THE VOLUNTEER. .lolm o, Dralloiii Editor aiidProprletor CARLISLE. DROEMBBR 33, 1853* Standing Committee Meeting. The Dcutuoimio Standing Committee cf Cum berland county, are requested to meej, at the public house of Joseph HGiser,ln theborbughof Carlisle, December 31, 1852, at 1 o’clock, P. M., for tho purpose of appointing the time for holding llio Dclogaieeleolions and tho assembling of a County Convention, to appoint Delegates to represent Cumberland county in the next Democratic Slate Convention. A general attendance of*the Committee is earnestly request ed, ThRBE OV TUB COMMITTtCK. December 16, 1852. ** ' " | The following named gentlemen compose the Standing ComraiUce of Cumberland county, for the present year: Lower Allen, Geo. Ernst; Upper Allen, J. VV. Cocklin; Carlisle, E. \V., Ephraim Cornman; W. W., Samuel Enuminger, Dickinson, D. L. Beel man; Eastpennsborough, Chas. A. Dolson; Frank ford; Jaa. B. Brown; Hopewell, Capt. D. Wherry; Hampden, David Hume; Edward Lament; Monroe, James Burtneti; Mifllin, Robert Middleton; Newville, Ab. Killian; Newton, Wm. Ruth; North Middleton, John Kilcb; New Cum berland, V. Feeman; Silver Soring, John Olcn denin; South Middleton, S. Rupley; Southampton, James U. Kelso; Shippensburg Borough, John Stambaugh; Shippensburg township, Hugh Craig; Weßipennsborough, Maj. Samuel Tritt, Removal o? Prisoners. —Tho prisoners—{our in number—-confined in tho jail of this counly, woro taken to the Daopk'm county prison on Tuesday lasi, by Sheriff M’Dormond and his Deputy. Tbo work men will soon bo engaged in taking down tlio old jail, preparatory to the erection of (no now one. Carlisle Deposits: Bank —T reeqQcsled lo stale, will not be mas and New Years. Christmas and New Years Presents. —Our friend i Conlyn, el his store in Weal High street, his a ' beautiful assortment of articles in his line, such as. gold and silver watches, rings ol all kinds, churns, and j seals, gold and silver pens and pencils, breast pinsi bracelets, &.C-, together with a great variety of fancy ; articles, calculated as acceptable presents for tfie holidays. Mis store presents a brilliant appearance and bo tells us ho is prepared lo sell ol reduced' prices. Give lam a call, everybody. I lUEKRY CHRISTMAS Saturday next will bo the anniversary of the advent J of the Redeemer —merry Christmas’.—a day always observed as the occasion for frlenda meeting together ’ at the festive board, and exchanging mutual congrat- j ulalions. To the young, especially, Christmas is a! happy day —a day for hilarity and unrestrained mcr- ; rimeoi—a day of freedom in its broadest sense—a day when pa and ma arc asked to stand aside, and give way to ike romp. A Happy Christmas, therefore, to all our renders, male end female, Whig and Democrat, old and young A Happy Christmas, wc repeal,to all '. Oor New Jail. — As wo predicted in our last, (he contract for the building of our new prison has been awarded to Messrs. Henry Meres John Gutshai.i.. carpenters, of Carlisle, their bid for the same, 842.- 000, being the lowest offered. For this sum they contract for the whole job, the tearing down of the old prison, and the erection of the new one, and find j everything,except the dressed sand stone for the lronl i 1 which the Commissioners are to furnish. The cost of our now prison, therefore, \x ill bo about s!.'>,ooo or $46,000 Messrs. Myers and Gutshall oro cipncnccd me chanics, and wo doubt not llicy will fulfil their con tract wilh the Commissioners faithfully, and creel a building |ha I will be creditable to llicmaolvcs and lo our county- So inolo u be. Larok Buck.—Tho Somerset, Pa., \ isitor states i that Mi. Gideon Bowman of Allegheny township,] Somerset county, a few days ego shot the largest buck in the mountains. Tho doer lias been known by the name of “ Old Isaac” for many years ; some hunters say sixteen. Ho had nine ballets in him in addition to tho ono that killed him. His weight was 512 pounds. Thorp ia a regular system of small puffing just about those days, with ihe modus trju ramh ol w Inch ihfi uninitiated reader is blissfully ignorant. Some easy, good-natured editors raiher than bo bored to death by some polilicnl noodlo, will sit down and I write a panegyric that might do for a Clay or a Webster, and apply it to John Smith, merely be- - - 1 cause John Smith fancies himselt a great man, and fjijj “Q 001) TIME COMING. ’’ lias requested directly or indirectly, that the good | natured editors aforesaid should emblazon bis ?j r - Tho of timer, remarks the PlilUdelj-lna I lue and talents to the people. Argus, give unmistakable indications of tho op. ' i I 3 It man who has a correct appreciation of jtroneli of a period of unexampled liutinoM ond com manhood, n would soon. impossible il.nl any imli-1 ,„.r.„l act.viijr. w.ll. .1. o.ual .encomium., ti.gli ; ndurf) possessjpg brains or dignity, should make ... . . , . t , , ' , ■ f i; f “ , 3 .. ’.(pricesand high wages. A quickened movement in I a almost the aim ol his life, lo bo llio subject of * b 1 omleservrd, and sought ulier newspaper paffa.— 1 mun * bfancilC9 of industry is already pcrucpiiblo; Vet there are scutes of such men in Noodledom, cs P e c' ul| y in navigation and manufactures gcnerolly. who are banded together in a sort of Mutual Ad- The iron manufacture has been improving for some miration Society. Some u( ifiem are not destitute time, consequent in sumo degree on tho high price o( iol brains, but they are all destitute of true man- iron in England. Tho cotton manufacturing esUb j hood-wofully lack, nglnHue dignity. li.hm.nl. nr. in full operation with il.o promi.o ol Let us not, however, bo misunderstood. W«1 ... , , , 1 are nol averse lo giving truo merit its foil nee,l of, "T“ ,rln * P“ l “ n<l c » rn '"S I praise, Before godlilto inlcllpcl, devoted lo ,| ie ( dividend, for th. ruluro. Buamc.a generally i. fed welfare of the human race—before any endowment | *'*& n now —money is abundant ot fair rales; of (icaven, whether of virtue or intellect, lhal' and everything gives promise that wo are on (ho ovo “gives iho world assurance of a man," ho nan l of one of tho greatest periods of commercial urul bus how with reverent*. We ask no more delightful lD t il lh „ country ha. over wilnced _ task than to record with encomiums iho deeds of „„ . . . .... hamhlo vinuu and inlogrily,-w. sunk no fouling 1 "™ dlll " n -“'“"If ln P"‘ ni’ire pleasurable than the enthusiasm one feels in i 10 extraneous causes. Ihe immense additions giving tho true man—(rue m heart or mind all of gold from California and Australia are coining lo (he praise hie actions merit. Hut wo prefer the the aid of natural causes, and will greatly augment rrn/ lo the ideal in such cases—the real elephant their effects, in carrying tho reactionary movement lo lIS past,'hoard imitation, although weuhould bo of lr . Jo lo . |„|\i, r ,i„t„d. lli.n il would olh.rwl.a assured that the latter was ns large as life and . , n-> ur . . . . ° I have attained, Still, In Iho absence of California and twice as natural. | There is a groat wrong inflicted upon tho public 1 Australia gold, the change woufd have come, though by this system of puffing. 'Pile people are misled in * modified form, and with diminished Intensity, 1 and deceived. The press la degraded, because it For modern experience of the •porkllons ofindustry - - j stales that which is false, and panders to a vanity j n „d commerce, bos disclosed that Urey pass through Serious lUnes. ol Hon. Km. 11. King-lli, h» m.dj re T,l ' M ‘“' T 1 ** ° f , '°“ e,r *“? • nation as President ol the Senate. base level of a nincompoop Who is but the incar-' w, “ cl ’ U,cy ,n rc * u * r BU cceauion exhibit tho phases, W. 1.. t. from W..l,melon llt.l Mt. Kino. V.uu' ""don of newspaper pelTs—a mure political John/ 1 ™ 1 of qoio.c.ouu, nnl improvement, then .ch.iiy, b Doe. i prosperity, excitement, over-trading, convulsion, slag re.i ont o cot, i. so .oriuti. y i o o c What is lltol man’s opinion worlii wlio exhausts nation, di.lre.s, bankruptcy, ending .gain in quioa. in danger. On Mondjy Uel lie sent in Ins re.igns language of pralso upon such men in bool,ranif „ncc. Tito.. (lucluslions, or allor.lions in ,rad. lion as presiding oilier of lb. 8.n.1., ond Mr. Arc,i- ( Taken at Ha true Valeo, .1 i. worth nolhing. If , eera , 0 bo inhoril ln „ nd i„,„p er ,b|„ from it, ,„ d laotM... elected in hi. pl.ea. il is ..id ll.slMr. he has sucoeod.d inmiiklng lhopeopleb.linvnlhal Ulo ,|, rowd of buamc.a ™„l. upon ihoir rnur. f “il lnB '"P" l '?' 11 " friend, sru v.ry much alarmed, #<> (n(o „ o „| y lo b „ rewarded b „ | ndir , for iho cqulno.llal gales. No tstliTs—no gov.rnm.nl and fears arc entertained lhal tho too rest onl i fernnee or a growl. There is no tnoro grovelling ' measures—can avert them, aa no tariffs or govern .led will nol lire lo ...urn. Hi. doll., of hi. offioo. I undertaking in this world Ilian Iho leek of lhal 1 mcn i moa.uro. produce thorn ; hut holng the cfT.cn Il 1. with heart-foil .orrow w. record llii. mol.o ' lnan w ho site down lo pulTa silly egolisl and gra-1 l n ,„p or .hlo from the very nature oflr.do, they mu.i oholy inl.llig.ooo. Mr. King, lake hi,n .11 in .11, lify hla naplrallons for newspaper gtoaln.BO. Tho b. loft lo ,ho law. of Ir.d. .nd Iho .low and curiam 1... few .uootio,. in thi. counlry. Il h.s boon our , prnlleman, who mloislors lo iho wants of Hie mon- „ .. . . P . . ha. fo* .uporlor.in I J' m ke;B in a .nonage,io, has a high and honorable , op.r.t.on of il. r.cup.r.tire energies to find lh.,r good fortune lo bo po y d nailing in comparison with lhal of llioeo Polar logiliuial. and adequate remedy. for m.ny yo.r., .nd we e.o say lit trull, that w. or |.' ruaa . I - , , esteem him one of llio best public cnon we have over i . The difference In mortality between e city and known. A pure patriot, n ripe scholar, of social, 1 What will CowanKsa Do 7—A Washington C or- 'country population, may bo estimated from this ket, pleating, winning manners, ho is calculated lo win respondent of the Journal of Commerce says, it | B | that by the census of 1850 it was ascertained (bat th. eateem and roapoot of all who coovot.o wilb , ,opinion of many of lb. lusdtog m.mbora of both Iho number of death, in lit. oily of Now York wa. him. W. >,.a il.o i.po.t. r. 0... Ws.hingloo in ro- n ou sos, llisl none of lb. great subjsols of Finance, .a lo every llilrty-lhroo of the populalion in Iho g.td to Iho health of llii. pure p.lriot may ha oaag. ,„ d „f t| lo dlapoalliun of lit. Public Land., will be course of a yo.r, while lo other p.tla of Iho Slot. I .ration., .nd lhal bo m.y yet recotor hi. health, nnd oclod „ po „ the pre.ent ac.alon though, il I. .d- hut on. In .ilty-«ovon died during Iho limo, < be spared many yo.ra to tl lo country. mUted Hist they are matters of pressing importance. BjfcD Tabte.—ll appears that the flags sur- MCmolnoati, 118,8. r ><l hogs have boon slaughter. The vote in the House on Mr. Drook's proposition roun ding the coffin of Wellington, when il l ß y In «d the present year—about 13,000 more than during shows that there is no purpose In that body lo touch ■ Blß|o Bl Chelsea Hospital, was tho one which wm» period last year. Borne 30,000 have been the subjects of the Tariff, or of tho disposition of tho onplure d .t Washington, when the federal capital slaughtered at Indianapolis, whore the business is surplus rovonus. ! was socked In the war of 1813. said lo bo rabidly increasing. . _ 1 In the Electoral College of Missouri • (hero was a | great contest for Itio office of Messenger to Wash ington, with Uie vole of the College. It resolved Itself into Benton and Anti Benton, and llio Antics wore victorious. Anew Pierce and King paper to be called llie •* True Democrat," is to b« published at Now \ ork on the Ist of January. I (Xj'Hon. William It. King, the Vico President clout, still continues ill ul Ins lodging* in Washing ton. Ho is laboring under a pulmonary dtsoaso, and fears aro entertained that be will not recover. Hon. J. Glancy Jones, M. C. has our thanks for Ins pohts attention. Report or Majoji Gr.sr.riAi. Scott —Wo learn from the annuo) report of the C ommanding General of the Army, that lor the defence of llio Texan fron tier there aro now, under the ordeis of Brevet Major Genera) Smith, fourteen companies of Cavalry, two companies of arullcry, with three regiments am) two companies of infantry —in all, forty eight companies, and tiiat the force tn Now Mexico consists of iimu companies of dragoons. I wo of artillery, and one regiment of infantry — in al) twenty ona companies. The recruiting service, during the past year, has been prosecuted with great vigor, the number ul men enlisted being 4,174. It is recommended in the re port that the rules and article* of war bo referred lo a board of officers for revision. A State Educational Contention will bo bold in Shoot ore now eUlchod by machinery in Now (£}*Tuwd*J tool wot the oborlcsl day of llio year, Harrisburg on Tuesday, iho 30lh Inst. j England. THE PUFFING SYSTEM OF THE PBESS. We am often amused, and sometimes disgusted, when we read the “puff” articles contained in so : many of our exchange papers. This small puffing I system by newspaper editors appears to be on tho , increase, and many editors give up two or three columns a week to tho laudable purpose of eulo gising every Tom, Dick and Harry, who may hold office, or desire to hold one. A western paper be- ’ iforo us contains a most extravagant notice of a |gentleman who wants an office in the Custom j House at Philadelphia. His appointment, this western editor thinks (no, he don’t think it, but he says it,) would bs highly popular, not only in every county in Pennsylvania, bui in every Slate of the Union ! And yet, we venture to say, there >is not one man in every five hundred in our Stale | that ever knew this applicant for office, and those who do know him consider him a very ordinary, yet clovet man, who has already received more than he is entitled to from the Democratic party. Tho idea, then, that his appointment would bo hailed with delight by “every Stale in the Union,’’ ; is so supremely ridiculous and fai-e, that we are 1 surprised that any editor who has the least respect , for himself or his jfhper, would dare make such an I assertion. The paper alluded to contains six other “puffs,” in the same number, of individuals, many of whom had never before been heard of, but all of them, according to this western quill-driver, “great ' patriots, highly distinguished,” &c. | A lata Harrisburg paper contained a long com * municaiion, in which a certain agent or raud-boss I I or petty office holder of some kind was lauded to | the skies, because of hie honesty, capacity, know ’ j ledge, coprtesy , kindness, and all that. And afrer , 1 (he writer had besmeared his friend all over with I soft-soap, tie, with tears in his eyeS, announced I the astounding fact that this honest, capable, en wo arc ; ergetic, polite, urbane, inletiigenl office holder was Christ. i about to resign his situation ! After all that had 1 been said of him, it required a man of strong nerve to hear this startling intelligence. But, the writer of the communication in question soon relieved our anxiety; for in the next sentence ho nominates an i other gentleman for the office made vacant, and he leiis us that this “nice young man,” is just such another perfect piece of humanity as the gentie ' man who resigned. Oh, how relieved will tiie people of our Stale feel—and particularly the heavy tax-payors of Cumberland county, whose only privilege ir i» to pay enormous taxes without de riving any benefit from our public improvements —how comfortable will they feel, we say, when ih»>y »ra givgrn to know Umi there is still one man in the Slate capable of fulfilling the duties of the petty office made vacant by the resignation of a l capable, obliging, intelligent, clever gentleman! j Iho writer winds up his “pulf” by assuring the i people that this new candidate for public favor— lor rather for public plunder—is “ihe very person | to succeed the gentleman who has just resigned,” and in his anxiety for the interests of the people— or perhaps Ais own interest—ho exclaims, with all 1 the warmth of a patriotic heart, “/»r heaven's sake (g-ree us Ihis gentleman ( Now, to us, this is quire amusing. We happen j to Know the gentleman whose appointment to the vacant office is asked for “for heaven’s sake,’’and we hesitate not to say that he does not combine the qualities for office that we should demand if wo possessed the appointing power. But, our object in commencing this article was i not to speak of men, but to condemn the infamous 1 practice of indiscriminate “ pulfing” that many ((Minors indulge in. It is a practice alike discre ditable ,ic iho press and insulting to the people, and should be discountenanced. On this subject our opinions are so well expressed in the subjoin ed article from the I mango Spectator, that wo copy it bflow. The editor of the Spectator has a proper respect for the dignity of the p.ess, pnd his hints in regard to this low habit of puffing every jack-ass into greatness, are worthy the consideration of every dignified editor. 'his institution, kept open on From Die Vur.sugo Sprrtatur THE BIGHT DOCTRINE. An exchange paper in speaking of appointmenta to office, enys‘ a ‘♦ln dispensing the patronage, we (rust that Gen. Fierce may remember the hard working Democra cy. Heretofore it has been too often the case that the parlor politicians, who, liko the lilies of the field, neither work nor spin, when the battle is won, have been permitted to array themselves in all the power and glory of Solomon himself. To that mode of dispensing public patronage westand opposed.” ■■ There Is much truth embraced in the above few line*. Parlor politicians—-men who perhaps make t one or two speeches during the entire campaign ( of a Presidential election—are 100 often permitted ( to appropriate to - themselves the credit of the vie- { tory gained. One of our Democratic cotempora- ( ties, shortly after the election, exultingly exclaim- , ed, that “to Mr. Buchanan belongs the credit of the recent great victory in Pennsylvania !” Now, a greater falsehood than'this never was uttered— Why, the editor himself who made this assertion, performed ten limes, aye, fifty times more service to the Democratic parly in the recent struggle than Mr. Buchanan performed. We noticed also in other papers that “it was owing to Gen. Cass’ exertions that Michigan had gone for Gen. Pierce,” and “to Judge Douglass’ eloquence that Illinois had been kept in the traces,” and to Gov. Marcy’s exertions that New York was brought right, and so forth and so on. Fudge I —nonsense! False, every word of it. Had these and a thousand oth ers of our groat men been dead and their bodies 1 laid in the dust and cold as a whet-stone, the re • suit of the Presidential election would have been the same. It is the hard-working Democrats—the yeomanry of the country—who are entitled to the credit of the recent great victory. We would not, if we could, depreciate the services of the statesmen whose names we have mentioned above.' i They all performed their simple duly in support- 1 ing the regular nominees for President and Vice! i President—they are all men of eloquence and ’ power, and can exorcise considerable influence, r provided they agree in sentiment with the great j - body of the Democratic party; but, let either of i 5 them express sentiments counter to the Democra-1 ‘ tic creed, and he will soon find that bis “influence'’ ; - is gone—he would fall, a dead cock in the pu.— 3 Wo are willing to give our great statesmen do?! f credit, and (eel even thankful to them (or their ef i firienl aid, but we shall never admit that to them * belongs the exclusive credit of achieving our recent 8 victory; and the editor who is ninny enough to ' moke tkiis assertion, offers nn insult to the Demo -1 orate of the State, himself included. Too often— aye, far 100 often—lias U happened j after a victory has bren achieved by the energy * and perseverance of the entire parly, that the pa* i tronage that follows is divided between a few pro fessional office-seekers, many of w hom are as lazy | as they are corrupt and worthless. 'Plus mode of] dispensing patronage belongs to bcth parties, to 1 the Whigs ns well as the Democrats. The mod est, unassuming, good man, who feels that he has an honest heart in his bosom, is pushed aside, to make room for the professional office seeker, who makes a great show', and feels'iiimseir an adept in drinng a political bargain. Curse these political gamblers, but wo hate (hem. They nro the scabs of society, and deserve tire contempt of honest men. And yet these very creatures are too often success ful in accomplishing their purposes—they are 100 often provid,d with good fat offices,at the expense of real merit and real worth. Wo have an abiding confidence in Ocn. Piaufr. Wo believe him to be, in its fullest sense, a good man—a man of good heart, and possessed of sier ling good sense. Mad we not believed he posses* sed these qualities, we never could have supported 1 him « lih (he zeal we did, Thai he will be beset , by political blood-suckers and varapyres, is cer-1 tain. They will try to “head him” at every siep, in the hope of carrying out the plane concocted »n the parlors and bar-rooms of our greal cities. Hut let Gen. Pierce remuln firm, and if ho has patron age to bestow, let the modest worthy man, and not the sneaking, oily-longued hypocrite, have due consideration paid him. Lei a new era be intro duced, and new men called into action by Gen. , Pierce, and ho v\ ill find that the people will thank him for his discrimination and independence. MODEL LETTKII FROM GEIf. PIERCE, Geo. Pikrcb baa addressed another loiter to the Democratic Executive Committee of Philadelphia, relative to the public reception with which they pro. poao to honor him, on his arrival in that oily. We agree with (ho Reading Gazette, in pronouncing the loiter of the President elect, a model in its way ; it exhibits a commendable determination on tho part of the President elect to keep aloof from tho crowd of oflioo-scckera who arc eager to beset his pall), and to avoid tho" pomp and parade" which are so diamet rically apposed to tho republican simplicity of his character. This is right, and will increase tho high estimation in which Gon. Pikrck is held by the whole people of tl.o United Slates, for tho modest unoblrusivcness and dignified reserve—so unlike Gen. Scott’s disgraceful huckstering for votes—that marked his conduct before, as wed as since, the elec tion. Concord, N. H., Nov. 2D,1852. Dear Sir—Your note, with a copy of (ho Resolu tions of the Democratic Executive Committee of the City and County of Philadelphia, passed Novombe> 10th camo yesterday. lam grateful for tho hind ness manifested by my fellow, citizens in Ponnsytva. nia and elsewhere; but so far aa my personal wishes and inclinations arc concerned, it would gratify mo exceedingly to go to Washington in tho most quiet way possible. Indeed 1 have no lime to devote to matters not immediately connected with the duties and responsibilities before mo. , Having said thus much, 1 must leave what is fit. ling, proper and desirable, to the taste and judgment of <ny friends. There is no probability that 1 shall be in Philadelphia before the first of February, and il)is quite possible my journey may be delayed (ill near tho close of that month. I beg to present la the Executive Committee of the City and County of Philadelphia, and through them to (ho sterling Demo cracy represented by that organization,my grateful acknowledgments. Your friend and most obedient servant. Tn John Miller, Esq., Philada., Pa., Chairman of (lie Executive Committee of the City and County ofl Philadelphia. Henry 9« AXott. The two democralic pipers of Easton, Po., the airbus and Sentinel, have raised the name of Hknrt 8. Mutt, Esq., of Pike co., a« their choice fur the next Canal Commissioner. (Xj* What a booutlful picture 5b the following.— Ah, it would make one almost throw away even the pen. and hurry home to his wife—if he has one.— Wlial shall repay the loss ufsuch a welcome as this to the bachelor 7 Not even the luxuries of negative cores—not the silent hours of study—not the indo pendenco as a man I For without (ho I ova of wom an in the gentlest corner of the heart, all welcomes are indeed cold: I Wait for The© I The hearth ia swept—the fire is bright, The kettle sings for lea ; The doth h spread—'the lamp is light, The while cakes smoke in napkins while, And now I waits for thee. Come, come, love, home, thy task ia done ; The clock licks lielcningly ; The blinds are ahul, the curtain down, The warm chuir to the fireside drawn, The boy is on my knee. Come home, lovo, come; his deep fond eye Looks round him wistfully, And when the whispering winds go by,- As if thy welcome step were nigh, lie crows exuliingly. In vain—lie finds the welcome vain, And turns his glance on mine, So earnestly, (fiat yet again His form unto my hoirl I strain, That glance is so like Dime. Thy task is done —wo miss thco here ; Where'er ttiy footsteps rosm, No heart will spend such kindly cheer, Nu beating heart, no listening ear, Like those who wail thro home. Ah, now along (lie crisp walk fast "I'lial well known step doth come; ,Thc bolt is drawn, the gale is past, The babe ia wild with joy oi last A thousand welcomes homo. Winter WKATiiEn. —The Quebec Gazelle notices that “sleighs arc out, the mail steamers have gone into winter quarters, (hough there is very little ice in Iho river. The skating club have commenced operations by creeling their skating saloon on the the Queen's wharf. Ladies join freely in the health ful and exciting sport. A Bkautiiul Pace.— ll is like a lovely and fn gilo dower ; fair and delightful (a look upon. Paint ed wo watch its colorings with a lender regard ; gaze on it with groat affection ; would bear it to our bos. uin, and win it as our own. Fur a while it is (lie living idol of our daily praise; (he charm which binds us with a willing power. But Utno breeds the canker. Its beauty diminished, its fragrance is gone, decay scarce leaves a (race of what was once a pride and warship. Il is on our bosom ilili, but also il is there in pily that it should bo mortal and moat perish. Which ts the llaspicst Season T —At a festal par ly of old and young, the question was asked : 1 Which season df lifo is the most happy 7’ After being freely discussed by tho guests, It was referred for an ana* wo i to the host, upon whom was tho burden of four score years, fie asked If (hey had noticed a grove of trooa before the dwelling, and said: ‘When the spring comes, and in the soft air (bo buds are break ing on the trees, and they are covered with blossoms, I think bow beautiful is spring! And when the summer comes, and covers us trees wilh ifa foliage, and singing birds are among tho branches, I think how beautiful is summer! When the autumn leads them with golden fruit, and their leaves boar the gorgeous tint of frost, 1 think how beaulifsl is au tumn! And whun it is near winter, and (boro is neither foliage nor fruit, then I look up (hiough (ho leafless branches, as 1 never could (ill now, and see (bo stars aliine." Santa Anna Recalled to Mexico! —lntelligence by (lie last California steamer, informs us that the revolution in Noxico against the present Administra tion, had become to extended, (hat Santa Anna, had been sent for, at Carlbagons, to return home and place himself at the head of it, as the only person who could save (ho country from utter destruction. Will not run any work.—' The Washington cor respondent to llie Cornier & Enquirer says that Gen. Scott boars his defeat with groat equanimity, and lias resolved not again to bo a candidate for any civil ufii'-o Gkn. I’ntncK.—A letter dated Boston, December 20, says—Gen. Piorco, the President elect, in com pany with Amos Lawrence, and others, visited the Mather School in this city, to day, and made an ad* dress to the children. A negro was found dead in a cornfield, near Ham ilton, Ohio, on llio 9th. It is supposed that ho was « runaway, and had died from exhaustion, cold, and hunger. DanichGaior, of Uniun county, Pa. wee accident* ly shot dead while on a gunning excursion, on the Ist Inst. CCj* A man named William Cox, swallowed a quarter of a pound of arsenic el Charleston, on the Ist Inst., and died, of course. A writer in the Journal of Commerce soya that he knows in California 14 no less than four dry goods merchants who peddle clams, and seven members of the Gospel who tond a bar. REPORT OETHE SECRETARY OF WAR. Secretary Conrad reports that daring the past year, out of about 11,000 officers and men, comprise ing the army, 8,000 have boon employed in the de fence of k Texas, Now Mexico, California, and Oregon, or of emigrants destined to llio two last. With th'o exception of the Rio Grande country, which has been disturbed by the movements of Coravajal, Texas has generally been free from Indian depredations. There they have been occasioned by the opportunities oo* curting during a state of border warfare. In Now Mexico the Navojoes and Apaohos have been com | pictcly overawed, and the Y urn a Indiana on the Gila | and Colorado Rivers have also agreed to beep the peace. In consequence of the troubles between the whites and Indians in Oregon, the 4lh infantry lias been sent (bore to replace the Mounted Rifles ordered thence to Texas. To Gen. Smith and Col. Summer great praise is duo for their efforts in putting down Indian disturbances, and 6cn. Hitchcock has done much with very small means. The attempt to cul tivate farms with (ho soldiers has not succeeded, but it is hoped may hereafter. Still the expenses of the Quarter Master’s department show a decrease of 8501,000 compared with last year, and the estimates for next year are reduced Haifa mjjlion rtaoro. The policy of allotting a special territory to the exclusive occupation of the Indian tribes should be still further extended. In Texas, however, there is a difficulty about it. That Stato does not recognise any Indian title, but lays out and sells her wild lands, over which the General Government has no control, without re* Terence to their present occupants. This drives them (o desperation and provokes hostility. Tho Secreta ry recommends that some arrangement bo made with the Slate to set opart a sufficient territory for her Indians. Wo quote what ho says of Now Mexico: That territory is so remote and inaccessible, and holds out such little inducement to emigration, that the struggle between the two races is destined, in all probability, to continue (bore long after it shall have ceased in every other portion of the continent. By (ho last census (he total population of New Mexico, exclusive of wild Indians, is (in round num hers) 61.0UU souls, and its whole real estate is esti- I muted at (in round numbers) $2,700,000. I To protect this small population wo aro compelled ] to maintain a largo military force ot an nnnu.il cx-1 1 pense nearly equal to half the value of the whole real | estate of the Territory. Would it not bo belter to induce the inhabitants to abandon a country which I seems hardly fit for the habitation of civilised man, J by remunerating them for their property in money J or in lands situated in mure favored regions? Even I { if the Government paid foi the property quintuple its I value, it would still, merely un the score of economy, bo largely the gainer by tho transaction, and the | troops now stationed in Now Mexico would be avail able for the protection of other portions of our own iind of the Mexican territory. Unless the means I have indicated, or some other, bo adopted to relievo the Indians from the necessity of plundering to pro- | cure tho moans of subsistence, their depredations I 1 mast not only continue bat increase. This would , | require a corresponding increase in the moans of ~ projection. In that view I concur in the rccommen i dalion of the General.in-Cbiof that an .additional regiment of mounted men be authorixed. ! Tho attention ofGongrrss is called to (he neccssit f i of oompleteing the fortifications already begun at Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Norfolk, Charleston, Savannah, Pensacola, Mobile and New Orleans. If the works arc not promptly earned on, [ the loss in (lie injury they will suffer will bo very ! heavy. New Bodfutd and San Francisco also stand in urgent need of fortifications, nod it is thought that there should bo a fort out side of Sandy Hook. In carrying on tho warns, the "Department has dispensed with civil agents and sopori'ntcndenis, and has con fided them to the two crops of engineers and topo graphical engineers, tho former taking those on the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico, and the Utter those on the northern lakes and western rivers. C-iptnin Silgroaves has completed the exploration of the Gita and Colorado Rivers, bat his report hus not yet been submitted. Tho Secretary recommends tint a law bo passed requiring all rumors of eighteen and up wards who shall hcrenflor enlist in (ho army to servo out their time. It is also recommended by both tho Secretary and the General-in Chief that the pension lows bo so amended aa to place tho widows and or. pinna of officers of the army on an equal footing with those of Navel officers. Frank. Pierce, REPORT OF THE POSTMASTER GENERAL According to the report of the Hon. D. S. Hubbard Postmaster General, the number of post offices in the United Stales, m the close of the fiscal your ending Juno 30, 1852, was 20,901 ; postmasters ap pointed during that year 6,255. There were 1,710 post offices established, and 614 discontinued during the year. From the end of (he fiscal year to November Isl, 1853, 536 post offices have been established, and 236 discontinued, so lisal (ho whole number in operation at the latter dale was 21.191. At ils close there was in operation in the United States G. 711 mail routes, their aggregate length being 21 4,364 miles, and em ploying 5,266 contractors. Annual transportation of the mails on these routes 58 965,728 miles at an | annual coal of $3 939,971, being about 57-10 cents per mile, 11,082,768 miles weio performed on rail* | roads, si a mat of @1.276.530. being about 11 1 cents 1 per mile ; 6.353,409 miles in steamboats, at s cost of @505,815, being about 6 cents per mile ; 20,698,- 030 miles coaches, at a cost of @1,128,386 being i about 5i cents per mile / und 20,650.621 miles in , modes nut specified, at a cost of @1,039,650, being about 49-10 cents per mile. The inland service shows an Increase nf 17,994 miles in moil routes ; of 5.713,476 miles of annua) transportation, and 0f4i8.2i7 In tho annual ensl.tho rail road service sluno being increased, 2,515,001 miles at an increased cost 0r@5G0.501. There were nix foreign mail routes in operation on (ho 30th of June, of l (to aggrog-iin length of 18,- 349 miles annual transportation 653.406 miles. The cost of ocean steamer service Inr the year 1852 was @1.896 250 ; lor 1851,81,033 250. The gross receipts ol l ho L)i-p*r(mont for the year ending June 30th. were @6,925,971 28. But of this only @4,236.792 90 were from letter postages and slumps, and-@789,Q45 36 from newspapers and peri odicals. Tho receipts from postages were less by 1,868,334 43 thin those of tho preceding year, being a decrease of 22 per coni, since the new law took effect. Still the Postmaster General does not desire to return to higher prices. The expenditures of tho department during the last fiscal year, wore 7.108,459 04 ; (bone of the pres ent year are estimated at 8.745,777 20. Tho esli maio receipts including 1,280.000 appropriations are 7.417,790 83; leaving a deficit of 1,327.996 35, to be provided for by direct appropriation. A still lar ger appropriation will bo required next year. The whole number of paid and unpaid letters which have passed through the post offices of (lie U. Slates during (he last fiscs] year, was 95,700,224. Of the numtfor 32.672,765 wore unpaid. 18,448.510 paid by money ; 31,897,750 paid by stamps, end 3,- 246,000 free. Tho P. M. General recommends to Congressto rem edy die evil existing in Philadelphia on account of (tie want of a suitable Post Office building. OGNBIIAL LAND OFFICE ItßpOfiT. The Report of (lie Commissioners of the General Land office. Is a document o( a good deal of interest, and likely to give the reader a large idea of Uio scope of (he (Julies end labors that pertain to the office. By it, it appears that within (lie past year there were surveyed 9.522,952 acres, and 8.032,463 adver tised for sale. The total of lands sold, located with Bounty land warranto, and with other certificates, 4,870,067. Adding to three sumo five millions re ported under the swamp land grant, and over three millions for internal improvements. Railroads, &0., we have the aggregate of 13,115.175, being an in crease on the sales, fito., of the preceding year, of 569,220 acres. The operations under the direction of (his office, it seems, are about to furnish some considerable con iributiuns to (ho scientific literature of (bo country. The Roport.of Dr. D. D. Owen on (hs geology of Wisconsin,‘lows, Minnesota, and the “Bud Lunds of Nebraska," is now being printed. It will constitute a qu«ra(o of about 650 pages, with a separate volume of maps. The final Report, 100, of Messrs. Foster and Whitney, on tho geology of the Lake Superior land district, will bo communicated during the ses sion of Congress. The Commissioner calls attention to the necessity of further provision for the adjustment of all suspen ded Land Claims In (lie several Slates and Territo ries. Me suggests several plans, which seems feast, bio enough, tor the speedy reduction of the expense on Public Lands, lie urges the necessity of regula ting the survey of lands in California, whore centiiou ing Interests are rapidly arising, (hat bid fair (o entail infinite perplexity and confusion. The wisdom of granting public lands to schools and institutions of learning is sustained. Tho Act passed at (ho last session of Congress, granting the right of way and privilege of taking. the necessary materials for the construction of Rail roads, from Iho public lands, he esteems a wise one, and recommends that grants of this character ba mode to the several States, for every work of (bo kind they may undertake, nnd’ospccially to the Slates west of the Mississippi, Tor the construction of Rail roads from that river westward to the Rooky Moun tains, end. to California, Oregon, Utah, and New Mexico, for routes loading eastward from the Pacific to the western side ofiboso mountains. Callforuln. We give (ho following extract from a letter pub. iished in the Now IlctVen Register: In my (ravels through the country,everything that I see confirms mo in iho belief that California now ,is not what it once was. Ono thing, if nothing I more, confirms this, and that is, I have not seen a young forest tree in my travels—they are all on-- lediluviana, or nearly such 5 and when those old for est trees were young, they enjoyed refreshing short-' era through the summer—if nut, there would now be young trees starling up. No young trees can stand a draught of eight months. It would bs fool ish (0 contend that the timber of. California started in its infancy under the present ordeal of eaatons.— j Again, (he rivers and ravines in (ho mountains show marks of fast running water,at three different points above the present one. The highest mark is about seventy-five feet above tho present Water,'rfnd most have kept at that freight for years, 10 frafo out odV solid ground in tho way it has. In fact, California? is the most interesting country in my mind, for thtf geologist, that there is on 'the globe. The mannef in which the gold is scattered over the country, and (fie shape it is found, in sea shells, on (he (op of thd highest mountains, plainly shows (hat (hero is noth'- ing that is not susceptible of being changed front one appearance (0 another, by nature's operations, in' ulmo»l iho (winkling of on eye. The volcanoes that at the present time vomit forth fire and smoko here in this golden country* may at no distant day mako this a part of Old occaft, and of tho sumo time form a new continent in the now middle of the Pacific. The whole coast range on Iho Pacific, from Patagonia to Bhcrlng's Strutts, is one continued (ink of burning mountains. Peaks towor ttp above the clouds, without end, snd roll fire and smoke, so it is impossible sight Is tell what you have before you. One peak is burning one day—lho next day you look for it,end it is gone* and in its place a valley; and (0 the right or left, you discern a new peak, and that lashing its sides with fire and smoke. Such are tho changes that Nature’s God works with the elements, has been the case, from tho time that time began and will so continue, us long us that most subtle, Elec tricity.exists. awtnrttrttf. Philadelphia, Dec. 33. 1852. FLOUR AND MEAL— TIio market has under, gone »u change ; s>k-a el sss for slipping brand*, sales ufgoud Itrmul* fur city consumption, at ssg a ss. Rve Flour.— L i*l sales n| $-J|. CoA* Meal. — Is scarce and higher; lust sales of Penns, at 83J. GRAIN.— Wheat—There is a good demand fef Wlio.il, with sales ofSoulhern ot)d Ptfnon. ut 120 mixed. Pennn. Rye is in demand at 860. Cos* is scarce, sales of dry Southern yellow at C 2 a 65c. Oats —Sales of Prime Suuhcrn at 47c, and dark ul 48c. Whiskey—Sales ofbblsat 25c. liWamaflcjci. On the 1 Bill inst., by Rev. A.(Heighl,Mr. J'ohn Kinbi.kv. of Shcpbcrdsiown, to Miss Leah Landis, of Upper Allen, Ip., line cuunly. In Dickinson township, on the 20th Inal., by lh« Rev. Mr. Henderson.|Mr. Samuel M. Smart, [df New ton township. to Mis* Ki.izadeth, only daughter of the late Dr. David S. llsya. TEMPERANCE CONVENTION/ T'HE friends ofTemperapee of Cmnbcrlnmf conn, ty, will meet in Convention, January Ist., 1853, at 10 o’clock, A. M ,in tho Methodist Episcopal Church, Carlisle, Fa. It is hoped that the different Boroughs and Townships throughout the county will bo fully represented. By order of the Executive Committee of Carlisle Temperance Society j If, M. JOHNSTON, CAnVmiW. I W. B. FarSiron, Secretory. KxKCUTIVB CoiIMITTSt. Rev. C.P. Wing, Rev. A. U. Kremcr, Rev. J, Hoffman, Rev. VVrn. Wncko«, Rev. C. Collins, D. D. Prof E. Wentworth, PrijCj. W. Marshall. Wm, M’* CUlvory, A. M. Jno. Hyor, Dr. Jno. K. Smith, J Scner, Jas. Gjlljlict, Jno. (lardy, E. Beaty, Jan. lluokot, Charles Both Peter Spiihr. Jacob Shrom, il. J. Meek, Thoa. H. Skilcu, Jacob Fetter, John Hoi bert, Jacob Rhcem. Samuel Gould, Rev. E. M. John, •'on, P. P. Shelley. Tt'Udtt!!' IVunlvd A competent teacher is wonted to take charge of one of the public nrhooln in Churcblown, Ist grade. Immediate opplicalion may be made to either of the undersigned. JOHN MURPHY, O. W. RINUIsEK, RICHARD ANDERSON, Sub Com. Dec. 23. 1852—3 t Cstalc Notice, ALL persons are hereby notified that Letters of Administration on the estate of John Line. late of Monroe township, Cumberland county, dec'd., hate been issued by iho Register in and for said county to the subscribers, the first named living In Monroe township ond the last named in Silver Spring town ship- All persons having claims or demands against the est< to of the said decedent, are requested tu maku. known (ho same without delay, and those indebted to make payment to ADAM BISHOP, EMANUEL LINE, December 23, 1852—(It* Adin’rs, E«*lute Notice. LISTTKRS of Administration on the relate of Nancy Baughman, lale of I lie borough of Carlisle, deceased, have been issued by the Register ol ('urn* berland county, to the subscriber residing in said borough. All persons having claims or demands against the estate of said decedent, are requested to present them properly authenticated for settle ment, and those indebted will make Immediate payment to J. BAUGHMAN, E»’r. December 23, 1R52 —61 Estate Notice. NOTICE is hereby given Ihul tellers testaments, ry on (lie taal will and loalumenl of George Ln« gun, latoof Franklin township, Cumberland county. Pa., deceased, have been issued (he Register in and for said county lo the subscriber, who resides in’ North Middleton township in said county* All per sons having claims or demands against the estate of the said docodant are requested to inako known (he same without delay, and thoso indebted to make payment to WM. F. BWIGhIt, December 23.—Gw* Executor. Tavern JLicoiisc. TO the Honorable (ho Judges of the court of Ge neral Quatler Bessiona of iho Peace of Cumberland county, at January Sessions, A. D. 1869. Tho petition of John Hannan, respectfully repre sents, that your petitioner is provided with the ne cessary requisites for beeping s house of public en tertainment, in Iho house be now occupies us such in tho iHf tho Uorough of Carlisle.—• Your petitioner, therefore,sprays your Honors to grant him a License for tho same the cnsuti g year, commencing on tho 2d Monday of January, 1863. As in duty bound ho will over pray. &e. JOHN HANNAN. December 23, 1862 —8t We the undersigned citizens of the Weal Ward, (n the Borough of Carlisle, in the county of Com* boriomi, do certify that wo ard well acquainted with the above named John Ifannsn, that ho is of repute for honesty and temperance, qnd is well P* 0 * vidod with house room and conveniences for the accommodation of strangers and travellers, and that such Inn or Tavern is necessary to accommodate tho public ond entertain strangers and troveilerfe Charles Dsrnilz, John Whistler, Hebert Allisonr Win. Carl, Lewis Robinson, W, Foulk, George W*- Killon, Wm. J. Shearer, Adhm Sensoman, Jacol’' Leiby, John Rhoads, R. A\ Noble, A. Roberta, Gco» W. iUchards, C. J. Carmony.
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