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. ,