PUMICATIO.iI OF IUE UWS. I In most of tho western Stnles nil pubjic laws arc required to be, publislied in one or ipore' newspapers in each -courtly, tho expense of such publication to be defrayed "by the State.; Sucb a regulation is not only \vise and prudent, 1 but is so manifestly necessary, that it is a matter of astonishment that this plan of mak ing the people familiar with the laws under which they live, has not been adopted in every State in the Union. Several attempts have been made in this Slate providing for publish ing the laws in.the several counties, but as yet nothing definite has been done. We have no ticed that this measure is always opposed by the lawyers who arc members of the Legisla ture, and generally supported by farmers, mo-, ebonies and business men. Nor is it, at all surprising that the publication, of the laws should receive the opposition of the legal pro fession, fut it would interfere with the-business and profits' of that profession. Let the people have light—let the public laws bo published in the newspapers—and the.-disciples of Blade stone .would not be sought for quite os often os they had previously bceui It is the interest of lawyers to keep tho people as ignorant as pos sible in regard to. the statutes, but this very fact, in our opinion, should induce the people to demand tho publication of the laws in the manner we have mentioned. Many of our public laws arc highly impor tant in their provisions, and contain penalties and fines to enforce their observance. And yet' it is a fact that the people, generally speaking, are ignorant in regard to those provisions, and often violate them because of their ignorance. We may mention one. law now in force—and a very imporlantonc.it is, containing, we be , lieve, scvcre.pcnaUics against all who neglect to observe it—tho provisions of which we ven ture to known to one fiftieth part of the county. We refer to the law requiring the registration of births, marriages 1 and deaths. The object of this law was praisc ! worthy, and its provisions, if strictly observed j by all, would afiord most valuble information to future generations. But the law is a dead letter —the people know nothing about it, and it is not observed to any extent worth speaking of. It fact it is worse than useless, for unless i it is obeyed by all, the object for which it was 1 enacted is destroyed. In a number of coun- I lies, the County Commissioners, feeling that H was necessary for the people to become acqnain • ted with the requirements of this important law. have had it published in their local-papers. Had this plan been adopted by all counties, or had the law itself contained a section requiring such publication, we would have had by this time practical proof of the workings of the law. _ fl CCD S, But as it is—in force in some counties and al r The recent soft weather has merged most disregarded io others-tho beneßls of the mud crop of our town anmang y, and has al- ! lof)t t „ tho lo so caused a grea rut .a ladies dresses It .s mclUion oth£r Ujc lawB , w.ththogrcatetd.flioulty that pedestnans- ; rt ant in their provision, and penal particularly when they ore out o nights— . , . J , lies, that are disregarded by the people bc ptod their way from one crossing p ace to mi- „ a , , , . „„ , ' cause of a want of knowltdge. Tin publica other. Many of the side iia\enients are m a . , , . ... • *. , ... , . lion of the laws in the newspapers uf tho sever moat wretched condition, and areas disgrace-( . ~ , . . , 1 al counties would remedy this evil, would make fUI to our town as they arc dangerous and an- . , J .. . , the people acquainted with tho duty they owe noymg to our citizens. Now, is this mlolera ; . . . . . ..» ~ . 4 to themselves and to society, and at the same ble nuisance never to be abated! Must our , ~ . . . , . save much litigation and contention m our whole population suffer because of the obstma- , * r ‘ ... . . , , courts of justice. Lconomy, 100, would dictate CJ, of a few sordid creatures wearing the form tbjs for wc hoU that CTC mrasuro cat . ufhumonxty, who refuse to pave their proper- mMat t „ pooplc ?Ild^ko^tjm AMERICAN tQLUNTEEfi. JOHN B. Pioptletor. CARLISLE, PA., JIARCi Wiute Hiti Aojdejiy.— By reference to the advcftiseincnt of Mr. DesPixgeu, principal ot tVhilo Uall Academy, !t will bo seen that the ninth session of this popular Institution'will contocuoeoritho.7th;of ; May next; We are pleased to leant that tiro Academy is at present in n inore prosperous 'condition than it has ever heretofore been, andthat thirc tire now more etudenis in attendance than at any former sob siom " Mr. Pshh.TNGEh is : admirably qunUllcd to occupy the position he docs, being a ripe scholar and a teacher of great experience. His Adademy.ia. wcU worthy the attention of parents andt guardians. ‘ * ————— “The AMBnicAN.I’—This 1 ’—This is Iho title of the ncTpKnow-Nothing paper, recently established at'this place. 'The first number raado its np.- pfcaranco last week, and, presented a creditable appearance in it's mechanical execution.— Georgs,ZiN.N', Esq.,.late Whig Prothonotary, is announcodas 'its editor. The followers of sbd Bontline are not likely to languish in Cumberland county for want ot “organs.” In a, pecuniary point of view we wish the editor all the luxuries ihat generally fall to the profes sion politically we hope his luck may be just half as bad as bis principles ore dangerous. I’LXatD-Foit tiib-Old Soldieiis>—-On our first page will bo fount! the Bounty Laud BUI, as it poßsed! Congress, and which has been signed by the President. We have, from the first, advo cated, the pfossage of this Bill,'and rejoice that justice has at length been done to the old sold icts. {Senator BuOdheau of this State, ia cn titled to the thanks of tho friends of tho mea sure for his early-and persevering advocacy ol the Bill. Under the provisions of the Bill the Soldiers, Chaplains, Teamsters, and Flotilla *meri, who have served the United States In any of her wars not less than fourteen days, arc en titled to one hundred and sixty acres of land. In ease of the death of those who so served, their widows or heirs would be entitled to the Bounty. ThePuotiiosatouv’s Omen.— Mr. Koeli,, tho of this county —on account of continued bad health—has appointed Mr. Puilip Qoiolbv his deputy, to assist in con ducting the duties of the oQlcc. Mr. Q. is a very careful and efficient clerk, and we doubt not tho business of the office will be faithfully performed. ties ? Wo vcuturc to say there is not another ‘hoyoncc and outrage. We hope our citizens favorable to compelling property holders to pave, will take the matter iu hand at the approactung spring election, and vote fdr no man who will not pledge himself favorable to pavements. So far os we arc con cerned, we will support no candidate for Coun cil, we care not what hia politics may be, who is afraid to face the music on this subject.— Our. citizens have suffered long enough ami hire talked too long, and it is full lime ilicy should acf. If property holders art 100 stingy 1 and mean to pave their properties of their own . accord, they should be compelled to do so by j town authorities. Let our citizens think j of this matter, we say. when they come to vote at our Borough election. GAME GAS m WATER COMPAST. By the Act of Assembly incorporating Uuf' Carlisle Gas and Water Company, it is provid ed in section 4 of said Act, “that the stock holders shall meet annually on the second Mon day of Mjty. at such place as the by-laws shall fir, nf.which public notice shall bo given, and choose, by a majority of their votes, their offi cers for the ensuing year,” &c. The gentlemen composing the present board | of Managers of the Carlisle Gas and Walu j Company were elected on the llthof Junc.l 1853. Now, wo should like to know by what authority they claim to act. According to the 1 Act of incorporation, the term for which they were dcctcd,expired on the 2dJMonday of May, 1854, We flay, therefore, that at present there no Board in existence, and if the gentlemen who NrerO elected Managers on the llthof June, 1853 1 , attempt to transact business, they will; do so without authority, and their acts will be illegal. 1 They have no right, whatever, to act. Now, what object the Managers had in view ianoi giving “notice” for on election of new officers, on the “second Monday of May” 1851, oi is required by the Act of Incorporation, we of course cannot conjecture. They were cer tainly not ignorant of the provisions of the law unftey which they were elected. And, notwithstanding the personal respect wo onhsrUdn lor the present Board of acting Managers, wo must nevertheless suggest that there is another thing our citizens would like : tOifcjbpw. i ia said the Company is now out of funds, .i What become of all the money 1 Who got it, and for what purpose? Unsaid too, that tho present Board of illegal Managers arc 1 about to negotiate a large loan, and we sup pose tho next thing they wifi do will bo to re-1 q\iiro thqjprcscut stockholders to assume thisl loan, or in the event of their refusal to do so, 1 then will lie put out of the company,' tfirfr stock confiscated, and a few “pre/erred stockholders" will seize tho whole of tho stock, uwastbo eftso in another company in oar jqidiit. If, this is to bo tho ’ game, wo, ns a stockholder, should' like to know our, fate as soon oa possible. AVo say again the Company is.now without officers, and those who, in vio lation’of Jaw 1 , are acting ns Managers, have no more authority than tho man in tho moon.— Their acts, since tho 2d Monday of May, 1864, have been illegal,and they know this themselves, Any ono loaning money to Ikon had' bettor btaV tins in mind/ ' V ",f consequently better and wiser men, is true e. conomy.' Ourf* glorious Common ' Schools, notwithstanding the immense amount of money required to carry out the system, is, 1 after all, a wise stroke of policy, and our chil dren who follow us, and take our places in this World of toil, will revere our names for having sustained this admirable mode of general edu cation. Some niggardly minded men, whose , souls arc not as large as the kfiefc-cap ofa moth,' I may Miter at this assertion and attempt to controvert it, but such men, thank God, are hw. and thus far they have been unable to check the noble cause of education. Tea ! educate the people —the whole people— and os far as possible make them acquainted with the , laws of the country, and it is a step, a wide | stride, toward economy and greatness. We therefore once more urge the importance of the publication of all public laws. And irt doing this wo feel satisfied wo never advocated a measure of more necessity and benefit to the people. We hope to sec another effort made by the Legislature to enact a law on the subject similar in its provisions to the law of Ohio and other western States—Slates much younger than ours, but far a-hcad of us in many re spects. What member of our Legislature will take the lead in this matter ? We shall see— -1 what we shall see. »» aa> Bononou and Township Elbctioks.—To morrow, the Borough and Township elections will bo held throughout this county. There appears to be little or no feeling on the subject, in this place. Wo suppose the followers of Runtime -have their men selected, for the various offices, and the lodges will la sue orders instructing the members in what way they uro to perform their duty. Wchope, in any event, to see good men ckolcd—men of character and nerve, who will not falter in pushing forward all necessary Borough improve ments. Pbsnstlvania Statu lajnatio Hospital. —We have received the annual report of the Pennsylvania State Lunatic Asylum, for the year 1854. The institution is located near Harrisburg, and the buildings arc extensive and commodious. The report informs us tluxt of the whole number of patients admitted to the institution during the four years it Ims been in operation, although a reasonable number have been discharged as restored or improved;yet there is a remainder Which increases annually, and may be considered as a permanent charge. There was 37 in the year 1851, and 100 in 1852, and 182 in 1853, and 214 in 1854; Du ring the Inst year 144 patients have been ad mitted, 70 being sent by the public authori ties, and 74 by their friends, amounting, with the remainder from the previous year, to on aggregate of 320 patients, of whom 112 have ; “cm il.iKh.rgol, 27 a» restored, 22 an improv ed, dO .3 suuon.ry, .ml 22 by death. Of tho ■ I'm number ol mule, in 127, and of fcmalns 87. Urn report aaya that more than llirco hundred paUenU cannot bo accomodated It) tho institution will) bcupfit, oud as applioa. tions for admission ore increasing, many must necessarily bo refused, lu view of ihia. u w managers recommend the establishment of an othcrinstitution in Western Pennsylvania. Of I the patients who have been in tho Institution since its establishment, 333 were natives of Pennsylvania, and 104 of foreign countries, 67 being from Ireland, and 27 front Gernunty. BEUBIODS TOIEIUTION. A few of tho more! reckless of the Know- Nothing papers, with Hint hypocrisy belonging to their creed,'.insult their reader* by asserting that it is not on account of thbir. religion ’ that they persecute the Catholics. .This is a positive falsehood, and every one knows it to be such. 1 Look at Massachusetts, where, the Know-Noth- 1 ings have complete sway in the Legislature.— Among the llrst acts of ••Sam's** Ueprcscnta lives was to pass a resolution instructing the 1 Committee on Constitutional Amendments “to report a bill to prevent Catholics from holding an.office under the government of the State of Massachusetts.” This looks ns though the Know-Nothings did not-favor the persecution of Catholics because of their religion. And yet, the very men who are now the leaders m Know- NoUii»gism,. and who are so ready to persecute our adopted citizens and Catholics,'alittle more 1 thanlwoycars ago, lauded both in terms of sickening flattery. Oh, consistency!' Our read ers will well remember that during the last Presidential campaign : tho opponents of tho Democratic party heaped upon our candidate for the Presidency, Franklin Pierce, the most shameful and unheard of abuse, for his sup* posed opposition to foreingers' ajjd more par licularly to Catholics, because by the Constitu tion and laws of his Stale, Catholics were de clared "ineligible to hold certain oflices, not withstanding it was shown most conclusively, that ho and other leading Democrats had used every cflfcrt in their power to have that clause stricken from the Constitution, to do which required a two-third vote of the people, which they failed to obtain, as many contended that it was a dead lettcrin their'Constilution, and therefore its repeal was .not important or necessary. Uow Gen. Scott in those days courted the foreigners by his fulsome flatteries and ejaculating, “Oh, I love that rich Irish brogue, and those sweet German accents.”— But now, forsooth, a strange spirit has come over their dreams—they now «ppoav to not only dislike those rich 6rogucs and sweet accsnte.but appear determined to ..shut*- out all foreigners from a just participation incur poUli :al affairs, and hurl slanderous abuse at them as thick as they did their fulsome flattery, but a little up wards of two years ago. And all this is done to put down Democracy and raise up Whig-* gcry S Thus have these rampant \\ bigs and their relentless co-adjutors floundered through the labyrinth of abuse and inconsistency. The Ikouease op the Aimt. —Congress did respond to the call of the War Department, and increased the army by four regiments of the line—two of cavalry and two of infantry. The cavalry to oc organized under the lair of 1846, creating the regiment of mounted riflemen, anti the inlnntry in conformity with existing laws. This is right; and wo applaud the measure.— ft was demand*! by existing necessities on our expanded frontiers, from which daily comes to us the startling intelligence of continued Indijn massacres, stamped with more than usual mer ciless barbarities. Wc are of the undoubllng belief that the increase of the regular torcos of the country was called for by every considera tion of humanity, policy, and expediency,— There arc at this time large numbers of recruits at the depots in New York and Boston, intend ed, as we understand, for t|ie thy ahnm rm« thousand cavalry recruits At Jclhrson barracks (Western men) that can fill one of tho cavalry regiments -f * * Tub Esof.isu Army and Navy Estimates. —According to the estimates of the army and navy, for the year 1855 60, submitted to the Biilish Parliament, we find that the English Government contemplate having engaged in the war during the opening ycar.no less than 203;- 594 men of all ranks in both the services, land and sea, aud that the sum necessary to sup port and render efficient this body of men and the ships to be manned by them, for a single year, will be more than one hundred mid t/iir hj-eitfit million of dollars ! Such is the coal of war in dollars and cents for a single year. Or rather, such is the estimated cost—for the ac i lual expenses will, in the agregatc, doubtlesss 1 greatly exceed these estimates. This largo sum | is in addition to the usual expenses of the gov ernment. BniusnT and CouuunioN in Nbw Jeusby —Our neighbors of New Jersey, it appears, arc not more safe from the charges of corruption than our own Stale. We observe in the New* ark Mercury of Wednesday last direct charges 1 upon individuals who, it is said, have been at tempting such practices on Senators of that j State. The charge has, of course, attracted : very considerable attention in Trenton, the l Capital of the Stale, and a Committee of three has been raised in the Senate, with lull power to examine into the allegation. The Mercury of'Friday says, its truth will be fully shown , m the evidence which will be adduced, and wo 1 believe that other attempts will be brought to' light of the moat disgraceful character. It is an undoubted fuel that a Senator tens approach ed by tiro opponents of this measure, at differ ent (imeB,umi urns ojfered by one of (hevi $6OO, • which offer was afterwards increased to $7OO, tf he would vole ogaiiul the Plank Road bridge. When the oiler had been indignantly rejected by the Senator, these persons begged that tho matter might be kept silent. The New Jersey Legislature, like our own, is composed of Know Nothings. It is u singular but undeniable fact, that every Legislature in our country composed of a majority of Know-Nothings,has been com pelled to appoint committees to ascertain the extent of the bribery of members. Tiik Capital op Nkuuaska.— Omaha City, the present capital of the newly organized ler itoryof Nebraska, is described as containing from sixty to eighty houses, located on a rising ground on the banks of the Missouri river.— The government house, occupied by the Gov ernor and Council, is a two-story brick, and the principal hotel is also two-stories with a wing, the rest of the houses being of all aorta and sizes. In August last there was but one small hut in this place, but now it contains taverns, stores, shops, dwellings, and a govern ment fully organized in all its departments. ' lO" George M, Cummins, an old and much esteemed citizen of Poltsvillo, was killed on the flth lust,, by a fall from a ladder. lie was 76 years of ago. * £7“ Francis T. Porter, associate editor of the New Orleans Picayune, died at New Or leans, on the 24th ult. Ho was a brother, to William X. Porter, of the New York Spirit of the Times. THE4CIIEBS' AM POLITICS. , /Perhaps \yo sliali be accused h)f irreverence, nay,' sacrilege, in meddling ’frith a subject, Syhich by homuidn consent lias foi*. a long time been turned over to the cxclusniecontrol of-the clergy. ButVodesign to put Wour political shoes for d short time the hal lowed dominions of those , of, the cloth, with no apology to^nem., anc * if “the world” should require from ua‘ an excuse for our ecclesiastical ramble, we huVifonly to point the .world to, tho thousand and one ministerial babblers now struggling in llie'dlcld of polities. When men who profess to be the -bearers of' n special message from heaven to the lost, sheep, of lhc ; children of Fsra'el—who pretend to be the followers of the .meek and lowly Jesus, whoso kingdom “is not of this world;” when these men batter ihb reward which is laid up in heav en for the faithful minister of Christ, for the empty, honors of, this world; when they' suffer their docks to go to the devil while they arc seeking to go to the Legislature, we surely may be permitted to question their sincerity and ex amine their motives. The truths 1 of Christianity arc eternal and unchangeable. , The insl^yfitiu o3 by Christ to his apostles, arc as. much the man*., date of Jehovah at this day, and OS; binding upon IHs true servants now, upon,-earth as they were upon those who received them from the Ups,of Divinity. If religion is a vital spark of Divine fire which animates and saves thesouls of it is the same to_day as it was in the day of the apostles, and its manifesta tions and influences will he precisely similar.- If,on the other baud it i 3 tho “fashions of the world,” of course it subject to tho mutations of lime, and controlled and modi(lcd r by cotcroporancous influences. Let us try our ministers' by the rules by which they profess to be v guWed, and see how. many of them are at this day living up to thtir professions. Suppose that Jesus Christ was to make his second advent on earth to-morrow,' where would he find many of his professed ser vants and how employed ? He would find sixty of them in the Massachusetts Legislature, pro testing in tho name of God, against the Ne braska bill, denouncing the Constitution, as a compact with hell, and advising slaves to cut -their masters throats. In .this county he would find some of them making speeches in Know-, Nothing-lodges, others exhorting in political meetings, and a few attending to their gospel duties. Among the “few” would be found the very men against' whom the Know-Nothing servants of Christ would be found plotting.— This is no fancy picture, bula humiliating fact. Can any one deny it ? Is this religion ?, We ask for information, because if the modern acta of many of tho professed ministers of the gospel arc calculated to redound to the glory of God; then the early fathers and apostles of the church were all wrong. We arc not bashful in saying that we regard a minister of the gospel wfio is engaged in poli- tics, as entirely out of liis place, and a stum bling block to those whom it is his duty to guide in tho paths of religion. -If a preacher of tho gospel feels convinced that he has mistaken his calling, and that IhgAlesh-pots ol Egypt have greater claims on appetite than the maauaofhwrven,if his ambitious nature craves the rapturous and llcclidjfc*t*pl ( u ] £ t - > of the mil lion, and refuses to bc.suistlcd with the quiet whisperings of on opwjjng Conscience, why moments its still small ,is drowned lit the clamor of political fife. Let him appear out- wardly what he is at hcari, an aspirant for pol itical honors, v But we shall be told that Congress is so cor- rupt that a few preachers lire absolutely neces sary to preserve a show oT morality. A minis ter could with equal propriety ride ,a quarter race, or play a game of poker, and excuse him «clf with the same plea. A, minister could not, by ridinga quarter race, ejevate horse jockeys to the profession of the ministry; but ho could easily make a horse jockey of & minister. So a minister cannot make preachers of the mem bers of Congress, but members of Congress can easily make brawl-politicians of ministers. It ns not the profession, but-tbo spirit of religion that is pure and elevating, and ho who would profit by it must ascend lt.can elevate and ennoble man, but man'can; never drag it down to shield his corrupt motives. Affaiu&ik Cuba.— The Uavana correspond ent of the MirionaJ the regu lar troops have nemfy nil been withdrawn from the city of Havana, anvils protection is in the hands of, volunteers and a safeguard force, which is composed of the soldiers who have been discharged from the army in Cuba on expira tion of service for several years past. This makes a very efficient force in appearance, ajid the men have mostly had the advantage of ac , live field service—probably bettor troops than those which have been thrown into the country and forwarded upon the coast to protect weak points, and to bo ready for concentration wherever there may be necessity, lie thinks, however, that the indiscriminate arming of no grocyJ\na been ah unwise incdsursc,and which ,if continued to the extent proposed, will result in serjous evil for Cuba, that Concha, of any one succeeding him, will not,bo #jblc to euro or re -5 move. The consequences arc alrcad percepti ble in the streets and in families. JuNsy Lind.— The London Morning Adver tiser Kays; "Jenny Lind has Altered into an engagement to re-visit England in her profes sional capacity. From religious scruples, she has determined never more to appear before the public, under any circumstances which could be construed into giving her sanction to theat rical or operatic performances. She has fur ther resolved that ait her future exhibitions be fore the public shall partake, more or leas, of the character of scored muStq; aud with; this view, sho has, wo are informed, stipulated, that she shall sing only in Exeter llall. Sho ia ex pected hero some time in the month of April,— Our readers are aware that Jenny Lind is now the motherof twochildren.” 1 Jefferson Coli.kgk.— The Hon. Chief Jus tice Ellis Lewis, of this State, had bestowed on him the degree of Doctor of Laws, at the Com mencement of tins institution, held in the Mu sical Fuad Hall, on last Satoyday.' DC?" The Post OilQco at Philadelphia has been removed from itd old stand to the largo and spacious building of Dr. David Jayne, in Ches nut street,' and , Second. Tho rooms arc splendid and Well adapted to tho purpose. The Catholic wHiT 1853—UU:r" from Hen. Ml Hon; Wm. S. Burnell, the anU-Slavcry Know-Nothing member of Congreas from ‘Mas sachusetts; Ifavlug ibsscHcd, in Ida lecture m Cheshire ebuhty, that the Cnthoilclvotewaa of fered ttf*Gen.j Scott at the late Presidential elec tion,.several ! persons whd hcared, jhimj deter mined to get at the truth of the ’matter, and therefore addressed a letter to the distinguish ed veteran, who returned the following reply. It is a clincher: Nkw Yoiik, March I, 1855.. Gintlenivi l have just received, through the lion. Mr. Hibbard, M. C., at 44 ashingtou. your joint letter dated tho 24th ult., in which you say to mo that, in sou\c N reccut political address, delivered in your neighborhood and in your presence,'the speaker declared substanti ally, that in the last Presidential canvass-p -‘ Bishop Hughes of New York, proposed to Gen, Scott to sell the Catholic vote; who hesi tated to reply; when the proposition was made to Gen. Pierce, and accepted, Cud a Jesuit was placed at the Head of the Poiit Office Depart ment. . . -. . That Bishop Hughes’ demands were assent ed to by the party to whom he flrst proposed, except that no demanded a Cabinet officer,, upon which you hesitated; and the proposition was nTads to-Gen. Pierce, and he assented. - • And your letter to me is thus concluded: * “Believing the statement to be false and basely,'caluumiubs of tlic fair fame of yourself and thevjthcr distinguished gentleman impli cated thereby,.wo would respectfully request of you to inform ua at your earliest conven ience whether the statement of Mr. ■, so far as relates to you, is true.’ 1 ; I hasten to say that the statement or state ments I have quoted from your letter .as above, arc, in respect to-mysell, ABSOLU ri.L\ FALSE, and 1 have no doubt they arc equally so in respect tomy political Jrienda nud oppo nents in the canvass alluded to. 1 remain, gentlemen, • . Willi great respect, i’our oh't. Servant. WiNk'ißbD Suit. New Hampshire. ZClic estimate that fifteen hundred members havb lefe the Know-Nothing lodges in New Hampshire, is mode by the committee appoint ed by those who hove withdrawn from the lodges in Concord, nearly one hundred of whom sign a card in the Patriot, They have exten sive correspondence throughout the Slate, and the best means of arriving at the number .of witlidrawels. It is appaicnl from this state ment, and fronv the cards published from time to lime in the Democratic papers in all quar ters of that State, that the number who have left the lodges in disgust is very considerable. Indeed, in some towns, us we have seen, whole lodges of the secret order have been disbanded. This process will undoubtedly-go on, up to tho day of election, and Will have the effect to de press the hopes of the opposition, and materi ally brighten the prospects of our Democratic friends. They, we learn, are in the best spir its, and they arc fighting the battle zealously, openly and manfully, neither carrying conceal ed arms nor resorting to the under hand tricks which characterise the enemy’s mode of elec tioneering. The. vote of that State will, un questionably, be a large one, and it is safe to calculate that a full vole will be a Democratic victory.— Dem, Union* i Tub Democratic Paiitt.— The I,uliana State Sentinel has the following advice and en couragement for the Democratic party, to which all good fi lends of that party will cordially re spond ; ~ “Let tho Democratic party itself remain in tact—ld it but preserve its integrity—main tain its unity, and pursue steadily and faithful ly iU well defined and republican policy—and its progress will be onward —its- ascendancy curiam. Joined to no faction, and united upon the cardinal principles of its faith, it stands to day the most poivcrfullWg'ahizufieminilicJtind. TEcTvtiave'been ami,We Amporary estrange ments, but these arc in iimnv instances owing to, and arc to be placed to the account of, tem porary measures and proceedings. Notwith standing. as we have confidence in the people, we cannot doubt, that with the passing away of the exigencies which gave rise to them, and with the development of new issues involving the late of Democratic principles, the standard of democracy will be again elevated, high oyer all others—the eyes of the pcopledirecled to it, and the anchor loosed from its hold for the lime bang, will bo imbedded deeper than ever be fore in the great popular heart.” Municipal Elections in New the State of New York the tide appears ,-loibc setting in strong against The intolerant bigots of that faction arc bo coming obnoxious to the people, as their prin ciples and corruptions become known. ■ In Syracuse “Sam” was badly beaten, the Democrats electing theip. Mayor and other oftl cera by over 40Q majority. In Troy the Know- Nothings were also routed, the Democrats elec ting their ticket by over 200. In Oswego, where Speaker Littlejohn (who lately exposed the Know Nothing oaths and secrets) was up for Mayor; 4he K. N’s. made most desperate efforts to defeat him, but they wore vanquish ed, Ahd Littlejohn goes in by 500 majority- At Utica the old line Whig candidate beat his Know-Nothing competitor for Mayor by 400 majority. The town and township elections in the whole State arc nearly m the same way. Know-Nothingisin has hud its day in the Em pire State. A similar fate awaits the conspi rators in this Slate, (£/* lion. James X. McLanalmn will sail for Europe the coming moi\th, in • the capacity of Commissioner to tho Great Industrial Exhibi tion to bo held in Paris next Summer, which appointment was tendered him in connection with a number of others, by Ex-Guv. Bigler, just previous to the retirement of the latter., Louisiana. —lt is said that there arc at tho present time three hundred and ten candidates (tlic Know-Nothings predominating) for Govc nor and Lieutenant Governor in Louisiana.— The New Orleans Ci-cfccnt says there is strong reason to believe that, if the present rate of nomination is proceeded in up to tho lime of election, (here will not bo left a single whito male citizen, between tho ages of twenty .one and ono hundred, who is not a candidate for tho Governorship or Lieutenant-Governorship of tho State, on the day of election. lE/** Maxwell McOaalin, of Qrccno .county, who was Speaker of the Senate of this State at Us last session, has'been appointed by tho President to bo Indian Agent at the Osngc Ulvcr Agency, in place of Ely Moore. 'jr m Speaker Littlejohn, of the Now York Legislature, who was burnt in efligy.for refus-, ing tho yoke of tho Know-Nothings, has jufct been elected Mayor of his district by over 500 majority. ia charity 1 To beat down tho seamstress to a quarter and tho wash-woman to a shilling, that you may have a dollar to give to the poor. ■ o O* Hon. )Vm. M. Gwin sailed from New York, on r lltc 3d inst., for California. T ora mf-soimso oovebsob, Every Intelligent polltlclaumußt' be impressed with tho extraordinary change which.hua taken place In public sentiment, since James Pollock received 87,000 niajority, over the Democratic -candidate.': Visit Uarriabufgrnbw, and listen to opinions expressed 1 ' of the administration', and nothing but|flercb denunciations dro.heard.— The system jof falsehood : mid low {ll-cephuns wiiiclr secured Jiuige Pollock’s not sustain, h’hn * iil'bpposititmto'tbat cooliudg- \ ment which weighs tho dcls'nnd motives ot puU-j He men. Tho dark management und low deceit i of Know-Nothing lodges, will nut answer Tor i public virtue and sterling statesmanship. They inny do to arouse the prejudieps oi-tiurlgnprniit 1 and bring about temporary success, but ihby j will not answer to guide the helm of State, aud 1 secure the confidence of the people. Mr. Pollock’s conduct, from ibe time of his 1 nomination until ho crawled in’among the Know 1 Nothings, in Philadelphia, was proper enough. From that period, however, until tho day of-bis election, his course was that of “ n scurvy poli-J ticlun.” The counsel and company of tho'.re spectable, portion uf.lho iriugs-thusc who put him and Mr, Dahsie in nomination—he,' like an ingi'ato, deserted, ami took to ids embrace the’ profligate, lasaroni politicians of every party and i condition.: Ho struck-a bargain with the' rene -1 glide Wilmot and alterwards cheated him; lie. I entered into a conspiracy to sacrifice his collca- I gnus bn the Whig ticket, in order to secure, his I own election, lie selected lor his Adjutant i General an imbecile und ingvato, a bankrupt [Democrat, ol Beaver.county, In order to loro- I stall tho claims of Western Pennsylvania to 17. iS. Senator. Gov. Pollock’s ,c reer, since his I induction into office, Iras a series of low i tricks and practices, ifmvorlhy of i\ township mountebank.* Both Wilmot mid Johnston have 1 his written pledges to aid them for the Scmifo, 1 and both lie betrayed by prostituting his cfllee and its patronage to help bis fugleman Ouutajn. His appointments, throughout the BtatJ, have boon made principally from‘the profligate of the two old parties, to the exclusion ol high.mind ed Whigs, the representative of tho Integrity of tho party which put him in nomination. > He has boon shamefully profuse in tho distribution of nominal honors, bestowing Colonel'S commis sions upon all the Know-Nothing.pimps .in the State, whose estimation of themselves en.tiled them to ulllcial notice. It is'not strange that our Executive, so wc k and. treacherous, should fall into contempt in less thin six wcoksi even «| the seat of guftfti immt. Allhougli elected bverusyirlnonaa pub lic servant as thu State ever.had—aud that, too, I by an overwhelming popular majority lie finds 1 himself, at its first session, without a respectable I party In tho Legislature, and Is haunted by tho spectres ofTormor friends, tho victims of his treachery mid baseness. He’has brought the entire power of his bear ijgiiln t Sniox CAMEiiosj a »uan Without a party, and was defeated in the contest! Tins fact, above all others, shows the utter weakness «>f Bullock and his Cabinet. AgaiublCAMKtxON,\vho is contend ing against superior, numbers, denounced by nearly the press ol UioState,huviugmoro unforgiving, active enemies than any other poli tician iti the Commonwealth, thu administration ofGbv. Pollock arrayed itself. It selected thu fleld of Know-Nothinglsm for its operations, and of tho ninety-two tfho compose that disnputa bio band, Camcuon captured allbuttwouty-eight of tlio meanest. Further comment upon Gov. Pollock ami his administration is certainly tin. necessary.'— PL/sfrarg C/m'on. Military Force ok Pennsylvania. —The report of the Adjutant General represents the comlilion of the miliiiaof this Stale as in a very bad condition. So defective is the law on the subject that it has become impossible to pro cure even an enumeration of ll.cmililia ol the State. The reports of last year only make our militia force 101>,*J57. In 1847 it was 27G.U70. Gen. Bowman, the Adjutant General, estimates’ the present actual* number of onr militia at 300,- 000 men. A pretty strong army that for de fence when needed. But it is totally disorgani zed under the existing laws. Gen. Bowman urges strongly such a revision of the laws as will secure greater efficiency .ami discipline in the military force of the State. From Several counties there arc no returns at all. There me TG',O65 member* *nd they alone are well armed and disciplined. According to the report, there ore in the State 20 Major Generals, 48 Krigadn-r Centr als, 30 Division Inspectors, 48 Brigade Inspec* tors, 40 General 20 Division Quarter masters, 48 Brigade Aids, 48 Brigade Majors, 48 Brigade Quartermasters, and JWJO compa nies. Of the latter 35 are set down as cavalry, 50 ns artillery, 80 ns infantry, 03 as rifle corps. These have 47 pieces of artilfery, of w Inch 40 arc 0 pounders,-and 7 arc 4 pounders. : MiLitXUY ' .Ai’o!Ntmknt3. —The President liks’hi'ade the "following appointments of Offi cers underpin* new Act of Congress, authoriz ing an incmiacof the army ; Jirev. Brig. (Jen., Pcr.silcr F. Smith, Briga dier General., -Far the two additional Cavalry Regiments, — To b* Colonels—Brev. Col. ft. V. Sumner, Lieut. Col. of First Dragoons; Maj. Albert £>. Sohnston, Major of the Pay Department. To bo Lieut. Colonels—Brev. Col. 11. E. Lee, Capt. of Engineers; Brev. Lieut. Col. J. E. Johnston, Capt. of Topographical Engineers. To Be Majors—Brev. Lieut. Col. \V. J. Har dee, Capt. of Second 'Dragoons: Brev. Lieu. Col. Braxton Bragg, Capt. of Third Artillery; Bruv. Maj, W. IL Emory, Capt Top. Engi neers; Ben. McCullough, Texas. For the Uco additional Infantry Regiment*, — To be Colonels—Brev. Col. Uco. Wright, Lien. Col. Fourth Infantry; Brev. Lieut. Col. Ed mund B. Alexander, Maj. Eighth Infantry. To bo Lieut. Colonels—Brev., Col. Chaa.* F. Smith, Maj. First, { j\piUle;y; Brev. Lieut. Col, Silas Casey,, Capt..Secppd Infantry. To be Majors—Brev. Lieut. Col. W.,IL S. Walker, Capt, Sixth Infantry; Brev, Lieut. Col. .Edward J. Sleploe, Capt. Third Artillery; Brev. Llout. Col. K. It. *S. ,Canhy. of iheAdjl. General’s Department; Capt.U. W. Benham, Capt. of Engineers. • f A Brpoum Lhuislatuuk. —Do the people know that the present ••reform Legislature” sits only four days in each week 1 Such is re ally the fact, and. wu will explain how tho thing is done. Tho regular hour for meeting is XI o’clock, and tho llousu has a standing rule, to adjourn every Saturday,at 12, mud Monday afternoon at 3. The Senate does the same, two Saturadya of three. the members who hvo near Harrisburg, an oppor tunity to spend Sunday at home, and affords 1 all a chance—which they scorn eager (o em brace—to re-create during .Saturday night and Sunday, in Philadelphia. But many of them start off on Saturday morning and don’t get back tp Ilafrisburg* until Monday evening, leaving scarcity a iptorum present at cither day's session; 1 and thus two day» ( or one-thlul, of every wumc, aro actually, lost, for all the purposes of public business. This is a fair specimen of the economy and reform which thu people were promised upon tho advent of .tho Know-Nothing administration !—Sfar of tho North.. . Sympathy,—‘‘What's* the matter, my little dear 7” aald old Miserly,' to n llttlu girl whom ho saw in tho etroot, poorly clad and weeping.' <‘Oli sir/* said she’sobbing (is though her heart would break, “mother Js sick, and wo have no bread to oat, nor tiro to keep us warm I** 1 1 “Poor, dear thing!” exclaimed Miserly.— “ Don’t cry, my child. It’S very cold, I know; but have patience; you'll get used to It bolero Spring, ond thdn It won’t como so hard!” . The old man shrugged his shoulders and pass, cd on; for.ho was in a hurry to sou his law/ur, and direct him to distrain lor.rent, and turn Widow Smith and her young daughter into tho street. . : DC7" A man sent a note.to a wltly friend, re questing tho loan of noose-paper, and re ceived in return bis, mend’s' marriage certill cate. , 3Pc*iee and l-nion. • i Thc.follbvl-iiig jusl ipkragiipteore?inin iflj. Went message pf ,Oovifrhor ,ot. Jpih. Via; . ; r-< 'xi ' i Wo'cannot be indifferent spectators to the iaction of the general 'government, and to the political evepts of theday, rtfbepastyearhns been, one of unusual political excitement and.* to tho patriot; it must bo a source of regret ;to perceive that this :excitement :haa; in moi*sniaU i degree, evinced a dangerous spirit of seodonal. - ism.; _ ‘ ’ ‘ 1 '’'*i - ’, ; i f. ,1 | Indiana, os.a State hds "wisely; sfclcitwi n’duin esiic policyaha thc'pioplc (eel '"thStt they- lihve'.’thc right’, ; from’ time tbtiihV id 1 cUangeor modify that ’policy. ; Satisfied Svlih’ 1 tho degrtb'of prosperity thdV.We havoUflaii^u * under ourfree institutions, we have, uiiirdrmly J respected the constitutional rights of cachtucnf. her of,this confederacy jj and-no Ju ß .t enyse of complaint against Indiana can hc uiadu hv anv- Slate of the Union., Whatever views may he entertained by others it is.my deUbcnUc'opiitibn ihatjat thisdav.tho people of no State arc more national m’tluir political sympathies than arc tln> citizens of Indiana. Enjoying Ihd 5 priVUigd of making our own laws, in our own way, on all subjects not prohibited'by tKe constitution of IhcUinted .Slates, r we acknowledge the existence,of a sjmi. lur right in the people of every olheriSinl«;and Terriiory. ot the Union., \ know of j\o othvr principle but this* upon which we can: stand with safely and honor. It is the chief cornfr stone on which, under Gcd, the security 1 perpetuity of the Union rests. ' If wc cftniiot maintain this position, there is no hope of pmcc and harmony in the future. NVhencur wo aban don ihisstuml, woshalllend our iallusiiccm invoking that first of all political calamities,-a dissolution in feeling and .symjalhy of -the membcisof this great confederacy—Urns trans forming tho moral and fraternal tics that bind us together, into lueie galling and e physical forces. :. / - ! Our oply hope of perpetuating Our msilui lions in till their oiigin:il*vigor and punfv, rests upon the adoption ol thiu system oHi-gis* huion that throws the several Slates and Terri* torics of the: Union more: and more upon their own resources, and confines the action of the General Government within the limits defined by the constitution; • ONE OP TIIK,.pAXfSKJIOO3, SIOXS OK TUB Times. —The Louisville journal thus speaks of onc*f the most dangerous signs oflht times: ‘One of the most dangerous B‘gnsbf Ihcthma isThe popularity of kueh a n« the auto biography ofP. T. Barmmi. It is astonishing with what eager greediness the book , that re cords Banium’a strides to wiahh whs seized by American renders. As lie unveils his course of proceeding, his daring imposluivs. his systema tized methods of .deception, and sums dp iho enurmouv receipts—who pun sea to ask how tlu glittering pile was’ gained ? From every jingo of the book, the voice roars in the ear of youth, •get money—get it honestly, if you can, but gol it.* And crowds rush to the stores wher.» ehisoren sesame—at least, the open scsaiilc of Barnum—is to be purchased, buy the’ book, drink iu Burnum’y philosojdiy of money get ting. ami dt\am.of future [ranistans of their own, of being made cashiers of Banks iivtluir .native city and village*, and of smoothing the doubtful moralities ot their lives by cheap lec tures on temperance.’ But. all. (he vices, (ho piopcmdlhs, (no allurements to ruin, the perils ol the soul, which that book tenches in its principles, arc so emblazoned with the magic of success, that the moralist uml thinkir must tremble for the young generation just treading upon the threshold cf manhood.* Mechanics* Wives.—Speaking of the mid dle rank of life, a good writer observes: •There we behold woman in Iter glory: mt a doll to carry‘silk or jewels ; not a puppit to bellatlmd by profane adoration-re verenad to day. discarded to morrow—always jostlul out of the place which nature has assigned her. by sensuality or by contempt—desired, but not esteemed—mltd by passion, nut nlleCUun—im parling her weakness, not Inrtmshmry. tpilie o«K-fdn. «ouUlexa\tnb'fr*o(ircc nnd^iinrrof'or vanity; we see her h wife, partaking the care and chicring iho anxiety of a husband, divid ing the toil*, and by her diligence spreading cheer around her ; lor his sake, sharing the Ue cent reUnemtiilKof the world without biiii£ vain of them, placing all her joys and happi ness in the man she loves., As a mother, we (hid her mi ntllcUcmue ami ardent instructor of her chilcreii whom she' has tended from Jheir infancy; training them to thought mid Lcncyo* knee,’ addressing them as rational beings’, j paring "Slicin’ to become, men and woiun in their luriV. Mechanics* daughleis become the Iksl wives in the world. 1 * .. , ’3Harkfts. Piiii.Anuu'iiiA Mnfeh 13. Fur'H and Mkai..— Flour in firm. whh some little Inquiry Tor export. : Salts for ship ment, at £Bi a fi, mid homo consumption at ££{ a Oi for good brands, and extra at .‘di h 10., Kvc Flour is sem-ce. sales at at SO.fptr buml. and Corn Mud, at £4i. , GuaiNi—Wluat is still scinvcL Salts of prime red at 215 els. Last sales «f-white ht 220cts. Small sales of Bye are making at SI 20 per bu. Com is steady. Sales of new yellow atUOc. Sales of Oats atGsc. .. i Whiskey is tlrnur. Salts of bbls. at 32 a 33c., and Udds. nt;3l c. <. - ; 1 Cloverscetl is steady ; sales at £-f> per 04 fix*.. Timothy is steady at £3 50 a 3 75, and Flax seed is not much inquired after. : ’ Rcoi !ti:d Ihov lUpflltluft* A‘'I)EIIUKF,fc Co. beg leave th lnfonn’llip eitimiq 6J Carlisle and vfphdfy/thaf, they have opened a shop, directly in, the rear of-the Court-house,’ and Intend to devote 1 ’their lime exclusively.to cl ‘ Alll,SG Boots, Snons, &c. ; T'l cy promise to perform Oil workln (ho very best niiv-mn-, rt abort notice, and.’ at ■more rea sonable terms limn any otlu-r sbop -In ||'-n l (x They do all work thcmiu-IVcH, ami led o totM. deuce to asking n-Übeinl patronage from llio citizens of Carlisle. • ■ ! f Carlisle, March 15, 1855 — 2 tn. ■> i . Co-piirtuii'Nlilp Police. I HAVIKG 11 Is day associated with mo lp hit. fiiUeksS,‘my son Alexander S. Itublnsdtf, the business hereafter Mitt ho.c< tiluctcd under the name ami style ol’C. N. llohlnson & Son; 1 c- n. uoiiinson; . • ■ 218 C’ticswuf tjlrett, J’Al/0,- March 15, 1835—31 . ‘ Tavern Uccuse. TO ; lho Itnnoruide Uie Judges ol the Court of General Quarter Sessions ftf IhoPcnv® of Cumberland comity, nt April Sessions, 1^56. ! Tlio petition of Daniel S. Dnnlnp, respectfully represents, that'your petitioner isprovldedwlth the necessary requisites for keeping a hbnse of public entertainment, in thd house now peenjd cd by him.ns such In tho Borough of Ktwvlllc. Your petitioner,'therefore, prays,- your Boners to grant him a license for tho snnie tho’ensulng year, commencing op tho 2ml Monday.of Aprd next. As in duly bound, be Mill cv.e’r, pi«)'» itc. DANIEL S. DUKLAP., March 15,1865 —Ot. ,* , , Wo the undersigned, citizens of,the Borough ofKcwvlllo, In (ho countyof Cumberland, dn certify that wo aiii well acquainted, with tho above named. Daniel 8. Dunlop, : (bat ho'tsp good repute for honesty, and lomjieronco, anda* well provided with house room and conveniences for (ho accommodation of strangers andtrayol'- lors, and that such Inn or Tavern ts necessary to accommodate tho public and entertain stran gers and travellers. • . ; John Dnnfoo, Wm. Woodhnrn, Goo. Brlckcr, Wm. K. -MoPnrlanc, Jacob Zolglor, J. B* Co* liaugii, Pctor A. Ahl, Daniel V. AM, John Me poimond, Wm.Bccd, Geo. Hmvar, Wm. Klii »•
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