jIJIERICAIf TOItJNXEER.
JOBS B.' BBITTON, Editor k Proprietor.
CARLISLE, PA., DEC. 27. 185&.
SmiiOftiS CommlUee Dlccllhe.
Tho members of the Democratic Standing
Committee of Cumberland county, are request
ed to meet at Sholl’b Hotel* in Carlisle, on
Monday, the 14th day of January, 1806, at one
o’clock, P. M. __
Carrier requests us to inform his
.pntrons that he will wait upon them on New
Year’s Day, with on address, and he hopes
that they will be ready to receive him with a
cmilipg countenance and open pockets .
[Q* A complimentary saluteofilnrtccn guns
Was fired by a parly of our citizen volunteers
on Thursday morning of last week, in honor of
the arrival of Col. Mat and his command at
the Carlisle Barracks. The firing was under
the direction of the veteran Gen. Armor, and of
course was dun'* in true military style, and wc
learn was warmly acknowledged.
Feom Washington.— There is sldl no or-
of the House, the Know-Nothings.
" (whoare in, the majority,) being unable to elect
a Speaker- - Truly they are “ruling America"
will* a vengeance, in wasting thousands upon
thousands of dollars of the people's money. —
' ■The balloting for Speaker continues about the
same as mentioned by us Inst week, and the
prospect of electing a presiding officer appears
Aft remote ns ever. These are great reformers,
the men who arc to purify the political atmos
phere and put down ihc wild hunt after office
Yet, remarks the Hagerstown Mail, they have
so many candidates for the one office of Speak
er. as entirely to eclipse the people s business
The scramble for the spoils is with these wor
thies more important than the public business.
Thcv have a beautiful time of it. Mr. L. D
Campbell, of Ohio, in withdrawing his name
from the contest, thus gives the people one peep
behind the curtain ; • Yel sir (said he) U is ob
vious to me that it is impossible funny friends
to succeed, unless I take one of two positions
—namely, cither to repudiate my well known
position in reference to slavery and American
ism. or in ‘■omi wav, dm-ctly n r indirectly, to
make pledges m reference to the organization
of the Committees, winch would be a sacrifice
of self-respect on my part and make me. in my
judgment, a til object of public contempt.
Thk Fair —The Fair for the benefit of the
Good Will Jlnsr Company. npcmd nn Monday
evening, at Marion Hall, under most favorable
auspices- The display of article-* —many of
them very rich, dopant and beautiful —took the
visitor by surprise, and far excood.-d ibe ex- Then hedosircd bis arm to ‘•wither” if he ever '
pcciations nf the most sanguine. The decora- , supported an Abolitionist ; note he invokes the
lions ot the Hall arc very much admired, and ‘ same penalty on bits “right arm 1 ' if he voles
the large and varied assortment of articles dis- j for any one bui an Abolitionist !
played for sale, “may bo imagined, but not j Voting for that rank, uncompromising Ab
described" The attendance, thus far. has , <j],i tonisl, Mr. Banks. for Speaker, is bul an
becn vcr\ large, and good order lias been pro- | other evidence of the inconsistency of ourmem
served. Indeed the enterprise has hern got up | ber as a politician. B.IXKs. il is well known,
and thus far conducted with consummate skill m addition to being an Abolitionist, is an ultra
and judgment. The ladies o( our town arc Free Trade man. •Do "was a member of the
well entitled to the highest praise for the liberal last Congress, and united with the Free Trad,
gpuit manifested in presenting, the era. in to stnke down the coal and
with no many valuable>.tpktns of iron Penasylvania, by engrafting
with which to grace thtfFajno the obnoxious section for thW purpose oar the
The display of Needle ‘Wobk littd 4 Sakct gjvil and Diplomatic
Aeticuss w alike creditable which biit for th£ persevering and active eflorts
tors and to the exhibition, and is r anoth6r’ cri- G f o ur now be the- law of the
dencc that the Carlisle ladies c?.nVbo excelled land. This is ihn man Mr. Todd Supports for
in this useful accomplishment. Several tables
are filled with articles of every conceivable de
vice. and for every useful and ornamental pur
pose. and all gotten up m the neatest and most
tasteful manner The ladies, too, arc tcry
attentive and accommodating and are adepts at
selling goods. >
Tna Rkstu-raNT -Wc must congratulate j
the Good Will on tbeir fortunate selection of.
the committee of ladies to whom the restaurant
WOfl confided Their elegantly dress*cl viands
could not fail to allure and gratify (he taste uf
the most fastidious opicunan Such at least is
the opinion of the scores who have partaken of
the edibles served up and ilisom'.v —and we
consider ourself something of a judge of ■•good
vittalb." although punters don't have them
every day.
The Refreshment Tables were also placed
in very capable and cxcillent hands, and the
quantity and quality of good things—delicious
cakes, fruit, confections. Ac —to he seen there,
arc enough to tempt the most Confirmed dys
peptic.
The Post-Office Department is presided
over by a very obliging ami accommodating
Post Mistress who never says •■no” when a
letter is enquired for, as is often the cose at
Other post-offices. Numerous love epistles
have been issued to lovesick swains, and >et
there arc many more ot the •same sort left"
and ready for delivery.
Of Tots there is an almost rndless variety
of novelties—many of them about as • 'cu.lt"
things as we have ever scon. The young ladies
-having charge of thin branch are always ready
to wait npo,. visitors, showing goods being
considered no trouble by them, os, indeed, is
the case at alt the other tables.
Tub Fortune Teller is to be ■* heard
not seen.” and triany have been made glad by
having their destiny read to them by the
••Oipsv," resident of the red tent.
The selling of tickets and awarding of prizes
in the various drawings for fancy articles,
creates much merriment and considerable anx
iety. Wc tried our lurk and purchased a
number of ‘•chances,’ 1 but without success,
except in the drawing for the best Gold Ring.
Tins we got. anil intend to slow it away among
our “treasures."
Tub Chau Box containing, as il does,
many oddities—is attended by a number of
young damsels, whoso bewitching smiles can
not fail to Umpt the sterner sex to pul in for a
“grab.” Tins department of the Fair aQords
a considerable source of revenue.
The members of the Good Will arc deeply
indebted to the gentlemen composing the Bar
racks Brass Band, for the excellent music with
which they entertained the company on sever
al occasions.
But. enough. We shall not attempt lo give
a full description of linn wellgot-up exhibition.
The Fair will he continued fur several days yet.
V'o advise all to go. end thus give “aid and
comfort" to a worthy object. Visitors, by
Booing for themselves, will observe how much
reason there is for pronouncing tho Fair emi
nently successful —tho most attractive, indeed,
ever bad in this place.
WITHEBBD AftMSl
It appears that the member of Congress from
this district, Mr. Todd, has delivered bis maid
en speech ill the House of Representatives. On
the 10th inst., Mr. Fuller, who had been sup
ported for Speaker for several days by the Nor
thern Know-Nothing members, “defined his
position” In regard to slavery, tho Missouri
Compromise, 4c. Mr. F. declared that he de
sired “to leave the question of slavery just
where the constitution has left it—with the
people who tolerate it, to control and regulate
it for themselves.” “Should Kansas present
herself for admission,” added Mr. Fuller, “1
shall vole for her admission, without reference
to that (the slavery) question.”
These truly national views of Mr. Fuller
were not relished, It appears, by our untutored
member, who rose in his place, and replied to
Mr. F. in the following withering manner:
Mr. Todd desired to make a personal expla
nation. He slated ihat his colleague, and him
self had all along supported Henry M- Fuller
under the impressiqnrlhat he was sound in his
opposition to the .Nebraska bill. He wished
now to put himself right before his constitu
ents. and would say that, hod he known that
his colleague entertained the sentiments which
he had just avowed,>hc would have let his right
ann wither before he would have supported
him.
Had Mr. Todd any desire “to put himself
right before his constituents,” he would carry
out their vicw4, as (})* pressed at the ballot box
in Ootobcr last, and-volo for some gentleman
for Speaker whose opinions in regard to slavery
accord with tbosfcVi|prßssod by Mr. Fuller. —
It is a libel upon our people even to intimate
that they sympathize with the Black Republi
cans. alias Abolitionists. The people of this
district and this State arc willing to permit
Kansas to be admitted into the Union, when
.read y, either as a free or slave Stale, as the
voters of that Territory shall determine, and
when Mr. to gainsay this, he is
misrepresenting the views of tho majority' in
this district and tins State.
We have said that the remarks quoted above,
as having been delivered by Mr. Todd, consti
tute his “maiden speech" in Congress, but !
the words used are quite familiar to our people
Jiero, Mr. Todd having on many occasions be
fore desired that his arm might be “withered"
before he would do so and so. Tho expression,
lobe-sure, is not a very refined one, and on the
floor of the House was quite out of place, but
yet it has been a favorite remark with the gen
tleman for many years We remember very
well that when Johnston ran for Governor in
this State the first lime. Mr. Todd made this
“withered arm" speech at a Democratic meet
j mg in this town. He then denounced Joux
j ston ns an Abolitionist, hoped that his
; (Todd’s) right arm might wither before he
I would support an Abolitionist for any position !
speaker, notwithstanding he published a letter
to the people of this district, when a candidate
for Congress, in which he look strong grounds
in favor of a tariff. Perhaps he will, shortly,
make another withered arm speech, and “put
' himself right before his constituents” in regard
I
I to this question.
Death of Alexander Mahon, Esq. —"We
learn from the Harrisburg papers that this
much esteemed gentleman died at his residence
in that borough, on the thh mst. Ilis age was
73 yeais. Mr. Mahon* was a native of Cum
berland county, and for many years faithfully
and ably represented this county in both bran
ches of the Stale Legislature. He was during
that period elected speaker of the Senate, and
presided over that dignified body with great
credit to himself, and to the entire satisfaction
of all concerned. Mr. Mahon, was subsequent
ly elected forseviral successive years, Treasu
rer of the (’ommonwcMth of Pennsylvania, a
post the duties ol which he performed with an
integrity, honesty and fidelity, which have nev
er been impeached by the slightest whisper.
The Inorate BUir.— Francis P. Blair, for
me rh tlio faithful journalist of Gen. Jackson’s ,
ndininihtr.uinn, has gone over a series of stops
downwards to the ranks of black republicanism.
11 o commenced hi# descent In 18-18, when ho
gave Ids support to T an Durcn, and now he has
written a letter In which lie misrepresent.* Jef
ferson, minquoUftthe constitution, and makes a
sophist of himself, in order lo sustain his aboli
tionism. Under fho inspiration of Jackson.
Mr. Blair stood high among fho democracy of
his country. Dnf Qf a folTbwer of Seward and
Gairlson, ho the darkness out of
which they UkmusoJ*** appanr lighted mily by
that light which ntUjnda Iho fallen angola. If as
au abolitionist he expects to make hla mark up
on his country, lot him remember that oven
Jackson could not have sustained himself In a
similar position, tot him remember that it 1*
not Jackson (he aholltlonlat whom the country
now adores, but Jackson the patriot, who rose
in his might againsVnullification in every form,
and for (ho pcrpOfi|atjpn of the Union.
Mr. Blair’s do no harm. Shorn of
his locks long agOiby the charmer of froo-soll
isui, ho now seems mean among tho meanest.
LiDEt Spit-—David Wilmot has commenced
a libel suit against E. D. Chase, Esq., Senior
editor of t\io Montroao Democrat, and laid his
damages al $lO,OOO. Mr. Chase had tho Inde
pendence to come out and expose tho official
corruption of Wilmot, and for doing thin helms
been prosecuted for libel ! Wo presume tho
whole band of Know-Nothing Abolitionist who
Infest tho counties of Susquehanna, Bradford
1 ami Tioga, will rejoice at this effort of Jessup,
1 Wilmot f* Co , to annihilate a bold and foarloas
( Democratic editor.
RrsuxSku Col A K. M Cl tiro has resigned
the office of Superintendent of Public Printing.
The resignation lo Lake effect on the Ist of Jan
uary. _ _
[£7*Tho Allentown Democrat sayslhebarns
of Lho farmers in that soocion are absolutely
breaking down under the weight of grain, and
yet they will not send their supplies lo market.
TBE PRESENT CONGRESS,
The present Congress, says tfie West Ches
ter Jeffersonian, has been in session since the
third day of this month,'and having cast 75
ballots for - Speaker, remains Unorganized.—
; Some portion of tho country may begin to com
plain about the present Congress,'and calculate
tho waste of time and money. But in our opin
ion we cannot believe that the nation is losing
much by the present unorganized condition of
affairs at Washington. Any one who will go
to the trouble to enquire ns to the talent, expe
rience. learning, statesmanship, and genprhl
| legislative character of Jhc National House of
Representatives, he will come to the conclusion
that the country Has not much to lose by a de
lay in the organization j nor much to gain- by
a speedy organization.
Wc may safely predict that when tho House
becomes organized and gets to work, tho na
tion will be convinced that the popular branch
of the national legislature, was never composed
of a body of men nf so little experience and
moan talents, os is the present. There arc some
good men in that body, some talented men—
men of experience, statesmanship, and national
fame. But when we speak of them as a House,
wc mean the mcmlrers as © body : and when
wc say they arc of little experience and mean
talents, wc mean tho aggregate of the members
Who are tho majority of the members of tho
National House of Reprcfgntatirefc of the gov
ernment at this time 1 With a fcwcxceptions.
who of them are known to the people outside
of the district which sent them to. Washington?
Who knows the delegation from the great State’
of New York ? Where is there a man amongst’
them of a national reputation 1 Toith one or
two exceptions, who ever heard of those who
compose the number from Ohio.'or Pennsyl
vania. or Virginia, nr Massachusetts : or any
other State of the thirty-one Slates of the con
federacy ? The South, it is trues has more
men of reputation for statesmanship in her
delegation : but she has not the men she used
Ito send to Washington. But tho North, oh !
the proud, the great, the boasted North, has a
beggarly representative in the councils of the
nation ! And what did this ? From what has
all this arisen ? What produced this state of
affairs, and hronght so many weak men into
power and nlace ?
In (he North we allowed the elections to be
ruled hv the mid-night order of Know-Noth
ings and the hnmhug anti-Knnsas-Nobraska
question. Those two parties undertook to con-
trol the elections nf the North, and assumed to
rule America. Men nf no cxpepicnccand limit
ed knowledge took the lead in tho moves of the
former, and fanatics and fnetionists mounted
the hohhv of the latter. The two together.
fed upon the evil •'assinns of the masses, and
raised to power and position men of equally
limited rapacity, and no more experience.
The majority of the present TTnitse at Wash-
ington is composed of fnctionists of the Know-
Nothing anti-Kansas Nebraska parties. They
are unfit to rule America, or make laws for the
inhabitants thereof. They will spend the ;
whole session just about as they have commen
ced it. They will consume their time by at- .
tempts at speech-making and mimic states
manship. The people will lie sorely satisfied
with them before the close of the present ses
sion. They will learn that such Apiericans
are not fit to nil® AtneHt»^Jf^^ v-Brcj9oVtWS
taken, thif will he the first and last session
rtiany of those who are now enjoying the luxu
ry of $8 per day.
Know-Nothingism has never paid a dividend
on the investment. In Massachusetts. Ihcpoo
pic became disgusted with the last legislature,
there its day is past. There never was a
more reckless, unscrupulous, and corrupt leg
islature in Pennsylvania, than the one that held
i>« session in Harrisburg last winter. And
we dare snv the whole nation will pass a like
judgment on the present national House of Rep
resentatives. For these reasons wo care but
little when the house will organize, hut sin
cerely hope that it will soon do the necessary
business of the country and then go to their
homes again to attend to their small shops and
little farms.
The Drath-ded op Col. Aaron Bmn. -It
has generally l>ccn believed and supposed that
Col. Burr died an unbeliever, refusing •ligious
consolation. A most excellent and distinguish
ed Episcopal minister, in preaching a sermon fo
the young men of Washington city, two Sab
bath evenings ago. alluded lo Col. Burr’s sup
posed religions infidelity. which led to nn inter
esting letter from the Rev Mr. Tanfelt. afford-
ing full evidence that Col. Burr died in the full
belief of Christianity.
Surprise Parties. —The Boston Timra re
lates the following interesting incident of a sur
prise parly “Every one knows that a ‘sur
prise party’ is where a company of gcnMcincn
and ladies agree to visit, carrying their own
provisions, some one of their acquaintances,
without any sign or notice of their coming be
ing given. A few nights since, in New Bed-
ford, a parly woh formed for Ihc purpose of
giving a surprise lo a married couple, but upon
proceeding to the house, it won found that an !
other visitor hud anticipated them only a few
hours. It was a girl, ‘a little darling.'and
looked just like its mother, Mess its heart! —
All parties were of course slightly ‘surprised.’
The ‘surprise’ weighed six and three quarter
pounds.
Mr. Bochanan in London. —Tho London
Chronicle of December 5, saya : “The individ
ual upon whom tho band and tho company
united in their desire to do honor was Mr. Bu
chanan,' tho American Minister, who was
ccivcd with loud demonstrations of applause,
while the bond struck up -Yankee Doodle.’—
The French Ambassador unfortunately entered
while the band was at the height of tho refrain
and the announcement of his name was quite
lost in tho noisy republican air. so that he pas
sed to his seal with scarcely any acknowledge,
mcnl.'*
Tiir Post Office Department. —The en
tire receipts ol the Post Ofllco Department for
the fiscal year ending on the 20lh of June last,
are stated at $0,373,044, being 8360.000 in
excess of the receipts of the previous year. But
the extension of the mail service and the in
crease in tho expense of transporting tho mails
hove been proportionally increased, and caused
the outlay to exceed tho revenue. So that
there is yet something wanted to render the
Post Office a self-sustaining department. Tak
ing into view its benefit to all classes of people,
1 there is no service to which an appropriation
1 should bo more cheerfully accorded.
When are Sank Hotel "at fat I"
• A BUll was kftqjy decided before Judge Pear
son, at Harrisburg, In which the Bank of Cham
bdrsburg was sued for the amount of the penalty
Imposed by the( 47th section of tho General
Banking Law, Which requires that tho banka
oast of tho mountains, shall keep tholr notes at
par In Philadelphia, those west of tho mountains,
In the clty bf 'Pittsburg. If any bank fidls (o
comply, & penalty is Imposed flnringsuch length
of time'as Its notes may bo under pur, at tho
rate of two mill* peV annum on every dollar of
the average amount of Ul circulation for tho
preceding year. The suit was decided against
tho Commonwealth, because of some Infoimali
ty In bringing iti but tho following point, made
by Judge Pe'ntton as to tho meaning of the
words, “at par,M ia of importance, If Hlsto be
adopted as a general principle :
“Tho notes Off* hank at par, within the mean
ing of this aqftis whenever they aro equal to
gold and stoejJ lor ortHrfkry purposes. The
phrase *at par notTuoart that the paper
must booreqehttfUn the custom house, at the
city banks, qr bribe brokers. II the notesare
equivaleht lbj'ik and silver for all onhnnry
business tnuiauctbns, they arc at par within the
true of.tho act."
GovEiVNon^tw 1 Wisconsin. —A dispatch
from Miiw&AkM,'"dated December 17. conveys
the gratifying" tkdlligcnce that the Board of
Canvassers,have,declared \Vra. A. Barstow.fhe'
Dcmocratid'nmitlltfate'for Governor, elected by
159 isa glorious triumph Tor
,lbe Democob:^>f;Wisconsin. Never were more
herculean to defeat" uoandidite.
Gov. Barsta4r d»d Vetoed two >Tatoe Liquor
Laws passed by W fanatics who controlled.the
last- Legislaturei «nd in ..consequence had nr
myedAgainst him in thelate contest oil tho
cold watfcr 'fetiiibn, all the K. N s. all the Re
publicans,and hundreds of recreant Democrats
who, bis defeat, went over to the
opposition. Yet, over all these, he has glori
ously triumphed, and that, too, in the face of
a majority, of. thousand given ogqinst the
Democratic.party last year. It is truly grati
fying to recordtuch a victory, achieved under
such cirqumatapccs.
A Palk Fags as Good as an Indian.—By
a recenf’act of Uiiir Legislature, the Chcrokces
will admit * while man to the rights of citizen
ship among them, upon his application to one
of the clerks of the District Court for a li
cense to marry! Mid his taking an oath of al-
Icgicnce to support the constitution and laws
of the Cheokec nation, and not to seek legal re
dress outside of tie nation.
A Pretty Broad Hint. —To a fond mother,
whose children were at the lime making them
selves disagreeable, a gentleman observed. “I
have a decided preference for bad children,
madam.” “Bow strange: and pray for what
reason?” said ■■rU’causo they are always
sent out of the foom ! ”
He Forgot'i'nAT —Com. Stockton has writ
ten another letter, in : which he says we must
“restore the Govanmenl, as It was in thodays
of Washington, to the hands of Americans
alone.’ 1 Ho-must have forgotten that Wash
inglonrtiimseir selected among his cabinet, a
''foreigner” Alexander Hamilton, as the first
Secretary of the Treasury the United
States.
Dr. Kane.—Wo find In tho Washington Un
ion a letter from Jho British Minister in Wash
inttwnx. Mr. tq Dr. Kane, of thwU>
ntnent H»dl|an npprised of his sofa return,
and desired ttf .congratulate him and his crow
and officer* oiVthfcir reaching home, and to ex
press the giatllnde of his government,
and of the Bfillah people, for their genorom
exertions. Dr. Kano replied in suitable termi
ol acknowledgment.
.gy ronng Sumner, who was recently cow
hl(M Q nd shamefully abused by two
Jealous husband?, In Boston, has died of the in
juries receded. A Coroner's jury hasuturned
a Verdict in accordance with the tucti*, and the
parlies, Messrs. !)allow and Com n.\ bu' hern
committed to answer tho charge o( murder.
Sooth Carolina Politics. —The Legislature
of South Carolina adjourned Thursday at mid
night Mint die. Tho bill to give tho election ol
Presidential electors to tho people wos lost.
Tho meeting called to appoint delegates to
ttyfl Cincinnati Dumocratic National Convention,
did not act lor want of tlmu, but it is understood
Unit over 60 mem bora of Iho Legislature are in
favor of the Stale, being represented in that Con
vention.
Tub KAMA* Tbooblbs Settled.— Despatches
hire boon received at St. Louis, from Indepen
dence, dated tho 18th, stating that the trouble
at Lawrence has. been settled by the people pro
mising to dollvofyiii tho offenders, obey tho laws
of the territory, recognize tho Governor as such,
and conduct Uipmsoivca for the future as a law.
Abiding people; They refuse, however, to de
liver up their arms. Tho volunteers from Mis
souri have bodti disbanded and have returned
home.
Tub Pubsidewt's Message. —The Presi
dent has had tog message put in typo at the
While notifib/find tho type locked up lo pro
veui accidental The message is said to bo very
emphatic in (oho in gelation to England and
her diplomacy.
Omim'.—Tho director of the
statistical oti«?b'ln Chill publishes tho names
and ages of fytao persons—the youngest of
whom is 118, and the eldest 133 years of ogc.
Ono of (hem, who Is 120 years old, rccei
married a only 28 years.
The Office. —During the last
quarter, nearly,: 1,500,000 letters were opened
In the dead letter ofllco, Washington, D. O.; in
3000 of wbiahVjt sum of about $lB,OOO was
found, seven-eighths of which bos been relum
ed to the owners/ and tho remainder transmit
ted agreeably to the regulations ol the Depart
ment.
True.—Tho Washington t/m'on says that
the election of Mr. Banks, as Speaker, would
bo the most signal triumph that the Abolition
ists could ocluevc: it would bo hailed through
out the Black Bepublioan ranks as tho first
grand step towards the Inauguration of their
party.
What Sam may Expect.— At a Democratic
meeting held in Overton county, Twin., on tho
3d hist., among the resolutions adopted was
the following:
'•Resolved. That tho Democracy of Overton
county will. In tho next Presidential election,
treat Bam as they did in August last.’*
The widow of MrJ. John Paulding, one
of U» captors of Andre, died Peckskill, N.
Y., on the 270 i ult., eged 91. ■
App*!R3 in Mmoo. —Our accounts from
Mexico present the government ag 'still in
an unsettled condition, and it. is doubtfbl
whether AlvarCx can maintain his power. He
was'taken up by the revolutionary leaders, not
from aby particular Sdipiration of him, but be
cause ihey had made use of bis inaccessible po
sition. as a rallying point for the revolution*—
Alvarez, in his ftatncsscs, was' always safe
from Santa Anna’s troops, and was always
able to annoy him, S 3 soon os his troops were
out of sight, by a guerilla war.
and not any merit or popularity, or capocity
for government, was the reason for calling Al
varez to the bend of tho provisional govern
ment. He cannot, it appears, put around him
a cabinet council, and he is greatly at a loss
for money, having' found the Treasury bank
rupt. On the 4th of February tho constituent
Congress is to meet, composed of 100 mem
bers from various Slates and Districts of the
nation. They ore to fiamc a Constitution
within a year, which is to be Submitted to the
people for adoption, and a President Is then to
be elected in conformity with that
Meanwhile, if Santa Anna bcwot rcCalled.somb
new chief may step in tbc.plaqe.of Alfarez,and
dissolve and disperse tlic Congress.
Latest from Europe.—Tho steamship Asia
arrived at Halifax on Tuesday, bringing news
from Europe ono week later. Rumor* of peace
were still abundant, but nnauthcnticatcd. Nqv
erlholcsß Consols,wont up on (ho atrengthjdf
them. Tho allied forces at Kerlsch ha%o Wen
largely reinforced, arid the Russians continue
to threaten .It. In the Crimea, the Russians
have returned to their former positions, and
both they and tbo Allies have boon reinforced.
Tho Imperial Commercial Bank of Odessa has
failed. Tho allied squadrons frilhq'Ba\ticworo
on tholr way homeward. A Russian grand
council of war Is to bo held at St. Petersburg,
tfo settle npon a plon for the defence of tho ex
posed coasts and frontiers. There was an un
confirmed rumor that tho Russians had taken
Kars.
Two Men over Niagara Falls. —The Buf
falo (New York.) Conricris informed by a gen
tleman from Chippewa, Canada, that two per
sons belonging to that village went over the
Falls on Friday last. They were out on the
river fowling, and. in pursuit of game, ventur
ed too far into the current, and were conse-,
qucntly carried over the cataract.
Aft Editor Gorged.—A late number of the
Hopkinsville (Ky.) Press has the following ex
cuse : “We crave the indulgence of our readers
for the scarcity of editorial In this issue. We
have attended several weddings and parties
within the past day oijwo, and consequently
overcharged our appetites. In fact, wc were
let loose at a table of good things and founder
ed ourselves.”
Spunky.—A Western editor gives u colem
porary the following rather strong hint: “The
editor of the Social Visitor speaks of tis as a
reformed.dentist, and volunteers o little advice,
suggesting that we let politics alone and slick
to our profession. We beg fo inform tho gen
tleman that we puU teeth at the usual rates,
and the noses of impertinent meddlers for noth
ing.”
Contribution f'on tub Russians.—'The
Washington Unionfllalea that « pcrson^wjjg,
tit a—»«l/i iiwhnmrT bag
the dIiKToJ the Russian legation ‘ a 'check for
four thousand dollars to be transmitted to* fifrf
government. The unknown donor, who only
signed the initials M. Y., states in his letter
that, full of admiration for the gallant defence
of Sebastopol, he sends this liberal sum of mo
ney to be distributed among the widows and
orphans of the Russian soldiira who fell brave
ly fighting for their homes against foreign ag
gressors.
Several yearn ago. F, (J. Sherman and
others attached the printing materials of the
Chicago Advertiser for a debt which the pro-
prietor, Alfred Dutch, owed them : ho has nt
length succeeded in gelling a verdict for $15,-
000 against them for injury to his presses, and
throwing his typo into pi. in their rough man
ner of taking possession. People who attach
printers’ properly had better handle it gently.
(£7* Gov. Merriwealher. of Now Mexico, has
succeeded in negotiating treaties with all the
Indian tribes of that Territory, ond peace and
good will prevails among them. The treaties
have bcc n submitted to the Senate.
Mimtaiit. —Sonic gentlemen in Syracuse,
New York, desirous, no doubt, of getting mo
ney for themselves nnd glory for the military,
propose to give a watch worth $5OO to the best
drilled infantry company in the United Stales,
not in the army. The inducements are us fob
The likeness of the winning company will be
engraved on one side of the watch, and that of
the officers on the reverse—the captain to own
the watch. AM companies to drill by the same
tactics, have full thirty muskets each, and to
wear such uniform as thoy please. The trial
to lake place at some place to be known here
after. on the 20th of .Tune, 1856 : companies
to elect judges, and-each to pay $2O entrance
fee.
Young bos seventy wives.—
Couldn’t ho-boat Bamam on & «* baby show t”
CC7»Tho Spoakor of the Houso of Represen
tatives at Washington gotsslsloen dollars a day
for tils services, and tnllcugo like other motto,
burs. No wonder a good many aro willing to
|y | accept tho post.
The Pennsylvania Legislature will as
semble at Harrisburg on Tuesday next, being
the first day of J armory.
Gen Cass is in good health at present.—
lie is worth four millions of dollars, which is
quite a comfortable sum for a rainy day.
Clearfield ' Coomtt.— Tho Democrats of
Clearfield county held a general public meeting
on the 16th inst., and odopted-a lories of strong
and orthodox resolutions. They express a pre
ference for Mr. Buchanan lor tho Presidency |
recommend Ex-Oovemor Bigler for U. S. Son
ator, and also ns Senatorial Delegate from tho
district to (he 41b of March Convention.
Courting for Fun.— ln Kentucky at the
Flcminglon county court, a wealthy man who
courted a girl just for tho fun, has been mulct
ed in 80,000 damages for breach of promise.
Extensive Floor Mills. —There are 10 flour
ing mills, with eighty-four run of stone, enpablo
of manufacturing about ten thousand barrels of
flour per day, at Oswego, N. T. The facilities
for handling (ho grain are extensive, the eleva
ting capacity being about thlrty-slz thousand
barrels per hour, and tho storing room equal to
about two millions two hundred thousand bush
els.
From the N. Ti herald, Sunday . '
Corruption in Now York. *
The, trials of Judge .Stuart and'
the investigation lately ini progress before' the
Legislative Committee,have let people Into some
secrets with regard to .the police Torcoof this
city. 'lJlcycn hundred mien there. ate/moro or
less, among us, drawing a salary from the city
I for their services as keepers of. onjer nnd ene
i roles of vice ond.criroe; it becomes quite curi
ous to know howupany of them are thieves,
how roanynrp leview of black mail, how maoy
professional "suckers.”
On thb Sti«*rt£trial, it came to light that
members‘of the police force, were friends and
Associates of the worst class of thieves. They
Ttnew them fatiiiUttriy, went to their houses,;
associated witKHhhtn, sympathized with them,
and appatomly rojoiccd when they escaped the
llands of jnsiloo. •-
On ihfc'Jhtk'eP tHhl, the line between the pro
fesslonal inab and the policeman wos
drawn so? naVroW.'lliat they blended together,
’till’ it bccnmWraßst'impossiblo to say where
one bigfiriitfid’Oio dfber ended. It appeared
that inqh'Warag-the. police uniform engaged
in figTtis with* hitters—not pro-
I fessional-flghtain.thddischwgo.of their duty as
I preservation of pence:
but fights or&ray ?> VlndM which they wire
preserve.
Finally before the Legislft
live opmra(Vt,e§fli§ci9?cB.an utter .rottenness in
which even surpasses
all in infamy. It. appears
•that many«of IhrSQipaid. guardians of: the pub
lic peaceprcy.'likc.nultnrc.s oik Ihe lirtfortpnate
WWnen:VhQ-ani99ysjTcd.by modern society,
tax thanfcforjpyflpcotd;when they go out op tor-
presents, at* New
Year and Ohrialmaa, levy toll upop:Jlhpru*vl».en
wayi. and:cjc|ort:mo.
ncy.frojp ttoci*'W!rth they. rocct,;the whole -be
ing In consideration of the high and mighty
protcctiomnf 4homcklly officer. who can ob
tain n discharcc for an unprotected - female
when tdken'to the station house:
and who, tyhen required, can drop in discreetly
and ferriryinn'inSpbordrnalp.girl into subtnU-.
sion to her tyrannical mistress.
We likewise Icilrn that besides these pariahs,
not .a,tyg<rf||e jfific ape in lengno a<pnr
ccl of phacka who hang about the Tombs In or
der to criminals and prisoners.
Wcaro is usual, ft daily practice. I
which for years, for keepers and
offlccerBij»t Jhft Tfliwbs and oilier station houses
to sell to certain lawyers the monopoly of the
cases of the prisoners under their control for a
remuneration pqnnl to from thirty to forty per
cent, on the gtoss amount extorted from the
poor prisoners. One lawyer—of respectable
standing—tells us that he used to do this, but
when the police raised the per ccntngc from
thirty to forty per c;nt. he retired troin the
business, as Irtrdid not care Ip pay so much:
and now, he says, no ’matter how ardently a
prisoner may desire to have him for his coun
sel, it is impossible for Him to net.for the keep
ers of the prisons wdl not allow him to commu
nicate wiUihi| client,/
Now, wh -ask the Legislature at Albany
whether can or ought to be loltfn
ted ? WfDrttfere ever anything worse than the
facts vre have related, in the most corrupt city
of Europe in the most corrupt age ? Was there
anything worse at R»mc at the time when even
the vigor and the venom of a Tacitus failed to
depict - thb CbffrtpHon of the place ? And what
filmll we dcseryc if Wc submit to this and allow
this IcgislallVt session to po«R without the on
aclrncnt’orVncw charier with wholesome pro
fiaiona,? , .
Frvm ihi St. JLcuit Democrat, «f Wednesday.
EXD OF THU KANSAS AVAR.
We interview, last evening with Oen.
ShankliiniLinst returned from the scene of ihe
late diUicuUjcSr- in Kansas, giving ns very in
teresting,infypnation of the present position of
aflairsm Jtnoil^n>tory. r *Ue informs .ns that
the report published .in this city yesterday
of their arms by the
people nr Tin wi‘iijSf'*T>' : Tnt illy incorrect. The
I propofiiii6i>ji>svipt#Cc.cniho ffon* Atchison and
I Sirannonj at; xticboncll held m Lawrence Inst
I Friday Saturday. - at which a treaty of
peace wo* coheluded. To the demand made
ujK)n thpro Vobey the laws, and deliver up
their arms; tile people of Lawn nee responded
by professing their constant willingness to do
the former, but Hotly refusing to yield the lat
ter point.
On these terms hostilities were tenninafed,
and the Missouri irpops-received orders on Sun
day morning to disband. The Missourians
were aruAxnvith revolvers and double-barrell
ed shot-guns, ipid were, for the most part,
mounted. T,hey were encamped at Wakorusa,
on the road from I*awrencc to Westport, six
miles from the former place, ami at Lccomp
ton, on the Kansas river, ten miles west of
Lawrence, being -at no lime more than 600
strong at Wakdrnsa. or more than 200 at Le
comptoii. Tho Free Stale men amounted to
700 In Lawrence, all armed with Sharpe’s ri
des. w lule 200 more could easily have
gathered from Ifye looming country, and were
therclore, in nfrfear of the result had a collis
ion unfortunately arisen. I
The disbapd’mg gave rise to general murmurs
| and exCcratidfls of Shannon among the Missouri
troops. Most, 6f them reached Westport on
Sunday night..having suffered intensely during
the previous njgliifroin a terrible storm of rain
snow and wind, which terminated in piercing
cold. They hist many horses, some having
been stolen by the Indians, some having stray
ed nvvny, andVoi Hits having died at Westport
from fatigue. They also lost many of their
arms.
At Westport they threatened to tear down
the hotel at Kansas Cliy.nmla committee from
ihot place to go to Westport to
remmiftlxux.Jlhft.inbAbUantp determining to
defend llnlfunel Av*nll hazards should the ro
monsiratoieo fihhdf netfect. No demonstration,
howevctvWAs’mndeJ
Wo that the report of the
shooting of IWo dKthrcc of the Frec-SoiJ men
is without TdutidMlon. The only man shot
was James Barker, who was not a resident of
Lnwrenccrbut'lioed some 4 miles from the
townv aml/iWAS-neaphis-house when kilted. He
was riding ntohg''thQ road, when ho was called
to by Q ptrtyi Dl- which Maj. Richardson was
one; ahfCcommnußtd to hall. lie rodo on with*
•but pursued.* shot
do wd ilKffTcfl 1 1 v oh’ the road. He was af
terwards ftdtfcti'by a Company 6f the Lawrence
-Oragobntriinto Lawrence.
• The OnEAt <pArJ?RS Will Cask.—The Su
preme- Conrt of Louisiana has reversed the Into
decision of thtfSocond District Court, and de
creed that Donirl-Glark’s will of 1813 bo pro
bated; nhd that Mrs. Gen. Gaines bo put in
pftjVcrty, now amounting in
v«lup, to several million? of dollars..
Tills most remarkable case in
tho legal aQnalaoMhis country. Daniel Clark,
of Ncjv tho father of Mrs. Gaines,
made.a to her tho bulk of his
Vast estates*'- JUpoiirhifi deathnosuch will was
found ; but another will was discovered, mak
ing a totally different distribution of his prop
erly ; and the. properly was accordingly ap.
propriaVed. Some twenty odd years ago, Mrs.
Qcn. Gaines was informed through some con
temporaries of her father, of the true state of
tho coso: and from that day to this she has de
voted herself ii);shis case, with a singleness of
.purpose, perseverance and heroism ot the high
est order, to tho restitution of her father’s
properly and her own character as his legal
and exclusive legatee. From one court to an
other in various shapes, (but never directly up
on tho will till within the last two years.) she
has been battling with her adversaries for more
, than twenty years, and has expended in that
„ time, in this litigation, thousands upon thou
sands of dollars, often raised under the greatest
1 difficulties. Sometimes almost despairing—but
■ never subdued.
C 7“ Bishop Potter has been chosen President
of the’ Pennsylvania Colonization Society. In
place of lion. Joseph U. Ingcrsoll,’ resigned.
; From thtt i/„,~7T^
IMw.NoU.IBg Piogramme lot ig s^
plo of
Stnlo Its electors, according insi' i
views, the peculiar interests
impulses of the voters." . ~ B PWitefl,
Tho.BUovo proposition, .from il r m,„, •'
vis’ pamphlet on tho Know-Nolhiuk oa«s »*'
tains, wo believe, tho very norm oniS'^W'
1 zution, and tho ot)ly plait ePiciiJi iwSSWa
they, can pretend to m^ea .fight>&"
tho plan, we are constrained Vi ia i d |L
degree of political
cal principle, much more creditable Vn^0 f 2! t l* l
nose of the leadersfor office,“han
ness in prCSpctt oftrnth 'orc6nBisS/^? c "*'
and all the world, with tholr '
are aware that llttre In no one ooslH?* '
b>- either oh
their new party. Tho spectacle doll
vision of tho observer through tho Ki? 1
Ing kaleidoscope charms no less by
l»il brilliancy of its colors, jthaa b/thoVis?* 1
Ing variety of its shapes. -Now lUa «t££i' n ij hj
the cerulean hue of patriotism, and H?-! I*l 1 * 1
fiery red of demngoguelsm. l?n? T
nated with tlio.light and.holo.of &
ty, and then, darkened by the amokofnd ft&r: •
by the lurid Arcs of pcbjecutlbn. At
ment it shihes with' Til>6mllf| n i n uJtSlvSf®*
overcast with narrow>mindcdncal. *- / v 1 ■
And so, shako It find turn U arid Iwtrf
you will, no shapes Will oyer repeat I
no combinntlona will retain their tonS* w, e, »
gave it a turn, and attaightwtfyltfi Btcr ,‘
reared to fall from U like jt.vl ap * i
shook It smartly.in GeorgUi
gation slid aside and Ulaippearedv *
the. Catholics .Qf.J-oWwmui niStfeqVjdj&ffi
■nnji an.<in|irvly.n«w:isTCTngßincnt iji ifp!
?’ The, ■*
tion, for they
Ing the novelty of fho fb)n£ may be, thecoioifd
beads of principles bAdhits of brbla'n ft f
profession, which fbrrdctftho vlocSr
the thing and Its prfiprtetutw, arc rather rvcftlu
and silly aubjccti for the’ffdhirrallbn d*Tull
grown nion. The managers, therefore, tmiirirct
ns something new, which they ffropow-toSut
tnrward as “tho practice of the «trlh>rAsc/,.s
fhe republic.” ‘ . “ r
Next November a President ii to beeleetab •
hut to bring the different sections of Kaow.
Notliingism into National Convention would be
suicidal, ns the tale ol the Kilkenny csti'wenM
inevitably hut foreshadow their fate. Noneht
would ho left ol cither Iml a small; terr i*ill
tall. A happy expedient has been bit upon wo
understand. Indicated in Ihe.cxtmtt from kr ’
Davis Which hrods.thU article, which will In
their ortlnlon, avoid all risks and tot
of the beat results. It is this. As mcrotiefi of
Congressman* to bo elected «according fo'tho
Individual views, the peculiar interetis ihd tho
patriotic Impulses” of the section Irt whlohiher
reside, so it ts l proposed tho elector* for Pml
dent and Vice President, and electoral tickets
pledged to the support of some named candi
date. The electors elected then voted foMhosa
to whom tljcy had been pledged; *ud ihongh
tho election was in theeyoof the Uw by.-the
electors, yet in fact it was by tho people then,
selves. . .....
The Know-Nothings will either malte oo Dnm-
Inntloo for President, or they will mike terrni
to suit the views of the tnrions svctiuni.irtWlr
concern. They will then run eleclnnd
in each Stole, on such issues ns thcvmiybo
strong enough to entry that Slate; Thjii in
Mnssnclmsctts their candidate and'ilteir ticket
in nr lie nlira abolition, headed by Gartner, anti
in Virginia, strongly Southern, hendfcd brtfflj 1 .
ner and Bolts; but being independent ifctcti.
having dlfll-rent candidate, neither will*!*
weight to or inconittiode the other. '
In Conni’clieul theymny be opposed to inch
ns can neither read nor write, and in Maine to
such at “take a little wine ter their atomach’a
sake.”
In Louisiana they may he in furor of Homan
Catholics and opposed to foreigners; In tibloln
favor of ibieignera and opp's;*d to Catholic* i.
and in Maryland opposed to the Pope, (hePatch,
the Irish, aod every thing.generally* andotily is
f)ivnr .of .getting a sop fhjm the public lo shape
of cppHtablcs, and ie.jorlhj.ttd
jrwt alt these .wßl'ha 1 rwht mw+ ***s fftfpAfrp***'
dionf, for will they not all be ««.JinencinhV in
furor of “Americana rnllne AiperUaP*
gods ihoiitd SOfnvor them that tt niajcwnyoxtha
electors chosen should bo thofrpatenl “Ameri
cans.” then all minor differences of bpiolnti n
fo the constitution, slavery, the Fope,"&c. r ,hc.,
will straightway bo merged in thegreat question
of selecting o President from the patriot! ready
and willing to make any sacrifice for the psblo
good. The electoral colleges may be tailed to
gether by a grand council, made to ballot lor
their choice, and have that confirmed *by the
great Sanhedrim; or (he national council tniy,
in the first place, select (he man to be elected.
In fact, ho may ho ebosen by it lorng. befot* lit
election, antfalT the electors *‘lll be nfiSbttff
to do,, will Ik» to enroll the decree of Ibjatpnl*-
sant and invisible body. Tbcjy If n.o fynttf
its quarreling in secret*session; atich fjfckfnrigs
arc lor the public eye; However, the wfifnlls
may he arranged, of this we are confident, that
tho course above shadowed forth will be m
game «>f tho Know-Nothings for thePrcsidentf
in 1850.
Tlauktbd dt an Ab3AbSiw.,— According lo t
correspondent of the Lynchburg, (Yd/) firp™*
hcan. a citizen of Srnj’th-county. Gtorgo W. ,
Richardson, by name, has*, for • several y<*fl 1
liasl bee" pursued by a. malignant imf ofr
mown foe. with theview, apparently- ol mur
der. but for what object.is a completemyrtwy
lie has Ixxrn assailed with rocks, fired open*
beaten with a club, and slabbed,'during |h*
hours of darkness; and yet he-has escaped with
his life, although at times badly injortd-ptr*
sonally. Last summer his barn was set on tire,
and his crops destroyed, probably by-the mb*
mysterious enemy: and recently ;a. pickig*
wan sent to Mrv ,IL, which was found- to <on*
urin a large apple ; but ho fore bore to Uslt "n*
til he examined it. and well for him wash ing
he did so—for the apple was thoroughly
ed with arsenic, During the last month while
Mr. R. was visiting a relative, in Mariou»art*
gro left word for him that his aunt was 1/frJ
dangerously ill some three .miles distant*
immediately repaired to the place ■ and ioum
his aunt perfectly well. •> Concluding th*tAber«
was a plan to.waylay hinvon hia retum.‘b«°/*
(ermiued to remain where hewaS. Drtnngl"
night he lay down to sleep near a window 1 , W
I was soon aftewardsciu»aKcncd;by I be. report
I a pinlol.and a w
j face and head. It was soon diwoorcrrd i»
1 had been fired upopftl{rt>pgh a broken S 1 * I
l the window, and that the ball had barely
ed the skin of his head, and lodged m IM P.
1 low. !Thislftst,outrage has so giwly
; the indignation of the'citizens of Smytb,
every conceivable effort will cow *, j.,
discover the fiendish - author of thcsc^ u
signs. This is certainly the moat. fCt uLiiloo*
instance of persevering villainy snd wirw
preservation from death that, wo ever net
Qbn. Cass.—Of this veteran fllat««oj•
correspondent of tho Philadcljpbi»_ f
say«: , IMI fl#
••Time lays its hand kindly u P? n i,L ir ilk'
never appeared in finer health, and n«t _
ed with more cheerful atop. £v* r y ®f*j (0 yj
indicates that his useful -life* dcdical
country, will be prolonged for respect
He is greeted by all that honor an...
which his obilitics. integrity, .P e®'
ccs, justly award him. • Ho , ®J*^[ lflCB irhicl>
ployed in preparing for tho active “ o ftW
devolve upon him as a leading me
Senate, and will participate largely t ], e Srt»;
cussions wWoh are about to ensue
ate Chamber, upon the \ j( did*
public interest which now ag»t® to
the country. "
Branra Pamiob — A. young MY r ,
ononymously in tho oolunmß of ft
“ For ray own part, I c ° nf “’* * , 11, Hi**.,
of my heart, and ray constant pmy" r llo njl<
may bo bloaaod with a good and»™ d
husband, and that I way boi ago to
tionato wife and mother. S!*®® 1 ® iejf-W* ll
this I hope for grace to rcalgn toy
will t>o a hani lyial fdr mo*