THE VOLUNTEER. John D« Drattooi Editor and Proprietor* *O4BLIBIiB,DBO.iIO k 1893. Standing Committee Meeting. Tho Democratic Standing Committee of Cum berland county, are requested to meet at the pub. , lie house of. Charles M’Glanghlin, in Carlisle, on j•; ! / - Monday, January 9th, 1854, at 1 o’clock P. M. t for the'purpose of appointing the time for holding the delegate elections andlhe assembling of a County Convention to appoint one Senatoriaf and two Representative Delegates (o the next Democratic State Convention, to as semble at Harrisburg in March next. J Ture* or tub Committee. December 22, 1853. The following named gentlemen compose the Standing Committee of Comberland county, for the present year: Wm Stephan, Lower Allen, A B Seaerist, Up per Alien; D Smith, E. W., Carlisle, J Harder, W. }/V,i W M Shriver, Dickinson; J Sheets, East pennsborough; J Mountz, Frankford; John Sprout, Hampden; W Wherry, Hopewell; J Paul, Mon* roe; D Slerrmt, Mifflin; A Seirer, Mechanicsburg; J Hoover, Newvrlfe; C L Vnnderbelt, Newton; J Switzer, New Cumberland; P Howard, N. Mid dleton; H Stuart, S Middleton; J B Duncan,Ship, pensburg Bo;; H Craig, Shippensburg Tp.; John Kitsmlller, Southampton; H Hiokerneit, Silver Spring; G M Graham, Westpennsboro. Johnson is expected to preach in the La. tberau Church on next Sabbath morning. Tho pub lic arc invited to attend. JostPH Smalts* Esq., the editor of (he Phila. dplphia Evening Argus, has been appointed Naval Storekeeper for Philadelphia. A most excellent •election. Mrs. Behelhland Foote Butler, wife of Gen. Wm. Butler, of the Revolution, and mother of the Hon. A. P. Butler, Senator in Congress from South Carolina, died at the residence of her son In Edgefield district, on the evening of the 2d in* •tant. The House, on Tuesday week, laid on the table a resolution to purchase Mount Vernon by the General Government—B9 to 85. Bayard Taylor, the travelling correspondent of the Tribune, arrived home on Tuesday week, in lbs ship Sea Serpent, from Macoa. A despatch from Cincinnati slates that R. H. Collins, editor of the Maysville Eagle, shot Lath er Dobyns in the forehead at Maysvtlle, Ky., on Friday. The wound, it is supposed, will prove fatal. SdicidE.—A man named Goodman committed suicide in the Miffiintown jail recently, by culling bis throat with a razor. He bad been committed for robbing a store in Perrysville, and it is suppo sed that ferfr of conviction induced him to commit the rash act. Si.andkrs as to a Nick Name.—lt is said a soil for slander has been entered against a party In \ew York for general and special damages, arising from fastening upon him a nick name, as It is called, whereby the plaintiff charges that he was unjustly brought into ridicule, and sustained touch injury. The damages are placed at a large amount. A WAXiiiMa to Bad Writers.— Tho Toledo BUdo tells a good story of » man who owned a building which was situated on land belonging to (be Michigan Central Railroad. The superintendent who writes s very bad hand, sent a short letter lo Ur. 8., ordering him to remove the building at oucc. Bat the house was not removed, and three months afterwards the superintendent mot S., and begun to scold him for not removing (ho nuisance, as desired, when it appeared that the roan had received the note, sn not being able to make out iis contents, hud supposed It to be s pass over the road, und had been riding back and forth all summer on the strength of ill QTj* New Orleans is truly an afflicted city Scarce ly has (he saffron cloud of pestilence been swep RWsy by the chilly breath of winter, ere the direful •courge ol Cholera makes its appearance there, and la sudden fury sweeps away its victims. Of the two hundred and sixty one deaths which occurred there last week, one hundred and twenty nine were from Cholera. It is hardly possible that its ravages will be eo fatal as those of tlje yellow fever, »n whose footsteps it is so closely following after ; but yet, its breaking out there at the present time, will call fet tbe ready sympathies of rho less afflicted cities. Woman's Beauty. It is not the smiles of a pretty face nor the tint of her completion, nor the beauty and symmetry of person, nor the costly dross or dec orations that compose woman’s loveliness. Nor is J it the enchanting glance of her eye with which she I darts such lustre on the man she deems worthy of I of friendship that constitnies her beauly, it is hot pleasing deportment, her chaste conversation, the sensibility and purity of her thoughts, her offublo and open disposition, tier sympathy with those in adversity, her comforting and relieving the afflicted jo distress, end above all the humbleness of her bout that constitutes true loveliness. CoiNAOB *T Tilt U 8. Mint. — In a Idler lo Ihe Washington Union, Col. James R. Snowdon, Dirod. or of Ilia Philadclpltiu Mini, contradicts the report thal fold bars are paid out because of the in.• bilny ,of Ibe Mini (o supply coin. lib say* that bars are only paid when required by depositors, and that the Mint is capable of coining any amount of bullion with which il may bo supp'ied. Depositors arc paid as soon as Ihe despoaits are assayed, which is A one, Iwo, or, at the farthest, three days and in denomina tion of fold or silver coins, or in burs, as they may deatre. The lallor are preferred when the gold is intended for ctporlolion. na the depositors save the oolnige charge, which is half of ono per cent. The Mint piefere paying in coin, but beeps on hand a large supply of bars, aa well aa coin, in order lo pay promptly every deposit. The Coal Tiude or 1853.—-The total amount of ooa) tranaporled on (he Rending Railroad during (lie yen ending November 30th, waa 1,563.311 tone, •(•inti 1,650,911.17 lona carried in 1859—allowing e falling ofl thia year of 68.700 ions. Although (he coal tonnage hot been somewh-jl loss, llio roles of Remitting Money by Mali, transportation ruled higher tltrouglioul Iho whole An important decision hue recently been made in and the receipts front this source, oa well as the United Stales District Court, Richmond, Vs., the mUoeUaneoua t raffia and pnaiengor travel have Chief Justice Taney presiding. In n cose on trial Wcvr Yorl * Flnnkeylsm, been cn.lderabl, 1nn,....a. bffor . c „„„, Ihe quealion ore. whether money The Tribune .eye the Rn.eiun fI»K ■■ r.i.nd over The jUinere’ Journol e.lim.le. ih.l the Co.l l„n- ,endued by .null lo . orodilor, ench money being the Melilpoll.n 11010 l every lime Mr. Dndi.ee,the nege o« the Canal will be Incre.ud from 70 i„ 80,- In,, beloie il reeched lie deellneliun. wne . rclna.n Ru«i"n Mini.lcr, pay. it « vi.il. Mr. Dodi.co I. 000 |on» tUU joar, at Inereeeed r.le. pf lull The orihedeblur Iron, obligalion.of the debt. The Chief.« well bred men, end hn. lived long enough in lliie mi.celleneou. bmineie of the Canal 1,., ,1.0 been J.,.lice decided llial iho plainlill having rcquo.lod [country to knuw it i, olio humbug, n. lar a, ho le ooneider.bly Increeied over former ye.r>. Both cor hi, debtor lo rcmll Iho money, without opooirying peieonelly concerned j while on the oilier ■ ido il ie poreliene hove done 0 pro.porou. bu,lnc„ the pro.-! or dlrcoll., B how it ».. lo bo.enl, and the derend.nl " bit offl.mkeyiarn, wholly unworthy of American entyoir, which will odd greatly lo their .irenglh in having complied will, iho requcl by rnrniliing lliro’ oilllone. Doaidoe Iho double headed e.glo of n ly nelntelclng 0. itrong oempolillon, eflot neat yo.r, the mail, a. ,h„ ou „„ m „ r do r .„, ] ol> h, out of place, floating from a flag alalT | n „|,„„d The nolle nl Pin. with other llooe of Railroad now progroaalng from debtor would nol M hold liable lo make good Iho crowned will, Iho republican liberty cap. Down * , . , . , Ui; York direct, not only to the Wilke.b.rr. and 10... The d.el.lon „ c „„aio, „ iu . flig , __ t-orgh In recover the pcncltlcc from thee, who i„- idhlfb Uefldnc, but lo the Schuylkill Region el Involving the earn, prlnclpi., , h , Chlaf JuailS, 1 ciov.r.e.d, 1. .ailing .1 Loul.vllle, Ky,, el *3,75 , “ , ‘ 1 ,m “ 11 n0,<,,, fl “' ro b,el> 1,01,1 10 “ l,r *' 0 T«m»qM ud M Anborf. holding thaMhs formsi dsolsWns wars not correct. par bushel t Charge of conapfracy. DETERMINED TO FIND FAULT. Ever since the inauguration of president Fierce, Whig editors, from ono end of the country to the other, have occupied .their columns in misrepre*, senting the President and hie Cabinet. .They are determined to find faulty with every sentiment he utters and every position he-assumes. , They no longer advocate “Whig principles” as formerly, but consume their time In stigmatizing those in authority. This course is certainly in bad taste, and is menu and disreputable; and we might say to the editor who pursues this policy, “Why be holdest thou tho mole that is in thy brother's eye, but conslderest not the beam that is in thine own eye 1 Or, how wilt thou say to thy brother, let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and behold ! a beam is in thine own eye V* “Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mole out of ihy brother’s eye!” Whig editors will find this divfne philosophy quite applicable to themselves at this lime. Their attacks upon the administration can,avai| nothing. Franklin Pierce has the confidence of* the peo ple—-the masses ore with him In feeling and sen timent, and (lie combined efforts of Whig editors and a few selfish disappointed office-seekers, call ing themselves Democrats, cannot shake the con fidence of the honest yeomanry of the country.— They honor President Pierce for his integrity of purpose, and the republican simplicity of bis pub lic character. Thus far he has administered the affairs of Government to tho satisfaction of all, except the few grumblers who are di termlned not to be satisfied. He has adhered faithfully to the sentiments of his Inaugural Address, and has not deviated a hair’s breadth* from the principles he always advocated. * “But,” say the opponents of the administration, “President Pierce has appointed free-soilers to office, notwithstanding his professions of hostility lo this faction.” We deny this charge. Free* soliam had little or no strength outside the Slate of New York, and a few of the New England and Wesiern Slates. In these States a strong faction existed for a innfv. But, when Gen. Pierce was no minated for the Presidency, the Iree-soii organ ization disbanded, and the persons composing it supported, with enthusiasm, Gen. Pierce for the i residency—they adopted the Baltimore platform, and acquiesced in the well known sentiments of Gen. Pierce on this question. From that time to the present no free-soil party (worth mentioning) has existed, and for the honor of the country, we hope no faction holding similar views and opinions may ever exist again. President Pierce, it is true, I: as appointed men to office who had been supporters of free soil sentiments, but had re pented of their course, and returned to the true political taith ; and for this he is denounced by those who, when the free soil question threatened the peace of (ho Union, were either neutral on the ques Hon or covertly assiating to disseminate free soil sentiments. Now, to our view, the President, in ap pointing some men to office who had been Frccsoil crt. but had renounced its principles forever, noted with m igiianimiiy, and no fuir and honest man will fault him for this. No one, holding frccsoil princi pies ever dared to ask President Pierce for office of any kind, because (iiey knew very well liial lie would reject their application with scorn, lie is not willing lo lend his aid lo punish and proscribe men because of former errors, but Ire is determined if possible, to restore peuoo lo the country, by recognizing all men as good citizens who voluntarily enrol themselves on the side of the constitution and laws of the country. His coarse, indeed, has been that of a pure statesman and honest man, and (hat his actions and motives are duly appreciated by t lie people at large, is quite evident if «o may believe (ho “signs of (he times.” In connection with this subject we may remark (hat (lie few restless spirits to Philadelphia and Now York, who desire to bo considered Democrats, ore making themselves supremely ridiculous by their flouiidcriiigs- They make frothy speeches in defence ol (he ConslilutHn and laws, and denounce the ad ministration for favoring Iree soilera, and not favor mg themselves, Great patriots I Where were these men when freo-sothsm threatened the peace of the country 7 Then it was that the groat and good men of the country forgot for a time their political ani mosities, aud joined hnnds la rescue the Union from the storm that threatened lo rend it asunder. W hero wss our corpulent friend, Charley Carrioan, and ilie corporal’s guard who act with him lu Philadelphia, then 7 If our memory serves us (und we think it doen.t Charley was at that lime one of the editors of the Philadelphia Spirit of the Times, a ronk Free soil paper Now. long after llio bailie has hern fought and won,the Union saved.and Frcesoilitm completely and effectually “cruelied out.” these val lient patriots are shouting "d own with freesoi lers, I down with the administration." Oh, dear I In con. elusion wo beg leave lo remind these miserable dis j organizers, in the language of the Philadelphia j Argus, that “when (ho democracy need man to ex I pound llioir principles lo them, they will select (lie honest men of (he party those who have boen faith ful lo it in sunshine and in storm, and not the traders who have sold llicir principles like moat upon die shambles, until they are no longer a merchantable article. When public meetings ore la be hold, it will not do for this class of men to attempt lu foist their names upon distinguished Democrats from oilier sections of the Union as worthy of nolice • • • They are nol known lo the parly—have not its con fidenoe—are opposed to its principles and Hs men, and therefore are on! of the question, so far as any influence with the Democracy is concerned.'* routeion nbws. The steamship America arrived at Halifax on Thursday last, bringing ono week's later nows from Europe. Them have been no more battles between the Turks and Russians on the Danube, but the former still appear to be virlorioua in Asia, whom they have gained several bottles.— 'Die Sultan refuses lo submit to the three months’ armistice proposed by England. Another conference is proposed by the four pow ers, to which representatives from Russia and Turkey are invited, thus making a conference of six commissioners. The proposition, it is said, Is eagerly accepted by the Russians, but the Turks are a little shy of it. Breadstuff's have advanced a shade, and the money market, in England, is easier. 9HB BUPIBB OF MBXICO, The .Empire of Mexico. These words, says (lie Saturday Evening Mail, Bound, somehow, like an anchororiliAi | but they may shortly act forth an so* doinplished fact, nevertheless. Santa Anna ia dicta* tor, for a term of ten yeara, by ■ cortsent of (ho 21 sovorign Stales of Mexico. Aa in (be case of Louie Napoleon, (he step from liis present poiition to the , highest of is a very alight one—and ho can take ll any day. tie, Santa Anna, teems to hold the French emperor as his model. He lias re-organised the army, flattered it, and bound it to his interests; and he now relics on it for support, in the move ments which ho contemplates. If wo were in doubt concerning the helpless and hopeless condition of Mexico, wo should bo assured of it by iho facility with 'Which this distrusted end not very popular man . has boon enabled to set aside (he constitutional forms of government, and place the republic under the control of on armed soldiery at a lime of peace. — These things, wo believe, are but the beginning of \ho end. But when Santa Anna shall occupy (ho place of Guatimozin and liurbido—as wo do not doubt he will—-it will bo fuund that Mexico is not Franco.— Society and its observances are well defined in the latter country, and the hand of the authority can easily cover oil parts of the slate. But society in Mexico is broken and heterogeneous, and the fron tiers of the country are lost in clouds of perpetual invasion and aggression. The emperorship of Santa Anns would rouse rebellion from within, and tn the •amo ratio, invite assault from without. Our bold frontier men who, even now. are disgusted with the behavior of brother republicans, and desirous of in terfering to ret them right, would loss all sort of respect If (hoy were obliged to look over the border and see an empire on the soil of North America 1 It would ratio their dander in a most irrepressible manner. And then, if they heard a crowd of people from the inside, calling on them In heaven’s name, to come to tho rescue—we can fancy what a con dition (ho whole distracted country would be in An empire on the part of Mr. Antony Lopez, sur ramed Santa Anna, would be the last act in the drams of Iberian Mexico. No doubt, I lie dictatorship of Santa Anna seems to (ho most sensible Mexicans, better ilian tho loose and disorderly condition of (he republic hitherto.*— Anything that would oblige that wild congeries of states to bo quiet, would be a blessing? A dictator or emperor would bo the most likely to enforce (Ins necessary quietude—for a while, at least. People in Mexico begin to see (hat some strong coercive power must bo brought to boar upon an ill cemented and mongrel community, of (css than two millions of tho pure Spanish race, and about seven millions of all tho others—Creoles, Indians, Mestizos and so forth. Tho truth is,tho Mexicans cannot govern themselves independently. They will pul themselves into the hands of Santa Anna. Dot they can do much bettor. And it would be a happy day for them if they did it, promptly and quietly, loatead of the auozrainty of Anthony Lopez, they should Lake ihe suczranily of Uncle Sum. That would sufficiently coerce them into a condition of calmness, sod at the same time leave them all the liberty they ever sighed for, and never enjoyed— (ho poor, unprosperous folks Out their pride is opposed to this. Ahs. that pride lias been mide to taste the dost and has been drug ged through it. It must suffer some further humil. iaiiona and insults, and thoo bo obliged to do wb«l it should do in (he first instance. Old Mexico must follow the example of Now Mexico—a good and sensible example. Santa Anna, after all, may be necessary to bring our Latin brethren Into the pro per fraternising state of mind. Oar Indian Affairs* The Journal of Commerce says llie Reporl of tho Commissioner of Indian Affair*, Afr. Monyponny, presents a painful picture ofthe condition and pros pects of of. ihii nil (lie aum« of Government- has expended, and all the efforts that philanthropy hneisuggestod for fheir benefit, seems to have done Mttteor no good. The Indian ia alii) degraded,ignorant, iljo, and op p ircnily incapable of civilization. We have a rcnA noht of aeven hundred thousand Indiana wjihin ou£ iimita, and clairoing-our coift.- -Jl.imlal that, as Mr. Munyponny remark*, that, various fl it. luring account* wind) we have sometimes had of the 'rapid advancement* of Indian* ‘in civilization,' have been without foundation, and lh.it, in many inatoncue, those Iribca (li.it are nearest to the borders ol the white settlement*, are the moil wretched and degraded. It is now pioposcd Id sand Commissioners to be appointed by the President, to visit oil the Indian tribes and examine into, and report upon, tlioir con diliun. and make suggestions for their future beoo fit. It ia also recommended that the confused msaa of Indian iruolicsbo, through proper negotiation*: reduced to on intelligible and connected form. To gather the roaming tribes and colonize (horn in one place, ouch distinct from the other,and from contact with die w biles, ia onotlior excellent scheme. It ia also thought that the plan of paying the Indiana annuiiict in money should he abandoned, far (he reason Iha t, depending upon that supply, however Inadequate, (hey will not labor. The annuity plan ia only an encouragement to idleness and vice. We may expect, at sny moment to be plurgcd into very troublesome and oipeneive wars with (lie (ndions in Texas, New Mexico, and Cherokee, un less by a wise policy we make early arrangement* to secure peace and tranquility. We have hereto* fore consideicd (he territorial extent of (bo United States oa largo enough for all practical purposes nl the proaent day. but this turns out to l>« a great mistake. The territory belonging to the United Stales la nnl sufficiently ample to allow of (ho re moval of the California Indians to reservations in that State. Lands must bo bough) for them; and yet long before the Indians shall bo domesticated and brought Into our system of society, (hoy Will probably be wsisted away by collision! with the whiles, or by vians contracted in Ilio transition from their native to a civilized state. Ordered to California Wo understand that Major General Wool has been ordered to the command of tho military divis ion having its head quarters at San Francisco, C»l ifornia. 'Phis change, It la thought, has been made in view of tho importance of Jhc position of Califor nia and the necessity which recent events have demonstrated of having a military officer stationed (hero of (ho highest rank, and clothed with (ho fu( lost powers to suppress any infringement upon our neutrality laws, and at the same time to protect our citizen* on the Pacific. General Wool, it ia under stood, will leave for Ihe scene of his duties •• soon as ha can make tho necessary arrangements for (he voyage. FROM WASHINGTON! There seems to be « much better disposition in Congress (ban la usual (bus early in the session, to got on with their work. Tho Committee of Ways and Means have already reported two appropriation bills, (he Indian bill, and that for the support of the Military Academy at Weal Point. Wo hope this spirit of industry will continue. The Navu) Committee in the House of Representa tives, lia» unanimously agreed to report In favor of the biiilding ofsli steam frigates, and an appropria lion oflhrco millions to moot tho outlay, in accord once with the recommendation of tho Secretary of the Navy. It will doubtlcea rccoivo the early con curronco of Congress. The Senate Committee fully concur in llm at gcstlnns nnd rpoommondatlona of Iho Secretary Uio Navy, and will glyo ihoir attention to tlio bit making appropriationa for this object, wliioli ia ci peeled at an early day from the Iloueo of Rep rosen' lalivci. In IIIOU S. Senate, Mr. Hamlin, of Maine, line already tnlioduced s bill providing for liie payment to American citizens of ttlo amount suilered by tlicin from spoliations committed by the French, on their veaecle and cargoes prior to tho year 1800, which payment was assumed by the Government of th 0 United Slates in tho purchase of Louisiana. In the Senate, on Wednesday, Mr. Hamlin gave notice of a bill to construct a line of telegraph from the Mississippi river to tho Pacific ocean. In tile Houec, on Monday, Mr. Houston, front tho committee on ways and moans, reported a bill mnk. log appropriations for the civil and diplomatic ez ponses of tho government for tho year ending Juno, 1053. A bill deficiencies to appropria" lions for the year ending Juno, 1854. A bill mnk ing appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions. Referred to the committee of tho whole on. the stele of (ho Union, A NeW Republic. A filHbuiler expedition of 45 men under Col. Walker, loft San Francisco in October and reached La Pa*, a miserable town in Lower California, Nov. 3d. They Isnded, captured (ho (own, secured the Mexican Governor, hoisted an independent fl ig, two red stripes and two golden stars, and proclaimed tho independence of Lower Californio. On the Gih tho President :dolormined to remove his scat of govern* menl to St. Locus, but as ho was about sa Ming for that place, a new Mexican Governor arrived to su I old one. The fillibiutcra cipturcd the I new Governor, and shortly after sent six men on shore for somo wood. The party was attacked by the citixons and returned to tjio vessel under a heavy fire of musketry, without losing a man. Col. Walk er then landed with an army of 30 men and a ter rlble battle was fought lasting an hour and a half. 61s or seven of the Mexicans were killed, ond some of (he other parly were wounded by the caclut, vtrliifß pursuing tho enemy through a chapparal.— President Walker has appointed a Cabinet ond Mil. HafJ and Naval officers. On Ihe 9lh the President was thinking of establishing (he of Government at Magdalena Hay. These facts are set forth with all the pomp and circumstance wind) the English language admits,in a grand bulletin from President Walker, dated very indefinitely, “at the Ilead-quar. ters of the Republic of Lower Californio, Nov. 7, 1853.” The steamship, John L. Stephens, on (ho 19lh (ill., while going down from San Francisco to Pa nama, came across Ilia fiilabuslers on their “barque Carolina,” all on board, with their two captive Gov ernors* They appeared to be steering for San Di ego, and had probably left their new Republic to save their hoods. Walker was formerly t writer for (he San Fran ciso llcratd. Iho whole affair is a funny farce, (hough it may prove anything but funny to those engaged in it. U, Oentr«l*» Report, Speaking oftlils able reporl, the Washington Star says: **We may not untruthfully write that Jt is by fur the most satisfactory and interesting document of the hind ever emanating from the head of dial department, nowitlisiunding, its conclusive develops ,/neol of the cheaper postage system has so fur la m'ntably failed to work as well for the Department's finances as wfes anticipated by its friends. It pro* rent* far more interesting information concerning (ho stale of his charge than we ever before saw in a Postmaster General's report. Ilia recommendation* will full upon the country wilii most unexampled force, because they are aualoincd with an array of Lets and a cogency of practical reasoning which must at once carry conviction to the mind of every business man. The Colonization Law of Virginia. I( is stated (hat (he recent message of the Gov ernor of Virginia, that, in the throe years during which the law of 1850 waa in operation to aid in the removal of colored persons to Liberia, ony I 419 tree blacks and slaves were removed from (lint Stale at a coil to the Treasury of $5,410 Under the present law, which was passed the Gilt of April lust. 340 cjlorcd persons have been sent to Liberia from Virginia, at u coat to the Treasury of $5,600, being ut a rate of 460 per annum—sufficient, as is sup posed, to prevent any increase of (ho free colored population. Dot. the Governor asks, “suppose any increase of the number is prevented, when, and how shall we got rid of iltobo 55,000 7 Shill wo and our posterity always endure thu existing evil 7 1 (ru*l not ; nud I reaped fully urge the adoption of male iffioicot measures lor their removal, leaving the selection of the mode to the united wisdom of tlia General 1 Assembly.’* W«*t is *N Aristocrat!—Oaelmer Porler.on being" called an aristocrat, replied, “My only aris tocracy is the superiority which industry, frugal), ly, perseverance and intelligence will always In sure to every man in a free slate of society; and I belong In those privileged classes, to which you all may belong in your turn. They are not pijvil epes created for os, hut by us. Our wealth is our own—.we have made it; our ease is our own—we have gained it by the sweat of our brows, or by the labor of our mtnds. Our position in socieiy Is nm conferred upon us, but purchased by our selves—with our own Intellect, application, znai, patience and industry. If you remain inferior to us, it is because you have not the lalotil, the in dustry, the zeal or the sobriety, the patience, the application necessary to your advancement. You wish to become rich os some do to become wise; but there ia no royal road to wealth any more than there is to knowledge. The husbandman who will not till his ground shall reap nothing but thistles and briers. What right have you who do nothing for yourselves, your families, or your country, or mankind, to imagine that you wifi be selected by your fellow-citizens for their favor, their confidence, their rewards! If, by an aristo crat, you mean one wiio has earned his promotion by his industry, then indeed ) am on aristocrat; and please God 1> may always remain so. You nre too idle to labor, and 100 proud ip bog. I throw bark then with Indignation and resentment the charge which is made. Secretary Dobbin's Recommendation Responded toil ~mb RoussmD Tho Washington correspondent of the Now York t TI'O Interest wilh which Iho coonlry Is IooHn» Horald says (ho chairman of llio Naval Committee ®’ r 1,10 " ell<,n ofCongrCßa on tho homestead bill | n . of the Hooso, Mr. Bocook, will report the following <,oce “ ““ lu P o ’’ lllll It ei roll length, os reported by bill, and will probably bo made the special order of H ?“ - J- f*' Da ®' ol >. of Pennsylvania, from the Com tho day early in January : I rnillee on Agriculture, of which ho h chairman Sac. 1. Be it enacted, tfc.. That Ihe Secretary of Wo rC ' or ’“ our rcm ‘" k ' r ° r “"other day, havino tho Navy bo, and ho is hotoby authorized to oauso room now on, y to g Jve the t * to bo conetruclod for tho United Stales Navy, at as A bill to encourage agriculture, commerce m early a day oe practicable, consistently wilh a duo fucloros, and all other branches of industry o^ regard lor economy and efficiency, six first cloea granting to every man who is tho head of af b * J;am frigates, to bo provided wilh screw propellers, Hy end a citizen of tho United Slates n homeßl Un, d d properly ormed and equipped for service ; said of one hundred end sixty acres of land out ol th seels and machinery to bo built by contract, or In public domain, upon condition of occupancy °i b government navy yards, ns the Secretary of tho cultivation of tho same for the period herein ivy may think must advisable for the public inter* eified. P°* 2 Be it further enacted, That (hero be and is hereby appropriated, to bo expended under the di rection of the Secretary of the Navy for llio purpose above specified, end for altering. completing, and launching the frigates Santee, at Kittcry. and Sabine at New York, the sum of three millions of dollars out of uny money in the treasury not otherwise op. proprialcd. The importance of an early action upon the bill arises from the fact that unless it is passed nl once, j so as to permit the contracts to bo made before spring a year’s delay will occur. The ‘appropriation of! three millions is simply a commencement .that being | ns much money os con bo properly expended in one ’ year. Early Rising Required by Will. In (lie will of tfro lute James Sargent, of Leices ter, is (he following clause ; • nephews are fond of indulging themselves in bed in the morning, and ns 1 wish thorn lu prove to the satisfaction of my executors (lint they h-.vo got out of bed In the morning, and cither employed themselves in business, or ttikcn exercise in the open air, from five to eight o’clock every morning from the 6th of April to the 10th of October, being thr- o hours each day ; and from seven to nine o’clock in the morning, from (ho lUih of October to (lie sth of April, bein two hours every morning, this to bo done for some years, to the satisfaction of my executors, who may excuse them in cum oMllness, but the tusk must bo made up when they ore well; and it they will not do this, they shall not receive any of my properly. Temperance makes the faculties clear and exercise makes them vigorous. 1 1 is iom pernneo and exercise united that cm alone insure the fittest state lor mental and bodily exertion.” At Home In Ihe Evening. One of the grossest neglects of youth, producing incalculable mischief and ruin, is the spending of of his evenings. Dj rkness is (he temptation to mis conduct; suffering (ho youih to bo out when the light of day does not real rain them from misconduct is training them to it. We have already an abun dant harvest ofthis seeding. Riots, mobos, crimes, giving fearful forbodlog, are the results of youth becoming fit agents of outrage, by running uncarcd for in the evenings. What we see in these respects is deplorable enough; bat what is (hit compared with what wo do not sec—multitudes making them selves miserable and noxious to the world, and whal is (hot to como 4(0 7 Parents should look at the truth, that pleasure and recreation arc often dearly purchased—the price of their own impnred comfort and the blighted prospect of their offspring. A River Flowing Under n CHy. Tho Newark (N. J.) Advertiser stales (hat some persons wfio were engaged in grading (ho streets of that city un S.>iurdoy hal, while working at the Corner of Noabitt street, came upon a hrgo hole, about twenty feel deep, two feel wide at the mouth, und seven at the bottom. A stream of water, five feet deep, running in a south cast direction, was found at tho bottom. The discovery has excited considerable curiosity in the vicinity. Judge op the Supreme Court. —The press of Pennsylvania seem to have lost Sight of (he fad that a Judge of (he Supreme Court is to be nomi nated by tho next State Convention. Rut, we presume the reason is (hal all expect the re-nomi. naiioo of the present able Chief Justice. 'The following, from that sterling Democratic sheel, the Uedford Gazette, fully meets our views; Hod. J. S. linen.— We h ave been frequently interrogated whether this gentl*-n.nn intend- bnng a candidate for re-election an Judgeof ihe Supreme Court. It is our settled and decuM opinion that Ac ought lu be, for the services ho lias already ren derod the Mato in this capacity clearly go to show that ho could not w»m( be spared fro-., ihe bench. We believe the profession Ut mug Iwut the Comm-m -wealth nil look to Judge Black as a gentleman eminently and peculiarly adapted tu this high po sition, and nearly all, without distinction of party, would regret to hear that hu declined a re-election. I ho admini&lration of Justice is most important of all things to a free people, and none but the best men should bo chosen lor such posts. Tried and proved men cannot bo spared from the Bench—and if any State to the Union ever had cause to feel especial pride in her Supreme Judges, Pennuylva ntd has; for a mure brilliant array of profound le gal talent, (as well as high social virtue aud on. spotted moral integrity.) were never concentrated in any five men, limn in to ho found in the persons of Black, Lewis, Woodward, l.nurteaud Knox, Such a Court is an honoj to (ho Judiciary v rough out the world, and the people will not readily dis pense with the services of any o( these dtHimynirh ed jurists, if they c-«n help it. Hence, we ran look upon the ro nomination of Judge Black as certain, and his acceptance .is a matter ol course. We know that many warm friends of Judge Black anxiously desire (n see him in the Unit'd States Senate. We have always been ol that number, and always among the wannest. Our wish lias not cooled in the least. |f he were up for election to the Senate, our « Aorta would not he wanting in his behalf. But we aro petfeoily sat isfied from his conversation, when we saw him a few weeks since, Unit he himself neither expects nor desires it. The Sunbury Gazette hoists ot (ts mast-head the name of William Biolcr, for re-election to the gubernatorial chair of Pennsylvania. The Gazette accompanies Ihe act with the following remarks : Governor Bigler —.This week we hoist to the head of out columns, the name of William Di»ler for the next Governor ol Pennsylvania. It is early to take this stop, but not ion early. Wo admire (he presto t incumbent of the Gubernatorial Chair of this Slate—we admire him in his political course—wo ndmiro hint in his private life, as far 1 as we are acquainted with h—ho is our choice for tho next Governor, and we will not bo lato nor backward in proclaiming it. The Commonwealth has prospered under his administration; the parly ithroughout tho State has grown in strength since he lias been ot tho head ol it, and with these facta before our eyes, wo raise his name, with a clear conscience to our mast-head, and expect to lake It down only when he is re-elected. ConruLRNOK * Crime Mr. Druco. in lilt Claaaio and iliHturic Poriraiia, apeak* of Iho danger* of bo coming 100 fat in Sparta •* The ancient Bpirtan paid oa much illontion (o . llio roaring of men, oa the oal«lo breeders in modern ' Tim rnll..tui^»_ i i «• England do to 11, 0 breeding of catllo. They look’ *fallow,n ß nro Iho closing line of on oh.lu. I charge of the llrinnoaa ond looßcncaa of mon’o flesh, of an editor, putihahed aumotimo-alnoo, which will and regulated the degree of futnoaa to which it was certainly bear topoaling, Thq writer aaya: lawful, in a free Slain, fur any olli.en ,o o.lond l,ii -Are wo „„l alio gl.d Dial aunli an cdilor !■ I" kudy. Thu.o who dated In grow 100 fa I or lou .nil | lo ,von 1 Tin, or, of 'more cony,' .hall ne.er again lor milllnry e.ercl.o and the aemce of Sparla, were fall upon 1,1. dl.tr.olod 0«... Tlinro ho .hall now .ouodly wh'ppod. lo ono pylloular inilnnco, ll.at none ha ,l„„od by hi. polilloal anlngonl.t., with of Naucll.. Iho .on of Pol,ho. 11,0 offender wa, lie. and dolraollnn. Dial ehnnld .h.min demon lo hroughl before Iho Ivphorl, end a cnooling of Iho promulgate. There 1,0 .hall no more bo n.ed .« • whole people ofSpar «l which l„. unlawful fame., ladder lor Iho n.plring lo kick down oo .non o- Ihof l;o wa. Ihrealonod will, reel, the do.lr.il hoighl.oml n.rd hlhfno moro.- perpo" l . huni.hmant If ho did bring 1,1. body wilhln Them ho .hall ho oblo lo .eo Iho immon.o m-»«> of ho regular S|>arlo n cm| , po. , l and g, y o op I,l> culpa, mind ho ho. m,„od. all unknowingly and anknow hlo mode of li.lng, which wao duclarod lo Bo more ao ho hoc boon, during 111. wear, pilgrimage op worthy ofnn lonian ll,on a eon of Locodoimm. Burlli. There ho w|ll And oil orlloloo orodilod, nol. In 1855 lb. dullee on iron In Franco are lo ho ' 0 ,0(’ 0 . f hi ’ lllu "; l 'V I '° l<:n . »n d Ihetoah.ll h.nohen . , auu> are to t>c rible lypograplifoal horror* to ad.him on a atlfl further reduced. j y/ 0 nro g| a( j jj l( , C( jn o |. | B houvoo,” ' | Be rf enacted, Sfe., Thai any person who } s iha licatl of « family and a citizen- of the United Slat ( shall from and ullor llio passage of ihla act, be cn* , tilled to enter, free of cost, one-quarter section 0 f vacant and unappropriated public lands,or a quan | lily cqua I llicrclo, to bo located in s body, in confer . mity willi the legal subdivisions of the public Uodr* and after the some ehall have been surveyed. ' I Sect. 2. And be it further enacted. That (h Q p cr son applying lor the benefit of this act sholl, U p on ’ | application to the register of the land office in which he or she is about to make such entry, make nffida. vit before the said register (hat he or shois(| )e I hood of a fumiiy ; and upon making (he affidavit < f { above required, and filing tbs affidavit with the re ; gislcr, he or she shall llieroopoa bo permitted io to. tor the quantity of land already specified: Presided however, Thai no certificate shall be given, or patent is«ued therefore, until the expiration of five years from the date of such entry; and if, at the expiration of such lime, lire person making such entry, or, if lie bo dead, his widow, or, in case of her death his liciis or devisee, or* Incase of a widow miking B ’ucli entry, tier heirs or devisee, in cose of her death shall, prove, by two credible witnesses, that he, she' or they have continued to reside upon and cultivate’ said land, and still reside upon the same, and have not alienated the same, or any part (hereof; then in such cusc, ho, she, or they shall be entitled to » patent, ns in other cases provided by tuw ; And pro. vided further, In cnee of the death of both father and mother, leaving an infant child nr children on drr fourteen years of ago.the right and the foe shall inure to the benefit of said infant child <r children, and (ho executor, administrator, or guardian may, • I any time within two years after the death'of (he surviving parent, and in Accordance with the laws of the S ale in which such children for the lime be ing have (heir doiimil, sell said land for the benefit "I said infants, but for no other purpose; and the purchaser shall acquire (lie absolute title by tbo purchase, and be entitled toe patent from the United Stitis. Sic. 3. And be it further enacted. That (I o register of iht Lnd office shall nolo all such applications on ihe tract b min and pints of ilia office, and keep a regialer of nil such entries, and make return thereof to the General Land Office, together with the proof upon winch they have been founded. Sec 4. And be it further enacted. Tint all |«nd acquired under the provisions ol this act abjU| io do event become liable to (be satisfaction of any q«bt or debts contracted prior to the issuing the patent th rufur. Sec. 5, And be it further enacted. That ff, at any time of.or filing the affidavit as requirad in the acc ond section of ibis act, and before the expiration of the five years aforesaid, it shall be proven, after duo notice to (ho settler, to the satisfaction of the regis ter ofthe land office, that (ho person having filed such affidavit shall hove actually changed his or her residence, or abandoned (ho said entry for more than six months at any one time, then, and in that event, Dm fund elul! revert baok to the government, nnd be disposed of as other public la nds are now by law subject to an appeal to llio General Lund Office. Sko 6, And be it further enacted. That if any irt dividu il now a resident of any one of (bo Stales or Territories, and not a citizen of (ho United Stales, bill at the time of making such application for the benefit of this act shall have filed a declaration of intention, as required by the naturalization laws of the United Slates, and almll become a citizen ofthe same before (bo issuance ofthe patent, as made and provided for hi Ibis act, shall be' plnced upon an equal footing with the native born citizens of Ilia United Slates. Sec. 7 And be it further enacted. That no individ ual ahull bo permitted (o make more than ono entry under (be provisions of thin uct; and that Ihe Com missioner of the General Lend Office is hereby re quired to prepare and issue such rules and regulations consistent with this act as shnllVbe necessary and propdr to carry its provisions intmcffrct,; nnd lint the registers ond receivers of the several l«nd offices shall bo entitled to receive the same compensation for .my fai da entered under (he provisions of this oct that they <ro now cntMed to receive when the some quantity i f hind is entered With \JTiotiey, oho hair to be paid by the person milking litsyppliealion at (lie (imo of so doing, and the other half on the issue of the ccriifiriiio by the person lowborn it may bo issued : Provided however. That nil persona en tering hmd under the pM.vi.ions of thfs a Cl.sli til, as neir as may be pruclirnblo in mnking such entries, bo confined to such allernnle quarter section, nnd in land Hibjecl to private entry : And provided fur ther, ’I hut nothing in this mil shut) be eo Construed ub to impair, or interfere to any manner vvholcvcr w ith existing pre-emption rights. The bill wna referred to the Committee of (be Whole on the State of (ho Union, and,.iritk the re port, ordered to bo prin'ed. A Dcnntlfai Rxtrnof* The editor of the Knickerbocker attributes the following to Ik Marvkl, and it is certainly worthy of him: j j “Lhhi evening we were walking leisurely a 1on«. the music of the choirs in three churches cam© fl -aimg oui in Iho darkness around up, and they « ere all new and strange tunes, but one; and that one— it was not sung as we have heard it, but it awakened a train of lung buried memories, dial rose before us even as they were before the ceme tery of ibn snl had entombed in it. ••It was sweet old ‘Corinth* they « ero sinking —strains we have seldom beard since the rose color of life was blanched; and we Were in a moment back again to ihe old village church, and it was a summer afternoon, and Ihw yellow sun beams w< re streaming through the west window?, and the silver hair of the old deaeon, who sat in the pulpit, was turned to gold in its light; and tire minister, who we used to think conld never die, so g‘«ud was he, had concluded ►applfcaU'in* and • cxorlation,* and the village choir was singing Iho last hymn, and iho tune was Corinth* "It Is years—.we darn not think how many— since then, and • (he prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are ended.* and the choir ore scattered and gone. The girl with blue eyes that sang itlfo, and the girl with black eyea that sang air—the eye# of the one were like a clear June heaven at noon. •• They boiji became wives, and both mothers, and they both died. Who shall say they are not singing * Cotitilh* still, where Sabbaths never wane, and congregations never break up! There they sal Snhhath after Sabbath, by. the square column on tho right of the ‘leader,* and to our young ears their tones were tho very sou] of mu sic. That column bears still their pencilled name*, as they wrote them in those dnjs in lifn*s June, 183.—before dreams or change had overcome their spirits like n summer's cloud. “Alas! that with the old singer most of tbs sweeter tones have died upon tho air; but they linger in memory, and they shall yet bo sung fn tho sweet ro-un»on of song (hat shall take place by and by In a ball whoso columns are beams of morning light, whoso ceiling is pearl, whose floors I are all gold, end whoso hair never (urns silvery. . and whoso hearts never grow old. Then she (hot sang alto and she that sang air will bo in (heir places once more,’*
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