THE VOLUNTEER.
John B.Dr.tton, Eflltorantl Praprl.tbr.
CARLISLE) APniL I, Ilia.
Presidential Electors.
OENATORIAtii
' GEORGE W. WOODWARD, ofLmerno.
WILSON M’CANDLESS, of Allegheny.
ADDITIONAL DISTRICT.
IiOBERT PATTERSON, of Philadelphia,
," . DISTRICTS. ", #
1. PETER LOGAN, Philadelphia.
2 GEORGE IX. MARTIN, Philadelphia,
3.’ JOHN MILLER, Philadelphia.
4 F W. BOCKIUS. Philadelphia.
I;R. MofCAV, Jr. Delaware.
6. A. APPLE; Buoke.
7. N, STRICKLAND, Chester.
8. A. PETERS Lancaster. . ,
, 9. DANIEL FISHER, Berks.
10. R. IS. JAMES, Northampton.
11. JOHN MoREYNOLDS, Columbia.
13, P. DAMON, Tioga,
13. H.C. EVER, Union.
14JJNO. CLAYTON, Schuylkill.
15. ISAAC ROBINSON. Adams.
16. HENRY FETTER, Perry.
17. JAS. BURNSIDE, Centre.
18. MAXWELL McCASLIN, Greene.,
19. JOSEPH McDONALD, Cambria.
SO, W. 8. COLAHAN, Washington.
21. ANDREW BURK, Allegheny.
22; WM. DUNN, Mercer. •
23, JOHN 9. McCALMONT, Clarion,
24. GEO. R. BARRET, Clearfield.
■ im CkW*V«UHNtNU»M, '
WILLIAM SIIARIGHT, of Fayette.
[tpyYt* are indebted to Hons. Lewie Cass; Richard
Broadbead, and Jamee X. M’Ltnahtu, Washington,
for valuable public documents. : ~
are indebted to our friend Dehuff, Asets*
taot Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, for
oopiei of important bills.
.A Monstrous Stock of. Goods.— Tho. largest,
handsomest, and cheapest lot of Goods that ever ar*
rtted in Carlisle, have just been received and arc
dqw being unpacked at the cheap Store of •Ooilbt.
These, goods have evidently been selected from the
“top of the market,’* and are rare, fashionable, cheap,
and embiheethe latest styles. Mr. Ooilby and bis
accommodating clerks, ate proverbial for their suo*
etflV in modo, and accommodating disposition, which
dr Itself le an important considbrollon. Soo his ad*
verUsemeol in another column, nod then go and see
Snow BeEf.‘— Tho finest sample'of rare beef that
has been offered for sale in oar market for a long
time,'wassqld by John D, Noble, stall No. 12, yes
terday morning. It was enough to make the mouth
of an cplcore water to look at. * Such besfis seldom
found in our market. Tho bullock killed by Mr.
Noble . was a beauty—exceedingly fat, aleck, and
healthy—and -weighed, clean meat, 900 pounds.—
Mr. N. will have more the same superior beef on
. next-market morning.
-■-It.-fl r-.’ ! ■ - ■
. Thieves a sour— Look Out!—On Saturday night
tail (be dwelling of Mr. Andexw Blair, of tbit bo*
rqufcb, wke entored by burglers, who purloined from
pf bir Seofelary $6O in speolo, a watch,
and a quantity of silver ware. Tho scoundrels ef*
Jested an entrance, by forcing the look of the cellar
door./ ’
Another Romxrt.— On the same night tbe smoke
boose of Wm. M. Biddle, Esq., was robbed of Its
•dnteoUi consisting of dried meal, &c.
Still Another Rossert.— On Monday, night the
•meka hoots of Mr. Holmes Blair was entered, and
>wv wtuiig iuvir
doors'at night. Out town U cursed with a number
of tbiyveii and .robbers, who are, it is believsd, or*
ganlssd Into a band, and are ready for any and
everything. Every house keeper should prepare to
gnsrd against Ibtse desperadoes, by keeping con
stantly on hand' a good revolver, or some, other
'effective Weapon. A night robber, if he can be caught
lo tbe aet» should bo shot down-on the spot.
Post-office Appointment.— Tbe Postmaster
General hat. appointed Anson P« Norton, Post
matter at.the Carlisle Springs, this county, vice
David Cornman, resigned. .
Tub SusaUEUANNA- River.— The Susquehanna
rlvfcf It, at present, in fine rafting order, and the
lumbermen are taking advantage of it.' Large num.
bars of them have already passed Harrisburg with
rafts' bn their way to market.,
Tji«. P*«H#rLVANiAN.—Wo are glad to tee that
Messrs. W. V. M’Kean and Wien Forney, bate re*
tired from' the editorship of the Philadelphia Penp
tyltanian, and ire succeeded by W*. H. Horx, Esq.,
of Bsllireore. For a oomber of years Mr. Hopt» was
the able aseooialo editor of the Baltimore Argut , sod
is well known as a bold politioai writer and orthodox
Democrat, We hope the PenftsyJtonion may regain'
the oonAdaoeeof the Democracy, and ro-oitsbilih
the character its former dislingoiahed editor, John
W.FoUKit, had established for it. Under the eon-
Uol of .Mr, Hope's immediate predecessors, it was
ralhar a wsak mssT, and Its boyish editorials affor.
dad evidence of the want of ability on the part of
those who catered for Us columns*
ItiacaxL Suoscximon.—The Pinna. Farm Jour .
*u»f ssys that the citizens of Lancaster city have
rtissd by subscription the sum of 89,500, to socuro
tho holding of tho next State Agricultural Fair io
that oily. This amount, H says, can be considerably
increased, if necessary. What would Carlisle bo
willing to contribute, for the same purpose 7
03*We learn from Harrisburg that the hill intro*
dnoed by Mr. Donum, to compel *lho Cumberland
Valley Rail Road to keep the fences along their said
road in repair; and requiring them also to erect cat*
tie guards at public and private crossings, has passed
a final reading in (he House. This will be gratify,
log intelligence to farmers and others residing near
(He roll-rosd, and particularly tothose who have had
oa'ltie killed by the cars. We hope (ho bill may also
pas* this Sonata without a dissenting voice.
Accident at Grmrasuaa.'—Wo team from the
Gettysburg Compiler of yesterday, that a melancholy
accident took place in that borough on Friday leal.
It occurred In the taking down of (he south'wall of
the CathoU° Church, at which (he contractors for
1 fbr the erection of a new edifice, with a number of
banda,'' were engaged. It seems that whllat prepara,
lions were being made to throw the wall, It All
pcrmalurely, and, sad to say, Mr. Henry Bollinger,
a moat eaUmsbta and. highly respected young min,
and Charles Ruokmaater, (a colored man,) were In*
ataatly eroehed to death beneath It. Their bodies
were eery soon rescued, but lifeless, and so awfully
mutilated at scarcely to ba recognisable.
Toukh Qoa.TT.—Tba trial-of tha Baonsssrs—
two brothers—fcrthe murder of the Jewelry boy
X,mIAN, a few weeke elnee, whloh hee ooeapled the
attention of the Quarter Session Court
pbla for eererel days, terminated on Monday, by a
verdict from, the Jory.bf "gnlllv of murder in tha
first degree.” Tbs brothers will therefore bo hong,
Godsy's, Graham's, Bsrta2n's,and Peterson's Ms.
guine»i for April, are out, and as attractive as avar.
IMFOBTA** MMiaACUrt >
publish (o dsy a very able Mesnge from Gov.
Diolrr, to tho Legislature,, on (lie subject of the
finances. Like everything from tho pon of our dis
tinguished Executive, ll is plain, clear, and soitsiblo
The suggestions contained therein cannot fall to bo
highly advantageous, If carried out in a proper iflari
ner. In reference to our finsneosfor the current year,
remarks the Democratic Union, (his message makes
a very favorable exhibit, showing that there will, in
all probability, be a surplus of receipts over expen
ditures of $300,000.
In reference to the management of the public
works, (ho suggestions of the Governor are of the
very .first importance, and if the Legislature fails to
carry them out; the people will know.where tho
responsibility lies. '
For the last three years the Canal Commissioners
hayo been struggling to have a sufficient appropria
tion made to pay off' the old 'debts on the public
works, but the Legislature in their wisdom have in
variably out down (be estimates of the Canal Board,
by which means tho dobls of ono year aro staved off
and'Oerried into a succeeding year; and tbe Com*
mooweallh has invariable been in the position of a
bankrupt manufacturer, who ha* to pay fifty per
cent, more for inferior labor and raalerldls, than the
man or the company that buys fur cash. ' .
Let the Legislature make provision for carrying,
out the CASH SYSTEM on the public works, end
our word for It, the repairs will bo made with mdeh
greater efficiency, and the expedUures will be reduced
thirty per cent.
Every good business'man .knowa the importance 1
oftbia system, and It is almost a* universal rule, that
the manufacturer who deals for cash succeeds and
makes money, whilst tbo ono. who does everything
upon credit, drags on for a few years and then fails.
Wo regard this ns of more importance than all tho
schemes that havo beco introduced into (be Legists'*
tore at the present session.
.The public works of Pennsylvania are just begin*
ning to yield a proper revenue, and tberois every
reason to believe that a few years Will make them
highly productive.
Tho recommendations of the Gov. in reference to
the completion of the North Branch canai and the
road to avoid the Pottage planes, are also of the first
importance. Both these works should bo finished at
tho earliest day practicable, and wo trust tho Legis.
Uturo wilt not fail to make appropriations to comploto
them.
All experience proves that (ha North Branch will
bo one of oar most productive improvements, and
that it will open up one of the richest mineral regions
-Thiajiaiiatfiqinolcled k aDd tho northern
qoal region of Pennsylvania will soon bo r as active'
and prosperous ae (be Schylkill and Lehigh regions
now arc.
In reference to the Portage planes, it is apparent
that It will be as* great a matter of economy to avoid
them ae it was to avoid.the Schuylkill plane; and if
we expect to do the great carrying trada of the Weal,
that le now pouring in upon ns from the new aven.
i aea just opening up, we are bound to place this road
on the best possible footing.
Tho suggestions of tho governor In reference to
special .legislation, are not less important lb an tbo
balance of tbo document, and U entitled to equal
consideration.
This whole message is of (be highest interest, and
we sincerely tidal that U may have its proper influ*
once upon (ho Legislature
Whig Slat* Convention*
The Whig Slate Convention assembled at Har
risburg on Tuesday, a full delegation from every
district of the State being in attendance. Hon.
William Jessup, of Susquehanna county, acted
as permanent President, supported by a large num
was carried to proceed .pid« voce to express the
preferences of the' Convention for a candidate for
the Presidency ; when Gen. Winfield Scott re
ceived 113 votes, and 5 were given for tho *• nom
inee for tho National Convention.” Ex-Gov,* Wm.
F. Johnston, Morton McMiciiabl, and John C.
Kunkel, wore appointed Delegates to the Nation
al Convention from (he State at* large. Joseph
D. Simpson, Esq,, is the Representative Delegate
for this District, At the evening session, on the
third ballot, Jacob Hoffman, Esq., of Berks, was
nominated as the Whig Candidate for Cana)
Commissioner, which nomination was unanimous
ly ratified by the Convention. Alexander E.
Brown, of- Northampton, James Pollock, of
Northumberland, and Samuel A. Purviancb, of
Butler, were appointed Presidential Electors for
the .State at large. James R. Davidson is the
District Elector for this District. A series of res
olutions were dnanimhusly reported snd adopted,
and tbe Convantion adjourned tine die with nine
cheers for Gen. Scott.
From Hsrrliburff.
Little of a public nature is doing in the Legisla*
lure, In (ho House on Saturday, Mr, Bonham, from
the Committee of Ways and Meant, reported tho
General Appropriation bill.
Mr. Hart, from tho simo committee, reported a
bill to teaao the improvements oflbe Commonwealth
for a term ofyoara.
In tho House on the 29th, the bill to provide for
(he election of a Stale Librarian for the term of throe
years, at a salary of 8850 per annum, was taken up,
and after debate was negatived.
The resolution for the payment of the expenses
attending tho reception of Louis Kossuth, by (ho
Legislature, amounting to some 81500, was taken
up, and after a great deal of wrangling, referred to
a select committee of five, by a vote of yeas 43, nays
A Koborr's Mistake.— A lady in Louisville, Ky. t
Was rubbed a few nights since by a fellow who so>
cretod himself hi her chamber until she hod retired.
The box containing her jewelry, and that containing
her rouge were Just alike, and the thief look the
wrong box. She looked pale on discovering her loss,
bat her color oamo the next day.
QCj*Sloomboat Navigation on tho Delaware river,
bolwoen Easton end Lamborlville. has at length boon
successfully commenced. The Bloomer Major Oar.
not loft Easton on Monday, on her regular trip, with
$6 (0‘74 passengers and freight. The boat connects
at liambortvilto, with the railroad line fbr Phlladel.
phis. It will run regularly three lima* a week, each
way, aa long aa the water keep* up.
SoutiiCarouna.— The South Standard, (Charles,
(on,) announces that South,CatollnU will not aland
aloof from the Presidential oonteil, hot will support
the beat candidate ahe ban find. It Indicates Ddob.
anon. Douglass or Dallas, aa thß man.
CariTAt PuitranuENT.— A report of the Select
Committee to the Legislature, on the Abolition of
Capital Punishment, says, that in fifty-four years
seventy persona have been executed in this State for
murder. Of one hundred and eleven persons who
have been charged ’ with‘ murder In Philadelphia
county, only ten were capitally convicted, throe of
these woro pardoned, (wo died before sentence, and
only five were executed, being one In twenty-two of
tha indicted. The committee after s careful conild.
oration of (he subject, have come to the conclusion
, that the death punishment, ae a penally for crime,
ought to ba abolished. <
Nothing of pubUb interest transpiring In Congrosi
For the Volunteer.
, . PbAIHVIBID AOADBSMV* ,
Thef closing exorcises on Thursday, March 35,
gave universal satisfaction. During (he day the
students wore examined, and we must say that
(hoy acquitted themselves admirably, reflecting
dfedit Upon their inslruotors. Tho exercises of the
evening excelled any thing of the hind we had
otor witnessed. The speeches wore rood, the di*
afogues (some orlglnial,) were betteqif. possible*
In this Institution we.have an evidpace of what
may bo dono by one individual. Six years since
Prof. Burns came into this neighborhood almost
unknown. VVhon hp, expressed hja intention
of opening an academy’ih the predefil location,
the wiseacres shook their head#. They thought
such an institution must bp in a village. Time
has shown that Prof. D. was right |n. preferring
the country. Each session ha* shown an increase
in the number of students. flow. they amount to
nearly forty.' To pur.olly friends we can truly
say a more desirable location iannot be found.
Omncs.
LOUIS NAFOUCOH.
The London Correspondent ollho Nations! Intel*
Itgenoer, in speaking of Louis Depoleun, says “alto*
gother the position of Louis Napoleon, la a very
precarious one, whether contemplated under its home
or its foreign relations. At hone he is universally
regarded wlth distrust, even hy tboso who immedi*
atoly surround him and do his biddings. Abroad he
is looked upon as si mere and his warlike
designs, which would bo improbsbb were ho a pru
dent and a wise man, are not altogether without
foundation.”
It .seems to «• to bo impossible that ho can be'
viewed otherwise than with distrust even by those
on whom be is disposed to confer ftvors, as his
course of conduct’ hasbeen l eufeh’ f ab‘H banish oil
confidence,. ; Ho Jras betrayed Ihp .trim. reposed in
him, end violated the. oath or .office, wlioh ; ho took,
and of course cannot be relied on, as b any ptofes
sioDs which he may make. His situation Is no doubt
erilioal, and a day may put an end to hi'a power and
to bis life. He is. (oleroted at present; but the
French people cannot long endure liii-Intolerable
despotism. Vengeance may slumber for a lime, bet .
it will be sure. He has not tho kffeotlons of the
people of France, nor can be long retails tho allcgi.
anco of the army; for.he has not t lhe commanding
talents to dazzle them with glorioni exploits, and
successful stratagems of war. Bhtnld the nation
remain at peace his tyranny will nol'bo' endurable ;
and if engaged in war, some successful general will
arise to “push him from his stool.” ;
If-he bo looked upon by the dcipbtio powers of
Europe “as a mere' adventurer,” they may not be
disposed to assist him in retaining his’Usurped pew
.pU.agd.vef4oLopo6d.onl t that, withbttt/Uidr active
interference, he cannot, .long., tyUhiftitlg' popuur
clamor.Wo believe that be ithateo,(ao4 it may
be, feared to a certain'extent,) by (hs. intelligent
portion of the French people—and lhafj id soon as
this feeling cap be concentrated in aofth,'be trill bo
ovarth'rawn. '.Should such bo the cast, (iia fall will
> excite no commiseration either at honu or abroad —
■ for be ii looked upon every where ei a |erjurod ly.
I rant. He haa succeeded in silencing tho public
press, and evan in suppressing the privatf expression
y of opinion: but (hose restraints will be forcibly re
-1 moved, we suspect, before the expiraltoi of tho pro*
* sent year, when a oonvulsion will take place. In
deed we are surprised that a rising of the populace
* of Parle has not already occurred; built will come,
' and, like a whirlwind, sweep him fnm power, and
overwhelm him In ruin'.
Sncoa or Mu. Bonham.— The last Ktystont coo*
tains a very able ipeeoh of J. Etui Bonuam, Esq.,
delivered la Ibe Ilouee orjleprcseDlatlves, on the 3i
March, on the' Bill to repeal tho Gth Section of the
Act of 3d March, 1847, bettor known as the ofaslruo*
lion law. We.lball'publiah the •gaecKjMreafter.—
“Mr. Bonham*! apooch on tho bill (o repeal the
tlzlh sootion of the obstruction law, wo earnestly
commend to Iho attention of all who'dcilro- to tee
correot views of (ho compromise measures passed by
the last Congress, and the'obligation resting-upon
all citizens to aid in tho enforcement, to tho loiter,
of tho only one remaining that has not been czccu
tod and that is not irrepealoblc. In an especial man*
nor would tho circulation and reading of this speech
in the South open Iho eyes of tho ohlxbns there, to
the truo position of tho northern democratic and
whig parties upon. the groat question of Southern
rights, Mr. Bonham strips the sophistries from tho
arguments by which ez.GoV. Johnston attempted to
justify his hostility to the repealing bill, gives the
true reading of the opinion* in the celebrated Prigg
case and a sound construction of the effect* and ro.
qoiroments of the decision mado therein, places in
the clearest light tho positive duty of repealing (he
obstruction law, and ezpose (he baseless nature of
tho constitutional objections that have bebn raised
against tho fugitive slave low. It is a.fpoech calcu
lated to* dispel fanaticism, and to do much good by
Us practical teachings.*' ■
Fillmore and Webster Col. Webb, editor
of tho Now York .Courier and Enquirer, ,lho roan
who gave the name “Whig** to say*
Fillmore woold be'beaten In Now Yqrk, If nomi
nated for President, from seventy to one hundred
thousand votes. The Republic, Mr. Fillmore’s
organ, sneers at this opinion of Webb’s, but Webb
says, the Republic knows the truth as well as he
does, only the special organ has not tho independ*
ence to admit it. T
So far, Webb Is right, we verily believe, or
somewhere In tho vicinity of right. Rut when he
goes on to flatter himself, and toll his readers that
Webster hss tho best show for the nomination at
Philadelphia, the Republic can return the compli
ment, and tell him bo knows belter, only, as a
partisan of Mr. Webster, he has not tho candor to
admit tho truth.
“Hastt.”— lt, is said that General Soott has writ,
ton two loiters en Native Americanism—one in favor
of the foreigners and ono against thorn. In this
instance ho is very much like tho India Rubber Man
In the show, tyho, after twitting himself into every
possible slispo and form, ended .tha porformano by
■wallowing himself.
Fatal Accident.— Al Harrisburg, on Friday |«ai
■a poor follow by Iho name of Christian Troupe,
white endeavoring io cross (bo Cumberland Valley
railroad, at Second alrool, with a carl load ufoyalere,
waa run overby a (rain of oire coming down tho
grade. He waa picked up and found to bo dreadfully
mutilated, and died aoun after .tho accident occurred.
He leaves a wife and several email children who
ware dependent upon hie exortlooa for support.
Thd Philadelphia Hotela are drowdbd’ at tho pre
•ent time with stranger* from all parta of the Union.
A number of merphanla from Cleveland and other,
pointe of the West, are now purehaeiog tbtlr spring
enppliea, who heretofore purohaaed their ‘good* Ih
neighboring marketa.
W. H. Cowan, Esq., a Lawyer and member of tho
Baltimore bar, while out a since,
aocldoulally aholJamoa Sooll, who died faaianUy,
leaving a wife and family. . . ; «
DTThe N» Y. TVfbun* establishment haapurohtaed
a preaa capable of printing 16,000 ooploa of that
double eheat paper In ah hour. ,It J a Bl id ( Q bo (He
fastest In the country.
John Randolph Benton, eon of Col. Thomaa Hi
Benton,died euddenlyjit B|. Louie,on tho ITiti'ibil.
The man that don’t take a paper waota lo know
if General Bootl wean'l taken at the battle of Wat*
orloo. Rather Aaafy.
Jlctoc Ktema.
Charitv.— ‘“Charity dovereih a multitude of elns.”
All those who are desirous of living well, and blest,
ing their kind, arc slow to beliovo ovil reports,or cry
down their follows.' Honest expostulation and kind
reproof, are always proper— noble—good—but the
Jealousies of social, life, which so often exhibit Itself
m (he backbiting, and mean personal remarks, to
the injury of Individuals, is most roprebenaiblo.
Trust not to each accusing tongue,
Aa most weak persona do;
But still bollove that story wrong,
Which ought not to bo true. Sherman.
CtiiiTAJAL Captured.— Lalor Intelligence from
Northern Mexico, haa been received, to the effect that
Caravajvt, the leader of the recent .revolutionary
nioVemcnt,bad been captured Harney,
and broirghtasaprlsoner to Brownsville. It appears
ho was making (be territory of the United Stales
his open violation of public law.
Another. "Coo? d’Etat” Expotbd.— Our, latest
advices from Eorope slate that rumors wore spread*
Ing on all sides that .the Empire' of France will be
declared-oh tho SOlh'of March.' On that day • the
Eagles are to bo distributed to the army,-the present
Senate and deputies and the garrison of Paris, and
report says that, by "an unanimous shoot, Loola Na.
[tolcon will bo declared Erpperor,. .A ne.w app«'*l to
the nation wilt (lien bo made to'ratify the deoUra
lion, which will no dotibl bo carried.
Mortalitv amono Generals.— Within tho -five
yopra which.havo'elspsod since .the commencement
of tho war with Mcxicono less thah thirteen Amor*'
lean Generals have departed this' life; viz :—Taylor,
Worth, Mason, Brody, Kearney, Hamer, Hopping,
Belknap, Dunoon, Croghan,,Brookis, Arbucklo, and
Whiling, .
TxaaißLK TaaflßDV in Virginia.—Six men and a
woman, emigrating lo.llio West, were massacred Id
a house In' Doddridge county, Ve. tasl week, by an
other emigrating party who put tip at the saino house.
They robbed the murdered party of 123,000, and
made their escape. -
Anathemas.-— The Baltimore Clipper hopes the
m an,who won’t pay the printer “may be sunk deep
in a stagnant poot,to bo nibbled to death by tadpoles.”
A Texan paper ejaculates “may ho’ have a scolding
wife and a smoky chimney, ond ruby his days be
many.” The Brownslow, Whig says: “may he, on
pulling on a tight bool, find a'llve hornet in the bol.
Ism 1”. May he bo redo on a rail, after getting his
boot oft 1 , with the sharp edge up, with a bushel bag
of sand tied to each leg.”- ; '
Hkavy Black .has ob*
••tnod a>6r«lloTof SZOiOOO against the Now Orleans
and Carrolton Railroad Company, forlnjurics to his
little son, occasioned by an accident on their road
which happened near Greenville, La., and was the
result of caiefeesocas oa, : lho part of tho Company’s
agent.- , , . - , ....... ...
A SroNKT Wive.— A certain Amor Hamilton ad
vertises that his wife Morey, having left hie house
without jail cause, he will pay no debts .of her con
tracting. Whereupon that lady comes out upon him
without mercy; and declare “if lie will pay one hun.
drelh part of (ho debts for me that' I have ntreody
paid for him.ln dollars and cents, It would, be enough
to support me decently, (without work,) the remain
der of my Hfo.”
Accor PasajDßNTiALCandidates.— Casa and Web.
ster about7o; Houston, Scott, Maroy and Butler,
over 60; Buchanan, 02; Lane, 50; Fil!inoro, fi9 j
Douglas about 40.
A Sliest in tub Wind.— A Kentucky editor make*
the following statement;
w Oar stock of paper bas fixated out, or nearly so
.?fa‘<wnC."'4’RWJ\la9; 8f
will bo; and Ibo editor is tight t or may bo before
another supply of paper is obtained ; hence we pub.
lisb a half slicotlnsledd of a whole one, and nxoludo
(herefrom everything except necessary news, non.
senso.and new advertisements."
Bank Not* Pestilence. —Tho Cincinnati Enquir
er, In noticing the statement of Dr. Buckler, ofthsl
city, that small pox Is often communicated by moans
of small notes, says:
“Tha toller of ono uf Iho bank* of Columbus, an
estimable young man; contracted tho disease by hand
ling a batch of bills which tnd been transmitted
from this city; whorb llio small pox was then quite
prevalent, and in. malignant form. The young man
died—and, by such a seemingly harmless channel
of communication, was that loathsome pestilence
the cause of a family losing their main slay In life.
(O’Tho Superintendent of Commun Schools of
Pennsylvania has decided (hat the 9300 Exemption
law dost not exempt property from levy and sale fur
school lazes. It has also been decided that the
certificates of school teachers must bo renewed an
nually, and as no certificates, cm bo given except
upon actual examination, it follows that all teachers
muil ba cxtmlnvd mnually,
03*It staled that Oov. Kossuth ?hss rented a
large warehouse, 9 miles from Cincinnati, to furnish
employment for Hungarian,refugees. In tbo manu.
focluro of saddles and accoutrements,
CJThe first of April la an awfully sorry time.—
The ory on every hand fs, 'pay whut thou owes!.'—a,
Bib|o‘injunction of no small Import,
A young monied lady named O’Oyrne, attempted
to oommlt suicide in Baltimore, on Monday evening
of lust week. Tho departure oflwr husband for
California was the cause. • • -
If all the money c<st away for rum in this coun
try. in the last two years,were accumulated, |t would
expel wsnl from every door,and leave a surplus
•ufllciont tb pierce the clouds with a monument to
Washington.
(O' A qrszy Englishman, whoso offer of marriage
was rejected by tho ceunleas do Boosnhe, hss left
her COO,OOO frances by Itji will. . .
The law against the circulation of foreign small
notes in Delaware goes in operation on tho first of
May. The penally is slo,‘
Tho Common Council of Now York, has paid a
a bill Iho past year of two hundred and forty one
dollars for hid gloves.
03 On Thursday week a Ihlle daughter of Car.
pentor Taylor, of Lancaster, waa accidentally burn*
ed to death.
' There were 534 birth* at *ca on board of veaiela
which arrived alKew York duribg the yoar 1861.
A min In Maine applied for two gallona of ram
for "mechanical purpose!.” “For what mechanical
purposes," taked the agent. "For railing a barn,’ 1
waa the reply. ■■ ■ « .
Mr. Format, It ia aaid, haa made complaint* of
perjury againat about throe quarters of the.witness,
ca In the late divorce suit.
The Boston Lantern la aa funny aa Punob, though
U haa ona failing—U make* light of everything!-*
We clip from It (he following hint to the Bloomers s
tn'Romo do, aj they 'do In Rome,
Take heed what you're about—
If you would wear tho pants el home,
You must not wear them out.
A writer In a city paper ii very much opposed to
the nomination of Fillmore (or (ho presidency, bo• I
oeuee (he sold Fillmore has not the moat remote
ohence ofbelng elected. The tame reason applies
In a goojl degree to the whole bsloh of whig espl
ranta to that high ofaee,'ao they bad better not be i
nominated—any of them. - I
PACTS AND PIGUBBS*
The following extract from the letter of Oneernl
Charles il. P.ualoo, ono of the üblo Democratic mom
hors ol Congress from Now Hampshire, (o Ills oon'sll*
tuants,fully cxpoiostho Imbecility, oiltovcgtnco and
corruption of (be present Whig National Admlni*
(ration,-and tho necessity there fa for a change In
our, ru lei :' v
Tho Whole coil of the .Government during the .leal
[ year of tho Mexican war.undcr a Democratic admin*
[stralidn, was only $57,45L,iy9-aboul $11,000,000
more than that of last year, in a lime of profound
peace. Our public debt, principal and inloieat, la
upward* 0f5134,000,0U0 : but still the adminietra
tion say not a word about reducing it. With them
a public debt Is a public blessing. .England has a
targe public debt, and our England copyists think
we must have one. Not any intimation is heard
about reducing our yearly expenditures; (which as
wd have seen, are almost $50,000,000;) on tho con
trary, open'schemes ore dn’fuol to mako bad worse.
All .this the people sea is wrong.
Tho people are .dissatisfied : with the Executive
.weakness and indecision, ( lHo lassitude and,debility,
and wliat is of greater'moment, the ettbaoryleney to
•British and foreign interests, which have character,
i zed the administration. They dappl wish or .expect
anything but a manly , and, prompt .enforcement of
ourrights,.and only ijsk.ihjt rorosgn.,natlpns .shell
be' taught-to remember,.that, tbp flag of, sUrs.and
stripes like the eagles of,Romo, when her greatness
overspread tho wotld.’ls the proud symbpt of p Pow.
er no. where lobe violated with impunity., Blit time
will flol allow m« to dwell upon tho weak and, pus*
.ilhinimous. conduct of ih'o odinl»islru|lop.
foreign tlff-iir*. , lt *
The people oro brgmihg fusee, too,.lhfil,unoof l|)s
prV.uni Federal Adiilinltlf.lfoh, tlicro lia. boon Ipo
much plundering of the Trcusu ry | too much.
orisrrf .and Galpliinlsm } too much- corruption..and.
bribery among men in higli places of the Republic;
too exclusive an, administration of pur Rational af*
fairs upon these ‘seven principles, which form tho
basis of the party in power—namely, the five loaves
and iWb fishes. They have seen tho GAUitm oper
ation carried out under tho Toylor.dynasty, whereby |
a member of .the cabinet received frorp l|ie National 1
Treasury ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR HIS OWN USE.
They havo I seen the Gardiner .operation carried out
under the,.Fillmore -Administration, whereby (hoy
have good reason to believe that a member- of tho
cabinet got upwards of ONE HUNDRED THOU 3
ANb DOLLARS from tho people’s Treasury, for
his own privato purposes., They have seen the al*
lowanco by this Administration, of the Barron Pen
sion claim, by which friends of those who arc Invest.
ed with power, have illegally and improperly received
thirty thousand dulln'rs.on n pension claim which had
been long before adjusted and settled under tho
half pay law! The Chickasaw claim, by which
eminent tanker* In this city received from (ho
Treasury one hundred and ‘twelve thousand dollars,
of a fund belonging to n tribe o( Indians, known as
the Chlokiisawi., .The Uaroou*Claim, under which
eight hundred thousand dollars' wefts paty from .the
Treasury; when In fact those most conversant with
the claim, arc of tho belief Mint Mr. Ilargous,could
norjurtiy’aemßntr'.ntotuTtiniri'igitiy nitfussnti, and
for carrying which .claim through, the counsel cm.
I ployed, received pne hundred and -twenty thousand
dollars, and, as Is believed, by most, a 'member of tho
cabinet received thirty thousand as a county) fee fur
his services. Tho people havb’heard of'thb Meant
claim,bhd the'Lpggbl claim,'by‘which other liras’
aniouuta’ were ‘pillaged’’from,.the Government by
■peculators, who oftentimes have brought up these
demands for merely nominal sums. Those are some
of tho reasons among others why the country every
where. Is so dissatisfied with tho party in power—
tho spoils parly* only held together “by tho cohesive
power df public plunder.” A resolution introduced
by Mr. Fuller of M-ilno, his recently pissed the
House of Representatives, calling on the Secretaries
of Ihe difffronl Departments, for a list of the claim*
allowed since 1848, which will undoubtedly present
some startling facts. The groat mas* of our people
feel lint under tho existing Administration, the Ex*
ecutive power, llio power oflho General Government
'is advancing with' rapid strides; that tho morals nf
our Government are becoming-more corrupt { apd
that unless this downward tendency Is' ipbedily
arrested, our liberties will bo lost. I use these last
words with a full-appreciation of'their ' Importance
and significance—‘our libtriiei to ill be lott .* History
is full of examples, illustrating and enforcing this
groat lesson, that extravagance and corruption will
computed with dominie corruption. The littlo
Bli(cs‘iif Greece, while they remained virtuous, and.
ajdot.t lovers of liberty,'were an'uvcrmnlch for all
Asia. They afterwards. yielded to tho. power of
Macedon, but it was not until the gold of Philip had
penetrated into (ha lienrl of Greece, that .his elect
could triumph on (ho fatal Held of Clitoronca',
Virginia Democratic State Convention*
Richmond, March 20.—The proceeding* of the
Democratic Convention, now in session in .this
city, have been conducted very harmoniously to
day. The {perils of the various Presidential can*
didateshavo not been discussed—only vaguely
hinted at.
The Convention to day appointed fifteen elec
tors, and authorized the Central Committee to ap
point two for the State at large—claiming for (he
State 17 electoral votes. A series of resolutions
Was adopted. The Ist reasserts tHe principles of
the resolution of *9B and '99. The 2d maintains
that Congress has no power in appropriate directly
or indirectly, the proceeds of the sales of public
lands. The 3d declares against a protective tarUT.
The 4th lakes the ground that the Federal Govern
ment should, In its foreign policy,, adhere strictly
to the maxims of the “Father of his country, 1 * and
the Father of Democracy. The s|h reaffirms the
principles of Ihn Baltimore Convention of 1844
and 1818. The 6th recommends the appointment
of 4 delegates from each district to the Baltimore
Convention. ' Th«*.7th approves the modeofvot
ing heretofore pursued by the Virginia delegates
In the Baltimore Convention. The Blh snys that
the vote of Virginia in the Baltimore Convention
ought to be given for the candidates who «Un com
mand the greatest strength in the Democratic par
ty, 1 and whoso principles'are known to conform
most strictly tg the cardinal tenets of the Demo
cratic republican faith. . No address was put
forth, and after the adoption of the resolutions, the
Convention adjourned,this forenoon.
*• How Jenny Fixed It*
The Now York correspondent of the Philadelphia
Saturday Despatch gives ua the following glunoo ol
Jenny Lind's husband and the way in which she
fixed the preliminaries. Thq description of.Olio’s
character is loss. (Uttering than some of his lady's
admirora' would wish, and Jenny Is shewn to harO
exhibited the same colonon in her love affair that
has all her- business transactions.—
She possesses a groat deal more than Yankee
shrewdness: j;
"Mr. Goldamldl in ■matl.lhln, weak human'ar*
tide, eiUemoly inclined to toko ciro of himself, and
hoe just ipoHtotiEed from the Jewish faith to (he
Christian. Ho won Jenny by an assiduity of niton.
(lon that waa boyoad oil parallel. He never left her
side. Hor tastes wore his, her opinions were h!s
own. |And in wedding him Jenny firmly end legally
airangod all her property ao tln.l her husband will
never be able to (ouch a penny of It, and eubmila to
such u weekly \a)lowanco of pocket money, etc., os.
in her judgment hla’onnduol may deserve. These
are all facte and you may depend upon them."
Storm tN Illinois— Loss ior Live.—A' singular
etorm of wind swept over Dunokteo'e Grove, eighteen
miles from Chicago, on-the ISih. lis movement
was rotary, (he (rook very narrow, and unaccompa
nied by (bunder, lightning or rain j
Tho house and barn of Mr. Ebene*zer Dunoklee,
and also (he barn of one of his neighbors, were in
th« track ofth. ilcrm, and wore 101 l .hepeloe. ha.pa
of ruins. In Mr. Dunklee’i house eighteen persona
wore aeeomhled. It waa a kind of family meeting—
four ofhla niarrlad children with thair Ikmillaa hay.
Ing'errlveddri a yi.ll that day, 1 - •
. Suddenly, and without premonition, the' luiu.o waa
lillad aoveral feat from lie foundation, and wan
oru.hod In tic fall. Mr. Dunokloo we. killed In.
elenlly. A eon In lew hed hie foot broken!,end wee
1 eorlone Injured In hie heok. The remelnder.ee If
by mireole, eeoeped with only ullght oonlneinne
The entire Ihrnllnro In Iho honeo wee oruehed
Twenty eheup belonging to Mr. Dunokloo wore elan
killed, end Iho wind tore lie wey thrnugh the grove,
levelling Ireea, fencei, end yrh.teyer other nb.laol.
it oncounleted. • ■
guilt and dlood.
Wo Ollp tho following dotalli of a blood/ tragedy
from a laic lowa paper. Tho occurrence took place
in Muaoulltio county, lowa, on tho 3d uli t.
Somo.yonri ogu, it aoome, a (non named McCoy
waa n day laborer for a respectable citizen of Musca
tine county, mimed Nyo. Between llio serving man
and Ibo ninployor’e (laughter sprang up a passion,
which reaulled in on elopement end insrrioge. Sub*
ecquontjy, McCoy removed to another county, and
become He shcrilF. In (ho spring of ’49 ho wont to
California, leaving hie wife and four children with
her father, Mr. Nyo. lie wee •ucocsaful in the land
of gold, und remitted considerable some of money for
the support of hie wife, through tho hands of* gen
tleman holding e judicial, alalion in ftfl;ndJoining
county. Some months since. McCoy returned with
a handsome fortune, but, to fill eurpriae, when he
met his wife, she received him pith odldqetfe and
aversion. The cause was soon by her
own itpii absence, she bad -become-lhe.mii*
tress of the individual through Whom aho received
the correspondence and .remittances’of-her husband,
tand an infant then at her breaal was tho pledge of
her infidelity. McCoy immediately resolved to lake
his four children and. return to California, in the
month of April meanwhile Buffering them to
'remain will) their ronlherjst her father's house. On
the morning of. Wednesday, the ,3d jnslant,.ho.re
paired to the house of, Mr..Ney, to takeaway his
children; and their grandfather being away,'Succeed,
ed without difficulty.' Mr. Ncy,on his return', was
furious on learning the event; and at once slatted off
in a wugmi in the pursuit, accompanied'by .a.'iqn in
law named Patterson.!; Overtaking the; wagon In
wliioli rode McCoy apd-Ilia children, Nye al ibncb
leaped to the ground, and, adVuneingfdeirtSnded their
immediate release. McCoy .told him id stand-back,
declaring if he touched them he would be shot; /Ney
still insisted, exprcasing.a 'determihalioD to
' have them out or dir: ho was. again warned .to eland
: back several times, which she heeded not, but canto
up to the wagon and look hold of Ihootdeslchild by
the arm, when McCoy shot hlm.-Nye then picked
bp a club and struck at McCoy,wnoishot himtwice
in succession. McCoy was in the wuron at Ihc lithe,
standing over his children. Nye conSrit him,again
i with llio club, and waa.shot a fourth time.. Patter
son then look hold of McCoy, and Nyo again-come
nl him, striking hlmsevoral limes with bis falub.—
Having lost his pistol, McCoy, after.disengaginghim
self, drew a bowie knife, sprang toward) Nyo, and
slabbed him in the breast—Nyo still endcavor.tng to
strike with hie club.. Ho.was stabbed three limes—
the third, look effect io the shoulder. , When tho
knife was removed, Nye fell to theesrlhi and dipir
ed almost Instantly. Witnesses describe the conflict
as short, bloody and decisive; each combatanl acen).
ed firmly resolved to conquer or die, and their riavo
inenta were so rapid, ood in such quick subclasion,
as to preclude the possibility of successful ihtdrfcr
enco by the spectator*.-1 r, v.f j’w.l
McCoy and Patterson both rcceivcd Jnjorics—(he
foimor slight, and the latter having his collar bone
broken by receiving blow* intended for the funner.
McCoy govo himself- upland- Ir now awaiting his
oum.ination,.which -will lake,,place as Boorves, Mr.
PuUcrson is sufficiently recovered to appear in the
wilhcss stand* - - >•
Tremendous Conflagration tn Philadelphia-*
On* Million Dollars worth of Property De
stroyed. -■
The-iilosl’ disastrous fire'that lias oecbrred'‘ih
Philadelphia--Vince thb imemoroblVfire’bf July 9lh,
1849,t0nk place on Sunday morning Ust.ai an early
hour. ■ The whole amount of properly destroyed is
estimated to bo at least at one'million,of dollars.—*
The fire broke out in one ol a block of llorcsexien.
ding from Sank aireet to Strawberry Wed, a ’die*
lancfa of about two. hundred feet, between Chesnbt
and Market, one of the heaviest business places in 1
our city. t
The Are appeared to -be In' the basement ofthe
store of A. L. Lewis & Co., No. 11 on'Dank aircfel
and No. 12 on Strawberry. Tbie warehouse’was
well stocked in ul) parts With the ihosf taluablb
articles, consisting of Kndn and woolen - goods;'the
whole-being increased recently by heavy iritpnrt'a*
lions. The stock was worth about' 6375,000, and
was nearly covered by .insurance in twenty one offices
in the United Slates andßurope. In the opper pArt
of this building was Stored alx hundred packages of
foreign goods, under custom house'lock'and hoy. : ‘
Messrs.<3thon-& Co.'occupy tho sturesdjoing the
above on tho north. The dounrof their building
were forced at an early hour, and when it w&a found
impossible to asve the building, tlia firemenand
po'ico Carried out tho greater portion of their goods
ami them tu iha sloieaun the opposite side of
the street, and in other places of safely. Their slock
was valued at 6150,000, and consisted moi-tly of
domestic cotton and woolen goods. Their loss- la
mostly from they are fully'covered by
insurance in different offices in (hia city and to the
eastward. '' ■ -i’.,, •
The second story was occupied by Messrs. Wyclbj
Rogers &, Co., dealers in lacs’nrid fa hey goods,
whoso stock was valued nt $lOO,OOO, bmrerv liilto
of. the goodi was rescued; it being impossible (or tho
Bremen to gut into the apartment, in ouhsrquenco of
the amoho and heat.:- The loss is nearly covered by
insurance. *Jho; largo store No; )3 .Bank and 14
Strawberry street, was occupied by Sttiarl'Ac Broth
ers, heavy -dealers in fancy and - staple gedds of ell
deleripiions, , Their stock wse raided at •450,000,
on Ivhich there ' was an insurance of $300,000* In
different offices in this city. New Yorlr t 'si}U other
eastern cities, as-well as in Europe. - t ,'r.
Tho store No. 16 Strawberry street vrsr occupied
by Messrs. G. M. Davit &, Co., dealers In fancy'and
Stuplo goods of all descriptions, . Their building was
only partially destroyed* tho fouilh snd fifth stories
being considerably burned. Their slock of gbods
was aUo large; but* the most of it was sited* with*
but trifling damage.- We are unnblo 16 lesm thb’
citeni of tho lots, tho-value of the stock; or tho'
amount of thcr insurance. , -
Tno Throe large store* occupied by Mfttirs. S|ua?t
&. Brother, A. J. Lewi* * Co.Gihon *Co., were
owned By Moa*r*. Stuart* Brother.- They were
valued at. $80,000) and were fully-ineured. ‘ They
were fire proof, construolcd thrnughout'in the bioat:
approved stylo, end each furnished'with htgo firb
proof bo fee.. Tho first atoriee were all of grunhe;dnd
the upper once of brick • : ; f r
; Tho firemen, atsislcd by the Marshal's Pollceand
tbo Night end D.»y Police of (he M»yor*e department
labored manfully to confine the fl.mce to thoboild
ing in which they. originatedi -The combuatiblo
nature of th« goods waasuob the! the Ore.-foti’tlmß
appeared to be bayond-conirol. • The he«t.th{own
out from the burning good* woe.so in(enae>«» to rc*2
peatadiy drive the firemen and police from tho aeoho
of action-with bliilcrcd hand* and faces, and tinted
hair. ' , «. . v
' The firemen were prompt to duly’ after ilia alarm
waa given, and hundred* ‘of valorous deeds were
performed by them, which would make one feel
proud of-lhe department. A number had their hand*
burnt; many Wore in service twelve hour*, and twd
members of tho Philudolphia hose company lost a
gold watch each, in the confusion incident >tb inch
an occasion.' » ’ -,, -.m ■ ~s
iNTtliueoT Dxvxt.orxiV ar Labor. Are labdr and self
otilluro Irreconcilable with each other T—lnlhefiret
place, wo have eaen that a men 1 . in the mlditbria
bor, may and ought to give Himself to (he moil Im
portant Improvement*, that' ho may cultivate ;hld
•enae o( juatioo. his bonoTolehce.andhladeeiro'Cf
perfection. Tot! Is tho school of thciohighprlnoh
plesi-and wo have hero-aatrong presumption that;
in other respects, it does not necessarily blight the
•oul. Neat, wo havo seen that the moil ftuhftl
eouieea of truth and wisdom are‘not-books,'prdolbud
at they tro, but experience and observation; and
thoae belong to all conditions. * It Is another Impor
tant consideration that almost ail labor ddmende In
tellectual activity,: and is boat carried on by iholO
who invigorate their minda t ao that the tWo inirealb.
toll and lelf.ouUure, are rrlondetooaeh other. Ill*
mind after all, which does (he Workofibe’world* eo
that (be more (hero la of mind, the moro work will
bo accomplished. A man, la proportion he la in.
(elligent, makca a given force accomplish a greater
taek, mokce skill take tho place
leli labor glees • bolter product. Make men In.
lelllgonl.and they become inventive;' they findehorl
er pruceaeee. Their knowledge uf nature help# (hem
to (urn its low* to account, ta understand thesubilab*
oeaon which they work,ana to seise on ueeftil hints,
which experience coatinuilly furnishes.' It is among
workmen that soma of tho most useful machine*
have been contrived? Spread oduoallon, and, *• the
history of this country shows, (hero will bo no bounds
to useful invention.
Oii.dmrl all Iho .(Tool uf Ilia eloquent eulugle.
upon Ihe beautiful Spring, line been completely de>
■lroyed by the oold weelliqr of the put Keek-all no'
lure loobe ea olieerlu.e yel ae in mldrwlnler, end ne
oon’l dlrcern e Iranii of the flowera, which ware prom.
7 * r ‘ n ° 1 ' Ul lu,,r WrtlfK