AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. JOHN B. BHATTON, Editor k Proprietor , CARLISLE, FA., JAN. 24, 1856. apprentice wanted. VBOY about 10 years of age, possessing a good odnention, will bo taken nt this office 1., learn tho printing business, if application bo made soon. Standing Conimlliec meeting. Agreeably to notice given, tbo members of tho Standing Committee of Cumberland conn- IV mot at Slioll’s Hotel, in Carlisle, on the mb mil. Thomas C. SconiXEn was oho„on 1 resi dent, and Dr. Irn Secretary. On motion, the following resolution was That the Democratic citizens of mo several wards, boroughs and towns >M«. °[ Cumberland county, bo requested to met I at UHr usual places of bolding elections on Sat iny th» All. Instant, and elect two delegate, to meet in County Convention, tit Carlisle, on Tuesday Ilio 20lh Instant, at 11 o clock, lo np noint delegates to the Slate Convention. Thomas (J. Scouu.br, liest. Ira Day , Scct’y. Congress. —The voting lor Speaker still goes on, with about tbo same result ns heretofore.— Tho country Is safe from any unnecessary legis -1 uion as lofig as it continues. Signor Blitz, as will be seen by In, card in another column, will Rite four more en tertainments nt Marion Hall, on tile ->tii ami 29th afternoons and evenings. Of course eve rybody “and the rest of mankind” will attend. Lost Fi'lis. A sol of furs, belonging to ti §U)U, between 5-SUO nnd $1,000: sso.between lady of Carlisle was lost a few evenings since and sSilft: $3O. between $l5O and 3300; | on the Walnut Bottom Road, between Centre* $25, when the rental is under $l5O. Section. | villc nnd Carlisle. The finder will receive the 1 jive provides that ihc tavern keepers who ap-j thanks of the owner by leasing them with the j,jy for license lo sell only cider, beer, ale, malt 1 editor of this paper. and brewed iKverages. shall beclasscdin the ( • , same manner as mentioned in the fourth section j House Kiuxn—Nanaow hsctrn— » lin<l h)ial) be assessed and taxed according lo . Saturday afternoon last. Mr Petec Misirn it , clnss in ..l.icli they shall bo placed, at one I and wife, residing near NeweiHe. in allempling hdr ~1 (. r;1 u . s „|, ovc mentioned. Olher soc le cross the railroad -a mile or so west of I nr- |m|ls prnvul( , mll , l( . ri , us details. One section 1 lisle—in a one horse slush, were run mm iv UKl ,, ls lhlll tlu , lu „. h b„ll not bo constrncd lo i the passenger tram of ears. 1 lie tram mlerfere wnh the Sunday law. nrr the law of going at full sined. and s.nn ■ lie mi e a (V .. i 5..:., to protect certain dinnrstie and tubed U> the sleigh, hilling linn instantly.--- ' M)a ~r cvt. i a a b„se in the sale Mr. and Mrs Mmen .seap.d without li.jnrt usc „f mu,:,,eating drinlts. Thu last sec - hut had the sleigh heen a foot farther forivard „, c „„ t „ f A]inl 14 , they undoubted!, would have lain kintal. jiHoxii ,. iUng lllorSi anll lt ,e dun Finn Pu ,;s.-Would d not ho will In n.-l of I'ilh of April, 1 Sl'.', and provides lliat condemnation. Bear in mlml that the de examine the fire plops ofnur hoimipli ! Thev "" I"-'”"' " f ‘"O' >»””>• ">"• or l,oU ' l ' J “ n bo i fendnnUnero convicted on Friday, and on.Mon mav be in a frozen condition, and there is no limalur Rranted unless subject to the provis- day lollowing the i.nrdon was rend in Court, so * . „ . , , vv nil ions of tli's art that it must have been made out on Saturday or telling when a fire mas hnnk mil. We all ,<m * m u,,s ‘‘ 1 , , lu ® . .Sunday. Now, ns only two days elapsed bo know that an ounce o proven.atm ' >l Hi cKsrnns —Our Carlisle market, of late i tween (he rendering of the verdict and Ihc road pouncl of cure. Ihe pi opt i uul mnliea smu i v ,. nrs ) ias l M^.n nnnty ruined by the hucksters, i„g G f I lie pardou in Court, it in impossible that i attend to ibis immediately. nm | wo ibiuk it high tune our nlr/.ens KhnuUl j either of the rules in the above proclamation I could have boon complied with ; and, unless the Governor or his friends can show such “ pecu liar circumstances” as would “justify then sus pension,” he must lie content to stand before the community as a man utterly destitute of ve racity, undeserving tho respect or confidence of any portion of the people. PnOTKSTAKT Mission in Ikf.i.anii —Weun Hike net,„„ In remedy the ov.l. These hurk dcrsland that part of the •■Depuliuim, from Hie steps are in the lml.it of scouring the county m Wesleyan Melhodixt Church in Ireland" »ho ward. ~f ell kinds of produce—poultry, eggs, have been holding meetings m the large cues butter, icgilahlcs, te., «hich the; take to the for some weeks past will, great success, is city markets. If tins practice is snirercd to about to visit our borough. A public meeting, continue, the nine is not far distant when we in behalf of the Weshu an Mission in Ireland, 'shall have to purchase the produce we require will be held in the M. K. Church on Honda) in Philadelphia or Baltimore: in other words evening, the 2Stl. lost., at 7 o'clock. Addresses we w ill hare to purchase and bring back to our j will be delivered by the Rev. Wsl. Ul Tl.Kll, of county the produce that has been huckstered I Lynn, (Mass.,) the Rev. llninNsnc Scott, of out of it. We think, therefore, our citizens Ireland, and the Rev. Dr. M Cmstuck. As would do well to petition the legislature on the subject IS one of gnat interest to Protest- this subject. A petition like the following, we ants of all Denominations, we hope that there think. slnles ihe case fairly : will he a general attendance on this occasion. ( Ta tluficnatr ami Hume oj i}«pr»»n/^irc.,4-r. b r The undersigned citizens of the county of jv-t* The mom* merry sleigh hells still jingk Cumlxdand, respectfully represent, that the C nifrT T nicr 7 b J b lawsjSrting LoJlawkcrs and Peddlers, are not musically on ourslreeU.fnmi early dawn hlMatc , * lri t t 0 prole ct the communi- 1 at night. Gay pleasure-seekers, by the score. | 'imposition, nor is the license, as nt ; with faces beaming with smiles and hesy«s warm- rated. sufficient, in comparison to the j cd with good nature, go daily in all directions amount fixed upon the legitimate trader and in search of fun and frohe. We hea, that Paper- , TJm ~«n.y;• ™\ town is the point possessing most attractions ,\ ucc () f the farm, often in exchange for other] and comes in foi the largest share of the par- rtUICS fin( | goods, which they can) with them, j lies going hence, to mingle in the gay carnival ,| MIS piew tiling saul produce from reaching its Our friends Mr Mathew Mu.nu: and ladyproper market place, and enabling than, h) uur inen . , , \ menns of combination, lo cxlorlexorbitant pn know lull well how lo furnish sources o! n\y<\ • ; <;(f? f (jr Sft „j p ro( i lw >e. Your petitioners would | luent to the young folks of < arhsle- Iho did j | it . ;(V vnU] honorable bodies for the passage of die and the bow" have never been ••/!»■,g up" I . x law, living a license ranging from one lo and is yet an •• in5ti1,..,,.,. " among the de n- j three hundred _ dollars, according In the amount . , , t ii. ~ ,i lfvL | sold, upon all hawkers and pet:ldlers—who buy zens of Paperlow n . and cm i thud) knows that | ‘ gain sucl) of the farm nspoul the “catgut” is a prolific parent of atnusemont j (r y \>ut«c r . and diiwl frnUs. believing among plcasure-sukers, and an mslninienl 1 il, al ,i would mimve the great evil under which more fondly rhei'shed and more fnvpu nt! v the euimmniity is now sidlenug. played upon, than the “harp of a thou s-a n d j V J StATK lUK \SfllKR — lUK \ HTK IN C MCI S strings. ! —ln the Taurus of ihe Democratic members of Ccutißiti A.vn Fihk Coju-a sv. At a me- ting j ( j R , i A ..,,.,iatn r e on Fi idu) evening last, 70 voles of the Ciiiiilkji land Fire Company, held on the W(ri , t , aHl Neeesvaiy to a choice 40. The 19th instant, lht> following gentlemen were idee- I linm||ml lon was made on the first ballot, the led officers of the Company for the ensuing year , V()lc . Ktaiu i m -_ Mn-rnw 10: Hamlin U. God- Pr«i.drr./-U<d.ert >r< nine) . \m U 1, MeClmloek 7, .scanning HI. Henry SfCTthiry— 1 tulip tangle) Tr.amrfr-lUi.rv S Hitler. S Magraw, of Lancaster, was then, hy nuimn- Ftrtt Director - Peter Spahr. ' munis vote, declared I lie candidate lor Stale 2d “ —Thomas P, I> won J CommiUff nf .Irrnunl* —Stephen Keepers Goorgo A. DUlman, Kdwm 0. Quigley. Committee of /(cpnr>— William Spahr, Solo- , moo Stouffer, John T. Lolmoh Ladder t’ommiHM-lMnhp AUsp.ingh. Gen ( Whiteman, John Spahr, jr Statk Treasurer — Henri S M' l -' l "' Esq-, of Lancaster oily, wan elected Stale Treasurer on Monday last, by the Legislature Wo have known Mr. Mahiuw for many \rnrs, and hesitate not to say, that a better selection could not hove been made, lor many > rnrs ho has been a steadfast and hard uoikuig Democrat, and a man of exemplary chanwtii in every respect. The fact ‘*l i ,m * riceiimg the nomination (in the Democratic caucus! on first ballot, was not only a (lallmng compli metil to him, blit evidence that he stood high in the estimation of the members of Assembly We predict he will make a very tlficieniand popular officer- Fubsii Shad —Dkuckhis —We have the Slcastirc to acknowledge the compliment of a ;no frcab shad, from our fm-nd. Mr. Jov Braromcl, of Kensington, now in Savannah, Georgia, engaged m shad fishing. —Puhln Ledger. The above reminds us of the Kindness of a friend at Harrisburg, who, a few weeks since, gave two very largo salmon into the care of OHO of our citizens, with directions that he should hand them to us. It appears, however. 1 thftt this man happened to be a lover of salmon himself, and, without leave or license, graced his own table with them, and did'nl even invite U 3 to dinner. It was a decidedly *m/i/ trick. Military Convention. A Htnlc iilnry| hi'htaineti.—The innovation on the part of Convention Convention assembled at nrriK- j l(J p ruJl d CJ ii t j„ sending his message to the burg on Monday last. Ocn. George Cadnalia- jj I)UKC 0 f Huprcßenlativea before its organiza der was chosen President, a series of resolu- fj on generally sustained, owing to tjic impor tions was adopted, and a committee appointed ft LLj( iU j t . G f o ur relations with England.— to draft a bill to regulate the military system | Wc t i,| nk t | lc position of our government u of the Slate, and urge its passage upon the r Rtrong onP( an d that there is no other means of Legislature. 1 preserving friendly relations, Ilian by England \[y No franking privilege ««»U ... K.. K - j ™ving her pretensions. That she can aflbrd gland. Even the ((neon ha? to pny her penny to rink a tear is out of the question, with her I present. unfmiblicd job on bund witli Russia, postage. * J KKW LIQUOR LAW. The venerable Judge Wilkins, chairman of the Committee on Vice and Immorality in the State Senate, has reported a bill to take the place of the present Jug Law of last-session.— The bill is quite lengthy, and for the present we can give but a synoposia of it. Section one prohibits and declares unlawful all taverns,ho tels, inns nlc and beer houses, and restaurants, | ns well as all the public places, or rooms kept i ' for the sale of vinous, spirituous, malt or brew- j cd liquors, unless licensed agreeably to the act. .Section two requires a person licensed by the j treasurer to be a citizen of the United of good moral and sober character, and to pay the assessed sum for the license, and re-. quires him to give bond to the Commonwealth. , with one or more surilics, in $l,OOO, condition- 1 ed that the citizen shall not sell or deal in any wine, brandy, rum, w hiskey, or such like spir ituous liquor rendered unwholesome or aduler ated, and shall not suffer drunkenness, de bauchery. Ac., in his house, Ac. Section three establishes two classes of taurns; one to sell I wines, brandy, spiiits and malt and brewed li ! quors, and the other to soli cider, beer, ale. | porter, and malt liquor. Section four provides 1 that the license shall be rated according to the j estimated valuation, or the rental of the house intended to be occupied, as follows : For the first class, SI.OOO, where the rental is $lO,OOO or more: $BOO, where the renial is between SS.UOU and $10,0(10; 8600, where the rental is ' between $0 000 and 88,000; 8400, between $4.0d0 and $8,000; $3OO, between $2,000 and '84,000; $2OO. between $l,OOO and $2,000; county Slates, Trcasnt ir [' /'tlrnhinn’s .Miipn/,m( for February, is an r-veeedmplv beautiful issue. It contains three of the lines I ouginal hlcel engravings. besides some wtU-cxeeuud wood-cuts. and a snpnrb colon<\ Pans Fashion Plate. The literary con- \ tents are b\ our best writers, and will compare! in point of pleasing vauety.and positive menl 1 nub those of any periodical of a similar char- 1 not it now published. The publisher of “(ha ham" begins the New-Yenr in a manner wor thy of his ‘ illuhliious predecessors.’’ and gives Ins subscribers a guarantee that the Magazine shall, m all respects, sustain its well earned reputation. Fast avp Loosk —lt will be remembered Ihnl al Uic lasl session of the Legislatures law was passed changing the compensation of mem bers from the per diem pa)' of three dollars ns it then existed, to SfiOO per session. The Leg udatuie adjourned, leaving said bill in the hands of the tiovernor. who recently returned the same with his objections; although he had previously given Ins approval to the nppropri ation bill containing a similar provision. With out expressing any opinion ourself, as to the propriety of the measure, wc cannot help thinking it an after thought of (Jov. Pollock, vetoing the law itself, when he had sanctioned 1 the measure already, as before intimated in the appropriation bill of last winter. Wonder if tins veto would have made its appearance had the present body been of like complexion with the former onef GOV. POLLOCK AND PABDONS. The frequent oxctciso of the pardoning pbw or by Goyv Pollock, is boglnplng to arrest the attention* of the press in all parts of bur State/ Never, in the history of Pbtmsylvaniai has this power been so wantonly abused. ; Not satisfied with granting pardons to scores of villains confined in the Eastern and ‘Western Penitentiaries, but the Goverhbrp'utstho courts at defiance, by granting pardons to culprits bo. lore they had received their sentences. It will he remembered by our renders that shortly after Guv. Pollock had boon Inducted into office, ho | promulgated certain “ Rules” in reference to pardons, directed “ to all future applicants for I pardons.” How stultified 1 must the conscience ; of the man have become who could frame and 1 publish such “ Rules,” aud thou almost immo -1 diately afterwards depart from both their spirit aud letter. But read the “ Rules,” and then decide upon the conduct T o.f the Governor: First—Satisfactory evidence will bo required that at least five days previous notice of the in tended application for the pardon was given to the JJiatrict Attorney of the city or county in which the conviction look place. Second—That at least ten days’ previous no tice of the intended application be given in at least one newspaper, published in the city or county in which the conviction took place. To show how these “rules” arc adhered to, the ! Harrisburg Patriot and Unton, details the fol ( lowing case : —On the 10th of March, about 11 j o’clock at night, in the borough of Birmingham, in Huntingdon county, five individuals, named j James C. Clark, A. M. Graflius, James McCa- I ban, D. G. Owens and Samuel T. Martin, dis* ! gnisod with false faces, and otherwise, broke I into a grocery of a licensed dealer, knocked him down aud wounded him, wont into Ids cellar, broke in the heads of his whiskey barrels, ami poured out his liquor. The defendants—all young men—were brought to trial for tills fla grant outrage and brcnch’of the peace, at thn last August session of the Court, and were ail convicted of tho crimes charged against them in the indictment. Tho verdict of the jury was J rendered on Friday evening of the first week of i tho Court, and the young men were permitted I to go home on the condition of their returning • 1 on Monday morning to receive sentence and 1 1 have the judgment of tho Court passed upon j 1 them. On Monday morning they appeared, and I were called up for sentence, when their counsel i produced and read, in arrest of judgment, a pnr \ don from James Pollock, under the broad seal of 1 the Commonwealth, and the defendants wore dis charged. This caso we present to the friends 1 and apologists ot ITis Excellency for approval \Jfp~ Those of our readers who pay attention to tho proceedings of Congress, cannot have failed to notice that Mr. Banks, in reply to in quiries pul to him by Mr. Barksdale, on Sutur \ day week, “referred to tho records of last year lor his views on the taring” and as that record clearly and unmistakably proves Jdm to he n Free Trader, the cncmjr of tho fnthtslrlth interests of Pennsylvania, ft cannot fall to bo a matter of wonderment and surprise that any member from Pennsylvania, who professes to ! bo in favor of sustaining its coal and iron intcr j eats, should still adhere to his support. Such | a course can only be accounted lor in one way,- and that is, that those who do so have been car- I ried off by tho one idea Republicanism, and are determined to make every other interest subser vient to the slavery question. How fur the peo ple ot the State will sustniu them iu such a course, lemains yet to be seen, but we opine the next election will pretty effectually solve that doubt, and show that Pennsylvania is not yet Abolitioidzed. Farmers’ Hum School.— At a laic meeting of the Trustees of the Fanners’ High School of Pennsylvania, a plan for the Agricultural Col lege to be erected m Centre county, was adop ted, a building committee appointed, and a Treasurer elec led who was authorized to re ceive the ten thousand dollars appropriated for the school by the Pennsylvania Agricultural Sol let v. Win. (». Waring, Esq., of Centre county, a distinguished Horticulturist, was ap pointed to lay out the farm, plant fruit trees, and superintend the horticultural department generally. There was also a committee chosen to solicit an appropriation from the present Legislature to aid in the establishment of the institution. With the subscription of &1(),UU0 guaranteed by the citizens of Centre county, ami the $5,000 bequeathed by the late F.lliotl Crcsson, of Philadelphia, the trustees will have the sum of 825,000 to begin with; and should 1 ihe Legislature make a liberal appropriation 1 m addition to this fund, they will be enabled i to commence this important public enterprise upon a scale winch cannot fail to allbrd male . tml assistance to the agricultural iidcrcsla of •. our Slate. Fiiozkx to Ukatii —Scarcely a paper wo open from llio Norlh or East but gives account of persons freezing to death during the late cold weather. Lkat vbah.— The year Ib&G ia u leap year, and wo announce to our lady (riends, that it is their unhappy privilege to “ pop the question" for tho next twelve months. Don’t do it “ like men" stuttering and stammering, blushing and nervously wriggling, but come up boldly to the point, like angels ns yon are. [£/” Gov. Bigler, the ncwly-ekctcd U. S. senator from Pennsylvania, has consented to remain at the head of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company, provided the retention of the presidency of tho road does not interfere with his public duties. (fy** The valuation of property in Pennsyl vania for the year 1855, as appears by the Au ditor's Report, both real and personal, was #581,731,304. Tub Last— Usual Knapp, tho last survivor of Washington’s Life-Guard, died at Kewburg, N. Y., on Lhc 10th inst., aged 09 years. XT' In the time of Henry 111 of Franco, (1575,) there were but three carriages In Paris, whereof two were tho King’s. At the present lime there are six hundred omnibuses. Mour Snow.—Wo had another “"sprinkle” of snow on Sunday morning. The sleighing continues good. Americans Haling America The present, says the West Chester fefftv soman, is fruitful of instruction ‘in the politick ollthe country. .Tho. new theory of tho now party whichorganized in dark garrets and ; wrote its political creed the midnight lamp, ami consecrated their faith by the blood of their brethren shed In the riots of Philadelphia, New York, Louisville, Cincinnati, Baltimore and St. Louis, is being put to practice in the at tempt of “Americans” to rule America! More than ono and a half months have passed since the present “American Know-Nothing ’ Con gress has bcch assembled, and yet the organi zation of has cffcctctLj INO scene of the kind has ever before becii chactM it this lt,has no parallel in disgrace J no equal m.gontempt to tho people! no rival in weakness, no competitor in folly, no hko r in ev erything disgraceful, factious and rcckjOSSncss. It is an anonially. With vain boasting about ruling America it has failed to rule itself.*— Prating of liberty and good government, it is a scene of aparcHy and is unable to produce any government at all! Talking much of foreign paupers, it'hafl converted its members into a band of hungry paupers feeding on (he trgasfi ry of tho people, without doing us any Service! The nation is being humbled by its actions; and the contempt of the world will circle round those who now'constitutc the popular binncli of the national Congress. It is a shame. The iW people should be asham ed to thns-misrepresent an honest constituency. If they have lost all regard for themselves, let the interests, of their country, the pride of the nation, thohoptfUiiat the struggling masses of mankind have in iis, the memory of Webster and Clay’, and Calhoun, and Adams, and Ran dolph, and Jackson, of whose greatness the present members arc the faintest shadow of a shadow,—let common sense and common hon esty make then! organize the House or go home! 1 “American!* ruling America 1” I<ook ye yonder to the Capitol of the nation and behold “Americans ruling America.” Go there and learn the neflf doctrine of tho government of a country by the cnimies of civil and religious freedom. When j'ou have gathered instructions there, then reflect that most of those who are I actors in the farce arc creatures of midnight j organizations, which two years since handed together Got polities! purposes, bound by wick ed and infamous Oaths to proscribe their follow citizens OnapCtmnt of religions belief and place of birth. / These ttro the Americans who arc ruling A mcrica—who are disgracing America ! | Shame on them! Shame on such Ameri cans I! _ of Hie Jug tuff* A motion was made in the House of Repre sentatives, lost week. to suspend the rules for the purpose of'pfocceding to the consideration of a bill to repod ttyc Jug Raw. The motion failed for the Want of.a two-thirds vote,but the yeas and nays were ns follows: Yeas. —Messrs, Anderson, Barry, Boyd, Boyer,Brush, CanfobclM'arty, Cobourn.Craig, Dowdnll, EdingwfVansold. Foster, Fry, Ful ton. Gelt, Hatnillf-Uancock, Harper, Heins. lUbba, Hillcgaaj itlpple, Huneker.lnnia.lrwin, Johns, Johnson,! Xebb, Longnkcr, Lovett, McCarthy. Magee. (Allcgncny.)Manly. Maug\c, , Mau«tf*!R»tter; < Montgomery, Nunne machct, Ramsey, •Reinhold. Rlddl\:-£i«lbcrts; Robinson,jSalfel)u : ry. Shenk, Smitn"{iTAeplieny,; Sihllfi. [Cam bria,[Smith, (Philadelphia.) Sfrousc, Thomp son, Vail r WaUcr'«Aphnllon l Wright, (Luzerne.) Ycarsley, Zimmerinan. Wright. Speaker— 03. Backus, Cald well, Ball, Bernhard, Brown. Caclwell. Clover. Crawford, Dock, tfoyiord, Gibboncy, Haines, • Hamilton, lUU, llofcotnb, Housekeeper, Him seckcr. Imbric. bighorn, Kerr. Lnporte, I/Ott. McOalmont, M’Coombs, M’Ghcc. (Clinton,) Moorhead, Morris. Momma. Purcell. Reed, Smith, (\Vvnmii)g,)slruble, Wintrode,Wright, (Dauphin). —35. It will be observed that th<* vole was Very ' nearly a party ont—but three K N's. voting for the motion,and but four democrats against L it. The K. N’s. appear resolved to stand by the Jug Law. *■* GOV. BIGLER AND MB. BUCHANAN. The election of Oov. Biulkh lo the United Slates Senate lias been claimed in some quar ters as an ‘•anti-BtfOMANAK triumph.” (io\. Bioi.un, in his usifcl frank manner, puls this rumor at rest, by declaring himself "the open advocate of Mr. IJticiIANAN for tho next Presi dential nomination.” In reply to a letter from Mr. M’Kiklev, formerly editor of the Harris burg L’mon, Ciov.*B. pointedly says ; Philadelphia, Jan. Huh. IHMt. Mr DuauSiu —I most heartily concur in eve ry sentiment contained in your favor of yester day. 1 am now* and have for many months past, been the open advocate of Mr Buchanan for the next Presidential nomination. Mis great Stale has peculiar claims to the honor of presenting the man, and her vosl interests are entitled lo tho of one of her own sons.— Besides, Mr. B. ia roost eminently prepared to meet the duties aqd responsibilities o( the sta tion. and in my judgment, is tho must available candidate for his party. His old enemies have been silenced by tio voice of popular sentiment, and his friends are strengthened by the certain ty of bis success ill the Convention and at the polls. p It is my Intention, when at Washington Oily, in tho capacity of a Senator, to promote the nomination of*- this eminent statesman by every proper means, as 1 shall surely, to the same extent, aid his election should he become ’ the nominee. 'hrtthjuJ-BhaU lie guilty of had faith to no man who favored my election to the Senate, for my Presidential preferences were freely declared lo the members of the Logisla i tnre, and others;previous to my election. You can make any npc of ibis communication that you may deem proper Very truly, your fiiend, 1 ; \YM. BKII.EU. 1. U. M'KiN'LlrtvEsq., Harrisburg Pa. In the Ohio jKjnUentlary there are OUo ci Gets, of which U 0 are under 21 years old fact showing tho front of houses ot corrccUdi CoitFQUTAHfjP.r^I mercury stood at 30 ( below zero ot St. Paul’s, Minnesota,on the 24t ult. Senator Houston arrived at Washington City on Friday last—having been 28 days on his journey from Texas, owing to the slate of the roads and ,rivprs. j) BA1) i The li. N. Councils of Lancaster City have given public notice of the fact that they have disbanded, and propose selling Ibc fnrn-turo, Datura, &0.. of their several council rooms. In oilier words, Know-Notlnngism is dead for want of breath in the City, of Lancas ter. Peace to ita'asbca! A Lono SENTijNOß.— Edward Norton, tried at Trenton, N. J.‘, bn ft charge of burglary ro coutly, waa on thirteen indiotmants, which if sentenced to Uni full extent of the law, would cover ISO years in lhc Slate Prison. [Correspondence of the American Volunteer.] FROM WASHINGTON, v , 13,1850., ■ hctiiraing'to scv4r#l v(ceKB, liflml iiflnirs attUfio M“P ll °' ,n f inucli thfe Game pdndllibn as wbtti 1 Iflt. incj House- 13 'still unorganized, and nobbtty pro. Bay HoW or; when a Stocakd* will. bcl clmsciK "Friends of-Mr.- -wei-e sab-:! guihe of the ultimate success df that gentleman some weeks ago, arc now despondent and would i change their votes if they could see any pros pect of electing any other adherent of the Is or them Know-Nothing organiv-atlon. But they 1 can sec no such prospect, and therefore they will bear yet a while the ills they have, rather | than fly to others that they know not of.— t Meanwhile the Republican opponents of Mr. ! Banks, though few in number, are active and j determined. _ At their demand ..another, anti- I Nebraska cn n cns was held night before last, i at which they made an earnest ellbrt to get rid of Mr. Banks. They did not succeed, the enu- I cus resolving, as I am reliably informed, by a vote of GO to 12, to adhere to Mr. B. He nev er will be elected. There was an-interesting time sft the House yesterday. John S. Garble, (K. N.) the ••lone star” of Virginia, attempted to deliver a' set speech, which was cut off in the middle by a call to order, there being a ten minmc rule in operation, and- the "lone star” having blazed away for thrce T quarters of an. hour before the call was made. Mr. .Garble attracted marked attention, not because of the brilliancy of his remarks, but on account of/ the singularity of his movements. lie reared and pitched like a vicious horse tryivg to shake off his bridle and kick oil his brcccbbands, and tossed his head about till his hair became ns hopelessly tangled os “Topscy V* iu the play «f "Uncle Tom.” — ICunkel's Scren°ders used to sing a song about "Old Joe kickin’ up behind and btfo’. And the ynllcrgal kickin’ up behind old Joe." If there had been a "yaller gal kickin’ up be hind’’Garble, the bcoutilnl- conception of ihc "old Joe” poet would have been realized in the 1 House yesterday. I Bui by far tho most interesting feature of I yes! onlay’s proceedings was the speech of lion. '’A. H. Stephens, of Georgia. Mr. Stephens was 1 formerly a Whig, but is now acting with the | Democincy. His stature is diminutive—be would hardly weigh a hundred pounds ; his voice is small qnd silvery, and hia appearance not only youthful but boyish, although he lias been a Member of Congress some eight or ten years, if lam not mistaken. But woe betide the luckless wight who, judging Mr. Stephens’ intellectual calibre hr his physical proportions, ventures lb grapple him in debate. Mr. Zolli ! coder, a hlc-lemler of that "awkward squad.” [ the Southern Know Nothings, made a set at Mr. Stephens yesterday, and got a genteel drubbing that would last a man of moderate desires the remainder of his life. Mr. Zollicof ■fur endeavored to prove inconsistency upon Mr. Stephens, who supports the Nebraska bill, by reading from an old speech of his in opposition to "squatter sovereignty but Mr. S. showed that there was no such tiling as "squatter sov ereignty" m the Nebraska bib. He gave a lu cid explanation of "squatter sovereignty,’ in j the original acceptation of the term, and point ed out the difference between it and the "pop ular sovereignty" of the Nebraska bill. Mr. Stephens answered all Mr. ZoUicofl’cr’s ques tions, and then proceeded to catechise that gen tleman- The scene was rich. Poor "Zolly" got a great deal more than he bargained for.— , He dodged, but could not escape. Tho point ed questions, shot at him in a sharp, shrill voice, seemed to bore him through. The gall eries laughed; the House laughed; "Zolly’’ himself tried to laugh, but only succeeded in coaxing a rueful smile to flicker on the wrong side of his mouth. | The Lord knows when you will hear of the, election of a. Speaker. Prayers for an organi-j zation ought to bo offered up without delay in ! all the churches in tho country. It ought ,to : I 1 bo done , speedily if at all, because this,Odn«* gross .will qoou,bo past praying for. as- things arc going now.. j. , A StniKlSQ J oirrsuKNCE, —Tho, Reading Ga zette thus noticya Ul9 contemptible jUUudum of the mutubora bfthu llousj of Congress, in refu sing tohnvothc President's Message read before that dignified body ; “The Governor of Pennsylvania is a Know. Nothing. Both branches ot the Legislature have a majority of Democrats. When the Gov ernor's Message was sent to the Legislature, U w.ia respectfully road In both Houses, and each otduied a largo number ol extra copies to be printed for distribution among the people. This was gentlemanly and courteous. Now glanco at an opposite picture. The President of the United Slates is a Democrat. The House ol Congress has a majority ol Know- Nothings. When the Presidcnt.afler patiently waiting tho organization of Ibe House, lornear ly live weeks, sent Ins message to Congress un der a conviction —iu which the people have cordially concurred—that the public interests required its publication, (be act was denounced in ttic House as an "indecent outrage,” the reading of the message was refused, and it was •id upon the table with every mark of dlsro- The.se Iwo incidents furnish a contrast which will enable the people to judge without difllcul ty the relative fitness and unfitness of tho two parties into which the cuntry is now divided, to w it-Id power with the dignity, manliness, and considers!ion for (he feelings of tho minority, which should always distinguish tho dominant parly in a government like ours. Ouu Relations with England.—The Washington Union says that no such question ns the suspension of diplomatic intercourse has been before the Cabinet. Our relations with (treat Britain are certainly delicate, and. per haps, critical, but a proposed withdrawal of Ministers is not among the evidences going lo intimate the delicacy of those i llations. Tho Vitmn further says; “We cannot deny that there arc serious questions of difference between tho two governments." Hon. Thomas 11. Bay lt.— The health of this gentleman (who It will bo recollected went to Havana sotno time ago on account of & pulmo nary affection from lyhich he was suffering,)the the Petersburg (Va.) Inlelhgincer learns is much improved, and ho expects crc long to be able lo resume his duties In Congress. Missksota. —There is some trouble antici pated m Minnesota, line winter, from the In dians. They arc leaving their reserves and scattering over the country in hunting parties, sometimes to the great inconvenience and an noyance of settlers, who a rc compelled to slay at homo to protect their houses and families.— Tho Indians arc not backward to enter dwell ingo, and help themselves to whatever pulls them. The people of Rlcc county requested the Governor to send them back to their re serve, but bo has refused, and tho people threat en to take their rifles to rid themselves of the Intruders. Singular Piiknournon.— The Alexandria (Va.) Gazette, says: "Wc were rc^-nlly shown by a gentleman living near Fairfax Court House, Va., a species of bugs that fell at that place during tho rain of tialurday flight last. The snow for several miles was robbed of Us whiteness, and made to resemble a' yiffit Held of colored velvet. What is still; naoio surprising, the intense coldness of tho weather cannot kill them. They nppnrcptly seem to be stifined by the raw alinosplicrd; but if’jplopcd near tho fire will :rclax and, exhibit signs of life. . They are very blaok, aqd wo but. HtUo larger than a grain of coarse powder; Who can enlighten ub on tho 'bug question?' ” Tlio Democratic National Convention. ' Jn a lata number of the W>lmingt6n(N ; Journal WC and an ably written aVt|ole ini re-, Convention, admirable hi lts spirit, pointed in Its facts) and irriaisiiblc jiiV its colifitSitms.—j Aye pinkVfooni for fdjowing jstraot^; I , n fhfcirarti to.SvlmL wiiljbo' tho positions ns- Burned'by tliaf body," and'what 'luanner of men’ will be put forward by it as the democratic candidates for the presidency and vice presi dency, there cannot be the chadow of a doubt.j Mover before Jn the 'history of the country did, the broad national spirit of the party exhibit itself more strongly; never did it contrast more favorably with the isms or factions which op-, pose it. Compare it with tho KrfOw'-nolhing party in the House of Representatives. At the North, Stele nfterSletein which congrcssipnal . brother elections were-held went against the democrats, and' each State,‘as the result became known, was proclaimed here at the South as having given a fresh victory to the know-noth ings, and afforded a fresh evidence of the invin cibility of •Sum.’ 'Sam’ and his allies trium phed, And the democratic party was prostrated even hit he President’s own State by the com bined forces; and, as a result of this trinroph.we havcJolin P. Hale, elected the abohtion- Unow nothing legislature, of New Hampshire, standingup in the Senate to abuse the eminently ablcaud national message of t,hc Prcsident.and spit out Ins miserable abuse against the South and her people. ' three abolition .members of ' Congress from the same State, chosen by the snuc coalition, vote for Banks, anil stand ready to go as far os the farthest ngrilnst the South. 1 Yet look at the House. The democracy of the North, overwhelmed and delbaled as it was, i semis fhree fimcs ns many national men to : Congress us al» the other parties in that sec lion. The feeble remnant of the democratic • party of the North contains three limes the national feeling of the multitudinous hosts of •Sam’ And his triumphant allies. These arc ! facts which stand broad and full upon the rc ' cord; and every vote for Speaker shows it. .••Look outside of Congress, and the some stale of affairs will be found to ebcisL Upon every occasion in which the democratic party in any northern State has been called upon to act, or to give expression to Us views, it has come out boldly upon national ground. In Pennsylvania, in New Jersey, in New York— and. by the way, look at the resolutions adop ted'by both wings of the democratic party in ] tne 'New York legislature—in New Hampshire. I in Maine, everywhere, In fact, this has been the case. Tlmrc will not boa delegation sent to Cincinnati that will not be rebdy to meet their democratic brethren from the South upon constitutional ground. The signs of the times unmistakably point to this consummation—a I consummation as certain to occur ns it is de -1 vontly wislud. It is surely, Iheil, nocxnggcr j alum to sny that, in the view of every national * man. the Cincinnati Democratic National Con -1 vention must be rcgnided as aiming the most ' important bodies which have ever met }n the ; United States, and that its assembling must be (looked forward to with deep interest.’’ From the Harrisburg Patriot $ t'nion, Remarks of Sir, Gch, OF BKIICS COCKTT On the motion io print fifteen thousand copic: of Andrew Jackson's Farewell Address. Li the House of Representatives, January 10, 1850. Mu. Spkakrh It is a common jest vritli gentlemen on the opposite side of the House, to say that the people of Berks county go to the jjolls every year in the Ann belief that they are still voting for (Jen. Jackson. I wish, Indeed, that they always had a Oen. Jackson to vote for; for then they would never go wrong | But, air, they know and appreciate the char acters of both Washington and Jackson, quite os well, rthd have as just on appreciation of lhwr relative positions on the Toll of honor and fame,'as any gentleman''"on this Gobi 4 .- They; ■yield to'no one m their admiration, of tho lues, the genius, the colossal grandeur of the life and aims of Washington, ilis memory is embalmed in their hearts as one.of tho most sacred treasures that American frcetncn'pos sess. They recognize bis nan»c as tho very tirst and niosl illustrious on the pages of our country’s history. But, sir. if there is any name that deserves to be linked to that of the Father of his Country—and. with all venera tion, and even reverence, be it said, T think there may hr such a name—it 5s the name of Andicw Jackson—the brave soldier, the pure patriot, (he man of honest purpose and uncon querable will. Never, sir, had the people a more devotid champion—a truer friend. To him we owe that beautiful sentiment, spring ing from (lie deep fountain of Christian human ity that lay hid under an exterior which those who Knew him not, called rough—that “The blessings of (loveinmcul, like the dews of heav en. should descend upon the rich and poor Alike”—and while he lived, the idea embodied in that sentiment was the guiding star of all lus nets. lum surprised to hear any one now speak of him as n mere partisan. IBs name j has out-lived the brief day of party hatredsnnd I party strife. It lives and is cherished in the 1 great heart of the people as their common lega-, ey. Surely, sip, the repetition, by the aid uf i tho thousand longucd press, of the lust words, of Andrew Jacksdn.is no useless waste of mon ey, and uo idle employment. Every principle enunciated in the Address to which we yester day listened, has been, over and over again, en dorsed by the people, and become o part of the settled policy of the country. Their wisdom and truth have been so signally vindicated,that there is not now, anywhere throughout this] broad l inon— for whose safety and perpetuity no man labored more earnestly than Jackson— a single organized party, or fragment of a par ty, that dares to stand up in opposition to them. That address, sir, contains pure gold, extract ed from the mine of strong practical knowledge, and refined in the crucible of experience. Let us scatter these treasures broadcast over the good old Commonwealth, who know their giver well, and loved him with an affection that death has only served to strengthened, and we will have done a work lor which posterity will thank us. Tho motion was adopted—yeas GO, nays 30. mporlunt from lloyll—Fiuislm first llm Ucuten. From Captain Dnrnaby, of the achoonur Ellen, which left Port nu Prince on thu Ist of January, the Philadelphia Exchange linn received advices fully conllnmitory of llio |irovioiiB accounts ol the defeat of thu Haydens, with tho loss of be. tween 200 nml 300 soldiers, with many of bis bust ufllcoru, besides nil his munitions of war, pry visions, urnl the Emperor’s military chest, cutUniulng nil tlio funds intended for tho prose* cation of the war. Faustlh I. had marched 30,- 000 men against the, Eastern side.of tlio Inland* and hlq defeat la represented nis moit'coni'plelg. Cnpttiid D. states that Fauslln had escaped from (ho hutllo-flold, hiit his place of refuge was unknown, and General Santander Imsoflhfod a reward of 10,000 dohbloons for his head. ISo groat was tho tooling against him,that it was tho general opinion of tho, inhabitants of'POrt-ou. Prince, that, if his sable MtOcaty escaped falling into tho hands of tho Spaniards, ho would bo shot by Ids own people. 1 Lath From California. —Tho Northern Light, whiuh arrived at New York on Satur. day evening of last week,brings California dates to, December 20, .and about $032,000 in, gold. T}io, principal, item of intelligcnco by this arri val.relates to tbulndion disturbances in Oregon. A severe fight took place near Walla-Walla on the 7th and Blh of December, in which mure tl;an GO Indians were killed.. Of tlio U. S. troops flvo were killed and several dangerously wounded. A party of American soldiers In Puget Sound District were Aral on by the In dian* about the Ist of December, when Lieut. Slaughter was shot through the heart. ji( tho presentsituation o£ : parties it i •' wna a graver or morovitaUssuo p„ '» n S T,r the. American Ecpplo .thnn that which n *2v° , cvitaply.'Cnter !bte':the;ph!i!acnliar cahir’"- .1850.. .W* isiuo or Rpcak not os an.alarmist, but in fhclfoW«.P v V * yietion : that nothing tbat^ Democratic party, can savc.thb country i£j-! Abolition Pr?9idcnt/ l .of / the constitution., and tbq Union.' more determined, br»moro favored- bv eh* 1 stances,) than they: will then be. - For-ycar r* 1 naticism, political, social afldrdlgloiiß ihwfi% no effort untried to destroy the consUititlani j its fricrtdsi ? For this aim they arc mat'akiit their every man to niakbono last grcttr e 3 •The country and the constitution ha#bul « hope,' bbt one friefid—lhtrDtftttflcfaticpsn^- 11 .? It battles for no; mere. ptxrty asccnduncv K , for the constitution 1 .! I of this ,IoW instrument it enters the contest. Its cans • the cause of tho Union—the .constitution La the Unloif, f brtc nhcfihsopkirablih BythelSe t . ff * have lived ; by these they will conquer op n,? will fall, for the OM'Gilflrd'ciin 1 hever siirrwf dcr its proud banner! V Our.causejs a gi Qr jL' one, and with a problem?. wiUipg.heart *i» every true Democrat,do battle ip, it. .ThoatruJ gle will be fierce, but the yicfory w’ilfbe all prouder for that. The hopes of .the People 8f ! ,in the Democracy, and.thcir eyca are; fijed an! • on them ns they marshal their .tried iflfc n : battle. They expect to sce : cvtry Democrat it his post, and ready (bn action. Our cnemlw arc harmless while ivc Remain true looiirsclm Dissension and division alone can defeat us These, then, arc the enemies w*c have 'most "to guard against. United—of one heart, of one mind, and of one faith—the. yrpat;Rational 1 Democratic party* may defy,all. ibVtymbintd ' busts of fanaticism. Now all is bright before as. r Each day ihat.coracs shows os the old legions which time and again have done battle in the • good old cause, whcding inlo line, alhragerfor the fray. And when the battle! signal sounds 5 to the music of the Union, tho r gloHoua oTd De* 1 mocracy will its J pnnufi banner in ' spile of all its fbes combined~for the old huani > am never surrender I .' ■ ■ The Progress of Principle in Kentntlj, The Louisville (Ky,),CO«ricr, formerlyiwhi* paper, but now. co-operating with the tlcmncn. cy against KnoW-Ndttingisro, gives the fbllow iug cheering account of'Kentucky politics: “ We have received ncorosof letters from tho best men in the State,mch'whb glotyluths n.imc of old-line whlgs,. heartily coramcndlti| ami approving the codrsbof the. Courier, soil assuring us that In opposlng.lho know-nothing, abolition movement they-*. were with-us, and wonldr-iivduo-tltnc; renter- thc-cimvnflj-irith's will. When the names of some of these rl/Ktln. gtilshed girntlemcfi;artf it will cause a prodigious shaking brabrig Hi 6 dry bones of know-not hingism. “ In tho meantime, scarcely » mail arrive*but brings us the names of some phi line whig*who repudiate knbw-noifilngisrb'. l ' Only a tew dj)» since, at a meeting in Todd county, Hun H.G. ib and Col. ilnlfrnnn,lwo gentlemen ot bo/* and influence, who hare always been knoiro u lending whlgs, annonncod (belt ddtvrmitiftw in- tho oxistldg condition of atlhim to support the national democratic candidate for the wit presidency, believing the democratic tho only really nfttlonalpnrty that now has an cxiitsore. fn another colntnn this mornlngwe publish I letter addressed by Col:' W» Gfuolle, of Cynthh ana, Kentucky, to tho Paris Flag, in which hi gives, in n manly manner, bis reasons for with drawing from tho know-nothing party. Col. (irticlle is a poet, a gentleman of talent and worth, and we commend his palriotlc letter to tho attention of onr readers. lie was the Bril man In Kentucky that belonged to flic order, and shortly after hls'lnauguratlon, Gov. More head appointed him one of hls’atds. When such men are forced to leave a parly which hssbtcn prostituted to the vHo purposes of a cbmiptsel •of politicians) It behooves all honest and Info ’men who have the good of their country »t heart bat who have boon deluded into the mnrpartf*. to patlso autl well cotuddorthelf po*\\\btu»*. A The'Hudson Blvtt.Railrond Tra;edy—M Ttr- ! minalltm bl a BtlSd.Tpnir. - ■ The New York papers- contain varioUA d#- tails of the’lalb ten-Hle accident on the Hud son River raijroad. Wo copy the following: ••In the hall of the Exchange House we rid a gentleman laboring under great' mental afflic tion. Engaging in conversation mth' him, W« learned that his name was JliifuS -Blanchard, publisher and bookseller, of Chicago, 111., and brother of Mr. Blanchard, publisher, Nawin Ktreet. New York. Mr. Blanchard was tnarriid on the 7th of this month to Miss Farr, a inoxi hcnulilnl and accomplished lady, at her l»u* in De Kalb, St. Lawrence county:, in Stair. The happy couple were on their Wedding lour when tins accident overtook.them. U appeim that, owing to the cmvdwl slate of the slcighd at Albony. Mr. Blanchard and his bride *cr« separated from Miss Powell, ft lady fiieml who was traveling wi h them, and in the sociciT of his wife, Mr. Blanchard ■ forgot all abmn I'*t until they arrived at Poughkeepsie.’when Mri. Blanchard suggested that he phould go through , the cars and ace If lie could find J)cr. A for™* ’ train had left the Poughkeepsie,. depot be i* out on his errand, and it wnfl during this , obacnco that the calamity occurred. ,-Mr.BUnj . chord sprang out of the door of the car, sou . escaped unhurt by leaping into tho snow. ‘■A« snon os the crash’was- over; he roinw . wildly through the wrecked cars in search ef . his wife, shrieking for help, and calling on hit \ name. But his words were only echoed brote* t era equally distracted, whose relatives in s friends were involved in the common , replied lo by the cries *nd groans of the somr- L rrs. Euv fifteen minntca. which seemed as nitoj . hours, he sought her everywhere without »uc , cess. At length some one asked if. j 1 *? was Rufus Blanchard, nnd then the friend w* him lo the place where his wife lay. Ami *a» jt a sad spoclnclo met his view! She vrho,» , 0 minutes beforp, was radiant-with bcaulv » overflowing with beryonngjoy,nowlay - , him ci ushed and maimed, and blackcnco that he had not reedgnisted her as htewiiCi though he had passed her® score of •tiroes ring his scorch, supposing from bet JJ?® she Was a poor colored woman. JJTJn, with sorrow, ho woilld.hove thrown W mS ,K i On her seemingly lifeless body,in his grew B. T and have bewailed her .os dead, hod not t /. slanders held him back. Then his noble luanifcstcd her gladness at b ,s safety, w, . him hope that all things would .work tog for good 4 that she would yet live 10 n, °* ° his heart and shore his jpvc. - 'ibis 'j one of many-such-sccm-s iat the iqw ° , friends and relatives after the accident. ' _ ‘•The unfortunate lady was taken 1° ..jj change House and placed under mcdica ■ Her left leg IS fractured in two places. . ankle. One of her hands is badly cut, * , ftico and bosom arc sdorohed 'dr | BcaJd t ' black, and h'cr‘ eyes’ aro somewhat foj .', Tud qboVo foots wdlcariicd froth vjirio IP who witnessed thenb, Mr. Blanched, after inlp thp- room where showing ua her' sad condition, ho too . . gon , p iature -of a beautiful woman fr°mM mcyrt . and .said, ‘There is what she was this n tcrday.h Mrs. Blanchard bto. . f ur U' throughout her aufTcringa tho most * tmle, chocring her husband, ®na c Ay. spiritiftt once hopeful and'SChigntd* fllcihnS arc doing all that human-sk and strong hopes arc entertained t recover." " ’• 1 ‘" ! ll " '■ 'a- -•, j, lUfsul ov Tine Juo fo* ' 0 ( a copy of tho Bill introduced Into tho 0 I’ennsylvunfo'i by Mf.’.Wolsh, of Yot , Skotion ,l! lio It onociad l>y, Homo of «opro«ontatlvc»of Uipfl»" " „*!, »nj of J*onnßylvanla,ht .General Abboi , 0 f ty It is hereby enacted by tho on. t ./ r siirao, That flio act entitled ,‘‘AuAo vo j flf® tho. >olo of IntpxlcaUng jtouarii J?J| n) ( n o °B. (burtoonth, tiny of Apr 1,. A.mo » >” d thousand: eight hundred ■ 0n,4 tho same Is hereby repealed. ■ '
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