AMERICAN VOLUNTEER, JOHN B. BBiTXON, Editor & Proprietor. MAY 3, 1855. Reap it.—We mean the speech of Mr. John son of Northampton-county, (to he found on cut first page,) delivered in the House of Rep naratativpffoivlhe 23d ult., on the subject of Snow-Nolbingism. We like tho tone of this speech—it is eloquent, bold, true, and unan- JUt all our readers give the speech % careful perusal, and they will agree with us that its able authqrds entitled to the thanks of every true-heotted American fbr the manner in which he has exposed the villainous principles hrid by that mercenary crew called Know- Nothings. BFBISB, A bursting intfrgreenness, A waking as from sleep, A twitter and a warble That moke the pulkes leap; A sense of renovation. Of freshness and of health, A casting off of sordid fear, A carelessness of wealth. A watching as In childhood, For the flowers that one by one, Open their golden petals To woo the fitful sun : A gash, a flash, a gurgle. A wish to shoat and sing. As filled with hope and gladness, We bail the vernal Spring. We cannot lift np our eyes, in this delight ful season, without being tempted to ask, on I what principle can we account for the beauty of Spring? Winter has shades as deep, and ] colors os brilliant,and the great forms of nature are substantially the same, through all the rev elations of the year. We shall seek in rain, therefore, in the accidenlsof mere organic mat ter, for the sources of that “vernal delight,” which subject all finer spirits to an annual intoxi cation, and strike home the sense of beauty even to hearts that seem proof against it under all other respects. And it is not among the dead, but among tho living, that this beauty originates. It is the renovation of life and joy to all animated beings, that constitutes the great jnbflee of nature; the young of animals Bursting into existence—the simple and univer sal-pleasures which arc diffused by the mere 1 temperature of tjie air, and tho profusion of sustenance—the pairing of birds—the cheerful resumption of rustic toils —the great alleviation of all the miseries of poverty and sickness—our sympathy with tho young life, and the promise and the hazards of the vegetable creation—the solemn, yet cheerful impression of the constan cy of nature to her great periods of renovation —and the hopes that dart 'spontaneously for ward into the new circle of exertions ami en joyments that is opened up by her hand ami her example. Such are some of the conceptions that art forced upon ua by appearances of re turning Spring, and that seem to account forthe emotions of delight with which these appear ances are hailed, by every mind endowed with anydegree of sensibility, somewhat better than tho brightness of colors, or the agrecablencsa of the smells, that arc then presented to our senses. Thb Cash Principlb.—We observe, ihnt quite ft number of our country exchanges have ' vounlux have been divided, against the wishes lately adopted "the cash principle," requiring 1 of the people reding .n them-a Ml is now payment in advance for subscriptions, and also, j fading to relievo Ihe Pennsylvania Rail-road whenever practicable, for advertisements and , Company of (he lonege lax on coal and lumber, job wort. For our part wc are persuaded that ty <vhiuh the Commonwealth will sustain a the present credit svstem is injurious both to hiss of scieralhundrcd thousand dollars a dis publishers and pairons. Few person, are ' Fntceful attempt was made to elect a United aware how much the printer loses by it. In Aales Senator, through the influence of money, an ordinary subscription list fully thirty per , 1,1 thi “ « ltnn Pt ministers of the gospel lorgot cent, is lost in expenses of collection, bad debts, | tbe ’ r nwlHtxg, and instead of writing sermons. Ac. To this is to bo added interest on money ' Tcr ' k™* of ltlc r,d ' due the printer, and lying idle, so tar as he is ; aspirant, not because they loved or cared for concerned, in the hands of his subscribers. If ,Hlt because they k,uw he would pm </ Hum the cash principle were adopted, and strictly for thnr urn-ices. A so-called divine here in carried nut, the paper could be furnished at a in Carlisle, was engaged in this despicable bus less rate, and subscribers would always know in “ B - " hox nan " w ” ““T bercaflcr give to exactly bow they stand. There would be no the l u,b,lc ' Th “' : arc Mme of ,ho “ 018 ° r lhc ••hard thoughts" on settlement day. and there P rM ™t legislature, and although there are would be no trouble in getting papers di9con . many olher ads equally infamous, these alone tinned, for they would always stop at the end arc "uffleient to stamp the majority with odi of the year, unless the “dimes” should be forth- um> ( coming. While wo arc on this subject wc But. wc are digressing we arc positively ofl | would take the liberty of intimating to our sub- L^c Su^jec t we started on entirely. To resume Writers that wo have a large amount due us for the question at issue—we are opposed to the subscriptions. Wo need the money, and. if removal of the seat of government. It would each subscriber will send us up tbo amount he , occasion an immense sacrifice of public and owes ua, he will not feel it, while we shat! feel private properly, for wliicli there is no occa it, Tery sensibly, and very comfortably. Fork i s ' on whatever. Nor would it purify the Leg over friends, and oblige the printer. Rcmem- ( islature to remove it from the pleasant town of ber, “every little helps,” and “many mukles, ' Harru»burg to the thickly populated and by no make a muefcte.” 1 means moral city of Philadelphia. Thepresent i Legislature cannot be purified. The members “Godkt a Lady a 800h.,’ Cor May in' composing the majority might bathe in the Upon our table, splendidly embellished, and 1 enters ot Siloam, and they would not be puri containing a largo amount of reading mailer. I ftcel, except through special Divine interposi- Tho character and reputation of the s tj on . But the people themselves, wc predict,will Book Is so well established that it needs no'attend to the matter next fall, and elect a panegyrics. It is read by tens of thousands • “higher order of men” to enact their laws. — ' every month, but had Godcy justice done him , The doings of the present Legislature will have he-receivo tho reward of his enterprise, | a tendency to make the people more careful taste and desire to please, every lady in the who they elect as their representatives. Let land would be a subscriber to his inimitable | the scat of government remain where ills —U Book. Terms $8 per annum. L. A. Godet j would only bo making matters worse to rc pobllflher, Philadelphia. j more it to a large city. Two Tka&s to Soon. —Wc notice, with re gret, that a number of the Democratic papers of our State are already discussing the ques tion as to who shall be the Democratic candid ate (or Governor in 1857. Oen. Wbidman of Lebanon, and Qon. Aba PACCRBof tho “Tenth Legion,” have been trotted out as candidates by iboir respective friends. We hope this dis cussion of the merits of men may cease—it is prematura, impolitic and foolish. Those who artaagsged in It arc more zealous than wise, and we advise them, in all kindness, to desist. Wa have no very particular objections to the gentlemen whoso names have been thus early presented to th« people, except—well, more anon. Sxktkhokd —SoLO»on and Jamebl JAOUOK, convicted at Uarrlsburg of attempting I to kidnap a colored boy, wore aenlenccd byl Jndgo Fntnson on Saturday. Tbo aontonce' wax that oaob pay a Qno of $l,OOO, and undergo an Imprisonment of all years at hard labor— BigM. j -y On Monday last, Samuel Johnson was sentenced by the Court of Lancaster county, to be hung for the murder of Elizabeth Thomas. jy The election of Municipal officers for Philadelphia took place on Tuesday, the Ist. llano Tmns.—The trout of plenty of soft rain water, It is thought, will not soften the tuna any. I BEMOTAtOP TUB SEAT OF BOIfEBNMENT. A bill bos passed providing for the removal of tho scat of gov* ernmcnt from Harrisburg to Philadelphia.--, This la another piece of Know-No thing wisdom, I and is on a par with other acts that have been smuggled through the lazar-house of Repre sentatives. Should this bill pass the Senate and become a law, the loss to the State in buildings and property, will be from two to three hunfWA thousand dollars. And why should the sp t of government be removed to that city of iniquity, Philadelphia? The Phil adelphia News answers this question thus : ••A higher order of men, wo are sure, could 1 ho induced to serve in the Legislature, and the 1 influence and character of that body would be , greatly elevated by tho proposed change.— Here (in Phila.) a been and numerous daily press exercises a sleepless vigilance over the ac tions of public men.” Well, that's cool, decidedly, and exceeding- > ly modest. If the present delegation in the Legislature from Philadelphia are specimens of tho “higher order of men” of that city, in the name of heaven what kind of animals must the lower order bo? It is a notorious fact that Philadelphia has sent marc rascals to the Leg islature than any twenty counties in the State combined; and yet the Daily News urges a removal of the seat of government because it ■ would have a tendency to induce a “higher or der of men” to serve as members of tho Legis lature! Certain it is, wo require a “higheror der of men” as legislators to those who are now squandering the people’s money at Harris burg. for we verily believe a greater set of knaves never occupied scats even in the Peni tentiary. The majority is composed of men. hopelessly corrupt and ignorant, and we arc very willing to agree that our State and our 1 people arc disgraced by sending so marry incor rigible scamps to the Legislature. Formerly— and indeed until recently—the people of tho different counties considered it their duty to send their best mew t« the Legislature—men distinguished for honest}- and sound sense.— But last fall, in a large majority of the coun ties, and when Know-Nothingism swept the State like a pestilence, the rule Was reversed, and instead of the best men being returned as members of Assembly, the merest demagogues and political gamblers were elected. It is dis creditable to our Stale to make this admission, but it is nevertheless true, and the truth should at all times be proclaimed, oven if the character of our people should be involved. Let the hon est yeomanry of Pennsylvania scan the doings of the men composing the majority of our Leg -1 islature, and they will agree with us that a j more corrupt body never assembled outside the dominions of the Prince of Darkness. They j have studied well lago’s philosophy, to “put | woney in thy purse,’’and have entirely neglect ! ed ihe interests of their constituents. The golden calf is their God, and they 'are ever j ready to “crook tho servile hinges of theknee,” if by so doing they can accomplish their base and wicked purposes. Banks and shaving shops have been chartered by the score—the I license system has been repealed, and a jug I law enacted in its stead—a bill providing for I giving away our Stale improvements has pas- 1 sed the House, and will doubtless pass the Senate—the members have increased their own pay from $3OO to ?500 for the session —small Moke Taxation upon Farmers. —Tho Legis lature has a bill before it providing a now office for some K. N. patriot who wishes to fire at tho public expense. It has already passed the House, and provides for (ho appointment of an Inspector of Guano brought to the port of Phil adelphia, who is to bo paid by a tax on tho ar ticle of one dollar a fon. The amount Imported is about 20,000 tons annually, which will put in tho Inspector’s pocket $20,000 for what should not cost over $lOOO. If tho bill becomes & law, its effect will be to atop guano from com ing to Pennsylvania, and drive it over to Now Jersey. Why not leave farmers to make their own bargains and examine for themselves tho quality of the article they buy, without saddling thorn with the support of another salaried offi cer 7 Tue Stampede »ob toe West The trains on tbo Galena, Rock Island, and Burlington railroads are Immense. The passengers OD the Galena road arc bound lot Western Wisconsin, northern lowa, and Minnesota} those on tbo Rock Island tor central lowa i and those on tbo Burlington road for southern lowa. There seems to bo a perfect stampede from the east ern States lor-the magnificent West and North, west. The emigration, though Immense, can’ not occupy a tithe ol tho land, though the stream should continue unabated for the neat half-do ton years. (CT” They have new potatoes in Charleston, 9. G., and cucumber* in Indianapolis. TQB ANTI-LICENSE LAW. The anti-license law recently passed-by our Legislature, appears to meet with very general opposition in all parts of the State. Several papers devoted to the cause of temperance, denounce the bill in unmeasured terms, and appear to think that it will inflict a permanent injury upon the cause it was intended to bene* fit, and that a reaction will be the inevitable result. Wo hope these predictions may not be verified, but yet wo confess we haveour doubts whether this' bill—passed, as it was, in direct oppostion to the wishes of a majority of the people of the State—can be productive of any good to tho cause of temperance. This bill is, to*all intents and purposes, a prohibitory law —such a law as a majority of tho people, through the ballot-boa, declared lost fall should not be passed. The passage of the bill, then, was in opposition to tho wishes of a majority of the people of this State—it disregards their verdict, and puts them at defiance. This is a palpable breach of faith, for tho vote last fall on the subject of prohibition determined that question, for one year at least. The issue was courted by the friends of temperance them selves. They said, “let the people bo permit ted to speak on this subject—let a vote bo had, and we will abide the issue.” In accordance with this expressed desire, the Legislature of 1854 passed an act referring the question to a vote of the people of tho whole Slate. That vote, as our readers are aware, was taken last fall, when the people, to the number of over 300,000 voted upon the question, and decided against prohibition. Thus the question was settled by the people themselves for at least one year to come. The issue was fairly made up, the question fairly slated, and the vote fairly cast. And yet in the face of this decision by the people of the State, tho Legislature passes an act. which is in everything but its name, a stringcnt*prohibiLory law. Much 03 we detest and abhor drunkenness, and earnestly aa we desire to see the cause of temperance spread to the "uttermost parts of the earth,” wo must nevertheless condemn the blind and suicidical policy that has been pur , sued by a few bigots who appear to think that they have been appointed guardians over the morals of the people. The passage of this an ti-license law, woa as ill-advised as it was pre sumptions. The law itself is a miserable bungling piece of composition, and almost amounts to a murder of the English language. It is the legitimate offspring of Know-Nothing ism. It is neither temperance nor anti-temper ance—and its only distinctive feature is that it authorises and encourages drinking by the jug full instead of by the glass. Instead of being a measure calculated to suppress intemperance, it is the very reverse, (notwithstanding its prohibitory provisions,) and gives a free li- cense to drunkards to purchase as much liqu or by the jug-full as they please—it prohibits only in smalt quantities. Indeed, we consid er it a bill of abominations, and in this opinion we are supported by nearly every temperance paper in the State. But. the worst feature in this law consists in the disregard that is shown to the wishes of the people, as expressed through the ballot-box. The voice of the people, in all things, should be obeyed. If the Legislature can disregard the majority in one thing they can do so in all matters in which they feel an interest. One of the most prominent features of our govern- ment heretofore has been tho quiet submission of the minority to the will of the majority.— This feature has always been maintained, and it is one of the main pillars of our republican syatem. The Legislature, however, puts this principle and the people of the State at defiance, and enacts a law contrary to their expressed opinions. This, as wc have said, is a breach of faith—it is dishonest, and unworthy of cyen a Know-Nothing Legislature, and the conse quences to follow must inevitably bo injurious to the cause of temperance. hact) mm, One reason why the Know-Nothing mem bers of the Legislature arc in favor of removing the scat of government to Philadelphia, is be cause the landlords of Harrisburg charge 100 much for boarding, as the members think.— They don't consider—mean creatures that they arc—that provisions arc enormously high, and that the landlords cannot afford to board them at the same rates they formerly did. The Harrisburg Item, a Native or Know-Nothing paper, but possessing more independence than most of the journals of that miserable faction, pitches into the members of Assembly in this language: Our hotels, it is acknowledged, will compare favorably with any in the State, and for varie ty. the tables have the benefit of a market sec ondonly to Philadelphia. We hare known mem bers of the Legislature to form a club, and of fer landlords three or four dollars a week each for board, when his prices according to the rooms engaged, would run at five and six dol i lara. They expect to be furnished with lights, 1 fire and servants, to wait their becks at those prices. They gnzzlo all the liquor that may be presented to them, in their rooms, play earns, smoko, a"d make night hideous with their revels; jump into bed with their boots on, and chaimbcrmaids, without reference to col or. arc insulted with their insulting importu nities. This is a true and very moderate pic*, tore of a “Model Legislature.” No wonder our landlords become pctulcnt. Nor Is this all; respectable women arc frequently insulted in the streets, by members and hangers on around the Legislature, until it has become necessary for them to remain within doors after dusk. How many talcs of woe might ho told of blighted hopes—of rained reputations— which follow in the wake of each session, but it is not our purpose to harrow the feelings of many a broken spirit, but to repel the slanders against our citizens. Wo sincerely hopo the Senate will pass the bill. Our community would get rid of a moral pestilence—a canker —a leprosy, which taints and polluts the at mosphere. _ Medical Cbksohs. —Wo learn from the Philadelphia Ledger that a bill is now before Legislature of this State, for the establishment of a Board of Medical Censors, to consist of three regular physicians, to be appointed by the Governor, before whom all practitioners of medicine in this State, irrespective of ago or standing in their profession, shall bo annually summoned, in order to undergo an cxamlna* tion, not only as to their qualifications, but as to the progress they hare made os relates to the developments and improvements in the science of medicine; subjecting them, upon the first examination, to a tax of twenty-five dollars, and five dollars for every subsequent yearly in quest. In the event of non compliance with thia act, the penalty is, "no recourse in law for the collection of their bills for medical servi ces. Two of these censors are to constitute a quorum, to whose decision in all eases, the third shall submit. Got His Eyes Opened. u Sotu* months ago we were induced—partly by philanthropic ana partly, perhaps, by curt ons motives—to attach ourself to a.so-called know-nothing council. •, The, ostensible princi ples of the ordvr weite such as wo could sympa thize with most heartily rand'it did'notovon occur to us that those ostensible principles were to he classed among the “goodly outsides** that “falsehood hath.** Wo were not long in learn ing, however, that “ confusion to Popery** was only a halt to catch the unsuspecting;-and that the council of whibh we had a part was nothing more nor lifts than a political hot-bed, from which were .produced all sorts of schemes and conducing to the advancement of individuals and cliques, instead of enhancing the general-good, we, thcrefoto, withdrew.” The above is the confession of tho editor of the Buffalo Brprtsa, (Whig.) HIS experience, says (he Harrisburg Patriot, Is that ot thous ands who were wheeled into the proscriptive Order, but soon loomed that it “was only a bait to catcb the Unsuspecting.” The workings of tbo Order show, clearly, that its councils are' “ nothing moronor less than political hot-bedsi** Tho broken down hacks of tho old parties, with out influence and without hope of preferment, knowing that their political standing could not bo rendered Jess insignificant, ruahou eagerly into tho conclave, hoping that the chances would favor tholr longings for power and position,— Subsequent developements show that their hopes ffore realized—that tho old corrupt stagers,with few exceptions, obtained control of the councils, “from which were produced all sorts of schemes and machinations, conducing to tho advance ment oflndivlduals and cliques.’* Tho hislqry of tho order in Pennsylvania clearly proves this. Indeed, any unprejudiced mind can be clearly satisfied ol Its truth by looking at tho course of tho present Legislature. Since tho organization of our government our poor old Commonwealth has never been cursed with such a sot of reckless, ignorant, bo-dovlled represen tatives. They legislate without knowing or caring what for, and they legislate without any apparent concern as to (he consequences. How long will tho people of Pennsylvania tolerate such law makers t How long will they permit demagogues to deceive them with of “ confusion to Popery,” “ Americans snail rulo America,” Btc. ? Should they repent tbo ex poriment they will .tlnd, to their sorrow, that Know-Nothlnglsm is more dangerous, more fo~ tal to tholr interests, thau the power of half n dozen Popes. (T7* Immediately after the October election in Cincinnati, when the Know-Nothings car ried the city by five thousand majority, a num ber of of office scekcVs, who had acted with the Democratic party, joined the K. N’d. These men were candidates on the K. N. ticket at the late city election, and were badly beaten.— Their fate should be a wamiug to all time servers. Resigned —Joseph Hiss, (who was not all a Joseph,) resigned his seal in the Massachu setts Legislature on Mouday, in consequence of the recent investigation, growing out of his connection with the Nunnery Committee. lie found the finger of scom too pointed and fixed to braeen it longer, and thought by slinking back to his peers among tho blackguards of Boston, the surest method of avoiding contin ual contempt. The Legislature should accept his resignation with a vote of thanks. The Re-action. —At Mnsonlown, Fayette county, there is a Babtist congregation of be tween three and four hundred members. We arc informed by a well known aud creditable citizen of tho place, about tVo weeks since,near two hundred of tho mrmbert left the congrega tion because tho pastor was found to be n Know-Nothing. Gov. Reeder after Commissioner Maxt- PENNT WITH A SHARP STIC*. —Gov. RfCtJcr. of Kansas, has addressed a pungent letteljto Mr. Manypenny, the Commissioner of IndUm*" AC fairs, in reply to the charges made In his official report in January last, that the Governor had been taking an improper advantage of bis offi cial position to speculato.inlandSt, .He admits that ho bought lands, but insists that he paid what they were worth, to parties as competent as ho or Commissioner Manypenny to transact business. He concludes by saying that he or the Commissioner is unfit for his place, and proposes that the Commissioner agree that un less ho mokes good his charge by or before a specific time, that the President dismiss him, and if ho docs, that the President dismiss Got. Reeder. Whether the Commissioner will ac cept this challenge or Dot, has not yet tran spired. Yearlt Meeting. —The yearly meeting of the Orthodox branch of the Society of Friends was held in Philadelphia last week. Considera ble feeling was manifested in regard to the re ception of epistles from the Ohio Yearly Meet ing. It appears that the Ohio Friends had sep arated, under the names of Gurncylla and W»l -burites, each one of which organized,and issued epistles to the other meetings. The question arose, which should bQ received, and conse quently recognized as the true Society, and was finally decided by the adoption of the epis tle of the Wilbur division. The business of the meeting was finished on the 7th day. One of our W escort* villages passed an ordinance forbidding taverns to sell liquor on the Sabbath to any qxcopt travellers. The next Sunday, every other pan in town was seen walking around with a valico in one hand, and two saddle-bags lii the other. Ingenious people. Farran, the Domocraiic Mayor re cently elected In Cincinnati, hna entered into the duties of his office. Tub Odd Fkllows.—Tho Grand Encampment will commence its session in Philadelphia tho second week in May, and the Grand Lodge dur ing tho third week. The Postage Law.—A colcmporary remarks that the now law puts on effectual damper on anonymous letters. Those who send them are now compelled to pay out throe cents, which, to such moan souls, tmpartsa much greater pang than their effusions can possibly inflict on any odo olso. Fiodub vs. Faob.-'-A yonng stockbroker having married a fat old widow with $lOO,- 000, says it wasn’t bUwifo’fl face that attract ed him so much as the figure* (17 Geo. M. Laumap, formerly of the Uar risburg Union, announces himself os a volun teer candidate for Assembly in Dauphin next fall on the ftntl-prohlbltory platform. Q 7 When a roan has a great deal of faui to find with a newspaper which ho never fails to read, it is a sure sign that he has not paid for it. People seldom, find fault with their own ; property. CT’* The New York Tribune commenced its fifteenth year on the 10th nit. It has, by. this time, earned for itself a position and influence which entitle it to place in the very-front rank of the American Newspaper Press. Its aggre gate circulation is now 177,000 copies, distri buted among the several editions as follows: Daily Tribune 28,350 Semi-Weekly 13,060 . Weekly Tribune 127,000 European 500 Special for California 7,000 This is, undoubtedly, a far greater circula tion (ban that of any paper in the United States, and has been attained altogether, by tho ener gy, industry, and varied editorial ability dis played In Us columns. Western Prosperity.—The rapid growth of western towns, under the influence of rail road facilities, has seldom been more markedly exhibited than in the case of West Urbana, a q village in Cbampaigno county, one hundred and twenty-nine miles south of .Chicago, on the Chicago Branch of the Illinois Central Railroad. One year ago this place contained but one building, a freight-house belonging to the com pany. Eight months ago there were five houses. Now, according to a letter, dated April 4,there arc at least one hundred houses, and four or five hundred inhabitants, aud it was estimated that nearly three hundred other buildings, of all kinds, were being erected and to be erected du ring the spring. Included in the buildings arc two large hotels, six stores, a large furniture warero om, four or five lumber-yards, and a large warehouse for forwarding purposes. A Presbyterian Church and large schoolrfaousc arc ncarly r finished, the school-house costing some 04,000. The village is incorporated and a Post Office established. And all this has been ac compUshcp in eight months. Truly wc area great people, and bring about results almost as marvellously as those ascribed to the magicians of old. Tho Terre Hnutc and Alton Road will, in Sunc, givo this village a direct communica tion with Cincinnati and the East, and its ex tension to the main trunk of the Illinois Cen tral will, during the year, also put them in connection with St. Louis and tho West. Post-Master Arrested. —The Post-master at New Orleans, G. W. Kendai.l, Esq., was arrested a few days since by 1m agent of the P. 0. Department, charged with having pur loined money from letters passing through his office. The evidence against him, it is said, is very strong. Kendall is a man of wealth,and has heretofore stood very high in the estima tion of the people of New Orleans. He deserves and should receive the full punishment the law provides fur such ofienccs. Emigration to California-—' The steamer Illinois left New York for Aspinwall, on the 20(h ult., with seven hundred and fifteen pas sengers on board. Since the completion of the Panama Railroad the emigration to the gtxat Pacific State has largely increased, and is like t ly to be larger from the eastern States this-year than ever before. The emigration is more by families now, whereas, formerly the great por tion of (Jie emigrants were single men, and men going without their families. This cannot toil to have a favorable influence upon society, ami upon the permanent growth of the golden State. When families go, they go to settle there per manently. The trip to California from New York is an easy one. and tho lime but about twenty-three days from New York to Sau Fran cisco. Anotßeb Daqino Robbert bt Cuiorofobm. —Ou the night of the 8d ult., tbo house of Mr. Jacob Fees, of Davis county, lowa, was robbed of eight hundred dollars, in (ho following man ner : The window was raised, and small rolls of paper saturated with chloroform or opium thrown into the room, by which the bouse was Ailed with smoko, and a deep sleep came over all tho inmates. The money was between the straw and feather beds In which Mr. Fees and hls wife were sleeping. Linen cloths, wet with chloroform, were placed over tho faces of the old kdy and gentleman, and thus they were kept unconscious while tho money was taken from 1 under them. There were five persons In tho house, and all slept till an unusually late hour in tho morning. A Street Scene. —ln Chestnut street, Phil adelphia, a gentleman seeing among the prom enaders a young girl who had left her parents a fortnight before, accosted her, when sho threw off her red shawl and fled, and he pur sued her into Fifth street. The police, not knowing what was afoot, arrested both, when, after explanations the gentleman was released, and the girl delivered to hcrVfalficr, to bo sent to the bouse of refuge. V Fire at Pottsviu-b. —On ult., the extensive brewery of George Lauea, at Potts villo, was entirely destroyed by fire. Loss es timated at 326,000, on which was an insurance of §lO,OOO. Gratitude or Slaves. —Two male slaves of the late Mr. B. B. Brewer, of Annapolis, Md., who had been manumitted by hfro shortly be fore bis death, appeared before tho Orphans' Court, and with their mother, also manumitt ed, desired to bo bound to tboir latf master's widow for ten years. [C7“A gentleman in Portland on lifting up his hat from tho table, found a young lady's bustle under it, which so astonished him that he fainted. Fact! A hydropathic application at the town pump was the only thing that brought him too. Great triumph for hydro pathy ! Redeemed at paiu-Tlic notes of all the sus pended free banks of Illinois ore now redeemed at par by the auditor of that State, ho having sold the stocks which were pledged for securi ty of the notes. The suspended bank notes of Wisconsin are also redeemed at par. 07 A Dovetailing Machine has been invent ed and in use in Boston, which enables a sin gle workman to dovetail with caso from eight hundred to one thousand bureau drawers a day. 07 The Stale Treasurer says that the total amount of relief notes in circulation is $383,- 681. A HravT Day's business.—Wo copy tho fol lowing from tho New Orleans Delta of tho 17th ultimo t ««Yesterday wag. perhaps, tbo most active day In western produce that has boon noticed In our commorciaf records this season. As a sam ple, wo may mention that some 45,000 bushels of corn wore sold on tho lovoo, chiefly at $1 pur bushel { noarly 4,000 bbls. mess pork, at $lO to $l6 60 per bbl.j 660,000 ibs. bulk meat, at 74 cents for bogrounds and 4,600 kegs choice lard (in one lot,) at Hi cents per pound." Bepoft of the Committee of the Legislature la the Alleged Bribery Cose. ~ Tho Committee of the Legislature appointed on the 18th of February lost to investigate (ho alleged attempts at bribery of members of As sembly during the contest for United States. Senator, made report'on Saturday., The report, as was to have boon expected, amounts to little, as It was impossible to got at tho whole truth of the matter. A number of Important witnesses cleared (ho State and could not bo found.— Those who did testify before tho committee, 1 wore very careful not to “Jet the cat out of the bag," that the committee were in search of.— From the result of this investigation, it is very evident that men who can be bribed will not hesitate to peijure themselves rather than ex pose their guilt. From the Report we take tho following extracts. It will bo seen that Dr. Jayne and his two friends, (Know-Nothings,) 1 ‘are implicated in tho charge of attempting to 1 bribe members. lion. L. G. Levin, J. S. Halde man, Senator from York, and A. J. Herr, (all Know-Nothings,) are placed in rather an unen viable position, notwithstanding the efforts of tho committee to whitewash over tho conduct of these gentlemen. It will bo some satisfac tion to honest men to know that all tho men ngaiost whom a suspicion of bribery existed are prominent members of the Know-Nothing Or der. But to (he extracts from the Report; One great difficulty in tho way of successful and speedy inquiry, was the fact that Dr. David Jayne, ids son-in-Uw, Isaac S. Michael Piper, all of whom were ascertained to bo important witnesses, could not, after the most diligent search, be found. The Sergeant- , at-arms of the Senate, and Ins assistants, ns la ; proved by tho testimony herewith submitted, made frequent and diligent efforts (o serve sub- ( poenas on these persons; and it has been estub- , lishod, to tho entire satisfaction of youv Commit tee, that tho two persons first named, If not the I third also, have cither abjured tho Common wealth for tho time being, or wilfully avoided 'the service of process upon ftiom. fn this con- i 1 nectlon, It Is deemed proper ta add, that the ■ Committee notified the friends of Df. Jayne that ho was Implicated by tho testimony taken, and : 4hat his character was so involved as to demand ■ Ins personal attendance and explanation before tho Committee. His refusal to appear, under these circumstances, is hardly consistent with 1 any other hypothesis than that of a conscious, ness on his part that his conduct was incapable of explanation, and justifies the inference that he so considered if. It is proved by tho testi mony that J ohn F. tterr, a member of the House * of Representatives from Luzerne county, was corruptly approached hy Dr. Jayne himself, rind also by his friends, Kshehnan and Piper, and •that the only reason why said member was not bribed to vote for Dr. Jayne for United Staten Senator, was because he promptly and (irmly resisted and resented the attempt to seduce hint from tho path of rectitude. This witness not only stands nniiupcnchod, but his straightforward statement of bis know ledge upon the subject, and the extent to which lie is corroborated by other witnesses, have sat isfied your committee of the entire truthfulness of his testimony. If may be suggested, In pal liation of this manifest attempt at corruption, that Dr. Jayne was inexperienced In politics, and was betrayed into this violation of both law and morals, in the excitement of a heated con test, and acted under the impression that rival candidates were using the same means, How. ever this might bo, if lie had appeared before your committee, candidly stated the facta, ond I thereby shown a disposition to redress, so fur as in his power, tho wrongs committed, and to remove the unjust and prejudicial suspicions and injuries inflicted upon Inu character of the Legislature hy his conduct in tt c premises, your Committee would have foil much more kindly disposed, ami inclined to a more charitable view of his rase. lie has not done tin’s, however; but, in his zeal to obtain an honor ible office, he inflicted serious wounds upon the rcpntaMon of tho Legislature and the character of the com mittee, ami then escaped from its jurisdiction, like a fugitive from Justice, anxious only for his own safety and regardless of tho wrongs done to others. Your committee, under tin circum stance of the absence of tho party thus Implicit, tod, content themselves with this expression of , their opinion, and the publication of tho evl denco on which it is founded, and leave It to , tho pleasure of the Senate and House of Repre sentatives, to direct further action o* tho sub ject, If they see proper. The Hon. Lewis C. Levin was also a Candi date for the U. L. Senate ; or at least intended to become one, upon a certain contingency re ferred to in the evidence. U seems by the tos ! tlmony, lie Intended to raise some thirty or forty thousand dollars, partly in connection with this I oljjoc.t, and partly for other purposes, but how i much of tho fund for each, does not appear.— Railroad bonds to the amount of $4OOO, and let ters of credit for other and less sums were raised by him prior to and not long before the time fixed for tho election of 11, S. Senator. The railroad bonds were taken In payment ol a debt ho had a right to contract, but was received with declarations referring to tho contingency of his becoming a candidate ; but there is no evidence lhat any portion of tho fund so raised was used cornTptly by him, or that any attempt was made so to use lt*by any one, except It may be infer red from what Is said to have transpired at the appointed Interview between John F, Herr, of, the House, and Dr. David Milllngor, of tho Se nate. To say the least of this matter, it is cX. cocdingly unfortunate (hat such efforts were 1 made to raise this largefnnd u( the exc.ting lime of tho canvass for Senator; for not a few of tho injurious suspicions and rrporlii hud their origin 1 iu this very transaction, and by it several mem bers of the House becamo apparently involved. Your committee take pleasure in hereby imtml- , mously declaring, that, after as thorough an In vestigation as was practicable, thu evidence on 1 (his part of tho case, taken together, does not 1 criminate any members of (bo Hotiso, nor does i It even Justify an inference (hat ahy of them hud 1 acted Improperly in tho premises. This, 100, is 1 'said without intending arty reflection upon the I voracity or character of tho witnesses who tes-, i tlfiod before tho committee on this subject. It i i is boUcvod thoy acted from good motives and j in good faith, but wore deceived by statements ! made to thorn by others, and which wore aubso-. I quentty found to bo incorrect, or at least inca pable of substantiation. With these remarks, tho testimony of Messrs. Levin, Tucker, Ash. moad, Connolly, Nelson, Sanderson, Cooper and others, Is submitted, that tho Senate and House may form thoir own Conclusions in relation to this ftmd, and all porsons In anywise connected with it. As to the other candidates whoso names were before tho Legislature for tho office of U- S- Senator, there In no otldonco calculated to im plicate cither of them in (he fairness of any ef forts that may have been made hy litem In con nection with tills high and honorable office.— Thu names of some of the gentlemen do not ap pear in (he testimony at alt, and of those who do, it is not in connection with any fact incom patible with Integrity and honor. Thoy are all, therefore, so fur as tho labors of this committee are concerned, entitled to stand free and clear of any of the charges that brought (his investi gation Into existence. A lusty perusal of (ho testimony (akon in (ho , course ol thu Investigation might Induce tho im pression that it reflected strongly on Jacob S. llaldoman, tho Senator from York. This isos poclally true of tho letter purporting to bo writ ton by D. A. Paxton to said llaldoman, requir ing him to refund certain moneys, &o. Injus tice to that Senator, your committee doom it proper to say (hat (ho whole testimony upon this I transaction taken together, not only fails to | prove anything corrupt or improper on his part, but has satisfied the committee that a base at- I tempt was made to extort money from him un i dor false pretences i ond very probably a con spiracy concocted for tho same purpose. It must bo borne In mind (hat one E. M. Paxton, [Esq., is the recognized attorney of Dr. Jayne, lend won at Harrisburg with (ho Doctor during tho canvass, and had left only a few days before tho date of (ho letter in question. Assuming that t)r. Jayne or some one (or him, had placed $OOO In tho hands of Mr. llaldoman, and allog. ing that ho had abused a protended trust, tho letter was a palpable endeavor to levy black mail and extort from him $6OO. Tho name “D. It. Paxton," was near enough the correct name of Dr. Jayns’s attorney to do celvo Mr; Haldsunan.nndyct no liohbt can*;,* cred for enough iVom tho trao homo to tho author of tho letter from a Supposed daw. of for foreoiy, Tho ovidonco C E ly shows that A. J. Boir, Esij., was Inslrain™ tal in getting op this letter and forwardingTi! Mr. Haldcnu m and your committee, : soOrchlng fm Mti gotten, was unable to cosio fS any other cot fusion than tho one hero ihdlri ted. Your (pommitlo would direct tho sneei.s attention of the Sonata and Bouse to the tcsii monyof Mr. A. 3 . Burr, not only in proof of the oorrectncss of tho, conclusions crdTcd ni but also nan specimen of preTaricatlon, com™, dictloh and attempted concealments, rorcle m ho mot with. , ■ ' Outrageous Proceedings in Eansag. Squatter sovereignty is carried to a high pitch in Kansas, if we are to tielleve the neWs paper reports—and We have ho reason to dis believe them, for they are fully confirmed by our St. Louis correspondent who is well book ed up in everything about which ho writes.— To show* tho utter lawlessness that prevails there, vre subjoin the following Copy of a band, bill beaded “People’s Proclamation,” just re ceived from Kansas, dated April 0. It was not circulated there until after tho departure of Gov. Reeder, who is now on n visit to his family at Easton, in this Slate. It reads as follows; Whncns, Gov. Reeder has Shown himself in competent and unfit for the duties ion : and whereas, (he appointment of a man Vo the Governorship,wflhoul consulting the choice of those to be governed,'is an arbitrary exer cise of power, the cltlfcens of Kansas havc.ttort* fore, resolved to hold an election at Leaven, worth oh the 28th ihst., to elect a person to succeed Gov., Reeder, whose removal will bo solicited. Calls have been made for delegates from each district to meet at Leavenworth on the 28lh to elect a suitable person to till the ofllcc, whose name is to be forwarded to the President for appointment. Such illegal, anarchical conduct deserves tho severest reprehension of the Nation, am] wo hope a lesson will be taught these cut-lbroßt ruffians and desperadoes which will now and forever put a stop to mob-rulo and lawlessness, there and elsewhere, GovernorßcedCr,through* out the whole difficulty, has shown himself to be an honest, upright and fearless Executive; but what can he do, unless tho strong arm of the General Government is brought into re* quisltion. His life is in danger ifhc returns among them, unless something is done by the President to protect him in the discharge of hia official duties. From the Chattanooga (Ten.) dJecrliieri .Tflfi ADMLVISIB,mW» It U not a difficult tn.sk to find always some who, in the Wisdom of (heir own philosophy ore ever Assailing and pointing out the disertp nncy of those in power ; and especially in (Jim the case when, perchance, if the truth were known, there would he found disappointed hopes and anticipated honors defeated.' And ton many there afe who make grtfitado sboflt the wrongs of those in power: mistakes arc poined out: this act is wrong—that act not right: and thus the wisdom of some is made strikingly manifest to the world. This classof ! egotistic philosophers would do well to remem ber that it is no herculean task to find fault, i and i hat to point out a disease and not to pre scribe its remedy evinces but an ignorance of the whole. This claAs might better show the depth and weight of their own researches by adopting ihe course of keeping silent, ami lbs thinking community, in that event, mtpht as cribe to them some merit. And this class is not an order peculiar 10 these times alone; they always arc found, and found, too, dispensing the vituperations of half-informed minds, an* noyed by retlcctions of self interest thwarted. In the administration of Mnnroo, when, sterp necessity demanded vindication of our Tights' and honor, this same class were not found wanting; and when Jackson, in his bolted convictions of what was right and just, pul a silence to some octs—and, ns experience has proved, saved the country from universal bank ruptcy'—an occasion was altered for the dis play of such wisdom ns alone is known tnd possessed by this knowing class; and in the administration of Mr. Polk, when the Texas question was up before the people, then, alsffi the course of Mr. Polk was not only not right, but actually ruinous, in the wise opinion* of these statesmanlike gcnlUtncn. and so on *w through the ndministrst'.onß that we have had since that of \Va«hinglon , s. exceptions haro been taken, insinuations wade, and vitnpeta* lions not withheld. -I When such has been the course of fnen m all ailtninist rations. We arc not in the least auf prised (o hear of exceptions taken to the prtv cut ; and were there none. We should dutn the silence ns ominous of some strange and forebod ing fatality. In the cabinet of Mr. Pierce w« find unity, reports notwithstanding to checoff trary. upon nil the essential points. The Sev eral departments oVer which they preside art looked to will*motives and diligence for nation al good, ami to day we belief j that (lie admin istration of Gen-. PierCT. clamorous and noisy as arc some interested ones against it, is as strong, and inspires ns much Confidence in the hearts of the people at large. as that of any foregoing ono: and when time shall have fully develoyed the bearings and results of it, we be lieve the general sentiment wilt be, that it w*s trulv national, iviiu*. and good ; and to those who find delight in relieving their mind of its pent-np slander and calumny, we say. bldt* nivay until satisfaction may be had. and in corning time public sentiment will class you where already thy. calumniators of preceding administrations have been classified. Stwurd Triumphant in New York over the “Hindoos.” The New York Legislature, before its ad journment lost week, passed by largo majori ties the following preamble and resolutions, which are the severest things on inglsm that h«s yet occurred: . j Whereat, Under republican institutions,the free-and open public discussion of all questions which arc to be decided by the popular vote is imperatively demanded, alike by regard for IAo popular rights and the public good; and Whereat, The fundamental law of the UnJ secures to, and enjoins Upon each and every citizen the free and independent exercise of thfl right of suffrage, and had authorized the en actment of penalties against all otlcfnpts t 6 in terfere with such an exercise of that rigid W bribes, by menaces, and by undue any sort; and *,, Whereas, The history and experience of an free governments confirm the solemn warmM of Washington’s Farewell Address, that H s» combinations and associations, under whalevtf plausible character, with the real design to di rect. control, counteract or have the rcguUf deliberation And action of the constituted au thorities, avo destructive to the fundamental principles of our government, and of dcncy;" therefore, t . Resolved, (it the Assembly concur,) Tbatnj countenance or support should bo piven to wy endeavor to stifle the open discussion pf ical topics, or substitute for it the notion of jw* ciclics whoso proceedings are not open to w public knowledge; ana every attempt to co ' trol, by the dictation of such secret BocleuC’i or by the Imposition of oaths or kindred o gallons, the political notion of any at war with the true meaning of our bov went, destructive of personal indepeude • hostile to the rights of the great body « people, and detrimental to the great p welfare. • [jy The Virginia Eloftlons will bo hch the 8d Monday of May.
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