AMERICAN; VOLUNTEER. J litas fI.BR.mOS, Editor & Proprietor. OABMSLE, PA., MARCH 1, 1855. tjy W“o are again indebted to Senators Brod. bo&d and Cass.'amlto Mosers. Kurtz, Boyd and Hreokenrldge, of tho House, for Congressional documents. ’ Messrs. DThkny and Donaldson, of tho State Legislature, will also accept our thanks for numerous favors. ’ The 22md.— Thursday last, being the anni versary of Washington’s birth-day, tho Carlisle Light Infantry paraded with lull ranks, com manded by Capt. S. Crop. The company pro. touted a very creditable appearance, and went through tho various evolutions in a soldlcr-Hko manner. Boboooh OnwsAycEs.—Our Borough is “lomo” on Ordinances, but except it bo to give our.nelghbor of tho Herald a job ot printing, \ro cannot divine the object of our Council in passing Ordinances. If this be their object, it Is certainly a commendable one, for these arc* hard times for printers, and “ J orcian am a hard road to travel.” Certain it is, the Borough Ordinances are never enforced, and our people laugh at them and pul them at defiance. Why is this I Whoso business is it to compel a com pliance with a Borough Ordinance I Wo desire information on this subject. A few wesks ago our Council passed an Ordinance to prevent persons filling up the streets with ashes and oth er dirt, bat yet wo find ash-heaps four feet high, la front of a groat number of houses. So fur ns w'oaro concerned, wo have no particular objec tions to these ash-heaps, for we know they will bo removed In the spring. They look ugly, it is true, but yot they don't disturb our people very much, except on a windy day, when we mil. for to some extent from tho ashes being blown Into onr peepers. But the Ordinance has boon passed, and has received the executive sanction of Gov. Noble, and U should be enforced. All Ordinances should he enforced or repealed— ofae or the other. Let out Borough “tattlers** see to this. A SoPßßlOtt Lamp. —We have been presented by Mr. Jacob Sever of this place, with one of hia superior patent Lani Lamps, and take plea sure in recommending them to the attention of house-keepers. This is certainly the best lard fonap over invented, as well as the most econo mical. Itgives a much more brilliant light than most other lumps, is simple in its construction, and never gets out of order. The economy ofl the lamp, however, Is its chief recommendation, and (bis is a matter of much moment to house- { keepers daring these pinching times. Mr. S. we learn, Is now engaged exlenau Hy in the manufacture of his lamps, and is prepared to fill orders at short notice. JttfB.iCIJLTDiLA'L Societt. —The adjourned mooting of farmers and others on Saturday last, vu well attended. It will be seen by their proceedings, (in another column,) that an Ag ricultural Society has at length been organized on & permanent basts. We rejoice to make this announcement, for we consider the movement oae of vast Importance to tho agricultural com munity of our county. For years we have boon urging upon our farmers tho necessity of OTganlfcinjp an Agricultural Society, but until recently our appeals were unheeded by any con siderable number. Now, however, tho proper spirit is manifested, and wc doubt not (bo So ciety will soon bo in successful operation. The officers of the Society are gcntlbmcn of intclli gonco and enterprise, who fool a lively interest in agriculture, and wo doubt not they will use their best efforts to promote the Interests of the association and farmers in general. Moan Cold Weatuf-h.— -The weather of lalo has been very changeable—Qeklc as a miss in her teens. A few days since the sun shone out brightly and the air was balmy ami spring-like. W© hoard, will) more than usual pleasure, b»r n couple of mornings, tho welcome song o< the bloe-blrdn, and wo instinctively thought ut spring and flowers, and the green grass. Hut our reflections wore of short duration—the wea ther suddenly changed—and instead of thinking of spring and flowers, we wore induced to visit our cellars to ascertain the state of our finances in the articles of wood and coal. For thu Inst three or four days the weather has boon Intense ly cold—equal in severity to any wo have had during this very long and dreary winter. The various streams, wo learn, again afford a resort lor the skaters, being well bridged over with Ice. From present appearances It will be some lime before we can greet welcome spring. LETTER FROM lUßßlsn™, U» S. S«nafor—No Election—Four more 7Va» tors —The contest abandoned for flu* w\nla IlAnaisauna, Feb. 27, '55. Pun Sin —T hasten to inform you of the tc ©alt of our adjourned meeting In convention thi day, Wo had throe buildings, resulting as fol lows J Ist. 2*l. ad. Cameron, r»G M 55 Buckalow, 23 23 23 Scattering, 58 M 52 There being no election, the convention by a vote of 06 to 65, adjourned to tho Orel Tuesday of October next. You- will observe that tho Democratic vote fell short four rotes from the first meeting of the convention. Those who left our nominee wore— of the Senate Qulgglo, Plat and Hogue; of the House, Stockdalc, and all voting for Cameron. Respectfully yours. J. fl. Bratton, Esq. Melancholy Suicide. —ln Lancaster city, a few days since, a very worthy and respectable man, named Zellers, committed suicide by cutting his throat from car to car. do was a carpenter by trade, and was in comfortable circumstances, and had a wife and eight chil dren. A correspondent of tho Lancaster Whtp, who signs himself "Q in a Comer/' and who is himself a member of the Know-Nothing organi. xation, thus speaks of this unfortunate occur rence J **Ono of the first fruits of £now-Nothing Elirit/. waa developed hi this cilv on Friday ist. I ailudo to tho suicide of Mr. Zellers, a . worthy, well doing but weak minded man.'— Ha was a member ot tho Order but voted for Riefler for Mayor. No sooner was it discover-' ed, than ho was at once beset by a pack of bounds who hunted him down. Ho was charg* ed with being ft traitor—with having commit ted perjury ,ftnd with violating tho moat solemn, binding and awful oaths. Those charges op- Derated so powerfully upon him. that in a mo ment of temporary derangement, ho cut his tltfoat, and rushed into tho presence of his God. Tho blood of tho unfortunate but misguided Zellers, lies at tho door of tho Know-Nothing Lodge. That Lodge in which weekly may be seen, a prominent Judge (who should bo pure.) and-the District Attorney (who should bojust) in close companionship with men, recognizing no Jaw , but Know-Notbingism—no man as I brother, neighbor or friend, save be who is in sworn fellowship with them. I “THE SOBER SKCOJD THOEOBT.” The people may for a time be ’deceived—• demagogueism may triumph for a short season —but ‘‘tho sober second thought of' the peo ple ” will correct the error and apply the reme dy at tho first opportunity. Gen; Harrison was elected through the instrumentality of coon-skins and hnrd-cidcr—the people for; the time forgot themselves, and were only remind ed of Ihetr folly when they witnessed the daring usurpations of tho uarrlson administration— Taylor, too, was elected by deception and fraud —by professing to be a no-party man, &c.; but, no sooner was he sealed in tho Executive chair than he exhibited his true Federal col ors. His administration was a failure and a disgrace to.the country, and the people discov ered that they had again been deceived in trust ing to Federal professions. But the sober sec ond thought soon produced a remedy, and Fed eralism had to yield obedience to the decrees of a betrayed people. The democracy of the country again triumphed, the ship of Slate was once more permitted to sail upon smooth and placid waters. The people of this State, notwithstanding their general intelligence, have permitted them selves to be hood-winked and deceived on sev eral occasions. The Ritncr and Johnston ad ministrations, with their corruptions and pro fligacy ,we supposed would have served ns warn ings to the people in all future contests in this Stole. But uth 8c expectations we were doomed l o disappointmcnt-theclcclion of James Pollock is evidence that the people can still be deceived and led astray from the path of duty and interest. The election of Pollock was a calamity to the people and to the State, and this fact is already acknowledged by hun dreds who supported him. He is not the Gov emor of the whole people, but of a miserable oath-bound band of conspirators, who give him instructions from their lodges as to the course he is to pursue, lie Is himself an oath-bound) conspirator, and has sworn to persecute and J destroy, if possible, a portion of the people of. tins State. He considers tus lodge oath para- { mount to the oatii he took on the day of his ( 1 inauguration, and governs himself accordingly, f ’ He is not a freeman, for lie dare not move an i inch without the concurrance of the Know- Nothing lodges. His appointments, from first i to last, (as we are informed by a member of the i Know-Nothings,) were made out for him in the < lodge rooms ! look at the men who have been appointed tolucrativepositlons—every mother’s . son of them are members of the “new order,” and are hound by terrible oaths, (concocted at midnight,) to proscribe a portion of their fellow men on account of their religion or their birth place Judge Douglas (would to God wo had more such fearless bold men in our national councils.) lately declared in the U. S. Senate that "a Know-Nothing cannot be a Know- Nothing without swearing to tell a lie and this is the fact. The very first principle of Know-Nothingisni is to falsify. But. we are digressing. Wc were speaking of the Governor’s appointments, and wo again say look at them. The Reverend Stephen Mil ler,a Methodist preacher, and as arrant adeem- 1 goguc as ever lived,-who has probably never been inside of a flour iriiU in his life, is appoint ed to the lucrative position of stealer (wc beg pardon,} inspector of flour at Philadelphia!- fn politics this tnao Miller is all things to all men—“everything by turns and nothing long.” A few years ago ho was a violent anti-mason, and was willing to persecute their connection with this benevolent associa-. tion. He managed to obtain a good office, how ever, because of his anti-masonry. Now he be longs to a secret oath-bound political society himself, and has obligated himself to persecute all who arc not membo of his midnight con clave. But then he gets another office, and that’s what he is after all the lime, lie would kiss the Pope's big toe, or any other part of ins body to-day, if by So doing ho could feath er his own nest and put down what he calls “loro-focoism.” The other gentlemen who have been appointed to office by Oov. Pollock —or rather by tho K- N. lodges, for tho Gov ernor has had no say in the appointments—are of the “same kidney/’ men bound by blasphe- mous oaths, and ready to obey and carry out the behests of their lodges, whatever they may be. Such arc the appointments, and such the manner of appointing. We have said that the election of Mr. Pol lock was a calamity to our Stale, and wc verily believe this is now the sentiment of two-thirds of the people of our Commonwealth. He gain ed his position by a slight-of-hand movement, but now that the old-line Whigs who support- ed him with honest real, arc pushed aside to make way for oath-bound conspirators, they curse the very name of Pollock, and will be among the first to assist to hurl him from the office he now disgraces. “The sober second thought of the people is always right, ami ever; efficient.” In the Senate, on Friday, Mr. Jonca, of Tenn . submitted a preamble setting forth that the Constitution confers upon Congress the power to establish a uniform rule of naturali zation, but is silent upon the subject of emigra tion, and a resolution declaring that tho power to regulate emigration never having been* dele gated by the people to Congress, tho govern ment of those States affected by tho influx of foreigners possessed tho sole power to make laws regulating their admission or exclusion. Foreign Convicts.—A New York paper says, hereafter, whenever paupera ore brought to that city from Europe, very heavy bonds will bo required of the ships bringing them,and whenever convicts arc sent there, they will be Kent back again- This will have to be done at the expease of the city, since ships cannot bo com pelled to carry them back again, until some ar rangement to that effect shall be concluded be tween our own and foreign Governments. This should be remedied by Congress before the 3d of March. (C?"Th« Ontario Times gives the following annoymous threat, which was sent to a re nouncing member of the Know-Nothing order: a », *'* A - Councii,, -Jan- (1. 1855. Anhki. T)euow— You arc hereby admonished and warned, according lo tK« Into set forth ~, .veref conchnif of the G. t. of S. o/N. Y. that you must desist from all conversation upon thol principles which you have proved recreant to. 1 Von arc also reminded of the TKRTUBL'E' PAINS AND PENALTIES with-which a TRAITOR TO GOD, his maker, and a wilful perjurer before man, is visited. If this warn ing is heeded— wilt! If not —remember Mor gan ! THE COMMITTEE. 0 -y Sunday dram-selling in New York city is nearly suppressed. Infltiencc of Christianity upon the World, The charm—the secret of existence—can on ly, be realized by the exercise of the nobler fac-. ulties of. the human soul.' Man; in a state of haturc,.is, at best, a helpless, erring, Wretched Creature, exposed tolihenumbcrless ills Bowing from a darkened mlnd'and a corrupt heart.— If, then, this be hia individual character, no stretch of the imagination is requisite to pencil the lamentable situation of an irreligious com munity. To arrive at some idea of tho horrors of a country thus situated, wc have only to call up before us tho heathen world, with all its fearful rites and customs —its fiendish blasphe mies and damning sacrifices. Here is a pic ture. upon which to look sickens the heart and dims the eye. Here we may see tho deluded Mahomcdan, measuring upon his knees tho circle of his mosque —while his trembling eye rests upon its towering minaret! Here cun be seen the Hindoo mother casting her first bom in the waters of her idolized Ganges to appease the ire of her god! and her husband crushed to death beneath the ponderous car of Juggernaut. Our pen is inadequate to the exhibition of the cruelties and miseries entailed upon society, where tho genial rays of divine revelation have never shed their enlightening and soul reviving influences. Denied these," the world presents a sickly, barren waste, devoid of happiness here, and bereft of any reasonable hope hereafter. — But let once the light of celestial truth burst up on the waste of barbarism—let tho infatuated worshipper of the sun catch the faint glimmer ings of the Star of Bethlchaxn —let tho priest of the bloody rites see the fountain opened for sin in Uu house of David—let the self-sacrificing victim look upon him who has homo his sins upon the tree : in a word, let the influences of Christianity find access to their hearts, and darkness, error, and superstition will flee away —Suciely will assume a new and pleasing as pect—the places full of violence and cruelty j n il! nurture peace and virtue, and the "wil- J demess will blossom ns the rose.” Temples ! erected for false and superstitious worship will resound with the worship of the true and only God. and alters dedicated to vice and passion wilt no longer smoke with human sacrifices,and be covered with human gore. Its influence on the arts and sciences is mighty and inconceivable. In it is found the key that gains a free admission to their intri cate retreats, the want of which could only ar rest the heathen philosophers in their research es after knowledge and wisdom. With it the secrets of nature are opened for our investiga tion ; and guided by its influences tho solid rock is made to teach us important theories, and the rippling brook yonveys an instructive lesson. By it we are taught to explore tho immeasurable expanse, where countless orbs shine with heavenly lustre—emblems of the ra diant God head—through which we may rove with unobstructed progress, scanning every planet, and instructed by tho regularity and order as well ns the complicated arrangement of the “starry host.” There our souls may feast on eternal wisdom—and adore the God whoso imogc we then are. Then will we be en abled to solve mysteries, dispel tho maze that enshrouds the mind, and unravel all the per • plcxitlcs of science. Advice Fbom an “Old Inhabitant.”— 1. Patronize your own traders and mechanics. This is doing as you would be douo by ; and is building up tho town you live in. 2. Pay your debts; so that others con pay theirs. 3. Quarrel with no man; and then no man will quarrel with you. 4. Do not steal your preaching ; a man was once struck blind, you know, for stealing fire front heaven. 5. Send your children constantly to school: and look in now and then yourself to sec what they arc doing there. C. Keep all neat and clean about your dwel lings ; for cleanliness, you know, is Iho hand maid of health, and a distant cousin of wealth. 7. Avoid scandal; for this is a pest to any community. 8. Be liberal in respect to every laudable public enterprise ; for tho good book says, ’the liberal soul shall be made fat/ ** 9. Empty your liquor bottles ; for you have already ‘forked over 1 quite enough for them. 10. Visit the sick, the widow and the father less ; for this is one part of that religion which is ‘pure and undcliled/ 11. Keep your children mat night; for the evening air is bad for them ; and finally, 12. Feed your mind as well as your body: for that, you know, must go into the scales at last. N. B. These are not the twelve rules of Presi dent Jefferson ; but they arc much better than hia, for there la more of tho gospel in them.— Please rend them over again. Fao« Cura, —Great excitement prevails In Cuba, owing to tho beUol that another FUllbm terhig expedition Is about todand on Its shores. Tho city ol Havana Is In a great state ot ox. cUcmcnt. Now mlUtla companies are forming, and thu whole Island Is declared In a statu ot siege, and the porta In a state ot blockade. A proclamation has boon made, ordering the enlistment of all volunteers between tho ages of 18 and 50, capable of bearing arms. Great RorniEar of Gold Dpst. —TVo learn from New York papers that it was discovered on Thursday afternoon, on opening tho boxes of gold received at the Bank of America on ac count of Page, Bacon 4 Co., that a quantity of iron scraps had been substituted for a portion of the gold, which evidently had been abstract ed. The loss is staled at about $45,000, and will have to be made good by the carriers, who, in ibis instance, are tho Nicaragua Transit Company. Tho policy of insurance only cov ers losses by fire, or flood, or accidental dam age. not losses from carelessness. More New Counterfeits.—Wo extract from Bickncll’s Reporter, Ibo following list of now counterfeits: Bank of Chester County, West Chester, Pa. —2o's, altered from 6’s. Vignette, milk maid, farm house, cattle, Ac. On either end a me dallion head. Bank of Commerce, Baltimore. —s’a spuri ous. Vfjjnctto, female and shield—over the latter the words Agriculture and Commerce.— I Female on right and sailor on left end. Im- Ipreasion dark. These notes have been altered Uo “Bank of Commerce, Philadelphia,” “Bank Uf Commerce, New York," and probably all I institutions of this title In the United States. ' 'hrtners’ Mechanics* Bank, Philadelphia. .I —) h, spurious. Vignette, Pennsylvania Coot ’ r^ r T B ’.' N i llr 'iV l V^ QU J r «n\iko the genuine. Formers If Mechanics* Bonk, Easton.—sV», simmas. Vignette. Arms of SlaWPcnna.- ’ 0n left end medallion; on right end. fomala I figure. GEN-SUMS’ DEFEAT, ; v Agalnhaa,tKo organization of Know Nothings accomplished anotberof their glorious deeds— of\Gen, : Shields for United States Senator. ‘ This bravo patriot who shed his blood | on tho craggy' heights of- Cerro Gordo, and foil blooding from an almost mortal wound Jn do ienco of the glorious flag of pronely republican. has booh • unceremoniously' ostracised by an organisation that sports with the blessed name of liberty, because, unfortunately, ho was born In another dime. Tos, the bravo soldier, the pure patriot, the* zoplous republican, and noble citizen, has been struck down by a decree raoro scathing in Its effects than the bullets of an enemy on tho battle Add. After-servinghis adopted country through a campaign of blood and carnage, and saUjrating a foreign soil with tho vital lido of crimson goro that freely flowed from his blooding wounds, has this bravo roan boon spurned by those who delegate to them, solves the title of Americans f No bravor roan, says a cotomporary, ever fought beneath tho graceful folds of Columbia’s star spangled banner, poured out his blood with more freedom, or sought to lead his legions oh to victory and to glory, than the veteran Shields. Tho battlo-scan‘od hero of many a hard.contcs- tod field, Gon. Scott, bus. In his reports, lavish ed upon him the noblest eulogiums, for his bra very and courageous daring, but unfortunately be was born in another clime, and "mast besacii fleed upon tho altar of bigotry for tho purpose of gloating the appolifes of those who, perhaps, are unacquainted with his deeds t 0 Ingratitude 1 thou monster of hideous mien ! dost thou still find a lurking place in the bosoms of those who rejoleo in the name of.*dmericnn«? Is that glorious land, so often called the asylum of tho oppressed, whore tho suffering children of bondage can find a resting place from their op pressors, contaminated by the presence of those who aim to crash the purest patriots? Alas I It is too trno. The bright constellation of stars, surrounding an azuro field of glory, no longer float over a land whore tho noble deeds of her adopted children are appreciated as of yore.— Tho halcyon days of republican glory have de parted, and tho efforts of those who,labored to elevate her to a proud position, and who also fought to sustain her moral Integrity, hftvo been excommunicated by those who came after them. Gould such Illustrious heroes as Lafayette, Baron do .Kalb, and a host of others, who shed thtir blood on the battle tlclds of the Revolution bo consulted, what would bo their feelings on beholding their deeds condemned 1 Their blood assisted to purchase the tweel liberty that this peo ple now enjoys, bat unfortunately they were bom in foreign climes I What a mournful spectacle Is thn* presented to the world. Mon who have periled their lives to sustain the integrity of their adopted flag os tracised by those who should bo possessed of one ray of brotherly love—who should, at least, becomingly appreciate tbo noble deed of a gen erous heart, and acquit themselves as pbilanth. topic, high-minded American freeman. But 16 is to bo feared that this fierce spirit of political persecution this uncompromising hatred of re spectable foroign-.born adopted citizens, will ul timately, if persisted In as it has commenced, sap the foundations of this blazing star in the western world, and cud in one universal confla gration of liberty. The heart of every true American should pnl-! sate with gratitude on learning that some of the best blood that-stained the height* of Bunker Hill, or flowed down the declivities of the Cerro Gordo, was of But we fear that (his noblo tnjdt of Christianity, humanity, and true loyalty, lhas been overcome by a spirit as foreign to of oo| blessed insti tutions os that of an inhabitant of the far-off islands of the Indian Ocean. The flat had gone forth from the grand coun cil that do respect was to be shown to tbo nob lest deeds of heroic virtue, and, consequently, all must fall bonoatb (bo power of tbo imperial decree. No matter ff tbo blood of a Lafayette was spilled on American soil, he was a foreigner -—no matter if tbo IUo-blood of a Shields was shod in Mexico, ho was bom In another clime, the down-trodden land of Brin, which unfits him to receive a sympathetic smile from those for whom ho bled. Is this gratitude 1 Is this true Christian philanthropy ? Semes ia a R. N, State Conned. A Know-Nothing State Convention was in session at Syracuse, N. Y., last week, for the purpose of altering their constitution—strength ening the oaths to bo administered—providing for more stringent punishment for the refrac tory’—and making a new platform on tho sub ject of slavery. Mr. Moses Earners, a member of tho New York Legislature, was a delegate, and thus graphically recounts tho adventures that befol him in the discharge of his duties.— From his description it would appear that the order in N. Y. behaves very much as it does In Pennsylvania. Reception of a Member of the Legislature in the Hindoo Council at Syracuse. Albany, Feb. 14, 1855. Dear Sir : Yours of (be 8(h imst., contain ing a certificate of my election as a delegate to the Stale Grand Council of the so-called Know- Nothing order from my Council, No. held in Rutland. Jefferson county, was received.— In tny reply you will see now your delegate was received by tho Grand Council of tho Stale now in session in tho city of Syracuse. I presented my credentials at tho placo of meeting, and was introduced to a number of the Order by tho District Deputy, Mr. * —; I was then escorted to tho desk of the Grand Secretary, paid tho quarterly dues of my coun oil you intrusted roo with, namely, two cents for each member of your council. After this ceremony, I was conducted to tho main hall, where all tho delegates noon assembled, being about 200 in number. Tho presiding officer, Mr. Baker, of New York, said; “Before pro ceeding to business, I would ask if (hero was any opportunity of there being any listeners 1” Being assured on that point, tho first business was to examine each person iu tho halt, for the purpose of ascertaining whether they hod taken the third degree. Those Who had not ro ;civcd it were token into an anto-room, questioned, and Instructed further fn the mysteries of the Order, as tho business to be transacted could not, with safety bo done in tho presence of any one who had not taken the necessary oaths of a third degree member. Before proceeding further, they inquired of each member for whom they voted at the last State election. All those who had not voted tho Ullman ticket (and thero were about eight who had not done so) according to the instruc tions of the Grand Council, last fall, were re quired to acknowledge they had committed an offence against tho Order, and ask to bo for giycn, and promise in all things in future to obey their superiors. Upon so doing, a voto was taken and tho repenting members were re instated. I being a member of tho Legislature, was invited upon the platform with tho officers of tho meeting, and introduced by Mr. Barker, who Informed the Grand Council that I would make explanations in relation to my vote cast at the last election. While I was proceeding to do so, one of tho members asked mo for whom I voted for "United States Senator 1 When I rppllcd, William U. Seward. It created a great excitement in all parts of tho hall.- Some twen ty or thirty, more vehement than the resit, rush ed forward to tho platform, hissing, stamping ing their feet, gnashing their-.teeth, extending thur artng with clenched fiats; crying out, with countenances flushed with excitement, ‘Traitor,* •Pcijnrcr/ ‘Liar.* ‘Villi'an,’ and .other epithets, accompanied with the exclamation, ‘hustle him out,*‘down stairs with.hira,* ‘throwhiirfoutof the rrindow;’&o;, &0., * V . By this time, the meeting was in a complete uproar. The presiding officer could not con trol those present, and declared'the meeting adjourned for one hour. There was then a general rush f6r the platform where 1 was stand ing. Some of the foremost seized my collar, but, by the exertion of a few personal friends, I was saved from further violence by being, with great haste, escorted down aprivate stair way while others closed the door and kept back the mob. When 1 reached tho street, Mr. Barker advised roc to go to roy hotel, and not to show myself about the place, hut leave the city in, the first | conveyance. Having no other business to attend to, I took his advice and left Syracuse in the first train.. - I know not what you and the Council may ihmk of this, but if j r ou ever desire to send a delegate to such a Pandemonium, you must se lect some other person besides your sincere friend and fellow townsman. : MOSES EAMES. To the W. P. of Council 274. late Foreign News, Tho arrival of the Baltic pots us in posses sion of one week’s later news from Europe.— The matter of most importance to this country in tho news, is the formation of the new Minis try in England, with that energetic and con sistent enemy of the United States at its head —Lord Palmerston. The Earl of Clarendon— he who boastingly notified us that the alliance between Franco and England, was to adjust onr affairs also—la still Secretary of Foreign Affairs. It would bo well for our Government to keep these two facts prominently before its eyes, and not fail to put our house in tolerable fair condition. The Philistines may be upon ua before we arc ready to receive them, particu larly If they can patch up a peace with the Em peror of Russia., The bill regulating the Brit ish American fisheries, has passed Parliament. Admiral Napier made a terrible onslaught uflS on tho Government for Its conduct of the war in the East. The Peace Congress had not been opened. There was no change in the condition of things for the better in the Crimea, and there seems to have been a rouliny in the French camp among the best of her soldiery—the Zouaves. It must have been a pretty exten sive affair, as four hundred of that doss of sol diers were sent to Constantinople. Tho Rus slans are continually making sorties, from which the Allies sufler considerable loss. Sickness still prevails in the Allied camps to an alarm ing extent. There was a report of a battle be tween the Turks and Russians on the Danube, in which the former are said to have been suc cessful. Liverpool, Saturday, Feb. 10. Advices from London, of tins morning’s date, bring a report which is generally credited, that negotiations for peace have been broken off, and that it is now the determination of clio Allies to prosecute the .war with the utmost vigor.— There is ho probability whatever of an early peace. Late from Californio. 51,113.000 m Gold—Shocking Stenmboal~Er ploswn—Seventy lives lost —No United States Senator Elected. Nbw York, Feb. 25.—The steamship George Law. from Aspimvall. with San Francisco dates to the Ist inst., reached her berth at half-past 8 o’clock this morning. Her specie freight consists of 51.113,000 in gold. She brings 304 passengers, including General Eohinique, the President elect of Peru. The following arc the principal consignees of her specie:—Messrs. Duncan, Slierman & Co., $416,000; Adams & Co., $157,000; IVclla, Fargo & Co.. $108,000; Messrs. Drc.vcl & Co., 5107,000: Metropolitan Bank, $70,000; Wm. Hogc & Co., $50,000. The transit across the isthmus is now regu larly made from ocean to ocean by the rail road. The formal opening of the lino was to take place on the 20tn. The steamer Pearl exploded her boilers while running near Sacramento, and about seventy lives were lost. Among those who perished were Col. Alexander Anderson, a distinguished lawyer of Nevada, a native of Virginia; the Captain and Mato of the steamer, and about twenty Chinamm. Fifty-three dead hodica were found and twenty persona arc missing.— ft is asserted that the Pearl was the time racing with the Enterprise. The agents deny this. Both boats were on the way from Sacra mento to Marysville. There was a large amount of treasure on board which was recov ered. The Senatorial question remains in statu quo. Thirty-eight ballots had been taken without materially changing the result. The Legislature had passed a bill appropria ting $lOOO to each member. Gov. Ihgler re fused his sanction to the bill, when it was pas sed by the Assembly in spile of tho veto, the vote being 55 to 21. The California papers teem with more than the average quantity of%rimc. George Shel don has been hung at Oakland by a mob, and two Chilians suffered death in like manner on the San Joaquin, for cattle stealing. They confessed, however, having committed numer ous murders. Tho Indian troubles in tho neighborhood of tho Kfamouth river arc becoming alarming.— A number of white men have been killed, and about thirty Indians. Uia expected that there will bo a general rising of the Indians of tho north. The rains have again set in, much to the gratification of tho miners. Tna Explosion of the Pearl. Sacramento, Jan. 27.1855.—The slcamci Pearl, Capt. Davis, on her trip from Marysville to Sacramento, blew up with a terrible explo sion, just as she was approaching her lauding to-day. It is impossible to give the exact number of killed, but there must have been from twonty-flvo to fifty, a number of whom were Chinamen. Seven Chinamen were taken out deadest after the explosion. Cant. Davis both engineers, fireman, and gilman, tne clerk, are missing. The pilot was blown some dis- Unco from tho boat, and was picked up alive, with his leg only injured. Ilia escape with life is miraculous, os tho wheel that ho held was blown all to fragments. Tho second pilot re mained over at Sacramento for tho trip, and was not on tho boat. The whole of the boat, from amidships for ward, was blown to pieces; all that were aft were saved. Mr. M’Bridc, messenger for Rhodes & Lusk, is missing : ho bad charge of Wells, Fargo & Go’s Express, which had not been found when tho W. Q. Hunt left Socra •mento. Mr. Keefer, Adams & Go's messenger, escaped: ho had just left tho forward part of the boat for tho state-room, to carry bis treas ure forward ready for landing, when the explo sion occurred. Adams & Go. saved their ex press, letters and treasure. A fine dog. that was on tho Pearl, saved Iholifo of a man by dragging him out of tho water after ho had sunk twice. It is always usual for tiro passen gers to assemble forward as the boat approaches landing, in order to get off immediately. Those who were standing on tho Levee say she ap- E eared to bo crowded, and most all must have ecu killed. Tho Pearl belonged to tho Com bination Go., and was tho fastest boat on the Marysville route. Wells, Fargo & Go’s treasure, amounting to 622,000, was recovered yesterday. The funeral of the dead bn • Monday was at-' tended by 3,C00 persons, and the procession woa over a mile in length.. . ,v/ . ><\ • r Wadleigh, the engineer bf the Pearl,baa been discharged from custbdy/ttio evidence before the Oommer’a jury going to show.tbat he was a careful engineer, and that the explosion was occasioned By some cause beyond big control. The Act to Prevent the Sale of IdtosleaUng liquors on Snmlny. The following is the bill passed , by the State Legislature, to prevent the sale of intoxicating liquors on tho-Sabbath day. It needs only the signature of the Governor to become a law; See. 1. Be It enacted, &o..; : TJiat from and after the first day of ilprihncxtMt'shall not bo lawful for any person of .persons to', sell, t?pdo or barter in any spirituous. or malt liquors, wine br eider bn the first-day of the week, com monly called Sunday, or'for, thckcvper or keep ers of any hotel, inn, tavern, ale-house, beer house, or other public house or place, knowing ly to allow or permit any: spirituous or malt liquors, wine or cider, to be drank on or with in the promises or house occupied or kept' by such keeper or keepers, bis, hep or their agents or servants, on the said first day of the week. See. 2. That any person or persons violating the provisions of Che foregoing section shall,for each and every offence, forfeit and pay the sum of fifty dollars, one half of which shall bo paid to the prosecutor, and the other half to the Guardians of the Poor of tho city and county in which suit is brought, or in counties having no Guardians of the Poor. then to the Overse ers of the Poor of the township, ward or bor ough in which the offence was committed, to be recovered before any Mayor, Alderman,-or Justice of, the Peace, as debts of like amount are now by law recoverable, in any action of debt brought in the name of the Commonwealth, as well ns for the Guardians of the Poor (or for tho Overseers of the Poor of the township,ward or borough, ns the case may be) as for tne per son suing: Provided, That when any prosecu tor is himself a witness on any trial under the provisions of this section, then (he whole pen alty or forfeiture shall be paid to the Unftrdinns. or Overseers, as aforesaid: And providid, fur ther, That it shall be a misdemeanor in office for any such Mayor, Alderman, or Justice of the Peace, to neglect to render to the said Guardians of the Poor' and prosecutor the amount of such pcaulty, within ten days from the payment of the same. Sec. S. That in addition to the civil pcnal #cs imposed by the last preceding section for a violation of the provisions of the first section of this act, every person who shall violate the pro visions of that section shall betaken and deem ed to have committed a misdemeanor, and shall on conviction thereof in any criminal court in this Commonwealth, be fined in any sum not less than ten nor more than one hundred dol lars, and be imprisoned in the county jail for a period not less than ten nor more than six ty days, at the discretion of the court, ami up on being twice convicted, as aforesaid, he shall forfeit any license he may have for celling Ihe aforesaid liquors. [From'the Chicago Democrat, Feb. 19.) Suicide o( Green, the Chicago Booker. END OP TUB WIPE POISONER. Our citizens were startled yesterday morn ing by the report that George IV. Green, found guilty of poisoning his wife, at the Circuit Court of Cook county, had committed suicide. Upon proceeding to the jail we found the re port to be well founded. Mr. Andrew, the Sheriff, politely admitted us to the jail, and showed us the body of the unfortunate man. which had been cut down, and presented an appalling spectacle. From the appearance of the cell it wan evi dent that the unfortunate man had for some lime premeditated the act, and that he took every possible means to effect it. even to pre cluding the possibility ot his attempting to af ford himself any assistance after he had 'taken the fatal plunge into eternity. It is supposed that tbe act was committed between 12 and I o’clock Sunday rooming, as two persona confined iu an adjoining cell at that time, heard a peculiar gurgling noise and groan ing. Upon the opening of the outside door of his cell, at the usual hour, (74 in the morning,) by the turnkey, he observed that the quilt of the prisoner’s bed was hung up as a curtain be fore the inside door, which is an iron-grated one. He, however, thought Qrecu might have hung this up to shade the light, and passed on. Shortly after, he again went to the cell, and asked if “Mr. Green would have his coffee;” but receiving no answer, ho drew back the quilt, and found the prisoner suspended, hang ing from the wall. Upon a thorough investi gation of the cell and the body of the unfortu nate men, it was found that he had taken his morning-gown, which he had ripped up for tho purpose, and breaking out the rounds at the back of his chair, with these he forced the gown up behind an iron bar which runs all round the walls of the cell within a few inches of the ceiling, and knotted it at the top, so that it could not be drawn down by his weight. lie then (probably) took n silk handkerchief, and knotting it in several places to strengthen it and prevent it slipping, lied it round his neck, fastened another handkerchief to it, and a towel to that, and bound oil firmly by pass ing a piece of linen torn from his sheets around his head, tying it across his forehead in a strong knot. He then look his (able or stand, and standing on it, fastened the towel which \xun knotted to the handkerchief to the cloth—part of his morning gown—and having tied his hands' behind his back, be kicked the table from un der him, and. no doubt, life was soon extinct. In his struggles he bjvku the string with which his hands were tied. The appearance of the corpse showed the terrible determination of the man when living. The lower jniv projected, and there was a look upon the face which almost said, “l am defeat ed, but hot entirely conquered.” Green has been in jail altogether about five months since hp was orresUd for the crime for which he wos tried and found guilitv. During the first part of this time he appeared to bear up well, and in fact to exhibit but little anxiety, as to the result. Since his conviction, however, he had begun to break down, and particularly since the writ of habeas corpus from the Supreme Court was . denied, ho began to decline very fast. Ills ap pearance latterly was emaciated in the extreme, lie allowed his beaid to grow, as the Sheriff ordered his razor to be kept from him. Mr. Andrew, however, told him ho might have a man to come and shave him when he wished ; hut after the barber had made one or two visits he complained that lie oould not afibrd to pay two shillings, and refused to have him shave him any longer. Green told several persons that he would much rather be bung than go through the form of another trial; that (ho Utter was much worse than hanging. A short time since he told a gentleman that ho would bo acquitted if tried again; that his son George would not swear so hard against him next tune; and that ho could bring forward such testimony against Mrs. Ulanoas would invalidate any evidence sho might give against him. The corpse presented (he appearance of n man of very powcrfulframc. The chest is un usually largo for the height, (about five feet six or seven.) the shoulders broad, the limbs very muscular. Some time since Green sent for his attorney, P. Dallingall, Esq., and proposed to him (hat ho would make a will In his favor, if ho would take and adopt his boy, Albert. Mr. TinlUn gall answered that he would not, ns ono of his counsel, bo a party to such a proceeding, if ho wore to pay him $50,000. Green then got Mr. Dallingall to draw up a will, which ho (Green) afterward re-wrote him self, altering It, making Mr. Doyle, tljo jailor, and Mr. Sammons, deputy-Shcriff, his execu tors. This will ho deposited in the hands of Mr. Doyle. IVe understand it bequeathes the whole of his property, real and personal, after paying his debts, to his boy Albert, who^js ohdtjt sixytoWofogo, nna.tci,tiie iars of hu (Albert's) so3yr, - Green then said to Mr. Ballingall ;"I jo no! ■want to leave Ihismsuch a shape ;tbat, if Al hert dies without issue, it will revert to mV other children. I want him to have it, and if he does not 1i.v0.10 enjoy it, I want 'it .left. some public Institution,”, Mr. Ballingall said f ”Since .that. is ; your ■determination,.! would suggest tho Young Men’s Association,'and th« Firemen’s Benevolent Assodation.’hGrce&lhJ. desired Mr. BaliingaiUo make lioso InatilS bom ms hcirain ease of. heirs faiiiiig, to tha boy Albert, which was done, ■■; ■We undcrstdnd that Green leaves, pronerlv' variously estimated at from $30,000 to S6O 000 • We understand that it istho intention of thi fanuly and relatives of ;<?recn,itb''contest th<r will, on tho ground of his insanity—they j, 0 m ing that nono but an Insane ptrsoii wouldcom • nut smedo. _ Green,-;since InV incarceration, had also exhibited some rather strange actions For instance, ho never luuTtokcn off tho mit er portion of his garments. Be never took off Ins under-clothing, except to change his shirt occasionally; has dept in his pantaloons t<f AGRICDITURU MEETING. An adjourned meeting of the Cumberland county Agricultural Society was held ongalOr day, the 24th ult. George B. Bucher, Presi dent ; Joseph Culver.' Vice 1 Fresideht; ft Moore being absent, John Miller was npn'oinlii Sccrcinry;- . »* A constitution and by-laws were reported by Dr. Dale, chairman of the comimttixj'appomt ctl for that purpose at last meeting, and adopt id ; and the following officers appointed for the ens'iing year: Prctulenl— Okoboe 11. Been eh. Vice Presidents —Samuel Stntlcr, Upper AL leu: Martin Best, Lower Alien: Hunch-' berger, E. Pemnsboro.; T. B.' Bryson, Hamp den ; C. B. Ilerpinn, Silver Spring : B, Nlcsly, Monroe; John Miller,' N. Middleton; Win! Craighead, S. Middleton; John "Wallace, Frank ford : George Hoiks, W. Ptnnsborp.; Thomp. son Galbraith, Dickinson I R. p.-Haya., South ampton ; Somucl Megaw, Mifllin;. William Bachman, Shippcnsbnrg ; John ,A. Sharpe. Newton ; D. S. Runshaw, Hopewell: 1L B. Moser, New Cumberland; Samuel Coover,Mt clmnicsburg ; Win. I.yne, Carlisle; T. A. Mc- Kinney, Newvillc; Samuel Nevin, Shipper burg. Becordiuc Secretary —R. Moore. Cor. Sect Vy—F. Watts. Treasurer — G. W. Shcafler. Managers —o, Clarke, N. Middleton; Samf. Whorry, Southampton : Samuel Myert, Dick inson; C. Stayman, Carlisle; Wro. Lrnc, Dickinson : A. Bossier, S. Middleton; W. A. Ker, W. PvnnsboroJ'Wm. M. Watts, Dick inson ; W, W. Kevin, Newton. On motion, it was agreed that when the soci ety adjourn that it adjourn to imet on the first Tuesday of March ot 11 o’clock. On' motion agreed that each Vico President fyj nuthormd to solicit imiubcrsliip and report’ to Treasurer. On motion, it was.rcso|vcd ( lhat the'publish, ers of the difiercnl papers, in the county ibe re quested to publish the proceedings of Inis meet ing- On motion, resolved that the officers elected at ibis mecljng be specially requested to be present at the next meeting of the society. GEORGE 11. BUCHER, Pres. John Miller Sentry. Political Sermons —ln the lowa House of Representatives, on the 22d nit,, the bill in re gion to the .observance of the Christian Sab bath being under consideration, the following amendment was offered ; . “U shall be regarded as a violation of the Sabbath for.clergymen of any denomination m preach political' sermbns on the Sabbath May.” Hkdiffo, Pnjj.ADici.pniA Feb 28. Flour and Meal. —Flour is more active and firices.arc rather firmer. Sales of good select ect brands lor shipment, at 684 a Bs, and for home consumption within the range of 694 for good brands, and extra at 04 A 10. Rye Flour is firmer at $6 per barrel,; and Corn Meal, ftt 544- Chain.—The receipts of Wheat are light. hut the supply equals the demand. Saks of nrima nil at 210 cts. Last sales of while at2lBols. .Small sales of Rye am making at $112.. perbu. Corn Is steady. Pales of new yellow at 02 c. Sales of Ptnna. Oats at 54 c., and Southern at 52 cents. Whiskey. Sales of bbls. and Ildds. n3l c. Clovcrsocd Is more inquired after, with saUs at 60 25 o 0 87 per 64 lbs., from wagons, and at a 6 50 from receivers’ hands.—— TimoMiy is steady at £3 50 a 3 75, and Flax seed at 61 65, at which price the latter >8 wanted. 3Marmb. f On tlio 20th Inst., hy tiioKov. C. NiUerramT, Mr. Wu. Mediums, of Monmouth, 111., toUba Ma«<ia«ct Hkmp, of this county. • On the 22d ult., by the Rev. J. Evans. Mr. HaNIKI. SkNSAIKACJH, tO-MISS MAtIU>A UOOV er, both of Millliit tp., this co. 1 ' On ihc22d ult.. by the Rev. A. 11. Knmtt, Mr. John W. Shkarkr, of Harrisburg. t 6 Mis* Sauaii Janb Moriuson, of North Middleton ip., thisco. •• ✓ On the 27th ult, by the same, Mr. Josiaii Wbhrkht, to Miss Eluauktii MYKB9,botb of South Middleton tp., this co. • . 'Dltb / In Silver Spring township, on Sunday night last, Miss Mauokut B. Thomson, age not known r In this Borough, on Wednesday morning. 28th ult., of Consumption, Catharine, wife of Mr. Johnston Waroham, aged 21 years & 5 ifioa* How sweet to reflect on those joys f h&t await no In yon blissful region, the hnvon of rest, 'Where glorill’d spirits with Welcome shall greet me, , . And load mo to mansions prepared the bloat. Encircled In light, end with glory unshrouded, My happiness perfect, my mind unclouded I’ll bathe In the ocean of pleasure unbounded And range ivithdullght t hrongh the Eden of loro. NOTICE. ALL persons knowing themselves indebted to tbo subscribers, cltlior by note or book account, arc respectfully requested to cell and settle the same before the 81st day of March, 1853. After that date tbo books will be placed In tbo bands of a proper person for collection. WKISE & CAMPBELL. Carlisle, March 1,1855 —Iro N. B. The fltoro room now occupied by ni will bo routed from tbo Ist day of April next.— 1 It is a first rate business stand and a convention room. Apply to Estate Notice. LETTERS bf administration on tbo citato of Samuel Martin, loto of Monroo township, Cumberland county, have been. Issued by the Register of said county, to the - subscriber rcsld* ing tu Silver Spring township. AR persons to* dobtod to said oatoto aro requested to make lm modlftto payment, and those having claims will present them for settlement to JOHN ARMSTONO, Sr„ Adm’r. March 1,1855—6 t . •riju Win. It. Piinee &> Co.,>A» Y&j&Flushlng, N. Y., will sand to ap-Jaw, who enclose stumps, tboir JjUk now catalogues, 40tl» edition. No, LFruUsud Ornamental Trees. No. 2, Uosos, Doblls»» Bulbous, and all other Flowering Plants. No fl, extra largo Fruit, Evorgoou, and other Om»* mental Trees nml. Shrubs. No. 4, wholesale Catalogue for Nurseries, Including Stocks and Troo Seeds.' . . Tbo trees and the safe packing ore imrlTalWU. . March 1,1855-8 f IT. & 0.
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