothing. Paper credits may
circulate when business moves'smoothly, but all ex
perience proves that the moment its Immediate con
vertibility,lnto specie ccascs. lls value is gone and it
is nothing but lampblack and rags spoiled bybeing
mixed.
.Wo would respectfully admonish Democratic
members not to bo misled by the public opinion
which is manufactured for llio cspcciul consumption
of the lcgislulure. It is all interested, corrupting
and selfish;-it clamours for special legislation—for
protection, for now banks, for free.banking, systems,
for small-notes and every, wily; device by which
money can bo made without labor, and labor, the
foundation of all'woallh, bo toAed for the benefit of
capital. Let them reflect In time. They will,soon
again return to their constituents, and then will come
iho day of reckoning, when the plausible sophislcrs
now (Misleading them will hot be present to plead for
them*
Sir* Bonham's Report*
The Report of Mr. Bonham, on the subject of the
Tariff, mads some lime since In the House ofßoprc.
senUlivcs at Harrisburg, wo arc pleased to see, meets
with almost universal favor from the Democratic
Press and Party of the Stale* Wo hope this fearless
and masterly Report may bo extensively circulated^
■as ir contain*' doctrines- •o* , pUrely^ortrocTalic l am
expressed in snoh forcible language, lhat-lt should
be placed lathe hands ofevery cUiton. Mr. Bonham
by (fils report hoe won for himself "golden opinions"
every where, ond secured a 'high position aa a writer
and debaters
Accidental Shooting.—A man named Radcobach,
was accidentally hilled lost Saturday week, in Pino,
grove township, Schuylkill county, by a singular
misfortune. It appears that a man whose namo wo
did not leurn, Bred a rifle ala cow which was stand
ing upon the.ioe, some distance from whore Radon
bach was at work chopping-wood. Thu ball struck
upon the ice, rebounded towards, the latter, and hit
him in the temple, causing almost instaat death.
The Next Presidency.— Tho Democratic mem
bers of the Indiana Convention hove held a meeting,
and nominated Gen. Joseph Lane, recently Governor
of Oregon, ai a candidate for the Presidency in 1852,
and pledged 95,000 majority for him in ease ho is a
candidate. *
ARRIVAL OF TUB EMPIRE CIXV,
New York, February 7—B P> M
The steamship Empire City arrived hero this af
ternoon. 1 She brings two hundred and ten passen
gers, and about one million dollars worth of gold
dust. - The dates are from Sen Francisco to January
Ist, being two Vvccks laler.
The nows from the Isthmus is unimportant,- A
fire had occurred at Laguna which destroyed eighty
houses, besides other property to a Considerable a
mount. - ,
The health of California Has’ gfoatly Improved,
und the weather ia.vcry fine; The depredations by
(ho Indians continue.very annoying. Many of (ho
minors havobcen compelled to leave their places In
consequence of the depredations. ... ,
The cholera has entirely disappeared from Califor.'
nil.,
' Seriousappnjhenslonsaroentcrljlnud for the safely
of the steamer Panama, which had ut laal accounli
been out 28 day*. . ,
Tlio Bleamor* California and Northerner have both
arrived *afo with all on board* . .
Tile election of an United State* Senator appear*
to be the aU»ongrbsslng.lopicorcoiiversallon. Among
the Whig*, Edward Buiunl and John Welhored are
.prominently spokcb of a* candidate*! and with, the
I Democrat*, John D. Weller and K« W* Ilollock. J.
W. George and Col. Fremont are named, rho,latter,
however, stand* no chance,-if the plurality .rule is
reported to in the election. The Impression strongly
prevails that a whig will bo chosen.
The Legislature meet* at San Joee on the 6IU of
February. ’
The Empire City brings Kingston (lute* to the 31st
of January. Th* cholera was decreasing.
A serious riot had taken pluco at St. David's, by
whiqh severs! lives were lost.
Business in California generally is steady and
healthy. . All kinds of produce in abundance, and
prieoa of .flour, provisions, dto.; declining, though;
quotations do not differ much from previous accounts. '
The mines continue to yield well, and ptany now J
discoveries have been made.
Dusinese was partially dull, owing (• the largo In*
flux of goods, which continued pouring in. inlargo
quantities. ‘
Gorgona was partially destroyed by fire on *}ho
night of January 251 h; Loss not ascertained. Sup*
posed about 8U houses burnt.
Two or throo Marino Insurance oompaniea have
boon formed in flan-Francisco.
Agriculture begins to take form and order, and
good results aro reported as attending the labors of
those cultivating the soil.
Some of the members of the Legislature say that
that body, will bo adjourned to San Francisco. ;
, A miner in tlio diggings near Ophir, Butter coup*
ty, picked up a lump of gold worth 110,000«
AIUUVAL OP TUB GEORGIAi
The steamer Georgia, from Chogres, arrived here
tills morning with California mails. Bho brings 355
passongors r and seven hundred thousand dollars in
?old in ttio' hands of passengers, and 8100,000 on
reight. ‘ 1 '
f The Georgia made the trip from Havana to Capo
(Hstteras In 60 hours. All was quiet at Havana
l when she loti. ‘ ‘ ‘ „
The steamship Philadelphia sailed from Havana
for Cbsgres on the Ist Instant, with 100 passengers.
■ TfomtheCillfornla Courier* Jan. 1.
Y ' CAPTAUf FRBIfOII*
\yb have the arrival of a no/
tion of Capt. FrenChVootopany at San Francis?
One/of ,'their number, Mr. William Miles, of Ca/
Hdle, Pai, has furnished the Alla California W | t i
an account of the expedition and its ‘final calasiroi
•pto. When the -company heard of the fouwjt
Committed by French, they were thrown imp con
fusion. The idea of being abandoned in a strand
willio'tft Wonoy or food, after having paid
$250 for a through Vtckcl, was not very gratefuf
Legal measures had been, taken by FfencVs cred
itors to seize all the outfit, to prevent Which the
company resolved -to, place everything j n fu
hands of officers bhosen to'receive'ihortt, and to
sell and distribute the proceeds, pro rata, accordtim
to the claims of the passengers. French applied
to the American military ooonfflandbr/the sheriff
the Mexican'and American Consuls, to interfere
in his behalf and. dupes of everything,
But in vain.* - . , / ■ - -- /•- ,
Finally, a part of the passengers, badly fitted
out, loft El Paso; on a journey of a thousand or
fifteen : .hundred' ,San Diego. French
employed some twenty men armed to-the,teeth,
for the purpose of robbing .them. Each man ai
he came up was commanded, with a pistol at his
breast, lb give up his weapons, and then was
stripped > of whatever ho
clothing, mule, money, &c. Half.a dozen Yep
roomers,'Who happened to be together, determined
to, and did resist. A battle was the consequence,
in which twbi a Mr;. Wright and Mr, Nelson,
were killed. Mr. Cooper had a thigh broken*
and Mr. Holmes both arms' broken, .French had
his right arm shattered, and was supposed mom},
ly wounded,-being eliol also In the side. This
occurred at Corolitos, in Me*lco» Frawh
Was shot his banditti scattered, ana tbeteslofib
company ;wt*re allowed to pass on. l, Jhcy
terribly by hunger, thirst and toil, but bore aft
with fortitude. . After a journey of seven months,
some forty*.reached Ban Diogo, thirty-five took
passage in. a'brig for. this place, and were tivenlji
one days in reaching here; bavin* divided out the
Ust provisions and water ere their arrival.
, Death or flow. lIoJUob EvsaEtT.-*-non. Homs
EVcrell dicd o( his-residence, Windsor, Vermont,
on Thursday last* after an illness of lea'days, in (| lO
73d yoarofhis.ago. Hbivas one ofthe oldest mem;
bars ofthe Vcrraontßur,and foi. fourteen conscculiro
years represented llio District in which ho resided in
the Congress ofthe United State*. •• ■
. DtEdi .■
On Tuesday Uibfntng the 4lb loaf, In Dickinson
township, Mrs. Elizabeth HUstoN. wife ofMr. John
lluslon, and daughter of Samuel Weakley, Esq., in
the 58th year of her age. , / ;
In Newton township, on the 3161-nU., of Scar*
let fever, Henry, only son of John and. Nancy
Hoover, - aged 1G years, B.months and 13 days.
Near Greenfield, Ohio, on'the Cth ult., Mrs,
Luouktia Curran, wlfe-bf-William Curran, for*
merly of Juniata cuuniy, Fa„ and only 'sister of
the editor of this paper—aged 40 years.
The deceased has left a husband -and four chil
dren, to mourn their loM.' To therti U Is an irrr
parable loss, for she possessed alt the qualities ot
a true.wife and affectionate mother.?; At nn early
age she attached herself to the Seceder'Church,
and was always justly regarded as a shining light
for others to follow. The.stern messpngHr of
Death had no terrors for her, for aha w*s ph-jund
for the-summons!. . ' *•
[Juniata papers please Insert] ..
FOR OUTE MGIIT OffJLFt
THE ALLEGHASWSS.
II Rv»t
a.CONCERT,on TUESDAY EVENING, iBih
ruury, at Education Hall.
Their Programme will contain a choice selection
of Sang*, Duetts. Trios, Quartettes, &c< &.c, .
Tickets, 25 Cents. Doors open at fij o’clock,
Concert to commence ot half past 7 o'clock,
o*No postponement on account of weather,
A collection of Songs and Quartettes, as sung by
the Ailoghnnisns, can ho hnd at the Concert iloomi
Carlisle,February 13,1851, .
DICKINSON COLLEGE BELLES'LETTEIiS .SOCIETV
'■pilE 65th anniversary of the Dalles Lellrca,Socle-
L ty, will bo celebrated in the M. E. Church, on
llio 22J Inst. Tho public la respectfully invited to
attend. Doors open’at 0$ o'clock) exercises' to com l
inenco at t» . >
Feb 13,
For three nights mid two days!
THE subscriber will sell bl« stock of Dry-Gooda nt
Auction, commencing on Thursday Evening tb fl
20th instant, at 0 o’clock, and coftllnvw 'Fifthly *
Saturday* comrhcncoing at I'o'clock,' Tho pubho
nro invited to attend, ee any gobdsdflered will posi
tively he aold. 8, A. COYLE.
Fed. 13, 1851— SI ' . •; ; 1 ■
' BlOTl tlfy ■ ■ •
In the (hurt of Common I'lehs of Cumberland Cm
“VTO. 113, Nov, T.i 1850. Slat Xin’y.i 1.851. Tl.o
1\ pcilliiin of Henry Bluer, Aesigneo of Micbajl
Miller, having been presented.to Iho C.iurl, .
ling that purl of the estate el tho aald Michael Miller
hue been,sold, his nnenunt, nettled and corifirnted by
aaid' court, and praying to ho discharged,.from nn
(rust upon UiO paymlnt of (ho balance foiind. agoin.l
him in entd'account, arid direct a cenveyenco or las
aaid property-yot undisposed-of, ty aaid A,signer la
(he aaid Michael Miller, his boira,«o.' ‘ ; '
91at"Jon*y, 1851. . Rule on (ho oredlforo to ahetr
oaiiaa why the prayer of the petitioner ahonld not bs
granted, returnable at the adjourned court 25tli of
MJiroh, 1851—to bo published in !\vo papers.
BY THE COURT.
CalAnau'NO CouttrS, »>'
i Ido certify Hint (ho above la a copy of a
Seal. > Rule entered in (hit oaae. . j. , r , •
y Witness my hand and tjid seal of mio
court at Carlisle, (hit Slat day of January, 1651. ,
. . JA9. F. LAMDERTON, Prolh’y*
Fob. 13,J851.-r3t
Extensive Sale of Furniture.
SN SATLRPAY llio 15U. of March next, will J>«
sold at public aalo, at the lalo'residence of th®
n. John Reed, deceased, a Iqrgo variety bfHouie*
hold arid Kitchen Furniture, bonßTstlng'orSldobbardii
vvllh marble slabs, Wordrobcs, Bureaus,' r,.
steads, Mattresses, Dining Tables,Centfe rabiwi
Book Tallica, 3 largo and elegant book cases wllw
, glass doors; and Mirrors, Miscellaneous books, ohili®
and lounges, ottomans, dressing lablci, Cl»ln»i ® ul
glass, silver forks, a full China dinner set,’ tea Chins*
a number of transparent painted blinds, carpets ? n rf
mailings. <A'oook stove, chamber stoves, hltcw
furniture of all kinds, with many other aril 1 .
numerous to mention. Sale to commenoo_st lt> *
clock. ‘ Terms made known on the day of Ml®
Robert McCartney, Auctioneer. '' . , T r»irflrt
Also, on the same day at 2 o'clock, the iIO u
n a and LOT, the lata residence ®f
Rood, will ho offered for sale, r ■.
or in lota as will boat suit P u * ch "f® ‘
JjjJi)g£Tlio lot la 240 fool square, it haß -JJ"
divided Into 3 tote. No. 1, fronting 60 feel on W* n
aired, and'24o on Weal street. -No. 3,’Jrojjwjff l(J
feel on Main street and running back 240 io »
.Church alloy; this lot contains all the ,
many of llio most valuable frail and orb* _b ac k
■ trees. No. 3 fronts 60 feel on Main at. run# #1
240 feel to Church alloy. Persona w thing ini® " 1
(ion, or to examine Ihe premlscb.-wlll on
w. n.
Fcbmaty 18,1851-I*' ’ -
New York, Feb. 8.
FRANCIS D. HODGSON,
SAMUEI. FORD,
ALBERT RITCHIE,
WESLEY AWL,
EDMUND D. SEYMOUH,
JAMES M. SHEARER,
HENRY H. PFEIFFER,
Committee/ Arrangement.
AUCTION
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