/ 4MOIS VOIUMER. MAN B. BRATTON, Mtoi & Proprietor. CARLISLE, V. A., APRIL 10; 18551 j£7*We have received a-weU composed .piece off poetry, signed "Maet." Sweet name!— | If Hiss Mabt will give ua' her real name, wo shall cheerfully comply with her truest’; hut wd Blake it a rule,, from.'Which wo Will pot de pict—no, not even to accommodate theladiea —to publish nothing without drat knowing the name of the author. Miss Maui will there fore consider our. heaver touched, and a polite refusal given to her request. vVQui x ConSau 1 * is informed that hia long eplstlecannot, appear in this paper, notwith standing be threatens to stop patronising us if we refuse his- request. This threat, even if hia (Communication contained cither good sense or good grammar, would induce us to deny him a comer hvoar columns. His patronage, indeed! Blast Hs impudence and ignorance, let him no tify us as soon as he pleases to "stop the pa pV-'fr He has taken the Volunteer for four and'wo are sorry that .the reading of it his hot improved his dull intellect. Before he attempts to contribute to the press and dictate Co*editors, ho had better study his spelling and grammer books. Evidently he don’t see himself "os others see him.” ' A &AKV3OUB Paeadb- —On Thursday even ing last, the four companies of U. S. Infantry, stJaiioned at our Barracks, turned out in their strength, (armed with that formidable weapon, the Minnie Rifle) and paraded our streets, pre- j senting a truly imposing appearance. They ; numbered some 400 men, and were accompa- ] nied! by the splendid Barracks Band, and were under the command of Mnj. Geu. Hitchcock, the officer at the post. We have never witness ed a finer parade. The men are all able bodied, ■aqd are fine specimens of the American soldier. After parading several of the principal streets, they halted at the corner of the public square, and went through a number of evolutions, in a manner creditable to the men and the officers in command. Our citizens were highly grati fied' at tins grand military display. f ~ ■ ■■■•■ ■ Ora Steers. —We are glad to see that men ate at work in cleaning and levelling oft the dif ferent streets of our town. They bare been in a most wretched condition ever since the water pipes were laid down, and’ should have been re paired and put in order long since. By-the way,, at whose expense are the streets being re paired? Is it the Borough or the Water-works that is doing the job 1 As the streets were torn up by the Water Company, of course that Company should be at the expense of putting them in as good repair as they were before they j wsrt disturbed. It wou'd certainly be an im position upon the tax-payers of our town to make them pay for repairing tbe streets that bad been torn up by a private Company. More anon. About to Leave. —The officers and troops (the 2d Infantry,) stationed at the Carlisle Bar racks, are now in readiness and are awaiting •orders to leave for the frontiers. The officers in command have gamed tho confidence and re spect of our citizens, and their departure will be much regretted by all. Oeq. Hitchcock is a'most worthy and' estimable gentleman, and every inch a soldier, and (he same may be said | of all the officers at this post. Col. Smith, ofj the 10th Regiment, who is to relieve General Uitcucock, is now here, and the troops of his j command will occupy the Barracks as soon os . the present Companies leave. J Admitted to Practice- —During the Quar ter BeasionsCourtoflastweek, Morrison J.Vn dbbwood, Levi Meilt, and John Moone. jr.. Esquires, were admitted to the practice of law in the seteral courts of this county. Second Peesbttbrian Cdueco —The Rev. 1 Mr- EeiXS, of Newburyport. Mass., having ro- | cared ft call to the pastorship of the Second Presbyterian Church of Carlisle, has accepted, End will shortly be on to enter upon his duties. Mr. E. is much beloved by those wbo know him, and is a gentleman possessing lino talents and oratorical attainments. SpEino— April.. —How it makes one's heart leap with joy at the very sound of this buoy ant season of buds and flowers. The warm sun, the balmy air, and the sweet carroling of the happy birds, inspires the feelings of a pent up soul to gladness* Aprils however, is true to lha character given to it by poets as well aa persons who deal in fact more than in fancy.— Xtis as ftcklb as an exquisite of the human species, and, like U£b, is emblematic of smiles and gloom, with its alternations of sunshine and rain. U is bright, joyous, juicy, bud ding “The month of showers, The month of flowers, The month that cheers, The month of tears.” The CtOTBH Cso*.—We were informed by an intelligent farmer of our county, a few days giflG*, that the winter baa been* unusually hard on clover, that in Borne places the roots have been completely frozen out ami killed. 1/ this is a fact generally, it would be well for formers, before plowing op sod for corn, to look about them for bay and pasture fields. The spring barley, we also leant, presents a miserable ap pearance. Tub Bums-—Who is not a lover of birds— 1 those Innocent and beautiful messengers of Ilea- ( Tto, that fill the air with sounds of sweet mu- ] sic I lie who is not an admirer of birds, must j be soulless, callous and heartless. And yet how , (booy thousands of these poor 'little innocents are sacrificed to the wanlonnesa and cruelly of of vicious boys and bad men ? Many painful instances have recently come to our own knowl- ; edge, of robins, bluo-birds, sparrows, and other varieties of birds, which visit us in the early \ spring, having been shot down, without dis- \ Unction or mercy. Apart from the pleasure and delight which these innocent creatures af ford, tho Injury done to tho farmer, and to the community at large, hy their destruction, is ah moek incalculable. We take this occasion, therefore, to entreat every fanner, and every man who has any regard for tho public good, to me his influence to put a stop to this prac flee, not'only on his own premises, where he bason undisputed right, but throughout tho neighborhood and town. . Stringent laws al itady exist ogainut tho destruction of birds.— tet every man ace to it that these laws aro rigidly enforced. 1 A DIABOLICAL OUTRAGE. f , The Legislature of Massachusetts is com posed entirely of Know-Nothings, some fifty of sixty of them, it la said, being preachers— 07V rather we should say r were preachers. That thohody contains many men of. Infamy, a late I circumstance abundantly proves. ■ Having 1 nothing dec to do, and not having the fear of God before their eyes, the Legislature conceiv ed the grand idea of appointing a committee to visit a number of the Catholic schools of that State, for the ostensible purpose, os was de clared, of ascertaining whether any of the pu pils were retained in said schools against their own free will. The committee was according ly appointed, and was composed of the worst characters of that political lozar-house. En tering at once upon their duties, the commit tce chartered four omnibuses, and proceeded to the school or seminary at Roxbury, kept by 1 seven ladies, Catholic Sisters of Charity. The committee were accompanied by some fifteen or twenty citizens of Boston—several of them * sporting characters and gamblers—whoso bus ines it was. we presume, to protect the com mittee of the Legislature and sec that none of r them were hurt by the ladies and pupils of the school. Arriving at Roxbury, the committee and their invited guests (some twrnty-flve men in all,) directed their steps to the Catholic Semi nary. and in a rough and insolent manner, demanded admittance of a servant at the dqor. The Lady Superior, much frightcued at seeing so largo a body of men. requested to know the object of their visit. Being informed that they were a committee appointed by the Lcgiala- j 1 tare of Massachusetts to inquire into the mode 1 i of discipline in the various Catholic schools and » Nunneries, they were at once ushered into the parlor of the institution. The Lady Superior then informed them that they could gratify their curiosity, and examine the various a* partments of the establishment if they desired. Before the lady had thns informed them, how ever, several of the committee and their Bos j ton friends had already commenced a search of 1 the premises, peeping into the various rooms, ) closets, cellers, &c. Every nook and comer of the establishment was closely inspected. Not content with this, the members of the commit tee offered most gross insults to the young la j dies, for which, if these ladies have fathers or 1 brothers, they may yet receive merited chos -1 tisement. So gross and outrageous was their j conduct, that the Legislature of Massachusetts j —(0 save its own character, if it has any—ap pointed a special committee to investigate the 1 charges against the Nunner}- committee. This 1 lost appointed committee is still in session,and the Indies who had been insulted at the Semi nary have testified before it. The Lady Superior was sworn, and said that tho conduct of the committee and those who accompanied them "was offensive in the ex treme.” Miss Mary Joseph sworn, said she waa in tho chapel when tho committee entered that apartment, and was frightened very much at the entrance of so many men. One of the men approached her, took her in his arms,and asked her several indelicate questions, and wished to know if she would not elope with him to Montreal 1 She struggled Io get from him, but he held her for somo time. The gen tleman guilty of this outrage was a Mr. Hiss, a member ot Assembly end a married man Ue should be hissed from tho State. Another I of (he ladies said that the conversation held with her by one of the committee “was more 1 familiar than she had ever been accustomed to. and was very disagreeable to her.” Another|, said that she "was somewhat disconcerted 1 j bv the freedom on the port of the man, and ] considered it insulting,” Ac. Miss Caroline 1 Crabb stated that she was sick and confined to bed on the day the visit was made by the com mittee; several looked in at her room door.and she felt their breath,they were so near her; she? did not tnm in bed to see who was over her, but knew it was a man, because the breath smelt of liquor ; she was very much frighten ed when- the men approached her, Ac. Anoth er young lady testified that when tho commit tee first visited the chapel she was engaged in | devotion ; she immediately rose to her feet and 1 attempted to escape to another room, but one of the gentlemen beaded her, and took bold of her beads in a familiar manner, Ac. Mr. Slit son, who said that the committee bad invited him to accompany them, stated that after they had looked into all the room*?, cellars, closets and oinks, and found nothing unusual, they then examined the ladies’ dresses that were foundintho wardrobe, and found them “alt right.” The party then concluded to take their departure, and, with a loud laugh, left the institution, and the whole parly proceeded to the “Norfolk House," where they had a good dinner and superior liquors; he did not ) know what the entertainment coat ; ho was j told the State paid all the expcnscs.of the com mittee and their invited friends : they had “n | good time of it,” he said, and “the party did ! not break up before 4 o'clock In the morn ing!" Such is a very brief portion of the testimony given before the Special Committee. Can a father, brother, mother or sister read this re cital without a shudder! The miserable brutes calling themselves men, who could for de grade themselves as to take improper liberties and offer insults to unprotected females, de serve the scorn of every man, woman and child in our land. And yet these miserable scoundrels call tlicroselvcfl' the “sons of tho sires of '7-6," of tr\ie “Americans f” Bah f They are cowards and poltrons, and a libel upon American character. If Know-Nothing legislators ore to use their position for tho pur pose of insulting virtuous females, the people may soon exclaim, "God protect us from such Americanism!” A Soaking Rain.—On Saturday night and a good portion of Sunday, this section was vis ited with a good soaking rain. Tho earth had \ become very dry, and the grain fields present led o sickly appearance. Since tho rain, how ever, nature wears a different face. Tho grass and grain, and indeed all Winds of vegetation, look green and lively, and the ground is now in fine working order. IVc sincerely hope wo ■ way not have another season like lost. If wo should have another failure of vegetables and fall crops, wo fear a famine might be the re suit. NtBD HOT db paid. —According to a decision of (ho Postmaster General, letters to tho Giec utivo of this Statu or to members of tho Logisla. tore, need not bo pro-paid, tho State having provided lor tho payment oi postage on all such letter-, out of (he public treasury. i SmTOmEMM. -■ For several weeks ft .dispute has existed is to who is the legal Adjutant General. of this’ Slate. Gen, Bowman, (appointed by.Qoy. Bigler,) insists that , the time for which he , was appointed bad not expired when Gov. Pol lock commissioned Power as his successor.— Ho refused (as he had an undoubted right) to surrender up the books and papers of the office to Po)ver, and ho also directed the keepers of the different Arsenals not to recognize Powers’ authority. Powers, however, took possession of the Arsenal and arms at Harrisburg, having hired a half dozen of brave “Americans” to put Bowman’s keeper out by force. The subject was brought before the Senate for investiga tion, and referred to the Militia Committee, of which that exceedingly wiseman, T Ago art, is chairman. Below we give this Know-Nothing Senator’s Report on the subject, and .ask our readers to look at iL Taggart represents the counties of Dauphin and Northumberland,and if his constituents are not all fools like himself —and wo know they ore not—they will hang' their heads in shame and mortification when they read this Report of their Senator- Just think of the Senate of Pennsylvania entering this disgraceful document upon Us journals, there to remain, an evidence of the stupidity and recklessness of the party now in power.— This Senator Taggart is a prominent Know- Nothing,' and all who read his Report will ogreo with us that this is the only party he could, with any propriety, belong to ; he is emphati cally a know-nothing by name and by nature, and if he bad his deserts bo would be put out of the Senate, neck and heels, and his report with him. By adopting this Report the Sen . ate disgraced itself (if it can be disgraced,) and : also the people of the State at large. A few more exhibitions like this will induce some people, who now think that to “know Sam” is enough for a Legislature to know, to change their minds. The old-fashioned (and tempo rarily obsolete) belief, that an avarage amount of intelligence docs not disqualify a representa r live for the discharge of his duties, will oguin . come into vogue, and such men as Mr. Tag f o art and bis compeers will sink into the ob ; scurity from which the prevailing excitement • has drawn them. This Report should be framed and hung up in the Senate chamber, a monument of Know- Nothing intelligence and refinement. Smith of the House, another Know-Nothing member from Allegheny, carl) - in Che session introduced a bill to confer upon colored per sons the right to vote at all elections. He did not know, poor devil, that our Slate Con stitution denies colored persons tho right to vole, and that the legislature has no control over the subject, unless to propose an amend ment to the Constitution, and that consequent ly his bill was the sheerest nonsense imagina ble. Let Smith’s bill be also framed, to grace a comer iu the House, for it is a paper equal in greatness to Taggart's Report. Wo copy from the Legislative Record. REPORT Of the Miitlta Committee of the Senate, on |/ic Resolution relative to certain disturbances which took place recently at (he State al, in //urnsluerg. Mr. Taggart, on tho part of the Committee on the Militia, to whom was referred the sub joined resolution : “Resolved, That tho Adjutant General be, and ho is hereby requested to communicate to tfte Senate. «s soon as the convenience of the public service will permit, tho causes of the | recent disturbances at the State Arsenal ini Harrisburg, together with a full statement of ( the occurrences connected therewith —and what action, if any, is required for the purpose of re pressing domestic insurrection, preserving the public peace, and maintaining an efficient and satisfactory administration of the affairs of his department—and whether the police of the bor ough of Harrisburg has been called on to inter fere with the discharge of the duties of an of ficer of tho Commonwealth"—report as fol lows : We have viewed the ground carefully, and examined a great number of witnesses, but as yet, have no downright evidence of actual bloodshed. It is true, queer sounds have been heard, and strange lights seen gleaming from n igarrot window, at unseasonable hours, but nothing has occurred to create that intense alarm, which, for many weeks, has agitated the people of this Commonwealth It is also true, that a tall, powerful, military looking in dividual, with a brilliant appendage to his nei ther lip, (the proper name of which appendage is, to your committee, unknown,) has been seen skulking around the building; but that ho has done any harm, or was even trying to do any, does not appear. They have also ob served that, when the familiar question was asked, “Have you seen Sam to-day 111I 11 the in variable answer would be, “Yes. un at the Ar senal !” Ah tho people all over too country, except a few in the back townships of Lehigh, seem willing to trust Sum with even weightier responsibilities, your committee consider the old Mexican shooting irons perfectly safe, both os regards damage to them or by them. Respecting the interference of the police of Harrisburg, to preserve the public peace, we 'arc informed that the gentlemen, composing this body, never meddle in such matters. Our epistolary correspondence wuh the two distinguished individuals, claiming to bo Ad jutant General, has met with no reply. We fear from this, that a personal collision has ta ken place, and a cat-as tropho, as terrible as that which marked the encounter of the feline quadruped!) of Klkcnny, been the result. If nothing should be left, but tho caudal extrem ities. vvo would regret to be compelled to hand down such tales to posterity. Your Committee are not unmindful that “eternal vigilance is tho price of liberty."— For greater security, therefore, we recommend that a breastwork of mullcn-sUlks (botanical namo.vcrbascum.) surmounted by six pairs of old bootlegs, charged to thcmuxzlc. be thrown around the Arsenal,and that a guard composed ofo blind man. a cripple, and three old women, be detailed to protect the Commonwealth against tho possibility of additional wrong.— And for still further security, that a Hock of geese bo quartered on Capitolina Hill, with in structions to make n noise,if any horde of mod ern Gauls should attempt to-surprise it. This may bo objected to. on tho ground, that there are geese enough here already. Wo admit the truth, but reply that these ore too busy gab bling about other things, to pay any attention to tho public interests. Your Committee beg leave to suggest also, that in these days of gunpowder and heavy ar tillery, a Bow-man must bo of little service, owing to the fact, that his shafts, however well directed, cannot prove nearly so murderous, os implements of more recent invention. In all military operations, that which is most wanted is Power . QnBKi-RT, chief edit or of tho N. Y. Tribune, is about starting for Europo to bo present at tho International Industrial Exhibi tion in Paris, with bis family. Ho will bo ab sent several months. Ilia brethren of Iho Tri bune gave him a parting dinner, at which about thirty-seven of the editors, proprietors and re porters of that paper woro present. a father of the well-known dwarf loro Ihum, has become insane, and is A°syhni ***** thel!artf °r<MO<mn.) Lunatic GRIMM COURTS, In the courts of Quarter Sessions and Oyer and Terminer held last week-in Carlisle, by lion. Jos. H. Graham,and his associates,SaroT ‘Woodbum and John Rupp, Bsqr’s., the follow ing criminal cases were disposed of; three of which for burglary, were in the Oyer and Ter miner. , 1 Commonwealth Peter Spahr—Assault and Battery upon WroVProctor. The defend ant was found guilty, and sentenced to pay a fine of $25,00 and cosils of prosecution. Hep burn and Miller for Commonwealth, Watts and Todd for deft. Same vs. Wash. Gould, Chns. 11. Smith, Mi chael Welsh,Jno.Dohnclly and Jno.Miller, (col ored.) Larceny of a number of bottles of ale.— Mr. Brandt, the prosecutor, is the well-known manufacturer of mineral water, &c., in this borough. It nppcara'lhat he had been greatly annoyed for several; months back by persona entering his manufacturing establishment nt night, and stealing therefrom at different limes ft number of bottles filled with ale, mineral wa ter, &c.; in all, he thinks about fifty-dozen.— A few weeks ago, his establishment was broken into again, during the night, and a- number of bottles, 40., stolen. -On the following morn ing (Sanday) the bottles, some of them empty, and broken, others entire with the alo remain ing in them—were found in Dr, Baker's stable, 1 into which sonic of the defendants had been seen going that morning. This, together with other suspi jious circumstances, implicating the others, led to the arrest of the whole party.— Gould plead guilty. The others put them selves upon trial. Smith was convicted and, the rest acquitted. Gould was sentenced to 4 months and Smith to one month’s imprison ment inthecounty jail,to pay costs, &o. Shear er for Comm. Todd, Pentose, and Biddle for defendants. Same vs. Mary Jenkins, colored, for the lar ceny of a number of silk and other valuable dresses, from (lie family of John Williams, gro cer, of Carlisle, The defendant had been em ployed as a domestic in Air. Williams family, and whilst serving in that capacity, became ac quainted with the whereabouts of the family wardrobe, from which she stole dresses to the value of about sixty dollars. When arrested she nt first denied the theft, but afterwards confessed it, and discovered where she had con cealed the goods. Her confession implicates an other as accomplice, who has not yet been ar rested. She was convicted nntl sentenced' to one year’s imprisonment in the county jail.— Shearer for Comm. Rhccm for lift. Same va. Jus. Fennel, colored. Indictment, Burglary and Larceny, in breaking into and stealing from the dwelling-house ol Andrew J. Halter, in the borough of Shippensburg, on the night of Ist January last. Mr. Halter and family were absent in the country, for a few 1 days, and during their absence, their dWftHng -1 house was broken into as above, and a number of articles taken therefrom, amongst them a pair of black cloth pantaloons, belonging to Mr. tinker, which led to the arrest of Fennel, they having been found upon him. Some of the other things stolen were afterwards found at different places, where they had been left by the defendant for safe keeping. lie was convict* ed and sentenced to one year’s solitary conllnc ment at hard labor in tho iSlatcrn Penitentiary. Shearer for Com. Rbccmjancl Riddle for deft. Same vs. Adolphus Brighter.—Burglary and Larceny, in brcaklng'inro.and stealing from the 1 dwelling-liouscof Wm. Baughman,in Slnppcns burg twp.. during the night of the sth«Marcb last. The high crime of burglary was in this case aggravated by circumstances indicating on ; the part of the defendant the basest and most detestable ingratitude. The things stolen,con* , siating for the most part of money belonging to an old man named Christian Sadler, a resi dent of one of the eastern counties of this State, who as a means of livelihood, went about the country selling blankets, exchanging them for w001.&c., and who became acquainted with the defendant under the following circumstances: Not meeting with that success in the vicinity of homo which the necessities of bis family re quired, he started sometime in February last on a trip to Pittsburg, which was also to a great extent a failure. Anxious to return homo immediately in order to repair his losses as soon as possible, but not having the means of doing so, ho prevailed upon some one to ad vance him a small sum of money upon a pack age of blankets, which remained on his bands unsold, intending to redeem them as soon as he •■aised the means of doing so. Shortly after leaving Pittsburg for home, as ho was travell ing along in his little wagon, he overtook the defendant, a German, travelling the same road ou foot. Ho asked Mr. Sadler's permission to ride awhile with him, saying ho was travelling east, had no money, and was nearly worn out with fatigue. Mr. Sadler, touched with Iris pathetic tale, took him into his wagon, for which ho was profusely thankful. On reach ing his stopping place for the evening, Mr. Sad ler informed his host of the pltiablo condition of the German, and begged in consideration. 1 thereof,and as »particular favor to himself,that ho might be kept overnight as a charity; ns his own (Mr. Sadler’s) funds were so reduced that it Mould bo difficult for him to pay* his own expenses home. The landlord agreed to keep him : and in this way. gratuitously haul ing him during the day, and begging his board and lodging where they slopped for tlio night, Mr. Sadler brought him all She way from Pitts burg as fur as Shippemburg township, where they slopped for tho night at the house of Mr. Baughman, intending to take him as far os his . own home, tho following week. Mr. .Sadler and tho German, were put in the same room for tho night. In tho morning the German was missing, and it was then discovered that he had risen quietly in tho night, stolen tho suspen ders from Mr, Sadlers pantaloons, a pen-knife, and some other articles of trifling value from his pantaloon pockets, and had then gone down stairs into tho sitting room where Mr. Sadler had left his ovcr-coal on retiring for tho eve ning, containing all his money and a revolving pistol, all of which cxccpting tho coat the Ger man took with him. is It was conjectured he had gone to Philadelphia, an accurate de scription of him was telegraphed to tho.-police of that city, and a despatch soon received in return, onnouncing hla oiteet. The of ficers on receiving tho despatch, hod promptly repaired to tho station, and awaited tho arrival ,of tho cars. One of tho officers stationed him self on one side of tho cars—tho other on tho, other side; and, as the fellow was about step- 1 ping oft the platform, doubtless congratulating himself upon his available shrewdness, ho was taken by tho arm, and, notwithstanding his as- serrations of innocence, well-acted surprise,&c., was led-off to the lock-up, where ho was search ed,and about two-thirds of .the money .together, with ttio revolver,found upon him. On receiv ing notlco.ofhis-amsl.Mr. Baughman,' went to Philadelphia, arid brought hurt to Carlisle. When' rap reached fwith his ingratitude, be . re filled in Qcrrpan'that ‘‘necessity breaks iron.” He didn't seem to regret having robbed his friend,_but expressed his astonishment at be ing arrested so soon. He wonted to knowhow the matter got tO'Philadelphia before him, as he said ho had taken the first train, and was cer tain no train had passed them on the way. Ho had: evidently not taken the telegraph into con sideration: Sentence—three years solitary con finement at bard labor in eastern Penitentiary. Shearer for Com, Sharp for delt. : Same vs. A. Q. Whitman.—Burglary and larceny, in breaking info the dwelling-house of Jason,W.-Eby, in,Carlisle, and stealing there from to thenmoant of about. 890,00, consisting of money; gold .mcdalions, revolving pistol, &o. # The room, in which the larceny was committed was occupied ,at the time by Mr. Keat, a young manwho -has been engaged for two or three years in taking daguerotypes, and to whom the property stolcp belonged. About the third of August .last/Whitman called' upon him at, his /rooms, nud asked him whether Uo did not want a journeyman at tho business. Mr. Kent replied that ho did not—that ho had no need of one. Whitman then said he was out of money ,and begged for sufficient employment to enable him to procure boarding for a week or so ; ho wan wailing on Bamum’s Museum, to which ho belonged, . and which was to be in Carlisle in about that time. Mr. Keat yielded to his entreaties, and. gave him something to do. On the Monday morning following, Aug. 7,.Mr. Keat discovered that his room had been broken into on tho proceeding day, his trunk which occupied a corner of hitt sleeping, apart- broken open, and tljo money and revolv er taken. He soon afterwards discovered llmt liis showcase,containing his mcdalions,&c. ,hnd also been opened and Us moat valuable contents taken. Whitman was arrested a short time ago in Philadelphia. To the indictment he plead not guilty, and put himself upon trial.-*- There Was no direct, positive evidence against him, no one having seen him taking the money, but the case was clearly made out on the part of the Commonwealth by a connected chain of inculpatory circumstances, among which were tho following : When the larceny was discov ered,Whitman was missing, and it was proved on the trial that when he first came to Carlisle, he endeavored to pass under an assumed name, having registered his name, at his boarding house, A. G. IVhittacker ; that on Sunday eve ning a short time before the money was stolen, he called at Mr. Keat’s boarding house and in quired for him ; that on hearing he was down town, he started up town,with tho avowed pur pose of going to Parson’s hotel, in going to which ho would havo to pass Mr. Kent’s da gnerrean room; that bo was seen about this time standing in the stairway entrance to the room; that shortly after bo repassed Mr. Kcat’s boarding-house, on his way down town to his owa.boarding house, where ho paid his bill in gold.displayingat the same time a large amount of gold coin; that wlujp asked by the bar-keep er why ho left so suddenly, not having,given any intimation of his intention of going so soon, ho replied that ho bad come across a friend who was going to Shippcnsburg that evening, and os ho had intended going there (he next morn ing, ho might as well save tho fare by going with his friend; that ho then came up town, and instead of going with a friend to Shlppens burg, called at Mr. Hilton’s livery stable and engaged a conveyance to lake him to Harris burg: that When Mr. llilton told him he would charge him three dollars, he said he would give him four, which ho paid in a five dollar bill, which Mr. Keat identified as one of the stolen notes ; that be also displayed at the siyno lime a large omount of gold. Besides these circum stances so inconsistent with his innocence, evidcnccwas given of his contradictory accounts of himself to the brought him to Carlisle, and partial confessions made to Mr. Kent, whilst he was in prison awaiting his trial. He was convicted of thn larceny, but acquitted of the burglary, the breaking,as shown by the evidence,having been dbne in day-light—it be ing necessary to constitute burglary that it be done at night. He was sentenced to one year’s solitary confinement at hard labor in the east ern Penitentiary. After his sentence Ke made a full confession to Mr. Keat. Shearer for Cam. Penrose and Biddle for deft. Qy~ A fight occurred In tbU place, on Mon day evening lasi, in tho neighborhood of Glass' Hotel, between a white man and a colored man which Is likely to prove fatal to tho former.— Tho negro struck tho white man with an Iron raku on tho head, and fractured his skull In a frightful manner. Up to tho time of our going to press, little hopes are entertained that ho will recover. The negro was arrested Immediately. Tim Missing Bride.—T.B. PBTEnaoK.No. IQ2 Chesmit street, Philadelphia, has in press, and will publish on Saturday, May fith. this celebrated work—being tho last one written by Mrs. SouTitwoimi, which has been pronounced I by all that have read it, to be superior to any one ever before written by this talented Amcr i lean authoress. They all say that it is an J engrossing, thrilling, and deeply interesting , work ; the interest never flagging frojn the be ginning to the end. The scenes are all found ed on facts. Tho fertility of tho Author's im agination is wonderful; all tho characters be ing admirably sustained ; and in this, her last work, brought so vividly before her readers from first to last. Tho portraiture of the he roine is that of a perfect woman, and yet a beautiful, loving, end tender creature. Wo quote some notices of the opinion held of Mrs. SouTflwonTn, from several of tho most candid, and able journalists in the United States. “All will agree that Mrs. Southwnrth is tho best American writer of tho age.”—Philadel phia Merchant, “A writer of genius ond originality. ” —Saturday Courier. “She is one of the mostoriginal and talented of living female writers.”—Public Ledoer. “She is tho beat flotion writer in tho coun try. "—Buffalo Express. ‘•Her pictures of life arc vivid and truthful.” —Sunday Times. “Her scenes stand out in*boh\- relief—like a splendid painting from a skillful artist.”— Philada. Advertiser. Complete in one largo volume, neatly bound in Cloth, for 91.25; or in two volumes, paper cover, for 91. K/'When tho night is darkest, dawn is nearest. A Chapter on Potatoes. The common Irish potato, which is now cul tivated extensively in alllhc civilized countries of the world, and which; has r become with ub almost as important a atopic of production as our corn a!nd wheat', isnot; as is supposed by manyVA Native pf Ireland, but was first dis covered in the wilds of South America. It has been found in nn indigenious state among the mountains and steppes of Chili, Peru .Ecuador, New Grenada, Buenos’ Ayres, Uraguay, and more recently in Mexico, upon thebahks of the Orizaba river. It was introuced into Spain, from the neighborhood of Quito, in the early part of the sixteenth century; and then spread ing rapidly throughout Italy and the south of Europe, soon found its way into Germany,— The potato was cultivated in Ireland before its value was known in England; and it is even related that it was,accidentally introduced into the latter country in consequence of the wreck ing of a vessel upon the coast of Lancashire which had a quantity of them on board. The period of its introduction into our country is not exactly known, although it was one of nu merous other products ordered to ho imported by the Governor and Company of Massachu setts Bay, in the year 162.0. It was not. how ever, generally known and cultivated either in Britain or North America much before the mid dle of the eighteenth century. For a long time it was considered by the higher classes as a food fit only for poor people who could not af ford to buy bread. In the year 1853 there were raised in the United States about one hun dred and six million bushels of potatoes, of which one third were ot the sweet or native va riety. Valuing them at the rale of forty cents a bushel, those would be worth upwards of for ty-two millions of dollars. Lntc Foreign News. The steamship Washington arrived at New York on Thursday, with news from Europe four days later. At Sebastopol in spite of re pealed attacks, the Russians kept thei* position on Mount Sepounc, whence their guns play up on the French lines. On the 13th, the Rus sians opened a fire from the heights on the En glish at Ralaklavn, but the latter routed the at tacking force. On the 19th, the Russians at tacked the whole line of the alhal forces, but were driven back with great loss. On the 17th, three battalions of Zouaves attacked the new Russian redoubt at Sebastopol, but were driv en back. On the 15th, the French carried the line of Russian ambuscades, and at the same lime the Russians made a sortie, hut were re pulsed. The Vienna Conference has agreed on the first two points of the negotiation. The demolition of the fortification* at Sebastopol is not demanded by the allies Preparations continue to be made at ('on* stantiuople to receive the Emperor Xapolwm.— Meantime, both the Emperor and Empress trill visit Queen Victoria on the Ifiih of April The latest dales from Vienna are to the even ing of the 17th ult., when the stale of the po litical horizon had again become gloomy, mid the conference of the day before, on the third point, was anything but satisfactory, th« con ditions required of Russia being very distaste ful. STILL LATER. Tho steamer America arrived nt Boston on Saturday. Sh« brings but little additional news from Europe. Tho London Dally New* says, according to tho most recent communications from Vienna, Lord John Russell is understood to see little or no prospect ot pence nt present, ami expects to rotutn to England py the l-Ub of April. The opinion Is freely expressed that any pence made now would be precarious ami uncertain. THU ALI.IEfI IIKUMF.O IS Thu situation of the Allies in the r*rhu«i i« represented In the ollhiul Journal Je £>l. Pe'cn burgh in the following terms : “The position of the Allies is now completely shut in by an enclosure of lonuidablo entrench munts, extending from the great Inlnntry Camp near the Citadel, by (he heights of Inkermann along tho Tcherlmyu as fur ua to the approaches of U.ilaktava. New divisions have joined tho army. Grave events nru expected.” FROM AUSTRALIA. I Dread/ul Shipwreck — i’pieanlt of ot’O Lives Loit. > Letters from Sidney state that a Vessel, imtuu unknown,had boon wrecked on BamptuuSheds, and 60U Chiuusu passengers and a portion of the crew were lost. Tho master and eight men on ly were saved. These made lor Capo Dennis, In a boat, ond on Uuuling weru attacked by the* natives, and five of them killed. LITER FROM MEXICO. Cntt.'ifont, S. (J., April l.’J.—The rharleston Courier has received advices from Vera Cruz six days later than previous dales, by way ol Now Orleans, .vhieh come by way of Havana, at which port the British steamer Clyde hail «r. rived on the Bth instant, in six days from Vera Grnz. Tito letters state that ovciytldng indicates the speedy toll of Santa Anna, and' fhe opinioit pre vails that ho will Soon bo forced to fly. These stories must bo received with all allowance for party spirit. Moreno’s reported disaffection, Ids subsequent capture and execution, is said to have been a more toble to entrap Alvarez. Colonel Biros was recently dlacomiltled at Oajoros, and bis whole regiment dispersed by tho Revolutionists, and those attempting to re cross tho Popngayo river wore drowned. Governor Maximo Ortox, while on his march from Itchmlonlr to Tohnuntopoo, foil Into an ambuscade, and Ids whole force oi six hundred wero nearly annihilated. The accounts from Ihe South are tavorabloto tho cause of the Revolutionists. Alvarez is su premo In Guerrero. Tho letters also stale that It is evident that tho Allied European Powers have stimulated the Mexican internal commotions, to tiring Mexico on tho other side and Identify her with Cuba. Watbhink tub Fi.owkus —The following beautiful simile. was perpetrated by a colored gentleman, of Washington: "A parly of ladies in a carriage, and gentle men on horseback, was returning from a fish* ing excursion, when the carriage suddenly made a halt. One of the gentlemen rode up. and in quired tho cause I” “f is watering the Jlowcrs, Sar /" And sure enough, there ho was with a tumbler in hand, handing water from a bubb ling spring to his lovely charge, \\ ith all polite ness of a finished Parisian.” Wonder if any of our “Shanghais” would over have caught such an idea ?—reckon no{. (C7* Villany that is vigilant, will he an over match for virtue, if she slumber at her post: and lienee it is, that a bad cause has often tri umphed over a good one. thousand bushels of Genesee wheat has been sold In Now York, at $2,70 per bush el. What has not brought so high a price lor irtatiy years. A Bank Dim. I)b«atki>.- Tho Senate, at Its session on Wednesday afternoon, actually de feated tho bill to charter tho Commercial Bank of Harrisburg. Valentino Horn, a German musician in Boston, in sneezing, a day or two since, burst 1 a blood vessel, which caused his death. | _} j i ‘ np\y',to; Preyent Famine; r jV { “ j The New York Tribune; in referring 1 lo t(, O )incxoiriplcd high'prt<feibf’fb6d : , l atajb£-flnn, the present Scarcity, ’girertbo following good advice:'’ .■. ;■ !., StAHwASiOn Pntotis.ri-Ib.is the duty and it* jterc&t of.every. man*, who owns a'piece of inai wbdrecu be dan;sow a bushel of. grain, not jJ allow to slip by without doing it.w i IVb arc‘at starvation prices in' breadstuff* *a» wcll as in meat. We BhaU havb a fatnine if wo.- do. not look out; The nations of Europe arecrw gaged in the amiable business of butchering oho another, and If the; half .dozen geothtoen' aT" Vienna' and* their'backers do'uotcomo lo terms 5 tluß'stato bf things will continue, and . p£rijah£ ; for balf.ft dozen seasons. ' Under such circmbi 0 Stances, the drain upon us. for foreign cohsurnn lioa is likely.to be creater thaq it bos : ever bcT‘ loro been.. Our present reserves of btoadsfoffa ’ must bo very light, as the high, prices of com" and flour plainly enough denote. Our com crop last year was wonderfully small, as waa well established at harvest time, without aid, from the prices current. Entering upon the year with exhausted granarica’at home, with a poor crop following, and an immense European demand, grove apprehension may well be exci ted as to our circumstances a year hence. Wo have had a hard winter and enormously bight prices throughout. But .what is •. all we .have seen to what wo shall see, if We should chance to have a bad summer, and the war goes on itu Europe. IVe may then see suffering mid attu> ‘ vallon in earnest. The Philadelphia Ledger copics lhe above re. marks of the Tribune and says—This is good advice, and farmers never Md a better chance for making fortunes than, by ,taking every menus within their power for * incrcaaing tlnir crops, fn addition to increased production the coming season, people should practise economy in the consumption of foodiat home, and allow no waste. A great many, from ato compelled to save, but we still ace people pur, chasing potatoes at two dollars per bushel which contain only 23 per cent, of nutriment, when they could have <wm and Indian roea/. which is nearly 90 per cent, of nutriment, at one half the cost. The cheapest, most hcatty and most nourishing food, such os com, beans, rice, is almost wholly rjcgloctcd for high priced tough meals and diseased potatoes. A better selection of articles, with o little skill in tlio preparation of them for the table, would onohlb hundreds of persons to live better and more cheaply. f'./’Tho Know-Nothings of the Massachu setts Legislature propose to enact that no per son horn mil of the United Stales shall be eligi ble lu oilier in that Commonwealth, Accordk ing to the notions of these patriots*, latitude an& longitude arc more important than cliaract'/r, talents, and Americanism of soul ; and tits register of a man’s birth settles his fitness C»r public trust .without regard to his capaciliesaoA antecedents. Tho N. Y. Tribune truly says : It is a narrow mid ft stupid doctrine, but it is well that it should be applied. The sooner the proscription of the now fashionable Kuttvfem if, cai riid to Its logical extreme, the sooner wHI come that overwhelming re-action which await* every movement for the management of our political allairs by the base and corrupt means of secret such ties. The Eiecnlion of Estranipcs. The 'luvanua correspondent of the New York Express furnishes-the following graphic-account of the execution of Estrampes-: “ A horror to deep for words— a> deadly her 4 ror—has taken posscssiamof ub here, who, with*, in tv fortnight. Imvc seen two noble men wen* ficed to the despotic-will of a viceroy. Words fail me when I would de| ict tiro scene of llii.s morning. I have seen old men bow their* gray heads and weep. 1 Imvc seen young nwrv faint away Ukc women, and I have Been the great tears course down the bronzed faces of tho soldiery, who with fullering steps, led that young hero on to his victory. Yes, to victory —it was a victory over death. lie alone, of all that vast multitude gathered together there in that square, about that scallbld—lie alone step ped five, His head rose proud in its splendid, manly beauty above that shuddering, sighing imiliitudc. No pnlor marked his brow, no* tremor caused his lip to quiver, no tear dimru ,-d hin clear vision. He stepped on towards' that fatftl chair, with his glance looking fa® above and beyond that earthly scene to the day when his death would be alomd. lie saw in’ that fmarv lhathls sacrifice was not all in voin. He saw bis native land free—free as should bo | his soul in a few* stunt moments. He forgot all |in that glimpse into futurity. He spoke not— there was no need for wotdrf tolhow who look ed on his sneaking face, lit with a fire wllicfi told more Heaven than cnrllu lie Ihoilghtilot of the death struggle so m-nr at UnmlV-of Uio dear ones he was to see no more; not a thought of self crossed his soul. “He lived in the future, and with prophetic eye he saw his life-dream fulfilled, ills mar tyrdom would gain for Ida-country that which* Ins life was 100 short to cflect. “Fimdlv, ho mounted the steps to the chair of death; lie stopped, turned, and then hißclear voice rang tu clarion notes to the utmost vergt of that crowd; ‘Vlvn la llbcrtad!’ Viva In lib* erlad'.’ Drums beat, trumpets sounded; but all in vain—hia voice wna too clear to bq lost, and many a listener heard that last nppeal.that call from* tho grave. Jfu bade Ids countrymen pass boldly on. not to fear death, to fight fw liberty ; win or die, andever and anon ‘Viva la libertad* fell from Ids lips, as though' it ws» the name of all others most dear—a name ho would call upon with his last breath. “The clock,.strikes one, firo, f/rrcc—slowly ho scats himself—the collar is put around ht* neck—ho hears that stroke of tuno— four, fh’-' —‘Viva’—sti —da liber*—much. ills words were finished in Heaven. “Pure and free os tho sky'of hiti dear native, land, his soul is now where no fetors enh bind —‘where the wicked cense from troubling and the weary arc at rest.'" Is Poverty a Crime? The Know-Nothing organs, generally .appear to be almost horror-striken ut the idea of for wgn paupers coming to our shores t nnd those poor unfortunate creatures invariably jcqihc In for a full share of abuse. Now. whyisthM Hoes the fault lie with the paupers 'i Certain* ly not. Tho government that nfiips them, (lion? is responsible. We are of opinion that the eiun, plo fad of being held up to the gaze of the world os a pauper is heartrending enough,.witliput. being kicked and cuffed for it in tho bargain.-: If Know-Nothing saints—particularly those who profess so much reverence for iho Bible— think this brutal treatment right and proper, nnd in accordance with tho word of Goa, thee, nnd in that instance, wo shall bo forced to cry aloud, ••Pother, forglvo them t for they know not what they do.” The Christian ministers, who sanction and uphold the dark lantern gen try, con stand upon tho altar of tho Most God and proclaim to tho world,that this Is® 1 * bio piety, then we confess that \yoliave wad tno scriptures to little purpose, njs entirely mfoun* dorstood tho doctrines of tho great founder o» tho Church. But, to leave out of view entirely Iho rcha>* ous aspect of tho question, how can thcy-recoij* cilo auoh a course with true Ameyienn .pr« nfl ! plea, according to which, if wu tmderswwj them correctly, »U men were created equal, endowed by their Creator with certain man* ablorlghts, among which aro life, liberty> tfu pursuit of fthnnmrss, without any cation or restriction as to poverty or none*. 9 [Dm. t/tnofl,
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers