THE VOLUNTEER.
John B, Bratton, BclUor,and Proprietor*
OAHKXStBi THURSDAY, APRIL 17,1831.
Court, bn Monday last, on motion of A. 6.
Sharpe, Esq., Mr. Charles F. Lamberton was ad
mitted to practice law in tho several courts of this
eottoiy. -
“MaiimothAmropriation Bill.”— Under (his cap*
lion; the Herald of yesterday makes a terrible ado
about tbs passage* of.the' Appropriation Bill by.gthe-
Legislature, one of oar late Representatives (Mr.
Bonham,) comet in fora- full share of abusb and mis.
representation. We received the Herald at too late
an hour to answer it this week* Wo shall, b&wever,
pay our respects to it next week. ■
Hon. James Buchanan. —This distinguished gen-
Uemah paid our borough a brief visit on Monday last,-
and was wailed upon by quite a large number of our
citizens,of both political parties, at the hotel of Major
FATtotfr. Mr. Buchanan is In high health, and, ap
pears to be in excellent spirits. He expressed him.
•elf delighted with the cordiality of his reception
here,.and such.of.his visitors ns took him by .the hand
for'the first time, were, pleased , with his fine personal
appearance, and the'winning sauvity of his manners-
Mr. B. left town the next morning in-tho cars.for
Chambersbuifg, on business of a private nature. ..
ExdiTKuxNT in Dickinson College. —There is great
excitement among the students ofDickinson College,
in this place, having Us origin in a difficulty between
IhnFaCuUyand .a. portion of tho members of the
Junior Class of the College. The Faculty have ins.
pended nine, and dismissed fourteen of the members
of Rial Class (br insubordination. Wo learn that the
act bf “‘insubordination” ivas a very slight one in
deed. „ Tho raembera of the Class attended, during
recitation hours, the funeral of an eminent deceased
citizen of this borough, in no way connected with the
College t and lor so doing (hoy. incurred the displeasure
of thd august Faculty. Tbit, we believe. Is (he (rue
brigiaii .? tho difficulty. If yfS liaTO been Wrongly
informed wb are willing to make the amende honor
atU in dor heitt.
generally, have received their
respcctiveassbrlmentsdf Spring and Summer Gooda',
an£«ro prepared,'de usual, to wait upon customers*
In oar advertising columns, will be found the an.
nouhcenwtatsof Mr Kilner and Mr. Ogifty, of Hast
High strtoi; Mri Woods, Mr. Fetter, Messrs. Arnold
& LcyVahd Messrs. Arnold dc Livingston, of North |
Hanover street;' and Messrs. A. do W, Bcntz f of South
streets They all give a description of their {
•UHjlj.pohandiand invite tho attendance of those who
wish to purchase bargains.
hio & Very. pretty little snowstorm. on I
M(jiid«y iqtioratng lait r which quite a cold*
neMofthe atmosphere. Thesno w r however, quickly
aqil all is bright egoin. ( Mony of our
serious apprehensions for the safely
of the apricots and .peaches.
' SAi*o?IbuLP*oPC»TT.—We learn that on Friday
Hot, Jacob Zoo, Esq.* disposed offals valuable Tavern
SUkd.iiloaie on thelower end of East High street',
to Hr. Robkiit Alicorn. We believe $2,700 was
the amount of purchase money. Mr. Allcorn iaal.
’in poeawloD. and nieftna to, continue it ai a
public bouse. It la Via intention lo thoroughly repair 1
make many improvements upon the I
pripiaopi .wbijch will much enhance the value of the I
property*apd render it a more desirable slopping
place for travellers and drovers.
Astronomical Lectures.
• Just' before going, to press, we Were Informed
. Mowio.'f, a gentleman who sustains an
l^f lolat,on Sc^nl world, propo
a course of lectures on the subject
His first lecture will be delivered
at . Education Hall. Admittance
ftee» His lectures are spoken of by our cotempo*
laHet oP the press in terms of high praise.
The Sew Town Connell*
The new. Town Council for this borough, held
their first meeting in their room on Saturday even
fofUsL .After the members bad been sworn in,
. Jofta Bsattom was unanimously elected President
of Council, after which the following appoinlmeols
wafe.made:. ■ •
/CUrh to Council —Franklin Holcomb,
rfsssurar—Henry Anderson.
mg* Constable—Jacob Low.
3fhx Collector —John Underwood.
Btoet-CoiHmietioncrt— Geo. Hays, Andrew Kerr.
Matter —Augoitoa Gallober. ’
Keeper of the Grate Ford—Jaraet Marlin.
Stroet Stevieton—Wm. Line, Esq., Henry Myers
sod Jacob Spangler.
Tbs Clerk to Council was elected by receiving the
ftur Whig votes, and one Democratic vote (Mr. Ma*
gftoghlJo,) and the High Constable was elected by
receiving tho Whig support, and tho voto of one Do.
mocrat, (Mr. Kelly.) ■ .
SNoentlon Against Fire*
yft perceive that our excellent neighbor, Rev. J. V,
E. Tuoaif, taking cotinsel from experience, has taken
the pieoColiooary measure of having (ho roof of his
eptendld mansion on East High street, covered with
a thick coat of Blrfe'r Patent Imitation Slate t or Fire
Free/Faint. Title article has been ex*
ItpfiMy used 1 for some years past in the east on the
rOofirof boosessteamboats, &e., and has been pro.
noonoed, by those who have tried It, to bo an in fal
lible preventive of fire. It hav also the additional
, vitttt* of rendering the rbpf more lasting than an j
■npelnted tone, resisting as it docs the effects both of
fife and ws ter. It it very cheap, and may be procured
ni any of the Hardware Stores.
' Oor friend Thobn is always foremost in introdui
log iqjlhlng which may add to the appearanca of the
or which hue (he leaat claim to utility.—
Ibtiug thoroughly npaired and beaulilled hit own
pHrhM rdtidenoe, oulaide and in, He It now anxious
to praaetn it from the dhole of fire. During the Unto
dtaaaUouafire, the aparka flow far and wido.and many
>dofa war* Ignited by them. If llile paint poaataaea the
WctqM attributed to it, all danger from that source
nay bo aroided. Wo treat our properly.boldest gen
arally will Imitate the example let them in tbit
matter by Mr. Thorn.
Death at Bon, William Beatty,
. A daapaloh.ftoni Pittaborgh, dated the Hlh Inal
eonvaya the malmcholy intelligence of the death of
Butty, of Botlar county. Ho died
at Ua raildcneo, in the town of Butler, on Saturday
hat, al\ar an Ulnata of aboat two week*. Mr. Baatly
area a prominent candidate for Canal Cooiroiaaioner
■"■the molt prominent, wo aoppoae, of any roan apo
hawedfc« that oftee, Ho wao a man ofatcrling in
who had many warm friend* and admirer*.]
B* WO* a Ztemoeral in principle, and, aa a parly
nin.axarclaad great influence in the Weelern coon,
flap of Ihla Slat*. Ho had teprnenlod hla diatriot
In Congrata, and, If our memory eetvee ua, wo think
ha alao, a number of year* ainco, lopteaonlod Bnllerl
Monty Id the State Leglalalurc. Mr. B. waa, in troth 1
■ food roan, whoae death will bo ranch regretted by
•B who had the pioaanro of bia acquaintance. Peace
loUauhaa! .
Taat bu bean » Mnlmce in Non York of im.
wIMBMaI Tor life far m«n.laoghHr. Tho cup W««
vao'olovl/ ormurilir, bill Iho -Jury did riof on c0n
,1,,, tbi* WV> D*»lh Fonttly io oabtlontltly
■iwiirtti'
“ SCOTT AND JOHNSTON.”
TJio Federal papers of this Slate— f Very Tew
exceptions—are attempting to make a little capital
for Governor Johnston by c6upling;hia name ,with
Geo.hScotPs, and they'are constantly. appealing: to
their scattered forces to roily to the bander of "Scott
end, Johnston.* 1 They would make their readers be.
lie?e that Geh. Scott is the only Whig spoken of in
connection with the Presidency, and they.
enough to believe t,liat his military frnft will be suf.
ficicnl to induce of Pennsylvania to favor
IbespreleDsions of William F. Johnston, merely be
cause iho Governor is ftverablo to Gon. Scott for the
Presidency. Governor Johnston has, therefore, cdn.
eluded tc| hitch his sled to Gen. ScolPs locomotive,
and hopes, by this trick, to again slide himself into
the office of Governor. Gov. Johnston has the name
of belug a shrewd, politician, who. understands how
lowork.the wires; but, in our opinion, he has missed
a figure this time. He is, In the first place, much
mistaken if he imagines that he can cover op his own
misdeeds and broken pledges by taking refuge beneath
the military cloak of Gon. Scott. And in the secon^
I place, he is egregiously mistaken in supposing that
Gen. Scott is so popular with the peoplej aa to be able
to bid defiance to all the other Whig aspirants for
the Presidency. Gov. Johnston and his particular
friends, in pledging themselves to the fortunes of
Gon; Scott, have courted the opposition of the friends
of President Fillmore, Henry Clayj abd Daniel Web.
ster. These gentlemen have their friends in every
douhly.ofour Slate, who will feel justified in opposing
the adroit schemes of Governor Johnston. President
particularly, has many adherents, who will
notbe.forood to.yreld their .own preference, merely
to gTaitfy T 'Wtlliatn : F. Johnston.
OUR REPRESENTATIVES.
Never has'our'county been belter represented In
the State Legislature, than during the- late session.
During our stay at Harrisburg for a few days last
'week, we were gratified to find tliat “old Mother
Cumberland,'* through her worthy and able repre
sentatives, Messrs; Bonham and' SeoUllor, of the
House, and Daily of the Senate, exercised her Just,
share of influence in matters of legislation. It was
well that (ho Democratic party had sbmo true and
tried representatives in the Legislature,Tor the peo.
pie may rest assured that there was deep deception
at work on (ho subject of Free Banking, and other
kindred measures. We were delighted to learn that
our talented representative, Mr. Bonham, when tho
bill for the re-charter of tho old Easton Bank jvas
before the House, some limo since, took occasion to
express tho sentiments of tho Democratic, party of
this State respecting the. impropriety of on increase
of the banking capital of tho Commonwealthi in an
able end truly eloquent speech, which excited the
profound attention of thb House. Mr. Bonham also
made a speech when the - Appropriation bill was un*
der consideration, on tho subject of our publto im
provements, which Was the ablest he delivered during
(ho session, not cyen excepting his great speech' on
the subject of the tariff. We heard it spoken of in
(he highest terms by different persons in Harrisburg.
Strange as U may appear, however, tho names of
the radical Democratic members of the House and
Senate were scarcely, ever mentioned by the letter
writers for the citj papers.: . Why wos (his? We
did not oursoli know that Mr. Bonham had made a
speech at all, either on the subject of (he banks or
tho public improvements, until we were told so by
those who beard him.speak. Yet these hired letter
Writers were constantly engaged in puffing up doubt
ful Democrats, while they did not even deign to notice
at' all those who were entitled to praise, and who
never swerved in a faithful discharge of their duties
to the people. This system of puffing, by corrupt
letter writers, is one of the nuisances of legislation!
at Harrisburg, as the people seldom If-ever see the
troth through the papers for which these fellows cor
respond.
Daring llio late melon, the Home was cursed by
having in its employ a bitter Whig reporter for the
“Daily American,” a'filthy little Federal sheet,
which was supported, for tho Session, out of the mo*
ney of tbo public treasury. Tbo reporter for this
contemptible sheet used his best efforts to place (ho
members In a false position, by giving a
garbled publication of the yeas and nays, and.other
misrepresentations of the proceedings at they occur
rod. Tho tegUialuro should have a sound Demo
cratic, reporter in each House—-one who could not
be bribed of tampered Iwilh—and tjjen the people
would know the troth, ond those Democratic mem.
bore who are constantly betraying their constituents
would not bo held up as the “great men of the State,”
but would bp exposed and denounced, as they de*
servo to bo, •
Taxing.the York and Cumberland Railroad'
“ Thai U shall be the duty of the York end Cum*
berlond Railroad Company 10 collect and pay into,
tho State Treasury, for the use oftheCommonwealth,
under tho provisions of tho eighth section of tho aol|
incorporating said company to which this is supple* |
mentary, a lax of three mills per ton per mile, on all
(onsge passing over the entire extent of said railroad.
Provided, however. That ooal/dumbcr, gypsum, lire
wood, iron ore, and iron, and all agricultural pro*
ducts, tho growth of Pennsylvania, shall be exempt
from said taxation, and in lieu thereof It shall bo tho
duty of tho said York and Cumberland Railroad
Company, to collect and pay Into tho Slate Treasury,
in tho manner aforesaid, a lax of ten cents on all
Sassengers passing over. tho whole length of said
Railroad. I'* 1 '*
The abovo is a correct copy of the law relating to
taxing tho York and Cumberland Railroad.. As there
have been some misrepresentations in relation U» tbs
amount of the tax on said road, we have procured
and now publish & true copy of the law as It passed
both houses. It will be observed that U exempts tho
agricultural and other products of Pennsylvania from
(taxation, and is highly favorable to Uio people ofuur
section of the Slate.
,
Look Out roa it.-— An admirably executed bill, ol
Iho denomination of five dollars, on the Bank of Mid-
dlelown—a rc-leauo of Iho relief nolea—line juit made
U» pppearenoe, and ii described an fgllovta:. The
general appearance of (he bill, when compared with
a genuine note of the bank, would probably detect
Ha spurious character. The signature and lhe fig
urea composing the number are in a heavier band
and In blacker Ink than the genuine. The faint Un*
ing In the medallion head on the right end of the
bill, la up and down the face, while on the counter*
felt Ul* nearly acroia the face. More certain marka
of detection, however, with thoee who may not have
a genuine bill at hand, to compare with, may be
found In the word “five” in the bottom of the lining
of the bill. In tho genuine U appears twenty aevon
time#—ln the counterfeit only twenty alxtimea—and
in the imprint of the genuine, “Danforlh, Underwood
& Co."~lhore la a period (.)‘after the “Co.”—in the
counterfeit there la no period (.)
Mexican Ci.aimanis.— The National InliUigtncer
is authorised to say that Iho Secretary oftho Tr«a.
•ury has appointed no house in Washington or else
whore, lo pay the olaimants under the treaty with
' Mexico.lhe amount whieh would be reapootireiy a
-1 warded lo tiiem by the Board of Commissioners now
I sluing at Washington, bat on tho contrary, has not
I decided in what mode those payments shall bo made.
The Board of Commissioners, adds the Inlelliganoer,
have nearly closed their labors', and will-by law
finally terminate them bp Ihs lOlli InstHil. Tho
whole amount dr their awards, it .Is'soldi w.ili oojha
within the three and a quarter millions stipulated in
tiie treaty. The awards will ndt'be paysblo until
’ thirty days after the Commissioners have' closed their
proceedings';
ADJOURNMENT OF THE! DEOISRATURIh
TheljSgisltilnro'of Ibis Stale adjojornodarne die
on Tuesday last; The, Appropriation bill caused
considerable debate and excitement. The drill aa
it passed the House was 'amended 1 in the' Senate,
so as to authorize an additional issue of relief
notes to the amount of one million of dollars.' A
commutes' of conference was then appointed,
-winch, after holding a short session, repotted that
they could not agree, .and the committee wad dis
charged. The bill was then re-introduced, and
passed the House—yeas 73, nays 32," and Was
then taken up in the Senate, and. paassdturit .ap
propriates $173,000 to the Nortii PrancK , 6aii|l,;
and the same amount to the Portage, J&adiarra
any surplus in the Treasury to be equally divided
between the two. . There la no loan in the bill.
The million issue was not inserted. ;'
The bill dividing the State into Judicial Dis
tricts, which had passed both Houses a Jew days
Since, was vetoed by our anti-veto Governor :on
AJonday. Another bill was then introduced,
which passed both Houses, and is therefore a. law.
By this bill our Judicial district remains 4s if
was, viz—Cumberland, Perry and Juniata/'.,'''?
The resolutions relative 16 the tariff. Were 1%
definitely postponed by the House—yeaaJt7,n4ys
41. Right! ■ . 1 / ' v V ; 'jV
Thobill providing for a system of,free banking,
which .bad. passed the Senate, was. killed'iA’tbe
House. Thabilß was indefinitely postponed—
yeas 61, nays 45. Right,again! 'j
In the House tl&bill repealingrtho Gib section
of the anti-kidnapping law of 1847, was takenjup
and passed by a large vole. Right, also! I.
Doctor WelhefPf didn’t got his divorce, it'll
passed, Decidedly~fighi—his borers and scrib
blers are distressed, for the present!
The bill to re-charter the Old Easton Bonk was
defeated in the House on Friday—yeas 36,-daya
47. ' : '•
FISLIOITIXSS OF FBDJBEIAIjISSI*
The Oneida New York Herald, nn organ of tho
* Woollies, '* thus snarls at the President for turning
Ibe Sewardltcs out of office : .. ‘
Side by side, on tho page of history, shall bo placed
the names of John Tyler and Millard Fiifm,ore;..and
on the same dark list shall appear the kindrpd aumca
of Judas Iscariot and Benedict Arnold* ■ ■j'
Clothed with a Uulc brief authority, Millard Fill*
more has cut himself loose from thp Whig, parly,
and betaken himself—so wo snpposa— to tho #»rma*.
lion of a now organization. Wo propose,as R title
lor his corporal's guard, tho Judas Clique. ■
Fillmore is decapitating the Seward men and the
higher law party generally. Ho has removed several
of them from office, and hints are given that the good
work la going on. We. have no ' objection. Tho
traitors ought to be guillotined wilhput. mercy. It
must bo confessed, however, that-Fillmore occupies
an awkward position in the buslne^sV 5 Sonae years'
ogo ho wrote letters to abolitionists','and, to secure
ibelr votes, pledged himself to the. most ullra of4heir
measures. Whilst in .Congress, he was failhfiil to
his abolition promises.. He was always found voting
with the anti-slavery faction. He never, said wo,
even when the dose was so bitter (hat only 1$ or, 14
could swallow U. Fillmoro was then among: the
martyrs. And this is not (ho worst., When Taylor
was first put forward as a candidate, the Whig jour*
nols North, many of them, hesitated support the
slaveholder.' The editor of the Kenneboo Journal,
Maine, only consented to the ticket, because the name
of the well tried anti slavery man, Fillmore* Was on
it. The same editor is not allowed to. publish tho
laws of the United States by this satne -FUlnJore. Is
not that a bitter 'pill ? The mao of their own choice,
steeped in the same iniquities as thomselyef, whom
they raised to piece and potyer, is the instrument of
their punishment. Tbowsy of lransgres»errWli*«fr
They can have no consolation, however*’ They see
that the V rascally locofocos” are dismissed from of*
fico and employment. The latter aro laudedes pa.
triots, and then beheaded by. this same adfpinietre.
lion. This shows (hat it's not tho object of the sod
dents nt Washington to enlist the modorate'and pat*
riolio of oil parlies to sustain the compromise—far
from it. The purpose is to make an administration
party. The prompt dismiasal exclusion, ul dcm.
l ocral! from’office shows that ißb object •Wt'jprvjl
patty, whilst the public are amused witloje Idle
cant abont the Union. Iflhe sepporlors ofltw com.
promise wcro selected for office, without regard to
parly, we should then give Fillmore credit for trying
to 'employ his power and influence in support of
principle; but this ho is net doing. Ho is rewarding
his parly friends, and punishing alike his pplillcll
opponents and personal enemies in his ownrpurly-
The policy of this course Is very questionable; The
free sellers got only what they deserve; but'.it ■Will
appear to them only personal revenge from one as
guilty as themselves; and one, 100, whoso imbecility’
! will only provoke retaliation. Fillmore, unfottn
nately, is nofin a position to wield ajy moral force
by such action.. -I, -
, Pennsylvania Raimioad —We learn that tile con.
alroolion of this great work Is progressing .fapidly
and favorably. The Company is fortunate ID having
secured the engagements of energetic; and-wealthy
contractors for ite, prosecution. From luforinalion
gathered directly from the line of road, wo are as.
cured that the utmost energy and effort ,1a used, on
the part of the gentlemen engaged, for its completion.,
within the time prescribed by the letter of the' con*
tract.. The contractors on'lho Western Division of
the road have published a handbill to laborers, offer,
log employment, at one dolus per day, to five thou,
sand mere laborers. The. work from Johnstown to
Pittsburgh passes through a delightful and healthy'
country ; that portion of the lino, apart from other
advantages, is peaceable and quiet, and we trust that
. these gentlemen will encounter no difficulty in pro.
r curing all the workmen they may need.
The Vouintxees. —The Auditor Genera] of the
Slate has issued a circular, requiring the'officers
commanding companies which served In the late war
with Mexico to forward copies of their rolls, to ena.
bio him to carry into efleet the provisions of the late
Act of Assembly, granting the sum of #30,000 for
the travelling expenses and clothing of the volunteers,
on being mustered into the service of the D, Stales.
The amount payable to each individual has hot yet
been ascertained, but it will not bo large, as. there
were nearly two thousand men in service in the two
regiments, and the sum-is limited to the snip above
slated. An officer of the second regiment, who la
now a member of the Legislature, states In a letter
to an officer in Philadelphia, that the Interposition
of an agent will not bo necessary to enable claimants
to obtain the amounts due them. The certificates of
their own officers only will bo required.
(CJThe Secretary of War hai ordered that scrotal
companies of United Stale* Flying Artilloly U) forth,
wllh diabandod. Many other troope wlll/bb dliben
ded, and ho has declared that ho would, if ho had the
power, dliband the aevonth regiment oflnfanlry.—
Tire reason for this measure la, that no Means wore
provided by Congress to move the troop! lo lbo fton.
tier, where alone they are wanted, and luhalat them
there. ■ 1 ■
Lawyers in the Unitio States.—Tbu people of
the United Slalea mual bo fond oflaw, notwlthsland-
Ing it la ao expensive, for we aee by IhoLaw.Maga.
xlno, that there are ftosnly-ens rteuaend-nine hundred
end ssuenly-rUns lawyers Jn the oonslry,' of about
one to every eleven hundred inhabilante.
The Inoonslstenqy pf Whlggoryi
The Harrisburg Union says—lmmediately after
the House of Representatives appropriated 9250,000
for the avoidance of the. inclined planes on the Alio*
gheny Portage road, end authorized a>.,loan. bf.lbat
amount, the two organs of Gov. Johnston, the Daily
American and Telegraph, gave, out intimations In .
the most authoritative manner, that the'Goyo’rnor
would veto (he appropriation bill in consequence of
thitf loan. When the bill, however, went over to.tho.
Senate, the friends of tho Executive, in that body,
brought forward a proposition, no doubt suggested by
the Governor, that it is said will turn aside the veto.
This is a provision- for a -re-issue of one million of
dollars of relief notes, Jive hundred thousand dollars
qfTwhich is to bo appropriated to avoid the planes,
onVbundrcd thousand dollars (o improve the Colum.
bia railroad,and four hundred thousand dollars to bo
applied towards the 'complotibn of (he North Branch
canal. Thus, it will bo seen that the Governor holds
tho terror of the veto over- members interested in
these improvements, if they propose.to make them in
a proper and. legitimate manlier,.hut Jells them they
can obtain their object by coming into his cherished
- measure of issuing small relief holes. s This is os
i strong an evidence of Ihe inconsistency of Whiggcry
hi lias recently been exhibited. They cannot consent ,
: jit make a loan in money, but are ready to. flood tho.
Slate with small notes, to drive specie (Vom ciroula.
lion, whenever, an opportunity presents itself. : As
the VYbigs have hot been able to succeed in issuing
a batch of small notes under tho free banking law,
they are detormlbed to try their hand with ti now
relief law. . - ,
, Death op Gen. 'Hugh Brady.*—God. Hugh Brady,
of the United Stales.Army,,wps killed at Detroit
Michigan, on Thursday, by a fall from his carriogo.
He was a nalive'of. Pennsylvania, and ’entered the
army In 1792,and.wee desperately wounded at Chip,
paws. His rank.ln Ibe line ever since iho.war, has
been that of Colonel, (of the*3d Infantry,) although
by brevet bo has held tho rank of Brigadier General
"tjnce July, 6th, 1822. Ho was 80,years old at the
({me of his death, nearly, sixty of which were in tho
public service'.
; CO*By an advertisement in another part of Iq-day's
paper, U will be seen that J. M. June & Co’s. Arrie
rioin and European Amphitheatre will -perform in
this borough/ on Monday the 28lh' instant.' This
company is one of madli colclirllyv and tho members
comprising tho troupe have earned fnf themselves sn
unrivaled reputation as Equestrian performers. For
particulars, ico advertisement.
Mexican Boundary Commission.— By recent arrivals
from El Paso, we gather the following from the Boun*
dary Commission:
The American Commissioner and his parly, IGO
qlrong, are encamped,at-different places near Frank-
ijhjSon Francisco and tlie Socorro, while the Mexican
Commissioner and his parly,Bo strong, arc at El Paso.
Tho had met, and have, after
dome! difficulty, decided upon tho starling point; but
& Umol publicly known where it is. Young Ilurbido,
of the late Emperor, is one of the Mexican
American party have experienced many dif-
BdullicS in their onward and many were
becoming tirod and dissatisfied with their undertak
ings anil are desirous of returning home. They are
now awaiting supplies to be forwarded them from
tho cbaslj and it is probable they will npt move from
(ho present encampment before next full***
RoSack Arrested. — O, W.Robaok, the'Prince of
Humbug, was arrested in Philadelphia, on Monday
week, and hold to ball in $1,000,10 answer the charge!
of misdemeanor, In obtaining money from Jas. Wash
foglon, a tainted man, resident of Camden, for tho
sure of his wife by conjuration. Ho was: arrested
when in full regalia, and was conducted through (ho.
streets, having on Ms head a fanclful-looklng cap,
decorated with a crescent and stars. The colored
man paid $lB, and was to gWo a like amount when
his wife was cured of her disease; but as the Pro/es.
•or's powers of conjuration, failed to work tho prpm*
ited chro, his victim was Induced to seek redress at
(ho hands of tho law.. V
(PrOsaian E. Dodge, tho comic vocalist, (who paid
$C5$ for the first Lind Ticket, in Boston,}, was nr
reaped in Lowell I««l Tne.diy week, on , tlio «ult of
ono of ill. Mooumbcr .liter., for a btoeoh of promi.o
of marrl.ge—damage. «ro Uld ot $(1000. Deputy
Sheriff Hopkln. eccomp.nicd Mr. Dodge to Bo.lon,
where boll we. obtained, end ho wee relented. A
noil unmenly “dodge" of Dodge, if tlii.be true.
" Cheap Postage The Postmaster General has dc
cided that under the now postage law, which, lakes
effect bn the first of July, weekly papers only are on
lltlcd to circulate free o( psolago, in the county where
published, and that the office of publication is the
blasting place,and not county lines.
A now counterfoil $5 note,,Relief ieaho, on the
Bank of Middletown, lias mode its appearance in
Philadelphia. Ilia well executed, and well cal
culated to deceive the unwary, but on a close In.
apootion appeara darker than lire genuine, and in
distinct.
Wuo ark Your Autocrat*.— Twenty years ago
tills one butchered, that one mndo candles, another
pold cboeso and butler, u fourth carried on a distil-
another was a contractor on canals, others wore
merchants and mechanics. They were acquainted '
■with both ends of society, as their children will bo
alter ibom, though it will not do to say jo out loud,
For often you ‘sholl find that those lolling worms
hatch butterflies, and they llvo about a year. Death
brines division of properly, and It brings now flnon.
oiopf. the old gent is discharged, the young gent o.
man takes his revenues and begins to Iravo —to.
1 words poverty, which he reoebos before death or
his children do, If he do not. So that In fact, though
there Is a Sort of monied rank, It is not hereditary;
It Is accessible to all;'three good seasons of cotton
will send a generation of men up, a score of years
will bring thorn down, ond send their children again
to labor. Tho father grubs and grows rich; his
children strut ond use the money; their children
strut and use tho money; their children inherit tho
pride, ;ond go to shiftless poverty; their children re-1
invigorated by fresh plebeian, blood, and by .the
liqpll of the clod, come up again. Thus, society,
Iff* a. tree, draws its sop from the earth, changes it
into leaves and blossoms, spreads them abroad In
great glory, sheds them off to fall back to tbo earth
again to mingle with the earth, and at length to re*
appear In new trees and. fresh garniture.—//uni**
:retoin<’£ Magazine.
t George 11. (says Lord Mahon) being informed
that on impudent printer was to bo punished for
publishing a spurious royal speech,- ho answered that
ho hoped (ho man’s punishment would bo of the
mildest sort; because no had road both, and, so far
as ho understood either of them, he liked the spuri
ous speech bettpr than his own.
DevelowSient. —No man knowa what ho can do
until lie la fully reaolvcd to do whatever ho can. When
men have thought themaelvoa obligated to act about
any business in good earnest, they have done that
which their indolence made them suppose Impose!-
bio. There are several abilities unknown to the pbs
aosaor, which,llo hid In the mind, for want of an oc
casion to'bting them forth.
A lumas: Fortune,— Wo undoralend, aaya the
Baltimore Clipper, that a fortune of ono million ala
hundred thousand dollars haa boon led in England
by a family, to three sisters residing In the western
part of the city 1 besides a farm In Ccntrevlllo, Queen
Ann'a bounty, Md., valved at several thousand dol T
larS.. One of ll|b heiroaaoa recently married a city
bailiff, .who resides'up town. .
-•(j3*Lleui. Kldgloy, of the Navy, died recently In
Balllmorb, from the effects ?f a fall from a window.'*.
DEMOCRATIC MEETINGS.
PERRY COUNTY.
The. Democracy of Perry'.county .assembled in.
County Meeting, at Bloomfield, on tlie'Tlli. instant,
(o Belectj.DoJoga|ps tp. represent said county ip r tho
Reading and Slate Conven-
f The mooting issajd to havq been a very largo
ono] eyeVy county being.wellrepn?-
junted, ap'd was orgahljed by calling Horn JAMES
BLACK (lie Chair, who. was assisted by flve Vico
Presidents and four Secretaries..
A committee of two from each township was then
appointed- by the Chair to select delegates, to attend
tho Slate Conventions. The committee, after a short
absence, returned, and reported that thoy bad select*
od Jesse Beaver, Esq., a Representative Delegate to
(he Reading Convention, and Gen. Henry Fitter
and James Macvarlane, Esq., as Senatorial, andßcp
rescnlativo Delegates to the Judicial Convention. ..
Resolutions wore then adopted deprecating any
diahgoin .the present .Tariff laws, denouncing Gov.
Johnston's Free, Banking scheme,&c. From the
resolutions adopted, we clip tho following: ‘‘
. JResolved, That in the course ,of the Hon. James
X.' McLanahan, bur Representative in Congress—
. Joseph Baijy, Esq., our Senator, and David Steward,
i. Esq;, bur Kcprescntativo at Harrisburg, have our un
, qualified approbation. •* ’ 4
Resolved, That the-Delegate appointed by. (his
1 meeting, to the Convention which assembles at'Read
• ing, to nominate candidates,'bo and is hereby-in'.
« slructcd to support Col. WILLIAM BIGLER,'of
r Clearfield county, as tho'Democratio candidate for
Governor, ahd JOHN B. BRATTON, of Cumber
.land county, as the Democratic candidate for Canal
. .Commissioner. ~ , *,
FULTON COUNTY.
• Tho Democracy of Fulton county assembled
in .County. Meeting, at McConoollsburg, on the Till
instant. The mooting was organized by calling that
veteran Democrat; Gcu ; JOHN SIPES to (he Chair,
who .was assisted by fifteen Vibe Presidents, and three
Secretaries. After being thus organized, the meeting
was'addressed in a most eloquent and able manner
by Major 8. H. Tale, ofßedford, and Geo. W. Brener
and Wilson Roily, Esquires, of Franklin county.
, The able and energetic editor of the " Fulton De
mocrat,*' Jahies B.Sansbm, Esq., then offerdS a series
of resolutions, which' were unanimously adopted.—
From the resolutions thus adopted, wo take tho fol*.
lowing:
Resolved, That wo believe lhalthonomlnollon of
Hon, JAMES BUCHANAN, truly "Pennsylvania's
Faoortfe Son” is demanded by tho interests of the
nation. His uniform devotion to the Union of tho
States, and his eloquent and earnest defence of demo
eralio. measures end men, have .placed'him in the
frontrank of American Statesmen. That he is second
to no one in point of character, public and-private,
talents and patriotism, ond thTl we believe his! elec*
tion will add stability to the glorious Institutions of
this Country;- ' .
Ret dived, That we will abide by the decision of
the State Conventions, and that their choice for can:
didates will bo our choice. That we have the most
unlimited confidence in tho Democracy and, ability
of Hon. WILLIAM BIGLER, and that if he is no:
mloalod for Governor (as wo have no doubt ho will
be,) wo will give him our cheerful and undivided
support. . '
Retained, That we are ip favor of the. nomination
of JOHN B) BRATTON, Esq., of Carlisle, as the
candidate for Canal Commissioner. *
Respited, Thallhts meeting decidedly approve the
'election to the United States Senate, of Hon. RICH*
ARD BRODHEAD. „ ■ t t _
On motion ofW. W.Kirk, Esq., the thanks oftho
Democracy of Fallon county wore returned to the
gentlemen who had so eloquently addressed the meet
log; by giving, them three cheers.
INDIANA COUNTY.
The Democrats of Indiana county assembled in
County Meeting on the 251 h ult.,to appoint delegates
to the two Democratic Stale Conventions. J-Alcx
sndor Fulton was appointed tho Senatorial and Au
gustus Drum, Esq. as Representative Delegate to tho
Judicial Convention—without instruction#. Colonel
Alexander- was oppointod Senatorial, and James Bai
ley as Representative Delegate to tho Reading Con.
venlton—without instructions. Tho following reso
lutions were then adopted:
Resoloed, That wo have undim{nished confidence
in the great ability, und.olovetcd patriotism qfßenn
sylvanin's distinguished Statesman, Hon. JAMES
BUCHANAN, and'fondly trust that through him
Pennsylvania will Jjo made the Baouor Slate of tho
next Presidential contest.
* ; Resolved, That wo have the fullest reliance open
tho integrity and capacity of Col. WILLIAM DIG
LER, of Clearfield county, ohd that, if ho is nomina
ted for Governor, wo will give him out cordial sup
i port.
Resolved, That this meeting hold in high cslima
lion the tried patriotism, talents and bravery, of Col.
8. W. BLACK, of Allegheny county, and look for
ward to (he no distant day, when his grateful fellow
' citizens will have an opportunity of expressing their
1 gratitudo by elevating him to a situation ho is eml*
- ncnlly qualified to fill with honor, viz: the Chief Ma
i gistracy of Pcnnylvonia.
FRANKLIN countv.
CitAUfi’EiieDUßQ, April 15,1651
TilO Democrats of this county held a ycty Urge
meeting In this place Übl evening,'for the purpose of
appointing delegates to the Reading end Harrisburg
State Conventions. The delegates, to the Reading
Convention wore instructed, by a unanimous vote, to
support Col. WILLIAM BIGLER, ofCloarfleld, for
Governor, and JOHN D. BRATTON, of Cumber
land, for Canal Commi*»ionbr. The regular proceed,
ings will appear in our Pemooratio papers.
The North Branch Cjnal,—A furious onslaught,
says the Pennsylvanian, la made upon the Deraocia*
tie parly of the House of Representatives of this
Stale, by the Harrisburg correspondent of the JVbrfA
American, because the appropriation for tho North
Branch Canal, was carried In that body, by a Urge
majority, a few days ago, and it U sought to invoke
parly hostility to it on tho ground that It is voting
away money when the Commonwealth Is not able to
afford it. When we recollect that Johnston, in 1838,
literally strewed the North with promises In favor of
this canal, opd pledged himself to its speedy complo
tlon, the,sincerity of the Whigs on this will bo found
to bo about as it is on other questions. Whether it
is not the dictate of enlightened economy to finish
this great work at the oarlleet possible day, so as to
mike it a source of revenue to the Stale—especially
when we reflect that the accruing interest upon Us
cost bids fair to rival the amount of, the principal
is a very plain consideration, and doubtless it weigh,
od heavily with those representatives who voted in
favor of the appropriation.
The Ouster Law of Virginia.—By the pro.
vision of the lust law of Virginia, no non-resident
oan catch or plant oysters in the waters of that
State, under the penally of $6OO, for Which penal
ty Iho vessel is made liable; and no citizen can
ho interested -With a non-resident in catching or
planting oysters, under a penally of $3OO. The
Norfolk Herald says that no ono is a citizen with
in Iho meaning of Iho act who has not resided In
tho State eighteen months next,' preceding tho
commission of the oflenoo.
The Fugitive Si.»ve Law.—Tho Protitlenee Jour
nal, In the Catholic spirit ol many other journals at
the North,remarks of the law. now so much mlstc.
presented as one of the Compromise measures i
, •■However, we may ,bo opposed to a law.'beforo it
is enacted, wo are always in favor of sustaining HI
afterwards, and we arc not in favor of an agitation
to repeal a law before it ia dry upon the statute book;
especially In the'‘case.of a law which has been so
strongly discussed, and which, wllh others, Is: ex
pected tn.oonduoe so largely to the quiet oflho coun
try;’ 1
OIIIPPIN6S OF THQ *'
I-VNCH Law ih SAonAin' NT o._An E
gambler, Frederic Roe by name, was IviohM t
Sacramento city.. Having shot through the hJ?
a Mr, Cbarlbs A. Myera, an industrious ,
of that, place, who interfered for the purport !r
putting an end to a quarrel in which hewas t.
gjged, the citizens assembled at once, tried 1)"'
upon.the charge of Murder, convicted him, and l!
five hours after the commission of his fiendish act
hung him in the presence of an assemblage of
several thousand persons. Jt is a fact worths { ■
remark, that the proceedings, J bolh ; in San Pra.
cisco and in Sacramento, were conducted bv m
possessing in the highest degree, the confidence
and respect of the gommnnily,' ■
, Marriage ob Fnorgsson VV.ESsißn’s Dauoh
ter.— Miss Harriet W., daughter of the late P to !
feasor Webster, waa married at Cambridge, Mass
on the 2d inet., to S. yV. ,Daiiney, of Fayal the
brother of her eldest aieiet’s hasband. When hot
father waa convicted of the mnrder of Dr. Part,
man, this young lady, who had for some time
been betrothed to Mt.-D., aboolved him from Ha
engagement,'which, iidwmrayriUA * manliness
that did him "honor, lie
wlth Mrs. Webster, are a VuVvf
Fayal. '' \ ■
Oar friend Harper, of the Pilleburg Morning
Post, has associated with him Mr, John Lajtdo,
formerly a dork in his office. The Post is at.
knowiedged to be one of the ablest papers fn Rio
State. as long as the indefatigable Harper
has the control, of the ‘Editorial, department, jj 0
fear may be entertained of Its being oiherwlg?.
Gov. Johnstoh hae appoiriled thd Hop. Gtotgt
Chambers, of Chambersborg, a Judgevof-.iha Su
premo Court, in the room of Judge BurhsldMc-
ceased.
Lorenzo Dow once said of a grasping avaricious
farmer, that if he had the whole world enclosed
in a single field, he would hot be content without
a patch Of ground on the outside for potatoes.
Judge Parsons, of Philadelphia, has madaa |-
deoiaion affirming. the right of an occupant of a y •
house to ; compel persons to ieave- lhe ground in !
front of his house) and has given the public the
right to pass and re-pass over. Jt, but in all other
respects it is as much- his property as any other
part of the premises ; one has a right to
stand or carry on.'ahy business in front of any
man’s house;, and I hat. ng.'nol i ft e d to
leave, he refuses to has
a right to usas u fi! o ient Rrtpel him to go.
“Hold o» to vouivHolu, Tom'Brown,”— The
Piedmont Whig says, «bat there is a happy couple
living in the upper part of Fauquier, county, who
have ten children, and have only been mauled se
ven years!—six of them having been born in less
than three years—and five of them are too young
to walk at this present time! Happyhusbapdf—
thrice blessed mother!. Dobbins three rimes in
succession, and, in all probability, “a few more
of the same sortlcft
‘ Webster, the uncle of Mrs. Crosden, has con
fessed that he was the murderer of the Croeden
family, in Kent county, Md. So say the Balti
more papers.
Tub WirßiT Cnor.—We never Baw,6.ayslho
York Gazette, the wheat crop present a. mors,
promisingappearanco, in the vicinity of onr town
at this season of the year, than at present. Our
information other parts of the county is also
of the most'cheering character. The papers from,
the eastern and western parts of
in the most flattering terms of an abundant wheal
crop the ensuing season. '
Hon. Howell Cobb, of Georgia, Speaker of the
last House of, Uepresenlatives, has signified, bis
determination not to be a candidate for reflection
to Congress.
A lump of California, gold wonh, about $3OO,
and a lot of watches and Jewelry valued at $lOO,
were aiolen from the window, of a jeweller inNew
York, on Friday night, by a bald rogue who threat
his hand through a pane of glass.
InnepinanLa.—A clergyman, who was conso
ling a yonng widow on the death of her,husband,
spoke in a very serious tone, remarking that lie
was “ one of the few—such a jewel of a Chris
tinnf You cannot find his equal—yon inow ihn
full weih 1 * To-which the sobbing Fair oneteplied,
with atf almost broken heart, " I’ll bet Ho."
Now Mejlloo, by the recent census, contains
01,674 persons, and the number of farms in the
territory is 0',71b. The number of deaths doting
the past year was 1/11)7. Since the American
troops first entered New Mexico, some twenty
manufacturing establishments, of various, descrip
tions havs been started,and are now in successful
operation, In Rio Atlba county the census Inker
registered the names of aTalher and mother with
a family of twenty-four children, all of whom
were living In the same houeo. /Wo suppose that
there wore not many of the same eqrt.
The Equestrian Statue, in bronao, of General
Jaokeon, which hao been in progress, for the last
font years, at Washington, under the direction o(
Mr. Mills, is rapidly approaching oomplellon.and
will bo ready to be placed on its pedestal, in I<ay
fayotte Square, opposite the President’s House,re
the 4th of July next. It will be one-lbWf"t"
than life, and will weigh, thirty-five timanao
pounds. The' materiel consists of brass cannon,
condemned by government.'
A Stave's Fnetoosi Honour.—George Wpae,.
son/ the Fugitive Slave who wee taken from Pius'
burg, a short time time since, 16 hie roaster in
Louisville, has relumed a freo roan; his freedom
having been purchased by some of the liberal cit
izens of Pittsburg end Allegheny cities., -
Singular Surcine.—At New Orleans, on lbs
30th nil., Charles 'Roussel proposed to his wife
that they should 1 both- commit suicide, to which
she assented.' Ho than sent hot to purchase some
arsenic,iwhieh oho’ divided, and pot part rn tuTri
Biers, dissolving it In water. They Chon aatdcOT
together, and the husband seemed to falter, w 0
eho bantered him with being n coward. 110 1 ““
drank It down to the dregs, oh seeing which an
oooly throw her porlion oot. The coroner sjn Jr
on hearing the'evldenoo, rendered a verdict egs
his wife for being accessory to his death, hy P
outing poison for him. ■
‘ SAonAMENTo.— Tiro Saoratnonto l» d “
lei of March, says—“ The country obovo
oily presents a most beautiful appearance o
traveller. The late mine have advanced vog
lion wonderfully; tiro gtaao looko grecn on , '
the early flowers era already pooping tbm 8 ,
blades, and the soli under vegetation lf)dW» _
that the Inhere of tho husbandman will P
torouneraliva,” ; .-• •
Will an action for assault and battery
when a’man Is attack with astonishment ,
. Sunday next, tho 30|li lost., will Be
day of high festival in many of the ohn
churches, ‘
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