THE VOLUNTEER.
Editor andProprletor*
e€ABMBLB,niAROU 19* 1809.:
■ Presidential Electors. - ■
SKNATORJAL. ■;
GEORGE \V. WOODWARD, ofLuzerao.
WILSON M’CANDLESS. of Allegheny.
ADDITIONAL DISTRICT.
ROBERT FATTEUSON, of FlilladolpUla;
I. PETER LOGAN, Philadelphia.'
AXSEiORCETL MARTIN, Philadelphia.
XJtfHN MILLER, Philadelphia.
4;F/W. BOCKIUS, Philadelphia.
. S*JuMoKAYrJr. Delaware.
'**%=APAPPLB,-Baeks, , ~
iTI’NJ STRICKLAND, Choilcr, . I
*&.A<PBTERS ( Lancaster. -
’,r A;IJSARIEL FISTED,Berk ~.. .
’;i ,lQ*jlb,E* JAMEB,,Northampton, v . . ,
• .iLjQttN McREYNOLDS, Columbia. .
‘-uIiP»#JAMON. Tioga. .
'I3,H.C.EYER, Union.
,:ocl4;jNQ. CLAYTON, Schuylkill,
< ’!&ISAAC ROBINSON, Adame.
~, IHEN RY FETTER. Perry. . ; - •
. BURNSIDEj Centre.
48. MAXWELL McCASLIN, Greene. .\X
Mi JOSEPH MCDONALD, Cambria.. ,-m
SOrW.'S. COLAUAN, Wathisgton. .
. SI.'ANDREW BURK, Allegheny, t. , wt •
iI;2S.WM. DUNN, Mercer. . t
- B3.JOHN S. McCALMONT, Clarion,.., .
04. GEO. R. DARRET.Cloarfield. . ■
-j,
Mi ron caMaL-coMuiasioncn,■ . . .
PLLIAM 8E ARIGHT, ot Fayette.
, WANTED, nt ihiß offioV, In pay for
labicrlplion.'
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Time.—Subieribers to. (ho TfotanZerr, who
•tp* abbot to change their, places pf .residence, will
■do tbs a fever by giving early notice of tbe same—
including the place from which, end (lie place to
inton’d tomovo, 1 This will enable ae to
.haya.lbe.paporedelivered to their ijow. address,with*
out any difficulty or mistake.
'Tbanbs to Hon. R. Drodhead, U. -S;’ Senate,
and lb Messrß. BaUy, Donham, and
thoStale,Legislature, for tho receipt of public ,dd
cnmeolfl,
' The Maine Liquor, Law.~X numberof our
readershave requested uatoexplaindhe provisions
of Ihe Malne'Lienor taw, now before our Legls*,
' ln another qoluran in
filVte which we invite the ,attention of aIL The
bill, aaTpubitsneo, was reoJ-ftroar oiacasenate,
on’lbe 3d lneU,by Mr. Carothers, from the com*
mitlee of vice and immorality.
" Eaaoa CpaSjtcT'iD. —In our hat, in referring to the
■BSotteoftAtf who spokOsgalnsi Mr. Buchanan, in the
State Convention, 1 we menlioned,*Mr. Baawuof
Franklin county, ae one of them. - Tbla was an er*
ror—a slip of the pen. Ur. B. was not a delegate to
the Convention, and of eonrao made no speech at
Harrisburg .on any subject. Ho is, too,the warm
and decided friend of Mr. Buchanan. Of course it
was Ur.ltaiLLT of Franklin, we wished to designate
«• ono-pf lbe speakers In the Slate Convention. Wo
?jßakm4his .correction in justice to both Mr. Reilly
abd Mfi BrtWer, both of-whom are highly intelligent
end .worthy men, and true and reliable Democrats.
Q3*Whoa we stand in need of the advice of'the
Cbamberaburg Valley Sentinel in regard to who wo
should iqpport.for President, weahall inform Us in
laUigent editor by telegraph. For the present, how*
aver, we. happy to inform our amiable friend
of hh services 11 a
Thtter htftf bedo .iwoity iotso
•nowt tbrpssl Winter. And t very raipeeUblo one
tbie Spring on Wedoeede/ Ibo 9d la«l. Saoir fire
todies deep.
Ow»-Gracious!— The Charobersburg Valley
*&ntfHe/nbj«bife k to the small notes now in elrouls*
. lidttln.this Slateon the ground (hot they ere cal*
to sptead infectious diseases, particularly
etnhll'^oXt—Bftippcneburg 1 Newt,' . -
Jfetn appears surprised that the Valley Sen
iinel should make such an objection to the clreula.
lion of small notes, but we nevertheless consider
the, objection sensible and reasonable. Tnalato
article published by Dr. Thomas E. Bucelbr, a
ceUbnted phyaioian of Baltimore, her calls alien,
tlon to'the fact that diseases like the email 1 pox,
may be eptead through the oommunlty by email
notes,‘ kepi ‘oh the person of those having tho ’dis
esie, when they are sent Into the market to pur
chase articles to supply the wants of life*'
'.l**, ,Ticket..
'.ahNnni (Friday,) io The day of our. Borough
clectlilH,'aitd It Is expected that ever; Democrat
in the twb Wardawlll ha doing, The fol.
lowjbg.ie- lire Democratic ticket pa agreed upon,
and we are free to any a belter selection of men
could not bare been made:
Boaocoii Orriotaa.
Chief Bnrgeat—Mitchell M’Clellan.
Aaalalanl Burgees—David Sfpe.
' Aeeeaaor— Henry Myeta. '
• Aailitant Aaseeeora—Jacob Duey, John Under-
v . 1 - ■ •
j-TfittiClerk—Charlaa Bell.
1 East Wane.
• 1 Judge—George Z. Benix.
Inspector—Joseph Stuart,
School Directors—John Goodyear, (3 yonra,
iJphTdlm’-Cornman, ft year.)
’CodBell—George VV- Shoairor, David Smith
Dt. Willlam Hepburn, N. W. Woods.
" 'Constable—Henry M’Cord.
- TUK VlilON BOROVOI! TICI»T,
’AI a meeting or eUixena hold in the Coutl House
■looc.lhe following Borough ticket (com.
PQMd ofroon of both parties,} waa.agreed open b/
thatnttiiog, tnd a resolution adopted pledging tbair
bqflPQfi'to the lamer *■* *
, .Chief Burgflii—Wm. S. Cobetn.
. , Aaajilani Durgeia— Darld Slpe. .
ToWb^ouqoll—Efltit Ward—/lon. F, Waite. O.
W.'Sbttfler; Hlehard Parker. David Smith. .Waal
W»t4-r<V«™u«l Todd, John Mill, J.oob Sooer, Wm.
M. Porl.r, Jat. IloSir.
Solool Dlnolon.—Thoi. H. SklUi, 3 yoefe, Jno,
Pood/oir, 3 yuan, Ephraim Common, I year.
Aaaeaaor—Henry Myera.
~ Aoalatanl Aaaeiiora—Jccob Shrom, Jaouk Duev
i.TofpClftk—Chatloa 8011. 1
«J.‘> ' "’ 1 r
Harmon* ih Nkw Yoek—How Sswakd
mym F/LLMORt.—Thtt Auburn Advertiser, (he homo
organ of Wm» If, Howard, promisee that Now York
HlaU le good/or not loot than fifty thousand roojuri*
Iy againtt Mt. Fillmore- should Util gentleman so.
ottro the nomination for the Presidency. The Le
Roy Garotte, tnd Ulloa Herald,both whig journali,
have guaranteed, ono 5000, and tho other 15,000
.against Fillmore, In th*ir rapectht counties. Tho
Albany Btate Register, Fillmore's organ Is so mueb
bp by tUeis manifestations of love, that It do*
cTarcs, In commenting opon theeo kind promises,
Sljfit-“ M irsny whig candidate for tho Presidency
• cannarry New York,Mr.Flllroore can. There may
be treachery with a .few Abolitionists, who have
'cuteftd tho'party with their profeseed adherence, hot
the great, mass are firm In their integrity and in
loyalty to (heir principles.'*
A VOICE FXIOfiX “WHEATLAND.”
Tho Lnncatier Intelligencer, Mr." Buoharian's
‘‘home organ,” which is published by our| prede
cessor and friend, GKonatSANDßßsol*, BSq., is
'•poioodiosee ua.lako Qur.defeol'b’eforo.tlio lato
Stale Convention with such symptoms of. bad hu
mor;” and particularly is it “pained” tmeaußo wo
aro ‘'disposed to blame Mr.Buohanm for his (our)
want of success.”, fn (ho first place let ua assuro
oun friend that we are noHn a*' bad humot M with
any one, and,notwilhslandinglho fling at our vs
raoily, and the contemptible insinuations of. the
InieUigmcert wo intend to maintain our equanimi*
l y* '• ■
The Intelligencer thinks that the cause of our
defeat before the State Convention was owing en
tirely oh account of an article we published In the
Volunteer, a few webks since, in which.wo found
fault; with the 'Canal CSfomifißlonVrabecause of
their appointments.....“ From the moment we read
that’altiok in the Volunteer” (saye thelnieVigen
wr.Jwie set down Mr. Bratton's fate ae sealed.”
Ah,lndeed! Because we dared.to complain of
the double-dealing of the Canal Commissioners,
and the bad trealmentCumberland county received
at lheij;hands, oar fate mast be“soaledl” A can
did'admission, this, but a very imprudent one.—
•We can tell the Intelligencer that no set of men on
the fade of . (he earthean prevent t/s speaking oar
honest sentiments, Wo are not quite such a men
tal as to be afraid to denounce when denunciation
is called for. But the f&et of us being a candidate,
tho InfeUi&netr oppo»ia lo ihlnk, oboal.l hevopro.
vented ne speaking harshly of “the powers tha*
be.” Such a course may be in keeping with Mr.
Buchanan's homo organ, but, thank fortune, we
never have, end never shall, adopt it as oureourse.
Wtwo no man-worshipper. Our article In regard
to the Canal Commissioners appointments may
have been "imprudent”—it may have operated
against us in the Stale Convention—but yet we
re-asßon what we said in that article, and shall
never regret having published i u If, to,obtain a
nomination by a State Convention, we must sanc
tion every kind of injustice and wrong, and com*
mend every act of those In power, no difference
what our own opinion may. be, and thus acknow
ledge ourself a menial and coward, most certain it
Is we were very presumptuous in permitting our
same to bo used in tho late Convention. We
ware not aware, until now, that these are Khe qual
ities necessary for a candidate to possess before ho
can hope to ba recognized by a Democratic con
vention.
lhljUigericer positively dentes that the par*
tienUt friends of Mr. Buchanan held a “midnight
caucus'* the night previous to the nomination of
.Cabal Commissioner. We say.they mb,.ond toe
can prow »<«' We cannot say how'tniny were in
that “midnight ’caucus,'*,nor.’ can say. that the
caucus was held at tho instaoce of Mr. Buchanan;
but this we dohmo % that a member.of Congress
(a very particular friend of Mr. Buchanan,) came
all the way from Washington for (ho important
purpose of telling the delegates'composing the
State Coovenlioh'lbki/MbeyjmWfj JoKMr.* Boefra*
nan’s ,spko, nominate a Cassman forCansl.Com
missioner.” We never charged Mr. Boohanan
himself with direct interference In the nomination.
It was Mr. IPs particular friends we spoke of in
our last, and not* Mr. Buchanan himself. Gone*
rally, the friends of a man consult him before they
take ani important Buchanan's adher
ents, however, are an exception to the rule—so
organ tay».
r Jho home'organ ts atao of opinionlbal we have
-nauien—more igann nrr. uuobknan than Tor him
fur a number of yeara, and remind) ua that wa aup.
parted Mr. DeNie In 1817 and 1648. We ramembar
»ery well that at'that lithe we admitted two or three
communication! in our ptpar favorable to Mr. Dal
la., and alao three timn that numirrin favor of Mr.
Buchanan. Our columns arc not oloicd againal all
candidates eicopt one, at art the oolumni of llte
Intelligencer, Wo belong to no clique, and obey 1 the
mandate! ol no mailer. When wo elated In our laat
tliai wo had battled for Mr. Buchanan for the tail
thirteen yeara, wo meant to aay that during all lint
lime wo had defended him against the aiiunlli of
hla political opponent!. Wo arc free to’i'ay that du
ring Iho whole of tbie lime he hea not been our fital
choice for the Proildenoy,. but yet we rcapcclod him
ea .a Penuaylveoian, admired him beoause of his
great lalonlr, end defended him againet the ftaree
attaoka■ of aome'mon lobe are now hiepartieular
fritnde.- We defended him when David R. Potior,
(one of the delegatee to the noil Notional Convon.
lion,) and olhepa, allomplcd to defeat him after ho
had been nominated for the U. S. Senate. That
wee a lime-when Mr. Buohanen needed friondi, to
ears him from the scalping knives end wor-etuba of
the '‘lnginiend, If cor memory iervci up, our
friend of the Intelligencer wee hot io reedy Urn to
■ervo Mr. Btichinan, Ilia voioo waa then' aiiont ae
the grave. Gov. Purler wee then Me Gud—he now
worships at the shrine of “Wheatland,”
Our friend of the Intelligencer —and wo sincerely.
consider him pur friend, perianal end political need
not bo .at ilUlarmed that unr article in tail week*
Volunteer will do ua “horm" with the •terling do
mocracy ot old Mother Cumberland. Our frlcnda
know oor Unllmenli, and would not, If they could,
prevent pa oxpreaiing bnr bencal convletlona. Wo
feel proud of onr frlenda, and aba It ever feel grateful
to them for their loatuoa and disinterested clforli in
our behalf. We have (heir full confidence, and the
hearty eupporl of the democracy of old Cumberland,
aod ao long ae wo eon wield • pen wo shell defend
end uphold the principles of Incorruptible ropubii
eaulim.
But,occupied more jpaco than ws had
intended, Wc daalro no conlrovertf. with any of
oot Dotnooralio oolomporarlat, much leta with our
•aatatmad friend of the BUII, If that
paper, If detorra|««d:lp btto* I '# war of Vordi,’* wo
lay track yow.whlp,C*plain—im art rtady for you.
Tu» J6o'«plion of Gor. Koisulli, in Louiaville,
w»i marked by every imaginable demonalration
of enlhualaarh. The Governor aod Legtalatnre of
(So Stelo of Kentucky jvore prejeni, end vied with
.llpe T rant.multitude in rendering e Juetiieepeot to
the repreieotellvo of fallen European freedom.—
Hie epeeoh on the ocoaaloh of hie reoepllon.wet
fraught >yllh many new beautiei—evincing alike
the fertility of hie mlndi end the excellent aenll
menla of liia'aoul. “ ' |
(CfThV Gdrraihlowti Ttlrgrajih !■ out agalnit
the attempt to mak« the itato Taira a fixture at liar,
risburg. Among the rootone urged againal holding
tlioie Exhibiliona at Ilarriaborg In, that impoailioni
were practised upon the Sooletj by the people of
that Borough to a very oooaiderable extent, and
that the hotel keeper* imposed moat shamefully upon
lbs visitors, at the last Fair. '
(O’Joshiu Morgan has been convicted of murder
la the firat degree, at Baltimore,' Tor killing James
McGovern. The convict la only about 90 peart old.
A lluaa fiiaoAT.—A letter written firom Naploi
aajs i “Standing on the oaitle of Si. Elmo, I drank
In the whole sweep of the bay,**
Biar, the. “Buck-eye BUokimllli" ]• delivering
lemperapee lectures In Ntw Jersey. ■
DELEGATES TO TUB NATIONAL CONVEN
TION*
•If will bo oeen from (ho proceedinge of the Demo*
oritlo Slate Convention, that Goo. W, Brewer,*£>(],
ofthii piece, hm boon selected ono of (ho delegatee
from this Congressional District, (oilto. Democratic
National (Convention, which moots Ip .iho city of
Baltimore on (ho first Monday In Juno noat, to put
In nomination a candidate for tho Presidency. Mr.
C. is well deserving of this compliment as lio baa
labored zealously in tho advocacy of Dorhobrelio
priooiples, and wo congratulate.him. on tho honor
conferred (n being chosen ono of tho delegatee tpjho
body above named.—CAamhersfcur# Val, ayt.
The above article from iho.
Stntinel pay* a deserved compliment to ( '.friopiL
Gtona* W. Bubwbr, Esq. Wo are froo to admit
.(hat o bettor eoiection noold not have boon made
from our district. Ho is a young man of rare intel
ligence, a Cniehed spbaitor t .qnd.a whole-souled Do
moCrtt. • f... >\. .
Mr. Brkwbti’s colleague is,Hon. Jour Stuart, of
this county. Judge Stuart has .been a whoel-horae
in the Democratic ranks for a groat number of yeare,
and,'whether at home or abroad, exorcises k power
ful politic*! influence. Ho Is, and always has been,
a. zealous friend of Mr. Ruqhanan, and will uie his
every eflfdrl to secure Mr. Bubo nomination of tho
.National
upon 'having such able representatives in tho Balls,
more Convention, In tho. two such iniflu
epllal and radical. Demoprats. 1 . . .
- ; Gen. Hx nbt Fttrifv, of Perry county, is the Elec
tor this dietriot. Ho requires no commendation
at 6dr hands, as ho is well known as a. man of ster
ling sense .and honesty, who has labored long and
zesloaely for the success of the Democratic party.
IION. JAMES X. RIIIjANAHAN.
' By a document before us, No. 50 pf the U. S.
fjousp of Hepreaentalives of ihe 32 J Congress, we
have the report of Mr. M’Lanahan, (says the Per*
ry County Democrat,) from the committee on the
Judiciary, on the subject of costs end expenses of
the federal oonrls. It is an able report, showing
the absolute necessity for Congress to establish a
uniform fee bill throughout the. United Slates, in
the several United Stales courts* The-report is
made up partly by (ho items of fees charged in
different judicial districts, and exhibits.a vast dis
crepancy, both in the practice. of the courts and
the amount of foes charged by clerks and attorneys,
and proves most conclusively the necessity of a
uniform fee bil!. ,In soma districts the cjttk and
attorney's fees amount to over a thousand dollars,
Whilst 7n other districts, for the same amount of
service, it doea hot exceed from thirty to.forty dol
lars. This evidently shows the necessity of a
regular wa are pleased to find (hai
our worthy Representative from ihls
has been honored with the highly important trust
of a membership of the judicial committee, has
taken the subject referred to in hand, and"shows a
disposition to curtail the unreasonable charges of
oloiks.and attorneys In the U. 8. District Court.
Wo have no objections to. any man being allowed
a fair, honest compensation for his services.in all
caSes, but such as charging five dollars per day for
no service, is unreasonable. Mr. M'L., in his able
report, shows the abuse, and abolulo necessity of
a reform of the various systems of taxing costa in
different courts. Mr. M’L., is most unquestion
ably an honest man. He is a lawyer, but yet can
not withstand the Galphihism oftho attorneys.
A GOOD JtXOVG.
. The following important bill was road in place by
Mr, Bonuim, of this county, in the House of Repre
sentatives, on the 9th Inal. Thoro should not In a
dissenting voieo to tho passage of this bill. For
years the Government has been swindled and dr*
fruudod hv lines of.slosm ships, and it is timo this
Sind of robbery bo stopped. But, tho blit explains
itself? ■
Reaolationa relative to appropriation a o/moneybythe
General Uovernmentto tinea of it earn ahtpa.
Whkrkai, A large amount of money baa, within
the lait few years, boon appropriated by the Genera)
Government to various linoe of ateam ships, giving
eomo persona undue'advantages in our merchont
marine service over others, squandering largo sums
of the peopfe'a money upon projects of at least doubt
ful utility, fostering a spirit of speculation upon (ho
resources of (he nslional treasury, shd-leadiog to iho
belief that ell private enterprises have a right to ex
peot direct appropriations of money by (he govern
ment to sustain (horn. Therefore,'bo (I
Retailed, That our Senalors-in Congress bo in
structed end our Representatives be requested, to
oppose the farther appropriation of money by the
General Government to any line of atosm ships
whatsoever, because wo regard aucb appropriations
as highly injudicious, leading to s wan ton expend!*
tare of the public funds, making unjust distinctions
among our olllsens by appropriating money to (he
private enterprises of some and withholding h from
others, dangerous in fts tendencies, wholly uneon
shlulionaltf and foreign to iho powers of the Ftdersl
Government.
Retained, That a copy of this preamble and reso
lutions be transmitted by (ho Governor to dAch of our
Senators am] Representatives in Congress.'
Ctilume for French Senators and Connell-
lors of Stata.
.Louis .Kapolaon, Ilia Republican Prcaldcnt, h«>
deoiiled upon lira costume of lira Senators and Coot)'
alljora ofSlate, which la truly French in lla fanciful
character.' The. {rare and reverend Senators ere to
wear a cunt of blue velvet, with Handing collars and
eulla embroidered, filling eloia to the waist, and or
namentad with embroidery on the pookol Daps. Tho
embroidery la la be in gold, representing palm trcco
Interlaced with oaka; the palm Ircoe In canntlille
mate, with the back of the palm leavee in epanglce,
the oak loaveabeing worked oo posse, wilh.lhe linea
of loavea In epanglea; the whole of (be coat to bo
edged round with.embroidery, three inobca wide at
leeat. Couoil of State—Light blue coat with nine
gilt. buttons lo front; walatooat of white prgue, cut
.straight, with five gilt bulimia,- trouser. of while
kerseymere, with gold bands down the sides. The
vioo ’president, the presidents of sections, and the
councillors of auto are to wear gold embroider, com
posed of oak loaves and olive,leavea Interlaced, on
the collar, culf, the front ofitlra coat arid peal tails,
the whole coat being odged nilh gold embroidery.—
The vice president has gold embroidery above the 1
pockets, and ; an edging of wide embroidery round
lira dress in every part. The masters of. fcquoeti
era to have the same description of gold embroidery
on the collar, cuffs, end pockets,'with narrow ami
broidery round the coal. The auditors hevoemhroi
dory on lbs collate and cilfis, but no embroidery
round the cost. The hat is of black beaver, with
gold ornaments placed on the velvet, with white
plumes for the vloo.preeldeole of sections,'bod black
plumes for lhs"eouheillora of Stale, the masters of
requests, end the auditors. The sword.is to bo a
straight one, with gill hill. In undress; the noun,
dillors of stale end the maalere of requells; are to
wear coats embroidered on lira collar and, duffs, but
without the gold edging, while waiscoet,and blaek
Itouaers. There is encugh of gold hero, surely, to
dsr'ilo the eyes’ of the people, and to cempeniolo,
perhaps, for any liltin'dsfielan'cy of tho’ ailtcio of
their own pockets. ~ (i
Sihtinox or PtUTte.—Tho U. B. Supremo Court
having refilled a ntw trial to Uo|d and Clemente, the
condemned pirate at Richmond, Vi., they ware on
Friday aentenoed to be bong on the Dili of Anvil
nut. ' ' ■ r
tCM Vermont piper define! the rights of woman
ae follows i
“To love her •hml'*wlth all her heart, and her
baby as harcelf—*nd to mike good breed,”
Ur. UulaUnlicrg’i Dill.
In iho Srnalo, on Thursday leal, Mr. Moll
«v ...ursday leak, Mr. . ~u?n*
berg’s bill for kho bolter regulation and manege
monk of ttio public works, was taken up on Ita
final passage, and after some further debate, passr
od by the following vote:
Daily, Domes, Oarothers, Car
son, Orabb, Darlington, Guernsey, Hamilton,
Ilaslott, Kinier, M’Mutrio, Malone, Matthias,
Muhlenberg, Myers, Robertson, Shlmer and Wal
ker, Speaker— lB. >' V •>
• Nays—Messrs. Buckalew, Evans, Fernon,
Forsyth, Frailoy, Fulton, Hamlin, Hoge, Jones,
MoCaslln, M’Farlond, Packer and Sanderson—l 3.
Another Disgraceful Fight In Congress*
Wo have been frequently asked by a number of
oar readers why we do not publish more 'of tho pro
ceedings of Congress.* Wo have always made the
same answer, 'vlx—becau«e..wo could seldom God
anything in tho. proceedingMhatiWo considered
ofsaffioioot imporlanco to. occupy space in our cot
amps. Below, however,’we- gives, l portion of the
“proceedings** of lltq ,House ,of, Representatives of-
Friday last, merely to show that, our grave*notional
law makers are not idler .
r ! Mr. Brown, of Miss.,* replied at length to tho re-
Marks of Mn Wi)cox, inado a feW daye'since. 1 Ho
asserted that the Southern Bights party bad always
remained true to the - principles of the Democratic
parly, while the Union party had deserled lhal stan
dard. The, former, therefore; was (ho (rue Dome,
cratio party. He drew a distinction also, between
the Southern Rights party prid tho Secessionists,
declaring that (hero' wsrono Secessionists, os such,
in Mississippi.'
'• Mr. Wilcox rejoined, and expressed, his astonish*
nient (hat his colleague [Mr. BrownJ should declare
that llioro wus nobody in MissisSlppi'ln favor of se
cession. He pronounced the declaration baseless of
iruth. ;, ’ ‘■' ■ '■ t,: •<
Mr; Brown—l aek tny colleague if hb means to
say (.hat I have been guilty of falsehood? Thai
inference might be left on the minds of some gentle,
men. 1 '
Mr. Wilcox—l have spokon boldly. My language
can bear no misconstruction. ,
Mr. Drown—DoVou moan lb say what I said was
false? •
Mr. Wilco*—l say that when you remark that
(bore is nobody in Mississippi In favor of secession,
you tell q fifochood.
The gentlemen wero si this time standing near
each other, and much excitement prevailed through
out tho House. As Mr. Wilcox mado tho last re.
mark, Mr. Brown struck hlm, and (hey immediately
closed. Nearly every member oftho Homo instant
ly arose, and the utmost confusion-prevailed. Sav
ersl mornbers interfered to separate the combllints,
but nearly five minutes had elapsed before it could
be effected. As soon as they were separated, Mr.
Wilcox, sprang upon (ho desk, and cried out "Unhand
me; 1 can whip him I" Tho committee rose amid
indescribable confusion and excitement.
Mr. Bayly, of Va , demanded tha? the Sergeant nl
«rm« !•><• both the cornbatmits into Custody. 1 -
■'The Sergeant at arms, however, was not present
and could not bo found. . ,
The Speaker directed a messenger to bring in tho
Sergeant si arms, which being done, the Speaker
, ordered IhoSorgont alarms and tho officers under
him, to take’ the. combatants -into custody, and also
Ml those Still disposed to create disorder.
Very great confusion still continuing, Mr. Ste
phens, nf Georgia, moved that tho Homo adjourn.
Tho question was put amid cries of dissent from
all parts of tho House, and (ho motion finally de
clared to be lost.
Order being then somewhat restored, '
Mr. Cllngman offered a resolution to stop the de.
bale on the pending resolution in half an hour aftor
it shall again bo tskin up,
Tho motion still pending,Mr. Drown of Missis,
aippl, areas and apologised to the Home for his con.
nection with tho flagrant violation of tho rules and
docorumof tho body, and begged to say, that ho of
fered the guarantee of a past life in tho service of
hla country, that a like occurrence should not again
tokopbee, unless under very extraordinary circuin
stfdcoß of provocation,
/Mr. Wilcox also apologized to tho House for his
part in tho affair. Ho said it was a matter o( heart,
foil regret to him, (hot so soon after becoming iden.
titled with this body, ho should have to apologize for
so gross a violation of its rules. Ho Intended no
disrespect to the House or to his fellow Represents,
lives; but he considered that the wrong and outrage
offered him by his colleague, justified the course ho
had pursued. ,
The House then adjourned.'
Mr. Drown and Wilcox Difficulty.
WAiniNGTON, March 13.—The difficulty between
Messrs. Drown and Wilcox, of Mississippi, which
was announced In'the House lo day at having bean
settled, had proceeded So far aa Iho settlement of all
the preliminaries (or Ibe meeting, which woo lo have
taken place at 8 o’clock this mofnlng. The dial
•ongc passo'd bolwoen them yesterday, before tho
adjournment, aa slated lost night. Mr. Johnson of
Arkansas, acted as the second of Mr. Oiown in tho
afluir, and Major Folk, of Tennessee, ns the second
ol Mr. Wilcox* and It was only at as Into an hour os
three o clock this morning, that on amicable arrange,
mcnl of the matter wus suggested and urged by
mutual friends of tho .parlies. Tho subject once
broached, Utile difficulty was experienced, and Moj.
Folk, as the friend of the challenged party, waa then
delegated lo inform the House, at the opening of the
session, of tho amicable adjustment of tho difficulty.
Horrible Occurrence.
Tho peaceful-oitiaone of Hopewell township, in
this county, soya lira For* Press of the I Oil, inat.,
were shocked, on Wednesday lost, by the occurrence
, of a horrible trogedy. A 111110 daughter of Jacob
t Busier, of that town, aged about 3 years, was discov
ered with her throat cut from cor-to our. The pa.
rents wore absent from homo, end tho crime wee
discovered by their eldest daughter, Catharine, .a
girl aged about 13 years, who alarmed the neighbor
hood, No clue oen bo found ea to the perpetrator
of thio terrible outrage on eooioly. ■ Tiro statement
of the eldest daughter, before the jury of Inquool.
woo that she in company with the deceased, wos on
the outside of the door, when an old man, with grey
beard somewhat ragged and wearing yellowish or
brown suit, a white slouch hat, came end 'seized hot
sister by the arm end led Iter , into tho house. Sire
hoard her sister scream twice, when she made her
escape with the baboi she afterwords saw the roan
leave the house, when she returned and found her
aister.dead, and a butcher knife lying near her oov.
ororl with blood. Tho throat wee cut back until the
knife was slopped by the bone, both main arteries
being completely severed. Search is being made for
the alleged murderers
Since the above was written wo learn that Cathe
rine, the eldest sister, was arrested on suspicion of
being guilty of the murder. She Was committed to
1 the York County Jail on Saturday lest, where she
will await her (rial.'
Auiucui.tuiul Pnosricrs o t' California.— Dy the
Utott sdvlcos from Ctlifornlt, It appears (hat more
stisnlian wse being paid to the cultivation of the
soil; This ia se ll should be. California will never
beeume a wealthy and prosperous Slate ao long sa
she Is dependent upon other countries for the noces*
sarlos of life* A San Frsnolipo correapoAdoot'of
tho Journal ofCommeroe stye j
“Immense qusntllleß.of barley and wheal have
been and are still iq process of being sown in our
valUy. Thousand am) tens of thousands of acres uro
being occupied «nd tilled by tho husbandman tho
prosmt season. 6sod wheal his bean greatly aouirht
aftci at 610 80. per. lb. 3 g
‘Great attention Is being turned to horticultural
pursuits, and seeds of dll kinds have been iu aoilvoi
rrqucstj others ere forming nurseries, and ransack,
ing the city for apple seeds, posoh pits, &o„ md
paying Vholr weight in gold dust for all tliey-osn Uy
their hands on. IhousamJsof fruit trees will bo
plan ed this year, the quantity only limited by tho
aoanly supply from Atlantic nurseries.
“Agricultural implements of ell kinds have boon
n very active request, but the season Is now drffw. I
Inglo a close, end the deficiency In ploughs has
been made up by arrivals from Oregon of some two
hundred or more, made in Boston, and sent there forl
sale. Out California la to uke the lead of Oregon,!
and she must succumb to our young Stale, oven in
the farming line—of the gold mlnea we will say
nothing—ae our hills end valleys osn spesk for
themselves.’* J
LATH FR6m CALIFORNIA.
ARRIVAL OF TOE DANIEL WEBSTER.
Tho steamship Daniel Webster arrived at New
York on Sunday night, at lift o'clock, yvith 395
pQSßongprsj’havlng in Ibelr possession abouts4oo|-
000 In gold, dust. ,
Her dates from California ere to the 14th nit.,
'and from the Isthmus to the 6th of March.
I -The defoal of General Cro* woe followed by
, tho revolt and total dispersion of his army, on tho
18lh December. On the 14th, tho nows reached
Santiago, and caused great rejoicing.
The miners in California are all doing well.—
Many now and rich placers had bebn discovered.
The smalt-pox had broken out among tho miners
at Ling's Bar.
A moderate business was doing at San Francis
co, and, with but few exceptions, no Important
changes had taken place in prices. . Flour had de
clined. Coflee was'firra. •, 1
Three feet of snow hadfallen on the ridge below
Feather River Bar. A very rich placer had been
discovered on BeaPa Bar,' on the .Upper Feather
river. The miners were averaging $lO per day.
The Fugitive Siave Law has been passed by the
Legislators..
Indian depredations continue, and outrages by
them were of frequent occurrence.*'
The civil debt of California is estimated at
$797,000, whilst the war debt reaches $1,445,000.
A duel took place at Bah Francisco on, the 15th
of February, near the Presidio, , The.parties en
gaged were Justice, A. Gorham and Dr. X. ,W.
Hunter. They fought at ten paces, with pistols.
At the first fire, Dr. Hunter's ball Passed through
the flesh near the hip of Judge Gorham, not injur
ing him seriously, however.
A special message.had been sent to the Legis
lature by Goy. Bigler, on the subject of the State
debt, particularly in reference'to the war debt.—
The' Governor stated that the war,debt; incurred
for the Utah; Lbs Angelos, 'Monterey, El Dorado,
Gila, Clear Lake, and San Diego expeditions, was
$1,445,375 79. .This statement was based on' the
Comptroller's report.
A man named St. John was arrested at Sacra
mento bn the 13th', for attempting to abduct a
young girl of tourleon from her father’s house,—
There being no law to meet his case, he Was dis
charged. He is said to have a wife living id the
Atlantic Stales., ' . ,
The Grand Jury at Sacramento, after a careful
examination of the case of the People vs. Green,
for shootihg Baker on the morning of the llih in
stant, {refused to find a bill* and allowed the de.
fendanl to po free. .
Toe Shoriffof Calaveras recently shot a couple
of Frenchmen, who had refused to obey the orders
of the Court, swearing that they recognized no
law in California, At the time it afipears’a iaigo
body of Frenchmen had aesembledtogether/and
assumed a hostile position, declaring their Inten
tion of resisting any attempt to enforce the laws.
A Jew had-been pohiehed, by order of the Vigi
lance Committee of Calaveras, wilh-fifty lashes,
for robbing his partner.
cry The man who, somo two years ago, crossed
lhe''jilain» , *on foot and alone," with a wheelbarrow,
bound for California, was named Brookmirc, on
Irishman, from Warren,Pa.; whotoho lofts wife and
family in indigent circumstances. Brookmirc, it is
said, has lately returned from Calirornia,wiU#eboul
#15,000 of tho "dust" of whicirhe dug and washed
with his own hands.. Anil Ins wife received legacies
during his obsonco to. tho amount of #lO.OOO,
falling to her upon tho death of some relations in
Scotland. . •
The New Liquor Law-
Report'd in the Penntyltania Senate , by Sir. Caroth
art, from the Committee on Vico and Immorality.
An Act ia Prohibit the Manufacture and Sale Of
Intoxicating Liquore.
1 ’ Section I. Re it enacted, %c., That no person
•hall bo allowed a I any lima to iitanufocturp or tel),
by himself, his clerk, servant, or nfcont, dlrccHy or
indirectly, any intoxicating liquors, whether (ho
1 anna bo spinlous, vinous or mall, or a mixture of
tho aamo, or any or them, or any other liquor poi.
tossing intoxicating propensities, except as heroin*
: after provided.
2. That (ho judges ot (he Court of Quarter Ses
sions and the county commissioners, on the first
Monday of July, annually, or as soon (hereafter as
may bo convenient,- may appoint suitable persons of
well known honest temperate ond sober hublls, to
buy or manufacture and sell at somo convenient
point, in such of the townships boroughs and cities
I within the county as they may deem expedient and
proper, wines and other liquors for sacramental, mo
. dicinal, mechanical, and artutioul purposes, and for
no other purposes whatsoever Such person ahull bo
’ appointed fur the term of one year, but may bo re
moved at any llmoal (he pleasure ofsald judges and
commissioners far violating this not. ' *
i 3. That each person so appointed to sell 1 liquor* as
aforesaid, shall beep an accurate account in writing
of all tho liquor bought or manufactured by. him,
specifying' (ho quantity of each kind purchased or
. manufactured, tho price of that purchased, the name
i of the person from whom it was purchased, and tho
i data of tho purchase, tho quantity of each kind sold,
, and (ho date of tho sale, its pricey tho name, resi
dence and occupation of tho person to whom it was
sold, and (ho purpose for which it was purchased by
him; and he shall cause tho person (o whom tho sale
Is mode to sign tho said specification, ot (ho. end
(hereof; ho shall semi-annually, ifrcqulred, on a dav
andat a place to iio appointed by said judges and
commissioners, whereof public notice shall bo given
In one or more newspapers'.published in the county,
exhibit upon his oath or solemn affirmation the book
or books in which sold account and specifications aro
kcp(, to tho said judgea and commissioners, together
with a balance sheet showing tho.quantily ofeach
kind of liquor bought and sold by him during the
period which has elapsed since his last exhibit, and |
the aggregate cost and proceeds thereof. If It shall |
appear to tho said judges and commissioners (hat
(ho profits of said business amount tp more then i
what would bo a fair and just compensation for trnna. 1
acting tho same, they ahall fix tho Jimonnl io bo re
tained bv him for such compensation, and shall ■
require him to pay the surplus to tho treasurer of tho ]
county fur tho uso of tho Commonwealth.
4. -That bny person appointed to acll intoxicating
liquors ln{the manner end lor the purposes aforesaid,
shell receive from said Judges and commissioners, a
certificate of his appointment before he shall do any
act |n pursuance thereof, but such certificate shall
not he delivered to him until he ahall have ezeculed
and delivered to lira said commissioners a bend in
lira name of the Commonwealth, with two or moro
good sod sufficient sureties, to bo approved hv eeid
judges end commissioners, In the penally of not less
than 93(10, condilinnsd that ho will justly und truly
In oil rospcc|s conform to ell tho provisions of this
net, end pay over to the treasurer afllra county lor
the ueo of tho Commonwealth, ell moneys whinli
under the provisions of tho third section of title, eel’
he may bo required to pay. . *
5. That If any person shell, by himself or Itereelf.
hie or. her agent, el any lime sell any Intoxicating
liquors ennlrery to lira provisions of thla act shall
rorftU .nd p«jr on CDi.TicUon for tho fini offence
UiiMy dplUf* tnd ooiti of pm.ecuKon, apd stand
conimlUM till Iho same be paid; for the second of.
fened sixty dollars coals of prnsecutidnand aland
committed till tho aame bo paid; for the thinfand
every subacquonl offence two hundred dollars and
coals of proaoeollon, and undergo an imprisonment
n the jail of the count; for not loan then two or more
Ilian six months, and in default of payment of tho
cosle and fines prescribed by this section for tho first
end second convictions, tho convict shall not bo en.
| tilled lo the benefit of lira Insolvent lewe of this Com
monwealth until he or eira shall hove been imprison,
.od two months, end in default of payment of tho fines
end costs provided for t'-o third end ovdry subso.
quonl conviction, lira ooovlot aliall'nol ho entitled to
tile benefit of laid [neolvent laws until he or eho
■halt have -been imprisoned four menthe. If any
person in lira employment of another ahall violate
the provletong of title eel ho or ahe ahall be held
equally guilty with life principal, end on conviction
shell eulfer the seme penalty,
0. That It shell bo the duty ofony person know.
Ing theta hreaob of the conditions of the bond given
by my person appointed lo boy or manufacture end
sell intoxicating liquors under the provlilone of the
second eeolloti of this sot has been committed, tu
no|))> the county eummlseienere thereof, who shell
oils (he person complained of lo appear before them
end the judges of llra'Querler Heiilons, it a lime
ami plsoo named in-said citation, (o answer aaid
complaint; and- If, upon hearing or tha parlies, ll
shall appear that a breach of any provision of paid
bond hac been committed, Ihey •hall revoke and
make void the appointment of aaid porton and oause
the said bond to be mod, and if the defendants ahall
auffcr judgment to go against them by default In said
solt, or If upon trial thereof tho jury shall find that
a breach of any provision in aaid bond has been
committed, the said defendants shall bo adjudged to
pay the whole.penally in aaid bond for the use of
the Commonwealth, together with tho coats of suit.
7. That all caeca arising under this not in any
court of this Commonwealth whether by action in.
diotment or complaint, shall lako precedence In.aaid
court of all other business except those criminal
eases In which tho parlies aro actually under arrest
and Walling a trial, and tha court and prosecuting
officer shall not have power or authority to enter a
nolle prosequi or to grant a conllhuanbo in/any case
arising under this act either before or after verdict,
except when tho manifest purposes of justice ahall
require it, and in such case tho court shall file tho
reasons for granting such continuance or for permit*
ting such notto prosequi to bs continued. v>
8. That if shy two citizens in any township, bo*,
rough or olty, shall .make complaint.under oath or
affirmation before any mayor, alderman or justice of
(ho peace within the county, that thoy have reason
to bclievo and do believe.that Intoxicating liquors
aro kept or deposited in (he township^borough or
city in which they reside, and intended for sale by'
eny person or persons hot authorized‘to sell the same
under .tho provisions of this,act, in. any store, shop,
or warehouse or other building in said city township
or borough, (except custom houses and bonded ware
houses belonging to (ho United Stales, when the It.
quors remain in tho original Casks, barrels'or pack,
ages in which thoy were imported,) said mayor, el*
dorman or justice of the peace ehsll issue his warrant
of search, directed to any constable jn said, county,
who shall proceed to search tho’prcmisea'described
In said warrant, and if any intoxicating liquors shall
bo found therein,*he shall seize the samo- and Convey
thorn to somo proper place of security, where he shall
keep them tillfina) action is had.thereon; but no
dwelling house in which or in part of-which a shop
is not kept shall be searched, unless at least one of
satd complulnnnls shall testify to some sol of salo of
intoxicating liquor therein byjhe, occupant thereof,
or by his consent nr permission within a| least one
month of tho time of making said complaint, and (ho
owner nr keeper of said liquors 'seized ns'.aforesaid,
if ho shall be known la tho.officer seizing, tho same,,
shall bo summoned forthwith boforedhe offioOp by
whose warrant tho said liquors were seized, if ha
fails to appear or show by positive proof that the said
liquors aru intended-to-be used by him in.some me*
: chanicni art, in tbtf pursuit of which he is at tho (imo
I of sncli seizure actually engaged, or that they, arc in
; hit hands or possession a transporter of forward*
ling merchant in the course of actual transit IVom one
1 point out of (he State (o'another pofnt'Ont of (he
MikH ho declared'forfeited'dnd' shlll fro-
I dralroycd.hr-euthority of’lho Wrillon.’Order to that
I effect of suld mayor, alderman" or justice of the peace,'
land in his presence or'in the presence of sOmefcr-.
son appointed by him to witness the 'destruction
thereof, nrid who ahall join with the officer by whom
(her shall have been destroyed in attesting that fact
on tha bark of the order by authority of which It wa»
done, and tho owner of ouch liquor shall pay a fine
of not less than $37 .or'more (lion $lOO, and stand
committed sixty days in .default of payment thetcof.
9. Thai if the owner, keeper; or,possessor bf artjr
intoxicating liquor, seized under tho prdvlsfona of
this act, shall bo Unknown to'the officer seising the
same, they shall not be condemned and destroyed
unlit (hey shall have been adVcrsrned; With'lhe-nuor.
ber and description of tho barrels, kega or 1 packages
In which (hoy arc contained, asnesr as may be,-for
two weeks, by posting up u written 1 desoriptibn of
the same in at leastthrce'public placerlrffhMdwn*
ship, borough or oily in which the same; is. seized,
that the sumo will be condemned on s-day to be
named in notice and destroyed, unless in the mean
time (he owner -appears and show cauao,accord.ing
(o the provisione of (ho Blh section of ihts.ael, why
the anmc ahould not bo done.
10. That tho mayor, alderman or justice of tha
peace entering judgment condemning any liquors fo
be deslroytd under the provisions of this aevsHalt'
in no case issue the order for the destruction thereof
for two d-*j« after the entry of such judgment* and
tho owner of said liquors may appedl from sold judg.
ment any .time within the said two days to the next
Court of Common Picas, but before such b$ allowed
ho aiial) give a bond in. the name of the Cbrrimoo*
wealth, and in the penally of$30(l, with (wo or more
good and sufficient sureties, to prosecute hie appeal
with effect, ond to pay all fines end costs thstimay
be e warded against him to ibe-provislons
of the Bth section of this act
11. That It ahall bo tho duty ofevery.. elieri(£ m*y
or, alderman, justice of the peace, burgess,.constable,
or other police officer, if ho shall.have Information
(hat intoxicating, liquor of any kind iakepLocsold
in any house, building, shed, lent, shanty, hat* or
place of any .kind on or near the ground ofa&y.oal
lie show, agricultural exhibition, military -jmißler,
election, or other public,occasion of any hind what
soever,lo search such suspected place forthwith, and
if such officer shall find upon tho premise! any aubh
intoxicating liquors, ho shall seize them and arrest
tho keepers of such place arid take thorn forthwith;
(or toon oa may be)befoieeomo mayor,alderman or
justice of the peace within the county, with , (he
liquor so found and seized, and upon proof-that aaid
liquors are intoxicating, that they were found in
possession of (ho accused, in tho manner aforesaid,
ho or (hoy shall bo sentenced to imprisonment in llio
county jail for sixty days, end tha liquor Iso seized
and condemned according to the provisione of ,thia
section, shall have theeame timo to-appeal *, in
cases arising under tha eighth eecllon.or.4hlt'sot,
and the proceedings shall be the tamo as.in eases
arising under.that section. - •, . .
12. That all payments or compensation given fop
liquor sold in violation of, the, provisions of thia.act,
whether In money or property, personal or shall
be hold to hove been received in violation ofjaw, and
against equity and without ounsldorallon.lßodinoy
be recovered back as money of,like amounts or pro.
pcrly of like kinds is by law recoverable, the suits
for recovering the same bock may bd maint,ined.bv
the person or persons to whom said liquor was*sold
or by eny person related to him or her by blood or
marriage, or If suolr person shall have beoortrtr a
public cliatge by (hr overseers or guardlanj’of'the
poor of the district, end when labor ahall have been
I given for such liquontlitpagee Ihareof.maji bo!re
i ooyorud in liko manner-end may , be Sued for hv the
like person. • v / •■ • / • i,, ~
13. Thatlfany person or persons shall sell or give
any Intoxicating liquors to ooy person kqovyn tolbo
person or persons soiling or giving lh? ,*rao. Ip.ba.of
Intemperate habits, such ponon -dling or giving the
same, on being convicted thereof before' the Cpwt of
Quarter Session?, shall he sentenced to pay a fine of
$5O (6 the Cnmmonweahh, and tho'ooate ofproieco.
tloh, and on subsequent conviction fop the same of*
fence shall ba sentenced to pay a fine ofsloo,iwi(li
cost« of prosecution, and to.undergo an imprison
tdenl in the county jail for. six
committed until the sentence is compiled,with, end
in addition to the penalties hereinbofojre pre%o|ibod,
tho person or persona,so.«lling. or giving Intoxica
ting liquor to such intemperate person, ahall psy all
damages which may accrue or bo occasioned.either
to such Intemperate person his or her family’of
olliers by reason of the means being furnished to him
or her by suoli sale or gift of beonmlng intoxiealod,
or by reason of him or her becoming Intoxicated bn
the liquors so sold or given and doing actual injury
to himself, herself, his or her family or others wblfp
so Intoxicated, laid damages may bo recovered 1 in «n
action of debtln (he name of the Commonwealth el
the instance of the person prosecuting the same." In
ouee of damage sustained, the action may be b\o»o.
ouled either by the person Injured or shy one related
to him or her by Mood or marriage, or by tho officers
having charge of the poor of the district.
14. That tho mayor, alderman,justice of ihe'peieo
or other officer issuing any warrant of search or
I other writ ordered by this act, und the constable or
other officer executing tho etmo, shall be entitled to
(ho following fees, and no other to wit—Tho mngii*
(rule, for Issuing and docketing warrant of soarob,
81; for hearing and determining (ho case, $1; for
entering appeal and transcript, $1; officer for oxe*
eating warrant. $1; destroying liquors, s9j for aloe*
Ing liquors to await tho determination of the esse
.$3; besides the amount paid for the storage thereof
I and in ossoa of appeal a)) costs to bo paid by sppel*
lunl at the time of taking transcript, no prosecutor
In any criminal prosecution under thle sot shall bo
i njudged to pay the coat* unless it appear Ibal ho
j commenced and carried on tho same out of malice
15. 1 hat this sot shall go into effect on (ha lal
a M., 1853,.»d .n g i.„
supplied are hereby repealed, ozoopt so far as meV
bq nooeeaery le l],o fin.l doiohnln.llon of .oy .S
•II .0 loin, proiooullom, or oilier proceeding, Which
her. Icon commenced or which me, be commenced
horeinor, end before llil. eel goee Into clTocl. for
wlilcli purpose e.ld l.we ehall remeln In Hill force.