THE VOLUNTEER.
JotmJl. Bratton, Editor andProprletor.
OABbUbBi WQVBMBER I8Ca«
TmNXsoivimi.— Tbit day (Thursday 25tU InsU) it
tbe lime appointed by the Governor to bo observed
throughout the Stato at a day of Thanksgiving and
Prayer. Public, tervicet will be held in til the
ohorebet in Ibit place.
Psara' or Ex-Ootkßfcoa Suui/ra.—Es-Govoroor
-Jobn Andrew Shall*, died, al hit residence, Lancas
ter oily, on Thursday bf last week. Hit ago wat
76 year*.'- —
. lt on a visit to Vicksburg, Missis
sippi. Wo believe ho own*.* valuable pianlatioo in
IhalSute. '.'
Wq-Jeain fltpnj the. Methodist Protestant that the
Protestant Methodista have commenced a movement
to build op a college in Alabama. About. 630,006
Were’promptly raised at-the alert. One gentleman
Abner.McQaboo, Esq., neat Montgomery, Alabama,
-contributed ten thousand- dollata in the form of an
bndownrent.
iiktkcn ot Pnokitx Cass.—Susan Marla Learned
has obtained a*verdict against Alfred W-atkyns, of
Albany,for a'bleach of promise of marriage, of 63,.
500.
ibanbary jail, Conn.-, has been rather notorious,
u beirig remarkably easy of egress, and that fact
baa made Fairfield county a favorite compagno
ground with rogues. In one case the rascals passed
■ vote of thanks to the keeper before they broke out,
ond in another, ono of a gang refused to escape be
cause it was too easy.
At the October election, the Whig majority In
Cheater coonly, wta about 600. Immediately after
ward*, the Whigs of Philadelphia, with the GrlaneV|
Food, got op a barbecue at Valley Forge, to enllght
the pebplo of Cheater coonly. The Presidential
election came on, and the Whig majority in that
ooanty fell to 180. Iff there had been another Whig
barbecue, the coonty would have given a handaoroo
majority for Pierce.
03“ The official vote of Maßaachusolla, for Elec
tors, shows that Col. Greene of the Post, ran* some
1100 below Gen. Whitney, the other Democratic
Elector at large. Thla only proves the truth of the
old adage, that the tree that bare* the boat apples is
the most dabbed and stoned.
Mail Robberies—Arrest.—A letter, dated
'Washington! Nor. SI, says—Letters, containing
money, haring frequently miscarried of late be*
tween Richmond end Baltimore, Mr. McGuire,
the special agent of the Post Office Department,
on Friday, mailed a decoy letter in Virginia, ad
dressed to a banking-house in Baltimore. It con
tained tome worthless bank bills and a marked
quarter dollar. The agent on Saturday traced the
possession of the coin to Henry C. Weighlman,
employed in the post-office in this city. He as.
serta that he-teoeired it in change. He has hith
erto Sustained the most irreproachable character,
and bis friends believe he will be able to prove
his Innocence. Ho haa been admitted to bail to
mwah farther investigation.
£Hi«RATioir to Ltetau.—A letter from Haiti.
3let inst., says that the bark-Lind
■aiM /or.Ljbpria the day previous, from that oily.
She is (6 slop St Norfolk and take on board 170
more, for the same destination. Bishop Scott, the
Rev. W. Horne, the Rev. Mr. Scott end several
ladies go but to Liberia in the same vessel. The
brig Shirley will sail on Thursday next, with
another parly of Emigrants.
Escape or a Bank Robber. —We learn by a
latter from Norfolk, dated Not. 20, that John W.
Rand, who robbed (he Portsmouth Bank, some
lime since, made hie escape from the jail in (hat
town, the night previous. He was pursued as
soon as missed, but ho has not yet been taken.
Shocking Accident.— A letter dated Bethlehem,
Nov. SO, says—An accident occurred here this af
ternoon, which has thrown quite a gloom over the
tcwo. The Democrats, in order to manifest their
gratification at the result of the recent Proaidential
election, had arranged tabavo a torchlight proces
sion and festival heie this evening, and this after
noon several persons commenced the celebration
by firing a salute. Unfortunately, one of the men
working the cannon, named John Roth, wore a
pair of cotton gloves, which caught fire, and in
Charging the gon caused a premature explosion,
which horribly mangled himself and another per
son, named Wm. Bush. Roth had both of his
arms blown off and his eyes torn out, besides re.
(reiving other wounds, which render his recovery
impossible. The other unforlunaie man may pos
sibly survive.
In consequence of this accident, the torchlight
procession was postponed.
Rags amvcKNA Locomotive and a Flock or Geese.
Tbs Rochester American has Ibe following inch
dent s “Coming up on the express train, the other
day, it so happened that on leaving Fondi, a flock of
tom£ thirty wild geese swept over Into the valley of
lbs Mowbawk, just ss (ho cars were under way.—
These gesso being manifestly bewildered, kept on
steadily up (he river, but well over on the opposite
side oflhs Tilley, hence a good chance to compare
their speed with the “lightning train” was afforded .
At first it seemed to be about an “oven thing,” but
after t few moments il wts readily perceivable that
lbs geess were drawing ahead of the locomotive.—
Afters few moments the flock seemed half inclined
dbwn into the Mowhtwk, sod abated much
oflbelr speed—the engine recovering the Ibsl ground,
but Ibe geese thought belter of It—changed fVont,
sought a greater elevation, and pushed ahead again
in the asms direction of the train. Dy this lime the
race became quite exciting, and one could hardly re
frain fromjßcUlmlng.“go engine; pair in.goos,' 1
bat there was no need of exhortation, at both seemed
Idling on t about all they knew—the geese gradually
drtwiog ebesd till within a short distance of Lillie
Falls, when (lie bevy hauled up in (he wind's eye,
shivered a moment, sod stood down Ibe river egain,
having, gained In the race about two miles. Tbe
geese must have been going, when last seen, at the
rats of sixty or seventy miles the hour. This is Ibe
first race ws have seen between a locomotive and the
feathered race, and though the latter had the beat of
It, tbs former did well, considering It was compelled
In carry weight.”
Composition or the Moon.— Every object on
its surface of the height of one hundred feet la dis
tinctly seen through Lord Rosso’s telescope* On
lie surface are craters of extinct volcanoes, rocks
and masses of alone almost Innumerable. But
there are no signs of habitations such as ours, no
▼sstlge of architectural remains, to abow that the
moon is or ever was inhabited by a race of mortala
similar to ourselves. No water is visible t do ees.
bo river | all teems dfcsolate*
A considerable lias, It is said, has ukso place In
the tfddqntfteflP* river, and lumber Is aomlug down
galls rapid.
President merge and ms administration.
THd AWrifcan democratic principle never has
been better illustrated than by the recent election.
The great massesof intelligent-end honest oitixens,
after long agitation,-went pe'rfcelbily to tho ballol
boxes, and filled them to overflowing with' e'ofTVa*
gee re affirming (he force of the dorißtiUillon, (he
stability of the Union, the wisdom ol* economy in
publip expenditures, the Jostles of equal andJlghl
taxation, and the duty of maintaining with un
shrinking firmness, In the presence of foreign
powers, the attitude of a free and fearless nation.
That is the almost unanimous vote. It is as fnca
pable of misinterpretation as it is impressive.—*
Fbarblin Picbcs, of New Hampshire, is the typo
and representative of that vote, vindicating, in a
single day and at one broad sweep, the highest
troths and purposes of Republicanism.
- To use the language of the Harrisburg Keyttone,
an achievement such as litis election, rc-kindles
the confidence of all patriots. On the 3d bf No-
vember, the country, her institutions, peace and
happiness, were fell to be, at last and once more,
solemnly and solidly established by the people.—
.It waa no.equLvocal or partial result, about which
partisan critics could nicely cavil; bat a ponderous
judgment uttered so loudly, so distinctly, so final-
ly, as to carry conviction home to every man. If
over, in any sense, the voice of the people be the
voice of God, here it is I
The mission or President PtenCK is coraprehen ,
eively sketched by those remarks upon its origin.
All political parties are infested by eels of men
incapable of appreciating such a mission who
cannot rise above their own selfish desires:—who,
like the fly on the wheel, ascribe the vast revolu
tion to theit own buzlng—and who think the new
Chief Magistrate worth having only so far as he
caters to their Ihsatiate appetite for ofiioe. With
, a haste as indecent as audacious, they rush to his
' residence, or put' forth their self-nominating roani
-1 testos in newspapers: cliques and coteries assem
ble on corners to contrive modes of securing exec*
I olive preferences for the Patrortlo whom they are
subservient, and, affacon9eqUencc l forllVemBeWes,j
his backers: and he to whom a mighty people,
i with the sanction of their ineffaceable seal, have
'list confided their Union, and rerittwn, is
beset, circuitously dodged and* beaded', anil perse
veringly cob-webbed by legions of.crawllng but
nimble spiders who hope to use his noble functions
for the attainment of their miserable ends of per
sonal ambition or cupidity.
Still, we hove no distrust orfeai'. His immense
majority, both popular and electoral, places the
incoming democratic Chief far beyond the reach
of local faction here, there, or any whore. His
administration of the government, with such a
start, will bo up to and even with the purest hopes
of democracy. All his antecedents, especially the
training and exercises of tho stern, consistent and
radical school of New Hampshire, guarantee the
fidelity and straight-forwardness of his action.—
Tho personal qualities of Gen. Pierce, 100, as de
picted by his associates and neighbors, (for we
have not ourselves ever had the good fortune to
meet him,) inspire and justify unlimited confidence
in his being equal to his high calling: not readily
circumvented by those who, as the phrase runs,
strive “to gel him into their own hands but self
protected by that natural sagacity which instantly
uncloaks tho hypocrite, and that singleness of
heart which makes tho conscientious and inflexi.
ble performance of public duty a necessity of his
nature.
If President Pune* is to be embarrassed in
carrying oat the purposes of his multitudinous
constituency, that embarrassment will come at his
I very outset, from smooth-tongued and professing
| friends, and against this, wo think he must be
abundantly well armed. All of os remember how
sorely afflicted and seriously impeded even the
iron-willed Jackson was by Cabinet dissentions*
The Secretaries of the departments were, either
themselves looking to the succession, or were ar
dent champions of others who did: and bonce per
petual rivalry, not,lp advance the good of their
country and the fame of their Chief, but to improve
the prospects of a favored aspirant. It was the
recollection of this which induced Mr. Polk, st
the opening of his term, to announce an under
standing that none of his official advisers should
bo presidential candidates: an understanding,
however, which notorious proceedings, very soon
in the progress of his administration, led ua to pre
sume had been abandoned. President Pieros has
an immense party to select from: a parly rich in
abilities of every sort, and numbering in its ranks
the truest, sternest, best tried and most rolisble
democrats: sod such has been the universality of
his victory; so large have been his majorities in
almost all the Slates, that a special claim, on the
ground of service in (ho campaign, cannot bo ad
vanced from any quarter, without being manifestly
presumptuous and ridiculous. No choice was ov
er more national: and that enables, if it do not
oblige him, to fling aside all ideas of local or par
ticular obligation, and (o give himself, entire and
untrammelled to the whole American Union. |
Now that the great deed is consummated, it is
natural that the people, returned from the polls,
should speak of the glorious consequences they
anticipate. Speculation is rife In every direction.
All eyes are watching to catch the Aral faint streaks
of a rising sun; anxious that none of its rays shall
bo arrested by intruding vapors, but that it may
move upward and onward through its destined
course with undimmcd'brightness. Woe to those
who shall attempt to thwart this hope of a gener
ous and confiding nation.
Execution.— David WiUon, negro, who was con
victed si tho September Court for Howard county,
of rape on a young girl of about fourteen years of
• go, was hung at Ellicoll'a Mill*, yesterday, in pres
ence of ■ largo number of spectator!. A few minu
tes before his execution ho confessed his guilt, which
he bad always previously denied.
Retired —George Wilkins Kendal, of the Now
Orleans Picayune, is about to marry and retire to his
vast sheep railing farms in Texas. Kendal has
surely seen the world, and a little more ; is about
forty eight, and possesses a fortune of $lOO,OOO.
' Curious Suit.—A few days since, In St. Louis,
Missouri, a game chicken escaped from his owner,
ran into a drug store, flew against a boltls, up sol U,
and thus sot evaporating eight ounces of otto of roses.
The druggist has sued the owner of the rooster, lay
ing damages at 665, the value oflhe perfume wasted.
Vermont—Tn* Main* Law.— The petitions for,
the Mains Law. already presented to tha Legislature
of Vermont, are signed by thirty seven thousand
parsons, of whom seventeen thousand are legal vo
tore.
Tbs obsequies in honor of tho memory of Calhoun, 1
Clay, and Wcbater will take plana in New Orlosna
lon Tuesday the 9th oCDeeember.
,An exchange paper says "two, bouMi at Clnolo.
ball are now cutting np hop” It must be a light
I to css t Iwm tickle b (ki porktl tad dissect blow
DOCTEINES OF EOBESPIEEBE.
We never expected to eee the principles of Ro
bespierre quoted - with approval by ,thc editor of an
American newspaper* for they are calculated to
give to every humane man a thrill of horror* But
the editor of the National Democrat exhibits as
bloody a disposition as the French .tnopajer, and
would have hie Coarse adopted. He saye:
“The veins of the ‘royal linca* must be bled un*
til blood roHtrlike rivela through the'hing'do m s.—
Robespierrb orido exclaimed, ‘AIaS, there is no
hope for my dbhappy country until the lust drop
is emptied from the veins of tho'no^Jl^ly. , ; The
same truth applies to nearly ail-Europcalihe pres
ent day. 1 *
Now, says tho Baltimore Clifppft tfe Have no
love for the “royal lines*’* bni.wo should-bo sorry
to see a war of extermination waged-againel them.
If the true republican spirit pervaded the king
doms of Europe, the “royal lines” could be ren
dered harmless, without a general slaughter, as
is theoaso In England. In that kingdom iHe lib
erty of the subject is as well secured against in
fringement by arbitrary power, as the liberty
the citizen ie in the. United States; and justice Is
administered with: at least as much equality to
i The experiment of'shedding the blood of the
“royal lines” was tried la France—and what was
the result 1 The men who were concerned in the
massacre of the King, Queen and nobility, when
they could find no more royal blood to shed, turn*
ed their hands against their -fellow citizens, and
kept the guillotine in active and daily employment.
Among those most conspicuous In these wholesale
murders, was Robespierre, who is now held op as
an example for the people of Europe. Was he in
fluenced by the love of liberty 1 No. He delight
led in blood, and aimed at a control Which would
tenable him to shed it at pleasure; but public in
-1 dignation cut him short' in his career, by sending
him where be had sent so many others, to the
guillotine. The King and nobilhy either destroy
ed or banished, the people created a Dictator in
| the person of Napoleon. They exchanged one
arbitrary ruler for another—and the “liberty and
equality” for which the revolution was professed
ly commenced, were never realized. More recent
ly the experiment has been repeated, excepting
that life was spared. And have “ liberty and
equality” been obtained by (he dethronement of
Louis France at present, and
ihe question iff answered. Those who could not
endure the rule of a miljl king, submit with alac
rity to the dtdlaribn and arbitrary abts of a usurper;
and implore him to accept the imperial diadem, as
their master. The shedding of 4 the blood of the
“royal Udes” id" France, ha*, then, but tended to
the greater enslavement of the people. Nor Is
there any reason to suppose, that, if alt the royal
heads on the continent Wefe Id be struck d(T to
morrow, it would result in the establishment °f
liberal governments. The people-aro nbi qualified
to enjoy liberty.- They have been habituated to
despotic control, and seem to' love (heir abject
slate. If it were not so, and they were inspired !
with the true principles of liSerty, they would as
sert their rights, and compel their sovereigns to
grant them free constitutions. This could be
done without shedding all the blood of the •• royal
lines.”
A Noble Example.
Under this head ibe Middletown (Pa) Emporium
records (he following magnanimous act t
Mr. Gsobok M. Lauman, formerly of Middletown,
was called upon a few days since, as we learn, to
contribute towards" an ox Roast 1 ' and general jubi
Ice at Portsmouth,'ln honor of the Ule Democratic
viator;. With the usual well known liberality of
that gentleman, he gave two hundred dollars to (ho
applicants—to be appropriated, however, to the pur*
chase of flour and fuel for the poor of Portsmouth du
ring the coming winter, instead of the contemplated
rcjolceings. Such acts of benevolence and gen
erosity are characteristic of the man, end the ap
propriation thus made will no doubt be more satis
factory to the President elect, and the Democratic
parly at large, (Iran if the amount had been double,
for a different purpose.
Louis NAfoutog m New York Citt. —The Brook,
lyn Daily Advertiser, moralizing upon (ho rapid as
cent of Louis Napoleon upon (be ladder of ambition,
from positive poverty, to superlative grandeur and
power, recalls some of his reminiscences of his. so
journ in New York city several years ago. The editor
says i
** Whet strange events have occurred witjiin a few
years in reference to that man! We know him
whilst ho was residing in New York, at'a' Dodging
house in Reade street, then kept by a gentleman who
occupies a high official position under the French
Government. At that time he was very jyjor, and
very dissipated. Notoriously profligate in his habits
end without (he pecuniary sbility to indulge to the
full bend of his inclination the culpable propensities
which characterized him, ho was frequently expelled
from certain places in which ho obtruded himself,
and more than a dozen (hues was (he occupant of a
cell at the old jail in the Park, long since torn down.
“Nut long prior |o his leaving the United States,
ho was arrested for a misdemeanor committed by
him at (ho disreputable house of a woman whoso
establishment ho alien visited, and the writer of (his
article was employed professionally tiy him to save
him from (he threatened consequences of hil reck
lessness and indiscretion. We little supposed at (hat
time that tho thoughtless gay young man who was
then our client (and who is still indebted to us for
counsel fees and disbursements) would become l£m.
peror of France. Such, however is his “manifest
destiny but wo believe (hat his realization of hia
ambitious hopes and aspirations will but hasten the
fesrful doom which unquestionably impends over
him."
Washington Cut—The Hotels. —Strangers are
beginning to flock to Washington—and many who
have not arrived have engaged rooms. The Republic
During the coming season the many strangers
wlio will flock hither for business and pleasure, will
probably bo belter entertained at our hotels than at
any former period, judging from the activity on the
premises, with a view to the comfort of the expected
guests. Tho session of Congress, the National Fair
under the auspices of the Metropolitan Mechanics,
Institute, and the incoming of a new administration
will be the principal attractions, and concentrate
from every portion of the widely extended Union
persons of all funks and conditions. There is no
question that we will have an unusually interesting
as well as gay season.
Shameful Confession.— The Albany Journal, (he
leading Scott paper in New York, confesses (hat it
did no! expect to elect Scott, and that it deliberately
deceived Its readers. It says ;
“ To have expressed apprehensions during the heal
of battle would hive wounded the feeling* of the
ardent and wholly dlahcartened the watering : and
therefore we fbpght on blindly• deluding other* mod
half deluding ouraelvca."
Thla unhluahlng avowal of lU own ehemeftil con*
duet excola anything of the kind that we ever wit*
neaaed, always excepting the aimllar confessions of
IhbN. H. Slafeamap.— Concord i’flfrlot.'
The moil faalilonablo color* for bonnets,-in Parts,
are black, bluofgreeivand’llghl red a new
shade. Utce and'vcHel are the materials moat used
I for bonnets. For some lime it wis feared that abort
walala would bcvbasaumed,but thla is, happily opt
.the case. __
(£7* AI what tints ofiifd.rosy.a man bssaidlo bp*
Jong to ihtvsgsleMt kingdom? When lung tape
ricoce has mad# him sago.
JThba Jftcmsr. i
Gale an Labs Erie.—A severe (ialo on Lake
Erie commenced bn Thursday night, lllh inst., end
raged with unprecedented violence for 24 hours,
doing great damage. The steamer “Samson" be
longing to Wm. Buckley of Buffalo, was totally lost.
The steamer Propeller Globe, and the steamer St.
Louis, were totally wrecked, and a number of Uvea
wore lost. ,
New Party.— At a meeting of tho Webster Slate
Executive Committee of Masssohusatts, hold at Bos*
lon on the day. subsequent to the election, it was re*
solved to constitute the Webster organisation into
‘•An American Union Parly," and to "sustain any
National Administration, of whatever name, which
is practically conducted according to the maxims
laid down by Washington, and Webster."
Pigjron ln Pittsburg, bn Wednesday,
for $4O per ton. A few months ego,'it coaid bo
bought for $22. Tho Pittsburg Gaxotto* attributes
this great rise to the scarcity of the articles, many
furnaces being out of blast. This rise will soon set
them in operation again* The late rise in England
has also given pig metal a dl’afl In Ibis country.
Present to Gxn. Fierce.— The Boston Times
says: Wo learn that a.nnmbor of tbo patriotic citi
zens of Boston and vicinity are getting up a compli
mentary testimonial of their esteem for the President
elect, in the shape of a “mddbl’* carriage, together
with horses and equipage complete, all of New Eng
land production, for the occasion of his inauguration
in March next*
Keen Shaving.— lt is strange to what littleness
men will sloop to, mb a neighbor in (he matter of
discount. Tho Philadelphia' Ledger tells of a man
who makes it a practice to carry $lO bills on a cer
tain Bank, which he buys at 2 per dent, discount.—
He purchases an article for a few shillings and re
ceives $9 in good money as change. Adding $1 to
$9, ho buys another $lO bill for $9 80—Jhua making
twenty per cent, on each dollar that ho spends.
Melancholy Suicide— Mrs. Goutd, wife of Steph
en Gould, Esq., formerly of While Haven,Pa.com
mitted suicide at Williamsport on Thursday morning,
by culling her throat with a rotor. The unfortunate
lady had been subject to derangement of mlud at
intervals, caused by a sad bereavement which alio
suffered, aome years since, by the drowning of soveril
children In a flood.
Tut Maine Law Unconstitutional. —The Judges
of tho Supreme Court of New Hampshire have deci
ded that the prohibitory liquor law, passed at (ho last
session of the Legislature of New Hampshire, con
flicts with the Constitution of the State.
Tut Dirty Shirt Party.— The New Orleans
Della says, tbo Democrats can no longer be called
the Dirty Shirt Party, as, in the good old days of
Nicholas Biddlo and his Monster, it was fashionable
to designate them. By the lime they have their
beta all in, they will bo the bcpl dressed set of fel.
lowa in the city. AUeqdy yoti may dibtirtgulsh them
by the new and fashionable titles which they sport.
This thing of making one’* political opponents furn
ish his toggery, is only agreeable to “iho parly on
one part"—lhsl*t all.
Congress.— The next aosiion of Congress com'
menoes on Iho first Monday of next month, (Decem
ber 6.) snd will continue in session until tho 4lb ol
March, when Gen- Pierce will bo inaugurated as
President, and the (arm of the members elected to
the third Congress commence.
Queen Victoria a School Maru.— Ii is stated in
an English paper that Queen Victoria has at Wind
sor a Sabbath and a da; clssa of cliiidern belonging
to the domestics, to which she unremittingly attends,
when the Court is held there.
The Presidential Electors chosen in FonnaylvanLa,
on the 2d inst., moot at Harrisburg on tho Aral Wed
nesday in December, to give their votes. The El-
cctors in all the other Slates moot at their respective
capitals, on the same day for a similar purpose.—
The votes are sent under seal to the Picsidenl of the
United Stales Senate, at Washington, and on the 3d
Wednesday of February nezt, (hey are opened in the
presence of both Houses of Congress, and the result
officially declared.
California contains four hundred thousand square
miles. This would give eight Slates as large bb
New York Slate, fifty as large as New Jersey, and
fifty seven as large &■ Massachusetts. With a pop*
ulation equal per square mile (o that of No w Jersey,
California would support eighteen million* of inhab
itants; if equal to New York twenty millions; and
if equal to Massachusetts, forty millions—or fifteen
millions more than tho present population of the
entire United States.
Mrs. George Flick, while in « deranged State of
mind, drowned herself at Race st. wharf, Philadel
phia, at 3 o'clock, on Wednesday morning. She
had been partially deranged for three months past.
She wts married about two years ago and leaves •
child only ten days old- Tho unfortunate lady stole
from the house while the nurse in attendance upon
her was asleep, and her body was found st an early
hour the next morning In the dock.
Christian Baker was shot in Philadelphia on
Monday' by Maria Lena Maaser, a German domestic,
whoril heliad seduoed, and borrowed WOO from, and
afterwards refused to marry. She -fired a pistol af*
tkr htrp as he was leaving his mother's door. The
ball inflicted a bad woutfd os the .back part of the
head, but it is not dangerous.
A Whig contemporary, while looking at tbe rous
ing majorities against his party in moil of the Staler,
feara this will be known in history as the Big Lick
Campaign.
A Whig exchange alyl : “Wo preiumo Iho new
Preaidont will appoint IheZamrton Time* one of the
papere in which to pabliah two lowa or Ilia United
6tolea.“ There ia ono tiling certain, the Freaident
elect will not appoint any Briliah Whig to cilice,
while he will make thoae bounce who ere in.
The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellowa hare elected
Thomae Holm, Grand Warden, in place of George
It. McFarland, deceaacd.
The famoiia Capl. Parker French, at last adeicea
I from the Pacific, had arrleod.al Sant* Barbara, on
I board the American brig Harriet, from Maaatlao,
[with 75 Texan ICangera. The eoaool wan declined
for Ban Franolaoo, but waa obliged to put Into Santa
I Barbara in dietreae, thoogh it wax generally beliored
I that be had bribed the captain to atop there, being
1 himaolf afraid to land nlSan Francleoo.
The bronze cqnealtlan atatue of Gen. Jaokaon,
which ia being oaat by Mr. Clerk Millo, will weigh
about 35,000 poonde. It i* expected to be hniahed
and pot In lie petition at Fayette Square, Waahidg
ton, on the 6th of January.
The operationi of,the Cheater county Pa. Mining
Company conlinoco to go on with great aucceoa—
During tho laat week they turned out 750 nige of
j pars lead.
A soD*in law of Gov. Foote, of Miaoiaaippi, named
Thomas Carnal, wai killed on Monday el Kentucky
fiend, Mtav., by a young man whose father he wood.
ded acme lime since.
At a tale of wines In Baltimore, on Friday, some
of them brought as high as 160 per gallon, or £1,25
per wine gUss.
1 Hon. Jefiaraon Davis has recovered from hip re
cent indisposition by. which his eyesight wps' threat
«oed> •
3UI Sorts of fkragrapljs.
KxrxNsivE Boarding:—ln an article relating to
the Metropolitan Hotel, New York, tbo " Inclesldfi"
says:
"In tho matter of prices,'fow pay less than $25
per week j and one foreign emissary, who has taken
rooms fpr (he season, ts paying at the rate of $3O
per day, besides a very liberal extra'expenditure for,
(be very choicest of antique wines. One gentleman
pays $5O per week. The bills of others amount to
$2OO, $250, and $3OO per week. The bridal chain*
ber is constantly occopltd at the rate of $2O per
day.
It is also slated, that ".more people are tamed
away than are received" and that "rooms are taken
by letter and by (olograph, for weeks la advance,”
The proprietors should have procured a supply of
the wines sold last week in : this city, at $154 per
bottle. They could no doubt retail them out to
thoir customers for a dollar a drop : as those who
would pay the rates named Tor - board,would not
hesitate to indulge in wloe at that price. Of such
people it may be truly said," a fool and, his money
are soon parted." .
New York Congressional Delegation.— The
Tribune publishes a full list of Congressmen elected
in that Slate, at the recent. election, and classifies
them 21 Democrats, 12 Whigs, 1 Abolition,and 1
Independent Land Reformer. In (he 'present Con.
gross (be delegation stands 17 Democrats and 17
Whigt. The Slate loses one member nnder the new
apportionment.
The British. Fleet at Havana. —ln (ho pretent
sumewbat uncertain relations of Cuba, to the
United Slates, the presence of a powerfol fleet, in
the harbor of Havana, is naturally enough, giving
rise to surmise and speculation. Wo find this fleet,
enumerated in a Havana paper, as follows ;
Frigate Highflyer, mounting 20 gone, with PaU
bans.
Sloop of war Dauntless, 22 gaas, with PatXhans.
Vestal, (capacity not alated.)
Corvette Calypso, 7 guns.
Besides theso vessels, the lin of battle ship Cura
faerland was in the harbor—the only vessel belong
ing to the regular West India Squadron. The force
abvvo mentioned, therefore, Is something supple
mentary and extraordinary.
Fillidubters in Canada. —It Is said that 11 Lone
Star" associations have been established at Montreal
and Quebec, with subordinate lodges in other parts
of the provinces in foil correspondence with the pa
rent oluba In the United Slates. What will the Lon
don Times say now 7
Veteran Voters.— Oliver Graves, aged 92, Justin
Morton, Jigod 91 and Consider Morton, brother of
Justin, aged 94, of Wbatley, Mass., were born in the
same house, voted for Gen. Washington, and have
voted at every Presidential election since, including
that of (ho 2d inst.
Activitt in the Iron Trade.— Tho advanced
price of English rails kka had a favorable effect upon
mills in this country, and enabled some of (hem to
resume operations. The Montour Works have just
made a contract for twenty thousand tons with the
Penna. Central road, ot something over 85.5 per ton,
equal to cash. Ten thousand tons are tu bo deliver
ed thib year, and ten thousand in IS53'.
Washington Monument Fond.— Tho receipts at
(he office In Washington, D. C., from (he 15lh of
November inclusive, amounted to 85,574 72, of which
sum 81'415 Gd waa-from special agents, and nearly
all the rest from contributions at election polls in all
parts of (he United States- A’ couple of hundred
dalhrs of It comes from various places in Western
Pennsylvania.
Stock Cattle. —There tre between one atlif two
thousand slock cattle at the several drove sVandk be
tween Unionville and Parkersburg, and that the
drovers find dull sale for them, owing to tho high
I price at which they are held. The Checsler county
market is overstocked. We hear of at least one
drove, near Parkersburg, which baa been soul back
to Virginia.
Tin Meeting or Congees*. —Congress will reas*
somblo at Washington iho slh of next month, less
lun three weeks. The session will be s short one*
md unless the members commence work earnestly
hero will bo but little real business transacted.—
Fortunately the election is over, and there will be
but little occasion for partisan speeches, so that much
lime will be gained for finishing the business of last
session.
Dklawabe College.— Fifty thousand Dollars bsve
been recently subscribed, mainly by the farmers of
Delaware, to endow thelf College at Newark. It is
conditioned that a Professorship of Agriculture shall
bo at once established, which is to go into operation
the present winter. Delaware in this, has shown
enlarged views and a noble generosity.
PaETTT Goon. —The Madison co, N- Y., Whig
accounts for General Scott's defeat. In the fact that
his “ military career disqualified him from running 1"
le had never run, and couldn't learn bow.
Misstssirn Paving Ur.—A vote was taken lately
In Mississippi, in regard to paying the old Planters’
bank bonds, formerly repudiated which shows a large
majority in favor of the payment.
A Clay Monnmcnt Association has been formed
In New York, of which Henry Grinnell is President,
and Martin Van Daren one of the Vice Presidents.
It it to be auxiliary to the Kentucky Association.
Rev. Dr. Parkman, a distinguished Unitarian
preacher of Boston, and brother of the late Dr.
George Parkman, died in Boston, on Friday, of spo
pl.xjr.
Wu. U. King, Vice President elect of the United
Slates, was si Tuscaloosa on the 6th Inst., on a visit
to Genera) Thos. King, his brother.
The stamped envelopes which the new postage
law requires the Department to place in Iho hands of
the Postmasters for sale, will be in readiness in Jan*
aary. This practice will be a great convenience.—
It has been in existence In England, substantially,
for mere than half a century. •
Three cent pieces are getting -Into, very genera)
escalation, and have been found tu be.of great con.
violence in the making of small change. The mint
baa coined an immense jiurober of thorn but the dc
mand keeps pace with the supply.
Michigan was one of the Slates that was surs to
go for Scott, before the election. The returns show
that Scott has majorities in but two counties in the
Stats—loo In one and 50 in another.
The Buffalo Courier learns on unquestionable au-
thority, that General don’t think so much of
that “ rich Irish brogue” In Ohio, a* be did some
few days ago. He aays he “ don’t care a cuts how
wet and muddy the Cleveland people gel after thls.V
The ceremony of receiving the black veil took
place at the convent of the Visitation, in Baltimore,
a few dsya since. The names of the young ladioe
who received the. veil are Misses. M. Virginia Bun
ting. Caroline Pyeti, and Mary Tarleton, all of Balt),
mure. 1 •
jn the Penitentiary, at Columbus, Ohio, on the 2d
inat., a negro woe ebot for attemplng to take (he life
of one of tho goarda with a long bowle knife. The
guard puttwo balls through the body of the prisoner.
|le la not expected to IWe. '• •' ; ' •
The City Marshal of York h«* granted 5551 li
cences for puollti houses, from the Ist January up to
the present date. The amount received, for these
waefSM^
THB U«VOIt 111 BUnOIM.
oriNioNs or tdk stfrtaioK odour jooact.
' Tbo following is (ho opinion of lodge* Bell, feast.
man,'Gilchrist and! Woods, of (he Superior Court,
respecting the constitutionality otlbe Liquor Bill.
I. The Bill confers onjastlces in extent of author
ity the Constitution does, nol sanction, particularly
in respect to the power It gives (hero to pronounce a
sentence of forfeiture of liquors seised for a violation
of Ihb Law. ‘
11. The Bill provides fot no trial by Jory, or for
•ppea) and trial by jury before* hightrCourl, The
Constitution provides tbatin ell controversies eon*
corning property, tbd parties have a right to a trial
by. jury*.: •
111. Tho seventh section of the act oonfliotedireet.
ly with tKe Constitution of the U. 8- This section
provides that no action osn v be roalntaloiid Iq.any
Court in the State, either. Iti whole or In part for |q.
toxioiting or spirituous .in any other
State or county, o law of this State can deprive a '
citizen of the U. 8. of the rigty to enforce a eliim of
debt before the tribunals of the State!
IV. Liquors are. properly. The law in recognising
thchi as euch in the fourlh'abdton, when in tns hands
of town authorities for sale and meobobiealoie, can*
not, by tho force of a few phrases, make property
loso its characierwhen in pttior custody.,
V. Double or increased penalties in oases of con-
viction under appeal, because it operates'as a penalty
upon the parly claiming appeal, conflicts with his
right to an appeal, and cannot bo supported by the
Constitution. • ' • -
VI. Tho bill is designed by Us provisions (o de
mand escoasivciball-and render it. difficult for the
accused to-prooure sureties; If it had been added
jhal the accused should not baye the bencfilpf coon.
sel to defend him, the. parallel bitween the present
law and the practice in England In former days,
would havebe?n. completed. .
VII. The conviction of a principle through;, any
aet of boo ogenl, is hold to be unconstitutional. The
accused should be'cenfrbr.ted with, (ho ’witnesses
■ gains liim, says tho Constitution ; but the Liquor
Bill asya no, and is therefore opposed to the bCnstl*
lutionsl rights of tlie citizens* ’
VIII. The people hate *, fightto be secured a
gainst all unreasonable search of thsir dwellings,
and all search warrants,must be under oath, accord*
ing lo Iho Constitution; but searches and mrreats
may be made according to the bill without wananta
on nalh, and It is (has unconstitutional.
In conclusion the Judges 'state that some of the
objections are of the roost serious character.
CHARACTERISTICS OP GREAT MS.
Tasso’s conversation was neither g«y nor brll-
Dante was eihter taciturn brsatirics*.
Butler waa sullen or biting.
Gray seldom talked nr smiled.
Hogarth and Swift were very absent minded in
company.
Milton was unsociable end even irritable whan
pressed into conversation. ■ ■ •
Kirwin, though copious and eloquent io public
address, was meager and dull In colloquial die*
course.
Virgil was heavy io conversation.
La roolsioo appeared heavy* coarse and stupid |
be could not speah and describe what he had just
seen, but then he waa the model of poetry.
Chaucer's silence waa more agreeable than bis
conversation.
Dryden’s conversation was alow and dull, bw ho*
mor ssturlne and reserved. ■ *.
Descartes waa reserved in mixed company.
Corneille, in conversation waa so insipid that he
never failed in wearying. ■ He did not even speak
correctly that language of which'he Was such a
master.
Don Johnston used to sit silent in company and
iuck his wines and their humors.
Southey was stiff, sedate, and wrapped tin hi si*
coliolsnv.
Addison waa good company with bit intimate
friends, but in mixed company he preNrtod hlff dig-®
nily by a stiff and reserved silence.
Junius wsa so modest that ho cimtd scarcely speak
upon the most common subjects without « fuffusioo
of blushes. a , , . ,
Fox,in conversation,never uaggeoVmsanlmalHm
and yarjjoty waa inexhaustible.
Dr. Dcntly was loquacious.
Groilus was talkative.
Goldsmith wrote HkO an angel, talked, like
poor Poll. . „ ..
Burke waa eminently entertaining, onthdalsslio
and interesting iq, conversation.
Curran waa a convivial deity, he aoared Into every
region, and waa at home in them alt.
Dr. Birch dreaded a pen ea he did a torpedo; but
ho could talk like running water. 1
Dr Johnston wrote monotonously ponderously,
but In conversation his words were close and sins
wey; and if hit pistol missed fire, ha knocked down
bis antagonist with .the butt'end of I*.
Coleridge, in conversation was full of acuteness
and originality.
Leigh Hunt has been well termed the philosopher
of Hope, and likened to a pleasant stream of conver
sation.
Plemticrs of Congress Arriving.
Washington, Nov. 123.— The near approach of the
period fur the meeting of Congresa is bringing many
strangers to the city, and (he membera are beginning
lo arrive, Senator Douglaa has arrived, and also Hon.
Andrew Johnson, M. C., of Tennessee. Senator
Dodge, Sr., of Wlsconalo, hat remained at George,
town during recctfs.
OurnlDß, of the Wd/<itittr Cifuatf Prinfflr-
Pour Lives Loil.
WoRCCtTca, (Mats.) Nov. 23.— -The Worcester
County Prison waa partially dislfoyed by fire lhi»
morning between 12 and 1 o'clock. The fire had
obtained much headway when discovered, and the
greatest exertion was rendered necessary to save fhe
inmates, many of whom were still asleep Fodf nr
sane persona confined In the prhon were smothered
to death. Five men and twenty four.woihtn.vteie
rescued. The origin of the fire la unknown*-')
Uinta on Blannera* .
Never enter a house with your ahoea loaded .with
mud.
Always remove your hat or cap from| joqi liead
before entering a parlor.
Never rudely stare people in the face. But if yon
are conversing with any on? look him In the uco
with a checrlul,dlgntfied t and respectable assurance.’
To stare Idly or wildly at ■ stranger, or any ons*i
is exceeding impolite, a mark of ill breeding.
Do polite, modest, and yespectful to every one.
In going about the house, step lightly and quickly-'
Never walk with a heavy dragging step.
Nover go slip shod, with your shoes untied oK
down at (he heel. ' 1 ' ■ ’ * ' 1
Never sUra doors or window shutters.-; *i -
Be cautious and gentle in all your movemeD|s. a*
all poltlo and gentle boys and girls arc, , , r -
Nevet be olowqish. jSome rude bays seem Jo pride
themselves Id low vulgar tricka and cant' phrases/
for the purpose of exciting laughter. Foolish, par
sons may laugh at it, but persona of good common
sense look upon such behavior with disgust.
By all means never' gel m Iba habit ofsmoklng or
chewing tobacco.
Mobuon Toast*.—On the-Mth - of Jal/ f lhr fifth
Anniversary of the entranco of the pioneers In the
Great Slsli Like Valley* was celebrated tholorriiorr
with pomp and display. Brigham Yoog delivered
an address at Balt Lake ’City. 'The following »r®
some of the (oasts offered at the celebrated dinner r
. Brigham Young—He is all be Is, and who saya
there To a lien in the path. 1
Politics—'The pestilential•* itch M of Government,
*oarod only with hot brimstones Who scratches T
Lauyero— Cholera visible, following death on' tb*
pale horse, and emptying the pockets of'the rollers*
olff. - t ; . ! .• i • i, • ’ i
Tht Runaway Judges—May they go lo their
own.place, <ho|t.) t . , ' ...
Philadelphia, Nov. 25,1603.
. FLOUR AND MEAL—Therrl* . co.linocd e*
port for Flour, whit lalea'tt ss}'rocibi)>plnghrand*r
•tie* ofgood brand* for oil/ coniumptlon, a( Is| a
61- : Rve Fi.oua.—Small jalca al ♦4j l * 4L UoaK"’
Mkau— lt acarco and higher j Icatatlo of
GRAIN.-r-Wjifrr—Thero la a good demand fof
Wliodt, with' tales 1000 bushels old' Panns. white,
afloat, at 117 a 110 c ; 11910 was refused for a c*fg&
of red.- Paftna.‘|lVa- Is In demand at DOci sCoafs*
mixed tdd and; post nt 70o.;, OATa~SaI«« of Prim®'
Boulhortf at 470» and Penns< at 50c. . >1 j ■
• WmixaT—Salee ofbblu al'9oo f spd hbdaa^fl/o/*
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