the volunteer, ami Proprietor* 6Xwi»MS< j*np*i efSundb, l»l b.. .lmo.l com. *to&SldoMoplho roads lo IhUsaclionaodm Boms plsoVy' lbs drift it;wj groal, rendering Iho b® to, V mP a„aW«, It 1. now •«> *» • ,L t w.yte.1,.4 a naail from Pbil.d.lph.s, snd of «™rso wo W g>« ImtUUloof ,ho '»«"»""«■- Th, ..™ bTwfin ibis place .odH.rri.org b.v. boon pwontodfromrunning rogitorly.snd wo la do* yol fecelTed-ft .copy of Gov. B.o«o-s losogoral Adders.. Wo wjrpoblwfiil wSch «w ««'« a lMe,y “ 0b,1, " n p f >•>'««'. , w.lndead. lhal «= deem" '» £uu..£n>. They relate d— « c 1 Kwrth »«d hie mieeion. Aa a mnllor ol InleteaUo minwofOie cltiient of Cumberland county, we giro the following item .rU«W.U« pn«.toi.._ ita'iha" Homo of Uepreaentatlaee, at Harnaourg, irS^SEIS and Mechanics BankofCarJUle. frt>Col Albert C. ILuhht, of .York, PenniyWa* Bl'fnSmirly ofC«rlUl«.) rolorned lo Now OtloowJ «i \L 31. i alt, in Iho brig T.ha.nl.p.o, from Mer lon, wbtjto v>o boo boon ojotvdlnl tom. month.. Ho li in good UwUH« jndco Graham** Charge* * .We puWUh on the firal P»8« of 10-day’e V Wu ”|“ r * to^Dl/iP?tPtfoije^ 9 Lf 0 Seuslom. \Y« haw heard bill one opinion expressed in relation t a Jiby those who were fortunate enough to hear it, and that leone of high commendation end approba tion. The Charge ie well written, am) the sugges tion! contained in it lire appropriate, and ahould be carried into effect. Believing that all our rcadoro •re anxious to see this document in print, we lake pleasure U laying U before them at as early a day as possible.. Oar Colored Population* We mentioned, a week or two ago, that a rumor prevailed here, to the effect, that many of our moat respectable and wealthy colored citizens, having dis posed of their real estate, were about to emigrate to Toro'blo, Canada. Wo now learn that this is tho settled determination of quite a largo number of our colored population, and in the spring tho first move will Remade by the departure from Carlifl/oofievcrai families. ■ Other* .will follow, from time to time, as the hecesfiry preparations can bo made. They are induced, to this course by the belief that in the do mlniiinanf Queen Victoria they will enjoy more teal liberty than whal thoyjean cm •****'• lo •htatn tn the United Slates. /" Cumberland Fire Company* ■ ATs-meeling oflho “Cumberland Fire Company” held-aV lha. Courl House, on Saturday evenings tho 11th dnatanlf thefollowing gentlemen were eCeted Officer* of the Company for the following year: ■ President—JOHN B.BRATTON. Secretory—PiiiLir Quieter. 2Vse#urer— Henrt S. Ritter. Is* Director — Henut J. Kelly. Sd Dirfetor— John Krbemer. Committee of Accounlt—saaoa VV. Eby, Robert Lamberlon, Henry Andetson. Committee of Repain— Solomon Sloufler, Frcd’k. R. Hays, Christian Kuhn. Ladder Cemmf/fee—-Willim Iloffer, William S. Ramsey, Stephen Pendergrass. This Company, wo are happy to be able lo slate, .'fSsatSiS.sro^ssMsKfetnjo'ritftmKiTo'! tire and hardy young men in the borough. In caae of fire, the Cumberland Fire Company could now act in an efficient and united manner. Agricultural Societies* We perceive by our exchangee, llial in many of (lie counties of this Stsle, the sgricultorsl portion pf the community ere beginning (o awake (o a eenee of their true intereilc, end the formation of Agrieullurel So cieties is progressing si t rapid pace. In some of the Eastern counties, Berks far instance, meetings have been hetd,plans suggested, and committees appointed,; and lt is expeoted that, flourishing soclollee will soon be formed, upon a permanent basis. Wo hope the farmers of every county in the Commonwealth will lake measures to form efficient Agricultural Socie ties. No county should bo without one. Now is the lime, oaring tne aait seawu or o>a rear, »« mo« in. this matter. Let the moat intelligent farmers join. together, form a society, and subscribe for soma good agricultural work, such as the Farm Journal, make judicious experiments, and a vast deal will be learned that will be of advantage to them hereafter. In this county,an Agricultural Society, established mafnlythrough the Instrumentality of lion. Fsto’it. Watts, Major Wiluam M. Hxkdxrson, Mr. Richard Fascia, and • fow other publie.spirlled gentlemen, existed, and flourished Tot some years, with varied success. During the few years of its existence, It was Instruments! In effecting much good; but the farmers, whose interests U was mainly intended to promote, soon tired In well doing, and permitted it to languish, and finally to die. After the persevering exertions of the gentlemen just named, this was ccr. taiftiy an unlocked for return on the part of our eg* tlooUqrai fellow eltixeha, and woa an error which none ahoald regret more than the farmers themselves. At the recant Agricultural Fair, at Harrisburg ’it irue.Uio cUltoni of Cumberland county appeared to much adrsntige, and perhapa obtained more pro mimriir diplomat, dtc., than the cltUcnt of any oilier eoanly In (he Commonwealth. It la probable, how. ever,'that hid ll>«ir agricultural organisation been praacrred,(helr ineceii would have been still more aigniland compete. Wo do hope our funner* will imitate (he example of thoio of Berks, ond at once eel about forming en Agricultural Society, or el least reausolala the‘old one. In thli ’laudable vfTort, wo doabfttOU (hey would ■galnhevb the active support end cooperation of Judge Watts and others. Faßßeylrnni* Farm Journal. The January number of this Stirling Agricultural Journal haa been* upon our (able for aome time, bnt through inadvertency, wo have heretofore neglected to notice it. Although this publication ia yet In Ita Infancy, U la certainly competing with many or the vldeT Agricultural publication* of the country. The January number of the Farm Journal among other originahmeneVtxbntaiaa an intereating communjoa. tlon from the pen of ihe Jlox>«>Eitia»«»c* WArra T of (Ilia whicfi we will lake (he liberty ahoilly ohr own The selections made by the publisher .sregood, andalwayain proper season.. v We heartily recommend it to the patronage ofayery firmer in Cumberland county, arid ahould feel Ksppjf to bo enabled to tend (he publialieraaooro or additional aubaorlbera. Lancaster, Pa. A, M. Brauoi**, Publisher. Price, |l 00 per annum. SihoULAh bcoamoM.—Borne abolitionist* In Boa ton, IMVWMIIi tfpnlrlbuted funda sufficient lo defray the egpsi« pf a Urge hall for one evening, at South! Boston, In order to hear a colored man, who had been a slave,, give an account of hla life. Instead of op- however, he eurprlaed and confused the contributor* by defending M, and said ho had no objection lo going bock to “Old Virginia.*' lie woi frequently interrupted, but persevered to the end of biaititcmfnt.. winTKH «POUTi-«bßtaHisa. .. ilirti the bill*, they rln* jiww 1 •Tie the merry, merry elelgn Since the heavy fell of enow we had two wooU. ego. Iho.lelglilngih ihi. efoUon of oonnlry he. been of 11,0 beat quality, the weitlicMiot 100 cold, Mio ro«d in tolerable order, end everybody, together with e ■ erjbody'e relation.," have been enjoying it to their heart', content, and to the utrnoal that I exhilarating and bewitching amusement. Aa_tt to Lake up for leal llroo. .onto of lbs " yo“®*_ ttn * have been Indulging in it night and day, •»*«'•? • 1 have been continually tickled with the oboerlng ruo io of the merry aleigh belle. It !■ « >uxory which re. cannot afford to Indulge in, at leant to any gloat ex. lent, jot wo are glad to aee the young folk, enjoy lhom.ol.oa while they may. A little cheerful re - alien at ihl. aeaaon of the year i. conduce of much good, and beneficial to the exhausted frame of moo, I-od woman tool, ... r ;„„ Among tho plaice, tcaotlod to by the lover, of fun. rollc, and good cheer, none arc In more request than ACK'e Hotel, «l the Nowvlllo Depot! Mooaaa, and lon Ji'a, Papertown, and Connsian’a, at the Springe. The Proprietor, of those fashionable place, of reiott, line, the present sleighing .ea.on commenced, have been doing a Burnishing business, and have, doubt., less, reaped a profitable barrel. Datly and nightly,, epankingtoame of .pitited hotae., attached to .leighs,, el.de'and jumpers, the vehicle, filled to o«.flowio« , with belle, and beaux, in all tho pride of youth and , beauty, and all actuated by the .ant. molive-thel pursuit of pleasure anil innocent enjoyment—nave eped their way to one of other of those resorts, and spent-a sociol and hsppy evening >, festive pleasant Ronvnriia^oß.,nr..vv»dujMfl i fcW‘6rilfte dance. So great has been (ho rush of pleasure seekers, (hat s( every hour ofthe night and morning,we have hoard (he joyous shout end merry laugh of the revellers as they returned-from O’nso happy festive gatherings* This, together with the continual tinkling, of the bells, forcibly reminded us of the sweet song, entitled "The Belity the production of poor Po«, a stanzas of I which we copy*: Hear t ho music of (ho bolls— Blivet belle I What n world of merriment their melody foretells I {low they tinkle.' tinkle, tinkle, In the silent air of nightl . While the etors that over-sprinkle All the hen vena, seem tn twinkle With n crystatine delight; Keeping time. time, time. In a sort of Runic rhyme, Tu the tintinnabulation Hint so musically swells from the bells, belle, bolls, bells. Bulls, bells, bolls— From the JlnkliiJgaml the tinkling of the bolls I Bui ovjry tiring' must.hero an end, and we.trust the §lc}gbing- season, pleasant though Ifhe. will soon bo over. Wit list llio anow hao contributed much to the gratification and amusement of one portion of the community, and to the profit of another, there it a third class which has suffered severely from .the.oHl ic«t* of cold and hunger, caused by its visitation, and I we would now will) pleasure witness Us speedy do. parlorc. Fuel and provisions are nbw unusually high, money and employment scarce, and we believe • all would joyfully unite in .welcoming the approach of genial Spring— a season which smiles upon sod glad, dens all of God’s creatures, and in vghose pleasures and benefits we are all made participants. - 03*\Ve learn from.(ho Gettysburg GowjnVer.oftho 19th ul(., that Mr.Ssuuct Littls, carpenter, oflhat borough, hi* (wo children, and a hired girl, wore poisoned, on Monday evening of tool week, by hia wife (wlioio mind haa for some lime been disordered) palling Arsenic into Ibcir coffee. Mr. LilOe very toon became sicV, wlien suspicion was excited, and active remedies resorted to. All of them arc now doing well, nnd will recover. Mrs.- Little left'(he In an unoccupied room of a- neighbor’s dwelling, where aho wai discovered next morning, and taken to the County . Hospital. A year or moro ago alio I attempted to Kill her husband with an axo. N (£j*Tliq Georgia Legislature, by a resolution ap. proved by the Governor, have ordered llio withdrawal of (ho alono heretofore furnished by thatSlalo for the Washington Monument, bearing this inscription:— “ Tho Constitution aa it Is, the Union as It was”— declaring such inscription tint in accordance with the sentiment of the people, and piovlding for the substitution of another atone, bearing only the arms of the Stale. The Railwavs of the U. States.— Tho American Railway Times, of tho Ist instant, contains a list of ali railways in tho United Stales,by whichU appears ,»!.«» tlm number of railway* in, operation la 269. measuring U,5C5 miles in length, and constructed ut a cost of 1835,130,848. The number of railways in course of construction Is 74, moaauring 11,328 miles. Tho total number of railways la 937, and (he total number of miles in operation and In course of construction la 33,699. Hon. IJcnat Cx.at.—Wo ore rejoiced to hear from an authentic source, (hat Hie health uf the lion. Henry City Is much improved { and most sincerely do wo hope, that he may be yet spared many years to Uls country, (to no doubt fools a deep interest in passing events, and we should ba glad to find him lagala able to take Ida place in the Sonata; that his I powerful eloquence might bo once niuro heard in defence of hit country’s interests. CTlt will ba realized how well Kossuth can claim llio heritage of patriotic blood end pretensions, when it is known that uteitteen of his family were extern led for political offences againal.dcspols, Hlsances* tors were celebrated far (heir opposition to tyranny. <Xj Il hos been generally supposed (hat Iho natural bridge, in' Virginia, waa the only geological wonder of tho hind in tho country. This Is a mistake., In Carter county, Kentucky, there is . a natural bridge across tho Rockbridge branch of the Cany fork of LUtla Sandy, ll is 195 feel wide, SO feel thick in tho middle of the arch, and 107 feet above the water. In the county of Walker, in Alabama, there is ano ther similar natural curiosity, which was discovered In a recent geological exploration, The span la 130 feet, and the height nearly 70. This bridge it formed ol sandstone, and Is very symmetrical. Large beech and hemlock trees grow bn tho bridge, and tho aur. rounding scenery is represented os sublime. appoofl (hat for aome time before the recent tmeu(6 in Parle, (he Emperor of Russia urged Louia Napoleon, by direct communication*, and in the moat earnest manner, to dissolve the Assembly, destroy the constitution, and, In fact, pursue precisely (ho course he has lately Nicholas* instructions to hla Minister In Paris appear (io be authentic. This must be encouraging to the Frenchmen who have parted with their liberty and their honor. Virginia.—Gov. Johnson, the first Governor under the new Constitution, in hie message lo the Legisla ture, recommends that the Assembly should direct He attention to (he state of Agriculture, and devise meant for promoting and elding that Interest. He alludes lo the Stole debt, end stales ihe deficiency in the revenue of tlile year at $518,811. Ho reoom* I mends Interna) Improvement lo (he immediate con* sideration of Ihe Assembly, and then point! out in ■ morale detail the several road# end canal* which he i recommends Ihe construction of •(whatever coal, i and concludes with an opinion condemning (he Corm i promise as unjust, but at the same lime suggesting f that Virginia should preserve her altitude with ae little agitation «• possible. 4ll» o/March Convention. Qolbmou CouNTV.-TUft.Dempor.llo County Convention of this county assemHetl In ;Bloomß bora, on the 13th lostont. nnd appointed John ht’Rejnolde, Esq., Representative delegate to the 4lht of Mirth Start Convention, and Instructed j [him for Jamal Buchanan fit Proaidenlijand Gor don F. Maapn, of Bradford Com mus'icmcr, • . Rerun Countv.—The Demooradyof Butler, counly mol in Convention, on Tuesday week, and oppointod Hogh M’Koe Senatorial, aod. Jphp Pta-1 ham as* Representative delegatee to the dm o March Convention. They were unanimously in. stiuoted for the Hon. James Buchanan-for the Presidency Latest xnox Tim Rio G«*»de.-BJ ll.? late. New Orleans mail, wo learn thaUho campaign on the Km Grande is about lo U renewed. Catavajal is in the raouniains, with a considerable foree, ond is making preparationsfor a formidable demonstration.' Infer, malion has been received that a man named SooU was.raising men in Tolas to join the »M,«m and had succeeded to a greater client than had been anticipated. It was toiaoted at Brownsville that Gen. Avalos.has received orders, from the oily of Mexico lo compromise wlwCmvftjal el hexaraejl also that Col. Doraingoox. w\o commanded tho Met. scan spy company under Gen\Scott, during the late,) war between the United SlstcsVd Mexico, had mnda overtures to Gen. Cstavojal lately lo bo received into his ntmy. Tho campaign was to be opened on the Ist of January.- Something of the attest of anAme rican In Mexico, who had been ordered to be shot, la mentioned.bnl thj. hijgf H b’d b-en nab. Grade of Phased MioeiiiriiKN.— A.pamorial lo Congrats is in circulation among (ho oßc'ers of iho United States Navy, and has been signed by a large number of them, asking that (ho rahkldutics and compensation of Passed Midshipmen specu fied and regulated bylaw.. At.present,ll appears, Ulaby no means rare to find,in one vessejof a squad, ron, a passed midshipman doing midshi)riicn*s du> ties,and on board inf another, amidshiprom perform* ihg the duty ofa lieutenant. The passed rr}dshiptnan of perhaps thirty years of age, is often lli occupant of (ho same, apartment with the midshipman of 15, and can bo made lo perform (ho same du^cs. Progress of Intelligence.— The report of q corn* millco in the Massachusetts Legislature apbn count- 1 ing (he Votes for Governor, reveals the ttrdt llicre * are clerks and selectmen in more than forty towns in I that State who arc not familiar ,wilh [he simplest 1 elements of arithmetic, who cannot count add t up correctly a few hundred voles. I singular, however; it has been shown repeatedly tlw V some of the'judges and inspcclors'bf lho,eicotiona.ln.i PhilnHnlpivi« *—'*j“*'ttirß ( DCcn unabld to count the votes correctly and mdko out a proper return;; Con. | sidering bow much money has been spent on common , schools, in both Massachuscltsand Pennsylvania, the fact is rather discreditable to (he individuals, qr those ' who selected them to perform so important a duty. Drawing too Tioiitl Louis Napoleon has,'by this lime, no doubt, consummated : tlio threatened abolishment of llio "Masonic Lodges" in France, as places, whore suspicion and fear; those rankling thorns of tyrants, can see lurking some of tho unc*. languished sparks of freedom. Thus ho wlll go on t from one extremity to onollicr,till lie suspeote every, body’s hand raised againet him, creating, by hltown apprehensions, the very danger that will eventually consume him. Tyrants oro (heir own worst enemies, and Louis Napoleon, in drawing the cetds 100 (ighl, wU\ thus strangle himaclf In the noqSo thatjie hat faifjßd;"'"* ' ' Ciianob.— The London Morning Chronicle,tn re ply to tho proposition of the absolute governments of Europe, that England shall ceaso to bo an asylum for political refugees, gives Louis Napoleon, Schwarzen. berg, and the rest, who hold power on the brittle tenure of popular hatred, a hint that (hey may want such an asylum (Aemsrhss, somo of these fing morn* ings,before breakfast. Tito argument is apt enough, and cannot fail to bo conclusive, even if this was tho rock on which Lord Palmerston spill, In refuting at sent to.so degrading a proposition. Scarcely a steamer arrives from Europe, that does not annouHee some change, not forsoon or calculated by commoh society, A Perilous Situation!— Dr. Knno, in'opo of his lectures «t Woshinglon on Iho subject ©flirt’ Explor ing Expedition, in describing the vorldui perils to which (ho vessels were subjected, said limit at one limo the vessels wore sbuot to enter Bay fast I in « groat Reid of solid ice, when suddenly this was rent into chasms, which rapidly opened into.what were characterized by Dr.. Kano as 11 dark rivers 1 * nearly half as wide at the Potomac. On tho J3lh of January of last year these began to close with frightful clamor and disruption. The brig was bodily lifted up seven fool, and au advancing mound of ice threatened to overwhelm her, when by some: mirac. ulous agency its course wet arrested. Austrian Onmpns on America—Der Lloyd and the Official Correspondent both devote a column to the message of the American President; the former, however, directs his attention chiefly to the recep* tion given to Kossuth, and the effect likely to be produced bn the policy of the Slates by the Hungs, rlan agitator. The writorslatos that Kossuth msy think himself most fortunsto if ho can amass half tlio sum raised by Jenny Lind to retire upon.. In (lib course of Iho article the writer gives It os his ppin ion that America Is too wise to commence j war of. aggression in,Europe until aliai has got rid of Spain and England in her own hemisphere, ,(o both of whom he kindly, accords another half cchiify Vcn joymcnl of their positions in that quarter of tho globe. The Correspondent is only hnlfsntisjicii with the President's disavowal of tho Cuban expedition, which should have been foreseen and prevented. As to Kossuth's reception being made the subject of parliamentary deliberation, Iho Austiion organ con. aiders nut only out of place, but highly offensive (o afiiendly power, and calculated to produce much evil in (ho end, blit of a peuco with the policy (hat despatched an American agent to (ho seal of war in Hungary. American institutions hare, in iho opln* ion of tho writer, gut to go through a fiery ordonl ere they can bo pronounced sound or worthy of im. itatlon. Cheat Discovert op Minerals.— -Tho.Galena Adverlteer of tho itiili Doc,, says that thqre has recently been discovered within two miter'of that place, one of ilie most valuable leads of fninera! ever opened in that vicinity. A shaft has been sunk through It which exhibits k vein dr perpen* dioutar sheet thirty-eight feet In height,’ah^‘vary f ing from twenty Inches to’four feet in width. One hundred and sixty thousand pounds hare already been' taken.oat, and it has been safely proved' for 1,000,000, q3*A correspondent of the N York Mirror, wri ting from Washington, says there is a vast deal of Whig wire-pulling fur the Presidency. The friends Of Mr, Webster are cheating him, and the New ' York clique, who profess to bo working for him, are secretly favoring Scott. The Boston Allas, ilia Albany Journal, the Now York Tribune, tho Phila delphia North American, Raymond's Times, and others, are ill for the General, ThoSeottmsn alio urge Secretary Orsham foMhe Vice Presidency. 1 Th« Riot intm”' City or Mdxteo.—The 2Voi/ d’tfnion, of the lath nil., gives an account of the tlol at the Capitol of Mexico, which has already I been alluded to in a telegraphic despatch ■ ‘ i It appears that a rumor was. lho French Minister, taking advantage of the pnvil leges he enjoyed as an Ambassador, ' a considerable quantity of goods.. Iho tepott I coining to bis ears, he forthwith requested anex lomlhution of the parcels alledged to >avo beon clandestinely Idtputled, and the investigation re sulted in the charge being proved entirely ded. Some designing persona, however, latomea a number of workmen l Of carriage manufactories that the Minister had imported lour carnages from France, without paying duty, and united then, by arguing the act was one, which, if passedon pLished.would encourage like lr^ ud3 ' ‘ le injure the business in carnage manufacturing. The Workmen, headed'by an Alcolde. pro to the Varehonso of Mr. Wilson, an whcncl without doing any damage, they went to the oatidge establishmentol M. Haulao.u French man. being assured by their leaders that the amugglTd vehicles were in this warehouse, they broke lato it and destroyed every carnage in the house. 1 The police in vain endeavored lo quell me noli ana one of them.was wounded by a pistol ahou I'he mob, which had augmented in num bers', frim other mechanics, who sympathised with I the oarfiage makers, was about to commit: other violeni, when a squadron oi cavalry rode up, dlapetmd iho crowd, and made pr sonars of the Alftalife and several other of the leaders. Ti« Anno SSeAncuiNo Exmompn. Bj the Avon has been received luilher intelligence of the Behring’* Straits Attic Searching Expedition, brought by Her Majesty's ship Datdalus, Captain Granliey Harbor, and was rejoined by the Enter prise, Capt'. Collinson, C. U. from Hong-Kong, on the 3d of July, who on the 10th proceeded noivhwaid. £ . • Lieutenant- Barnard and Mr. E. A.dams» both of iho Enterprise, bad been loft at Micbaelowski, the Russian trading post in Norton Bay, in October, last, for the purpose of collecliny uifommlion 91 lito missing expedition from'the Russian posts and from the natives inland. In pursuance of ibis ob ject, Lieut.'Barnard, .with an interpreter, had gone] early in January to a distant post, intending, to communicate, if possible, with sound of iho neigh boring chiefs. • During the. night the post was sur rounded, by a large body of Ko-yu-kuk Indians, several of whom at day break entered the princi ple dwelling and killed'the Russian governor.— Lieut. Barnard and, the interpreter, who were in bo same hoiae, made such resistance as drove the Indians oul of the house/ They then' laid seige, id the post, sheltering thomselvesbehind wooden. ahUdds, stuck upright In tho snow; but one of them being soon afterwards shot, the whole par tyretirodlo an Esquimaux village at some dis ance, where they committed great cruelties, kil ling upwards of GO natives, Including women and children. . Lieutenant Barnard died of his wounds on iheaf (ernoon of the day following the attack. Mr. Ad* ama, on hearing of the event at Micbaelowski, proceeded with a number of, Kussiaos to the post, where he saw the body of his late companion, In wliirh were numerous wounds, the principal one being in the abdomen, of such or. extent aa to have proved inevitably fatal, Tub PaKfl« of France is Io be regulated by a now law, which will repeal all existing laws on the sub. ject/of which the lolloping ore said to bo the .most 1 l,t, fiVWy'fetf/WPl)Va’joarnal at present in existence* or io bo published in future will bo bound to deposit© security niuney to the amount of 200,000 Irancs, (ra.OUh.) which, in caso of conviction, may be in. creased to 4U0,000f. I The executive power will reserve to itself the right to suspend (ho publication of any. journal of which I (ho suspension may appear necessary. . Offences of the press are no longer to bo submitted to a jury.. Special tribunals ore to bo constituted for thal-purposa., O Ounces ofthc press arc to bo classed in three oat. cgorics; Ist; An attack an (ho Prcridcnl.andon (ho princi ple of tho Government. . 3d. Exciting haired among citizens. 3d. An attack on religion, family, or properly. Each of those offences may bo punished by jm. pihonmcnt of five years, by transportation lor twenty.years, and by-a fine of from 5,000 to 100,000 francs. , ' The Great Southern Road. —The N, 0. Della, speaking of the Railroad. Convention assembled in that city, says All concur in the necessity of two groat trunk roads—tho oho to traverse tho Missies* ippi delta, so as to bring the Ohio river within three days of Now Orleans, and (ho other to connect llie Rio Grande with tho Mississippi—and, ultimately, tho Mississippi with the Pacific. - On those designs there will bo lltilo difference of opinion'. A Distressing Casualty occurred last Sunday week, in Burn township, Berks county, about 7 miles above Rending, by which a young' Indy, named Miss Miller, aged,twenty years, mol with J nn untimely dentil. .Wishing to visit a neighbor) on the opposite side of the Schuylkill, at KmNio'sj Ferry, Miss Miller walked on tho ice until she had reached the middle of the river, when the ice broke and immersed, her in water up to her arms; but by seizing hold of the edge of the ice, she kept herself from sinking altogether. Her cries brouglit tin*.neighbors to the shore, and a boat was obtain* ed for her rsllef, but none had the courage to enter it for her rescue. Those on shore looked on for more than an.hour, when the poor girl, becoming exhausted and frozen, slipped off and disappeared under the Ice. Even after, she had given up her hold on tho Ice, she swam on the surface for soma time, and,yet no effort was made to eavo her life, in n low hours tho bddy-was recovered, and an inquest held by Alderman Miller, of (his city. .. Slaves brought to Cuba.— A letter, dated Havana December 31, states that four cargoes of African slaves, numbering in the aggregate 1980 souls, have lately been landed on that Island. A Spanish brig, with 700 slaves, was delected in the not of landing, and 430 of them seized and bound out for,7 years after which they will bo sunt to Jamaica. Texas Paouuoc.—The Austin Sguth Wtttern Ame rican, estimates that tho produce of Texas during the ensuing year, will show an Increase ofone hun dred per cent, over last year. An Immense tide of emigration Is represented to bo flowing Into the Slate from ah quarters. Taxes in New York City.—Tho increase oftaxoii in New York City (bis year over last, fi about a half million. The entire tax ol the oily is three millions, and a half, which, the Journal o/ Commtrtt says, Is out of all proportion to the inornate in the wealth and deputation of the ally, Q3*Twolve banks have slrondy organised In Ohio under the General flanking Law of. that Stale, and the notes ofeevoral of (hem are getting into circulo* lion. I| Is said thqt many!more of the Banks of that State will shortly commence operations under the ssme law. 03*An unknown men was shot, on the Utli Inst., in tho nelghborlwod of Hollidsysburg, by one of (he police connected with the Pennsylvania railroad, ifl.«Hundred r,r,^'j°f* troy * d * r * W *‘'"' Intelligence wai received ml Loyd's, «" a " d “'° Melu, Monday, the'Silt ..U„ of « most awful occur ronce al Ilia Island off Sicily, which had hcenewe^ -by two’enornicua.walow'fioutaimcconipanhd by-£| terrific hurricane. Those who -wnncacd/ lhe phe noincna, described the waler-Rcple sa twi? Immon.e spherical bodies of water reaching from the clouds, theiV cones neatly teaching Uw. earth, and, he far M ! could bo judged, al a quartet of a mile opart.lfavc, link will! immense >OlOOlll- They paa.bd over the [aland near Marcia. In Ibdlr.prog.es. boose, i».» 1 unroofed, trees uprooted, men an women. Un arm, cal j lie and sheep were raised up, drawn into their vortex , and borne on, to destruction: during i rain descended in cataracts, accompanied will.i M , atones of enormous size and masses of ice. Si over Castellamurte. near St.bia,; it d'.lrayedj l | tbe town, and washed 2tlo'of the inhabitants Into Ui" | sea who all pushed. Upward, of SOD P«•»■ *«• been destroyed by this terrible visitation, and a immense .mounter properly,'the country tvastd for mile.- .The .Hipping in ll.n l.arbor .ufFor; 1 .eve,sly, many vessel, being destroyed, .nd he r crews drowned, Alter t||e ; occurrpnpo, numkc e of. S iioiie. worn Picked .fc-.1l r.ightlullyimuulated and swollen., Ortjo —ln tho of Governor, Wood,, ol Ohio, whi oil ita.jn.lbeon ldd,b«rar 0 UioLog> a bhJro of iliat Slate, no allu.ion whatever " iional politic.. Amongst many other tmng. "0" osl to the State, it exhibit, it. finance, to bo , “ a I .ound and healthy condition, and ,el. fottfi vb» ly of the citizen. ol‘ Ohio to «“ 1 ' have been 82,878.656! expenditure. 82,056,362 laxw, 81,430,207. i Tho publicdobl amount, to 815.- 561 693. But, largo .» it i»,.il is gradually diinin. ishliig, ond-ifl. believed u ill cycnlually hii li^ultju ted without any b.acntial inoroa.oo! tho burdcn. ol tho people. Among tho. .abject, of legislation rec ommended are- a regulation ortho mode of applying for pardon, i a revision of tho Judicial system.! an 'efficient system ol common school, throughout the Staio i suitable accommodation, for tho insane, blind deaf and dumb, the orgnniinlion of the; militia, and the calling in and protection of the public , arm., a rcvision.tif.tho revenue.system i fixing tho, oaltnes of tho judicial and executive officer, i the .object ol license.! nnd the erection bf liouse. of industry for ie reformation of Juvenile offenders.,, Txxss ArMiM-Tn* Ptim-io DinT.-Pcpcr. from Galveston, received by la'll evening’* mail*. .menliup IbatlJio bUJ cun finning life fiction of Hip, Auditor, mid Comptroller in sealing life public debt line P"«"«> » Senate, nml lanow bclbto tho House. An Austin letter wilier soys, “ It Wil|. no dotibl, poss.wlthoul enj change in llie crrfingqmbiiu of life dobl,ellhough loßiirli hivo.been, end will' again perhaps bo made 1 fur the appointment of a committee to investigate Iho.nelo of these Auditors, in arranging and classi fying life groat nines of claiina , upon which -they have decided, with life view of correcting errors nr remedying any injustice that may bo found to exist* ■ The proposition has been vtiled down, because it is ■ believed by some Hint the Legislation could not i make the investigation.in short of sixmonths' timet , ond by others,that if lime, could bo found to make the investigation, it might result in increasing rather than diminishing iho debt. The Auditor and Com ptroller made a sort of general average in sealing, the debt, which unavoidably reduces some'claims great ly below,and raises others greatly above, wbul tho government actually realised for them.” Gen. Ed. ward Burolson died on the 2G.h ullr, at Austin.— lie was a vary prominent man .in the history o( Sonourv a»d Bute Railroad.;— AUHo first meeting of Iho Cdrmmltoe of Three Hundred appointed to receive subscription# to, the stock of this road, held, Insl evening* one'hundrc.d thousand dollar*-was mediately subscribed by twenty gentlemen of the committee. This I* a good boglning on tho pari of our cltlzchs, and a Inppy augury of llio success. “of till* important onlorpriao. Tho best spirit provadod iho meeting, which adjourned to meet Hgnirt on the 27th Inst., when, no doubt, subscriptions, enough will bo. received to satisfy.not only our own citizens but tho city of Now. Vt»rk* too, (hut Philadelphia means to take nn iron, aland on Like Brie, for (ho supremacy of lho’Lake trade, / , , A Yournrut, Murderess.—On Saturday morn ing, in ()m PMladelpaU Court of Oyer and Term!" tier, Sarah Gerber, aged 14, a native of Lancaster, Pa., Was convicted of marder In (ho second de-* gre.e, in causing the death of Florence Miller, an infant, tr.n months of age, by making U swallow pins and needles. She wos the norso of thechild, and gave U the deadly articles la rrtafte ft fretful, In order (hat 21s mother might be obliged to nofee it instead of her. Tim jury recommended her. to mercy. The judgment of the. Court was post* ported. Ohio.and Pennsylvania Railroad Connection with Cleveland, Pittsburg Jan. G, IBW. The Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad connection with tho Cleveland and Pittsburg road,-was made to day, and paasvngcrs came through from' Cleveland to this oily over a continuous lino of rail. New Hampshire Democratic Convention, Concord, N. IL Jun. 8. • The Democratic Slate Convention of flew Hamp shire mot tu-day, and Was fully attended. Hon.C. G. Atherton was selected os President, assisted by a number of Vico Presidents and Secretaries. Hon. Nonh Martin, of Dover, Was nominated for Cover* nor, and Asa P. Cato for Railroad Commissioner. A series of resolutions were adopted, I'o.Qtnrining.'thc foimor declared principles of tho party, and.propos ing Gen. Franklin Pierce fur the Presidency. The Vote for Qbvsrnory Both Houses of tho Legislature met in Conven tion on Thursday lasi, and.proceeded to count (be voles fur Governor, when it appeared that William Bigler hud • • . 166,490 votes. William F Johnston 178,034 « Kimbor Cleaver 1,859 “ Whereupon William Bigler was declared to bo duly elected Governor of Pennsylvania. Tuk Wav tiiev Settle Towns in California.—A Sioramonlo paper says that within iwenlyTuilr hours after'tho first great ruah to tho spot, a town, a little distance removed, was surveyed, mapped, subdivided Into streets, squares, dec, end lit forty-eight> hours afterwards it contained a number ofstoroe, taverns, boardinghouses or hotels, gambling houses, with monte and billiard tables,and all the -usual establish* monls found in (he Inland mining, (owns.Wlio wonders at nutmegs growing In such a country, Tub Christiana Cases Again.—A second edition of the trial of the Christiana T*reo*ori o(tias was corn* menced in the U. 8. District Court, in Philadelphia* on Monday. The negro, Bamoe| Williams, who, it was alleged, first gave the Information to the fugitive slaves’oil Christiana, that their owner. Mr. Gorsudh', of Baltimore courtly, and tho'TJ. S. Marshal and his in pursuit of them, was, put upon his (rial for misdemeanor. District Attorney Gonorbl Ashmoad appeared for the Government, and David Paul Brown, Esq., for (ho defendant. . . The Presidency and Vice, Pn*stpENdr.—The Memphis (Tenn.) Express, of the S7th uU. armoiin cos Itself in favor of Judge Douglass, of lillnol’, for President, amt Gen. Pillow, of (hat Stale for Vice President. ' F,OM o*t,ifoßrii».i-Tho '.tanm.hip DMM Wei: ,l,r, arrived at Notv'York, on Sunday morning, from' Sah’Juan.wllb half a million of gold. Tho now. from California (. favorable. Tire American tleam.' ship of war, Saranac, had arrived at San Joan, and caused much excitement, a. it wo. undar.lood her Vi.il. was connected will. Ilia s firing into tho Prami. them. -Tho British aloopti&jirMßHad bean recalled lu ICingSlon, Jamaica, by tho-Engirah Admiral, ft# the porpoeo of invealifetftlrigihh athif,;.. . .. - ~ Moes Siu>.—ThailMineeaEl J>wndp..rron? Chafr' : re. January 4th, arrived at Mow' York on Wednc..- 1 day week at midnight, wUh tKo California mail, lo ’ tho 16lh, 211 paaaengera, and in gold.— f The news la unimporlont. • - Suioine.— I Thy Schuylkill,Haven Mi.eeHany'..y. r A man by tho‘ nemo of Joro’miuh ' Pultard, in tliif borough, committed .uicide la.l week, by cutting hi. jugular vein with bis pocket knife.— Temporary derangement la ioppMid[l?Ji<itobctn thp cauee.Up’*Va. V member.; of. the. Epi.cop.l church, ,aqd. c.teemcd by oil who, knew .him. . Ho wee ditoovered ''before ho had bled to doath, bnl tho nature .'of* tho tvbiiiid prohiblUd.'raedic.i aid. Hi. wife ia aimoelTra'ntic, ' ... . ...... Tub Cnni.Tr*»i Riorina.— Wo lear.n front the Zaneaßter Examiner, that 14 out of 28 of the Chria* tiana prl.onet. liavo been di.chargtd,- cither;ahad* lololy or on bail. Among thoao, diaeltatged non bail arc Elijah Latvia and Caalner, Hannw.ym Tito to* dictmcnta for l murder and riot tvili be-thofCnghly inveatigaUd !ol ‘ llte ■ coining aoa.ion of the court qf ; "*ar. t..... ia rt ' Lome Nafolion haa'mado' hi. political Ictahicnt in cn.o ho ia killed off. ' Ho lcavct liia bllifco to hi. cousin Lucian,the youngeal eon ofhU undo Lucianf thailb, lio calls-on (he people to confirm hi# taccea. sor as llicy have confirmed him; Five general* are appointed executor# of lliia ainguldr will, namely. Marshal VailltthlVand Gcnerple St. Ar'naod, Magpaii, Currelol ond.Barag’iay D’llillier#. ‘ J '■ '; '; A Dreadful' Steamboat ExrLoflioy.—The 'Florida, : fihun'd lo'Savnnnah.’bural, her boiler on FridayJa«l^l»Sl v< Simon'* laUnd # .o«*f Daiicm The the : ej{plosipn';WEt terrific, leafing the ‘bait piece*.—- Captain McNclly, the .clerk,. and,.thirteen oiliern, wore killed, and vvounScd. ..The jwjl it • complete the c»bln passengers,, weresovedv > ; - PirrsDunon Mu.vibifAL flection for, Mayor,,of?Pillf burgh : l/»pk plnce on TociHay ciF |j,t week* iiJoHN B. Guthrie, Dam,i o»or C. B. Salver, Whig.’ T.heyolpfoPJoi’bVnKW, Ind., was very snjall.; ’, lV „' ~.j - RcLicr Notes in Circulation.— ‘From the Auditor Gen,otal!a:Aonual Report,-we glean the following lh* formation relative to tiro , M relief notea’ 1 wl)lch con', (inuo ip form a portlon.uf Hie currency of oiif Stale* Original nm.minl issued,-,t - ■ > : , •n;, 1 W,28(I(8G5 i Amount of old issups redeemed, - Amounl'of old issucsin circulation, 57,417- .Amount ro-issued and In Circulation,- >■ 603,746 A Serious Accident occurred on Saturday laaj, |h Lancaster city. 'Mias .Catherinej Laucpmer.i wjiile riding in a alclgh in immediately above. UlO s tye. by on# of the shaftwof' another sleigh which woe drivenby‘i Germanln'* fiery Irregular and Circlets .manner. Her •chilis fractured, and ll la feared ahe will.not recover.. :v > ! Thoj Washington • correspondent - of the phia North American, under dale of D 00 .28, wyt 11. is well understood circles, that .Pfealilent- FiLtLuaiiE, will lake .some: early and proper-occasion. In wiUidrnw .»»•• ,»*m# peremplorHv «n o«odldata for the Presidency, and that eVer since. ho succeeded Gen, Taylor, this purpose-has been hohastly enter* I iuincdi. ■ v/ Wo halto received a copy of Norlon’i Literary AU matvte for 1869. .It comprises about $O-pages, and' la filled wilh matler valuable to every reading min' In the country. Price 12Jcis. Address' Charles B.' Norton, 7( Clumbers Slrcnt; New York oily, , , • ■ , Mulsboian, the Aitfiriin Charge at Waahlnglon, Is. highly indignant, because our government.extended tho courtesy of Imiphiblo wclcorrlfi.to Kossuth. •He is offended with Mr. Webster's speech at the Corf, gressionsl banquet, and evinces hi* wrath by with.- drawing from iHTashlonable Ilfo. In Washington.—< • (luubaun'ls represented a« beihg a sensible man—# but his devotion to llie errors of a' govern*, ment, proves him either, a knave ov a. foo|. " ,• “In Peace Prkparb>or War.”—The rumor that , orders hui) boon received at (he Gosport Nary Yard! | to get ready, ahtlio national ffttsabi for sea, scemq tq* ? , be welt authenticated. Tho Norfolk papers of-Muli*.' day bl last weak aay that order* have been Issued .at -1 Washington, directing the' eoirimmanders. of tho 1 yards at the several stations to.report Ih.o sosl.of, rc# ' pairing arid fitting out certain vessel* now ordinary# * At the Gosport yard,.direction* hivebeen glVqo iti ‘ gel ready with tail passible despatch the 11. S#sloop* 31. Louis and Levant, and likewise tueiamlnethe,. U. S. frigate United Slates, and sloop of war Fair# field, and ascertain' what lime would bo necessary,to get them in condition fur service, * - ‘ Death or a Lawyer,— Joseph G. Clarkson# Evq.# one of tho most esteemed and distinguished number* 1 |of ibo Philadelphia Bar, died in.tlul city,on Tired*, jday week. ‘ ' • Bai.timork exhibit* a steady end rnpW growth do' noting wealth and.prosperity. In (lit past yesf* there were eighteen hundred end fifteen brick house* built in that, city, assessed at over two million llifaeT.i hundred thousand dollars. In the* last nine '(hulnsnd four hundred 1 and sixty.! wo. bouses base .been built* T/io entire' taxabloibasisof {110*0!?/ at the present, timejs 984,739,643.; .. , :BieAsrins on WxmtanTliTXM.—The Bf. Louis Inttlligtneer pcbjislui* a Hat of the ['most serious: steamboat accidents ori, the. Western waters daring ; »Uo past year.. The whole number is 48. 1 Of these 1 • 2$ Wcro caused «y striking snags and other obitruc.' domin'the ilvor j 8 were the tesuU of Etfplotibfij 6" of collisions; 5 of storm. .. Ths aggregate loss of lift Ip computed st 297. 68 werb result of cblf lisions, and 148 of explosions., The greatest,loss life In any lnst ance, was the ilmV of-lb* . explosion of tho Oregon, in Marchlasl, when froW ■ 45 to ISO souls perished. The dostrodtJoii 'bf proper* J . ly cannot Tull Short of of dollar*' . , A RABDi iNTiie Liuist^TuftKi—We notice that be* furo.lhe ooinmeneeinefllof-bminesrin dje Senitehrf.'-. New YprkJ on Monday Ust, the briiySir .Wftftift usually offered, was made'by Kabbj :^nser tbe mift* later of tl|o Jewish Albany . Rabbi Wise is a German by birth, and' )• one of the most alentsd of (he Hebrew Clergy in tMp country His writings have great forep, and are markctf/wlth'dl#-?' linguUhed ability.—N,*Yv#«j»fW*' •’ • Rosts and lok .'-jWlrai k co'mWnatlpnf 'The PUf](icfiilho (Ca.) Son|lnol, of: Dcol, 30,s«ys that! rose bushes in that place, *rilh fall blown 'irotes'eir them, were on that day thickly covered *llh glisten*' >ng Icicles. They presented a lingular contrast and’ a very rare light for that latitude.. .The recent *npw, storm olso extended all over Florida, and* haa probp-’.'' biy injured the ortnge-trpea to auansiderabie extent. It ie unusual to see such a apow alorra In Florida. 11 ' ' Indiana.— ln the Indiana Senate, on the 90th ull« r ' '! the blll for the exolmiqn of negroes- and. mulattos*.' was refbrred (o a select oummittpe, wlth-initruolidn*'. la amend by subaUtuUng more rigorous provision*, .
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