AMERICAN VOLUNTEER
JOH.Y B, BRATTON, Editor k Proprietor,
CARLISLE, PA., MAY 4. JW4.
Democratic State Ticket
GOVERNOR :
WILLIAM BIGLEB,
OF CLEARFIED COCKTT.
JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT.
JEREMIAH S. BLACK,
or SOMERSET COrKTT.
CANAL COMMISSIONER :
IIENRYS.MOTT,
OF PIKE COVSTY
[£7* Our Collector, Mr. Jos. C. Thompson.
will visit ourcountrj* subscribers in a few days,
for the purpose of affording them an opportu
nity of paying their respective accounts. We
have a large amount of money on our hooks
due us for subscription, advertising and job
work, some of which has been standing for
many years. The amount of each one’s in
debtedness is small, but when so many small
accounts are added together they arc of some
importance. We have been at considerable ex
pense lately in enlarging and improving cur
paper, and wo use our best exertions to make
the Volunteer an instructive as wtU as an
interesting paper, and therefore expect that our
patrons will too the mark and discharge our
claims when the Collector calls on them.
C7* We are again under obligations to our
esteemed young friend, William H. Welsh,
Esq., of the United Slates Legation at London,
fora copy of the London Morning Advertiser.
His Excellency, Jonx Bigler, Governor of Cal
ifornia. will also please accept our thanks for
numerous favors.
IC7” 'Ye learn from Harrisburg that both
branches of the State Leg.aiaturo have finally
fixed upon Tuesday. May oth. as the dav of
adjournment.
CT'Jacou .-iii''ig. oneol the gentlemen com
pose the Democratic i>iate Central Commit*
teo, resales m Lancaster, and not DaupLu coun
ty, as stated vn our last paper.
Srno.s-3 U.vvja-jc -The Pe.ui<ylca'-,ui Pa
triot. at Har.shirg. in .shaking of Us luigh
borsofthe Dr.'-,orotic i'r ,on , says they are
••poisonous rep.iks. im!.t tor heaven ar.d ter
mean for iieli W e -ai! this strong language
Police Cmeuum - We nonce that our High
Constable Capt Joseph ?ti art. is nmr «jnip
ped in a new and wt\ ham U-m. nmllnn, con
sisting of a blue clnh f|-.„-’ n
brass buttons blue cloth cap ic W\-
this uniform is vi-rn in < ], fin L ,,..
di nance passed by the Trim Cm::.c ! n-.d Inn •
after it is exjico'til a .Sin.ilar ..i.e w,.l be w
b} - the 'c olnee;
1.0,,^
undoing (.apt. Stuart u •.ep\ m.'ntaii
and imposing appearance and the very sigh;
him is calculated lo strike n rev to the hears
of all evil doers I. -;g n nv h» wave."
Stati: Tl.m-*i,kai;ch i:nth)N. —A Stair
Temperance Convention will be held at Harris ■
burg, on Wc'nr.day the 7'h J
the purpose of nominating a State Tn K- 1 io be
supported by the friends of Pmhil.n,.,n at the
next election. As y( ive hnvi' h< ad ( >r no slip.,
being taken by (he Tnnp< mn.'c imr/u i.f il,.'
county touai 'l-. 'eii'lni,r a .ieJegatton. bin » t .
presume Cun.bcrini.d \mJl be fully repro-. nml
in liu' (tn i f >■ :i
('.M n;
-** H:-.
11-rv ••lout.
of L\.\ iu 111,,:,
tie. VHll’i ,1
ihe most \uiiii'’ ■!<• • ji 1 . ’< ]
;rvi
fossiopnl
Abraham 1)
CiimhriU.n!
volume 'if i].. .i . „
of a few dii; *
Shi|-J«
Of Sul. 1. ji
’I nil f'« j.i i la.l. f
to (»' ; i ... \\ .
w rnji I' n am '
st.nMp l.t w as d rage > d'.un.
injuring hu; - , ~ . I, , t , ~ r
ei of lia\i-leari.i-; il.at Mr
dead.
I.v!h»' nlirrirj birth!
Verily, o;,r old ro\m' \is nc t p a* t\ w .
have now no fears iKn* :he m-xt ( . , u 1;i 4
it decreasing m pom.hit im, M;. 1 ■; •. *. .
Ver, (may her 'f w n.’.-r ?, 1, p
performed her whole duty, a*,,! d c - . -
as well as the State, yca-ic o-i-m s'tvj.v • \\.
have been informed (hnl ou Thuis.iav tin C 1 1,
ult., Mrs. Ellen Sarver, w;fi of Mr Jorv
SA.RVER, of South:’.*) ; ‘on ‘ownship. this coun
ty, presented her husband with fr-vr sons, nil
of whom are in a healthy condition and doing
well! We have often heard of remarkable cases
of prolificnesa. but this is the firs; that has oc
curred in our own count r The Shipper burg
News nays; “ The attending physician Doctor
Wu. Rankin,of thu, place, informs us that the
mother and boys are healthy and doing well, I
with a prospect of t he hr ‘ er pu.w irg up ns liv
log monuments of extraordinary fecundity To 1
our citizens, tins hide group j. a grrnt'ourio- '
Bity, being now the object «.f Mtnietmu and'
general talk. Th. \ have U-. 1, u . iU d l y m.e
hnlf our female population. ni.<l the mmuiunj/
half are in readiness. Mai.) gifts and pres, urn
arc carried to Hum b) those who mil. anil W,
think no one should go without s .me bn],., A .
pression of kindness and n gard ’1 h. ir n\. nd
names arc ns follows: Charles M Hi iinmi
Williau Rankin, Georoe Wa&ujnoion, and
TVm. 11. llunnisoN.”
Indiana. —The election in Oetnber next mil
J>o ft very important ono. A Stale Senator will
bo elected for two sessions, four years, who will
, hays ft vote for ft United States Senator at each
aaision. In March next the term of Senator
Pottlt expires, and in two years after the term of
Senator Bright also expires. Each will be filled
b/tt ro-elcotlon of the present inoumbents or by
pow mm, at the rdgular suasions of the General
Assembly in 1851,1855, 1800 and 1807.
MORE RANKS,
In the House of RoprrsontnUvoa On Friday
1 hi.U. the h.Il lo iucoryorak- 1 In Donegal Deposit
■ Hunk, at Marietta, which hail been deflated on
! tin* day pm lons, was re-considered, pud nftir
a .--horl debate was passed—yens 40, nnvs 3S.
Mr. McKee voted for the passage of the bill,
and Mr. Moser voted against it. This institu
tion will have n capital of $ 100.000. A number
of bills, incorporating new banks and shaving
shops, and re-chartering old ones, have also re
cently passed the House of Representatives.—
Other bills, in which stock-jobbers and specu
lators are deeply interested, and which of course
are corrupt and objectionable in character, have
lately been brought forward in the House of
Representatives, and supported with a zeal
worthy a better cause by a number of democra
tic members in whom we have heretofore had
Confidence.
It is really a matter of curiosity to read over
the yeas and nays in the House of Representa
tives, and note the votes of the members from
this county —in nearly every instance we find
one for, and the other against the measure in
question. Now, to our mind, this is passing
strange. Messrs. Moser and McKee represent
the same constituency, and subscribe to the
same political creed. One of them is evidently
wrong in the course he is pursuing—both can
npt be right. Thoone votes in accordance with
his professed principles, and in (Audience to
the wishes of those he represents; the other
voles —as he pkases.
So far as we hare noticed—and we have read
the proceedings of the Legislature with some
cart —Mr. Moser’s votes speak the- voice of
those who elected him. Mr. McKee, on the
other hand, has marked out a course for him
self, and, although he has a right to exercise
his own judgment, j - et we must be permitted
to say that we arc very much mistaken if the
Democracy of this county can approve the po
sition he occupies. That he votes ns his con
science dictates, we have not a doubt, fop we
believe him to be a truly honest and upright
man: hut we fear he has been led from the
strict path Of duty, by h.s too amiable dispo
sition in giving tar to the interested stones of
a sot of sharpers and speculators who hang
about Harrisburg, and corrupt the very atmos
phese in which they more. These men visit
the Legislature as "borers, 11 and are interested
in the passage of bank and corporation bills—
b.lls which, in the event of bicoming laws, arc
a hand upon the people, and like a cancer, cm
out the viry 'utils of our par.y organiza’ion
A few woid« m general. The Democracy of
Cmuberiand county occupy no equivocal or half
way ground on the suh.o t> of bank 1 ;, spc-ial
privileged corporations, Ac. '1 hi ir opinions haw
betn expressed so oficn and so dieultdlv. that
no one ran lut-Uuke their position. F.\erv viai
Mure ,-eir risuh-n 'c in the county, strong nso
n- mi iucrea.-c of (hi hanking cap
i 'a! of i!h '--latv ! .avv b< in mini i won */»y nd>'j <f »d
by t heir < onnty (.’l'liwnl n>ii£. and Donut i Mill
l n our jud. in. ut l ;.i sv n ,-ulut ion.- i■.> i, i
- ■* u, :;g -lhi\ are not nunlv rend. ndo| lid
mid pul.!,dud us a matter of fi rtn. to lie di,-re-
of t'l.mhitlm, 1 -a\ tht v
mo;\a.'V of banking rapual, ' Dim 'ln me i
lam’y in'uid to approve of th( passage of bank
hills, by which tliv hmik'ur rai’tid i- to hr hi-
a nn’. e-n
‘rrt. Ui
:'.agc i.s so pluiii a.id t .n.-haiic that he who rum
may read.
Hut. as iit bvc 4.-1 d. s< v. :nl bills nvorfs ra
1. i._ n.-u l<nii t*»i e liki I v (o j.jiss l«>rii I lous<
"( lhr I-%- tC 1 "III? lire. U’e ha •. e fi<) •ric*i m (inv
v:t. md 1 \, t •; h-m (!,. ,1:. -kn, and
-nil. 1 ' tin - -. I as ;'inl a. (h.:.i, b|..ught
mil. V-e m.n I -I”.
.!, Ill's Bonlinni, rsq,
T; 1 lia* i*bi.ig I'- mi 1. i.ihr I■ ;n 1. noticing
hi’ i-f ‘ur l<-w 1 '■n.riij, .1 El Lis
M it ■" v
1 , 1
a* ''c )-i «i ,it i' I.k. h
n 1. 1' r n r - i*.'bi«ti - . . wah and we
ip'’* i iVcuii * 1 111 rt s tfi pron.t.te the si.< mhk *.f
('••it ra* r in winch all true democrat*:
■: /.« ”■(. ilw". Mi . 1. 1 H' l
1 > ti I'-. - ; r.".ruisK
11 - "f our iv itu inwn ofV.n-1. aie fas*
Iw*'. iitic ci- f>r 11 <•;r ibgii'i’ w< 1 krmn
I. !'■: th. > .<rv.it • ..ffu di and dm a 1 .ih: \ ~|
• l;i* -ar.s *• 11 in d <nit li\ ih m lie \ cai.i t>i ),< s-ir
on s-’cu hv 1 lie most c. U-lirnterl maim fact 1 ret-'- in
tin- vn c »:.‘«5 The In-t York ,V..»«
sr.\s ’hat M«*sts It.or.vrHrrz, & Wjhtk rar
builders of tlml | lime, ‘ 1 emit radcd lad we* k
w 11 : i serf ml d•fTr< nt mil rr.se! rr>r. ; pnn<rv for tin
building nf nl 'Mit one hnndp-d and flfi \ large
ci'S. The York enr hmMcr.s hn\c gannd n
wide repu'nt;nn. nnd v<M are I her dcsimng
Tnc success thn- inert with- lint few places in
the country turn cut more cars during the year,
and noplace, we are cerla.n. turns cut letter
work "
We arc glad to hear of the prosperity of York,
its n.c-’htinirs merchants, nnd citizens general
ly-, Tin y are a ldn nil and enterprising people,
mill I heir old town is jiihtly enht h d to a city
charier. The growth of '• I ,il tie 1 ' York ,as it
w as ealh d in tin d.i;, •- of one Ihood has for
llit laM lew purs lueii nuiiiense. and husnios
ol all Kni• I * has him.lll) iirnase'l with the
crow th ol ll.t
iij:o a prominent bu.Miiosss linn in Now 1
11<'S Till ‘M Ah II lil.MuN - A iiiim.i ifN in depoMled a letter. containing remittances a-j
iimilai mil that iln.» genlli limit bus nnhfii il llm mount mg to about 5 Ki.OdO, in (lie Post (Kllee
pnlilui llmt lir u ill tin (In i rc<-( ive <n mmlUiu r, n, ilmt <’il %, dnected as they alleged, to Prnvi
through the St. I.ouis I'oht i.nice, Tin- nasou ‘ detiee, U. I. The package not hu\ing been re
alleged fur thiscdiukc o( conduct un the pan of nived by the person addressed, by duo course
Mr. Bouton, is t lie* fuel that ho dislikes t lie Post • jof mud, the matter was brought to I lie notice
master at llmt city. If this bo truo it prisoni.s ,of the postmaster, who instituted an invostig' ■
a Bud commentary on human oharaeior, and lion—the conKotpicnoo of which was. that tho
must seriously impair public confidence m tlio package was found at Providence, N. Y., to
ability of Mr. Benton to represent his constilu- which place it was plainly directed. Such mis
enoy in the National Legislature. “Groat men takes are too common among our business mfll
W e not always wise.” and financial mslituUona.
j ■* mi! right ok mmi
I Tt is n matter of congratulation, says the
Philadelphia Aryji*, that, in view of the slrug
j gle about commencing belweeu the European
, Powers, our Ministers in nil parts of the world
are taking the bold, broad ground that the
right of search, so far as it to American
vessels, will not be tolerated by this Govern
ment, and that free ships must make free goods
on every sea. This is a legitimate offspring of
the inaugural of Gen. Pierce, strengthened by
the positive instructions given to our Ministers
President that in all cases the recogni
tion of this doctrine must be insisted on. Upon
this basis, the lion. James Bcciiaxan has pro
ceeded in.his negotiations with the English
Government, and it now appears from despat
ches received from Mr. Sot us, our Minister to j
the Court of Madrid, that he plainly told the I
Spanish Minister of State. De La Barca, for
merly Envoy to this country, that a simple sus
picion only that a vessel under the flag of the
United States has been forcibly detained and
searched by one of her Majesty's armed ernis
; ers m lime of peace, will always be sufficient
I to excite the very serious attention of the Gov
ernment of the United States, and must neces
sarily in every case lead to a rigid investigation
of the circumstances which may have conduced
to the taking of so delicate a step.
If the Spanish Government, under this cn
nuu'iu.icn of the principles on which th& United
States will act m relation to the right of search,
attempts to enforce that practice whenever cir
cumstances may in the opinion of the Spanish
Government justify it. or when mere suspicion
of filibuster des : gns arise, the result will be an
open rupture between the two nations. Gen.
Pierce has express'}- laid down the doctrine that
the right of search will in no case be allowed,
j and the excuse of filibusteros will uot avail the
Spanish Government as a cloak to vent their
mali -e upon American interests. If the officials
at Havana, on account of the natural character
j of that port, are allowed to exorcise their power
to the full extent, it is evident from the tone of
Mr. Soule’s communication lo the Spanish Min
ister. that a repetition of like offences on the
high seas will be attended wiih danger.
Military Encampment.— We ham by the
Perry Frermtn that Ujo Annual Military En
campment of the ?d Brigade, lodi Division of
the Pennsylvania Uniformed Militia, will be
held at Newport, Perry county, commencing on
Tuesday the 23d and cudtng on Friday the 20lh
ul May. The Comnii* *re > f Arrangement invite
the Volunteers rf Daiq.h n. York, Cumberland.
Adams and Franklin counties to attend and par
ticipate with them upon this occasion, and we
learn that several companies from a distance are
expo-led to he present All who mnv attend
an proi.iisid by (he committee a Soldier’s wel
c lino. We do not d.uht it, a.- the people of
gallant little Peny me famed for (hciruhole
-omlml and rnidial hospitably. We arc glad to
-ee lie’ mi! i(a ry -pint ie\im d again. and hope
' hi- Fie mnpm.i nt Mini he «iIIa: li ndi d The
lb ignde i- under Ihe ci mumiid of (len. Jo-.Hi’ ll I
M SiMi’StiN who will greet In-! (ellow-soldiers
from d
1 O' 1 1 u I .icanipi.ien: a coni] an\ on this occur, j. >n•
Inn «<■ lea-n 11ml Mir borough will he \y ( t :],ilv
> ivpre<-i ul-d h\ (n F.i'\v.\i;n AiiWou. (o i. W
U. I.K in. i ( id '-am; ri, Drop. who have Mg
nn.nl tin ir inieni i«’>n of 1 firg ni \’iw-
1 port, to wit mss the n iliuiv .li.ciplinr, and :o
take pari in the evi Kj■ ion.s and manu uvrr.s of
the <hlh rent o.impanuj, whomai be present n
t he Eie ainpnu-nl.
loM.i \Al,un 's |;.m.k Tl e M;.\ ni;n her
of (hi.*. <-!d an I (>« ptd.ir Maga/inc ).a* alrcnli
made ilh npj i nr:! ai.di- n* in.hl Mlm] in
replet mu w iih a \.i*> aiim-. id *.ih-:.tn:i.d and
'arud n-ad, I.g nmliii Mi <>■ *lO.l Keeps pun*
not iiing 111-dn .1 tn in lb] hts Mnpi/me urr( p
table to ilj. ) 1' ! ■ Th. • i: -ok" for May n*
miMirp; *- >t .1 •’1 :i * u.n ga nd .ns; me Inr 1111111
In" - , and lie I' 1 1 dai i - nnir 11 ; s f11_• 1 :i\ 1 mcs. |'-i
i t ant
1’ c n■ e 1 'll,' ml ('on.-
'i 1,
m V
lb udl t.r
Mai ST. -1 in 1 U inm in:ic v . ule (Mmt o' i<>n
The '•iir*'iu ; .!i
not \il n'tni'l.'i l<. thni il'ity. In lln- menu-
Him- a piper ha** I« <ll < Mcn-;\i ly < irni!nt< <l,
111 u,, i. 11 u u fail C<.r 'i-iwnl uni nl I’m t
ritor. A-c.. iti:<l
1.t.n1, to noii.i'.a:t a <
s,;r.c* ‘1 1. - ui"\ t it.* nt uj.[ ears to ht gei.nulh
ihs.'ou mi eii:* nc( ii hv tin- pcnincrat ic | n
Among o in r-. ili
• Wi ;1,..ik Ddiim-tats, wl'i. '-divider "'ill
I lie pri s* o' p< >-i; i"ii i,( <ri r| >■ rty m i Ins Nate,
will ci 11.1 11. the Co.l'd n Nil .|| I ill' II nr hope < I fe
es: n Mi dung I leiiiocrai ic as i > da i e\ m tin- Male
ndniirnsl l - :i‘IMI lies in |idliW*CTi> In the eslnli-
hshod and the principle-, of the Pemo*
rntlic parlv.nndin avoiding all issues which
do uol proper I, ln-mug to party politics. !,<•(
all Perno-nus lake part in (heir n s per live
towns in the choice of delegates In the Slate*
Convention (if sn< !i Convention he railed hy
delegates,) and let that convention give us a
candidate Ftandinir upon ilie Pemocratie pint
form . and none other, and the masses will rally
to hi< support with their wonted < nl Ini -lasni.
and our Slate l>e tedeemul from its present an*
ninulmis pohl mu! position. At lea-t til no pe
rnor rat lake any step which Unds to pre\ent *o
desirable a lesull ”
How I .i;tt 1:11 s Misc.vauv. Ahoul ten days
\\ i m e n<>t ci i; mn that Dm lisle will fnnn h
Plat.. A
id * . n ann hi ant \ nf
in n 'pi i ’i■i j 11 • ■ l l
nur.is-i miin 1 1 as a t !..
i g. . vp-. s
In ll . langt.a,-. nf the | m
,i‘ ~i. •, ul I)i ;r..,.Tats lhrongh..i it I la-
•o /)' v\'j r rc.\ sai
FAMILY-ip^B^JBSTICE.
It will bo rccoikotCdi’ihttt some months ago,
a lonelier named Bur||jn, in Louisville, Ken
tucky, having inflictcs£tno customary punish
ment for misconduct onahe son of a Mr. Ward,
a wealthy man, of aiwinflucntial family, the
brother called upon thlffeacher in his school
room, and, in the presence of his scholars, stab
bed him to the heart. .ijor this oflenco ho was
arrested and lobe tried
in the county where the cowardly crime was
committed, and had the ease removed to a coun
ty in which his connexions were all
powerful. Not content with tins arrangement,
he engaged the principal lawyers of the Stale,
among whom wqa, tbo Hop. John J. Crittenden.
'l‘lio Judge Corbadß tbo testimony In the case to
be published : and tbs probability is that a
packed jury vm^obtained. Under all the cir
cumstances, a verdict of guilty was scarcely to
be expected, and vre were not much surprised
when we heard thafr “* The trial ofMatthcw F.
Wai-d, for the mvudet ot Professor Butler, ter
minated on Friday in hi# acquittal." The ac
count also adds, that Much indignation is
expressed in various parts of the country that
he should go vtnwhipc of justice,”
The Baltimore Ciiflps says : “It is, unfor
tunately. too much the caso in this country,
that justice can be turned aside, or rendered
blind, by family influence. Wo have known
some cases of this kind, where felons have es
caped, though they should have been convicted
and sent to the penitentiary. This is all wrong.
The rich man—the man of high standing in
society, should set an example of obedience to
law: and our Courts should be careful to mete
out to offenders of this class the same justice
that is inflicted on the man in humble circum
stances. In this respect, the administration of
justice in England is much more equal and ex
act than in the United States. There power,
family and influence have no weight with the
Courts of Justice; whilst lure it is diflicult (o
convict a man who is baoktd by wealthy or in
fluential friends.”
The Gadsden Treaty, as amended, we are
informed by the Philadelphia was rati
fied by the United Stales .‘ cnaic on Tuesday
week, by a vote of 30 to 13. The treaty as
ratified extinguishes the ck.ms under the 11th
article of the treatt of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and
abrogates that article : it stales the disputed
Mesilla Valley question, giving the U. States
the boundar}* at the initial jv.nu upon this side,
as claimed by this administration, but measura
bly fo. fuled by the last achni.,istral.cn, through
tin action of Mr. Bartlett and Secretary Stuart,
and u gives us 13,000 square miles of territory
for (he right of way across Tehuantepec. For
these ooncts.-inns Santa Anna i* lu receive ten
millions of dollars. On the other hand, the
tivaiy dots not give n-n p.n on the. Gulf of
t nldornia. r.ur rtoes it p\ e n- as much tcrritoi v
ns was mgntiaicd for by G.n. (Judsdni. In
fact. Ihe iuidil lonul temmn neqnirtdwiil not
afkvt in any way our piv-en: (irrilonul organ
’/.alion in that quarter.
Tin: FnniiiuN Nkws »y i jik P u i rir --The
news by the Pacific brings ns int. Ihgcncr of
:lie commencement of opc ration- I.v the Bir.o-h
; litel m the Baliic upon the Ka.i.-um merchant*
,iuon. Five of the latter have fallen into the
j hands of the Brilti.Ai. Admiral Napier wu.s
, >.!"\\ 1 % pi.s.nng np the Baltic. There was no
. mum • bate mdiealiom-f activehoatililies. though
( Il<<; British tvill no doubt the first fa\om-
Me opportunity to try the Russian .strengdi
in that quarter. On the Danube there is much
>kirrm-bmg The Turks fight bravely, but
lli-\ <<< iii lack military f<. r the Him.
\ .1 Ivar.c'V- e of tin- 'i m
’f - !*. . i.u inr r-. h. lu.-en 1 1..
K I'll f'jl !11 "I V
I’.n ia - air c ni imi limp, !mv. i \ <>t . nn>i r
’.lmu llu- ilrslriirtion uf Imllilmns, m nlurli ihc
1 liv 1 urks .still hold ihfir defences along tin
Imc from Kassova lo Kuslonjc. hut the Kns
'lans art* pressing ihnn mvitilv, mul it is
|-h.l-;,l>!c that the next mounter will see ihnii
n the Uus;
'Mims’ hands. The Hnli.-di troops
.ad hicn landed at Varna, so that it will
mi ho long before they will he engaged in
pulling a slop to the further advance of llu
Russians.
The R’lilrjml roiwtlidnlion.
Tin- bill, says the York .tlrocule atul Pn
' ••iw.,Mmirig the Haiti more & Sns<pirhnnim, (In
b i k A Marv laud I,me t 1 e 1 ork ('ninber
»ikl Sjs.j.iehamia Ruljuml ('onipnnus in
"in- t ompunv , extending li-im the city ol Rahi-
.•"r.h.-ni < eutru! Kadioji . ; •.eupniiyfinally
•""«dibe IVun.svas.i.n Ii g ..-’a: ore on Wnl-
'iu» a week '1 in.-* Li 1 1 nu-t with eousideia
).!r opposition from the ensiern section of the
'Mine and from oilier railroad inlensts. To
secure tin-. de-arable and important legislation
llie friends of the measure wire compelled in
hil<or zenhmsly in its support. The thank-. of
the Company are due in Koukut M. MA.ili.nv,
K'U| , (he late President of the lialtunorc A- Sus .
‘puhanmi Hndroad Pompa.iv, for the valuable
a.d w hit hhe tendered m ilUding the passage
of tin-, me.'wiro. His untiring exertions in fa
vor nl' ihe hill, and llie . c c.,cce.s.sful manner in
which lie defeated the dimerous attempts (o
destroy it by obnoxious and burdensome amend
ments. are servlets which cannot be 100 highly
appreciated.
Nkw Vouk Poi itk’s. — The State Committee
of (lie hard pm! .<iii of ihr K in«'iT!if\ him* late-
ly had a session at Alban; , nml callul a Slate
Convention (o meet ni Syracuse on Wuliusdnv
llie 12th flay of July next fur (hr purpose of
nominating candidates foi the various Slate of
fices •to he filled at the November election. The
day named is unusually ea*ly. Among tin* re
solves passed hy the Committee we do not find
any endorsing the Nhhratka l*ill--a circum
stance which the Buffalo Courier, one of the ad
vocates of tins organizntioif, regrets.
Tin; Mon’uoi; DotrrßlKK,— The United Slates
Charge d* Affaires to'the Republic of Ecuador,
1 [on. Philo Wiuth. in presenting his creden
tials tnAit government, accompanied them4jy
a note, setting forth the foreign policy of the
Cnited Slates ns being in opposition to the fur
ther progress of European acquisition on this
continent. In replying yi/this, the Ecuador
minister of foreign relations, Scnor Marcos Es
pinel, eciiocs Us sentiments, and remarks:
“ The solemn declaration made hy President
Monroe, thirty years since, and winch has be
come a settled principle with tho cabinet at
Washington, lias grown to be an axiom in all
South America, and especially so in the repub
lic of Ecuador.* 1
Jnstieo to tlio Jlilministmtion,
Wo extract'the following from the Washing
ton correspondence of llic Louisiana Courier:
“The results of-Whig mismanagement and
wrong, in the Treasury ‘Department, admonish
tllo cou,| f>y against any further investment of
confidence in Whig professions of integrity and
good faith. Every citizen recalls with Indig
nation the shameless Gardiner fraud, the light
house contract, the lending of the public credit
to. speculators, and other wrongs. All those
practices have ceased under the present firm
and fearless Administration of the public treas
ury. And the system of economy does not. end
here. Judge Campbell early net to work with
® nor EJ T in the Post-Office Department; Mr.
McClelland, In the Interior; Mr. Dobbin, in the
Navy; and Jefferson Davis in the Department
of War., Nothing during the past years has
boon so pregnant of evil to the true interests of
the people ns tho loose and wanton expenditures
of tbo public treasure, and the corrupt an law
less transactions of eminent offends.
A republic to be firm and effective must bo
conducted frugally and faithfully. Waste and
e * traVft S anc( b peculation and speculation, and
the complicity of public men in private opera-
w 1 6 v no * severely checked, soon become
the chronic disease of our system, and, if persist,
on.ln, will ultimately result in the most perni
cious consequences. Let the public confidence
bo impared in tho Integrity of our public men—
lot tho people once adopt the belief that the re
venues of the government are squandered upon
measures of doubtful utility, or sequestered by
able and [dishonest men—and a blow is inflicted
upon republican institutions fVom which they
may never recover. This is a chief and threat
enlnc danger, and the whole countrylooks vith
confidence to Getfl Pierce and his counsellors to
put an end to practices that have grown into an
overshadowing evil.”
Railroads in the Sooth.— The question of
internal improvements as a means of developing
the resources ofa country, is now agitatingthe
Southern section of the Union in a most remar
kable degree. At the recent Southern Conven
tion, says the Philadelphia Argus, the matter
was fully discussed, and some of the loading
men of the South expressed their warm and
hearty concurrence in the movements now mak
ing to push forward a united system of internal
improvements in all the Southern States. Since
the adjournment of that Convention, a largo
number of capitalists and others from the South
have been in convention at the Girard House,
in Philadelphia, in.relation to this matter.—
These gentlemen arc of (he highest character
for general intelligence nnd large means, and
their object is to obtain information upon the
subject of internal improvements, especially
railroads, nnd also (o mature some concerted
plan of action between the Northern and South
ern roads with a view to a thorough connection
between the North and South. The movement
is one of vital importance, and well worthy the
attention of nil classes of our citizens who are
at all interested in the trade and prosperity of
the country.
The Japan Expedition. —The English press
arc laughing at Commodore Perry for being
out-genernllod by a Russian commander, who
went In Japan and got a commercial treaty,
while Perry was hmg quietly on his oars at
Hong Kong. Perry’s slow motions have failed
to realize the public expectations of ihe wonders
which were to be aeonmplishid by all the pa
rade and show exhibited before the astonished
and petrified Japanese. The Russian comman
der, with a force insignificant in appearance and
in power, accomplished without difficult v what
Perry, with all his show of | ower, was unable
to elhet. The display the latter made natu
rally exeiud the fear l ; of the Japanese and made
them camions and hostile, ll is thought by
many ilia* Cumumdoro Perry w dl be re-calkd.
to give place to some more active and energetic
commander.
( 'll AIK . E IIK CoN.HIMUACV TO HbHIAIT) TIIK
Pi nt.tr —Charles Weeks lias bun held to bail
counecinl with fleorgc Weeks in a Conspinu'v
to d T.-a'td llie public, by publishing a work
called the Literary .Journal, purporting
in be edited by Ella Wentworth, at SI pur vent,
in advance. It L all.gcd that Indus wire em
ployed to cam a** for it at SI per day, willi a
certain percent age when the subscriptions reach
ed n certain sum. Mrs. Weeks, wife of (Jcorpe
Weeks, testified that she had been mnnhd be
tween live and six years, and that she had been
sent on to Wiishmgion to obtain subscribers
from members of t ’.ingress for the Latin s’ Jour
nal. She also viMt.d Ihdtimorc, and obtain* d
several .-.uhsenbers. Ihir mg her absence, < Jeorge
had gone oil with a Miss Eliza Ella Weeks, who
was also one of the canvassers, and who repre
s. u'id lier.M-ir as Uuugv’s wife, and they are
now in \’e\v York. Churhs was lift in charge
of the ollire, and Ik no. hi.-* urnsl.
Ihcrvi-OKs o.vtiik I'i.aiss. The n mnher of
1 wii liilii I».iHaloes are sup| om dto he kill.d hy
the I ndians men ly to obtain t heir skins for lent j
coverings. Of llie* remaining 150.00 U, some]
are div erteel to the uses of blankets, saddles, j
skin boats, <tc., ami also large numbers of the j
buffalo frieze or starve to death in winter m the 1
snow I.auks, whieh for months are funnel in.
drifts of from live to le-n feet in depth, and mini
, t'ers of them are drowned in crossing the Mis
, sonri river in large herds, by crowding upon one
( another. These hides are. of course, lost. In
, a few years the buffalo will he dislrovul. for
1 they are now slaughtered with a recklessness
(lint destroys as if they were inexhaustible and
innumerable.
Divivo aft Kit Monbv. —We learn from the
Buffalo Commercial that an attempt is to be
made to recover the money belonging to the
American F.xp'ft'K.s Co., from the wreck of the
whose exploits tin the lake have rendered him a
well know n character throughout the Cnion,
goes up on a sailing vessel this week, with
twelve men and two line suits of submarine
armor, to commence operations. He believes
he will succeed in getting up the money. At
all events, he will make a strong effort to ac
complish that object.
[T7* A gang of counterfeiters have just been
arrested in New York city, who hayo been for
some timepastdissominatingbasecoin through
out the country- The police also broke up
their rendezvous, captured all their apparatus
used in tho manufacture of spurious money, and
got upwards of S3OOO in well imitated gold dol
lars, and two hundred and fifty counterfeit sil
ver half dollars.
llkavv Sbnthnci-:. —On Monday last. Judge
McCartney, sentenced .Jacob Lilly, who was
eonvicfltta in the Court of Oyer and Terminer,
for this county, last week, upon the charge of
sotting fire to tho bam of Ceorge W. Santee, to
ten years at hard labor, in solitary confinement,
in the Eastern Penitentiary.— Easton Sentinel
IMPORTANT FROM EUROPE.
I Wo have, by the Arabia, news a week later
t noni Europe. 'lho Spanish Government has
i made prompt reparation for'tho Black Warrior
I affair, by apology, 'pecuniary recompense, and
i censure of the Captain General. A violation of
the Servian territory by the Russians has occur
red. Austria appears to bo acting more in uni
son with the allies, while Prussia leans more to
Russia, while temporizing with both sides. A
portocol guaranteeing the Integrity of the Otto
man empire has been signed by the four powers
at Vienna. Hanover, nud all the minor German
powers except Bavaria, side witlf-Austria and
ihu allies, and will join Austria in forcing Prus
sia to declare herself in the Federal Biot, should
the subject come up. Several English grain
vessels on the Danube have been tired on by the
Russians, and one sunk. Three thousand French
troops have arrived at Constantinople, where
the declaration of war by the allies bad caused
immense rejoicing. St. Petersburg has been
illuminated in honor of the passage of the Da
nube by tiie Russians.' The Greek insurgents
have been repulsed in several engagements.—
From India it is reported that Dost Mabommed
has offered an Afi'ghan alliance against Russia.
Tiie Austrian troops are reported as entering
Scrvia. An English steamer had been sent in
search of three American ships, which were re
ported as being in the Baltic, with stores for the
Russians. The Turks have made n sally from
Knlafat, and had a four hours’ battle with tho
Russians, whom, they routed and pursued for a
considerable distance. There is also a statement
of another battle, in which tho Turks assailed
the Russians in the rear, and, after a hard fight,
half of the Russian troops were out to pieces,
and the rest retired across the Danube. Tho
Turks have evacuated the fortress of Czamavo
du. In tho Dobrudscha, which was shelled by the
Russians. The Turks throw upon the inefficien
cy of the allied fieet the blame of tho Russian
successes on the Danube.
The Emperor of Russia has seized the pro
perty of the British Ambassador, Sir 11. Sey.
mour. Relations between Austria and Prussia
are growing cool. Austria, it was thought, had
proposed to Prussia a German ultimatum, de
manding the evacuation of the Danubinn princi
palities by Russia. A report wan current at
Constantinople that the Russians had been dri
ven across the Danube.
A Duel at C.moiisburg.
Under date of Canonsburg, April 22d, the N.
Y. Tribune says:
“It Is onr painful duty to announce another
Brcckenridge and Cutting affair, which occurred
about an hour since between (wo students of
Jefferson county, Win. G. Keedy, of Baltimore.
Md., and A. L. Snowden, of Cumberland Val
ley, Pa., originating in refer-mce to a young la
dy. iMr. Snowden was challenged by the for
mer gentleman, and chose rifles at 40 paces, Mi.
•I. W. Polk, of Maryland, acting as second, and
Mr. D. S. Brandon, of JI isaisslppi, of lire latter.
They met about 7 miles from here, in an open
field. One of the gentlemen (ell, hut I have not
yot ascertained correctly which, though reported
by some as seriously wounded. Our little com
munity has been thrown into quite an excite
ment. Seven! friends of both partes have
started to the place of mooting to ascertain the ,
particulars. I
Spiritualism in Congress Mr. Shwltl
caused much amusement in the Senate on Mon
day last. by piescnling a petition firm lo.fi (>
spiritual rappers, praying that the Senate will
cause an investigation to Ik- made into this phe-
I nomena. Mr. Shields hrmly nllnded 'o the
j •'pinlual imposters of formn ccnluius, Cagh
■ "Mro, Iloheulonc, Xc.. f:c , and gave it us Ins
| "pinion that ih> modern rappers wen-of a deci
dedly infmor breed to tlu i r illustrious predc
oi-ssovs. ( 'ajrliostrn uvd to rail up the spirit
of Cicero, ami the lawyers of Paris crowded In,-.
Imtil to consult upon legal (picsiions with this
spn it i f the great Roman orator and jurist.—
Mr Pettit moved tlu* reference of the petition
lotheduod clergymen of New England ; Mr.
tewrn. that it ho referred to the Committee on
onr Foreign relations. It was laid on the ta
ble. y. ■
Hon. LuTTinuJSßvmtßNCii. —Hon. Luther Seve
re nre, of MainedtiteUnited States ronunission
er at the Namlw ich Islands, hasntunud to his
home in Augusta. We regret to learn that Mr.
S. is allhcud with an iit'-nrahle cancer, which
lia> ulr»fitly culcii away In*, lowct lip and chin.
, ami i> exit nding among the gland.-, of tin- thrr at.
Inhere thelhsh is i »unl mil niui r< quires «\>n
, ■danl dreeing. lit* is uc( t;»l!v* bring eaten up
1 alive. Mr. fcj. is fully aware of his situation ami
i of Jus approaching fate, but is thankful ihul
Providence has permitted him to return home
10 die in the bosom of his family.
Wlim.Vli ON TIIK \\ It A I’KKIIS OK NcwsiM
l’KH.s. —1 ( is (hruled hy the proper ('Hirers of
the Post OMlre Departin' nt, (lint letter postage
is legally chnrgtable on packages having writ
mg, uth< r than tlie simple address un the out
side. If payment is nl'm ul, the parly smiling
il cannot be pro.si.cnUd for u fiand un the De
parlmenl, as an attempt to conceal the willing
is m iHssar) to constitute a fraud, as in the case
of writing w oids or signs inside of a package
of pi mied niatur, which u u fraud under the
law.
Past Wdm \s
A woman named Mrs. Ham
■ r-ly, m Lawrence county. New lorlt. was a I
few days ago divorced from Inr hudmnd at half- !
past sevm o'clock, and her original name re- .
stored, her husband l>eing m court and resist-1
mg the application. At lU o'clock the same
day she was married to Mr. Mikle—thus bung
twice a wife and once single, and legally enti
tled to bear the names of Mrs. llamu.-dy, Miss
(Jolton, and Mrs, Wiklc ; all in the space of
half an hour. This woman will puss.
Akkaius in I'tau. - The debt of L’lah TitA
tor}' uniounls to but the amount of
taxes due and uncollected is .5 10,OHtb The Leg
islature, to procure a supply of fuel for the
Samis, oilers a reward of one thousand dollars
to any resident who will discot er a good coal
mine, not less than a foot and a half thick, and
within forty miles of the Capital. The Legis
lature has also enacted a law that no decision
of a court, at any trial, shall he held as a pre
cedent on any other trial. The Saints have
adopted a new alphabet, having ,‘IH letters in it,
intended to represent n.s many sounds. U will
lie used in (lie schools, us soon us they run get
ty|.r for il, though it is not intended to abolish
immediately the old alphabet.
0 /'The blockade ol theUnssinn ports on the.
Puriilc will, il is thought, considerably effect
American interests, particularly California. A
company of American enpitalilts are said to have
lately completed their arrangements for work
ing the Russian coni mines, coal being in great
demand on the Pacillc to supply the steam
ers. Large quantities of Russian ico are
also taken from Sitka to San Francisco, and the
iron trade with Russian America is important.
Tin-: Ni:»raska Rill in North Carolina.
—The following resolution concerning the prin
ciples of the Nebraska Bill of Senator Douglas,
was adopted at the Democratic Stale Conven
tion of North Carolina on the 19th ult.
Rcboli'cil, That the bill now pending before
Congress, to organize the Territories of Nebras
ka and Kanzas, has our hearty approval, and wo
tender to Senator Douglas, and other members
of Congress from the non-slavcholding States,
our thanks for their manly and national course
on this question.
For- the dycrican Volunteer, \
TRiciarpMns.
What a. fashionable thing it Is to bo it j
•ofoebmcb. It is now• cSccmal?
bibly, ana bonce every one, having prctoEl'
tlm way must bold .membership somowS
Neither, is it a very great, hardship now ,C,
woiconsidpr on what easy terms It is btld t •
go onoo or twice to church in the course or
wools, to pay a fow dollars for a pew ib the erm'J ll,
of a year, and to wear a
taco toco a week i and. if any one ospiros
oxtm degree of sanctimonious odour, to
only give bborally to tho parson.ivlion hn
up his collections for n now roof on the charfP
or organ or melodian.dr to send to thoboatten 0
missionaries, those who have a fonduoshS? <&'
vel and arc too poor to gratify it. ° r trar
Our persons, (good souls,) hive kept nn »niS
ho progress of tho times, nndinsioad of mann
ing tiie loollsbness of tho old gospel trellf. tofil
forth o.u Nebraska Bills, and oVr£ m
jects, or show off their divinity b P y d
tine-spun polemic discourses/of which nln
lenlhs of the hcorers understand nothing and
Hindi the rest ore heartily fired. French,.™-
nnd tioarora, liowovcr, s-vllsfy their conscience
with the knowledge, that they have spent a c ™f
pie df hours in church, in what they call -or
ship.
To the indies, (hloss their innocent hearts i
Sunday is truly a happy day, particularly in
country towns. For if It were not for the church
how could they display to so many eyes at once
the feathers nud flounces, tho bonnets and tho
dross patterns, which mnko our churches look
as gay us ball-rooms.
But behind this gay picture, if tho Good Book
speaks true, will there not rise a curtain, which
will disclose at some future day the stem Judge?
Will Ho not ash om* Nebraska preachers, as well
as the rest, who have displayed so absorbing nn
interest in their temporary affairs, “where are
•ho souls I have given to your .charge? Jlavn
they been trained in the simple precepts and
practices of my gospel? Have you week after
week told them in plain language of thoirprom
inent faults 7 Have you fearlessly dwelt upon
tho necessity that they must come out of tho
world, nnd show that something else than a grat
ification of corrupt passions is the oluect of your
lile And the members, when fhey conic with
the certificate of membership, will they not be
to d that somulhiug else la necessary to face that
dr.'.id tribunal ?
What a living lie is tiro life of nine-tenths of our
cluucb-goinp people! Who would distinguish the
majority of Hum in their .daily Intercourse from
(he children of the world? No more gay par.
tics, limn those given by some who make the
must marked professions, and if they reject the
dance, it will ho generally found that their con
versation is not a particle more calculated to
improve the company than the amusement which
they decry. “When the heart is full the mouth
runneth over.” It is a true saying. But how
exceedingly rare is it to bear n church member
'|"'ik nt Ins God and bis religion out of meet
ing/ When does he ever check, in mild hut
s •ii.uis tones, the profanity which daily grouts
lis ear ? 110 will speak upon any subject except
tli.it u Ineii professedly is the main-spring of his
rule n (.m «e then believe that ho is In oar.
ne*i ! N region then indeed only intended to
Innl'l f:*i ■ churches, pay college educated par
sons Kipi Mlaiios, and attend a merely formal
pathfi:ng wice a week, in order to listen to a
f.| !i, enl'ing it worship ? No, no, it is living
tuilli manifested in the lives of its possessors.
'lrinl for llurJcr,
Ti.mmiUiw - iltli \ s. (.'onrtland C. Johnson, in
dim.M i tip- murder of N- P. Culver. The
ti iit of (his e isi*. ns is usual in all murder cases,
ha*, he.-n aitr*rnh*d with considerable excitement.
'] h ■ i -polar panel for the term was exhausted
uj 11 mil I .veiling a jury. Two special venires
were issued, and a jury finally agreed upon.—
Pluming and llorr were concerned for tiro Com.
innimeallh. and Knnkul, Berryhill and Jordan
for the piKoin.-r. Mr. Herr opened the case for
the Pt.iie ill a very able address to the jury,
« lii.-h i. tier ted great credit upon him OS a young
and lisinir member of the bar. Wo were not
pres.mi itiinng the latter part of tho tidal, but
"(* undeisUnd that all tho counsel employed in
the case exerted themselves to tho utmost. Mr.
Kunkcl m ule more than an ordinary effort, and
we are informed drew tears from many of the
crowd by Ids pathetic appeals in behalf of tho
defendant. Tho jury on Thursday evening, af
ter an absence of about three hours, brought in
a v<T<‘h-t of guilty of murder In tho first rtogtw;
We understand that efforts for a new trial w\U
be. math—and further that-lire Judge Is riot
averse to grunting one if he cun be satisfied that
there is .luiliuent reason.— llai. Cnion.
roN-r--;; ' y.— A majority ol the New York
Legislator.• v.,td reemtiy tor a prohibitory h.
'pi--; lc\. 11m Mime legislature visited the
'■n\ ol Now Wnkii lew (lava since, and while
iln-ic, p.ui«.’>k «>f a dinner, ut which, a formal
rcpori 1. 1 1 1 1 >• pi Oi.eedmga stares, “Champagne
(lowed m .ibiihiluiicc, niul evidently but very few
<d the mci.ilnts whet voted for the Maine Law
were temper, mo* nu n. for everybody partook
ImnrhU, and m» water was placed on the festive
board.” <*i:i- honorable gentleman who voted
(“i th« Miunc Law, upon being culled upon for a
'pecch. staled hi* case very frankly, by simply
t> in,irking. am in no condition to address you
ibis aii-inoon.” His Hiibse(|iicnt remarks, it is
si.iti d. proved the entire (ruth and propriety of
Icsd 'duration. “Experience,” says Gov. Scy
in his veto message, “dcmonnlrates that
Temperaneo, like all other virtues, is not prudu.
d by the l_iw-makers, but hy tho Influence of
education, morality and religion.—J2x. Paper .
The “Anciei, (Jaiiiiii;l” under Areesj in
Boston —J. S. Orr, the ecci-iitrie'preaeher, who
goes ahoiit the sheets in the character of die
,\ng< I (inline), and summons Ids audiences uy
blowing a brass tnni'pel, w'.>s. on the 18th ult.,
taken into cnModv I>y an othcer in Boston. Ho
was at icMed us lie was about getting up one of
ins customary disturbances in tho street, tho
> ti irge aginiM him b mg for an alleged assault
iiial Imiiciv (•■■inuiiih'd upon an Irishman, (and
of c<>uiso a Catholic.; several days since. The
• ■ Angel” was duly committed to durance vile,
to meditate upon the persecutions against which
the reJorim-rs of this wicked world have over
had to contend in Iheit day and generation.
I'mi:.—On last Thursday altcrnoon tho stable
ol Mr. .Tallies W. Power, of (his place, was sot
mi (in- M his children, and it, together with
scvi ml out buildings were burnt to the ground.
’! lie childien wen* burning matches in the stable,
igniting the Mi aw and tramping it out again, but
at last it could not he extinguished by them.—
Tlie building was a Iramc and weather-hoarded.
There was a horse and two lings in (ho building
at tin' time. The hoise broke loose and escaped
hut the hogs were burnt — liloimijield Jldrocate*
VkUV IM I’OIITA N’T LAND QUESTION SETTLED
—Subsequent lo the passage of the law of Sep
lent her 2R, IHSO, granting donations of the pub*
lie lands to settlers in Oregon, various specula
tors pounced on the different town sites in that
territory, in which they were all settled. They
were in all cases the first settlers on the differ
ent (rads, and claimed, on the passage of tho
law a hove mentioned, tlie right to locate their
j six hundred and forty acre warrants so as to
-1 cover not only the portions of the various towns
j occupied bj' themselves but by others. Tho
j Surveyor General of Oregon decided in favor of
j their of their various claims; thus ousting all
other persons who had alsd settled in the differ
ent towns of tho Territory and improved thcro
spcctive lots they occupied. Tho Commission
er of the General Land OfQco, however, on appeals
from these decision of tho Surveyor General, has
reversed his decision on tho ground that tho
donation law did not authorise tho selection of
the sites of settled towns under it; and that
under the law of May 23, 1844, tho corporal®
authorities only nro authorised to enter such
lands in trust for all tho occupants of such
lands or sites at tho lime such entries may bo
made. An appeal was taken from this decision,
ami the Secretary of the Interior has confirmed
it wo understand. It is said that tho property
involved in this decision is worth millions of
dollars.
. When tho heart Is out of tune the tongue sel
dom goes right.