THE VOLUNTEER. .loha B. Bratton,Editor nudProprletor OARLISIiB, MAT 30, 1803* DEUOOR&TIO NOMINATIONS. FOB CANAL COMMISSIONER, THOMAS fl. FORSYTH, OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. FOB AUDITOR GENERAL. brnn a i m d ii.rt iv d , or ttirruN county. FOB SURVEYOR GENERAL, J. PORTER BRAWLEY. OF CRAWFORD COUNTY. lisle, for 1853 Coarts at Carll Sessions and Over and Orphan's. Terminer. Tuesday, August 30. Monday, August 29. Tuesday, November 1. Monday, November 14. Tuesday, December 27. The Weather and the Crops.— Tho season, thus far, has been highly favorable to vegetation, and our exchanges from all parts of tho Stale and country speak encouragingly of tho prospects of an abundant reward to the labor and skill of the husbandman.— Tho fruit crop likewise promises an abundant yield. New Postmasters in rmrf County. —The fol lowing appointments of Postmasters have been ifhisvfilx, jr. Mechanicsburg— Levi Snell. To Those Having Bad Etks.—Wo invito atten tion to the card of Mr. Carl, in another column.— His remedy for tho euro of defective eight is simple, and Ibe same as uoed’by Dr. Brainord, wbojhas per formed most astonishing cures in giaoy of the largo cities. Tbo Now York, Boston and Baltimore pa pers pronounce tho discovery the greatest wonder of tbo ago. In Baltimore several persona who had bean blind for years, bad their eight restored. Wo might fill our paper with notices of Dr. Brainord's astonishing experiments on tho eye, but deem it unnecessary. Let all afflicted with bad eyes call on Mr. Curl, at Burkholder's hotel. annual exhibition of tho Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts, was opened on Monday, and is attracting, as usual, a largo number of visitors.— The collection of paintings embraces several very excellent Works, by Philadelphia artists, besides eth er painted abroad, and those who have a taste for such things may spend an hour or two very agreea bly in locking round tho gallery. Truth vs. Falsehood. —Under this caption a writer in last week's Herald , complains that a cor respondent in our paper of the week previous made false charges against the Faculty of Dickinson Col lege by endeavoring “to fasten upon them the guilt of being, to a great degree, the cause of the kto sick ness among a portion of the students.” Whether our correspondent was guilty of falsehood or not, wo will not pretend to say. When ho handed us the communication he assured us it contained nothing but tho simple truth ; but to ho sure that ho was not instigated by malice or ill feeling, wo made inquiry of another student, and questioned him in regard to tho truth of the statements contained in tho comma mention. He 100, declared them true, and on tht* evidence wo agreed to publish the article. Wo would out, willingly, do anything calculated to injure Dickinson College,nor do we harbor any ill feeling toward either ol the Professors. Several of thenryye f w, "Abm" juiUv.. Dickinson College, no will wo palliate the negli gence of its Faculty, when they, through a false economy, create a pestilence in our midst. Wo ore well aware that “editors have a duly to perform,” and for one wo intend to perform that duty to the best of our ability, and in our own way, without regard to the opinions of any man or set of men.— We believed tho remarks of our correspondent jnsli • Gable, and for this reason wo inserted (hem. Tho correspondent of the Herald pronounces them fake, and thus tho subject is reduced to a question of vo racity. It may remain in that position. This has been a month of calamity. Within three or four weeks there have been recorded in (ho pages of the public press the destruction of the steamship lodcponco in tho Pacino, tho Ocean Wave on (he Lakes, and the Jenny Lind in California ; tho awful railroad calamities at Chicago and Norwalk, and now there ia added the loss of the ship William and Mary at sea. By those six disasters not less than five hundred souls have boon hunted inlu eternity, and in addition to llicso. ihcrahavo l*««n minor ac cidents on railroads and steamboats, falling of build' ings, dt-o, which would materially swell the fearful aggregate. Tnc Retiring Senators.— With the close of the tale session of tho Legislature, the terms uf tho fol lowing named Senators expired. Names of Demo crals in italics i I. Philadelphia City—Charles O’Neil. 9. “ County Thomas 11. Forsyth. 11. Adams and Franklin—Thomas Carson . 13. Cumberland and Perry —Joseph Badry. 15. Blair, Cambria and Huntingdon—K. A. Mo- Murlrio. 16. Luzerne, Columbia and Montour—C. R. Buck■ ale to. 17. Bradford,Susquehanna and Wyomlfcg— (Jeo. Sanders on. 19, Mercer, Vonongo and Warren —John Iloge. SI. Butler, Beaver nod LaVronco —Archibald Robertson. 22. Allegheny—James Carolhors. 25. Armstrong, Indiana and Clarion—Christian Meyers. Of ilia abort) dloltiolo, the Ist, 11 lb, 131b,2181 and 23d are decidedly Whig, and (ho 2d, I3ili, IGlh, 17il>, 19lb and 251 h arc aa decidedly Domocrolic. One of Iho latter was ropreaentod by Judge Moyers, Whig during the last Senatorial term ; but there is no like , lihood of such a result at the next election. Should both parlies, therefore, carry the districts next fall in which (hey preponderate, the next Senate will stand 16 Whigs, 16 Democrats, and 1 Native ; and ebould either party lose one of its districts, the eu. premacy in the Senate must thereby bo given to the 1 other. I The Cincinnati Commercial aaya that Wm. Loyd Garrison, in a speech before an anti slavery meeting lately held in that oily, boasted that ho stood outoide the Union, and thanked Ood that he teas not recog nized as a Christian Or marriages between the young and the old, old Thomas Fuller shrewdly remarks; "They (hat mar ry ancient people, merely in expectation to bury them hang themselves in hopes eomo one may come and oat the baiter." The Spread-Eagle on tho now two shilling piece is surrounded with raye } hence when a man says ho | mast make a raise, wo must infer that ho wants •• a quarter." The Legislature of Illinois, last winter, passed a law to the effect that Railroad companies should pay #5,000 for every passenger lost in a train through the carelessness of the company or Its agent. THE GAS AND WATER COMPANY. A Glorious Beglanlng--The Bight Spirit. According to appointment, the Commiaaioncre au thorizod by law to toko subscriptions to tho capital, stock of the “Carlisle Gas and Water Company" met at fho office of Ibo County Commissioners, in tho court-house on Saturday last, and opened books for that purpose. The enemies to all enterprise and improvement, shook Iboir heads knowingly, and a chuckle, predicted a total failure of P 1 ’ o ]® But before one hour «wp*od.they discovered *noy had i*«on mistaken in their estimate of the character of the citizens of Carlisle, and instead of wiißosaing a moan parsimonious spirit, they found our citizens—our men of solid wealth, or buainoas men, our mechanics, and laborers—vieing with each other in pushing forward tliis glorious and merito rious enterprise. The subscribing for stock spirited, animated, liberal, and praiseworthy, and at the end of eighl|hours from the opening of tho books ■lock amounting to $20,175 had been taken!— Tins SECURES THE CHARTER—AYE, IT SECURES TUB ER ECTION op the Gas and Water Works! Our citi zens of all classes deserve great credit for their liber, alily and enterprise ; and, as wo, as well as our neighbor of the Herald , have boon for the last six or eight years, advocating these improvements, and pleading in their favor, wo fool no iUllo pride that our efforts (so long ridiculed by a few of our citi zens,) have at last been crowned with success. Our citizens also owe a debt of gratitude to Hon. Frede rick Watts for the zeal he manifested in pushing on this enterprise. Other names wo might mention, as deserving the thanks of our people; but so many Now lei our Borough authorities act in the same liberal spirit, and subscribe for slock in the name of the Corporation of Carlisle. Tho members of our Town Council, we foci satisfied, are in favor -of the enterprise, for nearly every member subscribed in his own name for stock. Tho willingness mani fested by our citizens (0 subscribe for tho Block should bo evidence to the Council that they are nearly unanimous in favor,of a liberal Borough sub scription-say some $20,000 or $25,000. It will not bo a debt on the borough, for the dividends of the Gas ond Water Company will pay the interest on the amount invested. Wo say then, it is the policy os well as the duly of the Borough to bo a large stock holder. By subscribing for one third of the slock taken, tho Boiuugh will be entitled to three of the Board of Managers of the Gas and Water Company , and this we should like to see. Tho individual sub scnplions in Carlisle will yol amount to $10,000. Let the Borough lake $20,000 or $25,000, and a few of our rich farmers in tho country $15,000 or $20... 000 Ilium, amt ihuo raise the. nliule acutiUlll icqaircd from our own means. THE C A LAI IN POLITICS. After a grcol storm there is generally as great n calm. So it is in politics. Tbo coolest for the Presidency last full created a feeling of excitement throughout the length and breudth of our land. Now wo are enjoying the calm. The people, at the ballot boxes,* expressed a preference for Democratic pnnet. pies, and by an unprecedented majority called Frank t.iN Pierce to the helm ofßtolc. Hating done this, they again returned to the active pursuits of life, satisfied that the ofTiirs uf the nation were confidejj to a safe guardianship. The quiet and tranquility now prevailing wo would not attempt to disturb; but yet wo cannot but re mind our Democratic brethren that they will have a duty to perform on the 2d Tuesday of October, re quiring all their former zeal and activity. The coming election will be one of groat importance, for in (Ins contest we have a Canal Commissioner, Au d 1 lor General, Sur vo vnr (lenern 1. anij Snore mi) Juda>> hors of Assembly. &c. It is important, highly important, therefore, that we preserve our organi zalion, pick our flints, and “keep our powder dry.” Our Whig friends, wo notice, arc preparing for u spirited content, and arc already organizing for the fight. They can only hope for success in the bchci that the democracy will be found (as they have boon on several occasions heretofore.; without proper or ganization, and in a political stupor. Let (lie de mocracy of this county and of tho Stale bo warned in lime, or our enemies may steal & march on us and by their more efficient organization, carry off the honors in October. The Kane Arctic Expedition, it ia expected, will sail for tho Polar regions some tune next week. The expedition, the New Yotlc Tribune says, gnee provisioned for two years. Their des tination is SiniiSi Sound, the point on this conti nent where northern exploration has already pene trated farthest. Thence, if the ice happens to be open, tbey will boldly push forward, w'uh iheti j, b/ig, into Ihe unlnuuvn Polar «<*n. it Kis closed, they will resort to their dogs and sledges, which latter are built so aa to serve, in case of need, as boats, and will investigate that desolate region, northward and westward, in search of the open water and of (tie lost navigators. Wo may expect to hear from them at Upernavik, and possibly at oilier points on llio coast of Greenland, and then they will pass beyond tho roach of our knowledge and our sympathies until their return, which may be looked for in the autumn of 1955. Wo notice that Queen Victoria, upon receiving the news of tho melancholy accident which result' ed in tho loss of President Pierce’s only son, per sonally wrote a letter to Mr. Ingorsoll, in condo lence for the sad affliction tho President had sus tained. The Democrats of Tennessee are carrying on their Gubernatorial contest with much vigor. Col. John son appears to bo a popular r«ndid«i®, and (ho Dem ocratic papers are in high spirits, and confident of Ins election. Judging from tho ardor of their advo cacy of him, and the timid opposition made to him by the Whig press, wo feel confident of his election Affray and Muuiirii in Baltimore.— On Sunday night, a parly of some twelve or fiAcon desperadoes entered the Lager beer brewery establishment of a Gorman, named Matthias Brendol, in Baltimore, be having in tho most outrageous manner, and on tho proprietor protesting against their conduct, (hoy dis. charged several pistols at him, two balls taking ef fect in the arm, above tho elbow, and one shattering the bones of one of his hands. John Krcningor, one of (ho beer carl drivers, was shot dead by tho des peradoes. . Alas! Pooa Painter ! —Wo find the following in the lasi number of the Johnstown Camirain : Wo owo an apology to out readers for the non appearance of our paper lust week. Wo hud no : money to buy paper. The above is enough to draw loara from tho eyes of all our friend's nun paying snbncribers, if (hoy have hearts as largo as a grasshopper's. The Ponosylvrnia Historical Society held a meet ing in Philadelphia on the 9th Inst., at which a loi ter was rend from the Hon. James Buchanan, de clining to deliver tho next Anniversary Address in consequence of Ids acceptance of the Mission to England. Hon. Charles J. Ingorsoll was selected to perform that duly in his place. * 1 OFFICIAL. For the Volunteer. Appointment, try th« President. THE BAS AND WATER COMPANY.' , Washington Maj 23.—Tho following appoint. Mr. Editor—la this ancient and beautiful 1 Bo- enlSt araoD g otliaro, will appear in Ilia Union to rough we have been 80 long accustomed to Bl on ()rrmv , .till, that to introduce anything new, however in- jWiniatere-Hon. Tliomna H. Seymour, ofConnoc .erecting it may bo, dicta,be V r com, of New Jersey, to Prn.aia. There is, perhaps, no spot upon the face of tnq q OVi Wm.Trousdale, ofTennosßoo, to Brazil, earth which possesses within Itself Go ], Samuel Modary, Ohio, to Chili. , advantages than eor town and its amount of business which we do is at lowest point:—absolute \yanl would followarfrao* • jjjohard K. Mcado, of Vhnlnlo, to Sardinia, lion less. We must have our horses ehdt&frand Charles F. Woodbury, to Bolivia, this is about the aura of our working ioYfSji—tvi Owo"n\ of LTmml'n'a" loTho ”iwo Sici must make our own bread stuff, and this is^ the amount we make of the use of powfliv-as jffftl R, or y Bedingor, of Virginia, to Denmark, everything else we uee, we send the raw materlaA j away that it may bo manufactured! We Send the ■j'. t*fak6, of Virginia, Conamißaiomn i® I provision away to feed the men while they, raaflu- i| le 'g an dwich \iands. . , Jaolu re it. We pay the freight away, we pay it rdSdr“o' Sndou'" TUi. back again and dWara commissions and profits to J® i D i me ot is £rth fivi thousand dollars per an ail who handle these materials and provisions j while they are away, and wo are content at this Robert G. Scr expense to support the industry of other coramuni lies and to drag out our own existence as drones. Alfred Gi | r Let any one look into the excellent Hardware stores of our own town, and sse how many articles he can find which should not be made within the preoinls of his own town. We manufacture the iron ourselves, we send it at an expense of aboui nine dollars a ton to New England, where it is made into hinges, door leeks, latches, axes, hatch* ete, chains, plane bits, colliery, and every article of the kind; and then after paying commissions and profits to the enlerprizeof three or four Yankees through whoso hands they pass, we pay about twelve dollars por ion ireigni id gm me m, lured article back again; and having thus fbrnN cd.lhe raw material, all the provision for tho up w|io‘ manufacture the articles, we seem to bo of tehl that we are permitted to gel them upon ay terpis. We do not seem to have enterprise enoi;b to perceive that we could just as well do all its ourselves, or compel these Yankees to come ty® and do the work, and thus save us one-haif 10 price of iho articles and give us a belter price or our produce. The city of Philadelphia is a vry largo manufacturing district; there is made ur cotton and woollen goods, our hardware, ourshes and bools, our ploughs and harrows, carriages aid wagons, indeed everything within the scope of or svants; and there the laborer pays fourfold le amount of rent, and one hundred per cent, Hlglrr! tor his mem butter and vegetables, and the expen e of the freight of all the materials wilh which lo wbrks. Why, and how long will he continue'© do so 1 Juai until we furnish him with the powft lo du l.iw uvotlt 1.0.0 ol omh half il.o wot. /riiC pL- | perienco of every town in our Stale into which! Water and Gas has been introduced by the enter prise of its citizens, has proved the truth of, lh|& Let no man be frightened from the exercise of life own judgment in this matter, by ihe protended alarm of those who hang liko weights upon Ihp neck of society, and are always ready to pul their foot upon the neck of any enterprise; but lei us avail ourselves of our natural advantages, and pro gress with the spirit of the age. Let the mechanic anil laborer take up this subject and make it his •own; for lie may rely upon it, wherever there are profits upon labor and enterprise, these profits be long lo him. Nor are they alone his;—for there is no man in the community, let his profession, trade or occupation be what it may. if his own ten dencies are right, who is not benefited by the prod perity of his neighbor. We are rejoiced lo learn that the citizens have evinced their determination lo introduce Gas and Water into the town—it is that in fhe course ol another year property may have some value in our town. Revolution In Chinn, The laical foreign advices stale (list a revolution ■ a progressing in the Chinese Empire, unci lhal the city of Nankin (ho third in point of size has fallen into the hands of the rebels. The robot army is commanded by the new aspirant lo (ho throne bo longing lo Iho old dynasty, which was overthrown by iho predecessors of the present Tartar soverign. Nankin was the capital under Iho old lino of Empe rors, and was then a place of greater size and splen dor than it is at present. In (lie event of lliosuccces of the revolutionists, it will again become the seat of government. The very fact that a city of so much importance, should full into (ho hands of the r.fvulu* liunisls, indicates the strength of (ho movement, as well, wo would say, as the very brittle (enure by which the present Emperor holds the sceptre* The accounts say ho has made a general call upon hie people Tor help;' but the I'clcul'mls having'of Into years Become somewhat modernized, may desire a change, with ‘alt the world and Iho rest of mankind,' und may wish lo try how a now ruler a full blooded Chinese, of the ancient regime will work again. The next news from that fur off country will be very important. Scarcity of Laborerr.— There Is considerable difficulty, wo learn from the Sunbury American, in gelling a proper supply of good laborers on the different Railroads and Improvements ai that place. The Philadelphia and Sunbury Railroad Company expected lo have ihoir road in operation between lhal place and Shomokin by this time, bul the ditT.culty in getting hands has retarded the pro gress of their work, and delayed its completion for a month or two. The Suequohannd and Sun bury and Erie Railroad Companies labor under (ho same difficulties. Laborers can find excellent employment in that neighborhood. The location is healthy and wages are good and promptly paid. Monument to Mn. Webster. —Tho Massachu setts House of Representatives, on Monday week, ordered to a third reading by a vote of 110 to DU, tho rnsolvo providing for tho erection bf a mono monl to Daniel Webster, ul an expense of $lO,- 000, under the supervision of a commission. Pacific Railroad.—Two of tho government par lies for the survey of routes for this road, will bo headed respectively by Lieuls. Whipple and William son. They will ozploro the most southern routes, Lieut. Whipple commencing on the Atlantic side, and Lieut. Williamson on the Pacific side. Tho latter officer has selected Dr. Merman of Philadel phia, as physician and naturalist of bis party, and Professor Mallior, of Ohio, as geologist. Another parly under Captain Gunnison will examine Ihp practicability of the parsep through (ho Rooky Moun tains, in tho latitude ul 117 dog. 3 min. and 38 see. ffj* Some of the Whig oflico holders give up the ghost in a very jolly manner. A decapitated Uruulo agent" on tho mail lino between Boston and Burl ington via Vermont Central Railroad, who tomjpqra rily fills tho place of his Democratic successor, now adds,**od" on tho word "route" whenever he, signs his name to a way bill. It is not a bad head that Jokes so cloaverly after it's off. Drysnt, of tho Now York Evening Pott, who Is travelling in tho East, writes, that tho bigotry of tho Moslems is fust relaxing. They now got drunk iiko 1 Christians. i fcl VI ' )t. * I, of Virginia, to Rio. Ai I, of Olio, to Valparaiso. jWCloyloD, of Mississippi, to Havana a f* ( a/ 0 ’ ,k J\Y Jo T r ASHINGTON ITEMS, The Cartel continues its astonishing silence, and the a/ ouncemenl appointments * 8 father rtnla vnd Aledary, of Ohio, has been assigned Jo Berlin */h a son of the Hon. Henry A. Wise for Secreta/of Legation. Jackson, of Georgia, goes to Bra/i an( l a Virginian diplomatist takes the post commissioner to Sandwich Islands, with jnstru/ons looking towards important results. Jol/Van Uuren, report says, has been offered i*e /'reach mission. , John B. Skinner, of Wyoming, hns been up pointed U. 55. District Attorney of Northern New York, vice Henry A. Foster, resigned. Paul C. Jeffries appointed Pension Agent at Ottumwa, lowa. Shelton F. Leake, of Virginia, appointed Com missioner to tiio Sandwich Islands, Col. Wilcox, Unionist, of Miss., will certainly trot a chargeship. Win. H.Corry,of Ohio, may goto Constant!-j nople, and Edward De Leon will probably gel the Consulship at Alexandria, having declined that at Melbourne, Austrilia. John M. Bell, recently appointed Sub-Treasur er at New Orleans, declines, and F. 13. Hatch is here to secure the office. Fry has been appointed Mail Agent in Califor nia, thus defeating the indomitable Blanton McCalpin. Major Levall, of South Carolina, the defeated ! applicant for the office of Sub-Treasurer here, now wonts the Superintendency of the Custom House at Charleston, in place of Gadsden, appointed Minister of Mexico. William 11. Hope, of the PennKj/lvaninn, h t" have the Clerkship of the General Post Other, Col. and the Postmaster General have, happily, become reconciled. The Use of Geological Knowledge.—ln several counties of Ohio, where it was suppbsed coal existed to the extent of a few rods or hundred yards at most the geologist informed thorn that they might con sider their supply inexhaustible. The rise in real estate in different counties, was variously estimated ! nl from ono hundred thousand dollars to Tito hundred ) thousand doll irs, when it was known that manufao ' luring menus were possessed is such unexpected 'abundance. Professor John Locko, to whom was was assigned the south western portion of (ho Sloto, in a few moments dcmonsiralcd to Iho inhabitants of West Union that the rock under their fact was well suited for lime. They had boon previously hauling lime a numb* r of miles. Young men cr<itomplaling marriage, should In ko oaro to join a Benevolent Society before ihev call in tho Parson. A wedding was about to lake place in nrptt.. l.:.::v „ oul , '; ) rTi happened to discover, after the company bod Assem bled, that her 'otended did not belong lo ony benov. ulent society, wlimJi occasioned u reasonable fear that should ho huppim | 0 die (hero would bo no funds to pay his funeral expenses ! CARLISLE A Swan. A white Swa nwis ca plnred at Denson's dam, near Lebanon Borough, on Sunday of last week , and is now in the possession of Mr Win. Shirk, of l hal place. It is a noble and beautiful bud, of the largest size of (ho species, and is remarkably domes tic for the linio it has been nndur man’s dominion.— It was shot in the head, bul it will soon recover from the injury. A Sku vicyaoi k Ci.ock— Tho Lancaster town clock was made by John Rberman, Esq,, end pul up in the steeple of Iho old Court ilonso in 1784. at u cost of X\ r )5O. About the year 1 T9G a new steeple wasjaddod lo the building, the cluck taken down, and now dials and hour hands put on. considerably lar gor than the old ones, improvements winch worn 00<0<U00J0<J a( dial ((mo. Since (hat lime the cluck has been cleaned twice, und with tli o exception of new weight ropes, has never cost the county one cent fur repairs ; and when taken down on Tuesday every body was astonished lo find that there had been scarcely any prcccplible wear in any part of it, not even the fly-pinion, which always wears fusUr than any other portion of the works. Coming Ki.rctjons.— Vrlginia is the next Stale to hold an election, and (ho only one before Iho first Monday in August next, when Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, lowa. Kentucky, Missouri and 'Texas fol low, while Tennessee votes on the first and North Carolina on tiro second Thursday in that month.— Tho most significant contest of the year will bo lhal between Col. Benton and his adversaries in Missouri ■ The Pennsylvania Gazelle of 1798, states that 0 man named Pt'ls, a flddlor, with his wife, was over • sot in a cunoo, near Newton Creole. Tho good man 'Us s>kd, prudently secured his fiddle, and let his wife go to Hie bottom. Tho Smday Dispatch suggests that graduates from the Agricultural Colleges, now being started in this country, have affixed to llioir names the cabalis tic letters ‘ M. IV—moaning' Master of the Plough .« Tho Whig Stale Central Committee has boon an nounced. Cha-lca T. Jones, of Philadelphia, is Us chairman. A. 3. Shsrpc, Esq., is the member from Ibis counlyya The Bank of Chester county sent to tho Mint on Saturday last, byrailroad, twenty five thousand dol lars, In old coins, o bo ro-coinod into tho now silver coins. John Ilildcdranl, of Huntingdon county, has kept apples very sucocisfully through tho winter, in back wheat bran—thoL’ flavor not boing impaired in tho least degree. « Veal is called ‘unfinished beef, 1 in tho Newburgh Telegraph. Tho Saturday Visitor supposes lamb Would bo formed 'incipient mutton,'and wo think pig might bo denominated premonitory pork. Virtuous actions sooner or later will find their re ward. The New York City Council has jual«ppropriatod 43501) for fireworks and other manifestations of burn ing patriotism on the 4th of July. Ho is great who Is what ho is fiom nature,'and reminds us of others. New Orleans. May 20 -Tho steamship United Slaiee, arrived this morning: from ® an _;J“ an v b A r,n ?,* ine advicea from San Francisco to the 30th of April, being thirteen days lulor than our lust advicea. . _ The United Slaloe has made a splendid pnßsage,i the entire trip from San Francisco occupying but M , days. • - I The Grand Jury In the case of the steamship In* | dependence, wrecked in St. Simon’s Buy, have ron dered a verdict, in which they express the opinion) that the vessel was wholly unsoaworlby at and bo* | Tore tho lime of the painful accident, and that much blame attaches to her owners for allowing her to bo I employed in the transportation of passengers, when , they must have known such was tho case. Business at Sun Francisco continued dull, though holders of flour had been enabled in some instances to obtain a slight advance. The slock of provisions and other necessary arti cles of consumption in tho interior, wds very light, nod the roads loading thereto in a most wretched condition, so iliai nigi* prices and much suffering are anticipated. , . The accounts from the mines continue of a cheer ing character, so far os regards the product of gold. The minors and others are industriously and profia* bly employed. . . _ There have been but few arrivals at San trancis co from tho Atlantic porta since the departure ofthe last steamer, although a number of vessels aro con siderably over due. . Among those arrived, is the barguo Old Hickory, from New York, after a passage ol about 146 days. Tho list ofdeuiliß given In the San Francisco pa pers show a considerable increase for tho last month over previous months. ... Tho agricultural prospects throughout Cahlornia for tho coining year aro voiy flattering, and a largo yield is confidently looked for. . Tho Alla California represents trade ns dull in many of tho leading articles, and the market depress, od, owing in part to the backwardness of Ibe Spring Irodo and Iho had condition of tho roads. An active business, however, was anticipated during the month of May. The stock of flour on hand was largo, and heavy arrivals were expected during tho next few weeks. Tho whaling ship Robert BroUftford, from New Bedford, is ashore on Christmas Island. The Legislature would finally adjourn on the 1 lII* Washington, May 22. of May. Two fires had occurred statin Francisco, but they wore fortunately extinguished before any damage of importance was dune. The bonking house of Pago, Djcoo &. Co., hud been robbed of $3,000 Two discoveries of gold near Negro Hill arc re ported. The ogricullurul prospects of the Stale are lf> a very flattering condition. Lalcr dates from China had been received at San Francisco. . The American ship Charles Andrews had arrnved al Singapore. From the grfmlWlch Islands. The Sandwich Islands Legislature assembled on the 6lh of April. A company has been formed for the establishment ut n line of steamers between the Sandwich Islands and Sun Francisco. For years past we have heard most horrible stones about the atrocities of the Indians in California, and, of course, everybody behoved them. But wo recent ly had a conversation with o California gentlemen of much intelligence in every matter relating to that Stale, ond ho gives a very different version of Ihu |slory. Tliis gentleman is Mr, Blanton McAlin. — Ho has written a letter to the N. Y. Herald . from which wo take a few extracts 110 says : “ I have resided in California since October, 1849, the greater part of tho liino in the mountain or min eral region, which is nofffc and has been during that period, inhabited by the Indians. I resided from Au i gust until December. 1851, on the Son Joaquin river, [ within two miles of Fori Miller, whore there is the largest collection of Indians in California, and I hate traveled a great deal among them in oilier porta of the Stale, and I must suy that I haVo never hoard of such ads of barbarity as are eel down in that re port against oQr dwn countrymen. I was on King's river in six hours after tho affroy had occurred, which is represented in his report as a massacre of women and children,and which ha says wns premeditated. 1 know all the Americans cn- MTsU'-.irti.eTiss..".", 11 n“slKn , . , , n . S’Jvi a.BJfi. fur years And tram tho careless manner (his affair has been reported, I come to the conclusion that the whole history of Indian barbarities in California is somewhat similar. In this affray there wos nut one women ora single child killed,nor even wounded. The Indians made tho allude upon tho Americans, and wounded one man with an arrow before there was a gun fired, and it was so soon over that but one In dian got wounded ; tho r.’et fled to the mountains, as I was informed by Major Harvey, who was the lead er, and also by the entire parly, in six hours after it occurcd. On tho next day a party, consisting of nine, crossed King’s river, and visited the Indian village. I wns one of (ho parly ; and wo sow the Indian men who hod been engaged in the affray the day before, who informed us they had been told by the Indian Commissioners to'fight for their land that they supposed tho white men were looking o( their country to lulio it from them. Wo (old them that such wos nut the ease, and immediately entered into a friendly treaty with them, and al their request I committed In paper the purport of our talk. Our party passed on to what is called the Four Creek Country, a*nd remained among a largo number of Indians for several days, looking at the country; and on our return to King's river, wo found that the I ndlana ni ihm place lincl Ucpl their pfmnitr, end the whiles and (Item were getting on entirely friendly. 'Tills whole afftir was greatly exaggerated al (he time ; and Ihoso of us who happened to bo in that region of the country at the lime did all wo cou’d on our return to San Francisco to correct it; and I should have supposed the exaggerated statements which found their way into the newspapers in the month of July. 1852, would not part of a re port mado at Washington in tho month of February, 1853. *••**••• Now, (he facts ore, (he Slate of California owes a debt of over one million of dollars, for which she has given her bonds, a part of which boar twelve per cent, interest, (ho remainder seven per cent. This debt she owes for men and supplies ordered by the proper authorities of tho State in defence of the lives and properly of the people, and not a single debt has she assumed where tho parties had not been properly called out by tho lawful authorities. This debt she expects the government to pay. Tho report is a very strange one in other respects, but I forbear saying anything more, as 1 know it will bo fully investigo ted by tho people of California. Very respectfully, your obedient servant. Washington, May 21 —Tho jury in the Gar diner case, after being out all night, reported to llio Court this morning that they had nut agreed, and that (boro was no prospect of their agreeing upon a verdict before Monday. Tho Court thereupon ad journed until Monday. New Rule in Etiquette. —Tho Paris correspondent of the Now York National mentions a very novel rulo in otiquolto which is established in the Court of Louis Napoleon. Of courso, as it Is foreign, and tho latest" Paris fashion," it willtako amazingly all over tills " groat continent " It lias boon noticed that of late, whenever (ho Emperor and Empress havo appeared in public, the latter has always sat at tho right hand instead of tho loft hand of her husband. " Of course this created some surprise, until It was ascertained that the imperial olinuello demanded that her majesty should occupy tho right hand side of tho Emperor while she was enciente. This being the ntiquolto imperial, as soon as it was known U became the etiquette general." A boy 1C years of ago, died in Now York oily, a few days since, of hydrophobia—or what was sup” posed to bo hydrophobia—caused by the bile of a dog four years ago. Late from California. Justice to the rui/omu Indians. BLANTON McALPIN. Washington City, May 7, 1853. The Gardluor Case. A Funeral Oration for llaynau. Ilaynau, the woman flagger— " Well t" He's dead, my dear, and gone to— “ Hush S" Ilo’s gone (o reckoning for his crimes— And curses mingle with tho chimes. Rc-aaieinbllnil of the Conrentlort* Al a mooting of tbe Democratic Stale Central Committee, hold al the Merchants’ Hololi in Phila delphia, on Saturday last, tho following resolution was adopted: Reeolvtti, That the late State Convention re-os. Bcmblo at Harrisburg} bn the 28th day of July next* for tho purpose of'nominating a candidate for the Supremo Bench, (In place of Judge Gibson, deo’d,) to bo supported by tho Democratic parly of Pennsyl vania, at tho ensuing election; and for tho transact ion of any other business that may become necessary. Tho Stale Central Committee agreed, to meet again, in the Senate Chamber at Harrisburg, im mediately after the adjournment of tho State Con* vention, on the 28lh of July* Jaolcson*s Epltnpli on his Wi/e. The Richmond Enquirer aayaA lady In tho West has boon kind enough to send us a copy of Andrew Jackson’s Epitaph on hla wife. It I* known to have been his own composition, yet although it has been read by hundreds on her tomb in Tonnes, see, it has never appeared in print before. This singular inscription roads thus : “ Hero He the remains of Mrs. Rachel Jackson, wife of President Jackson, who died on tha 28d of December, 1028, aged 61. H«r face waa fair, her person pleasing, her temper amiable, and her heart kind. She delighted in relieving the wants of her fellow creatures, and cultivated that,divine pleasure, by the most liberal and unpretending methods. To the poor she wos a benefactress : to the rich she was an example; to tho wretched a comforter; to the prosperous an ornament; her piety woql band in hand with her benevolence; and sho thanked her Creator for being permitted to do good. A being so gentle and yet so virtuous,slander might wound but could not dishonor—oven death, when ho tore her from the arms of her husband, could but transplant I her to the bosom of her God.” Anecdote op Secretary Marcy.— Tbo hard pressure for appointments to office under the new administration, at Washington, gives rise to some amusing incidents. The following is told us of the Secretary of State : “ Among the host of besiegers In the pursuit of place was a woman who was extremely anxious that her husband should be made postmaster in some country village. She was most persevering in her solicitations, in season and out ol season. She stood at the Secretary’s door when became out of his room in the morning ; she intercepted him oh his way to his meals ; she followed him to his lodgings at night. One one occasion she re mained there unusually late ; the Governor listen ed to her ns long as he could, when ho requested her to excuse him, but she lingered. At length every gentleman but one had gone, and the Secre lary toolt oifhisshoes. Still t-he stood herground, quite unmoved. Growing desperate the Secretary finally rose from his seal, and proceeded to strip oil his coat; then, turning to the woman, ha ex claimed : ‘Madam, 1 am going to bed, and if yon don’t w ithdraw, I shall write to Mrs. Marcy about you.’ The lady immediately retired—from the room.” American Flunkeyibm.— Mr. Greeley relates the I when lie arrived in London two years ego, and had reached Ilia hold, lie was looking out of his window when a magnificent carriage drove op to a shop on the opposite aide of the way. Powdered footmen and flunkeys adorned the buz and aland. This, thought lie, is some grand personage who. true to the infernal traditions of Norman barbarism, finds his honor in the degradation and brolalizition of hia species, by affixing on them the mark of degredalion —picking out tho noblest looking children of toil, and dressing them up ae prisoners of war once were, whoso livery marked their loss of liberty. But oast* ing his eyes on the coach panels, what did he be hold ? A painting of tho American eagle, with a shield round its neck, looking like a chicken prema turely tied to a giidiruo. It Waslho coach of Abs bot Lawrence, our late Whig representative near the Court of Si. James I A Curiosity. —Mr. David Royer, of this city, had a pair of Bantam Fowls, mule and female. The fe male hatched out a number of young ones, and after a short lime look sick and died, after which the male, a regular Rooster, at oneo look charge of the young fnrmly. mj not only loads them about in the yard. * • ' , ’ • )... - a | U ol> , and in the evening, qb well as sometimes mruogli (ho day, ho gathers his family under his wings, (he same as the females do. Some time sfler this another cluck died, leaving an Orphan family behind her, which this same male cluck also look in charge, al though they were neither of the same size or ago of these of liis first charge. In the early pari of tho present week, when wo wore on eye witness to thr* odd ohickon family, this mule cluck had no less lhair twelve young ones in charge, some of which ward almost old enough to manage for themselves. This is tho first male cluck we have ever seen, and would doubtless draw tho first Premium, lf r ho anti his family wore taken to the World's Fair.— Lanea *, ter Republican. A now Masonic Mall is about to bo creeled In PhiljdelpMa, nt an expense of 9100.000. The front is to bo of bruwn stone, and to cost $20,000. iitß. On the 21st of .VI arch, in Petersburg, Porry 00. by the Rev. H. Hanson, Mr. Jacob Switzer, to Mis* Marv Cummings, both of Now Cumberland, Ibis county. On tho l Oih inet., by the Rev. A. H. Kremer, Mr. William B. Croitak, of Waynesboro’ Frank lin 00., to Miss ( atiiaiiine Mabomieiued, of this place. On the same day, and hy ilie same, Mr. Thom as MoOJIK, lo M 189 fc>UBAN FI’NK, both of ll)l8 place. On l lie I2rh inst., hy tho Rev. A. Height, Mr. Ihomas M. Giulrr, to Miss Sarah Spuing, both of ttiis place. U t n t Jj 0. In this county, on the 9th inet., Mr, Henry Oiiitib, nged 21 years. In Ro&bnry, on (ho Blh inst., James LotrftoA Rrovvnewell, nged 7 years. In this place on Monday last, Mies Barbara Sum nakkr, aged G 2 years. In this borough, on Monday last, Mrs. Margaret White, consort of Mr. Edward White, aged 70 year* and 2 months. [She was an affectionate wife, a ten. dcr mother, a good neighbor, and a quiet and unob. Irueivc Christian. May she rest in peace.] In Sun Francisco, Cnlifnrnin, March 30, Mr. Jo seph Gutsiiali, nged 28 years ; also, ot the satno place, Mrs. Susan Cvtaiiall, in tho 28lh year pf her ago. Tho sulijecla of (his notice wore both natives of this placo \ tho husband was the son of Mr. Peter Qulshall, and tho wife, tho daughter of Mi. Henry Myers. Thoy wore married in Carlisle last August* and loft tho following November, to seek their for* tunes in California ; where, after the most severe and constant suffering from tho very moment of (heir arrival in that placo, they Anally mot tho “grim monster,” end yielded to its conquering stroke.—, Their friends urged them to remain thoy could live, at least in peace and comfort, end when thoy would come to die to bo laid at rest in tho “old grave yard, 0 among their kindred and acquaint* anccs. Dut they would not ho persuaded. Six, months ago, they bid adieu to their sorrowing friends* full of high hopes for tjto future, now their bodies mouldering into dust amid tho golden sands of Gal* ifornla, will probably never mingle with a kindred pailiclo. It is a'consolation to know tljat they died not entirely among strangers.' One aflbolfohato brother and a few other kind friend* were there to receive their latest sigh and perform the last, sad rites. But now they are at rest { released from thoit trials and great bodily suffering, and -their parents and friends can tnourn odd bo comfoitod, although they cannot revisit tho placo where they repose, to gaze on tho sod which covers (heir bosoms, or adorn (heir graves with affectionate tokens of remembrance. Oulmly may they repose on that far distant coast as long as tho waves of tho Pacific shall murmur along by their dreamless beds i and, when tho Ark angle's trump shall sound, may thoy rise with joy to meet their God and Savior, and dwell with him through out endless ages, whore sorrows novor come.
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