THE VOLUNTEER. «mt Proprietor, * OAnnBLE, itfAnon flg, laag.; - Presidential Electors. SCNATOnUL. GEORGE W. WOODWARD, of Luierno. WJLBON M'C/INDLEfifI, of Allegheny. ADDITIONAL DISTRICT. ROBERT PATTERSON, of Philadelphia. : districts -1 PETER LOGAN. Phllodelphla.' , . oGEORGE 11. MARTIN. Philadelphia. 3 JOHN MILLER. Philadelphia. 4 F Wi BOCKUJS. Philadelphia. 5.R. MoKAY. Jr. Delaware. 8. A. APPLE, Books. 7. N. STRICKLAND, Chester. 8. A. PETERS, Lancaster., , - ■ , 9. DANIEL FISTER, Berks. 10. R. B. JAMES, Northampton.; . 11. JOHN MoREYNOLDS, Columbia.; 19. P. DAMON, Tioga. 13. H.C, EYER, Union. , 14. JNO. CLAYTON. Schuylkill. . 15. ISAAC ROBINSON. Adatni. IG. HENRY FETTER, Perry. . , ! . . 17. JAS. BURNSIDE,Centre., . 18. MAXWELL MoCASLIN; Greene. . 19. JOSEPH McDONALD, Cambria, , , 20. W. S. COLAHAN, Washington. 91. ANDREW BURK, Allegheny. 32. WM. DUNN. Mercer, 93. JOHNS. McCALMONT, Clarion, 94. GEO. R. BARRET, Clearfield. , TOR CANAL COMMISSIONER, - ‘ ' ' ■ WILLIAM SB ARIGHT, of Fayette. (o“M«i«r*. Baily, Bonham, Stewart nod Dehoff'j pf oar Slate LegiilaiuroVwtll ploafle ac cept our thanks for sending ui documents.,, .' , California PArsaa.— Weare’undcr Special 6Lll* gallons to Governor BioLcit', of California, for late California papers. We are indebted Id Hon* John y. Dawaon, of Con* grew, for a'pamphlet copy of hfe excellent speech In favor oflho,bill •* granting one quarter section of the Pobllo Land to. each actuat.ieUler.V... , Me.Hinderson.— lt gives us plea sure to be able to elate ibat Mr! Hkioeeson, ope of our .members of Assembly from ,lhie county, who.has for some time been confined.to bit room at home, by indisposition, has recovered to far ti to be able to resume hi* seat in the House. . , Plainfield Academy.— -The Philadelphia Pehn, tyleanion. In speaking of Hits excellent institution) i-juiacioal- of-iha-Plain field. Academy, situated near Carlisle, has won an enviable reputation by the manner in which be conducts his •obool. Ho is a gentleman of high abilities, fully qualified to Impart the accomplishments of o finished education. We cheerfully recommend Mr. Burnt to our frlendt at a competent and safe instructor.. SmrrcNtßOiQ Academy.— As.will be seen by an advertisement in .another column, the second session of Ibis Institution will commence on the ISlh of next month.. We are glad to learn that this Academy Is well patronized end la now in a very prosperous condition. Under the fostering care of Messrs. Lavkstt and Kinsley, we doubt hot it will sustain Its well earned reputation/ ‘ In Court, on Tuesday last, on motion of A,‘ B. Sharp, Esq., William J. Skeaser, Esq., was admit, ted to practice law. In the several courts of Cumber* land ooonty. • ‘' On Wednesday last, on motion of A. D. Sharp, Eiq., was admitted to practice law. In the several courts of Cumberland county. The Whig State Convention, to nominate a candidate for Canal Commissioner, and President tial Electors, will meet at Harrisburg on to day, - Tat Mains Liquor Law.— -The Harrisburg Union of yesterday says—The Maine Liquor-law was op in the Senate yea I erday, and had a decided majority in ill favor on every, vote. It, however,.was amen ded in many, particular!, the hat one of which pro vides that iiquora may be manufactured In the Bute and aotd In quantities not leia than thirty one’gal lens. It may* therefore, be regarded in the light of a thirty boa gallon law instead, of an entirely, prohi bitory law.' An amendment waa also adopted aub. milting tbe question to a vote of the people. In this form the bill will probably paaa^ Filluobc OvinDOAno.—Our Whig friende of this eoapty, at their late County Convention, very unMiemoiftously threw. Mr. Fillmore overboard. Wro. M. Penroae, Esq., was appointed Senatorial, sod Montgomery Donaldson and Thomas D. Dry son, Representative Delegates to the Whig State Convention, and instructed to support Gon. Scott fof President. The Convention'adopted a resolu tion In commendation of Mr. Fillmore’s adminis tration, and the resolution immediately following wm In favor of Scott! Truly Mr. Fillmore may exclaim, “save mo from my Trlenda I’* Ta« Slat* Dat—ln oar State Senate, on the IBlh Inalaot, .the bill to repeal the Cth/section of the Aot of 1847* forbidding ihb use of our Jails for the. detention of’fugitive slaves, passed finally— yets 91, nays 12. This bill, it will be remember* ed» the Legislature. last year, and Got. Johnston put it in lils pocket, refusing to give It his signature. Psnnstltania Canal.— We learn from the Harrisburg papers, that the Pennsylvania canal Is now open along the whole line, and boats have commenced running, the first lino boats, starling off on Saturday last. This is an early opening, and a heavy business may bo expected. 03* The Colombia Bank and Bridge Company have voluntarily adopted the practice of paying In* lareal on deposits, aa followa i For money left with the batik for throe moolhe, at the rate of 3$ per cunt; for six mootha, 4 par cent; for 0 monlha 5 per cent; tbd for twelve months 5] per cent. What this bank kaa voluntarily done, the Philadelphia Ledger truata to aea the legislature of Pennaylvaola, at no dialanl day, eompel the other banka of the Stale by law to do. A law for aoeh eompotalon, will, however, •earoaly be. Decenary. Competition in bualnaaa will •eon aoooropllab the purpoae, aa those banka which take the lead In the matter will monopolixa the bu alnaaa, thua compelling the olhera to follow. LiNOiana Coo at Home.—TbcCommlaalonera of Laneaalar eoooly have fixed open a different loot* tloo for the new Court Honae from the one announo. •d aeme waeka ago. It la on the North West corner of EuiKleg and Orange atreeta, Immediately oppo* aUa tka Fenners* Bank. The property purobaaed it 106(eel fronton. King street, and extend* about 350 feat back to an Alley. The pvloe to be paid le #31,000, of ,Wbleh #lB,OOO la to come from the connty, end #lB,OOO aubaorlbed by tha property bolder* to that amotion of the elty. Nxw HAMpaiUßi Election.—The Democratic oandidalo for Governor, D. Noah Menlo, bee been •looted by t hendeome majority, over the combined foroei of Whlggery end Free Soil. The Legist*, tare !■ •nffiolsnily Democratic to scours us a Da ukdbritW U. S. Senator from that State, Instead of John P. H«l«. Fre. Soil. Good! naponM of* 'run canal board* In (ho Mouse of RoproaanlatSvot, on (lie 12ih Inal., | Mr. Bonham road In his place a till, (or (ho bettor regulation and management of the public Improve* I monte of the Commonwealth, which will receive lon | opposition than that of Mr. Muhlonbdrg, in' (ho Mouse, and whlohhas already passed (he Senate.— The bill contains sixteen sections, and provides In subsianoo as follows »’• , The first section makes three dfyislon pf (ho pub* lie Improvements—the Pennsylvania Canal from Grun’a domic Columbia, (ho Philadelphia and Co* lumbiu railroad 1 , and the Delaware divlilon of the Pennsylvania canal, the second to comprise the Ju niata division of (ho Pennsylvania Canal, beginning at the aqueduct craning the Juniata river, to Dun* con’a labqd, Allegheny Portage railroad, and the Western division of.the said Cunsl, ending at Pills* burg; lho third,to be composed of the Susquehanna cflvlnlon of the Pennsylvania. Canal, beginningsat (bo outlet lock at Qrun'tdam, at Duncan's Island, thence to Northumberland, together rillh*'North and West branch* divisions of the said Cana). The second provides for the organization of the. Canal Board ,on (he first Monday of every year, and -at the first an nual meeting, and every throe years thereafter, to oait.lots for.lbo respective divisions, into which the •aid; improvements have been divided, whereupon etch of said Commissioners shall take charge of the rcspbciivd divisions which has fallen to his lot, and •hall perform the duties of his office in the manner hereinafter described; and the Commissioner sue* oeisivoiy elected or appointed, in pursuance of the provisions of this not, shall take the division of said improvements vacated by his. immediate predecessor in office. The third section gives the appointment of the officers of the works, to each Commissioner, for his respective division. The fourth section de* fincs lhe duties of Iho Canal Commissioners, requi* ting them to examine and approve nil contracts, supervise the disbursements ofolt. moneys, &o. The fifth scetion ■ requires Hie collector of- lollsat Phila delphia, Lancaster, Columbio,. Portsmouth, Harris , bntg, Jlollidaysburg, Pittsburg, Easton, Bristol, i Williamsport, and Northumberland, lo deposit dally to the credit of the Commonwealth, in a bank, to be selected by the Stale Treasurer, tho whole amount i of moneys received at 'said office, and-lo lake dupll* cate reooipte for said deposits. The sixth section requires tho State Treasure to designator in Other oases, where and how olleo tho public money slitll be deposited; and provides for the settlement of the collector 1 * accounts, with the. Auditor General, ai least once a month. Tho .seventh section requires the Auditor General to publish a literal copy of said I account, and publish it in one or more newspapers Lai_Jlsrrisborg, and at toast one newspaper at. the countyseatpwuero'diß seining'omcurrcMtnnn -tpo*. eighlhsecllonprovides that on the second Tuesday of January, in the yoa'r 1654, and on first Mon* day of December, every -third year thereafter, tho Governor shall appoint one Canal Commissioner to servo for threejyoars, and that tho number of Canal 1 Commissioners hereafter” ctcfctcd, shall bo two Instead of three, to wll, dnb Canal. Commissioner to bo elect* cd in oaoli and every year when the Governor is not to !oppoinl according to the-provision. The ninth section provides that no appointments shall bo made by'the Canal Commissioner, whose'term, of office expires, on tho second Tuesday of Janury, 1853, for the fiscal year commencing on the first day of ;Do* comber, but shall be made by his sacccssor, who, shall take charge of the division of said improve* mcnls which may have fallen to tho lot of his immo* diale predecessor. The tenth section provides the same In respect to the Commissioner who goes oat of office on the second Tuesday of January,lBs4. Section eleventh makes It the duty of tho Auditor 1 General to report to the Slate Treasurer every item in ine account of an/ supervisor or superintendent of motive power, for which an unusual or extraya* gant price shill have been paid, and they together shall confer with tho Commissioner to whose dlvisioh said supervisor or superintendent shall belong, end upon a failure to give clear and satisfactory evidence that euoh oxpendiluro was unavoidable, the aupervi* sor or superintendent shall be forthwith removed, and be and his bail shall be hold responsible for any I oxcois oyer and, above tho ordinary cost of tlie artl* elo designated by such Item. SeclloiK-lwelvo pro | vides for the holding of meclingi by.the Board,ooce a month, in Harrisburg,Tor the regulation of lolls on j tho public works; and the thirteenth section makes It the duty of the Commissioners to report annually to the Governor, a report of their proceedings. The fourteenth section Is a most important one; forblding the Commissioners, dr any subordinate officer in their employ, to give free tickets, whereby persons or property may bo transported free of charge over the railroads or osnala'of the Slate; and any violation of this section shall bo decided a misdemeanor In office, subjecting the offender to removal; Provided, That persons actually in the employ of the Stale, upon the public improvements, whose duties require them to (ravel (hereon, shall not bo subject to charge when (revelling inv the performance of their duties. Tbs fifteenth section contains simply the repealing clause. The subject of the bill is an important one, and if the abuses that have long existed in the management of the public improvements oflbe Stale be remedied by Us passage, the citizens will have groat reason to I be gratified thereat* I St. Patrick's Dat, in point of weather, came fully up tolls long established reputation. . It was emphatically “ one of the daye"—of which the fewer we have, the belter for the comfort of all out ofdoorp. We cannot better describe it, than in the following lines of a distinguished but nameless Western pod: •• flrll it ralnad—then II anew; Than ft and then It thew I" Tin Mains Liquor Law.— ln oar State Senate on Monday, the bill prohibiting the manufacture and sale of Intoxicating liquors in this Common, wealth, was taken up .In Committee of the Whole. - ■ * , Mr. Matthias moved an amendment, which was negatived, excluding the pliy and county of Pblla delphla from the operation of the bill. Mr. Forsyth moved an amendment, submitting the whole mailer to a vote of the people, which was agreed to. Mr. Sanderson moved an amendment, prohibit ing the sale of liquor for (wo weeks prior to any election, with’* view, he said; of keeping people sober, in order that they might know Itow to vote. The amendment waa 'rejected. The bill was then postponed. The Worth Jiranch Canal Loan.—The Senate then resumed, on second reading, the consideration of the bill authorizing a loan of #650,000 to com plete the North Branch extension of the Pennsyl vania canal. The bill was debated at length, and, without definite action upon U, the Senate adjourned. Louisiana Whig Statb Convbktiok.—A letter, dated Baton Rouge, March 17, aaye that the Whige of Louisiana met In State. Convention that day.— The Convention was largely attended, every ps. rlsh being represented. Mr. Fillmore for Presi dent and Mr. Crittenden for Vloe President were nominated by acclamation, after which electors were appelated. ffjMr. Clay htt written a loiter In which ha ex previse bis preference for Mr. Fillmore as the Whig oeadldste for the Presidency. THIS LANCASTER «INTCtLiaBNOBn.” The Laneatler Intelligences cmnol H mote art*. lona for peace than wo ore. We dislike, exceeding* ly, la engage In a controversy with any of our Democratic contemporaries. Out yol, we will per* mit no man (if wo consider him worthy of notice,) io mlireprottml tie. Wo shell defend tmrsolf, (o the best of our ability, against all from what quarter they may. Wo have no objection to (he editor of tho Intelligencer “defending,Mr, Uu* ohanan,” but in doing so wo would advise him Bel to permit hit zeal to gel tho bettor of his judgment. Wo have hoard.of lndlvldoala, who, )f,ropg auQ\clfjnt, wore given thorn, would be very sure to ruin thorn* solves, and many aro under the impression (hat this task of aelftezeeutioa has; boon performed by some gentlemen we could name. The Insinuation of the. Intelligencer that at tho time of tho passage of tho tariff act oflS IC, we con* damned that measure; and “afterwards, to preserve cast with the Democratic parly,.wore compelled to swallow all we had said on that subject, 1 ' is a roeie stretch of thocdUuro prolific imagination* Shortly after (liepassogo of that act by<Congress, the Demo* crate of Cumberland assembled in county meeting, and expressed, (in the resolution! adopted,) a. fear that the tariff eel just adopted would not afford “sufficient protection to ...Pennsylvania interests.”— This was our opinion at that time also, but yol we never opposed the tariff of 1846*r-wo only expressed a fear (hat in its operation the interests of Pcnnsyl* vania might suffer, and this was the opinion nf tho Democrats of this county, ns they had declared in county meeting. The new. tariff pe tried—U was, an experiment, and our greatest mcn in this Stale refused to give usfn opinion on lhe subject.’ At- that tlmo what was Mr.* Buchanan’s opinion of the new tariff sol ?! : CjH the Iritelligeneei l tell? If it cannot; we shall enlighten it; Those who live" in glass houses should not throw atones, and those who wrolo long Icltors againet tho tariff of 1846, should bo,careful not to Impugn the motives of. those who defended its principles, but yet doubted tho policy of some ofite.delaila, . ’ The Intelligencer still Insists that we have said lob.many hard thlngs.agalnal ‘‘the powers (hat be" at Harrisburg.. Wo quota from ihclntelligencer the following sentence: “And now a word respecting our public men—wc mean (hose who have been , elevated-by their Demo, cralie fellow citizens to high positions in the Govern, menu - If/we cart say nothing, good- of. them; it has been an invariable rule,.with us to say as little harm as possible. have always preferred leaving {hut port oftho business to bo transacted by the common enemy.” , ■, . As we said In our last, such doctrine ss tho above may suit tho views of out friend of the Intelligencer, but wc al»illnevcradQHliLaeojjrim.l.isj:v .Whenever it becomes necessary, wo shall always be'luunUnea.' dy.lo hold public officers to a strict accountability. The fact that our public -servants are Democrats shall not prevent us speaking boldly of them when we think they'depart from (ho line of duly. We sro no fault-finder, but wo are-not to bo intimi dated by the public officers we assisted to elect; and wo shall denounce any man or set of men who de serve -denunciation,'wo care not what their politics may be.- Dut»we have done. Wo trust the J/ifeHfgencer Understands our position, for we hope to bo saved the trouble of again replying to its structures. BTATB CENTRAL COMMITTEE. The officers of tho Ute Fourth of March Domo* orutio Slate Convention have appointed the following State Central Committee r ,Wm. L. Hirst, Chairman, Philadelphia. . " Hon. Win. Dock, Harrisburg. Col. Samuel C. Stambough, Lancaster* . Henry S. Mntl, Milford, Piko-rounty. Thomas S. Fetnon, Philadelphia., Francia C. Caraon, Harrisburg.. Charles Lyman, Poller county. : William Curtis, Philadelphia. Thomas Watsnd, Washington. Benjamin Parke, Harrisburg, Horn R. Kneass, Philadelphia. John Lehman, Adams county. William Lilly,Carbon. - - ■ * Philip Ml.xioll, Sen., Easton. ■ Dr. Charles H. Hunter, Reading. Dr. J. 11. Seltzer, Morgantown, Berks. R. J. Nevlns, Susquehanna county, j George Sanderson, Bradford. William 11. Welsh. York. John C»Clarko, Westmoreland, • ,* Jesse Leisure, Greene,. j.- John D. Stiles, Allentown. Wm. 11. Lsmberlon, Venango. - Wm. Badger, Philadelphia... John D. Bratton, Carlisle, Cumberland county. Dr. David B. Marshal), Lebanon. The Canal . Couuirbionbr** AvroiNTMENTS.— Tho j HoUldaysburg Standard, Pittsburg Pott, PolUvillo, Emporium, Bedford Gazette, Westchester Jtfftrtonu i an, Philadelphia Argue, Ebonsbnrg Sentinel, togolh or with many other prominent Democratic journals, are down on the Canal Commissioners bodinVo'of the many bad appointments (hey hare recently made. The Boston Argus stales (hat iho collector recently appointed at that place is, and always ha* boon a violent Whig. The editor should remember, however, that the Collector In qiieallon, la a brother of one of the Cana) Commissioners, and his Whig, gory la therefore excusable.. Wo might excuse the Commlsslonera for appointing a Whig to office, pro*, vlded ho possessed the necessary qualification!, but to appoint men who are notoriously incompetent la more than the people will pul up with. However, we would advise our brethren of the Democratic press to keep dark In regard to (he Canal Commis sioners appointments. Th'a * l ftto*'ofevery one of you‘will be "scaled" forever if you utter a word of complaint. .The Lancaster Intelligencer aaysao; and, mind you, (hat paper knows "a thing or two." flush up, (hen, ye fault-finders—not a word out of your heads f The Whig paper* are circulating an extract'd!- nary, story,. which is dally growing, about fho splendid, overtures made to Gen, 'Scott by the Mexican government, after (he capture ofthe city of Mexico. Me was to have over a million of dollars guaranteed him ifho would take command ofthe army of Mexico, for the term of five years. The papers soy "this splendid offer was declined by the General, with scarcely a moment's oonsit]* oration* The brave old soldier could not be temp ted by such Inducements to abandon the flag un der which he had achieved .so much renown and honor.'' This Is wonderful, indeed I ,An offer which we do not believe an officer in the American ranks would have accepted, the Whig papers seem to think It a merit In Gen. Scott to refuse. For our part, we have not euoh a light opinion of the man as to award him. any particular praise for re fraining from the acceptance of a portion and posi tion at tho hands of a common enemy. (ETTho following appointment* were mid* by the Methodist E. Conference, which convened recently in Cumberland, Md. h Oaruilb Dirraior—C. B. Ttcnelt,P. K Carlisle Station—Wm. Wloka, Carlisle Clrouit—J, Macros, A. M. BarnUt. Newvllle—J.U. D’urbonow, one to be inpplled. Shlppqnaburg—J. Landalreet, Jr.— Chambenburg—J. M. Jones. Greenoaede—D.Hirl min ( pne to be eupplled. Doonsboro’— F. Dyaon, H. W. Ewing. Frederick oily—ll. Slioer, W, Harden. Gettysburg—E. MoCutlum, 8. Smith. York Springs —T. H. Swllaer, J. P, Doan. York—W, T. D. Ctomcp. Dickinson College—o. 11. Tiffany,'Prpr fonor member of Carlisle Quarterly Conference. Tbonoxt Conference convenes Id Hagsrstowni Md.—lime Dot etited. ova oonouaii election. ( Below we give the ofllalil returns Of our Borough Election. It will ha seen that the “Independent Union Ticket” for Council, was knocked li)to a “cockedhot” Inbolh wards. The Whigs,it.ainul, elected their five Counollmen In the West ward, and the Democrats carried everything except the Con* stable, by a sweeping majority, In the Best Ward. Tho test In the borough was on tho Assessor, and tho Democrats triumphed In this by electing their mao. MuJ. Bum, our present efficient Chief Bur. gess, although a Whig, received a largo support from t|ie Democrats, which will account for his large ma jority. ' Ho Is a faithful officer, and we are glad to retard hie reflection. Chief Durgett. Eastward West Ward. -131 - - 167 Jose)iK'H.'BUlr M. McClelland W. Si Cubcatt Aeeletant Burgeu. 142 David SipO S, Si Smith Town, Clerh '■ xVd . 103 Charles.Bolt l . . , James.R. Weaver Aeeeteor. ■ 152 Henry Myers Jacob Sbrorn Anittant Asuaiart. 146 129 Jacob|Ducy. John Underwood Win. Bents Joe. H. Welbley Jacob Slirom Council, ; WbilWard. Wm.* M. Porter James Hotter . Armstrong Noble J. N.* Armstrong Jacob Saner Lemuel Todd John Mali East Ward. 0 Wm. Hepburn 109 N. W,. Woods HO G. W. ShbnfTcr • 152 David Smith ' 140 John Shade 61 Francis Ecklcs 71 John Giitsliall 73 i Win. Fridley 64 I Frederick Walls, 47 | Richard Parker , 45 Judi 129 I 106 | Intpe I John Thompson 175 I W.H. Miller . . 66 refer. • ’ Geo. Z. Boot*, ; Potor-Mittaod Geo. Welse 168 Robert Allison 67 Joseph Smart James Callo, jr., Wm. Parks School Hrtctore. ‘ \ T. 11. Skilee 295 John. Goodyear ‘ 148 E. Cornman 147 Wm. Osborn 85 6r W. Ilitner 8G Justice of tho Peace, Michael G. Ego Canslalfe 156 { Lewis Robinson 80 | George Bentley VY-.'MOCartiioy Henry'McCord ■Bounty Lind Warrants.— The bill making land warrants assignable, haring passed boll) Houses of Qongross, the Intelligencer says* there Is no reason to doubt U wit) St once receive the signature of the President, and thus become law. > It will benefit many of the recipients oflhis bounty of (he Govern* mont, who, possessing warrants fpr land, are them, solves unable to loealb them. . This act authorizes all warrants issued, or hereof, tor to bo issued, under any law of (he United Stales, ■nd til valid locations, to bo sssignable by deed or instrument of Writing, made and executed after the taking effect of (he act according to forms and reg ulations prescribed by the Commissioners of the General Land Office. Any person entitled to pre emption right lb any land,'shall be entitled to uso any inch war/aul in payment of the same, at 91.25 per aorc, Warrants, may bo located in one body upon any lands of tho Uolled Stales, subject to pri vate entry at the Um« of such location, at the mini 'mdm' price. When said warrants shall bo located on lands which are subject to entry, at a greater minimum than 91,95 per acre, the locator of said warrants shall pay to the United Slates,-In cash, llio difference between the value of such warrants at $1,25 per aero and tho tract of land located.on. Dkatr or “Tom Moor®.”— Tho English paper announce tho decease of Thomas Moore, better known se Tom Moore—tho most delightful of mod orn lyrio poets, the bosom friend of Byron, and the last of tho galaxy of wits and bards that shone so brilliantly in the early part of (ho present century. The event, which bad been looked for for a long time, occurred on Thursday, Feb. 261 h, at the poet’s resi dence, Sloperton Collage. Two Millions more Gold!— Tho steamship | Daniel Webeter and El Dorado, which strived at (Now York on Monday, brought about two millions of gold. This amount has been Increased somewhat 'by the arrival of the Bfother Jonathan . With no drain outward, this gold most have a material effect ifpon the money market, when returned from the Sfint. Tiie mining nows by these arrivals is favo rable,-but without marked change from previous ad vice*. Tho money market In Sun Francisco la more easyVand rater of interest declining. Gold Dust was and 617,50 per ounce. Tint Insane fn Pennstlvanu.— According to the annual report of .Iho Pennsylvania Hospital for tho lossne.it appears (hat the number of patients in that Institution, at present, is QIC. In the course of the IS months there wore 904 admissions, and *9Ol dis charged or died. Average number, tinder treatment, 223. The Hospital waa opened in 1641. Total ad mission 2010. Discharges or deaths 1849. , Front October 6to December 31, thirty seven pa. tlenls wore admitted, of whom 11 wore married and 26 unmarried. Some folks would infer from that statement that marriage was a preventative of insan ity, And what is still more singular, is (ho fact that oat of these 26, nineteen are males—an evidence that old bachelors are more apt to become erexy than old maids. Death or the Rev. J. 8. Tho Rev. John 8, Qorsuclt died at Cumberland, Md-. nn Tues day «f last week. The deceased waa a minister of tho Methodist Episcopal Church, and a young man of great promise... |fe waa the son of tho much la. meitUd Mr. Odrsuoh, of Baltimore county, who was recently' murdered by a mob at Christiana, Pa., whilst endeavoring to capture two runaway staves. QCjOvld F. Johnson, who was Attorney General of lh|s Slate under tho administration of Governor Porloi, Is at present la (he Liberating Army, under command of Csravsjsl. He Was wounded in the re cent battle hear Camargo. CCj Tho, CUarJitld Republican eayi that (he lum berman ire at work In good earneit. “Strangara havo’flooked ia from all quarters; and every man 1* engaged as icon he arrives. Although (here may not be ai mnoh timber ready for market si in some former yeari,yet (here li the fineat proapeot for good (Imea the coming aummer If what we hive reaches market in proper season. 0 ’ < "Glory to goodness I" laid the old woman who had financiered out of a quandary, “I have borrow. ,ed money enough (o pay all my debts I'—JVsto York Tribune. . - • • • The old lady must have taken lessons from Ex- Governor Johnston. lie established hla famous "Sinking Fund" in.the same way. Wrong.—A jury In FhiladstphU|gave a verdict of $9OO In favor of ■ poor laboring man, who lost his hand by a beam falling upon It; which had been lin properly sieurod bysome carpenters. $9OO U there fore the priec of a poor man's hand. Is (hat Justice ? pnopoaiTioN ro_i,BAiß tub puuuo IVOIIICM. Tlio following memorial wai rood In the Homo of Representatives -on the I Olli Inal. Wo aro end el* ways have been of opinion that tlio public work* oj Pennsylvania, If, properly , managed, oouldbo made (o yield a tory liniifjiumo profit to tho Common* wealth. Tho proposition below.by ilie principal transporter*. between Philadelphia and Pittsburg, goal to confirm th la opinion. Why thon ia It that our Improvements aro (ha eauao of an Inoroaaa rather a diminution of tho Stale debt? Merely because they aro nut managed In (he careful, enlightened, and oconomio.il manner (hoy should be. fool loth lo leoio ail our public improvements to a company, bail yet rather than see them an expense to the lax-payersof our county and Slate, wo would •ay lot them be leased. '.Our-Legislature, however, should nol.be hasty in coming to. a conclusion in regard to the matter. Wo shall speak on thie sub* ject again. It is a subject requiring deep thought and a due regard for tho honor and interdsls of. tho Commonwealth, beforg a conclusion pan bo arrived HARRlsDuna, March 16,1852. Hon. John S.’ Rnar, Speaker of the House of Kepretentativet, Suit—Tho undcraigncd. cillzcns of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania, respectfully submit (ho fob lowing proposition to lease tho finished lines of the Canals And Railroads of the Slate, for a term often years from tho first day of August next, and keep tho same in as good repair as when received; and pay for the first year eight hundred thousand dollars, for tho second, year eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars, for tlio third year nine hundred* thousand dollars, sod for oath succeeding year ono million of dollars. Tlio payment to bo made monthly lo the Stale Treasurer, and secured by the deposilo of one hundred thousand dollars In Slate bonds. .They fur ther.propose lo expend,ln addition lo the above pay* moots, three hundred thousand dollarsWowards. the Improvement of the Columbia and Philadelphia railroad during tho term of iheir lease. And also to doubla the capacity of 'the looks on the Delaware division of the. Pennsylvania canal; and on tho com* pltlirtn of tho road to avoid tho inclined, plants on the Allegheny Portage railroad, lo pay eight per cent, per annum on tho mnney_ hereafter appraprb. ted end expended towards the. construction thereof. They also propose to pay seven per cent, per annum bn the lum of, thirteen hundred thoosad dollars, on 20? 188 158 144 200 tho completion of tho North Branch comil, and its connection with the Chemung canal, in the Slate of New, York; end they pray the Legislature to onocl a law authorizing a contract to bo made with the undersigned, nr their associates, tn’aocordanco with the terms of their proposition. All of which is most respectfully submitted. E. J. DUTIHL. 'HENRY GRAFF, JOHN BINGHAM. ... JACOB DOCK, GEORGE W. HARRIS, . WM.F. LEECH. . , , . THOMAS S. CLARKE, ’ JEREMIAH BUTLER, J. K: MOORHEAD, ISRAEL PAINTER. J. B. MOORHEAt), WM. D. FOS TER, Jr. , . The Shin Plaster Scheme Defeated! In tho Slate Senate on the 10th insßml.tho flhin plaster bl)1,;or bill to authorize tho banks of this State to issue small notes, and to repeal tho prohi bition of small notes* from .other. Stales, received its quietus. It is to bo hoped, says, the Reading Gazelle, that this puts an ejid to tho odious “shin plaster scheme, 11 against which the Democratic papers of. tho State, in the name of the pdople, have loudly and almost unanimously protested.— There is reason to fear/ however, that the project is not yol killed beyond resuscitation; for we ob serve by the subsequent day’s proceedings, that.a motion to reconsider these votes was made, and is still pehding: Tho first section Authorizing tho banks of the Commonwealth to issue small bills, Was negativ ed by the following vote: ■ ; , Ycas.—Messrs. Barnes, Oarothefs, Corson, Fraily, Guernsey* Hamilton, Hamlin, Hnslatt, Kinzer, Kunkel, M r Mtimic, Myers, Robertson, Shimer, Slifor and Walker, Speaker~~\G. Nays. —Messrs. Bally, Bucknlew, Crabb, Dar lington, Evan*. Fcrnon, Forsyth, Fulton, Hoge, Jones, M’Casiin, M’Parlnhd, Malone, Matthias, Muhlenberg, Pucker, and Sanderson—l 7. The second section, which repeals the law pro. hibiting the circulation of foreign small notes, was negatived by tho following vole : Ykas.—Messrs. Barnes, .Carolhcrs, Guernsey, Hamlin, Hasleß, Kunkel, & Walker, Speaker —7. Mays.—Messrs. Bully, Buokalew, Carson, Crabh, Darlington, Evans, Fernon, Forsyth, Fral ley, Fulton, Hamilton, Hoge, Jones, Kinzer, M’- Casiin, M’Fnrtand, M’Muriric, Malone, Matthias, Muhlenberg, Myers, Packer, Robertson, Sander son; Shimer, and Siifer—2G. WMttgery Dolling Over. Our opponents in New York Slate, oaya the Edit ion Argue, have got themselves into a delightful must inreg-trd to the next Presidency. Tho wooley head under the command of Seward and Greeley are leaving no a(ohe unturned to curry the delegation from that State fur General Scott, while (ho friends of the present administration, with an eye on the spoils, that (bey aro now enjoying, have raised the banner for FrtLVoßEsnd fight with dor poration far their friend and patron., At a meeting of the young men’s general committee, held on Tuesday evening a resolution indirectly, favoring Mr, Fillrooro as the candidate, was adopted by a vote of 22 to 33, after a. fierce and exciting debate. Tho fight between tho Scott and Fillmore men hasaraus ed tho Webster wing ofthe parly, who held an lin menso meeting on Friday evening, and nominated (heir fovorite. Tho call for the meeting waa signed by nearly 9000 names, principally commercial men who dovpiao Scott as heartily aa they do hie aboil (ion loaders and adviser*. Unless many of their names are fictitious, Webster, ought to be able to carry the oily, but the Scott men confidently claim tho whole Slate and from present appearances they will succeed. With the voles of tho Slates of. New Yorh, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, there can no longer be any doubt (hat Genera) Soorr will bo the next whig candidate (or Prealdonl. So put your "soup" to boiling, boy>, and the democrats will take care that the dlah la properly aoaanned. Tho Post Office at Franklin, Venango county, Pa., was burned on the night of tho 4*la Inal., destroying several moils together with $9O worth of stamps and all (he P, O. books and papers, alio the private papers of Mr. Wvaoßßt the Postmaster. About $7O in gold was found in the ruins. Dr. Biunorctu, of pill Tame, has bought thei proj>- .erly bounded by. ; Brbadway; Canal and Uspenofd streets, N. Y., for $190,000, and la going to erect a grand building In which he will establish a bank, of which he. wilt be the principal stockholder and President. Not Far mom nr* Truth. -r Tho mailer vice of the age; on oiohenge eays, Is beggary. Everybody la trying to ride on. everybody's shoulders. There Is much truth In the remark. The vloe Is not only manifested in every private buatnesi, by the applloa (lona of tho ar'ual needy, but our State and National Assemblies are crowded with beggars, who hive not poverty ts an exouse for (ho gills which they ask of those bodies. The national wealth can ooly accumu late by industry and economy. What is given away | without an equivalent must, therefore, be- the loss ofi the Industrious and ftnga), and goes to pamper idle ness and extravagance. 1 MAItOII—APPIIOACII OV iPItINCU •'March, month of "many weathers,'* wildly conic* In hull,and mow, anil ilirsalcnlnd hums, Ami floods." March la a rude and boisterous month, poisoning (na ny of the oharoctorlitlos of winter, yet awakening llto Amsatltfn of tpringt for It give* us the (Vrct trfr nuuncomonland laiio of It. Whom heart doe* nof delight at the Ural glimpse ofbuds and green herba i It ii like a new Ufa infaaod Into our boiottft. it epirfl of tenderness, a buret of froahnoae end luxury . of footing posaeiaee u>; end though many spring* have broken upon us,'<Ais spring,this jog, unlike 1 many Joys of time, le not an atom impaired. T’hofe ie ■omolhlog In the freshness of the s6ll-*lri'the mossy bank—tßo balmy air—the voices of bird**- ' the early and flowers, that, in efilte. of alt ting at a deek In a darkened roort),brln£ de In'mind of the spring time of life: ' •■Sweet season! appealing V- To'fancy and (baling { • Da thy advent the emblem of alt we would brave } Oi Unlit more than vernal, .■ . Thai day-spring ei»>rnal t Which ihall dawn on the dark wintry night of the grave I" Distribution of Public Landi. • v An emondenl of Mr. Underwood to the .bill, intro duced In the U. S.Senateto donate pobtlo lands to lowa for railroad purposes, proposes a.distribution of all the public lands, among the seventden old etalee of tho Union. The twelve land states, California and Texas are excluded. Tho lands are lo be nsc'd far purposes of internal Improvoment/or dfddbbktion , within the several Stales, as the Legislature thereof may direct. The division is as follows; To the slate of Ms Inc, 583,040 scree. To (ho etalg of Vermont 313.920 sores.', . To'the state of Massachusetts 994,240 teres, To (lie state of Rhode Island 147,520 acres,' - To the state of. Connecticut 370,020 uorcs.. - To tho slate of New York 3.097',260. -To tho state pfNew Jersey 499380 ncrea. :^ •„ To (he stale of Pennsylvania 2,311,630 acres. - To the stale of Delaware 90,560 acrcs.- To the stale of Maryland 546.860 acres. - To the stale ofVirginia 1,231;68U acres..' To (ho stale of North Carolina 753380 acres. ■ . To the slate of South Carolina 514,940 acres. . To the stole of Georgia 753.380.acre5. ' To the state ofTenticssee 906.566 acres; land To the slate of Kentucky 897-320 acres. '• Tho dosigu of tho abbve'dlslrlbution Is to assign to tho old Stales, land equal in amount |b one aero to every inhabitant, according to the census of 1850. Tho Impostor Arrested!' . Baltimore, March 21.— I The Rev. J. W. Green, nr the impostor calling himself by that title, who swindled so.many persons In Philadelphia by pro* tending lo be a secret agent of the Post-office De partment, was arrested this evening at Barnum'e Hotel, by officer Zell of thlsciiy.and officer B|ack burn, of the Marshal's Police of Philadelphia.— He has been committed lo prison, and will betaken bn tavPhiUdelphiaf.to-inorrow morning, by officer. Blackburn, who has recovered a of property, obtained in Philadelphia' -byhta swind ling operations. Green's wife and three children wore with him at Barnnm's. " Three trunks and a bureau, belonging to the parly, containing ahum ber of watches, and a variety.of valuables were found concealed io-ihe eastern section; of-the city. The* prisoner confesses bis guilt. Fortunes Unclaimed—A committee of .the New York Legislature, after an Investigation into-the trust funds of the Chancery Court, have reported that there is nearly a million ahdahalfof dollars riqw ,; held in trust; and that the rightful owners oC warty, a million of (hit large unknown. Serious Clisaae.— A correspondent of the Harris burg itlrgraph charges the officers of.tl'iq lute Slats Agricultural Fair with imposition'and fraud, and with having appropriated the funds ofthe SueielyW their own pockets!' This is eeiUinly a bold assert.! don, and one which the officers, of (ho Society should,., not rest under. -Lot the items of the expenses ofthe Fair be published, end then every one eon see ; in whatmannor the funds were expended.‘We rfd'free' to say (hat the expenses of the Fair, as published by the Treasurer,- are enormous, but yol they may-have' Lccn necessary expenses. Give us the items'—that is the only way to explain; the matter, in o'salisfad*. lory manner* _ ‘ - (CJ'Tlie Hartford Times says that John Bi GbhgtrV (he famous temperance lecturer, contends that the Mains I-aw won’t stop intemperance, beoanse it per mit* all td keep'as much intoxicating liquor hribctr cellars as (hey please. . . Q3"The Now York Tribune is among the -pro* • scribed newspapers in France. Copies sent b/ mail* to that country are confiscated. The TViTune it has done its best to deserve this treatment. . Fat Salaries.— Jerome Bonaparte, brother of.liitf Emperor is Ffosidont of the Senile of France, and Governor of the Invalidcs,' with' salaried that amount to 810,000 nnnuilly. ,J I '* ' * dj“The tendencies of the ego are towards refine menl When a man now a days .winhes to comma'* nicato the intelligence that a daughter his been added to Ilia family, he merely Bays lhai hie dome*' tic affaire have reached ! ery tii. (Xj’A correspondent of the Pennsylyanian names Andrew Stevenson, of Virginia, fur VicerFresidunk A very good man. Ctmrous Stort.—We eeo if slated in some of onr exchangee that Lout* Napoleon has denunded-of the. United States gdvernmonl the relroccaajon of Louisia na to France, and the refunding of the money paid by the French government to the U. Slates during (he administration of Jackson. . It is estimated that 1,500 persons, mostly clerks and merchants, will leave St. Louis (his spring for California. ’ . " ' ■ Baltimore for Cass.— A letter, dated Baltimore, March 18, aaye—At the election, he’d yesterday in this city by the Democrats, for delegates lo the Slate Convention, to appoint delegates to the, National. Presidential. Convention, every ward elected Cass, delegates.' ‘""'S “Mr. Drown,.why do you wear I hat bad lu(7" “ Because, my dear air, Mra. D. vow* ahe wilt net* go out of the house with me until I get a new one.*' Gkttino Stai.*.—' The matter of directing letter* to the “prettiest girl" In a certain place, la getting entirely too common to bo considered funny. On the 16th Inst., by, the Her. MervinE, Jqhrv. alon, C. B. HkOman, Esq.,, to, Mlaa , Mary, eldest, daughter of Dr. J. Armstrong,, and. great, grand-, daughter of Oen. John Armstrong, oho of eera of PenneyWonia, and a distinguished oftyber |n the Indian and Revolutionary wars. i; . On the 11th inat., by the Rev. A. 11. Kremer,Mr« War. Noaui.a, of South Middleton, to Miss Susan Mom.**, of Silver Spring Ip. On the IBlh Inst.,* by the same, Mr. Eliianan W. Sowin, (o Miss Fanny Dkar, both of West Penn*' boro 1 , . ■ On the S3d Inst., by the same, Mr. Jeremiah Woklkt, to Mist Sarau Shokmakkr, both of'.Weal Pennsboro* township. ' ■ . On Thursday the 95th of February, by the Rev* O. 11. Tiffany, Mr. Moasa Brioser, or Cburchtowo, Cumberland county, to Mist Hannah R.YeoNo. or Carliate. ’ . B entire. On the 17th Inst., Sarah, daughter of Edward and l Catharine Weakley, aged 1 year, 4 months, and 9< days. In Philadelphia, on (he 18lh Inat., Mrs. Alick KctPßßt, wife of Mr. Wm. Getty, formerly of Pitta, borg, in the 951 h yeir ol her ago. ,
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